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NHS climate plans.", "League Two Northampton earn a replay with Championship club Derby after a goalless draw in the FA Cup fourth round.", "Hagan Homes says its homes \"fit for part-time royalty\" campaign was intended to be \"light-hearted\".", "If you're not a fan of his pottery, this show won't convert you. But if you're like me, it's worth it.", "Princess Alice was honoured for her work helping Jewish people during WW2 and is buried in Jerusalem.", "The Pentagon announcement comes after President Trump dismissed the injuries as \"headaches\".", "A woman has been taken to hospital and gardaí described the deaths in Newcastle as 'unexplained'.", "The social media platform told Lex Gillies it doesn't allow \"undesirable\" body states.", "Mark Wood stars with bat and ball to give England complete control of the fourth Test against South Africa on a superbly entertaining second day in Johannesburg.", "Unite leader Len McCluskey said the shadow business secretary had the \"brains and brilliance\" for the job.", "The US's treasury secretary says he is \"optimistic\" a deal can be reached with the UK this year.", "Pictures from the life of The Monty Python star Terry Jones, who has died at the age of 77.", "Former military personnel will save a third off most train fares, the government announces.", "Hundreds of thousands of plastic tubes are used to protect saplings - but the industry wants to reduce their impact.", "The Birmingham Yardley MP bows out of the contest as Lisa Nandy gets the backing of the GMB union.", "The firm will end updates for four of its older models, sold between 2006 and 2015.", "Members of the iconic comedy group lead tributes to their \"outrageously funny\" co-star, who has died aged 77.", "The heir to the throne calls for a \"paradigm shift\" in the way the world deals with climate change.", "Party leaders ask Assembly Commission to halt £1,000 rise until decision to award it is reviewed.", "Passengers have attempted to bring increasingly exotic animals on board flights.", "How the clampdown on emissions is driving radical change in Scotland's busiest areas.", "French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier ends a 50-year career with his last couture runway show.", "The Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador was hit with more than 70cm of snow.", "Britain's Heather Watson shows tremendous fight to reach the Australian Open second round before Dan Evans is knocked out.", "Four men are on trial over the death of retired college lecturer Gerald Corrigan.", "The government reveals South Western Railway's franchise is \"not sustainable in the long term\".", "\"He was a remarkable fellow because he had endless energy and enthusiasm,\" Cleese tells the BBC.", "The head of the Recording Academy makes claims of voting irregularities and sexual harassment.", "The warning about photographers comes after the Queen allowed the couple to step back as full-time royals.", "Sergio Aguero scores his sixth goal in his last three games as Manchester City edge a gutsy Sheffield United at Bramall Lane.", "The House of Lords bows to the will of the Commons and passes the government's Brexit bill.", "A man is held in Denmark after Swedish national Flamur Beqiri died in front of his family in London.", "The Saudi crown prince's WhatsApp account has reportedly been linked to the data breach.", "It may not be as famous as Beijing or Shanghai, but Wuhan is a huge city with global connections.", "Tesla sold more than 367,000 cars last year, just a fraction of its competitors.", "Peers make five amendments to the legislation, but the government plans to overturn them in the Commons.", "The Democrats opened their case against the president by invoking Alexander Hamilton and his fear of abuse of power.", "It is the first time Sian Green-Lord has been able to wear high heels since she was hit by a taxi.", "The Wigan MP receives backing from Chinese for Labour, meaning she joins Sir Keir in the final round.", "Film director and Monty Python star Terry Jones did much for the town of his birth.", "The life of the actor, writer and director who found fame as a member of the Monty Python team.", "Victoria Derbyshire addresses the news that her TV show is coming off air, saying \"we're still here\".", "Ross England was suspended over his conduct in a trial, but a party investigation has not finished.", "Manchester United are jeered by their own supporters as Burnley register their first ever Premier League win at Old Trafford.", "Drinks giant Coca-Cola says it will not ditch plastic outright but will try to recycle more.", "The rock star and his family tell a US TV show he has a \"mild form\" of the condition.", "Customers will be charged \"personalised\" overdraft rates of up to 49.9% from April, but most will pay 39.9%.", "The body of Stefan Sutherland was found on a beach in the Highlands more than a week after he disappeared in 2013.", "Future generations will be \"astonished\" to think we did not protect kids, the information commissioner says.", "The Duchess of Cambridge meets children in Birmingham to mark the launch of her \"five big questions\".", "What is it like to lose your seat, clear out your office and work out what the future holds?", "The suspects allegedly took migrants from France to the UK in refrigerated lorries and rubber boats.", "Five times as many want to work in art, entertainment and sport as there are jobs, a study suggests.", "A look back at the life of the Welsh comic actor, writer and director, who has died aged 77.", "The legislation, which paves the way for the UK to leave the EU with a deal, now awaits royal assent.", "Marine foam brought ashore by Storm Gloria floods streets in Tossa de Mar.", "She tells the BBC Labour had \"a great set of policies\" at the election but got its \"messaging\" wrong.", "The artwork, titled The Mill, Pendlebury, was lost to the art world for more than seven decades.", "Ministers expect around 38 cases of people breaking the law in the first five years.", "Moving to London is unaffordable for those from poorer backgrounds, says social mobility report.", "The claims were brought against a doctor and a pharmacy who supplied the star with pain medication.", "The Met Office has issued two fresh yellow weather warnings affecting many parts of Scotland.", "More strong winds pass across Wales following a battering from Storm Brendan on Monday.", "UK scientists say the recent fires in Australia are a foretaste of decades to come.", "Boris Johnson confirms he will not agree to Nicola Sturgeon's request for a second independence referendum.", "Dalila Jakupovic says she was \"really scared\" as she retired from her Australian Open qualifying match because of poor air quality in Melbourne.", "The former Commons Speaker's spending in the run-up to his retirement has been published.", "The market for live-stream gamers intensifies as companies compete to sign exclusive deals.", "US officials hand over new evidence claiming that Huawei's 5G technology is a security risk.", "Barcelona sack coach Ernesto Valverde and replace him with former Real Betis coach Quique Setien.", "Flights are diverted as a Met Office yellow weather warning is issued for parts of the UK.", "Takieddine Boudhane, a food delivery rider, was fatally stabbed in a suspected road rage attack.", "Al Asad was targeted after Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani was killed in a US air strike.", "Emergency services are at the scene in Slough, but no-one is believed to be injured.", "Two men are jailed for the \"vicious and sustained\" attack on Sajid Javed, during which his ear was sliced in two.", "CCTV shows an explosion after the bus and bystanders fell into a hole that opened up at a bus stop.", "The students will be trained to tackle \"subtle but offensive comments\" on campus and in student housing.", "A new report estimates 8.5 million people in England and Wales were abused or witnessed abuse as children.", "The airline’s investors will put more money in while the government will review air passenger tax.", "Assessment centres for disabled people are too difficult for some people to reach, campaigners say.", "She released the update following the \"Sandringham summit\" talks between senior royals on Monday.", "James Murdoch and wife Kathryn say they are \"disappointed\" at ongoing \"denial\" by news outlets.", "Actor Jerome Flynn is backing local bids to turn farmland into a community hub for sustainable food.", "After his cabin caught fire in the Alaskan woods, Tyson Steele survived without shelter for 23 days.", "Boris Johnson said it would cost £500,000 for the famous bell to chime, but crowdfunding is an option.", "The seafront building is undergoing a £27m revamp ahead of its 150th anniversary.", "The pop star will record the title track for the new Bond film, No Time To Die.", "The move comes as the two countries are expected to sign a preliminary trade agreement this week.", "Boris Johnson says talks about Harry and Meghan's plans \"won't be helped\" by his commentary.", "Boris Johnson told the BBC the government \"will continue to make every effort that we can\".", "Samuel Barker, a pedestrian, died at the scene after being hit by a bus on Monday afternoon.", "MPs debated the Queen's Speech and Boris Johnson faced questions on BBC Breakfast", "Scientists discover how the ginkgo lives to such an old age, surviving for centuries or millennia.", "Tsai Ing-wen tells the BBC that China needs to realise Taiwan is a successful independent democracy.", "The foreign secretary warns Iran against slipping further into \"political and economic isolation\".", "The fast food giant is granted permission to build a drive-thru restaurant in Oakham, Rutland.", "Keira Markides raises more than £2,000 for those affected by the Australian bushfires.", "At least 60 children and adults were treated after a jet released fuel during an emergency landing.", "A clinic to quickly diagnose possible cancers in Wales has seen a drop in waiting times.", "The comic book villain movie is up for best film, best director and best actor for Joaquin Phoenix.", "A man who racially abused England fast bowler Jofra Archer during the first Test against New Zealand in November is banned from attending international and domestic matches in the country for two years.", "The Tories win their biggest majority since the 1980s, as Jeremy Corbyn says he will not lead Labour into the next election, and Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson loses her seat.", "The Italian chain ASK had mixed white fish with its lobster meat in its most expensive dish.", "Scotland's first minister calls on UK government to negotiate the transfer of power to allow another independence referendum.", "Finance Minister Conor Murphy says government must live up to commitments made to Stormont parties.", "Barcelona are generating more money than any club in Europe but why might Manchester United's revenue fall?", "Read the full text of Boris Johnson’s first speech in Downing Street as the UK’s prime minister.", "The Football Association's Paul Elliott calls for the government to work alongside the sport's governing bodies to combat racism.", "Tottenham gain a hard-fought victory over Championship side Middlesbrough in their FA Cup third-round replay.", "The airline's chief tries to reassure staff amid reports that it is seeking a rescue deal.", "Arad Zarei, 17, who recently relocated to Canada, was among the 176 dead, it emerges.", "Previously families could receive 600 hours of free childcare a year - it rises to 1,140 hours in August.", "A Georgia man who broke into a Taco Bell overnight paused to make himself some food and take a nap.", "\"Sophie\" says she was raped in Ayia Napa and Police Scotland said it would be hard to find the rapist.", "Regulators accuse Boeing of fitting defective parts as internal memos raise 737 Max safety questions.", "Arlene Foster says she recognises some proposals represent 'compromise outcomes'", "Counter-terrorism police admit \"error of judgement\" after including the group in an extremism guide.", "Gemma Watts convinced victims she was 16-year-old \"Jake Waton\" and may have assaulted up to 50 girls.", "Brusthom Ziamani is one of two inmates suspected of attacking a prison officer at HMP Whitemoor.", "The MoD's \"poor management\" of the programme has resulted in growing costs and delays, a watchdog finds.", "The Labour MPs join Sir Keir Starmer on the ballot paper in the race to replace Jeremy Corbyn.", "The company employs 208 people across two factories in north east Wales and Lancashire.", "The electric scooter-maker's mishap is the latest in a list of historic malfunctions at the show", "An attack on staff at HMP Whitemoor by two inmates is being treated as a \"terror\" act, police say.", "The combination with Takeaway.com will create one of the world's largest food delivery firms.", "The fashion chain's Christmas sales fell sharply amid \"unprecedented\" discounting by rivals.", "Gales fan the mega fire near the Snowy Mountains, as authorities warn of worse to come.", "The student also injured at least six other people in the shooting in Torreón.", "Jo Daniels is urging more men to donate blood, after figures showed a gender imbalance.", "City of Edinburgh Council publishes its draft city mobility plan and aims to be carbon neutral by 2030.", "Parties are considering the deal and the NI secretary wants the assembly to sit on Friday.", "Sinn Féin have said they will re-enter devolved government.", "Betting companies with streaming rights for FA Cup ties say they would allow the games to be streamed on a free platform elsewhere.", "The government is urged to consider restrictions on pay-as-you-go phones to prevent drug dealers using them.", "Young people are struggling to get the help they need for mental health problems, says a report.", "The young German man was targeted by a work colleague who peppered his lunch with mercury and lead.", "Parents of 17-year-old Aidan Jackson were watching TV when police cars arrived outside their house.", "Dean Jones was extradited from Brazil to face justice for his part in the £500,000 raid.", "Chicken and hormone-fed beef bans will continue post-Brexit, the environment secretary says.", "The jail mistakenly saved surveillance footage from the wrong cell block, prosecutors say.", "Jiangsu province claims to have almost eliminated poverty - but some doubts have been raised.", "Mohammed Haji Sadiq was jailed in 2017 for sexually assaulting children he taught at a mosque in Cardiff.", "Denis Alexander, 84, is accused of seven charges dating back to his time at Fort Augustus Abbey school in the Highlands.", "The local primary school is also closed as crews tackle the blaze at a site in the Scottish Borders.", "The judgement said \"her work on Newswatch was like Jeremy Vine's work on Points of View\".", "The Canadian PM says evidence shows the plane was hit by a surface-to-air missile - possibly unintentionally.", "Anthony Knott disappeared three weeks ago while on a Christmas night out with colleagues.", "Nationalist PM Viktor Orban wants to reverse population decline through procreation, not migration.", "The musician, considered one of rock's greatest ever drummers, had brain cancer.", "The Home Office requests Anne Sacoolas's extradition \"on charges of causing death by dangerous driving\".", "The Withdrawal Agreement Bill will now pass to the House of Lords for further scrutiny next week.", "Australia legend Shane Warne raises one million Australian dollars (£528,514) for the bushfire appeal after his \"baggy green\" Test cap is sold at auction.", "Passengers flying via Swedish airports fell 4% in 2019, airport operators Swedavia say.", "Beau Greaves had a 16th birthday to remember as she won through to the semi-finals of the BDO women's World Darts Championship.", "Police investigate false reports of a man wearing a suicide vest close to Bournemouth University.", "The supermarket in southern France put a €30.99 price tag on the televisions - instead of €399.", "It was a playful nod to actor Amanda Henderson, whose answer to a game show question went viral.", "Acorah was best known for Most Haunted and appeared on Celebrity Big Brother in 2017.", "England fight back with the ball against South Africa to end day two on top in the second Test in Cape Town.", "The painkiller is said to be up to 100 times stronger than morphine and is entering UK markets.", "Ex-England player Paul Merson says he hopes to help people struggling with their mental health by revealing how low his own battle left him.", "The assassination is a dramatic escalation in the low-level conflict between the US and Iran.", "The death of Iran's top general could make things worse for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, husband fears.", "Manchester City begin their defence of the FA Cup with a comfortable third-round victory over a spirited Port Vale.", "A police report says the singer allegedly struck a security guard in a row at a Florida hotel.", "Travel money services at Sainsbury's Bank, Barclays and HSBC have been impacted by the cyber attack.", "Friends of the teenager, killed in a crash outside the base say their demonstration is to \"get their feelings across\" to the US Government.", "The community in Shetland is trying to raise money for its own scanner so patients will no longer have to travel to Aberdeen.", "Killed by the US, he was once described as the \"single most powerful operative in the Middle East\".", "The BBC's Quentin Sommerville explains the man behind the 'shadowy figure'.", "Figures show millions of the new-style £5 and £10 notes have been damaged since they were launched.", "The fourth MP to join the contest says she wants to \"bring Labour home\" to former party supporters.", "The rapper tells Radio 1 that his fellow British rapper is acting \"like a drunk uncle\" on Twitter.", "Police said they believed the 30-year-old man may have been stabbed in a row with another driver.", "The 13-year-old has been named as Eoin Hamill, a pupil at Coláiste Feirste and a talented amateur boxer.", "The two men allege they were abused by the singer when they were children.", "The shadow Brexit secretary says Labour needs to \"rebuild fast\" to restore trust in the party.", "The retailer says it hopes redesigning its own-brand cereals will help parents buy healthy products.", "From the CIA-orchestrated overthrow of Iran's prime minister to tension in the time of President Trump.", "A new portrait shows the Queen with the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge and Prince George.", "Ethical vegan Jordi Casamitjana is \"extremely happy\" with a tribunal's ruling his belief is protected in law.", "The crash involving the two lorries happened between junctions 12 and 13 in Bedfordshire.", "The UK prime minister was not told in advance about the attack that killed General Qasem Soleimani, the BBC understands.", "Wang Zhimin will be replaced as director of Beijing's liaison office after six months of unrest.", "Police said their car left the road and landed in a ditch.", "At least 30 people were killed and 33 wounded in the attack in the capital Tripoli, officials say.", "Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi militia were killed in a US drone strike at Baghdad airport on Friday.", "The officer was confronted by a man armed with a shotgun at his home in Kesh, County Fermanagh.", "More young people were prioritising studies over part-time work, a think tank says.", "The Queen sends \"thoughts and prayers\" as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex urge support for fundraisers.", "Some models were driven to the verge of suicide after the porn website reneged on privacy promises.", "GPs urge hospitals not to strike people off the list straight away for missing appointments.", "The 22-year-old man, who killed one person and injured two others in Villejuif, had psychiatric issues.", "Officers in hazardous material suits are deployed after the man is found in Manchester.", "Some of those most closely involved in the investigation shed new light on the conviction of her carers.", "There has been criticism that authorities were too slow to respond and contain the virus.", "In a video, the president is heard saying \"Get rid of her!\" about ambassador Marie Yovanovitch.", "The UK government says a total of 52 tests have proved negative for the new strain of coronavirus.", "The prime minister will set out trade talk details in a speech next month, says the Brexit secretary.", "Stars are collecting awards ahead of the main ceremony, with many paying tribute to Kobe Bryant.", "The city is at the centre of a deadly virus outbreak, and has been sealed off by authorities.", "Kobe Bryant was \"one of the most extraordinary players in the history of basketball\" who \"inspired people around the world\" to play the game.", "Billy Cooper, the Barmy Army's trumpet player, will retire after England's current tour of South Africa.", "Matlock Town's Jordan Sinnott suffered head injuries in an attack in Retford, Nottinghamshire.", "An investigation begins into what caused the blaze at a house on the outskirts of Hull.", "As Kobe Bryant retires, BBC Sport brings you the stats that show why he will go down as one of basketball's all-time greats.", "Oxford academic Selina Todd was given protection after threats from transgender rights activists.", "Kim Kyong-hui, once a powerful figure, has not been seen since her husband's execution.", "The recruit got into difficulty during a training exercise on Tuesday.", "Police arrest two 21-year-old men over the death of Matlock Town's Jordan Sinnott.", "They used live ammunition and tear gas against anti-government protesters in the city, witnesses say.", "Watch Kobe Bryant's poem 'Dear Basketball', written when the five-time NBA champion retired in 2016, following reports the basketball legend has died in a helicopter crash.", "Search efforts continue for people trapped under collapsed buildings as the death toll rises to 31.", "Council-owned land which is rented to new and young farmers is being sold off, figures show.", "Benita Mehra quit after being linked to the charitable arm of a firm which supplied the block's cladding.", "Coco Gauff misses out on her first Grand Slam quarter-final as fellow American Sofia Kenin fights back to win in the Australian Open fourth round.", "Customers are advised not to use 15 varieties of Cow & Gate baby food bought in UK Tesco stores.", "A BBC team travels into Hubei province, where the deadly new coronavirus originated.", "Panorama reveals for the first time how many have died on roads that no longer have a hard shoulder.", "Ecologists say disturbance from a £205m road in Norwich may have driven the bats away.", "Kobe Bryant is called the \"greatest\" Los Angeles Lakers player of all time by Magic Johnson as his number eight and 24 shirts are retired.", "But Unite's Len McCluskey also says Labour \"never handled the anti-Semitism issue correctly\".", "The 777X test flight comes after Boeing's 737 Max plane was grounded following two fatal crashes.", "Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay tells the BBC he believes the high-speed rail project will go ahead.", "Andy Roe replaces Dany Cotton who quit LFB after criticism over the Grenfell fire operation.", "It comes after the original batch of coins had to be melted down when the Brexit deadline was extended.", "A post-mortem examination is taking place to establish the cause of the 47-year-old's death in Hull.", "Gary Webb was handcuffed and spent a night in a police cell and three nights in prison in 2015.", "The US's treasury secretary says he is \"optimistic\" a deal can be reached with the UK this year.", "The campsite's owner says she is \"relieved it's over and done with\" after almost two years.", "Substitute Jason Cummings scores twice against Premier League leaders Liverpool as League One Shrewsbury Town earn an FA Cup fourth-round replay at Anfield.", "Kobe Bryant's career in numbers. The basketball great died in a helicopter crash aged 41 on Sunday, 26 January 2020.", "A whistleblower claims managers told Edinburgh council staff to torch the benches instead of repairing them.", "Police said the child was an \"innocent bystander\" when a gun was fired from a moving car in Sheffield.", "A review will examine how university funding can be targeted at priority subjects.", "Heavy rains douse some fires on the east coast, but bring a new threat of flooding to some areas.", "Iran's supreme leader hit out at his \"enemies\" following recent turmoil in the region.", "Roberto Alvim used parts of a speech by Nazi Germany's propaganda chief, sparking outrage.", "There are more misses than an England football team in a penalty shoot-out.", "Police warn £7m was stolen from elderly and vulnerable people in 2019 in so-called courier fraud.", "The new uniform, unveiled on the force's Twitter, has prompted one question: \"Camo in space?\"", "Lee Child had considered killing off title character before getting his younger sibling to take over.", "A woman who was repeatedly abused as a child was let down by South Yorkshire Police, a report finds.", "He served as an MP in the Highlands and was interim leader of the Liberal Democrats after the party's formation.", "The study by Which? compared the price of 53 products but did not include discounters Aldi and Lidl.", "As the couple step away from royal duties, we look at their life together from meeting to marriage and beyond.", "Video shows a car being driven on the wrong side of the road near RAF Croughton on Friday night.", "A judge rules Guardian columnist Owen Jones was targeted due to his sexuality and political views.", "The children's commissioner's warning comes as a charity labels Wales suicide rate a \"scandal\".", "Premiership Rugby confirms Saracens will be relegated to the Championship this season after salary cap breaches.", "The five MPs running to succeed Jeremy Corbyn were quizzed on issues from anti-Semitism to Brexit.", "The UK must decide how to position itself in global trade's new order.", "Before his death, Danny Butcher paid £13,000 for training with Samuel Leeds' Property Investors firm.", "The Labour MP sets out her pitch for Labour leadership, promising a \"shake up\" of government if elected.", "The Delta Air Lines plane jettisoned fuel over Los Angeles schools as it made an emergency landing.", "A 52-year-old man is in custody after a woman fell seven floors to her death in Hove.", "At 67.08cm (2ft 2.41in), Khagendra Thapa Magar was recognised the shortest living man who could walk.", "Canada will offer C$25,000 to families of its citizens and permanent residents who died in the disaster.", "Portrait of a Lady was missing for 22 years until gardeners cleared ivy from a gallery wall.", "A final technology demonstration from the California company should clear the way to fly astronauts.", "The child suffered non life-threatening injuries in the attack in Leicester on Saturday afternoon.", "There was outrage after the restaurant of the late French chef Paul Bocuse lost one of its stars.", "The six-year-old, who was on a school trip, was found in roadworks just off the M1 in the early hours.", "Police entered Surrey History Centre and \"seized\" files in a constabulary archive, a memo claims.", "Sir Ed Davey and Mark Pack will remain joint acting party leaders until the election process is completed.", "The announcement by white actor Hank Azaria follows accusations of racial stereotyping.", "Food prices could rise after Sajid Javid said there will be no alignment with EU rules after Brexit, businesses say.", "While the nation has its eyes turned to Iowa, voters in Minnesota have already cast the first ballots.", "From grieving his mother to becoming a father, the Duke of Sussex is used to attention from the media.", "Storms hit parts of Australia's east coast, dousing some fires and giving inhabitants some respite.", "The couple, who will not return as working members of the Royal Family, have been together for five years.", "The company wants to distance its film studio from Rupert Murdoch's news company, US media report.", "The police helicopter was deployed during a search near a Tesco Extra in Shrewsbury.", "Government plans include a countdown projected onto No 10 and an address by the PM - but no bongs.", "After two weeks, lawyers finally choose the 12 jurors for the trial from about 700 candidates.", "Police say groups such as Extinction Rebellion were included to inform and guide frontline officers.", "Jacob Young's mother wrote to the judge saying the 2005 show led to a \"campaign of abuse and mockery\".", "Brexit officially happened on 31 January but the UK is now in a transition period until the end of 2020.", "Finnish scientists say the food could be grown with near-zero greenhouse gas emissions.", "Iran fires rockets at two air bases that are home to US troops - it is unclear if anyone has died.", "Two engineers and the owner of a dry cleaners were on board the flight, which crashed in Iran.", "Despite all the rhetoric, this could be a moment to reduce tensions between Iran and the US.", "Dominic Raab urges Iran not to repeat \"reckless and dangerous\" attacks after missiles hit air bases.", "The device rapidly chills packaged drinks meaning they do not need to be refrigerated before use.", "She lands back in the UK after being given a four-month suspended sentence in Cyprus.", "The shadow energy minister says colleagues have told him he would bring \"dynamism\" to the debate.", "The Speaker hails security officers Ron Dowson and Habibi Syaaf as heroes after the river rescue.", "The King, his siblings, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.", "The proportion of senior doctors involved in leading research programmes is falling, say academics.", "South Western Railway says it is in talks with the government over the future of its services.", "An appeal to keep Ian Simms, who murdered Helen McCourt in 1988, behind bars is rejected.", "The government is putting in place \"urgent measures\" to protect UK nationals amid rising tensions.", "The 176 people killed in Wednesday's crash are being identified by officials and loved ones.", "More than 2,000 appointments are cancelled and the health board expects \"significant disruption\".", "A body was discovered after an Air France flight had arrived in Paris from Ivory Coast.", "Feral camels and horses will be shot dead as they are damaging settlements in search of water.", "The government has called on the FA to immediately reconsider its decision to sell FA Cup broadcast rights via a third party to a gambling website.", "Venues will be asked to make tougher checks after a campaign by the Arena bomb victim's mum.", "The criminals behind the hack told the BBC they are demanding $6m (£4.6m) from the currency trader.", "A man cleared over an incident outside Buckingham Palace is accused of planning terror attacks.", "The House of Commons backs the government's Brexit withdrawal bill.", "The Queen's eldest granddaughter was caught by a mobile speed van near Cirencester.", "Inspectors call for new freedom to inspect struggling schools without publishing a judgement.", "A ban on adverts featuring \"harmful gender stereotypes\" came into force last June.", "A French start-up aims to radically cut the amount of time people require to clean their teeth.", "Sir Darius Brown, 13, makes canine bow ties so unwanted dogs in shelters can get a \"second chance\".", "The Labour leader says he won't publicly back any of the six candidates hoping to succeed him.", "Christopher Beeny also starred in TV sitcoms Last of the Summer Wine and In Loving Memory.", "Officials say there were more than 170 people on board the Ukrainian Boeing-737 and that none survived.", "Star actress America Ferrera leads the tributes saying she is \"stunned and heartbroken\".", "What does the US killing of Qasem Soleimani mean for relations between the UK and Iran?", "The former Nissan boss is making his first appearance since skipping bail in Japan and fleeing to Lebanon.", "A statement is released saying the Duke and Duchess of Sussex intend to step back as senior royals.", "There was huge interest in the virtual avatars created by Samsung-backed start-up Neon.", "After military strikes between the US and Iran, what do British Iranians feel about the tensions?", "Two women are taking legal action, claiming a \"pattern and practice of intentional race discrimination\".", "The US president responds to Iranian missile attacks that targeted air bases housing US forces in Iraq.", "A mother and a nurse launch a legal challenge over the use of drugs to delay puberty.", "The foreign exchange firm has been forced to turn off all computers and switch to pen and paper.", "Last year saw killings across the UK fall but London's level rise to its highest since 2008.", "Unison says Sir Keir Starmer is best placed to unite the party and take it back into government.", "After nearly a decade's research, a hydrofoil water bike has gone into mass production.", "Iran fired rockets at two US bases - including one that used to resemble a \"US suburban town\".", "The EU Commission president says the sides must prioritise areas of agreement to meet talks deadline.", "Iranians flocked to the burial of a top commander killed in a US drone strike. Here's why.", "The drill artist, who's had two UK number ones, is convicted of carrying a knife.", "The Duchess of Sussex tells ITV of being under the spotlight \"on top of just trying to be a new mom\".", "Daniel Grogan was \"consumed with hatred\" of 18-year-old Jay Sewell, a court hears.", "Iran said the attacks were in retaliation for the death of the country's top commander Qasem Soleimani.", "The PM condemns Iranian missile strikes on air bases in Iraq following the US killing of the general.", "Drivers in Culloden near Inverness watched as a trampoline was blown down the road.", "The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint against the ITV reality star.", "Ms Trump's invitation to CES had been controversial - but her appearance proved not so.", "The bakery chain says its \"now iconic\" vegan sausage roll helped boost sales.", "A New York judge warns the former movie mogul he could face life behind bars for texting in court.", "Police are investigating after a performer was left in a life-threatening condition following a fall during rehearsals for the Winter Youth Olympic Games opening ceremony in Switzerland.", "Substitute Kelechi Iheanacho scores a crucial second-half equaliser against Aston Villa to set up an intriguing EFL Cup semi-final second leg.", "The couple, who will not return as working members of the Royal Family, have been together for five years.", "The woman who inspired J-Lo's character in Hustlers sues the movie's makers for $40m.", "No other royals were consulted before the couple's announcement, the BBC understands.", "The supermarket revealed that like-for-like sales were down 0.7% in the final 15 weeks of the year.", "Acorah was best known for Most Haunted and appeared on Celebrity Big Brother in 2017.", "Researchers are unable to establish whether the Native American planted a mulberry tree in Norfolk.", "The assassination is a dramatic escalation in the low-level conflict between the US and Iran.", "Tributes are being paid to John Paul Smyth, who was last seen in Warrenpoint on New Year's Eve.", "A police report says the singer allegedly struck a security guard in a row at a Florida hotel.", "Bono's son Elijah Hewson fronts Inhaler, who have come fifth on the BBC Sound of 2020 list.", "Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says his team's performance was \"sensationally good\" as Curtis Jones' stunning winner earned the Reds an FA Cup victory over Everton.", "The new regulations will see alternatives to gas boilers installed in new homes from 2024.", "Killed by the US, he was once described as the \"single most powerful operative in the Middle East\".", "The foreign secretary says the UK wants to avoid \"a major war\" after the US killing of Qasem Soleimani.", "Scott Morrison announces the creation of a recovery agency, amid fierce criticism of his response.", "A Facebook appeal by Celeste Barber, an Australian comedian, has drawn more than 500,000 donations.", "The 13-year-old has been named as Eoin Hamill, a pupil at Coláiste Feirste and a talented amateur boxer.", "Police say a post-mortem examination is needed to determine the cause of death of the man in his 40s.", "The BBC's Phil Mercer reports from Kangaroo Valley, New South Wales, where fires are smouldering.", "The shadow Brexit secretary says Labour needs to \"rebuild fast\" to restore trust in the party.", "Lord Berkeley says MPs were \"misled\" about the line's costs, which he says will be more than £108bn.", "Police said they believed the 30-year-old man may have been stabbed in a row with another driver.", "Takieddine Boudhane, an Algerian national, had been living in the UK for three years, police said.", "The foreign secretary says his priority is to get the woman back to the UK to start her recovery.", "The body of Qasem Soleimani, a top Iranian general assassinated by the US, has been brought back to Iran.", "The crash involving the two lorries happened between junctions 12 and 13 in Bedfordshire.", "At least 30 people were killed and 33 wounded in the attack in the capital Tripoli, officials say.", "Chairman of the Tata Sons group says its Port Talbot plant must become \"self-sustaining\".", "Keir Starmer and Lisa Nandy question manifesto choices as Jess Phillips does not rule out rejoining EU.", "Annie Wells says measures including decriminalisation and introducing \"fix rooms\" should be considered.", "A mysterious illness is not caused by the virus that killed hundreds in 2002-03, officials said.", "Kerry Van Der Merwe has been fighting to be allowed surgery for a condition that baffles many GPs.", "Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi militia were killed in a US drone strike at Baghdad airport on Friday.", "Foreign ministry officials believe another country may be responsible.", "Ministers say the project is transforming people's lives and an extra £165m will be made available.", "The Queen sends \"thoughts and prayers\" as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex urge support for fundraisers.", "PM says Qasem Soleimani was a \"threat to all our interests\" as he prepares to meet key ministers.", "Police in Delhi are called to the JNU campus amid reports of masked men attacking students and staff.", "The driver of the car involved, a man in his late 20s, was arrested and is currently in hospital.", "Georges Duboeuf was one of the great wine merchants of the 20th Century.", "Officers in hazardous material suits are deployed after the man is found in Manchester.", "Footage of LeBron James was wrongly included in the BBC's News At Ten report on Kobe Bryant's death.", "The prime minister will set out trade talk details in a speech next month, says the Brexit secretary.", "The BBC broadcaster says the annual charge is the corporation's \"fundamental problem\".", "The city is at the centre of a deadly virus outbreak, and has been sealed off by authorities.", "The 13-year-old died in a helicopter crash in California that also killed her father, Kobe Bryant.", "The first artists confirmed for Big Weekend 2020, which takes place in May, have been announced.", "The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge hear \"heartbreaking\" stories at \"poignant\" commemoration event.", "Kim Kyong-hui, once a powerful figure, has not been seen since her husband's execution.", "See the contenders in the main categories for the 62nd annual Grammy Awards.", "The rare sighting of the distinctive member of the billfish family was made in the North Sea.", "An advert prompted jokes Prince Harry had found a job after stepping back from royal duties.", "Boris Johnson hails the UK as \"open to the most talented minds\" with quicker route in for scientists.", "If the Glasgow meeting fails, it will raise tough questions about the UN climate talks process, says the woman in charge.", "The Irish Taoiseach questioned the timings set by the PM to get a trade deal with the rest of the EU", "Women are being shamed into the procedure out of fear of being outcast or even killed.", "Panorama reveals for the first time how many have died on roads that no longer have a hard shoulder.", "The charity that closed down after a groping scandal has had its name revived to sell dresses.", "There has been criticism that authorities were too slow to respond and contain the virus.", "The UK government says a total of 52 tests have proved negative for the new strain of coronavirus.", "Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp and his first-team players will not be involved in the FA Cup fourth-round replay against Shrewsbury Town, the Reds manager says.", "Stars are collecting awards ahead of the main ceremony, with many paying tribute to Kobe Bryant.", "The woman, aged 60, suffered a seizure while speed-eating the cakes during an Australia Day event.", "Kobe Bryant was \"one of the most extraordinary players in the history of basketball\" who \"inspired people around the world\" to play the game.", "The funeral was followed by a special sitting of the Northern Ireland Assembly.", "There are reports that three people were injured when rockets hit the embassy in the Iraqi capital.", "Members of the public and celebrities reacted in shock to the death of basketball star Kobe Bryant.", "Events are being held to mark the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp.", "Experts say more men are getting tested, which explains the rise in diagnoses in England.", "A post-mortem examination is taking place to establish the cause of the 47-year-old's death in Hull.", "Gary Swift and Scott Kilgour were arrested on board a yacht about a mile off the Welsh coast.", "Alicia Keys and Lizzo lead tributes to the basketball star who died on Sunday in a helicopter crash.", "Substitute Jason Cummings scores twice against Premier League leaders Liverpool as League One Shrewsbury Town earn an FA Cup fourth-round replay at Anfield.", "LA Sheriff Alex Villanueva has said that eight others were on board the helicopter with Kobe Bryant.", "Live coverage after the US Senate clears Donald Trump of abuse of power and obstruction.", "PC Nick Dumphreys' family pay tribute to \"a kind and loving husband and father\".", "Police said the attack on the victim, 16-year-old Louis Johnson, lasted 40 seconds.", "Photos by the Duchess of Cambridge of two Holocaust survivors are published to mark its Memorial Day.", "Companies claim what happened was \"someone else's fault\", the second phase of the inquiry is told.", "The regulator says her comments \"had potential to offend\" but were \"unlikely to encourage crime\".", "Police arrest two 21-year-old men over the death of Matlock Town's Jordan Sinnott.", "World leaders warn of resurgent hatred, 75 years after the Nazis' Auschwitz death camp was liberated.", "Watch Kobe Bryant's poem 'Dear Basketball', written when the five-time NBA champion retired in 2016, following reports the basketball legend has died in a helicopter crash.", "The ceremony is taking place at the Staples Center, where Bryant played his entire career.", "A BBC team travels into Hubei province, where the deadly new coronavirus originated.", "The Labour leadership candidate argues against the status quo and for more power in the regions.", "Kobe Bryant is called the \"greatest\" Los Angeles Lakers player of all time by Magic Johnson as his number eight and 24 shirts are retired.", "Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay tells the BBC he believes the high-speed rail project will go ahead.", "The Irish leader Leo Varadkar compared the EU and UK to football teams with vastly different populations.", "How Kobe Bryant, a genius on the basketball court, sometimes a flawed character off it, appeared to be solving his life after sport in a way that many of his contemporaries and antecedents could not.", "A management body says sports chat in the office can be a \"gateway\" to more laddish behaviour.", "A study suggests girls are more than twice as likely as boys to pass a GCSE in a foreign language.", "Inspections of faulty lifts have not given \"sufficient assurance\" about repair work.", "Kobe Bryant's career in numbers. The basketball great died in a helicopter crash aged 41 on Sunday, 26 January 2020.", "The stars have their glad-rags on for the 62st Grammy awards ceremony.", "A petition organised by a charity for blind people asks for the BBC to roll back their decision.", "Court papers suggest the tabloid may have targeted the mobile phone of the murdered schoolgirl.", "Two people are hurt as the Caspian Airlines plane carrying 136 passengers skids across a road.", "The 18-year-old wins multiple awards, including best new artist and song of the year.", "Mark Rutte is the first prime minister to acknowledge the Netherlands' role in persecuting Jews.", "Kamali Gabbidon-Lynck was stabbed five times in an attack at a Wood Green hair salon.", "An aircraft has crashed and caught fire in eastern Afghanistan, but details remain unclear.", "One baby died shortly after being born prematurely when her mother was sent home with paracetamol.", "The Irish PM says it will be \"difficult\" to reach a deal this year, but Boris Johnson is bullish.", "Buying individual tickets for portions of the same journey can be cheaper, but has been \"niche\".", "Iran says he was arrested \"as an unknown foreigner in an illegal gathering\", but released soon afterwards.", "Arlene Foster says she recognises some proposals represent 'compromise outcomes'", "Counter-terrorism police admit \"error of judgement\" after including the group in an extremism guide.", "The Duchess of Sussex tells ITV of being under the spotlight \"on top of just trying to be a new mom\".", "Canada's PM says Iran's admission on the plane's downing is a first step but more are needed.", "Amber Carter-Thompson says she can now \"move on\" after the crash that broke her leg.", "What members of the public outside Buckingham Palace think of Prince Harry and Meghan stepping back.", "The US State Department says it would be an \"abuse\" to send suspect Anne Sacoolas back to the UK.", "A Labour MP has started a petition calling on the PM to withdraw the whip from Bridgend MP Jamie Wallis.", "The combination with Takeaway.com will create one of the world's largest food delivery firms.", "It's a battle between the ballads and the bangers, as the Brit Awards reveal their 2020 nominees.", "From book deals to public speaking, there are a number of avenues the couple could explore.", "Arlene Foster and Michelle O'Neill appointed first and deputy first ministers of Northern Ireland.", "Killed by the US, he was once described as the \"single most powerful operative in the Middle East\".", "Liverpool setting records in the best-ever start to a season in Europe's top-five leagues \"doesn't feel special somehow\", says boss Jurgen Klopp.", "Sinn Féin have said they will re-enter devolved government.", "Alliance leader Naomi Long set to become justice minister in new executive.", "The Northern Ireland Assembly returned on Saturday after three years of deadlock.", "US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Soleimani killed because of \"imminent threat\" to US facilities.", "An exhibition of little-known JMW Turner works has opened at the house he built near the Thames.", "Ukraine's top security official tells the BBC what investigators in Tehran have uncovered.", "The major gathering of independence supporters takes place in very poor weather conditions.", "Parents of 17-year-old Aidan Jackson were watching TV when police cars arrived outside their house.", "Governor Greg Abbott says the state's resources should be focused on \"those who are already here\".", "This week has radically increased the interest in the couple who have not hid their disdain for much of the media.", "Iranians share their thoughts on the killing of General Qasem Soleimani in a US drone strike.", "The father of one user said South Ayrshire Council had decided to steamroller through their proposal.", "Fleabag creator puts her Golden Globes tuxedo on eBay to support the relief effort in Australia.", "Senior royals will meet at Sandringham on Monday to discuss Prince Harry and Meghan's future.", "The judgement said \"her work on Newswatch was like Jeremy Vine's work on Points of View\".", "Demonstrators in Tehran called for resignations and accused officials of lying.", "The Prison Officers Association says the attacker had been transferred from a high-security jail.", "Countryside Alliance Cymru say it is part of a rising trend in the number reported missing or stolen.", "Across Canada, communities are grieving the 63 Canadians killed in the Ukraine Flight PS752 crash.", "The musician, considered one of rock's greatest ever drummers, had brain cancer.", "Sir Keir Starmer says \"factionalism has to go\" as he makes his case to become Labour's next leader.", "The Home Office requests Anne Sacoolas's extradition \"on charges of causing death by dangerous driving\".", "Passengers flying via Swedish airports fell 4% in 2019, airport operators Swedavia say.", "The Sussexes hope talks over their future can be concluded \"sooner rather than later\", reports say.", "Police investigate false reports of a man wearing a suicide vest close to Bournemouth University.", "The 100-year-old tortoise of legendary libido is credited with saving his species from extinction.", "Reynhard Sinaga was jailed for a minimum of 30 years for 159 sex offences, including 136 rapes.", "One in five people are banned from telling people they work with about their salary, a union says.", "The UK government shows \"lack of clarity\" on funding the COP26 conference in Glasgow this year.", "Since 2017, thousands of Kazakh Muslims have been detained in China’s infamous re-education camps.", "Some firefighters were said to find the poor treatment of colleagues to be \"amusing\", inspectors find.", "The UK had said the US president could renegotiate the 2015 accord, which is close to collapse.", "There will be more staff in Newcastle, Bristol and Salford, director general Tony Hall explains.", "The firm rejects claims that it is shielding criminals by refusing to co-operate with investigators.", "Biggest applause goes to Elizabeth Warren when she says the women on stage have won more elections than the men.", "Wildlife group says rare species could be wiped out by rail link and calls for a \"greener\" approach.", "Emergency services are at the scene in Slough, but no-one is believed to be injured.", "Boris Johnson answers MPs' questions at noon, followed by debate on the Queen's Speech.", "Tens of thousands of 11- to 13-year-olds are being tricked into performing sex acts, data suggests.", "At least 60 children and adults were treated after a jet released fuel during an emergency landing.", "People with access to green spaces are more likely to be more environmentally friendly, study says.", "After his cabin caught fire in the Alaskan woods, Tyson Steele survived without shelter for 23 days.", "Mr Trump has hailed the deal as a \"transformative\", but the majority of tariffs will remain in place.", "The rapper takes up the cause of 29 inmates after five men died in the state's prisons in one week.", "Our royal correspondent says the Mail on Sunday could target Meghan's character in privacy case.", "As senior royals gather in Sandringham, our royal correspondent wonders what the talks will achieve.", "A 'fractured' relationship between two doctors is described in hospital board papers.", "A blast at a chemical factory launched a metal plate that hit an apartment block, officials say.", "The case filed in the US Virgin Islands says the late financier molested girls as young as 12.", "The pop star will record the title track for the new Bond film, No Time To Die.", "Matt Hancock tells BBC Radio 5 Live the government should be judged on \"the right target\".", "PC Sharon Beshenivsky was shot dead while responding to reports of a robbery in Bradford in 2005.", "Former Chelsea and Juventus striker Eniola Aluko, who won more than 100 England caps, retires from football aged 32.", "Dishonest cosmetic surgeon had no medical insurance to cover patient compensation, says tribunal.", "One in six women suffer post-traumatic stress for months after losing a baby, research suggests.", "Tsai Ing-wen tells the BBC that China needs to realise Taiwan is a successful independent democracy.", "The devices cut into tissue and nerves, leaving some unable to walk, work or care for their children.", "Charlotte Charles, Harry's mum, was \"beside herself\" after hearing the news on her birthday.", "Courtney Partridge-McLennan suffered a suspected asthma attack in her fire-ravaged town in Australia.", "The High Street food giant chooses its delivery partner as the market for takeaways continues to grow.", "Speculation grows that UK interest rates will be cut after inflation slows in December.", "British Airways' owner IAG files a complaint to the EU arguing Flybe's rescue breaks state aid rules.", "The study of 14,000 people in England and Wales finds men are also more likely to be imprisoned than women.", "The fast food giant is granted permission to build a drive-thru restaurant in Oakham, Rutland.", "The Duke of Sussex says he fears his wife is \"falling victim\" to press intrusion as his mother did.", "The 737 Max has been grounded for 10 months after two crashes that killed 346 people in total.", "Tottenham gain a hard-fought victory over Championship side Middlesbrough in their FA Cup third-round replay.", "The airline’s investors will put more money in while the government will review air passenger tax.", "Whitney Houston, The Notorious B.I.G. and two classic British acts will be honoured in May.", "Global data from three agencies also shows that 2019 was the second warmest year since 1850.", "Until now, there's been little evidence our evolutionary relatives could swim.", "Juan Mata's superb second-half goal sends Manchester United into the FA Cup fourth round as they beat Wolves 1-0.", "The recruit was taking part in training on a beach when he got into difficulty in the water.", "Manchester United are jeered by their own supporters as Burnley register their first ever Premier League win at Old Trafford.", "Huanggang, a city of six million, will follow Wuhan in suspending transport, as fears grow.", "But the supermarket says it will create 7,000 hourly-paid roles as part of a major restructuring.", "Live coverage after the US Senate clears Donald Trump of abuse of power and obstruction.", "Muhammad Rodwan repeatedly struck PC Stuart Outten with the machete during a routine traffic stop.", "The singer reveals in her new book how a childhood incident led to a reliance on drugs and alcohol.", "Louise Lawford was told that her account that the dogs had run off was not accepted.", "The ex-Speaker also criticises No 10 for not \"honouring the centuries-old convention\" by making him a Lord.", "Bereavement leave for parents came too late for Ian Bainbridge, whose son was stillborn five years ago.", "Accusations against the ex-Speaker by one of his most senior advisers are thought to centre around bullying.", "The woman, who had head injuries, died at the property in Chingford late on Wednesday.", "Tributes are paid to the \"fiercely independent\" Anne Robson who was described as \"very inspiring\".", "People in Wuhan are being stopped from leaving - but it may not prevent the virus from spreading.", "Party leaders ask Assembly Commission to halt £1,000 rise until decision to award it is reviewed.", "Poland's president has snubbed an Israeli event to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.", "Passengers have attempted to bring increasingly exotic animals on board flights.", "Only 7.3% of offences lead to a suspect being charged, figures show, as knife crime continues to rise.", "Richard Ratcliffe says his wife, who has been detained for four years, is being used as a \"chess piece\".", "The Home Office says the decision over the extradition of Anne Sacoolas is a \"denial of justice\".", "At least seven babies have died since 2016 at one of the largest hospital groups in England, the BBC finds.", "The patient travelled to Belfast from a city in China currently in lockdown due to the infection.", "The rapper says controversial lyrics on his latest album are \"designed to shock\".", "Thousands of women are camping out in a Delhi suburb in protest over a law they see as anti-Muslim.", "Three people are dead after a large air tanker went down fighting bushfires in New South Wales.", "The 25-year-old British man's motorbike has been found, but he remains missing.", "French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier ends a 50-year career with his last couture runway show.", "It may not be as famous as Beijing or Shanghai, but Wuhan is a huge city with global connections.", "The government is funding oil and gas projects abroad, despite a commitment to cut carbon emissions.", "Experts say the man's brain, found in the Roman town of Herculaneum, was affected by extreme heat.", "Liverpool's march to the Premier League title continues as Roberto Firmino's late winner at Wolves takes them 16 points clear.", "Tesla sold more than 367,000 cars last year, just a fraction of its competitors.", "The earthquake was centred below Stockton-on-Tees just before 06:00 GMT.", "Taxes may be needed to curb eating meat and dairy in the effort to combat climate change.", "She tells the BBC Labour had \"a great set of policies\" at the election but got its \"messaging\" wrong.", "Ordnance bomb disposal remove an unexploded shell found during routine construction work.", "A wrangle between the contractor and the Welsh Government could see completion delayed until 2021.", "A medical examiner has ruled that the rapper died as a result of oxycodone and codeine toxicity,", "Betty Pugh lost her legs after treatment, but her council will not pay to adapt her home.", "He was speaking at an event in Israel marking 75 years since the liberation of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz.", "Monmouth's Nick Ramsay, who has been an AM since 2007, is facing a party investigation.", "Members of the iconic comedy group lead tributes to their \"outrageously funny\" co-star, who has died aged 77.", "A man criticised by a judge for his conduct in a rape trial is deselected as an assembly candidate.", "Victoria Derbyshire addresses the news that her TV show is coming off air, saying \"we're still here\".", "The biggest rise in exclusions for racism is in north-west England, BBC News analysis suggests.", "Plans for a new mission come months after the Chandrayaan-2 failed to land on the Moon.", "A whisky firm says two dozen barrels will feature in the \"world's first dedicated online auction\" for casks.", "The Duke and Duchess of Sussex release the image on Instagram to mark the turn of the year.", "The man in his 20s was found at an address in Milton Keynes and died later in hospital.", "The London mayor said he was \"disgusted\" by the graffiti, found on a building in Brixton.", "In his new year message, Boris Johnson says he hopes the country can \"move forward united\".", "Protesters chanted \"Liberate Hong Kong!\" at midnight, and thousands joined a New Year's Day rally.", "The first child of 2020 is believed to have been a boy who arrived at 00:03 at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.", "Lewis and Hannah Vaughan Jones brought baby Sonny home after spending £80,000 on private treatment.", "The 62-year-old died at the scene after being struck by a silver VW Golf, whose driver did not stop.", "Some 12,000 fireworks lit up the UK capital's skyline to usher in the start of the new decade.", "Lawyer Michael Polak gives his reaction as a British woman is found guilty of making a false rape claim in Cyprus.", "Victims include a father and son who tried to defend their home and farm equipment from the flames.", "The move is designed to protect marine life around the Pacific island state.", "Local police say the firework exploded as Gary McLaren tried to light it during New Year celebrations.", "The mother of a woman convicted of lying about being raped says she believes Ayia Napa is unsafe.", "Thousands of people fled to the beach in Mallacoota, Victoria as fires approached the town.", "Seven Brexit-focused bills and plans for extra NHS funding are unveiled in the Queen's Speech.", "Mikel Arteta earns his first win as Arsenal boss as the Gunners produce a powerful first-half performance to beat a lacklustre Manchester United.", "The PM says Brexit is \"one step closer\" after MPs back his EU withdrawal bill by a majority of 124.", "Football-loving Kai Evitt is \"blown away\" by the gift from his Manchester United hero.", "A man is arrested after two bodies were found at a house in the early hours of New Year's Day.", "Cement unity \"one brick at a time,\" the Archbishop of Canterbury says in his new year message.", "Fireworks displays are held in London, Edinburgh and other cities, as the UK rings in a new decade.", "He was the NBA commissioner for 30 years and helped to boost basketball's popularity worldwide.", "Ed Bartlam of Underbelly says the Edinburgh street party was a success for locals and visitors.", "New research suggests most people still want to book package holidays despite what happened after the collapse of Thomas Cook.", "The Scottish star helped the UK music industry towards a fifth consecutive year of growth.", "Two men and a woman were killed 20 minutes before midnight on New Year's Eve.", "Charles Nunn helped families identify the bodies of 116 children and 28 adults after the disaster.", "People gather across the country to say farewell to 2019 and usher in the new decade.", "Hundreds of new year revellers defy the chilly waters to take a dip in the Firth of Forth.", "Peter Wright wins his first PDC World Championship with a 7-3 victory over three-time champion Michael van Gerwen.", "The former car titan was awaiting trial on financial misconduct charges. Then he appeared in Lebanon.", "In his new year message, Jeremy Corbyn says Labour faces tough years ahead but must keep fighting.", "Cracker's owner left a note saying: \"I couldn't imagine him being outside with me cold and hungry.\"", "The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge unveil a global prize to tackle climate issues in the next decade.", "All 200 animals survived a huge wildfire, with monkeys, pandas and a tiger kept at a zookeeper's home.", "Marc Veyrat said he had been \"disgraced\"; Michelin called him a \"narcissistic diva\".", "When this student began posting photos of her study notes, she never anticipated what would happen.", "A Georgia man who broke into a Taco Bell overnight paused to make himself some food and take a nap.", "Quibi also announced its pricing and a star-studded line-up at the CES tech expo.", "Alun Cairns resigned as Welsh Secretary last year over claims he knew his aide had broken a judge's ruling.", "The ceremony will repeat 2019's \"successful formula\" of big names presenting awards, Academy says.", "The Duke and Duchess stepping back as senior royals is the only story in town on Thursday's front pages.", "Brusthom Ziamani is one of two inmates suspected of attacking a prison officer at HMP Whitemoor.", "Two engineers and the owner of a dry cleaners were on board the flight, which crashed in Iran.", "Struggling families are being hit by failures in the system designed to help them, a watchdog says.", "As the couple step away from royal duties, we look at their life together from meeting to marriage and beyond.", "The Royal College of GPs ask Health Secretary Matt Hancock to take urgent action to tackle the problem.", "Ministers will pay for people to access commercial broadband services if they miss out on the fibre network.", "The device rapidly chills packaged drinks meaning they do not need to be refrigerated before use.", "The young German man was targeted by a work colleague who peppered his lunch with mercury and lead.", "It is thought the pneumonia which struck the Chinese city of Wuhan was caused by a new virus.", "The jail mistakenly saved surveillance footage from the wrong cell block, prosecutors say.", "The chief executive of British Airways owner International Airlines Group is set to retire.", "Hostilities between Iran and the US have big consequences for many other countries.", "Friends of Helen Hancock and Martin Griffiths have expressed their shock at their deaths.", "The shadow energy minister says colleagues have told him he would bring \"dynamism\" to the debate.", "The Canadian PM says evidence shows the plane was hit by a surface-to-air missile - possibly unintentionally.", "The Speaker hails security officers Ron Dowson and Habibi Syaaf as heroes after the river rescue.", "The King, his siblings, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.", "An appeal to keep Ian Simms, who murdered Helen McCourt in 1988, behind bars is rejected.", "The 176 people killed in Wednesday's crash are being identified by officials and loved ones.", "The supermarket's sales in the months around the festive period fell 0.2% compared with last year.", "A boy who choked on a sausage could still be alive if he had an operation sooner, an inquest hears.", "Hannah Bardell says she considers comments made about her to the press to be a \"hate crime\".", "A man cleared over an incident outside Buckingham Palace is accused of planning terror attacks.", "The Queen's eldest granddaughter was caught by a mobile speed van near Cirencester.", "Stopping plastic packaging could lead to higher carbon alternatives, a Parliamentary report says.", "A French start-up aims to radically cut the amount of time people require to clean their teeth.", "Boris Johnson also urges President Hassan Rouhani to release dual nationals imprisoned in Iran.", "A South Korean start-up has created a gadget designed to stop well-worn trainers smelling bad.", "The supermarket in southern France put a €30.99 price tag on the televisions - instead of €399.", "The Labour MPs join Sir Keir Starmer on the ballot paper in the race to replace Jeremy Corbyn.", "Newspapers at home and abroad react to Harry and Meghan's decision to step back from royal duties.", "The US has a \"right to self-defence\", the UK foreign secretary says after meeting his US counterpart.", "A statement is released saying the Duke and Duchess of Sussex intend to step back as senior royals.", "The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will step back as senior royals, adding to the many ways the couple have done things differently.", "A statement is released saying the Duke and Duchess of Sussex intend to step back as senior royals.", "The couple, who will not return as working members of the Royal Family, have been together for five years.", "Betting companies with streaming rights for FA Cup ties say they would allow the games to be streamed on a free platform elsewhere.", "The major parties in England have pledged billions more for the NHS over the next five years.", "Two women are taking legal action, claiming a \"pattern and practice of intentional race discrimination\".", "Chicken and hormone-fed beef bans will continue post-Brexit, the environment secretary says.", "Owners of the fire-prone Hotpoint and Indesit machines fear a much longer wait to hot wash their clothes.", "Unison says Sir Keir Starmer is best placed to unite the party and take it back into government.", "After nearly a decade's research, a hydrofoil water bike has gone into mass production.", "From grieving his mother to becoming a father, the Duke of Sussex is used to attention from the media.", "The Withdrawal Agreement Bill will now pass to the House of Lords for further scrutiny next week.", "Beau Greaves had a 16th birthday to remember as she won through to the semi-finals of the BDO women's World Darts Championship.", "A vigil is held for Iran plane crash victims in Toronto, where many of them were travelling to.", "The EU Commission president says the sides must prioritise areas of agreement to meet talks deadline.", "A small fraction of orders made against sex offenders included a ban on foreign travel, an inquiry finds.", "The drill artist, who's had two UK number ones, is convicted of carrying a knife.", "The Duchess of Sussex tells ITV of being under the spotlight \"on top of just trying to be a new mom\".", "The first core stage for Nasa's \"mega-rocket\", the SLS, has left its factory in New Orleans.", "Prosecutors had applied to re-indict the case against Sean Flynn under double jeopardy laws.", "Pressure is growing on countries that don't base their definition of rape on a lack of consent.", "A wide range of futuristic vehicles, including flying machines, has parked up at the CES tech show.", "Celeste got fired over her love of music. Now she's been named the UK's most promising new star.", "The retailer says it ordered too many tight-fitting men's clothes ahead of the busy festive period.", "Police are investigating after a performer was left in a life-threatening condition following a fall during rehearsals for the Winter Youth Olympic Games opening ceremony in Switzerland.", "Substitute Kelechi Iheanacho scores a crucial second-half equaliser against Aston Villa to set up an intriguing EFL Cup semi-final second leg.", "Across Canada, communities are grieving the 63 Canadians killed in the Ukraine Flight PS752 crash.", "The couple, who will not return as working members of the Royal Family, have been together for five years.", "No other royals were consulted before the couple's announcement, the BBC understands.", "The retail group warns on profits as John Lewis managing director Paula Nickolds steps down.", "Aadil Umair Rahim sparked a nine-hour search when he vanished on his way back from a school trip.", "The turtle is being treated at the Sea Life centre in Brighton after being found by swimmers.", "Liverpool continue their charge for a first league title in 30 years by beating rivals Manchester United at Anfield.", "Moving the upper chamber could \"reconnect\" politics with voters, the Tory party chairman says.", "The Japanese fashion brand is accused of cultural appropriation at Paris Fashion Week.", "Brexit officially happened on 31 January but the UK is now in a transition period until the end of 2020.", "The new uniform, unveiled on the force's Twitter, has prompted one question: \"Camo in space?\"", "Lee Child had considered killing off title character before getting his younger sibling to take over.", "Leaked documents reveal how Isabel dos Santos made her fortune through exploitation and corruption.", "England's Stuart Bingham becomes the oldest Masters winner by defeating Ali Carter 10-8 in a fluctuating final.", "He served as an MP in the Highlands and was interim leader of the Liberal Democrats after the party's formation.", "A woman who was repeatedly abused as a child was let down by South Yorkshire Police, a report finds.", "The ex-president's billionaire daughter has been targeted in an anti-corruption investigation.", "As the couple step away from royal duties, we look at their life together from meeting to marriage and beyond.", "Video shows a car being driven on the wrong side of the road near RAF Croughton on Friday night.", "Gail Porter's mental health is the focus of a new BBC documentary as she retraces significant moments in her career.", "Premiership Rugby confirms Saracens will be relegated to the Championship this season after salary cap breaches.", "The five MPs running to succeed Jeremy Corbyn were quizzed on issues from anti-Semitism to Brexit.", "How the Olympics, Harry Potter, housing and solar panels changed the British landscape.", "Isabel dos Santos accuses the Angolan authorities of a \"witch-hunt\" against her, following a leak of documents.", "Conor McGregor makes a winning return with a first-round victory over Donald Cerrone at UFC 246 in Las Vegas.", "Court powers to control stalkers under investigation could be the \"critical difference\", victims say.", "Yemen's president condemns the \"cowardly\" attack in Marib province, blaming it on Houthi rebels.", "The UK must decide how to position itself in global trade's new order.", "Fundraising for a statue of Joseph Merrick has been slowed by prejudice, the woman behind it claims.", "As much as 30 inches (76cm) of snow has fallen in Newfoundland after severe snowstorms.", "It comes after footage emerged of a car on the wrong side of the road near where Harry Dunn died.", "The child suffered non life-threatening injuries in the attack in Leicester on Saturday afternoon.", "The six-year-old, who was on a school trip, was found in roadworks just off the M1 in the early hours.", "The men in their 20s and 30s were pronounced dead at the scene in Ilford - two men have been arrested.", "The prime minister welcomes the plan for the couple's future, as the Queen wishes them happiness.", "The prince says he and Meghan wanted to continue serving the Queen, but \"that wasn't possible\".", "Pooches of all shapes and sizes settled in for book readings with their owners.", "Sir Ed Davey and Mark Pack will remain joint acting party leaders until the election process is completed.", "Food prices could rise after Sajid Javid said there will be no alignment with EU rules after Brexit, businesses say.", "Robert Buckland commits to building one, despite plans for a jail in Port Talbot being withdrawn.", "Storms hit parts of Australia's east coast, dousing some fires and giving inhabitants some respite.", "The boy's sibling, four, is critical but stable and dad stable after the early morning blaze.", "The couple, who will not return as working members of the Royal Family, have been together for five years.", "Leaked documents reveal how Isabel dos Santos made her fortune through exploitation and corruption.", "Heavy rains have dampened many of Australia's blazes, while bringing flooding to some areas.", "The police helicopter was deployed during a search near a Tesco Extra in Shrewsbury.", "From grieving his mother to becoming a father, the Duke of Sussex is used to attention from the media.", "A report said an officer who cited race as a reason for inaction over sex abuse could not be identified.", "Provides an overview of Angola, including key dates and facts about this African country.", "Former colleagues say Jamie Wallis \"was aware\" it was being overseen from there.", "Read the Duke of Sussex's speech about he and his wife's future after Buckingham Palace announced the terms on which they would step back as senior royals.", "Two men and a woman, rearrested on suspicion of the murder of Glen Quinn, are released on police bail.", "Conner Marshall was murdered by David Braddon, who was on probation for previous offences.", "The assassination is a dramatic escalation in the low-level conflict between the US and Iran.", "The BBC's Jeremy Bowen on what Iran could do in reply to the killing of its top commander.", "Vegans and vegetarians may find the fast food chain's new meat-free burger an acquired taste.", "Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says his team's performance was \"sensationally good\" as Curtis Jones' stunning winner earned the Reds an FA Cup victory over Everton.", "Sam Mendes and Olivia Colman win awards at an event where Australia's bushfires were often mentioned.", "The average wage of a FTSE 100 boss equated to more than £900 an hour, research suggests.", "Killed by the US, he was once described as the \"single most powerful operative in the Middle East\".", "Adopted children who suffered severe deprivation in Romanian orphanages had smaller brains than others as young adults.", "A rapist who preyed on men outside clubs will \"never be safe to be released\" from jail, a judge says.", "England need eight wickets for victory on the final day of the second Test after being frustrated by South Africa's top order in Cape Town.", "The landmark deal hangs in the balance after the US killed Iran's most powerful general.", "The man tried to attack officers in the city of Gelsenkirchen, but terrorism is not suspected.", "Paul Elcombe, 26, allegedly threw the bird at Kyle Towers at Goodbody's cafe in Plymouth.", "It is the third consecutive year of decline, driven by weak confidence and confusion over new rules.", "Scott Morrison announces the creation of a recovery agency, amid fierce criticism of his response.", "Tottenham say they and the police have found \"no evidence\" to support allegations of racism from fans towards Chelsea's Antonio Rudiger.", "Police say a post-mortem examination is needed to determine the cause of death of the man in his 40s.", "But her impassioned Golden Globes speech about \"a woman's right to choose\" also attracts criticism.", "Jonathan Coe's Middle England is described by the judges as \"the perfect novel for now\".", "Iraq has called for an end to foreign military presence after the US assassination of Qasem Soleimani.", "Three men are being interrogated over an attempt to break into a British base in central Kenya.", "Takieddine Boudhane, an Algerian national, had been living in the UK for three years, police said.", "Isla is thought to be the only person in the world with the condition, that accelerates the ageing of cells.", "The actor used his speech to say a \"climate change-based\" crisis was unfolding in Australia.", "The foreign secretary says his priority is to get the woman back to the UK to start her recovery.", "The body of Qasem Soleimani, a top Iranian general assassinated by the US, has been brought back to Iran.", "Keir Starmer and Lisa Nandy question manifesto choices as Jess Phillips does not rule out rejoining EU.", "A mysterious illness is not caused by the virus that killed hundreds in 2002-03, officials said.", "Turkish forces will support the UN-backed government in Libya as it battles an insurgency.", "Heritage body Cadw gives special protection to nine sites across Wales.", "She says her party needs a \"socialist leader\" to fight for the policies pioneered by Jeremy Corbyn.", "The parked cars were stuck two metres deep after the ice beneath them cracked.", "Iran's Revolutionary Guards were set up after the 1979 revolution to defend the Islamic system.", "Ministers say the project is transforming people's lives and an extra £165m will be made available.", "The South-Londoner's sweet-but-gritty soul songs are being tipped for success in 2020.", "Launching her bid, the shadow education secretary says Labour faces a stark choice - \"win or die\".", "PM says Qasem Soleimani was a \"threat to all our interests\" as he prepares to meet key ministers.", "Find out who has won prizes at the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards - and who has missed out.", "Police in Delhi are called to the JNU campus amid reports of masked men attacking students and staff.", "The astronaut, the first Briton in space, says there must be \"all sorts\" of life in the universe.", "Jasmine Lobe, who claims she was sexually assaulted by the Hollywood mogul, talks ahead of his criminal trial.", "The Welsh mezzo-soprano was attacked on her way to rehearsals as she helped an older woman.", "Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta shouted at his players at half-time to inspire an improved performance as they beat Leeds in the FA Cup.", "Police believe the attack at a restaurant in Rot am See was related to a family dispute.", "There has been criticism that authorities were too slow to respond and contain the virus.", "A judge is criticised for making \"legally inaccurate\" comments about sexual assault and consent.", "The BBC's Africa editor Fergal Keane will work in a new role for the corporation.", "Andrea Leadsom MP met Harry Dunn's family to discuss the US refusal to extradite Anne Sacoolas", "Live coverage after the US Senate clears Donald Trump of abuse of power and obstruction.", "Records at the Intellectual Property Office show objections to the Sussex Royal trademark.", "Eamonn Harrison is facing 39 charges of manslaughter and two charges of conspiracy", "Police believe the unnamed Briton fell off a cliff after a night out on Thursday.", "Muhammad Rodwan repeatedly struck PC Stuart Outten with the machete during a routine traffic stop.", "The city is at the centre of a deadly virus outbreak, and has been sealed off by authorities.", "Louise Lawford was told that her account that the dogs had run off was not accepted.", "The pub chain says it wants to deter \"unruly behaviour\" in pubs by children left unsupervised.", "The company said it was sorry for the confusion caused by plans to stop sending updates to legacy speakers.", "Four companies are seeking a judicial review of the decision to scrap age verification plans.", "This can put strain on the heart and is particularly marked during a defeat, a study suggests.", "People in Wuhan are being stopped from leaving - but it may not prevent the virus from spreading.", "The deal formally ending UK membership is signed by EU leaders in Brussels.", "The judge said Muhammad Rodwan had shown \"not a shred of remorse\" for the attack on PC Stuart Outten.", "The Home Office says the decision over the extradition of Anne Sacoolas is a \"denial of justice\".", "The firm says it plans to build up to 15 of the mini reactors, which can be delivered by a lorry.", "Spain's government is to meet in emergency session after the storm carved a swathe of destruction.", "There is a worldwide ban on identifying the two killers of James Bulger, who died in 1993.", "The rapper says controversial lyrics on his latest album are \"designed to shock\".", "The PM hails a \"fantastic moment\" for the UK as he signs document paving the way for its EU exit.", "The star felt she would \"pass out\" during shows after developing an unhealthy relationship with food.", "Media giants such as Google have been outspoken opponents of the legislation.", "The woman boasted about taking medicine to bring her temperature down in order to clear customs.", "The government is funding oil and gas projects abroad, despite a commitment to cut carbon emissions.", "A private hospital is looking into operations carried out by a doctor it has stopped from practising.", "Sir Nick Clegg did not acknowledge WhatsApp security flaws in a BBC interview.", "The young boy suffered life changing injuries when he was thrown from a 10th floor viewing platform.", "George Takei, star of the original 1960s Star Trek TV series, is jokingly demanding royalties.", "The health board says 24-hour consultant-led care cannot continue without risks to patient safety.", "Supermarket giant says the change will remove 350 tonnes of plastic from the environment.", "He tweets his apology after questioning the \"oddness of casting\" a Sikh soldier in the film 1917.", "Liverpool's march to the Premier League title continues as Roberto Firmino's late winner at Wolves takes them 16 points clear.", "Senators have been seen chewing gum, handing out fidget spinners and sleeping during the trial.", "Serena Williams says she made \"far too many errors to be a professional athlete\" as she was knocked out in the Australian Open third round.", "League Two Northampton earn a replay with Championship club Derby after a goalless draw in the FA Cup fourth round.", "The care watchdog carried out an unannounced inspection after concerns about preventable baby deaths.", "Princess Alice was honoured for her work helping Jewish people during WW2 and is buried in Jerusalem.", "Harry Richford was born in an operating theatre \"full of panicking people\", an inquest is told.", "No-one took full account of how complex the project was going to be, says the spending watchdog.", "He was speaking at an event in Israel marking 75 years since the liberation of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz.", "Unite leader Len McCluskey said the shadow business secretary had the \"brains and brilliance\" for the job.", "Buying individual tickets for portions of the same journey can be cheaper, but has been \"niche\".", "Iran says he was arrested \"as an unknown foreigner in an illegal gathering\", but released soon afterwards.", "The Duchess of Sussex tells ITV of being under the spotlight \"on top of just trying to be a new mom\".", "The philosopher, who died from cancer, is hailed as \"the greatest conservative of our age\".", "Serena Williams claims her first title in three years and first since becoming a mother with victory over Jessica Pegula at the Auckland Classic.", "The US State Department says it would be an \"abuse\" to send suspect Anne Sacoolas back to the UK.", "It's a battle between the ballads and the bangers, as the Brit Awards reveal their 2020 nominees.", "Ireland's deputy PM says talks are likely to take longer than Boris Johnson's end of 2020 deadline.", "From book deals to public speaking, there are a number of avenues the couple could explore.", "Arlene Foster and Michelle O'Neill appointed first and deputy first ministers of Northern Ireland.", "The Scottish Secretary has denied a 2021 SNP majority would be justification for a second vote.", "Space tourism is set to take off in 2020 as firms offering tickets get ready for the final countdown.", "Anger at the government's response could lead to further unrest ahead of elections, an expert says.", "Beales says 22 stores and 1,000 jobs are at risk if it cannot find a buyer.", "Liverpool setting records in the best-ever start to a season in Europe's top-five leagues \"doesn't feel special somehow\", says boss Jurgen Klopp.", "Three adults have also died as their boat sank off Turkey's coast near the Greek island of Chios.", "The Defence Secretary says fears the US will withdraw from international leadership \"keep me awake\".", "The major gathering of independence supporters takes place in very poor weather conditions.", "Campaigners including Greta Thunberg want Federer to end a sponsorship deal with Credit Suisse.", "This week has radically increased the interest in the couple who have not hid their disdain for much of the media.", "Wildfires have wreaked devastation to wildlife on Australia's third largest island.", "Senior royals will meet at Sandringham on Monday to discuss Prince Harry and Meghan's future.", "Three-year-old Cheryl Grimmer, from Bristol, disappeared from an Australian beach in 1970.", "Demonstrators in Tehran called for resignations and accused officials of lying.", "Officials warn that human activity is resulting in rising numbers of elephant deaths.", "Manchester City produce a devastating goalscoring performance to leave Aston Villa in the Premier League relegation zone.", "The HGV driver was unhurt and managed to escape the blaze near junction 25.", "Sir Keir Starmer says \"factionalism has to go\" as he makes his case to become Labour's next leader.", "Use our translator tool to find out what all the scientific terms used to discuss climate change actually mean.", "Residents criticise a cash offer by a firm building a hydropower project on their doorstep.", "Some firefighters were said to find the poor treatment of colleagues to be \"amusing\", inspectors find.", "The sharp rise in first class degrees from universities has stalled after pressure from ministers.", "Presenter Evan Davis said it was the worst mistake since he joined Radio 4's PM programme.", "Judges' sentencing remarks in high-profile criminal cases in England and Wales are to be filmed.", "The Westminster government is to give the NI Executive an extra £1bn to support the Stormont deal.", "Countries are to set out how they intend to cut their emissions, but what's brought us to this point?", "Louise Lawford is accused of losing at least five dogs in her care last June in woods in Staffordshire.", "The change could anger firms in the South West, who value the international routes Heathrow provides.", "Mr Trump has hailed the deal as a \"transformative\", but the majority of tariffs will remain in place.", "Our royal correspondent says the Mail on Sunday could target Meghan's character in privacy case.", "Michael O'Leary writes to the chancellor criticising the government's rescue of the regional airline.", "Dominic Hamlyn, who died from sudden adult death syndrome, was swimming underwater during a birthday challenge.", "As senior royals gather in Sandringham, our royal correspondent wonders what the talks will achieve.", "A crowdfunding project aims to raise £500,000 by the weekend to pay for the bell to ring on 31 January.", "About 200 starlings were found on a lane in December, sparking theories about what had happened.", "The case filed in the US Virgin Islands says the late financier molested girls as young as 12.", "Bereaved families tell the PM they are worried about a panel member who has links to a cladding firm.", "Barbara Broccoli, who produces the film series, says a female actor will not be cast in the role.", "James Farrar was charged with assault by beating for using a megaphone near the ears of police.", "There were 14,135 offences in the year to September 2019 - the most since data was first compiled in 2007.", "Luke Williams, 26, died three days after being assaulted in a street in Aberaman, Rhondda Cynon Taff.", "PC Sharon Beshenivsky was shot dead while responding to reports of a robbery in Bradford in 2005.", "The leadership hopeful tells the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg he can restore trust in Labour as a \"force for good\".", "Freya Thorpe's family said their lives were \"utterly destroyed\" by her death.", "The prince appears relaxed as he hosts the Rugby League World Cup draw at Buckingham Palace.", "Lisa Nandy claims that the UK should \"look to Catalonia\" for lessons on how to defeat Scottish nationalism.", "Extinction Rebellion staged a 13-hour protest at the base in Altens \"to hold Shell to account\".", "Saracens are facing relegation from the Premiership if they are found to have breached the salary cap again.", "Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley says the tournament \"is happening\" despite health concerns over Melbourne's air quality.", "British Airways' owner IAG files a complaint to the EU arguing Flybe's rescue breaks state aid rules.", "Soil protection will be a core issue as the Agriculture Bill returns to Parliament later.", "More venues opened in 2019 as more customers opted for food instead of just drinking alcohol.", "Fabian Way into Swansea was shut for five hours for investigations into the fatal incident.", "A jury hears officer Stuart Outten was stabbed as he tried to arrest a man during a routine stop.", "Research for the BBC by NHS Digital shows a huge rise in mental and physical illness linked to cocaine.", "The presenter is leaving the Channel 4 show in order to focus on other work commitments.", "Wet weather brings relief to some devastated areas, but the fire crisis is far from over.", "Global data from three agencies also shows that 2019 was the second warmest year since 1850.", "It is, in Trump's words, a \"monster of a deal\", but it doesn't tackle some of the thorniest problems.", "Juan Mata's superb second-half goal sends Manchester United into the FA Cup fourth round as they beat Wolves 1-0.", "Security footage captures two people in Washington DC narrowly avoid being crushed by falling debris.", "Until now, there's been little evidence our evolutionary relatives could swim.", "Dealers are attracting new users by offering free MDMA, a type of ecstasy, if they enter a raffle.", "Aadil Umair Rahim sparked a nine-hour search when he vanished on his way back from a school trip.", "Boris Johnson says post-Brexit immigration to the UK will become \"fairer and more equal\".", "The Japanese fashion brand is accused of cultural appropriation at Paris Fashion Week.", "Malaysia will not become \"the garbage dump of the world\", says the country's environment minister.", "The presenter says the settlement with the BBC followed \"a long period of stressful negotiations\".", "Transport Secretary Grant Shapps faces a \"massive decision\" as a leaked report suggests the rail link could cost £106bn.", "England's Stuart Bingham becomes the oldest Masters winner by defeating Ali Carter 10-8 in a fluctuating final.", "Job performance data about more than 900 IWG employees is accidentally published online.", "Data suggests 30% of second generation migrants feel discriminated against because of their ethnicity.", "A German man who convinced young women and girls to shock themselves on camera is given 11 years.", "Gail Porter's mental health is the focus of a new BBC documentary as she retraces significant moments in her career.", "A \"crippling learning crisis\" faces girls in some of the world's most deprived countries, says UN.", "US-bound migrants who waded across a river are forced back and rounded up by the security forces.", "Ministers are defeated three times over Brexit legislation - on citizens' rights and court rulings.", "Period poverty campaigners are urging schools and colleges to opt-in to the new scheme in England.", "Zac, three, died and his brother Harley, four, is in a critical condition following the blaze.", "British number one Dan Evans fights back from two sets down to beat American Mackenzie McDonald in the Australian Open first round.", "As much as 30 inches (76cm) of snow has fallen in Newfoundland after severe snowstorms.", "It comes after footage emerged of a car on the wrong side of the road near where Harry Dunn died.", "\"I must listen to my body and rest,\" the star tells fans in Lisbon, Portugal.", "The men in their 20s and 30s were pronounced dead at the scene in Ilford - two men have been arrested.", "The shadow Brexit secretary is the first to get the support needed to officially run for leader.", "The prince says he and Meghan wanted to continue serving the Queen, but \"that wasn't possible\".", "Anglo American has offered to buy the project for £405m, which is 5.5p a share.", "Chart rival Liam Fray \"feels sorry\" for the rapper over his Ariana Grande-Manchester bomb lyrics.", "John O'Reilly died a week after being pushed by another patient at a dementia care unit in County Armagh.", "The UK's highest air pressure for 63 years is recorded in Wales - at the Mumbles, Gower.", "The former couple briefly reunite backstage after receiving prizes from the Screen Actors Guild.", "Stagecoach and its partners say the government acted unlawfully in barring them from bidding.", "The boy's sibling, four, is critical but stable and dad stable after the early morning blaze.", "The couple, who will not return as working members of the Royal Family, have been together for five years.", "The proposals could mean new houses are cheaper to run and are more efficient.", "The Kansas City Chiefs will play the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl 54 in Miami on 2 February.", "Leaked documents reveal how Isabel dos Santos made her fortune through exploitation and corruption.", "The collapse of the company, founded in 1881, puts more than 1,000 jobs at risk", "A report said an officer who cited race as a reason for inaction over sex abuse could not be identified.", "England seal their biggest away win in more than nine years in the third Test against South Africa to move 2-1 up with one match to play.", "Changes to smear tests will mean more HPV diagnoses but there is concern over myths about the virus.", "The UK retail tycoon had denied four counts of misdemeanour assault against a fitness instructor.", "Read the Duke of Sussex's speech about he and his wife's future after Buckingham Palace announced the terms on which they would step back as senior royals.", "A whisky firm says two dozen barrels will feature in the \"world's first dedicated online auction\" for casks.", "More than 2,000km from the fires, New Zealanders are seeing hazy yellow skies and smelling burning.", "The London mayor said he was \"disgusted\" by the graffiti, found on a building in Brixton.", "Dominic Fell, Joseph Finnis and Rachel Clark died in a collision near Heathrow Airport on New Year's Eve.", "Tributes are paid to Marion Chesney Gibbons, 83, who wrote under the pen name MC Beaton.", "The high-profile Boeing 737 Max crash in Ethiopia in March accounted for more than half of those deaths.", "The foreign currency seller has taken its site down after finding a software virus in its systems.", "The first child of 2020 is believed to have been a boy who arrived at 00:03 at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.", "Some 12,000 fireworks lit up the UK capital's skyline to usher in the start of the new decade.", "A machine has learned how to read complex eye scans and detect many types of disease, research has found.", "Josias Fletchman tried to help when three British family members drowned in a Spanish swimming pool.", "Victims include a father and son who tried to defend their home and farm equipment from the flames.", "The average rise will be 2.4% - slightly less than the UK average of 2.7%.", "This week's fires have destroyed hundreds of homes.", "Former Cardiff City, Stoke City, Barnsley and Queens Park Rangers defender Chris Barker dies aged 39.", "Many passengers are facing an increase of more than £100 for annual season tickets.", "Wayne Rooney captains Derby to victory and sets up their first goal in their win against Championship strugglers Barnsley.", "Local police say the firework exploded as Gary McLaren tried to light it during New Year celebrations.", "Liverpool beat Sheffield United in the Premier League - follow live text commentary.", "NHS figures show admissions have risen by more than a third over the last two years.", "Neil Nellies arrived in court with his dog, but was told he must serve his sentence without the animal.", "Thousands of people fled to the beach in Mallacoota, Victoria as fires approached the town.", "Leaders Liverpool beat Sheffield United to become only the third team in Premier League history to go unbeaten for a full calendar year.", "Mikel Arteta earns his first win as Arsenal boss as the Gunners produce a powerful first-half performance to beat a lacklustre Manchester United.", "Thousands of people are trying to get out of towns in New South Wales to escape approaching fires.", "Helen Hancock and Martin Griffiths were found dead in the early hours of New Year's Day.", "Scott Morrison cut short a visit to the town of Cobargo, where two people died earlier this week.", "Australian toddler Harvey Keaton sucked on a dummy as he received his father's posthumous medal.", "A man is arrested after two bodies were found at a house in the early hours of New Year's Day.", "There's a trans character in a film that's currently being shot, according to Marvel's boss.", "Ed Bartlam of Underbelly says the Edinburgh street party was a success for locals and visitors.", "He was the NBA commissioner for 30 years and helped to boost basketball's popularity worldwide.", "A tribunal will decide for the first time if veganism is a \"philosophical belief\" akin to a religion.", "Two men and a woman were killed 20 minutes before midnight on New Year's Eve.", "Steven Mcilquham, 15, was knocked down as he crossed a road in Wishaw on New Year's Day.", "A newly published personal letter reveals the poet was glad he never married teacher Emily Hale.", "The Christmas comeback was the UK's most-watched scripted TV programme of the 2010s.", "Monmouth AM Nick Ramsay is suspended from the Conservative party after an incident at his home.", "Sky lanterns are blamed for a New Year's Eve blaze at Krefeld Zoo that killed rare apes and monkeys.", "Dominic Cummings says he wants \"weirdos and misfits with odd skills\" to work in government.", "Peter Wright wins his first PDC World Championship with a 7-3 victory over three-time champion Michael van Gerwen.", "The former car titan was 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enable JavaScript in your browser. Emiliano Sala was on his way to play for Cardiff City when the plane carrying him crashed\n\nFootballer Emiliano Sala told a friend he felt forced out of his former club, days before he died in a plane crash.\n\nThe 28-year-old Argentine and pilot David Ibbotson, 59, were killed when the plane carrying him to his new club Cardiff City came down on 21 January 2019.\n\nThe BBC has heard a voice message in which Sala says he did not feel respected at French club Nantes.\n\nFC Nantes refused to comment on the message.\n\nOn Tuesday events are being held in Nantes and Cardiff in memory of Sala and Mr Ibbotson, marking one year since the plane went missing over the Channel Islands.\n\nOne of those attending was Cardiff defender Sol Bamba, who said: \"Me personally, I knew the lad so it was massive for me to be here on behalf of his family and all his friends... so it's very important for everyone.\n\n\"I think when there's a tragedy like that the football community get together and I think it's important.\n\nThe BBC has heard a WhatsApp voice message, sent by Sala days before the fatal flight, in which he tells a friend he felt like he was being forced out of FC Nantes after asking for his contract to be extended four times.\n\nSent three days before he signed for Cardiff City in a record £15m deal, Sala said he felt he had not been been kept properly informed about the transfer plans.\n\nHe adds he has not decided whether to accept the offer and is \"praying for something more interesting\" to come along.\n\nA service is being held in Cardiff to mark the anniversary of Emiliano Sala's death\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFans have begun to leave tributes to Sala outside the Cardiff City Stadium\n\nSpeaking from Nimes Olympique, on the eve of what would turn out to be his final game for Nantes, Sala said after four years at the club: \"They don't respect me, they don't value me.\n\n\"I haven't made a decision... I went to get some information from this club that wants me and wants to value me for what I'm worth... I'm going to be 29 this year so I have to think about it.\"\n\nMeanwhile, the priest at the church where he worshipped said the footballer was treated as \"a toy\" who had little or no control over the direction his career was taking.\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 FC Nantes 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\nSala's mother, Mercedes Taffarel, said the pain of her son's death would \"never go away\" and his family have called for investigators to \"speed up\" their work so a full inquest can be held as soon as possible.\n\nA pre-inquest review is due to be held at Bournemouth Town Hall on 16 March.\n\nIn a statement his family said they wanted to \"finally learn the truth\" about what happened and it was \"imperative\" police and aviation investigators finish their investigations in time.\n\nTributes are being left next to statue of Cardiff's FA Cup winning captain Fred Keenor\n\nEmiliano Sala in his playing days at Nantes and as a young boy in Argentina\n\nThis was last time Mercedes Taffarel saw her son Emiliano Sala alive\n\nThe Piper Malibu N264DB carrying Sala and pilot Mr Ibbotson went missing over waters near the Channel Islands on 21 January. It took rescuers two weeks to find the wreckage.\n\nThe footballer's body was recovered on 8 February after a private rescue team took over the search.\n\nThe body of Mr Ibbotson, from Crowle in Lincolnshire, has never been found.\n\nA report into the cause of the crash is expected to be published by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) before the end of March.\n\nThe AAIB has already revealed potentially fatal levels of carbon monoxide were found in Sala's blood.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Emiliano Sala's father died not knowing why his son perished\n\nAn interim report into the crash revealed that, as a private pilot, Mr Ibbotson was not allowed to carry passengers for remuneration or financial reward.\n\nHe was also unqualified to fly at night due to his extreme colour-blindness.\n\nCardiff City had refused to pay any of the transfer fee, claiming it was not legally binding so Sala was not officially their player when he died.\n\nA Nantes shirt left in tribute to Sala outside Cardiff City Stadium\n\nBut in September Fifa ruled the club should pay the first instalment of £5.3m (6m euros) to FC Nantes. Cardiff City have appealed the ruling.\n\nFather Guillaume le Floc'h, priest at the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Carquefou, a small town north of Nantes where Sala lived, said the player was a devout Catholic and a familiar visitor there.\n\nHe said the news of his transfer to Cardiff had been difficult, with changes being made, and he had blessed the footballer days before he died.\n\nFather Guillaume le Floc'h said he was angry about the way Sala had been treated\n\n\"I felt as if he was like a toy... [with] people deciding for him... and that was really quite difficult to live with that,\" he said.\n\n\"Football players can be victims... People would say they also have some benefits from that because they earn so much money... Sure but in fact they don't have so many choices in life and that is not very respectful for their freedom.\"\n\nJean-Marcel Boudard said Sala's death had shed light on the flaws of the business of football\n\nJean-Marcel Boudard, a sports journalist with Ouest France in Nantes, said the striker faced a \"dilemma\" over where to move for what he knew would be the final chapter of his career.\n\n\"It's a drama, a human tragedy about a man, which has shed light on the flaws of the business of football,\" he said.\n\n\"It's also a story that reminds us, because as journalists we tend to forget it, that the players are also human beings before being commodities between clubs.\"\n\nFans in Nantes have been campaigning for a permanent memorial to Sala in the city, such as a public mural of the striker or the adoption of a road in his name.\n\n\"Sala left his mark not only on the club's history, but the town's history too. It devastated people here,\" said Florian le Teuff, president of FC Nantes supporters' club A la Nantaise.\n\n\"During every game at the Beaujoire, Sala's song is still heard - sung in the 9th minute to honour the memory of a player who is part of the club's history.\"\n\nOn Tuesday, a mass will be held at St Peter's and St Paul's, while in Cardiff a service will be dedicated to the footballer and Mr Ibbotson at St David's Metropolitan Cathedral.\n\nBBC Wales News Focus can be contacted by emailing news.focus.team@bbc.co.uk", "There is growing public concern about the impact of cars, according to a recent government survey (stock picture)\n\nPlanners and engineers have been rapped for allowing new housing developments to be dominated by roads.\n\nA report says too many highways engineers are still approving roads that do not fully account for pedestrians and cyclists.\n\nIt follows a government survey suggesting an increase in public concern over the impact of cars on people's health and the environment.\n\nThe new report comes from University College London (UCL).\n\nIts author, Prof Matthew Carmona, told BBC News: “Far too many new developments are still all about the car.\n\n“It’s all about making sure cars don’t need to slow down. Pedestrians and cyclists just have to get out of the way.\n\n“It’s an approach from the 1960s. We should be allowing people to walk and cycle to get to local facilities instead of having to get out the car every time. But car-dominated developments are still going up.”\n\nHis report concludes that nearly three quarters of 142 developments surveyed should not have been given planning permission.\n\nA fifth of the schemes should have been rejected outright, and more than half should have been amended to improve a sense of place and help pedestrians and cyclists, the report added.\n\nProf Carmona continued: “Highways authorities are really problematic – they’re all about getting roads as cheap as possible that can be maintained cheaply – that means large areas of tarmac with no regard for walking and cycling.\"\n\nHe said many councils had not updated design standards since the 1970s.\n\nAnd he urged the government to make mandatory its own advisory Manual for Streets, which says: “Streets are not just there to get people from A to B. In reality, streets form vital components of residential areas and greatly affect the overall quality of life for local people.”\n\nThe report says many schemes should have been amended to help pedestrians and cyclists\n\nThe report comes after a government poll suggested 76% of people think that for the sake of the environment, everyone should reduce their driving.\n\nJust two years ago 63% held that opinion, suggesting that public concern is on the rise after media coverage of climate change and air pollution from vehicles.\n\nThree quarters of people agreed that drivers should use their cars less in urban areas for the sake of public health - a figure that is also markedly higher than previously.\n\nCraig Bennett, chief executive of Friends of the Earth, said this was a \"big shift in public opinion\" which showed the public was \"way ahead of politicians on this issue\".\n\nThe survey of more than 2,500 people was conducted for the Department for Transport and placed on its website - but without the usual press release to the media.\n\nIt may have implications for the government's plans to spend £28.8bn on roads.\n\nEnvironmentalists and most opposition parties say road-building will hinder the UK's commitment to halting the carbon emissions that are fuelling global heating.\n\nThe Lib Dems said the government's spending commitments on roads, just as the public were becoming more aware of environmental issues, were \"a slap in the face for the planet\".\n\nAlong with Labour and the Green Party, it also criticised ministers for not publicising evidence of public support for reducing the number of cars on the roads.\n\nThree quarters of people polled in a regular government survey on travel said we should all drive less to protect the environment.\n\nThe data is on the Department for Transport's website, but opposition parties claim it has not been highlighted because it makes government plans for huge spending on roads look out of touch.\n\nLabour's shadow transport secretary, Andy McDonald, said the government's plan to spend nearly £30bn on new roads was \"irresponsible and self-defeating\".\n\nGreen Party MP Caroline Lucas told the BBC: \"They are ignoring an inconvenient truth - and it's clear they are lagging way behind public opinion on roads.\"\n\nProf Carmona said: “The government’s drive to deliver more homes is absolutely right - but it mustn’t be delivered at expense of the quality of places.”\n\nHis survey judged developments on the basis of green space, local shops and lack of character as well as transport. The work was funded by the countryside charity CPRE and the Place Alliance.\n\nThe Local Government Association said: “Standards should future-proof all new homes, ensuring they are environmentally sustainable. The government should ensure homes are built to high standards with the necessary infrastructure in place.”\n\nAndrew Whitaker from the Home Builders Federation told BBC News many of the problems identified by the report were not within the control of the builder.\n\nHe said: “Local authorities have an obligation to commit sufficient resources to deal with planning applications efficiently and to work closely with the builder to agree well-designed schemes.\n\n\"The overwhelming majority of new home-buyers are happy with their new home and the wider environment around it.”\n\nThe government told BBC News it would soon be updating its guidance on roads in the light of its 2050 climate commitments, and would achieve its climate change targets. A spokesperson said they were waiting for the right time to issue a press notice about the survey.", "Schools have been warned against \"gaming\" their league-table ranking by getting pupils to take qualifications that are of low value to them.\n\nOfsted chief Amanda Spielman said good grades were \"hollow\" if children missed out on a rounded education.\n\nThe head of England's education watchdog criticised too narrow a focus on exam results.\n\n\"We should not incentivise apparent success without substance,\" Ms Spielman said.\n\nLaunching Ofsted's annual report, the chief inspector said: \"We must guard against restricting education excessively.\n\n\"Exam results are important but have to reflect real achievement.\"\n\nMs Spielman said inspectors had visited a school where every student took a sports science qualification, rather than using it for a \"valuable GCSE slot\".\n\nThe English for Speakers of Other Languages qualification is no longer counted in school league tables but in previous years Ofsted said it had been taken by some native English speakers.\n\nThe Ofsted chief said such tactics denied children a broad education - and could be at the expense of learning languages or art or drama classes.\n\n\"We mustn't succumb to the seductive but wrong-headed logic that we help disadvantaged children by turning a blind eye to schools that narrow education,\" she said.\n\nShe warned against \"narrow repetitive\" testing for exams by schools.\n\nBut in primary science, the report suggested, a reduction in testing had harmed results - with England performing less well in international Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) tests in the subject.\n\nThe stopping of national curriculum tests, often known as Sats, in science had meant schools had put more focus on English and maths, to the detriment of science, said the report.\n\nThe annual report showed 86% of schools in England were rated outstanding or good.\n\nThis has risen from 68% in 2010 - but this upward curve could be reversed in future years, as outstanding schools once again face routine inspections.\n\nMs Spielman welcomed the government's decision to scrap outstanding schools' exemption from regular inspection - saying the lack of scrutiny had deprived parents of an \"up-to-date picture\".\n\nThe chief inspector's overview of the year accused the government of being slow to react to \"intolerable protests\" at Parkfield school, in Birmingham, in a dispute about LGBT lessons.\n\nThere were concerns raised about apprenticeships - with Ms Spielman saying they needed to be improved for younger people, with too many apprenticeships going to older workers, in jobs they might already be doing.\n\nThe changing ownership of children's homes was also raised.\n\nThe report said this had once been mostly an area for local authorities and charities but three-quarters of provision was now privately owned.\n\nIt was not always clear who was actually at the \"top of the company tree\" - and such a lack of clarity was a challenge for regulators.\n\nPaul Whiteman, leader of the National Association of Head Teachers, rejected accusations of schools manipulating the league tables.\n\n\"I don't recognise schools choosing to 'game' the system,\" he said.\n\n\"Although I do see some schools finding it impossible to balance the competing demands of government policy and inspection.\n\n\"It should be remembered that this is happening in a tiny minority of cases, so it would be wrong to assert that it is a widespread problem.\"\n\nGeoff Barton, leader of the ASCL head teachers' union, said schools should be rewarded for \"doing the right thing\".\n\n\"Performance tables currently penalise schools which have more pupils in challenging circumstances. This is wrong,\" he said.", "Coca-Cola will not ditch single-use plastic bottles because consumers still want them, the firm's head of sustainability has told the BBC.\n\nCustomers like them because they reseal and are lightweight, said Bea Perez.\n\nThe firm, which is one of the biggest producers of plastic waste, has pledged to recycle as many plastic bottles as it uses by 2030.\n\nBut environmental campaigners argue many Coke bottles would still go uncollected and end up in landfill.\n\nThe drinks giant produces about three million tonnes of plastic packaging a year - equivalent to 200,000 bottles a minute.\n\nIn 2019, it was found to be the most polluting brand in a global audit of plastic waste by the charity Break Free from Plastic.\n\nBut speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Ms Perez said the firm recognised it now had to be \"part of the solution\".\n\nCoke has pledged to use at least 50% recycled material in its packaging by 2030. It is also partnering with NGOs around the world to help improve collection.\n\nHowever, Ms Perez said the firm could not ditch plastic outright, as some campaigners wanted, saying this could alienate customers and hit sales.\n\nShe also said using only aluminium and glass packaging could push up the firm's carbon footprint.\n\n\"Business won't be in business if we don't accommodate consumers,\" she said.\n\n\"So as we change our bottling infrastructure, move into recycling and innovate, we also have to show the consumer what the opportunities are. They will change with us.\"\n\nMs Perez said she respected the idealism of youth activists, such as 19-year-old campaigner Melati Wijsen, who with her sister Isabel, convinced the island of Bali to ban single-use plastic bags, straws and styrofoam last year.\n\nIsabel and Melati Wijsen convinced Bali to ban single-use plastic bags, straws and styrofoam\n\nSuch plastics were clogging up the seas around Bali, harming marine life.\n\nMs Perez also said she agreed with calls for Coca Cola to reach its environmental goals sooner than 2030 - although she would not say whether she would step down if the plans failed.\n\n\"We have to reach this goal and we will - there's no question.\"", "The couple unveiled Meghan's legal action against the Mail on Sunday during their tour of southern Africa.\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex have issued a legal warning to the media after photographs of Meghan in Canada were published in newspapers and on websites.\n\nLawyers say the photos of the duchess walking her dogs and carrying her son were taken by photographers hiding in bushes and spying on her.\n\nThey say she did not consent and accuse the photographers of harassment.\n\nThe couple say that they are prepared to take legal action.\n\nThey are believed to be alarmed by paparazzi activity near their current base on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.\n\nLawyers say there have also been attempts to photograph inside their home using long-range lenses and they accuse the paparazzi of being camped outside the property.\n\nUnder laws in British Columbia, the duchess may have grounds for a legal case if she can prove her privacy has been violated, although freedom of the press and expression is guaranteed under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.\n\nThis comes after the Queen agreed to the couple's wish to step back from being full-time royals, to become financially independent and to split their time between the UK and Canada.\n\nOn Monday, Meghan was pictured carrying the couple's eight-month-old son Archie in a baby sling, while walking her two dogs, Guy and Oz, in Horth Hill Regional Park on Vancouver Island.\n\nThe Duke of Sussex arrived back in Canada on Tuesday morning after attending the UK-Africa Investment Summit in London on Monday.\n\nHe had been apart from Meghan and Archie for more than 10 days, after she flew back to Canada earlier this month.\n\nIt was announced on Saturday that from the spring, the Sussexes will no longer be full-time working royals.\n\nThey will stop using their HRH titles, no longer carry out royal duties or military appointments and no longer formally represent the Queen.\n\nOne day after that announcement, Prince Harry said he was \"taking a leap of faith\" in stepping back from being a senior royal, adding: \"There really was no other option.\"\n\nPrince Harry has long had an uneasy relationship with the media, having grown up aware of the impact the intense media interest had on the life of his late mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, who died in a car crash in Paris while being pursued by paparazzi on motorbikes.\n\nThe driver of Princess Diana's car - Henri Paul - had been drink-driving at the time of the crash on 31 August 1997.\n\nMeghan, pictured at a Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey, is one of the most photographed women in the world\n\nThe prince has often compared his wife's experiences of the press with those of his late mother.\n\nIn a statement announcing Meghan's legal action against the Mail on Sunday last October, the prince said he and Meghan were forced to take action against \"relentless propaganda\".\n\nThe duchess is suing the newspaper over publishing one of her private letters to her father, Thomas Markle.\n\nMeghan accuses the paper of misusing her private information, breaching copyright and selective editing.\n\nThe Mail on Sunday rejects the claims and says there was \"huge and legitimate\" public interest in publishing the note.\n\nDays after confirming his wife's legal case, the duke announced he would take legal action against the owners of the Sun, the defunct News of the World, and the Daily Mirror, in relation to alleged phone-hacking.\n\nBack in 2016, Prince Harry attacked the media for subjecting Meghan - then his girlfriend - to a \"wave of abuse and harassment\".\n\nIn 2017, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were awarded £92,000 (100,000 euros) in damages after French magazine Closer printed topless pictures of the duchess in 2012.", "Daughter Kelly (left) has been helping her dad get back in the studio, she said\n\nRock star Ozzy Osbourne has revealed he has Parkinson's disease.\n\nThe Black Sabbath singer, 71, told US TV show Good Morning America he has a \"mild form\" and found out about it after suffering a fall last February.\n\nWife Sharon said: \"It's not a death sentence but it affects certain nerves in your body. You have a good day, a good day, then a really bad day.\"\n\nOzzy added it was hard to tell whether the numbness symptoms he had were from the Parkinson's or the fall.\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 Good Morning America 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 singer said: \"It's been terribly challenging for us all.\n\n\"I did my last show [on] New Year's Eve (2018). Then I had a bad fall. I had to have surgery on my neck, which screwed all my nerves.\"\n\nHe said he was now on medication for Parkinson's and nerve pain following the surgery he had after his fall.\n\nRumours had been circulating about his health, but Ozzy said: \"I'm no good with secrets. I cannot walk around with it any more 'cause it's like I'm running out of excuses, you know?\"\n\nOsbourne has a US tour coming up in the spring\n\nHe added that he was grateful to his fans. \"They're my air, you know. I feel better. I've owned up to the fact that I have... a case of Parkinson's. And I just hope they hang on and they're there for me because I need them.\"\n\nIt was his son Jack and daughter Kelly who first realised that something wasn't right with their dad. \"The hardest thing is watching somebody that you love suffer,\" Kelly said.\n\nJack, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2012, said he could relate to his father.\n\n\"I understand when you have something you don't want to have - but if he wants to talk... and if not, I try to slip in information,\" said Jack.\n\nSon Jack was diagnosed with MS in 2012\n\nOzzy said his health was improving. \"I'm a lot better now than I was last February. I was in a shocking state.\"\n\nSharon said the next step was to consult doctors outside the US and explore other possible treatments.\n\n\"We've kind of reached a point here in this country where we can't go any further because we've got all the answers we can get here,\" she said.\n\n\"So in April, we're going to a professional in Switzerland. And he deals with... getting your immune system at its peak.\"\n\nOzzy had been due to go on the road in the UK with his No More Tours 2 in January 2019, but called off the shows due to ill health. He then postponed all his 2019 appearances following his fall.\n\nHe is due back on stage when his US tour starts in Atlanta, Georgia, on 27 May, before his rescheduled UK dates begin in Newcastle in October.\n\nIt was revealed back in 2007 that Ozzy had a condition called Parkinsonian syndrome - not Parkinson's disease - which also causes tremors.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The painting's colours threw doubt on its authenticity\n\nA brooding self-portrait by Vincent van Gogh has finally been declared genuine after years of uncertainty.\n\nArt experts have identified Self Portrait (1889) as the only work painted by the Dutch master while he was suffering from psychosis.\n\nIt was confirmed as authentic by the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.\n\nExperts established that it was painted while Van Gogh was in an asylum in Saint-Remy in France in the late summer of 1889.\n\nDoubts about the authenticity of the painting had been around since 1970.\n\nThe National Gallery in Oslo, Norway, which owns the work, sent it to Dutch experts, who used X-ray analysis of the canvas, studies of the brushwork and references in letters to Van Gogh's brother Theo.\n\nVan Gogh described the painting in a letter to his brother in September 1889 as \"an attempt from when I was ill\".\n\nThe artist wrote that he was hit by a \"severe psychotic episode\" lasting six weeks from that July, and although he felt able to paint again by the end, he said he was still \"disturbed\".\n\nThe Oslo museum bought the painting in 1910 from a collector in Paris, making it the first Van Gogh self-portrait to enter a public collection.\n\n\"The self-portrait that is behind me has been doubted for a very long time,\" Louis van Tilborgh, senior researcher at the Van Gogh Museum, told the AFP news agency.\n\n\"It's a work of art that for all kinds of reasons was by him but nevertheless also had certain aspects that were different from other pictures.\n\n\"So we had to find an explanation for that and that was difficult, but I think we've solved that.\" He added that the painting \"firmly depicts someone who is mentally ill\".\n\nThe caption at the Van Gogh Museum refers to the painting as Self-Portrait as a Sick Person\n\nTo the untrained eye, it looks like a Van Gogh at first glance. But the doubts arose because of the use of less vibrant colours than his other works from the same period, including muted blues and yellows, along with the fact that some of the paintwork looks less finished.\n\nMai Britt Guleng, curator of old masters and modern art at the Oslo museum, said they had been \"open to all possibilities\" but \"of course we are very happy\" that the painting is genuine.\n\nA year before painting the self-portrait, Van Gogh had cut off his own ear after a row with his friend and fellow artist Paul Gauguin, beginning a long spell in and out of hospitals and asylums.\n\n\"Although Van Gogh was frightened to admit at that point that he was in a similar state to his fellow residents at the asylum, he probably painted this portrait to reconcile himself with what he saw in the mirror: a person he did not wish to be, yet was,\" said Van Tilborgh, who is also professor of art history at the University of Amsterdam.\n\n\"This is part of what makes the painting so remarkable and even therapeutic. It is the only work that Van Gogh is known for certain to have created while suffering from psychosis.\"\n\nThe painting is currently on display at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and will return to Oslo when its new national museum opens in 2021.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nSergio Aguero scored his sixth goal in his last three games as Manchester City edged a gutsy Sheffield United at Bramall Lane.\n\nThe Blades had looked on course to claim a hugely credible draw against the reigning Premier League champions, with Dean Henderson saving a Gabriel Jesus penalty in the first half as well as making a string of excellent saves.\n\nBut Aguero came off the bench to score the decisive goal, tapping in a cross from Kevin de Bruyne towards the end of the second half.\n\nThat strike came just moments after Sheffield United came close to taking the lead themselves - Oli McBurnie stretching to meet a cross but just failing to turn the ball into an empty net.\n\nVictory for Manchester City means they strengthen their place in second. They have 51 points - 13 behind leaders Liverpool but six ahead of Leicester, who play West Ham on Wednesday.\n• None Returning Laporte is 'best in the world' - Guardiola\n\nIt is hard to imagine that a manager who has won trophies wherever he has worked is claiming he can still learn from others, but that's exactly what Pep Guardiola said prior to this game.\n\nThe former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss spoke highly of Sheffield United under Chris Wilder, saying they are a team he can learn from.\n\nFor large periods of this game the Blades certainly gave Guardiola plenty to think about, with their disciplined and organised defence frustrating City for well over an hour.\n\nIn the end, Guardiola had to turn to the ever-reliable Aguero to get the job done.\n\nAt 31, the Argentina international is in the twilight years of his football career but is arguably enjoying some of his best form.\n\nIt took him just six minutes to get on the scoresheet after coming on for Jesus, who had struggled to get the better of the Blades' defence.\n\nAguero has now scored 21 goals in just 23 appearances in all competitions this season, including eight in his last five appearances.\n\nThe league title may be increasingly out of reach for City but Aguero's form could be vital for their aspirations in other competitions.\n\nJust as crucial, though, could be the return of Aymeric Laporte. Injuries have meant Guardiola has often had to field a makeshift defence this season but Laporte made a surprise return at Bramall Lane after five months out with injury.\n\nThe result was a first clean sheet since City hosted Sheffield United at the Etihad at the end of December and Guardiola was delighted with the French player's return.\n\n\"We miss him the lot,\" he said. \"Imagine if the best teams in the world lose their best central defenders.\n\n\"We knew he could not play 90 minutes. He is an incredible guy. He was exceptional. It is good news for us.\"\n\nBlades beaten but impress once again\n\nIt is difficult to find different superlatives to describe Sheffield United in the Premier League this season.\n\nMatch after match they produce impressive performances, frustrating supposed bigger sides and, rather than being sussed out in the second half of the season, they are seemingly finding new ways to keep their opponents on the toes.\n\nThat was the case once again on Tuesday night. At the start of the season, Sheffield United fans could have been forgiven for spotting this game on the fixture list and fearing a cricket score, but instead their side showed no fear and went toe to toe with their opponents from the outset.\n\nThey were strong in the tackle and organised in defence. On the few occasions Manchester City did get through they found Henderson in inspired form.\n\nThe goalkeeper made a superb stop to deny Raheem Sterling from close range in the first half before then guessing the right way to keep out Jesus' spot kick.\n\nThat save prompted chants of \"England's number one\" from the home fans and this performance will have only increased his chances of being included in Gareth Southgate's squad for Euro 2020 this summer.\n\n'An incredibly good victory' - what the managers said\n\nManchester City manager Pep Guardiola, speaking to Match of the Day: \"We knew it would be a difficult place to come. We concede one or two clear chances, nothing more than that.\n\n\"In the first half, the keeper was excellent with the penalty and two incredible saves, it was an incredibly good victory for us to take a step towards securing Champions League football next season.\n\n\"In the first half we were a little bit shy to play, but in the second half we were a little bit more like we are. But we controlled it really well, the chance to score goals.\n\n\"What Sheffield United do, they do it perfectly. They've been together for five years so their spirit is so good. They are so good at the second balls and arrive with a lot of people in the final third.\"\n\nSheffield United manager Chris Wilder, speaking to Match of the Day: \"Kevin de Bruyne has found an amazing pass and the movement of Sergio Aguero, he's done that to everyone in Europe and the world, it's a great finish.\n\n\"I've got nothing but an enormous amount of pride for my team, we went toe-to-toe with them.\n\n\"When opportunities arise you have to show a little bit of quality and we didn't do that sadly. Games like this are what we're here for, we've worked really hard to get here, we want no regrets and I don't think there were any tonight.\n\n\"When teams come here, we want to make sure they go through the mixer to get a result and I do believe Pep, his staff, the players and the fans will believe it's been a difficult night for them.\"\n• None Manchester City have scored more away league goals than any other team in Europe's big five divisions this season (34).\n• None Only at Selhurst Park (22) have there been fewer Premier League goals scored at a single stadium this season than at Bramall Lane (24), with the Blades netting just 13 and conceding 11.\n• None Manchester City have won three consecutive away league games against Sheffield United for the first time since a run of four between 1905 and 1908.\n• None Sheffield United have won just one of their last 16 league games against reigning top-flight champions (D3 L12), losing their last six in a row without scoring.\n• None Kevin De Bruyne is the first player in Premier League history to provide 15+ assists in three different campaigns (15 in 2019-20, 16 in 2017-18 and 18 in 2016-17).\n• None Sergio Aguero has been directly involved in 43 goals in 43 Premier League appearances against newly-promoted teams (35 goals, 8 assists).\n• None Manchester City's Gabriel Jesus has failed to score three of his five Premier League penalties (60%) - of all players to have taken at least five in the competition, no-one has a worse success rate than the Brazilian (level with Stewart Downing and El Hadji Diouf).\n\nSheffield United travel to Championship side Millwall on Saturday, 25 January (15:00 GMT), while Manchester City host Fulham on Sunday, 26 January (13:00 GMT).\n• None Attempt missed. Rodrigo (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Sergio Agüero.\n• None Attempt blocked. Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.\n• None Attempt blocked. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez.\n• None Offside, Sheffield United. George Baldock tries a through ball, but John Lundstram is caught offside.\n• None Attempt missed. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Nicolás Otamendi following a corner.\n• None Rodrigo (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Last updated on .From the section Cardiff\n\nCardiff City fans paid tribute to Emiliano Sala on the first anniversary of the plane crash in which the Argentine striker died.\n\nSala was flying to Cardiff from Nantes when the plane he was on crashed into the English Channel on 21 January 2019.\n\nBluebirds fans laid flowers around the Fred Keenor statue outside Cardiff City Stadium.\n\nNantes are planning a commemorative shirt to raise funds for the Argentine clubs the 28-year-old played for.\n\nThe French Ligue 1 side will wear the shirt when they face Bordeaux at the weekend, and proceeds from sales of the jersey will go to the Club San Martin de Progreso and Proyecto Crecer.\n\nAs well as floral tributes, a public service was held for Sala and pilot David Ibbotson at St David's Metropolitan Cathedral in Cardiff on Tuesday.\n\nSala's body was recovered from the plane wreckage in early February, but 59-year-old Ibbotson, from Crowle, North Lincolnshire, has still not been found.\n• None Sala felt 'forced out' of club before plane crash\n• None Sala: 'They don't respect me, they don't value me'\n\nCardiff and Nantes remain in dispute over the transfer fee for Sala.\n\nThe Welsh club had refused to pay any of the fee, claiming the agreement was not legally binding as Sala was not officially their player when he died.\n\nBut in September, world governing body Fifa ruled the club should pay the first instalment of £5.3m (6m euros) to Nantes.\n\nCardiff have challenged the ruling and a Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing in Lausanne is expected in the spring, with a judgement due to follow in June.\n\n'It's still fresh in everyone's minds'\n\nBluebirds manager Neil Harris was an observer when Sala's death stunned the sporting world.\n\n\"It was tragic for everyone, first and foremost his family and his friends and then everyone in the football industry,\" said Neil Warnock's successor.\n\n\"It's in moments like that when everyone pulls together, you really feel for a lad who was following his dream of playing in English football.\n\n\"Speaking to people at the club, I've got an understanding of how difficult it was for everyone, from outside looking in I could see the sorrow in everyone.\n\n\"You can't comprehend it, moving on it's still fresh in everyone's minds, football is important but you have to think of people's families and think about them at this time.\"", "Sperm donations taken from men after they have died should be allowed, a study says.\n\nThe analysis, which is published in the Journal of Medical Ethics, claims that opt-in post-death donations could be a \"morally permissible\" way of increasing the stocks available.\n\nIn 2017 in the UK, 2,345 babies were born after a sperm donation.\n\nHowever, there is a growing shortage of donations around the country because of strict regulations.\n\nSperm can be collected after death either through electrical stimulation of the prostate gland or surgery, and can then be frozen.\n\nEvidence suggests that sperm harvested from men who have died can still result in viable pregnancies and healthy children, even when retrieved up to 48 hours after death has occurred.\n\nIn the analysis, Dr Nathan Hodson, from the University of Leicester, and Dr Joshua Parker, from Manchester's Wythenshawe Hospital, argue that such a method falls into similar territory to organ donation.\n\n\"If it is morally acceptable that individuals can donate their tissues to relieve the suffering of others in 'life-enhancing transplants' for diseases, we see no reason this cannot be extended to other forms of suffering like infertility,\" they said.\n\nHowever, it could raise questions about consent and family veto, and there are concerns about the integrity surrounding the anonymity of the donor, they added.\n\nIn 2014, a national sperm bank serving the UK opened in Birmingham with a government grant of £77,000.\n\nLess than two years later, the bank had closed its doors and stopped recruiting donors. Only nine signed up after its launch, with one of those later dropping out.\n\nSince 2005, the law says that sperm donors in the UK must agree that any children born from their donations can contact them when they turn 18.\n\nFormer donor Jeffrey Ingold, from London, told the BBC that he believes that allowing donations after death could persuade more men to consider becoming donors.\n\n\"I do not see how introducing a system that makes sperm donation similar to organ donation could be anything other than a good thing,\" he said. \"For me, donating sperm was never about my own genes or anything like that, but it was about helping friends in need.\n\n\"I also think that having this kind of process might go some way in challenging the stigma or preconceived ideas society has about sperm donation.\"\n\nHe added: \"If people knew more about the process and were able to make more informed decisions about whether to become a sperm donor, I think we'd see a lot more people opting in to doing so.\"\n\nJeffrey Ingold believes the spread of misinformation is stopping men from becoming donors\n\nHowever, Prof Allan Pacey, professor of andrology at the University of Sheffield, argued it would be a \"step backward\" in the donation process.\n\n\"I'd much rather that we invested our energy in trying to recruit younger, healthy, willing donors who stand a good chance of being alive when the donor-conceived person starts to become curious about them, and would have the opportunity to make contact with them without the aid of a spiritualist.\"\n\nIn 1997, a woman won the right to be allowed to use her dead husband's sperm.\n\nStephen Blood caught meningitis in February 1995, two months after trying to start a family with his wife Diane.\n\nHe lapsed into a coma and died before agreeing in writing for his sperm to be used, although two samples had been removed at Mrs Blood's request.\n\nThe 1990 Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act banned Mrs Blood from using her husband's sperm without his written consent.\n\nHowever, the Court of Appeal later ruled Mrs Blood should be allowed to seek fertility treatment within the European Community but not in the UK.\n\nMrs Blood gave birth to her son Joel - using her husband's frozen sperm - in 2002, and the following year she won a legal battle to have her late partner legally recognised as the father.", "A quarter of employees think their company turns a blind eye to workplace bullying and harassment, according to a report by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).\n\nAlthough 15% have experienced bullying in the past three years, more than half of them did not report it to the firm.\n\n\"Fear is the biggest factor,\" said one respondent. \"You're singled out when something happens to you.\"\n\nThe CIPD urged firms to train managers to handle such conflicts better.\n\nThe report by the CIPD, which represents HR professionals, was based on two online surveys carried out by polling organisation YouGov.\n\nOne canvassed the views of more than 2,000 workers, while the other surveyed HR professionals and decision-makers.\n\nThe CIPD also conducted an online focus group with workers who had experienced bullying and harassment.\n\nSome people said they suffered from stress, anxiety, insomnia, heart palpitations and suicidal thoughts.\n\n\"I had to have anti-depressants and counselling,\" said one worker. \"I still can't go to the town where I worked because of panic attacks.\"\n\n\"It can take a lot of courage for someone to speak up about inappropriate behaviour at work, but there are very disappointing results on the ability of organisations to deal compassionately and effectively with complaints,\" the CIPD said.\n\n\"Many people felt their organisation didn't act swiftly or fairly to resolve the complaint, or that they were even being blamed for the situation.\"\n\nThe most common form of bullying or harassment was \"being undermined or humiliated in my job\", reported by 55% of women affected and 50% of men.\n\nThen came \"persistent unwarranted criticism\" and \"unwanted personal remarks\".\n\nAround 4% of employees said they had been sexually harassed over the past three years, the CIPD said. It described the problem as \"stubborn\", despite decades of equalities legislation.\n\nBut it said there had been \"positive change\" in the past two years in employees' willingness to stand up to sexual harassment, with 33% feeling more confident to challenge it.\n\nOne manager who took part in the survey said that some people did not report bullying or harassment because they were scared they might be \"overreacting\".\n\n\"I got told that on numerous occasions,\" the manager said. \"Some people may not know who or how to report it.\"\n\nRachel Suff, senior employment relations adviser at the CIPD, said the survey was \"a wake-up call to employers to put training managers at the heart of efforts to prevent inappropriate workplace behaviour\".\n\nShe added: \"Our research shows that managers who've received training can help to stop conflict from occurring and are much better at fostering healthy relationships in their team.\n\n\"And when conflict does occur, they can help to resolve the issue more quickly and effectively.\"\n\nThe CIPD added that firms should \"encourage a speak-up culture\" with a well publicised complaints procedure.\n\nManagers should also be aware that such issues might sometimes best be resolved informally, especially if the behaviour was unintentional, it said.", "Malaysia is returning 42 shipping containers of illegally imported plastic waste to the UK, its environment minister has announced.\n\nYeo Bee Yin said Malaysia would take \"steps to ensure\" the country \"does not become the garbage dump of the world\".\n\nShe added Malaysia had sent back 150 containers to their country of origin.\n\nThe UK government said it received a request from Malaysian authorities last year to repatriate the waste and some containers had already arrived back.\n\nAn Environment Agency spokesman said: \"We continue to work with the shipping lines and Malaysian authorities to ensure all waste is brought back as soon as possible.\"\n\nHe added the government was also \"working hard to stop illegal waste exports from leaving our shores in the first place\".\n\nThe South East Asian country has seen a sharp rise in foreign plastic waste since China - once the world's largest importer - announced a ban in 2017.\n\nMalaysia said a total of a total of 3,737 metric tonnes of unwanted waste had been sent back to 13 countries, including 43 containers to France, 42 to the UK, 17 to the United States, and 11 to Canada.\n\nThe authorities hope to send back another 110 containers by the middle of 2020 - with 60 of those going to the US.\n\nWaste at an illegal plastic recycling factory in Malaysia\n\nMany wealthy countries send their recyclable waste overseas because it is cheap, helps meet recycling targets and reduces domestic landfill.\n\nThe European Union is the largest exporter of plastic waste, with the US leading as the top exporter for a single country.\n\nA growing number of countries across South East Asia, such as Indonesia and the Philippines, have returned unwanted waste over the last 12 months.\n\nMalaysia's environment minister Yeo Bee Yin has previously singled out the UK for its plastic waste\n\nLast year the UK was singled out by Malaysia's environment minister, who said: \"What the citizens of the UK believe they send for recycling is actually dumped in our country.\"\n\nThe UK Environment Agency said the returned waste was the responsibility of the private companies that exported it and it must be handled according to UK regulations.\n\nA spokesman added that anyone found guilty of exporting waste illegally could face a two-year jail term and an unlimited fine.", "That ends our coverage of the first day of the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump - only the third such trial in US history.\n\nSo far the senators have debated the rules under which the trial should be conducted. No witnesses have yet been authorised to testify.\n\nDespite efforts by Democrats to force the White House to provide documents, the vote failed after splitting along party lines.\n\nThis is just the beginning, of course. Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell, who sets the rules for the chamber, says he is hoping the trial will last just 10 days.\n\nFollow the latest on the day's historic events here:\n\nTrump trial starts with rule wrangling in the Senate\n\nAnalysis: 'No crime, no impeachment' is a shaky defence", "Northern passengers faced rail chaos when new timetables were introduced in May 2018\n\nNetwork Rail is being investigated over its poor service on routes used by troubled train operators Northern and TransPennine Express.\n\nThe government-owned firm has been put \"on a warning\" for routes in the North West and central region of England, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) said.\n\nThe regulator said it was \"not good enough\" in those areas and was probing Network Rail's contribution to delays.\n\nNetwork Rail apologised for \"very poor service\" in the Midlands and the North.\n\nORR said its performance deteriorated in 2018 and \"failed to substantially recover during 2019\".\n\nFigures supplied by ORR show the proportion of scheduled train stops made on time in the last 12 months up to 4 January by Northern was 55% and 41% by TransPennine Express.\n\nThis compares to the national average of 65%.\n\nNorthern passengers have faced rail chaos since new timetables were introduced in May 2018, prompting the government to warn the firm it could lose its franchise over \"unacceptable delays\".\n\nIn December, commuters using TransPennine Express and Northern trains faced more delays as the new winter timetables were launched.\n\nTransPennine Express announced a number of cancellations on routes until the end of January - including cuts to services between Liverpool and Edinburgh that stop at cities including Newcastle, Leeds, Manchester and Liverpool.\n\nRecent poor performance by TransPennine Express was \"largely the result of train operations\", says ORR\n\nORR chief executive John Larkinson, said: \"The top priority for passengers is that their train arrives on time and that isn't happening consistently enough across the country.\n\n\"ORR is responsible for looking at how Network Rail contributes to train delays, and while there are areas of very good performance such as in Wales and Western region, Network Rail's performance in North West and Central region is not good enough.\n\n\"That is why we are putting the company on a warning to make sure its improvement plans deliver for passengers.\"\n\nThe ORR is to investigate Network Rail's recovery plan and whether the organisation is doing \"all it reasonably can to improve service for passengers\".\n\nThe regulator added it had also analysed the recent poor performance by TransPennine Express and found it was \"largely the result of train operations\".\n\nPerformance on Northern, TransPennine Express and West Midlands Railways has been repeatedly poor.\n\nThe government has threatened to strip Northern of its franchise. But more than half of delays on the entire UK rail network are down to problems with the infrastructure - like signalling.\n\nNow the Office of Rail and Road says it will investigate the work done by Network Rail to try to improve performance in the north of England last year, work which ultimately did not yield positive results.\n\nNetwork Rail chief executive Andrew Haines told passengers: \"We have let you down.\"\n\nHe said: \"For too many months, passengers - particularly in the Midlands and the North - have been coping with very poor train services.\n\n\"It simply isn't good enough and, on behalf of the rail industry, I'd like to apologise.\"\n\nHe said a cross-industry task force \"has been pulled together to tackle the problems head-on\" although he said there was \"no quick fix\".\n\n\"It will need more reliable assets, a much more reliable train plan and more robust operator resource plans.\"\n\nNetwork Rail - which owns and operates rail infrastructure in England, Wales and Scotland - said about a third of the delays attributed to it were caused by external factors such as vandalism, cable theft, trespass and weather.\n\nRailfuture - a campaign group for better rail services - said Northern, Transpennine Express and Network Rail were \"not solely to blame for the poor performance\".\n\nIt said \"they had been dealt a rotten hand of cards to play\" citing reasons such as underestimating the increase in passenger numbers resulting in overcrowding and the scaling back of the Ordsall Chord project meaning the Castlefield corridor \"has not been increased to accommodate extra services\".\n\nThe group said it welcomes the ORR investigation, though, if it results in Northern, Transpennine Express and Network Rail being given the freedom \"to define an operational solution which will work across the north\".\n\nAnthony Smith, from independent watchdog Transport Focus, said: \"While both Northern and TransPennine have rightly been in the dock over their part in delivering unreliable services across large parts of the north of England, it is only right the spotlight is now shone on Network Rail.\n\n\"Passengers will want an action plan from Network Rail that can start to deliver the good news that passengers have long been waiting for - a consistently punctual, reliable railway that delivers more seats on a value for money service.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Assembly members can expect to see the extra money in their first pay packet since Stormont returned\n\nNorthern Ireland Assembly members are set to get a £1,000 pay increase in their annual salary, the BBC has learned.\n\nThe hike will see their pay increase from £49,500 to £50,500.\n\nThey were due to receive the extra money over the past three years, but the increase was blocked by the former NI Secretary of State Karen Bradley.\n\nShe was asked to withhold the money by the Assembly Commission because Stormont was in suspension.\n\nIn a letter at that time, the then Speaker Robin Newton said such an increase would not have been \"appropriate in the circumstances\".\n\nBut assembly members can now expect to see more money in their first pay packet following the return of devolution to Stormont.\n\nConfirming the move, an assembly spokesperson said: \"Following the formation of an executive on January 11th, the full provisions of the Assembly Members Salaries and Expenses Determination 2016 are in effect including the provisions for annual uprating.\"\n\nThey added that the annual uprating provided in the legislation has been applied, bringing the \"salary payable as a member to £50,500\".\n\nThe current rules on MLA salaries and expenses were set by the Independent Financial Review Panel following a report it produced in March 2016.\n\nLater that year, its members did not have their posts renewed and so the panel is not functioning at present.\n\nIn a tweet on Tuesday night, Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill of Sinn Féin, said the pay rise was \"unjustifiable\".\n\n\"MLAs pay is set by an independent body, not by MLAs,\" she said.\n\n\"MLAs had no input into this decision, nor did they seek it.\n\n\"Given that the assembly has just been restored this is unjustifiable and should not be paid.\"\n\nA DUP spokesperson said: \"It is right that MLAs do not take decisions on their pay and office cost allowances. We support the independence of this process.\"\n\nSDLP MLAs Pat Catney and Daniel McCrossan said they wanted to offer their £1,000 increase to a mental health charity.\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 Michelle O’Neill 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 Alliance Party said in a statement: \"We are not happy with the timing or content of this increase but it is not within our gift to refuse it unless sole control of salaries and office cost allowances is returned to MLAs, and that would be a retrograde step in terms of public confidence.\"\n\nThe move has also been criticised by People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll who said it would \"come as a slap in the face to nurses who stood on freezing pickets for months for pay parity, and the civil service staff who are still taking industrial action to get what they deserve\".\n\n\"How can MLAs receive a salary that is around double the average wage and claim to competently represent their constituents interests when their financial realities are so different?\"", "Saskia Jones and Jack Merritt were killed by a knifeman who had been released from jail on licence\n\nTerror offenders will face more time in jail and be monitored more closely as part of new laws being introduced within weeks, the government has said.\n\nAutomatic early release from prison will be scrapped for terror offenders while a minimum jail term of 14 years for serious crimes will be introduced.\n\nThe Home Office said a bill would be brought before Parliament by mid-March.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said the government had faced \"hard truths\" since an attack in London in November.\n\nConvicted terror offender Usman Khan had been on licence from prison when he fatally stabbed Saskia Jones and Jack Merritt at Fishmongers' Hall near London Bridge on 29 November last year.\n\nKhan had been released from jail on licence in 2018, half-way through a 16-year sentence for terrorism offences.\n\nFollowing the November attack, the government launched an urgent review into the licence conditions of 74 terror offenders who had been released early from prison.\n\nOn Tuesday it said it would also launch a review, led by Jonathan Hall QC, into the way agencies such as police and the probation service investigate, monitor and manage terror offenders.\n\nThe home secretary said November's attack \"confronted us with some hard truths about how we deal with terrorist offenders\"\n\nMinisters also want to introduce lie detector tests - which are currently only used with sex offenders - to improve how probation officers handle released terrorists.\n\nThe so-called Counter-Terrorism Bill would ensure people convicted of serious offences, such as preparing acts of terrorism or directing a terrorist organisation, spend a minimum of 14 years in prison.\n\nThere is currently no minimum term for such offences.\n\nThe Home Office said it would also increase counter terror police funding by £90m next year - roughly a 10% increase on this year's funding.\n\nOther measures the Home Office pledged alongside the bill included:\n\nJustice Secretary Robert Buckland said more needed to be done to monitor terror offenders behind bars and once they are freed.\n\nHe told BBC Breakfast: \"We have to be ready to challenge our own assumptions at all times, and to ask ourselves the question - are we really on top of this? How do we track it? Is it just going to be Islamic terrorism?\n\n\"The far-right are a factor as well. We deal with many facets of extremism in our prisons.\"\n\nMs Patel said the \"senseless terror attack\" in November \"confronted us with some hard truths about how we deal with terrorist offenders\".\n\n\"Today we are delivering on those promises, giving police and probation officers the resources they need to investigate and track offenders, introducing tougher sentences, and launching major reviews into how offenders are managed after they are released,\" she added.\n\nShadow home secretary Diane Abbott said the overhaul was \"an admission of failure\".\n\nShe said: \"The fight against terrorism has been undermined by cuts to policing, including community policing, a lack of co-ordination between police and security services as well as the flawed Prevent programme.\"\n\nAlthough head of counter-terrorism policing Neil Basu welcomed the extra measures, he said demand for counter-terror work had gone up by a third in three years and insisted the anti-radicalisation programme Prevent was the \"best hope\" for reducing the terror threat in the long term.\n\nHe told the BBC: \"Once somebody has been radicalised, no-one is saying there is a 100% guarantee that somebody can be de-radicalised but if there is a chance, we ought to be funding that and committing to it.\"\n\nFigen Murray, whose son Martyn Hett was killed in the 2017 Manchester Arena attack, agrees, saying the prevention of extremism is equally important.\n\nShe said: \"It's great to look at prison sentences and punishment, and investing money in more stuff, but what is important is to prevent things from happening in the first place, which to me is Martyn's law [and] putting money into Prevent.\"\n\nMs Murray spearheaded Martyn's Law to bring in tougher airport-style security checks - such as bag searches and metal detectors - at large public venues.\n\nDr David Canter, a social psychologist and expert in offender profiling, said staff would need \"a lot of training\" to understand the \"subtleties\" involved in operating lie-detector tests.\n\nHe said the test is a measure of \"emotional responses\" - such as sweaty palms or a change in breathing pattern - which can be triggered by \"all sorts of things\", so the challenge is \"disentangling these in order to determine whether somebody is actually lying\".\n\nUsing the test presents other problems such as finding the \"appropriate questions\" to ask subjects, and training staff in a process \"that is known to be effective\", he said.\n\nHe added research suggests that in order to determine whether someone is being truthful, the test could work \"in above chance level 60-70% of the time\", but \"is not nearly so effective\" in revealing whether someone is lying.", "Stefan Sutherland's body was found 11 days after he was reported missing\n\nThe sister of a man whose body was found on a Highland beach 11 days after he went missing has made an emotional appeal for answers about his death.\n\nStefan Sutherland died after vanishing from Lybster in 2013.\n\nA team of 15 police officers has now arrived in the Caithness village to carry out fresh inquiries in the area.\n\nKatrina Sutherland, who believes her 25-year-old brother's death was suspicious, said: \"We would just like to find out what did happen to Stefan.\"\n\nMr Sutherland's disappearance on 6 September 2013 was followed by searches of the local area by police, search dogs and a mountain rescue team.\n\nHis body was discovered by a member of the public on the shoreline near Occumster near Lybster. Mr Sutherland had lived in the local area.\n\nHis family dispute that his death was accidental and say blood was found at a house he visited before he disappeared.\n\nPolice Scotland has previously said it would act on any new information in the case.\n\nMs Sutherland said the family still did not know what had happened to Stefan.\n\n\"At the moment police are still conducting inquiries. If that leads them to believe that foul play is a factor then I dare say they will turn it into a murder investigation.\n\n\"Nobody likes to believe that a family member was murdered, but it is something we've considered,\" she said.\n\nMs Sutherland described Police Scotland's review of the case as \"the best news in six years\".\n\nShe said: \"The family believe he was a victim of foul play but we need to get to the bottom of that and be able to deal with it once and for all.\"\n\nSandra Sutherland said her son was \"happy and healthy\" on the day he disappeared\n\nMr Sutherland's parents Sandy and Sandra have welcomed the police's presence in the area, and the review of the circumstances of their son's death.\n\nMrs Sutherland said her son had been \"happy and healthy\" on the day he vanished.\n\n\"He didn't just disappear. Something happened to him,\" she added.\n\nThe team of officers could spend up to two weeks in Lybster and the surrounding area\n\nPolice Scotland announced last year that \"all aspects\" of the initial investigation into Mr Sutherland's death would be examined.\n\nThey said the review was being done to address concerns raised by Mr Sutherland's family.\n\nDetectives met the family in November last year and visited locations connected to the case.\n\nThe team of officers has now begun door-to-door inquiries in Lybster and the nearby village of Latheronwheel.\n\nPolice have also urged anyone in the local community with information to come forward, and said a mobile police office would be parked in Lybster where people could speak to officers.\n\nMr Sutherland's body was found on a beach at Occumster close to his home\n\nMs Sutherland said her brother was never far from the family's thoughts.\n\nShe said: \"It's like Stefan is still the most talked about member of our family and he is not there.\n\n\"What happened to Stefan? What do you think happened to Stefan? Will we ever find out what happened to Stefan?\n\n\"It's constantly there at the back of your mind. It's never far from your thoughts.\"\n\nShe added: \"Somebody knows what happened to Stefan. Please, it's time to just put it to bed and let Stefan rest and let my family move on with their lives.\"\n\nDet Supt Graeme Mackie, who is leading the review, said police wanted to establish if any local residents, or anyone who visited the area between the date of Stefan's disappearance and the discovery of his body, had information that might assist the inquiry.\n\nHe added: \"Stefan was well known in the local community and I would also encourage those who saw him between 22:00 on Friday 6 September 2013 and 12:00 on Tuesday 17 September 2013 to contact us.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Horacio Sala said he wanted justice over his son's death\n\nThe father of Premier League footballer Emiliano Sala, who was killed in a plane crash earlier this year, has died three months after his son.\n\nHoracio Sala, 58, suffered a heart attack on Friday, his friend and president of his local club confirmed.\n\nDaniel Ribero, from San Martin de Progreso, told C5N TV channel that Mr Sala had passed away before doctors arrived at his home in Progreso.\n\nEmiliano Sala's plane crashed en route to Cardiff after leaving from France.\n\nThe Argentine footballer was on his way to joining his new club Cardiff City from French club Nantes in a club record £15m deal when the crash happened over the English Channel.\n\nEmiliano Sala was due to be Cardiff City's record signing\n\nProgreso mayor Julio Muller led the tributes to Mr Sala, telling La Red radio station: \"Horacio could not overcome Emi, we thought that after the discovery he would be able to close that circle.\"\n\nIn a statement, Cardiff City said the club offered its \"deepest condolences\" to Mr Sala's friends and family.\n\n\"They are very much in the thoughts of us all at this difficult time,\" a spokesman said.\n\nThe Piper Malibu N264DB plane carrying Sala and pilot David Ibbotson went missing over waters near the Channel Islands on 21 January and it took rescuers two weeks to find the wreckage.\n\nThe father-of-three, a long-distance lorry driver, spoke to the BBC two weeks ago and pleaded \"that justice be done\" for his son.\n\nThe location of where the plane carrying Emiliano Sala disappeared\n\nHe told the BBC Wales Investigates programme he wanted to \"continue investigating all the things that we have to know and that we can know.\"\n\n\"That is all I can ask,\" added Mr Sala, who had split-up from his son's mother Mercedes.\n\nAir accident investigators are still looking into why the Piper Malibu plane carrying Sala to Cardiff for his first training session crashed.\n\nThe light aircraft was piloted by Mr Ibbotson, from Crowle, North Lincolnshire, whose body has not been found.\n\nSala's father Horacio was seen crying at the vigil for his son\n\nAir accident investigators' photo showing the rear left side of the fuselage on the seabed\n\nThe legality of Sala's flight has not yet been established, but a preliminary report from air accident investigators in February said the pilot was not licensed to carry fee-paying passengers and the plane was not registered for commercial flights.\n\nCardiff City have said the club \"wholeheartedly\" backs the Air Charter Association's (BACA) calls \"to secure a review of illegal flights\".\n\nIn the three months since the crash, BACA said it had received reports of illegal flights happening in the UK at a rate of almost one per day.\n\nSala started his career at his hometown club San Martín de Progreso - in Argentina's Santa Fe region, about 350 miles (563km) from the capital Buenos Aires - and his father retained close links with the club.\n\nA wake was held at the club before his funeral in Progreso in February.\n\nThe club confirmed Mr Sala's death and president Mr Ribero added: \"At dawn he felt a pain in his chest, they called the doctor but when he arrived, Horacio had already passed away.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Greta Thunberg's father says she is happier since becoming an activist\n\nGreta Thunberg's father has said he thought it was \"a bad idea\" for his daughter to take to the \"front line\" of the battle against climate change.\n\nMillions of people have been inspired to join the 16-year-old in raising awareness of environmental issues.\n\nBut Svante Thunberg told the BBC he was \"not supportive\" of his daughter skipping school for the climate strike.\n\nMr Thunberg said Greta was much happier since becoming an activist - but that he worries about the \"hate\" she faces.\n\nAs part of the same broadcast, guest-edited by Greta for Radio 4's Today programme, Sir David Attenborough told her she had \"woken up the world\" to climate change.\n\nShe called Sir David on Skype from Stockholm in Sweden, where she lives, and told him how he inspired her activism.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. When Greta Thunberg met Sir David Attenborough for the first time (via Skype)\n\nThe broadcaster and naturalist told Greta she had \"achieved things that many of us who have been working on the issue for 20 years have failed to do\".\n\nHe added that the 16-year-old was the \"only reason\" that climate change became a key topic in the recent UK general election.\n\nGreta was nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, after spearheading a global movement demanding world leaders take action over climate change. It led to co-ordinated school strikes across the globe.\n\nShe is among five high-profile people taking over the Today programme as guest editors during the festive period.\n\nThe BBC flew presenter Mishal Husain to Sweden to interview the teenager and her father.\n\nOn the decision to fly, Today editor Sarah Sands said: \"We just did not have time for other means of transport. But we met our cameraman there and the interview between Greta and David Attenborough was conducted by Skype, which felt the right way for the two of them to communicate.\"\n\nSpeaking to Husain as part of the show, Mr Thunberg said his daughter had struggled with depression for \"three or four years\" before she began her school strike.\n\n\"She stopped talking... she stopped going to school,\" he said.\n\nHe added that it was the \"ultimate nightmare for a parent\" when Greta began refusing to eat.\n\nTo help her get better, Mr Thunberg spent more time with Greta and her younger sister, Beata, at their home in Sweden. Greta's mother, opera singer and former Eurovision Song Contest participant Malena Ernman, cancelled contracts so the whole family could be together.\n\nThe family also sought help from doctors, Mr Thunberg said. Greta was diagnosed with Asperger's - a form of autism - aged 12, something she has said allows her to \"see things from outside the box\".\n\nSvante Thunberg and his daughter sailed to a climate summit in New York on zero-carbon yacht\n\nOver the next few years they began discussing and researching climate change, with Greta becoming increasingly passionate about tackling the issue.\n\nAs \"very active\" human rights advocates, Greta accused her parents of being \"huge hypocrites\", Mr Thunberg said.\n\n\"Greta said: 'Whose human rights are you standing up for?', since we were not taking this climate issue seriously,\" he explained.\n\nHe said Greta got \"energy\" from her parents' changes in behaviour to become more environmentally friendly - such as her mother choosing not to travel by aeroplane and her father becoming vegan.\n\nMr Thunberg has also accompanied his daughter on her sailing expeditions to UN climate summits in New York and Madrid. Greta refuses to travel by air because of its environmental impact.\n\n\"I did all these things, I knew they were the right thing to do... but I didn't do it to save the climate, I did it to save my child,\" Mr Thunberg said.\n\n\"I have two daughters and to be honest they are all that matter to me. I just want them to be happy,\" he added.\n\nMr Thunberg said Greta has \"changed\" and become \"very happy\" as a result of her activism.\n\n\"You think she's not ordinary now because she's special, and she's very famous, and all these things. But to me she's now an ordinary child - she can do all the things like other people can,\" he said.\n\n\"She dances around, she laughs a lot, we have a lot of fun - and she's in a very good place.\"\n\nHowever, since Greta's school strike stunt went viral online, Mr Thunberg said she has faced abuse from people who \"don't want to change\" their lifestyles in order to save the environment.\n\nGreta has said previously that people abuse her for \"my looks, my clothes, my behaviour and my differences\".\n\nHer father said he was particularly worried about \"the fake news, all the things that people try to fabricate her - the hate that that generates\".\n\nBut he added that his daughter deals with the criticism \"incredibly well\".\n\n\"Quite frankly, I don't know how she does it, but she laughs most of the time. She finds it hilarious.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Greta at UN climate change talks - one year apart\n\nMr Thunberg said he hoped things would become \"less intense\" for his family in the future and that he thinks Greta \"really wants to go back to school\".\n\nHe added that as Greta turns 17 soon, she will no longer need to be accompanied on her travels.\n\n\"If she needs me there, I'll try to do it,\" he said. \"But I think she'll be, more and more, going to do it by herself which is great.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"We find ourselves struggling just to provide basic public services\" - Finance Minister Conor Murphy\n\nNorthern Ireland's Finance Minister Conor Murphy has said he is not \"actively pursuing\" a cut in corporation tax.\n\nCutting the tax, which is applied to company profits, was for many years a key economic policy shared by the Stormont parties.\n\nThe power to cut the tax was devolved to Northern Ireland in 2015.\n\nMr Murphy said a change in economic and political circumstances means the issue has now \"receded\".\n\nSpeaking on BBCNI's Good Morning Ulster, he expressed concern about what cutting the tax would mean for public services in Northern Ireland.\n\nA cut in the tax would mean less revenue is collected for the Treasury.\n\nUnder state aid rules, the Northern Ireland executive would have to make up the shortfall through a cut in its block grant from Westminster.\n\nThat cost has been estimated at about £240m a year.\n\nThe previous Northern Ireland executive had intended to cut the corporation tax rate to 12.5% by 2018, matching the rate in the Republic of Ireland.\n\nThe rate of Corporation Tax in the UK is currently 19%.\n\nMr Murphy said when the proposition to reduce corporation tax was first agreed there was \"a bigger difference\" in the rate between Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland.\n\nMr Murphy said the issue has \"reduced in significance\"\n\nMr Murphy said \"a cut in corporation tax can only happen if it is affordable\".\n\n\"For Sinn Fein's part, we always insisted that caveat be put in, a very honest assessment of what a cut would cost,\" he added.\n\n\"I think the issue probably has, given Brexit and given the change in economic and political circumstances, reduced in significance and we find ourselves struggling just to provide the basic public services.\n\n\"That's not to say that others may not raise it again but it's not something that I'm actively pursuing.\"\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\nNorthern Ireland's rate of corporation tax was set to be cut in 2018\n\nPrior to the collapse of power-sharing in 2017, the major parties suggested that cutting the tax would help tackle long-term problems in the Northern Ireland economy.\n\nThe assumption was that if companies could keep more of their profits, it would unleash an unprecedented wave of investment and growth.\n\nIn the years after the power was devolved, Stormont attempted to negotiate the affordability issue with the Treasury but little progress was made.", "Police were called at about 19:40 GMT on Sunday to reports of a disturbance in Elmstead Road.\n\nA fight in which three men were stabbed to death may have been part of an \"ongoing dispute\", police have said.\n\nThe victims, in their late 20s and early 30s, died in Seven Kings, Ilford, east London, on Sunday evening.\n\nTwo men, aged 29 and 39, have been arrested on suspicion of murder.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said it believed the five men were involved in another altercation the previous evening at the nearby Krystel Banqueting venue.\n\nIt is thought those involved were known to each other and were from the Sikh and Hindu communities, the Met said.\n\nDet Ch Insp Paul Considine said: \"At this early stage, I do not believe this was gang or race-related.\n\n\"But I believe there may have been an ongoing dispute between those involved.\n\n\"We believe the five men were involved in an altercation the previous evening at Krystel Banqueting that spilled out onto the High Road.\"\n\nHe appealed for anyone who may have seen either incident to contact detectives.\n\nThe Met said a fight broke out between two groups who were armed with knives in Elmstead Road just after 19:30 GMT on Sunday.\n\nEmergency services were called and the three victims, who are yet to be formally identified, were pronounced dead at the scene.\n\nOne eyewitness described the aftermath of the fight as \"absolute chaos\".\n\nExtra officers will be on patrol in the Seven Kings area, police said\n\nDuring a visit to the area on Monday, London mayor Sadiq Khan described what had happened as \"shocking, horrific and scary\".\n\nThe stabbings bring the number of homicide investigations launched by the Met in 2020 to six.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The government has lost three votes in the Lords over its Brexit legislation - its first defeats since the election.\n\nPeers supported calls for EU nationals to be given a physical document as proof they have the right to live in the UK after it leaves the bloc.\n\nThey also voted to remove ministers' power to decide which EU Court of Justice rulings can be disregarded or set aside by UK courts and tribunals.\n\nMinisters will aim to reverse the moves when the bill returns to the Commons.\n\nWith a majority of 80, the government will be confident of getting its way.\n\nMeanwhile, separately on Monday, the Commons voted to approve the Queen's Speech, which outlines the government's legislative agenda.\n\nThe EU Withdrawal Bill, which paves the way for the UK to leave the EU with a deal on 31 January, was approved by MPs earlier this month without any changes.\n\nBut despite their emphatic victory in December's general election, the Conservatives do not have a majority in the Lords and have suffered a series of defeats during the bill's passage through the unelected House.\n\nThe first amendment passed by peers, by a margin of 270 to 229, would give EU citizens in the UK the automatic right to stay, rather than having to apply to the Home Office, and would ensure they can get physical proof of their rights.\n\nIts supporters said it would allay the \"deep concerns\" felt by many EU nationals who have until the end of June 2021 to apply for settled status.\n\nMore than than 2.7 million people have so far applied. Nearly 2.5 million of these have been told they can continue to live and work in the UK after Brexit, while six \"serious or persistent\" criminals have had their applications rejected.\n\nCampaigners said official documentation could stop a repeat of the Windrush scandal, in which relatives of those who lawfully came to the UK from the Caribbean in the 1940s were threatened with deportation, and in some cases removed.\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’. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLib Dem peer Lord Oates warned of a \"plethora of problems\" ahead for EU nationals and the government unless this happened.\n\n\"This amendment simply seeks to uphold the promise repeatedly made by Boris Johnson that the rights of EU citizens to remain in the UK would be automatically guaranteed,\" he said.\n\n\"It would remove the risk that those who failed to meet the cut-off deadline would be automatically criminalised and subject to deportation.\"\n\nNo 10 has insisted EU citizens will not automatically be deported if they fail to sign up to the scheme by the deadline. They want them to use a digital code, which will demonstrate their right to be in the UK.\n\nFollowing the vote, security minister Brandon Lewis insisted it would not rethink its approach.\n\nHe tweeted: \"The EU Settlement Scheme grants EU citizens with a secure, digital status which can't be lost, stolen or tampered with.\"\n\nThe government was later defeated twice more over:", "Facebook will create 1,000 new roles in London over the course of this year, including adding to its team tackling harmful online content.\n\nMore than half of the new jobs will be technology-focused, with roles in software engineering, product design and data science, the company said.\n\nIt will take Facebook's UK workforce to more than 4,000.\n\nPressure has been growing on social media firms to remove posts promoting self-harm and political extremism.\n\nFacebook's chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg will announce the new jobs in London later on Tuesday, before travelling to the World Economic Forum in Davos.\n\n\"Many of these high-skilled jobs will help us address the challenges of an open internet and develop artificial intelligence to find and remove harmful content more quickly,\" she is expected to say.\n\nThose roles will be in Facebook's \"community integrity\" team, which designs tools to police posts on Facebook's platforms including Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp.\n\nFacebook's chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg will unveil the jobs boost in London later\n\nThe firm had decided to invest more in policing online content, following the suicide of teenager Molly Russell in 2017, Steve Hatch, the firm's vice-president for northern Europe, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\n\"The tragic death of Molly Russell made us really stop in our tracks as a company and acknowledge that there was an issue that we need to do more on.\n\n\"We've been putting those changes in place steadily over the last 12 months,\" he said.\n\nMolly Russell was 14 when she committed suicide. Her father, Ian, told the BBC that he believed Instagram was partly responsible for his daughter's death.\n\n\"I have no doubt that Instagram helped kill my daughter,\" he said.\n\nFacebook aimed to build on progress it had made in tackling terrorist content to remove other problematic content such as self-harming, Mr Hatch said.\n\nThe firm had detected and removed two million posts from Facebook and 800,000 from Instagram, he added.\n\n\"As systems get better they develop, they get better and more effective,\" he said. \"Our aspiration is to remove every single piece of [harmful] content.\"\n\nIf you've been affected by self-harm, eating disorders or emotional distress, help and support is available via the BBC Action Line.", "The duchess, pictured meeting children and parents in Cardiff, has previously called children's early years \"the most important years, for life long health and happiness\"\n\nThe Duchess of Cambridge has launched a UK-wide survey to help improve early childhood.\n\nThe five-question online survey aims to \"spark a national conversation\" to help create \"lasting change for generations to come\", Kensington Palace said.\n\nCatherine is marking its launch with a 24-hour UK tour, visiting Birmingham, London, Cardiff and Surrey.\n\nThe NSPCC said the project would be a \"vital source of information\".\n\nIn the online survey, called Five Big Questions, participants are asked for their opinion on what influences development and what period of childhood is most important for children's happiness.\n\nThe duchess visited a baby sensory class at the Ely and Caerau Children's Centre in Cardiff\n\nOn Tuesday, the duchess visited Thinktank, a science museum in Birmingham.\n\nShe was shown around an interactive mini city inside the museum and spoke to parents and carers about the survey.\n\nOn Wednesday, Catherine visited a baby sensory class at the Ely and Caerau Children's Centre in Cardiff to hear about the support parents receive there.\n\nShe also attended HMP Send in Woking, Surrey, to speak with women prisoners taking part in a rehabilitation programme.\n\nThe scheme, run by The Forward Trust, aims to break cycles of addiction and crime and is the only 12-step prison-based drug and alcohol programme for women in the UK. The duchess also visited the prison in 2015.\n\nThe survey's launch comes after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced they wanted to step back from being senior royals. Buckingham Palace said Prince Harry and Meghan will withdraw from royal duties from the spring.\n\nFormer press secretary to the Queen, Dickie Arbiter, suggested that the survey would have been planned nearly a year in advance, a long time before and Harry and Meghan's announcement.\n\nIt is stating the obvious to say it has been a difficult week for the Royal Family.\n\nBut with Harry and Meghan now back in Canada and big decisions made about their future there is a sense of returning to business as usual... at least for now.\n\nFor the Duchess of Cambridge that means an even sharper focus on one particular area - the problems of early childhood.\n\nRoyal engagements can cover a vast number of areas but for the duchess an increasing amount of her work is targeted at early years.\n\nThis new survey will ultimately help provide important data for all those working in the area of early years, and will also inform the kind of work the Duchess of Cambridge gets involved with in the future.\n\nThose who have worked with her in this area say she is totally committed and isn't just a figurehead.\n\nShe has built up an expertise and wants to prevent the same problems affecting the same families generation after generation.\n\nCatherine and her husband, the Duke of Cambridge, have three children - six-year-old Prince George, four-year-old Princess Charlotte, and 21-month-old Prince Louis.\n\nThe Royal Foundation website says Catherine believes \"many of society's greatest social and health challenges\" could be \"mitigated or entirely avoided\" if young children are given \"the right support\".\n\nKate Stanley, from the NSPCC, says the duchess's survey will \"provide fascinating insight into how we think about the early years and it will be a vital source of information for the sector\".\n\nAsked about the value of the questionnaire, she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Tuesday the results of the survey would help inform \"the kind of conversation we need to have\" with parents about the importance of a child's early years.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Duchess of Cambridge: ''Both William and I sincerely believe that early action can prevent problems in childhood from turning into larger ones later in life''\n\nKayte Lawton, from the charity Save the Children, welcomed the survey and said it was \"vital\" that all children are given access to \"high-quality services\".\n\nShe said: \"Parents on low incomes regularly tell us they struggle with childcare bills, especially when their children are little, and strive to juggle all of life's demands to support their children's early learning. It's not easy.\"\n\nIpsos Mori is conducting the survey on behalf of the Royal Foundation.\n\nThe company's Kelly Beaver added: \"Whilst many studies have been conducted to generate evidence of the importance of the early years, there is a real lack of evidence to understand whether this is understood by the British public.\"\n\nThe survey will be open until 21 February.\n\n1. What do you believe is most important for children growing up in the UK today to live a happy adult life? Rank from most important to least important:\n\n2. Which of these statements is closest to your opinion?\n\n3. How much do you agree or disagree with this statement? The mental health and wellbeing of parents and carers has a great impact on the development of their child(ren)\n\n4. Which of the following is closest to your opinion of what influences how children develop from the start of pregnancy to age five?\n\n5. Which period of a child and young person's life do you think is the most important for health and happiness in adulthood?\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. Migrants cross the river Suchiate on the border between Guatemala and Mexico on Monday\n\nHundreds of migrants who waded across a river on Mexico's southern border have been stopped from entering the country on their way to the US.\n\nThe migrants, mainly from Honduras, took to the water after being refused permission to cross a nearby bridge.\n\nThe security forces fired tear gas to force the migrants back and rounded up those who managed to make it across.\n\nMexico has cut off migration routes to the US under pressure from President Donald Trump.\n\nNational Guard troops with riot shields were seen trying to stop the migrants from climbing the banks of the Suchiate river, which marks the border between Mexico and Guatemala.\n\nSome of those who were trying to reach Mexico threw stones at the police.\n\nThe detained migrants have been transferred to immigration stations. They will be returned to their home countries if their legal status cannot be resolved, the government said.\n\nMembers of Mexico's National Guard used their shields to block migrants\n\nThe migrants had been camped out in the Guatemalan town of Tecún Umán, across the border from Mexico's Ciudad Hidalgo.\n\nEight representatives of the migrants were allowed into Mexico for talks with the authorities and to pass a letter on to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.\n\nThey urged him to let them pass and promised to respect the law.\n\nThose who tried to cross the river on Monday were part of a 2,000 to 3,500-strong group dubbed \"2020 Caravan\", evoking previous attempts to cross Mexico en masse to reach the US border.\n\nFor its part, Guatemala said several thousand migrants had crossed into its territory from Honduras since Wednesday.\n\nMany of the migrants on the Mexico border said they were fleeing violence, poverty and high murder rates.\n\n\"We got desperate because of the heat. It's been exhausting, especially for the children,\" Honduran migrant Elvis Martínez told AFP news agency.\n\nMexico has said they can stay and work in Mexico and apply for asylum but will not be allowed free passage to the US.\n\n\"They're trying to trick us. They tell us to register, but then they deport us,\" another migrant said.\n\nThe Mexican interior ministry said it had already taken in 1,100 migrants in the states of Chiapas and Tabasco. Most would be returned to their country of origin \"if their situation warrants it\", it added.\n\nPresident Trump reached a deal with Mexico in June to stem the flow of migrants to the US after threatening it with high tariffs. Mexico agreed to take \"unprecedented\" steps to curb irregular migration, including deploying the National Guard.\n\nAnother agreement, with Guatemala, designates that country as a \"safe third country\". Under the accord, the US can send migrants from Honduras or El Salvador who pass through Guatemala back to that country to seek asylum first.\n\nMr Trump has made the fight against illegal migration to the US a major policy issue and has taken measures to deter entry across the border from Mexico, including plans for a border wall.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"I sent my seven-year-old across the border alone,\" says one parent on the US-Mexico border", "The Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador was hit with more than 70cm (27in) of snow in a record breaking blizzard.\n\nThe military has been called in to help with recovery efforts.", "Belgian emergency services have called off a search for eight missing migrants\n\nMigrants trying to reach the UK in boats have set off from Belgium for the first time, a local mayor believes.\n\nA group of 14 swam back to shore when their small vessel sank off the coast of the town of De Panne.\n\nMayor Bram Degrieck said eight of the group - which may include two children - are unaccounted for, but are believed to have made it back to land.\n\n\"It's the first time to my knowledge this happens on a beach in Belgium,\" he said.\n\nProsecutor Frank Demeester said British authorities would be consulted as part of the investigation as it was \"rare\" for smugglers to try to reach the UK from the Belgian coast.\n\nMeanwhile, 11 migrants were detained by Border Force at the Port of Dover, with 10 others intercepted in a dinghy in the Channel.\n\nLast year, nearly 1,900 people reached the UK after setting off from the French coast in small boats.\n\nThe French rescued six migrants after their engine broke down off the coast of Calais\n\nPatrols of French beaches have doubled in an attempt to curtail crossings, the Home Office has said.\n\n\"The stress is getting higher. Perhaps smugglers are trying to find different routes, other ways of getting into the UK,\" Mr Degrieck said.\n\n\"It is obviously not the appropriate route to take. It is about 70km (43 miles) to the UK.\n\n\"It is obviously very distressing that smugglers are trying to use Belgian beaches,\" he said.\n\nIn an interview last month Steve Reynolds, of the National Crime Agency, warned that smugglers \"might try and vary the routes and have a slightly longer route in\".\n\n\"If migrants start to go further afield using longer routes the risk of fatalities obviously rises,\" he said.\n\nPolice in De Panne are using drones to search for the missing migrants\n\nMr Degrieck said Belgian police were alerted at about 04:00 GMT when one of the migrants, suffering from hypothermia, raised the alarm.\n\n\"He said he was in a group of 14 attempting to leave the coast in the direction of the UK with a small boat. That boat sank, leaving 14 people in the water.\n\n\"Six of them we found. They looked healthy. Of that party of 14, eight of them are still missing. Among those eight there is the possibility there are two children.\"\n\n\"According to the people we have in custody, they say that everybody was able to reach land. Of course this information is not 100% reliable, that's why we start a search this morning,\" he said.\n\nBorder Force are believed to have intercepted a dinghy in the Channel\n\nThe search was called off with the eight still unaccounted for, but Belgian police said it believed they have left the area after making it back to land.\n\nOf the six migrants who have been found, five Iranians were detained while taking a bus from De Panne to Dunkirk, France. An Afghan man was found in De Panne, police said.\n\nAdditionally, the French rescued six migrants after their engine failed about two miles off the coast of Calais.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Great Blasket is the principal island of the Blaskets, County Kerry, off the west coast of Ireland\n\nA couple have received over 23,000 applications for two summer vacancies on the remote Great Blasket Island, County Kerry.\n\nAlice Hayes and her partner, Billy O'Connor, posted the vacancies on social media and were inundated with responses from around the world.\n\nTwo successful candidates will run a small café and three cottages from April to October.\n\nThe pair will live together for six months without many modern comforts.\n\nThe couple told RTÉ they have received applications from Iran, Argentina, Finland and Mexico\n\nSpeaking to RTÉ, the couple said: \"It's been unbelievable. We were worried we wouldn't get anyone.\n\n\"We had a lot of interest last week but in the last few days it's been mad.\"\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 Great Blasket Island 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 told the Irish broadcaster they received applications from countries such as Iran, Argentina, Finland and Mexico.\n\n\"Our email is in meltdown and our phones are just pinging constantly,\" Ms Hayes said.\n\nLesley Kehoe and her partner Gordon Bond lived and worked on the island as caretakers from April to October in 2019.\n\nMs Kehoe told BBC News NI that living on the island was \"serene\" and island life soon became \"their version of normal\".\n\nMs Kehoe said they had to bathe using freezing cold water from a mountain stream\n\n\"We were the only permanent residents. People would come and visit, but no longer than two days or a week max,\" she said.\n\nThe couple had to bathe using freezing water from a mountain stream.\n\n\"It would be the quickest shower in your life and you were definitely awake after,\" Ms Kehoe said.\n\nThe couple said living on the isolated island was a good test of their relationship\n\nThe job is open to couples or best friends and Lesley said that any prospective islanders should make sure \"they bring the person they get on with most in the world\".", "Police officers at one of 15 addresses across Northern Ireland raided as part of a major investigation into international money laundering\n\nPolice say they have broken up a major international money laundering operation being run out of Northern Ireland.\n\nDetectives say about £215m was laundered during an eight-year period from 2011.\n\nSix men and a woman, arrested during the two-day operation on Monday and Tuesday, have been released on bail.\n\nIt is understood to be the second biggest money laundering operation ever uncovered in the UK.\n\nIt is not believed there is any paramilitary link to the money laundering operation.\n\nOfficers from the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) carried out eight searches in Banbridge, Newry and Omagh on Monday, with further searches in Belfast, Banbridge, Newry and Ballymena on Tuesday.\n\nThey believe fake companies were set up to launder money for Irish and UK crime gangs engaged in drugs, human trafficking and prostitution.\n\nThe \"complex\" investigation involved the international police agencies Europol and Interpol, as well as authorities in the Republic of Ireland and Great Britain.\n\nIn a tweet, the Chief Constable, Simon Byrne, praised the \"tenacious\" and \"complex\" work carried out by the Economic Crime Unit, who uncovered the operation.\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\nPSNI Det Ch Insp Ian Wilson said: \"We believe today's operation is one of the most significant live investigations into money laundering in the UK.\n\nPSNI Det Ch Insp Ian Wilson said the operation targeted \"individuals suspected of high-end money laundering\"\n\n\"During our extensive investigation we identified that a significant volume of suspected criminal cash was being laundered out of the country through a number of shell companies and bank accounts held here in Northern Ireland.\n\n\"The investigation has identified over 50 companies and over 140 bank accounts.\"", "Feltham was one of the five YOIs inspected\n\nA boy at a young offenders institution was left to lie on a mattress on the floor of a \"filthy\" cell for more than 22 hours a day, a report has revealed.\n\nThe chief inspector of prisons in England and Wales, Peter Clarke, said a practice of separating children from their peers at YOIs amounted to \"harmful solitary confinement\".\n\nHe said the policy had \"fundamental flaws\" and was a risk to mental health.\n\nThe government said it would be making \"immediate changes\".\n\nInspectors looked at five YOIs, holding about 600 men and boys aged 15 to 18 - Cookham Wood in Kent; Feltham A in west London; Parc in south Wales; Werrington in Staffordshire, and Wetherby and Keppel in West Yorkshire.\n\nMr Clarke said 57 offenders had been separated and \"in the worst cases children left their cells for just 15 minutes a day\".\n\nHis report, after inspections in May and June 2019, found \"multiple and widespread failings\", although some areas of better practice were identified, particularly at Parc.\n\nIt said there were occasions when it was in a child's best interests to be separated for the risk they posed to others, or for their own protection. But staff should still aim to ensure they have daily activities and work to reintroduce a normal regime.\n\nSheena Evelyn says her son, Kyefer, spent \"most of his time\" in solitary confinement when he was in a young offenders institution.\n\nShe first spoke to the BBC in 2018 to support calls for reform of the practice which she called \"cruel and inhumane\".\n\n\"In a short space of time he was hearing voices, he was suicidal, just a massive impact overall on his mental health at the time but in the long-haul we still don't know how much it has affected him,\" she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Tuesday.\n\n\"It's normal common sense, it doesn't take a doctor to tell you that a child needs basic rights like sunlight and interaction with their peers.\"\n\nKyefer is now in an adult prison, where Ms Evelyn says he is \"treated more humanely\" than in Feltham YOI.\n\n\"He gets basic exercise, he gets sunshine, he gets adequate amounts of food - whereas these growing children are given miserly portions. They're given snack-sized breakfasts given the evening before so that most of them eat them that evening and they're starving the next day.\"\n\nAsked why her son was put into solitary confinement she says \"there doesn't have to be a reason\".\n\nShe called its use an \"abuse of power\".\n\nMs Evelyn adds: \"They're very violent places young offenders (institutions), very violent. There's a lot of testosterone, they're locked behind the doors for 23-and-a-half hours a day.\n\n\"You have to fight to survive in these places.\"\n\nMr Clarke found eight children had spent a combined total of 373 days in separation while waiting to be taken to a secure hospital for treatment for mental health conditions.\n\nHe said nearly all those separated spent long periods in cells \"without any meaningful human interaction\".\n\nThis included the case of the boy left on the mattress, which took place at Feltham A, where he had been \"in crisis\" and on a \"constant watch\".\n\nSome were \"unable to access the very basics of everyday life, including a daily shower and telephone call\", Mr Clarke added.\n\nOn Tuesday, he told the Today programme, that the system was \"badly broken\" and needed to be designed \"afresh\".\n\n\"These failings are so consistent and have been taking place for such a long time, I've taken the rather unusual step of putting one overarching recommendation into our report which is that the secretary of state for justice should take personal charge of this and actually insist that something is now done to put this right,\" Mr Clarke said.\n\n\"We don't deny for a moment there are occasions when children do need to be separated but if they do need to be separated - and that's very often for their own or somebody else's safety or for other good reason - then it should be done in a way which allows them to have the basic entitlements, and that hasn't been happening.\"\n\nJustice minister Wendy Morton said: \"It is difficult to read this report and not conclude that we are failing some of the children in our care. That is completely unacceptable and I am determined it will not continue.\"\n\nShe said separation can be \"necessary\" but there was \"no excuse for some of the practices highlighted in this report and I have asked my officials to urgently set out the steps we need to take to stop them happening\".", "A record number of women in full-time work has pushed the UK's employment rate to a new high of 76.3%, the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show.\n\nIn the three months to November, 126,000 more women worked full-time compared with the previous quarter.\n\nThe increase is in part because of the change in women's retirement age.\n\nThe data may affect the Bank of England's decision over whether to cut interest rates next week.\n\nA record 32.9 million people are in employment in the UK, a rise of 0.5% for the three months to November.\n\n\"The employment rate is at a new record high, with over two-thirds of the growth in people in work in the last year coming from women working full-time,\" said ONS head of labour market and households, David Freeman.\n\n\"Self-employment has also been growing strongly, and the number of people working for themselves has now passed five million for the first time ever,\" he said.\n\nThe unemployment rate was barely changed at 3.8%.\n\nHowever, the number of estimated job vacancies fell to 805,000, a drop of 11,000 compared to the previous quarter and 49,000 fewer than a year earlier, undermining the generally strong picture of the labour market.\n\nThe change in the retirement age for women from 60 to 65 means that many are staying in the workforce for longer.\n\nHowever, the number of working-age women in employment was also boosted by fewer women remaining economically inactive to care for children and other relatives.\n\nJing Teow, economist at PwC, said the overall picture was relatively positive.\n\n\"However, there are other signs that the labour market is coming off the boil. Vacancy levels remain high, but have been on a general decline since early 2019,\" she said.\n\n\"Wage growth has edged slightly lower from 3.5% to 3.4% for regular pay, but still well above inflation, which should continue to support consumer spending. These signs appear broadly consistent with the weaker-than-expected GDP readings for November last year.\"\n\nUnemployment is one of the closely-watched metrics that guide the Bank of England in deciding whether to raise or lower interest rates.\n\nReporting that the number of jobs has hit a new record these days is like reporting back in the 1990s that stock markets had hit a record high. It hardly feels like news because it happens almost every time the figures come out.\n\nToday's jobs figures, however, were surprisingly upbeat. What with the official estimates last week showing an economy that was barely growing - indeed, shrinking in November - the markets had expected perhaps 100,000 new jobs to be generated. Instead it was more than 200,000.\n\nSimilarly, the relatively healthy growth in pay was expected to slow. It did, but only a little - down from 3.5% to 3.4% excluding bonuses. After taking inflation into account, that's still a pay rise of 1.8%. Hold your breath: some day soon (but not yet) the average worker will be earning more than they did in March 2008 before the financial crash.\n\nAll of that, however, may not be enough to offset the other data pointing to a slowdown. Markets still expect, with a 65% probability, that the Bank of England will cut the official interest rate next week, back down to 0.5%, to try to counter the risk that the current economic slowdown morphs into something more serious.\n\nThomas Pugh, at Capital Economics, said the \"solid\" employment data would be likely to nudge policymakers away from a rate cut at next week's Monetary Policy Committee meeting.\n\n\"It is worth noting that the MPC has said that it is giving more weight than normal to the condition of the labour market to help it determine how much slack there is in the economy,\" he said.\n\n\"The rebound in employment and slightly softer pay growth will give the MPC another reason not to cut rates from 0.75% to 0.50% at their next meeting on 30th January. However, we think that the crucial piece of information for the MPC will be the flash PMIs [manufacturing data] on 24 January, which will confirm, or refute, any 'Boris bounce' in the economy.\"", "The government is being urged to set up domestic violence prevention programmes targeting offenders as well as victims.\n\nDozens of charities, police forces and experts are backing the call for such schemes in England and Wales, after a pilot project reportedly led to a sustained reduction in abuse.\n\nThe pilot scheme, Drive, worked with 506 prolific domestic violence perpetrators, aged 17 to 81.\n\nThe Home Office said future legislation would promote perpetrator programmes.\n\nDrive, which operated in Essex, West Sussex and south Wales from 2016 to 2019, involved one-to-one counselling sessions with offenders - most of whom were white men while nearly half were involved in ongoing legal proceedings in the criminal or civil courts.\n\nThey were given help on building relationships, controlling their impulses and developing empathy and understanding of the impact of abuse.\n\nAgencies offered support with alcohol, drug and mental health problems, and offenders were closely monitored by police and probation for the 10 months they were on the scheme.\n\nThe University of Bristol analysed results from the project in what it said was the \"largest evaluation\" of perpetrator intervention to be carried out in the UK.\n\nIt found that Drive had led to a drop in incidents of abuse to a \"greater degree\" than in cases where only victims were given help, with improvements sustained for more than 12 months after the scheme ended.\n\nPolice data for one sample of perpetrators showed domestic abuse offending had reduced by 30% in the six months after the scheme compared to the six months before.\n\nA control group, made up of offenders who had not taken part in the project, were reported to be committing crimes at the same rate as before.\n\nKyla Kirkpatrick, director of Drive, told BBC News it was \"so important\" to direct services at domestic abuse offenders, as well as victims and survivors.\n\n\"We usually see victims held responsible for securing their own safety - and the perpetrator gets away with it, continuing to abuse or moving onto the next victim,\" she said.\n\n\"Huge harm is being caused to individuals and their families - we need to turn the tide on this.\"\n\nThe Drive scheme included work with housing providers to install CCTV to gather evidence for stalking cases and to get injunctions where there were reports of anti-social behaviour.\n\nIn one case, where an offender had avoided being served with a non-molestation order because he couldn't be traced, a relative of his victim gave Drive the registration number of his car so it could be passed to police to track him down.\n\nIn another example, a victim said a man had been harassing her in phone calls from the prison where he was being held, so Drive liaised with the jail to conduct cell searches on his wing. Three mobile phones were later recovered.\n\nThe key groups behind the project, Safe Lives, Respect and Social Finance, claim the findings demonstrate the \"urgent need\" for perpetrator programmes to be made universally available.\n\nThey said the costs would be outweighed by savings for the NHS, social services and the criminal justice system.\n\nThe University of Bristol study estimates the cost to the state of a high-risk offender is £63,000, compared with £2,400 to deliver the Drive course.\n\nAlong with some 60 voluntary organisations, police and crime commissioners and academics the charities have launched a joint call to action to persuade the government to provide funding.\n\n\"We are beginning to see evidence of the impact of Drive but it's not a magic bullet,\" said Ms Kirkpatrick.\n\n\"We need a comprehensive system and a national strategy to respond to perpetrators of domestic abuse,\" she added.\n\nAccording to statistics from the ONS, two million adults, including 1.3 million women, aged 16 to 59 experienced domestic abuse in the year up to March 2018 - an increase of 23% from the previous year.\n\nThe Home Office has appointed the first ever domestic abuse commissioner and is preparing to reintroduce a bill to strengthen provision for victims.\n\n\"We are committed to protecting vulnerable people and bringing perpetrators to justice and will implement our landmark domestic abuse bill at the earliest opportunity,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nThey added that the bill includes measures to promote the use of perpetrator programmes \"which aim to help them change their behaviour, undergo mental health assessments, and prevent future incidents\".\n\nIf you have been affected by the issues raised in this article, help and advice is available here.", "Sir Keir Starmer is currently the party's shadow Brexit secretary\n\nSir Keir Starmer is the first Labour leadership candidate to pass the final hurdle to get onto the ballot.\n\nThe Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) says it is backing the shadow Brexit secretary.\n\nThis gives Sir Keir the support required - that of three unions and affiliate groups representing 5% of the membership - to get to the final stage.\n\nUsdaw has also given its support to shadow education secretary Angela Rayner for deputy leader.\n\nThe union's general secretary, Paddy Lillis, said: \"The Labour Party must be led by someone who can persuade voters that they have what it takes to be a prime minister and we are a government-in-waiting.\"\n\nFour other candidates are still in the running to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as leader - shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey, shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry, Wigan MP Lisa Nandy and Birmingham Yardley MP Jess Phillips.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Four candidates remain in the race for the Labour leadership\n\nBut they have yet to receive the backing of the necessary groups, or the alternative - the backing of 5% of constituency Labour parties (CLPs) - to make the final ballot.\n\nSir Keir, who also has the support of Unison and affiliate group Sera, said he was \"honoured\" to have the backing of Usdaw.\n\nHe added: \"If I'm elected leader, Labour will stand shoulder to shoulder with the trade union movement as we take on the Tories and rebuild trust with working people.\"\n\nMs Rayner also thanked the union for its backing, saying: \"It's a great honour to be nominated by such a campaigning trade union.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Who decides on the next Labour leader?\n\nShe faces competition for the deputy leadership from Scotland's only remaining Labour MP, Ian Murray, shadow equalities minister Dawn Butler, Tooting MP Rosena Allin-Khan and shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon.\n\nThe unions, affiliate groups and CLPs have until 14 February to get their preferences submitted. The GMB union is expected to announce which candidate it will support on Tuesday after a hustings and meeting.\n\nEarlier on Monday, the deadline passed for new members to join the party - or an affiliated group - in time to vote in the leadership election.\n\nThe final ballot of party members, trade unionists and registered supporters will open on 21 February, and the new leader and deputy will be announced on 4 April.", "Health leaders have written to Justice Secretary David Gauke urging him to reform the payout system for negligence claims against the NHS in England.\n\nThey say costs are spiralling, \"unsustainable\" and diverting vast amounts from frontline care.\n\nThe NHS Confederation, the British Medical Association and medical lawyers are among the signatories.\n\nThe Ministry of Justice has asked the advisory body the Civil Justice Council to look at ways to limit payments.\n\nThe annual cost of claims is said to have almost doubled since 2010.\n\nAccording to the letter, the NHS in England spent £1.7bn on clinical negligence claims last year.\n\nThe letter says: \"The rising cost of clinical negligence is unsustainable and means that vast amounts of resource which could be used more effectively have to be diverted elsewhere.\n\n\"We fully accept that there must be reasonable compensation for patients harmed through clinical negligence, but this needs to be balanced against society's ability to pay.\n\n\"This is money that could be spent on frontline care. Given the wider pressures on the healthcare system, the rising cost of clinical negligence is already having an impact on what the NHS can provide.\"\n\nThe letter - coordinated by the NHS Confederation - has also been signed by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, Family Doctors Association, Medical Protection Society, Medical Defence Union and the Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland.\n\nIt says reforms by the government to the claims system have made things worse.\n\nThe calculation used to work out how much a victim of negligence should receive upfront to cover a lifetime of care was changed last year so the NHS had to make higher lump sum payments.\n\nThe letter says total liabilities over future years if all claims in England arising from past incidents are successful would amount to a \"staggering\" £65bn.\n\nThe Ministry of Justice said it had set out proposals for a \"fairer way\" of setting payout levels.\n\nA spokesperson said: \"All personal injury victims should of course be fully compensated, but the costs involved should also be proportionate.\"", "Dixons Carphone has had to reissue its Christmas trading figures to say sales went down, not up over the period.\n\nThe retailer - which owns Currys PC World - had earlier reported a rise in sales, but later said it had made a \"clerical error\".\n\nIt issued a fresh statement for the last 10 weeks of the year, saying sales had fallen by 2% rather than risen by 2% as the firm had earlier reported.\n\nTrading statements are not double checked by accountants.\n\nNonetheless, mistakes in official announcements are rare.\n\nA rise in sales of supersize 65-inch TVs could not outpace a sharp fall in Dixons Carphone's struggling mobile phone business, where revenue fell 9%.\n\nThe fall in its phone arm is in line with expectations, and Dixons Carphone has said that it expects this to be a tough year for the mobile phone business.\n\nMobile sales have been under pressure because people are moving away from high-value monthly contracts and are upgrading their handsets less frequently.\n\nThe fall in sales follows a familiar trend.\n\nRecent data from the British Retail Consortium revealed that retail sales fell for the first time in a quarter of a century last year.\n\nAnd John Lewis recently warned that its staff bonus may be in doubt after reporting Christmas sales at its department stores dropped by 2%.\n\nDixons chief executive Alex Baldock hailed its Gaming Battlegrounds computer game experiences, which he said was helping gather more customers.\n\nHowever, he told City analysts that he was \"not counting\" on an improvement in the UK shopping market.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Chinese student Renwei Deng: 'I chose Liverpool because of The Beatles'\n\nThe number of Chinese students at UK universities has soared - rising by 34% in the last five years.\n\nIt means China now sends more students than any other country, inside or outside the EU, to the UK.\n\nThe 120,000 Chinese students are an important source of income for universities because international students pay fees two to three times higher than UK students.\n\nThe government is keen to attract more students to the UK.\n\nBut MPs have warned that universities are naive in underestimating the influence of the Chinese government on campus.\n\nThe figures are startling. Since 2014-15, the number of Chinese students in the UK has grown from 89,540 to 120,385, compared with 26,685 students from India.\n\nBut numbers have not yet peaked.\n\nThe University of Liverpool has been one of the most successful in recruiting from China, which now provides almost one in five of its students.\n\nMore than a decade ago it was involved in creating a new university in the city of Suzhou, near Shanghai.\n\nXi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University runs degree courses which involve students coming to Liverpool for two years.\n\nBy the end of the decade, the joint venture is expected to have grown to almost 30,000 students.\n\nSome also choose Liverpool directly - including Renwei Deng, whose love of The Beatles prompted him to choose it for his degree in accounting and finance.\n\nNow in his final year, he calls himself Kevin and is part of an all-Chinese band, Mandarin Crisis, that plays in local venues.\n\nHe says: \"I wanted to see a different culture, to truly see what I'd seen on TV about different countries. And I wanted to experience different values.\n\n\"It makes me think more objectively especially about global matters, I won't see them through only a Chinese perspective, I'll have a wider view.\"\n\nBut, like all the mainland Chinese students I meet, Kevin politely but firmly declines to be drawn into commenting on anything that might be controversial - including the recent protests in Hong Kong by pro-democracy campaigners.\n\nBut dozens of postgraduate scholarships are being funded by the Chinese government.\n\nMPs have expressed concerns that universities are not thinking through the implications of relying on significant amounts of Chinese money.\n\nThe Foreign Affairs Select Committee said they were being naive about the potential risks around intellectual espionage or freedom of speech.\n\nTom Tugendhat, the former committee chairman, says when a university does a deal to set up a campus abroad or recruit lots of students, it's not just about bringing in money to the UK.\n\nHe wants universities to engage more with the Foreign Office to get advice. \"In some countries censorship comes with the cash, and in others control comes with the students.\n\n\"Those students will not just be bringing open minds ready to learn, but also the apparatus of state control either through direct influence or through pressure exerted on their families that really is completely foreign to British universities.\"\n\nMr Tugendhat thinks UK universities should follow the example of some in the US and Australia, which have asked the Confucius Institute - which promotes Chinese language and culture - to move off campus.\n\nThe recent pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong have brought issues around freedom of speech to the fore on some campuses.\n\nTwo students from Hong Kong said they had been harassed\n\nSpeaking anonymously, students at universities in other parts of the UK, said that was something they had experienced directly.\n\nOne said: \"If I get identified by the Chinese embassy or government, I might put the safety of relatives living in China under threat.\"\n\nThere have also been reports of intimidation after posters were put up on campus supporting democracy in Hong Kong.\n\nA student said: \"I've had death threats on mainland people's group chats saying they'll kill me over things I've put up, saying they'll bring knives to kill me. They've also harassed me by putting up photos of where I stay.\"\n\nAnd another said: \"They are doing things that are not really acceptable, but everyone seems to be accepting them for what they are, for the short-term benefits.\"\n\nWhile they feel able to complain, they fear the financial contribution from Chinese students could make universities reluctant to be firm.\n\nSo would a university such as Liverpool welcome a pro-democracy campaigner to speak at an event on campus?\n\nProf Gavin Brown, pro-vice-chancellor at the university said they would want to be sensitive to relationships with any partner, but ultimately were part of the academic tradition of free speech in the UK.\n\n\"They are welcome. We think it's far better for a university to provide a place where views can be expressed but also challenged and debated.\"\n\nSo does he think they are in danger of being influenced overtly or subtly by the amount of money flowing into the university from China?\n\n\"China is now the second largest research and development economy in the world. They have a quarter of all research and development scientists in the world.\n\n\"We cannot afford to ignore the contributions that Chinese research can make.\"\n\nIn essence, China is too big to ignore, and has so much money and research capacity that universities around the world will continue to engage with it.\n\nBBC Briefing is a series of downloadable in-depth guides to the big issues in the news, with input from academics, researchers and journalists. It is the BBC's response to audiences demanding better explanation of the facts behind the headlines.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Peers have approved Boris Johnson's Brexit bill, but not before making changes to the legislation.\n\nThe House of Lords voted in favour of five amendments over two days of debate, leading the new government to its first parliamentary defeats.\n\nThe changes included backing the Dubs amendment to protect the rights of refugee children after Brexit.\n\nNo 10 said they were \"disappointed\" by the move, but planned to overturn them when the bill returned to the Commons.\n\nIf the amendments are voted down by MPs on Wednesday - highly likely due to the Conservatives' 80-strong majority in the House - the so-called \"ping-pong\" period between the two chambers will begin.\n\nThis means the bill will pass between the two Houses until both sides agree on the wording.\n\nThe Brexit bill - officially called the EU (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill - ensures the UK leaves the EU on 31 January with a deal.\n\nIt passed through the Commons unamended by 99 votes, but has had a tougher battle through the Lords.\n\nOn Monday, peers agreed amendments on EU citizens, EU Court of Justice rulings and court independence, seeing three defeats for the government.\n\nEarlier, the Dubs amendment - allowing child refugees to be reunited with their families in the UK post-Brexit - passed by 300 votes to 220, making a fourth loss.\n\nA short time later, a fifth amendment narrowly got the backing of peers - with the government losing by 239 votes to 235 - changing the bill so it makes note of the Sewel Convention, under which Parliament should not legislate on devolved issues without the consent of the devolved institutions.\n\nThe amended bill was passed by peers on Tuesday night without needing a vote, and will now return to the Commons on Wednesday afternoon after Prime Minister's Questions.\n\nBrexit minister Lord Callanan said it was the \"right and duty\" of peers to \"rigorously scrutinise\" legislation and to ask MPs to \"think again when you think that is appropriate\".\n\nBut he added that he would \"like to... remind noble lords that we received a clear message from the elected House\" who overwhelmingly supported the bill.\n\nLabour's Lady Hayter criticised the government for \"turning a deaf ear to improvements\" made by the amendments.\n\nLady Hayter speaks for Labour in the Lords\n\nAnd Liberal Democrat peer Lady Ludford said her party's mind had not been changed, adding: \"We continue to think Brexit is a mistake and that the UK will sooner or later rejoin the EU. I just wish the government was in listening mode\".\n\nBut Tory peer Lord Hamilton said there had been \"a conspiracy... of Remainers\" throughout Parliament \"trying to ensure we stay in the EU\".\n\nHe accused colleagues of planning to \"make negotiations [with the EU] as difficult as possible for the government so they get a very bad deal, and they can then be justified in their view we should never have left\".\n\nHis fellow Conservative, Lord Cormack, said the comments equated to \"the most ill-judged speech I have heard for many long years\".\n\nHe added: \"The will of the people must, of course, prevail. But to pretend this House has behaved improperly is wrong.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prince Harry says it is \"a great sadness that it has come to this\"\n\nThe Duke of Sussex has said he is \"taking a leap of faith\" in stepping back from being a senior royal, adding: \"There really was no other option.\"\n\nSpeaking at an event on Sunday evening, Prince Harry said he and Meghan had hoped to continue serving the Queen, but without public funding.\n\n\"Unfortunately, that wasn't possible,\" he said.\n\nIt was his first speech since the couple said they wanted to stand down from being full-time working royals.\n\nThe prince said he had found \"the love and happiness that I had hoped for all my life\" with Meghan, but he wanted to make it clear they were \"not walking away\".\n\n\"The UK is my home and a place that I love, that will never change,\" he said.\n\nPrince Harry said it was a sign of the pressures he was feeling that he would \"step my family back from all I have ever known\" in search of \"a more peaceful life\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC royal correspondent Jonny Dymond gives his five takeaways from Harry's speech\n\nEarlier this month, Prince Harry and Meghan said they intended \"to step back as 'senior' members of the Royal Family and work to become financially independent\".\n\nOn Saturday, Buckingham Palace announced that from the spring they will stop using their HRH titles and withdraw from royal duties, including official military appointments.\n\nAnd on Monday Prince Harry was pictured at the UK-Africa Investment Summit in London, where he held a number of private meetings, including with Prime Minister Boris Johnson.\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge hosted an evening reception at Buckingham Palace for heads of government, ministers, business leaders and members of NGOs attending the summit.\n\nIt was the first time the duke and duchess had hosted a reception for world leaders on behalf of the Queen.\n\nPrince Harry did not attend, with BBC royal correspondent, Nicholas Witchell, saying he is believed to have left on a flight for Canada from Heathrow airport.\n\nPrince William and Catherine were joined at the reception by senior royals including the Princess Royal and the Earl and Countess of Wessex.\n\nBeginning his speech at a fund-raising reception in central London for Sentebale, the charity he co-founded which helps children living with HIV in southern Africa, he said: \"I can only imagine what you may have heard and perhaps read over the past few weeks.\n\n\"So I want you to hear the truth from me as much as I can share, not as a prince or a duke but as Harry.\"\n\nDuring his address, the prince said he would always have \"the utmost respect for my grandmother, my commander in chief\".\n\n\"Our hope was to continue serving the Queen, the Commonwealth, and my military associations, but without public funding. Unfortunately, that wasn't possible,\" he said.\n\n\"I've accepted this, knowing that it doesn't change who I am or how committed I am.\"\n\nPrince Harry met the prime minister at the UK-Africa Investment Summit in London\n\nPrince Harry and Meghan have both spoken about the difficulties of royal life and media attention, with the duke saying he feared his wife would fall victim to \"the same powerful forces\" that led to his mother's death.\n\nHe told the audience at the reception for Sentebale, which he founded to continue Princess Diana's legacy in supporting those with HIV and Aids, that he felt they took him \"under your wing\" after she died.\n\n\"You've looked out for me for so long, but the media is a powerful force, and my hope is one day our collective support for each other can be more powerful because this is so much bigger than just us,\" he said.\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\nAs part of a deal finalised on Saturday between the Queen, senior royals, and the couple, Harry and Meghan agreed they will no longer formally represent the monarch.\n\nHowever, the statement by Buckingham Palace said they would continue to maintain their private patronages and associations.\n\nPrince Harry said in his speech that he and Meghan \"will continue to lead a life of service\".\n\n\"I will continue to be the same man who holds his country dear and dedicates his life to supporting the causes, charities and military communities that are so important to me,\" he said.\n\nJohnny Hornby, chairman of Sentebale, said the new arrangements would not affect the prince's work for the charity. \"We don't need - from Sentebale's perspective - his title, we just need his time and his passion,\" he told the BBC.\n\nThere are two big messages in this speech. The first is to deal with the \"Meghan myth\" - the idea that the Duchess of Sussex is at the root of the couple's desire to lead a different life.\n\nHarry speaks of \"many months\" of discussions over how to deal with the challenges of \"many years\"; he's making it clear that he was unhappy with his role long before Meghan entered his life\n\nAnd he talks about the decision that \"I\" made, a decision \"I\" did not make lightly. He stresses that this was his call, though it was clearly one that they came to together.\n\nThe second message is that he wanted to continue in some sort of a royal role; \"unfortunately,\" he says \"that wasn't possible.\"\n\nBoth sides - the Sussexes and the Palace - thought at the beginning of negotiations that such a half-in, half-out role might be possible. But the tension between a royal life and an independent life was too great; the contradictions and possible conflicts of interest were too many.\n\nHarry may or may not believe that to be true. But he wants to let people know that his desire, at least, was to continue to serve.\n\nFormer Liberal Democrat MP Norman Baker, who is the author of a critical book about the Royal Family, said the public could end up paying for part of the Prince of Wales' ongoing financial support for his son.\n\nMr Baker told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the Queen already offset support for family members against the tax bill for the Duchy of Lancaster, the sovereign's estate.\n\nMuch of Prince Harry's funding comes from his father's estate, the Duchy of Cornwall.\n\nMr Baker called for Prince Charles to say how he will support Harry and to publicly guarantee there would be no loss to the taxpayer through a reduction in his tax liability.\n\nThe former MP also called for the Commons public accounts committee to investigate royal finances.\n\nJournalist and royal author Robert Hardman said the agreement with the Queen meant the duke and duchess's Sussex Royal brand, which they applied to trademark last year, is not \"sustainable\".\n\n\"The whole thrust of what has been agreed with the Queen is they won't be trading on their royal credentials,\" he said.\n\nIn Prince Harry's speech, posted on the couple's Instagram account, he said that when he and Meghan were married \"we were excited, we were hopeful, and we were here to serve\".\n\n\"For those reasons, it brings me great sadness that it has come to this.\n\n\"The decision that I have made for my wife and I to step back is not one I made lightly,\" he said.\n\n\"It was so many months of talks after so many years of challenges and I know I haven't always got it right, but as far as this goes there really was no other option.\"\n\nThe couple, together with their son Archie, spent time in Victoria over Christmas\n\nThe couple said they plan to divide their time between the UK and Canada, after they spent six weeks on Vancouver Island with their son Archie over Christmas.\n\nThe prince told attendees it was a \"privilege... to feel your excitement for our son Archie, who saw snow for the first time the other day and thought it was bloody brilliant!\"\n\nThe duchess is currently staying on Canada's west coast with her son, after briefly returning to the UK earlier this month.\n\nWhat questions do you have about Prince Harry and Meghan's future?\n\nIn some cases your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. 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Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "The project is set to be the world's largest polyhalite mine\n\nThousands of people who invested in a £4bn mining project may be left out of pocket as a result of a takeover bid.\n\nUp to 85,000 small investors sank cash into the Sirius Mineral development near Whitby before it ran into financial difficulty last year.\n\nMining giant Anglo American has offered to buy the project for £405m, with investors set to receive 5.5p a share.\n\nThe company said it was \"sensitive to the fact that the price is lower than what many people may have invested\".\n\nAbout 10,000 of the investors live near the mine, which would extract polyhalite from beneath North York Moors National Park before transporting it on an underground conveyor belt to a processing plant near the former Redcar steelworks.\n\nSirius failed to reach a fundraising target which would have unlocked a $2.5bn bank loan\n\nScott Murphy, a \"seasoned investor\" from London, looks set to lose about £12,000, but said his thoughts were with investors in the local area.\n\n\"A lot of them have no real investment experience,\" he said. \"They're 'Ordinary Joes' who have been sold the dream and that's what I find disgusting.\n\n\"I've got no excuse for losing my money and I accept it for what it is, but many of these people are not going to get an opportunity to get their money back.\"\n\nThe project plans to extract polyhalite from a mile below the North York Moors\n\nThe takeover of the Sirius Minerals project may secure jobs but there will be dismay and anger behind the front doors of plenty of houses in North Yorkshire and Teesside.\n\nThis scheme attracted a large number of small investors, individuals who saw an opportunity to buy into a local project.\n\nIt was the talk of the area, a huge project to mine a valuable resource. There was gold - well, polyhalite actually - in them there hills.\n\nI remember going to a prospective investors meeting at Ravenscar several years ago where there were dozens of people in their forties, fifties and sixties, thinking of buying in to help their retirement.\n\nIt got under way and soon seemed too big to fail, but not, it seems, too big to be taken over.\n\nNow, anyone who bought shares for more than 5.5p each will be taking a hit.\n\nThe other side of the coin is the old argument that shares can go down as well as up and perhaps you should not invest what you can't afford to lose.\n\nBut many investors had an altruistic take on getting involved; it was local, some of them can literally see the project from their homes.\n\nThat view could now be a painful outlook instead of a pleasant one.\n\nShares in Sirius Minerals hit a high of about 45p in August 2016 and were worth more than 22p a year ago.\n\nBut share prices dropped when Sirius Minerals slowed construction work at the end of 2019 due to funding problems.\n\nSirius chairman Russell Scrimshaw said the company had searched for a partner who would provide cash in return for a minority stake, but in the end the full acquisition by Anglo American was the only \"viable proposal\".\n\nThe deal is subject to shareholder approval but the firm, which has its head office in Scarborough, will recommend they accept Anglo American's offer.\n\nMr Scrimshaw said that if the offer was not approved then there was a high probability Sirius could be placed into administration or liquidation within weeks.\n\nMark Cutifani, the chief executive of Anglo American, said the company will look at opportunities to improve the project but stressed \"this process is about preserving and creating jobs, not cutting them\".\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.", "The Courteeners led Eminem by 2,000 sales in the midweek album chart\n\nEminem's chart rivals The Courteeners believe the rapper \"crossed a line\" by referencing the Manchester bomb attack in the lyrics to his new track.\n\nThe US star was criticised by many last week, including Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, for an \"unnecessarily hurtful\" verse on his new album.\n\nCourteeners singer Liam Fray says he \"feels sorry\" that the rapper has resorted to \"shock\" tactics.\n\nHis band are currently ahead of Eminem in the race for number one.\n\nTheir sixth album More. Again. Forever has sold 2,000 more copies than the rapper's surprise release, Music To Be Murdered By, according to the Official Charts.\n\nFray accepts that his band will probably be overtaken when the full chart is compiled on Friday, as Eminem is outperforming them on streaming services.\n\nBut he isn't impressed by the star's controversial lyrics.\n\n\"It all just felt like an old comedian who can't get on the telly any more just saying something outrageous,\" says Fray.\n\n\"I just felt a bit sorry for him. I just felt like he's jumping the shark a bit.\"\n\nHe adds: \"He's trying to be as outrageous as possible because he's running out of ideas, that's what it is.\n\n\"It's nothing else [but] shock value. You have to shock to be good - that's nonsense.\"\n\nTwenty-two people died when a suicide bomber attacked a crowd outside an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena in May 2017.\n\nThe Courteeners were among the bands who officially reopened the venue months later with a benefit gig for families of the victims, alongside Noel Gallagher, Rick Astley and other local acts.\n\nEminem referenced the atrocity in Unaccommodating, the second track on his new album, rapping: \"I'm contemplating yelling 'bombs away' on the game / Like I'm outside of an Ariana Grande concert waiting,\" followed by the sound of an explosion.\n\nOn Sunday, Fray tweeted words to the effect of \"Eminem can get lost\", but was, he admits, simply referring to their chart battle at that point.\n\nThe Courteeners help to re-open the Manchester Arena with the We Are Manchester benefit gig in 2017\n\nHaving been locked in \"Courteeners' world\", since the release of their own new music last week, the singer was blissfully unaware of the star's lyrics until he was hit with \"a deluge\" of replies from fans online.\n\n\"I didn't realise really, it was almost like tongue in cheek,\" he explains, \"As it's quite funny for a lad from Middleton to be calling out the biggest rapper in the world!\n\n\"But you'd have to be stone-hearted to not think of the consequences of those words really. because they're outrageous. What is going on in someone's mind to think that those kind of things are OK?\n\n\"Look, shock has a place in art and it always has done but there's a line and I just think that line was crossed. That's just my opinion and other people might think otherwise but when it's close to home and when you've seen the city pick itself up piece by piece, day by day, then it gets you, man.\"\n\nFray says he hopes the controversy won't cause further pain to the families of the victims.\n\n\"I don't even want to talk too much about it because I feel like it's almost not my place,\" he says. \"I want to give them the respect that they deserve.\"\n\nThe Courteeners were formed in 2006 by school friends Michael Campbell, Liam Fray and Daniel \"Conan\" Moores\n\nThe BBC has asked Eminem for a comment.\n\nThe rapper previously pledged his support to victims of the bombing in 2017, and urged fans to donate money to families who had been affected.\n\nThe cover of The Courteeners' reflective new album carries an image of the worker bee - a symbol of Manchester, which took on added meaning as the city rallied together in the wake of the attacks.\n\nWhoever wins the chart race, they are on course to achieve their biggest first week of sales ever.\n\nIn their review, The Guardian wrote that \"without abandoning the well-executed anthemics\" that the band have become known for, the record \"weighs in on the subjects of ageing, alcohol and mental health\".\n\nThe NME, meanwhile described it as their \"most focussed and adventurous work to date\".\n\nThe north Manchester guitar-slingers have always been a curious beast, capable of putting on their own UK outdoor mini-festivals for their legions of adoring fans, but without having ever really translated that cult popularity into massive mainstream chart success. (They've had five top ten albums, but never a number one).\n\nThis time around though, Fray - who recently bleached his hair blonde just like Eminem - believes there's been \"a real sea change towards us\", which he admits \"feels pretty good\".\n\n\"Because it's not always felt like that\".\n\nSorry, we're having trouble displaying this content. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nAs well as the usual indie rock 'n' roll riffs and barnstorming ballads, Fray points to the addition of hip-hop beats, a trip-hop influence and \"just a lot of thought and consideration that went into it\".\n\n\"We've always took pride in moving it on and I never thought we were never given the credit we deserved early on for kind of changing up the sound,\" says the 34-year-old, whose band will headline this year's TRNSMT festival in Glasgow.\n\n\"Once you release a debut album [2008's St Jude] and it does OK, it's pretty hard to change people's perception of what your sound is.\n\n\"But the songs will speak louder than any interview I'll ever do.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The ban is expected to clear its final hurdle next week\n\nA ban on parents smacking children in Wales has moved a step closer following a series of votes by assembly members.\n\nIt is expected to clear its final hurdle next week when it goes back to the assembly for the last time.\n\nAMs rejected Conservative amendments that would have forced the Welsh Government to provide more information about how the ban will work.\n\nMinisters say they have already committed to a publicity campaign about the change in the law.\n\nThe Abolition of the Defence of Reasonable Punishment Bill is likely to pass with the support of Labour and Plaid Cymru AMs.\n\nIt will come into force in 2022.\n\nIt follows a vote to outlaw smacking children in Scotland in October last year - but there are currently no plans to introduce a similar law in either England or Northern Ireland.\n\nTory opponents to the bill in Wales, who called it a \"snoopers' charter\", wanted to force the government to advise people on how to report concerns about the physical punishment of children.\n\nDeputy Social Services Minister Julie Morgan said the proposal \"doesn't make sense\" because the bill does not create any new offences.\n\nJulie Morgan said the bill did not create any new offences\n\nInstead, it would remove the defence of reasonable punishment in cases of common assault.\n\nBased on the impact of a smacking ban in New Zealand, the government estimates there will be about 38 cases of people breaking the law in the first five years.\n\nPlaid Cymru AM Helen Mary Jones said: \"I really do not believe that we are likely to see dozens and dozens of families facing prosecution who would not otherwise have done so.\"\n\nIs there anything you would like to know about the proposal?\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.", "Hayden died when he was just six days old\n\nThe NHS in England faces paying out £4.3bn in legal fees to settle outstanding claims of clinical negligence, the BBC has learned through a Freedom of Information request.\n\nEach year the NHS receives more than 10,000 new claims for compensation.\n\nThis figure includes all current unsettled claims and projected estimates of ones in the future.\n\nThe Department of Health has pledged to tackle \"the unsustainable rise in the cost of clinical negligence\".\n\nEstimates published last year put the total cost of outstanding compensation claims at £83bn.\n\nThe Association of Personal Injuries Lawyers believes the cost is driven by failures in patient safety.\n\nDoctors represented by the Medical Defence Union, which supports doctors at risk of litigation, are calling for \"a fundamental\" reform of the current system.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHayden Nguyen was born in August 2016. Six days later he died in the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London. His heart failed after it was attacked by a virus.\n\nInitially Hayden's parents did not know what had happened to him. In the face of official silence and in a bid to get answers they took legal action against the hospital.\n\nAfter three years the trust admitted liability for a failure to adequately treat his condition. The Nguyens received a small amount of compensation and their legal fees were met by the trust.\n\nHis father Thong said: \"It was every parent's worst nightmare. We had to sit there and watch our son slowly die in front of our eyes.\n\n\"I haven't really thought about it as suing the NHS. I thought about it as fighting for a voice for Hayden, fighting for acknowledgement of his life, and his rights.\"\n\nHis mother Alex said: \"It has been four years so far of trauma after trauma.\"\n\nAll hospital trusts in England contribute to a central fund called the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts, administered by NHS Resolution, the body which oversees clinical negligence claims.\n\nThis scheme funds the vast majority of claims and legal fees.\n\nIn 2019/20 it is expected that hospitals will put £1.9bn of contributions into the scheme.\n\nSuzanne White, from the Association of Personal Injuries Lawyers, said people came to her on a daily basis with no intention of suing the NHS.\n\nBut she said they often found it difficult to get answers from the medical authorities - and were left with no other option but to sue.\n\n\"What they want to do is find out what went wrong, why they have received these injuries... and to make sure it doesn't happen to other patients.\"\n\nShe said that although only 10% of claims relate to obstetrics, they take up 50% of compensation. This is often because a child injured at birth will need a lifetime of care.\n\nThe Department of Health said there had been no decline in patient safety.\n\n\"Our ambition is for the NHS to be the safest healthcare system in the world,\" it said.\n\nHowever, the Medical Defence Union said reform of the system was needed, including a change in the way compensation is calculated, and the establishment of an independent body to assess claims.\n\nDr Christine Tomkins, its chief executive, said: \"This is money that should be going to healthcare, but instead is going to compensation claims - which is impairing all of our access to healthcare.\n\n\"We are now awarding compensation in sums of money higher than almost anywhere in the world. What we need is a fundamental change to the legal system.\"\n\nPeter Walsh, chief executive of Action Against Medical Accidents, said the government had taken a \"short-sighted and somewhat cynical approach\".\n\n\"The NHS is not investigating incidents properly, recognising when it has harmed patients and seeking to compensate them fairly and promptly.\"\n\nNHS Resolution, said it was trying to keep down costs, for instance by promoting mediation as one solution.\n\n\"Over 70% of the claims brought against the NHS are resolved without going to court,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nIt also urged greater transparency by healthcare providers when things go wrong.\n\n\"It is of course vitally important that we learn from harm in order to improve patient safety.\"", "One of Britain's oldest department stores has collapsed into administration, putting more than 1,000 jobs at risk.\n\nBeales has appointed KPMG as administrators after failing to find a buyer or new investment for the business.\n\nThe department store began trading in Bournemouth in 1881 and has 23 shops.\n\nThere will be no immediate closures and Beales stores will continue to trade, although the website is offline.\n\nBeales had tried to secure rent reductions with landlords and was in negotiations with potential investors and buyers.\n\nBut KPMG said: \"Despite interest from a number of parties, this process did not secure any solvent solutions for the company, and as a result, the directors took the difficult decision to place the companies into administration.\"\n\nIn the year to March 2019, Beale Ltd reported a loss of £3.1m, up from £1.3m for the year earlier as costs swelled and sales dipped.\n\nKPMG's Will Wright, who is the joint administrator to Beales, said: \"With the impact of high rents and rates exacerbated by disappointing trading over the Christmas period, and extensive discussions around additional investment proving unsuccessful, there were no other available options but to place the company into administration.\n\n\"Over the coming weeks, we will endeavour to continue to operate all stores as a going concern while we assess options for the business, including dealing with prospective interested parties.\" He said added that during this period gift vouchers, customer deposits and customer returns/refunds will continue to be honoured.\n\nIndependent retail analyst Richard Hyman said it was \"no surprise\" that Beales had collapsed. \"It has been fighting for survival for quite some time, as have many other department stores,\" he said.\n\nMr Hyman said department stores were \"very expensive to run\" and faced \"overwhelming\" competition from other stores, particularly online rivals, predicting there would be \"far fewer of them\" in future.\n\n\"It is getting much, much harder to operate a department store profitably,\" he said. Beales' chief executive Tony Brown led a management buyout of the firm in 2018.\n\nBeales has stores in the following towns and cities:\n\nThe company's decision to appoint administrators comes at a difficult time for UK retailers.\n\nRecent data from the British Retail Consortium revealed that retail sales fell for the first time in a quarter of a century last year.\n\nJohn Lewis has warned that its staff bonus may be in doubt as it reported Christmas sales at its department stores were down 2% for stores open at least a year.\n\nSome companies are prospering, however.\n\nSports fashion retailer JD Sports says it expects to report full-year profits at the top end of forecasts. Next lifted its profit forecast after better than expected sales over Christmas trading period.", "Jess Phillips had not received any nominations from trade unions, affiliate bodies or local parties\n\nJess Phillips has dropped out of the Labour leadership contest, leaving four candidates in the race to succeed Jeremy Corbyn.\n\nIn a video message to supporters, the Birmingham Yardley MP said the next leader had to be able to unite the whole Labour movement.\n\nMs Phillips said she had to \"be honest\" with herself - \"that person is not me.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Lisa Nandy's campaign has received a major boost after she won the backing of the GMB union.\n\nThe organisation also backed Angela Rayner to be the next deputy.\n\nAnnouncing its decision to endorse Ms Nandy, the union's general secretary, Tim Roache, said she was \"a breath of fresh air in the debate over Labour's future\", and \"got the scale of the challenge\" facing the party after its fourth election defeat in a row.\n\nThe endorsement increases the chances of the MP for Wigan making it to the final stage of the contest - joining Sir Keir Starmer who has already qualified to get on the ballot.\n\nMs Nandy - who already has the support of the National Union of Mineworkers - said she could \"not be more proud\", and the next leader's challenge was to \"recover our ambition and inspire a movement\".\n\nThe other candidates still left in the leadership race are shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey - who has been tipped to get the backing of the Unite union later this week - and shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry.\n\nRebecca Long-Bailey, Sir Keir Starmer, Lisa Nandy and Emily Thornberry are left in the contest\n\nMs Phillips missed the hustings organised by the GMB earlier on Tuesday, prompting speculation that her campaign was in trouble.\n\nShe had yet to receive any nominations from trade unions, affiliate bodies or local parties.\n\nConfirming her exit, the 38-year old said Labour needed a leader \"who can unite all parts of our movement, the union movement, members and elected representatives\".\n\n\"In order to win the country, we are going to have to find a candidate, in this race, who can do all of that, and then take that message out to the country. A message of hope and change, that things can be better.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Long-Bailey: Labour has to be \"ruthlessly focused\"\n\nShe thanked all those who had pledged their support for her, particularly Jewish members of the party who she said she would continue to stand up for.\n\n\"I will always speak out and I promise that we will change the problems in our party that we have seen. I'm going to go out into the country and join the fight back.\"\n\nIn a recent interview with LBC, Ms Phillips said if she couldn't be leader, she would support one of the other female candidates in the race.\n\nSir Keir praised her \"real courage\" for standing, saying she would \"play a huge part in the future of our party\".\n\nHe added: \"It's a shame to lose Jess but we keep our focus on where we go next.\"\n\nMs Nandy and Ms Thornberry also praised her contribution.\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 Lisa Nandy 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\nThis is a very significant day in the Labour leadership contest - both for determining who is in and who is out.\n\nLisa Nandy is almost certainly going to be joining Sir Keir Starmer on the ballot.\n\nShe currently has no constituency nominations so could well have struggled without union support. But the GMB's general secretary, Tim Roache, told me his union had given her the \"springboard\" she needs.\n\nAnd while she may lack name recognition, she doesn't lack talent.\n\nInterestingly, too, the GMB endorsement came at a meeting in which every region of the UK was represented, and nearly twice as many delegates backed Ms Nandy as supported Sir Keir.\n\nJess Phillips has dropped out, but she says her encouragement for people to join Labour in order to change it has worked - tens of thousands of new members have come in, so she may yet have an influence on the result.\n\nHer supporters are highly unlikely to back the most left-wing candidate, Rebecca Long-Bailey.\n\nBut Mrs Long-Bailey herself is likely to be on the ballot too if she can secure the backing of the influential Unite union on Friday.\n\nWhen she entered the contest earlier this month, Ms Phillips called on those who wanted to change Labour's direction to join the party in their thousands.\n\nShe insisted she had the \"big personality\" to alter how Labour was seen by the public, but she criticised her own performance in the first members' hustings last weekend in Liverpool.\n\nLabour MP Wes Streeting, one of Ms Phillips' supporters, said he was \"gutted\" by her withdrawal, but praised her \"raw honesty\" in accepting that she had not built the breadth of support required.\n\nHe suggested Sir Keir was the clear frontrunner, but there was a \"Jess-shaped hole\" in the contest waiting to be filled.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Who decides on the next Labour leader?\n\nTo make it to the final stage, the candidates have to secure nominations from 5% of constituency Labour parties (CLPs), or three affiliate groups - two of which must be trade unions - representing at least 5% of affiliated members.\n\nSir Keir cleared this hurdle after being backed by Unison, the UK's largest union, and a second union, Usdaw, as well as environmental campaign group Sera.\n\nMeanwhile, Mrs Long-Bailey has said she is in favour of Labour MPs having to compete with other candidates if they want to continue representing their party at the next general election.\n\nOutlining plans to \"democratise\" Labour, she said so-called open selection - whereby sitting MPs are not automatically re-adopted by their local branches but face challenges if they do not command enough support - would help nurture new talent.\n\n\"We need to rip up our outdated rule book that has held back our members for too long and throw open the door to a new generation of MPs and candidates,\" she is expected to say at a rally. \"Being an MP or elected representative is a privilege that must be earned.\"\n\nMr Corbyn's successor - and the successor to his deputy, Tom Watson - will be announced on 4 April.", "Wrongful death cases that were filed by Prince's family have been dismissed, almost four years after the star died.\n\nLegal claims had been filed against a doctor who prescribed Prince pain medication and a pharmacy that supplied him with medicine.\n\nDismissals usually occur after a settlement has been reached, but such agreements often remain confidential.\n\nThe 57-year-old died in 2016 after an accidental overdose of the painkiller fentanyl at his home in Minneapolis.\n\nClaims that had been filed against the Walgreens pharmacy chain and Dr Michael Schulenberg, who treated Prince in the weeks before his death, have been dismissed.\n\nThe star's family had argued that failures in Dr Schulenberg's treatment played a \"substantial part\" in his death. Dr Schulenberg denied any wrongdoing.\n\nA claim against the Trinity Medical Center in Illinois, where he was treated for an opioid overdose the week before he died, has also been dismissed.\n\nA lawyer for Prince's estate, John Goetz, told the BBC he could not comment on what led to the cases being dismissed.\n\nOne final claim - for medical negligence - remains against Dr Howard Kornfeld, an opioid addiction specialist who was called by Prince's staff the day before he died. Dr Kornfeld sent his son to Minneapolis to discuss treatment options, but it was already too late.\n\nThat claim was dismissed by a judge in September, but the estate has appealed against the decision.\n\nAfter Prince's death, an investigation revealed the musician had experienced significant pain for a number of years, and hundreds of painkillers of various types were found at his house.\n\nEvidence showed Prince had thought he was taking the prescription drug Vicodin, when in fact he was taking a counterfeit Vicodin pill laced with potentially deadly fentanyl.\n\nProsecutors said there was no evidence that the pills had been prescribed by a doctor. No-one was criminally charged in relation to his death and the source of the counterfeit pills remains unknown.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Jane said her rapists saw her \"as a thing\" and wants them brought to justice\n\nA woman who was gang raped as a teenager by a group of men claiming to be rugby players from Wales is still searching for justice 42 years later.\n\nJane was 17 when a number of \"drunk and brutal\" men forced themselves on her at a hotel in Plymouth.\n\nPolice, who said the attack had a significant impact on Jane's life, have launched an appeal to find two men they think could help identify her rapists.\n\nJane urged those men to come forward and \"do the right thing\".\n\nDevon and Cornwall Police released e-fit images of two men, who Jane - whose name has been changed to protect her identity - believed were friends with her rapists but did not rape her.\n\nThe police have launched an appeal to find the men who they think could identify the rapists\n\nShe said: \"I hope they recognise that they really do need to come forward.\n\n\"I felt at the time that they certainly didn't want what happened to me to have happened to me and I feel that they could right that wrong by coming forward and telling the police who the people were that they were with on that day and therefore who the men were that raped me.\n\n\"I am saying to them, 40 years ago your team-mates and your friends raped me, allegiances change over those years and therefore it would be the right thing to do to come forward now.\n\n\"You may have had daughters, you may have granddaughters, you know what happened to me and you know that you hold the key to identifying those people who raped me.\"\n\nJane said she was a \"normal\" teenager when she went out with a school friend one Saturday in late January or early February in 1978.\n\nThey went to what was then called Safari Club, but has since been known as the Notte Inn, where Jane met a man who was part of a larger group.\n\nHe asked her to go to his hotel room and Jane agreed, waiting while he spoke to a friend in the group before going with him to the now closed Strathmore Hotel on Elliot Street.\n\nShe said they had consensual sex and he began telling her about his life. She said he was a maths teacher and part of a touring south Wales rugby team.\n\nJane joked that at 17 she could be his pupil and recalled being surprised he did not find this funny. Then there was a knock at the door and the teacher got up to answer it.\n\nJane was raped by a number of rugby players in what was then the Strathmore Hotel in Plymouth\n\n\"Some men tried to force their way into the room,\" she said, adding the teacher tried to stop them but left after being overpowered by a number of men who entered the room.\n\nJane said the men were wearing only towels and lined up along a wall \"as if on a rugby pitch\". Terrified, she tried to reach for the hotel phone but was pinned down by three of the men.\n\n\"They were very strong and heavy and I could not breathe,\" she said.\n\n\"I gave in entirely to them. I knew that I needed to be compliant because they had already demonstrated to me that any attempt to resist was futile.\n\n\"They were drunk and brutal. I was raped in turn by about six or seven of the men while the other men cheered and encouraged them on.\"\n\nJane has urged the two men in the e-fit images, who did not rape her, to come forward\n\nJane said the men, who she describes as being white, clean shaven and in their early 20s, \"eventually\" left the bedroom and she left the hotel, meeting her friend who she had last seen in the pub on her way out.\n\n\"They saw me as a thing,\" she said of her rapists.\n\n\"They felt entitled to take that and that is what I would like to address; the imbalance of a 17-year-old eight stone girl facing rugby players.\"\n\nJane went with a school friend to the Safari Club one Saturday in 1978\n\nJane said the teacher and his friend - who had been in the room while she was raped but did not take part - then reappeared and took her and her friend to the Duke of Cornwall Hotel for a meal.\n\nIt is these two men, neither of whom raped Jane, who are the men depicted in the e-fit images.\n\nJane first reported her ordeal to Devon and Cornwall Police in 1993 but no suspects were found.\n\nIn 2014 she reported her rapes again and a new investigation was launched.\n\nDet Supt Jo Hall said the two men were \"key to identifying the individuals who carried out this horrendous attack as it is clear that the group of men are known to each other\".\n\nPolice said they were interested in speaking to all sports teams, not just rugby players, because the men may have lied about what they were doing in Plymouth.\n\nShe said: \"We must remember that these images are based on the men in 1978, over 40 years ago, so they would have changed considerably in that time and are likely to be in their 60s now.\"\n\nDet Supt Hall is appealing for anyone who knew the men to come forward and would also like to speak to anyone who was working or staying at the hotel at the time of the offences.\n\n\"These offences have had a significant impact upon the life of this woman and they remain with her to this day,\" she added.\n\nPolice said the attack at Strathmore Hotel had had a significant impact on Jane's life\n\nJane said she feared her rapists could have attacked other women, which was one of the reasons she felt compelled to tell her story.\n\n\"I am pretty sure that I am not alone. At the heart of this is a 17-year-old girl that was raped in 1978 and the rapists are still out there and I want to find them and I would like to ask the general public to help me find them.\"\n\nAnyone with information can contact police by calling the incident room on by calling the incident room on 0800 096 1233 or by visiting the dedicated appeal page.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Greta Thunberg has changed her name to Sharon on Twitter, in honour of a game show contestant who appeared to have no idea who she was.\n\nWhile appearing on BBC's Celebrity Mastermind, actor Amanda Henderson was asked to name the teenage climate activist.\n\nLooking stumped, Henderson shook her head and guessed: \"Sharon.\"\n\nA clip of her answer - and host John Humphrys' deadpan response - has been viewed more than five million times.\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 video soon made its way back to Ms Thunberg herself, and on Friday afternoon she changed her name on Twitter.\n\nMs Thunberg also changed her bio to reflect that she has turned 17 - as Friday was also her birthday.\n\nShe celebrated her birthday by going to the weekly Fridays for Future climate protest outside the Swedish parliament building in Stockholm.\n\nThe clip of Amanda Henderson calling Greta Thunberg \"Sharon\" has been viewed more than five million times\n\nMs Thunberg has been known to have fun with her Twitter profile.\n\nLast month, US President Donald Trump tweeted: \"Greta must work on her anger management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend! Chill, Greta, Chill!\"\n\nIn response, Ms Thunberg edited her bio to say she was \"a teenager working on her anger management problem. Currently chilling and watching a good old fashioned movie with a friend\".\n\nEarlier that week, she changed her bio to say she was a \"pirralha\" - the Portuguese word for brat - after Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro criticised her for highlighting the plight of Brazil's indigenous people.\n\n\"Greta's been saying Indians have died because they were defending the Amazon,\" Mr Bolsonaro had told reporters. \"It's amazing how much space the press gives this kind of pirralha.\"\n\nIn October she changed her bio to \"a kind but poorly informed teenager\" - which was exactly how Russian President Vladimir Putin had described her at a conference in Moscow.\n\nIn September President Trump posted a video of her speaking emotionally at the UN conference and sarcastically commented: \"She seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future.\"\n\nShe changed her bio accordingly: \"A very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future\".", "The northernmost Orkney island, North Ronaldsay, is home to just 50 people and 2,000 sheep. Since the 19th Century, when islanders built a stone wall to confine the flock to the shoreline, it has survived on seaweed alone - and it now seems that this special diet could hold the key to greener, more climate-friendly livestock farming.\n\n\"It's a bit like doing a jigsaw,\" laughs Sian Tarrant as she heaves another large stone on to the wall. \"Only there are no straight edges and some of these pieces are really heavy.\"\n\nThe wind, which has been viciously squally all morning, punches at our faces and blasts the smaller slates on Sian's rock pile until they shudder and rattle like teeth.\n\n\"My contract is for three years,\" she tells me, securing her flying hair under her bobble hat. \"I really hope I can finish repairing the wall by then!\"\n\nTwenty-eight-year-old Sian is North Ronaldsay's great hope. Back in the summer, she successfully answered an advertisement to become the island's sheep warden, but shepherding is not her only responsibility - she must also repair the 21km dry stone dyke that circles the island just above the shoreline.\n\nIt's this wall that has stopped her flock from eating grass, and made it utterly unique.\n\n\"But I will admit,\" she says, wiping her eyes which the wind is relentlessly needling, \"until I started researching I had no idea how special the sheep were.\"\n\nDr Kevin Woodbridge, the island's retired GP and member of the Sheep Court - the management body that oversees the flock - has never been in any doubt of this. Short-tailed, small and coloured white, grey or chocolate brown, the sheep are descendants of the most primitive breeds of ruminants, Kevin says, and have been living on the island for thousands of years.\n\nAt the sound of our boots on the pebbles, the timorous flock wheels round and shoots off, leaping bits of rope and debris left by the tide. Kevin laughs and tells me, a little self-consciously, that he's sure the sheep are more intelligent than most and certainly more devious.\n\n\"I mean, just look at this wild habitat they live in,\" he says, nodding at the rocky beach and the sulky steel-grey sky with its bulging, herniating clouds. \"You have to be pretty adaptable to survive this.\"\n\nAnd the sheep certainly have adapted. Since 1832, when the islanders decided to build the 2m-high dyke to keep the sheep from pasture they needed for cows, the flock's diet has been restricted to seaweed foraged from the shore. They are one of only two groups of animals on Earth that exist purely on seaweed; the other is a marine iguana which lives in the Galapagos Islands.\n\n\"People think seaweed isn't very nutritious,\" smiles sheep farmer Alison Duncan, who also runs the Bird Observatory, as we drive round the little island in her electric car, checking up on the sheep. \"But we never have to feed the sheep and just have a look at them - they get pretty fat on it, especially in winter when there's lots of fresh seaweed washed up. And the lambs have a pretty good life - we don't send them for slaughter until they're three or four years old.\"\n\nWe park up and trudge over the fields towards the coastline, where the sheep are grazing, our heads low against the buffeting all-prevailing wind. We startle a chunky little woodcock that's sheltering in the long grass and it twitters its indignation shrilly.\n\n\"The sheep's peculiar diet gives their meat a fuller, more gamey flavour,\" shouts Alison over the gusts. \"And it's really sought after now, not only by local chefs in Orkney but also in big London hotels, and it's quite a delicacy.\"\n\nIn fact, North Ronaldsay mutton was served to the Queen on her Diamond Jubilee and is now in the process of acquiring Protected Geographical Indication status from the EU, like Wensleydale cheese and Jersey royal potatoes.\n\nBut lately the sheep have been enjoying even greater fame. Studies from the US, New Zealand and Australia have shown that livestock that have some seaweed in their diets belch far less methane than animals fed on grass or general feed. And since methane is a greenhouse gas that has a warming effect almost 30 times as powerful as that of carbon dioxide, the solely seaweed-eating North Ronaldsay sheep could provide an answer to greener farming.\n\nAt Shotts, outside Glasgow, David Beattie takes me to the see the giant bins being filled at the Davidson's Animal Feeds mill. David will be spending the next three years studying how protein-rich seaweed could be introduced into general livestock feed. Part of a Knowledge Transfer Partnership which couples academia with industry, David is dividing his time between the factory floor at Davidson's and his laboratory at the James Hutton Institute in Dundee.\n\n\"You'd be amazed how picky animals are about their food,\" he explains, as we examine a new mix of sugary-smelling sheep pellets the mill has just produced. \"We have to put molasses into the mix to get the animals to eat it - otherwise they just pick out the bits they like and leave the rest. So, it's quite a task to introduce seaweed into the feed and to make sure it's still protein-rich and of top quality.\"\n\nIn a year, a cow produces about the same greenhouse effect as a car that burns 1,000 litres of petrol, so it's fairly evident how beneficial it would be to reduce livestock's carbon hoof-print simply by altering their diet. Experiments have shown that carbon dioxide as well as methane emissions are lowered when seaweed is introduced into feed. And if he succeeds in creating a nutritious seaweed blend that's palatable to ordinary livestock there would be other environmental benefits too, including being able to source more animal feed locally and sustainably.\n\n\"A large proportion of the ingredients we put into animal feeds in the UK at the moment are sourced from across the world, like oil seed from South America,\" says David, showing me the empty fleet of lorries waiting to take the giant sacks of pellets to farms across the UK. \"This clearly has negative implications for the environment both in terms of farming methods to harvest that crop but also in terms of transportation. If we could identify a seaweed variant that could substitute oil seed, it would have a huge environmental benefit.\"\n\nWhile the North Ronaldsay sheep have thrived over the centuries, the islanders have struggled.\n\nThe island used to host a profitable seaweed business, harvesting two varieties of kelp - one known as \"tangles\" - which were used in the production of iodine and other chemicals.\n\nBut last century it was discovered that it was cheaper to source the seaweed from South America. After that the island's population dwindled dramatically from 500 to just 50 today.\n\nDavid Beattie hopes that his research will help Scotland to re-establish commercial seaweed farming, creating jobs and revitalising coastal towns.\n\n\"Can you imagine the benefits if we could introduce seaweed into a supply chain as big as the livestock industry?\" he asks.\n\nHe reminds me that seaweed, since it is grown in the sea, needs neither fresh water nor fertiliser and that, potentially, fields currently used for growing crops to put into animal feed could be reclaimed to grow food for human consumption. And one of Scotland's other big industries, salmon farming, could also benefit, David adds. Growing seaweed close to the farms helps protect the fish from sea lice - a major problem for salmon farmers - while the nitrogen excreted by the fish helps the seaweed grow.\n\n\"So, I really do think we stand to learn a lot from the seaweed-eating North Ronaldsay sheep,\" he says.\n\nThe arrival on the island of Sian the sheep warden a few weeks ago was critically important partly because of the damage to the beautiful dry stone dyke caused by brutal storms and rip tides which battered the island's coastline in 2012 and 2014.\n\nUnder the rules of the Sheep Court, it's up to the islanders who own the flock to repair any damage to the wall, which is listed Category A by Historic Scotland. But with a dwindling and ageing resident population, that's no longer possible.\n\n\"That's where I come in,\" laughs Sian good-naturedly, waving her spade. \"The young blood! I'm the great hope to make sure the sheep are confined to the shore and the seaweed!\"\n\nWorryingly, there have been several reports recently of \"loopers\", escapee sheep who have spotted a gap or a partially tumbled-down bit of wall and leapt over it, straying on to the rich grasslands on the forbidden side. Although ewes with newborn lambs are deliberately brought briefly on to the grass in the summer - the males, which are sent for slaughter, are never permitted to venture on to pasture - the sheep's stomachs are no longer adapted to grass and they risk copper poisoning if they eat too much.\n\nJust then we spot a sly looper skulking close to the wall. It's on the unauthorised side, its eyes darting towards the prohibited patch of green near our car. Alison finds a torn oil skin the sea has dumped on the shingles and prepares to try to catch it.\n\n\"Then we really have to work out how it got in,\" she tells Sian, the novice sheep warden. \"We will have to block up that entry point because as soon as a sheep finds a gap, he will tell his friends and before you know it, they're all on the grass or in your garden!\" She laughs. \"You see, sheep are very curious animals and for them, the grass is always greener on the other side!\"\n\nWith amazing matador skill using the oil skin as a shield (Sian insists modestly that it's beginner's luck) the Houdini sheep is recaptured by the pair and after Alison examines his teeth (it turns out he doesn't have any, due to advanced age), together the women heave him on top of the dry stone wall where he teeters for a moment, as if weighing up his options, before he finally jumps back on to the beach side and gallops off on his spindly legs towards the waiting flock.\n\nWe walk away from the beach and towards the old lighthouse where the retired GP and sheep owner, Kevin Woodbridge, shows me around the island's mill. Here the sheep's wool with its beautiful muted colours is spun into beanies, fleecy jumpers and soft yarn. The mill currently employs three people but is set to expand into new premises due to increasing demand for genuine North Ronaldsay garments.\n\nKevin Woodbridge (left) and a member of staff at the mill\n\n\"I've always thought of our sheep as an organic product,\" Kevin says thoughtfully, when I ask him how he feels about the discovery that the island's sheep could help us reduce greenhouse gas emissions from livestock. We look out over the beach where a small group of sheep are enthusiastically grazing on a fresh crop of moist seaweed the bigger waves have just delivered.\n\n\"We know we need to reduce our red meat consumption and if we can reduce the impact of red meat production as well, then that's really good news for the sheep.\"\n\nAlison and I sit in the warm breakfast room at the Bird Observatory watching a pair of hen harriers intently searching the fields for food.\n\n\"We would be really proud if scientists could learn from how our sheep are digesting seaweed and producing less methane,\" Alison tells me, putting down her binoculars. \"That could help all farmers reduce their carbon footprint and could give us a good bit of publicity for selling the sheep elsewhere.\"\n\nIt's getting dark now and having temporarily patched up the section of wall over which the looper made his bid for freedom, sheep warden Sian Tarrant decides to call it a day and cycle home.\n\nOpposite her house the little school stands quiet and empty. No children have been raised here for many years.\n\nI comment that I've heard that some islanders are pinning their hopes on her to change that.\n\n\"Yes, that has been mentioned to me!\" she agrees, laughing. \"But maybe let's sort the sheep problem first!\"\n\nAgainst the brooding, dark skyline, a cluster of sheep huddle together on a crop of rock as the wind continues to hurl along the length of the coastline. They scour the heaving waves patiently, waiting for the bigger ones to deliver their next seaweed dinner, which they will digest in their longstanding, idiosyncratic methane-modified way.\n\nFar away on the mainland, scientist David Beattie is experimenting with the nutritional make up of seaweed variants, and writing up notes for the speeches he will deliver at forthcoming European conferences on greener farming.\n\nAs they graze in the moonlight, the North Ronaldsay sheep silently belch their satisfaction. Ruminant recognition doesn't get much better than this.\n\nPhotographs by Fionn McArthur, Start Point Media, unless otherwise specified\n\nYou may also be interested in:\n\nOrkney has been invaded by geese. The numbers are now so huge, and the damage so great, that permission has been granted for the wild birds to be shot - and eaten, reports the BBC's Emma Jane Kirby.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Winds carried smoke from the fires as far away as New Zealand across the Tasman Sea\n\nSmoke from huge bushfires in Australia is drifting as far as New Zealand, 2,000km (1,200 miles) away, leading to haze and a burnt smell in the air.\n\nAustralia is grappling with a bushfire crisis fuelled by record-breaking temperatures and months of drought.\n\nThe smoke first reached New Zealand's South Island on 31 December, turning skies a murky yellow.\n\nSince then, the south's famous glaciers have vanished in haze and even North Island has seen its skies turn \"eerie\".\n\nAt least 18 people are confirmed to have been killed by the bushfires, which have burned vast areas of several Australian states.\n\nSeveral people are still missing and conditions are expected to worsen over the coming weekend.\n\nThe view of Mount Cook over the past days vs on a clear day\n\n\"I have never seen anything like the haze over the past 48 hours,\" Arthur McBride of glacier tour company Alpine Guides told the BBC.\n\nTourist flights up to Tasman, Franz Josef and Fox glaciers are a popular way to experience New Zealand's stunning mountain scenery.\n\nBut in recent days visitors have endured a thick yellow haze, instead of the white snow and bright blue skies expected.\n\n\"Wednesday afternoon was particularly bad,\" Mr McBride says, \"and the smell of woodsmoke is still distinct.\"\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\"It's been hazy for the past 36 hours, it's been a smoky haze,\" explains Dan Burt of Mount Cook Skiplanes and Helicopters.\n\n\"In fact, we've seen some discolouration on the glacier since a few weeks ago - so that was actually already before the haze of the past days.\"\n\nThere's a layer of brown dust on the usually pristine glacier\n\nHis company runs tour and flights to several glaciers in the region, including the main Tasman glacier.\n\nOver the past days, a few trips had to be cancelled, he said.\n\n\"It still would have been save to fly, but it just wouldn't have been a great experience to be up there.\"\n\nAn Australian woman visiting Franz Josef photographed how dust from the bushfires had \"caramelised\" the mountain snow, turning it brown.\n\nThe tourist, who calls herself Rey, posted pictures on social media on New Year's Eve, saying the snow had been white on the previous day.\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 Fabulousmonster 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\nAustralia and New Zealand are separated by around 2,000km (1,242miles) of the Tasman Sea.\n\nSatellite images released by Weather Watch show exactly how the smoke was moving across the Tasman Sea from Australia's shores to hit New Zealand.\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\nBy Thursday, the haze and burnt smell had also reached the North Island.\n\n\"The air doesn't smell in Auckland, but the sunrise and morning light was eerie,\" Auckland resident Ena Hutchinson told the BBC.\n\n\"There was a strange, golden glow on the sea, the sky was cloudy, and when the sun broke through it was orange.\"\n\nShe said that while there'd been some haze 10 years ago during earlier Australia fires, things had never been this bad.\n\n\"It's certainly not something that's happened like this before - virtually blanketing the South Island and now heading northwards today.\"", "Dominic Fell, Rachel Clark and Joseph Finnis died on New Year's Eve\n\nTributes have been paid to three British Airways (BA) cabin crew who were killed in a crash near Heathrow Airport on New Year's Eve.\n\nDominic Fell, 23, Joseph Finnis, 25, and Rachel Clark, 20, died after their car collided with a lorry on Bedfont Road in Stanwell at about 23:40 GMT.\n\nFriends and colleagues paid tribute to the three \"beautiful young angels\" on an online fundraising page.\n\nA 25-year-old woman who was also in the car remains in a serious condition.\n\nMore than £55,000 has been raised on the Go Fund Me site which was launched by cabin crew member Stephen Crook and named the \"BA Angels\".\n\nWriting on the site, Malgorzata Kubik posted: \"Joe was my coach and he always made sure we were OK.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Lauren Rowlands wrote: \"RIP to my friend Dom and angels Joe and Rachel. The sky is eternal now guys.\"\n\nLaura Stewart said: \"Dom and Joe were truly special men and I hope that their families take some comfort in knowing that they were so loved by everyone they have flown with! I'll miss you.\"\n\nThe Mercedes HGV left the road after colliding with the white Toyota Yaris\n\nIn a statement, a spokesperson for BA said: \"We're deeply saddened to learn of the death of our colleagues involved in a road traffic collision on New Year's Eve.\n\n\"Our thoughts are with their family and friends, who we are supporting at this distressing time.\"\n\nIt is understood two of the cabin crew had finished work at about 18:00, while the other two were on a day off and not scheduled to be on duty.\n\nCh Insp Mike Hodder, from Surrey Police, said: \"The families and friends of those involved are still coming to terms with what happened.\"\n\n\"Our thoughts continue to be with them today,\" he added.\n\nThe driver of the Mercedes HGV was not injured and no arrests have been made.\n\nNo arrests have been made over the crash\n• None Three BA cabin crew killed in New Year's Eve crash\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. Chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet explains the significance of the attack\n\nThe killing of Gen Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds force, represents a dramatic escalation in the low-level conflict between the US and Iran and one whose consequences could be considerable.\n\nRetaliation is to be expected. A chain of action and reprisal could ensue bringing the two countries closer to a direct confrontation. Washington's future in Iraq could well be called into question. And President Trump's strategy for the region - if there is one - will be tested like never before.\n\nPhilip Gordon, who was White House co-ordinator for the Middle East and the Persian Gulf in the Obama administration, described the killing as little short of a \"declaration of war\" by the Americans against Iran.\n\nThe Quds Force is the branch of Iran's security forces responsible for operations abroad. For years, whether it be in Lebanon, Iraq, Syria or elsewhere, Soleimani has been a key instigator in expanding and extending Iran's influence through planning attacks or bolstering Tehran's local allies.\n\nFor Washington, he was a man with US blood on his hands. But he was popular in Iran itself. And in practical terms, he led Tehran's fightback against the broad campaign of pressure and US-imposed sanctions.\n\nWhat is most surprising is not that Soleimani was in President Trump's sights but quite why the US should strike him now.\n\nA series of low-level rocket attacks against US bases in Iraq were blamed on Tehran. One US civilian contractor was killed. But earlier Iranian operations - against tankers in the Gulf; the shooting down of a US unmanned aerial vehicle; even the major attack against a Saudi oil facility - all went without a direct US response.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAs for the rocket attacks against the US bases in Iraq, the Pentagon has already hit back against the pro-Iranian militia believed to be behind them. That prompted a potential assault on the US embassy compound in Baghdad.\n\nIn explaining the decision to kill Soleimani, the Pentagon focused not just on his past actions, but also insisted that the strike was meant as a deterrent. The general, the Pentagon statement reads, was \"actively developing plans to attack US diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region\".\n\nQuite what happens next is the big question. President Trump will hope that in one dramatic action he has both cowed Iran and proven to his increasingly uneasy allies in the region like Israel and Saudi Arabia that US deterrence still has teeth. However it is almost unthinkable that there will not be a robust Iranian response, even if it is not immediate.\n\nCould Iran target US soldiers stationed in Iraq in response?\n\nThe 5,000 US troops in Iraq are an obvious potential target. So too are the sorts of targets hit by Iran or its proxies in the past. Tensions will be higher in the Gulf. No wonder the initial impact was to see a surge in oil prices.\n\nThe US and its allies will be looking to their defences. Washington has already despatched a small number of reinforcements to its embassy in Baghdad. It will have plans to increase its military footprint in the region quickly if needed.\n\nBut it is equally possible that Iran's response will be in some sense asymmetric - in other words not just a strike for a strike. It may seek to play on the widespread support it has in the region - through the very proxies that Soleimani built up and funded.\n\nIt could for example renew the siege on the US embassy in Baghdad, putting the Iraqi government in a difficult position, and call into question the US deployment there. It could prompt demonstrations elsewhere as cover for other attacks.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Could Iran instigate more attacks on the US embassy in Baghdad such as this one earlier this week?\n\nThe strike against the Quds force commander was a clear demonstration of US military intelligence and capabilities. Many in the region will not mourn his passing. But was this the wisest thing for President Trump to do?\n\nHow well is the Pentagon prepared for the inevitable aftermath? And just what does this strike tell us about Mr Trump's overall strategy in the region? Has this changed in any way? Is there a new zero-tolerance towards Iranian operations?\n\nOr was this just the president taking out an Iranian commander he would no doubt regard as \"a very bad man\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The death of Iran's top general could make things worse for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, husband fears.\n\nThe husband of a British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran has said he is worried about what the death of the country's top general could mean for her case.\n\nNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a charity worker from London, has been detained for more than three years over spying allegations she denies.\n\nMr Ratcliffe said escalated tensions after the killing of Qasem Soleimani could make matters worse for his wife.\n\nHe plans to meet with Prime Minister Boris Johnson to discuss her case.\n\n\"There's probably a concern, on a selfish level, as to what does this mean for Nazanin's case,\" he said.\n\n\"There's always a worry that things could get worse.\"\n\nMr Ratcliffe, whose in-laws live in Iran, said he is concerned about the implications for the region as a whole.\n\nMrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's parole was refused shortly before Christmas, he said, noting that she was \"low\" when he spoke to her on Christmas Day and New Year's Day.\n\n\"We're obviously not hopeful at the moment... We were feeling like there's been no good news for a while, and I was getting ready to push the prime minister and the government to do more and to be a lot more assertive,\" he said.\n\n\"In some ways that still feels the right thing to do - but absolutely the wrong time.\"\n\nThe couple's British-born daughter Gabriella, who had been living with her grandparents in Tehran, returned to the UK in October.\n\nMrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was temporarily reunited with her daughter Gabriella during a three-day release from prison in August 2018\n\nMr Ratcliffe's concern comes amid a major escalation in tensions between Washington and Tehran.\n\nIran's supreme leader has vowed \"severe revenge\" on those responsible for the death of Soleimani, who was killed by an air strike at Baghdad airport early on Friday ordered by US President Donald Trump.\n\nThe 62-year-old spearheaded Iran Middle East operations as head of the elite Quds Force. Mr Trump said Soleimani killed or wounded thousands of Americans.\n\nUS officials have said 3,000 additional troops will be sent to the Middle East as a precaution.\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\nMr Ratcliffe said it is \"time to find a way to improve relations\" between the West and Iran and to bring his wife home.\n\nHe said he received a letter from Mr Johnson shortly after the general election last month asking for a meeting, but that a date was not specified.\n\nWhile he was foreign secretary, Mr Johnson mistakenly said that Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe had been in Iran training journalists.\n\n\"We've been quite clear in public that I feel he owes us and that he needs to do what he can to bring Nazanin home and to bring [home] the others held over similar reasons,\" Mr Ratcliffe said.\n\nHe added: \"As we're on the precipice of very dark times, it can only help that positive gestures are made.\"", "Travelex has been forced to take down its website after a cyber attack.\n\nThe foreign-currency seller has been working on the issue since the software virus attack on New Year's Eve.\n\n\"We regret having to suspend some of our services in order to contain the virus and protect data,\" Travelex boss Tony D'Souza said.\n\nThe company has resorted to carrying out transactions manually, providing foreign-exchange services over the counter in its branches.\n\n\"We apologise to all our customers for any inconvenience caused as a result,\" Mr D'Souza said in a statement.\n\n\"We are doing all we can to restore our full services as soon as possible.\"\n\nThe company said an early investigation \"shows no indication that any personal or customer data has been compromised\".\n\nTravelex said it had deployed \"teams of IT specialists and external cyber-security experts\", who have been \"working continuously since New Year's Eve to isolate the virus and restore affected systems\".\n\nThe firm will continue to provide foreign-exchange services manually at its branches until the problem is fixed.\n\nThe decision to take the site down has affected other services that use Travelex, including Tesco Bank.\n\nResponding to customers on Twitter, the bank said its travel money service was unavailable.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post by Tesco Bank Help", "The rain has caused huge amounts of damage\n\nIndonesian authorities are turning to the technique of cloud seeding to try to stop more rain falling in the flood-hit capital Jakarta.\n\nPlanes have been sent to inject chemicals into clouds in an effort to alter precipitation.\n\nJakarta and surrounding districts have struggled to cope since a storm on New Year's Eve left large areas underwater.\n\nAt least 43 people are known to have died, with some 192,000 evacuated. More rain is expected.\n\nAccording to Reuters news agency, two planes have been sent up to shoot salt flares into the clouds, with the aim of making them break before they reach the Jakarta region.\n\n\"All clouds moving towards the Greater Jakarta area, which are estimated to lead to precipitation there, will be shot with NaCl (sodium chloride) material,\" Indonesia's technology agency BPPT explained in a statement.\n\nThe Indonesian disaster management agency said it was using inflatable boats to rescue stranded families. A dozen people remain missing.\n\nBy Friday morning, the clean-up operation was under way. On Thursday, authorities had used hundreds of pumps to try to lower water levels in residential areas and around public infrastructure, like the railways.\n\nBut even in areas where the water has receded, mud and debris are preventing many residents from returning home.\n\nFloods are common in the city around this time of year, and are among the reasons President Joko Widodo plans to move the capital to East Borneo in the next few years.\n\nMr Widodo blamed the severity of current disaster on delays in flood control infrastructure projects.\n\nIt is the worst flooding in the area since 2013.\n\nJakarta, home to millions of people, is one of the fastest-sinking cities in the world. Experts say it could be entirely submerged by 2050.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Travel money services for several UK banks are still being affected after foreign currency seller Travelex took its site offline to deal with a cyber attack.\n\nOn Thursday evening, Travelex said it had taken down its site to contain \"the virus and protect data\".\n\nThat has affected Sainsbury's Bank, Barclays and HSBC, among others, which all use the Travelex platform.\n\nThere is no indication when the Travelex website will be restored.\n\nThe company said it has been working on the issue since the software virus attack on New Year's Eve.\n\nA number of banks depend on the Travelex platform to provide online travel money services.\n\nThe company delivers the foreign currency to stores for customers to collect, as well as operating the software that is used to buy the travel money.\n\nBut Travelex's decision to take down its site has meant the firms that use its services cannot sell currency online.\n\nVirgin Money's site showed an error message, which said: \"Our online, foreign currency purchasing service is temporarily unavailable due to planned maintenance. The system will be back online shortly.\"\n\nSainsbury's Bank also said its online travel money services were unavailable, although it said customers could still buy travel money in its stores. In a statement to the BBC, the bank said: \"We're in close contact with Travelex so that we can resume our online service as soon as possible.\"\n\nMeanwhile, a spokesperson for First Direct, which is owned by HSBC, said: \"Unfortunately, our online travel money service is currently unavailable due to a service issue with third party service provider, Travelex.\"\n\nIn a statement on Thusday, Travelex boss Tony D'Souza said: \"We regret having to suspend some of our services in order to contain the virus and protect data.\"\n\nThe company has resorted to carrying out transactions manually, providing foreign-exchange services over the counter in its branches.\n\n\"We apologise to all our customers for any inconvenience caused as a result,\" Mr D'Souza said in a statement.\n\nHSBC told the BBC that some of its branches also stock dollars and euros, which it is still able to sell.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"I knew it was something serious... a death cry\": Josias Fletchman gave CPR at the poolside\n\nA man who performed CPR when a British family drowned in a pool at a resort on the Costa del Sol has said more could have been done to prevent their deaths.\n\nGabriel Diya, 52, his daughter Comfort, nine, and his son Praise-Emmanuel, 16, drowned at the Club La Costa World resort on Christmas Eve.\n\nJosias Fletchman comforted the children's mother when medics called off attempts to revive her family.\n\nSpanish police say the deaths were a tragic accident.\n\nA senior leader of the church where Mr Diya was a pastor in south-east London said he died trying to save his children, adding: \"That was the kind of man he was.\"\n\nPastor Agu Irukwu, of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, also said that Mr Diya's wife Olubunmi was a \"special\" woman who was coping with the tragedy \"remarkably well\".\n\nGabriel Diya, a pastor in south-east London, died with his daughter Comfort\n\nIt comes as Mr Fletchman, 35, a British tourist from Manchester who was on a family holiday at the time of the deaths, said safety measures such as a lifeguard by the pool could have helped prevent them.\n\nHe said he first knew something was wrong when a Spanish woman ran into the hotel reception making a \"death cry\".\n\nThe youth support worker was one of the first people at the scene and gave CPR to Praise-Emmanuel at the poolside.\n\nMr Fletchman, who has three children, said the ordeal was \"traumatising\".\n\nAfter medics called off attempts to revive the three family members, Mr Fletchman said he held Mrs Diya's hand and prayed with her.\n\nHer lawyers have questioned the thoroughness of the police investigation - and the recommendation to close the case after one week.\n\nMr Fletchman said he was surprised police had not spoken to him.\n\n\"If it was my situation, my family members, I'd want [police] to speak to everybody. I'd want an investigation... well and truly they should be investigating,\" he told the BBC.\n\nHe said there were \"things that could have been put in place\" to prevent what happened.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Church leader Agu Irukwu remembers Gabriel Diya, who was a pastor in south-east London\n\nMr Fletchman said a staff member \"had to run to the reception\" to alert someone and should have had a walkie talkie or another way of raising the alarm.\n\nHe called this an example of \"silly mistakes\".\n\n\"I'm not going to sit here and blame anybody, but... if it was my family that it happened to... I'd be raising alarm bells,\" he said.\n\nMr Fletchman said he felt there should have been a lifeguard on duty and that signs indicating the depth of the pool could have been clearer.\n\nHe added that, had there been constant supervision, Mr Diya \"wouldn't have had to jump in\" and called it \"a simple thing of paying somebody a standard minimum wage\".\n\n\"It's better to do that and save three lives than not do that,\" he said.\n\nThe sprawling Club La Costa World resort has several swimming pools\n\n\"He died trying to save his children and that really says it all. That was the kind of man he was. He loved his wife, loved his children passionately, loved God dearly,\" he added.\n\nSpeaking about Mrs Diya, he said: \"I've never seen anyone deal with the loss of a loved one with the grace and the dignity with which I saw [Olubunmi] deal with it.\"\n\nSpanish authorities described the deaths as a freak accident caused by a \"lack of expertise\" in swimming - adding that there was no accountability on the part of the hotel.\n\nMrs Diya has previously said that all three family members could swim and she believes there was a fault with the pool.\n\nInvestigators said divers retrieved Comfort's swimming hat from the pool pump but investigators had found nothing wrong with the pool.\n\nThe hotel operator, Club La Costa World, has said Mrs Diya's claims were \"directly at odds with the findings of the police report\" and \"their exhaustive investigations have confirmed the pool was working normally and there was no malfunction of any kind\".", "Soleimani - seen here in Iraq in 2015 - directed militia in Iraq who attacked US troops and later fought the Islamic State group\n\nNext to Iran's Supreme Leader, Qasem Soleimani was arguably the most powerful figure in the Islamic republic.\n\nAs head of its military abroad known as the Quds Force, Soleimani was the mastermind behind the country's activities across in the Middle East, and its real foreign minister when it came to matters of war and peace.\n\nHe was widely considered an architect of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's war against rebels in Syria, the rise of pro-Iranian paramilitaries in Iraq, the fight against the Islamic State group, and many battles beyond.\n\nCharismatic and often elusive, the silver-haired commander was revered by some, loathed by others, and a source of myths and social media memes.\n\nHe had emerged in recent years from a lifetime in the shadows directing covert operations to achieve fame and popularity in Iran, becoming the subject of documentaries, news reports and even pop songs.\n\nAs far back as 2013, former CIA officer John Maguire told The New Yorker that Soleimani was \"the single most powerful operative in the Middle East\".\n\nWhen his end came, it was violent and sudden. On 3 January the Pentagon announced that it had carried out a successful operation to kill him, at the direction of US President Donald Trump.\n\nThe assassination followed a sharp escalation between the US, Iran and Iran-backed groups in Iraq following the death of a US military contractor in a missile attack on a US base in Iraq - for which the US held Iran responsible.\n\nThe US responded with an air strike on the Iran-backed militia Kataib Hezbollah. Militia supporters then attacked the US embassy in Baghdad.\n\nTensions between the US and Iran had been rising since the US pulled out of a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers to curb Iran's nuclear programme and prevent it from developing nuclear weapons. The US has also reimposed sanctions on Iran, sending its economy into freefall.\n\nSoleimani is believed to have come from a poor background and to have had very little formal education. But he had risen through the Revolutionary Guards - Iran's elite and most powerful force - and was reportedly close to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khomeini.\n\nAfter becoming commander of the Quds Force in 1998, Soleimani attempted to extend Iran's influence in the Middle East by carrying out covert operations, providing arms to allies and developing networks of militias loyal to Iran.\n\nOver the course of his career he is believed to have aided Shia Muslim and Kurdish groups in Iraq fighting against former dictator Saddam Hussein as well as other groups in the region including the Shia militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon and Islamist organisation Hamas in the Palestinian territories.\n\nAfter the US invaded Iraq in 2003 he began directing militant groups to carry out attacks against US troops and bases, killing hundreds.\n\nHe is also widely credited with finding a strategy for Bashar al-Assad to respond to the armed uprising against him that began in 2011. Iranian assistance along with Russian air support helped turn the tide against rebel forces and in the Syrian government's favour, allowing it to recapture key cities and towns.\n\nSoleimani himself was sometimes pictured at funerals of Iranians killed in Syria and Iraq, where Iran had deployed thousands of combatants and military advisers.\n\nHe also travelled frequently across the region, regularly shuttling between Lebanon, Syria and Iraq, where Iranian influence has steadily grown. When he was killed he was travelling in a two-car convoy away from Baghdad airport with others including Kataib Hezbollah leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who was also killed.\n\nSoleimani was killed in an air strike near Baghdad's airport\n\nIn April 2019, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo designated Iran's Revolutionary Guards and Quds Force as foreign terrorist organisations.\n\nThe Trump administration has said the Quds Force provided funding, training, weapons and equipment to US-designated terrorist groups in the Middle East - including Hezbollah movement and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group based in Gaza.\n\nIn a statement, the Pentagon said Soleimani had been \"actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region\".\n\n\"General Soleimani and his Quds Force were responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American and coalition service members and the wounding of thousands more,\" it added.", "The apprenticeship levy was intended to fund high-quality training\n\nHalf of apprenticeship courses in England have been accused of being \"fake\" by an education think tank.\n\nThe EDSK report says the apprenticeship levy - paid by big employers - is being used on low-skilled jobs or relabelling existing posts, rather than training.\n\nTom Richmond, the think tank's director, said the apprenticeship scheme was \"descending into farce\".\n\nBut a Department for Education spokeswoman defended apprenticeships as becoming \"better quality\".\n\nThe apprenticeship levy is paid by large employers, who contribute 0.5% of their salary bill into the training fund.\n\nBut since 2017, the report claims £1.2bn from the levy has been spent on jobs \"offering minimal training and low wages\" or on \"rebadging\" jobs already offered by employers as apprenticeships.\n\nIn its first full year of operation, the levy raised £2.7bn and this is expected to rise to £3.4bn by 2023-24.\n\nApprenticeship spending is too often used on \"existing adult workers instead of supporting young people into the workplace\", the report warns.\n\nThe education think tank says there is an insufficiently clear definition of what an apprenticeship should offer, so much so that the \"brand itself has arguably become a meaningless concept\".\n\nIt describes 50% of apprenticeship courses since 2017 as \"fake\", saying they do not \"relate to helping young people get started in a skilled job or occupation\".\n\nMinisters say that the quality of apprenticeships is improving\n\nThe think tank's analysis says that £235m of the levy has been used to support \"low-skill\" roles, such as bar staff, shop checkout workers and those in \"basic office administration\".\n\nA further £551m has been used by firms for management training, with the report claiming this was often used for experienced staff rather than new recruits and could include the \"rebadging\" of existing schemes.\n\nThe most common apprenticeship is becoming a supervisor or team leader, representing about a tenth of all apprenticeships.\n\nThe report also criticises £448m spent on apprenticeships aimed at degree and postgraduate level.\n\nThis includes some academics with PhDs being labelled as apprentices in university training schemes in research and teaching.\n\nBar staff and supermarket check-out workers can be apprentices, says research\n\nIt also includes support for degree apprenticeships, which are offered as a vocational alternative to academic degrees.\n\nThe report's claims were strongly rejected by Mark Dawe, chief executive of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers.\n\nHe said there was a need for a wide range of apprenticeships, including those at a lower level - and he accused the report of using \"caricatures\" which had \"no resemblance to the reality of what is actually being learnt\".\n\nA National Audit Office report into apprenticeships last year warned: \"There are risks that the programme is subsidising training that would have happened without government funding.\"\n\nThe former education secretary Damian Hinds last year told the education select committee that apprenticeships were improving in quality.\n\nBut he had told MPs that \"in the not too distant past\" there had been people who did not even realise they were on an apprenticeship scheme.\n\nThe new think tank report says apprenticeships need to be more carefully defined and targeted if they are to \"improve technical education for young people\".\n\n\"If the government wants apprenticeships to be taken seriously by young people, parents and teachers, they must protect this historic brand by scrapping all the 'fake apprenticeships' and benchmarking our training programmes against the best in the world,\" said Mr Richmond.\n\n\"Not only will this save hundreds of millions each year, it will provide more opportunities for young people to train as genuine apprentices, especially those living in the most deprived areas.\"\n\nA spokesman for the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education, which oversees the development of apprenticeship standards, said: \"We work closely with thousands of employers to make high-quality apprenticeships available across the whole economy.\n\n\"This has led to a broader variety of apprenticeships up to degree level being made available, which reflects the nation's skills training needs,\" said the spokesman for the institute, which is funded through the Department for Education.\n\nA Department for Education spokeswoman defended the value of apprenticeships and said they had to meet \"high-quality requirements\".\n\nShe said they lasted \"for a minimum of 12 months with at least 20% off-the-job training\" and could not be called an apprenticeship unless it complied with such regulations.", "Deadly bushfires are ravaging the Australian landscape, so far destroying 1,200 homes across New South Wales and Victoria.\n\nA kangaroo rushes past a burning house in Conjola on New Year's Eve\n\nThis week the fires have razed at least 381 homes in New South Wales and 43 in Victoria, with at least 17 people missing.\n\nThe leader of NSW has declared a week-long state of emergency, starting this Friday.\n\nHere are pictures from the past few days.\n\nA firefighter hoses down trees and flying embers in an effort to save houses near the town of Nowra in New South Wales\n\nFires rage near Bairnsdale in the East Gippsland region, Victoria\n\nBurning embers cover the ground as firefighters battle against bushfires around Nowra\n\nThe declared state of emergency will allow local authorities to carry out forced evacuations, road closures \"and anything else we need to do as a state to keep our residents and to keep property safe\", NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said on Thursday.\n\nBushfires burn between the townships of Bemm River and Cann River in East Gippsland, Victoria\n\nPeople from the town of Cann River are evacuated to Orbost in East Gippsland\n\nHigh temperatures and strong winds are forecast for the weekend, leading to \"widespread extreme fire danger\".\n\nFire officials have told holidaymakers to urgently leave a 260km (160-mile) stretch of the NSW coast before Saturday.\n\nA firefighter sprays foam retardant in the New South Wales town of Jerrawangala\n\nA satellite image of Batemans Bay on New Year's Eve\n\nDebris is seen around a swimming pool next to the remains of a house destroyed by bushfires near Batemans Bay\n\nA family sit at a showground in the southern New South Wales town of Bega where they are camping after being evacuated from nearby sites\n\nIn December, Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison cut short his holiday to Hawaii amid growing criticism of his leadership during the bushfire crisis.\n\nThis week he had to cut short another visit - to a fire-hit town when he was heckled by angry residents.\n\nAn aerial view of property damaged by the East Gippsland fires in Sarsfield (above and below)\n\nTracy Burgess, a volunteer with Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Services (WIRES), holds a severely burnt brushtail possum rescued from fires near Australia's Blue Mountains\n\nMogo Zoo (above), managed to save all its animals, with monkeys, pandas and even a tiger housed at one keeper's home.\n\nThe Australian government has been facing criticism over its climate policies as the country deals with the devastating bushfires.\n\nAustralia is one of the world's biggest per capita greenhouse gas emitters.\n\nDamaged property seen in Mallacoota in East Gippsland\n\nThe remains of burnt out buildings seen along a street in Cobargo, New South Wales\n\nA horse tries to move away from nearby bushfires at a residential property near the town of Nowra\n\nA photo from the state government in Victoria shows a helicopter fighting a bushfire near Bairnsdale in East Gippsland\n\nFirefighters hose down trees around the town of Nowra\n\nSmoke and flames rise from burning trees around Nowra\n\n\"Carmelised\" snow caused by dust from Australian bushfires is seen near Franz Josef Glacier in the Westland Tai Poutini National Park, New Zealand", "High Street retailer Next has increased its profit forecast after enjoying better than expected sales over the Christmas trading period.\n\nThe company's full-price sales rose by 5.2% from 27 October to 28 December, 1.1% ahead of its own expectations.\n\nIt said that colder weather this November might have helped its sales performance.\n\nThe firm now expects an annual profit of £727m, up by £2m - and an increase of 0.6% on the last year.\n\nNext expects sales to grow 3.9% over the current financial year.\n\nNext is the first of the big UK retailers to report on how trading went over Christmas, which is a crucial trading period for the sector.\n\nThe retailer's good performance was boosted by an increase in online sales, which rose by 15.3% over the three-month period.\n\nRichard Lim, chief executive of Retail Economics, said: \"This was an impressive end to the year as their outstanding online business continues to set them apart from the competition.\n\n\"The retailer is benefiting from years of investment in their digital proposition, continually evolving their business model to meet shoppers' heightened expectations.\"\n\nHowever, while Next's online sales were strong, the continued shift away from the High Street was reflected by the fact that in-store sales saw a decrease of 3.9%.\n\nAccording to recent data by retail analyst Springboard, overall footfall in November on UK High Streets fell by 4.3%.\n\nIt suggested shoppers might have been put off by heavy rainfall in the run-up to the festive season.\n\nRetailers including John Lewis, and Marks and Spencer will release their Christmas trading updates next week, as well as the big supermarkets - Tesco, Morrisons and Sainsbury's.\n\nEarlier this week, Next announced that its former chief executive Sir David Jones had died, aged 76.\n\nHe led the company for nearly 30 years, and was widely credited with saving the retail giant from collapse in the 1980s.", "Wigan MP Lisa Nandy has announced she is joining the race to replace Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader.\n\nIn a letter to the Wigan Post, she said she wanted to \"bring Labour home\" to voters that have abandoned the party in its traditional strongholds.\n\nHer announcement came on the same day Birmingham Yardley MP Jess Phillips announced she was joining the race.\n\nShadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry and shadow treasury minister Clive Lewis are also both standing.\n\nShadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer and shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey are among those also expected to stand.\n\nA timetable for the leadership election - and any rule changes - is set to be decided by the party's ruling National Executive Committee (NEC) on Monday.\n\nThe contest was called because Mr Corbyn is standing down as leader following the party's heavy election defeat.\n\nMs Nandy said the \"political earthquake\" seen after the general election result had highlighted the need for a different approach within the party.\n\nShe told BBC Breakfast: \"People have been telling us for some time that we can't just keeping changing the man at the top, and determining the priorities and the solutions to the problems that they face from behind a desk in Victoria Street, Westminster or Whitehall.\"\n\nShe said she had a \"duty\" to provide a \"different sort of leadership\" for voters who wanted an end to political parties' \"paternalistic approach\" and to take back \"control\" over their own lives.\n\nShe added: \"I have the duty to stand up for those people and see if Labour can become a national force again, rooted in our communities and capable of speaking with and for those people.\"\n\nShe said the next Labour leader would also have to put a stop to the \"factions\" and \"in-fighting\" within the party to \"earn back\" the trust of voters.\n\n\"[They] will [have to] show people that we've changed, that we're kind and compassionate towards one another...that we have zero tolerance on issues like anti-Semitism and when we say that we believe in a more equal, compassionate society that we are walking the walk within our own party, not just talking the talk.\"\n\nLisa Nandy chose an unconventional way to launch her campaign - an open letter to constituents in her local paper.\n\nIn a challenge to London-based candidates such as Emily Thornberry and Keir Starmer, who will declare his candidacy soon, Ms Nandy argued that the next Labour leader should come from a community like hers.\n\nShe said she agreed with the perception that many political leaders were \"unable or unwilling\" to understand places such as Wigan - and that her party must elect, in her words, someone who has \"skin in the game\".\n\nShe also pledged not to indulge in faction-fighting. In her pitch to succeed Mr Corbyn, she said the response to anti-Semitism had been \"woeful\".\n\nShe promised to challenge Boris Johnson with \"passion and precision\" and argued that the best way for Labour to win back lost voters was by being \"brave and bold\" rather than \"trying to look all ways\".\n\nMs Nandy has represented the safe Labour constituency of Wigan since entering Parliament after the 2010 general election.\n\nShe served as shadow energy secretary during the first year of Mr Corbyn's leadership, but was among a clutch of shadow ministers to quit their posts in 2016 following the Brexit referendum.\n\nShe advocated remaining in the EU during the referendum campaign, but voted for the PM's Brexit deal in October and has argued the party's pledge to hold another referendum after renegotiating the deal alienated voters in Leave-supporting areas.\n\nShe has been urging her party to concentrate on winning support in smaller towns, and suggested it should move its headquarters outside London.\n\nMs Nandy's announcement comes after Jess Phillips joined the leadership race on Friday, stating that \"something has to change\" and \"more honesty\" in politics was required.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jess Phillips: Labour members are \"ready to try something different\".\n\nMs Phillips, a vocal critic of Mr Corbyn's leadership, acknowledged the campaign \"won't necessarily be an easy fight\" for her, but said she thought Labour members were \"ready to try something different\".\n\nThe Birmingham Yardley MP added that Labour needed a leader who would \"truly speak truth to power\" and be able to \"take on\" Mr Johnson.\n\nThere will also be an election for a new deputy leader, with shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon, shadow equalities minister Dawn Butler and shadow Europe minister Khalid Mahmood confirming they intend to run.\n\nShadow education secretary Angela Rayner has also received the backing of Ms Long-Bailey for the deputy post.\n\nUnder current rules, would-be candidates for both the leader and deputy leader roles must first be nominated by more than 20 MPs.\n\nThey must also secure nominations from at least 5% of Labour's constituency parties or three affiliated bodies - two of which must be trade unions.", "Amazon Employees for Climate Justice lead a walkout at the company's headquarters in Seattle in September\n\nA group of Amazon employees has said the company has threatened to fire some of them for speaking out on environmental issues.\n\nAmazon Employees for Climate Justice said the workers were told they were in violation of company policies.\n\nIt comes after employees joined calls for the e-commerce giant to do more to tackle climate change.\n\nThe company said its policy on employees making public comments is not new and covers all of its workers.\n\nIn a Twitter post, the group said some employees had been contacted by Amazon's legal and human resources teams and questioned about public comments they had made.\n\nThe statement went on to say: \"Some workers then received follow-up emails threatening termination if they continue to speak about Amazon's business.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post by Amazon Employees For Climate Justice\n\nAmazon told the BBC the rules were not new, adding: \"We recently updated the policy and related approval process to make it easier for employees to participate in external activities such as speeches, media interviews, and use of the company's logo.\"\n\nIt continued: \"As with any company policy, employees may receive a notification from our HR team if we learn of an instance where a policy is not being followed.\"\n\nAmazon Employees for Climate Justice is a group of the company's workers \"who believe it's our responsibility to ensure our business models don't contribute to the climate crisis\".\n\nThe group has called on Amazon to achieve zero emissions by 2030, limit its work with fossil fuel companies, and stop funding for politicians and lobbyists who deny the existence of climate change.\n\nAmazon, like many other big companies, has faced increasing pressure from both the public and its own workers to take bolder steps to address its impact on the environment.\n\nIn May thousands of Amazon employees used the company's annual shareholders meeting to call on chief executive Jeff Bezos to formulate a broad climate change initiative for the business.\n\nThat proposal was rejected by shareholders. But the following September, Mr Bezos announced plans for the company to be completely powered by renewable energy by 2030 and have net zero carbon emissions by 2040.\n\nThe day after that announcement, more than 1,000 workers left their desks to join the Global Climate Strike, as well as protesting against Amazon's environmental policies.", "Stormzy has scored the first number one of the decade, as his song Own It climbs to the top of the singles chart.\n\nThe track is a collaboration with Burna Boy and Ed Sheeran, and earns Stormzy his third UK number one in 12 months, knocking Ellie Goulding off the top.\n\nBut it follows a Twitter spat this week between Stormzy and fellow rapper Wiley over the song.\n\nWiley criticised Stormzy for working with Sheeran, whom he had once said was using grime music to gain \"clout\".\n\nAnd he suggested that the only reason Jay-Z wanted to work with Stormzy on a different track was because of his association with Sheeran.\n\nSpeaking to Radio 1's Scott Mills about Wiley, Stormzy said: \"I don't think we'll be meeting up anytime soon. I think he just gets a bit 'woop' and then he hits the old social media. Obviously, when you get 'wooped' you're not meant to tweet.\n\n\"It's like a drunk uncle, it's like 'aw uncle, come on man... get back to bed'.\"\n\nStormzy added he felt bad that Sheeran was being dragged into the online argument.\n\n\"This is why it's even worse, because Ed's the kindest, nicest soul ever. He's just trying to travel the world and he's probably getting notifications,\" he explained. \"But I said 'don't worry I'll do all the trolling'. I don't mind trolling Wiley, he loves it.\"\n\nStormzy's previous number ones in the UK include Vossi Bop and Take Me Back To London, the latter another collaboration with Sheeran,\n\nThe last British rapper to score three chart-topping singles in the space of 12 months was Dizzee Rascal more than a decade ago.\n\nHe landed a trio of chart-toppers with Holiday, Dirtee Disco and Shout between September 2009 and June 2010.", "Last updated on .From the section Championship\n\nWayne Rooney captained Derby County to victory on his debut for the Rams and set up their first goal as they beat Championship strugglers Barnsley.\n\nJack Marriott atoned for a number of squandered chances at Pride Park when he poked home Rooney's free-kick just before half-time to put the Rams ahead.\n\nBarnsley levelled soon after the break when Elliot Simoes tapped in after Derby goalkeeper Ben Hamer spilled Conor Chaplin's shot.\n\nMartyn Waghorn restored Derby's lead when he fired home Andre Wisdom's low cross and the hosts held on for victory.\n\nRooney, whose last game was at the end of October for DC United, played the full 90 minutes in the centre of midfield.\n\nDerby remain 17th in a tight table but move level on points with Middlesbrough, while Barnsley are three points off safety in 23rd.\n\nRams manager Phillip Cocu had no hesitation putting 34-year-old Rooney straight into the starting XI and making him captain, citing his \"leadership\" qualities.\n\nHaving joined the club on an 18-month player-coach deal in August, the former England captain was ineligible to play until January.\n\nIn a subdued but comfortable first-half performance, Rooney pulled the strings and finally gave a crowd of 27,782 reason to celebrate as he assisted the hosts' opener with an excellent inswinging free-kick.\n\nFrom midway inside Barnsley's half, Rooney bent the ball over the defence and onto the foot of Marriott who finished first time from 12 yards.\n\nHe also played a part in their second goal, sending a lovely cross-field pass to Wisdom who then set up Waghorn.\n\nRooney even had the chance to mark his debut with a goal, but miscued a header from a few yards out and the ball dribbled wide.\n\nAfter struggling for form this term, Derby started the match closer to the Championship relegation zone than the play-off places, but their win moved them to eight points off sixth place.\n\nMonday's win against Charlton was their first victory in eight games, with Rooney in the dugout as a coach for seven of those matches.\n\nEngland's all-time record goalscorer, Rooney won the Premier League five times, the Champions League, the FA Cup and three League Cups in 13 years with Manchester United and is now off to a winning start in his first spell in England's second tier.\n\nBefore Rooney set up the opener for Marriott, the striker missed a couple of glaring opportunities. First, he fired wide of the mark from Waghorn's delivery before he chipped a tame shot from distance wide after bursting through on goal.\n\nHaving started the game poorly, Barnsley were reinvigorated when boss Gerhard Struber made an early tactical change by bringing Simoes on for Mike Bahre after just 26 minutes.\n\nThey were almost rewarded just before Marriott's opener when Mads Andersen found space at close range, forcing a last-minute block from a Derby defender.\n\nBarnsley keeper Sam Radlinger made a stunning diving right-handed save to keep out Matt Clarke's header shortly after the restart and the visitors immediately levelled through Simoes' strike.\n\nHowever, Waghorn's composed finish ensured the hosts registered two wins in a row for the first time this season.\n\nRooney told BBC Radio Derby that it was important to stay focused despite all the hype around his debut.\n\n\"It was a big night for myself, big night for the club, a lot of excitement, but the main priority tonight was to get three points,\" he said.\n\n\"It feels good to finally make my debut and help the team win.\n\n\"It was a difficult game, I thought Barnsley played well, made it tough for us, but we worked hard, created chances, we could have made it easier for ourselves but we dug in and worked hard until the end.\n\n\"It was a good ball and a great finish from Jack. I'm pleased for Jack because he needed that goal.\"\n• None Attempt missed. Luke Thomas (Barnsley) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Conor Chaplin.\n• None Attempt blocked. Elliot Simoes (Barnsley) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jordan Williams.\n• None Attempt saved. Conor Chaplin (Barnsley) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Luke Thomas.\n• None Attempt blocked. Jacob Brown (Barnsley) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Conor Chaplin.\n• None Duane Holmes (Derby County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Luke Thomas (Barnsley) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Duane Holmes (Derby County) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt missed. Martyn Waghorn (Derby County) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Max Lowe.\n• None Attempt missed. Alex Mowatt (Barnsley) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Luke Thomas. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "The photo of the Duke of Sussex and his son was posted on Instagram on New Year's Eve\n\nA community knitting enterprise in New Zealand has seen its sales go \"off the charts\" after baby Archie was pictured wearing one of their hats.\n\nThe photo of Prince Harry cuddling his son was posted on the royal couple's Instagram account to mark the new year.\n\nIn just a few days the social enterprise Make Give Live received more than ten times the number of orders it normally gets in a whole month.\n\nThe group's co-founder said the photo came as \"a complete surprise\".\n\n\"We had no idea it was going to happen,\" Becky Smith told the BBC, adding that she only realised one of their products had been worn by a royal after she was shown the photo by a member of her knitting group.\n\n\"I don't think we realised what the impact would be in terms of sales. It was just lovely to see our hats being posted and being able to spread our message.\n\n\"We weren't really prepared for the sales that came with it... it just took off like crazy.\"\n\nMake Give Live has received around 450 orders since the photo was posted, while in \"a really good month\" it would only sell around 45 hats, Ms Smith said.\n\nThe social enterprise, which aims to tackle loneliness and improve mental health, currently has 11 knitting groups across New Zealand and around 120 members.\n\nThe groups meet regularly in cafes, community hubs or libraries to knit hats. For each hat sold the organisation donates another to someone in need in New Zealand.\n\nMs Smith said she believed the Duchess of Sussex had been given one of their baby hats as a gift when she visited New Zealand in 2018.\n\nHowever, she realised Meghan then bought two more hats herself - and it was one of these Archie was wearing in the photo.\n\nAt the time Ms Smith said they \"didn't have a clue\" they had sold a hat to the duchess and only realised in hindsight when they saw an order placed from an address in Windsor.\n\nThe group has around 120 members - it may need more to cope with demand\n\nDespite the surge in demand, Ms Smith said the organisation was still accepting orders - although customers would have to wait a bit longer for their hats to be made.\n\nShe added that it was important to ensure the knitting groups remained a \"fun and enjoyable experience\" and to avoid them becoming \"high stress\", with the pressure to knit a large number of hats.\n\nMs Smith said the huge sales would help the organisation set up more groups and give away more hats to those in need.\n\n\"I am very excited and really grateful that they have chosen to showcase our beautiful hat that makes such a difference,\" she said.\n\n\"It's not just any old hat. It's a rather special hat that makes a big impact in many ways.\"", "Neil Nellies was convicted of five sex offences following a trial\n\nA man who sexually abused a 10-year-old girl has been jailed for seven years.\n\nNeil Nellies, 42, who is registered blind, assaulted his young victim, who has since tried to take her own life, and \"stole her childhood\", Liverpool Crown Court heard.\n\nThe crimes took place several years ago in Wilmslow, Cheshire, jurors heard.\n\nNellies, who arrived at court with his guide dog Digby, was told prison rules meant he would not be able to have the dog in jail with him.\n\nInstead, the labrador will be retrained to help another blind person.\n\n\"I have the greatest concern that a man who for five years has had the benefit of a guide dog, giving him his freedom and mobility, will be taken into an environment which is wholly unfamiliar,\" said Nellies' barrister Rachel Shenton.\n\nShe added she did not wish to downplay the effect of Nellies' behaviour on the victim, but \"prison for him will have a devastating impact\".\n\nShe urged Judge Simon Berkson to suspend any jail term, arguing Nellies was already imprisoned by a degenerative eye disease.\n\nNellies can currently make out large shapes but this will deteriorate in time, she said.\n\nBut Judge Berkson refused due to the serious nature of the offences.\n\nHe said the victim \"told her mother's friend that she was not 'her mother's little girl any more'\".\n\n\"You stole that girl's childhood,\" he told Nellies, of Lumley Road, Macclesfield.\n\nJames Coutts, prosecuting, said the victim had suffered serious psychological harm.\n\nNellies, who denied any wrongdoing, was convicted of five serious sexual offences after a trial.\n\nThe court heard how Nellies had previously also suffered a stroke and had mental health issues, an emotionally unstable personality disorder and possible autism.\n\nJudge Berkson ordered Nellies to be placed on the sex offenders register for life and imposed an indefinite sexual harm prevention order and an extra year on licence.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The old brand of Lidl's Frosted Flakes - featuring a cartoon lion - and the new brand\n\nLidl has said it will remove cartoon characters from its own-brand cereals to help parents buy healthy products.\n\nIt hopes that the rebranded packaging, to be introduced in the spring, will alleviate the pressure of children's \"pester power\".\n\nHealth experts welcomed the move but called for government regulations on \"junk food marketing\".\n\nA group of MPs has previously recommended a ban on cartoons on unhealthy foods.\n\nLidl said it will rebrand eight of its own-brand Crownfield products in total, including Choco Shells, which features two cartoon penguins on the box, and Rice Snaps, which is advertised with a grinning cartoon crocodile.\n\nThe new packaging will be free from cartoons.\n\nGeorgina Hall, the retailer's head of corporate social responsibility said it wants to help parents \"make healthy and informed choices\" about the food they buy for their children.\n\n\"We know pester power can cause difficult battles on the shop floor and we're hoping that removing cartoon characters from cereal packaging will alleviate some of the pressure parents are under,\" she said.\n\nShe stressed that the company seeks to make \"good food accessible for everyone\" and \"[help] customers lead healthier lives.\"\n\nAccording to Lidl's website, a serving of its Honey and Peanuts Corn Flakes - which features a cartoon bee on the box - contains 14g of sugar, compared to 0.4g in its regular Corn Flakes.\n\nCaroline Cerny, of the Obesity Health Alliance - a coalition of organisations such as the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and the British Medical Association - welcomed what it called a \"responsible approach\".\n\n\"We know that the use of cartoon characters on sugary products is a marketing technique used by the food industry to put their unhealthy products firmly centre stage in children's minds,\" she said.\n\nHowever, she noted that more needs to be done than one retailer changing a category of products.\n\n\"We need the government to introduce regulations to create a level playing field and protect children from all types of junk food marketing,\" she added.\n\nThe old brand of Lidl's Choco Rice - featuring a cartoon monkey - and the new brand\n\nThe move comes more than a year and a half after the health select committee recommended a ban on cartoons on sugary foods, such as Tony the Tiger and the Milky Bar Kid.\n\nIn October, England's outgoing chief medical officer, Dame Sally Davies, called for extra taxes placed on unhealthy foods to tackle child obesity.\n\nIn her final report, she also called for tighter rules on advertising.\n\nA spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Social Care said: \"It's encouraging to see companies taking action to tackle childhood obesity.\"\n\nIt added that it has reduced the amount of sugar in soft drinks and encouraged physical activity in schools. It said it will \"continue to assess\" the impact of marketing on children.", "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.", "Unbeaten Premier League leaders Liverpool made it a full year without losing in the top flight as Sheffield United were brushed aside at Anfield.\n\nA slice of good fortune enabled the Reds to take an early lead - George Baldock's slip allowing Andy Robertson to set up Mohamed Salah for a simple close-range finish in just the fourth minute.\n\nBut there was nothing fortuitous about their win, which Sadio Mane sealed, finishing at the second attempt after being played in by Salah.\n\nIt maintains the Reds' 13-point advantage at the top of the division after nearest rivals Leicester and Manchester City both won on New Year's Day.\n\nJurgen Klopp's side have dropped just two points from a possible 60 this season.\n\nFor Chris Wilder's side, this was a second successive defeat, but they remain firmly in credit from the first half of their league campaign and sit eighth in the table, just two points off fifth.\n• None 37 games, 89 goals, 101 points - how Liverpool went a year unbeaten in the Premier League\n• None Analysis and reaction from Liverpool's win over Sheffield United\n• None Quiz: Can you name those to play for both Liverpool and Sheff Utd?\n\nLiverpool's 18th consecutive league win and 51st top-flight encounter without defeat in a row at Anfield was another showcase for a side working to near maximum capacity.\n\nDespite Klopp labelling as \"criminal\" a festive fixture schedule that has seen his side play six games in 17 days, the German kept his team changes to a minimum.\n\nHe did have to make a late alteration, bringing James Milner in for the man he originally drafted in to the side, Naby Keita, who injured himself in the warm-up, but it made little discernable difference.\n\nIn fact, Milner was superb as one third of a brilliant midfield unit, along with Jordan Henderson and Georginio Wijnaldum.\n\nTheir work-rate, movement and accuracy of passing provided the platform, with Virgil van Dijk alert and efficient on the rare occasions Sheffield United were allowed a kick in the Liverpool half.\n\nSalah scored one, but he would have had more but for the combination of some excellent reflex saves from Dean Henderson and the woodwork - the Egyptian's chipped second-half cross floating past everyone and hitting the inside of the post.\n\nRoberto Firmino went close to his first Anfield goal since March with a curling effort just past the post and should have got it later in the second half, but failed to connect with Trent Alexander-Arnold's low cross from point-blank range.\n\nIn the end, though, two was more than enough to seal another win and move another step closer to their ultimate goal.\n\nHaving achieved an 'Invincibles' year, Liverpool still have a long way to go to match the 'Invincibles' season achieved by Arsenal in 2003-04.\n\nHowever, it would now take an implosion of unprecedented proportions to deny the Reds a first top-flight title in 30 years.\n\n'No airs and graces, just hard work'\n\nSheffield United enjoyed a stellar 2019 of their own, in which they achieved promotion back to England's top division for the first time since 2007 before exceeding expectation to end the year firmly embedded in the top half of the table.\n\nSuch has been their form under Chris Wilder only three sides in the country had a superior points-per-game record across 2019 - the current Premier League leaders, the top-flight's reigning champions Manchester City and West Brom, who presently have the joint most points in the Championship.\n\nThis is the first time they have suffered back-to-back defeats under Wilder since the start of last season and they have come at the two toughest grounds to visit in the country - Manchester City's Etihad Stadium and Anfield.\n\nWilder prepared his team for Thursday night's daunting match with a final practice session on Stanley Park, the public park next to Anfield, which included one moment when a dog joined them and urinated on one of their cones.\n\nAs the club's official Twitter account put it: \"No airs and graces, just hard work.\"\n\nThere is a lot more to this Sheffield United side than graft, although they were given only fleeting opportunities to demonstrate this at Anfield.\n\nUnited asked more questions of the Reds than most sides this season when they met at Bramall Lane in September, an error from goalkeeper Henderson leading to the game's only goal from Wijnaldum.\n\nThey gave a solid account of themselves here, where there is no shame in defeat - 17 sides have directly preceded them with the same fate, some wilting a lot more readily than the Blades.\n\nDavid McGoldrick has yet to score this season, but he went close soon after Liverpool's opener with an effort that Alisson had to tip over.\n\nAnd John Lundstram had the ball in the net, but long after an offside flag had already ruled any potential goal out.\n\nThey should also have had at least a consolation goal near the end, but somehow substitute Oliver McBurnie failed to poke the ball in from close range at the back post from a low cross.\n\nRare back-to-back defeats for the Blades - the stats\n• None Liverpool have accumulated 58 points from their 20 Premier League games this season; in English top-flight history, only Manchester City in 2017-18 (also 58) have had as many points at this stage of a campaign (assuming three points for a win all-time).\n• None Sheffield United have lost all six of their Premier League matches against sides starting the day top of the table, including both meetings with Liverpool this campaign.\n• None Liverpool scored in their 29th consecutive game in the Premier League; only two teams have ever recorded a longer scoring streak in the competition - Arsenal between 2001 and 2002 (55) and Manchester United between 2007 and 2008 (36).\n• None Sheffield United have lost back-to-back league matches for the first time since they lost both of their opening two games in last season's Championship.\n• None Mohamed Salah's opener (03:25) was the earliest goal scored by Liverpool and conceded by Sheffield United in this season's Premier League. It is the earliest the Blades have conceded in a top-flight match since Andriy Shevchenko for Chelsea in March 2007 (03:02).\n• None Salah became only the fourth player to score 50+ left-footed goals for a single side in the Premier League, after Robbie Fowler (85 for Liverpool), Ryan Giggs (83 for Manchester United) and Robin van Persie (63 for Arsenal).\n• None Sadio Mane's goal was his 100th goal involvement for Liverpool in his 151 appearances in all competitions for the club (74 goals, 26 assists).\n• None Since the start of last season, only his Liverpool team-mate Trent Alexander-Arnold (20) has more Premier League assists than Andy Robertson (17).\n• None Alisson made his 50th Premier League appearance for Liverpool and kept his 26th clean sheet; among goalkeepers in the competition's history, only Petr Cech (33) and Pepe Reina (28) kept more shutouts in their opening 50 starts than the Brazilian.\n\n'The goals were exceptional' - what they said\n\nLiverpool manager Jurgen Klopp speaking to Match of the Day: \"It's obviously good [to go unbeaten for a year] but the target was not to extend this [run], but to win the game. The best thing you can say when you play against Sheffield United is to keep the game not spectacular. We controlled the game.\n\n\"We played around their formation, played behind, in-between, broke the lines and had counter-attacks. All the things we want to have. The boys played sensational.\n\n\"You saw these glimpses in the game where we were a bit sloppy. They wanted two or three situations in which they could score in. We needed that concentration and that was incredibly tough but the boys did so well. Nothing ends. We have to make sure we are ready again.\n\n\"I am really happy and really proud of the boys. We should not take things like this for granted. The way we controlled Sheffield United was exceptional. In possession we were incredible, we were calm but lively as well. The goals we scored were exceptional.\"\n\nSheffield United manager Chris Wilder speaking to Match of the Day: \"Little bit drained - disappointed in our performance tonight, we never laid a glove on them. If there's ever an example of a team doing well and with the desire, that's Liverpool.\n\n\"The first balls, second balls, running forward, tackling, defending, being aggressive; they [Liverpool] showed all those qualities. It's a great example for our team. We were off the pace. Maybe the Manchester City game took more out of them than I expected - our goalkeeper kept us in the game. For us to get anything, we would have had to perform really well and we didn't.\n\n\"Every time we tried to press they played around us with the quality they have got. All the stuff that gets talked about in academies, with young coaches - just look at what they did in terms of the basic stuff that gives you an opportunity to play and dominate. That's what they did to us. Not only technically, but tactically, they are a fantastic side. We have been well beaten.\n\n\"People talk about us having afternoons and nights like this when we came to the Premier League. We have not had that done to us all season until now so that's a small comfort. But it still hurts, we are still professionals. I believe if we played near our best we could have got something but we weren't anywhere near it.\"\n\nLiverpool have a testing January, starting with a Merseyside derby against Everton in the FA Cup on Sunday, before they travel to Tottenham in the league the following Saturday.\n\nSheffield United host National League side AFC Fylde in the Cup, before hosting West Ham in the Premier League on Friday, 10 January.\n• None Attempt saved. Oliver McBurnie (Sheffield United) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Jack O'Connell with a cross.\n• None Attempt blocked. Andrew Robertson (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "A portrait of the Queen with the next three heirs to the throne has been released to mark the start of the new decade.\n\nIt shows the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge and Prince George standing with the Queen at Buckingham Palace.\n\nThe new photograph was taken in the week before Christmas, but has not been published until now.\n\nIt is the second official portrait of the four generations of royals together.\n\nThe Queen, 93, standing at the front of her family, wears a white dress with a blue brooch while holding a handbag on her arm.\n\nHer son, Prince Charles, who is dressed in a pinstripe suit, stands on the first step behind her.\n\nHis arm rests on the shoulder of his six-year-old grandson, who is wearing a pair of green and navy tartan trousers.\n\nPrince William, wearing a dark suit and navy tie, stands with his hands together to the right of his grandmother.\n\nThe photograph was taken by Ranald Mackechnie, who was also responsible for the only other portrait of the four royals together.\n\nA portrait of the four royals was previously released in 2016 to mark the Queen's 90th birthday\n\nIt was released in 2016 to mark the Queen's 90th birthday and was printed on commemorative stamps.\n\nThe latest portrait was taken on December 18 - the same day the four royals were photographed making a Christmas pudding together at the palace.\n\nThe moment, captured in front of a Christmas tree decorated with miniature corgis and crowns, featured in the Queen's Christmas Day message.\n\nThe Queen, Prince Charles, Prince William and Prince George made Christmas puddings last month", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jordi Casamitjana says he's \"really really satisfied\" with the judge's ruling\n\nEthical veganism is a \"philosophical belief\" and so is protected in law, a tribunal has ruled for the first time.\n\nThe landmark legal case was brought by vegan Jordi Casamitjana, who claims he was sacked by the League Against Cruel Sports because of his ethical veganism.\n\nHis former employer says he was dismissed for gross misconduct.\n\nThe judge ruled that ethical vegans should be entitled to similar legal protections in British workplaces as those who hold religious beliefs.\n\nHe is yet to rule on Mr Casamitjana's dismissal - which is due at a later date.\n\nMr Casamitjana, 55, who lives in London, said he was \"extremely happy\" with the ruling - which is ongoing - adding that he hopes fellow vegans \"will benefit\".\n\nThe tribunal centres on his claim that he was sacked by the animal welfare charity League Against Cruel Sports after disclosing it invested pension funds in firms involved in animal testing.\n\nMr Casamitjana says when he drew his bosses' attention to the pension fund investments, they did nothing so he informed colleagues and was sacked as a result.\n\nThe League Against Cruel Sports says it is \"factually wrong\" to link Mr Casamitjana's dismissal to his veganism. The charity did not contest that ethical veganism should be protected.\n\nA vegan is someone who does not eat or use animal products.\n\nSome people choose to simply follow a vegan diet - that is, a plant-based diet avoiding all animal products such as dairy, eggs, honey, meat and fish.\n\nBut ethical vegans try to exclude all forms of animal exploitation from their lifestyle. For instance, they avoid wearing or buying clothing made from wool or leather, or toiletries from companies that carry out animal testing.\n\n\"Religion or belief\" is one of nine \"protected characteristics\" covered by the Equality Act 2010.\n\nThe judge Robin Postle ruled that ethical veganism qualifies as a philosophical belief under the Equality Act 2010 by satisfying several tests - including that it is worthy of respect in a democratic society, not incompatible with human dignity and not conflicting with the fundamental rights of others.\n\nAt the tribunal in Norwich on Friday, the judge said in his ruling that ethical veganism was \"important\" and \"worthy\" of respect in a democratic society.\n\nHe said: \"I am satisfied overwhelmingly that ethical veganism does constitute a philosophical belief.\"\n\nThough a ruling from an employment tribunal does not amount to binding legal precedent, this one will have important and far-reaching effects.\n\nEmployers will have to respect ethical veganism and make sure they do not discriminate against employees for their beliefs.\n\nSo, for example, could a worker on a supermarket checkout refuse to put a meat product through the till?\n\nThe implications are considerable, not least because the legal protection will apply beyond employment, in areas such as education and the supply of goods and services.\n\nIt could also encourage others to seek similar protection for their philosophical beliefs.\n\nWhile this is the first case concerning ethical veganism, a previous tribunal ruled that a strongly held belief in climate change amounted to a philosophical belief capable of protecting someone against discrimination in their employment.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC outside the tribunal, Mr Casamitjana said he was \"extremely happy\".\n\n\"I'm really, really satisfied and I hope all the vegans out there that have been supporting me - there have been many helping me in my crowdfunding - I hope they now feel their little donation has been properly used and all the vegans will benefit.\"\n\nHe added: \"Veganism is a philosophical belief and when you look at my life and anybody else's life who is an ethical vegan, you will see it.\n\n\"This is a positive belief, it's not a negative belief. And therefore a positive belief is bound to be protected.\"\n\nMr Casamitjana supports a range of ethical and animal rights causes\n\nHe added that he is \"passionate\" about veganism, which \"gives you hope\". Mr Casamitjana also said he was feeling \"optimistic\" for the ruling on his dismissal.\n\nMr Casamitjana describes himself as an ethical vegan and campaigns to get his message to others.\n\nHis beliefs affect much of his everyday life. He will, for instance, walk rather than take a bus to avoid accidental crashes with insects or birds.\n\nPeter Daly, the solicitor for Mr Casamitjana, said the ramifications of this judgement for companies that employ vegan staff are \"potentially significant\".\n\nHe said any abuse directed at ethical vegans \"might be seen to be harassment in the same way a racist or sexist slur might be discriminatory action\".\n\nActing for the League Against Cruel Sports, Rhys Wyborn, from the law firm Shakespeare Martineau, said: \"Although an interesting point of law, this hearing was preparation for the real crux of the matter: why Jordi Casamitjana was dismissed.\n\n\"In view of its animal welfare value, the League did not contest the issue of whether ethical veganism itself should be a protected belief, with the League maintaining that it's irrelevant to the core reason for the dismissal.\"\n\nThe tribunal will next consider whether Mr Casamitjana was treated less favourably because of his ethical veganism belief.\n\nReligion and belief is one of nine protected characteristics under the Equality Act. The others are age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, sex and sexual orientation.", "Authorities in New South Wales have ordered thousands of people to evacuate already fire-damaged towns within 48 hours.\n\nTemperatures and winds are expected to increase over the weekend, making further life-threatening fires a possibility. Many towns in the area are running out of supplies.\n\nIn Batemans Bay, a popular holiday town, long queues have built up along the only route out.\n\nRead more: Race to flee 'leave zone' as fresh threat looms", "Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran has announced she is pansexual and in a relationship with a woman.\n\nThe MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, who previously only had relationships with men, told PinkNews she is in a relationship with ex-Lib Dem press officer Rosy Cobb.\n\nPansexuality describes those who are attracted to a person regardless of their sex or gender.\n\n\"It's about the person themselves,\" said Ms Moran,\n\nSpeaking to the PinkNews website, Ms Moran - a potential candidate to become the next Lib Dem leader - also criticised Parliament as a \"weird, backwards place\" for LGBTQ people.\n\nShe said coming out in the context of being an MP had been \"slightly more difficult\" than telling her friends and family.\n\nThe MP also shared a picture of herself and Ms Cobb on Twitter, writing that she is now \"just happy\".\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 Layla Moran 🔶 🏳️‍🌈 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\"It was really wonderful on the one hand, but also quite surprising for me in how I had identified before,\" she said.\n\n\"I feel now is the time to talk about it, because as an MP I spend a lot of my time defending our community and talking about our community. I want people to know I am part of our community as well.\"\n\nShe said her family and friends have been supportive, but some people had suggested being in a same-sex relationship could damage her career.\n\n\"They definitely would not have said anything like that had she been a man,\" she added.\n\n\"Parliament is a weird, backwards place. I don't know if there's any other (MPs) who would identify as pansexual, and not that many who identify as bisexual - there are a few women who are brilliant role models who have come out in their lesbian relationships.\"\n\nMs Moran, who did not rule out running to take over as Lib Dem leader, was asked to describe pansexuality to someone who is not familiar with the term.\n\n\"Pansexuality, to me, means it doesn't matter about the physical attributions of the person you fall in love with, it's about the person themselves,\" she said.\n\n\"It doesn't matter if they're a man or a woman or gender non-conforming, it doesn't matter if they identify as gay or not.\n\n\"In the end, these are all things that don't matter - the thing that matters is the person, and that you love the person.\"\n\nAccording to the charity the LGBT Foundation, pansexuality is different from bisexuality - but they are not mutually exclusive and some people identify as both.\n\n\"Being bisexual means being attracted to more than one gender, while being pansexual means being attracted to people regardless of gender,\" the foundation said.\n\n\"Pansexuality is included under the bisexual umbrella, which covers anyone who experiences sexual or romantic attraction to more than one gender.\"\n\nMeanwhile, charity Stonewall says pansexual \"refers to a person whose romantic and/or sexual attraction towards others is not limited by sex or gender\" - and bisexual people may also describe themselves as pansexual.", "Prince William visited West Bromwich Albion last year as part of the Heads Up mental health campaign\n\nA short film narrated by the Duke of Cambridge will be played at FA Cup matches to encourage football fans to look after their mental health.\n\nThe film will be played in stadiums just before kick-off at every FA Cup third round match this weekend.\n\nKick-off for all 32 fixtures will be delayed for 60 seconds to prompt fans to consider their well-being.\n\nIt will also be broadcast to those watching the games at home on TV.\n\nThe film is a collaboration between Public Health England's (PHE) Every Mind Matters and the Football Association and Heads Together's Heads Up campaign.\n\nPrince William, who is president of the FA, says in the film: \"In life, as in football, we all go through highs and lows.\n\n\"We can all sometimes feel anxious or stressed. At moments even the little things can seem a struggle. But we can all start to change things.\n\n\"Every Mind Matters and Heads Up will show you the simple steps you can take to look after your mental health - helping to boost your mood, improve your sleep and feel ready for life's ups and downs.\"\n\nDele Alli and Son Heung-min are among the footballers who feature in the film\n\nThe duke said the Heads Up campaign aims to use football \"to spread to message that we all have mental health, just as we all have physical health\".\n\nDuncan Selbie, chief executive of PHE, said the new film was \"a fantastic opportunity to bring the football community together\" for a conversation about mental health.\n\nThe Heads Together initiative was launched in 2016 by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Duke of Sussex, with the aim to end the stigma around mental health.\n\nEvery Mind Matters has invited fans to create their own personal mental health action plan as part of the campaign.\n• None Every Mind Matters - One You The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The bodies of Helen Hancock and Martin Griffiths were found by police on New Year's Day\n\nAn estranged husband has been charged with murdering his wife and a man who were stabbed at a house in a Derbyshire village on New Year's Day.\n\nHelen Hancock, 39, and Martin Griffiths, 48, were found with fatal wounds in New Zealand Lane, Duffield.\n\nRhys Hancock, 39, of Portland Street, Etwall, Derbyshire, is due to appear before magistrates on Friday.\n\nDerbyshire Police has referred itself to the police watchdog over previous contact with Mrs Hancock.\n\nMrs Hancock, whose maiden name was Almey, and Mr Griffiths, from Derby, were found dead at the house at about 04:00 GMT.\n\nThe family of Mrs Hancock, from Duffield, described her as a \"lovely, beautiful, friendly, bubbly and social person\".\n\nFather-of-two Mr Griffiths, from Derby, was said by his family to be \"a lovely dad, husband, son, brother and uncle who had a passion for adventure, running and a love of animals\".\n\nThe statement added: \"He enjoyed travelling the world, mountain climbing and spending time with his two children. He will be greatly missed.\"\n\nPolice cordoned off the area while investigating the scene\n\nOfficers remained at the house on Thursday, with searches and door-to-door inquiries taking place.\n\nPolice previously said no-one else was at the house at the time.\n\nCh Supt Hayley Barnett, of Derbyshire Police, said: \"The thoughts of everyone at Derbyshire Constabulary are with the family and friends of Mrs Hancock and Mr Griffiths.\n\n\"Our thoughts are also with the Duffield community, which is understandably shocked by this incident.\"\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) confirmed it was investigating police contact with Mrs Hancock before her death.\n\nAn IOPC spokeswoman said: \"Our investigation follows a mandatory referral from Derbyshire Police.\n\n\"Due to the separate ongoing murder investigation, it would be inappropriate to comment further at this time.\"\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.", "Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison cut short a visit to a fire-stricken community after he was heckled by angry locals.\n\nTwo people lost their lives in Cobargo in New South Wales (NSW) earlier this week and many lost their homes.\n\nThe PM said he was \"not surprised people are feeling very raw\".", "The son of a volunteer who died fighting Australian bushfires has been presented with his father's medal for bravery at his funeral.\n\nHarvey Keaton, aged 19 months, wore a uniform and sucked on his dummy as he received his father's posthumous medal at Thursday's funeral near Sydney.\n\nDozens of firefighters formed a guard of honour to salute Mr Keaton's coffin.\n\nHe and colleague Andrew O'Dwyer died on 19 December en route to a blaze, when their fire truck hit a fallen tree.\n\nMr O'Dwyer, also father to a toddler, will be buried next week.\n\nThe bravery award was presented to young Harvey Keaton by New South Wales Fire Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison also attended the funeral.\n\nThe prime minister said he was there to \"remember and give thanks for the life and service of Geoff Keaton\".\n\nPhotos released by the New South Wales Rural Fire Service showed the toddler being held by his mother as they look at the coffin. A mug with the message \"Daddy, I love you to the moon and back!\" is seen on the coffin.\n\nThe ceremony was attended by Mr Keaton's family and his colleagues in the rural fire service\n\nMr Keaton was one of three Australian firefighters killed in the recent fires\n\nIn addition to Mr Keaton and Mr O'Dwyer, another firefighter died on Monday when high winds overturned his truck, killing one and injuring two others.\n\nSince September, a total 18 people have died as a result of the fires - seven of them in New South Wales this week alone. Others are missing.\n\nThousands of firefighters have been deployed every day for months, battling enormous fires that have yet to be brought under control. The vast majority are unpaid volunteers.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "The bodies of Helen Hancock and Martin Griffiths were found by police on New Year's Day\n\nAn estranged husband has appeared in court charged with murdering his wife and her new partner at a house in Derbyshire on New Year's Day.\n\nHelen Hancock, 39, and Martin Griffiths, 48, were found by police in New Zealand Lane, Duffield.\n\nRhys Hancock did not enter a plea at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court and was remanded in custody.\n\nThe 39-year-old, of Portland Street, Etwall, is due to appear at Derby Crown Court on Monday.\n\nThe court heard Mr Griffiths was found dead in a bedroom when police arrived at the property, while Mrs Hancock was gravely injured and paramedics battled unsuccessfully for 15 minutes to save her.\n\nProsecutor Jeanette Stevenson said Mr and Mrs Hancock had separated \"some time ago\" and described Mr Griffiths as her \"new partner\".\n\nMr Hancock is accused of killing his wife and her new partner\n\nFurther tributes have been paid to Mr Griffiths and Mrs Hancock, following statements from their families on Thursday.\n\nA statement on behalf of Fountains High School in Burton-upon-Trent, where Mrs Hancock worked as a teacher, said staff and students were \"all deeply saddened\" by her death.\n\n\"She was a well-liked member of staff who made a real difference to the pupils she taught here at school,\" the statement said.\n\nFlowers have been left outside the house where the pair died\n\nChris West, director of design agency 22 Create Ltd, where Mr Griffiths worked in marketing, said he was \"a highly valued colleague\" and a \"good friend to us all\".\n\n\"This has come as a huge shock to us all,\" he added.\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct confirmed it was investigating contact between Derbyshire Police and Mrs Hancock before her death, following a referral by the force.\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.", "State TV has used a black ribbon as a mark of mourning\n\nThe death of Qasem Soleimani dominates Iranian media, with the state broadcaster draping his image with a black ribbon of mourning and repeating threats by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to inflict \"severe revenge\" on the United States.\n\nAll government TV channels are running tributes to the \"glorious martyr\" and commander of the elite Quds Force, who was killed in a US drone strike at Baghdad Airport.\n\nThey highlight his role in the wars in Iraq and Syria in particular, where he came to international prominence for leading Iran's military assistance.\n\nThe IRINN rolling news channel and international Press TV have been broadcasting archive footage of Soleimani, emphasising his closeness to Ayatollah Khamenei and his leadership in conflict zones.\n\nTV coverage includes reaction from Iranian diplomats and commentators, all naturally taking the official line that the United States should expect retribution.\n\nOne Tehran University professor repeatedly warned Western civilians, especially Americans, to \"leave the Middle East at once\". The fact that he did so in English on Press TV added immediacy to the threat.\n\nHe was one of several analysts on both domestic and international channels to predict that the killing \"heralds the end of a US presence in the region\".\n\nSome officials openly expressed their grief - Ramezan Sharif, the spokesman for the Revolutionary Guards, broke down on live TV and was comforted by a clearly moved reporter.\n\nGeneral Sharif later recovered his composure sufficiently to issue a threat to Israel, which various Iranian officials have accused of helping co-ordinate the drone attack.\n\n\"The joy of the Americans and the Zionists [Israel] will not last long, and will turn to mourning,\" he announced, adding that the Revolutionary Guards will not be stopped by the death of one man.\n\n\"The determination to take revenge on the usurper Zionists and criminal will be all the greater,\" he said, as the Guards will \"open a new chapter\" with many eager to continue Soleimani's legacy.\n\nThe main news channels showed a live gathering at a mosque in Gilan Province, where the preacher reassured worshippers that \"the best death is martyrdom for God\" and that \"great men prefer martyrdom to death by natural causes, cancer, accidents or old age\".\n\nAs the day went on, the TV channels aired high-profile Friday Prayers preachers who concentrated on the themes of revenge and continuing Soleimani's work,\n\nPro-government social media have been echoing the official response of grief and pledges of vengeance, with the Persian hashtag #severerevenge trending since news of Soleimani's death was confirmed.\n\nThe Khabar Fouri Telegram channel posted a bloody image of a bullet-ridden Revolutionary Guards uniform bearing his name, and former Guards commander Mohsen Rezaie tweeted that Iran would take \"firm revenge on America\".\n\nLeading military reporter Hossein Dalirian tweeted that he \"can't stop crying\".\n\nBut other voices on social media rejoiced at Gen Soleimani's death.\n\nShahed Alavi, a journalist based abroad, tweeted \"Today I'm a Syrian child screaming out the names of all the 500,000 people who died in the Syrian civil war, and after every name I will say: The architect of the bloody crackdown, the architect of the great massacre, has been killed\".\n\nAnother drew parallels with reports that Iranian officials had demanded money for the return of the remains of protesters killed in the November anti-government demonstrations.\n\n\"I hope they charge Iran 40 million dollars to send the body back, then charge Iran for the rocket that killed him,\" he tweeted.\n\nVideo tributes try to highlight the martial and human aspect of Qasem Soleimani\n\nBBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from TV, radio, web and print media around the world. You can follow BBC Monitoring on Twitter and Facebook.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jess Phillips: Labour members are \"ready to try something different\".\n\nJess Phillips has announced that she is joining the race to replace Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader.\n\nThe Birmingham Yardley MP joins shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry and shadow treasury minister Clive Lewis as confirmed candidates.\n\nOther MPs considering a leadership bid include Sir Keir Starmer, Rebecca Long Bailey and Lisa Nandy.\n\nMr Corbyn is due to stand down in the wake of the party's election defeat last month.\n\nAnnouncing her leadership bid in Grimsby, where Labour lost to the Conservatives at the election, Ms Phillips said that \"something has to change\" and that she was standing \"because I think that we need more honesty in politics\".\n\nShe acknowledged the campaign \"won't necessarily be an easy fight\" for her, but she thought Labour members were \"ready to try something different\".\n\nMs Phillips, a vocal critic of Mr Corbyn's leadership, said Labour needed a leader who would \"truly speak truth to power\" and be able to \"take on\" Prime Minister Boris Johnson.\n\n\"I'm able to reach people... and I'm able to get people to trust me even when they don't agree with me, and I think that's what politics needs.\"\n\nIn a statement, she said Labour would be in \"big trouble\" if it failed to win back support among its traditional base of working-class voters.\n\nMs Phillips also criticised the party's \"woeful\" response to anti-Semitism cases within the party.\n\nAnd she warned the party against \"trying to please everyone\", which she said had usually meant \"we have pleased no-one\".\n\nUnder current rules, would-be candidates for both the leader and deputy leader roles must first be nominated by more than 20 MPs.\n\nThey must also secure nominations from at least 5% of Labour's constituency parties or three affiliated bodies - two of which must be trade unions.\n\nA timetable for the leadership election - and any rule changes - are set to be decided by the party's National Executive Committee (NEC) on Monday.\n\nThose contenders who - according to the admittedly limited polling we have - are more popular with the current left-wing membership would benefit from a more restricted timetable for the leadership contest.\n\nControl of the NEC in recent years has moved to the left, so it's unlikely the committee will want to be overly helpful to, say, arch-Corbyn critic Jess Phillips.\n\nBut a restricted timetable wouldn't just potentially help Rebecca Long-Bailey, who has been dubbed by critics as a \"continuity Corbyn candidate\".\n\nIt would likely also favour Sir Keir Starmer, whose pro-EU referendum stance and effective parliamentary performances seem to have, thus far, endeared him to a chunk of the largely pro-Remain membership.\n\nAt 38 years old, Ms Phillips is the youngest Labour MP to enter the leadership contest so far. She is also likely to be the only contender never to have held a position in the cabinet or shadow cabinet.\n\nShe has campaigned against Brexit, despite her Birmingham Yardley constituency, which she has represented since becoming an MP in 2015, opting for Leave in the 2016 referendum.\n\nShadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer and shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey have said they are considering running.\n\nWigan MP Lisa Nandy - who resigned from the shadow cabinet in 2016 after the Brexit referendum - is also considering throwing her hat into the ring.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watson: I'm not the one to do Labour's post-mortem\n\nThere will also be an election for a new deputy leader, with shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon announcing his candidacy on Twitter, and shadow education secretary Angela Rayner receiving the backing of Ms Long-Bailey.\n\nEarlier, former deputy leader Tom Watson said the new leader's \"first task\" will be to explain why the party has not won an election for a decade.\n\nHe added that shadow cabinet members wanting to succeed Mr Corbyn will face \"particular pressure\" over the party's last manifesto.", "The off-duty officer answered the front door of his County Fermanagh home when the incident happened\n\nPolice believe \"organised criminal elements\" were behind the attempted murder of an off-duty officer in County Fermanagh on Thursday.\n\nThe officer was at home near Kesh when he was confronted at his front door by a masked man with a shotgun at about 02:00 GMT.\n\nMark Lindsay, chairman of the Police Federation, said the man pointed the gun at the officer and tried to fire.\n\nHowever, he said \"for some reason\" the gun did not go off.\n\nPolice said the officer had noticed movement outside his property in the Rosscah Road and Crevenish Road area, and went to the front door to investigate.\n\nThe suspect, described as being dressed entirely in black, fled on foot across nearby fields, close to a football club after the attack.\n\nPolice said they \"firmly believe that this disturbing incident was a failed attempt to kill a local police officer\".\n\nMr Lindsay said it was a \"worrying development\".\n\n\"I think this is a new departure, if this is the case, criminals are trying to confront police officers at their own homes and it isn't something we see a lot of,\" he said.\n\n\"We have to be looking at the PSNI to look at all lines here and see if they can nip this in the bud quickly.\"\n\nDet Ch Insp Julie Mullan said investigators were \"keeping an open mind\" on the motive but that the \"primary line of enquiry is that organised criminal elements may be responsible\".\n\n\"There are no words to describe those who would creep through the dark of night with nothing but death and destruction on their minds,\" she added.\n\nMark Lindsay said the attack was \"appalling and cowardly\"\n\n\"Their action stand in stark contrast to those officers, including their intended target, who everyday police our communities with dignity, respect and courtesy.\"\n\nThe police have appealed for information.\n\nMr Lindsay said it was \"an appalling and cowardly act\" and the officer was fortunate to escape unhurt.\n\n\"From the information I have and from speaking to him, I believe that a shotgun-type weapon was pointed at him and an attempt made to fire that shotgun,\" he said.\n\n\"For some reason the gun hasn't gone off - nobody knows why that is.\"\n\n\"There should be no place for this type of Mafia-style behaviour,\" he added.\n\nPoliticians have also condemned the incident.", "Boris Johnson was not warned about the US airstrike in Iraq that killed a top Iranian general, the BBC understands.\n\nThe UK has 400 troops based in the Middle East and works alongside US forces in the region.\n\nBut President Donald Trump did not tell the UK PM about the attack he ordered that killed Qasem Soleimani on Friday.\n\nLabour leader Jeremy Corbyn has asked Mr Johnson to confirm what the UK was told before the airstrike.\n\nIn a letter to the prime minister, he asked whether, if it had been informed in advance, the government had expressed its opposition to the attack.\n\nHe also requested an urgent meeting of the privy council to discuss the airstrike's consequences, and asked what the government was doing to ensure the safety of UK nationals.\n\nMeanwhile Tory MP Tom Tugendhat said there was a \"pattern\" from the current White House not to share details with its allies, which was a \"matter of concern\".\n\nThe former chairman of the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee added: \"I have long believed the purpose of having allies is so we can surprise our enemies, not each other.\"\n\nThe death of Gen Soleimani \"will certainly be a huge blow to the Iranian regime\", but will \"doubtless have consequences\" elsewhere, Mr Tugendhat told BBC News.\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab did speak to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday, although the time of the call is not known.\n\nMr Pompeo tweeted that he was \"thankful that our allies recognise the continuing aggressive threats posed by the Iranian Quds Force\".\n\nMr Raab also issued a statement, urging \"all parties to de-escalate\" after the killing of Gen Soleimani.\n\nHe said the UK \"recognised the aggressive threat\" Gen Soleimani posed, but \"further conflict is in none of our interests\".\n\nThe Foreign and Commonwealth Office has warned British nationals to avoid any rallies, marches, or processions in Iran over the three days of national mourning the country has called for Gen Soleimani.\n\nAs well as troops, there are around 400 British personnel based in Iraq - where the strike took place.\n\nThe troops are there to train Iraqi forces tackling an Islamic State insurgency.\n\nBBC security correspondent Frank Gardner earlier said he did not think anyone in the UK was given an indication the air strike was going to take place, adding: \"My sense is this has caught the British government largely by surprise.\"\n\nThe killing of Gen Soleimani marks a major escalation in tensions between Washington and Tehran.\n\nIran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said \"severe revenge awaits the criminals\" behind the attack, but a statement from the Pentagon said Gen Soleimani \"was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region\".\n\nLabour leader Jeremy Corbyn said earlier that the \"US assassination\" was an \"extremely serious and dangerous escalation\".\n\nMr Corbyn said the UK \"should urge restraint\" from both Iran and the US - and called for the government to \"stand up to the belligerent actions and rhetoric coming from the United States\".\n\nHe added: \"All countries in the region and beyond should seek to ratchet down the tensions to avoid deepening conflict, which can only bring further misery to the region, 17 years on from the disastrous invasion of Iraq.\"\n\nThe acting leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Ed Davey, said Iran was governed by \"a brutal regime\", but accused President Trump of \"yet again radically and recklessly escalated tensions in an area where peace-keeping was already on a knife edge\".\n\nHe called for an immediate statement from Boris Johnson about the UK's position, adding: \"The UK should not automatically follow whatever position the Trump administration takes, but work with a broader group of concerned states at the United Nations.\"\n\nOther UK MPs have been reacting to the incident on Twitter.\n\nLabour's shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry said: \"For two years, I've warned about Trump's reckless lurch towards war with Iran. Last night's attack takes us even closer to the brink.\n\n\"Those of us who marched against the Iraq War must be ready to march again, and ensure we are not dragged into this morass.\"\n\nGreen Party MP Caroline Lucas called for the UK government to condemn the killing and \"work with colleagues in the US to counter Trump's reckless and dangerous foreign policy\".\n\nAnd the deputy leader of Northern Ireland's Alliance Party, Stephen Farry, said it was \"time for cooler heads\".", "Rage Against The Machine, Travis Scott and Frank Ocean will headline Coachella festival this year.\n\nIt's the first time since 2016 without a female headliner - Lady Gaga, Beyonce and Ariana Grande have each had a slot in the past three years.\n\nThe Californian festival is held over two weekends each April with the same line-up appearing over both of them.\n\nLana Del Rey and Megan Thee Stallion and Summer Walker are among the female performers.\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 Coachella 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 line-up features a lot of British artists - from FKA Twigs and Lewis Capaldi to Calvin Harris, Slowthai, Dave and Yungblud.\n\nThom Yorke will be performing but without Radiohead, who headlined the festival in 2017. Next to his name is \"Tomorrow's Modern Boxes\" - a solo album from 2014.\n\nRun The Jewels, Rex Orange County, DaBaby and Flume are just a few of the other acts performing.\n\nHeadliner Frank Ocean hasn't performed at Coachella since 2012, before the release of debut album Channel Orange.\n\nThings are slightly different for him now - he's one of the 2010s' biggest acts and so popular that after rumours of an appearance at Camp Flog Gnaw festival, Drake was booed off stage when he came out instead of him.\n\nNicki Minaj, Diddy, Justin Bieber and NSYNC joined Ariana Grande on stage last year\n\nThe singer hasn't toured since the release of 2017's Blonde.\n\nRage Against The Machine meanwhile are headlining for the third time after doing the honours for the first-ever Coachella in 1999, and reuniting to do it again in 2007.\n\nChildish Gambino, Tame Impala and Ariana Grande were the top names for last year's festival, with Kanye West bringing his gospel Sunday Service sound on the Sunday as well.\n\nThe first weekend of Coachella is already sold out, with presale registration for the second weekend now open.\n\nCoachella takes place on the weekends of 10 and 17 April.\n\nBeyonce is one of only the four solo female headliners in Coachella's 20-year history.\n\nDespite Lady Gaga, Beyonce and Ariana Grande delivering consecutive must-see headline Coachella sets since 2016, it appears to be a short-lived tradition.\n\nThe festival has upped the number of female acts on the top tier of the line-up in recent years, a trend which continues into 2020.\n\nBut many will argue it's a missed opportunity to not give the likes of Lana Del Rey or FKA Twigs the chance to headline - especially given they released two of the most critically-acclaimed albums of last year.\n\nAlthough other festivals, including the teams behind Glastonbury and Spain's Primavera, have pledged for more gender-balanced line-ups, Coachella organisers haven't addressed calls for more female acts to be topping the bill.\n\nThat said, there's no denying there will still be excitement around some of the headliners.\n\nRage Against The Machine will only play a handful of smaller reunion shows before Coachella and Travis Scott has already been announced at several other festivals around his set, but Frank Ocean's appearance will gain a lot of attention for this year's festival.\n\nHe cancelled a run of shows in 2017, including four festival headline slots, around the release of his second album Blonde.\n\nThis time though, given the fact that (at the moment) this is his only confirmed show for 2020 and it doesn't come off the back of one of the most anticipated albums of the decade, the performance in April will be more manageable.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Testicular cancer can be treated successfully with fewer rounds of toxic chemotherapy drugs, doctors say.\n\nA study on 246 patients, reported in the journal European Urology, showed a single cycle of chemo was just as effective as the standard two cycles.\n\nBut the \"shorter, kinder and cheaper\" approach reduced the side-effects for cancer patients, scientists said.\n\nExperts believe having less chemotherapy would make a \"huge difference\" to quality of life.\n\nTesticular cancer is quite rare, affecting around 2,400 people in the UK each year.\n\nHowever, it is unusual in that it strikes relatively young men - it is the most common type of cancer in those aged between 15 and 49.\n\nThe overwhelming majority of people diagnosed (98%) survive for at least 10 years after the cancer is first detected.\n\nBut as it affects people relatively young, the side-effects of treatment could last a lifetime.\n\nThe study, by the Institute of Cancer Research, London and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, was trying to reduce side-effects.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. After Andrew Lowden's blog was shared widely, he launched #testicletuesday to raise awareness\n\nPatients in the trial - who were thought to be at high risk of the cancer coming back - were given just one course of chemotherapy.\n\nTwo years later, the cancer had recurred in only 1.3% of men - which is roughly the same number as those having the standard two courses.\n\nProf Robert Huddart, from the Institute of Cancer Research, said: \"Reducing the overall dose of chemotherapy could spare young men who have their whole lives ahead of them from long-term side-effects, and also means they will need fewer hospital visits for their treatment.\n\n\"This new trial is already changing clinical practice on a global scale.\"\n\nChemotherapy can damage the immune system, increasing the risk of infections, damage organs - including the kidneys - and affect fertility.\n\nProf Emma Hall, another scientist at the institute, said: \"Our study has found strong evidence to suggest that testicular cancer chemotherapy can be safely reduced from two cycles to just one - making their treatment shorter, kinder and cheaper.\"\n\nMartin Ledwick, Cancer Research UK's head information nurse, said: \"Providing men with a kinder treatment option linked to fewer side-effects could make a huge difference to their quality of life.\n\n\"As more and more people survive cancer, it's essential to carry out studies like this, which look at how to improve things for people living with - and after - the disease.\"", "Rami Malek won an Oscar for playing Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody\n\nBohemian Rhapsody's success at the box office in 2018 was replicated in the living room last year.\n\nThe Freddie Mercury biopic was the biggest home video of 2019, selling 1.7 million copies in the UK.\n\nTwo-thirds of those copies were on DVD or Blu-Ray, with the rest coming from downloads.\n\nOverall, UK consumer spending on video grew by 9.5%, making it the fastest-growing entertainment sector, fuelled by the popularity of streaming.\n\nData compiled by the ERA (Entertainment Retailers Association) shows that physical video sales - which include DVDs, Blu-rays and 4K UHD - decreased from £616.9m in 2018 to £477.2m last year, a drop of 22.6%.\n\nBy contrast, digital video grew by 21.5% to £2.11bn in 2019, fuelled in part by increased take-up of services like Netflix and Amazon Prime.\n\n\"There is no doubt retailers of physical product had a tough time in 2019,\" said the Entertainment Retailers Association's CEO Kim Bayley.\n\nAccording to BASE (British Association for Screen Entertainment), \"the digital revolution... is increasingly permeating the choices consumers are making for owned media\".\n\nYet the organisation - previously known as the British Video Association (BVA) - says the physical disc is \"still the preferred choice for many fans, collectors and gifters\".\n\nThe greatest decline in the video sector is found in the physical rental of discs, which fell by almost 25% in 2019.\n\nYet this part of the market still generated £23.4m last year, despite firms like Blockbuster vanishing from the high street over the last decade.\n\nBohemian Rhapsody shifted almost 400,000 more units last year than its nearest competitor Avengers: Endgame, which sold just over 1.3 million copies.\n\nAvengers: Endgame became the highest-grossing film of all time in 2019\n\nOther titles in 2019's Top 10 of best-selling videos in the UK include Toy Story 4, Mary Poppins Returns and the Lady Gaga remake of A Star is Born.\n\n\"Video's digital renaissance is remarkable, but it is undeniable that physical formats are the key to scoring a blockbuster hit,\" said ERA CEO Bayley.\n\n\"Every one of the year's Top 10 biggest hits sold more on DVD and Blu-ray than they did digitally.\"\n\nThe data released on Friday follows confirmation on Wednesday that music consumption grew in 2019 for the fifth year in a row.\n\nFigures released by trade body the BPI show the music industry is now dominated by streaming, with sales of physical CDs continuing to decline.\n\nThe ERA said streaming revenues topped £1bn for the first time in 2019.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Switch on the television in Iran these days and it won't be long before you see General Qasem Soleimani.\n\nThe once reclusive head of the Revolutionary Guards' elite Quds Force has emerged from a lifetime in the shadows directing covert operations abroad, to achieve almost celebrity status in Iran.\n\nThe man who, until a couple of years ago most Iranians would not have recognised on the street, is now the subject of documentaries, news reports and even pop songs.\n\nOne music video widely shared in Iran was made by Shia militia fighters in Iraq. It shows soldiers spray-painting the general's portrait on a wall and parading in front of it while stirring music plays in the background.\n\nThe general himself is currently in Salahuddin province in northern Iraq, commanding Iraqi and Shia militias as they try to recapture the city of Tikrit from Islamic State (IS).\n\nIran's Fars News agency has published photographs of him with the troops, and militia sources in Iraq have told BBC Persian he has been there for some time helping the Iraqis prepare for the mission.\n\nIt is not the first time Gen Soleimani has faced the jihadists.\n\nIn neighbouring Syria he is widely credited with delivering the strategy that has helped President Bashar al-Assad turn the tide against rebel forces and recapture key cities and towns.\n\nIran has always denied deploying boots on the ground in Syria and Iraq, but every now and then holds public funerals for security forces and \"military advisers\" who were killed in these two countries.\n\nQasem Soleimani has made a point of attending some of these ceremonies.\n\nIran and the United States may be arch-enemies on the ideological front, but the IS offensive in Iraq has led to indirect co-operation between the two.\n\nIt's a path Gen Soleimani has trodden before.\n\nIn 2001, Iran provided military intelligence to the US to support its invasion to overthrow the Taliban in Afghanistan, and in 2007 Washington and Tehran sent representatives to Baghdad for face-to-face talks over the deteriorating security situation there.\n\nGen Soleimani has risen to prominence directing the counter-offensive against IS in Iraq\n\nBack then former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki was battling spiralling sectarian violence.\n\nIn an interview for a BBC Persian documentary two years ago, former US ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker recalled the crucial behind-the-scenes role played by Gen Soleimani in the Baghdad talks.\n\n\"[Iran's ambassador to Iraq] called repeatedly for breaks,\" he said.\n\n\"I couldn't quite figure out why, and then later discovered that whenever I said something that he didn't have covered in his points, he would need to call back to Tehran for guidance - he was that tightly controlled. On the other end of the phone was Qasem Soleimani.\"\n\nMr Crocker also felt Gen Soleimani's influence when he served as US ambassador to Afghanistan.\n\n\"My Iranian interlocutors on Afghanistan made clear that while they kept the foreign ministry informed, ultimately it was Gen Soleimani that would make the decisions,\" he told the BBC.\n\nOver the last few years, Gen Soleimani's role in Iran's foreign affairs has become more public.\n\nHe is no longer the hidden figure at the end of the phone line.\n\nThese days he is the proud face of Iran, the go-to man when a crisis happens.\n\nLast month at the prestigious Fajr Film Festival in Tehran one of the winners dedicated his award to Gen Soleimani.\n\nIt was even announced that he would be one of the supervisors in the production of a new film Iran is making about his old adversary Saddam Hussein.\n\nBut not everyone is happy about the general's meteoric rise.\n\nIn December 2014 at the Manama Dialogue security summit, there was a sharp exchange of views between Canadian and Iranian participants over the role of Gen Soleimani.\n\nCanada's then-foreign minister, John Baird, branded him an \"agent of terror in the region disguised as a hero\" fighting IS.\n\nIran's former nuclear negotiator Hassan Mousavian rose to the defence, accusing the minister of \"spending time in palaces and luxury hotels while General Soleimani has risked his life to fight against IS terrorists\".\n\nInside Iran a campaign has started among conservative bloggers for Gen Soleimani to go into politics. They have dubbed him Iran's most honest and least corrupt politician and are calling for him to put his uniform aside and stand for president in 2017.\n\nEven the first deputy speaker of the Iranian Parliament has lent his support.\n\n\"His political analysis is no less than the Iranian Supreme Leader or Hassan Nasrallah, head of the Lebanese Hezbollah,\" said Mohammad-Reza Bahonar three months ago.\n\nBut not all Iranians share the enthusiasm.\n\nSome political activists are deeply worried at the prospect of the Revolutionary Guards taking control of the presidential palace.\n\nThey point to Egypt where the military have reasserted control, warning that the general now fighting Islamic State could turn out to be the \"al-Sisi\" of Iran.", "A 15-year-old boy has died after he was hit by a car in North Lanarkshire on New Year's Day.\n\nSteven Mcilquham was struck by a silver/grey Volkswagen as he crossed a street in Wishaw at about 21:30.\n\nHe died at the scene at Alexander Street, near Marshall Street. The driver initially failed to stop.\n\nPolice have arrested a 20-year-old man in connection with road traffic offences and released him pending further enquiries.\n\nOfficers want to hear from anyone who may have seen the incident.\n\nInsp Scott Sutherland said: \"Our thoughts are with Steven's family and friends at this very sad time.\n\n\"Our enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances of the crash. I would ask that anyone who witnessed the crash or may have any relevant dash-cam footage to contact the police as soon as possible.\"\n\nThe road remained closed on Thursday as police investigated.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The US assassination of top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani happened barely 24 hours ago, but the reaction is still flying thick and fast.\n\nIran has vowed retaliation, but so far there is no indication of what form that might take.\n\nPresident Trump said the strike was carried out to \"stop a war, not to start a war\" and that Iran was planning an imminent attack on the US.\n\nFollow all the latest updates in our main news story:\n\nAnd for more BBC analysis, start here:", "The off-duty officer answered the front door of his County Fermanagh home when the incident happened\n\nA 37-year-old man has been released on bail after being arrested over the attempted murder of an off-duty police officer on Thursday.\n\nThe officer was at home near Kesh, County Fermanagh when he was confronted at his front door by a masked man with a shotgun at about 02:00 GMT.\n\nPolice said the officer had noticed movement outside his property and went to the front door to investigate.\n\nThe attacker reportedly pointed the gun at the officer but it failed to fire.\n\nPolice said \"organised criminal elements may be responsible\".\n\nDet Ch Insp Julie Mullan said the officer was traumatised by the incident\n\nDet Ch Insp Julie Mullan said they \"firmly believe that this disturbing incident was a failed attempt to kill a local police officer\".\n\nThe suspect, described as being dressed entirely in black, fled on foot across nearby fields after the attack.\n\nDet Ch Insp Mullan said the attack has had a huge impact on the officer and his family.\n\nShe added: \"He's being supported by his colleagues and ourselves and his family but he's traumatised by the incident.\"", "House prices rose by 1.4% over the course of 2019, according to the Nationwide, marking a relatively static year for property values.\n\nThe rise in the year to the end of December was the first time the annual increase in prices was above 1% for the whole year.\n\nSlow price growth would be welcomed by many first-time buyers.\n\nBut the building society's figures show that raising a deposit remains a significant hurdle.\n\nTo raise a deposit of 20% would take up the entire pre-tax annual income of a typical earner, the Nationwide said.\n\nThe building society, which draws the figures from its own mortgage data, said that house prices rose by 0.1% in December compared with the previous month. This meant the average home was valued at £215,282.\n\nRobert Gardner, Nationwide's chief economist, said that housing market activity had been slow but relatively stable during the year.\n\nStrong employment levels and historically cheap mortgages had maintained demand despite uncertainty in the economy, owing to the global picture and the debate over Brexit.\n\nHomes are being built for first-time buyers\n\nCommentators suggest the result of the general election should provide some short-term clarity over the Brexit process and some more demand for housing.\n\n\"These are early days for a bruised and fragile market, but with plenty of pent-up demand and supply, price growth may quickly accelerate past 2019's modest annual pace,\" said Jonathan Hopper, managing director of Garrington Property Finders.\n\n\"Nevertheless these first few months of 2020 will be all about establishing what the new norm really looks like in different parts of the UK.\"\n\nJonathan Samuels, chief executive of lender Octane Capital, said: \"London may have been the weakest performing region in 2019 but that may well change this year. The capital certainly won't be returning to the obscene growth rates of yesteryear but it may drag itself off the bottom of the table.\n\n\"The property market has entered 2020 on a positive note but all eyes will be on how the economy holds up as we exit the EU.\"\n\nPotential first-time buyers will not want prices to rocket, given the difficulty already in saving for a deposit.\n\nThe Nationwide suggests that anyone trying to put money aside for a 20% deposit to buy a typical first-time buyer property faces years of saving.\n\nIf they set aside 15% of their take-home pay each month it would take more than five years to raise the money for a home in the North of England and Scotland.\n\nIn Wales and Northern Ireland, it would take prospective buyers nearly seven years, and almost eight years for people living in the West Midlands.\n\nThat increases to nearly a decade in the South of England, and around 15 years in London, the building society said.\n\nAs a result of that pressure, a greater proportion of first-time buyers now rely on financial assistance from family and friends.", "Nick Ramsay was elected as an AM for Monmouth in 2007\n\nAssembly Member Nick Ramsay has been suspended from the Welsh Conservative party and its assembly group following a \"police incident\" at his home.\n\nIt is understood Mr Ramsay, 44, was arrested on Wednesday night.\n\nThe party was informed on Thursday morning and Mr Ramsay was suspended from the Welsh assembly Conservative group and the party.\n\nA party spokesman confirmed there was a police incident at the Monmouth AM's home on Wednesday night.\n\nMr Ramsay, who was elected in 2007, is the shadow finance minister and chairman of the Public Accounts Committee.\n\nA Welsh Conservative spokesman said: \"Nick Ramsay has been suspended from the Welsh Conservative Group in the National Assembly for Wales and from the Conservative Party following an incident which took place yesterday.\n\n\"The suspension will be reviewed following consideration of the matter by external agencies.\n\n\"We will not be making any further comments at this time.\"\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. James Corden speaks to the BBC's Colin Paterson about being back in Barry Island and why he decided it was time for a reunion\n\nThe Gavin and Stacey Christmas special was the UK's most-watched scripted TV programme of the 2010s, new audience figures show.\n\nIn total, 17.1 million viewers tuned in to the comeback episode live or on catch-up during the subsequent week, according to the consolidated ratings.\n\nOnly sporting events and the 2010 X Factor final were watched by more people during the past decade.\n\nAnd it was the most-watched comedy since Only Fools and Horses in 2002.\n\nDel Boy and Rodney's penultimate Christmas Day special was watched by 17.4 million people, according to ratings body Barb.\n\nAll the original cast returned for the Christmas special\n\nThe new episode of Gavin and Stacey, written by and starring James Corden and Ruth Jones, was the centrepiece of BBC One's Christmas schedule and revisited Gavin, Stacey, Smithy, Nessa and their clans nearly 10 years after they left our screens.\n\nThe BBC said there had been 4.4 million requests for the programme on iPlayer, including 1.4 million from viewers aged 16-34 - a record first week for any episode.\n\nGavin and Stacey began on BBC Three in 2007 and ran for three series until 1 January 2010. At that time, the then-finale was watched by 10 million people.\n\nThe comeback episode's success - and its cliffhanger ending - have left the door wide open for another visit to Barry Island in the future.\n\nOscar Hartland, 10, who played Neil the Baby both during the original run and in the new Christmas special, said James Corden had told him the show could return.\n\n\"I did ask James in the process of filming but he said, 'It's just [whether it's] what the people want'. Me, I would love it to happen. It really depends what other people think about it and if they like it or not.\"\n\nJones told The Sun it was \"complicated\" to get together to write with Corden, who now hosts a late-night talk show on US TV network CBS.\n\n\"I do say never say never, as while we did make it work that was after three years of trying to find time when we could sit down and write it,\" she said. \"Obviously with the way it ends, there is room for more.\"\n\nCommenting on the ratings, BBC director of content Charlotte Moore said: \"Gavin and Stacey has been a phenomenal hit this Christmas breaking records to become the biggest scripted show of the decade, and the biggest first week for any episode on BBC iPlayer for young audiences ever.\n\n\"Congratulations to James Corden, Ruth Jones and all the team.\"\n\nDirector general Tony Hall said the BBC iPlayer had received more than 100 million requests in total over the Christmas week - up by more than a third compared with the previous year.\n\nYou can watch the full show on BBC iPlayer and take a look behind the scenes at how the special was filmed.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The IRGC is estimated to have more than 190,000 active personnel\n\nIran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) was set up 40 years ago to defend the country's Islamic system, and to provide a counterweight to the regular armed forces.\n\nIt has since become a major military, political and economic force in Iran, with close ties to the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and many other senior figures.\n\nThe IRGC is estimated to have more than 190,000 active personnel, boasts its own ground forces, navy and air force, and oversees Iran's strategic weapons.\n\nIt also controls the paramilitary Basij Resistance Force, which has helped suppress domestic dissent, and the powerful bonyads, or charitable foundations, which run a considerable part of the economy.\n\nThe IRGC exerts influence elsewhere in the Middle East by providing money, weapons, technology, training and advice to allied governments and armed groups through its shadowy overseas operations arm, the Quds (Jerusalem) Force.\n\nThe US accuses the Quds Force of supporting terrorist organisations and being responsible for attacks in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East that have resulted the deaths of hundreds of American and allied military personnel.\n\nOn 3 January 2020, the US killed the Quds Force's powerful commander, Major General Qasem Soleimani, in a drone strike in Baghdad. The defence department said he had orchestrated a rocket attack in Iraq that killed an American contractor and was \"actively developing plans to attack\" American diplomats and troops in the region.\n\nBefore the 1979 revolution, Shah Muhammad Reza Pahlavi relied on military might to ensure national security and to safeguard his power.\n\nAfterwards, the new Islamic authorities, headed by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, realised they too needed a powerful force committed to consolidating their leadership and revolutionary ideals.\n\nThe IRGC was set up after the 1979 Iranian revolution to defend Iran's Islamic system\n\nThe clerics therefore produced a new constitution that provided for both a regular Military (Artesh), to defend Iran's borders and maintain internal order, and a separate Guard Corps (Sepah-e Pasdaran), to protect the Islamic system.\n\nIn practice, these roles have often overlapped, with the IRGC also helping to keep public order and developing its own army, navy and air force.\n\nDespite having an estimated 230,000 fewer troops than the regular military, the IRGC is considered the dominant military force in Iran and is behind many of the country's key military operations. The IRGC's overall commander, currently Major General Hossein Salami, and other senior officers routinely advise the supreme leader.\n\nThe IRGC navy is tasked with patrolling the strategically important Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway connecting the Gulf to the Indian Ocean through which 20% of the world's oil supply passes.\n\nThe force's small boats have intercepted US warships that it says have approached Iran's territorial waters, and detained or diverted international shipping.\n\nThe IRGC's air force, which does not generally operate combat aircraft, is meanwhile responsible for Iran's missiles.\n\nThe US has said Iran has the largest ballistic missile force in the Middle East, with more than 10 ballistic missile systems either in its inventory or in development, and a stockpile of hundreds of missiles.\n\nIn 2018, ballistic missiles were fired at an Iranian Kurdish rebel group based in northern Iraq and at Islamic State group positions in Syria.\n\nBut perhaps the most prominent IRGC entity in recent years has been the Quds Force, which Iran's government is said to use to implement its foreign policy goals.\n\nIran has acknowledged the role of the Quds Force in the conflicts in Syria, where it has advised forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and armed thousands of Shia Muslim militiamen fighting alongside them, and Iraq, where it has backed a Shia-dominated paramilitary force that helped defeat IS.\n\nThe conflicts turned the once-reclusive commander, General Soleimani, into a something of celebrity in Iran.\n\nThe Trump administration has alleged that the Quds Force is also \"Iran's primary mechanism for cultivating and supporting\" US-designated terrorist groups across the Middle East - including Lebanon's Hezbollah movement and Palestinian Islamic Jihad - by providing funding, training, weapons, and equipment.\n\nThe Quds Force has also been accused by the US of plotting or carrying out terrorist attacks, directly or through its proxies, in five out of seven continents.\n\nIn 2011, the Quds Force was allegedly involved in a plan to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the US by bombing a restaurant in Georgetown. And last year, a court in Germany convicted a Quds Force operative of spying on the former head of a German-Israeli group and people close to him.\n\nSuch alleged activities prompted the United States in April 2019 to designate the IRGC as a \"foreign terrorist organisation\" - the first such designation of an official military force. At the same time, the US tightened its sanctions on Iran's oil exports, further weakening its economy.\n\nIn response, Iran began a counter-pressure campaign. The IRGC's forces shot down a US military surveillance drone over the Strait of Hormuz in June and seized a British-flagged tanker in the same area the following month.\n\nThe US also accused Iran of being behind a series of explosions that damaged six tankers in the Gulf of Oman in May and June; drone and cruise missile attacks on two Saudi oil facilities in September; a rocket attack on an Iraqi military base used by US troops on 27 December that killed the American contractor. Iran denied any involvement.\n\nThere was a serious escalation in the confrontation between the US and Iran following the rocket attack.\n\nOn 29 December, the US carried out air strikes on five bases in Iraq and Syria associated with the Iran-backed Iraqi militia that it believed fired the rockets, Kataib Hezbollah. The strikes killed at least 25 militia fighters and sparked violent protests outside the US embassy in Baghdad.\n\nFive days later, a US Reaper drone fired missiles at a convoy leaving the city's international airport, killing General Soleimani and several militia leaders, including Kataib Hezbollah chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.\n\nThe IRGC also has a powerful presence in Iran's civilian institutions.\n\nIt controls the Basij Resistance Force (Mobilisation of the Oppressed), an Islamic volunteer militia of about 100,000 men and women. The Basij are loyalists to the revolution who are often called out onto the streets to use force to dispel dissent.\n\nThe IRGC and Basij were prominent in putting down the mass opposition protests that erupted in 2009 after the disputed re-election of then President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Dozens of opposition supporters were killed and thousands detained.\n\nThe IRGC's popular power, combined with the strong support of Ayatollah Khamenei, has made it a key player in Iranian politics.\n\nFormer IRGC officers occupy or have occupied influential positions in government, parliament and other bodies, among them Mr Ahmadinejad, parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani, and Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of the Expediency Council.\n\nThe former overall commander, Major General Mohammad Ali Jaafari, openly opposed the concessions made by moderate President Hassan Rouhani during the negotiations that led to Iran's 2015 landmark nuclear deal with world powers.\n\nThe IRGC is also thought to control around a third of Iran's economy through a series of subsidiaries and trusts.\n\nApart from military industries, the IRGC is active in housing development, dam and road construction, oil and gas projects, food, transportation and even educational and cultural activities.\n\nThe IRGC's engineering wing - Khatam-ol-Anbia (Seal of the Prophet), also known by an acronym, Ghorb - is reported to have tens of thousands of employees and has been awarded billions of dollars of construction and engineering contracts.\n\nPresident Rouhani, who has faced protests over the state of Iran's economy, has on many occasions criticised the IRGC's sprawling business empire. He once called it a \"government with a gun\" that had \"scared\" the public sector.", "The PM's senior adviser has called for changes to how government works, saying there are \"profound problems\" with how decisions are made.\n\nIn a blog post, Dominic Cummings said the civil service lacked people with \"deep expertise in specific fields\".\n\nHe said he wanted \"weirdos and misfits with odd skills\" to work in government.\n\nBut a civil servants' union said currently staff were recruited on merit and \"because of what you can do, not what you believe\".\n\nThe union also said recruiting world-class experts is hampered by the \"government's failure to pay a market rate\".\n\nIn an unusual move, Mr Cummings also called for people keen to work in Downing Street to get in touch with him via a private Gmail address.\n\nThe former Vote Leave campaign director said he wanted to hear from \"an unusual set of people with different skills and backgrounds\", some to work as special advisers and \"perhaps some as officials\".\n\nHe said No 10 was keen to recruit data scientists, software developers and economists to improve the performance of government.\n\nMr Cummings added that the Conservatives' 80-seat majority meant ministers would try to solve political problems without worrying about \"short-term unpopularity\".\n\n\"The point of this government is to do things differently and better and this always looks messy,\" he wrote.\n\n\"We do not care about trying to 'control the narrative' and all that New Labour junk.\"\n\nHe added that officials should be encouraged to stay in their roles for longer so that they are able to build up expertise in particular policy areas.\n\n\"Shuffling some people who are expected to be general managers is a natural thing but it is clear Whitehall does this too much,\" he said.\n\n\"There are not enough people with deep expertise in specific fields.\"\n\nResponding to the blog, the FDA union, which represents senior civil servants, said Mr Cummings had not clarified how new recruits would be selected or what their role within government would be.\n\nDave Penman, the union's general secretary, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"The civil service is recruited on merit, it's a really fundamental principle.\n\n\"You are employed in the civil service because of what you can do, not what you believe.\"\n\n\"If you surround yourself with people who are recruited simply because they believe the same as you believe, and whose employment is at your behest, is that the best way for the civil service or advisers to speak truth unto power?\n\n\"I don't think it is, and I think some of those approaches are quite dangerous as well.\"\n\nIn a statement, he added: \"It would be ironic if, in an attempt to bring in radical new thinking, Cummings was to surround himself with like-minded individuals - recruited for what they believe, not what they can do - and less able to provide the robust advice a minister may need, rather than simply the advice they want.\"\n\nMr Penman also said senior officials moved between different jobs in an effort to boost their pay after a \"decade of pay restraint\" within the civil service.\n\nMr Cummings's desire to recruit experts might prove difficult because of pay rates, he added, which he said were \"typically half of those paid elsewhere\".\n\n\"All senior civil service roles are already open to external competition, yet time and again, government's failure to pay a market rate restricts the pool,\" he added.\n\n\"There's no word on this in his blog, or on addressing the longer term pay restraint that has created these issues.\"\n\nIt comes after Rachel Wolf, who co-wrote the Conservatives' election manifesto, said \"seismic\" changes to the civil service were being planned by No 10.\n\nWriting in the Daily Telegraph, Ms Wolf said Mr Cummings believed changing how government works was a \"prerequisite\" to delivering on promises made to the voters by the Conservatives during last month's election campaign.\n\nShe said officials should get more training in science-related skills, and \"reorient\" policy decisions towards the public rather than \"special interests\".\n\nShe also added that regularly moving civil servants between different departments \"kills institutional memory and expertise\".", "A US judge has awarded $12.8m (£9.8m) to 22 unnamed women, ruling that they were tricked into appearing in widely distributed online porn videos.\n\nSome of the models duped by the owners and operators of the GirlsDoPorn website had become suicidal, he said.\n\nThey were told the videos were for a private collector or overseas DVDs, according to the 181-page judgement.\n\nThe women - aged 18-23 when they shot the videos - were also assured the videos would never appear online.\n\nBut they were uploaded to GirlsDoPorn's subscription-based amateur porn website, and clips were shared on some of the world's most popular free-to-view adult websites.\n\nSan Diego Superior Court Judge Kevin Enright ordered GirlsDoPorn chief executive Michael Pratt, 36, videographer Matthew Wolfe, 37, and porn actor Ruben Garcia, 31, to take the videos down from GirlsDoPorn and take steps to get them removed from other sites too.\n\nGirlsDoPorn markets itself on the premise that the women in the videos are not professional porn stars.\n\nIt claims to feature women filming their first and only porn videos, and many of the women on the site are students in need of extra money, according to court documents.\n\nDue to the one-time-only amateur paradigm, GirlsDoPorn required a constant stream of new models to keep the content on the website fresh.\n\nThe San Diego court ruled that the site used fraudulent practices to recruit new models including taking \"calculated steps to falsely assure prospective models that their videos will never be posted online, come to light in the United States, or be seen by anyone who might known them\".\n\nThe website operators had also assured models that their real names would never be linked to the videos.\n\nHowever, the court heard evidence that the accused had shared private and identifying information about the models on third-party forums that resulted in some of them and their families, being harassed online.\n\nIn a bid to recruit new talent, GirlsDoPorn persuaded former models to text words of reassurance to prospective models who were worried that the videos might be posted online.\n\nOn the day of the shoot, models were often given alcohol and cannabis before being asked to sign an eight-page contract.\n\nJudge Enright awarded the 22 women $9.48m in compensatory damages and $3.3m in punitive damages. Each woman will receive $300,000 to $550,000.\n\nHe said that the videos had become common knowledge to the women's friends and family due to the tactics used by those behind GirlsDoPorn.\n\n\"As a result, plaintiffs have suffered and continue to suffer far-reaching and often tragic consequences,\" he wrote.\n\n\"Collectively, they have experienced severe harassment, emotional and psychological trauma, and reputational harm; lost jobs, academic and professional opportunities and family and personal relationships; and had their lives derailed and uprooted,\" he continued.\n\n\"They have become pariahs in their communities. Several plaintiffs have become suicidal.\"\n\nJudge Enright gave both sides 15 days to appeal against his decision.\n\nThe defendants also face criminal charges filed in federal court in October.\n\nThe allegations filed against them are the same as those in the civil case.\n\nWolfe and Garcia are currently in federal custody. Pratt is a fugitive believed to be in New Zealand, his home country.\n\n\"Our clients were real,\" said Ed Chaplin, the lawyer representing the women, according to CourtHouseNews.\n\n\"They had similar stories because the defendants told the same lies to everyone,\" he said.\n\n\"I sat and talked to a lot of women. My heart just wept for them, how their lives have been impacted by this and how they were sucked into doing what they did.\n\n\"The attitude these defendants expressed when the women complained [and] the scheme to shut them up was despicable.\"\n\nCourtHouseNews reported that lawyers for GirlsDoPorn declined to comment when approached.", "Police said they were interviewing several witnesses to the fatal attack\n\nOne person was killed and two were injured in a knife attack near Paris, with the attacker shot dead by police.\n\nA man, 22, stabbed passers-by in a park in Villejuif, about 8km (5 miles) south of the French capital, on Friday.\n\nHe was later identified by prosecutors as Nathan C, a 22-year-old with a history of mental illness for which he had been admitted to hospital.\n\nAccording to French media, witnesses heard him say that he was \"out of medication\".\n\nProsecutors said that some religious items were later found in his bag, but that there was \"no evidence at this stage suggesting he was radicalised\".\n\nThe attack took place at about 14:00 local time (13:00 GMT) at Hautes-Bruyères park, and the targets appeared to have been chosen at random.\n\nIn a statement posted on Twitter, French President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to the victims.\n\n\"I extend my support to the victims of the attack, their families and the police,\" he said. \"We resolutely pursue the fight against indiscriminate violence and our fight for the security of all French people.\"\n\nThe mayor of Villejuif, Franck Le Bohellec, said the deceased victim was a 56-year-old man who was out walking in the park with his wife at the time of the attack.\n\nHe died trying to protect her, the mayor said. She was seriously injured.\n\nFrance's Deputy Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez, who later visited the scene, praised the police response, calling it \"extremely courageous\".\n\nPolice cordoned off the area near the Hautes-Bruyères park", "The new cash will go to every school and college in Wales to pay for free sanitary products\n\nEvery school and college in Wales will have access to £3.1m in new funding to prevent \"period poverty\" in 2020.\n\nThe Welsh Government said it would make the cash available to ensure there are free sanitary products for any learner who needs them.\n\nIt is the second year money has been allocated to address the issue.\n\nA further £220,000 will be available to councils to put the products in libraries and community hubs for women unable to afford them.\n\nPlaid Cymru councillor Elyn Stephens, who has campaigned on period poverty, welcomed the money but said she wanted rules implemented over how councils spend it, to avoid a \"postcode lottery\" in accessing sanitary products.\n\nThe funding follows a series of campaigns by local authorities and youth campaigners in Wales to highlight the issue for young women struggling to pay for sanitary goods.\n\n\"It's just ensuring a girl's period isn't a barrier to her succeeding in life,\" said members of a youth council who have been working on a period poverty campaign in Carmarthenshire.\n\nAmber and Rebecca, from the Carmarthenshire Youth Council, said the problem was highlighted during discussions at a UK Youth Council meeting.\n\n\"It shocked all of us really, when we learnt young girls within the county were missing out on education and that one-in-10 girls aged 14 to 21 in the UK couldn't afford sanitary products, so as a youth council we decided to set up a period poverty campaign.\n\n\"In every school we've being delivering boxes which have free packs of tampons and sanitary towels which young girls can then access at any time in the school day.\"\n\nSchool pupils in Carmarthenshire have been distributing sanitary products in the county\n\nThey also joined forces with the high street cosmetics chain The Body Shop, in Carmarthen, to ensure women and girls have access to free period products every day, not just when they are in school.\n\nRebecca added: \"It's really sad that there's stigma and young girls may feel embarrassed to go ask for help, so by us putting this into place in the schools, youth groups and in the Body Shop, young girls can go access the products and don't have to have the stigma anymore.\"\n\nRhondda Cynon Taff councillor Elyn Stephens, who has first-hand experience of period poverty, said she was \"over the moon\" about the cash injection but did not want it spent by councils \"as they will\".\n\n\"It could become a postcode lottery on how you're able to access sanitary products,\" she said.\n\nAccess was important, Ms Stephens said, as it could affect girls' education.\n\n\"When we send out questionnaires to our pupils, we find that it has a high impact on their attainment while in school,\" she said.\n\nMs Stephens also said she believed it was important the use of the money was reviewed: \"We need to do research into what's working and what's not.\"\n\nThe new funding is part of the draft budget proposals by the Welsh Government, and follows £2.3m already made available to Welsh schools in 2019.\n\nThe Welsh Government Deputy Minister and Chief Whip Jane Hutt said: \"We've made considerable progress in tackling period poverty in 2019 and the £3.3m for 2020-21 will mean we can continue to ensure period dignity for every women and girl in Wales by providing appropriate products and facilities.\n\n\"It's heartening to see young people taking on this issue and working within their schools and communities to combat the stigma and taboos which unfortunately still exist today.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A series of new records for high temperature were broken in the UK in 2019, concluding a record-breaking decade, the Met Office has said.\n\nThe last decade was the second hottest in the past 100 years in the UK, with eight new high-temperature records set.\n\nFour new UK records were set last year alone, including the highest winter and summer temperatures ever recorded.\n\nDr Mark McCarthy, from the Met Office in Exeter, said it was \"a consequence of our warming climate\".\n\nThe 2010s were the second hottest and second wettest of the \"cardinal\" decades (those spanning years ending 0-9) in the last 100 years of UK records.\n\nIn both cases, the 2010s were slightly behind 2000-2009, which holds the record for the hottest and wettest decade.\n\nThe Met Office said this was partly because of a cold year in 2010, but added that such years occur much less frequently now than in the past.\n\nLast year, a maximum of 21.2C was reached on 26 February, in London - the hottest February day ever recorded.\n\nOn 25 July, temperatures then reached 38.7C in Cambridge - the UK's highest-ever recorded temperature.\n\nThe third record-breaker for 2019 was for the highest daily minimum temperature in February - a temperature of 13.9C recorded on 23 February in the Scottish Highlands.\n\nThe hottest December day is also likely to have been exceeded last week, with a provisional temperature of 18.7C recorded in the Highlands of Scotland on 28 December - although the figure still needs to be validated.\n\nOverall, the UK was warmer, wetter and sunnier than average in 2019, the Met Office said.\n\nIt said 2019 was provisionally the 11th warmest year on record, with a mean temperature of 9.42C, putting it just outside the top 10 - all of which have all occurred since 2002.\n\nAcross the decade - from 2010 to 2019 - other record monthly temperatures were recorded on 1 October 2011 in Kent (29.9C) and 1 November 2015 in Ceredigion (22.4C).\n\nRecord highest daily minimums were reached on 25 January 2016 in County Londonderry (13.1C) and 19 April 2018 (15.9C) in Greater London. The 13.9C temperature reached in the Highlands in 2019 was also among these highest daily minimums for the decade.\n\nAlso in the record books was the coldest March day on record, when the \"Beast from the East\" struck in 2018.\n\nThe summer hot spell led to speed restrictions on the railways\n\nHowever, Dr McCarthy, the head of the Met Office's National Climate Information Centre (NCIC), said it was \"notable how many of these extreme records have been set in the most recent decade\".\n\nHe also noted \"how many more of them are reflecting high rather than low temperature extremes\".\n\nHe warned the trend was likely to continue, adding: \"We would expect these sorts of records subsequently to be broken in the future.\"\n\nHe said: \"We are expecting to see an increase in winter rainfall, so wetter winters and drier summers - but we could still experience some dry winters and wet summers.\"\n\nA government spokesman said climate change was a \"national priority\" and it was committed to increasing the momentum around environmental action.\n\n\"Since 1990, we have reduced our emissions by over 40% while growing the economy by over two thirds.\n\n\"But we are determined to do more to increase the momentum and drive ambitious action both in the run up to and at this year's COP26 talks in Glasgow.\"", "Iran's most powerful military commander, General Qasem Soleimani, has been killed by a US air strike in Iraq.\n\nBut who was the man behind the 'shadowy figure'?\n\nRead more: Top Iranian general killed by US in Iraq", "Operation Midland lasted 18 months and cost the Met at least £2.5m\n\nThe Metropolitan Police has referred itself to the police watchdog again over its investigation into false allegations of a VIP paedophile ring.\n\nThe referral relates to why it did not investigate two men - aside from main false accuser Carl Beech - said to have lied to Operation Midland in 2015.\n\nThe force ignored a recommendation to investigate the pair made by retired High Court judge Sir Richard Henriques.\n\nBeech is now serving 18 years in prison for perverting the course of justice.\n\nThe BBC revealed last year that senior officers ignored Sir Richard's recommendation regarding the men, who are known only as A and B.\n\nThe force has now referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), saying it failed to record a decision not to investigate the men \"to the standard required\".\n\nA spokesman for the IOPC said it will \"carefully assess\" the Met referral.\n\nThe new referral followed a complaint from ex-MP Harvey Proctor, who lost his job and home after being falsely accused.\n\nPreviously, the Met referred itself to the watchdog in 2016, and three officers were subsequently investigated for their role in applying for search warrants of suspects' homes. All three were cleared by the IOPC.\n\nBeech - who was known as \"Nick\" during the police investigation - made false allegations of sexual abuse and murder about a group of MPs, generals and senior figures in the intelligence services in the 1970s and 1980s.\n\nOperation Midland, which was based on Beech's lies, lasted 18 months and cost the Met at least £2.5m.\n\nThe new referral followed a complaint from ex-MP Harvey Proctor\n\nIn October, Mr Proctor submitted a series of complaints to Northumbria Police - whose inquiry saw Beech jailed for 18 years for perverting the course of justice - but it passed them on to Scotland Yard.\n\nMr Proctor said the earlier IOPC inquiry had been a \"transparent stitch-up\" designed to exonerate the officers involved.\n\nThe Met dismissed most of the other complaints, but it has now announced that it will be making a new referral.\n\nIn a statement, the force said that records showed \"clear evidence\" of careful consideration and clear rationale for not commencing an investigation into A and B, but \"not of the explicit recording of this to the standard required\".\n\nIt added: \"Therefore, a complaint against the MPS [Metropolitan Police Service] will be recorded and, given the understandable public interest in this case, will be voluntarily referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct\".\n\nWhen the earlier IOPC inquiry into Operation Midland concluded in July that no misconduct had taken place by three officers it led to criticism from Sir Richard Henriques.\n\nHe said that a criminal investigation was needed into how a judge had been misled when granting search warrants for the homes of Mr Proctor, D-Day veteran and former chief of the defence staff Lord Bramall, and widow of former home secretary Leon Brittan, Lady Diana Brittan.\n\nMet Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick was also referred to the police watchdog last year\n\nIt was Sir Richard's damning 2016 report into Operation Midland that recommended the Met refer Carl Beech for investigation by an independent force.\n\nWhen Beech was subsequently investigated he was found to be a liar, a fraudster, and a paedophile.\n\nBut the retired judge also recommended that \"offences of attempting to pervert the course of justice be considered in the cases of A and B\" and it would be appropriate for another police force to carry out such investigations.\n\nHis report revealed that a senior Met officer, Steve Rodhouse, regarded A and B as liars, even at a time when he still regarded Beech as credible.\n\nHowever, when the Met closed Midland it had referred publicly to the existence of three complainants and said that \"officers have not found evidence to prove that they were knowingly misled\".\n\nIn December, the now Met Police Commisioner Dame Cressida Dick was referred to the police watchdog over whether she should have done more to correct a public statement in 2014 - by a senior detective - that Beech's allegations were \"credible and true\".\n• None VIP abuse 'lies' by two more men not investigated", "At least 5,000 children seeking special educational needs support (Send) are to have their cases reviewed after a London council landed a stinging rebuke from the local government ombudsman.\n\nConcerns about \"systemic failures\" in Richmond's Send department prompted the watchdog to take the highly unusual step of ordering the full-scale audit.\n\nThe ombudsman found missing documents, mislabelled files and protocols ignored while looking into three complaints.\n\nThe council which is usually found in the higher end of the education league tables, has agreed to undertake the review of its provision, which is run by an external company, Achieving for Children (AfC).\n\nThe watchdog's decision to act reflects the seriousness of the situation which its investigation uncovered.\n\nMichael King, local government and social care ombudsman, said the cases gave rise to serious concerns that there may be systemic failures within the processes operated by Richmond Council and AfC.\n\n\"I have published this report, in part, because other families may very well be affected by issues similar to those I have raised. I have now asked the council to undertake a full audit of its education provision and report back to me about what it finds,\" he said.\n\n\"If the council finds other children have been affected, it should take steps to ensure they do not miss out on the services they are entitled to receive by law.\"\n\nThe review will initially focus on the 1,500 children who are currently on education, health and care (EHC) plans. However, a further 3,500 are on the plans outside the council area, or are on some kind of special needs support.\n\nTheir provision will need to be checked to see if others were being denied services to which they were entitled.\n\nThere could be hundreds more families who are in the process of seeking special needs support, covering emotional and mental health needs, learning needs as well as disabilities, whose cases will need to be checked.\n\nRichmond has three months to complete the audit and six months to submit it to the ombudsman.\n\nWhen the ombudsman's investigators visited the council to inspect case files, they found documents missing, filed or named incorrectly, and protocols not being followed.\n\nThe safe keeping of documents is important because families can take months to obtain reports and assessments from professionals to justify the special needs support they are seeking.\n\nThe investigation found the council had three separate IT systems for managing information, one of which could only be accessed by a single member of staff.\n\nAnd in one of the cases, the ombudsman's investigation was only able to discover what had happened because the family had kept thorough records.\n\nNot only was support delayed and not provided for the children and young people involved in the ombudsman cases, statutory deadlines were missed. In addition, the education and wellbeing of young people suffered, and in some cases children were out of school for long periods.\n\nCommunication and case management was poor, with records being incomplete and vague, and a great deal of stress was caused to the families involved.\n\nOne family was awarded more than £9,000 for the loss of a year's education, inadequate provision and in recompense for time, trouble and distress caused.\n\nAnd in the third case a family had to pay for its own education psychologist report at a cost of £4,400.\n\nMany local authorities have struggled with changes ushered in by new legislation in 2014 which changed the way special needs are assessed and met.\n\nThe Commons Education Select Committee said in its report in October that children were being let down \"day after day\" as their parents faced a \"titanic struggle\" to get the support they need.\n\nIan Dodds, director of children's services for Richmond Council, said the report shows that there were significant failings for some children and young people.\n\n\"This does not reflect what I want to see in place for every child and young person,\" he said.\n\n\"Our sincerest apologies have been extended to the families of the children and young people the ombudsman has reported on.\"\n\nHe added that much had been achieved and significant investment was being made locally and that there was new leadership at the council.\n\nRichmond said it had improved its record-keeping system, was investing in a single administrative system and had increased investment in Send over the past few years.\n\nIt added that it has speeded up its processing of EHC plans and had appointed internal cross-council auditors to carry out the review of cases.\n\nThe council is also seeking feedback from new parent forums on the process of obtaining special needs support.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The recovered artwork was put on display by police\n\nA painting discovered by chance last month is a Gustav Klimt original that was stolen nearly 23 years ago, Italian authorities have confirmed.\n\nThe painting, Portrait of a Lady, was taken from a gallery in the northern city of Piacenza in 1997.\n\nIt was thought to have disappeared for good until gardeners clearing away ivy found it concealed in an external wall at the same gallery.\n\nThe Klimt has an estimated value of at least €60m ($66m; £51m).\n\nWhy the painting was left in the wall at the Ricci Oddi Gallery of Modern Art is still a mystery.\n\n\"It is with no small emotion that I can tell you the work is authentic,\" said Prosecutor Ornella Chicca.\n\nShe said further tests would clarify whether the painting had been inside the wall space ever since it was stolen, or if it was placed there later.\n\nAfter those tests were complete the artwork would go back on display, Ms Chicca added.\n\nThe painting was found inside this recess in a wall at the gallery\n\nTo determine its authenticity, experts studied the painting under infrared and ultraviolet light and compared the images to those taken during tests in 1996.\n\n\"The correspondence between the images allowed us to determine that it's definitely the original painting,\" art expert Guido Cauzzi said.\n\nHe said the condition of the work was \"relatively good\", adding: \"It's gone through a few ordeals but only needs some routine care, nothing particularly complicated.\"\n\nPortrait of a Lady was painted in 1916-17 by Viennese artist Gustav Klimt towards the end of his life.\n\nIt was bought by Giuseppe Ricci Oddi in 1925 and kept in the gallery until it was stolen on 22 February 1997 amid preparations for a special exhibition.\n\nThe frame of the painting was discarded on the roof of the building to make it appear that thieves had broken in through the skylight. That was not the case as the skylight was too small for the painting to fit through.\n\nIn December, gardeners clearing ivy from a wall stumbled on a metal panel. Behind it lay a recess, within which was a black bag containing the missing painting.\n\nThe ivy covering the space had not been cut back for almost a decade, officials said.\n\nShortly before it was stolen, art student Claudia Maga revealed that it had been painted over another Klimt painting, Portrait of a Young Lady, which had not been seen since 1912.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nShe managed to prove her theory by persuading the Piacenza gallery's former director to have it X-rayed.\n\nThe original painting was of a young girl from Vienna who had died. Klimt had painted over the portrait when the girl died suddenly, to forget the pain of her death.", "Louise Tiffney went missing in Edinburgh in 2002\n\nA man has appeared in court charged with murdering his mother, Louise Tiffney, who was last seen 17 years ago.\n\nSean Flynn, 36, was charged with murdering the 43-year-old, who disappeared after leaving her home in Dean Path, Edinburgh, in May 2002.\n\nHer remains were found near a stately home in Longniddry, East Lothian, on 2 April 2017.\n\nThe 36-year-old, whose address was given as Berlin in Germany, did not enter a plea.\n\nMr Flynn was cleared by a jury in 2005 after being accused of murdering Ms Tiffney.\n\nEarlier this month prosecutors won the right to charge him with murder under double jeopardy legislation.\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\nWomen and Equalities Minister Victoria Atkins has spoken of her experiences of workplace sexual harassment, as she urged others to share their stories.\n\nIn one example, the minister revealed, someone had sent her an email \"that showed a great interest in my footwear\", after a public appearance.\n\n\"That was something that made me feel uncomfortable,\" she told LBC radio.\n\nThe government is surveying 12,000 people to find out the extent of workplace harassment.\n\nThe Government Equalities Office survey is part of an initiative to tackle the problem, including a new statutory code of practice for employers.\n\nMs Atkins said \"common sense\" was needed to determine what qualified as sexual harassment in the workplace.\n\nComments crossed the line when they made others feel \"intimidated, distressed or humiliated\", she told LBC.\n\nGiving an example, she said: \"Yesterday, I was wearing a very colourful skirt and everybody was saying how wonderful it looks. I did not take that as sexual harassment.\n\n\"But I was telling officials that, after a public appearance, I had an individual email about my footwear. It was in a way that showed a great interest in my footwear.\n\n\"And that was something that made me feel uncomfortable.\n\n\"I think common sense here will prevail and we just want to gather the evidence to see how people react to different types of behaviour.\"\n\nSpeaking earlier to BBC Breakfast, Ms Atkins said: \"This is not a debate about wolf-whistling or whatever. We have 15 categories of behaviour that are serious.\"\n\nShe said the government wanted to find out how people had been affected by harassment, and how they dealt with it, \"so that we can ensure that our workplaces are pleasant places to work\".\n\nMs Atkins added that she did not want to go into the details of the harassment she has been subjected to, adding: \"I'm not going to be defined by the grubby behaviour of the men that behaved like that towards me.\"\n\nThe minister was asked about Crystal Palace's woman goalkeeper Lucy Gillett, who said she had received sexist abuse during Sunday's Championship game at Coventry United.\n\nThe 25-year-old alleged that men in the crowd had called on the referee to \"check the gender\" of several Palace players.\n\nMs Atkins said: \"That is her workplace. The FA or referees should have acted on it.\n\n\"She and others are entitled to not have to put up with that sort of abuse. It's just not on.\"\n\nThe Football Association has been made aware of the incident, and is looking into it.\n\nA spokesperson said the organisation was \"committed to tackling homophobia, biphobia and transphobia in football at every level of the game\".", "Deborah Dugan started her role just five months ago\n\nThe chief executive of the Recording Academy, which organises the Grammy Awards, has been removed from her position just 10 days before this year's ceremony in Los Angeles.\n\nDeborah Dugan was placed on administrative leave following an allegation of misconduct, the Academy said in a statement.\n\nDugan had replaced former chief executive Neil Portnow, who caused controversy in 2018 when he suggested female artists should \"step up\" if they wanted to be recognised at the Grammys.\n\nShe was the Academy's first female president and, in an interview published this week, called her role \"the best job on the planet\".\n\nIn a statement, the Recording Academy said: \"In light of concerns raised to the Recording Academy board of trustees, including a formal allegation of misconduct by a senior female member of the Recording Academy team, the board has placed Recording Academy president and CEO Deborah Dugan on administrative leave, effective immediately.\n\n\"The board has also retained two independent third-party investigators to conduct independent investigations of the allegations.\"\n\nIt continued: \"The board determined this action to be necessary in order to restore the confidence of the Recording Academy's membership, repair Recording Academy employee morale, and allow the Recording Academy to focus on its mission of serving all music creators.\"\n\nBoard chairman Harvey Mason Jr will step into Dugan's role until the investigation reaches a conclusion.\n\nHe sent an email to members of the Academy on Thursday, assuring them that \"the Grammy Awards and all related activities will go forward as planned\".\n\nDugan is a former lawyer and record executive who previously ran Bono's charity Red, which works to combat Aids and other diseases in Africa.\n\nAccording to Variety magazine, the 61-year-old had met with resistance in her attempts to modernise the Recording Academy, with one unnamed source calling her removal a \"coup\".\n\nThe 62nd Grammy Awards are due to take place at Los Angeles' Staples Center on Sunday 26 January, hosted by Alicia Keys.\n\nPerformers on the night will include Billie Eilish, Camila Cabello, Bonnie Raitt, the Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato and Rosalía.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's decision to step back from royal life sparked debate on BBC's Question Time.\n\nActor Laurence Fox clashed with an audience member, a university lecturer and race and ethnicity researcher, who said the way Meghan Markle had been treated in the press was \"racist\".", "Retail sales fell again in December as a Christmas shopping spree failed to materialise.\n\nSales volumes fell by 0.6% from November, the fifth month in a row without growth, the Office for National Statistics said.\n\nIt comes amid worries about economic growth and forecasts that the Bank of England could cut interest rates soon.\n\nFood stores were hard hit, with the quantity bought falling by the biggest amount since December 2016.\n\n\"Anecdotal evidence from a number of stores stated that goods did not sell as well as expected,\" the ONS said.\n\nThe latest figures are published as UK High Streets continue to face tough trading conditions, with big chains such as Mothercare and Thomas Cook going bust in recent months.\n\nThe December 2019 figures, unlike those for the same month in 2018, include Black Friday sales, but the ONS said it had seasonally adjusted its data to account for this shift.\n\nTrading statements for the Christmas season from the country's biggest supermarkets had already indicated that households spent less on festive fare in 2019 than they had the previous year.\n\nSales at food stores fell 1.3% in December from the previous month, the ONS said.\n\nDepartment stores were also under pressure, with sales down 1.8% month-on-month, as were clothing stores, which saw a 2% fall in sales.\n\nThis is yet more proof, if it were needed, that December was tough for retailers. The so-called golden quarter was far from sparkling and it's clear that it failed to deliver what many businesses wanted.\n\nBlack Friday, which came late this year, really has shifted the pattern of spending, with sales simply being pulled forward instead of boosting overall spending.\n\nDespite wages now rising faster than inflation, and healthier household finances overall, retail isn't getting its share of spending from disposable income that it once did.\n\nBut amid the gloom, some retailers have done well by giving customers what they want as well along with selling the right products at the right price.\n\nHousehold goods and fuel were the only sectors that saw an increase. Online sales accounted for 19% of December's retail spending, up from 18.6% the previous month.\n\nLast week, the British Retail Consortium said 2019 had been the worst year for retailers since 1995.\n\n\"The picture we're seeing from trading figures is that shoppers reined in spending in the months ahead of Christmas, with the December monthly figure showing there was no festive bounce to make up for lost ground,\" said Ed Monk, associate director for personal investing at Fidelity International.\n\nAt the same time, Andrew Carlisle, managing director and UK retail consulting lead at Accenture, struck a more optimistic note. \"While these figures won't dispel concerns around the challenging UK retail climate, the picture is not all doom and gloom,\" he said.\n\n\"Consumer confidence rose to its highest since July last month, showing there could be better times ahead in 2020. Retailers will be hoping that an economic bounce and regulatory relief will see an upturn in fortunes.\"\n\nBut Capital Economics' UK economist Thomas Pugh said the figures added to worries about growth following this week's weak gross domestic product figures for November.\n\n\"December's outright fall in retail sales, despite a boost from the lateness of Black Friday, does not bode well for GDP growth in December and could nudge the MPC yet closer still to cutting rates at the end of the month,\" he said. A fall in inflation has also raised expectations a rate cut in on the cards.\n\nAfter the retail sales data was released, the pound reversed earlier gains and edged lower, another signal that the financial markets are expecting a rate cut.", "A dust cloud has rapidly swept across an Australian town, turning it red within minutes.\n\nLocals in Nyngan, New South Wales, filmed the event – which was caused by storm-generated winds.", "Prof Jonathan Shepherd believes that any moves to turn off CCTV in town centres would be \"highly irresponsible\"\n\nSwitching off CCTV cameras could lead to A&E departments being inundated with victims of serious assaults, a leading crime expert and surgeon has warned.\n\nCaerphilly council is considering cuts to surveillance funding while other councils are reviewing funding models.\n\nProf Jonathan Shepherd said any cutbacks would be \"highly irresponsible\" and put public safety at risk.\n\nCouncils said they were facing \"significant financial pressures\".\n\nLocal authorities are responsible for public CCTV as it not only records and monitors crime, but also issues like parking, litter, traffic and town centre management.\n\nBut in recent years some councils have cut surveillance spending in an attempt to save millions, and more proposals are being considered as they prepare to set their budgets for the next financial year.\n\nIn Caerphilly, the authority is considering switching off 26 of its public CCTV cameras, while in Neath Port Talbot the authority is proposing reducing how much it pays for cameras by getting the commercial sector to make up any shortfall to ensure there will be no reduction in CCTV service across the authority area.\n\nMeanwhile in Bridgend, proposals to turn off 92 cameras that monitor traffic and help prevent crime, have been put on hold after the Welsh Government increased funding for councils.\n\nBut the cuts could resurface in 2021-22 when a potential £370,000 cut is proposed.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. CCTV footage shows a police van chasing Ford's car, and later the vehicle crashing into the shelter\n\nChief Prosecutor for the Welsh Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Barry Hughes has said public and private CCTV was \"valuable\" when making difficult charging decisions.\n\nBack in 2017, a man who raped a woman while she was sleeping at Bridgend bus station, was only caught after CCTV operators spotted the incident and raised the alarm with police.\n\nThe victim had no recollection of the attack but camera operators raised the alarm and he was arrested nearby.\n\nAnd in 2015, CCTV showed the moment a driver crashed into a smoking shelter at a nightclub in Porthcawl, Bridgend, during a police chase, seriously injuring six people.\n\nCriminal barrister Andrew Taylor said CCTV had been used to track down and convict paedophiles.\n\nHe said it had been used in cases to pinpoint defendants at the scene of a crime, where chances of a conviction would have been \"tiny\" without the footage.\n\n\"This is a very important weapon in the armoury that police and investigators have in bringing people to justice,\" he said.\n\n\"Nobody tonight and this week is going to sleep safer in their beds if we start taking down CCTV.\"\n\nProf Shepherd pioneered the Cardiff Model, a scheme for reducing alcohol related violence which has been adopted across the world\n\nProf Shepherd, research director at Cardiff University's Violence Research Group, said having real-time monitored CCTV cameras in town centres allowed police to get to rows before they escalated.\n\nThe former facial surgeon, who has treated people with broken cheek bones and missing teeth after fights, said he feared more people would be seriously injured if cameras were switched off.\n\nProf Shepherd said while CCTV did act as a deterrent to some crime, most people were drunk or on drugs and were not aware that they were being watched by cameras at the time of an attack.\n\n\"As night follows day, the hospitals are going to see an increase in serious injuries,\" he said.\n\n\"It is completely irresponsible for a local authority to turn off CCTV, public safety and safety of the people they care for and provide services for should be a top priority.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. CCTV shows a tow rope being used to loosen the free-standing machine inside the store and pulling it out\n\nVictim Support said without CCTV vulnerable people would be put at risk in town centres, and less people would be caught for crimes.\n\nAlex Mayes, policy and public affairs lead, said: \"It is vital that victims of crime are able to utilise evidence that can support their cases, otherwise their access to justice may be hindered.\"\n\nBut South Wales Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Alun Michael said rather than cuts, the force was in talks with councils about how to get better quality CCTV and to make better use of the services.\n\n\"In some local authorities the kit is extremely out of date, it does not have sufficient high resolution for evidence,\" he said.\n\n\"I am confident we are not going to see the wholesale abolition of CCTV.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ramson was given a 12 month ban after admitting dangerous driving\n\nHe said while councils were facing pressures it was important that the coverage and quality of CCTV did not deteriorate as it acted as a deterrent and could be key for securing convictions.\n\nGwent PCC Jeff Cuthbert said it was a \"great shame that councils are being obliged to consider making such cuts\".\n\nA Caerphilly council spokesman said the authority currently monitors 153 cameras around the clock, but was considering turning some off due to \"significant financial pressures\".\n\n\"These savings proposals are currently our for public consultation and we will carefully consider the feedback we get from residents before making any final decision,\" he said.\n\nA Neath Port Talbot council spokesman said: \"Work is at an advanced stage to develop the current CCTV operating model in a way in which new income can be secured to sustain and if possible enhance the CCTV service into future years.\n\n\"There are no proposals to cut the service further.\"", "UK psychiatrists have said in a new report that they will never understand the risks and benefits of social media use on children's mental health unless companies hand over their data to researchers.\n\nIan Russell, who believes Instagram was partly responsible for his daughter Molly taking her life aged 14, speaks to BBC Breakfast's Naga Munchetty about why he's backing the research.", "Owen Jones was attacked during a night out to celebrate his birthday\n\nA man launched an unprovoked attack on Guardian columnist Owen Jones because of his sexuality and political views, a judge has ruled.\n\nJames Healy, 40, admitted assaulting Mr Jones by The Lexington pub in Islington last year but claimed it was because the 35-year-old had spilled his drink.\n\nHowever, Mr Jones said he \"absolutely did not\" spill the drink.\n\nAt the end of a two-day hearing, the judge ruled the attack could only have been due to his media profile.\n\nRecorder Judge Anne Studd QC said Healy, of Portsmouth, would have had \"plenty of opportunity to remonstrate\" with Mr Jones in the pub if he had spilled the drink but made no attempt to do so.\n\n\"This was a deliberate and targeted attack on Mr Jones personally,\" she said.\n\nFollowing Healy's arrest, a search of his home revealed a photograph of him performing a Nazi salute.\n\nThe court heard the photo showed him as a teenager but had been printed out in 2015.\n\nHealy, who has admitted affray and assault occasioning actual bodily harm, faced a trial of issue to determine his motivation for attacking Mr Jones.\n\nIn her ruling Judge Studd said that while it could not be proven Healy had been performing a Nazi salute in the photograph, she was \"sure that [Healy] holds particular beliefs that are normally associated with the far right wing\".\n\n\"I therefore propose to sentence Mr Healy on the basis that this was a wholly unprovoked attack on Mr Jones by reason of his widely published left-wing and LGBTQ beliefs by a man who has demonstrable right-wing sympathies,\" she said.\n\nMr Jones told the court some people see him as a \"hate figure\"\n\nMr Jones suffered cuts and swelling to his back and head and bruises all down his body in the assault which happened on his birthday night out on 17 August.\n\nIn his evidence at Snaresbrook Crown Court, the journalist said: \"I'm an unapologetic socialist, I'm an anti-racist, I'm an anti-fascist and I've consistently used my profile to advocate left-wing causes.\"\n\nMr Jones has almost one million Twitter followers, 125,000 followers on Instagram and 350,000 followers on Facebook.\n\n\"What I use these platforms for is to advocate left-wing ideas and a passion and unwavering commitment to opposing racism, fascism, Islamophobia and homophobia,\" he told the court.\n\n\"Almost every single day I am the subject of an unrelenting campaign [of abuse] by far-right sympathisers.\n\n\"They've come to see me as this hate figure in their ranks.\"\n\nMr Jones said he received death threats on a daily basis, adding: \"It's the combination of being left-wing, gay, anti-fascist - that's everything the far right hate.\"\n\nOwen Jones had been drinking in The Lexington in Islington\n\nDescribing the evening of the attack, Mr Jones said: \"My recollection is that I was saying goodbye to a friend and then I was on the floor completely disoriented.\n\n\"In those 10 seconds, I don't really remember what happened because I was attacked from behind, I had no sense of what was going to happen.\"\n\nWhen asked about the claim he had knocked Mr Healy's drink, he said: \"That absolutely did not happen.\n\n\"If I thought I had accidentally spilled someone's drink, I would apologise profusely, I would say, 'I'm so sorry' and I would insist - whether they liked it or not - on buying them another drink.\"\n\nThe court heard Healy has a string of convictions for football violence and is currently subject to a football banning order for encroaching on a pitch.\n\nHe also allegedly had a football hooligan flag adorned with SS symbols and a collection of pin badges linked to white supremacist groups.\n\nHealy told the court: \"I'm a hoarder. I never throw anything away. I just had them all that time tucked away in the back of a drawer.\n\n\"Bearing in mind they came into my possession in 1998, there was no internet back then, the information now is easily available.\n\n\"As far as I knew, they were connected to football and football violence.\"\n\nA date has yet to be set for Healy's sentencing.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A former police officer whose wife died five weeks after bowel surgery said he was \"knocked sideways completely\" when he received an anonymous letter highlighting blunders in her treatment.\n\nSusan Warby, 57, died at the West Suffolk Hospital on 30 August, 2018.\n\nDuring an inquest into her death, it was heard she had been given glucose instead of saline via an arterial line.\n\nThe hospital reportedly asked doctors for fingerprints and handwriting samples to identify the whistleblower.\n\nIn a statement, the Doctors' Association described the attempt by the hospital to find the letter writer as a \"witch hunt\".\n\nMrs Warby died at the West Suffolk Hospital in August 2018\n\nJon Warby said he received the letter two months after his wife's death.\n\nHe said he was \"quite surprised\" by the lengths the hospital reportedly went to to find its author.\n\nThe inquest in Ipswich heard both Suffolk Police and the hospital launched investigations into the letter at the request of the coroner.\n\nThe hospital said an investigation into the nature of Mrs Warby's care was already under way by the time the letter was sent.\n\nSuffolk's senior coroner Nigel Parsley said Mrs Warby's family acknowledged her death was the \"progression of a naturally occurring disease\" but wanted to know if \"errors may have had a contributory effect\".\n\nIt was heard Mrs Warby also suffered a punctured lung during a further operation to replace the arterial line with a line into a central vein.\n\nHer cause of death was recorded as multi-organ failure, with contributory causes including septicaemia, pneumonia and perforated diverticular disease, affecting the bowel.\n\nThe inquest into mother-of-two's death was adjourned so an independent medical witness can be brought in at the family's request.\n\nThe Doctors' Association said it was approached by medics who said the hospital had demanded both fingerprints and samples of handwriting.\n\nIt said clinicians claimed they were told if they refused that would be evidence of guilt.\n\n\"The witch hunt for a whistleblower following the tragic death of Mrs Warby highlights a deep-seated toxic culture at West Suffolk Hospital,\" it said.\n\nThe hospital said it would not comment until after the inquest had concluded.\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. Lachlan, Jamie and Ewan MacLean have become the first three brothers to row any ocean, and the youngest trio to ever row the Atlantic\n\nThree brothers from Scotland have set three world records after rowing the Atlantic Ocean in just 35 days.\n\nJamie, Ewan and Lachlan MacLean are the first three brothers to row any ocean, and the youngest trio and the fastest trio to ever row the Atlantic.\n\nThey set off from La Gomera, in the Canary Islands on 12 December and have now completed the 3,000-mile trip to Antigua.\n\nPreviously, the fastest a trio had ever rowed the Atlantic Ocean was 41 days.\n\nThe MacLean brothers, known as Broar, overcame seasickness, battery issues, storms, dehydration and exhaustion to reach Antigua in record time.\n\nLachlan, Jamie and Ewan MacLean have become the first three brothers to row any ocean, and the youngest trio to ever row the Atlantic\n\nOriginally from Edinburgh, the brothers finished third overall (first among trios) in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, beating many teams of four and five.\n\nThey had to row the last 20 days without any music, podcasts or audiobooks, as their iPhone cables succumbed to damage caused by a combination of sun and seawater. However, being musicians, they kept themselves entertained with a bagpipe, harmonica and ukelele on board.\n\nJamie and Lachlan, students at the Glasgow University and Glasgow School of Art respectively, convinced their brother Ewan, a design engineer for Dyson in Bristol, to take a sabbatical from work to make this world record attempt.\n\nThe 27-year-old said: \"They had to twist my arm but I will be forever grateful to my brothers for convincing me to do this.\n\n\"This was, without doubt, the defining experience of my life. It was incredibly difficult but the way we came together, the way our bodies and minds coped with every single challenge, will stay with me for a long time.\n\n\"It definitely tested our relationship, but it was remarkable how we were able to lift each other up as we struggled. It's brought us closer together, although I am looking forward to getting to see and talk to some different people.\"\n\nThe MacLean brothers, known as Broar, overcame seasickness, battery issues, storms, dehydration and exhaustion to reach Antigua in record time.\n\nThe MacLean brothers developed a love for the outdoors during summers spent in Nedd in Sutherland. Once they come home to Scotland, they plan to head back to Nedd to plan their next adventure.\n\nThey completed the challenge in 35 days nine hours and nine minutes.\n\nThey are hoping to raise £250,000 for Feedback Madagascar and Children First.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The prime minister has addressed ongoing tensions between the US and Iran in an interview with BBC Breakfast.\n\nBoris Johnson said that \"clearly Iran made a terrible mistake\", but added that the \"most important thing is tensions in the region calm down\".\n\nIranian President Hassan Rouhani, has called the shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane that killed 176 people an \"unforgivable error\".\n\nThe incident followed the killing of Gen Qasem Soleimani, Iran's second most powerful man, in a US drone strike in Iraq.\n\nRead more: PM urges Trump to come up with new Iran plan\n\nWatch the full interview with the prime minister on BBC iPlayer.", "Grenfell Tower families have raised concerns to the PM about a potential conflict of interest involving a member of the inquiry into the disaster.\n\nBenita Mehra will join chairman Sir Martin Moore-Bick for the inquiry's second phase, which begins this year.\n\nThe Guardian has revealed Ms Mehra ran a charity that received funding linked to US firm Arconic, which supplied the cladding that helped the fire spread.\n\nSeventy-two people died during the tower block fire on 14 June 2017.\n\nShah Aghlani, who lost his mother and aunt in the fire, told the BBC: \"We have to look into it and see what the facts are and, if there's a conflict interest, I'm afraid she has to go. She has to be replaced.\n\n\"She's going to be sitting on panel judging and analysing things and we can't have any sort of conflict of interest.\"\n\nHe added that, in a meeting with bereaved families on Thursday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised to \"listen, look into it and he'd come back to us\".\n\nA report - following the first phase of the public inquiry into the fire - found in October last year that the tower block's cladding did not comply with building regulations and was the \"principal\" reason for the fire's rapid and \"profoundly shocking\" spread.\n\nArconic said the grant was made by its charitable arm, the Arconic Foundation, which is \"an independently endowed and managed foundation\".\n\nA spokesman added: \"It's part of Arconic Foundation's mission to create access to these fields for girls and women all over the globe. The grant we awarded in 2017 to this particular UK association was purely on this basis.\"\n\nMs Mehra, a civil engineer, was appointed to the Grenfell Tower inquiry panel shortly before Christmas, replacing academic Professor Nabeel Hamdi.\n\nIt has since emerged that Ms Mehra is an immediate past president of the Women's Engineering Society (WES), which previously received funding from the Arconic Foundation for an apprentice conference.\n\nEarlier, Karim Mussilhy, vice-chairman of the survivors and bereaved group Grenfell United, told the Guardian: \"Her society has been supported by Arconic. She will look at it from the perspective of Arconic doing good things for the industry, that they are a great organisation. Her perspective will be affected.\"\n\nHowever, a spokeswoman for the inquiry said they do not believe Ms Mehra's former role with the WES will have any influence on her ability to be impartial.\n\n\"The consideration and appointment of panel members is a matter for the Cabinet Office,\" said the spokeswoman.\n\n\"The inquiry does not consider that Benita Mehra's former presidency of the Women's Engineering Society in any way affects her impartiality as a panel member.\"\n\nA Cabinet Office spokesman said: \"There are robust processes in place to ensure the Grenfell Tower Inquiry remains independent and that any potential conflicts of interest are properly considered and managed.\"\n\nThey added that the Arconic Foundation donated to a \"specific scheme which provides mentoring for women in engineering and is unrelated to the issues being considered by the inquiry\".\n\nDowning Street said the prime minister \"reaffirmed his commitment to getting to the truth of what happened, learn lessons and deliver justice for victims\".\n\nOn Thursday's meeting with Grenfell families, a No 10 spokesman added: \"During the meeting, they reflected on the phase one report of the Grenfell Inquiry, and looked ahead to the next stage.\"\n\nMs Mehra stepped in for the second phase of the inquiry after Prof Nabeel Hamdi, a housing expert, decided to quit because of the commitment involved in taking part in the inquiry.\n\nThe second phase of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry begins on 27 January.\n\nAfter considering the night of the fire, during the first phase, the focus will switch to the refurbishment of the building and its role in the fire, as well as issues surrounding the building regulations.\n\nThouria Istephan, who specialises in construction regulations, will join Sir Martin and Ms Mehra on the panel.", "Greg Page, seen here at a reunion show in 2012, retired from the group due to ill health\n\nGreg Page, a founding member of the popular children's music group The Wiggles, has collapsed at a bushfire relief show in Sydney.\n\nPage - who used to perform as the yellow Wiggle - sang on stage for an hour and a half before suffering a cardiac arrest.\n\nThe band tweeted that Page was recovering in hospital.\n\nThe Wiggles were created in 1991 and have sold tens of millions of CDs and DVDs around the world.\n\nPage was a founding member and the original lead singer.\n\nHe retired due to ill-health in 2006, returning briefly in 2012 before leaving again. Reports in 2006 said Page had been diagnosed with orthostatic intolerance, an illness related to blood pressure.\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 The Wiggles 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 The Wiggles\n\nThis performance was the first of two scheduled with the original Wiggles cast.\n\nIt was a sold-out, adults-only performance, with all proceeds going to the Australian Red Cross and the NSW Wildlife Information Rescue and Education Service (WIRES).\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Wiggles 'hang up their skivvies'\n\nPage - along with fellow founding members Murray Cook and Jeff Fatt - left the band in 2012. A new line up consisting of original member Anthony Field and new singers Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce and Emma Watkins debuted at the end of that year.\n\nSeveral of the group's records have gone multi-platinum, and The Wiggles have won 14 Australian Recording Industry Association music awards for Best Children's Album.\n\nIn 2011, the band ranked second in terms of earnings on a list of Australia's top 50 entertainers, making more than A$28m (£14.8m).", "Specially fitted electric taxis will be able to charge while they wait for a fare\n\nWireless charging for electric taxis waiting in their rank is to be trialled in Nottingham.\n\nThe government is putting £3.4m towards fitting five charging plates outside the city's railway station.\n\nThe six-month pilot project will see 10 electric taxis fitted with the necessary hardware and the scheme could be rolled out if successful.\n\nOfficials said electric vehicles were \"vital\" to improving city air quality and making charging convenient was key.\n\nThe Department for Transport said wireless charging was more convenient and avoided the clutter of cable charging points.\n\nThere was also the potential for the technology to be made available for public use, it added.\n\nAndrea Leadsom, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, said: \"Charging technology, including wireless, is vital in giving consumers confidence to make the switch from petrol to electric cars.\n\n\"This pioneering trial in Nottingham, and others like it, will help us take crucial steps towards lower emissions and cleaner air.\n\n\"We are determined to end our contribution to global warming entirely by 2050 - and delivering cleaner and greener transport systems is a key part of this\".\n\nSally Longford, deputy leader at Nottingham City Council, said: \"Nottingham is excited to host the trial of this new type of innovative charging technology, keeping us ahead of the pack, and helping to promote cleaner taxis in our city and potentially take us a further step forward towards our goal of being carbon neutral by 2028.\"\n\nThe vehicles will be owned by the council and provided rent-free to drivers.\n\nNo date has been fixed for the project to start, though the city council said it hoped it would be \"later this year\".\n\nThe council already runs a \"try before you buy\" scheme for electric taxis, alongside financial support for purchases.\n\nA number of England's cities have announced plans to tackle vehicle emissions or the numbers of vehicles entering city centres.\n\nLondon introduced an Ultra Low Emission Zone last year that sees higher-polluting vehicles charged up to £100 to drive through the centre, while Birmingham City Council revealed plans this week to stop cars from driving across the city 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.", "A British teenager found guilty of lying about being gang-raped in Cyprus has launched an appeal against her conviction.\n\nThe 19-year-old had denied causing public mischief and on Thursday lawyers filed the grounds for her appeal at the supreme court of Cyprus.\n\nShe is now back in the UK after receiving a suspended jail term.\n\nJustice Abroad said she did not get a fair trial and the conviction \"breaches\" her rights.\n\nMichael Polak, director of the legal support group, criticised her treatment and that of her representatives and witness as being in \"clear contrast\" to the prosecution and its witnesses.\n\nHe said the conviction breached Cypriot law and flouted the country's international obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights and as a member of the European Union.\n\nThe teenager said she was raped by up to 12 Israeli tourists in a hotel room in the resort town of Ayia Napa on July 17, before being charged herself after signing a retraction statement 10 days later.\n\nShe maintains she was raped, but was forced to change her account under pressure from Cypriot police following hours of questioning alone and without legal representation.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"We're pleased she's going home,\" lawyer Lewis Power QC says\n\nShe was convicted in December but had vowed to appeal, with her lawyer, Lewis Power QC previously saying the case was \"not finished by any means\".\n\nShe returned to the UK on 8 January after receiving a four-month jail sentence, suspended for three years.\n\nFamagusta District Court also ordered her to pay £125 in legal fees.\n\nThe dozen young men and boys, aged between 15 and 20, were freed after their initial arrests and later returned home.", "EU citizens will not automatically be deported if they fail to sign up to the settled status scheme by the 2021 deadline, Downing Street has said.\n\nThe confirmation comes after European Parliament Brexit co-ordinator Guy Verhofstadt said he had been given the assurance by the UK government.\n\nUnder the settlement scheme, EU citizens living in the UK can apply to stay in the country after Brexit.\n\nSo far the number of applicants to the scheme has hit more than 2.7 million.\n\nNearly 2.5 million EU citizens have been told they can live and work in the UK after Brexit, while six \"serious or persistent\" criminals have had their applications rejected.\n\nThe deadline for applying to the scheme is 30 June 2021.\n\nMr Verhofstadt told BBC Radio 4's Today programme he believed those who missed the deadline would still be able to apply for settled status after \"giving grounds why it was not possible to do it within the normal procedures\".\n\n\"There will be no automatic deportation,\" he added.\n\nIn October last year, Home Office minister Brandon Lewis told German newspaper Die Welt: \"If EU citizens until this point of time have not registered and have no adequate reason for it, then the valid immigration rules will be applied.\"\n\nWhen pressed on whether that would include those who met the legal requirements for residence but did not apply by the deadline, he replied: \"Theoretically yes. We will apply the rules.\"\n\nBut on Friday Mr Lewis said deporting EU citizens who have not applied for settled status \"is not what we're about\".\n\nIn an interview for the BBC's Politics East programme, to be shown on Sunday, he said his focus was on encouraging people to apply now.\n\nMr Lewis added: \"At the end of June 2021, if people haven't applied and they've got good reason for that, we'll be looking at that and we'll be looking to grant status.\n\n\"But I don't want to get to that place. I want people to apply now.\"\n\nWhen asked if police could be knocking on people's in June next year and escorting them out of the country if they have not applied, he said: \"That is not what we're about, we're saying to people who have made their home here, 'we value you we want you to stay.'\"\n\nGuy Verhofstadt is the European Parliament's Brexit co-ordinator and a former prime minister of Belgium\n\nMr Verhofstadt told Today he had been told that the UK government was looking at the possibility of EU citizens being able to print out documentary proof of their status.\n\nResponding to his comments, the Home Office said: \"There is no change to our digital approach. It has always been the case that people could print a copy of their confirmation letter, but this can't be used as evidence of status.\"\n\nIt added: \"The EU settlement scheme grants people with a secure, digital status which future-proofs their rights. Physical documents can get lost, stolen, damaged and tampered with.\"\n\nMr Verhofstadt also said the possibility had been raised of EU citizens sitting on the independent monitoring authority that will be in place to oversee citizens' rights.\n\nAsked whether he thought the UK could ever rejoin the EU in the future, Mr Verhofstadt said he thought it would eventually happen but \"difficult to say when\".\n\n\"There will be a young generation who will say, 'What have we done? We want to go back,'\" he added.\n\nConservative MEP Daniel Hannan praised the UK government's handling of the issue of citizens' rights, saying: \"A system is now up and running, and it is by far the most effective and the most generous in any of the EU countries.\n\n\"I don't think you will find a single state among the [other] 27 [EU states] that has a system in place to grant rights to established UK nationals that is working as generously and without any cost to the people concerned, as ours is in return.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union\n\nSaracens will be relegated from the Premiership unless they can prove compliance with Premiership Rugby's salary cap rules in the next few days.\n\nThey were deducted 35 points and fined £5.3m in November, having broken the cap for the past three seasons.\n\nHowever, there is widespread belief Saracens will once more struggle to get under the £7m limit this campaign.\n\nThe champions have been told to comply with the rules immediately or face relegation at the end of the season.\n\nBut the club say nothing has been finalised and they are still trying to work through a solution before the deadline.\n\nSaracens interim chief executive Edward Griffiths said: \"Discussions are continuing, and nothing has been finalised but our position remains the same.\n\n\"It is clearly in the interests of the league and English rugby that this matter is dealt with as soon as possible, and we are prepared to do whatever is reasonably required to draw that line.\"\n\nOn Saturday, Saracens posted on social media to confirm the club is \"engaged in constructive dialogue\" with Premiership Rugby.\n\nThe bosses of the top-flight clubs met at a Premiership Rugby board meeting in London on Tuesday.\n\nIt was decided that unless Saracens could prove their compliance, they would face the unprecedented step of dropping into the second tier.\n\nAlthough Griffiths revealed to the BBC earlier this month that the club may need to trim their squad to fit under the cap, no players have yet been released.\n\nThe contract season has already run for seven months - since the start of July - with all the money paid to players who have featured for the club during that period counting towards the cap.\n\nFurthermore, any money paid as compensation to players for cutting short contracts would also be included in the wage bill.\n\nPremiership Rugby announced last month a comprehensive review of the current salary cap regulations, conducted by former government minister Lord Myners.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Why I broke my silence over Weinstein\"\n\nLawyers have chosen the 12 jurors who will sit in the trial of former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.\n\nAbout 700 candidates - including model Gigi Hadid - were screened over the course of two weeks before a group of seven men and five women were picked.\n\nMr Weinstein faces five charges, including rape and sexual assault. The trial will begin on Wednesday in New York.\n\nThe 67-year-old has denied all charges, saying the encounters were consensual.\n\nHe could face life in prison if convicted.\n\nOnce one of Hollywood's most decorated and lauded producers, more than 80 women have accused Mr Weinstein of sexual misconduct - allegations which helped drive the #MeToo movement.\n\nHowever, few of the complaints have led to criminal charges and in the New York case he faces charges related to allegations made by two women.\n\nJudge James Burke told potential jurors on Thursday that the trial was \"not a referendum on the #MeToo movement\", and that they were expected to decide Mr Weinstein's fate \"on the evidence\".\n\nThe trial is expected to conclude in early March.\n\nMr Weinstein was also charged with an additional count of rape and one of sexual assault in Los Angeles earlier this month, which he also denies.\n\nLos Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey has said she expects Mr Weinstein to appear in court in California in that case, saying he could be extradited or could come voluntarily after the conclusion of the New York trial.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Hired by Weinstein to extract information on celebrities", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Molly Russell's father Ian travels to the United States and meets other parents bereaved by suicide\n\nInstagram has pledged to remove images, drawings and even cartoons showing methods of self-harm or suicide.\n\nThe move is its latest response to the public outcry over the death of British teenager Molly Russell.\n\nThe 14-year-old killed herself in 2017 after viewing graphic content on the platform.\n\nMolly's father has described the Facebook-owned app's commitment as \"sincere\" but said managers needed to act more swiftly.\n\nMolly Russell's father believes her use of Instagram was a factor in her suicide\n\nInstagram's latest promise covers explicit drawings, cartoons and memes about suicide, in addition to any other method \"promoting\" self-harm.\n\n\"It will take time to fully implement... but it's not going to be the last step we take,\" Instagram chief Adam Mosseri told BBC News.\n\nAdam Mosseri took charge of Instagram in October 2018\n\nIt extends measures announced in February, which banned \"graphic images of self-harm\" and restricted those with suicidal themes. This included both stills and videos.\n\nInstagram has been under pressure to act after Mr Russell said he believed the US-based service had been partly responsible for his daughter's death.\n\nAfter she died, Mr Russell found large amounts of graphic material about self-harm and suicide on her Instagram account. He also found similar content on her Pinterest login.\n\nThe 56-year-old went public in January of this year.\n\nThe UK government, charities and the media were among those who subsequently called on Instagram and other technology companies to make changes.\n\nInstagram's latest announcement coincided with a visit by Mr Russell to Silicon Valley.\n\nThere, he told BBC News: \"The big platforms really don't seem to be doing much about it.\"\n\nIan Russell discussed online safety with schoolchildren in New Jersey on a recent trip to the US\n\nDuring his visit, Florida-based internet safety campaigner and paediatrician Dr Free Hess showed him content still available on Instagram.\n\nIt included graphic photographs, videos of self-harm and cartoons advocating suicide.\n\nShe said hashtags had helped lead young people to the content.\n\n\"It's grooming that young person to self-harm more, consider suicide more,\" the doctor said.\n\nIan responded: \"I was rather hoping that the steps taken would made it at least harder to find that stuff.\"\n\nMr Russell also met Jim Steyer, the founder of Common Sense Media - the US's largest charity dealing with child safety online.\n\n\"The lack of responsibility of the social media platforms is absolutely mindboggling,\" said Mr Steyer, who wants new regulations to be imposed on the companies.\n\nInstagram says it has doubled the amount of material removed related to self-harm and suicide since the first quarter of 2019.\n\nBetween April and June this year, it said, it had removed 834,000 pieces of content, 77% of which had not been reported by users.\n\n\"There is still very clearly more work to do, this work never ends,\" said Mr Mosseri.\n\nTo which Mr Russell responded: \"I just hope he delivers.\"\n• None Molly Russell: Did her death change social media? Video, 00:14:19Molly Russell: Did her death change social media?", "Police have defended the inclusion of environmental groups such as Extinction Rebellion and Greenpeace in a counter-terrorism guide, saying it was produced to help frontline officers.\n\nThe Guardian reported that the 24-page police guide was distributed to teachers and medical staff as part of anti-extremism briefings last year.\n\nThey appeared next to extremist right-wing groups such as National Action.\n\nExtinction Rebellion warned it could have a \"chilling effect\" on people.\n\nIt comes after counter-terrorism police in south-east England admitted an \"error of judgement\" earlier this month - after listing Extinction Rebellion as an \"extreme ideology\" in a 12-page guide.\n\nAccording to the Guardian, the police document includes other non-violent groups such as ocean pollution campaigners Sea Shepherd, animal rights group Peta and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND).\n\nA signs and symbols guide referred to by the paper shows a Nazi swastika in one section and the Extinction Rebellion and Greenpeace symbols in another.\n\nDeputy Assistant Commissioner Dean Haydon, senior national co-ordinator for the UK's Counter Terrorism Policing, said police do not consider legitimate protest groups to be extremist or a threat to national security.\n\nHe said the visual aid was produced with the aim of helping police \"identify and understand signs and symbols\" so they know the difference between them.\n\nIn a statement, he said: \"The guidance document in question explicitly states that many of the groups included are not of counter-terrorism interest, and that membership of them does not indicate criminality of any kind.\n\n\"To suggest anything else is both unhelpful and misleading.\"\n\nHe said the document was used by the government's counter-terrorism strategy, known as the Prevent programme, but \"only as a guide to help them [Prevent] identify and understand the range of organisations practitioners might come across\".\n\nHowever, Extinction Rebellion said its inclusion in the document was \"nothing short of pointing a finger at anyone that thinks differently to 'business as usual'.\"\n\nThe group said: \"The chilling effect is to leave people feeling under scrutiny, watched and pressurised, feeling othered, ashamed or afraid to be open about the things they care about such as the environment and the world around us.\"\n\nKate Hudson, general secretary of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, also questioned the group's inclusion in the guide, saying it \"threatens our right to political engagement and peaceful protest\".\n\n\"We have no secrets and act in the public interest,\" she added.\n\nGreenpeace UK's executive director, John Sauven, said there was \"nothing extremist about people from all walks of life taking peaceful, non-violent action to stop climate chaos and ecological collapse\".\n\n\"Tarring environmental campaigners and terrorist organisations with the same brush is not going to help fight terrorism. It will only harm the reputation of hard-working police officers.\"", "Jacob Young, 18, appeared on an episode of Supernanny in 2005, aged three\n\nA teenager who appeared on the reality TV show Supernanny as a child has been described as a danger to women and detained for 10 years for rape.\n\nJacob Young, 18, of Ipswich, strangled his victim almost to unconsciousness in her own home, making her fear for her life, Ipswich Crown Court heard.\n\nThe judge dismissed a letter from his mother which said the 2005 show led to a \"campaign of abuse and mockery\".\n\nHe said Young had an \"extreme form of sexual curiosity or unhealthy fantasy\".\n\nThe court heard Young spent the night of 13 October 2018 stalking and taking photos of \"vulnerable\" women, before he spotted the victim being supported by her boyfriend as he walked her home.\n\nDuring a trial last year, Young's defence claimed he was making sure she got home safely, but the court heard he had a \"premeditated plan\" to steal the stranger's bag, so he could return it as a \"hero\" figure.\n\nSue and Paul Young and their five sons, then aged eight months to eight years, appeared on the show in 2005\n\nOnce the boyfriend left, Young entered the flat and attacked her.\n\nJudge Levett said evidence from the victim suggested Young enjoyed the violence and she only escaped after promising to let him \"do whatever to me\" if he let her go to the bathroom.\n\nThe family featured in a 2005 episode of Supernanny, in which the five young boys were described as having \"no respect for their home, their parents or each other\".\n\nIn a letter to the court, his mother described the impact that appearing on the Channel 4 show had on each of her five sons.\n\n\"Your mother said appearing on that TV programme led to a campaign of mockery and abuse from the public and peers and school friends,\" Judge Levett said.\n\nYoung's mother claimed he was \"very protective\" of women following a fire at the family home in 2007, which led to \"considerable media attention\".\n\nShe suggested her son was a person of good character who could not have done what was alleged. All her claims were dismissed as \"embellishment\" by the judge.\n\nThe court heard Young had a previous conviction for threatening a 12-year-old girl with a knife when he was 14.\n\nYoung, of Beechcroft Road, had denied rape, committing actual bodily harm and theft but was found guilty by a jury.\n\n\"You took advantage of a vulnerable woman in her own home, where she should have expected she was safe in her bed,\" said Judge Levett.\n\nYoung was sentenced to 10 years in a young offenders' institution with an extended licence period of five years.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Ayanna Pressley said that 'as a Black woman, the personal is political'\n\nUS congresswoman Ayanna Pressley has revealed she is completely bald because of the hair-loss condition alopecia.\n\nThe Massachusetts Democrat told The Root that she started noticing her hair was falling out last autumn.\n\nShe eventually went totally bald in December, the night before Congress voted to impeach Donald Trump.\n\nSharing the video on social media, Ms Pressley later said: \"As a Black woman, the personal is political. My hair story is no exception.\"\n\nMs Pressley, 45, is a member of the so-called \"Squad\" of four progressive Democratic congresswomen of colour.\n\nIn an interview with The Root website, Ms Pressley said she first got her signature hairstyle - Senegalese twist - four years ago.\n\n\"I was very aware this hairstyle could be - would be - filtered and interpreted by some as a political statement that was militant,\" she said in the video. \"People said: 'People will think you're angry', and I said: 'Well they already think that.'\"\n\nOver the years, she said, it became a symbol of representation and power for young African-American girls.\n\nAyanna Pressley removed her wig for the first time in public\n\nMs Pressley added: \"My twists had become such a synonymous and conflated part of not only my personal identity and how I show up in the world, but my political brand.\n\n\"That's why I think it's important that I'm transparent about this new normal, and living with alopecia.\"\n\nLater in the video, she took off her wig - revealing her baldness for the first time in public.\n\nAfter the video was published, viewers, activists and colleagues tweeted their support of Ms Pressley - including her fellow \"Squad\" congresswomen, Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib.\n\nMs Omar said Ms Pressley was \"stunningly gorgeous and a magnificent black queen\", while Ms Tlaib praised her \"courage\".\n\nMs Ocasio-Cortez tweeted: \"Could you imagine losing all your hair on the eve of an enormously public day? And then turning that intensely intimate ordeal to make space for others? Ayanna, you are a living blessing.\"\n\nAlopecia affects about a third of women of African descent, according to a study published in the medical journal Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology. Another study, published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology last year, found that African-Americans were more likely to experience alopecia than other ethnic group in the US.\n\nThe most common form of the condition affecting black women is traction alopecia, which is caused by hair being stressed at the roots.\n\nOther forms of the condition include alopecia areata, which causes patches of baldness; alopecia totalis, which causes total baldness on the head; and alopecia universalis, which leads to complete hair loss all over a person's body.\n\nAbout 6.8 million people in the US are believed to have alopecia, according to the US-based National Alopecia Areata Foundation.", "Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has led Friday prayers in the capital Tehran - the first time he has done so in eight years.\n\nHis country has faced criticism at home and abroad after it admitted shooting down a Ukrainian passenger plane by mistake.\n\nThe BBC's Martin Patience said he delivered \"a defiant message designed for domestic consumption\".", "The minister said his speech was a \"rhetorical coincidence\"\n\nBrazil's culture minister has been sacked after using parts of a speech by Nazi Germany's propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels in a video, sparking outrage.\n\nIn the clip posted on the ministry's Twitter page, Roberto Alvim detailed an award for \"heroic\" and \"national\" art.\n\nLohengrin by Wagner, Hitler's favourite composer, played in the background. Earlier, Mr Alvim said the now-deleted video was a \"rhetorical coincidence\".\n\nFar-right President Jair Bolsonaro said the speech had been \"unfortunate\".\n\n\"I reiterate our rejection of totalitarian and genocidal ideologies, such as Nazism and communism, as well as any inference to them. We also express our full and unrestricted support for the Jewish community, of which we're friends and share many common values,\" the president said on Twitter.\n\nIn the six-minute video detailing the National Arts Awards, Mr Alvim said: \"The Brazilian art of the next decade will be heroic and will be national, will be endowed with great capacity for emotional involvement... deeply linked to the urgent aspirations of our people, or else it will be nothing.\"\n\nParts of it were identical to a speech quoted in the book Joseph Goebbels: A Biography, by German historian Peter Longerich, who has written several works on the Holocaust.\n\n\"The German art of the next decade will be heroic, it will be steely-romantic, it will be factual and completely free of sentimentality, it will be national with great pathos and binding, or it will be nothing.\"\n\nGoebbels led the Ministry of Enlightenment and Propaganda, designed to brainwash people into obeying the Nazis and idolising leader Adolf Hitler. Its methods included censorship of the press and control of radio broadcasts, as well as control of culture and arts.\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 Secretaria Especial da Cultura 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 post on his Facebook page, Mr Alvim, a theatre director who was appointed to the ministerial post last year, said \"the left was doing a fallacious remote association\" between the two speeches, and that \"there was nothing wrong with his sentence\".\n\n\"The whole speech was based on a nationalistic ideal for the Brazilian art and there was a coincidence with ONE sentence of a speech by Goebbels. I didn't quote him and I'd NEVER do it... But the sentence itself is perfect.\"\n\nLater, in a second post, he said \"the speech had been written from various ideas linked to nationalist art that had been brought by his advisers\". He did not comment on the music that played in the video in any of his posts.\n\nAmong those who called for him to be fired was the Speaker of the lower house of Brazil's Congress, Rodrigo Maia, who said Mr Alvim had \"gone beyond all limits\" with an \"inacceptable\" video.\n\nThe Brazilian Israelite Confederation said: \"To emulate [Goebbels'] view... is a frightening sign of his vision of culture, which must be combated and contained.\"\n\nIt called for Mr Alvim's immediate removal, adding: \"Brazil, which sent brave soldiers to combat Nazism on European soil, doesn't deserve it.\"\n\nMr Bolsonaro, a former army captain with a conservative social agenda, has frequently accused Brazil's artists and cultural productions including schoolbooks and movies of \"left-wing bias\".", "Fowlds' character Bernard in Yes Minister was the principal private secretary to politician Jim Hacker\n\nActor Derek Fowlds, known to millions for playing Bernard Woolley in Yes Minister, has died at the age of 82.\n\nHe also played sergeant-turned-publican Oscar Blaketon in ITV police drama Heartbeat for 18 years, and was \"Mr Derek\" on the Basil Brush show in the 70s.\n\nThe actor died at Royal United Hospital in Bath on Friday morning, after having suffered with pneumonia.\n\n\"You couldn't have met a nicer person ever\" said his assistant Helen Bennett.\n\nSorry, we're having trouble displaying this content. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\n\"He was just a wonderful man and I will miss him terribly.\"\n\nShe added: \"He was the most beloved man to everybody who ever met him, he never had a bad word to say about anybody and he was so well respected, adored by everyone.\"\n\nBasil Brush himself said he is \"so desperately sad\" at the news, describing the late star as \"my best friend forever\". Fowlds worked on the BBC children's television show as a presenter between 1969 and 1973, where he replaced Rodney Bewes.\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 Basil Brush 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 BBC's Yes Minister also starred [L-R] Nigel Hawthorne and Paul Eddington\n\nGavin and Stacey star and former EastEnders actor Larry Lamb paid tribute to his \"dear old colleague\".\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 Larry Lamb 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\nPiers Morgan described him as \"a terrific actor & by all accounts, an incredibly nice man\" and Baby Driver director Edgar Wright tweeted his respects, pointing to \"a classic scene in British comedy\" in which Jim Hacker explains to Sir Humphrey and Bernard the importance of the newspapers and who reads which.\n\nBorn in south London, Fowlds trained at Rada before making his West End debut in The Miracle Worker.\n\nHe appeared in several films, including Hotel Paradiso, and then TV shows including Z Cars in 1968 and a couple of episodes of the Liver Birds between 1969 and 1971.\n\nFowlds was the last of the remaining original Yes Minister stars, following the earlier deaths of Sir Nigel Hawthorne and Paul Eddington, who he appeared alongside in the BBC political satire from 1980 to 1984, and in Yes, Prime Minister from 1986 to 1988.\n\nHe appeared in Heartbeat for its entire run of 18 years, first as a local police sergeant, then running the post office after the character retired from the force, before running a pub.\n\nJason Durr, who starred alongside Fowlds in the police drama series said he was \"a great actor and a kind, intelligent man\" and that he would \"treasure the memories\" of working with 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 Jason Durr 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\nFowlds released his autobiography, A Part Worth Playing, in 2015 in which he recalled how he started to act \"just for kicks\".\n\n\"Growing up the thought of acting as a living never crossed my mind. I wanted to be a footballer or sportsman,\" he said, adding he started acting in school plays.\n\n\"I enjoyed mucking about the stage,\" he wrote.\n\nHe told the tale of how in his first play a child, he got his sword stuck up another actor's skirt and \"I heard the sound of audience laughter for the first time in my life, and I was just knocked out.\"\n\nSpeaking to The Stage publication last year, he offered some advice to any budding actors.\n\n\"My advice to young actors today would be to work hard whenever you can, but also to have fun and, whatever you do, don't take yourself too seriously.\n\n\"Always remember that an acting career is a marathon, not a sprint, and I wish all of today's actors good luck with it.\"\n\nFowlds was married twice; first to Wendy Tory and then later to Blue Peter presenter Lesley Judd.\n\nHe is survived by sons Jamie and actor Jeremy.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.\n• None Is Yes, Prime Minister still relevant?", "The UK, France and the UN are hosting a virtual climate meeting on Saturday. About 75 world leaders will attend, marking five years since the adoption of the Paris climate agreement. Pope Francis will also address the meeting.\n\nThis virtual gathering is taking place after the pandemic caused the postponement of the annual Conference of the Parties, due to take place in Glasgow this year.\n\nNations will be revealing how they intend to cut their greenhouse gas emissions which means we’ll find out if their commitments are ambitious enough to stop the worst effects of climate change. But just what is climate change? And why are scientists calling for urgent action?\n\nThis video was first published in January 2020.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This is what a million pound coin looks like\n\nAn Edward VIII sovereign has become the first British coin to be bought for £1m, the BBC can reveal.\n\nThe new owner, a private collector, described the chance to buy it and bring it back from the US as a \"once in a lifetime opportunity\".\n\nThe coin is one of a trial set of six which never went into mass production owing to Edward's abdication in December 1936.\n\nIt only has a face value of £1 but is now the country's most valuable coin.\n\nThe 22 carat gold sovereign - a type of coin which has not been struck for general circulation since 1932 - is just 22mm in diameter and weighs 7.98g making it just fractionally smaller and lighter than a pound coin.\n\nThe reverse side of the coin was designed by Benedetto Pistrucci\n\nIt was prepared for striking in January 1937, but the previous month the King abdicated in order to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson.\n\nOnly the trials remained, but they were hidden from public view for decades. Edward, who became the Duke of Windsor, requested a set of coins but was refused by his brother, George VI.\n\nNow, four of the set are with museums and institutions, with two in private hands. The latest owner, a sovereign collector who wished to remain anonymous, said: \"When the opportunity came along, I felt I could not turn it down. It was a once in a lifetime opportunity.\n\n\"I'm aware that [£1m] is a lot of money for a coin, but if I did not secure it now, I'd not get the chance again.\"\n\nThe coin was last sold for a then-record £516,000 to a US collector in 2014, revealing its status on both sides of the Atlantic.\n\nWhat fascinates collectors and historians is not only its rarity, but also that Edward VIII was willing to break with a convention that went back centuries to Charles II.\n\nThis saw each monarch face the opposite direction to their predecessor. Edward preferred his left profile, partly owing to his hair parting, and insisted on the portrait facing, in effect, the wrong way.\n\n\"Edward VIII is quite a vain character. He insisted on facing the same way as his father, because he believed that was his best side,\" said Chris Barker, from the Royal Mint Museum.\n\nGeorge VI, who succeeded him, also showed his left profile, keeping to tradition as if Edward had not broken the sequence.\n\nHow do you value a coin so sought-after and so rare? The Royal Mint, the Treasury-owned business which strikes coins for nations around the world, set up a service two years ago aiming to find and authenticate coins and precious metals.\n\nIts state-of-the-art lab, at the Mint in South Wales, contains x-ray machines and other technology that can easily spot a fake.\n\nThis collector services division acted as the go-between for the sale, for a cut of the price. Its experts found that the coin could be for sale, contacted the collector of sovereigns, and effectively acted as a broker for the deal.\n\nRebecca Morgan, head of the service, said: \"The Royal Mint has an unbroken record of minting for 1,100 years so we're uniquely placed to source historic, British coins for our customers.\n\n\"They can feel confident that it has been through the authentication checks and they have paid a fair price for it.\"\n\nThe Mint may have helped to secure a record sale for a UK coin, ahead of a Queen Anne Vigo five guinea coin, but it is still a long way short of the world record.\n\nThe flowing hair dollar coin, the first issued by the US government, fetched more than $10m (£7.5m) at auction in 2013.", "A number of British cities aim to go carbon neutral by 2030 to fight climate change.\n\nGlasgow – which will host a major United Nations climate change summit in November 2020 – is one of them.\n\nBut bringing the carbon footprint of a whole city down to zero requires big changes. So what can be done, and how quickly?\n\nThe BBC's Environment Reporter Laura Foster has been looking at the challenges that the city faces.", "Rebecca Long-Bailey and Emily Thornberry have launched their leadership campaigns\n\nRebecca Long-Bailey has promised to \"shake up\" how government works and put power into the hands of voters if elected Labour leader.\n\nLaunching her campaign in Manchester, she said the last few years showed many people \"instinctively\" thought there was something wrong with laws being drafted by an \"elite\" in Brussels.\n\nShe added that Westminster \"didn't feel much closer\".\n\nThe shadow foreign secretary highlighted her experience challenging Boris Johnson, in a speech in her home town of Guildford in Surrey.\n\nThe first Labour hustings event will take place in Liverpool on Saturday.\n\nMrs Long-Bailey and Ms Thornberry will be joined at the debate by fellow candidates Lisa Nandy, Jess Phillips and Sir Keir Starmer.\n\nLabour members will also be able to put questions to the contenders to become Labour's deputy leader - Rosena Allin-Khan, Dawn Butler, Richard Burgon, Ian Murray and Angela Rayner.\n\nIt comes as a YouGov poll of 1,005 Labour members for The Times suggests Sir Keir has extended his lead over Mrs Long-Bailey.\n\nAt her leadership campaign launch at Manchester's Science and Industry Museum, Mrs Long-Bailey said the British state needed \"a seismic shock, to prise it open at all levels to the people\".\n\n\"Where I grew up, Westminster, even London, felt like a million miles away,\" she said.\n\n\"The story of the last few years is that many people feel there is something wrong with their laws being drafted hundreds of miles away by a distant and largely unaccountable bureaucratic elite in Brussels.\n\n\"But I'll be honest, Westminster didn't feel much closer, and it still doesn't today.\"\n\nShe vowed to end the \"gentlemen's club of politics\" by moving power from London to local levels and from chief executives to workers.\n\nRebecca Long-Bailey pledged to replace the House of Lords with an elected senate if elected Labour leader\n\nThe shadow business secretary said she wanted to \"shake up the way government works\", adding: \"We will put power back where it belongs - in your hands.\"\n\nShe pledged to \"sweep away the House of Lords\" and replace it with an elected senate outside of London.\n\n\"My kind of socialism is the kind we all rise together,\" she told Labour members and supporters.\n\n\"My kind of socialism is a Britain in which everyone is free to dream, free to climb and free to succeed\".\n\nShe said Labour's election defeat was in part down to voters not trusting the party - adding Labour had a lot of work to do to win trust back.\n\nMrs Long-Bailey said the \"most upsetting thing\" for many Labour members has been \"what has happened with the anti-Semitism crisis within our party\".\n\nShe said the party \"didn't tackle it properly\" or \"act quickly enough\" and despite \"vast advances\" in procedure in dealing with allegations, \"we still haven't won back the trust of Jewish members\".\n\n\"I won't ever let that happen again,\" she said. \"We have got to take robust action.\"\n\nOn Thursday, she received a boost on when she secured the support of the grassroots organisation Momentum.\n\nMeanwhile, Mrs Long-Bailey recently said she was opposed to abortion after 24 weeks on the grounds of disability, adding that this was a personal view rather than a policy position.\n\nHer spokesman said she \"unequivocally supports a woman's right to choose\".\n\nLaunching her campaign, near the Bellfields estate where she grew up, Ms Thornberry warned that Labour faces \"a long, tough road back to power after the painful and crushing defeat we suffered last month\" in the general election.\n\nShadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry launched her leadership campaign in Guildford\n\n\"We're going to need someone tough, someone resilient, someone experienced and battle-hardened,\" the shadow foreign secretary said.\n\nMs Thornberry, who scraped through the first stage of the race, securing the required amount of support from MPs minutes before the deadline, said she had the \"skills and the values\" to be leader and emphasised her experience in the shadow cabinet.\n\nShe drew attention to her role \"on the front line in the fights against climate change, universal credit, and anti-abortion laws in Northern Ireland\".\n\nMs Thornberry also said that if she ever lost the confidence of colleagues or thought she was going to lose an election she would stand down.\n\n\"I will always put the Labour Party first,\" the MP for Islington South and Finsbury said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Four candidates remain in the race for the Labour leadership\n\nThe latest YouGov poll showed that Ms Thornberry would go out in the first round of voting with just 3%, with Ms Nandy knocked out in the second round and Ms Phillips in the third, with most of her second preference votes going to Sir Keir.\n\nReacting to the poll, Ms Thornberry said it would be a \"long campaign\" and that it would be \"short-sighted\" to stop now.\n\nShe said she had \"never taken the easy way\" and that \"people can work out who is the best leader at the hustings\".\n\nThe poll indicates Sir Keir would beat Mrs Long-Bailey in the final round by 63% to 37%, once the other candidates have been eliminated.\n\nA YouGov poll last month suggested the shadow Brexit secretary was on 61%, compared with Mrs Long-Bailey on 39%.\n\nThe poll suggests Angela Rayner is on course to win the deputy leadership election in the first round with 57%.\n\nIt is a poll of full Labour members only, and does not include registered and affiliated Labour supporters, who are also entitled to cast a ballot.\n\nMeanwhile, speaking on the BBC's Political Thinking with Nick Robinson podcast, Ms Nandy said she was a \"sceptic\" about the monarchy.\n\nShe went on to say she believed patriotism was \"a profoundly left-wing value... it is about being part of something bigger than yourself\".", "Millionaire businessman Arron Banks and the Leave Means Leave group have donated £50,000 to a campaign to make Big Ben ring when the UK leaves the EU.\n\nAn online appeal has raised more than £200,000, with the cost of making the famous bell work in time for the one-off event estimated to be £500,000.\n\nBig Ben is being renovated, but the PM this week suggested a fund be set up to make it chime at 23:00 on 31 January.\n\nBut the MPs' group running Parliament doubts this is feasible.\n\nThe House of Commons Commission estimates that getting the bell to ring during renovation works on the Palace of Westminster's Elizabeth Tower, which houses Big Ben, would cost between £350,000 and £500,000.\n\nIt says this would involve bringing back the chiming mechanism and installing a temporary floor, and delays to the conservation work.\n\nThe commission argues the estimated costs could not be justified, and questions the idea that public donations should cover them.\n\nBut the campaign group Stand Up 4 Brexit's \"Big Ben must bong for Brexit\" campaign had raised more than £200,000 on the GofFundMe website by Friday afternoon.\n\nConservative MP Mark Francois told BBC Radio 4's The World at One that the pro-Brexit Leave Means Leave campaign and Mr Banks had donated £50,000.\n\nHe queried whether the cost of getting the bell to ring again was really £500,000, adding that he believed officials had \"deliberately inflated the figure\" because \"they don't want to do it\".\n\n\"Don't tell me it takes two weeks to attach a clapper to a bell,\" he said.\n\nMr Francois also said he believed the prime minister should table a motion in the Commons on Monday to compel the Commons authorities to bong Big Ben.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHe said Boris Johnson was the one who had \"fired the starting gun\" on the campaign by suggesting public donations during his BBC Breakfast interview on Tuesday.\n\nResponding to a question in Parliament from Mr Francois, Sir Paul Beresford - a member of the commission - said the cost of ringing the bell on New Year's Eve and Remembrance Sunday in 2019 had totalled £14,200.\n\n\"The striking of Big Ben on these occasions was co-ordinated around the planned works so as to minimise the impact on the project costs and to ensure it did not result in any delay,\" Sir Paul said.\n\n\"If the project team are required to strike the bell with less notice, the costs would substantially increase due to the unexpected impact on the project schedule.\"\n\nDowning Street has said the chiming of Big Ben is \"a matter for the House\" of Commons.\n\nCommons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle, who is chairman of the Commons Commission, said: \"You are talking about £50,000 a bong.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSir Keir Starmer has warned against blaming Labour's historic election defeat on its 2019 campaign alone.\n\nThe leadership candidate said the party had been losing votes in its heartlands for a \"long time\" and had lost four general elections in a row.\n\nPeople wanted \"fundamental change\" but did not trust Labour to deliver it, he told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg.\n\nHe vowed to restore trust in Labour \"as a force for good and a force for change\" and end factional infighting.\n\nBut he refused to say whether his politics were closer to Tony Blair or Jeremy Corbyn, saying: \"I want to lead a Labour Party that is trusted enough to bring about fundamental change.\n\n\"I don't need somebody else's name or badge to do that.\"\n\nThe BBC's political editor is aiming to interview all five Labour leadership hopefuls before the result is announced on 4 April.\n\nSir Keir, who has been endorsed by Britain's biggest union, Unison, said he could \"unify the party\" and \"forge a path to victory at the next general election\".\n\n\"We need to unify the party and I think I can do that,\" he said.\n\n\"We spent far too much time fighting ourselves and not fighting the Tories. Factions have been there in the Labour Party - they've got to go.\"\n\nSome on the left have blamed the election defeat on Sir Keir and others at the top of the party promoting another Brexit referendum.\n\nHe said: \"We were trying to bring together both sides whether they voted Leave, or they voted Remain.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Keir Starmer: I think I can restore that trust in Labour\n\n\"But I think the idea that Brexit was the only issue in this election is wrong, or even that in our heartlands it was the determining factor because actually if you look at what's happened in our heartlands we've been losing votes there for a long time.\"\n\nSpeaking at a pub in Somers Town, in his Holborn and St Pancras constituency, he said he believed Labour could win last year's election, even though the \"odds were against us\", but added: \"In the end people didn't have trust in us.\n\n\"Partly that was to do with the leadership, rightly or wrongly, partly it was to do with Brexit, anti-Semitism came up, and the overload of the manifesto.\"\n\nHe said Labour needed to \"restore that trust, but if we only look at the 2019 election we're missing the fact that we've lost four in a row\".\n\nHe said his priority, as a \"moral socialist\", would be tackling the \"gross inequality\" in British society and ensuring \"equal opportunity for everyone, wherever they come from and whatever their background\".\n\n\"I don't need someone else's name or badge.\"\n\nSir Keir Starmer wouldn't today reveal whether he saw his ideas and his ambitions for the country as closer to Jeremy Corbyn or Tony Blair.\n\nInstead, when we sat down in a north London pub in his constituency, he wanted to make the valid argument that different leaders work in different eras, confronting different problems.\n\nTimes change, essentially, and the next leader, he believes, needs to be looking to the next set of issues and try to take the party by the scruff of the neck and make it into an effective opposition straight away - but with an eye on where the political battles will be in 2024.\n\nBut his obvious reluctance to plant a flag somewhere on Labour's wide political spectrum is perhaps representative of the problem that he faces in this race.\n\nSir Keir admitted he does have friends who are Tories, and that he received support from colleagues on the Conservative benches when his father died in 2018.\n\nThe shadow Brexit secretary said he judged people \"by what they say and who they are, rather than which party they're in\".\n\nThe five leadership contenders - Sir Keir, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Emily Thornberry, Jess Phillips and Lisa Nandy - are set to take part in a series of hustings around the country, starting in Liverpool on Saturday.\n\nThey need the support of 5% of local parties or at least three affiliates - two must be unions - by 14 February to make it on to the final ballot of party members.\n\nThe new leader will be announced on 4 April.\n\nIt comes as the grassroots pressure group Momentum endorsed Mrs Long-Bailey.\n\nThe group, which grew out of Jeremy Corbyn's 2015 leadership campaign, said it would mobilise thousands of supporters to elect Mrs Long-Bailey as the next Labour leader.\n\nMomentum polled members on whether it should officially back Mrs Long-Bailey, with 70% of those who took part endorsing the plan, and 52% backing Angela Rayner as her deputy.\n\nAround 14,700 people applied to register as temporary supporters of Labour to vote in the leadership contest, the party has said.\n\nThe 48-hour window to apply to be a temporary supporter closed at 17:00 GMT on Thursday. Applicants who meet the eligibility requirements will be able to vote in the leader and deputy leader elections.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prof Paul Wilson: \"The impact event is exactly contemporaneous with the extinction\"\n\nWas it the asteroid or colossal volcanism that initiated the demise of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago?\n\nThis has been a bit of a \"to and fro\" argument of late, but now a group of scientists has weighed in with what they claim is the definitive answer.\n\n\"It was the asteroid 'wot dun it'!\" Prof Paul Wilson told the BBC.\n\nHis team's analysis of ocean sediments shows that huge volcanoes that erupted in India did not change the climate enough to drive the extinction.\n\nVolcanoes can spew enormous volumes of gases into the atmosphere that can both cool and warm the planet.\n\nAnd the Deccan Traps, as the volcanic terrain in India is known, certainly had massive scale - hundreds of thousands of cubic km of molten rock were erupted onto the land surface over thousands of years.\n\nBut the new research from Southampton University's Prof Wilson, and colleagues from elsewhere in Europe and the US, indicates there is a mismatch in both the effect and timing of the volcanism's influence.\n\nThe group drilled into the North Atlantic seafloor to retrieve its ancient muds.\n\n\"The deep ocean sediments are packed full of these microscopic marine organisms called Foraminifera,\" Prof Wilson explained.\n\n\"You get about a thousand of them in a teaspoon of sediment. And we can use their shells to figure out the chemistry of the ocean and its temperature, so we can study in great detail the environmental changes that are occurring in the run-up to the extinction event.\n\n\"And what we discovered is that the only way in which we can get our (climate) model simulations to match the observed temperature changes is to have the volcanic emissions of harmful gases done and dusted a couple of hundred thousand years before the impact event.\n\n\"We find the impact event is exactly contemporaneous with the extinction.\"\n\nInvestigations of a 200km-wide crater under the Gulf of Mexico suggest it is the scar left by the culprit asteroid.\n\nWhen it hit the Earth, the city-sized object would immediately have generated tsunami and wide-scale fires - in addition to hurling billions of tonnes of debris in all directions.\n\nBut what scientists have also established recently is that the asteroid struck rocks rich in sulphur. When this material was vaporised and ejected into the high atmosphere, it would have led to a rapid and deep cooling of the climate (albeit over a relatively short period), making life a struggle for all sorts of plant and animal life.\n\nAs the fossil record shows, the dinosaurs, apart from birds, couldn't get beyond the stressful environmental changes. In contrast, the mammals could and rose to the prominence they enjoy today.\n\nThe new study is published in the journal Science. Its lead author is Dr Pincelli Hull from Yale University.\n\nThe impact that changed life on Earth\n\nToday, the asteroid crater is buried under the Gulf of Mexico\n\nMexico's famous sinkholes (cenotes) have formed in weakened limestone overlying the crater", "The boss of Flybe has confirmed the airline is in talks with the government over a loan, but says the financial support would not constitute a bailout.\n\nMark Anderson told Flybe staff the firm had had a few \"difficult days\" this week but it still had \"a great future\".\n\nHe said the company's turnaround plan had started to work and that with more time it would be making a big profit.\n\nRival airlines have called for more details of the government's role in helping Flybe to be made public.\n\nThey argue that support for the troubled regional carrier may contravene competition rules.\n\nMr Anderson, whose address to staff was also carried over videolink and has been seen by the BBC, said the government recognised the airline's vital role in connecting far flung parts of the UK and wanted to help the firm thrive.\n\n\"We are in conversation with the government around a financial loan - a loan, not a bailout - a commercial loan, but that is the same as any loan we'd take from any bank,\" he said.\n\nAccording to state aid rules the loan would need to either be short term and aimed at rescuing and restructuring the business or it would have to be provided on the same terms a private lender such as a bank would offer.\n\n\"The government will not lend if they do not believe there is a credible plan. No-one is going to throw good money after bad,\" Mr Anderson said.\n\nMr Anderson said he wanted to address speculation over the firm's future.\n\nHe said the company had had \"legacy issues\" to deal with that had not been apparent to the group of investors led by Virgin Atlantic who bought the airline early last year.\n\nMark Anderson addressed Flybe staff to explain events of the last few days\n\n\"Our shareholders invested an awful lot of money, believing they fully understood the state of the business they'd bought,\" he said.\n\n\"The reality… is that we were in worse shape than even the shareholders thought we were.\n\n\"We went into the summer very unresilient in terms of our operation, with a weak fleet, with a lot of gaps in terms of people flying our aircraft, with huge payments being made to people to get them to work extra hours.\"\n\nA combination of higher costs, late flights, and compensation for delayed passengers meant the firm was losing money \"hand over fist\" for a time, he said.\n\n\"Three-quarters of the money the shareholders invested was gone before we even really started. That has hurt this business and more money is needed.\"\n\nHowever, he said by the beginning of January Flybe's turnaround plan was working, with sales ahead of expectations.\n\n\"We are in a vastly different place than where we were six months ago,\" he said.\n\n\"We are not making millions of profit at the moment but if we stick to the plan, and what we have to do, we will,\" he said.\n\nHe admitted this week's news coverage had dented sales but said he believed customers would return quickly. But he said that there was a risk of a \"self-fulfilling prophesy\" if people kept talking the company down.\n\nOn Thursday, the boss of rival carrier Ryanair described the government's intervention to support Flybe as a \"badly thought-out bailout of a chronically loss-making airline\".\n\nMichael O'Leary, sent a strongly worded letter to Chancellor Sajid Javid in which he argued any measures that were being put in place to help Flybe should be extended to other airlines.\n\n\"We must be treated the same as Flybe if fair competition is to exist,\" he wrote.\n\nHe said if that were not the case Ryanair would consider taking legal action. British Airways' owner IAG has already filed a complaint with the EU, arguing the rescue may breach state aid rules and has filed a Freedom of Information request for more details about the plan.\n\nThe government has not published the details of what it has discussed with Flybe, although it has said it is fully compliant with state aid rules.\n\nThe government's support is thought to centre on giving the airline extra time to pay about £100m of outstanding Air Passenger Duty (APD).\n\nFlybe's owners Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic, Stobart Group and Cyrus Capital have agreed to invest £30m into the airline.\n\nStobart Group said it would provide £9m of capital \"with the funds drawn down only if required\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The authorities were alerted by three villagers who escaped and went to a hospital\n\nThe bodies of seven people have been found in a mass grave in an indigenous area of Panama where members of a religious sect were believed to be performing exorcisms, officials say.\n\nThe victims included a pregnant woman, 32, and five of her children, aged one to 11. The sixth was a neighbour, 17.\n\nTen people have been arrested on suspicion of murder. The suspects and all victims were thought to belong to the Ngäbe-Buglé indigenous community.\n\nThe grave was discovered after three villagers escaped and made their way to a local hospital last weekend, prosecutor Rafael Baloyes said. They then alerted authorities about several families being held by an indigenous-run sect.\n\nOn Wednesday, police raided the community, located in a jungle region in north-west Panama some 250km (155 miles) from the capital Panama City.\n\n\"They were performing a ritual inside the structure. In that ritual, there were people being held against their will, being mistreated,\" said Mr Baloyes. \"All of these rites were aimed at killing them if they didn't repent their sins\".\n\nThe suspects and victims were thought to belong to the Ngäbe-Buglé indigenous community\n\nParamedics evacuate one of the 15 people who were rescued\n\nInside the makeshift church, officers found a naked woman, machetes, knives and a ritually sacrificed goat, Mr Baloyes said. The site was controlled by a religious sect called the New Light of God, believed to have been operating in the region for about three months.\n\nAccording to Mr Baloyes, the kidnapping and torture started last Saturday after one of the members claimed to have received \"a message from God\". The victims were then kidnapped from their homes, beaten and killed.\n\nThe suspects, who include a minor, are expected to appear in court on Friday or Saturday. One of them is the father of the pregnant woman found in the grave, located some 2km from the makeshift church.\n\nThose rescued had bodily injuries and reportedly included at least two pregnant women and some children.\n\nExorcism is a religious or spiritual ritual carried out to supposedly cure people of demonic possession. It remains controversial, in part due to its depiction in popular culture and horror films.\n\nIn an article about exorcism for The Conversation academic website, Helen Hall, a lecturer at Nottingham Law School, says the practice \"signifies freeing a place, person or even object from some form of negative spiritual influence\".\n\nBeliefs and rituals of a similar description \"are found in almost all cultures and faith traditions\", writes Ms Hall, who is also an Anglican priest.\n\nExorcism, meaning \"oath\" in Greek, is still widely practised today, most frequently in Christian and Islamic settings. It has \"proved to be a dark yet enduring feature of Catholic culture\", Francis Young writes in A History of Exorcism in Catholic Christianity.\n\nIn 2018, about 250 priests from 50 countries attended the Vatican's annual exorcism course amid increasing demand for exorcisms among some of the world's Catholic communities.\n\nIn the Catholic Church, exorcisms are performed by trained priests who recite prayers and excerpts from the Bible intended to drive out demonic entities.\n\nCatholic Online says a possessed person may be bound as the priest traces the sign of the cross over them and sprinkles them with holy water.", "The Ultrafan engine has giant carbon composite blades tipped with titanium\n\n\"It's on another scale from anything I've seen before,\" says Lorna Carter who recently started working at a new Rolls-Royce research and development facility near Bristol.\n\nShe works with giant robots which lay thousands of strips of carbon fibre tape to form a cylinder some 3.7m (almost 12ft) in diameter.\n\nThe cylinder forms the outer shell of Rolls-Royce's new engine, the Ultrafan.\n\nStill under development, Rolls-Royce says the Ultrafan will be quieter and more fuel efficient than anything it has made before.\n\nIt will certainly be bigger.\n\n\"The component we're trying to make is massive and we are at capacity, it's really stretching the limits of what we can do,\" says Ms Carter.\n\nAt the £25m facility Rolls-Royce has also developed robots that can make fan blades from carbon fibre, a process that has taken more than 10 years to perfect.\n\nMaking the fan casing and blades from carbon fibre should result in a 20% weight saving compared with previous materials.\n\nAnd that's important as the aerospace industry is under pressure to reduce its environmental impact. Aircraft are getting more efficient, but airline traffic is growing even faster.\n\nRolls-Royce estimates that 37,000 new passenger aircraft will be needed over the next 20 years.\n\n\"We've come a long way, but the challenge is to decouple emissions growth from traffic growth,\" says Alan Newby, future programmes director at Rolls-Royce.\n\nThe new engine will also incorporate a gearbox, allowing a much bigger fan, which results in a more efficient engine.\n\nIt's an innovation already being used on a smaller engine from US-based Pratt & Whitney Engine, the PW1000G.\n\nWhile Rolls-Royce and others in the aerospace industry are working on electric and hybrid propulsion systems for aircraft, for long-haul aircraft, at the moment jet engines are the only option.\n\nThe giant new Rolls-Royce engine needs a fan case 3.7m wide\n\nGiven that it is a technology that has been around since World War Two, how much more efficiency can be squeezed out of the jet engine?\n\nQuite a lot, according to Professor Pericles Pilidis, who is head of power and propulsion department at Cranfield University's Centre for Propulsion Engineering.\n\nHis department works with on research projects with aerospace companies including Airbus and Rolls-Royce.\n\n\"I do expect improvements to continue,\" he says. Better materials, more efficient shapes and improved coatings can all contribute to make engines lighter and stronger.\n\nHe also points out that lighter engines mean the aircraft structure can be lighter as it has to carry less weight.\n\nThose kind of incremental changes might not sound like much, but in the airline business they can make a big difference.\n\n\"Evolutionary changes, they sound unimpressive - 10% here 12% there. But in the airline business with very thin margins, that is the difference between life and death,\" says Richard Aboulafia, vice-president of analysis at the Teal Group.\n\nOne UK firm though is looking to make a step change in propulsion. Reaction Engines is developing a rocket engine, called Sabre, to be used on high-speed aircraft and on spacecraft.\n\nAt the kind of speeds Reaction is aiming for, Mach 5 (five times the speed of sound) the air coming into the engine can reach temperatures of 1,000C.\n\nReaction Engines hopes its engines will allow travel at over five times the speed of sound\n\nThat temperature would destroy the engine, so Reaction has developed a cooling system which can chill the incoming air in a fraction of a second.\n\nThe so-called pre-cooler is made from miniature tubes, less than 1mm thick, that can pipe coolant under high pressure through the system, and whisk heat away.\n\n\"The Sabre is completely unique, there's nobody else in the world, that we are aware of, that's developing an air-breathing rocket engine,\" says Mark Thomas, chief executive of Reaction Engines.\n\n\"Our pre-cooler technology... is in a different class to anything out there. It's ultra-high performance, ultra lightweight, highly miniaturised... it's just in a different league completely.\"\n\nReaction Engines plans to start building the Sabre engine this year and test it in 2021.\n\nReaction's pre-cooler can also potentially be used on conventional jet engines to make them more efficient, an idea being tested with Rolls-Royce.\n\nAccording to Prof Pericles it will be another 30 years until we see a radical change in passenger aircraft.\n\nBy then he thinks there will be a transition from the current design, which is basically a tube, with engines hanging below the wings, to a \"blended wing\" design.\n\nIn 30 years time aircraft might look more like this design from Cranfield University\n\nUnder that design, the aircraft is just one set of wings, with engines sitting on the top.\n\nThose engines might even by powered by hydrogen, which has the potential to be a very low emission fuel.\n\n\"Hydrogen fuel is unavoidable,\" says Prof Pilidis. \"It is a long-term solution to decarbonise aviation completely.\n\nHowever, environmentalists says action needs to be taken sooner.\n\n\"There's always a role for technology to play in cutting emissions, but solving the climate crisis is something we need to get on with right now,\" says Jenny Bates, a campaigner at Friends of the Earth.\n\n\"The priority instead needs to be emissions cuts by having fewer planes in the sky. This is a crucial part of preventing further climate breakdown.\"", "The first votes of the 2020 primary presidential election have been cast in the Midwestern state of Minnesota.\n\nVoters are deciding which Democratic presidential hopeful they want to become the party's eventual nominee in the November presidential election.\n\nThough Iowa's contest next month will be the first to announce a candidate as winning the state, early voting began in Minnesota on Friday.\n\nThousands of early ballots have already been cast.\n\nThe nation is fixated on Iowa's caucus - party-held elections across the state's precincts - on 3 February as the start of the 2020 election season, but voters from several states will have already had their say by then.\n\nAfter this primary election process, each party will name their presidential nominee in the summer. Voters will then cast their ballots for the next president of the United States on 3 November.\n\nFacing frigid temperatures of -2°F (-19°C), voters in Minneapolis - the seat of Minnesota's largest county - were already arriving to vote at 08:00 local time, when polling stations opened.\n\n\"We even had a little bit of a line,\" Ginny Gelms, the Hennepin county elections manager, told the BBC.\n\nRepresentative Ilhan Omar speaks in support of candidate Bernie Sanders on the first day of early voting in Minneapolis\n\nOver 280 people had cast ballots in person in the county before noon and over 6,000 more had been received by post, Ms Gelms said.\n\nThirty-eight US states and the District of Columbia allow voters to cast ballots before election day, either in person or by mail.\n\nThese 'absentee' ballots are often used by soldiers, US personnel overseas, or those not able to get to a poll station on election day.\n\nThough some jurisdictions have already begun accepting ballots by post, Minnesota is the first to open polling stations where voters can turn up.\n\nMinnesota voters braved freezing temperatures to get to the ballot box\n\nThey have 46 days to vote before the state's primary election day on 3 March, when over a dozen other states and territories will also hold their primary contests on the so-called 'Super Tuesday'.\n\nVermont, Virginia and North Dakota will also open polls for early voters on Saturday.\n\nEarly voting has become increasingly popular, though most voters still wait until election day. In 2000, 16% of voters cast early ballots in the general election, compared to nearly 40% in 2016.\n\nAmy Klobuchar, a Minnesota senator who is running for president, campaigned in her home state as polls were open, but others were on the ground in Iowa and New Hampshire, which hold primary contests next month.\n\nDemocratic candidate Amy Klobuchar campaigned in her home state of Minnesota on the first day of voting\n\nA strong result in the two February races can give a lift to campaigns. Joe Biden, the former vice president, and Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator, are the frontrunners, according to polls.\n\nThough Mr Sanders was not there for the first ballots, Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota congresswoman and supporter, campaigned in the state Friday on his behalf.\n\nCandidates still have a long road ahead. Americans won't know their next president until the general election on 3 November.", "Robert Pugh, 75, assaulted boys in the 1980s and 1990s\n\nA former climbing instructor has been jailed for two-and-a-half years after indecently assaulting three boys.\n\nRobert Pugh, 75, of Cardiff, assaulted the boys at Storey Arms outdoor activity centre in the Brecon Beacons during the 1980s and 1990s.\n\nHe was found guilty of 10 charges at Cardiff Crown Court in December and remanded in custody before being sentenced on Friday.\n\nAll three victims were under 16 when Pugh started abusing them.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, one victim said he \"suffered some very dark times\" during the process of getting the case through court.\n\n\"I'm getting myself better and can look forward to moving on with my life,\" he said.\n\n\"There are no winners here, just people who wanted to right Bob's wrongs. So I thank the jury for believing us and reaching the rightful verdict.\"\n\nHe said the victims were \"groomed with preferential treatment\".\n\n\"After he attacked me, I got out of the situation, moved away, and didn't trust anyone anymore. And self-destructing tendencies have been in my life ever since.\"\n\nHe said he took action when he discovered in later life he was not the only victim and contacted the police.\n\n\"It's hard to accept it's taken me 20 years to get here as my accusations were not taken seriously or followed up for a long time. However, it was worth it, despite the negative effects it's had on my life,\" he said.\n\n\"I'm glad Bob has been found unanimously guilty and I am vindicated.\"\n\nHe and another victim both described having self-destructive and risk-taking tendencies and problems with alcohol.\n\nRobert Pugh was found guilty of 10 charges at Cardiff Crown Court in December\n\nThe prosecution said beneath Pugh's respectable exterior \"there was something that drove him to touch these boys\".\n\nThe court heard the boys seen as Pugh's favourites were offered additional courses, received gifts and were taken to a pub.\n\nJudge Michael Fitton told Pugh he had \"a sexual interest and desire for boys and young men\".\n\n\"You have harmed three young men in the ways they have described to the jury,\" he added.\n\n\"Two of them have been harmed significantly.\"\n\nThe judge was told by Pugh's barrister he still maintained his innocence.\n\nThe jury was previously directed to find Pugh not guilty of three charges of historical child abuse due to a lack of evidence.\n\nStorey Arms Outdoor Activity Centre has been part of Cardiff council's education service since 1971\n\nFollowing the sentencing, a Cardiff council spokesman expressed his deepest sympathy to everyone affected and said \"significant changes\" have taken place across Wales regarding the safeguarding of children.\n\n\"Safeguarding and protecting children against harm is the highest priority for Cardiff council and staff across all service areas receive safeguarding training, guidance and advice,\" he added.\n\nDet Con Vince Jones of South Wales Police said it had been \"a long and complicated investigation\".\n\n\"It is thanks to the tenacity and bravery of Pugh's victims that we have reached this point,\" he added.", "When Stacey reached the hospital, she found her sister Lucy (pictured) unrecognisable\n\nStacey Jordan still wonders whether she could have done more to save her sister.\n\nLucy White was just 24 when she died in hospital in summer 2018 after a line of cocaine triggered a heart attack and then a coma.\n\nLucy, a student from Bristol, had been introduced to cocaine by her mother, a long-term drug user - but Stacey had managed to get Lucy clean, before she relapsed, a few months before her death.\n\nWhen Stacey got to the hospital she found her sister, almost unrecognisable.\n\n\"I should have been more strict,\" she says 18-months on. \"You look back now and you're like, 'She was hiding from me. She was avoiding me for a reason.'\n\n\"But could I see it? Maybe not. Did I want to see it? That's maybe the question.\"\n\nFigures compiled for BBC News by NHS Digital show Lucy's story is far from unusual, with record levels of cocaine use putting increasing pressure on the NHS in England.\n\nLewis, a 25-year-old from the Midlands, also suffered a heart attack after a line of cocaine.\n\n\"My friend's a nurse and she was taking my pulse and she's whispering, 'Call an ambulance.' My heart is pounding out of my chest.\"\n\nLewis was spending up to £300 a week on cocaine\n\nHe had taken the drug numerous times before but on this occasion it reacted badly with his system and he needed medical treatment.\n\nHe recovered fully and his cocaine use, which he admits once used to cost him £200 to £300 a week, has dramatically reduced in the past year.\n\n\"It wasn't making me happy at all,\" says Lewis of his drug habit. \"It's the worst paranoia I've had in my life.\n\n\"I'd be sat by my window, a car would pull up and I'd be looking over my shoulder. I'd fear my girlfriend was cheating on me.\"\n\nDealers are now marketing cocaine, once seen as mainly for rich people, more widely\n\nThe increased need for the NHS to treat cocaine users comes as the number of people dying after taking the drug hits record levels.\n\nSince 2015, cocaine-related deaths have tripled in Scotland and doubled in England and Wales.\n\nCocaine in Britain is purer, more available and consumed more widely than ever before.\n\nFormer professional footballer Colin McNair says addiction destroyed his career\n\n\"From the age of 15 we've supported people to try to help them address their cocaine use,\" says Eddie Buggy, a drugs worker in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, with the drug charity Addaction.\n\n\"It's easier to buy than alcohol, you don't have to go into a shop.\n\n\"You can use digital platforms to get it which young people are very familiar with - Snapchat, Whatsapp, stuff like that.\"\n\nThe increased availability is driven in part by dealers marketing more widely a drug once seen as mainly for rich people.\n\nSeveral strands with different levels of purity are now sold, costing anything from £100 a gram down to as little as £30 a gram.\n\nThe sheer amount of cocaine in Lanarkshire, indeed across Scotland, has led to Hamilton Academical Football Club taking a leading role in warning teenagers of the dangers of drug abuse.\n\nThe club's chief executive, Colin McGowan, himself a former drug and alcohol addict, has set up an anti-addiction charity, which goes into local schools educating youngsters.\n\nAs part of his talk to teenagers, Colin McNair shows the effect on his body of two decades of drug use\n\nOn a recent Friday, Colin gave a talk at Our Lady's High School in Motherwell accompanied by Colin McNair, a former professional footballer with Hearts, Falkirk and Motherwell whose life spiralled out of control and ended up in prison after he took a line of cocaine in his early 20s.\n\n\"People who are not into drugs can't understand it, 'You actually threw all that away?'\" he says.\n\n\"I didn't throw it away. When you are caught up in addiction, your choices are taken from you.\n\n\"That's how strong and powerful cocaine is.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Conner Marshall mother: His face was a mass of bruising\n\nA coroner has criticised the probation service's \"woefully inadequate\" management of a case worker supervising a man who beat a teenager to death.\n\nDavid Braddon, 26, mistook Conner Marshall, 18, for his estranged partner's former boyfriend.\n\nBraddon was jailed for life for Mr Marshall's murder in 2015.\n\nIn a narrative conclusion at the Pontypridd inquest on Friday, assistant coroner Nadim Bashir said Braddon's case worker was \"overwhelmed\".\n\nHe described how Kathryn Oakley accepted a number of times she could have done more with the supervision of Braddon.\n\nWhen the attack happened Braddon was under supervision for drug offences and assaulting a police officer.\n\nProbation reforms took place in 2014, with privately-run community rehabilitation companies (CRCs) taking on the work.\n\nFollowing this, some staff were behind with their work, the inquest in Pontypridd had heard.\n\nMr Bashir described Braddon's probation officer Ms Oakley as being \"brand new to her role\" after starting in January 2014.\n\n\"She should have been supervised by a team manager once every six to eight weeks,\" he said.\n\n\"She had weak team managers with no team manager oversight of her case work load.\n\n\"The management and supervision of her was woefully inadequate.\"\n\n\"The failures, however, must have a direct and clear causal connection with Conner Marshall's death and must contribute in a more than minimal way,\" he added.\n\n\"But I am satisfied there was no possible or even probable evidential link that led to Conner Marshall's death.\n\n\"Put simply, his death could not have been foreseen or predicted, let alone prevented.\"\n\nNadine Marshall spoke at the end of the inquest\n\nFollowing the inquest, Mr Marshall's mother Nadine said his death had followed the \"chaos\" after the privatisation of probation services.\n\n\"Today is the culmination of almost five years of struggle to obtain truth and justice for Conner and find out why our much loved son was the victim of a callous and unprovoked attack,\" she said.\n\nShe added the supervision of Braddon was \"not robust\" and the management system in Wales \"wholly inadequate\".\n\nMrs Marshall said \"we will never know if our son would still be here today\" if things had operated differently.\n\nFollowing the inquest, the trade union for probation and family court staff Napo said it had raised \"serious concerns\" about the firm responsible for probation services in Wales.\n\nIt said staff had complained about excessive workloads, exacerbated by Working Links' decision to make 40% of staff redundant when it took over operations in 2014.\n\nGeneral secretary Ian Lawrence said: \"Time and time again we are seeing our members being scapegoated by management across both the public and private arms of probation when a serious further offence occurs.\n\n\"This is especially relevant in this tragic case when there is so much empirical evidence to suggest that Working Links were incapable of running a safe and effective operational model.\"\n\nHe said before Working Links went into administration last year, Napo warned ministers that its contract was \"failing on every level\".\n\nNational Probation Service Wales director, Ian Barrow, said: \"This was an awful crime and our thoughts remain with Conner Marshall's family and friends.\n\n\"While the coroner found Conner's death could not have been avoided, there is no doubt David Braddon's probation supervision was not good enough.\n\n\"We have now taken responsibility for managing all offenders on licence in Wales from the Community Rehabilitation Company and 800 more probation officers are in training across England and Wales which will help to improve public protection.\"\n\nIf nothing else, this inquest has highlighted how difficult probation's role is.\n\nOn a daily basis, officers juggle supervision of a number of people living chaotic lives.\n\nProcesses are put in place to try and manage that, but in this case the needs of a junior probation service officer weren't adequately supported.\n\nManagers were aware she was feeling overwhelmed but an online tool suggested her workload was fine - others were coping, after all.\n\nAnd so somewhere in the midst of a changing structure, the needs of Kathryn Oakley were overlooked.\n\nIt has taken a coroner looking at the inner workings of a service to see this was \"woefully inadequate\".\n\nIt is now down to the Ministry of Justice and National Probation Service to give reassurance that the new way of working is different.", "The lyric appears on the star's album Music To Be Murdered By, which was released on Friday\n\nManchester mayor Andy Burnham has hit out at Eminem for an \"unnecessarily hurtful and deeply disrespectful\" lyric about the 2017 bomb attack in the city.\n\nIn a song on his new album, the US star raps: \"I'm contemplating yelling 'bombs away' on the game/Like I'm outside of an Ariana Grande concert waiting.\"\n\nThat is followed by the sound of an explosion.\n\nTwenty-two people died when a suicide bomber attacked a crowd after Grande's gig at Manchester Arena in May 2017.\n\nThe lines feature in the song Unaccommodating, in which the star boasts about his impact on hip-hop. It appears on his album Music To Be Murdered By, which was released on Friday.\n\nIn a statement to BBC News, Mr Burnham said: \"This is unnecessarily hurtful and deeply disrespectful to the families and all those affected.\"\n\nAndy Burnham (right) at the reopening of Manchester Arena in September 2017\n\nFigen Murray, whose son Martyn Hett died in the attack, also voiced her disapproval after being informed of the two songs on Friday morning.\n\n\"Feels like he is piggybacking on the fame of Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber and says distasteful things about other celebrities,\" she wrote on Twitter.\n\n\"Not clever. Totally pointless. And before all Eminem fans pounce on me, I am not interested and will not engage.\"\n\nMurray has campaigned for the introduction of Martyn's Law, which would require venues to introduce more stringent security checks.\n\nHett's former partner Russell Hayward also voiced his disapproval of Eminem's latest lyrics, writing: \"It's disappointing but not surprising that #Eminem would use controversial lyrics about the Manchester bomb, dragging the victims' families & Ariana back into a very dark time.\n\n\"Not sure how popular he is these days but I hope any success he gets from the back of this is worth it.\"\n\nHis comments were echoed by Grande's fans, who described Unaccommodating as \"a pathetic attempt to get attention\".\n\nOne fan tweeted the rapper saying: \"You're so disgusting I hope u know that. What u said was very uncalled for and so hurtful to so many people.\"\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\nThis is not the first time the 47-year-old has referenced the attack in song.\n\nIn a 2018 freestyle, he rapped about a brainwashed suicide bomber \"seeing Ariana Grande sing her last song of the evening/And as the audience from the damn concert is leaving/Detonates the device strapped to his abdominal region.\"\n\nUnaccommodating is the opening track on the star's 11th album, which he released, unannounced, on Friday morning.\n\nThe 20-track album, a follow-up to 2018's Kamikaze, features cameos from Q-Tip, Ed Sheeran and the late Juice Wrld.\n\nIn a contrast to the Manchester Arena lyric, the album's lead single, Darkness, advocates tighter gun control laws in the US.\n\nThe song and video reference the 2017 Route 91 Harvest music festival shooting in Las Vegas, in which 58 people died, with Eminem playing the role of an isolated, mentally-disturbed character who plots a murderous rampage to gain notoriety.\n\nThe video ends with a montage of news reports from recent mass shootings, captioned: \"When will it end? When enough people care.\"\n\nEminem then urges fans to register to vote in the upcoming US elections, writing: \"Make your voice heard and help change gun laws in America\".\n\nThe video also links to a website with information and links to various anti-gun violence organisations including Everytown For Gun Safety, March For Our Lives and Sandy Hook Promise.\n\nIt is not the first time the star has addressed the issue. Performing at last year's iHeartRadio music awards, he delivered a verse attacking the National Rifle Association's hold over politicians, rapping: \"They love their guns more than our children.\"\n\nAt the time of writing, he had not responded to the criticism over Unaccommodating. The BBC has contacted his publicists for comment.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "But fortunately he was still very good at answering the question.\n\nEvan Davis had been interviewing experts about the news TV cameras can film in Crown Courts in England and Wales for the first time.\n\nThe PM programme had meant to book the famous US lawyer who helped successfully defend OJ Simpson, to discuss the development with a retired Supreme Court justice.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Getting a horse on to a bus was \"quite a novel experience\"\n\nThere was no foaling around for a horse on the loose on a busy city road after rescuers managed to get it to safety on a bus.\n\nThe animal was wandering on the A48 in Cardiff on Thursday evening, causing some motorists to pull over to help.\n\nHarley Stephens, who helped rescue the horse, said it happily \"trotted\" onto the Cardiff Bus.\n\nIt was then taken on a ride to safety and was reunited with its owners, police said.\n\nMs Stephens said: \"It was crazy. I still can't believe it\".\n\n\"I used to ride horses in Cardiff Riding School, but I have not loaded a horse into a horse box or a trailer, let alone a bus, it was quite a novel experience.\"\n\nShe said she and her friend had been driving home when they spotted the horse near the central reservation of the road in the middle of \"fast traffic\".\n\nNeither Olivia Ryall nor the horse had to pony up a fare to get on board the bus\n\nShe said it was shaken up and they managed to stop traffic and calm the animal with the help of some \"lovely\" passers-by and then a bus stopped.\n\n\"The police arrived and we were all a bit flummoxed of what to do because we couldn't get a horse box there in time,\" she said.\n\nShe said the Cardiff Bus driver suggested putting it on a bus, so they put the disabled ramp down and \"it went on quite happily\".\n\nAccompanied by Ms Stephens the horse was then taken to the hospital Park and Ride stop, with one other passenger sitting close by.\n\n\"He was quite chill about it,\" she said.\n\nThere someone said they would help to reunite it with its owner - but not before Ms Stephens said her goodbyes, had photos taken, and had it named after her.\n\n\"He had a nice little five minute drive on the bus, it was crazy, even the police officer said \"I need to take photos as I don't think anyone will believe me\".'\n\nOlivia Ryall (left) and Harley Stephens spotted the horse while driving along the A48\n\nSouth Wales Police said the horse was collected by its owners at around 20:00 GMT after being contacted by the local horse warden.\n\nThe force was first called about the animal on the road at about 18:30 GMT and tweeted to say the road had been closed while the horse was helped.\n\n\"A loose horse on the 'mane' A48 Eastern Ave decided it wanted to 'stirrup' a little trouble but in doing so it risked falling 'foal' of the law,\" the force said.\n\nCardiff Bus tweeted to say: \"Thankfully the bus is back in its stable, but awaiting a clean.\"\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\nOperations manager Tony Bishop said: \"Cardiff Bus worked in partnership with South Wales Police to ensure the safety of the horse and other road users.\n\n\"Due to the A48 being such a busy road, the decision was made to transport the horse to a safe location and wait for the owner to come to collect it.\n\n\"The horse was accompanied on the five-minute journey to the Heath Park and Ride by the lady who helped to rescue him and was shortly after reunited with its owner.\n\n\"It was an eventful night for all involved and thankfully had a very happy ending.\"", "Iranians were angered by officials who initially denied shooting down a plane outside Tehran\n\nAfter days of denial, the Iranian authorities admitted that a crash involving a Ukrainian International Airlines jetliner was caused by human error.\n\nThe incident on Wednesday came just hours after Iran had launched a series of ballistic missiles at Iraqi bases hosting US troops, in a bid to avenge the killing of senior commander Qasem Soleimani.\n\nIt was amid these high tensions, Iran says, that an air defence operator misidentified flight PS752 as a cruise missile and shot it down, killing all 176 people on board.\n\nWhile Iran initially denied responsibility, US and Canadian intelligence agencies soon uncovered evidence that one of the country's surface-to-air missile had caused the accident. This led to significant international pressure for Iran to openly investigate the case.\n\nTehran's decision to reverse its initial statements and take full responsibility for the downing of the plane provoked a positive response from several countries, including those whose passengers were onboard - Canada, the UK, Germany, and Sweden.\n\nThe admission of guilt was ultimately read as a positive first step.\n\nBut officials from these governments also said the admission should be followed by constructive behaviour from Iran. This would likely mean it pursuing a transparent investigation, the repatriation of the bodies and compensation for the victims, as well as taking the necessary steps to ensure similar tragedies are averted in future.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A crowd gathered outside Amir Kabir university, calling for resignations and accusing officials of lying\n\nOn the international front, the downing of flight PS752 is unlikely to result in further escalation and might even provide an opportunity for defusing some of the tensions which have been simmering over the past few months.\n\nOn the domestic front, however, this tragic accident could have much deeper repercussions.\n\nJust days before the flight crashed, Iran displayed an unprecedented level of unity and popular support when millions of people poured on to the streets all over the country to mourn the death of Soleimani.\n\nThis seemed to indicate that, when faced with the external threat of military confrontation, Iranians from different political and economic backgrounds could come together and put aside their divisions.\n\nMillions of Iranians mourned the death of top general Qasem Soleimani in a US drone strike\n\nBut the shooting down of flight PS752 and the subsequent denials from the authorities could lead these divisions to re-emerge and become even sharper.\n\nWhile the admission of guilt could assuage some of the popular criticism towards the grave mishandling of the situation, the establishment might still be perceived as having tried to hide evidence and avoid responsibility before international pressure mounted on Iran to come clean.\n\nThis is likely to revive the divisions and unrest that erupted in November when the Iranian government approved a sharp spike in fuel prices. This move triggered large demonstrations across the country and resulted in widespread repression and the killing of at least 300 people.\n\nWhile acknowledging the truth is an important first step, the Iranian people will likely demand accountability and the prosecution of those responsible, as well as the adoption of all the steps needed to ensure this does not happen again.\n\nThey will also pay attention to how the victims of the air crash are treated by the Iranian elite. An important test here is whether their funerals will result in national mourning, similar to that of Soleimani, or instead be largely ignored.\n\nAll of these demands will be added to previous grievances over the state of the economy and the limitations on some social freedoms.\n\nParliamentary elections are due to take place in just over a month and internal discord over this crash could lead to further unrest. Plus, tension with the West has abated but is far from over.\n\nThe way in which the government and the rest of the establishment handle the broader repercussions of this plane crash could be a watershed moment for Iran. The choices it makes are likely to reverberate throughout Iranian politics and society for months, or even years, to come.", "Canada has offered compensation to help with the immediate costs for families of some victims of Flight PS752\n\nCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said Canada will compensate families of the victims of the Ukraine Airlines crash.\n\nThe funds are designed to assist families of victims who are Canadians citizens or permanent residents in covering related costs such as travel.\n\nMr Trudeau said families would receive C$25,000 ($19,200; £14,600) per victim.\n\nFifty-seven Canadian nationals were on the plane when it was hit by an Iranian air defence missile earlier this month.\n\n\"This is a unique and unprecedented situation because of the international sanctions place in Iran and the difficulties that that imposes on these families,\" Mr Trudeau said on Friday.\n\n\"This is the first step. These families have lost a loved one in extraordinary circumstances and this grieving is even more difficult as a result,\" he said.\n\nFamilies are facing immediate financial pressures as they sort out the necessary funeral arrangements and travel in the wake of the tragedy, said Mr Trudeau. \"These families need help now,\" he said.\n\nThe prime minister said Canada still expected Iran to financially compensate the victims' families for their loss.\n\nThe Ukraine International Airlines flight crashed shortly after taking off from the Iranian capital Tehran on 8 January, killing all 176 passengers and crew members on board. Iran initially denied it was involved, but later admitted the plane was brought down by a missile fired in error.\n\nMr Trudeau said Iran has been asked to send the \"black box\" flight and cockpit data recorders from a crashed jet to France, saying it was one of the few countries with the ability to quickly analyse the badly damaged devices.\n\nHe also said 20 families of Canadian victims had requested the repatriation of remains and that the first of those remains are expected to be returned to Canada in the coming days.\n\nAlso on Friday, Canada's Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne met with his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif, in Oman to press Mr Zarif on full access for officials from Canada and other affected nation to assist in the investigation into the passenger plane crash.\n\nOn Thursday, ministers from five nations which lost citizens on the flight demanded full co-operation from Iran in a transparent international inquiry into the crash. The foreign ministers of Afghanistan, Britain, Canada, Sweden and Ukraine also said Iran must pay compensation.\n\nThey agreed on five key demands to Iran, including a \"thorough, independent and transparent international investigation\" and compensation to the victims' families.", "The news has shocked France, where Paul Bocuse was viewed as a \"pope\" of cuisine\n\nThe restaurant of famed French chef Paul Bocuse has lost its three-star Michelin rating, stirring controversy.\n\nL'Auberge du Pont de Collonges, known simply as Paul Bocuse, had held its crème de la crème rating since 1965 - a world record.\n\nBut the Michelin Guide said the food quality was \"no longer at the level of three stars\". It will now have two.\n\nThe family of Bocuse - a culinary icon in France - said they were \"upset\" by the decision.\n\nThe Michelin Guide's head Gwendal Poullenec visited the restaurant near Lyon on Thursday to deliver the news.\n\n\"Obviously, there was a lot of emotion,\" he told the Washington Post in an interview, adding that there had been \"a variation in the level of the cuisine, but it remains excellent.\"\n\nBocuse, who died in 2018 aged 91, was a household name in France. He was the head of an international food empire and known as the \"pope\" of cooking in his home country.\n\nThe restaurant's loss of a highly coveted third star has shocked France and drawn confusion and outrage from food critics around the world.\n\nFood critic Périco Légasse called it \"an absurd and unfair decision\".\n\n\"Michelin cannot be so stupid,\" he said on radio station FranceInfo, arguing that critics agreed the quality of food had improved since Bocuse's death.\n\n\"Today its discredit is total, the institution is dead,\" he said of the Michelin Guide.\n\nThis is the most recent controversy surrounding the Michelin Guide, which has made efforts in recent years to stave off criticism that is biased towards French cuisine and overvalues formal dining.\n\nIn December, French chef Marc Veyrat lost his court case against the guide after it stripped him of a Michelin star.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBocuse died in a room above the restaurant on 20 January 2018.\n\nAbout 1,000 people attended his funeral, with more mourners watching the ceremony on big screens set up outside the cathedral. French President Emmanuel Macron at the time described him as the \"incarnation of French cuisine\".\n\n\"Although upset by the inspectors' judgment, there is one thing that we never want to lose, it is the soul of Mr Paul,\" the restaurant and Bocuse's family said in a statement.\n\n\"From Collonges and from the bottom of our hearts, we will continue to bring the Sacred Fire to life with audacity, enthusiasm, excellence and a certain form of freedom.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sport should be part of everyone's life - Prince Harry\n\nThe Duke of Sussex has met young rugby players at his first public event since he and the Duchess of Sussex said they would step back from royal life.\n\nPrince Harry laughed and joked as he met children in Buckingham Palace's gardens ahead of the Rugby League World Cup 2021 draw, which he hosted.\n\nHe also met representatives of the 21 nations playing in the world cup.\n\nMeghan and the couple's son Archie are in Canada but the duke will reportedly stay in the UK for meetings next week.\n\nTalks involving the Queen, Prince Harry, the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge to discuss the couple's future were held on Monday at the Queen's Sandringham estate.\n\nThe Queen released a statement agreeing to their wish to step back as senior royals, become financially independent and to split their time between the UK and Canada.\n\nOn Thursday, the prince appeared relaxed and at ease as he took part in the draw hosted at the palace - despite being questioned about his next move.\n\nBBC Sport journalist Shamoon Hafez, who was at the event, said Prince Harry gave \"a loud laugh\" when a reporter asked him how talks on his future were going.\n\nPrince Harry hosted the Rugby League World Cup draws for the men's, women's and wheelchair tournaments, as part of his role as patron of the Rugby Football League.\n\nSpeaking to BBC News, Jon Dutton, the tournament's chief executive, praised the prince for being \"authentic\", \"engaged\" and taking his time to meet representatives from participating nations.\n\nThe tournament runs from 23 October to 27 November 2021 in 17 cities across England, with 16 men's, eight women's and eight wheelchair teams taking part.\n\nEngland will play Samoa in the opening match at St James' Park, Newcastle.\n\nThe prince met ambassadors for the global tournament in the gardens of the palace\n\nPrince Harry has enjoyed rugby since his school days and was a house games captain at Eton.\n\nThe duke was joined by ex-England player Jason Robinson and Dame Katherine Grainger for the draw in the throne room of Buckingham Palace.\n\n\"Not only do I continue to see sport actually changing lives, but it's saving lives as well,\" the prince said at the event.\n\n\"Whether it's rugby league or sport in general... it needs to be in everybody's life.\"\n\nJason Robinson and Dame Katherine Grainger joined Prince Harry in the throne room\n\nThe prince helped with the draw to determine the group stages of the tournament\n\nBefore the draw, he met two ambassadors for the global tournament - James Simpson, England and Leeds Rhinos wheelchair rugby league star, and Jodie Cunningham, a rugby league player in the Women's Super League for St Helens.\n\nHe then spoke to 12 young rugby players from St Vincent de Paul Catholic primary school, who are tag rugby champions in Westminster for the third year running.\n\nPrince Harry joked with the youngsters, telling them to look after the palace grass or he would get in trouble.\n\nPosing for a team picture, he teased them, saying: \"Some of you are really warm. Some of you haven't been running around.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prince Harry shakes children's hands in the gardens of Buckingham Palace\n\nKevin Sinfield, former rugby league England captain and Leeds Rhinos director of rugby, said on Thursday that Prince Harry had been \"fantastic for the sport\".\n\n\"His enthusiasm, his energy, his engagement with young people in particular, has been outstanding,\" he told BBC Breakfast.\n\nMr Sinfield said the Royal Family had helped to \"massively\" improve openness about mental health in rugby league, adding that Prince Harry had \"really driven this\".\n\nThe duke hosted the event as part of his role as patron of the Rugby Football League\n\nIn a video message posted on Instagram on Thursday the prince said he was \"proud\" to support the tournament's decision to adopt a mental fitness charter - a programme including workshops for 8,000 young players and their families.\n\n\"The perception in rugby league is that you need to be tough,\" he said. \"You can't show your feelings, you have to grin and bear it.\n\n\"But something like the mental fitness charter will help us make real progress in getting rid of the stigma associated with mental illness, and remind people that it's not just about being physically fit, but more importantly mentally strong.\"\n\nMr Sinfield added: \"To have a real figurehead involved in it who's championing it left right and centre is only going to do good things.\"\n\nFormer rugby league England captain Kevin Sinfield, pictured left in 2017, said Prince Harry has been \"fantastic for the sport\"\n\nThere has been speculation Prince Harry would travel to Canada after the draw but a source quoted by the Press Association said: \"The duke has some meetings here early next week.\"\n\nPrince Harry's brother, the Duke of Cambridge, did not mention the talks between senior royals during his first official engagement of the year, on a visit to Bradford with the Duchess of Cambridge.\n\nMeghan flew to Canada to join eight-month-old Archie ahead of the meeting.\n\nOn Tuesday she visited a charity in Vancouver which campaigns for teenage girls living in poverty.\n\nJustice for Girls said Meghan visited to \"discuss climate justice for girls and the rights of indigenous peoples\".\n\nThe Duchess of Sussex discussed \"the power of young women's leadership\" on a visit in Vancouver, Justice for Girls said\n\nMeghan also visited the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre in Vancouver.\n\nThe centre posted a photograph on Facebook of the duchess with staff and visitors, with a caption which said they had talked about \"issues affecting women in the community\".\n\nIt came as a legal document was submitted to the High Court in London by the Mail on Sunday, outlining its response to Meghan's legal action over its publication of extracts from a private letter she wrote to her father.\n\nOn Wednesday evening, Prince Harry launched the next leg of his Invictus Games, for wounded and injured service personnel and veterans, with an Instagram video.\n\nThe prince said he was looking forward to an \"amazing atmosphere\" in host city Dusseldorf, Germany, at the sixth edition of the tournament in 2022.", "A clock counting down to the moment the UK leaves the EU on 31 January will be projected on to Downing Street as part of government plans to mark Brexit Day.\n\nThe clock will tick down to 23:00 GMT, while Prime Minister Boris Johnson will give a \"special\" address to the nation in the evening, the government said.\n\nA special 50p coin will also enter circulation to mark the occasion.\n\nBut the plans do not include Big Ben chiming, after Commons authorities said the cost could not be justified.\n\nA campaign to find the £500,000 needed to make Big Ben ring when the UK leaves the EU has raised more than £200,000, but the House of Commons Commission cast doubt on whether it was permitted to use public donations to cover the costs.\n\nMillionaire businessman Arron Banks and the Leave Means Leave group donated £50,000 to the campaign.\n\nDowning Street has said the prime minister will chair a cabinet meeting in the north of England during the day, to discuss spreading \"prosperity and opportunity\".\n\nHe will then make a special address to the nation in the evening.\n\nMr Johnson is expected to be one of the first people to receive one of the newly-minted 50p coins, which will bear the motto \"peace, prosperity and friendship with all nations\".\n\nBuildings around Whitehall will be lit up to mark Brexit, with the government saying that, \"in response to public calls, the Union Jack will be flown on all of the flag poles in Parliament Square\".\n\nThe government says it will use the \"significant moment in our history\" to \"heal divisions, re-unite communities and look forward to the country that we want to build over the next decade.\"\n\nThe exterior of the prime minister's residence will be the backdrop for the Brexit countdown\n\nHowever, hopes have faded that Big Ben - which is currently out of action due to renovation work going on at the Houses of Parliament - will chime to mark the moment the UK leaves the EU.\n\nEarlier this week, Mr Johnson told BBC Breakfast he wanted the public to raise funds to ensure this can happen.\n\nBut Downing Street later distanced itself from the campaign, with a spokesman saying the prime minister's focus was on the government plan for marking the day, and that Big Ben was a matter for MPs.\n\nThe House of Commons Commission estimates the cost will be up to £500,000, and it has raised concerns over the \"unprecedented approach\" of using donations to fund the project.\n\nIt says this would involve bringing back the chiming mechanism and installing a temporary floor, resulting in delays to the conservation work.\n\nThe campaign group Stand Up 4 Brexit set up an online appeal to raise the money, collecting more than £200,000 by Friday evening.\n\nConservative MP Mark Francois told BBC Radio 4's The World at One that the pro-Brexit Leave Means Leave campaign and Mr Banks had donated £50,000.\n\nHe queried whether the cost of getting the bell to ring again was really £500,000, adding that he believed officials had \"deliberately inflated the figure\" because \"they don't want to do it\".\n\nIt comes as Downing Street has said EU citizens will not automatically be deported if they fail to sign up to the settled status scheme by the 2021.\n\nUnder the settlement scheme, EU citizens living in the UK can apply to stay in the country after Brexit.\n\nSo far the number of applicants to the scheme has hit more than 2.7 million.", "Getting enough sleep and seeing friends may have a bigger effect on teenage girls' mental wellbeing than social media use, a report suggests.\n\nThe finding comes in the government's new State of the Nation report, looking at young people's happiness levels.\n\nSocial media use in itself was found not to be strongly linked to girls' mental health unless youngsters were losing sleep or being bullied online.\n\nBullying had an effect on wellbeing eight times stronger than social media.\n\nDespite continued debate about the impact of social media on young people's wellbeing, the report suggested once other factors were taken into account, there was not a strong link with psychological health.\n\nSpending time with friends and getting enough sleep were \"consistent protective factors for positive psychological health across adolescence\", the report commissioned by the Department for Education said.\n\nBullying was the factor most strongly associated with girls' mental wellbeing but this became less important for older girls, it added.\n\nThe report concluded: \"Social media use had one of the smallest effects of all the factors we examined: getting enough sleep and seeing friends were about three times larger.\n\n\"Being bullied, including online bullying, had an association with psychological health about eight times larger than social media use.\n\n\"This suggested that when accounting for other factors such as the effect of bullying, physical health and sleep, and the frequency of seeing friends, social media use had only a minimal unique association with psychological health.\"\n\nOverall, the study suggests the majority of young people are relatively happy with their lives, but there has been a slight increase over the past seven years in the proportion who are not.\n\nEducation Secretary Gavin Williamson said: \"The pressures young people face today both in and out of school are vastly different to those their parents and grandparents experienced, so we need to listen to what they have to say and act on it.\"\n\nHe added: \"It's encouraging that the overwhelming majority of children say they are happy, but we have a responsibility to do better for those that aren't.\n\n\"We have given teachers the power to tackle bad behaviour like bullying so that school is a safe place for every child to thrive, but today's report helps shine a light on where to focus these efforts.\"\n\nIn October 2018, then Prime Minister Theresa May committed to publishing a State of the Nation report to integrate the available evidence on the state of children and young people's wellbeing, and to provide an accessible narrative on current evidence to guide discourse and action.\n\nBut interest in the national wellbeing of children and young people is not new.\n\nThe Office for National Statistics (ONS) has collated measures on the life satisfaction, feelings of worth and general happiness of children and young people since 2012.", "Police stood guard at a climate change protest by Extinction Rebellion in Edinburgh last summer\n\nPolicing the UN climate change conference in Glasgow will cost more than £200m, Scotland's chief constable has said.\n\nIain Livingstone told the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) the COP26 event in November would be one of the largest ever staged in the UK.\n\nThe chief constable also said Police Scotland had taken £200m a year out of the core cost of policing.\n\nThis was despite demands on officers increasing in 2019, he said.\n\nMr Livingstone pointed out that there had been an almost 20% rise - from about 1,500 to 1,800 - in the number of loyalist and republican marches in Scotland, as well as a higher number of spontaneous protests such as those by Extinction Rebellion.\n\nChief Constable Iain Livingstone said a considerable number of officers would be coming to Scotland from south of the border\n\nActing chairman of the authority, David Crichton, told the board meeting that the current number of officers in Scotland was \"not sustainable\".\n\nHe said the vast majority of the police budget had already been allocated to cover officer and staff costs.\n\nHe added that the Scottish Police Authority had been raising concerns about financial sustainability over the past four or five months, along with the chief constable and Audit Scotland.\n\n\"There is a structural deficit in the policing budget,\" he said. \"It's simple arithmetic, it's not complicated mathematics, it's simple arithmetic.\n\n\"With almost 90% of the budget allocated to officer and staff costs, it does mean that difficult choices are going to have to be made over the next weeks and months - difficult choices by government, by the authority and by Police Scotland.\"\n\nMr Livingstone told the meeting: \"At the moment there's an operational imperative, I sense an element of political imperative, to maintain officer numbers and the challenge for us is showing the value that having a strong police service provides and at this stage, making a case for further investment.\n\n\"We've had real-time protection but that's only kicked in since 2015-2016, but the core cost of policing is £200m less every year than it was prior to Police Scotland coming into being (in April 2013).\n\n\"So our deficit is because actually our budget has been cut even greater than the savings that we've managed to achieve.\n\n\"So my pitch is, can we get some of those savings back?\"\n\nThe meeting was told that the current number of police officers in Scotland was \"not sustainable\"\n\nMr Livingstone also told the SPA that a considerable number of officers would be coming to Scotland from south of the border to help police COP26.\n\nHe said their accommodation costs alone would be \"tens of millions of pounds\" and deposits on accommodation were estimated at £2m, which needed to be paid by next month.\n\nMembers were also told Police Scotland's plans to reduce officer numbers by 400 this year had been put on hold.\n\nMr Livingstone said major events such as the European Football championships and continuing uncertainty about the Brexit settlement were adding to pressure on the force even before policing of COP26 was taken into account.\n\nUp to 90,000 people - delegates, observers, heads of state and media - are expected to attend COP26, over 12 days from 9-20 November.\n\nA Scottish Police Authority report described it as the largest mobilisation of police officers in the UK.\n\nScottish ministers say they expect the UK government to cover the \"core costs\", including emergency services funding.\n\nThe UK government has said discussions with the Scottish government on the conference costs are \"currently ongoing\".\n\nUp to 200 world leaders are expected to attend COP26.\n\nIt will be held at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) but other venues across the city will also host functions and meetings for heads of state and other dignitaries.\n\nThe SEC will be handed over to the UN for the duration of the conference. Known as the \"blue zone\", it will become international territory, subject to international law.", "Britain has condemned the arrest of the UK ambassador to Iran as a \"flagrant violation of international law\".\n\nRob Macaire was detained for a short time on Saturday night after attending a vigil for those who died when Iran's military shot down a passenger plane.\n\nHe left the vigil when it turned into a protest but was later accused of helping to organise the demonstrations.\n\nIran said he was \"an unknown foreigner in an illegal gathering\" and summoned him to the foreign ministry on Sunday.\n\nIn a statement, Iran's foreign ministry said Mr Macaire was \"reminded\" that his presence at \"illegal gatherings contravened\" the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations.\n\nBBC diplomatic correspondent James Landale said Mr Macaire was understood to have protested strongly that his detention was unjustified.\n\nOur correspondent says Mr Macaire made clear any suggestion that he was involved in demonstrations was completely untrue, and he was attending an event advertised as a vigil for the victims of Wednesday's crash - which killed 176 people, including four Britons.\n\nEarlier, Iran's deputy foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi, who denied Mr Macaire was detained, said in a tweet that he thought it \"impossible\" when police first told him that the UK ambassador had been arrested.\n\nA phone conversation confirmed Mr Macaire's identity and he was released 15 minutes later, Mr Araghchi added.\n\nMr Macaire has denied taking part in protests and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab condemned his arrest.\n\nHe was arrested and held for three hours when he stopped at a barber shop for a haircut on his way back to the UK embassy.\n\nIn a tweet the ambassador said he was attending the vigil because it was \"normal to want to pay respects\", adding that some of the victims were British.\n\nThe ambassador added: \"Arresting diplomats is of course illegal, in all countries.\"\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\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson and German Chancellor Angela Merkel condemned Mr Macaire's arrest in a joint statement following a phone call on Sunday, in which they discussed their \"shared interests in ensuring Iran never acquires a nuclear weapon\".\n\nAnd Security Minister Brandon Lewis said on Sunday that the UK ambassador's arrest was \"totally unacceptable\" and a breach of the 1961 Vienna Convention.\n\n\"Iran does need to step back from that kind of activity and play a proper part in working with partners to de-escalate,\" Mr Lewis told Sky's Sophy Ridge.\n\nUnder the convention, diplomats cannot be detained. The Foreign Office is to demand a full explanation.\n\nIn a statement issued on Saturday night Mr Raab added: \"The arrest of our ambassador in Tehran without grounds or explanation is a flagrant violation of international law.\n\n\"The Iranian government is at a cross-roads moment. It can continue its march towards pariah status with all the political and economic isolation that entails, or take steps to deescalate tensions and engage in a diplomatic path forwards.\"\n\nThe Iranian Etemad newspaper shared a picture of the ambassador on Twitter after the Tasnim news agency reported his arrest.\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 🌐 اعتمادآنلاين 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\nProtesters had taken to the streets in Iran's capital, Tehran, to vent anger at officials, calling them liars for having denied, then admitting, shooting down a Ukrainian passenger plane.\n\nIran had initially denied responsibility for the plane crash, but on Saturday, President Hassan Rouhani admitted Iranian military had \"unintentionally\" shot down the passenger plane after mistaking it for a cruise missile when it turned towards a sensitive military site.\n\nPresident Rouhani said the missile strike was an \"unforgivable mistake\".\n\nThe crash came just hours after Iran carried out missile strikes on two airbases housing US forces in Iraq.\n\nMr Johnson said Iran's admission was an \"important first step\" and called for an investigation into the \"tragic accident\".\n\nAnd writing in the Sunday Telegraph, Mr Raab said it was time for Tehran \"to come to the negotiating table to resolve all of Iran's issues of international concern.\"\n\nHe said Iran \"must stop pursuing a nuclear weapon, end its support for terrorism, and release the foreign nationals and dual nationals it cruelly holds\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Footage appears to show missile strike on Ukrainian plane in Iran\n\nLabour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the shooting down of the passenger plane by Iran was \"an appalling act, and part of a whole pattern of appalling acts all across the region\".\n\nThe Queen has also sent a message of condolence to the Governor-General of Canada - where the majority of the passengers on the flight were headed.\n\nOut of the 176 victims on board the Kyiv-bound flight, 138 had listed Canada as their eventual destination.\n\nThe Queen said she and the Duke of Edinburgh were \"deeply saddened by the tragic loss of life\".\n\nThe Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall added their condolences, saying they were \"utterly horrified\" by the disaster.\n\nBritons Mohammed Reza Kadkhoda Zadeh, Sam Zokaei and Saeed Tahmasebi were all on board\n\nFour Britons were on board the Ukrainian passenger plane.\n\nThree have been named as Mohammed Reza Kadkhoda Zadeh, who owned a dry cleaners in West Sussex, BP engineer Sam Zokaei from Twickenham, and PhD student and engineer Saeed Tahmasebi, who lived in Dartford.\n\nMr Tahmasebi's Iranian wife, Niloufar Ebrahim, was also listed as a passenger on the plane.", "A BBC Arabic investigation has uncovered compelling evidence suggesting the Syrian-Kurdish political leader, Hevrin Khalaf, was executed by a faction of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army.\n\nRebel group Ahrar al-Sharqiya, which fights for the SNA, is accused of her murder, but has told the BBC it is not responsible for the politician's death.\n\nBut by speaking to members of Ahrar al-Sharqiya, as well as Hevrin Khalaf's family, former colleagues and an eyewitness, plus using open source investigation tools, the BBC has discovered a different story about what happened on 12 October 2019.\n\nThe Turkish government, which backs the Syrian National Army, has not responded to BBC requests for comment.\n\nVideo produced by: Nader Ibrahim, Rosie Garthwaite, Manisha Ganguly and Mustafa Khalili. Graphics by Jasmine Bonshor.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Garnett: 'Cathy let everybody of the hook'\n\nTributes have been paid to TV and film producer Tony Garnett following his death at the age of 83.\n\nOriginally an actor, Garnett produced such seminal Ken Loach works as Cathy Come Home and Kes, and later produced influential TV series This Life.\n\nWorld Productions, the TV company he founded, said he died on Sunday \"after a short illness\".\n\nLoach said Garnett \"believed in drama, in film and its power to communicate truth\".\n\n\"He understood the basic conflict at the heart of society, between those with power who exploit and those who are exploited,\" the director told Radio 4's Today programme.\n\n\"He was a brilliant, complex man, intensely loyal and generous-spirited.\"\n\nLine of Duty creator Jed Mercurio said he was \"an inspirational figure who'll be greatly missed\".\n\nHe wrote on Twitter: \"Tony was instrumental in giving me my break into TV when I was a junior hospital doctor who'd never written anything.\n\n\"They don't make 'em like him any more.\"\n\nCathy Come Home told of a young couple with children who become homeless\n\nGarnett was also remembered with affection by former Line of Duty cast member Daniel Mays, who called him \"the nicest man\".\n\n\"Very sad to hear of the passing of the great Tony Garnett,\" he wrote. \"His legacy and body of work is truly exceptional.\"\n\nNew Tricks writer Lisa Holdsworth, who chairs the Writers' Guild of Great Britain, wrote: \"Every TV writer in the UK owes him a debt of gratitude. He elevated our medium by showing how fierce, relevant and vital it could be.\"\n\nOther writers and actors added heartfelt tributes on Twitter.\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 Peter Bowker 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. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBorn in Birmingham in 1936, Garnett began his career on screen in 1960s TV shows including Emergency Ward 10 and Z Cars.\n\nHis subsequent work with Loach, Jim Allen and others was characterised by hard-hitting social realism.\n\nThrough World Productions, the company he founded in 1990, he executive produced such TV series as Between the Lines, Ballykissangel and This Life.\n\nThe latter, he revealed at a BFI talk last year, came about when Michael Jackson, then controller of BBC Two, wanted a drama \"about young people who are just starting their first jobs\".\n\nThis Life saw Jack Davenport, Daniela Nardini, Jason Hughes, Amita Dhiri and Andrew Lincoln play housemates in London\n\n\"He said, 'Could they be lawyers?'\" Garnett recalled. \"I said, 'They can be anything you like Michael.'\"\n\nThe show, about a group of young lawyers sharing a house in London, ran for two series and gave early breaks to rising stars like Jack Davenport and Andrew Lincoln.\n\nGarnett enjoyed much success at the BBC but could be highly critical of the corporation.\n\n\"I have criticised the BBC in the past because I think it's very important for all of us,\" he said in 2014.\n\n\"I'm a defender of the BBC but at the same time a loyal defender of the opposition.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The author of more than 50 books on aesthetics, morality and politics, he was also a government adviser.\n\nA statement on his website said he had been \"fighting cancer for six months\" and \"died peacefully\" on Sunday.\n\nBoris Johnson led the tributes, calling him the country's \"greatest modern conservative thinker\", while Chancellor Sajid Javid said \"he made a unique contribution to public life.\"\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\nSir Roger was at the centre of controversy last year when he was dismissed from, then reinstated to, an unpaid role as a government housing adviser after criticism of his comments about China and Muslim immigrants.\n\nAfter he was restored to the role when supporters said his remarks had been misrepresented, he claimed there was a \"witch-hunt\" against right-wing figures, aiming to characterise them as racist or fascist.\n\nConservative MEP Daniel Hannan said Sir Roger was the \"greatest conservative of our age\".\n\n\"The country has lost a towering intellect. I have lost a wonderful friend,\" he said.\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\nHistorian Timothy Garton Ash said he was \"a man of extraordinary intellect, learning and humour, a great supporter of central European dissidents, and the kind of provocative - sometimes outrageous - conservative thinker that a truly liberal society should be glad to have challenging it\".\n\nBorn in February 1944, Sir Roger attended grammar school before studying at Cambridge.\n\nHe told the Guardian he became a Conservative when visiting Paris during the 1968 student protests, which he saw as an \"unruly mob of self-indulgent middle-class hooligans\" professing \"ludicrous Marxist gobbledegook\".\n\nSir Roger received one of Hungary's highest honours in a ceremony in London last month\n\n\"I knew I wanted to conserve things rather than pull them down,\" he said.\n\nIn 1971, he began teaching philosophy at Birkbeck College, but claimed his career was held back in the \"heart of the left establishment\".\n\nThree years later he became a founding member of the Conservative Philosophy Group, which was intended to provide an intellectual basis for the Conservative Party to regain power. Newly elected Tory leader Margaret Thatcher attended the group.\n\nIn 1982, Sir Roger became founding editor of the Salisbury Review, a journal championing conservatism.\n\nHe also began visiting dissidents in Communist Czechoslovakia, smuggling in books, offering courses in suppressed subjects and supporting banned artists. In 1985 he was detained in Brno before being expelled from 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 3 by Anne Applebaum 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\nAfter the fall of Communism, Vaclav Havel, the dissident-turned-president, awarded Sir Roger the Medal of Merit.\n\nIn the 1990s, he bought a farm in Wiltshire - nicknamed Scrutopia - and celebrated his passion for fox hunting in a book, On Hunting.\n\nAnother book, An Intelligent Person's Guide to Pop Culture, led to him being successfully sued by the Pet Shop Boys after he falsely claimed their songs were mostly the work of sound engineers.\n\nIn 2002, he was criticised for writing articles in defence of smoking without acknowledging that he was being paid by JTI, one of the largest tobacco companies.\n\nIn 2009 - Sir Roger wrote and presented a BBC Two documentary - Why Beauty Matters - in which he argued modern society had placed itself in peril by no longer valuing beauty.\n\nHungary's right-wing nationalist prime minister, Viktor Orban, presented Sir Roger with the Order of Merit in December last year, describing him as an \"ardent and active ally\" of anti-communism in central and eastern Europe.\n\nMr Orban said Sir Roger was \"forward-looking enough to see the threat of illegal migration and defend Hungary against its unjust critics\".\n\nSir Roger leaves his wife, Sophie, and two children, Sam and Lucy,\n\nThe statement on his website said his family was \"hugely proud of him and of all his achievements\".", "The Queen has issued a statement following talks held between senior members of the Royal Family on Monday. The so-called Sandringham summit was called to discuss a new role for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.\n\nHere is her statement in full:\n\n\"Today my family had very constructive discussions on the future of my grandson and his family.\n\n\"My family and I are entirely supportive of Harry and Meghan's desire to create a new life as a young family. Although we would have preferred them to remain full-time working members of the Royal Family, we respect and understand their wish to live a more independent life as a family while remaining a valued part of my family.\n\n\"Harry and Meghan have made clear that they do not want to be reliant on public funds in their new lives.\n\n\"It has therefore been agreed that there will be a period of transition in which the Sussexes will spend time in Canada and the UK.\n\n\"These are complex matters for my family to resolve, and there is some more work to be done, but I have asked for final decisions to be reached in the coming days.\"", "Same-sex marriages will be legally recognised in Northern Ireland from today.\n\nSame-sex marriage is now legally recognised in Northern Ireland.\n\nFrom Monday, same-sex couples will be able to register to marry, meaning the first ceremonies will take place in February.\n\nFor couples who are already married, their marriage will now be legally recognised in Northern Ireland.\n\nHowever, those who are already in a civil partnership will not be able to convert it to a marriage at this stage.\n\nThe Northern Ireland Office is set to begin a consultation later this year about converting civil partnerships and the role of churches in same-sex marriages.\n\nHeterosexual couples will also be able to enter into civil partnerships from today.\n\nWhen the Stormont assembly collapsed, marriage equality campaigners turned their focus to Westminster.\n\nIn July 2019, MPs backed amendments which required the government to change abortion laws and extend same-sex marriage to Northern Ireland if devolution was not restored by 21 October 2019.\n\nAn amendment was made to the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 by the Labour MP Conor McGinn saying that the government had to legislate for same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland.\n\nSpeaking to BBC News NI, Mr McGinn said \"everyone who values equality, love and respect can celebrate today\".\n\n\"It's a good day for Northern Ireland, an important day for citizens' rights across these islands and an exciting day for same-sex couples who can now register to marry,\" he said.\n\nPatrick Corrigan from Amnesty International said it was a \"historic day for equality and human rights in Northern Ireland\".\n\n\"For too long, LGBT+ people in Northern Ireland have been treated as second-class citizens. So, today is an incredible moment for same-sex couples who can finally marry and have their relationships recognised as equal,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC News NI looks at the history of Northern Ireland's same-sex marriage debate\n\nSame-sex marriages have been allowed in England, Scotland and Wales since 2014, but Stormont did not legalise them.\n\nIn November 2015, a vote on the issue in the devolved assembly resulted in a numerical majority in favour of same-sex marriage for the first time.\n\nHowever, the DUP blocked a change in the law by using a veto known as the Petition of Concern.\n\nBecause couples have to indicate their intention to marry 28 days before doing so, the first weddings are expected to be held in the week of Valentine's Day.\n\nJohn O'Doherty from the Love Equality campaign said this was the \"culmination of five years of campaigning for marriage equality and marks an enormous step forward for LGBT+ people\".\n\n\"There remain a number of issues to be addressed before couples in Northern Ireland have the same rights as those in other jurisdictions,\" he added.\n\n\"However, we celebrate this remarkable achievement with the thousands of people who made their voices heard and demanded change in spite of the many barriers placed in their way.\"\n\nDanielle Doherty and Emma Bradley standing outside Free Derry corner on their wedding day\n\nA Londonderry couple have expressed their joy that their marriage is now legally recognised in their home city.\n\nDanielle Doherty and Emma Bradley got married in County Donegal in 2019.\n\n\"It just shows you the change that's happened over the last few years, from it being a dream to reality,\" said Ms Doherty.\n\n\"We are not undermining the value of a civil partnership, but for us, we wanted a marriage.\n\n\"We would've loved to have gotten married in Derry, we love Derry, but it was never an option.\"", "Managing director Don Bryden said the policy had been \"embraced\"\n\nEmployees at a recruitment agency are being rewarded with four extra days of holiday for not smoking at work.\n\nKCJ Training and Employment Solutions in Swindon wants to compensate staff who do not smoke, rather than penalise those who do.\n\nManaging director Don Bryden has introduced the measure despite being a smoker himself.\n\n\"It's been taken on and embraced within the company by both smokers and non-smokers,\" he said.\n\n\"I'm not discriminating against anyone,\" he added. \"What I'm saying is if you take a smoke break, fine, take a smoke break. I'm not saying stop that.\n\n\"But if you say it's three 10-minute smoke breaks a day that equates to 16 and a quarter days a year based on an eight-hour working day.\n\nKCJ Training and Employment Solutions wants to compensate staff who do not smoke, rather than penalise those who do\n\n\"Let's cut it by a third and say you only take one 10-minute smoking break a day, that adds up to just over five days.\"\n\nMr Bryden says if the prospect of more leave motivated people to give up smoking, he would support them.\n\n\"I've been asked if someone doesn't smoke for three months, will I give them a day off, and I said of course,\" he said. \"And if they can do it for six months I'll give them two days.\n\n\"I'll work with the people who smoke but I do want to make sure that the ones who are sitting there working while the others take their ciggie break get some sort of compensation.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The new Bow Street station is due to open later in 2020\n\nWork is getting under way to build a new railway station that will see trains call at a Welsh village for the first time in 55 years.\n\nThe new Bow Street station in Ceredigion is costing about £8m - funded by the Welsh Government and the UK's Department for Transport.\n\nIt is due to open later in 2020, served by Cambrian Line trains between Aberystwyth and Shrewsbury.\n\nIt follows a vocal campaign over the last decade to reopen the station.\n\nWales' Transport Minister Ken Skates said: \"Our vision for railways includes the opening of new stations and the improvement of connectivity across all regions in Wales.\n\n\"This is the beginning of delivering that ambition.\"\n\nThe original Bow Street station closed in 1965 - and is now the site of a builders' merchant\n\nThe original station was closed as part of the Beeching cuts in the 1960s that saw the rail network in Wales decimated.\n\nThe new station will be built south of the old site, which is now home to a builders' merchant.\n\nThe scheme is being delivered by Transport for Wales (TfW), Network Rail and Ceredigion council.\n\nTfW chief executive James Price said it was the first station the organisation was building since taking over the Wales and Borders rail service.\n\n\"We've committed to at least five further schemes, demonstrating our commitment to investing in connecting communities throughout Wales to the rail network,\" he said.\n\nClaire Williams, a community rail officer at Ceredigion council, said: \"The Bow Street Interchange project will make the railway more accessible for passengers from all over the county as well as reducing the amount of congestion on the roads within the area, therefore reducing the carbon emissions which of course is fundamentally better for the environment.\"\n\nCeredigion councillor Paul Hinge said the new station was the \"culmination of years of hard work\" and would restore a \"vital facility\" on the west Wales coast.\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 nominations for this year's Academy Awards have been announced, with Joker leading the pack with 11 nods.\n\nThe comic book villain origin story is up for best picture, best director and best actor for Joaquin Phoenix, plus eight other awards.\n\nThe Irishman, 1917 and Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood follow with 10 nominations each.\n\nBritain's Cynthia Erivo, Anthony Hopkins, Jonathan Pryce and Florence Pugh are all up for acting prizes.\n\nHarriet, a biopic of anti-slavery campaigner Harriet Tubman, is up for two Oscars\n\nPugh, up for best supporting actress for Little Women, put her first Oscar nomination down to \"hard work\" and persistence.\n\n\"You've got to keep on going and hopefully you'll see something at the end of the tunnel,\" the 24-year-old told BBC News.\n\nJoker's 11 nominations equals its tally at the British Academy Film Awards, whose nominations were announced last week.\n\nAt the Oscars, though, at least one acting contender - Harriet star Erivo - will be from a BAME background.\n\nErivo said Harriet's two nominations were \"beyond anything I could have ever imagined\" and were \"more than a dream come true\".\n\nThe film's other nomination, for best song, comes for Stand Up, which the Tony-winning actress both sang and co-wrote.\n\nYet the Oscars are sure to receive some censure for announcing another all-male line-up in its best director category.\n\nGreta Gerwig, nominated for best director in 2018 for Lady Bird, did not make the cut again with Little Women.\n\nPugh called her omission both \"sad\" and \"hard to navigate\". \"She is in this film in the writing and the directing [and] in every single performance,\" she continued.\n\nOnly five women have ever been nominated for the best director Oscar and only one - The Hurt Locker's Kathryn Bigelow - has ever won.\n\nActress Issa Rae pointedly offered \"congratulations to those men\" as she revealed the nominations alongside actor John Cho on Monday.\n\nLike Joker, The Irishman, 1917 and Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood are all up for the best picture prize.\n\nThe other nominees are Ford vs Ferrari (released in the UK as Le Mans 66), Jojo Rabbit, Little Women, Marriage Story and South Korean film Parasite.\n\nPhoenix said he felt \"honoured and humbled\" by his nomination and congratulated his fellow nominees for giving \"inspiring performances that have enriched our art form\".\n\nAnthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce are both shortlisted for The Two Popes\n\nHe is joined in the best actor category by Marriage Story's Adam Driver, Once Upon a Time's Leonardo DiCaprio, Pain and Glory's Antonio Banderas and The Two Popes' Pryce.\n\nThe Welsh actor told BBC Radio Wales he had \"written off\" his chances of a nomination after missing out on an award at the Golden Globes.\n\n\"I was much more excited than I expected to be,\" the 72-year-old said of his first Oscar nomination. \"I felt quite emotional really. It's been a long time coming.\"\n\nDriver, who was up for best supporting actor last year for BlacKkKlansman, said he felt \"honoured and incredibly grateful to represent the people who made Marriage Story\".\n\nDiCaprio, meanwhile, said he had been \"incredibly fortunate [with Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood] to have partnered with brilliant collaborators\".\n\n\"So many [films] this year were truly original and impactful,\" he continued. \"I hope as we progress we continue to see even more of them.\"\n\nErivo's best actress rivals include Little Women's Saoirse Ronan, Bombshell star Charlize Theron and Renee Zellweger for Judy.\n\nScarlett Johansson is nominated for Marriage Story and gets another nod in the supporting actress category for Jojo Rabbit.\n\nJohansson plays a mother in both Marriage Story (left) and Jojo Rabbit\n\nJohansson's Marriage Story co-star Laura Dern is also in the running for that award, as is Bombshell's Margot Robbie.\n\nPugh and Kathy Bates - up for her fourth Oscar for Clint Eastwood film Richard Jewell - complete the line-up in this category.\n\nBates - who won the best actress Oscar for Misery in 1991 - thanked the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences \"for this wonderful recognition\".\n\nBrad Pitt is up for best supporting actor for Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, as is The Irishman's Al Pacino and Joe Pesci.\n\nHopkins and Tom Hanks - recognised for The Two Popes and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood respectively - are the other supporting actor nominees.\n\nSir Anthony - who plays Pope Benedict XVI opposite Jonathan Pryce's Pope Francis - said it was \"a great honour to be nominated\" for his fifth Academy Award.\n\nBritain's Sam Mendes joins The Irishman's Martin Scorsese, Joker's Todd Phillips, Parasite's Bong Joon-ho and Quentin Tarantino in the best director category.\n\nThe recently knighted Sir Sam said he \"couldn't be more thrilled\" by the nominations for his World War One epic, which he called \"a labour of love for many people\".\n\nScorsese also called his mob drama The Irishman \"a labour of love\", adding: \"To be recognised in this way means a great deal to all of us.\"\n\nPhillips, meanwhile, said he was \"deeply honoured by the overwhelming recognition\" and paid tribute to \"the genius that is Joaquin Phoenix\".\n\nBrad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio are both shortlisted for Tarantino's film\n\nParasite and Pedro Almodovar's Pain and Glory are also up for the international feature film award - previously known as best foreign film.\n\n\"Two nominations for #PainAndGlory from Academy Awards. Congratulations team!!! Very excited,\" tweeted Banderas in both English and Spanish.\n\nNetflix - the subscription giant behind Marriage Story, The Irishman and The Two Popes - has received more than 20 nominations.\n\nThese include two nods in the best animated film category, where its films I Lost My Body and Klaus are up against Missing Link, Toy Story 4 and the third How to Train Your Dragon film.\n\nThat means there is no room for Frozen 2, whose only nomination comes in the best song category for Into the Unknown.\n\nElton John biopic Rocketman also gets its only nomination in this category, alongside tracks from Toy Story 4, Harriet and Breakthrough.\n\nThat film's song, I'm Standing With You, marks the 11th time songwriter Diane Warren has been up for an Oscar - an award she has yet to win.\n\nParasite, a dark satire set in Seoul, has six nominations in all\n\nOther previous nominees in contention again include John Williams, who earns his 52nd nomination for his score for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.\n\nThe 87-year-old composer already holds the record for the most Oscar nominations ever received by a living individual.\n\nAlso up for best original score are Joker's female composer Hildur Gudnadottir, Little Women's Alexandre Desplat and a pair of Newmans - Randy and Thomas - for Marriage Story and 1917 respectively.\n\nThe 92nd Academy Awards will be held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on 9 February.\n\nThis year's ceremony, like last year's, will not have an overall host, with a variety of celebrity guests instead introducing each category.\n\nQueen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody won the most awards last year, picking up four prizes including best actor.\n\nGreen Book was named best picture, while Britain's Olivia Colman won best actress for The Favourite.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @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. Storm Brendan: What is causing the stormy weather?\n\nMore than 1,000 properties were left without power as high winds swept across Wales, felling trees and causing disruption on the roads\n\nWestern Power Distribution (WPD) said homes in Newcastle Emlyn and Cardigan in Ceredigion had been affected\n\nGusts reached 79mph on Mumbles head in Swansea and the windy weather was due to continue late into the night.\n\nA school closed due to a power failure after a tree fell on power lines and also hit a car at Bontnewydd, Gwynedd.\n\nGusty winds took down a tree in Bontnewydd, Gwynedd\n\nMonday's yellow warning was for large parts of Wales, although Monmouthshire, Flintshire, Denbighshire and Wrexham were not likely to be affected.\n\nA second Wales-wide warning for wind has been issued for Tuesday from noon.\n\nWPD said they were aiming to restore power to both areas by 17.30 GMT.\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 Greenough 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 owner of the crushed car, Lowri Pointer, said she received a phone call while at work to tell her what had happened.\n\nMs Pointer explained that a tree opposite her home had been uprooted by the high winds, which had affected power and phone lines in the area.\n\n\"Luckily, it's missed the house. It's just hit the car and it's landed on next door's shed,\" she said.\n\n\"We can't stay here tonight so we are going to have to make other arrangements.\"\n\nA tree has come down on the A5 near Bethesda, Gwynedd\n\nYsgol Bontnewydd primary school closed after power was cut by a tree falling on power lines, and two schools in Penygroes, Ysgol Bro Lleu and Dyffryn Nantlle were both closed due to problems with the water supply.\n\nMeanwhile in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, the roof of a connecting walkway between two buildings at Greenhill School has been damaged by winds.\n\nThe school said there were no injuries but the school would be closed on Tuesday.\n\nEmergency services advised motorists to take care on the roads, with lane closures on the M48 Severn Bridge.\n\nPolice closed lanes for a time on the A55 in Conwy county between Penmaenmawr and Pen y Clip after a vehicle hit the central reservation, scattering debris from a mobile home across the road.\n\nThe A4086 in Gwynedd was also closed between Cibyn and Pontrug due to a fallen tree.\n\nA 30mph speed restriction was in place for the A55 Britannia Bridge on Anglesey, with bikes, motorbikes and caravans advised to find an alternative route.\n\nThe A477 at Cleddau Bridge in Pembrokeshire was closed to high sided vehicles.\n\nStena Line warned passengers the weather was causing disruption to ferry services on the Irish Sea.\n\nWinds caused its new service, Stena Estrid, to be delayed for two hours on its maiden voyage from Holyhead in the morning, and its 14:00 GMT service Stena Adventurer was being delayed until approximately 16:00 GMT.\n\nThe RNLI warned people to take care along the coast, particularly along exposed cliffs and seafronts.\n\nA few places could see gusts to 80mph (129 km/hr) on Monday, said the Met Office\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 BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Meghan and Harry have a global appeal, but how could they make money?\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex have agreed to stop using their HRH titles as part of their plans to withdraw from royal duties and \"work to become financially independent\".\n\nBBC royal correspondent Jonny Dymond said royals were usually excluded from doing paid work, but by setting aside their titles the couple had gained more freedom.\n\n\"Of course once you lose the title then you are no longer royal and special, and it may be that your brand is much less attractive to potential partners,\" he said.\n\nPublic relations consultant Mark Borkowski said even without their titles, the couple are \"powerful A-listers in their own right, so they're going to attract a lot of attention\".\n\nPrince Harry and Meghan plan to split their time between the UK and North America - and their global reach could open up a wealth of opportunities.\n\nBut how might they earn their financial independence and fund their charitable causes?\n\nAn application to trademark the Sussex Royal brand was lodged by the couple in June last year, covering items such as books, calendars, clothing, charitable fundraising and campaigning.\n\nIt raised the possibility of Prince Harry and Meghan launching their own lines of products, from beauty to clothing.\n\nBut the agreement with the Queen has cast doubt on that idea. A brand incorporating the word \"royal\" may not be compatible with their agreement to step back from royal duties, while upholding \"the values of Her Majesty\".\n\nJournalist and royal style commentator Elizabeth Holmes says criticism for exploiting the royal connection is a risk in any commercial venture, adding: \"That's why I think they'll be careful about it.\"\n\nMeghan is a royal patron of Smart Works and helped style women during a visit to the charity last year\n\nEven if they have to go back to the drawing board with the Sussex Royal name, Ms Holmes says: \"Any brand on the planet would want to work with them.\"\n\nWhether it's a designer handbag or Archie's hand-knitted bobble hat, whenever the Sussexes are pictured with a product, sales go through the roof.\n\nWe probably shouldn't expect the couple's 10.5 million Instagram followers to be suddenly bombarded with sponsored content and product placement though, Ms Holmes says.\n\nWhile the royal couple have a huge platform, it pales in comparison to the likes of Kylie Jenner, who has more than 150 million Instagram followers.\n\nThe reality TV star, who topped last year's Instagram rich list, is estimated to earn around $1.2m (£960,000) for a single sponsored post.\n\nCould Meghan and Harry follow that trend? Ms Holmes says: \"I don't think that's necessarily an appropriate thing for a member of the Royal Family.\"\n\nThe duke and duchess have said they plan to launch a charitable organisation to achieve \"progressive change\" through \"local and global community action\".\n\nMs Holmes suggests any commercial partnerships would be tied to the couple's charitable causes, perhaps with a secondary opportunity to raise personal income.\n\nFor example, Meghan is the patron of a charity that provides free clothing and interview training to unemployed women and has launched her own clothing line for the organisation.\n\nWhile the couple may be legally allowed to draw a salary from their charity, that is not the approach taken by some of their likely inspirations.\n\nHarry and Meghan said they \"researched the incredible work of many well-known and lesser-known foundations\" in drawing up their plans.\n\nOrganisations such as the Clinton Foundation, the Obama Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have been suggested as potential models.\n\nBut the Clintons say they draw no income or expenses from their charity, the Obamas are not listed among their foundation's highest-paid officers, and Mr and Mrs Gates famously use their organisation to give away wealth rather than to receive it.\n\nWith Meghan first finding fame as an actress in the US television drama Suits, it is perhaps no surprise that some of the couple's first opportunities have come from the entertainment world.\n\nHarry has already teamed up with US media mogul Oprah Winfrey on a series addressing mental health for Apple TV, which is due for broadcast in 2020.\n\nAnd when the duke and duchess announced their intention to \"step back\", it was revealed that Meghan has already signed a voiceover deal with Disney in return for a donation to an elephant conservation charity.\n\nOprah Winfrey was a guest at the duke and duchess' wedding\n\nNetflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos has already expressed an interest in working with the couple. \"Who wouldn't be interested? Yes, sure,\" he said.\n\nThat could represent a chance to follow in the steps of the Obamas, who signed a deal with the streaming video company to produce documentaries and drama series about social and political issues.\n\nA similar deal could give the duke and duchess an opportunity to highlight causes close to their hearts.\n\nFor Meghan, these include equality and women's rights, while Harry has been vocal in campaigning on mental health and military veterans' welfare.\n\nWhile the couple have spoken about their struggles with the intense media interest in their lives, the idea of revealing more about themselves in their own words might be more appealing - and lucrative.\n\nThe 2017 book deal signed by Barack and Michelle Obama was believed to be worth more than $60m (£48m).\n\nIt's also an area Meghan has previously shown an interest in. In her introduction to last year's September issue of Vogue, which she guest edited, Meghan wrote of her \"love of writing\".\n\nBefore she married Harry, she also ran a lifestyle blog, The Tig, where she shared beauty, fashion and travel tips.\n\nMichelle Obama's memoir sold more than 10 million copies in its first five months\n\nNatalie Jerome, a literary agent at Aevitas, says the couple have \"enormous power and reach\" and any book deal would be extremely lucrative.\n\n\"People have compared them to the Obamas and I think there's potentially some merit in that,\" she says.\n\nMeghan is an aspirational figure for many women of colour and young people, she adds.\n\n\"We're in a period now where we're talking increasingly about diversity within publishing and there's a real push to reach wider audiences,\" she says.\n\n\"If she were to publish a book in her own right and reach out to young people on the ground by doing talks and going to schools like Michelle Obama did, I think the book would be hugely successful.\"\n\nAnother potential avenue for the pair to explore could be after-dinner speeches and events.\n\nJeremy Lee, director at speaking agency JLA, says if they maintained a positive profile the couple could earn six-figure sums for each appearance.\n\nHe predicts demand would be higher in US, where Mr Lee says the pair could earn up to $500,000 (£380,000) per engagement.\n\nHowever, he says companies in the UK would be more sensitive to reputational risk if public opinion turned against the couple.\n\nMr Lee predicts UK companies would only be willing to take the royals as speakers at an event linked to one of their campaigning interests, in return for a donation to their charitable foundation - rather than a fee - in the region of £100,000.\n\nBut in the US, there would be interest from \"anybody that wants to show off and has got the budget\", he says.", "The child was with a group of youngsters and adults gathered in Errington Road\n\nA 12-year-old boy was injured when he was hit in a drive-by shooting.\n\nThe child was with a group of youngsters and adults gathered in Errington Road, in the Arbourthorne area of Sheffield, when a white car drove past and a gunman opened fire.\n\nThe boy suffered an injury to his leg in the shooting, which happened at about 15:45 GMT.\n\nHe was taken to hospital for treatment and remains in a stable condition, police said.\n\nDet Insp Denise Booth said there would be an increased police presence in the area.\n\n\"Specialist officers have been in the area this afternoon and evening, examining the scene and speaking to witnesses as we work to piece together the exact circumstances of this incident, what led to it and to identify those responsible,\" she said.\n\n\"This matter is an absolute priority for us and it's imperative that anyone with information or concerns speaks to an officer.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nA man who racially abused England fast bowler Jofra Archer during the first Test against New Zealand in November has been banned from attending international and domestic matches in the country for two years.\n\nArcher said he heard comments during the final day of the innings-and-65-run defeat at Mount Maunganui's Bay Oval.\n\nAfter a police investigation a 28-year-old from Auckland admitted the abuse.\n\nHe has been issued with a verbal warning for using insulting language.\n\nNew Zealand Cricket (NZC) say they have contacted the man and written to him, advising of his ban until 2022. If he breaches the ban he could be \"subjected to further police action\".\n\n\"We'd again like to extend our apologies to Jofra and the England team management for such an unsavoury incident and reiterate once more that this type of behaviour is completely unacceptable,\" said NZC spokesman Anthony Crummy.\n\nCrummy said NZC would not be identifying the individual.\n\nHe added: \"We want to thank the New Zealand police for their efforts in identifying the person responsible, and for making it clear that this type of behaviour will not be minimised.\"\n\nArcher described the incident as \"disturbing\", while New Zealand captain Kane Williamson said the abuse was \"horrific\" and that he hoped \"nothing like that ever happens again\".", "One of Britain's oldest department stores has warned that it could collapse into administration.\n\nBeales, which began trading in Bournemouth in 1881, said 22 stores and 1,000 jobs were at stake if it cannot find a buyer.\n\nThe firm is negotiating with its landlords to try and agree rent reductions.\n\nIt is also in talks with two potential buyers - a rival retailer and a venture capital investor, the BBC understands.\n\nChief Executive Tony Brown led a management buyout of the firm in 2018.\n\nIt's a brutal time for retailers. Debenhams began closing 19 shops yesterday. Mothercare's 79 UK stores will stop trading today.\n\nNow Beales, with its 22 stores up and down the country, confirmed that it may have to call in administrators.\n\nBeales has been around for almost 140 years, but poorer than expected trading over Christmas threatens its survival.\n\nEven if its immediate future can be assured, store closures aren't being ruled out, with a risk to jobs.\n\nThe British Retail Consortium said last year was the high street's worst on record.\n\nIn the year to March 2019, Beale Ltd posted a loss of £3.1m, up from £1.3m for the year earlier as costs swelled and sales dipped.\n\nBeales has stores in the following towns and cities:\n\nIt comes after UK retail sales fell for the first time in a quarter of a century last year.\n\nSales in November and December fell by 0.9%, according to industry body the British Retail Consortium (BRC).\n\nJohn Lewis has warned that its staff bonus may be in doubt as it reported Christmas sales at its department stores were down 2% for stores open at least a year.\n\nLast week, fashion chain Superdry warned that its profits could be wiped out after sales fell sharply over Christmas.\n\nThe firm, which has been trying to sell more clothes at full price, said it had been hit by \"unprecedented levels of promotional activity\" by rivals.\n\nA raft of collapses in 2019 including Jessops, card chain Clintons, Bonmarche and Karen Millen depressed rents and hit landlords.\n\nSome companies are prospering, however.\n\nSports fashion retailer JD Sports says it expects to report full-year profits at the top end of forecasts.\n\nNext lifted its profit forecast after better than expected sales over Christmas trading period. The company's full-price sales rose by 5.2%.\n\nAnd big companies are using the tough environment to experiment.\n\nIkea will open its first small-format store in the UK, following the acquisition of a shopping centre in London.\n\nThe Swedish retail giant paid £170m for the Kings Mall Shopping Centre in Hammersmith.", "Iranians were angered by officials who initially denied shooting down a plane outside Tehran\n\nAfter days of denial, the Iranian authorities admitted that a crash involving a Ukrainian International Airlines jetliner was caused by human error.\n\nThe incident on Wednesday came just hours after Iran had launched a series of ballistic missiles at Iraqi bases hosting US troops, in a bid to avenge the killing of senior commander Qasem Soleimani.\n\nIt was amid these high tensions, Iran says, that an air defence operator misidentified flight PS752 as a cruise missile and shot it down, killing all 176 people on board.\n\nWhile Iran initially denied responsibility, US and Canadian intelligence agencies soon uncovered evidence that one of the country's surface-to-air missile had caused the accident. This led to significant international pressure for Iran to openly investigate the case.\n\nTehran's decision to reverse its initial statements and take full responsibility for the downing of the plane provoked a positive response from several countries, including those whose passengers were onboard - Canada, the UK, Germany, and Sweden.\n\nThe admission of guilt was ultimately read as a positive first step.\n\nBut officials from these governments also said the admission should be followed by constructive behaviour from Iran. This would likely mean it pursuing a transparent investigation, the repatriation of the bodies and compensation for the victims, as well as taking the necessary steps to ensure similar tragedies are averted in future.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A crowd gathered outside Amir Kabir university, calling for resignations and accusing officials of lying\n\nOn the international front, the downing of flight PS752 is unlikely to result in further escalation and might even provide an opportunity for defusing some of the tensions which have been simmering over the past few months.\n\nOn the domestic front, however, this tragic accident could have much deeper repercussions.\n\nJust days before the flight crashed, Iran displayed an unprecedented level of unity and popular support when millions of people poured on to the streets all over the country to mourn the death of Soleimani.\n\nThis seemed to indicate that, when faced with the external threat of military confrontation, Iranians from different political and economic backgrounds could come together and put aside their divisions.\n\nMillions of Iranians mourned the death of top general Qasem Soleimani in a US drone strike\n\nBut the shooting down of flight PS752 and the subsequent denials from the authorities could lead these divisions to re-emerge and become even sharper.\n\nWhile the admission of guilt could assuage some of the popular criticism towards the grave mishandling of the situation, the establishment might still be perceived as having tried to hide evidence and avoid responsibility before international pressure mounted on Iran to come clean.\n\nThis is likely to revive the divisions and unrest that erupted in November when the Iranian government approved a sharp spike in fuel prices. This move triggered large demonstrations across the country and resulted in widespread repression and the killing of at least 300 people.\n\nWhile acknowledging the truth is an important first step, the Iranian people will likely demand accountability and the prosecution of those responsible, as well as the adoption of all the steps needed to ensure this does not happen again.\n\nThey will also pay attention to how the victims of the air crash are treated by the Iranian elite. An important test here is whether their funerals will result in national mourning, similar to that of Soleimani, or instead be largely ignored.\n\nAll of these demands will be added to previous grievances over the state of the economy and the limitations on some social freedoms.\n\nParliamentary elections are due to take place in just over a month and internal discord over this crash could lead to further unrest. Plus, tension with the West has abated but is far from over.\n\nThe way in which the government and the rest of the establishment handle the broader repercussions of this plane crash could be a watershed moment for Iran. The choices it makes are likely to reverberate throughout Iranian politics and society for months, or even years, to come.", "There is no application form for the Royal Family. No interview, no appeal, few in the way of entrances or exits. It is that strange lottery, an accident of birth.\n\nBut to stay royal you have to do two things. Serve, and survive.\n\nYou have to do some service. Some of it ceremonial, and often dull. Some of it - if it involves celebrities or travel - less dull. A lot of it is woven into the civic life of the UK - openings, namings, lunches and dinners.\n\nYou have to survive. You have to aid - and certainly not threaten - the survival of the House of Windsor and the British monarchy.\n\nIt's not a bad life. It is a constrained life, often unchosen. In exchange for a pretty comfortable standard of living in perpetuity, you lose a lot of choice.\n\nBut you must do these two things if you want to remain a royal.\n\nAnd it's not clear that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex really want to do either.\n\nIn Sandringham later the players will receive a series of options, a range of possibilities.\n\nThese will be based on the stated aim of Prince Harry and Meghan that they want financial independence, to take paid employment, to spend a lot more time outside the UK, to exclude the media from their lives at their discretion and to continue at least in part, a royal life, service to the Queen.\n\nLeaving aside the heady brew of contradictions detailed elsewhere, the balancing of these different aims and demands is hard enough. Money is a big issue.\n\nBut so will be the status of the court of Prince Harry and Meghan that emerges. Will it be entirely independent of the palace, of the monarchy? Will the palace retain any veto on direction or projects for the couple?\n\nMuch, says one official, depends on how much royal work the prince and Meghan intend to do, and where.\n\nMeghan will be in Canada with her eight-month-old son Archie during Monday's meeting\n\nTo watch Prince Harry for not very long, as I have, is to observe a man who comes alive with crowds, with love, with those who need him.\n\nBut also to see a man entirely unhappy with his lot. A man who desperately wants to get away from cameras, observers, outsiders, looking and filming and exploiting him.\n\nNow the prince, who has worn the nation's uniform in combat and amongst death and injury, is openly sneered at across pages and feeds and memes. It is hardly a great national moment.\n\nPrince Harry has had a hard time, from when his mother was taken from him, a boy aged 12. It is important to remember also because it demolishes the Meghan Myth - that somehow she is the root of all today's turmoil.\n\nThe Meghan Myth is nonsense, with a generous sprinkling of spite, misogyny and some racism. The prince always wanted out. And together, with her brains and understanding and love, they think they have a way.\n\nMaybe a deal comes on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. But what are not up for negotiation are service and survival. Both must be observed by Prince Harry and Meghan if they are to remain royals.\n\nPerhaps Prince Harry's allergy to media coverage can be managed at those royal events and duties he attends. Perhaps the couple will make themselves available to a significant and visible degree of service.\n\nBut the style of their departure from familial obligation, their declaration of independence last week, was so abrupt and so disrespectful.\n\nThe duke has gone beyond rebellious prince. Meghan, the enabler, is in Canada, with child and dogs. That degree of going rogue looks quite a lot like a direct threat to the survival of the monarchy.\n\nThat is why today's meeting is hard.\n\nMaybe the two sides can strike a deal over the next day, two days, invent a new structure that officials say might be emulated for a new royal generation.\n\nBut will the couple really agree to the restrictions that service and survival demand?\n\nA deal will probably be crafted - however the direction of travel is one way. Prince Harry and Meghan are looking for the exit.", "Hamid Baeidinejad is the Iranian ambassador to Britain\n\nIran's ambassador to the UK has been summoned to the Foreign Office (FCO), following the detention of his British counterpart in Tehran last week.\n\nThe FCO said the arrest of Rob Macaire after a vigil for victims of last week's plane crash was illegal and should be investigated.\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab said the UK would \"demand an apology\" and seek assurances it will not happen again.\n\nIranian ambassador Hamid Baeidinejad is expected to attend the FCO later.\n\nMr Macaire was attending an event on Saturday, which was advertised as a vigil for the 176 people who died in Wednesday's crash of an Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737, shortly before he was arrested.\n\nHe was held for three hours when he stopped at a barber shop for a haircut on his way back to the British embassy.\n\nIn a tweet, following his arrest, the ambassador said he was attending the vigil because it was \"normal to want to pay respects\", adding that some of the victims were British.\n\nOn Monday, Mr Raab told the Commons he welcomed \"overwhelming international support\" after meeting with representatives in Brussels, Washington and Montreal.\n\nAnd he called for a \"full, transparent and independent investigation\" into the crash.\n\n\"The regime in Tehran is at a crossroads,\" he said. \"It can slip further and further into political and economic isolation.\n\n\"But there is an alternative and the regime does have a choice - the diplomatic door remains open, now is the time for Iran to engage in diplomacy and chart a peaceful way forwards.\"\n\nThe UK has been working with the Canadian-led response group to the crash in order to help repatriate bodies of victims, he added.\n\nDowning Street said it was \"unacceptable\" that Rob Macaire had been detained in Tehran\n\nBoris Johnson and German Chancellor Angela Merkel condemned Mr Macaire's arrest in a joint statement following a phone call on Sunday.\n\nMeanwhile, Downing Street has said it will \"do everything we can\" to support British families affected by the downed plane - including help in seeking compensation.\n\nFive nations whose citizens were onboard the airliner will meet in London on Thursday to discuss possible legal action, Ukraine's foreign minister told the Reuters news agency.\n\nVadym Prystaiko said representatives from Canada, Sweden, Afghanistan, and another unnamed country would also discuss compensation and the investigation into the incident.\n\nProtests have been taking place on the streets of the Iranian capital, Tehran, to vent anger at officials who initially denied shooting down the jet.\n• None What happens when an ambassador is summoned?\n• None Brexit: What is the Vienna Convention?", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'Why I've bought a ticket to fly to the Moon'\n\nJapanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is looking for a female \"life partner\" to accompany him on Space X's maiden tourist voyage to the Moon.\n\nThe fashion mogul, 44, is set to be the first civilian passenger to fly around the moon on the Starship rocket.\n\nPlanned for 2023, the mission will be the first lunar journey by humans since 1972.\n\nIn an online appeal, Mr Maezawa says he wants to share the experience with a \"special\" woman.\n\nThe entrepreneur, who recently split up from actress girlfriend Ayame Goriki, 27, has asked women to apply for a \"planned match-making event\" on his website.\n\n\"As feelings of loneliness and emptiness slowly begin to surge upon me, there's one thing that I think about: Continuing to love one woman,\" Mr Maezawa wrote on the website.\n\n\"I want to find a 'life partner',\" Mr Maezawa added. \"With that future partner of mine, I want to shout our love and world peace from outer space.\"\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 website features a list of conditions and a schedule for the three-month long application process.\n\nWritten in a dating profile-style, the conditions say applicants must be single, over the age of 20, always positive and have an interest in going to space.\n\nThe deadline for applications is 17 January and a final decision on Mr Maezawa's partner will be made at the end of March.\n\nMr Maezawa said he would invite up to eight artists to join him in space\n\nAn eccentric who garnered fame as a drummer in a hardcore punk band, Mr Maezawa has form for attention-grabbing stunts.\n\nEarlier this month, Mr Maezawa promised to share 100m yen ($925,000; £725,000) between 100 randomly selected people who shared one of his tweets.\n\n\"To participate, all you have to do is follow me and RT this tweet,\" he said.\n\nFounder of Japanese online clothing retailer Zozo Inc, Mr Maezawa made his fortune in the fashion world. He is believed to have a personal wealth of close to $3bn, a lot of which he spends on art.\n\nArtwork: The BFR spaceship will be able to carry humans on a trip around the Moon\n\nHe became more widely known abroad late last year after he was named as the first private passenger due to be flown around the Moon by SpaceX, the company owned by another famous billionaire, Elon Musk.\n\nThe price Mr Maezawa agreed to pay for his ticket to space has not been disclosed, but according to Mr Musk it was \"a lot of money\".\n\nMr Maezawa has said he plans to take a group of artists with him on the flight.", "It is a truth universally acknowledged that for a modern monarchy to retain the support of the public it cannot be too interesting.\n\nPrince Harry is very interesting. He says and does interesting things. This means he gets in the news rather a lot.\n\nIf you look back over the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, the House of Windsor has faced greatest jeopardy when it has been most newsworthy.\n\nThe Queen mostly stays out of the news; her opinions are largely unknown.\n\nThe same is broadly true of Prince William, who only adopts issues - such as mental health - which are not politically partisan.\n\nThere is not much interest in their views, frankly, because the Queen and Prince William do not set out to say interesting things. Other royals do.\n\nBefore her death, Princess Diana was probably the most famous person in the world. Her opinions on a range of matters, and talent for playing the media, were widely known.\n\nPrince Charles' opinions on a range of issues, from homeopathy to architecture, are familiar.\n\nIn recent times, as his ascension presumably nears, he has dialled down his public pronouncements on many issues.\n\nFrom a media management point of view, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who might currently be the most famous couple on the planet, are just far too interesting for the House of Windsor right now.\n\nMix their fame and strained relations with other royals, together with the fact they belong to the Instagram generation, and - in Prince Harry's case - have instinctively despised much of the media for decades, as a result of his mother's death, and you have a toxic brew.\n\nAnd that's before you add in the disastrous recent Prince Andrew interview, which gave every indication of a Firm in which nobody, from a public relations point of view at least, has a grip, or even a clue.\n\nIn their detailed and clearly long-planned announcement of a new media strategy, the duke and duchess issued several soothing words about their support for a free and fair press, but their enmity was impossible to conceal.\n\nThey made an interesting distinction between royal correspondents and their editors, suggesting the former often report stories accurately only for their editors in London to put an opinionated or inaccurate spin, or headline, on their work.\n\nThe duke and duchess visited southern Africa last year with their son Archie\n\nIn his furious statement last October, Prince Harry singled out Britain's tabloid newspapers, saying that they had ruined his mother's life and he wouldn't let them ruin his wife's.\n\nIt is impossible for any of us to imagine what life must be like with the degree of intrusion, and lack of privacy, that relentless tabloid pressure can put on a family.\n\nHere it has driven a young couple to say they will relocate for half the year.\n\nAnd a lot of people don't like tabloid culture full stop.\n\nBut it is worth saying that the tabloids have got some of their coverage of Prince Harry and Meghan right.\n\nThe fact that the couple flew on Elton John's private jet, having made many pronouncements about the environment, is a legitimate story.\n\nFor several months, tabloid reporters in Britain have been writing that there were tensions between Prince Harry and his brother, that a formal split in operations within the family could be imminent, and that the Queen was not being kept fully aware of their plans.\n\nThis story has proved correct: Prince Harry admitted some of it on camera to ITV's Tom Bradby.\n\nAnd this week, Dan Wootton of the Sun was the first to report that the couple were thinking of moving overseas. He got the scoop and deserves credit for that.\n\nFor many years, royal coverage has operated through the royal rota system.\n\nA bit like the lobby in Westminster, this gives privileged, approved journalists access to the royals in exchange for deeper reporting and - the Windsors hope - more positive coverage.\n\nThe Duke and Duchess say they will pull out of the system.\n\nTabloid journalists are furious at this perceived declaration of war. But Prince Harry and Meghan went further still in saying they will still give access to journalists - it's just they'll favour younger reporters or those who support causes close to their heart.\n\nThis couldn't be better calculated to enrage Britain's tabloid press.\n\nPrince Harry has previously has said that tabloid newspapers ruined his mother's life\n\nThe key point here is generational. Princess Diana spent years cultivating journalists, with long lunches and phone calls.\n\nIn the 1990s, if you wanted to build relations with the public, journalists were the filter you had to go through.\n\nPrince Harry and Meghan Markle belong to the Instagram generation.\n\nThey believe they can use social media and their own website to appeal directly to the public, and shape their own public narrative.\n\nThey have much less emotional attachment to, and (as they see it) less need for, newsprint, or even broadcast news bulletins.\n\nA chasm is likely to open up, between what they say about themselves online - and what others in traditional media have to say about them.\n\nThe huge challenge they face stems from the fact that traditional media, while much weaker, are far from dead: tabloid newspapers and TV and radio bulletins reach millions of people in Britain every day. They're going nowhere fast. They still have influence.\n\nIt therefore does matter - albeit less than it once did - if your relations with, for instance, royal correspondents at the Daily Mirror and Daily Mail deteriorate.\n\nThere is something desperately sad for the couple in the fact that, even in North America, you cannot get away from scrutiny - given that every passer-by has a smartphone.\n\nRight now, there are journalists in Britain having conversations at home and at work in which they make clear they expect to be travelling to Canada quite a bit in coming months. Some of them will have already booked tickets.\n\nIf you want to stay out of the media, it's not about where you are, it's about who you are and what you do.\n\nDon't be too interesting. Ironically, this week has radically increased interest in this curiously modern young family.\n\nIn other words - even if he changed his name back to Henry David - for the young prince and his family, who desperately want to be left alone, it's too late.", "The climate change activists have urged Roger Federer to 'wake up'\n\nTennis star Roger Federer has responded to climate change critics - including campaigner Greta Thunberg - by saying he takes the issue very seriously.\n\nActivists oppose Federer's sponsorship deal with Credit Suisse over its links to the fossil fuel industry.\n\nSome appeared in court this week after refusing to pay a fine for playing tennis inside Credit Suisse offices in 2018 to highlight Federer's deal.\n\nFederer did not address the deal directly in his statement.\n\nThe activists - most of them students - appeared in court in Renens, Lausanne, on 7 January to appeal against the fine. Some supporters gathered outside holding banners which read: \"Credit Suisse is destroying the planet. Roger, do you support them?\"\n\nGreta Thunberg - the Swedish teenager who has become the public face of worldwide protests against government policies on climate change - joined the criticism against Federer and Credit Suisse when she retweeted a post from activists 350.org Europe.\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 350.org Europe 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 post said loans by Credit Suisse to companies investing in fossil fuels were incompatible with action on climate change and urged Federer to \"wake up\".\n\nIn his response, the 20-time Grand Slam champion who is in Melbourne for the Australian Open, said: \"I take the impacts and threat of climate change very seriously, particularly as my family and I arrive in Australia amidst devastation from the bushfires.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFederer said he had \"a great deal of respect and admiration for the youth climate movement\" and was \"grateful to young climate activists for pushing us all to examine our behaviours and act on innovative solutions\".\n\n\"We owe it to them and ourselves to listen. I appreciate reminders of my responsibility as a private individual, as an athlete and as an entrepreneur, and I'm committed to using this privileged position to dialogue on important issues with my sponsors.\"\n\nFor its part, Credit Suisse has said it is \"seeking to align its loan portfolios with the objectives of the Paris Agreement [to combat climate change] and has recently announced in the context of its global climate strategy that it will no longer invest in new coal-fired power plants\".\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 video by Roger Federer 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\nFederer is taking part in a fundraising event next Wednesday in aid of relief efforts to address the Australian bushfires which have killed at least 28 people and destroyed thousands of homes since September.\n\nMore on the Australian bushfires:\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. The UK government will \"strongly support\" the new Stormont executive, says Boris Johnson\n\nThe government's offer for extra money as part of the deal to restore Stormont \"falls way short\" of what was promised, Finance Minister Conor Murphy has said.\n\nMr Murphy was speaking after the Stormont parties met Secretary of State Julian Smith to discuss how much will be allocated.\n\nThe finance minister refused to comment on how much exactly had been proposed.\n\nEarlier the prime minister said the government had made \"huge commitments\" as part of the deal.\n\nThe British and Irish prime ministers were in Belfast on Monday to mark the return of devolution after a three-year impasse.\n\nSpeaking to the media, Mr Johnson did not state how much money would be provided to support the deal, saying it was not about money but leadership.\n\nMr Murphy said departmental officials would examine the figures tonight\n\nOn Monday evening Mr Murphy said: \"As far as I'm concerned the conversation hasn't ended, there's still work to be done.\n\n\"We have to analyse the verbal figures that were given to us tonight by the secretary of state, but my initial read of them is they fall way short and I wouldn't tend to accept that.\"\n\nHe said the government had made commitments to the Stormont parties.\n\n\"They can't come today and congratulate us for living up to our commitments and then not live up to their own,\" he said.\n\nMr Murphy had previously said more than £1.5bn was needed.\n\nBoris Johnson is greeted by the first and deputy first ministers and NI Secretary Julian Smith\n\nThe prime minister met the new executive ministers on Monday morning, having been greeted by First Minister Arlene Foster and Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill.\n\nSpeaking afterwards, Mr Johnson said the government would \"strongly support\" the new power-sharing executive.\n\n\"What's so great about today is, as I say, that Northern Ireland politicians have put aside differences, stepped up to the plate and shown leadership,\" he added.\n\nThe prime minister said this was a chance to \"deliver on the priorities of the people\" in terms of health, education and crime fighting.\n\nHe acknowledged that there was a \"certain amount of conversation about funding\" and whether the government was going to be supportive.\n\nMr Johnson said the government was making \"huge commitments\" for health.\n\n\"Yes of course we are going to be supportive, but it's not just about money,\" he said.\n\n\"We are listening very carefully and will certainly do everything we can to support.\"\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 Leo Varadkar 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\nTaoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar said the Good Friday Agreement \"is working again\".\n\n\"North-south cooperation is going to resume. We are going to beef up and deepen cooperation.\"\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson meeting the new executive ministers at Stormont Castle\n\nFirst Minister Arlene Foster said the prime minister must \"step up to the plate\" and deliver what the government has promised in extra funding for Northern Ireland.\n\n\"We need significant and sustained investment, not just this year but over a number of years. This is crucial in ensuring transformation in areas such as health and also our road and water infrastructures,\" she said.\n\nMrs Foster also said the possibility of water charges being introduced as a means of raising revenue was not supported by anyone in the executive.\n\nDeputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill said she had impressed upon the two prime ministers \"the importance of coming through with the funding promised as part of the deal\".\n\n\"All executive ministers are committed to working together to tackle some very serious issues in our society and across public services but, quite simply, we need the money to make it happen.\n\n\"We have done our bit and I look forward to the fulfilment of the commitments made by the two governments to let us get to work.\"\n\nWe'll never know exactly what the new ministers said to Boris Johnson as they met him inside Stormont Castle, but one thing's for sure, money talks.\n\nThe government has been tight-lipped when it comes to revealing how much it's prepared to stump up for Stormont this time, but there are rumours of another few billion pounds coming our way.\n\nThe executive has a mountain to climb in terms of tackling waiting lists, school budgets and roads projects, with ministers relying on a big pot of money to take the necessary decisions.\n\nAsked about the exact figure, Boris Johnson said it wasn't \"just about money\" - an answer that might set alarm bells ringing.\n\nThe party leaders will want to ensure the government doesn't go back on its word - so they'll be meeting Julian Smith at some point on Monday to go over the final details of the deal.\n\nBoris Johnson arrives at Stormont to meet the new Northern Ireland Executive\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\nOn Saturday, a new power sharing government was formed by Stormont's five main parties.\n\nThey agreed a deal with the governments that includes extra funding for Northern Ireland, but the exact figure is not yet known.\n\nThe deal - entitled New Decade, New Approach - was reached on Friday after months of negotiations between the parties and the two governments.\n\nStormont's power-sharing coalition, led by the DUP and Sinn Féin, had collapsed in January 2017 after a row over a green energy scandal.\n\nArlene Foster and Michelle O'Neill were appointed first and deputy first ministers on Saturday\n\nThe return of devolution means the executive can now take decisions that had been stalled due to the three-year absence of ministers.\n\nThe executive is expected to hold its first meeting on Tuesday, the same day that the new chairs of Stormont's scrutiny committees are likely to be chosen.", "Time-lapse footage has captured a lightning storm swirling in dark clouds around the peak of the Taal volcano in the Philippines.\n\nThe volcano had spewed a giant plume of ash, prompting thousands of people to be evacuated.\n\nOfficials said the plume from the Taal volcano stretched 1km (0.6 miles) into the sky.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Footage from Bel Hawson shows waves crashing onto the A83 in Ardrishaig as cars drive along\n\nParts of Scotland have been hit by severe gales and flooding as Storm Brendan sweeps in from the Atlantic.\n\nFerry routes covering much of the west coast as well as the Northern Isles have been cancelled or disrupted.\n\nA large tree has fallen at Maybole in South Ayrshire, partially blocking the A77, and may take several hours to clear.\n\nThe Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) has also issued 32 flood warnings and 16 flood alerts.\n\nThe yellow warning issued by the Met Office covers a 14-hour period from 10:00 until midnight.\n\nA further warning for snow and ice across Scotland is in place from 01:00 until 13:00 on Tuesday, with up to 6cm (2in) on higher ground.\n\nA tree crashed into the garden of a house in the Garthdee area of Aberdeen\n\nCaledonian MacBrayne has cancelled ferries on all 28 of its routes for the rest of the day.\n\nCalMac operations director Robert Morrison told BBC Scotland it was unusual for a storm to be large enough to affect the whole network, but that it was not unprecedented.\n\nHe said: \"We are in the worst of winter weather conditions and will be probably for a few days more.\n\n\"The Met Office forecast was for Storm Brendan to blow through within 14 hours, but the forecast for the coming days is also quite significant and we will have to keep a close eye on that.\n\n\"Our main aim will be to try and offer our services where it's safe to do so, but only where it's safe to do so.\"\n\nNorthlink Ferries also told passengers there may be disruption on services to Orkney and Shetland.\n\nThe Aberdeen to Lerwick sailing scheduled for 19:00 has also been cancelled.\n\nThe Met Office has warned of a \"very windy period\" beginning at about 10:00 on Monday.\n\nIn the Garthdee area of Aberdeen one resident thought a branch had blown down when he received a mobile phone alert, triggered by his home CCTV system, at 16:34.\n\nBut when Greg Paluch returned from work he was shocked to discovered a tree had fallen into his garden and landed just short of his front door.\n\nMr Paluch, 35, said: \"It could have been worse considering the height of the tree. But no one was at home and no one was hurt - that is the main thing.\"\n\nWaves have been crashing onto the shoreline in Troon\n\nThe wild weather has also hit Stornoway\n\nThe Met Office said people should expect:\n\nThe lighthouse at Port Ellen in Islay was enveloped by waves\n\nStormy seas have been whipped up at Ardrossan in North Ayrshire\n\n\"The strongest winds are expected around exposed coasts and hills,\" the Met Office said.\n\n\"Here gusts of 60-70mph are likely, with a few sites perhaps seeing gusts to 80mph - especially around Irish Sea coasts and around the west coast of Scotland where the strongest winds are most likely.\n\n\"Gusts will be lower inland with 45-55mph likely. A narrow band of squally, heavy rain moving east, accompanying the strongest winds, may be an additional hazard.\"\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 Met Office 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\nRestrictions have been placed on several bridges because of high winds, with the Cromarty, Dornoch, Skye and Kessock bridges among those closed to high-sided vehicles.\n\nAs part of preparations for the storm, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (the Western Isles council) closed all its schools to pupils for the day.\n\nSepa issued its flood warnings and alerts amid concerns about disruption in coastal 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 2 by BBC Scotland Weather 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\nAn agency spokesman said: \"The Met Office has forecast strong and sustained winds from Monday morning, January 13, through much of the week.\n\n\"Combined with naturally high tides next week, the sustained winds will create an unusual and dangerous combination of tide, storm surge and inshore waves.\n\n\"There is therefore a risk of coastal flooding to all Scotland's coastal areas. The highest risk is around high tides from midday Monday through to Tuesday afternoon.\n\n\"There is a flooding risk to coastal road and rail routes and coastal communities right around Scotland's coastline.\"\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 Davy Shanks 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\nFloodgates are being delivered to homes and businesses in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, ahead of expected localised flooding.\n\nDoors and windows have been blocked off in the town's High Street as a precaution.\n\nIn Orkney, Kirkwall's harbour front flood gates will be put in place in response to the latest weather forecasts.\n\nNo trains are running through Saltcoats in North Ayrshire, with replacement buses in operation between Kilwinning and Largs via Ardrossan Princes St.\n\nStorm Brendan's name was picked by the Irish meteorological service Met Éireann.\n\nIn December, Storm Atiyah swept into the UK, leading to power cuts and travel disruption in Wales and the south west of England.\n\nThis year's storm names have already been chosen with Ciara the name for the next storm.\n\nHave you been affected by Storm Brendan? You can 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.", "Vets have been joined by volunteers to help with the treatment of animals injured in the bushfires on the wildlife haven of Kangaroo Island, Australia.\n\nTwo people and tens of thousands of animals were killed as fires swept through valued habitats, destroying areas it's estimated cover up to half of the island.", "Councils \"really don't care\" about supporting High Street trading, the boss of struggling department store chain Beales has told the BBC.\n\nBeales, which began trading in Bournemouth in 1881, has warned that it could fall into administration.\n\nThe company runs 22 stores across the UK and about 1,000 jobs are at stake.\n\n\"We've only managed to get one council to help us out on a temporary basis,\" Beales boss Tony Brown told the BBC's Today programme.\n\n\"At the moment, in my view councils really don't care. They get their business rates, whether we're there or not, because the landlord pays if the store closes.\"\n\nMr Brown said that his current focus was trying to secure a \"profitable future\" for the department store. Several options are being considered, including seeking a buyer, negotiating rent reductions with landlords, and restructuring the business by closing some stores.\n\n\"In the towns in which we trade in, we are the retail heartbeat of that town centre,\" he said.\n\nHe stressed that landlords were \"mostly\" helpful and could see a long-term future for the business, but he has felt let down by local and central government.\n\n\"For example, in a number of our stores, I pay three or four times more business rates than I do rent. Now, that can't be right,\" he said.\n\nHe added that \"the sheer weight of the additional costs that are piled upon us - if you take the pension increases, you take rates, you take changes in the way we can apply for lending - there is a co-ordinated effort, or what feels like it, to make it as difficult as possible [to trade on the High Street].\"\n\nIn the year to March 2019, Beales reported a loss of £3.1m, up from a loss of £1.3m for the year earlier, as costs swelled and sales dipped.\n\nBeales is by no means the only High Street chain to be struggling.\n\nLast week, the British Retail Consortium said that UK retail sales fell 0.1% last year, marking the first annual sales decline since 1995.\n\nIt added that sales in November and December were particularly weak, dropping 0.9%.\n\nLast week also saw the John Lewis Partnership reporting a fall in festive sales at its department store chain. It warned that its staff bonus may be in doubt as profits were expected to be \"substantially down on last year\".", "The Queen attended a church service at Sandringham on Sunday morning\n\nThe Queen has summoned senior royals to Sandringham on Monday for face-to-face talks to discuss the future roles of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.\n\nPalace officials told the BBC that Prince Harry, the Duke of Cambridge and the Prince of Wales would all attend, while Meghan is expected join the discussion over the phone from Canada.\n\nThe Sussexes say they plan to step back as senior members of the Royal Family.\n\nThere is no suggestion a conclusion will be reached at the meeting.\n\nBut BBC royal correspondent Jonny Dymond said it is hoped that the talks will produce a \"next step\" on the way to defining the couple's new relationship with the Royal Family - in line with the Queen's wish to find a solution within days.\n\nHe added that there were still \"formidable obstacles\" to overcome in the talks.\n\nMeanwhile, the Duke of Cambridge has spoken of his \"sadness\" at the broken bond with his brother, the Sunday Times reports.\n\nAccording to the paper, Prince William told a friend: \"I've put my arm around my brother all our lives and I can't do that any more; we're separate entities.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Views from the public at Sandringham Estate: 'You can't just be a royal then decide not to be'\n\n\"All we can do, and all I can do, is try and support them and hope that the time comes when we're all singing from the same page.\"\n\nPrince Charles is currently in Oman, after travelling overnight to attend the first of three days of official condolences alongside Prime Minister Boris Johnson, following the death of Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said. He will return to the UK in time to attend Monday's talks.\n\nOn Sunday morning the Queen was seen smiling and waving to crowds as she was driven to church in Sandringham.\n\nPrince Charles is in Oman, where he met the country's new sultan\n\nMonday's gathering at the Queen's estate in Norfolk - being described as the \"Sandringham summit\" - will be the first time the monarch has come face-to-face with Harry since the Sussexes' announcement, which was posted on their official Instagram account.\n\nBBC royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell said the trickiest area will be to agree the financial position of the Sussexes, who said in their statement on Wednesday they intend to \"step back\" as senior royals and work to become financially independent.\n\nThe couple also said they plan to split their time between the UK and North America, while \"continuing to honour our duty to the Queen, the Commonwealth, and our patronages\".\n\nThere are likely to be tax implications to any decision to base themselves outside the UK for any length of time and Buckingham Palace will want \"tight protocols to prevent them cashing in on their royal status\", our correspondent added.\n\nMonday's royal summit may not be the last such gathering needed to sort things out; but enough progress has been made by palace staff and civil servants for the most senior members of the family to meet to discuss some pretty concrete proposals on the way ahead for Prince Harry and Meghan.\n\nThere are still formidable obstacles - it's not at all clear how much in the way of royal duties the prince and Meghan see themselves doing.\n\nOn that will hang issues such as funding and liaison between the palace and Prince Harry and Meghan's new organisation. Unpicking the current relationship is complicated - creating a new one, that lasts, will be even tougher.\n\nThere's a strong desire to get this done. But equally the deal must be robust and workable.\n\nPrecedent is being established here - a way of doing things that may extend in years to come to other members of the royal family.\n\nThe Queen, Prince Charles, William and Harry are expected to review a range of possibilities for the Sussexes, taking into account plans outlined by the couple.\n\nIf a deal is agreed in the coming days, there is a general understanding that it will take some time to implement.\n\nMeanwhile, Meghan is in Canada with her eight-month-old son Archie after flying there amid the ongoing discussions, which have involved the UK and Canadian governments.\n\nShe and Prince Harry had been in Canada over Christmas, before they returned to the UK on Tuesday after a six-week break from royal duties.\n\nOn Friday, the couple's official Instagram account returned to publicising their appearances.\n\nPictures were posted showing the couple during a private visit on Tuesday to a community kitchen in north Kensington, west London, where meals were cooked for families displaced by the Grenfell Tower fire.\n\nLast October, Prince Harry and Meghan publicly revealed their struggles under the media spotlight.\n\nThe couple were already preparing to launch their own Sussex Royal charity, which they set up after splitting from the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's foundation in June last year.\n\nAnd in December it was revealed that the couple had made an application to trademark their Sussex Royal brand across a string of items including books, calendars, clothing, charitable fundraising, education and social care services.\n\nDo you have any questions about Harry and Meghan's decision to step back as senior royals?\n\nIn some cases your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read the terms and conditions.\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 or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "Cheryl Grimmer disappeared shortly after her family moved to Australia\n\nDetectives investigating the suspected murder of a British toddler abducted from an Australian beach 50 years ago are offering a million dollar reward.\n\nThree-year-old Cheryl Grimmer, originally from Bristol, vanished from a shower block in Wollongong, New South Wales, on 12 January 1970.\n\nA man was due to face a murder trial but the charges were dropped last year.\n\nCheryl's brother, Ricki Nash, said he hoped the reward, equivalent to £528,000, would bring justice.\n\nHe said: \"There are no words to describe the pain of losing a sister and the impact Cheryl's disappearance has had on our entire family.\n\n\"Every day we are reminded of the tragic way she was taken from us and we hope this reward is what is needed to bring justice for Cheryl.\"\n\nThe family had emigrated from England to Australia not long before Cheryl disappeared from Fairy Meadow beach, where a memorial walk will be led by her brothers and other relatives later.\n\nWitnesses reported seeing an unknown man carrying Cheryl towards the car park of the Fairy Meadow Surf Club, police say\n\nEfforts to find her were fruitless, despite extensive searches of the area\n\nIn 2017, a man - who cannot be named for legal reasons - was arrested and later charged with Cheryl's murder.\n\nBut a judge ruled statements made by the suspect during a police interview in 1971, when he was aged 17, were inadmissible.\n\nThe Supreme Court of New South Wales found the evidence could not be heard because the teenager had not had an adult representative present during the interview.\n\nCheryl, second right, will be remembered during a memorial walk led by her three brothers\n\nDet Supt Daniel Doherty, from New South Wales police, said he was appealing to those who knew something but had not previously been inclined to assist officers.\n\nHe added: \"Witnesses at the time reported seeing an unknown male carrying Cheryl towards the car park 50 years ago today, but there has been no trace of her ever since.\n\n\"We welcome any information that may assist the investigation. There are now a million reasons to come forward.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. HIV positive pilot goes public in bid to tackle stigma\n\nAn HIV positive man who successfully challenged rules which prevented him from training as an airline pilot has decided to reveal his identity.\n\nJames Bushe had previously wanted to remain anonymous, using the pseudonym \"Pilot Anthony\" on Twitter to write about his battle to become a pilot.\n\nThe 31-year-old said he had decided to go public to challenge the stigma which surrounds people living with HIV.\n\nHe was not allowed to train because he could not get a medical certificate.\n\nHowever, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) eventually overturned the ruling.\n\nJames has been flying alongside Loganair training captains since November but he has now completed his training to qualify to regularly fly the airline's Embraer 145 Regional Jets from its base at Glasgow Airport.\n\nIt makes him the first newly-qualified pilot in Europe living with HIV.\n\nThe CAA's previous interpretation of European regulations meant that pilots who were already qualified could continue to fly if they contracted HIV, subject to medical fitness.\n\nHowever, a \"catch 22\" situation meant that a person who was HIV positive could not get the accreditation needed to be able to start the training to become a pilot.\n\nJames explained: \"The reason is that the CAA considered there was a risk of that HIV positive person becoming incapacitated during the flight, potentially. That rule would also have covered other conditions, like diabetes.\n\n\"The evidence for this was studies done in the early 90s.\n\n\"Someone that is on successful treatment and living with HIV now, is undetectable. They can't pass that virus on to others and they pose no risk to themselves or anyone around them.\n\n\"It didn't make any sense. I wanted to challenge it.\"\n\nJames, originally from Stoke-on-Trent, took that fight to the CAA and won.\n\nIt changed its rules to stop refusing to grant medical licences to people with HIV.\n\nInstead, people with HIV will be eligible to receive a certificate that allows them to fly, but restricts them to multi-pilot operations.\n\nThe body said it was the furthest it could go until the European Aviation Safety Agency reformed its rules.\n\nJames, who was diagnosed with HIV five years ago, had gained his private pilots licence at the age of 17 before he was able to drive a car.\n\nHe had wanted to be a pilot since he was a child, and began flying when he was 15.\n\nHe said he was shocked when he discovered his HIV status meant he could not train to be a pilot.\n\n\"This has been a lifelong dream and to hear that it wasn't going to happen was devastating,\" he said.\n\nAfter 18 months of training, James said it was an incredible feeling to actually be a pilot.\n\n\"The joy of flying I felt when I first started to train is even bigger today, particularly in light of this victory,\" he said.\n\nHis decision to \"come out\" as an HIV positive pilot was a tough one, he said.\n\nHis inspiration was ex-rugby player Gareth Thomas, who disclosed his HIV status in the summer.\n\nJames Bushe said it was a lifelong dream to be a pilot\n\nJames said he felt that using an alias on Twitter was perpetuating the stigma that surrounds people living with HIV.\n\n\"I'm doing this as me today because I want to challenge that stigma,\" he said.\n\n\"It's not just about me, it's about anybody who is living with HIV who wants to become a pilot. I want to get the message out there that they can do.\n\n\"My message to anyone living with HIV who is facing discrimination is to challenge it and you can win.\"\n\nLife expectancy for people diagnosed with HIV is now close to the population average due to advances in antiretroviral therapy, which reduces the ability of the virus to attack the body's immune system.\n\nJames says living with HIV today is not like it was in the 1980s and 1990s.\n\n\"HIV should be no barrier to anybody pursuing whatever their dreams are and becoming whatever they want to be,\" he said.\n\nDr Ewan Hutchison, head of medical assessment at the CAA, said: \"We are very pleased to see James starting his career, having now finished his commercial pilot training. He has worked hard to raise awareness of the challenges faced by aspiring pilots living with HIV.\n\n\"For a number of years we have promoted changes at an international level to the current rules affecting pilots with certain medical conditions, including HIV.\"\n\nHe said the CAA was providing medical expertise to support the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), with a review of recent research relating to HIV and its findings likely to be published within the next few months.\n\nDr Hutchison added: \"We expect that this may result in the removal of some restrictions related to the medical certificates of commercial pilots who are living with HIV.\"", "Last updated on .From the section European Football\n\nBarcelona have sacked coach Ernesto Valverde and replaced him with former Real Betis coach Quique Setien.\n\nValverde, 55, helped the club to two successive La Liga titles and they lead on goal difference this season.\n\nHowever, the Catalan side have produced a series of unconvincing displays under his leadership and have failed to reach the Champions League final.\n\nSetien, 61, led Betis to their highest finish since 2005 and to the Copa del Rey semis before leaving in May.\n\nHe has agreed to a two-and-a-half-year deal and will be presented to the media at 13:30 GMT on Tuesday.\n\nIn a statement, Barca said they had reached an agreement with Valverde to terminate his contract and thanked him \"for his professionalism, his commitment, his dedication and his always positive treatment towards all that make up the Barca family\".\n\nValverde was under pressure towards the end of last season following the ignominious Champions League semi-final defeat by Liverpool, having led 3-0 after the first leg, and the Copa del Rey final loss to Valencia.\n\nThe defeat by the Reds particularly rankled, because it was reminiscent of the collapse at the hands of Roma in the competition the previous season and suggested he had failed to correct a weaknesses in his team.\n\nValverde did guide the Catalans to the top of the table at the halfway stage of this season, but the fluid displays that fans had become accustomed to during the past 15 years were only sporadic.\n\nTheir away form was especially disappointing with losses at Athletic Bilbao, Granada and Levante plus draws at Osasuna, Real Sociedad and Espanyol.\n\nSetien arrives at the Nou Camp as a highly-regarded coach.\n\nAfter managing lower-league sides, he led Las Palmas to 11th in La Liga - their best finish for 40 years - and enjoyed further success at Betis, where in his first season he led them to sixth place and qualification for the Europa League.\n\nBetis also secured wins over Barca, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid during his two-year tenure. He left the Seville outfit by mutual consent in the summer.\n\nFormer Barcelona midfielder Xavi had been strongly linked with the head coach's role. He confirmed media reports that he spoke to the club's sporting director Eric Abidal and chief executive Oscar Grau over the weekend, before he reportedly rejected the club's offer, .\n\nOther names to have been linked with the club included former Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino, who managed rivals Espanyol, and current B team manager Xavi Garcia Pimienta.\n\nThe most surprising thing about Ernesto Valverde being fired by Barcelona is that it took so long to happen.\n\nEver since that earth-shattering night at Anfield in May, Valverde never really looked capable of turning around the team's pretty aimless path.\n\nNow that task will fall to former Las Palmas and Real Betis manager Quique Setien, who will be fervently focused on restoring the team's famed fast-paced, high-pressing, incisive-passing style, which had been slowly eroded by the more pragmatic Valverde.\n\nSetien - whose stubborn nature makes him a divisive figure across Spain - is a devout disciple of Cruyffian football, and from now on it is certain that Barca will once again play 'Barca' football.\n\nWhether they can play it well, though, is another matter - the ageing legs of Lionel Messi, Sergio Busquets, Gerard Pique and Jordi Alba may struggle to maintain the physical intensity required to make that approach successful, and the coming months will be fascinating test of whether a high-minded football philosophy can still deliver results.", "Police cordoned off Market Street near the tram stop\n\nA stabbing in which four people were hurt was a feud between rough sleepers, a councillor has said.\n\nGreater Manchester Police (GMP) officers were called to Market Street in Manchester at about 18:20 GMT on Sunday, where they Tasered and arrested a 30-year-old man.\n\nOne of the injured people was taken to hospital.\n\nCity centre councillor Pat Karney tweeted that it was \"a rough sleeper feuding with other rough sleepers\".\n\nThere was a large police presence in the city centre after the stabbings\n\nThe arrested man was held on suspicion of serious assault after a Taser was deployed, GMP said.\n\nAppealing for information, a force spokesman said it was \"being treated as an isolated incident and there is not believed to be any wider threat to the public\".\n\nPart of Piccadilly Gardens was cordoned off and Metrolink services were affected, but Transport for Greater Manchester tweeted that roads had reopened at about 21:00.\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 BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nSergio Aguero scored his 12th hat-trick to become the highest overseas goalscorer in Premier League history in rampant Manchester City's six-goal hammering of struggling Aston Villa.\n\nThe Argentine moved level - and then past - Thierry Henry, before joining Frank Lampard on 177 goals in England's top flight.\n\nOnly three men - Alan Shearer, Wayne Rooney and Andy Cole - are still ahead of him on the all-time Premier League list. Aguero's number of hat-tricks is a Premier League record.\n\nIt was part of a merciless City performance as they took apart a Villa side who were suffering their worst defeat since Liverpool beat them at 6-0 at Villa Park in February 2016 and have dropped into the relegation zone.\n\nRiyad Mahrez scored the first two, with Gabriel Jesus splitting Aguero's double just before half-time.\n\nThe result leaves City second, the highest position they have occupied following a full round of matches since the beginning of November, although they remain 14 points behind leaders Liverpool, having played a game more.\n\nIt is scarcely believable now but there were some people who thought City had wasted their money when they spent £40m to buy Aguero from Atletico Madrid in 2011.\n\nHe scored twice against Swansea on his debut and it feels like he has not stopped finding the net since.\n\nAguero's most famous goal came at the end of that first season, against QPR to win the title, but for City fans his impact goes way beyond that single strike.\n\nThe 31-year-old is the club's record scorer and now needs only one more to reach 250 for the Blues in all competitions.\n\nHis first was a ferocious effort, the third a clinical strike after he had been given a clean sight of goal.\n\nBut maybe the best indication of the relentlessness with which Aguero goes about his job came from the long conversation he had with Mahrez after the half-time whistle had gone, when he demanded to know why his team-mate had not set him up about five minutes earlier.\n\nCity were 4-0 up at the time.\n• None Can you name the highest-scoring foreign players in the Premier League?\n• None 'Aguero is a legend and will die scoring goals' - Guardiola\n\nIt was a sobering return to action for Danny Drinkwater, who joined Villa on loan from Chelsea in midweek after a similar stint with Burnley came to an end.\n\nThis was Drinkwater's fourth appearance since March 2018 and remarkably meant four of the last five games he had played were against City - for three different clubs - all of which have ended in defeat.\n\nDrinkwater started quite well, with a couple of simple touches.\n\nBut it wasn't long before he was showing clear signs of rustiness after being deprived of match action for such an extended period of time.\n\nDrinkwater would have known Mahrez's strengths - he shared a dressing room with him as Leicester won the title. But he was powerless to stop the Algerian stepping around him, before darting into the area to put the visitors in front.\n\nSix minutes later, Drinkwater unwisely decided to control and assess his options as the ball broke to him off Aguero deep inside his own box.\n\nDavid Silva afforded no time, biting into the challenge and providing Mahrez with the opportunity to crash home his second.\n\nAfter that it was an exercise in chasing shadows for the former England man, who needs to find his form quickly if he is to help Villa out of the problems they find themselves in.\n\nWatching from the stands, goalkeeping duo Tom Heaton and Pepe Reina were powerless to stop the first-half carnage.\n\nWith Heaton on crutches as a legacy of the season-ending knee injury he suffered at Burnley on 1 January, and Reina not registered in time to feature as he is about to complete a loan move from AC Milan, Orjan Nyland was handed his Premier League debut.\n\nIt proved to be a torrid afternoon for the 29-year-old Norwegian, who became the first goalkeeper in Premier League history to concede six goals on his first start in the competition.\n\nNyland was beaten at his near-post for the opener and Aguero's historic effort seemed to go straight through his hands.\n\nReina will surely start at Brighton next Saturday, knowing Villa must improve on their record of two top flight clean sheets since 16 September.\n\nVilla now have a worse goal difference than Southampton, and they suffered that 9-0 home defeat by Leicester on 25 October.\n\nA few fans headed for the stairs with their side 3-0 down after half an hour but the majority stayed with their team to the end and cheered loudly when Anwar el Ghazi scored their injury-time consolation from the penalty stop.\n\nBut, with a Financial Fair Play issue hanging over them if they return to the Championship after a single season in the top flight, it looks like being a busy couple of weeks for Villa as they try to bolster Dean Smith's squad.\n\n'We gave City too much respect' - what they said\n\nAston Villa boss Dean Smith: \"It's tough when you come up against world-class teams.\n\n\"There's a professional pride as a coach and a team, and the third goal summed it up - they had about 20 passes without us laying a glove on them.\n\n\"We gave them too much respect.\n\n\"Our season is not going to be defined by defeats by Man City and Liverpool. You have to learn from this.\n\n\"We have to ask why weren't we competitive and why we gave them too much respect.\"\n• None Since the start of the 2016-17 season, Manchester City have scored 343 Premier League goals - 42 more than any other team.\n• None This was Pep Guardiola's 300th top-flight league win as a manager - he has reached that tally in just 390 games with Barcelona, Bayern Munich and City.\n• None City's David Silva has assisted 21 Premier League goals for team-mate Sergio Aguero - the only player to assist another more in the competition is Frank Lampard for Didier Drogba (24 goals).\n• None City's Riyad Mahrez is the only Premier League player to both score and assist 20 goals since the start of last season in all competitions (21 goals, 23 assists).\n• None In all competitions, City's Kevin de Bruyne has assisted 15 goals this season - five more than any other Premier League player.\n• None Gabriel Jesus has started 76 matches for City in all competitions - he has been directly involved in 71 goals in those matches (54 goals, 17 assists).\n\nVilla need to regroup quickly before their game at Brighton next Saturday (15:00 GMT), while Manchester City host Crystal Palace at the same time.\n• None Goal! Aston Villa 1, Manchester City 6. Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.\n• None Penalty conceded by Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) after a foul in the penalty area.\n• None Attempt missed. Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right.\n• None Attempt missed. Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ahmed El Mohamady with a cross.\n• None Attempt blocked. Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Trézéguet with a cross.\n• None Attempt blocked. Trézéguet (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Grealish.\n• None Goal! Aston Villa 0, Manchester City 6. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez with a through ball.\n• None Attempt missed. Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner following a corner. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Thousands of burned tubes of Pringles could be seen at the side of the vehicle\n\nThousands of tubes of Pringles were burnt to a crisp when a lorry caught fire on the M1 motorway.\n\nFlames took hold of the HGV near junction 25 in Derbyshire at about 07:00 GMT, closing a slip road.\n\nThe driver, who was unhurt, managed to save the tractor unit before escaping, Highways England said.\n\nCountless burnt tubes were seen at the side of the vehicle in the aftermath. The clean-up meant the road did not reopen until about 14:20.\n\nFire crews started tackling the blaze from about 07:00\n\nThe clean-up following the blaze took several hours\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.", "Scientists have discovered the secret of how the ginkgo tree can live for more than 1,000 years.\n\nA study found the tree makes protective chemicals that fend off diseases and drought.\n\nAnd, unlike many other plants, its genes are not programmed to trigger inexorable decline when its youth is over.\n\nThe ginkgo can be found in parks and gardens across the world, but is on the brink of extinction in the wild.\n\n\"The secret is maintaining a really healthy defence system and being a species that does not have a pre-determined senescence (ageing) programme,\" said Richard Dixon of the University of North Texas, Denton.\n\n\"As ginkgo trees age, they show no evidence of weakening their ability to defend themselves from stresses.\"\n\nA man walks on fallen leaves under gingko trees as autumn arrives in the Chinese capital, Beijing\n\nResearchers in the US and China studied ginkgo trees aged 15 to 667, extracting tree-rings and analysing cells, bark, leaves and seeds. They found both young and old trees produce protective chemicals to fight off stresses caused by pathogens or drought.\n\nThese include anti-oxidants, antimicrobials and plant hormones that protect against drought and other environmental stressors. Genetic studies showed that genes related to ageing didn't automatically switch on at a certain point in time as in other plants, such as grasses and annuals.\n\nThus, while a tree that has lived for centuries might appear dilapidated due to frost damage or lightning strikes, all the processes needed for healthy growth are still functioning.\n\nDr Dixon suspects the picture will be similar in other long-lived trees, such as the giant redwood, which has wood \"packed with antimicrobial chemicals\".\n\n\"Hopefully our study will encourage others to dig deeper into what appear to be the important features for longevity in ginkgo and other long-lived trees,\" he said.\n\nCommenting on the study, Mark Gush, head of horticultural and environmental science at the RHS (Royal Horticultural Society), said the oldest living tree in the world - a Bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) - is estimated to be more than 4,800 years old.\n\n\"Apart from a consistent supply of food, light and water, the ability to live to such a great age is thought to be linked to slow growth rate, cellular adaptations and relative protection from secondary influences such as pest and disease, climate extremes and catastrophic physical damage,\" he said.\n\nAs the UK embarks on an ambitious tree planting programme, understanding the mixture of tree species that will deliver the greatest ecosystem rewards over the long term, and where they should best be planted, is likely to be increasingly important, he added.\n\nThe research is published in the journal PNAS.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA volcano in the Philippines has begun spewing lava, as authorities warn that a \"hazardous eruption\" is possible \"within hours or days\".\n\nIn the early hours of Monday, a weak flow of lava began seeping out of Taal volcano - located some 70km (45 miles) south of the capital Manila.\n\nTaal had earlier emitted a huge plume of ash, triggering the mass evacuation of 8,000 people from the area.\n\nTaal is the Philippines' second most active volcano.\n\nSituated on an island in the middle of a lake, it is one of the world's smallest volcanoes and has recorded at least 34 eruptions in the past 450 years.\n\nAuthorities in the surrounding province, Batangas, have declared a \"state of calamity\", signifying major disruption.\n\nOn Sunday, the volcano emitted a giant plume of ash, with rumbling sounds and tremors also reported.\n\nWeak lava has begun flowing out of the Taal volcano\n\nA total of 75 earthquakes have occurred in the Taal region, with 32 of these earthquakes ranking 2 and higher on the earthquake intensity scale, said Phivolcs.\n\n\"Taal volcano entered a period of intense unrest... that progressed into magmatic eruption at 02:49 to 04:28... this is characterised by weak lava fountaining accompanied by thunder and flashes of lightning,\" the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said in a statement.\n\nBut Phivolcs director Renato Solidum said that signs of a hazardous eruption, including \"flows of ashes, rocks, gas at speeds of more than 60km/h horizontally\" had not yet occurred, according to CNN Philippines.\n\nPhivolcs has now raised the alert level from 3 to 4, out of a maximum of 5.\n\nAuthorities have also warned of a possible \"volcanic tsunami\", which can be trigged by falling debris after an eruption, pushing the water and generating waves.\n\nThe UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says that more than 450,000 people are estimated to live within the 14km danger zone of the Taal volcano.\n\nAsh fell on several areas nearby with residents advised to wear masks. One resident in metro Manila said shops had begun to run out of masks.\n\n\"When I went to my car, I saw it was covered in ash. I hurriedly went to buy a mask from a drugstore but they had run out,\" Angel Bautista, a resident of Paranaque told Reuters.\n\nThe government has warned retailers not to hike mask prices amid the surging demand.\n\nEarthquakes and volcanic activity are not uncommon in the Philippines, which lies along the Ring of Fire - a zone of major seismic activity, which has one of the world's most active fault lines.\n\nAs we approached the Taal volcano area this morning we saw local residents shovelling thick wet ash from the roads. Pineapple groves, normally verdant and luscious, now looked grey and lifeless.\n\nIn the distance Taal continued to billow ash and smoke miles into the sky. As the morning went on the ash clouds became darker.\n\nPolice manning a 14km exclusion zone stopped people from travelling into the area close to the volcano, but there was a steady flow of cars and trucks moving out.\n\nOn the back of one pick-up truck, I saw a large family with their treasured household possessions. They were moving in the direction of the Philippine capital Manila, where many people are choosing to stay with relatives.\n\nCars, buildings and roads have been left covered in ash\n\nEven birds have been blanketed by ashfall\n\nThe volcanic ash had forced Manila's international airport to suspend all flights on Sunday. Phivolcs had warned that the \"airborne ash and ballistic fragments from the eruption... posed hazards to aircrafts\".\n\nThe Civil Aviation Authority announced later on Monday that it had resumed \"partial operations\" as of 10:00 local time (02:00 GMT) for flights departing the airport and 12:00 for arrivals.\n\nThe Philippine stock exchange also announced it would halt all trading on Monday.\n\nAsh from the Taal volcano has affected thousands of residents in nearby areas\n\nPresident Rodrigo Duterte's office has also ordered the suspension of government work in Manila and the closure of all schools in the capital.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC Weather's Alina Jenkins looks at the forecast for Storm Brendan\n\nStorm Brendan has hit the UK, bringing rain and gusts of more than 80mph to parts of the country.\n\nThe Met Office issued a 14-hour yellow warning for wind, covering Northern Ireland, the west coasts of England, Wales and Scotland, south-west England and north-east Scotland.\n\nSeven flights due to land at Gatwick were diverted to other UK airports on Monday evening.\n\nTrains and ferry services have also been delayed or cancelled.\n\nGatwick Airport said two Wizz Air flights, four easyJet services and one Norwegian Air flight were diverted, amid gusts of 40mph.\n\nMeanwhile, an easyJet flight from Edinburgh landed at Birmingham.\n\nIn Northern Ireland, thousands of homes have lost power and roads have been shut.\n\nIn Scotland, ferry routes covering much of the west coast as well as the Northern Isles were cancelled or disrupted.\n\nIn Wales, more than 1,000 properties were left without power, and a school was closed due to a power failure after a tree fell on power lines and also hit a car at Bontnewydd, Gwynedd.\n\nThe driver of the bin lorry was treated by medical staff following the incident in Onchan\n\nThe effects of the storm could be seen in Bontnewydd, Gwynedd\n\nAnd in Stornoway, on the Isle of Lewis, large waves crashed against the coast\n\nIn England, South Western Railway said all lines were blocked due to a fallen tree blocking the railway between Yeovil Junction and Exeter St Davids. Disruption is expected until 20:00, said SWR.\n\nTravellers on the Great Western Railway line between Plymouth and Penzance were also warned of delays because of a speed restriction due to high winds.\n\nAll Skybus flights between Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly were cancelled on Monday, with a warning that gale-force winds could see more disruption on Tuesday.\n\nOn Monday morning rush hour, trains running through Preston station were suspended after the roof was damaged. Services were later returning to normal, Northern Rail said. The wind warning lasts until midnight, with turbulent weather set to continue into the evening and heavy rain sweeping eastwards.\n\nThe Met Office's yellow weather warning for wind - meaning travel disruption is likely - is in place until midnight.\n\nIt covers Northern Ireland, Wales, the South West and the west coasts of England and Scotland, as well as north-east Scotland.\n\nIt warned people should expect travel delays, large waves along coastal roads and sea fronts and power cuts.\n\nA gust of 87.5mph was recorded on South Uist in the outer Hebrides, while a 76mph gust hit Capel Curig in Wales. and in Northern Ireland the highest gust was 63mph at Magilligan.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Footage from Bel Hawson shows waves crashing onto the A83 in Ardrishaig as cars drive along\n\nWaves crash against the promenade at Blackpool\n\nMeanwhile, across the Irish Sea at Warrenpoint, County Down, waves send spray into the traffic\n\nNorthern Ireland was among the first parts of the UK to be battered by the storm.\n\nAbout 2,000 customers remain without electricity and power has been restored to 6,400 Northern Ireland Electricity users, after damage to the network.\n\nRoads have been closed including a stretch of the Belfast Road in Carrickfergus after part of the sea wall has collapsed.\n\nAt Belfast International Airport - where there was some disruption to flights - passengers were stuck on one plane for two hours after wind speeds were too high to disembark.\n\nBBC presenter Holly Hamilton, who was on board, said: \"The captain announced we would be unable to disembark as the wind speed was at 46 knots and it needed to be a maximum of 40 to allow the steps to be brought out to allow passengers off.\n\nThe captain invited the children to the cockpit to keep them entertained, said Holly Hamilton\n\n\"Everyone understood why it was necessary as the plane itself was swaying from side to side when we weren't even in motion.\n\n\"Most people were just relieved we'd landed safely as it was a pretty choppy landing.\"\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 Kevin Scott 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 yellow weather warning is in place until midnight\n\nWaves have been crashing onto the shoreline in Troon in South Ayrshire\n\nThe lighthouse at Port Ellen in Islay received a battering\n\nMeanwhile, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) issued 28 flood warnings and 16 flood alerts around the country.\n\n\"Combined with naturally high tides next week, the sustained winds will create an unusual and dangerous combination of tide, storm surge and inshore waves,\" said Sepa.\n\nAnd there are eight flood warnings for England.\n\nOn the Isle of Man, roads were closed, winds brought down trees, and flights and ferries were cancelled.\n\nAnd a bin lorry was blown over, with the driver needing medical treatment.\n\nThree more yellow weather warnings are in place for Tuesday - including one for wind across England and Wales from 12:00 GMT until midnight and another for snow and ice in northern Scotland.\n\nThe third warning, for heavy rain, covers south-east England from 13:00 on Tuesday until 9:00 on Wednesday.\n\nStorm Brendan's name was picked by the Irish meteorological service Met Éireann.\n\nIn December, Storm Atiyah swept into the UK, leading to power cuts and travel disruption in Wales and the South West.\n\nThis year's storm names have already been chosen with Ciara the name for the next storm.\n\nHave you been affected by Storm Brendan? Share your experiences 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. Storm Brendan has battered the coastline around the island of Ireland\n\nAbout 800 homes and businesses remain without power as a result of the high winds and adverse weather brought by Storm Brendan, Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) has said.\n\nA yellow weather warning for Northern Ireland is in place.\n\nThe Met Office said it is in effect until midnight.\n\nNIE said that it had restored power to about 9,500 customers. The worst affected areas were counties Down and Antrim.\n\nWaves were crashing in Carrickfergus as Storm Brendan swept along the coastline\n\nNIE said the storm had caused a \"low level of damage\" to the electricity network.\n\nA spokesman added that teams have been out all day working to repair any damage caused and restore power as quickly as possible.\n\nA number of flights and ferry sailings were also cancelled.\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 Sara Girvin 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\nMet Éireann has warned of \"several hours of very dangerous weather\".\n\nThe highest wind gust recorded in the Republic of Ireland so far was 83mph (134km/h) at Roches Point on the County Cork coast and in NI it was 63mph (101km/h) at Magilligan.\n\nAcross the Republic of Ireland, more than 48,000 customers were left without power.\n\nAbout 9,000 remained without electricity on Monday night.\n\nThe worst affected areas have been Cork, Kerry, Galway and Mayo.\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 Met Éireann 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\nTravel has also been affected with road closures due to the weather.\n\nThe PSNI said Seaview in Warrenpoint and the South Promenade in Newcastle are closed in both directions, due to the adverse weather conditions.\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 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\nThe Belfast Road, Carrickfergus was closed at the junctions with Sloefield Road and Albert Road, as part of the sea wall has collapsed.\n\nMotorists were advised to avoid the area and seek alternative main routes for their journey.\n\nA tree fell on the train line near Seahill station, disrupting travel for a time on Monday. Translink said staff worked quickly to remove it.\n\nDerry City and Strabane District Council closed all its open spaces and play parks on Monday due to adverse weather conditions.\n\n\"The public are asked to avoid these areas due to the high winds,\" a council spokeswoman said.\n\nA tree has been felled on Londonderry's Strand Road\n\nShe added: \"The council is urging the public to stay safe by taking the necessary precautions to secure their properties following the Storm Brendan Met Office Weather Warning that has been issued for the region.\"\n\nMeanwhile, the city's Strand Road, one of Derry's busiest dual carriageways, was down to one lane in the direction of the city centre due to a fallen tree.\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 can also contact us in the following ways:", "Flybe boss Mark Anderson has told staff that he and the management team remain \"focused\" on turning the airline round.\n\nMr Anderson's comments came in an email to staff following reports that the airline is in crisis talks in an attempt to put together a rescue deal.\n\nAccording to Sky News, Flybe, which has already been bailed out once, has been struggling to secure fresh finance.\n\nIn his email, Mr Anderson stressed that Flybe was continuing to operate as normal.\n\n\"All my energy, and that of our Leadership Team, is very focused on continuing to turn Flybe, soon to be Virgin Connect, around and deliver the heartfelt service that our customers expect,\" he said.\n\n\"I do appreciate that the headlines some of you have already read are disturbing but I want you to know that we are determined to do everything we can to make this work.\"\n\nHe told staff he was \"extremely grateful\" for their hard work and commitment.\n\nIn an earlier statement, Flybe said it was focusing on \"providing great service and connectivity for our customers, to ensure that they can continue to travel as planned\".\n\nFlybe boss Mark Anderson has asked staff not to speculate on rumours and to focus on their work while it works to turn the airline around\n\nFlybe, the UK's biggest regional carrier, added: \"We don't comment on rumour or speculation.\"\n\nThe reports come a year after Flybe was bought for £2.8m by a consortium including Virgin Atlantic and Stobart Group.\n\nSince then, the consortium has invested tens of millions of pounds in the troubled carrier, but losses have continued to mount.\n\nTourism adviser and researcher Prof Annette Pritchard, of the Welsh Centre for Tourism Research in Cardiff, commented on Twitter that Flybe provided \"a vital social and cultural link for many marginal economies\".\n\nBased in Exeter, Flybe carries about eight million passengers a year from airports such as Southampton, Cardiff and Aberdeen, to the UK and Europe.\n\nIts network of routes includes more than half of UK domestic flights outside London.\n\nIf the business collapses, more than 2,000 jobs will be at risk.\n\nMatthew Mills, a graphic designer based in Shropshire, recently booked flights for his family to Germany with Flybe.\n\nHe is also one of the 10,000 consumers still waiting to receive a refund from collapsed travel firm Thomas Cook on a holiday that was meant to take place in November.\n\n\"You don't know whether to laugh or cry,\" he told the BBC. \"We've used Flybe quite a bit in the past because we have family in Germany and we don't have many alternatives in the UK - if Flybe goes under, we'd be looking at 50% more in prices on flights to Germany, easily.\"\n\nWorried Flybe customers have taken to Twitter to express their concerns, saying they are still waiting for information on whether their flights will go ahead.\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 BBC understands that EY has been lined up as administrators if Flybe were to go under.\n\nBrian Strutton, general secretary of pilots' union Balpa, said: \"I am appalled that once again the future of a major UK airline and hundreds of jobs is being discussed in secret with no input from employees or their representatives.\n\n\"According to reports, the airline could have collapsed over the weekend, which would have been devastating news.\"\n\nMr Strutton called on Flybe's owners and the government to talk to the union, saying staff had a right to know what was going on.\n\nExeter is home to Flybe's headquarters and a quick look at the departures and arrivals board here illustrate just how important the airline's connections are to the area. Of the eight departures to destinations such as Manchester, Newcastle and Jersey, seven of them are operated by Flybe.\n\nThe taxi driver who brought me from the train station told me his firm had paid £40,000 to secure a concession inside the terminal. \"Flybe is a massive part of our business\" before helpfully reeling off a list of arrivals and departure times he knew off the top of his head. Its not just the flights - over 400 people work at HQ, plus they run a training academy for apprentice plane engineers.\n\nThe airline is in talks with both the Department for Transport and the Business Department to see if the government can provide or facilitate a rescue. The government refused a request from Thomas Cook for £150m in emergency funding, with Boris Johnson claiming it would have provided a \"moral hazard\" - a dangerous precedent that would see the government called on to rescue other failing private companies.\n\nHowever, the government may face a political hazard. It has vowed to focus on regional connectivity which the collapse of Flybe would do nothing to improve.\n\nProf Loizos Heracleous, an aviation industry expert from Warwick Business School, said it would be \"no easy task\" for Flybe to attract new finance.\n\nHe added: \"The aviation industry is an unattractive industry in terms of performance and returns on investment at the best of times.\n\n\"It is saddled with high-cost assets, namely planes, and key costs that fluctuate uncontrollably, mainly fuel, which accounts for around a third of total airline costs.\n\n\"On top of that, they face high regulation, often aggressive unions, low barriers to entry that increase competition, and high bargaining power of buyers.\"\n\nBen Bradshaw, Labour MP for Exeter, said Flybe provided \"valuable connectivity throughout the UK\" and called on the government to intervene. He called Flybe \"a strategically important business\".\n\nThe industry regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority, said: \"We do not comment on the financial situation of any of the organisations we regulate.\"\n\nAs long as Flybe carries on flying, there is no need to worry and certainly no reason to try to get your money back, writes Simon Gompertz, BBC personal finance correspondent.\n\nIf the airline was to fail, however, all flights would most likely be cancelled. Those with paid-for bookings could find they lose their flights and their cash.\n\nIf your flight is part of a package deal covered by the ATOL scheme, then you should be protected and have the right to a re-booking or refund.\n\nOtherwise you can try to retrieve the money from your credit card company, if that's how you paid. There is also a debit card chargeback scheme which can help.\n\nMany travel insurance policies are not much use in these situations, unless you stumped up extra for the Scheduled Airline Failure option or something similar.\n\nThose stuck overseas might be left hoping that the government will direct the CAA to step in, as it did when Monarch and Thomas Cook went under, to bring back stranded passengers for free.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "US air base Al Asad in Iraq was targeted by Iran in response to the death of Qasem Soleimani, the top Iranian military commander, who was killed in a US air strike.\n\nBBC Persian correspondent Nafiseh Kohnavard was allowed inside the high security base to see the damage and speak to soldiers who survived the attack.", "Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has said \"the regime in Tehran is at a crossroads\" as he warned Iran against slipping \"further and further into political and economic isolation\".\n\nHe urged Iran to \"engage in diplomacy and chart a peaceful way forwards\".\n\nIt comes as Iran's ambassador to the UK met officials at the Foreign Office following the detention of his British counterpart in Tehran last week.\n\nMr Raab said the arrest was \"a flagrant violation of international law\".\n\nResponding to an urgent question in Parliament, Mr Raab said the detention of UK diplomat Rob Macaire after a vigil for victims of last week's plane crash was \"without grounds or explanation\".\n\nMiddle East Minister Andrew Murrison expressed the UK government's \"strong objections\" to the incident, during the meeting with Iranian ambassador Hamid Baeidinejad on Monday afternoon.\n\nThe Foreign Office called for an investigation and said the arrest was a breach of the Vienna Convention - an international agreement that governs diplomatic relations between countries.\n\nMr Macaire was attending an event on Saturday that was advertised as a vigil for the 176 people who died in Wednesday's crash of an Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737, shortly before he was arrested.\n\nHe was held for three hours when he stopped at a barber shop for a haircut on his way back to the British embassy.\n\nIran's ambassador to the UK Hamid Baeidinejad (left) was summoned to the Foreign Office after Rob Macaire was detained\n\nMr Macaire said he attended the event because it was \"normal to want to pay respects\", pointing out that some of the victims were British, but added that he left the vigil when some people started \"chanting\".\n\nBut Iran's foreign ministry said Mr Macaire's presence was \"against diplomatic norms\".\n\nThe statement, reported by state TV, said: \"Any new mistake of Britain will be severely confronted by Iran, and London will be responsible for that\".\n\n\"Threatening Iran with fresh sanctions over that will cause tension between Tehran and London.\"\n\nNo 10 said it was \"seeking full assurances\" the detention would not happen again.\n\nDuring the debate in the Commons earlier, Labour MP Barry Sheerman asked the foreign secretary whether he would support sending faith leaders to Iran to speak \"at a level of faith\" to help ease tensions.\n\nMr Raab replied: \"I sympathise very much with the spirit of the idea of an all-faith diplomatic initiative.\n\n\"I think right at the moment he will have seen that we advise, through our Foreign Office, travel advice against travel to Iran and I think for the moment that's probably the safest bet.\"\n\nFive nations whose citizens were on board the airliner will meet in London on Thursday to discuss possible legal action, Ukraine's foreign minister told the Reuters news agency.\n\nProtests have been taking place on the streets of the Iranian capital, Tehran, to vent anger at officials who initially denied shooting down the plane.\n• None What happens when an ambassador is summoned?\n• None Brexit: What is the Vienna Convention?", "A robot cat designed to ferry plates of food to restaurant customers has been unveiled at the CES tech expo in Las Vegas.\n\nBellaBot, built by the Chinese firm PuduTech, is one of a number of wacky robotic inventions being shown off at the event this year.\n\nThere is also UBTech's Walker, which can pull yoga poses.\n\nAnd Charmin's RollBot. It speeds a roll of toilet paper on demand to bathrooms that have run out of the stuff.\n\nOne expert said it was likely that robots exhibited at CES would only continue to get more bizarre in the future.\n\nBellaBot, the table-waiting robot cat, is a service bot with personality.\n\nThe device has four trays, each capable of bearing up to 10kg of grub\n\nIt updates a previous model that had a more utilitarian design. BellaBot, in contrast, features a screen showing cat-face animations.\n\nIt mews when it arrives at tables to encourage customers to pick up their food.\n\nAnd if the diners stroke BellaBot's ears, it initially reacts with pleasure.\n\n\"The owner's hand is so warm,\" the bot is programmed to say in response.\n\nBut if customers continue petting it for too long, its expression changes.\n\n\"It gets mad to remind you not to interrupt its job,\" explains the firm.\n\nBellaBot becomes irate if diners rub its ears for too long\n\nThe Chinese company is targeting the machine at restaurant owners in China, who often struggle to employ enough waiting staff, according to PuduTech.\n\nThe firm's existing robots are already in use at 2,000 restaurants worldwide.\n\nIt plans to show off the new device at a booth designed to look like a futuristic restaurant when the CES show floor opens on Tuesday.\n\nBut BellaBot may find it harder to operate in the real world, commented tech consultant Paolo Pescatore from PP Foresight, because of the challenge of navigating restaurants at busy times.\n\nHe added, however, that restaurants are expected to become increasingly dependent on automation in one form or another.\n\nIt does yoga - but Walker will not buy you a quinoa salad afterwards\n\nUBTech's newly-updated Walker bot is also being shown off at CES this year.\n\nThe model can perform a series of Tai Chi and yoga poses, demonstrating a \"huge improvement in motion control\", according to its maker.\n\n\"It's continuously tracking its overall centre of gravity throughout the yoga positions - the kind of dynamic [artificial intelligence] you would expect of a robot that 'lives' in your home alongside your family, going up and down stairs, carrying heavy objects for you,\" explains UBTech spokesman Jeff Gordon.\n\nWalker's other abilities including being able to push a cart, draw pictures and pour liquid into a cup.\n\nAnd Procter & Gamble's American loo roll business, Charmin, has attracted a flurry of attention with an unusual droid designed to complement toilets and bathrooms: RollBot.\n\n\"Imagine yourself there, you've run out of toilet tissue, nobody hears your call,\" P&G researcher Gregg Weaver told the BBC.\n\n\"The robot will find you in the home and deliver you a fresh roll.\"\n\nRollBot is summoned via Bluetooth on a smartphone.\n\nHowever, P&G currently has no plans to make it commercially available - which may mean waiting a little longer for that desperately needed roll.\n\nThanks to improvements in hardware and software capabilities, robots will gradually become better and better at expressing themselves and mimicking human capabilities, predicted Mr Pescatore.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: Robot wheels that make it possible to move chairs about via voice command are also at CES\n\nHe also suggested that in commercially competitive, consumer-facing settings, quirky robots were likely to stand out from the crowd.\n\n\"It is one of the fast-growing tech trends,\" he added.\n\n\"Expect far more wackier robots in years to come.\"", "Police maintained a cordon at the scene of the incident\n\nThe death of a man in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, is now being treated as murder, police have said.\n\nGlen Quinn's body was found in Ashleigh Park in the Woodburn area on Saturday.\n\nTwo men, aged 38 and 39, and a woman aged 47, earlier arrested in connection with Mr Quinn's death, were rearrested on suspicion of murder on Monday night.\n\nThey were later released on police bail pending further enquiries. Police said forensic examinations and further investigations were ongoing.\n\nDet Supt Jason Murphy said he was aware of speculation circulating that the death \"is in some way related to the activities of South East Antrim UDA\".\n\n\"The investigation remains at a very early stage and it is not yet possible to be definitive about the motivation for this man's murder but the potential for it to be linked to those associated with paramilitary organisations will form part of our investigation,\" he said.\n\n\"Rumour and speculation within the community is likely to be unhelpful as we seek to establish the circumstances surrounding this man's death and I would appeal to the community to contact us.\"\n\nMr Quinn, who was in his 40s, was found dead on Saturday night.\n\nInvestigators in forensic suits examined the scene of Mr Quinn's death\n\nOn Sunday, police maintained a cordon around a block of six flats in the area.\n\nOne neighbour told the BBC that Mr Quinn lived alone and had only recently moved into the area.", "Chancellor Sajid Javid has set 11 March as the date for his first Budget - the first since the general election.\n\nMr Javid says billions of pounds will be invested \"across the country\".\n\nThe Treasury will \"prioritise the environment\", he said and reiterated a plan to make use of low borrowing rates to spend on public services.\n\nJohn McDonnell, Labour's shadow chancellor, said he doubted whether the government would deliver on its investment or climate goals.\n\nMr Javid will update his cabinet colleagues on the performance of the economy before facing MPs later on Tuesday.\n\nHe told the BBC: \"There will be an infrastructure revolution in our great country.\n\n\"We set out in our manifesto during the election how we can afford to invest more and take advantage of the record low interest rates that we are seeing, but do it in a responsible way.\n\n\"There will be up to an extra £100bn of investment in infrastructure over the next few years that will be transformative for every part of our country,\"\n\nHe added: \"In the Budget, we will be setting out how we are going to take advantage of all the huge opportunities that Brexit will bring.\n\n\"Also, how we are going to help hard-working people in particular - especially with the cost of living - and how we are going to level up across the entire country.\"\n\nMr Javid cancelled a 6 November Budget in October to make way for the general election.\n\nThis means that the Office for Budget Responsibility, which monitors the government's performance on money management, may not be able to comply with its legal requirement of publishing two forecasts in the financial year, which ends on 31 March.\n\nCritics say this means less independent scrutiny of the public finances.\n\nThe Budget is the government's yearly announcement on its plans for tax and spending for the coming financial year, which starts in April.\n\n\"After a decade of wrecking the economy, we can have no confidence in a Tory government delivering the scale of investment needed for renewal, especially with a no-deal Brexit still on the table,\" said Mr McDonnell.\n\n\"The lack of foresight in not focusing this budget on the threat of climate change is also criminally irresponsible.\n\n\"The government has learnt nothing from the fires in Australia and the floods on Indonesia. This will be a budget of climate change recklessness, not renewal.\"\n\nThis is not just about a change of date for a Budget originally postponed because of the Brexit delay and then an election.\n\nA rewiring of the Treasury is in the works. First, the Budget to be presented on 11 March will be quite fundamentally different to the Budget that never happened. The election result gives a Commons majority and a mandate to act confidently and decisively, and in a manner that fleshes out the election rhetoric about \"levelling up\" - helping slow-growing regions of the economy.\n\nIn the intervening two months, the Treasury will have to work up a new national infrastructure strategy that delivers on the plan to rebalance regional inequalities, some of which stem from decisions made nationally on, for example, transport spending.\n\nInsiders suggest that the changes could reach into the heart of the Treasury, taking up advice from independent economists and regional mayors to change the way that the government calculates the value for money of public spending on investment projects.\n\nThe so-called \"Green Book\", used to evaluate big investment projects, could be changed to rectify a formula and a process that biases government investment to where economic growth, high productivity, and high house prices are already concentrated - in and around London.", "The mother of a British woman convicted of lying about being gang-raped said she needed treatment for PTSD\n\nThe mother of a British woman convicted in Cyprus of lying about being raped by 12 Israeli men has backed calls for tourists to boycott the country.\n\nThe 19-year-old was found guilty of causing public mischief, prompting the Foreign Office to express \"serious concern\" about the case in Ayia Napa.\n\nCritics of the verdict have called for people to avoid visiting Cyprus.\n\nThe woman's mother told the BBC that Ayia Napa - where her daughter had been on a working holiday - was unsafe.\n\nThe 19-year-old was convicted following a trial after recanting a claim that she was raped in a hotel room in July.\n\nThe teenager has said Cypriot police made her falsely confess to lying about the incident at a hotel - something police have denied.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, the teenager's mother - who the BBC is not naming - said she believed her daughter's experience in Ayia Napa was not an isolated incident.\n\nShe said: \"The place isn't safe - it is absolutely not safe. And if you go and report something that's happened to you, you're either laughed at, as far as I can tell, or, in the worst case, something like what's happened to my daughter may happen.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lawyer Michael Polak described it as \"a very worrying conviction\"\n\nThe Independent's travel editor Simon Calder said about one in three visitors to Cyprus were British, with more than 1.3 million Brits visiting Cyprus in 2019.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 4's PM programme his two daughters and their friends have said they would not travel to Ayia Napa, adding: \"I imagine that there are similar conversations going on around the kitchen table in many homes with teenage children.\"\n\nHowever, he said he doubted the Foreign Office would implement a travel ban because Cyprus is \"generally a very safe country for British travellers\".\n\nLawyers representing the woman have criticised the conviction and the way the case was handled by the Cypriot police and Judge Michalis Papathanasiou.\n\nThey say her retraction statement was given when no lawyer or translator was present and point to the fact the judge refused to hear any evidence about whether the alleged rape took place.\n\nThe Foreign Office has described the conviction as \"deeply distressing\" and pledged to raise the issue with Cypriot authorities.\n\nSeveral senior legal figures in Cyprus have signed a letter written to the Attorney General Costas Clerides asking him to intervene in the case, including former Justice Minister Kypros Chrysostomides.\n\nMr Chrysostomides said the teenager had \"already suffered a lot\" and he expects her sentence will be \"very lenient\".\n\nHe added: \"She has already been in detention for four and a half weeks and she has already been prevented from travelling for about five months already.\"\n\nThe teenager faces up to a year in jail and a £1,500 fine when she is sentenced on 7 January, but he said such punishments would be \"excessive under the circumstances\".\n\nThe woman's mother said she had not personally heard from the Foreign Office, but added that she \"would love\" Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to get involved.\n\nShe said she understood that the judicial process had to be followed but \"when that starts becoming broken\" it was necessary for the authorities to step in, adding that her daughter had experienced human rights violations \"throughout\" the process.\n\nProtesters from the Network Against Violence Against Women were outside the court\n\nShe also questioned the authenticity of her daughter's retraction statement - local police said it had been written by her daughter but she cited an expert witness who said it was \"highly improbable\" that it had been produced by a native English speaker.\n\nWhen delivering the guilty verdict on Monday, the judge said his decision was backed up by video evidence showing the woman having consensual sex.\n\nBut her mother said the video showed her daughter having consensual sex with one man, and then it showed a group of people trying to enter the room.\n\n\"[The video] shows her and the guy telling them to get out of the room,\" she said. \"That gives you a very strong flavour of what happens next.\"\n\nThe 12 men arrested in connection with the alleged rape were later released and returned home. A lawyer representing some of them welcomed the guilty verdict, saying the woman had \"refused to this day to take responsibility for the horrible act she's done against the boys\".\n\nThe woman's mother said her daughter was experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder, hallucinations, and was sleeping for 18 or 20 hours a day because of a condition called hypersomnia.\n\n\"She needs to get back to the UK to get that treated - that's my absolute primary focus. She can't be treated here because hearing foreign men speaking loudly will trigger an episode...\n\n\"It needs resolving otherwise she's going to carry on having this for the rest of her life.\"\n\nThe woman's mother also revealed that her daughter had planned to start university this year after being accepted by all of the universities she applied for.\n\n\"She'd been offered a bursary at one of them - she'd got three unconditional offers.\n\n\"So, no question, she would have gone to university, but it was in a career that she wouldn't be able to do with this 'public mischief' verdict, so - again, life-changing for her - she needs to totally rethink her options.\"\n\nThe woman's legal representatives have already said they plan to appeal against the conviction.\n\nThe woman's mother said they plan to take the case to the Cyprus Supreme Court, but there is a long waiting list.\n\n\"Our lawyers are looking at what can be done to expedite that, and that's maybe something the Foreign Office could help us with, so to get that as soon as we can.\"\n\nAyia Napa is a popular holiday destination, known for its nightlife and beaches\n\nA GoFundMe page for legal costs has raised more than £80,000 towards a target of £100,000.\n\nThe woman's mother said she was \"astounded\" by the support, but believed legal costs would end up being even greater than that.\n\n\"Unfortunately we're going to have to increase the target in a little bit to appeal with the appeal process.\n\n\"I'm not totally sure what the figure needs to be to do that yet, but we will be doing that.\"\n\nHuman rights campaigner Joan Smith told the BBC that the Foreign Office's strong response to the verdict was a \"very unusual\" and \"welcome\" intervention.\n\nShe said: \"They wouldn't have done it if they hadn't felt that there were serious questions about the fairness of the trial that she's been through, but also the events leading up to that trial.\"\n\nThe Cypriot government responded to criticism by saying it had \"full confidence in the justice system and the courts\".", "Sam Thompson was raped by two men after getting separated from his girlfriend during a night out in Manchester in 2016.\n\nHe's retelling his story, following the conviction of Reynhard Sinaga, who was jailed for life for 136 rapes.\n\nSam - who was not assaulted by Sinaga - hopes to challenge the stigma around male rape.\n\nHe was talking to BBC Breakfast.\n\nIf you have been affected by the issues raised in this video, help and support can be found at BBC Action Line.\n\nGreater Manchester Police said anyone who believes they might have been attacked by Sinaga can report information online or call its police line on 0800 092 0410 from inside the UK, or 0207 158 0124 from abroad.", "Last updated on .From the section Tottenham\n\nTottenham say no evidence was found to support allegations of racism from their fans towards Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger during the sides' Premier League match last month.\n\nPlay was stopped during the game after Rudiger said he heard monkey noises.\n\nSpurs say they \"fully support Antonio Rudiger with the action he took\" and the club and police \"exhausted all avenues of investigation\".\n\n\"There is no evidence to corroborate or contradict the allegation,\" they said.\n\nChelsea said: \"We support Toni Rudiger totally and unequivocally on this matter, and as Tottenham's statement makes clear, a lack of evidence does not mean an incident did not take place.\n\n\"In responding to this incident, we must be very careful about the climate we create for players who experience and report racist behaviour.\n\n\"It is vitally important that we continue to encourage all players, whatever shirt they wear, to report racist abuse without fear of doubt or reprisal.\"\n\nA total of six arrests were made following Chelsea's win at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on 22 December as part of the Metropolitan Police operation at the fixture, but none were linked to the incident involving Germany international Rudiger.\n\nOne Chelsea fan was arrested for a racially aggravated public order offence against Spurs forward Son Heung-min, who had been sent off after a collision with Rudiger.\n\nSpurs said they were able to \"track every fan\" using cameras at their new 62,062 stadium and that any supporter found to be guilty of racism would \"receive a lifetime ban\".\n\nIn their statement on Monday, the club said they had worked with professional lip-readers, and that all reports had also been reviewed by the police.\n\n\"We are fiercely proud of our anti-racism work and our zero tolerance of any form of discrimination,\" the club said. \"This is one reason why we have attributed so much time and resource to investigating this matter.\n\n\"Had we identified anyone guilty of this we were intent on issuing them with a lifetime ban from our stadium as they would have no place among our proud, diverse fanbase.\n\n\"If any new information comes to light, this will be fully investigated.\"\n\nThey said the police had notified them that \"they have closed the crime report as they can find no evidence to support the allegation of racial abuse\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Protesters say they believe the British woman's rape claim\n\nA British woman found guilty of lying about being raped by a group of young Israelis in Cyprus has landed back in the UK.\n\nThe 19-year-old was given a four-month sentence, suspended for three years, and ordered to pay €148 (£125) in legal fees by a court in Paralimni earlier.\n\nShe arrived at Heathrow airport with her mother but avoided waiting media.\n\nHer lawyer said she is planning to appeal against her conviction and the case was \"not finished by any means\".\n\nThe teenager was put on trial and convicted in December after recanting a claim that she had been raped by a group of 12 young men in a hotel room in July.\n\nShe said Cypriot police had made her falsely confess to lying about the incident - something police have denied.\n\nFollowing the sentencing, her lawyer, Lewis Power QC, said: \"We will be seeking an expedited appeal to the Supreme Court of Cyprus and we will also be considering going to the European Court of Human Rights.\n\n\"We do not feel we have had justice in terms of how the trial progressed, the manner in which it was conducted, the initial police investigation and the fact that we feel she did not receive a fair trial.\"\n\nIn an interview with the Sun newspaper before arriving home, the teenager said: \"I really thought it would be a custodial sentence when I arrived at court. When the translator said four months, I thought I was going to jail.\n\n\"It was only when she said suspended that I realised I was actually finally going home. I looked at my mum and we both had tears in our eyes.\n\n\"It's been a nightmare for me, mum and everyone,\" she said. \"What kept me going was my family and the amazing support of my friends and all other people who got in contact to say they believed me.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"We're pleased she's going home,\" lawyer Lewis Power QC says\n\nIn court on Tuesday, Judge Michalis Papathanasiou told the teenager he was giving her a \"second chance\" by suspending her sentence - allowing her to fly back to the UK.\n\nHe said the woman's \"psychological state, her youth, that she has been away from her family, her friends and academic studies this year\" had led him to the decision.\n\nBBC world affairs correspondent Caroline Hawley said the case \"has had diplomatic ramifications\" for Cyprus and the UK's relationship.\n\nFollowing the sentencing, Boris Johnson's spokesman said the UK prime minister was \"pleased\" she could now return home.\n\nHowever, Downing Street said the UK government had highlighted its \"concerns about the judicial process in this case and the woman's right to a fair trial\" to the Cypriot authorities.\n\nThis is a case that has had diplomatic ramifications.\n\nThere's been disquiet over the teenager's treatment by police and her trial and last week the Foreign Office took the unusual step of calling the case \"deeply distressing\".\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab spoke to his Cypriot counterpart last Friday and the UK government says it will now be working with Cyprus to make sure a case like this can never happen again.\n\nCyprus, a former UK colony, attracts huge numbers of British holidaymakers every year and there have been calls for a boycott.\n\nBut it's also a country that has been forging closer relations with Israel of late. It recently signed a gas deal for a pipeline and that has led some to question whether this could have had any bearing on the handling of the whole case.\n\nCampaigners also point out that a rape claim would potentially be a PR disaster for the holiday island.\n\nThe Briton's conviction has also been met with a backlash from women's rights groups in Cyprus, Israel and the UK.\n\nSupporters from Cyprus and a group of 50 women who travelled from Israel gathered outside the Famagusta District Court on Tuesday holding placards.\n\nOrit Sulitzeanu, head of the Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel, told BBC News the conviction was \"unbelievable\".\n\n\"She is not to blame at all,\" Ms Sulitzeanu said. \"This sentence reflects backward thinking and not understanding the dynamics of rape. The judge here must learn what happens to the victim of sexual abuse.\"\n\nOrit Sulitzeanu (right) with supporters from Israel\n\nSusana Pavlou, director at the Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies in Cyprus, said the case had sparked a \"culture of protest\" in the country.\n\n\"This year it has been revealed how broken our criminal justice system is - broadly in terms of police and social services response to violence against women, and the lack of specialist services.\n\n\"It's heartening to see how this has ignited women's rights campaigners and a women's rights movement focusing on this issue.\n\n\"This is not going to go away, we will not be silenced.\"\n\nThe teenager told police she was raped on 17 July at the Pambos Napa Rocks Hotel.\n\nTwelve men were arrested but later freed and returned home after she retracted her claims.\n\nShe was charged and spent about a month in prison before being granted bail in August ahead of her trial, at which she pleaded not guilty to causing public mischief by falsely accusing the group of raping her.", "PC Andrew Harper was married four weeks before he was killed\n\nA teenager has admitted killing a police officer who was dragged along the road by a vehicle after being called to reports of a break-in.\n\nPC Andrew Harper, 28, died in August in Berkshire, four weeks after he had married.\n\nHenry Long, 18, from Mortimer, Reading, pleaded guilty to manslaughter at the Old Bailey but denies murder.\n\nThe Thames Valley Police officer from Wallingford, Oxfordshire, died from multiple injuries.\n\nA 17-year-old co-defendant, who cannot be identified, entered not guilty pleas to PC Harper's manslaughter and conspiracy to steal.\n\nAnother 17-year-old boy denied the same charges at an earlier hearing.\n\nA fourth defendant, Thomas King, 21, from Basingstoke, has admitted conspiracy to steal a quad bike.\n\nLong, who is alleged to have been driving the vehicle, also admitted conspiracy to steal a quad bike.\n\nThe three teenagers are due to face a six-week trial at the Old Bailey from 9 March.\n\nPolice officers lined the streets for PC Harper's funeral in October\n\nIn a Facebook post written on New Year's Day, PC Harper's widow Lissie said she missed him \"more than anyone could ever imagine\".\n\nShe wrote: \"You were loved by so many but by no one more than me. You loved so many but it was me you gave your heart.\n\n\"I used to tell you I knew you better than you knew yourself, you used to smile and say I probably did.\"\n\nMrs Harper said she hoped to \"go forward with hope...surrounded by friends new and old\" in 2020.\n\nA fundraising page for PC Harper's family raised nearly £328,000 after it received 14,100 donations.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "More than a quarter of a million reports of online images and videos of child sexual abuse were dealt with by the Internet Watch Foundation in 2019.\n\nOf this record number of reports, more than 132,000 contained child sexual abuse material, up 26% on 2018 and double the number identified in 2016.\n\nThe charity said much of the abusive content is available on the open internet, as opposed to the dark web.\n\nChief executive Susie Hargreaves described it as an \"epidemic\".\n\n\"What's really shocking is that it's all available on the open internet, or 'clear web',\" she said.\n\n\"That's the everyday internet that we all use to do our shopping, search for information, and obtain our news.\"\n\nMs Hargreaves said it was \"really shocking\" to find the number of reports going up.\n\nThe charity's hotline manager, who asked to be identified only as Chris, said there were several factors behind the increase, including better staff awareness and expertise.\n\n\"We look at every report which comes into our hotline, but not every report leads to child sexual abuse content.\n\n\"Whilst we actively encourage people to report to us content within our remit because it helps us do a good job, actually, far too many people are wasting our time,\" Chris said.\n\n\"Our analysts have to look at everything they're sent. So, our message is, yes please report to us, but please, please stop reporting material outside our remit.\"\n\nThe IWF works to find and remove online sexual abuse content, and false reports to the charity in 2018 cost £150,500 - the equivalent of 4.3 years' worth of analyst time.\n\nIts website provides a list of organisations to help members of the public to report material to the correct place.\n\nThe charity, which launched in 1996, began actively carrying out its own searches as well as reacting to reports in 2015.\n\nMs Hargreaves said: \"Child sexual abuse is an horrific topic for people to talk about, but as a society we have got to take on board a heavy dose of reality and face up to what's right in front of us.\"\n\nIf you have been affected by the issues raised in this article, help and support can be found at BBC Action Line.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "South Western Railway's auditor said there was \"significant doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern\"\n\nA rail firm has said it could lose its franchise after declaring a £137m loss.\n\nSouth Western Railway (SWR) said it was in talks with the government over the future of the contract, which is due to expire in 2024.\n\nThe operator, owned by FirstGroup and Hong Kong-based firm MTR, said it had been affected by issues including strikes and infrastructure reliability.\n\nSWR services were disrupted for 27 days in December by the latest in a series of strikes over the future of guards.\n\nRMT union members have staged a series of strikes over the future of guards\n\nSWR's accounts, for the year ending 31 March 2019, showed a loss after tax of £136.9m.\n\nIt said talks with the DfT could lead to a new contract or \"termination of the [current] contract within the next 12 months\".\n\nSWR said its owners had set aside funds for the \"maximum unavoidable loss\".\n\nA spokesman for the train operating company said: \"SWR's recent performance has been affected by issues including infrastructure reliability, timetabling delays and industrial action.\n\n\"We continue to be in ongoing and constructive discussions with the DfT.\"\n\nThe RMT rail union said the firm should be stripped of the franchise immediately to avoid a \"chaotic collapse\".\n\nRMT members have been involved in more than two years of strikes over a move by SWR to allow drivers to operate train doors.\n\nSWR has not been balancing the books for some time. After two years of strikes by guards in the RMT union, that isn't a surprise.\n\nNew trains are late, the infrastructure has been unreliable and performance has been falling for years. This railway is not doing well and most of its promises to passengers have not been met.\n\nBut here, in black and white for the first time, is an acknowledgment by the new managing director, Mark Hopwood, that the company could fail. Operations could be transferred to a government controlled body.\n\nI don't think it's the most likely outcome. A new deal with revised terms is more likely. But what's clear is that the option of last resort is being actively considered.\n\nA DfT spokesperson said: \"We monitor the financial health of all our franchises closely and we expect them to meet their contractual obligations.\n\n\"The government will shortly bring forward a White Paper containing reforms recommended by the Williams Review that will put passengers first, end the complicated franchising model and simplify fares.\"\n\nSWR operates routes between London Waterloo, Reading, Bristol, Exeter, Weymouth, and Portsmouth, as well as Island Line on the Isle of Wight.\n\nFirstGroup and MTR were awarded the franchise in August 2017, after outbidding previous operator Stagecoach.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Samsung claims to have \"virtually eliminated\" the frame around its latest 8K TV.\n\nThe firm says the Q950's display has the highest screen-to-body ratio of any television on the market.\n\nThe achievement gives it extra bragging rights at a time when it has taken a strong lead against its nearest competitor, LG, in terms of market share.\n\nFind out what else will be on show at CES 2020", "William Reid was due to find out soon if he had secured a place on the Scottish orthopaedic training programme.\n\nA trainee surgeon has died in a skiing accident while on a family holiday in the French Alps.\n\nWilliam Reid, 25, from Edinburgh, was returning from lunch in the resort of Avoriaz when he plunged over a 30ft cliff.\n\nThe Edinburgh Evening News reported his girlfriend and step-brother witnessed the tragedy on Friday.\n\nThe Foreign and Commonwealth Office said it was providing the family with consular assistance.\n\nA statement released by his father Dr Hamish Reid, mother Sarah, step-mother Anne, brother Cameron and step-brother, Murray, said: \"His family were immensely proud of his achievements but more than that they were proud of who William was as a person.\n\n\"He was an extremely kind and caring son, brother, step-brother, grandson, nephew, cousin and good friend to so many people.\n\n\"William will be missed by so many people, he was an exceptional young man.\"\n\nMr Reid was a graduate of Aberdeen University Medical School and had completed a placement at Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA.\n\nThe keen sportsman was doing foundation training in Newcastle as he prepared for a future career as a surgeon.\n\nHe was due to find out soon if he had secured a place on the Scottish orthopaedic training programme.\n\nAn FCO spokesman said: \"We are providing assistance to the family of a British man who died in a skiing accident in France, and are in contact with the local authorities.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nSecond Test, Newlands, Cape Town (day five of five):\n\nEngland forced a dramatic 189-run victory over South Africa late on day five of the second Test in Cape Town to level the series at 1-1.\n\nWith the tourists still needing three wickets in the final hour, man of the match Ben Stokes claimed them all to cap a stunning all-round performance.\n\nHe removed Dwaine Pretorius and Anrich Nortje in consecutive balls before dismissing Vernon Philander to secure the win with just 8.2 overs remaining.\n\nThe Proteas looked to be grinding their way to a draw, with opener Pieter Malan making a superb 84 off 288 balls on debut, before Rassie van der Dussen and Quinton de Kock resisted for almost 34 overs.\n\nEngland's attack was also limited with all-time highest Test wicket-taker James Anderson missing most of the last two sessions because of injury.\n\nBut De Kock slapped a long hop from Joe Denly to mid-wicket to fall for 50 and Van der Dussen, who spent 140 balls over his 17, flicked Stuart Broad to leg gully.\n\nEngland's chance of victory was boosted but they still needed Stokes to seize it, the all-rounder finding seam movement and bounce in a devastating spell to secure the tourists' first win at Newlands since 1957.\n\nThe third Test of the four-match series starts in Port Elizabeth on 16 January.\n• None Anderson to have scan on side injury\n\nStokes had a majestic 2019 - he starred in England's World Cup final win, led his side to a remarkable one-wicket win over Australia at Headingley in the Ashes and won BBC Sports Personality of the Year.\n\nAfter a tough start to this tour for Stokes, whose his father Ged spent Christmas in intensive care in a South African hospital, and for England in general, the Durham all-rounder has ensured a spectacular start to 2020.\n\nIn his final spell, Newlands finally looked like a real fifth-day pitch, Stokes finding pace and bounce to have Pretorius and Nortje caught in the slips - the latter off a fine juggling effort by Zak Crawley - before Philander fended a brutal ball to Ollie Pope.\n\nIt was a vital intervention in the absence of Anderson, who was excellent in his opening spell, pinning Keshav Maharaj in front and troubling Faf du Plessis, who would have been out lbw to Anderson too but England failed to spot the ball had hit the skipper's pad before his bat.\n\nWith five wickets still needed in the final session, Anderson tried two overs but was clearly not fit and England needed others to step up.\n\nBroad went first, getting Van der Dussen to glance a leg-side delivery to Anderson, who had been moved into that position after the previous delivery, before Stokes' brilliant late surge.\n\nEngland were comfortably beaten by 107 runs in the first Test and failed to capitalise on a strong position in the first innings here, needing Pope's enterprising 61 not out to at least post a competitive total.\n\nYet the tourists were much improved from that point on, putting in comfortably their best bowling performance of the winter to dismiss South Africa for 223 and claim a 46-run first-innings lead.\n\nThe top order then batted with the patience that has been lacking in recent years, with opener Dom Sibley compiling a sublime 133 not out, to lay a platform that allowed Stokes to blast a magnificent 72 off 47 balls and set up the declaration.\n\nEngland may have had the best part of five sessions to bowl South Africa out, but the pitch had slowed and flattened out and the obdurate hosts had Du Plessis and Philander, who have experience of saving matches in similar situations.\n\nSo to force victory in this fashion was hugely encouraging and gives England coach Chris Silverwood a welcome first win of his tenure.\n\nThe hosts were never interested in chasing down a record 438 for victory and showed great resilience for much of days four and five.\n\nOpener Malan, making his debut at 30, was particularly impressive and could only be undone by a superb delivery from Curran.\n\nBut ultimately batsman error cost the hosts, with Du Plessis coaxed into sweeping Dom Bess straight to Denly by England putting a fielder in at silly point and Van der Dussen playing at a ball he could have left.\n\nDe Kock made the worst mistake and looked horrified as he slowly dragged himself from the field after falling to part-time leg-spinner Denly.\n\nYet the hosts showed impressive fight to hopefully indicate there are two close Tests to come.\n\nAnd in a week of much debate about whether Tests should become four days, Cape Town delivered a five-day thriller.\n\n'What an advertisement for Test cricket' - what they said\n\nEngland all-rounder Ben Stokes: \"It's why five-day cricket should always be around. It's the best form of the game.\n\n\"We have three members of the group who are 21. The future looks great for us. We showed an outstanding amount of character.\"\n\nEngland captain Joe Root: \"It was a brilliant performance by the whole group. We showed a great amount of character, patience and a lot of belief. Credit to South Africa - they threw a lot back at us and made it difficult.\n\n\"You can put Ben Stokes in any situation and he will stand up for you. He plays 100% for the team and is a brilliant role model for all of the guys coming through.\"\n\nSouth Africa captain Faf du Plessis: \"What an advertisement for Test cricket. It's sad to to be on the losing side. All I asked for was a team effort and we fought hard. There has to a winner.\n\n\"Credit to England, they had a little bit more in the tank than we had.\"", "The government has previously announced HMS Montrose will resume duties escorting shipping through the Straits of Hormuz\n\nThe UK has put the Royal Navy and military helicopters on standby amid rising tensions in the Middle East, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has said.\n\nThe government was putting in place \"urgent measures\" to protect British nationals and interests in the region, Mr Wallace told the House of Commons.\n\nHe said non-essential UK personnel had also been moved out of Baghdad.\n\nHis comments come in the wake of the US killing of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani in Iraq on Friday.\n\nMr Wallace, answering questions from MPs on the growing crisis, reiterated the government's calls for all sides to \"de-escalate\".\n\nBut hours after his statement, the US Department of Defence said an airbase housing US troops in Iraq had been hit by more than a dozen ballistic missiles.\n\nIranian state TV said the attack was in retaliation to Soleimani's death.\n\nThe Ministry of Defence said all British service personnel in Iraq had been accounted for and there were no British casualties following the attacks.\n\nAnd a government spokesperson said: \"Our first priority continues to be the security of British personnel.\"\n\nThere are around 400 UK troops stationed in Iraq, primarily to assist in defeating IS.\n\nWhen asked earlier on Tuesday about the prospect of a UK military strike on Iran, Mr Wallace said he was \"not going to rule out anything\".\n\nHe said if British citizens or armed service personnel were killed by Iranian actions the UK's response \"would no doubt be proportionate\".\n\n\"The UK will do what it has to do to defend its persons, its citizens and wherever it needs to do that. That is our duty.\"\n\nThe defence secretary also said the Department for Transport was reviewing its advice to British shipping on a daily basis, while \"a small team\" had been sent to the region to provide assistance with \"situational awareness and contingency planning\".\n\nAsked by Labour MP Chi Onwurah about the risks of the UK's \"unquestioning\" support of President Donald Trump - who ordered the drone strike - Mr Wallace said the support was \"not unquestioning at all\".\n\nHe added: \"We are friends and allies but we are also critical friends and allies when it matters.\"\n\nJeremy Corbyn wanted to know why Boris Johnson was not addressing MPs\n\nLabour leader Jeremy Corbyn accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of \"hiding behind his defence secretary\" by not making the Commons statement himself.\n\nMr Corbyn said that the US killing of Soleimani amounted to \"an illegal act\" and now what was urgently required was \"dialogue preferably through the UN\".\n\nHe said it was \"very odd\" that the prime minister \"couldn't be bothered to come and answer questions\" in Parliament on the matter.\n\nResponding, Mr Wallace said: \"This prime minister actually believes in a cabinet government and letting the members of the cabinet who are responsible for the policy come to the House to be able to answer the questions around the policy matter.\"\n\nMinisters have been chorusing the case for constraint and there is a lot of talking going on.\n\nThe defence secretary and the foreign secretary have been in touch with their counterparts in the region and in Europe and Boris Johnson has been on the phone to President Trump and to the Iraqi leadership.\n\nBut he hasn't spoken publicly and he was conspicuous by his absence in the Commons today, which laid him open to mockery and accusations of weakness from Mr Corbyn.\n\nThe official line is ministers are being left to do their job. Senior Conservatives point out that past prime ministers tended to be front and centre when dealing with a crisis on this kind of scale.", "Reynhard Sinaga filmed himself assaulting unconscious victims at his student flat in Manchester\n\nA man convicted of 159 sex offences, including 136 rapes, will \"never be safe to be released\", a judge has said.\n\nReynhard Sinaga was found guilty of luring 48 men from outside Manchester clubs to his flat, where he drugged and assaulted them - filming the attacks.\n\nPolice say they have evidence Sinaga, 36, who is being named for the first time, targeted at least 190 victims.\n\nThe Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Sinaga was \"the most prolific rapist in British legal history\".\n\nThe judge ruled his life sentence must include a minimum of 30 years in jail.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Who is Reynhard Sinaga? The BBC's Judith Moritz reports on the case\n\nReporting restrictions were also lifted at a sentencing hearing at Manchester Crown Court on Monday, meaning Sinaga could be identified for the first time.\n\nThe post-graduate student was already serving life, with a minimum term of 20 years, for the offences he was convicted of in two earlier trials, which took place in summer 2018 and last spring.\n\nAcross four separate trials, the Indonesian national was found guilty of 136 counts of rape, eight counts of attempted rape, 14 counts of sexual assault, and one count of assault by penetration, against a total of 48 victims.\n\nDetectives say they have been unable to identify a further 70 victims and are now appealing for anyone who believes they may have been abused by Sinaga to come forward.\n\nAt the hearing, Judge Suzanne Goddard QC said Sinaga was \"an evil serial sexual predator who has preyed upon young men\" who wanted \"nothing more than a good night out with their friends\".\n\n\"In my judgment you are a highly dangerous, cunning and deceitful individual who will never be safe to be released,\" she said - adding that the decision to release prisoners is made by the Parole Board.\n\nSinaga would wait for men leaving nightclubs and bars before leading them to his flat in Montana House, Princess Street, often with the offer of somewhere to have a drink or call a taxi.\n\nHe drugged his victims before assaulting them while they were unconscious. When the victims woke up many of them had no memory of what had happened.\n\nThe student, who denied the charges, had claimed all the sexual activity was consensual and that each man had agreed to being filmed while pretending to be asleep - a defence described by the judge as \"ludicrous\".\n\nAt an earlier sentencing, the judge said she was sure that Sinaga had used a form of date rape drug such as GHB.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said she was \"deeply concerned\" by the use of such a drug.\n\nPolice say they have evidence Sinaga assaulted at least 190 victims, but many men have not been identified and will have no recollection of what happened\n\nIn victim impact statements read out in court, one victim said Sinaga had \"destroyed a part of my life\", while another said: \"I hope he never comes out of prison and he rots in hell.\"\n\n\"I have periods where I can't get up and face the day,\" another added.\n\nMany of the victims were unaware they had been raped until they were contacted by police.\n\nLisa Waters, of the St Mary's Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Manchester, where victims received support, said some men found this \"very difficult to process\", with some experiencing mental health issues and suicidal thoughts.\n\nEvidence given in the trial suggested Sinaga drugged the men by giving them spiked drinks\n\nSinaga, who was studying for a PHD at the University of Leeds, carried out his attacks over several years.\n\nThe rapist was caught in June 2017 when one victim, who regained consciousness while being assaulted, fought Sinaga off and called the police.\n\nWhen officers seized Sinaga's phone they found he had filmed each of his attacks - amounting to hundreds of hours of footage.\n\nThe discovery led to the launch of the largest rape inquiry in British history.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Mabbs Hussain said the true extent of Sinaga's offending would probably never be known.\n\n\"We suspect he's offended over a period of 10 years,\" he said. \"The information and evidence we are going from is largely from trophies that he's collected from the victims of his crimes.\"\n\nInvestigators traced dozens of victims from the videos using clues found in Sinaga's Manchester flat, such as stolen phones, ID cards and watches.\n\nThe University of Manchester, where Sinaga was previously a student, said some members of its community had been \"directly affected\" by the case and it had set up a dedicated confidential phone line to offer support.\n\nA statement from Vice-Chancellor Dame Nancy Rothwell, said the news was \"profoundly distressing\" and her thoughts were with all those affected.\n\nJudge Goddard said the \"scale and enormity\" of Sinaga's offending meant it was \"accurate\" for one of his victims to have described him as a monster.\n\nShe added that Sinaga had shown \"not a jot of remorse\" and at times appeared to be \"actually enjoying the trial process\".\n\nFollowing the sentencing, Ian Rushton, from the CPS, said Sinaga was \"the most prolific rapist in British legal history\" and possibly \"in the world\".\n\n\"His extreme sense of sexual entitlement almost defies belief and he would no doubt still be adding to his staggering tally had he not been caught,\" he said.\n\nHe added that he thought Sinaga took \"a particular pleasure in preying on heterosexual men\".\n\nJurors were shown CCTV footage of Sinaga leaving his flat on the hunt for victims\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said in response to Sinaga's \"truly sickening crimes\" she had asked an independent council to prioritise a review into whether controls for drugs like GHB were \"tough enough\".\n\nGHB (gammahydroxybutyrate) is a class C drug. Anyone found in possession of it can be imprisoned for up to two years.\n\nSinaga's trials took place across 18 months at Manchester Crown Court, resulting in unanimous guilty verdicts on all charges.\n\nHis convictions relate to crimes he committed from January 2015 to June 2017, but police believe he began offending years earlier.\n\nGreater Manchester Police said anyone who believes they might have been attacked by Sinaga can report information online or call its police line on 0800 092 0410 from inside the UK or 0207 158 0124 from abroad.\n\nThe force said anyone in need of support from specialist agencies could call 0800 056 0154 from within the UK or 0207 158 0011 from abroad.\n\nIf you have been affected by the issues raised in this article, help and support can be found at BBC Action Line.", "Jack Merritt, right, who died in the London Bridge attack, worked with Steve Gallant, left, on the Learning Together rehabilitation course\n\nA convicted murderer has said he \"did not hesitate\" to join the fight against the London Bridge knifeman in November.\n\nSteven Gallant, 42, told how he started to tackle Usman Khan armed only with a chair during the attack which began at a nearby prisoner rehabilitation event.\n\nGallant, who was out on licence to attend the event, is serving a minimum of 17 years for killing ex-firefighter Barrie Jackson in Hull, 15 years ago.\n\nKhan, who killed Saskia Jones and Jack Merritt, was later shot dead by police.\n\nThree others were injured in the attack which began at Fishmongers' Hall on November 29.\n\nGallant is the last of three people who were filmed restraining Khan on the bridge to be identified.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video has been removed for rights reasons\n\nIn his first interview since what he called \"that tragic day\", Gallant said he went to investigate after he heard noises from a lower floor of the building.\n\n\"I could tell something was wrong and had to help,\" he told PA news agency.\n\n\"I saw injured people. Khan was stood in the foyer with two large knives in his hands.\"\n\n\"He was a clear danger to all, so I didn't hesitate.\"\n\nLast month, civil servant Darryn Frost described how a man - now identified as Gallant - used a wooden chair to keep the knifeman at bay, before throwing it at Khan when he revealed his suicide belt, which was later shown to be fake.\n\nMr Frost said he then handed Gallant a narwhal tusk, which he had found on a nearby wall display, as Khan \"started running towards him (Gallant) with knives raised above his head\".\n\nSouth African born Londoner Darryn Frost, left, rushed to find a second tusk with which he tackled Khan, right, on London Bridge\n\nGallant has offered \"special thanks\" to Mr Frost. \"Had he not passed me the narwhal tusk at that crucial moment, not only could I have been killed, the situation could have been even worse,\" he said.\n\nHe also described reformed ex-prisoner John Crilly, who used a fire extinguisher to help subdue Khan, and a chef - known only as Lukasz - who was stabbed five times when he stepped in to help, as \"extremely brave\".\n\nGallant was jailed, alongside his accomplice James Gilligan, in 2005 for carrying out a fatal attack on 33-year-old former firefighter Mr Jackson.\n\nDuring their trial, Hull Crown Court heard the attack was carried out because Gallant wrongly believed Mr Jackson had attacked his girlfriend.\n\n\"Nobody has the right to take another's life and I offer my sincere apologies to my victim's family for the hurt caused,\" Gallant said.\n\nBarrie Jackson was killed by Steven Gallant and James Gilligan in an attack outside of a pub in Hull\n\n\"I can never bring that life back, and it is right that I was handed a severe penalty for my actions.\n\n\"Once I'd accepted my punishment, I decided to seek help.\n\n\"When you go to prison, you lose control of your life. Your own future relies on the decisions of others.\n\n\"Bettering yourself becomes one of the few things you can do while reducing the existing burden on society.\"\n\nSince going to prison, Gallant, who will be eligible for parole in 2022 subject to approval, has \"vowed never to turn to violence again\".\n\nHe has since learned to read and write, is studying for a business studies degree and was taking part in the Learning Together rehabilitation project, which was hosting the event at which Khan struck.\n\nHe said the deaths of course co-ordinators Mr Merritt, who he met in 2016, and Miss Jones were an \"unbearable blow\" and the \"sense of loss is immense\".\n\nJack Merritt and Saskia Jones were killed during a conference to rehabilitate offenders\n\nGallant described Mr Merritt as a \"role model and friend\".\n\nHe said: \"Jack didn't care who you were: he cared about you and your future; he saw who you could become and did not define you by your past. I will miss him badly.\"\n\nMiss Jones, he said, was \"highly respected and loved\" by those involved with the course.\n\nHe added that he was \"certain\" the pair would wish for the Learning Together programme to continue.", "New York Governor Andrew Cuomo leapt into action after a car crash on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. The governor reportedly cut the seat belt of a man trapped in a wrecked car and helped him clamber from the vehicle. The NYPD arrived at the scene shortly after, and reported no injuries.", "Children living at Quarriers homes were among those abused\n\nChildren in homes run by Quarriers, Aberlour Child Care Trust, and Barnardo's suffered physical, emotional and sexual abuse, the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry has concluded.\n\nLady Smith, who is chairing the inquiry, said children who were at the institutions between 1921 and 1991 lived in \"harsh, rigid regimes\".\n\nShe also said \"scant regard was paid to their dignity\".\n\nQuarriers, Aberlour and Barnardo's have apologised for the abuse suffered.\n\nIn her findings, Lady Smith said: \"Many children did not find the warmth, care, and compassionate comfort they needed.\n\n\"The previous lives of the children who came into the care of the QAB (Quarriers, Aberlour and Barnardo's) providers had all been blighted in some way, whether by being abused in the family home, the death of one or more parent, parental illness, families who could not cope with caring for them, abandonment, or by other similar circumstances.\n\n\"The QAB providers could have made a real and positive difference to every child, but that did not happen. For many, further damage was inflicted upon them.\"\n\nThe inquiry heard evidence from 110 witnesses during the third phase of the inquiry, which lasted 43 days from October 2018 to February 2019.\n\nIt considered evidence about the nature and extent of abuse of children in care at institutions run by the QAB providers at locations across Scotland.\n\nThe inquiry also examined any systems, policies and procedures in place and how they were applied.\n\nLady Smith added: \"The QAB providers now recognise and accept that there was widespread abuse of children in their establishments. They have all apologised for it.\n\n\"A particularly frank and clear apology was offered on behalf of Quarriers by their current chief executive. Counsel for Barnardo's and for Aberlour indicated that those providers, having heard evidence in this case study, also tendered their apologies.\"\n\nChildren at the Smyllum Park Orphanage were sexually abused and beaten with leather straps, hairbrushes and crucifixes\n\nThe first phase of the inquiry looked at children under the care of the Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul between 1917 and 1981, with a particular focus on Smyllum Park Orphanage, Lanark, and Bellevue Children's Home in Rutherglen.\n\nIt found that children at Smyllum Park orphanage were sexually abused and beaten with leather straps, hairbrushes and crucifixes and that the homes were places of fear, threat, and excessive discipline.\n\nLady Smith said the children found \"no love, no compassion, no dignity and no comfort\".\n\nLady Smith said Nazareth House orphanages were places of fear, hostility and confusion\n\nThe second phase concentrated on homes run by the Sisters of Nazareth in Aberdeen, Cardonald, Lasswade and Kilmarnock between 1933 and 1984.\n\nIt concluded that some children at the Nazareth House orphanages in Scotland were subjected to sexual abuse of the \"utmost depravity\".\n\nLady Smith said the children's homes were places of fear, hostility and confusion where youngsters were physically abused and emotionally degraded \"with impunity\".\n\nThe fourth phase findings have not yet been published.\n\nDavid Whelan, spokesman for Former Boys and Girls Abused in Quarriers (FBGA), said the findings \"vindicate\" its campaign for a public investigation.\n\nHe accepted that the organisation was now \"very different\" but added: \"Lady Smith's findings are unequivocal in their condemnation of the past Quarriers organisation and the effects of this abuse and its impact on those who suffered such abuse in Quarriers past care.\n\n\"The extent and nature of the abuse which Lady Smith has found to have occurred in Quarriers is truly shocking.\"\n\nLady Smith will take the findings into account when she analyses all the evidence gathered by the inquiry and decides on her final recommendations.\n\nThe inquiry is now in its fifth phase and is examining the alleged abuse of children who were sent to other countries, mainly Canada, Australia and New Zealand.\n\nLady Smith said the charities did not offer many children the \"warmth, care and compassionate comfort they needed\"\n\nAlice Harper, chief executive of Quarriers, said: \"We repeat our unreserved apology to those who suffered abuse while in our care and acknowledge that children were subjected to physical, sexual and emotional abuse.\"\n\nShe added that Quarriers was committed to doing all it could to help survivors and families.\n\n\"We understand it may be difficult for former residents and survivors to make contact and our door remains open for anyone who wishes to speak to us and share their experiences, both good and bad,\" she said.\n\nAberlour's chief executive SallyAnn Kelly said: \"We welcome today's interim findings from Lady Smith and wish to again reiterate our unreserved apology to those who suffered abuse while in the care of Aberlour.\n\n\"Undoubtedly the report is difficult to read in many places and includes harrowing testimonies from people who suffered great harm as children. We would like to acknowledge the strength and courage of all of those who were able to come forward.\n\n\"Aberlour is committed to ensuring that we continue to learn lessons from our past and improve our support to children and their families.\"\n\nThose who continue to come forward to the inquiry with evidence about the care provided by Quarriers, Aberlour or Barnardo's will still be considered by Lady Smith.", "Two-year-old Isla is believed by medical experts to be the only person in the world living with a genetic condition that accelerates the ageing of her cells.\n\nSo little is known about it that even specialists do not know what her future holds and what support she might need.\n\nHer parents Stacey Kilpatrick and Kyle Screaton told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme they are considering taking legal action against the hospital that treated her.\n\nUniversity Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust said it was \"very sorry Isla's parents have concerns about her care in our hospitals. We urge them to contact us directly if they have ongoing concerns.\"\n\nWatch the Victoria Derbyshire programme on BBC Two and BBC News Channel, 10:00 to 11:00 GMT - and see more of our stories here.", "Apple and O2 have confirmed that one of the most popular iPhones is not working as it should on O2's network.\n\nThe iPhone XR completely lost signal several times a day, some O2 customers said on Twitter.\n\nMany customers have been unable to make and receive calls or send and receive texts.\n\nThey have also struggled to get a reliable 4G internet connection, making apps such as Facebook and Instagram redundant unless there is wi-fi.\n\n\"We're working closely with our partners to resolve an intermittent issue affecting some of our customers using iPhone XR,\" an O2 spokeswoman told the BBC.\n\n\"We thank any customers affected for their patience.\"\n\nO2 declined to say exactly how many users were affected by the issue.\n\nTurning the phone off and on again temporarily fixed the problem, O2 said.\n\nApple said the issue will be resolved in a new software release.\n\n\"We are aware of an issue causing intermittent network connectivity effecting some O2 customers, and we will have a fix in an upcoming software release,\" the company said.\n\nO2 customer Jim Buckley told BBC News he had first noticed a network issue on 16 December.\n\n\"I've had virtually no signal at all since,\" he said.\n\n\"It may come with a weak signal for a few minutes once or twice a day then go again.\"\n\nMr Buckley said he had resorted to buying a second-hand iPhone 7 for £180 as his son had special needs and he needed to be contactable in case of an emergency at school.\n\nHe said O2 had told him Apple had introduced the issue with a recent update to the iPhone's iOS software.\n\nBBC News is waiting for O2 to confirm if this is the case.\n\nMr Buckley added O2 had offered him a month's free line rental as compensation.\n\nO2 and Apple are telling customers seeking answers on Twitter to direct message them.\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\nReleased in October 2018, the iPhone XR costs £629 for the basic 64GB version and £679 for the 128GB version.\n\nThe device can be obtained through an O2 contract for £30 a month.\n• None 5G: Not yet ready for primetime", "Further potential victims of \"an evil serial sexual predator who preyed upon young men\" have come forward following his sentencing, police have said.\n\nReynhard Sinaga lured 48 men from outside Manchester clubs to his flat, where he drugged and assaulted them.\n\nOn Monday, he was jailed for life with a 30-year minimum for 159 sex offences, including 136 rapes.\n\nPolice said a dedicated incident room for reporting sexual abuse has seen \"a very positive response\".\n\nA spokesman for Greater Manchester Police said: \"For operational reasons we are unable to give out specific numbers of calls made to the incident room or information made online via the Major Incident Public Portal at this time.\n\n\"However, we can confirm that some of these reports relate to potential further victims of Sinaga.\"\n\nPolice say they have evidence Sinaga assaulted at least 190 victims, but many have not been identified\n\nSinaga would wait for men leaving nightclubs and bars before leading them to his flat in Montana House, Princess Street, often with the offer of somewhere to have a drink or call a taxi.\n\nHe drugged his victims before assaulting them while they were unconscious, and filmed the attacks.\n\nWhen the victims woke up many of them had no memory of what had happened.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Talking about male rape will help victims step forward\"\n\nSurvivors Manchester, a charity that helps male survivors of sexual abuse, said the case \"generates the ability to talk\" about abuse.\n\nChief executive Duncan Craig said: \"There are people ringing up who are not directly affected by this particular case, but are people who have been sexually assaulted, maybe even in childhood that are now feeling like the time is right to step forward and talk.\n\n\"It's something that we don't do enough of.\"\n\nIt was only when I listened to their individual stories in court that I began to understand the trauma experienced by Sinaga's victims.\n\nThe anguish of a student who'd dropped out of university as a result. Another who'd left his job. A third whose relationship had broken down. One who couldn't bring himself to talk about what happened to his family. And distressingly, another whose pain is so great, it drove him to contemplate suicide.\n\nThe publicity surrounding the case yesterday has been hard for them to endure. The media jointly agreed not to report it until after the Christmas break so that counselling services were fully in place for victims before it was made public.\n\nHelplines set up for people affected have received multiple calls including some from potential victims.\n\nSinaga's convictions relate to crimes he committed from January 2015 to June 2017, but police believe he began offending years earlier.\n\nPolice say they have evidence the 36-year-old targeted at least 190 victims, but they have been unable to identify a further 70 victims and are now appealing for anyone who believes they may have been abused by Sinaga to come forward.\n\nThe Crown Prosecution Service said Sinaga was \"the most prolific rapist in British legal history\" as he was jailed at Manchester Crown Court on Monday.\n\nJudge Suzanne Goddard QC described him as \"an evil serial sexual predator who has preyed upon young men\" who wanted \"nothing more than a good night out with their friends\".\n\nGreater Manchester Police said anyone who believed they might have been attacked by Sinaga could report information online or call its police line on 0800 092 0410 from inside the UK or 0207 158 0124 from abroad.\n\nThe force said anyone in need of support from specialist agencies could call 0800 056 0154 from within the UK or 0207 158 0011 from abroad.\n\nIf you have been affected by the issues raised in this article, help and support can be found at BBC Action Line.", "Traffic Scotland said two lorries had overturned on the road\n\nTwo lorries have overturned on the A1, despite the road being closed to high-sided vehicles due to severe winds.\n\nThe road was shut to all traffic between Haddington and Thistly Cross on Tuesday, and was closed to high-sided vehicles along its whole route between Edinburgh and the English border.\n\nHowever, Police Scotland said some drivers had been ignoring the warnings.\n\nA Met Office yellow \"be aware\" warning is in place for strong south westerly winds between 05:00 and 21:00.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nTraffic Scotland reported one overturned vehicle on the A1 between Thistly Cross and the Spott Roundabout, and another at Thorntonloch.\n\nIn Culloden, near Inverness, drivers saw a trampoline blow across the road.\n\nInsp Peter Houston, of Police Scotland, described the conditions as \"atrocious\".\n\nHe told the BBC: \"We have two high sided vehicles blown over despite the road being closed to high sided vehicles.\n\n\"Drivers are continuing to ignore police warnings that the road is closed.\"\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\nRail travel into and out of Edinburgh proved difficult during the evening rush hour after high winds caused an overhead line to come down at Haymarket Station.\n\nNetwork Rail said engineers were at the scene but that trains would need to cross over to platform three and back again.\n\nScotRail warned of delays and advised passengers that tickets would be accepted on some First Bus routes.\n\nAn overhead electrical line came down at Haymarket Station in Edinburgh\n\nDuring the day, gusts reached 74mph in Barra, with winds recorded at 70mph in Inverbervie and 65mph at The Forth Bridges.\n\nStrong winds caused delays on the Friarton, Erskine and Dornoch bridges and the Kessock and Skye bridges were closed to high sided vehicles.\n\nDouble decker buses are being kept off the Tay Road Bridge and the Forth Road Bridge remains closed to motorcycles, bicycles and pedestrians.\n\nThe Queensferry Crossing remains open to all motorway traffic, thanks to its wind shielding.\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\nScottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) said it was prepared for any impact to its power supplies.\n\nIt said storm force winds and heavy rain could affect the Western Isles, north west Highlands and Argyll.\n\nSSEN said its weather modelling suggested wind gusts of up to 80mph were possible in exposed western areas.\n\nWest coast ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne (CalMac) has warned of potential disruption to its services.\n\nAlmost all CalMac's 28 routes were affected by bad weather on Monday, and the company has warned customers of possible delays and cancellations on Tuesday.\n\nAll sailings on its Ullapool to Stornoway passenger service on Tuesday have been cancelled, and CalMac warned of possible disruption to the freight service on the same route.\n\nNetwork Rail said waves were hitting the sea wall at Saltcoats on Tuesday morning but trains were still running as normal\n\nAmong other sailings cancelled were Ardmhor to Eriskay and the Oban, Coll and Tiree service.\n\nNorthlink Ferries said bad weather could affect its sailings between Aberdeen and Orkney and Shetland and across the Pentland Firth through to Thursday.\n\nNetwork Rail Scotland said it was keeping a \"close eye\" on coastal areas like Saltcoats in Ayrshire where the railway line has been affected by a rough weather coming at the same time as a high tide.\n\nThe company said waves were hitting the Saltcoats sea wall on Tuesday morning but trains were still running normally.\n\nThe travel warnings follow high winds on Monday, which affected some CalMac services and closed Edinburgh Zoo.\n\nCairngorm Mountain snowsports centre said it had experienced \"extremely high winds\" and the site would be closed on Tuesday.\n\nAnother snowsports centre, Nevis Range near Fort William, was unable to operate its gondola system on Monday due to high winds.\n\nFor the latest on the situation on the roads, visit BBC Scotland Travel\n\nBelow are a number of other traffic information sources for road, rail and ferry services.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Large crowds turned out for the funeral of the Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani.\n\nAs he led prayers for Soleimani, who was killed in a US drone strike, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei wept.", "Jeremy Corbyn has said he will not be endorsing a candidate to replace him as Labour leader.\n\nWhen asked whether he had made up his mind, he said: \"I won't be saying who I'll be voting for.\"\n\nIt comes as six leadership hopefuls set out their stall at a meeting of Labour MPs at Westminster.\n\nAll emphasised the need for change after its recent election defeat, Lisa Nandy saying the party would \"deserve to die\" if it didn't change course.\n\nThe MPs need to get the backing of at least 20 of their colleagues to get on to the ballot paper. The winner will be announced on 4 April.\n\nSheffield City region mayor and MP Dan Jarvis has, meanwhile, ruled out a leadership bid.\n\nShadow business secretary Rebecca Long Bailey, the latest candidate to enter the race, has vowed to build on Mr Corbyn's socialist policy agenda if she is elected leader.\n\nSpeaking earlier to ITV News, she said Mr Corbyn deserved full marks for his leadership of the party, describing him as the \"most honest, kind, principled politician\" she has ever met.\n\n\"What we can't ignore was that Jeremy was savaged from day one by the press.\n\n\"We have a role as a party to develop the image of our leader and to put them forward in the most positive way, but we also have a duty to rebut criticism and attacks.\"\n\nMr Corbyn told BBC News that Mrs Long Bailey was a \"wonderful colleague\", who had given him \"ten out of ten\", but added: \"I never mark my own homework.\"\n\nThe Labour MPs' leadership hustings was closed to the media, but some of the contenders released the text of the speeches they planned to make.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Who decides on the next Labour leader?\n\nShadow Brexit Secretary Sir Keir Starmer planned to tell MPs: \"I think we can restore trust in our Labour Party. We have got the talent in this room to do that, if we use it and if we pull together. I do believe we can force a way to victory.\"\n\nBackbencher Jess Phillips's team said she planned to make \"a passionate case for the party to elect a different sort of leader\".\n\n\"I don't want to be the leader of the opposition - I want to be prime minister,\" she was expected to tell her Labour colleagues.\n\nBBC Political Correspondent Iain Watson was among the reporters listening to the speeches in the corridor outside the meeting room.\n\nHe said Lisa Nandy told MPs ''never again can we let factions and friends of the leader determine where resources go\" during elections.\n\nThe Wigan MP said in her opening speech: \"This leadership debate is possibly the most important in our history. Now is not the time to steady the ship. If we do not change course we will die and we will deserve to.\"\n\nAll the candidates, including Emily Thornberry and Clive Lewis, were asked by Halifax MP Holly Lynch what they had done personally to help root out anti-Semitism in the party and what more they would do.\n\nMrs Long Bailey said voters didn't trust the party to deal with the issue and rectifying that was part of the process of \"rebuilding trust\".\n\nAccording to Labour peer Lord Hain, who was in the room, Ms Nandy said she would accept all the findings of a review into the party's procedures by the Equalities and Human Rights Commission and implement all its recommendations.\n\nMr Lewis told BBC's Newsnight he would be \"brutally honest\" about the state that Labour was in, saying policy making had become too centralised and the right and left were incapable of working together \"without putting a heel on the throat of the other\".\n\nHe also suggested that some people who had voted for Brexit were racist. \"The Brexit project had a number of components to it and one of them was racist. Some of it was about taking back control.\"", "Welsh mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins was helping a robbery victim when she was mugged by the girl\n\nA 15-year-old girl has admitted mugging singer Katherine Jenkins and stealing her phone in London.\n\nThe 39-year-old Welsh mezzo-soprano was attacked after intervening in a street robbery as she went to rehearse for a carol concert, on 4 December.\n\nAt Highbury Corner Youth Court, the girl admitted stealing Ms Jenkins' iPhone and assaulting a police officer.\n\nThe teenager was handed a six month referral order. She has offered to apologise to Ms Jenkins.\n\nThe singer was on her way to a rehearsal for the Henry van Straubenzee charity event, when she witnessed an \"older lady being mugged\" and intervened to help, her agent said.\n\n\"Katherine was then mugged herself,\" her agent added.\n\nAt the hearing, district judge Susan Williams also ordered the girl's mother to pay £20 in compensation.\n\nSabrina Fitzgerald, the girl's counsel, said the teenager took the phone \"because she thought she was being filmed\".\n\nThere were \"issues around peer pressure and poor decision-making skills\", she added.\n\nMs Jenkins was not in court for the hearing.", "A popular tourist rock formation in Puerto Rico has collapsed after a strong earthquake shook the island, damaging homes and causing power cuts.\n\nThe stone arch, known as Punta Ventana, was destroyed on Monday, when the earthquake hit.\n\nThe 5.8-magnitude quake struck at a depth of 6km (3.7 miles), off the Caribbean island's southern coast.\n\nNo tsunami alerts were issued and no casualties have been reported.\n\nThere were, however, reports of severe damage to buildings, landslides and widespread power cuts after the earthquake, which struck at 06:32 local time (10:32 GMT).\n\nPictures of the aftermath, showing homes upended from their foundations and cars crushed under buildings, were posted to social media.\n\nAmong them was a picture of Punta Ventana after it had collapsed into the ocean, near the southern town of Guayanilla.\n\nA local told the Miami Herald that Punta Ventana was \"one of the biggest tourism draws of Guayanilla\".\n\n\"Playa Ventana has collapsed. Today our icon rests in everyone's memory,\" Glidden López, a press officer for Guayanilla council, wrote in a Facebook post.\n\nIn an earlier post, Mr López said the rock formation had been damaged by previous tremors in recent days.\n\nSome homes were badly damaged by the powerful earthquake\n\nPuerto Rico, a US territory of around 3.2 million people, has been rattled by a series of earthquakes since 28 December. Monday's earthquake was the strongest yet, the US Geological Survey said.\n\nSeveral aftershocks, including a 5.1-magnitude quake more than four hours later, shook parts of the island.\n\nPuerto Rico, situated between the North America and Caribbean tectonic plates, is vulnerable to earthquakes, which have caused significant damage in the past.\n\nThe island is still recovering from Hurricane Maria, a Category 5 storm that devastated parts of the Caribbean in September 2017. In Puerto Rico alone, the hurricane is estimated to have killed 2,975 people and caused $100bn (£75bn) of damage.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Six months after Hurricane Maria, many Puerto Ricans suffered in the dark", "The assassination of Qasem Soleimani has plunged Iran and the United States into their most serious confrontation since the hostage crisis in 1979.\n\nPresident Donald Trump's decision to kill Soleimani removes one of the most obdurate and effective enemies of the US, and delivers a blow to the heart of the Islamic republic of Iran. It is also a dangerous escalation in a region that was already tense and full of violence.\n\nThe killing at Baghdad airport has increased tensions sharply, creating fears of a slide into an all-out war. That is no certainty. Neither the Americans nor the Iranians want one. But the crisis brought on by the killing of Soleimani - and a senior Iraqi ally - amplifies the chances of a bloody miscalculation.\n\nIran has sworn vengeance. That threat has to be taken seriously. Soleimani was at the core of the regime, and a talisman for Iran's hardliners. They will want to get even, perhaps more than that.\n\nDespite arms embargoes, Iran has developed a modern arsenal of rockets and missiles. But if it wanted to use them against US forces as part of a reprisal, Iran would risk making matters worse.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAn act of war to answer that of the US - for example attacking US ships in the Gulf - would risk provoking a devastating response. Iran's oil refineries are on the coast and would be easy targets for the vast firepower the US has in and around the Gulf.\n\nWhen Iran retaliates, it is likely to follow Soleimani's own indirect tactics: so-called asymmetric warfare, spurning an attack through the front door for one through a side window.\n\nSoleimani cultivated a range of well-armed militias, which give Iran options short of a head-to-head confrontation with the Americans which it would only lose.\n\nThe Americans will now be looking at their most vulnerable deployments in the Middle East. One is the small force in Syria.\n\nA big question is why the Americans chose now to kill Soleimani.\n\nHe had been a thorn in their sides since at least the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. He made sure Iraqi Shias raised, trained and equipped militias which became effective and ruthless fighters against the US and its allies.\n\nThe Americans and their allies in Israel and the West have tracked Soleimani closely for years. It's likely that he has been in their sights before.\n\nThe fact that this time the Americans pulled the trigger suggests that President Trump believes the reward is worth the risk, that the Iranian regime has been so weakened by isolation, economic sanctions and recent demonstrations that it will rage but not offer a serious strategic threat.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Trump - We took action to stop, not start a war\n\nBut it is not at all clear whether the assassination fits into a coherent US strategy, and such an assumption could be dangerous and wrong.\n\nSoleimani was a colossal figure inside Iran. He was its strategic mastermind. Perhaps he left a plan of steps to take if he were killed.\n\nThis assassination at the start of a new year and a new decade might turn into another Middle Eastern milestone, touching off another sequence of bloody events.\n\nTo begin with, the Iranian regime must now be planning its answer to his death, to show that the position Soleimani spent so long creating outside its borders in the Middle East can be defended.", "Iwan Roberts was a striker at Norwich City for seven years\n\nA former Wales and Norwich City footballer has agreed to brain tests for the rest of his life as part of a study into early signs of dementia.\n\nIwan Roberts, 51, who played more than 800 games, is urging other male and female ex-players to sign up.\n\nRecent research found they had a higher risk of dying from dementia than the average person - linked to repeated heading of the ball.\n\nThe University of East Anglia study will use online tests to spot changes.\n\n\"I scored with my head a lot,\" said the striker, who chalked up 239 goals during his 20-year career, which ended in 2005.\n\n\"I want to see if there is anything I should be concerned about in the foreseeable future.\"\n\nRoberts has already taken a series of simple memory, attention and spatial-awareness tests and he will repeat them every six months.\n\nResearchers will then compare his results with those of an active person of similar age.\n\n\"I'm a big believer in prevention is better than cure,\" Roberts said.\n\n\"The sooner I know the signs are there, the better.\"\n\nThe balls were lighter now, Roberts said, but there were still risks to players, particularly children, who he thinks should be banned from heading the ball until a certain age.\n\nLittle is known about when ex-players start to show signs of dementia, and even less about the effects in women\n\n\"When I started playing, the balls were hard to head, it was painful sometimes - but I didn't think of it at the time,\" he said.\n\n\"The pain was worth it though.\"\n\nNow, Iwan said, he was going to ask other former Norwich City players to get involved in the Scores study, which will be published anonymously.\n\n\"The research they are doing here will help everybody,\" he added.\n\nUEA wants to raise £1m to fund the research and plans to crowdfund at least 10% of it.\n\nLead researcher Dr Michael Grey, from the school of health sciences, said: \"We now know that there is much higher risk of dementia in former professional footballers and we think this is related to repetitive heading of the ball.\"\n\n\"So there will be many footballers out there who are understandably very worried about their futures.\"\n\nThe Drake Foundation, which funds research into concussion and head injuries in sport, said: \"We're very pleased to see the issue of the long-term effects of head impacts in sport gaining more momentum.\"\n\nIt added the study would \"provide new insights that will contribute to a richer understanding of the link between football and neurodegenerative disease\", and particularly in women.\n\nThe FA said it welcomed all research in this area and looked forward to the findings of the study.\n\n\"We have taken steps... to review possible changes to heading coaching and training at all levels of the game, as well as identifying new areas of research,\" it said.\n• None BBC One - Alan Shearer- Dementia, Football and Me\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "An early life full of neglect, deprivation and adversity leads to people growing up with smaller brains, a study suggests.\n\nThe researchers at King's College London were following adopted children who spent time in \"hellhole\" Romanian orphanages.\n\nThey grew up with brains 8.6% smaller than other adoptees.\n\nThe researchers said it was the \"most compelling\" evidence of the impact on the adult brain.\n\nThe appalling care at the orphanages came to light after the fall of Romania's communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in 1989.\n\n\"I remember TV pictures of those institutions, they were shocking,\" Prof Edmund Sonuga-Barke, who now leads the study following those children, told the BBC.\n\nHe described the institutions as \"hellholes\" where children were \"chained into their cots, rocking, filthy and emaciated\".\n\nThe children were physically and psychologically deprived with little social contact, no toys and often ravaged by disease.\n\nThe children studied had spent between two weeks and nearly four years in such institutions.\n\nPrevious studies on children who were later adopted by loving families in the UK showed they were still experiencing mental health problems in adulthood.\n\nHigher levels of traits including autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and a lack of fear of strangers (disinhibited social engagement disorder) have all been documented.\n\nThe latest study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is the first to scan the brains for answers.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThere were 67 Romanian adoptees in the study and their brains were compared to 21 adoptees who did not suffer early life deprivation.\n\n\"What we found is really quite striking,\" Prof Sonuga-Barke told the BBC.\n\nFirst the total brain volume - the size of the brain - was 8.6% smaller in the Romanian adoptees on average.\n\nAnd the longer they spent in the Romanian orphanages, the greater the reduction in brain size.\n\nHowever, the impact on the brain was not uniform.\n\nProf Mitul Mehta, one of the researchers, said: \"We found structural differences between the two groups in three regions of the brain.\n\n\"These regions are linked to functions such as organisation, motivation, integration of information and memory.\"\n\nThe researchers say these findings could help explain lower IQ and higher rates of ADHD in these adults.\n\nWhat the study cannot explain is what exactly about early life neglect and deprivation has this effect on the brain.\n\nIt means it is hard to work out the effect of other early life traumas such as abuse or being a refugee.\n\nHowever, the study is clear that the impact on the developing brain goes far beyond just poor nutrition.\n\nProf Sonuga-Barke said: \"This study is important because it highlights for the first time, in a compelling way, the power of the early environment and early adversity to shape brain development.\n\n\"It drives impairments over this long period of time - over 20 years - even when children have received top-notch care in loving adoptive families.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn theory, the Iran nuclear deal is still in existence. But only just.\n\nThe country has announced that it will no longer be bound by any of its restrictions in terms of the numbers or type of centrifuges that can be operated or the level of enrichment of uranium that it can pursue.\n\nBut Tehran insists that all of the steps it has taken to breach the agreement - formally called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) - are reversible. Other parties have to honour its terms, which presumably means that the US must abandon its crushing economic sanctions and endorse the deal once more.\n\nIt is very hard to imagine President Donald Trump abandoning his \"maximum pressure\" campaign and lifting the sanctions, so that may well be a non-starter.\n\nAt the very least, the Europeans must find some payment mechanism to make up for the damage that is being done to the Iranian economy. They have tried to do this but so far to no great effect.\n\nGovernments can posture from the sidelines but it is up to individual companies to decide if they want to trade with Iran and risk the weight of US sanctions. The evidence so far is that they do not.\n\nSo is the nuclear agreement dead and buried, or could it be revived? If it is well and truly defunct, then why not simply acknowledge this fact? And who exactly killed it?\n\nThe last question is the easiest to answer. For in a purely technical sense, looking at the agreement and its implementation, the Iranians have a point when they blame the US.\n\nThe deal has effectively been on life support ever since the Trump administration abandoned it in May 2018. Donald Trump has consistently railed against former President Barack Obama's \"bad deal\". But all of its other signatories - the UK, France, Russia, China, Germany and the EU - still believe it has merit.\n\nThe JCPOA was never designed to be a perfect deal - there is no such thing. Its purpose was to constrain Iran's nuclear programme for a set period in a largely verifiable way.\n\nThere was a hope that as economic benefits came to Iran, its wider disruptive policies might change. By the time the constraints of the agreement finally expired, perhaps there would be an altogether different Iran from the one we know today.\n\nBut the deal's main rationale - a particularly significant one given the current crisis - was that it helped to avert war. Before its signature, there was mounting concern about Tehran's nuclear activities and every chance that Israel (or possibly Israel and the US in tandem) might attack Iran's nuclear facilities.\n\nIran has always insisted that it does not want the bomb. But at one point it certainly had a military nuclear programme. The specifically military aspects of its nuclear programme were halted some time ago, but its enrichment effort, the hardening of its facilities against attack, and its developing missile programme, all stoked fears that Tehran would one day get to a point where it could \"break out\" and dash towards a bomb.\n\nThe whole point of the 2015 deal was to make this \"break-out\" time sufficient to ensure that any military-related activities would be spotted in time for international action to be taken.\n\nThe deal went into force. But then along came President Trump and he wanted the agreement gone. Sanctions were re-imposed. Iran condemned this as a breach of the whole deal and thus determined to take action itself.\n\nIt should be noted that prior to the US withdrawal, the international nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, was clear: Iran was living up to its side of the bargain.\n\nSince the US withdrawal, Iran (albeit after some delay) has successively breached some of the key constraints of the deal. Now it appears to be throwing these constraints over altogether. What matters now is precisely what it decides to do.\n\nWill it up its level of uranium enrichment to 20%? This would significantly reduce the time it would take Tehran to obtain suitable material for a bomb. Will it continue to abide by enhanced international inspection measures?\n\nMuch has been made in Washington of Iran's wider regional behaviour. Signing the nuclear deal made no difference to this. Indeed, the initial relaxation of sanctions may have provided funds for Iran's expansive regional campaign of influence.\n\nBut that is not what the agreement was designed to constrain. It was a nuclear agreement alone and according to most of its signatories it was working up until the US walked away.\n\nWe are now at the destination the Trump administration clearly hoped for in May 2018. But the major powers, while deeply unhappy about Iran's breaches of the deal, are also shocked at the controversial decision by Mr Trump to kill the head of Iran's Quds Force - a decision that has again brought the US and Iran to the brink of war.\n\nThe tensions between the US and many of its European allies complicate things no end. Nobody other than President Trump wants to declare the agreement dead. Once it is gone and Iran is breaching its terms, the Europeans will have to decide whether to renew nuclear-related sanctions themselves.\n\nAccepting the deal's demise might make a difficult situation even worse and Iran clearly sees value in holding to the empty shell of the agreement - a least, to differentiate itself from Washington.", "The teenager had a list of weapons he wanted to buy\n\nThe youngest person to be convicted of planning a terror attack in the UK has been detained for more than six years.\n\nThe now 17-year-old wrote about an \"inevitable race war\" in his diary and listed locations from his home city of Durham in a \"guerrilla warfare\" manual.\n\nA jury had found the boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, guilty of preparation of terrorist acts between October 2017 and March 2018.\n\nHe was sentenced to six years and eight months at Manchester Crown Court.\n\nJudge David Stockdale QC told the boy: \"These are offences of the utmost seriousness.\"\n\nThe teenager drew up a \"hit list\" of areas he wanted to attack\n\nHe also ordered the detention be followed by an extension period on licence of five years.\n\nThe six-week trial heard he was an adherent of \"occult neo-Nazism\", and described himself as a \"natural sadist\".\n\nHis attack preparations included researching explosives and trying to obtain the dangerous chemical ammonium nitrate.\n\nHe also wrote of planning to carry out an arson spree targeting synagogues in the Durham area using Molotov cocktails.\n\nThe teenager was flanked by a guard during the hearing\n\nAddressing the defendant, the judge described him as a widely-read \"young man of high intellect\", adding this made it a matter of \"infinite regret\" that he had persisted on \"such a twisted and - many would say sick - ideological path\".\n\nHe said the evidence in the trial \"tells its own macabre story\", and while his young age was a powerful mitigating factor, it was also a \"most disturbing\" aspect of the case.\n\n\"You suffer from an autistic spectrum disorder\", he told him, saying it was common ground between experts.\n\nThe judge also said the teenager had written him a letter expressing \"remorse\".\n\nAs well as being found guilty of preparation of terrorist acts, he was also convicted of disseminating a terrorist publication, possessing an article for a purpose connected with terrorism and three counts of possessing a document or record containing information likely to be useful to a terrorist.\n\nHis trial heard he had visited websites on firearms and was in communication with a gun auctioneer.\n\nAfter his arrest in March 2019, police found him in possession of instructions showing to make bombs and ricin - and that he had distributed firearms manuals online by uploading them to a neo-Nazi website.\n\nEarlier in the sentencing hearing, prosecutor Michelle Nelson QC described it as \"a gamut of offending across the terrorism legislation\".\n\nMitigating, Nigel Evans QC said the teenager's lack of contrition may be \"interpreted as part of his autism, his ADHD\", and his parents, who previously \"didn't believe anything was wrong\", were \"now fully engaged\".\n\nSpeaking after sentencing, Det Ch Supt Martin Snowden from Durham Police said: \"It is never an easy decision to investigate, to arrest and prosecute children of this age.\n\n\"We only do this when we think it is the last resort for us to go down that line.\n\n\"Prevention is always better than prosecution - we would have always preferred to engage earlier and divert him away from these beliefs and this activity.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Hackers are holding foreign exchange company Travelex to ransom after a cyber-attack forced the firm to turn off all computer systems and resort to using pen and paper.\n\nOn New Year's Eve, hackers launched their attack on the Travelex network.\n\nAs a result, the company took down its websites across 30 countries to contain \"the virus and protect data\".\n\nA ransomware gang called Sodinokibi has told the BBC it is behind the hack and wants Travelex to pay $6m (£4.6m).\n\nThe gang, also known as REvil, claims to have gained access to the company's computer network six months ago and to have downloaded 5GB of sensitive customer data.\n\nDates of birth, credit card information and national insurance numbers are all in their possession, they say.\n\nThe hackers said: \"In the case of payment, we will delete and will not use that [data]base and restore them the entire network.\n\n\"The deadline for doubling the payment is two days. Then another seven days and the sale of the entire base.\"\n\nThe Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said it had not received a data breach report from Travelex.\n\nA spokeswoman added: \"Organisations must notify the ICO within 72 hours of becoming aware of a personal data breach unless it does not pose a risk to people's rights and freedoms.\n\n\"If an organisation decides that a breach doesn't need to be reported, they should keep their own record of it and be able to explain why it wasn't reported if necessary.\"\n\nUnder General Data Protection Regulation, a company that fails to comply can face a maximum fine of 4% of its global turnover.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police is leading the investigation into the attack.\n\nIn a statement, the force said: \"On Thursday, 2 January, the Met's Cyber Crime Team were contacted with regards to a reported ransomware attack involving a foreign currency exchange. Inquiries into the circumstances are ongoing.\"\n\nTravelex says it is working with police and has deployed teams of IT specialists and external cyber-security experts who have been working continuously.\n\nAccording to Fabian Wosar, a ransomware expert at cyber security company Emsisoft, the attack has all the hallmarks of the REvil gang.\n\n\"With what we know about the incident and the hackers' mode of operation in the past paints a consistent picture, which leads me to believe that REvil indeed hit Travelex,\" he said.\n\n\"The REvil/Sodinokibi group has been a quite sophisticated group for a long time now. The quoted ransom demands are consistent for the gang's victims of Travelex's size.\n\n\"Stealing data essentially gives threat actors additional bargaining chips when it comes to dealing with companies unwilling to pay the ransom. The idea is to weaponise the hefty fines associated with GDPR violations to pressure the company into paying.\"\n\nThe recovery operation is being co-ordinated from a Travelex office in the UK and the company insists that no customer data has been leaked.\n\nBut it would not say what data could potentially be at risk.\n\nTravelex websites across Europe, Asia and the US have been offline since 31 December, with a message to visitors that they are down for \"planned maintenance\".\n\nVisitors to the Travelex website are told that the site is down for \"planned maintenance\".\n\nCustomers have not been sent any email communication about the cyber-attack, but queries are being replied to on social media by the company.\n\n\"The public response from Travelex has been shockingly bad,\" said security researcher Kevin Beaumont.\n\n\"The Travelex UK website still only says 'planned maintenance', a week after the problems began - many customers will be completely unaware hackers gained access to their network, and allegedly their personal data,\" he said.\n\n\"Travelex have a responsibility to clearly communicate with customers and business partners the gravity of the situation.\"\n\nTravelex's decision to take down its site has meant the large network of other firms that use its services cannot sell currency online.\n\nThe company has said it is keeping its partners up to date on the response to the cyber-attack.\n\nVirgin Money's site showed an error message, which said: \"Our online, foreign currency purchasing service is temporarily unavailable due to planned maintenance. The system will be back online shortly.\"\n\nSainsbury's Bank also said its online travel money services were unavailable, although it said customers could still buy travel money in its stores. In a statement to the BBC, the bank said: \"We're in close contact with Travelex so that we can resume our online service as soon as possible.\"\n\nSainsbury's Bank's website said it was not able to take money orders online.\n\nA spokesperson for First Direct, which is owned by HSBC, said: \"Unfortunately, our online travel money service is currently unavailable due to a service issue with third party service provider, Travelex.\"\n\nIn a statement on Thursday, Travelex boss Tony D'Souza said: \"We regret having to suspend some of our services in order to contain the virus and protect data.\"\n\nThe company has resorted to carrying out transactions manually, providing foreign-exchange services over the counter in its branches.\n\n\"We apologise to all our customers for any inconvenience caused as a result,\" Mr D'Souza said in the statement.\n\nThe company has since told the BBC that its systems are currently down and it is unable to sell or reload its pre-paid travel cards. But, it said: \"Existing cards continue to function as normal and customers in the UK can continue to spend and withdraw money from ATMs.\n\n\"For customers who have ordered money online, please contact Travelex customer services by phone or via social media to discuss their individual situation and requirements.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Protesters say they believe the British woman's rape claim\n\nA British woman has been given a four-month suspended sentence after being found guilty of lying about being raped by a group of young Israelis in Cyprus.\n\nThe 19-year-old hugged her family and left court weeping after she was sentenced for public mischief.\n\nHer sentence was suspended for three years, and she has been ordered to pay €148 (£125) in legal fees. She is is now on her way back to the UK.\n\nWomen's rights groups protested outside court ahead of the sentencing.\n\nBBC correspondent Anna Holligan said the puffy-eyed teenager embraced her mother as chants of \"We believe you,\" and \"No means no,\" filtered into the courtroom from the protest outside.\n\nSupporters from Cyprus and a group of 50 women who travelled from Israel gathered outside the Famagusta District Court on Tuesday holding placards.\n\nThe teenager's mother shouted \"she's coming home\" to the group following sentencing, and told reporters she felt \"relieved\".\n\nAddressing the crowd, the teenager's mother said: \"I just want to thank each and every one of you for turning up today, having belief, having faith and making sure we get justice.\"\n\nThe teenager was later pictured with her mother at Larnaca Airport ahead of their flight back to the UK.\n\nIn court, Judge Michalis Papathanasiou told the teenager he was giving her a \"second chance\".\n\nThe 19-year-old was put on trial and convicted in December after recanting a claim that she had been raped by a group of 12 young men in a hotel room in July.\n\nShe said Cypriot police had made her falsely confess to lying about the incident - something police have denied.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"We're pleased she's going home\", lawyer Lewis Power QC says\n\nThe woman's lawyer, Lewis Power QC, told BBC News the case was \"not finished by any means\".\n\nHe said: \"We will be seeking an expedited appeal to the Supreme Court of Cyprus and we will also be considering going to the European Court of Human Rights.\n\n\"We do not feel we have had justice in terms of how the trial progressed, the manner in which it was conducted, the initial police investigation and the fact that we feel she did not receive a fair trial.\"\n\nWhen Cyprus gained its independence from the UK in 1960 it inherited the English Common Law system, so there are great similarities between its system and our own before then.\n\nWhile both systems have moved on, there has been major reform of the UK criminal justice process which does not apply in Cyprus.\n\nIn the 1970s a series of miscarriages of justice cases, including the Guildford Four and Birmingham Six, highlighted shortcomings in the treatment of those detained by the police.\n\nSince 1984 new legislation in the UK introduced codes of practice governing the rights of suspects in detention.\n\nIn enshrined, for instance, tape recorded interviews, the right to a solicitor, and the supervision and oversight of suspects by custody sergeants independent of the investigation.\n\nThis does not apply in Cyprus, where interviews are still hand-written.\n\nIn that sense the Cypriot criminal justice system provides less protection to suspects than the UK system does.\n\nHowever, it is a fair trial system and criticisms that can be levelled at it, could be equally levelled at other countries who are signed up to the European Convention on Human Rights.\n\nOnce the appeal system in Cyprus has been exhausted, there could be an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on the grounds that the system in Cyprus has breached the right to a fair trial.\n\nDuring sentencing, the judge said he was \"troubled\" about the case.\n\n\"All the evidence shows that she had lied and prevented the police from doing other serious jobs,\" he said.\n\n\"Twelve people were arrested and seven of them were there for at least 10 days. That was also a serious offence.\n\n\"Her psychological state, her youth, that she has been away from her family, her friends and academic studies this year.\n\n\"This has led me to decide to give her a second chance and suspend the sentence for three years.\"\n\nIsraeli lawyer Nir Islovich, who represented four of the 12 men in the case, welcomed the decision. \"What was important to us was that she would be convicted of the charges brought against her,\" he said.\n\n\"That happened with full adoption of the facts as presented by my clients.\"\n\nProtesters outside court insisted she should never have been convicted.\n\nOrit Sulitzeanu, head of the Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel, told BBC News the conviction was \"unbelievable\".\n\n\"She is not to blame at all,\" Ms Sulitzeanu said. \"This sentence reflects backward thinking and not understanding the dynamics of rape. The judge here must learn what happens to the victim of sexual abuse.\"\n\nShe added: \"This is a young lady, she will go to university, she will go to have a job and she has a criminal offence. It will influence her life. This four-months suspended sentence is bad from the beginning.\"\n\nOrit Sulitzeanu (right) with supporters from Israel\n\nSusana Pavlou, director at the Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies in Cyprus, said the case had sparked a \"culture of protest\" in the country.\n\n\"This year it has been revealed how broken our criminal justice system is - broadly in terms of police and social services response to violence against women, and the lack of specialist services.\n\n\"It's heartening to see how this has ignited women's rights campaigners and a women's rights movement focusing on this issue.\n\n\"This is not going to go away, we will not be silenced.\"\n\nThe teenager told police she was raped on 17 July at the Pambos Napa Rocks Hotel.\n\nTwelve men were arrested but later freed and returned home after she retracted her claims.\n\nShe was charged and spent about a month in prison before being granted bail in August ahead of her trial, at which she pleaded not guilty to causing public mischief by falsely accusing the group of raping her.\n\nUK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was \"pleased\" she could now return to the UK, his spokesman said.\n\nDowning Street said the UK government had highlighted its \"concerns about the judicial process in this case and the woman's right to a fair trial\" to the Cypriot authorities.", "Jeremy Corbyn now responds for Labour, first asking where the prime minister is and what he is doing instead of being in the Commons. He says Mr Johnson has not answered his letter of concern about the Iran crisis and is \"hiding behind his defence secretary\".\n\nMr Corbyn asks whether the government believes the killing of General Soleimani was legal and what evidence it has for the claim the US was acting in self defence.\n\nHe says the country which will suffer the most in the aftermath of the killing is Iraq and asks whether the UK will respect Iraqi sovereignty if it asks for all foreign troops to leave its territory.\n\nFinally, he also asks what the government is doing to secure the release of British-Iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe from an Iranian jail.\n\nMr Wallace responds that Mr Johnson is \"running the country\" and he is the right person to answer these questions.\n\nThe defence secretary says the government has seen evidence of threats posed by Soleimani and it's main priority now is de-escalation and \"keeping people safe\".", "Russian firm Yandex is hoping to impress CES delegates with its self-driving cars\n\nDriverless cars have become a staple of CES but in the past they've generally been kept stationary on the show floor.\n\nWhen Russian tech giant Yandex invited me to go for a ride on the actual streets of Las Vegas in its model - a reworked Toyota Prius loaded with sensors and a big computer in the boot - I was expecting to be underwhelmed.\n\nI've seen mini-delivery trucks pootle around at walking speeds on test tracks and I've been in a driverless car with a human very much at the wheel, fingers nervously poised millimetres from the steering wheel \"just in case\".\n\nAnd rightly so - when autonomous car tech goes wrong, as Tesla and Uber can both testify, the results can be catastrophic.\n\nWith all that in mind, I wasn't expecting there to be no driver at all.\n\nIt's a disconcerting thing to be sitting in the backseat of a car with nobody between you and the windshield, especially when that vehicle is travelling at 40mph (64km/h) with pedestrians nearby.\n\nA man called Alexei, the \"engineer\", was in the front passenger seat - so there was a \"just in case\" of sorts.\n\nAlexei had a comically large red button that would have done, well, something dramatic, I suppose. They wouldn't let me press it.\n\nBut as we hit speeds of 44mph on our 20-minute driverless drive, we changed lanes numerous times and negotiated busy junctions without human input - emergency or otherwise.\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 Zoe Kleinman @ CES 🎙️💻🤖 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\nYandex has a surprisingly low profile in the West given that it is often referred to as \"the Russian Google\". Just like Google, it is a tech giant with fingers in many pies. It says most of its revenue still comes from its search engine, which enjoys a 60% market share in Russia.\n\nIt entered the driverless car game in 2016, and got its vehicle on public roads in December 2017. Since then, it has honed the tech on the streets of Moscow and Tel Aviv.\n\nYandex's fleet has clocked 1.5 million miles (2.4 million km) of autonomous driving so far. That puts it behind the likes of Google's Waymo, which had achieved more than 10 million as of July 2019.\n\n\"The robot drivers which we are developing, they cannot get distracted,\" Yulia Shveyko, head of media relations for Yandex driverless cars, tells me.\n\nThe fleet is already used by Yandex's rideshare service in Moscow.\n\n\"So we have passengers who are using our app to order rides. They're going to the university, post office, grocery store, and it's completely integrated into their typical routines,\" she adds.\n\n\"And what we've seen is that within a very quick time period, once they feel safe it starts to feel very normal.\"\n\nI can't vouch for this of course - except to say next time I am in Moscow, I will try to rock up at a supermarket in a driverless car and see if anybody bats an eyelid.\n\nI have to admit that after an exhilarating first few minutes, it all felt pretty normal to me too.\n\nLater, I decided to take a second driverless ride - this time from rideshare service Lyft, which is offering driverless journeys around Las Vegas in its fleet of adapted BMWs during CES.\n\nMy colleague Cody and I didn't tell them we were journalists, mainly because we couldn't get a word in edgeways, but this was a far more cautious journey.\n\nThere were two humans in the front - a driver and a man called Dan who seemed to be a kind of tour guide. The vehicle was actually in manual mode much of the time. Not all of the hotels have agreed to this tech being used on their private property, so getting on and off the strip required human effort.\n\nIf you want an opinion about anything, ask a cabbie. So, later on, I hopped into yet another car, showed the driver, Steve, a little video I filmed of the Yandex experience and asked him what he thought.\n\n\"Driverless cars are scary to me,\" he said.\n\n\"I need to be in control or somebody needs to be in control, not the computer-control.\"\n\nYandex may well claim everyone is happily hopping into driverless cars in Moscow - but the mood might be colder elsewhere.", "Jozef Dudek died after an Ikea Malm dresser toppled over onto him in 2017\n\nThe Swedish furniture giant Ikea has agreed to pay $46m (£35m) to the parents of a child who was killed when a chest of drawers fell on him.\n\nJozef Dudek, 2, suffocated in May 2017 when the company's Malm drawers toppled over at the family's California home.\n\nThe item, which weighs 70lbs (32kg), had been recalled a year earlier over safety concerns after three other children were killed.\n\nIt is the largest child wrongful death settlement in US history, lawyers say.\n\n\"While no settlement can alter the tragic events that brought us here, for the sake of the family and all involved, we're grateful that this litigation has reached a resolution,\" a spokeswoman for Ikea said.\n\n\"We remain committed to working... to address this very important home safety issue,\" she added.\n\nIn a statement, the child's parents, Joleen and Craig Dudek, said they were \"devastated\" by the loss of their son.\n\nMalm dressers are seen at an Ikea store in China where they were also recalled in 2016\n\n\"We never thought that a two-year-old could cause a dresser just 30 inches (76cm) high to topple over and suffocate him,\" they said. \"It was only later that we learned that [it] was unstable by design.\"\n\n\"We are telling our story because we do not want this to happen to another family,\" the couple added. They urged anyone who still has a recalled Ikea dresser to return it.\n\nThe family also said they would donate $1m of the settlement to groups working to protect children from dangerous products.\n\nIn 2016, Ikea recalled millions of Malm chests of drawers in North America over safety concerns. It was the largest recall in the company's history.\n\nInitially, the company warned customers to use wall mounts with them, but the death of a third child prompted the action.\n\nLeft to right: Camden Ellis, Curren Collas and Ted McGee were killed by falling Ikea dressers\n\nCamden Ellis, 2, Curren Collas, 2, and 23-month-old Ted McGee were all crushed by the product.\n\nIn December of that year, the company agreed to pay $50m (£40m) in a combined settlement to the families of the three toddlers.\n\nUnder that settlement, Ikea agreed to only sell chests in the US that meet or exceed the national voluntary safety standard for clothing storage units.\n\nThe deaths prompted the US Consumer Product Safety Commission to launch an education campaign about the risk of falling chests of drawers.\n\nIn 2017, the company re-launched the recall in the US and Canada. It said items in its Malm range and other chests and dressers pose a \"serious tip-over and entrapment hazard\" if not secured to a wall.", "Artwork: The 250kg satellites have a \"flatpack\" design which unfolds a solar array in orbit\n\nCalifornia's SpaceX company has launched another 60 satellites in its Starlink network.\n\nIt brings to 182 the number of spacecraft the firm has now put in the sky as part of its plan to provide a global broadband internet service.\n\nThe latest platforms went up on a Falcon-9 rocket, which left from Cape Canaveral in Florida.\n\nThe new additions mean SpaceX now operates more commercial satellites in orbit than any other company.\n\nPlanet Labs, also of California, has the next biggest working constellation at just under 150. Its spacecraft are used to image the Earth's surface.\n\nSpaceX has permission from regulators to launch up to 12,000 platforms but has talked of an eventual 40,000, depending on how the project develops.\n\nTwo more batches of 60 could go up before the month is out, as the firm endeavours to start offering some regional broadband links later this year.\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 SpaceX 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 the roll-out has brought a wave of criticism from astronomers who complain that large numbers of artificial objects in the night sky will ruin their view of the cosmos.\n\nTo reinforce these complaints, scientists have been releasing pictures of trains of bright dots passing overhead - reflections from the satellites as they move around the globe.\n\nSpaceX believes the concerns are overstated, however.\n\nThe company concedes the Starlinks are bright shortly after launch but says this is the result of the configuration the satellites adopt as they raise themselves up from an altitude of 290km to 550km.\n\nOnce in their final orbit, the spacecraft should be barely visible, the company says; and it is providing detailed Starlink coordinates to astronomy groups so that they can better plan their observations to avoid interference.\n\nOne the 60 satellites on the latest mission also had an experimental coating to see if that could further reduce its reflectivity.\n\nWhether the scientists will be satisfied remains to be seen.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A time-lapse of the Starlink satellites taken from the Peak District\n\nThe American Astronomical Society has convened a special session this week at its meeting in Hawaii to discuss the issue. Patricia Cooper, vice president of satellite government affairs at SpaceX, will be participating.\n\nWhat alarms many skywatchers is that the Hawthorne-headquartered company is not the only one with a design for a so-called \"mega-constellation\".\n\nUK-based OneWeb wants to put up an initial 650 broadband satellites. Six demonstrators were launched last year but from next month, the London firm hopes to be lofting about 30 a month.\n\nThe Amazon online retailer wants to get into this business, too. Its proposed Kuiper project is at a less advanced stage but the numbers of satellites being considered for the operational network are in excess of 3,000.\n\nAn earlier flight: This rocket has launched on three previous occasions\n\nTo put all these numbers in some context: today, there are just 2,200 working satellites of all types in the sky, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists.\n\nThe broadband mega-constellations will cost billions of dollars to roll out. SpaceX, though, can mitigate a lot of the financial pressure because it is flying re-usable rockets.\n\nEvery time a Starlink mission goes up, it does so on a vehicle that has essentially already been purchased by someone else for a previous satellite deployment.\n\nThe rocket used this week was making its fourth ascent.", "The damaged mound is believed to be at least 3,000 years old\n\nPolice are investigating \"appalling damage\" at a Bronze Age burial mound which dates back 3,000-4,000 years.\n\nGwent Police Rural Crime Team said the destruction was caused by off-road vehicles and said immediate prevention measures were being put in place.\n\nThe Woodland Trust shared pictures of its Wentwood site, near Newport, on Monday afternoon, where tyre tracks covered the monument.\n\nSite manager Rob Davies said damage has been \"an ongoing problem\".\n\n\"A feature that is around 3,000-4,000 years old has been damaged within a few minutes,\" he added.\n\n\"This is a Bronze Age burial mound, a scheduled ancient monument, and the damage caused is therefore a criminal offence.\"\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 Davies went on: \"There has, unfortunately been an on-going problem with damage to this and similar features within Wentwood.\n\n\"The Trust has been spending around £1,500 a year to try to keep vehicles way from them, and following this damage, we will be undertaking further work.\"\n\nGwnt Police Rural Crime Team described the damage as \"appalling\"\n\nSite managers believe the damage took place sometime between Christmas Day and 6 January\n\nSite managers believe the latest damage took place sometime between Christmas Day and 6 January.\n\nThe Woodland Trust said that Wentwood forms part of the largest block of ancient woodland in Wales, with a number of Bronze Age burial mounds on its ridge tops.\n\nIn a tweet, police said: \"Investigating appalling damage caused to a #Bronze Age burial mound by off road vehicles. Immediate intervention measures being introduced to prevent further damage.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Who decides on the next Labour leader?\n\nRebecca Long Bailey has become the sixth candidate to join the race to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader.\n\nIn an article for the Tribune magazine, she said Labour needed a \"socialist leader who can work with our movement, rebuild our communities and fight for the policies we believe in\".\n\nShe joins Sir Keir Starmer, Emily Thornberry, Clive Lewis, Lisa Nandy and Jess Phillips in the contest.\n\nLabour's new leader, and deputy leader, will be announced on 4 April.\n\nThe six leadership contenders are facing questions from Labour MPs at a hustings in Westminster, as the three-month contest officially gets under way.\n\nIn her article, Mrs Long Bailey said Labour had a \"mountain to climb\" to get back to power, but there was a \"path to victory\" if the party stayed true to its socialist values.\n\nThe Salford and Eccles MP, who has been shadow business secretary since 2016, is backed by her flatmate and deputy leadership contender Angela Rayner. She also has the support of key figures within Mr Corbyn's inner circle, including shadow chancellor John McDonnell.\n\nMr McDonnell said he was also backing the shadow justice secretary, Richard Burgon, to be his party's deputy leader.\n\nMr Corbyn, though, said he would not be publicly backing anyone - although he commented that Mrs Long Bailey was a \"wonderful colleague\".\n\nAsked what he thought of her telling ITV she rated his leadership at \"10 out of 10,\" he commented: \"I never mark my own homework.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nLabour chairman Ian Lavery has ruled out a bid for the leadership and also thrown his weight behind Mrs Long Bailey, saying she \"has the intellect, drive and determination to take forward and develop the popular, common sense socialist policies that Jeremy Corbyn has championed\".\n\nBarnsley Central MP Dan Jarvis, who had previously indicated he might stand for the leader post, also ruled himself out of the contest on Tuesday, saying he wanted to concentrate on his role as mayor for the Sheffield City region.\n\nRebecca Long Bailey is pitching herself as the \"carry on Corbyn\" candidate.\n\nIt's no big surprise - she has long been a stalwart of Camp Corbyn. She's been ultra loyal to the Labour leader in the shadow cabinet and in the NEC (the party's ruling body).\n\nIn her launch article in the Tribune, she makes absolutely clear that she stands by the Corbyn policies that the party put before the electorate.\n\nInterestingly, though, in a subsequent interview with the BBC, she adopted a slightly more nuanced approach.\n\nShe acknowledged that Brexit harmed the party in the election. She also conceded on anti-Semitism - saying that behind the scenes she was pressing for tougher action on this.\n\nMrs Long Bailey said Labour's election defeat last month, its fourth in a row, was due to a failure of campaign strategy and the \"lack of a coherent narrative\", rather than a rejection of its policies.\n\nIf elected leader, she said there would be no return to the \"Tory lite\" agenda which she said had held the party back for many years.\n\nShe told BBC Radio 4's Today programme she was \"not your typical politician\" and could be trusted to \"fight the establishment tooth and nail\".\n\nShe also said that she had argued against Labour's Brexit policy in shadow cabinet, suggesting the focus at the election should have been on getting a \"good deal\" rather than another referendum.\n\nMeanwhile, Ian Murray, Scotland's only remaining Labour MP, and MP for Tooting Rosena Allin-Khan are the latest to join the race to replace Tom Watson as deputy leader.\n\nAnnouncing his candidature, Mr Murray - a long-time critic of Jeremy Corbyn - said the architects of the party's ''catastrophic failure\" in 2019 could not be allowed to lead the response.\n\nLabour MP for Tooting Rosena Allin-Khan has announced she will run for deputy leader\n\nAnd Dr Allin-Khan, in her pitch, told Today the party had to \"learn from mistakes from the past\" and \"listen to those who have lost faith\".\n\nUnder the timetable agreed by Labour's ruling body on Monday, the contenders have until 13 January to show they have the support of the 22 MPs and MEPs required to get on the ballot paper.\n\nThey must also demonstrate they have the backing of 5% of local Labour parties and three affiliated bodies - two of which must be trade unions.", "Jay Sewell was fatally stabbed through a car window, the Old Bailey heard\n\nA man who recruited his parents and a group of his friends to kill a love rival has been jailed for life.\n\nDaniel Grogan, 20, was \"consumed with hatred and jealousy\" of Jay Sewell, 18, after finding out he was seeing his ex-girlfriend, the Old Bailey heard.\n\nMr Sewell was attacked by a group of people in Lee, south-east London, on 11 December 2018.\n\nGrogan was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 21 years having previously been found guilty of murder.\n\nThe court was told Grogan deliberately engineered a stand-off with Mr Sewell and his ex-girlfriend Gemma Hodder near to his family home.\n\nMs Hodder, 18, had driven her partner and some of their friends from Kent to see Grogan when they were set upon by a group armed with knives, hammers, a 4ft (1.2m) fireman's axe and wooden sticks.\n\nMr Sewell was fatally attacked through the car window while his friend Charlie Pamphlett was stabbed in the back but survived, jurors were told.\n\nJudge Wendy Joseph QC said Grogan \"desired only revenge on Gemma and Jay\" and had been driven by \"self serving anger beyond logic\".\n\nThe 20-year-old was also jailed for five years for wounding with intent and three-and-a-half years for violent disorder, with the sentences to be served concurrently.\n\nOther members of Grogan's family and friends also received jail sentences for their parts in the killing:\n\nIn an impact statement read in court, Mr Sewell's mother Sharon Louch said there was \"no sentence this court or any other can pass which can come close to healing the pain or make up for not being able to look at my Jay's face or hear him laugh\".\n\n\"Jay you were a blessing and made us proud from the day you came to us until the moment you were taken,\" she said.\n\nOthers were previously sentenced over the attack:\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Soleimani - seen here in Iraq in 2015 - directed militia in Iraq who attacked US troops and later fought the Islamic State group\n\nNext to Iran's Supreme Leader, Qasem Soleimani was arguably the most powerful figure in the Islamic republic.\n\nAs head of its military abroad known as the Quds Force, Soleimani was the mastermind behind the country's activities across in the Middle East, and its real foreign minister when it came to matters of war and peace.\n\nHe was widely considered an architect of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's war against rebels in Syria, the rise of pro-Iranian paramilitaries in Iraq, the fight against the Islamic State group, and many battles beyond.\n\nCharismatic and often elusive, the silver-haired commander was revered by some, loathed by others, and a source of myths and social media memes.\n\nHe had emerged in recent years from a lifetime in the shadows directing covert operations to achieve fame and popularity in Iran, becoming the subject of documentaries, news reports and even pop songs.\n\nAs far back as 2013, former CIA officer John Maguire told The New Yorker that Soleimani was \"the single most powerful operative in the Middle East\".\n\nWhen his end came, it was violent and sudden. On 3 January the Pentagon announced that it had carried out a successful operation to kill him, at the direction of US President Donald Trump.\n\nThe assassination followed a sharp escalation between the US, Iran and Iran-backed groups in Iraq following the death of a US military contractor in a missile attack on a US base in Iraq - for which the US held Iran responsible.\n\nThe US responded with an air strike on the Iran-backed militia Kataib Hezbollah. Militia supporters then attacked the US embassy in Baghdad.\n\nTensions between the US and Iran had been rising since the US pulled out of a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers to curb Iran's nuclear programme and prevent it from developing nuclear weapons. The US has also reimposed sanctions on Iran, sending its economy into freefall.\n\nSoleimani is believed to have come from a poor background and to have had very little formal education. But he had risen through the Revolutionary Guards - Iran's elite and most powerful force - and was reportedly close to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khomeini.\n\nAfter becoming commander of the Quds Force in 1998, Soleimani attempted to extend Iran's influence in the Middle East by carrying out covert operations, providing arms to allies and developing networks of militias loyal to Iran.\n\nOver the course of his career he is believed to have aided Shia Muslim and Kurdish groups in Iraq fighting against former dictator Saddam Hussein as well as other groups in the region including the Shia militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon and Islamist organisation Hamas in the Palestinian territories.\n\nAfter the US invaded Iraq in 2003 he began directing militant groups to carry out attacks against US troops and bases, killing hundreds.\n\nHe is also widely credited with finding a strategy for Bashar al-Assad to respond to the armed uprising against him that began in 2011. Iranian assistance along with Russian air support helped turn the tide against rebel forces and in the Syrian government's favour, allowing it to recapture key cities and towns.\n\nSoleimani himself was sometimes pictured at funerals of Iranians killed in Syria and Iraq, where Iran had deployed thousands of combatants and military advisers.\n\nHe also travelled frequently across the region, regularly shuttling between Lebanon, Syria and Iraq, where Iranian influence has steadily grown. When he was killed he was travelling in a two-car convoy away from Baghdad airport with others including Kataib Hezbollah leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who was also killed.\n\nSoleimani was killed in an air strike near Baghdad's airport\n\nIn April 2019, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo designated Iran's Revolutionary Guards and Quds Force as foreign terrorist organisations.\n\nThe Trump administration has said the Quds Force provided funding, training, weapons and equipment to US-designated terrorist groups in the Middle East - including Hezbollah movement and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group based in Gaza.\n\nIn a statement, the Pentagon said Soleimani had been \"actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region\".\n\n\"General Soleimani and his Quds Force were responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American and coalition service members and the wounding of thousands more,\" it added.", "Are the days of families tucking into a Christmas pudding after their festive dinner slowly coming to an end?\n\nFigures from market research company Kantar suggest they may be, as sales of the traditional dessert fell by 16% in the UK in the run-up to Christmas.\n\nThere was also an 11% drop in sales of seasonal biscuits in supermarkets, while turkey sales were down by 1%.\n\nThe figures come as Morrisons said its sales fell over the Christmas period amid \"challenging\" trading conditions.\n\nThe UK's fourth-largest supermarket group reported a 1.7% fall in like-for-like sales - which strip out the impact of new stores - excluding fuel, for the 22 weeks to 5 January.\n\nMorrisons is the first of the big four chains to report Christmas sales, with Sainsbury's and Tesco due to report later this week.\n\nOn Monday, discount chain Aldi said that its total UK sales in the four weeks to 24 December rose 7.9% from a year before, although it did not give a like-for-like comparison. It also said it sold 55 million mince pies over the festive period.\n\nAccording to Kantar, Aldi's sales over the 12 weeks to 29 December went up by 5.9%.\n\nFellow discount retailer Lidl had the highest percentage increase in sales growth for bricks and mortar supermarkets over the same period, with its sales up 10.8%.\n\nLidl and Aldi had their highest-ever combined Christmas market share of 13.7% - more than treble the figure in 2009.\n\nHowever, Britain's fastest-growing grocer according to Kantar was online retailer Ocado, where sales rose by 12.5%.\n\nThis industry data shows that it's been a pretty slow Christmas for the supermarkets, with next to no growth.\n\nHouseholds, on average, spent less this festive period than last. The big grocers have been working really hard to get us to part with our cash, with lots of promotions on alcohol and cut-price fuel.\n\nThe competition has been intense. According to Kantar, the big four grocers have all struggled to increase sales and have lost market share. Once again, Aldi and Lidl have pulled in shoppers, thanks largely to opening dozens of new stores.\n\nRetailers will be hoping that consumers will be feeling more confident in 2020, buoyed by wages rising faster than inflation. But the big grocers are likely to remain under pressure.\n\nThe discounters could reach a combined 17% market share this year and shopper behaviour continues to change. For instance, fast-food operators such as Deliveroo are growing in popularity.\n\nOverall, Kantar's figures indicated that in the 12 weeks to 29 December, supermarket sales grew by 0.2% from a year earlier - the slowest rate of growth over the Christmas period since 2015.\n\n\"There was no sign of the post-election rush many had hoped for in the final weeks before Christmas, with shoppers carefully watching their budgets,\" said Kantar's Fraser McKevitt.\n\nWhile sales of some foods went down, the fizz also went out of sparkling wine with its sales falling by 8%.\n\nMorrisons said recent trading had been \"unusually challenging\"\n\nHowever, beer and wine were more popular than in 2018 with respective rises of 1% and 2% in their sales over the previous year.\n\nAnd instead of Christmas pudding, the desserts that proved most popular were sponge puddings (up 12.4% on 2018), crumble (up 9.4%) and custard to go with them (up 28%).\n\nAnother data firm - Nielsen - using different methodology to Kantar, said supermarket sales grew by just 0.5% in the last four weeks.\n\nIt said grocery sales reached a peak of £6.2bn over the two weeks to 28 December - but this was down 0.2% compared with the same period in 2018.\n\nReflecting on the Morrisons figures, the company's chief executive, David Potts, said: \"It was encouraging that during an unusually challenging period for sales, our execution was strong and our profitability robust, demonstrating the broad-based progress we have made during the turnaround.\n\n\"As always, we will take some learnings into the new year and look forward to 2020 with a strong plan and solid foundations on which to continue to grow.\"\n\nMorrisons said its key Christmas items were \"once again very competitive\", with most prices the same as or lower than in 2018.\n\nRichard Lim, chief executive of Retail Economics, said the results suggested that Morrisons had been \"outmanoeuvred\" by its competitors.\n\n\"Shrinking sales demonstrate the fiercely competitive food sector,\" he added. \"Shoppers remained fixated on searching for the best value and highly price-sensitive against the backdrop of ongoing uncertainty.\"", "Drivers in Culloden, near Inverness, faced an unusual sight after a trampoline was blown down the road.\n\nStephen Davies filmed it as he was on his way to work.\n\nWind gusts of 74mph were recorded in Scotland on Tuesday.", "Michelle Williams has been praised by fellow actors after giving an impassioned speech about women's rights at Sunday's Golden Globe Awards.\n\nThe 39-year-old made the comments, which alluded to abortion, after picking up one of the acting awards.\n\n\"I wouldn't have been able to do this without employing a woman's right to choose,\" she said. \"To choose when to have my children, and with whom.\"\n\nBut she came in for criticism from anti-abortion commentators in the US.\n\nThe four-time Oscar nominee won the Golden Globe for best actress in a limited series or TV movie for her role in drama series Fosse/Verdon.\n\n\"I am grateful to live in a moment in our society where choice exists, because as girls and women, things can happen to our bodies that are not our choice,\" she told the ceremony.\n\n\"I've tried my very best to live a life of my own making, not just a series of events that happened to me, but one that I could stand back and look at and recognise my handwriting all over, sometimes messy and scrawling, sometimes careful and precise, but one that I carved with my own hand.\"\n\nWilliams and actor Heath Ledger had a daughter in 2005, and the star is now expecting a child with director Thomas Kail.\n\nShe was applauded by stars in Los Angeles for encouraging women of all ages to vote \"in your own self-interest\" in this year's US presidential election.\n\n\"It's what men have been doing for years, which is why the world looks so much like them,\" she said.\n\nReese Witherspoon described her acting colleague as a \"champion of women\" and an \"inspiration\", while the Time's Up movement, which aims to end harassment and gender discrimination, thanked Williams for her remarks.\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 Reese Witherspoon 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\nWilliams' speech came three months after she tackled the issue of gender pay inequality in her Emmy Awards acceptance speech.\n\n\"Michelle Williams again drops truth!\" wrote Jamie Lee Curtis after the Golden Globes speech.\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\nIn making a politically-driven speech, Williams had ignored host Ricky Gervais's humorous request for winners not to do so.\n\nWhile many applauded her for it, others, including US President Donald Trump's legal advisor Jenna Ellis, strongly criticised 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. Skip twitter post 4 by Jenna Ellis 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 conservative commentators took issue with her message, with political comedian and author Tim Young writing: \"Regardless what side you're on, abortion should be more solemn than paraphrased: If you have one, you can win awards like me!\"\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 5 by Tim Young 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. 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If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Jonathan Coe's book Middle England, which takes a humorous look at life in Britain before and after the Brexit referendum, has been named the best novel of 2019 at the Costa Book Awards.\n\nThe book was described by the prize's judges as \"the perfect novel for now\".\n\nAward organisers said Coe's 13th novel tells the story of \"a changing country and the cracks that appear within families and between generations\".\n\nHe is one of five winning authors in different genre categories.\n\nThey will each receive £5,000 and go forward to be in contention to be named the overall Costa Book of the Year on 28 January.\n\nMiddle England spans 2010 to 2018 and follows a range of characters including a couple who attend marriage counselling after voting different ways in the 2016 referendum.\n\nIn the other categories, Sara Collins won best first novel for her gothic romance The Confessions of Frannie Langton, about the twisted love affair between a Jamaican maid and her French mistress in 19th Century London.\n\nWelsh author and former war reporter Jack Fairweather's biography of unsung war hero Witold Pilecki, who infiltrated Auschwitz, won the biography award; while Jasbinder Bilan's first children's novel Asha & the Spirit Bird was also among the winners.\n\nLast year the novel award was won by Irish author Sally Rooney for her second effort Normal People, and the overall book of the year award was won by Bart van Es for his biography The Cut Out Girl.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @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. One third of the roof of Koko in Camden was on fire at one point, the London Fire Brigade said\n\nOne of London's most famous music venues has been badly damaged in a blaze.\n\nThe dome on the roof of Koko in Camden has been destroyed by fire, according to the London Fire Brigade.\n\nSixty firefighters helped fight the flames after the blaze broke out just before 21:00 GMT on Monday. No injuries have been reported.\n\nThe venue began life as the Camden Theatre in 1900 and has hosted stars including Madonna, Coldplay and Prince.\n\nStation commander Jon Lewis said the fire was brought under control at about 02:30 on Tuesday, adding: \"Firefighters' quick action and hard work in the early stages meant the fire was contained to the roof and saved the rest of the building.\"\n\nKoko owner Olly Bengough said he was \"deeply saddened\", adding: \"We'll be doing our best to get the redevelopment of this iconic building back on track.\"\n\nThe fire in the building's roof was brought under control in the early hours of Tuesday\n\nKoko, which was closed for refurbishment, was also previously known as the Camden Palace and Camden Hippodrome and has been one of the capital's most iconic live music venues for decades.\n\nThe Rolling Stones, The Clash and Ed Sheeran are among other star names to have performed at the venue, which is close to Mornington Crescent underground station.\n\nIt was reportedly the last venue where AC/DC's Bon Scott was seen drinking before his death from alcohol poisoning in 1980.\n\nIn the early 80s it served as a major venue for the punk and New Romantic scene, with singer Steve Strange of the band Visage holding club nights.\n\nAbout 60 firefighters helped tackle the fire at Koko in Camden High Street\n\nMusic lovers have been sharing their Koko memories on Twitter.\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\nVeteran DJ Tony Blackburn who held his legendary soul nights Shakatak also tweeted about the fire.\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 Tony Blackburn 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\nKoko and the nearby Roundhouse effectively \"bookended\" Camden's music scene, according to music writer Carl Allen.\n\nOn Twitter, the Roundhouse said it was \"really sad\" to hear the news about its Camden neighbours.\n\nCamden Council leader Georgia Gould said on Monday night: \"Heartbreaking watching the Camden Palace/Koko up in flames this evening, a building that holds so many memories and means so much to us in Camden.\"\n\nThe venue was set to reopen in the spring after a \"major state-of-the-art\" refurbishment, after the purchase of two adjacent buildings.\n\nAn investigation is under way into how the fire started.\n\nThe venue hosted the BBC's Electric Proms in 2007\n\nKoko has hosted some of music's biggest names including Madonna, The Rolling Stones and Prince\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Holders Manchester City will take a commanding lead into the second leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final after outclassing neighbours Manchester United at Old Trafford.\n\nMarcus Rashford's late reply will give United hope they can still turn this tie around in the return on Wednesday, 29 January, but it should not deflect from City's overwhelming superiority for the vast majority of the game.\n\nPep Guardiola's side stunned the home fans with three first-half goals, and in truth they could have had many more before the break, such was the gulf between the two sides.\n\nCity, who left Sergio Aguero and Gabriel Jesus on the bench, started with a strikerless 4-4-2 system that saw Bernardo Silva and Kevin de Bruyne their furthest players forward.\n\nIt was Bernardo who broke the deadlock, with a superb strike from the edge of the box that arrowed into the top corner of the net.\n\nRiyad Mahrez made it 2-0 when he ran on to Bernardo's pass and rounded David de Gea, with the home side hopelessly exposed.\n• None 'The worst we have played this season' - Man Utd boss Solskjaer on first-leg loss\n• None 'Two out of 10 is nonsense. Pointless' - Savage on player ratings\n\nBy now, United were chasing shadows and it was soon 3-0, as a swift breakaway ended with De Bruyne twisting Phil Jones inside out before seeing his shot saved by De Gea but ricochet in off Andreas Pereira.\n\nUnited's limp resistance and lack of threat saw them booed off by some supporters at the break but they at least showed some resolve when they emerged for the second half.\n\nCity seemed content with their advantage, and United at last began to enjoy time on the ball, although they did not force Claudio Bravo into any meaningful action before Rashford's goal.\n\nThat came when the visitors, for once, gave the ball away cheaply and Mason Greenwood fed the England striker to run through and score.\n\nUnited never threatened to deny City a famous victory however, and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side are left with a huge task if they are to stop them reaching their third successive final, and their fourth in the past five years.\n\nCity were torn apart in the opening stages when these two sides met at the Etihad in the Premier League last month, but this time it was United who were left reeling early on.\n\nGuardiola's line-up left many observers scratching their heads before kick-off but his system, a fluid 4-4-2 that saw De Bruyne, Bernardo, Mahrez and Raheem Sterling change position at will, worked like a dream.\n\nIn December, City had no answer United's raw speed but here it was the invention and improvisation of the visitors' attack that did the damage, time and time again.\n\nCity have made a habit of winning at Old Trafford in recent years but their sparkling first-half performance was impressive, even by their high standards.\n\nOnly 3,000 away fans were there to witness it in person, in a tiny pocket of the ground, because of a reduced ticket allocation after incidents in recent derby matches.\n\nBut for the supporters who got a ticket, this was a night they will never forget. They loudly revelled in United's misery and their own side's success before giving their players a standing ovation at the final whistle.\n\nWhile City's fans celebrated pretty much throughout, United's supporters endured a very different evening with all of their side's shortcomings in evidence.\n\nWhen United tried playing out from the back, they were not capable of passing through City, and repeatedly surrendered possession.\n\nAnd while the home fans urged their side to press City, they were not able to get near them for much of the match.\n\nIt meant they were unable to lay a finger on the visitors until the hour mark, when they finally managed their first sustained spell of pressure.\n\nRashford's goal aside, there were not many positives for Solskjaer to take away from this encounter but at least his side did not crumble completely, which looked likely at one stage, and finished the game showing some degree of fight.\n\nSolskjaer's side are, somehow, still alive in the tie but this game should be seen as a reminder of how urgently United need reinforcements this month, even if they are more expensive than the club's owners would like.\n\nManchester City boss Pep Guardiola on BBC Radio Five Live: \"The last game against United [a 2-1 loss in December] we could not control when we lost the ball, and tonight we did it better.\n\n\"We lost the ball in a position which is so dangerous [for the United goal]. We cannot forget which team we play. Tonight we can be more than satisfied to come here to Old Trafford and win.\n\n\"It is not over. We have one more game and we'll see what happens.\n\n\"Of course Manchester United can come back. Last year here they lost to Paris St-Germain [in the Champions League] and qualified. They have the shirt which means history and pride.\"\n\nManchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: \"From their first goal, and especially the second, we struggled to get to grips with them. A good reaction second half, but first half until they scored it is was back and forth. We didn't cope with the setback well enough.\n\n\"We didn't deal with their system well enough, we know they can play that way. They played that way last season and beat Chelsea 5-0.\n\n\"First goal there is nothing we can do, second is sloppy and the third we just didn't recover.\n\n\"With Matic and his experience [coming on in the second half] he had more presence. It was more about wanting the ball and believing, passing the ball. Someone needed to take responsibility. We've shown before we have been down from a home tie and turned it around. PSG is the latest example and we have to believe that we can put on a performance.\n\n\"It was a decision late on who was fit, it was no excuse. We have the players we have. We put a team out believing we could get a result.\"\n• None United suffered their first home defeat since losing 2-1 to Crystal Palace in August 2019 and conceded three times at Old Trafford for the first time since losing 3-0 to Spurs in August 2018.\n• None City have won seven of their last 10 away matches against Manchester United (D1 L2) in all competitions, as many as in their previous 42 visits to Old Trafford.\n• None The past 15 teams to win away from home in the first leg of a League Cup semi-final have all progressed to the final, with Spurs the last side to fail to do so, against Arsenal in 1986-87.\n• None Bernardo Silva became the first Manchester City player since Sergio Aguero (three in a row between 2011 and 2015) to score in consecutive away games against United in all competitions.\n• None City have scored 44 goals in the first half of matches this season in all competitions - eight more than any other Premier League side, and only five fewer than United have scored in total (49).\n• None Only Raheem Sterling (20) has scored more goals among English players in all competitions than United's Rashford (17) this season.\n• None This was United's first home League Cup defeat against a fellow Premier League side since January 2005 against Chelsea, having won 16 consecutive games of this type before this 3-1 defeat.\n• None City are responsible for four of United's last 12 defeats at Old Trafford.\n\nLeicester host Aston Villa in the first leg of the second semi-final on Wednesday (20:00 GMT).\n\nUnited and City return to Premier League action this weekend. United host Norwich on Saturday (15:00), while City travel to Aston Villa on Sunday (16:30).\n• None Attempt blocked. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan.\n• None Attempt saved. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Victor Lindelöf.\n• None Offside, Manchester City. Benjamin Mendy tries a through ball, but Gabriel Jesus is caught offside.\n• None Substitution, Manchester City. Gabriel Jesus replaces Kevin De Bruyne because of an injury. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "The fleet of 44 new trains will run between Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and Edinburgh\n\nTransPennine Express is to give season ticket holders a rebate that cancels out the annual fare increase after disruption to rail services.\n\nThe firm's managing director, Leo Goodwin, said the firm's performance was \"not up to scratch\".\n\nThe Department for Transport said the rail firm's performance in recent weeks had been \"completely unacceptable\".\n\nCancellations on routes in the north-east of England will continue until the end of January, the firm has said.\n\nThe firm has been trying to introduce new trains and implement staff training, but blamed delays to these on maintenance and infrastructure issues.\n\nA number of trains between Leeds and Edinburgh, stopping at Chester-le-Street, Durham, Darlington, Morpeth and Newcastle, have been cut.\n\nTransPennine Express said on Monday that customers who held a season ticket between 1 October and 31 December 2019 \"will be eligible for a 3% rebate, which will more than cover the 2.8% average increase on regulated fares\".\n\nMr Goodwin said: \"We know that our performance was not up to scratch at the end of last year and for this, we really do apologise. We have experienced a number of issues following the introduction of our new trains, resulting in disruption to a number of our customers journeys with us.\n\n\"I would like to thank our customers for continuing to travel with us and it is only right that we compensate them for the recent disruption.\"\n\nThe Nova fleet promises more luggage storage, extra plug sockets and free wi-fi\n\nA spokesperson for the Department for Transport said: \"TransPennine Express' performance in recent weeks has been completely unacceptable.\n\n\"We understand how deeply frustrating this is for passengers, who should not have to put up with continued poor performance, and we will not tolerate continued significant reductions to services.\"\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps has \"demanded immediate explanations from the operator, Network Rail and rolling stock manufacturers, and will be convening an urgent meeting to determine how they will improve services for passengers,\" the spokesperson added.\n\nIf a rail firm is falling down on its contractual obligations, the Department for Transport can take measures ranging from demanding remedial action to taking the franchise over.\n\n\"We have been clear with the operator that they must take urgent steps to address their poor performance problems and, if appropriate, we will take action under the terms set out in the franchise agreement,\" the spokesperson said.\n\n\"Trains must run on time\" has been a mantra of the Transport Secretary since he took up his post in the summer.\n\nThe opposite has been true on parts of the UK's railways so far this winter.\n\nIt's been chaotic on West Midlands Railway and London North Western Railway - both of which are run by West Midlands Trains.\n\nPassengers on that network had a torrid time in the autumn and say things have only slightly improved since then.\n\nSeason ticket holders there have already been given a rebate so their fares don't increase this year.\n\nAndy Street, the West Midlands Mayor, has given the company an ultimatum to get its house in order by the end of this month.\n\nSouth Western Railway is also under pressure to deliver a more punctual service.\n\nAnd then there is the case of Northern. That company's future hangs in the balance.\n\nOne theme is a tendency by train companies to try and deliver overly-ambitious timetables which they are ultimately unable to deliver.\n\nTrain companies have to try and live up to commitments they made to government under their franchising agreements.\n\nBut the franchising system of today is now widely seen as far too rigid and that's why the government's rail review will soon announce deep reform to the structures that underpin our railways today.\n\nA number of rail operators have either offered refunds or pledged to improve performance recently.\n\nSouth Western Railway, which like TransPennine Express is owned by transport giant First Group, pledged on Monday to increase the number of trains running on time.\n\nMark Hopwood, managing director of South Western Railway, said: \"I know it's been a very tough couple of years for everyone who uses South Western Railway.\n\n\"I also know that the recent strikes have had a very significant impact on our passengers and employees and I am determined to find a resolution.\"\n\nIn December, West Midlands Trains said passengers would not pay the season ticket fare rise after a \"drop in performance\".\n\nRail operators have been under pressure from Mr Shapps over their performance since he took over the role in July.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Mourners have filled the streets of the Iranian capital for the funeral of military commander Qasem Soleimani, who was killed by a US drone strike last week.\n\nSoleimani was hailed as a national hero in Iran, and widely viewed as the second most powerful person in the country after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.\n\nHe was killed on Friday in an attack in the Iraqi capital Baghdad ordered by US President Donald Trump.\n\nThe killing has sparked concerns of a wider conflict, with Iran vowing \"severe revenge\".\n\nHundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of Tehran for the funeral of 62-year-old Soleimani, who headed the elite Quds Force and was tasked with protecting and boosting Iran's influence in the Middle East.\n\nMany mourners held up photos of Soleimani, with some even wearing clothes bearing his image.\n\nThe coffins of Soleimani and Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who also died in the US strike in Baghdad, were passed over the heads of mourners.\n\nSupreme Leader Khamenei was joined by top political and military figures in Iran in paying respects to the commander.\n\nHere, Mr Khamenei (centre) stands alongside Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (third from left) and other officials next to Soleimani's coffin.\n\nEsmail Ghaani, who has replaced Soleimani as the commander of the Quds Force, kissed the coffins of those killed in the drone strike.\n\nThe streets were filled with smoke as mourners burned incense during the funeral procession.\n\nSome people set fire to US and Israeli flags.\n\nOthers carried mock coffins decorated with the flags of the two countries, and pictures of US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Using a walking frame, Harvey Weinstein arrives for his trial on sexual assault charges\n\nA judge has angrily threatened to lock up Harvey Weinstein for using his phone in a New York City court where a jury is being picked for his rape trial.\n\n\"Is this really the way you want to end up in jail for the rest of your life, by texting and violating a court order?\" asked Judge James Burke.\n\nThe Manhattan judge instructed the former Hollywood producer, who is out on bail, not to answer the question.\n\nMr Weinstein faces five charges and possibly life in jail if convicted.\n\nThe allegations include rape and predatory sexual assault relating to two unnamed accusers. He is charged with raping one woman in a Manhattan hotel room in 2013, and performing a forcible sex act on the second woman in 2006.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Weinstein accusers take questions outside court in New York\n\nOn Monday, Mr Weinstein was charged with an additional two counts in Los Angeles: rape and sexual assault.\n\nThe 67-year-old has denied all charges and insists any sexual encounters were consensual.\n\nMr Weinstein was caught using two mobile phones on Tuesday, according to local media. He had already been admonished by Judge Burke at previous court appearances for using a handset.\n\n\"What did I say would happen if he so much has a cellphone or electronic device since there have been repeated violations of this, including some on the record?\" Judge Burke said.\n\n\"I believe you said remand,\" Mr Weinstein's lawyer replied after a heated exchange, meaning to put his client in jail.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Why I broke my silence over Weinstein\" - an accuser talks about the criminal trial\n\nLead prosecutor Joan Illuzzi urged Judge Burke to jail Mr Weinstein, who is out on $5m (£3.8m) bail. He is required to wear an electronic tracking device.\n\n\"There is a grave risk that this defendant at some point will realise that the evidence against him is imposing and overwhelming\" and he will try to escape, Ms Illuzzi said.\n\nJudge Burke ultimately declined to revoke Mr Weinstein's bail, but told the former movie mogul he would not get any further warning.\n\n\"I'm not looking for apologies,\" Judge Burke said, \"I'm looking for compliance.\"\n\nIn court, Mr Weinstein's lawyer, Arthur Aidala, asked Judge Burke to delay jury selection, arguing that the jury pool had been tarnished by the extensive press coverage of the Los Angeles charges filed on Monday.\n\n\"For a prosecutor, this is Christmas morning,\" Mr Aidala said, holding a stack of Monday's newspapers. \"What better present than the morning of jury selection to have him smeared everywhere?\"\n\nAfter jury selection, Mr Weinstein's New York trial is expected to begin in around two weeks.", "Joaquin Phoenix is up for best actor for starring in the origin story of Batman's nemesis\n\nJoker leads the Bafta film nominations with 11, but there is criticism that the acting nominees are all white.\n\nJoker is followed by Martin Scorsese's The Irishman and Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood, which have 10 nominations each.\n\nScarlett Johansson and Margot Robbie are up for two acting awards each.\n\nBut no female directors were nominated for the seventh year in a row. Bafta boss Amanda Berry said she was \"very disappointed\" by the lack of diversity.\n\nJoaquin Phoenix will be the favourite for best actor for his role in Joker, which tells the origin story of Batman's nemesis and has divided some critics and audiences.\n\nIt's 11 years since Heath Ledger won a posthumous Bafta for playing the same character in The Dark Knight.\n\nJoker director Todd Phillips said: \"Recently, when Joaquin and I were in the UK, the love we felt for Joker was palpable and I just want to thank my British colleagues for connecting with the film on a cellular level.\"\n\nPhoenix will face competition from Taron Egerton, who played Sir Elton John in Rocketman, as well as Leonardo DiCaprio for Once Upon A Time..., Adam Driver for Marriage Story and Jonathan Pryce for The Two Popes.\n\nMargot Robbie is up against herself in the best supporting actress category for roles in Bombshell and Once Upon A Time...\n\nThat category also includes Scarlett Johansson for Jojo Rabbit, while she is also up for best actress for her role opposite Driver in Netflix's divorce drama Marriage Story.\n\nThe other best actress nominees are Renee Zellweger for playing Judy Garland in Judy, Jessie Buckley for Wild Rose, Charlize Theron for Bombshell, and Saoirse Ronan for Little Women.\n\nBut there is no room for Little Women film-maker Greta Gerwig - or any other women - in the best director category.\n\nTold on BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the acting list \"seems very white\", Bafta CEO Berry replied: \"I'm going to totally agree with you. That's how I felt when I first saw the list.\n\n\"This isn't being disrespectful to anybody who has been nominated because it's an incredibly strong list this year.\n\n\"If you look at the director category, where I hoped we would see at least one female director, that is an incredibly strong list when you have people like Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino and Sam Mendes, who have got multiple nominations in the past.\"\n\nThere was no room for Cynthia Erivo for playing slave-turned-abolitionist Harriet Tubman\n\nGerwig did pick up a nomination for best adapted screenplay, however.\n\nThe actors who were overlooked included British star Cynthia Erivo, who was recently nominated for a Golden Globe for her role in Harriet, a biopic about Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery.\n\nThe lists drew strong criticism on social media, with #BaftasSoWhite trending. Director Rapman, whose controversial film Blue Story was overlooked except in the rising star category, wrote: \"The lack of of black faces is ridiculous.\"\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 Rapman 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. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBafta's deputy chairman Krishnendu Majumdar said the lack of female nominees in the best director category was an \"industry-wide problem\" and that Bafta was \"fiercely doing something about it\" with its schemes like Elevate.\n\nMarc Samuelson, chair of Bafta's film committee, said the issue was \"infuriating\".\n\nHe added: \"We can't make the industry do something, all we can do is encourage and push and inspire and try to help people coming in at the bottom end.\"\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 Emma Kelly 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\nMetro film critic Larushka Ivan-Zadeh told BBC News that the lack of a nomination for Gerwig was \"a real omission\", while the main acting categories could have recognised Erivo, The Farewell star Awkwafina, and Us actress Lupita Nyong'o.\n\n\"Certainly when the list of actors came up, and it was wall to wall white faces for this year, it was very disappointing,\" Ivan-Zadeh said.\n\n\"Margot Robbie and Scarlett Johansson both had two nominations each - well done for them - but it just felt like you're using up spaces that could be perhaps used for different and more diverse performances. And it's not that the performances aren't there.\"\n\n1917, directed by Sam Mendes (centre) met the diversity standards to be nominated for best British film\n\nLast year, Bafta introduced new criteria for two awards \"to encourage better representation and increased inclusivity across the British industry\".\n\nIt said films would not be nominated for best British film or best British debut unless they met at least two of four \"diversity standards\", which cover on-screen talent, storylines, creative leadership, training and underserved audiences.\n\nThis year's best British film category includes Rocketman, Sam Mendes's World War One drama 1917 and The Two Popes, starring Jonathan Pryce and Sir Anthony Hopkins as a pair of pontiffs.\n\nThe BFI, which oversees the diversity standards scheme, does not publish details of which criteria each film met, but confirmed all nominated films in the two categories met the diversity criteria. Those criteria do not extend to the acting and directing awards.\n\nAwkwafina, whose real name is Nora Lum, won a Golden Globe on Sunday\n\nThere was more diversity on the shortlist for the rising star award, which was announced on Monday.\n\nAwkwafina - who won a Golden Globe on Sunday - was nominated alongside Fighting with my Family's Jack Lowden, Booksmart's Kaitlyn Dever, Waves actor Kelvin Harrison Jr and Blue Story star Michael Ward.\n\nWard has said his nomination was a vindication of the film following controversies around its screenings.\n\nThe gang drama was temporarily withdrawn from Vue cinemas after seven police officers were injured in a disturbance at Star City in Birmingham in November, where there were reports of youths with machetes.\n\nWard was a model for online retailers such as JD Sports before turning to acting\n\nWinners and nominees in most categories are voted for by 6,700 Bafta members, who are industry professionals and creatives around the world.\n\n\"In many areas, our voting membership is more diverse than the industry,\" a Bafta statement said. \"However diversity continues to be an issue that needs to be tackled urgently within the industry, and Bafta continues to work hard to increase opportunities for underrepresented groups through all of our activities.\"\n\nThe ceremony will take place on 2 February at the Royal Albert Hall in London, hosted by Graham Norton.\n\nThis year has also seen the introduction of a category for best casting director - the Baftas' first new category for more than two decades - following a campaign last year to recognise that arm of the film industry.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Outbound trains in Wuhan have been stopped\n\nThere have been widely-shared reports on social media and some state-run services that healthcare services in Wuhan - one of China's largest cities - are under strain following the outbreak of coronavirus.\n\nHu Xijin, the editor of state-run newspaper Global Times, said there had been a \"failure\" to contain the virus, and videos of patients queuing to get seen in hospitals.\n\nHowever, other Communist-party outlets have praised the response to the outbreak.\n\nWuhan is a major transit hub with a population of about 11 million people, and has effectively been put on lockdown, along with other major cities in the region, in an unprecedented move to stop the spread of the virus.\n\nThe city serves as the main economic hub for the wider province, Hubei, and has the most advanced healthcare facilities in the region.\n\nThe metropolitan area has seven major hospitals - considered some of the best in China, with Tong Ji Hospital ranked third nationally - treating patients.\n\nIt has seven more hospitals supporting the efforts, and 61 clinics around the city which are testing patients for symptoms of the virus. A local government report from 2014 included Wuhan among the top six cities for medical treatment in the country - although it ranks behind Beijing and Shanghai.\n\nIn terms of capacity, the report said Wuhan had 6.51 hospital beds and 3.08 doctors per 1,000 people - this isn't a straightforward indication of healthcare capacity (more doctors doesn't always mean better healthcare), but it does rank Wuhan among the more developed places in the world. The UK and US have 2.8 and 2.6 doctors per 1,000 heads, respectively.\n\nSo - is is this enough for a such a large city undergoing a mass shutdown?\n\nThe lockdown in Wuhan has caused panic in the city - the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that containing a large city like this is \"new to science\".\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\nHubei as a province has a lower number of doctors per 1,000 people, at 2.55 according to the latest government statistics.\n\n\"It's yet to be seen whether the costs associated with this kind of mass quarantine measure (not just financially, but with respect to personal liberty too) will translate into effective infection control,\" said Dr. Maia Majumder, an expert at Harvard Medical School in the US, who is tracking the virus.\n\nHubei has declared a \"Grade 1 public health emergency\", the most severe level - that means the response is led centrally from Beijing by the State Council, the government's cabinet.\n\nBeijing has tried to allay concerns by sending more healthcare professionals, and constructing two hospitals from scratch providing more than 2,000 extra beds.\n\nReports from state-run media say there are 405 medical staff from Shanghai and 205 staff from Guangdong travelling to the region.\n\nThey're also expanding existing capacity in other facilities.\n\nThe government has also assigned 21 centres in Hubei province to help co-ordinate treatment, and train local health officials.\n\nProfessor Shenglan Tang, an expert in global health at Duke University in the US, says there are concerns that rural areas will struggle to cope.\n\n\"I'm confident that the health centres in Wuhan will be able to handle the outbreak, but I am a bit worried about Hubei province - rural workers have gone back home from Wuhan to celebrate Chinese New Year, and in these areas the hospital capacity is weak,\" said Professor Tang.\n\nDespite resilient rhetoric from the government, people are expressing concern about the city's ability to cope with the outbreak.\n\nThe BBC spoke to a number of people in the region who said that getting test results was taking longer than officials are claiming.\n\nWe were told that in some cases medical staff lack equipment and doctors are overstretched. There are also claims that local government, which was apparently made aware of the outbreak in mid-December, ignored initial warning signs.\n\nWe haven't been able to independently verify these claims.\n\nThe government has called for people to report poor medical responses to an online \"inspection\" platform.\n\nThe regional government has issued a statement appealing for donations to help with the response, including asking for facemasks.", "Sandy Seagrave and Amy Appleton were found dead outside a house in Crawley Down\n\nA man has been charged with murdering two women who were found dead in a West Sussex village.\n\nSandy Seagrave, 76, and Amy Appleton, 32, were found dead outside a house in Crawley Down on 22 December.\n\nDaniel Appleton, 37, of Hazel Way, Crawley Down, is accused of killing both women and is charged with two counts of murder.\n\nHe will appear before Crawley Magistrates' Court on Monday, a spokesman for Sussex Police said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The shooting happened in a building a short distance from the railway station in Rot am See\n\nA man has shot dead six members of his family - including his parents - in the south-west German town of Rot am See, local police have said at a briefing.\n\nThe 26-year-old suspect called the emergency services at lunchtime to say he had shot several people in a restaurant.\n\nThe man, who had a gun licence, was arrested as he waited for police outside the building.\n\nThe bodies of three men and three women were found inside the restaurant.\n\nThe victims were aged between 36 and 69, the police in the state of Baden-Württemberg said.\n\nTwo other relatives were injured, one critically.\n\nThe police said the suspect had also threatened two teenage members of his family - but that the boys were not harmed.\n\nThe shooting is believed to be related to a family dispute.\n\nForensic experts are now examining the scene\n\nPolice are trying to determine the exact motive for the shooting.\n\nThere is no evidence that anyone else was involved in the shooting, they say.\n\nThe shooting happened at around 12:45 (11:45 GMT) in a building in the Bahnhofstrasse that features the Deutscher Kaiser restaurant.\n\nThe area has been sealed off. A team of forensic scientists are currently working at the scene.\n\nRot am See is a small town of some 5,000 residents in the Schwäbisch Hall district north-east of Stuttgart.", "The children's grieving father, Andrew McGinley, released a photo of his children after they were found dead in a house\n\nThe names of three children found dead in \"unexplained circumstances\" at a house in County Dublin have been released by gardaí (Irish police).\n\nThey were nine-year-old Conor McGinley, his seven-year-old brother Darragh McGinley and their little sister Carla McGinley, who was three years old.\n\nTheir bodies were found by ambulance staff and gardaí in a house in the suburb of Newcastle on Friday night.\n\nA woman found at the scene, believed to be their mother, was taken to hospital.\n\nThe woman, who is in her 40s, is currently receiving medical attention in Tallaght University Hospital.\n\nIrish broadcaster RTÉ has reported that a note was found at the scene of the children's deaths and the house has been cordoned off as a crime scene.\n\nGardaí have said they not looking for anyone else in relation to the incident and have described it as \"an enormous tragedy for the family\".\n\nThey confirmed that they responded to a call at the property at Parson's Court in Newcastle at about 19.45 local time on Friday.\n\nGardaí are currently treating the deaths as \"unexplained\" but said on Friday night that they did not believe the children died of natural causes.\n\nThe assistant state pathologist attended the incident on Saturday and investigating officers are awaiting the results of post-mortem examinations.", "Live coverage from Washington DC, as President Donald Trump's impeachment trial continues in the Senate.\n\nThe impeachment is in its final stages as senators prepare to cast their final vote on Wednesday, with acquittal almost certain.", "Plans by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to trademark their Sussex Royal brand could face an official challenge.\n\nA \"notice of threatened opposition\" was filed with the Intellectual Property Office, giving the complainant a month to lodge a formal objection.\n\nThat is now being rescinded, after an Australian doctor named in the filing said his details had been used without permission.\n\nBut since then, three more notices have been filed.\n\nIt is not yet clear on what basis the complainants might want to oppose the Sussex Royal trademark.\n\nPrince Harry and Meghan's foundation applied to trademark the term - used on their website and social media - in June last year. The application covered products such as clothing and stationery, as well as campaigning and charitable fundraising.\n\nTheir plans attracted further attention after the couple announced their intention to \"step back\" from royal duties and become \"financially independent\".\n\nRecords at the Intellectual Property Office (IPO), which governs trademarks in the UK, show that a notice of threatened opposition was filed on 21 January.\n\nThe World Trademark Review website said it was filed in the name of a doctor living in Victoria, Australia.\n\nBut the IPO said it was rescinding this notice after it had been \"advised by an individual that their personal details have been used without their permission to submit a 'Notice of threatened opposition' to the Sussex Royal trade mark\".\n\nSince the objection was first publicised, three similar notices also appear to have been filed on 24 January.\n\nThe notices mean the \"opposition period\", during which detailed objections can be made, is extended to 20 March.\n\nBen Evans, senior associate and chartered trademark attorney at Blake Morgan, said the IPO had considered the Sussexes' application for an unusually long time before publishing the trademark, perhaps because of rules over the term \"royal\".\n\nHe said someone might formally oppose a trademark registration because they have a competing brand with which it might be confused, or because they object to the description - since the couple are no longer senior royals.\n\nBut unlike a full objection, filing a notice of threatened objection requires no fee and no evidence, he said.\n\n\"You could just do it to be difficult,\" said Mr Evans. \"It looks like the IPO might be quite busy on this one.\"\n\nIt is not the first time the Sussexes have found themselves in a battle over their preferred brand.\n\nThe Sussex Royal name on Instagram was originally taken by driving instructor Kevin Keiley, who lives in West Sussex and supports Reading FC - nicknamed the Royals.\n\nInstagram handed the name to the duke and duchess, leaving Mr Keiley as @_sussexroyal_ instead.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA leading mental health charity for military veterans says it will not be able to take any new cases in England and Wales, because of a funding crisis.\n\nCombat Stress said its income has fallen from £16m to £10m in the current financial year partly due to cuts in NHS funding support.\n\nThe charity had been receiving around 2,000 referrals for treatment a year.\n\nThe NHS said new specialist services for ex-soldiers have helped more than 10,000 people to date.\n\nThe NHS said in a statement its \"number one priority is providing the best care for veterans\".\n\nNHS England had previously commissioned Combat Stress to provide a six-week residential programme, providing them with more than £3m funding a year.\n\nAfter consulting veterans and their families as part of a review, it has decided instead to use this money on new services, including community-based help.\n\nIt also provides a range of intensive treatments and interventions for a longer period of up to 32 weeks.\n\nBut veterans' minister Johnny Mercer said he will hold an \"urgent meeting\" over Combat Stress' problems.\n\nCombat Stress said that, until 2018, it was receiving more than £3m a year from NHS England.\n\nBut it said 90% of its income is now dependent on public donations.\n\nThe charity still receives more than £1m from NHS Scotland and it will continue to take on new cases there and in Northern Ireland.\n\nCombat Stress - which describes itself as the UK's leading charity for veterans' mental health - said its decision not to take on any new referrals in England and Wales has been taken \"with great sadness\".\n\nIt said it is now faced with scaling back its services and workforce and is consulting with staff about its proposals.\n\nAll new referrals will now be redirected to the NHS, which Combat Stress said \"needs to demonstrate\" it can deal with the additional demands.\n\nThe charity's president and former head of the Army, General Sir Peter Wall, said: \"The onus to treat the small minority of military veterans suffering from mental ill-health is falling on a charity that lacks the resources to meet the current demand\".\n\nHe added: \"We all have a responsibility to sort this out\".\n\nSue Freeth, chief executive of Combat Stress, has questioned whether NHS England will be able to cope.\n\nShe told the BBC: \"I don't believe the NHS can pick this up. That is why we exist.\"\n\nMs Freeth said 80% of veterans who come to her organisation have either used the NHS and have not had their needs met, or have felt unable to use NHS services.\n\nAn NHS spokesman said: \"For anyone who has served in the armed forces and may be experiencing mental health difficulties help is available through speaking to their GP or contacting the dedicated NHS services directly.\"\n\nA number of groups and charities have warned of a spike in the number of veterans taking their own lives.\n\nEarlier this month the body of a former soldier, Jamie Davis, was found after he went missing.\n\nHis wife Alicia has criticised the \"lack of intervention\" to help him with his post-traumatic stress disorder.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Army veteran Jamie Davis was found dead six days ago in Totton, Hampshire.\n\nMr Davis' former commanding officer in Afghanistan has also expressed his concern.\n\nRetired Major Richard Streatfield served in Sangin in 2010 and said Mr Davis was the fourth soldier under his command to have died at home in \"similar tragic circumstances\".\n\nHe said the British army and the government has a duty to dedicate time and resources to those who have been exposed to trauma.\n\nFormer Royal Navy engineer Paul Smith told the BBC the government needs to do more to support military veterans.\n\nHe said Combat Stress \"saved my life\" as he struggled with PTSD for 30 years after serving in the Falklands.\n\nMr Smith said he suffered nightmares and flashbacks and became an alcoholic as a result of his military service at the age of 17.\n\nHe said the clinicians at the charity know how to deal with veterans who are \"scared and frightened, people who are close to ending their lives\".\n\n\"The men and women of the military serve this country and are willing to die for this country,\" he explained.\n\n\"But they come back and it's as if the government is ignoring them.\"\n\nYou can find information and support on mental health from the BBC Action Line here.", "The area is popular with British skiers\n\nThe body of a 24-year-old British man has been found after a 12-hour search in the French Alps.\n\nLocal newspaper reports suggested he was the victim of a fall.\n\nThe man was reported missing in the early hours of Thursday morning after he became separated from his friends while returning from a night out.\n\nA spokesperson for the Foreign Office confirmed it is \"supporting the family of a British man who has died in the French Alps\".\n\nThe man's body was spotted by a helicopter at 16:50 local time on Thursday following an extensive search involving police, firefighters and mountain rescue, French newspaper Le Dauphine reported.\n\nIt is believed the man was returning to his accommodation in the ski resort of Brides-les-Bains in the early hours of Thursday, after a night out in the nearby village of Les Allues with other British people.\n\nHe was reported missing to the police around 05:00 on Thursday after failing to return to his accommodation.\n\nThe three-mile walk between Les Allues and Brides-les-Bains takes an estimated one-and-a-half hours. Temperatures were reported to be -3C (26F) at the time.\n\nThe Foreign Office said they were working with local authorities. The man's identity has not been released.\n\nThe resort of Brides-les-Bains is connected by cable car to the well-known resort of Meribel in France's Trois Vallees, an area popular with British skiers.\n\nThe latest tragedy follows the death of trainee surgeon William Reid who died earlier this month after plunging over a 30ft cliff while skiing in the French Alps.", "China has widened a lockdown in Hubei province - the centre of the coronavirus outbreak - as the death toll climbed to 25.", "Marianne Phillips says her agent dropped the asking price of her house without permission\n\nHome sellers could be at risk of losing large sums of money when using quick-sale estate agents to find a buyer, Trading Standards has warned.\n\nIt has seen dozens of cases of people losing tens of thousands of pounds off the market value of their homes.\n\nSome homeowners will accept a lower offer price to secure a speedy sale, and many firms provide a good service.\n\nBut investigator Alison Farrar said Trading Standards had \"a few of these companies on their radar\" at present.\n\n\"I would imagine there are quite a few more we don't know about,\" she added.\n\nAdverts on social media and in national newspapers promise to sell people's homes within seven or 14 days, and in many cases offer a valuable service for people needing to sell quickly.\n\nBut Radio 4's Money Box programme has heard examples where people have had the offer price of their homes reduced, without their knowledge or permission, by tens of thousands of pounds.\n\nMarianne Phillips is worried her three bed semi, which she agreed to put up for sale at £250,000, has effectively been devalued by the company she used. It dropped the asking price by £20,000 without her knowledge or permission.\n\nWhen she found out, Marianne says she was \"absolutely incredulous\".\n\n\"No way did I ever give my approval for that, I was absolutely devastated. It's a lot of money to reduce a house by without ever getting in touch with the person who owns it,\" she says.\n\n\"The equity I've built up in the house, they've just potentially wiped a lot of that out by reducing it by £20,000.\n\n\"It could have quite a dramatic effect on my future\".\n\nAfter Marianne's deal with the quick sale estate agent she was using ended, she relisted with a more traditional agent. This makes it hard to put an exact figure on how much money she might have lost.\n\nWhat is clear though is the stress and anxiety she has suffered, given her concern that her home has been potentially devalued by tens of thousands of pounds.\n\nLowering the asking price of someone's home without their permission is illegal\n\nLowering the sale price of a property without the seller's permission is also against the law.\n\nLee Reynolds, a lawyer who specialises in Trading Standards law, says \"dropping the price of someone's house is a potential breach of what's called Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading regulations\".\n\n\"That's punishable by up to two years in prison and/or an unlimited fine.\n\n\"If it was done knowingly or recklessly it's still a potential breach.\"\n\nConsumers have rights, but National Trading Standards says not many people know where to go to complain.\n\nIt wants anyone who thinks they may have been dealt with unfairly by a quick sale estate agent to get in touch.\n\nPeople can also complain to one of two government approved organisations: the Property Ombudsman Limited and the Property Redress Scheme.\n\nTo be an estate agent in the UK you must be registered with one of these schemes, which are able to issue financial awards to people who've been left out of pocket.\n\nMark Hayward, the chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents Propertymark, says people must do their research and find an estate agent - quick-sale or not - that works for them.\n\n\"I would warn people to make sure they've read the small print and to not be pushed into any price they're not comfortable with,\" he says.\n\n\"The safest way to get an estate agent is to look for one that is regulated and has professional indemnity insurance.\n\n\"[Your house] is your biggest asset, don't be rushed into making any decision.\"\n\nYou can hear more from BBC Radio 4's Money Box programme by listening here.", "A non-league footballer has died after being attacked during a night out, police have said.\n\nJordan Sinnott, who played for Matlock Town, was found unconscious in Market Place, Retford, Nottinghamshire, at about 02:00 GMT on Friday.\n\nPolice have launched a murder investigation after the 25-year-old midfielder was found following \"two large-scale disturbances\" in the town.\n\nHe suffered a fractured skull and died in hospital. A man has been arrested.\n\nThe 27-year-old remains in police custody and was earlier being questioned on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm.\n\nDet Insp Justine Wilson said: \"Mr Sinnott's death is a sad and significant development in this investigation.\n\n\"Our investigative team's focus will remain on identifying those responsible and bringing them to justice.\"\n\nOn Saturday, Matlock Town, who play in the Northern Premier League, said players found out about Sinnott's condition when they arrived for their match versus Mickleover Sports and \"agreed it should be postponed to a future date\".\n\nThe club issued a statement after Mr Sinnott died, which said: \"His family and friends were with him at his bedside and we send our sincere condolences to them all at this very sad time.\"\n\nThey tweeted: \"You weren't just a footballer, you were our friend and brother. You gave us incredible memories and scored your first career hat-trick in your final game for the club. Rest easy Jordan, we love, miss and will never forget you.\"\n\nSinnott had joined Matlock from National League North side Alfreton Town, who also issued a statement in which they described the player as a \"model footballer and an exceptional talent\".\n\nOthers have paid tribute 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 by Huddersfield Town 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 Chesterfield FC 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\nPolice said officers had attended a \"large-scale fight\" involving eight men and women at the Dominie Cross pub car park in Grove Street at about 23:25 GMT on Friday.\n\nSinnott was found a couple of hours later following another \"large-scale disturbance\", police said.\n\n\"Officers were later called to assist ambulance crews who were attempting to treat Sinnott after he was found unconscious with a suspected fractured skull following a subsequent incident,\" Nottinghamshire Police said later.\n\nPolice said a 27-year old man suffered a suspected broken nose and a 44-year old man was left with a suspected broken jaw.\n\nDet Insp Wilson said: \"We are appealing to anyone who was in Retford town centre late last night and in the early hours of this morning to come forward.\n\n\"This incident happened at a very busy time and we believe there are still a number of witnesses who have still not yet come forward who may hold vital information about how a young man came to lose his life so tragically.\"\n\nSinnott, from Bradford, is the son of former footballer Lee Sinnott.\n\nHe started his career as a youth player at Huddersfield Town, for whom he made five appearances between 2013 and 2014, before joining non-league Altrincham.\n\nAfter a spell at Halifax, he went on to play again in the Football League, joining League Two Chesterfield for the 2017-18 season.\n\nEarlier this month he scored the first hat-trick of his career during a game against Basford United.\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.", "Last updated on .From the section Basketball\n\nBritish basketball has reacted with \"sadness\" to the \"shock\" news that Robert Archibald, the only Scot to play in the NBA, has died at 39.\n\nBorn in Paisley, the forward/centre also represented Scotland and Great Britain at the Olympics.\n\nBasketball Scotland counterpart Kevin Pringle said he was \"a trailblazer\".\n\nArchibald, whose first club was Dunfermline Reign, was the son of Scotland and GB captain Bobby Archibald, and went to high school and college in the USA on a basketball scholarship at the University of Illinois.\n\nHe began his senior career with Memphis Grizzlies in 2002 before moves to Phoenix Suns, Orlando Magic and Toronto Raptors.\n\nArchibald moved to Valencia in 2004 and played eight seasons in Europe's top leagues, joining Scavolini Pesaro, Joventut Badalona, with whom he won the Fiba EuroCup title in 2006, Azovmash Mariupol, Unicaja Malaga and CAI Zaragoza.\n\nHaving won his first cap in 2007, he played for Great Britain 42 times, including at the 2009 and 2011 EuroBasket tournaments, but retired in 2012 and went back to the USA to live and to work in insurance.\n\nGreat Britain centre Andrew Betts, who played with Archibald on the GB team and with Joventut, said: \"I'm heartbroken to hear the news of the passing of my friend and team-mate Rob.\n\n\"He was truly one of the nicest, funniest guys I ever met. I spent some of my favourite years of basketball with him and his family on and off the court. RIP big fella.\"\n\nGB basketball's Watkins was also \"deeply saddened\" to learn of Archibald's passing in Chicago.\n\n\"He was a fantastic ambassador for Scottish and British basketball and will be fondly remembered for his great contribution to the game in our country, his talent and his great achievements,\" he said.\n\nBasketball Scotland chief executive Pringle said that the death had come as \"a complete shock to us all\".\n\n\"He was a wonderful man and a great friend, as well as being a trailblazer and an inspiration to others,\" he added. \"Robert loved the sport and demonstrated what can be achieved through hard work and the right attitude.\n\n\"Throughout his extraordinary career, he always played with pride and determination and was always a credit to his country, whether representing Scotland or GB at home or abroad.\n\n\"The basketball community has lost a great role model and a true friend and the thoughts of the whole community are with his family at this difficult time. We will miss him.\"", "Crews were called to the fire at a property on Wensley Avenue\n\nA man and his 10-year-old daughter have died in a fire at a terraced house on the outskirts of Hull.\n\nCrews were called to Wensley Avenue, just off Cottingham Road, Cottingham, shortly before 08:00 GMT and battled to rescue them from the building.\n\nThe man was pronounced dead at the scene and his daughter was taken to hospital but died later.\n\nHumberside Police said fire investigators were working to establish the cause of the blaze.\n\nThe father and daughter were the only people in the property at the time, the fire service said.\n\n\"We pulled out an adult male, and what we now know is his 10-year-old daughter, and tragically both lives were lost to the fire,\" Humberside Fire and Rescue Service said.\n\n\"We have got fire investigation officers there who will be working tirelessly throughout today.\"\n\nNeighbour Carl Goodfellow said he saw smoke coming from the building and tried to rescue those inside.\n\n\"We tried to break the door down, but them composite doors are a bit strong,\" he said.\n\n\"I was banging on the window shouting, shouting through the letterbox.\n\n\"I was banging on the window to try and get some attention, but there was nothing.\n\n\"We did try to alert him, but there was no response.\"\n\nNeighbour Carl Goodfellow tried to break the door down to help the people in the house\n\nAnother neighbour Phillip Darwick said he saw a police car go by and came out to see what was happening.\n\nHe said: \"When I looked down [the street] I could see a load of action and smoke billowing out.\n\n\"We've lived here a lot of years and so have they, so we think we know them.\n\n\"It's quite shocking, you never think - it's a cliché - but you never think it's going to happen do you?\n\n\"It's shaken me and my wife up, it's quite sad really.\"\n\nAn investigation into the cause of the fire has begun with specialist officers working in the house\n\nTalking about the attempts by other neighbours to alert the people in the house about the fire Mr Darwick added:\n\n\"When I came out all I saw was a load of smoke come flying out of the window and it looked like it was coming out of the roof.\"\n\n\"This event has turned out to be tragic in the loss of two lives in a house fire,\" Steve Duffield from Humberside Fire and Rescue Service said.\n\n\"We worked tirelessly with emergency service colleagues to do everything we could.\n\n\"We sent breathing apparatus crews into the property immediately to attempt to rescue [people] but tragically it was too late for the individuals and we're reporting a loss of two lives in this event.\n\n\"It's a tragic event in any circumstance.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire 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.", "Eminem is the only artist to have 10 straight UK number one albums\n\nEminem has started the weekend with a double, topping both the UK album and singles charts.\n\nThe rapper's surprise release, Music To Be Murdered By, came in for criticism as one track refers to the Manchester bomb attack, which killed 22 people.\n\nBut on Thursday, the 47-year-old defended his controversial lyrics, saying they were not intended to be taken literally.\n\nThe victory gives him a record-breaking 10th number one album in a row.\n\nDespite leading the race at the midweek stage, Manchester indie rockers The Courteeners finished in second place with 25,000 sales - their highest-ever chart position (More. Again. Forever. was also this week's best-selling album on vinyl).\n\nOn Monday, frontman Liam Fray said Eminem had \"crossed a line\" on the track Unaccommodating, which mentions an explosion outside of an Ariana Grande concert.\n\nEminem replied to his critics by saying some lyrics on the album were \"designed to shock the conscience, which may cause positive action\".\n\nHe added the album, which recorded 36,000 chart sales, is not intended for people who are \"easily offended or unnerved\".\n\nEminem also topped the singles chart with one song from the album, Godzilla, which features Juice WRLD, the rapper who died in December after an accidental overdose.\n\nGodzilla only topped the singles chart by the narrowest of margins.\n\nThe song finished a mere 93 chart sales ahead of 2020's newest star, 21-year-old Compton rapper Roddy Ricch - who went viral on Tik Tok, with his track, The Box.\n\nThe Roddy Ricch dance challenge saw thousands of users of the social media platform film themselves showing off their moves.\n\nThe Official Charts Company described this week as \"one of the closest chart battles of recent times\".\n\nRoddy Ricch missed out on his first UK number one by 93 chart sales\n\nUltimately, it resulted in Eminem bagging his 10th number one single on these shores.\n\nLast year, only three tracks went similarly straight in at the top; Stormzy's Vossi Bop, Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber's I Don't Care, and LadBaby's charity Christmas number one, I Love Sausage Rolls.\n\nReturning indie band Bombay Bicycle Club's new album. Everything Else Has Gone Wrong, went back in at number four after their four-year hiatus.\n\nMeanwhile, UK drill rapper DigDat enjoyed the biggest opening week chart sales for an album from that genre, with his mixtape Ei8ht Mile landing in 12th place.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "An Oxford professor given protection after alleged threats from transgender rights activists says she did not want to \"wait and see if I'd get hit in the face\" before taking action.\n\nSelina Todd, modern history professor at St Hilda's College, said members of staff accompanied her to lectures after learning of threats on social media.\n\nProf Todd has now warned against shutting down debates.\n\nThe University of Oxford said it did not comment on individual arrangements.\n\nThe academic told BBC Radio 4's Today programme she felt \"vulnerable\" having previously experienced hostility from some academics and students.\n\nProf Todd said the threats come from some campaigners who believe her views on the need to protect women's spaces, such as single-sex refuges, from people who self-identify as women but are anatomically male are unacceptable.\n\nThe academic said that she has witnessed \"quite antagonistic\" and \"quite confrontational\" protests outside women's rights meetings she has spoken at in the past.\n\nBut she insisted that discussions about women's rights should not be silenced.\n\n\"It's always the case that groups' needs and interests can conflict with those of other equally legitimate groups,\" she said.\n\nBut she added that in a democratic state an open debate on how to accommodate the needs of all legitimate groups within a society was needed.\n\n\"In the world today democracy is under threat and therefore we all have to defend the right of people to have freedom of speech and freedom of debate,\" she said.\n\nShe later tweeted to say that \"on the basis of limited info me and my employer could get, we decided not to wait and see if I'd get hit in the face\" before introducing security measures.\n\nThe story was first reported this week in the Daily Telegraph.\n\nProf Todd told the paper that two students had warned her they had seen threats made against her on email networks they were a part of.\n\nThe university, she said, carried out its own investigation and found there was enough evidence to provide her with protection.\n\nThe two male staff members providing protection arrive in lectures before students in order to \"diffuse\" any potential action that might take place, she said.\n\nProf Todd said universities were not a place for bigotry, but somewhere to have a \"respectful, democratic debate\" that was \"evidence-based\".\n\nShe continued: \"This might sound like a storm in a teacup and something that's just about student activists but students become graduates and Oxford students tend to become graduates who go into things like politics, the media or the civil service.\n\n\"So if they are learning that no debate is the way to run a society we should all be worried.\"\n\nThe University of Oxford said it did not comment on individual cases, but added in a statement: \"When staff raise concerns with us, the university will always review the circumstances and offer appropriate support to ensure their safety and their freedom of expression.\"", "The recruit was recovered from the sea at Tregantle beach in Cornwall\n\nA Royal Marine who was injured in a training incident earlier this week has died.\n\nThe Marine was part of a group that had been practising an assault from a landing craft on Tregantle beach, Cornwall.\n\nThe recruit had been wearing full kit and had \"gone under water\" during the exercise on Tuesday evening.\n\nThe Royal Navy said its \"thoughts and sympathies\" were with the recruit's family and friends.\n\nIt said the incident was under investigation.\n\nSouth Western Ambulance Service said on Thursday it had been called to the incident on the beach shortly after 22:00 GMT on Tuesday.\n\n\"The caller reported to us that a person had gone underwater. We sent land, air and other specialist paramedics to attend the incident,\" a spokesman said.\n\n\"They treated a male patient at the scene and he was conveyed by air ambulance to Derriford Hospital for further care.\"\n\nThe man was in the last phase of his 32-week training.\n\nThe Royal Marines' principal military training centre is situated near Lympstone in Devon.", "Harry Dunn died in hospital after his motorbike was involved in a crash outside RAF Croughton\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has told US President Donald Trump of \"the need\" for the suspect in the Harry Dunn case to return to the UK, No 10 has said.\n\nIn a telephone conversation with the president the prime minister spoke of \"the need to secure justice for Harry's family\", following the fatal crash.\n\nIt comes after the US rejected the UK's extradition request for Anne Sacoolas.\n\nShe was driving a car that was in collision with Mr Dunn's motorcycle near RAF Croughton in 2019.\n\nDowning Street said Mr Johnson had raised the issue again in a phone call with the president on Friday.\n\nHarry Dunn's mother Charlotte Charles has said the family's determination to get justice is \"stronger than ever\"\n\n\"The Prime Minister raised the tragic case of Harry Dunn, and the need to secure justice for Harry's family,\" a spokesman said.\n\n\"He reiterated the need for the individual involved to return to the UK.\"\n\nMs Sacoolas, 42, claimed diplomatic immunity following the crash in August and was able to return home to the US.\n\nThe crash happened outside the Northamptonshire RAF base where Mrs Sacoolas's husband Jonathan worked as an intelligence officer.\n\nMs Sacoolas is to be charged with causing death by dangerous driving but Mr Johnson has previously said the chance of her ever returning to the UK is very low.\n\nBusiness Secretary Andrea Leadsom met Mr Dunn's family on Friday, the day after she had informed them of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's decision to refuse the extradition request.\n\nAnne Sacoolas pictured on her wedding day in 2003", "Iraqi security forces (in the background) burned protesters' tents at Baghdad's Tahrir Square\n\nIraqi security forces have moved against the main anti-government protest site in central Baghdad.\n\nThey fired live ammunition and tear gas as they began removing tents and concrete barriers near Tahrir Square and a bridge across the Tigris river, eyewitnesses say.\n\nSeveral people are reported to have been injured in Saturday's clashes.\n\nProtesters have for months held anti-government demonstrations and camped in the capital.\n\nSaturday's violence comes a day after a separate massive rally in Baghdad against the presence of US forces in the country.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMany protesters in that rally were supporters of powerful Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, who had called a million of people to join Friday's march.\n\nThe US killing of the top Iranian military commander, Gen Qasem Soleimani, on 3 January at Baghdad airport has fuelled tensions.\n\nAlso assassinated in the US drone strike was Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, an Iraqi who had commanded the Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah militia group.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This footage, reportedly of the missile attack, was shown on Iranian state TV\n\nIran responded on 8 January to Gen Soleimani's assassination by carrying out a ballistic missile attack on two airbases housing US forces in Iraq.\n\nA Pentagon spokesman has said that 34 US service members had suffered traumatic brain injuries.\n\nHours after the strike, Iran's armed forces fired two missiles at a Ukrainian passenger plane over Iran's capital, Tehran, by mistake, killing all 176 people on board.", "The guidance highlights the positive role dogs can play in people's lives\n\nA homeless shelter in Glasgow has announced it will allow dogs to stay with their owners, following advice from housing providers.\n\nThe Glasgow City Mission will supply items such as food, bedding and treats for pets from 24 January.\n\nIn November Simon Community Scotland issued guidance with Dogs Trust on the matter, highlighting how dogs could provide comfort for people with trauma.\n\nDogs Trust estimated only about 10% of hostels were dog-friendly at the time.\n\nThe document consists of several pieces of advice such as how to provide dog-friendly communal rooms in temporary shelters and create risk assessments to ensure there are no issues with staff members being allergic to, or afraid of, pets.\n\nThe animal welfare charity supplied the Glasgow City Mission with materials in order to accommodate pets.\n\nThe winter night shelter is located at the Lodging House Mission in East Campbell Street.\n\nA spokesperson for Glasgow City Mission said they \"recognised the importance of dogs\" to guests and wanted to make sure dog owners got a good night's sleep.\n\nThey continued: \"We thank our friends at the Dogs Trust for their generosity in supplying all the necessary materials and accessories to allow us to launch this scheme.\n\n\"We have food, treats, bedding and toys ready and waiting.\"\n• None Homeless 'should be allowed to stay with dogs'", "Grenfell Tower families have raised concerns to the PM about a potential conflict of interest involving a member of the inquiry into the disaster.\n\nBenita Mehra will join chairman Sir Martin Moore-Bick for the inquiry's second phase, which begins this year.\n\nThe Guardian has revealed Ms Mehra ran a charity that received funding linked to US firm Arconic, which supplied the cladding that helped the fire spread.\n\nSeventy-two people died during the tower block fire on 14 June 2017.\n\nShah Aghlani, who lost his mother and aunt in the fire, told the BBC: \"We have to look into it and see what the facts are and, if there's a conflict interest, I'm afraid she has to go. She has to be replaced.\n\n\"She's going to be sitting on panel judging and analysing things and we can't have any sort of conflict of interest.\"\n\nHe added that, in a meeting with bereaved families on Thursday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised to \"listen, look into it and he'd come back to us\".\n\nA report - following the first phase of the public inquiry into the fire - found in October last year that the tower block's cladding did not comply with building regulations and was the \"principal\" reason for the fire's rapid and \"profoundly shocking\" spread.\n\nArconic said the grant was made by its charitable arm, the Arconic Foundation, which is \"an independently endowed and managed foundation\".\n\nA spokesman added: \"It's part of Arconic Foundation's mission to create access to these fields for girls and women all over the globe. The grant we awarded in 2017 to this particular UK association was purely on this basis.\"\n\nMs Mehra, a civil engineer, was appointed to the Grenfell Tower inquiry panel shortly before Christmas, replacing academic Professor Nabeel Hamdi.\n\nIt has since emerged that Ms Mehra is an immediate past president of the Women's Engineering Society (WES), which previously received funding from the Arconic Foundation for an apprentice conference.\n\nEarlier, Karim Mussilhy, vice-chairman of the survivors and bereaved group Grenfell United, told the Guardian: \"Her society has been supported by Arconic. She will look at it from the perspective of Arconic doing good things for the industry, that they are a great organisation. Her perspective will be affected.\"\n\nHowever, a spokeswoman for the inquiry said they do not believe Ms Mehra's former role with the WES will have any influence on her ability to be impartial.\n\n\"The consideration and appointment of panel members is a matter for the Cabinet Office,\" said the spokeswoman.\n\n\"The inquiry does not consider that Benita Mehra's former presidency of the Women's Engineering Society in any way affects her impartiality as a panel member.\"\n\nA Cabinet Office spokesman said: \"There are robust processes in place to ensure the Grenfell Tower Inquiry remains independent and that any potential conflicts of interest are properly considered and managed.\"\n\nThey added that the Arconic Foundation donated to a \"specific scheme which provides mentoring for women in engineering and is unrelated to the issues being considered by the inquiry\".\n\nDowning Street said the prime minister \"reaffirmed his commitment to getting to the truth of what happened, learn lessons and deliver justice for victims\".\n\nOn Thursday's meeting with Grenfell families, a No 10 spokesman added: \"During the meeting, they reflected on the phase one report of the Grenfell Inquiry, and looked ahead to the next stage.\"\n\nMs Mehra stepped in for the second phase of the inquiry after Prof Nabeel Hamdi, a housing expert, decided to quit because of the commitment involved in taking part in the inquiry.\n\nThe second phase of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry begins on 27 January.\n\nAfter considering the night of the fire, during the first phase, the focus will switch to the refurbishment of the building and its role in the fire, as well as issues surrounding the building regulations.\n\nThouria Istephan, who specialises in construction regulations, will join Sir Martin and Ms Mehra on the panel.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rescue teams rushed to help after the earthquake struck\n\nAt least 31 people have been killed and more than 1,600 injured in a powerful earthquake in eastern Turkey.\n\nThe magnitude-6.8 quake centred on the town of Sivrice in Elazig province caused buildings to collapse and sent residents rushing into the street.\n\nForty-five people have been rescued so far, with more than 20 feared to remain trapped, officials say.\n\nEarthquakes are common in Turkey - about 17,000 people died in a quake in the western city of Izmit in 1999.\n\nTremors were also felt in neighbouring Syria, Lebanon and Iran.\n\nThis woman was pulled from the rubble in Elazig\n\nMore than 400 aftershocks were recorded, Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (Afad) said.\n\nRescue teams worked through the night, using their hands, drills and diggers to try to find people in the rubble of fallen buildings. They also brought beds and tents for those displaced, and warned residents against returning to damaged buildings because of the danger of aftershocks.\n\nAfad said that most of the casualties were in Elazig province, and deaths were also reported in the neighbouring province of Malatya.\n\nSome 1,607 people were injured by the earthquake, according to the latest count.\n\nReports said an elderly woman was pulled alive from the rubble about 19 hours after the earthquake.\n\nAnother woman left buried was saved after calling her relatives from her mobile phone and telling them where she was trapped.\n\nBut a 12-year-old boy rescued from the wreckage later died in hospital.\n\nThe quake caused many buildings to collapse\n\nTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (centre-right) attends the funeral of some of the victims in Elazig\n\n\"It was very scary - furniture fell on top of us. We rushed outside,\" AFP news agency quoted 47-year-old Melahat Can, who lives in the city of Elazig, as saying.\n\n\"Our houses collapsed...we cannot go inside them,\" a 32-year-old man from Sivrice told Reuters.\n\nThe region struck by the quake, some 550km (340 miles) east of the capital Ankara, is remote and sparsely populated, so details of damage and fatalities could be slow to emerge.\n\nTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cancelled plans in Istanbul on Saturday to instead visit the affected area and attend the funeral of two of the victims.\n\n\"We are doing everything we can as the state and nation, and we will continue to do so. Our efforts at all rescue sites will continue,\" he said.\n\nIn its advisory on Saturday morning, the emergency authority said the overnight temperature had fallen to -8C (17.6F), with similar cold expected the following night.\n\nThe Turkish Red Crescent has also dispatched hundreds of personnel with emergency supplies, it said.\n\nSivrice, a town of about 4,000 people, is a popular tourist spot on the shore of Hazar lake, the source of the river Tigris.\n\nAre you in the area? Share your experiences 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:", "Sharon Green's daughter Rebecca went rollerblading in 1996 and \"never came home\"\n\nA mother who marks every anniversary of her daughter's death by placing flowers at the roadside was \"overwhelmed\" when a stranger left a poem for her to find.\n\nSharon Green leaves a floral tribute by the road in Sheffield where 13-year-old Rebecca was run over in 1996.\n\nPeter Fearnley actually wrote the poem in 2018 as the lyrics to a song. This year, he attached a laminated card of his verse to the railings.\n\nMs Green found his work and they were put in touch through social media.\n\n\"I was just overwhelmed to think that someone would go and put so much effort into writing the most beautiful verse,\" Ms Green told BBC Radio Sheffield.\n\nIn his poem, Mr Fearnley described the flowers as \"an epitaph and a shrine for a loved one lost too early\"\n\n\"I've seen this act of sweet remembrance for over twenty years\n\nFlowers on the railings full of tenderness and tears\n\nAll the colours of the rainbow wrapped up in a pretty bow\n\nThe flowers on the railings for a love that won't let go\"\n\nRebecca was knocked down at a crossing on Penistone Road on 20 January 1996, and each year since then her mum has left flowers as a \"reminder\" for passing drivers.\n\nOne of the motorists who noticed them over the years was Mr Fearnley, who commutes into Sheffield from Deepcar.\n\nTwo years ago Mr Fearnley recorded a song he shared online, in the hope the person who left the flowers would come across it - but to no avail.\n\n\"I thought it was a really touching tribute and always felt really moved [by the flowers],\" he said.\n\n\"I've been a songwriter for many years so it was natural for me to try and put those feelings into verse.\"\n\nAfter reading the verse, Ms Green asked her daughter Emma to share it on Facebook and the following day they made contact with Mr Fearnley.\n\n\"It's absolutely wonderful,\" Ms Green said. \"I can't believe someone has been driving past for the past 24 years and taking note that the flowers were there.\"\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.", "A newly-appointed Grenfell Tower fire inquiry panel member has resigned after she was linked to the charitable arm of a firm which supplied the block's deadly cladding.\n\nBenita Mehra said she recognised and respected the \"depth of feeling\" among some about her appointment.\n\nDowning Street said it had accepted her resignation but maintained there was no conflict of interest.\n\nIt comes ahead of the second phase of the inquiry beginning on Monday.\n\nMs Mehra, an engineer, had been appointed to replace academic Prof Nabeel Hamdi as an expert panellist for the second phase of the inquiry.\n\nVictims' families had raised concerns to the prime minister about her former role as a past president of the Women's Engineering Society, which received funding from the Arconic Foundation for an apprentice conference.\n\nArconic supplied the cladding on the outside of the west London tower block, which caught fire on 14 June 2017, claiming 72 lives.\n\nFamilies had been threatening to boycott the opening of the second phase of the Grenfell inquiry.\n\nThe Grenfell United group said the resignation had helped to \"lift growing anxiety ahead of phase two\".\n\nBut it continued: \"The government should never have put families in this situation.\n\n\"They failed to carry out basic checks and understand the importance and sensitivities around a fair and proper process.\"\n\nGrenfell United said the government must now urgently find a new panellist to replace Ms Mehra \"to bring expertise on community relations to the inquiry\", adding it \"does not need another technical expert\".\n\nIn her resignation letter to the PM, Ms Mehra said: \"As you know, I had hoped to draw on my experience and knowledge of the construction industry, of community engagement and of governance within housing management to contribute to the vital work of the inquiry in discovering how and why the devastating fire at Grenfell Tower happened.\"\n\nHowever, she said it was apparent her former role as president of the Women's Engineering Society had caused \"serious concern\" among a number of inquiry participants.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson thanked Ms Mehra for her commitment and said he was \"grateful for her sensitivity to the work of the inquiry\".\n\nA report - following the first phase of the public inquiry into the fire - found in October last year that the tower block's cladding did not comply with building regulations and was the \"principal\" reason for the fire's rapid and \"profoundly shocking\" spread.\n\nArconic said a \"confluence of unfortunate circumstances\" rather than the \"mere presence\" of the panels had caused the spread of the fire.\n\nIt has said that the grant was made by its charitable arm, the Arconic Foundation, which is \"an independently endowed and managed foundation\".\n\nOn Monday, the inquiry will switch from focusing on the night of the fire to the refurbishment of the building and its role in the blaze, as well as issues surrounding building regulations.", "Boris Johnson has signed the Brexit withdrawal agreement in Downing Street.\n\nThe prime minister hailed a \"fantastic moment\" for the country after he put his name to the historic agreement, which paves the way for the UK's exit from the European Union next Friday.\n\nHe said he hoped it would \"bring to an end far too many years of argument and division\".\n\nEarlier on Friday, European leaders signed the document in Brussels, before it was transported to London by train.\n\nThe signings mark another step in the ratification process, following Parliament's approval of the Brexit bill earlier this week. The European Parliament will vote on the agreement on 29 January.\n\nDowning Street officials said the PM marked the document with a Parker fountain pen, as is traditional for ceremonial signings in No 10.\n\nIt was witnessed by EU and Foreign Office officials, including the PM's Chief Negotiator David Frost, and Downing Street staff.\n\n\"The signing is a fantastic moment, which finally delivers the result of the 2016 referendum and brings to an end far too many years of argument and division,\" Mr Johnson said.\n\n\"We can now move forward as one country - with a government focused upon delivering better public services, greater opportunity and unleashing the potential of every corner of our brilliant UK, while building a strong new relationship with the EU as friends and sovereign equals.\"\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\nEarlier on Friday, the document crossed the channel on a Eurostar train, having been signed in Brussels by the European Council's president Charles Michel and the European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen.\n\nThe UK will keep a copy of the agreement while the original will return to Brussels, where it will be stored in an archive along with other historic international agreements.\n\nNext week's European Parliament vote is seen as all but a formality, after it was backed by the parliament's constitutional affairs committee on Thursday.\n\nMrs von der Leyen and other senior EU figures are sceptical about the UK government's plan to negotiate a comprehensive deal on future relations before the end of 2020. They believe the timetable for that is too tight.\n\nBut Prime Minister Boris Johnson is upbeat, insisting the UK can now move forward after years of wrangling over Brexit.\n\nMr Michel, the former Belgian Prime Minister who chairs EU summits, said in a tweet: \"Things will inevitably change but our friendship will remain. We start a new chapter as partners and allies.\"", "Fraudsters \"operate with impunity\" as a surge in cases has left police struggling to cope, a report has found.\n\nStaff feel they cannot identify criminals and bring them to justice, the report said, at a time when there has been a 15% rise in cases.\n\nThe report, by ex-Met Police Deputy Commissioner Sir Craig Mackey, found fraud now accounts for one-in-three crimes - but just 2% are detected.\n\nThe Home Office said it will study Sir Craig's findings.\n\nThe report also revealed fewer than 1% of police officers directly investigate fraud.\n\nAnd despite nearly 2,000 fraud offences being committed daily in England and Wales, just one in 50 is prosecuted.\n\nSir Craig warned that a lack of proper investment and inadequate technology was hampering efforts to tackle the crime.\n\nWhile overall crime in England and Wales has remained \"broadly static\" over the past 12 months, reporting of fraud has jumped by 500,000 cases - a rise of 15%.\n\nThe review follows an investigation by the Times last year, which claimed call handlers for Action Fraud, the national fraud reporting service, had mocked victims and misled people into thinking they were dealing with police.\n\nIt is estimated 86% of fraud is committed online and around 78% of cases involves offences where suspects and offenders do not live in the same area.\n\nVictims of fraud must report it to Action Fraud, which is overseen by the City of London Police, the force that specialises in fraud investigations.\n\nHowever, Action Fraud's call centre and computer systems are handled by private companies.\n\nLast year, an undercover Times reporter applied for a job as a call handler for one of the companies, Concentrix, at a call centre in Gourock, Inverclyde.\n\nThe Times' investigation, published last August, said:\n\nSir Craig visited Action Fraud as part of his review and found a number of staff had been dismissed following the newspaper's probe while others had been warned over their behaviour.\n\nHe recommended the service should now be \"re-defined and brought back into line with industry standards and public expectation\".\n\nOverall, the ex-police chief said \"fraud investigation in the UK needs a 'new future'\".\n\nA Home Office spokesperson said: \"It is vital that fraud victims have the confidence to come forward and know that their case will be dealt with properly.\n\n\"We note this review into the standards, culture and management of Action Fraud and will look at it carefully.\"", "Police said the newborn was found in the street shortly after 06:15 GMT\n\nThe remains of a newborn baby have been found in a Portsmouth street.\n\nThe baby was found at the junction of Victoria Street and Old Commercial Road, near Charles Dickens' Birthplace Museum, shortly after 06:15 GMT.\n\nPolice said they \"are extremely concerned for the welfare of the mother of this child\" and appealed to her to get in touch.\n\nA cordon remains in place, with officers carrying out house to house inquiries in the area.\n\nPolice have appealed for the mother to contact them\n\nDet Ch Insp Simon Baker added: \"We want to speak with anyone who has concerns about someone who has recently been heavily pregnant, that you suspect may have been heavily pregnant or who has given birth very recently.\n\nMaking a direct appeal to the mother, he said: \"I know this must be a very distressing time for you, but I want to make sure you are getting the right help and care.\n\n\"I understand you may be frightened, but it is important that you get in touch with us.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Emily Thornberry, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Lisa Nandy and Sir Keir Starmer are all hoping for the nomination\n\nLabour has experienced a surge in membership since the general election, BBC Two's Newsnight has learned.\n\nConstituency Labour parties (CLPs) have reported rises in local membership amid the ongoing leadership race, in which members will vote from 21 February.\n\nIn Hammersmith, west London, the CLP has seen a 32% increase while in Bury North numbers have gone up by 26%.\n\nIt is not clear whether these members have only joined to get a vote - but the surge will boost Labour's finances.\n\nThe average increase in membership in the CLPs contacted by BBC Newsnight was around 20%.\n\nIn Hammersmith, 413 members have joined in a single month and in Bury North 202 more people have signed up.\n\nElsewhere, Richmond, south-west London, now boasts 350 new members, up 30%, and Hove, East Sussex, has 477 more, up 21%, while Exeter has seen a 25% increase with 300 additional members.\n\nBBC Newsnight has been told the CLP of Sir Keir Starmer, who is a candidate in the leadership race, has seen its membership rise by 1,000 - almost a third.\n\nThese are large increases in a short length of time.\n\nOf the CLP chairmen and chairwomen and MPs who spoke to Newsnight, virtually all seemed certain these members joined in order to have a say about the next Labour Party leader.\n\nIn 2015 and 2016, the two Labour leadership contests in which Jeremy Corbyn ran, much was made about the \"entryism\" or programme of enlisting new members to vote for the left-wing candidate.\n\nThe intentions of all the new members this time is not certain - there are simply too many of them to be sure.\n\nHowever, sources within local parties are confident many if not most had joined to vote against the left-wing candidate, a reversal of what happened four years ago.\n\nOne MP, in a CLP that now numbers nearly 3,000 members, told Newsnight: \"We're just trying to figure it out, but it seems that overwhelmingly the new joiners since the election are moderates who want to vote against Rebecca Long-Bailey in some form.\n\n\"A lot joined for Jess Phillips and are now deciding who next.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Who decides on the next Labour leader?\n\nAnother constituency chairman added that in a single ward in his constituency \"there are around 100 new members and rejoiners just in my branch\".\n\n\"We've been phoning them and the overwhelming majority have joined to vote for a moderate candidate,\" he said.\n\nAnother Labour source was convinced this surge meant that the probable outcome of the leadership race was certain.\n\n\"I think the contest is over to be honest: [Angela] Rayner [as deputy leader] and Starmer in the first round, unless [Lisa] Nandy really surges,\" they said.\n\n\"A lot of solidly left activists I know are pretty resigned saying things like 'when Starmer wins we'll need to be organised'.\"\n\nMany CLP officers and MPs believe the party has been flooded by pro-EU members in favour of Sir Keir, someone they deem creditworthy after his advocacy of a second EU referendum.\n\nThe increases in Sir Keir's own constituency of Holborn and St Pancras lend weight to this theory.\n\nThese new members will be forbidden from taking part in the constituency nomination process, as a result of long-standing Labour Party rules.\n\nHowever, they will have a vote in the upcoming leader and deputy leader contests.\n\nSuch a large number of new voters in this electorate potentially makes the contest more unpredictable.\n\nHowever, few party insiders believe that this new infusion will benefit Jeremy Corbyn's preferred successor, Rebecca Long-Bailey.\n\nIt seems improbable that there are a large pool of left-inclined voters who didn't join for Jeremy Corbyn who would choose to join now.\n\nNew members will be also be a financial boon to the party.\n\nBut it isn't all good news for Labour.\n\nThe one exception to the new surge seems to be Scotland.\n\nIncreases for CLPs in Scotland were, in some cases, in single figures - with the prospect of influencing the future of Britain's second biggest party, but Scotland's fourth, apparently failing to excite many politically inclined voters.", "Universities and Science Minister Chris Skidmore has said that the UK will not implement the EU Copyright Directive after the country leaves the EU.\n\nSeveral companies have criticised the law, which would hold them accountable for not removing copyrighted content uploaded by users, if it is passed.\n\nEU member states have until 7 June 2021 to implement the new reforms, but the UK will have left the EU by then.\n\nThe UK was among 19 nations that initially supported the law.\n\nThat was in its final European Council vote in April 2019.\n\nCopyright is the legal right that allows an artist to protect how their original work is used.\n\nThe EU Copyright Directive that covers how \"online content-sharing services\" should deal with copyright-protected content, such as television programmes and movies.\n\nIt refers to services that primarily exist to give the public access to \"protected works or other protected subject-matter uploaded by its users\", such as Soundcloud, Dailymotion and YouTube.\n\nIt was Article 13 which prompted fears over the future of memes and GIFs - stills, animated or short video clips that go viral - since they mainly rely on copyrighted scenes from TV and film.\n\nCritics claimed Article 13 would make it nearly impossible to upload even the tiniest part of a copyrighted work to Facebook, YouTube, or any other site.\n\nHowever, specific tweaks to the law in 2019 made memes safe \"for purposes of quotation, criticism, review, caricature, parody and pastiche\".\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson criticised the law in March, claiming that it was \"terrible for the internet\".\n\nGoogle had campaigned fiercely against the changes, arguing they would \"harm Europe's creative and digital industries\" and \"change the web as we know it\".\n\nYouTube boss Susan Wojcicki had also warned that users in the EU could be cut off from the video platform.\n\nKathy Berry, a professional support lawyer at Linklaters, welcomed the government's stance on the law, claiming it will \"allow the UK to agree to more tech-friendly copyright provisions in free trade deals with other countries\".\n\nThe law sparked suggestions from its biggest critics that it would end up \"killing memes and parodies,\" despite it permitting the sharing of memes and GIFs.", "Football has \"far too much dependency\" on sponsorship from gambling companies, according to the sports minister.\n\nNigel Adams MP says clubs \"need to look at different sources of income\".\n\nHis warning comes amid mounting scrutiny of the close relationship between sport and the betting industry.\n\n\"We're going to be reviewing the current Gambling Act and I'm sure the link between sports - football in particular - will form a part of that,\" said Adams.\n\nIn a wide-ranging interview with BBC Sport, the minister also said he met the EFL's new chairman Rick Parry this week to discuss ongoing financial concerns in the Football League.\n\nEarlier this month the Football Association was criticised for selling the live streaming rights to FA Cup matches to betting firms via a third party.\n\nSeven gambling websites were able to show some third round matches exclusively to anyone who placed a bet or put a deposit in their account in the 24 hours before kick-off.\n\nThe deal sparked outrage at a time when the FA were campaigning for mental health, and the betting companies then offered to give up their exclusivity.\n\nBut the controversy reinforced fears football is being used to normalise gambling among young fans via sponsorship of shirts, and advertising at matches and during TV coverage.\n\nHalf of all Premier League clubs have betting firms as shirt sponsors, with the figure rising to 15 in the Championship. The Football League itself is sponsored by Sky Bet.\n\nEarlier this season, Huddersfield Town were fined by the FA after wearing a kit advertising a bookmaker's logo that breached regulations in a friendly.\n\n\"We have to look at this very carefully because problem gambling leads to serious social problems, and in some cases people have done drastic things and taken their lives, so we are looking at this very closely,\" said Adams.\n\n\"Occasionally it boils over and you get incidents like you had with some clubs who get into bother over it, like at Huddersfield Town, and the stunt there.\n\n\"So there's way too much dependency, and I'm sure the football authorities are aware of that.\"\n\nLast year, Britain's biggest gambling companies voluntarily agreed to a \"whistle-to-whistle\" television advertising ban, ending commercials during live sports broadcasts.\n\nBut the government is now to review gambling laws, and is considering regulating the way bookmakers advertise through football.\n\nBut Labour - and anti-gambling campaigners - have called for shirt sponsorship by betting companies to be outlawed, as in countries like Italy. Adams would not be drawn on whether a blanket ban on shirt sponsorship by bookmakers was possible.\n\nThe EFL has said gambling companies contribute £40m to its clubs each year through sponsorship. In the Premier League the figure is estimated to be around £70m.\n\nAdams' warning comes at a time of financial turmoil in the EFL. Last week, Derby County became the latest club to be charged for breaching financial rules over the sale of its stadium.\n\nA review is also being conducted into the league's governance and financial sustainability after the collapse of Bury FC earlier this season, with a number of other clubs having struggled to pay wages.\n\n\"It's not a healthy picture. There aren't many football clubs in the EFL that are profitable,\" said Adams.\n\n\"I have met with the new EFL chief executive (Rick Parry) and I'm encouraged by what he said in terms of their review into broader governance.\n\n\"It's not healthy to see clubs like Bury go out of the league. You've got question marks with clubs like Macclesfield. We're taking a very keen interest.\"\n\nThe EFL told BBC Sport it has \"open and regular dialogue with the Government and relevant stakeholders regarding football's ongoing relationship with the gambling industry\".\n\nThe EFL added in a statement it believes the gambling industry should make \"a financial contribution back into football\".\n\n\"This is currently being achieved through commercial partnerships with the EFL and a number of our member clubs,\" they said. \"However, it is important that such arrangements are delivered in a responsible manner.\n\n\"With more than £40m a season paid by the sector to the League and its clubs, it continues to be an important part of the EFL's financial model alongside a domestic broadcasting deal worth £119m a year and a number of other key revenue streams including ticketing, sponsorship and negotiated solidarity payments achieved through the sale of media rights.\"\n\nAdams also described the current issues around racism in football as \"absolutely shocking\".\n\nIncidents of racism have marred a number of Premier League games this season, while England's Euro 2020 qualifying victory over Bulgaria in October 2019 was halted on multiple occasions due to racist chanting by supporters.\n\n\"It's a cancer in the game that we've had for many years,\" said Adams. \"The thought was that now we're in 2020 we would have got to a better place. It's not happened.\n\n\"It's good the players are taking back control and we've seen that in a number of games with the England-Bulgaria game in particular. The football authorities, the Premier League, the FA, the EFL, they're very mindful of the problem.\n\n\"It's absolutely crucial we work with everybody because it's a societal problem, not just a football problem. Every time we meet with the football authorities we are being very clear and asking them for updates on where they're getting in terms of actions.\n\n\"I think what it might possibly take is some prosecutions. We need to, ideally, see the Crown Prosecution Service taking these cases forward and bringing people to book and that may very well have an impact.\"\n\nThe sports minister also confirmed ongoing talks on a \"potential bid\" for the United Kingdom and Ireland to host the World Cup in 2030, though he has called for a more \"transparent\" bidding process after the controversy that surrounded England's failed attempt to host the 2018 tournament.\n\nSince the 2018 and 2022 World Cups were awarded to Russia and Qatar respectively in December 2010, widespread corruption has been exposed in the global game, including allegations of bribery and payment for votes.\n\n\"We want to bid for the World Cup in 2030, it's about time we had the World Cup here,\" said Adams. \"But it has to be far more transparent than it potentially was in the past and I believe that is happening.\n\n\"The prime minister is incredibly keen we land the World Cup. I want to see it here in the United Kingdom and Ireland.\n\n\"As you probably know we've got some talks going on with the devolved nations and Ireland, I met again with the FA last week to discuss the potential bid.\n\n\"It's a work in progress but I think if we have the opportunity of being the European host nation option, I think we've got a very good chance.\"", "US Space Force logo on left and the Star Trek emblem on right\n\nThe newly unveiled logo for US Space Force appears to have boldly gone where Star Trek went before.\n\nTwitter users noted that the emblem, revealed by President Donald Trump, bears an uncanny likeness to the insignia from the cult sci-fi TV series.\n\nThe striking resemblance left many critics as stunned as though they had been zapped by Captain Kirk's phaser.\n\nBut others online insisted the logo was really based on the US Air Force One.\n\nThe intergalactic controversy comes after mockery erupted last week when it emerged Space Force troops would wear woodland camouflage uniforms.\n\nUnveiling the insignia on Friday, Mr Trump tweeted: \"After consultation with our Great Military Leaders, designers, and others, I am pleased to present the new logo for the United States Space Force, the Sixth Branch of our Magnificent Military!\"\n\nGeorge Takei, star of the original 1960s Star Trek TV series, tweeted archly in response.\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 George Takei 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\nAnother Twitter user joked that the Space Force had copied Star Trek's \"homework\".\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 Peter Botte 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 others pointed out that the new logo seemed to bear equal likeness to another, suborbital branch of the US military.\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 John Noonan 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.", "Content moderators are being asked to sign forms stating they understand the job could cause post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to reports.\n\nThe Financial Times and The Verge reported moderators for Facebook and YouTube, hired by the contractor Accenture, were sent the documents.\n\nModerators monitor objectionable materials and often view hundreds of disturbing images in a day's work.\n\nAccenture said the wellbeing of workers was a \"top priority\".\n\nIn a statement the company added only new joiners were being asked to sign the forms, whereas existing employees were being sent the form as an update.\n\n\"We regularly update the information we give our people to ensure that they have a clear understanding of the work they do,\" Accenture said in a statement.\n\nAccenture is a professional services company hired by firms including Google, Facebook and Twitter. Its contractors work as outside monitors for social media sites to remove any inappropriate content. The job often requires watching and listening to disturbing posts that can be violent or sexual in nature.\n\nBoth The Verge and Financial Times report that moderators were sent documents that required to them to acknowledge the mental health risks of the role.\n\n\"I understand the content I will be reviewing may be disturbing. It is possible that reviewing such content may impact my mental health, and it could even lead to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD),\" the statement read.\n\nThe notices were sent to Accenture employees in the United States and Europe.\n\nThe reports come as Facebook faces lawsuits from former content moderators over a range of mental health issues in California and Ireland.\n\nFacebook said it did not review Accenture's new form, but the social media firm does require its partners to offer psychological support for content moderators.\n\nGoogle - YouTube's parent company- also said it did not review the documents but required its partners to offer mental health support.\n\nThe forms sent to the moderators outline support services on offer, including a hotline and a wellness coach. But it concedes in the forms that neither one is staffed by medical professionals and \"cannot diagnose or treat mental disorders\".\n\nCases of PTSD and other mental health issues have been on the rise among content moderators. In 2019 The Verge published a behind the scenes report of the of Facebook Moderators. One moderator quoted in that report said he \"sleeps with a gun by his side\" after doing the job.\n\nMental health experts say understanding the psychological strains of this job does not mitigate its risks.", "A former British Army officer, Andy Roe has been at LFB since 2002\n\nLondon's new fire commissioner has been announced after the brigade's current chief stood down over criticisms of how it responded to the Grenfell fire.\n\nAndy Roe takes over from Dany Cotton from January after she announced last week she was stepping down.\n\nMr Roe was the fire officer who revoked the \"stay put\" advice minutes after becoming incident commander at the Grenfell Tower fire.\n\nSeventy-two people died during the tower block fire on 14 June 2017.\n\nMs Cotton announced last week that she would step down at the end of December after facing pressure to resign after a critical public inquiry report into the fire.\n\nAn inquiry into the fire concluded \"many more lives\" could have been saved if the advice to residents to \"stay put\" had been abandoned earlier than 02:35 BST.\n\nIt said London Fire Brigades's (LFB) preparations for such a fire were \"gravely inadequate\".\n\nDany Cotton, second from right, in Grenfell Tower on the night of the fire\n\nMr Roe will be tasked with implementing the Grenfell Tower Inquiry's recommendations as well as producing the next London Safety Plan, which outlines how the brigade will make London safe.\n\nAs well as being deputy commissioner for operations at the brigade, Mr Roe is a former British Army officer. He joined LFB in 2002 as a firefighter and has been assistant commissioner since 2017. He was in charge of the response to the Croydon tram crash in 2016.\n\nDany Cotton is stepping down at the end of December\n\nMayor of London Sadiq Khan said the brigade's overall response to the disaster had been \"not good enough\", and there were \"significant lessons\".\n\nThe inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire opened in September 2017\n\nMr Roe said: \"We have some real challenges ahead, but I'll be working tirelessly with the brigade, the mayor and London's communities to ensure we deliver on the recommendations of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry report.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "'Read the transcript' has become a feature at Trump rallies Image caption: 'Read the transcript' has become a feature at Trump rallies\n\nMike Purpera, Deputy White House Counsel, is making the president's case to the Senate.\n\nSo far, he's sticking to the subject of the now-infamous 25 July call between President Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart, President Zelensky.\n\n\"Read the transcript\" is now a common refrain among Trump and his supporters, and Purpera is making the same argument now.\n\nPurpera says that this call effectively exonerates the president, pinpointing a particularly contentious line, in which Trump asks Zelensky to \"do us a favour\".\n\nDemocrats say the call is damning in itself, as it clearly shows Trump was looking for a personal favour to have Ukraine investigate Joe Biden.\n\nThe \"us\" here refers to the United States, he says, insisting Trump was looking out for US national interests.\n\nWant to know more about the call?\n\nRead the BBC's Anthony Zurcher's analysis on how an overheard phone call could damage Trump.", "Last updated on .From the section Disability Sport\n\nThe Paralympic Games will remain on free-to-air television after the government added it to the 'crown jewels' list of protected events.\n\nBoth the summer and winter Games will be added in the first change to the list - which includes the Olympics and football World Cup - in 20 years.\n\nIn 2016, 31.6 million watched at least 15 consecutive minutes of Rio coverage.\n\n\"I am delighted the Paralympic Games has been added,\" said Paralympic champion Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson.\n\n\"When you look at the other events it will now sit alongside, it means so much to athletes, current and retired, to know the level that the Paralympic Games has reached in the public consciousness and how much it means to everyone.\"\n\nThe Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is also expected to announce a decision on whether the women's equivalents of men's events already on the list will be added.\n\n\"The Paralympic Games is one of the highlights of the sporting calendar, as the country comes together to support our world-class Paralympic athletes,\" added sports minister Nigel Adams.\n\n\"So it is only right the event is available on free-to-air television for all to enjoy. Adding the Games to the crown jewels list of major sporting events guarantees it the platform it deserves every four years that will help inspire the sporting stars of the future.\"\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.\n\nIt 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.\n\nThe revised list of free-to-air listed events is as follows:\n• None All other matches at the Rugby World Cup\n• None The Cricket World Cup - the final, semi-finals and matches involving England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland", "NHS staff are being encouraged to drive to work less and bring in reusable cups and bottles to help the health service tackle climate change.\n\nThe suggestions are part of an NHS plan to cut carbon emissions to net zero and reduce air pollution.\n\nHospitals will also be told to switch to less-polluting anaesthetic gases and reduce emissions from buildings.\n\nThe plan follows the launch of Climate Assembly UK this week, which is looking at how the UK can best get to net zero.\n\nThe government has committed to the UK reaching the target - where the same volume of greenhouse gases is being emitted as is being absorbed through offsetting techniques like forestry - by 2050.\n\nThe NHS employs 1.3 million staff in England. The health and care system in England is responsible for an estimated 4%-5% of the country's carbon footprint, NHS England said.\n\nSeveral conditions such as heart disease, stroke and lung cancer have been partly attributed to air pollution. The three conditions are estimated to contribute to around 36,000 deaths in the UK annually.\n\nSir Simon Stevens, head of the NHS, said: \"With almost 700 people dying potentially avoidable deaths due to air pollution every week, we are facing a health emergency as well as a climate emergency.\n\n\"Patients and the public rightly want the NHS to deliver for them today, and to help safeguard the future health of our children and grandchildren.\"\n\nAs part of its plans, the NHS is proposing a new standard contract this year, encouraging staff to cut back on driving to work, for example by walking or cycling, taking public transport or car sharing.\n\nOther suggestions for staff include using refillable water bottles and turning off monitors, printers and photocopiers.\n\nThe health service is also establishing an expert panel to advise it on how to reach net zero and by what timescale this can be achieved.\n\nThe panel will look at changes the NHS itself can make, including better use of technology to make up to 30 million outpatient appointments \"redundant\".\n\nThis would spare patients \"thousands of unnecessary trips to and from hospital\", it said.\n\nIt is estimated some 6.7 billion road miles each year are from patients and their visitors travelling to and from the NHS.\n\nIt will also look at changes that can be made in the NHS's medical devices, consumables and pharmaceutical supply, and moving to more renewable energy.\n\nDr Helena McKeown, from the British Medical Association, said doctors were becoming \"increasingly concerned\" about the damaging impact air pollution was having on public health.\n\nShe added: \"As those tasked with looking after the health of the nation, it is positive to see that our health service is already leading by example by providing environmentally friendly healthcare for patients.\"\n\nDame Donna Kinnair, chief executive and general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, said its members were already changing practices to help reduce their workplace's carbon footprint and they were \"committed to extending that\".\n\nBut Unison general secretary Dave Prentis said the implications for the NHS building stock were \"huge\".\n\n\"Everyone must now work together to understand how environment-harming heating and lighting systems can be replaced without redirecting funds from patient care,\" he added.\n\nThe panel will submit an interim report to NHS England in the summer with the final report expected in the autumn.", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nLeague Two Northampton earned a replay with Championship club Derby after a goalless draw in the fourth round of the FA Cup at the PTS Academy Stadium.\n\nCobblers forward Vadaine Oliver went closest to a breakthrough in the first half, striking the crossbar from close range.\n\nCurtis Davies headed wide in the second half for the visitors, who failed to register a shot on target.\n\nThe fifth-round draw is live on BBC One during The One Show on 27 January.\n• None How to follow the FA Cup action on the BBC\n\nNorthampton manager Keith Curle had hoped Wayne Rooney would be rested for Friday's tie, but the former England captain was one of three survivors from the Rams side that beat Hull in the Championship last weekend.\n\nRooney and his team-mates were firmly on the back foot in the opening exchanges, however, with Cobblers centre-forward Oliver proving a constant thorn in the Derby defence.\n\nThe striker scooped the ball on to the top of the crossbar from point-blank range after County had failed to clear Jordan Turnbull's effort, before sending a towering header narrowly wide from Paul Anderson's deep cross.\n\nDerby had created little up to that point, but they were adamant Northampton should have been reduced to 10 men when the otherwise impressive Charlie Goode hauled Jack Marriott to the ground with the Rams striker through on goal.\n\nThe visitors appealed for a red card, but their protests were waved away by referee Darren England, who didn't award a free-kick.\n\nPhillip Cocu's team offered more of a threat in the second half and went close to an opener when Curtis Davies sent a powerful header past the post from Marriott's teasing delivery.\n\nTown midfielder Chris Lines hooked a volley over the crossbar late on, but neither side could muster a winner.\n\n'Red card would have changed the flow' - what the managers said\n\nNorthampton manager Keith Curle, speaking to BBC Sport: \"We all needed to be on the same page. Today showed the work in progress and the work we put in at the football club.\n\n\"We've earned the draw over 94, 95 minutes. The replay gives us another opportunity, to go to Derby and put in another performance that we're proud of. We might be able to express ourselves a little more on the ball at their place.\"\n\nOn Charlie Goode's foul on Jack Marriott: \"I did see it. The referee was unsighted. A red card would have changed the flow of the game massively, but we showed that we can compete against a very good football club.\"\n\nDerby manager Phillip Cocu, speaking to BBC Sport about Goode's foul: \"If he doesn't pull Jack Marriott down, Marriott would be one-on-one and probably score.\n\n\"There's only one decision to make. I cannot imagine why he doesn't give it. The referee tried to be man of the match and he became man of the match.\n\n\"Northampton deserved credit. They played a good game. They had passionate home fans, it was a great atmosphere. They played a direct style of football.\"\n• None Attempt missed. Chris Martin (Derby County) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Wayne Rooney with a cross following a set piece situation.\n• None Ryan Watson (Northampton Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt blocked. Jayden Bogle (Derby County) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jason Knight.\n• None Attempt missed. Martyn Waghorn (Derby County) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Chris Martin. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "A representative of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex complained to the firm about the adverts\n\nA house building firm that used images of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in a bid to sell new homes has apologised over its advertising campaign.\n\nHagan Homes, one of Northern Ireland's biggest property developers, said its houses \"fit for part-time royalty' ads were meant to be \"light-hearted\".\n\nIt did not have the couple's permission and has been told to remove the ads.\n\nThe firm said it had not intended to cause any offence and it has offered to make a £10,000 donation to charity.\n\nOn Friday, the Belfast Telegraph reported that representatives of the duke and duchess were to take \"action\" over the advertising campaign.\n\nThe adverts, which appeared on Belfast billboards and on social media, featured photos of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex with worried expressions.\n\n\"Buying a new home can be rather stressful,\" one of the adverts stated.\n\nIt followed an announcement from the couple earlier in January in which they said they intended to \"step back\" from royal duties and become \"financially independent\".\n\nIt was also confirmed that they wish to repay the £2.4m of public funds spent on the refurbishment of their UK home, Frogmore Cottage.\n\nIn a statement on Saturday the founder and chairman of Hagan Homes, James Hagan, said the firm was in the process of removing all the adverts.\n\n\"We have been in contact with representatives for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and taken action to remove the social media posts and billboard advertising,\" Mr Hagan said.\n\n\"The 'Hagan Homes Fit For Part-time Royalty' campaign was intended to reflect Northern Ireland's typically light-hearted approach to a challenging situation.\n\n\"Many young people struggle with the complexities of buying a new home and we were keen to emphasise that support is available in such circumstances.\"\n\nHe added: \"It was not our intention to cause any offence and we sincerely apologise if any has been taken.\n\n\"We believe Harry and Meghan are strong role models for all young people who are trying to find their own path in life and in recognition of this Hagan Homes is keen to make a donation of £10,000 to a charity of Harry and Meghan's choice.\"\n\nA spokeswoman for Hagan Homes confirmed to BBC News NI that the firm received an email from the couple's representatives, requesting the adverts be taken down.\n\nShe said the email referred to rules from the Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP).\n\nThe rules makes specific mention of the Royal Family, saying its members \"should not normally be shown or mentioned in a marketing communication without their prior permission\".\n\nHagan Homes, based in Ballyclare, County Antrim, has already deleted its social media adverts and said its billboard adverts will be be \"taken down by close of play\" on Monday 27 January 2020.", "The Holburne Museum in Bath will have a nightmare on its hands if its exhibition Grayson Perry: The Pre-Therapy Years is even remotely successful. There will be havoc. Punters will turn on the genteel Georgian institution like Frankenstein's monster, furious with the darkly satirical show it has created.\n\nIt won't be the contents that rattles their collective cage, which is exactly what you'd expect from the Turner Prize-winning potter, but the way it has been displayed. Or, more specifically, the shortcomings of the first room of the show.\n\nPut a dozen or so people in there and it will feel more like a game of sardines than an art reconnaissance trip. One minute you'll be admiring a large photograph of a young, naked Grayson covered in paint, the next Mrs Stockbridge from The Crescent will be squeezing past his decorated member apologising for the coarseness of her tweed suit.\n\nThe first room, that is. The exhibition is hung chronologically and most people like to start at the beginning.\n\nThe good folk at the museum will have to figure out how to manage visitor flow (there's a secret door that could come into play) because the space isn't just very small, it is also full of objects and you stay in there for three films that collectively last over an hour.\n\nThis is where we first meet the recently graduated Grayson who, we discover, is on the hunt for his artistic voice. He's not short of things to say - he's never short of things to say - but is yet to find the medium through which to communicate. He is living in a north London squat and hanging out with a bohemian crowd, including a pre-pop star Boy George, and, on occasion, Derek Jarman, the avant-garde film-maker and elder statesman.\n\nPerry starts by making films, which have not aged well.\n\nHe dabbles in performance art, and then accepts an invitation from his girlfriend's sister to come along to her pottery night class. And that is where this show begins, with a small brown plate called Kinky Sex (1983), which he produced a few weeks after starting the course.\n\nIt is not very good, either technically or artistically, but it is distinctly Grayson Perry in tone and aesthetic.\n\nGrayson Perry made his first plate Kinky Sex, at an evening pottery class in 1983\n\nThe plate shows two heads in profile either side of a long-haired, crucified central figure welded to the plate by a melted coin over his or her privates (sexes are ambiguous). It is, like all his work, fantastical and pointed, realised with a drawn line that is as distinctive as his throaty cackle.\n\nThere is a Hieronymus Bosch-like detail in these early bits and pieces, mischievous layers of words, picture and material that subvert the medium and the apparent naivety of the image.\n\nEssex Plate (1985), for example, gives us a nice traditional coastal landscape with a boat bobbing around under a warming sun.\n\nUntil you see the black clouds gathered over the heads of the outlined faces and read the words printed on the rim:\n\n\"LA LA LA LA HARMONY PEACE AND LOVE THE NON MAGICK OF MEN WILL KILL US ALL.\"\n\nGrayson Perry grew up in Essex, which is reflected in many of his works such as Essex Plate, 1985\n\nGrayson wears his heart on his work.\n\nHe reveals his frustrations as well as his fetishes in pieces such as Self Portrait Cracked and Warped (1985), in which we see his likeness served upside down on a plate. It is a sarcastic homage to the German expressionist painter Georg Baselitz, who Perry resentfully saw as a \"macho\" artist with global recognition working in a respected medium, while he struggled in obscurity making pots often perceived by a sniffy art world as lowly craft objects.\n\nBaselitz was selling his work for huge sums, Grayson was selling his for a few quid.\n\nBut he was selling, as this show attests. Maybe it was only for £40 here and £50 there, but it was enough to stop him opting for career Plan B, which was to become a copywriter in an ad agency.\n\nAnd for that, we should be grateful.\n\nIn Self Portrait Cracked and Warped (1985), Perry is referencing the German artist Georg Baselitz\n\nBaselitz was famous for his upside-down portraits, which were on show at an exhibition in Venice last year\n\nI'm sure the witty Mr Perry would have been a big success at Saatchi & Saatchi or wherever he ended up, but the world would have been a poorer place without his pagan pots and confessional plates, on which he smuggled what were then outre ideas and opinions about gender, sex, class, and taste.\n\nAll art is autobiographical, but Perry's is specifically so, in much the same way as that of his fellow contemporary British artist Tracey Emin, who also uses craft materials to tell her story. The upshot of that means this show is more than a retrospective of his early works. It's also a diary of a young transvestite artist honing his talent and finding his way in the highly competitive art world of the late 1980s and early '90s when the YBAs (Young British Artists) ruled the roost.\n\nThere is a rawness to his art, which goes beyond what he describes as technical \"ineptitude\", and leans towards a punk-influenced anger and distaste for establishment conventions.\n\nCan you imagine Bernard Leach, the father of modern British pottery, approving of Untitled (1988)?\n\nIt is an oval, glazed terracotta plate with a cream background, on which we see a tableau consisting of a bemused transvestite with a shopping trolley surrounded by a variety of images from flowers on one side to a sinister wedding on the other.\n\nBernard Leach, regarded as the father of British studio pottery, and Grayson Perry's Untitled, 1988 were from different eras\n\nIt is testament to the formative influence of outsider art on Perry, who was struck by the honesty and directness of the images produced by the untrained and often mentally disturbed.\n\nFour years later he's riffing on Japanese teaware from the Edo period in a vase called Western Art in the Form of a Saki Bottle (1992).\n\nIn Western Art in the Form of a Saki Bottle (1992), Perry says he was starting to understand where he \"stood within the long history of ceramics\"\n\nHere he plays the ultimate post-modernist, referencing not only Asian culture, but also Pop Art, surrealism, modernism, northern European gothic and Hogarth's English satire - all wrapped up in sincere love for a William Morris-like commitment to craftsmanship.\n\nIf you're not a Grayson Perry fan, this show isn't going to convert you.\n\nBut if you are, like me, then it's well worth taking your chances with Mrs Stockbridge in Room 1.", "The Prince visited the Church of Mary Magdalene, where his grandmother is buried\n\nThe Prince of Wales has visited the tomb of his \"inspirational\" paternal grandmother, Princess Alice, during his first official trip to Jerusalem.\n\nShe was honoured by Jewish people for humanitarian efforts in Nazi-occupied Athens during World War Two.\n\nShe died in 1969, aged 84, and was buried near her aunt at the Church of Mary Magdalene in Jerusalem.\n\nPrince Charles said he had \"long drawn inspiration from the selfless actions of my dear grandmother\".\n\nThe prince laid flowers on her final resting place as his two-day visit to the Middle East came to an end.\n\nOn her tomb was a Greek royal standard which the prince had made in London after the original had become worn.\n\nOn Thursday in Jerusalem, he addressed world leaders at the World Holocaust Forum to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz.\n\nHe warned that lessons of the Holocaust are still \"searingly relevant\" and called on leaders to be \"fearless in confronting falsehoods\" and violence.\n\nPrincess Alice of Battenberg married Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, with whom she had a son, Prince Philip, who would later renounce his Greek title to become the Duke of Edinburgh after marrying the Queen.\n\nDuring World War Two, she helped shelter Jewish refugees from the Nazis, for which she was declared 'Righteous Among the Nations' by Israel's Holocaust memorial institution.\n\nAfter the war, she stayed in Greece and founded a Greek Orthodox order of nuns known as the Christian Sisterhood of Martha and Mary.\n\nBefore her death she gave away all her possessions and was buried at her request at the Church of Mary Magdalene, near her aunt Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia, a Russian Orthodox saint.\n\nHer life was depicted in the third series of Netflix programme The Crown, in which she was portrayed in later life as a chain-smoking nun.\n\nThe Duke of Edinburgh with his mother Princess Alice Of Battenberg\n\nPrince Charles visited her tomb at the Church of Mary Magdalene\n\nHe met nuns at the Russian Orthodox Church\n\nIn a speech on Friday in Bethlehem, Charles said he would pray for \"a just and lasting peace\" in the Middle East.\n\nHe said he had been \"struck by the energy, warmth and remarkable generosity of the Palestinian people\".\n\nDuring the trip, the prince visited a mosque and a church, built on the site said to be where Jesus was born.\n\nThe prince visited the crypt at the Church of the Nativity, which was built on the site Jesus is said to have been born\n\nThe prince said he had \"endeavoured to build bridges between different religions\" across the world and that it \"breaks my heart... to see such suffering and division\".\n\n\"No-one arriving in Bethlehem today could miss the signs of continued hardship and the situation you face, and I can only join you, and all communities, in your prayers for a just and lasting peace,\" he said.\n\n\"We must pursue this cause with faith and determination, striving to heal the wounds which have caused such pain.\"\n\nHe added that it was his \"dearest wish\" that the future would bring \"freedom, justice and equality\" to Palestinians.\n\nThe Prince of Wales has been on a two-day tour of the Middle East\n\nEarlier, the prince visited the Mosque of Omar, which is named after Caliph Omar, who conquered Jerusalem in 637 but guaranteed that Christians would be free to continue to worship.\n\nThe prince said Bethlehem embodied the \"vital co-existence between Christians and Muslims\".\n\nCorrection 26 March 2020: This article has been amended to clarify that this was Prince Charles's first official trip to Jerusalem.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Inside the US base attacked by Iranian missiles\n\nThe Pentagon has said that 34 US troops were diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries (TBI) following an Iranian attack on their base in Iraq.\n\nSeventeen troops are still under medical observation, a spokesman said.\n\nPresident Donald Trump had said no Americans were injured in the 8 January strike, which came in retaliation for the US killing of an Iranian general.\n\nMr Trump had cited the supposed lack of injuries in his decision not to strike back against Iran.\n\nBut last week, the Pentagon said 11 service members had been treated for concussion symptoms from the attack.\n\nAsked about the apparent discrepancy this week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Mr Trump said: \"I heard that they had headaches, and a couple of other things, but I would say, and I can report, it's not very serious.\"\n\n\"I don't consider them very serious injuries relative to other injuries I have seen,\" he said when asked about possible TBIs.\n\nThe Pentagon says no Americans were killed in the Iranian missile strike on the Ain al-Asad base, with most sheltering in bunkers as missiles rained down.\n\nOn Friday, defence department spokesman Jonathan Hoffman told reporters that eight of the affected soldiers have been sent back to the US for further treatment, while another nine are being treated in Germany.\n\nSixteen troops were treated in Iraq and one in Kuwait before all 17 were returned to active duty, officials say.\n\nMr Hoffman added that the US Defence Secretary Mark Esper had not immediately been aware of the injuries in the days after the attack.\n\nIraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America, a non-profit organisation, slammed the Trump administration for taking so long to reveal the extent of casualties.\n\n\"This is a big deal,\" its founder Paul Rieckhoff tweeted. \"The American people must be able to trust the government to share information about our sons and daughters in harms way. Nothing is more serious and sacred.\"\n\nTBIs are common in warzones, according to the US military.\n\nThe most common cause of a TBI for deployed soldiers is an explosive blast, writes the US Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center.\n\nThey are classified as mild, moderate, severe or penetrating. A mild TBI is also known as a concussion, and can be caused by a blast's \"atmospheric over-pressure followed by under-pressure or vacuum\".\n\nThe air vacuum is capable of penetrating solid objects, making it possible for soldiers to avoid blunt force trauma but still receive an invisible brain injury.\n\nOn Friday, tens of thousands of Iraqis protested in the streets Baghdad against the presence of some 5,000 foreign troops in the country.\n\nThe Iraqi parliament has urged all foreign fighters - including from the US - to leave.", "Gardaí have described the deaths as \"unexplained\"\n\nGardaí have said they are investigating after the bodies of three children were found at a house in Newcastle, County Dublin, on Friday.\n\nThey described the deaths of two boys and a girl as \"unexplained\".\n\nA woman in her 40s has been taken to Tallaght Hospital.\n\nGardai were called to the property at about 19:00 local time and the scene has been preserved and the Office of the State Pathologist has been informed.", "When Lex Gillies uploaded a picture to Instagram highlighting her rosacea skin condition, the site removed the image.\n\nThe photo, captured by photographer Sophie Harris-Taylor, was part of a series celebrating natural beauty.\n\nBut Instagram said it \"doesn't allow ads that focus on aspects of a person's body to highlight an undesirable or idealised body state\".\n\nAfter sharing her story with her followers, the hashtag #undesirablesofinstagram quickly went viral as people called on the social network to stop censoring skin conditions.\n\nThe appeal worked, with Instagram contacting Lex to inform her guidelines on adverts had been permanently changed.", "Fourth Test, Johannesburg, (day two of five):\n\nMark Wood starred with bat and ball to give England complete control of the fourth Test against South Africa on a superbly entertaining second day in Johannesburg.\n\nWood crashed 35 not out in a last-wicket stand of 82 with Stuart Broad that took England to 400 all out, then claimed 3-21 to help reduce the Proteas to 88-6.\n\nEngland had earlier been at risk of surrendering the initiative, losing three wickets for 11 runs in an overall slip to 318-9 after Joe Root and Ollie Pope both made half-centuries in a stand of 101.\n\nThey were put back in the ascendancy by 8.2 overs of chaos caused by Wood and Broad.\n\nThe tourists followed that up with a relentless bowling display, led by the extreme pace of Wood, who had all of Pieter Malan, Temba Bavuma and nightwatchman Anrich Nortje caught off edges.\n\nWood was supported by some excellent catching and a wicket apiece for Sam Curran, Chris Woakes and Ben Stokes.\n\nLeading by 312 runs leaves England perfectly placed to wrap up a series win. At 2-1 up, they need only a draw at The Wanderers, while victory would mean they have won three Tests in a single series in South Africa for the first time since 1913.\n\nMeanwhile, Stokes has been fined 15% of his match fee for swearing at a spectator after being dismissed on day one.\n\nStokes accepted an International Cricket Council charge of using an \"an audible obscenity during an international match\" and was also given one demerit point.\n\nThis was another action-packed day in what has been a thoroughly enjoyable series, one that continued the trend of England improvement and South African regression.\n\nThe pace and bounce in this pitch has given encouragement to the pace bowlers and confidence to batsmen alike. The thin atmosphere at high altitude can help the ball travel either from the hand or off the bat.\n\nThe conditions are perfect for Wood, who bowls at high speed and is happy to swing the blade. Recalled for the last Test, he marked his first England appearance since the World Cup final by clubbing 42 and taking three wickets in the second innings.\n\nHere, he was at the crease when the match was in the balance. Root and Pope had cashed in on some poor South African bowling and tactics, only for the Proteas to be inspired into a fightback by Nortje, who picked up his first five-wicket haul in Tests.\n\nBut faced with the prospect of bowling the tourists out for a manageable first-innings total, South Africa were dazed by the Wood and Broad assault, then floored by the Wood-led England attack.\n\nOne slight negative in England's day was the continuing struggle of wicketkeeper Jos Buttler, who gave away his wicket with a wild swipe and was again untidy with the gloves.\n\nFrom 192-4 overnight, and after a 45-minute delay for rain, Root and Pope were able to score freely against South Africa's baffling short-pitched tactics.\n\nWhen the speedy Nortje found the right length, the turnaround was instant. Pope dragged on trying to leave, while Root, who had just been dropped, loosely edged to slip and Curran chased a wide one for a golden duck.\n\nWoakes' 32 steadied England before his edge to first slip gave Nortje a fifth wicket and left England on the verge of being bowled out.\n\nAs Wood and Broad threw the bat at virtually every delivery, the ball flew to all parts of The Wanderers - fielders scattered and the bowlers lost their composure.\n\nBroad hooked and lofted down the ground, Wood cleared his front leg to slap two outrageous sixes over cover. Between them, they hit seven maximums.\n\nWhen Broad finally top-edged Dane Paterson to deep square leg for 43, their partnership was England's highest for the 10th wicket in an overseas Test since 1923.\n\nIn the warm sunshine and on such a good pitch, South Africa were left to rue their decision to mirror England's five-strong pace attack - they looked desperately short of a spinner during the Wood-Broad partnership.\n\nEngland, though, showed they had no need for a frontline slow bowler by the way their fast men tore in, offering few opportunities to score, challenging the outside edge and causing the batsmen to hop around.\n\nWood and Woakes in particular were superb in a post-tea spell that finally resulted in Wood having Malan feather to Buttler with a delivery clocked at 94mph.\n\nCurran, himself finding extra pace, had Rassie van der Dussen poke to second slip, and Dean Elgar tamely patted Stokes to Woakes at point.\n\nWoakes got the wicket he deserved by nipping one back to have Faf du Plessis lbw and Stokes took a fine tumbling catch at second slip when another searing Wood delivery took Bavuma's edge.\n\nIt looked as though the untroubled Quinton de Kock would be seen to the close by the brave Nortje, only for the nightwatchman to give a thick edge to gully from the final ball of the day.\n\nEngland pace bowler Chris Woakes told the TMS podcast: \"Having Woody in the group is always good, he always makes it a little bit louder. He's not played much cricket since that World Cup final and it's great to see him bowling at full tilt. He's a really important bowler to have in your side in these conditions when you need that something special and that bit of pace. His batting has been incredible. He's a better batsman that he gives himself credit for.\"\n\nBBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew: \"There was that moment when South Africa had a chance, but they were blown away by Wood and Broad slamming sixes all over the place. South Africa's innings never got going; they have been just grinding along at two an over. The thing we might not look forward to tomorrow is Joe Root inevitably batting on.\"\n\nFormer England assistant coach Paul Farbrace on The Cricket Social: \"The difference today has been the discipline and patience of the England attack compared to South Africa. It's England's day and it's England's series. They deserve to win this.\"\n\nEx-England batsman Vikram Solanki: \"It's been the perfect day for England. Rightly so, Wood will take all the accolades but the bowling group put together a real partnership against an inexperienced batting line-up.\"", "Rebecca Long-Bailey has won the backing of the Unite trade union in her bid to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader.\n\nThe shadow business secretary now needs just one more union or affiliate group to endorse her to confirm her place on the members' ballot.\n\nUnite's general secretary, Len McCluskey, said Mrs Long-Bailey had the \"brains and the brilliance\" to take on PM Boris Johnson.\n\nThe union will also back Richard Burgon for the vacant deputy leader post.\n\nSpeaking after a meeting in London, Mr McCluskey said his union would make a \"substantial\" donation towards Mrs Long-Bailey's campaign.\n\nThe union, which was Labour's biggest financial backer during last month's election, had been widely expected to back her pitch for the top job.\n\nAfter receiving the nomination, Mrs Long-Bailey said she was \"honoured\" to receive the union's backing.\n\n\"I didn't see myself as the kind of person who could ever become an MP. It was Unite, my trade union, that supported me to realise my potential,\" she added.\n\nMr McCluskey said Unite's executive committee had concluded Mrs Long-Bailey was \"best placed to take the fight to the Tory party\" on behalf of its members.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Who decides on the next Labour leader?\n\n\"She is standing for unity, socialism and the determination to make Johnson's term in office short-lived,\" he added.\n\nHe added that the union was confident that Mr Burgon would make a \"superb deputy\" for the party.\n\nIn an apparent swipe at former deputy leader Tom Watson, he said Mr Burgon would display \"the qualities that have long been absent from that post,\" including \"pride in our values\" and \"loyalty to their leader\".\n\nMr Watson was often at odds with the leadership during his time in the role, and faced an attempt to oust him at Labour's conference last year.\n\nTo make the ballot, hopefuls need the support of three unions and affiliate groups representing 5% of the membership, or 33 local branches.\n\nShadow brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer and Wigan MP Lisa Nandy have already secured this level of support ahead of the 14 February deadline.\n\nHaving already been nominated by bakers' union BFAWU, Unite's support for Ms Long-Bailey means she needs just one more union or affiliate to join them.\n\nHowever the fourth leadership contender, shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry, is yet to receive any union or affiliate backing and has only secured endorsements from three local branches so far.\n\nSir Keir has cancelled all campaign events this weekend after his mother-in-law was involved in a serious accident. She remains critically ill in hospital.\n\nHe sent Labour's Chris Matheson to the Unite meeting in his place.\n\nLabour's general secretary, Jennie Formby, also confirmed the hustings due to take place in Leeds between the leadership candidates on Saturday would be cancelled, although the deputy leadership event would go ahead.\n\nShe added: \"We have sent our very best wishes and solidarity to Keir and his family, and our hope that his mother-in-law recovers very soon.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Four candidates remain in the race for the Labour leadership\n\nShadow education secretary Angela Rayner is the only candidate for the deputy leadership to have made it onto the ballot, with the support of Unison, the GMB, Usdaw and the NUM.\n\nAs well as Mr Burgon, the others in the running are Scotland's only remaining Labour MP, Ian Murray, shadow equalities minister Dawn Butler, and Tooting MP Rosena Allin-Khan.\n\nThe new leader and deputy will then be announced on 4 April.", "Sajid Javid and Steve Mnuchin had breakfast on Saturday morning\n\nThe US wants to agree a post-Brexit trade deal with the UK this year, the country's treasury secretary has said.\n\nAfter meeting Chancellor Sajid Javid in London, Steve Mnuchin said he believed the UK could negotiate trade deals with the US and EU at the same time.\n\n\"I'm quite optimistic,\" he told a Chatham House think tank event.\n\nAfter Brexit happens on 31 January, the UK will be free to negotiate and sign new trade deals with countries with no existing EU deals - like the US.\n\nAt the same time, the UK will also be negotiating a free trade deal with the EU to ensure that UK goods are not subject to tariffs and other trade barriers once the Brexit transition period ends on 31 December.\n\nMr Mnuchin, who met Mr Javid for breakfast on Saturday morning and posted an image of them on Instagram, said the US was \"prepared to dedicate a lot of resources\" to securing a trade deal with the UK this year.\n\nHe said: \"We've said that our goal - your goal - is trying to get both of these trade agreements done this year. And I think from a US standpoint we are prepared to dedicate a lot of resources.\n\n\"If the UK and US have very similar economies with a big focus on services, and I think this will be a very important relationship.\"\n\nMr Mnuchin added President Donald Trump had previously said the UK would \"be at the top of the list\" for a deal.\n\nHe also reiterated the US's objections to a new tax on the revenues of big tech firms, calling it \"discriminatory\".\n\nHe told the audience at Chatham House it was \"not appropriate\" and has \"violations to our tax treaties and other issues\".\n\n\"So, we're working through that and I think we have a good outcome of trying to give some room now in 2020 to continue these discussions.\"\n\nMr Javid intends to introduce a 2% levy on the revenues of search engines, social media platforms and online marketplaces which derive value from UK users.\n\nHe has said the digital services tax will only be a temporary measure until an international agreement is in place on how to deal with online giants such as Google and Facebook.\n\nEarlier this week, Mr Mnuchin threatened new tariffs on UK carmakers after the chancellor defied US pressure to cancel the tax.\n\nThe issue of whether Chinese telecoms giant Huawei should have a role in the UK's 5G network was also raised.\n\nThe US recently warned the British government it \"would be madness\" to use Huawei technology in the UK's 5G network.\n\nA decision is expected imminently on whether to allow Huawei to supply some \"non-core\" parts for the UK network.\n\nMr Mnuchin said \"active discussions\" about that were ongoing with UK government and others.\n\nHe also said his criticisms of climate activist Greta Thunberg earlier this week had been meant as a \"joke\".", "Jones took to directing, notably on the Python films, such as Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life. As well as being behind the camera he also appeared, here in one of his most memorable roles as Mr Creosote, served by John Cleese.", "Young people and over 60s are among those who can already buy a railcard\n\nA new railcard offering discounted train tickets for military veterans will be launched later this year, the government has said.\n\nThe railcard - to be released on Armistice Day in November - will save a third off most train fares.\n\nIt will benefit more than 830,000 veterans who do not already qualify for existing discounts, the Department for Transport said.\n\nServing armed forces personnel already qualify for their own railcard.\n\n\"Every part of society should honour the debt we owe those who've served our country,\" said Transport Secretary Grant Shapps.\n\nHe said allowing ex-servicemen and women to travel more easily was \"the least we can do\".\n\n\"This railcard will help open up opportunities to veterans, whether through employment and retraining, or by strengthening links with friends and family,\" he added.\n\nMr Shapps said he was proud the government and rail industry was \"doing its bit\" for veterans\n\nThe latest discount follows two new railcards which were launched last year - one for those aged 26-30, and another for teenagers aged 16-17 that came with a half-price fare reduction.\n\nA HM Forces Railcard can already be bought by serving personnel for £21 a year.\n\nOther railcards exist that are aimed at the over 60s or people who have a disability.\n\nThe new railcard for veterans will be available to buy from 11 November and will cost £21 for a limited period, before rising to £30.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dorset veteran's wife wants more help for veterans with PTSD\n\nIt was one of the Conservatives' pledges during the general election campaign and forms part of the government's veterans strategy.\n\nIn February last year, a report from a committee of MPs found military veterans and their families were being \"completely failed\" when they needed mental health care.\n\nCabinet Office minister Oliver Dowden, who oversees work on veterans' issues, said: \"Our new action plan will help to make the UK the best place in the world for veterans.\"\n\nHe said the Office for Veterans' Affairs - which was created in July - will \"help veterans on jobs, housing and health through better data and a more joined-up approach\".\n\nThe price of train tickets rose by 2.7% at the start of January, hitting millions of commuters. The rise was lower than the 3.1% increase at the start of last year.", "An area of new planting in the Highlands using plastic protection\n\nScotland's forestry industry says it is taking action to reduce the plastic pollution caused by tree planting.\n\nHundreds of thousands of plastic tube tree guards are used every year to protect saplings from being eaten by deer, rabbits and voles.\n\nMost are made from single-use plastics and are often left to disintegrate in the open when a tree grows.\n\nForestry and Land Scotland said it would now use recyclable tubes or those containing half as much plastic.\n\nPlanting trees is widely seen as environmentally beneficial, so it is ironic that it can also be a source of vast quantities of plastic waste.\n\nFindhorn-based charity Trees for Life has planted more than 1.6 million trees in the Highlands as part of efforts to regenerate native forests.\n\nIt hardly ever uses plastic tree tubes. Instead, it uses fencing to keep hungry deer away from saplings.\n\nPlastic guards are used to protect saplings from being eaten by deer, rabbits and voles\n\nTrees for Life conservation manager Alan McDonnell said it was very easy to put tree guards out and then forget about them.\n\nHe said: \"If people are carrying out very large planting projects and relying on tree tubes then they are bringing a lot of plastic into the landscape. For years all you see is these cylinders sticking up.\"\n\nHe said the tube would eventually burst or the tree would fail inside it.\n\nHe added: \"The tube will stand there for years, then slowly fall down, break up and then gradually it will degrade.\n\n\"Those plastics will be left in the soil and just get absorbed into the environment. Then you get these localised pockets of plastic pollution, which are bad news.\"\n\nThe Scottish government has a target for 24,710 acres (10,000 hectares) of new forest to be planted each year, and plastic tree guards are often used by the public sector.\n\nFor example, about 16,000 trees and shrubs have been planted in tubes alongside the new dual carriageway stretch of the A9 between Kincraig to Dalraddy in the Cairngorms National Park.\n\nHowever, efforts are being made to tackle the pollution created by single use plastic tree guards.\n\nThe Scottish government wants to create large areas of new forest\n\nPublic body Forestry and Land Scotland said it used tree guards to aid the establishment of young trees in certain circumstances - depending on tree species and local deer, rabbit, hare or vole populations.\n\nA spokesman said: \"Of the 25 million trees that we plant annually when restocking or when creating new woodlands, only 1.6% of them will require tree guards.\n\n\"However, as a responsible land manager we are always looking for environmentally friendly ways of working and have recently started using new products that use half as much plastic or which are recyclable.\n\n\"We would certainly be very interested in trialling any effective and wholly biodegradable product that would meet the need to protect young trees for the necessary amount of time. Ideally, if a viable alternative was to become available, we'd like to stop using tree guards altogether.\"\n\nHe added: \"However, until such time as a suitable product becomes available, we will continue to look at minimising the use of tree guards, maintaining them in situ, removing them when trees are established and then disposing of them appropriately.\"\n\nPlastic tree guards, which were invented in Scotland, remain popular as they not only protect saplings from browsing animals but also encourage growth by creating a miniature greenhouse effect.\n\nManufacturer Berry Global is developing ways to reduce their environmental impact.\n\nMarketing director James Taylor said the key to this was ensuring responsible collection and disposal.\n\nHe said: \"We are working at the moment to see how we can collect used tree guards after their five to eight-year lifespan.\"\n\n\"We want to make sure it is as easy as possible for people to deposit them somewhere locally so we can collect them and reprocess them into new products to try to close the loop and get closer to that circular economy.\"", "Jess Phillips had not received any nominations from trade unions, affiliate bodies or local parties\n\nJess Phillips has dropped out of the Labour leadership contest, leaving four candidates in the race to succeed Jeremy Corbyn.\n\nIn a video message to supporters, the Birmingham Yardley MP said the next leader had to be able to unite the whole Labour movement.\n\nMs Phillips said she had to \"be honest\" with herself - \"that person is not me.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Lisa Nandy's campaign has received a major boost after she won the backing of the GMB union.\n\nThe organisation also backed Angela Rayner to be the next deputy.\n\nAnnouncing its decision to endorse Ms Nandy, the union's general secretary, Tim Roache, said she was \"a breath of fresh air in the debate over Labour's future\", and \"got the scale of the challenge\" facing the party after its fourth election defeat in a row.\n\nThe endorsement increases the chances of the MP for Wigan making it to the final stage of the contest - joining Sir Keir Starmer who has already qualified to get on the ballot.\n\nMs Nandy - who already has the support of the National Union of Mineworkers - said she could \"not be more proud\", and the next leader's challenge was to \"recover our ambition and inspire a movement\".\n\nThe other candidates still left in the leadership race are shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey - who has been tipped to get the backing of the Unite union later this week - and shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry.\n\nRebecca Long-Bailey, Sir Keir Starmer, Lisa Nandy and Emily Thornberry are left in the contest\n\nMs Phillips missed the hustings organised by the GMB earlier on Tuesday, prompting speculation that her campaign was in trouble.\n\nShe had yet to receive any nominations from trade unions, affiliate bodies or local parties.\n\nConfirming her exit, the 38-year old said Labour needed a leader \"who can unite all parts of our movement, the union movement, members and elected representatives\".\n\n\"In order to win the country, we are going to have to find a candidate, in this race, who can do all of that, and then take that message out to the country. A message of hope and change, that things can be better.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Long-Bailey: Labour has to be \"ruthlessly focused\"\n\nShe thanked all those who had pledged their support for her, particularly Jewish members of the party who she said she would continue to stand up for.\n\n\"I will always speak out and I promise that we will change the problems in our party that we have seen. I'm going to go out into the country and join the fight back.\"\n\nIn a recent interview with LBC, Ms Phillips said if she couldn't be leader, she would support one of the other female candidates in the race.\n\nSir Keir praised her \"real courage\" for standing, saying she would \"play a huge part in the future of our party\".\n\nHe added: \"It's a shame to lose Jess but we keep our focus on where we go next.\"\n\nMs Nandy and Ms Thornberry also praised her contribution.\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 Lisa Nandy 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\nThis is a very significant day in the Labour leadership contest - both for determining who is in and who is out.\n\nLisa Nandy is almost certainly going to be joining Sir Keir Starmer on the ballot.\n\nShe currently has no constituency nominations so could well have struggled without union support. But the GMB's general secretary, Tim Roache, told me his union had given her the \"springboard\" she needs.\n\nAnd while she may lack name recognition, she doesn't lack talent.\n\nInterestingly, too, the GMB endorsement came at a meeting in which every region of the UK was represented, and nearly twice as many delegates backed Ms Nandy as supported Sir Keir.\n\nJess Phillips has dropped out, but she says her encouragement for people to join Labour in order to change it has worked - tens of thousands of new members have come in, so she may yet have an influence on the result.\n\nHer supporters are highly unlikely to back the most left-wing candidate, Rebecca Long-Bailey.\n\nBut Mrs Long-Bailey herself is likely to be on the ballot too if she can secure the backing of the influential Unite union on Friday.\n\nWhen she entered the contest earlier this month, Ms Phillips called on those who wanted to change Labour's direction to join the party in their thousands.\n\nShe insisted she had the \"big personality\" to alter how Labour was seen by the public, but she criticised her own performance in the first members' hustings last weekend in Liverpool.\n\nLabour MP Wes Streeting, one of Ms Phillips' supporters, said he was \"gutted\" by her withdrawal, but praised her \"raw honesty\" in accepting that she had not built the breadth of support required.\n\nHe suggested Sir Keir was the clear frontrunner, but there was a \"Jess-shaped hole\" in the contest waiting to be filled.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Who decides on the next Labour leader?\n\nTo make it to the final stage, the candidates have to secure nominations from 5% of constituency Labour parties (CLPs), or three affiliate groups - two of which must be trade unions - representing at least 5% of affiliated members.\n\nSir Keir cleared this hurdle after being backed by Unison, the UK's largest union, and a second union, Usdaw, as well as environmental campaign group Sera.\n\nMeanwhile, Mrs Long-Bailey has said she is in favour of Labour MPs having to compete with other candidates if they want to continue representing their party at the next general election.\n\nOutlining plans to \"democratise\" Labour, she said so-called open selection - whereby sitting MPs are not automatically re-adopted by their local branches but face challenges if they do not command enough support - would help nurture new talent.\n\n\"We need to rip up our outdated rule book that has held back our members for too long and throw open the door to a new generation of MPs and candidates,\" she is expected to say at a rally. \"Being an MP or elected representative is a privilege that must be earned.\"\n\nMr Corbyn's successor - and the successor to his deputy, Tom Watson - will be announced on 4 April.", "Owners of Sonos products have reacted angrily to the firm's announcement that it will no longer issue software updates for its older devices from May.\n\nMany say they have spent hundreds of pounds on Sonos speaker products for their homes over the years.\n\nNewer Sonos products connected with the older ones will also be left out of future updates.\n\nThe change affects four models sold between 2006 and 2015, including the Connect:Amp and Connect.\n\nWithout the updates, they will eventually lose functionality.\n\nAccess to other services will also become limited.\n\nSonos said the hardware had been \"stretched to its technical limits in terms of memory and processing power\".\n\nAnd affected customers can upgrade to a newer device with a 30% discount in return for recycling the old product.\n\nBut the news has annoyed many Sonos owners.\n\nRichard Street told the BBC he had spent £1,000 ($1,300) on two Play 5 speakers. Even with the upgrade discount he believes it would cost him around £700 to replace them.\n\n\"This is money my family and I just don't have,\" he said.\n\n\"There is a feeling among the community that if Sonos gets away with this then they will do the same with all kit over 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. Skip twitter post by Sergeant Harrison Burns 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 Dr Martin Kleppmann 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\nSonos told BBC News 92% of the products it had ever shipped were still in use.\n\nBBC technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones tweeted it was \"very poor marketing and damaging for the brand\".\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's David Sillito looks back at the Welsh comic actor, writer and director's life\n\nMonty Python stars have led the tributes to their co-star Terry Jones, who has died at the age of 77.\n\nThe Welsh actor and writer played a variety of characters in the iconic comedy group's Flying Circus TV series, and directed several of their films.\n\nHe died on Tuesday, four years after contracting a rare form of dementia known as FTD.\n\nDavid Walliams and Simon Pegg were among other comedians who remembered him.\n\nFellow Python star Sir Michael Palin described Jones as \"one of the funniest writer-performers of his generation\".\n\nIn a tweet, John Cleese said he was \"a man of so many talents and such endless enthusiasm\".\n\nEric Idle, another member of the highly influential comedy troupe, recalled the \"many laughs [and] moments of total hilarity\" they shared.\n\n\"It's too sad if you knew him, but if you didn't you will always smile at the many wonderfully funny moments he gave us,\" he went on.\n\nTerry Gilliam, with whom Jones directed the group's film The Holy Grail in 1975, described his fellow Python as a \"brilliant, constantly questioning, iconoclastic, righteously argumentative and angry but outrageously funny and generous and kind human being\".\n\n\"One could never hope for a better friend,\" he said.\n\nPalin added: \"Terry was one of my closest, most valued friends. He was kind, generous, supportive and passionate about living life to the full.\n\n\"He was far more than one of the funniest writer-performers of his generation, he was the complete Renaissance comedian - writer, director, presenter, historian, brilliant children's author, and the warmest, most wonderful company you could wish to have.\"\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 Stephen Fry 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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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\nScreenwriter Charlie Brooker posted: \"RIP the actual genius Terry Jones. Far too many brilliant moments to choose from.\"\n\nDavid Walliams thanked his comedy hero \"for a lifetime of laughter\".\n\nSimon Pegg - who acted in Jones' final film as director, 2015's Absolutely Anything - said: \"Terry was a sweet, gentle, funny man who was a joy to work with and impossible not to love.\"\n\nAnd comedian Eddie Izzard told BBC News: \"It's a tragedy - the good go too early. Monty Python changed the face of world comedy. It will live forever. It's a terrible loss.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Michael Palin on Terry Jones: \"He was a wonderful companion\"\n\nShane Allen, BBC controller of comedy commissioning, wrote that it was a \"sad day to lose an absolute titan of British comedy\" and \"one of the founding fathers of the most influential and pioneering comedy ensembles of all time\".\n\nJones was born in Colwyn Bay and went on to study at Oxford University, where he met his future Python pal Palin in the Oxford Revue - a student comedy group.\n\nAlongside Palin, Idle and the likes of David Jason, he appeared in the BBC children's satirical sketch show Do Not Adjust Your Set, which would set the template for their work to come with Python.\n\nJones directed, starred in and co-wrote Monty Python's 1979 film Life of Brian\n\nHe wrote and starred in Monty Python's Flying Circus TV show and the comedy collective's films, as a range of much-loved characters. These included Arthur \"Two Sheds\" Jackson, Cardinal Biggles of the Spanish Inquisition and Mr Creosote.\n\nIn addition to directing The Holy Grail with Gilliam, Jones took sole directorial charge of 1979's Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life in 1983.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nCleese said: \"Of his many achievements, for me the greatest gift he gave us all was his direction of Life of Brian. Perfection.\"\n\nBeyond Monty Python, he wrote the screenplay for the 1986 film Labyrinth, starring David Bowie.\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 BBC Archive 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\nMonty Python's Flying Circus, the groundbreaking comedy series that made Jones and his fellow cast members international stars, first aired on BBC One in October 1969.\n\nSurreal, anarchic and bawdily irreverent, the show's blend of live-action sketches and animated interludes mocked both broadcasting conventions and societal norms.\n\nJones and Palin had met at Oxford, while Cleese, Graham Chapman and Eric Idle studied at Cambridge. After university, they took part in various comedy shows before forming Monty Python with US-born animator Terry Gilliam.\n\nAfter four series, the troupe moved to the big screen to make Arthurian spoof Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Monty Python's Life of Brian, a controversial parody of Biblical epics.\n\nMonty Python's The Meaning of Life, their final film as a collective, returned to the original series' sketch-based format.\n\nThe surviving members reunited periodically after Chapman's death in 1989, most notably for a run of live shows at the O2 in London in 2014.\n\nJones (left) as the store manager and Eric Idle as Chris Quinn in Monty Python's sketch The Department Store-Buying an Ant\n\nThe statement from Jones' family noted his \"uncompromising individuality, relentless intellect and extraordinary humour [that] has given pleasure to countless millions across six decades\".\n\n\"Over the past few days his wife, children, extended family and many close friends have been constantly with Terry as he gently slipped away at his home in north London.\n\n\"His work with Monty Python, his books, films, television programmes, poems and other work will live on forever, a fitting legacy to a true polymath.\"\n\nTerry Jones as Mr Creosote, alongside John Cleese, in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life in 1983\n\nThe family thanked Jones' \"wonderful medical professionals and carers for making the past few years not only bearable but often joyful\".\n\nThey said: \"We hope that this disease will one day be eradicated entirely. We ask that our privacy be respected at this sensitive time and give thanks that we lived in the presence of an extraordinarily talented, playful and happy man living a truly authentic life, in his words 'Lovingly frosted with glucose.'\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The Prince of Wales has met teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg at the World Economic Forum in Davos.\n\nThe pair were introduced after Prince Charles delivered a speech at the event in Switzerland, where sustainability is the main theme.\n\nA \"paradigm shift\" is needed in the way the world deals with climate change, he said.\n\nHe outlined an initiative to encourage \"rapid\" decarbonisation and a shift towards sustainable markets.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prince Charles: 'Do we want to go down in history as the people who did nothing?'\n\nClarence House tweeted photos of his meeting with Miss Thunberg, who addressed delegates at the event on Tuesday.\n\nSpeaking shortly after US President Donald Trump, she strongly criticised politicians and business leaders for what she said were continuous \"empty words and promises\".\n\nPrince Charles, the heir to throne, travelled around 80 miles to Davos from the Swiss city St Gallen in an electric Jaguar to deliver a keynote address to business and political leaders.\n\nHe said he is launching a \"Sustainable Markets Initiative\", which will bring together private and public sector leaders, heads of charities, and investors to work towards decarbonisation and a transition to sustainable markets.\n\nHe added that taxes could be used, as well as policies and regulations, to accelerate this shift.\n\nHis sons, the Duke of Cambridge and Duke of Sussex, and grandchildren have been in his mind throughout his environmental campaigning, he said.\n\nHe called for 2020 to be \"the year that we put ourselves on the right track\" and for the private sector to \"lead the world out of the approaching catastrophe into which we have engineered ourselves\".\n\n\"Do we want to go down in history as the people who did nothing to bring the world back from the brink, in trying to restore the balance, when we could have done? I don't want to,\" he said.\n\n\"Just think for a moment, what good is all the extra wealth in the world gained from business as usual if you can do nothing with it except watch it burn in catastrophic conditions.\"", "Stormont's five main party leaders have asked that a £1,000 pay rise in MLAs' salaries is \"immediately deferred\".\n\nMLAs' pay is due to rise from £49,500 to £50,500 but the five leaders jointly asked the Assembly Commission to halt this until the decision is reviewed.\n\nStormont's Speaker Alex Maskey has now called commission members to a meeting on Thursday to discuss the issue.\n\nThe current rules on MLAs' salaries and expenses were set by the Independent Financial Review Panel (IFRP) in 2016.\n\nStormont's devolved government collapsed the following year and the panel's members terms later expired, but the IFRP's determination from 2016 still applies.\n\nThat determination provides MLAs with a £500 annual increase to their salaries, but pay rises were blocked while devolution was suspended after a request from the Assembly Commission to the then Secretary of State Karen Bradley.\n\nWith devolution restored, MLAs are due to automatically receive a £1,000 uplift - for the two years they did not get the additional money while Stormont was not running.\n\nHowever, many of the 90 MLAs have said they did not have any input into this decision and have offered to donate the money to charity.\n\nThe assembly sat for the first time in three years on 11 January\n\nIn a joint statement on Wednesday, the five main party leaders said: \"We share the broad public dismay at this development, only a matter of days after the Assembly and institutions have been fully restored.\n\n\"We have had a range of concerns over time around recommendations emerging from the Independent Financial Review Panel.\n\n\"We are jointly asking the Assembly Commission that any pay proposal is immediately deferred until the work of the Financial Review Panel has been comprehensively reviewed, and a new panel has the opportunity to consider this matter again and produce a fresh determination.\n\n\"We recognise that a number of MLAs and parties have indicated if the proposed pay increase cannot be halted, they will donate any additional sum to local causes and charities.\"\n\nOn Wednesday evening, a spokesperson for the Northern Ireland Assembly said: \"The Speaker is mindful of the concerns expressed by the five main political parties in relation to the Independent Financial Review Panel's inflationary increases to MLA salaries arising from its 2016 determination.\n\n\"He has therefore invited Assembly Commission members and those members who are due to be appointed to the commission, to attend a meeting tomorrow afternoon, to discuss how those concerns might be addressed.\"\n\nThe IFRP was established by the Assembly Commission in 2011 to make independent determinations in relation to MLAs' salaries, allowances and pensions.\n\nUnder its 2016 determination, MLAs are due to receive another £500 rise in April 2020, unless the assembly establishes another mechanism to deal with MLA pay.\n\nEarlier, the DUP and Sinn Féin both said they would look at ways to stop the £1,000 pay increase.\n\nSinn Féin vice president Michelle O'Neill said it was \"unjustifiable\".\n\nThe DUP said it was \"totally opposed\" to it, \"in light of the very recent restoration of the assembly\".\n\nThe DUP and Sinn Féin said they would explore ways to stop or return the pay rise\n\nThe DUP said it supported \"the concept that pay levels should be entirely independent of any MLA input\".\n\nHowever, the statement added: \"We are currently examining options to see whether this rise can be returned and if not then it is the view of our members that they will not keep any additional salary but instead support local causes.\"\n\nSpeaking on BBC NI's Good Morning Ulster, Economy Minister Diane Dodds said: \"Whoever thought that this was a good thing to do, at this particular juncture, was way off the mark.\n\n\"It is incredibly unfortunate that this has jarred with the start of what has been quite a positive opening to the assembly.\"\n\nMs O'Neill tweeted on Tuesday that assembly members had \"no input into this decision, nor did they seek it\".\n\nIn a statement on Wednesday, the party said it was \"actively exploring options to stop it\".\n\n\"If that's not possible then we'll see if the money can be returned to public funds or donated to charity,\" it added.\n\nThis is quite the move by the party leaders.\n\nWhile it's clear they are doing this to try to curtail some of the public ire, how they are going about it might make some uncomfortable.\n\nMLAs stopped having an input into how their pay is set in 2011, when the independent body was established.\n\nUnder the law, it states that the panel should not be \"subject to the direction or control of\" the Northern Ireland Assembly, or the Assembly Commission.\n\nBut this statement is an indication that the politicians want to undo - or at least review - what the panel decided almost four years ago.\n\nThe situation is complicated by fact that the panel members' terms of office were allowed to expire and no action was taken to replace them.\n\nIt is now over to the Assembly Commission - made up of the Speaker and five members from the main parties - to respond.\n\nAll 12 SDLP MLAs said they would be donating their pay rises to charity.\n\nPeople Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll said it was \"a slap in the face to nurses who stood on freezing pickets for months for pay parity, and the civil service staff who are still taking industrial action to get what they deserve\".\n\nMr Butler, the UUP's Chief Whip, said in a Facebook post he would be donating the salary increase to a number of charities.\n\n\"Just for clarity, there is no way to refuse this pay increase. It is automatic. It was not voted on by MLAs,\" he added.\n\nThe Alliance Party said it was \"working with other party leaders to find a means to defer this\".\n\nThe former chair of the IFRP, Pat McCartan, said the determination in the 2016 report still applies.\n\n\"It did provide for a basic salary of an MLA of £49,000 with a less than 1% increase per annum of £500 provided inflation was running at more than 1%,\" he said.\n\n\"Now, when you roll that up, that is why you get the current level of salaries and it is entirely justified through the whole method that we use with job evaluation, pay comparison, and looking at all other legislatures in these islands.\n\n\"These are the lowest paid legislatures, whether they actually legislate or not is a matter for the electorate.\"", "An emotional support peacock was turned away from Newark airport in 2018\n\nThe US is seeking to limit the kinds of animals that airlines must allow on board for free.\n\nThe Department of Transportation has proposed to restrict that right to dogs that are trained to help people with disabilities.\n\nIt said the plan is a response to concerns that increasing passengers are falsely claiming pets as \"service animals\".\n\nThe proposal is subject to public comment before it goes into effect.\n\nAmong other changes, the proposal would mean that so-called emotional support animals are no longer entitled to the same rights as \"service animals\".\n\nWhile passengers could have psychiatric service animals, that classification would require animals to have training.\n\nUS airlines welcomed the plans. They had called for action, saying a rising number of animals travelling in aeroplane cabins has led to growing complaints and incidents such as biting.\n\n\"Airlines want all passengers and crew to have a safe and comfortable flying experience, and we are confident the proposed rule will go a long way in ensuring a safer and healthier experience for everyone,\" said Nicholas Calio, president of industry lobby Airlines for America.\n\nThe changes, if they move forward, would bring the US closer to the UK, which does not recognise \"emotional support\" animals.\n\nOnly guide dogs, and dogs that help people with disabilities are allowed on British flights.\n\nIn the US, passengers attempting to bring turkeys, peacocks and squirrels inside plane cabins in recent years have drawn attention to the issue and prompted some airlines to tighten their rules on their own.\n\nAmerican Airlines, for example, prohibited flying with frogs, ferrets, hedgehogs and goats, even if they are therapy animals.\n\nDelta noted in 2018 that some passengers \"attempted to fly with comfort turkeys, gliding possums known as sugar gliders, snakes\" and spiders.\n\nThe Department of Transportation proposal would allow airlines to limit the number of animals passengers may bring with them, impose size rules and require paperwork certifying their service animals.\n\nHowever, airlines would not be allowed to refuse transport to service animals based on breed.", "Edinburgh and Glasgow are battling to become the first \"net zero\" cities in the UK\n\nScotland is soon to be the focus of global attention with the UN climate change summit drawing ever closer.\n\nThe event will be held in Glasgow, which is battling with Edinburgh to become the UK's first \"net zero\" city - placing their greenhouse emissions at a neutral level.\n\nBut plans to cut traffic are in motion across the country in addition to numerous rejuvenation projects to create greener, more attractive public spaces.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nGlasgow faces a number of challenges before meeting its 2030 target, particularly city centre congestion and pollution.\n\nHowever, it was the first Scottish city to introduce a low-emission zone.\n\nMore improvements have been made in the past year, such as two new camera-controlled bus gates either side of Central Station.\n\nOne of the council's latest plans is to limit vehicles around George Square as part of multi-million project that could ultimately ban parking in the area entirely.\n\nA public consultation held over October and November last year showed huge public support for less traffic, more pedestrian areas and more green spaces for relaxing.\n\nPlans to limit vehicles on George Square will be considered by the council\n\nNext week the council will consider a proposal to fully pedestrianise the east and west sides of the square - at the City Chambers and Merchants House, respectively.\n\nThe north and south sides would allow public transport and cyclists. If approved this phase could be in place before the UEFA European Football Championships in June.\n\nFurther permanent works could also be carried out after the summer of 2023 to improve connectivity just beyond the square, costing an additional £3m.\n\nParking will be completely banned in the area if proposals are green-lit\n\nThere are also a number of ongoing projects in Aberdeen aimed at both cutting traffic and breathing new life into one of the city's most historic spaces.\n\nLike Glasgow, Aberdeen council bosses are considering plans to ban vehicles from certain streets overnight in order to make them safer and \"more welcoming\".\n\nThe ban would apply between 22:00-05:00 on certain areas off Union Street, which runs through the heart of the city.\n\nCertain exemptions would include emergency vehicles and cyclists.\n\nMeanwhile, Union Terrace Gardens - a historic park and thoroughfare - is in the middle of a refurbishment which took more than 10 years to get moving.\n\nThe design for Union Terrace Gardens includes new walkways and new disabled parking\n\nSince 2007, swaying public opinion and councillor debates have seen several proposals scrapped, plus £50m of investment from businessman Sir Ian Wood taken off the table.\n\nFinally, a £25.7m facelift was accepted, including new walkways, an amphitheatre, a play area, cafe, and improved toilets.\n\nHowever, project director Kirstin Taylor said the design would allow \"easier and more inviting access\" and include new disabled parking and lifts into the gardens.\n\nIt is expected to be completed in the summer of next year.\n\nEdinburgh has rolled out a number of green projects in the past year with several more on the horizon.\n\nIt became the first city in the UK to join the Open Streets movement by closing certain areas of the Old Town between midday and 17:00 on the first Sunday of each month.\n\nBy the end of 2020 it is hoped that the capital will introduce Scotland's second low emission zone, which means older cars will have to pay to enter the city centre.\n\nAnother broader city-wide zone would apply to buses, coaches and commercial vehicles.\n\nAnd earlier this month the council published plans for radical changes over the next 10 years to make the city carbon neutral.\n\nAn artist's impression of how a pedestrianised George Street would look\n\nIf the proposals go ahead, large portions of Edinburgh would become pedestrianised, George Street would be shut to vehicles by 2025 and the tram network extended by the end of the decade.\n\nAlong with Glasgow, Edinburgh is the only other Scottish city to signal that it would introduce the workplace parking levy.\n\nUse the tool below and we could be in touch.\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.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jean-Paul Gaultier says goodbye to the runway.\n\nCelebrities have descended on the final fashion show of French designer Jean-Paul Gaultier in Paris, as he bows out after a 50-year career.\n\nBoy George took to a stage studded with models and other stars in a performance to close the Paris Fashion Week event.\n\nGaultier shocked fans when he announced it would be his last haute couture runway last week.\n\nHe said the event, at the city's Théâtre du Châtelet, would be a \"party\" to celebrate his decades in fashion.\n\nGaultier, 67, has dressed stars from Nicole Kidman and Cate Blanchett to Lady Gaga and Rihanna.\n\nHe designed Madonna's \"cone bra\" corset, which she wore for her 1990 Blonde Ambition tour.\n\nAmerican models Gigi and Bella Hadid appeared on the runway.\n\nThey were joined by fellow US models Dita Von Teese and Karlie Kloss.\n\nVon Teese later appeared with British model Karen Elson alongside Boy George on stage.\n\nCanadian model Winnie Harlow also took to the runway.\n\nOther stars at the Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2020 show included former French first lady Carla Bruni, French singer Chris and American actress and model Larsen Thompson.\n\nCarla Bruni, Chris and Larsen Thompson are among the guests\n\nFrench designer Christian Louboutin - known for his signature red-soled stiletto shoes - was pictured with Lebanese-born British pop singer Mika.\n\nFashion designers Pierre Cardin - Gaultier's former mentor - and Christian Lacroix were also present.\n\nAt the opening of the event in Paris, Gaultier called the outfits on the runway his \"first upcycling haute couture collection\" and urged the audience to recycle their clothes.\n\nLast year he criticised what he called \"ridiculous\" fashion waste, saying big fashion brands are harming the planet by producing \"far too many collections with far too many clothes\".\n\n\"In my first show and this, my last, there are creations made with the jeans I've worn,\" he said.\n\n\"It's the most beautiful of materials. Like a lot of humans, it becomes even more beautiful as it gets older.\"\n\nHe added: \"Goodbye to the spanking new, hello to the spanking old!\"\n\nThe event comes less than a week after Gaultier tweeted a video announcing that this runway would be his last.\n\n\"It's going to be quite a party with many of my friends, and we're going to have fun until very, very late,\" he said.\n\nAhead of the show, Von Teese posted on Instagram that some of his \"legendary muses\" would be taking part.\n\nShe predicted it would be an \"emotional night\" and, in an earlier post, wrote: \"I'm so grateful to have been part of the story.\"\n\nCanadian model Coco Rocha tweeted that it was \"surreal\" that this would be Gaultier's last show.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAmerican actress and model Kat Graham described him as her \"fashion idol\".\n\n\"JPG was the first big design house to dress me, to believe in me,\" she wrote.\n\n\"Thank you JPG for showing me and the world that it's more than ok to be authentically yourself, and to go against the grain.\"", "The Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador was hit with more than 70cm (27in) of snow in a record breaking blizzard.\n\nThe military has been called in to help with recovery efforts.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra and online; Live text on selected matches on the BBC Sport website and app.\n\nBritain's Heather Watson showed tremendous fight to reach the Australian Open second round before Dan Evans missed out on the chance of a potential meeting with Novak Djokovic.\n\nBritish number one Evans, seeded 30th, lost 6-4 6-3 6-4 to Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka in his second-round match.\n\nWatson and Harriet Dart are the only remaining Britons in the singles draws.\n\nWatson will meet Belgian 16th seed Elise Mertens for the second time in a week after winning their Hobart International quarter-final last Thursday.\n• None Gauff sets up Osaka meeting in last 32\n\nAfter beating Pliskova, Watson said having played in similar conditions in Hobart last week - and growing up in windy Guernsey - had stood her in good stead.\n\n\"It was super windy today but I felt prepared because it was like that in Hobart a lot of the days,\" the 27-year-old said.\n\n\"But being a first-round match and being postponed I felt a bit nervous in that first set and a bit tense.\n\n\"I managed to loosen up, relax and enjoy the match.\"\n\nMertens beat Montenegro's Danka Kovinic later on Wednesday as, like Watson, she had to come back a day later as a consequence of the backlog of matches caused by Monday's rain washout.\n\nWatson has not enjoyed many victories in the Grand Slams recently, showing her pleasure at digging in and beating 65th-ranked Pliskova with a wide smile and clenched fist towards her box.\n\nThe Briton had won only one match in her last six appearances in the main draw in Melbourne but had come here in good form after her Hobart performances.\n\nIn difficult conditions in which both players struggled at times with their ball toss, Watson eventually dealt with them better as Pliskova - twin sister of second seed Karolina - began to show her frustration.\n\nWatson's service game improved as the match wore on and she continued to hit a steady stream of winners to clinch an impressive victory.\n\n\"I don't mind the wind and with the way I play - a lot of slice, drop shots, change-of-pace balls - I think it works well. And I'm patient,\" she said.\n\nBritish number one Evans needed to fight back from two sets down in his opening match against American Mackenzie McDonald, but there was no sign of another memorable comeback against an inspired Nishioka.\n\nEvans, 29, said he did not \"feel good at all\" going into Monday's match, possibly the effects of his heroics for Great Britain at the ATP Cup and playing in Adelaide last week.\n\nTwo days later he again looked out-of-sorts and this time he was unable to put any pressure on his opponent.\n\n\"I've not had the ranking to skip weeks, but maybe in hindsight I could not have played last week,\" Evans said.\n\n\"It's been a long few weeks since pre-season. I've been away a long time and I didn't feel great.\"\n\nEvans, who was competing in his first Grand Slam as a seeded player, could not force a single break point as 71st-ranked Nishioka eased into a two-set lead.\n\nThe Briton looked to be struggling physically as he sat in his chair at the end of the second set, although he recovered to push Nishioka, who made only two unforced errors in the previous set, closer in the third.\n\nHowever, Evans was broken in his penultimate service game as a tie-break loomed, unable to land a first serve before hitting a forehand wide of the line on Nishioka's first match point.\n\nThe 24-year-old Japanese fell to his knees on the court and looked up to the sky in celebration as he contemplated his achievement of reaching the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time.\n\nHis reward is a meeting with Serb defending champion Djokovic, who beat Nishioka's compatriot Tatsuma Ito 6-1 6-4 6-2.\n\nEvans was the third and final Briton to fall in the men's singles after Kyle Edmund and Cameron Norrie lost their opening matches on Tuesday.\n\nDan Evans was the first to admit that Yoshihito Nishioka handled the windy conditions better than he did.\n\nBut having confessed to feeling sore in his first-round victory over Mackenzie McDonald, it's clear Evans' success at the ATP Cup and in Adelaide earlier this month did come at a price.\n\nAs he said - in typical Evans style - he was at a bit of a loose end last week, and so couldn't resist a trip to Adelaide where he reached the quarter-finals.\n\nThe upside was a 10-place rise in the rankings and an extra $250 000 (£192,000) in the bank.\n\nEvans says he has no regrets, but hinted he will make a few changes to his schedule so he can arrive at the big events feeling fresher in future.\n\nThe men's doubles got under way on day three with two British players involved.\n\nJonny O'Mara progressed to the second round alongside partner Marcelo Arevalo, from El Salvador, with a 6-3 6-2 win over Bolivian Hugo Dellien and Argentine Juan Ignacio Londero.\n\nHowever, Dom Inglot and Saudi Arabia's Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi were knocked out in the opening round, losing in three sets to Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau.\n\nJamie Murray and Neal Skupski begin their campaign against Canadian Vasek Pospisil and Poland's Hubert Hurkacz on Thursday.\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone", "Gavin Jones, Darren Jones, Martin Roberts and Terence Whall have denied the charges\n\nA 74-year-old man was \"callously\" shot with a crossbow after going outside in the dark to fix his satellite dish, a murder trial has heard.\n\nMold Crown Court heard someone was hiding \"probably behind a wall\" armed with the \"silent, quick and deadly weapon\", waiting for Gerald Corrigan.\n\nHe died three weeks after the 19 April shooting at his remote Anglesey home.\n\nTerence Whall, 39, denies murder, telling police he was in a nearby field having a sexual encounter with a man.\n\nHe also denies a charge of perverting the course of justice, along with three others, amid allegations they conspired together to set fire to a vehicle later found burnt out.\n\nThe other three - Martin Roberts, 34, of James Street in Bangor, Darren Jones, 41, of the Bryn Ogwen estate at Penrhosgarnedd and Gavin Jones, 36, of High Street, Bangor - also deny the charges.\n\nJurors heard Mr Corrigan lived with his 64-year-old partner Marie Bailey, who had multiple sclerosis, and that he was in effect her carer.\n\nThey lived at Gof Du, situated in about 30 acres near South Stack, close to the coastal path.\n\n\"It isn't a place that you could simply pass by - to go there, you had to intend to go there,\" prosecution barrister Peter Rouch QC said.\n\nAccording to details retained by Sky, at about midnight Mr Corrigan was watching a recorded programme.\n\nGerald Corrigan died three weeks after being shot outside his Anglesey home\n\nSome time between 00:08 and 00:28 BST, the Sky signal was interrupted and Mr Corrigan went outside to look at the dish.\n\nThe court heard the outside security lights had not worked for the best part of 18 months.\n\nThe prosecutor said: \"He must have bent over the Sky dish, with his right hand resting on the house wall. This must have occurred within a minute or so before 12:30am.\n\n\"He felt a terrible pain to his body and thought that somehow he had been electrocuted by the Sky dish.\n\n\"He suddenly had a bleeding and broken arm, which he thought was part of the electrocution,\" he explained.\n\nThe court heard the bolt entered his left hand side, passing completely through his body, cutting his spleen and penetrating his large intestine and stomach.\n\nIt also caused damage to his gastric artery, penetrated his liver, colon and diaphragm, and bruised his heart, before exiting his body more or less through his right chest.\n\n\"So silent and quick is a crossbow that Mr Corrigan had no idea what had happened to him. All he knew was that he was in terrible pain,\" Mr Rouch said.\n\n\"He went back into the house and shouted loudly for his partner, managed to walk up the stairs, where she saw he was in lots of pain, bleeding heavily from his arm and was very frightened.\n\n\"Mr Corrigan said he thought he had been electrocuted by the Sky dish, and thought he was having a heart attack,\" he said.\n\nJurors heard a paramedic using a torch noticed the gate to a neighbouring field was open and also found an arrow on the grass which appeared to be covered in blood.\n\nMr Corrigan received emergency surgery at Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor, which included the removal of his spleen and surgical repairs to the damage to his colon and stomach, and was placed into an induced coma.\n\nHe was airlifted to the Royal Stoke Hospital but died on 11 May.\n\nMr Rouch told the jury the shooter was about 10m (32ft) away and would have to have been proficient in using a crossbow, while considerable planning - including angles and distance - would have been needed.\n\nThis Land Rover, belonging to Mr Whall's partner, was found burned out on the outskirts of Bangor\n\nJurors were also told a Land Rover Discovery belonging to Mr Whall's partner - who was away on holiday - had a system which recorded data of its use and showed the vehicle being used in the area for a recce the night before the shooting and then at the time Mr Corrigan was shot.\n\nAs well as tracking the car's location, the device also had details such as when the car was locked and unlocked, when a door or the boot was opened and closed, and each time the engine was switched on and off.\n\nThe car was found two weeks later burnt out at a disused quarry near Bangor and the defendant said it had been stolen.\n\nWhile the system was destroyed in the fire, the information about its movements was retained centrally by Jaguar Land Rover.\n\nThe court also heard that following the shooting one of the largest suppliers of crossbows contacted police offering to help.\n\nIts director provided a list of 17 people on Anglesey who had bought a crossbow from them within the last 10 years.\n\nA crossbow had been purchased in April 2019 by the defendant, after the date of the shooting, but police - unaware of the delivery date at that stage - went to see him.\n\nHe showed police the crossbow he had bought, which had not been used, and made a witness statement where he said he also had another crossbow that he had sold to a stranger who came to his home.\n\nBut the jury heard that purchases online showed he had ordered crossbow bolts on 7 April - some two months after claiming he had sold his original crossbow, and almost two weeks before Mr Corrigan was shot.\n\nThe bolts were exactly the same sort as the one that killed Mr Corrigan, said the prosecution.\n\nIt was \"another piece... of the jigsaw\" according to Mr Rouch.\n\nIn police interview, Mr Whall, of Bryngwran, said he had never met the victim or his partner and on the night of the shooting he was with friend Barrie Williams, who he was having an affair with, the court heard.\n\nHe said they travelled to Porthdafach beach car park and engaged in sexual activities in fields nearby.\n\nMr Rouch said Mr Whall told officers he had opened the car boot - as picked up on the data - to remove a bag containing latex gloves, handcuffs and baby oil.\n\nBut Mr Rouch told the jury Mr Williams was likely to tell them he had not seen the defendant that night.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The transport secretary said South Western Railway's performance was \"significantly below expectation\"\n\nA rail firm could be taken in to public ownership should it fail financially, the government has said.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said South Western Railway's (SWR) franchise was now \"not sustainable in the long term\"\n\nIt said it was involved in \"ongoing and constructive discussions\" with the government over remedies for the problems with its franchise.\n\nContingency measures include issuing a short-term contract to SWR's owners or moving its operations to the Department for Transport, Mr Shapps said.\n\nSWR services were disrupted for 27 days in December by the latest in a series of strikes over the future of guards.\n\nIt's pretty clear SWR's franchise is not going to survive in its present form.\n\nThe government has three choices.\n\nIt can tear up the South Western franchise, and agree a new one.\n\nIt can hand the same people a short-term management contract in which the government bears the financial risk, and the operator receives a fee. That's how neighbouring Govia Thameslink Railway is run.\n\nOr, as a last resort, it can strip SWR of its contract and run the trains directly.\n\nChanging the owner won't alter the underlying problems. They're also partly down to Network Rail, partly down to new and refurbished trains arriving late, and partly down to the RMT union's two years of strikes.\n\nDo you blame the company for signing an ambitious deal that turned out to be undeliverable? Or do you blame the Department for Transport for not doing its due diligence and demanding the impossible? You choose. Either way, how this railway is run is going to change.\n\nMr Shapps said SWR had \"not yet failed to meet their financial commitments\" but the department \"must prepare suitable contingency measures\".\n\nHe said poor punctuality and reliability combined with slower revenue growth has led to the operator's financial performance being \"significantly below expectation\" since the franchise began in August 2017.\n\nSWR's operations could also be moved to the Operator of Last Resort (OLR), a public sector operator wholly owned by the Department for Transport.\n\nHe insisted the moves would \"not impact on the railway's day-to-day operations\" for passengers and staff.\n\nEarlier this month SWR's accounts, for the year ending 31 March 2019, showed a loss after tax of £136.9m.\n\nThe firm operates routes between London Waterloo, Reading, Bristol, Exeter, Weymouth, and Portsmouth, as well as Island Line on the Isle of Wight.\n\nSWR's owners FirstGroup and MTR were awarded the franchise in August 2017, after outbidding previous operator Stagecoach.\n\nIn a statement FirstGroup and MTR said: \"We continue to be in ongoing and constructive discussions with the Department for Transport regarding potential commercial and contractual remedies for the franchise and what happens next as we seek to ensure the right outcome for our customers, our shareholders and the government.\"\n\nThe RMT union, which is in dispute with SWR over the role of guards on its trains, said the government was \"throwing good public money after bad and trying to breathe life into the rotting corpse of privatised rail\".\n\nGeneral secretary Mick Cash said: \"Instead of dreaming up new ways to subsidise private sector profits by attacking civil liberties, [Grant Shapps] should stop pushing cost-cutting driver only operation and bring SWR into public ownership, running it in the interests of passengers and workers not his mates in the City.\"\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. Michael Palin on Terry Jones: \"He was a wonderful companion\"\n\nSir Michael Palin and John Cleese have been remembering their \"warm\" and \"remarkable\" Monty Python co-star Terry Jones, who has died at the age of 77.\n\n\"Terry was first of all an enormous enthusiast,\" Sir Michael told the BBC.\n\n\"He threw himself into things with such passion and such energy, and he really refused to take on things which didn't excite him and which didn't feel different from what else was around.\n\n\"Part of his warmth was his love of all sorts of things and comedies - he knew an awful lot about the silent film comedians. There were so many aspects to Terry, but I would say enthusiasm and passion were the two main words that described him best.\n\n\"We had some very strange and silly moments together over the years. He was a very keen cook and I remember one time he was shucking oysters at his home. He loved entertaining people, he was the most marvellous entertainer, but unfortunately he nearly cut his finger off. Blood was spurting out of his finger and we were sent down to the nearest hospital.\n\n\"Terry had to keep his finger above his head so we entered the hospital, myself and Terry, with his hand up in the air like he was permanently asking for permission to do something. As we walked through casualty everybody laughed, it was wonderful. They couldn't believe the Pythons had visited them in this miserable place.\n\n\"I loved writing with Terry because he was very creative. He had some wonderful ideas for characters, he was very funny, he was very good at plot. That was something I was less good at, and when we did the Ripping Yarns, Terry was the one who was very keen to give each story a meaning and a significance.\n\n\"He felt everything he did was somehow important and had to be thought about. That was our creative working relationship, and also we both enjoyed a pint - that was very nice and we had lovely times together.\n\n\"Another bizarre thing we did [came] when I was first writing with Terry. He lived down in Waterloo and they opened a new men's toilets on Lambeth Walk. Being a local celebrity, Terry was asked to be the first person to use them!\n\n\"So Terry and I went down to the new toilets on Lambeth Walk with the band playing behind us. The only other person with us was the Mayor of Lambeth.\n\n\"So we enjoyed life together. He was a terrific person to enjoy things with. He really did increase the value of almost everything you did.\n\nPalin and Jones wrote Ripping Yarns and both appeared in the Tomkinson's Schooldays episode\n\n\"It was an awful form of dementia for someone who loved debating and cajoling and arguing and playing different characters, to be reduced to being able to say very few words, as he was over the last two or three years.\n\n\"I lived fairly nearby and I used to go see him quite a lot, and though his dementia was shutting him down there were little moments you absolutely treasured - maybe just a glance or a touch on the hand or something like that.\n\n\"Quite recently I went round with a book we'd written together, Dr Fegg's Encyclopaedia of All World Knowledge. I started reading a few little bits out of it and for the first time for a long time I heard real laughter, that little wispy laughter of Terry's.\n\n\"I thought that was a marvellously encouraging thing to happen, but what was best of all was that Terry was only laughing at the bits he'd written. I thought, that's defying dementia for you.\"\n\nSir Michael Palin was speaking on BBC Radio Four's The World at One.\n\nCleese described Jones as \"a man of so many talents\".\n\n\"He was a remarkable fellow because he had endless energy and enthusiasm. We used to laugh at him sometimes. I remember he got up one day when we were shooting on the south coast and he got excited about how green the grass was.\n\n\"So there was this hugely lively energy to him that was incredibly attractive.\n\n\"He also had a confidence that I rather envied. He'd take things on without any worry he might not do them terribly well. I'd always hold back, but I don't think Terry was ever assailed by those kind of doubts. He was a remarkable chap and had an enormous number of different talents - he was the most multi-talented [member] of the Pythons.\n\n\"He wrote a kind of sketch that was unlike what the rest of us wrote - for example, that wonderful sketch about the German joke that killed anyone who heard it. That was not something the rest of us could do.\n\n\"He used to [write] Icelandic sagas starting with some man heavily armoured in the tundra, or a long sketch about the Spanish smuggling pornography into Elizabethan England - much more visual, much longer sketches that were quite unlike what for example [Graham] Chapman and I were writing.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"He was also a very good director. How he shot Life of Brian really was masterful. If I had to give a class in how to shoot comedy, I would show that.\n\n\"I would say, 'Just look at how he uses the camera and how economic he is'. Sometimes he would leave the camera there and let the actors be funny, which is the kind of direction you never see now. I think Life of Brian was his masterpiece.\n\n\"We had many good times together - we used to go out for dinners and have a little too much wine. He loved reds and we both thought good food was more important than anything else.\n\n\"There was also a good atmosphere [though] much of the arguing would go on late into the evening. He didn't back off his arguments easily, but it was all part of this terrific energy and confidence.\n\n\"The last time I saw him was at the funeral of [former Play School presenter] Beryl Vosburgh [in 2016]. He sort of recognised me but there wasn't any kind of ordinary communication between us.\n\n\"I shall remember him as Mr Creosote. He is so funny in it and it's one of the funniest things we did. So I shall think of him exploding.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Deborah Dugan described the Recording Academy as a \"boys' club\"\n\nVoting for the Grammy Awards is \"ripe with corruption\", Recording Academy chief Deborah Dugan has claimed, days after she was suspended from her job.\n\nDugan said she was removed as retaliation for uncovering misconduct at the Academy, which runs the awards.\n\nShe has detailed allegations of sexual harassment, conflicts of interest and voting irregularities within the body.\n\nThe Academy has questioned why she did not raise the \"grave allegations\" until she was accused of bullying herself.\n\nIn a statement, it said she was accused of workplace harassment by a female colleague in December. Dugan has denied the bullying claim.\n\nThe Academy said it has launched two independent investigations - into the complaints made by Dugan, and those made against her.\n\nDugan also said she was paid \"substantially less\" than her two male predecessors.\n\nThis year's Grammys ceremony will see some of the world's biggest pop stars honoured in Los Angeles on Sunday, but it risks being overshadowed by the row.\n\nThe allegations in Dugan's 44-page discrimination complaint, which has been filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, will prove deeply unsettling for the Academy. The body has struggled to reform its reputation after being criticised for overlooking women and BAME recording artists.\n\nDugan was hired last August to help correct these problems and rejuvenate the institution. But she claims she met resistance from the start, characterising the organisation as a \"boys' club network where men work together to the disadvantage of women and disenfranchised groups in order to line their own pockets and maintain a firm grip on the Academy's dealings\".\n\nHere are some of the main accusations.\n\nLizzo is one of the leading nominees at this weekend's Grammy Awards\n\nThe Grammys voting procedures are notoriously opaque, with what Dugan describes as \"secret committees\" reviewing a longlist of 15 to 20 nominees in most categories, before whittling them down to the five or eight artists they feel are best representative of the list.\n\nDugan alleges the process is compromised by numerous irregularities, such as:\n\nThe complaint also criticises the lack of diversity in these committees, saying that \"between 2012 and the present, the board has been approximately 68% male and 69% Caucasian\".\n\nDugan says she was sexually harassed by the Academy's general counsel and former board chair Joel Katz while she was being considered for the organisation's top job last May.\n\nKatz invited her to dinner, where she says he made her \"uneasy\" by repeatedly commenting on her appearance, remarking how pretty she was and calling her \"baby\".\n\nHe also \"talked about his marriage that had failed\" and at the end of the dinner \"leaned forward, lips pursed, as [if] to kiss me\", she said.\n\nKatz's lawyer Howard Weitzman said his client \"categorically and emphatically denies\" Dugan's account.\n\n\"Mr Katz believed they had a productive and professional meeting in a restaurant where a number of members of the board of trustees of the Academy, and others, were dining,\" he added.\n\n\"Ms Dugan's claims are made, for the first time, seven months after this dinner took place. Mr Katz will co-operate in any and all investigations or lawsuits by telling the absolute and whole truth. Hopefully Ms Dugan will do the same.\"\n\nDugan claims that her predecessor, Neil Portnow, stepped down from his job after being accused of rape by an unnamed female recording artist.\n\nShe says she was not told about the allegation until she had accepted her role; and that the Academy's board had been asked to vote \"on whether to give Mr Portnow a bonus\" of $750,000 (£571,000) despite several members being unaware of the accusation.\n\nPortnow, who was President and CEO of the Recording Academy for 17 years, called the allegations \"ludicrous and untrue\".\n\nIn a statement, he said the Academy had commissioned an \"independent\" and \"in-depth investigation\" into the accusation, and he was \"completely exonerated\".\n\n\"There was no basis for the allegations and once again I deny them unequivocally,\" he said, adding that he had never sought a \"$750,000 consulting fee\".\n\n\"I will vigorously defend all false claims made against me in this document,\" he concluded.\n\nDugan is a former lawyer who previously ran Bono's charity Red\n\nDugan's complaint alleges that her assistant was monitoring her emails and sharing information with Academy board members and executives.\n\nThe complaint says Dugan found her work unsatisfactory and she offered her a new position, but the assistant refused and took a leave of absence.\n\nA lawyer for the assistant later sent the Academy a letter accusing Dugan of \"being a bully\", eventually leading to the chief executive's suspension.\n\nThe Recording Academy said Dugan \"was placed on administrative leave only after offering to step down and demanding $22m (£16m) from the Academy, which is a not-for-profit organisation\".\n\nIn response, Dugan said the $22m figure was \"flat out false\", while her lawyers called the Academy's statement \"a transparent effort to shift the focus away from its own unlawful activity\".\n\nIn a statement, the Academy said: \"It is curious that Ms Dugan never raised these grave allegations until a week after legal claims were made against her personally by a female employee who alleged Ms Dugan had created a 'toxic and intolerable' work environment and engaged in 'abusive and bullying conduct'.\n\n\"We immediately launched independent investigations to review both Ms Dugan's potential misconduct and her subsequent allegations. Both of these investigations remain ongoing.\"\n\nThe statement did not address any of Dugan's specific allegations, but expressed regret that this weekend's Grammy Awards were being overshadowed.\n\n\"Our loyalty will always be to the 25,000 members of the recording industry. We regret that 'Music's Biggest Night' is being stolen from them by Ms Dugan's actions and we are working to resolve the matter as quickly as possible.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The couple unveiled Meghan's legal action against the Mail on Sunday during their tour of southern Africa.\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex have issued a legal warning to the media after photographs of Meghan in Canada were published in newspapers and on websites.\n\nLawyers say the photos of the duchess walking her dogs and carrying her son were taken by photographers hiding in bushes and spying on her.\n\nThey say she did not consent and accuse the photographers of harassment.\n\nThe couple say that they are prepared to take legal action.\n\nThey are believed to be alarmed by paparazzi activity near their current base on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.\n\nLawyers say there have also been attempts to photograph inside their home using long-range lenses and they accuse the paparazzi of being camped outside the property.\n\nUnder laws in British Columbia, the duchess may have grounds for a legal case if she can prove her privacy has been violated, although freedom of the press and expression is guaranteed under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.\n\nThis comes after the Queen agreed to the couple's wish to step back from being full-time royals, to become financially independent and to split their time between the UK and Canada.\n\nOn Monday, Meghan was pictured carrying the couple's eight-month-old son Archie in a baby sling, while walking her two dogs, Guy and Oz, in Horth Hill Regional Park on Vancouver Island.\n\nThe Duke of Sussex arrived back in Canada on Tuesday morning after attending the UK-Africa Investment Summit in London on Monday.\n\nHe had been apart from Meghan and Archie for more than 10 days, after she flew back to Canada earlier this month.\n\nIt was announced on Saturday that from the spring, the Sussexes will no longer be full-time working royals.\n\nThey will stop using their HRH titles, no longer carry out royal duties or military appointments and no longer formally represent the Queen.\n\nOne day after that announcement, Prince Harry said he was \"taking a leap of faith\" in stepping back from being a senior royal, adding: \"There really was no other option.\"\n\nPrince Harry has long had an uneasy relationship with the media, having grown up aware of the impact the intense media interest had on the life of his late mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, who died in a car crash in Paris while being pursued by paparazzi on motorbikes.\n\nThe driver of Princess Diana's car - Henri Paul - had been drink-driving at the time of the crash on 31 August 1997.\n\nMeghan, pictured at a Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey, is one of the most photographed women in the world\n\nThe prince has often compared his wife's experiences of the press with those of his late mother.\n\nIn a statement announcing Meghan's legal action against the Mail on Sunday last October, the prince said he and Meghan were forced to take action against \"relentless propaganda\".\n\nThe duchess is suing the newspaper over publishing one of her private letters to her father, Thomas Markle.\n\nMeghan accuses the paper of misusing her private information, breaching copyright and selective editing.\n\nThe Mail on Sunday rejects the claims and says there was \"huge and legitimate\" public interest in publishing the note.\n\nDays after confirming his wife's legal case, the duke announced he would take legal action against the owners of the Sun, the defunct News of the World, and the Daily Mirror, in relation to alleged phone-hacking.\n\nBack in 2016, Prince Harry attacked the media for subjecting Meghan - then his girlfriend - to a \"wave of abuse and harassment\".\n\nIn 2017, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were awarded £92,000 (100,000 euros) in damages after French magazine Closer printed topless pictures of the duchess in 2012.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nSergio Aguero scored his sixth goal in his last three games as Manchester City edged a gutsy Sheffield United at Bramall Lane.\n\nThe Blades had looked on course to claim a hugely credible draw against the reigning Premier League champions, with Dean Henderson saving a Gabriel Jesus penalty in the first half as well as making a string of excellent saves.\n\nBut Aguero came off the bench to score the decisive goal, tapping in a cross from Kevin de Bruyne towards the end of the second half.\n\nThat strike came just moments after Sheffield United came close to taking the lead themselves - Oli McBurnie stretching to meet a cross but just failing to turn the ball into an empty net.\n\nVictory for Manchester City means they strengthen their place in second. They have 51 points - 13 behind leaders Liverpool but six ahead of Leicester, who play West Ham on Wednesday.\n• None Returning Laporte is 'best in the world' - Guardiola\n\nIt is hard to imagine that a manager who has won trophies wherever he has worked is claiming he can still learn from others, but that's exactly what Pep Guardiola said prior to this game.\n\nThe former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss spoke highly of Sheffield United under Chris Wilder, saying they are a team he can learn from.\n\nFor large periods of this game the Blades certainly gave Guardiola plenty to think about, with their disciplined and organised defence frustrating City for well over an hour.\n\nIn the end, Guardiola had to turn to the ever-reliable Aguero to get the job done.\n\nAt 31, the Argentina international is in the twilight years of his football career but is arguably enjoying some of his best form.\n\nIt took him just six minutes to get on the scoresheet after coming on for Jesus, who had struggled to get the better of the Blades' defence.\n\nAguero has now scored 21 goals in just 23 appearances in all competitions this season, including eight in his last five appearances.\n\nThe league title may be increasingly out of reach for City but Aguero's form could be vital for their aspirations in other competitions.\n\nJust as crucial, though, could be the return of Aymeric Laporte. Injuries have meant Guardiola has often had to field a makeshift defence this season but Laporte made a surprise return at Bramall Lane after five months out with injury.\n\nThe result was a first clean sheet since City hosted Sheffield United at the Etihad at the end of December and Guardiola was delighted with the French player's return.\n\n\"We miss him the lot,\" he said. \"Imagine if the best teams in the world lose their best central defenders.\n\n\"We knew he could not play 90 minutes. He is an incredible guy. He was exceptional. It is good news for us.\"\n\nBlades beaten but impress once again\n\nIt is difficult to find different superlatives to describe Sheffield United in the Premier League this season.\n\nMatch after match they produce impressive performances, frustrating supposed bigger sides and, rather than being sussed out in the second half of the season, they are seemingly finding new ways to keep their opponents on the toes.\n\nThat was the case once again on Tuesday night. At the start of the season, Sheffield United fans could have been forgiven for spotting this game on the fixture list and fearing a cricket score, but instead their side showed no fear and went toe to toe with their opponents from the outset.\n\nThey were strong in the tackle and organised in defence. On the few occasions Manchester City did get through they found Henderson in inspired form.\n\nThe goalkeeper made a superb stop to deny Raheem Sterling from close range in the first half before then guessing the right way to keep out Jesus' spot kick.\n\nThat save prompted chants of \"England's number one\" from the home fans and this performance will have only increased his chances of being included in Gareth Southgate's squad for Euro 2020 this summer.\n\n'An incredibly good victory' - what the managers said\n\nManchester City manager Pep Guardiola, speaking to Match of the Day: \"We knew it would be a difficult place to come. We concede one or two clear chances, nothing more than that.\n\n\"In the first half, the keeper was excellent with the penalty and two incredible saves, it was an incredibly good victory for us to take a step towards securing Champions League football next season.\n\n\"In the first half we were a little bit shy to play, but in the second half we were a little bit more like we are. But we controlled it really well, the chance to score goals.\n\n\"What Sheffield United do, they do it perfectly. They've been together for five years so their spirit is so good. They are so good at the second balls and arrive with a lot of people in the final third.\"\n\nSheffield United manager Chris Wilder, speaking to Match of the Day: \"Kevin de Bruyne has found an amazing pass and the movement of Sergio Aguero, he's done that to everyone in Europe and the world, it's a great finish.\n\n\"I've got nothing but an enormous amount of pride for my team, we went toe-to-toe with them.\n\n\"When opportunities arise you have to show a little bit of quality and we didn't do that sadly. Games like this are what we're here for, we've worked really hard to get here, we want no regrets and I don't think there were any tonight.\n\n\"When teams come here, we want to make sure they go through the mixer to get a result and I do believe Pep, his staff, the players and the fans will believe it's been a difficult night for them.\"\n• None Manchester City have scored more away league goals than any other team in Europe's big five divisions this season (34).\n• None Only at Selhurst Park (22) have there been fewer Premier League goals scored at a single stadium this season than at Bramall Lane (24), with the Blades netting just 13 and conceding 11.\n• None Manchester City have won three consecutive away league games against Sheffield United for the first time since a run of four between 1905 and 1908.\n• None Sheffield United have won just one of their last 16 league games against reigning top-flight champions (D3 L12), losing their last six in a row without scoring.\n• None Kevin De Bruyne is the first player in Premier League history to provide 15+ assists in three different campaigns (15 in 2019-20, 16 in 2017-18 and 18 in 2016-17).\n• None Sergio Aguero has been directly involved in 43 goals in 43 Premier League appearances against newly-promoted teams (35 goals, 8 assists).\n• None Manchester City's Gabriel Jesus has failed to score three of his five Premier League penalties (60%) - of all players to have taken at least five in the competition, no-one has a worse success rate than the Brazilian (level with Stewart Downing and El Hadji Diouf).\n\nSheffield United travel to Championship side Millwall on Saturday, 25 January (15:00 GMT), while Manchester City host Fulham on Sunday, 26 January (13:00 GMT).\n• None Attempt missed. Rodrigo (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Sergio Agüero.\n• None Attempt blocked. Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.\n• None Attempt blocked. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez.\n• None Offside, Sheffield United. George Baldock tries a through ball, but John Lundstram is caught offside.\n• None Attempt missed. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Nicolás Otamendi following a corner.\n• None Rodrigo (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Lord Blunkett asks the government about the review of the continuation of the BBC licence fee at the next BBC Charter Review.\n\nBaroness Barran, answering for the government, says: \"The Royal Charter maintains the licence fee funding model until the end of the charter in 2027.\n\n\"However, the prime minister has indicated that the government will consider the licence fee funding model in the long term.\n\n\"In addition, under the charter, the BBC has committed to consider how alternative funding models, such as subscription, could supplement licence fee income.\n\n\"And the results of this will feed into the next charter review.\"\n\nLord Blunkett says the BBC and its funding model is “held in such esteem across the world”.\n\nHe says its right to independence should be defended, as well as its ability to hold politicians to account \"in a vigorous fashion\".\n\nHe also thanks Lord Hall for \"his stewardship over a very difficult and turbulent seven years at the BBC\".\n\nBaroness Barran also thanks Lord Hall for his \"extraordinary contribution to public service broadcasting\".\n\nShe says there is \"no question\" that the government supports the BBC to \"bring impartial news and hold politicans to account\".\n\nLord Hall announced earlier this week that he is to step down as director general of the BBC in the summer.", "A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 36-year-old was shot dead in front of his wife and child.\n\nFlamur Beqiri, a Swedish national, died yards from his home in Battersea Church Road, south-west London, on Christmas Eve.\n\nPolice said the shooting could have been a \"targeted attack\".\n\nThe 22-year-old suspect was held under a European Arrest Warrant at Copenhagen Airport on Monday pending extradition back to the UK, the Met said.\n\nDet Insp Jamie Stevenson said Mr Beqiri was shot multiple times by a lone attacker who fled on foot.\n\nThe crime scene where Flamur Beqiri, 36, a father of one, was shot dead on 24 December 2019 in south-west London\n\nMr Beqiri was of Albanian heritage and had been living in London for four or five years.\n\nThe Met previously said it believed he may have been involved in some criminality in Sweden.\n\nIn a statement released through Scotland Yard shortly after his death, Mr Beqiri's family said: \"Our family are in a state of shock and are grieving. To have so much sadness at this time of the year is heartbreaking.\"\n\nAccording to reports, Mr Beqiri is the brother of former Real Housewives Of Cheshire star Misse Beqiri.\n\nFlamur Beqiri was attacked just yards from his home in Battersea Church Road\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The relationship between Jeff Bezos and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman soured after Jamal Khashoggi's murder\n\nSaudi Arabia has denied that its crown prince was responsible for hacking Amazon boss Jeff Bezos' phone.\n\nA message from a phone number used by the prince has been implicated in the data breach, according to reports.\n\nThe kingdom's US embassy said the stories were \"absurd\" and called for an investigation into them.\n\nRelations between Saudi Arabia and Mr Bezos - who owns the Washington Post - worsened after one of the newspaper's staff was killed in a Saudi consulate.\n\nJamal Khashoggi, a prominent critic of the Saudi government, was murdered in Istanbul months after this alleged cyber-attack took place.\n\nIn a blog post last year, Mr Bezos insinuated that the Saudi regime was unhappy with the \"the Post's essential and unrelenting coverage\" of the killing. \"It is undoubtedly unpopular in certain circles,\" he wrote.\n\nMr Bezos' phone was hacked after receiving a WhatsApp message in May 2018 that was sent from Mohammed bin Salman's personal account, according to the Guardian newspaper which broke the story.\n\nAn investigation into the data breach reportedly found that the billionaire's phone had started secretly sharing huge amounts of data after he received an encrypted video file from the prince.\n\nThe Twitter account of the kingdom's US embassy issued an outright denial of the claims.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mohammed bin Salman is asked: \"Did you order the murder of Jamal Khashoggi?\"\n\nAmazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the BBC.\n\nThe allegations are based on a report that was commissioned by the private security firm FTI Consulting, which was hired by Mr Bezos.\n\nTwo UN officials are expected to make a statement about the credibility of the allegations later on Wednesday.\n\nWhile the details of how this happened aren't yet public, evidence is pointing towards a WhatsApp conversation between the two men during which an infected video file was allegedly sent.\n\nIt is unclear what the content of that video was, but there is huge interest in finding out what a crown prince might send to one of the world's most powerful tech leaders.\n\nSuch a hack is \"horribly easy to do once the vulnerability involved had been discovered,\" says cyber-security expert Prof Alan Woodward. The seemingly innocent video would have contained malware that surreptitiously installed itself on the targeted phone.\n\nFrom there it would have been possible for the hacker to gain access to all the functions of the phone, from the GPS locator, to the camera, to the banking facilities and messaging apps.\n\nSuch access is made possible via bugs in the code and, last year, a security flaw in WhatsApp was revealed that would have allowed hackers to hide malicious code inside video files.\n\nPhone hacking is, says Prof Woodward, all too common in certain countries that are keen to keep an eye on journalists, dissidents and other activists perceived to be a threat to their regimes. So-called stalkerware is available off the shelf to these governments.\n\nBut what about the involvement of the Saudi crown prince? Was it really him who installed the malware?\n\nIt is unlikely that he set the phone up himself. So was his phone also being spied on? Or was he simply a vessel being used by the Saudi authorities?\n\nThe reports come after private information about Mr Bezos was leaked to the American tabloid the National Enquirer.\n\nIn February 2019 Mr Bezos accused the National Enquirer of \"extortion and blackmail\" after it published text messages between him and his girlfriend, former Fox television presenter Lauren Sánchez.\n\nA month earlier he and MacKenzie Bezos, his wife of 25 years, had announced that they planned to divorce having been separated for a \"long period\".\n\nAn investigator for the Amazon founder later said Saudi Arabia was behind the National Enquirer leak and had accessed his data.\n\n\"Our investigators and several experts concluded with high confidence that the Saudis had access to Bezos' phone, and gained private information,\" Gavin de Becker wrote on the Daily Beast website at the time.\n\nMr de Becker linked the hack to the Washington Post's coverage of the murder of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.", "The Yangtze (brown) and Han rivers (blue) merge in Wuhan\n\nWuhan may not be a well-known Chinese mega-city like Beijing or Shanghai.\n\nBut the place where the coronavirus outbreak emerged is, in fact, a crowded metropolis with connections to every part of the globe.\n\nEstimates vary on the exact size of the population, with local government officials putting the figure at 11 million, though UN data from 2018 says 8.9 million people live in the central Chinese city.\n\nEither way, the city is around the same size as London, but much bigger than Washington DC.\n\nOne estimate makes it the 42nd biggest city in the world, and the seventh biggest in China.\n\nAnd it's the size - and economic clout - of Wuhan that explains why the virus has travelled quickly across Asia, and even to the US.\n\nIn short, the virus has spread so widely because lots of people visit Wuhan and take the virus home with them.\n\nWuhan was a host city for the 2019 Basketball World Cup - including this match between Argentina and Nigeria\n\nWuhan international airport handled 20 million passengers in 2016, and offers direct flights to London, Paris, Dubai, and other cities around the world.\n\nThe city is built along the Yangtze river and, according to its website, it is a \"foundation of in both hi-tech manufacturing and traditional manufacturing\".\n\nIt has a series of industrial zones, 52 \"institutions of higher learning\", and claims more than 700,000 students - including, reportedly, the largest number of undergraduates in the country.\n\nSome 230 of the world's 500 biggest companies (as measured by the Fortune Global list) have invested there.\n\nThere is also notable investment from France - which had a foreign concession in Hankou, in today's Wuhan, between 1886 and 1943. More than 100 French firms have invested in the city and Peugeot-Citroen has a Chinese joint-venture plant there.\n\nWuhan can also serve as a gateway to the Three Gorges - a tourist region and home to a huge hydroelectric dam.\n\nSo, although the coronavirus originated in a local seafood market, the flow of people in and out of Wuhan has ensured its spread.\n\nThe US patient, for example, had recently visited Wuhan, as had both Japanese patients. The Korean patient lived there. The case in Thailand is a Chinese tourist from Wuhan.\n\nThe huge flow of people in and out of Wuhan will only increase as Chinese New Year approaches, and millions of people return home to celebrate.\n\nChina's National Health Commission said travellers should avoid Wuhan, and that Wuhan residents should not leave the city.\n\nBut Wuhan's status as one of the biggest - and most connected - places in the world means international cases will almost certainly continue to emerge.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Tesla has displaced Volkswagen as the world's second most valuable carmaker, after a dramatic rise in share price pushed its market value to more than $100bn (£76.1bn).\n\nThe milestone sets the stage for chief Elon Musk to collect billions in pay tied to hitting that target.\n\nTesla's share price has more than doubled since October, when the firm reported a rare quarterly profit.\n\nShares rose 4% on Wednesday, making its valuation second only to Toyota.\n\nAlthough Mr Musk's company has some way to go to catch up with the Japanese car making giant. Toyota has a stock market valuation of more than $230bn.\n\nSome analysts say the rise in price reflects Tesla's performance in recent months, during which it has opened a factory in Shanghai and met its production goals.\n\nThis month, Tesla said it had delivered more than 367,500 cars last year - up 50% from 2018. Investors expect the new factory to act as a springboard that will allow it to capture more of the Chinese market.\n\nDespite the increase, Tesla's sales remain small compared to those of its competitors.\n\nTesla has also never made an annual profit and it is facing investigations after complaints about battery fires and unexpected acceleration.\n\nThe company is due to report its latest quarterly results to investors this month.\n\nIf Tesla sustains the $100bn valuation, it could unlock the first piece of a $2.6bn compensation package for Mr Musk.\n\nThe plans calls for Mr Musk to receive payouts in shares over 10 years, with the first award contingent on the firm reaching $100bn in market capitalisation and sustaining that value over both a month, and six-month average.\n\nTesla also had to reach $20bn in revenue and earn $1.5bn, after adjusting for items like taxes - thresholds the carmaker reached in 2018.\n\nTesla was valued at about $55bn when the pay deal was approved.", "Peers have approved Boris Johnson's Brexit bill, but not before making changes to the legislation.\n\nThe House of Lords voted in favour of five amendments over two days of debate, leading the new government to its first parliamentary defeats.\n\nThe changes included backing the Dubs amendment to protect the rights of refugee children after Brexit.\n\nNo 10 said they were \"disappointed\" by the move, but planned to overturn them when the bill returned to the Commons.\n\nIf the amendments are voted down by MPs on Wednesday - highly likely due to the Conservatives' 80-strong majority in the House - the so-called \"ping-pong\" period between the two chambers will begin.\n\nThis means the bill will pass between the two Houses until both sides agree on the wording.\n\nThe Brexit bill - officially called the EU (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill - ensures the UK leaves the EU on 31 January with a deal.\n\nIt passed through the Commons unamended by 99 votes, but has had a tougher battle through the Lords.\n\nOn Monday, peers agreed amendments on EU citizens, EU Court of Justice rulings and court independence, seeing three defeats for the government.\n\nEarlier, the Dubs amendment - allowing child refugees to be reunited with their families in the UK post-Brexit - passed by 300 votes to 220, making a fourth loss.\n\nA short time later, a fifth amendment narrowly got the backing of peers - with the government losing by 239 votes to 235 - changing the bill so it makes note of the Sewel Convention, under which Parliament should not legislate on devolved issues without the consent of the devolved institutions.\n\nThe amended bill was passed by peers on Tuesday night without needing a vote, and will now return to the Commons on Wednesday afternoon after Prime Minister's Questions.\n\nBrexit minister Lord Callanan said it was the \"right and duty\" of peers to \"rigorously scrutinise\" legislation and to ask MPs to \"think again when you think that is appropriate\".\n\nBut he added that he would \"like to... remind noble lords that we received a clear message from the elected House\" who overwhelmingly supported the bill.\n\nLabour's Lady Hayter criticised the government for \"turning a deaf ear to improvements\" made by the amendments.\n\nLady Hayter speaks for Labour in the Lords\n\nAnd Liberal Democrat peer Lady Ludford said her party's mind had not been changed, adding: \"We continue to think Brexit is a mistake and that the UK will sooner or later rejoin the EU. I just wish the government was in listening mode\".\n\nBut Tory peer Lord Hamilton said there had been \"a conspiracy... of Remainers\" throughout Parliament \"trying to ensure we stay in the EU\".\n\nHe accused colleagues of planning to \"make negotiations [with the EU] as difficult as possible for the government so they get a very bad deal, and they can then be justified in their view we should never have left\".\n\nHis fellow Conservative, Lord Cormack, said the comments equated to \"the most ill-judged speech I have heard for many long years\".\n\nHe added: \"The will of the people must, of course, prevail. But to pretend this House has behaved improperly is wrong.\"", "Why is Trump weighing in from Switzerland?\n\nThere was one thing in particular that Trump said which was kind of like a red rag to a bull.\n\nIt's when he said basically: \"Well things are going very well, we have all the information, and they [Democrats] have none of it.\"\n\nWell, if you want a fair trial, then maybe that information should be made available.\n\nWe keep using the word \"trial\", and the words \"jurors\" and \"witnesses\" and \"evidence\", but we must not lose sight that this is a political process.\n\nWe saw that clearly last night when the first votes started coming in. In a vote that split completely along party lines, 53 Republicans said \"no we should not be able to subpoena the White House for documents\", while 47 Democrats said \"yes we should\".\n\nSo we have Donald Trump kind of goading and saying: \"Look I've got the information. We know what happened, but we're not going to tell you.\"\n\nI think this might inflame public opinion. Polls are already indicating that a clear majority believe that evidence should be handed over and witnesses should be called.\n\nAre journalists overstating the significance of all this?\n\nPoliticians always over-estimate the extent to which the general public are paying attention to their words.\n\nIt is a condition not unique to the United States of America. It is a global phenomenon that whatever politicians say, they think the public will find tremendously important and fantastically interesting.\n\nBut, amazingly, members of the public are getting on with their lives.\n\nThat is an important thing to bear in mind. Some of us - obsessive forlorn political journalists like me - are watching in immense detail, while other people are just getting on with it.\n\nSome people will be watching this for its historical important. But for the overwhelming majority of Americans, I expect there to be just a few fleeting moments of attention paid to the serious discussion taking place in Washington.\n\nIt doesn't seem to be changing the lives, or minds, of the American people all that much.", "A woman who lost part of her leg when she was hit by a taxi in New York has made a prosthetic leg out of a vintage Louis Vuitton bag.\n\nSian Green-Lord, from Leicester, was walking with a friend in Manhattan on holiday when the vehicle mounted the kerb in 2013.\n\nThe aspiring model can now also wear high heels for the first time ever since the crash using her new leg, which was made using a vintage handbag.\n\nTaxi driver, Faysal Himon, who has never faced criminal charges, blames a cyclist with whom he was having an argument just before the crash.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lisa Nandy: 'No support' for those on Universal Credit\n\nLisa Nandy is the second Labour leadership hopeful to get on to the final ballot, after Chinese for Labour announced it was supporting her.\n\nThe Wigan MP joins shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer, having already got backing from the GMB union and the National Union of Mineworkers.\n\nTo progress, hopefuls need the support of three unions and affiliate groups representing 5% of the membership.\n\nEmily Thornberry and Rebecca Long-Bailey are yet to reach the threshold.\n\nJess Phillips quit the race to replace Jeremy Corbyn on Tuesday. She has said she will be giving her first preference vote to Ms Nandy, with Sir Keir her second choice.\n\nShe added that shadow business secretary Mrs Long-Bailey was not the right leader for Labour at the moment, but \"there's no reason to say she can't change.\"\n\nChairwoman of Chinese for Labour - a group affiliated to the party - and Luton North MP Sarah Owen said: \"Only in power can Labour make the radical changes that are so desperately needed for our towns and communities.\n\n\"We believe that Lisa is the right candidate to take us there.\"\n\nChinese for Labour aims to promote the interests of British Chinese and East Asian people in the Labour Party.\n\nReacting to the endorsement, Ms Nandy said: \"As someone of mixed heritage, I'm incredibly proud that it is Chinese for Labour who have secured my place on the ballot paper.\n\n\"They do incredibly important work to ensure we are a representative and inclusive party that can truly speak for modern Britain.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Four candidates remain in the race for the Labour leadership\n\nIn a speech earlier, Ms Nandy said she would give claimants a bigger role in designing an \"empowering\" welfare system.\n\nThe current system lacked \"human empathy\" and was too complicated for people to understand, she said, and promised to reverse cuts by ditching planned reductions in national insurance.\n\nShe said the universal credit system, which rolls six benefit payments into one, was \"fundamentally flawed\" and could not recognise claimants' changing circumstances.\n\n\"That's why I say Labour has to scrap it and replace it with a system that is able to deal with the complexity and the lived reality of people in it.\"\n\nShe also said she backed higher taxes for bigger firms that fail to pay their staff the minimum wage, adding the government was often forced to \"top up\" low wages through the benefits system.\n\nMr Corbyn's successor - and the successor to his deputy, Tom Watson - will be announced on 4 April.\n\nWith Sir Keir's and Ms Nandy's places on the ballot secured, the two other candidates are locked in a battle to join them by securing support from local parties and affiliated groups.\n\nSir Keir cleared this hurdle after being backed by Unison - the UK's largest union - and a second union, Usdaw, as well as environmental campaign group Sera.\n\nMrs Long-Bailey has so far only received the backing of bakers' union the BFAWU, but is tipped to get nominated by the Unite union later this week.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Emily Thornberry is pushed over her choice of school for her son\n\nSo far Ms Thornberry has not been backed by any affiliate group, and has only secured two out of the required 33 CLPs which would help her onto the ballot.\n\nIn an interview with the BBC's Andrew Neil, the shadow foreign secretary said the \"right way\" to entice Labour voters back was to have \"strong leadership\" and to listen to people.\n\nShe said the party needed to be clear with its priorities, and for her, the number one priority was social care.\n\nIn the contest to find Labour's new deputy leader, only shadow education secretary Angela Rayner has received the required support so far.\n\nShe faces competition for the role from Scotland's only remaining Labour MP, Ian Murray, shadow equalities minister Dawn Butler, Tooting MP Rosena Allin-Khan and shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon.\n\nMs Rayner has been backed by the GMB union, NUM, Unison and Usdaw, while the BFAWU is supporting Mr Burgon and Chinese for Labour is backing Ms Butler.\n\nMs Phillips has endorsed Mr Murray, saying he has put forward \"a positive vision not only for our party, but also for the country\".\n\n\"He recognises that we can't just talk to ourselves - we must listen to voters in seats we held, seats we lost and seats we have never held,\" she said", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Bill and Terry Jones at the Baftas in Cardiff\n\nIt was fitting that Terry Jones's last public appearance was to receive an outstanding contribution to television and film award from Bafta Cymru back in Wales.\n\nAccompanied by his son Bill, he was given a standing ovation in Cardiff after being presented with the award by Monty Python co-star Michael Palin in October 2016.\n\nIt was only a few weeks after he announced he had a severe variant of dementia.\n\nThe actor, director, writer and popular historian - born in Colwyn Bay in February 1942 - always had his heart in Wales, despite leaving as a boy.\n\nIn later life, Jones took a keen interest in the fortunes of his home town's Victorian theatre, becoming its patron and officially re-opened Theatr Colwyn in 2011 after a £738,000 refurbishment.\n\nTerry Jones was supported by his friend and Monty Python co-star Michael Palin at the Bafta Cymru awards\n\nHe said: \"Theatr Colwyn means a lot to me because my grandfather [William Newnes] conducted the orchestra for the Colwyn Bay Operatic Society there and my mother and uncle both trod the boards on that very stage.\n\n\"This is a beautiful theatre, the oldest working cinema in the UK - it's an important thing to have in a community like this, you need a centre, a place for people to go.\"\n\nThanks to a BBC Wales programme, he traced his family back on his father's side to 1760, with ancestors working in lead mines and his great-grandmother a servant for the Mostyn family. His great-grandfather was a Methodist minister.\n\nJones's wartime memories included being taken to a field near the family home in Dolwen Road during the war by his brother.\n\n\"He told me that a bear lived in the brook at the end of it so I ran home and didn't dare go back,\" he said. \"I can also remember the thrill of seeing a tank driving up the road with these enormous searchlights.\"\n\nHe met his father - a bank clerk - for the first time on the platform of Colwyn Bay railway station when he returned from India after serving with the RAF during World War Two.\n\nHe said he always felt \"very Welsh\" despite his mother being from Bolton and his parents moving to Claygate in Surrey when he was five years old.\n\n\"I bitterly didn't want to leave and hated being transported to the London suburbs,\" he recalled. \"I always regretted that and was always saying 'I'm Welsh'.\"\n\nJones's work was not always appreciated in every part of Wales. Monty Python's Life Of Brian - the controversial 1979 film which Jones directed and appeared in - was banned in some towns over claims it was blasphemous for its parody of the life of Jesus Christ.\n\n\"I think it's popular because it is banned - that's the real reason. But it's wonderful to see it is popular,\" he added.\n\nJones and Palin attended a special 30th anniversary charity screening of the film in Aberystwyth - where it wasn't shown until 1981 - when the town's mayor was Sue Jones-Davies, who played Brian's girlfriend.\n\n\"Nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more\" - Terry Jones and Eric Idle reprise a Python sketch live in London in 2014\n\nNo problem with his 1981 children's book Fairy Tales, which was adapted for the stage as Silly Kings by National Theatre Wales in 2013.\n\nAccompanying him to the Bafta Cymru ceremony for a final public farewell and acclaim, Palin - a friend since their Oxford University days - said Jones was \"very Welsh in his attitudes, his passion, his energy and inventiveness\".", "Terry Jones had a love of the absurd that contributed much to the anarchic humour of Monty Python's Flying Circus.\n\nHis style of visual comedy, leavened with a touch of the surreal, inspired many comedians who followed him.\n\nIt was on Python that he honed his directing skills, notably on Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life.\n\nA keen historian, he wrote a number of books and fronted TV documentaries on ancient and medieval history.\n\nTerence Graham Parry Jones was born in Colwyn Bay in north Wales on 1 February 1942.\n\nHis grandparents ran the local amateur operatic society and staged Gilbert and Sullivan concerts on the town's pier each year\n\nHis family moved to Surrey when he was four but he always felt nostalgic about his native land.\n\nJones (R) with Palin and Idle in Do Not Adjust Your Set\n\n\"I couldn't bear it and for the longest time I wanted Wales back,\" he once said. \"I still feel very Welsh and feel it's where I should be really.\"\n\nAfter leaving the Royal Grammar School in Guildford, where he captained the school, he went on to read English at St Edmund Hall, Oxford.\n\nHowever, as he put it, he \"strayed into history\", the subject in which he graduated.\n\nWhile at Oxford he wrote sketches for the Oxford Revue and performed alongside a fellow student, Michael Palin.\n\nJones also got to know Graeme Garden, who suggested that he and Palin join a team of writers and performers on Twice a Fortnight, a BBC sketch show that aired for 10 weeks at the end of 1967.\n\nHe also wrote for The Frost Report, the series that first saw the future Pythons working together, and in the ITV sketch show, Do Not Adjust Your Set.\n\nHe and Palin went on to write another show, The Complete and Utter History of Britain, which aired on the London region of ITV in 1969.\n\nHe grew frustrated with The Complete and Utter History of Britain\n\nHis frustration at the way the show was put together made Jones decide he wanted to take charge of his own projects.\n\n\"It got me really convinced that you have to control everything,\" he said later. \"You not only act in the things, you've got to actually start directing the things as well.\"\n\nHe had the opportunity when Monty Python's Flying Circus launched in October 1969.\n\nIt was Jones who was the driving force behind abandoning punch lines at the end of sketches and developing what became the show's trademark stream of consciousness.\n\nThis also took a lot of pressure off the writers, who no longer had to dream up a killer line to round off a sketch.\n\nGraham Chapman would appear as an army colonel and declare the sketch over because it was \"too silly\". Alternatively an armoured knight would wander on and hit someone over the head with a rubber chicken.\n\nJones also appeared naked, apart from a collar and tie, playing an organ as a form of punctuation between sketches.\n\nThe gluttonous Mr Creosote was one of his most memorable Python characters\n\nHe made something of a speciality of playing middle-aged women, often one of the screeching harridans that populated the show.\n\nPossibly his most memorable appearance was in The Meaning of Life as the exploding Mr Creosote who, after a gargantuan feast, misguidedly accepted \"just one wafer thin mint\".\n\nLike many of the Pythons, he later found it hard to fathom why the show became such cult viewing\n\n\"The thing is we never thought Python was a success when it was actually happening - it was only with the benefit of hindsight.\"\n\nThe Monty Python films enabled Jones to further his skills as a director. After co-directing Monty Python and the Holy Grail he took sole charge of Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life.\n\nHe remained bemused at the fierce opposition to Life of Brian expressed by many religious groups.\n\n\"It wasn't about what Christ was saying, but about the people who followed him,\" he said. \"The ones who for the next 2,000 years would torture and kill each other because they couldn't agree on what he was saying about peace and love.\"\n\nHe often appeared as one of Python's screeching female characters\n\nThe council at one town in his native Wales, Aberystwyth, actually banned the showing of the film for 30 years.\n\nIn 1987 he directed the film Personal Services, loosely based on the real-life story of Cynthia Payne, who achieved notoriety after being charged with running a brothel in suburban London\n\nHe went on to direct a comedy fantasy film, Erik the Viking, which featured a diverse cast including Mickey Rooney, Imogen Stubbs and Eartha Kitt.\n\nIn 1996 he wrote and directed an adaptation of The Wind in the Willows, in which he also played the part of Mr Toad.\n\nThe film struggled initially, getting few showings in the UK, but received a positive welcome in the United States, where it won top prize at the Chicago International Children's Film Festival.\n\nJones established himself as a popular children's author with a number of books, including Nicobobinus, the story of a boy who can do anything, and The Saga of Erik the Viking, which won the Children's Book Award in 1984.\n\nHe also wrote historical books such as Chaucer's Knight: The Portrait of a Medieval Mercenary, which debunked the notion that medieval knights were paragons of Christian virtue\n\nRetracing the history of the Crusades for BBC TV\n\nHe also wrote and presented Crusades, a four-part documentary series that ran on BBC TV in 1995.\n\nThe latter featured scenes of Jones dressing in period costume to illustrate some of the events he was describing.\n\n\"My constant theme is that the medieval world is similar to ours in that the same people always take advantage of the same people,\" Jones said. \"Humanity doesn't change all through the centuries.\"\n\nHe enjoyed exploring alternative views of history such as his Emmy Award-winning Medieval Lives, in which he argued the Middle Ages had a more sophisticated culture than previously imagined.\n\nJones was an active anti-war campaigner and wrote a number of newspaper articles condemning the war in Iraq.\n\nIn 2016 it was announced he was suffering from dementia, a cruel blow for a man for whom communication was his lifeblood. He received a standing ovation in October that year when he appeared on stage to receive a Bafta Cymru Award for his outstanding contribution to film and television.\n\nDuring an interview at the BFI & Radio Times Television Festival in 2017, Palin revealed that Jones was no longer able to speak.\n\nJones was asked in a 2011 interview how, out of all his various achievements, he would best like to be remembered.\n\n\"Maybe a description of me as a writer of children's books or some of my academic stuff,\" he replied. \"Or maybe as the man who restored Richard II's reputation. \"He was a terrible victim of 14th Century political spin, you know.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Broadcaster Victoria Derbyshire has addressed the news that her show is coming off air by telling viewers \"we don't give up\" and \"we're still here\".\n\nThe award-winning Victoria Derbyshire Show is expected to end on BBC Two after five years, as part of BBC cuts.\n\nOpening Thursday's programme, the host said: \"We are still here telling your stories and covering the issues that are important to you in your life.\n\n\"And do you know what? We don't give up.\"\n\nShe went on to introduce an investigation. \"And that's why we've been back to a housing estate in London after we exposed the shocking living conditions there last year,\" she continued.\n\nHer comments came a day after BBC media editor Amol Rajan said the cost of running the news and current affairs programme on a linear channel \"when savings are needed\" had been \"deemed too high\".\n\nIn 2016 it was announced that BBC News would need to find £80m of cuts over four years.\n\nThe broadcaster is due to make an announcement about its news operation next week.\n\nIt comes after Tony Hall announced his resignation as the BBC's director general.\n\nNumerous media personalities responded with shock to the news of the programme coming off air, praising its award-winning journalism.\n\nLouisa Compton, who edited the Victoria Derbyshire Show when it was first launched, said the decision was \"madness\" - while ITV's Piers Morgan said it was a \"very strange\" call.\n\nShadow culture secretary Tracy Brabin tweeted that the programme's \"rigorous campaigning and commitment to the public having their say made it pretty unique in daytime TV\".\n\nShe said she would be looking into why the show was being taken off air.\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\nConservative MP Damian Collins, who is seeking re-election as chairman of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, said reports of the planned cuts were \"disturbing\".\n\nHe said there needs to be \"a proper review of BBC finances\" and licence fee payers should be asking what they value and want to see more of.\n\nLabour MP Jess Phillips tweeted that it was \"sad to see\" the end of a programme that had \"reached a largely working class audience\".\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 Jess Phillips 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\nAnna Collinson and Jim Reed, journalists for the programme, both called the decision \"gutting\".\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 Anna Collinson 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\nAmol Rajan said he understands BBC News is \"committed\" to the presenter and the journalism of the show.\n\nThe BBC has declined to comment.\n\nAired at 10:00 on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel every weekday, the show focuses on original stories, audience debates and exclusive interviews as well as breaking news.\n\nIt was launched in April 2015.\n\nIn 2017 the show won a Bafta for its news coverage of the abuse of footballers , while Derbyshire herself has won and been nominated for several awards for presenting the show.\n\nOther exclusive stories the show has uncovered include the number of deaths linked to Xanax and the way how family courts treat victims of domestic violence.\n\nWhen Victoria Derbyshire proposed a TV version of her Radio 5 Live Show to former BBC News boss James Harding, he gave her the green light within days.\n\nBBC News has a big problem in connecting with some licence fee payers away from big cities and from poorer backgrounds - or, in the jargon, \"underserved audiences\".\n\nFor Harding and BBC News, Derbyshire - and the show's first editor, Louisa Compton (now at Channel 4) - were the solution to a big problem.\n\nDerbyshire's programme was highly effective in reaching those people, through original journalism, investigations and scoops of a kind that the BBC generally struggles to do. But on linear TV channels it failed to garner a sufficiently big audience to justify its cost.\n\nFirst it was chopped from two hours to one. Now it is gone.\n\nBBC News is looking to make big savings and re-organise its structure so that digital journalism is prioritised.\n• None Lord Hall to step down as BBC's director general", "Failure to decide if Ross England will remain as a Conservative assembly candidate is leaving his local party \"in limbo\", its deputy chair has said.\n\nMr England was suspended in 2019 after news broke that his conduct as a witness led to the collapse of a trial.\n\nRussell Spencer-Downe of the Vale of Glamorgan Conservative Association said there had been \"no movement\".\n\nThe Welsh Conservatives said its investigation \"will be concluded very soon\".\n\nMr England had worked for former Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns in his constituency office.\n\nThe aide was giving evidence in a rape trial in April 2018 when he made claims about the victim's sexual history, which the complainant denied.\n\nA judge accused him of sabotaging the trial.\n\nA row over what Mr Cairns did and did not know about the case led to his resignation from his ministerial job.\n\nMr Spencer-Downe told BBC Wales the association was hoping for a \"quick decision\".\n\n\"It's the not knowing that is an issue,\" he said.\n\n\"We're stuck in a limbo where we can't promote a candidate for the assembly elections because we don't know if we're keeping our original candidate or looking to reselect.\"\n\nHe also said the association was not notified of Mr England's suspension in October before it was made public.\n\n\"The association only found out through a member reading on Twitter our candidate had been suspended in the first instance.\"\n\nCommunication from the party \"wasn't very good,\" he said.\n\nLord Davies said Ross England remained suspended from the party\n\nSenior Tories in the assembly have questioned Mr England's suitability to stand.\n\nPaul Davies, Welsh Conservative Senedd group leader, has said Mr England \"fell short\" of the standards required of an assembly candidate for the party.\n\nDarren Millar, vice-chairman of the Welsh Conservatives, has called for him to be \"ejected\" from the job if he does not resign.\n\nWelsh Conservative chairman Lord Davies said: \"Ross England is still suspended from the party and therefore as a candidate also, whilst our very thorough investigation continues.\n\n\"It will be concluded very soon.\"\n\nThe Vale of Glamorgan is one of the Conservatives' main target seats for the next assembly election, which takes place in May next year.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nManchester United were jeered by their own supporters as Burnley registered their first ever Premier League win at Old Trafford.\n\nBurnley took the lead just before half-time when Chris Wood spun off Harry Maguire to meet Ben Mee's knockdown and smash into the top corner from the edge of the six-yard box.\n\nJay Rodriguez doubled the Clarets' advantage when he played a one-two with Wood before firing into the top corner of David de Gea's near post with a venomous strike from the left-hand corner of the penalty area.\n\nIt was the third season in a row Burnley had gone 2-0 up at Old Trafford, but for the first time they hung on for all three points.\n\nUnited, who were without the injured Marcus Rashford, were lacklustre for large periods and barely threatened Nick Pope in the Burnley goal.\n\nThey were booed off at half-time and full-time and large parts of the ground emptied with five minutes left.\n\nOle Gunnar Solskjaer's side remain six points behind Chelsea and off the top four, while Burnley climb to 13th, seven points clear of the relegation zone.\n• None 'Toxic, embarrassing, worst squad in 30 years' - pundits and fans on Man Utd defeat\n\nA lot of pre-match conversation was focused on how United would cope without Rashford, who is sidelined for at least six weeks with a stress fracture of the back.\n\nThat gave an opportunity to Anthony Martial to stake his claim to be United's long-term number nine, but the Frenchman looked off the pace throughout and wasted two good first-half opportunities from Aaron Wan-Bissaka's cross and Nemanja Matic's throughball.\n\nSolskjaer turned to 18-year-old Mason Greenwood at half-time, and the teenager at least showed glimpses of his potential with a brilliant turn past Charlie Taylor followed by a driving run and shot which went just wide.\n\nHowever, the fact Solskjaer is regularly turning to a teenager in a desperate attempt to turn around games is a damning indictment of the quality of his squad, and could prompt United to act in the final nine days of the transfer window.\n\nBurnley's second-half display in their 2-1 win over Champions League-chasing Leicester on Sunday signalled a return to the grit and character that has been the Clarets' blueprint since they returned to the top flight in 2016.\n\nThere was more of the same in Manchester on Wednesday as Wood and Rodriguez showed the ruthlessness up front the east Lancashire side have sorely missed at times this season.\n\nBehind the front two it was a disciplined and well-organised display, with Mee and James Tarkowski superb at the heart of defence, married with a tenacious midfield display from Jack Cork and Ashley Westwood.\n\nBack-to-back wins mean Burnley move level on points with 10th-placed Arsenal, Crystal Palace, Everton and Newcastle - all five teams locked on 30 points.\n\n'It is not good enough' - what the managers said\n\nManchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, talking to BBC Match of the Day: \"There are loads of thoughts going through my mind. At one point it felt like we were creating openings and didn't take them. Now, it's one of disappointment. We hold our hands up, it is not good enough.\n\n\"The players are giving everything, they have done absolutely fantastic so far this season but they know it wasn't good enough tonight.\n\n\"The boys they looked mentally tired towards the end, we didn't find that creativity. We can't feel sorry for ourselves. When you are at Man Utd you are privileged because you are playing for the best club in the world. Sometimes you go through periods like this and it is a test I am sure they are going to come through.\"\n\nBurnley manager Sean Dyche, talking to BBC Match of the Day: \"I am very pleased with that. We know it's a tough place to come and it was a good performance from us. We scored two very good goals.\n\n\"They didn't find any killer moments, which was very pleasing. Strong, fit and organised will never go out of fashion.\"\n• None Burnley ended a run of 15 away league matches without a win against Manchester United, tasting victory for the first time since a 5-2 win in September 1962.\n• None Since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was made permanent manager in March, United have lost more Premier League games (12) than they have won (11).\n• None Manchester United suffered consecutive Premier League defeats for only the second time under Solskjaer, losing back-to-back games for the first time since April 2019.\n• None Burnley manager Sean Dyche has now beaten 27 of the 29 teams he has faced in the Premier League, failing only against Arsenal (9 games) and Sheffield United (1).\n• None Since the start of the 2017-18 season, Burnley striker Chris Wood is one of only 12 players to have scored 30+ Premier League goals (30 in total).\n• None Three of the last seven occasions Manchester United have trailed by at least two goals in a home Premier League game have been against Burnley (also December 2017 and January 2019).\n• None Chris Wood's goal in the 39th minute was Burnley's first goal in the first half of a Premier League game since November, when they scored twice against West Ham.\n\nManchester United will travel to the winner of Thursday's FA Cup third-round replay between Tranmere and Watford on Sunday, 26 January (15:00 GMT) while Burnley host Norwich on Saturday, 25 January (15:00 GMT).\n• None Attempt saved. Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.\n• None Attempt blocked. Fred (Manchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Juan Mata.\n• None Attempt missed. Anthony Martial (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Mason Greenwood.\n• None Offside, Burnley. Jeff Hendrick tries a through ball, but Jay Rodriguez is caught offside.\n• None Attempt missed. Mason Greenwood (Manchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Aaron Wan-Bissaka.\n• None Attempt blocked. Luke Shaw (Manchester United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Fred.\n• None Attempt blocked. Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luke Shaw.\n• None Attempt saved. Anthony Martial (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nemanja Matic.\n• None Attempt saved. Phil Jones (Manchester United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Juan Mata with a cross. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Coca-Cola will not ditch single-use plastic bottles because consumers still want them, the firm's head of sustainability has told the BBC.\n\nCustomers like them because they reseal and are lightweight, said Bea Perez.\n\nThe firm, which is one of the biggest producers of plastic waste, has pledged to recycle as many plastic bottles as it uses by 2030.\n\nBut environmental campaigners argue many Coke bottles would still go uncollected and end up in landfill.\n\nThe drinks giant produces about three million tonnes of plastic packaging a year - equivalent to 200,000 bottles a minute.\n\nIn 2019, it was found to be the most polluting brand in a global audit of plastic waste by the charity Break Free from Plastic.\n\nBut speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Ms Perez said the firm recognised it now had to be \"part of the solution\".\n\nCoke has pledged to use at least 50% recycled material in its packaging by 2030. It is also partnering with NGOs around the world to help improve collection.\n\nHowever, Ms Perez said the firm could not ditch plastic outright, as some campaigners wanted, saying this could alienate customers and hit sales.\n\nShe also said using only aluminium and glass packaging could push up the firm's carbon footprint.\n\n\"Business won't be in business if we don't accommodate consumers,\" she said.\n\n\"So as we change our bottling infrastructure, move into recycling and innovate, we also have to show the consumer what the opportunities are. They will change with us.\"\n\nMs Perez said she respected the idealism of youth activists, such as 19-year-old campaigner Melati Wijsen, who with her sister Isabel, convinced the island of Bali to ban single-use plastic bags, straws and styrofoam last year.\n\nIsabel and Melati Wijsen convinced Bali to ban single-use plastic bags, straws and styrofoam\n\nSuch plastics were clogging up the seas around Bali, harming marine life.\n\nMs Perez also said she agreed with calls for Coca Cola to reach its environmental goals sooner than 2030 - although she would not say whether she would step down if the plans failed.\n\n\"We have to reach this goal and we will - there's no question.\"", "Daughter Kelly (left) has been helping her dad get back in the studio, she said\n\nRock star Ozzy Osbourne has revealed he has Parkinson's disease.\n\nThe Black Sabbath singer, 71, told US TV show Good Morning America he has a \"mild form\" and found out about it after suffering a fall last February.\n\nWife Sharon said: \"It's not a death sentence but it affects certain nerves in your body. You have a good day, a good day, then a really bad day.\"\n\nOzzy added it was hard to tell whether the numbness symptoms he had were from the Parkinson's or the fall.\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 Good Morning America 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 singer said: \"It's been terribly challenging for us all.\n\n\"I did my last show [on] New Year's Eve (2018). Then I had a bad fall. I had to have surgery on my neck, which screwed all my nerves.\"\n\nHe said he was now on medication for Parkinson's and nerve pain following the surgery he had after his fall.\n\nRumours had been circulating about his health, but Ozzy said: \"I'm no good with secrets. I cannot walk around with it any more 'cause it's like I'm running out of excuses, you know?\"\n\nOsbourne has a US tour coming up in the spring\n\nHe added that he was grateful to his fans. \"They're my air, you know. I feel better. I've owned up to the fact that I have... a case of Parkinson's. And I just hope they hang on and they're there for me because I need them.\"\n\nIt was his son Jack and daughter Kelly who first realised that something wasn't right with their dad. \"The hardest thing is watching somebody that you love suffer,\" Kelly said.\n\nJack, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2012, said he could relate to his father.\n\n\"I understand when you have something you don't want to have - but if he wants to talk... and if not, I try to slip in information,\" said Jack.\n\nSon Jack was diagnosed with MS in 2012\n\nOzzy said his health was improving. \"I'm a lot better now than I was last February. I was in a shocking state.\"\n\nSharon said the next step was to consult doctors outside the US and explore other possible treatments.\n\n\"We've kind of reached a point here in this country where we can't go any further because we've got all the answers we can get here,\" she said.\n\n\"So in April, we're going to a professional in Switzerland. And he deals with... getting your immune system at its peak.\"\n\nOzzy had been due to go on the road in the UK with his No More Tours 2 in January 2019, but called off the shows due to ill health. He then postponed all his 2019 appearances following his fall.\n\nHe is due back on stage when his US tour starts in Atlanta, Georgia, on 27 May, before his rescheduled UK dates begin in Newcastle in October.\n\nIt was revealed back in 2007 that Ozzy had a condition called Parkinsonian syndrome - not Parkinson's disease - which also causes tremors.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The City regulator has stressed that seven out of 10 bank customers will be better off or unchanged as another big bank announces its new overdraft rates.\n\nCustomers of Lloyds Banking Group will be charged \"personalised\" rates of up to 49.9% from April, but most will pay a rate of 39.9% to go into the red.\n\nThe latter is the same rate as planned by many of the major High Street banks.\n\nThe Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which demanded changes from banks, said the new system was much simpler.\n\n\"Customers at some large banks were charged effective arranged overdraft rates in excess of 80% per year once fees and charges are factored in,\" the FCA said.\n\n\"Our changes expose the true cost of an overdraft. We have eliminated high prices for unarranged overdrafts. This will result in a fairer distribution of charges, helping vulnerable consumers.\"\n\nBanks and building societies will no longer be allowed to charge higher prices for unarranged overdrafts than for arranged overdrafts.\n\nThe new rules, which come into force in April, require providers to charge a simple annual interest rate on all overdrafts and to get rid of fixed fees.\n\nMost banks and building societies have chosen to set a rate very close to 40%.\n\nLloyds Banking Group, which includes the Halifax brand, is no different, with the majority of its customers paying a new annual rate of 39.9% - in effect paying £39.90 for each £100 borrowed in an overdraft for a whole year.\n\nHowever, there will be various tiers, with Club Lloyds customers paying 27.5% but other customers paying up to 49.9%.\n\nThe banking giant will look at customers' past financial behaviour when determining which rate to offer. Lloyds said risk-based pricing was standard practice for loans and credit cards and meant it could continue to offer overdrafts to a wider range of customers.\n\nIn 2017, Lloyds scrapped unarranged overdraft fees and returned item fees - a charge after a customer attempts to make a transaction when they do not have sufficient funds in their account.\n\nChristopher Woolard, executive director of strategy and competition at the FCA, said overdrafts were not designed to be used for large amounts for long periods of time and consumers should consider other methods of credit if they find they needed to borrow for longer.", "Stefan Sutherland's body was found 11 days after he was reported missing\n\nThe sister of a man whose body was found on a Highland beach 11 days after he went missing has made an emotional appeal for answers about his death.\n\nStefan Sutherland died after vanishing from Lybster in 2013.\n\nA team of 15 police officers has now arrived in the Caithness village to carry out fresh inquiries in the area.\n\nKatrina Sutherland, who believes her 25-year-old brother's death was suspicious, said: \"We would just like to find out what did happen to Stefan.\"\n\nMr Sutherland's disappearance on 6 September 2013 was followed by searches of the local area by police, search dogs and a mountain rescue team.\n\nHis body was discovered by a member of the public on the shoreline near Occumster near Lybster. Mr Sutherland had lived in the local area.\n\nHis family dispute that his death was accidental and say blood was found at a house he visited before he disappeared.\n\nPolice Scotland has previously said it would act on any new information in the case.\n\nMs Sutherland said the family still did not know what had happened to Stefan.\n\n\"At the moment police are still conducting inquiries. If that leads them to believe that foul play is a factor then I dare say they will turn it into a murder investigation.\n\n\"Nobody likes to believe that a family member was murdered, but it is something we've considered,\" she said.\n\nMs Sutherland described Police Scotland's review of the case as \"the best news in six years\".\n\nShe said: \"The family believe he was a victim of foul play but we need to get to the bottom of that and be able to deal with it once and for all.\"\n\nSandra Sutherland said her son was \"happy and healthy\" on the day he disappeared\n\nMr Sutherland's parents Sandy and Sandra have welcomed the police's presence in the area, and the review of the circumstances of their son's death.\n\nMrs Sutherland said her son had been \"happy and healthy\" on the day he vanished.\n\n\"He didn't just disappear. Something happened to him,\" she added.\n\nThe team of officers could spend up to two weeks in Lybster and the surrounding area\n\nPolice Scotland announced last year that \"all aspects\" of the initial investigation into Mr Sutherland's death would be examined.\n\nThey said the review was being done to address concerns raised by Mr Sutherland's family.\n\nDetectives met the family in November last year and visited locations connected to the case.\n\nThe team of officers has now begun door-to-door inquiries in Lybster and the nearby village of Latheronwheel.\n\nPolice have also urged anyone in the local community with information to come forward, and said a mobile police office would be parked in Lybster where people could speak to officers.\n\nMr Sutherland's body was found on a beach at Occumster close to his home\n\nMs Sutherland said her brother was never far from the family's thoughts.\n\nShe said: \"It's like Stefan is still the most talked about member of our family and he is not there.\n\n\"What happened to Stefan? What do you think happened to Stefan? Will we ever find out what happened to Stefan?\n\n\"It's constantly there at the back of your mind. It's never far from your thoughts.\"\n\nShe added: \"Somebody knows what happened to Stefan. Please, it's time to just put it to bed and let Stefan rest and let my family move on with their lives.\"\n\nDet Supt Graeme Mackie, who is leading the review, said police wanted to establish if any local residents, or anyone who visited the area between the date of Stefan's disappearance and the discovery of his body, had information that might assist the inquiry.\n\nHe added: \"Stefan was well known in the local community and I would also encourage those who saw him between 22:00 on Friday 6 September 2013 and 12:00 on Tuesday 17 September 2013 to contact us.\"", "Social media sites, online games and streaming services used by children will have to abide by a new privacy code set by the UK's data watchdog.\n\nElizabeth Denham, the information commissioner, said future generations will be \"astonished to think that we ever didn't protect kids online\".\n\nShe said the new Age Appropriate Design Code will be \"transformational\".\n\nThe father of Molly Russell, 14, who killed herself after viewing graphic content online, welcomed the standards.\n\nThe Information Commissioner's Office - the UK's data privacy regulator - published the new code of conduct on Wednesday, after a draft which was first revealed last April.\n\nIt hopes the changes will come into force by autumn 2021, once Parliament approves it, with large fines for breaches.\n\nThe dad of Molly Russell, who took her own life aged 14, welcomed the code\n\nThe code includes a list of 15 standards that companies behind online services are expected to comply with to protect children's privacy.\n\nExamples of online services which are included are toys which are connected to the internet, apps, social media platforms, online games, educational websites and streaming service.\n\nFirms who design, develop or run such products must provide a \"baseline\" of data protection for children, the code says.\n\n\"I believe that it will be transformational,\" Ms Denham told the Press Association.\n\n\"I think in a generation from now when my grandchildren have children they will be astonished to think that we ever didn't protect kids online. I think it will be as ordinary as keeping children safe by putting on a seat belt.\"\n\nChildren \"are using an internet that was not designed for them,\" says Ms Denham\n\nMs Denham said the move was widely supported by firms, although added that the gaming industry and some other tech companies expressed concern about their business model.\n\nShe added: \"We have an existing law, GDPR, that requires special treatment of children and I think these 15 standards will bring about greater consistency and a base level of protection in the design and implementation of games and apps and websites and social media.\"\n\nThe new standards follow concerns over young people suffering from grooming by predators, data misuse, problem gambling and access to damaging content which could affect their mental health.\n\nIan Russell believes his daughter Molly's use of Instagram was a factor in her suicide aged 14 in 2017.\n\nAfter she died, her family found graphic posts about suicide and self-harm on her account.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Molly Russell's father Ian travels to the United States and meets other parents bereaved by suicide\n\nThe response following her death led to Instagram pledging to remove images, drawings and even cartoons showing methods of self-harm or suicide.\n\nWelcoming the code, Mr Russell said: \"Although small steps have been taken by some social media platforms, there seems little significant investment and a lack of commitment to a meaningful change, both essential steps required to create a safer world wide web.\n\n\"The Age Appropriate Design Code demonstrates how the technology companies might have responded effectively and immediately.\"\n\nAndy Burrows, the NSPCC's head of child safety online policy, said the code would force social networks to \"finally take online harm seriously and they will suffer tough consequences if they fail to do so\".\n\nHe said: \"For the first time, tech firms will be legally required to assess their sites for sexual abuse risks, and can no longer serve up harmful self-harm and pro-suicide content.\n\n\"It is now key that these measures are enforced in a proportionate and targeted way.\"\n\nFacebook said it welcomed \"the considerations raised\", adding: \"The safety of young people is central to our decision-making, and we've spent over a decade introducing new features and tools to help everyone have a positive and safe experience on our platforms, including recent updates such as increased Direct Message privacy settings on Instagram.\n\n\"We are actively working on developing more features in this space and are committed to working with governments and the tech industry on appropriate solutions around topics such as preventing underage use of our platforms.\"", "The duchess, pictured meeting children and parents in Cardiff, has previously called children's early years \"the most important years, for life long health and happiness\"\n\nThe Duchess of Cambridge has launched a UK-wide survey to help improve early childhood.\n\nThe five-question online survey aims to \"spark a national conversation\" to help create \"lasting change for generations to come\", Kensington Palace said.\n\nCatherine is marking its launch with a 24-hour UK tour, visiting Birmingham, London, Cardiff and Surrey.\n\nThe NSPCC said the project would be a \"vital source of information\".\n\nIn the online survey, called Five Big Questions, participants are asked for their opinion on what influences development and what period of childhood is most important for children's happiness.\n\nThe duchess visited a baby sensory class at the Ely and Caerau Children's Centre in Cardiff\n\nOn Tuesday, the duchess visited Thinktank, a science museum in Birmingham.\n\nShe was shown around an interactive mini city inside the museum and spoke to parents and carers about the survey.\n\nOn Wednesday, Catherine visited a baby sensory class at the Ely and Caerau Children's Centre in Cardiff to hear about the support parents receive there.\n\nShe also attended HMP Send in Woking, Surrey, to speak with women prisoners taking part in a rehabilitation programme.\n\nThe scheme, run by The Forward Trust, aims to break cycles of addiction and crime and is the only 12-step prison-based drug and alcohol programme for women in the UK. The duchess also visited the prison in 2015.\n\nThe survey's launch comes after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced they wanted to step back from being senior royals. Buckingham Palace said Prince Harry and Meghan will withdraw from royal duties from the spring.\n\nFormer press secretary to the Queen, Dickie Arbiter, suggested that the survey would have been planned nearly a year in advance, a long time before and Harry and Meghan's announcement.\n\nIt is stating the obvious to say it has been a difficult week for the Royal Family.\n\nBut with Harry and Meghan now back in Canada and big decisions made about their future there is a sense of returning to business as usual... at least for now.\n\nFor the Duchess of Cambridge that means an even sharper focus on one particular area - the problems of early childhood.\n\nRoyal engagements can cover a vast number of areas but for the duchess an increasing amount of her work is targeted at early years.\n\nThis new survey will ultimately help provide important data for all those working in the area of early years, and will also inform the kind of work the Duchess of Cambridge gets involved with in the future.\n\nThose who have worked with her in this area say she is totally committed and isn't just a figurehead.\n\nShe has built up an expertise and wants to prevent the same problems affecting the same families generation after generation.\n\nCatherine and her husband, the Duke of Cambridge, have three children - six-year-old Prince George, four-year-old Princess Charlotte, and 21-month-old Prince Louis.\n\nThe Royal Foundation website says Catherine believes \"many of society's greatest social and health challenges\" could be \"mitigated or entirely avoided\" if young children are given \"the right support\".\n\nKate Stanley, from the NSPCC, says the duchess's survey will \"provide fascinating insight into how we think about the early years and it will be a vital source of information for the sector\".\n\nAsked about the value of the questionnaire, she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Tuesday the results of the survey would help inform \"the kind of conversation we need to have\" with parents about the importance of a child's early years.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Duchess of Cambridge: ''Both William and I sincerely believe that early action can prevent problems in childhood from turning into larger ones later in life''\n\nKayte Lawton, from the charity Save the Children, welcomed the survey and said it was \"vital\" that all children are given access to \"high-quality services\".\n\nShe said: \"Parents on low incomes regularly tell us they struggle with childcare bills, especially when their children are little, and strive to juggle all of life's demands to support their children's early learning. It's not easy.\"\n\nIpsos Mori is conducting the survey on behalf of the Royal Foundation.\n\nThe company's Kelly Beaver added: \"Whilst many studies have been conducted to generate evidence of the importance of the early years, there is a real lack of evidence to understand whether this is understood by the British public.\"\n\nThe survey will be open until 21 February.\n\n1. What do you believe is most important for children growing up in the UK today to live a happy adult life? Rank from most important to least important:\n\n2. Which of these statements is closest to your opinion?\n\n3. How much do you agree or disagree with this statement? The mental health and wellbeing of parents and carers has a great impact on the development of their child(ren)\n\n4. Which of the following is closest to your opinion of what influences how children develop from the start of pregnancy to age five?\n\n5. Which period of a child and young person's life do you think is the most important for health and happiness in adulthood?\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "To the casual observer, politics might at times seem like a game but the consequences of elections can be immediate and profound - not least for those MPs who lose their seats.\n\nJust over a month on from the general election, what is it like to lose, clear out your office, dust your self down and work out what to do next?\n\n\"The hardest thing I have had to do since the election is make members of staff redundant,\" says Stephen Gethins, who had been MP for North East Fife since 2015.\n\nIn the 2017 election he had won the seat by just two votes, the most precarious majority in the UK.\n\nLast month he was the only SNP MP to lose their seat.\n\nStephen Gethins had the most marginal seat in the UK\n\n\"It is always something that you are mindful of,\" he says. \"That's the nature of politics.\"\n\nLike the other defeated incumbents he is paid for just two months from the election, not exactly the never-ending political gravy train many might imagine.\n\n\"You don't get very long to find a new job,\" the 43-year-old former MP says.\n\n\"There is a balance between getting an income and thinking what I'm going to do longer term.\n\n\"I think trying to give yourself a bit of space is important and I've been lucky I have had lots of advice from friends in all political parties who have been through this process.\"\n\nJo Swinson was the only Scottish Lib Dem to lose their seat in the election but she did not want to be interviewed.\n\nShe had experienced defeat before in 2015 but fought back to successfully retake Dunbartonshire East and go on to become party leader.\n\nHowever, the 39-year-old lost both her seat and the Lib Dem top job after December's vote.\n\nLabour's Danielle Rowley said she was disappointed to lose but not shocked\n\nLabour's Danielle Rowley says she was more disappointed than shocked to have lost her seat in Midlothian.\n\n\"I was probably more shocked in 2017 when I did win,\" she says.\n\nAfter her defeat she had to return to Westminster to clear out her House of Commons office.\n\n\"It was strange being in parliament but not being able to go into the chamber,\" she says.\n\n\"The strangest part was knowing I would not be in that building representing my home any more.\"\n\nMs Rowley says there is an assumption that all politicians are privileged and it is not the case.\n\n\"My good friend Laura Smith, who was the MP for Crewe, had someone take a photo of her in her local job centre because he found it so funny that she should be there,\" she says.\n\n\"But we've lost our jobs, just like anyone else losing their jobs.\"\n\nMs Rowley, who is now a former MP at the age of just 29, expects to eventually return to the charitable sector where she feels she can make most difference in an era of a large Conservative majority.\n\nTory Luke Graham says he hopes to be re-elected some day\n\nLuke Graham, of the Conservatives, had only been MP for Ochil and South Perthshire since 2017 and faces a similar dilemma.\n\nTo return to his background in accountancy and business or to somehow keep going with politics in the hope of an eventual return of fortune with the electorate.\n\n\"I am still an accountant,\" says the 34-year-old. \"I can still go back to that world but I don't feel I'm finished with politics yet.\n\n\"If I'm honest I hope to be re-elected to be an MP. I haven't lost my passion for politics and I think I have still got something to give.\n\n\"It is a setback and a gutting experience but it is what you decide to do with that next that's important.\"\n• None The struggle to get a job after losing an election", "The group allegedly took migrants from France to the UK in refrigerated lorries and small rubber boats\n\nPolice in France and the Netherlands have arrested 23 people suspected of helping to smuggle about 10,000 Kurdish migrants into the UK.\n\nThe group is accused of picking up migrants from car parks in France and taking them to the UK in refrigerated lorries and small rubber boats, law enforcement agency Eurojust said.\n\nMigrants were allegedly charged up to €7,000 per person for the journey.\n\nEurojust said 19 suspects were arrested in France and four in the Netherlands.\n\nThe law enforcement agency set up an international investigation team after French authorities spotted suspects using vehicles with Dutch licence plates.\n\nMigrants were picked up from various car parks in France before being taken to the UK, Eurojust said.\n\nDetectives linked migrants' payments to an illegal hawala banking system in the Netherlands. Hawala is an informal system of money transfer based on trust where no money actually crosses international borders.\n\nEurojust executed European Arrest Warrants and the 23 suspects were arrested, while five premises were searched.\n\nThe law enforcement agency said the criminal network is alleged to have total profits of about €70m (£59.1m).", "Too many people are aspiring to work in art, culture and entertainment, the report says\n\nThe career hopes and dreams of young people in the UK are at odds with the types of jobs available, a study warns.\n\nResearch by the charity Education and Employers suggests five times as many 17- and 18-year-olds in the UK want to work in art, culture, entertainment and sport as there are jobs available.\n\nAnd this disconnect means far too many are \"destined for disappointment\".\n\nThe report, Disconnected: Career aspirations and jobs in the UK, is based on a survey of 7,000 teenagers.\n\nAlso using data from the Office for National Statistics, the charity found the greatest excess of aspiration related to jobs in art and culture, entertainment and sport, where five times as many 17- and 18-year-olds want to work (15.6%) compared with the projected demand in the economy (3.3%).\n\nAnd for most of those (51%), this was the only sector in which they expressed an interest.\n\nYoung people's career aspirations need to be \"constructively challenged\", the report says\n\nThe analysis suggests the greatest shortfall of interest is in accommodation and catering, which needs \"almost seven times as many students (9.7% of the economy) as are expressing an interest (1.5%)\".\n\nIt also says: \"Wholesale and retail trade similarly sees a very large shortfall - 2.6% expressing interest against 15.1% required.\"\n\nThe report says young people's aspirations are set early - as young as age seven - and do not change enough over time to meet demand.\n\nAnd this consistency of young peoples' career choices throughout their teenage years (and the frustrations and wasted energy it produces) will need significant effort to resolve.\n\nThe research says young people's career aspirations need to \"be engaged with and, if necessary, constructively challenged\".\n\nIt says a \"concerted effort\" is needed to address what it calls an aspiration-reality disconnect and calls for:\n\nThe report says: \"From age seven, we need to ensure that children get to meet a range of people from different backgrounds and doing different jobs.\n\nThe government says early careers advice can help young people \"set out on the right path\"\n\n\"People who can help bring learning to life, show them how the subjects they are studying are relevant to their futures.\n\n\"We need to stop children ruling out options because they believe, implicitly or explicitly, that their future career choices are limited by their gender, ethnicity or socio-economic background.\n\n\"This is not about providing 'careers advice' in primary schools but breaking down barriers, broadening horizons and raising aspirations, giving children a wide range of experiences of the world including the world of work.\"\n\nA spokeswoman for the Department for Work and Pensions said: \"Young people are rarely short of ambition and we want them to have the skills and direction to match.\n\n\"As the report suggests, early careers advice can help young people set out on the right path to the job that channels their interests and unlocks their potential.\n\n\"That's why we're committed to having career leaders and have announced new funding for jobcentres to provide advice to more schools across the country.\"\n\nThe Education and Employers report is launched alongside new analysis of Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) data by international economics think tank the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which is being presented during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.\n\nAndreas Schleicher, the OECD's director of education and skills, said: \"There are many interesting future-oriented jobs that British students are not seeing, particularly disadvantaged kids, and you can't be what you can't see.\n\n\"My concern is we are closing too many doors too early in the lives of pupils.\"\n• None Education and Employers – Working together for young people The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Monty Python star Terry Jones has died at the age of 77, after having lived with dementia, his agent has said.\n\nA statement from his family said: \"We have all lost a kind, funny, warm, creative and truly loving man.\"\n\nThe BBC's David Sillito looks back on the Welsh comic actor, writer and director's life.", "Boris Johnson's Brexit bill is one step away from becoming law after completing its passage through Parliament.\n\nThe EU (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill, which paves the way for the UK to leave the bloc with a deal on 31 January, is now awaiting royal assent.\n\nEarlier, MPs overwhelmingly rejected all five changes - including on child refugees - made by peers to the bill.\n\nIt then returned to the Lords where peers backed down, despite some anger at their voices being \"dismissed\".\n\nNow it has completed its passage through Parliament, the UK's exit from the EU must be approved by the European Parliament next week.\n\nIn the House of Lords, Labour peer Lord Howarth said MPs had \"dismissed the changes requested with no serious consideration\".\n\nHe said peers accepted the government had a mandate to deliver Brexit but had \"sought to improve\" the legislation.\n\nNevertheless, peers chose not to continue a battle with the Commons and agreed to allow the bill to pass.\n\nA total of five amendments to the bill were sent to MPs for consideration from the Lords, including on EU citizens' rights, the power of UK courts to diverge from EU law and the independence of the judiciary after Brexit.\n\nAnother, the so-called Dubs amendment - which reinstated a guarantee that unaccompanied refugee children could continue to join relatives in the UK after Brexit - was also demanded by peers.\n\nA fifth amendment called for the bill to be changed to take note of the Sewel Convention, which states that Parliament should not legislate on devolved issues without the consent of the Scottish Parliament, the Welsh Assembly and the Stormont Assembly in Northern Ireland.\n\nAs expected, with its large majority in the Commons, the government successfully overturned all five earlier on Wednesday.\n\nBaroness Hayter, deputy Labour leader in the Lords said she regretted \"what it says about the new government and its willingness to listen\" to the devolved administrations, legal experts, and others.\n\n\"Legislation is meant to be a dual responsibility,\" she said. \"Let's hope this is a one off and that normal service will shortly resume.\"\n\nThe Brexit bill will now return to the Lords\n\nThe Dubs amendment, in particular, was well-supported in the Lords and a number of MPs also argued in favour of it.\n\nIt would have required the government to commit to negotiating an agreement with the EU on child refugees - hardening up the existing promise in the bill merely to make a statement on the issue within two months.\n\nMinisters say they back the principle of the Dubs amendment but the Brexit bill is not the right vehicle for it.\n\nBrexit Secretary Stephen Barclay defended the government's record, saying more than 41,000 refugee children had settled in the UK since the start of 2010, including 3,500 unaccompanied children in the year to September 2019.\n\nHe said there was no point legislating before the UK reached an agreement with the EU on future numbers.\n\nBut shadow Brexit minister Thangam Debbonaire said it would be a mistake to take the government's promises on child refugees at face value.\n\n\"The government's predecessor government has got form on this, promising to take 3,000 children on the Dubs scheme, as originally committed to, and taking fewer than 500 in the end,\" she said.\n\n\"The government asking us to trust them... is just not good enough.\"\n\nIn the end, MPs voted, by a margin of 342 to 254, to reject the Dubs amendment, something the peer himself said was \"bitterly disappointing\".\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 Alf Dubs 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 Brexit bill is likely to be granted royal assent in the next day or two.\n\nWhat questions do you have about Brexit and how it will affect you in the future?\n\nIn some cases your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\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 or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "As a result of Storm Gloria battering the Catalan coast, marine foam has been blown ashore.\n\nSea foam is created by the agitation of the organic matter in seawater.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Labour needs to sell a message of aspiration to voters, says Long-Bailey\n\nLabour had \"a great set of policies\" at the general election but got its \"messaging\" wrong, Rebecca Long-Bailey has told the BBC.\n\n\"We should have been talking about aspiration,\" the Labour leadership contender said, but too often talked about \"handouts\" instead.\n\nShe said she had the ability to sell \"a positive vision\" and \"hope for the future\" that wins elections.\n\nThe race to succeed Jeremy Corbyn is down to four after Jess Phillips quit.\n\nShadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer and Wigan MP Lisa Nandy have made it on the final leadership ballot, after securing the necessary trade union and affiliated group support.\n\nEmily Thornberry and Mrs Long-Bailey have yet to reach the threshold.\n\nMs Phillips said she would be happy with either Ms Nandy or Sir Keir as leader, but argued that Mrs Long-Bailey would be the wrong choice for Labour at this moment.\n\nMr Corbyn announced he would be standing down after Labour suffered its worst defeat, in terms of seats, since 1935 in December's election.\n\nBut Mrs Long-Bailey - whose campaign is backed by grassroots organisation Momentum - refused to blame the party's manifesto, saying she was \"proud\" of the policies in it.\n\nLabour's \"compromise position\" on Brexit \"didn't satisfy our communities and meant that we weren't trusted,\" she told the BBC's political editor, Laura Kuenssberg.\n\nAnd, she added: \"We didn't tackle anti-Semitism and we weren't trusted to deal with that issue within our own party.\"\n\nThe manifesto policies - which included nationalising utilities and a big increase in tax-funded public spending - were not drawn together into an \"overarching narrative\" that chimed with the electorate, she said.\n\n\"Our messaging really didn't resonate with voters. We should have been talking about aspiration and how all of the things within our manifesto would improve your life, would improve the outcome for businesses in our areas, but we didn't say that.\n\n\"Quite often we talked about handouts and how we will help people, rather than providing that broad positive vision of the future.\"\n\nShe said Labour had a history of talking \"about how bad the Conservatives are\" without \"showing that real vision and hope for the future\".\n\n\"That's what wins general elections, showing that real vision and hope for the future. And I know that I can do that and that's why I'm standing to be the leader of the party.\"\n\nThe shadow business secretary said Labour did not do enough to \"sell\" her flagship policy, the Green Industrial Revolution, which she said \"would have transformed our economy and delivered investment in regions and nations\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"Whoever becomes leader, we have to reunite the party to make sure that we're unified in the message that we're putting forward. But we had many of the right answers to the right questions.\"\n\nShe also hit back at claims she was not forceful enough to be prime minister.\n\n\"I'm not shy. I mean, I have spent last four years, you know, locked in a room developing many of the policies that we've been trying to push forward as a party, but I don't think you could ever describe me as shy.\"\n\nShe said she believed her \"forensic approach\" to politics would be a challenge to Boris Johnson, whom she described as having \"a bit of a struggling relationship with the truth and with detail\".\n\nOn the prospect of being PM herself one day, she said she could picture herself living in 10 Downing Street, \"chilling out\" in her pyjamas on a Friday night, with \"Netflix and a Chinese takeaway\".\n\nIn a wide-ranging interview, Mrs Long-Bailey was asked whether she had any Conservative friends in Parliament.\n\n\"Not really, no,\" she replied, but added: \"I'm friendly to everyone.\"\n\nShe said her non-political friends would not tell her if they supported the Tories \"because I'd be angry\".\n\nShe also reiterated her belief that women had a \"right to choose\" when it came to abortion and she was not in favour of changing the law, after a row over comments she made to Catholic priests during the general election.\n\nAnd she backed a change in the law to allow transgender people to self-identify without the need for medical evidence.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Four candidates remain in the race for the Labour leadership\n\nLabour's manifesto committed to reform of the Gender Recognition Act to allow self-identification, but critics warn it will make it easier for someone born as a man but now identifying as a woman to gain access to women-only spaces such as toilets, changing rooms, prisons and domestic violence refuges.\n\nAsked whether she had any concerns about the policy, Mrs Long-Bailey said she understood the arguments, but Labour must \"fully support our trans community\".\n\nLaura Kuenssberg interviewed Sir Keir last week and is aiming to interview Ms Thornberry and Ms Nandy in the coming weeks.", "The mill depicted in the painting was demolished in 1984\n\nA painting by LS Lowry that experts had no knowledge of for more than 70 years has sold at auction for £2.65m.\n\nThe 1943 work - titled The Mill, Pendlebury - was sold to a private collector at Christie's in London.\n\nThe painting, which depicts workers in the Greater Manchester town enjoying a day off and children playing cricket, had spent most of its life in the US.\n\nIts existence came to light after the death of medical researcher Leonard D Hamilton, the painting's owner.\n\nLowry gave the painting to Mr Hamilton's parents more than 70 years ago, when the family lived in Manchester.\n\nMr Hamilton took it with him when he moved to the US in 1949, where he went on to make a major contribution to the discovery of the double helix shape of DNA.\n\nThe painting had been expected to fetch between £700,000 and £1m at Tuesday's auction.\n\nYet its new price tag falls some way behind those of Lowry's later works The Football Match (1949) and Piccadilly Circus (1960), which both sold for £5.6m in 2011.\n\nLaurence Stephen Lowry gained recognition for his seemingly simple depictions of working-class life in the industrial parts of northern England.\n\nLast year, the painter's relationship with his mother was dramatised in the film Mrs Lowry & Son, starring Timothy Spall as the artist and Vanessa Redgrave as his mother Elizabeth.\n\nAcme Mill, the mill depicted in the painting, was the first cotton spinning mill in England to be solely driven by electricity. Production ceased in 1959 and the building was demolished in 1984.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The ban is expected to clear its final hurdle next week\n\nA ban on parents smacking children in Wales has moved a step closer following a series of votes by assembly members.\n\nIt is expected to clear its final hurdle next week when it goes back to the assembly for the last time.\n\nAMs rejected Conservative amendments that would have forced the Welsh Government to provide more information about how the ban will work.\n\nMinisters say they have already committed to a publicity campaign about the change in the law.\n\nThe Abolition of the Defence of Reasonable Punishment Bill is likely to pass with the support of Labour and Plaid Cymru AMs.\n\nIt will come into force in 2022.\n\nIt follows a vote to outlaw smacking children in Scotland in October last year - but there are currently no plans to introduce a similar law in either England or Northern Ireland.\n\nTory opponents to the bill in Wales, who called it a \"snoopers' charter\", wanted to force the government to advise people on how to report concerns about the physical punishment of children.\n\nDeputy Social Services Minister Julie Morgan said the proposal \"doesn't make sense\" because the bill does not create any new offences.\n\nJulie Morgan said the bill did not create any new offences\n\nInstead, it would remove the defence of reasonable punishment in cases of common assault.\n\nBased on the impact of a smacking ban in New Zealand, the government estimates there will be about 38 cases of people breaking the law in the first five years.\n\nPlaid Cymru AM Helen Mary Jones said: \"I really do not believe that we are likely to see dozens and dozens of families facing prosecution who would not otherwise have done so.\"\n\nIs there anything you would like to know about the proposal?\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.", "London has become the \"epicentre of the elites\" in the UK, making it \"off limits\" for young people from poorer backgrounds, says a social mobility charity.\n\nThe Sutton Trust says the high cost of housing has become a social barrier.\n\nA report, using London School of Economics research, says social mobility is easier outside the capital.\n\nTrust founder, Sir Peter Lampl, said the idea of going to London to \"move up in the world\" had become \"a myth\".\n\nThe report says it is increasingly difficult for young people to move to London to get the high-paying jobs concentrated in the capital.\n\n\"Those that benefit most from opportunities in London were either born there or are the economically privileged from other parts of the country,\" said Sir Peter.\n\n\"London is essentially off-limits to ambitious people from poorer backgrounds who grow up outside the capital.\"\n\nThis is exacerbated by practices such as unpaid internships, which are available only to those who can afford to live and work in London without earning.\n\nThe report - Elites in the UK: Pulling Away? - highlights the rise of the ultra-rich in London in recent decades, with their wealth often deriving from finance and banking.\n\nLondon-born quantity surveyor Yusuf Vardalia says the city is now \"off limits for normal people\".\n\nWhile he was earning \"decent money\" living in London, buying property there was not an option.\n\n\"It was ridiculous. So in 2018 my wife and I decided to move to Leicester where we were able to get onto the property ladder and start building our life, which if we had decided to stick with London would have been an impossible dream,\" he said.\n\nMadison Hughes, a teaching assistant, says she can only afford to live in London because her parents pay her rent.\n\n\"My rent alone is over half my monthly salary and with bills and the general cost of living in London I would essentially be in debt every month,\" she said. \"I am so lucky to have generous parents who have the money to help me.\n\n\"My friends are all exactly the same - all the girls I live with either have parents paying their rent, or all their expenses.\"\n\nShe added that something needs to be done about London rent prices \"ASAP\".\n\nBut James Marsh, who moved to the capital eight years ago, said \"if you're hard-working enough and have the drive to succeed, you will do well\".\n\nHe had no financial help from his family and was in debt when he arrived in the city.\n\n\"It wasn't that easy at first living off £100 a week in London, for food and drinks, but it's not impossible,\" he said. \"It isn't unbalanced to other struggles you'd find in other major cities and quite frankly it's not the poverty line either.\"\n\nHe adds that if he had stayed in his home town \"I would not have got anywhere even close to where I am now, either at career level or financially\".\n\nThe study suggests a lack of wider awareness among this wealthy elite - reinforced by the small, self-reflecting circles in which they move.\n\nThese top earners do not see themselves as \"especially fortunate\" because they are \"surrounded by numerous other people like themselves\", says the study.\n\nThe report warns of a social and geographical separation, with very affluent people in London having infrequent contact with those facing much tougher circumstances.\n\nThey are likely to espouse values of meritocracy, while being part of a process that has seen social mobility becoming less likely.\n\nBut if social mobility has become difficult in London, the report says there seems to have been much greater opportunities for progress outside the capital.\n\nTwo thirds of the most socially mobile - who have come from working class backgrounds and then entered high-status professions - have done so by staying near to where they grew up.\n\nThis ladder of progress has been more available for people not moving far from their home towns, rising up into jobs such as in medicine or law.\n\n\"In spite of the dominance of London, over two thirds of the socially mobile have never made a long-term move,\" says Sir Peter.", "Wrongful death cases that were filed by Prince's family have been dismissed, almost four years after the star died.\n\nLegal claims had been filed against a doctor who prescribed Prince pain medication and a pharmacy that supplied him with medicine.\n\nDismissals usually occur after a settlement has been reached, but such agreements often remain confidential.\n\nThe 57-year-old died in 2016 after an accidental overdose of the painkiller fentanyl at his home in Minneapolis.\n\nClaims that had been filed against the Walgreens pharmacy chain and Dr Michael Schulenberg, who treated Prince in the weeks before his death, have been dismissed.\n\nThe star's family had argued that failures in Dr Schulenberg's treatment played a \"substantial part\" in his death. Dr Schulenberg denied any wrongdoing.\n\nA claim against the Trinity Medical Center in Illinois, where he was treated for an opioid overdose the week before he died, has also been dismissed.\n\nA lawyer for Prince's estate, John Goetz, told the BBC he could not comment on what led to the cases being dismissed.\n\nOne final claim - for medical negligence - remains against Dr Howard Kornfeld, an opioid addiction specialist who was called by Prince's staff the day before he died. Dr Kornfeld sent his son to Minneapolis to discuss treatment options, but it was already too late.\n\nThat claim was dismissed by a judge in September, but the estate has appealed against the decision.\n\nAfter Prince's death, an investigation revealed the musician had experienced significant pain for a number of years, and hundreds of painkillers of various types were found at his house.\n\nEvidence showed Prince had thought he was taking the prescription drug Vicodin, when in fact he was taking a counterfeit Vicodin pill laced with potentially deadly fentanyl.\n\nProsecutors said there was no evidence that the pills had been prescribed by a doctor. No-one was criminally charged in relation to his death and the source of the counterfeit pills remains unknown.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @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 Crannog restaurant was flooded following Storm Brendan\n\nStorm Brendan has been followed by wintry showers, flooding and more gales in parts of Scotland, causing further travel disruption.\n\nThe severe weather has led to problems across the country with trees brought down and ferry sailings cancelled.\n\nA yellow wind warning covering the Highlands and Argyll and Bute has been issued.\n\nTrains have been disrupted due to damaged overhead power lines on several sections of the railway in Ayrshire.\n\nCommuters across the country may experience longer journey times.\n\nA separate 24-hour yellow warning of strong southwesterly winds has also been issued for Tuesday.\n\nA fresh yellow warning for snow and ice which came into effect at 01:00 GMT has since been removed.\n\nA road at Applecross Bay in the Highlands was damaged in Monday's storm\n\nServices on 11 of Caledonian MacBrayne's 28 ferry routes were cancelled for the day, with a further four routes being disrupted.\n\nNorthlink Ferries also told passengers there may be disruption on services to Orkney and Shetland.\n\nAll schools in the Uist and Barra area have been closed and all bus services there have been cancelled.\n\nMoray College UHI in Elgin is closed to all staff and students due to storm damage. It will reopen on Wednesday following emergency repair work.\n\nSnow affected driving conditions on the A938 at Carrbridge in the Cairngorms on Tuesday morning\n\nA road along a shore of Applecross Bay at the village of Applecross was damaged during the storm.\n\nHighland Council said its staff would set up a temporary bypass to allow for repairs to be made to the road.\n\nCairngorm Mountain Rescue Team was called out to assist an injured walker in the Ben Alder area but had difficulty locating the man and Tayside Mountain Rescue joined the search. The walker was eventually found with his friends in a bothy.\n\nA Met Office warning for high winds across parts of the country has been issued\n\nA tree crashed into the garden of a house in the Garthdee area of Aberdeen\n\nThe harbour at Fort William was swamped by floods on Monday evening.\n\nThe Crannog restaurant, which sits on the town's pier, was one of the buildings most severely hit.\n\nThe wintry conditions are expected to cause icy patches on some untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths.\n\nThe snow and ice warning, which will remain in place until 13:00, covers Central Scotland, Tayside, Fife, Angus, Perth and Kinross, Grampian, Highlands and Argyll and Bute.\n\nThe Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) has issued 24 flood warnings and 18 flood alerts.\n\nLarge parts of the harbourside area in Stornoway are under water\n\nFlooding is expected to affect several parts of Orkney as high tides combine with storm force winds.\n\nThe flood gates at Kirkwall Harbour are expected to remain closed for much of the day with the biggest risk of waves breaking over from about 11:00 until lunchtime.\n\nPolice Scotland's local area commander Ch Insp Matt Webb said the forecast suggested flooding could be the worst to hit the Orkney area since 2005.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Footage from Bel Hawson shows waves crashing onto the A83 in Ardrishaig as cars drive along\n\nSepa's head of flood services Vincent Fitzsimmons told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme that Storm Brendan had brought some of the highest sea levels in 15 years in some places.\n\nHe added: \"It's an unusual and really dangerous combination of storm surge, naturally high tides and high inshore waves.\n\n\"The time of concern is really around high tide so for Oban, Fort William and the Western Isles that is to around 9am this morning.\n\n\"Then the risk shifts to the Orkneys mid to late morning and then that risk continues into Moray, Caithness, Aberdeenshire, Stonehaven and down as far as Montrose where the high tides are around early evening.\"\n\nGritters have been used to clear sections of the A9 near Drumochter\n\nThe Met Office said: \"Icy patches are likely to develop on Monday night and into Tuesday morning as blustery showers fall on cold surfaces, especially untreated roads and pavements.\n\n\"Snow showers will become confined northwest of the Great Glen by the end of the morning.\"\n\nMeanwhile, there are two yellow weather warnings in place in England and Wales for later on Tuesday. There is a warning of wind affecting most areas from 12:00 GMT until midnight, and for heavy rain, in London and south-east England from 13:00 until 9:00 on Wednesday.\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 BEAR NW Trunk Roads 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\nSeven stray cats being cared for at an animal welfare centre have escaped after their enclosure was damaged by Storm Brendan's high winds on Monday night.\n\nThe feral cats were being looked after at Munlochy Animal Aid's shelter on the Black Isle in the Highlands.\n\nBoxes to catch the cats have been set in the hope of returning them to the shelter.\n\nHeavy snow fell snow around the village of Daviot just south of Inverness\n\nIn the Garthdee area of Aberdeen one resident thought a branch had blown down when he received a mobile phone alert, triggered by his home CCTV system, at about 16:30.\n\nBut when Greg Paluch returned from work he was shocked to discover a tree had fallen into his garden and landed just inches from his front door.\n\nMr Paluch, 35, said: \"It could have been worse considering the height of the tree. But no-one was at home and no-one was hurt - that is the main thing.\"\n\nA large tree also fell at Maybole in South Ayrshire, partially blocking the A77.\n\nAith Pier in Shetland was barely visible after water levels rose\n\nHave you been affected by Storm Brendan? You can 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.\n\nGusts of more than 75mph hit parts of Wales for a second day after Storm Brendan caused problems on Monday.\n\nA new bout of low pressure moved in and the Met Office warned winds would bring further disruption until midnight.\n\nThere have been restrictions in place on the A48 Severn Bridge, the A55 Britannia Bridge on Anglesey and the Cleddau Bridge in Pembrokeshire.\n\nA fallen tree partially blocked the A470 near Rhayader, Powys, and a school had to close after its roof blew off.\n\nRhondda Cynon Taf council tweeted that Maerdy community primary school would remain shut on Wednesday \"due to a clear-up operation following storm damage\".\n\nThe highest gusts reached 77mph near Capel Curig in Snowdonia.\n\nDyfed-Powys Police said a number of roads in the area were \"affected by the heavy rainfall and strong winds\".\n\nFlood warnings have been issued in Lower Dee Valley from Llangollen to Trevalyn Meadows, and on the River Usk from Brecon to Glangrwyne.\n\nOn Monday, Storm Brendan caused power outages to more than 2,000 properties throughout Wales during the course of the day.\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 ᴅᴇʀᴇᴋ ʙʀᴏᴄᴋᴡᴀʏ ᴡᴇᴀᴛʜᴇʀᴍᴀɴ 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\nWestern Power Distribution said electricity supplies were hit in Newcastle Emlyn and Cardigan in Ceredigion.\n\nSP Energy Network, which manages power in north Wales, said it dealt with problems in Bangor, Treborth, Benllech, Moelfre and Corwen.\n\nYsgol Bontnewydd Primary School had to close due to a power failure after a tree fell on power lines and also hit a car at Bontnewydd, Gwynedd.\n\nIn Tenby, Pembrokeshire, the roof of a connecting walkway between two buildings at Greenhill School was damaged by winds, forcing it to remain closed on Tuesday.", "UK scientists say the recent fires in Australia are a taste of what the world will experience as temperatures rise.\n\nProf Richard Betts from the Met Office Hadley Centre said we are \"seeing a sign of what would be normal conditions under a future warming world of 3C\".\n\nWhile natural weather patterns have driven recent fires, researchers said it's \"common sense\" that human-induced heating is playing a role.\n\nLast year was Australia's warmest and driest year on record.\n\nUK researchers have carried out a rapid analysis of the impact of climate change on the risk of wildfires happening all over the world. Their study looked at 57 research papers published since the last major review of climate science came out in 2013.\n\nAll the studies in the review showed links between climate change and the increased frequency or severity of fire weather. This is defined as those periods of time which have a higher risk of fire due to a combination of high temperatures, low humidity, low rainfall and high winds.\n\nThe signal of human-induced warming has become clearer in different parts of the world with the passage of time. A paper published last year suggests the impact of climate change could be detected outside the range of natural variability in 22% of land that's available for burning.\n\n\"Overall, the 57 papers reviewed clearly show human-induced warming has already led to a global increase in the frequency and severity of fire weather, increasing the risks of wildfire,\" said Dr Matthew Jones, from the University of East Anglia, and the lead author of the review.\n\n\"This has been seen in many regions, including the western US and Canada, southern Europe, Scandinavia and Amazonia. Human-induced warming is also increasing fire risks in other regions, including Siberia and Australia.\"\n\nHowever, the review says that the dramatic fire situation witnessed in Australia in recent months is \"challenging to diagnose\".\n\nNaturally occurring weather patterns have played a significant role in creating the right conditions for wildfires. Conditions in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific have meant hot, dry spells across the country.\n\nBut the influence of human-driven climate change is also in the mix.\n\n\"This (the fires) would have happened naturally but we can be confident that they have been made hotter because of man-made climate change,\" said Prof Betts.\n\nDrought and record temperatures have contributed to the dramatic burning in Australia\n\nSpeaking at the launch of the global review, he pointed to the fact that Australia is now about 1.4C warmer than the global average temperature was in the pre-industrial period.\n\n\"Temperatures in December in Australia, that have occurred recently, they are extreme for now but they would be normal under a world getting on for three degrees of warming, so we are seeing a sign of what would be normal conditions under a future warming world of 3 degrees,\" Prof Betts explained.\n\nRight now, the world has warmed around 1C since the 1850s. Even with current government plans to limit emissions of CO2, the world is on course for around 3C of warming by the end of this century.\n\nOther experts involved in the review say that people are seeing the signal of global warming \"with their own eyes\" when it comes to wildfires and heatwaves.\n\n\"These are impacts we are seeing for one degree of global climate change. The impact will get worse as long as we don't do what it takes to stabilise the world's climate,\" said Prof Corinne Le Quéré, from the University of East Anglia in Norwich.\n\n\"And what it takes is to bring CO2 and other long-lived greenhouse gases down to net zero emissions. If we don't do it, we will have much worse impacts - so what we are seeing in Australia is not the new normal, it's a transition to worse impacts.\"\n\nThe details of the papers included in the review can be found at the ScienceBrief online platform.", "Boris Johnson has rejected the request from Nicola Sturgeon\n\nThe UK government has formally rejected a call from Scotland's first minister for a second independence referendum.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said a referendum would \"continue the political stagnation Scotland has seen for the past decade\".\n\nAnd he said First Minister Nicola Sturgeon had previously pledged that the 2014 referendum would be a \"once in a generation\" vote.\n\nMs Sturgeon tweeted that the Tories were attempting to \"deny democracy\".\n\nShe said Mr Johnson's formal refusal of her request for a referendum to be held later this year was \"predictable but also unsustainable and self defeating\", and insisted that \"Scotland will have the right to choose\".\n\nThe first minister also said the Scottish government would set out its response and \"next steps\" before the end of the month, and that the devolved Scottish Parliament would again be asked to \"back Scotland's right to choose our own future\".\n\nScottish voters backed remaining in the UK by 55% to 45% in the referendum in 2014.\n\nMs Sturgeon says she wants to hold another vote on independence, and made a formal request last month for the UK government to transfer powers - known as a Section 30 order - to the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh that would ensure any referendum is legal.\n\nThe request came after Ms Sturgeon's SNP, which forms the Scottish government, won 48 of the 59 seats in Scotland in the UK general election.\n\nIn his written response to Ms Sturgeon, the prime minister said he had \"carefully considered and noted\" her arguments.\n\nBut he said: \"You and your predecessor (Alex Salmond) made a personal promise that the 2014 independence referendum was a \"once in a generation\" vote.\n\n\"The people of Scotland voted decisively on that promise to keep our United Kingdom together, a result which both the Scottish and UK governments committed to respect in the Edinburgh Agreement.\"\n\nA large pro-independence march was held in Glasgow at the weekend\n\nMr Johnson said the UK government would \"continue to uphold the democratic decision of the Scottish people and the promise you made to them\".\n\nAnd he said he did not want to see Scotland's schools, hospitals and employment \"again left behind because of a campaign to separate the UK\".\n\nThe prime minister added: \"For that reason, I cannot agree to any request for a transfer of power that would lead to further independence referendums\".\n\nThe formal rejection comes days after the UK government's Scottish secretary, Alister Jack, said another victory in next year's Scottish Parliament election would still not give the SNP a mandate to hold a referendum.\n\nMs Sturgeon has previously warned that a \"flat no\" from Mr Johnson to her request would \"not be the end of the matter\".\n\nBut she has made clear that she will not hold an unofficial referendum similar to the disputed one in Catalonia in 2017, arguing that it would not actually deliver independence as the result would not be recognised by the EU or wider international community.\n\nThe first minister said: \"The Tories are terrified of Scotland having the right to choose our own future. They know that given the choice the overwhelming likelihood is that people will choose the positive option of independence.\n\n\"The Tories - and their allies in the leaderships of Labour and the Lib Dems - lack any positive case for the union, so all they can do is try to block democracy.\n\n\"It shows utter contempt for the votes, views and interests of the people of Scotland and it is a strategy that is doomed to failure.\"\n\nThe prospect of an independence referendum on Nicola Sturgeon's preferred timetable - the second half of 2020 - now looks very remote.\n\nThe first minister is confident that Mr Johnson's refusal will help make the case for independence in the longer term, but for now her options are limited.\n\nIn the first instance, she is planning another vote at Holyrood to underline the backing of MSPs for a new referendum. With the SNP and Greens holding a majority between them, this is sure to pass - but this has happened before, to little avail.\n\nShe has not ruled out going to court, but this would hardly accelerate matters - constitutional lawyers have warned that \"there are no legal short cuts\" around the political battlefield.\n\nSo the next clear opportunity to break the deadlock may be the 2021 Holyrood elections. Ms Sturgeon clearly has one eye on that poll already, talking about the Tories being on a \"road back to political oblivion\".\n\nBetween now and then, another year of constitutional stalemate beckons.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nDalila Jakupovic says she was \"really scared\" as she retired from her Australian Open qualifying match because of the \"unhealthy\" air quality from ongoing bushfires in the country.\n\nThe Slovenian world number 180 had to be helped off court after she retired at 6-5 5-6 against Swiss Stefanie Vogele in the first round in Melbourne.\n\n\"It was really bad. I never experienced something like this,\" Jakupovic said.\n\n\"I was really scared I would collapse because I couldn't walk any more.\"\n\nQualifying was delayed by an hour on Tuesday and practice was temporarily suspended because of the air quality.\n\nOrganisers said the conditions were expected to improve and would be \"monitored constantly\".\n• None What is being done to fight the bushfires?\n• None We had to wear masks indoors - Swan on bushfires\n\nAsked about the decision to continue with qualifying, Jakupovic said: \"I think it was not fair because it's not healthy for us.\n\n\"I was surprised. I thought we would not be playing today but we really don't have much choice.\"\n\nPeople in Melbourne were advised to stay indoors and keep pets inside on Tuesday.\n\nAt least 28 people have died and an estimated 10 million hectares (100,000 sq km) of land has burned since 1 July.\n\nJakupovic added: \"I'm angry and sad. I'm more sad because I had the win [in my grasp] and I just couldn't finish it.\n\n\"I don't have asthma even and I don't have breathing problems from the heat. I was scared.\"\n\nAustralian Open organisers said prior to Jakupovic's retirement: \"Further decisions will be made based on onsite data, and in close consultation with our medical team, the Bureau of Meteorology and scientists from EPA Victoria.\n\n\"As always the health and safety of our players, our staff and our fans is our priority.\"\n\nEugenie Bouchard also left the court during her qualifying match against You Xiaodi, complaining of a sore chest. The Canadian returned after a medical timeout and won 4-6 7-6 6-1.\n\nMeanwhile, Maria Sharapova's exhibition match in Kooyong, which is in the east of the city, was called off after both players complained about the air quality.\n\nThe Russian was trailing Germany's Laura Siegemund 7-6 5-5 when the match was ended.\n\n\"I started feeling a cough coming toward the end of the second set but I've been sick for a few weeks so I thought that had something to do with it,\" Sharapova told broadcasters after the match.\n\n\"But then I heard Laura speak to the umpire and she said she was struggling with it as well.\n\n\"We were out there for over two hours, so from a health standpoint it's the right call from officials.\"\n\nPlayers rarely have any cause for complaint when they arrive at Melbourne Park each year, but this seems a clear unforced error by the Australian Open.\n\nVictoria's Environment Protection Authority was warning Melburnians to stay indoors, and keep windows and door shut.\n\nIt rated the air quality \"very poor\" - which is a sign \"everyone could be experiencing symptoms like coughing or shortness of breath\".\n\nThe decision to continue playing appears all the more surprising given Tennis Australia issued a statement on Tuesday morning stressing that the health and safety of players, staff and fans is always their priority.\n\nAnd there should have been no great urgency. The wind is due to change direction on Wednesday, and even though some rain is forecast, there is ample time to complete three rounds of qualifying before the main draw begins on Monday.", "Former Commons Speaker John Bercow spent £1,000 on a taxi fare and £12,000 on leaving parties for staff in the run-up to his retirement.\n\nMr Bercow, who stood down before the election, also spent £7,000 on a US visit in his final months in the job.\n\nHis expenses were obtained via a Daily Mail Freedom of Information request.\n\nA Commons spokesman said the 260-mile round trip from London to Nottingham, in April, was made by taxi rather than train for security reasons.\n\nMr Bercow, who was accompanied by an aide, travelled to Nottingham to deliver a speech at the Political Studies Association annual conference.\n\nThe speech was about how Parliament should respond to the \"anti-politics age\" and what the Parliament of the future might look like.\n\nMr Bercow had travelled from London to Nottingham by train in 2018, for a meeting of the UK Youth Parliament, at a cost of £70, according to earlier Freedom of Information disclosures.\n\n\"Due to heightened security concerns for the safety of MPs, Mr Bercow was advised it was safer for him to travel to Nottingham Trent University by taxi, rather than by train,\" said a Commons spokeswoman.\n\nIn May 2019, Mr Bercow spent £7,000 on a visit to Washington DC, to deliver a speech on the \"role of Parliament in today's Britain\" to a think tank, a trip that also took in Virginia and Boston.\n\nThe former Speaker's expenses also included a £118-a-month Sky TV subscription for Speaker's House, the apartment within the Palace of Westminster where Mr Bercow lived with his family.\n\nThe biggest expense in the final months of Mr Bercow's nine-year tenure as Speaker was staff leaving parties.\n\nThe £12,000 bill included an invoice for £3,168 for a retirement party for Speaker's chaplain Rose Hudson-Wilkin.\n\nRather than retire, she became the Bishop of Dover.\n\nMr Bercow also spent £2,376 on a retirement party for the Commons invitations secretary in February, and a month later another £3,187 for a formal farewell to Clerk of the House David Natzler.\n\nIn May, the Speaker's official account spent £3,696 on giving the principal clerk of the Table Office a send-off.\n\nA Commons spokeswoman said: \"The Speaker's Office has funded retirement receptions for senior staff many times in the past.\"\n\nBefore standing down on 31 October, Mr Bercow used his official account to settle a £234 drinks bill at a reception for the Panel of Chairs - MPs who help him oversee Parliamentary debates. He also spent £560 on lunch for his counterparts in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nThe Speaker is not subject to the same rules on expenses as other MPs, whose claims for food and drink are capped.\n\nMr Bercow has faced scrutiny over his expenses in previous years - in 2018, he spent £13,000 on an official visit to Canada and a similar amount in 2014 on a trip to Australia.\n\nThe former Speaker has signed up to a public speaking agency since retiring from the chair. He has also made a number of lucrative media appearances, including as a pundit for Sky News on general election night in December.\n\nHis successor as Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, has vowed to bring a \"different style\" to the job.", "The three streamers collectively have more than 21 million subscribers on YouTube\n\nYouTube has signed deals with three of the biggest gaming stars in an effort to boost its presence in the live-streaming space.\n\nRachell \"Valkyrae\" Hofstetter, Elliott \"Muselk\" Watkins and Lannan \"LazarBeam\" Eacott will exclusively screen their games on the Google-owned platform.\n\nThey were all previously active on Amazon's rival service, Twitch.\n\nYouTube said more than 200 million users watched video-game-themed content on its platform every day.\n\n\"Most people are used to thinking of the streaming wars in terms of Netflix and its rivals but this is also playing out in gaming,\" said Will Hershey, chief executive of Round Hill Investments.\n\nElliott \"Muselk\" Watkins has more than eight million subscribers on YouTube\n\nThe top four platforms for streaming games are:\n\nYouTube has not disclosed how much each star will be paid to dedicate themselves to its service. But combined, the three gamers have more than 21 million subscribers.\n\nYouTube's head of gaming Ryan Wyat said: \"Gaming on YouTube just had its best year yet [and] 2020 is poised to be even better than 2019.\"\n\nGamers on the service earn money via subscriptions and donations from their fans, as well as adverts. YouTube takes a cut of each.\n\nTwitch remains the dominant force in live-streamed gaming, accounting for nearly two-thirds of the hours spent watching the activity. But it has lost other talent in recent months.\n\nAustralian Lannan \"LazarBeam\" Eacott will pull back from Twitch as part of the deal\n\nMost notably, the gamer Tyler Blevins, known as Ninja, signed a deal to leave Twitch in August 2019 and joined Microsoft's Mixers, a much smaller service..\n\nNinja - who rose to fame for playing Fortnite - had 14.7 million followers on Twitch before he jumped ship.\n\n\"Almost every week, we see a new content creator sign a multi-million-dollar deal for streaming,\" said Mr Hershey.\n\nFacebook is also active in this space. It launched Facebook Gaming in 2018 to allow users to stream their games to other users of the social network.\n\nLazarBeam has the biggest following of the three players signed by YouTube.\n\nHe already has 12.3 million followers on YouTube. In 2019, his channel was its eighth most viewed.\n\nThe Australian joined YouTube five years ago but saw his subscriber count soar in 2018, when he started making videos of himself playing Fortnite: Battle Royale.\n\nAmerican Valkyrae had nearly one million followers on Twitch, where she was also best known for playing Fortnite.\n\nRachell Hofstetter says she wants to expand the type of content she makes\n\nShe said she now planned to \"venture into other areas of content and grow my brand even further\".\n\nMuselk, another Australian, began making gaming videos while studying for a law degree.\n\nHe has eight million YouTube subscribers and is co-owner of Click Management - a talent agency for digital game creators.\n\n\"Live-streaming is an incredible opportunity to both grow my channel as well as have even more meaningful interactions with my audience,\" he said.", "Huawei's main UK office is in Reading, west of London\n\nThe US has warned the British government it \"would be madness\" to use Huawei technology in the UK's 5G network.\n\nA US delegation presented the UK with new evidence claiming to show security risks posed by using the Chinese firm.\n\nUS President Donald Trump has sought to pressure Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the issue.\n\nA decision is expected this month on whether to allow Huawei to supply some \"non-core\" parts for the UK network.\n\nA US delegation led by deputy National Security Adviser Matt Pottinger met ministers in London on Monday.\n\nSenior US officials handed over a dossier of technical information which sources claim challenged British intelligence's own technical assessment that it would be possible to use Huawei in the 5G infrastructure without risks to national security.\n\nUS sources refused to comment on the content of the file.\n\nThe move is being seen as the latest round in an intense lobbying effort by the Trump administration as the UK government prepares to makes its decision on the 5G network.\n\nLast year, the US banned companies from selling components and technology to Huawei and 68 related companies, citing national security concerns.\n\nThe US has previously warned that any use of Huawei would lead to a review of intelligence sharing.\n\nHowever, UK officials have suggested they are not worried that such a review would lead to any substantive change in behaviour.\n\nThe head of MI5, Andrew Parker, told the Financial Times he has \"no reason to think\" the UK's intelligence-sharing relationship with the US would be adversely affected if Britain used Huawei technology.\n\nA Huawei spokesperson said: \"We are a private company which has supplied 3G, 4G and broadband equipment to the UK's telecoms companies for 15 years. British experts are clear our technology does not pose a security risk.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Conservative MP Bob Seely has said Huawei \"to all intents and purposes is part of the Chinese state\" and a deal with the tech giant would allow Beijing to access the UK's network.\n\nHe called on Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee to open an immediate investigation into the company's suitability to build parts of the UK's 5G infrastructure.\n\nA government spokesperson said: \"The security and resilience of the UK's telecoms networks is of paramount importance.\"\n\n\"The government continues to consider its position on high risk vendors and a decision will be made in due course.\"", "Last updated on .From the section European Football\n\nBarcelona have sacked coach Ernesto Valverde and replaced him with former Real Betis coach Quique Setien.\n\nValverde, 55, helped the club to two successive La Liga titles and they lead on goal difference this season.\n\nHowever, the Catalan side have produced a series of unconvincing displays under his leadership and have failed to reach the Champions League final.\n\nSetien, 61, led Betis to their highest finish since 2005 and to the Copa del Rey semis before leaving in May.\n\nHe has agreed to a two-and-a-half-year deal and will be presented to the media at 13:30 GMT on Tuesday.\n\nIn a statement, Barca said they had reached an agreement with Valverde to terminate his contract and thanked him \"for his professionalism, his commitment, his dedication and his always positive treatment towards all that make up the Barca family\".\n\nValverde was under pressure towards the end of last season following the ignominious Champions League semi-final defeat by Liverpool, having led 3-0 after the first leg, and the Copa del Rey final loss to Valencia.\n\nThe defeat by the Reds particularly rankled, because it was reminiscent of the collapse at the hands of Roma in the competition the previous season and suggested he had failed to correct a weaknesses in his team.\n\nValverde did guide the Catalans to the top of the table at the halfway stage of this season, but the fluid displays that fans had become accustomed to during the past 15 years were only sporadic.\n\nTheir away form was especially disappointing with losses at Athletic Bilbao, Granada and Levante plus draws at Osasuna, Real Sociedad and Espanyol.\n\nSetien arrives at the Nou Camp as a highly-regarded coach.\n\nAfter managing lower-league sides, he led Las Palmas to 11th in La Liga - their best finish for 40 years - and enjoyed further success at Betis, where in his first season he led them to sixth place and qualification for the Europa League.\n\nBetis also secured wins over Barca, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid during his two-year tenure. He left the Seville outfit by mutual consent in the summer.\n\nFormer Barcelona midfielder Xavi had been strongly linked with the head coach's role. He confirmed media reports that he spoke to the club's sporting director Eric Abidal and chief executive Oscar Grau over the weekend, before he reportedly rejected the club's offer, .\n\nOther names to have been linked with the club included former Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino, who managed rivals Espanyol, and current B team manager Xavi Garcia Pimienta.\n\nThe most surprising thing about Ernesto Valverde being fired by Barcelona is that it took so long to happen.\n\nEver since that earth-shattering night at Anfield in May, Valverde never really looked capable of turning around the team's pretty aimless path.\n\nNow that task will fall to former Las Palmas and Real Betis manager Quique Setien, who will be fervently focused on restoring the team's famed fast-paced, high-pressing, incisive-passing style, which had been slowly eroded by the more pragmatic Valverde.\n\nSetien - whose stubborn nature makes him a divisive figure across Spain - is a devout disciple of Cruyffian football, and from now on it is certain that Barca will once again play 'Barca' football.\n\nWhether they can play it well, though, is another matter - the ageing legs of Lionel Messi, Sergio Busquets, Gerard Pique and Jordi Alba may struggle to maintain the physical intensity required to make that approach successful, and the coming months will be fascinating test of whether a high-minded football philosophy can still deliver results.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC Weather's Alina Jenkins looks at the forecast for Storm Brendan\n\nStorm Brendan has hit the UK, bringing rain and gusts of more than 80mph to parts of the country.\n\nThe Met Office issued a 14-hour yellow warning for wind, covering Northern Ireland, the west coasts of England, Wales and Scotland, south-west England and north-east Scotland.\n\nSeven flights due to land at Gatwick were diverted to other UK airports on Monday evening.\n\nTrains and ferry services have also been delayed or cancelled.\n\nGatwick Airport said two Wizz Air flights, four easyJet services and one Norwegian Air flight were diverted, amid gusts of 40mph.\n\nMeanwhile, an easyJet flight from Edinburgh landed at Birmingham.\n\nIn Northern Ireland, thousands of homes have lost power and roads have been shut.\n\nIn Scotland, ferry routes covering much of the west coast as well as the Northern Isles were cancelled or disrupted.\n\nIn Wales, more than 1,000 properties were left without power, and a school was closed due to a power failure after a tree fell on power lines and also hit a car at Bontnewydd, Gwynedd.\n\nThe driver of the bin lorry was treated by medical staff following the incident in Onchan\n\nThe effects of the storm could be seen in Bontnewydd, Gwynedd\n\nAnd in Stornoway, on the Isle of Lewis, large waves crashed against the coast\n\nIn England, South Western Railway said all lines were blocked due to a fallen tree blocking the railway between Yeovil Junction and Exeter St Davids. Disruption is expected until 20:00, said SWR.\n\nTravellers on the Great Western Railway line between Plymouth and Penzance were also warned of delays because of a speed restriction due to high winds.\n\nAll Skybus flights between Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly were cancelled on Monday, with a warning that gale-force winds could see more disruption on Tuesday.\n\nOn Monday morning rush hour, trains running through Preston station were suspended after the roof was damaged. Services were later returning to normal, Northern Rail said. The wind warning lasts until midnight, with turbulent weather set to continue into the evening and heavy rain sweeping eastwards.\n\nThe Met Office's yellow weather warning for wind - meaning travel disruption is likely - is in place until midnight.\n\nIt covers Northern Ireland, Wales, the South West and the west coasts of England and Scotland, as well as north-east Scotland.\n\nIt warned people should expect travel delays, large waves along coastal roads and sea fronts and power cuts.\n\nA gust of 87.5mph was recorded on South Uist in the outer Hebrides, while a 76mph gust hit Capel Curig in Wales. and in Northern Ireland the highest gust was 63mph at Magilligan.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Footage from Bel Hawson shows waves crashing onto the A83 in Ardrishaig as cars drive along\n\nWaves crash against the promenade at Blackpool\n\nMeanwhile, across the Irish Sea at Warrenpoint, County Down, waves send spray into the traffic\n\nNorthern Ireland was among the first parts of the UK to be battered by the storm.\n\nAbout 2,000 customers remain without electricity and power has been restored to 6,400 Northern Ireland Electricity users, after damage to the network.\n\nRoads have been closed including a stretch of the Belfast Road in Carrickfergus after part of the sea wall has collapsed.\n\nAt Belfast International Airport - where there was some disruption to flights - passengers were stuck on one plane for two hours after wind speeds were too high to disembark.\n\nBBC presenter Holly Hamilton, who was on board, said: \"The captain announced we would be unable to disembark as the wind speed was at 46 knots and it needed to be a maximum of 40 to allow the steps to be brought out to allow passengers off.\n\nThe captain invited the children to the cockpit to keep them entertained, said Holly Hamilton\n\n\"Everyone understood why it was necessary as the plane itself was swaying from side to side when we weren't even in motion.\n\n\"Most people were just relieved we'd landed safely as it was a pretty choppy landing.\"\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 Kevin Scott 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 yellow weather warning is in place until midnight\n\nWaves have been crashing onto the shoreline in Troon in South Ayrshire\n\nThe lighthouse at Port Ellen in Islay received a battering\n\nMeanwhile, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) issued 28 flood warnings and 16 flood alerts around the country.\n\n\"Combined with naturally high tides next week, the sustained winds will create an unusual and dangerous combination of tide, storm surge and inshore waves,\" said Sepa.\n\nAnd there are eight flood warnings for England.\n\nOn the Isle of Man, roads were closed, winds brought down trees, and flights and ferries were cancelled.\n\nAnd a bin lorry was blown over, with the driver needing medical treatment.\n\nThree more yellow weather warnings are in place for Tuesday - including one for wind across England and Wales from 12:00 GMT until midnight and another for snow and ice in northern Scotland.\n\nThe third warning, for heavy rain, covers south-east England from 13:00 on Tuesday until 9:00 on Wednesday.\n\nStorm Brendan's name was picked by the Irish meteorological service Met Éireann.\n\nIn December, Storm Atiyah swept into the UK, leading to power cuts and travel disruption in Wales and the South West.\n\nThis year's storm names have already been chosen with Ciara the name for the next storm.\n\nHave you been affected by Storm Brendan? Share your experiences 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:", "Takieddine Boudhane worked as a delivery driver for companies Deliveroo and Uber Eats\n\nThe killer of a fast food delivery rider who was fatally stabbed in a suspected road rage attack may have fled the country, police said.\n\nDeliveroo and Uber Eats employee Takieddine Boudhane, 30, was attacked on his moped in Finsbury Park, north London, on 3 January.\n\n\"There is information to suggest that the suspect travelled by plane to Austria on the morning following the incident,\" the Met Police said.\n\nNo arrests have yet been made.\n\nA force spokesman said although detectives were working with \"international law enforcement bodies\" they were still keen to hear from anyone who was in the Charteris Road area when Mr Boudhane was killed.\n\nA white van, which officers believe was been driven by the attacker, was found in Islington two days after the stabbing.\n\nThe victim's brother, Islam Boudhane, was at the scene as paramedics tried to save his life.\n\n\"When I got there I saw my brother lying on the floor, blood everywhere... trying to bring him back to life,\" he said.\n\n\"One [paramedic] was giving him blood, one was massaging his heart to bring him back but he was gone.\"\n\nIslam Boudhane, his mother and other family members visited the scene of Mr Boudhane's death on 7 January.\n\nIslam Boudhane was at the scene as paramedics tried to save his brother's life\n\nThe 30-year-old's mother, Saida Boudhane, said: \"He's doing an honourable job and it's not a job that's meant to be dangerous.\"\n\nMr Boudhane, an Algerian national, had been living in the UK for about three years, police said.\n\nA JustGiving page set up to raise money to repatriate his body has raised £10,000.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "US air base Al Asad in Iraq was targeted by Iran in response to the death of Qasem Soleimani, the top Iranian military commander, who was killed in a US air strike.\n\nBBC Persian correspondent Nafiseh Kohnavard was allowed inside the high security base to see the damage and speak to soldiers who survived the attack.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Thames Valley Police said no-one was believed to be injured\n\nA large section of a roof was blown off a block of flats in Slough as wind continued to hit the UK.\n\nThe roof is strewn across the high street and people have been warned to avoid the area.\n\nThe road is closed and emergency services are at the scene, though Thames Valley Police said no-one was believed to be injured.\n\nA taxi driver who narrowly missed being hit by the debris said it was \"a miracle no-one was killed\".\n\nThe UK has seen gusts of more than 80mph following Storm Brendan on Monday, with the Met Office issuing a number of weather warnings.\n\nThe roof is strewn across the high street in Slough\n\nTaxi driver Haris Baig, 30, from Slough, said his car was only metres away from being hit by the falling roof.\n\n\"At first I thought it was scaffolding, but then I realised the whole roof had come down,\" he said.\n\n\"There was a massive amount of noise.\n\n\"I was about 15 metres away and slammed on my brakes. I got out to see if everyone was alright.\n\n\"That was my first reaction, but at the same time I was thinking is this even safe?\"\n\n\"It was a disaster. It was a miracle no-one was killed,\" he added.\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 SCAS 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\nSebastian Rejnisz, 44, who lives in the building, said: \"I was moving my car out the back at the time when I heard a boom. I just thought it was the bins.\n\n\"I then went in and opened the front door and saw the roof was on the street.\n\n\"Everyone was just running around.\"\n\nA large police cordon is in place and part of the metal roof has been left pushed up against the side of the building.\n\nHousing provider Paradigm said it was \"aware of an incident\" affecting one of its properties, and that staff were \"working with the emergency services and supporting residents\".\n\nSlough MP Tan Dhesi called it a \"major incident\" and asked people to \"stay away\".\n\nSlough Borough Council said it had specialist officers on the scene and that there was heavy congestion in the area.\n\nA spokesman for Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service said three fire engines were at the scene and that it was not \"not aware of anyone trapped\" under the roof.\n\n\"The roof has come off in the wind. The current situation is trying to make the scene safe,\" he said.\n\nHe added that the fire service was not \"100% sure\" if anyone was still in the damaged building.\n\nIn a statement on Twitter, Thames Valley Police said officers did not believe anyone had been seriously injured and thanked those affected for their patience.\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 Thames Valley 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 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. Mr Javed says the attack has ruined his life\n\nA Glasgow taxi driver has told how he thought he was going to die when two men attacked him over a £20 cab fare.\n\nSajid Javed was stabbed by Gordon McPherson, 21, and repeatedly punched by Dylan Sullivan, 20, near his home in Govan last August.\n\nThe 36-year-old's ear was sliced in two in the attack, which came after he requested his fare upfront in the early hours of the morning.\n\nThe pair have now been jailed for the \"vicious and sustained\" attack.\n\nSheriff Ian Fleming sentenced McPherson to 32 months in prison and jailed Sullivan for 10 months.\n\nMr Javed, who has been left with hearing problems and damaged eyesight, told BBC Scotland his life had been left in tatters.\n\nMr Javed needed 43 stitches for his injuries after the attack\n\nThe father-of-three, is still visibly shaken when he recalls what happened.\n\n\"The two men asked to go to Scotstoun then return,\" he said.\n\n\"I didn't know the procedure but one of my friends told me on the phone I needed to get money upfront.\n\n\"I told him he could give me £20. He said that was a bit high, that the fare should be £8. The other guy punched on my window.\n\n\"I said if they had a problem with the fare they should call another taxi. As I drove away they smashed my window.\"\n\nWhen Mr Javed got out of his car to see what had happened, he was attacked.\n\n\"I saw they had a knife. I tried to run to my house but they both came to me.\n\n\"I thought it would be better to get in the car and drive, so I pushed them and got into my car. When I got home I saw my wife so I got out the car but then I fell down, everything was black.\n\n\"I thought I was gone. I was thinking I was going to die.\"\n\nThe cut which sliced his ear in two is now healed but the damage still causes pain for Mr Javed\n\nMr Javed's ear was sliced in two and he was cut on his back and hands. He has been left with hearing problems in his left ear, damaged eyesight and pain. He says he needs sleeping aids and depression medication.\n\nHe said: \"Everything has changed. I won't go out alone. I think if they realised that they wouldn't have done it.\n\n\"I have depression and nightmares and I wake up.\"\n\nHis wife, Shazia Shehzadi, 36, said had also been severely affected by the attack.\n\nShe said: \"It has been three or four months but it has been very distressing for us, especially my husband.\n\n\"All family members are on sleeping medication and antidepressants and referred for counselling, having bad dreams. Our parents are very upset.\n\n\"Whenever I open my door I see it all in front of my eyes. I fear people will follow me, stab me. The kids have these dreams.\n\n\"We can't forget this for the whole of our lives. They just did that and we will suffer for the whole of our lives. That's unacceptable.\"\n\nShazia Shehzadi says she forgives the men who caused so much harm to her family but she will never forget what happened\n\nHowever, she said she had forgiven McPherson and Sullivan for the attack.\n\n\"They should realise what they did,\" she said. \"There are families and generations who suffer this and they can't forget this for the whole of their lives. They admitted their guilt but they don't get strict punishments.\n\n\"I forgive them as a human being, as a Muslim, as a wife - but they should learn a lesson from this about how we will come out of the situation.\"\n\nMr Javed fears he will never be able to return to his full-time taxi driving job but he has begun to work on some school runs.\n\nHe is now campaigning for better safety and stricter laws to protect those working in the taxi trade and on other public transport.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The sinkhole opened up at a bus stop in Xining, north west China\n\nAt least six people have been killed and 16 injured after an enormous sinkhole swallowed a bus and a number of pedestrians in central China.\n\nThe incident occurred on Monday evening outside a hospital in Xining, the capital of Qinghai province.\n\nCCTV footage showed an explosion inside the sinkhole shortly after the bus and bystanders fell inside on Monday evening.\n\nSeveral deadly sinkholes have been reported in China in recent years.\n\nThe footage from the latest incident shows the moment people waiting at a bus stop are forced to flee as the ground underneath the bus starts to cave in.\n\nA number of people gather to try to rescue the bus passengers, but are engulfed by the sinkhole as it suddenly widens.\n\nAccording to state media, the sinkhole stretched nearly 10m (32 feet) in diameter.\n\nIt is unclear how many people were inside the bus at the time of the incident.\n\nAccording to state media, the sinkhole stretched nearly 10m (32 feet) in diameter\n\nSinkholes in China are often blamed on construction works and the rapid pace of development in the country.\n\nIn 2018, four people were killed after a sinkhole opened up on a busy pavement in the city of Dazhou, south-west China.\n\nIn 2013, a similar incident killed five people at an industrial estate in the southern city of Shenzhen.", "A university is to hire 20 of its own students to challenge language on campus that could be seen as racist.\n\nThe University of Sheffield is to pay students to tackle so-called \"microaggressions\" - which it describes as \"subtle but offensive comments\".\n\nThey will be trained to \"lead healthy conversations\" about preventing racism on campus and in student accommodation.\n\nVice-chancellor Koen Lamberts said the initiative wanted to \"change the way people think about racism\".\n\nThe students will be paid £9.34 per hour as \"race equality champions\", working between two and nine hours per week to tackle \"microaggressions\" in the university.\n\nThese are described as comments or actions which might be unintentional, but which can cause offence to a minority group.\n\nIt gives examples of what it means by microaggression - such as:\n\nRather than being about controlling people's speech, the university says it is \"opening up a conversation\".\n\nIt says the equality roles are being created in response to demand from students, training them how \"to help their peers understand racism and its impact\".\n\n\"We think it's important to be open and honest about racism,\" said Prof Lamberts.\n\nA report last autumn from the Equality and Human Rights Commission warned that racism was a \"common occurrence\" for some students, with incidents of name-calling, physical attacks and racist material on campus.\n\nThe equality watchdog said that universities did not want to face up to the scale of the problem because of fears it could harm their reputations.", "One in five adults in England and Wales experienced abuse before they were 16 years old, according to a report by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).\n\nThe research studies emotional, physical and sexual abuse from threats and belittlement to beatings and rape.\n\nThe ONS estimates that 8.5 million people aged between 18 and 74 were abused or witnessed abuse as children.\n\nAround 14% of adults who called one charity helpline last year had not told anyone before.\n\nThe research was compiled using data from the Department for Education, the Welsh Government, the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) and the National Association for People Abused in Childhood (Napac), which runs the helpline.\n\nIt aims to provide a better understanding of the scale and nature of the abuse of children.\n\nThere is no single definition of child abuse, and the report includes a variety of offences or negative experiences.\n\nIt includes sexual abuse, such as rape and other assaults like indecent exposure; physical abuse, such as throwing objects and smacking; and emotional abuse, including behaviour that suggests a child is not loved.\n\nThe report also takes into consideration people who witnessed as children any of those forms of abuse.\n\nIt shows that at the end of March last year, more than 54,000 children were in the care of local authorities in England and Wales because they had experienced or were at risk of abuse.\n\nIn the year leading up to March 2019, Childline delivered 19,847 counselling sessions to children in the UK where abuse was the main concern.\n\nThat is a slight fall from the previous year, when 22,133 counselling sessions were given for this reason.\n\nWhat's most significant about today's research is that it suggests 8.5 million people have not only experienced abuse, but could be living with the life-long effects of having experienced it.\n\nSexual abuse, in particular, can have an impact throughout adulthood - resulting in failed relationships, involvement in crime, depression and suicide.\n\nAny one of the victims may need help later in life, and experts working in the field increasingly talk about the need for what they call \"trauma-informed\" support.\n\nIn other words: help for adults that takes into account the experiences they had as children.\n\nAs for preventing the abuse of children, this research could add to the pressure for so-called mandatory reporting, making it a legal duty for people working with children to report evidence of abuse.\n\nThe ongoing public inquiry into child sexual abuse looks increasingly likely to support it.\n\nThe findings on adults experiencing abuse as children were compiled using data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW).\n\nHowever, the CSEW underestimates the total number of adults who were abused as children because it does not count abuse against 16 and 17-year-olds.\n\nThe ONS report also found that half of adults (52%) who experienced abuse as children also experienced domestic abuse later on. Of those who did not experience abuse as children, the figure was 13%.\n\nAlexa Bradley, from the ONS Centre for Crime and Justice, said: \"Child abuse is an appalling crime against some of the most vulnerable in society, but it is also something that is little discussed or understood.\n\n\"Today's release is ONS's first attempt to fill an important evidence gap on this critical issue.\"\n\nNSPCC spokesman Andrew Fellowes said the report shows how the \"devastating effects\" of child abuse can impact victims in adulthood, but said that it is still not clear how many children \"are suffering right now\".\n\n\"It's crucial government conducts a prevalence study so we get a true picture of the scale of abuse in the UK,\" he said.\n\n\"Only then will we know what services are needed to protect and support abused young people.\"\n\nIf you or someone you know has been affected by these issues, help and support is available at bbc.co.uk/actionline", "The government has agreed a rescue plan for troubled regional airline Flybe.\n\nMinisters agreed to work with Flybe to figure out a repayment plan for a significant tax debt that is thought to top £100m.\n\nMeanwhile, the firm's owners have agreed to pump more money into the loss-making airline.\n\nBusiness Secretary Andrea Leadsom said the deal would keep the company operating.\n\nThat will be a relief to many of the eight million passengers who fly with the airline each year.\n\nHowever, the chief executive of the owner of British Airways has attacked the move as a misuse of public funds.\n\nIn a letter to Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, a copy of which has been seen by the BBC, Willie Walsh questioned why the taxpayer is picking up the tab for the airline's mismanagement.\n\nHe pointed out that one of Flybe's biggest shareholders Virgin Atlantic, is part owned by the US's Delta, one of the world's largest and most profitable airlines.\n\nFlybe services dozens of UK domestic routes that are not flown by other airlines, making it the largest carrier to fly out of some regional airports, like Newquay.\n\n\"Flybe plays a critical and unique role in the UK aviation system, supporting the development of the regions, providing essential connectivity to businesses and stimulating the growth in trade,\" the boss of the Airport Operators Association, Karen Dee, said in a statement welcoming the rescue deal.\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 Jason 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\nAs part of the agreement, Flybe's shareholders, which include Virgin Atlantic and Stobart Group, have agreed to put more money into the business.\n\nThe government has promised to review the £26 air passenger duty that is levied on domestic UK return fights, which has added to the airline's losses.\n\n\"Delighted that we have reached agreement with Flybe's shareholders to keep the company operating, ensuring that UK regions remain connected,\" Ms Leadsom tweeted.\n\n\"This will be welcome news for Flybe's staff, customers and creditors and we will continue the hard work to ensure a sustainable future.\"\n\nLucien Farrell, the chairman of Connect Airways - which owns Flybe - said the group had agreed to \"keep Flybe flying with additional funding alongside government initiatives\".\n\n\"We are very encouraged with recent developments, especially the government's recognition of the importance of Flybe to communities and businesses across the UK and the desire to strengthen regional connectivity,\" he said.\n\nThe transport secretary said the government had worked closely with Flybe to ensure its planes were able to continue flying.\n\nMr Shapps said the Department for Transport would conduct an urgent review that will seek to assess how it can improve regional connectivity and ensure airports continue to function across the country.\n\nBut the prospect of cutting taxes on flying has angered climate activists who argue that it is the most carbon intensive mode of transport.\n\nGreen Party MP Caroline Lucas said reducing air passenger duty was \"utterly inconsistent with any serious commitment\" to tackle climate change.\n\n\"Domestic flights need to be reduced, not made cheaper,\" she wrote on Twitter.\n\nBut the government has said the review of the tax will be consistent with its zero carbon targets.\n\n\"This is good news for 2,400 Flybe staff whose jobs are secured and regional communities who would have lost their air connectivity without Flybe,\" general secretary, Brian Strutton said in a statement.\n\nFlybe, which flies to 170 different destinations, has been struggling under the weight of an estimated £106m bill for air passenger duty as well as a slowdown in demand that has hurt the airline's finances.\n\nThe carrier's boss, Mark Anderson, said: \"This is a positive outcome for the UK and will allow us to focus on delivering for our customers and planning for the future.\n\n\"Flybe is made up of an incredible team of people, serving millions of loyal customers who rely on the vital regional connectivity that we provide.\"\n• None 'I would be devastated if Flybe went under'", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Amy Watkins says the centre's location puts her safety at risk due to a narrow path\n\nDisabled people are risking their safety when attending Wales' health assessment centres due to their poor locations, a woman has said.\n\nAmy Watkins, 31, from Cwmbran, Torfaen, uses a wheelchair and said the sites of some centres were \"hard to believe\".\n\nCampaigners said some disabled people have missed out on thousands of pounds worth of benefits due to the issue.\n\nThe Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) said people can request a home visit or recover transport costs.\n\nAssessments carried out at the centres determine whether people with disabilities and chronic illnesses are eligible for benefits.\n\nA campaign group, the Disability Advice Project, criticised the location of centres in Pontypridd, Bridgend, Cardiff and Swansea, and also has concerns across the rest of Wales.\n\nIt said some disabled people may have missed out on benefits as it is \"virtually impossible\" for some people to access centres.\n\nAt the Pontypridd centre, the group said the closest car park to the health assessment centre had no pedestrian access and routes in and out of the building were too steep for wheelchair users or people with impaired mobility.\n\nMs Watkins said: \"I wouldn't put myself at risk, I would request another location or home visit because I don't think it would be fair to put myself through the stress and anxiety of having to get to a building which I don't know is accessible.\"\n\nThe health assessment centre in Swansea is on the fourth floor of a building\n\nSome of the routes to assessment centres also open out on to main roads with no protective barriers, as well as having poor signage, uncontrolled road crossings and a lack of dropped kerbs.\n\nTony Crowhurst, from the Disability Advice Project, said the centres should be based in \"out of town locations with good public transport\".\n\nHe said he was advised to park illegally by one centre employee, adding: \"At the Pontypridd assessment centre we were told it would be alright to park in the bus lane, and dismount wheelchair users from that point.\n\n\"At Bridgend we were told it would be okay for us to park in the vehicle test centre, without asking any permission from anybody else, the alternative to that was a quarter of a mile walk,\" he said.\n\n\"They weren't understanding the needs of disabled people, they were telling us on the one hand to go to a car park that is virtually inaccessible, and on the other hand, to break the law.\"\n\nAt the Bridgend centre, campaigners have said the car park is too far away from the centre, the road is too steep for people with impaired mobility and there is an \"extremely short\" four-second pedestrian crossing time at traffic lights near the centre.\n\nThe group said the ramps to the centre \"exceed the recommended lengths of slopes that are accessible by independent wheelchair users\" and there was no \"rest\" area on the ramps.\n\nThe group also said the Swansea centre, which is on the fourth floor of a building, should not be used as a wheelchair user could become stuck if the lift fails.\n\nNone of the centres in Wales have advice about how disabled people can reach them, despite many of their visitors having disabilities, chronic illnesses or health issues, they said.\n\nThe DWP said it made decisions on paper evidence whenever it could do so, and took individual needs into consideration when arranging appointments.\n\n\"Claimants can recover the cost of transport to their appointment but if anyone is unable to travel to an assessment centre, they can request a home visit,\" a spokesman said.\n\nHowever some people have found it difficult to get home appointments.\n\nPauline Jones, director of the Disability Advice Project, said disabled people were missing out on benefits because they were unable to make appointments.\n\nShe said: \"We've had many people who've lost benefits as a result of not being able to attend.\n\n\"The largest one we've had as a back payment is £15,000. She went almost a year without money, the problem is during that time she had no money, she had bailiffs, she just about managed to hang on to her property, so is in quite severe financial difficulty.\"", "The Queen has issued a statement following talks held between senior members of the Royal Family on Monday. The so-called Sandringham summit was called to discuss a new role for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.\n\nHere is her statement in full:\n\n\"Today my family had very constructive discussions on the future of my grandson and his family.\n\n\"My family and I are entirely supportive of Harry and Meghan's desire to create a new life as a young family. Although we would have preferred them to remain full-time working members of the Royal Family, we respect and understand their wish to live a more independent life as a family while remaining a valued part of my family.\n\n\"Harry and Meghan have made clear that they do not want to be reliant on public funds in their new lives.\n\n\"It has therefore been agreed that there will be a period of transition in which the Sussexes will spend time in Canada and the UK.\n\n\"These are complex matters for my family to resolve, and there is some more work to be done, but I have asked for final decisions to be reached in the coming days.\"", "James Murdoch (at right) sits on the News Corp board but his brother Lachlan (left) has a bigger role in the family business\n\nRupert Murdoch's son James has said he is \"disappointed\" with the ongoing \"denial\" in his father's news outlets as Australia's wildfires burn.\n\nJames and his wife Kathryn Murdoch told The Daily Beast of their frustration with News Corp and Fox coverage of the climate issue.\n\nMurdoch columnists have described linking the fires to climate change as \"hysterical\" and \"silly\".\n\nRupert Murdoch has described himself as a climate sceptic.\n\nBut critics of News Corp have pointed to its comment articles and reporting of the alleged role of arson in the wildfires as minimising the impact of a changing climate.\n\nMurdoch-owned titles account for about 70% of newspaper circulation in Australia's major cities.\n\nLast week a News Corp employee in Australia lashed out at the company's \"irresponsible\" coverage of the bushfire crisis.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Social media claims that arson was a significant factor in the fires have proved inaccurate\n\nOn Monday News Corp announced it was donating A$5m (£2.7m; $3.5m) to bushfire relief. The pledge is in addition to donations from members of the Murdoch family personally.\n\nSorry, your browser cannot display this map\n\nJames Murdoch remains on the board of News Corp but is not otherwise employed by his father's businesses. He runs a private investment company.\n\nOn Monday Kathryn Murdoch, a longstanding environmental advocate, tweeted a link to an article on Vice which criticised the Murdoch outlets for attempting to blame arsonists for the fires.\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 Kathryn Murdoch This article contains content provided by Twitter. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Actor Jerome Flynn appeared as soldier Bronn in Game of Thrones\n\nActor Jerome Flynn says people in a village have been \"gazumped\" by a council over farmland.\n\nLocals near Solva want to buy Trecadwgan Farm from Pembrokeshire council for community farming.\n\nHowever, after initially agreeing a price, the local authority said a higher bid for the land was made.\n\nGame of Thrones star Flynn, who lives nearby, said locals' plans could create a template for the whole of the UK to follow.\n\n\"It's important for all our local communities that we start to bring food production back to the community,\" he told Claire Summers on BBC Radio Wales.\n\n\"It is clear from the situation we have created for ourselves on the planet, we are facing a crisis.\n\n\"One large part is where is our food coming from?\"\n\nThe land at Trecadwgan has been farmed since the 11th century and was bought by Pembrokeshire council after World War One.\n\nSince then it has offered tenancies to young farmers, with some families working there for generations.\n\nFlynn takes an active part in the community and joined pupils and staff at Ysgol Dewi Sant in 2014 for a mindfulness session\n\nHowever, last July, the local authority decided to sell the land by public auction, which was when locals came in with a bid.\n\nThey want to turn it into a community hub for ecological farming, crafts and healthy living.\n\n\"It could set a precedent for holistic models for the whole country,\" Flynn added.\n\n\"Most farms around here have become holiday homes.\n\n\"We have to find our food locally - everything comes to our plates very easily. That can change.\"\n\nFlynn said the proposals would help local people stay connected to their food in the way their ancestors were\n\nLocals said they raised £50,000 to have Trecadwgan Farm removed from public auction.\n\nHowever, after their backer pulled out, they found another, with the council formally accepting their bid in December.\n\nDespite this, they said officials contacted them on 7 January saying a higher offer had been made and asked if they would like to make a counter offer.\n\nFlynn added: \"The council is gazumping its own people.\"\n\nCommunity group Cymdeithas Trecadwgan called for the local authority to halt the process so a workable solution can be found.\n\n\"Alongside our backer we have participated in the bidding process in good faith and submitted a strong bid, which was previously accepted,\" said secretary Gareth Chapman.\n\n\"But we both have serious concerns over our continued participation in a flawed process which, could prevent perfectly proceedable, accepted bids made by ourselves or any other bidder, reaching completion.\"\n\nA council spokesman said: \"We are following due process.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Rescue crews found Tyson Steele 23 days after his cabin burned down, killing his dog and leaving him with no shelter.\n\nSteele survived on rationed canned food that had been charred by the fire. He plans to return Alaska to rebuild his home.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nPeople may be able to donate money towards the cost of making Big Ben chime when the UK leaves the EU, Boris Johnson has said.\n\nThe prime minister said getting the famous bell to ring at 23:00 GMT on 31 January would cost £500,000, but some form of crowdfunding might be possible.\n\nBig Ben has only rung on a few occasions since refurbishment of the tower housing it began in 2017.\n\nA bid to get the bell-ringing enshrined in law was dismissed last week.\n\nAn amendment to the PM's Brexit bill, which would have required it to chime on Brexit day, was not selected for a vote in the House of Commons.\n\n\"We're working up a plan so people can bung a bob for a Big Ben bong, because there are some people who want to,\" Mr Johnson told BBC Breakfast.\n\n\"Because Big Ben is being refurbished, they seem to have taken the clapper away, so we need to restore the clapper,\" he added.\n\n\"And that is expensive, so we're looking at whether the public can fund it.\"\n\nThe PM's official spokesman said there was not a \"specific government fund\" to meet the costs, but added: \"If the public wants Big Ben to bong and the money is raised, then that is great.\n\n\"We will make sure that - whatever happens in regard to Big Ben's bongs - January 31 is properly marked. It is a significant moment in our history.\"\n\nThe House of Commons Commission, which manages the parliamentary estate, said the extra spending could not be justified, but it would listen to MPs on the matter.\n\nThe body heard that for the bells to chime, a temporary mechanism used on Remembrance Sunday and New Year's Eve would have to be restored to the Palace of Westminster's Elizabeth Tower, and a temporary floor of the belfry installed.\n\nCosts for this work, alongside testing and ringing the bell, were estimated at approximately £120,000. In addition, existing restoration works would be delayed by two to four weeks, at a cost of £100,000 per week.\n\nAuthorities said the £320,000 minimum cost could therefore rise to £500,000 - the figure cited by the PM.\n\nThe House of Commons Commission's estimate is made up of two separate costs - bringing back the bonging mechanism and installing a temporary floor, and the cost of delaying the conservation work.\n\nOn the former, the commission says the floor in the belfry has been removed - work that began on 2 January in order not to interfere with New Year's Eve.\n\nThe reconstruction work on the floor is likely to be significant, involving resurfacing and waterproofing.\n\nThe Commons has ruled out getting this done by 31 January, which is why a temporary floor would need to be installed and then removed - at a significant cost.\n\nCommons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle said: \"The Commission believes it is important to weigh up the costs this would involve if Big Ben is to chime on 31 January.\n\n\"You are talking about £50,000 a bong. We also have to bear in mind that the only people who will hear it will be those who live near or are visiting Westminster.\"\n\nHowever, Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage questioned the £500,000 figure, and accused the commission of \"obstruction\".\n\nIn an article for the Telegraph, he wrote: \"It tolled on New Year's Eve, on Remembrance Sunday and on Armistice Day.\n\n\"Did this cost £500,000 on each occasion? I would love to know the answer.\"\n\nRestoration works on Elizabeth Tower, housing Big Ben, are due to finish in 2021\n\nClock restoration expert Paul Kembery said a temporary platform and electric motor had been used to chime the bell on Remembrance Sunday and New Year's Eve.\n\nBut he told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme that with only just over two weeks to go, there was probably not enough time to put both back in, even if the public raised the required funds.\n\nBrexiteer Mark Francois, one of the Tory MPs behind the bid to legislate for the Brexit day bongs, has said it would be \"inconceivable\" if Big Ben did not sound to mark the occasion.\n\n\"As we leave at a precise specified time, those who wish to celebrate will need to look to a clock to mark the moment,\" he added.\n\nBut Labour MP David Lammy said £500,000 was a \"huge amount of money to waste on jingoism\".\n\n\"I am not fussed about whether Big Ben bongs on Brexit day [...] what I care about is the £130bn and counting that leaving the EU has already cost,\" he tweeted.\n• None What happens after Brexit?", "The Old College was designed in the 18th Century and built in the 1860s\n\nA Grade I listed university building has received £10m of National Lottery funding to help pay for its 150th anniversary revamp.\n\nOld College in Aberystwyth is undergoing a £27m revamp ahead of the university's celebrations in 2022/23.\n\nIt is expected to house new science exhibitions, with interactive displays and items usually kept in storage.\n\nIt is hoped the project will attract 190,000 tourists to the town and create 50 new jobs.\n\nThe King Street entrance will be given a makeover as part of the project\n\nOld College, on the town's seafront, opened its doors to students for the first time in 1872 but became largely redundant when the university moved to a purpose-built campus in the 1960s.\n\nBaroness Kay Andrews, of the National Lottery Heritage Fund in Wales, said the building was about to embark on a \"new lease of life\".\n\n\"It will be a place which will welcome volunteers and visitors, the curious, the creative, and the entrepreneurs of all ages and the National Lottery Heritage Fund is proud to be part of that renaissance,\" she said.\n\nA new function room will look out over Cardigan Bay\n\nProfessor Elizabeth Treasure, vice-chancellor of Aberystwyth University, said: \"The Old College project will restore and re-purpose for future generations one of the nation's most important historic buildings and create a major centre for culture, learning and enterprise.\n\n\"But on a local level it will see one of our most loved landmarks regain its rightful place as a focus for community activity and a practical day to day working space.\"\n\nThe project has also received £3m from the Welsh Government and £3m from the European Regional Development Fund.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Billie Eilish was four years old when Daniel Craig first played James Bond in Casino Royale\n\nPop star Billie Eilish has recorded the title track for the new James Bond film, No Time To Die.\n\nThe US singer, who turned 18 last month, is the youngest artist in history to write and record a theme for the franchise.\n\n\"It feels crazy to be a part of this in every way,\" said the star, who called the assignment \"a huge honour\".\n\n\"James Bond is the coolest film franchise ever to exist. I'm still in shock.\"\n\nThe last two Bond themes, Adele's Skyfall and Sam Smith's Writing's On The Wall (from Spectre), have both won an Oscar.\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 James Bond 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\nEilish's take on the oeuvre was composed with her brother Finneas O'Connell, with whom she created her Grammy-nominated debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? last year.\n\n\"Writing the theme song for a Bond film is something we've been dreaming about doing our entire lives,\" he said.\n\n\"There is no more iconic pairing of music and cinema than the likes of Goldfinger and Live And Let Die. We feel so so lucky to play a small role in such a legendary franchise. Long live 007.\"\n\nThe Bond song is usually released in the month leading up to the film's premiere - No Time to Die will make its debut in cinemas on 3 April.\n\nBond producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli described Eilish's song as \"incredibly powerful and moving\", adding it had been \"impeccably crafted to work within the emotional story of the film\".\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 James Bond 007 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 film's director, Cary Joji Fukunaga, said: \"There are a chosen few who record a Bond theme. I am a huge fan of Billie and Finneas. Their creative integrity and talent are second to none and I cannot wait for audiences to hear what they've brought - a fresh new perspective whose vocals will echo for generations to come.\"\n\nNo Time To Die will mark Daniel Craig's final outing as James Bond; and opens with the spy retired and enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. Needless to say, his reverie doesn't last for long.\n\nSeveral artists were thought to be in the frame for recording the title song, including Dua Lipa and Beyoncé - who sparked rumours after posing with a glass of vodka martini (shaken not stirred) on social media last week.\n\nEilish also dropped hints on her Instagram, sharing a series of images from Bond movies over the last 24 hours. Fans also noticed that Fukunaga had subscribed to her feed - making her one of just 81 people he follows on the platform.\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\nThe US singer, who is known for her gothic aesthetic and whispery vocals, became one of last year's biggest break-out stars thanks to songs like Bad Guy and Bury A Friend.\n\nHer star rose so rapidly that she had to be upgraded to Glastonbury's second-biggest stage in June, after initially being booked to play in the smaller John Peel tent.\n\nEilish now joins the likes of Sir Paul McCartney, Shirley Bassey, Duran Duran and Madonna in being asked to record the Bond theme.\n\nPreviously, Sheena Easton was the youngest artist to sing over the opening titles. The Scottish singer was 22 years old when she recorded For Your Eyes Only in 1981.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.\n• None What we learned from the first James Bond trailer", "The US has reversed its decision to brand China a currency manipulator as the two countries prepare to wind down their trade war.\n\nThe US said it made the change because China had agreed to refrain from devaluing its currency to make its own goods cheaper for foreign buyers.\n\nWashington and Beijing are expected to sign that \"phase one\" pact this week.\n\nThe deal is aimed at de-escalating the tit-for-tat tariff war the two countries have engaged in since 2018.\n\n\"China has made enforceable commitments to refrain from competitive devaluation, while promoting transparency and accountability,\" US Treasury Secretary, Steven Mnuchin, said.\n\nPresident Donald Trump has repeatedly accused China of allowing the value of the yuan to fall, making Chinese goods cheaper.\n\nBut, on Monday, the US said that the value of the yuan had appreciated since August, at the height of the trade war.\n\nMr Mnuchin also said that China had made \"enforceable commitments\" to refrain from devaluation and to share more information about its exchange rates.\n\n\"In this context, Treasury has determined that China should no longer be designated as a currency manipulator at this time,\" the Treasury said.\n\nThe US officially named China a currency manipulator in August when tensions were high between Beijing and Washington.\n\nChina had pledged to retaliate against Mr Trump's threat to put a 10% tariff on another $300bn (£246.7bn) of Chinese imports.\n\nAt the time, China blamed the weakening of its currency on the market, suggesting investors were concerned about the escalating trade war between the two countries.\n\nThat was supported by the International Monetary Fund, which found that the currency was valued fairly.\n\nUnder the US definition, currency manipulation is the deliberate effort by a country to influence the exchange rates between its currency and the US dollar to gain an \"unfair competitive advantage in international trade\".\n\nMr Trump, who blames China for a decline in US manufacturing, promised to label China a manipulator during his 2016 election campaign.\n\nBut after he took office, he appeared to soften his tone. The US Treasury did not apply the designation in its regular reports to Congress about currency movements.\n\nTreasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin eventually made the move, after reported pressure from the president. It was the first time the US had officially branded a country a currency manipulator since 1994.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson says he is \"absolutely confident\" the Royal Family is going to \"sort out\" a future role for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.\n\nHarry and Meghan want to \"step back\" from being full-time working royals.\n\nMr Johnson told BBC Breakfast: \"I think they'll sort it out all the easier without any commentary from me.\"\n\nIt came as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said further talks were needed over who pays for Prince Harry and Meghan's security.\n\nMr Trudeau said the funding and shape of the couple's plans to relocate to North America are to be discussed.\n\nThe Queen has agreed a \"period of transition\" in which Prince Harry and Meghan will be in Canada and the UK.\n\nShe said she was \"entirely supportive\" of their desire for a new role but \"would have preferred\" them to remain full-time working royals.\n\nIn a statement following talks at Sandringham, the Queen's residence in Norfolk, on Monday involving senior royals, the Queen said she expected final decisions to be made in the coming days.\n\nThe Queen, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry attended the summit. Meghan - who is in Canada - did not participate, according to the Daily Mail and Hello! magazine.\n\nIn his first major TV interview following December's general election, Mr Johnson was asked by BBC Breakfast's Dan Walker what he thought of Prince Harry and Meghan's decision to \"step back as 'senior members of the Royal Family\" and divide their time between the UK and North America.\n\nMr Johnson said that while \"everybody has got an opinion\" on the situation, \"the Royal Family is one of the great, great assets of this country and I'm sure they will sort it out\".\n\nWhen asked about media intrusion and whether there were any colonial undertones in the coverage of Meghan, the PM said: \"I don't think this is helped by running commentary by politicians.\"\n\nAmong the questions being asked about the Sussexes' future is who will fund their security.\n\nMr Trudeau said most Canadians were \"very supportive\" of having royals live there, but there were \"still lots of discussions to have\" over \"how that looks and what kind of costs are involved\".\n\nHe said the federal Canadian government had not been involved \"up until this point\" about what the couple's move to the country would involve.\n\nJustin Trudeau's comments came after the Queen's statement\n\nSpeaking to Global News, a Canadian TV network, he added: \"There are still a lot of decisions to be taken by the Royal Family, by the Sussexes themselves, as to what level of engagement they choose to have.\n\n\"We are obviously supportive of their reflections but have responsibilities in that as well.\"\n\nEarlier the Queen said the talks at Sandringham which also involved the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge, had been \"very constructive\".\n\n\"My family and I are entirely supportive of Harry and Meghan's desire to create a new life as a young family,\" she said.\n\n\"Although we would have preferred them to remain full-time working members of the Royal Family, we respect and understand their wish to live a more independent life as a family while remaining a valued part of my family.\"\n\nShe said it had been agreed there would be \"a period of transition in which the Sussexes will spend time in Canada and the UK\" after Harry and Meghan \"made clear that they do not want to be reliant on public funds in their new lives\".\n\nThe urgent talks were convened after the Sussexes surprised the rest of the Royal Family last week with their statement.\n\nThey also said they wanted a \"progressive new role\" within the institution, where they would be financially independent.\n\nBoth Prince Harry and Meghan spoke of the difficulties of royal life and media attention in recent months, with the duke saying he feared his wife would fall victim to \"the same powerful forces\" that led to his mother's death.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Five things Harry and Meghan did differently\n\nThis is a remarkably candid and informal, almost personal, statement from the Queen.\n\nHer regret over Harry and Meghan's move is obvious - she would have preferred them to stay in their current roles.\n\nBut she also makes clear that they are still royals and that they will be valued in the family as they become a more independent couple.\n\nThere are buckets of questions outstanding - on their future royal role, their relationship with the rest of the Palace, on who will pay what (not, the Queen says, the taxpayer), and on how Harry and Meghan will support themselves.\n\nThere's still a lot to thrash out and to agree on. Not all of it may become public.\n\nAnd it looks like the Queen sees this as a process, not an event. She writes of a transition period when Harry and Meghan divide their time between Canada and the UK.\n\nThe Queen has asked for decisions to be made over the next few days. But those decisions may well be up for review in the coming months and years.", "Harry Dunn died in hospital after his motorbike was involved in a crash outside RAF Croughton\n\nThe chances of an American accused of killing motorcyclist Harry Dunn being extradited to the UK are \"very low\", the prime minister has said.\n\nMr Dunn, 19, died after being hit by a car allegedly driven by suspect Anne Sacoolas, who left the country for the US claiming diplomatic immunity.\n\nThe US had criticised the UK's request to extradite her.\n\nBoris Johnson told the BBC the move was \"right\" and that the government would \"make every effort that we can\".\n\nHe said: \"I think the chances of America actually responding by sending Anne Sacoolas to this country are very low.\n\n\"That's not what they do. But we will continue to make every effort that we can.\"\n\nThe Home Office submitted a request on Friday to extradite her to the UK.\n\nDunn family spokesman Radd Seiger said: \"I do not know what is in the prime minister's mind in making those comments because the parents and I have not yet had the opportunity to sit down and talk with him but we expect to do so within the next few days.\n\n\"If he is basing those comments on what is currently emanating from Washington he may well be right.\n\n\"However, the extradition request has now been delivered and therefore the legal process has commenced - Mr Johnson's officials have been working extremely hard over the last few months to prepare a thorough and diligent case.\"\n\nMr Seiger said the family's campaign for justice would consider blocking US bases and other measures should the Trump administration refuse to return Mrs Sacoolas to the UK.\n\nHe said: \"If that is what transpires, the campaign will swing into action deploying a number of measures, including blockading the bases, and we will sit down with British officials to discuss what they will do, not only on Harry's family's behalf, but the whole nation's to ensure that justice is done and that no one ever suffers the same fate as Harry.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Radd Seiger: Anne Sacoolas will \"100% be coming back...the only thing I can't tell you is when''\n\nThe extradition request is sent via the British Embassy to the US State Department.\n\nA lawyer will then decide whether it falls under the dual-criminality treaty, where the alleged offence is a crime in both countries and carries a prison sentence of at least a year.\n\nThe maximum sentence for causing death by dangerous driving is 14 years' imprisonment, although this is usually reserved for the most serious cases.\n\nThe US may reject the request for extradition, arguing that Mrs Sacoolas is still entitled to diplomatic immunity.\n\nAnne Sacoolas pictured on her wedding day in 2003\n\nThe crash happened outside RAF Croughton, where Mrs Sacoolas' husband Jonathan worked as an intelligence officer. Mr Dunn died after his motorbike was in collision with a car owned by Mrs Sacoolas.\n\nThe 42-year-old left the UK shortly after the crash on 27 August and returned to the US, prompting a justice campaign by the teenager's parents, Charlotte Charles and Tim Dunn.\n\nMrs Sacoolas was charged in December by the Crown Prosecution Service with causing death by dangerous driving and the Home Office submitted its extradition request to the US Department of Justice.\n\nThe US State Department said \"a request to extradite an individual under these circumstances would be an abuse\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Samuel Barker was described as a \"happy, active child\"\n\nA minibus driver has been arrested after a collision in which a seven-year-old boy died.\n\nAmbulance crews were called to the A466 Hereford Road in Monmouth at about 15:50 GMT on Monday.\n\nThe boy has been named as Samuel Barker, from Monmouth, and his family said in a tribute he had a \"glowing personality and zany sense of humour\".\n\nThe bus driver, a man, 45, from Gloucester, was arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving.\n\nContinuing the tribute, Samuel's family said: \"He was always on the move, a happy, active child who loved toy cars, climbing trees, the great outdoors and especially skiing and ski lifts.\n\n\"As a family, we are upheld and sustained by our faith in Jesus. While we wish we might have had longer with Samuel, we know that he is now with the Lord Jesus Christ in eternal peace.\"\n\nOsbaston Church in Wales School said it was \"hugely saddened\" by the death of Samuel, who it described as \"a huge part of the school life\".\n\nThe school's head teacher, Catherine Jones, and chair of governors, Shonagh Hay, said in a joint statement: \"We are hugely saddened by the loss of our pupil.\n\n\"This lovely little boy was a huge part of the school life, lively and always smiling.\n\n\"The whole school community is coming to terms with this tragic news and we are holding our memories of a very popular little boy, full of character and energy.\n\n\"He will be deeply missed by all.\"\n\nThe A466 is the main road between Monmouth and Hereford\n\nPeter Fox, the leader of Monmouthshire council, said: \"It is just not possible to put into words how sad we feel.\n\n\"We are here to help and will be supporting the school, children and colleagues over the coming days and for as long as is necessary.\"\n\nA spokeswoman from West Midlands Ambulance Service - which attended the scene along with crews from Wales - said the boy was a pedestrian.\n\nShe said: \"Sadly, nothing could be done to save him and he was confirmed dead on scene.\"\n\nGwent Police closed the road between Withy Lane and Buckholt for several hours following the incident.\n\nThe driver remained in custody while the force appealed for witnesses.", "A Liberal Democrat peer has likened post-Brexit Britain to Nazi Germany in controversial remarks in the House of Lords.\n\nLord Greaves said he feared EU nationals could be targeted on 31 January - the day the UK will leave the bloc - and in the period afterwards in a way that was “reminiscent of things happening in Germany in the early 1930s”.\n\nDuring a debate on the government’s Brexit bill, he said there had been “widespread” verbal abuse of EU nationals in the aftermath of the 2016 Leave vote and a rise in racially motivated attacks.\n\n“The day after the referendum, people had their windows put in, people were abused in the street, paint was daubed on people’s houses, that kind of thing,” he said. “I am very worried that on the 1st February and 2nd February there will be a wave of this kind of thing…\n\n“I am fearful on the 31st January that some things may happen in some places which could be reminiscent of things happening in Germany in the early 1930s. I am worried because there is that sentiment among a hostile minority of the population and I’d like to know what the government is trying to stop this happening.”\n\nHe said he was concerned that “triumphalistic” events being planned to celebrate Brexit would make life even more difficult for the three million or so European nationals living in the UK, who were already experiencing feelings of loss akin to “bereavement”.\n\nHe was challenged by Labour peer Lord Grocott, who said his colleague was “stretching the point just a bit” and the comparison with the Nazis’ crackdown on Jewish people, minority groups and political opponents after they came to power had left him “reeling”.\n\nBut Lord Greaves stood by his remarks about the hostility faced by EU nationals, adding “I am not making this up, it is happening.”", "Scientists have discovered the secret of how the ginkgo tree can live for more than 1,000 years.\n\nA study found the tree makes protective chemicals that fend off diseases and drought.\n\nAnd, unlike many other plants, its genes are not programmed to trigger inexorable decline when its youth is over.\n\nThe ginkgo can be found in parks and gardens across the world, but is on the brink of extinction in the wild.\n\n\"The secret is maintaining a really healthy defence system and being a species that does not have a pre-determined senescence (ageing) programme,\" said Richard Dixon of the University of North Texas, Denton.\n\n\"As ginkgo trees age, they show no evidence of weakening their ability to defend themselves from stresses.\"\n\nA man walks on fallen leaves under gingko trees as autumn arrives in the Chinese capital, Beijing\n\nResearchers in the US and China studied ginkgo trees aged 15 to 667, extracting tree-rings and analysing cells, bark, leaves and seeds. They found both young and old trees produce protective chemicals to fight off stresses caused by pathogens or drought.\n\nThese include anti-oxidants, antimicrobials and plant hormones that protect against drought and other environmental stressors. Genetic studies showed that genes related to ageing didn't automatically switch on at a certain point in time as in other plants, such as grasses and annuals.\n\nThus, while a tree that has lived for centuries might appear dilapidated due to frost damage or lightning strikes, all the processes needed for healthy growth are still functioning.\n\nDr Dixon suspects the picture will be similar in other long-lived trees, such as the giant redwood, which has wood \"packed with antimicrobial chemicals\".\n\n\"Hopefully our study will encourage others to dig deeper into what appear to be the important features for longevity in ginkgo and other long-lived trees,\" he said.\n\nCommenting on the study, Mark Gush, head of horticultural and environmental science at the RHS (Royal Horticultural Society), said the oldest living tree in the world - a Bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) - is estimated to be more than 4,800 years old.\n\n\"Apart from a consistent supply of food, light and water, the ability to live to such a great age is thought to be linked to slow growth rate, cellular adaptations and relative protection from secondary influences such as pest and disease, climate extremes and catastrophic physical damage,\" he said.\n\nAs the UK embarks on an ambitious tree planting programme, understanding the mixture of tree species that will deliver the greatest ecosystem rewards over the long term, and where they should best be planted, is likely to be increasingly important, he added.\n\nThe research is published in the journal PNAS.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nTaiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen has told the BBC that China needs to \"face reality\" and show the island \"respect\".\n\nShe was re-elected for a second term on Saturday, winning by a landslide after a campaign in which she focused heavily on the rising threat from Beijing.\n\nThe Chinese Communist Party has long claimed sovereignty over Taiwan and the right to take it by force if necessary.\n\nMs Tsai insisted that the sovereignty of the self-governing island was not in doubt or up for negotiation.\n\n\"We don't have a need to declare ourselves an independent state,\" the 63-year-old president told the BBC in an exclusive interview, her first since the election.\n\n\"We are an independent country already and we call ourselves the Republic of China (Taiwan).\"\n\nSuch statements infuriate Beijing, which wants a return to the \"One China\" principle favoured by the main rival she saw off in the race for president, Han Kuo-yu from the Kuomintang party.\n\nHis party traces its roots to the defeated nationalists in the Chinese civil war, who fled to Taiwan and continued to see the island as part of a greater China from which they had been usurped.\n\nIn recent years, that concept of One China has proved a useful compromise, Taiwanese supporters of it argue.\n\nChina insists on its acceptance as a prerequisite for building economic ties with Taiwan, precisely because doing so is an explicit denial of its existence as a de facto island state.\n\nBut it is clear that Ms Tsai believes her victory is proof of how little appetite there now is for the One China concept and the ambiguity it allowed over Taiwan's real status.\n\n\"The situation has changed,\" she says. \"The ambiguity can no longer serve the purposes it was intended to serve.\"\n\nAnd what has really changed, she suggests, is China.\n\n\"Because [for more than] three years we're seeing China has been intensifying its threat... they have their military vessels and aircraft cruising around the island,\" she says.\n\n\"And also, the things happening in Hong Kong, people get a real sense that this threat is real and it's getting more and more serious.\"\n\nTaiwan's interests, she believes, are not best served by semantics but by facing up to the reality, in particular the aspirations of the Taiwanese youth who flocked to her cause.\n\n\"We have a separate identity and we're a country of our own. So, if there's anything that runs counter to this idea, they will stand up and say that's not acceptable to us.\n\n\"We're a successful democracy, we have a pretty decent economy, we deserve respect from China.\"\n\nFor President Tsai's critics, her stance is needlessly provocative, one that only risks increasing the very danger she warns about - open hostility.\n\nBut she says she has shown restraint. She has, for example, stopped short of the formal declaration of independence - amending the constitution and changing the flag - that some in her Democratic Progressive Party would like.\n\nChina has said it would regard such a move as a pretext for military action.\n\n\"There are so many pressures, so much pressure here that we should go further,\" she says.\n\n\"But [for] more than three years, we have been telling China that maintaining a status quo remains our policy... I think that is a very friendly gesture to China.\"\n\nWhile Ms Tsai says she is open to dialogue, she is also well aware that as a result of her victory, Beijing may well increase its pressure on Taiwan.\n\nIn response, she is trying to diversify Taiwan's trading relationships and boost the domestic economy, in particular by encouraging Taiwanese investors who have built factories in China to consider relocating back home.\n\nAnd she is planning for all eventualities.\n\n\"You cannot exclude the possibility of war at any time,\" she says.\n\n\"But the thing is you have to get yourself prepared and develop the ability to defend yourself.\"\n\n\"We have been trying very hard and making a lot of efforts to strengthen our capability,\" she replies.\n\n\"Invading Taiwan is something that is going to be very costly for China.\"", "Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has said \"the regime in Tehran is at a crossroads\" as he warned Iran against slipping \"further and further into political and economic isolation\".\n\nHe urged Iran to \"engage in diplomacy and chart a peaceful way forwards\".\n\nIt comes as Iran's ambassador to the UK met officials at the Foreign Office following the detention of his British counterpart in Tehran last week.\n\nMr Raab said the arrest was \"a flagrant violation of international law\".\n\nResponding to an urgent question in Parliament, Mr Raab said the detention of UK diplomat Rob Macaire after a vigil for victims of last week's plane crash was \"without grounds or explanation\".\n\nMiddle East Minister Andrew Murrison expressed the UK government's \"strong objections\" to the incident, during the meeting with Iranian ambassador Hamid Baeidinejad on Monday afternoon.\n\nThe Foreign Office called for an investigation and said the arrest was a breach of the Vienna Convention - an international agreement that governs diplomatic relations between countries.\n\nMr Macaire was attending an event on Saturday that was advertised as a vigil for the 176 people who died in Wednesday's crash of an Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737, shortly before he was arrested.\n\nHe was held for three hours when he stopped at a barber shop for a haircut on his way back to the British embassy.\n\nIran's ambassador to the UK Hamid Baeidinejad (left) was summoned to the Foreign Office after Rob Macaire was detained\n\nMr Macaire said he attended the event because it was \"normal to want to pay respects\", pointing out that some of the victims were British, but added that he left the vigil when some people started \"chanting\".\n\nBut Iran's foreign ministry said Mr Macaire's presence was \"against diplomatic norms\".\n\nThe statement, reported by state TV, said: \"Any new mistake of Britain will be severely confronted by Iran, and London will be responsible for that\".\n\n\"Threatening Iran with fresh sanctions over that will cause tension between Tehran and London.\"\n\nNo 10 said it was \"seeking full assurances\" the detention would not happen again.\n\nDuring the debate in the Commons earlier, Labour MP Barry Sheerman asked the foreign secretary whether he would support sending faith leaders to Iran to speak \"at a level of faith\" to help ease tensions.\n\nMr Raab replied: \"I sympathise very much with the spirit of the idea of an all-faith diplomatic initiative.\n\n\"I think right at the moment he will have seen that we advise, through our Foreign Office, travel advice against travel to Iran and I think for the moment that's probably the safest bet.\"\n\nFive nations whose citizens were on board the airliner will meet in London on Thursday to discuss possible legal action, Ukraine's foreign minister told the Reuters news agency.\n\nProtests have been taking place on the streets of the Iranian capital, Tehran, to vent anger at officials who initially denied shooting down the plane.\n• None What happens when an ambassador is summoned?\n• None Brexit: What is the Vienna Convention?", "Councillors approved the application for a drive-thru on the outskirts of Oakham\n\nRutland will lose its status as the only county without a McDonald's after councillors rubber-stamped plans for a new restaurant.\n\nSome in the small rural East Midlands county have boasted of its unique independence from the American fast food giant.\n\nBut at a meeting on Tuesday councillors approved the application for a drive-thru on the outskirts of Oakham.\n\nMcDonald's said it was \"delighted\" at the decision.\n\nThe company said the plans had a \"great reception\" and would create \"at least 65 new jobs for local people\".\n\nBefore the meeting, Rutland County Council received 23 representations of support and 55 objections for the restaurant off Lands End Way.\n\nThe county is renowned for a number of traditions and landmarks, including Rutland Water\n\nCharlie Pallett, who runs a blog about Rutland, said: \"Our high streets are scattered with wonderful independents that offer something unique... I think we don't need a McDonald's.\n\n\"Our county is the last one in England without one. I think that is really special.\"\n\nBut many supported the plans, arguing the town \"needs\" more employment and entertainment for young people.\n\nChris Goodchild said he was \"all for\" a McDonald's in Rutland\n\nChris Goodchild told BBC East Midlands Today: \"I'm all for it. I think it's a load of nonsense we haven't got one already.\n\n\"The high street is full of charity shops and coffee bars, so what's the problem?\"\n\nRutland resident Ella Peters added: \"I think it is a positive thing in regards to bringing new jobs but I don't believe it is a good idea to bring fast food - it is not very good for children.\n\n\"I think it is better to support local compared to the big nationals.\"\n\nMcDonald's says the restaurant will create 35 full-time and 30 part-time jobs\n\nCouncil officers had recommended plans for the restaurant be approved with 27 conditions, including the walls and roof should not be built until the details of materials and colours have been agreed with the authority.\n\nOther conditions include trees should be protected and the restaurant should not open until a litter management plan has been approved by the council.\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.", "Keira Markides was assisted by her parents and friends on the lemonade stand\n\nMore than 100 people turned out to buy lemonade from a six-year-old as she raised more than £2,000 for victims of the Australian bushfires.\n\nKeira Markides wanted to do something to help after hearing about the situation in Australia in school.\n\nWith the help of her parents she set up a lemonade stand at their Harlow home.\n\nAfter she posted letters through neighbours' doors it was shared on social media and about 100 people came to buy a drink.\n\nKeira Markides received a message from an Australian fireman \"which made her day\"\n\nKeira's mother, Angela Markides, 37, said the family did not expect the story to catch people's imaginations in the way it had.\n\nShe said: \"We are very proud of Keira but we aren't really jumping up and down as she hasn't done anything out of the ordinary for her, she has always been a very caring little girl.\"\n\nAfter seeing the interest online, Keira's parents stayed up until 02:00 GMT making lemonade to ensure there would be enough on Sunday and sold it for 50p a cup.\n\nKeira's Just Giving fund has already raised more than £1,700 and Mrs Markides said she still had to add the cash collected from the lemonade sales to that.\n\n\"She has received donations from Australia as well as here and she even got a message from an Australian fireman thanking her which made her day,\" Mrs Markides said.\n\nThe cash raised will got to the Salvation Army Bushfire Relief fund.\n\nIn a Facebook video Keira said: \"Thank you all for coming to my lemonade stand and thank you all for helping me raise money for the Australian fires.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Delta Airlines flight reportedly had to return to the airport shortly after takeoff\n\nA passenger plane has dumped fuel over several schools as it made an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport.\n\nAt least 60 people, many of them children, were treated for skin irritation and breathing problems.\n\nFuel may be dumped in emergency landings, but only over designated areas and at a high altitude, aviation rules stipulate.\n\nThe Delta Airlines flight returned to the airport due to an engine issue.\n\nDelta confirmed in a statement that the passenger plane had released fuel to reduce its landing weight.\n\nThe children and adults treated following the dumping incident were connected with at least six local schools. All the injuries are said to be minor.\n\nAt Park Avenue Elementary School in Cudahy, some 16 miles (26km) east of the airport, two classes of children were outside when the fuel was released.\n\nElizabeth Alcantar, mayor of Cudahy, told the Los Angeles Times newspaper: \"I'm very upset. This is an elementary school, these are small children.\"\n\nAllen Kenitzer, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration, told Reuters news agency: \"The FAA is thoroughly investigating the circumstances behind this incident. There are special fuel-dumping procedures for aircraft operating into and out of any major US airport.\n\n\"These procedures call for fuel to be dumped over designated unpopulated areas, typically at higher altitudes so the fuel atomises and disperses before it reaches the ground.\"\n\nMany planes, especially those used for long-haul flights, take off weighing more than their maximum allowed landing weight due to the amount of fuel they carry.\n\nThis weight is normally reduced as fuel is consumed during the flight.\n\nBut when a flight is cut short the aircraft may still be too heavy to land safely. In such situations the pilot may take the rare decision to dump fuel and reduce the aircraft's weight quickly.\n\nOnly certain planes have this capability, and it is done through valves in the aircraft's wings which allow fuel to be pumped out by a specific amount.", "Waiting times have been reduced to less than six days on average in the clinic\n\nA centre for quickly diagnosing cancer has reduced waiting times by up to 92% in its first year and cut costs, analysis has found.\n\nPatients going to GPs with non-specific but possibly cancerous symptoms were sent to a rapid diagnosis centre at Neath Port Talbot Hospital.\n\nSwansea Bay University Health Board said waiting times were cut to less than six days.\n\nThe paper's authors said the clinic could also be more cost effective.\n\nBetween June 2017 and May 2018, GPs referred 189 patients to the half-day clinic, which ran twice a week.\n\nPatients were either diagnosed with a suspected cancer and referred to a specialist, given a different diagnosis, told no serious problem could be found, or sent for further investigation.\n\nIf no further investigations were needed, patients were diagnosed in an average of 5.9 days.\n\nFurther investigations took an average of 40.8 days, but control patients waited an average of 84.2 days, just under three months, for a diagnosis without using the clinic.\n\nCurrently GPs refer people who present signs to an urgent suspected cancer pathway, but half of UK cancer patients do not present with the necessary symptoms and their diagnosis takes an average of 34 days longer.\n\nThese patients, who often present vague symptoms such as unexplained weight loss or fatigue, are sent for outpatient appointments with diagnostic tests, which can take a long time and be expensive.\n\nThe cancer clinic runs out of Neath Port Talbot Hospital twice a week\n\nDuring the study, led by Bernadette Sewell from Swansea University's Centre for Health and Economics, 23 cancers were diagnosed, while 30 significant other diagnoses were made - including stomach ulcers, heart failure and tuberculosis.\n\nIn the first year of the study, the clinic did not see enough patients to be cost effective, but the clinic is now outperforming usual care and is seeing four or five patients each clinic.\n\nThe study found the rapid diagnosis clinic will provide better value for money for the NHS, alongside shorter waiting times for patients, if it is run at more than 80% capacity.\n\nSwansea University estimates the health board could save more than £150,000 per 1,000 patients.\n\nIf you have obvious or alarming symptoms of cancer, these are easier to pick up. The challenge has been those patients with vague or harder-to-spot symptoms.\n\nSince 2017, Swansea Bay, along with Cwm Taf health board, has been piloting rapid diagnostic centres which allow GPs to refer patients with less obvious symptoms.\n\nThey were set up following a fact-finding visit by Welsh cancer experts to Denmark to see how that country had transformed its cancer survival rates.\n\nWales has also introduced a single cancer waiting target - which is meant to reflect not only delays in getting treated but also delays in getting diagnosis.\n\nObviously the results in Neath Port Talbot are encouraging and will help make the case for rolling out this approach across the country but what's clear is there is a lot more to do as Wales - and the UK as a whole - have relatively low survival cancer rates compared to similar countries.\n\nDr Bernadette Sewell, the lead author of the paper, which was published in the British Journal of General Practice, said: \"Our study shows that rapid diagnosis centres are beneficial for patients and the NHS. They cut waiting times, which means any treatment that people need can start earlier.\n\n\"The longer it takes to diagnose cancer, the worse the outcomes can be for patients and the more expensive it may be for the NHS to treat.\n\n\"The key is to ensure that the centres run at least at 80% of capacity, as the rapid diagnosis clinic in Neath Port Talbot Hospital is now doing.\"\n\nDr Heather Wilkes, from Swansea Bay University Health Board, said: \"The provision of this service, and the ongoing commitment to it by SBUHB as a diagnostic resource for primary care, has made a massive difference in trying to speedily investigate and care for some of the most difficult cases in our community.\n\n\"It is highly valued by patients and GPs alike and has been established as a permanent service following our evaluation.\"\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 nominations for this year's Academy Awards have been announced, with Joker leading the pack with 11 nods.\n\nThe comic book villain origin story is up for best picture, best director and best actor for Joaquin Phoenix, plus eight other awards.\n\nThe Irishman, 1917 and Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood follow with 10 nominations each.\n\nBritain's Cynthia Erivo, Anthony Hopkins, Jonathan Pryce and Florence Pugh are all up for acting prizes.\n\nHarriet, a biopic of anti-slavery campaigner Harriet Tubman, is up for two Oscars\n\nPugh, up for best supporting actress for Little Women, put her first Oscar nomination down to \"hard work\" and persistence.\n\n\"You've got to keep on going and hopefully you'll see something at the end of the tunnel,\" the 24-year-old told BBC News.\n\nJoker's 11 nominations equals its tally at the British Academy Film Awards, whose nominations were announced last week.\n\nAt the Oscars, though, at least one acting contender - Harriet star Erivo - will be from a BAME background.\n\nErivo said Harriet's two nominations were \"beyond anything I could have ever imagined\" and were \"more than a dream come true\".\n\nThe film's other nomination, for best song, comes for Stand Up, which the Tony-winning actress both sang and co-wrote.\n\nYet the Oscars are sure to receive some censure for announcing another all-male line-up in its best director category.\n\nGreta Gerwig, nominated for best director in 2018 for Lady Bird, did not make the cut again with Little Women.\n\nPugh called her omission both \"sad\" and \"hard to navigate\". \"She is in this film in the writing and the directing [and] in every single performance,\" she continued.\n\nOnly five women have ever been nominated for the best director Oscar and only one - The Hurt Locker's Kathryn Bigelow - has ever won.\n\nActress Issa Rae pointedly offered \"congratulations to those men\" as she revealed the nominations alongside actor John Cho on Monday.\n\nLike Joker, The Irishman, 1917 and Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood are all up for the best picture prize.\n\nThe other nominees are Ford vs Ferrari (released in the UK as Le Mans 66), Jojo Rabbit, Little Women, Marriage Story and South Korean film Parasite.\n\nPhoenix said he felt \"honoured and humbled\" by his nomination and congratulated his fellow nominees for giving \"inspiring performances that have enriched our art form\".\n\nAnthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce are both shortlisted for The Two Popes\n\nHe is joined in the best actor category by Marriage Story's Adam Driver, Once Upon a Time's Leonardo DiCaprio, Pain and Glory's Antonio Banderas and The Two Popes' Pryce.\n\nThe Welsh actor told BBC Radio Wales he had \"written off\" his chances of a nomination after missing out on an award at the Golden Globes.\n\n\"I was much more excited than I expected to be,\" the 72-year-old said of his first Oscar nomination. \"I felt quite emotional really. It's been a long time coming.\"\n\nDriver, who was up for best supporting actor last year for BlacKkKlansman, said he felt \"honoured and incredibly grateful to represent the people who made Marriage Story\".\n\nDiCaprio, meanwhile, said he had been \"incredibly fortunate [with Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood] to have partnered with brilliant collaborators\".\n\n\"So many [films] this year were truly original and impactful,\" he continued. \"I hope as we progress we continue to see even more of them.\"\n\nErivo's best actress rivals include Little Women's Saoirse Ronan, Bombshell star Charlize Theron and Renee Zellweger for Judy.\n\nScarlett Johansson is nominated for Marriage Story and gets another nod in the supporting actress category for Jojo Rabbit.\n\nJohansson plays a mother in both Marriage Story (left) and Jojo Rabbit\n\nJohansson's Marriage Story co-star Laura Dern is also in the running for that award, as is Bombshell's Margot Robbie.\n\nPugh and Kathy Bates - up for her fourth Oscar for Clint Eastwood film Richard Jewell - complete the line-up in this category.\n\nBates - who won the best actress Oscar for Misery in 1991 - thanked the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences \"for this wonderful recognition\".\n\nBrad Pitt is up for best supporting actor for Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, as is The Irishman's Al Pacino and Joe Pesci.\n\nHopkins and Tom Hanks - recognised for The Two Popes and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood respectively - are the other supporting actor nominees.\n\nSir Anthony - who plays Pope Benedict XVI opposite Jonathan Pryce's Pope Francis - said it was \"a great honour to be nominated\" for his fifth Academy Award.\n\nBritain's Sam Mendes joins The Irishman's Martin Scorsese, Joker's Todd Phillips, Parasite's Bong Joon-ho and Quentin Tarantino in the best director category.\n\nThe recently knighted Sir Sam said he \"couldn't be more thrilled\" by the nominations for his World War One epic, which he called \"a labour of love for many people\".\n\nScorsese also called his mob drama The Irishman \"a labour of love\", adding: \"To be recognised in this way means a great deal to all of us.\"\n\nPhillips, meanwhile, said he was \"deeply honoured by the overwhelming recognition\" and paid tribute to \"the genius that is Joaquin Phoenix\".\n\nBrad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio are both shortlisted for Tarantino's film\n\nParasite and Pedro Almodovar's Pain and Glory are also up for the international feature film award - previously known as best foreign film.\n\n\"Two nominations for #PainAndGlory from Academy Awards. Congratulations team!!! Very excited,\" tweeted Banderas in both English and Spanish.\n\nNetflix - the subscription giant behind Marriage Story, The Irishman and The Two Popes - has received more than 20 nominations.\n\nThese include two nods in the best animated film category, where its films I Lost My Body and Klaus are up against Missing Link, Toy Story 4 and the third How to Train Your Dragon film.\n\nThat means there is no room for Frozen 2, whose only nomination comes in the best song category for Into the Unknown.\n\nElton John biopic Rocketman also gets its only nomination in this category, alongside tracks from Toy Story 4, Harriet and Breakthrough.\n\nThat film's song, I'm Standing With You, marks the 11th time songwriter Diane Warren has been up for an Oscar - an award she has yet to win.\n\nParasite, a dark satire set in Seoul, has six nominations in all\n\nOther previous nominees in contention again include John Williams, who earns his 52nd nomination for his score for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.\n\nThe 87-year-old composer already holds the record for the most Oscar nominations ever received by a living individual.\n\nAlso up for best original score are Joker's female composer Hildur Gudnadottir, Little Women's Alexandre Desplat and a pair of Newmans - Randy and Thomas - for Marriage Story and 1917 respectively.\n\nThe 92nd Academy Awards will be held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on 9 February.\n\nThis year's ceremony, like last year's, will not have an overall host, with a variety of celebrity guests instead introducing each category.\n\nQueen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody won the most awards last year, picking up four prizes including best actor.\n\nGreen Book was named best picture, while Britain's Olivia Colman won best actress for The Favourite.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @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.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nA man who racially abused England fast bowler Jofra Archer during the first Test against New Zealand in November has been banned from attending international and domestic matches in the country for two years.\n\nArcher said he heard comments during the final day of the innings-and-65-run defeat at Mount Maunganui's Bay Oval.\n\nAfter a police investigation a 28-year-old from Auckland admitted the abuse.\n\nHe has been issued with a verbal warning for using insulting language.\n\nNew Zealand Cricket (NZC) say they have contacted the man and written to him, advising of his ban until 2022. If he breaches the ban he could be \"subjected to further police action\".\n\n\"We'd again like to extend our apologies to Jofra and the England team management for such an unsavoury incident and reiterate once more that this type of behaviour is completely unacceptable,\" said NZC spokesman Anthony Crummy.\n\nCrummy said NZC would not be identifying the individual.\n\nHe added: \"We want to thank the New Zealand police for their efforts in identifying the person responsible, and for making it clear that this type of behaviour will not be minimised.\"\n\nArcher described the incident as \"disturbing\", while New Zealand captain Kane Williamson said the abuse was \"horrific\" and that he hoped \"nothing like that ever happens again\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Election 2019: The story of the night as the results came in\n\nBoris Johnson will return to Downing Street with a big majority after the Conservatives swept aside Labour in its traditional heartlands.\n\nWith just a handful of seats left to declare in the general election, the BBC forecasts a Tory majority of 78.\n\nThe prime minister said it would give him a mandate to \"get Brexit done\" and take the UK out of the EU next month.\n\nJeremy Corbyn said Labour had a \"very disappointing night\" and he would not fight a future election.\n\nThe BBC forecast suggests the Tories will get 364 MPs, Labour 203, the SNP 48, the Lib Dems 12, Plaid Cymru four, the Greens one, and the Brexit Party none.\n\nThat means the Conservatives will have their biggest majority at Westminster since Margaret Thatcher's 1987 election victory.\n\nLabour, which has lost seats across the North, Midlands and Wales in places which backed Brexit in 2016, is facing its worst defeat since 1935.\n\nMr Johnson has addressed cheering party workers at Conservative headquarters, telling them there has been a political earthquake, with the Tories winning a \"stonking\" mandate, from Kensington to Clwyd South.\n\nSpeaking earlier at his count in Uxbridge, west London, where he was elected with a slightly higher majority, Mr Johnson said: \"It does look as though this One Nation Conservative government has been given a powerful new mandate to get Brexit done.\"\n\nHe added: \"Above all I want to thank the people of this country for turning out to vote in a December election that we didn't want to call but which I think has turned out to be a historic election that gives us now, in this new government, the chance to respect the democratic will of the British people to change this country for the better and to unleash the potential of the entire people of this country.\"\n\nMr Johnson became prime minister in July without a general election, after the Conservative Party elected him as leader to replace Theresa May.\n\nSpeaking at his election count in Islington North, where he was re-elected with a reduced majority, Mr Corbyn said Labour had put forward a \"manifesto of hope\" but \"Brexit has so polarised debate it has overridden so much of normal political debate\".\n\nLabour's vote is down around 8% on the 2017 general election, with the Tories up by just over 1% and the smaller parties having a better night.\n\nThe result so far is remarkable for the Conservatives - better than many of them had hoped for.\n\nThey have won a majority which will allow Boris Johnson to make sure Brexit happens next month.\n\nThere were some astonishing results, with a number of historic Labour heartlands falling to the Conservatives.\n\nLabour, by contrast, could hardly be in a worse position.\n\nJeremy Corbyn has made it clear he will go before the next election - but he wants to stay for a period of reflection. Many in his party want him to go immediately.\n\nIn Scotland, the picture is quite different.\n\nThe SNP have come close to sweeping the board - gaining seats from all their rivals.\n\nA Tory majority at Westminster means one constitutional quarrel - Brexit - might be over, but another - on Scottish independence - will be back with a vengeance.\n\nScottish National Party leader and Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said it had been an \"exceptional night\" for her party.\n\nShe said Scotland had sent a \"very clear message\" that it did not want a Boris Johnson Conservative government and the prime minister did not have a mandate to take Scotland out of the EU.\n\nIt was also a \"strong endorsement\" for Scotland having a choice over its own future in an another independence referendum, she added.\n\nLabour looks set for one of its worst election results since World War Two.\n\nSome traditional Labour constituencies, such as Darlington, Sedgefield and Workington, in the north of England, will have a Conservative MP for the first time in decades - or in the case of Bishop Auckland and Blyth Valley - for the first time since the seat was created.\n\nLabour took Putney, in south-west London, from the Tories, in a rare bright spot for Jeremy Corbyn's party.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. John McDonnell: \"I think most people thought the polls were narrowing\"\n\nA row has already broken out at the top of the Labour Party, with some candidates blaming Jeremy Corbyn's unpopularity on the doorstep and others blaming the party's policy of holding another Brexit referendum.\n\nLeave-supporting Labour chairman Ian Lavery, who held his seat with a reduced majority, said he was \"desperately disappointed\", adding that voters in Labour's \"heartlands\" were \"aggrieved\" at the party's Brexit stance.\n\nDowning Street said earlier that if Mr Johnson was returned to Downing Street, there would be a minor cabinet reshuffle on Monday.\n\nThe Withdrawal Agreement Bill, paving the way for Brexit on 31 January, would have its second Commons reading on Friday, 20 December.\n\nA major reshuffle would take place in February, after the UK has left the EU, No 10 added, with a Budget statement in March.\n\nThis is the UK's third general election in less than five years - and the first one to take place in December in nearly 100 years.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Labour's Stella Creasy was re-elected - and appeared at the count with her two-week-old daughter in a sling\n\nMr Johnson focused relentlessly on a single message, to \"get Brexit done\", while Labour primarily campaigned on a promise to end austerity by increasing spending on public services and the National Health Service.\n\nNigel Farage said his Brexit Party had taken votes from Labour in Tory target seats, although he himself had spoiled his ballot paper \"as I could not bring myself to vote Conservative\".\n\nWhat questions do you have about the election result?\n\nIn some cases your question will be published, displaying your name and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read the terms and conditions.\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 or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.\n• None When do we find out who has won the election?", "The Italian chain ASK mixed white fish with its lobster and charged £14.95\n\nThe Italian restaurant chain ASK has been fined for misleading customers about a lobster dish.\n\nThe Aragosta e Gamberoni (lobster and king prawns) dish contained a mixture of 35% lobster and 34% white fish, plus other ingredients, formed to look like lobster meat, an investigation found.\n\nThe dish, the most expensive on the menu, retailed at £14.95 while the cost of the raw ingredients was only £2.84.\n\nThe chain was fined £40,000 on Tuesday for misleadingly describing food.\n\nAzzuri Restaurants Limited, which trades as ASK Italian, admitted the charge at Swansea Magistrates' Court last November.\n\nThis came after the lack of lobster in the dish was spotted by a Trading Standards officer during a routine visit to a branch in the city.\n\nSales of the dish amounted to £3m across the UK since it was launched in 2014, though the charge spanned the period between 1 December 2016 and 20 March 2019 - when Swansea Trading Standards alerted ASK and it removed the dish from its menu.\n\nASK apologised for what it described as an error, and accepted that without reference to white fish, the menu description was incomplete and likely to mislead.\n\nIt denied having a financial motivation and said the item had the lowest profit margin of all the restaurant's pasta dishes, adding there was no health and safety risk associated with this case.\n\nWhite fish and lobster were mixed and formed to look like lobster meat\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. Nicola Sturgeon: \"We will continue to pursue the democratic case for Scotland's right to choose\"\n\nScotland's first minister has called on the UK government to negotiate a transfer of powers to Holyrood to allow another referendum on independence.\n\nNicola Sturgeon said there was an \"unarguable\" mandate for a new vote after her SNP won 48 of Scotland's 59 seats in last week's general election.\n\nA document containing her arguments and draft legislation to transfer powers has been sent to the UK government.\n\nHe has argued that the result of the independence referendum in 2014 - when voters backed remaining in the UK by 55% to 45% - should be respected.\n\nAnd the government used the Queen's Speech at Westminster to say that the \"integrity and prosperity\" of the UK is of the \"utmost importance\".\n\nBut Ms Sturgeon warned the prime minister that a \"flat no\" to her request for another referendum would not be the end of the matter.\n\nMs Sturgeon has published a document outlining her case for another referendum to be held\n\nThe first minister says she wants to hold indyref2 in the second half of 2020, and believes the election result has made the case for this \"overwhelmingly clear\".\n\nBut she wants the UK government to agree to a so-called section 30 order, which would give the Scottish Parliament the power to hold a referendum and put its legality beyond doubt - as happened ahead of the 2014 referendum.\n\nAnd Ms Sturgeon has ruled out the possibility of holding an unofficial referendum similar to the one in Catalonia in 2017.\n\nThe argument over Scottish independence will not be settled anytime soon.\n\nNicola Sturgeon will not stop pursuing her case, no matter how many times she is rebuffed by Westminster.\n\nAnd she clearly believes that if she keeps arguing that Scotland's democratic voice is being ignored she will build the case in voters' minds not just for another vote, but for independence itself.\n\nThe longer she has to wait, the more convinced she is that she will win. She may be asking for a vote before the end of next year, but she is really playing a much longer game.\n\nThe pro-independence SNP won a landslide in Scotland in the general election, while the Conservatives lost seven of their 13 seats north of the border despite winning a big majority across the UK as a whole.\n\nMs Sturgeon has published a paper arguing that \"consensus is growing by the day\" in Scotland for a second referendum, and that there is a \"clear mandate for this nation to choose its own future\".\n\nIn a statement at her official Bute House residence, she said: \"We are therefore today calling for the UK government to negotiate and agree the transfer of power that would put beyond doubt the Scottish Parliament's right to legislate for a referendum on independence.\n\n\"I anticipate that in the short term we will simply hear a restatement of the UK government's opposition. But they should be under no illusion that this will be an end of the matter.\"\n\nMs Sturgeon wants Boris Johnson to agree to hold a new referendum - but the prime minister \"remains opposed\"\n\nThe paper published by Ms Sturgeon includes draft legislation which would give Holyrood the power to call referendums, although she said she was open to negotiations about the details of how this would work.\n\nShe said: \"It is a fundamental democratic principle that decisions on Scotland's constitutional future should rest with the people who live here.\n\n\"The Scottish government has a clear democratic mandate to offer people a choice on that future in an independence referendum, and the UK government has a democratic duty to recognise that.\n\n\"The mandate we have to offer the Scottish people a choice over their future is, by any normal standard of democracy, unarguable.\"\n\nAnd in a letter to the prime minister, Ms Sturgeon said Mr Johnson had \"committed to engaging seriously with our proposals\" in their telephone conversation last Friday.\n\nShe added: \"I believe that on this - as on any issue - you have a duty to do so in a considered and reasonable manner. I therefore look forward to discussing matters further with you in the New Year.\n\nThe move comes on the same day as the devolved Scottish Parliament passed legislation that could help pave the way to a referendum.\n\nThe Referendums (Scotland) Bill passed on Thursday afternoon with the backing of the SNP and Scottish Greens, although Holyrood's three pro-union parties - the Conservatives, Labour and the Lib Dems - voted against it.\n\nThe legislation sets the general rules for any referendum, but a separate bill would need to be passed for any new independence ballot.\n\nA series of pro-independence rallies have been held across Scotland in recent months\n\nWhile the polls have narrowed in recent months, they still generally give a slender lead to the pro-UK side.\n\nThe Conservative election campaign in Scotland was centred on opposition to independence and a referendum, and the prime minister told Ms Sturgeon in a telephone conversation last week that he \"remains opposed\" to a new vote.\n\nMichael Gove, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, said Ms Sturgeon and the SNP \"should concentrate on improving Scotland's hospitals and schools rather than trying to re-run an independence referendum they promised would be a once in a generation event\".\n\nMr Gove added: \"I think on that basis we should respect the referendum result and politicians across the United Kingdom should be concentrating on the issues that really matter to people: improving the NHS, fighting crime and helping to improve education.\n\n'The Scottish government have a lot on their plate. My friends and family in Scotland want them to concentrate on improving the NHS, making sure Scottish schools are better. I want to work with the Scottish government to make sure that Scottish people's lives are better.\"\n\nBut his colleague Andrew Mitchell, a Conservative MP and former government minister under David Cameron, told the BBC it would be \"extremely difficult\" for the prime minister to continue to \"resist the strong argument\" for people to have another vote on independence,\n\nHe added: \"I think it will stand for now, and I think it will stand until the end of the Brexit process and the new settlement is clear. They can resist it for a bit, but it would not be possible to resist it forever.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The UK government will \"strongly support\" the new Stormont executive, says Boris Johnson\n\nThe government's offer for extra money as part of the deal to restore Stormont \"falls way short\" of what was promised, Finance Minister Conor Murphy has said.\n\nMr Murphy was speaking after the Stormont parties met Secretary of State Julian Smith to discuss how much will be allocated.\n\nThe finance minister refused to comment on how much exactly had been proposed.\n\nEarlier the prime minister said the government had made \"huge commitments\" as part of the deal.\n\nThe British and Irish prime ministers were in Belfast on Monday to mark the return of devolution after a three-year impasse.\n\nSpeaking to the media, Mr Johnson did not state how much money would be provided to support the deal, saying it was not about money but leadership.\n\nMr Murphy said departmental officials would examine the figures tonight\n\nOn Monday evening Mr Murphy said: \"As far as I'm concerned the conversation hasn't ended, there's still work to be done.\n\n\"We have to analyse the verbal figures that were given to us tonight by the secretary of state, but my initial read of them is they fall way short and I wouldn't tend to accept that.\"\n\nHe said the government had made commitments to the Stormont parties.\n\n\"They can't come today and congratulate us for living up to our commitments and then not live up to their own,\" he said.\n\nMr Murphy had previously said more than £1.5bn was needed.\n\nBoris Johnson is greeted by the first and deputy first ministers and NI Secretary Julian Smith\n\nThe prime minister met the new executive ministers on Monday morning, having been greeted by First Minister Arlene Foster and Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill.\n\nSpeaking afterwards, Mr Johnson said the government would \"strongly support\" the new power-sharing executive.\n\n\"What's so great about today is, as I say, that Northern Ireland politicians have put aside differences, stepped up to the plate and shown leadership,\" he added.\n\nThe prime minister said this was a chance to \"deliver on the priorities of the people\" in terms of health, education and crime fighting.\n\nHe acknowledged that there was a \"certain amount of conversation about funding\" and whether the government was going to be supportive.\n\nMr Johnson said the government was making \"huge commitments\" for health.\n\n\"Yes of course we are going to be supportive, but it's not just about money,\" he said.\n\n\"We are listening very carefully and will certainly do everything we can to support.\"\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 Leo Varadkar 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\nTaoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar said the Good Friday Agreement \"is working again\".\n\n\"North-south cooperation is going to resume. We are going to beef up and deepen cooperation.\"\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson meeting the new executive ministers at Stormont Castle\n\nFirst Minister Arlene Foster said the prime minister must \"step up to the plate\" and deliver what the government has promised in extra funding for Northern Ireland.\n\n\"We need significant and sustained investment, not just this year but over a number of years. This is crucial in ensuring transformation in areas such as health and also our road and water infrastructures,\" she said.\n\nMrs Foster also said the possibility of water charges being introduced as a means of raising revenue was not supported by anyone in the executive.\n\nDeputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill said she had impressed upon the two prime ministers \"the importance of coming through with the funding promised as part of the deal\".\n\n\"All executive ministers are committed to working together to tackle some very serious issues in our society and across public services but, quite simply, we need the money to make it happen.\n\n\"We have done our bit and I look forward to the fulfilment of the commitments made by the two governments to let us get to work.\"\n\nWe'll never know exactly what the new ministers said to Boris Johnson as they met him inside Stormont Castle, but one thing's for sure, money talks.\n\nThe government has been tight-lipped when it comes to revealing how much it's prepared to stump up for Stormont this time, but there are rumours of another few billion pounds coming our way.\n\nThe executive has a mountain to climb in terms of tackling waiting lists, school budgets and roads projects, with ministers relying on a big pot of money to take the necessary decisions.\n\nAsked about the exact figure, Boris Johnson said it wasn't \"just about money\" - an answer that might set alarm bells ringing.\n\nThe party leaders will want to ensure the government doesn't go back on its word - so they'll be meeting Julian Smith at some point on Monday to go over the final details of the deal.\n\nBoris Johnson arrives at Stormont to meet the new Northern Ireland Executive\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\nOn Saturday, a new power sharing government was formed by Stormont's five main parties.\n\nThey agreed a deal with the governments that includes extra funding for Northern Ireland, but the exact figure is not yet known.\n\nThe deal - entitled New Decade, New Approach - was reached on Friday after months of negotiations between the parties and the two governments.\n\nStormont's power-sharing coalition, led by the DUP and Sinn Féin, had collapsed in January 2017 after a row over a green energy scandal.\n\nArlene Foster and Michelle O'Neill were appointed first and deputy first ministers on Saturday\n\nThe return of devolution means the executive can now take decisions that had been stalled due to the three-year absence of ministers.\n\nThe executive is expected to hold its first meeting on Tuesday, the same day that the new chairs of Stormont's scrutiny committees are likely to be chosen.", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nBarcelona generated more money than any other club in Europe for the first time last season, a study has found.\n\nThe Spanish club earned £741.1m in revenue in the 2018-19 season according to Deloitte's Football Money League.\n\nReal Madrid swapped places with Barca and fell to second on £667.5m, with Manchester United third on £627.1m.\n\nThe Reds Devils are said to be \"at risk of losing the position as the Premier League's highest revenue generating club for the first time\" next year.\n\nWho makes up the top 20?\n\nMost revenue by clubs in 2018-19\n\nIn the 23rd edition of Deloitte's Football Money League the gap between first and second (83m euros/£73.6m) has never been bigger.\n\nBarca's substantial jump in year-on-year revenue is put down to the club taking charge of its own merchandising and licensing activities.\n\nDan Jones, partner in the Sports Business Group at Deloitte, commented: \"Barca is a clear example of a club adapting to changing market conditions, reducing the reliance on broadcast revenue and focusing on growing revenues within its control.\"\n\nDeloitte expect Barca to remain number one in next year's standings and state the Catalan club is on course to achieve its stated ambition to be the first to generate revenue of over one billion euros in years to come.\n\nWhat is wrong at Old Trafford?\n\nDeloitte state there are \"many ways of examining the relative wealth or value of football clubs\" but its revenue metric is extracted directly from the financial statements of the clubs in question.\n\nMoney from broadcast deals is the most significant to clubs, comprising 44% of total revenue.\n\nManchester United's year-on-year revenues rose from £589.8m to £627.1m but forecasted revenue for 2019-20 is between £560-£580m, partly because the club failed to qualify for the Champions League.\n\nDeloitte said those figures \"would likely see the Red Devils fall to their lowest ever Money League position in next year's edition.\"\n\n\"This could also put the club at risk of losing its position as the Premier League's highest revenue generating club for the first time in Money League history,\" Deloitte added.\n\nSam Boor, senior manager in the Sports Business Group at Deloitte, said: \"The impact of participation and performance in Uefa club competitions on revenue is evident in London and the North West, with the rise of Liverpool, Manchester City and Spurs driven by reaching the Champions League knockout stages. The relative decline of Arsenal is a direct result of not participating in the competition for a second consecutive season, a fate that may also befall Manchester United.\"\n\nThe Premier League makes the biggest contribution to the top 20 of the Money League, with eight teams featured.\n\nTottenham achieved its highest-ever position of eighth by increasing revenue 21% to £459.3m.\n\nDeloitte said the jump was due to increased revenue from commercial sources and broadcasters after a season in which Spurs reached the Champions League final and moved into their new stadium.\n\nSpurs are now generating more money than any other club in London, with Chelsea ninth overall and Arsenal now outside the top 10 in 11th as a consequence of going consecutive seasons without qualifying for the Champions League.\n\nDeloitte's study does not include revenue from player transfer fees. The top 20 generated a record £8.2bn of combined revenue in 2018-19, an increase of 11% on the previous year.\n\nOnly Olympique Lyonnais - ranked 17th - and SSC Napoli - ranked 20th - broke into the top 20 after the 2018-19 campaign.\n\nItalian champions Juventus moved back into the top 10 and Deloitte said the arrival of forward Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid \"increased Juventus' commercial appeal\".\n\nRonaldo has more Instagram followers than Real Madrid and Barcelona combined.\n\n\"As a result, Juve saw an uplift in commercial revenue in part due to an increase in brand visibility in 2018/19,\" Deloitte said. \"The club also increased revenue from merchandise sales as a result of signing the marquee player.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson's first speech as prime minister in full\n\nBoris Johnson has delivered his first speech in Downing Street after becoming the UK's new prime minister.\n\nYou can read the full text of his speech below.\n\nI have just been to see Her Majesty the Queen who has invited me to form a government and I have accepted.\n\nI pay tribute to the fortitude and patience of my predecessor and her deep sense of public service.\n\nBut in spite of all her efforts, it has become clear that there are pessimists at home and abroad who think that after three years of indecision, that this country has become a prisoner to the old arguments of 2016 and that in this home of democracy we are incapable of honouring a basic democratic mandate.\n\nAnd so I am standing before you today to tell you, the British people, that those critics are wrong.\n\nThe doubters, the doomsters, the gloomsters - they are going to get it wrong again.\n\nThe people who bet against Britain are going to lose their shirts, because we are going to restore trust in our democracy and we are going to fulfil the repeated promises of Parliament to the people and come out of the EU on October 31, no ifs or buts.\n\nAnd we will do a new deal, a better deal that will maximise the opportunities of Brexit while allowing us to develop a new and exciting partnership with the rest of Europe, based on free trade and mutual support.\n\nI have every confidence that in 99 days' time we will have cracked it. But you know what - we aren't going to wait 99 days, because the British people have had enough of waiting.\n\nThe time has come to act, to take decisions, to give strong leadership and to change this country for the better.\n\nAnd though the Queen has just honoured me with this extraordinary office of state my job is to serve you, the people.\n\nBecause if there is one point we politicians need to remember, it is that the people are our bosses.\n\nMy job is to make your streets safer - and we are going to begin with another 20,000 police on the streets and we start recruiting forthwith.\n\nMy job is to make sure you don't have to wait 3 weeks to see your GP - and we start work this week, with 20 new hospital upgrades, and ensuring that money for the NHS really does get to the front line.\n\nMy job is to protect you or your parents or grandparents from the fear of having to sell your home to pay for the costs of care.\n\nAnd so I am announcing now - on the steps of Downing Street - that we will fix the crisis in social care once and for all with a clear plan we have prepared to give every older person the dignity and security they deserve.\n\nMy job is to make sure your kids get a superb education, wherever they are in the country - and that's why we have already announced that we are going to level up per pupil funding in primary and secondary schools.\n\nAnd that is the work that begins immediately behind that black door.\n\nAnd though I am today building a great team of men and women, I will take personal responsibility for the change I want to see.\n\nNever mind the backstop - the buck stops here.\n\nAnd I will tell you something else about my job. It is to be prime minister of the whole United Kingdom.\n\nAnd that means uniting our country, answering at last the plea of the forgotten people and the left-behind towns by physically and literally renewing the ties that bind us together.\n\nSo that with safer streets and better education and fantastic new road and rail infrastructure and full fibre broadband we level up across Britain with higher wages, and a higher living wage, and higher productivity.\n\nWe close the opportunity gap, giving millions of young people the chance to own their own homes and giving business the confidence to invest across the UK.\n\nBecause it is time we unleashed the productive power not just of London and the South East, but of every corner of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nThe awesome foursome that are incarnated in that red, white, and blue flag - who together are so much more than the sum of their parts, and whose brand and political personality is admired and even loved around the world.\n\nFor our inventiveness, for our humour, for our universities, our scientists, our armed forces, our diplomacy for the equalities on which we insist - whether race or gender or LGBT or the right of every girl in the world to 12 years of quality education - and for the values we stand for around the world\n\nEveryone knows the values that flag represents.\n\nIt stands for freedom and free speech and habeas corpus and the rule of law, and above all it stands for democracy.\n\nAnd that is why we will come out of the EU on October 31.\n\nBecause in the end, Brexit was a fundamental decision by the British people that they wanted their laws made by people that they can elect and they can remove from office.\n\nAnd we must now respect that decision, and create a new partnership with our European friends - as warm and as close and as affectionate as possible.\n\nAnd the first step is to repeat unequivocally our guarantee to the 3.2 million EU nationals now living and working among us, and I say directly to you - thank you for your contribution to our society.\n\nThank you for your patience, and I can assure you that under this government you will get the absolute certainty of the rights to live and remain.\n\nAnd next I say to our friends in Ireland, and in Brussels and around the EU: I am convinced that we can do a deal without checks at the Irish border, because we refuse under any circumstances to have such checks and yet without that anti-democratic backstop.\n\nAnd it is of course vital at the same time that we prepare for the remote possibility that Brussels refuses any further to negotiate, and we are forced to come out with no deal, not because we want that outcome - of course not - but because it is only common sense to prepare.\n\nAnd let me stress that there is a vital sense in which those preparations cannot be wasted, and that is because under any circumstances we will need to get ready at some point in the near future to come out of the EU customs union and out of regulatory control, fully determined at last to take advantage of Brexit.\n\nBecause that is the course on which this country is now set.\n\nWith high hearts and growing confidence, we will now accelerate the work of getting ready.\n\nAnd the ports will be ready and the banks will be ready, and the factories will be ready, and business will be ready, and the hospitals will be ready, and our amazing food and farming sector will be ready and waiting to continue selling ever more, not just here but around the world.\n\nAnd don't forget that in the event of a no deal outcome, we will have the extra lubrication of the £39 billion, and whatever deal we do we will prepare this autumn for an economic package to boost British business and to lengthen this country's lead as the number one destination in this continent for overseas investment.\n\nAnd to all those who continue to prophesy disaster, I say yes - there will be difficulties, though I believe that with energy and application they will be far less serious than some have claimed.\n\nBut if there is one thing that has really sapped the confidence of business over the last three years, it is not the decisions we have taken - it is our refusal to take decisions.\n\nAnd to all those who say we cannot be ready, I say do not underestimate this country.\n\nDo not underestimate our powers of organisation and our determination, because we know the enormous strengths of this economy in life sciences, in tech, in academia, in music, the arts, culture, financial services.\n\nIt is here in Britain that we are using gene therapy, for the first time, to treat the most common form of blindness.\n\nHere in Britain that we are leading the world in the battery technology that will help cut CO2 and tackle climate change and produce green jobs for the next generation.\n\nAnd as we prepare for a post-Brexit future, it is time we looked not at the risks but at the opportunities that are upon us.\n\nSo let us begin work now to create free ports that will drive growth and thousands of high-skilled jobs in left-behind areas.\n\nLet's start now to liberate the UK's extraordinary bioscience sector from anti-genetic modification rules, and let's develop the blight-resistant crops that will feed the world.\n\nLet's get going now on our own position navigation and timing satellite and earth observation systems - UK assets orbiting in space, with all the long term strategic and commercial benefits for this country.\n\nLet's change the tax rules to provide extra incentives to invest in capital and research.\n\nAnd let's promote the welfare of animals that has always been so close to the hearts of the British people.\n\nAnd yes, let's start now on those free trade deals - because it is free trade that has done more than anything else to lift billions out of poverty.\n\nAll this and more we can do now and only now, at this extraordinary moment in our history.\n\nAnd after three years of unfounded self-doubt, it is time to change the record.\n\nTo recover our natural and historic role as an enterprising, outward-looking and truly global Britain, generous in temper and engaged with the world.\n\nNo one in the last few centuries has succeeded in betting against the pluck and nerve and ambition of this country.\n\nThey will not succeed today.\n\nWe in this government will work flat out to give this country the leadership it deserves, and that work begins now.", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nThe Football Association's Paul Elliott has called for the government to work alongside the sport's governing bodies to combat racism.\n\nStatistics compiled by football anti-discrimination campaigners Kick It Out suggested there had been a 43% increase in racist abuse in English football in 2018-19 from the previous season.\n\n\"We in football are giving off a message about zero tolerance,\" said the FA's inclusion advisory board chief.\n\n\"The government has to be alongside.\"\n\nIn December, the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) called for a government inquiry into racist abuse which followed alleged racist behaviour in the match between Tottenham and Chelsea.\n\nElliott added: \"There has to be a duty of care because the by-product of speaking out will be the positive impact and the positive behaviour in stadiums, which will then have a domino effect on societal behaviour.\n\n\"With the utmost respect, this is one area where there has to be a united front - we must be together.\"\n\nThe government's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport said in a statement: \"Racism or any form of discrimination has no place in football or society, and we must confront this vile behaviour.\n\n\"We are completely committed to working closely with football on tackling racism.\n\n\"The FA, Premier League and English Football League set out before the start of the season how they are taking further steps to address this issue. We are monitoring how their plans progress and are in regular dialogue with the football authorities throughout the season.\"\n• None 'Racism will never stop but it should die down' - Gibbs-White on racism and hero Regis\n• None Download and listen to the latest Football Daily podcast", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nTottenham gained a hard-fought victory over Championship side Middlesbrough in their FA Cup third-round replay.\n\nSpurs were gifted a second-minute lead when Boro goalkeeper Tomas Mejias passed the ball to Giovani lo Celso, who cut inside a challenge and scored.\n\nErik Lamela doubled the hosts' lead after 15 minutes when he flicked the ball past Mejias after a fine run.\n\nGeorge Saville pulled one back late on for Boro with a low strike from 20 yards out, but it was not enough.\n\nMiddlesbrough substitute Rudy Gestede had a chance to force extra-time but he could only head over the bar from eight yards as Spurs held on for the win.\n\nTottenham, who have won the FA Cup eight times, will play at Southampton in the fourth round on 25 January.\n• None Listen to the latest Football Daily podcast: Spurs go through but should they sell Kane?\n• None Tottenham v Middlesbrough as it happened and the rest of Tuesday's FA Cup action\n• None Quiz: Familiar faces in the Boro dugout but who played when Spurs won 2008 League Cup?\n\nThe FA Cup represents Tottenham's best chance of a trophy this season; they are eighth in the Premier League, out of the EFL Cup - after a shock third-round exit on penalties at League Two Colchester - and have a tricky tie against Bundesliga leaders RB Leipzig in the Champions League last 16.\n\nIf they were to win the FA Cup, it would be their first trophy since lifting the League Cup in 2008.\n\nBoro boss Jonathan Woodgate scored the winner for Spurs in that Wembley final against Chelsea 12 years ago, as part of a team that also included his assistant boss Robbie Keane.\n\nWoodgate and Keane's current side, cheered on by 3,700 fans who had travelled down from the north east in the first FA Cup tie at the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, made an awful start after a horrible error from Mejias.\n\nThe Spanish goalkeeper, who played under Jose Mourinho at Real Madrid in 2011, tried to play a ball to Marvin Johnson, but Lo Celso intercepted the pass inside the penalty area, cut inside a challenge and curled a low effort into the net.\n\nBoro had a chance to equalise in the 13th minute but Lukas Nmecha, on loan from Manchester City, had his effort well saved by Paulo Gazzaniga and that proved costly as Lamela's goal three minutes later doubled the hosts' lead.\n\nWoodgate would be again unhappy with his side's defending as Jonny Howson was dispossessed 35 yards from goal, before Lamela was able to go on a jinking run and flick the ball with the outside of his foot past Mejias from 12 yards.\n\nSpurs then wasted numerous chances to kill the match off as Lamela shot over on the turn, Ryan Sessegnon had an effort pushed wide, Japhet Tanganga shot just off target and Lucas Moura wasted a chance from a counter-attack.\n\nBoro, 16th in the Championship, had opportunities to get themselves back into the tie, but Paddy McNair shot well over when unmarked eight yards out and Lewis Wing's direct free-kick was pushed around the post by Gazzaniga.\n\nSaville's 83rd-minute goal for the visitors gave them hope, but they could not find an equaliser.\n\nWith Harry Kane out until at least April after surgery on a hamstring injury, Spurs are light on attacking options and boss Mourinho took the chance to ease the workload on his other senior forwards, with Son Heung-min playing only the last 30 minutes, and Dele Alli making a brief appearance as a substitute, coming on after Saville's goal.\n\nThat meant another appearance in the starting 11 for Christian Eriksen, despite the midfielder, out of contract at the end of season, being linked with a January move to Inter Milan.\n\nEriksen, who has been with Spurs since 2013, had a chance to score after flicking the ball over the head of an opponent and being fouled - driving the resulting free-kick saved by Mejias.\n\nHe should have also been put through on goal, but team-mate Moura instead opted to shoot instead and could only drag an effort wide.\n\nEriksen nearly scored late in the second half when his low delivery in the penalty area was missed by everyone and Mejias had to get down well to push the ball away one-handed.\n\nThis was Tottenham's 31st match of the season and their 14th in a 53-day period since Mourinho's first game in charge on 23 November.\n\nHe will be pleased with the win and that extra-time was not needed but will be frustrated with the late goal conceded, meaning they have only kept one clean sheet in his 14 games in charge.\n• None Tottenham are unbeaten in each of their past 41 FA Cup home matches against teams from a lower division (won 34, drew seven) since a 1-0 loss to Nottingham Forest in January 1975.\n• None Middlesbrough have failed to keep a clean sheet in each of their past 13 meetings with Tottenham in all competitions since a 1-0 win at the Riverside Stadium in May 2005.\n• None For just the second time during his 923-game managerial career, Jose Mourinho has seen one of his clubs concede at least once in nine consecutive matches in all competitions, also suffering the same fate with Chelsea between May and September 2015.\n• None Timed at one minute 55 seconds, Lo Celso's strike was Spurs' earliest goal at the new stadium - and their earliest home goal since Eriksen scored against Manchester United at Wembley in the Premier League in January 2018.\n\n'We knew it was going to be difficult' - what they said\n\nTottenham boss Jose Mourinho, speaking to BBC Sport, said: \"Three-nil was so close so many times. I told my players at half-time if we don't score [to make it] 3-0, then if it went 2-1 we would be in trouble and it happened.\n\n\"We knew the opponents were hard. They brought on Gestede and went direct and made problems and when it was 2-1 we knew it was going to be difficult.\n\n\"We tried our best. The boys are trying their best. They dealt well with many set-piece situations. We did lots of things well. We conceded the goal, a bit frustrating, but more frustrating was that we did not score three, four or five.\"\n\nMiddlesbrough manager Jonathan Woodgate, speaking to BBC Sport, said: \"I don't like losing games and when you gift Tottenham goals like that so early, you're fearing the worst. But my players showed character and we ran them close.\n\n\"If there's a way to lose then it's like that - putting a real show on and a real fight. The players gave everything for the shirt.\"\n\nOn the early error from keeper Tomas Mejias, Woodgate added: \"We all make mistakes and I won't hammer anyone for that - we want them to play out from the back.\"\n\nTottenham, who have only taken one point from their past three Premier League matches, return to league action on Saturday when they play at Watford (12:30 GMT). The fourth-round FA Cup tie at Southampton will be played on Saturday, 25 January (15:00).\n\nMiddlesbrough play again in three days time with an away match in the Championship at Fulham on Friday (19:45 GMT).\n• None Attempt blocked. Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Son Heung-Min.\n• None Attempt missed. Ashley Fletcher (Middlesbrough) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Marvin Johnson with a cross.\n• None Attempt blocked. Erik Lamela (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Giovani Lo Celso.\n• None Attempt missed. Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.\n• None Attempt missed. Rudy Gestede (Middlesbrough) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Marvin Johnson with a cross following a corner.\n• None Attempt blocked. Jonny Howson (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcus Tavernier.\n• None Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 2, Middlesbrough 1. George Saville (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rudy Gestede with a headed pass.\n• None Attempt missed. Rudy Gestede (Middlesbrough) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Marvin Johnson with a cross.\n• None Attempt blocked. Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Harry Winks. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Flybe boss Mark Anderson has told staff that he and the management team remain \"focused\" on turning the airline round.\n\nMr Anderson's comments came in an email to staff following reports that the airline is in crisis talks in an attempt to put together a rescue deal.\n\nAccording to Sky News, Flybe, which has already been bailed out once, has been struggling to secure fresh finance.\n\nIn his email, Mr Anderson stressed that Flybe was continuing to operate as normal.\n\n\"All my energy, and that of our Leadership Team, is very focused on continuing to turn Flybe, soon to be Virgin Connect, around and deliver the heartfelt service that our customers expect,\" he said.\n\n\"I do appreciate that the headlines some of you have already read are disturbing but I want you to know that we are determined to do everything we can to make this work.\"\n\nHe told staff he was \"extremely grateful\" for their hard work and commitment.\n\nIn an earlier statement, Flybe said it was focusing on \"providing great service and connectivity for our customers, to ensure that they can continue to travel as planned\".\n\nFlybe boss Mark Anderson has asked staff not to speculate on rumours and to focus on their work while it works to turn the airline around\n\nFlybe, the UK's biggest regional carrier, added: \"We don't comment on rumour or speculation.\"\n\nThe reports come a year after Flybe was bought for £2.8m by a consortium including Virgin Atlantic and Stobart Group.\n\nSince then, the consortium has invested tens of millions of pounds in the troubled carrier, but losses have continued to mount.\n\nTourism adviser and researcher Prof Annette Pritchard, of the Welsh Centre for Tourism Research in Cardiff, commented on Twitter that Flybe provided \"a vital social and cultural link for many marginal economies\".\n\nBased in Exeter, Flybe carries about eight million passengers a year from airports such as Southampton, Cardiff and Aberdeen, to the UK and Europe.\n\nIts network of routes includes more than half of UK domestic flights outside London.\n\nIf the business collapses, more than 2,000 jobs will be at risk.\n\nMatthew Mills, a graphic designer based in Shropshire, recently booked flights for his family to Germany with Flybe.\n\nHe is also one of the 10,000 consumers still waiting to receive a refund from collapsed travel firm Thomas Cook on a holiday that was meant to take place in November.\n\n\"You don't know whether to laugh or cry,\" he told the BBC. \"We've used Flybe quite a bit in the past because we have family in Germany and we don't have many alternatives in the UK - if Flybe goes under, we'd be looking at 50% more in prices on flights to Germany, easily.\"\n\nWorried Flybe customers have taken to Twitter to express their concerns, saying they are still waiting for information on whether their flights will go ahead.\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 BBC understands that EY has been lined up as administrators if Flybe were to go under.\n\nBrian Strutton, general secretary of pilots' union Balpa, said: \"I am appalled that once again the future of a major UK airline and hundreds of jobs is being discussed in secret with no input from employees or their representatives.\n\n\"According to reports, the airline could have collapsed over the weekend, which would have been devastating news.\"\n\nMr Strutton called on Flybe's owners and the government to talk to the union, saying staff had a right to know what was going on.\n\nExeter is home to Flybe's headquarters and a quick look at the departures and arrivals board here illustrate just how important the airline's connections are to the area. Of the eight departures to destinations such as Manchester, Newcastle and Jersey, seven of them are operated by Flybe.\n\nThe taxi driver who brought me from the train station told me his firm had paid £40,000 to secure a concession inside the terminal. \"Flybe is a massive part of our business\" before helpfully reeling off a list of arrivals and departure times he knew off the top of his head. Its not just the flights - over 400 people work at HQ, plus they run a training academy for apprentice plane engineers.\n\nThe airline is in talks with both the Department for Transport and the Business Department to see if the government can provide or facilitate a rescue. The government refused a request from Thomas Cook for £150m in emergency funding, with Boris Johnson claiming it would have provided a \"moral hazard\" - a dangerous precedent that would see the government called on to rescue other failing private companies.\n\nHowever, the government may face a political hazard. It has vowed to focus on regional connectivity which the collapse of Flybe would do nothing to improve.\n\nProf Loizos Heracleous, an aviation industry expert from Warwick Business School, said it would be \"no easy task\" for Flybe to attract new finance.\n\nHe added: \"The aviation industry is an unattractive industry in terms of performance and returns on investment at the best of times.\n\n\"It is saddled with high-cost assets, namely planes, and key costs that fluctuate uncontrollably, mainly fuel, which accounts for around a third of total airline costs.\n\n\"On top of that, they face high regulation, often aggressive unions, low barriers to entry that increase competition, and high bargaining power of buyers.\"\n\nBen Bradshaw, Labour MP for Exeter, said Flybe provided \"valuable connectivity throughout the UK\" and called on the government to intervene. He called Flybe \"a strategically important business\".\n\nThe industry regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority, said: \"We do not comment on the financial situation of any of the organisations we regulate.\"\n\nAs long as Flybe carries on flying, there is no need to worry and certainly no reason to try to get your money back, writes Simon Gompertz, BBC personal finance correspondent.\n\nIf the airline was to fail, however, all flights would most likely be cancelled. Those with paid-for bookings could find they lose their flights and their cash.\n\nIf your flight is part of a package deal covered by the ATOL scheme, then you should be protected and have the right to a re-booking or refund.\n\nOtherwise you can try to retrieve the money from your credit card company, if that's how you paid. There is also a debit card chargeback scheme which can help.\n\nMany travel insurance policies are not much use in these situations, unless you stumped up extra for the Scheduled Airline Failure option or something similar.\n\nThose stuck overseas might be left hoping that the government will direct the CAA to step in, as it did when Monarch and Thomas Cook went under, to bring back stranded passengers for free.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Friends of high school student Arad Zarei held pictures of him at a vigil for victims of the Iran plane crash in Toronto\n\nA teenager who was brought up in London was among the 176 people killed when a Ukrainian passenger jet crashed in Iran, it has emerged.\n\nArad Zarei, 17, who relocated to Canada after attending St Mary's Primary School in Twickenham until 2014, was said to be visiting his mother.\n\nThe prime minister said four Britons are known to have died in the crash.\n\nThe Foreign Office has hardened its advice to warn Britons against all travel to, from and within Iran.\n\nA spokesman for Arad Zarei's former school said staff and governors were \"shocked and immensely saddened\" to hear of his death in the plane crash.\n\n\"Arad attended St Mary's until 2014 and is remembered fondly by his teachers.\n\n\"We wish to extend our prayers and condolences to Arad's family and friends at this time.\"\n\nThe crash on Wednesday came just hours after Iran carried out missile strikes on two airbases housing US forces in Iraq.\n\nThe air strikes were in retaliation for the US killing of top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani.\n\nWestern leaders, including Prime Minister Boris Johnson, have said evidence suggested the plane was hit by a surface-to-air missile, possibly in error - something Iran denies.\n\nDominic Raab, [left] pictured at a news conference in Montreal, has said victims' families deserve to know the \"truth\" about what happened\n\nEchoing comments by Mr Johnson, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab called for a thorough investigation, saying Iran should \"open up\" the crash site to international investigators, adding that grieving families deserved the \"truth\".\n\nAlso on board the flight from Tehran were 82 Iranians, 63 Canadians, 11 Ukrainians, 10 Swedes, four Afghans and three Germans.\n\nThe names of three Britons who died in the crash have been released so far.\n\nBritish nationals Mohammed Reza Kadkhoda Zadeh, Sam Zokaei and Saeed Tahmasebi died in the crash\n\nMohammed Reza Kadkhoda Zadeh, 40, who ran a neighbourhood dry cleaners in Hassocks, West Sussex, had a nine-year-old daughter.\n\nBP engineer Sam Zokaei, 42, from Twickenham, and PhD student Saeed Tahmasebi, 35, who worked as an engineer for Laing O'Rourke in Dartford, were also killed.\n\nLast year, Mr Tahmasebi - whose full name was Saeed Tahmasebi Khademasadi - married his Iranian partner, Niloufar Ebrahim, who was also listed as a passenger on the plane.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Richard Ratcliffe says the fallout from US-Iran tensions is a taking a toll on his wife\n\nMeanwhile, concerns have been raised for Britons detained in Iran, amid the growing tensions.\n\nRichard Ratcliffe, husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a charity worker from London who has been detained for more than three years over spying allegations she denies, held a meeting with Foreign Office officials on Friday.\n\nHe told the BBC the prime minister raised the cases of detained Britons when he spoke to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday.\n\n\"This is a situation where there is a lot of anger in Iran and a lot of vulnerability, and it's very stressful for the people involved,\" he added.\n\n\"Nazanin was taken down to the clinic overnight two nights ago, through palpitations and panic attacks.\n\n\"So I think it's important for the government to just do what they can.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mobile phone footage appears to show the plane in the moments before it came down\n\nThe wife of Anoosheh Ashoori, a British-Iranian dual national who has been in jail for more than two years over espionage charges which he denies, called on the UK government to do more to protect her husband.\n\nSherry Izadi said she was worried there could be a backlash against foreign prisoners.", "Children take part in a science lesson at Tower View Nursery in Glasgow\n\nFamilies are being urged to apply for new funded nursery places as the national entitlement increases this summer.\n\nPreviously parents could receive 600 hours of free childcare - roughly 16 hours per week in term time.\n\nIn August this increases to 1,140 hours a year for all three and four-year-olds, and a quarter of two-year-olds.\n\nIt is part of a \"landmark\" £1.5bn funding deal between the Scottish government and local authorities.\n\nChildren's minister Maree Todd said the new scheme could save each family as much as £4,500.\n\nHowever critics of the scheme have raised issues over cost, timing and a \"workforce crisis\" in nurseries.\n\nThousands more staff have been put in post in preparation for the new scheme\n\nIn 2017 the Scottish government announced it would almost double its funded childcare as part of a plan to reduce health, education and employment inequalities later in life.\n\nSpending watchdog Audit Scotland later warned of a \"significant risk\" that local authorities would not be able to fund the expansion.\n\nHowever the government and Cosla reached an agreement two months later. It set out plans to spend £990m on day-to-day funding for the scheme by 2021 - £150m more than the government's previous estimate.\n\nOpposition politicians had previously warned of a £160m \"black hole\" in the funding proposals.\n\nFunding will rise annually from £33m this financial year to £567m by 2021/22, totalling £1.5bn over five years.\n\nThe National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) produced research last year which showed 71% of employers struggled to recruit staff at practitioner level - and that Scotland's nursery staff turnover rate was 29%, higher than the UK average.\n\nIt recommended the scheme be reviewed annually to ensure nurseries could cover the cost of the new offer as well as keeping staff.\n\nSince March 2018 more than 270 nurseries have been built, extended or refurbished and an additional 4,300 full time equivalent staff are in post, according to the Scottish government.\n\nA phasing system was implemented last year giving approximately 50,000 children 1,140 hours of funded childcare ahead of the national rollout.\n\nMs Todd said this was to enable parents to explore work, training or education opportunities.\n\nShe said: \"Tens of thousands of children are already benefitting from high-quality early learning and childcare, and I've heard first-hand how it's helped to boost their confidence and communication skills, and given them access to more opportunities such as outdoor learning.\n\n\"I've also heard how it has made an enormous difference to families in terms of enabling mums and dads to get back into, or spend more time studying, working or training.\"\n\nEach council has separate application processes and deadlines.\n\nParents or carers can register through their local authority and apply for the option that suits their needs from the choices available.\n\nThis could be a council, private or third sector nursery, playgroup or childminder.\n\nThe Parent Club website will link to your local authority for more information.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A man who broke into a Taco Bell in the early hours on Christmas Day was caught on CCTV making a snack and then taking a nap.\n\nThe incident happened in the US state of Georgia.\n\nPolice are appealing for the public's help in identifying him.", "A woman who says she was raped on holiday in Cyprus has told BBC News she was \"discouraged\" by Police Scotland from pursuing the case.\n\nShe said a Scottish man had spiked her drink at a beach party and then raped her in Ayia Napa two years ago.\n\nBut when she had told police back home, they had been \"dismissive\", saying it would be hard to find the man and she had decided not to take further action.\n\nThe force said she had been interviewed by specially-trained officers.\n\nHer story comes after a separate British woman was given a suspended sentence earlier this month for lying about being raped by a group of young men.\n\nSophie - not her real name - told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme she remembered \"going in and out of consciousness\" during the rape and had woken up on the beach.\n\n\"I was raped just outside the party but even the atmosphere inside was so sexualised,\" she said.\n\n\"It was almost as if the men felt entitled to touch the women, young women.\n\n\"It's just the culture there... and it's so not right.\n\n\"There were taxi men who would offer free lifts to bars just for girls.\n\n\"My friends took one of the free lifts one time and the following night the same taxi men just showed up at our villa unannounced - he touched my boobs.\n\n\"After seeing what Ayia Napa was like... and as I didn't know much about the laws there, I didn't feel comfortable going to the police there.\n\n\"Especially as the whole place had lots of men being creepy.\"\n\nSophie returned to the UK as quickly as possible and went to see a GP, who told her to report the rape to police.\n\nShe said they had told her they \"could do tests to see if I was drugged but in the end they didn't even do any tests\".\n\n\"They were very dismissive from the outset,\" she said.\n\n\"They said they'd have to hand over to the Cypriot police.\n\n\"I asked them to check if my anonymity would be compromised and they said they didn't know.\n\n\"They were discouraging and said it would be difficult to find the rapist, that the courts can be tough on victims and that I'd be scrutinised a lot.\"\n\nSophie decided at that point she would not take any further action.\n\nShe attended a sexual assault clinic, where swabs were taken for evidence in case she wanted to go back to the authorities in future, but she has yet to do this.\n\nDet Supt Donna Duffy, Greater Glasgow Division, said it was contacted in June 2017 by a woman seeking advice and reporting she may have been the victim of a sexual assault abroad.\n\n\"The woman was interviewed by two specially-trained officers from Greater Glasgow Divisional Rape Investigation Unit, however, no formal complaint was made,\" she said.\n\n\"We are unaware of any forensic tests confirming the presence of DNA following a medical examination at a sexual assault clinic.\n\n\"Police Scotland thoroughly investigates all reports of sexual offences and will be responsive to the needs of the victim. Given the information provided we will make efforts to speak to this woman again in the coming days.\"\n\nFollow the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme on Facebook and Twitter - and see more of our stories here.", "US regulators are seeking to fine Boeing $5.4m (£4.14m) for \"knowingly\" installing faulty parts on 737 Max planes.\n\nThe move comes after the release of internal messages that raised more questions about the jet's safety.\n\nIn one of the communications, an employee said the plane was \"designed by clowns\".\n\nBoeing has been under scrutiny since the fatal crashes of two 737 Max planes, which killed 346 people.\n\nThe fine announced by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday is not connected to the software system that investigators have implicated in those crashes.\n\nIt concerns \"slat tracks\" that are located on the wings.\n\nThe FAA said the company submitted the jets for FAA approval despite determining that the wing parts had failed a strength test. It also accused Boeing of failing to oversee its suppliers properly.\n\nThe planemaker has the right to contest the penalty, which follows a $3.9m fine the FAA proposed against the US aerospace giant for similar reasons last month.\n\nBoeing did not immediately respond to a request for comment.\n\nThe announcement heightens the pressure on the company, which is now facing multiple investigations following the 737 Max crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia.\n\nLast month, the company fired chief executive Dennis Muilenburg. The firm said Friday it had denied him severance and that he had forfeited stock awards worth about $14.6m.\n\nAs part of the investigations, Boeing has provided hundreds of messages to the FAA and Congress. It said it had released redacted versions this week as part of its commitment to transparency.\n\n\"These communications do not reflect the company we are and need to be, and they are completely unacceptable,\" Boeing said.\n\nIn one exchange in April 2017, an unnamed employee wrote: \"This airplane is designed by clowns who in turn are supervised by monkeys.\"\n\nThe documents also showed Boeing planning to push back against requirements that 737 Max pilots receive training on simulators, which would have led to higher costs for its customers, making its aircraft less attractive.\n\n\"I want to stress the importance of holding firm that there will not be any type of simulator training required to transition from NG to Max,\" Boeing's 737 chief technical pilot at the time, Mark Forkner, said in a March 2017 email.\n\n\"Boeing will not allow that to happen. We'll go face to face with any regulator who tries to make that a requirement.\"\n\nOn Tuesday this week, Boeing reversed its position by recommending 737 Max simulator training for all pilots.\n\nThese messages refer to Boeing employees telling lies, covering up problems and treating regulators with contempt.\n\nThey reinforce the impression - already expressed vividly by whistleblowers and in Congressional hearings - that Boeing was a company that had lost its way, focused on maximising production and keeping costs down, rather than on safety.\n\nWill all this actually harm Boeing though? It's questionable.\n\nThe company's reputation has already been savaged; it may be calculating that it now has little to lose by being transparent about past failures.\n\nBut it is easy to see now why the relationship between Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration has deteriorated so far - and why the recertification of the 737 Max has taken so long.\n\nStaff also appear to discuss problems with the simulators.\n\nIn February 2018, a Boeing worker asked a colleague: \"Would you put your family on a Max simulator-trained aircraft? I wouldn't.\"\n\nBoeing has said it is redesigning the automated control system thought to have been the primary cause of the crashes.\n\nBut 737 Max planes have been grounded worldwide since March and with no sign from regulators that the aircraft will be re-approved for flight anytime soon, the firm has been forced to halt production of the planes.\n\nOn Friday, the economic costs started to be felt as Spirit Aerosystems, a major Boeing supplier, said it would cut 2,800 jobs at a plant in Kansas, and expected smaller layoffs at some of its other factories.\n\n\"Spirit is taking this action because of the 737 MAX production suspension and ongoing uncertainty regarding the timing of when production will resume and the level of production when it does resume,\" the company said in a statement, which noted that Boeing has hundreds of 737 planes in storage.\n\nThe FAA said of the emails that safety problems had been addressed.\n\nHowever, the regulator added: \"The tone and content of some of the language contained in the documents is disappointing.\"\n\nIn the emails and instant messages, employees spoke of their frustration with the company's culture, complaining about the drive to find the cheapest suppliers and \"impossible schedules\".\n\n\"I don't know how to fix these things... it's systemic. It's culture. It's the fact we have a senior leadership team that understand very little about the business and yet are driving us to certain objectives,\" said an employee in an email dated June 2018.\n\nAnd in a May 2018 message, an unnamed Boeing employee said: \"I still haven't been forgiven by God for the covering up I did last year.\"\n\nWithout citing what was covered up, the employee added: \"Can't do it one more time, the pearly gates will be closed.\"\n\nBoeing said that some of the messages \"raise questions\" about the company's interactions with the FAA in discussions about the simulator.\n\nBut the company dismissed safety concerns, saying that the issues raised in the emails occurred at the start of the simulators.\n\nIt said: \"We remain confident in the regulatory process for qualifying these simulators.\"", "DUP leader Arlene Foster said parts of the deal were \"compromise outcomes\"\n\nDUP leader Arlene Foster has said the governments' draft deal is not \"perfect\", but \"there is a basis upon which the assembly and executive can be re-established\".\n\nThe text was published on Thursday night.\n\nArlene Foster said: \"There are elements within it which we recognise are the product of long negotiations and represent compromise outcomes.\"\n\nShe was speaking before Sinn Féin backed the deal on Friday.\n\nNorthern Ireland Secretary Julian Smith said he hoped the the deal could see the assembly reconvene on Friday but the speaker Robin Newton made clear that could only happen when the parties approached him.\n\nThe DUP leader Mrs Foster said the party had weighed the governments' paper against its 10 commitments for negotiations.\n\n\"There will always need to be give and take,\" she said.\n\n\"The key to making devolution work will be having the resources to do so.\n\n\"This element of the paper will require further scrutiny.\"\n\nSinn Féin leader Mary-Lou McDonald said her party would \"assess\" the text\n\nThe draft deal was welcomed as an \"historic advancement\" by the Irish language group Conradh na Gaeilge.\n\nHowever, it said the proposed legislation \"falls very much short\" of promises for an Irish language act.\n\n\"The role and remit of the commissioner being left to the sign-off of OFMDFM [Office of First Minister and Deputy First Minister - now the Executive Office] leaves us at the whim of a veto being used against core components of the legislation and drafting and delivery of services, said Ciarán Mac Giolla Bhéin from the group.\n\n\"The use of any veto to limit, obstruct or frustrate delivery of services and rights would undoubtedly erode trust and could be potentially catastrophic for any incoming Executive.\"\n\nQuestioned earlier on BBC Radio Ulster's Nolan show about whether a unionist veto around the Irish language was included in the small print of the draft document, DUP chief whip Sir Jeffrey Donaldson confirmed: \"Unionist consent will be required\".\n\nHe said: \"That is the way Stormont operates. It operates on the basis that there has to be cross-community consent.\n\n\"We will not agree to standards that impose Irish on people who don't speak it.\n\n\"There will be no compulsory Irish in schools and there will be no Irish road signs.\"\n\nThe Orange Order released a statement saying it has \"very serious concerns\" about the draft deal and could not support the proposal to appoint an Irish language commissioner.\n\n\"The document, which has been released with a purposely narrow window for meaningful consideration, is clearly far reaching in its provision for the Irish language and its subsequent future role in the political and civic life of Northern Ireland,\" the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland's statement said.\n\nIt added that in contrast to measures to promote the Irish language, \"references to Ulster-Scots/Ulster British culture are ambiguous -lacking meaningful detail\".\n\nThe Orange Order said it would comment further on the draft deal in the coming days after consulting more widely with its members\n\nUUP leader Steve Aiken said the party is \"committed to a return to devolution that is fair and sustainable\".\n\nUUP leader Steve Aiken said his party will attend if the Assembly is recalled\n\nHe said: \"We will consider this complex and far-reaching document carefully and consult widely within our party before making any further comments.\n\n\"If the assembly is recalled on Friday, the Ulster Unionist Party MLAs will attend and consider the business put before them.\"\n\nSpeaking on the BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme, Alliance MLA Kellie Armstrong questioned whether the reforms of the petition of concern detailed in the draft deal go far enough.\n\nAlliance MLA Kellie Armstrong has concerns about the petition of concern\n\n\"That is what we are trying to consider at the moment. This is a new approach,\" she said.\n\nShe said detailed work was also needed on Friday to define the financial aspect of the deal and \"the amount of money that has been talked about\" for public services in Northern Ireland.\n\nGreen Party NI leader Clare Bailey echoed Alliance's concerns that proposed reform of the petition of concern was insufficient and expressed some disappointment that environmental protections in the deal do not go far enough.\n\nHowever, Ms Bailey added she was \"hopeful that this is a deal that will see the restoration of the devolved institutions\".\n\nShe said it \"provides a chance to build towards delivery and accountability\" at Stormont.\n\nA key focus of the deal is the implementation of health and social care reform, including an end to the healthcare strikes which demand pay parity and safe staffing levels.\n\nSpeaking at a picket line in Antrim, the Royal College of Nursing President Anne Marie Rafferty said nurses \"want to see the ink on the paper and the deal delivered\".\n\n\"Words are not enough, deeds are what actually counts.\"\n\n\"It has been a cliff edge moment.\"\n\nThe Royal College of Nursing said \"words are not enough\"\n\nEducation is another area which has come under financial pressure, with the deal promising that schools will have a sustainable core budget.\n\nGeri Cameron, President of the National Association of Head Teachers in Northern Ireland, said while \"detail is scant\", its representatives are willing to work with MLAs going forward.\n\nIndustry leaders have also been reacting to the proposals. Trade NI, which is an alliance of Retail NI, Manufacturing NI and Hospitality NI, released a statement urging \"all the main parties in Northern Ireland to sign the deal today and get the assembly back up and running.\"\n\n\"The clear prioritisation of the Northern Ireland economy highlights the many challenges that businesses have faced over the past three years.\"\n\nThe Institute of Directors Northern Ireland (IoDNI) said commitments for infrastructure projects such as the York Street Interchange, upgrades to the A5 and A6 and Northern Ireland's sewage network were \"particularly pleasing\".\n\n\"Plans for multi-year budgets and increased civic engagement will also improve overall governance,\" said the IoD's National Director Kirsty McManus.\n\n\"From a business perspective however, we would have liked to have seen more around a new skills agenda, which urgently require focus alongside a renewed look at the Apprenticeship Levy which is not included in this deal.", "Counter-terrorism police in south-east England have admitted an \"error of judgement\" after listing Extinction Rebellion as an \"extreme ideology\".\n\nFirst reported in the Guardian, the police guide - aimed at stopping young people being radicalised - suggested referring those at risk of extremism to the government's Prevent programme.\n\n\"How dare they,\" said climate change group Extinction Rebellion.\n\nPolice are now reviewing and recalling the document.\n\nThe climate change group was listed alongside banned groups like National Action in the 12-page guide.\n\nThe document was produced by Counter Terrorism Policing South East - part of the national counter-terrorism policing network - and given to police forces and government organisations.\n\nCalled \"safeguarding young people and adults from ideological extremism\", the guide itself also says it was produced for those who work with young people or the public, as well as local authorities.\n\nIt was designed to help \"recognise when young people or adults may be vulnerable to extreme or violent ideologies\", it reads.\n\nIt says spotting one of the signs in isolation may not mean someone has been radicalised, but \"in combination or in circumstances where they do not 'fit', they may indicate an individual at risk\".\n\n\"In such cases, consider whether the individual is vulnerable to extremism and should be referred to the UK government's Prevent programme.\"\n\nThe Prevent programme is part of the government's counter-terrorism strategy and urges local communities to flag up anyone at risk of joining extremist groups and carrying out terrorist activities.\n\nThe guide lists several groups, such as the neo-Nazi group National Action and Islamist extremist group Al Muhajiroun - both of which are banned in the UK.\n\nIt also has pages on far-right youth network Generation Identity, extreme Satanism and animal rights extremism.\n\nOn the page about Extinction Rebellion, the guide describes the group as: \"A campaign encouraging protest and civil disobedience to pressure governments to take action on climate change and species extinction.\"\n\nUnder the heading \"why are they a threat?\", the guide reads: \"An anti-establishment philosophy that seeks system change underlies its activism; the group attracts to its events school-age children and adults unlikely to be aware of this.\n\n\"While non-violent against persons, the campaign encourages other law-breaking activities.\"\n\nThe guide says signs someone is involved in Extinction Rebellion might be the use of phrases like \"rise up\" or \"rebel\".\n\nOr \"you may see or hear of young people taking part in 'NVDA' (non-violent direct action) such as sit-down protests, 'die-ins',\" the guide suggests.\n\nA spokeswoman for the Extinction Rebellion group said: \"Teachers, grandparents, nurses have been trying their best with loving non-violence to get politicians and big business to do something about the dire state of our planet.\n\n\"And this is how the establishment responds.\"\n\nIn a statement, Det Ch Supt Kath Barnes, head of Counter Terrorism Policing South East, said: \"I would like to make it quite clear that we do not classify Extinction Rebellion as an extremist organisation.\n\n\"The inclusion of Extinction Rebellion in this document was an error of judgement and we will now be reviewing all of the contents as a result.\n\n\"It was produced by CTPSE to assist our statutory partners - including police forces and government organisations - in identifying people who may [be] vulnerable as a result of their links to some organisations.\"\n\nLast year saw multiple protests organised by Extinction Rebellion across the UK\n\nDet Ch Supt Barnes added that the document was \"designed for a very specific audience who understand the complexities of the safeguarding environment we work within and who have statutory duties under Prevent\".\n\nShe said they are in the process of confirming who the guide has been shared with and recalling it.\n\n\"We as Counter Terrorism Policing, along with our partners, have a responsibility to protect vulnerable people. Officers are trained to spot those who may be vulnerable, and the membership of an organisation that supports environmental or animal welfare issues alone would not be a trigger.\"", "A woman disguised herself as a teenage boy to sexually assault girls after grooming them online.\n\nGemma Watts posed as 16-year-old \"Jake Waton\" on social media and swapped intimate photos with victims before meeting at locations across England.\n\nWatts, 21, of Enfield, pleaded guilty at Winchester Crown Court to sexual offences involving four girls and was jailed for eight years.\n\nPolice believe she may have assaulted up to 50 victims in total.\n\nScotland Yard said Watts had used her own picture on Snapchat and Instagram accounts as \"Jake\" and targeted girls aged 13 to 16 by liking their profiles.\n\nShe used teenage slang, sent flattering messages and shared intimate photographs before travelling to meet them in person.\n\nHer disguise included tying her hair back in a bun and wearing a baseball cap, jogging bottoms and a hoodie.\n\nPolice said all of her victims believed they were in a relationship with a teenage boy until officers revealed Watts was actually an adult woman.\n\nShe was so convincing she even spent time as \"Jake\" with some of the girls' parents.\n\nThe court heard two of the victims had since made several suicide attempts because of their experiences.\n\nOne 14-year-old girl said her \"heart exploded\" when she learned the truth about Watts from the police.\n\nIn a victim statement read out in court, she said: \"My world stopped, I actually stopped breathing... I loved him so much.\"\n\nThe offences she has admitted relate to a 13-year-old from Plymouth, two 14-year-olds from Surrey and Hampshire and a 16-year-old from the West Midlands.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Det Con Phillipa Kenwright said the victims \"all believed they were in a relationship with a male\"\n\nBarnaby Shaw, prosecuting, said Watts repeatedly groped one of the victims during regular overnight stays over a three-month period.\n\nOn one occasion, he said the girl believed she was touching Watts' genitals but was deceived by \"what must have been a number of socks tightly rolled together\".\n\nPassing sentence, Judge Susan Evans QC said Watts had groomed young girls for her own gratification.\n\n\"Their youth, as you plainly knew, made them more naive and made you more likely to get away with your deception,\" she told Watts.\n\nDet Con Phillipa Kenwright said the victims \"all believed they were in a relationship with a male\" and had been \"completely taken in\" by Watts.\n\nShe added: \"It's been life-changing for all of the victims involved.\"\n\nThe officer said she believed Watts could have duped \"20 to 50\" victims in total.\n\nWatts arrives at Winchester Crown Court for her sentencing\n\nA doctor in Hampshire first raised concerns to police in March 2018 after a young patient revealed she was in a relationship with an older boy.\n\nIn July that year Watts admitted to Met officers she had been sexually active as \"Jake\" with the first three victims.\n\nShe was released under investigation and arrested again in October 2018 by British Transport Police who found her on a train with a fourth victim.\n\nOfficers initially thought Watts was a 16-year-old boy and were taking her home to London before they realised her true identity.\n\nIn November 2019, Watts pleaded guilty to one count of assault by penetration, three counts of meeting a child following sexual grooming and three counts of sexual assault.\n\nDet Ch Insp Nicholas Plummer, from Hampshire Constabulary, said: \"This is a truly shocking case. It serves as a reminder to us all about the lengths a perpetrator will go to exploit children.\n\n\"Parents and carers should have the confidence to speak to their children about their online activity.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Brusthom Ziamani was inspired by the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby, his trial at the Old Bailey heard\n\nAn inmate suspected of attacking an officer at a maximum security prison was jailed for planning to behead a soldier, the BBC has learned.\n\nHe is understood to be Brusthom Ziamani, 24, who was found guilty of preparing an act of terrorism in 2015.\n\nThe attack at HMP Whitemoor in Cambridgeshire on Thursday, in which four other prison staff were injured, happened as cells were unlocked.\n\nOne officer was slashed and stabbed, the others had rushed to help.\n\nZiamani was assisted by another prisoner, a Muslim convert who was serving time for a violent offence.\n\nBoth inmates were wielding bladed weapons and wearing fake suicide vests during the attack.\n\nThe male officer suffered wounds to his face but his injuries are not believed to be life threatening.\n\nNo arrests have been made, the Met Police said.\n\nThe assault by two inmates at Whitemoor was \"quickly resolved,\" the prison service said\n\nDuring his trial at the Old Bailey it was revealed that Ziamani had been inspired by the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby and used the internet to research cadet bases.\n\nHe converted to Islam in 2014 and, months later, was arrested in east London in possession of a 12-inch-long knife and a hammer.\n\nZiamani was 18 when held in 2014 as part of a joint operation by the Met Police and MI5.\n\nHe was jailed for 22 years but the sentence was later reduced on appeal.\n\nThe Met Police said it was \"deemed appropriate\" its counter-terrorism command unit was sent to HMP Whitemoor \"due to certain circumstances relating to this incident\".\n\nA prison service spokesman said: \"The incident was quickly resolved by our brave staff and our thoughts are with the injured officers at this time.\n\n\"We do not tolerate assaults on our hardworking officers and will push for the strongest possible punishment.\"\n\nIn a tweet, the general secretary of the Prison Officers Association (POA), Steve Gillan, wrote: \"Having liaised with the Whitemoor committee today an official statement will be made tomorrow morning by the POA in a press release.\n\n\"Nothing will be said on social media by the POA that compromises an ongoing police investigation into a very serious incident.\"\n\nHMP Whitemoor houses more than 400 Category A and B prisoners on three wings, including a number of the highest-risk inmates.\n\nIn February last year, a \"small number\" of prison staff there had to receive medical treatment after violence broke out.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Ministry Of Defence's \"poor management\" of Britain's nuclear weapons programme has led to rising costs and lengthy delays, according to the government spending watchdog.\n\nThe National Audit Office looked at three security sites in England, known as the Defence Nuclear Estate.\n\nIt found the infrastructure projects face delays of between one and six years, with costs increasing by £1.3bn.\n\nThe MoD said it would carefully look at the report's findings.\n\nThe projects, initially valued at £2.5bn, are being built to enhance or replace existing facilities at Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, where four new submarines are being built by BAE Systems to carry Trident missiles.\n\nThe other sites are Raynesway near Derby, where Rolls Royce is developing nuclear reactors to power the submarines, and at Burghfield in Berkshire, where the Atomic Weapons Establishment are assembling nuclear warheads.\n\nNearly half of the £1.3bn in increased costs are due to construction starting too early and then having to be revised, the NAO found.\n\nThe watchdog acknowledged there have been unique challenges, including the need to comply with stricter security and safety regulations for the nuclear industry, such as the construction of buildings able to withstand seismic activity.\n\nBut it said the MoD did not have the controls in place to overcome these barriers and prevent infrastructure designs from being over-specified and to ensure designs are \"cost-effective\".\n\nThe NAO also criticised what it called \"poor contracts\", with the MoD taking all the risks and with the work being carried out by \"monopolistic\" suppliers.\n\nBAE Systems earned an extra £10m in management fees following cost increases.\n\nThe company has no liability for costs and damages relating to non-performance. AWE also received additional fees when work was deferred.\n\nThe report said it was disappointing to see the MoD making similar mistakes to ones it made 30 years ago.\n\nIt says the department should not have allowed work to start too early and should have more control to agree to cost-effective designs.\n\nIn not doing so, the MoD's early management of the programme has \"not delivered value for money\", said the NAO.\n\nGareth Davies, the head of the NAO, said the \"MoD's failure to mitigate commercial and delivery risks early on has led to project delays and cost increases as well as impacting its wider work\".\n\nDominic Cummings, the prime minister's chief special adviser, has been a harsh critic of defence procurement\n\nThe spending watchdog did acknowledge oversight had recently improved.\n\nBut the criticisms will likely catch the attention of the prime minister's chief special adviser, Dominic Cummings, who wants to overhaul the way the MoD buys military equipment.\n\nMr Cummings, who has been a harsh critic of defence procurement, has already held talks with Defence Secretary Ben Wallace about ways of tackling waste.\n\nMr Wallace recently admitted there was a shortfall in the department's budget.\n\nIn a statement the Ministry of Defence said it was carefully examining the conclusions of the report but was committed to strengthening the management of its nuclear programme.", "Rebecca Long Bailey, Lisa Nandy and Jess Phillips (l to r) have all secured the number of nominations needed\n\nRebecca Long Bailey, Lisa Nandy and Jess Phillips have secured support to run in the contest to succeed Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.\n\nThe MPs for Salford and Eccles, Wigan and Birmingham Yardley join Sir Keir Starmer on the ballot paper.\n\nCandidates need 22 Labour MPs or MEPs to nominate them before Monday.\n\nEmily Thornberry and Clive Lewis have also declared they are running, but Barry Gardiner, who was considering joining, has now ruled himself out.\n\nMs Thornberry - the shadow foreign secretary - has only secured seven nominations so far, while Mr Lewis - a shadow treasury minister - has four.\n\nThere is also a contest to become deputy leader after Tom Watson stepped down in December.\n\nThe new leader and deputy leader will be announced on 4 April.\n\nShadow business secretary Mrs Long Bailey has 26 nominations so far.\n\nHer supporters include shadow chancellor John McDonnell, shadow home secretary Diane Abbott and Labour Party chairman Ian Lavery - who had been considering his own run.\n\nBoth Ms Phillips and Ms Nandy have 22 nominations.\n\nMs Phillips has the backing of former Labour ministers Margaret Hodge and Chris Bryant, while Ms Nandy has shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth and former shadow minister Jack Dromey on side.\n\nThe leadership candidates tweeted to thank the people who had nominated them, with Ms Phillips celebrating the amount she had raised through crowdfunding, adding: \"It means so much to be powered by people.\"\n\nMs Nandy said she was \"proud\" to have gained support from MPs \"representing different parts of the country and different traditions in our movement\".\n\nAnd Mrs Long Bailey tweeted that her nomination was \"an honour and responsibility\" that she took \"incredibly seriously\", adding: \"Together we will build a winning vision of a socialist future.\"\n\nHowever, all three candidates are behind the shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir, who has secured 63 nominations so far - including from the shadow leader of the House Valerie Vaz and shadow Brexit minister Paul Blomfield.\n\nHe also got the backing of the UK's largest union Unison.", "A packaging firm has announced plans to close two factories, which could lead to the loss of up to 208 jobs.\n\nMondi said it would close operations at the Deeside Industrial Park, Flintshire, where 167 jobs are at risk, and in Nelson, Lancashire, with 41 jobs affected.\n\nThe firm said a \"change in demand for the niche products\" at the sites has led to their potential closures.\n\nThe company also said its CEO, Peter Oswald, will step down by 31 March.\n\nMondi has a factory at the Deeside Industrial Park in Flintshire\n\nThe closure is expected by the second half of 2020.\n\nThe Mondi Group was formed in South Africa in 1967 and now employs about 26,000 people in about 30 countries and creates paper and plastic packaging products.\n\nIts Deeside and Nelson plants create bags, pouches and laminates for the consumer industry.\n\nA statement released by Mondi said it will start a 45-day consultation process which could lead to the closure of the factories.\n\nIt said: \"Mondi sees no alternative than to start a consultation process on the potential closure.\n\n\"Employees will be given support during the consultation and implementation of the ultimately agreed proposal, and Mondi will follow all legal procedures in accordance with UK labour law.\n\n\"Mondi remains fully committed to flexible plastics packaging and will continue to serve its UK customers from its wide network of production facilities across Europe.\"\n\nMore than 40 jobs will be lost from the firm's Lancashire factory under plans", "Segway's S-Pod was offline at CES after a crash during a demonstration\n\nSegway's prototype wheelchair crashed during a demonstration at the CES tech show.\n\nThe S-Pod - a self-balancing electric wheelchair - was being tested by a journalist at the time. The rider had accelerated the vehicle before accidently crashing into a wall.\n\nIts maximum speed is 24mph (38km/h). The company said no one was injured.\n\nThe crash made the S-Pod unavailable for further demos, but analysts say the company should not face lasting damage.\n\n\"In no way is a [malfunction] a total loss. It is still a sign to the public that the company is close to the finished product,\" said Ross Rubin, principal analyst at Reticle Research.\n\nThe S-Pod is designed to be driven in enclosed spaces such as airports, theme parks and work campuses.\n\nSegway's director of marketing Jeff Wu told the BBC the concept model did not have a safety belt, but that his company intended to add one.\n\nThe Chinese firm did not say how much it had spent on the prototype, but companies often spend millions of dollars developing products to have them ready to exhibit at the annual Las Vegas expo.\n\nThe S-Pod is expected to go on sale in early 2021.\n\nThe demo model had received significant media attention for its design. It is inspired by the geospheres in the film Jurassic World. Many on social media have also compared the vehicle to the hover chairs in the animated Pixar film Wall-E.\n\nSegway's self-balancing electric chair was inspired by the movie Jurassic World\n\nSegway is best known for its electric scooters, which are controlled by riders moving forwards, backwards or to the side. However, the S-Pod is steered via a joystick on its armrest.\n\nThe crash is the latest in a long history of mishaps at the tech show.\n\n\"One reason that companies increasingly release products at their own separate events is because they have [greater] control over the environment,\"commented Mr Rubin.\n\nEven so, trade shows can be still a valuable way to show off new concepts to large audiences, especially for smaller brands, he added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: LG's marketing chief said Cloi \"doesn't like me\" after it ignored his commands\n\nIts artificial intelligence robot Cloi repeatedly failed to respond to commands on stage.\n\nThe presenter was left to awkwardly joke that Cloi \"doesn't like me\".\n\nRazer claims that its three-screened Project Valerie concept laptop is a world first\n\nTwo unusual gaming laptops, each with three 4K screens, were among of the hits of 2017's CES.\n\nBut Razer's concept computers caught the wrong eye and were stolen from the PC-maker's booth before the event ended.\n\nOne of the models was later spotted for sale on a Chinese e-commerce site, although it is unclear whether this was a hoax.\n\nFuture Motion alleged that its designs have been illegally copied by rival firm.\n\nIn 2016, US Marshals raided the CES booth of a Chinese hoverboard maker, Changzhou First International Trade Co.\n\nUS-based rival Future Motion had accused the company of stealing its intellectual property.\n\nActing on an order from a judge, the authorities confiscated several of the Asian firm's one-wheeled scooters.\n\nBut the case was later dropped.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Michael Bay initially said he would \"wing it\" after his autocue malfunctioned\n\nHollywood director Michael Bay is best known for being behind the cameras of movie series such as the Transformers films.\n\nBut in 2014, Samsung thought it wise to put him in front of the press to help call attention to its latest TVs.\n\nHis appearance was certainly memorable, but for all the wrong reasons after he walked off stage mid-presentation because of a problem with the autocue.\n\nBill Gates found himself in the middle of a technical glitch at CES in 2005.\n\nThe Microsoft founder was presenting Windows Media Center with US comedian Conan O'Brien.\n\nUsing a remote control he attempted to pull up a slideshow of photos, but nothing appeared after several clicks.\n\n\"Right now, nine people are being fired,\" Mr O'Brien joked.", "The attack happened as prison cells were being unlocked\n\nAn attack on prison staff by two inmates with bladed weapons is being treated as a terror attack, the Metropolitan Police has confirmed.\n\nFour officers and a nurse were injured at HMP Whitemoor in March, Cambridgeshire, on Thursday.\n\nOne attacker is understood to be Brusthom Ziamani, 24, found guilty of preparing an act of terrorism in 2015.\n\nAll five staff have since been released from hospital and the Met's Counter Terrorism Command is investigating.\n\nOne officer at the maximum security jail sustained serious stab injuries to his head, face and back when he was attacked from behind by the two inmates wearing fake suicide belts and using improvised weapons, POA general secretary Steve Gillan said.\n\n\"There is no doubt in my mind that but for the bravery of staff, then this morning we could have been talking about a death of a prison officer at Whitemoor Prison,\" he added.\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 UK Prime Minister 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 officer was attacked as the cells were being unlocked on Thursday morning.\n\nHe was set upon from behind and the inmates attempted to force him into a storage cupboard he was unlocking.\n\nThe other four members of staff were hurt when they tried to help their colleague.\n\nWhitemoor inmate Brusthom Ziamani is understood to be one of those responsible for the attack\n\nThey were two male prison officers, one female officer and a prison nurse.\n\nOne officer was stabbed in the hand and the others received facial injuries, according to Mr Gillan.\n\nAll five were treated in hospital but have since been discharged.\n\nShouts of \"Allahu Akbar\" (God is the greatest) were reportedly heard during the attack.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has spoken of the attack on Twitter, saying: \"My thoughts are with the prison staff who were injured in the suspected terrorist incident at HMP Whitemoor and I would like to thank them, and the emergency services, for their courageous response.\n\n\"We owe those who keep us safe a huge debt of gratitude.\"\n\nZiamani was inspired by the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby, his trial at the Old Bailey heard\n\nZiamani, understood to be one of those responsible, was jailed in 2015 for planning to behead a soldier, the BBC has learned.\n\nIn the prison attack, he was assisted by another inmate, a Muslim convert who was serving time for a violent offence.\n\nThe Met said that \"due to the circumstances relating to this incident, it was deemed appropriate for the investigation to be carried out by officers from the Met Police Counter Terrorism Command\".\n\nDeputy Assistant Commissioner Dean Haydon, senior national co-ordinator for Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP), has confirmed the matter is being treated as a terror attack.\n\nThe force said there was \"nothing to suggest any continuing threat inside or outside of the prison system linked to yesterday's incident\".\n\nNo arrests have yet been made.\n\nThe maximum security jail houses more than 400 inmates\n\nHMP Whitemoor houses more than 400 Category A and B prisoners on three wings, including a number of the highest-risk inmates.\n\nIn February last year, a \"small number\" of prison staff there needed medical treatment after violence broke out.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Online food ordering company Takeaway.com has won the battle for the UK-listed Just Eat with a £5.9bn all-share offer.\n\nThe deal will create one of the world's largest meal delivery companies.\n\nThe merged company, which will be led by Takeaway chief executive Jitse Groen, will have its headquarters in Amsterdam and a listing in London.\n\nThe joint group will bring together businesses that process 360 million annual orders worth €7.3bn (£6.6bn).\n\n\"I am thrilled,\" said Mr Groen. \"Just Eat Takeaway.com is a dream combination and I am very much looking forward to leading the company for many years to come.\"\n\nTakeaway said that 80.4% of Just Eat shareholders had agreed to its latest all-share offer, passing a 50% threshold needed to make the offer unconditional.\n\nThe bid was worth 889 pence per share at the latest close, trumping a rival bid of 800 pence per share in cash from Prosus.\n\nThe fight to buy Just Eat began in August, when Takeaway struck a management-backed deal to buy Just Eat that would see Takeaway holding a 48% stake in the combined firm.\n\nThat plan was upended when Prosus laid down the first of three unsolicited rival bids in October. All were rejected as inadequate by Just Eat managers.\n\nProsus argued Takeaway was underestimating the investment needed to fend off rivals such as Uber Eats and Amazon.com.\n\nMr Groen responded that food delivery was a low-margin business, and investments should focus on becoming the dominant ordering platform.\n\nThe combined firm will have 23 subsidiaries, mostly in Europe but also in Canada, Australia and Latin America.\n\nJust Eat was founded by a group of five Danish entrepreneurs in 2000 and launched a year later. It employs 3,600 staff globally.\n\nAs well as the Just Eat brand in Europe, it trades as Skip The Dishes in Canada, iFood in Mexico and Brazil, and Menulog in Australia and New Zealand.\n\nJust Eat is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 100 share index.", "Fashion chain Superdry has warned that its profits could be wiped out after sales fell sharply over Christmas.\n\nThe firm, which has been trying to sell more clothes at full price, said it had been hit by \"unprecedented levels of promotional activity\" by rivals.\n\nSuperdry, which saw co-founder Julian Dunkerton return to lead the company last year, also blamed poor sales of old designs by the previous management.\n\nRevenues at the retailer fell 15.8% over the 10 weeks to 4 January.\n\nAs a result, the company said it now expected full-year profits to be between zero and £10m, compared with analysts' expectations of about £40m.\n\nShares in Superdry sank as much as 20% in reaction to the news.\n\nThe profit warning drew a high number of comments on social media.\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\nIn April last year, Mr Dunkerton returned to the firm following a lengthy campaign against the previous management, who - he argued - were following a \"misguided\" strategy.\n\nSince his return, Mr Dunkerton has been trying to focus on full-price sales and reducing promotions, but this meant the chain suffered over the crucial Christmas trading period as other brands slashed prices.\n\nMr Dunkerton said: \"Everyone at Superdry continues to work intensively to deliver the turnaround of the business. While we have always said it will take time, we continue to make progress in implementing our strategy.\"\n\n\"We halved the proportion of discounted sales over our peak trading period, benefiting both our margins and the Superdry brand.\n\n\"However, this adversely affected our sales during the peak trading period, given the level of promotional activity in the market. Despite this, our disciplined plan to reinvigorate the brand and return Superdry to sustainable long-term growth is on track.\"\n\nThe company said it had been \"encouraged\" by the reaction to the limited range of new designs brought in by the new management, but added this had not been enough \"to offset weaker trading on older product\".\n\nAnalysts at Liberum said Superdry's problems were partly self-inflicted.\n\n\"We agree a full-price stance is appropriate for branded fashion companies,\" they said.\n\n\"However, this only works when the quality of the product and ranges are adequate, and maybe the management were too aggressive with this stance while still trying to clear a less-than-ideal mix of inventory.\"\n\nRuss Mould, investment director at AJ Bell, said the return of Mr Dunkerton was \"starting to look like a difficult second album rather than an overnight success\".\n\n\"After nine months in charge, and after a lengthy campaign to oust the previous management, there will be increasing pressure on him from the market to deliver tangible signs of progress as we move through 2020.\"\n\nFashion brand Joules added to the retail sector's woes after it said profits were set to be \"significantly below market expectations\" following poor Christmas trading.\n\nThe company said sales were \"significantly behind expectations\", dropping 4.5% in the seven weeks to 5 January from a year earlier, although it blamed this on \"one-off\" issues that hit the availability of stock.\n\nJoules also said it expected cost \"headwinds\" as a result of tariffs being imposed by the US-China trade war.\n\nShares in Joules fell 20% in response to the update.\n\nJoules chief executive Nick Jones said: \"We are disappointed with our inability to fully satisfy our customers' demand through our online channel during the important Christmas sale period.\n\n\"We have identified the root cause of this one-off issue and have taken steps to prevent its reoccurrence.\"", "The fires have already devastated huge swathes of Victoria and NSW\n\nGale force winds have fanned two of Australia's massive bushfires into a feared \"mega blaze\", with authorities warning of worse weather to come.\n\nIt had been feared for days that fire would spill over the New South Wales-Victoria border in the Snowy Mountains.\n\nForecasts are for more heat, strong winds and dry lightning. In South Australia, firefighters also battled infernos on Kangaroo Island.\n\nIn parts of both states, residents were told to leave their homes.\n\nMeanwhile, tens of thousands of people across Australia took part in climate change protests on Friday.\n\nIn cities including Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra, demonstrators turned out to press the government of Prime Minister Scott Morrison to make a quick transition away from fossil fuels.\n\nAustralians took to the streets across the country to criticise government climate policy\n\nAcross many parts of the country deadly forest fires that have raged for weeks are threatening to advance again as temperatures soar. The winds mean fires could spread quickly and unpredictably this weekend.\n\nThe mega blaze south of the Snowy Mountains came after two fires at Dunns Road and East Ournie Creek joined up, following another massive fire merger nearby earlier in the week. An area totalling nearly 600,000 hectares (1.5m acres) - about four times the size of Greater London - is now ablaze.\n\nNew South Wales (NSW) Rural Fire Service spokesman Anthony Clark said a \"finger\" of the East Ournie Creek blaze had collided with the fire at Dunns Road on Friday evening.\n\nMr Clark said a number of small fires started by lightning strikes had merged and grown, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.\n\n\"It provides a challenge for firefighters as, when they merge, it increases the size and opens up more uncontained perimeter.\"\n\nFires in NSW have destroyed about 1,000 homes since the New Year and more than 150 bushfires are burning there.\n\nBut the danger is equally great further south in Victoria.\n\nVictoria's Country Fire Authority issued several emergency warnings on Friday, telling people to evacuate before it became too dangerous.\n\nMaking the task harder for fire crews, aircraft were unable to operate overnight in the dark.\n\nThe largest town on the island in South Australia was cut off by bushfires as the weather whipped up the most significant threat for almost a week.\n\nErratic winds amplified a blaze which isolated Kingscote from roads. Crews are battling strong winds, soaring temperatures and parched bushland.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Cooler air moves into bushfire areas, whilst parts of the north are seeing flooding rain.\n\nMore than 150,000 ha of forest have already been destroyed on the island, which is renowned for its unique ecology and wildlife.\n\nSince September, at least 27 people have died in Australia's bushfires, which have destroyed more than 10.3m ha nationally.\n\nFirefighters from the US, Canada and New Zealand are among those who have flown in to assist fatigued crews.\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 Shane Fitzsimmons 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 crisis has also taken a vast toll on wildlife. An estimated 25,000 koalas were killed when flames devastated Kangaroo Island last week.\n\nAustralia saw its hottest and driest year on record in 2019 due to two specific weather phenomena and climate change, the Bureau of Meteorology said on Thursday.\n\nAuthorities have warned that the huge fires, spurred by high temperatures, wind and a three-year-drought, will persist until there is substantial rainfall.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Officials in the school where the shooting took place\n\nAn 11-year-old student has opened fire in a school in northern Mexico, killing a teacher and injuring at least six other people before shooting himself dead, officials say.\n\nThe incident happened at the private Colegio Cervantes school in the city of Torreón in Coahuila state.\n\nIt was not immediately clear what his motives were.\n\nThough murders are on the rise in Mexico, school shootings are rare.\n\nThe boy - who has not been identified - was a good student who lived with his grandmother and had normal behaviour, Mayor Jorge Zermeño told Milenio TV.\n\nHe carried two guns, Mr Zermeño said. It was not clear how the boy had obtained them.\n\nThe shooting happened at about 09:00 local time (15:00 GMT) on Friday in Torreón, some 800km (500 miles) from the capital, Mexico City.\n\nThe mayor said police were still trying to locate his parents. Dozens of police and soldiers have surrounded the school.\n\nThe injured included five students and a physical education teacher. They are in stable conditions in hospital.\n\nCoahuila state Governor Miguel Angel Riquelme said the boy had asked to go to the bathroom at the start of the school day.\n\nHis teacher went to look for him after 15 minutes, and the boy then emerged firing his weapons, Mr Riquelme said.\n\n\"He was well behaved, but he told some of his classmates that 'today was the day',\" he said.\n\nMr Riquelme said the boy had worn a T-shirt bearing the name of the video game Natural Selection, partly a first-person shooter game.", "A woman who would lose her vision if there was not enough male blood available to treat her condition is urging more men to donate.\n\nJo Daniels, 39, from Bristol, has the autoimmune disease Sjogren's syndrome, which attacks her tear glands and leaves her with painful ulcers on her corneas.\n\nShe uses a daily eye serum, made from male blood, to keep her sight.\n\nOnly 41% of new blood donors in England last year were men.\n\nThe high level of iron present in male blood makes it especially helpful to patients who rely on regular life-saving transfusions.\n\nUnlike men, women produce antibodies during pregnancy which makes their blood unviable for numerous specialist transfusions and blood-based products, such as complete blood transfusions in newborn babies.\n\nMrs Daniels's life turned upside down when her sight began to deteriorate at an alarming rate.\n\nShe told BBC News: \"My eyes were itchy for a while before my vision suddenly became blurry and painful.\n\n\"Over the course of four weeks, I went from seeing normally to being completely in the dark.\n\n\"To make matters worse, it came on over the Christmas period, so I couldn't get help very quickly.\n\n\"I was worried I would lose my career and not be able to see my young daughter grow up.\"\n\nNumerous treatments failed to help Mrs Daniels and she became resigned to the fact she may never be able to regain her vision.\n\nBut then a last ditch attempt using serum made from the plasma of male blood donors gave her hope.\n\n\"I can only see now because men donate blood that is used to extract serum that people like me put in their eyes hourly.\"\n\nThe NHS is hoping to correct the gender imbalance in blood donation\n\nMrs Daniels added: \"If enough men do not donate, then this treatment will no longer be available to me and I will begin to lose my sight again.\"\n\nSjogren's syndrome affects parts of the body that produce fluids such as tears and spit.\n\nIt is most common among women aged 40 to 60 and there is currently no cure.\n\nNHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is aiming for a 26% increase in new male donors this year in a bid to help fix the widening gender imbalance.\n\nFor every 100 women who started giving blood in 2019, only 70 men did the same.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Finlay had three transfusions from male blood when he was born\n\n\"We need more than 68,000 men to start donating blood this year,\" said Mike Stredder, head of donor recruitment at NHSBT.\n\n\"Men's blood can be used in extraordinary, lifesaving ways but we don't have enough new male donors coming forward.\n\n\"This is not about recruiting as many donors as possible - it is about getting the right gender mix.\"", "An artist's impression of how a pedestrianised George Street would look\n\nLarge parts of Edinburgh's city centre could be pedestrianised and the tramline extended under a radical 10-year vision for the capital.\n\nCity of Edinburgh Council has published its draft city mobility plan in a bid to become carbon neutral by 2030.\n\nGeorge Street would be shut to vehicles by 2025 and the tram network extended by the end of the decade.\n\nThe council said it planned to reinvest money raised by a workplace parking levy in improving public transport.\n\nThe final vision envisages widespread commuting by bike, integrated public transport and a largely car-free city centre.\n\nGeorge Street would be closed to traffic as well as parts of the Old Town including parts of the Royal Mile, Victoria Street and Cockburn Street.\n\nA review of the city's bus network could involve halting vehicles from Princes Street by creating hubs at either end of the city centre.\n\nThe city's tram network could be extended\n\nA \"seamless\" integrated ticketing system would allow passengers to use all modes of public transport, including the bike hire scheme.\n\nCouncil leaders said they had drawn inspiration from cities such as Copenhagen, Sydney and Paris as well as UK-initiatives in Manchester and London.\n\nIf approved by the council's transport committee, an eight week public consultation will begin in February with finalised proposals expected later in the year.\n\nCouncil leader Adam McVey said: \"We're already making great strides towards reducing carbon emissions in Edinburgh but, if we are to achieve our 2030 target, now is the time to be even bolder and more ambitious.\"\n\nDeputy council leader Cammy Day said: \"I think it's the right thing to do to make the city centre more liveable. It won't stop people from going to George Street.\"\n\nBus routes which currently use Princes Street could be altered\n\nThe consultation includes a proposal to introduce congestion charging \"if necessary\" but the council leader said the administration had no firm plans for such a measure..\n\nGreen councillor Gavin Corbett said: \"There is a huge amount to welcome in the draft plan which could and should improve quality of life in the city in so many ways: tackling congestion, pollution, poor health, social isolation and road safety.\n\n\"As the examples within the plan from across the world show, there is only one credible direction for Edinburgh.\n\n\"The status quo simply leaves the city further behind as other cities take dramatic steps towards public transport and cycling and walking.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Green Party, which has two assembly members at Stormont, said it is hopeful a deal can be done.\n\nLeader Clare Bailey said: \"I think that this deal provides a chance to build towards delivery and accountability within the institutions.\n\n“Of course, the devil is in the detail and we will continue to scrutinise the document in full in the hope that a two party agreement can create sustainable government.”\n\nBut Ms Bailey added that there was not enough in the deal on the environment or in terms of reforming the petition of concern.", "Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald said her party was up for a return to \"genuine power sharing\".\n\nThe party has said they will re-enter devolved government in Northern Ireland after three years of deadlock.\n\nThe Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) had earlier also given tentative its support to a draft deal to restore Stormont's political institutions.\n\nThe British and Irish governments published the draft proposals on Thursday, after nine months of talks.", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nBetting companies with streaming rights for FA Cup ties say they would allow the games to be streamed on a free platform elsewhere.\n\nThe Football Association has been criticised for its decision to sell FA Cup broadcast rights via a third party to seven gambling websites.\n\nSince the start of last season the bookmakers have been able to show FA Cup ties on their websites and apps.\n\nBBC Sport understands the FA would be open exploring the possibilities.\n\nIt is understood the FA would not want matches shown to clash with other television broadcasts of live matches. There was a match broadcast in each of the kick-off slots during the FA Cup third round last weekend, except for the 15:01 GMT start time.\n\nThe seven gambling websites - Bet365, Betfair, William Hill, Coral, Ladbrokes, Unibet and Paddy Power - acquired the rights via agency IMG, who agreed a deal with the FA.\n\nIn the third round of the tournament, 23 matches were available to watch on Bet365 last weekend - all those that did not kick off at 15:01 GMT on Saturday.\n\nThe matches were available to anyone who has placed a bet or put a deposit in their account in the 24 hours before kick-off.\n\nIn July 2017, the FA announced it was cutting its ties with gambling firms, but the deal with IMG was made in January 2017.\n\nLast weekend, ties started one minute late as part of the 'Heads Up' mental health awareness campaign.\n\nThe government is \"very angry\" about the issue and the sports minister Nigel Adams has said he will meet the FA next week.\n\nBut, Brigid Simmonds, chairman of the Betting and Gaming Council, said: \"Our members did not seek exclusivity for the rights to screen FA Cup games.\n\n\"They are therefore happy for IMG to offer the rights to screen these games to the Football Association or another appropriate body so that the games can be viewed for free by the public with immediate effect.\"\n\nThe FA has said it will \"review this element of the media rights sales process ahead of tendering rights from the 2024-25 season\", but the government want it to look at taking action earlier.", "The government has been urged to consider imposing restrictions on pay-as-you-go mobile phones to prevent county lines drug gangs using them.\n\nCurrent rules that allow people to buy the phones anonymously are being exploited by drug dealers, the policing watchdog for England and Wales said.\n\nIt called for a Home Office review of the \"criminal abuse\" of mobile phones.\n\nThe Home Office said it was investing £20m to further disrupt county lines activity.\n\nThe term \"county lines\" is used to describe gangs and organised criminal groups distributing drugs from typically larger cities to smaller towns around the country using mobile phones to arrange deals with suppliers and buyers.\n\nHer Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services' report into how police forces have responded to the crime found gangs were sidestepping court orders that block phones and numbers suspected of being used for drug dealing.\n\nThere was \"little support\" from officers for these orders, inspectors found, because dealers can obtain replacement numbers and phones - sometimes referred to as \"burners\" - \"quickly and anonymously\".\n\nIn one instance, officers told inspectors a drug gang received and shared a new phone number within an hour of the service provider acting on an order.\n\nFormer detective Mark Powell, one of the inspectors who worked on the report, told reporters the \"impression\" from officers they spoke to was that restrictions on buying phones anonymously would be \"welcome\".\n\nThis could involve people registering personal details when buying a mobile phone or replacement SIM card, the report said.\n\nMr Powell said: \"Officers have to resort to lengthy investigations to try to prove who had a phone.\n\n\"But clearly there's a wider debate to be had.\n\n\"We are not saying anonymity should no longer be available to everybody, but we are saying there needs to be a review of the criminal abuse of mobile phones.\"\n\nHe added this should look at whether regulations need \"strengthening\", but this was \"not the end of pay-as-you-go\".\n\nLatest analysis suggests there are more than 2,000 individual deal line phone numbers in the UK, linked to around 1,000 county lines.\n\nLondon, Birmingham and Liverpool are the main exporting areas, with other county lines originating from a further 23 forces, inspectors said.\n\nChief inspector of constabulary, Sir Thomas Winsor, said: \"People regard their communications as a species of privacy that should not be intruded into.\n\n\"That's why we say the matter should be considered.\"\n\nMeasures enabling the courts to block individual mobile phone numbers were contained in legislation passed in 2015, when county lines were starting to spread.\n\nIt took another two years for the powers to be implemented, by which time the drug gangs had strengthened their grip.\n\nThe paperwork involved in applying for the orders was burdensome - fewer than 50 have been granted since then - and police found that when mobile numbers were shut down others were quickly in their place.\n\nBeing able to pin a particular phone number to an individual would therefore be a huge advantage for detectives - and not just those investigating drug dealing.\n\nVirtually every criminal conspiracy and serious offence involves the use of mobiles or SIM cards, purchased anonymously.\n\nBut the ease and speed at which pay-as-you-go phones can be acquired is big business for retailers and a major attraction for customers, which is why the government is likely to proceed very cautiously before introducing any restrictions.\n\nCounty lines gangs typically coerce children and vulnerable adults to move and store the drugs and money.\n\nInspectors suggested those excluded from school could be some of the most at risk of being targeted.\n\nThey also raised concerns about how those who were considered vulnerable and had been drawn into the gangs were handled by police.\n\nA Home Office spokesman said: \"We are investing £20m to further disrupt county lines activity and established the National County Lines Co-ordination Centre, which has so far resulted in more than 2,500 arrests and the safeguarding of over 3,000 vulnerable children and adults.\"", "More than a quarter of young people referred to specialist mental health services in England are rejected for treatment, says a think tank study.\n\nThe Education Policy Institute (EPI) says 133,000 were turned away last year, including people who had self-harmed or experienced abuse.\n\nThe report warns of average waits of almost two months and a system struggling to cope with the demand.\n\nAn NHS spokesman rejected the report as a \"flawed analysis\".\n\n\"The NHS is actually ahead of its target on ensuring as many children as possible receive mental health care - seeing an extra 53,000 children, teenagers and young adults last year, a 14% increase on the year before,\" said the NHS spokesman.\n\nThe NHS accused the report of using misleading measurements - arguing that it was wrong to assume that young people not given treatment by NHS mental health services were \"left to fend for themselves\", rather than being directed to get support elsewhere.\n\nThe EPI report, based on Freedom of Information responses from mental health service providers in England, warned of \"patchy\" provision for children and young people and a system \"under great strain\".\n\n\"There is a vast treatment gap, meaning the needs of hundreds of thousands of young people in England are not being met,\" said report author Whitney Crenna-Jennings.\n\nThe most common reason for the rejection of 26% of referrals to child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) was because children's conditions were not suitable for treatment or they \"did not meet eligibility criteria\".\n\nBut the report raises concerns about a lack of consistency and transparency about support available to young people with serious problems.\n\nThe average waiting time of 56 days is an improvement on 2015, when it was 67 days. But the report warns of significant regional variations, with waits of more than 180 days in west London.\n\nDavid Laws, institute chairman and former education minister, said progress has been \"hugely disappointing\".\n\n\"Young people continue to be deprived of access to specialist mental health treatment, despite the government claiming significant investment in mental health services over the past five years,\" he said.\n\n\"This report confirms what schools know only too well - that thresholds for children's mental health services are often too high and waiting lists too long,\" said Geoff Barton, leader of the ASCL head teachers' union.\n\nVicki Nash of Mind, the mental health charity, said the report's findings were \"deeply concerning\".\n\n\"We know that particularly for young people, timely and appropriate help can prevent further issues in later life. Too often the NHS is failing to provide this,\" she said.\n\nThe NHS says it is planning to increase spending on mental health services more quickly than the overall NHS budget, which it says will be \"worth at least £2.3bn a year by 2023-24\".", "Klaus O was filmed placing toxic substances on his colleagues' sandwiches\n\nA young man, who was in a coma for nearly four years in Germany after his work lunch was poisoned by a colleague, has died, German media report.\n\nThe 26-year-old ingested lead acetate and mercury after it was sprinkled on his sandwiches, resulting in severe brain damage.\n\nTwo of his colleagues were also targeted and suffered kidney damage.\n\nA man, named only as Klaus O, was found guilty of attempted murder last year and sentenced to life in prison.\n\nOn Thursday, state prosecutor Veit Walter said a new trial could be ordered by Germany's Supreme Court now that one of the victims had lost his life, the Bild newspaper reported.\n\nThe death was confirmed by a court in the city of Bielefeld, about 350km (218 miles) west of the German capital, Berlin.\n\nThe case came to light in 2018 after a colleague at a metal fittings company in the town of Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock, in north-western Germany, noticed a white powder on his lunch.\n\nVideo surveillance cameras were later installed at the workplace, which captured Klaus O placing the substance on his colleagues' sandwiches.\n\nTests identified it as lead acetate and mercury, almost tasteless substances that if ingested could lead to serious organ damage.\n\nFurther searches at Klaus O's home uncovered mercury, lead and cadmium.\n\nFollowing his trial in March 2019, a judge ruled that Klaus O would not be eligible to have his sentence reduced because he was a \"danger to the general public\".\n\nA psychologist told the trial at the time that Klaus O \"came across like a researcher who was trying to see how different substances affected rabbits\".", "Caroline Jackson was downstairs and unaware of son Aidan's seizure\n\nThe parents of a teenager who suffered a seizure while chatting online have thanked his friend who called emergency services from 5,000 miles away.\n\nAidan Jackson, 17, was talking to an American gamer from his bedroom in Widnes on 2 January when he had a fit.\n\nHis friend, 20-year-old Dia Lathora, from Texas, alerted police in the UK.\n\nThe first Aidan's parents knew of the emergency was when police and an ambulance appeared at their front door, the Liverpool Echo reported.\n\nCaroline and Steve Jackson then rushed upstairs to find their son \"extremely disorientated\".\n\nMs Jackson, 48, said: \"We were at home watching TV and Aidan was upstairs in his room. The next thing we noticed was two police cars outside with flashing lights.\n\n\"I assumed they were in the area for another reason and then they ran up to the front door.\n\n\"They said there was an unresponsive male at the address. We said we hadn't called anyone and they said a call had come from America. I immediately went to check on Aidan and found him extremely disorientated.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAidan had a seizure in May 2019 and is waiting for a new appointment following the latest incident.\n\n\"We are extremely thankful for what Dia did and shocked that we could be downstairs and not know anything was happening,\" Ms Jackson added.\n\n\"Dia had our address but didn't have any contact numbers, so it was amazing she managed to get help from so far away.\n\n\"I've spoken to her and expressed our thanks - she's just glad she could help.\n\n\"Aidan is a lot better and hopefully everything is OK when he has his appointment at the hospital but he's doing well.\"\n\nMs Lathora told the Liverpool Echo: \"I just put my headset back on and I heard what I could only describe as a seizure, so obviously I started to get worried and immediately started asking what was going on and if he was OK.\n\n\"When he didn't respond I instantly started to look up the emergency number for the EU. When that didn't work I just had to hope the non-emergency would work, it had an option for talking to a real person...and I can't tell you how quickly I clicked that button.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA man has been jailed for 11 years and four months for his role in a £500,000 armed jewellery robbery at the Gleneagles Hotel.\n\nDean Jones, 39, was arrested in Brazil last year in connection with the 2017 raid.\n\nTwo other men were jailed in 2018 over their part in the robbery, which saw 50 Rolex watches taken from the Mappin & Webb boutique.\n\nJones was told the robbery was \"an act of serious, premeditated criminality\".\n\nDean Jones was extradited from Brazil to the UK in 2018\n\nThe stolen watches have not been recovered.\n\nThe two other accused, Richard Fleming and Jones' step-brother Liam Richardson were jailed 18 years, and 11 years and four months respectively.\n\nThe weekend before Fleming's trial at the High Court in Edinburgh, police discovered that Jones, had boarded a flight from Turkey bound for Brazil.\n\nThe Brazilian authorities were contacted and he was detained as he disembarked from a plane at Sao Paulo airport in August 2018.\n\nJones admitted taking part in the robbery in which masked raiders brandished hammers, a machete and pistol.\n\nHe also admitted, with others, repeatedly striking and smashing display cabinets, placing two employees in a state of fear and alarm for their safety.\n\nRichard Fleming (L) and Liam Richardson were jailed in 2018 for their part in the robbery\n\nThe entire raid took place in just two minutes, and the gang left the scene in an Audi which was then abandoned.\n\nThey then swapped to a Range Rover, which was later found burnt out at a graveyard in the east end of Glasgow, for their getaway.\n\nJudge Lady Carmichael told Jones: \"The robbery was an act of serious, premeditated criminality.\n\n\"You removed yourself from the country and as a matter of fact avoided, for a significant period, facing the course of justice for the robbery and there was the necessity for extradition proceedings.\"", "Chlorine-washed chicken and hormone-treated beef will be kept out of the UK under any trade deal with the US, the environment secretary has promised.\n\nTheresa Villiers told the BBC the current European Union ban on the two foods will be carried over into UK legislation after Brexit.\n\nUntil now the UK has been wavering on the issue.\n\nBut she told BBC Countryfile: “There are legal barriers to the imports and those are going to stay in place.”\n\nMs Villiers has previously talked of imposing tariffs on any future imports of US chicken and beef. But she’s been under great pressure from Britain’s farmers.\n\nIn the exclusive interview with the Countryfile programme, she said: “We will defend our national interests and our values, including our high standards of animal welfare.\"\n\nChlorine-washed chicken and hormone-treated beef are illegal under EU law for different reasons.\n\nThe EU says feeding cows with growth-enhancing chemicals could potentially result in harm to beef-eating humans – a suggestion the US fervently rejects.\n\nThere is, on the other hand, no human health threat from using a bleach solution to kill salmonella on chickens. In fact, it’s rather effective.\n\nBut the EU says using chlorine allows American farmers to be careless with the welfare of the chickens.\n\nThe US regards the rules against these products as a European ruse to protect its own producers, and has stated that the trade of both meat products will be central to any UK-US trade deal after Brexit.\n\nSo Ms Villiers’ promise may please British consumers unhappy with the thought of chicken sprayed with bleach. But it may make things more difficult for Britain’s trade negotiators.\n\nThe environment secretary has made a strong promise that \"legal barriers\" to the import of chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated beef will \"stay in place\" and that the government will \"hold the line\" on this even if insisted upon by President Trump in trade talks. This makes a quick trade deal with the US rather tricky to envisage.\n\nLeaked US-UK trade documents showed the US tried to establish how far the UK would, after Brexit, detach from the EU's hard line against US farm trade methods. US officials had made a presentation and repeatedly raised the \"unscientific approach the EU maintains towards Pathogen Reduction Treatments [chlorinated chicken]\". The US has been in a dispute with the EU over such methods since 1997.\n\nIf the environment secretary's rejection of such key US exports is echoed in the UK's negotiating position with the US, the US Congress might also object. When similar statements were made by Michael Gove, when he was former environment secretary, in 2017, it caused a rift in cabinet with Liam Fox, who was then trade secretary .\n\nIt is a clear example of the delicate balancing act and trade-offs involved in the UK's new post-Brexit trade freedom.\n\nThe full interview with the environment secretary will be shown on Countryfile on BBC1 on 26 January.", "Jeffrey Epstein was charged with sexually abusing dozens of girls\n\nSurveillance video from disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein's first suspected suicide attempt was destroyed by accident, prosecutors say.\n\nUS prosecutors say the jail mistakenly saved footage from the wrong cell.\n\nEpstein, a convicted sex offender, first tried to kill himself in July last year, then hanged himself in jail in August while awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges.\n\nHe had pleaded not guilty to abusing dozens of girls, some as young as 14.\n\nSoon after Epstein's death, in August, two of the CCTV cameras outside his cell had malfunctioned and were being examined by the FBI, US media reported.\n\nEpstein was found semi-conscious in his prison cell with injuries to his neck on 25 July. After this incident, he was placed on suicide watch.\n\nEventually, Epstein was moved to a different cell, where he died on 10 August. Two prison guards have since been accused of failing to check on him during this time and falsifying records to say that they had.\n\nThere have been ongoing questions over the July recording, which was initially deemed missing and then was said to have been located by jail staff.\n\nA letter filed by Assistant US Attorneys Jason Swergold and Maurene Comey said \"the footage contained on the preserved video was for the correct date and time, but captured a different tier than the one where Cell-1 was located\", New York City media report.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prince Andrew spoke to the BBC in November about his links to Epstein\n\n\"The requested video no longer exists on the backup system and has not since at least August 2019 as a result of technical errors.\"\n\nThe request for the video was made by a lawyer for Nicholas Tartaglione, a former New York police officer who shared a cell with Epstein in July and is charged with homicide in an unrelated case.\n\nThe attorney argued the video could show his client had acted \"admirably\", possibly helping Epstein.\n\nThe Federal Bureau of Prisons did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the BBC.\n\nNew York-born Epstein worked as a teacher before moving into finance. Prior to the criminal cases against him, he was best known for his wealth and high-profile connections.\n\nHe was often seen socialising with the rich and powerful, including US President Donald Trump, former President Bill Clinton and the UK's Prince Andrew.\n\nEpstein was accused of paying girls under the age of 18 to perform sex acts at his Manhattan and Florida mansions between 2002-05. He was arrested on 6 July.\n\nHe avoided similar charges in a controversial deal in 2008, pleading guilty to a lesser charge of soliciting and procuring a minor for prostitution.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "China has said it hopes to eradicate poverty in 2020\n\nA Chinese province has said just 17 people, out of its population of more than 80 million, are living in poverty.\n\nJiangsu province said only a handful of people lived below its benchmark of 6,000 yuan a year ($863; £660) following a successful state campaign.\n\nBut the figures were questioned online, with one person asking: \"I don't believe it. Are there no unemployed people in the province? No beggars?\"\n\nEliminating poverty is one of the Chinese government's major ambitions.\n\nSouth-eastern Jiangsu is one of the country's wealthiest provinces, second only in economic output to Guangdong.\n\nIts latest data from the end of 2019 shows that in the past four years, 2.54 million people have been lifted out of poverty, as defined by the province.\n\nIt ties in with the province's declared target of essentially eradicating poverty by 2020.\n\nThe 17 still living below the poverty standard are all capable of working, according to authorities who spoke to Chinese media, although four \"have diseases\".\n\nDespite a slowdown, China's economy is still growing at around 6% a year.\n\nBut even with the country getting much richer, the apparent staggering success of Jiangsu's anti-poverty campaign has been queried online.\n\n\"How could they be so accurate?\" was a typical comment on Weibo, China's social media platform.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Do people in China's rural communities think poverty reduction can work?\n\nWhile China's economy has skyrocketed in recent decades, poverty has not disappeared - and inequality has grown.\n\nStories about individual cases of extreme poverty continue to shock the country.\n\nIn 2019, well-wishers donated almost a million yuan to a Chinese student in a south-western province who was taken to hospital after living on 2 yuan ($0.30, £0.20) a day for five years.\n\nThe story echoed that of a young boy who in 2018 arrived at school with his hair full of frozen ice.\n\nDubbed \"Little Wang\", his story also went viral, leading to international donations from people impressed by his resilience, and shocked at his poverty.\n\nPictures of eight-year-old Little Wang were shared tens of thousands of times\n\nThere's no one standard definition of poverty across all of China, as it differs from province to province.\n\nOne widely-quoted national standard is 2,300 yuan ($331; £253) net income a year. Under that standard, there were around 30 million people living in poverty across the whole of China in 2017.\n\nBut many provinces have raised their poverty benchmark - as in the case of Jiangsu, where it is at 6,000 yuan.\n\nThe 6,000 yuan figure breaks down to around $2.40 a day - which is above the World Bank's international poverty line of $1.90.\n\nSince opening up to the global economy in the 1990s, China has seen its poverty rates tumble, and the government hopes to eradicate extreme poverty in 2020.\n\nAccording to the country's National Bureau of Statistics, the average disposable income in 2018 was 28,228 yuan ($4,059; £3,106) per person.\n\nThat breaks down to 39,251 yuan in urban and 14,617 yuan in rural households.\n\nChina has moved from being \"moderately unequal in 1990 to being one of the world's most unequal countries,\" according to a 2018 report by the International Monetary Fund.", "Mohammed Haji Sadiq was convicted of eight sexual assaults on children in 2017\n\nAn 83-year-old Koran teacher who was convicted of child sex offences at a Cardiff mosque has died less than three years after he was jailed.\n\nMohammed Haji Sadiq was found guilty in July 2017 of eight sexual assaults on a child by touching, and six indecent assaults.\n\nSadiq, of Cyncoed, Cardiff, died in Parc Prison, Bridgend on Wednesday.\n\nHis funeral is being held on Friday at the Madina mosque, where he committed his offences as a volunteer teacher.\n\nIn a statement, the mosque said: \"We wholeheartedly sympathise with the victims. The mosque is a place of worship for any Muslims. We sympathise with the victims and the bereaved family.\"\n\nSadiq was initially sent to prison for 13 years, but in December 2017 that sentence was reduced to nine years.\n\nAppeal Court judges dismissed his appeal against conviction. They said they were in no doubt the jury's verdicts were were safe, but decided the sentence was too high.\n\nHis trial at Cardiff Crown Court was told he taught for 30 years at the mosque, which was formerly at Woodville Road, Cathays, and is now in nearby Lucas Street.\n\nThe court heard he abused four girls aged between five and 11 between 1996 and 2006 as a form of punishment.\n\nHe denied the charges and blamed \"politics\" in the mosque for the accusations.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Being abused by paedophile Koran teacher Mohammed Haji Sadiq 'felt normal eventually', says victim\n\nHe taught there from 1976, but had had no involvement in the mosque since 2006, when the Woodville Road building burnt down and was re-sited in Lucas Street.\n\nJudge Stephen Hopkins told Sadiq he was a man \"of some cunning\" with a \"dark and deviant side\".\n\nThe court was told some victims said they were afraid to attend the mosque because of his abuse, and one tried to take her own life.\n\nOthers said they felt they could not tell anyone about the abuse because it was \"not acceptable\" in their culture to talk about what was happening.", "A former Catholic monk has appeared in court on seven charges of child sex abuse.\n\nDenis \"Chrysostom\" Alexander, taught at Fort Augustus Abbey school in the Highlands in the 1960s and 1970s.\n\nThe 84-year-old was brought back to Scotland from his home in New South Wales, Australia, after an extradition battle lasting almost five years.\n\nAt Inverness Sheriff Court he made no plea and was remanded in custody. The case was continued.\n\nThe charges include indecent assault, assault, and lewd, indecent and libidinous practices and behaviour.\n\nHis court appearance comes seven years after BBC Scotland first revealed claims against him.\n\nThe Crown Office launched extradition proceedings in December 2016, but since then Fr Alexander had contested the move on health grounds, saying he was too ill to face trial.\n\nHe was arrested in Sydney almost three years ago and has been in custody ever since.\n\nIn November, the Federal Court of Australia dismissed his case for a judicial review of the attorney general's decision to extradite him to Scotland.\n\nFr Alexander had until 5 December to lodge an appeal against that ruling, but failed to do so.\n\nRun by Catholic Benedictine monks, Fort Augustus Abbey school in the Highlands closed its doors in 1993.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Firefighters were called to the scene just before 07:00\n\nTwo people have been taken to hospital after a fire at a chemical plant in the Scottish Borders.\n\nEmergency services were called to Rathburn Chemicals in Walkerburn shortly before 07:00.\n\nThe Scottish Fire and Rescue Service was at the scene for several hours before the fire was fully put out.\n\nTwo casualties were taken to Borders General Hospital as a precaution and the nearby local primary school was also closed.\n\nScottish Borders Council said a number of homes had been evacuated with a total of 26 people having to be accommodated in a rest centre at the village hall.\n\nEmergency services were called out to the incident shortly before 07:00\n\nResidents were allowed to return home at lunchtime.\n\nThe council added that debris from the fire - which it believed included roof tiles which could contain asbestos - had spread across the area.\n\nA risk assessment is being carried out, however the local authority said it believed that any danger to the public was very low due to the type of material involved.\n\nThe public has been asked to leave any debris alone and inform the environmental health team of its location.\n\nSpecialist contractors are expected on site to help begin clean-up operations and the fire service confirmed the blaze had been \"fully extinguished\" shortly after 14:30.\n\nWalkerburn Primary - with a roll of 26 pupils - has been shut as a precaution\n\nSouth of Scotland MSP Michelle Ballantyne said she was \"saddened\" to hear of the incident and said her thoughts were with those who had been injured.\n\n\"Rathburn is very important to our community by providing jobs and wealth to our small village,\" she said.\n\n\"I will be speaking to the owner to see if they need any assistance to ensure that we don't lose the valuable contribution that they play.\"\n\nThe local primary school, which has a roll of 26 pupils, was shut as a precaution on Friday.\n\nThe A72 was also closed in the area and diversions put in place, but the road has since reopened.\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\nPresenter Samira Ahmed has won the employment tribunal she brought against the BBC in a dispute over equal pay.\n\nAhmed claimed she was underpaid by £700,000 for hosting audience feedback show Newswatch compared with Jeremy Vine's salary for Points of View.\n\nThe unanimous judgement said her work was like that done by Vine, and the BBC had failed to prove the pay gap wasn't because of sex discrimination.\n\nAhmed said she was \"glad it's been resolved\".\n\n\"No woman wants to have to take action against their own employer,\" she said, adding: \"I love working for the BBC.\"\n\nIn response, the BBC insisted the pay for Ahmed and Vine \"was not determined by their gender\".\n\nDescribing Ahmed as \"an excellent journalist and presenter\", the corporation added: \"We regret that this case ever had to go to tribunal.\"\n\nThe BBC said it would \"work together with Samira to move on in a positive way\".\n\nAhmed (right) was accompanied by BBC Breakfast's Naga Munchetty on the tribunal's first day\n\nAhmed thanked the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), her legal team and \"everyone - all the men and women who've supported me and the issue of equal pay\". She added: \"I'm now looking forward to continuing to do my job, to report on stories and not being one\".\n\nAhmed had told the tribunal, which ended in November, that she \"could not understand how pay for me, a woman, could be so much lower than Jeremy Vine, a man, for presenting very similar programmes and doing very similar work\".\n\nVine got £3,000 per episode for BBC One's Points of View between 2008 and 2018. Ahmed was paid £440 for Newswatch, which is shown on the BBC News Channel and BBC Breakfast.\n\nThe tribunal judgement said: \"The difference in pay in this case is striking. Jeremy Vine was paid more than six times what the claimant was paid for doing the same work as her.\"\n\nThe BBC had argued that Ahmed and Vine performed \"very different roles\". But the judgement said the corporation did not produce evidence to prove the different levels of pay were based on differences in the presenters' roles, programmes and profiles.\n\nThe judgement did not say whether Ahmed will receive the compensation she said she was owed.\n\nThe judgement stated: \"We do not accept that the lighter tone of Points of View meant that the claimant's work and that of Mr Vine were not broadly similar.\"\n\nJeremy Vine hosted Points of View for a decade until 2018\n\nIt added that despite the BBC saying the presenter of Points of View \"needed to have 'a glint in the eye' and to be cheeky, we had difficulty in understanding what the respondent meant and how that translated into a 'skill' or 'experience' to do a job.\n\n\"The attempts at humour came from the script. Jeremy Vine read the script from the autocue. He read it in the tone in which it was written. If it told him to roll his eyes he did. It did not require any particular skill or experience to do that.\"\n\nThe BBC's legal team said Ahmed was paid the same as her Newswatch predecessor Ray Snoddy, who they said was her pay comparator, rather than Vine.\n\nBut Ahmed's closing submissions criticised the corporation's witnesses and evidence.\n\nShe also said BBC witnesses were prepared to give evidence \"about matters that they had little knowledge of\" and that the corporation had \"repeatedly sought to make other unfair comments\" about her credibility.\n\nThis is a complex judgement with potentially huge implications.\n\nThe position of the Tribunal is that all the arguments brought by the BBC to justify the difference in pay between Samira Ahmed and Jeremy Vine were insufficient.\n\nIn other words, the claim that Vine had greater profile, that Entertainment requires different skills to News, and that Points of View reaches more people didn't persuade the Tribunal that the difference is pay was justified.\n\nThe burden of proof fell on the BBC to show that that difference did not amount to sex discrimination. It failed.\n\nThe BBC and broadcasters across the globe have long thought it a common sense assertion that profile, fame, or stardust - call it what you will - justifies different pay rates for presenters who do similar work.\n\nThis case has exploded that proposition. It will encourage many other women to bring similar cases.\n\nThe BBC has made significant progress in recent years on both the gender pay gap across the organisation and some cases of equal pay.\n\nBut its journey on this issue, where it has sought to set a national example, is only just beginning.\n\nNational Union of Journalists (NUJ) general secretary Michelle Stanistreet said the union would seek the full back pay for Ahmed.\n\n\"We will be meeting with the BBC next week and hopefully common sense will prevail, this will be resolved, Samira gets her settlement and she can move on,\" she said.\n\nIt was \"an incredibly brave decision on Samira's part\" to bring the case to tribunal, Stanistreet told reporters. \"You couldn't get a more emphatic win, a resounding victory,\" she said.\n\nAround 20 similar cases are \"in the pipeline of the actual tribunal system\", with \"as many as 70\" unresolved at the time of the hearing, she added.\n\nThe BBC said it has been working hard to resolve these, adding the number of cases is significantly lower now.\n\n\"Some of them have already been satisfactorily resolved. But there are still more to sort out,\" she said.\n\nFigures from broadcasting and beyond tweeted their support after the judgement was released.\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 Carrie Gracie 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. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nStressing its commitment to equality and equal pay, the BBC said presenters - both female and male - had always been paid more for Points of View than Newswatch.\n\nThe corporation said: \"We're sorry the tribunal didn't think the BBC provided enough evidence about specific decisions - we weren't able to call people who made decisions as far back as 2008 and have long since left the BBC.\"\n\nIt added that in the past its pay framework \"was not transparent and fair enough\" and that \"we have made significant changes to address that\".\n\n\"We're glad this satisfied the tribunal that there was sufficient evidence to explain her pay now.\"\n\nIn addition to Newswatch, Ahmed also co-hosts BBC Radio 4 arts show Front Row.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The Canadian PM says evidence from multiple sources shows the plane taking off in Tehran was hit by an Iranian surface-to-air missile, possibly unintentionally.", "Anthony Knott was due home in the early hours of 21 December\n\nThe family of a man who went missing during a work night out have said they are \"utterly devastated and completely heartbroken\" after a body was found.\n\nLand and water searches with boats and drones took place to find London firefighter Anthony Knott, 33, who was last seen in Lewes on 20 December.\n\nSussex Police said a member of the public alerted it on Friday that a body had been found in Newhaven harbour.\n\nMr Knott's family thanked everyone who had helped in the search for him.\n\nIn a statement on Facebook, they said: \"Anthony's story has reached out and touched the hearts of thousands of people.\n\n\"We would like to thank everyone for your incredible support, shares, posters, volunteers and donations.\n\n\"The people of Lewes, we will be forever grateful for your support and understanding during our searches.\n\n\"These three weeks have been so very hard for us all.\"\n\nEast Sussex Fire and Rescue Service crews carried out searches along the River Ouse\n\nDet Insp Mark Rosser said officers believed the body to be that of Mr Knott.\n\nHe thanked volunteers who had turned out to help with the search.\n\n\"Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Anthony at this difficult time,\" Det Insp Rosser said.\n\nFamily, friends and members of the public had helped to search different locations across Lewes when Mr Knott failed to return home.\n\nSussex Police and London Fire Brigade joined forces to search Pells Pool in Lewes and the Pellbrook Cut waterway.\n\nEmergency teams also carried out searches of the nearby River Ouse.\n\nThe body was discovered by a member of the public in the River Ouse at Denton Island.\n\nThis is the final stretch of the Ouse before it reaches the sea at Newhaven, running through the town's industrial quarter just short of the port and ferry terminal and crossed by the A259 coast road bridge.\n\nIt's about six miles as the crow flies downstream from Lewes, where Anthony Knott went missing on 20 December.\n\nAt this stage, it is not known how and where he entered the water.\n\nMr Knott, of Orpington, south-east London, had left his friends at the The Lamb pub in Fisher Street, for unknown reasons, during his night out with colleagues.\n\nHe had been due to return home in the early hours the following day.\n\nAfter he disappeared, his partner Lucy Otto wrote on Facebook that he had been in a happy mood, had loved his job and loved his family and had simply been on a Christmas night out.\n\nMr Knott was found at Denton Island, a stretch of river running through Newhaven's industrial quarter\n\nMr Knott played for Orpington Athletic FC and the club has tweeted that it is \"incredibly saddened\".\n\nThe club said Mr Knott was one of a few remaining players who had been part of the team when it was created more than five years ago, adding: \"Anthony will be remembered for his tough tackling, his loud voice and his passion for the game.\"\n\nOn Twitter, London Fire Brigade Commissioner Andy Roe wrote: \"I'm saddened to hear the news about firefighter Anthony Knott. All our thoughts remain with his family, friends and colleagues.\"\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 London Fire Brigade 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 chairman of the National Fire Chiefs Council, Roy Wilsher, said: \"Anthony was part of our fire family and his loss will be felt across the entire UK fire service.\n\n\"He was a valued member of London Fire Brigade and this devastating news will impact on those he worked with during his career.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "PM Viktor Orban said fertility clinics were of \"national strategic importance\"\n\nHungary will provide free in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment to couples at state-run clinics, Prime Minister Viktor Orban has announced.\n\nHe said fertility was of \"strategic importance\". Last month his government took over Hungary's fertility clinics.\n\nMr Orban, a right-wing nationalist, has long advocated a \"procreation over immigration\" approach to deal with demographic decline.\n\nThe country's population has been falling steadily for four decades.\n\nMr Orban described details of his fertility policy on Thursday, after bringing six fertility clinics under state control in December.\n\nFree IVF treatment will be offered from 1 February, but it is not clear who exactly will be entitled to it.\n\nMr Orban also said the government was considering an income tax exemption for women who have three children or more. Starting this month, those with at least four children have been exempt.\n\n\"If we want Hungarian children instead of immigrants, and if the Hungarian economy can generate the necessary funding, then the only solution is to spend as much of the funds as possible on supporting families and raising children,\" the prime minister said.\n\nMr Orban - who has been prime minister since 2010 - has based his campaigns on opposition to immigration.\n\nThe Hungarian government acquired six privately owned fertility clinics last month\n\nIn September last year, he told an international summit on demography that while other European leaders believed immigration was the solution to falling population numbers, he rejected this.\n\nThe prime minister then echoed the far-right \"great replacement\" theory, which claims that white European populations are being gradually replaced by people of non-European descent.\n\n\"If Europe is not going to be populated by Europeans in the future, and we take this as given, then we are speaking about an exchange of populations, to replace the population of Europeans with others,\" Mr Orban told the conference at the time.\n\n\"There are political forces in Europe who want a replacement of population for ideological or other reasons.\"\n\nWith an estimated birth rate of 1.48 per woman, Hungary is just one of many Eastern European countries facing demographic decline - due to both low birth rates and the emigration of working-age people to other EU nations.\n\nSome of these countries have implemented their own policies to encourage birth rates to increase. Poland, for example, pays parents 500 zloty (£100) a month per child under its 500+ policy.\n\nCroatia, which assumed presidency of the EU last week, said last year that population growth in the EU would be \"a key question\" for them.\n\n\"Demography needs to be put in the focus of EU policies in order to preserve the development of all member states,\" Croatian minister Vesna Bedekovic told a European Economic and Social Committee conference in November.\n\n\"The birth rate currently stands at 1.59 on average... This is why Croatia has recognised demographic revitalisation as a key question for its further development.\"", "Neil Peart had been battling brain cancer for three-and-a-half years, his band mates said\n\nNeil Peart, drummer and lyricist for Canadian rock band Rush, has died from brain cancer aged 67.\n\nThe musician, considered one of rock's greatest ever drummers, died on Tuesday in Santa Monica, California.\n\nRush, the band he played with for 45 years, confirmed his death in a statement posted to Twitter.\n\nThe statement said Peart, their \"soul brother\", had been suffering from glioblastoma - a type of brain cancer - for three-and-a-half years.\n\n\"It is with broken hearts and the deepest sadness that we must share the terrible news that on Tuesday our friend, soul brother and band mate of over 45 years, Neil, has lost his incredibly brave three-and-a-half-year battle with brain cancer,\" the statement says.\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\nA spokesperson for the Peart family also confirmed the drummer's death to US music magazine, Rolling Stone.\n\nPlaced at number four in Rolling Stone's list of all-time greatest drummers, Peart was well-known for his technical proficiency and animated live performances.\n\nHe joined Rush in 1974, drawing influences from hard rock, jazz and heavy metal in a career that spanned four decades.\n\nPeart retired from Rush in 2015 after the band's final tour, saying the time had come to take himself \"out of the game\".\n\nThe group, which also featured singer-bassist Geddy Lee and guitarist Alex Lifeson, recorded hits including The Spirit Of Radio and Tom Sawyer. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013.\n\nPeart is ranked at number four in Rolling Stone's list of all-time greatest drummers\n\nPeart is reportedly survived by his wife, photographer Carrie Nuttall, and daughter Olivia.\n\nMusicians have paid tribute to Peart on Twitter. Among them was Kiss frontman Gene Simmons, who described Peart as a \"kind soul\".\n\nHe added: \"My prayers and condolences to the Peart family, fans and friends.\"\n\nActor and Tenacious D musician Jack Black tweeted: \"The master will be missed - Neil Peart RIP.\"", "Harry Dunn died in hospital after his motorbike was involved in a crash outside RAF Croughton\n\nThe Home Office has requested the extradition of a US woman to be charged with causing the death by dangerous driving of motorcyclist Harry Dunn.\n\nMr Dunn, 19, died after a crash in Northamptonshire in August which led to the suspect, Anne Sacoolas, leaving for the US under diplomatic immunity.\n\nThe Home Office said the matter was \"now a decision for the US authorities\".\n\nThe US State Department said an extradition request would be \"highly inappropriate\" and insisted that Ms Sacoolas' status at the time of the crash meant she had diplomatic immunity.\n\nA spokeswoman said they expressed their deepest sympathies and offered condolences to the Dunn family for their loss, and would continue to \"look at options for moving forward\".\n\n\"It is the position of the United States government that a request to extradite an individual under these circumstances would be an abuse,\" she said.\n\n\"The use of an extradition treaty to attempt to return the spouse of a former diplomat by force would establish an extraordinarily troubling precedent.\"\n\nAnne Sacoolas pictured on her wedding day in 2003\n\nMr Dunn died after his motorbike was in collision with a car owned by Mrs Sacoolas.\n\nThe crash happened outside RAF Croughton where Mrs Sacoolas' husband Jonathan worked as an intelligence officer.\n\nThe 42-year-old left the UK and returned to her native US, claiming diplomatic immunity.\n\nA Home Office spokesman said: \"Following the Crown Prosecution Service's charging decision, the Home Office has sent an extradition request to the United States for Anne Sacoolas on charges of causing death by dangerous driving. This is now a decision for the US authorities.\"\n\nWhen the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced extradition proceedings, US officials said it was not \"a helpful development\" and Mrs Sacoolas' lawyer said she would not return to the UK.\n\nLawyer Amy Jefress said: \"Anne will not return voluntarily to the UK to face a potential jail sentence for what was a terrible but unintentional accident.\"\n\nThe extradition request is sent via the British Embassy to the US State Department.\n\nA lawyer will then decide whether it falls under the dual-criminality treaty, where the alleged offence is a crime in both countries and carries a prison sentence of at least a year.\n\nThe maximum sentence for causing death by dangerous driving is 14 years' imprisonment, although this is usually reserved for the most serious cases.\n\nThe US may reject the request for extradition, arguing that Mrs Sacoolas is still entitled to diplomatic immunity.\n\nReacting to the extradition request on behalf of Harry Dunn's family, spokesman Radd Seiger said: \"Anne Sacoolas will come back. She has to come back. There is no other way forward.\n\n\"So, whether they put up a fight and whether they actually refuse it, we will only know in time and the parents are determined to just take this a step at a time. It's being handled by the officials now, by the lawyers, and we're not going to get ahead of ourselves.\"\n\n\"No-one, whether diplomat or otherwise, is above the law,\" he added.\n\nHe said in the circumstances, considering all the family had been through, the family was pleased with the extradition request and felt it was a \"huge step towards achieving justice for Harry\".\n\nIn December, Mr Dunn's mother Charlotte Charles said the family was \"relieved\" Mrs Sacoolas had \"finally\" been charged.\n\n\"We made that promise to him the night we lost him to seek justice thinking it was going to be really easy,\" she said.\n\n\"We had no idea it was going to be so hard and it would take so long.\"\n\nThe family's constituency MP, cabinet minister Andrea Leadsom, has since written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson asking him to meet Mr Dunn's parents to hear their concerns.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "MPs have given their final backing to the bill that will implement the UK government's Brexit deal.\n\nThe Commons voted 330 to 231 in favour of the Withdrawal Agreement Bill and it will now pass to the House of Lords for further scrutiny next week.\n\nIf peers choose to amend it will it come back before MPs.\n\nThe bill covers \"divorce\" payments to the EU, citizens' rights, customs arrangements for Northern Ireland and the planned 11-month transition period.\n\nThe UK is due to leave the EU on 31 January.\n\nThe bill comfortably cleared its third reading in the House of Commons, as expected, with a majority of 99. All 330 votes in favour were Conservative.\n\nIt took just three days for the bill to pass the remaining stages in the Commons, after MPs gave their initial approval to the legislation before the Christmas recess.\n\nTheresa May - Boris Johnson's predecessor in Downing Street - repeatedly failed to get her Brexit agreement passed by MPs, which led to her resignation as prime minister.\n\nThe latest vote gives approval to the 11-month transition period after 31 January, in which the UK will cease to be an EU member but will continue to follow its rules and contribute to its budget.\n\nThe purpose of the transition period is to give time for the UK and EU to negotiate their future relationship, including a trade deal.\n\nLiberal Democrat Brexit spokesperson, Alistair Carmichael said his party would continue to oppose the \"dangerous\" bill.\n\n\"They have voted for a bill that will slash the rights of future generations to live and work across 27 other countries,\" he said.\n\n\"They have voted for a bill that strips away our guaranteed environmental protections, despite the fact that we are facing a climate emergency.\"\n\nAnd SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford said Scotland would \"remain an independent European country\".\n\n\"This is a constitutional crisis, because we will not and we cannot accept what is being done to us,\" he told MPs.\n\nBut Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay has said the bill will deliver on the \"overwhelming mandate\" his party was given at the general election to take the UK out of the EU on 31 January.\n\nHe has also said he is \"confident\" the UK will be able to negotiate a trade deal with the EU by the end of the year, despite critics saying that the deadline is too tight.\n\nMr Johnson has also insisted a deal is possible by December 2020 and has said the transition period will not be extended.\n\nHe has said the UK is ready to start negotiations \"as soon as possible\" after 31 January.\n\nOn Wednesday, new European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen warned it would be \"impossible\" to reach a comprehensive trade deal by the end of 2020.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nShane Warne has raised one million Australian dollars (£528,514) for the bushfire appeal after his \"baggy green\" Australia cap was sold at auction.\n\nThe legendary leg-spinner, 50, wore the cap throughout his 145-Test career, in which he took 708 wickets.\n\nThe bushfire crisis has been ongoing in Australia since September and 27 people have died.\n\nAustralia's Commonwealth Bank was responsible for the winning bid which came in the auction's final minute.\n\nWarne said he was \"blown away\" by the generosity and the final figure was \"way beyond my expectations\".\n\nAll money raised - the final price was A$1,007,500 - will go to the Australian Red Cross Disaster Relief and Recovery Fund.\n\nThe Commonwealth Bank revealed it bought the cap and will take it on a national tour to continue to raise money for communities affected by the bushfires, before it permanently resides in the Bradman Museum.\n\nWarne is Test cricket's second most successful bowler, with only fellow spinner Muttiah Muralitharan (800) of Sri Lanka taking more wickets.\n\nThe final price is more than double the A$425,000 (£225,000) legendary Australia batsman Sir Donald Bradman's baggy green fetched in 2003.\n\nThe baggy green is given to an Australia player when he makes his Test debut, and cricketers usually wear the same cap throughout their career.\n\nA host of tennis stars, including Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Serena Williams, have also pledged their support to the bushfire appeal.\n\nBrighton's Australian goalkeeper Mat Ryan has said he will donate A$500 (£263) for every save made by a Premier League goalkeeper this weekend.", "Sweden has seen a 4% drop in the number of people flying via its airports, a rare decrease in recent years for a European country.\n\nMore than 40 million people travelled through the country's 10 airports, compared with 42 million during 2018.\n\nThe figure for domestic travel was down 9%, according to Sweden's airport operators, Swedavia.\n\nThe figures come as the Swedish-born movement of \"flight shaming\" is gaining prominence.\n\nSwedavia spokesman Robert Pletzin said there were a number of reasons for the decrease, citing Swedish aviation tax, softening economy worries, the weak Swedish crown and the climate debate.\n\nFlygskam or \"flight shame\" originated in Sweden in 2017, when Swedish singer Staffan Lingberg pledged to give up flying.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Inside the boat Greta Thunberg travelled on to cross the Atlantic\n\nSwedish climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg set an example by crossing the Atlantic in a zero-emissions yacht last year.\n\nIn September, Citigroup analysts said greater consumer awareness about global carbon emissions had already had a tangible effect in Sweden and could call into question the longer-term growth potential of the entire industry.\n\nA number of people have since decided to take on the challenge of travelling without flying. More than 22,500 people have signed a pledge to go flight-free in 2020.\n\nThe last occasions where air passenger numbers dropped had distinct reasons - the 9/11 terror attacks and the financial crash.\n\nAside from Sweden, Europe is still seeing an increase in the number of people flying. The EU overall saw figures rise to 1.1 billion passengers in 2018, up from 1 billion the year before.\n\nIn 2018, the UK saw more than 272 million passengers, up from 264 million in 2017.\n\nThe International Air Transport Association (IATA) says current trends suggest passenger numbers could double to 8.2 billion by 2037. Cities in Asia are expected to overtake European cities in regards to air passenger markets.", "Last updated on .From the section Darts\n\nBeau Greaves had a 16th birthday to remember as she reached the semi-finals of the BDO women's World Darts Championship.\n\nThe teenage debutant beat 29-year-old Dutch third seed Aileen de Graaf 2-1 to reach the last four.\n\nSixth seed Greaves, from Doncaster, averaged 86.3 and hit three maximum 180s.\n\nShe faces Japan's Mikuru Suzuki on Friday's after the reigning champion beat Anastasia Dobromyslova 2-0.\n• None Double trouble at new venue over ticket sales and prize money\n\nFour-time champion Lisa Ashton plays Corrine Hammond in the other semi after a straight-sets victory over Lorraine Winstanley.\n\nHammond earlier beat Laura Turner 2-0 in the women's quarter-finals at London's Indigo at the O2.\n\nAsked whether she felt she could now win the tournament, Greaves told BDO Darts: \"Of course I can. You've always got to be confident, but not too confident.\n\n\"But I felt really good and I'm looking forward to it. It's been an amazing week.\"\n\nIn the men's event, Welsh second seed Jim Williams defeated Ryan Hogarth 4-0 to qualify for the quarter-finals.\n\nWhile the BDO tournament has been hit by low ticket sales and prize money problems, the championship has also showcased some of the sport's rising stars.\n\nLeighton Bennett, who only turned 14 on New Year's Eve, took a set off 2015 champion Scott Mitchell before losing 3-1 on Tuesday.", "Bournemouth University's Talbot Campus was on lockdown for about 30 minutes and has since reopened\n\nA man wearing a fitness vest is believed to have sparked a terror alert on a university campus.\n\nPolice were called to the site in Poole, Dorset, at 14:33 GMT amid reports of a man wearing a suicide vest and \"covered in blood\".\n\nCCTV images suggested the man was using the vest for exercise and there was no threat to the public, police said.\n\nBournemouth University shut down its Talbot Campus for about 30 minutes while police searched the area.\n\nFitness vests are types of gilets, or sleeveless padded jackets, that have specially designed pockets or pouches enabling the wearer to carry extra weights to aid with resistance training.\n\nThey are intended to create more resistance for the wearer when they are exercising to give them a more difficult workout.\n\nStudents initially posted on social media that they were being kept inside their buildings because of a suspected terrorism incident involving a man described as having a suicide vest, a gun or a knife.\n\nIn a statement, Dorset Police said the man was seen in the area of the Boundary roundabout near the campus.\n\nPolice added: \"A review of CCTV footage... established that it was believed to be someone running in a fitness vest.\n\n\"The lockdown has now been lifted and we do not believe there is any further cause for concern or threat to the public.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The store refused to sell the television to customers at the bargain price\n\nPolice cleared a supermarket in France after customers refused to leave when they were denied a deal on televisions.\n\nGéant Casino in the southern city of Montpellier accidentally priced TVs at €30.99 instead of €399 on Wednesday.\n\nHowever the supermarket refused to honour the bargain price. The customers then blocked the checkout demanding that they be allowed to purchase the television sets.\n\nDozens of police officers were called in to help clear the store.\n\nAccording to French media, when customers arrived at the checkouts, staff told them they could not buy the television sets for the price advertised.\n\nCustomers then became angry and refused to leave the store unless they could purchase the televisions.\n\nJean-Christophe, who works inside the shopping mall, told Midi Libre: \"We are located right across from the Géant Casino checkout lines. I saw a lot of police and a crowd of people. \"\n\nHe added that some people had four or five televisions in their shopping trolley.\n\nImages and video posted to social media shows customers at the checkouts refusing to leave.\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 viàOccitanie 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\nPolice were eventually called to clear the store, getting customers to leave over an hour after the supermarket's closing 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. Skip twitter post 2 by viàOccitanie 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\nUnder the consumer code, any seller is required to sell the product at the price displayed even if it is due to a labelling error. However if the price is clearly an obvious mistake, then the vendors can refuse to sell, BFM TV said.\n\nThere have been cases in the past where businesses have opted to honour the error price.\n\nLast January, Hong Kong based airline Cathay Pacific mistakenly sold business-class seats on August flights from Vietnam to New York for about $675 (£517) return.\n\nPrices on the same route in July and September cost $16,000. The airline later announced it would honour the fare purchases.", "Greta Thunberg has changed her name to Sharon on Twitter, in honour of a game show contestant who appeared to have no idea who she was.\n\nWhile appearing on BBC's Celebrity Mastermind, actor Amanda Henderson was asked to name the teenage climate activist.\n\nLooking stumped, Henderson shook her head and guessed: \"Sharon.\"\n\nA clip of her answer - and host John Humphrys' deadpan response - has been viewed more than five million times.\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 Mark Smith 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 video soon made its way back to Ms Thunberg herself, and on Friday afternoon she changed her name on Twitter.\n\nMs Thunberg also changed her bio to reflect that she has turned 17 - as Friday was also her birthday.\n\nShe celebrated her birthday by going to the weekly Fridays for Future climate protest outside the Swedish parliament building in Stockholm.\n\nThe clip of Amanda Henderson calling Greta Thunberg \"Sharon\" has been viewed more than five million times\n\nMs Thunberg has been known to have fun with her Twitter profile.\n\nLast month, US President Donald Trump tweeted: \"Greta must work on her anger management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend! Chill, Greta, Chill!\"\n\nIn response, Ms Thunberg edited her bio to say she was \"a teenager working on her anger management problem. Currently chilling and watching a good old fashioned movie with a friend\".\n\nEarlier that week, she changed her bio to say she was a \"pirralha\" - the Portuguese word for brat - after Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro criticised her for highlighting the plight of Brazil's indigenous people.\n\n\"Greta's been saying Indians have died because they were defending the Amazon,\" Mr Bolsonaro had told reporters. \"It's amazing how much space the press gives this kind of pirralha.\"\n\nIn October she changed her bio to \"a kind but poorly informed teenager\" - which was exactly how Russian President Vladimir Putin had described her at a conference in Moscow.\n\nIn September President Trump posted a video of her speaking emotionally at the UN conference and sarcastically commented: \"She seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future.\"\n\nShe changed her bio accordingly: \"A very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future\".", "Television medium and psychic Derek Acorah has died aged 69, his wife has announced.\n\nGwen Acorah Johnson said her \"beloved\" husband had passed away \"after a very brief illness\".\n\nShe announced his death on his official Facebook page, adding: \"Farewell my love! I will miss you forever!\"\n\nAcorah was best known for Living TV's Most Haunted, a reality TV series that followed a team of paranormal experts as they investigated haunted locations.\n\nMost Haunted ran from 2002 to 2010 although it returned in an online edition and on Really TV at various times until 2019.\n\nAcorah departed as the show's guest medium after six series in 2005 over claims of fakery.\n\nHis former co-host Yvette Fielding, who had previously said Acorah \"had to go\" following the allegations, said on Twitter: \"Our condolences go out to Derek's family at this time.\"\n\nAcorah, who was born Derek Johnson in Bootle, Merseyside, made a cameo appearance in the 2006 Doctor Who episode Army of Ghosts and entered the Celebrity Big Brother house in 2017, finishing in fourth place.\n\nHe was banned from driving for more than two years in 2014 when he admitted to careless driving and failing to provide a further breath test following a car crash.\n\nIn addition to a 28-month ban, Acorah received a £1000 fine and had to pay a £100 victim surcharge.\n\nHe had performed regular live shows across the UK, with further tour dates planned for February and May, according to his website. He lived in Scarisbrick, near Southport, with his wife.\n\nMrs Acorah Johnson said she was \"devastated\", and thanked everybody who had supported her.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nSecond Test, Newlands, Cape Town (day two of five):\n\nEngland fought back with the ball against South Africa to end day two on top in the second Test in Cape Town.\n\nThe Proteas slipped to 40-3 in reply to England's 269 all out in the morning.\n\nDean Elgar (88) and Rassie van der Dussen (68) put on a fine stand of 117 as the tourists failed to take a wicket in a frustrating afternoon session.\n\nBut England took five wickets after tea to leave South Africa 215-8, trailing by 54 runs and needing to bat last on a pitch already showing signs of wear.\n\nStuart Broad (2-36) and James Anderson (3-34) starred once again, while Sam Curran (2-39) also picked up two vital wickets and Ben Stokes took four superb slip catches.\n\nThe Proteas are 1-0 up in the four-Test series.\n• None Writing off Broad and Anderson is 'silly', says Curran\n\nWith Elgar and Van der Dussen carefully compiling throughout the afternoon, England looked in danger of drifting through another punishing day in the field in an overseas Test without much to show for their efforts.\n\nYet instead of overusing peculiar fields and trying to bounce batsmen out, the tourists stuck to a mainly orthodox approach, testing the batsmen's technique around off stump, and got their rewards.\n\nGranted, they were assisted by errors from Elgar and Quinton de Kock, both caught attempting needless lofted shots, but England were ruthless once they had exposed the lower order.\n\nCurran got Van der Dussen to chase one that just left him and nick it to Stokes, who dropped an easier chance to remove Dwaine Pretorius but made amends two balls later with another excellent low catch off Anderson.\n\nAnderson then dismissed Keshav Maharaj, inside edging into his pads to loop to third slip, with what turned out to be the final ball of the day. It leaves England in sight of a potentially decisive first-innings lead.\n\nThe day had begun in similarly fine fashion for England's bowlers, with the superb Broad and Anderson once again restoring their side's advantage after a disappointing batting performance.\n\nBroad bowled quickly and moved the ball away off the seam to dismiss opener Pieter Malan and Zubayr Hamza, while Anderson returned after an innocuous first spell to remove South Africa captain Faf du Plessis.\n\nJust as England did on day one, South Africa wasted a strong position by losing their discipline.\n\nAt 157-3, and having forced England's bowlers into their third or fourth spells, the hosts looked on course for a first-innings lead, only for Elgar, who had batted resolutely with minimal risk, to miscue off-spinner Dom Bess to a retreating Joe Root at mid-off.\n\nWicketkeeper De Kock, who scored a vital 95 in the first-Test victory, then chipped a Curran slower ball to Anderson to fall for 20.\n\nVan der Dussen had battled through a charmed innings - he successfully overturned when given out lbw on six because of an inside edge, was caught behind off a Broad no-ball on 16 and was dropped on 43 by Stokes from a tough one-handed chance.\n\nYet having brought up his second half-century in his second Test, he could not resist fending at Curran.\n\nEven if the hosts are able to achieve parity with their final two wickets on day three, a pitch starting to show variable bounce and some sideways movement off widening cracks should make batting last here a tough task.\n\n'A remarkable day' - what they said\n\nEngland's Sam Curran on the Test Match Special podcast: \"It was an amazing end to the day. Having them eight down with a nice lead is good.\n\n\"We bowled really well as a group. Hopefully we can get those two wickets quickly in the morning, then bat big.\"\n\nCricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew: \"A remarkable day. It is a question of two very fragile batting line-ups. England have to wrap this up tomorrow, and then they have to bat, under pressure. We've seen many teams falter in that situation.\n\n\"The bowling quality is good and there is something in the pitch. I wouldn't put money on either side batting a day.\"\n\nFormer England bowler Graham Onions on The Cricket Social: \"England are well on top. Stokes changes games. If he's not getting runs or taking wickets, he can affect things in the field.\"", "The rise in the number of deaths in the UK is being driven by fentanyl being added to heroin, a report says\n\nDeaths caused by the drug fentanyl are on the rise in the UK, a report warns.\n\nDeaths related to Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid considered to be 50 times more potent than heroin, rose from eight in 2008 to 135 in 2017, the report said.\n\nThe Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) said the government should introduce controls to tackle the \"emerging threat\" the painkiller poses.\n\nThe ACMD said a rise in the number of deaths in the UK is being driven by fentanyl being added to heroin.\n\nThe drug was originally designed as a painkiller but has entered the illegal drug market.\n\nSynthetic opioids have been linked to thousands of US deaths. Its potency means that even small doses can be deadly.\n\nThe ACMD, which advises ministers on drugs policy, said fentanyl-related deaths have risen in the UK despite the fact it is an illegal Class A substance.\n\nFentanyl is an extremely strong painkiller, prescribed for severe chronic pain, or breakthrough pain which does not respond to regular painkillers.\n\nIt is an opioid painkiller which means it works by mimicking the body's natural painkillers, called endorphins, which block pain messages to the brain.\n\nThe risk of harm is higher if the wrong dose or strength is used.\n\nTypical symptoms of a fentanyl overdose include slow and difficult breathing, nausea and vomiting, dizziness and increased blood pressure.\n\nDr Bowden-Jones said the introduction of fentanyl and other new opioid drugs into illegal UK markets was \"of great concern\".\n\n\"To respond to this emerging threat, we must carefully examine the lessons learnt in other countries, particularly the US and Canada, to understand and implement effective interventions,\" he added.\n\nThe advisory group urged ministers to commission further research into strong opioids.\n\nThe Home Office, which commissioned the ACMD report, said it would \"carefully consider\" the recommendations.\n\nA spokesperson said the Home Office has commissioned a major review of all drugs policy in an attempt to reduce the harm they cause.", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nFormer England midfielder Paul Merson says he hopes to help people struggling with their mental health by revealing that his own battle left him wanting to take his own life.\n\nKick-offs at this weekend's FA Cup third-round matches will be delayed for 60 seconds to prompt fans to consider their wellbeing.\n\nMerson, 51, says he has been sober for a year after dealing with alcoholism.\n\n\"Now I know I have an illness. Before, I used to beat myself up,\" he said.\n\nMerson was capped 21 times by England between 1991 and 1998 and scored 78 goals in 327 games for Arsenal.\n\nHe previously spoke about his gambling addiction in March 2019.\n\nWriting in his Daily Star column, Merson added: \"When I see this weekend's FA Cup games kicking off a minute later I will remember that time when things got dark and think: 'Thank god that's not how I feel any more.'\n\n\"This time last year, I wanted to kill myself.\n\n\"I don't want to kill myself any more. I don't have those thoughts.\n\n\"I'm telling you this because I hope it helps someone.\"\n\nIn 2003, Merson received help from the Sporting Chance clinic, set up by former Arsenal and England team-mate Tony Adams, after saying he was unable to stop betting and had run up huge losses, including £30,000 on the outcome of one football match.\n\nIn 2012, he was given a 14-month-driving ban after pleading guilty to drink-driving following a motorway crash.\n\n\"I was on my own, which is not the best place when you're down. Isolating yourself, that's where the illness wants you,\" Merson said.\n\n\"On Monday, I'll have been a year sober. I keep my life to one day at a time.\"\n\nIf you, or someone you know, have been affected by any issues raised in this story, help and support is available at BBC Action Line.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet explains the significance of the attack\n\nThe killing of Gen Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds force, represents a dramatic escalation in the low-level conflict between the US and Iran and one whose consequences could be considerable.\n\nRetaliation is to be expected. A chain of action and reprisal could ensue bringing the two countries closer to a direct confrontation. Washington's future in Iraq could well be called into question. And President Trump's strategy for the region - if there is one - will be tested like never before.\n\nPhilip Gordon, who was White House co-ordinator for the Middle East and the Persian Gulf in the Obama administration, described the killing as little short of a \"declaration of war\" by the Americans against Iran.\n\nThe Quds Force is the branch of Iran's security forces responsible for operations abroad. For years, whether it be in Lebanon, Iraq, Syria or elsewhere, Soleimani has been a key instigator in expanding and extending Iran's influence through planning attacks or bolstering Tehran's local allies.\n\nFor Washington, he was a man with US blood on his hands. But he was popular in Iran itself. And in practical terms, he led Tehran's fightback against the broad campaign of pressure and US-imposed sanctions.\n\nWhat is most surprising is not that Soleimani was in President Trump's sights but quite why the US should strike him now.\n\nA series of low-level rocket attacks against US bases in Iraq were blamed on Tehran. One US civilian contractor was killed. But earlier Iranian operations - against tankers in the Gulf; the shooting down of a US unmanned aerial vehicle; even the major attack against a Saudi oil facility - all went without a direct US response.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAs for the rocket attacks against the US bases in Iraq, the Pentagon has already hit back against the pro-Iranian militia believed to be behind them. That prompted a potential assault on the US embassy compound in Baghdad.\n\nIn explaining the decision to kill Soleimani, the Pentagon focused not just on his past actions, but also insisted that the strike was meant as a deterrent. The general, the Pentagon statement reads, was \"actively developing plans to attack US diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region\".\n\nQuite what happens next is the big question. President Trump will hope that in one dramatic action he has both cowed Iran and proven to his increasingly uneasy allies in the region like Israel and Saudi Arabia that US deterrence still has teeth. However it is almost unthinkable that there will not be a robust Iranian response, even if it is not immediate.\n\nCould Iran target US soldiers stationed in Iraq in response?\n\nThe 5,000 US troops in Iraq are an obvious potential target. So too are the sorts of targets hit by Iran or its proxies in the past. Tensions will be higher in the Gulf. No wonder the initial impact was to see a surge in oil prices.\n\nThe US and its allies will be looking to their defences. Washington has already despatched a small number of reinforcements to its embassy in Baghdad. It will have plans to increase its military footprint in the region quickly if needed.\n\nBut it is equally possible that Iran's response will be in some sense asymmetric - in other words not just a strike for a strike. It may seek to play on the widespread support it has in the region - through the very proxies that Soleimani built up and funded.\n\nIt could for example renew the siege on the US embassy in Baghdad, putting the Iraqi government in a difficult position, and call into question the US deployment there. It could prompt demonstrations elsewhere as cover for other attacks.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Could Iran instigate more attacks on the US embassy in Baghdad such as this one earlier this week?\n\nThe strike against the Quds force commander was a clear demonstration of US military intelligence and capabilities. Many in the region will not mourn his passing. But was this the wisest thing for President Trump to do?\n\nHow well is the Pentagon prepared for the inevitable aftermath? And just what does this strike tell us about Mr Trump's overall strategy in the region? Has this changed in any way? Is there a new zero-tolerance towards Iranian operations?\n\nOr was this just the president taking out an Iranian commander he would no doubt regard as \"a very bad man\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The death of Iran's top general could make things worse for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, husband fears.\n\nThe husband of a British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran has said he is worried about what the death of the country's top general could mean for her case.\n\nNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a charity worker from London, has been detained for more than three years over spying allegations she denies.\n\nMr Ratcliffe said escalated tensions after the killing of Qasem Soleimani could make matters worse for his wife.\n\nHe plans to meet with Prime Minister Boris Johnson to discuss her case.\n\n\"There's probably a concern, on a selfish level, as to what does this mean for Nazanin's case,\" he said.\n\n\"There's always a worry that things could get worse.\"\n\nMr Ratcliffe, whose in-laws live in Iran, said he is concerned about the implications for the region as a whole.\n\nMrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's parole was refused shortly before Christmas, he said, noting that she was \"low\" when he spoke to her on Christmas Day and New Year's Day.\n\n\"We're obviously not hopeful at the moment... We were feeling like there's been no good news for a while, and I was getting ready to push the prime minister and the government to do more and to be a lot more assertive,\" he said.\n\n\"In some ways that still feels the right thing to do - but absolutely the wrong time.\"\n\nThe couple's British-born daughter Gabriella, who had been living with her grandparents in Tehran, returned to the UK in October.\n\nMrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was temporarily reunited with her daughter Gabriella during a three-day release from prison in August 2018\n\nMr Ratcliffe's concern comes amid a major escalation in tensions between Washington and Tehran.\n\nIran's supreme leader has vowed \"severe revenge\" on those responsible for the death of Soleimani, who was killed by an air strike at Baghdad airport early on Friday ordered by US President Donald Trump.\n\nThe 62-year-old spearheaded Iran Middle East operations as head of the elite Quds Force. Mr Trump said Soleimani killed or wounded thousands of Americans.\n\nUS officials have said 3,000 additional troops will be sent to the Middle East as a precaution.\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\nMr Ratcliffe said it is \"time to find a way to improve relations\" between the West and Iran and to bring his wife home.\n\nHe said he received a letter from Mr Johnson shortly after the general election last month asking for a meeting, but that a date was not specified.\n\nWhile he was foreign secretary, Mr Johnson mistakenly said that Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe had been in Iran training journalists.\n\n\"We've been quite clear in public that I feel he owes us and that he needs to do what he can to bring Nazanin home and to bring [home] the others held over similar reasons,\" Mr Ratcliffe said.\n\nHe added: \"As we're on the precipice of very dark times, it can only help that positive gestures are made.\"", "Phil Foden made one goal and scored another as holders Manchester City saw off a spirited Port Vale side to book their place in the fourth round of the FA Cup.\n\nCity, who won all four available domestic trophies last season, had to work hard to break down their League Two opponents, but eventually ran out comfortable winners.\n\nOleksandr Zinchenko put Pep Guardiola's side ahead with a rasping shot from distance that Vale captain Leon Legge could only help into his own net.\n\nBut City failed to turn their superior possession into further goals and were surprisingly pegged back by a superb Tom Pope header from a pinpoint David Amoo cross.\n\nThat sparked wild celebrations from more than 8,000 Vale fans who packed the top tiers of the south stand at Etihad Stadium, but their side were level for only seven minutes.\n\nCity kept pouring forward and Foden set up Sergio Aguero to fire home at the near post, with Legge again getting the final touch.\n\nThat goal was checked by the video assistant referee before being awarded; when City scored their third goal just before the hour mark, it was initially ruled out and needed VAR intervention before being given.\n\nTaylor Harwood-Bellis was flagged offside when it appeared John Stones had put the ball into the net but replays showed the 17-year-old had got the final touch, and was actually onside too.\n\nOn a good day for City's academy, two more graduates combined for City's fourth goal, with Foden running into the box to bury Angelino's shot past Scott Brown.\n\nThe derogatory comments Pope made about Stones on social media last summer, when he called him 'a target man's dream', added extra spice to this tie, especially when both men were named in their respective starting line-ups.\n\nBut Pope, 34, had given some more insight into his thinking this week when he talked about how he likes to prey on the weakest link in any defence, so it was no surprise to see him lurk near Harwood-Bellis instead.\n\nThat was how he found space to convert Amoo's cross at the near post, darting away from his teenage marker at the last second.\n\nStones, back in the City side after a month out with his latest injury, got the better of the veteran forward whenever their paths crossed directly.\n\nBut it was still fitting that he and Harwood-Bellis combined to score City's third goal, and ensure any personal battle with Pope finished all-square.\n\n'Why this competition is so special' - what they said\n\nManchester City manager Pep Guardiola told BBC Sport: \"When Port Vale get contact with Tom Pope and run, they are a danger. In the second half, we created a lot of chances so we are into the next round.\"\n\nOn Taylor Harwood-Bellis' performance: \"He is growing every day and he is a player with a lot of quality. He played in the Carabao Cup and did well and he is a guy who is always so focused.\n\n\"This is the oldest cup competition in this country, so of course these kind of games you take seriously and you do what you have to do. We will be in the draw but it is still a long way to reach the final.\"\n\nOn inviting Port Vale players into the home dressing room: \"It is a pleasure when these teams can be alongside our players and why this country and this competition is so special.\"\n\nPort Vale manager John Askey told BBC Sport: \"I thought they [Vale's players] were fantastic. I'm really proud of them to come here and hold them for so long. Going into half-time you have to pinch yourself that it's 1-1. We knew it was going to be tough and before the game I was worried that teams have come here and been annihilated but I'm sure the fans are proud of the team.\n\n\"We rode our luck a little bit at times. When that goal [Tom Pope] went in, you start to dream a little bit. I was disappointed in the three goals we conceded before the fourth because they were avoidable and it was somebody's heel that kept them onside.\n\n\"Our supporters never stopped throughout the game. I'm so proud, and to see so many people come from Stoke-on-Trent cheering us on, I could not have asked for much more. I have just been in his [Pep Guardiola's] office and he poured me a glass of red wine. We spoke about football and it was nice to have a chat.\"\n\nCity continue their defence of the Carabao Cup with the first leg of their semi-final against Manchester United at Old Trafford on Tuesday (20:00 GMT).\n\nVale are in action only a few miles down the road on the same night, taking on Salford City in the EFL Trophy (19:45 GMT).\n• None Attempt blocked. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Angeliño.\n• None Attempt saved. Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sergio Agüero.\n• None Attempt missed. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.\n• None Goal! Manchester City 4, Port Vale 1. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Angeliño with a cross.\n• None Attempt blocked. Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Phil Foden.\n• None Attempt missed. David Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Angeliño. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Sir Rod Stewart has been charged by police after allegedly punching a security guard at a hotel in Florida.\n\nA police report says the altercation occurred after the singer and his companions, including his son Sean, failed to gain access to a private event on New Year's Eve.\n\nSean allegedly pushed the security guard and Sir Rod struck his chest \"with a closed fist\", the report says.\n\nSir Rod and his son were both charged with \"simple battery\".\n\nThe security guard at the Breakers Palm Beach Hotel, named as Jessie Dixon, told officers that he saw a group of people near the check-in table of the private event in the children's area, trying to enter without permission.\n\nMr Dixon told police that the group \"began to get loud and cause a scene\", refusing to leave.\n\nSean Stewart got \"nose to nose\" with the security guard, according to the affidavit, who told him to back away.\n\nThe report then alleges that Sean Stewart, 39, shoved Mr Dixon backwards, before Sir Rod stepped towards the security guard and threw a punch, hitting him in the left ribcage.\n\nThe arresting officer says in the report that he made contact with Sir Rod, who said he and his family approached the check-in table to try to gain access to the event for their children.\n\nAccording to the affidavit, Sir Rod told police that after the family were denied access, Mr Dixon became argumentative with them, causing his family to become \"agitated\".\n\nSir Rod, 74, apologised for his role in the incident, the officer's report says.\n\nThe officer says the altercation was witnessed by two other hotel employees, who signed witness statements confirming they saw the push by Sean Stewart and the punch by Sir Rod.\n\nVideo footage also revealed Sean Stewart and Sir Rod as the \"primary aggressors\" in the confrontation, according to the report.\n\nBoth father and son were charged and are due to appear at the Palm Beach County Criminal Justice Complex on 5 February.", "Travel money services for several UK banks are still being affected after foreign currency seller Travelex took its site offline to deal with a cyber attack.\n\nOn Thursday evening, Travelex said it had taken down its site to contain \"the virus and protect data\".\n\nThat has affected Sainsbury's Bank, Barclays and HSBC, among others, which all use the Travelex platform.\n\nThere is no indication when the Travelex website will be restored.\n\nThe company said it has been working on the issue since the software virus attack on New Year's Eve.\n\nA number of banks depend on the Travelex platform to provide online travel money services.\n\nThe company delivers the foreign currency to stores for customers to collect, as well as operating the software that is used to buy the travel money.\n\nBut Travelex's decision to take down its site has meant the firms that use its services cannot sell currency online.\n\nVirgin Money's site showed an error message, which said: \"Our online, foreign currency purchasing service is temporarily unavailable due to planned maintenance. The system will be back online shortly.\"\n\nSainsbury's Bank also said its online travel money services were unavailable, although it said customers could still buy travel money in its stores. In a statement to the BBC, the bank said: \"We're in close contact with Travelex so that we can resume our online service as soon as possible.\"\n\nMeanwhile, a spokesperson for First Direct, which is owned by HSBC, said: \"Unfortunately, our online travel money service is currently unavailable due to a service issue with third party service provider, Travelex.\"\n\nIn a statement on Thusday, Travelex boss Tony D'Souza said: \"We regret having to suspend some of our services in order to contain the virus and protect data.\"\n\nThe company has resorted to carrying out transactions manually, providing foreign-exchange services over the counter in its branches.\n\n\"We apologise to all our customers for any inconvenience caused as a result,\" Mr D'Souza said in a statement.\n\nHSBC told the BBC that some of its branches also stock dollars and euros, which it is still able to sell.", "Harry Dunn died in hospital after his motorbike was involved in a crash outside RAF Croughton\n\nThe friends of Harry Dunn have protested outside the RAF base where he died to \"get their feelings across\" to the US Government.\n\nMr Dunn, 19, died in a road crash in Northamptonshire in August that led to suspect Anne Sacoolas leaving for the US under diplomatic immunity.\n\nLast month, the CPS announced she would be charged with causing death by dangerous driving.\n\nBut US officials said it was not \"a helpful development\".\n\nMrs Sacoolas' lawyer said she would not return to the UK \"to face a potential jail sentence for what was a terrible but unintentional accident\".\n\nMr Dunn died after his motorbike was in collision with a car driven by Mrs Sacoolas outside RAF Croughton, Northamptonshire, where her husband worked as an intelligence officer.\n\nFriends gathered outside the RAF base on Saturday to take part in the protest\n\nThe spokesman for Mr Dunn's family, Radd Seiger, said the teenager's friends wanted to protest outside the base because they were \"being asked to forget their friend had been killed\".\n\nHe said they felt a demonstration was \"the only way we can get our feelings across to Washington\".\n\n\"Ultimately if they don't send [Mrs Sacoolas] back we will not accept [RAF Croughton] being in our community,\" he added.\n\nThe CPS said extradition proceedings had started when it charged Mrs Sacoolas.\n\nLast month the Home Secretary Priti Patel met Mr Dunn's father Tim Dunn to explain the process.\n\nA 'Justice4Harry' banner was placed on the sign for RAF Croughton\n\nA statement from Amy Jeffress, Mrs Sacoolas's lawyer, said she had \"co-operated fully with the investigation and accepted responsibility\".\n\nIt added: \"This was an accident, and a criminal prosecution with a potential penalty of 14 years' imprisonment is simply not a proportionate response.\n\n\"We have been in contact with the UK authorities about ways in which Anne could assist with preventing accidents like this from happening in the future, as well as her desire to honour Harry's memory.\n\n\"We will continue that dialogue in an effort to move forward from this terrible tragedy.\"\n\nAnne Sacoolas pictured on her wedding day in 2003\n\nMr Seiger said the Christmas period had been a \"difficult time\" for the family.\n\nHe said Mr Dunn's mother Charlotte Charles and father Tim Dunn were \"desperately sad\".\n\n\"What they've been through has been frankly unimaginable,\" he added.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Callum has travelled to Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital six times since July\n\n\"I need to go on a car, a boat, another car, a plane and a bus to get my scan\".\n\nThe words of eight-year-old Callum Taylor, who travels from Shetland to Aberdeen for MRI scans, after being diagnosed with epilepsy.\n\nAt the moment, more than 600 patients a year do this - at a cost of more than £200,000 to the local health board in travel tickets alone.\n\nAn MRI machine costs £1.6m and NHS Shetland says it cannot afford one. So the community is raising funds instead.\n\nMagnetic resonance imaging uses strong magnetic fields and radio waves to produce detailed images of the inside of the body.\n\nIt can be used to detect many - sometimes life-threatening - conditions such as cancer, heart defects and internal bleeding.\n\nPeople living in Shetland have to make the long return trip totalling about 400 miles by plane or ferry to Aberdeen to get a scan.\n\nHowever, unpredictable weather conditions can cause travel delays and even cancellations at times - and locals claim the situation cannot continue.\n\nCallum has travelled to Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital (RACH) six times since July for MRI scans, after being diagnosed with two different types of epilepsy.\n\nHis mother, Shona McNab said it can be difficult to keep his spirits up.\n\nEtta Hannah was diagnosed with tumours in her brain and spinal cord\n\nShe told BBC Scotland's The Nine: \"Sometimes Callum is glad to be in Aberdeen, but he is sometimes a bit emotional.\n\n\"We try and play down his hospital appointments so as to not worry him but that can be harder to do if it's such a big deal.\n\n\"It is taking time off work and time out of school - it is kind of hard to play it down\".\n\nCallum's story is not unique in Shetland.\n\nSix-year-old Etta Hannah was diagnosed with tumours in her brain and spinal cord before she started school last year, after a routine optometry appointment picked up swelling on her optic nerve.\n\nSince then, she has had to travel to the mainland regularly for chemotherapy and MRI scans.\n\nJennifer Murray says her daughter has a lot to cope with\n\nEtta's mother Jennifer Murray said her daughter has nerve pain in her legs, so she tires very easily in comparison to other six-year-olds.\n\n\"I have actually stopped counting the number of times we have had to travel to Aberdeen in the last year because we have gone about sixty flights and some air ambulances because we have a lot of emergencies,\" she said.\n\n\"People think, it's only an hour's flight to get from Sumburgh to Aberdeen, but actually it is about four hours from walking out your house to setting foot in the hospital.\n\n\"For Etta when she is so poorly and sometimes when she is chemo-sick or very sore, it is a lot.\"\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 The Nine 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 The Nine\n\nShe added: \"If you miss your slot, they can't just put you in the next day - it doesn't work like that. But when Etta's tumours rely on being monitored regularly, you have to get there so sometimes it means we have to go a couple of days before just to make sure we get there.\n\n\"A day trip that is meant to be an overnight turns into two weeks - that happens quite a lot.\"\n\nThe community began fundraising for the MRI machine on the 70th anniversary of the NHS in July 2018.\n\nHarriet Middleton and fellow \"MRI Maakers\" knit hats, gloves and accessories and sell them locally and online (\"maarkin and yaarkin\" is a local term for knitting and chatting).\n\nThey put all the money raised towards the Shetland MRI Scanner Appeal, and have so far raised more than £70,000.\n\nHarriet has her own experience travelling to Aberdeen for regular MRI scans.\n\nHarriet Middleton and the \"MRI Maakers\" have been raising funds\n\nShe said: \"I started doing this because I had a cancerous polyp that had to be removed. I had it removed and as a result of that I had to go to Aberdeen once every three months for two years.\n\n\"It can be quite tiring and I was very fit an able to do it but it would be a horrible long journey for anybody who wasn't quite so fit.\"\n\nThe fundraiser said she thought it was a shame that money had to be found for it - but that Shetlanders were \"very, very, very good at raising money and when push comes to shove\".\n\nShe added: \"We can't stress strongly enough how important it would be to have it here, in the end I think it could probably be a lifesaver\".\n\nThe Scottish government said in a statement: \"In 2019-20, NHS Shetland received increased investment of £1.2m, taking total board funding to £50.6m.\n\n\"While the Scottish government provides funding for equipment including MRI scanners, NHS Shetland is responsible for its own financial management and NHS Scotland estimated there would only be enough activity for the MRI scanner to be used one day a week\".\n\nThe scanner could be situated at Gilbert Bain Hospital in Lerwick\n\nAt Gilbert Bain Hospital in Lerwick, consultant surgeon Gordon McFarlane believes the scanner would be in use more than that.\n\nHe said: \"I think it will be used two or three days a week. The list might not be quite as long as they have in Aberdeen, but also having it here and able to be used at least Monday to Friday is going make a big difference.\"\n\nNHS Shetland's interim chief executive Simon Bokor-Ingram said: \"We have rising cost pressures so we need to be more efficient in what we do.\n\n\"The reality is that up and down the country there are donated assets in every hospital and it is absolutely right that for Shetland, the community has identified this as a potential project to put their efforts in to.\n\n\"This is about reinvesting the money that we are not spending on patient travel back into the service\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Soleimani - seen here in Iraq in 2015 - directed militia in Iraq who attacked US troops and later fought the Islamic State group\n\nNext to Iran's Supreme Leader, Qasem Soleimani was arguably the most powerful figure in the Islamic republic.\n\nAs head of its military abroad known as the Quds Force, Soleimani was the mastermind behind the country's activities across in the Middle East, and its real foreign minister when it came to matters of war and peace.\n\nHe was widely considered an architect of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's war against rebels in Syria, the rise of pro-Iranian paramilitaries in Iraq, the fight against the Islamic State group, and many battles beyond.\n\nCharismatic and often elusive, the silver-haired commander was revered by some, loathed by others, and a source of myths and social media memes.\n\nHe had emerged in recent years from a lifetime in the shadows directing covert operations to achieve fame and popularity in Iran, becoming the subject of documentaries, news reports and even pop songs.\n\nAs far back as 2013, former CIA officer John Maguire told The New Yorker that Soleimani was \"the single most powerful operative in the Middle East\".\n\nWhen his end came, it was violent and sudden. On 3 January the Pentagon announced that it had carried out a successful operation to kill him, at the direction of US President Donald Trump.\n\nThe assassination followed a sharp escalation between the US, Iran and Iran-backed groups in Iraq following the death of a US military contractor in a missile attack on a US base in Iraq - for which the US held Iran responsible.\n\nThe US responded with an air strike on the Iran-backed militia Kataib Hezbollah. Militia supporters then attacked the US embassy in Baghdad.\n\nTensions between the US and Iran had been rising since the US pulled out of a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers to curb Iran's nuclear programme and prevent it from developing nuclear weapons. The US has also reimposed sanctions on Iran, sending its economy into freefall.\n\nSoleimani is believed to have come from a poor background and to have had very little formal education. But he had risen through the Revolutionary Guards - Iran's elite and most powerful force - and was reportedly close to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khomeini.\n\nAfter becoming commander of the Quds Force in 1998, Soleimani attempted to extend Iran's influence in the Middle East by carrying out covert operations, providing arms to allies and developing networks of militias loyal to Iran.\n\nOver the course of his career he is believed to have aided Shia Muslim and Kurdish groups in Iraq fighting against former dictator Saddam Hussein as well as other groups in the region including the Shia militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon and Islamist organisation Hamas in the Palestinian territories.\n\nAfter the US invaded Iraq in 2003 he began directing militant groups to carry out attacks against US troops and bases, killing hundreds.\n\nHe is also widely credited with finding a strategy for Bashar al-Assad to respond to the armed uprising against him that began in 2011. Iranian assistance along with Russian air support helped turn the tide against rebel forces and in the Syrian government's favour, allowing it to recapture key cities and towns.\n\nSoleimani himself was sometimes pictured at funerals of Iranians killed in Syria and Iraq, where Iran had deployed thousands of combatants and military advisers.\n\nHe also travelled frequently across the region, regularly shuttling between Lebanon, Syria and Iraq, where Iranian influence has steadily grown. When he was killed he was travelling in a two-car convoy away from Baghdad airport with others including Kataib Hezbollah leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who was also killed.\n\nSoleimani was killed in an air strike near Baghdad's airport\n\nIn April 2019, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo designated Iran's Revolutionary Guards and Quds Force as foreign terrorist organisations.\n\nThe Trump administration has said the Quds Force provided funding, training, weapons and equipment to US-designated terrorist groups in the Middle East - including Hezbollah movement and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group based in Gaza.\n\nIn a statement, the Pentagon said Soleimani had been \"actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region\".\n\n\"General Soleimani and his Quds Force were responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American and coalition service members and the wounding of thousands more,\" it added.", "Iran's most powerful military commander, General Qasem Soleimani, has been killed by a US air strike in Iraq.\n\nBut who was the man behind the 'shadowy figure'?\n\nRead more: Top Iranian general killed by US in Iraq", "They were said to be able to withstand being scrunched into pockets and survive a spin in the washing machine.\n\nBut nearly 50 million plastic £5 and £10 notes have had to be replaced since they were launched due to wear and tear, new figures suggest.\n\nThe Bank of England introduced polymer £5 notes in 2016 and £10 notes the following year, because they were \"more durable\" than the old paper versions.\n\nThe Bank said damage was mainly caused by \"folds, tears, holes and foil wear\".\n\nAccording to figures obtained by the Press Association news agency, around 20 million polymer £5 notes and some 26 million £10 notes have been swapped because of damage.\n\nThe Bank - which will launch a new plastic £20 note featuring artist JMW Turner this year - has always said the new notes are not indestructible.\n\nThe Bank said it expected the new notes to last an average of five years in circulation - compared with an average of two years for the old paper designs.\n\nIt said damage to plastic notes was consistent with expectations and the number of plastic notes replaced represents a small percentage of the total number in circulation.\n\n\"While we expect the polymer notes to have a longer life, it is too early in the note's lifecycle to yet understand the rate of replacement of polymer notes,\" it added.\n\nLaunching the notes, governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, said the polymer notes would be cleaner, safer and stronger.\n\n\"The use of polymer means it can better withstand being repeatedly folded into wallets or scrunched up inside pockets, and can also survive a spin in the washing machine,\" he said.", "Wigan MP Lisa Nandy has announced she is joining the race to replace Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader.\n\nIn a letter to the Wigan Post, she said she wanted to \"bring Labour home\" to voters that have abandoned the party in its traditional strongholds.\n\nHer announcement came on the same day Birmingham Yardley MP Jess Phillips announced she was joining the race.\n\nShadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry and shadow treasury minister Clive Lewis are also both standing.\n\nShadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer and shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey are among those also expected to stand.\n\nA timetable for the leadership election - and any rule changes - is set to be decided by the party's ruling National Executive Committee (NEC) on Monday.\n\nThe contest was called because Mr Corbyn is standing down as leader following the party's heavy election defeat.\n\nMs Nandy said the \"political earthquake\" seen after the general election result had highlighted the need for a different approach within the party.\n\nShe told BBC Breakfast: \"People have been telling us for some time that we can't just keeping changing the man at the top, and determining the priorities and the solutions to the problems that they face from behind a desk in Victoria Street, Westminster or Whitehall.\"\n\nShe said she had a \"duty\" to provide a \"different sort of leadership\" for voters who wanted an end to political parties' \"paternalistic approach\" and to take back \"control\" over their own lives.\n\nShe added: \"I have the duty to stand up for those people and see if Labour can become a national force again, rooted in our communities and capable of speaking with and for those people.\"\n\nShe said the next Labour leader would also have to put a stop to the \"factions\" and \"in-fighting\" within the party to \"earn back\" the trust of voters.\n\n\"[They] will [have to] show people that we've changed, that we're kind and compassionate towards one another...that we have zero tolerance on issues like anti-Semitism and when we say that we believe in a more equal, compassionate society that we are walking the walk within our own party, not just talking the talk.\"\n\nLisa Nandy chose an unconventional way to launch her campaign - an open letter to constituents in her local paper.\n\nIn a challenge to London-based candidates such as Emily Thornberry and Keir Starmer, who will declare his candidacy soon, Ms Nandy argued that the next Labour leader should come from a community like hers.\n\nShe said she agreed with the perception that many political leaders were \"unable or unwilling\" to understand places such as Wigan - and that her party must elect, in her words, someone who has \"skin in the game\".\n\nShe also pledged not to indulge in faction-fighting. In her pitch to succeed Mr Corbyn, she said the response to anti-Semitism had been \"woeful\".\n\nShe promised to challenge Boris Johnson with \"passion and precision\" and argued that the best way for Labour to win back lost voters was by being \"brave and bold\" rather than \"trying to look all ways\".\n\nMs Nandy has represented the safe Labour constituency of Wigan since entering Parliament after the 2010 general election.\n\nShe served as shadow energy secretary during the first year of Mr Corbyn's leadership, but was among a clutch of shadow ministers to quit their posts in 2016 following the Brexit referendum.\n\nShe advocated remaining in the EU during the referendum campaign, but voted for the PM's Brexit deal in October and has argued the party's pledge to hold another referendum after renegotiating the deal alienated voters in Leave-supporting areas.\n\nShe has been urging her party to concentrate on winning support in smaller towns, and suggested it should move its headquarters outside London.\n\nMs Nandy's announcement comes after Jess Phillips joined the leadership race on Friday, stating that \"something has to change\" and \"more honesty\" in politics was required.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jess Phillips: Labour members are \"ready to try something different\".\n\nMs Phillips, a vocal critic of Mr Corbyn's leadership, acknowledged the campaign \"won't necessarily be an easy fight\" for her, but said she thought Labour members were \"ready to try something different\".\n\nThe Birmingham Yardley MP added that Labour needed a leader who would \"truly speak truth to power\" and be able to \"take on\" Mr Johnson.\n\nThere will also be an election for a new deputy leader, with shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon, shadow equalities minister Dawn Butler and shadow Europe minister Khalid Mahmood confirming they intend to run.\n\nShadow education secretary Angela Rayner has also received the backing of Ms Long-Bailey for the deputy post.\n\nUnder current rules, would-be candidates for both the leader and deputy leader roles must first be nominated by more than 20 MPs.\n\nThey must also secure nominations from at least 5% of Labour's constituency parties or three affiliated bodies - two of which must be trade unions.", "Stormzy has scored the first number one of the decade, as his song Own It climbs to the top of the singles chart.\n\nThe track is a collaboration with Burna Boy and Ed Sheeran, and earns Stormzy his third UK number one in 12 months, knocking Ellie Goulding off the top.\n\nBut it follows a Twitter spat this week between Stormzy and fellow rapper Wiley over the song.\n\nWiley criticised Stormzy for working with Sheeran, whom he had once said was using grime music to gain \"clout\".\n\nAnd he suggested that the only reason Jay-Z wanted to work with Stormzy on a different track was because of his association with Sheeran.\n\nSpeaking to Radio 1's Scott Mills about Wiley, Stormzy said: \"I don't think we'll be meeting up anytime soon. I think he just gets a bit 'woop' and then he hits the old social media. Obviously, when you get 'wooped' you're not meant to tweet.\n\n\"It's like a drunk uncle, it's like 'aw uncle, come on man... get back to bed'.\"\n\nStormzy added he felt bad that Sheeran was being dragged into the online argument.\n\n\"This is why it's even worse, because Ed's the kindest, nicest soul ever. He's just trying to travel the world and he's probably getting notifications,\" he explained. \"But I said 'don't worry I'll do all the trolling'. I don't mind trolling Wiley, he loves it.\"\n\nStormzy's previous number ones in the UK include Vossi Bop and Take Me Back To London, the latter another collaboration with Sheeran,\n\nThe last British rapper to score three chart-topping singles in the space of 12 months was Dizzee Rascal more than a decade ago.\n\nHe landed a trio of chart-toppers with Holiday, Dirtee Disco and Shout between September 2009 and June 2010.", "Forensic officers worked inside the police cordon off Charteris Road in Finsbury Park\n\nA moped rider thought to be working for food delivery companies Uber Eats and Deliveroo has been stabbed to death in north London.\n\nThe 30-year-old man was attacked in Charteris Road, near the junction with Lennox Road, Finsbury Park, shortly before 19:00 GMT on Friday.\n\nNo arrests have been made, but police believe there was a row with another driver.\n\nDet Ch Insp Neil John said the stabbing appeared to be \"spontaneous\".\n\nDeliveroo confirmed the victim worked for the company, while Uber Eats said it was \"looking into it\".\n\nOn Saturday delivery riders gathered in nearby Stroud Green Road said the stabbed man had been the victim of a road rage attack.\n\nPolice said the stabbing appeared to be \"spontaneous\"\n\nOne delivery driver said the victim was a 30-year-old Algerian known as \"Taki\", although he was unsure of the English spelling.\n\nA man who said he was a friend of the victim said: \"He was a good man.\n\n\"He doesn't make any trouble - he works and he goes home and he ends up being killed while he's working.\"\n\nHe added: \"It's not safe to work by yourself any more - what can you do?\n\n\"If someone comes at you with a knife you give them what you have or they are going to stab you.\"\n\nA police forensic tent was put up at the scene of the stabbing\n\nAnother 23-year-old rider, who gave his name as Paul, said: \"Taki was a nice guy. He was a gentleman.\n\n\"I would talk to him every day. He always said hello.\"\n\nLast year, 95 people were stabbed to death in London, according to police statistics.\n\nIslington Council leader Richard Watts tweeted: \"I'm horrified to hear about this appalling crime\".\n\nHe added: \"What an awful start to the new year.\"\n\nDeliveroo rider Zakaria Gherabi, 37, showed Jeremy Corbyn a photo of injuries he has suffered in the past\n\nReacting to the stabbing, Labour leader and Islington North MP Jeremy Corbyn called for better protection for delivery drivers.\n\nHe said: \"I am totally shocked. This is a very close-knit community, and this is yet another stabbing on the streets of London.\n\n\"People should not be carrying knives. A human life has been taken.\n\n\"There are a lot of people working as delivery drivers, they must have better conditions of employment and employers must take more responsibility for their safety too.\n\n\"Delivery drivers do a great job in London all of the time. Yet they are vulnerable. They are often on zero hours contracts, yet the food they are carrying is insured.\n\n\"So the delivery driver is less valuable than the food they are carrying - we need to end the whole culture of gig employment.\"\n\nThe Met Police said the victim's next of kin had been informed and a post-mortem examination would be held in due course.\n\nForensic officers spent most of Saturday searching the area where the victim was killed\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A 13-year-old boy has died following a collision on the Springfield Road in west Belfast on Friday.\n\nEoin Hamill, who was from the area, was a student at Coláiste Feirste and a talented amateur boxer.\n\nGleann Amateur Boxing Club, where Eoin was a member, said: \"He was loved by us all outside the ring. He was admired for his skill in the ring.\"\n\nSeveral hundred people attended a vigil in Turf Lodge in memory of the teenager on Sunday night.\n\nPolice urged any eyewitnesses who were in the area between 16:15 GMT and 16:45 to get in touch.\n\nSeveral hundred people attended a vigil in Turf Lodge in west Belfast in memory of the teenager on Sunday night\n\nA man was arrested but was released on bail on Sunday pending further enquiries.\n\nSinn Féin councillor Micheal Donnelly said Eoin was \"well-regarded\" in the community and was known for his boxing, having represented his county in competition.\n\n\"Our thoughts are with the family, it's absolutely heartbreaking,\" he said.\n\n\"We as a community will come together to support the family.\n\n\"At the start of a new year it makes it raw, it's just devastating.\"\n\nColáiste Feirste said the school community was \"heartbroken\" by the news.\n\nIn a statement on social media Gleann Amateur Boxing Club, where Eoin was a member, said he was a \"talented boxer\" and \"lovely young kid\".\n\n\"He was loved by us all outside the ring. He was admired for his skill in the ring,\" the post added.\n\n\"Instead of wishing him all the best for his next fight or shouting at him to keep them hands up or cheering him on to a victory, we will be saying a very sad and truly heartbroken goodbye to one of our own.\"", "Jackson died in 2009 but his family have denied the claims made against him\n\nTwo men who featured in a documentary alleging sexual abuse by the singer Michael Jackson can pursue legal claims against two of his companies, a court has ruled.\n\nWade Robson and James Safechuck claim they were abused by the singer in the late 80s and early 90s while staying at his Neverland ranch.\n\nJackson died in 2009 but his family have denied the claims.\n\nThey described the documentary Leaving Neverland as a \"public lynching\".\n\nA lower court had dismissed lawsuits brought by the two men in 2014 because California's statute of limitations required that claims of childhood sexual abuse be filed before an accuser's 26th birthday.\n\nHowever a new law, which came into effect on 1 January, extends the timeframe up to a person's 40th birthday.\n\nBoth Mr Robson and Mr Safechuck claim they were abused by Jackson from the ages of seven and 10.\n\nVince Finaldi, the lawyer for the two men, said in a statement following the ruling: \"We are pleased that the Court has recognised the strong protections California has put into place for sexual abuse victims under the state's new law extending the statute of limitations.\"\n\nHoward Weitzman, a lawyer for Jackson's estate, said: \"The Court of Appeal's ruling merely revived lawsuits against Michael Jackson's companies, which absurdly claim that Michael's employees are somehow responsible for sexual abuse that never happened.\"", "Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed he is standing in the contest to replace Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader.\n\nThe shadow Brexit secretary, seen as a frontrunner in the contest, has written in the Sunday Mirror that Labour needs to \"rebuild fast\" to restore trust.\n\nIt comes hours after MPs Lisa Nandy and Jess Phillips said they were entering the race.\n\nThe contest was called after Mr Corbyn announced he would stand down as leader after Labour's heavy election defeat.\n\nShadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry and shadow treasury minister Clive Lewis have also confirmed they are standing.\n\nShadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey, seen as another potential frontrunner, is also expected to officially join the contest.\n\nDeclaring his candidacy in the Sunday Mirror while releasing a video on Twitter, Sir Keir said Labour needed to listen to voters if it was to \"restore trust\".\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\nSir Keir, who backed Remain in the EU referendum and was one of the leading figures in the party advocating for a new referendum, will kick off his leadership bid by visiting Brexit-backing Stevenage on Sunday.\n\nSome of Mr Corbyn's allies have blamed Sir Keir's Brexit stance for the party's disastrous election performance last month, where much of its traditional, Leave-backing Northern strongholds fell to the Conservatives.\n\n\"We cannot bury our head in the sand: Labour must rebuild and fast. We have to restore trust in our party as a force for change and a force for good,\" Sir Keir wrote in the paper.\n\n\"The millions of people who needed change at the last election still need change. The moral fight against poverty, inequality and injustice must continue.\"\n\nBefore Sir Keir, Lisa Nandy and Jess Philips were the latest MPs to enter the contest\n\nHowever, Sir Keir said Labour could not \"lose sight of our values or retreat from the radicalism of the past few years\".\n\nAmong other things, he said the party should push for a \"Green New Deal\" to fight climate change and make the case for a \"radically transformed economy that empowers trade unions and communities that have been left behind\".\n\nAnd he also called for a \"human rights approach\" to foreign policy and international relations, accusing ministers of \"failing to hold an irresponsible US president to account\" over the situation in Iran.\n\nThe human rights lawyer, who was made Queen's Counsel in 2002, served as head of the Crown Prosecution Service and accepted a knighthood in 2014, and has struggled to shake-off perceptions of privilege.\n\nThe 57-year-old was named after Labour Party founder Keir Hardie and has emphasised his upbringing by a toolmaker father and nurse mother in London's Southwark when dismissing allegations he is too middle-class to speak to the party's historic heartlands.\n\nHis CV includes co-founding the renowned Doughty Street Chambers and advising the Policing Board to ensure the Police Service of Northern Ireland complied with human rights laws.\n\nHe entered Parliament as the MP for Holborn and St Pancras in 2015.\n\nA timetable for the leadership election - and any rule changes - is set to be decided by the party's ruling National Executive Committee (NEC) on Monday.\n\nUnder current rules, would-be candidates for both the leader and deputy leader roles must first be nominated by more than 20 MPs.\n\nThey must also secure nominations from at least 5% of Labour's constituency parties or three affiliated bodies - two of which must be trade unions.", "The old brand of Lidl's Frosted Flakes - featuring a cartoon lion - and the new brand\n\nLidl has said it will remove cartoon characters from its own-brand cereals to help parents buy healthy products.\n\nIt hopes that the rebranded packaging, to be introduced in the spring, will alleviate the pressure of children's \"pester power\".\n\nHealth experts welcomed the move but called for government regulations on \"junk food marketing\".\n\nA group of MPs has previously recommended a ban on cartoons on unhealthy foods.\n\nLidl said it will rebrand eight of its own-brand Crownfield products in total, including Choco Shells, which features two cartoon penguins on the box, and Rice Snaps, which is advertised with a grinning cartoon crocodile.\n\nThe new packaging will be free from cartoons.\n\nGeorgina Hall, the retailer's head of corporate social responsibility said it wants to help parents \"make healthy and informed choices\" about the food they buy for their children.\n\n\"We know pester power can cause difficult battles on the shop floor and we're hoping that removing cartoon characters from cereal packaging will alleviate some of the pressure parents are under,\" she said.\n\nShe stressed that the company seeks to make \"good food accessible for everyone\" and \"[help] customers lead healthier lives.\"\n\nAccording to Lidl's website, a serving of its Honey and Peanuts Corn Flakes - which features a cartoon bee on the box - contains 14g of sugar, compared to 0.4g in its regular Corn Flakes.\n\nCaroline Cerny, of the Obesity Health Alliance - a coalition of organisations such as the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and the British Medical Association - welcomed what it called a \"responsible approach\".\n\n\"We know that the use of cartoon characters on sugary products is a marketing technique used by the food industry to put their unhealthy products firmly centre stage in children's minds,\" she said.\n\nHowever, she noted that more needs to be done than one retailer changing a category of products.\n\n\"We need the government to introduce regulations to create a level playing field and protect children from all types of junk food marketing,\" she added.\n\nThe old brand of Lidl's Choco Rice - featuring a cartoon monkey - and the new brand\n\nThe move comes more than a year and a half after the health select committee recommended a ban on cartoons on sugary foods, such as Tony the Tiger and the Milky Bar Kid.\n\nIn October, England's outgoing chief medical officer, Dame Sally Davies, called for extra taxes placed on unhealthy foods to tackle child obesity.\n\nIn her final report, she also called for tighter rules on advertising.\n\nA spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Social Care said: \"It's encouraging to see companies taking action to tackle childhood obesity.\"\n\nIt added that it has reduced the amount of sugar in soft drinks and encouraged physical activity in schools. It said it will \"continue to assess\" the impact of marketing on children.", "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 portrait of the Queen with the next three heirs to the throne has been released to mark the start of the new decade.\n\nIt shows the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge and Prince George standing with the Queen at Buckingham Palace.\n\nThe new photograph was taken in the week before Christmas, but has not been published until now.\n\nIt is the second official portrait of the four generations of royals together.\n\nThe Queen, 93, standing at the front of her family, wears a white dress with a blue brooch while holding a handbag on her arm.\n\nHer son, Prince Charles, who is dressed in a pinstripe suit, stands on the first step behind her.\n\nHis arm rests on the shoulder of his six-year-old grandson, who is wearing a pair of green and navy tartan trousers.\n\nPrince William, wearing a dark suit and navy tie, stands with his hands together to the right of his grandmother.\n\nThe photograph was taken by Ranald Mackechnie, who was also responsible for the only other portrait of the four royals together.\n\nA portrait of the four royals was previously released in 2016 to mark the Queen's 90th birthday\n\nIt was released in 2016 to mark the Queen's 90th birthday and was printed on commemorative stamps.\n\nThe latest portrait was taken on December 18 - the same day the four royals were photographed making a Christmas pudding together at the palace.\n\nThe moment, captured in front of a Christmas tree decorated with miniature corgis and crowns, featured in the Queen's Christmas Day message.\n\nThe Queen, Prince Charles, Prince William and Prince George made Christmas puddings last month", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jordi Casamitjana says he's \"really really satisfied\" with the judge's ruling\n\nEthical veganism is a \"philosophical belief\" and so is protected in law, a tribunal has ruled for the first time.\n\nThe landmark legal case was brought by vegan Jordi Casamitjana, who claims he was sacked by the League Against Cruel Sports because of his ethical veganism.\n\nHis former employer says he was dismissed for gross misconduct.\n\nThe judge ruled that ethical vegans should be entitled to similar legal protections in British workplaces as those who hold religious beliefs.\n\nHe is yet to rule on Mr Casamitjana's dismissal - which is due at a later date.\n\nMr Casamitjana, 55, who lives in London, said he was \"extremely happy\" with the ruling - which is ongoing - adding that he hopes fellow vegans \"will benefit\".\n\nThe tribunal centres on his claim that he was sacked by the animal welfare charity League Against Cruel Sports after disclosing it invested pension funds in firms involved in animal testing.\n\nMr Casamitjana says when he drew his bosses' attention to the pension fund investments, they did nothing so he informed colleagues and was sacked as a result.\n\nThe League Against Cruel Sports says it is \"factually wrong\" to link Mr Casamitjana's dismissal to his veganism. The charity did not contest that ethical veganism should be protected.\n\nA vegan is someone who does not eat or use animal products.\n\nSome people choose to simply follow a vegan diet - that is, a plant-based diet avoiding all animal products such as dairy, eggs, honey, meat and fish.\n\nBut ethical vegans try to exclude all forms of animal exploitation from their lifestyle. For instance, they avoid wearing or buying clothing made from wool or leather, or toiletries from companies that carry out animal testing.\n\n\"Religion or belief\" is one of nine \"protected characteristics\" covered by the Equality Act 2010.\n\nThe judge Robin Postle ruled that ethical veganism qualifies as a philosophical belief under the Equality Act 2010 by satisfying several tests - including that it is worthy of respect in a democratic society, not incompatible with human dignity and not conflicting with the fundamental rights of others.\n\nAt the tribunal in Norwich on Friday, the judge said in his ruling that ethical veganism was \"important\" and \"worthy\" of respect in a democratic society.\n\nHe said: \"I am satisfied overwhelmingly that ethical veganism does constitute a philosophical belief.\"\n\nThough a ruling from an employment tribunal does not amount to binding legal precedent, this one will have important and far-reaching effects.\n\nEmployers will have to respect ethical veganism and make sure they do not discriminate against employees for their beliefs.\n\nSo, for example, could a worker on a supermarket checkout refuse to put a meat product through the till?\n\nThe implications are considerable, not least because the legal protection will apply beyond employment, in areas such as education and the supply of goods and services.\n\nIt could also encourage others to seek similar protection for their philosophical beliefs.\n\nWhile this is the first case concerning ethical veganism, a previous tribunal ruled that a strongly held belief in climate change amounted to a philosophical belief capable of protecting someone against discrimination in their employment.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC outside the tribunal, Mr Casamitjana said he was \"extremely happy\".\n\n\"I'm really, really satisfied and I hope all the vegans out there that have been supporting me - there have been many helping me in my crowdfunding - I hope they now feel their little donation has been properly used and all the vegans will benefit.\"\n\nHe added: \"Veganism is a philosophical belief and when you look at my life and anybody else's life who is an ethical vegan, you will see it.\n\n\"This is a positive belief, it's not a negative belief. And therefore a positive belief is bound to be protected.\"\n\nMr Casamitjana supports a range of ethical and animal rights causes\n\nHe added that he is \"passionate\" about veganism, which \"gives you hope\". Mr Casamitjana also said he was feeling \"optimistic\" for the ruling on his dismissal.\n\nMr Casamitjana describes himself as an ethical vegan and campaigns to get his message to others.\n\nHis beliefs affect much of his everyday life. He will, for instance, walk rather than take a bus to avoid accidental crashes with insects or birds.\n\nPeter Daly, the solicitor for Mr Casamitjana, said the ramifications of this judgement for companies that employ vegan staff are \"potentially significant\".\n\nHe said any abuse directed at ethical vegans \"might be seen to be harassment in the same way a racist or sexist slur might be discriminatory action\".\n\nActing for the League Against Cruel Sports, Rhys Wyborn, from the law firm Shakespeare Martineau, said: \"Although an interesting point of law, this hearing was preparation for the real crux of the matter: why Jordi Casamitjana was dismissed.\n\n\"In view of its animal welfare value, the League did not contest the issue of whether ethical veganism itself should be a protected belief, with the League maintaining that it's irrelevant to the core reason for the dismissal.\"\n\nThe tribunal will next consider whether Mr Casamitjana was treated less favourably because of his ethical veganism belief.\n\nReligion and belief is one of nine protected characteristics under the Equality Act. The others are age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, sex and sexual orientation.", "The southbound side of the M1 was closed for more than 15 hours\n\nTwo lorry drivers have died in a crash on the M1 that led to part of the road being shut for nearly 16 hours.\n\nThe crash at about 06:45 GMT happened on the southbound side between junction 12 at Flitwick and 13 near Bedford.\n\nAn air ambulance was sent but both lorry drivers died at the scene, Bedfordshire Police said.\n\nThe northbound carriageway of the motorway reopened at about 13:00, the southbound lanes remained closed until 22:20.\n\nMotorists have been urged to avoid the area\n\nThe lorry drivers' next-of-kin have been informed, police said.\n\nSgt Aaron Murphy said: \"This was a serious collision which has taken the lives of two people so we are keen to hear from anyone who may have witnessed the incident or who has dashcam footage from around that time, so we can piece together the circumstances which led to this tragic incident.\n\n\"I'd also like to thank the public for their co-operation and patience during the recovery operation.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Boris Johnson was not warned about the US airstrike in Iraq that killed a top Iranian general, the BBC understands.\n\nThe UK has 400 troops based in the Middle East and works alongside US forces in the region.\n\nBut President Donald Trump did not tell the UK PM about the attack he ordered that killed Qasem Soleimani on Friday.\n\nLabour leader Jeremy Corbyn has asked Mr Johnson to confirm what the UK was told before the airstrike.\n\nIn a letter to the prime minister, he asked whether, if it had been informed in advance, the government had expressed its opposition to the attack.\n\nHe also requested an urgent meeting of the privy council to discuss the airstrike's consequences, and asked what the government was doing to ensure the safety of UK nationals.\n\nMeanwhile Tory MP Tom Tugendhat said there was a \"pattern\" from the current White House not to share details with its allies, which was a \"matter of concern\".\n\nThe former chairman of the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee added: \"I have long believed the purpose of having allies is so we can surprise our enemies, not each other.\"\n\nThe death of Gen Soleimani \"will certainly be a huge blow to the Iranian regime\", but will \"doubtless have consequences\" elsewhere, Mr Tugendhat told BBC News.\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab did speak to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday, although the time of the call is not known.\n\nMr Pompeo tweeted that he was \"thankful that our allies recognise the continuing aggressive threats posed by the Iranian Quds Force\".\n\nMr Raab also issued a statement, urging \"all parties to de-escalate\" after the killing of Gen Soleimani.\n\nHe said the UK \"recognised the aggressive threat\" Gen Soleimani posed, but \"further conflict is in none of our interests\".\n\nThe Foreign and Commonwealth Office has warned British nationals to avoid any rallies, marches, or processions in Iran over the three days of national mourning the country has called for Gen Soleimani.\n\nAs well as troops, there are around 400 British personnel based in Iraq - where the strike took place.\n\nThe troops are there to train Iraqi forces tackling an Islamic State insurgency.\n\nBBC security correspondent Frank Gardner earlier said he did not think anyone in the UK was given an indication the air strike was going to take place, adding: \"My sense is this has caught the British government largely by surprise.\"\n\nThe killing of Gen Soleimani marks a major escalation in tensions between Washington and Tehran.\n\nIran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said \"severe revenge awaits the criminals\" behind the attack, but a statement from the Pentagon said Gen Soleimani \"was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region\".\n\nLabour leader Jeremy Corbyn said earlier that the \"US assassination\" was an \"extremely serious and dangerous escalation\".\n\nMr Corbyn said the UK \"should urge restraint\" from both Iran and the US - and called for the government to \"stand up to the belligerent actions and rhetoric coming from the United States\".\n\nHe added: \"All countries in the region and beyond should seek to ratchet down the tensions to avoid deepening conflict, which can only bring further misery to the region, 17 years on from the disastrous invasion of Iraq.\"\n\nThe acting leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Ed Davey, said Iran was governed by \"a brutal regime\", but accused President Trump of \"yet again radically and recklessly escalated tensions in an area where peace-keeping was already on a knife edge\".\n\nHe called for an immediate statement from Boris Johnson about the UK's position, adding: \"The UK should not automatically follow whatever position the Trump administration takes, but work with a broader group of concerned states at the United Nations.\"\n\nOther UK MPs have been reacting to the incident on Twitter.\n\nLabour's shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry said: \"For two years, I've warned about Trump's reckless lurch towards war with Iran. Last night's attack takes us even closer to the brink.\n\n\"Those of us who marched against the Iraq War must be ready to march again, and ensure we are not dragged into this morass.\"\n\nGreen Party MP Caroline Lucas called for the UK government to condemn the killing and \"work with colleagues in the US to counter Trump's reckless and dangerous foreign policy\".\n\nAnd the deputy leader of Northern Ireland's Alliance Party, Stephen Farry, said it was \"time for cooler heads\".", "Wang Zhimin served a little over two years as director of the liaison office\n\nChina has sacked the official in charge of relations with Hong Kong, Chinese state media reports.\n\nWang Zhimin was director of Beijing's liaison office for the territory.\n\nThe Xinhua news agency said Mr Wang had been replaced by Luo Huining, the Communist Party secretary for the northern province of Shanxi.\n\nThe sacking follows six months of often violent pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong that have tested Beijing's patience with top officials there.\n\nCarrie Lam, the chief executive of Hong Kong, remains in office with the public support of the mainland leadership, despite being the face of a proposed bill which initially sparked unrest in March 2019.\n\nThe bill would have allowed for criminal suspects to be extradited from Hong Kong to mainland China, raising fears that the new law would be abused to detain dissidents and remove them from the territory.\n\nAnti-government protesters were detained on New Year's Day in Hong Kong\n\nHong Kong's protesters welcomed the new decade on Wednesday with a New Year's Day rally, which saw tens of thousands of people join a pro-democracy march. The gathering was largely peaceful, save for some small pockets of violence.\n\nPolice used water cannon to clear the Mong Kok market district and fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters.\n\nSome 40 parliamentarians and dignitaries from 18 countries sent an open letter to Ms Carrie Lam on New Year's Eve, urging her to \"seek genuine ways forward out of this crisis by addressing the grievances of Hong Kong people\".\n\nHong Kong was a British colony until 1997, when it was returned to Chinese control under the principle of \"one country, two systems\". While it is technically part of China, the territory has its own legal system and borders, and rights including freedom of assembly and free speech are protected.", "The crash happened close to the Baker's Arms roundabout on the A35 Upton Bypass\n\nA woman died and her eight-year-old daughter was critically injured when their car left the road and landed in a ditch.\n\nIt happened on the westbound carriageway of the A35 Upton Bypass in Poole, Dorset, at about 20:50 GMT on Friday.\n\nThe silver Vauxhall Astra crashed just before the Baker's Arms roundabout, police said.\n\nThe 28-year-old woman's daughter was airlifted to hospital.\n\nThe A35 was closed in both directions, and Dorset Police is appealing for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to come forward.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Libya has been torn apart by violence since Muammar Gaddafi was toppled in 2011\n\nAt least 30 people have been killed and 33 others wounded in an air strike at a military school in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, officials have said.\n\nThe UN-backed government blamed rebel forces loyal to Gen Khalifa Haftar for the attack. The rebels denied involvement.\n\nFootage from the scene showed bodies scattered across the ground.\n\nGen Haftar's troops launched an offensive in April to try and take control of Tripoli.\n\nThe foreign ministry called for an emergency session of the UN Security Council to discuss the air strike, and said Gen Haftar should be investigated by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes.\n\nLibya has been torn by violence since long-time ruler Muammar Gaddafi was deposed and killed in 2011 by Nato-backed forces.\n\nIt has two rival administrations, based in Tripoli and the eastern city of Tobruk.\n\nThe conflict has increasingly drawn in foreign states, with Turkey's parliament voting last week to deploy troops to support the UN-backed government in Tripoli.\n\nGen Haftar is allied with the Tobruk administration, and is the main military commander fighting the Un-backed government.\n\nHe has the support of the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Jordan and Russia.\n\nLibya is a major oil producer, and is used as a transit point by migrants trying to reach Europe.", "Crowds have gathered in Iraq for the funeral procession of Iran's top military commander Qasem Soleimani.\n\nThe leader of Iran's Quds Force was killed in a US drone strike at Baghdad airport on Friday.\n\nHis death marked a major escalation in tensions between Iran and the US with Iran vowing \"forceful revenge\".", "The off-duty officer answered the front door of his County Fermanagh home when the incident happened\n\nA 37-year-old man has been released on bail after being arrested over the attempted murder of an off-duty police officer on Thursday.\n\nThe officer was at home near Kesh, County Fermanagh when he was confronted at his front door by a masked man with a shotgun at about 02:00 GMT.\n\nPolice said the officer had noticed movement outside his property and went to the front door to investigate.\n\nThe attacker reportedly pointed the gun at the officer but it failed to fire.\n\nPolice said \"organised criminal elements may be responsible\".\n\nDet Ch Insp Julie Mullan said the officer was traumatised by the incident\n\nDet Ch Insp Julie Mullan said they \"firmly believe that this disturbing incident was a failed attempt to kill a local police officer\".\n\nThe suspect, described as being dressed entirely in black, fled on foot across nearby fields after the attack.\n\nDet Ch Insp Mullan said the attack has had a huge impact on the officer and his family.\n\nShe added: \"He's being supported by his colleagues and ourselves and his family but he's traumatised by the incident.\"", "The number of working teenagers has almost halved in the last 20 years, a study suggests, sparking fears of the \"death of the Saturday job\".\n\nA Resolution Foundation report suggests a quarter of 16 and 17-year-olds were in work between 2017 and 2019 - falling from 48% in 1997-99.\n\nYoung people were instead prioritising studies over part-time work, it added.\n\nThe think tank says the number of people who have never worked increased by 52% over the last 20 years.\n\nThe report says 8.2% of people aged 16-64 - some 3.4 million people in total - had never had a paid job. That is a 52% increase since 1998 when 5.4% had never worked, the report added.\n\nThe figures come despite UK unemployment falling to its lowest level since 1975 in the three months to October 2019.\n\nLaura Gardiner, from the Resolution Foundation, said: \"The rising number of people who have never had a paid job has been driven by the death of the teenage Saturday job and a wider turn away from earning while learning.\"\n\nThere had also been a sharp fall in the employment rate of students in further and higher education. while people were taking longer to find a job after leaving full-time education, the report found.\n\n\"With young people today expected to end their working lives at a later age than previous generations, it's understandable that they want to start their working lives at a later age too,\" Ms Gardiner added.\n\n\"But this lack of work experience can create longer-term problems, particularly if they hit other life milestones like motherhood or ill-health before their careers have got off the ground.\"\n\nBoth household worklessness and economic inactivity are at record lows, the study said. Meanwhile, out-of-work benefits have become less generous in recent decades, it added.\n\n\"Lazy interpretations related to workshy Brits are very far wide of the mark,\" the report added.\n\n\"Instead, the rise in the proportion of working-age adults who have never had a paid job is above all a story about the complex choices many young people are facing in trying to get the most out of their education.\"\n\nMs Gardiner added: \"More and more of us are now working, with employment hitting record highs and worklessness hitting record lows, but despite this, around one in 12 working-age adults have never worked a day in their lives - a 50% increase since the late 1990s.\"", "Prince Harry and Meghan meet Ruby the koala at Taronga Zoo in Sydney in 2018\n\nMembers of the Royal Family have said their \"thoughts and prayers\" are with Australians affected by the massive bushfires.\n\nThe Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh sent a message of condolence expressing thanks to emergency services.\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge said they were \"shocked and deeply saddened\" by the loss of life.\n\nAnd the Duke and Duchess of Sussex urged support for fundraisers for those affected by the environmental crisis.\n\nThe Queen said she was \"deeply saddened\" to hear about the fires which have ravaged Australia since September, killing at least 23 people, destroying at least 1,200 homes and scorching millions of hectares of land.\n\nHer message addressed to the Governor General of Australia, Governor of New South Wales, Governor of Queensland, the Governor of Victoria and to all Australians was also posted on the Royal Family's Twitter account.\n\nThe Queen said: \"My thanks go out to the emergency services, and those who put their own lives in danger to help communities in need.\n\n\"Prince Philip and I send our thoughts and prayers to all Australians at this difficult time.\"\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\nPrince William and Catherine said: \"We send our deepest condolences to the families and friends of those who have tragically lost their lives, and the brave firemen who continue to risk their own lives to save the lives of others.\"\n\nPrince Harry and Meghan said they were \"struck by the increasingly overlapping presence\" of \"environmental disasters\" across the world.", "A US judge has awarded $12.8m (£9.8m) to 22 unnamed women, ruling that they were tricked into appearing in widely distributed online porn videos.\n\nSome of the models duped by the owners and operators of the GirlsDoPorn website had become suicidal, he said.\n\nThey were told the videos were for a private collector or overseas DVDs, according to the 181-page judgement.\n\nThe women - aged 18-23 when they shot the videos - were also assured the videos would never appear online.\n\nBut they were uploaded to GirlsDoPorn's subscription-based amateur porn website, and clips were shared on some of the world's most popular free-to-view adult websites.\n\nSan Diego Superior Court Judge Kevin Enright ordered GirlsDoPorn chief executive Michael Pratt, 36, videographer Matthew Wolfe, 37, and porn actor Ruben Garcia, 31, to take the videos down from GirlsDoPorn and take steps to get them removed from other sites too.\n\nGirlsDoPorn markets itself on the premise that the women in the videos are not professional porn stars.\n\nIt claims to feature women filming their first and only porn videos, and many of the women on the site are students in need of extra money, according to court documents.\n\nDue to the one-time-only amateur paradigm, GirlsDoPorn required a constant stream of new models to keep the content on the website fresh.\n\nThe San Diego court ruled that the site used fraudulent practices to recruit new models including taking \"calculated steps to falsely assure prospective models that their videos will never be posted online, come to light in the United States, or be seen by anyone who might known them\".\n\nThe website operators had also assured models that their real names would never be linked to the videos.\n\nHowever, the court heard evidence that the accused had shared private and identifying information about the models on third-party forums that resulted in some of them and their families, being harassed online.\n\nIn a bid to recruit new talent, GirlsDoPorn persuaded former models to text words of reassurance to prospective models who were worried that the videos might be posted online.\n\nOn the day of the shoot, models were often given alcohol and cannabis before being asked to sign an eight-page contract.\n\nJudge Enright awarded the 22 women $9.48m in compensatory damages and $3.3m in punitive damages. Each woman will receive $300,000 to $550,000.\n\nHe said that the videos had become common knowledge to the women's friends and family due to the tactics used by those behind GirlsDoPorn.\n\n\"As a result, plaintiffs have suffered and continue to suffer far-reaching and often tragic consequences,\" he wrote.\n\n\"Collectively, they have experienced severe harassment, emotional and psychological trauma, and reputational harm; lost jobs, academic and professional opportunities and family and personal relationships; and had their lives derailed and uprooted,\" he continued.\n\n\"They have become pariahs in their communities. Several plaintiffs have become suicidal.\"\n\nJudge Enright gave both sides 15 days to appeal against his decision.\n\nThe defendants also face criminal charges filed in federal court in October.\n\nThe allegations filed against them are the same as those in the civil case.\n\nWolfe and Garcia are currently in federal custody. Pratt is a fugitive believed to be in New Zealand, his home country.\n\n\"Our clients were real,\" said Ed Chaplin, the lawyer representing the women, according to CourtHouseNews.\n\n\"They had similar stories because the defendants told the same lies to everyone,\" he said.\n\n\"I sat and talked to a lot of women. My heart just wept for them, how their lives have been impacted by this and how they were sucked into doing what they did.\n\n\"The attitude these defendants expressed when the women complained [and] the scheme to shut them up was despicable.\"\n\nCourtHouseNews reported that lawyers for GirlsDoPorn declined to comment when approached.", "Patients who fail to turn up for hospital appointments should be given a second chance, GPs in Wales have said.\n\nNearly 1.5 million outpatient appointments were missed in the past five years, costing about £240m.\n\nBut it means many patients need to go back to their GP for a new referral which takes up surgery appointments.\n\nGP leaders say no-shows are not always deliberate but the Welsh Government said it was up to the patient to let hospitals know they cannot attend.\n\nAccording to official statistics, 1,459,096 outpatient appointments were missed at hospitals across Wales over the last five years, of which 408,559 were new appointments.\n\nThere were more than 15.3 million appointments over that period. Cwm Taf and Cardiff and Vale health boards have consistently had the highest proportions of missed appointments.\n\nFreedom of information requests have suggested the average cost of a missed appointment is £157.\n\nDr Peter Saul, joint chairman of the Royal College of GPs in Wales said people not turning up was a \"wasted opportunity\" and \"depriving\" someone else of an appointment.\n\n\"At most hospitals in Wales if you miss one you will get kicked out of the clinic and then they have to come and see the GP - wasting one of our appointments asking to be referred again,\" he said.\n\n\"If somebody misses their appointment we haven't been able to fit somebody else in and that's quite critical given stresses on the system.\"\n\nHe added: \"People will then go to the A&E or out of hours and say they couldn't get an appointment at their GP practice.\n\n\"So the person who doesn't turn up for the GP appointment could be lengthening queues at A&E.\"\n\nDr Phil White, chairman of the British Medical Association's GP committee, also wants to give patients a second chance.\n\nHe added: \"From a GP's perspective, we do get people who say they missed one appointment but they say they have phoned in or didn't receive the letter.\n\n\"What has got worse is the lack of an offer of a second appointment. Now they [hospitals] have taken this draconian attitude of you've missed an appointment and you're off the list.\"\n\nDr Peter Saul says patients are being deprived appointments by those being referred back to GPs for missing hospital appointments\n\nHospitals have started sending texts to remind patients which health boards say has helped reduced the amount of missed appointments.\n\nFigures show there were just under 20,000 fewer missed appointments in 2018/19 compared to 2014/15 with year-on-year falls recorded.\n\nBut health boards have admitted there is still work to do.\n\nJohn Palmer, chief operating officer at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health board, said offering another appointment is based on a number of things including the nature of the treatment, the speciality, the number of times an appointment has been missed and why they were unable to attend.\"\n\nCardiff and Vale University Health Board said where patients did not show up, they could be be rebooked \"if there is a good clinical reason\" but it was looking to reform outpatient services which would reduce the need for face-to-face appointments.\n\nSue Wood, outpatient services improvement project lead for Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board said a survey had helped to understand why patients miss appointments.\n\nShe added: \"Patients asked us to add additional information to the text reminders... however, we really need our patients to help by consenting to this new information.\"\n\nRichard Evans, executive medical director Swansea Bay University Health board, said it plans to work with patients to \"develop appropriate strategies for a long-term solution to this problem\".\n\nAndrew Carruthers, director of operations at Hywel Dda University Health Board, said text reminders had \"already had a significant impact on non-attendance\", while Aneurin Bevan university health board said mobile phone numbers are collected \"to ensure as many receive text reminders as possible\".\n\nPowys Teaching health board said when appointments are made patients are given a choice of appointments to reduce the likelihood of non-attendance.\n\nA Welsh Government spokesman said: \"There is a responsibility on the patient to let the hospital know when they are unable to attend appointments so that those appointments can be offered to other patients.\n\n\"For those patients who do not attend, the hospital will write back to the referrer and say the patient did not attend and they will be removed from the waiting list.\"", "Police said they were interviewing several witnesses to the fatal attack\n\nOne person was killed and two were injured in a knife attack near Paris, with the attacker shot dead by police.\n\nA man, 22, stabbed passers-by in a park in Villejuif, about 8km (5 miles) south of the French capital, on Friday.\n\nHe was later identified by prosecutors as Nathan C, a 22-year-old with a history of mental illness for which he had been admitted to hospital.\n\nAccording to French media, witnesses heard him say that he was \"out of medication\".\n\nProsecutors said that some religious items were later found in his bag, but that there was \"no evidence at this stage suggesting he was radicalised\".\n\nThe attack took place at about 14:00 local time (13:00 GMT) at Hautes-Bruyères park, and the targets appeared to have been chosen at random.\n\nIn a statement posted on Twitter, French President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to the victims.\n\n\"I extend my support to the victims of the attack, their families and the police,\" he said. \"We resolutely pursue the fight against indiscriminate violence and our fight for the security of all French people.\"\n\nThe mayor of Villejuif, Franck Le Bohellec, said the deceased victim was a 56-year-old man who was out walking in the park with his wife at the time of the attack.\n\nHe died trying to protect her, the mayor said. She was seriously injured.\n\nFrance's Deputy Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez, who later visited the scene, praised the police response, calling it \"extremely courageous\".\n\nPolice cordoned off the area near the Hautes-Bruyères park", "Images on social media show officers wearing hazardous material suits near the property\n\nOfficers in hazardous material suits have been deployed in Manchester after a man reportedly consumed a poisonous substance.\n\nThe man was found at a property in Moor Lane, Northern Moor, before 09:00 GMT. It is thought he had consumed poisonous seeds.\n\n\"A man, aged in his 20s, is being treated at the scene and remains in a stable condition,\" police said.\n\nThe spokesman added: \"There is no wider threat to the community.\"\n\nImages on social media show officers wearing hazardous material suits near the property.\n\nMotorists have been advised to avoid the area as Moor Lane is closed for investigations.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Cairney and Jones spent years pretending that Ms Fleming was still alive\n\nThe police officer who first knocked on Avril Jones and Edward Cairney's door looking for missing woman Margaret Fleming has told how he knew \"something wasn't right\".\n\nSgt Chris McKay returned to the house in Inverkip during filming for a BBC Scotland documentary on the murder case.\n\nHe described the behaviour of those who were supposed to be caring for the vulnerable woman as \"very strange\".\n\nJones and Cairney were last year convicted of murdering Margaret whose disappearance went unnoticed for 17 years.\n\nThe two-part documentary, Murder Trial: The Disappearance of Margaret Fleming, follows their trial at the High Court in Glasgow.\n\nFilmed by BAFTA Scotland award-winning director Matt Pinder, it features police officers, lawyers, witnesses and school friends of the victim.\n\nEntrusted by her dying father into the care of his friends Eddie Cairney and Avril Jones, it was believed she was living in a remote coastal property in the village of Inverkip, on the west coast of Scotland.\n\nBut an application for a Personal Independence Payment changed everything.\n\nSocial workers could not get in contact with the applicant, Margaret. Police were called and it was discovered that Margaret, who would have been 35, had seemingly vanished.\n\nSgt Chris McKay revisited the house where Margaret shared with her two carers\n\nSgt Chris McKay came on shift on 28 October 2016 and took a call from the concerned social worker. It was then decided he would visit the house.\n\nWhen he arrived Eddie Cairney claimed Margaret had just left by the back door.\n\nSgt McKay said: \"The one thing he said that stuck with me was that if we went away Margaret Fleming would come back, because authority figures had it drilled into her that she would be taken into care.\n\n\"From the outset it was very strange.\"\n\nRe-visiting the derelict house, he recalled the conversation he had there.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sgt Chris McKay returns to the house where he first met Edward Cairney and Avril Jones.\n\n\"I still remember standing here on that night in question. Avril sitting here, Eddie sitting there. Asking him questions and he would control the conversation.\n\n\"He wouldn't allow Avril to speak. You could tell she was extremely nervous, just very fidgety with her hands and looked a bag of nerves.\n\n\"That's when we were thinking wait a minute, something's not right here.\"\n\nSuzanne Allan's interview with Eddie Cairney led to her becoming a witness in court\n\nBBC Scotland's Suzanne Allan was invited into \"Seacroft\", Cairney and Jones' home during the investigation into Margaret's disappearance.\n\nThe extraordinary interview she conducted was later used as evidence, with the reporter herself a witness in court.\n\nShe said the story was unlike any other she had worked on.\n\n\"It still shocks me when I see the condition of that house, to this day,\" she recalls. \"It was just bizarre from the word go.\"\n\nPolice described the house as \"uninhabitable\"\n\n\"I came back from that to the newsroom and everyone was asking what's the story - it was so unusual.\"\n\nIn the interview, conducted in October 2017, Cairney claimed Margaret was in Poland working as a gangmaster. Avril Jones looked blank when asked if she had a message for Margaret.\n\nThe documentary also hears from Alison Nugent, a friend of Avril Jones who was called to give evidence for the prosecution during the trial.\n\nShe said: \"I looked over at Avril and Avril was staring straight ahead. I was there as a friend and it was almost as if that had been erased. I was now the enemy.\"\n\n\"My head doesn't want to say that there was a murder involved. Maybe something happened and they just had to cover it up. That would be the lesser of two evils.\n\n\"But they are covering up something huge.\"\n\n\"No one said it would be easy - but no one warned me it would be this difficult.\"\n\nIn April 2019, Iain McSporran QC prosecuted one of the most difficult cases of his career.\n\nHe tells the documentary: \"There is no smoking gun in this case, we don't have an eyewitness to Margaret being killed, we don't have the discovery of her body.\n\n\"It would be idle to speculate as to whether a weapon was used. I don't and I am not sure that anyone does have a theory as to the circumstances that Margaret met her death.\n\n\"We say that all the evidence points to that having been a criminal act motivated by greed.\"\n\nHe says: \"My first impressions were of something bad having happened to Margaret but something which would be very difficult to prove.\"\n\nMurder Trial: The Disappearance Of Margaret Fleming is on the BBC Scotland channel on Tuesday 7 January at 22:00 and on BBC Two on Wednesday 8 January at 21:00.", "Outbound trains in Wuhan have been stopped\n\nThere have been widely-shared reports on social media and some state-run services that healthcare services in Wuhan - one of China's largest cities - are under strain following the outbreak of coronavirus.\n\nHu Xijin, the editor of state-run newspaper Global Times, said there had been a \"failure\" to contain the virus, and videos of patients queuing to get seen in hospitals.\n\nHowever, other Communist-party outlets have praised the response to the outbreak.\n\nWuhan is a major transit hub with a population of about 11 million people, and has effectively been put on lockdown, along with other major cities in the region, in an unprecedented move to stop the spread of the virus.\n\nThe city serves as the main economic hub for the wider province, Hubei, and has the most advanced healthcare facilities in the region.\n\nThe metropolitan area has seven major hospitals - considered some of the best in China, with Tong Ji Hospital ranked third nationally - treating patients.\n\nIt has seven more hospitals supporting the efforts, and 61 clinics around the city which are testing patients for symptoms of the virus. A local government report from 2014 included Wuhan among the top six cities for medical treatment in the country - although it ranks behind Beijing and Shanghai.\n\nIn terms of capacity, the report said Wuhan had 6.51 hospital beds and 3.08 doctors per 1,000 people - this isn't a straightforward indication of healthcare capacity (more doctors doesn't always mean better healthcare), but it does rank Wuhan among the more developed places in the world. The UK and US have 2.8 and 2.6 doctors per 1,000 heads, respectively.\n\nSo - is is this enough for a such a large city undergoing a mass shutdown?\n\nThe lockdown in Wuhan has caused panic in the city - the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that containing a large city like this is \"new to science\".\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\nHubei as a province has a lower number of doctors per 1,000 people, at 2.55 according to the latest government statistics.\n\n\"It's yet to be seen whether the costs associated with this kind of mass quarantine measure (not just financially, but with respect to personal liberty too) will translate into effective infection control,\" said Dr. Maia Majumder, an expert at Harvard Medical School in the US, who is tracking the virus.\n\nHubei has declared a \"Grade 1 public health emergency\", the most severe level - that means the response is led centrally from Beijing by the State Council, the government's cabinet.\n\nBeijing has tried to allay concerns by sending more healthcare professionals, and constructing two hospitals from scratch providing more than 2,000 extra beds.\n\nReports from state-run media say there are 405 medical staff from Shanghai and 205 staff from Guangdong travelling to the region.\n\nThey're also expanding existing capacity in other facilities.\n\nThe government has also assigned 21 centres in Hubei province to help co-ordinate treatment, and train local health officials.\n\nProfessor Shenglan Tang, an expert in global health at Duke University in the US, says there are concerns that rural areas will struggle to cope.\n\n\"I'm confident that the health centres in Wuhan will be able to handle the outbreak, but I am a bit worried about Hubei province - rural workers have gone back home from Wuhan to celebrate Chinese New Year, and in these areas the hospital capacity is weak,\" said Professor Tang.\n\nDespite resilient rhetoric from the government, people are expressing concern about the city's ability to cope with the outbreak.\n\nThe BBC spoke to a number of people in the region who said that getting test results was taking longer than officials are claiming.\n\nWe were told that in some cases medical staff lack equipment and doctors are overstretched. There are also claims that local government, which was apparently made aware of the outbreak in mid-December, ignored initial warning signs.\n\nWe haven't been able to independently verify these claims.\n\nThe government has called for people to report poor medical responses to an online \"inspection\" platform.\n\nThe regional government has issued a statement appealing for donations to help with the response, including asking for facemasks.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. In the footage from April 2018, Mr Trump can be heard saying \"Get rid of her!\"\n\nPresident Donald Trump in 2018 ordered the removal of the US ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, according to a video made public on Saturday.\n\nIn the tape, Mr Trump can be heard saying \"Get rid of her!\" at a dinner with a group of donors in Washington.\n\nMs Yovanovitch, who was recalled from her post in May 2019, has testified in Mr Trump's impeachment inquiry.\n\nThe footage from April 2018 was provided by an attorney of Lev Parnas, a US businessman who was at the dinner.\n\nMr Trump has maintained that he does not know Mr Parnas, who worked for the president's personal lawyer Rudolph Giuliani.\n\nThe businessman, who is a Republican party donor, says he went to Ukraine to pressure officials on behalf of the president and Mr Giuliani.\n\nPresident Trump has so far made no public comment on the emergence of the video recording.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nOn Saturday, his lawyers began defending him at his impeachment trial in the Senate, accusing Democrats of seeking to overturn the result of the 2016 election.\n\nThe Republican president faces two charges: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.\n\nMr Trump is alleged to have withheld military aid to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky into starting a corruption investigation into Mr Trump's political rival, Democrat Joe Biden, and his son Hunter.\n\nThe recording was made during a dinner at the Trump International Hotel in Washington on 30 April 2018.\n\nIt was shot on the mobile phone of Igor Fruman, a US businessman and former Giuliani associate.\n\nLev Parnas (left) and Igor Fruman (right) are accused of campaign finance violations\n\nBoth Mr Fruman and Mr Parnas were last year charged with violations of campaign finance laws.\n\nOn the tape, Mr Parnas at one point is heard describing the US ambassador in Ukraine as \"the biggest problem there\".\n\nWithout naming Ms Yovanovitch, Mr Parnas said: \"She's basically walking around telling everybody, 'Wait, he's going to get impeached, just wait.'\"\n\nMr Trump is then heard reacting shortly afterwards, saying: \"Get rid of her. Get her out tomorrow. I don't care. Get her out tomorrow. Take her out. OK? Do it.\"\n\nThe president appeared not to have known the ambassador personally at the time, as he asked for the envoy's name.\n\nThe 33-year veteran of the foreign service was recalled as the American ambassador to Kyiv in May 2019 for reasons that remain murky.\n\nShe testified that her anti-corruption efforts had incurred the ire of influential Ukrainians who sought to remove her.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMs Yovanovitch said she was shocked that her enemies appeared to find allies in the Trump administration, including the president's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani.\n\nThe former envoy's supporters say she was also smeared by US conservative media voices.\n\nIn her testimony to the impeachment inquiry, Ms Yovanovitch said the allegation she was disloyal to Mr Trump was false.\n\nPresident Trump has said that the diplomat \"didn't want to hang my picture in the embassy\" in Kyiv.\n\n\"She said bad things about me, she wouldn't defend me, and I have the right to change the ambassador,\" Mr Trump told Fox News.", "The virus originated in Wuhan City, Hubei province, and has infected 2,000 people since its discovery.\n\nAn airlift for Britons stuck in China's Hubei province by the coronavirus outbreak is being kept \"under review\", the government has said.\n\nBrexit Secretary Stephen Barclay told Andrew Marr it was a \"fast-moving situation\" and the Foreign Office was working with Chinese authorities.\n\nUpdated Foreign Office guidance has warned against all travel to Hubei province - where the virus began - and urged Britons to leave if they can.\n\nThe virus has so far killed 56 people.\n\nA total of 52 tests have come back negative for the new strain in the UK, the Department of Health said on Sunday - indicating that the results of 21 tests have been concluded since its last update on Saturday.\n\nHubei province has been on lockdown for days as the authorities try to contain the virus which originated in the city of Wuhan and has infected almost 2,000 people since its discovery.\n\nSome British people in Hubei province say they are stuck and are unhappy with the government response.\n\nTony, from the UK, told BBC News he was en route to Wuhan when travel restrictions were first published by the British government. He is now in the city with his Chinese wife and her family.\n\nHe said: \"The feeling of many here is that the government are sacrificing the Wuhan people for the greater good of the country.\n\n\"The transport situation has made it difficult for people to go to those jobs that should still be done.\"\n\nTony said he tried to contact the British Consulate in Wuhan and the UK embassy in Beijing \"but the answer phone message has not been updated\".\n\nBritons Sophie and Jason, young graduates in Wuhan to teach English, said they had \"been stuck in the house for four days\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Britons in Wuhan: 'It's manic, everyone is trying to stockpile food'\n\n\"We're frustrated by the fact we don't know what's going on,\" Sophie said. \"It's scary.\"\n\nYvonne Griffiths, a university lecturer from Cardiff, was due to fly home on Monday, but her family have told BBC Wales the journey has been cancelled.\n\nShe said: \"I am disappointed at the absolute silence on the issue of how stranded people are going to get home.\"\n\nDr Yvonne Griffiths is in a hotel room in Wuhan\n\nDr Griffths' daughter Bethan Webber said a government airlift would now be her mother's only option.\n\n\"Short of the government getting her out there's no getting out,\" she said.\n\nChinese President Xi Jinping has warned the spread of the virus is accelerating, telling senior officials the country is facing a \"grave situation\".\n\nCheckpoints in Hubei province are preventing people from leaving, the airport has been closed, and many of the roads are blocked to all vehicles except those carrying patients or medical supplies.\n\nChina's health minister Ma Xiaowei told reporters the ability of the virus to spread appeared to be strengthening.\n\nBritish scientists have said that it may not be possible for China to contain the virus.\n\nResearchers at the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Diseases have calculated that each person is passing the virus on to two or three others.\n\nThe scientists, based at Imperial College, London, say the transmission rate needs to be cut by 60% in order to get on top of the outbreak.\n\nIn the UK, tests on 31 people suspected of contracting the virus have come back negative, the government said on Saturday.\n\nIn its most recent update, the Department of Health said there are currently \"no confirmed cases in the UK or of UK citizens abroad, and the risk to the public is low\".\n\nOfficials are trying to trace around 2,000 people who have flown to the UK from Wuhan in the past fortnight.\n\nMore people have been spotted wearing masks in London in recent days where many are celebrating the Lunar New Year.\n\nOn Saturday, Australia confirmed its first four cases - first in Melbourne, and then three more in Sydney.\n\nIt has also spread to Europe, with three cases confirmed in France.\n\nChina has flown specialist military medical teams into Hubei province and state newspaper the People's Daily reported that a second emergency hospital was under construction, as the virus continues to spread.\n\nAcross mainland China, travellers are having their temperatures checked for signs of fever, and train stations have been shut in several cities. Many Lunar New Year celebrations have been cancelled.\n\nFrom Monday, China is suspending all foreign trips by Chinese holiday tour groups, state media reported.\n\nA nationwide ban on wildlife trade has been welcomed by animal protection groups.\n\nKate Nustedt of World Animal Protection said she the move would \"put a stop to the horrific conditions that serve as such a lethal hotbed of disease\".\n\nMeanwhile the US has announced that staff at the Wuhan consulate will be evacuated on a special flight on Tuesday.", "The UK leaves the EU on Friday\n\nThe government is aiming to secure a \"zero tariff, zero quota\" free trade deal with the EU, Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay has said.\n\nHe told the BBC's Andrew Marr the UK would not diverge from current EU trade regulations \"for the sake of it\".\n\nMr Barclay added the government's objectives for the trade talks would be published after Brexit on 31 January.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson will make a speech next month setting out more details, he said.\n\nMr Barclay's comments come after the US treasury secretary said his country wants to agree to a post-Brexit trade deal with the UK this year.\n\nAfter Brexit happens at 23:00 GMT on Friday, the UK will be free to negotiate and sign new trade deals with countries with no existing EU deals - like the US.\n\nThe UK then enters into an agreed transition period with the EU, which lasts until 31 December 2020. During this time the UK will aim to negotiate a free trade deal with the EU to ensure that UK goods are not subject to tariffs and other trade barriers.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Andrew Marr, Mr Barclay said: \"We are going to publish our objectives for the negotiation and we will set that out in due course after the 31st.\n\n\"The key issue is that we will have control of our rules, we will not be a rule-taker, we will not diverge for the sake of diverging.\n\n\"We start from a position of alignment but the key opportunity is that we will be able to set our standards, high standards, on worker's rights, on the environment, on state aid as part of that trade policy.\"\n\nHe said \"both sides are committed\" to securing a trade deal by the end of December, adding: \"It's in both side's interests to keep the flow of goods going.\"\n\nIrish minister for European affairs, Helen McEntee, told Sophy Ridge on Sky News that \"Brexit is really only at half-time, we have a huge amount of work still to do\".\n\n\"However, the idea that we can negotiate a trade deal with one that is comprehensive, one that provides very little change for our citizens, not just in the UK and Ireland, but the EU as well, within about a 12-month space, it's very difficult.\"\n\nThe new European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has previously shared concerns about the timeframe, saying it would be \"impossible\" to reach a comprehensive trade deal by the end of 2020.\n\nPriti Patel said that the government will be able to control levels of low-skilled migration after Brexit\n\nMeanwhile, the home secretary told Sophy Ridge UK businesses have been \"too reliant on low-skilled cheap labour from the EU\".\n\nPriti Patel said the government will be able to control levels of low-skilled migration after Brexit.\n\nShe also confirmed that the Migration Advisory Committee will report this week on the UK's future immigration system.\n\nThe government was \"absolutely determined to change the immigration system, end the complexity of the immigration system, have simpler rules, have a points-based system where we can absolutely have people that bring the right kind of skills for our labour market\", she said.\n\nOn the UK's post-Brexit relationship with EU rules, Ms Patel appeared to adopt a harder approach than Mr Barclay, saying: \"In terms of divergence, we are not having alignment. We will be diverging. We want to take control of our laws, money and our borders.\"\n\nLast week, Chancellor Sajid Javid said the UK would use the power to diverge from EU rules on trade only when it was in the interests of business.", "The genre awards are being handed out ahead of the main ceremony\n\nDolly Parton has won her 10th competitive Grammy Award, as \"music's biggest night\" kicks off in LA.\n\nThe country star picked up best contemporary Christian song for God Only Knows, a duet with King & Country.\n\nRap star Lil Nas X also won two awards for his viral hit Old Town Road: Best video and best pop group performance.\n\nMany recipients have paid tribute to basketball star Kobe Bryant, who played for 20 years at the Staples Arena, where the Grammys are taking place.\n\nRecording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr opened the pre-show, where the bulk of the night's 84 awards are distributed, by recognising the star's contribution.\n\n\"As most of you may know, we lost Kobe Bryant in a tragic helicopter accident today,\" Mason said,\n\n\"Since we are in his house, I would ask you to join me in a moment of silence.\"\n\nIt is thought Alicia Keys will commence the main ceremony with a further tribute to Bryant and his family.\n\nHundreds of fans have gathered outside the venue after the star died in a helicopter accident earlier in the day; while his image is being projected on screens around the arena.\n\nInside, musician John Legend said he was \"sad and stunned\" by the news.\n\n\"It's a very solemn day,\" added Motown legend Smokey Robinson. \"It's horrible.\"\n\nDJ Khaled added that a planned tribute to rapper Nipsey Hussle would be expanded to recognise Bryant.\n\n\"To be honest with you, it's real tough,\" he said. \"It's a real tough day. It's devastating.\"\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 John Legend 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 Rachel Nichols This article contains content provided by Twitter. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe tribute to Hussle, who was shot dead in Los Angeles last year, will come hours after he won a posthumous Grammy, best rap performance, for his song Racks In The Middle.\n\nThe trophy was collected by his family, including his grandmother, who told the audience: \"I want to thank all of you for sharing the love I felt for him for all of his life\".\n\nParton wasn't present to accept her award, but King and Country told the story of how she had ended up singing on a remix of their hit single.\n\n\"She said, 'I love this song because it's reaching to the marginalised, to the depressed, the suicidal, which is all of us at some point,'\" said the duo. \"And then she said, in her Dolly accent, 'I'm going to take this song from Dollywood to Bollywood to Hollywood.'\"\n\nNipsey Hussle's family attended the ceremony to collect his award\n\nOther early winners included British dance act The Chemical Brothers, whose single Got To Keep On was named best dance recording; and Michelle Obama, who won best spoken word recording for the audiobook of her memoir, Becoming.\n\nBeyoncé's Homecoming, which captured her historic headline performance at the Coachella music festival, won best music film,\n\nSpanish singer Rosalía also picked up best Latin recording for her album El Mal Querer - and said she was looking forward to her \"flamenco-inspired\" performance during the main ceremony, which starts at 01:00 GMT on Monday, 27 January.\n\nOther performers on the line-up include Ariana Grande, Aerosmith and Billie Eilish.\n\nLizzo leads the nominations, with eight nominations in total, while Lil Nas X and Billie Eilish have six apiece.\n\nAll three have picked up awards in their respective genre categories during the pre-show, leaving the race for the night's \"big four\" marquee categories (album, song and record of the year; and best new artist) wide open.\n\nScottish singer Lewis Capaldi is also in the running for song of the year, for his heart-rending ballad Someone You Loved.\n\nSpeaking on the red carpet, he said he intended to make the most of the night.\n\n\"Let's face it, it's never gonna happen again,\" he joked. \"It's all downhill from here.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "China has widened a lockdown in Hubei province - the centre of the coronavirus outbreak - as the death toll climbed to 25.", "Last updated on .From the section Basketball\n\nKobe Bryant was \"one of the most extraordinary players\" in the history of basketball who \"inspired people around the world\" to play the game.\n\nThe 41-year-old died in a helicopter crash in California on Sunday along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna.\n\nBryant, who retired in 2016 after a 20-year career with the LA Lakers, was a five-time NBA champion and was named an NBA All-Star 18 times.\n\nHe and his wife, Vanessa, have three other daughters - Natalia, Bianca and Capri.\n\n\"The NBA family is devastated by the tragic passing of Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna,\" said NBA commissioner Adam Silver.\n\n\"For 20 seasons, Kobe showed us what is possible when remarkable talent blends with an absolute devotion to winning. He was one of the most extraordinary players in the history of our game with accomplishments that are legendary.\n\n\"But he will be remembered most for inspiring people around the world to pick up a basketball and compete to the very best of their ability.\n\n\"He was generous with the wisdom he acquired and saw it as his mission to share it with future generations of players, taking special delight in passing down his love of the game to Gianna.\"\n\nShaquille O'Neal, who won three NBA titles alongside Bryant for the LA Lakers, said: \"There's no words to express the pain I'm going through with this tragedy of losing my niece Gigi & my brother, my partner in winning championships, my dude and my homie.\n\n\"I love you and you will be missed. My condolences goes out to the Bryant family and the families of the other passengers on board. I'm sick right now.\"\n\nThe NBA's all-time leading scorer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who played for the Lakers from 1975-1989, said: \"It's very difficult for me to put in words how I feel. Kobe was an incredible family man, he loved his wife and daughters, he was an incredible athlete, he inspired a whole generation. This loss is hard to comprehend.\"\n\nFormer US President Barack Obama wrote on Twitter: \"Kobe was a legend on the court and just getting started in what would have been just as meaningful a second act. To lose Gianna is even more heartbreaking to us as parents. Michelle and I send love and prayers to Vanessa and the entire Bryant family on an unthinkable day.\"\n\nUS President Donald Trump said: \"Kobe Bryant, despite being one of the truly great basketball players of all time, was just getting started in life. He loved his family so much, and had such strong passion for the future. The loss of his beautiful daughter, Gianna, makes this moment even more devastating.\"\n\nFormer LA Lakers president Magic Johnson, a five-time NBA champion in the 1980s, tweeted: \"Kobe was a leader of our game, a mentor to both male and female players. Words can't express the impact that he had on the game of basketball.\"\n\nSix-time NBA champion Michael Jordan added: \"I loved Kobe - he was like a little brother to me. We used to talk often, and I will miss those conversations very much.\n\n\"He was a fierce competitor, one of the greats of the game and a creative force. Kobe was also an amazing dad who loved his family deeply - and took great pride in his daughter's love for the game of basketball.\"\n\nLeBron James surpassed Bryant to become the NBA's third-highest scorer of all time on Saturday.\n\nSpeaking after the game, which was the day before Bryant's death, he said: \"I'm happy just to be in any conversation with Kobe Bryant.\n\n\"One of the all-time greatest basketball players to ever play, one of the all-time greatest Lakers.\"\n\nBryant finished his playing career as the Lakers' all-time leading points scorer, and is fourth on the NBA's all-time list with 33,643 points.\n\nIn his 1,566th and final game for the Lakers in April 2016 he scored 60 points for the sixth time.\n\nSome in the 18,000 sell-out crowd had paid upwards of $25,000 (£17,580) to be in the crowd to see the two-time Olympic gold medallist.\n\nThe Lakers retired both Bryant's number eight and 24 jerseys in September 2017.\n\nIn 2018 he won an Oscar for his five-minute film Dear Basketball, based on a love letter to the sport he had written in 2015.\n\nIconic golfer Tiger Woods, a 15-time major winner, said he heard the news after completing his final round at the Farmers Insurance Open in California.\n\n\"[Caddie] Joey La Cava told me coming off the 18th green. I didn't understand why the crowd was saying 'beautiful Mamba', now I know,\" he said.\n\n\"It's unbelievably sad and the reality is sinking in because I was told about five minutes ago.\n\n\"He brought a desire to win every night on both ends of the floor, not too many guys can say that. Any time he was in the game, he'd take on their best player.\"\n\nFormer England captain David Beckham, who also played for LA Galaxy, posted on Instagram: \"This was one special athlete, husband, father and friend. Having to write these words is hard enough but also knowing we have lost an amazing human being and his beautiful and talented daughter Gianna is heartbreaking.\n\n\"The commitment Kobe showed to his sport was inspiring, to go through the pain and to finish a game off like only he could inspired me to try to be better.\n\n\"Kobe always talked about Vanessa and his beautiful girls and how proud he was of them. Kobe's passion was his family and basketball. He was determined to inspire the next generation of boys and girls to embrace the sport that he loved. His legacy will live on.\"\n\nFormer world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson wrote on Twitter: \"I mourn with the world. Lost a legend. No words. I'm messed up. RIP Kobe Bryant, Gianna and the rest of the passengers.\"\n\nBarcelona forward Lionel Messi wrote on Instagram: \"I have no words... All my love for Kobe's family and friends. It was a pleasure to meet you and share good times together. You were a genius like few others.\"\n\nJuventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo said the news was \"heartbreaking\", adding Bryant was \"a true legend and inspiration to so many\", while Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba added: \"Heroes come and go, legends are for ever.\"\n\nBritain's six-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton said: \"I'm so sad to hear that we lost one of our greats. Bryant was one of the greatest athletes and was such an inspiration to so many, including myself.\"\n\nBrazil and Paris St-Germain forward Neymar paid tribute with a goal celebration in Sunday evening's win at Lille.\n\nAfter scoring a second-half penalty, he held up two fingers on one hand and four on the other, marking Bryant's Lakers shirt number of 24.\n\nThe Brazil striker, a basketball fan who had met Bryant, also bowed and pointed to the sky.\n\nWorld number one tennis player Rafael Nadal tweeted: \"I woke up this morning with the horrible news of the tragic death of one of the greatest sportsmen in the world. Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and other passengers. My condolences to his wife and families. I am in shock.\"\n\nManchester United and England forward Marcus Rashford tweeted: \"A true inspiration in the sporting industry. RIP legend.\" And Manchester City's Raheem Sterling added: \"Rest easy Legend.\"\n\nTwo-time Grand Slam tennis champion Naomi Osaka posted this letter to Bryant on Twitter.\n\nNick Kyrgios wore an La Lakers shirt with Bryant's name and number on it as he warmed up before his fourth-round match against Nadal at the Australian Open.\n\nA moment of silence was held before the Toronto Raptors' game against the San Antonio Spurs in Texas.\n\nThe two teams also let the 24-second shot clock run out at the start of their game to honour Bryant.\n\nThe New Orleans Pelicans and the Boston Celtics also started their game by each taking 24-second shot-clock violations.\n\nAt the Grammy Awards held at the Staples Arena, where Bryant played, many recipients paid tribute to the former Lakers superstar.\n\nHundreds of fans gathered outside the venue after his death; while his image was projected on screens around the arena.\n\nKim Kardashian and husband and rapper Kanye West, US singers Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift and Oscar-winning Leonardo DiCaprio were among those to tweet their tributes.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nFor many, he's the soundtrack to the England cricket team.\n\nJerusalem being belted out? It's the first over of the day. Rocky theme? David Warner must be walking out to bat. Simply the Best? Ah, that means Dom Sibley's going well.\n\nBut Billy Cooper's trumpet will soon be no more. After 16 years of rousing England's fans and players alike with his greatest hits, Cooper - a classically trained musician who can usually be found in cricket grounds the world over - has decided to call it a day.\n\nCertainly when it comes to touring anyway - the current Test against South Africa will be his last one (at least in an official capacity).\n\n\"It's more complicated now, with a wife and kids,\" he tells BBC Sport, finding a quiet place to chat on the phone just as Zak Crawley scores his maiden Test 50 ('Land of Hope and Crawley'!).\n\nIt's a big moment and the Barmy Army are in full song behind him.\n\n\"It's good to be going out on a high,\" Cooper says, as England march towards a series win. Victory in the current Test in Johannesburg would be only the 15th win he has seen in 52 Tests abroad.\n\nBut how did Cooper get here in the first place? This, after all, is a man who has played in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Matilda in the West End.\n\nHis involvement with the group came about quite organically. Back in 2004, out in Barbados for the third Test against the West Indies, Billy, a professional musician, had to report his blue trumpet stolen after misplacing it.\n\nThe next Test was in Antigua.\n\n\"I didn't have anything to do with the Barmy Army back then, but I heard that noise and I saw it was my trumpet,\" Billy explained.\n\nHe says he approached the members of the Barmy Army about the trumpet, who subsequently asked him to prove it did indeed belong to him.\n\nThat, of course, wasn't a problem - and it soon led to a \"sing-song\" with the gang, where Billy met Paul Burnham, one of the founding members of the Barmy Army.\n\n\"Paul said 'we'd love you to come to South Africa with us for the next Test and we can pay for your flights',\" Billy recalled.\n\nHis first year with the supporters group began well, with England winning the Ashes in 2005 - their first win since 1986-87.\n\nThat brought about one of his proudest memories when victorious skipper Michael Vaughan invited him on stage at Trafalgar Square during the celebrations that followed.\n\nThere have been lows too. Billy cites the 2006-2007 Ashes, when England were walloped 5-0 and he was banned from playing his trumpet in the stadium.\n\n\"I don't think the Aussies wanted a home game to feel like an away game by letting us make too much noise,\" Billy observes.\n\nBilly had been escorted from The Gabba by officials after celebrating, sparking a row over the use of musical instruments in the stadium.\n\nHe tells us the number of losses he's witnessed have made the wins all the sweeter.\n\nAnd he says touring the world with England over the past 16 years has become addictive.\n\n\"You leave behind the winter in England for someone else's summer.\"\n\nFor now though, he's happy to call it a day: \"I don't want to overstay my welcome.\"", "A non-league footballer has died after being attacked during a night out, police have said.\n\nJordan Sinnott, who played for Matlock Town, was found unconscious in Market Place, Retford, Nottinghamshire, at about 02:00 GMT on Friday.\n\nPolice have launched a murder investigation after the 25-year-old midfielder was found following \"two large-scale disturbances\" in the town.\n\nHe suffered a fractured skull and died in hospital. A man has been arrested.\n\nThe 27-year-old remains in police custody and was earlier being questioned on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm.\n\nDet Insp Justine Wilson said: \"Mr Sinnott's death is a sad and significant development in this investigation.\n\n\"Our investigative team's focus will remain on identifying those responsible and bringing them to justice.\"\n\nOn Saturday, Matlock Town, who play in the Northern Premier League, said players found out about Sinnott's condition when they arrived for their match versus Mickleover Sports and \"agreed it should be postponed to a future date\".\n\nThe club issued a statement after Mr Sinnott died, which said: \"His family and friends were with him at his bedside and we send our sincere condolences to them all at this very sad time.\"\n\nThey tweeted: \"You weren't just a footballer, you were our friend and brother. You gave us incredible memories and scored your first career hat-trick in your final game for the club. Rest easy Jordan, we love, miss and will never forget you.\"\n\nSinnott had joined Matlock from National League North side Alfreton Town, who also issued a statement in which they described the player as a \"model footballer and an exceptional talent\".\n\nOthers have paid tribute 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 by Huddersfield Town 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. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nPolice said officers had attended a \"large-scale fight\" involving eight men and women at the Dominie Cross pub car park in Grove Street at about 23:25 GMT on Friday.\n\nSinnott was found a couple of hours later following another \"large-scale disturbance\", police said.\n\n\"Officers were later called to assist ambulance crews who were attempting to treat Sinnott after he was found unconscious with a suspected fractured skull following a subsequent incident,\" Nottinghamshire Police said later.\n\nPolice said a 27-year old man suffered a suspected broken nose and a 44-year old man was left with a suspected broken jaw.\n\nDet Insp Wilson said: \"We are appealing to anyone who was in Retford town centre late last night and in the early hours of this morning to come forward.\n\n\"This incident happened at a very busy time and we believe there are still a number of witnesses who have still not yet come forward who may hold vital information about how a young man came to lose his life so tragically.\"\n\nSinnott, from Bradford, is the son of former footballer Lee Sinnott.\n\nHe started his career as a youth player at Huddersfield Town, for whom he made five appearances between 2013 and 2014, before joining non-league Altrincham.\n\nAfter a spell at Halifax, he went on to play again in the Football League, joining League Two Chesterfield for the 2017-18 season.\n\nEarlier this month he scored the first hat-trick of his career during a game against Basford United.\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.", "Crews were called to the fire at a property on Wensley Avenue\n\nA man and his 10-year-old daughter have died in a fire at a terraced house on the outskirts of Hull.\n\nCrews were called to Wensley Avenue, just off Cottingham Road, Cottingham, shortly before 08:00 GMT and battled to rescue them from the building.\n\nThe man was pronounced dead at the scene and his daughter was taken to hospital but died later.\n\nHumberside Police said fire investigators were working to establish the cause of the blaze.\n\nThe father and daughter were the only people in the property at the time, the fire service said.\n\n\"We pulled out an adult male, and what we now know is his 10-year-old daughter, and tragically both lives were lost to the fire,\" Humberside Fire and Rescue Service said.\n\n\"We have got fire investigation officers there who will be working tirelessly throughout today.\"\n\nNeighbour Carl Goodfellow said he saw smoke coming from the building and tried to rescue those inside.\n\n\"We tried to break the door down, but them composite doors are a bit strong,\" he said.\n\n\"I was banging on the window shouting, shouting through the letterbox.\n\n\"I was banging on the window to try and get some attention, but there was nothing.\n\n\"We did try to alert him, but there was no response.\"\n\nNeighbour Carl Goodfellow tried to break the door down to help the people in the house\n\nAnother neighbour Phillip Darwick said he saw a police car go by and came out to see what was happening.\n\nHe said: \"When I looked down [the street] I could see a load of action and smoke billowing out.\n\n\"We've lived here a lot of years and so have they, so we think we know them.\n\n\"It's quite shocking, you never think - it's a cliché - but you never think it's going to happen do you?\n\n\"It's shaken me and my wife up, it's quite sad really.\"\n\nAn investigation into the cause of the fire has begun with specialist officers working in the house\n\nTalking about the attempts by other neighbours to alert the people in the house about the fire Mr Darwick added:\n\n\"When I came out all I saw was a load of smoke come flying out of the window and it looked like it was coming out of the roof.\"\n\n\"This event has turned out to be tragic in the loss of two lives in a house fire,\" Steve Duffield from Humberside Fire and Rescue Service said.\n\n\"We worked tirelessly with emergency service colleagues to do everything we could.\n\n\"We sent breathing apparatus crews into the property immediately to attempt to rescue [people] but tragically it was too late for the individuals and we're reporting a loss of two lives in this event.\n\n\"It's a tragic event in any circumstance.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire 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.", "Last updated on .From the section Basketball\n\nA-list celebrities lined the court to pay homage as Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Flea played the national anthem.\n\nSome in the 18,000 sell-out crowd had paid upwards of $25,000 (£17,580) to be there.\n\nKobe Bryant's 1,566th and final game for the LA Lakers, bringing to an end a career spanning two decades, was a big deal.\n\nHere are the numbers which tell you why:\n\nThe number of Most Valuable Player awards Bryant has won. The accolade given the best-performing player in a regular season, Bryant won it in 2007-08.\n\nThe number of NBA Finals MVP awards won by Bryant, in 2008-09 and the following year. It is also the number of Olympic gold medals he has won, helping the United States to the top of the podium in 2008 and 2012.\n\nAll-Star MVP Awards won - in 2001-02, 2006-07, 2008-09 and 2010-11. He is tied with Bob Pettit for the most in NBA history.\n\nBryant has won five NBA championships - only one other current player has won as many (Tim Duncan of San Antonio Spurs).\n\nJust four players in NBA history - Bryant, Michael Jordan, Kevin Garnett and Gary Payton - have been selected for the NBA All-defensive first team nine times.\n\nAnd only one other player, Karl Malone, has ever made the All-NBA First Team selections 11 times.\n\nThat is how many starts Bryant has made in the NBA's annual All-Star Game - the most in NBA history.\n\nAnd 16 is the number of times Bryant has played on Christmas day - again, the most in NBA history.\n\nAs well as making 15 starts, Bryant has been picked for the All-Star Game 18 times in a row. That is the longest streak in NBA history and only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, with 19, made the All-Star Game more times.\n\nNo other player in NBA history has spent 20 seasons with just one club. Bryant is a Lakers man through and through.\n\nThe number of games in which he has scored 50 points - only Wilt Chamberlain (118) and Michael Jordan (31) have scored 50-plus points more times.\n\nThe number of points scored against Utah Jazz in his final game. It was only the seventh time he had scored 60-plus points and the first time he had achieved the feat since 2009.\n\nWhen the Lakers beat Toronto Raptors 122-104 on 22 January 2006, Bryant scored 81 of his side's points. Only Wilt Chamberlain, with a 100-point game in 1962, has scored more.\n\nBryant's 5,640 points scored in the NBA playoffs is the third highest total in NBA history behind Jordan (5,987) and Abdul-Jabbar (5,762).\n\nSince his rookie season in 1996-97, Bryant has scored 33,643 regular season points, putting him third on the all-time scoring list behind Abdul-Jabbar (38,387) and Karl Malone (36,928).\n\nOnly five other players have played more NBA minutes than Bryant. He was given 42 minutes in his final game - the most he has played since November 2014.", "An Oxford professor given protection after alleged threats from transgender rights activists says she did not want to \"wait and see if I'd get hit in the face\" before taking action.\n\nSelina Todd, modern history professor at St Hilda's College, said members of staff accompanied her to lectures after learning of threats on social media.\n\nProf Todd has now warned against shutting down debates.\n\nThe University of Oxford said it did not comment on individual arrangements.\n\nThe academic told BBC Radio 4's Today programme she felt \"vulnerable\" having previously experienced hostility from some academics and students.\n\nProf Todd said the threats come from some campaigners who believe her views on the need to protect women's spaces, such as single-sex refuges, from people who self-identify as women but are anatomically male are unacceptable.\n\nThe academic said that she has witnessed \"quite antagonistic\" and \"quite confrontational\" protests outside women's rights meetings she has spoken at in the past.\n\nBut she insisted that discussions about women's rights should not be silenced.\n\n\"It's always the case that groups' needs and interests can conflict with those of other equally legitimate groups,\" she said.\n\nBut she added that in a democratic state an open debate on how to accommodate the needs of all legitimate groups within a society was needed.\n\n\"In the world today democracy is under threat and therefore we all have to defend the right of people to have freedom of speech and freedom of debate,\" she said.\n\nShe later tweeted to say that \"on the basis of limited info me and my employer could get, we decided not to wait and see if I'd get hit in the face\" before introducing security measures.\n\nThe story was first reported this week in the Daily Telegraph.\n\nProf Todd told the paper that two students had warned her they had seen threats made against her on email networks they were a part of.\n\nThe university, she said, carried out its own investigation and found there was enough evidence to provide her with protection.\n\nThe two male staff members providing protection arrive in lectures before students in order to \"diffuse\" any potential action that might take place, she said.\n\nProf Todd said universities were not a place for bigotry, but somewhere to have a \"respectful, democratic debate\" that was \"evidence-based\".\n\nShe continued: \"This might sound like a storm in a teacup and something that's just about student activists but students become graduates and Oxford students tend to become graduates who go into things like politics, the media or the civil service.\n\n\"So if they are learning that no debate is the way to run a society we should all be worried.\"\n\nThe University of Oxford said it did not comment on individual cases, but added in a statement: \"When staff raise concerns with us, the university will always review the circumstances and offer appropriate support to ensure their safety and their freedom of expression.\"", "Kim Kyong Hui is seen here on the right, two seats away from Kim Jong-un\n\nThe aunt of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has been seen in public for the first time since the execution of her husband in 2013.\n\nKim Kyong-hui is the daughter of North Korea's founder, Kim Il-sung, and sister to former leader Kim Jong-il.\n\nShe had not been seen since her husband, Chang Song-thaek, was executed by her nephew for \"acts of treachery\".\n\nBut on Sunday, state media released a photo of her enjoying new year celebrations.\n\nThe photo, released by North Korea's state news agency KCNA, showed Kim Kyong-hui seated next to Kim Jong-un and his wife in a crowded theatre in Pyongyang. She was also included in the list of top-ranking officials in attendance.\n\nOliver Hotham, editor at NK News, which covers events in the reclusive nation, said the reappearance was a surprise.\n\n\"Many North Korea watchers had assumed that Kim Kyong-hui had gone into exile or even been killed in the wake of her husband's death,\" he told Reuters.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Concern is growing internationally for the stability of North Korea, as Lucy Williamson reports\n\nHer appearance seated next to the leader suggested she had retained - or regained - significant influence, he added - possibly as an advisor.\n\n\"It's also a reminder of how weird and brutal North Korea is, after all she's sitting next to the man who ordered her husband's execution.\"\n\nKim Kyong-hui and her husband Chang Song-thaek were major players within the North Korean state at the time of their nephew's ascension to power nearly a decade ago.\n\nMr Kim succeeded his father as leader in 2011, and it was widely believed that Mr Chang was one of his mentors during the transition.\n\nBut two years into the new leader's rule, Mr Chang was removed from a meeting by armed guards in dramatic fashion. Official statements claimed he had confessed to plotting to overthrow the state, and that he had been immediately executed.\n\nMany observers of the North Korean state believe he may have been considered a threat to the young leader, and killed as part of a purge.", "The recruit was recovered from the sea at Tregantle beach in Cornwall\n\nA Royal Marine who was injured in a training incident earlier this week has died.\n\nThe Marine was part of a group that had been practising an assault from a landing craft on Tregantle beach, Cornwall.\n\nThe recruit had been wearing full kit and had \"gone under water\" during the exercise on Tuesday evening.\n\nThe Royal Navy said its \"thoughts and sympathies\" were with the recruit's family and friends.\n\nIt said the incident was under investigation.\n\nSouth Western Ambulance Service said on Thursday it had been called to the incident on the beach shortly after 22:00 GMT on Tuesday.\n\n\"The caller reported to us that a person had gone underwater. We sent land, air and other specialist paramedics to attend the incident,\" a spokesman said.\n\n\"They treated a male patient at the scene and he was conveyed by air ambulance to Derriford Hospital for further care.\"\n\nThe man was in the last phase of his 32-week training.\n\nThe Royal Marines' principal military training centre is situated near Lympstone in Devon.", "Two 21-year-old men have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a non-league footballer who was attacked during a night out.\n\nJordan Sinnott, who played for Matlock Town, was found unconscious in Market Place, Retford, Nottinghamshire, at about 02:00 GMT on Saturday.\n\nThe 25-year-old suffered a fractured skull and died on Saturday evening.\n\nAnother man, 27, who was arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm, remains in police custody.\n\nPolice said they were investigating two \"large-scale fights\" that took place in the town.\n\nDet Insp Justine Wilson said officers were still keen to speak to people who witnessed both fights.\n\n\"We are making progress in the investigation, but we have unanswered questions. I know there are people out there who saw what happened and can answer those questions for us,\" she said.\n\n\"Jordan's family deserves answers, so please come and talk to us.\"\n\nMatlock Town, who play in the Northern Premier League, postponed their match against Mickleover Sports on Saturday after players learned of Mr Sinnott's condition.\n\nThe club issued a statement after Mr Sinnott died in hospital, which said: \"His family and friends were with him at his bedside and we send our sincere condolences to them all at this very sad time.\"\n\nThey tweeted: \"You weren't just a footballer, you were our friend and brother. You gave us incredible memories and scored your first career hat-trick in your final game for the club. Rest easy Jordan, we love, miss and will never forget you.\"\n\nTributes have been paid to the footballer after his death\n\nMatlock Town have also cancelled Tuesday's fixture against Grantham Town.\n\nSinnott had joined the club from National League North side Alfreton Town, who also issued a statement in which they described the player as a \"model footballer and an exceptional talent\".\n\nOthers have paid tribute 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 by Huddersfield Town 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\nPolice said officers had attended a fight involving eight men and women at the Dominie Cross pub car park in Grove Street at about 23:25 GMT on Friday.\n\nSinnott was found a couple of hours later following another \"large-scale disturbance\" in the town centre.\n\nPolice said a 27-year old man suffered a suspected broken nose and a 44-year old man suffered a suspected broken jaw in the fights.\n\nMr Sinnott was found unconscious by emergency services in Market Place, Retford\n\nSinnott, from Bradford, is the son of former footballer Lee Sinnott.\n\nHe started his career as a youth player at Huddersfield Town, for whom he made five appearances between 2013 and 2014, before joining non-league Altrincham.\n\nAfter a spell at Halifax, he went on to play again in the Football League, joining League Two Chesterfield for the 2017-18 season.\n\nEarlier this month he scored the first hat-trick of his career during a game against Basford United.\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.", "Iraqi security forces (in the background) burned protesters' tents at Baghdad's Tahrir Square\n\nIraqi security forces have moved against the main anti-government protest site in central Baghdad.\n\nThey fired live ammunition and tear gas as they began removing tents and concrete barriers near Tahrir Square and a bridge across the Tigris river, eyewitnesses say.\n\nSeveral people are reported to have been injured in Saturday's clashes.\n\nProtesters have for months held anti-government demonstrations and camped in the capital.\n\nSaturday's violence comes a day after a separate massive rally in Baghdad against the presence of US forces in the country.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMany protesters in that rally were supporters of powerful Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, who had called a million of people to join Friday's march.\n\nThe US killing of the top Iranian military commander, Gen Qasem Soleimani, on 3 January at Baghdad airport has fuelled tensions.\n\nAlso assassinated in the US drone strike was Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, an Iraqi who had commanded the Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah militia group.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This footage, reportedly of the missile attack, was shown on Iranian state TV\n\nIran responded on 8 January to Gen Soleimani's assassination by carrying out a ballistic missile attack on two airbases housing US forces in Iraq.\n\nA Pentagon spokesman has said that 34 US service members had suffered traumatic brain injuries.\n\nHours after the strike, Iran's armed forces fired two missiles at a Ukrainian passenger plane over Iran's capital, Tehran, by mistake, killing all 176 people on board.", "Watch Kobe Bryant's poem entitled 'Dear Basketball', written when the five-time NBA champion retired in 2016.\n\nThe US basketball legend, 41, died in a helicopter crash in California on Sunday.\n\nREAD MORE: Kobe Bryant dies in helicopter crash - US media", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rescue teams rushed to help after the earthquake struck\n\nAt least 31 people have been killed and more than 1,600 injured in a powerful earthquake in eastern Turkey.\n\nThe magnitude-6.8 quake centred on the town of Sivrice in Elazig province caused buildings to collapse and sent residents rushing into the street.\n\nForty-five people have been rescued so far, with more than 20 feared to remain trapped, officials say.\n\nEarthquakes are common in Turkey - about 17,000 people died in a quake in the western city of Izmit in 1999.\n\nTremors were also felt in neighbouring Syria, Lebanon and Iran.\n\nThis woman was pulled from the rubble in Elazig\n\nMore than 400 aftershocks were recorded, Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (Afad) said.\n\nRescue teams worked through the night, using their hands, drills and diggers to try to find people in the rubble of fallen buildings. They also brought beds and tents for those displaced, and warned residents against returning to damaged buildings because of the danger of aftershocks.\n\nAfad said that most of the casualties were in Elazig province, and deaths were also reported in the neighbouring province of Malatya.\n\nSome 1,607 people were injured by the earthquake, according to the latest count.\n\nReports said an elderly woman was pulled alive from the rubble about 19 hours after the earthquake.\n\nAnother woman left buried was saved after calling her relatives from her mobile phone and telling them where she was trapped.\n\nBut a 12-year-old boy rescued from the wreckage later died in hospital.\n\nThe quake caused many buildings to collapse\n\nTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (centre-right) attends the funeral of some of the victims in Elazig\n\n\"It was very scary - furniture fell on top of us. We rushed outside,\" AFP news agency quoted 47-year-old Melahat Can, who lives in the city of Elazig, as saying.\n\n\"Our houses collapsed...we cannot go inside them,\" a 32-year-old man from Sivrice told Reuters.\n\nThe region struck by the quake, some 550km (340 miles) east of the capital Ankara, is remote and sparsely populated, so details of damage and fatalities could be slow to emerge.\n\nTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cancelled plans in Istanbul on Saturday to instead visit the affected area and attend the funeral of two of the victims.\n\n\"We are doing everything we can as the state and nation, and we will continue to do so. Our efforts at all rescue sites will continue,\" he said.\n\nIn its advisory on Saturday morning, the emergency authority said the overnight temperature had fallen to -8C (17.6F), with similar cold expected the following night.\n\nThe Turkish Red Crescent has also dispatched hundreds of personnel with emergency supplies, it said.\n\nSivrice, a town of about 4,000 people, is a popular tourist spot on the shore of Hazar lake, the source of the river Tigris.\n\nAre you in the area? Share your experiences 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:", "Jessie Buchanan is campaigning to buy a Pembrokeshire farm for the local community\n\nYoung farmers are losing one of their few routes into the industry, Plaid Cymru has warned.\n\nLand held by local authorities has reduced by 10% in eight years, analysis of Welsh Government figures shows.\n\nFor more than a century, councils have rented agricultural land to new and young farmers, which provides a \"step on the ladder\".\n\nCouncils said they face \"acute financial pressures\" and the low-price sales are only a \"last resort\".\n\nPlaid Cymru assembly member Llyr Gruffydd said rural communities would be left with a \"gaping hole\" if sales continue at the same rate.\n\n\"This is one of the very few routes that young people and new farmers have into the industry,\" he said.\n\nCouncil farms are agricultural units owned by local authorities which are rented out to farmers. They have been a way for young people to enter the farming industry since 1908 to address a decline in the number of farms.\n\nThe farms are supported by law, for example the Agriculture Act states local authorities should \"make it their general aim to provide opportunities for persons to be farmers on their own account by letting holdings\".\n\nOfficial figures say there are now just 963 local authority farms - 430 with houses or buildings - in Wales.\n\nCouncils say they recognise the benefits of their farms and are trying to \"hold the line\"\n\nDenbighshire, Flintshire, Anglesey, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Powys and Wrexham sold 184 hectares between them in 2016-17, which raised £4.2m.\n\nTrecadwgan Farm, near Solva, was put up for public auction last year by Pembrokeshire council and since then locals have raised tens of thousands of pounds to bid for it and make it a community farm.\n\nCampaign group chair Jessie Buchanan wants to avoid \"ending the life of a farm that has been there for 800 years\".\n\n\"The vision for Trecadwgan farm that we have put forward is something that will create employment and offer scope for wellbeing within the community,\" she said.\n\nPhil Dancer says he has been lucky to be able to stay in the area\n\nPhil Dancer, 32, is a first generation sheep famer who recently secured a 12-year tenancy on a council farm outside Machynlleth, Powys.\n\n\"When we came for the viewing day [at my farm], there must have been 20 [to] 30 applicants walking about the place,\" he said.\n\n\"I consider myself very lucky to have had it and to be able to stay in the area, which means a lot to me.\n\n\"It's a big difference for me now. I have the security of 12 years. I can invest a bit into the ground, which will in turn improve my livestock.\n\n\"At the end of the day it's a step on the ladder and my plan is to move up the ladder. It will make the next step easier hopefully.\"\n\nA Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) spokesperson said: \"Inevitably in the face of acute financial pressures, councils have had to consider selling off some of their farms and some have indeed done so.\n\n\"However, this is a last resort and local authorities are trying to hold the line, recognising their long term benefits. \"\n\nThe WLGA said a rural forum, made up of nine local authorities, is working to develop a 'rural deal' to \"complement the more urban focussed city and growth deals\".\n\nLocal authority farms are an \"important asset\" to the agricultural industry, the Welsh Government said.\n\n\"Whilst the management of these farms is ultimately a matter for Welsh local authorities, we are aware some are considering the rationalisation of their estate,\" a spokesperson said.\n\n\"We are committed to ensure opportunities exist for those wishing to make agriculture a career.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A newly-appointed Grenfell Tower fire inquiry panel member has resigned after she was linked to the charitable arm of a firm which supplied the block's deadly cladding.\n\nBenita Mehra said she recognised and respected the \"depth of feeling\" among some about her appointment.\n\nDowning Street said it had accepted her resignation but maintained there was no conflict of interest.\n\nIt comes ahead of the second phase of the inquiry beginning on Monday.\n\nMs Mehra, an engineer, had been appointed to replace academic Prof Nabeel Hamdi as an expert panellist for the second phase of the inquiry.\n\nVictims' families had raised concerns to the prime minister about her former role as a past president of the Women's Engineering Society, which received funding from the Arconic Foundation for an apprentice conference.\n\nArconic supplied the cladding on the outside of the west London tower block, which caught fire on 14 June 2017, claiming 72 lives.\n\nFamilies had been threatening to boycott the opening of the second phase of the Grenfell inquiry.\n\nThe Grenfell United group said the resignation had helped to \"lift growing anxiety ahead of phase two\".\n\nBut it continued: \"The government should never have put families in this situation.\n\n\"They failed to carry out basic checks and understand the importance and sensitivities around a fair and proper process.\"\n\nGrenfell United said the government must now urgently find a new panellist to replace Ms Mehra \"to bring expertise on community relations to the inquiry\", adding it \"does not need another technical expert\".\n\nIn her resignation letter to the PM, Ms Mehra said: \"As you know, I had hoped to draw on my experience and knowledge of the construction industry, of community engagement and of governance within housing management to contribute to the vital work of the inquiry in discovering how and why the devastating fire at Grenfell Tower happened.\"\n\nHowever, she said it was apparent her former role as president of the Women's Engineering Society had caused \"serious concern\" among a number of inquiry participants.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson thanked Ms Mehra for her commitment and said he was \"grateful for her sensitivity to the work of the inquiry\".\n\nA report - following the first phase of the public inquiry into the fire - found in October last year that the tower block's cladding did not comply with building regulations and was the \"principal\" reason for the fire's rapid and \"profoundly shocking\" spread.\n\nArconic said a \"confluence of unfortunate circumstances\" rather than the \"mere presence\" of the panels had caused the spread of the fire.\n\nIt has said that the grant was made by its charitable arm, the Arconic Foundation, which is \"an independently endowed and managed foundation\".\n\nOn Monday, the inquiry will switch from focusing on the night of the fire to the refurbishment of the building and its role in the blaze, as well as issues surrounding building regulations.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra and online; Live text on selected matches on the BBC Sport website and app.\n\nTeenage phenomenon Coco Gauff missed out on her first Grand Slam quarter-final as fellow American Sofia Kenin fought back to win in the Australian Open fourth round.\n\nGauff, 15, lost 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 6-0 to the 14th seed in Melbourne.\n\nShe showed all her undoubted quality in the first set, but tired in the third as Kenin wore her down.\n\nKenin will next face Tunisia's Ons Jabeur, who beat Serena Williams' conqueror Wang Qiang in straight sets.\n• None Kvitova fights back to reach last eight\n\nAfter a warm embrace at the net, Kenin and Gauff broke out in tears following an intense battle on Melbourne Arena.\n\nKenin, 21, dropped her racquet and cupped her face with both hands after taking her second match point to reach her first Grand Slam quarter-final.\n\n\"I was just fighting,\" Kenin said. \"She played some good points at crucial moments but I just had to calm down and relax.\"\n\nAn emotional Gauff received a standing ovation as she walked off the court, understandably disappointed at the manner of her defeat but with the likelihood of much better moments ahead of her.\n\n\"I'm doing well right now at 15. I still have so much I feel like I can get better on,\" said Gauff, who will rise into the world's top 50 for the first time next week.\n\n\"I don't even think this is close to a peak for me, even though I'm doing well right now.\"\n\nGauff has become a global star in less than a year, announcing her arrival with a victory over seven-time Grand Slam singles champion Venus Williams at Wimbledon before 'Cocomania' surrounded her run to the last 16.\n\nThe hype returned at Melbourne Park after the Florida teenager, who turns 16 in March, produced an assured performance to knock out defending champion Naomi Osaka in the third round.\n\nThat was as much down to Osaka's implosion as it was Gauff's brilliance, however.\n\nAgainst the streetwise Kenin, the question was always going to be whether she could soak up her opponent's relentless returning and then play aggressively to ask questions of her own.\n\nAfter a slow start where she lost the opening two games, Gauff rediscovered the things which have marked her out a potential great - hard-hitting from the baseline, fizzing angled winners and fleet of foot around the court - to break back for 4-4.\n\nGauff missed a set point on Kenin's serve at 6-5 before the older American produced two double faults as Gauff eventually took the tie-break with her fourth set point.\n\nMomentum swung back in Kenin's direction early in the second set.\n\nGauff's tendency to cough up double faults appeared again, three contributing heavily to Kenin breaking serve in the fourth game and pinching the advantage.\n\nThat proved pivotal as Gauff, with errors now starting to creep in, was unable to claw the break back.\n\nIn similar fashion to the opening set, the teenager started the decider slowly but this time could not recover like she did in the opening set.\n\nThe winners began to dry up for Gauff, allowing Kenin to dominate the rallies and breeze through the decider in 33 minutes.\n\n\"She definitely put a lot of balls in the court. She's quick. Also her drop-shots were good,\" said Gauff, who won just 15 points in the final set.\n\n\"I think I made a lot of errors too.\"\n\nGauff has admitted she struggled to cope with the intense scrutiny at the US Open a few months ago, culminating in an error-strewn performance against Japan's two-time Grand Slam champion Osaka.\n\nWhen the pair met again on Friday, Gauff responded with an assured performance.\n\nAsked what she has learned from her first experience in the senior competition at Melbourne Park, she said: \"I'm most proud of how I handled it on the court.\n\n\"I guess what surprised me is how calm I was going into all these matches. I wasn't really nervous.\n\n\"I'm happy that I'm not letting the moment seem too big than what it is.\"\n\nGauff came through the first set in flying colours. When the pressure was on she played some of her best tennis.\n\nBut Kenin, she's a tough competitor, and it was always going to be a challenge for Gauff to maintain that high level.\n\nIt was a bit surprising that Gauff started missing - the forehand went off and she struggled getting her rhythm back. Kenin was too solid and I think some of the nerves, the tension, the desire to get through that match got to Gauff.\n\nIt's been the most incredible, impressing thing about Gauff - we forget sometimes that she's 15 and she's handling these moments incredibly well. You still need experience to get through those deep, tough matches against players who understand how to play their game in the big moments.\n\nNobody likes losing a 6-0 set but I think in the end there are many positives Gauff can take from this and she's just got to keep building. Gauff wants to be the greatest - and that takes time. She's focusing on the right things with the help of the parents and her team.\n\nIt's her mental fortitude, the way she competes - how calm, how much poise she has in the big moments, and against the top players, from Venus [Williams] at Wimbledon to Naomi here, she just manages to find a high level through all that pressure. That's something that can take years to learn. It's something that's come at such a young age - and that's so impressive.", "Cow & Gate and Tesco are recalling 15 types of baby food jars as a \"precautionary measure\" amid concerns some may have been tampered with.\n\nCustomers who bought food for babies aged over seven months in Tesco stores in the UK are advised not to use them because they may pose a safety risk.\n\nThe jars should be returned to Tesco for a full refund, the companies said.\n\nNo other Cow & Gate, Tesco or other baby-branded products have been affected, they said.\n\nThe recall involves the following products bought in UK Tesco stores:\n\nThe 15 varieties that are being recalled\n\nCow & Gate 7+ months jars sold in other retailers' stores are not affected and no other Cow & Gate baby foods in jars or other packs are involved.\n\nConsumers can continue to buy and use these products bought from other retailers in \"complete confidence\", the companies said.\n\n\"We regret that this incident has happened and we are sorry for the concern and the inconvenience that this recall may cause,\" Tesco and Cow & Gate said.\n\nAnyone with concerns can contact Tesco Customer Services directly on 0800 917 6897 or contact Cow & Gate via Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp or speak to a member of the Cow & Gate team directly on 0800 977 8880.", "Authorities in China are intensifying travel restrictions in an attempt to limit the spread of the deadly new coronavirus.\n\nThe BBC's Stephen McDonell and his team travelled into Hubei province, where the outbreak originated.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC Panorama has obtained a 999 call, made by a family who broke down on a smart motorway\n\nThirty-eight people have been killed on smart motorways in the last five years, the government has told BBC Panorama.\n\nIt is the first time that the total number of deaths has been reported.\n\nSmart motorways have been criticised because they do not have a hard shoulder and drivers who break down can be trapped in the speeding traffic.\n\nThe network is facing an overhaul with the results of a government review due to be announced shortly.\n\nA Freedom of Information (FoI) request sent by Panorama to Highways England revealed that on one section of the M25, outside London, the number of near misses had risen 20-fold since the hard shoulder was removed in April 2014.\n\nIn the five years before the road was converted into a smart motorway there were just 72 near misses. In the five years after, there were 1,485.\n\nA \"near miss\" is counted every time there is an incident with \"the potential to cause injury or ill health\".\n\nThe FoI request also revealed that one warning sign on the same stretch of the M25 had been out of action for 336 days.\n\nThe idea behind smart motorways was to improve the flow of traffic through the most congested parts of the network by using the hard shoulder as an extra lane.\n\nThe figure of 38 deaths over five years on the smart motorway network is significant because it only makes up a small proportion of the total miles of road.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps told BBC Panorama he wants to fix smart motorways because they are too confusing for drivers.\n\nTransport Secretary, Grant Shapps told BBC Panorama that smart motorways have to be as safe or safer than normal motorways.\n\nHe said: \"We absolutely have to have these as safe or safer than regular motorways or we shouldn't have them at all.\"\n\nA government review, the results of which are due to be announced shortly, is expected to recommend reforms to improve safety.\n\nPanorama understands that radar will be fitted across the whole smart motorway network over the next three years.\n\nThe car detection system - which is currently only fitted on two sections of the M25 - can spot stranded vehicles as soon as drivers break down.\n\nNationally, motorists currently have to wait an average of 17 minutes to be spotted, and a further 17 minutes before they are rescued.\n\nThe government is also planning to scrap so-called dynamic hard shoulders, which are sometimes used as a hard shoulder and sometimes used as a live lane for traffic.\n\nThe BBC understands there will also be more emergency lay-bys.\n\nIt is unlikely to satisfy road safety campaigners.\n\nThe former government minister who approved the roll-out of smart motorways told Panorama he was misled about the risks of taking away the hard shoulder.\n\nSir Mike Penning agreed to the expansion in 2010 after a successful pilot on the M42 near Birmingham.\n\nThe pilot worked well because there were safe stopping points for motorists, called emergency safety refuges, on average every 600 metres.\n\nBut when the scheme was expanded across the country, the safety refuges were placed further apart. On some sections, they are 2.5 miles apart.\n\n\"They are endangering people's lives,\" said the Conservative MP. \"There are people that are being killed and seriously injured on these roads, and it should never have happened.\"\n\nAn all-party group of MPs, led by Sir Mike, will publish a report on Monday that accuses Highways England of \"a shocking degree of carelessness\".\n\nThe MPs say there should be no further roll-out of smart motorways until further research is conducted into their safety.\n\nEight-year-old Dev Naran (right) was killed on a smart motorway when he was on his way home from visiting his critically ill brother.\n\nHighways England said the plans to expand smart motorways were approved by ministers and that it was working to gather the facts about safety.\n\nA spokesperson said: \"Any death on our roads is one too many, and our deepest sympathies remain with the family and friends of those who lost their lives.\"\n\nEight-year-old Dev Naran was killed on a smart motorway when he was on his way home from visiting his critically ill brother in Birmingham Children's Hospital.\n\nHis grandfather stopped the car on the inside lane of the M6 and the vehicle was hit by a lorry 45 seconds later.\n\nMum Meera Naran told the programme that after the accident Dev's body was then taken back to the hospital where his brother was being treated.\n\n\"I had both my boys, one fighting for his life still and Dev just there. It wasn't right, my two sons, one really sick, and the healthy one left me.\"\n\nAA president Edmund King said that taking away the hard shoulder had made breakdowns on the motorway more dangerous.\n\n\"It's just the most awful situation when you've broken down and your kids are in the back of the car, and there's nothing you can do to protect your kids.\n\n\"I certainly believe smart motorways are a scandal because, as we've been saying from the outset, they are dangerous, they're not fit for purpose.\"\n\nPanorama, Britain's Killer Motorways? is on BBC One at 20:30 GMT on Monday 27 January, or watch later on iPlayer", "Bats are not using a series of bridges built to protect them from traffic, figures suggest\n\nControversial bat bridges over a new £205m A-road do not work, putting the animals at risk of being hit by traffic, a BBC investigation has found.\n\nThe seven gantries, costing £1m, were built to help bats fly safely over the Norwich Northern Distributor Road.\n\nBut data seen by the BBC showed none of the bridges was effective, with ecologists suggesting disturbance from the road may have driven the bats away.\n\nNorfolk County Council said it was still \"early days\" to gauge success.\n\nThe pylon-and-netting structures were built to mimic removed trees and hedgerows, guiding bats using sonar across roads at a safe height to protect them from passing traffic.\n\nThe seven bat bridges over the road were built at a cost of £1m\n\nA report on the first year of the 12-mile (19.5km) road, now known as the Broadland Northway, along with monitoring data later released to BBC Inside Out East, suggested none of the seven bridges was effective.\n\nSurveys in the summer of 2018 showed more than 40% of bats were crossing at unsafe heights - a proportion experts considered unsustainable for local populations.\n\nA briefing from the county council in October maintained there were \"positive early signs\" and that \"bat mitigation measures are proving effective\".\n\nBut just 49% of bats were flying close enough to the bridges to be considered to be using them.\n\nNational guidance said at least 90% of bats should be flying at a safe height within five metres (16ft) of the structure, and population numbers should be similar to those observed before construction.\n\nEcologists have raised concerns at the \"worryingly low numbers\" of bats seen on monitored flight routes along the road since it opened.\n\nA radio-tracking survey of one of the UK's rarest species - the barbastelle - conducted months after the opening of the NDR, could only locate one of the three previously healthy populations on the route.\n\nDr Anna Berthinussen, a bat ecologist commissioned by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to examine such measures on new roads, said it was likely the council's attempts to mitigate the impact had failed.\n\n\"The evidence in the report suggests that actually no, these structures are not effective, they're not meeting their purpose,\" she said.\n\n\"I think it's quite striking how few bats there are at any of the crossing points.\n\n\"At one of the bat gantries there weren't any bats recorded at all. At the others, just a handful of bats per survey, which is really worrying.\n\n\"The lack of bats at the crossing points is almost certainly down to the impact of the road. Bats may be avoiding crossing the road or disturbance caused by the road may have driven bats away from the area,\" said Dr Berthinussen.\n\nEcologist Dr Anna Berthinussen suggested the road may have forced the bats to new locations\n\nThe \"One Year After\" report issued by the county council in October did not include full monitoring data but a press briefing note in the same month emphasised the positive impact.\n\nIt did not mention none of the bridges could be considered effective by national guidelines, nor that 40% of bats were at risk of being hit by traffic.\n\nMartin Wilby, council member for road and infrastructure, denied the bridges had failed.\n\nMartin Wilby said it was \"early days\" in assessing the effectiveness of the bat bridges\n\n\"I've seen the report. And I've seen that numbers of the bats have been using the bridges across the NDR,\" he said.\n\n\"We should monitor them and if they don't work over a period of time, fine, we'll accept that - but at this present time it's very early days.\"\n\nThe report also found just 13 bats crossed a £1.2m \"green bridge\" during the surveys and no bats could use a £315,000 bat underpass because it was almost entirely flooded.\n\nWatch the full story on BBC Inside Out East at 19:30 GMT on BBC One on Monday 27 January, and afterwards on BBC iPlayer.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Basketball\n\nKobe Bryant was called the \"greatest\" Los Angeles Lakers player of all time by Magic Johnson as his number eight and 24 shirts were retired.\n\nFive-time NBA champion Bryant, 39, ended his 20-year career in April 2016 as an 18-time All-Star.\n\nThe ceremony to retire his jerseys took place at half-time of the match against NBA champions Golden State Warriors.\n\n\"We're here to celebrate the greatest to ever wear the purple and gold,\" said ex-Lakers player Johnson.\n\nJohnson, who is now Lakers president of basketball operations, added: \"He made us rub our eyes and wonder what did we just see.\n\n\"There will never, ever be another Kobe Bryant.\"\n\nBryant won three NBA titles wearing the number eight and two in the 24, having played 10 seasons wearing each number.\n\nHe is the 10th player to receive the honour of having his jerseys retired with the list also including Johnson. The others are; Wilt Chamberlain, Elgin Baylor, Gail Goodrich, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Shaquille O'Neal, James Worthy, Jerry West and Jamaal Wilkes.\n\nThe crowd chanted Bryant's name and gave him a standing ovation during his ceremony.\n\n\"Thank you so much for tonight,\" said Bryant.\n\n\"It's not about my jerseys that are hanging up there for me. It's about the jerseys that were hanging up there before.\"\n\n'We asked for your hustle and you gave us your heart'\n\nSome of Bryant's achievements include being the 2008 NBA Most Valuable Player and two-time NBA Finals MVP. He was also two-time NBA scoring champion and a two-time Olympic champion.\n\nHe finished as the Lakers' all-time point scorer and third on the NBA's all-time list with 33,643 points.\n\nIn his final game, he also became the oldest player in NBA history to score 60 points.\n\n\"What we're celebrating is the journey you took us on for those 20 years,\" said Lakers owner Jeanie Buss.\n\n\"If you separate the accomplishments of each of those jerseys, both of those players would be in the Hall of Fame.\n\n\"We asked for your hustle and you gave us your heart which was so much more. You have forever made your mark on this franchise.\"", "Jeremy Corbyn's critics used the issue of anti-Semitism in the Labour Party to undermine him, a union boss has said.\n\nUnite general secretary Len McCluskey said such actions were \"despicable\" but added that the party \"never handled the anti-Semitism issue correctly\".\n\nLabour's response to alleged anti-Semitism among its members has been under investigation by the Equality and Human Rights Commission since last May.\n\nMeanwhile, his union has backed Rebecca Long-Bailey for Labour leadership.\n\nBut Mr McCluskey said it was \"unfair\" to describe her as the \"continuity Corbyn\" candidate as she will have different priorities.\n\nShadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer, Wigan MP Lisa Nandy and shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry are also running for the Labour leadership.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, Mr McCluskey said: \"I'm absolutely convinced that there were those individuals who opposed Jeremy Corbyn's election right from the beginning, used the anti-Semitism issue - which I think is quite despicable that they did this on such an important subject - to undermine Corbyn, there's no doubt about that.\"\n\nBut he said that the party had \"never handled the anti-Semitism issue correctly\", adding: \"We should have done things quicker.\"\n\nThe Equality and Human Rights Commission is assessing whether Labour has \"unlawfully discriminated against, harassed or victimised people because they are Jewish\".\n\nLabour has been plagued by accusations of anti-Semitism since mid-2016 - and the leadership has been accused by some of its own MPs of tolerating a culture of anti-Jewish prejudice.\n\nLeader Jeremy Corbyn has insisted he is getting to grips with the issue and the party's internal disciplinary procedures have been beefed up.\n\nOn Labour's losses in December's general election, Mr McCluskey said the party had \"suffered the consequences\" of \"being perceived as a Remain party\", adding that the timing of the poll was \"a trap\".\n\nHe said that Theresa May's Brexit deal - which was rejected by MPs - \"probably provided enough issues to try and reach a compromise\".\n\nEarlier, he told Sky News' Sophy Ridge On Sunday that Labour's election defeat was \"virtually, solely down to Brexit\" and defended the party's policies.\n\nBut others criticised Mr Corbyn's leadership in the wake of Labour's fourth general election loss in a row.\n\nImmediately after the election result, former Labour MP John Mann said the leader's unpopularity on the doorstep was palpable and Labour's Caroline Flint, who lost her seat in Don Valley, said many of her voters \"could not and did not want to support Jeremy Corbyn\".", "The 252-foot-long passenger jet aeroplane has been delayed by some technical difficulties\n\nBoeing has successfully completed the first test flight of the world's largest twin-engined plane, the 777X.\n\nIt comes as the firm attempts to boost its image after its 737 Max plane was grounded last year following two fatal crashes that killed 346 people.\n\nThe flight took off near Seattle and lasted four hours. Two attempts were called off this week due to high winds.\n\nFurther tests are needed before the aircraft enters service with Emirates next year.\n\nThe 252-foot-long passenger plane had been due to launch this year but has been delayed by some technical difficulties.\n\nThe 777X is a larger and more efficient version of Boeing's successful 777 mini-jumbo. Standout features include folding wingtips and the world's largest commercial engines.\n\n\"It represents the great things we can do as a company,\" said 777X marketing director Wendy Sowers.\n\nBoeing says it has sold 309 of the plane - worth more than $442 million each at list prices.\n\nThe plane will go head-to-head with the Airbus A350-1000 which seats about 360 passengers.\n\nFurther tests are needed before the aircraft enters service with Emirates next year\n\nBoeing has been in crisis since the 737 Max crashes, which occurred within five months of each other - first in Indonesia in October 2018 and then in Ethiopia last March.\n\nIt is facing multiple investigations amid accusations that it sacrificed safety as it rushed to get its jets to customers. It is attempting to have the plane re-approved for flight.\n\nThe grounding of the 737 Max, which had been Boeing's best-selling plane, is estimated to have already cost Boeing more than $9bn.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Zipporah Kuria's father Joseph Waithaka was one of 157 people killed when a Boeing 737 Max crashed in March 2019", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Brexit secretary Stephen Barclay was questioned about HS2 by the BBC's Andrew Marr\n\nA cabinet minister has told the BBC it is his gut feeling that the HS2 high-speed rail line will get the go-ahead.\n\nStephen Barclay told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show that the project was vital for \"levelling up\" the UK's transport network and improving capacity.\n\nThe Brexit secretary's comments come amid a row over the rising cost of the project, which could reach £106bn.\n\nThe first phase of the project is due to link London and Birmingham, followed by extensions to Leeds and Manchester.\n\nMr Barclay was asked by Andrew Marr for his \"gut feeling\" about whether the HS2 would be approved. \"Yes\", he replied firmly.\n\nHe said the government had given a \"clear commitment to level up all parts of the United Kingdom... HS2 plays an important part in that\".\n\nThat levelling up was not just about improving the speed of transport, but also improving capacity in the UK.\n\nMr Barclay stressed, though, that it was \"important that we also get value for money\".\n\nEarlier this month, a leaked government-commissioned review suggested the total cost of HS2 could reach £106bn.\n\nThe findings of the independent review, conducted by former HS2 Ltd chair Doug Oakervee, have not yet been officially published. The Department for Transport has indicated it will be published soon.\n\nLord Berkeley, a vocal critic of HS2 who was deputy chairman of the Oakervee review before withdrawing his backing, published an independent assessment of the project.\n\nHe put the cost at at least £108bn, adding that the government should scrap the project to concentrate on improving the rail network in the north of England.\n\nThat drew criticism from northern political leaders and businesses, who said HS2 should be built in its entirety.\n\nWhitehall's spending watchdog said last week that HS2 is over budget and behind schedule because its complexity and risks were under-estimated.\n\nThe National Audit Office (NAO) warned that it is impossible to \"estimate with certainty what the final cost could be\".\n\nHS2 was allocated £56bn in 2015. Phase One between London and Birmingham was due to open in 2026, but full services are now forecast to start between 2031 and 2036.\n\nConstruction firms have warned that scrapping HS2 would cause major damage to the industry, while several environmental groups say going ahead with the project will have a huge impact on natural habitats and ancient woodland.\n\nThe Sunday Telegraph reported that former senior figures involved in HS2 have given signed statements to the prime minister's advisers, alleging the government-owned firm behind HS2 covered up spiralling costs on multiple occasions.\n\nIn a statement, HS2 responded: \"Following the collapse of Carillion, HS2 Ltd recognised the need to engage a healthy industry while continuing to protect value for money for the taxpayer.\n\n\"Instead of artificially passing risk back and forth, as has happened on other publicly-funded projects, contractors who do not meet the required performance will lose a proportion of their fee.\n\n\"This incentivises good performance and also prevents windfall profits from public money.\"\n\nThe statement said that by revising the terms and conditions, \"contractors have been able to reduce their prices and HS2 Ltd estimates £1bn of savings as a result\".\n\nHS2 is the talk of Westminster at the moment. Will it get the go ahead or come off the rails? Or somewhere in between? Perhaps unsurprisingly, the government is at pains to avoid saying what might happen next.\n\nMinisters don't want to pre-empt the findings of the Oakervee review, which despite a series of leaks, is yet to be officially published.\n\nSteve Barclay has gone further than any of his Cabinet colleagues by revealing he has a hunch that the project will get the green light. But it's unclear how much insight he has.\n\nWhile the Brexit secretary has a seat at the Cabinet table for now, he might not be there for too much longer. The Department for Exiting the EU will be wound up following the UK's departure this week.\n\nUltimately the decision on HS2 lies with Boris Johnson, in consultation with his chancellor and transport secretary.", "A former British Army officer, Andy Roe has been at LFB since 2002\n\nLondon's new fire commissioner has been announced after the brigade's current chief stood down over criticisms of how it responded to the Grenfell fire.\n\nAndy Roe takes over from Dany Cotton from January after she announced last week she was stepping down.\n\nMr Roe was the fire officer who revoked the \"stay put\" advice minutes after becoming incident commander at the Grenfell Tower fire.\n\nSeventy-two people died during the tower block fire on 14 June 2017.\n\nMs Cotton announced last week that she would step down at the end of December after facing pressure to resign after a critical public inquiry report into the fire.\n\nAn inquiry into the fire concluded \"many more lives\" could have been saved if the advice to residents to \"stay put\" had been abandoned earlier than 02:35 BST.\n\nIt said London Fire Brigades's (LFB) preparations for such a fire were \"gravely inadequate\".\n\nDany Cotton, second from right, in Grenfell Tower on the night of the fire\n\nMr Roe will be tasked with implementing the Grenfell Tower Inquiry's recommendations as well as producing the next London Safety Plan, which outlines how the brigade will make London safe.\n\nAs well as being deputy commissioner for operations at the brigade, Mr Roe is a former British Army officer. He joined LFB in 2002 as a firefighter and has been assistant commissioner since 2017. He was in charge of the response to the Croydon tram crash in 2016.\n\nDany Cotton is stepping down at the end of December\n\nMayor of London Sadiq Khan said the brigade's overall response to the disaster had been \"not good enough\", and there were \"significant lessons\".\n\nThe inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire opened in September 2017\n\nMr Roe said: \"We have some real challenges ahead, but I'll be working tirelessly with the brigade, the mayor and London's communities to ensure we deliver on the recommendations of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry report.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The coins had to be re-produced after Brexit was delayed\n\nA commemorative 50p coin marking the UK's departure from the EU has been unveiled by Chancellor Sajid Javid.\n\nThe coins bear the inscription \"Peace, prosperity and friendship with all nations\" and the date of 31 January.\n\nMr Javid had first ordered production of the coins in advance of the UK's original 31 October departure date.\n\nBut the Brexit delay meant about a million coins had to be melted down and the metal put aside until a new exit date was confirmed.\n\nAbout three million Brexit coins will enter circulation around the UK from Friday, with a further seven million to be added later in the year.\n\nMr Javid, who is Master of the Mint, was given the first batch of coins and will present one to Prime Minister Boris Johnson this week.\n\nAs part of the launch of the coin, the Royal Mint will open the doors of its south Wales HQ for 24 hours on 31 January (from 00:01 to 23.59) to let people strike their own commemorative Brexit coins.\n\nMr Javid said: \"Leaving the European Union is a turning point in our history and this coin marks the beginning of this new chapter.\"\n\nThe European Parliament is expected to approve the Withdrawal Agreement on Wednesday, after the PM this week signed the treaty paving the way for the UK to leave on 31 January.\n• None Brexit coins to be 'recycled' amid further delay", "Crews were called to the fire at a property in Wensley Avenue\n\nTests are being carried out on the body of a 47-year-old man who died along with his 10-year-old daughter in a fire at a terraced house in Hull.\n\nCrews battled to rescue the pair from the building in Wensley Avenue, Cottingham, on Saturday morning.\n\nA post-mortem examination is taking place to establish the cause of his death, tests on his daughter's body will take place in the coming days.\n\nThe cause of the blaze is under investigation, Humberside Police said.\n\nThe man was pronounced dead at the scene, the girl died in hospital a short time later.\n\nThe father and daughter were the only people in the property at the time, the fire service said.\n\nNeighbour Carl Goodfellow said he saw smoke coming from the building and tried to rescue those inside.\n\n\"I was banging on the window to try and get some attention, but there was nothing.\n\n\"We did try to alert him, but there was no response.\"\n\nNeighbour Carl Goodfellow tried to break the door down to help the people in the house\n\nCh Supt Darren Downs said: \"We are continuing to support the families of those involved at this very difficult time and our thoughts are with them.\n\n\"Investigations into this kind of incident are very complex and take time to complete.\n\n\"In the meantime I would ask that people avoid speculating about the circumstances and if you have any information you believe would assist our investigation, please get in touch.\"\n\nMr Downs said there was support available from local agencies and charities for anyone who has been affected by the incident and wanted someone to talk to.\n\nAn investigation into the cause of the fire has begun with specialist officers working in the house\n\nFollow BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire 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.", "Gary Webb said police had gone to his house with an arrest warrant for a different person\n\nA man who was wrongfully arrested and sent to prison on remand has been awarded £100,000 in compensation from Police Scotland.\n\nIn 2015 Gary Webb, from Gatehouse of Fleet in Dumfries and Galloway, was handcuffed and spent a night in a police cell and three nights in prison.\n\nThe 60-year-old told The Sunday Post that police had his fingerprints and knew he was the wrong man.\n\nHe said: \"My life has been trashed after this. Completely trashed.\"\n\nMr Webb, who has no criminal convictions, was arrested at his home by detectives who had a warrant for a different person.\n\nHe said the officers held a photo of the suspect next to Mr Webb's face and decided they were the same person.\n\nMr Webb showed them his passport, driving licence and photos around his home as proof of mistaken identity.\n\nHowever, the detectives said they would need to take him to the police station and handcuffed him.\n\n\"I was at home with my wife then being held in cuffs with no-one believing who I was and facing the worst kind of criminal charges imaginable,\" he said.\n\n\"I thought I was going insane. How could no-one believe I was me?\"\n\nHe was taken to court and, after three nights in a cell at Addiewell Prison, he was released without any explanation or apology.\n\nMr Webb was kept in a cell at Addiewell Prison for three days before being released\n\nAfter his release, Mr Webb, a former timber yard manager, made a formal complaint for wrongful arrest but after two years this was rejected by an internal police investigation and recorded as a \"quality of service issue\".\n\nHe then contacted the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (Pirc) who ordered the arrest of five officers and reported them to the Crown Office over allegations of criminal neglect of duty and attempting to pervert the course of justice.\n\nFollowing a two-year investigation, the Crown Office said none of the five officers would face prosecution.\n\nMr Webb said: \"I experienced things I should never have had to. I had to leave my work as my mental health was affected by everything.\n\n\"The Pirc did a fantastic job and left no stone unturned during its investigation, so without them and my own legal team I wouldn't be where I am now.\n\n\"But Police Scotland and its behaviour has been utterly despicable.\n\n\"They clearly know of wrongdoing or they wouldn't have paid damages.\"\n\nIn a statement to the BBC, Gordon Dalyell, a partner at Digby Brown Solicitors who represented Mr Webb, said: \"The life of an innocent man was completely ruined because of the deliberate and malign actions of police officers who are meant to keep people safe.\n\n\"I would like to think an inquiry will occur in due course to ensure innocent people are not illegally detained and Police Scotland staff who act illegally will be held accountable.\"\n\nPolice Scotland's Assistant Chief Constable Alan Speirs said: \"We recognise the significant impact this incident and our poor initial response had on Mr Webb and, following the conclusion of legal proceedings, will seek to discuss these matters with him and offer an unreserved apology.\n\n\"The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service instructed the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner to investigate the circumstances and the COPFS has instructed there should be no criminal proceedings.\"\n\nHe added: \"Our officers and staff work with commitment and professionalism day in, day out, to provide a high-quality policing service for the public.\n\n\"When learning opportunities are identified, Police Scotland is committed to supporting officers and staff who have acted in good faith, however we will not comment on internal misconduct matters.\"", "Sajid Javid and Steve Mnuchin had breakfast on Saturday morning\n\nThe US wants to agree a post-Brexit trade deal with the UK this year, the country's treasury secretary has said.\n\nAfter meeting Chancellor Sajid Javid in London, Steve Mnuchin said he believed the UK could negotiate trade deals with the US and EU at the same time.\n\n\"I'm quite optimistic,\" he told a Chatham House think tank event.\n\nAfter Brexit happens on 31 January, the UK will be free to negotiate and sign new trade deals with countries with no existing EU deals - like the US.\n\nAt the same time, the UK will also be negotiating a free trade deal with the EU to ensure that UK goods are not subject to tariffs and other trade barriers once the Brexit transition period ends on 31 December.\n\nMr Mnuchin, who met Mr Javid for breakfast on Saturday morning and posted an image of them on Instagram, said the US was \"prepared to dedicate a lot of resources\" to securing a trade deal with the UK this year.\n\nHe said: \"We've said that our goal - your goal - is trying to get both of these trade agreements done this year. And I think from a US standpoint we are prepared to dedicate a lot of resources.\n\n\"If the UK and US have very similar economies with a big focus on services, and I think this will be a very important relationship.\"\n\nMr Mnuchin added President Donald Trump had previously said the UK would \"be at the top of the list\" for a deal.\n\nHe also reiterated the US's objections to a new tax on the revenues of big tech firms, calling it \"discriminatory\".\n\nHe told the audience at Chatham House it was \"not appropriate\" and has \"violations to our tax treaties and other issues\".\n\n\"So, we're working through that and I think we have a good outcome of trying to give some room now in 2020 to continue these discussions.\"\n\nMr Javid intends to introduce a 2% levy on the revenues of search engines, social media platforms and online marketplaces which derive value from UK users.\n\nHe has said the digital services tax will only be a temporary measure until an international agreement is in place on how to deal with online giants such as Google and Facebook.\n\nEarlier this week, Mr Mnuchin threatened new tariffs on UK carmakers after the chancellor defied US pressure to cancel the tax.\n\nThe issue of whether Chinese telecoms giant Huawei should have a role in the UK's 5G network was also raised.\n\nThe US recently warned the British government it \"would be madness\" to use Huawei technology in the UK's 5G network.\n\nA decision is expected imminently on whether to allow Huawei to supply some \"non-core\" parts for the UK network.\n\nMr Mnuchin said \"active discussions\" about that were ongoing with UK government and others.\n\nHe also said his criticisms of climate activist Greta Thunberg earlier this week had been meant as a \"joke\".", "The footpath currently runs to the right of this pond, adjacent to the naturist campsite, but is being rerouted to the left\n\nA public footpath that cuts through the middle of a naturist campsite will be rerouted.\n\nThe path runs alongside 15 caravan pitches at Dolcoed camping site in Maesycrugiau, Carmarthenshire.\n\nAfter a process lasting almost two years, the existing path will be blocked up and a new route introduced.\n\nJo Eveleigh, who runs the campsite with her husband Mike, said: \"We're relieved it's over and done with and the path is going to be diverted.\"\n\nWhen plans to change the route were first submitted to Carmarthenshire council, three neighbours opposed it as it would run through a field behind their homes.\n\nMrs Eveleigh described the original path as \"an error\" as it ran through the middle of her house - which dates back 200 years - and out of a back door that she does not have.\n\nThe path will now be rerouted around the edge of the site.\n\nIn its decision, the Planning Inspectorate said the home \"pre-dates the definitive map\" and acknowledged \"some discomfort might also arise to walkers passing the naturist campsite\".\n\nWork on the new path began shortly before Christmas, but the completion date has not been confirmed.\n\nThe council said the cost of the diversion would not be known until it was finished and would be paid for by the Eveleighs.\n\nLlanllwni Community Council wanted the path moved to \"reduce the possibility of the public coming into contact with, or sight of, the users of the campsite\".\n\nHowever, several people living next door to the campsite said they did not have a problem with the naturists.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Many people living near the site were not worried by the path\n\nBut Malcolm and Teresa Tulloch, whose home backs onto the field where the new path will go, previously said the public right of way should be scrapped as the path \"hasn't been used for donkeys years\".\n\nThe original path had several obstructions - which had not previously been complained about - but the Planning Inspectorate said there was \"interest from the local community to have the path reopened\".\n\nThe inspector acknowledged privacy issues raised by people living nearby, but said the new path would be \"in excess of 60m from the properties\".\n\nMrs Eveleigh added: \"It's great for us because it's completely out of the way. It's better for everybody concerned - better for us, better for our neighbours.\"", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nManager Sam Ricketts says Shrewsbury should have won their FA Cup tie with Liverpool after the League One club staged a magnificent fightback to earn a fourth-round replay at Anfield.\n\nRunaway Premier League leaders Liverpool looked to be heading into the fifth round for the first time since 2015 after a fine first-half finish by 18-year-old Curtis Jones was followed by Donald Love's own goal in the opening minute of the second half.\n\nYet Shrewsbury were excellent throughout and were rewarded with two goals in the space of 10 minutes by substitute Jason Cummings.\n\nLiverpool keeper Adrian was forced to make some excellent saves during a thrilling tie, and Ricketts said: \"We carried out the gameplan superbly well.\n\n\"After 32 seconds in the second half most teams would have crumbled. In the end my players got at least what they deserved.\n\n\"I think it was there to win. We've had the better chances. It wasn't until Jason scored his first we were clinical.\"\n• None 'We will respect the winter break' - Klopp says he and first team will miss replay\n• None Reaction as Shrewsbury fightback to earn FA Cup replay at Anfield\n\nSome Shrews fans booed when Callum Lang was replaced by Cummings after 60 minutes with Liverpool leading 2-0.\n\nBut former Hibernian forward Cummings launched the comeback from the penalty spot after Josh Laurent was fouled by Yasser Larouci before the same player tucked home the equaliser.\n\nLiverpool sent on Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino in search of a winner but, on a memorable day for the Shropshire club, Shrewsbury hung on to earn a deserved replay.\n\nDelighted home fans in the sell-out crowd at Shrewsbury's Montgomery Waters Meadow staged a good-natured pitch invasion at full-time after a glorious comeback.\n\nShrews players were mobbed as supporters celebrated the achievement of Ricketts' side - who sit 16th in the League One table - in holding the European champions.\n\n\"It's what football is about, it's what the FA Cup is about, a club like ours holding them to a 2-2 draw,\" added former Wolves player Ricketts.\n\n\"Everyone has to enjoy that.\"\n\nEven after falling behind to Jones' lovely finish, Shrewsbury had looked more than capable of scoring.\n\nThey were presented with three one-on-one chances - Adrian producing great saves to deny Shaun Whalley, who also screwed another chance wide, and Callum Lang either side of Love's own goal.\n\nIt looked all over when Love, a former Manchester United player, inadvertently steered the ball past Max O'Leary and inside the post while trying to deal with a cross from Neco Williams.\n\nBut Liverpool had ridden their luck and Shrewsbury were rewarded for their hard work when Cummings stroked home from the spot.\n\nAnd it was Cummings who earned his side a replay at Anfield next month when he went past two Liverpool defenders before tucking beyond Adrian to spark wild celebrations on and off the pitch.\n\nLiverpool were hoping for a two-week break between fixtures in February during the inaugural Premier League winter break.\n\nInstead, they will have to fit in this replay between hosting Southampton in the league on 1 February and travelling to Norwich a fortnight later - although manager Jurgen Klopp hinted afterwards that senior players would not be involved against the Shrews.\n\nHaving played 37 games this season, including two in Qatar for the Fifa Club World Cup and another in Isatanbul for the European Super Cup back in August, Liverpool could have done without an additional fixture.\n\nYet Liverpool only have themselves to blame for failing to finish the job in Shropshire.\n\nKlopp made 11 changes to the side that started the 2-1 win at Wolves on Thursday that sent them 16 points clear at the top of the Premier League.\n\nJones, whose sublime goal knocked out Everton in the third round, underlined his potential with a tidy finish from Pedro Chirivella's cleverly disguised pass.\n\nLove's own goal ought to have sealed it but Shrewsbury were gutsy throughout with Adrian forced to produce some smart saves as the hosts came roaring back.\n• None Jason Cummings is the first lower league player to score two goals from the bench in the FA Cup against Premier League opposition since Hull's Nick Barmby in 2011\n• None At 18 years and 361 days, Curtis Jones is the first teenager to score in consecutive appearances for Liverpool since Raheem Sterling in April 2014.\n• None Shrewsbury are unbeaten in their past three FA Cup home against Premier League opponents.\n• None Liverpool have failed to win a match after being two goals ahead for the first time since April 2018 when they drew 2-2 with West Brom in the Premier League.\n• None Shrewsbury have lost just one of their past 18 home FA Cup matches.\n• None Liverpool have failed to win away at third-tier opposition in the FA Cup in 12 of their past 14 matches - with their last such victory coming against Shrewsbury in February 1996.\n• None The Reds have conceded 11 goals in their past five domestic cup away games.\n• None Liverpool have benefited from four own goals across all competitions this season - the joint-most of any Premier League team.\n\nLiverpool will go 19 points clear at the top of the Premier League if win at West Ham on Wednesday (19:45 GMT) while Shrewsbury are at Gillingham in League One on the same night.\n• None Attempt blocked. Curtis Jones (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt missed. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Roberto Firmino.\n• None Attempt missed. Jason Cummings (Shrewsbury Town) header from the left side of the six yard box is high and wide to the left following a corner.\n• None Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Roberto Firmino with a cross.\n• None Attempt blocked. Curtis Jones (Liverpool) left footed shot from very close range is blocked.\n• None Attempt saved. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fabinho.\n• None Offside, Shrewsbury Town. Daniel Udoh tries a through ball, but David Edwards is caught offside.\n• None Offside, Shrewsbury Town. David Edwards tries a through ball, but Shaun Whalley is caught offside.\n• None Offside, Liverpool. Pedro Chirivella tries a through ball, but Divock Origi is caught offside.\n• None Attempt missed. Divock Origi (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Takumi Minamino. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Last updated on .From the section Basketball\n\nKobe Byrant, who has died in a helicopter crash at the age of 41, is regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time.\n\nThe number of Most Valuable Player awards Bryant won. The accolade is given to the best-performing player in the regular season - Bryant won it in 2007-08.\n\nAlso his number of Oscar wins. Bryant won the award for best short animated film in 2016 for Dear Basketball, a five-minute film based on a love letter to the sport he wrote in 2015.\n\nThe number of NBA Finals MVP awards won by Bryant, in 2008-09 and the following year. It is also the number of Olympic gold medals he won, helping the United States top the podium in 2008 and 2012.\n\nAlso the number of shirts the Lakers retired in his honour - eight and 24.\n\nAll-Star MVP Awards won - in 2001-02, 2006-07, 2008-09 and 2010-11. He is tied with Bob Pettit for the most in NBA history.\n\nJust four players in NBA history - Bryant, Michael Jordan, Kevin Garnett and Gary Payton - have been selected for the NBA All-defensive first team nine times.\n\nHe made the All-NBA First Team selection 11 times, second-equal with Karl Malone. LeBron James is the only player to have made it in 12 times.\n\nThat is how many starts Bryant has made in the NBA's annual All-Star Game - the second most in history, one behind James, who was selected to make his 16th just two days ago.\n\nAnd 16 is the number of times Bryant has played on Christmas day - again, the most in NBA history.\n\nAs well as making 15 starts, Bryant was picked for the All-Star Game 18 times in a row. That is the longest streak in NBA history and only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, with 19, made the All-Star Game more times.\n\nBryant spent 20 seasons with the Lakers. Only Dirk Nowitzki, who had 21 seasons with the Dallas Mavericks, has had a longer one-club career in the NBA.\n\nThe number of games in which he scored 50 points - only Wilt Chamberlain (118) and Michael Jordan (31) have scored 50-plus points more times.\n\nThe number of points scored against the Utah Jazz in his final game. It was the seventh time he had scored 60-plus points and the first time he had achieved the feat since 2009.\n\nWhen the Lakers beat the Toronto Raptors 122-104 on 22 January 2006, Bryant scored 81 of his side's points. Only Wilt Chamberlain, with a 100-point game in 1962, has scored more.\n\nBryant's 5,640 points scored in the NBA playoffs is the fourth highest total in NBA history behind James (6,911), Jordan (5,987) and Abdul-Jabbar (5,762).\n\nBryant, who made his debut in the 1996-97 season, scored 33,643 regular season points, putting him fourth on the all-time scoring list behind Abdul-Jabbar (38,387), Karl Malone (36,928) and LeBron James (33,655), who overtook Bryant while playing for the Lakers on Sunday.\n\nHis 48,637 minutes played is the eighth-highest total in the NBA.", "Pictures showing benches being burned were handed to the Edinburgh Evening News by a whistleblower\n\nAn investigation is under way amid claims about 70 memorial benches were burned by Edinburgh council workers.\n\nThe Edinburgh Evening News reports damaged benches were removed from West Princes Street Gardens and held for more than a year at the Inch depot.\n\nSome of those destroyed were dedicated to Victoria Cross holders, it reported.\n\nA council spokeswoman confirmed a probe had been launched and said \"appropriate action will be taken\".\n\nA whistleblower claimed managers told staff to burn the benches - after the memorial plaques had been removed - instead of patching them up, in a bid to save money.\n\nUntil 2018 City of Edinburgh Council was in effect maintaining benches in perpetuity but it decided to end the practice, due to cost, and instead introduce a 20-year maintenance warranty.\n\nThe memorial plaques were removed before the benches were torched\n\nA council spokeswoman said: \"We have a very clear policy in place to decommission benches respectfully when they reach the end of their life.\n\n\"This involves storing the benches and plaques and reaching out to donors to discuss future arrangements and this was correctly followed.\n\n\"Standard practice is to recycle the parts of the benches which can be reused and very regrettably this part of the process was not followed.\n\n\"An investigation is under way to understand why this has happened and appropriate action will be taken.\"\n\nWooden benches cost families £3,925, while a metal bench costs £1,965. Both come with a 20-year warranty.\n\nIf a seat is deemed to be damaged beyond repair, the commemorative plaque is removed and stored until it can be returned to the donor, if they wish.\n\nThe donor is also contacted and offered the opportunity to purchase a new metal bench or a wooden model, if the original was in either Princes Street Gardens, Saughton Park or the City Chambers Quadrangle.\n\nIn the event of the council being unable to contact a donor, the seat is removed and stored for 12 months.\n\nIf the donor does not respond within a year then the bench is decommissioned.\n\nThis usually involves it being broken up so any salvageable parts can be recycled.", "The boy was standing by shops in Northern Avenue when he was shot\n\nPolice investigating the shooting of a 12-year-old boy in South Yorkshire have charged a man with attempted murder.\n\nStephen Dunford was detained after the boy, an \"innocent bystander\", was hit in the leg in the Arbourthorne area of Sheffield, last Sunday.\n\nMr Dunford, of Fellbrigg Road in Sheffield, is due to appear before magistrates in the city later.\n\nHe was remanded in custody and is also accused of being in possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life.\n\nThe boy, who remains in a stable condition in hospital, needed surgery for a wound to his left thigh.\n\nHe was injured when a gun was fired from a moving car, at about 15:45 GMT, South Yorkshire Police said.\n\nThe victim was with three friends, aged 13, 15 and 16, when he was injured outside a sandwich shop in Northern Avenue.\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.", "Universities in England are to face a \"value for money\" review of how £1.3bn per year of funding might give more support to \"priority\" subjects.\n\nHigher education watchdog the Office for Students (OFS) is understood to be launching the review in the spring.\n\nBut it will not consider tuition fees - with the government set to publish a separate response to calls to cut fees.\n\nUniversities UK warns it will matter \"how much\" funding is left after the review, as well as how it is allocated.\n\nThe Conservative manifesto has promised to tackle what it calls \"low-quality courses\" in university - and the review will examine how funding can be targeted for priority subjects.\n\nWhile most university funding is delivered through tuition fees, the government still provides a significant direct stream of grants.\n\nThis includes subsidies for subjects that are more expensive to teach, such as medicine, science and technology.\n\nThere is also money to improve access to higher education for disadvantaged youngsters.\n\nAt present the funding is widely distributed, to more than 300 higher education providers.\n\nBut the future allocation and focus of the money is to be examined by the OFS review.\n\nThe Russell Group, representing some of the UK's major research universities, says the annual grants represent 13% of funding for undergraduate places.\n\nThe university group has raised concerns about these grants being cut, arguing that funding for many courses is already stretched.\n\nA separate consultation has already been launched on £70m reductions to next year's teaching grant.\n\nBut the OFS review has been backed by Education Secretary Gavin Williamson.\n\n\"I am strongly in support of this move to evaluate value for money and to consider the best way to target grant funding to the higher education sector in future,\" said Mr Williamson, in a letter to the OFS earlier this month.\n\nThe education secretary has told the OFS he wants to prioritise support for the government's industrial strategy, which aims to invest in \"skills, industries and infrastructure\".\n\nThere will also be a push for more effective ways to spend money allocated for recruiting disadvantaged students, and support for specialist institutions.\n\nBut Jo Grady, leader of the University and College Union, criticised how value for money was based on an \"obsession with flimsy metrics\" around graduate earnings.\n\n\"What can future employment or earnings potential really tell us about teaching quality?\" she said.\n\nBut what remains unknown is how the OFS review will combine with the government's promised response to Philip Augar's review, which recommended reducing tuition fees from £9,250 to £7,500 per year.\n\nThe review, commissioned by the former prime minister, Theresa May, also called for further education and skills to have a fairer share of funding.\n\nA spokeswoman for Universities UK warned that any changes to the teaching grant or fees could leave a \"funding gap\".\n\n\"The fundamental review will cover 'how' teaching funding will be allocated - what will also matter is 'how much' teaching funding will there be, particularly if the government is minded to make any changes to fees,\" said the spokeswoman.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Some, such as this thirsty koala, have been making the most of the wet conditions\n\nHeavy rains and thunderstorms have lashed parts of Australia's east coast, dousing some of its fires but bringing a new threat of flooding to some areas.\n\nThere have been downpours in the states of Victoria, New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland, which have all been badly hit by the bushfire crisis.\n\nMajor roads were closed in Queensland and power cuts were reported in parts of NSW as a result of the weather.\n\nBut fire officials said the rain was helping to tackle some of the blazes.\n\nFires have been raging in Australia since September, killing at least 28 people, destroying thousands of homes and scorching millions of acres of land.\n\nNSW reported severe rainfall and storms in several areas, and warned of potential flooding.\n\nNew South Wales' capital Sydney has seen heavy rainfall\n\nFirefighters in the state said they were making the most of the \"benign conditions\" of rain and cooler temperatures to try to tackle the remaining bushfires. Some 75 fires were still burning in the state on Saturday, down from well over 100 a few days ago.\n\n\"Rain continues to fall across a number of firegrounds, however the Far South Coast and along the border are still yet to receive any moisture,\" the Rural Fire Service said on Twitter.\n\nIt also urged people to \"take this time to discuss your bush fire survival plan\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe state of Queensland has had some of the heaviest rainfall Australia has seen in months. Some major roads were closed and residential areas flooded, but no deaths or injuries were reported.\n\n\"Heavy, intense rainfall has eased, but showers and thunderstorms still possible through the weekend. Take care on the roads - if it's flooded, forget it,\" the Bureau of Meteorology in Queensland wrote on Twitter on Saturday.\n\nForecasters in Victoria said thunderstorms were possible across much of the central and eastern state on Saturday. \"Thunderstorms could become severe due to heavy falls across the northeast of the State. Damaging winds and large hail are a slight risk,\" the state's Bureau of Meteorology said.\n\nMajor bushfires continued to rage on Saturday in regions in the south and south-east of the country - including on Kangaroo Island - which have so far missed out on the rain.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Runners on Kangaroo Island say it's a good way to deal with the stress of the fires", "Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has led Friday prayers in the capital Tehran - the first time he has done so in eight years.\n\nHis country has faced criticism at home and abroad after it admitted shooting down a Ukrainian passenger plane by mistake.\n\nThe BBC's Martin Patience said he delivered \"a defiant message designed for domestic consumption\".", "The minister said his speech was a \"rhetorical coincidence\"\n\nBrazil's culture minister has been sacked after using parts of a speech by Nazi Germany's propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels in a video, sparking outrage.\n\nIn the clip posted on the ministry's Twitter page, Roberto Alvim detailed an award for \"heroic\" and \"national\" art.\n\nLohengrin by Wagner, Hitler's favourite composer, played in the background. Earlier, Mr Alvim said the now-deleted video was a \"rhetorical coincidence\".\n\nFar-right President Jair Bolsonaro said the speech had been \"unfortunate\".\n\n\"I reiterate our rejection of totalitarian and genocidal ideologies, such as Nazism and communism, as well as any inference to them. We also express our full and unrestricted support for the Jewish community, of which we're friends and share many common values,\" the president said on Twitter.\n\nIn the six-minute video detailing the National Arts Awards, Mr Alvim said: \"The Brazilian art of the next decade will be heroic and will be national, will be endowed with great capacity for emotional involvement... deeply linked to the urgent aspirations of our people, or else it will be nothing.\"\n\nParts of it were identical to a speech quoted in the book Joseph Goebbels: A Biography, by German historian Peter Longerich, who has written several works on the Holocaust.\n\n\"The German art of the next decade will be heroic, it will be steely-romantic, it will be factual and completely free of sentimentality, it will be national with great pathos and binding, or it will be nothing.\"\n\nGoebbels led the Ministry of Enlightenment and Propaganda, designed to brainwash people into obeying the Nazis and idolising leader Adolf Hitler. Its methods included censorship of the press and control of radio broadcasts, as well as control of culture and arts.\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 Secretaria Especial da Cultura 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 post on his Facebook page, Mr Alvim, a theatre director who was appointed to the ministerial post last year, said \"the left was doing a fallacious remote association\" between the two speeches, and that \"there was nothing wrong with his sentence\".\n\n\"The whole speech was based on a nationalistic ideal for the Brazilian art and there was a coincidence with ONE sentence of a speech by Goebbels. I didn't quote him and I'd NEVER do it... But the sentence itself is perfect.\"\n\nLater, in a second post, he said \"the speech had been written from various ideas linked to nationalist art that had been brought by his advisers\". He did not comment on the music that played in the video in any of his posts.\n\nAmong those who called for him to be fired was the Speaker of the lower house of Brazil's Congress, Rodrigo Maia, who said Mr Alvim had \"gone beyond all limits\" with an \"inacceptable\" video.\n\nThe Brazilian Israelite Confederation said: \"To emulate [Goebbels'] view... is a frightening sign of his vision of culture, which must be combated and contained.\"\n\nIt called for Mr Alvim's immediate removal, adding: \"Brazil, which sent brave soldiers to combat Nazism on European soil, doesn't deserve it.\"\n\nMr Bolsonaro, a former army captain with a conservative social agenda, has frequently accused Brazil's artists and cultural productions including schoolbooks and movies of \"left-wing bias\".", "\"'Twas the festive season to be jolly.\" Now \"'tis the awards season to be angry\".\n\nThis year's Bafta and Oscar nominations have annoyed a lot people for featuring, as they do, a line-up in the main categories (Best Film, Director, Actress, Actor, Supporting Actress and Actor) that has been seen by some to be as about as diverse and textured as a bowl of watery soup.\n\nIt is reasonable to say that the two national film academies have developed a Mr Bean-like capacity for stepping on the most conspicuous banana skins and landing themselves in a heap of stinking opprobrium.\n\nThis time around they've excelled themselves by successfully upsetting both the #OscarsSoWhite and Time's Up camps, which have complained about a men-only directing shortlist, and acting categories that feature almost exclusively white performers.\n\nGreta Gerwig (in the middle), the director of Little Women was notably absent from the all-male line-up\n\nOf the 35 individual nominations in the main award sections (39 if you include the extra four films the American Academy has included in its Best Picture grouping), all but three are identical on both shortlists.\n\nIronically, one of those not doubling-up is the English actress Cynthia Erivo (Harriet) - the only black actor to be recognised on either side of the Atlantic. She received an Oscar nod but was ignored by her home team at Bafta, which only last year picked her out as a \"rising star\".\n\nBritish actress Cynthia Erivo got a Best Actress Oscar nomination as the American abolitionist, Harriet Tubman in Harriet\n\nHave the 6,700 voting Bafta members and the 8,469 at Academy of Motion Picture, Arts and Sciences made a total Horlicks of this year's shortlists? Have they overlooked worthy films and talented actors and directors, or have they chosen the best from what was on offer?\n\nThis is a subjective matter, with individual tastes informed by experience and perspective, which is why a diverse membership is important if you want more than the usual suspects cropping up each year. If that happens (and it's worth noting there's been a reasonable range of winners in recent years - unless you happen to be a female director) the whole charade will become intellectually and artistically obsolete.\n\nI'll put my cards on the table.\n\nIMO the 2020 awards season line-up is conservative and cock-eyed. It lauds several films that are standard four-star movies (Joker, The Irishman, Little Women, Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood) with others that are no more than three-star (Marriage Story and 1917).\n\nJoker leads the pack with 11 Bafta and Oscar nominations, including one for Joaquin Phoenix for Best Actor\n\nMartin Scorsese (right) has Best Director and Best Film Bafta and Oscar nominations for The Irishman\n\nMy beef with the nominations isn't about gender or race (although both remain a serious issue across the arts in terms of recognition and opportunity), but how mediocre movies have been recognised at the expense of some truly excellent films and performances. I'm not talking about one or two anomalies, there are more misses than an England football team taking part in a penalty shoot-out. (The Golden Globes are not included as they are structured differently and are not voted for by members of a national academy.)\n\nParasite and Jojo Rabbit are worthy contenders, and should be battling it out with The Farewell, Queen & Slim, and Uncut Gems for Best Film.\n\nThe South Korean film Parasite was recognised in the Best Film and director categories, but its leading actors were ignored\n\nJodie Turner-Smith and Daniel Kaluuya in Melina Matsoukas's debut film Queen & Slim received no nominations\n\nYou might well disagree, others have in the past.\n\nA year or so ago a middle-aged man approached me on the London Underground, paused, stared, and then said cryptically, \"You owe me £16\". \"Why?\" I asked. \"Shape of Water\" he said, and walked off.\n\nAt least he gave it a chance. Which is more than either academy appears to have done for many-a decent movie this year.\n\nThe 2020 awards season feels reminiscent of France in 1863. Then, its official fine art academy rejected so many avant-garde painters from its all-important Paris Salon, that Napoleon III - fearing another uprising - decided to hold an alternative, concurrent exhibition called the Salon des Refusés. It was a popular success (although many came to laugh at the work on show), which would change the course of art forever. It heralded a new age, a new order, and a new way of looking, encapsulated in Édouard Manet's magnificent Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe (1863), which was then derided by an establishment that now accepts it as a masterpiece.\n\nLe Déjeuner sur l'Herbe by Edouard Manet, (1863) was one of the works shown in Napoleon III's Salon des Refusés, in Paris, after being rejected by the jury of the official salon\n\nAnd so, in the spirit of 1863, based on the movies I've seen and taking into account would-be nominees cited as overlooked by other critics (in the spirit of Napoleon III), I offer you an alternative combined Bafta-Oscar shortlist for the main categories in the… Awards des Refusés:\n\nI know which awards show I'd rather watch and whose speeches I'd rather hear.", "Carol Norton had £4,000 stolen from her even though the criminals knew her husband Keith (pictured) was terminally ill\n\n\"I couldn't believe I could lose £4,000 as easy as that. It was terrible\".\n\nCarol Norton is talking about the moment she realised she'd had thousands of pounds stolen from her and her dying husband.\n\nIt is when fraudsters convince often elderly, sometimes vulnerable, victims to take cash out of their bank account and hand it over to criminals posing as couriers or police officers.\n\nKent Police and City of London Police are launching a nationwide awareness campaign about this type of fraud.\n\nIt comes after figures showed £7m was stolen from around 2,000 elderly people last year.\n\nIn Carol's case, she was convinced she'd been called by genuine police officers after being told to hang up and immediately dial 999.\n\nThe thieves kept the line open and in the few seconds between when she hung up and picked up the phone again, the line did not disconnect.\n\nThat tricked Carol into thinking she was speaking to an emergency operator when in fact it was another member of the gang.\n\nThey now had Carol hooked, so was just a case of reeling her in.\n\n\"I had a phone call from someone who said they were the chief fraud officer at my local police station,\" she said.\n\n\"They said someone had tried to use my card details to spend £600 in Birmingham and were worried someone at my local bank was passing on customers' details, so would I be willing to help them in an investigation?\"\n\nCarol felt a sense of public duty to people she thought were the police and agreed.\n\nThe fraudsters instructed her to go to her local bank and withdraw £4,000 in cash.\n\nAbout 20 minutes after she returned home, someone else arrived.\n\n\"I saw somebody walking up the path and I had to give him a password which I'd arranged with someone I thought was a police officer,\" she said.\n\n\"He took the money and as I saw him walking away I saw him get into a taxi and then I thought something was wrong because undercover policemen wouldn't be using a taxi.\n\n\"So I ran next door to my daughter and told her what happened, and straight away she said 'you've been scammed'.\"\n\nCarol and her daughter told the police. A neighbour's CCTV footage meant police had a picture of the fraudster and were able to find and arrest him.\n\nBut in many cases, there is no lucky break.\n\nAnother victim who spoke to Money Box, but did not want to be named, was targeted on six occasions by the same gang.\n\nHe was tricked into visiting his bank three times and travel agents on a further three. In all he had £37,000 stolen.\n\nHis bank, unlike Carol's, decided to refund the money.\n\n\"I felt extremely stupid. I can [now] easily see ways in which I should have realised long before I did that the transaction was not what it seemed,\" he said.\n\n\"Obviously I was extremely annoyed, to put it mildly, to lose the money.\n\n\"It's an extremely unpleasant kind of crime, carried out by people who are very clever at what they do, who are taking advantage of vulnerable people.\"\n\nDetective Sergeant Marc Cananur from Kent Police said the criminals behind this type of crime are ruthless and expert.\n\n\"It's simplistic in its methods, equally it's really sophisticated and difficult for the police to catch the people involved,\" he said\n\n\"The exploitation of the vulnerable, from a generation which trusts the police, culminates in the criminals making significant amounts of money.\"\n\nDS Cananur said people need to be aware that the police or their bank will never cold call to verify personal details.\n\n\"When in doubt, terminate that call and use an alternative line to call your local force on 101 or Action Fraud,\" he said.\n\nPeople should always wait five minutes before ringing back too, to make sure the line has completely disconnected.\n\nFraudsters will often try to rush their victims, so they don't have time to think - police advise never to be rushed into doing anything.\n\nThey say people should talk to someone they trust and never follow instructions not to speak to other people. Don't worry about being rude and hanging up, police said.\n\nYou can hear more on BBC Radio 4's Money Box programme by listening again here.", "The US Space Force posted a picture its new uniform on Twitter\n\nThe US Space Force has defended its newly unveiled camouflage uniforms after they were roundly mocked on social media.\n\nThe force, officially launched by US President Donald Trump last month, posted a picture of the uniform to its Twitter account.\n\nThe uniform in the picture has a woodland camouflage design with badges embroidered on the arm and chest.\n\nReacting to the uniform, many critics had the same question: \"Camo in space?\"\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 United States Space Force 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\nOne Twitter user asked: \"Have they never seen space before?\"\n\nAnother illustrated the difference between space and camouflage, which is designed to help military personnel blend in with their surroundings.\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 JRehling 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\nFlanked by US troops, Mr Trump officially launched the force at an army base near Washington in December last year.\n\nMr Trump said the force would help the US military \"deter aggression\" in what he called \"the world's newest war-fighting domain\".\n\nBut the new military service, overseen by the US Air Force, is not intended to put troops into orbit.\n\nRather, it will protect US assets such as the hundreds of satellites used for communication and surveillance.\n\nUS Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett said the Space Force would comprise about 16,000 air force and civilian personnel.\n\nThe Trump administration has allocated $40m (£34m) to fund the force in its first year.", "The author of the best-selling Jack Reacher novels is handing over the writing duties to his younger brother.\n\nLee Child, 65, reportedly considered killing off the 6ft 5ins vigilante hero, who is played by actor Tom Cruise in film adaptations.\n\nBut the writer said: \"I love my readers and know they want many, many more Reacher stories in the future.\"\n\nHis brother Andrew Grant, 51, who will write under the pen name Andrew Child, is already an established author.\n\nChild, whose real name is James Grant, said he felt he was \"ageing out\" of being able to produce more of the books.\n\nHe said: \"So I have decided to pass the baton to someone who can.\"\n\nHe described his younger sibling as the \"best tough-guy writer I have read in years.\"\n\n\"We share the same DNA, the same background, the same upbringing,\" he said, adding: \"He's me, fifteen years ago, full of energy and ideas.\"\n\nThere have been two Jack Reacher films starring Tom Cruise\n\nThe Coventry-born author said they would work on the next few novels together \"and then he'll strike out on his own\".\n\nChild started writing after being fired from his job as a presentation director at Granada Television in 1995.\n\nHis first Reacher novel, Killing Floor, was published in 1997.\n\nHe has since sold more than 100 million books and Amazon has announced it is adapting the series for TV.\n\nThe novels, which are set in the United States, have been translated into 40 languages and adapted into two movies starring Cruise.\n\nThe protagonist of the book series is a former major in the US Army military police who roams the US investigating suspicious and dangerous situations.\n\nGrant said he had been \"blown away\" by his elder brother's first Reacher novel.\n\nHe said: \"The more time I spent with him in each new adventure, the more I craved the next. So I know what it's like to wait for the new Reacher novel.\"\n\nHe added: \"I understand what Reacher fans want - because I am one. And I'll do my best to deliver for them.\n\n\"I'll have to. Because my big brother will be watching.\"\n\nThe Sentinel, the 25th Jack Reacher novel, is due to be published on 29 October 2020.", "A report in 2014 found at least 1,400 children were subjected to sexual abuse in Rotherham\n\nA survivor of sexual abuse in Rotherham has told the BBC she feels \"vindicated\" by a watchdog's investigation that found South Yorkshire Police did not do enough to protect her.\n\nIn a report initially leaked to the Times newspaper, the Independent Office for Police Conduct said officers failed to deal with offenders adequately.\n\nThe force has accepted the findings.\n\nThe complainant, who was repeatedly abused as a girl, said she was \"astounded\" when she read the report.\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) report also upheld a complaint that the victim's father was told by a senior officer, whom the IOPC has been unable to identify, that the force was aware abuse \"had been going on 30 years and the police could do nothing because of racial tensions\".\n\nA report in 2014 by Prof Alexis Jay found at least 1,400 children were subjected to sexual abuse in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013, predominantly by men of Pakistani heritage.\n\n\"For 18 years I have being trying to prove that I'm not a liar, that I didn't make it up,\" said the woman, who was abused over several years from about 2003.\n\n\"I'm really, really disgusted in what were in that [the report] - basically, that victims and their families were sacrificed. Their lives ruined, living with a life sentence because of fear of racial tension.\"\n\nThe watchdog's report, seen by the BBC, upheld the victim's complaints that \"police took insufficient action to protect you from harm\" and that \"police failed to adequately deal with offenders and this failure led you to be exposed to abuse\".\n\nIn a statement, the force said: \"South Yorkshire Police accepts the findings of this report and have been working to address the issues it raises since the publication of the Jay Report in 2014.\n\n\"After such a lengthy IOPC investigation it is disappointing that no individual officer has been identified as this is not something we would tolerate in today's force.\"\n\nEarlier this week, a report found that police and social workers investigating child sex exploitation in Manchester knew children were suffering \"the most profound abuse... but did not protect them\".\n\nSteve Noonan from the IOPC said the watchdog had \"completed more than 90% of the inquiries\" as part of its investigation into abuse in Rotherham.\n\n\"At the conclusion of all of our investigations we intend to publish an overarching report covering all of the findings, outcomes and learning from our work on Operation Linden,\" he said.\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.", "Lord Maclennan was once acting leader of the Liberal Democrats\n\nLord Robert Maclennan, former leader of the Social Democrat Party, who also served as joint interim leader of the Liberal Democrats, has died aged 83.\n\nThe peer led the SDP in the late 1980s as it carried out negotiations to merge with the Liberal Party.\n\nLord Maclennan then became joint interim leader of the merged party.\n\nHe served as an MP in the Highlands for 35 years, retiring from his Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross seat in 2001.\n\nActing Leader of the Liberal Democrats Sir Ed Davey said: \"Bob was the kind of politician we all strive to be.\n\n\"Considerate, honest and hardworking with an uncanny ability to reach out across the political spectrum to find common ground.\n\n\"He was also a great servant, over many decades, to his Highland constituents. A passionate advocate of devolution, he campaigned tirelessly for the creation of the Scottish parliament and wider constitutional reform.\n\n\"As Liberal Democrats, we also pay him a huge debt of gratitude. It was his determined leadership and bravery that proved critical in the formation of the movement we know today.\"\n\nLord Maclennan led the Social Democrat Party before its merger with the Liberal Party\n\nLord Maclennan, who was a Labour MP before joining the SDP, was parliamentary under-secretary at the Department of Prices and Consumer Protection in the late 1970s.\n\nScottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie said: \"Bob was such a kind and generous gentleman who was passionate about social democracy and fairness.\n\n\"He was a dedicated servant for the Caithness and Sutherland and founder of the Liberal Democrats. A close friend and mentor to many in the party he will be missed so much.\"", "Sainsbury's has beaten rivals Morrisons and Asda to be named the cheapest supermarket of 2019, according to a survey by Which?.\n\nThe consumer group tracked the prices of 53 branded items like Andrex toilet roll and Weetabix cereal over the year.\n\nEach month it compared the cost of the basket on supermarket websites - an average of £107.01 at Sainsbury's.\n\nWhich? only tracked stores that sell their full range online, so Lidl and Aldi were not included.\n\nThat stood in contrast to the average monthly cost of buying the goods at Waitrose - the most expensive supermarket according to the survey - where the price came to £117.81, 10% more.\n\nSainsbury's, which was only the third-cheapest supermarket in 2018, stole the title from Morrisons, where the basket would have cost £109.13 last year.\n\nThis year, Morrisons was relegated to third place, behind Asda, where the basket of branded goods carried an average price tag of £107.65.\n\nAt Tesco, Which? recorded a £112.40 average bill when it reached the checkout. Meanwhile, the receipt was for £116.40 at Ocado.\n\n\"Your weekly supermarket shop can have a significant impact on your wallet, and the start of a new year is a good time to look at your household spending to see if there are areas where you can save money,\" said Natalie Hitchins, head of home products and services at Which?.\n\n\"Our analysis shows how important it can be to shop around to ensure you get the best price for your groceries.\"\n\nOther items in the basket included Ben & Jerry's cookie dough ice cream and Mr Kipling's cherry bakewells.", "The pair were first pictured together at the 2017 Invictus Games after months avoiding the cameras\n\nMeghan Markle was the American actress, with a passion for humanitarian and feminist causes. Harry was the rebel prince turned soldier, considered the world's most eligible bachelor.\n\nIn the summer of 2016, the two were brought together on a blind date by a mutual friend in London.\n\n\"Beautiful\" Meghan \"just tripped and fell into my life\", Harry later told the press, and he knew immediately she was \"the one\".\n\nAfter just two dates, the new couple went on holiday together to Botswana, camping out under the stars.\n\nThey fell in love \"so incredibly quickly\", proof the \"stars were aligned\", said Harry.\n\nTo the British press, their romance was catnip. Here was a golden couple who were able to draw vast crowds, speak the language of younger generations and sprinkle royal stardust on any cause.\n\nFor months the couple avoided the cameras and it wasn't until the 2017 Invictus Games in Toronto that the the two were first photographed holding hands in public, smiling and laughing.\n\nBut there had been signs early on that the fairytale was some way off a \"happily ever after\".\n\nWhen Harry first confirmed the relationship in late 2016, it came with a stark attack on the media, accusing them of subjecting his girlfriend to \"a wave of abuse and harassment\".\n\nHe spoke of nightly legal battles to keep defamatory stories out of papers, attempts by reporters and photographers to get into Meghan's home and the \"bombardment\" of nearly every friend and loved one in her life.\n\nIt was a problem that was only going to get worse.\n\nDespite that - or perhaps because of that - the two grew ever closer and in September 2017, Meghan declared to Vanity Fair magazine: \"Personally, I love a great love story.\"\n\nThe two of them had been enjoying a special time together and were really happy and in love, she said.\n\nThe media was now on high alert for the sound of royal wedding bells - and they didn't have to wait long.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle posed for the cameras in the garden at Kensington Palace\n\nIn November 2017, Harry got down on one knee to propose to Meghan as they made roast chicken together at their home in Kensington Palace.\n\nHarry had designed the ring, made with two diamonds which had belonged to his late mother, Diana, Princess of Wales. At the centre was a diamond from Botswana.\n\nThe couple shared their story in a candid interview with the BBC, and appearing brimming with positivity for the future.\n\nThey revealed Meghan would give up acting to focus on causes close to her heart, working alongside her husband-to-be.\n\n\"I know that she will be unbelievably good at the job part of it,\" said Harry.\n\nThings began to shift as preparations got under way for a May 2018 wedding in Windsor.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIt quickly became clear that this was a royal couple who wanted to do things differently - their way.\n\nThe wedding, which much of the world tuned in to watch, had all the traditions - a stunning dress, cheeky bridesmaids and heartfelt vows.\n\nBut, as our royal correspondent Jonny Dymond said at the time, the service with its gospel choir, young black cellist and breathtaking address from Bishop Curry, marked it out as a modern, diverse wedding for a modern, diverse couple, which seemed to point to a different future for the Royal Family.\n\nMarried life brought with it new titles - the Duke and Duchess of Sussex - and a new home at Windsor in Frogmore Cottage.\n\nDuring a trip to Merseyside, the duchess told well-wishers she was six months pregnant and did not know if it was a boy or a girl\n\nIn October of that year, the couple embarked on their first royal tour, visiting Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga, over 16 days. It was there that they shared the news that they were expecting their first baby.\n\nArchie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, seventh in line to throne and the Queen's eighth great-grandchild, was born on 6 May 2019.\n\nTo Harry, who was by Meghan's side at the birth, little Archie was \"absolutely to die for\".\n\nThroughout Meghan's pregnancy, the continual redrawing of battlelines had gone on between the press and the couple.\n\nThis was to be no repeat of the Duchess of Cambridge's birth with the circus of journalists and photographers lying in wait outside hospital doors for days on end.\n\nThe press had been told there would be no information about the birth, beyond that it was happening.\n\nSuch scrutiny and pressure proved to be a struggle for the newly-wed Meghan during her pregnancy and in early motherhood, she later admitted in an ITV documentary filmed during their tour of southern Africa in September.\n\n\"Not many people have asked if I'm OK,\" she said, looking lost. She spoke of her vulnerability during pregnancy and the challenges of having a new-born - \"it's a lot\".\n\nAsked if she could cope, she said she had long told Harry it was not enough to just survive - \"that's not the point of life - you have got to thrive\".\n\nArchie was christened in a private ceremony, from which the press and the public were excluded\n\nThere were further signs that the couple were not happy, when the prince opened up about his mental health.\n\nHe said it was under constant management and he lived with the pressures of avoiding a repeat of the past that took his mother, the Princess of Wales, from him.\n\nShe died in a car crash in Paris when Harry was just 12. The driver had been drinking and the car was being followed by paparazzi on motorbikes.\n\n\"Everything that she went through, and what happened to her, is incredibly important every single day, and that is not me being paranoid,\" he said.\n\n\"Part of this job is putting on a brave face but, for me and my wife, there is a lot of stuff that hurts, especially when the majority of it is untrue,\" he added.\n\nIt has also been suggested the scrutiny of Meghan has been greater because of her African-American heritage.\n\nFormer US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said she wanted to hug Meghan for the British media's \"racist\" treatment of her, while Harry has highlighted how \"unconscious bias\" can lead to racist behaviour even if people do not consider themselves to be racist.\n\nTheir struggles were shared in an interview while touring southern Africa\n\nThe couple's frustration and anger with some sections of the press has gone from being a matter between the palace and editors into the full glare of the public spotlight.\n\nMeghan is suing the Mail on Sunday over a claim that it unlawfully published one of her private letters and Harry filed proceedings at the High Court against the owners of the Sun, the defunct News of the World, and the Daily Mirror, in relation to alleged phone-hacking.\n\nAs such a dramatic year came to a close, the royal couple took an extended break from royal duties over Christmas, taking Archie to the Canadian province of British Columbia.\n\nIt gave them time to mull over their next move and, within days of the start of a new decade, they dropped their bombshell announcement.\n\nNeither Harry's father, Prince Charles, nor his older brother, Prince William, with whom Harry has said he has \"good days\" and \"bad days\", were consulted.\n\nHarry and Meghan were, they told their Instagram followers, planning to leave their royal duties - and the royal purse - behind.\n\nThey hope their next chapter, spent in North America as well as the UK, will see the two of them, together with baby Archie, make their own path to the future.", "Harry Dunn died in hospital after his motorbike was involved in a crash outside RAF Croughton\n\nA police chief has asked to meet the commander of the RAF base near where Harry Dunn died, to discuss cars being driven on the wrong side of the road.\n\nMr Dunn, 19, was hit by a car driven by Anne Sacoolas, who left for the US claiming diplomatic immunity.\n\nVideo has now emerged of a car being driven on the wrong side of the road near RAF Croughton on Friday night.\n\nNorthamptonshire Chief Constable Nick Adderley said these events \"cannot keep happening\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This car was filmed on Friday on the wrong side of the road near the RAF base close to where Harry Dunn died\n\nA police vehicle was also struck by a car on the wrong side of the same road in October.\n\nThe footage that was captured on Friday shows a blue BMW having to brake sharply on a road near the base.\n\nHarry Dunn's family, including his mother Charlotte Charles, have been campaigning for justice\n\nIn a statement, the chief constable said: \"I do not underestimate how much of a concerning incident this was and how much worse it could have been, especially considering the circumstances in which 19-year-old Harry Dunn tragically died.\n\n\"This is compounded by the fact that yesterday, myself and Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Stephen Mold were made aware of another incident in Northampton in which a police vehicle was struck in early October by a vehicle also driving on the wrong side of the road.\n\n\"Thankfully, there were no injuries.\n\n\"I want to be absolutely clear on the fact that these incidents just cannot keep happening.\"\n\nHe said he had requested a meeting with officials from the base to discuss road safety and that he expected it to take place next week.\n\nThe Dunn family spokesman, Radd Seiger, said watching the footage made him feel sick.\n\nAnne Sacoolas pictured on her wedding day in 2003\n\n\"Harry's parents want, more than anything else, for this to never happen to a family again, and I look forward to entering into talks with the authorities, on both sides of the Atlantic, to make sure it never does,\" Mr Seiger said.\n\nMr Dunn died in hospital after a head-on collision with a car on 27 August last year near RAF Croughton.\n\nAnne Sacoolas, 42, the wife of a US intelligence officer, is believed to have been driving on the wrong side of the road and is to be charged with causing death by dangerous driving.\n\nShe claimed diplomatic immunity after the collision, left for her home country and has refused to return to the UK despite an extradition attempt.", "Owen Jones was attacked during a night out to celebrate his birthday\n\nA man launched an unprovoked attack on Guardian columnist Owen Jones because of his sexuality and political views, a judge has ruled.\n\nJames Healy, 40, admitted assaulting Mr Jones by The Lexington pub in Islington last year but claimed it was because the 35-year-old had spilled his drink.\n\nHowever, Mr Jones said he \"absolutely did not\" spill the drink.\n\nAt the end of a two-day hearing, the judge ruled the attack could only have been due to his media profile.\n\nRecorder Judge Anne Studd QC said Healy, of Portsmouth, would have had \"plenty of opportunity to remonstrate\" with Mr Jones in the pub if he had spilled the drink but made no attempt to do so.\n\n\"This was a deliberate and targeted attack on Mr Jones personally,\" she said.\n\nFollowing Healy's arrest, a search of his home revealed a photograph of him performing a Nazi salute.\n\nThe court heard the photo showed him as a teenager but had been printed out in 2015.\n\nHealy, who has admitted affray and assault occasioning actual bodily harm, faced a trial of issue to determine his motivation for attacking Mr Jones.\n\nIn her ruling Judge Studd said that while it could not be proven Healy had been performing a Nazi salute in the photograph, she was \"sure that [Healy] holds particular beliefs that are normally associated with the far right wing\".\n\n\"I therefore propose to sentence Mr Healy on the basis that this was a wholly unprovoked attack on Mr Jones by reason of his widely published left-wing and LGBTQ beliefs by a man who has demonstrable right-wing sympathies,\" she said.\n\nMr Jones told the court some people see him as a \"hate figure\"\n\nMr Jones suffered cuts and swelling to his back and head and bruises all down his body in the assault which happened on his birthday night out on 17 August.\n\nIn his evidence at Snaresbrook Crown Court, the journalist said: \"I'm an unapologetic socialist, I'm an anti-racist, I'm an anti-fascist and I've consistently used my profile to advocate left-wing causes.\"\n\nMr Jones has almost one million Twitter followers, 125,000 followers on Instagram and 350,000 followers on Facebook.\n\n\"What I use these platforms for is to advocate left-wing ideas and a passion and unwavering commitment to opposing racism, fascism, Islamophobia and homophobia,\" he told the court.\n\n\"Almost every single day I am the subject of an unrelenting campaign [of abuse] by far-right sympathisers.\n\n\"They've come to see me as this hate figure in their ranks.\"\n\nMr Jones said he received death threats on a daily basis, adding: \"It's the combination of being left-wing, gay, anti-fascist - that's everything the far right hate.\"\n\nOwen Jones had been drinking in The Lexington in Islington\n\nDescribing the evening of the attack, Mr Jones said: \"My recollection is that I was saying goodbye to a friend and then I was on the floor completely disoriented.\n\n\"In those 10 seconds, I don't really remember what happened because I was attacked from behind, I had no sense of what was going to happen.\"\n\nWhen asked about the claim he had knocked Mr Healy's drink, he said: \"That absolutely did not happen.\n\n\"If I thought I had accidentally spilled someone's drink, I would apologise profusely, I would say, 'I'm so sorry' and I would insist - whether they liked it or not - on buying them another drink.\"\n\nThe court heard Healy has a string of convictions for football violence and is currently subject to a football banning order for encroaching on a pitch.\n\nHe also allegedly had a football hooligan flag adorned with SS symbols and a collection of pin badges linked to white supremacist groups.\n\nHealy told the court: \"I'm a hoarder. I never throw anything away. I just had them all that time tucked away in the back of a drawer.\n\n\"Bearing in mind they came into my possession in 1998, there was no internet back then, the information now is easily available.\n\n\"As far as I knew, they were connected to football and football violence.\"\n\nA date has yet to be set for Healy's sentencing.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "One charity says the number of youth suicides in Wales is a \"scandal\"\n\nChildren at risk of suicide in Wales are still \"falling through the gaps\", the children's commissioner has warned.\n\nSally Holland said some young people were being \"bounced around the system\" and wants a more joined-up approach.\n\nIt comes as the youth suicide prevention charity Papyrus opens its first Welsh office - calling youth suicides a \"scandal\".\n\nThe Welsh Government said it would invest £5m for support in schools.\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford said it was everybody's responsibility to \"weave together a safety net\" for young people.\n\nSally Holland says children cannot be told they're \"at the wrong door\" when they reach out for help\n\nMs Holland welcomed the spending commitment but warned: \"There'll be some children who need more support than the school or universal services can offer and that's where we need to make sure they don't get lost in the system.\n\n\"Children tend to often now, with their families, fall down through the gaps so they sit on a waiting list for one service, perhaps get turned away from that, get told to go and try somewhere else, what we might say is being bounced around the system.\n\n\"We need to make sure there's a no-wrong-door approach - if you reach out for help you don't keep being told you're at the wrong door.\"\n\nGemma Bowen described her son Alfie \"as a really talented, artistic young man\"\n\nGemma Bowen's son Alfie was 14 when he took his own life in 2018.\n\n\"He was a gorgeous boy. He was really clever. He had taken up with a load of friends at his new school. He was a really talented, artistic young man, very thoughtful. He was brilliant fun,\" she said.\n\nGemma, from Cardiff, has been raising money for Papyrus since Alfie's death and is pleased the charity has opened a Welsh office.\n\n\"I've been looking out for them to come to Wales and to meet with the team so I think it's brilliant that it's going to shine a spotlight on the problem of young suicide in Wales.\n\n\"The number of young lives that are being lost is an absolute tragedy.\"\n\nDespite not having an office in Wales at the time, Richard Owen from Morganstown in Cardiff said Papyrus were \"very helpful\" when his 17-year-old son Rhod killed himself in 2010.\n\n\"We really welcome the fact that Papyrus has opened an office in Wales. Suicide is preventable and Papyrus do marvellous work in equipping people to deal with people in crisis.\"\n\nIn recent months, Ms Holland has travelled across Wales asking organisations to work together through the regional partnership boards.\n\n\"I'm pleased to say that some regions are rapidly changing how they respond to those kinds of calls for help so that they get support really quickly from the right people early enough, but other areas still have some way to go.\"\n\nAccording to the Office for National Statistics, 38 young people aged 10-24 took their own life in Wales in 2018.\n\nFrom its new Cardiff office Papyrus will provide advice over the phone to young people contemplating suicide, and those who are worried a young person might be at risk.\n\nThe charity will also do outreach work with schools and youth clubs.\n\nPapyrus' head of Wales Kate Heneghan said: \"One is too many, 38 is a scandal.\n\n\"We know that the more outreach work we do within our Welsh communities the more calls we receive to our helpline from young people struggling, and from concerned others too, not knowing where to turn for support.\"\n\nAsked if the Welsh Government was doing enough in this area, Ms Heneghan said: \"We always say it's not enough, more can be done.\"\n\nSuicide prevention is \"everybody's responsibility\" says First Minister Mark Drakeford\n\nSpeaking at the official opening of Papyrus' new office, Mr Drakeford said: \"The only way that we manage to weave together a safety net that is strong enough to reach out to those young people who've reached that desperate point in their lives is by making it everybody's responsibility.\"\n\nOn Wednesday, Assembly Members will debate how much support is available to families who have lost a child to suicide.\n\nLynne Neagle, chairwoman the Young People Committee, said: \"It's crucially important, not just because suicide bereavement is a uniquely devastating loss, but also because we know that people bereaved by suicide are much more likely to die by suicide themselves.\"\n\nIf you or anyone you know is having suicidal thoughts, you can contact the Samaritans at 116 123 or jo@samaritans.org; or see their website. The confidential Papyrus line for young people is 0800 0684 141. Or you can visit the BBC Action Line website.\n\nYou can also contact the Community Advice and Listening Line for Wales, which offers a free confidential support service with help to find local mental health services, on 0800 132 737 or text 'Help' to 81066.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Reigning champions Saracens will be relegated from rugby union's top flight at the end of this season following persistent salary cap breaches, Premiership Rugby has confirmed.\n\nSarries had already been deducted 35 points for the current Premiership campaign and fined £5.4m for three seasons' spending above the cap.\n\nProof of immediate cap compliance was required to avoid further sanctions.\n\nSaracens \"accept\" the relegation and \"apologise for the mistakes made\".\n\nIn a statement, the club added: \"Our goal is to rebuild confidence and trust. We have accepted the unprecedented measure of automatic relegation from the Premiership at the end of the 2019-2020 season.\n\n\"The board must embody the values of the club, learn from its mistakes so the club can come back stronger.\n\n\"It is in the wider interests of the Premiership and English rugby to take this decisive step, to ensure everybody is able once again to focus on the game of rugby, which we all love.\"\n\nSaracens will finish this season before entering the Championship for 2020-21.\n• None 'The most remarkable scandal in the domestic game'\n• None Saracens Q&A: Why are Saracens being relegated and what happens next?\n• None Stars can still play for England despite relegation\n\n\"Premiership Rugby is prepared to take strong action to enforce the regulations governing fair competition between our clubs,\" chief executive Darren Childs said.\n\n\"At the conclusion of dialogue with Saracens about their compliance with the Salary Cap Regulations, it has been decided that Saracens will be relegated at the end of this season.\n\n\"At the same time as enforcing the existing regulations, we want to ensure a level playing field for all clubs in the future, which is why we have asked Lord Myners to carry out an independently-led review of the salary cap.\"\n\nIn the past five years Saracens have dominated both domestically and in Europe, winning four Premiership titles and three European crowns.\n\nThis decision also means that should the club successfully retain its European Champions Cup crown, they would not be permitted to defend the title next season.\n\nTheir cup campaign continues on Sunday, when they welcome Pool Four leaders Racing 92 to Allianz Park, hoping to better Munster's result and qualify for the knockout phase.\n\nNeil Golding, who took over from Nigel Wray as Saracens chairman earlier this month, said: \"I acknowledge the club has made errors in the past and we unreservedly apologise for those mistakes.\n\n\"I and the rest of the board are committed to overseeing stringent new governance measures to ensure regulatory compliance going forward.\"\n\nPremiership Rugby introduced the salary cap in 1999 to ensure the financial viability of all clubs and the competition.\n\n'They had two choices - they took relegation'\n\nAlthough Saracens' relegation is the punishment some clubs were seeking, there is still a sense of dissatisfaction with the outcome among their fiercest critics.\n\nExeter Chiefs were beaten by Sarries two years in succession in the Premiership's showpiece final, and their chief executive Tony Rowe is still bitter about how long it has taken the game's authorities to take firm action.\n\n\"They've taken relegation,\" Rowe told BBC Radio Devon following the news. \"Let's be very honest about this before people have sympathy with Saracens.\n\n\"They had two choices: they could either open up their books so that Premiership Rugby could do a forensic audit of exactly what has gone on, or they could take relegation. So it was their choice not to open up their books.\n\n\"Premiership Rugby - all the chairmen - we just want to move on. It was their opportunity to open up everything to the salary cap people, or take relegation. They have decided to take relegation.\"\n\nHe added: \"We just want to move on. They have cheated. And I'm just a bit upset it has taken so long to do this. At the moment they are still picking their team each week largely from the squad they had last year which is still in breach of the salary cap. They have been asked by the rest of the Premiership clubs to reduce that (the squad) back as well.\n\n\"Everybody has had their suspicions for a long time. Five years ago they were hauled over the coals for similar offences. We just want a level playing field. Every club just wants the same opportunity and chances and let's hope we get back to that.\"\n\nAsked whether Saracens should be allowed to keep their titles, he replied: \"I'm not sure about that. There is still some more to come out and I'm not privy to talk about that at the moment.\"\n\nThe move calls into question the futures of the club's international stars, such as England players Owen Farrell, Mako Vunipola and Maro Itoje, given the need to trim the wage bill and the fact the club will no longer be competing in elite competition, both domestically and continentally.\n\nWhile the Rugby Football Union have confirmed that players operating in the Championship will be eligible for England duty, financial constraints could make it difficult for the club to retain the services of their elite personnel.\n\nOne issue the players themselves may find is that potential suitors among other clubs have already put much of their recruitment for next season in place and already spent a large extent of their cap.\n\nThe other concern is that a move to France's Top 14, a regular destination for top-level southern hemisphere talent and rugby league converts from the Australasian National Rugby League, may be a potentially lucrative option.\n\nSuch a move would guarantee elite-level competition but would also rule out international representative rugby as the RFU will only select home-based talent.\n\nThus far, Scarlets-bound full-back Liam Williams is the only confirmed departure from the club, and the Wales international was due to end his contract at Saracens at the end of the season in any event.\n\nThis is an extraordinary story - the biggest in English club rugby history - as the Saracens dynasty dramatically crumbles.\n\nWho knows what would have happened if the club had taken a different approach back in November, when they met the initial punishment with indignation rather than contrition - a stance that infuriated their rivals.\n\nBut with the club still breaching the cap in January, Saracens and Premiership Rugby have come to what appears to be a negotiated settlement, with the club accepting relegation.\n\nHowever, while there is finally confirmation of their fate, the questions still come thick and fast: namely, what on earth happens to this star-studded squad between now and next season?", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Four candidates remain in the race for the Labour leadership\n\nThe five Labour MPs standing for leader have said party divisions stand in the way of winning an election.\n\nIn the first hustings, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Emily Thornberry, Sir Keir Starmer, Lisa Nandy and Jess Phillips made their pitches to the membership.\n\nSir Keir said \"we've had far too much division\", while Ms Phillips said the \"name-calling has been horrendous\".\n\nParty members in Liverpool questioned them on issues from Brexit to anti-Semitism.\n\nIt was the first in a series of events across the country before Jeremy Corbyn's successor is elected on 4 April.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The five candidates in the race for the Labour leadership set out how they would take on Boris Johnson.\n\nDeputy leader candidates Rosena Allin-Khan, Dawn Butler, Richard Burgon, Ian Murray and Angela Rayner are also answering questions in a separate hustings.\n\nThe five leadership candidates all acknowledged that Labour had suffered from division and in-fighting.\n\n\"We have to be honest with ourselves that over the last four years we haven't been united as a party,\" said Mrs Long-Bailey.\n\nSir Keir said that the unity of the party \"has to be modelled from the top\". \"Don't trash the last Labour government, don't trash the last four years,\" he said.\n\nAlthough all the candidates criticised the party's record on anti-Semitism, Ms Phillips accused some others of \"keeping quiet\" on the issue.\n\n\"As somebody who was in the room, struggling for an independent system - at lots and lots of meetings - I have to say I don't remember some of the people here being in that particular room or being in those particular fights,\" she said.\n\nMs Nandy said a \"collective failure of leadership at the top of the party has let us all down\", while Mrs Long-Bailey, a Jeremy Corbyn ally, said: \"We can never let that level of mistrust happen again.\"\n\nMs Thornberry said Labour \"must be critical of a far-right government of Israel\" but said that blaming Jews is \"where racism begins\".\n\nCandidates were asked how they would bring the party and the country together over Brexit.\n\nWarning of the threat of no trade deal with the EU at the end of the transition period this year, Ms Thornberry said the party needs \"someone in this fight who has been on the right side all along\".\n\nMs Nandy said Labour has allowed the Tories to divide people, pitting the young against the old and cities against towns, as they \"airbrushed out the nuance\".\n\nShe called for the Labour HQ to be moved out of London, as a \"powerful symbol\" of its commitment to empower regional communities.\n\nSir Keir urged the party to let go of the Leave and Remain labels and \"focus on the future\", while Ms Long-Bailey said the country needed a \"democratic revolution\" because voters disliked the centralisation of power in Westminster as much as Brussels.\n\nMs Phillips said the party needed to \"start talking to people's hearts and talking to people in a language people hear and receive, because that is what Boris Johnson does\".\n\nFind out more about the candidates, including their early life, time before Parliament, record as an MP, and leadership pitch:\n\nThe hunt for a new Labour leader was triggered when Mr Corbyn stepped down following the party's fourth general election defeat in a row.\n\nIn order to make the final ballot, each of the Labour leadership hopefuls must secure the backing of unions and local parties.\n\nThe five contenders need the support of 5% of local parties or at least three affiliates - two must be unions - by 14 February to make the final ballot.\n\nMembers of the public who join the party or become affiliated supporters before 20 January will be eligible to vote in the contest.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What matters to members in this leadership election?\n\nA YouGov poll of 1,005 Labour members for the Times on Friday suggested Ms Thornberry would go out in the first round of voting with just 3%, with Ms Nandy knocked out in the second round and Ms Phillips in the third, with most of her second preference votes going to Sir Keir.\n\nThe poll - which only includes full Labour members, and not others who are entitled to vote - indicates Sir Keir would beat Mrs Long-Bailey in the final round by 63% to 37%, once the other candidates have been eliminated.\n\nIt suggests Angela Rayner is on course to win the deputy leadership election in the first round with 57%.", "In the great chess game that is world trade, the pieces are shifting slowly around the board. Only in this game there are three major players not two: the US, China and the European Union.\n\nWe've now had a chance to see the first moves from new EU trade commissioner Phil Hogan after his appearance at an event in Washington. And he's choosing a new way to play the game.\n\nWhereas here in the UK, the government treads delicately when dealing with the nations it wants to strike trade deals with, Mr Hogan was rather more blunt, talking about the \"bluffing\", \"sabre-rattling\" and \"short term thinking\" of the Trump administration.\n\nMr Hogan reflected sceptically on whether yesterday's China-US partial deal had achieved much, and also suggested that the EU would examine that deal for compliance with global trade rules.\n\nThe US administration has threatened to withdraw security cooperation from countries that use 5G equipment from the Chinese firm Huawei. Mr Hogan said: \"I think it's a bit of sabre rattling. At the end of the day we can call their bluff on that one\".\n\nAnd yet at the same time, he has joined forces with the US and Japan to tackle the \"threat\" of China's use of industrial subsidies.\n\nThere are other emerging fronts in the US-EU battle - on tech taxes, and on the environment and carbon taxes.\n\nThe UK is about to join the players at the table in its own right, stepping in at a time of tumult, and working out how closely it wants to sit by the EU.\n\nThe EU meanwhile has other priorities on the world stage. That is one reason why Mr Hogan dismissed Boris Johnson's self-imposed end of 2020 deadline for a post-Brexit trade deal as \"just not possible\" describing it as \"brinkmanship\".\n\nMore than that, he specifically indicated that if this was the approach the UK wanted to take, then only a subset of the agreed Brexit political declaration would be up for detailed discussion, and that agreement on that would be needed by 30 June.\n\nThis suggests that the EU may be planning to \"prioritise\" - ie not follow the mandate from the EU27 for UK-EU talks to reflect the UK's timetable - and will not talk about the full 36-page political agreement.\n\nThe UK now has to choose its strategy: on whether to pursue fully parallel talks with the US, whether to publish a detailed negotiating mandate for such talks, and how to assert itself alongside Japan at a World Trade Organisation dominated by US-EU-China. That is all still to be fleshed out.\n\nNo one seems entirely sure if the Department for International Trade will even continue to exist as the government contemplates restructuring Whitehall. There are many fundamental decisions to be made.\n\nBut when it comes to sizing up the UK's opponents across the table, the EU is making one thing clear: it can talk as tough as Trump.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Danny Butcher's family said he was reassured that after the course he would soon make enough money to pay off his debts\n\nA soldier killed himself after paying £13,000 for training with a property company that promises to help people become \"financially free\".\n\nThe family of army reservist Danny Butcher, 37, said he never made the money he thought he would.\n\nDozens of people want refunds from Property Investors, which has been described as operating like a \"cult\".\n\nThe company, run by former illusionist Samuel Leeds, said: \"People should only purchase courses they can afford.\"\n\nMr Butcher's widow Charlotte has visited his grave almost every day since he died in October\n\nMr Butcher, from Doncaster, had spoken about his mental health in the past and his family said he had existing debt before he took on loans and credit card debt to pay Property Investors.\n\nHis family said he had been led to believe he would make enough money from property deals and rental income to replace a wage or salary.\n\nMr Butcher's widow Charlotte, 32, said: \"I think that he felt that he'd let everyone down, that he'd messed everything up and that there was no way out of it.\n\n\"All he wanted was his own chance at making something of himself for me and his son, he saw this as his opportunity.\n\n\"Obviously taking out all of the loans, he put himself on the line, but it was a bit like 'yeah it's scary but without risk there's no reward'.\n\n\"He genuinely thought this was his chance because of how easy they made it all sound.\"\n\nSamuel Leeds said at the time of Mr Butcher's death he was \"heartbroken\" it had happened\n\nProperty Investors puts on free two-day crash courses, offering people the option to sign up to a training academy where they will learn how to become \"financially free\" by investing in property.\n\nThe company described Mr Leeds as having \"found his own success\" after attending training courses, with his wealth coming \"primarily from his property investment activity\".\n\nMr Leeds posts videos on YouTube nearly every day promoting his methods. In one he joked that he would punch people in the throat unless they subscribed to his YouTube channel.\n\nIn one clip he promises to work one-on-one with his customers, to provide \"a custom, tailored, bespoke plan\" and \"hold your hand, make it happen\".\n\nMr Butcher attended a free course in March with his brother-in-law Glyn Jones.\n\nGlyn Jones, Mr Butcher's brother-in-law, said he felt people on the crash course were \"pressurised\" into signing up for further training\n\nMr Jones said: \"It felt like brainwashing, like a religious cult kind of thing but done on a much smaller scale.\n\n\"What he's offering never appears, I don't see how it can.\"\n\nAccording to his wife, Mr Butcher's \"gut instinct\" told him not to sign up for the academy and he held out for two days before changing his mind, swayed by the promise of exclusive mentorship and one-to-one training.\n\nMr Butcher's family said he did not get the support he had been promised.\n\nThe company said academy members had access to weekly video calls and monthly webinars with specialist property coaches.\n\nAfter failing to make any money, Danny Butcher took his own life in October.\n\nAt the time, Mr Leeds made a public statement on Facebook: \"I am deeply saddened to hear that Danny Butcher took his own life.\n\n\"This tragic news comes as a great shock to many and I am heartbroken that this has happened. My thoughts and prayers are with Danny's family at this time.\"\n\nMr Butcher took his own life just 11 weeks after his wedding\n\nThe BBC has become aware of dozens of people who have said they signed up for Property Investors' training and now wanted their money back.\n\nAt least 78 people are trying to claim back more than £200,000 between them.\n\nDianne Granville got a refund from Property Investors in 2018 and has been helping a group of people to try to get their money back.\n\nShe said: \"There are very vulnerable people out there and he's preying on them.\n\n\"I'm lucky. I realised what was happening to me and I dealt with it.\"\n\nIn a statement, the company said it was \"proud to run the largest property investment training business in the UK\".\n\n\"We are humbled to have the opportunity to help thousands of people on their journey towards financial freedom through property investments every year,\" the statement said.\n\nAndrew Whyte said all he had to show for his money was a folder full of documents\n\nArmy veteran Andrew Whyte, who served in the Falklands and Afghanistan, said he intended to pursue the company through the small claims court.\n\nHe said he handed over his armed forces pension payout to cover the cost of the training.\n\nMr Whyte said: \"I ended up having to skip meals or have Pot Noodle sandwiches, stuff like that, the cheapest tins and cheapest noodles, just to have food and to eat.\n\n\"If I was living on my own I'd probably be on the streets by now. I'd be surviving off the street if I hadn't had the support from friends and family members.\"\n\nIn a statement, the company said: \"While we are not lenders or financial advisors, our stated view is that people should only purchase courses that they can afford.\"\n\nIt said there was no obligation for people who attended the crash course to sign up for further paid training, while there was a two-stage application process for the training academy and a 14-day cooling-off period during which people could request a refund.\n\nThe company said any requests for refunds outside the cooling-off period would be considered on a case by case basis but it was not \"fair or right\" for people to attend courses and then \"seek not to pay for them with no legitimate reason\".\n\nThe BBC has been told the training academy provides the same information freely available on Mr Leeds's YouTube channel\n\nA BBC reporter went undercover on one of Property Investors' crash courses and filmed a speaker telling people it was possible to make up to £50,000 a month from something called \"deal sourcing\".\n\nThis involved finding houses for sale on property websites such as Rightmove and working out how much rental income they could generate before selling this information to investors.\n\nOn the first day of the course, which lasted from 09:00 to 23:00, the reporter was invited to apply for the training academy.\n\nDuring a selection interview the next day, she was encouraged to sign up despite saying she was unable to afford it and would have to increase her credit card limit to cover the costs.\n\nProperty expert Bruce Collinson said: \"There's nothing easy about property investing, you get out of it what you put in to it.\n\n\"This is a scheme, an investment, a gamble, where you could lose the lot and if you haven't got anything to start with then where are you going to end up? Bankrupt, repossessed, if you have property, or worse.\"\n\nIn a statement, the company said: \"Investing in property is not for everyone. We do not advise those who cannot fully commit to the time and effort it takes to participate.\"\n\nMr Butcher's dad Alan said his son \"totally believed\" what he had been told by Property Investors\n\nThere is currently no regulation of the property training industry in the UK, anyone can set themselves up as a trainer and no-one verifies whether they are what they say they are, or if they provide the training they promise.\n\nThis is something Mr Butcher's family said they wanted to see changed.\n\nHis father Alan said: \"The only thing I can do for Danny is to try and make people aware so they don't end up wasting their money and putting themselves in a bad place. If it does that, what's a meaningless loss of life won't be quite so meaningless.\"\n\nIn a statement, the company said: \"We think that debate about standards and regulation in our sector is a good thing and it is something that we look forward to actively leading as it develops.\"\n\nIf you or someone you know has been affected by the issues raised in this story, help and support is available at bbc.co.uk/actionline\n\nInside Out (Yorkshire and Lincolnshire) investigates the company charging thousands for training courses on BBC One at 19:30 GMT on Monday 20 January and can be seen afterwards on BBC iPlayer.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Rebecca Long-Bailey and Emily Thornberry have launched their leadership campaigns\n\nRebecca Long-Bailey has promised to \"shake up\" how government works and put power into the hands of voters if elected Labour leader.\n\nLaunching her campaign in Manchester, she said the last few years showed many people \"instinctively\" thought there was something wrong with laws being drafted by an \"elite\" in Brussels.\n\nShe added that Westminster \"didn't feel much closer\".\n\nThe shadow foreign secretary highlighted her experience challenging Boris Johnson, in a speech in her home town of Guildford in Surrey.\n\nThe first Labour hustings event will take place in Liverpool on Saturday.\n\nMrs Long-Bailey and Ms Thornberry will be joined at the debate by fellow candidates Lisa Nandy, Jess Phillips and Sir Keir Starmer.\n\nLabour members will also be able to put questions to the contenders to become Labour's deputy leader - Rosena Allin-Khan, Dawn Butler, Richard Burgon, Ian Murray and Angela Rayner.\n\nIt comes as a YouGov poll of 1,005 Labour members for The Times suggests Sir Keir has extended his lead over Mrs Long-Bailey.\n\nAt her leadership campaign launch at Manchester's Science and Industry Museum, Mrs Long-Bailey said the British state needed \"a seismic shock, to prise it open at all levels to the people\".\n\n\"Where I grew up, Westminster, even London, felt like a million miles away,\" she said.\n\n\"The story of the last few years is that many people feel there is something wrong with their laws being drafted hundreds of miles away by a distant and largely unaccountable bureaucratic elite in Brussels.\n\n\"But I'll be honest, Westminster didn't feel much closer, and it still doesn't today.\"\n\nShe vowed to end the \"gentlemen's club of politics\" by moving power from London to local levels and from chief executives to workers.\n\nRebecca Long-Bailey pledged to replace the House of Lords with an elected senate if elected Labour leader\n\nThe shadow business secretary said she wanted to \"shake up the way government works\", adding: \"We will put power back where it belongs - in your hands.\"\n\nShe pledged to \"sweep away the House of Lords\" and replace it with an elected senate outside of London.\n\n\"My kind of socialism is the kind we all rise together,\" she told Labour members and supporters.\n\n\"My kind of socialism is a Britain in which everyone is free to dream, free to climb and free to succeed\".\n\nShe said Labour's election defeat was in part down to voters not trusting the party - adding Labour had a lot of work to do to win trust back.\n\nMrs Long-Bailey said the \"most upsetting thing\" for many Labour members has been \"what has happened with the anti-Semitism crisis within our party\".\n\nShe said the party \"didn't tackle it properly\" or \"act quickly enough\" and despite \"vast advances\" in procedure in dealing with allegations, \"we still haven't won back the trust of Jewish members\".\n\n\"I won't ever let that happen again,\" she said. \"We have got to take robust action.\"\n\nOn Thursday, she received a boost on when she secured the support of the grassroots organisation Momentum.\n\nMeanwhile, Mrs Long-Bailey recently said she was opposed to abortion after 24 weeks on the grounds of disability, adding that this was a personal view rather than a policy position.\n\nHer spokesman said she \"unequivocally supports a woman's right to choose\".\n\nLaunching her campaign, near the Bellfields estate where she grew up, Ms Thornberry warned that Labour faces \"a long, tough road back to power after the painful and crushing defeat we suffered last month\" in the general election.\n\nShadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry launched her leadership campaign in Guildford\n\n\"We're going to need someone tough, someone resilient, someone experienced and battle-hardened,\" the shadow foreign secretary said.\n\nMs Thornberry, who scraped through the first stage of the race, securing the required amount of support from MPs minutes before the deadline, said she had the \"skills and the values\" to be leader and emphasised her experience in the shadow cabinet.\n\nShe drew attention to her role \"on the front line in the fights against climate change, universal credit, and anti-abortion laws in Northern Ireland\".\n\nMs Thornberry also said that if she ever lost the confidence of colleagues or thought she was going to lose an election she would stand down.\n\n\"I will always put the Labour Party first,\" the MP for Islington South and Finsbury said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Four candidates remain in the race for the Labour leadership\n\nThe latest YouGov poll showed that Ms Thornberry would go out in the first round of voting with just 3%, with Ms Nandy knocked out in the second round and Ms Phillips in the third, with most of her second preference votes going to Sir Keir.\n\nReacting to the poll, Ms Thornberry said it would be a \"long campaign\" and that it would be \"short-sighted\" to stop now.\n\nShe said she had \"never taken the easy way\" and that \"people can work out who is the best leader at the hustings\".\n\nThe poll indicates Sir Keir would beat Mrs Long-Bailey in the final round by 63% to 37%, once the other candidates have been eliminated.\n\nA YouGov poll last month suggested the shadow Brexit secretary was on 61%, compared with Mrs Long-Bailey on 39%.\n\nThe poll suggests Angela Rayner is on course to win the deputy leadership election in the first round with 57%.\n\nIt is a poll of full Labour members only, and does not include registered and affiliated Labour supporters, who are also entitled to cast a ballot.\n\nMeanwhile, speaking on the BBC's Political Thinking with Nick Robinson podcast, Ms Nandy said she was a \"sceptic\" about the monarchy.\n\nShe went on to say she believed patriotism was \"a profoundly left-wing value... it is about being part of something bigger than yourself\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Delta Airlines flight returned to the airport shortly after takeoff\n\nFour teachers are suing Delta Air Lines after one of its aircraft dumped fuel over schools as it made an emergency landing.\n\nThe flight was forced to return to Los Angeles International Airport because of engine problems.\n\nDelta confirmed the plane had dumped the fuel to reduce its landing weight. Nearly 60 people were treated at six local schools, many of them children.\n\nThe four teachers are now seeking unspecified damages over the incident.\n\n\"The plaintiffs could feel the fuel on their clothes, their flesh, their eyes and their skin,\" a lawyer for the teachers said, adding that the fuel \"penetrated their mouths and noses as well, producing a lasting and severe irritation\".\n\nThe teachers filed the suit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday. According to the Los Angeles Times, the suit says jet fuel is dangerous to humans and cites the US Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.\n\nDelta has yet to comment on the lawsuit.\n\nThe flight was bound for Shanghai. It landed safely shortly after the fuel dump, with all 167 passengers and crew unharmed.\n\nDelta has already been cited by the South Coast Air Quality Management District for a violation. The agency characterised the fuel dump as a public nuisance.\n\nIt comes after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) launched an investigation into the incident immediately after Tuesday's emergency landing.\n\nAviation rules say that planes can dump fuel in emergency landings, but only over designated areas and at a high altitude.\n\nOn Wednesday, the FAA said the crew had released the fuel without telling air traffic control.\n\nA transcript of radio transmissions made public after the incident revealed that the pilot had initially told controllers there was no need to dump, before later releasing the fuel.", "Officers have been at the flats since 05:55 GMT\n\nA man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman who fell to her death from a block of flats.\n\nThe woman fell from the seventh floor of Clarendon House in Clarendon Road, Hove, at about 05:55 GMT.\n\nA 52-year-old man, said by police to have known the victim, was arrested.\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has been notified, as Sussex Police had had recent contact with the man and woman.\n\nThe force has notified the Independent Office for Police Conduct\n\nThe victim was pronounced dead at the scene\n\nPolice said the suspect and victim were known to each other\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Khagendra Thapa Magar was named the shortest living man who could walk\n\nThe world's shortest man who could walk, as verified by Guinness World Records (GWR), has died at a hospital in Nepal at the age of 27.\n\nHis brother told AFP news agency he died on Friday following a battle with pneumonia.\n\nGWR paid tribute to Mr Magar, saying he \"didn't let his small size stop him from getting the most out of life\".\n\nMr Magar was recognised as the world's smallest man on his 18th birthday in 2010, at a ceremony attended by local and international dignitaries.\n\n\"I don't consider myself to be a small man. I'm a big man. I hope that having this title enables me to prove it and get a proper house for me and my family,\" he said at the time.\n\nGWR has two categories for people of short stature - mobile and non-mobile. Filipino Junrey Balawing, who is unable to walk or stand unaided, is the world's shortest non-mobile man, measuring 59.93cm.\n\nMr Magar lost his title as the world's shortest mobile man to fellow Nepalese national Chandra Bahadur Dangi, who measured 54.6cm. However, he regained it following Mr Dangi's death in 2015.\n\nMr Magar was first spotted by a travelling salesman when he was 14 and taken to local fairs, where children paid to be photographed next to him.\n\nAfter gaining recognition from GWR in 2010, he travelled around the world and made television appearances in Europe and the US. He also became an official face of Nepal's tourism campaign.\n\nCraig Glenday, GWR's editor-in-chief, said he was \"terribly sad\" to hear the news of Mr Magar's death.\n\n\"His bright smile was so infectious that he melted the hearts of anyone who met him,\" he said.\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 guinnessworldrecords 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 record for the shortest living mobile man is now held by Edward Hernandez of Colombia, who measures 70.21cm.", "Canada has offered compensation to help with the immediate costs for families of some victims of Flight PS752\n\nCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said Canada will compensate families of the victims of the Ukraine Airlines crash.\n\nThe funds are designed to assist families of victims who are Canadians citizens or permanent residents in covering related costs such as travel.\n\nMr Trudeau said families would receive C$25,000 ($19,200; £14,600) per victim.\n\nFifty-seven Canadian nationals were on the plane when it was hit by an Iranian air defence missile earlier this month.\n\n\"This is a unique and unprecedented situation because of the international sanctions place in Iran and the difficulties that that imposes on these families,\" Mr Trudeau said on Friday.\n\n\"This is the first step. These families have lost a loved one in extraordinary circumstances and this grieving is even more difficult as a result,\" he said.\n\nFamilies are facing immediate financial pressures as they sort out the necessary funeral arrangements and travel in the wake of the tragedy, said Mr Trudeau. \"These families need help now,\" he said.\n\nThe prime minister said Canada still expected Iran to financially compensate the victims' families for their loss.\n\nThe Ukraine International Airlines flight crashed shortly after taking off from the Iranian capital Tehran on 8 January, killing all 176 passengers and crew members on board. Iran initially denied it was involved, but later admitted the plane was brought down by a missile fired in error.\n\nMr Trudeau said Iran has been asked to send the \"black box\" flight and cockpit data recorders from a crashed jet to France, saying it was one of the few countries with the ability to quickly analyse the badly damaged devices.\n\nHe also said 20 families of Canadian victims had requested the repatriation of remains and that the first of those remains are expected to be returned to Canada in the coming days.\n\nAlso on Friday, Canada's Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne met with his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif, in Oman to press Mr Zarif on full access for officials from Canada and other affected nation to assist in the investigation into the passenger plane crash.\n\nOn Thursday, ministers from five nations which lost citizens on the flight demanded full co-operation from Iran in a transparent international inquiry into the crash. The foreign ministers of Afghanistan, Britain, Canada, Sweden and Ukraine also said Iran must pay compensation.\n\nThey agreed on five key demands to Iran, including a \"thorough, independent and transparent international investigation\" and compensation to the victims' families.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The recovered artwork was put on display by police\n\nA painting discovered by chance last month is a Gustav Klimt original that was stolen nearly 23 years ago, Italian authorities have confirmed.\n\nThe painting, Portrait of a Lady, was taken from a gallery in the northern city of Piacenza in 1997.\n\nIt was thought to have disappeared for good until gardeners clearing away ivy found it concealed in an external wall at the same gallery.\n\nThe Klimt has an estimated value of at least €60m ($66m; £51m).\n\nWhy the painting was left in the wall at the Ricci Oddi Gallery of Modern Art is still a mystery.\n\n\"It is with no small emotion that I can tell you the work is authentic,\" said Prosecutor Ornella Chicca.\n\nShe said further tests would clarify whether the painting had been inside the wall space ever since it was stolen, or if it was placed there later.\n\nAfter those tests were complete the artwork would go back on display, Ms Chicca added.\n\nThe painting was found inside this recess in a wall at the gallery\n\nTo determine its authenticity, experts studied the painting under infrared and ultraviolet light and compared the images to those taken during tests in 1996.\n\n\"The correspondence between the images allowed us to determine that it's definitely the original painting,\" art expert Guido Cauzzi said.\n\nHe said the condition of the work was \"relatively good\", adding: \"It's gone through a few ordeals but only needs some routine care, nothing particularly complicated.\"\n\nPortrait of a Lady was painted in 1916-17 by Viennese artist Gustav Klimt towards the end of his life.\n\nIt was bought by Giuseppe Ricci Oddi in 1925 and kept in the gallery until it was stolen on 22 February 1997 amid preparations for a special exhibition.\n\nThe frame of the painting was discarded on the roof of the building to make it appear that thieves had broken in through the skylight. That was not the case as the skylight was too small for the painting to fit through.\n\nIn December, gardeners clearing ivy from a wall stumbled on a metal panel. Behind it lay a recess, within which was a black bag containing the missing painting.\n\nThe ivy covering the space had not been cut back for almost a decade, officials said.\n\nShortly before it was stolen, art student Claudia Maga revealed that it had been painted over another Klimt painting, Portrait of a Young Lady, which had not been seen since 1912.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nShe managed to prove her theory by persuading the Piacenza gallery's former director to have it X-rayed.\n\nThe original painting was of a young girl from Vienna who had died. Klimt had painted over the portrait when the girl died suddenly, to forget the pain of her death.", "Artwork: Powerful thrusters should push the Dragon capsule clear of the rocket\n\nAmerica aims to take another step on Sunday towards being able to send its own astronauts into orbit again.\n\nCalifornia's SpaceX company will practise what to do in the event that one of its rockets carrying a human crew fails shortly after lift-off.\n\nIf the test is completed successfully, it should clear the way for regular astronaut launches later this year.\n\nThe US has not launched from its own soil since the retirement of the space shuttles nine years ago.\n\nIt has been riding the Russian Soyuz system instead.\n\nThe US space agency (Nasa) has contracted both SpaceX and the aerospace giant Boeing to come up with home-grown alternatives.\n\nSpaceX - with its Falcon rocket and Dragon capsule - is now in the final stages of development.\n\nSunday's in-flight abort manoeuvre is really the last major obstacle the firm faces before receiving the full certification it needs to begin operational astronaut taxi services.\n\nThe Dragon capsule is fitted with four main parachutes to slow its return to Earth\n\nThe test, to be conducted at Florida's Kennedy Space Center, will see a Falcon 9 rocket climb out over the Atlantic and accelerate to supersonic speeds.\n\nThen, at a little over 80 seconds into the flight when the vehicle is travelling at almost twice the speed of sound, the engines will shut off.\n\nSoftware will trigger the Dragon capsule riding atop the Falcon to fire its powerful SuperDraco thrusters to push the vessel to a safe distance.\n\nEngineers expect the Dragon to continue on upwards, reaching an altitude of roughly 40km (25 miles) before dropping its lower service module structure, or trunk, and beginning the release of descent parachutes.\n\nThese should bring the capsule to a gentle splashdown roughly 30km offshore of Cape Canaveral, where a rescue team will be waiting to recover it.\n\nLift-off to touching the water should take about 10 minutes.\n\nAs for the rocket - it will be destroyed in the course of the demonstration.\n\n\"We expect that the Falcon will start to break up,\" said Benji Reed, director of crew mission management at SpaceX.\n\n\"Both stages (of the Falcon) are loaded with fuel because we want to have the right mass and do all the tests the right way. So with both stages loaded with fuel, we do expect there'll probably be some amount of ignition. Flame. We'll see something.\"\n\nSpaceX has developed its rocket and capsule solution under Nasa's Commercial Crew Program.\n\nKathy Lueders, who manages this project, said the in-flight abort promised an exciting spectacle - the kind of \"exciting\" that her agency would prefer never to see.\n\n\"But this is a big test for us,\" she told reporters. \"This is a test of a system that's supposed to protect our crews... a very important step in us making progress towards crew transportation to the International Space Station (ISS).\"\n\nNo people will be aboard for this test; only a couple of anthropomorphic test devices (\"dummies\") to record on-board conditions. But if the demonstration passes off without incident, SpaceX ought to be able to move to crewed operations fairly quickly.\n\nThe company has already demonstrated an abort manoeuvre straight off the launch pad and has even conducted an end-to-end practice run to the International Space Station in which a dummy took the place of real people.\n\nLast year, Nasa selected space shuttle veterans Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken as the astronauts it wants to go on the first SpaceX crewed flight.\n\nDoug Hurley (l) and Bob Behnken are waiting to make the first crewed flight in Dragon\n\nThe importance of having an effective abort capability was underlined by the 2018 experience of Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin and Nasa flight engineer Nick Hague.\n\nThey were in the midst of a routine journey to the ISS when their Soyuz rocket damaged itself two minutes into the ascent. The men only escaped death because their capsule also had an emergency system to pull the crew compartment to safety.\n\nIt will be recalled that the Challenger space shuttle in 1986 had no such escape capability and all seven crew members died when the orbiter began to break up 72 seconds into its mission.\n\nBoth SpaceX and Boeing were scheduled to enter crewed service in 2017, but have had to grapple with - and overcome - some tricky technical challenges.\n\nSpaceX saw one of its capsules explode on a testbed in April last year. And it has had to work hard recently to get the Dragon's parachute system performing to the specifications.\n\nLikewise for Boeing. Just last month, the company's Starliner capsule failed to complete fully its own dummy run to the ISS.\n\nThe ship experienced an anomaly immediately after launch that led it to waste fuel reserves, leaving it short of the propellant necessary to reach the orbiting outpost.\n\nAll that said, it seems likely both SpaceX and Boeing will get to debut crewed flights in the coming months.\n\nJonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos", "Belper Street was cordoned off while police carried out inquiries\n\nA 10-year-old boy has been stabbed in the street while out with his mother.\n\nThey were approached by a man in Belper Street, Leicester, at about 17:20 GMT on Saturday, who stabbed the boy and then ran off, police said.\n\nA member of the public called emergency services and the child was taken to the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham where he remains in a stable condition.\n\nHis mother was not injured in the attack and a cordon at the crime scene has been lifted.\n\nLeicestershire Police described the suspect as a light-skinned Asian man, in his mid-20s, about 5ft 10in tall, of chubby build, and wearing a brown jacket.\n\nDet Insp Tim Lindley said: \"This was an act of violence against a young child who was out, in the street, with his mother.\"\n\nHe appealed for witnesses or anyone with dash-cam or CCTV footage of the area around the time of the attack to contact police.\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.", "The news has shocked France, where Paul Bocuse was viewed as a \"pope\" of cuisine\n\nThe restaurant of famed French chef Paul Bocuse has lost its three-star Michelin rating, stirring controversy.\n\nL'Auberge du Pont de Collonges, known simply as Paul Bocuse, had held its crème de la crème rating since 1965 - a world record.\n\nBut the Michelin Guide said the food quality was \"no longer at the level of three stars\". It will now have two.\n\nThe family of Bocuse - a culinary icon in France - said they were \"upset\" by the decision.\n\nThe Michelin Guide's head Gwendal Poullenec visited the restaurant near Lyon on Thursday to deliver the news.\n\n\"Obviously, there was a lot of emotion,\" he told the Washington Post in an interview, adding that there had been \"a variation in the level of the cuisine, but it remains excellent.\"\n\nBocuse, who died in 2018 aged 91, was a household name in France. He was the head of an international food empire and known as the \"pope\" of cooking in his home country.\n\nThe restaurant's loss of a highly coveted third star has shocked France and drawn confusion and outrage from food critics around the world.\n\nFood critic Périco Légasse called it \"an absurd and unfair decision\".\n\n\"Michelin cannot be so stupid,\" he said on radio station FranceInfo, arguing that critics agreed the quality of food had improved since Bocuse's death.\n\n\"Today its discredit is total, the institution is dead,\" he said of the Michelin Guide.\n\nThis is the most recent controversy surrounding the Michelin Guide, which has made efforts in recent years to stave off criticism that is biased towards French cuisine and overvalues formal dining.\n\nIn December, French chef Marc Veyrat lost his court case against the guide after it stripped him of a Michelin star.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBocuse died in a room above the restaurant on 20 January 2018.\n\nAbout 1,000 people attended his funeral, with more mourners watching the ceremony on big screens set up outside the cathedral. French President Emmanuel Macron at the time described him as the \"incarnation of French cuisine\".\n\n\"Although upset by the inspectors' judgment, there is one thing that we never want to lose, it is the soul of Mr Paul,\" the restaurant and Bocuse's family said in a statement.\n\n\"From Collonges and from the bottom of our hearts, we will continue to bring the Sacred Fire to life with audacity, enthusiasm, excellence and a certain form of freedom.\"", "More than 1,000 people joined police to search through the night for a six-year-old boy who vanished from an M1 service station while on a school trip.\n\nAadil Umair Rahim was found near roadworks just off the northbound carriageway at about 04:15 - nine hours after he went missing at Newport Pagnell services.\n\nHis father said he was \"thankful to everyone\" who searched \"tirelessly\".\n\nHe said he was still \"kind of in shock and panic\", adding: \"he's safe now\".\n\nThe school coach had stopped at the services near Milton Keynes for a break as the pupils travelled back to Nottingham after a trip to London.\n\nHe was initially believed to be hiding but was not found for nine hours\n\nA police helicopter was deployed to find the boy on Friday night, aided by officers on the ground, fire service staff and members of the public.\n\nSearch teams initially thought he could be hiding in the service station but grew concerned as the hours went by and the weather got colder.\n\nTemperatures fell to 1°C before he was found close to a footbridge near Newbolt Close in an area which police said \"houses the matrix system\".\n\nHe was found about half a mile from the service station where he went missing\n\nHis father Umair Rahim said he was \"in shock\" but relieved he was safe.\n\nHe added on Facebook: \"My son has arrived and he is safe now. Thanks for the prayers. Shukar to Allah.\n\n\"Thank you to Thames Valley Police helicopter services fire department, and safe and rescue department who worked tirelessly for 9 hours and found him safe.\n\n\"There was more than a 1,000 people looking for him I'm thankful to everyone.\"\n\nSupt Amy Clements, said: \"This was a very difficult operation involving a very young boy and we are relieved to say that Aadil has been found safe and well.\n\n\"I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the local community, who immediately offered help in trying to find Aadil.\"\n\nThe six-year-old went missing from Newport Pagnell services, near Milton Keynes\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Two bombs went off in Guildford on 5 October 1974\n\nPolice investigating the 1974 Guildford pub bombings have \"seized\" archives and may destroy some of them, a memo seen by the BBC has claimed.\n\nThe records at Surrey History Centre were gathered by retired officers and deposited by ex-Ch Supt Bob Bartlett.\n\nCorrespondence said one file, dated 1967-74, covering the year of the bombs, had information on wanted people but \"will be destroyed\" on retention.\n\nSurrey Police said no papers had been destroyed and files would be audited.\n\nFive people were killed and 65 injured in the IRA attacks and 11 people were wrongly convicted and spent up to 15 years in jail.\n\nFor decades, questions have been asked about the police investigation after no-one else was prosecuted.\n\nLawyers representing the family of victim Ann Hamilton and survivor Yvonne Tagg in the resumed Guildford pub bombings inquest said if files were being retained, closed or marked for destruction, it raised \"serious concerns\".\n\nFour soldiers and a civilian died in the first explosion at the Horse and Groom\n\nCorrespondence given to the BBC said police \"entered the Surrey History Centre to recover any Guildford bombings related material because there is to be an inquest\".\n\nIt said they \"seized\" files on 14 November covering both the terror attacks and other \"diverse material\" including retirement certificates, photographs of the Operations Room and pocketbooks, along with information on a rabies alert and disruption in the countryside, without consulting Mr Bartlett, who runs the Surrey Constabulary History website.\n\nIt also claimed \"archivists felt compelled to comply with police demands\" and went on to criticise the move as \"over-interpreting the law\" and \"over-zealous\".\n\nThe papers included an appendix setting out reasons given by Surrey Police for taking the documents, citing General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Data Protection Act 2018, Management of Police Information (MoPI), the Public Records Act, the Freedom of Information Act and other guidance.\n\nFiles listed as withdrawn included a major incident handbook from the 1970s; photographs of the interiors and exteriors of the bombed pubs; and a file dated 1973-75 covering actions in dealing with incendiary devices, which were closed and may now apparently be retained for 100 years.\n\nAn open file containing four photographs of the pub bombing scene by war photographer and Fleet Street journalist Terry Fincher was also listed as retained while the force checked whether he was working for them.\n\nMr Fincher's daughter, Jayne Barlow, who holds his work in a separate archive, has said he was not working for the police.\n\nChristopher Stanley, from KRW Law, said: \"If files in the public domain which could have any relevance or significance to the pub bombings in Guildford, Woolwich and Birmingham - or the IRA bombing campaign in England between 1973 and 1975 generally - are being retained, closed or marked for destruction by the Surrey Police or other agency, then this is cause for serious concern.\n\n\"These files need to be independently assessed for their relevance, if any, to the resumed inquest and other inquiries and investigations which are ongoing or in the future - for example the current live investigation into the Birmingham pub bombings being undertaken by the West Midlands Police.\"\n\nHe said material that might have evidential value to answering questions about the Northern Ireland conflict was too often being destroyed, retained or closed by agencies of the state.\n\n\"The practice represents a corporate culture of secrecy and evasion which robs the relatives of victims of the conflict and survivors of the possibility of truth and reconciliation,\" he said.\n\nThis month it also emerged the Home Office had taken more than 700 files out of The National Archives in a move that campaigners said was \"a disgrace\".\n\nThe resumed inquest has also heard Surrey Police destroyed five boxes of police files \"in error\".\n\nThe wrongly convicted Guildford Four served 15 years in jail\n\nRetired lawyer Alastair Logan, who represented the wrongly-jailed Guildford Four, said police had in effect seized private property and the basis they claimed for seizing the files needed to be legally examined.\n\nHe said the file covering 1967-74 that was apparently earmarked for destruction could be relevant to the inquest and to the history of the matter of the Guildford bombings, adding: \"There appears to be no public oversight on what is happening.\"\n\n\"That file could point to people other than the Guildford Four as potential culprits - we don't know,\" he said.\n\n\"What is contentious is if it were to indicate that advance knowledge could have prevented the offences - that would be extremely important to the coroner.\"\n\nOn that particular file, the full reason for withdrawal stated in the memo was: \"Breach of GDPR and unknown if any are MoPI 1. This information will be destroyed under MoPi guideline when it has reached retention.\"\n\nThe total number of files seized is not known but, of those listed as withdrawn, nine were requested by the BBC on 26 September when it was established many of Mr Bartlett's files held at the archives were closed.\n\nThat request went to the Surrey History Centre but a revised request has since been submitted to Surrey Police to see day book entries from 1974.\n\nThe BBC has been seeking to view first-hand records of police activity on the night of the bombings after hearing claims of a discrepancy in timings by Charles King, whose son Rob, a reporter who went on to work for national newspapers, was on the scene and insisted the first explosion happened 20 minutes earlier than the time given.\n\nThe bombs killed five people, injured 65 and saw 11 wrongly convicted\n\nA statement issued by the force said: \"Surrey Police fully recognises the importance of recording information for historical value and works closely with the Surrey History Centre to encourage and support the archiving of material where it is lawful.\"\n\nIt said it came to light last summer that alongside material deposited by Surrey Police through an agreed process, other material gathered by retired officers had been submitted directly by a former officer.\n\nThe statement said: \"Material generated in the course of employment with Surrey Police should be submitted to the information management team who will assess and identify whether it is suitable for archiving.\n\n\"Submission of material directly to an archive does not satisfy our legal obligations. As the owner of this material and a data controller, Surrey Police is subject to strict guidelines.\"\n\nSurrey Police met archivists last September to advise them the collection would need to be removed and audited and the centre agreed the removal \"would be done by appointment\" on 14 November, it said.\n\n\"None of the material has been destroyed,\" the statement added. \"It will be audited against the relevant legal guidelines and, where possible, returned to the history centre.\"\n\nIt said any material that was still within retention must remain within the possession of Surrey Police.\n\nA spokesman for Surrey's police and crime commissioner (PCC) said: \"We have been informed that very little of the material in question relates to the Guildford pub bombings.\n\n\"The PCC was satisfied the action taken by Surrey Police, who are the owners of this material, was entirely appropriate to ensure the Force met its legal obligations.\"\n\nSurrey County Council, which runs Surrey History Centre, said it was not its place to comment.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Jo Swinson resigned as party leader after losing her seat in the 2019 general election\n\nThe Liberal Democrats have announced they will have a new party leader in place by the middle of July.\n\nEx-leader Jo Swinson resigned after losing her East Dunbartonshire seat at the general election in December.\n\nThe party's federal board has set out a timetable that will see nominations for candidates open on 11 May and close on 28 May.\n\nThe ballot for the new Lib Dem leader will then start on 18 June and conclude on 15 July.\n\nThe party says it has more than 100,000 members who will be eligible to take part in the selection process.\n\nEx-cabinet minister Sir Ed Davey and party president Mark Pack will continue as joint acting leaders of the Lib Dems until the election process is completed, the party said.\n\nMr Pack said: \"I want first to thank Jo Swinson for her determined leadership of the Liberal Democrats.\n\n\"The Liberal Democrats are the home for everyone who shares our vision of an outward-looking, caring country that celebrates diversity and benefits from high-quality public services.\n\n\"With our party membership at record levels, I urge everyone else who shares our values to join us in the coming days and vote in the leadership election.\"\n\nMs Swinson lost her seat to Amy Callaghan of the Scottish National Party by 149 votes.", "The voice actor who plays the Indian character Apu in The Simpsons has said he is stepping down from the role, following years of controversy.\n\nWhite actor Hank Azaria has performed the voice of the Indian convenience store owner since the character was created in 1990.\n\nBut the character has been accused of reinforcing racial stereotypes.\n\nIt was not immediately clear if Apu would get a new voice or be dropped from the cartoon.\n\n\"All we know there is I won't be doing the voice anymore, unless there's some way to transition it or something,\" Mr Azaria told the website SlashFilm.\n\n\"We all made the decision together... We all agreed on it. We all feel like it's the right thing and good about it.\"\n\nControversy over the character of immigrant shopkeeper Apu Nahasapeemapetilon intensified in 2017 when Indian-American comic Hari Kondabolu made a documentary saying he was founded on racial stereotypes.\n\nMr Kondabolu told the BBC that the character was problematic because he is defined by his job and how many children he has in his arranged marriage.\n\nIn his documentary, The Problem with Apu, he said Apu was one of the only representations of South Asians on US television when he was growing up and other children imitated the character to mock him.\n\nOthers joined the criticism, while some defended the show, saying all of its characters were stereotypes.\n\nAt the time, Mr Azaria - who also provides the voice of popular characters Moe Szyslak and Chief Wiggum, among others - said he found it \"very upsetting to me personally and professionally\" that anyone was marginalised because of Apu.\n\nHank Azaria provides the voices of numerous characters in the hit show\n\nHe also said he would be willing to stop playing the character.\n\nThe Simpsons itself addressed the controversy in a 2018 episode. In the scene, Marge changes a bedtime story to make it more politically correct, but her daughter objects. A distressed Marge then asks her daughter what she is supposed to do.\n\nLisa turns to the camera and says: \"It's hard to say. Something that started a long time ago, decades ago, that was applauded and was inoffensive, is now politically incorrect. What can you do?\"\n\nShe then signals to a photograph of Apu by her bedside, which is signed: \"Don't have a cow - Apu\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Hari Kondabolu: \"The show threw Lisa Simpson under the bus\"\n\nReacting to reports that Mr Azaria had stepped down, Mr Kondabolu said he hoped the character remained in the show and that \"a very talented writing staff do something interesting with him.\"\n\n\"My documentary \"The Problem with Apu\" was not made to get rid of a dated cartoon character, but to discuss race, representation & my community (which I love very much). It was also about how you can love something (like the Simpsons) & still be critical about aspects of it (Apu),\" he wrote on Twitter.", "Businesses have warned that food prices may rise and jobs may be affected after the chancellor vowed to end alignment with EU rules after Brexit.\n\nSajid Javid told the Financial Times the UK would not be a \"ruletaker\" after Brexit, urging businesses to \"adjust\".\n\nThe Food and Drink Federation said the proposals were likely to cause food prices to rise at the end of this year.\n\nThe Confederation of British Industry said for many firms, keeping existing EU rules would support jobs.\n\nThe automotive, food and drink and pharmaceutical industries all warned the government last year that moving away from key EU rules would be damaging.\n\nIn an interview with Financial Times, the chancellor said the Treasury would not support manufacturers that favour staying aligned with EU rules, as companies had known since 2016 that the UK was going to leave the EU.\n\n\"Admittedly they didn't know the exact terms,\" he said.\n\nThe UK's 11-month transition period begins after it leaves the EU on 31 January.\n\nMr Javid declined to specify which EU rules he wanted to drop, but said some businesses would benefit from Brexit, while others would not.\n\nHe added: \"There will not be alignment, we will not be a ruletaker, we will not be in the single market and we will not be in the customs union - and we will do this by the end of the year.\"\n\nTim Rycroft, chief operating officer of the Food and Drink Federation, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that it sounded like the \"death knell\" for frictionless trade with the EU.\n\nAcknowledging that some industries might benefit from Brexit, he said: \"We also have to make sure the government clearly understands what the consequences will be for industries like ours if they go ahead and change our trading terms.\"\n\nThe Food and Drink Federation warned of price rises at the end of the year\n\nThe Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said it welcomed the chancellor's \"ambitious\" vision but said the government should not feel an \"obligation\" to depart from EU rules.\n\nCarolyn Fairbairn, CBI director-general, said for many companies, \"particularly in some of the most deprived regions of the UK\", keeping the same rules would support jobs and maintain competitiveness.\n\nThe Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said the automotive industry in the UK and EU was \"uniquely integrated\" and its priority was to avoid \"expensive tariffs and other 'behind the border' barriers\".\n\nIt said it was vital to have \"early sight\" of the government's plans so companies could evaluate their impact.\n\nAnd the Chemical Industries Association said: \"The industry continues to support regulatory alignment with our European counterparts, which represents the largest single market for our products.\"\n\nBBC business correspondent Katy Austin pointed out that the association's members were concentrated in the north of England, an area the government is particularly keen to be seen to support.\n\nShadow chancellor John McDonnell tweeted that Conservative promises about frictionless trade with the EU after Brexit were \"now exposed as not worth paper they were written on\".\n\nThis tough tone from the chancellor appears to have a two-pronged intention.\n\nFirstly, there's the message to business, which is, effectively, that Brexit is going to happen so just get on with it.\n\nGetting on the wrong side of businesses has never been familiar ground for the Conservatives, but a majority government gives you the freedom to do the uncomfortable stuff.\n\nIt means the Tories can now be emboldened to say some companies will suffer because of Brexit in a way they never would have before. And with the general election now behind them, they can also pay little heed to warnings from the shadow chancellor that no alignment could lead to food shortages and job cuts.\n\nThe second motivation for this tough talk is likely to be about positioning ahead of the trade deal yet to be done with the EU.\n\nThe rhetoric around not being a \"rule-taker\" suggests the Conservatives want to be seen as preparing to have a tough battle with the EU to secure a deal without regulations - if they can.\n\nThe government has not yet agreed a future trading relationship with the EU - it plans to do so during the 11-month transition period.\n\nDuring this period the UK will continue to follow EU rules and contribute to its budget.\n\nThe chancellor also said he wanted to double the UK's annual economic growth to between 2.7 and 2.8%.\n\nThe outgoing governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, told the Financial Times last week he thought the UK's trend growth rate was much lower, at between 1 and 1.5%.\n\nMr Javid said the extra growth would come from spending on skills and infrastructure in the Midlands and the north of England - even if they did not offer as much \"bang for the buck\" as projects in other parts of the country.\n\nHe also pledged to rewrite Treasury investment rules, which have tended to favour government investment in places with high economic growth and high productivity.", "The first votes of the 2020 primary presidential election have been cast in the Midwestern state of Minnesota.\n\nVoters are deciding which Democratic presidential hopeful they want to become the party's eventual nominee in the November presidential election.\n\nThough Iowa's contest next month will be the first to announce a candidate as winning the state, early voting began in Minnesota on Friday.\n\nThousands of early ballots have already been cast.\n\nThe nation is fixated on Iowa's caucus - party-held elections across the state's precincts - on 3 February as the start of the 2020 election season, but voters from several states will have already had their say by then.\n\nAfter this primary election process, each party will name their presidential nominee in the summer. Voters will then cast their ballots for the next president of the United States on 3 November.\n\nFacing frigid temperatures of -2°F (-19°C), voters in Minneapolis - the seat of Minnesota's largest county - were already arriving to vote at 08:00 local time, when polling stations opened.\n\n\"We even had a little bit of a line,\" Ginny Gelms, the Hennepin county elections manager, told the BBC.\n\nRepresentative Ilhan Omar speaks in support of candidate Bernie Sanders on the first day of early voting in Minneapolis\n\nOver 280 people had cast ballots in person in the county before noon and over 6,000 more had been received by post, Ms Gelms said.\n\nThirty-eight US states and the District of Columbia allow voters to cast ballots before election day, either in person or by mail.\n\nThese 'absentee' ballots are often used by soldiers, US personnel overseas, or those not able to get to a poll station on election day.\n\nThough some jurisdictions have already begun accepting ballots by post, Minnesota is the first to open polling stations where voters can turn up.\n\nMinnesota voters braved freezing temperatures to get to the ballot box\n\nThey have 46 days to vote before the state's primary election day on 3 March, when over a dozen other states and territories will also hold their primary contests on the so-called 'Super Tuesday'.\n\nVermont, Virginia and North Dakota will also open polls for early voters on Saturday.\n\nEarly voting has become increasingly popular, though most voters still wait until election day. In 2000, 16% of voters cast early ballots in the general election, compared to nearly 40% in 2016.\n\nAmy Klobuchar, a Minnesota senator who is running for president, campaigned in her home state as polls were open, but others were on the ground in Iowa and New Hampshire, which hold primary contests next month.\n\nDemocratic candidate Amy Klobuchar campaigned in her home state of Minnesota on the first day of voting\n\nA strong result in the two February races can give a lift to campaigns. Joe Biden, the former vice president, and Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator, are the frontrunners, according to polls.\n\nThough Mr Sanders was not there for the first ballots, Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota congresswoman and supporter, campaigned in the state Friday on his behalf.\n\nCandidates still have a long road ahead. Americans won't know their next president until the general election on 3 November.", "The Duke of Sussex grew up in the media spotlight - from a young royal dealing with his mother's death, through his partying teenage years, to his career in the military.\n\nSince then Harry has followed in his mother's footsteps, doing charity work across the globe. He has got married and become a father.\n\nNow he and the Duchess of Sussex have begun a new chapter: giving up their royal duties, HRH titles and public funding and living in California.\n\nHarry has tried to balance his public and private lives. At times, the publicity that comes with being sixth in line to the throne has helped him to bolster support for his charitable endeavours. But there have also been times when that attention has become too much, and he has fought fiercely for his family's privacy.\n\nPrince Harry was born in 1984, the second child of the Prince and Princess of Wales\n\nBorn at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, on 15 September 1984, the prince was christened Henry Charles Albert David by the Archbishop of Canterbury in December of that year in St George's Chapel, Windsor.\n\nBut it was officially announced from the start of his life that he would be known as Harry.\n\nAlthough christened Henry, he has always been known as Harry\n\nHarry with his mother and brother on a trip to Thorpe Park in 1993\n\nThe prince's childhood was cut short when his mother died in 1997.\n\nPrincess Diana was killed in a crash in Paris, aged 36, as the car she was in sped through a tunnel followed by paparazzi photographers.\n\nHer death shook royal fans the world over, but it was 12-year-old Harry and 15-year-old William whose lives changed forever.\n\nThe funeral, which featured the image of the boys walking behind their mother's hearse to attend the service at Westminster Abbey, remains one of the most-watched programmes on the BBC.\n\nPrince Harry stood between his father, Prince Charles, and his older brother, Prince William, as they watched the hearse carry Diana's coffin\n\n\"I can safely say that losing my mum at the age of 12, and therefore shutting down all of my emotions for the last 20 years, has had a quite serious effect on not only my personal life but my work as well,\" the prince said in an interview with the Daily Telegraph in 2017.\n\nHe added: \"I have probably been very close to a complete breakdown on numerous occasions when all sorts of grief and all sorts of lies and misconceptions and everything are coming to you from every angle.\"\n\nThe prince followed the educational path of his older brother William, at Wetherby School in Notting Hill, before entering Eton in 1998.\n\nHarry, five, on his first day at Wetherby School, Notting Hill\n\nPrince Harry watching his brother sign the Eton College entrance book in 1995 - he would follow in his footsteps, joining the school three years later\n\nAfter leaving Eton with two A-levels in 2003, Harry took a gap year.\n\nHe worked on a sheep farm in Australia and with Aids orphans in Lesotho, paving the way for the charity he later set up there.\n\nPrince Charles took his sons on annual skiing holidays to Switzerland\n\nAttention from the press has been a constant in Harry's life.\n\nThe front page of a 2002 edition of the (now defunct) News of the World roared: \"Harry's drugs shame\", and claimed Prince Charles sent his son to visit a rehab clinic as punishment for smoking cannabis.\n\nSt James's Palace confirmed the then 17-year-old had \"experimented with the drug on several occasions\" but said the use was not \"regular\".\n\nThen in October 2004, there was a scuffle with a photographer outside a club.\n\nA royal spokesman said at the time the 20-year-old prince was hit in the face by a camera \"when photographers crowded around him\".\n\nAs part of his gap year, Prince Harry spent time at an orphanage in Lesotho, in southern Africa\n\nWhen Harry pushed the camera away, \"it's understood that a photographer's lip was cut\", the spokesman added.\n\nThe following year, an image of the prince dressed as a Nazi at a fancy dress party sparked outrage.\n\nClarence House later said the prince had apologised for any \"offence or embarrassment\" caused and had realised \"it was a poor choice of costume\".\n\nAnd in 2009, video footage emerged of Harry using offensive language to describe an Asian member of his Army platoon.\n\nSt James's Palace said the prince was \"extremely sorry for any offence his words might cause\" but said he had \"used the term without any malice and as a nickname about a highly popular member of his platoon\".\n\nHarry enjoyed lighter-hearted press coverage during the London 2012 Olympic Games, in his role as an Olympic ambassador.\n\nThe prince was an Olympic ambassador at the London 2012 Games\n\nIn the same year he spent a lot of time in front of the cameras for the Queen's Jubilee. As part of those celebrations Harry completed his first royal solo tour overseas with visits to Belize, the Bahamas, Brazil and Jamaica.\n\nHowever, that August, photos emerged of the prince and a young woman naked in a Las Vegas hotel room.\n\nThe two photos, published on US gossip website TMZ and later in the Sun newspaper, were taken on a private break with friends, with the site reporting the prince was in a group playing \"strip billiards\".\n\nHe later said he had \"probably let myself down\" but added: \"I was in a private area and there should have been a certain amount of privacy that one should expect.\"\n\nThere is, however, a saving grace to the scrapes Harry has found himself in.\n\nAs the younger brother to the expected future king, Harry has relatively little responsibility.\n\nLike the Queen's sister, Princess Margaret, and Prince Charles's younger siblings, Harry is a \"spare to the heir\" - and a world away from the throne.\n\nSo Harry's indiscretions have done little to dent public opinion of him.\n\nAnd he has perhaps had a freer existence because of it; security worries would have made active service in Afghanistan impossible for his older brother, for example.\n\nHarry served a tour in Afghanistan as an Apache helicopter pilot\n\nHarry spent 10 years in the armed forces, becoming the first royal in more than 25 years to serve in a war zone.\n\nHe was left disappointed in 2007 when Army chiefs decided not to send him to Iraq because of \"unacceptable risks\", but later spent 10 weeks serving in Afghanistan in 2008.\n\nHarry returned to the country as an Apache helicopter pilot from September 2012 to January 2013, before qualifying as an Apache commander in July 2013.\n\nHe later described how he had shot at Taliban insurgents, and said that being in Afghanistan was \"as normal as it's going to get\" for him.\n\nThe prince said quitting the Army had been a \"really tough decision\"\n\nWhen he announced he would be leaving the Army in 2015, the prince said his time in the military would \"stay with me for the rest of my life\".\n\nThis is reflected in his charity work, which mostly concentrates on mental health and helping service veterans.\n\nHarry's most notable charity work so far is his founding and chairing of the Invictus Games in 2014.\n\nThe Paralympic-style international competition for injured ex-service personnel has been held in London, Orlando, Toronto and Sydney.\n\nThe prince has been the driving force behind the Invictus Games\n\nHe has also supported the charity Walking With the Wounded, for injured veterans.\n\nThe prince's other charity work includes supporting conservation projects in Africa and jointly founding Sentebale, a charity to help orphans in Lesotho.\n\nOn his visit to Angola in September, Harry said landmines are \"an unhealed scar of war\"\n\nHarry and his brother William have worked together on various charity initiatives\n\nHe has continued his mother's work helping children affected by HIV and Aids, and supporting the Halo Trust's work in clearing landmines.\n\nDiana captured global attention when she walked through a live minefield in central Angola in 1997.\n\nShe died in Paris later that year, before seeing the full impact of her visit - such as the signing of an international treaty to outlaw the weapons - but Harry highlighted her achievements when he retraced her steps in September 2019.\n\nPrince Harry and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge supported Heads Together runners at the London Marathon in 2017\n\nIn later years, Harry has had counselling to help him deal with his mother's death.\n\nHe was best man at his brother William's wedding in April 2011, and has since spoken of how hard it was not to have Diana there.\n\nIn a candid interview with the Daily Telegraph, he described shutting down all of his emotions for nearly 20 years and refusing to thinking about his mother.\n\nThis, he said, had a \"quite serious effect\" on his personal life and his work, and brought him close to a breakdown \"on numerous occasions\".\n\nHe also said he would probably regret \"for the rest of his life\" how brief his last phone call with his mother was, and spoke of her \"fun\" parenting. She was a \"total kid through and through\", he said.\n\nHarry, William and the Duchess of Cambridge joined forces to focus their campaigning efforts on mental health.\n\nThey founded Heads Together, which aims to tackle stigma and fundraise for new support services.\n\nPrince Harry and Meghan Markle were first pictured together at the Invictus Games in 2017\n\nAs one of the world's most high-profile bachelors, Harry's love life has drawn much interest over the years.\n\nIn late 2016, he confirmed a new relationship with US actor, Meghan Markle, while issuing a statement accusing journalists of harassing her.\n\nHe described \"nightly legal battles to keep defamatory stories out of papers\", attempts by reporters and photographers to get into her home and the \"bombardment\" of nearly every friend and loved one in her life.\n\nThe pair had met on a blind date, organised by a mutual friend. Then after just two dates, they went on holiday together to Botswana.\n\nIn September 2017, the year before their wedding, Meghan told Vanity Fair magazine she and Harry were \"two people who are really happy and in love\".\n\nAnd in an interview that November, when their engagement was announced, Harry admitted he had never heard of Meghan before his friend introduced them, and was \"beautifully surprised\".\n\nHe designed the engagement ring for Meghan, including two diamonds from his mother's jewellery collection.\n\nThe couple married in May 2018 at a ceremony at St George's Chapel in Windsor, and consequently became known as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.\n\nOn a 16-day tour of Australia that October, the duke and duchess announced they were expecting their first child, adding that they were happy to share the \"personal joy\" of their news.\n\nBaby Archie, described by Harry as \"our own little bundle of joy\", was born on 6 May 2019.\n\nPrince Harry said he was \"absolutely thrilled\" with the birth of his first child, Archie\n\nThe duke's past few years have been a rollercoaster ride of highs and lows.\n\nIn 2019, he and his wife split their household office from that of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the subsequent launch of the Sussexes' Instagram account amassed more than one million followers in record-breaking time (five hours and 45 minutes).\n\nThe joy of becoming parents was followed days later by news Harry had accepted damages and an apology from a paparazzi agency that had used a helicopter to take photographs of his home in the Cotswolds.\n\nIn June, the Sussexes announced they would split from the charity they shared with the Cambridges - fuelling speculation of a rift between brothers Harry and William.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prince Harry on his brother, William in 2019: \"We are certainly on different paths at the moment\"\n\nA 10-day tour of Africa at the end of September 2019 started well.\n\nHarry raised awareness for causes close to his heart, and the couple introduced Archie to anti-apartheid campaigner Archbishop Desmond Tutu.\n\nBut during the tour, the Duchess of Sussex launched legal action against the Mail on Sunday over a claim that it unlawfully published one of her private letters.\n\nThe duke and duchess went on a 10-day tour of Africa in September 2019\n\nIn a lengthy statement Harry said \"positive\" coverage of the tour of Africa had exposed the \"double standards\" of the \"press pack that has vilified [the duchess] almost daily for the past nine months\".\n\nAnd in an ITV documentary, filmed during the tour and broadcast the following month, the duchess admitted she was struggling to adjust to royal life, while the duke said his mental health was a matter of \"constant management\".\n\nThen, at the start of 2020, the couple made a bombshell announcement that they would be stepping back as senior royals.\n\nLater, Harry would tell host James Corden that the decision to step back was taken to protect himself and his family from the \"toxic\" situation created by the UK press.\n\nTheir difficult relationship with the UK press saw both Harry and Meghan take legal action against publishers, as well as cutting ties with tabloid newspapers.\n\nAfter a brief stint in Canada, the couple now lives in California and are expecting their second child.\n\nThe duke has since spoken out on several issues, including on structural racism, human rights and unconscious bias.\n\nThe duke and duchess gave an interview with Oprah, who went to their wedding\n\nAnd the couple have signed deals to make shows and podcasts with Netflix and Spotify.\n\nHis charity work continues - although he has returned his military appointments and royal patronages. Buckingham Palace said he and Meghan will keep their \"private patronages and associations\".\n\nHe told interviewer Corden that his \"life is always going to be about public service\". But much of the rest of his future - including how he will continue to carve his own path - remains unclear.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Parts of Australia's east coast have been hit by heavy rain and thunderstorms, dousing some bushfires but also bringing the threat of flooding.\n\nSome, such as this thirsty koala, have been making the most of the wet conditions.\n\nRead more: Storms lash some of Australia's fire-hit regions", "The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will not return as working members of the Royal Family, Buckingham Palace has said.\n\nThe couple said last year that they would step back as \"senior\" royals, and work to become financially independent.\n\nIn 2016, Kensington Palace released a statement confirming Harry had been dating US actress Meghan Markle \"for a few months\". They were pictured in public for the first time in Toronto, attending a wheelchair tennis match during the 2017 Invictus Games.\n\nThey announced their engagement a few weeks after being first pictured together. Meghan told BBC News that Harry's proposal was \"just an amazing surprise, it was so sweet and natural and very romantic\".\n\nIn February 2018, the couple took part in their first joint engagement with Prince Harry's brother and sister-in-law, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. As Meghan joined their Royal Foundation charity, Harry joked the foursome were now \"stuck together\".\n\nThe couple were married at Windsor Castle, on 19 May 2018, with 1,200 public invitations to the grounds of the castle. They travelled through the town in a horse-drawn carriage.\n\nUp to 100,000 well-wishers lined the route as the duke and duchess travelled through Windsor.\n\nThe couple exchanged vows and rings before the Queen and 600 guests at St George's Chapel.\n\nThe couple kissed on the steps of St George's Chapel.\n\nThe Queen, Duke of Edinburgh and other members of the Royal Family attended the wedding.\n\nThe newlyweds held hands after the ceremony.\n\nIn June 2018, the Queen and the duchess were seen at their first royal engagement together, as they officially opened the Mersey Gateway Bridge and Chester's Storyhouse Theatre.\n\nThat autumn, Kensington Palace revealed the duchess was pregnant and the couple's baby was due in the spring. Shortly after the announcement, they embarked on their first official overseas tour, visiting Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga.\n\nOn one of their engagements, the couple posed with OneWave, a surfing community group that raises awareness of mental health and wellbeing, at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia\n\nOn 6 May, 2019, Meghan gave birth to a boy, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, who became seventh in line to the throne. Harry told reporters: \"It's been the most amazing experience I could ever possibly imagine\".\n\nIn June 2019, the couple announced they were splitting from the charity they shared with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, to set up their own foundation.\n\nLast autumn, Archie travelled with the couple to southern Africa on their first royal tour as a family, and was a big hit with Archbishop Desmond Tutu.\n\nAn image of a beaming Prince Harry holding his son while on an extended stay in Canada was released by the couple as part of an Instagram compilation summing up their year.\n\nFollowing their trip, the couple were pictured in January on a visit to Canada House.\n\nIn February, the couple announced that they are expecting their second child.", "The 20th Century Fox logo will lose a word but retain the same look, according to reports\n\nDisney executives have cut the word \"Fox\" from their 20th Century Fox film studio in an apparent bid to distance it from operations of the previous owner, Rupert Murdoch.\n\nUS media suggests Disney does not want to be associated with the media mogul's highly partisan, right-wing Fox News network.\n\nHowever, Disney has not clarified its reasons.\n\nIt bought the studio, with other media operations, in a $71bn deal last March.\n\n20th Century Fox is known for producing some of the biggest films of all-time, including Avatar and Titanic.\n\nVariety magazine, which broke the news about the name change, said it had spoken to an unnamed Disney source, who said: \"I think the Fox name means Murdoch, and that is toxic.\"\n\nHollywood is known for being liberal, unlike the Australian tycoon.\n\nDisney has also renamed Fox Searchlight Pictures, the arthouse arm, as simply Searchlight Pictures.\n\nStaff emails were changed on Friday, from @fox.com to @20thcenturystudios.com or @searchlight.com.\n\nRupert Murdoch's Fox News has been a cheerleader for Donald Trump\n\nThe original 20th Century Fox company was formed in 1935 following a merger.\n\nRupert Murdoch's News Corporation bought it in the mid-1980s, and the Fox News channel was created in 1996, growing to become most-watched in the US.\n\nNews Corporation was later split into News Corp and 21st Century Fox - which Disney acquired as the parent company of various film and television studios, including the renowned 20th Century Fox.\n\nThe Murdoch family retained the news outlets in a spin-off company, Fox Corporation, which is run by Rupert Murdoch's son Lachland.\n\nVariety says the 20th Century Fox studio's well-known fanfare theme and searchlight logo will be retained.\n\nDisney also runs 20th Century Fox Television and Fox 21 Television Studios. Any changes to their names have not been announced.\n\nDisney is already a dominant force in US news, as the owner of the ABC network. It is also hoping to challenge Netflix with its own streaming service Disney+, which launched in the US last year.", "The cordon has now been lifted\n\nArmed police were deployed in Shrewsbury after a report of a man with a firearm on the roof of a Tesco supermarket.\n\nWest Mercia Police said it received a call at about 16:00 GMT that an armed man was on the Tesco Extra on Battlefield Road.\n\nThe police helicopter was sent out and a cordon was in place while a search of the area was carried out.\n\nPolice said no-one was found but the call was \"made in good faith\".\n\nSupt Jim Baker said they took \"all reports involving firearms incredibly seriously\" and armed officers were deployed to carry out a search of the area.\n\n\"An extensive search has been carried out by officers on the ground, the police helicopter and a fire and rescue service drone and we're satisfied the call was made in good faith and have been able to discount the information we initially acted on,\" he said.\n\nHe thanked the public for their patience during the disruption the search caused.\n\nWriting on Twitter, Paul Fulgoni said he saw \"at least 10 armed police\" as well as a helicopter. He said all of Battlefield had been cordoned off, including McDonald's, Frankie & Benny's and the residential estates.\n\nThe supermarket, which was sealed off for about three hours, has since reopened.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A clock counting down to the moment the UK leaves the EU on 31 January will be projected on to Downing Street as part of government plans to mark Brexit Day.\n\nThe clock will tick down to 23:00 GMT, while Prime Minister Boris Johnson will give a \"special\" address to the nation in the evening, the government said.\n\nA special 50p coin will also enter circulation to mark the occasion.\n\nBut the plans do not include Big Ben chiming, after Commons authorities said the cost could not be justified.\n\nA campaign to find the £500,000 needed to make Big Ben ring when the UK leaves the EU has raised more than £200,000, but the House of Commons Commission cast doubt on whether it was permitted to use public donations to cover the costs.\n\nMillionaire businessman Arron Banks and the Leave Means Leave group donated £50,000 to the campaign.\n\nDowning Street has said the prime minister will chair a cabinet meeting in the north of England during the day, to discuss spreading \"prosperity and opportunity\".\n\nHe will then make a special address to the nation in the evening.\n\nMr Johnson is expected to be one of the first people to receive one of the newly-minted 50p coins, which will bear the motto \"peace, prosperity and friendship with all nations\".\n\nBuildings around Whitehall will be lit up to mark Brexit, with the government saying that, \"in response to public calls, the Union Jack will be flown on all of the flag poles in Parliament Square\".\n\nThe government says it will use the \"significant moment in our history\" to \"heal divisions, re-unite communities and look forward to the country that we want to build over the next decade.\"\n\nThe exterior of the prime minister's residence will be the backdrop for the Brexit countdown\n\nHowever, hopes have faded that Big Ben - which is currently out of action due to renovation work going on at the Houses of Parliament - will chime to mark the moment the UK leaves the EU.\n\nEarlier this week, Mr Johnson told BBC Breakfast he wanted the public to raise funds to ensure this can happen.\n\nBut Downing Street later distanced itself from the campaign, with a spokesman saying the prime minister's focus was on the government plan for marking the day, and that Big Ben was a matter for MPs.\n\nThe House of Commons Commission estimates the cost will be up to £500,000, and it has raised concerns over the \"unprecedented approach\" of using donations to fund the project.\n\nIt says this would involve bringing back the chiming mechanism and installing a temporary floor, resulting in delays to the conservation work.\n\nThe campaign group Stand Up 4 Brexit set up an online appeal to raise the money, collecting more than £200,000 by Friday evening.\n\nConservative MP Mark Francois told BBC Radio 4's The World at One that the pro-Brexit Leave Means Leave campaign and Mr Banks had donated £50,000.\n\nHe queried whether the cost of getting the bell to ring again was really £500,000, adding that he believed officials had \"deliberately inflated the figure\" because \"they don't want to do it\".\n\nIt comes as Downing Street has said EU citizens will not automatically be deported if they fail to sign up to the settled status scheme by the 2021.\n\nUnder the settlement scheme, EU citizens living in the UK can apply to stay in the country after Brexit.\n\nSo far the number of applicants to the scheme has hit more than 2.7 million.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Why I broke my silence over Weinstein\"\n\nLawyers have chosen the 12 jurors who will sit in the trial of former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.\n\nAbout 700 candidates - including model Gigi Hadid - were screened over the course of two weeks before a group of seven men and five women were picked.\n\nMr Weinstein faces five charges, including rape and sexual assault. The trial will begin on Wednesday in New York.\n\nThe 67-year-old has denied all charges, saying the encounters were consensual.\n\nHe could face life in prison if convicted.\n\nOnce one of Hollywood's most decorated and lauded producers, more than 80 women have accused Mr Weinstein of sexual misconduct - allegations which helped drive the #MeToo movement.\n\nHowever, few of the complaints have led to criminal charges and in the New York case he faces charges related to allegations made by two women.\n\nJudge James Burke told potential jurors on Thursday that the trial was \"not a referendum on the #MeToo movement\", and that they were expected to decide Mr Weinstein's fate \"on the evidence\".\n\nThe trial is expected to conclude in early March.\n\nMr Weinstein was also charged with an additional count of rape and one of sexual assault in Los Angeles earlier this month, which he also denies.\n\nLos Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey has said she expects Mr Weinstein to appear in court in California in that case, saying he could be extradited or could come voluntarily after the conclusion of the New York trial.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Hired by Weinstein to extract information on celebrities", "Police have defended the inclusion of environmental groups such as Extinction Rebellion and Greenpeace in a counter-terrorism guide, saying it was produced to help frontline officers.\n\nThe Guardian reported that the 24-page police guide was distributed to teachers and medical staff as part of anti-extremism briefings last year.\n\nThey appeared next to extremist right-wing groups such as National Action.\n\nExtinction Rebellion warned it could have a \"chilling effect\" on people.\n\nIt comes after counter-terrorism police in south-east England admitted an \"error of judgement\" earlier this month - after listing Extinction Rebellion as an \"extreme ideology\" in a 12-page guide.\n\nAccording to the Guardian, the police document includes other non-violent groups such as ocean pollution campaigners Sea Shepherd, animal rights group Peta and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND).\n\nA signs and symbols guide referred to by the paper shows a Nazi swastika in one section and the Extinction Rebellion and Greenpeace symbols in another.\n\nDeputy Assistant Commissioner Dean Haydon, senior national co-ordinator for the UK's Counter Terrorism Policing, said police do not consider legitimate protest groups to be extremist or a threat to national security.\n\nHe said the visual aid was produced with the aim of helping police \"identify and understand signs and symbols\" so they know the difference between them.\n\nIn a statement, he said: \"The guidance document in question explicitly states that many of the groups included are not of counter-terrorism interest, and that membership of them does not indicate criminality of any kind.\n\n\"To suggest anything else is both unhelpful and misleading.\"\n\nHe said the document was used by the government's counter-terrorism strategy, known as the Prevent programme, but \"only as a guide to help them [Prevent] identify and understand the range of organisations practitioners might come across\".\n\nHowever, Extinction Rebellion said its inclusion in the document was \"nothing short of pointing a finger at anyone that thinks differently to 'business as usual'.\"\n\nThe group said: \"The chilling effect is to leave people feeling under scrutiny, watched and pressurised, feeling othered, ashamed or afraid to be open about the things they care about such as the environment and the world around us.\"\n\nKate Hudson, general secretary of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, also questioned the group's inclusion in the guide, saying it \"threatens our right to political engagement and peaceful protest\".\n\n\"We have no secrets and act in the public interest,\" she added.\n\nGreenpeace UK's executive director, John Sauven, said there was \"nothing extremist about people from all walks of life taking peaceful, non-violent action to stop climate chaos and ecological collapse\".\n\n\"Tarring environmental campaigners and terrorist organisations with the same brush is not going to help fight terrorism. It will only harm the reputation of hard-working police officers.\"", "Jacob Young, 18, appeared on an episode of Supernanny in 2005, aged three\n\nA teenager who appeared on the reality TV show Supernanny as a child has been described as a danger to women and detained for 10 years for rape.\n\nJacob Young, 18, of Ipswich, strangled his victim almost to unconsciousness in her own home, making her fear for her life, Ipswich Crown Court heard.\n\nThe judge dismissed a letter from his mother which said the 2005 show led to a \"campaign of abuse and mockery\".\n\nHe said Young had an \"extreme form of sexual curiosity or unhealthy fantasy\".\n\nThe court heard Young spent the night of 13 October 2018 stalking and taking photos of \"vulnerable\" women, before he spotted the victim being supported by her boyfriend as he walked her home.\n\nDuring a trial last year, Young's defence claimed he was making sure she got home safely, but the court heard he had a \"premeditated plan\" to steal the stranger's bag, so he could return it as a \"hero\" figure.\n\nSue and Paul Young and their five sons, then aged eight months to eight years, appeared on the show in 2005\n\nOnce the boyfriend left, Young entered the flat and attacked her.\n\nJudge Levett said evidence from the victim suggested Young enjoyed the violence and she only escaped after promising to let him \"do whatever to me\" if he let her go to the bathroom.\n\nThe family featured in a 2005 episode of Supernanny, in which the five young boys were described as having \"no respect for their home, their parents or each other\".\n\nIn a letter to the court, his mother described the impact that appearing on the Channel 4 show had on each of her five sons.\n\n\"Your mother said appearing on that TV programme led to a campaign of mockery and abuse from the public and peers and school friends,\" Judge Levett said.\n\nYoung's mother claimed he was \"very protective\" of women following a fire at the family home in 2007, which led to \"considerable media attention\".\n\nShe suggested her son was a person of good character who could not have done what was alleged. All her claims were dismissed as \"embellishment\" by the judge.\n\nThe court heard Young had a previous conviction for threatening a 12-year-old girl with a knife when he was 14.\n\nYoung, of Beechcroft Road, had denied rape, committing actual bodily harm and theft but was found guilty by a jury.\n\n\"You took advantage of a vulnerable woman in her own home, where she should have expected she was safe in her bed,\" said Judge Levett.\n\nYoung was sentenced to 10 years in a young offenders' institution with an extended licence period of five years.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The UK left the EU on 31 January 2020 and is now in an 11-month transition period.\n\nDuring this period the UK effectively remains in the EU's customs union and single market and continues to obey EU rules.\n\nHowever, it is no longer part of the political institutions. So, for example, there are no longer any British MEPs in the European Parliament.\n\nNegotiations on a trade deal with the EU have been proceeding for several months. The UK wants as much access as possible for its goods and services to the EU.\n\nBut the government has made clear that the UK must leave the customs union and single market and end the overall jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice.\n\nBoth sides say there a still significant areas of disagreement - for example, on EU proposals for a so-called \"level playing field\", which would see the UK and EU maintain similar minimum standards on things like workers' rights and environmental protection.\n\nThe deadline for the two sides to agree an extension to the transition period has now passed.\n\nIf no trade deal has been agreed and ratified by the end of the year, then the UK faces the prospect of tariffs on exports to the EU.\n\nThe prime minister has argued that as the UK is completely aligned to EU rules, the negotiation should be straightforward. But critics have pointed out that the UK wishes to have the freedom to diverge from EU rules so it can do deals with other countries - and that makes negotiations more difficult.\n\nIt's not just a trade deal that needs to be sorted out. The UK must agree how it is going to co-operate with the EU on security and law enforcement. The UK is set to leave the European Arrest Warrant scheme and will have to agree a replacement. It must also agree deals in a number of other areas where co-operation is needed.\n\nIt's also important to recognise that major changes will take effect on 1 January 2021 whether or not a trade deal is agreed. Free movement of people will end and businesses trading with the EU will have to follow new rules.\n\nUse the list below or select a button", "Pasi Vainikka at the Solar Foods plant near Helsinki\n\nFinnish scientists producing a protein \"from thin air\" say it will compete with soya on price within the decade.\n\nThe protein is produced from soil bacteria fed on hydrogen split from water by electricity.\n\nThe researchers say if the electricity comes from solar and wind power, the food can be grown with near-zero greenhouse gas emissions.\n\nIf their dreams are realised, it could help the world tackle many of the problems associated with farming.\n\nWhen I visited Solar Foods' pilot plant on the outskirts of Helsinki last year the researchers were raising funds for expansion.\n\nNow they say they have attracted 5.5m euros of investment, and they predict – depending on the price of electricity – that their costs will roughly match those for soya production by the end of the decade - perhaps even by 2025.\n\nI ate a few grains of the precious protein flour - called Solein - and tasted nothing, which is what the scientists have planned.\n\nThey want it to be a neutral additive to all sorts of foods.\n\nIt could mimic palm oil by reinforcing pies, ice cream, biscuits, pasta, noodles, sauces or bread. The inventors say it can be used as a medium for growing cultured meat or fish.\n\nIt could also nourish cattle to save them eating soya raised on rainforest land.\n\nEven if things go according to plan – which, of course, they may not – it will be many years before the protein production is scaled up to meet global demand.\n\nBut this is one of many projects looking towards a future of synthesised food.\n\nThe firm’s CEO is Pasi Vainikka, who studied at Cranfield University in the UK and is now adjunct professor at Lappeenranta University.\n\nHe told me the ideas behind the technology were originally developed for the space industry in the 1960s.\n\nHe admits his demonstrator plant is running some months behind time but says it will be ready by 2022. A full investment decision will come in 2023, and if all goes according to plan, the first factory will appear in 2025.\n\nHe said: “We are doing pretty well so far. Once we scale the factory from the first one by adding reactors (to ferment protein) and take into account the amazing improvements in other clean technologies like wind and solar power, we think we can compete with soya possibly as early as 2025.”\n\nTo make Solein, water is \"split\", using electrolysis to make hydrogen. The hydrogen, carbon dioxide from the air and minerals are fed to bacteria, which then produce the protein.\n\nA key determinant, he said, would be the price of electricity. The firm anticipates that as more renewables come on-stream, the cost will fall.\n\nThe progress of this extraordinary technology has been hailed by the environmental campaigner George Monbiot, who has made a TV documentary, Apocalypse Cow, broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK at 22:00 GMT on Wednesday.\n\nMonbiot is generally pessimistic about the future of the planet, but says Solar Foods has given him hope.\n\nHe said: “Food production is ripping the living world apart. Fishing and farming are, by a long way, the greatest cause of extinction and loss of the diversity and abundance of wildlife. Farming is a major cause of climate breakdown.\n\n“But just as hope appeared to be evaporating, ‘farmfree food’ creates astonishing possibilities to save both people and planet.\n\n“By temporarily shifting towards a plant-based diet, we can help buy the time to save species and places.\n\n“But farmfree food offers hope where hope was missing. We will soon be able to feed the world without devouring it.”\n\nResearch by the think tank RethinkX, which forecasts the implications of technology-driven disruption of many kinds, suggests that proteins from precision fermentation will be around 10 times cheaper than animal protein by 2035.\n\nIt forecasts the result will be the near-complete collapse of the livestock industry - although critics will complain that this doesn’t take into account the ability of meat producers to harness the novel proteins to feed their own stock .\n\nA consortium of leading scientific research and academic institutions has been formed to identify innovative solutions to tackle climate change linked to the agri-food sector.\n\nA paper last year concluded that microbial protein was several times more efficient than soya in terms of land use, and required just a tenth as much water.\n\nAnother factor, though, will be cultural. Many people will still want to eat lamb chops that look like lamb chops.\n\nProfessor Leon Terry from Cranfield University told BBC News there was growing interest from investors in novel foods.\n\n“There is increased momentum and investment round synthetic foods,” he said. But he asked: \"Is there really an appetite for their consumption?”", "The Iraqi military, which also reported no casualties, said the country was hit by 22 missiles between 01:45 and 02:15 local time on Wednesday (22:45-23:15 GMT on Tuesday).\n\nSeventeen missiles were fired towards Al Asad air base, it said.\n\nSatellite photographs taken by a commercial company, Planet, for the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, showed what appeared to be at least five destroyed structures at Al Asad.\n\nDavid Schmerler, an analyst at the Middlebury Institute, told NPR : \"Some of the locations struck look like the missiles hit dead centre.\"\n\nTwo of the missiles aimed at Al Asad fell in the Hitan area, west of the town of Hit, and did not explode, according to the Iraqi military.\n\nPhotos of the remnants of one of those missiles, including three large parts of its fuselage, subsequently emerged on social media.\n\nThe Iraqi military said Iran fired five missiles towards Irbil air base, in the northern Kurdistan region.\n\nIt did not say how many hit the base, but state TV reported that two missiles landed in the village of Sidan, 16km (10 miles) north-west of the city of Irbil, and that a third missile came down in the Bardah Rashsh area, about 47km north-west of Irbil.\n\nJournalists meanwhile photographed residents standing beside what they believed was the crater caused by the missile that hit Bardah Rashsh.", "Mohammed Reza Kadkhoda Zadeh, Sam Zokaei and Saeed Tahmasebi were all on board\n\nTributes have been paid to three British nationals who died when a Ukrainian plane crashed in Iran.\n\nMohammed Reza Kadkhoda Zadeh, who owned a dry cleaners, BP engineer Sam Zokaei and PhD student and engineer Saeed Tahmasebi were all on board the flight.\n\nThey were among the 176 people from seven countries who died in the crash.\n\nUkraine International Airlines flight PS752 crashed just after taking off from Imam Khomeini airport at 06:12 local time (02:42 GMT).\n\nThe airline said the plane underwent scheduled maintenance on Monday.\n\nA Downing Street spokesman said the UK was \"working closely with the Ukrainian authorities and the Iranian authorities\" over the crash, and there was \"no indication\" the plane was brought down by a missile.\n\nIran said it will not hand over black box flight recorders recovered from the plane. Under global aviation rules, Iran has the right to lead the investigation, but manufacturers are typically involved and experts say few countries are capable of analysing black boxes.\n\nAs well as the three Britons, the victims in the crash included 82 Iranians, 63 Canadians, 11 Ukrainians - including all of the crew, 10 Swedes, four Afghans and three Germans, Ukraine foreign affairs minister Vadym Prystaiko said.\n\nRescue teams were sent to the crash site but the head of Iran's Red Crescent told state media that it was \"impossible\" for anyone to have survived the crash.\n\nTributes were paid locally to Mr Kadkhoda Zadeh, 40, who ran a neighbourhood dry cleaners in Hassocks, West Sussex, and had a nine-year-old daughter.\n\nSteve Edgington from the pet shop next door said he had known Mr Kadkhoda Zadeh for 14 years, and described him as a lovely, hardworking man who was good at his job and loved by staff.\n\nSavvas Savvidis, 36, who rented a room in Mr Kadkhoda Zadeh's home in Brighton, said he was a \"super-nice person\".\n\n\"It's so sad. Before he left we had a conversation, he told me that he spent all his life working, working really hard, and now finally he wants to start to enjoy life a bit more.\"\n\nMr Savvidis described Mr Kadkhoda Zadeh as a humble man who loved his daughter very much.\n\nThe dry cleaners closed on Wednesday, with neighbouring businesses telling the BBC that staff were too upset to stay open.\n\nA sign on the window of Mr Kadkhoda Zadeh's dry cleaners in Hassocks\n\nMeanwhile, in a statement, BP said \"with the deepest regret\" that its employee Mr Zokaei, 42, from Twickenham, was among the passengers.\n\nMr Zokaei had been on holiday. He had worked for BP for 14 years and was based at the company's site in Sunbury-on-Thames in Surrey.\n\n\"We are shocked and deeply saddened by this tragic loss of our friend and colleague and all of our thoughts are with his family and friends,\" BP said.\n\nA friend of Mr Zokaei, who did not wish to be named, told the BBC they were \"still in shock\".\n\n\"He was a highly accomplished person. Very clever and very friendly. Always smiling and full of positive energy. He will be sorely missed.\n\n\"He was always trying new adventures. He cycled and toured Europe on bikes a few times. He also loved travelling to interesting far out places.\"\n\nAlso killed was Mr Tahmasebi, 35, who worked as an engineer for Laing O'Rourke in Dartford.\n\nLast year, Mr Tahmasebi married his Iranian partner, Niloufar Ebrahim, who was also listed as a passenger on the plane.\n\nMr Tahmasebi, pictured here last Valentine's Day, recently married his partner\n\n\"Everyone here is shocked and saddened by this very tragic news,\" said Laing O'Rourke.\n\n\"Saeed was a popular and well respected engineer and will be missed by many of his colleagues. Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this most difficult time and we will do all we can to support them through it.\"\n\nMr Tahmasebi - whose full name was Saeed Tahmasebi Khademasadi - was also a part-time PhD student at Imperial College London's Centre for Systems Engineering and Innovation.\n\nA spokeswoman for the university said: \"We are deeply saddened at this tragic news. Saeed Tahmasebi Khademasadi was a brilliant engineer with a bright future.\n\n\"His contributions to systems engineering earned respect from everyone who dealt with him and will benefit society for years to come.\n\n\"He was a warm, humble and generous colleague and close friend to many in our community. Our thoughts and sincere condolences are with Saeed's family, friends and colleagues, as well as all those affected by this tragedy.\"\n\nAt Prime Minister's Questions earlier, Boris Johnson and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn both said their thoughts were with the families of those killed.\n\nA UK Foreign Office spokesman has said: \"We are deeply saddened by the loss of life in the plane crash in Iran overnight.\"\n\nThey said it was \"urgently seeking confirmation\" about how many British nationals were on board and would be supporting any families affected.\n\nMelinda Simmons, British ambassador to Ukraine, said her thoughts are with those affected.\n\nUkraine's state aviation service has forbidden its national airlines from using Iranian airspace from Thursday, with the restrictions in place until an investigation into the cause of the crash has concluded.\n\nUkraine's embassy in Tehran and Iranian state television both initially said technical issues caused the crash.\n\nBut the embassy later removed this statement and said any comment regarding the cause of the accident prior to a commission's inquiry was not official.\n\nUkraine said its entire civilian aviation fleet would be checked for airworthiness and criminal proceedings would be opened into the disaster.\n\nThe country's president warned against \"speculation or unchecked theories regarding the catastrophe\" until official reports were ready.\n\nFlowers were laid outside the Canadian embassy in Kiev in remembrance of the 63 Canadians on board the flight\n\nUkrainian International Airlines said the flight disappeared from radar just a \"few minutes\" after take-off.\n\nThe Ukrainian national carrier said according to preliminary data there were 167 passengers and nine crew members on board but its staff were \"clarifying the exact number\".\n\n\"The airline expresses its deepest condolences to the families of the victims of the air crash and will do everything possible to support the relatives of the victims,\" a statement said.\n\nThe airline, which is investigating the crash, said the aircraft - a Boeing 737-800 - was built in 2016 and had its last scheduled maintenance on Monday.\n\nThere was no sign of any problems with the plane before take-off and the airline's president said it had an \"excellent, reliable crew\".\n\nA statement from Boeing said its \"heartfelt thoughts\" were with all those affected following the \"tragic event\".\n\nThere are several thousand Boeing 737-800s in operation around the world which have completed tens of millions of flights. They have been involved in 10 incidents, including this crash, where at least one passenger was killed, aviation safety analyst Todd Curtis told the BBC.\n\nThis is the first time a Ukraine International Airlines plane has been involved in a fatal crash.", "Millions of Iranians turned out for Qasem Soleimani's funeral\n\nGiven the significance of General Qasem Soleimani and the passions that his killing aroused, Iran's military strike against US bases in Iraq was a modest response.\n\nIran is claiming to have inflicted significant US casualties but this does not appear to be the case. The US says that its radars provided warning of the attacks and the Iranian missiles appear to have landed in areas where there were no US forces present.\n\nThe question now is what happens next. Is this the end of Iran's retaliation? Only time will tell.\n\nAny dramatic Iranian response - the assassination of a high-ranking US officer for example - would take time and depend upon both detailed planning and opportunity.\n\nIran said that it would respond. It said that the response would come from the Iranian military and not an ally or proxy. And in using missiles, fired from within Iran itself, Tehran has done what it said it would.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This footage, reportedly of the missile attack, was shown on Iranian state TV\n\nIndeed the initial mood music from both Tehran and Washington suggests the potential for de-escalation.\n\nPresident Trump's initial tweet was mild and seemingly reassuring about the absence of US casualties. The Iranians too seem to be signalling - for all the continuing threats - that this could be the moment for both sides to pause and take breath. It is clear that neither the US nor Iran, for all their rhetoric, want a wider conflict.\n\nSo this could be a moment to try to reduce tensions. But this is just a dangerous spike in an unfolding competition between Iran and the US for regional influence. It is hard to see Iranian policy changing. It is still going to try to secure its regional goals, not least, the departure of US forces from Iraq. The Soleimani killing has weakened the US position there. US officials insist that they have no desire or reason to pull out.\n\nThe Iraqi parliament has called for a withdrawal of US forces, but the resolution has no legal weight. Iraq's current political difficulties mean any formal decision on the future of the US presence could be some time away. But many analysts believe that Washington's position in Iraq is more tenuous than it was a few weeks ago.\n\nIt is also important to remember that this episode of direct confrontation between Tehran and Washington was preceded by a long-running Iranian campaign over many years to hamper US activities in the region. Indeed it was rocket attacks from Iran's proxies - a local Shia militia - against US bases in Iraq that formed the prelude to this recent crisis. This then raises a whole series of questions.\n\nIn killing the Quds Force leader Gen Soleimani has the US now established any measure of deterrence? Will Tehran seek to constrain its allies in the region to avert further attacks against US bases or interests? And if not, will Iranian-inspired attacks resume in due course? What will President Trump do then?\n\nSo is this crisis over? This could be the end of one particularly dangerous episode, but the bitter regional tensions and strategic rivalry remain. Gen Soleimani's death is going to cast a shadow over the interactions between the US and Iran for many years to come.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Iraqi security forces find and collect pieces of the missiles\n\nDominic Raab has condemned a ballistic missile attack by Iran on air bases in Iraq where coalition forces, including British personnel, are stationed.\n\nThe foreign secretary urged Iran not to repeat \"reckless and dangerous attacks\" after strikes on bases in Irbil in the north, and al Asad, west of Baghdad.\n\nThe Ministry of Defence said there were no UK casualties.\n\nIran's Revolutionary Guard said the action was in retaliation for the death of General Qasem Soleimani on Friday.\n\nHe was killed outside Baghdad airport in a missile strike ordered by US President Donald Trump.\n\nMr Raab said he was concerned by reports of casualties and that a war in the Middle East would only benefit terrorist groups.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson will update the House of Commons later, and discuss the situation at a meeting with EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.\n\nActing Lib Dem leader Sr Ed Davey urged the PM to ensure \"dialogue and a de-escalation of this intensifying situation\" and said the strikes should be \"unequivocally condemned\".\n\nIran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei described the attack as \"a slap in the face\" for the US.\n\nThe missile attack showed just a \"small part\" of the capabilities of the Iranian armed forces, the chief of staff the military said\n\nBut Iran's ambassador to the UK, Hamid Baeidinejad, said the attack was an act of self-defence and the country \"does not seek escalation or war\".\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 US president tweeted \"all is well\" following the strikes, adding that casualties and damage were being assessed and that he would make a statement on Wednesday morning.\n\nBBC security correspondent Frank Gardner said there was provocative language used on both sides of the crisis, in Washington and Tehran.\n\nSpeaking on the Victoria Derbyshire programme, he added that the attack may mark the end of Iran's overt retaliation but there are a number of ways the country could choose to respond covertly in the coming weeks and months.\n\n\"The hardliners in Iran will still be baying for blood, so it's quite provocative for Donald Trump to say 'all is well',\" he said.\n\n\"There are hardliners in the Iranian deep state - the whole security, intelligence and judicial apparatus - who distrust everything that the outside world and particularly the West does.\n\n\"They will want to carry on harassing and attacking US interest in the region until America leaves altogether.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This footage, reportedly of the missile attack, was shown on Iranian state TV\n\nMore than a dozen missiles were fired from Iranian territories into Iraq at about 02:00 local time on Wednesday (22:30 GMT, Tuesday).\n\nThe al Asad airbase - located in the Anbar province of western Iraq - was hit by at least six missiles.\n\nThere are around 400 UK troops stationed in Iraq, primarily to assist Iraqi troops in defeating IS.\n\nA Ministry of Defence spokesman added: \"We are urgently working to establish the facts on the ground. Our first priority continues to be the security of British personnel.\"\n\nIn the UK, police are \"extremely alert\" to any impact the crisis in Iran may have in Britain, the Metropolitan Police commissioner Cressida Dick has said.\n\nOn Tuesday, the UK put the Royal Navy and military helicopters on standby in the Gulf amid the rising tensions in the Middle East.\n\nThe government said non-essential UK personnel had also been moved out of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.\n\nIran vowed \"severe revenge\" following the assassination of Soleimani on 3 January.\n\nThe general - who controlled Iran's proxy forces across the Middle East - was regarded as a terrorist by the US government.", "A machine that rapidly chills packaged drinks is on show at the CES tech expo.\n\nThe start-up involved hopes to launch Juno later this year to cool cans and bottles of drink at point of use, meaning they do not need to be stored in refrigerators in advance.\n\nThe BBC's Chris Fox tested the prototype being exhibited in Las Vegas.\n\nCatch up with all the BBC's CES 2020 coverage", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Protesters say they believe the British woman's rape claim\n\nA British woman found guilty of lying about being raped by a group of young Israelis in Cyprus has landed back in the UK.\n\nThe 19-year-old was given a four-month sentence, suspended for three years, and ordered to pay €148 (£125) in legal fees by a court in Paralimni earlier.\n\nShe arrived at Heathrow airport with her mother but avoided waiting media.\n\nHer lawyer said she is planning to appeal against her conviction and the case was \"not finished by any means\".\n\nThe teenager was put on trial and convicted in December after recanting a claim that she had been raped by a group of 12 young men in a hotel room in July.\n\nShe said Cypriot police had made her falsely confess to lying about the incident - something police have denied.\n\nFollowing the sentencing, her lawyer, Lewis Power QC, said: \"We will be seeking an expedited appeal to the Supreme Court of Cyprus and we will also be considering going to the European Court of Human Rights.\n\n\"We do not feel we have had justice in terms of how the trial progressed, the manner in which it was conducted, the initial police investigation and the fact that we feel she did not receive a fair trial.\"\n\nIn an interview with the Sun newspaper before arriving home, the teenager said: \"I really thought it would be a custodial sentence when I arrived at court. When the translator said four months, I thought I was going to jail.\n\n\"It was only when she said suspended that I realised I was actually finally going home. I looked at my mum and we both had tears in our eyes.\n\n\"It's been a nightmare for me, mum and everyone,\" she said. \"What kept me going was my family and the amazing support of my friends and all other people who got in contact to say they believed me.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"We're pleased she's going home,\" lawyer Lewis Power QC says\n\nIn court on Tuesday, Judge Michalis Papathanasiou told the teenager he was giving her a \"second chance\" by suspending her sentence - allowing her to fly back to the UK.\n\nHe said the woman's \"psychological state, her youth, that she has been away from her family, her friends and academic studies this year\" had led him to the decision.\n\nBBC world affairs correspondent Caroline Hawley said the case \"has had diplomatic ramifications\" for Cyprus and the UK's relationship.\n\nFollowing the sentencing, Boris Johnson's spokesman said the UK prime minister was \"pleased\" she could now return home.\n\nHowever, Downing Street said the UK government had highlighted its \"concerns about the judicial process in this case and the woman's right to a fair trial\" to the Cypriot authorities.\n\nThis is a case that has had diplomatic ramifications.\n\nThere's been disquiet over the teenager's treatment by police and her trial and last week the Foreign Office took the unusual step of calling the case \"deeply distressing\".\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab spoke to his Cypriot counterpart last Friday and the UK government says it will now be working with Cyprus to make sure a case like this can never happen again.\n\nCyprus, a former UK colony, attracts huge numbers of British holidaymakers every year and there have been calls for a boycott.\n\nBut it's also a country that has been forging closer relations with Israel of late. It recently signed a gas deal for a pipeline and that has led some to question whether this could have had any bearing on the handling of the whole case.\n\nCampaigners also point out that a rape claim would potentially be a PR disaster for the holiday island.\n\nThe Briton's conviction has also been met with a backlash from women's rights groups in Cyprus, Israel and the UK.\n\nSupporters from Cyprus and a group of 50 women who travelled from Israel gathered outside the Famagusta District Court on Tuesday holding placards.\n\nOrit Sulitzeanu, head of the Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel, told BBC News the conviction was \"unbelievable\".\n\n\"She is not to blame at all,\" Ms Sulitzeanu said. \"This sentence reflects backward thinking and not understanding the dynamics of rape. The judge here must learn what happens to the victim of sexual abuse.\"\n\nOrit Sulitzeanu (right) with supporters from Israel\n\nSusana Pavlou, director at the Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies in Cyprus, said the case had sparked a \"culture of protest\" in the country.\n\n\"This year it has been revealed how broken our criminal justice system is - broadly in terms of police and social services response to violence against women, and the lack of specialist services.\n\n\"It's heartening to see how this has ignited women's rights campaigners and a women's rights movement focusing on this issue.\n\n\"This is not going to go away, we will not be silenced.\"\n\nThe teenager told police she was raped on 17 July at the Pambos Napa Rocks Hotel.\n\nTwelve men were arrested but later freed and returned home after she retracted her claims.\n\nShe was charged and spent about a month in prison before being granted bail in August ahead of her trial, at which she pleaded not guilty to causing public mischief by falsely accusing the group of raping her.", "Veteran Labour MP Barry Gardiner has said he is considering running for the party's leadership.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire, the shadow energy minister said colleagues had told him he could bring \"dynamism to the debate\".\n\nCandidates have until 13 January to win the backing of the 22 MPs and MEPs needed to get on the ballot paper.\n\nOn Wednesday, Sir Keir Starmer became the first candidate to pass this threshold, amassing 41 nominations.\n\nHe also won the backing of the UK's largest union Unison, the first union to state a preference.\n\nThe other contenders to succeed leader Jeremy Corbyn are shadow business secretary Rebecca Long Bailey, shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry, shadow Treasury minister Clive Lewis, Birmingham Yardley MP Jess Phillips and Wigan MP Lisa Nandy.\n\nThe party's new leader and deputy will be announced on 4 April.\n\nMr Gardiner, who is at a climate change conference in Abu Dhabi, has been MP for Brent North since 1997. He has served in Mr Corbyn's frontbench team since 2016.\n\nHe said he would run if he believed he had \"the best chance of winning a general election\".\n\nUnite union boss Len McCluskey dismissed claims he had approached Mr Gardiner about running because of his concerns about the chances of Mrs Long Bailey, who is regarded as the standard bearer for the left of the party.\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 Len McCluskey 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\nUnite, Labour's largest financial backer, has said it will not make a decision on who to back until later this month.\n\nMr Gardiner said Mr McCluskey had not asked him to stand but added he would be happy to talk to the union leader.\n\nMrs Long Bailey currently has 17 nominations, one more than Mrs Phillips. Ms Nandy has 12, Ms Thornberry three and Mr Lewis one.", "The Commons Speaker said the officers' actions should be recognised\n\nThe Commons Speaker has hailed the bravery of Parliament's security team after they saved a man who fell into the River Thames near the building.\n\nRon Dowson and Habibi Syaaf came to the rescue on Tuesday after the man was found submerged in the freezing water.\n\nSpeaker Lindsay Hoyle said the duo, and another man who alerted the officers after seeing the incident on CCTV, should be recognised for their actions.\n\nMr Syaaf said they were \"not heroes\" and \"did what we were trained for\".\n\nThe incident took place on Victoria Tower Gardens, on the north side of the Thames.\n\nMr Syaaf, a Met Police constable, and Mr Dowson, part of Parliament's security detail, found the man clinging to the steps and \"struggling to breathe\".\n\n\"I got down to the last step and urged him to give me his hand, but as I did he lost his grip from a metal mooring ring and started drifting away,\" explained Mr Syaaf, who has only been working in Parliament for two months.\n\n\"I just shouted 'grab my hand' and managed to pull him back onto the first step... The guy was shaking and could not speak.\n\n\"I am just so grateful he survived. I'm not a hero - Ron and I just did what we are trained for and what we could do to help.\"\n\nSir Lindsay also praised the quick thinking of control room operator Dave Thomas. He spotted the man falling into the water on CCTV and alerted the officers as well as the Police Marine Unit.\n\n\"There's no doubt in my mind that if it had not been for Ron, Habib and Dave Thomas, that man could have drowned,\" he said.\n\n\"We are so lucky to have so many brave security staff looking after us in Parliament but also keeping people in the vicinity safe. I would like to think their bravery could be recognised.\"", "King Charles III and Queen Camilla have been crowned in Westminster Abbey.\n\nFind out more about the Royal Family and the line of succession below.\n\nCharles became King the moment his mother Queen Elizabeth II died.\n\nThe now former Prince of Wales married Lady Diana Spencer, who became the Princess of Wales, on 29 July 1981. The couple had two sons, William and Harry. They later separated and their marriage was dissolved in 1996. On 31 August 1997, the princess was killed in a car crash in Paris.\n\nHe married Camilla Parker Bowles on 9 April 2005. When Charles became King, she became Queen Consort, as per the wishes of Queen Elizabeth II. Following the coronation she is now known as Queen Camilla.\n\nPrince William is the elder son of King Charles III and Diana, Princess of Wales, and is now first in line to the throne.\n\nHe was 15 when his mother died. He went on to study at St Andrews University, where he met his future wife, Kate Middleton. The couple were married in 2011.\n\nOn his 21st birthday he was appointed a Counsellor of State - standing in for the Queen on official occasions. He and his wife had their first child, George, in July 2013, their second, Charlotte, in 2015 and third, Louis, in 2018.\n\nThe prince trained with the Army, Royal Navy and RAF before spending three years as an RAF search-and-rescue pilot with RAF Valley on Anglesey, north Wales. He also worked part-time for two years as a co-pilot with the East Anglian Air Ambulance alongside his royal duties. He left the role in July 2017 to take on more royal duties on behalf of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh.\n\nWilliam has inherited his father's Duchy of Cornwall and is now the Prince of Wales. Catherine is now the Princess of Wales.\n\nAs heir to the throne, his main duties are to support the King in his royal commitments.\n\nPrince George of Wales was born on 22 July 2013 at St Mary's Hospital in London. His father was present for the birth of his son, who weighed 8lb 6oz (3.8kg).\n\nPrince George is second in line to the throne, after his father.\n\nCatherine, Princess of Wales gave birth to her second child, Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, on 2 May 2015, again at St Mary's Hospital. William was present for the birth of the 8lb 3oz (3.7kg) baby.\n\nShe is third in line to the throne, after her father and older brother, and is known as Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Wales.\n\nThe new Princess of Wales gave birth to her third child, a boy weighing 8lbs 7oz, on 23 April 2018, at St Mary's Hospital in London.\n\nWilliam was present for the birth of Louis Arthur Charles, who is fourth in line to the throne.\n\nPrince Harry trained at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and went on to become a lieutenant in the Army, serving as a helicopter pilot.\n\nDuring his 10 years in the armed forces, Capt Wales, as he became known, saw active service in Afghanistan twice, in 2012 to 2013 as an Apache helicopter co-pilot and gunner. He left the Army in 2015 and now focuses on charitable work, including conservation in Africa and organising the Invictus Games for injured members of the armed forces.\n\nHe has been a Counsellor of State since his 21st birthday and stood in for the Queen on official duties.\n\nHe married US actress Meghan Markle on 19 May, 2018, at Windsor Castle. In January 2020, the royal couple said they would step back as \"senior\" royals and divide their time between the UK and North America. They said they intended to \"work to become financially independent\".\n\nJust over a year later, Buckingham Palace confirmed the couple would not be returning to royal duties, and would give up their honorary military appointments and royal patronages.\n\nThe Sussexes' first child, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, was born on 6 May 2019, weighing 7lbs 3oz, with the duke present for his birth.\n\nArchie was not automatically a prince when he was born because he was not a grandson of the monarch. But he gained the right to that title when King Charles acceded to the throne. Harry and Meghan are understood to want their children to decide for themselves whether or not to use their titles when they are older.\n\nThe Duchess of Sussex gave birth to her second child in Santa Barbara, California, on 4 June 2021. Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor - to be known as Lili - is named after the Royal Family's nickname for the Queen and is her 11th great-grandchild.\n\nShe was given the middle name Diana in honour of Prince Harry's mother, who died in a car crash in 1997 when he was 12 years old. Like her brother, she gained the right to use the royal title when her grandfather became king.\n\nPrince Andrew, eighth in line to the throne, was the third child of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh - but the first to be born to a reigning monarch for 103 years.\n\nHe was created the Duke of York on his marriage to Sarah Ferguson, who became Duchess of York, in 1986. They had two daughters - Beatrice, in 1988, and Eugenie, in 1990. In March 1992 it was announced the duke and duchess were to separate. They divorced in 1996.\n\nThe duke served for 22 years in the Royal Navy and saw active service in the Falklands War in 1982. In addition to royal engagements, he served as a special trade representative for the government until 2011.\n\nPrince Andrew stepped away from royal duties in 2019 after an interview with the BBC about his relationship with US financier Jeffrey Epstein, who killed himself while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking and conspiracy charges.\n\nIn February, he agreed to pay an undisclosed sum to settle a civil sexual assault case brought against him in the US by one of Epstein's victims, although he made no admission of liability and had repeatedly denied the allegations.\n\nPrincess Beatrice is the elder daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah, Duchess of York. Her full title is Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice of York. She has no official surname, but uses the name York.\n\nShe married property tycoon Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi at The Royal Chapel of All Saints at Royal Lodge, Windsor, in July 2020. The couple had been due to marry in May, but coronavirus delayed the plans.\n\nPrincess Beatrice had a baby girl, Sienna Elizabeth, in September 2021, who is 10th in line to the throne and is the Queen's 12th great-grandchild. Princess Beatrice is also stepmother to Mr Mapelli Mozzi's son Christopher Woolf, known as Wolfie, from his previous relationship with Dara Huang.\n\nPrincess Eugenie is the younger daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah, Duchess of York. Her full title is Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie of York and she is 11th in line to the throne.\n\nLike her sister Princess Beatrice, she has no official surname, but uses York. She married her long-term boyfriend Jack Brooksbank at Windsor Castle on 12 October 2018.\n\nPrincess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank's son, August, born on 9 February 2021, was Queen Elizabeth's ninth great-grandchild.\n\nErnest Brooksbank was born on 30 May and weighed 7lb 1oz\n\nPrincess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank's second son was born on 30 May 2023. It is the first royal birth since the coronation of King Charles, Eugenie's uncle.\n\nErnest is 13th in line to the throne, moving the Duke of Edinburgh down to 14th place.\n\nEugenie said the baby's names were inspired by \"his great-great-great grandfather George, his grandpa George and my grandpa Ronald\".\n\nMajor Ronald Ferguson, who died in 2003 was the Duchess of York's father.\n\nPrince Edward was given the title Duke of Edinburgh on his 59th birthday, almost two years after the death of his father Prince Philip, who previously held the title. It was understood that Philip had wanted Edward to take on the title, but the decision was left to King Charles.\n\nPrince Edward's wife Sophie becomes the Duchess of Edinburgh and the prince's former title, the Earl of Wessex, has now been given to his son James, Viscount Severn. The couple also have a daughter, Lady Louise, born in 2003.\n\nAfter a brief period with the Royal Marines, the prince formed his own TV production company. He subsequently supported the Queen in her official duties and carried out public engagements for charities. He is 14th in line to the throne.\n\nJames, Earl of Wessex is the younger child of the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh. He was given the title after his father Prince Edward became the Duke of Edinburgh in March 2023. When James was born, he was given the title Viscount Severn - a \"courtesy\" title as son of an earl, rather than using prince. It is thought his parents made this decision to avoid some of the burdens of royal titles.\n\nBorn in 2003, Lady Louise Windsor is the elder child of the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh. However, she is lower in the line of succession than her younger brother because she was born before a law came into force scrapping the system that meant a younger son could displace an older daughter.\n\nAnne, Princess Royal is the Queen's second child and only daughter. When she was born she was third in line to the throne, but is now 17th. She was given the title Princess Royal in June 1987.\n\nPrincess Anne has married twice; her first husband Captain Mark Phillips is the father of her two children, Peter and Zara, while her second is Vice-Admiral Timothy Laurence.\n\nThe princess was the first royal to use the surname Mountbatten-Windsor in an official document, in the marriage register after her wedding to Capt Phillips. She competed in equestrian events for Great Britain in the 1976 Montreal Olympics and is involved with a number of charities, including Save the Children, of which she has been president since 1970.\n\nPeter Phillips is the eldest of the Queen's grandchildren. He married Canadian Autumn Kelly in 2008 and together they have two daughters, Savannah, born in 2010, and Isla, born in 2012.\n\nThe children of the Princess Royal do not have royal titles, as they are descended from the female line. Mark Phillips refused the offer of an earldom when he married so their children do not have courtesy titles.\n\nPeter Phillips and his wife announced they were getting divorced in February 2020.\n\nSavannah, born in 2010, is the elder daughter of Peter and Autumn Phillips and was the Queen's first great-grandchild.\n\nIsla, born in 2012, is the second daughter of Peter and Autumn Phillips.\n\nZara Tindall followed her mother and father with a highly successful riding career - including winning a silver medal at the London 2012 Olympics. She married former England rugby player Mike Tindall in 2011 and the couple had their first child, Mia Grace, in 2014.\n\nThe children of the Princess Royal do not hold a royal title, as they are descended from the female line, but she remains 21st in line to the throne. Their father, Mark Phillips, turned down an earldom when he married Princess Anne, so they do not have courtesy titles.\n\nThe Queen's granddaughter Zara Tindall gave birth to her first child, Mia Grace, in January 2014.\n\nThe couple's second child was born on 18 June 2018 at Stroud Maternity Unit, Gloucestershire, weighing 9lb 3oz.\n\nLena Elizabeth was named in honour of her great-grandmother.\n\nLike her sister, Lena Elizabeth does not have a royal title and so will also be known as Miss Tindall.\n\nZara and Mike Tindall's son Lucas Philip, their third child - the Queen's 10th great-grandchild - was born on 21 March 2021 weighing 8lbs 4oz.\n\nRead the latest from our royal correspondent Sean Coughlan - sign up here.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Future medical advances are at risk because NHS pressures are hampering the ability of staff to take part in vital research, leading academics say.\n\nThe Academy of Medical Sciences said the number of doctors involved in research had fallen, while budgets had been frozen.\n\nIt said despite shortages of staff on the front line, more priority still needed to be given to research.\n\nThe government said it was looking to invest more in research generally.\n\nDuring the election, the Tories said they wanted to see funding double over the next five years to £18bn a year.\n\nThat is for the whole research sector - although the NHS is expected to be a major beneficiary of this.\n\nThe Academy of Medical Sciences said this would help, but NHS staff would need protected time to ensure they could take part in research.\n\nIt wants to see a pilot scheme launched involving 10 UK hospitals which would allow one in five consultants to have one day a week to carry out research.\n\nAcademy of Medical Sciences president Prof Sir Robert Lechler said investing in research was \"critical\" and needed to be prioritised even at a time when the NHS was struggling with a shortage of doctors and nurses.\n\n\"We are enjoying an exciting era of unprecedented medical discovery.\n\n\"Patients need us to convert this progress into new cures and better care.\"\n\nThe report by the Academy of Medical Sciences said the NHS had played a vital role in a number of important discoveries, including the link between smoking and lung cancer, and medical advances which led to progress on organ transplantation, stem cell research and the invention of MRI scanning.\n\nEvery year, more than one million people take part in research programmes involving the NHS.\n\nAll NHS trusts are involved in one way or another, whether that involves participating in trials or data analysis.\n\nMuch of the work relies on senior doctors taking on academic roles in partnership with universities to lead programmes.\n\nBut the proportion of consultants in England involved in such arrangements has fallen from 7.5% in 2004 to 4.2% in 2017, the report said.\n\nThis has happened as the budget for the National Institute for Health Research, the main funding body for the sector, has seen its budget frozen in recent years, the report added.\n\nSpending by pharmaceutical companies in the UK has also fallen.\n\nA spokesman for NHS England said research programmes in the health service were still growing despite the pressures.\n\n\"As NHS staffing expands further over the next five years, the opportunities for more research will increase.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "South Western Railway's auditor said there was \"significant doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern\"\n\nA rail firm has said it could lose its franchise after declaring a £137m loss.\n\nSouth Western Railway (SWR) said it was in talks with the government over the future of the contract, which is due to expire in 2024.\n\nThe operator, owned by FirstGroup and Hong Kong-based firm MTR, said it had been affected by issues including strikes and infrastructure reliability.\n\nSWR services were disrupted for 27 days in December by the latest in a series of strikes over the future of guards.\n\nRMT union members have staged a series of strikes over the future of guards\n\nSWR's accounts, for the year ending 31 March 2019, showed a loss after tax of £136.9m.\n\nIt said talks with the DfT could lead to a new contract or \"termination of the [current] contract within the next 12 months\".\n\nSWR said its owners had set aside funds for the \"maximum unavoidable loss\".\n\nA spokesman for the train operating company said: \"SWR's recent performance has been affected by issues including infrastructure reliability, timetabling delays and industrial action.\n\n\"We continue to be in ongoing and constructive discussions with the DfT.\"\n\nThe RMT rail union said the firm should be stripped of the franchise immediately to avoid a \"chaotic collapse\".\n\nRMT members have been involved in more than two years of strikes over a move by SWR to allow drivers to operate train doors.\n\nSWR has not been balancing the books for some time. After two years of strikes by guards in the RMT union, that isn't a surprise.\n\nNew trains are late, the infrastructure has been unreliable and performance has been falling for years. This railway is not doing well and most of its promises to passengers have not been met.\n\nBut here, in black and white for the first time, is an acknowledgment by the new managing director, Mark Hopwood, that the company could fail. Operations could be transferred to a government controlled body.\n\nI don't think it's the most likely outcome. A new deal with revised terms is more likely. But what's clear is that the option of last resort is being actively considered.\n\nA DfT spokesperson said: \"We monitor the financial health of all our franchises closely and we expect them to meet their contractual obligations.\n\n\"The government will shortly bring forward a White Paper containing reforms recommended by the Williams Review that will put passengers first, end the complicated franchising model and simplify fares.\"\n\nSWR operates routes between London Waterloo, Reading, Bristol, Exeter, Weymouth, and Portsmouth, as well as Island Line on the Isle of Wight.\n\nFirstGroup and MTR were awarded the franchise in August 2017, after outbidding previous operator Stagecoach.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Helen McCourt was murdered by Ian Simms in Billinge, Merseyside, in 1988\n\nA man jailed over the 1988 murder of Helen McCourt is to be released after an appeal to keep him behind bars was rejected.\n\nIan Simms, 63, was convicted of killing the 22-year-old, who disappeared in Merseyside, but has never revealed where he hid her remains.\n\nHer mother, who appealed against the Parole Board's recommendation for his release, said she was \"disappointed\".\n\nBut the Ministry of Justice has now been ordered to free Simms.\n\nThe Parole Board said it was \"satisfied that imprisonment is no longer necessary for the protection of the public\".\n\nSimms, who never admitted his guilt, killed Ms McCourt as she walked home from work in Liverpool.\n\nHer mother Marie said in a statement: \"I am very disappointed with the Parole Board's announcement and do not accept what they are saying - that Simms is safe to be released.\n\n\"I am consulting my legal team to discuss my next steps.\"\n\nShe has previously said she was left shaking with anger after receiving a call from her victim liaison officer at the Parole Board confirming Simms' likely release.\n\nIan Simms, pictured here in 1988, was jailed for murder\n\nMrs McCourt has urged the government to introduce Helen's Law, legislation that would deny parole to killers who do not disclose their victims' remains.\n\nThe bill recently ran out of time, when the general election was called.\n\nSimms was denied release at a hearing in 2016, but was later transferred to an open prison \"due to progress made\", where he had \"followed the rules\" when granted temporary release.\n\nMrs McCourt has described not knowing the whereabouts of her daughter's body as \"torture\".\n\nA Parole Board spokesman said: \"The Parole Board has decided that the original decision to release Ian Simms should stand, after considering a reconsideration application from the Secretary of State.\n\n\"Whilst the Parole Board has every sympathy with Helen McCourt's family, if the board is satisfied that imprisonment is no longer necessary for the protection of the public, they are legally obliged to direct release.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The government has previously announced HMS Montrose will resume duties escorting shipping through the Straits of Hormuz\n\nThe UK has put the Royal Navy and military helicopters on standby amid rising tensions in the Middle East, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has said.\n\nThe government was putting in place \"urgent measures\" to protect British nationals and interests in the region, Mr Wallace told the House of Commons.\n\nHe said non-essential UK personnel had also been moved out of Baghdad.\n\nHis comments come in the wake of the US killing of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani in Iraq on Friday.\n\nMr Wallace, answering questions from MPs on the growing crisis, reiterated the government's calls for all sides to \"de-escalate\".\n\nBut hours after his statement, the US Department of Defence said an airbase housing US troops in Iraq had been hit by more than a dozen ballistic missiles.\n\nIranian state TV said the attack was in retaliation to Soleimani's death.\n\nThe Ministry of Defence said all British service personnel in Iraq had been accounted for and there were no British casualties following the attacks.\n\nAnd a government spokesperson said: \"Our first priority continues to be the security of British personnel.\"\n\nThere are around 400 UK troops stationed in Iraq, primarily to assist in defeating IS.\n\nWhen asked earlier on Tuesday about the prospect of a UK military strike on Iran, Mr Wallace said he was \"not going to rule out anything\".\n\nHe said if British citizens or armed service personnel were killed by Iranian actions the UK's response \"would no doubt be proportionate\".\n\n\"The UK will do what it has to do to defend its persons, its citizens and wherever it needs to do that. That is our duty.\"\n\nThe defence secretary also said the Department for Transport was reviewing its advice to British shipping on a daily basis, while \"a small team\" had been sent to the region to provide assistance with \"situational awareness and contingency planning\".\n\nAsked by Labour MP Chi Onwurah about the risks of the UK's \"unquestioning\" support of President Donald Trump - who ordered the drone strike - Mr Wallace said the support was \"not unquestioning at all\".\n\nHe added: \"We are friends and allies but we are also critical friends and allies when it matters.\"\n\nJeremy Corbyn wanted to know why Boris Johnson was not addressing MPs\n\nLabour leader Jeremy Corbyn accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of \"hiding behind his defence secretary\" by not making the Commons statement himself.\n\nMr Corbyn said that the US killing of Soleimani amounted to \"an illegal act\" and now what was urgently required was \"dialogue preferably through the UN\".\n\nHe said it was \"very odd\" that the prime minister \"couldn't be bothered to come and answer questions\" in Parliament on the matter.\n\nResponding, Mr Wallace said: \"This prime minister actually believes in a cabinet government and letting the members of the cabinet who are responsible for the policy come to the House to be able to answer the questions around the policy matter.\"\n\nMinisters have been chorusing the case for constraint and there is a lot of talking going on.\n\nThe defence secretary and the foreign secretary have been in touch with their counterparts in the region and in Europe and Boris Johnson has been on the phone to President Trump and to the Iraqi leadership.\n\nBut he hasn't spoken publicly and he was conspicuous by his absence in the Commons today, which laid him open to mockery and accusations of weakness from Mr Corbyn.\n\nThe official line is ministers are being left to do their job. Senior Conservatives point out that past prime ministers tended to be front and centre when dealing with a crisis on this kind of scale.", "A Ukrainian Boeing 737-800 crashed shortly after take-off in Iran on Wednesday, killing all 176 people on board.\n\nIn total, 82 Iranians and 63 Canadians were on board the Kyiv-bound Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) Flight PS752, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko said.\n\nThere were also 11 victims - including nine crew members - from Ukraine, four Afghans, four Britons and three Germans.\n\nIran's head of emergency operations said 147 of the victims were Iranian, which suggests many of the foreign nationals held dual nationality.\n\nA list of passengers was released by the airline, but the BBC is awaiting confirmation from people known to the victims.\n\nThe majority of the passengers on the flight were headed for Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed. Out of the 176 victims, 138 had listed Canada as their final destination.\n\nOf them, 57 of them carried a Canadian passport, but many others were foreign students, permanent residents or visitors.\n\nInitially, the number of Canadian victims was given as 63.\n\nA number of the passengers on board the plane were reportedly students and university staff from Canada returning at the end of the holidays.\n\nThe tragedy was a national one, touching many communities across the country.\n\nArdalan Ebnoddin Hamidi, Niloofar Razzaghi and their teenage son Kamyar, a family of three from Vancouver were returning from Iran where they had taken a short vacation and were confirmed to have been on the flight.\n\nThe University of British Columbia said it is mourning the loss of Mehran Abtahi, a postdoctoral research fellow, and sibling alumnus Zeynab Asadi Lari and Mohammad Asadi Lari.\n\n\"She was full of dreams, and now they're gone,\" Elnaz Morshedi told the BBC of her friend Zeynab Asadi Lari, who was studying health sciences.\n\nHer brother Mohammmad was the co-founder of STEM fellowship, a youth-run charity that helps students in maths and sciences.\n\nOther victims from the west coast province include Delaram Dadashnejad, an international student studying nutrition at a college in Vancouver, and couple Naser Pourshaban Oshibi and Firouzeh Madani.\n\nThe University of Alberta confirmed that 10 members of the institution's community were killed in the tragedy.\n\nPedram Mousavi and Mojgan Daneshmand, a married couple who taught engineering at the University of Alberta, were killed in the crash, along with their two daughters, Daria, 14, and Dorina, 9.\n\nPedram Mousavi and Mojgan Daneshmand with their two daughters\n\nArash Pourzarabi, 26,and Pouneh Gourji, 25, were graduate students in computer science at the university, and had gone to Iran for their wedding.\n\nOther students who died included Elnaz Nabiyi, Nasim Rahmanifar, and Amir Saeedinia, as well as alumnus Mohammad Mahdi Elyasi, who studied mechanical engineering and graduated in 2017.\n\nObstetrician Shekoufeh Choupannejad, her daughter Saba Saadat, who was studying medicine at the university, and Sara, who had recently graduated, were also among those on the flight\n\nThe \"community is reeling from this loss,\" said university president David Turpin on Thursday.\n\nAlso from the province of Alberta was Kasra Saati, an aircraft mechanic formerly with Viking Air, the CBC confirmed.\n\nVictims from Winnipeg included Forough Khadem, described \"as a promising scientist and a dear friend,\" by her colleague E Eftekharpour.\n\n\"I can't use past tense. I think he's coming back. We play again. We talk again. It's too difficult to use past tense, too difficult. No one can believe it,\" his friend Amir Shirzadi told CTV News.\n\nAmirhossein Bahabadi Ghorbani, 21, was studying science at the University of Manitoba and hoped to become a doctor, his roommate told the CBC.\n\nCBC also confirmed that a family of three from that city - Mohammad Mahdi Sadeghi, his wife, Bahareh Hajesfandiari, and their daughter, Anisa Sadeghi, were travelling together on the flight.\n\nFarzaneh Naderi, a customer service manager at Walmart, and her 11-year-old son Noojan Sadr were also killed.\n\nMany of the victims were returning to their homes in Toronto and other nearby cities in the province of Ontario.\n\nThey included Ghanimat Azhdari - a PhD student at the University of Guelph, Ontario. She specialised in promoting the rights of indigenous groups and her research group described her as \"cherished and loved\".\n\nToronto resident Alina Tarbhai was also among the victims, her employer, the Ontario Secondary School Teacher's Federation (OSSTF), told the BBC. Her mother Afifa Tarbhai was also on board.\n\nThe University of Windsor, Ontario, confirmed five people from their school had died on the plane. PhD student Hamid Kokab Setareh and his wife Samira Bashiri, who was also a researcher at the school, were among those killed.\n\nOmid Arsalani told CBC that his sister Evin Arsalani, 30, had travelled to Iran to attend a wedding with her husband, Hiva Molani, 38, and their one-year-old daughter Kurdia. All three were killed in the crash.\n\nThe University of Toronto confirmed the loss of students Mojtaba Abbasnezhad, Mohammad Amin Beiruti, and Mohammad Amin Jebelli, and Mohammad Salehe.\n\nSeyed Hossein Mortazavi, a childhood friend of Mohammad Salehe, said he was a bit reserved and shy but a brilliant computer programmer whose talent was widely recognised.\n\nMcMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario confirmed the loss of PhD students Iman Aghabali and Mehdi Eshaghian, as well as of former postdoctoral researcher Siavash Maghsoudlou Estarabadi.\n\nThe CBC confirmed that Mahdieh Ghassemi and her two children Arsan Niazi and Arnica Niazi, were on the flight.\n\nTirgan, an Iranian cultural charity, said \"it is with a heavy heart that we bid farewell\" to some volunteers with their organisation, including couple Parinaz and Iman Ghaderpanah.\n\nThe organisation said it was joining in mourning with another volunteer, Hamed Esmaeilion, who lost his wife Parisa Eghbalian, and their daughter Reera Esmaeilion.\n\nWestern University said it was mourning four international students: Ghazal Nourian, Milad Nahavandi, Hadis Hayatdavoudi, Sajedeh Saraeian.\n\nThe University of Waterloo shared the news \"with heavy hearts\" that their community had lost two PhD students Marzieh (Mari) Foroutan and Mansour Esnaashary Esfahani.\n\nEngineer Siavash Ghafouri-Azar was returning home with his new wife, Sara Mamani, when the plane crashed. The couple had just bought their first home near the Canadian city of Montreal.\n\nHis uncle, Reza Ghafouri-Azar, told the BBC \"I cannot come up with words for my kind, dedicated nephew.\"\n\n\"He has been a very positive and passionate from childhood until his soul's departure from his body. Rest in peace my dearest side by your beloved wife,\" he said.\n\nMr Ghafouri-Azar is a professor of engineering in Toronto, and he introduced his nephew to Ali Dolatabadi, an engineering professor at Concordia University who would become Siavash's thesis supervisor.\n\n\"It is a great loss,\" Mr Dolatabadi told the BBC. \"He was very intelligent, a gentleman. He had a kind and a gentle soul.\" He said his wife Sarah Mamani was \"very kind, very polite\". The couple were looking forward to throwing a housewarming party in the New Year.\n\nArmin Morattab was worried when his twin Arvin Morattab, called him from the airport in Tehran, amid reports that Iran had fired missiles at US targets in Iraq.\n\n\"He said he was coming back home soon,\" Mr Morattab told the Montreal Gazette.\n\nArvin Morattab and his wife Aida Farzaneh were both killed.\n\nThe Gazette also confirmed that Mohammad Moeini, from Quebec, was also killed.\n\nGlobal News confirmed that five of the victims have ties to Nova Scotia, a province on Canada's east coast.\n\nDalhousie University student Masoumeh Ghavi, her sister, Mandieh Ghavi, were both killed, as was local dentist Dr. Sharieh Faghihi, and two graduate students at St Mary's University, Maryam Malek and Fatemeh Mahmoodi.\n\nAli Nafarieh, a professor at Dalhousie and president of the Iranian Cultural Association of Nova Scotia, employed Masoumeh Ghavi part-time at his IT company. He says she was one of the university's \"top students\".\n\n\"I remember she has always a smile on her face. What she brought in our company in addition to skills and knowledge and experience was her energy. She changed the atmosphere over there. We'll miss her a lot,\" he told CTV News.\n\nWe have no information on the 82 Iranian nationals who died.\n\nFour British nationals were among the victims.\n\nMohammed Reza Kadkhoda Zadeh, Sam Zokaei and Saeed Tahmasebi were all on board\n\nThree have been named as Mohammed Reza Kadkhoda Zadeh, who owned a dry cleaners in West Sussex, BP engineer Sam Zokaei from Twickenham, and PhD student and engineer Saeed Tahmasebi, who lived in Dartford.\n\nLast year, Mr Tahmasebi married his Iranian partner, Niloufar Ebrahim, who was also on the plane.\n\nMr Tahmasebi's colleagues at Imperial College London described him as \"a brilliant engineer with a bright future\", and said that his contributions to engineering \"will benefit society for years to come\".\n\nHis friend and business partner, Nima Shoja, told the BBC that Mr Tahmasebi and his wife were planning to have a baby.\n\n\"I talked with Saeed every other day,\" Mr Shoja said. \"I also tried to call him the day before his flight. [It] was late in Tehran and I was not successful.\n\n\"He sent me a message in the morning [saying], 'I will call you tomorrow' - the tomorrow that he did not have.\"\n\nTen Swedish nationals died in the crash. Many of them are believed to have also had Iranian citizenship.\n\nSwedish media report that several children were among the victims.\n\nSweden's foreign ministry confirmed that Swedes were among those killed. It provided no further details.\n\nNine of the 11 Ukrainian nationals killed were staff at Ukraine International Airlines (UIA).\n\nValeriia Ovcharuk, 28, and Mariia Mykytiuk, 24, were among the flight attendants who died.\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 teplo_maria 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\nOn their social media accounts, which are now being filled with tributes, they frequently shared photographs from their travels.\n\nValeria posted just two weeks ago from a hotel in Bangkok with the caption: \"Work, I love you.\"\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 o_valeriia 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\nIhor Matkov, was flight PS752's chief attendant. The other three flight attendants were named by the airline as Kateryna Statnik, Yuliia Solohub and Denys Lykhno.\n\nThree pilots were on board at the time of the accident: Captain Volodymyr Gaponenko, First Officer Serhii Khomenko and instructor Oleksiy Naumkin.\n\nAll three had between 7,600 and 12,000 hours experience flying a 737 aircraft, according to the airline.\n\nA former UIA pilot said he had flown together with each of the three pilots. Writing on Facebook, Yuri, who wanted to be known only by his first name, described them as \"great pilots\".", "The action began at 08:00 GMT on Wednesday in a second wave of protests over pay and staffing levels.\n\nAbout 9,000 nurses across Northern Ireland have begun a 12-hour strike.\n\nThe action began at 08:00 GMT on Wednesday in a second wave of protests over pay and staffing levels.\n\nMore than 2,000 appointments and procedures have been cancelled, including a number of elective caesarean operations.\n\nThe Health and Social Care Board said it expects \"significant disruption\". Information from health trusts on affected services can be found here.\n\nSome schools for children with special needs will be closed as they cannot provide medical cover.\n\nRoyal College of Nursing (RCN) director Pat Cullen told BBC Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster programme that nurses felt \"bullied\" by health officials.\n\nHer comments followed a warning by the heads of Northern Ireland's health trusts on Tuesday that this week's strikes could push the system \"beyond tipping point\".\n\nShe said there was a feeling among nurses that they were an \"easy target\" for budgetary cuts.\n\n\"Nurses don't need sympathy, they need action,\" she said.\n\n\"We need a health service that doesn't have trolleys lined up in every corridor.\n\n\"Yet again we see responsibility being transferred to the lowest paid workers and nurses having to take the brunt for bullying now going on and saying that those nurses are responsible for the mess we find ourselves in.\"\n\nSeamus McGoran, interim chief executive of the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust, also speaking to BBC Radio Ulster, said staff were \"making a major statement\" through strike action and that trusts \"completely support the staff in their legitimate claim for pay parity\".\n\nHe added: \"We are not blaming staff for taking industrial action, we understand why they have taken the action they have taken.\n\n\"It is very important for staff to keep calm in this situation.\"\n\nBut he said there were concerns about the timing of the action during the \"busiest week of the year\".\n\n\"It is probably the straw that potentially could break the camel's back.\n\n\"This is going to be a difficult day.\"\n\nServices across health and social care will be affected.\n\nPatients with a scheduled outpatient appointment or who are due to have an operation who have not been contacted by their trust should attend as normal.\n\nClearly the unions are not for budging. They remain steadfast in their determination to highlight what they see as the injustice for both patients and staff across the health and social care system.\n\nWhile the health chiefs are speaking out at the eleventh hour, it is vital to remember that this just didn't sneak up on them.\n\nThe system has been stretched and understaffed for years - long before this strike action took place.\n\nAccording to the unions, the public have their backs. The support has not waned.\n\nBut what is different in this new year is that the hope of the assembly being up and running by now has almost diminished.\n\nThis week's strike action will go ahead on both Wednesday and Friday.\n\nThe problem is what happens if next week, there is no agreement between the political parties and the unthinkable happens - an election is called.\n\nHave the unions then backed themselves into a cul-de-sac?\n\nThat is the worry for everyone.\n\nThose patients whose service or appointment is cancelled will be notified by the trust. Appointments will be rescheduled.\n\nAll emergency departments (EDs) are expected to remain open.\n\nHowever, with fewer staff, there is likely to be an impact on how quickly patients are seen and discharged.\n\nMinor injury units in South Tyrone, Mid-Ulster and Bangor will be closed.\n\nA further strike involving members of both the RCN and health union Unison is due to take place on Friday.\n\nThe Department of Health has said it does not have the budget or the authority to meet union demands.\n\nThe first strike by Royal College of Nursing members took place in December. It was their first in the union's 103-year history.\n\nIn a statement released on Tuesday evening, the RCN called for \"urgent measures to address unsafe staffing levels and deliver pay parity with colleagues from across the UK\".\n\nThe statement said there were almost 2,800 vacant nursing posts in Northern Ireland and pay had fallen by 15% in real terms in recent years.\n\nMs Cullen said employers and the Department of Health had known about the planned strikes since November 2019.\n\nShe said nurses had been left with \"no choice\".\n\n\"We all wish to see a rapid solution to this crisis,\" she said.\n\n\"However, this will not be secured by trying to blame nurses for the consequences of the decisions made by those in power.\"\n\nA spokesperson for the Health and Social Care (HSC) organisation said: \"Our clear message is if you are seriously ill or injured, then the emergency department is the place to go.\"\n\nRCN nurses who are on strike are to receive a £45 support payment from the union.\n\nValerie Thompson, a deputy ward sister at Londonderry's Altnagelvin Hospital, said concerns over safe staffing levels and pay parity had brought her to the picket line.\n\n\"We need to have the proper amount of staff to care for our patients, give them the respects, dignity, care they deserve,\" she said.\n\n\"We are a loyal workforce; we get on with it, and rally around.\n\n\"But it is difficult. We miss breaks, go home late, staff are just exhausted.\"\n\nThe deputy ward sister said nurses \"have to stand up for what is right\".", "Air France said an investigation was under way\n\nThe body of a child aged about 10 has been found in the undercarriage of a plane that had arrived in Paris from Abidjan, sources close to the investigation have told French media.\n\nAir France confirmed that \"the lifeless body of a stowaway\" was discovered at Charles de Gaulle Airport early in the morning.\n\nThe body was found in the well of the landing gear of the aircraft that flew in from Ivory Coast, it said.\n\nAn investigation is under way.\n\n\"The airline expresses their condolences and deplores this human tragedy,\" Air France said in a tweet, without specifying the age of person found.\n\nThe National Gendarmerie confirmed to the BBC that the body discovered at 06:40 local time (05:40 GMT) was of \"African origin\".\n\nThe Air France Boeing 777 had taken off from Abidjan, Ivory Coast's main city, on Tuesday evening.\n\nAn Ivorian security source told the AFP news agency: \"Aside from the human drama, this shows a major failing of security at Abidjan airport.\"\n• None What is Ivory Coast like?", "Thousands of camels in South Australia will be shot dead from helicopters as a result of extreme heat and drought.\n\nA five-day cull started on Wednesday, as Aboriginal communities in the region have reported large groups of camels damaging towns and buildings.\n\n\"They are roaming the streets looking for water. We are worried about the safety of the young children\", says Marita Baker, who lives in the community of Kanypi.\n\nSome feral horses will also be killed.\n\nCamels were brought to Australia in the 19th century and have since become feral\n\nThe marksmen who will shoot the animals come from Australia's department for environment and water.\n\nHot and dry conditions have led to huge bush fires across Australia in the last few months, but the country's drought has lasted for years. The camel cull is not directly linked to the fires crisis.\n\nThe slaughter will take place in the area of Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) - a sparsely-populated part of South Australia which is home to a number of indigenous groups.\n\n\"There is extreme pressure on remote Aboirignal communities in the APY lands and their pastoral [livestock] operations as the camels search for water,\" says APY's general manager Richard King in a statement.\n\n\"Given ongoing dry conditions and the large camel congregations threatening all of the main APY communities and infrastructure, immediate camel control is needed,\" he adds.\n\n\"We have been stuck in stinking hot and uncomfortable conditions, feeling unwell, because all the camels are coming in and knocking down fences, getting in around the houses and trying to get water through air-conditioners,\" says APY Executive Board Member Marita Baker.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Australia fires: \"Nothing left\" for animals that survive\n\nCamels aren't native to Australia - they were brought over by British settlers from India, Afghanistan and the Middle East in the 19th century.\n\nEstimates of numbers of camels vary but there are thought to be hundreds of thousands of them across the central parts of the country.\n\nThey can damage fences, farm equipment and settlements, and also drink water which is needed by people who live there.\n\nThey also emit methane, a greenhouse gas which contributes to climate change.\n\nAustralian bushfires have left at least 25 people dead since September.\n\nAbout 2,000 homes have been destroyed. The eastern and southern sides of the country have been the worst-affected - and many animals have also been killed in the fires.\n\nAustralia always has fires at this time of year, but they are a lot worse than normal this season.\n\nThe country has been getting hotter over recent decades and is expected to continue doing so.\n\nScientists have long warned that this hotter, drier climate will contribute to fires becoming more frequent and more intense.\n\nThe daughter of Rural Fire Service volunteer Andrew O'Dwyer in front of her fathers casket. The firefighter died on 19 December when a burning tree fell on his fire truck.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nThe government has called on the Football Association to immediately reconsider its decision to sell FA Cup broadcast rights via a third party to a gambling website.\n\nThe Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport says \"things have moved on\" since the contract was signed.\n\n\"I hope they will reconsider,\" Nicky Morgan said on Twitter.\n\nSince the start of last season, bookmaker Bet365 has had rights to show FA Cup ties on its website and app.\n\nThe matches are available to anyone who had placed a bet or put a deposit in their account in the 24 hours before kick-off.\n\nSports minister Nigel Adams added: \"The gambling landscape has changed since this deal was signed in early 2017. All sports bodies need to be mindful of the impact that problem gambling can have on the most vulnerable.\"\n\nThe FA has said it will \"review this element of the media rights sales process ahead of tendering rights from the 2024-25 season\".\n\nTwenty-three third-round matches were available to watch on Bet365 last weekend - all those that did not kick off at 15:01 GMT on Saturday.\n\nThe FA announced it was cutting its ties with gambling firms in July 2017, but this deal was done in January 2017.\n\n\"The FA agreed a media rights deal with IMG in early 2017, part of which permits them to sell the right to show live footage or clips of FA Cup matches to bookmakers,\" it said. \"Bet365 acquired these rights from IMG to use from the start of the 2018-19 season.\n\n\"This deal was agreed before we made a clear decision on the FA's relationship with gambling companies in June 2017 when we ended our partnership with Ladbrokes.\"\n\nFormer sports minister Tracey Crouch, MP for Chatham and Aylesford, said she was \"deeply uncomfortable and disappointed by the sale\".\n\nCrouch, who resigned from her cabinet post in 2018 over delays to a crackdown on the regulation of fixed-odds betting terminals, said the FA had \"always given the impression that they are conscious of the problems associated with gambling\".\n\n\"Given the current challenges of regulating online gambling it will inevitably expose vulnerable people, including children, to gambling - something that can lead to long-term problems for society.\"\n\nAll matches in the FA Cup third round started a minute late as part of the FA's Heads Up mental health campaign.\n\nBet365 said in a statement: \"Bet365 does not sponsor the FA or the FA Cup and does not have any direct commercial agreement with the FA.\n\n\"Bet365, along with multiple other operators, has the right to live stream certain FA Cup matches through a long standing media rights deal with IMG.\n\n\"There is no obligation on Bet365's customers to place a bet on any FA Cup match to enjoy the live streams at Bet365.\n\n\"To do so, customers are simply required to either have a funded Bet365 account or to have placed a bet on any event with Bet365 in the previous 24 hours.\n\n\"This requirement importantly ensures that all such customers are fully verified to prevent under-18s from accessing the service.\n\n\"Bet365 believes that these streaming services provide added value to its customers and enable them to watch FA Cup matches that they might not otherwise have been able to see.\"\n\nThe company's website says that gamblers are able to watch tennis, basketball, snooker, darts, cricket and squash through its streaming service.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Figen Murray says she is \"over the moon\" Manchester will be the first to adopt tougher security checks\n\nClubs and venues in Manchester will be asked to adopt new anti-terror measures following a campaign by the mother of arena bomb victim Martyn Hett.\n\nThe 29-year-old was one of 22 people killed in the suicide bombing in 2017.\n\nHis mother Figen Murray has been lobbying the government to bring in Martyn's Law, which would see venues make tougher security checks.\n\nManchester City Council is aiming to be the first to bring in the changes by adopting new licensing rules.\n\nMs Murray said: \"I am absolutely over the moon with [the council] because obviously it is not a legal requirement yet - they have said voluntarily they are going to kick-start it.\n\n\"To me it's massive because I have been working so hard with a lot of other wonderful people on this.\"\n\nMartyn Hett was one of 22 people killed in the attack on 22 May 2017\n\nMs Murray said she hoped other cities would follow suit.\n\nShe said: \"Across the road from my house I have a tree planted in Martyn's memory.\n\n\"I went there on 1 January at 8am while everybody was asleep and I said to Martyn, 'this is the year I am going to try and implement Martyn's Law. I will do my best for you Martyn'.\n\n\"As a mother what else can I do?\"\n\nCouncillors will be asked on Wednesday to approve a review of the way the council licenses premises, although initially its implementation would be voluntary.\n\nThe existing range of licensing conditions would be revised to incorporate specific counter-terrorism measures such as ensuring venues have a plan in place and staff training.\n\nWithout legislation, licensed venues cannot be compelled to implement Martyn's Law but the council said it may impose counter-terrorism conditions on new licences or where a licence is being varied.\n\nIt said any revised conditions could be introduced this year following a short public consultation.\n\nHowever, to include anti-terrorism measures into the formal Licensing Policy could not happen until January 2021.\n\nCouncil deputy leader Nigel Murphy said: \"We are proud to work with Figen to lead the way on bringing in an improved culture of safety in this country, but we need the government to take action.\n\n\"Only they have the power to get Martyn's Law onto the statute books and we hope it treats her campaign as a priority.\"\n\nA Home Office spokesman said: \"Following the horrendous attacks in 2017 the government is working to make venues and public spaces safer.\n\n\"This includes reviewing the law around protective security and preparedness arrangements and whether owners should be legally required to put in place counter-terror measures.\n\n\"We welcome the contribution made by Figen Murray and the Martyn's Law campaign to this work.\"\n\nMr Hett was killed along with 21 others when a bomb exploded at the end of an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena on 22 May 2017, which also left hundreds injured.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Customers of Travelex say they feel let down after being left with no travel money from the company which is in the midst of a cyber-attack.\n\nOne customer, Natalie Whiting from Stevenage, ordered £1,000 worth of euros online through Tesco.\n\n\"I haven't been able to get a refund of my money, it just seems to be in limbo,\" she told the BBC.\n\nOn Tuesday, the foreign currency trader confirmed that it is the victim of a ransomware attack.\n\nThe criminals behind the hack told the BBC they are demanding $6m (£4.6m) or company computer systems will be deleted and customer data sold online.\n\nTravelex says that there is no evidence customer data has been compromised.\n\nIn response to the cyber-attack, which was first discovered on New Year's Eve, Travelex took all computer systems offline, affecting thousands of sites in dozens of countries.\n\nCashiers have been resorting to using pen and paper to keep money moving at cash desks in airports and on high streets but orders online have been affected.\n\nBusiness partners which rely on Travelex for currency services, like Sainsbury's, Tesco and Virgin Money have also been affected.\n\n\"I ordered over £1,000 of euros from Tesco bank online for collection in my local Tesco store on 31 December, ready to be collected on 3 January,\" Ms Whiting told the BBC\n\n\"The money was taken from my account and an order confirmation was sent to me, but I went to Tesco to collect my euros last Friday to be told of the Travelex issue.\n\n\"I am now £1,000 out of pocket after saving up for so long and there's no information or help.\"\n\nTravelex confirmed to the BBC that no direct communication had been sent to customers about the attack, partly because all the computer systems are offline.\n\nVisitors to the Travelex UK website are told that the site is down for \"planned maintenance\" and partner sites, including Sainsbury's travel money, have similar messages.\n\nStephen Wright had to buy currency elsewhere\n\nStephen Wright, from Banff in north-east Scotland, is also furious with the way the company is handling the incident.\n\nHe said: \"I ordered euros on 23 December from Tesco bank. Delivery was due on 3 January but obviously, due to the problem with Travelex, nothing has yet arrived.\n\n\"There has been no communication from Tesco bank, so I called them. They simply say there is nothing they can do, that I must just wait until the problem is rectified, whenever that will be.\n\n\"I have been forced to purchase more euros elsewhere, leaving me considerably out of pocket.\"\n\nThe gang, also known as REvil, claims it first gained access to the company's computer network six months ago and has since downloaded 5 gigabytes of sensitive customer data.\n\nDates of birth, credit card information and national insurance numbers are all in their possession, they claim.\n\nHowever, a Travelex spokeswoman said on Tuesday night in a statement: \"Whilst the investigation is still ongoing, Travelex has confirmed that the software virus is ransomware known as Sodinokibi, also commonly referred to as REvil.\"\n\n\"Travelex has proactively taken steps to contain the spread of the ransomware, which has been successful. To date, the company can confirm that whilst there has been some data encryption, there is no evidence that structured personal customer data has been encrypted.\n\n\"Whist Travelex does not yet have a complete picture of all the data that has been encrypted, there is still no evidence to date that any data has been exfiltrated.\"\n\nThe Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said it had not received a data breach report from Travelex.\n\nA spokeswoman added: \"Organisations must notify the ICO within 72 hours of becoming aware of a personal data breach unless it does not pose a risk to people's rights and freedoms.\n\n\"If an organisation decides that a breach doesn't need to be reported, they should keep their own record of it and be able to explain why it wasn't reported if necessary.\"\n\nUnder General Data Protection Regulation, a company which fails to comply can face a maximum fine of 4% of its global turnover.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police says its Cyber Crime team is leading the investigation into the attack.\n\nTravelex has not said whether or not they are negotiating with the hackers and have not given any timeframe for when normal service will resume.\n\nHave you been affected by the cyber-attack on Travelex? Share your experiences 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• None Travelex being held to ransom by hackers", "The London Pride parade was among the potential targets, the court heard\n\nA man who was cleared over a sword attack on police outside Buckingham Palace went on to plan a series of terror attacks, a court has heard.\n\nMohiussunnath Chowdhury, 28, was found not guilty of a terror charge over an incident outside the palace in 2017, Woolwich Crown Court heard.\n\nHe is accused of later planning attacks on places including London's Madame Tussauds and London Pride parade.\n\nHe appeared in court alongside his sister, Sneha Chowdhury, 25, who is accused of doing nothing to stop his plans.\n\nMs Chowdhury, of the same address, denies two charges of failing to disclose information about acts of terrorism.\n\nWoolwich Crown Court heard that, in the attack outside Buckingham Palace in August 2017, two unarmed officers suffered cuts to their hands when they fought to disarm Mr Chowdhury as he shouted repeatedly \"Allahu Akbar\" (God is the greatest).\n\nMr Chowdhury had claimed the incident outside Buckingham Palace had been an attempt at suicide.\n\nBut the prosecution told the court that after he was cleared at the Old Bailey, Mr Chowdhury bragged to undercover officers who had him under surveillance that he had deceived the jury.\n\nHe also unwittingly confided in the officers, who were working to earn his trust from January 2019, plans to target busy London tourist attractions, with Madame Tussauds and an open-top tourist bus among the potential targets discussed, prosecutor Duncan Atkinson QC said.\n\nSneha Chowdhury is accused of doing nothing to stop her brother's plans\n\n\"Believing them to be as sincerely committed as he was, he told them of his devotion to the cause of violent Islamic extremism, the basis for this devotion and the skewed religious beliefs that underpinned it,\" Mr Atkinson said.\n\nHe said Mr Chowdhury was \"motivated by dreams of martyrdom for the cause of Islam, and inspired by preachers of hate\".\n\n\"The object was to unleash death and suffering on non-Muslim members of the public who happened to be present, using a firearm, sword and even a van as part of an attack,\" he said.\n\nThe prosecutor told jurors they could consider Mr Chowdhury's \"assertions\" to the undercover officers that he was \"indeed trying to carry out a terrorist attack in 2017 and that he had deceived the earlier jury that acquitted him of it\".\n\nMr Atkinson added: \"Whatever the position in 2017, he was unquestionably preparing for terrorism in 2019.\"\n\nMadame Tussauds is a top tourist attraction famed for its waxworks of celebrities and historical figures\n\nMr Atkinson said Mr Chowdhury's sister had \"better reason than anyone\" to understand what her brother was thinking and wanting to achieve, but she did nothing to stop him.\n\nThe prosecution said Mr Chowdhury used his sister's bank account on 10 March 2019 to buy two Red Oak Bokken wooden training swords, which were delivered to their home address.\n\nMr Chowdhury was also able to buy a replica Glock gun and looked into firearms training, Mr Atkinson said.\n\nHe also sought to involve the undercover officers in his firearms-related training and carrying out terrorist attacks, Mr Atkinson added.\n\nIn the lead up to the Buckingham Palace incident he had made references on WhatsApp to the \"Westminster jihad attacker\"' Khalid Masood, who had killed five people in March 2017, and wrote it was \"a good way to go\".\n\nMr Chowdhury is charged with one count of engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts, collecting information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism and of disseminating terrorist publications.", "And following on the heels of that news, Lisa Nandy's team has also confirmed she's received the necessary nominations as well.\n\n\"I am so proud to have been nominated by a group of MPs representing different parts of the country and different traditions in our movement,\" the Wigan MP says.\n\nAccording to the Labour website , shadow business secretary Rebecca Long Bailey has also passed the threshold of 22 MP and MEP nominations as well.\n\nAmong the declared runners, that just leaves Clive Lewis and Emily Thornberry looking to secure enough support from colleagues to stand.", "Zara Tindall was caught speeding in her Land Rover\n\nThe Queen's granddaughter Zara Tindall has been banned from driving for six months after being caught speeding at 91mph near her Cotswolds home.\n\nShe was banned under the totting up procedure, having already accumulated nine penalty points on her licence.\n\nMrs Tindall, 38, was given four more points for driving at 91mph on the A417 in Gloucestershire, taking her over the 12 points that usually means a ban.\n\nThe speed limit where she was clocked is 70mph.\n\nThe wife of former Gloucester and England rugby player Mike Tindall did not attend Cheltenham Magistrates' Court because she is in Australia.\n\nShe admitted the speeding offence, which she committed in her Land Rover at Daglingworth, near Cirencester, in November.\n\nGloucestershire Police operate a frequent road safety patrol from a lay-by at Dartley Bottom - a long, straight stretch of the road between Gloucester and Cirencester, where they catch hundreds of drivers a year.\n\nProsecutor Farley Turner said: \"Because Mrs Tindall already has nine points on her licence she was unable to accept a fixed penalty for this offence.\"\n\nRoger Utley, chairman of the bench, announced that as well as the six-month ban, the court was fining Mrs Tindall £666 plus costs and a victim surcharge of £151.\n\nHer mother Princess Anne was caught speeding on the same stretch of road in 2001.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Ofsted is urging a new judgement-free approach for schools which have been stuck for many years on poor ratings.\n\nIt said the 410 \"stuck\" schools in isolated areas of England needed extra support, not to be inundated with unsuccessful improvement schemes.\n\nChief inspector of schools Amanda Spielman said a new non-judgemental approach was needed, offering the schools tailored support.\n\nHeads said being stigmatised by blunt judgements made their jobs harder.\n\nMarking quite a shift in its approach, Ofsted wants to offer such schools targeted assistance following more thorough and detailed inspections that are not tied to any judgement.\n\nIt is the kind of approach that head teachers have called for for decades, with the impact on schools of negative Ofsted judgements a big part of educational folklore.\n\nOfsted says so-called stuck schools, that is those that have not been labelled good since 2006, are grappling with numerous challenges.\n\n\"We need to increase the depth of diagnoses we give these schools.\n\n\"We are recommending that the government funds Ofsted to trial a longer, deeper inspection approach with some of these schools, with the aim of not passing judgement but of enabling support to improve.\n\n\"We have made good progress with the Department for Education,\" it added.\n\nMs Spielman added: \"What the remaining stuck schools need is tailored, specific and pragmatic advice that suits their circumstances - not a carousel of consultants. They are asking Ofsted to do more to help and we agree.\"\n\nA spokesman for the Department for Education said it was working with Ofsted to look at how best to support these schools.\n\n\"We have also created a specialist academy trust to work with these schools and make improvements,\" it added.\n\nDeputy general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers Nick Brook said stigmatising schools was not an effective way to improve them.\n\nStephen Rollet, of the Association of School and College Leaders, said the idea of a \"non-judgemental approach\" was helpful, but added the unintended consequences of school performance tables needed to be addressed.\n\n\"Instead of stigmatising these schools we need to make them places where teachers and leaders want to work.\"\n\nAn Ofsted report, In Fight or Flight? How stuck schools are overcoming isolation, says 415 schools serving 210,000 pupils have potentially left the equivalent of two whole school cohorts of children without a good education.\n\nSuch schools are often struggling with a combination of difficult issues which make it hard for them to get out of a rut.\n\nThese include issues like disengaged parents, so children are not encouraged to learn or even attend school, difficulties recruiting good teachers, often due to being overshadowed by larger towns nearby.\n\nIn recent years, such schools have been threatened with closure or conversion to an academy.\n\nOfsted said: \"Some schools had a deep embedded school culture, resistant to change, with staff not believing that it was possible to overcome the factors that stood in the way of children receiving a good education.\n\n\"Other schools were chaotic and continually changing. For example, one school had been under the leadership of 14 different head teachers in 10 years.\"\n\nIt also highlighted how many of these schools had been \"inundated with improvement initiatives from central and local government over the years, few of which have proved successful\".", "An advert for People Per Hour was banned for \"reinforcing harmful gender stereotypes\"\n\nAn advert saying \"You do the girl boss thing\" has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).\n\nPeople Per Hour, an online platform that connects businesses and freelancers, ran the advert on the London Underground last year.\n\nThe ASA upheld 19 complaints it received about the advert and ruled that it reinforced \"harmful gender stereotypes\".\n\nThe firm removed the word \"girl\" from the advert and issued an apology.\n\nThe offending advert received complaints for taking a patronising approach to a woman running a business.\n\nThe ASA said the phrase \"We'll do the SEO thing\", referring to internet search engine optimisation, also implied that women were not skilled at using technology.\n\nPeople Per Hour admitted that the advert might \"come across as sexist and demeaning to women\", but said it had taken steps to rectify this by removing the word \"girl\" from the advert and issuing an apology on its website.\n\nThe launch of the poster advertising campaign in November also saw some backlash on social media.\n\nEmma Sexton, chief executive officer of a creative agency, called it \"patronising\" at the 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. Skip twitter post by Emma Sexton 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\nAnother Twitter user said that the advert \"diminishes women\" and added: \"With attitudes like this, it is no wonder the already low number of women in top boardroom positions fell even further last year.\"\n\nIn 2018, only six of the FTSE 100 companies had a female boss, down from seven in 2017.\n\nPeople Per Hour also said the phrase \"girl boss\" was a reference to a book and a professional network.\n\nUS businesswoman Sophia Amoruso is widely credited with popularising the term \"girl boss\", after she used it as the title of her book about transforming her eBay store into fashion brand Nasty Gal.\n\nThe book reached the best-seller list of the New York Times.\n\nAuthor and founder of the brand Nasty Gal, Sophia Amoruso\n\nIn 2017, Nasty Gal's assets were bought for $20m (£15m) by one of the UK's biggest fast-fashion retailers, Boohoo.\n\nMs Amoruso later launched a \"girl boss\" website, podcast and series of events.\n\nOn Wednesday, the ASA also upheld complaints about a television advert for computer firm PC Specialist.\n\nThe advert featured three men performing different tech-related tasks such as coding or producing music.\n\nEight viewers complained that it implied only men were interested in technology and computers.\n\nThe ban on adverts featuring \"harmful gender stereotypes\" came into force in June 2019.\n\nTelevision adverts from US food giant Mondelez and German carmaker Volkswagen were the first to be banned under the new rules.\n\nThe VW ad showed a woman sitting with a pram as the eGolf car drives by\n\nThe first banned ad, for Philadelphia cheese, showed two fathers leaving a baby on a restaurant conveyor belt.\n\nThe other showed men being adventurous as a woman sat by a pram.\n\nThe UK's advertising watchdog introduced the ban because it found some portrayals could play a part in \"limiting people's potential\".\n\nIt followed a review of gender stereotyping in adverts by the ASA.\n\nIt found evidence suggesting that harmful stereotypes could \"restrict the choices, aspirations and opportunities of children, young people and adults\", while those stereotypes could be \"reinforced by some advertising, which plays a part in unequal gender outcomes\".", "A French start-up hopes to radically reduce the amount of time people take to brush their teeth.\n\nY-Brush claims that its product only requires 10 seconds to complete a deep-clean.\n\nZoe Kleinman put the device to the test at the CES tech expo in Las Vegas.\n\nCatch up with all the BBC's CES 2020 coverage", "When 13-year-old Sir Darius Brown (yes, his real name) heard about displaced dogs being euthanised after Hurricanes Harvey and Irma in 2017, he had an idea.\n\nHis sister had taught him how to make bow ties and he decided to donate some to local animal shelters. It helped the dogs to get adopted faster.\n\nNow his handmade bow ties have helped around 200 dogs across the US, leading him to receive a letter of recognition from former President Barack Obama.", "Jeremy Corbyn has said he will not be endorsing a candidate to replace him as Labour leader.\n\nWhen asked whether he had made up his mind, he said: \"I won't be saying who I'll be voting for.\"\n\nIt comes as six leadership hopefuls set out their stall at a meeting of Labour MPs at Westminster.\n\nAll emphasised the need for change after its recent election defeat, Lisa Nandy saying the party would \"deserve to die\" if it didn't change course.\n\nThe MPs need to get the backing of at least 20 of their colleagues to get on to the ballot paper. The winner will be announced on 4 April.\n\nSheffield City region mayor and MP Dan Jarvis has, meanwhile, ruled out a leadership bid.\n\nShadow business secretary Rebecca Long Bailey, the latest candidate to enter the race, has vowed to build on Mr Corbyn's socialist policy agenda if she is elected leader.\n\nSpeaking earlier to ITV News, she said Mr Corbyn deserved full marks for his leadership of the party, describing him as the \"most honest, kind, principled politician\" she has ever met.\n\n\"What we can't ignore was that Jeremy was savaged from day one by the press.\n\n\"We have a role as a party to develop the image of our leader and to put them forward in the most positive way, but we also have a duty to rebut criticism and attacks.\"\n\nMr Corbyn told BBC News that Mrs Long Bailey was a \"wonderful colleague\", who had given him \"ten out of ten\", but added: \"I never mark my own homework.\"\n\nThe Labour MPs' leadership hustings was closed to the media, but some of the contenders released the text of the speeches they planned to make.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Who decides on the next Labour leader?\n\nShadow Brexit Secretary Sir Keir Starmer planned to tell MPs: \"I think we can restore trust in our Labour Party. We have got the talent in this room to do that, if we use it and if we pull together. I do believe we can force a way to victory.\"\n\nBackbencher Jess Phillips's team said she planned to make \"a passionate case for the party to elect a different sort of leader\".\n\n\"I don't want to be the leader of the opposition - I want to be prime minister,\" she was expected to tell her Labour colleagues.\n\nBBC Political Correspondent Iain Watson was among the reporters listening to the speeches in the corridor outside the meeting room.\n\nHe said Lisa Nandy told MPs ''never again can we let factions and friends of the leader determine where resources go\" during elections.\n\nThe Wigan MP said in her opening speech: \"This leadership debate is possibly the most important in our history. Now is not the time to steady the ship. If we do not change course we will die and we will deserve to.\"\n\nAll the candidates, including Emily Thornberry and Clive Lewis, were asked by Halifax MP Holly Lynch what they had done personally to help root out anti-Semitism in the party and what more they would do.\n\nMrs Long Bailey said voters didn't trust the party to deal with the issue and rectifying that was part of the process of \"rebuilding trust\".\n\nAccording to Labour peer Lord Hain, who was in the room, Ms Nandy said she would accept all the findings of a review into the party's procedures by the Equalities and Human Rights Commission and implement all its recommendations.\n\nMr Lewis told BBC's Newsnight he would be \"brutally honest\" about the state that Labour was in, saying policy making had become too centralised and the right and left were incapable of working together \"without putting a heel on the throat of the other\".\n\nHe also suggested that some people who had voted for Brexit were racist. \"The Brexit project had a number of components to it and one of them was racist. Some of it was about taking back control.\"", "Christopher Beeny, known for roles in Upstairs, Downstairs and BBC sitcom Last of the Summer Wine, has died at the age of 78, his son has confirmed.\n\nBeeny played the cheeky footman, chauffeur and butler Edward Barnes in Upstairs, Downstairs in the 1970s.\n\nBeeny (left) and Tom Owen in Last of the Summer Wine\n\nHe also appeared as incompetent debt collector Herman, who changed his name to Morton, in Last of the Summer Wine.\n\nBeeny began his career as a child actor in the UK's first TV soap opera, The Grove Family, in the mid-1950s.\n\nBeeny (left) with the cast of The Grove Family\n\nHe also starred as a hapless undertaker opposite Dame Thora Hird in the sitcom In Loving Memory, which ran on ITV from 1979-86.\n\nThe actor's son Rick Blackman wrote on Twitter: \"I have some sad news to impart. On Friday 3rd of January my old dad Christopher Beeny died at his home in Kent. He was 78. Comforted to know he was not alone at the end and was in his armchair\".\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "A Ukrainian Boeing-737 with more than 170 people on board has crashed in Iran, officials say.\n\nIran's Red Crescent said there was no chance of finding survivors.\n\nThe Ukraine International Airlines plane crashed just after take-off from Iran's Imam Khomeini airport in Tehran, said the Fars state news agency.\n\nThe plane was flying to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Ukraine's government said a crisis group was being set up to investigate the crash.\n\nRead more on this story.", "The creator of the hit US TV sitcom Ugly Betty, Silvio Horta, has died aged 45, his representative has confirmed.\n\nThe show's star America Ferrera said she was \"stunned and heartbroken\" after the TV writer and executive producer was found dead on Tuesday in Miami.\n\nUgly Betty ran for four seasons from 2006 to 2010 and was adapted from the Colombian show Yo soy Betty, la fea.\n\nFerrera posted a picture of the two of them together on Instagram, describing the news as \"devastating\".\n\n\"His talent and creativity brought me and so many others such joy and light,\" wrote Ferrera, who starred as Betty Suarez - an untrendy and naive Mexican-American journalist who takes a job at a high-end New York fashion magazine.\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 role won the 35-year-old a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award.\n\n\"I'm thinking of his family and loved ones who must be in so much pain right now - and of the whole Ugly Betty family who feel this loss so deeply.\"\n\nHorta's representative confirmed he had died but refused to comment on the nature of his death.\n\nCuban-American Horta was born in Miami and studied film at New York University, before getting his big break in 1998, writing the screenplay for the horror-thriller Urban Legend.\n\nHe came up with two sci-fi TV shows, Jake 2.0 and The Chronicle, before Ugly Betty - which won him the Golden Globe for best comedy series in 2007.\n\nAt the time he stated: \"Like most of us up here, Betty is an immigrant and The American Dream is alive and well and in reach of anybody who wants it.\"\n\nVanessa Williams, who played model-turned-modelling company boss Wilhelmina Slater added she was \"still in shock after hearing the tragic news\".\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 vanessawilliamsofficial 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\nMichael Urie played Slater's assistant Marc St. James on the programme and he recalled how Horta \"gave me a huge break\".\n\n\"I hear from LGBTQ people all the time that the show helped them,\" he added. \"Me too. He and that show will always be with me.\"\n\nFellow actor Chris Gorham, who appeared in several of Horta's productions, said he would be \"forever grateful for his creativity, his enormous heart, and his friendship\".\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 Christopher Gorham 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\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.\n• None The American who turned Ugly Betty into a Russian", "Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab arrives in Downing Street for talks on the US-Iran crisis\n\nThere is an old joke in diplomatic circles that Iran is the last country in the world that still thinks the United Kingdom is a great power.\n\nSo it was no surprise when on Tuesday Rob Macaire, the UK ambassador to Iran, was summoned to the foreign ministry in Tehran to be hauled over the coals after the assassination of Qasem Soleimani.\n\nNo matter that the killing was ordered by Donald Trump and carried out by United States' forces without UK knowledge or cooperation.\n\nNo matter, too, that the UK government went out of its way not to give much rhetorical support for the US action. In fact, British ministers stuck pointedly with their European allies in calling on all sides, including the US, to refrain from further escalatory behaviour.\n\nNone of that swayed the Iranian official who told Mr Macaire of his government's displeasure at what he called the \"unacceptable\" remarks made about Soleimani by Boris Johnson, the UK prime minister, Dominic Raab, the foreign secretary, and Ben Wallace, the defence secretary.\n\nAccording to Iranian news agencies, the official stressed that from the viewpoint of the Islamic republic, the British position was tantamount to collaboration with the US \"terrorist\" actions and that the UK could be considered as an accomplice in this crime by adopting such stances. Ouch.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The PM said the government would work to prevent an escalation of violence\n\nSo the latest confrontation with Iran has done nothing to improve relations with the UK, not that they were good before.\n\nIn Iranian eyes, the joke exaggerating UK influence reflects a lingering resentment, viewing the country as a post-imperial nation still bent on meddling in the Middle East.\n\nIranians well remember Britain's long interference in Persia during the 19th century and beyond; they blame London for its involvement in the coup overthrowing an elected Iranian prime minister in the 1950s; and they place \"little Satan\" Britain firmly in the same underworld as the \"Great American Satan\".\n\nIn more recent times, relations have rollercoastered from crisis to crisis. In 1979, the UK broke off relations after the Islamic revolution. The UK largely backed Iraq in its long war with Iran in the 1980s.\n\nIn the early 2000s, there were incidents when Iranian forces seized Royal Navy personnel in the Gulf.\n\nIn 2011, the British embassy in Tehran was stormed and burned. Last year Royal Marines boarded and seized an Iranian oil tanker off Gibraltar for allegedly breaching EU sanctions. In response, Iran seized a British-flagged tanker for a couple of months.\n\nThis history of confrontation is one reason why Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe remains incarcerated in Tehran.\n\nThe British Iranian dual national has been detained for more than three years over spying allegations that she denies.\n\nAnd her husband, Richard, believes the latest crisis will only make her situation worse.\n\nIf Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe is a diplomatic pawn, as the UK believes, then her value to the Iranians can only have risen as a result of this latest confrontation.\n\nMrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was temporarily reunited with her daughter Gabriella during a three-day release from prison in August 2018\n\nThe one area of genuine cooperation between the UK and Iran is over the deal agreed by Tehran in 2015 to restrict its nuclear programme in return for the lifting of some international sanctions.\n\nEver since Mr Trump pulled the US out of the agreement in 2018, Britain and other European signatories have struggled to keep Iran committed to the deal by promising further economic support.\n\nThat has largely failed as Iran gradually withdrew from more and more provisions in the agreement, culminating in this week's announcement that it will no longer accept any limit on its ability to enrich uranium.\n\nThe nuclear deal is not quite dead but it is heading for the terminal ward.\n\nFor years Britain has tried to balance the divide between Europe and the US in their approach to Iran.\n\nAs Boris Johnson told MPs on Wednesday: \"I think we are having a great deal of success in bringing together a European response and in bridging the European response with that, of course, of our American friends, and working both with the Iranians and with the Iraqis to dial this thing down.\"\n\nBut many analysts believe that Britain's influence over Iran is limited.\n\nThe prime minister's calls for de-escalation are unlikely to be a major factor in decision-making in Tehran.\n\nAnd in truth, the UK could even provide Iran with potential targets if further retaliation is to come.\n\nBritain has a number of Navy ships in the Gulf, 400 troops and even more civilians in Iraq, and a naval base in Bahrain.\n\nThey have all been placed in \"a state of readiness\" in case of a further attack.\n\nSo the killing of Soleimani may have brought fresh instability to the Middle East. But it has also caused even further disruption to Britain's relations with Iran.", "Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn is making his first appearance since skipping bail in Japan and fleeing to Lebanon.\n\nMr Ghosn was arrested in Japan on charges of financial misconduct, including improperly reporting his compensation, in November 2018.", "The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have released a statement saying they intend to step back as senior members of the Royal Family. Here's that statement in full:\n\nA personal message from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex:\n\n\"After many months of reflection and internal discussions, we have chosen to make a transition this year in starting to carve out a progressive new role within this institution.\n\n\"We intend to step back as 'senior' members of the Royal Family and work to become financially independent, while continuing to fully support Her Majesty The Queen.\n\n\"It is with your encouragement, particularly over the last few years, that we feel prepared to make this adjustment.\n\n\"We now plan to balance our time between the United Kingdom and North America, continuing to honour our duty to the Queen, the Commonwealth and our patronages.\n\n\"This geographic balance will enable us to raise our son with an appreciation for the royal tradition into which he was born, while also providing our family with the space to focus on the next chapter, including the launch of our new charitable entity.\n\n\"We look forward to sharing the full details of this exciting next step in due course, as we continue to collaborate with Her Majesty The Queen, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge and all relevant parties.\n\n\"Until then, please accept our deepest thanks for your continued support.\"\n\n\"Discussions with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are at an early stage.\n\n\"We understand their desire to take a different approach, but these are complicated issues that will take time to work through.\"", "Neon designs avatars to be new, virtual \"friends\"\n\n\"Artificial humans\" - virtual characters - have been shown off by Samsung-backed start-up Neon at the CES tech show in Las Vegas.\n\nNeon says it intends its virtual characters to act like digital \"friends\".\n\nHowever, one tech industry analyst told the BBC the demonstration failed to impress him.\n\nBen Wood of CCS Insight said: \"It was not the revolution that I was expecting.\"\n\nThere had been great interest in Neon after the California-based outfit ran a viral teaser campaign across social media in the lead-up to the expo.\n\nVisitors to Neon's CES booth can pose with the digital avatars\n\nReddit users subsequently found links to videos of the characters hidden on the firm's website.\n\nThose have since been removed, but Neon has been showcasing some of its life-size \"artificial humans\" to CES attendees.\n\nIts show exhibit features a row of large screens, on which the animated characters are displayed.\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\"There are millions of species on our planet and we hope to add one more,\" Mr Mistry told the press.\n\nOne of the animations plays music to passersby while another does magic\n\nHe added that they have the ability to show emotions and intelligence, and can speak a wide range of languages.\n\nBut Mr Wood said the virtual beings had the appearance of being little more than short video clips of real people.\n\n\"They could get people to shake their head or do a selfie pose or whatever but that's the sort of thing you could pre-program in a video of an actor,\" said Mr Wood.\n\n\"Expectations were exceedingly high. On visiting, it was hard to get excited at this stage.\"\n\nNeon had run a series of teaser images in advance of CES\n\nLarry Dignan at news site ZDNet also had reservations.\n\nHe wrote that Neon's creations might be useful if deployed in public to greet shoppers or tourists.\n\nBut he added that giving them a \"brain\" would be a bigger challenge than making them \"picture-perfect\".\n\nNeon has not yet revealed where the virtual characters will first appear in public.", "Kim says it's always been difficult to visit Iran, but the current situation makes things more unsafe\n\n\"I will probably never see my grandparents again.\"\n\nKim, 27, is a British Iranian living in the UK. Her parents came to the UK in their 20s, but she still has a lot of family still living there.\n\nThe escalating tensions between Iran and the US have been causing Kim a lot of concern for her family.\n\nWith the American assassination of top Iranian military commander General Qasem Soleimani and Iran's retaliation missile strike on a US military base - relations between the two countries are on a knife edge.\n\nOutside the region, British Iranians are concerned by what is happening in a country they consider to be a homeland. Radio 1 Newsbeat has been finding out what they feel about the situation.\n\n\"It's close to my heart and I'm worried about the family. We're all worried about them, their safety, their future,\" Kim tells Newsbeat.\n\n\"I don't think it's safe for any British dual national to go to Iran at the moment. I wouldn't feel comfortable if my parents went.\"\n\nMillions of people have turned out to mourn General Qasem Soleimani in Iran\n\nParsa Shahab is a British-Iranian finance student raised in Tehran, studying in the UK.\n\nHe agrees with Kim that the current situation is scary for Iranians outside Iran. Parsa says his sister was in Iran when General Soleimani was assassinated, and he told her to return to the UK for her safety.\n\n\"Many of my friends at university had plans to go back to Iran after exams finish. But they've cancelled because they're too frightened about what's going to happen, and fears over airstrikes and attacks in Iran.\"\n\nHe also says there's been an impact on Iranian students who are relying on money from back home.\n\n\"Iranian currency has been hit. So students who are receiving funds from their parents are facing financial difficulties because the money has lower value.\"\n\n\"So there's a lot of uncertainty for those of us outside the country too.\"\n\nParsa thinks any type of major conflict could lead to serious security problems in Iran\n\nParsa, 21, stayed in Iran until he was 16, returning regularly to visit his family. He says General Soleimani and Iranian forces have been fighting IS and protecting Iran from terrorist attacks.\n\n\"So if there's going to be attacks and we have weak borders, I'm frightened.\"\n\nKim blames the decision by President Trump to kill General Soleimani for sparking more dangerous times in the region.\n\n\"I'm not a Soleimani sympathiser or supporter at all. But that act has made the world a much more dangerous place. So you have to also think about the innocent people that are going to suffer the consequences of his careless actions.\"\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said today that the General had \"the blood of British troops on his hands\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This footage, reportedly of the missile attack, was shown on Iranian state TV\n\nAfter Iran's response, some such as 23-year-old Ali Reza Shahrestani are worried about the effect on the country's economy.\n\nAli is an entrepreneur working with businesses in the UK and Iran.\n\n\"Nobody wants to invest in areas where there's war. It's too risky. So you need to have a backup option. And as someone in business, people are looking elsewhere.\"\n\nAli says the heightened military tensions will have a major effect on investment and jobs.\n\nHe says the internet blackouts in Iran create uncertainty.\n\n\"It happens a lot ... sometimes 12 days in a row. So there are threats to businesses because they work with tech and there's such a reliance on the internet now.\"\n\n\"If people stop investing in the country, jobs are at risk.\"\n\nParsa agrees: \"What will happen to the many young Iranians who are educated, have startups, and want a better relationship with the West? With everything that's happening, they cannot have that. They can't progress.\"\n\nKim says being Iranian in the West, particularly in a time of tension, means people sometimes look at her differently.\n\n\"It's because of the perception of the Middle East. People have joked before 'oh you must be a bomber' when they've found out I'm Iranian.\"\n\nAnd Ali has faced something similar in business.\n\n\"I have problems in meetings with investors simply because I am Iranian by blood. Even though I have a British passport, I am criticised because of my origin.\"\n\nAli says that the current tensions between Iran and the US have created unity amongst Iranians.\n\n\"Even if people are against the regime and didn't like the general, when someone attacks us, everyone in Iran tries to unite and come together. And you can see that on the streets.\"\n\nHe's not surprised by Iran's response because \"they'll always protect\" Iranians.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSome commentators think Iran's retaliatory strike could actually lead to a de-escalation in tensions.\n\nAnd Parsa, Kim and Ali all want the same thing.\n\n\"We were taking steps forward before Trump was elected, I hope we can return to that. But it's just so hard to know what's going to happen,\" says Kim.\n\nParsa adds: \"Iran and the US haven't had peace for a long time. So assuming there's not going to be any tension is unrealistic.\n\n\"But I'm hoping we can see stability in the relationship with the US and Europe. That would be good for everyone.\"\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Two senior McDonald's executives have filed a lawsuit against the company, accusing it of discriminating against African-American customers and staff.\n\nThey say the climate grew especially hostile after UK-born Steve Easterbrook became chief executive in 2015.\n\nUnder his leadership, they say the firm \"conducted a ruthless purge\" of high-ranked African-Americans and shifted advertising away from black customers.\n\nMcDonald's said: \"We disagree with characterisations in the complaint\".\n\nThe firm said it has reduced the number of \"officer level\" positions over the last five years but that people of colour account for 45% of the firm's corporate officers - an increase since 2013 - and all of its 10 field vice-presidents in the US.\n\nLast year, it launched a marketing campaign aimed at African Americans that was its largest in 16 years, it added.\n\n\"At McDonald's our actions are rooted in our belief that a diverse, vibrant, inclusive and respectful company makes us stronger,\" the company said.\n\nMr Easterbrook, who is named in the complaint, was fired last year for a mutual romantic relationship with a colleague in violation of company rules. He could not be reached for comment.\n\nMr Easterbrook was replaced by Chris Kempczinski, who previously headed McDonald's US division and is also named in the complaint.\n\nThe lawsuit was filed on Tuesday in federal court in Illinois by Vicki Guster-Hines and Domineca Neal. The two women have worked at McDonald's since 1987 and 2012 respectively and are both vice presidents for franchising and operations.\n\nThey say McDonald's practised \"systematic but covert\" racial discrimination \"over the years\" but it became \"overt, unmistakable, non-coincidental and highly damaging\" after the 2015 leadership change.\n\nIn the complaint, they cite the shelving of training programmes for African Americans, the exclusion of African Americans from the ranks of senior advisors, and descriptions of colleagues as \"Angry Black Women\".\n\nThey say that the number of black-owned franchises also declined disproportionately - departures they argue were either \"intentional\" or due to the company's \"reckless disregard\" for the cost of some of the investments it demanded of franchise owners.\n\nThey also accuse the firm, which has been pursuing a broader campaign to refurbish stores and upgrade its image, of shifting advertising away from black customers, historically some of the company's strongest patrons.\n\n\"As a consumer block, African Americans were singled out as less desired by McDonald's,\" they say.\n\nThe two women are seeking damages from the firm, which they say retaliated against them for voicing their concerns about the treatment of African Americans.", "US President Donald Trump is making a statement in response to Iranian missile attacks that targeted air bases housing US forces in Iraq.\n\nMore than a dozen missiles launched from Iran struck two air bases in Irbil and Al Asad, west of Baghdad.\n\nThe missile attacks were ordered by Tehran in retaliation for the assassination of prominent Iranian General Qasem Soleimani.\n\nThe head of the Revolutionary Guards' elite Quds Force was killed last week, in a strike ordered by Washington.", "Legal action is being launched against the NHS over the prescribing of drugs to delay puberty.\n\nPapers have been lodged at the High Court by a mother and a nurse against the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust, which runs the UK's only gender-identity development service (Gids).\n\nLawyers will argue it is illegal to prescribe the drugs, as children cannot give informed consent to the treatment.\n\nThe Tavistock said it had a \"cautious and considered\" approach to treatment.\n\nPapers were formally lodged on Wednesday by the lawyers for the complainants.\n\nThe Tavistock will have three weeks to submit its response, after which a judge will consider the case and decide on the timings of any hearings.\n\nThe nurse, Sue Evans, left the Gids more than a decade ago after becoming increasingly concerned teenagers who wanted to transition to a different gender were being given the puberty blockers without adequate assessments and psychological work.\n\nSince then, she says, even younger children are being given the drugs, which block the hormones that lead to puberty-related changes including periods and facial hair.\n\nThe number of young people referred to the Gids rose from 678 in 2014-15 to 2,590 in the past year.\n\nMs Evans said: \"I used to feel concerned it was being given to 16-year-olds.\n\n\"But now, the age limit has been lowered - and children as young as perhaps nine or 10 are being asked to give informed consent to a completely experimental treatment for which the long-term consequences are not known.\"\n\nThe mother, known only as Mrs A, has a 15-year-old with autism who is on the waiting list for treatment at the Gids.\n\nShe told BBC News her child presents to the outside world as a boy but, while she is happy to allow that, she is extremely concerned about the possibility of drugs that are not fully understood being prescribed.\n\n\"I'm worried that they will look at her age and say, 'Well, she still says this is what she wants and therefore we will put her on to a medical pathway,'\" Mrs A told BBC News.\n\n\"And given her communication of what she feels internally is slightly different because of her autism spectrum, I worry that what she says and what she means are often two different things.\"\n\nThey are drugs which can pause the development of things like breasts, periods, facial hair and voice breaking\n\nThey can be prescribed to children with gender dysphoria who feel their sex at birth doesn't match up with their gender.\n\nThis is meant to give them more time to weigh up their options before they go through the physical changes of puberty.\n\nAlthough puberty blockers are described by the NHS as reversible, Gids acknowledges that their impact on brain development and psychological health is not fully known.\n\nRead more: What are puberty blockers?\n\nMrs A said her child was too young to really assess the potential impact of puberty blockers on the rest of their life, including such things as fertility.\n\n\"As an adolescent, what we think will make us happy is not necessarily what will make us happy,\" she told BBC News.\n\n\"It might help us in the short term - but it might not help us in the long term.\"\n\nA Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust official said: \"It is not appropriate for us to comment in detail in advance of any proposed legal proceedings.\n\n\"The Gids is one of the longest-established services of its type in the world with an international reputation for being cautious and considered.\n\n\"Our clinical interventions are laid out in nationally set service specifications.\n\n\"The service has a high level of reported satisfaction and was rated good by the Care Quality Commission.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Hackers are holding foreign exchange company Travelex to ransom after a cyber-attack forced the firm to turn off all computer systems and resort to using pen and paper.\n\nOn New Year's Eve, hackers launched their attack on the Travelex network.\n\nAs a result, the company took down its websites across 30 countries to contain \"the virus and protect data\".\n\nA ransomware gang called Sodinokibi has told the BBC it is behind the hack and wants Travelex to pay $6m (£4.6m).\n\nThe gang, also known as REvil, claims to have gained access to the company's computer network six months ago and to have downloaded 5GB of sensitive customer data.\n\nDates of birth, credit card information and national insurance numbers are all in their possession, they say.\n\nThe hackers said: \"In the case of payment, we will delete and will not use that [data]base and restore them the entire network.\n\n\"The deadline for doubling the payment is two days. Then another seven days and the sale of the entire base.\"\n\nThe Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said it had not received a data breach report from Travelex.\n\nA spokeswoman added: \"Organisations must notify the ICO within 72 hours of becoming aware of a personal data breach unless it does not pose a risk to people's rights and freedoms.\n\n\"If an organisation decides that a breach doesn't need to be reported, they should keep their own record of it and be able to explain why it wasn't reported if necessary.\"\n\nUnder General Data Protection Regulation, a company that fails to comply can face a maximum fine of 4% of its global turnover.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police is leading the investigation into the attack.\n\nIn a statement, the force said: \"On Thursday, 2 January, the Met's Cyber Crime Team were contacted with regards to a reported ransomware attack involving a foreign currency exchange. Inquiries into the circumstances are ongoing.\"\n\nTravelex says it is working with police and has deployed teams of IT specialists and external cyber-security experts who have been working continuously.\n\nAccording to Fabian Wosar, a ransomware expert at cyber security company Emsisoft, the attack has all the hallmarks of the REvil gang.\n\n\"With what we know about the incident and the hackers' mode of operation in the past paints a consistent picture, which leads me to believe that REvil indeed hit Travelex,\" he said.\n\n\"The REvil/Sodinokibi group has been a quite sophisticated group for a long time now. The quoted ransom demands are consistent for the gang's victims of Travelex's size.\n\n\"Stealing data essentially gives threat actors additional bargaining chips when it comes to dealing with companies unwilling to pay the ransom. The idea is to weaponise the hefty fines associated with GDPR violations to pressure the company into paying.\"\n\nThe recovery operation is being co-ordinated from a Travelex office in the UK and the company insists that no customer data has been leaked.\n\nBut it would not say what data could potentially be at risk.\n\nTravelex websites across Europe, Asia and the US have been offline since 31 December, with a message to visitors that they are down for \"planned maintenance\".\n\nVisitors to the Travelex website are told that the site is down for \"planned maintenance\".\n\nCustomers have not been sent any email communication about the cyber-attack, but queries are being replied to on social media by the company.\n\n\"The public response from Travelex has been shockingly bad,\" said security researcher Kevin Beaumont.\n\n\"The Travelex UK website still only says 'planned maintenance', a week after the problems began - many customers will be completely unaware hackers gained access to their network, and allegedly their personal data,\" he said.\n\n\"Travelex have a responsibility to clearly communicate with customers and business partners the gravity of the situation.\"\n\nTravelex's decision to take down its site has meant the large network of other firms that use its services cannot sell currency online.\n\nThe company has said it is keeping its partners up to date on the response to the cyber-attack.\n\nVirgin Money's site showed an error message, which said: \"Our online, foreign currency purchasing service is temporarily unavailable due to planned maintenance. The system will be back online shortly.\"\n\nSainsbury's Bank also said its online travel money services were unavailable, although it said customers could still buy travel money in its stores. In a statement to the BBC, the bank said: \"We're in close contact with Travelex so that we can resume our online service as soon as possible.\"\n\nSainsbury's Bank's website said it was not able to take money orders online.\n\nA spokesperson for First Direct, which is owned by HSBC, said: \"Unfortunately, our online travel money service is currently unavailable due to a service issue with third party service provider, Travelex.\"\n\nIn a statement on Thursday, Travelex boss Tony D'Souza said: \"We regret having to suspend some of our services in order to contain the virus and protect data.\"\n\nThe company has resorted to carrying out transactions manually, providing foreign-exchange services over the counter in its branches.\n\n\"We apologise to all our customers for any inconvenience caused as a result,\" Mr D'Souza said in the statement.\n\nThe company has since told the BBC that its systems are currently down and it is unable to sell or reload its pre-paid travel cards. But, it said: \"Existing cards continue to function as normal and customers in the UK can continue to spend and withdraw money from ATMs.\n\n\"For customers who have ordered money online, please contact Travelex customer services by phone or via social media to discuss their individual situation and requirements.\"", "More than a third of all homicides in the UK in 2019 were as a result of a fatal stabbing\n\nThe number of people killed across the UK fell in 2019 for the first time in five years, BBC research suggests.\n\nIn total, 650 people were killed in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland last year - down from the 774 homicides in 2018, police figures show.\n\nDespite the drop, homicides in London rose for a third successive calendar year - to the highest level since 2008.\n\nIt comes a week after the home secretary gave 18 police forces £35m to combat violence.\n\nThroughout 2019, the BBC recorded details of murder and manslaughter investigations launched by the 46 UK police forces.\n\nHomicide figures fell for 26 of those forces while five recorded the same figure as in 2018.\n\nIn London - one of the areas to see a notable increase and where the number of killings was highest - the Metropolitan Police launched 149 homicide investigations.\n\nThe British Transport Police led three murder investigations on the London Underground network and Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones were both stabbed to death in the City of London on 29 November.\n\nSorry, your browser cannot display this map\n\nCan't see the map? Tap or click here\n\nIt meant the overall figure for London for 2019 rose to its highest level since 2008, when there were 154 killings.\n\nThe Met Police said tackling violence remained a top priority, adding that it had anti-knife crime plans specific to boroughs and aimed to have more than 32,000 officers by summer 2020 - which would represent a 7% increase on the 29,924 officers the Met had in April 2018.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Arsenal fan Tashan Daniel was stabbed to death at Hillingdon Tube station\n\nCommander Jane Connors said: \"We know that drug dealing is inextricably linked with a high proportion of the violence seen on our streets.\n\n\"Therefore, we will continue to target those who, for the sole purpose of financial gain, exploit children and target the most vulnerable within our communities.\n\n\"However, the causes of violence are complex and police cannot solve it alone.\n\n\"Solutions will require a holistic and sustainable approach that will involve a range of action from government, education, health, social services, housing, youth services and the public.\"\n\nAccording to BBC research, the majority of UK police forces saw a fall in homicides compared with 2018.\n\nWest Midlands Police said the number fell from 51 in 2018 to 39 last year; while homicides in Greater Manchester were down from 64 to 39.\n\nIn Merseyside the homicide level halved, down from 21 to 10, while West Yorkshire Police launched 21 homicide investigations in 2019 compared with 39 in 2018.\n\nMerseyside Police's Assistant Chief Constable Ian Critchley said this was down to a \"relentless suppression\" of serious organised crime and also reducing the number of domestic violence killings.\n\n\"At the other end, it is about stopping young people getting into crime in the first place,\" he said.\n\n\"We will target relentlessly people who feel they can control what is taking place in order to obtain money and use bullying, cowardly tactics to groom young people to carry knives and firearms.\"\n\nElsewhere in England, Essex saw a notable increase from 13 homicides in 2018 to 54 homicides last year - but the figure does include the 39 Vietnamese nationals which were found in the back of a lorry in Grays in October.\n\nWest Mercia, Devon and Cornwall, Sussex and Cheshire police forces all saw drops in homicides recorded in 2019 compared to the previous 12 months.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Thirty nine bodies were found inside the trailer\n\nSouth Wales Police, the largest force in Wales, saw a rise in homicides from ten in 2018 to 14 in 2019.\n\nDet Ch Supt Jason Davies said it was the force's \"priority to ensure perpetrators are apprehended quickly\".\n\nHe added: \"In relation to all 14 homicide investigations conducted in 2019, a total of 22 individuals have either been arrested, charged or convicted.\"\n\nOn 29 December, the Home Office announced an additional £35m for various so-called violence reduction units (VRU) to 18 police forces in England and Wales.\n\nHome Secretary Pritti Patel said the VRUs \"played a vital role in diverting young people away from crime\".\n\nIn Wales in 2019 four police forces recorded 25 homicides - one higher than the previous year\n\nPolice Scotland, which provided figures for the year ending March 2019, said homicides were down 11% on the year before.\n\nNorthern Ireland saw 26 homicides - two more than 2018 - and PSNI's Det Supt Jason Murphy explained that many homicides in Northern Ireland were \"complex\" and had varied factors compared with other UK regions.\n\nDet Supt Murphy, who is leading the murder investigation into the fatal shooting of journalist Lyra McKee, said Northern Ireland had far more \"terrorist-related\" homicides than the rest of UK - but also fewer killings linked to county lines and organised crime.\n\nNinety-five people were stabbed to death in London in 2019\n\nIn March three teenagers were crushed to death at a St Patrick's Day party at a hotel in Cookstown, County Tyrone, in December a man was charged with the murder of two people who were found dead in a flat in Belfast and in 2019 three cases were linked to paramilitaries.\n\nThe detection rate was above 80%, Det Supt Murphy added.\n\nA Home Office spokesman said: \"We are establishing a Royal Commission to ensure a fair justice system that works for the law-abiding majority and will strengthen protections for domestic abuse victims.\n\n\"We are also giving the police more powers to take dangerous weapons off our streets and are investing in early intervention projects and Violence Reduction Units to tackle the root causes of crime.\"\n\nInformation was supplied by police forces in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.\n\nThe list is comprised of manslaughter, murders and infanticides. These causes of death are categorised as homicides by the Office of National Statistics.\n\nFigures are correct as of 8 January 2020 but may change as investigations progress and charges are brought or dropped.\n\nMap and charts by Daniel Wainwright and Wesley Stephenson\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "London MP Sir Keir Starmer is a former director of public prosecutions\n\nSir Keir Starmer has won the backing of the UK's largest trade union, Unison, to become the next Labour leader.\n\nUnison, which has 1.3 million members, said the shadow Brexit secretary was best placed of the candidates to unite the party and regain public trust.\n\nUnite, Labour's largest financial backer, will decide later this month who to back in the contest.\n\nSir Keir has also become the first to secure enough nominations from MPs and MEPs to get on the ballot paper.\n\nThe Holborn and St Pancras MP has, so far, secured the backing of 41 colleagues - well above the minimum of 22 required.\n\nShadow business secretary Rebecca Long Bailey is his closest competitor, followed by Jess Phillips.\n\nNominations close on 13 January and the winner will be announced on 4 April following a ballot of party members, trade union and other affiliates and registered supporters.\n\nAs the contest gathers pace, BBC Newsnight correspondent Lewis Goodall reported that Barry Gardiner, the party's international trade spokesman, could become a candidate. The Brent North MP has yet to confirm this.\n\nUnison's endorsement, which was agreed by a committee of \"working people from across the country\", is a major boost for Sir Keir's campaign.\n\nAnnouncing its decision, the union said it believed the former director of public prosecutions was capable of taking Labour back into government. General Secretary Dave Prentis said working people depended on Labour being in power to change their lives.\n\n\"We believe - if elected by the membership - Keir Starmer would be a leader to bring the party together and win back the trust of the thousands of voters who deserted Labour last month,\" he said.\n\n\"Keir has a clear vision to get Labour back to the winning ways of the past. He is best placed to take on Boris Johnson, hold his government to account and ensure Labour can return to power.\"\n\nThe union, which represents workers across the NHS, schools and other public services, backed Jeremy Corbyn in 2015 and 2016.\n\nThe BBC's political correspondent Iain Watson said Sir Keir was the overwhelming choice of the union's Link Committee, having won more support than all of the other candidates combined.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Who decides on the next Labour leader?\n\nHe has also recruited Simon Fletcher to his campaign team - Jeremy Corbyn's former chief of staff who ran his successful leadership bid in 2015.\n\nMrs Long Bailey has Momentum founder Jon Lansman as her campaign director and former spokesman for Mr Corbyn, Matt Zarb-Cousin, as her director of communications.\n\nSir Keir told the BBC he was \"delighted\" by the endorsement but played down talk of him now being the frontrunner, telling the BBC \"there was a long way to go\" in the contest.\n\n\"What I want to do is lead a united Labour Party that works with trade unions to bring them together to face the future,\" he said.\n\nIt caps a good day for the shadow Brexit secretary, whose growing number of parliamentary backers include former foreign secretary Margaret Beckett, the new shadow culture secretary Tracy Brabin and Tottenham MP David Lammy.\n\nMrs Long Bailey's 17 backers include shadow home secretary Diane Abbott, while Birmingham Yardley MP Jess Phillips has the support of 16 colleagues, including Wes Streeting and Margaret Hodge - outspoken critics of Mr Corbyn over his handling of anti-Semitism allegations.\n\nWigan MP Lisa Nandy has 11 nominations, while shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry has three. Shadow Treasury minister Clive Lewis has secured his first nomination from Rachael Maskell.\n\nEarlier, Mr Lewis rated Mr Corbyn \"six out of 10\" as leader of the Labour Party. Speaking to the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme, he criticised the outgoing leader for making mistakes on Brexit and dealing with anti-Semitism.\n\n\"But some things he got right,\" Mr Lewis added, \"so in many ways he's renewed our party.\" The comments follow those of Mrs Long Bailey, who rated Mr Corbyn 10 out of 10 for his performance as leader, despite Labour's electoral defeat.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Clive Lewis, who wants to replace Jeremy Corbyn, said Labour must build alliances to win back power\n\nIn the race to become Labour's next deputy leader, shadow education secretary Ms Rayner way out in front so far in terms of nominations with 45 and has also won Unison's backing.\n\nBefore entering Parliament, Ms Rayner was a local Unison representative while employed as a care worker in Greater Manchester.\n\nIan Murray, Scotland's only remaining Labour MP, is second in the list of declared backers so far while shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon is third.\n\nAs of Wednesday evening, shadow women and equalities minister Dawn Butler and Tooting MP Rosena Allin-Khan both had seven nominations. The remaining candidate, Birmingham Perry Barr MP Khalid Mahmood, had two.", "It has taken nearly a decade to bring a commercial hydrofoil bicycle to market.\n\nBut New Zealand-based Manta5 has finally launched its product and has brought it to the CES tech show to exhibit.\n\nBBC Click's Spencer Kelly was one of the first to try out the water bike on Lake Las Vegas.\n\nCatch up with all the BBC's CES 2020 coverage", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Quentin Sommerville had exclusive access to Ain al-Asad airbase for this 2014 report\n\nThe Al Asad air base is so vast that, after the US invasion, it had cinemas, swimming pools, fast food restaurants, and - not one - but two internal bus routes.\n\nIt was built in the 1980s for the Iraqi military, in desert around 100 miles west of Baghdad.\n\nBut after the US invasion in 2003, it became one of the biggest bases for American troops - and was quickly transformed.\n\n\"It's right in the middle of the desert, and surrounded on all sides by scrublands and desert and rocks,\" Oliver Poole reported for the BBC in 2006.\n\n\"As you emerge into the American section, you come across much better roads... in many ways they've tried to recreate the set-up of a modern US suburban town.\"\n\nThe facilities were so impressive, some US troops even called it \"Camp Cupcake\".\n\nAs the US withdrew from the base in 2009 and 2010, it was handed back to the Iraqis. But, as the Islamic State group gained control of surrounding Anbar province, the base came under attack.\n\nIn 2014 - as IS encircled - the BBC's Quentin Somerville gained access via an Iraqi military plane.\n\n\"Reminders of American occupation are everywhere - spent artillery shells and dusty accommodation quarters, with uneaten ration packs strewn across the floor,\" he reported.\n\nAfter the US returned to Iraq to fight IS in the same year, the base was secured and rebuilt.\n\nHowever, with far fewer troops, one airman noted in 2017 that \"it only offers a fraction of the comforts it once did\".\n\nOn 26 December 2018, President Trump visited troops at the base.\n\n\"The men and women stationed at Al Asad have played a vital role in the military defeat of ISIS in Iraq and in Syria,\" he told them.\n\nBut afterwards, he said he feared for his wife's safety during the visit. \"If you would have seen what we had to go through,\" he told reporters.\n\nIn November last year, Vice-President Mike Pence also visited the base for Thanksgiving.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mr Trump said he was concerned for Melania during their Iraq visit\n\nIt's thought there are around 1,500 US and coalition troops at Al Asad, and around 5,000 US troops in the country in total. This week, in a non-binding vote, the Iraqi parliament voted to expel them.\n\nIn response, President Trump brought up the cost of the Al Asad air base.\n\n\"We have a very extraordinarily expensive airbase that's there,\" he said. \"It cost billions of dollars to build. Long before my time. We're not leaving unless they pay us back for it.\"\n\nThe other base that was attacked was in Irbil, the capital of Iraq's relatively stable Kurdistan region.\n\nIn September, the US Army said it was home to \"more than 3,600 military and civilian personnel from 13 different nations\".\n\nThe base is used to train local forces. Last month, US Central Command reported that the first female military instructors in the region had graduated from Irbil.\n\nHow long the US will stay in Iraq, though, is uncertain. Only this week, Defence Secretary Mark Esper was forced to deny the US was withdrawing troops from the country.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. EU chief Ursula von der Leyen says the UK and the EU will remain \"best of friends and partners\"\n\nThe UK and the EU will remain the \"best of friends\" but they will \"not be as close as before\" after Brexit, the new European Commission president has said.\n\nSpeaking ahead of talks with the PM, Ursula von der Leyen warned it would be \"impossible\" to reach a comprehensive trade deal by the end of 2020.\n\nShe said if the deadline was not extended it was not a case of \"all or nothing\", but of priorities.\n\nBoris Johnson has insisted a deal is possible by December 2020.\n\nAfter their meeting in No 10, a Downing Street spokesman said talks had been \"positive\", but the PM had been \"clear\" the process of negotiation would not be extended.\n\nAfter its 31 January exit, the UK will enter into an 11-month transition period in which it will largely follow EU rules but will not have any representation in the bloc's institutions. This period will come to an end on 31 December.\n\nOnly when the UK leaves the EU can the two sides begin talks on their future economic relationship.\n\nMr Johnson told Mrs von der Leyen he \"wanted a positive new UK and EU partnership, based on friendly co-operation, our shared history, interests and values\", as well as a \"broad free trade agreement covering goods and services, and cooperation in other areas\".\n\nHe also said the UK was ready to start negotiations \"as soon as possible\" after 31 January.\n\nSpeaking at the London School of Economics earlier in the day, Mrs von der Leyen said the EU was \"ready to negotiate a truly ambitions partnership with UK\" but she warned of \"tough\" talks ahead.\n\n\"We will go as far as we can, but the truth is that our partnership cannot and will not be the same as before and it cannot and will not be as close as before because with every choice comes a consequences with every decision comes a trade off.\"\n\nMrs von der Leyen, a former German defence minister, took over from Jean-Claude Juncker at the start of December. She was a student at the LSE in the 1970s.\n\nShe also attended the same school as Mr Johnson in Belgium - something the prime minister highlighted as they posed for photos in Number 10.\n\nMrs von der Leyen said she hoped the new trading relationship would be based on \"zero tariffs, zero quotas, zero dumping\".\n\nBut she said: \"Without the free movement of people you cannot have the free movement of capital and services.\n\n\"The more divergence there is the more distant the partnership will be.\"\n\nMrs von der Leyen also warned that without an extension of the transition period beyond 2020 \"you cannot expect to agree every single aspect of our new partnership\".\n\nShe called the deadline \"very tight\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nOpposition MPs have warned that trade deals typically take years to conclude and the UK risks defaulting to World Trade Organisation rules at the start of 2021, potentially leading to damaging tariffs for some industries.\n\nBut Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay told BBC Breakfast the UK and EU had agreed in the political declaration to do a trade deal by the end of this year and he was \"confident\" they would do that.\n\nThe meeting between Boris Johnson and new European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is significant in that it's their first face-to-face in their new roles - but today does not mark the start of post-Brexit trade talks.\n\nEU law dictates that trade talks can't start until the UK legally leaves the bloc. Then EU countries must agree a mandate for the EU Commission to negotiate a comprehensive trade agreement on their behalf.\n\nThis mandate then has to be formally signed off at minister level by representatives of all EU countries.\n\nAll this means, the EU says, is trade talks will start at the beginning of March.\n\nWhen UK ministers complain that's too long to wait, the EU response is that the UK always pushed for bigger role for national governments in EU decision-making to make it more democratic.\n\nExpect red-line drawing with smiles today between the prime minister and Mrs von der Leyen - presented as \"friends telling each other truths\".\n\nThe EU position is that the prime minister's timetable to get an \"ambitious, comprehensive\" trade deal agreed and ratified by December is unrealistic.\n\nHowever, the prime minister will counter this with \"truths\" of his own, including that negotiations have to be done by December because he won't extend the transition period.\n\nLegislation implementing the terms of Mr Johnson's Brexit deal continues to move through the Commons, with the government easily winning all three votes on the Withdrawal Agreement Bill on Tuesday.\n\nThe bill will enshrine in law the terms of the transition period, first negotiated by Mr Johnson's predecessor Theresa May, as well as agreements on citizens' rights, customs arrangements in Northern Ireland and the UK's financial settlement.\n\nAttempts by Northern Ireland parties to amend the bill to ensure \"unfettered access\" for businesses there to the rest of the UK market failed to pass on Wednesday afternoon.\n\nMPs also rejected an attempt by Labour to reinstate child refugee protection rights in the Brexit bill.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Huge crowds took to the streets in Soleimani's hometown on Tuesday\n\nSome of the biggest crowds ever seen for a funeral in Iran turned out for that of Qasem Soleimani, the top commander killed in a US air strike last week. In scale, it was second only to the funeral in 1989 of Ayatollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic revolution.\n\nThese scenes are perhaps surprising to outsiders, and even to some of the country's most senior leaders.\n\nOnly seven weeks ago, Iran witnessed the most violent anti-government demonstrations in decades. Security forces killed anywhere between 330 and 1,500 protesters in more than 100 cities across the country. Thousands more were injured and arrested.\n\nSo why have so many people come out to pay homage to Soleimani?\n\nThere is no doubt that feelings are running high. Arguably the most important man in the country's armed forces has been assassinated by the US, which for many is the arch-enemy of Iran.\n\nIran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif took to Twitter with a message to President Donald Trump: \"Have you seen such a sea of humanity in your life?... Do you still think you can break the will of a great nation and its people?\"\n\nBut it is also clear that the government launched a massive effort to mobilise as many people as possible. The huge turnout sent a strong signal to President Trump that the government enjoys widespread support.\n\nIt also sent the message that any foreign aggression would rally Iranians behind their leaders and any war could well be long and costly.\n\nFor years, whenever they were short of answers to big problems facing the country, Iranian leaders have relied on mass shows of popular support. Historically, rallies have been to intimidate and silence opposition.\n\nThe organisers are now expert in their work. From declaring national holidays to rallying university students or demanding that military personnel and government employees come out with their families, every method of gathering crowds has been used.\n\nBuses, trains and trucks are provided to transport people from villages and towns across Iran to rallies that are relentless advertised by state TV.\n\nSoleimani's killing has raised fears of a conflict between the US and Iran\n\nPeople turn up in large numbers because they feel required to do so.\n\nHardline organisers have powerful supporters, including in the Basij paramilitary force and in the Revolutionary Guards, who can always be relied on to do their duty.\n\nOther factors help explain why so many ordinary Iranians closed ranks behind the country's leaders.\n\nSome see Soleimani as a hero who devoted his life to defending the country. They feel he was uncorrupted and dedicated to his work, unlike many senior soldiers and officials.\n\nHe was also a commander of the Revolutionary Guards for much of the eight-year Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, when Iranians - in spite of Western support for Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein - managed to stop Iraqi forces from overrunning their country.\n\nIn recent years, Qasem Soleimani also helped check Islamic State (IS) jihadists in Iraq, who had advanced almost to the Iranian border.\n\nFor nationalist mourners, Soleimani had projected Iranian power in the Arab world. He was seen as the architect of Iran's presence and reach from Lebanon to Syria, Iraq and Yemen.\n\nThere are reports that mourners came out of sheer anger at the assassination of an Iranian general abroad. They felt by killing him, the US was starting a war and that it was time to close ranks in defence of the country.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jeremy Bowen in Baghdad: \"There will be consequences\" over death of Qasem Soleimani\n\nFormer Tehran university professor Sadegh Zibakalam tweeted from the capital that in spite of efforts by the hardliners to own Soleimani, he was a national figure.\n\nAnother factor behind the high turnout was loose talk from President Trump. He tweeted that the US had selected 52 targets in Iran for a possible attack if Iran acted to avenge Soleimani's death.\n\nHe said these included a number of sites of cultural importance to Iran. Attacking cultural centres is a war crime.\n\nIt was immediately clear that this was not the way for the US to win hearts and minds in a country proud of a history that goes back thousands of years.\n\nBut many millions did not join the crowds - including those who did not see Soleimani as a force for good.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThey saw him as a key cog in an oppressive machine. The reformists in Iran have not forgotten that he was one of 12 commanders who wrote to then-President Mohammad Khatami in 1999 threatening a coup unless he put an end to university unrest.\n\nMany saw him as the architect of Iran's misguided involvement in the regional wars. He directed Hezbollah forces in southern Lebanon in the fighting against Israel in 2006.\n\nHe involved Iran in the civil war in Syria, where pro-Iranian forces he organised were responsible for thousands of civilian deaths.\n\nHe established and financed dozens of Shia militias in Iraq that operated outside government control, brought instability to that country, and helped create the condition for IS to rise.\n\nIn Yemen, he involved Iran in support of Shia Houthis who had overthrown the elected government.\n\nBillions of dollars of Iranian money that could have been spent at home to help the millions living in poverty were instead spent on faraway adventures.\n\nMost importantly, as it is now clear, in life his activities across the region brought Iran close to a war with the US and the world's most powerful military.\n\nPerhaps he has brought Iran even closer to that reality in death.", "Rapper Headie One has been sentenced to six months in jail for possession of a blade.\n\nThe drill artist, who's had two top 10 UK singles, was sentenced at Wood Green Crown Court in north London on 3 January.\n\nThe 25-year-old, real name Irving Adjei, was arrested last June but played at both Glastonbury and Wireless festivals after being bailed.\n\nHeadie One's record label has no comment on his sentence.\n\nThe rapper is best-known for his track 18Hunna, which features Mercury Prize winner Dave and peaked at number six on the UK charts.\n\nThat and the chart position of his most recent track Audacity, which features on Stormzy's new album, makes him the most successful artist from the UK drill scene.\n\nThe genre has received plenty of negative attention in the press, though, due to its often violent lyrics about drugs and gangs.\n\nThe rapper features on Stormzy's new album Heavy is the Head\n\nThis isn't Headie One's first conviction.\n\nThe rapper was reportedly locked up for 30 months in 2014 after being caught with heroin and cocaine worth £30,000 in Aberdeen.\n\nHis lawyer at the time said he'd been acting as a drug courier to pay off debts.\n\nAsked by the NME last year what his other convictions were for, he said \"everything, really\".\n\n\"Drugs charges, violent charges. I'm lucky to be here today.\"\n\nHeadie One is the latest UK musician to face jail time for carrying a knife, following on from Brit and Mercury Prize-nominated rapper J Hus, who received an eight month sentence in 2018.\n\nDrill artist Unknown T, meanwhile, has been remanded in custody since being charged with murder in July and is awaiting the start of his trial.\n\nYouTube has previously banned drill videos at the Metropolitan Police's request, and last year two drill artists were found guilty of breaching a gang injunction when they performed one of their songs.\n\nHeadie One completed a UK tour at the end of last year and had no upcoming shows planned.\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. In a 2019 interview Meghan said it was a “struggle” becoming a mother amid intense media scrutiny\n\nThe Duchess of Sussex has admitted it was a \"struggle\" becoming a new mother amid intense media scrutiny.\n\nMeghan Markle married Prince Harry at Windsor Castle in May 2018 and gave birth to their son Archie this year.\n\nSpeaking in an ITV documentary, the duchess referred to her life under the spotlight \"on top of just trying to be a new mom or trying to be a newlywed\".\n\nShe added: \"Not many people have asked if I'm OK. But it's a very real thing to be going through behind the scenes.\"\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex were both interviewed by Tom Bradby during their tour of southern Africa in September.\n\nAsked how she was coping, Meghan said: \"Look, any woman - especially when they are pregnant - you're really vulnerable and so that was made really challenging, and then when you have a new born - you know?\n\n\"And especially as a woman, it's a lot...\"\n\nThe duchess added: \"And also, thank you for asking, because not many people have asked if I'm OK...\"\n\nWhen asked if it would be fair to say it had \"really been a struggle\", Meghan said: \"Yes.\"\n\nThe duke and duchess visited southern Africa last month with their son Archie\n\nThe documentary Harry & Meghan: An African Journey airs on ITV on Sunday at 21:00 BST.\n\nPrince Harry described the memories surrounding the death of his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997 as \"a wound that festers\".\n\nOn the tour, the prince visited an anti-landmine project championed by his mother in Angola and told ITV it had been \"emotional\" to trace her footsteps.\n\n\"I think being part of this family, in this role, in this job, every single time I see a camera, every single time I hear a click, every single time I see a flash, it takes me straight back, so in that respect it's the worst reminder of her life, as opposed to the best.\"\n\nPrince Harry visited a landmine project championed by his late mother during the trip\n\nAs the tour ended, the duke and duchess both brought legal actions against the press.\n\nMeghan sued the Mail on Sunday over a claim that it unlawfully published one of her private letters.\n\nHarry filed his own proceedings at the High Court against the owners of the Sun, the defunct News of the World, and the Daily Mirror, in relation to alleged phone-hacking.", "Jay Sewell was fatally stabbed through a car window, the Old Bailey heard\n\nA man who recruited his parents and a group of his friends to kill a love rival has been jailed for life.\n\nDaniel Grogan, 20, was \"consumed with hatred and jealousy\" of Jay Sewell, 18, after finding out he was seeing his ex-girlfriend, the Old Bailey heard.\n\nMr Sewell was attacked by a group of people in Lee, south-east London, on 11 December 2018.\n\nGrogan was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 21 years having previously been found guilty of murder.\n\nThe court was told Grogan deliberately engineered a stand-off with Mr Sewell and his ex-girlfriend Gemma Hodder near to his family home.\n\nMs Hodder, 18, had driven her partner and some of their friends from Kent to see Grogan when they were set upon by a group armed with knives, hammers, a 4ft (1.2m) fireman's axe and wooden sticks.\n\nMr Sewell was fatally attacked through the car window while his friend Charlie Pamphlett was stabbed in the back but survived, jurors were told.\n\nJudge Wendy Joseph QC said Grogan \"desired only revenge on Gemma and Jay\" and had been driven by \"self serving anger beyond logic\".\n\nThe 20-year-old was also jailed for five years for wounding with intent and three-and-a-half years for violent disorder, with the sentences to be served concurrently.\n\nOther members of Grogan's family and friends also received jail sentences for their parts in the killing:\n\nIn an impact statement read in court, Mr Sewell's mother Sharon Louch said there was \"no sentence this court or any other can pass which can come close to healing the pain or make up for not being able to look at my Jay's face or hear him laugh\".\n\n\"Jay you were a blessing and made us proud from the day you came to us until the moment you were taken,\" she said.\n\nOthers were previously sentenced over the attack:\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Oil prices have receded, after rising following an Iranian attack on two bases hosting US troops in Iraq.\n\nFinancial markets were also relatively calm despite the conflict, amid investor hopes that the two sides would avoid further escalation.\n\nUS President Donald Trump said he would seek additional economic sanctions, but he stopped short of calling for military action.\n\nThe three main share indexes in the US closed the day up about 0.5% or more.\n\nWhile oil prices had jumped to an almost four-month high overnight, they fell back during trade on Wednesday. Brent Crude was down more than 3% to about $65.78 per barrel by mid-day in New York and West Texas International fell more than 4%.\n\nDespite that pullback, oil prices remain nearly 25% higher over the last 12 months, due in part to rising tensions in the Middle East.\n\nIranian state television said the attack was a retaliation for the killing of the country's top commander Qasem Soleimani.\n\nThe attack happened just hours after the funeral service for Soleimani, who was killed by a US drone strike on Friday.\n\nHis death had raised concerns that the conflict between the US and Iran could escalate further.\n\nThat could disrupt shipping in the world's busiest sea route for oil, the Strait of Hormuz. Around a fifth of global oil supply passes through the strait which connects the Gulf with the Arabian Sea.\n\nThe Strait of Hormuz is vital for the main oil exporters in the Gulf region - Saudi Arabia, Iraq, the UAE, and Kuwait - whose economies are built around oil and gas production. Iran also relies heavily on this route for its oil exports.\n\nQatar, the world's biggest producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG), exports nearly all its gas through the strait.\n\nAfter the latest attacks, the US aviation regulator banned American airlines from flying over Iraq, Iran and neighbouring countries. The ban includes the Gulf of Oman and the waters between Iran and Saudi Arabia.\n\nThe Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the decision was in response to heightened military activity, and increased political tension in the region.\n\nBefore the latest guidance, the FAA had already prohibited US airlines from flying below 26,000 feet (7,925 metres) over Iraq and from flying over an area of Iranian airspace above the Gulf of Oman since Iran shot down an American drone in June 2019.\n\nAt the same time Singapore Airlines has said that all of its flights would now be diverted from Iranian airspace.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The PM said the government would work to prevent an escalation of violence\n\nBoris Johnson has said General Qasem Soleimani, killed by a US drone strike last week, had \"the blood of British troops on his hands\".\n\nHe told the Commons the Iranian general was also responsible for a string of attacks on innocent civilians but called for \"urgent de-escalation\".\n\nHe warned Iran not to repeat \"reckless\" attacks after ballistic missiles were fired at Iraqi air bases earlier.\n\nIran's Revolutionary Guard said they were in response to Soleimani's death.\n\nIt came as President Trump on Wednesday urged countries including the UK - to send a \"clear and united message\" to Iran that its \"campaign of terror\" will no longer be tolerated.\n\nMr Trump also called on the UK and its other European allies to abandon the nuclear deal it signed with Iran nuclear deal with in 2015.\n\nBut, at Prime Minister's Questions earlier, Mr Johnson defended the deal, saying it remains the \"best way of preventing nuclear proliferation in Iran\".\n\nIn his first PMQs since Parliament returned from its Christmas break, Mr Johnson said there were no UK casualties in the attacks on Iraqi air bases \"as far as we can tell\".\n\n\"We, of course, condemn the attack on Iraqi military bases hosting coalition forces,\" Mr Johnson said.\n\nLabour leader Jeremy Corbyn questioned the legality of the drone strike ordered by US President Donald Trump that killed Soleimani outside Baghdad airport on Friday.\n\nThe PM said it was not up the UK to determine whether the strike was legal \"since it was not our operation\", but added: \"I think most reasonable people would accept that the United States has the right to protect its bases and its personnel.\"\n\nHis comments come after Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab rejected the idea that the killing was an act of war.\n\nMr Johnson and President Trump have discussed the air strike on Iraqi bases over the phone.\n\nA Downing Street spokesman said the prime minister stressed the need for \"urgent de-escalation to avoid further conflict\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jeremy Corbyn asks Boris Johnson if the killing of General Qasem Soleimani was illegal\n\nMr Johnson told MPs that Soleimani had supplied \"improvised explosive devices to terrorists\" which \"killed and maimed British troops\", adding: \"That man had the blood of British troops on his hands.\"\n\nMr Corbyn's spokesman later said it was \"hard to see\" how Soleimani's assassination could be justified as a legal action.\n\n\"Since the assassination of senior officials, generals, or ministers of internationally recognised governments is, on the face of it, entirely illegal in international law, that defence - the defence of an imminent threat - has to be made public for there to be any question of there being legality around it,\" the spokesman told a Westminster briefing.\n\nHe added: \"No such evidence has been forthcoming and, on the face of it, it's hard to see how that would be the case.\"\n\nIt has taken a while to hear from Boris Johnson directly and I suspect that will surprise a lot of people. It's been five days since this crisis erupted and this is the first we've heard from him.\n\nHe's only talking about it today, frankly, because he has to at PMQs.\n\nThis is because of a new approach from No 10. They want to delegate more responsibility to other cabinet ministers and not have the PM responding to every event and crisis.\n\nBut it also reflects the fact that in this post-Brexit world, Mr Johnson is having to perform a very delicate balancing act.\n\nOn the one hand, he wants to stay close to the Europeans, who we want good relations and a speedy trade deal with. On the other, he doesn't want to antagonise the US, with whom we want similar things.\n\nThat's why you heard him talking about working solidly with the EU to dial down the conflict but at the same time defending President Trump's right to act as he did.\n\nThe bottom line is that as Brexit unfolds, Mr Johnson is going to have to get pretty good at this diplomatic high-wire act.\n\nMr Corbyn said US-Iran tensions were in \"real risk\" of developing into \"full-scale war\" and asked the prime minister whether British personnel in the area were safe.\n\nMr Johnson said: \"As far as we can tell there were no casualties last night sustained by the US and no British personnel were injured in the attacks.\n\n\"We are doing everything we can to protect UK interests in the region, with HMS Defender and HMS Montrose operating in an enhanced state of readiness to protect shipping in the Gulf.\"\n\nMr Johnson will later discuss the situation at a meeting with EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This footage, reportedly of the missile attack, was shown on Iranian state TV\n\nIran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei described the missile attack as \"a slap in the face\" for the US.\n\nThe strike showed just a \"small part\" of the capabilities of the Iranian armed forces, the chief of staff for the military said.\n\nBut Iran's ambassador to the UK, Hamid Baeidinejad, said the attack was an act of self-defence and the country \"does not seek escalation or war\".\n\nMore than a dozen missiles were fired from Iranian territories into Iraq at about 02:00 local time on Wednesday (22:30 GMT on Tuesday).\n\nThe al Asad airbase - located in the Anbar province of western Iraq - was hit by at least six missiles.\n\nLydia Wilson of the University of Oxford's Centre for the Resolution of Intractable Conflict, called it a \"symbolic\" attack that was not designed to \"really damage\" US or Iraqi military capabilities.\n\nNoting that Iran used ballistic missiles rather than more sophisticated cruise missiles, she said: \"Iran was not going to risk a major escalation in this climate. They're very overstretched in the region... they're not going to easily take on the biggest military in the world.\"\n\nThere are about 400 UK troops stationed in Iraq, primarily to assist Iraqi troops in defeating the Islamic State group.\n\nA Ministry of Defence spokesman said: \"We are urgently working to establish the facts on the ground. Our first priority continues to be the security of British personnel.\"\n\nDefence Secretary Ben Wallace added that further \"volatility\" would only benefit terrorist groups \"who will seek to capitalise on instability\".\n\nIn the UK, police were \"extremely alert\" to any impact the crisis in Iran may have in Britain, the Metropolitan Police commissioner Cressida Dick has said.\n\nOn Tuesday, the Royal Navy and military helicopters were put on standby in the Gulf amid the rising tensions in the Middle East.\n\nThe government said non-essential UK personnel had also been moved out of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.\n\nIran had vowed \"severe revenge\" following the assassination of Soleimani.\n\nThe general - who controlled Iran's proxy forces across the Middle East - was regarded as a terrorist by the US government.", "Drivers in Culloden, near Inverness, faced an unusual sight after a trampoline was blown down the road.\n\nStephen Davies filmed it as he was on his way to work.\n\nWind gusts of 74mph were recorded in Scotland on Tuesday.", "Social media influencer Molly Mae Hague has become the latest in a string of reality stars to have a complaint upheld against her by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).\n\nA complaint claimed that a post on her Instagram about an outfit from online retailer Pretty Little Thing was not identifiable as an advert.\n\nPLT claimed the post had been \"organically\" shared by Ms Hague.\n\nThe ASA has ruled the post should not appear in its current form again.\n\nMs Mae was made famous by the ITV show Love Island.\n\nThe offending post, which was shared on the TV personality's Instagram page on 26 September 2019, featured an image of her wearing a coat alongside the caption: \"A/W, I'm ready [brown leaf emoji]\".\n\nThe official Instagram account for Pretty Little Thing was also tagged in the photograph.\n\nThe reality star is a brand ambassador for the popular clothing brand and, in accordance with her contract, any advertising for the company has to be clearly identifiable to her 3.6 million followers.\n\nBoth PLT and Ms Hague argued that the post wasn't included in her contractual agreement.\n\nThey claimed the post fell outside the realms of their partnership, and instead simply demonstrated her genuine interest in the brand's clothing.\n\nHowever, the ASA upheld the complaint and ruled that future posts made by Ms Mae must include phrases such as \"#ad\" to make her partnership with the brand clear.\n\nIt comes after rival clothing company Boohoo had an advert banned last year when the ASA ruled it \"made light of a potentially harmful social trend\".\n\nThe company put the phrase \"send nudes\" in a message sent to promote a range of clothes coloured to resemble skin.\n\nBoohoo was told to make sure its advertising was \"socially responsible\" in future.", "Ms Trump was interviewed on stage in a packed auditorium\n\nIvanka Trump's appearance at the CES tech show went smoothly, despite controversy surrounding her invitation.\n\nSome had criticised a decision to give her a \"keynote\" slot, saying other women had more expertise in the field.\n\nOn stage, the US president's daughter suggested Americans' CV data should be stored and updated on their phones as a matter of course, to make it easier for them to apply for jobs.\n\nShe seemed not to want to \"ruffle feathers\", one attendee told the BBC.\n\nMs Trump was interviewed in front of an audience of trade show delegates in Las Vegas by Gary Shapiro, chief of the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), which organises CES.\n\n\"Why can't you have your high school degree verified and in your phone, so an employer doesn't need to call your high school?\" she asked him rhetorically.\n\nSkills obtained on health and safety courses, or in manufacturing roles, she suggested, could be logged.\n\n\"All of that should be catalogued and tracked and available and accessible,\" Ms Trump added.\n\nLast year, a white paper published by the US government described the concept - known as interoperable learning records - in detail.\n\nMs Trump also said that more could be done to help those without college degrees enter the workforce.\n\nAnd she gained a round of applause for praising the introduction of paid parental leave for US government workers.\n\nCritics had called for the event to be boycotted. But a large audience packed into a hotel conference centre to see and hear Ms Trump.\n\n\"It seemed clear as a member of the administration that she didn't want to ruffle any feathers,\" said Adam Smith, contributing UK editor for PCMag.\n\nHe added that the atmosphere had been \"accommodating\" to Ms Trump.\n\n\"A debate may be worthwhile on whether her presence took the place of a more experienced woman in the tech sector or the merits of her political views, but it would be difficult to fault her on the delivery of her message,\" he added.\n\nMs Trump and her husband Jared Kushner will next attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland as part of the White House delegation later this month.\n\nAttendees of Ms Trump's keynote had to abide by certain rules\n\nI wasn't sure what to expect from Ivanka Trump's much-hyped CES keynote. Would the grand Venetian Ballroom auditorium be full, or would the threatened boycott keep the crowds away? Would she be booed or cheered?\n\nIt was no doubt a lucrative day to be a security guard here in Las Vegas. Men in black wearing silver \"cop security\" badges were everywhere, and long queues of CES delegates snaked across the floors.\n\n\"No selfie sticks, no signs, no oversized bags,\" we were instructed.\n\nThe hall was soon packed out. Ivanka Trump and Gary Shapiro emerged, a few minutes late, to enthusiastic applause.\n\nThis audience was clearly not going to heckle, and it was also apparent that Mr Shapiro had no intention of giving Ms Trump what we journalists would call a grilling.\n\nMs Trump was articulate and on-message about her father's government's strategies in tackling unemployment in the US. She spoke passionately about the high price of childcare, her diamond rings sparkling under the stage lights.\n\nCritics had questioned whether Ms Trump was \"qualified\" to speak at the tech show\n\nIt was a very smooth performance - but it lacked any drama.\n\nOur camerawoman Cody was at the back of the hall. She told me that a small but steady trickle of people walked out discreetly before the end.\n\nAbout 12 minutes in, I noticed the head of the gentleman on my left in the press seats slowly sink towards his chest. He closed his eyes, appearing to snooze.\n\nI wondered briefly whether to give him a collegiate nudge, but decided ultimately he probably wasn't going to miss any excitement. And he didn't.", "Greggs said its vegan sausage roll had helped boost sales\n\nThousands of Greggs staff are set to get a £300 one-off payment after a \"phenomenal year\", the firm said.\n\nSales growth had been helped by strong demand for its traditional snacks and Greggs' \"now iconic\" vegan sausage rolls, the bakery chain said.\n\nGreggs staff will share a £7m payment after shareholders received a £35m special dividend in October.\n\nThe firm expects underlying annual pre-tax profit to be ahead of its expectations when it reports in March.\n\nThe 19,000 Greggs staff who have been with the chain since before 31 March will get a £300 windfall at the end of January, while the remaining 6,000 will get £75 for each quarter they have worked for Greggs.\n\nThe one-off payment to staff will be on top of the profit-sharing scheme that Greggs already has, a spokeswoman said. The bakery chain already shares 10% of profits with employees, she said.\n\n\"Our record financial performance in 2019 has enabled us to enhance returns to shareholders,\" said chief executive Roger Whiteside.\n\n\"I am delighted to announce that we will also be making a special additional payment to all of our colleagues across the business who have worked so hard to deliver this success in what has been a phenomenal year.\"\n\nThe bonus comes a year after Greggs launched its vegan sausage roll snack, which is made from meat substitute Quorn.\n\nIts launch has been followed by other initiatives such as a vegan steak bake and a vegan doughnut.\n\nJames Compton, Victor Connor, and Stephen Green (left to right) all qualify for the full £300 bonus\n\nWhen store manager Victor Connor and workers James Compton and Stephen Green heard about the bonus they started screaming and shouting.\n\n\"It genuinely feels like a thank you,\" Victor said. \"Quite a few customers have said: 'To be fair you guys deserve it'.\"\n\nStephen said it was particularly welcome just after Christmas: \"They don't need to give it us, something for all our hard work.\"\n\n\"But it makes the staff feel more appreciated- everyone here is made up,\" he added.\n\nIt isn't uncommon for workers to benefit from a share in the profits. Other UK retailers that have staff bonus schemes include John Lewis and Waitrose, Sainsbury's, and Sports Direct for shop floor workers.\n\nMaureen Hinton, global retail research director at GlobalData, said offering a staff bonus reflected a growing trend amongst firms to want to appear ethical.\n\n\"This is a great way for Greggs to maintain the loyalty of the workforce and creates a very inclusive culture, as the benefits of its success is being shared with everyone.\n\nIt was also good \"PR\" she added \"something Greggs is excellent at.\"\n\nGreggs, like other retailers, will face higher costs in 2020 from a boost to the National Living Wage and higher pork prices, the firm added.\n\nGreggs opened 138 new shops over the last year and closed 41, bringing the total to 2,050 across the UK. It said it planned to open about 100 new shops in 2020.\n\nLike-for-like sales grew 9.2% in 2019, compared with 2.9% growth in 2018.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Using a walking frame, Harvey Weinstein arrives for his trial on sexual assault charges\n\nA judge has angrily threatened to lock up Harvey Weinstein for using his phone in a New York City court where a jury is being picked for his rape trial.\n\n\"Is this really the way you want to end up in jail for the rest of your life, by texting and violating a court order?\" asked Judge James Burke.\n\nThe Manhattan judge instructed the former Hollywood producer, who is out on bail, not to answer the question.\n\nMr Weinstein faces five charges and possibly life in jail if convicted.\n\nThe allegations include rape and predatory sexual assault relating to two unnamed accusers. He is charged with raping one woman in a Manhattan hotel room in 2013, and performing a forcible sex act on the second woman in 2006.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Weinstein accusers take questions outside court in New York\n\nOn Monday, Mr Weinstein was charged with an additional two counts in Los Angeles: rape and sexual assault.\n\nThe 67-year-old has denied all charges and insists any sexual encounters were consensual.\n\nMr Weinstein was caught using two mobile phones on Tuesday, according to local media. He had already been admonished by Judge Burke at previous court appearances for using a handset.\n\n\"What did I say would happen if he so much has a cellphone or electronic device since there have been repeated violations of this, including some on the record?\" Judge Burke said.\n\n\"I believe you said remand,\" Mr Weinstein's lawyer replied after a heated exchange, meaning to put his client in jail.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Why I broke my silence over Weinstein\" - an accuser talks about the criminal trial\n\nLead prosecutor Joan Illuzzi urged Judge Burke to jail Mr Weinstein, who is out on $5m (£3.8m) bail. He is required to wear an electronic tracking device.\n\n\"There is a grave risk that this defendant at some point will realise that the evidence against him is imposing and overwhelming\" and he will try to escape, Ms Illuzzi said.\n\nJudge Burke ultimately declined to revoke Mr Weinstein's bail, but told the former movie mogul he would not get any further warning.\n\n\"I'm not looking for apologies,\" Judge Burke said, \"I'm looking for compliance.\"\n\nIn court, Mr Weinstein's lawyer, Arthur Aidala, asked Judge Burke to delay jury selection, arguing that the jury pool had been tarnished by the extensive press coverage of the Los Angeles charges filed on Monday.\n\n\"For a prosecutor, this is Christmas morning,\" Mr Aidala said, holding a stack of Monday's newspapers. \"What better present than the morning of jury selection to have him smeared everywhere?\"\n\nAfter jury selection, Mr Weinstein's New York trial is expected to begin in around two weeks.", "Last updated on .From the section Winter Sports\n\nPolice are investigating after a performer was left in a life-threatening condition by a fall during rehearsals for the Winter Youth Olympic Games opening ceremony in Switzerland.\n\nThe unnamed Russian skater, who lives in Germany, fell from a height of five metres as she was being lifted by a metal ring attached to a cable in the Vaudoise Arena ice rink.\n\nThe 35-year-old was seriously injured after \"suddenly losing her balance\" and falling on to the ice, according to police in Lausanne.\n\nLausanne 2020 organisers and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said they were \"saddened to hear of an accident\".\n\n\"Lausanne 2020 and the IOC wish the performer a fast and full recovery,\" they added in a statement.\n\nThe opening ceremony for the Winter Youth Olympic Games takes place on 9 January.", "Kelechi Iheanacho's equaliser gave Leicester City a deserved draw to leave the Carabao Cup semi-final against Aston Villa delicately poised after an entertaining encounter at the King Power Stadium.\n\nSubstitute Iheanacho finished emphatically from Jamie Vardy's pass with 16 minutes left to give The Foxes the reward their incessant second-half pressure merited to set up a tense second leg at Villa Park.\n\nVilla, struggling with injuries after goalkeeper Tom Heaton and striker Wesley were ruled out for the season, defended with organisation and resilience to protect the lead given to them after 28 minutes when Frederic Guilbert stole in at the far post to meet Anwar El Ghazi's cross.\n\nEzri Konsa's header also struck the bar for Villa but Leicester applied most of the pressure with keeper Orjan Nyland saving twice from James Maddison and Vardy, who also shot just wide late on, before he was beaten by Iheanacho's powerful strike from 12 yards.\n\nThe second leg at Villa Park takes place on Tuesday, 28 January.\n• None Reaction to action from the King Power Stadium\n• None Quiz: Name all EFL Cup semi-finalists of the 2010s\n\nEngland manager Gareth Southgate was in the stands at The King Power Stadium to cast his eye over several players as he finalises his Euro 2020 plans.\n\nVilla defender Tyrone Mings and Leicester pair James Maddison and Ben Chilwell have already won full caps - so Southgate will have been paying particular attention to Jack Grealish, who has been a key figure for Dean Smith's side this season.\n\nGrealish is yet to make the breakthrough to full England status and his midfield battle with Maddison, who is yet to fully convince Southgate, was an intriguing sub-plot to this semi-final.\n\nAnd the Villa captain did not disappoint, surely pressing his claims for inclusion in England's squad and the opportunity to put himself in contention for this summer's Euros.\n\nVilla spent much of the game on the back foot but Grealish was composed and strong on the ball when he got the chance, always looking for the chance to play the decisive pass on the rare occasions they were able to build pressure.\n\nMaddison is currently ahead of Grealish in Southgate's pecking order, but this classy display from the 24-year-old will have given Southgate food for thought as Villa set up a platform to give themselves a real chance of reaching the EFL Cup Final against either Manchester City or Manchester United.\n\nLeicester City were not quite at their fluent best that has taken them into second place in the Premier League, forcing their way between runaway leaders Liverpool and reigning champions Manchester City.\n\nAnd yet, despite this, the Foxes showed real determination and patience to maintain the pressure until marksman Vardy turned creator with an astute pass that released Iheanacho for his late leveller.\n\nThere were occasions when the home crowd, largely supportive, became impatient as Leicester probed but they stayed true to the principles of manager Brendan Rodgers and no-one apart from Villa could complain about their equaliser.\n\nRodgers would have wanted victory from this home leg but he looked satisfied at the final whistle, clearly believing this is a result Leicester City can work with at Villa Park, where their pace and power on the break - spearheaded by Vardy - may be an even bigger weapon than it was here, as it was in their recent 4-1 league victory.\n\n'He has really come to the fore' - reaction\n\nLeicester boss Brendan Rodgers: \"Kelechi is a big talent. He didn't play a lot of football at Manchester City and it takes a bit of time to adapt.\n\n\"But since I've come in his confidence has grown and grown and we believe in him and believe in his talent and this season he has really come to the fore.\n\n\"He works so hard every day. He's either making a goal or scoring a goal now and he works so hard in his pressing game. He was a threat when he came on against Villa and I'm delighted for him.\"\n\nAston Villa manager Dean Smith: \"It should be a good second leg, all square and a boisterous crowd, a full house.\n\n\"It wasn't the performance I wanted, Leicester were the better team but we defended well at times. We have to be honest, they created chances as well. We were loose on the ball tonight, we've got to do better.\n\n\"I'm certainly content with a draw, just not the performance. We gave away a farcical goal. Ezri Konsa has got brain dazzled. A disappointing goal but it sums up some of our performance on the night. We did get in a lot of tackles and blocks.\"\n• None Villa have scored 17 League Cup goals this season - their most since 2012-13, with Villa last scoring more in the 1999-00 campaign (18).\n• None Villa have not kept a clean sheet on the road in all competitions in their last 17 games, last doing so against Bolton Wanderers in April 2019.\n• None Iheanacho has been directly involved in seven goals in his five competitive appearances against Aston Villa (five goals, two assists) - more than any other opponent in his professional club career.\n• None Vardy has provided five assists in his 22 appearances in all competitions this season; as many as he got for Leicester City in the previous two campaigns (five assists in 78 apps).\n• None El Ghazi has been directly involved in 11 goals in all competitions for Aston Villa this season (five goals, six assists); only Grealish has more for the Villans (14).\n• None Guilbert's goal in the 28th minute was Aston Villa's only shot on target in the match. In fact, they only recorded three shots in the entire game - the lowest total they have registered in all competitions since May 2016 against Newcastle United (two shots).\n• None No player had more shots (eight), shots on target (two) or created more chances (four) than Leicester's Maddison in this match, with Grealish having zero shots and recording just one key pass by comparison.\n\nLeicester are home to Southampton in the league on Saturday (15:00 GMT) and Villa host Manchester City on Sunday (16:30 GMT)\n• None Attempt saved. Çaglar Söyüncü (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Christian Fuchs.\n• None Attempt missed. Marc Albrighton (Leicester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jamie Vardy.\n• None Attempt blocked. James Maddison (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Christian Fuchs.\n• None Attempt missed. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ricardo Pereira following a fast break.\n• None Attempt missed. James Maddison (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Jamie Vardy. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will not return as working members of the Royal Family, Buckingham Palace has said.\n\nThe couple said last year that they would step back as \"senior\" royals, and work to become financially independent.\n\nIn 2016, Kensington Palace released a statement confirming Harry had been dating US actress Meghan Markle \"for a few months\". They were pictured in public for the first time in Toronto, attending a wheelchair tennis match during the 2017 Invictus Games.\n\nThey announced their engagement a few weeks after being first pictured together. Meghan told BBC News that Harry's proposal was \"just an amazing surprise, it was so sweet and natural and very romantic\".\n\nIn February 2018, the couple took part in their first joint engagement with Prince Harry's brother and sister-in-law, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. As Meghan joined their Royal Foundation charity, Harry joked the foursome were now \"stuck together\".\n\nThe couple were married at Windsor Castle, on 19 May 2018, with 1,200 public invitations to the grounds of the castle. They travelled through the town in a horse-drawn carriage.\n\nUp to 100,000 well-wishers lined the route as the duke and duchess travelled through Windsor.\n\nThe couple exchanged vows and rings before the Queen and 600 guests at St George's Chapel.\n\nThe couple kissed on the steps of St George's Chapel.\n\nThe Queen, Duke of Edinburgh and other members of the Royal Family attended the wedding.\n\nThe newlyweds held hands after the ceremony.\n\nIn June 2018, the Queen and the duchess were seen at their first royal engagement together, as they officially opened the Mersey Gateway Bridge and Chester's Storyhouse Theatre.\n\nThat autumn, Kensington Palace revealed the duchess was pregnant and the couple's baby was due in the spring. Shortly after the announcement, they embarked on their first official overseas tour, visiting Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga.\n\nOn one of their engagements, the couple posed with OneWave, a surfing community group that raises awareness of mental health and wellbeing, at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia\n\nOn 6 May, 2019, Meghan gave birth to a boy, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, who became seventh in line to the throne. Harry told reporters: \"It's been the most amazing experience I could ever possibly imagine\".\n\nIn June 2019, the couple announced they were splitting from the charity they shared with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, to set up their own foundation.\n\nLast autumn, Archie travelled with the couple to southern Africa on their first royal tour as a family, and was a big hit with Archbishop Desmond Tutu.\n\nAn image of a beaming Prince Harry holding his son while on an extended stay in Canada was released by the couple as part of an Instagram compilation summing up their year.\n\nFollowing their trip, the couple were pictured in January on a visit to Canada House.\n\nIn February, the couple announced that they are expecting their second child.", "The woman who inspired Jennifer Lopez's character in Hustlers is suing the film's makers for $40m (£30m).\n\nIn the lawsuit, Samantha Barbash accuses film companies including STX Films and Lopez's Nuyorican Productions of using her likeness and defaming her.\n\nIn response, STX said it would \"defend our right to tell factually based stories based on the public record\".\n\nHustlers is the fictionalised story of Barbash and other women who drugged and swindled rich men at strip clubs.\n\nBarbash was the alleged mastermind of the ring and was sentenced to five years' probation for conspiracy, assault and grand larceny after it came to light.\n\nThe movie was based on a 2015 New York Magazine article about the gang, but Barbash has said she declined to sell her rights to the movie's producers, saying they offered her \"peanuts\".\n\nLopez with director Lorene Scafaria and the Spotlight Award at the Palm Springs Film Festival\n\nLopez was nominated for a Golden Globe for playing the role of Ramona in Hustlers, which has made $157m (£120m) at global box offices since its release in September.\n\nThe actress has described her character as \"unapologetically savage\". Last April, Barbash told the New York Post that Lopez was misrepresenting her and she was never a stripper.\n\nAccording to the New York Post, the court papers said: \"Anyone who views the film will believe Plaintiff to be an individual of little to no moral or ethical values, devoid of any loyalty to her colleagues, under the influence of hard drugs, and with misandrist tendencies.\"\n\nBarbash's lawyer Bruno V Gioffre Jr told Rolling Stone: \"My client is offended that the defendants used her likeness to make over $150m, defamed her character and tried to trick her into selling her rights to the production company for a mere $6,000.\"\n\nBarbash posted a screenshot on Twitter of TMZ's story about the lawsuit, followed by a post confirming \"it's true\".\n\nA spokesman for STX Films told US media: \"While we have not yet seen the complaint, we will continue to defend our right to tell factually based stories based on the public record.\" A representative for Nuyorican Productions declined to comment.\n\nReal people who have been portrayed on screen do not have a good track record of success when suing movie and TV companies.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @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. Royal correspondent Jonny Dymond: \"It is very clear the palace is very upset about what has happened\"\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex have announced they will step back as \"senior\" royals and work to become financially independent.\n\nIn a statement, Prince Harry and Meghan also said they plan to split their time between the UK and North America.\n\nThe BBC understands no other royal - including the Queen or Prince William - was consulted before the statement and Buckingham Palace is \"disappointed\".\n\nSenior royals are understood to be \"hurt\" by the announcement.\n\nLast October, Prince Harry and Meghan publicly revealed their struggles under the media spotlight.\n\nIn their unexpected statement on Wednesday, also posted on their Instagram page, the couple said they made the decision \"after many months of reflection and internal discussions\".\n\n\"We intend to step back as 'senior' members of the Royal Family and work to become financially independent, while continuing to fully support Her Majesty The Queen.\"\n\nThey said they plan to balance their time between the UK and North America while \"continuing to honour our duty to the Queen, the Commonwealth, and our patronages\".\n\n\"This geographic balance will enable us to raise our son with an appreciation for the royal tradition into which he was born, while also providing our family with the space to focus on the next chapter, including the launch of our new charitable entity.\"\n\nBBC royal correspondent Jonny Dymond said the fact palace officials said they were \"disappointed\" is \"pretty strong\".\n\n\"I think it indicates a real strength of feeling in the palace tonight - maybe not so much about what has been done but about how it has been done - and the lack of consultation I think will sting.\n\n\"This is clearly a major rift between Harry and Meghan on one part, and the rest of the Royal Family on the other.\"\n\nA Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said discussions with the duke and duchess on their decision to step back were \"at an early stage\", adding: \"We understand their desire to take a different approach, but these are complicated issues that will take time to work through.\"\n\nOver Christmas, the couple took a six-week break from royal duties to spend some time in Canada with their son, Archie, who was born in May.\n\nAfter returning to the UK on Tuesday, Harry, 35, and Meghan, 38, visited Canada's High Commission in London to thank the country for hosting them and said the warmth and hospitality they received was \"unbelievable\".\n\nThe couple, together with their son Archie, recently spent time in Canada\n\nDuring the visit, Meghan said it was an \"incredible time\" to enjoy the \"beauty of Canada\".\n\n\"To see Archie go 'ah' when you walk by, and just see how stunning it is - so it meant a lot to us.\"\n\nFormer actress Meghan lived and worked in Toronto during her time starring in the popular US drama Suits, and she has several Canadian friends.\n\nClose up, it was painfully clear that there were great chunks of the job they simply could not stand.\n\nBoth of them appeared to come alive with the crowds. But Harry hated the cameras and was visibly bored by the ceremonial.\n\nAnd though Meghan was often the consummate professional, at times her impatience with the everyday slog of the role sometimes broke through.\n\nShe said she didn't want to become a voiceless figurehead; but when she raised her voice, she found criticism waiting for her.\n\nThey both made their feelings known in the 2019 interview with ITV's Tom Bradby.\n\nBut beyond the detail, what was so shocking was how unhappy they both seemed. The sun-drenched wedding of the year before seemed like a dream; here were two people visibly struggling with their lives and positions.\n\nThere are far more questions than answers; what will their new role be? Where will they live, and who will pay for it? What relationship will they have with the rest of the Royal Family?\n\nAnd there's the institutional question. What does this mean for the Royal Family?\n\nIt comes just a few months after Prince Andrew stepped back from his duties. Some might see this as the slimmed-down monarchy that the 21st century needs.\n\nBut Harry and Meghan reached people that other royals didn't.\n\nThey were part of the reinvention and refreshing of the institution. This was not the way anyone would have planned its future.\n\nFormer Buckingham Palace press officer Dickie Arbiter suggested the decision showed Prince Harry's \"heart ruling his head\".\n\nHe told the BBC the \"massive press onslaught\" when their son Archie was born may have played a part in the decision.\n\nAnd he compared the move to Edward VIII's abdication in 1936 in order to marry twice-divorced American Wallis Simpson.\n\n\"That is the only other precedent, but there's been nothing like this in modern times,\" Mr Arbiter said.\n\nMeghan and Prince Harry married in May 2018\n\nAsked how being a \"part-time\" member of the Royal Family might work, Mr Arbiter said he did not know.\n\n\"If they're going to be based in the UK, it means they are going to be doing a lot of flying [with] a big carbon footprint,\" he said, adding that this may \"raise eyebrows\".\n\nHe also questioned how the couple would become financially independent.\n\n\"I mean, Harry is not a poor man, but to settle yourself in two different continents, to raise a family, to continue to do your work - how's the work going to be funded?\n\n\"How is their security going to be funded?\n\n\"Because they're still going to have to have security - who's going to have to pay for this? Where's the security coming from? Is the Metropolitan Police going to be providing it and if so whether there's going to be any contribution in covering the security cost?\"\n\nMr Arbiter also suggested questions would be raised over why £2.4m of taxpayer's money was spent on renovating the couple's home, Frogmore Cottage in Windsor, if they will now be living elsewhere for some of the year.\n\nHarry and Meghan met senior Canadian diplomats in London earlier this week\n\nBBC royal correspondent Jonny Dymond said the couple have \"considerable savings\", including Harry's inheritance from Princess Diana's estate and the money Meghan earned as an actress.\n\nBut, asked about whether they might get jobs, he added: \"There is a problem for members of the Royal Family - relatively senior ones, even if they say they're no longer senior - getting jobs, because they are seen to monetise their brand and you run into a whole host of questions about conflict of interest\".\n\nHe added that we are now in \"wait and see mode\" as to whether this new model of being a royal can work - \"or if this is really a staging post for them to leave the Royal Family\".\n\nThe Prince of Wales pays for the public duties of Harry, Meghan, William and Kate and some of their private costs, out of his Duchy of Cornwall income, which was £21.6m last year.\n\nAccounts from Clarence House show this funding - in the year Meghan officially joined the Royal Family - stood at just over £5m, up 1.8% on 2017-18.\n\nRoyal author Penny Junor said she \"can't quite see how it's going to work\", adding: \"I don't think it's been properly thought through.\"\n\n\"I think it's extraordinary but also I think it's rather sad,\" she said. \"They may not feel they are particularly loved but actually they are very much loved.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. In a 2019 interview Meghan said it was a “struggle” becoming a mother amid intense media scrutiny\n\nHarry is sixth in line to the throne - behind Prince Charles, Prince William and his three children.\n\nIn an ITV documentary last year, Meghan admitted motherhood was a \"struggle\" due to intense interest from newspapers.\n\nPrince Harry also responded to reports of a rift between him and his brother William, the Duke of Cambridge, by saying they were on \"different paths\".\n\nIn October, the duchess began legal action against the Mail on Sunday over a claim that it unlawfully published one of her private letters.\n\nAnd the duke also began legal action against the owners of the Sun, the defunct News of the World, and the Daily Mirror, in relation to alleged phone-hacking.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prince Harry on his brother, William in 2019: \"We are certainly on different paths at the moment\"\n\nPrince Harry also released a statement, saying: \"I lost my mother and now I watch my wife falling victim to the same powerful forces.\"\n\nThe duke and duchess moved out of Kensington Palace, where the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge live, in 2018 to set up their family home in Windsor.\n\nThen last summer, they split from the charity they shared with Prince William and Kate to set up their own charitable projects.\n\nThe couple's announcement on Wednesday comes two months after the Duke of York withdrew from public life after a BBC interview about his ties to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who killed himself in August.", "The boss of Sainsbury's has said sales were lower during the Christmas period because fewer people bought toys.\n\nMike Coupe told the BBC that toy sales had fallen by 20% across the market in the last two years.\n\n\"The challenge was in a couple of categories, particularly gaming and toys,\" he said, adding that there were no major releases to boost sales in the run-up to Christmas.\n\nThe supermarket's like-for-like sales fell 0.7% in the 15 weeks to 4 January.\n\nWhile grocery sales actually increased by 0.4%, poor sales in the division that includes Argos, which is owned by Sainsbury's, weighed on the company's overall performance.\n\nNevertheless, Mr Coupe said the company had delivered a \"real sense of momentum\".\n\nClothing sales grew by 5%, which Mr Coupe said was helped by colder weather in the weeks before Christmas.\n\n\"Womenswear was particularly popular, including a sell-out range of novelty Christmas jumpers,\" Sainsbury's said.\n\n\"These results show a mixed picture for the retailer,\" said Richard Lim, who runs analyst firm Retail Economics.\n\n\"On the one hand, the food business held up relatively well in an extremely tough market,\" he said.\n\n\"On the other, Argos appears to have had a much tougher time delivering an uncomfortable decline in sales over the festive period.\"\n\nData released by two research firms, Nielsen and Kantar, on Tuesday suggested that Sainsbury's was the least worst performer among the so-called \"big four\" supermarkets over the all-important Christmas period.\n\nMorrisons reported a 1.7% drop in like-for-like sales, excluding fuel, for the 22 weeks to 5 January.\n\nThe company said: \"Throughout the period, trading conditions remained challenging and the customer uncertainty of the last year was sustained.\"", "Television medium and psychic Derek Acorah has died aged 69, his wife has announced.\n\nGwen Acorah Johnson said her \"beloved\" husband had passed away \"after a very brief illness\".\n\nShe announced his death on his official Facebook page, adding: \"Farewell my love! I will miss you forever!\"\n\nAcorah was best known for Living TV's Most Haunted, a reality TV series that followed a team of paranormal experts as they investigated haunted locations.\n\nMost Haunted ran from 2002 to 2010 although it returned in an online edition and on Really TV at various times until 2019.\n\nAcorah departed as the show's guest medium after six series in 2005 over claims of fakery.\n\nHis former co-host Yvette Fielding, who had previously said Acorah \"had to go\" following the allegations, said on Twitter: \"Our condolences go out to Derek's family at this time.\"\n\nAcorah, who was born Derek Johnson in Bootle, Merseyside, made a cameo appearance in the 2006 Doctor Who episode Army of Ghosts and entered the Celebrity Big Brother house in 2017, finishing in fourth place.\n\nHe was banned from driving for more than two years in 2014 when he admitted to careless driving and failing to provide a further breath test following a car crash.\n\nIn addition to a 28-month ban, Acorah received a £1000 fine and had to pay a £100 victim surcharge.\n\nHe had performed regular live shows across the UK, with further tour dates planned for February and May, according to his website. He lived in Scarisbrick, near Southport, with his wife.\n\nMrs Acorah Johnson said she was \"devastated\", and thanked everybody who had supported her.", "The tree (far right) is planted at Heacham Manor Hotel in Norfolk\n\nTests aiming to establish the truth of a legend claiming that Pocahontas planted a mulberry tree in Norfolk have proved inconclusive.\n\nThe Native American travelled to England in 1616 with husband John Rolfe after helping save a colonialist's life.\n\nLegend has it she planted a mulberry tree at a manor house in Heacham, where Rolfe was from.\n\nBut DNA analysis of the tree and others have proved inconclusive.\n\nRolfe and Pocahontas spent 10 months in England - before her death in Gravesend, Kent, in 1617 - when it is said that while visiting her husband's family home in Heacham, she planted a tree in the area,\n\nThe tree - in the same spot, but now in the grounds of Heacham Manor Hotel - still produces fruit.\n\nA life-size bronze effigy of the Native American stands in Gravesend, Kent\n\nResearchers at the Forestry Commission carried out DNA research following claims by a retired Heacham resident who has extensively researched the Pocahontas legend.\n\nIt was hoped this might establish a DNA connection between the hotel's tree and other very old mulberry trees at Buckingham Palace, Syon House in west London and Narford Hall, Norfolk.\n\nIt was thought Pocahontas might have visited one of these trees and collected seeds, and research could establish whether they were forebears of the Heacham tree.\n\nJoan Cottrell, from the Forestry Commission, said scientists had \"attempted to fingerprint\" eight trees \"but failed to get clear results\".\n\nShe said tests showed the eight trees \"probably\" belonged to the same clone, but that the work was \"not conclusive\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet explains the significance of the attack\n\nThe killing of Gen Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds force, represents a dramatic escalation in the low-level conflict between the US and Iran and one whose consequences could be considerable.\n\nRetaliation is to be expected. A chain of action and reprisal could ensue bringing the two countries closer to a direct confrontation. Washington's future in Iraq could well be called into question. And President Trump's strategy for the region - if there is one - will be tested like never before.\n\nPhilip Gordon, who was White House co-ordinator for the Middle East and the Persian Gulf in the Obama administration, described the killing as little short of a \"declaration of war\" by the Americans against Iran.\n\nThe Quds Force is the branch of Iran's security forces responsible for operations abroad. For years, whether it be in Lebanon, Iraq, Syria or elsewhere, Soleimani has been a key instigator in expanding and extending Iran's influence through planning attacks or bolstering Tehran's local allies.\n\nFor Washington, he was a man with US blood on his hands. But he was popular in Iran itself. And in practical terms, he led Tehran's fightback against the broad campaign of pressure and US-imposed sanctions.\n\nWhat is most surprising is not that Soleimani was in President Trump's sights but quite why the US should strike him now.\n\nA series of low-level rocket attacks against US bases in Iraq were blamed on Tehran. One US civilian contractor was killed. But earlier Iranian operations - against tankers in the Gulf; the shooting down of a US unmanned aerial vehicle; even the major attack against a Saudi oil facility - all went without a direct US response.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAs for the rocket attacks against the US bases in Iraq, the Pentagon has already hit back against the pro-Iranian militia believed to be behind them. That prompted a potential assault on the US embassy compound in Baghdad.\n\nIn explaining the decision to kill Soleimani, the Pentagon focused not just on his past actions, but also insisted that the strike was meant as a deterrent. The general, the Pentagon statement reads, was \"actively developing plans to attack US diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region\".\n\nQuite what happens next is the big question. President Trump will hope that in one dramatic action he has both cowed Iran and proven to his increasingly uneasy allies in the region like Israel and Saudi Arabia that US deterrence still has teeth. However it is almost unthinkable that there will not be a robust Iranian response, even if it is not immediate.\n\nCould Iran target US soldiers stationed in Iraq in response?\n\nThe 5,000 US troops in Iraq are an obvious potential target. So too are the sorts of targets hit by Iran or its proxies in the past. Tensions will be higher in the Gulf. No wonder the initial impact was to see a surge in oil prices.\n\nThe US and its allies will be looking to their defences. Washington has already despatched a small number of reinforcements to its embassy in Baghdad. It will have plans to increase its military footprint in the region quickly if needed.\n\nBut it is equally possible that Iran's response will be in some sense asymmetric - in other words not just a strike for a strike. It may seek to play on the widespread support it has in the region - through the very proxies that Soleimani built up and funded.\n\nIt could for example renew the siege on the US embassy in Baghdad, putting the Iraqi government in a difficult position, and call into question the US deployment there. It could prompt demonstrations elsewhere as cover for other attacks.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Could Iran instigate more attacks on the US embassy in Baghdad such as this one earlier this week?\n\nThe strike against the Quds force commander was a clear demonstration of US military intelligence and capabilities. Many in the region will not mourn his passing. But was this the wisest thing for President Trump to do?\n\nHow well is the Pentagon prepared for the inevitable aftermath? And just what does this strike tell us about Mr Trump's overall strategy in the region? Has this changed in any way? Is there a new zero-tolerance towards Iranian operations?\n\nOr was this just the president taking out an Iranian commander he would no doubt regard as \"a very bad man\".", "John Paul Smyth was last seen on New Year's Eve\n\nA body has been found in the search for a 15-year-old boy who went missing on New Year's Eve.\n\nJohn Paul Smyth, known as JP, was last seen in Warrenpoint town centre on 31 December.\n\nAfter extensive searches by the community, police confirmed on Saturday the search for the missing Newry teenager had been called off.\n\nJP was said to have an \"infectious personality\" and his death is being described as a tragic accident.\n\nSt Paul's High School in Bessbrook, where JP was a pupil, said the \"tragic and accidental\" death of their \"esteemed\" pupil had \"shocked and saddened\" them all.\n\n\"JP's infectious personality and his friendly smile endeared him to so many pupils and staff at St Paul's,\" the school said.\n\nA remembrance event is being held at the County Armagh school on Sunday.\n\nNewry and Armagh MP Mickey Brady said the death had deeply affected the community, and extended his sympathies to his family.\n\nCouncillor Jarlath Tinnelly said on social media: \"Initial indications are this was nothing more than a tragic accident.\n\n\"My thoughts and prayers are with John Paul's family at this tragic time.\"", "Sir Rod Stewart has been charged by police after allegedly punching a security guard at a hotel in Florida.\n\nA police report says the altercation occurred after the singer and his companions, including his son Sean, failed to gain access to a private event on New Year's Eve.\n\nSean allegedly pushed the security guard and Sir Rod struck his chest \"with a closed fist\", the report says.\n\nSir Rod and his son were both charged with \"simple battery\".\n\nThe security guard at the Breakers Palm Beach Hotel, named as Jessie Dixon, told officers that he saw a group of people near the check-in table of the private event in the children's area, trying to enter without permission.\n\nMr Dixon told police that the group \"began to get loud and cause a scene\", refusing to leave.\n\nSean Stewart got \"nose to nose\" with the security guard, according to the affidavit, who told him to back away.\n\nThe report then alleges that Sean Stewart, 39, shoved Mr Dixon backwards, before Sir Rod stepped towards the security guard and threw a punch, hitting him in the left ribcage.\n\nThe arresting officer says in the report that he made contact with Sir Rod, who said he and his family approached the check-in table to try to gain access to the event for their children.\n\nAccording to the affidavit, Sir Rod told police that after the family were denied access, Mr Dixon became argumentative with them, causing his family to become \"agitated\".\n\nSir Rod, 74, apologised for his role in the incident, the officer's report says.\n\nThe officer says the altercation was witnessed by two other hotel employees, who signed witness statements confirming they saw the push by Sean Stewart and the punch by Sir Rod.\n\nVideo footage also revealed Sean Stewart and Sir Rod as the \"primary aggressors\" in the confrontation, according to the report.\n\nBoth father and son were charged and are due to appear at the Palm Beach County Criminal Justice Complex on 5 February.", "Eli Hewson (second right) with bandmates Josh Jenkinson, Robert Keating and Ryan McMahon\n\nInhaler want to make it on their own terms, just like any band.\n\nThe way they tell their story, the fact their frontman is the son of one of the world's biggest rock stars is almost irrelevant.\n\nYes, Elijah Hewson does have something of his dad's on-stage magnetism. Yes, he has a familiar yearning voice. Yes, there is a certain resemblance in the unkempt 80s mullet.\n\nYes, his dad is U2 singer Bono.\n\nBut the 20-year-old singer-guitarist-songwriter and his bandmates have spent 2019 showing signs - not least to the 170 music critics, DJs and musicians who have voted them to fifth place on the BBC Music Sound of 2020 list - that they have what it takes to be more than U2.0.\n\nInhaler's sound combines a recognisable widescreen sweep with a baggy Madchester vibe and modern, synth-swathed indie melodies. The anthemic My Honest Face is their stand-out track so far.\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 Scotland 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\nAt the same time, they have been relentlessly gigging to build up a fanbase of their own. They supported Noel Gallagher at two big summer shows and recently finished their first US tour, supporting Blossoms.\n\nTheir sound has more muscle than many of their indie contemporaries, and they say their forthcoming debut album will be about the effects of their generation's dependence on smartphones and social media.\n\nSo if Inhaler can build on their 80s and 90s influences (both parental and otherwise) while feeding their own generation's tastes and concerns, they will excite a young audience for whom Bono's band are, yes, almost irrelevant.\n\nHewson and his bandmates Robert Keating (bass), Josh Jenkinson (guitar) and Ryan McMahon (drums) sat down to talk about where Inhaler have come from and where they are going in 2020.\n\nInhaler were chosen for the BBC Sound of 2020 list by a panel of 170 music critics, broadcasters, festival bookers and previous nominees - including Lewis Capaldi, Chvrches and Billie Eilish. The top five were:\n\nHow has 2019 treated you?\n\nRyan: Better than any other year as a band.\n\nEli: We started two or three years ago just as kids in a school band doing covers and that sort of thing. I don't think any of us knew what we wanted to do after school. The band was something we always enjoyed, so we decided to go for it this year and it's really worked out well.\n\nYou bonded over your musical tastes at school, right?\n\nRobert: We were the only kids listening to a certain kind of music and that really brought us together in a special way. [It was] the love of rock music.\n\nEli: It was really anything with guitars. We all wanted to play guitar in the band.\n\nJosh: I was in a different school but I met Eli at a party and he played me I Wanna Be Adored by The Stone Roses.\n\nWhat else did you bond over?\n\nEli: There was a lot of music from Manchester in the 90s, and the whole Britpop and Oasis thing. Every kid who's 16 and sees that goes, 'I want to be in a band'.\n\nTell me about the band name - are you all asthmatic?\n\nEli: No, just me. We were struggling to find a band name that we could all agree on for a long time. I'm asthmatic so my sister as a joke used to call us The Inhalers and it kind of caught on.\n\nWe liked it because it's something you have to rely on and it's a pick-me-up, and it relates to the stuff we're talking about on the new material on the album.\n\nWhat are you tackling in your lyrics?\n\nEli: As teenagers growing up these days, it's interesting seeing how addictive things are, and that's down to people's phones and social media.\n\nI'm even noticing I just always want to be looking at my phone. I can't just walk outside and stand there and walk to a place without checking something. Inhaler is - you take it when you can't breathe and you've got a medical issue, but it relates to self-medication and it's a stimulus. There's a plethora of stimuli that we have today.\n\nI can see it in my friends. We'll be sitting there having dinner together and everyone will be zombied out on their phone. Or, 'Where are we going next?'\n\nAre you yearning for a simpler time?\n\nEli: Kind of. We're not trying to slam it. I just think it's interesting to see the effect it has on people.\n\nJosh: It's more of an observation…\n\nRobert: …than saying it's a bad thing, because it could be a good thing, all this stuff that's going on.\n\nRyan: It's more just us trying to understand how you go about dealing with something like this, through music as well, because everything we do is under the eye of everyone. You play a song at a gig and it could go horribly wrong, but it's there forever. Everything is so accessible. It's mad and it's never been like that before.\n\nWhen you're writing, where and when do you get in the zone?\n\nEli: With lyrics I definitely have to be on my own. Usually in my room with an acoustic guitar late at night.\n\nDo you have your own place?\n\nEli: No, I live at home with my parents, like all of us.\n\nDo they ever complain about the noise?\n\nEli: Not as much as they should.\n\nDid you grow up around venues and get taken on tours?\n\nEli: I did, but it's funny, I don't really have that much memory of it really. I was a lot younger and my parents wouldn't take me out of school or anything.\n\nDid that make you want to be in that world?\n\nEli: It's funny, I really wasn't into music as a kid, and I only really started getting into music when I was 13 and I discovered it my own way rather than growing up in it. With anything, you have to have your own angle on it for you to be attached to it. I just wasn't that interested in it as a kid. At all.\n\nBono and wife Ali with baby Eli in 2000\n\nDo you think you've learned anything from your dad, consciously or subconsciously?\n\nEli: Definitely subconsciously, yeah. Just from hearing him play a song in the house and listening to it and he critiques it, and that sort of stuff. But I'd never ask him for advice - only advice about where am I going to live next year and that sort of thing. I try not to ask him about music.\n\nBecause you want to do it your way?\n\nDo you think that family connection is a pro or a con?\n\nRobert: I don't really see it as anything. It doesn't really affect us, apart from having to talk about it in interviews, which is fine. It is what it is. We love our band, we meet young people all the time who like our music.\n\nEli: A lot of U2 fans do come to our gigs, who are all really lovely. They've all been really supportive, so obviously that's a benefit. But I'd say it can also be an obstacle as well if you're trying to do stuff your own way. But we're not complaining at all.\n\nYou've just been on tour of the States with Blossoms.\n\nEli: Best two weeks of our lives.\n\nJosh: It was my and Ryan's first time in the States so we were just blown away by everything.\n\nRobert: We saw the White House, we saw the house from Home Alone in Chicago. That was pretty cool.\n\nDid you recreate any scenes?\n\nJosh: No, but Ryan looked like the sticky bandits for the whole trip because he had a hat on.\n\nEli: When we started a band, when I pictured success it was us driving across America in the back of a van. We've done it.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nLiverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said his team's performance was \"sensationally good\" as Curtis Jones' stunning winner earned the Reds a fully deserved FA Cup third-round victory and extended Everton's miserable record of Anfield failure.\n\nThe German made nine changes from the side that increased their Premier League lead to 13 points with victory over Sheffield United on Thursday - including three debutants in Takumi Minamino, Nathaniel Phillips and substitute Yasser Larouci.\n\nAnd it was 18-year-old Jones who grabbed the Merseyside derby glory with a magnificent curling 25-yard drive that eluded the outstretched arms of Everton keeper Jordan Pickford as it arced into the top corner after 71 minutes. The Toffees remain without a win at their rivals since September 1999.\n\nKlopp said: \"I saw a sensationally good performance of a not very experienced team with a lot of players playing for the first time on this kind of stage, in front of this crowd, against the opponent. It was outstanding. I loved it - I loved each second of this game.\n\n\"If you want to be a Liverpool player, you have to respect the principles of this club. We cannot always play the best football in the world but we can fight like nobody else. And as long as we use our principles, we will be a difficult opponent to play against.\"\n\nThe Reds boss had the luxury of resting superstars such as Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Virgil van Dijk, survived the early loss through injury of James Milner, and yet still saw his side fully merit their place in the fourth round.\n\nEverton manager Carlo Ancelotti played virtually his strongest available side but the visitors paid for a lacklustre display and a succession of missed opportunities in the first half, when Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Mason Holgate and Richarlison saw efforts saved by Liverpool keeper Adrian.\n\nThe Italian blamed a drop in his side's performance level during the match.\n\n\"The line-up of Liverpool didn't affect our idea of how to play,\" he said. \"We knew that Liverpool put in fresh players and that the intensity could be a high intensity, so I think the defeat arrived because we were not able to keep the intensity in the second half.\n\n\"We lost energy, we lost confidence, we were not able to build up quick from the back.\n\n\"We are going to speak and work together to find a solution to help improve the team. I know we have to work.\"\n\nThe fourth-round draw takes place on Monday at 19:35 GMT on BBC One and the iPlayer, before Arsenal's game against Leeds.\n• None Curtis Jones: Has Liverpool teen had his 'Rooney moment'?\n• None Watch all of the latest FA Cup highlights\n• None Where will the third-round shocks be? Ladhood star Liam Williams takes on Lawro\n• None How to follow FA Cup third round on the BBC\n\nLiverpool are the team who have forgotten how to lose - and they were playing an Everton side who have long forgotten how to win at Anfield.\n\nKlopp took no chances with his big players but the Reds still had too much energy for this laboured Everton team.\n\nDivock Origi added physicality up front but it was the likes of Jones and 16-year-old Harvey Elliott who epitomised the host club's victory - along with 22-year-old central defender Nathaniel Phillips, effectively brought back from a loan spell at Stuttgart to play in this game.\n\nIt was a moment of genius from Jones, born two years after Everton last won at Anfield, that made the difference before Liverpool closed out the victory with maturity and without problems from a bitterly disappointing Everton.\n\nThey even survived the blow of losing Milner in the opening minutes, depriving Klopp of one of his most experienced players. In the event, it just gave another teenager, Yasser Larouci, his chance to shine.\n\nKlopp and his players took the acclaim in front of the Kop after the final whistle as Liverpool's dream season continues.\n\nEverton manager Carlo Ancelotti now knows the full extent of the job he must undertake at Goodison Park.\n\nThis was as embarrassing as it gets for Everton, outmanoeuvred and beaten by what was more or less a Liverpool reserve team.\n\nAnd for many players whose names are on this loss, it will surely prove to be a watershed moment and the beginning of the end of their careers at the club.\n\nGylfi Sigurdsson, at £45m, was a lightweight passenger in midfield, too easily shrugged off the ball, outpaced and deservedly substituted - he looked heavy-legged and unfit for purpose.\n\nMorgan Schneiderlin has been out injured but he was also miles off the pace, while Theo Walcott produced an absolute horror show of a performance, riddled with dreadful decisions and cheap concession of possession.\n\nTrue, it took a magnificent strike for Liverpool to clinch their place in the fourth round and Everton squandered so many first-half chances but this was what the visitors' effort, or lack of it, deserved.\n\nOn this day, when presented with a below-strength Liverpool, Everton were exposed as faint-hearted and lacking in stomach for the fight.\n\nThis was a grim chapter - the only forward-looking note being that Ancelotti has been given a rapid reminder of exactly why Everton paid so much to bring him to Goodison Park.\n\nToffees toppled again in the third round - stats\n• None Liverpool remain unbeaten in their past 23 home games against Everton in all competitions (W13 D10); they have beaten the Toffees twice at Anfield in the same season for the first time since the 1986-87 campaign.\n• None Everton have never won away to Liverpool in the FA Cup in six attempts (D4 L2).\n• None Liverpool have progressed from the FA Cup third round in eight of their past nine seasons, failing only in 2018-19 thanks to a 2-1 defeat at Wolves.\n• None Everton have been eliminated in the FA Cup third round in four of the past six campaigns, as many as in the preceding 20 seasons.\n• None Liverpool have won 23 of their past 25 home games in all competitions (D2), keeping a clean sheet in each of their past five matches at Anfield.\n• None Origi has been directly involved in six goals in his five home Merseyside derby appearances against Everton, scoring five and assisting Jones' winner.\n• None Liverpool named three teenagers in their starting XI for a Merseyside derby (Harvey Elliott, Neco Williams and Jones) for the first time since October 2012 (Raheem Sterling, Suso and Andre Wisdom), a 2-2 draw in the Premier League at Goodison Park under Brendan Rodgers. Indeed, the Reds had not started a single teenager in any of their previous 10 meetings with Everton in all competitions before today.\n\nThe Reds are at Tottenham on Saturday 11 January (17:30 GMT) and the Toffees host Brighton (15:00 GMT) on the same day.\n• None Attempt missed. Moise Kean (Everton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Djibril Sidibé with a cross.\n• None Offside, Everton. Yerry Mina tries a through ball, but Richarlison is caught offside.\n• None Attempt blocked. Divock Origi (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Curtis Jones.\n• None Attempt saved. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Divock Origi.\n• None Attempt missed. Morgan Schneiderlin (Everton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.\n• None Attempt blocked. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Curtis Jones.\n• None Goal! Liverpool 1, Everton 0. Curtis Jones (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Divock Origi.\n• None Attempt saved. Divock Origi (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Yasser Larouci. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "New rules are to be introduced to ensure all new homes built in Scotland use renewable or low-carbon heating.\n\nThe regulations, being introduced by the Scottish government from 2024, are part of plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions.\n\nRenewable and low-carbon systems will also be phased in for new non-domestic buildings from 2024.\n\nLow-carbon heating is often used to refer to systems that use heat pumps or other alternatives to gas boilers.\n\nThe project will run alongside a £30m investment in renewable heat projects.\n\nEnergy Minister Paul Wheelhouse said the change was part of Scotland's plans to tackle climate change and reach a \"net zero\" emissions target by 2045.\n\nTo achieve net zero, emissions of greenhouse gases such as CO2 will have to be avoided completely or offset by initiatives such as tree planting which can soak up CO2 from the atmosphere.\n\nLow carbon heating is often used to refer to heat pump systems or alternatives to gas boilers\n\nMr Wheelhouse added: \"It's becoming increasingly clear that the pace of decarbonising Scotland's domestic and non-domestic buildings has to increase significantly to achieve those aims, and emissions from our buildings will have to fall close to zero.\n\n\"We will ensure that new homes and buildings across Scotland meet the challenge of the climate emergency, combining the action we need to take on climate change with our ambition to provide affordable, warm homes.\"\n\nBBC Briefing is a mini-series of downloadable guides to the big issues in the news, with input from academics, researchers and journalists. It is the BBC's response to audiences demanding better explanation of the facts behind the headlines.", "Soleimani - seen here in Iraq in 2015 - directed militia in Iraq who attacked US troops and later fought the Islamic State group\n\nNext to Iran's Supreme Leader, Qasem Soleimani was arguably the most powerful figure in the Islamic republic.\n\nAs head of its military abroad known as the Quds Force, Soleimani was the mastermind behind the country's activities across in the Middle East, and its real foreign minister when it came to matters of war and peace.\n\nHe was widely considered an architect of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's war against rebels in Syria, the rise of pro-Iranian paramilitaries in Iraq, the fight against the Islamic State group, and many battles beyond.\n\nCharismatic and often elusive, the silver-haired commander was revered by some, loathed by others, and a source of myths and social media memes.\n\nHe had emerged in recent years from a lifetime in the shadows directing covert operations to achieve fame and popularity in Iran, becoming the subject of documentaries, news reports and even pop songs.\n\nAs far back as 2013, former CIA officer John Maguire told The New Yorker that Soleimani was \"the single most powerful operative in the Middle East\".\n\nWhen his end came, it was violent and sudden. On 3 January the Pentagon announced that it had carried out a successful operation to kill him, at the direction of US President Donald Trump.\n\nThe assassination followed a sharp escalation between the US, Iran and Iran-backed groups in Iraq following the death of a US military contractor in a missile attack on a US base in Iraq - for which the US held Iran responsible.\n\nThe US responded with an air strike on the Iran-backed militia Kataib Hezbollah. Militia supporters then attacked the US embassy in Baghdad.\n\nTensions between the US and Iran had been rising since the US pulled out of a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers to curb Iran's nuclear programme and prevent it from developing nuclear weapons. The US has also reimposed sanctions on Iran, sending its economy into freefall.\n\nSoleimani is believed to have come from a poor background and to have had very little formal education. But he had risen through the Revolutionary Guards - Iran's elite and most powerful force - and was reportedly close to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khomeini.\n\nAfter becoming commander of the Quds Force in 1998, Soleimani attempted to extend Iran's influence in the Middle East by carrying out covert operations, providing arms to allies and developing networks of militias loyal to Iran.\n\nOver the course of his career he is believed to have aided Shia Muslim and Kurdish groups in Iraq fighting against former dictator Saddam Hussein as well as other groups in the region including the Shia militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon and Islamist organisation Hamas in the Palestinian territories.\n\nAfter the US invaded Iraq in 2003 he began directing militant groups to carry out attacks against US troops and bases, killing hundreds.\n\nHe is also widely credited with finding a strategy for Bashar al-Assad to respond to the armed uprising against him that began in 2011. Iranian assistance along with Russian air support helped turn the tide against rebel forces and in the Syrian government's favour, allowing it to recapture key cities and towns.\n\nSoleimani himself was sometimes pictured at funerals of Iranians killed in Syria and Iraq, where Iran had deployed thousands of combatants and military advisers.\n\nHe also travelled frequently across the region, regularly shuttling between Lebanon, Syria and Iraq, where Iranian influence has steadily grown. When he was killed he was travelling in a two-car convoy away from Baghdad airport with others including Kataib Hezbollah leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who was also killed.\n\nSoleimani was killed in an air strike near Baghdad's airport\n\nIn April 2019, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo designated Iran's Revolutionary Guards and Quds Force as foreign terrorist organisations.\n\nThe Trump administration has said the Quds Force provided funding, training, weapons and equipment to US-designated terrorist groups in the Middle East - including Hezbollah movement and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group based in Gaza.\n\nIn a statement, the Pentagon said Soleimani had been \"actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region\".\n\n\"General Soleimani and his Quds Force were responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American and coalition service members and the wounding of thousands more,\" it added.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dominic Raab says he found out about the Soleimani killing \"as it happened\"\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab has urged Iran to \"take a diplomatic route\" to reduce tensions following the US killing of Iran's top military leader.\n\nMr Raab said the UK understood why the US killed Qasem Soleimani in a drone strike in Iraq last week, and the US \"had a right to exercise self-defence\".\n\nBut he told the BBC the UK now wanted to \"de-escalate tensions\" and avoid \"a major war\".\n\nIraqi MPs have since called for foreign troops to leave the country.\n\nAnd the US-led coalition against the Islamic State group said it will not be training local allies.\n\nInstead, it said it would focus for now on protecting Iraqi bases that host US, UK and other coalition troops.\n\nA UK government spokesman said it was urging the Iraqi government to ensure the coalition would be able to continue its \"vital work\" against a \"shared threat\".\n\n\"The coalition is in Iraq to help protect Iraqis and others from the threat from Daesh (Islamic State), at the request of the Iraqi government,\" the spokesman said.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson is due to return to the UK later and will talk to foreign leaders in the coming days.\n\nSoleimani, who had been head of the elite Iranian Quds Force, died in the drone strike in Baghdad on Friday.\n\nTehran has vowed to avenge the general's killing. The US has pledged to send 3,000 extra troops to the region while the UK has 400 troops in the Middle East.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Andrew Marr programme on Sunday, Mr Raab rejected the idea the killing was an act of war, adding: \"Iran has for a long period been engaged in menacing, de-stabilising activities.\"\n\nPressed on whether the killing was legal, Mr Raab said: \"My view is - and the operational assessment has been done by the Americans - is that there is a right of self-defence.\n\n\"It was General Soleimani's job description to engage proxies, militias across not just Iraq but the whole region, not just to destabilize those countries but to attack Western countries... In those circumstances the right of self-defence clearly applies.\"\n\nUnder enormous pressure from the Trump Administration, Britain has edged very slightly closer to the Americans over the killing of Soleimani, but has still stopped well short of the sort of full-throated support Washington has demanded from its allies.\n\nIn the absence of Boris Johnson on holiday in the Caribbean, it's been the foreign secretary who has articulated Britain's response.\n\nDominic Raab is now stressing a little more the threat posed by Soleimani in life, without retreating from British warnings of the possible consequences of his death.\n\nSo when Mr Raab told the BBC: \"We understand the action they took but we need to be clearly focused on what happens next,\" it's important to note that \"understanding\" falls a long way short of endorsement or support. And in that single sentence, Mr Raab is determined to keep the focus on fears for the future.\n\nThe foreign secretary made little effort to conceal widely-held British fears that Washington has no coherent step-by-step strategy to help get Iran to a better place on the world stage.\n\nIndeed, President Trump's tweets threatening 52 targets in Iran - one for each of the American hostages taken back in 1979 - seem to many observers to play right into the Iranian fundamentalist mindset by clinging to a history of grievance that seeks to avenge every wrong done by one side to the other.\n\nTaken at face value, the approach offers the bleak possibility of unending violence as long as neither side offers a different path.\n\nMr Raab said he first became aware of the killing of Soleimani \"as it happened\" and spoke to US counterpart Mike Pompeo - who he will meet for pre-arranged talks in Washington this week - on Friday.\n\nMr Raab is also expected to meet his French and German counterparts before travelling to the US.\n\nDominic Raab will travel to the US to speak with Mike Pompeo this week\n\nMr Raab said the \"important thing now is to de-escalate the tensions and try and restore some stability\" - while trying to contain Iran's \"nefarious actions\".\n\n\"We also need to see that there's a route, a door left ajar for a diplomatic solution so that when the leadership in Tehran wake up to their options, they understand there is a positive route through for them.\"\n\nAsked about the criticism over Mr Johnson being on holiday, Mr Raab said he had been \"in constant contact with the prime minister over the Christmas break on a whole range of foreign policy issues\".\n\nSpeaking on Sky's Sophy Ridge programme, shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry accused Mr Johnson of \"sunning himself\" while there had been three Cobra meetings where Mark Sedwill, the chief civil servant, had to chair.\n\nMr Johnson has yet to speak publicly about the US airstrike or threats from Iran.\n\nMs Thornberry accused the government of doing \"too little, too late\"\n\nHMS Montrose and HMS Defender will accompany UK-flagged ships through the Strait of Hormuz.\n\nOn Sunday, a crowd of more than 100 people waving Iranian and Iraqi flags protested against the killing of Soleimani outside the US embassy in London, with chants aimed at Mr Johnson and Mr Raab.\n\nMr Pompeo had criticised America's European allies for not being \"helpful\" in the wake of the killing but later tweeted he was \"thankful that our allies recognise the continuing aggressive threats posed by the Iranian Quds Force\".\n\nSoleimani, 62, spearheaded Iran's Middle East operations as head of the elite Quds Force\n\nFollowing the airstrike, the Foreign Office has hardened its travel advice for Britons in Iraq and Iran.\n\nIt said there is a risk British or British-Iranian dual nationals \"could be arbitrarily detained or arrested in Iran\".\n\nThe Foreign Office also said alerts for other parts of the Middle East were being increased, with calls for citizens to \"remain vigilant\" in nations including Afghanistan, Israel, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Phil Mercer says Kangaroo Valley has \"a horrible, ghostly feel\"\n\nAustralian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has warned that the devastating bushfires raging in the country might go on for months.\n\nAt least 24 people have died since the fires began in September. Air quality in the capital Canberra was this weekend rated the worst in the world.\n\nMr Morrison announced the creation of a recovery agency to help those who have lost homes and businesses in the fires.\n\nHe has faced fierce criticism over the speed of his response to the crisis.\n\nThe weekend saw some of the worst days of the crisis so far, with hundreds more properties destroyed. Rural towns and major cities saw red skies, falling ash and smoke that clogged the air.\n\nConditions eased in Victoria and New South Wales on Sunday after temperatures and wind speeds dropped and some light rain fell. But authorities warned that the danger was far from over.\n\n\"We're in uncharted territory,\" said the New South Wales premier, Gladys Berejiklian. \"We can't pretend that this is something that we have experienced before. It's not.\"\n\nJohn Steele, 73, who was evacuated with his wife from their rural property north of Eden late on Saturday, told the AFP news agency: \"Visibility was down to about 50 metres, if that, and we had lots of debris falling out of the sky and a lot of white ash.\n\n\"The sky is still red. We're not out of the woods yet.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Phil Mercer witnessed a dust storm \"coming towards us like a monster\"\n\nPrime Minister Morrison on Saturday announced the largest military call-up in the country's recent history, mobilising up to 3,000 reservists to assist exhausted volunteer firefighters.\n\nMr Morrison, who cancelled a planned visit to India because of the crisis, faced further condemnation on Sunday, after the head of the NSW Rural Fire Service revealed the service had only learned of the plan to call up reserve troops through the media.\n\nIn an indication of the long road ahead, Mr Morrison warned that the fires might burn for many months, and said that the newly-created recovery agency would run for at least two years. The body will help bushfire-hit communities recover, media reports said, through work ranging from rebuilding infrastructure to providing mental health support.\n\nQueen Elizabeth on Sunday said she was \"deeply saddened\" by the fires, and thanked the emergency services \"who put their own lives in danger\" to help communities.\n\nA fundraiser for fire services launched by the Australian comedian Celeste Barber on Friday raised more than A$20 million (£10.6m; $13m) in just 48 hours\n\n\"Please help any way you can. This is terrifying,\" Ms Celeste wrote in a Facebook appeal.\n\nShe called the rush of donations \"incredible\", and said the proceeds would go to NSW Rural Fire Service - a government-funded agency staffed by volunteers - and the Brigades Donations Fund, which channels charitable donations directly to fire brigades.\n\nMembers of the comedian's family were evacuated from the town of Eden in New South Wales, where officials told residents to leave immediately and head north if they did not have a bushfire response plan.\n\nMany New South Wales residents have turned to evacuation centres after fleeing their homes\n\nA number of celebrities have also donated money to support the firefighting effort in recent days - among them the US singer Pink and Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman, who pledged $500,000. \"Our family's support, thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected by the fires all over Australia,\" she wrote on Instagram.\n\nNews of the donations was praised by Australians on social media, but some lamented that private citizens were raising funds they said should have been put in place by the government.\n\nNearly 200 fires are still burning across the country, with every state and territory affected. More than 1,200 homes have been destroyed and millions of hectares of land scorched.\n\nTens of thousands of homes in NSW were left without power and thousands of people have been evacuated from coastal towns over the past week. The town of Cooma suffered a further blow on Saturday night when a large tower carrying millions of litres of water exploded, flooding homes and sweeping away vehicles.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Phil Mercer says Kangaroo Valley has \"a horrible, ghostly feel\"\n\nA fundraiser for fire services in New South Wales, Australia has raised more than A$20 million (£10.6m; $13m) in just 48 hours, as the state battles a bushfire crisis.\n\nAustralian comedian Celeste Barber launched the Facebook appeal on Friday, writing: \"Please help any way you can. This is terrifying.\"\n\nAt least 24 people have died since the fires began in September.\n\nPrime Minister Scott Morrison has called up 3,000 reserve troops to help.\n\nIn Canberra, the air quality has been ranked as the worst in the world, and residents have been told to avoid leaving their homes.\n\nAustralian airline Qantas has cancelled flights to and from the city for the remainder of Sunday.\n\nComedian Ms Barber has family who were evacuated from the town of Eden in New South Wales, where officials told residents to leave immediately and head north if they did not have a bushfire response plan.\n\nShe called the rush of donations \"incredible\", and said the proceeds would go to NSW Rural Fire Service - a government-funded agency staffed by volunteers - and the Brigades Donations Fund, which channels charitable donations directly to fire brigades.\n\nA number of celebrities have also donated money to support the fire-fighting effort in recent days - among them US singer Pink, and Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman, who pledged $500,000.\n\nNews of the donations was praised by Australians on social media, but some lamented that private citizens were raising funds they said should have been put in place by the government.\n\nAlmost 200 fires are still burning across the country. Although much attention has centred on worst-hit NSW, every state and territory has been affected. More than 1,200 homes have been destroyed and millions of hectares of land scorched.\n\nTens of thousands of homes in NSW and Victoria states are currently without power. Thousands of people have been evacuated from coastal towns over the past week.\n\nThe NSW town of Cooma suffered a further blow on Saturday night when a large tower carrying millions of litres of water exploded, flooding homes and sweeping away vehicles.\n\nNSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro told ABC News the incident was a \"massive disaster....on the back of a crisis and the threat of fires\".\n\nIn some areas, helicopters have been brought in to help evacuate people\n\nPrime Minister Scott Morrison, who has cancelled a planned visit to India scheduled for 13 January due to the crisis, said on Sunday that he had established a National Bushfire Recovery Agency to co-ordinate recovery efforts.\n\nThe body will help bushfire-hit communities recover, media reports said, through work ranging from rebuilding infrastructure to providing mental health support.\n\nMr Morrison, who has faced stinging criticism for his handling of the fires, promised the organisation \"will be stood up for at least two years\".\n\nBut he could not escape further condemnation on Sunday, as the head of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service revealed he had only learned of the plan to call up reserve troops through the media.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Phil Mercer witnessed a dust storm \"coming towards us like a monster\"\n\nSingapore and Papua New Guinea have offered military support to Australia, while New Zealand is sending an additional three Air Force helicopters.\n\nSunday is expected to be cooler across the country's south-east, with some rain predicted. Fire officials have warned that the next major risks will come next week.\n\nHave you been affected by the fires? If it is safe for you to do so you can 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:", "A 13-year-old boy has died following a collision on the Springfield Road in west Belfast on Friday.\n\nEoin Hamill, who was from the area, was a student at Coláiste Feirste and a talented amateur boxer.\n\nGleann Amateur Boxing Club, where Eoin was a member, said: \"He was loved by us all outside the ring. He was admired for his skill in the ring.\"\n\nSeveral hundred people attended a vigil in Turf Lodge in memory of the teenager on Sunday night.\n\nPolice urged any eyewitnesses who were in the area between 16:15 GMT and 16:45 to get in touch.\n\nSeveral hundred people attended a vigil in Turf Lodge in west Belfast in memory of the teenager on Sunday night\n\nA man was arrested but was released on bail on Sunday pending further enquiries.\n\nSinn Féin councillor Micheal Donnelly said Eoin was \"well-regarded\" in the community and was known for his boxing, having represented his county in competition.\n\n\"Our thoughts are with the family, it's absolutely heartbreaking,\" he said.\n\n\"We as a community will come together to support the family.\n\n\"At the start of a new year it makes it raw, it's just devastating.\"\n\nColáiste Feirste said the school community was \"heartbroken\" by the news.\n\nIn a statement on social media Gleann Amateur Boxing Club, where Eoin was a member, said he was a \"talented boxer\" and \"lovely young kid\".\n\n\"He was loved by us all outside the ring. He was admired for his skill in the ring,\" the post added.\n\n\"Instead of wishing him all the best for his next fight or shouting at him to keep them hands up or cheering him on to a victory, we will be saying a very sad and truly heartbroken goodbye to one of our own.\"", "Police have been to the scene of a \"sudden death\" in Carrickfergus, County Antrim.\n\nThe Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said it happened in the Woodburn area of the town on Saturday night and involved a man in his 40s.\n\nA post-mortem examination was needed to determine the cause of death, police said.\n\nUlster Unionist MLA John Stewart tweeted police were dealing with a \"serious incident\" at Ashleigh Park.\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\nPolice maintained a cordon around a block of six flats in the Woodburn estate on Sunday.\n\nOne neighbour told the BBC that the man lived alone and had only recently moved into the area.\n\nA neighbour and friend of the man who died said he last saw him on Thursday evening when he called to his flat.\n\nHe added he let the police into the communal part of the building on Saturday afternoon after they received a call from someone expressing concern for the man.", "Cooler temperatures in south-eastern Australia have provided some reprieve but are not enough to put out the ongoing bushfires.\n\nThe BBC's Phil Mercer reports from Kangaroo Valley in New South Wales.", "Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed he is standing in the contest to replace Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader.\n\nThe shadow Brexit secretary, seen as a frontrunner in the contest, has written in the Sunday Mirror that Labour needs to \"rebuild fast\" to restore trust.\n\nIt comes hours after MPs Lisa Nandy and Jess Phillips said they were entering the race.\n\nThe contest was called after Mr Corbyn announced he would stand down as leader after Labour's heavy election defeat.\n\nShadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry and shadow treasury minister Clive Lewis have also confirmed they are standing.\n\nShadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey, seen as another potential frontrunner, is also expected to officially join the contest.\n\nDeclaring his candidacy in the Sunday Mirror while releasing a video on Twitter, Sir Keir said Labour needed to listen to voters if it was to \"restore trust\".\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\nSir Keir, who backed Remain in the EU referendum and was one of the leading figures in the party advocating for a new referendum, will kick off his leadership bid by visiting Brexit-backing Stevenage on Sunday.\n\nSome of Mr Corbyn's allies have blamed Sir Keir's Brexit stance for the party's disastrous election performance last month, where much of its traditional, Leave-backing Northern strongholds fell to the Conservatives.\n\n\"We cannot bury our head in the sand: Labour must rebuild and fast. We have to restore trust in our party as a force for change and a force for good,\" Sir Keir wrote in the paper.\n\n\"The millions of people who needed change at the last election still need change. The moral fight against poverty, inequality and injustice must continue.\"\n\nBefore Sir Keir, Lisa Nandy and Jess Philips were the latest MPs to enter the contest\n\nHowever, Sir Keir said Labour could not \"lose sight of our values or retreat from the radicalism of the past few years\".\n\nAmong other things, he said the party should push for a \"Green New Deal\" to fight climate change and make the case for a \"radically transformed economy that empowers trade unions and communities that have been left behind\".\n\nAnd he also called for a \"human rights approach\" to foreign policy and international relations, accusing ministers of \"failing to hold an irresponsible US president to account\" over the situation in Iran.\n\nThe human rights lawyer, who was made Queen's Counsel in 2002, served as head of the Crown Prosecution Service and accepted a knighthood in 2014, and has struggled to shake-off perceptions of privilege.\n\nThe 57-year-old was named after Labour Party founder Keir Hardie and has emphasised his upbringing by a toolmaker father and nurse mother in London's Southwark when dismissing allegations he is too middle-class to speak to the party's historic heartlands.\n\nHis CV includes co-founding the renowned Doughty Street Chambers and advising the Policing Board to ensure the Police Service of Northern Ireland complied with human rights laws.\n\nHe entered Parliament as the MP for Holborn and St Pancras in 2015.\n\nA timetable for the leadership election - and any rule changes - is set to be decided by the party's ruling National Executive Committee (NEC) on Monday.\n\nUnder current rules, would-be candidates for both the leader and deputy leader roles must first be nominated by more than 20 MPs.\n\nThey must also secure nominations from at least 5% of Labour's constituency parties or three affiliated bodies - two of which must be trade unions.", "Some trains would be 400m (1,300ft) long with as many as 1,100 seats\n\nThere is \"overwhelming evidence\" that the costs of HS2 are \"out of control\" and its benefits overstated, the deputy chair of its review panel has said.\n\nLord Berkeley said the high-speed rail line, linking London and northern England, is likely to cost over £108bn.\n\nA vocal critic of HS2, the Labour peer said he believed MPs had been \"misled\" about the price - set at £55bn in 2015.\n\nHe has published a \"dissenting report\" on the project, but the government said it represented his personal view.\n\nAnd a coalition of northern political leaders and businesses has also rejected Lord Berkeley's criticism of the project.\n\n\"We need HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail delivered together, in full,\" said the leader of Manchester City Council Sir Richard Leese, part of the Connecting Britain campaign.\n\nTrains are due to start running on HS2 between London and Birmingham in 2029.\n\nHowever, Lord Berkeley says there is little prospect of that before 2031, and warns high-speed trains will not reach Manchester and Leeds until 2040.\n\nHe told the BBC that spending money on improving rail services in the north of England was far more important.\n\n\"That's where the really bad quality railways are,\" Lord Berkeley said, adding that a complete upgrade \"could probably be done at half the cost of HS2\".\n\nLord Berkeley was the deputy chairman of the independent Oakervee Review in to HS2, set up by the government.\n\nHowever, he has withdrawn his backing from the review, which is expected to be published in the coming months.\n\nHe says he disagrees with a draft version of its official report and as a result has published his own version.\n\nHe said he and other members of the panel were prevented from contributing to the final draft of the government-commissioned report because the review was \"effectively terminated\" on 31 October.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. HS2: How much work has already been done?\n\nHe also said the official report has been \"unduly influenced\" by HS2 promoters, and said both HS2 Ltd and the Department for Transport failed to co-operate with the review properly to substantiate their claims about the cost and benefits.\n\nHS2 Ltd denies this claim, saying it provided \"full co-operation\" with the review.\n\nHis report concludes that ministers will either have to accept the higher cost of the line or only build part of the proposed high-speed rail network.\n\nThis option, which would save the government £50bn, would also involve upgrading existing Network Rail lines in the Midlands and the north of England, he said.\n\n\"The aim must be to give these areas the same standard of commuting service as the south east, whilst, at the same time, improving the existing lines from London northwards,\" Lord Berkeley said in the report.\n\nHe rejected suggestions that the increased costs were due to delays in the project, telling the BBC on Sunday: \"The real cause is [HS2] has been over-designed. You do not need to go 400kph in a country as small as ours... The higher the speed makes a big difference to the cost.\"\n\nHe added: \"People want a reliable, frequent service on which they can get a seat.\"\n\nAnti-HS2 campaigners welcomed the report. \"The case for HS2 has always been poor, and is simply getting worse,\" said Penny Gaines, chair of Stop HS2. \"It is time for this white elephant of a project to be cancelled as quickly as possible.\"\n\nAnd Greenpeace said that if the government was serious about climate change then it must listen to HS2's critics. \"The protection of ancient woodlands must be a priority for rail development,\" said John Sauven, executive director of Greenpeace UK.\n\nHowever, HS2 Ltd, the company responsible for building the new line, says the economic case is strong and it is determined to deliver a railway that is good value for money.\n\nA spokesman said the high-speed line was \"critical\" for the UK's future low-carbon transport network, would increase rail capacity and was \"integral\" to improving the rail network in the Midlands and North of England.\n\nThat view was backed by Sir Richard, who helps lead the Connecting Britain campaign. \"After decades of underinvestment in strategic rail infrastructure, this is a once-in-a-generation chance to transform capacity and connectivity and level-up communities across the North, and beyond.\"\n\nAnd he added: \"We don't much appreciate being told by a peer, who divides his time between London and Cornwall, what the North wants.\"\n\nA Department for Transport spokesman said: \"The government commissioned the Oakervee review to provide advice on how and whether to proceed with HS2, with an independent panel representing a range of viewpoints... Lord Berkeley's report represents his personal view.\"\n\nConstruction on the HS2 high-speed rail link has begun at Euston, in London\n\nAsked whether the government was still committed to building HS2, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab told Sky's Ridge On Sunday programme: \"Yes, the prime minister's made it clear and we've got a review under way.\n\n\"We want to look at the best way to get value for money in relation to that substantial investment.\n\n\"We also want to make sure that we've got the best benefit from it in terms of the connectivity - not just in the South but in relation to the east, west in the northern region.\"\n\nMembers of the review panel told the BBC in November that a draft version of the report recommends that HS2 should be built with only minor alterations.\n\nThey include reducing the planned number of trains per hour from 18 to 14, in line with other high-speed networks around the world.\n\nAccording to the Times, the draft report also says that \"large ticket price rises\" would be needed if HS2 does not go ahead, to prevent excessive demand for travel at peak times.", "Forensic officers worked inside the police cordon off Charteris Road in Finsbury Park\n\nA moped rider thought to be working for food delivery companies Uber Eats and Deliveroo has been stabbed to death in north London.\n\nThe 30-year-old man was attacked in Charteris Road, near the junction with Lennox Road, Finsbury Park, shortly before 19:00 GMT on Friday.\n\nNo arrests have been made, but police believe there was a row with another driver.\n\nDet Ch Insp Neil John said the stabbing appeared to be \"spontaneous\".\n\nDeliveroo confirmed the victim worked for the company, while Uber Eats said it was \"looking into it\".\n\nOn Saturday delivery riders gathered in nearby Stroud Green Road said the stabbed man had been the victim of a road rage attack.\n\nPolice said the stabbing appeared to be \"spontaneous\"\n\nOne delivery driver said the victim was a 30-year-old Algerian known as \"Taki\", although he was unsure of the English spelling.\n\nA man who said he was a friend of the victim said: \"He was a good man.\n\n\"He doesn't make any trouble - he works and he goes home and he ends up being killed while he's working.\"\n\nHe added: \"It's not safe to work by yourself any more - what can you do?\n\n\"If someone comes at you with a knife you give them what you have or they are going to stab you.\"\n\nA police forensic tent was put up at the scene of the stabbing\n\nAnother 23-year-old rider, who gave his name as Paul, said: \"Taki was a nice guy. He was a gentleman.\n\n\"I would talk to him every day. He always said hello.\"\n\nLast year, 95 people were stabbed to death in London, according to police statistics.\n\nIslington Council leader Richard Watts tweeted: \"I'm horrified to hear about this appalling crime\".\n\nHe added: \"What an awful start to the new year.\"\n\nDeliveroo rider Zakaria Gherabi, 37, showed Jeremy Corbyn a photo of injuries he has suffered in the past\n\nReacting to the stabbing, Labour leader and Islington North MP Jeremy Corbyn called for better protection for delivery drivers.\n\nHe said: \"I am totally shocked. This is a very close-knit community, and this is yet another stabbing on the streets of London.\n\n\"People should not be carrying knives. A human life has been taken.\n\n\"There are a lot of people working as delivery drivers, they must have better conditions of employment and employers must take more responsibility for their safety too.\n\n\"Delivery drivers do a great job in London all of the time. Yet they are vulnerable. They are often on zero hours contracts, yet the food they are carrying is insured.\n\n\"So the delivery driver is less valuable than the food they are carrying - we need to end the whole culture of gig employment.\"\n\nThe Met Police said the victim's next of kin had been informed and a post-mortem examination would be held in due course.\n\nForensic officers spent most of Saturday searching the area where the victim was killed\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Takieddine Boudhane worked as a delivery driver for companies Deliveroo and Uber Eats\n\nA Deliveroo and Uber Eats delivery rider stabbed to death in a possible road rage attack has been identified.\n\nTakieddine Boudhane, 30, was attacked while on his moped near Charteris Road, in Finsbury Park, north London, at about 18:50 GMT on Friday.\n\nA white van linked to the stabbing was found in Islington and seized. Met detectives said they were looking for the driver.\n\nDet Ch Insp Neil John said the wanted driver was the \"subject of a manhunt\".\n\nMr Boudhane, an Algerian national, had been living in the UK for about three years, police said.\n\nOn Sunday morning police found a \"white VW Caddy panel-type van\" in the borough where Mr Boudhane was killed.\n\nForensic officers worked inside the police cordon, off Charteris Road in Finsbury Park\n\n\"It has been removed to a police compound where a full forensic examination will be undertaken,\" Det Ch Insp John said.\n\n\"The driver and person believed responsible for this tragic matter is now the subject of a police manhunt.\n\n\"At this time I am unable to release any further information concerning the identity of the driver as this may hinder the ongoing police investigation.\"\n\nOn Saturday delivery riders gathered in Stroud Green Road - near the scene of the attack in Lennox Road - said Mr Boudhane had been the victim of a road rage attack.\n\nPolice said the stabbing appeared to be \"spontaneous\"\n\nOne man who said he was a friend of Mr Boudhane described him as a \"good man\".\n\nHe added: \"He doesn't make any trouble - he works and he goes home and he ends up being killed while he's working.\"\n\nHe added: \"It's not safe to work by yourself any more - what can you do?\n\n\"If someone comes at you with a knife you give them what you have or they are going to stab you.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "She was convicted following a trial after recanting a claim that she was raped in a hotel room in July.\n\nThe foreign secretary has urged Cyprus to \"do the right thing\" in the case of a British teenager convicted of lying about being gang-raped in Ayia Napa.\n\nDominic Raab said Cyprus was \"sensitive\" about interference, but added the woman's sentencing on 7 January was \"firmly on my radar\".\n\nHe also told the BBC he had spoken to the woman's mother and offered support.\n\nThe 19-year-old was convicted after she recanted a claim that she was raped by 12 Israelis in a hotel on 17 July.\n\nThe UK previously said it was \"seriously concerned about the fair trial guarantees\" for the woman.\n\nAnd speaking to the Andrew Marr programme on Sunday, Mr Raab revealed he had conveyed his \"very serious concerns\" about her treatment by the Cypriot authorities to his opposite number on the island.\n\nHe said the teenager had gone through a \"terrible ordeal\" and that he had spoken to her mother on Friday \"to see what further support we could provide\".\n\nHe added it was his priority to get the woman back to the UK to start her recovery.\n\nThe Cypriot government previously responded to criticism by saying it had \"full confidence in the justice system and the courts\".\n\nAsked whether the Foreign Office would advise tourists against visiting Cyprus, Mr Raab said it always keeps its travel advice \"under review\".\n\nEarlier, he told Sky's Sophy Ridge on Sunday programme that the teenager's case must be handled \"sensitively to make sure we don't do anything counter-productive\".\n\nAsked what he would do if he felt there has been a miscarriage of justice, Mr Raab added: \"We don't control the Cypriot justice system...but there are clear questions around the due process, the fair trial, safeguards that have applied in this case.\"\n\nThe teenager could face up to a year in jail and a £1,500 fine on Tuesday, but her lawyers have asked for a suspended sentence.\n\nDominic Raab was speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr show\n\nThe teenager first contacted Cypriot police in July, hours after she claims she was raped by 12 Israeli youths in a room at the Pambos Napa Rocks hotel in Ayia Napa.\n\nThe 12 were arrested but later freed and returned home after she retracted her claims 10 days later.\n\nShe was then arrested and later appeared in court facing charges of public mischief, to which she pleaded not guilty.\n\nThe woman has since said Cypriot police made her falsely confess to lying about the incident - something police have denied.\n\nShe was found guilty on a charge of causing public mischief on 30 December.\n\nThe conviction has attracted criticism from women's groups and human rights campaigners.\n\nProtesters from the Network Against Violence Against Women protested outside the court on the day of the teenager's conviction.\n\nProtesters from the Network Against Violence Against Women were outside the court\n\nThe woman's lawyers have also criticised the conviction and the way the case was handled by the Cypriot police and Judge Michalis Papathanasiou.\n\nThey pledged to appeal against it and plan to take her case to the Cyprus Supreme Court.\n\nSenior legal figures in Cyprus later signed a letter written to the Attorney General Costas Clerides asking him to intervene in the case, including former justice minister Kypros Chrysostomides.\n\nMr Chrysostomides said the teenager had \"already suffered a lot\" and he expects her sentence will be \"very lenient\".\n\nHe added: \"She has already been in detention for four and a half weeks and she has already been prevented from travelling for about five months already.\"\n\nThe woman's mother said her daughter was experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder, hallucinations, and was sleeping for 18 or 20 hours a day because of a condition called hypersomnia.\n\nShe said the teenager urgently needs to return to the UK to get treatment.\n\nThe woman's mother said she believed her daughter's experience in Ayia Napa was not an isolated incident, and backed an online campaign for tourists to boycott the island.\n\nShe told the BBC: \"The place isn't safe - it is absolutely not safe. And if you go and report something that's happened to you, you're either laughed at, as far as I can tell, or, in the worst case, something like what's happened to my daughter may happen.\"\n\nMeanwhile, one of the men accused of taking part in the gang-rape, Yona Golub, told the Mail On Sunday that the group were \"preparing to sue\" the teenager.\n\nHe said the group \"deserve compensation for what we went through\".", "The body of Qasem Soleimani, a top Iranian general killed in a US drone strike, has been brought back to Iran.\n\nFootage filmed by Iran Press shows huge crowds taking to the streets of the Iranian city of Ahvaz, marking the beginning of ceremonies in his honour.\n\nGeneral Soleimani's burial will take place in his home town of Kerman on 7 January.", "The southbound side of the M1 was closed for more than 15 hours\n\nTwo lorry drivers have died in a crash on the M1 that led to part of the road being shut for nearly 16 hours.\n\nThe crash at about 06:45 GMT happened on the southbound side between junction 12 at Flitwick and 13 near Bedford.\n\nAn air ambulance was sent but both lorry drivers died at the scene, Bedfordshire Police said.\n\nThe northbound carriageway of the motorway reopened at about 13:00, the southbound lanes remained closed until 22:20.\n\nMotorists have been urged to avoid the area\n\nThe lorry drivers' next-of-kin have been informed, police said.\n\nSgt Aaron Murphy said: \"This was a serious collision which has taken the lives of two people so we are keen to hear from anyone who may have witnessed the incident or who has dashcam footage from around that time, so we can piece together the circumstances which led to this tragic incident.\n\n\"I'd also like to thank the public for their co-operation and patience during the recovery operation.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Libya has been torn apart by violence since Muammar Gaddafi was toppled in 2011\n\nAt least 30 people have been killed and 33 others wounded in an air strike at a military school in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, officials have said.\n\nThe UN-backed government blamed rebel forces loyal to Gen Khalifa Haftar for the attack. The rebels denied involvement.\n\nFootage from the scene showed bodies scattered across the ground.\n\nGen Haftar's troops launched an offensive in April to try and take control of Tripoli.\n\nThe foreign ministry called for an emergency session of the UN Security Council to discuss the air strike, and said Gen Haftar should be investigated by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes.\n\nLibya has been torn by violence since long-time ruler Muammar Gaddafi was deposed and killed in 2011 by Nato-backed forces.\n\nIt has two rival administrations, based in Tripoli and the eastern city of Tobruk.\n\nThe conflict has increasingly drawn in foreign states, with Turkey's parliament voting last week to deploy troops to support the UN-backed government in Tripoli.\n\nGen Haftar is allied with the Tobruk administration, and is the main military commander fighting the Un-backed government.\n\nHe has the support of the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Jordan and Russia.\n\nLibya is a major oil producer, and is used as a transit point by migrants trying to reach Europe.", "The chairman of the Tata group has said the company \"can't have a situation where India keeps funding losses\" at its Port Talbot steelworks.\n\nNatarajan Chandrasekaran, chairman of the Tata Sons group which owns the steelworks in Port Talbot, said the plant needed to be \"self-sustaining\" in an interview with the Sunday Times.\n\nTata Steel's pre-tax losses were £371m last year, up from £222m in 2017-18.\n\nThe Unite union said the claims added \"more pressure\" on workers.\n\n\"Everyone will tell you that the Tatas have gone way beyond to keep this going,\" said Mr Chandrasekaran. \"Anybody else would have walked away.\n\n\"I don't want to make those tall statements [about commitment]. We are taking some hard calls. So, hopefully, we should see some results.\"\n\nIn November, Tata announced plans to cut 3,000 jobs across Europe.\n\nWelsh Economy Minister Ken Skates said it \"appears to be the case\" that about 1,000 of those could be in Wales.\n\nTata has two large steelworks in Europe - Port Talbot, and one near Ijmuiden in the Netherlands, about 18 miles (30km) north-west of Amsterdam.\n\nJust under half of Tata's 8,385-strong UK workforce are based in Port Talbot.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What is the future for the UK steel industry?\n\nA new £50m blast furnace was opened in Port Talbot in January 2019, after which Hans Fischer, chief executive of Tata Steel's European operations, said: \"We are committed to build on our future for the UK.\"\n\nSteel industry analyst Dr Kathryn Ringwald Wildman said she was \"surprised\" at the way Mr Chandrasekaran made his comments, but not the nature of them.\n\n\"The problem is there are no market implications to suggest that things are going to get any better in the short term.\n\n\"The price of steel is still relatively low, demand is still very low, the industry is over capacity and the costs to the industry are still relatively high.\n\n\"The growth there is in the market is going to be in China rather than in Europe.\n\n\"I think it's now becoming clear that Tata can't afford these losses the way they are now. It can't go on, no company can sustain those losses - it's £1m per day.\"\n\nIn June, a planned merger between Tata and German steelmaker Thyssenkrupp was blocked by the European Commission over competition concerns.\n\nPaul Evans, the Unite union's regional officer for Wales, said: \"This interview just adds more pressure on the Tata workers at Port Talbot. The site is obviously key to the future of the other Tata plants in Wales.\n\n\"The workforce at Port Talbot have for many years proved they are the producers of world class quality steel and Wales and the UK can't afford to lose the expertise and commitment they have shown over the years.\"\n\nA spokesman for Tata Steel's European operations said: \"What our chairman said in the interview has already been communicated to colleagues through our transformation programme.\n\n\"That programme is about building a stronger and more sustainable European steel business by improving profitability so we can pay for investments necessary to secure our long-term future.\n\n\"The plans include productivity improvements, reduced bureaucracy and increased sales of higher-value steels, as well as employment cost savings.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government said it had \"shown its strong commitment over the last few years to working with Tata and steel unions to secure a long-term future for steel making in Port Talbot and across Wales and we will go on doing that in the future\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Keir Starmer: \"We lost the public's trust in the Labour Party as a force for good\"\n\nCandidates hoping to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader have questioned the party's manifesto choices while opening up dividing lines on Brexit.\n\nSir Keir Starmer said its election offer was \"over-loaded\" while both Lisa Nandy and Jess Phillips said voters did not trust its free broadband pledge.\n\nMs Phillips also said she would not rule out rejoining the EU if Brexit turned out not to be a success.\n\nShe said she would not change her view that the UK was \"better off\" in the EU.\n\nSir Keir and shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry - both strong supporters of another referendum before the election - said Labour's focus as an opposition should now be on ensuring Boris Johnson negotiated the best economic and trade partnership with the EU.\n\nFive candidates, also including Clive Lewis, have so far entered the race to succeed Jeremy Corbyn.\n\nLabour's ruling body is due to meet on Monday to decide the timetable for the election. Would-be candidates have to be nominated by more than 20 MPs and must also get the backing of at least 5% of constituency parties or three affiliated bodies - two of which must be trade unions.\n\nShadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey is also expected to officially declare her candidacy in the coming days.\n\nThe contest was called after Mr Corbyn announced he would stand down as leader after Labour's heavy election defeat.\n\nBoth Sir Keir and Ms Phillips told the BBC's Andrew Marr the party must learn the lessons of the defeat and why some many previously rock-solid Labour seats in the Midlands and the North of England turned to the Conservatives.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jess Phillips: \"The country didn't trust us to govern\"\n\nSir Keir said the manifesto was one of a number of \"cumulative\" factors that eroded trust, on top of concerns over the party's Brexit policy, its leadership and its record on tackling anti-Semitism.\n\n\"There was a general feeling the manifesto was over-loaded. We lost the public's trust in the Labour Party as a force for good and a force for change,\" he said. \"After four general election losses we have to address that straight away.\"\n\nBut he warned Labour against \"unpicking\" the last manifesto when it should be focused on its offer to voters in five years time. He also said it would be wrong to \"retreat\" from Mr Corbyn's focus on reducing inequality and protecting the public services.\n\nWhile not the sole reason for its defeat, Ms Phillips also identified the manifesto - which pledged to bring rail, mail, water and energy into public ownership and extend the role of the state into new areas - as one of Labour's weak points.\n\n\"The fundamental thing is that the country did not trust us to govern,\" she said. \"They did not trust to deliver on the things we were saying.\"\n\nRebecca Long-Bailey is expected to join the race\n\nWhile there was a strong case for nationalising the railways and ending private involvement in the prison and probation services, she suggested tackling deep-seated social problems, such as homelessness and social care, were more important than public control of key utilities.\n\n\"We lost them on some of the basics. My son does not go to school five days a week. Lots of people in the country can give you their own example. While that was the case, offering free broadband was just not believable.\"\n\nThe Birmingham Yardley MP said the party must stop obsessing with factionalism and internal positioning and speak honestly to people.\n\n\"People have to feel a connection with us again. People have to feel we are on their side.\"\n\nMs Nandy also distanced herself from the broadband pledge, telling BBC Radio 5 Live's Pienaar's Politics: \"People said to us, 'It's all very well promising free broadband but can you sort out the buses?' and that was the more pressing issue in their lives. It's not about whether you're radical or not it's about whether you're relevant.\"\n\nMs Thornberry said Labour had been wrong to allow the Conservatives to fight the election on the \"single issue\" of Brexit.\n\nShe told Sky News that the opposition's focus should now be on ensuring the UK had a relationship with Europe in the coming years that's \"going to work for jobs and the economy\".\n\nSir Keir, who like Ms Thornberry was a supporter of another referendum, suggested the issue of EU membership was now closed and the party needed to move on from an argument between Remain and Leave.\n\nAsked whether she would support, as leader, the UK going back into the EU, Ms Phillips said it was sensible to \"wait and see\".\n\n\"If we are living in an absolute paradise of trade and totally safe in the world...then maybe I will be proven wrong. But if the reality is if if our country is safer and more economically viable to be in the EU, I will fight for that regardless of how difficult that argument is to make.\"\n\nThe candidates have also been pressed on the UK's relationship with the US following the killing of Iran's top military leader, Qasem Soleimani, in Iraq.\n\nMs Phillips said people were \"not shedding any tears\" over the Iranian general's death and, while she opposed the Iraq War, she would always support the deployment of British forces abroad if there was a \"moral case\" for it.\n\n\"What we have to make sure is that when we take action, it is lawful, proportionate and there is a moral case for it. If those questions can be answered, then I would absolutely take action to protect British lives.\"\n\nHowever, Sir Keir said the UK should never find itself in the position of \"blindly following the Americans\".\n\nIf he became prime minister, he said he would pass legislation to circumscribe the ability of governments to take military action. He suggested it would have to pass three tests - if it was lawful, had been supported by Parliament and was part of a viable plan.", "Annie Wells said a \"full, evidence-based approach\" should be taken to the drugs death crisis\n\nThe Scottish Conservatives' public health spokeswoman has said she is willing to consider the decriminalisation of drugs.\n\nAnnie Wells MSP also said she was open to the idea of drug consumption rooms - facilities where drugs can be taken safely.\n\nCurrent drug laws, which are reserved to Westminster, prevent possession of Class A drugs within such a facility.\n\nThe UK government has consistently said it is opposed to any change in the law.\n\nMs Wells said she had written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson urging him to make Scotland's drugs death crisis a top priority.\n\nScotland currently has the highest drug death rate in the European Union.\n\nIn 2017, most drug-related deaths involved heroin but a large percentage had also taken pills\n\nThe Scottish government wants drug policy powers handed to Holyrood so it can alter policy to treat the issue as a public health, and not judicial, matter.\n\nAsked whether she backed measures including decriminalisation and fix rooms, Ms Wells said a \"full, evidence-based approach\" should be taken. \"I am open to listening to what these issues and concerns can be\", she added.\n\nMs Wells continued: \"We do need to look radically at this and I will be open to whatever comes my way and I will look at it all as an evidence-based approach.\n\n\"If that seems to be the right way then that is something we will have to look at in greater detail and urge the Scottish government and UK government to do the same.\"\n\nShe called on Boris Johnson to hold a summit on the issue \"as soon as possible\".\n\nThe UK government announced in October it would bring experts together in Glasgow before Christmas to discuss the issue.\n\nHowever, it was postponed due to December's snap general election.\n\nMs Wells called on both the UK and Scottish governments to place the issue at the top of their agendas and to put their political differences aside.\n\nShe said: \"I lost a neighbour. Across Scotland we lost 1,187 people in 2018, and I heard from so many families who lost loved ones in 2019.\n\n\"So I've asked the prime minister to make the drug deaths crisis his top priority in Scotland.\n\n\"This year we should be focused on saving lives instead of getting caught up in politics and the usual constitutional blame game.\"\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 Annie Wells MSP 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 Scottish government said it planned to hold a summit on drug deaths at the start of 2020.\n\nThey said they had repeatedly invited the UK government to attend but that, to date, they had refused.\n\nA Scottish government spokesman said: \"We firmly believe the outdated Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 should be amended to allow us to implement a range of public health focused responses\", a Scottish government spokesman said.\n\n\"We have called on the UK government to amend the act or to devolve those powers to Scotland, and this must be part of any discussion we have.\"\n\nA spokeswoman for the Home Office said the number of drug deaths across the UK was \"extremely concerning\", in particular the figures for Scotland.\n\nShe said improving access to treatments such as Naloxone - used to treat overdoses of methadone, morphine and fentanyl - was key.\n\nShe added: \"We will continue to work with the Scottish government to tackle drug-misuse and harm and sustain our support for programmes which reduce the health-related harms of drugs, such widening the availability of Naloxone to prevent overdose deaths.\"", "A mysterious viral pneumonia that has infected dozens in central China is not Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars), health chiefs have said.\n\nThey also discounted bird flu and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, and said investigations were continuing.\n\nA total of 59 cases have been reported in the city of Wuhan, seven of which are considered critical.\n\nThe outbreak prompted Singapore and Hong Kong to bring in screening processes for travellers from the city.\n\nAn epidemic of the potentially deadly, flu-like Sars virus killed more than 700 people around the world in 2002-03, after originating in China.\n\nIn a statement posted on its website late on Sunday, the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission said 163 people who had had contact with those infected had been placed under medical observation. It said efforts were continuing to identify the virus and its source.\n\nThe commission said previously that there had been no human-to-human transmission of the illness. It added that a number of those infected worked at a seafood market in the city, leading authorities to sanitise the area.\n\nThe outbreak occurred in the city of Wuhan\n\nSingapore and Hong Kong have both set up systems to check travellers arriving from Wuhan for possible fever.\n\nHong Kong has admitted 16 travellers with pneumonia-like symptoms to hospital, the South China Morning Post reported, but none have so far been found to have the unidentified strain. Singapore has had one suspicious case, it added.\n\nThe World Health Organization (WHO) has said it is aware of the outbreak and is in contact with the Chinese government.\n\n\"There are many potential causes of viral pneumonia, many of which are more common than severe acute respiratory syndrome coronovirus,\" a spokesman said last week. \"WHO is closely monitoring this event and will share more details as we have them.\"\n• None They risked their lives to stop Sars", "Kerry Van Der Merwe hopes to raise awareness of her condition\n\nKerry Van Der Merwe has sunken chest syndrome, a rare medical condition that leaves her struggling to breathe. In many cases the syndrome - a malformation of the chest wall caused by the breastbone sinking inwards - is seen as a cosmetic problem that doesn't warrant publicly funded surgery.\n\nMs Van Der Merwe has been speaking about her fight to get treatment for a condition that causes her pain and anguish.\n\nThe mother of one says she has been on antidepressants since her deformities started\n\nThe hairdresser, 44, says she has seen at least 10 GPs to talk about her breathlessness and accelerated heartbeat, but \"not one of them\" was able to tell her these symptoms were caused by sunken chest syndrome, also known as pectus excavatum.\n\n\"I couldn't even open a jar but they've never said 'let's investigate it'\", said the mother of one, who lives in Devon. \"It's actually me who has educated them about pectus.\"\n\nSince February, the NHS in England has not offered routine surgery for those with the condition as it says there is insufficient evidence the benefits of surgical treatment warrant funding.\n\n\"There is absolutely no way I could live the way I am now because I'm being strangled inside. For them to say no is just absolutely disgusting,\" Ms Van Der Merwe said. \"I have been on antidepressants all my life since my deformities started.\n\n\"I can't do something as simple as running up the hill or stairs because with your heart pumping blood so fast it's really dangerous.\"\n\nMs Van Der Merwe, who has a nine-year-old daughter, said she should have had the surgery 10 years ago, but GPs did not heed her requests for a specialist referral. \"I've been trying to speak about my pectus to my GPs but I always feel like I get fobbed off, because no-one really has the knowledge about it.\"\n\nPectus excavatum often develops during puberty and more commonly affects men\n\nShe therefore sought out thoracic surgeon Joel Dunning, from the James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough, for a specialist's insight.\n\n\"She has never known what's it's like to be normal,\" said Mr Dunning, who added there was \"no doubt\" his patient's heart is being \"squashed\" by her sternum. He said it was \"crazy\" to deny \"life-extending\" surgery in cases like hers.\n\n\"The man on the street could tell you that if you have a squashed heart because of your chest, if you take the squashing away it makes the breathing better.\"\n\nThanks to the intervention of the surgeon, Hull-born Ms Van Der Merwe, who also has Poland syndrome, is due to have a procedure to insert up to three titanium bars to raise her chest to a normal position.\n\nMr Dunning successfully argued she needed treatment after having poor surgery in South Africa, where she moved as a child. He said the \"massive\" psychological benefits of surgery, especially for young people, should be enough for the NHS to offer surgical treatment.\n\n\"These are poor little teenagers trying to find their way in the world and they feel very introverted, they won't take their top off, they won't interact with people of the other gender.\"\n\nKatie Bruce said her mental health had taken a \"severe hit\" and she has been on antidepressants for 18 months\n\nKatie Bruce was 21 when she fainted due to her sunken chest syndrome and was hit by a car. She lost four of her front teeth and suffered multiple facial fractures. One side of her jaw snapped off her skull and \"never repaired\".\n\nThe Wolverhampton-based biochemistry graduate managed to get Nuss surgery in March, a year after first applying and being rejected. Because her chest dip was so deep, surgeons were only able to insert one metal bar. It ended up flipping on its side, and the 26-year-old was left bedridden while waiting for corrective surgery.\n\n\"It just feels like I'm being repeatedly stabbed between my ribs. No painkillers can help that,\" she said. \"I am 26, I have a degree and I can't do anything. I can't get a job, I can't think of starting a mortgage for a house or starting a family. My life feels like it's on hold.\"\n\nMs Bruce says her heart is being crushed by her bones\n\nShe is soon to undergo surgery to fix the flipped bar and have a second one inserted to distribute the pressure, in the hope this will reduce the pain.\n\nMs Bruce said she would not be in the position she is in now had the operation happened 15 years ago, when her bone structure was still forming and the chances of flipping were lower.\n\n\"If they were more aware of it in the first place and I'd been treated a long time ago I would never have been hit by the car and it would have cost the NHS a hell of a lot less in the long run.\"\n\nShe said she too reported breathlessness and an accelerated heart rate but was not correctly diagnosed for years. \"I am shocked at the amount of GPs I've seen and none of them have known anything about it.\"\n\nNHS England said in a statement that it no longer provides routine surgery for sunken chest syndrome as a \"careful review of evidence suggests limited effectiveness\".\n\nIt said it \"leads the world on innovation\" and would \"continue to test the most advanced procedures available, collecting real-world evidence to ensure NHS patients receive world-class care while delivering value for the taxpayers' pound\".\n\nMs Van Der Merwe's surgery will correct the operation she had in South Africa\n\nMeanwhile, Ms Van Der Merwe waits for the operation she hopes will make all the difference. She says she's nervous but knows she needs to have the surgery.\n\n\"I am fearful, but I know deep down it's going to save my life.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Crowds have gathered in Iraq for the funeral procession of Iran's top military commander Qasem Soleimani.\n\nThe leader of Iran's Quds Force was killed in a US drone strike at Baghdad airport on Friday.\n\nHis death marked a major escalation in tensions between Iran and the US with Iran vowing \"forceful revenge\".", "Austria's foreign ministry has been targeted by a cyber-attack that is suspected to have been conducted by another country.\n\nThe ministry said the seriousness of the attack suggested it might have been carried out by a \"state actor\".\n\nThe hack started on Saturday night and experts warn it could continue for several days.\n\nThe breach occurred on the same day Austria's Green party backed forming a coalition with conservatives .\n\nIt was recognised very quickly and countermeasures taken immediately, the foreign ministry said in a statement.\n\n\"Despite all intensive security measures, there is never 100% protection against cyber-attacks,\" the ministry said.\n\nOther European countries have fallen victim to similar attacks in the past.\n\nThe German government's IT network experienced a \"very serious\" cyber-attack in March 2018.\n\nA Russian group called Fancy Bear was suspected to have been involved and was blamed for a similar attack on the German parliament in 2015.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The factory brought to its knees by ransomware hackers", "The government's Troubled Families project is getting £165m in funding to ensure it continues for another year.\n\nLaunched by David Cameron in 2012, the scheme targets families with multiple and complex social and health issues.\n\nExisting support for the project was due to run out later this year, prompting speculation about its future.\n\nBut Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick said it had proved a success in transforming lives and relieving the burden on public services.\n\nThe programme was set up by the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition government in response to the 2011 riots in English cities, at a cost of £448m.\n\nIt was revamped in 2015, with the aim of helping 400,000 families by 2020.\n\nAbout £920m has been spent since then, averaging about £157.6m, a year, with councils being paid on the basis of their results in helping the most vulnerable families.\n\nAnne Longfield, the Children's Commissioner for England, said the government announcement was \"welcome\" but needed to be followed by \"long term and extended funding commitments\" in this year's spending review.\n\nWriting on Twitter, she highlighted the \"vital\" role children's centres and so-called family hubs played in the initiative.\n\nUnder the project, local authorities identify and support families in England with multiple problems, including domestic abuse, unemployment, mental health problems and truancy.\n\nCentral government funds local authorities to work with these families on a payment-by-performance basis.\n\nIn 2016, a report by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research concluded that the initiative had had no measurable effect on school attendance, employment or behaviour.\n\nAnd former work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith suggested last year that the scheme had become a high-profile \"distraction\" and some of its targets were \"slightly nebulous\".\n\nBut ministers said an evaluation published last April demonstrated that the programme had reduced the proportion of children going into care by a third, reduced the proportion of adults going to prison by a quarter and had cut the number of adults claiming Jobseeker's Allowance.\n\nTheir latest analysis suggests 297,733 families have \"made improvements\" with the problems that led to them joining the programme since 2015. In 26,848 of these families, one or more adults has moved off benefits and into work.\n\nThe scheme was set up in the wake of the 2011 riots in England\n\nThe Treasury indicated in September's Spending Review that the programme would be extended, although ministers have yet to commit to its long-term future.\n\nMr Jenrick said the new funding would be used to help families with inter-connected problems, including unemployment, poor school attendance, mental health issues, anti-social behaviour and domestic abuse.\n\n\"The programme will help more people in need get access to the early, practical and coordinated support to transform their lives for the better,\" he said.\n\n\"This is the right thing to do for families and for society as a whole, and these reforms will reduce the demand and dependency on costly, reactive key public services.\"\n\nIn their election manifesto, the Conservatives promised to develop \"family hubs\" to give vulnerable families intensive, integrated support to help care for their children, both in the early years and through to adulthood.\n\nMr Jenrick's predecessor, James Brokenshire, suggested last year that the Troubled Families project could potentially be renamed to ensure it is not \"getting in the way of the positive objectives\".\n\nThe Department for Communities said any future changes would be considered and announced in due course.", "Prince Harry and Meghan meet Ruby the koala at Taronga Zoo in Sydney in 2018\n\nMembers of the Royal Family have said their \"thoughts and prayers\" are with Australians affected by the massive bushfires.\n\nThe Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh sent a message of condolence expressing thanks to emergency services.\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge said they were \"shocked and deeply saddened\" by the loss of life.\n\nAnd the Duke and Duchess of Sussex urged support for fundraisers for those affected by the environmental crisis.\n\nThe Queen said she was \"deeply saddened\" to hear about the fires which have ravaged Australia since September, killing at least 23 people, destroying at least 1,200 homes and scorching millions of hectares of land.\n\nHer message addressed to the Governor General of Australia, Governor of New South Wales, Governor of Queensland, the Governor of Victoria and to all Australians was also posted on the Royal Family's Twitter account.\n\nThe Queen said: \"My thanks go out to the emergency services, and those who put their own lives in danger to help communities in need.\n\n\"Prince Philip and I send our thoughts and prayers to all Australians at this difficult time.\"\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 sussexroyal 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 Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex posted messages on their Instagram accounts.\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 kensingtonroyal This article contains content provided by Instagram. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nPrince William and Catherine said: \"We send our deepest condolences to the families and friends of those who have tragically lost their lives, and the brave firemen who continue to risk their own lives to save the lives of others.\"\n\nPrince Harry and Meghan said they were \"struck by the increasingly overlapping presence\" of \"environmental disasters\" across the world.", "Boris Johnson has said \"we will not lament\" the death of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, describing him as \"a threat to all our interests\".\n\nBut the prime minister called for \"de-escalation from all sides\" following the killing in a US airstrike in Iraq on Friday.\n\nMr Johnson's intervention came as Iraqi MPs called for foreign troops to leave.\n\nAnd in a separate joint statement, Mr Johnson and his French and German counterparts urged restraint.\n\nFrench President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel joined the PM in calling on Iran to refrain from further violent action and proliferation.\n\n\"The current cycle of violence in Iraq must be stopped,\" the joint statement, released late on Sunday night, said.\n\nWith tensions rising in the region following the drone strike ordered by US President Donald Trump, Iran has responded by vowing revenge and announcing it will no longer abide by the restrictions in its 2015 nuclear deal.\n\nIn the statement, the three leaders urged the country to \"reverse all measures inconsistent with\" the deal.\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Johnson is preparing to assemble key ministers to discuss the spiralling crisis in the Middle East.\n\nThe prime minister said he spoke with Mr Trump on Sunday about the assassination of the Iranian general, who spearheaded the country's military operations in the Middle East as head of the elite Quds Force.\n\nEarlier on Sunday, in his first public statement since Soleimani's death, Mr Johnson said the 62-year-old had been \"responsible for a pattern of disruptive, destabilising behaviour in the region\".\n\n\"Given the leading role he has played in actions that have led to the deaths of thousands of innocent civilians and western personnel, we will not lament his death,\" Mr Johnson said.\n\n\"It is clear, however, that all calls for retaliation or reprisals will simply lead to more violence in the region and they are in no one's interest.\"\n\nMr Johnson said the UK was in \"close contact\" with all sides to encourage de-escalation and said Parliament will be updated when it returns on Tuesday.\n\nIraqi MPs have responded to the drone strike by passing a non-binding resolution calling for an end to the foreign military presence.\n\nCaretaker Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi spoke in favour of US and other foreign forces leaving, although most Sunni and Kurdish MPs boycotted the vote.\n\nAbout 400 British troops are stationed in Iraq, while the US has 5,200.\n\nA UK government spokesman said that coalition forces were in Iraq to protect its people and others from the Islamic State group.\n\n\"We urge the Iraqi government to ensure the coalition is able to continue our vital work countering this shared threat,\" he said.\n\nMeanwhile, HMS Montrose and HMS Defender are to start accompanying UK-flagged ships through the Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf, where a tanker was seized by Iran last July.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dominic Raab says he found out about the Soleimani killing \"as it happened\"\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab, who told the BBC's Andrew Marr show that he learned of the US attack on Soleimani \"as it happened\", spoke to the Iraqi prime minister on Sunday morning.\n\nMr Raab defended the killing because of the US's \"right to self-defence\" against Soleimani's use of militia's to destabilise the region and attack Western forces.\n\nHe also defended Mr Johnson for being on holiday as the crisis unfolded, saying that he had been \"in constant contact with the prime minister over the Christmas break on a whole range of foreign policy issues\".\n\nShadow foreign secretary and Labour leadership candidate Emily Thornberry accused the prime minister of \"sunning himself\" while the chief civil servant chaired three meetings of Cobra, the government's emergency response committee.\n\nShadow justice secretary Richard Burgon, who is standing to be Labour deputy leader, said Mr Johnson's response was \"pathetic\", adding that he should stand up to a US president \"recklessly threatening to launch a war\".", "Police said they had secured the campus and deployed officers to deter further violence\n\nPolice in India have entered the campus of one of the country's most prestigious universities after reports of masked men attacking students.\n\nAbout 20 students are said to have been injured at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in the capital Delhi.\n\nImages on Indian TV show masked people wielding sticks and the student union president bleeding from a head wound.\n\nThe cause of the trouble is unclear. The university recently saw protests over a controversial citizenship law.\n\nThere were also violent clashes at JNU last year over a rise in hostel fees.\n\nThe student union blamed the latest violence on the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), a right-wing student body linked to India's governing BJP political party. However, the ABVP said that its members had been attacked by left-wing groups, and some had been injured.\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\nOne member of staff said masked men armed with stones and sticks had attacked students and teachers on Sunday evening.\n\n\"These were not small stones, these were big stones that could have broken our skulls,\" Professor Atul Sood told NDTV.\n\n\"I fell on the side and when I came out, I saw cars completely vandalised, including my car.\"\n\nProfessor Sood said about 50 teachers and 200 students had been holding a meeting on the campus when the masked attackers walked in.\n\nAngry students staged a protest outside police headquarters in Delhi after the university attack\n\nHe said the violence was unlike anything the campus had witnessed before.\n\nEducation Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank condemned the violence calling it \"extremely worrying and unfortunate\".\n\n\"I appeal to all students to maintain the dignity of the university and peace on campus,\" he added.\n\nGovernment Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the scenes of violence were \"horrifying\".\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\nWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called the attack a \"heinous act\" and a shame on democracy.\n\nThe Students Federation of India said it would stage rallies in Delhi on Monday in protest at the \"barbaric attack\" at the JNU.\n\nA police spokesman said university authorities had asked for their assistance.\n\n\"We were informed that there was a clash between two groups of students,\" a statement said.\n\n\"After we received written request from the JNU administration, we entered the campus and restored peace.\"", "A field hospital was set up on the roadside to provide first aid\n\nSix German tourists were killed and 11 injured in the Italian Alps when a car crashed into them, police say.\n\nA suspected drunk driver collided with a group of people in the town of Luttach, also known as Lutago, in South Tyrol - a popular skiing destination.\n\nReports suggest the group had left a nightclub and were waiting to get in a bus when the car hit them.\n\nThe driver of the car - a man in his late 20s - was arrested and is currently in hospital.\n\nSome people were propelled dozens of metres by the impact of the car, AFP reports.\n\nThe news agency said two people, who were in a very serious condition, were flown by helicopter to hospital in Innsbruck, Austria.\n\nThe others were transported to hospitals in the region.\n\nLast weekend, three skiers - a woman and two girls - were killed by an avalanche in South Tyrol. They were also believed to be German.", "Georges Duboeuf applied traditional methods of winemaking to his craft\n\nGeorges Duboeuf, one of the great wine merchants of the 20th Century, has died at the age of 86.\n\nHe was best known for turning the release of a little-known French product - a red wine called Beaujolais Nouveau - into a global phenomenon.\n\nBy the 1980s, Mr Duboeuf's enthusiastic promotion of the wine had led to its annual release date being known across the world as Beaujolais Nouveau Day.\n\nIt also earned him the nickname \"the Pope of Beaujolais\".\n\nMr Duboeuf died of a stroke at about 18:00 (17:00 GMT) on Saturday at his home in the eastern village of Romanèche-Thorins, his daughter-in-law Anne told AFP news agency.\n\nIn the 1950s Mr Duboeuf set up L'Écrin Mâconnais-Beaujolais, an association of wine producers, to help promote local wines. Through the association, he developed strong relationships with traders and restaurateurs across the region.\n\nHe then opened his own winery, Georges Duboeuf Wines, in 1964. He applied traditional methods of winemaking to his craft, including rigorous monitoring of the wine and an apparently almost clinical dedication to hygiene.\n\nThe winery later grew to other regions, and in 1993 Mr Duboeuf set up a shop and museum of winemaking in Romanèche-Thorins.\n\nBut it was his tireless promotion of Beaujolais Nouveau in particular that set Mr Duboeuf apart.\n\nDuboeuf, pictured in Romanèche-Thorins in 2010, was a tireless ambassador for Beaujolais Nouveau\n\nThroughout the 1980s he held Beaujolais Nouveau festivals which were attended by celebrities of all kinds, including Michelin-starred restaurateurs.\n\nBy the time he passed the company on to his son Franck in 2018, the company was producing about 30 million bottles a year that were sold internationally.\n\nDominique Piron, president of the Inter Beaujolais company, said Mr Duboeuf was responsible for \"raising the Beaujolais flag all over the world\".\n\n\"He had a nose, an intuition, [he was] a step ahead of everyone,\" he said.", "Images on social media show officers wearing hazardous material suits near the property\n\nOfficers in hazardous material suits have been deployed in Manchester after a man reportedly consumed a poisonous substance.\n\nThe man was found at a property in Moor Lane, Northern Moor, before 09:00 GMT. It is thought he had consumed poisonous seeds.\n\n\"A man, aged in his 20s, is being treated at the scene and remains in a stable condition,\" police said.\n\nThe spokesman added: \"There is no wider threat to the community.\"\n\nImages on social media show officers wearing hazardous material suits near the property.\n\nMotorists have been advised to avoid the area as Moor Lane is closed for investigations.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Kobe Bryant and LeBron James have both played for the LA Lakers\n\nThe BBC has apologised after footage of LeBron James was mistakenly included in its coverage of the death of his fellow basketball star Kobe Bryant.\n\nFootage of James beating Bryant's career points tally appeared in the BBC's News At Ten programme on Sunday.\n\nBut the voiceover did not explain why viewers were seeing James on screen at that stage, rather than Bryant.\n\nViewers pointed out the error online, criticising the BBC for confusing the two prominent black basketball stars.\n\nBryant, a five-time NBA champion, spent his entire 20 year career playing for the Los Angeles Lakers, before he retired in 2016.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe footage included in the programme featured James, who also plays for the LA Lakers, surpassing Bryant to become the NBA's third-highest scorer of all time.\n\nJames scored 29 points against the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday to reach 33,655 career points, 12 more than Bryant.\n\nBryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, were killed alongside seven others, when his private helicopter crashed in southern California on Sunday morning.\n\nAt the end of the bulletin, newsreader Reeta Chakrabarti apologised for the earlier on-screen error saying: \"In our coverage of the death of Kobe Bryant, in one section of the report, we mistakenly showed pictures of another basketball player, LeBron James.\n\n\"We do apologise for the error,\" she added.\n\nWithin 15 minutes, Paul Royall, editor of BBC News at Six and Ten, posted an apology on Twitter, saying the programme \"mistakenly used pictures of LeBron James in one section of the report\".\n\nHe added: \"We apologise for this human error which fell below our usual standards on the programme.\"\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 Paul Royall 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\nMany viewers took to Twitter to condemn the error. Nadine White, a Huffington Post journalist who previously worked with the Voice newspaper, said that \"this only adds to our collective grief at this 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\nAnd Sky News newsreader Mark Austin also pointed out the error.\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 Mark Austin 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 not the first time a BBC programme has apologised for confusing two sports stars.\n\nIn July 2018, BBC Newsnight apologised for showing footage of Pakistan bowler Wasim Akram instead of his former teammate-turned-politician Imran Khan.", "The UK leaves the EU on Friday\n\nThe government is aiming to secure a \"zero tariff, zero quota\" free trade deal with the EU, Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay has said.\n\nHe told the BBC's Andrew Marr the UK would not diverge from current EU trade regulations \"for the sake of it\".\n\nMr Barclay added the government's objectives for the trade talks would be published after Brexit on 31 January.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson will make a speech next month setting out more details, he said.\n\nMr Barclay's comments come after the US treasury secretary said his country wants to agree to a post-Brexit trade deal with the UK this year.\n\nAfter Brexit happens at 23:00 GMT on Friday, the UK will be free to negotiate and sign new trade deals with countries with no existing EU deals - like the US.\n\nThe UK then enters into an agreed transition period with the EU, which lasts until 31 December 2020. During this time the UK will aim to negotiate a free trade deal with the EU to ensure that UK goods are not subject to tariffs and other trade barriers.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Andrew Marr, Mr Barclay said: \"We are going to publish our objectives for the negotiation and we will set that out in due course after the 31st.\n\n\"The key issue is that we will have control of our rules, we will not be a rule-taker, we will not diverge for the sake of diverging.\n\n\"We start from a position of alignment but the key opportunity is that we will be able to set our standards, high standards, on worker's rights, on the environment, on state aid as part of that trade policy.\"\n\nHe said \"both sides are committed\" to securing a trade deal by the end of December, adding: \"It's in both side's interests to keep the flow of goods going.\"\n\nIrish minister for European affairs, Helen McEntee, told Sophy Ridge on Sky News that \"Brexit is really only at half-time, we have a huge amount of work still to do\".\n\n\"However, the idea that we can negotiate a trade deal with one that is comprehensive, one that provides very little change for our citizens, not just in the UK and Ireland, but the EU as well, within about a 12-month space, it's very difficult.\"\n\nThe new European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has previously shared concerns about the timeframe, saying it would be \"impossible\" to reach a comprehensive trade deal by the end of 2020.\n\nPriti Patel said that the government will be able to control levels of low-skilled migration after Brexit\n\nMeanwhile, the home secretary told Sophy Ridge UK businesses have been \"too reliant on low-skilled cheap labour from the EU\".\n\nPriti Patel said the government will be able to control levels of low-skilled migration after Brexit.\n\nShe also confirmed that the Migration Advisory Committee will report this week on the UK's future immigration system.\n\nThe government was \"absolutely determined to change the immigration system, end the complexity of the immigration system, have simpler rules, have a points-based system where we can absolutely have people that bring the right kind of skills for our labour market\", she said.\n\nOn the UK's post-Brexit relationship with EU rules, Ms Patel appeared to adopt a harder approach than Mr Barclay, saying: \"In terms of divergence, we are not having alignment. We will be diverging. We want to take control of our laws, money and our borders.\"\n\nLast week, Chancellor Sajid Javid said the UK would use the power to diverge from EU rules on trade only when it was in the interests of business.", "Lineker has been the main presenter of Match of the Day for more than 20 years\n\nGary Lineker, one of the BBC's highest paid presenters, has called for the TV licence fee to be voluntary.\n\nIn an interview with The Guardian, the former footballer and Match of the Day presenter said the annual charge was the BBC's \"fundamental problem\".\n\n\"You're forced to pay it if you want a TV, and therefore it's a tax,\" he is quoted as saying. \"The public pay our salaries, so everyone is a target.\"\n\nHis comments come amid mounting debate on the future of the licence fee.\n\nLast week culture secretary Baroness Morgan told the BBC the subject was \"coming up more and more on the doorstep\".\n\nLineker said he had \"always said for a long time\" the £154.50 annual charge should be voluntary while admitting he did not know \"the logistics of how it would work\".\n\n\"You would lose some people, but at the same time you'd up the price a bit\", said the presenter, whose BBC salary was between £1,750,000 and £1,754,999 in 2018-19.\n\n\"[The licence fee] is the price of a cup of coffee a week at the moment,\" he continued. \"If you put it up you could help older people, or those that can't afford it.\"\n\nFormer BBC chief political correspondent John Sergeant has added his voice to the debate saying the licence fee was \"increasingly out of date\".\n\n\"The average age of the audience is increasing, the number of viewers is falling. Young people are more likely to be hooked on their tablets and smartphones,\" Sergeant told the Radio Times.\n\n\"It is time to think of different ways of paying for BBC programmes, whether it be some form of payment by subscription, as well as programme sponsorship, if not a move towards advertising in general.\"\n\nLast year the BBC said it was scrapping free TV licences for all over-75s and would limit the provision to low-income households where one person receives the pension credit benefit.\n\nThe online publication of The Guardian's interview saw Lineker receive praise from ITV presenter Piers Morgan, usually Lineker's sparring partner, for making \"a sensible point\".\n\nIt's September 2020. The new director-general is in No 10 for her or his first meeting with Boris Johnson since getting the job.\n\n\"Look, prime minister,\" the BBC's new DG says. \"I know this seems radical. I believe there is a case not only for keeping the compulsory licence fee - but raising it\".\n\n\"What?!\" says Mr Cummings. \"But how can you argue that, when even your highest-paid star - your most famous face - agrees with us it should be voluntary?!\"\n\nGary Lineker may or may not be right. The fact is, his intervention has weakened the negotiating position of the next DG, even if just marginally.\n\nBig social and political changes never happen suddenly. They follow the drip, drip, drip of smaller events that made the final change inevitable.\n\nRight now, the idea that the BBC should become a subscription service is mainstream Conservative thinking. A prominent Remainer at the BBC has just reinforced it.\n\nMany of the BBC's most loyal audiences are about to lose a benefit - in free TV licences for the over-75s - that they want.\n\nDecriminalisation of the licence fee looks likely, which could cost the BBC a couple of hundred million pounds.\n\nA huge re-organisation of BBC News will cost many jobs, demoralising some staff, and leading to sharp cuts in some programme budgets.\n\nEvery day, streaming giants pour more dollars into high-value productions that lure eyeballs away from the BBC.\n\nEvery day, the bond between the BBC and young audiences weakens - to the point that it is becoming close to non-existent for many.\n\nThen Gary Lineker says the licence fee should go.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "China has widened a lockdown in Hubei province - the centre of the coronavirus outbreak - as the death toll climbed to 25.", "Gianna Bryant died alongside her father Kobe Bryant in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California\n\nAs the daughter of Kobe Bryant - a five-time NBA champion - Gianna Bryant had big shoes to fill.\n\nLike her father, the 13-year-old was a prodigiously talented basketball player. With his help as her personal coach, Gianna hoped to become a professional.\n\nBryant was confident Gianna would do so, often speaking of his wish for her to continue his legacy, albeit in the women's game.\n\nTragically, neither would live to see that aspiration come to fruition.\n\nBryant and Gianna were reported to be heading to a basketball game on Sunday when their helicopter crashed in the city of Calabasas, west of Los Angeles. There were no survivors.\n\nThe pair was expected to take part in a basketball tournament for young players at the Mamba Sports Academy in Thousand Oaks, US media report.\n\nAttending basketball games together was typical of their relationship, which was said to be close.\n\nThe second of Bryant's four daughters, Gianna dreamed of following in her father's footsteps. In an interview, Bryant had said his daughter was determined to play for the University of Connecticut women's basketball team.\n\nThe team shared an image of the two on its Twitter page.\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 UConn Women's Hoops 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\nBryant said that, following his retirement from basketball in 2016, he switched off from the sport.\n\nHis daughter, however, rekindled his passion for the game.\n\nGianna Bryant, 13, had aspirations to make a mark as a pro, like her father\n\n\"It wasn't me sitting there, you know as an athlete or a player or something like that, and you know it's like about me, and I don't like that. It was her - she was having such a good time,\" Bryant told the BET network in a recent interview.\n\nIn retirement, Bryant spent most of his time with his family - his wife, Vanessa, and four daughters - Gianna, Natalia, Bianka and Capri.\n\nBut Gianna was said to have shared a particularly special bond with her father.\n\nBryant's affection for his daughter, also known as Gigi, is obvious from his social media profiles. One video posted to his Instagram shows him playing \"one-on-one with my baby Gigi\".\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 kobebryant 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 former LA Lakers star, 41, had been coaching Gianna's middle school team since his retirement.\n\nA clip which appears to show Bryant imparting advice about basketball went viral a few weeks ago.\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 Robert Mays 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\nPictures show Bryant coaching Gianna's basketball team on Saturday at the Mamba Sports Academy - a day before the crash.\n\n\"He had a clipboard, he was drawing up plays and talking to [the players],\" a person who was there told the New York Post.\n\nNBA commissioner Adam Silver said Bryant took \"special delight in passing down his love of the game to Gianna\".\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 kobebryant 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\nBryant clearly had faith in his daughter's ability. Last year, he told LA Times columnist Arash Markazi that his family name was in good hands with Gianna.\n\nPointing to Gianna, Bryant described his daughter as \"something else\".\n\nSpeaking to talk show host Jimmy Kimmel in 2018, Bryant said fans would often urge him to have a son to continue his legacy.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video has been removed for rights reasons\n\n\"The best thing that happens is when we go out and fans would come up to me and she'll be standing next to me, and they'll be like, 'You've gotta have a boy, you and V gotta have a boy. You gotta have somebody to carry on your tradition, the legacy.\n\n\"She's like, 'I got this',\" Bryant said. \"I'm like, 'that's right'. Yes, you do, you got this.\"\n\nNot only did Bryant support his daughter, he championed the development of women's basketball more broadly.\n\nHe tried to draw attention to the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) league which, since its founding in 1996, has steadily increased in popularity.\n\n\"The WNBA is a beautiful game to watch,\" Bryant told the LA Times last year.\n\nBryant was said to have had a special bond with Gianna\n\nAt present, 12 teams compete in the league, which runs from May to September. But like in many other professional sports, women are paid significantly less than their male counterparts.\n\nThe average pay for male NBA players this season is around $7.5m (£5.7m), according to data from Basketball Reference. In contrast, the average pay for female WNBA players is around $116,000, reports say.\n\nThe WNBA has attempted to address the pay disparity, recently agreeing major pay rises with the union that represents players.", "Dua Lipa, Harry Styles, Camila Cabello, Calvin Harris, AJ Tracey and Biffy Clyro have been announced for this year's Radio 1 Big Weekend.\n\nThey're the first names confirmed for the 2020 event, which will take place in Dundee.\n\nIt's happening in Camperdown Park on Friday 22 to Sunday 24 May 2020 - with 70,000 people expected to attend.\n\nThis will be Big Weekend's 17th year, having taken place in Stewart Park, Middlesbrough in 2019.\n\nDua Lipa has promised fans they'll hear new music from her second album when she performs at Big Weekend.\n\n\"Can't wait to perform some tracks from the new album for you guys - hope you're all ready,\" she said in a statement.\n\nBiffy Clyro, Calvin Harris and AJ Tracey will perform - with more big name stars to be announced\n\nAnd Camila Cabello is looking forward to her trip to Scotland too.\n\n\"I am beyond excited to be coming back to Big Weekend! It's going to super fun to perform for you guys in Scotland,\" the singer says.\n\nHarry Styles said he's \"absolutely thrilled\" to be back at Big Weekend.\n\n\"It's the start of the summer and the crowds in Scotland are always insane. See you soon Dundee,\" he added.\n\nThis won't be the first time Big Weekend has taken place in Dundee - it was previously held at Camperdown Park in 2006.\n\nPink, Sugababes, The Streets, Snow Patrol, Paolo Nutini and Muse were among the big names who performed that year.\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. Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Holocaust survivors lit candles at the ceremony\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have joined genocide survivors to light candles at an International Holocaust Memorial Day event in London.\n\nThe royals, PM Boris Johnson and faith leaders attended the service in London, to mark 75 years since the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz was liberated.\n\nThe duke gave a reading and the couple spoke to survivors of the Holocaust and more recent genocides.\n\nEarlier, dozens of world leaders joined survivors at Auschwitz in Poland.\n\nAt Central Hall in Westminster, survivors of the Holocaust and other genocides, and their relatives, spoke of their experiences during an hour-long event hosted by BBC newsreader Huw Edwards.\n\nAnd there were dramatic readings of first-hand accounts of the horrors experienced during the genocide by actors Nina Wadia, Rebecca Front, Martin Shaw and Sir Simon Russell Beale.\n\nIn a speech, Prince William paid tribute to his great-grandmother Princess Alice, who he said risked her own life to save a Jewish family - the Cohens - in Athens in 1943.\n\nAlice's bravery was recognised by Israel which in 1993 posthumously bestowed the title of Righteous Among the Nations on her.\n\nThe service also commemorated genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur\n\nReading from a letter written by a friend of the princess, Prince William said: \"The members of the Cohen family left the residence three weeks after liberation, aware that... the princess's generosity and bravery had spared them from the Nazis.\"\n\nThe Duchess of Cambridge later praised survivors and their relatives for sharing their \"heartbreaking\" stories at the event and she said she and William found the ceremony \"very poignant\".\n\nMr Johnson told those listening he felt a \"deep sense of shame\" that anti-Semitism continued in the UK today.\n\nThe chief executive of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust said she was pleased the royal couple could attend\n\nThe duchess met Holocaust survivors, including Yvonne Bernstein, who she photographed\n\nThe PM said Britain seemed \"to be dealing with a resurgence of the virus of anti-Semitism\", saying: \"I know that I carry a responsibility as prime minister to do everything possible to stamp it out.\"\n\nHe vowed to ensure the horrors of the Holocaust were not forgotten and lent his support to the proposed National Holocaust Memorial and Education Centre near Parliament.\n\n\"As prime minister I promise that we will preserve this truth forever,\" he said.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has said he will \"never allow\" Britain to forget the Holocaust\n\nAmong those at the ceremony were the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and the Chief Rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis.\n\nThe UK commemoration in Westminster honoured survivors of the Holocaust - also known as the Shoah, in which millions of Jewish people were killed - Nazi persecution, and the genocides which followed in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur, according to organisers.\n\nAround one million people - the vast majority of them Jewish - were killed at Auschwitz in Nazi-occupied southern Poland before it was liberated by the Soviet army on 27 January 1945.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Holocaust survivor Steven Frank takes his teenage granddaughter Maggie on a journey to learn about his experiences\n\nSome 200 Holocaust survivors - including some who are now living in the UK - returned to the former Nazi death camp at Auschwitz for a commemoration.\n\nBatsheva Dagan, who was given the number 45054 on arrival at Auschwitz, told those gathered in Poland that \"human dignity did not belong\" at the camp.\n\n\"Quite the opposite,\" she said. \"Human dignity was trampled.\"\n\nEarlier on Monday, two portraits of Holocaust survivors taken by the Duchess of Cambridge for a forthcoming exhibition were released to mark the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.\n\nThe UK Holocaust Memorial Day commemorative event aired on BBC Two at 1900 GMT and will be available on the BBC iPlayer. soon.", "Kim Kyong Hui is seen here on the right, two seats away from Kim Jong-un\n\nThe aunt of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has been seen in public for the first time since the execution of her husband in 2013.\n\nKim Kyong-hui is the daughter of North Korea's founder, Kim Il-sung, and sister to former leader Kim Jong-il.\n\nShe had not been seen since her husband, Chang Song-thaek, was executed by her nephew for \"acts of treachery\".\n\nBut on Sunday, state media released a photo of her enjoying new year celebrations.\n\nThe photo, released by North Korea's state news agency KCNA, showed Kim Kyong-hui seated next to Kim Jong-un and his wife in a crowded theatre in Pyongyang. She was also included in the list of top-ranking officials in attendance.\n\nOliver Hotham, editor at NK News, which covers events in the reclusive nation, said the reappearance was a surprise.\n\n\"Many North Korea watchers had assumed that Kim Kyong-hui had gone into exile or even been killed in the wake of her husband's death,\" he told Reuters.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Concern is growing internationally for the stability of North Korea, as Lucy Williamson reports\n\nHer appearance seated next to the leader suggested she had retained - or regained - significant influence, he added - possibly as an advisor.\n\n\"It's also a reminder of how weird and brutal North Korea is, after all she's sitting next to the man who ordered her husband's execution.\"\n\nKim Kyong-hui and her husband Chang Song-thaek were major players within the North Korean state at the time of their nephew's ascension to power nearly a decade ago.\n\nMr Kim succeeded his father as leader in 2011, and it was widely believed that Mr Chang was one of his mentors during the transition.\n\nBut two years into the new leader's rule, Mr Chang was removed from a meeting by armed guards in dramatic fashion. Official statements claimed he had confessed to plotting to overthrow the state, and that he had been immediately executed.\n\nMany observers of the North Korean state believe he may have been considered a threat to the young leader, and killed as part of a purge.", "The nominees for the 62nd Grammy Awards have been announced in Los Angeles. Here's a summary of the key categories.\n\nBest new artist nominees Billie Eilish, Lizzo and Lil Nas X, with Finneas O'Connell\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.", "The swordfish was spotted in aerial footage\n\nA rare sighting of a swordfish has been made in Scottish waters.\n\nThe distinctive member of the billfish family was spotted when analysts were examining aerial footage shot during survey work about 27km (17 miles) off Inverbervie, Aberdeenshire.\n\nSwordfish are normally found in the warmer waters of the Caribbean or Mediterranean.\n\nIt is claimed to be only the second time the species has been seen in Scottish waters.\n\nSwordfish are normally found in warmer waters\n\nIt was identified swimming through SSE Renewables' Seagreen offshore wind farm site by HiDef Aerial Surveying, which had been commissioned to undertake aerial wildlife surveys of the site.\n\nThe fish was estimated to be 197cm (6.4ft).\n\nThe shots were taken in August last year.\n\nWalter Golet, from the University of Maine School of Marine Science, said: \"Swordfish have a huge latitudinal range, by the picture it appears to have a flat bill, and marlins (the only other confusion species) are all round.\"\n\nLis Royle, Seagreen's consent manager, said: \"We're pleased we've been able to help record the second ever spotting of a swordfish in Scottish waters.\n\n\"Whilst we don't expect the Seagreen swordfish to make an appearance again it was great to be able to capture this incredibly rare sighting during our survey work.\"\n\nIn 2009, a swordfish was landed by a surprised fisherman in the River Forth.\n• None BBC - Earth - The one thing everyone knows about swordfish is wrong\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Simon Pengelly starred in the advert which prompted jokes about Prince Harry stepping back from royal duties\n\nA man who starred as a handyman in an advert that went viral after Twitter users saw a resemblance to Prince Harry says the comparison has surprised him.\n\nThe Rated People advert displayed on the Tube in London prompted jokes the Duke of Sussex had already found a job after stepping back from royal duties.\n\nBut apparent lookalike Simon Pengelly from Brecon, Powys, said he was usually compared to actor Jason Statham.\n\n\"That photo was taken back in 2016... I normally have a shaved head,\" he said.\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 Mark Prisk 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\"Maybe one or two of the boys [have said I look like Prince Harry] because I have a ginger beard but not much really.\n\n\"He's not a bad looking chap but I prefer Jason Statham because he's got a bit more of a rep - but any comparisons to anyone is a compliment I suppose.\"\n\nMr Pengelly from Brecon, Powys, said he was usually compared to actor Jason Statham, pictured here\n\nResponding to an image of the advert, former Conservative MP Mark Prisk tweeted: \"Good to see the Duke of Sussex has already found work.\"\n\nJournalist Emma Lindsay tweeted: \"Fair play to Harry, he didn't hang about on his mission for financial independence #Megxit.\"\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\nAnother Twitter user BraillecatRacing tweeted: \"Well Harry wanted the common life.\"\n\nMr Pengelly, 36, said he had been \"inundated\" with messages and \"banter\" from friends - \"probably stuff you couldn't say\" - since the image was shared on social media.\n\nThe self-employed builder and actor, who has made appearances in Being Human and Merlin, said he hoped the attention would provide a boost to his burgeoning acting career.\n\n\"At the moment I'm trying to do both the building and the acting, the dream is to step away [from the building],\" he said.\n\nSimon Pengelly and his grandfather at the premiere film The Antwerp Dolls in which he starred\n\nAs for his thoughts on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex no longer being working members of the royal family, Mr Pengelly said he was \"not really bothered\".\n\n\"I've seen this thing about him going off to Canada but everyone's entitled to their own opinion and to live their own life,\" he said.\n\nEarlier this month, after the Duke and Duchess said they wanted to \"step back\" as senior royals and divide their time between the UK and Canada, Buckingham Palace announced they would no longer use their HRH titles, receive public funds for royal duties or formally represent the Queen.", "The Government has announced that a fast-track visa will open next month to attract the world's leading scientists.\n\nThe visas will have no cap on the numbers of suitably qualified people able to come to the UK.\n\nThe announcement follows a pledge last year by the PM to turn the UK into a \"supercharged magnet to attract scientists like iron filings\".\n\nResearchers remain concerned about the uncertainty of the UK's role in EU research programmes following Brexit.\n\nThe Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, said: \"The UK has a proud history of scientific discovery, but to lead the field and face the challenges of the future we need to continue to invest in talent and cutting-edge research.\n\n\"That is why as we leave the EU I want to send a message that the UK is open to the most talented minds in the world, and stand ready to support them to turn their ideas into reality.\"\n\nThe new visa system will begin on February 20 and managed by the UK Research and Innovation Agency (UKRI), which funds government research, rather than the Home Office. This is to ensure that suitable applicants are quickly assessed and fast-tracked by those qualified to asses their scientific credentials, rather than immigration officials.\n\nTacitly addressing concerns about the impact of Brexit on the UK's participation in international programmes, the government claims the scheme has been introduced in order to enable UK-based research projects to recruit the best scientists and mathematicians.\n\nThe announcement is a big win for research organisations who had been lobbying the government very hard for a fast-track visa system for leading researchers to mitigate what they feared would be a brain drain after Brexit.\n\nThey are especially pleased that UKRI, with the support of other so-called endorsed research organisations, can vouch for an applicant - instead of Home Office officials attempting to determine their scientific attainment.\n\nProf Sir Venki Ramakrishnan, president of the UK's Royal Society, was among those lobbying hardest for the system to be run by research organisations. He welcomed the announcement, saying the new visa would be \"attractive\" to talented researchers and specialists from all over the world - and at all stages of their careers.\n\n\"It sends out a positive message that the UK is committed to remaining open to overseas science talent who would collaborate with our outstanding home-grown minds,\" he said.\n\n\"What is good for science is good for everybody, and can help tackle important challenges such as climate change or disease.\"\n\nSir Venki added: \"The government has listened to the research community, and this is an important first step in creating the visa system that we need for attracting global scientific talent - one that is welcoming, faster and more flexible, and takes into account the long-term aspirations of scientists and their families.\"\n\nBut Dr Robert Massey, deputy director of the Royal Astronomical Society tweeted that he was concerned the system would still restrict the entry of young, up-and-coming researchers.\n\nHe gave it \"a cautious welcome\", adding: \"The issues will still though be about calling for the 'most talented', which isn't a label many early career researchers identify with.\"\n\nBBC News reported last year that, after Brexit, science is one of the top priorities for the PM's chief aide, Dominic Cummings.\n\nSenior research leaders have confirmed that they have been in talks with Mr Cummings and the Science Minister Chris Skidmore in Downing Street.\n\nThe talks focused on how best to spend a possible multi-billion pound increase in research funding. The outcome may be announced in the March budget.\n\nEU researchers account for about half of the total UK scientific workforce of 211,000.\n\nCurrently, they do not need visas to work in British labs. But freedom of movement between the UK and EU is expected to end after the Brexit transition period on 31 December 2020.\n\nThe government says it will introduce an Australian-style points-based system by January 2021.\n\nBoris Johnson previously said he wants to draw scientists to the supercharged magnet of Britain \"like iron filings\"\n\nSir Jim McDonald, president of the Royal Academy of Engineering, said he was \"delighted\" to see that the new visa system would be run by researchers rather than civil servants.\n\nHe commented: \"The new arrangements will allow awardees of a much larger range of UK and international fellowships to receive fast-track visas through the academies, while UKRI will administer a route that awards fast-track visas to principals and named team members of research and innovation grants from a range of endorsed funders.\"\n\nThe head of UKRI, Prof Sir Mark Walport, said: \"Today's announcements further underline the importance of research and innovation to the future success of the UK and the government's continued commitment and investment.\"\n\nLabour's spokesperson for industrial strategy, Chi Onwurah, said additional support and recognition for science should be welcomed.\n\nBut she added that the new measures \"suggest a lack of understanding of innovation, which depends on scientists, researchers, engineers and technicians at all levels and not just a few 'top talent'\".\n\nChi Onwurah said the new visa rules \"suggest a lack of understanding\" by solely focusing on \"top talent\"\n\n\"Ending the Erasmus scheme, denying visas to scientists from Africa and Asia, imposing a minimum salary of £30,000, these all adversely affect the richness and quality of our scientific base,\" she said.\n\nChristine Jardine, from the Liberal Democrats, said the announcement suggests Mr Johnson \"doesn't understand\" what makes the UK science sector successful.\n\n\"Science relies on thousands of researchers, and this announcement does nothing for the vast majority of them. If the government is serious about championing UK science, it must prioritise continued mobility as part of our future relationship with the EU,\" she said.", "The Scottish Events Campus includes the Armadillo and the SSE Hydro\n\nIf the Glasgow climate conference fails to deliver, it could mark the end of the global approach to tackling the problem.\n\nCOP26 in November will see around 200 world leaders meet to agree a new, long term deal on rising temperatures.\n\nBut according to Claire O'Neill, the president of COP26, the UK has \"one shot\" at making it a success.\n\nShe told a BBC documentary that if Glasgow fails, people will question the whole UN approach.\n\nCOP26 marks a critical moment for the UN in the long running effort to find a global solution to climate change.\n\nAs part of the Paris climate deal, agreed in 2015, countries are meant to update their carbon cutting plans by the end of this year.\n\nSo far, 114 say they have done this, or are in the process of doing so this year.\n\nAnother 120 countries have now told the UN that they have either agreed on plans to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 or are working towards that goal.\n\nWhile this represents some progress, a key part of the Glasgow meeting will be trying to push countries to go even further.\n\nIn December, there was widespread dismay after countries failed to agree on more ambitious steps at the Madrid conference of the parties known as COP25.\n\nThe messy compromise in the Spanish capital has also left a raft of complex issues unresolved, including the use of carbon markets, plus the question of compensation for loss and damage suffered by poorer nations from storms and rising sea levels.\n\nUnderpinning the lack of progress in Madrid was the huge gap between big emitters such as Brazil, Australia, India, China and US and an alliance of countries wanting to go much faster including the European Union, small island states and vulnerable nations.\n\nFormer UK minister Claire O'Neill has been tasked with presiding over COP26 and delivering an agreement acceptable to all.\n\nUN talks in Madrid ended in disappointment with many decisions kicked down the road\n\nWidely seen as knowledgeable and authoritative, Ms O'Neill says that Glasgow is the best, and perhaps last chance to make progress under the long drawn out UN process.\n\n\"I think we have one shot,\" she said, speaking to the BBC at the end of the Madrid conference in December.\n\n\"I think if we don't have a successful outcome next year people will legitimately look at us and say 'what are you doing, is there a better way?'\n\n\"I think we have this amazing opportunity to get the world together to talk about ambition but crucially to deliver it, and I guess I am really determined to do that.\"\n\nScientists say that to keep the rise in global temperatures under 1.5C this century, a major upgrade is needed on the plans that countries are already applying to the problem.\n\nDelivering anything close to that type of deal in Glasgow will depend on a number of key meetings in the run up to COP26.\n\nOne of the most important is the summit between the President of China, Xi Jinping and EU leaders in Leipzig in September.\n\nIf the EU can persuade China to put an ambitious new climate plan on the table, it will significantly improve the chances of success in Glasgow.\n\n\"For China to enhance it's climate targets or not will be primarily a political and diplomatic decision, and that is precisely why the European engagement at the diplomatic level will be critical for us to unlock further climate ambition from Beijing,\" said Li Shuo from Greenpeace China.\n\n\"But the EU will have to have its own climate plan enhanced before the EU-China summit, and I think that's the only way to make that summit meaningful.\n\n\"The good news is that the Chinese president is coming and that provides a high level opportunity.\"\n\nThe influence of Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has grown rapidly\n\nHowever, many experts are concerned that China won't show its hand until they know who will be the next president of the United States - that election will take place just six days before the meeting in Glasgow opens.\n\nTo achieve a deal, the UK will need to persuade some of the more reluctant countries like India, Brazil and Australia that it is in their interest to agree to increase their ambitions.\n\nRachel Kyte is now Dean of the Fletcher School at Tufts University, but was previously the World Bank's special envoy on climate change.\n\nShe believes that agreement in Glasgow will need the UK to help shift the narrative - that a new climate deal offers more opportunities for countries than challenges.\n\n\"This is completely within our means. Most of the technology we need, we have. Most of the finance we have, it's just sloshing around in the economy just really inefficiently purposed at the moment,\" she said.\n\n\"Governments and leaders need to understand they will be rewarded for being on the right side of history and for taking the risk, and it is one worth taking.\n\n\"It's an exciting future, it's cleaner, the air will be better - we'll have better jobs, it is not a sacrifice, it is something we owe ourselves.\"", "For a long time, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has sidestepped talking at length about his role in the fraught political journey of Brexit in the last few years.\n\nBut with just a few days until the UK's departure, he opened up a little, in an interview with me, about what happened, and what might unfold next.\n\nThe Taoiseach suggested that the EU will have the upper hand in the upcoming trade negotiations, saying: \"We have a population and a market of 450 million people, the UK it's about 60, so if these were two teams up against each other playing football, who do you think has the stronger team?\"\n\nHe also warned against any UK attempt to get a \"piecemeal\" deal with the EU, saying: \"When I hear people talk about piecemeal, it sounds a bit like cake and eat it,\" and added \"That isn't something that will fly in Europe.\"\n\nBut when I asked him if Ireland had been too stubborn in the last couple of years, he suggested that it was the UK had misread the first phase of Brexit, suggesting that many people in Westminster and Britain \"don't understand Ireland\".\n\nHe said there was an imagined scenario that France, Germany and Britain would get together at a big summit and tell the small countries what's what. But he said: \"That's not the way the 21st Century works. That's certainly not the way the EU works\".\n\nEchoing other leaders, Mr Varadkar also questioned the the timetable set by Boris Johnson to get a trade deal with the rest of the EU by the end of the year.\n\nHe disagreed with the Prime Minister's claim that there is \"bags of time\", saying: \"It will be difficult to do this,\" and suggesting that there might have to be an extension to the next part of the Brexit process, beyond the end of this year, to finalise a trade deal.\n\nHe did however pledge to work \"night and day\" to try and get it done and said: \"We won't be dragging our feet\".\n\nThe Taoiseach said to get a deal there would have to be legal assurances that the UK would not undercut the EU, agreeing a \"common set of minimum standards\", that would have to be \"high standards\".\n\nThere is no question it's going to be a key area of contention in the coming months, saying that he did trust Boris Johnson, but that it was in \"black and white\" that were would have to be some checks on goods going from Great Britain into Northern Ireland, despite Boris Johnson's repeated insistence that there will not have to be.\n\nMr Varadkar and Mr Johnson held private talks in a bid to break the Brexit deadlock at Thornton Manor Hotel, on The Wirral, Cheshire.\n\nLooking back, Mr Varadkar said he had been genuinely afraid that the UK might have left the EU without a deal, but that a meeting between the two men on the Wirral in the autumn had provided the \"crucial moment\".\n\nHe said the progress at the summit was the \"simple story\" of \"two guys in a room… talking turkey\" without their staff present, where they found a way that they could move forward.\n\n\"I knew when I was leaving Liverpool Airport that things were looking promising again,\" he said.\n\nMichel Barnier will visit the Irish leader again today, another statement of intent about how Ireland's position will be taken into consideration by the EU at large, a situation that the government here in Dublin has no wish to leave behind.", "At least 22 private clinics offer hymen-repair surgery in the UK\n\nCampaigners are urging the government to outlaw \"virginity repair\" surgery.\n\nMany Muslim women risk being outcast, or in extreme cases killed, if their spouses or families discover they have had sex before marriage.\n\nAnd some are opting for a medical procedure in which doctors restore a layer of membrane at the entrance to the vagina.\n\nBut there are concerns a ban would increase the dangers to Muslim women by driving the procedure underground.\n\nGuidelines from the General Medical Council (GMC) state a patient's consent to undergo a procedure should come into question if it is suspected of being \"given under pressure or duress exerted by another person\".\n\nHalaleh Taheri, founder of Middle Eastern Women and Society Organisation told BBC News of a Moroccan student in hiding in London after being told her father had hired someone to murder her.\n\nAfter coming to the UK in 2014 to study, the woman, now 26, had met a man and they had moved in together.\n\nBut when her father had found out about their relationship, he had demanded she return to Morocco, where he had taken her to a clinic for a \"virginity test\" and discovered her hymen was no longer intact.\n\nMuslim women are being shamed into the procedure, campaigners say\n\nShe fled back to London but now lives in constant fear her father will find out where she lived.\n\nA Moroccan-born assistant teacher, 40, told the BBC that after being forced to go through with the procedure in her 20s, she could not imagine pressuring her children into doing the same.\n\n\"I would never, ever do such a thing to them. I try to teach them to be free.\"\n\nThere are currently at least 22 private clinics across the UK offering hymen-repair surgery, according to a recent investigation for The Sunday Times.\n\nThey charge up to £3,000 for the surgery, which takes about an hour.\n\nWomen's rights campaigners say that such clinics are profiting from Muslims afraid of what could happen to them if they are not \"pure\" for their wedding night.\n\nAnd many detail the procedure on their websites, with London's Gynae Centre telling women who visit its site \"some marriages are even annulled\" when a husband discovers his wife's hymen has been broken.\n\nBBC News contacted the clinic for comment but has not received a response.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said he would be investigating ways to end this \"dreadful practice,\" but the Department of Health declined to comment on how a potential ban would be enforced.\n\nBut Miss Taheri said: \"Girls could end up dying if banning this procedure isn't done with proper care.\"\n\nDr Khalid Khan, professor of Women's Health at Barts and the London School of Medicine, who has witnessed the procedure first hand, said a ban \"isn't an appropriate response\".\n\nAnd as long as \"good quality information\" was made available to patients, the decision should be left up to individual women.\n\n\"I believe doctors' motives are genuinely for protection against abuse,\" he added.\n\nHowever, Dr Naomi Crouch, who chairs the British Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology, worries about women and girls being coerced into a procedure with \"zero medical benefit\".\n\n\"The duties of a doctor are made clear in standards set out by the GMC,\" she said.\n\n\"We as healthcare professions are bound by an oath to do no harm to patients and any reputable service engaging in these procedures is open to audit and scrutiny.\"\n\nColin Melville, medical director and director of education and standards at the GMC said that it's vital that doctors consider the \"vulnerabilities and psychological needs of their patients\" first.\n\nThere has been a rise in the number of women having cosmetic surgery on their genitals\n\n\"If a patient is under undue pressure from others to take a particular course, their consent may not be voluntary. If a doctor judges that a child or young person does not want a cosmetic intervention, it should not be performed,\" he said.\n\nOther cosmetic genital procedures, such as labiaplasty, which involves the lips of the vagina being shortened or reshaped, have become increasingly popular, especially among younger women, from all types of background in the UK.\n\nAnd campaigners say there is little known about the long-term effects of these procedures and are concerned women are not receiving enough psychological support before opting for surgery.\n\nMiss Taheri said: \"These women on some level don't see themselves as anything more than an object to be desired, rather a human being.\n\n\"For Muslim women, the drive is feelings of shame and the fear of punishment.\n\n\"For others, it is down to a lack of satisfaction with their own bodies, being fuelled by what society is telling them is normal.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC Panorama has obtained a 999 call, made by a family who broke down on a smart motorway\n\nThirty-eight people have been killed on smart motorways in the last five years, the government has told BBC Panorama.\n\nIt is the first time that the total number of deaths has been reported.\n\nSmart motorways have been criticised because they do not have a hard shoulder and drivers who break down can be trapped in the speeding traffic.\n\nThe network is facing an overhaul with the results of a government review due to be announced shortly.\n\nA Freedom of Information (FoI) request sent by Panorama to Highways England revealed that on one section of the M25, outside London, the number of near misses had risen 20-fold since the hard shoulder was removed in April 2014.\n\nIn the five years before the road was converted into a smart motorway there were just 72 near misses. In the five years after, there were 1,485.\n\nA \"near miss\" is counted every time there is an incident with \"the potential to cause injury or ill health\".\n\nThe FoI request also revealed that one warning sign on the same stretch of the M25 had been out of action for 336 days.\n\nThe idea behind smart motorways was to improve the flow of traffic through the most congested parts of the network by using the hard shoulder as an extra lane.\n\nThe figure of 38 deaths over five years on the smart motorway network is significant because it only makes up a small proportion of the total miles of road.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps told BBC Panorama he wants to fix smart motorways because they are too confusing for drivers.\n\nTransport Secretary, Grant Shapps told BBC Panorama that smart motorways have to be as safe or safer than normal motorways.\n\nHe said: \"We absolutely have to have these as safe or safer than regular motorways or we shouldn't have them at all.\"\n\nA government review, the results of which are due to be announced shortly, is expected to recommend reforms to improve safety.\n\nPanorama understands that radar will be fitted across the whole smart motorway network over the next three years.\n\nThe car detection system - which is currently only fitted on two sections of the M25 - can spot stranded vehicles as soon as drivers break down.\n\nNationally, motorists currently have to wait an average of 17 minutes to be spotted, and a further 17 minutes before they are rescued.\n\nThe government is also planning to scrap so-called dynamic hard shoulders, which are sometimes used as a hard shoulder and sometimes used as a live lane for traffic.\n\nThe BBC understands there will also be more emergency lay-bys.\n\nIt is unlikely to satisfy road safety campaigners.\n\nThe former government minister who approved the roll-out of smart motorways told Panorama he was misled about the risks of taking away the hard shoulder.\n\nSir Mike Penning agreed to the expansion in 2010 after a successful pilot on the M42 near Birmingham.\n\nThe pilot worked well because there were safe stopping points for motorists, called emergency safety refuges, on average every 600 metres.\n\nBut when the scheme was expanded across the country, the safety refuges were placed further apart. On some sections, they are 2.5 miles apart.\n\n\"They are endangering people's lives,\" said the Conservative MP. \"There are people that are being killed and seriously injured on these roads, and it should never have happened.\"\n\nAn all-party group of MPs, led by Sir Mike, will publish a report on Monday that accuses Highways England of \"a shocking degree of carelessness\".\n\nThe MPs say there should be no further roll-out of smart motorways until further research is conducted into their safety.\n\nEight-year-old Dev Naran (right) was killed on a smart motorway when he was on his way home from visiting his critically ill brother.\n\nHighways England said the plans to expand smart motorways were approved by ministers and that it was working to gather the facts about safety.\n\nA spokesperson said: \"Any death on our roads is one too many, and our deepest sympathies remain with the family and friends of those who lost their lives.\"\n\nEight-year-old Dev Naran was killed on a smart motorway when he was on his way home from visiting his critically ill brother in Birmingham Children's Hospital.\n\nHis grandfather stopped the car on the inside lane of the M6 and the vehicle was hit by a lorry 45 seconds later.\n\nMum Meera Naran told the programme that after the accident Dev's body was then taken back to the hospital where his brother was being treated.\n\n\"I had both my boys, one fighting for his life still and Dev just there. It wasn't right, my two sons, one really sick, and the healthy one left me.\"\n\nAA president Edmund King said that taking away the hard shoulder had made breakdowns on the motorway more dangerous.\n\n\"It's just the most awful situation when you've broken down and your kids are in the back of the car, and there's nothing you can do to protect your kids.\n\n\"I certainly believe smart motorways are a scandal because, as we've been saying from the outset, they are dangerous, they're not fit for purpose.\"\n\nPanorama, Britain's Killer Motorways? is on BBC One at 20:30 GMT on Monday 27 January, or watch later on iPlayer", "It's been two years since the Presidents Club charity closed down amid anger over its men-only dinners at which waitresses were allegedly groped.\n\nBut now a range of branded clothing has revived memories of the scandal - and stockists include Mike Ashley's House of Fraser chain.\n\nAmong the clothes are figure-hugging black dresses emblazoned with a logo bearing the name The Presidents Club.\n\nFemale entrepreneurs described the range as \"disgraceful\" and \"insulting\".\n\nIn January 2018, the Presidents Club hit the headlines after it emerged that waitresses at its annual fund-raising event were told to wear revealing clothing and put up with sexual harassment from guests.\n\nAlthough the charity no longer exists, the brand has been registered as a trademark by Manchester-based businessman Martyn Warden, as first reported by the Mail on Sunday.\n\nIts website says that the company believes \"fashion is more than a choice, it's an experience\".\n\nHouse of Fraser also offers the range for both men and women from its own website.\n\nWomen entrepreneurs contacted by the BBC reacted angrily to the range of clothing and to Mr Ashley's involvement.\n\n\"As a business owner and mother of two daughters, I am surprised and disappointed that in this day and age, someone like Mike Ashley should seek to exploit misogynistic practices for commercial gain,\" said Sonal Keay, founder of fashion firm This Is Silk.\n\n\"In an era where businesses are supposed to contribute positively towards all stakeholders, which includes wider society, it is an insulting move and I hope that his actions are condemned and ignored.\"\n\nKathryn Colas, founder and chief executive of women's advice and support service Simply Hormones, said: \"The clothing is disgraceful, insulting the image of professional working women today.\"\n\nGiovanna Forte, chief executive of medical equipment firm Forte Medical, said: \"The concept is clearly an opportunistic attempt at exploiting a scandal.\n\n\"Whilst I cannot see anything too controversial about the designs - I've seen far more revealing in High Street retailers - it's up to women to vote with their wallets as to whether or not they wish to support the brand and its implications.\n\n\"The greater fuss that's made, the greater publicity will be generated and the more successful the exploitation.\n\n\"Much like the trousers on Presidents Club members, publicity around the clothing range just needs to be zipped up.\"\n\nBy contrast, Lu Li, founder of female entrepreneurs' support service Blooming Founders, objected to both the brand and the clothing.\n\n\"You can only wear this type of dress if you go bra-less,\" she told the BBC. \"There are very few people who can wear that type of dress naturally.\"\n\nShe added: \"It's reinforcing the message to young women that you're not pretty enough, you're not thin enough.\n\n\"It's taking a brand with a bad reputation and actually doubling down on what made it bad in the first place.\"\n\nFrasers Group, which owns House of Fraser, and the Presidents Club have both been approached for comment by the BBC.", "Outbound trains in Wuhan have been stopped\n\nThere have been widely-shared reports on social media and some state-run services that healthcare services in Wuhan - one of China's largest cities - are under strain following the outbreak of coronavirus.\n\nHu Xijin, the editor of state-run newspaper Global Times, said there had been a \"failure\" to contain the virus, and videos of patients queuing to get seen in hospitals.\n\nHowever, other Communist-party outlets have praised the response to the outbreak.\n\nWuhan is a major transit hub with a population of about 11 million people, and has effectively been put on lockdown, along with other major cities in the region, in an unprecedented move to stop the spread of the virus.\n\nThe city serves as the main economic hub for the wider province, Hubei, and has the most advanced healthcare facilities in the region.\n\nThe metropolitan area has seven major hospitals - considered some of the best in China, with Tong Ji Hospital ranked third nationally - treating patients.\n\nIt has seven more hospitals supporting the efforts, and 61 clinics around the city which are testing patients for symptoms of the virus. A local government report from 2014 included Wuhan among the top six cities for medical treatment in the country - although it ranks behind Beijing and Shanghai.\n\nIn terms of capacity, the report said Wuhan had 6.51 hospital beds and 3.08 doctors per 1,000 people - this isn't a straightforward indication of healthcare capacity (more doctors doesn't always mean better healthcare), but it does rank Wuhan among the more developed places in the world. The UK and US have 2.8 and 2.6 doctors per 1,000 heads, respectively.\n\nSo - is is this enough for a such a large city undergoing a mass shutdown?\n\nThe lockdown in Wuhan has caused panic in the city - the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that containing a large city like this is \"new to science\".\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 Xinyan Yu 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\nHubei as a province has a lower number of doctors per 1,000 people, at 2.55 according to the latest government statistics.\n\n\"It's yet to be seen whether the costs associated with this kind of mass quarantine measure (not just financially, but with respect to personal liberty too) will translate into effective infection control,\" said Dr. Maia Majumder, an expert at Harvard Medical School in the US, who is tracking the virus.\n\nHubei has declared a \"Grade 1 public health emergency\", the most severe level - that means the response is led centrally from Beijing by the State Council, the government's cabinet.\n\nBeijing has tried to allay concerns by sending more healthcare professionals, and constructing two hospitals from scratch providing more than 2,000 extra beds.\n\nReports from state-run media say there are 405 medical staff from Shanghai and 205 staff from Guangdong travelling to the region.\n\nThey're also expanding existing capacity in other facilities.\n\nThe government has also assigned 21 centres in Hubei province to help co-ordinate treatment, and train local health officials.\n\nProfessor Shenglan Tang, an expert in global health at Duke University in the US, says there are concerns that rural areas will struggle to cope.\n\n\"I'm confident that the health centres in Wuhan will be able to handle the outbreak, but I am a bit worried about Hubei province - rural workers have gone back home from Wuhan to celebrate Chinese New Year, and in these areas the hospital capacity is weak,\" said Professor Tang.\n\nDespite resilient rhetoric from the government, people are expressing concern about the city's ability to cope with the outbreak.\n\nThe BBC spoke to a number of people in the region who said that getting test results was taking longer than officials are claiming.\n\nWe were told that in some cases medical staff lack equipment and doctors are overstretched. There are also claims that local government, which was apparently made aware of the outbreak in mid-December, ignored initial warning signs.\n\nWe haven't been able to independently verify these claims.\n\nThe government has called for people to report poor medical responses to an online \"inspection\" platform.\n\nThe regional government has issued a statement appealing for donations to help with the response, including asking for facemasks.", "The virus originated in Wuhan City, Hubei province, and has infected 2,000 people since its discovery.\n\nAn airlift for Britons stuck in China's Hubei province by the coronavirus outbreak is being kept \"under review\", the government has said.\n\nBrexit Secretary Stephen Barclay told Andrew Marr it was a \"fast-moving situation\" and the Foreign Office was working with Chinese authorities.\n\nUpdated Foreign Office guidance has warned against all travel to Hubei province - where the virus began - and urged Britons to leave if they can.\n\nThe virus has so far killed 56 people.\n\nA total of 52 tests have come back negative for the new strain in the UK, the Department of Health said on Sunday - indicating that the results of 21 tests have been concluded since its last update on Saturday.\n\nHubei province has been on lockdown for days as the authorities try to contain the virus which originated in the city of Wuhan and has infected almost 2,000 people since its discovery.\n\nSome British people in Hubei province say they are stuck and are unhappy with the government response.\n\nTony, from the UK, told BBC News he was en route to Wuhan when travel restrictions were first published by the British government. He is now in the city with his Chinese wife and her family.\n\nHe said: \"The feeling of many here is that the government are sacrificing the Wuhan people for the greater good of the country.\n\n\"The transport situation has made it difficult for people to go to those jobs that should still be done.\"\n\nTony said he tried to contact the British Consulate in Wuhan and the UK embassy in Beijing \"but the answer phone message has not been updated\".\n\nBritons Sophie and Jason, young graduates in Wuhan to teach English, said they had \"been stuck in the house for four days\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Britons in Wuhan: 'It's manic, everyone is trying to stockpile food'\n\n\"We're frustrated by the fact we don't know what's going on,\" Sophie said. \"It's scary.\"\n\nYvonne Griffiths, a university lecturer from Cardiff, was due to fly home on Monday, but her family have told BBC Wales the journey has been cancelled.\n\nShe said: \"I am disappointed at the absolute silence on the issue of how stranded people are going to get home.\"\n\nDr Yvonne Griffiths is in a hotel room in Wuhan\n\nDr Griffths' daughter Bethan Webber said a government airlift would now be her mother's only option.\n\n\"Short of the government getting her out there's no getting out,\" she said.\n\nChinese President Xi Jinping has warned the spread of the virus is accelerating, telling senior officials the country is facing a \"grave situation\".\n\nCheckpoints in Hubei province are preventing people from leaving, the airport has been closed, and many of the roads are blocked to all vehicles except those carrying patients or medical supplies.\n\nChina's health minister Ma Xiaowei told reporters the ability of the virus to spread appeared to be strengthening.\n\nBritish scientists have said that it may not be possible for China to contain the virus.\n\nResearchers at the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Diseases have calculated that each person is passing the virus on to two or three others.\n\nThe scientists, based at Imperial College, London, say the transmission rate needs to be cut by 60% in order to get on top of the outbreak.\n\nIn the UK, tests on 31 people suspected of contracting the virus have come back negative, the government said on Saturday.\n\nIn its most recent update, the Department of Health said there are currently \"no confirmed cases in the UK or of UK citizens abroad, and the risk to the public is low\".\n\nOfficials are trying to trace around 2,000 people who have flown to the UK from Wuhan in the past fortnight.\n\nMore people have been spotted wearing masks in London in recent days where many are celebrating the Lunar New Year.\n\nOn Saturday, Australia confirmed its first four cases - first in Melbourne, and then three more in Sydney.\n\nIt has also spread to Europe, with three cases confirmed in France.\n\nChina has flown specialist military medical teams into Hubei province and state newspaper the People's Daily reported that a second emergency hospital was under construction, as the virus continues to spread.\n\nAcross mainland China, travellers are having their temperatures checked for signs of fever, and train stations have been shut in several cities. Many Lunar New Year celebrations have been cancelled.\n\nFrom Monday, China is suspending all foreign trips by Chinese holiday tour groups, state media reported.\n\nA nationwide ban on wildlife trade has been welcomed by animal protection groups.\n\nKate Nustedt of World Animal Protection said she the move would \"put a stop to the horrific conditions that serve as such a lethal hotbed of disease\".\n\nMeanwhile the US has announced that staff at the Wuhan consulate will be evacuated on a special flight on Tuesday.", "Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp and his first-team players will not be involved in the FA Cup fourth-round replay against Shrewsbury Town, the Reds manager has said.\n\nThe Premier League leaders surrendered a two-goal advantage against the League One side on Sunday after Klopp had made nine changes to the starting line-up.\n\nAt least four Premier League teams will need replays, which are scheduled for Tuesday 4 and Wednesday 5 February, meaning they will cut into the new mid-season break which runs between 2 and 16 February.\n\n\"I said to the boys already two weeks ago that we will have a winter break, which means we will not be there,\" said Klopp.\n\n\"You cannot deal with us like nobody cares about it. I know that it's not very popular but that's the way I see it.\n\n\"The Premier League asked us to respect the winter break. That's what we do. If the FA doesn't respect that, then we cannot change it. We will not be there.\"\n\nKlopp said it \"will be the kids who play\" and also confirmed that reserve coach Neil Critchley, who took charge of the Carabao Cup quarter-final loss to Aston Villa in December while the first team were playing the World Club Cup, will again be in the dugout.\n\n\"We have to respect the players' welfare. They need a rest. They need a mental rest, a physical rest, and that's what the winter break is all about,\" said Klopp.\n\n\"We had to make these decisions beforehand because these boys have families.\"\n\nAs well as Shrewsbury's visit to Anfield, Newcastle will travel to Oxford after a 0-0 draw at St James' Park.\n\nTottenham and Southampton will have to meet again after drawing 1-1 on the south coast, with the date currently set for Wednesday, 5 February.\n\nAll replays could be moved for TV coverage.\n\nWhat and when is the winter break?\n\nThis is the first season the Premier League has scheduled a winter break, albeit with a different format to leagues on the continent who take a few weeks off over Christmas.\n\nIn a letter sent to clubs from the Premier League in March, teams were told they were \"expected to honour and respect the underlining rationale for the mid-season player break, namely to provide their players with a break from the physical and mental rigours of playing matches during the season\".\n\n\"Clubs should not arrange competitive or friendly matches with other clubs during the mid-season player break,\" the letter continued.\n\nIn the winter break, four Premier League matches will take place on the weekend of 8 February, with the other six the following weekend - with all the games on at different times and televised.\n\nThis means that every team should have 13-16 days between games.\n\nBut it may not pan out like that...\n\nWhose winter break is most affected by FA Cup replays?\n\nSouthampton are the worst affected and will only have 10 days between their replay against Spurs, if it is played on 5 February, and a home game against Burnley in the league.\n\n\"Because the rules are not the best, we have another game, in a break in the season,\" said Saints manager Ralph Hasenhuttl, who has managed in the German Bundesliga. \"I don't understand this but, OK, we have to do it. It's for us not perfect but we must accept it.\"\n\nSpurs and Liverpool will have 11 days off instead of two weeks.\n\nIf Newcastle have to play their replay at Oxford on 4 February, three days after a Premier League game against Norwich, they will only have 12 days off before their trip to Arsenal.\n\nHad any of those sides been scheduled to play in the first weekend of the winter break, they would have had two full weeks off.\n\n\"It's a ridiculous situation,\" said Bruce. \"You're supposed to have a week off then all of a sudden they've shoved replays in there. What's the point?\"\n\nWhen else could the replays be?\n\nIt is understood the FA is committed to working with clubs to maintain a winter break for Premier League teams. But it is unclear where any rearranged games could be moved to.\n\nThe fifth-round games are on the week starting Monday, 2 March - scheduled for midweek for the first time to help free up Premier League teams for the winter break - so replays would clearly need to be played before then.\n\nOxford play nine games in February - on every Saturday and Tuesday (subject to the final date of the Newcastle game) so there are no free dates for their replay.\n\nThe midweek after the replays are scheduled would fall in between the two rounds of winter-break Premier League games so make even less sense, and the week after that (starting 17 February) sees Spurs and Liverpool play in the Champions League.\n\nSpurs and Southampton are free on the Tuesday and Wednesday before the fifth-round ties, although the game would have to be played on the same night as Champions League ties.", "The genre awards are being handed out ahead of the main ceremony\n\nDolly Parton has won her 10th competitive Grammy Award, as \"music's biggest night\" kicks off in LA.\n\nThe country star picked up best contemporary Christian song for God Only Knows, a duet with King & Country.\n\nRap star Lil Nas X also won two awards for his viral hit Old Town Road: Best video and best pop group performance.\n\nMany recipients have paid tribute to basketball star Kobe Bryant, who played for 20 years at the Staples Arena, where the Grammys are taking place.\n\nRecording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr opened the pre-show, where the bulk of the night's 84 awards are distributed, by recognising the star's contribution.\n\n\"As most of you may know, we lost Kobe Bryant in a tragic helicopter accident today,\" Mason said,\n\n\"Since we are in his house, I would ask you to join me in a moment of silence.\"\n\nIt is thought Alicia Keys will commence the main ceremony with a further tribute to Bryant and his family.\n\nHundreds of fans have gathered outside the venue after the star died in a helicopter accident earlier in the day; while his image is being projected on screens around the arena.\n\nInside, musician John Legend said he was \"sad and stunned\" by the news.\n\n\"It's a very solemn day,\" added Motown legend Smokey Robinson. \"It's horrible.\"\n\nDJ Khaled added that a planned tribute to rapper Nipsey Hussle would be expanded to recognise Bryant.\n\n\"To be honest with you, it's real tough,\" he said. \"It's a real tough day. It's devastating.\"\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 John Legend 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 Rachel Nichols This article contains content provided by Twitter. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe tribute to Hussle, who was shot dead in Los Angeles last year, will come hours after he won a posthumous Grammy, best rap performance, for his song Racks In The Middle.\n\nThe trophy was collected by his family, including his grandmother, who told the audience: \"I want to thank all of you for sharing the love I felt for him for all of his life\".\n\nParton wasn't present to accept her award, but King and Country told the story of how she had ended up singing on a remix of their hit single.\n\n\"She said, 'I love this song because it's reaching to the marginalised, to the depressed, the suicidal, which is all of us at some point,'\" said the duo. \"And then she said, in her Dolly accent, 'I'm going to take this song from Dollywood to Bollywood to Hollywood.'\"\n\nNipsey Hussle's family attended the ceremony to collect his award\n\nOther early winners included British dance act The Chemical Brothers, whose single Got To Keep On was named best dance recording; and Michelle Obama, who won best spoken word recording for the audiobook of her memoir, Becoming.\n\nBeyoncé's Homecoming, which captured her historic headline performance at the Coachella music festival, won best music film,\n\nSpanish singer Rosalía also picked up best Latin recording for her album El Mal Querer - and said she was looking forward to her \"flamenco-inspired\" performance during the main ceremony, which starts at 01:00 GMT on Monday, 27 January.\n\nOther performers on the line-up include Ariana Grande, Aerosmith and Billie Eilish.\n\nLizzo leads the nominations, with eight nominations in total, while Lil Nas X and Billie Eilish have six apiece.\n\nAll three have picked up awards in their respective genre categories during the pre-show, leaving the race for the night's \"big four\" marquee categories (album, song and record of the year; and best new artist) wide open.\n\nScottish singer Lewis Capaldi is also in the running for song of the year, for his heart-rending ballad Someone You Loved.\n\nSpeaking on the red carpet, he said he intended to make the most of the night.\n\n\"Let's face it, it's never gonna happen again,\" he joked. \"It's all downhill from here.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Lamingtons are a sponge cake covered in chocolate and desiccated coconut\n\nA woman has died in Australia while taking part in a contest to eat as many lamingtons as possible.\n\nThe woman, aged 60, is reported to have had a seizure during the event at a hotel in Hervey Bay, Queensland, to mark Australia Day on Sunday.\n\nContestants had earlier been filmed speed-eating the lamingtons, a traditional sponge cake covered in chocolate and desiccated coconut.\n\nShe was given CPR at the scene and taken to hospital but later died.\n\nWitnesses said the woman had crammed one of the cakes into her mouth when she appeared to get into difficulties.\n\nFootage has emerged showing other patrons of the pub cheering on the eaters, who have glasses of water next to them, before the accident.\n\nThe Beach House Hotel in Hervey Bay posted a message on Facebook expressing condolences to the family and friends of the woman, who has not been named.\n\nThey thanked the ambulance service for their \"prompt and professional response while this tragic incident was unfolding\".\n\nEating competitions are a popular game during Australia Day, a national holiday marking the arrival of the first Europeans to Australia.\n\nContestants usually win prizes for eating as many cakes, pies, hot dogs or other food in a limited time.", "Last updated on .From the section Basketball\n\nKobe Bryant was \"one of the most extraordinary players\" in the history of basketball who \"inspired people around the world\" to play the game.\n\nThe 41-year-old died in a helicopter crash in California on Sunday along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna.\n\nBryant, who retired in 2016 after a 20-year career with the LA Lakers, was a five-time NBA champion and was named an NBA All-Star 18 times.\n\nHe and his wife, Vanessa, have three other daughters - Natalia, Bianca and Capri.\n\n\"The NBA family is devastated by the tragic passing of Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna,\" said NBA commissioner Adam Silver.\n\n\"For 20 seasons, Kobe showed us what is possible when remarkable talent blends with an absolute devotion to winning. He was one of the most extraordinary players in the history of our game with accomplishments that are legendary.\n\n\"But he will be remembered most for inspiring people around the world to pick up a basketball and compete to the very best of their ability.\n\n\"He was generous with the wisdom he acquired and saw it as his mission to share it with future generations of players, taking special delight in passing down his love of the game to Gianna.\"\n\nShaquille O'Neal, who won three NBA titles alongside Bryant for the LA Lakers, said: \"There's no words to express the pain I'm going through with this tragedy of losing my niece Gigi & my brother, my partner in winning championships, my dude and my homie.\n\n\"I love you and you will be missed. My condolences goes out to the Bryant family and the families of the other passengers on board. I'm sick right now.\"\n\nThe NBA's all-time leading scorer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who played for the Lakers from 1975-1989, said: \"It's very difficult for me to put in words how I feel. Kobe was an incredible family man, he loved his wife and daughters, he was an incredible athlete, he inspired a whole generation. This loss is hard to comprehend.\"\n\nFormer US President Barack Obama wrote on Twitter: \"Kobe was a legend on the court and just getting started in what would have been just as meaningful a second act. To lose Gianna is even more heartbreaking to us as parents. Michelle and I send love and prayers to Vanessa and the entire Bryant family on an unthinkable day.\"\n\nUS President Donald Trump said: \"Kobe Bryant, despite being one of the truly great basketball players of all time, was just getting started in life. He loved his family so much, and had such strong passion for the future. The loss of his beautiful daughter, Gianna, makes this moment even more devastating.\"\n\nFormer LA Lakers president Magic Johnson, a five-time NBA champion in the 1980s, tweeted: \"Kobe was a leader of our game, a mentor to both male and female players. Words can't express the impact that he had on the game of basketball.\"\n\nSix-time NBA champion Michael Jordan added: \"I loved Kobe - he was like a little brother to me. We used to talk often, and I will miss those conversations very much.\n\n\"He was a fierce competitor, one of the greats of the game and a creative force. Kobe was also an amazing dad who loved his family deeply - and took great pride in his daughter's love for the game of basketball.\"\n\nLeBron James surpassed Bryant to become the NBA's third-highest scorer of all time on Saturday.\n\nSpeaking after the game, which was the day before Bryant's death, he said: \"I'm happy just to be in any conversation with Kobe Bryant.\n\n\"One of the all-time greatest basketball players to ever play, one of the all-time greatest Lakers.\"\n\nBryant finished his playing career as the Lakers' all-time leading points scorer, and is fourth on the NBA's all-time list with 33,643 points.\n\nIn his 1,566th and final game for the Lakers in April 2016 he scored 60 points for the sixth time.\n\nSome in the 18,000 sell-out crowd had paid upwards of $25,000 (£17,580) to be in the crowd to see the two-time Olympic gold medallist.\n\nThe Lakers retired both Bryant's number eight and 24 jerseys in September 2017.\n\nIn 2018 he won an Oscar for his five-minute film Dear Basketball, based on a love letter to the sport he had written in 2015.\n\nIconic golfer Tiger Woods, a 15-time major winner, said he heard the news after completing his final round at the Farmers Insurance Open in California.\n\n\"[Caddie] Joey La Cava told me coming off the 18th green. I didn't understand why the crowd was saying 'beautiful Mamba', now I know,\" he said.\n\n\"It's unbelievably sad and the reality is sinking in because I was told about five minutes ago.\n\n\"He brought a desire to win every night on both ends of the floor, not too many guys can say that. Any time he was in the game, he'd take on their best player.\"\n\nFormer England captain David Beckham, who also played for LA Galaxy, posted on Instagram: \"This was one special athlete, husband, father and friend. Having to write these words is hard enough but also knowing we have lost an amazing human being and his beautiful and talented daughter Gianna is heartbreaking.\n\n\"The commitment Kobe showed to his sport was inspiring, to go through the pain and to finish a game off like only he could inspired me to try to be better.\n\n\"Kobe always talked about Vanessa and his beautiful girls and how proud he was of them. Kobe's passion was his family and basketball. He was determined to inspire the next generation of boys and girls to embrace the sport that he loved. His legacy will live on.\"\n\nFormer world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson wrote on Twitter: \"I mourn with the world. Lost a legend. No words. I'm messed up. RIP Kobe Bryant, Gianna and the rest of the passengers.\"\n\nBarcelona forward Lionel Messi wrote on Instagram: \"I have no words... All my love for Kobe's family and friends. It was a pleasure to meet you and share good times together. You were a genius like few others.\"\n\nJuventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo said the news was \"heartbreaking\", adding Bryant was \"a true legend and inspiration to so many\", while Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba added: \"Heroes come and go, legends are for ever.\"\n\nBritain's six-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton said: \"I'm so sad to hear that we lost one of our greats. Bryant was one of the greatest athletes and was such an inspiration to so many, including myself.\"\n\nBrazil and Paris St-Germain forward Neymar paid tribute with a goal celebration in Sunday evening's win at Lille.\n\nAfter scoring a second-half penalty, he held up two fingers on one hand and four on the other, marking Bryant's Lakers shirt number of 24.\n\nThe Brazil striker, a basketball fan who had met Bryant, also bowed and pointed to the sky.\n\nWorld number one tennis player Rafael Nadal tweeted: \"I woke up this morning with the horrible news of the tragic death of one of the greatest sportsmen in the world. Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and other passengers. My condolences to his wife and families. I am in shock.\"\n\nManchester United and England forward Marcus Rashford tweeted: \"A true inspiration in the sporting industry. RIP legend.\" And Manchester City's Raheem Sterling added: \"Rest easy Legend.\"\n\nTwo-time Grand Slam tennis champion Naomi Osaka posted this letter to Bryant on Twitter.\n\nNick Kyrgios wore an La Lakers shirt with Bryant's name and number on it as he warmed up before his fourth-round match against Nadal at the Australian Open.\n\nA moment of silence was held before the Toronto Raptors' game against the San Antonio Spurs in Texas.\n\nThe two teams also let the 24-second shot clock run out at the start of their game to honour Bryant.\n\nThe New Orleans Pelicans and the Boston Celtics also started their game by each taking 24-second shot-clock violations.\n\nAt the Grammy Awards held at the Staples Arena, where Bryant played, many recipients paid tribute to the former Lakers superstar.\n\nHundreds of fans gathered outside the venue after his death; while his image was projected on screens around the arena.\n\nKim Kardashian and husband and rapper Kanye West, US singers Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift and Oscar-winning Leonardo DiCaprio were among those to tweet their tributes.", "Seamus Mallon was a peacemaker who \"made a real difference to the world\", mourners at his funeral have been told.\n\nThe former deputy first minister of Northern Ireland, who was one of the key architects of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, died on Friday aged 83.\n\nPast and present government ministers were among the mourners in St James' Church in Mullaghbrack, County Armagh.\n\nArchbishop Eamon Martin said he was a \"shining example of someone who gives their life in a vocation of service\".\n\nNorthern Ireland's First and Deputy First Ministers Arlene Foster and Michelle O'Neill, Taoiseach (Irish PM) Leo Varadkar and Northern Ireland Secretary Julian Smith were part of the congregation.\n\nOther mourners included former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and former Northern Ireland First Minister Lord Trimble.\n\nIrish PM Leo Varadkar was one of many politicians to pay their respects\n\nTributes were later paid to Mr Mallon by MLAs at a special sitting of the Northern Ireland Assembly.\n\nSDLP deputy leader Nichola Mallon described the former deputy first minister as \"a man of peace\" and \"a man of non-violence\".\n\n\"I am forever grateful that I got to stand on the shoulder of an Irish political giant,\" she said.\n\nFirst Minister Arlene Foster offered her condolences to Mr Mallon's family and the SDLP, describing him as \"a fierce critic of violence\" and \"a commanding orator\".\n\nDeputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill said: \"Seamus has left a legacy of hard work and commitment to creating a better society and a better Ireland.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'He was dedicated to a culture of life and peace'\n\nThe sitting was followed by procession at Stormont to open a book of condolence.\n\nArchbishop Martin, leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland, told those gathered in the tiny County Armagh church that the politician was determined to \"make a real difference, and to leave the world a better place than it was when he entered it\".\n\nHe said having lived through \"the worst of the Troubles\" in Northern Ireland, Mr Mallon \"personally played a central role in the landmark events of our peace process\".\n\nThe archbishop described him as a peacemaker, a bridge builder, a leader and a statesman.\n\nBut he added \"whether he was with presidents, prime ministers, party colleagues, or his own good neighbours and friends here in Markethill, he was the same Seamus\".\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\nSt James' Church only seats 55 people, so the church hall and an additional marquee housed the overspill.\n\nHis coffin was carried into the church by his SDLP colleagues, including party leader Colum Eastwood and former leader Mark Durkan.\n\nDuring the ceremony, gifts representing Mr Mallon's life and career were brought to the altar.\n\nThey included a copy of the former MP's maiden speech to the House of Commons and a photo of him with Pope John Paul II.\n\nThe former Newry and Armagh MP's first Commons speech was among the life gifts\n\nOther personal items included fishing reel, a pot of roses and a set of golf balls.\n\nTim O'Connor, a former secretary general to the President of Ireland, told mourners the veteran politician would be remembered as one of the \"key leaders in a seminal time in the history of Ireland\".\n\nMr O'Connor spoke of his steadfast opposition to violence, and read an extract from Mr Mallon's memoirs in which he recalled the words of his father when he was a young boy.\n\n\"The only weapons that should ever be used again in this country are words,\" he read.\n\n\"Guns never solve problems, only make them - always remember that, son.\"\n\nMr Mallon's coffin was carried by SDLP leader Colum Eastwood and other party colleagues\n\nMr Mallon was buried in a family plot in the grounds of St James'\n\n\"We are deeply conscious that for you, Orla, and the entire family this is an occasion of great personal sadness as you say farewell not so much to a man of high stature in public life on the island, but rather your own dear father,\" he said.\n\nA separate book of condolence opened at Belfast City Hall on Saturday, while another was opened at the Guildhall in Londonderry on Sunday.\n\nHollywood star Sharon Stone is among those who have signed the Belfast City Hall book.\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 Mallon was the first person in Northern Ireland to hold the post of deputy first minister, when the role was created in 1998.\n\nAt that time, Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble was first minister and although they were dubbed a political \"odd couple\", the pair were united against violence.\n\nSeamus Mallon was integral to the signing of the 1998 Good Friday peace agreement\n\nDavid Kerr, a former adviser to Mr Trimble, said the two men had done some of the \"heaviest lifting\" of the peace process and had not received enough recognition for that.\n\n\"Certainly with the Nobel Peace Prize, [former SDLP leader] John Hume was recognised, but at the end of the day I think Seamus Mallon did the majority of the work,\" he said.\n\n\"He was plain speaking, very direct, very honest - he told you what he thought.\n\n\"I think when you have people like that in politics it's refreshing and when you are straight and you have integrity in politics, people - whether they agree with you or disagree with you - they respect you.\"\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 Mallon served as the deputy leader of the SDLP when Mr Hume was leader of the party.\n\nBoth men are widely regarded as playing a key role in the forging of the 1998 Good Friday peace agreement, which established power-sharing government in Northern Ireland.\n\nIn his long career in politics, Mr Mallon also served as a member of Seanad Éireann (the Irish Senate)\n\nHis wife Gertrude passed away in October 2016 after a long illness.\n\nMr Mallon will be buried in the cemetery in the grounds of St James' Church, where he was baptised.", "At least three rockets struck the US embassy in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on Sunday.\n\nOne rocket hit the embassy cafeteria while two others landed a short distance away, a source told AFP.\n\nAt least three people were injured, security sources told Reuters. This would be the first time in years that staff have been hurt in such attacks.\n\nNo group has claimed responsibility but the US has blamed Iran-backed military factions in Iraq in the past.\n\nIraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi condemned the attack, stating that the continuation of such acts could \"drag Iraq into becoming a battlefield\".\n\nThe US State Department said: \"We call on the Government of Iraq to fulfil its obligations to protect our diplomatic facilities.\"\n\nRecent attacks have targeted the embassy or Iraqi military bases where American troops are deployed.\n\nIraq has been dragged into a rapid deterioration in relations between Iran and the US in recent months.\n\nThis included the US killing of the top Iranian military commander, Gen Qasem Soleimani, by a drone strike on 3 January at Baghdad airport.\n\nAlso assassinated in the US strike was Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, an Iraqi who had commanded the Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah militia group.\n\nPowerful Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has organised anti-American demonstrations aimed at pressuring US troops to leave Iraq.\n\nSadr's supporters were involved in widespread anti-government protests before the cleric called for the focus to shift to the US after the killing of Soleimani.\n\nThey began withdrawing from anti-government sit-in camps on Saturday.\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\n\nTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Events are being held to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland.", "Prostate cancer is now the most commonly diagnosed cancer in England, overtaking breast cancer for the first time, latest figures show.\n\nIn 2018 there were nearly 50,000 registered cases - around 8,000 more than in 2017.\n\nPublic Health England says it is because more men are getting tested.\n\nAnd that is thanks to celebrities, like Stephen Fry and Bill Turnbull, raising awareness by speaking out about their own experiences.\n\nIn 2018, there were 316,680 cancers of any kind diagnosed, the equivalent of 868 cases a day.\n\nProstate was the most common type - 49,029 cases - followed by breast - 47,476 cases.\n\nLung and bowel cancers were the next most commonly diagnosed.\n\nFormer BBC Breakfast presenter Bill Turnbull went public with his prostate cancer diagnosis in March 2018, encouraging others to get tested, saying: \"Maybe if I'd got it earlier and stopped it at the prostate, I'd be in a much better state.\"\n\nHe said his cancer had spread to his bones, including the pelvis and ribs.\n\nTV comedian and presenter Stephen Fry revealed in February 2018 that he was recovering after having prostate cancer surgery, saying it was \"thankfully caught in the nick of time\".\n\nAccording to the head of the NHS, the coverage of Fry and Turnbull's treatments led to an increase in men getting checked.\n\nCancer tsar Prof Peter Johnson said: \"As people live longer, we're likely to see prostate cancer diagnosed more often, and with well-known figures like Rod Stewart, Stephen Fry and Bill Turnbull all talking openly about their diagnosis, more people will be aware of the risk.\"\n\nHe said more people coming forward for checks and care meant the disease increasingly is detected at an early stage, when treatment is most successful and survival chances are highest.\n\nLucy Elliss-Brookes, Head of Cancer Analysis at Public Health England, said: \"Although we are seeing a continued rise in cancer diagnoses, it's encouraging that we are also seeing increases in survival, as well as an overall decrease in emergency diagnoses of cancer.\"\n\nLynda Thomas, Chief Executive of Macmillan Cancer Support, said it was good news that more people are seeing their doctor to check for cancer.\n\nBut she said the increasing numbers came at a time when the NHS and social care services were under pressure, with long waiting times for cancer diagnosis and treatment.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. We explain what warning signs to look out for\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Crews were called to the fire at a property in Wensley Avenue\n\nTests are being carried out on the body of a 47-year-old man who died along with his 10-year-old daughter in a fire at a terraced house in Hull.\n\nCrews battled to rescue the pair from the building in Wensley Avenue, Cottingham, on Saturday morning.\n\nA post-mortem examination is taking place to establish the cause of his death, tests on his daughter's body will take place in the coming days.\n\nThe cause of the blaze is under investigation, Humberside Police said.\n\nThe man was pronounced dead at the scene, the girl died in hospital a short time later.\n\nThe father and daughter were the only people in the property at the time, the fire service said.\n\nNeighbour Carl Goodfellow said he saw smoke coming from the building and tried to rescue those inside.\n\n\"I was banging on the window to try and get some attention, but there was nothing.\n\n\"We did try to alert him, but there was no response.\"\n\nNeighbour Carl Goodfellow tried to break the door down to help the people in the house\n\nCh Supt Darren Downs said: \"We are continuing to support the families of those involved at this very difficult time and our thoughts are with them.\n\n\"Investigations into this kind of incident are very complex and take time to complete.\n\n\"In the meantime I would ask that people avoid speculating about the circumstances and if you have any information you believe would assist our investigation, please get in touch.\"\n\nMr Downs said there was support available from local agencies and charities for anyone who has been affected by the incident and wanted someone to talk to.\n\nAn investigation into the cause of the fire has begun with specialist officers working in the house\n\nFollow BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire 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 court heard the drug was packed into every available storage space, including the fridge\n\nTwo men have been jailed for conspiracy to import cocaine after one of the largest hauls of the drug in UK history was found on board a boat.\n\nAbout 750kg of cocaine was recovered from the boat in Pembrokeshire in August, Swansea Crown Court heard.\n\nGary Swift, 53, from Liverpool, was sentenced to 19-and-a-half years in prison. Scott Kilgour, 41, also from Liverpool, was jailed for 13-and-a-half years.\n\nBoth will serve half these sentences.\n\nThey will then be released on licence. Both men pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing.\n\nThe court heard the two men were caught \"red handed\" with 751kg of cocaine on board the vessel, which they sailed across the Atlantic.\n\nSwift and Kilgour sailed from the Canary Islands in June 2019 to collect the Class A drug from Suriname, on the north-east coast of South America.\n\nPaul Mitchell, prosecuting, said Swift conducted a \"dummy run\" across the Atlantic in another vessel called the Mistral in December 2017.\n\nScott Kilgour (L) and Gary Swift (R) were arrested on board the yacht\n\nThat vessel got into difficulties off the Welsh coast and was towed into Fishguard harbour for repairs and this incident alerted authorities to Swift's activities.\n\nOver a year later, in another boat, the SY Atrevido, Swift, along with Kilgour, sailed again from the European mainland to Suriname to collect the cocaine.\n\nThe boat was under surveillance and arrived in St Brides Bay on 25 August.\n\nBorder Force Officers intercepted the vessel on 27 August near Fishguard. They arrested the pair and towed the boat to the nearby harbour for inspection.\n\nThe men were arrested on board the yacht about a mile off the Fishguard coast.\n\nSwift told officers: \"I'm the bad one here. I had to come clean. I'm glad it's over.\"\n\nThe court heard the drug was packed into every available storage space on board, including the fridge.\n\nJudge Paul Thomas QC said the men \"were both engaged in very high level criminal activity... you knew how high the stakes were and what the consequences would be\".\n\n\"You took a gamble and lost. Now, you must pay the price,\" he added.\n\nHe said Swift was \"the organiser\" and \"the driving force behind a complex operation\" who had bought two boats.\n\nJudge Thomas told Kilgour: \"This enterprise wouldn't have worked without your assistance... the second boat was bought in your name.\"\n\nAnthony Barraclough, defending, said Swift - who had been declared bankrupt - was \"talked into\" the drugs run across the Atlantic by a customer at the hotel he owned.\n\nHe added that Swift was \"a bankrupt builder\" at the time of the offence.\n\nMr Barraclough said Kilgour \"didn't know the size of the enterprise\".\n\nThe vessel was purchased by Kilgour in Majorca in December 2018.\n\nJayne Lloyd, National Crime Agency regional head of investigations, said that it was thanks to the work of the agency, Border Force officers and the Spanish national police that \"two highly organised criminals are behind bars and that these drugs haven't made their way onto the streets\".\n\nShe added: \"Our investigation does not stop here; we are now going after their assets to strip them of their illicit wealth and make sure they don't profit from their crimes.\"\n\nFollowing the hearing, the agency said three men aged 23, 31, 47, and a woman aged 30 who were arrested in Liverpool and Loughborough in connection with the seizure remain on bail.\n• None Men guilty after 750kg of cocaine seized from boat", "Alicia Keys, the host of the Grammy awards, paid tribute to the basketball star who died on Sunday in a helicopter crash.\n\nLizzo opened the ceremony, declaring \"tonight is for Kobe,\" before launching into her song \"Cuz I love you.\"\n\nThe awards ceremony was held at the Staples Center, the same arena where Kobe Bryant played for the Los Angeles Lakers.\n\nNine people died in the crash in the Californian city of Calabasas, including Bryant's 13-year-old daughter Gianna.\n\nRead more: Grammys ceremony opens with tribute to Kobe Bryant", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nManager Sam Ricketts says Shrewsbury should have won their FA Cup tie with Liverpool after the League One club staged a magnificent fightback to earn a fourth-round replay at Anfield.\n\nRunaway Premier League leaders Liverpool looked to be heading into the fifth round for the first time since 2015 after a fine first-half finish by 18-year-old Curtis Jones was followed by Donald Love's own goal in the opening minute of the second half.\n\nYet Shrewsbury were excellent throughout and were rewarded with two goals in the space of 10 minutes by substitute Jason Cummings.\n\nLiverpool keeper Adrian was forced to make some excellent saves during a thrilling tie, and Ricketts said: \"We carried out the gameplan superbly well.\n\n\"After 32 seconds in the second half most teams would have crumbled. In the end my players got at least what they deserved.\n\n\"I think it was there to win. We've had the better chances. It wasn't until Jason scored his first we were clinical.\"\n• None 'We will respect the winter break' - Klopp says he and first team will miss replay\n• None Reaction as Shrewsbury fightback to earn FA Cup replay at Anfield\n\nSome Shrews fans booed when Callum Lang was replaced by Cummings after 60 minutes with Liverpool leading 2-0.\n\nBut former Hibernian forward Cummings launched the comeback from the penalty spot after Josh Laurent was fouled by Yasser Larouci before the same player tucked home the equaliser.\n\nLiverpool sent on Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino in search of a winner but, on a memorable day for the Shropshire club, Shrewsbury hung on to earn a deserved replay.\n\nDelighted home fans in the sell-out crowd at Shrewsbury's Montgomery Waters Meadow staged a good-natured pitch invasion at full-time after a glorious comeback.\n\nShrews players were mobbed as supporters celebrated the achievement of Ricketts' side - who sit 16th in the League One table - in holding the European champions.\n\n\"It's what football is about, it's what the FA Cup is about, a club like ours holding them to a 2-2 draw,\" added former Wolves player Ricketts.\n\n\"Everyone has to enjoy that.\"\n\nEven after falling behind to Jones' lovely finish, Shrewsbury had looked more than capable of scoring.\n\nThey were presented with three one-on-one chances - Adrian producing great saves to deny Shaun Whalley, who also screwed another chance wide, and Callum Lang either side of Love's own goal.\n\nIt looked all over when Love, a former Manchester United player, inadvertently steered the ball past Max O'Leary and inside the post while trying to deal with a cross from Neco Williams.\n\nBut Liverpool had ridden their luck and Shrewsbury were rewarded for their hard work when Cummings stroked home from the spot.\n\nAnd it was Cummings who earned his side a replay at Anfield next month when he went past two Liverpool defenders before tucking beyond Adrian to spark wild celebrations on and off the pitch.\n\nLiverpool were hoping for a two-week break between fixtures in February during the inaugural Premier League winter break.\n\nInstead, they will have to fit in this replay between hosting Southampton in the league on 1 February and travelling to Norwich a fortnight later - although manager Jurgen Klopp hinted afterwards that senior players would not be involved against the Shrews.\n\nHaving played 37 games this season, including two in Qatar for the Fifa Club World Cup and another in Isatanbul for the European Super Cup back in August, Liverpool could have done without an additional fixture.\n\nYet Liverpool only have themselves to blame for failing to finish the job in Shropshire.\n\nKlopp made 11 changes to the side that started the 2-1 win at Wolves on Thursday that sent them 16 points clear at the top of the Premier League.\n\nJones, whose sublime goal knocked out Everton in the third round, underlined his potential with a tidy finish from Pedro Chirivella's cleverly disguised pass.\n\nLove's own goal ought to have sealed it but Shrewsbury were gutsy throughout with Adrian forced to produce some smart saves as the hosts came roaring back.\n• None Jason Cummings is the first lower league player to score two goals from the bench in the FA Cup against Premier League opposition since Hull's Nick Barmby in 2011\n• None At 18 years and 361 days, Curtis Jones is the first teenager to score in consecutive appearances for Liverpool since Raheem Sterling in April 2014.\n• None Shrewsbury are unbeaten in their past three FA Cup home against Premier League opponents.\n• None Liverpool have failed to win a match after being two goals ahead for the first time since April 2018 when they drew 2-2 with West Brom in the Premier League.\n• None Shrewsbury have lost just one of their past 18 home FA Cup matches.\n• None Liverpool have failed to win away at third-tier opposition in the FA Cup in 12 of their past 14 matches - with their last such victory coming against Shrewsbury in February 1996.\n• None The Reds have conceded 11 goals in their past five domestic cup away games.\n• None Liverpool have benefited from four own goals across all competitions this season - the joint-most of any Premier League team.\n\nLiverpool will go 19 points clear at the top of the Premier League if win at West Ham on Wednesday (19:45 GMT) while Shrewsbury are at Gillingham in League One on the same night.\n• None Attempt blocked. Curtis Jones (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt missed. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Roberto Firmino.\n• None Attempt missed. Jason Cummings (Shrewsbury Town) header from the left side of the six yard box is high and wide to the left following a corner.\n• None Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Roberto Firmino with a cross.\n• None Attempt blocked. Curtis Jones (Liverpool) left footed shot from very close range is blocked.\n• None Attempt saved. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fabinho.\n• None Offside, Shrewsbury Town. Daniel Udoh tries a through ball, but David Edwards is caught offside.\n• None Offside, Shrewsbury Town. David Edwards tries a through ball, but Shaun Whalley is caught offside.\n• None Offside, Liverpool. Pedro Chirivella tries a through ball, but Divock Origi is caught offside.\n• None Attempt missed. Divock Origi (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Takumi Minamino. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Speaking at a press conference, LA Sheriff Alex Villanueva has said that eight other people, including the pilot, were on board the helicopter with US basketball legend Kobe Bryant.\n\nBryant, 41, was travelling in a private helicopter when it came down and burst into flames.\n\nThe identities of the other people have yet to be confirmed by officials.", "Live coverage from Washington DC, as President Donald Trump's impeachment trial continues in the Senate.\n\nThe impeachment is in its final stages as senators prepare to cast their final vote on Wednesday, with acquittal almost certain.", "PC Nick Dumphreys was \"extremely popular and respected\", Cumbria Police said\n\nA police officer has died in a motorway crash as he responded to an emergency call.\n\nPC Nick Dumphreys, from Cumbria Police's road policing unit, died on the M6 near Carlisle at about 14:00 GMT on Sunday.\n\nA force spokesman said PC Dumphreys, 47, was alone in a marked car and no other vehicles were involved.\n\nIn a statement, the father of two's family said his death \"will leave an enormous hole in all our hearts\".\n\nThey added: \"He was a kind and loving husband and father. He was a larger than life character who loved his job and adored his children.\"\n\nPC Dumphreys joined Cumbria Police in 2003 and Chief Constable Michelle Skeer described him as a \"consummate professional\".\n\nShe said his death had left everyone in the force \"shocked and saddened\".\n\n\"Nick was an extremely popular and respected officer, not least because of his professionalism, integrity and dedication to policing in Cumbria,\" she added.\n\nThe section of motorway was closed from 14:00 GMT on Sunday\n\nPC Dumphreys was killed when his vehicle left the southbound carriageway between junctions 44 and 43.\n\nPeter McCall, Cumbria's police and crime commissioner, said there was \"profound sadness at the appalling and tragic loss\".\n\n\"Nick died in the line of duty doing the job at which he excelled,\" he added.\n\nThe Central Motorway Police Group also tweeted: \"I'm sure I speak on behalf of all our followers in sending our thoughts and prayers to the officer's colleagues, family and friends at this tragic time.\"\n\nPaul Williams, chairman of Cumbria Police Federation, said: \"We will work closely with the specialist officers investigating this incident and we will ensure that we do all that we can to support the officer's family and close colleagues during this tragic time.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The teenager was stabbed at East Croydon railway station\n\nA teenager has been stabbed to death at a busy railway station in south London.\n\nLouis Johnson, 16, was found wounded at East Croydon station, just after 16:45 GMT on Monday, police said.\n\nEmergency crews, including the air ambulance, were called but he died at the scene. Formal identification is yet to take place.\n\nDet Insp Sam Blackburn, of British Transport Police, said the \"senseless killing\" happened \"at an extremely busy time of the day\".\n\n\"For such a young man to lose his life in these circumstances is truly devastating,\" he added.\n\n\"The incident was over within a matter of 40 seconds, but I know many other passengers or members of the public would have seen what happened.\n\n\"If you have not already spoken with police, please get in touch.\"\n\nThe attack happened just before 16:30 GMT\n\nThe force said the teenager entered the station via a ticket barrier and met the suspect who immediately pulled out a knife and stabbed him.\n\nDet Insp Blackburn said: \"Alongside the Met, we'll be increasing our patrols in the East Croydon area and we have authorised additional Section 60 stop and search powers.\"\n\nThe teenager entered the station via a ticket barrier\n\nFlowers have been left in tribute\n\nA Section 60 gives police officers the right to search people within a certain area if they think a person may be carrying a weapon or, in this case, a murder weapon.\n\nMonday night's killing hasn't necessarily come as a shock to local residents, but the scale of the violence involved seems to have had an impact.\n\nOne woman who lives close to the scene of the attack told me she saw a young man brandishing a machete, though this has not been confirmed, shortly before the attack.\n\n\"Croydon ain't safe\", as one resident put it.\n\nKnife crime has become a normal part of life, they say.\n\nLondon Mayor Sadiq Khan said he was \"deeply saddened\" by what happened.\n\nParts of the station were cordoned off\n\nCroydon Central MP Sarah Jones said she was \"heartbroken\".\n\n\"Our first thoughts are with the family and friends who are facing what nobody ever should,\" she said.\n\n\"I pay tribute to the work of the emergency services and station staff for their efforts.\n\n\"This brutal loss of a young life is another reminder that tackling violence must be our highest priority at every level of government and across our communities.\n\n\"I will not stop campaigning on this until our children are safe on our streets.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Steven Frank is seen alongside his granddaughters Maggie and Trixie\n\nThe Duchess of Cambridge has taken photographs of Holocaust survivors in a contribution to an exhibition marking 75 years since the end of the genocide.\n\nThe duchess said her subjects were \"two of the most life-affirming people that I have had the privilege to meet\".\n\nIt comes as the world marks International Holocaust Memorial Day, 75 years after Auschwitz was liberated.\n\nLater, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will attend the UK commemorations in Westminster.\n\nIn the images taken by Catherine for the exhibition, which opens later this year, two survivors are pictured with their grandchildren.\n\nOne of her portraits was of 84-year-old Steven Frank, originally from Amsterdam, who survived multiple concentration camps as a child.\n\nHe is pictured alongside his granddaughters Maggie and Trixie Fleet, aged 15 and 13.\n\nHer other portrait is of 82-year-old Yvonne Bernstein, originally from Germany, who was a hidden child in France throughout most of the Holocaust.\n\nShe is pictured with her granddaughter Chloe Wright, aged 11.\n\nYvonne Bernstein is pictured with her granddaughter Chloe Wright\n\nSpeaking about the project, the duchess, who is the patron of the Royal Photographic Society, said: \"The harrowing atrocities of the Holocaust, which were caused by the most unthinkable evil, will forever lay heavy in our hearts.\n\n\"Despite unbelievable trauma at the start of their lives, Yvonne Bernstein and Steven Frank are two of the most life-affirming people that I have had the privilege to meet.\n\n\"Their stories will stay with me forever.\"\n\nThe exhibition will bring together 75 images of survivors and their family members; one for every year since the largest Nazi death camp, Auschwitz, was liberated on 27 January 1945.\n\nJudith Rosenberg, Scotland's last Holocaust survivor, recalled being separated from her family and transported to the camp, where she came face to face with the murderous Nazi doctor Josef Mengele.\n\n\"There was no life. We were starving,\" the 97-year-old told the BBC in an interview to mark the anniversary of the camp's liberation.\n\nCommemorations are being held around the world on Monday to mark the end of the Holocaust, in which six million Jews and millions of others were murdered, and to honour survivors of subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.\n\nThe duchess said her aim was to make the portraits \"deeply personal to Yvonne and Steven - a celebration of family and the life that they have built since they both arrived in Britain in the 1940s\".\n\n\"It was a true honour to have been asked to participate in this project and I hope in some way Yvonne and Steven's memories will be kept alive as they pass the baton to the next generation,\" she said.\n\nThe Duchess of Cambridge was seen with her camera on a visit to Pakistan last year\n\nTwo more survivors were photographed by other contributors. In a photograph by Frederic Aranda, Joan Salter, 79 - who fled the Nazis as a young child - appears with her husband Martin and her daughter Shelley.\n\nJohn Hajdu, 82, who survived the Budapest Ghetto, is in a portrait with his four-year-old grandson Zac, photographed by Jillian Edelstein.\n\nThe photographic project aims to inspire people across the UK to consider their own responsibility to remember and share the stories of those who endured persecution at the hands of the Nazis.\n\nIt is a collaboration between the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, Jewish News and the Royal Photographic Society.\n\nCatherine has been honoured for her photography and has previously shared pictures she has taken of her family.", "None of the companies involved in the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower has accepted responsibility for the deadly fire, an inquiry has heard.\n\nRichard Millett QC, the inquiry's chief lawyer, said each claimed what happened was \"someone else's fault\".\n\nExperts have previously said the work failed to meet building regulations.\n\nThe second phase of the investigation into the 2017 disaster at the London high-rise block, which claimed 72 lives, started on Monday.\n\nIt is going to look at how the building came to be covered in flammable cladding during its refurbishment.\n\nMr Millett said that, with the \"sole exception\" of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea - which accepted that the refurbishment work should not have been signed off - all organisations had denied responsibility in \"carefully crafted statements\".\n\n\"Any member of the public reading those statements and taking them all at face value would be forced to conclude that... nobody made any serious or causative mistakes,\" he said.\n\n\"In every case, what happened was, as each of them would have it, someone else's fault.\"\n\nThe tower, built in 1974, was extensively refurbished between 2012 and 2016.\n\nMr Millett stressed that the first part of the inquiry found the work \"did not comply with certain key aspects of the building regulations\".\n\nThe inquiry also heard that employees at the US metals manufacturer Arconic, which supplied the cladding for the west London tower block, knew before the fire that its panels were \"dangerous\" and should only be used on \"small buildings\".\n\nA barrister for building contractor Rydon said safety concerns were raised in internal Arconic emails in 2011 and again in 2016.\n\nThat's when Arconic manager Claude Wehrle said the Grenfell cladding was \"dangerous on [the] facades\" and should be replaced.\n\nThe cladding subcontractor Harley Facades said it did not choose the materials but had confidence in them, as the cladding had not ignited during a fire in 2012 in Camden, at a building it had refurbished five years before.\n\nThe inquiry's first phase found the cladding was the \"principal\" reason for the rapid and \"profoundly shocking\" spread of the fire at the 25-storey building in June 2017.\n\nFamilies and friends of victims were present in the hearing room in Paddington as inquiry chairman Sir Martin Moore-Bick opened the second phase.\n\nThe first part of the Grenfell Inquiry had the task of examining the events of just one night.\n\nPart two could go back years in its search to explain the tragedy.\n\nIt will look and feel different. A new hearing centre, closer to the community, replaces the previous unpopular conference room in the heart of London's legal district.\n\nInstead of the harrowing accounts of firefighters and residents, the evidence will emerge from emails, technical specifications and planning documents.\n\nIt will be slow going, but it should get to the heart of what went wrong.\n\nBecause although the training and management of the firefighters was criticised in part one, they were not the cause of the fire.\n\nThe questions which will be answered are these:\n\nHowever dry the evidence could become, all those involved know this is about getting justice for those who died, because, at the end of this process, the public inquiry could be followed by a criminal trial.\n\nOpening submissions for the first three parts of the second phase of the inquiry are expected this week.\n\nThese include an overview of the primary refurbishment of Grenfell Tower - including the cladding, the testing and certification of the cladding, and the fire safety measures including complaints and communications with the residents.\n\nThe inquiry's first phase also concluded that \"many more lives\" could have been saved if the advice to residents to \"stay put\" had been abandoned earlier.\n\nIt was highly critical of the London Fire Brigade and fire commissioner Dany Cotton, saying preparations for such a fire were \"gravely inadequate\".\n\nMs Cotton retired early after facing calls from victims' families to resign.\n\nShe had told the inquiry she would not have changed anything about the way her crews responded to the blaze, provoking anger from survivors and victims' families.\n\nThe start of the second phase of the inquiry comes days after newly-appointed panel member Benita Mehra resigned over her links to Arconic's charitable arm.", "Stand-up comic Brand is a regular guest on TV and radio panel shows\n\nOfcom is to take no further action over Jo Brand's controversial joke on BBC Radio 4 about throwing battery acid.\n\nThe media regulator said the comic's remarks on satirical show Heresy \"had clear potential to offend listeners\".\n\nBut it concluded her comments - made last June - were \"unlikely to encourage or incite the commission of a crime\".\n\nOfcom said it also \"took into account that Ms Brand immediately qualified her comments, making it clear they should not be taken seriously\".\n\nThe broadcasting watchdog said it had considered \"the audience's likely expectations of Jo Brand's style - and of this established show, which sets out to challenge accepted views in society through provocative comedy.\"\n\nNigel Farage was hit by a milkshake while campaigning in Newcastle last May\n\nBrand's remarks came after Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage and a number of right-wing European election candidates were hit by milkshakes during campaign walkabouts.\n\n\"Why bother with a milkshake when you could get some battery acid?\" she said, quickly adding that \"I'm not going to do it, it's pure fantasy\".\n\nOfcom said in doing so, \"we considered Ms Brand made explicitly clear that she was making a joke and was not suggesting that her remarks should be taken seriously or as a call to action by listeners\".\n\nThe BBC initially defended Brand against claims she incited violence, saying her comments were \"not intended to be taken seriously\".\n\nBut it issued another statement the following day saying it had removed the remark from its catch-up service and that it regretted any offence caused.\n\nThe corporation's Executive Complaints Unit [ECU] later ruled Brand's comments \"went beyond what was appropriate\" for a Radio 4 comedy show.\n\nThe BBC partially upheld complaints on the basis that the programme \"was capable of causing offence beyond what was editorially justified\" and the content therefore \"should have been edited out before transmission\".\n\nIn its ruling, however, Ofcom said \"issues of offence... involve finely balanced judgments\" and that \"the potential offence was justified by the editorial context\".\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @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.", "Two 21-year-old men have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a non-league footballer who was attacked during a night out.\n\nJordan Sinnott, who played for Matlock Town, was found unconscious in Market Place, Retford, Nottinghamshire, at about 02:00 GMT on Saturday.\n\nThe 25-year-old suffered a fractured skull and died on Saturday evening.\n\nAnother man, 27, who was arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm, remains in police custody.\n\nPolice said they were investigating two \"large-scale fights\" that took place in the town.\n\nDet Insp Justine Wilson said officers were still keen to speak to people who witnessed both fights.\n\n\"We are making progress in the investigation, but we have unanswered questions. I know there are people out there who saw what happened and can answer those questions for us,\" she said.\n\n\"Jordan's family deserves answers, so please come and talk to us.\"\n\nMatlock Town, who play in the Northern Premier League, postponed their match against Mickleover Sports on Saturday after players learned of Mr Sinnott's condition.\n\nThe club issued a statement after Mr Sinnott died in hospital, which said: \"His family and friends were with him at his bedside and we send our sincere condolences to them all at this very sad time.\"\n\nThey tweeted: \"You weren't just a footballer, you were our friend and brother. You gave us incredible memories and scored your first career hat-trick in your final game for the club. Rest easy Jordan, we love, miss and will never forget you.\"\n\nTributes have been paid to the footballer after his death\n\nMatlock Town have also cancelled Tuesday's fixture against Grantham Town.\n\nSinnott had joined the club from National League North side Alfreton Town, who also issued a statement in which they described the player as a \"model footballer and an exceptional talent\".\n\nOthers have paid tribute 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 by Huddersfield Town 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\nPolice said officers had attended a fight involving eight men and women at the Dominie Cross pub car park in Grove Street at about 23:25 GMT on Friday.\n\nSinnott was found a couple of hours later following another \"large-scale disturbance\" in the town centre.\n\nPolice said a 27-year old man suffered a suspected broken nose and a 44-year old man suffered a suspected broken jaw in the fights.\n\nMr Sinnott was found unconscious by emergency services in Market Place, Retford\n\nSinnott, from Bradford, is the son of former footballer Lee Sinnott.\n\nHe started his career as a youth player at Huddersfield Town, for whom he made five appearances between 2013 and 2014, before joining non-league Altrincham.\n\nAfter a spell at Halifax, he went on to play again in the Football League, joining League Two Chesterfield for the 2017-18 season.\n\nEarlier this month he scored the first hat-trick of his career during a game against Basford United.\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.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHolocaust survivors and international leaders are honouring victims of the Nazis at the former Auschwitz death camp, amid calls to fight resurgent anti-Semitism.\n\nThe presidents of Israel and Poland - Reuven Rivlin and Andrzej Duda - laid wreaths together, 75 years after Soviet troops liberated the camp.\n\nAbout 1.1 million people, mostly Jews, were murdered at Auschwitz-Birkenau.\n\nMr Rivlin warned of \"voices which spread hate\" and threaten democracy.\n\n\"Our duty is to fight anti-Semitism, racism and fascist nostalgia - those sick evils,\" he said.\n\nHe and President Duda laid wreaths at the Death Wall, where the Nazis shot thousands of prisoners.\n\nThe vast Auschwitz-Birkenau camp complex, in Nazi-occupied southern Poland, was the regime's most notorious killing centre.\n\nThousands of Poles, Soviet prisoners of war, Gypsies (Roma) and other persecuted groups also died there.\n\nNazi Germany murdered about six million Jews in its campaign to dominate other races and nations.\n\nThe presidents of Israel and Poland - Reuven Rivlin (L) and Andrzej Duda - laid wreaths\n\nPresident Macron honoured 77,000 Jewish victims of the Nazis deported from France\n\nThis may be the last major anniversary where so many survivors are able to attend.\n\nThere is widespread concern about high levels of anti-Semitic intimidation and violence in several countries and the proliferation of hate speech on the internet.\n\nIn Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron spoke at a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary, including additions to a wall of remembrance for 77,000 Jews deported to concentration camps from France.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Three women who were part of a quiet resistance against the Nazis in Berlin\n\nThe Shoah Memorial was renovated, with 175 extra names and 1,498 more birth dates added after research in Holocaust archives.\n\n\"The return of this anti-Semitism is not just a problem for Jews. It is a problem for all of us. It is the Republic's problem,\" President Macron said.\n\nSurvivors at the official commemoration in Auschwitz\n\nMore than 200 survivors travelled to Auschwitz from across the globe to mark the 75th anniversary. Many wore blue-and-white scarves - a reminder of the striped prison uniforms that victims wore in the concentration camps.\n\nA woman who was born in the camp a few months before liberation, 75-year-old Jadwiga Wakulska, said \"my mother was holding me in her arms as a four-month-old child, as she was standing in line to the gas chamber...\n\n\"We were coming closer and closer to the gas block and one of the Germans saw me. He looked at me and since I was a blonde baby with blue eyes he took me aside and told me I will survive. Thanks to that we survived. My mum says that thanks to the fact that I had a Nordic appearance, I saved her and myself.\"", "Watch Kobe Bryant's poem entitled 'Dear Basketball', written when the five-time NBA champion retired in 2016.\n\nThe US basketball legend, 41, died in a helicopter crash in California on Sunday.\n\nREAD MORE: Kobe Bryant dies in helicopter crash - US media", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Alicia Keys and Lizzo lead tributes to Kobe Bryant at the Grammys\n\nThe 2020 Grammys ceremony has opened with a heartfelt tribute to basketball player Kobe Bryant, who died on Sunday.\n\n\"Tonight is for you Kobe,\" declared pop star Lizzo, opening the show with her stirring ballad Cuz I Love You.\n\nHost Alicia Keys then dedicated the show to Bryant's memory, with an a-capella version of It's So Hard To Say Goodbye, accompanied by Boyz II Men.\n\nThe show is taking place at the Staples Center, where Bryant played his entire career with the LA Lakers.\n\nNews of the star's death at the age of 41 stunned artists and performers backstage at the arena when it broke earlier in the day.\n\n\"I genuinely thought it wasn't real,\" said pop star Billie Eilish. \"I was in the green room... and I was like, 'Oh that has to be fake'\".\n\nThe star, who grew up in Los Angeles, added: \"Everybody knew Kobe. Everybody. It's genuinely unbelievable.\n\n\"I feel like anything I say is not enough for what's going on.\"\n\nAlicia Keys is hosting the ceremony for the second time\n\nThe mood was sombre as the ceremony started, and Keys acknowledged the atmosphere in her opening speech.\n\n\"Here we are together on music's biggest night, celebrating our artists that do it best,\" she began \"but, to be honest with you were all feeling crazy sadness right now, because earlier today Los Angeles, America and the whole wide world lost a hero.\n\n\"And we're literally standing here, heartbroken, in the house that Kobe Bryant built.\n\n\"Right now, Kobe and his family and all of those that have been tragically lost today are in our spirits, in our hearts, in our prayers, they're in this building.\n\n\"I would like everybody to take a moment and hold them inside of you and share our strength and our support with their families.\"\n\n\"I know how much Kobe loved music,\" she added later, \"so we got to make this a celebration in his honour.\"\n\nLater in the show, Run-DMC held up one of Bryant's number 24 vests.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Authorities in China are intensifying travel restrictions in an attempt to limit the spread of the deadly new coronavirus.\n\nThe BBC's Stephen McDonell and his team travelled into Hubei province, where the outbreak originated.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Keir Starmer: \"The government hasn't really got a clue\"\n\nBritain needs a radical redistribution of wealth and opportunity and an end to the \"monopoly of power\" in Westminster, Sir Keir Starmer has said.\n\nAhead of a speech, the Labour leadership candidate argued that goal could be reached with a system \"built on the principle of federalism\".\n\nReturning to campaigning after a week's break, he also promised to address the \"underlying causes\" of Brexit.\n\nSo far, Sir Keir and Lisa Nandy have places on the final members' ballot.\n\nShadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey and shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry are vying to secure enough nominations to reach the last stage of the race to succeed Jeremy Corbyn.\n\nMrs Long-Bailey has also called for parliaments in Scotland and Wales to be as \"autonomous and independent\" as possible, but not going as far as mentioning federalism.\n\nSpeaking at an earlier hustings, she said: \"When we devolved power to Scotland and Wales they were never meant to be a satellite government with Westminster being the king and them being servile under the bottom. They were meant to be on an equal footing. That's what we need to push forward for.\"\n\nWhile the devolved parliaments in the UK are still ultimately controlled by central government in Westminster - meaning the Commons could repeal the law that allows for their existence in the first place - federalism would give the governments equal power with SW1.\n\nSir Keir gained a further nomination on Monday from the union Community, which also announced it was backing Angela Rayner for deputy leader.\n\nGeneral secretary Roy Rickhuss said Sir Keir's \"experience and vision are what the Labour Party needs to rebuild, win back the trust of voters, and lead a transformative Labour government\".\n\nSir Keir - the shadow Brexit secretary - is setting out his vision for a \"new political consensus\".\n\nAt a speech in East London later, he will argue for the need to \"empower people to have a real say in their workplace, in the communities they're part of and over the public services they use\".\n\nHe told BBC Radio 4's Today programme this would \"address underlying causes and reasons\" behind the Brexit vote, arguing one of the main drivers was people wanting \"power and influence and decision making closer to them\".\n\nSir Keir - who was a prominent advocate for Remain - said he was \"making the case for the future of the United Kingdom with a different political consensus, where we devolve that power and opportunity and wealth away from Whitehall and Westminster\".\n\nHe also warned not addressing these issues would mean \"we are at risk of watching the break-up of the United Kingdom\" and \"we leave a vacuum\" for nationalism to take hold.\n\nBut Sir Keir said it was not about whether he supported Brexit or not, adding that when the UK leaves the bloc on Friday, \"that debate is over\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Who decides on the next Labour leader?\n\nThe Holborn and St Pancras MP suspended his campaign last week after his mother-in-law was involved in a serious accident last week.\n\nThis week he will travel to constituencies in England, Wales and Scotland to hear people's views.\n\nHe will also unveil his ideas for how Labour can reflect the experience and skills of all parts of the party.\n\nThe new Labour leader and deputy leader will be announced on 4 April.\n\nOn Friday, the Unite trade union confirmed it would endorse Mrs Long-Bailey for leader.\n\nUnite's general secretary Len McCluskey said the Salford and Eccles MP had \"the brains and the brilliance\" to take on Boris Johnson.\n\nAsked on Today whether he thought Sir Keir's proposals would appeal to Brexit-backing Labour supporters, Mr McCluskey said: \"Clearly Leave voters wanted something different from what they have had for the past couple of decades [but] I am not sure constitutional change was upmost in their mind.\"\n\nHe said there will be a need to ensure \"power is rested away from Westminster\", but the answer now was to \"invest in our communities\" to improve wages, job security and public services.\n\nMr McCluskey added: \"They have been starved for a decade now, hurt by austerity.\"\n\nTo make the final ballot, hopefuls need the support of three unions and affiliate groups representing 5% of the membership, or 33 local branches.\n\nHaving already been nominated by bakers' union BFAWU, Unite's support for Mrs Long-Bailey means she needs just one more union or affiliate by the 14 February deadline.\n\nMr McCluskey said \"all of the candidates are capable of uniting the party\", but Mrs Long-Bailey was \"the best placed\".", "Last updated on .From the section Basketball\n\nKobe Bryant was called the \"greatest\" Los Angeles Lakers player of all time by Magic Johnson as his number eight and 24 shirts were retired.\n\nFive-time NBA champion Bryant, 39, ended his 20-year career in April 2016 as an 18-time All-Star.\n\nThe ceremony to retire his jerseys took place at half-time of the match against NBA champions Golden State Warriors.\n\n\"We're here to celebrate the greatest to ever wear the purple and gold,\" said ex-Lakers player Johnson.\n\nJohnson, who is now Lakers president of basketball operations, added: \"He made us rub our eyes and wonder what did we just see.\n\n\"There will never, ever be another Kobe Bryant.\"\n\nBryant won three NBA titles wearing the number eight and two in the 24, having played 10 seasons wearing each number.\n\nHe is the 10th player to receive the honour of having his jerseys retired with the list also including Johnson. The others are; Wilt Chamberlain, Elgin Baylor, Gail Goodrich, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Shaquille O'Neal, James Worthy, Jerry West and Jamaal Wilkes.\n\nThe crowd chanted Bryant's name and gave him a standing ovation during his ceremony.\n\n\"Thank you so much for tonight,\" said Bryant.\n\n\"It's not about my jerseys that are hanging up there for me. It's about the jerseys that were hanging up there before.\"\n\n'We asked for your hustle and you gave us your heart'\n\nSome of Bryant's achievements include being the 2008 NBA Most Valuable Player and two-time NBA Finals MVP. He was also two-time NBA scoring champion and a two-time Olympic champion.\n\nHe finished as the Lakers' all-time point scorer and third on the NBA's all-time list with 33,643 points.\n\nIn his final game, he also became the oldest player in NBA history to score 60 points.\n\n\"What we're celebrating is the journey you took us on for those 20 years,\" said Lakers owner Jeanie Buss.\n\n\"If you separate the accomplishments of each of those jerseys, both of those players would be in the Hall of Fame.\n\n\"We asked for your hustle and you gave us your heart which was so much more. You have forever made your mark on this franchise.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Brexit secretary Stephen Barclay was questioned about HS2 by the BBC's Andrew Marr\n\nA cabinet minister has told the BBC it is his gut feeling that the HS2 high-speed rail line will get the go-ahead.\n\nStephen Barclay told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show that the project was vital for \"levelling up\" the UK's transport network and improving capacity.\n\nThe Brexit secretary's comments come amid a row over the rising cost of the project, which could reach £106bn.\n\nThe first phase of the project is due to link London and Birmingham, followed by extensions to Leeds and Manchester.\n\nMr Barclay was asked by Andrew Marr for his \"gut feeling\" about whether the HS2 would be approved. \"Yes\", he replied firmly.\n\nHe said the government had given a \"clear commitment to level up all parts of the United Kingdom... HS2 plays an important part in that\".\n\nThat levelling up was not just about improving the speed of transport, but also improving capacity in the UK.\n\nMr Barclay stressed, though, that it was \"important that we also get value for money\".\n\nEarlier this month, a leaked government-commissioned review suggested the total cost of HS2 could reach £106bn.\n\nThe findings of the independent review, conducted by former HS2 Ltd chair Doug Oakervee, have not yet been officially published. The Department for Transport has indicated it will be published soon.\n\nLord Berkeley, a vocal critic of HS2 who was deputy chairman of the Oakervee review before withdrawing his backing, published an independent assessment of the project.\n\nHe put the cost at at least £108bn, adding that the government should scrap the project to concentrate on improving the rail network in the north of England.\n\nThat drew criticism from northern political leaders and businesses, who said HS2 should be built in its entirety.\n\nWhitehall's spending watchdog said last week that HS2 is over budget and behind schedule because its complexity and risks were under-estimated.\n\nThe National Audit Office (NAO) warned that it is impossible to \"estimate with certainty what the final cost could be\".\n\nHS2 was allocated £56bn in 2015. Phase One between London and Birmingham was due to open in 2026, but full services are now forecast to start between 2031 and 2036.\n\nConstruction firms have warned that scrapping HS2 would cause major damage to the industry, while several environmental groups say going ahead with the project will have a huge impact on natural habitats and ancient woodland.\n\nThe Sunday Telegraph reported that former senior figures involved in HS2 have given signed statements to the prime minister's advisers, alleging the government-owned firm behind HS2 covered up spiralling costs on multiple occasions.\n\nIn a statement, HS2 responded: \"Following the collapse of Carillion, HS2 Ltd recognised the need to engage a healthy industry while continuing to protect value for money for the taxpayer.\n\n\"Instead of artificially passing risk back and forth, as has happened on other publicly-funded projects, contractors who do not meet the required performance will lose a proportion of their fee.\n\n\"This incentivises good performance and also prevents windfall profits from public money.\"\n\nThe statement said that by revising the terms and conditions, \"contractors have been able to reduce their prices and HS2 Ltd estimates £1bn of savings as a result\".\n\nHS2 is the talk of Westminster at the moment. Will it get the go ahead or come off the rails? Or somewhere in between? Perhaps unsurprisingly, the government is at pains to avoid saying what might happen next.\n\nMinisters don't want to pre-empt the findings of the Oakervee review, which despite a series of leaks, is yet to be officially published.\n\nSteve Barclay has gone further than any of his Cabinet colleagues by revealing he has a hunch that the project will get the green light. But it's unclear how much insight he has.\n\nWhile the Brexit secretary has a seat at the Cabinet table for now, he might not be there for too much longer. The Department for Exiting the EU will be wound up following the UK's departure this week.\n\nUltimately the decision on HS2 lies with Boris Johnson, in consultation with his chancellor and transport secretary.", "The Irish leader Leo Varadkar compared the UK and the EU to football teams with vastly different populations and said the EU will have the upper hand in upcoming trade negotiations.\n\nIn an interview with the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg, the Taoiseach warned against any UK attempt to get a \"piecemeal\" deal with the EU.\n\nMr Varadkar said he had been genuinely afraid that the UK might have left the EU without a deal, but that a meeting between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Varadkar on the Wirral in the autumn had provided the \"crucial moment\" in securing a deal.\n\nRead more: Varadkar: EU will have upper hand in trade talks", "For most sporting superstars, the first act - chewing up opponents, training obsessively, playing harder, winning, always winning - is the easy part.\n\nIt's instinct and it's obvious. It's the natural part of being a natural.\n\nIt's the second act that brings the doubts and the breakdowns. The loss of the old physical certainties, the end of the dominance. Someone born with an ability to see patterns and plays before others is suddenly unable to answer the biggest question of all: what happens next?\n\nThe tragedy of Kobe Bryant's early death, and that of his daughter Gianna, is primarily a family one. Sport's shock and grief is second to that of wife, daughters, parents, friends.\n• None 'One of the most extraordinary players in history' - world pays tribute to Bryant\n• None Watch: When Bryant scored 60 points in his final LA Lakers game\n\nWhat links them all is that Bryant, a genius on the basketball court, sometimes a flawed character off it - appeared to be solving his life after sport in a way that many of his contemporaries and antecedents could not.\n\nIt was always about a lineage with Kobe. Michael Jordan the inspiration before, the overlapping and feuding and sometime chemistry with Shaquille O'Neal, the battles and then abdication to LeBron James.\n\nThat's not to deny the basketball-playing greatness of Bill Russell or Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. The difference with the four that followed them was how they leapt out of the sport as well.\n\nEach had their competing brands - Nike for Jordan, Reebok for Shaq, Adidas in the early years for Kobe - but in every one the NBA recognised a talent and narrative that could take its league to places and popularity that the old guard could not.\n\nJordan described Bryant as his little brother and the shared traits were unambiguous. Jordan sometimes seemed to play with a rage, determined to prove himself right and everyone else wrong, not caring who or what got chewed up along the way. His obsession fuelled his greatness but magnified his shortcomings too.\n\nSo it was with Kobe the player. After watching the film Kill Bill he began calling himself Black Mamba, seeing in himself an assassin's ruthlessness on court, an ability to strike repeatedly when others could not.\n\nNone of that is normal, but neither is much that goes into becoming the best in a world of elites. In creating a sporting machine you can misplace the softer, more human stuff along the way.\n\nJust as Jordan lost himself in gambling, in the mess around his father's murder and the short-lived sojourn in baseball that was mixed up in all of that, so Bryant's weaknesses were inescapable too.\n\nThe 2003 scandal following accusations of rape from a 19-year-old woman may have ended with criminal charges being dropped, but the subsequent civil lawsuit and aftermath clouded what had been an unblemished public image. There was the homophobic abuse of an umpire and a subsequent $100,000 fine, as well as an apology.\n\nOn court Bryant could be selfish, missing more shots in his career than any other player in NBA history, proudly admitting that he would rather miss 30 shots in a game than nine because it showed that he would never give up.\n\nHe had serious disputes with O'Neal, with Lakers management, even with Phil Jackson, the Zen-practising coaching virtuoso who also drew the very best from Jordan in their time together at the Chicago Bulls.\n\nHe also won two league scoring titles as well as the five championship rings. He missed but he made far more. Reconciliation and a second era of dominance followed the initial estrangement with the Lakers.\n\nAll of it, good and bad, like Jordan, sprang from the traits that his great friend and on-court rival Vince Carter says defined him: \"His drive. His mentality. His will to win.\"\n\nThose were the bonds and the ties. It was in navigating the second act that Bryant was starting to cut himself free.\n\nJordan has not yet learned to replace that first infatuation. For him it's more about admitting to himself that he won't, of living with a beautiful past that will probably always overshadow his present and future.\n\n\"I would give up everything now to go back and play the game of basketball,\" he admitted, as he turned 50.\n\nJordan is rich beyond the comprehension of the earlier generation of NBA legends but is still struggling to find anything that satisfies him as much as the first act.\n\nHe will always be the most important person in the room, but he now does so as someone who must deal with failure, and fading eyesight, and a body that no longer allows him the daily miracles it used to.\n\nBryant was moving towards a better place. As his own father Joe had been to his development, instilling the lifelong love of their shared sport, taking him with him to Italy for seven years as a child when his own playing career moved on from the NBA, so Bryant was with his four daughters and the wider generation beyond.\n\nHis dedication to Gianna was total, coaching her middle-school basketball team, watching Lakers and college games with her courtside. From that came a wider commitment to women's basketball, advising the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks, holding coaching camps for younger players.\n\nThere was generosity at home and a munificence elsewhere. The first time he met a young LeBron, at an All-Star weekend, he gave him his boots. As LeBron overtook his scoring record a few days ago, he wrote \"Mamba for life, 8, 24 KB\" on his current shoes, an inadvertent valediction to his hero's shirt numbers and driving force.\n\nMuch of what Bryant did in his 41 years seemed preordained, from the moment he jumped straight from Lower Merion High in suburban Philadelphia to the NBA draft and on to Los Angeles via a famous trade with the Charlotte Hornets.\n\nHe fulfilled all that crazy potential, came past the wild predictions and hopes that made been made when he was still a skinny teenager in Jordan's shoes. He was also starting to do something else entirely.\n\n\"Dear Basketball,\" he wrote, in the poem that became an Oscar-winning short film. \"We both know, no matter what I do next/ I'll always be that kid/ With the rolled-up socks/ Garbage can in the corner/ Five seconds on the clock/ Ball in my hands.\"\n\nHe will be. But Kobe Bryant was escaping too, navigating the second act, becoming something that all around hoped would last.", "Ann Francke said sports chat can leave women feeling left out\n\nChat about football or cricket in the workplace should be curtailed, a management body has warned.\n\nChartered Management Institute head Ann Francke said sports banter can exclude women and lead to laddish behaviour such as chat about sexual conquests.\n\n\"A lot of women, in particular, feel left out,\" she told the BBC's Today programme.\n\n\"They don't follow those sports and they don't like either being forced to talk about them or not being included.\"\n\n\"I have nothing against sports enthusiasts or cricket fans - that's great,\" she said.\n\n\"But the issue is many people aren't cricket fans,\" she added, arguing bosses should crack down on sports banter.\n\nMs Francke is concerned that discussing football and, for example, the merits of video assistant refereeing (VAR) can disproportionately exclude women and divide offices.\n\n\"It's a gateway to more laddish behaviour and - if it just goes unchecked - it's a signal of a more laddish culture,\" she said\n\n\"It's very easy for it to escalate from VAR talk and chat to slapping each other on the back and talking about their conquests at the weekend.\"\n\nNevertheless, Ms Francke does not think sports chatter should be banned, just moderated.\n\nShe said that good managers should be inclusive and ensure that everyone in their team feels comfortable.\n\nBut sports journalist Jacqui Oatley thinks cracking down on sports chatter would be a \"terrible idea\".\n\n\"If you ban football chat or banter of any description, then all you're going to do is alienate the people who actually want to communicate with each other,\" she told the Today programme.\n\n\"It would be so, so negative to tell people not to talk about sport because girls don't like it or women don't like it, that's far more divisive.\"\n\nShe said the secret was to discuss sport in an inclusive way and to notice if people were blankly \"staring into space\" during the conversation.\n\nA majority of people responding to a LinkedIn post from the BBC and on Twitter appear to agree with Ms Oatley.\n\nFormer sports, gambling, charities and loneliness minister Tracey Crouch called the Chartered Management Institute's advice \"a load of nonsense\".\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 Tracey Crouch 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 others agreed with her on Twitter.\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 Allyson Graham 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\nOffice manager Debra Smyth worries that other topics such as Love Island, EastEnders and Game of Thrones could also be censored if sport chatter is banned.\n\n\"I personally think companies should not dictate what people talk about, as not talking about it will alienate those with similar interests,\" she said.\n\n\"Where would it end? Banning people with children talking about them so as not to alienate people without children. Certainly not!\"\n\nRecruiter Peter Ferguson said: \"I have seen managers and staff build a more direct bond over a shared love of sport which has excluded those who don't share that interest.\n\n\"The answer is not to ban the conversation, it is to ensure managers and staff are trained to understand that those shared interests should not get in the way of management decisions or working collaboratively.\"", "Girls are more than twice as likely as boys to pass a GCSE in a modern foreign language, a report suggests.\n\nJust 38% of boys in England took a foreign language at GCSE in 2018, compared with about 50% of girls, a report for the British Council says.\n\nUsing statistical modelling, the Education Policy Institute study found when factors like background and ability were accounted for, boys were 2.17 times less likely to succeed.\n\nBut some schools are bucking the trend.\n\nResearchers used a set of characteristics to model the likelihood of different types of pupils achieving a pass in a language GCSE, finding different results for different groups.\n\nIn most areas of education, the biggest achievement gap is between disadvantaged children and their more advantaged peers.\n\nIn languages, however, a pupil's gender has the biggest effect on the likelihood of whether they will succeed.\n\nBoys, overall, had an odds ratio of 0.46, where one means success, while disadvantaged pupils had a ratio of 0.57.\n\nThe report found that a girl from a poorer background was more likely to outperform a boy from a more affluent background in modern languages.\n\nThe report notes that many schools enter large numbers of boys for modern language GCSEs for accountability reasons, but only a small percentage of them pass.\n\nResearchers highlighted a more inclusive, all-abilities approach as the reason behind the increase in boys studying and succeeding at languages in some successful schools.\n\nOverall entries in languages have seen a significant decline in recent years.\n\nThe English Baccalaureate, a wrap-around qualification which requires pupils to sit GCSEs in English, maths, two sciences, a humanities subject and a modern foreign language, aimed to address this decline.\n\nReport author Bobbie Mills said: \"The government has set an ambitious target of 75% of pupils studying the EBacc by 2022.\n\n\"If it intends to make any progress towards this goal, it must urgently clarify how it intends to address the huge gender gap in languages.\n\n\"There is no evidence that current initiatives to improve foreign language entries will narrow this divide\".\n\nThe report urged the exams watchdog, Ofqual, to address the difficulty of languages at GCSE.\n\nIt has already said that French and German will be marked more favourably from 2020, after a review of grading.\n\nIt should look at whether changes are required in other modern foreign languages, the report said.\n\nThe Department for Education said the introduction of the EBacc had helped halt the decline in take-up of GCSE languages, with 47% of pupils taking a language in 2019, up from 40% in 2010, and the proportion of boys remaining \"broadly stable\".\n\n\"We are committed to ensuring more pupils are studying languages, which is why it is now compulsory in the national curriculum for all children between Years 3 and 9,\" an official 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. MoTs: 'We had no option but to suspend tests'\n\nAll MoT tests for cars and light vehicles in Northern Ireland have been suspended with immediate effect.\n\nThe Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA) said inspections of lift faults in test centres did not provide \"sufficient assurance\" on the effectiveness of ongoing repairs.\n\nAn inspection of all vehicle lifts in NI's MoT centres previously detected \"signs of cracking\" in 48 of 55 lifts.\n\nMoT exemption certificates are being issued so motorists are able to drive.\n\nThe DVA said anyone scheduled for a car or light vehicle MoT on Tuesday \"should not attend\".\n\nTest on heavy goods vehicles and buses will continue.\n\nThe BBC obtained a picture of a crack in a lift at one of the vehicle test centres in Northern Ireland\n\nPaul Duffy, chief executive of the DVA told BBC News NI: \"This is hugely embarrassing for the DVA.\n\n\"I think we have a fairly good reputation and this is something that has tarnished that reputation.\n\nMr Duffy said he had sought assurances from the contractor responsible for supplying, maintaining and servicing the lifts that they were safe to use.\n\nHe said: \"We were given that assurance when the initial repairs were taking place, but that assurance then was not forthcoming from the contractor this evening on further inspections of lifts today.\n\n\"On that basis we had no option but to suspend the tests.\"\n\nHe said Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon had asked for a second opinion \"on the quality of the inspections that have taken place\" and that the DVA was exploring all options, including how quickly new lifts could be purchased.\n\nIn a statement, Mr Duffy added: \"The DVA recognises the considerable inconvenience and disruption this will cause for many people and sincerely apologises that it has been unable to rectify this situation more quickly.\n\n\"Given the urgency of this situation, we are asking the public to follow media, social media channels and nidirect for updates.\n\n\"Staff will also be kept fully informed by their centre managers.\"\n\nAbout 5,000 MoT tests had already been cancelled after the cracks in lifts were detected.\n\nDrivers affected by disruption at vehicle test centres were told on Saturday they would be granted temporary MoT exemptions from Monday.\n\nHowever these cannot be issued for four-year-old cars or taxis.\n\nThis is because four-year-old cars have never been through an MoT test before, meaning they do not have a certificate to extend, while taxis are covered by different legislation.\n\nSigns of cracking were first discovered in Larne MoT centre in November 2019\n\nThe DVA previously said these vehicles would be prioritised and Mr Duffy said on Monday that their tests would be carried out in the lanes normally only used to for lorries and buses - which remain open.\n\nMalcolm Tarling, of the Association of British Insurers, said insurance companies would be pragmatic.\n\n\"I think the key thing here is to talk to your insurer, let them know these quite unusual circumstances and get hold of one of those exemption certificates as well,\" he said.\n\n\"Insurers are going to keep a very close eye on the situation and they are going to be guided by the advice the authorities in Northern Ireland are giving out.\"\n\nUnlike in the rest of the UK, MoT tests in Northern Ireland must be carried out at 15 government-run centres.\n\nIn an internal letter sent to its staff last week the DVA revealed the lift inspection results.\n\nIt said signs of cracking were first discovered during an inspection of Larne MoT centre in November 2019.\n\nThe letter added the safety of staff and customers \"is of the utmost importance\" and lift repairs have already begun.", "Last updated on .From the section Basketball\n\nKobe Byrant, who has died in a helicopter crash at the age of 41, is regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time.\n\nThe number of Most Valuable Player awards Bryant won. The accolade is given to the best-performing player in the regular season - Bryant won it in 2007-08.\n\nAlso his number of Oscar wins. Bryant won the award for best short animated film in 2016 for Dear Basketball, a five-minute film based on a love letter to the sport he wrote in 2015.\n\nThe number of NBA Finals MVP awards won by Bryant, in 2008-09 and the following year. It is also the number of Olympic gold medals he won, helping the United States top the podium in 2008 and 2012.\n\nAlso the number of shirts the Lakers retired in his honour - eight and 24.\n\nAll-Star MVP Awards won - in 2001-02, 2006-07, 2008-09 and 2010-11. He is tied with Bob Pettit for the most in NBA history.\n\nJust four players in NBA history - Bryant, Michael Jordan, Kevin Garnett and Gary Payton - have been selected for the NBA All-defensive first team nine times.\n\nHe made the All-NBA First Team selection 11 times, second-equal with Karl Malone. LeBron James is the only player to have made it in 12 times.\n\nThat is how many starts Bryant has made in the NBA's annual All-Star Game - the second most in history, one behind James, who was selected to make his 16th just two days ago.\n\nAnd 16 is the number of times Bryant has played on Christmas day - again, the most in NBA history.\n\nAs well as making 15 starts, Bryant was picked for the All-Star Game 18 times in a row. That is the longest streak in NBA history and only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, with 19, made the All-Star Game more times.\n\nBryant spent 20 seasons with the Lakers. Only Dirk Nowitzki, who had 21 seasons with the Dallas Mavericks, has had a longer one-club career in the NBA.\n\nThe number of games in which he scored 50 points - only Wilt Chamberlain (118) and Michael Jordan (31) have scored 50-plus points more times.\n\nThe number of points scored against the Utah Jazz in his final game. It was the seventh time he had scored 60-plus points and the first time he had achieved the feat since 2009.\n\nWhen the Lakers beat the Toronto Raptors 122-104 on 22 January 2006, Bryant scored 81 of his side's points. Only Wilt Chamberlain, with a 100-point game in 1962, has scored more.\n\nBryant's 5,640 points scored in the NBA playoffs is the fourth highest total in NBA history behind James (6,911), Jordan (5,987) and Abdul-Jabbar (5,762).\n\nBryant, who made his debut in the 1996-97 season, scored 33,643 regular season points, putting him fourth on the all-time scoring list behind Abdul-Jabbar (38,387), Karl Malone (36,928) and LeBron James (33,655), who overtook Bryant while playing for the Lakers on Sunday.\n\nHis 48,637 minutes played is the eighth-highest total in the NBA.", "The great and the good of the music world arrived for the 62nd Grammys at the Staples Center in Los Angeles earlier on Sunday evening.\n\nThe main nominees include Billie Eilish, Lizzo and Lil Nas X, with performances due from Camila Cabello, Aerosmith and Ariana Grande.\n\nHere's how music's biggest artists looked as they graced the red carpet.\n\nTonight could be the biggest night of Lizzo's life, which perhaps explains why she looks like she's going to her own wedding.\n\nHer fur-lined Versace dress sees her pay tribute to the likes of Diana Ross and Cher.\n\nLizzo is up for four of the big awards - record of the year, song of the year, album of the year and best new artist. She'll face stiff competition from Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X in the latter category, but they'll do well to top this look.\n\nScottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi is up for song of the year with Someone You Loved.\n\n\"Let's face it, it's never gonna happen again,\" he joked on the red carpet. \"It's all downhill from here\".\n\nWhich is why he's probably steadying himself in this picture.\n\nAriana Grande is one of the front-runners this year, with her deeply personal Thank U, Next being up for best album.\n\nShe wore a custom-made Giambattista Valli gown, which is 20 feet across. So if an impromptu game of musical chairs breaks out, she should win easily.\n\nLana Del Rey is a contender for album of the year with NFR, as we're diplomatically calling it (the official broadcaster, CBS, has re-christened the album 'Norman Freaking Rockwell').\n\nShe looked every bit the winner as she stepped out in this shiny silver number.\n\nRap star Lil Nas X picked up one of the early awards for best video, in honour of his country-rap crossover Old Town Road (which is also up for song and record of the year) before going and slipping into something a little more... dazzling.\n\nYou'd certainly see him coming on the ranch in that pink spiky leather suit.\n\nLike Lizzo, Billie Eilish is also shortlisted for the \"big four\" awards and she's gone green for Grammys night.\n\nHer Gucci nails were apparently a late addition and hopefully won't cause any trophy-lifting issues for the 18-year-old, who told journalists she feels \"like a fan\" who has been let in for the night.\n\nBTS were all suited and booted as they walked the red carpet.\n\nThe seven-strong Korean band are set to perform their remix \"Seoul Town Road\" (see what they did there?) alongside Lil Nas X.\n\nIt's a case of YOLO, so wear a bright pink cowgirl number, for Bristol artist Yola, who also has four, despite being relatively unknown in her home country (so far).\n\nThe Bristolian artist has performed with Phantom Limb, Massive Attack, The Chemical Brothers and Iggy Azalea - and she goes up against Lizzo, Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X and more in the best new artist category.\n\nIf they take a team picture with the nominees for that award you'll need your sunglasses to see it.\n\nContinuing the pink theme, Tyler, The Creator arrived at the venue dressed as a bellhop.\n\n\"I travel a lot and I appreciate them, so I decided to honour that,\" he told reporters.\n\nTyler is up for best rap album for Igor, which he doesn't actually consider to be a rap record himself.\n\nEither way the award trophy would fit nicely into that suitcase.\n\nBilly Porter won the Grammy Award for best Best Musical Theatre album back in 2014, and while he's only in town to present an award tonight you will not find a better hat anywhere.\n\nFinally, David Crosby got the dickie bow memo before he trod the red carpet with his wife Jan Dance.\n\nOne of the original hippy rock 'n' rollers, he was nominated in the best music film category, for his documentary Remember My Name.\n\nThe award was eventually won by Beyoncé for her Netflix documentary Homecoming, which captures her 2018 Coachella performance (her win meant films about or by Crosby, Miles Davis, Rick Rubin and Thom Yorke all missed out).\n\nBut we're giving the unofficial award for best moustache to the former Byrds guitarist, and we're sure you'll agree.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "A petition to save the BBC red button will be handed in to the BBC and Downing Street on Monday, signed by more than 100 organisations.\n\nThe text part of the service will close over the next few weeks, with the first changes happening in the coming days.\n\nThe petition has been organised by the National Federation of the Blind of the UK (NFBUK).\n\nThey say the red button is vital for the elderly who have limited sight and hearing and are not on the internet.\n\nRed button text launched in 1999, taking over as Ceefax was phased out.\n\nThe decision spells the end of reading headlines, football scores, weather, travel news and more on TV sets, 45 years after the launch of Ceefax.\n\nBut the video elements - such as allowing you to watch extra courts at Wimbledon, or stages from Glastonbury - will continue.\n\nA BBC spokesman said that \"changes\" to the service will begin happening from Thursday but the complete shutdown of the red button will take \"a few weeks\".\n\nTen years ago, 12 million people a week used to press the red button. It was also reaching around five million people who did not have access to BBC online.\n\nSince then, smartphone use has mushroomed - nearly 80% of adults now own one. The red button was, even in 2010, looking a bit old-fashioned and it wasn't cheap, the text and video services cost £39 million a year to run.\n\nMaintaining and updating a service that is used by a rapidly declining audience is hard to justify at a time when the BBC is looking to make big savings.\n\nHowever, for people who have no access to online services it is for some households (after the demise of other teletext services) the only way to check headlines or weather reports at the touch of a button. It is also easy to read and simple to navigate.\n\nAnd while it is only the text services that are being closed down, for some it will be the loss of a service they have relied on ever since the days of Ceefax.\n\nThe BBC says independent research, conducted before the changes were announced, concluded that the vast majority of people could access red button information in alternative ways, such as TV, radio and online services.\n\n\"From early 2020, viewers will no longer be able to access text-based BBC News and BBC Sport content by pressing red,\" a BBC spokesperson said at the time of the announcement.\n\n\"It's always a difficult decision to reduce services, and we don't take decisions like this lightly, but we have taken it because we have to balance the resources needed to maintain and develop this service with the need to update our systems to give people even better internet-based services.\n\n\"Viewers can still access this information on the BBC website, BBC News and Sport mobile apps - as well as 24-hour news on the BBC News Channel.\"\n\nThe petition demands an immediate pause on the withdrawal of the BBC Red Button Teletext service which is due to be phased out from 30 January and immediate clarification and public scrutiny on how the BBC came to the decision to switch it off.\n\nSeveral protesters were seen outside the BBC's New Broadcasting House in London on Monday morning ahead of the petition hand in.\n\nThe NFBUK said the service was \"vital\" for people who are not online \"who want to find out information independently in an easy, convenient and accessible format\".\n\nIt said it feared its withdrawal \"will leave many people, who are already vulnerable, further isolated and marginalised from society\".\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The Sunday People may have targeted the mobile phone of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, court papers suggest.\n\nThe tabloid newspaper is alleged to have hired private detectives to target the Dowler family in 2002.\n\nThis has emerged in a civil case at the High Court brought by 71 claimants, including Prince Harry and the author and actor David Walliams, against Mirror Group Newspapers.\n\nThe current publishers of the People, Reach Plc, have declined to comment.\n\nA defence to the allegations has not yet been submitted and the case continues.\n\nIn 2011, another tabloid, the News of World, was closed after revelations it hacked Milly's phone.\n\nIn court papers presented last November and seen by the website Byline Investigates and now the BBC, it is alleged the Sunday People hired the private investigation firm Starbase to target the Dowler family 18 years ago.\n\nAt that time Milly, 13, was missing and her disappearance was a major national news story.\n\nIn 2011 serial killer Levi Bellfield was convicted of her murder.\n\nThe claimants allege the Dowlers were also put under surveillance and that Starbase was involved in phone hacking and other unlawful information gathering.\n\nThey point to an unusually large invoice from Starbase for work at that time and an article that appeared in the People 10 days after Milly's disappearance as evidence of unlawful information gathering.\n\nPress standards campaigner Prof Brian Cathcart said of the latest allegations against the People: \"This extremely serious allegation raises the shocking possibility that a second newspaper was illegally hacking Milly's phone.\n\n\"If it is true, we need to know who authorised it and how many people knew. The Metropolitan Police refused to take the matter in hand, and the civil courts are not the place to get to the bottom of it.\"\n\nThe revelation Milly's phone was hacked by the News of the World caused a wave of public revulsion and transformed phone hacking from a story about celebrities' privacy into a full blown national scandal.\n\nAt the height of the phone-hacking scandal, Rupert Murdoch shut the 168-year-old paper and then Prime Minister David Cameron commissioned the Leveson Inquiry into the ethics and culture of the press.\n\nIn 2015, Mr Justice Mann ruled phone hacking had been widespread and frequent for a decade at Trinity Mirror, the then owners of the Daily and Sunday Mirror and the People.\n\nNeil Wallis was the editor of the People in 2002. There is no suggestion he commissioned the work allegedly carried out by Starbase.\n\nHe went on to become the deputy editor of the News of the World and was tried at the Old Bailey and acquitted in 2015 of conspiracy to hack voicemails during his time as deputy editor of the defunct tabloid.\n\nHe denied any knowledge of the illegal practice and described the prosecution as \"politically motivated\".\n\nIn 2014, his boss at the News of the World, Andy Coulson, who went on to become David Cameron's director of communications, was convicted of the same offence and jailed for 18 months.\n\nMr Wallis left journalism and took up PR work in 2009, including a contract with the Metropolitan Police.\n\nThe then Met Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson resigned in 2011 after facing questions from MPs about links between the force and the News of the World.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A Caspian Airlines jet slid off the runway onto a highway while landing in Mahshahr\n\nAn Iranian passenger plane ended up belly-down in the middle of a highway after reportedly skidding off the runway during a botched landing.\n\nTwo of the 136 passengers on board suffered leg injuries in the incident in the city of Mahshahr, medics said.\n\nThe Caspian Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83 was flying there from Tehran.\n\nState TV quoted a provincial aviation official as saying that the pilot \"landed the aircraft too late and this caused him to miss the runway\".\n\nThis \"caused the aircraft to overshoot the runway and stop in a boulevard\" next to the airport, Mohammad Reza Rezaei added.\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 خبرگزاری ایسنا 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 reporter who was on board the aircraft said that the back wheel of the plane had broken off and that the plane had skidded on its fuselage.\n\nIran's Civil Aviation Organisation said an investigation was under 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 Bahman Kalbasi 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\nSixty-six people were killed in a plane crash in February 2019, while dozens were killed when an IranAir plane broke into pieces upon landing in 2011.\n\nThe EU has either banned or restricted two Iranian airlines from using its airspace over safety concerns.\n\nIran had planned to upgrade its ageing fleet after years of sanctions were lifted as part of the 2015 nuclear deal signed with world powers. However, the US Treasury revoked licences for companies to sell passenger aircraft to Iran after President Donald Trump left the agreement in 2018.\n\nMonday's incident in Mahshahr comes two weeks after a Ukrainian International Airlines Boeing 737-800 was mistakenly shot down by Iran's armed forces near Tehran, killing all 176 people on board.\n• None How sanctions affect Iran... in five objects", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Billie Eilish says \"anything is possible\" after making history at the Grammys\n\nPop star Billie Eilish swept the board at the 2020 Grammys, winning five awards, including best new artist and song of the year.\n\nThe 18-year-old also won album of the year for her debut, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go, which was recorded in her childhood home in LA.\n\nShe replaces Taylor Swift as the youngest person ever to win the award.\n\n\"I joke around a lot at these things, but I genuinely want to say I'm so grateful,\" said the singer.\n\nEilish triumphed in all of the Grammys \"big four\" marquee categories - song of the year, record of the year, album of the year and best new artist.\n\nShe is the first person to achieve the feat since Christopher Cross in 1981.\n\nHer elder brother, Finneas O'Connell, also picked up producer of the year for his work on Eilish's album.\n\nHe said the record had been made at home because \"I'm the most creative where I'm most comfortable,\" adding: \"It's a huge honour to be given a Grammy for making home-made cookies.\"\n\nEilish appeared to be overwhelmed by the extent of her domination of the awards. Accepting the album of the year prize, she turned to fellow nominee Ariana Grande and said: \"Can I just say that I think Ariana deserves this?\" (Grande waved off the comments, ceding the prize back to the winner).\n\nBillie Eilish was honoured for her album and the hit single Bad Guy\n\nEarlier, on the red carpet, the singer said she felt like an impostor.\n\n\"I feel like I'm not supposed to be here,\" she joked. \"I feel like they accidentally let in a fan.\"\n\nBut the teenager has re-written the rules of pop over the last 12 months, creating ominous, unsettling songs that disrupt typical song structures and lure listeners down dark sonic avenues.\n\n\"We didn't make this album to win a Grammy,\" said Finneas, joining his sister on stage.\n\n\"We wrote an album about depression and suicidal thoughts and climate change and being a bad guy, whatever that means.\n\n\"And we stand up here confused and grateful.\"\n\nOther big winners on the night included Lil Nas X, who won video of the year for Old Town Road, and Lizzo, who scooped three prizes including best pop solo performance for her breakout hit, Truth Hurts.\n\nThe singer also opened the ceremony and, along with host Alicia Keys, paid tribute to basketball star Kobe Bryant, who died earlier in the day.\n\n\"Tonight is for Kobe,\" Lizzo announced as the show began, before singing the lines, \"I'm crying 'cos I love you\".\n\nAfter her performance, Keys, who was hosting the show, walked solemnly to the stage and asked the audience to remember Bryant's family.\n\n\"I would like everybody to take a moment and hold them inside of you and share our strength and our support,\" she said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Alicia Keys and Lizzo lead tributes to Kobe Bryant at the Grammys\n\nSeveral other performers, including Lil Nas X, DJ Khaled and Run-DMC, paid tribute to the star during the ceremony by holding his jersey aloft.\n\nStand-out moments came from hip-hop auteur Tyler, The Creator, who performed in the middle of a burning house; and pop singer Demi Lovato, who sang live for the first time since a suspected overdose two years ago.\n\nAriana Grande, who refused to attend last year's Grammys after a public clash with the show's producer, Ken Ehrlich, made amends with a lavish, risqué and heavily bleeped-out medley of her songs Imagine, Seven Rings, and Thank You, Next, backed by an orchestra.\n\nBritish artists were thin on the ground, but the Chemical Brothers won two awards, including best dance album for No Geography.\n\nDua Lipa, who won best new artist last year, was also on hand to pass the baton to Billie Eilish.\n\nShe used her speech to champion gender diversity in the music industry, which is still overwhelmingly dominated by men.\n\n\"There are so many stellar female producers, artists, songwriters [and] engineers,\" she said.\n\n\"If you're in the business and you're hiring, raise your sights to the amazing, talented women out there because we deserve a seat at every table.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Mark Rutte, left, lay a wreath at the Holocaust remembrance event in Amsterdam\n\nDutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has apologised on behalf of his country's government for its failure to protect Jews during World War Two.\n\nMr Rutte said that while some Dutch officials resisted during the Nazi occupation, too many simply did as they were told.\n\nIt was the first such apology to be offered by a Dutch prime minister.\n\nAbout 102,000 of the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust came from the Netherlands.\n\nMr Rutte made the remarks at a Holocaust remembrance event in Amsterdam, ahead of the 75th anniversary on Monday of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp.\n\n\"With the last remaining survivors among us, I apologise on behalf of the government for the actions of the government at the time,\" he said.\n\n\"I do so, realising that no word can describe something as enormous and awful as the Holocaust.\"\n\nIt was an admission long sought by the Netherlands' Jewish community.\n\nSome 75% of the 140,000 Jews who lived in the Netherlands before the Holocaust were murdered by German Nazis and their local collaborators.\n\nDutch governments in the past had apologised for the way Jews who survived the Holocaust were treated upon returning from concentration camps.\n\nBut Mr Rutte is the first to acknowledge the country's role in persecuting Jews and other minorities during the Nazi occupation.\n\n\"We ask ourselves: how could this have happened?\" he said.\n\n\"In all, we did too little. Not enough protection, not enough help, not enough recognition.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Holocaust survivors: The families who weren’t meant to live", "Kamali Gabbidon-Lynck died after being stabbed five times\n\nViolence broke out at the Old Bailey as five gang members were jailed for murdering a man in a knife attack.\n\nKamali Gabbidon-Lynck, 19, was stabbed to death at a Wood Green hair salon last year.\n\nHe was killed as a result of \"a longstanding and mutual hatred\" between two rival gangs, the court heard.\n\nPolice officers and prison staff were attacked after the judge gave the killers - two men and three teenagers - life sentences.\n\nTyrell Graham, 18, Sheareem Cookhorn, 21, and 17-year-olds Jayden O'Neil-Crichlow, Shane Lyons, and Ojay Hamilton began fighting in the dock as they were led out of court.\n\nOne officer suffered a head injury when he and nine colleagues attempted to restrain the defendants.\n\nPolice also had to stop people in the public gallery from jumping into the courtroom.\n\nMembers of the public saw the stabbing in Wood Green, the jury heard\n\nThe court heard Mr Gabbidon-Lynck's friend Jason Fraser, 20, was chased, stabbed, and shot by a rival gang on 22 February 2019. He survived the attack.\n\nWhile his friend was being attacked, Mr Gabbidon-Lynck drove towards the attackers to try to scare them off, prosecutor Oliver Glasgow QC told jurors.\n\nSheareem Cookhorn (left) and Tyrell Graham (right) were jailed for murder and attempted murder\n\nThe court heard he became trapped after reversing into parked cars, forcing him to run to a hair salon.\n\nHe was stabbed five times and died after an artery was severed.\n\nJudge Foster told the gang the attack had \"terrified members of the public\".\n\nThe judge lifted reporting restrictions to allow the naming of three juvenile defendants: Jayden O'Neil-Crichlow (left), Shane Lyons (middle) and Ojay Hamilton (right)\n\nMr Glasgow said it was \"more reminiscent of a Hollywood film than a winter's night in north London\".\n\nMr Gabbidon-Lynck was linked to a north London gang called the WGM, the court heard.\n\nHis killers were said to be linked to Tottenham gang the NPK.\n\nKamali Gabbidon-Lynck became trapped after reversing into parked cars, forcing him to escape his attackers on foot\n\nCookhorn was jailed for a minimum of 28 years for murder, attempted murder and possession of a firearm.\n\nGraham will serve at least 25 years for murder and attempted murder.\n\nLyons, O'Neil-Crichlow and Hamilton were each jailed for 21 years for murder and wounding with intent.\n\nThe defendants had denied all the charges against them.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Afghan National Army forces have travelled to the site of the crash in Deh Yak district\n\nThe US military has confirmed one of its planes crashed in eastern Afghanistan on Monday.\n\nCol Sonny Leggett said: \"While the cause of crash is under investigation, there are no indications the crash was caused by enemy fire.\"\n\nThe aircraft crashed in Deh Yak district, Ghazni province, an area with a strong Taliban presence.\n\nIt is unclear how many people were on board.\n\nTaliban social media accounts have posted unverified footage showing a burnt-out plane with US Air Force markings.\n\nThe video shows a Bombardier E-11A - the type of jet used by the US Air Force for electronic surveillance over Afghanistan.\n\nAfghan authorities had initially said the crash plane belonged to state-owned airline Ariana, but the company quickly said all its planes were accounted for.\n\nWhile helicopters have proven vulnerable and accident-prone in Afghanistan, the loss of a US fixed-wing aircraft is relatively rare.\n\nBut the Taliban are not believed to have the sorts of anti-aircraft missiles needed to bring down a high-flying aircraft.\n\nThe plane involved is an E-11A, one of only four in the whole US Air Force.\n\nEssentially it is an adapted Bombardier executive jet, chosen for its ability to fly at high altitude and with extended range. It is packed with electronics: its job is to enable better communications between air and ground forces, and between different types of aircraft operating in difficult terrain or using incompatible data links.\n\nIt is a bit like the wi-fi range extender that you install in a room with a poor signal. The aircraft - along with similar electronics mounted on unmanned systems - have played an important role in the Afghan conflict, where the mountainous landscape is a major problem for modern military communications.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Kayden was born with severe brain damage following mistakes in his mother's maternity care\n\nA couple whose baby died after errors at a scandal-hit maternity service say they want a police investigation.\n\nCwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board maternity services were placed in special measures in 2019.\n\nMistakes in Sarah Handy's care contributed to her baby's death in 2017, an inquest found.\n\nThe health board apologised and said it had addressed issues raised by parents after a report by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.\n\nMrs Handy's case is one of 140 being reviewed to establish whether mothers and babies were harmed by the care they received at maternity units run by Cwm Taf Morgannwg - in Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil, and the Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Llantrisant.\n\nShe and her husband Jonathan now want to know if wider, systemic failings may have played a part too.\n\nThe leader of Rhondda Cynon Taf council, Andrew Morgan, has echoed the family's call for a criminal investigation.\n\nBBC Wales Investigates discovered mistakes made by maternity services in Cwm Taf Morgannwg have cost tens of millions of pounds in compensation payments in the last 10 years.\n\nMrs Handy, a high-risk patient because of medical issues, ended up giving birth at home because of an error at Prince Charles Hospital.\n\nWhen she went to hospital suffering from what she thought were labour pains, a registrar sent her home with laxatives and paracetamol.\n\nBut Mrs Handy was in labour, and no longer close to the medical help she needed.\n\nSarah and Jonathan Handy want to know if wider failings played a part in their daughter's death\n\nJennifer was born so premature she needed specialist care - but instead her father, a police officer, had to deliver his daughter.\n\nShe was breathing but in a serious condition, and Mr Handy performed CPR until the paramedics came.\n\nBut by the time Mrs Handy and her daughter reached the hospital, Jennifer had died and her mother needed emergency surgery, spending weeks in hospital.\n\n\"I have flashbacks… nightmares because of having to live in the place where such a horrific thing happened to you,\" she said.\n\nBut because of failings in record keeping at the hospital, what happened was not reported as a \"serious\" incident.\n\n\"Our baby daughter died,\" Mr Handy, from Merthyr, said.\n\n\"My wife nearly died at home and I can't for the life of me understand how that's not a serious incident. What does qualify as a serious incident? There's a death. What is above that?\"\n\nAt the inquest into Jennifer's death in April 2019 the coroner concluded that the registrar's mistake in sending Mrs Handy home had contributed to the baby's death.\n\nThat same month, a report from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) was published.\n\nIt outlined how despite repeated warnings from staff and regulators, the health board had failed to address issues such as under-staffing and a malfunctioning complaints system.\n\nThe Handys want to know if the wider failings uncovered by the inspection may have played a part in Jennifer's death too.\n\nMr Handy said: \"Surely somewhere there has to be an investigation into whether there's any criminal element to it.\n\n\"I won't be able to rest I don't think, till we know that it has been thoroughly looked at - all angles.\"\n\nFor six years Cwm Taf Morgannwg midwives had been trying to raise the alarm. The head of their Royal College in Wales (RCM), Helen Rogers, saw the problems first hand.\n\nShe told the BBC: \"We were finding the staff in tears, really distressed they couldn't give the care and they genuinely felt that if they raised concerns, that if they put their head above the parapet, in their words, or if they spoke up they would be punished in some way. And that was the very clear perception.\"\n\nThe RCM's concerns were raised with managers including then chief executive Allison Williams. Paid up to £175,000 a year, it was her job to make sure the service was run properly.\n\nMs Rogers says concerns were passed on to Ms Williams. Managers tried to reconfigure the service but problems remained.\n\nIn 2017 maternity staff were asked to complete an anonymous survey. Of those that did, 91% said there weren't enough staff to complete work properly. They also warned it felt \"unsafe\" and women were receiving an unacceptable standard of care.\n\nMistakes made in Lisa Broom's care at Prince Charles Hospital in 2012 led to her son Kayden being born with severe brain damage which caused physical and learning disabilities.\n\nKayden has undergone more than 50 operations and needs 24-hour care and support at his Merthyr Tydfil home.\n\nMs Broom went into labour three months early and staff at Prince Charles Hospital said she would need to be transferred to a specialist unit.\n\nThe only bed available was at the John Radcliff Hospital in Oxford - 120 miles away.\n\n\"Even in the ambulance I kept saying please don't take me, I'm not going to make it,\" she said.\n\n\"But they had no choice, they had to follow whatever somebody above them said.\"\n\nKayden Broom's mother was sent to Oxford by ambulance when she went into labour\n\nBut there were communication errors - the registrar who sent Ms Broom to Oxford wrongly assumed she would be sent by air ambulance.\n\nShe was not checked by a consultant or given the correct medication before leaving Merthyr.\n\nAs her ambulance pulled into the hospital car park in Oxford, Kayden was born but not breathing. He was starved of oxygen which caused the brain damage.\n\nThe health board has apologised and said that lessons would be learned.\n\nKayden's lawyer Stephen Webber has helped a number of families get compensation for mistakes made by Cwm Taf Morgannwg's maternity service.\n\nHe said the total payments and cost of ongoing care for children could run into \"tens of millions\" and the health board needs to learn from its mistakes.\n\n\"It's incredibly frustrating these sorts of errors are made because it is not some great technical piece of medical treatment. It is a breakdown in communication,\" Mr Webber said.\n\n\"They [Cwm Taf] make these compensation payments and think it's enough. Well it simply isn't. They need to confront these problems.\"\n\nLawyer Stephen Webber has sued Cwm Taf Morgannwg on behalf of several families\n\nWales' health minister Vaughan Gething said he feels he was \"not told the truth\" about the state of staffing before the full picture emerged.\n\nHe said: \"I don't think the messaging we had was as full and honest as it should have been.\"\n\nHe added: \"It was plain that actually, understaffing wasn't just an issue between recruitment rounds, but there was a real issue for a period of time about the staffing levels, and some staff complained and raised concerns about that and had direct assurances that it would be tackled and it wasn't. \"\n\nIn 2018 a consultant midwife report said there were ongoing, systematic failures and recommended changes had not been implemented.\n\nBut the report was not shared by the then chief executive and three senior managers at the health board.\n\nMr Gething said that was something he was \"incredibly unhappy\" about.\n\n\"It's exactly what should not happen in the health service, in any part of the health service,\" he said.\n\nProblems were still being highlighted at Prince Charles Hospital as recently as two months ago\n\nAllison Williams apologised publicly at the Senedd for the maternity failings.\n\nShe said: \"A community like ours deserves the very best for all the reasons that you say, and we have failed them….there's no disputing that.\"\n\nMs Williams took sick leave before quitting in the summer of 2019, and declined to comment when approached by BBC Wales Investigates.\n\nDespite maternity services being in special measures, a leaked report seen by the BBC from the Health Inspectorate for Wales shows mothers and babies were still being put at risk at Prince Charles Hospital as recently as two months ago, with emergency resuscitation equipment not properly checked and patient records not stored correctly.\n\nSimilar problems were uncovered at Cwm Taf Morgannwg's other maternity unit at the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend.\n\nAsked about the current concerns identified by HIW, Dr Sharon Hopkins, interim chief executive at Cwm Taf Morgannwg, told the programme all the concerns highlighted have now been addressed.\n\n\"We're very clear that we're not where we need to be yet. There are still lots of improvements to make,\" she said.\n\n\"I think things are safe, things are clinically safe, but are they as good as they could be? Is the quality where we would like it to get to? No it's not.\"\n\nAndrew Morgan said he felt misled over the maternity failings\n\nRhondda Cynon Taf council leader Andrew Morgan said it was \"an absolute scandal\" nobody on the health board had been held to account for the previous maternity service failings.\n\nHe echoed the Handys' calls for criminal investigations.\n\n\"If it's established that harm did come to individuals through neglect or because people knew of the risks and didn't act, then potentially they should face further action through the courts,\" he said.\n\nBBC Wales Investigates Uncovered: The Baby Scandal is on Monday, 27 January at 19:30 GMT on BBC One Wales\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. Varadkar: \"There will be checks required\" between NI and GB\n\nIrish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has suggested the EU will be the \"stronger team\" in post-Brexit trade talks with the UK.\n\nComparing negotiations to a football match, he suggested to the BBC that the EU would be at an advantage due to its larger population and market.\n\nThe taoiseach said he did not think the UK had \"yet come to terms with the fact it's now a small country\".\n\nBoris Johnson said he would be able to \"wrap this all up\" by the end of 2020.\n\nSpeaking after the meeting, Mr Barnier told reporters the two sides faced \"the risk of a cliff edge\" if trade terms were not agreed by the end of the post-Brexit transition period in December.\n\nHe cautioned that a \"very short time\" remained to \"rebuild\" the UK-EU relationship.\n\nIn an interview earlier with BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg, Mr Varadkar also said striking a deal in this timeframe was possible but would be \"difficult\".\n\nHe pledged the EU would not be \"dragging its feet,\" but added: \"My assessment is that it is more likely that we will need an extension in order to finalise a free trade agreement and future economic partnership than not need it.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson says UK can \"wrap up\" Brexit this year\n\nMr Johnson, however, said he had to \"respectfully disagree\" with his Irish counterpart's doubts, insisting a deal can be reached \"in the time we've got\".\n\nThe UK PM added: \"We've got until the end of the year, but we will be doing things very fast, and in a very friendly, respectful way.\"\n\nMr Johnson has insisted he is not open to any extension.\n\nMeanwhile, it has been confirmed that from the UK side, trade talks will be led by a 40-person \"task force\" headed by the PM's Europe adviser David Frost.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Varadkar, the leader of the Fine Gael party, is fighting his first election campaign as taoiseach. Ireland heads to the polls on 8 February.\n\nHe told the BBC: \"The European Union is a union of 27 member states. The UK is only one country. And we have a population and a market of 450 million people.\n\n\"The UK, it's about 60[m]. So if these were two teams up against each other playing football, who do you think has the stronger team?\"\n\nHe also cautioned the UK against trying to negotiate individual deals covering different sectors of the economy.\n\n\"The final deal, the new relationship will have to be comprehensive,\" he said.\n\n\"When I hear people talk about piecemeal, it sounds a bit like cake and eat,\" he said, adding: \"That isn't something that will fly in Europe.\"\n\n\"You may have to make concessions in areas like fishing in order to get concessions from us in areas like financial services.\"\n\nMr Varadkar said there was \"genuine concern\" across Europe that the UK would seek to \"undercut\" EU standards after Brexit.\n\n\"When I meet Prime Minister Johnson he says, no, absolutely not - that's not the kind of United Kingdom that I want to lead as prime minister.\"\n\nBut he added: \"We want that written down in law, we want that in a treaty.\"\n\nMr Varadkar said both sides would have to agree a \"common set of minimum standards\" for an agreement to be possible.\n\nBut this is likely to be a contentious area of talks, with British ministers having insisted the UK should have the right to move away from EU regulations.\n\nAnother potential flashpoint is likely to be access to fishing waters, which both sides have pledged to sort out before the end of June.\n\nLeaked slides from an EU presentation last Friday said the bloc would be aiming for the same level of access to British fishing stocks it has now, and would not sign a wider trade deal until fishing access has been agreed.\n\nBut the UK government insists it will \"take back control\" of its waters.\n\nA leaked slide presentation from a meeting last Friday has revealed more of the EU's objectives in the upcoming trade talks.\n\nDiplomats from national governments agreed that commitments by the UK to maintaining a level playing field - i.e. not undercutting other EU nations for competitive advantage - are a \"precondition\" for a deal. There should also be a role for the European Court of Justice in any deal to protect EU law.\n\nThe EU will pursue what it calls a \"comprehensive approach\" to the negotiations and there will be \"trade-offs between chapters\" i.e. give-and-take across different areas of the deal.\n\nThe EU will expect to be treated as a single bloc, so the UK will not, for example, be able to offer something to Germany that it doesn't offer to everyone else. In case of future disputes with the UK, there would be the possibility for \"cross-retaliation\" where a disagreement in one sector sees the EU retaliating in another.\n\nEU sources say they want to build a relationship with the UK that is balanced and sustainable, where neither side \"feels taken for a ride\".", "Thousands of passengers could save money on rail fares as \"split tickets\" become more common, experts predict.\n\nBuying multiple tickets to split one journey into sections can work out to be cheaper than having a single ticket.\n\nUsers do not have to change trains, as long as their train stops at the final destination printed on each ticket - but the practice has been \"niche\".\n\nBooking site Trainline has now released a SplitSave tool to help find cheaper journeys by splitting trips into legs.\n\n\"Split tickets\" are legal provided that trains stop at ticket destinations.\n\nTravel journalist Simon Calder told BBC News \"split ticketing\" was not a new concept, but had previously only been carried out by a well-informed group of passengers.\n\n\"What we're seeing now is the whole thing moving from the niche to a company through which millions buy tickets,\" he said.\n\nPreviously, passengers could use split ticketing websites such as RailEurope's Pricehack and Split My Fare to check ticket prices.\n\nThe ticket companies' apps are able to find combinations of tickets to save passengers money on most routes across the UK, by automatically splitting the trip into multiple legs.\n\nPassengers buy more than one ticket, rather than a single ticket covering the entire journey.\n\nAs long as the train makes a stop at a passenger's split ticket station along the way, they can be on the same train throughout the whole journey.\n\nTo buy a ticket from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads without splitting the fare could cost up to £112 on Monday morning.\n\nHowever, buying one ticket from Paddington to Didcot - which is on the same route - and another from Didcot to Bristol would save around a third of the cost of the trip. The practice is legal so long as the train stops as Didcot.\n\nTrainline said other examples of potential savings included one of £80.10 between Manchester Piccadilly and London Euston, and £79.85 between Edinburgh Waverley and London King's Cross.\n\nThe Rail Delivery Group (RDG), which represents train operators, called for a reform to the whole rail fares structure, describing the split-ticket feature as a \"sticking plaster\" solution to a \"system in need of major surgery\".\n\nExperts say the rules governing how tickets are sold - which date back to 1995 - have not kept pace with technology or how people work and travel.\n\nThe rail industry has previously admitted that passengers are not always offered the cheapest fare available due to \"long-standing anomalies\".\n\nThe RDG published a wish list of reforms last year, including allowing ticket prices to be set more flexibly.\n\nMr Calder said ticket-splitting by large numbers of passengers may speed up rail fare reforms as train companies begin to lose revenue.\n\n\"The railway industry says it has been calling for reform for years and I think [ticket splitting] could accelerate that process,\" he said.\n\n\"We're going to see train companies saying to the government: 'We're losing all this money, you've got to help us sort this out.'\n\nJacqueline Starr, chief operating officer at RDG, said: \"We support any effort to improve how people buy tickets within the current fares structure, but ultimately these are only sticking plaster solutions on a system in need of major surgery.\n\n\"Reforms proposed by train operators and backed by consumer groups would deliver a better range of fares for everyone, encouraging people to use the network and generating revenue for government to re-invest back in to improvements in services.\"\n\nThe tool was welcomed by independent watchdog Transport Focus for enabling passengers \"to take advantage of cheaper journeys where they are available\".\n\nHowever, the group's chief executive, Anthony Smith, added: \"Of course, people shouldn't need tips and tricks to know they are getting the best deal and so we want to see major fares and ticketing reforms coming out of the forthcoming Williams review.\"", "Britain has condemned the arrest of the UK ambassador to Iran as a \"flagrant violation of international law\".\n\nRob Macaire was detained for a short time on Saturday night after attending a vigil for those who died when Iran's military shot down a passenger plane.\n\nHe left the vigil when it turned into a protest but was later accused of helping to organise the demonstrations.\n\nIran said he was \"an unknown foreigner in an illegal gathering\" and summoned him to the foreign ministry on Sunday.\n\nIn a statement, Iran's foreign ministry said Mr Macaire was \"reminded\" that his presence at \"illegal gatherings contravened\" the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations.\n\nBBC diplomatic correspondent James Landale said Mr Macaire was understood to have protested strongly that his detention was unjustified.\n\nOur correspondent says Mr Macaire made clear any suggestion that he was involved in demonstrations was completely untrue, and he was attending an event advertised as a vigil for the victims of Wednesday's crash - which killed 176 people, including four Britons.\n\nEarlier, Iran's deputy foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi, who denied Mr Macaire was detained, said in a tweet that he thought it \"impossible\" when police first told him that the UK ambassador had been arrested.\n\nA phone conversation confirmed Mr Macaire's identity and he was released 15 minutes later, Mr Araghchi added.\n\nMr Macaire has denied taking part in protests and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab condemned his arrest.\n\nHe was arrested and held for three hours when he stopped at a barber shop for a haircut on his way back to the UK embassy.\n\nIn a tweet the ambassador said he was attending the vigil because it was \"normal to want to pay respects\", adding that some of the victims were British.\n\nThe ambassador added: \"Arresting diplomats is of course illegal, in all countries.\"\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 Rob Macaire 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\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson and German Chancellor Angela Merkel condemned Mr Macaire's arrest in a joint statement following a phone call on Sunday, in which they discussed their \"shared interests in ensuring Iran never acquires a nuclear weapon\".\n\nAnd Security Minister Brandon Lewis said on Sunday that the UK ambassador's arrest was \"totally unacceptable\" and a breach of the 1961 Vienna Convention.\n\n\"Iran does need to step back from that kind of activity and play a proper part in working with partners to de-escalate,\" Mr Lewis told Sky's Sophy Ridge.\n\nUnder the convention, diplomats cannot be detained. The Foreign Office is to demand a full explanation.\n\nIn a statement issued on Saturday night Mr Raab added: \"The arrest of our ambassador in Tehran without grounds or explanation is a flagrant violation of international law.\n\n\"The Iranian government is at a cross-roads moment. It can continue its march towards pariah status with all the political and economic isolation that entails, or take steps to deescalate tensions and engage in a diplomatic path forwards.\"\n\nThe Iranian Etemad newspaper shared a picture of the ambassador on Twitter after the Tasnim news agency reported his arrest.\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 🌐 اعتمادآنلاين 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\nProtesters had taken to the streets in Iran's capital, Tehran, to vent anger at officials, calling them liars for having denied, then admitting, shooting down a Ukrainian passenger plane.\n\nIran had initially denied responsibility for the plane crash, but on Saturday, President Hassan Rouhani admitted Iranian military had \"unintentionally\" shot down the passenger plane after mistaking it for a cruise missile when it turned towards a sensitive military site.\n\nPresident Rouhani said the missile strike was an \"unforgivable mistake\".\n\nThe crash came just hours after Iran carried out missile strikes on two airbases housing US forces in Iraq.\n\nMr Johnson said Iran's admission was an \"important first step\" and called for an investigation into the \"tragic accident\".\n\nAnd writing in the Sunday Telegraph, Mr Raab said it was time for Tehran \"to come to the negotiating table to resolve all of Iran's issues of international concern.\"\n\nHe said Iran \"must stop pursuing a nuclear weapon, end its support for terrorism, and release the foreign nationals and dual nationals it cruelly holds\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Footage appears to show missile strike on Ukrainian plane in Iran\n\nLabour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the shooting down of the passenger plane by Iran was \"an appalling act, and part of a whole pattern of appalling acts all across the region\".\n\nThe Queen has also sent a message of condolence to the Governor-General of Canada - where the majority of the passengers on the flight were headed.\n\nOut of the 176 victims on board the Kyiv-bound flight, 138 had listed Canada as their eventual destination.\n\nThe Queen said she and the Duke of Edinburgh were \"deeply saddened by the tragic loss of life\".\n\nThe Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall added their condolences, saying they were \"utterly horrified\" by the disaster.\n\nBritons Mohammed Reza Kadkhoda Zadeh, Sam Zokaei and Saeed Tahmasebi were all on board\n\nFour Britons were on board the Ukrainian passenger plane.\n\nThree have been named as Mohammed Reza Kadkhoda Zadeh, who owned a dry cleaners in West Sussex, BP engineer Sam Zokaei from Twickenham, and PhD student and engineer Saeed Tahmasebi, who lived in Dartford.\n\nMr Tahmasebi's Iranian wife, Niloufar Ebrahim, was also listed as a passenger on the plane.", "DUP leader Arlene Foster said parts of the deal were \"compromise outcomes\"\n\nDUP leader Arlene Foster has said the governments' draft deal is not \"perfect\", but \"there is a basis upon which the assembly and executive can be re-established\".\n\nThe text was published on Thursday night.\n\nArlene Foster said: \"There are elements within it which we recognise are the product of long negotiations and represent compromise outcomes.\"\n\nShe was speaking before Sinn Féin backed the deal on Friday.\n\nNorthern Ireland Secretary Julian Smith said he hoped the the deal could see the assembly reconvene on Friday but the speaker Robin Newton made clear that could only happen when the parties approached him.\n\nThe DUP leader Mrs Foster said the party had weighed the governments' paper against its 10 commitments for negotiations.\n\n\"There will always need to be give and take,\" she said.\n\n\"The key to making devolution work will be having the resources to do so.\n\n\"This element of the paper will require further scrutiny.\"\n\nSinn Féin leader Mary-Lou McDonald said her party would \"assess\" the text\n\nThe draft deal was welcomed as an \"historic advancement\" by the Irish language group Conradh na Gaeilge.\n\nHowever, it said the proposed legislation \"falls very much short\" of promises for an Irish language act.\n\n\"The role and remit of the commissioner being left to the sign-off of OFMDFM [Office of First Minister and Deputy First Minister - now the Executive Office] leaves us at the whim of a veto being used against core components of the legislation and drafting and delivery of services, said Ciarán Mac Giolla Bhéin from the group.\n\n\"The use of any veto to limit, obstruct or frustrate delivery of services and rights would undoubtedly erode trust and could be potentially catastrophic for any incoming Executive.\"\n\nQuestioned earlier on BBC Radio Ulster's Nolan show about whether a unionist veto around the Irish language was included in the small print of the draft document, DUP chief whip Sir Jeffrey Donaldson confirmed: \"Unionist consent will be required\".\n\nHe said: \"That is the way Stormont operates. It operates on the basis that there has to be cross-community consent.\n\n\"We will not agree to standards that impose Irish on people who don't speak it.\n\n\"There will be no compulsory Irish in schools and there will be no Irish road signs.\"\n\nThe Orange Order released a statement saying it has \"very serious concerns\" about the draft deal and could not support the proposal to appoint an Irish language commissioner.\n\n\"The document, which has been released with a purposely narrow window for meaningful consideration, is clearly far reaching in its provision for the Irish language and its subsequent future role in the political and civic life of Northern Ireland,\" the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland's statement said.\n\nIt added that in contrast to measures to promote the Irish language, \"references to Ulster-Scots/Ulster British culture are ambiguous -lacking meaningful detail\".\n\nThe Orange Order said it would comment further on the draft deal in the coming days after consulting more widely with its members\n\nUUP leader Steve Aiken said the party is \"committed to a return to devolution that is fair and sustainable\".\n\nUUP leader Steve Aiken said his party will attend if the Assembly is recalled\n\nHe said: \"We will consider this complex and far-reaching document carefully and consult widely within our party before making any further comments.\n\n\"If the assembly is recalled on Friday, the Ulster Unionist Party MLAs will attend and consider the business put before them.\"\n\nSpeaking on the BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme, Alliance MLA Kellie Armstrong questioned whether the reforms of the petition of concern detailed in the draft deal go far enough.\n\nAlliance MLA Kellie Armstrong has concerns about the petition of concern\n\n\"That is what we are trying to consider at the moment. This is a new approach,\" she said.\n\nShe said detailed work was also needed on Friday to define the financial aspect of the deal and \"the amount of money that has been talked about\" for public services in Northern Ireland.\n\nGreen Party NI leader Clare Bailey echoed Alliance's concerns that proposed reform of the petition of concern was insufficient and expressed some disappointment that environmental protections in the deal do not go far enough.\n\nHowever, Ms Bailey added she was \"hopeful that this is a deal that will see the restoration of the devolved institutions\".\n\nShe said it \"provides a chance to build towards delivery and accountability\" at Stormont.\n\nA key focus of the deal is the implementation of health and social care reform, including an end to the healthcare strikes which demand pay parity and safe staffing levels.\n\nSpeaking at a picket line in Antrim, the Royal College of Nursing President Anne Marie Rafferty said nurses \"want to see the ink on the paper and the deal delivered\".\n\n\"Words are not enough, deeds are what actually counts.\"\n\n\"It has been a cliff edge moment.\"\n\nThe Royal College of Nursing said \"words are not enough\"\n\nEducation is another area which has come under financial pressure, with the deal promising that schools will have a sustainable core budget.\n\nGeri Cameron, President of the National Association of Head Teachers in Northern Ireland, said while \"detail is scant\", its representatives are willing to work with MLAs going forward.\n\nIndustry leaders have also been reacting to the proposals. Trade NI, which is an alliance of Retail NI, Manufacturing NI and Hospitality NI, released a statement urging \"all the main parties in Northern Ireland to sign the deal today and get the assembly back up and running.\"\n\n\"The clear prioritisation of the Northern Ireland economy highlights the many challenges that businesses have faced over the past three years.\"\n\nThe Institute of Directors Northern Ireland (IoDNI) said commitments for infrastructure projects such as the York Street Interchange, upgrades to the A5 and A6 and Northern Ireland's sewage network were \"particularly pleasing\".\n\n\"Plans for multi-year budgets and increased civic engagement will also improve overall governance,\" said the IoD's National Director Kirsty McManus.\n\n\"From a business perspective however, we would have liked to have seen more around a new skills agenda, which urgently require focus alongside a renewed look at the Apprenticeship Levy which is not included in this deal.", "Counter-terrorism police in south-east England have admitted an \"error of judgement\" after listing Extinction Rebellion as an \"extreme ideology\".\n\nFirst reported in the Guardian, the police guide - aimed at stopping young people being radicalised - suggested referring those at risk of extremism to the government's Prevent programme.\n\n\"How dare they,\" said climate change group Extinction Rebellion.\n\nPolice are now reviewing and recalling the document.\n\nThe climate change group was listed alongside banned groups like National Action in the 12-page guide.\n\nThe document was produced by Counter Terrorism Policing South East - part of the national counter-terrorism policing network - and given to police forces and government organisations.\n\nCalled \"safeguarding young people and adults from ideological extremism\", the guide itself also says it was produced for those who work with young people or the public, as well as local authorities.\n\nIt was designed to help \"recognise when young people or adults may be vulnerable to extreme or violent ideologies\", it reads.\n\nIt says spotting one of the signs in isolation may not mean someone has been radicalised, but \"in combination or in circumstances where they do not 'fit', they may indicate an individual at risk\".\n\n\"In such cases, consider whether the individual is vulnerable to extremism and should be referred to the UK government's Prevent programme.\"\n\nThe Prevent programme is part of the government's counter-terrorism strategy and urges local communities to flag up anyone at risk of joining extremist groups and carrying out terrorist activities.\n\nThe guide lists several groups, such as the neo-Nazi group National Action and Islamist extremist group Al Muhajiroun - both of which are banned in the UK.\n\nIt also has pages on far-right youth network Generation Identity, extreme Satanism and animal rights extremism.\n\nOn the page about Extinction Rebellion, the guide describes the group as: \"A campaign encouraging protest and civil disobedience to pressure governments to take action on climate change and species extinction.\"\n\nUnder the heading \"why are they a threat?\", the guide reads: \"An anti-establishment philosophy that seeks system change underlies its activism; the group attracts to its events school-age children and adults unlikely to be aware of this.\n\n\"While non-violent against persons, the campaign encourages other law-breaking activities.\"\n\nThe guide says signs someone is involved in Extinction Rebellion might be the use of phrases like \"rise up\" or \"rebel\".\n\nOr \"you may see or hear of young people taking part in 'NVDA' (non-violent direct action) such as sit-down protests, 'die-ins',\" the guide suggests.\n\nA spokeswoman for the Extinction Rebellion group said: \"Teachers, grandparents, nurses have been trying their best with loving non-violence to get politicians and big business to do something about the dire state of our planet.\n\n\"And this is how the establishment responds.\"\n\nIn a statement, Det Ch Supt Kath Barnes, head of Counter Terrorism Policing South East, said: \"I would like to make it quite clear that we do not classify Extinction Rebellion as an extremist organisation.\n\n\"The inclusion of Extinction Rebellion in this document was an error of judgement and we will now be reviewing all of the contents as a result.\n\n\"It was produced by CTPSE to assist our statutory partners - including police forces and government organisations - in identifying people who may [be] vulnerable as a result of their links to some organisations.\"\n\nLast year saw multiple protests organised by Extinction Rebellion across the UK\n\nDet Ch Supt Barnes added that the document was \"designed for a very specific audience who understand the complexities of the safeguarding environment we work within and who have statutory duties under Prevent\".\n\nShe said they are in the process of confirming who the guide has been shared with and recalling it.\n\n\"We as Counter Terrorism Policing, along with our partners, have a responsibility to protect vulnerable people. Officers are trained to spot those who may be vulnerable, and the membership of an organisation that supports environmental or animal welfare issues alone would not be a trigger.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. In a 2019 interview Meghan said it was a “struggle” becoming a mother amid intense media scrutiny\n\nThe Duchess of Sussex has admitted it was a \"struggle\" becoming a new mother amid intense media scrutiny.\n\nMeghan Markle married Prince Harry at Windsor Castle in May 2018 and gave birth to their son Archie this year.\n\nSpeaking in an ITV documentary, the duchess referred to her life under the spotlight \"on top of just trying to be a new mom or trying to be a newlywed\".\n\nShe added: \"Not many people have asked if I'm OK. But it's a very real thing to be going through behind the scenes.\"\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex were both interviewed by Tom Bradby during their tour of southern Africa in September.\n\nAsked how she was coping, Meghan said: \"Look, any woman - especially when they are pregnant - you're really vulnerable and so that was made really challenging, and then when you have a new born - you know?\n\n\"And especially as a woman, it's a lot...\"\n\nThe duchess added: \"And also, thank you for asking, because not many people have asked if I'm OK...\"\n\nWhen asked if it would be fair to say it had \"really been a struggle\", Meghan said: \"Yes.\"\n\nThe duke and duchess visited southern Africa last month with their son Archie\n\nThe documentary Harry & Meghan: An African Journey airs on ITV on Sunday at 21:00 BST.\n\nPrince Harry described the memories surrounding the death of his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997 as \"a wound that festers\".\n\nOn the tour, the prince visited an anti-landmine project championed by his mother in Angola and told ITV it had been \"emotional\" to trace her footsteps.\n\n\"I think being part of this family, in this role, in this job, every single time I see a camera, every single time I hear a click, every single time I see a flash, it takes me straight back, so in that respect it's the worst reminder of her life, as opposed to the best.\"\n\nPrince Harry visited a landmine project championed by his late mother during the trip\n\nAs the tour ended, the duke and duchess both brought legal actions against the press.\n\nMeghan sued the Mail on Sunday over a claim that it unlawfully published one of her private letters.\n\nHarry filed his own proceedings at the High Court against the owners of the Sun, the defunct News of the World, and the Daily Mirror, in relation to alleged phone-hacking.", "Canada's PM Justin Trudeau says Iran's admission it downed a Ukrainian passenger plane is a first step, but there need to be \"many more\".\n\nHe said there must be \"full clarity on how such a horrific tragedy could have occurred\".", "Amber Carter-Thompson says she was in Wellingborough Road in Northampton when she was struck\n\nThe victim of a hit-and-run whose mother turned detective to find CCTV of the crash said the sentencing of the driver meant she could \"move on\".\n\nAmber Carter-Thompson was crossing a road in Northampton on Good Friday when she was struck, breaking her leg.\n\nArthur Desborough, 87, pleaded guilty to driving without due care and attention and failing to stop.\n\nDesborough of Ashley Way, Northampton, was fined £633 and given eight points on his licence by town magistrates.\n\nMs Carter-Thompson said she wanted to \"fully focus on my recovery post-op and the future\".\n\nThe 29-year-old said she was crossing Wellingborough Road at about 23:00 BST on 19 April with a friend when her leg was hit by the vehicle.\n\nAfter waiting a week for police to contact them, her mother, Gail Thompson, took matters into her own hands.\n\nShe said: \"Within the space of six hours we got CCTV of it happening.\"\n\nNorthamptonshire Police said the CCTV footage allowed them to identify the driver.\n\nMs Carter-Thompson, from Sevenoaks, Kent, said: \"I am glad the court case is over so that I can move on from the ordeal.\n\n\"I am grateful that I continue to have fantastic support from friends and family.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Prince Harry and Meghan have revealed they intend to \"step back\" as senior royals and work to become financially independent.\n\nThey plan to split their time between the UK and North America, while \"continuing to honour our duty to the Queen, the Commonwealth, and our patronages\".\n\nWhat do the public think? We asked people outside Buckingham Palace in London.", "Harry Dunn died in hospital after his motorbike was involved in a crash outside RAF Croughton\n\nThe United States has criticised the UK's request to extradite an American accused of killing motorcyclist Harry Dunn, calling it \"highly inappropriate\".\n\nMr Dunn, 19, died after being hit by a car allegedly driven by suspect Anne Sacoolas, who left the country for the US claiming diplomatic immunity.\n\nThe Home Office submitted a request on Friday to extradite her to the UK.\n\nDunn family spokesman Radd Seiger said she will \"100% be coming back\".\n\n\"I have no doubt in my mind, the only thing I can't tell you is when,\" he told BBC Breakfast.\n\n\"This campaign won't stop until Anne Sacoolas is back in the UK facing the justice system. There is no celebration and until she is back, we won't rest.\n\n\"This lady is accused of taking Harry's life, then fleeing the country. No-one is above the law in modern society. You don't get to move to a country, break a law in that country and then leave.\"\n\nMr Seiger said that under the circumstances, the family was \"really pleased\" the UK authorities had taken the \"huge step towards justice\", but if the Trump administration was to ignore or reject the request, it would be re-presented should another administration come into power.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Radd Seiger: Anne Sacoolas will \"100% be coming back...the only thing I can't tell you is when''\n\nThe extradition request is sent via the British Embassy to the US State Department.\n\nA lawyer will then decide whether it falls under the dual-criminality treaty, where the alleged offence is a crime in both countries and carries a prison sentence of at least a year.\n\nThe maximum sentence for causing death by dangerous driving is 14 years' imprisonment, although this is usually reserved for the most serious cases.\n\nThe US may reject the request for extradition, arguing that Mrs Sacoolas is still entitled to diplomatic immunity.\n\nAnne Sacoolas pictured on her wedding day in 2003\n\nThe crash happened outside RAF Croughton, where Mrs Sacoolas' husband Jonathan worked as an intelligence officer. Mr Dunn died after his motorbike was in collision with a car owned by Mrs Sacoolas.\n\nThe 42-year-old left the UK shortly after the crash on 27 August and returned to the US, prompting a justice campaign by the teenager's parents, Charlotte Charles and Tim Dunn.\n\nMrs Sacoolas was charged in December by the Crown Prosecution Service with causing death by dangerous driving and the Home Office submitted its extradition request to the US Department of Justice.\n\nA spokeswoman for the US State Department said: \"It is the position of the United States government that a request to extradite an individual under these circumstances would be an abuse.\n\n\"The use of an extradition treaty to attempt to return the spouse of a former diplomat by force would establish an extraordinarily troubling precedent.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Jamie Wallis took the Bridgend seat in December for the Tories after 32 years of Labour dominance\n\nA candidate in the Labour leadership contest wants Boris Johnson to kick one of his new Welsh MPs out of the Conservative party in Parliament.\n\nJess Phillips has started a petition calling on the prime minister to withdraw the whip from the Tory MP for Bridgend, Jamie Wallis.\n\nHe was the director of several firms which have been the subject of hundreds of complaints to Bridgend trading standards.\n\nMr Wallis has been asked to comment.\n\nOn Saturday the Conservative Party said it could not make a comment at this time.\n\nHe won Bridgend for the Tories from Labour in last month's election.\n\nIt has emerged that one of the companies, Quickie Divorce Ltd, which trades under the title clean-break.co.uk, advertised on its website a separate business called Sugar-Daddy.net.\n\nThis business offered people introductions to wealthy individuals, saying: \"We can introduce you to your very own sugar daddy and solve your money worries.\n\n\"Whether you're a boy, girl, straight or gay, there's a sugar daddy for you.\"\n\nJess Phillips, the Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley, has now launched a petition calling on the prime minister to withdraw the whip from Mr Wallis.\n\nHer petition says: \"Let's be clear: sugar daddy is a euphemism for something deeply ugly: exploitation of women by powerful men.\n\n\"The Tories should feel ashamed sitting alongside Jamie Wallis. The only way to show they don't condone this kind of behaviour is to remove the whip.\"\n\nJess Phillips: \"Let's be clear: sugar daddy is a euphemism for something deeply ugly\n\nLabour's Gower MP Tonia Antoniazzi backed Ms Phillips' call to remove the whip from Mr Wallis\n\nMs Phillips, a well known women's rights campaigner, is one of the Labour MPs hoping to replace Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour Party.\n\nLabour's Gower MP Tonia Antoniazzi backed Ms Phillips' call to remove the whip from Mr Wallis.\n\nShe said she was \"really concerned\" about Mr Wallis and added that \"his track record is very dubious\".\n\n\"I'm concerned the Conservatives are not doing a simple Google search to have a look to see what their candidates are like,\" she said.\n\n\"Jamie Wallis has been known to the Tory party, he has stood as a candidate in Ogmore previously and I think people like him should not be members of parliament.\"\n\nMr Wallis resigned his directorships of a number of companies including Quickie Divorce Ltd, a short time after December's general election.\n\nAccording to Companies House, he remains a person with significant control of the company, owning voting rights of 75% or more.\n\nMr Wallis and the Conservative Party have been approached for a response.\n\nMr Wallis told BuzzFeed: \"Online queries indicate the sugar-daddy.net website was registered in 2004 and ceased to be operational in 2010.\n\n\"The site appears to have been owned and operated by a company named SD Billing Services Limited. For the avoidance of any doubt, I have never had a financial interest, nor been a director of SD Billing services Limited and cannot comment on its operational activities.\"\n\nMr Wallis has also rejected the information provided about complaints to Bridgend trading standards relating to the companies where he was director.\n\nHe has rejected them as \"nonsense\" and says his former businesses are considering legal action against the local authority.", "Online food ordering company Takeaway.com has won the battle for the UK-listed Just Eat with a £5.9bn all-share offer.\n\nThe deal will create one of the world's largest meal delivery companies.\n\nThe merged company, which will be led by Takeaway chief executive Jitse Groen, will have its headquarters in Amsterdam and a listing in London.\n\nThe joint group will bring together businesses that process 360 million annual orders worth €7.3bn (£6.6bn).\n\n\"I am thrilled,\" said Mr Groen. \"Just Eat Takeaway.com is a dream combination and I am very much looking forward to leading the company for many years to come.\"\n\nTakeaway said that 80.4% of Just Eat shareholders had agreed to its latest all-share offer, passing a 50% threshold needed to make the offer unconditional.\n\nThe bid was worth 889 pence per share at the latest close, trumping a rival bid of 800 pence per share in cash from Prosus.\n\nThe fight to buy Just Eat began in August, when Takeaway struck a management-backed deal to buy Just Eat that would see Takeaway holding a 48% stake in the combined firm.\n\nThat plan was upended when Prosus laid down the first of three unsolicited rival bids in October. All were rejected as inadequate by Just Eat managers.\n\nProsus argued Takeaway was underestimating the investment needed to fend off rivals such as Uber Eats and Amazon.com.\n\nMr Groen responded that food delivery was a low-margin business, and investments should focus on becoming the dominant ordering platform.\n\nThe combined firm will have 23 subsidiaries, mostly in Europe but also in Canada, Australia and Latin America.\n\nJust Eat was founded by a group of five Danish entrepreneurs in 2000 and launched a year later. It employs 3,600 staff globally.\n\nAs well as the Just Eat brand in Europe, it trades as Skip The Dishes in Canada, iFood in Mexico and Brazil, and Menulog in Australia and New Zealand.\n\nJust Eat is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 100 share index.", "Lewis Capaldi and Dave have the most nominations for this year's ceremony\n\nIt'll be a battle between ballads and bangers at this year's Brit Awards, with Lewis Capaldi and Dave pitched against each other in four categories.\n\nThe Scottish torch singer and the Streatham-born rapper are both up for best male, best newcomer, best single and album of the year at the ceremony, which takes place in London next month.\n\nStormzy and Mabel are the second most-nominated artists, with three apiece.\n\nBut Ed Sheeran is largely frozen out, receiving just a single nomination.\n\nThe six-time Brit Award winner had one of last year's most successful albums - the star-studded No. 6 Collaborations Project, which spent five weeks at number one, and selling 568,000 copies.\n\nHowever, he is locked out of the best male and best album categories, while his Justin Bieber duet I Don't Care is up for best single.\n\nNotably, that's the only category where nominees are not selected by the 1,200 industry figures who vote for the Brits - with the 10 shortlisted songs representing the biggest-selling singles of 2019.\n\nMabel was previously nominated for the Brits' Critics Choice award in 2018\n\nMabel, who is the daughter of Neneh Cherry and Massive Attack producer Cameron McVey, is the most-nominated female artist, reflecting the popularity of her single Don't Call Me Up, which charted in the top 10 across Europe and attracted viral attention in the US.\n\n\"It's crazy how a song can grow wings and fly you everywhere,\" said the 23-year-old. \"I'm really grateful for that tune.\"\n\nThe singer, who is nominated for best female, best new artist and best single, joked that if she won a trophy in February, she would change her Uber profile name to \"Brit Award-winner Mabel\".\n\nHer nominations come exactly 30 years after her mother, who was born in Sweden, won two Brits - for best international artist and best international breakthrough.\n\nThis year, Dave is a front-runner for best album, having already won the Mercury Prize for his debut Psychodrama.\n\nA serious, reflective record that addresses life as a young black Briton today, it's framed as a therapy session, with Dave discussing his absentee father, his brother's incarceration, domestic violence and the pressure to succeed as a musician.\n\nCapaldi is also a strong contender: His debut, Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent, was the best-selling record of 2019; propelled by the success of his tear-jerking ballad Someone You Loved.\n\nFellow grime artist Stormzy is also nominated for his charismatic and powerful second album Heavy Is The Head; and the shortlist is completed by Michael Kiwanuka's soul-searching Kiwanuka and Harry Styles's nostalgic pop opus Fine Line.\n\nFor the first time since 2017, no female artists made the shortlist. According to The Guardian, of the 193 albums submitted for consideration to Brits' voters, only 35 were by women.\n\n\"It's clear there's a wider issue here,\" wrote the paper's chief music critic Alexis Petridis.\n\n\"One that involves the British music industry's ability or otherwise to sign and develop female artists [and] to turn them into lasting success stories.\"\n\nThe last female artist to win best album was Adele, whose third record, 25, scooped the top prize in 2016.\n\nTyler, The Creator, Billie Eilish and Ariana Grande are all up for the international prizes\n\nIn the international categories, Ariana Grande and Billie Eilish led the nominees for best female - although Taylor Swift misses out.\n\nA diverse shortlist for best international male features Burna Boy, Post Malone and Bruce Springsteen, who last won an Brit award 34 years ago.\n\nThis year's ceremony will be held at London's O2 Arena on Tuesday, 18 February, hosted for a third time by Jack Whitehall.\n\nLast year, organisers announced sweeping changes to the show, dropping several categories and handing more creative control to performers.\n\nThe ceremony will be broadcast live on ITV.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Meghan and Harry have a global appeal, but how could they make money?\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex have agreed to stop using their HRH titles as part of their plans to withdraw from royal duties and \"work to become financially independent\".\n\nBBC royal correspondent Jonny Dymond said royals were usually excluded from doing paid work, but by setting aside their titles the couple had gained more freedom.\n\n\"Of course once you lose the title then you are no longer royal and special, and it may be that your brand is much less attractive to potential partners,\" he said.\n\nPublic relations consultant Mark Borkowski said even without their titles, the couple are \"powerful A-listers in their own right, so they're going to attract a lot of attention\".\n\nPrince Harry and Meghan plan to split their time between the UK and North America - and their global reach could open up a wealth of opportunities.\n\nBut how might they earn their financial independence and fund their charitable causes?\n\nAn application to trademark the Sussex Royal brand was lodged by the couple in June last year, covering items such as books, calendars, clothing, charitable fundraising and campaigning.\n\nIt raised the possibility of Prince Harry and Meghan launching their own lines of products, from beauty to clothing.\n\nBut the agreement with the Queen has cast doubt on that idea. A brand incorporating the word \"royal\" may not be compatible with their agreement to step back from royal duties, while upholding \"the values of Her Majesty\".\n\nJournalist and royal style commentator Elizabeth Holmes says criticism for exploiting the royal connection is a risk in any commercial venture, adding: \"That's why I think they'll be careful about it.\"\n\nMeghan is a royal patron of Smart Works and helped style women during a visit to the charity last year\n\nEven if they have to go back to the drawing board with the Sussex Royal name, Ms Holmes says: \"Any brand on the planet would want to work with them.\"\n\nWhether it's a designer handbag or Archie's hand-knitted bobble hat, whenever the Sussexes are pictured with a product, sales go through the roof.\n\nWe probably shouldn't expect the couple's 10.5 million Instagram followers to be suddenly bombarded with sponsored content and product placement though, Ms Holmes says.\n\nWhile the royal couple have a huge platform, it pales in comparison to the likes of Kylie Jenner, who has more than 150 million Instagram followers.\n\nThe reality TV star, who topped last year's Instagram rich list, is estimated to earn around $1.2m (£960,000) for a single sponsored post.\n\nCould Meghan and Harry follow that trend? Ms Holmes says: \"I don't think that's necessarily an appropriate thing for a member of the Royal Family.\"\n\nThe duke and duchess have said they plan to launch a charitable organisation to achieve \"progressive change\" through \"local and global community action\".\n\nMs Holmes suggests any commercial partnerships would be tied to the couple's charitable causes, perhaps with a secondary opportunity to raise personal income.\n\nFor example, Meghan is the patron of a charity that provides free clothing and interview training to unemployed women and has launched her own clothing line for the organisation.\n\nWhile the couple may be legally allowed to draw a salary from their charity, that is not the approach taken by some of their likely inspirations.\n\nHarry and Meghan said they \"researched the incredible work of many well-known and lesser-known foundations\" in drawing up their plans.\n\nOrganisations such as the Clinton Foundation, the Obama Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have been suggested as potential models.\n\nBut the Clintons say they draw no income or expenses from their charity, the Obamas are not listed among their foundation's highest-paid officers, and Mr and Mrs Gates famously use their organisation to give away wealth rather than to receive it.\n\nWith Meghan first finding fame as an actress in the US television drama Suits, it is perhaps no surprise that some of the couple's first opportunities have come from the entertainment world.\n\nHarry has already teamed up with US media mogul Oprah Winfrey on a series addressing mental health for Apple TV, which is due for broadcast in 2020.\n\nAnd when the duke and duchess announced their intention to \"step back\", it was revealed that Meghan has already signed a voiceover deal with Disney in return for a donation to an elephant conservation charity.\n\nOprah Winfrey was a guest at the duke and duchess' wedding\n\nNetflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos has already expressed an interest in working with the couple. \"Who wouldn't be interested? Yes, sure,\" he said.\n\nThat could represent a chance to follow in the steps of the Obamas, who signed a deal with the streaming video company to produce documentaries and drama series about social and political issues.\n\nA similar deal could give the duke and duchess an opportunity to highlight causes close to their hearts.\n\nFor Meghan, these include equality and women's rights, while Harry has been vocal in campaigning on mental health and military veterans' welfare.\n\nWhile the couple have spoken about their struggles with the intense media interest in their lives, the idea of revealing more about themselves in their own words might be more appealing - and lucrative.\n\nThe 2017 book deal signed by Barack and Michelle Obama was believed to be worth more than $60m (£48m).\n\nIt's also an area Meghan has previously shown an interest in. In her introduction to last year's September issue of Vogue, which she guest edited, Meghan wrote of her \"love of writing\".\n\nBefore she married Harry, she also ran a lifestyle blog, The Tig, where she shared beauty, fashion and travel tips.\n\nMichelle Obama's memoir sold more than 10 million copies in its first five months\n\nNatalie Jerome, a literary agent at Aevitas, says the couple have \"enormous power and reach\" and any book deal would be extremely lucrative.\n\n\"People have compared them to the Obamas and I think there's potentially some merit in that,\" she says.\n\nMeghan is an aspirational figure for many women of colour and young people, she adds.\n\n\"We're in a period now where we're talking increasingly about diversity within publishing and there's a real push to reach wider audiences,\" she says.\n\n\"If she were to publish a book in her own right and reach out to young people on the ground by doing talks and going to schools like Michelle Obama did, I think the book would be hugely successful.\"\n\nAnother potential avenue for the pair to explore could be after-dinner speeches and events.\n\nJeremy Lee, director at speaking agency JLA, says if they maintained a positive profile the couple could earn six-figure sums for each appearance.\n\nHe predicts demand would be higher in US, where Mr Lee says the pair could earn up to $500,000 (£380,000) per engagement.\n\nHowever, he says companies in the UK would be more sensitive to reputational risk if public opinion turned against the couple.\n\nMr Lee predicts UK companies would only be willing to take the royals as speakers at an event linked to one of their campaigning interests, in return for a donation to their charitable foundation - rather than a fee - in the region of £100,000.\n\nBut in the US, there would be interest from \"anybody that wants to show off and has got the budget\", he says.", "Sinn Féin and the DUP have re-entered devolved government in Northern Ireland after three years of deadlock.\n\nDUP leader Arlene Foster was appointed as Northern Ireland's first minister, while Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill is deputy first minister on Saturday.\n\nThe two parties supported a deal to restore Stormont's political institutions.\n\nStormont's power-sharing coalition, led by the DUP and Sinn Féin, collapsed in January 2017.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Arlene Foster says parties must work for everyone\n\nThe first minister comes from the largest party in the assembly and deputy first minister is from the second-largest party.\n\nThe positions are known as a \"diarchy\" which means they are equal and govern together.\n\nThe deputy first minister is not subordinate to the first minister, despite the title.\n\nAddressing the assembly, Mrs Foster said the politicians have \"many differences\".\n\n\"Michelle's narrative of the past 40 years could not be more different to mine,\" she said.\n\n\"I'm not sure we will ever agree on much about the past, but we can agree there was too much suffering, and that we cannot allow society to drift backwards and allow division to grow.\"\n\nShe added that it was \"time for Stormont to move forward\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMichelle O'Neill said it was her \"sincere wish that 2020 brings real change\".\n\nShe also pledged to immediately resolve the pay parity row that has led to industrial strike action among health workers.\n\nShe said: \"I see no contradiction in declaring and delivering on our firm commitment to power sharing with unionism in the Stormont Assembly while also initiating a mature and inclusive debate about new political arrangements which examine Ireland's future beyond Brexit.\n\n\"Similarly, there is no contradiction in unionism working the existing constitutional arrangements while taking its rightful place in the conversation about what a new Ireland would look like.\n\n\"We can do this while maintaining our independent distinct political identities and working in the best interests of all of the people.\"\n\nBoth prime ministers have welcomed the restoration of devolved government at Stormont\n\n\"The parties of Northern Ireland have shown great leadership in coming together to accept this fair and balanced deal in the interests of everyone in Northern Ireland,\" Boris Johnson said.\n\nTaoiseach (Irish prime minister) Leo Varadkar commended Northern Ireland's political parties \"for their decision to put the people they represent first and make measured compromises to reach a deal\".\n\n\"I look forward to working with representatives in Northern Ireland as they begin working together again on behalf of all people in Northern Ireland,\" he said.\n\nThe first day back was always going to bring its challenges - but despite some malfunctioning microphones, events in the chamber moved at pace.\n\nThe surprising move by the DUP to support a Sinn Féin speaker instead of the SDLP, already has some sceptics suspecting not much has changed when it comes to how the two biggest parties operated in the last mandate.\n\nBut there's no denying Parliament Buildings has a buzz about it again.\n\nArlene Foster and Michelle O'Neill now have to prove that they can share power and deliver on the commitments in the new Stormont deal.\n\nThe SDLP, Alliance and Ulster Unionists are back in the executive too - a sign they would rather be helping take decisions, than stuck outside looking in.\n\nAfter the session ended, the new ministers were immediately met by their departmental officials: the task of getting down to business starts now.\n\nReacting to the return of Stormont, former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams said the assembly provided a place to \"moderate differences, and to define common ground\".\n\n\"It doesn't have to be back on the streets, it doesn't have to be these mad radio talk programmes, it doesn't have to be who shouts and yells the loudest,\" Mr Adams told RTÉ's Week in Politics programme.\n\nAll five main parties in Northern Ireland - the DUP, Sinn Féin, Alliance, SDLP and UUP - have joined the new executive.\n\nMLAs - members of the legislative assembly - met at Stormont on Saturday.\n\nTheir first item of business at Stormont on Saturday was the election of Sinn Féin's Alex Maskey as the assembly's new speaker.\n\nThe DUP's Christopher Stalford; UUP's Roy Beggs and SDLP's Patsy McGlone are his three deputies.\n\nGordon Lyons (DUP) and Declan Kearney (Sinn Féin) will serve as junior ministers.\n\nShe said it followed conversations with Arlene Foster and Michelle O'Neill on Friday night.\n\nMrs Long said she was \"honoured to have the support of all sides of the house\".\n\nWith the exception of the role of justice minister, the posts are shared out using a system called D'Hondt, in which ministerial posts are allocated according to parties' representation in the assembly.\n\nThe other members of the executive are:\n\nThe d'Hondt mechanism is used to appoint almost all the ministerial departments in the executive - meaning the departments are shared round the parties based on how many MLAs they have.\n\nJustice is different though - it is elected by a cross-community vote.\n\nThis is because when the Northern Ireland Executive was first created in 1999 it was considered that it was not yet appropriate to devolve policing and justice powers. There was still a tense security situation and so those powers remained at Westminster.\n\nIn 2010 a deal was struck to devolve justice, but the DUP did not want a Sinn Féin minister to be able to hold the post.\n\nInstead it was agreed any justice minister required a cross-community vote.\n\nRobin Swann stood down as UUP leader in October due to family commitments\n\nA big surprise was the appointment of Robin Swann as health minister.\n\nIt comes just three months after the UUP North Antrim MLA stepped down as party leader due to the impact the role was having on his \"role as a husband and a father\".\n\nHe told the BBC that the party considered health a major priority and \"when we had the chance to take it, we did\".\n\nMr Swann said he was going to hold the first and deputy first ministers to account and would not let them \"play party politics with health\".\n\nRelations between the DUP and Sinn Féin had deteriorated in recent years as the two parties were diametrically opposed not only on Northern Ireland's position within the UK, but also issues such as the Irish language; same-sex marriage; abortion and how to deal with the legacy of the Troubles.\n\nBut unexpectedly it was a row over a green energy scheme which pushed their relationship past breaking point.\n\nThe Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme was set up by DUP leader Arlene Foster when she was enterprise minister, but it ran over budget and at one point threatened to cost taxpayers £490m.\n\nSinn Féin demanded that Mrs Foster step aside as first minister during an inquiry into the RHI scheme and when she refused, they pulled out of government on 9 January 2017.\n\nTwo key sticking points in the Stormont talks were around an Irish language act and the petition of concern.\n\nThe purpose of petition of concern is to protect one community from legislation that would favour another and a valid petition requires the signatures of 30 MLAs.\n\nThe new deal says there is to be \"meaningful reform\" of the petition, which would be \"reduced and returned to its intended purpose\" and would \"only be used in the most exceptional circumstances and as a last resort, having used every other mechanism\".\n\nThe deal would see legislation created for the appointment of both an Irish language commissioner and an Ulster-Scots commissioner.\n\nEarlier, Irish language group Conradh na Gaeilge welcomed the deal as an \"historic advancement\" but added it \"falls very much short\" of promises for an Irish Language act.\n\nOther key points in the deal include the Northern Ireland Executive settling an ongoing pay dispute with nurses and increasing policing numbers.", "Soleimani - seen here in Iraq in 2015 - directed militia in Iraq who attacked US troops and later fought the Islamic State group\n\nNext to Iran's Supreme Leader, Qasem Soleimani was arguably the most powerful figure in the Islamic republic.\n\nAs head of its military abroad known as the Quds Force, Soleimani was the mastermind behind the country's activities across in the Middle East, and its real foreign minister when it came to matters of war and peace.\n\nHe was widely considered an architect of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's war against rebels in Syria, the rise of pro-Iranian paramilitaries in Iraq, the fight against the Islamic State group, and many battles beyond.\n\nCharismatic and often elusive, the silver-haired commander was revered by some, loathed by others, and a source of myths and social media memes.\n\nHe had emerged in recent years from a lifetime in the shadows directing covert operations to achieve fame and popularity in Iran, becoming the subject of documentaries, news reports and even pop songs.\n\nAs far back as 2013, former CIA officer John Maguire told The New Yorker that Soleimani was \"the single most powerful operative in the Middle East\".\n\nWhen his end came, it was violent and sudden. On 3 January the Pentagon announced that it had carried out a successful operation to kill him, at the direction of US President Donald Trump.\n\nThe assassination followed a sharp escalation between the US, Iran and Iran-backed groups in Iraq following the death of a US military contractor in a missile attack on a US base in Iraq - for which the US held Iran responsible.\n\nThe US responded with an air strike on the Iran-backed militia Kataib Hezbollah. Militia supporters then attacked the US embassy in Baghdad.\n\nTensions between the US and Iran had been rising since the US pulled out of a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers to curb Iran's nuclear programme and prevent it from developing nuclear weapons. The US has also reimposed sanctions on Iran, sending its economy into freefall.\n\nSoleimani is believed to have come from a poor background and to have had very little formal education. But he had risen through the Revolutionary Guards - Iran's elite and most powerful force - and was reportedly close to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khomeini.\n\nAfter becoming commander of the Quds Force in 1998, Soleimani attempted to extend Iran's influence in the Middle East by carrying out covert operations, providing arms to allies and developing networks of militias loyal to Iran.\n\nOver the course of his career he is believed to have aided Shia Muslim and Kurdish groups in Iraq fighting against former dictator Saddam Hussein as well as other groups in the region including the Shia militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon and Islamist organisation Hamas in the Palestinian territories.\n\nAfter the US invaded Iraq in 2003 he began directing militant groups to carry out attacks against US troops and bases, killing hundreds.\n\nHe is also widely credited with finding a strategy for Bashar al-Assad to respond to the armed uprising against him that began in 2011. Iranian assistance along with Russian air support helped turn the tide against rebel forces and in the Syrian government's favour, allowing it to recapture key cities and towns.\n\nSoleimani himself was sometimes pictured at funerals of Iranians killed in Syria and Iraq, where Iran had deployed thousands of combatants and military advisers.\n\nHe also travelled frequently across the region, regularly shuttling between Lebanon, Syria and Iraq, where Iranian influence has steadily grown. When he was killed he was travelling in a two-car convoy away from Baghdad airport with others including Kataib Hezbollah leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who was also killed.\n\nSoleimani was killed in an air strike near Baghdad's airport\n\nIn April 2019, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo designated Iran's Revolutionary Guards and Quds Force as foreign terrorist organisations.\n\nThe Trump administration has said the Quds Force provided funding, training, weapons and equipment to US-designated terrorist groups in the Middle East - including Hezbollah movement and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group based in Gaza.\n\nIn a statement, the Pentagon said Soleimani had been \"actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region\".\n\n\"General Soleimani and his Quds Force were responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American and coalition service members and the wounding of thousands more,\" it added.", "Liverpool setting records in the best-ever start to a season by a club in Europe's top-five leagues \"doesn't feel special somehow\", says Reds boss Jurgen Klopp.\n\nRoberto Firmino's first-half goal ensured the European champions opened up a 16-point lead over Leicester City at the top of the table with a game in hand.\n\nBut while Liverpool's peerless start of 20 wins from 21 games has put them on course for a first top-flight title for 30 years, Klopp played down its significance.\n\n\"We know about it and it is special but I can't feel it,\" said the German boss.\n\n\"When someone gives you a trophy it is done but until then you need to fight. It is only the start. We need to continue because our contenders are so strong.\n\n\"Pep (Guardiola, Manchester City boss) will not give up. I will do the same. So far, so really good.\"\n\nKlopp's men have now amassed 104 points across their last 38 Premier League matches, scoring in all 21 of their matches this term.\n\nThat record was maintained in London by Brazil forward Firmino, who turned Spurs' young debutant Japhet Tanganga and beat Paulo Gazzaniga with a sweet left-foot strike to give the visitors a deserved lead.\n\nHowever Liverpool were then grateful for poor finishing from Jose Mourinho's side - who were without the injured Harry Kane - in order to record another victory on their seemingly relentless march to a first title in three decades.\n\nSon Heung-Min and substitute Giovani lo Celso missed excellent second-half chances to give Spurs some reward for a performance that improved as the game went on.\n• None 'Liverpool now operate on a different level to Spurs'\n• None Why Liverpool's run from start of season tops Bayern, Barca and Juve\n• None What happened in the Premier League on Saturday?\n• None The various ways Minamino will help Liverpool\n\nBut Liverpool, their position at the top strengthened further by Leicester City's shock home loss to Southampton, held on to increase the sense of formality about the destination of this season's Premier League trophy.\n\nLiverpool not at most fluent - but win again\n\nLiverpool may not have been at their best - there were even spells in the second half when they looked jaded - but this is a team on a seemingly unstoppable run to the Premier League title.\n\nThis was their 12th successive league win and it is a remarkable feat to have dropped only two league points from their first 21 games.\n\nIt is true they were let off by Spurs' missed chances but there is perhaps a sense that Liverpool's dominance is having a psychological impact on their opponents so that when rare opportunities come along, they are being snatched at.\n\nAnd even when not in prime form, Liverpool's forward line is so potent that there is always a goal in them - as Firmino proved with his neat 37th-minute sidestep and thumping finish.\n\nSpurs will claim, with justification, they should have had a throw-in before the goal but Liverpool are now being propelled with growing momentum to end that long wait to reclaim their perch at the summit of the English game.\n\nThe root of Spurs' downfall came in two distinct aspects of their performance - albeit one did get better as the game wore on.\n\nIn the first half, Spurs were far too passive and negative as they sat back, presumably waiting for an opportunity to strike on the counter attack.\n\nThe tactic was undone by Firmino's goal, leaving Spurs with no option but to be more positive in the second period.\n\nIt was then, without the marksmanship of long-term injury victim Kane, that they were so wasteful in front of goal - with both Son and Lo Celso missing when it seemed easier to score.\n\nLo Celso's miss, in particular, left Mourinho openly lamenting his side's absence of a clinical edge as he collapsed dramatically to his knees after the Argentina midfielder failed to hit the target from close range.\n\nSpurs' wasteful moments against Liverpool may well further convince their manager he has to strengthen his attacking options in this transfer window as the fight for a top-four place intensifies.\n\n'This is the best team in the world' - what they said\n\nTottenham boss Jose Mourinho, speaking to BBC Sport: \"This is football. Sometimes you get more than you deserve. Sometimes you get less. This was an occasion when we got nothing when we deserved something. This is the best team in the world against a team in a difficult moment, with injuries, in a difficult part of the season. The boys were fantastic when we tried to change and create problems.\"\n\nOn a potential handball in the build-up to the goal: \"I didn't watch it. What I watch is 200% that the throw in for the start of the goal was our throw. I am confused with VAR because of that.\"\n\nOn finishing in the top four: \"It is possible to talk about top four when you start the season on zero points. But it is hard to talk about it when you start at minus 12 (the number of points off the top four Spurs were when he took over).\"\n\nLiverpool boss Jurgen Klopp, speaking to BBC Sport: \"It was very hard-fought because we didn't close the game down early. We should have been one or 2-0 up already when we scored. If you have a quality opponent like Tottenham and you don't close the game they will come back. Allison makes things look easy. It is not what we would have wanted. It is intense, you lose the ball and you are facing one of the best counter-attacking sides. We had Robbo (Andy Robertson) free two or three times and he didn't find a team-mate, so we didn't help ourselves.\"\n\nOn his side's defensive record: \"We needed Allison for that today. We had a few dips defensively. Some games he has not had a lot to do with us winning the ball high early. It is good but there is no other chance to win games than to defend well.\"\n• None Liverpool have 61 points in the Premier League in 2019-20 - the most any side has ever registered after 21 games in a single season across Europe's big five leagues (assuming three points for a win).\n• None Liverpool have collected 104 points across their last 38 Premier League matches (W33 D5 L0) - a record total by any team across a 38-match spell in the competition's history, overtaking 102-point stretches by Man City (ending in 2018) and Chelsea (2005).\n• None Tottenham Hotspur have conceded 20 goals in 13 matches in all competitions under Jose Mourinho; it took Mourinho's Chelsea side 44 games before letting in their 20th goal during his first spell in England as a manager in the 2004-05 season.\n• None This is Liverpool's joint-best scoring run from the start of a season in English top-flight history, with the Reds also scoring in their opening 21 games in 1933-34.\n• None Liverpool have now gone 38 Premier League games without defeat; since their last league loss at Man City in January 2019, Tottenham have lost 16 Premier League matches by comparison, including three to the Reds.\n• None Tottenham have lost back-to-back Premier League matches for the first time this season, having last done so in May 2019, while this is the first time their manager Jose Mourinho has lost consecutive games in the competition since August 2018 as Manchester United boss.\n• None Liverpool have kept six consecutive clean sheets in the Premier League for the first time since December 2006 (seven).\n• None Roberto Firmino has scored five goals in his last six games for Liverpool in all competitions, as many as he had in his previous 30 appearances for the Reds before this run.\n\nTottenham host Middlesbrough in their FA Cup third-round replay on Tuesday, 14 January (20:05 GMT). They then travel to Watford in the Premier League on Saturday, 18 January (12:30 GMT).\n\nLiverpool welcome Manchester United to Anfield in their next Premier League fixture on Sunday, 19 January (16:30 GMT).\n• None Attempt saved. Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lucas Moura.\n• None Attempt saved. Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Xherdan Shaqiri with a cross.\n• None Attempt saved. Divock Origi (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Roberto Firmino.\n• None Attempt saved. Erik Lamela (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dele Alli.\n• None Attempt missed. Giovani Lo Celso (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Serge Aurier with a cross.\n• None Offside, Tottenham Hotspur. Toby Alderweireld tries a through ball, but Serge Aurier is caught offside.\n• None Attempt missed. Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Lucas Moura. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald said her party was up for a return to \"genuine power sharing\".\n\nThe party has said they will re-enter devolved government in Northern Ireland after three years of deadlock.\n\nThe Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) had earlier also given tentative its support to a draft deal to restore Stormont's political institutions.\n\nThe British and Irish governments published the draft proposals on Thursday, after nine months of talks.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSinn Féin and the DUP have re-entered devolved government in Northern Ireland after three years of deadlock on Saturday.\n\nThe two parties have supported a deal to restore Stormont's political institutions.\n\nThe British and Irish governments published the draft proposals on Thursday, after nine months of talks.\n\nStormont's power-sharing coalition, led by the DUP and Sinn Féin, collapsed in January 2017 over a green energy row.\n\nBefore the proceedings began, both the Ulster Unionist Party and the Alliance Party confirmed that they would be entering the new executive.\n\nAlliance leader Naomi Long also revealed that she would be accepting the position of justice minister.\n\nThat means all five main parties in Northern Ireland will join the executive.\n\nIn the first item of business, Sinn Féin's Alex Maskey was elected as the assembly's new speaker after a vote. Out of the 83 MLAs - members of the legislative assembly - who voted, 51 backed the former lord mayor of Belfast.\n\nThe DUP's Christopher Stalford; UUP's Roy Beggs and SDLP's Patsy McGlone are his three deputies.\n\nThe MLAs are now set to appoint the 10 ministerial roles.\n\nDUP leader Arlene Foster and Sinn Féin Vice-President Michelle O'Neill are expected to be named first and deputy first ministers respectively.\n\nThe proceedings are being streamed live on the BBC News NI website from 13:00 GMT, and there will also be coverage on BBC Parliament and BBC Two NI from 15:30 GMT.\n\nRelations between the DUP and Sinn Féin had deteriorated in recent years as the two parties were diametrically opposed not only on Northern Ireland's position within the UK, but also issues such as the Irish language; same-sex marriage; abortion and how to deal with the legacy of the Troubles.\n\nBut unexpectedly it was a row over a green energy scheme which pushed their relationship past breaking point.\n\nThe Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme was set up by DUP leader Arlene Foster when she was enterprise minister, but it ran over budget and at one point threatened to cost taxpayers £490m.\n\nSinn Féin demanded that Mrs Foster step aside as first minister during an inquiry into the RHI scheme and when she refused, they pulled out of government on 9 January 2017.\n\nTwo key sticking points in the Stormont talks were around an Irish language act and the petition of concern.\n\nThe purpose of petition of concern is to protect one community from legislation that would favour another and a valid petition requires the signatures of 30 MLAs.\n\nThe call for an Irish language act has been a key sticking point\n\nThe draft deal says there is to be \"meaningful reform\" of the petition, which would be \"reduced and returned to its intended purpose\" and would \"only be used in the most exceptional circumstances and as a last resort, having used every other mechanism\".\n\nThe proposed deal would see legislation created for the appointment of both an Irish language commissioner and an Ulster-Scots commissioner.\n\nEarlier, Irish language group Conradh na Gaeilge welcomed the draft deal as \"historic advancement but added it \"falls very much short\" of promises for an Irish Language act.\n\nOther key points in the deal include the Northern Ireland Executive settling an ongoing pay dispute with nurses and increasing policing numbers.", "That's all from us on a historic day at Stormont, which saw the return of power-sharing government after three years of paralysis.\n\nThere will be more news and reaction on the BBC News NI website over the weekend.\n\nThanks for joining us, and goodbye.", "US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the US ordered the killing of Qasem Soleinmani because it had \"specific information\" that Iranian threats targeting US facilities, including embassies and military bases.", "Apparently, the great British romantic painter JMW Turner (1775-1851) once said if he could have his life again he would have been an architect: a statement that is as good an argument as any I've heard against reincarnation.\n\nThat's not to say London's finest landscape artist couldn't have become a decent architect from a technical point of view. He knew his way around a set of plans having been apprenticed to an architect in his early teens, and would regularly include grand buildings in his paintings.\n\nBut design is only a small part of the art of architecture.\n\nThe real work is done in wooing and cajoling clients, compromising to accommodate their wishes, and working within a budget that is typically about as fit for purpose as an honest thief.\n\nThe famously irascible, opinionated, singular genius that was the barber's son from Covent Garden would have fallen out with more customers than the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have with family members. The chances of him running a successful architectural practice would have been zero, added to which we wouldn't have his extraordinary art to enjoy.\n\nThere is one place, though, where, for the first time since 1826, we can have a glimpse into a world where Turner the would-be architect and Turner the supreme painter of light and atmosphere, coexist.\n\nIt involves a trip to suburban Twickenham in south-west London to visit a small but perfectly formed Georgian house that Turner himself designed between 1807-13 (with a little help from his friend, the renowned architect, Sir John Soane).\n\nThe great landscape artist designed this small villa, Sandycombe Lodge, near the Thames at Twickenham between 1807-13\n\nWilliam Daniell's etching of JMW Turner when he was 25 years old, is at the artist's house\n\nSandycombe Lodge is his one and only realised building - or three-dimensional artwork as those wishing to elevate its status might say - and as such gives us two insights. Firstly, Turner's architectural tastes were as conservative as his paintings were radical. And secondly, he was, at heart, a modest man.\n\nIt is a bijou property on what was a sizeable plot, which the 32-year-old Turner bought to build his bolthole from the hurly burly of central London life.\n\nHe was already a very successful artist with a pad in Harley Street to which he had attached his own commercial art gallery. He liked the idea of owning a des-res in what the poet James Thomson described as \"the matchless vale of the Thames\" - the riverside area seen from Richmond Hill taking in Kew, Twickenham, Isleworth and Richmond.\n\nIt was the Cotswolds of the day, the trendy place where the rich and famous would \"weekend\" and fill their palatial houses with glamorous guests. Turner being Turner and a contrary sort of fellow, went tiny where others - such as his old Royal Academy president Sir Joshua Reynolds - went very large.\n\nTurner wasn't interested in impressing anybody, he was interested in the light of the Thames, a river to which he had spent his life living in close proximity.\n\nHe'd invite a few mates to stay (including, somewhat surprisingly, the Duc d'Orléans, later Louis Philippe, King of France), take them fishing, ask them to join his \"Pic-nic-Academical Club\", and discuss poetry.\n\nTurner designed the villa so he could see the river from this bedroom window\n\nThere is no evidence he painted with oils there, but he certainly sketched and probably went out on his specially made boat-cum-studio to paint in watercolours.\n\nWhat is without doubt is his lifelong artistic relationship with the River Thames, an important motif most famously evident in his magnificent masterpiece Rain, Steam and Speed (1844).\n\nIt is, along with The Fighting Temeraire (1839), a painting that cements Turner as one of the most popular artists in the UK and beyond. They are both late works but you can see their origins in some earlier oil sketches he produced while living in Isleworth, which have been borrowed from the Tate Gallery and are now presented in a pocket-sized exhibition at Sandycombe Lodge.\n\nTurner's Rain, Steam, and Speed, 1844, isn't in the show (along with The Fighting Temeraire), but you can see how they were influenced by the early sketches\n\nThe Fighting Temeraire, 1839 (not in the show), shows the final journey of this important warship, as it's towed along the Thames to Rotherhithe, where it was to be scrapped\n\nIt is the first time since the artist sold his Twickenham home nearly 200 years ago that any of his original paintings have hung on its walls. They are displayed in an upstairs guest bedroom, which is not very big, but then nor are the sketches.\n\nThere are five paintings in total, all on mahogany, one more warped than a 12 inch vinyl left out in the sun.\n\nThey are described as \"experimental, private works\", which is code for not first-rate. No matter, they are fascinating to see.\n\nThe largest, Walton Reach (1805), hangs over the fireplace. It is the least good of those on show, with a vertical clump of black/grey cloud hovering like a spaceship in the middle of the sky.\n\nWalton Reach, 1805, is one of the five rarely shown oil sketches that the Tate has loaned to Turner's House for this exhibition\n\nConstable would have laughed himself silly at his great rival's ham-fisted attempt to paint a meteorological effect. But then his eyes would have glanced to the left of the painting and seen Turner bang in form as river morphs into trees that lead to a heavenly pink sky obscuring a sun behind.\n\nThere's a lovely, quickly painted, sketch The Thames near Windsor (1807), which Cézanne would have admired for its palette and abstracted simplicity.\n\nAnother, On the Thames (1807), also has a proto-Impressionist feel as Turner captures light effects in real time.\n\nOn the Thames c.1807, like the other four works, was selected by Turner's House for depicting scenes close to the artist's house near the river\n\nThe two stand-out sketches are Sunset on the River (1805), which is beautiful, and Windsor Castle from the River (1807), which benefits from having been primed with white paint giving it a lustre and luminosity the others don't share. Both are clearly a foretaste of what is to come in Turner's later years.\n\nSunset on the River is an obvious precursor to Turner's Fighting Temeraire with the sun going down behind thin orange clouds, evoking the romantic nostalgia that makes his later masterpiece such a mesmerising artwork.\n\nWindsor Castle from the River points towards Rain, Steam and Speed: a ghostly structure barely visible in the background, partially hidden behind the atmospheric effects of Thames water merging into hazy cloud.\n\nBathed in light, Turner's Sunset on the River, 1805, is a forerunner of his Fighting Temeraire\n\nThe sketches are not masterpieces, nobody is going to pay millions of pounds to own them or view them (£8 entry to the house and exhibition), but they are well worth seeing: on their own terms and also as a way of understanding how Turner worked and developed as an artist. That they are in the house he designed for himself is an added bonus: there's a lot to be said for quiet modesty in this overwrought, over-excited century.\n\nIt was an escape for Turner then. It can be an escape for you now.\n• None Nonsense? What Turner would've made of the Turner Prize ★★★★☆", "Ukraine's top security official, Oleksiy Danilov, has told the BBC that his country's investigators had already gathered evidence that a missile brought down a Ukrainian passenger jet, before Iran changed its position.\n\nAfter initially denying responsibility, Tehran has admitted that Ukraine International Airlines flight PS-752 crashed as a result of \"human error\" when it was misidentified as a cruise missile.", "Thousands of people attended in very poor weather conditions\n\nTens of thousands of Scottish independence supporters have marched through Glasgow in the first of a series of protests planned for the coming year.\n\nThe All Under One Banner (AUOB) march from the west end to Glasgow Green took place in very poor weather conditions.\n\nA mass rally that was due to be held afterwards was cancelled after rain and high winds were forecast.\n\nThe UK government has said it does not support a further vote on independence.\n\nThe \"emergency\" march was organised in the wake of last month's general election, which saw the pro-independence SNP win 48 of the 59 seats in Scotland while the Conservatives won a majority across the UK as a whole.\n\nIt is the first of eight marches that the grassroots AUOB group plans to hold across Scotland over the coming year as activists aim to increase the pressure for independence.\n\nThe march took a route through the city centre to Glasgow Green\n\nThe organisation has staged several similar marches and rallies in town and cities across Scotland over the past five years.\n\nAUOB decided that the march would definitely go ahead despite the cancellation of the rally, with the group tweeting: \"If we let some Scottish rain stop us marching then we've no chance. The march is on.\"\n\nGary Kelly of AUOB said: \"It's another mandate at the end of the day and it shows there's still an appetite and a desire in Scotland for Scottish independence.\n\n\"We don't get a lot of media publicity and the fact is that we do get it now. The world's media is here today watching us.\"\n\nOrganisers estimated that about 80,000 people attended the march.\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 All Under One Banner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 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 All Under One Banner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿\n\nScottish voters backed remaining in the UK by 55% to 45% in a referendum in 2014 - but Nicola Sturgeon, the SNP leader and Scotland's first minister, says she wants to hold another vote on independence later this year.\n\nThat currently looks unlikely to happen because the UK government has made clear it will not transfer the powers that Ms Sturgeon says would be needed to ensure any referendum is legal.\n\nThe first minister has ruled out holding an unofficial referendum, similar to the disputed one in Catalonia in 2017, as she does not believe it would lead to independence regardless of the result.\n\nMs Sturgeon has never attended an AUOB march, although she did speak at a rally organised by the pro-independence National newspaper in Glasgow's George Square in November. It was the first time she had spoken at a major independence rally since 2014.\n\nThe first minister has written to Prime Minister Johnson requesting agreement on a further referendum.\n\nA UK government spokesperson said: \"We do not support a second referendum on leaving the UK.\n\n\"Scots voted decisively to remain part of the UK in a once in a generation referendum in 2014.\n\n\"The Prime Minister will respond in full to the First Minister's letter shortly.\"\n\nAnother AUOB march will be held in Glasgow in May, with similar events scheduled for Arbroath, Peebles, Elgin, Kirkcaldy, Stirling and Edinburgh.", "Caroline Jackson was downstairs and unaware of son Aidan's seizure\n\nThe parents of a teenager who suffered a seizure while chatting online have thanked his friend who called emergency services from 5,000 miles away.\n\nAidan Jackson, 17, was talking to an American gamer from his bedroom in Widnes on 2 January when he had a fit.\n\nHis friend, 20-year-old Dia Lathora, from Texas, alerted police in the UK.\n\nThe first Aidan's parents knew of the emergency was when police and an ambulance appeared at their front door, the Liverpool Echo reported.\n\nCaroline and Steve Jackson then rushed upstairs to find their son \"extremely disorientated\".\n\nMs Jackson, 48, said: \"We were at home watching TV and Aidan was upstairs in his room. The next thing we noticed was two police cars outside with flashing lights.\n\n\"I assumed they were in the area for another reason and then they ran up to the front door.\n\n\"They said there was an unresponsive male at the address. We said we hadn't called anyone and they said a call had come from America. I immediately went to check on Aidan and found him extremely disorientated.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAidan had a seizure in May 2019 and is waiting for a new appointment following the latest incident.\n\n\"We are extremely thankful for what Dia did and shocked that we could be downstairs and not know anything was happening,\" Ms Jackson added.\n\n\"Dia had our address but didn't have any contact numbers, so it was amazing she managed to get help from so far away.\n\n\"I've spoken to her and expressed our thanks - she's just glad she could help.\n\n\"Aidan is a lot better and hopefully everything is OK when he has his appointment at the hospital but he's doing well.\"\n\nMs Lathora told the Liverpool Echo: \"I just put my headset back on and I heard what I could only describe as a seizure, so obviously I started to get worried and immediately started asking what was going on and if he was OK.\n\n\"When he didn't respond I instantly started to look up the emergency number for the EU. When that didn't work I just had to hope the non-emergency would work, it had an option for talking to a real person...and I can't tell you how quickly I clicked that button.\"", "Greg Abbott said Texas had done \"more than its share\" for the refugee resettlement programme\n\nThe Republican governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, has said the state will not accept new refugees under the US government's resettlement programme.\n\nThe decision means Texas will become the first state known to do so.\n\nLast year US President Donald Trump signed an executive order allowing states to opt out of the programme.\n\nOn Friday, Mr Abbott said Texas had done \"more than its share in assisting the refugee resettlement process\".\n\nRefugee agencies have criticised the move, with one calling it \"deeply disappointing\".\n\nTexas has large refugee populations in several of its major cities. In the 2018 fiscal year, Texas took in 1,697 refugees - more than any other state, but a large drop from 4,768 in the previous fiscal year.\n\nJustifying his decision in a letter to the US State Department, Mr Abbott argued that the state should be focused on \"those who are already here, including refugees, migrants, and the homeless - indeed, all Texans\".\n\nOn that basis, Mr Abbott said he \"cannot consent to initial refugee resettlement\" in 2020, but added that the decision \"does not deny any refugee access\" to the US.\n\nRefugees who are already settled in other states, Mr Abbott said, will be allowed to move to Texas if they choose. However, resettlement agencies say they would not have access to federal resettlement benefits, such as housing.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Africans risking death in the jungle trying to reach the US\n\nIn September last year, President Trump announced that states must actively consent to any resettlement of refugees after June 2020.\n\nSo far, the governors of more than 40 other states have said they will opt in to the government programme.\n\nMr Trump has made reducing immigration a key aim of his administration.\n\nThe president has slashed the number of refugees allowed into the country for the 2020 fiscal year to 18,000 - a record low.\n\nThe Trump administration has taken a touch stance against immigration and refugees\n\nAbout 30,000 refugees were resettled in the US during the previous fiscal year.\n\nThe previous lowest admissions figure was in 2002, after the 9/11 attacks, when about 27,000 refugees were allowed into the US.\n\nSince taking office in 2017, Mr Trump has sought to reduce the number of immigrants and refugees coming to the country. A controversial travel ban on mostly Muslim countries is one policy he has pursued to do so.\n\nThe travel ban affects nationals from seven countries, five of which are majority Muslim: Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen. The other two are North Korea and Venezuela.\n\nThe Associated Press reports that the Trump administration will seek to expand the travel ban to additional countries, despite being repeatedly thwarted by legal challenges.", "It is a truth universally acknowledged that for a modern monarchy to retain the support of the public it cannot be too interesting.\n\nPrince Harry is very interesting. He says and does interesting things. This means he gets in the news rather a lot.\n\nIf you look back over the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, the House of Windsor has faced greatest jeopardy when it has been most newsworthy.\n\nThe Queen mostly stays out of the news; her opinions are largely unknown.\n\nThe same is broadly true of Prince William, who only adopts issues - such as mental health - which are not politically partisan.\n\nThere is not much interest in their views, frankly, because the Queen and Prince William do not set out to say interesting things. Other royals do.\n\nBefore her death, Princess Diana was probably the most famous person in the world. Her opinions on a range of matters, and talent for playing the media, were widely known.\n\nPrince Charles' opinions on a range of issues, from homeopathy to architecture, are familiar.\n\nIn recent times, as his ascension presumably nears, he has dialled down his public pronouncements on many issues.\n\nFrom a media management point of view, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who might currently be the most famous couple on the planet, are just far too interesting for the House of Windsor right now.\n\nMix their fame and strained relations with other royals, together with the fact they belong to the Instagram generation, and - in Prince Harry's case - have instinctively despised much of the media for decades, as a result of his mother's death, and you have a toxic brew.\n\nAnd that's before you add in the disastrous recent Prince Andrew interview, which gave every indication of a Firm in which nobody, from a public relations point of view at least, has a grip, or even a clue.\n\nIn their detailed and clearly long-planned announcement of a new media strategy, the duke and duchess issued several soothing words about their support for a free and fair press, but their enmity was impossible to conceal.\n\nThey made an interesting distinction between royal correspondents and their editors, suggesting the former often report stories accurately only for their editors in London to put an opinionated or inaccurate spin, or headline, on their work.\n\nThe duke and duchess visited southern Africa last year with their son Archie\n\nIn his furious statement last October, Prince Harry singled out Britain's tabloid newspapers, saying that they had ruined his mother's life and he wouldn't let them ruin his wife's.\n\nIt is impossible for any of us to imagine what life must be like with the degree of intrusion, and lack of privacy, that relentless tabloid pressure can put on a family.\n\nHere it has driven a young couple to say they will relocate for half the year.\n\nAnd a lot of people don't like tabloid culture full stop.\n\nBut it is worth saying that the tabloids have got some of their coverage of Prince Harry and Meghan right.\n\nThe fact that the couple flew on Elton John's private jet, having made many pronouncements about the environment, is a legitimate story.\n\nFor several months, tabloid reporters in Britain have been writing that there were tensions between Prince Harry and his brother, that a formal split in operations within the family could be imminent, and that the Queen was not being kept fully aware of their plans.\n\nThis story has proved correct: Prince Harry admitted some of it on camera to ITV's Tom Bradby.\n\nAnd this week, Dan Wootton of the Sun was the first to report that the couple were thinking of moving overseas. He got the scoop and deserves credit for that.\n\nFor many years, royal coverage has operated through the royal rota system.\n\nA bit like the lobby in Westminster, this gives privileged, approved journalists access to the royals in exchange for deeper reporting and - the Windsors hope - more positive coverage.\n\nThe Duke and Duchess say they will pull out of the system.\n\nTabloid journalists are furious at this perceived declaration of war. But Prince Harry and Meghan went further still in saying they will still give access to journalists - it's just they'll favour younger reporters or those who support causes close to their heart.\n\nThis couldn't be better calculated to enrage Britain's tabloid press.\n\nPrince Harry has previously has said that tabloid newspapers ruined his mother's life\n\nThe key point here is generational. Princess Diana spent years cultivating journalists, with long lunches and phone calls.\n\nIn the 1990s, if you wanted to build relations with the public, journalists were the filter you had to go through.\n\nPrince Harry and Meghan Markle belong to the Instagram generation.\n\nThey believe they can use social media and their own website to appeal directly to the public, and shape their own public narrative.\n\nThey have much less emotional attachment to, and (as they see it) less need for, newsprint, or even broadcast news bulletins.\n\nA chasm is likely to open up, between what they say about themselves online - and what others in traditional media have to say about them.\n\nThe huge challenge they face stems from the fact that traditional media, while much weaker, are far from dead: tabloid newspapers and TV and radio bulletins reach millions of people in Britain every day. They're going nowhere fast. They still have influence.\n\nIt therefore does matter - albeit less than it once did - if your relations with, for instance, royal correspondents at the Daily Mirror and Daily Mail deteriorate.\n\nThere is something desperately sad for the couple in the fact that, even in North America, you cannot get away from scrutiny - given that every passer-by has a smartphone.\n\nRight now, there are journalists in Britain having conversations at home and at work in which they make clear they expect to be travelling to Canada quite a bit in coming months. Some of them will have already booked tickets.\n\nIf you want to stay out of the media, it's not about where you are, it's about who you are and what you do.\n\nDon't be too interesting. Ironically, this week has radically increased interest in this curiously modern young family.\n\nIn other words - even if he changed his name back to Henry David - for the young prince and his family, who desperately want to be left alone, it's too late.", "The conflicts in Iraq and Syria turned Qasem Soleimani into something of a celebrity in Iran\n\nIranians have filled the centre of Tehran for the funeral procession of General Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in a US drone strike in Iraq last week.\n\nSoleimani was the commander of the Revolutionary Guards' clandestine overseas operations arm, the Quds Force, and was one of the most powerful figures in Iran.\n\nIranians have been sharing their thoughts on the killing with BBC Persian.\n\nI believe Soleimani did not deserve such a fate. He did a lot for Iran, protecting this country. He fought Daesh [the jihadist group Islamic State], the Taliban, etc.\n\nOur enemies have been attacking our country for the past four decades and he tried to save the country.\n\nSadly, I can say many people in Iran are suffering from a paradox.\n\nThey blame this regime and the supreme leader [Ayatollah Ali Khamenei] for what is happening inside Iran, and they say the leader is a tyrant. But today they are mourning for Qasem Soleimani, who was the right hand of the same tyrant leader.\n\nHow can they call him a hero? The partner and right hand of a dictator cannot be a hero.\n\nI agree that we have some issues in this country. We have economic difficulties, human rights issues, a lack of freedom of speech, etc. But these issues are internal and should be dealt with, within the country.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe new situation we are facing is external. One of us Iranians was killed by foreigners. Our sense of patriotism would not allow us to side with the foreigners in this matter. We should be uniting against this [US] action.\n\nI do not buy this argument that Qasem Soleimani had only been dealing with foreign affairs [as the commander of the Quds Force], or that he had nothing to do with the repression that ordinary Iranians are suffering from.\n\nSoleimani was one of them [Iran's leadership]. If we are against this repressive regime, we are against every single person who is part of it.\n\nI do not understand those who thank President Trump for this attack and question what Soleimani had been doing in Syria and Iraq.\n\nIf Iran should not be allowed to interfere in neighbouring countries, why should Americans be allowed to come to our region all the way from the other side of the Earth?\n\nQasem Soleimani was not a hero, in my opinion. He was a basic soldier, overrated by the establishments in Iran and the US.\n\nPeople are being too emotional about his death.", "The legal challenge was brought by the father of day care centre user Craig McHattie\n\nA Scottish council has been ordered by a court to reopen an adult care centre after its unlawful closure.\n\nSouth Ayrshire shut down the Kyle Day Centre in Ayr, which looks after more than 20 adults with complex support needs, in December.\n\nHowever, the area's integrated joint board (IJB), which administers social care, failed to consult families and staff before making the decision.\n\nThe council has now lost a legal challenge at the Court of Session.\n\nThe centre must be reopened on Monday - despite nine of 12 staff already accepting voluntary redundancy.\n\nThe council said the centre would reopen.\n\nRoy McHattie (right) said Craig had been staying at home since the closure\n\nThe legal challenge was brought by Roy McHattie, whose son Craig has serious learning difficulties and mobility issues.\n\nMr McHattie told BBC Scotland's The Nine that South Ayrshire Council had been \"arrogant\" in its approach.\n\n\"They've just decided to steamroller through their proposal,\" he said. \"We felt that there was no consultation whatsoever, no involvement of all the people who attended Kyle, the carers, guardians or the people themselves.\n\n\"It felt we were being rushed into a situation without the option of Kyle Centre still being there. That was not part of the options on the table. On that basis, we decided to take legal action.\"\n\nThe Kyle Day Centre must be reopened on Monday\n\nIn his court opinion last month, Lord Boyd of Duncansby stated that the failure to consult \"went to the heart of the decision-making process\".\n\nHe wrote: \"That process was fundamentally flawed by the failure to consult persons who had a legitimate expectation of such consultation.\n\n\"It resulted in a feeling of grievance and injustice in the making of a decision which had profound implications for a group of vulnerable people.\"\n\nLord Boyd also stated that families were \"kept in the dark until two months after the decision to close\".\n\nFamilies, he said, agreed to new care arrangements after the council had presented the closure as a \"done deal\".\n\nA second consultation after the decision was made was also described by Lord Boyd as a \"tick-box exercise\".\n\nCraig, 32, attended the centre five days a week and worked with a one-to-one carer.\n\nHis family said that alternatives offered by the council were unsuitable for him.\n\nHis father Roy said: \"He's been staying at home. There's no place for him to go.\n\n\"He doesn't have the company of his peers at a care centre. Social contact for him is important as well. He doesn't verbally communicate but he is aware of others.\n\n\"That has been taken away from him.\"\n\nJohn Glynn has received care from day services since he was a teenager\n\nJohn Glynn also attended the centre for eight years. He has severe learning disabilities and has received care from day services since he was a teenager.\n\nThe 47-year-old now has a community care package, which his family says is unsuitable. He will return to the Kyle Day Centre on Monday.\n\n\"When he's at home, he's just like a caged animal,\" his sister Maureen said.\n\n\"He's cracking up now and if it wasn't for the day care carers coming in for him to break the day up, it would be a lot worse just now.\"\n\nSouth Ayrshire's IJB must find savings of up to £4m in the next year across social care and children services.\n\nSome Kyle users are currently attending the Hansel support village\n\nTwelve of the Kyle Day Centre's attendees are currently attending the Hansel support village, near Symington.\n\nCouncillor Brian McGinley is deputy leader of the council and chairman of the South Ayrshire IJB.\n\nAddressing the failure to consult over the closure of the centre, the councillor said: \"That was a flaw and we apologise for that unreservedly.\n\n\"That is absolutely the lesson we have learned from this, that we need to do that consultation before the decision was made at the IJB. That consultation did not take place and we will rectify that.\"\n\nHe added: \"Our understanding was that there would be consultation. We were looking to improve the service.\n\n\"But the fact is, because we have increasing demand and increasing costs, we need to ways of improving the service within the budget that is presented. So there are challenges.\"", "Waller-Bridge wore the outfit to the 77th Golden Globe Awards in Beverley Hills, California\n\nFleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge has put her Golden Globes outfit up for auction on eBay to raise money for the Australian bushfire crisis.\n\nThe 34-year-old wore the gold tuxedo from Australian designers Ralph & Russo at the awards ceremony, where she won two accolades for her TV comedy-drama.\n\nWith a starting bid of 77,000 Australian dollars (£41,000), the auction is set to end on 20 January.\n\nWaller-Bridge is one of a number of celebrities to support the aid effort.\n\nFormula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton said he will donate more than £380,000, while cricket legend Shane Warne has raised A$1m (£528,514) for the bushfire appeal after his \"baggy green\" Australia cap was sold at auction.\n\nLeonardo DiCaprio's environmental group has donated 3 million US dollars (£2.3m) towards the relief effort, while Sir Elton John, actor Chris Hemsworth and Pink have also donated.\n\nWaller-Bridge's custom made tuxedo is closest to a UK size 12, according to the listing.\n\nShe has also signed the label of the lace and silk trouser suit.\n\nFleabag cast members Brett Gelman, Sian Clifford, Waller-Bridge and Andrew Scott pose with their Golden Globe for Best Television Series\n\nIn a video shared on the official Fleabag Twitter account, the writer and actress showed fans where celebrities had touched the outfit, including Tom Hanks when he shook her hand, Sir Elton John giving her a hug and the shoulder where Olivia Colman \"rested her cheek\".\n\n\"Most significantly perhaps, if you are a Fleabag fan, this suit is completely covered head to toe in Andrew Scott hugs,\" she added.\n\nMoney raised will be donated to the Australian Red Cross Disaster Relief & Recovery Fund, WIRES Wildlife Rescue Emergency Fund and Wildlife Victoria.\n\nWaller Bridge said: \"I'm very excited that this stunning, one-of-a-kind, couture tuxedo created by Australian geniuses Ralph & Russo will continue its journey by contributing to this urgent cause.\n\n\"If money raised by its auction can help raise funds to fight the disaster in Australia, the future impact of this suit will be far greater than the luck it brought me and the Fleabag team at the Golden Globes last weekend.\"\n\nRecord-breaking temperatures and months of drought have fuelled massive bushfires across Australia", "The Queen attended a church service at Sandringham on Sunday morning\n\nThe Queen has summoned senior royals to Sandringham on Monday for face-to-face talks to discuss the future roles of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.\n\nPalace officials told the BBC that Prince Harry, the Duke of Cambridge and the Prince of Wales would all attend, while Meghan is expected join the discussion over the phone from Canada.\n\nThe Sussexes say they plan to step back as senior members of the Royal Family.\n\nThere is no suggestion a conclusion will be reached at the meeting.\n\nBut BBC royal correspondent Jonny Dymond said it is hoped that the talks will produce a \"next step\" on the way to defining the couple's new relationship with the Royal Family - in line with the Queen's wish to find a solution within days.\n\nHe added that there were still \"formidable obstacles\" to overcome in the talks.\n\nMeanwhile, the Duke of Cambridge has spoken of his \"sadness\" at the broken bond with his brother, the Sunday Times reports.\n\nAccording to the paper, Prince William told a friend: \"I've put my arm around my brother all our lives and I can't do that any more; we're separate entities.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Views from the public at Sandringham Estate: 'You can't just be a royal then decide not to be'\n\n\"All we can do, and all I can do, is try and support them and hope that the time comes when we're all singing from the same page.\"\n\nPrince Charles is currently in Oman, after travelling overnight to attend the first of three days of official condolences alongside Prime Minister Boris Johnson, following the death of Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said. He will return to the UK in time to attend Monday's talks.\n\nOn Sunday morning the Queen was seen smiling and waving to crowds as she was driven to church in Sandringham.\n\nPrince Charles is in Oman, where he met the country's new sultan\n\nMonday's gathering at the Queen's estate in Norfolk - being described as the \"Sandringham summit\" - will be the first time the monarch has come face-to-face with Harry since the Sussexes' announcement, which was posted on their official Instagram account.\n\nBBC royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell said the trickiest area will be to agree the financial position of the Sussexes, who said in their statement on Wednesday they intend to \"step back\" as senior royals and work to become financially independent.\n\nThe couple also said they plan to split their time between the UK and North America, while \"continuing to honour our duty to the Queen, the Commonwealth, and our patronages\".\n\nThere are likely to be tax implications to any decision to base themselves outside the UK for any length of time and Buckingham Palace will want \"tight protocols to prevent them cashing in on their royal status\", our correspondent added.\n\nMonday's royal summit may not be the last such gathering needed to sort things out; but enough progress has been made by palace staff and civil servants for the most senior members of the family to meet to discuss some pretty concrete proposals on the way ahead for Prince Harry and Meghan.\n\nThere are still formidable obstacles - it's not at all clear how much in the way of royal duties the prince and Meghan see themselves doing.\n\nOn that will hang issues such as funding and liaison between the palace and Prince Harry and Meghan's new organisation. Unpicking the current relationship is complicated - creating a new one, that lasts, will be even tougher.\n\nThere's a strong desire to get this done. But equally the deal must be robust and workable.\n\nPrecedent is being established here - a way of doing things that may extend in years to come to other members of the royal family.\n\nThe Queen, Prince Charles, William and Harry are expected to review a range of possibilities for the Sussexes, taking into account plans outlined by the couple.\n\nIf a deal is agreed in the coming days, there is a general understanding that it will take some time to implement.\n\nMeanwhile, Meghan is in Canada with her eight-month-old son Archie after flying there amid the ongoing discussions, which have involved the UK and Canadian governments.\n\nShe and Prince Harry had been in Canada over Christmas, before they returned to the UK on Tuesday after a six-week break from royal duties.\n\nOn Friday, the couple's official Instagram account returned to publicising their appearances.\n\nPictures were posted showing the couple during a private visit on Tuesday to a community kitchen in north Kensington, west London, where meals were cooked for families displaced by the Grenfell Tower fire.\n\nLast October, Prince Harry and Meghan publicly revealed their struggles under the media spotlight.\n\nThe couple were already preparing to launch their own Sussex Royal charity, which they set up after splitting from the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's foundation in June last year.\n\nAnd in December it was revealed that the couple had made an application to trademark their Sussex Royal brand across a string of items including books, calendars, clothing, charitable fundraising, education and social care services.\n\nDo you have any questions about Harry and Meghan's decision to step back as senior royals?\n\nIn some cases your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. 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Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nPresenter Samira Ahmed has won the employment tribunal she brought against the BBC in a dispute over equal pay.\n\nAhmed claimed she was underpaid by £700,000 for hosting audience feedback show Newswatch compared with Jeremy Vine's salary for Points of View.\n\nThe unanimous judgement said her work was like that done by Vine, and the BBC had failed to prove the pay gap wasn't because of sex discrimination.\n\nAhmed said she was \"glad it's been resolved\".\n\n\"No woman wants to have to take action against their own employer,\" she said, adding: \"I love working for the BBC.\"\n\nIn response, the BBC insisted the pay for Ahmed and Vine \"was not determined by their gender\".\n\nDescribing Ahmed as \"an excellent journalist and presenter\", the corporation added: \"We regret that this case ever had to go to tribunal.\"\n\nThe BBC said it would \"work together with Samira to move on in a positive way\".\n\nAhmed (right) was accompanied by BBC Breakfast's Naga Munchetty on the tribunal's first day\n\nAhmed thanked the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), her legal team and \"everyone - all the men and women who've supported me and the issue of equal pay\". She added: \"I'm now looking forward to continuing to do my job, to report on stories and not being one\".\n\nAhmed had told the tribunal, which ended in November, that she \"could not understand how pay for me, a woman, could be so much lower than Jeremy Vine, a man, for presenting very similar programmes and doing very similar work\".\n\nVine got £3,000 per episode for BBC One's Points of View between 2008 and 2018. Ahmed was paid £440 for Newswatch, which is shown on the BBC News Channel and BBC Breakfast.\n\nThe tribunal judgement said: \"The difference in pay in this case is striking. Jeremy Vine was paid more than six times what the claimant was paid for doing the same work as her.\"\n\nThe BBC had argued that Ahmed and Vine performed \"very different roles\". But the judgement said the corporation did not produce evidence to prove the different levels of pay were based on differences in the presenters' roles, programmes and profiles.\n\nThe judgement did not say whether Ahmed will receive the compensation she said she was owed.\n\nThe judgement stated: \"We do not accept that the lighter tone of Points of View meant that the claimant's work and that of Mr Vine were not broadly similar.\"\n\nJeremy Vine hosted Points of View for a decade until 2018\n\nIt added that despite the BBC saying the presenter of Points of View \"needed to have 'a glint in the eye' and to be cheeky, we had difficulty in understanding what the respondent meant and how that translated into a 'skill' or 'experience' to do a job.\n\n\"The attempts at humour came from the script. Jeremy Vine read the script from the autocue. He read it in the tone in which it was written. If it told him to roll his eyes he did. It did not require any particular skill or experience to do that.\"\n\nThe BBC's legal team said Ahmed was paid the same as her Newswatch predecessor Ray Snoddy, who they said was her pay comparator, rather than Vine.\n\nBut Ahmed's closing submissions criticised the corporation's witnesses and evidence.\n\nShe also said BBC witnesses were prepared to give evidence \"about matters that they had little knowledge of\" and that the corporation had \"repeatedly sought to make other unfair comments\" about her credibility.\n\nThis is a complex judgement with potentially huge implications.\n\nThe position of the Tribunal is that all the arguments brought by the BBC to justify the difference in pay between Samira Ahmed and Jeremy Vine were insufficient.\n\nIn other words, the claim that Vine had greater profile, that Entertainment requires different skills to News, and that Points of View reaches more people didn't persuade the Tribunal that the difference is pay was justified.\n\nThe burden of proof fell on the BBC to show that that difference did not amount to sex discrimination. It failed.\n\nThe BBC and broadcasters across the globe have long thought it a common sense assertion that profile, fame, or stardust - call it what you will - justifies different pay rates for presenters who do similar work.\n\nThis case has exploded that proposition. It will encourage many other women to bring similar cases.\n\nThe BBC has made significant progress in recent years on both the gender pay gap across the organisation and some cases of equal pay.\n\nBut its journey on this issue, where it has sought to set a national example, is only just beginning.\n\nNational Union of Journalists (NUJ) general secretary Michelle Stanistreet said the union would seek the full back pay for Ahmed.\n\n\"We will be meeting with the BBC next week and hopefully common sense will prevail, this will be resolved, Samira gets her settlement and she can move on,\" she said.\n\nIt was \"an incredibly brave decision on Samira's part\" to bring the case to tribunal, Stanistreet told reporters. \"You couldn't get a more emphatic win, a resounding victory,\" she said.\n\nAround 20 similar cases are \"in the pipeline of the actual tribunal system\", with \"as many as 70\" unresolved at the time of the hearing, she added.\n\nThe BBC said it has been working hard to resolve these, adding the number of cases is significantly lower now.\n\n\"Some of them have already been satisfactorily resolved. But there are still more to sort out,\" she said.\n\nFigures from broadcasting and beyond tweeted their support after the judgement was released.\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 Carrie Gracie 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. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nStressing its commitment to equality and equal pay, the BBC said presenters - both female and male - had always been paid more for Points of View than Newswatch.\n\nThe corporation said: \"We're sorry the tribunal didn't think the BBC provided enough evidence about specific decisions - we weren't able to call people who made decisions as far back as 2008 and have long since left the BBC.\"\n\nIt added that in the past its pay framework \"was not transparent and fair enough\" and that \"we have made significant changes to address that\".\n\n\"We're glad this satisfied the tribunal that there was sufficient evidence to explain her pay now.\"\n\nIn addition to Newswatch, Ahmed also co-hosts BBC Radio 4 arts show Front Row.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Protesters in Tehran have chanted calls for the resignation of officials, after Iran admitted it accidentally shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane on 8 January.\n\nRelatives and friends of those who died held a vigil near the Amirkabir University of Technology on Saturday.\n\nVideos uploaded to social media show a crowd gathered, with some chanting for their country's leaders to resign and calling officials \"liars\".\n\nIran had initially denied reports its missiles had brought down the plane, but said on Saturday that it had \"unintentionally\" shot it down.", "The attack happened at HMP Bristol on Friday afternoon\n\nFive prison officers have been injured in an attack by an inmate.\n\nThe attack happened at HMP Bristol on Friday at 14:00 GMT and all five officers \"received hospital treatment\", a Prison Service spokeswoman said.\n\nSarah Rigby, from the Prison Officers Association (POA), said the prisoner had been transferred from a high-security jail.\n\nThe Prison Service said it was investing in staff safety by issuing bodycams and pepper spray.\n\nMs Rigby said the inmate \"should never have been moved out of the high-security establishment\".\n\nShe said those injured had left hospital and were recovering at home and added: \"Staff at HMP Bristol have not yet been issued with PAVA [pepper spray] and rigid bar handcuffs and it is possible that the PAVA particularly could have protected staff better during this incident.\n\n\"The POA again wishes to reiterate that the employer must issue this protective equipment at the earliest opportunity to offer better protections for the staff carrying out their duties in a dangerous, hostile environment.\"\n\nAn Avon and Somerset Police spokeswoman said they were investigating an assault.\n\nShe said the prison officers were \"taken to hospital for treatment to injuries which are not believed to be life-threatening\" and added: \"A suspect was detained by prison staff and is due to be questioned by police officers.\"\n\nHMP Bristol has about 520 adult male prisoners and a limited number of young offenders, both convicted and on remand from local courts.\n\nIt is a category B prison where the majority of prisoners stay for fewer than 12 months.\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. Lost dog \"vanished off the face of the earth\"\n\nValuable working breed dogs are being targeted by thieves, according to campaigners.\n\nCountryside Alliance Cymru said it was part of a rising trend in the number reported missing or stolen in Wales.\n\nIt added that current legislation does not go far enough. The Welsh Government has said it will \"consider amendments\".\n\nCurrently over half of dogs in Wales reported missing/stolen on dog-finding website Dog Lost are working breeds like labradors, spaniels and vizlas.\n\nWorking dogs are classified breeds which are bred and trained to assist humans in activities such as farming and field sports.\n\nRhian Nowell-Phillips, from Countryside Alliance Cymru, said while it is often hard to clarify the circumstances around a dog's disappearance, current laws in place to ensure all dogs are microchipped with their owner's details need to go further.\n\n\"We know that the most likely breeds to be stolen are working breeds,\" she said.\n\nMs Nowell-Phillips said they were being targeted because the breeds are so popular and because they are \"very well trained, gorgeous-looking dogs and they command such high fees\".\n\n\"A fully trained gundog, for example, can be worth £5,000 upwards,\" she added.\n\nRhian Nowell-Phillips says current microchipping laws do not go far enough\n\nMicrochipping of dogs was made compulsory in Wales in 2016 along with the need for dogs to wear a collar with their owners name.\n\nMs Nowell-Philips said this was a \"welcome first step\".\n\nBut she added: \"There is a real need for legislation which gives teeth to that which would enable vets to scan dogs as they come in to ensure they are registered to the person who is actually bringing them in.\"\n\nThis would also make it harder to change the names on microchips \"without any checks and balances\", she said.\n\nThe administration of microchipping details is passed on to a range of private companies with varying policies on how they are recorded and changed.\n\nHeather Buckingham, from Crosskeys in Caerphilly county, lost her dog Archie, a duck toller, in March while walking in nearby woodland.\n\nThere have been several sightings but no firm evidence of his whereabouts.\n\nShe suspects he may have been picked up and moved on, despite being both microchipped and having a tattoo of his ID number.\n\nArchie went missing in March during a woodland walk\n\n\"It was as though he just vanished off the face of the earth,\" Ms Buckingham said.\n\n\"They do hold a lot of value and I think that's why a lot of gundogs go missing.\"\n\n\"We all have to be very very careful.\"\n\nA Welsh Government spokesperson said: \"We believe that compulsory microchipping has had a positive impact because the traceability of dogs back to their owners - and ultimately back to the breeders - has encouraged more responsible ownership.\n\n\"The effectiveness of this legislation is being assessed and we will consider any amendments that may be necessary.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"She was full of dreams and now they're gone\": Vigil held for Iran plane crash victims in Toronto\n\nIn the aftermath of the deadly Ukraine Flight PS752 crash, Canadians are left to mourn not just the loss of life but the bright futures snatched away, write Jessica Murphy and Robin Levinson-King.\n\nIn a small room inside a student housing complex at the University of Toronto, more than a hundred people gathered to mourn, pray and share stories of the loved ones they lost in Ukraine Flight PS752.\n\nThe space, which is typically used as a student common area, had been transformed into a kind of funeral parlour, decorated with candles, white bouquets and photos of the victims. Most of the service was in Persian, and tea and sweets were served.\n\nLike many being held across the country, the vigil on Wednesday evening was an impromptu event, quickly put together in the hours after the plane went down earlier that morning.\n\nMany were still in shock from the news, less than 24 hours old.\n\n\"She was full of dreams, and now they're gone,\" Elnaz Morshedi told the BBC between sobs. Her friend, University of Toronto student Zeynab Asadi Lari, was killed in the crash.\n\nMs Morshedi says Ms Lari, who was studying health sciences, had wanted to volunteer with Doctors Without Borders next semester.\n\n\"She was studying all the time, but she wanted to live, she wanted to have fun, to fall in love. And she doesn't have time for this anymore.\"\n\nMs Lari's brother, Mohammad Asadi Lari, also died in the crash. He was the co-founder of STEM fellowship, a youth-run charity that helps students in the maths and sciences.\n\n\"They were the best of us,\" Ms Morshedi says.\n\nAll 176 people on board the flight were killed when the plane crashed shortly after takeoff in Iran.\n\nSixty-three of them were Canadian nationals, but many more called Canada their home, at least temporarily.\n\nThey lived in cities like Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and Edmonton. Many were students or professors, working on important research in their fields.\n\nUS sanctions have made it increasingly difficult to travel between Iran and Canada, and the Ukraine International Airlines flight from Tehran to Kiev and then to Toronto is popular because it is one of the most affordable options for the journey, said Younes Zangiabadi with the Iranian Canadian Congress.\n\nSome 63 Canadians were on the Tehran to Kiev flight, en route to Toronto\n\nThe deaths have cast a pall over university campuses across the country.\n\n\"You look at the odds of such a thing happening to you,\" said Seyed Hossein Mortazavi with disbelief, \"but I suppose that's fate.\"\n\n\"They definitely didn't expect this. None of us did. But I think it's just a burden the whole community has to carry.\"\n\nCanada is home to a large Iranian diaspora, with some 210,000 citizens of Iranian descent, according to the federal census. But Mr Mortazavi said that on campuses the community feels small.\n\n\"Nearly anybody in our community knows someone on that plane, through friends, through family,\" he said.\n\nCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed to ensure the cause of the crash was found.\n\n\"Canadians have questions and they deserve answers,\" he told media in Ottawa on Wednesday evening.\n\nMr Trudeau said Canada would work closely with its partners to ensure the crash is thoroughly investigated - and would be requesting the presence of Canadian officials in Tehran to assist families seeking consular assistance, as well as to participate in any investigation into the cause of the incident.\n\nTo those who lost family members and loved ones, he said \"your loss is indescribable\".\n\n\"This is a heartbreaking tragedy. While no words will erase your pain, we want you to know that an entire country is with you, we share your grief.\"\n\nIt was truly a national tragedy, leaving families and loved ones in mourning across the country.\n\nAnd each story was a tragedy in itself.\n\nIn Vancouver, Ardalan Ebnoddin Hamidi, Niloofar Razzaghi, and their teenage son Kamyar were on the flight, confirmed family friend Kei Esmaeilpour, with the Civic Association of Iranian-Canadians.\n\nMr Esmaeilpour said the family were in Iran for a short vacation, and that his friend Ardalan had expressed concerns to him before leaving about the security situation there, but eventually decided to go on the trip.\n\nHe said people who knew the family were asking how something like this could have happened.\n\nTwo separate couples were killed on the way back from their weddings in Iran.\n\nEngineer Siavash Ghafouri-Azar was returning home with his new wife, Sara Mamani, when the plane crashed.\n\nThe couple had just bought their first home near the Canadian city of Montreal, and were looking forward to throwing a house-warming party, said his former thesis supervisor Ali Dolatabadi, an engineering professor at Concordia University.\n\n\"It is a great loss,\" Mr Dolatabadi told the BBC. \"He was very intelligent, a gentleman. He had a kind and a gentle soul.\"\n\nThe couple had met a few years earlier at Concordia and both went on to work at top engineering firms in Montreal. They had decided to get married in Iran because they wanted to celebrate with family, Mr Dolatabadi said.\n\nPedram Mousavi and Mojgan Daneshmand with their two daughters\n\nNewlyweds Arash Pourzarabi, 26, and Pouneh Gourji, 25, were graduate students in computer science at the University of Alberta and were also returning to Canada from their wedding.\n\nThe crash also claimed the lives of two young girls, Daria and Dorina Mousavi, aged 14 and 9, along with their parents, Pedram Mousavi and Mojgan Daneshmand, who taught at the University of Alberta.\n\nPayman Parseyman, an Iranian-Canadian from Edmonton, said the community was devastated as they learned that many from the city's Iranian diaspora, as well as foreign Iranian students who had been studying there, had been on flight PS752.\n\n\"It's mostly been shock, disbelief,\" he told the BBC.\n\nCanadians across the country mourned lost family members and loved ones\n\nHe said many Iranian-Canadians were already glued to their televisions or the internet watching for news about the ballistic missile strikes launched by Iran on air bases housing US forces in Iraq late on Tuesday evening, and ended up watching early reports on the plane crash in real time.\n\nPeople were quick to begin connecting via the Telegram messaging app, seeking information and finding ways to support the families and loved ones of those killed.\n\nCanada has not had diplomatic representation in Iran since 2012, when it closed its embassy in Tehran and expelled Iranian diplomats from Ottawa.\n\nOfficials said a number of allies, including France, Italy, and Australia, have offered Canada assistance on the ground in Iran.\n\n\"We've been having such a split as a community these past few months,\" says Mr Mortazavi, who attended the vigil at the University of Toronto.\n\n\"I hope this acts as a turning point for all of us, so that people start reflecting about each other, about the friendships.\"", "Neil Peart had been battling brain cancer for three-and-a-half years, his band mates said\n\nNeil Peart, drummer and lyricist for Canadian rock band Rush, has died from brain cancer aged 67.\n\nThe musician, considered one of rock's greatest ever drummers, died on Tuesday in Santa Monica, California.\n\nRush, the band he played with for 45 years, confirmed his death in a statement posted to Twitter.\n\nThe statement said Peart, their \"soul brother\", had been suffering from glioblastoma - a type of brain cancer - for three-and-a-half years.\n\n\"It is with broken hearts and the deepest sadness that we must share the terrible news that on Tuesday our friend, soul brother and band mate of over 45 years, Neil, has lost his incredibly brave three-and-a-half-year battle with brain cancer,\" the statement says.\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\nA spokesperson for the Peart family also confirmed the drummer's death to US music magazine, Rolling Stone.\n\nPlaced at number four in Rolling Stone's list of all-time greatest drummers, Peart was well-known for his technical proficiency and animated live performances.\n\nHe joined Rush in 1974, drawing influences from hard rock, jazz and heavy metal in a career that spanned four decades.\n\nPeart retired from Rush in 2015 after the band's final tour, saying the time had come to take himself \"out of the game\".\n\nThe group, which also featured singer-bassist Geddy Lee and guitarist Alex Lifeson, recorded hits including The Spirit Of Radio and Tom Sawyer. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013.\n\nPeart is ranked at number four in Rolling Stone's list of all-time greatest drummers\n\nPeart is reportedly survived by his wife, photographer Carrie Nuttall, and daughter Olivia.\n\nMusicians have paid tribute to Peart on Twitter. Among them was Kiss frontman Gene Simmons, who described Peart as a \"kind soul\".\n\nHe added: \"My prayers and condolences to the Peart family, fans and friends.\"\n\nActor and Tenacious D musician Jack Black tweeted: \"The master will be missed - Neil Peart RIP.\"", "Labour leadership hopeful Sir Keir Starmer has called for unity and said \"factionalism has to go\" if the party is to recover from its election defeat.\n\nSpeaking at his campaign launch in Manchester, he said: \"We are not going to trash the last Labour government… nor are we going to trash the last four years [under Jeremy Corbyn]\".\n\nHe has also vowed to end anti-Semitism in the Labour Party.\n\nSir Keir is one of six candidates running to replace Mr Corbyn as leader.\n\nThe shadow Brexit secretary has won the backing of the UK's largest trade union, Unison.\n\nHowever, on Saturday the grassroots group Momentum said it will ballot its members on backing Rebecca Long Bailey in the contest.\n\nDuring his speech on Saturday, the MP for Holborn and St Pancras said: \"We can't fight the Tories if we are fighting each other. Factionalism has to go.\"\n\nHe criticised Prime Minister Boris Johnson, describing him as a \"man of no principles and no moral compass, who will go anywhere to stay in power\".\n\nHowever, Sir Keir said he would not \"trash\" the Labour governments of Tony Blair or Gordon Brown, or the previous leadership of Mr Corbyn. He said there had been \"many important moves\" made.\n\n\"Jeremy Corbyn was right to make us the party to fight austerity,\" Sir Keir said. \"We build on that, we don't trash it going forward.\"\n\nHe said Labour should treat the 2017 manifesto as its foundation going forward, saying the next manifesto must \"give hope to people that the next 20 years can be better with a Labour government\".\n\nSpeaking to the BBC after the speech, he said: \"I think what we need to do is make a radical and relevant case to [voters] for change. They need to know it's going to work and trust us to implement it.\n\n\"I'm absolutely committed to the fundamental change needed to deal with the rank inequality in this country.\"\n\nThere are currently six MPs in the Labour leadership contest\n\nBBC political correspondent Nick Eardley called Sir Keir \"the man to beat\" in the contest and said the leadership hopeful was \"not shying away from being radical\".\n\nHe added: \"But it's interesting that he said 2017's manifesto should be a foundation - that was a lot less radical than the 2019 manifesto, which many in the party believed offered far too much far too quickly.\"\n\nEarlier, Sir Keir told BBC Breakfast he would personally take charge of the fight against anti-Semitism in the Labour Party.\n\n\"If you're anti-Semitic you should not be in the Labour Party. It is not complicated,\" he said.\n\nSir Keir insisted that anyone who is anti-Semitic should be \"chucked out\" and said he would take \"personal responsibility\" for the issue.\n\nSir Keir was the first of the six Labour leadership contenders to secure the 22 nominations required to progress to the next stage of the contest.\n\nShadow business secretary Mrs Long Bailey and backbenchers Lisa Nandy and Jess Phillips have also received the required support.\n\nShadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry, who currently has 10 nominations, and Clive Lewis, with four, are seeking more support.\n\nMomentum is to ballot its members on backing Rebecca Long Bailey as the next leader\n\nMrs Long Bailey also addressed anti-Semitism at a Labour event in Staffordshire on Saturday, saying \"we've got to make sure this never happens again\".\n\nShe added: \"Voters didn't trust that we were united within our party. Our voters expect us to be united and professional - and yes, we are passionate about what we believe in because it matters so much.\n\n\"But that passion must never spill over into abuse, wherever it is coming from.\"\n\nA new leader and deputy leader will be announced on 4 April.\n\nMomentum has said it will ballot its members early next week on its recommendation to back Mrs Long Bailey and Angela Rayner for leader and deputy leader respectively.\n\nFollowing a meeting of the organisation's steering group, it issued a statement saying Mrs Long Bailey was the \"only viable candidate\" able to build on the party's \"socialist agenda\".\n\n\"We need a new generation of left-wing MPs to lead our party and build on Labour's popular policy agenda,\" a spokesman said.\n\nBut Laura Parker, Momentum's national co-ordinator, said the organisation's leadership should not have \"decided in advance\" of the ballot which candidates to support.\n\n\"Members should be able to choose from all Leader & Deputy candidates,\" she said on Twitter.\n\nMomentum also said it was recommending support for Ms Rayner as deputy, saying the pair could \"work well together\" and \"unite the party against the Conservatives\".", "Harry Dunn died in hospital after his motorbike was involved in a crash outside RAF Croughton\n\nThe Home Office has requested the extradition of a US woman to be charged with causing the death by dangerous driving of motorcyclist Harry Dunn.\n\nMr Dunn, 19, died after a crash in Northamptonshire in August which led to the suspect, Anne Sacoolas, leaving for the US under diplomatic immunity.\n\nThe Home Office said the matter was \"now a decision for the US authorities\".\n\nThe US State Department said an extradition request would be \"highly inappropriate\" and insisted that Ms Sacoolas' status at the time of the crash meant she had diplomatic immunity.\n\nA spokeswoman said they expressed their deepest sympathies and offered condolences to the Dunn family for their loss, and would continue to \"look at options for moving forward\".\n\n\"It is the position of the United States government that a request to extradite an individual under these circumstances would be an abuse,\" she said.\n\n\"The use of an extradition treaty to attempt to return the spouse of a former diplomat by force would establish an extraordinarily troubling precedent.\"\n\nAnne Sacoolas pictured on her wedding day in 2003\n\nMr Dunn died after his motorbike was in collision with a car owned by Mrs Sacoolas.\n\nThe crash happened outside RAF Croughton where Mrs Sacoolas' husband Jonathan worked as an intelligence officer.\n\nThe 42-year-old left the UK and returned to her native US, claiming diplomatic immunity.\n\nA Home Office spokesman said: \"Following the Crown Prosecution Service's charging decision, the Home Office has sent an extradition request to the United States for Anne Sacoolas on charges of causing death by dangerous driving. This is now a decision for the US authorities.\"\n\nWhen the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced extradition proceedings, US officials said it was not \"a helpful development\" and Mrs Sacoolas' lawyer said she would not return to the UK.\n\nLawyer Amy Jefress said: \"Anne will not return voluntarily to the UK to face a potential jail sentence for what was a terrible but unintentional accident.\"\n\nThe extradition request is sent via the British Embassy to the US State Department.\n\nA lawyer will then decide whether it falls under the dual-criminality treaty, where the alleged offence is a crime in both countries and carries a prison sentence of at least a year.\n\nThe maximum sentence for causing death by dangerous driving is 14 years' imprisonment, although this is usually reserved for the most serious cases.\n\nThe US may reject the request for extradition, arguing that Mrs Sacoolas is still entitled to diplomatic immunity.\n\nReacting to the extradition request on behalf of Harry Dunn's family, spokesman Radd Seiger said: \"Anne Sacoolas will come back. She has to come back. There is no other way forward.\n\n\"So, whether they put up a fight and whether they actually refuse it, we will only know in time and the parents are determined to just take this a step at a time. It's being handled by the officials now, by the lawyers, and we're not going to get ahead of ourselves.\"\n\n\"No-one, whether diplomat or otherwise, is above the law,\" he added.\n\nHe said in the circumstances, considering all the family had been through, the family was pleased with the extradition request and felt it was a \"huge step towards achieving justice for Harry\".\n\nIn December, Mr Dunn's mother Charlotte Charles said the family was \"relieved\" Mrs Sacoolas had \"finally\" been charged.\n\n\"We made that promise to him the night we lost him to seek justice thinking it was going to be really easy,\" she said.\n\n\"We had no idea it was going to be so hard and it would take so long.\"\n\nThe family's constituency MP, cabinet minister Andrea Leadsom, has since written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson asking him to meet Mr Dunn's parents to hear their concerns.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Sweden has seen a 4% drop in the number of people flying via its airports, a rare decrease in recent years for a European country.\n\nMore than 40 million people travelled through the country's 10 airports, compared with 42 million during 2018.\n\nThe figure for domestic travel was down 9%, according to Sweden's airport operators, Swedavia.\n\nThe figures come as the Swedish-born movement of \"flight shaming\" is gaining prominence.\n\nSwedavia spokesman Robert Pletzin said there were a number of reasons for the decrease, citing Swedish aviation tax, softening economy worries, the weak Swedish crown and the climate debate.\n\nFlygskam or \"flight shame\" originated in Sweden in 2017, when Swedish singer Staffan Lingberg pledged to give up flying.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Inside the boat Greta Thunberg travelled on to cross the Atlantic\n\nSwedish climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg set an example by crossing the Atlantic in a zero-emissions yacht last year.\n\nIn September, Citigroup analysts said greater consumer awareness about global carbon emissions had already had a tangible effect in Sweden and could call into question the longer-term growth potential of the entire industry.\n\nA number of people have since decided to take on the challenge of travelling without flying. More than 22,500 people have signed a pledge to go flight-free in 2020.\n\nThe last occasions where air passenger numbers dropped had distinct reasons - the 9/11 terror attacks and the financial crash.\n\nAside from Sweden, Europe is still seeing an increase in the number of people flying. The EU overall saw figures rise to 1.1 billion passengers in 2018, up from 1 billion the year before.\n\nIn 2018, the UK saw more than 272 million passengers, up from 264 million in 2017.\n\nThe International Air Transport Association (IATA) says current trends suggest passenger numbers could double to 8.2 billion by 2037. Cities in Asia are expected to overtake European cities in regards to air passenger markets.", "The Duke and Duchess of Sussex hope talks over their future roles in the Royal Family can be concluded \"sooner rather than later\", a source has told PA news agency.\n\nMeetings are said to be \"progressing well\", with the UK and Canadian governments consulted.\n\nThe couple have said they plan to step back as senior royals and split their time between the UK and North America.\n\nMeghan has returned to Canada to join her son Archie amid the ongoing talks.\n\nThe family spent Christmas there, before returning to the UK on Tuesday after a six-week break from royal duties.\n\nThe Queen, the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge have asked senior staff to work with the Sussex household and government to find a solution within days, according to BBC royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell.\n\nSpeaking about the duke and duchess, a source told PA news agency: \"They, like everyone, are hopeful this can all be worked out, sooner rather than later.\n\n\"It is in everyone's interest for this to be figured out, and figured out quickly, but not at the expense of the outcome.\"\n\nMeanwhile, the couple's official Instagram account returned to publicising their appearances.\n\nPictures were posted showing the couple during a private visit on Tuesday to a community kitchen in north Kensington, west London, which cooked meals for families displaced by the Grenfell Tower fire and contributed to a recipe book backed by Meghan.\n\nIn their statement on Wednesday, the duke and duchess also said they would be adopting a \"revised media approach\", engaging with \"grassroots media organisations\" and using their Instagram account, which has more than 10 million followers, to \"personally share moments in their lives directly with members of the public\".\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 sussexroyal 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 Royal Family was said to be \"hurt\" at the couple's announcement about their plans to step back as senior royals.\n\nPalace sources have told BBC royal correspondent Jonny Dymond that Prince Harry and Meghan did not consult any other royal about making their personal statement.\n\nThere had been talks within the Royal Family about the Sussexes' future - but they were at an early stage, he said.\n\nIn their announcement on Wednesday evening, Prince Harry and Meghan revealed they intend \"to step back as 'senior' members of the Royal Family, and work to become financially independent\".\n\nThey plan to split their time between the UK and North America, while \"continuing to honour our duty to the Queen, the Commonwealth, and our patronages\".\n\nThe decision came \"after many months of reflection and internal discussions\", they added.\n\nDespite the couple's decision, Harry will remain sixth in line to the throne.\n\nFormer royal press secretary Dickie Arbiter said attempting to be \"half in and half out\" of the Royal Family had been tried before 30 years ago by the Earl and Countess of Wessex and \"it didn't work\".\n\nThe pair both experienced difficulties pursuing careers in the private sector and are now full-time \"working royals\".\n\n\"You're either a royal or you're not a royal - you can't have one leg in one camp and another leg in another camp,\" Mr Arbiter said, adding that Prince Harry had a number of senior roles which could not be done in a \"half-hearted way\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"People should back off\": The public react to Prince Harry and Meghan stepping back\n\nUS President Donald Trump told Fox News he thought the announcement from Harry and Meghan was \"sad\".\n\nHe said: \"I don't want to get into the whole thing, I just have such respect for the Queen, it shouldn't be happening to her.\"\n\nLast October, Prince Harry and Meghan publicly revealed their struggles under the media spotlight.\n\nAfter returning to the UK after their six-week break in Canada on Tuesday, Harry, 35, and Meghan, 38, visited Canada's High Commission in London to thank the country for hosting them and said the warmth and hospitality they had received was \"unbelievable\".\n\nFormer actress Meghan, who is American, lived and worked in Toronto during her time starring in the popular US drama Suits, and she has several Canadian friends.\n\nThe pair were already preparing to launch their own Sussex Royal charity, which they set up after splitting from the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's foundation in June last year.\n\nIt was revealed in December the couple had made an application to trademark their Sussex Royal brand across a string of items including books, calendars, clothing, charitable fundraising, education and social care services.\n\nDo you have any questions about Harry and Meghan's decision to step back as senior royals?\n\nIn some cases your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. 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Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "Bournemouth University's Talbot Campus was on lockdown for about 30 minutes and has since reopened\n\nA man wearing a fitness vest is believed to have sparked a terror alert on a university campus.\n\nPolice were called to the site in Poole, Dorset, at 14:33 GMT amid reports of a man wearing a suicide vest and \"covered in blood\".\n\nCCTV images suggested the man was using the vest for exercise and there was no threat to the public, police said.\n\nBournemouth University shut down its Talbot Campus for about 30 minutes while police searched the area.\n\nFitness vests are types of gilets, or sleeveless padded jackets, that have specially designed pockets or pouches enabling the wearer to carry extra weights to aid with resistance training.\n\nThey are intended to create more resistance for the wearer when they are exercising to give them a more difficult workout.\n\nStudents initially posted on social media that they were being kept inside their buildings because of a suspected terrorism incident involving a man described as having a suicide vest, a gun or a knife.\n\nIn a statement, Dorset Police said the man was seen in the area of the Boundary roundabout near the campus.\n\nPolice added: \"A review of CCTV footage... established that it was believed to be someone running in a fitness vest.\n\n\"The lockdown has now been lifted and we do not believe there is any further cause for concern or threat to the public.\"\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 tortoise that has saved his species from extinction\n\nA giant tortoise whose legendary libido has been credited with saving his species from extinction is to return to the wild on the Galápagos Islands.\n\nDiego was among 14 male tortoises selected to take part in a breeding programme on Santa Cruz Island.\n\nThe programme has been a success, producing more than 2,000 giant tortoises since it began in the 1960s.\n\nDiego's sex drive was said to be one of the main reasons.\n\nThe 100-year-old tortoise has fathered hundreds of progeny, around 800 by some estimates.\n\nThe programme has now finished, and Diego will be returned to his native island of Española in March, the Galápagos National Parks service (PNG) said.\n\nHe will join a 1,800-strong tortoise population, at least 40% of which park rangers believe he has fathered.\n\n\"He's contributed a large percentage to the lineage that we are returning to Española,\" Jorge Carrion, the park's director, told AFP news agency.\n\n\"There's a feeling of happiness to have the possibility of returning that tortoise to his natural state.\"\n\nThe park service believes Diego was taken from the Galápagos 80 years ago by a scientific expedition.\n\nAround 50 years ago, there were only two males and 12 females of Diego's species alive on Espanola.\n\nTo save his species, Chelonoidis hoodensis, Diego was brought in from California's San Diego Zoo.\n\nDiego is currently in quarantine before his triumphant return to Española, considered one of the oldest parts of the Galápagos.\n\nThe island of Española is now home to round 1,800 tortoises\n\nThe Galápagos Islands, 906km (563 miles) west of continental Ecuador, are a Unesco World Heritage site renowned worldwide for their unique array of plants and wildlife.\n\nThe indigenous species found on the Galápagos, including iguanas and tortoises, played a key role in the development of Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution.\n\nTourists across the globe travel there to see its biodiversity.", "The 36-year-old student was jailed for life with a minimum of 30 years\n\nA man jailed for 136 rapes could have his sentence increased after his case was referred to the Attorney General.\n\nReynhard Sinaga, 36, was found guilty of luring 48 men to his Manchester flat, where he filmed himself sexually assaulting and raping them.\n\nThe student, described as Britain's \"most prolific rapist\", was ordered to serve a minimum of 30 years in prison.\n\nHis case has been referred under the unduly lenient sentence scheme, the Attorney General's office confirmed.\n\nThe Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it had written to the Attorney General regarding the case.\n\n\"The case of Reynhard Sinaga is unprecedented in CPS history and we took a range of factors into account when bringing each trial to court,\" a spokesperson said.\n\n\"A key consideration was the likely impact on sentence of bringing further prosecutions and we are confident we did everything we could to ensure the court had adequate sentencing powers to see justice done in this case.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Who is Reynhard Sinaga? The BBC's Judith Moritz reports on the case\n\nSinaga targeted at least 190 victims and was \"the most prolific rapist in British legal history\", the CPS said when he was sentenced on 6 January.\n\nAttorney General Geoffrey Cox QC has until 3 February to decide whether to seek a longer sentence for the Indonesian national.\n\nSinaga, who was a post-graduate student living in Manchester, would wait for men leaving nightclubs and bars before leading them to his flat in Montana House, Princess Street.\n\nHe drugged his victims before assaulting them while they were unconscious.\n\nJudge Suzanne Goddard QC said he was \"an evil serial sexual predator\" who had shown \"not a jot of remorse\" during his trials, which took place across 18 months at Manchester Crown Court.\n\nMr Cox is due to make a decision about whether to send the case to the Court of Appeal by 3 February.", "Discussing pay at work can be a touchy subject.\n\nWhether it is the moment in a job interview when the topic of money is raised, or a request for an advance at the end of an expensive month, it is rarely a comfortable conversation.\n\nBut for almost one in five workers, having a conversation about their salary with a colleague could be more than uncomfortable, it could get them fired, according to a study.\n\nA survey by the Trades Union Congress suggests that 18% of workers had been told that they were not allowed to discuss pay with their colleagues\n\n\"Pay secrecy clauses are a get out of jail free card for bad bosses,\" said TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady.\n\n\"They stop workers from challenging unfair pay, allow top executives to hoard profits and encourage discrimination against women and disabled people.\"\n\nHalf of workers asked said they did not know what senior managers in their organisation earned. And 53% said they were not given information about other people's pay.\n\nFewer than one five said their workplace had a transparent pay policy.\n\n\"Talking about pay can feel a bit uncomfortable, but more openness about wages is essential to building fairer workplaces,\" Ms O'Grady said.\n\nTracy Jordan, an HR professional, told the BBC she would rather not know what her colleagues are earning.\n\nShe has worked in teams that all know or have access to information about how much each person is paid.\n\n\"I personally have found it's better not looking and not knowing,\" she said.\n\n\"Even if you feel you are paid a fair wage, there will always be someone that you perceive is doing a lesser job and is earning more.\"\n\n\"Rather than feeling perpetually dissatisfied, I think ignorance can be bliss.\"\n\nHowever, Joseph Bunkle, a data analyst, said that approach only benefits bosses.\n\n\"Wouldn't it feel bad knowing you're being paid less than a colleague for the same job because you felt like 'it's just not something I like to discuss'?\"\n\nRomey Watters, who works in digital marketing, thinks there is a generational divide between those who are willing to discuss their salary and those who are not.\n\n\"I think younger people tend to be more transparent with sharing details about their salaries, perhaps because things like buying a house seem more unobtainable and the retirement age is increasing,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"I also think that companies sometimes encourage a culture of employees not disclosing what they earn as it could highlight a problem they want to avoid dealing with.\"", "Police stood guard at a climate change protest by Extinction Rebellion in Edinburgh last summer\n\nThe cost of a UN climate change conference in Glasgow could be \"several hundred million pounds\", police say.\n\nUp to 90,000 people - delegates, observers, heads of state and media - are expected to attend COP26, over 12 days in November.\n\nA Scottish Police Authority report says it will be the largest mobilisation of police officers in the UK.\n\nScottish ministers say they expect the UK government to cover the \"core costs\" including emergency services funding.\n\nBut a spokesperson added there was a \"lack of clarity\" from Westminster over the issue.\n\nThe UK government said discussions with the Scottish government on the conference costs were \"currently ongoing\".\n\nThe authority is meeting monthly with Scottish and UK government officials to plan security and minimise disruption for residents of Glasgow.\n\nCosts associated with a Nato summit in Wales in 2014 have been used to draw up the estimated cost of this year's conference.\n\nThe report says: \"Taking into consideration the planning assumptions and based on previous major summits/conferences (e.g. Nato Summit Wales 2014), the initial costings demonstrate that the event will cost potentially several hundred million pounds.\n\n\"Detailed financial planning is being developed and dialogue remains ongoing with the Cabinet Office relative to the cost recovery model that will be utilised.\"\n\nPolice said the safety and wellbeing of conference attendees, the wider public and any protesters would be their \"paramount\" concern.\n\nThe COP26 will be the largest summit the UK has held, with up to 200 world leaders expected for the final weekend of talks.\n\nIt will be held at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) but other venues across the city will also host functions and meetings for heads of state and other dignitaries.\n\nCosts of policing the climate change conference in Glasgow could run to \"hundreds of millions of pounds\"\n\nThe SPA report also reveals the SEC will be handed over to the UN for the duration of the conference.\n\nKnown as the \"blue zone\", it will become international territory, subject to international law.\n\n\"Discussions are ongoing with senior law officers and the UN to determine how Police Scotland will record and investigate any crimes which occur in the blue zone,\" the report says.\n\nIt adds that COP26 attendees will peak at 15,000 on the busiest day, but the overall figure could rise to 90,000 over the period of the conference, which runs from 9-20 November.\n\nThe Scottish government said it was working with the UK government, Glasgow City Council and other partners to ensure the conference was a success.\n\n\"While the UK government has committed to cover core costs, Scottish ministers expect that all costs associated with COP26 will be borne by the UK government,\" a spokesperson said.\n\n\"This includes funding for police, fire and ambulance services to both prepare for and deliver a safe, secure and successful event. We continue to push the UK government on the lack of clarity on this key issue.\"", "Since 2017, thousands of Kazakh Muslims have been detained in China’s infamous re-education camps. Survivors who have returned to Kazakhstan, say during months of incarceration they were tortured, beaten and received unknown injections.\n\nEthnic Kazakhs, as well as Uighurs and other Muslim minorities, have lived and moved freely across the Chinese-Kazakh border for centuries. However, as China’s clampdown on Islam continues, Beijing is now accused of locking up its Kazakh neighbours.\n\nTo find out more, listen to the BBC World Service's Heart and Soul programme here.\n\nProduced by Claire Press. Filmed and edited by Elise Wicker.", "Fire services in England suffer from a \"toxic\" culture, with some firefighters not treating colleagues with \"enough humanity\", a watchdog chief has said.\n\nInspectors uncovered cases of bullying and harassment at some services, while some staff were said to find the poor treatment of others to be \"amusing\".\n\nIt is the first annual report by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services.\n\nIts chief inspector, Sir Thomas Winsor, called for a new code of ethics.\n\nHe also urged building owners to remove cladding similar to that used on Grenfell Tower, to help avoid another blaze.\n\nSir Thomas highlighted in his report a staff survey that found 24% reported feeling bullied or harassed at work in the past 12 months, with the number rising to 46% at one service.\n\nHe said inspectors had heard allegations of unlawful discrimination and that some services lacked defined values for people to follow and use to challenge unacceptable behaviour.\n\n\"The fire sector refers to itself as humanitarian, yet firefighters in some services don't treat their colleagues with enough humanity,\" he wrote in his report.\n\nWhile the inspectorate said in a briefing with journalists that the problems were found within \"isolated pockets\" of services, it said it had spoken with female firefighters left \"in tears\" when discussing intimidating behaviour by colleagues and a \"lack of inclusivity\".\n\nAlso in his report, Sir Thomas said it was \"alarming\" that, more than two years after the Grenfell fire in which 72 people died, more than 300 buildings still had the same cladding as the tower.\n\n\"Remedial work to remove similar cladding systems, including rainscreens with polyethylene cores, should be done by the building owners as quickly as possible,\" Sir Thomas said.\n\n\"No other fire service should have to tackle a blaze of such severity because of these unsafe materials.\"\n\nThe Grenfell inquiry's phase one report, published in October, found Grenfell Tower's cladding did not comply with building regulations and was the \"principal\" reason for the fire's rapid spread.\n\nElsewhere, Sir Thomas accused the Fire Brigades Union of putting the public at risk.\n\nHe gave the example of staff in Greater Manchester refusing to serve in a team formed to respond to terrorist gun attacks because of a pay dispute.\n\nSir Thomas said the FBU had used its \"considerable industrial muscle\" to demand more money for firefighters required to provide medical assistance alongside ambulance crews.\n\n\"The union shouldn't be interfering in operational matters\", he said. \"They're there to protect their members' interests, to ensure that they're properly paid, their working terms and conditions.\"\n\nLast June, a watchdog warned lives could be put at risk because of the dispute.\n\nIn a statement, the FBU said: \" We utterly refute any suggestion that we have put the public at risk. Operational fire service matters are intrinsically linked to the health and safety of firefighters, and are therefore at the core of our work as a union.\"\n\nIt added: \"Firefighters know best about their service and should have a strong voice in how it is run.\"", "President Hassan Rouhani said European powers needed to abide by their own commitments\n\nIran's President Hassan Rouhani has dismissed UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's call for a new \"Trump deal\" to replace the 2015 nuclear agreement.\n\nMr Johnson said he recognised that Mr Trump saw the accord as \"flawed\" and suggested he could renegotiate it.\n\nMr Rouhani warned that \"all Trump has done is break promises\".\n\nHe also criticised the UK, France and Germany for triggering the nuclear deal's dispute mechanism after Iran breached key commitments.\n\nPresident Trump abandoned the nuclear deal in 2018 and reinstated US sanctions on Iran to try to force it to negotiate a new agreement that would place indefinite curbs on its nuclear programme and also halt its development of ballistic missiles.\n\nThe five remaining parties to the deal - the European powers plus China and Russia - want to keep it alive. But the sanctions have caused Iran's oil exports to collapse, the value of its currency to plummet, and sent its inflation rate soaring.\n\nAfter the Trump administration increased the pressure on Iran in May 2019, the country responded by gradually lifting all limits on its production of enriched uranium, which can be used to make reactor fuel but also nuclear weapons.\n\nIran announced that the final limit had been lifted earlier this month, days after top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani was killed in a US drone strike in Iraq. Iran's armed forces also fired ballistic missiles at two Iraqi bases housing US forces in retaliation.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Martin Patience explains why recent events have sparked protests on Iran's streets\n\nThe 2015 deal saw Iran, which insists that its nuclear programme is exclusively for peaceful purposes, agree to limit its sensitive activities and allow in International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors in return for the lifting of sanctions.\n\nWhen Iran began lifting restrictions on uranium enrichment, it argued that the accord allowed it to \"cease performing its commitments... in whole or in part\" in the event of \"significant non-performance\" by other parties.\n\nAnnouncing they had triggered the Dispute Recognition Mechanism on Tuesday, France, Germany and the UK warned that Iran's actions were \"inconsistent with the provisions of the nuclear agreement\" and had \"increasingly severe and non-reversible proliferation implications\".\n\nAmong the steps Iran has taken is to install more advanced uranium enrichment centrifuges\n\n\"We do this in good faith with the overarching objective of preserving the [deal] and in the sincere hope of finding a way forward to resolve the impasse through constructive diplomatic dialogue,\" they said.\n\nThe mechanism involves the dispute being referred to a Joint Commission that will have a minimum of 15 days to resolve the issue. If the complainants are still not satisfied, they can refer the issue to the UN Security Council, which could vote to reimpose any sanctions lifted under the deal.\n\nIn a televised speech on Wednesday, Iran's president criticised the European powers' decision and their failure to ensure his country enjoyed the economic benefits of the nuclear deal.\n\n\"The next step you need to take is to return to your commitments,\" he said.\n\n\"In recent days I... made it clear to two European leaders that what we have done is reversible for one, and that everything we do regarding the nuclear issue is under the supervision of the IAEA\".\n\nHe added: \"If you take the wrong step, it will be to your detriment. Choose the right path, which is to return to the [nuclear deal].\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. PM on US-Iran tensions: 'Let's dial this thing down'\n\nMr Rouhani also criticised the UK for talking about replacing the accord.\n\n\"I do not know what Mr Prime Minister in London is thinking,\" he said. \"All Trump has done is break promises and violate laws and international rules.\"\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\nMr Johnson told the BBC on Tuesday that the \"crucial thing\" about the nuclear deal was that from the American perspective it was \"flawed\".\n\n\"If we're going to get rid of it, let's replace it and let's replace it with the Trump deal,\" he said. \"President Trump is a great dealmaker, by his own account and many others. Let's work together to replace the [agreement] and get the Trump deal.\"\n\nThe Trump administration has said it is ready to negotiate with \"no preconditions\", but Iran has said negotiations are possible only if all US sanctions are lifted.\n\nIranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told reporters in the Indian capital Delhi on Wednesday that European powers were allowing themselves to be \"bullied\" by the US. But he also asserted that the nuclear deal was \"not dead\".", "Tony Hall said the plan \"could be hugely disruptive\" but is \"an enormous creative opportunity\"\n\nBBC director general Tony Hall has outlined a plan that will see at least two thirds of the corporation's staff based outside London by 2027.\n\nLord Hall said a new tech hub will be opened in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, while 150 jobs will be moved to Bristol.\n\nSalford will be \"the heart\" of BBC Sounds and will be home to more digital posts and \"much more journalism\".\n\nHe said creating more jobs away from the capital would help to \"promote inclusion\" and \"diversity of thinking\".\n\nJust over half of the BBC's 19,000-strong workforce is currently based outside London. That figure was around a third a decade ago.\n\n\"Our centres have become magnets for ideas and talent, new jobs and investment,\" Lord Hall told BBC staff on Wednesday.\n\n\"That's really good news. But I know we can go further. We can do so much more for this country - and we're going to - starting this year.\"\n\nLord Hall said Newcastle's new tech hub would aim to deliver \"a new generation of software engineers, designers, product developers and data scientists in the north-east of England\".\n\nThe natural history unit in Bristol will expand, while the BBC Sounds curation team will move to MediaCityUK in Salford to join controller Jonathan Wall \"within weeks\", he added. They will add non-BBC podcasts to the audio app.\n\n\"For the first time, we're going to open up Sounds to new British creators wherever they are and bring the best podcasts to everyone,\" Lord Hall explained.\n\nHe also announced that children will soon get a \"radically different\" experience on iPlayer, while the BBC News app will also be overhauled.\n\nHe said: \"This is the beginning of what I think should be a renewed push - getting the BBC up to at least two thirds around the country, if not more, by the time our charter comes to an end in 2027.\n\n\"I know all the risks. It will take time. It would cost money. It could be hugely disruptive. But it is an enormous creative opportunity - for audiences, for talent, for the UK.\n\n\"It'll make us more relevant, more in touch with audiences, more alive to creative opportunities. That's a really exciting prospect.\"\n\nAt current staffing levels, the plan would see around 2,800 jobs move out of the capital. However, the BBC is currently in the middle of a drive to save £800m by 2022. It reached around half of that target last year.\n\nTony Hall was speaking at BBC Wales at Central Square, Cardiff\n\nLord Hall acknowledged that the BBC had \"been through a lot\" since he became director general in 2013, and the organisation has \"not always got it right\".\n\nHe vowed to keep \"learning, talking [and] changing\" to ensure the corporation is \"the most inclusive, innovative, inspiring place to work\".\n\nLast week, presenter Samira Ahmed won the employment tribunal she brought against the corporation in a dispute over equal pay.\n\nIn December, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said it was worth \"looking at\" whether to abolish the licence fee.\n\nThe government is considering whether failure to pay the TV licence fee should cease to be a criminal offence.\n\nBoth the BBC and the government came in for criticism from MPs last year after announcing free TV licences for all over-75s, would be scrapped.\n\n\"Don't be defensive about the BBC,\" Lord Hall urged staff on Wednesday, calling on them to \"demonstrate why we matter\".\n\nThe 68-year-old also announced the BBC's intention to become carbon neutral in this licence fee period, while taking on the \"financial and creative might of the streamers\".\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Apple chief executive Tim Cook and Donald Trump don't see eye to eye over access to data\n\nUS President Donald Trump has launched a fresh attack on Apple.\n\nHe tweeted that the company was refusing to unlock iPhones \"used by killers, drug dealers and other violent criminal elements\".\n\nOn Monday US Attorney General William Barr accused Apple of not being helpful in an inquiry into a shooting that is being treated as a terrorist act.\n\nIt is the latest in a series of clashes between the White House and technology giants over access to data.\n\nMr Trump accused Apple of refusing to co-operate with investigators despite his administration helping the company on trade and other issues.\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\nThe president's comments came a day after Mr Barr said Apple had failed to provide \"substantive assistance\" to unlock two iPhones in an investigation into a fatal shooting at a naval base in Pensacola, Florida.\n\nThree US sailors were killed when a Saudi trainee at the base opened fire on 6 December.\n\nApple said it rejected the claim that it had failed to help officials in their investigation.\n\n\"Our responses to their many requests since the attack have been timely, thorough and are ongoing,\" it said in a statement.\n\nThis is not the first time Apple has clashed with the US justice department. After a mass shooting in San Bernardino, California in 2015, in which 14 people were killed and 22 others were seriously injured, Apple refused to help gain access to the gunman's iPhone.\n\nThe US government ended up paying another company a reported $1m (£770,000) to develop software to get around the device's encryption.\n\nThe disputes highlight the ongoing disagreement between the technology industry and law enforcement agencies around the world.\n\nOn one side encryption plays a crucial role in protecting people's privacy, on the other it can cause major issues for criminal investigators.", "Thanks for following our live coverage of the seventh debate of the Democratic primary season.\n\nThe debate in Iowa featured six of the remaining 12 candidates, and came just three weeks before Iowa voters go to the polls to select their Democratic candidate.\n\nProgressive senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders appeared to finally break what had been an informal truce, as they clashed over claims Sanders doubted the electablity of any female US presidential candidate.\n\nWarren argued that she and the only other woman on stage - Amy Klobuchar - had a better track record of winning office than the men on stage, who she said had lost 10 elections between them.\n\nRead the full time analysis from Anthony Zurcher in Iowa:", "Glyn Davis Wood in Warwickshire is threatened by HS2, says the Wildlife Trust\n\nHS2 risks dividing and destroying \"huge swathes\" of \"irreplaceable\" natural habitats, including 108 ancient woodlands, a report has warned.\n\nThe Wildlife Trust said the high-speed rail line linking London and northern England could wipe out rare species.\n\nThe organisation says if the project, which is currently on hold, goes ahead a \"greener\" approach will be needed.\n\nHS2 Ltd said the number of sites flagged as at risk in the report \"simply isn't accurate\".\n\nIt said its railway would respect the environment and plant millions of trees and shrubs to create a \"green corridor\" along the route.\n\nThe government commissioned a review into HS2 in August and is set to decide in the coming weeks whether to proceed.\n\nThe Wildlife Trust said its report - which uses data from 14 local trusts affected by the plans - is the \"most comprehensive\" assessment of the environmental damage the high-speed rail line could cause.\n\nIt claims HS2 could have a significant impact on hundreds of nature reserves, sites of Special Scientific Interest and ancient woodlands.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe organisation fears rare species such as the Dingy Skipper Butterfly could become extinct in some local habitats.\n\nBarn Owls and the endangered White Clawed Crayfish could also be impacted by the project, it added.\n\nThe Wildlife Trust called on the government to \"stop and rethink\".\n\nNikki Williams, director of campaigns and policy, said: \"HS2 will destroy precious carbon-capturing habitats if it's allowed to continue in its current form.\n\n\"It will damage the very ecosystems that provide a natural solution to the climate emergency.\"\n\nThe Wildlife Trust fears the Dingy Skipper Butterfly could be wiped out by the project's development\n\nHilary McGrady, director general of the National Trust, said HS2 Ltd had \"a vital responsibility to lead by example\" and \"must not end up cutting corners at the expense of the environment\".\n\nBut HS2 said at-risk areas in the report had been identified through a simplistic list of all wildlife sites within 500m of the railway.\n\nIt added the report did not show evidence of significant impact at the sites.\n\nHowever, the Wildlife Trust said in response that the report was based on evidence provided by numerous organisations including the RSPB and the National Trust.\n\n\"If HS2 Ltd is saying the impacts are lower than presented in the report, we would welcome the evidence,\" the Trust said.\n\n\"Until we see it, we are raising our concerns about the risks both actual and potential and call on the prime minister to stop and review the project, while the full ecological impacts and approach are considered.\"\n\nHS2 said it had carried out extensive work to relocate animals, such as the Great Crested Newt, away from sites and into newly-created habitats.\n\nThe company said its \"green corridor\" will deliver a railway that \"respects\" the natural environment.\n\nA total of seven million new trees - a mix of oak, hazel, dogwood and holly - are being planted as part of the programme.\n\nHS2 claims it is planting more than double the amount of trees and shrubs affected by the project.\n\nBut Nikki Williams labelled HS2's proposed measures to temper the effects of the works \"amateurish\".\n\nStop HS2 campaigner Lindsey Batham said hedgerows and trees being cleared for the project were \"the roads and railways that wildlife uses\".\n\nShe said the project only called off uprooting vegetation during nesting season when she and her fellow campaigners intervened.\n\n\"It's just not acceptable. No other contractor in the country would be able to do that - HS2 seems to have carte blanche,\" she added.\n\nLindsey Batham says the Stop HS2 campaign had to stop rail workers from destroying habitats during nesting season", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Thames Valley Police said no-one was believed to be injured\n\nA large section of a roof was blown off a block of flats in Slough as wind continued to hit the UK.\n\nThe roof is strewn across the high street and people have been warned to avoid the area.\n\nThe road is closed and emergency services are at the scene, though Thames Valley Police said no-one was believed to be injured.\n\nA taxi driver who narrowly missed being hit by the debris said it was \"a miracle no-one was killed\".\n\nThe UK has seen gusts of more than 80mph following Storm Brendan on Monday, with the Met Office issuing a number of weather warnings.\n\nThe roof is strewn across the high street in Slough\n\nTaxi driver Haris Baig, 30, from Slough, said his car was only metres away from being hit by the falling roof.\n\n\"At first I thought it was scaffolding, but then I realised the whole roof had come down,\" he said.\n\n\"There was a massive amount of noise.\n\n\"I was about 15 metres away and slammed on my brakes. I got out to see if everyone was alright.\n\n\"That was my first reaction, but at the same time I was thinking is this even safe?\"\n\n\"It was a disaster. It was a miracle no-one was killed,\" he added.\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 SCAS 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\nSebastian Rejnisz, 44, who lives in the building, said: \"I was moving my car out the back at the time when I heard a boom. I just thought it was the bins.\n\n\"I then went in and opened the front door and saw the roof was on the street.\n\n\"Everyone was just running around.\"\n\nA large police cordon is in place and part of the metal roof has been left pushed up against the side of the building.\n\nHousing provider Paradigm said it was \"aware of an incident\" affecting one of its properties, and that staff were \"working with the emergency services and supporting residents\".\n\nSlough MP Tan Dhesi called it a \"major incident\" and asked people to \"stay away\".\n\nSlough Borough Council said it had specialist officers on the scene and that there was heavy congestion in the area.\n\nA spokesman for Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service said three fire engines were at the scene and that it was not \"not aware of anyone trapped\" under the roof.\n\n\"The roof has come off in the wind. The current situation is trying to make the scene safe,\" he said.\n\nHe added that the fire service was not \"100% sure\" if anyone was still in the damaged building.\n\nIn a statement on Twitter, Thames Valley Police said officers did not believe anyone had been seriously injured and thanked those affected for their patience.\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 Thames Valley 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 BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Well, the second PMQs of the year was a fairly low-key affair.\n\nJeremy Corbyn avoided the Flybe rescue deal entirely - despite his people criticising it afterwards. Instead, he concentrated his questions on growing waiting times in the NHS and the social care crisis - both favourite topics of his.\n\nLater today, ministers will be presenting their bill which writes into law their proposed increases in NHS funding over the next five years.\n\nBut the Labour leader was keen to point out even those increases would be \"inadequate\" given the expected rise in demand.\n\nNotably, Boris Johnson did admit that hospital waiting lists were \"unacceptable\" and made a pledge to get waiting times down - a topic which is sure to run and run.\n\nHe also faced an attack from SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford, who branded him a \"democracy denier\" for his rejection of another Scottish independence vote.\n\nIn return, the prime minister called on Mr Blackford to \"change the record,\" accusing him of being \"obsessed\" with independence to the detriment of his constituents.\n\nAgain, it won't be the last we hear from the pair on this subject.", "Girls aged between 11 and 13 are increasingly being tricked and coerced into performing sexually over their own webcams, data suggests.\n\nThe Internet Watch Foundation said 80% of the sexual selfies it found in its relentless trawl for images of child sexual abuse were of children this age.\n\nThe charity took action on 37,000 self-generated images of children last year. About 30,000 were of adolescents.\n\nIts chief executive said the number of cases was growing at an alarming rate.\n\nSusie Hargreaves described the distribution of such images and films, often self-made in domestic settings, as a \"national crisis\".\n\nOften children were seen looking into cameras, reading messages asking them to do something and complying.\n\nThe IWF said of all web pages featuring images of child sexual abuse, a third consisted of self-generated images, mostly by girls in a domestic setting.\n\nMs Hargreaves said: \"These are images and videos of girls that have been groomed, coerced and tricked into performing sexually over webcam in what is fast becoming a national crisis.\n\n\"There has never been a more poignant time to shine a light on the uncomfortable truth we are now faced with.\"\n\nVictims were getting younger, she said, as more younger children had access to webcams from their phones in their bedrooms.\n\n\"At this age, they are incredibly vulnerable,\" Ms Hargreaves said.\n\n\"They are still developing physically and they don't have the emotional maturity to understand what is going on.\n\n\"They are being flattered, told they are beautiful. They often think they are in relationship with someone.\"\n\nOne victim told the BBC she was talked into sending a topless photograph online to someone who claimed to be a woman recruiting models.\n\nThe victim, who was 13 at the time, said: \"After I'd sent that picture, her whole demeanour towards me changed.\"\n\nShe says she was forced to send more photos and to share her home address - with the threat that the first image would be printed out and posted on railings near her school if she did not comply.\n\nThe victim, who is now years older, said a man then came to her house, sexually assaulted her in her bedroom and took more photos.\n\n\"I didn't realise it at the time but the perpetrator that came to the house was the same person that I'd been speaking to online,\" the victim said.\n\n\"He told me from the very start that he'd printed off and put onto disk the images that had been sent online the night before, and that if I didn't do what he said, or if I told anybody, that he would distribute those.\"\n\nMs Hargreaves urged young men who might stumble across such images of under-age children as they viewed pornography online to report it and \"save many more victims of child sexual abuse\".\n\nReporting can be done quickly, anonymously and safely here.\n\nIt is the first time detail of the types of images discovered and age groups affected have been revealed.\n\nChief Constable Simon Bailey, the National Police Chief's Council lead on child protection, said: \"Work like this, which seeks to educate people about the law and encourage them to be responsible, and especially to report any sexual images and videos of under-18s, supports the reduction of crime, the removal of indecent content and, importantly, lessens the harm to victims.\"\n\nTink Palmer, of the Marie Collins Foundation, which works with the IWF over the issue, said the amount of indecent content featuring children was growing.\n\n\"All internet users need to understand that they are breaking the law if they view this material, regardless of who has taken or uploaded it,\" she 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 Delta Airlines flight reportedly had to return to the airport shortly after takeoff\n\nA passenger plane has dumped fuel over several schools as it made an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport.\n\nAt least 60 people, many of them children, were treated for skin irritation and breathing problems.\n\nFuel may be dumped in emergency landings, but only over designated areas and at a high altitude, aviation rules stipulate.\n\nThe Delta Airlines flight returned to the airport due to an engine issue.\n\nDelta confirmed in a statement that the passenger plane had released fuel to reduce its landing weight.\n\nThe children and adults treated following the dumping incident were connected with at least six local schools. All the injuries are said to be minor.\n\nAt Park Avenue Elementary School in Cudahy, some 16 miles (26km) east of the airport, two classes of children were outside when the fuel was released.\n\nElizabeth Alcantar, mayor of Cudahy, told the Los Angeles Times newspaper: \"I'm very upset. This is an elementary school, these are small children.\"\n\nAllen Kenitzer, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration, told Reuters news agency: \"The FAA is thoroughly investigating the circumstances behind this incident. There are special fuel-dumping procedures for aircraft operating into and out of any major US airport.\n\n\"These procedures call for fuel to be dumped over designated unpopulated areas, typically at higher altitudes so the fuel atomises and disperses before it reaches the ground.\"\n\nMany planes, especially those used for long-haul flights, take off weighing more than their maximum allowed landing weight due to the amount of fuel they carry.\n\nThis weight is normally reduced as fuel is consumed during the flight.\n\nBut when a flight is cut short the aircraft may still be too heavy to land safely. In such situations the pilot may take the rare decision to dump fuel and reduce the aircraft's weight quickly.\n\nOnly certain planes have this capability, and it is done through valves in the aircraft's wings which allow fuel to be pumped out by a specific amount.", "The study suggests there is a strong link between exposure to nature and behaving in a sustainable manner\n\nPeople who have access to nature or urban green spaces are much more likely to behave in environmentally friendly ways, a study suggests.\n\nResearchers used a representative sample of 24,000 people in England for their study of green behaviour.\n\nThe findings also showed that people who were not exposed to green spaces were less likely to adopt green behaviours, such as recycling.\n\nThe findings will appear in the journal Environment International.\n\nThe team of scientists from south-west England found that the link between access to green spaces and a greater level of green behaviour was true across the social board, whether it was older people, younger people, rich or poor, male or female.\n\n\"The message that we want to get out is that reconnecting with nature may promote sustainable behaviour,\" explained co-author Ian Alcock from the European Centre for Environment and Human Health at the University of Exeter.\n\nDr Alcock explained that previous studies had highlighted a link that if people had more connections to nature, they were more likely to make more green choices.\n\n\"But the evidence came from small-scale experiments and from small-scale surveys,\" he told BBC News.\n\nIn order to encourage environmentally friendly behaviour, policymakers should look to ensure access to green spaces in towns and cities\n\n\"What we wanted to do was to test that idea on a large scale, so we took a large nationally representative sample of the population of England.\n\nPeople who took part in the study were asked a range of questions, such as whether they recycled, bought eco-friendly brands, bought local or seasonal produce etc.\n\n\"People who made more nature visits were more likely to engage in recycling and more likely to engage in green travel and were more likely to engage in environmental volunteering.\n\n\"The take-home message for policymakers is that we should encourage these active exposures to nature in order to encourage greater environmentalism.\n\n\"What this suggests to us, from a policy viewpoint, is that there should be efforts to increase contact through improving both social participation also through the physical infrastructure, through promises to improve access to natural spaces in urban settings.", "Rescue crews found Tyson Steele 23 days after his cabin burned down, killing his dog and leaving him with no shelter.\n\nSteele survived on rationed canned food that had been charred by the fire. He plans to return Alaska to rebuild his home.", "The US and China have signed an agreement aimed at easing a trade war that has rattled markets and weighed on the global economy.\n\nSpeaking in Washington, US President Donald Trump said the pact would be \"transformative\" for the US economy.\n\nChinese leaders called it a \"win-win\" deal that would help foster better relations between the two countries.\n\nChina has pledged to boost US imports by $200bn above 2017 levels and strengthen intellectual property rules.\n\nIn exchange, the US has agreed to halve some of the new tariffs it has imposed on Chinese products.\n\nHowever the majority of the border taxes remain in place, which has prompted business groups to call for further talks.\n\n\"There's a lot of work to do ahead,\" said Jeremie Waterman, president of the China Center at the US Chamber of Commerce. \"Bottom line is, they should enjoy today but not wait too long to get back to the table for phase two.\"\n\nThe US and China have engaged in a tit-for-tat tariff war since 2018, which has led to extra import taxes being levied on more than $450bn (£350bn) worth of traded goods. The ongoing dispute has disrupted trade flows, dampened global economic growth and unnerved investors.\n\nAt a signing ceremony in Washington, Mr Trump said the deal sets the stage for a stronger relationship between the US and China. The event, which occurred as the Senate prepared to take up Mr Trump's impeachment, was attended by top Republican donors and business leaders.\n\n\"Together we are righting the wrongs of the past and delivering a future of economic justice and security,\" he said.\n\n\"Far beyond even this deal, it's going to lead to an even stronger world peace,\" he added.\n\nChinese Vice Premier Liu He, who signed the deal on behalf of China, said the agreement was rooted in \"equality and mutual respect\" and defended his country's economic model in his remarks.\n\n\"China has developed a political system and a model of economic development that suits its national reality,\" he said.\n\n\"This doesn't mean that China and the US cannot work together. On the contrary, our two countries share enormous common commercial interests.\"\n\n\"We hope both sides will abide by and keep the agreement in earnest.\"\n\nIt has been hailed by the White House as a breakthrough in a war that President Trump triggered to protect American jobs and companies from what he viewed as unfair competition from China.\n\nThe weapon of choice: billions of dollars of tariffs, or extra charges, on imports. But that has hurt the very workers and businesses they were meant to protect, in both countries.\n\nFor all the fanfare - and the unusual appearance of a president at the signing of a bilateral trade deal - this is more armistice than victory - with only a small proportion of the tariffs being reversed and relatively minor concessions granted by both sides. Tariffs remain on around two-thirds of the goods Americans buy from China\n\nMoreover, Washington's fundamental complaints about Chinese practices - from its approach to subsidising businesses to cybertheft - remain unresolved. With President Trump's ambition to rewrite the rules of global trade yet to be achieved, some fear he may turn his firepower on Europe next - just as the UK is looking to broker an advantageous post-Brexit relationship\n\nMr Trump has said the accord signed on Wednesday is a \"phase one\" agreement and promised that the administration will take up other issues - such as China's state subsidies - in future negotiations.\n\nThe US accuses China of \"unfair\" business practices, such as providing subsidies for domestic businesses and administrative rules that have made it difficult for US firms to operate in the country.\n\nMr Trump has defended maintaining the bulk of the tariffs, saying they will provide leverage in future talks. But US business groups and analysts expressed concern.\n\n\"While Phase One makes incremental progress, it remains to be seen whether it will deliver any meaningful relief for farmers like me,\" said Michelle Erickson-Jones, a Montana wheat farmer, who is affiliated with the lobby group Farmers for Free Trade. \"The promises of lofty purchases are encouraging but farmers like me will believe it when we see it.\"\n\nCharles Kane, a lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, said Mr Trump sees China as a useful political scapegoat, making any serious negotiation unlikely until after the November presidential election.\n\n\"He's using [the trade war] as a political weapon,\" Mr Kane said.", "Jay-Z performing in Virginia in April last year\n\nRapper Jay-Z has instructed his lawyers to take legal action against US prison officials on behalf of 29 inmates whose lives he says are at risk.\n\nThe action claims the men's lives \"are in peril\" due to \"understaffing and neglect\" in Mississippi's prisons.\n\nJay-Z launched the action through Team Roc, the philanthropic division of his entertainment empire Roc Nation.\n\nIt comes after five prisoners were killed in attacks in the state's prisons in one week over the New Year.\n\nThe lawsuit alleges chronic underfunding and understaffing has resulted in \"prisons where violence reigns\" and an \"unthinkable\" spate of deaths.\n\n\"The underfunding also forces people held in Mississippi's prison to live in squalor, endangering their physical and mental health,\" the action continues.\n\nIt claims the prison at Parchman - where three of the five recent victims died - is subject to flooding, black mould and an infestation of mice and rats.\n\nThe lawsuit seeks damages for the inmates and an order forcing the Mississippi Department of Corrections to take action.\n\nThe case was filed on Tuesday against outgoing MDOC commissioner Pelicia Hall and Marshal Turner, superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman.\n\nA spokesperson for the MDOC said it \"does not discuss pending litigation\".\n\nThe action, filed by Jay-Z's lawyer Alex Spiro in the US District Court in Greenville, Mississippi, follows a letter sent last week to the state's governor Phil Bryant and Commissioner Hall.\n\n\"Roc Nation and its philanthropic arm, Team Roc, demand that Mississippi take immediate steps to remedy this intolerable situation,\" the letter read.\n\nJay-Z was declared hip-hop's first billionaire last year thanks to such assets as a $75m (£57.5m) music catalogue and a $70m (£53.7m) stake in ride-sharing app Uber.\n\nBorn Shawn Carter in 1969, he hit fame in 1996 with his debut album Reasonable Doubt and married fellow superstar Beyonce Knowles in 2008.\n\nOn its official website, Team Roc says it seeks to \"raise awareness around issues of injustice\" and \"work to effect positive change\".\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Read through the 44-page defence provided by the Mail on Sunday to the High Court and you quickly realise why the Royal Family rarely resort to the courts in their endless struggles with the media.\n\nBack in February last year the Mail on Sunday published excerpts from a letter that the Duchess of Sussex had written to her father, Thomas Markle, in August 2018. That letter referred to the period around her wedding to the Duke of Sussex in May the same year.\n\nThe publication of the letter by the Mail on Sunday followed hard on the heels of an article in the US-based People magazine where five people, who remain unnamed but are reported to be part of the duchess' inner circle, put her side of the story.\n\nIn that article it was suggested by a \"long-time friend\" that Thomas Markle refused to take Meghan or Prince Harry's calls and that he refused to get into a car sent to take him to the airport and then to the UK for the wedding.\n\n\"He knows how to get in touch,\" one friend is reported as saying. \"Her telephone number hasn't changed. He's never called; he's never texted.\"\n\nThe article also referred to a letter that Meghan wrote to her father, asking him to stop criticising her.\n\nIt's the publication of that letter that the duchess is suing the Mail on Sunday over. She alleges breach of copyright, breach of data regulation laws and a breach of her right to privacy. She also alleges that the letter was selectively edited.\n\nThe Mail on Sunday pushes back on all three charges - it says that copyright applies to work that is the author's own intellectual creation; the letter was \"pre-existing fact and admonishment\" and as such is not protected under copyright law.\n\nThe Duchess of Sussex visited a women's centre in Vancouver on Tuesday\n\nThe newspaper says that, as the personal data considered topics that Meghan had herself put into the public domain, its processing and publication was not unlawful.\n\nAnd it says that by becoming part of the British Royal Family - who \"generate and rely on publicity about themselves… to maintain the privileged positions they hold\" - there is rightly enormous public interest in her story.\n\nBut the Mail on Sunday's defence goes further - much further.\n\nIt notes that Meghan did not ask her father to keep the letter private.\n\nIt says the letter appears to have been \"immaculately copied out\" without \"crossings-out or amendments\" as if Meghan anticipated it being published.\n\nIt says the way the letter reads - \"to put [Meghan] and her conduct in the best possible light\" strongly suggests that that the duchess wanted or expected it to be read by others.\n\nThe Mail on Sunday accuses those friends of Meghan's who spoke to People magazine of lying. And it does so by citing Meghan's father, Thomas.\n\nHe says he did call and text his daughter in the weeks before the wedding, that he did tell her he couldn't make it to the wedding and that when after the wedding he tried to call her again, he was cut off by the couple.\n\nThe Mail on Sunday presents the publication of Meghan's letter to her father as his response to the lies that, he says, were put around by her friends in the People magazine article.\n\nQuite how much of the above is relevant to the actual case is up for debate. But the tone and content of the defence offered by the Mail on Sunday is a shot across the bows of Team Meghan.\n\nIt is a taster of what the Mail on Sunday will try to make the court case about - not centred on copyright law and data regulations, but about Meghan's character, her credibility, and the way she treats her family.\n\nAnd standing in court, supporting the Mail on Sunday, could be her father Thomas - who is prepared to go to court, his daughter Samantha told the BBC.\n\nIt is an astonishing prospect - and a reminder of why the royals so rarely reach for their lawyers like this.", "There is no application form for the Royal Family. No interview, no appeal, few in the way of entrances or exits. It is that strange lottery, an accident of birth.\n\nBut to stay royal you have to do two things. Serve, and survive.\n\nYou have to do some service. Some of it ceremonial, and often dull. Some of it - if it involves celebrities or travel - less dull. A lot of it is woven into the civic life of the UK - openings, namings, lunches and dinners.\n\nYou have to survive. You have to aid - and certainly not threaten - the survival of the House of Windsor and the British monarchy.\n\nIt's not a bad life. It is a constrained life, often unchosen. In exchange for a pretty comfortable standard of living in perpetuity, you lose a lot of choice.\n\nBut you must do these two things if you want to remain a royal.\n\nAnd it's not clear that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex really want to do either.\n\nIn Sandringham later the players will receive a series of options, a range of possibilities.\n\nThese will be based on the stated aim of Prince Harry and Meghan that they want financial independence, to take paid employment, to spend a lot more time outside the UK, to exclude the media from their lives at their discretion and to continue at least in part, a royal life, service to the Queen.\n\nLeaving aside the heady brew of contradictions detailed elsewhere, the balancing of these different aims and demands is hard enough. Money is a big issue.\n\nBut so will be the status of the court of Prince Harry and Meghan that emerges. Will it be entirely independent of the palace, of the monarchy? Will the palace retain any veto on direction or projects for the couple?\n\nMuch, says one official, depends on how much royal work the prince and Meghan intend to do, and where.\n\nMeghan will be in Canada with her eight-month-old son Archie during Monday's meeting\n\nTo watch Prince Harry for not very long, as I have, is to observe a man who comes alive with crowds, with love, with those who need him.\n\nBut also to see a man entirely unhappy with his lot. A man who desperately wants to get away from cameras, observers, outsiders, looking and filming and exploiting him.\n\nNow the prince, who has worn the nation's uniform in combat and amongst death and injury, is openly sneered at across pages and feeds and memes. It is hardly a great national moment.\n\nPrince Harry has had a hard time, from when his mother was taken from him, a boy aged 12. It is important to remember also because it demolishes the Meghan Myth - that somehow she is the root of all today's turmoil.\n\nThe Meghan Myth is nonsense, with a generous sprinkling of spite, misogyny and some racism. The prince always wanted out. And together, with her brains and understanding and love, they think they have a way.\n\nMaybe a deal comes on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. But what are not up for negotiation are service and survival. Both must be observed by Prince Harry and Meghan if they are to remain royals.\n\nPerhaps Prince Harry's allergy to media coverage can be managed at those royal events and duties he attends. Perhaps the couple will make themselves available to a significant and visible degree of service.\n\nBut the style of their departure from familial obligation, their declaration of independence last week, was so abrupt and so disrespectful.\n\nThe duke has gone beyond rebellious prince. Meghan, the enabler, is in Canada, with child and dogs. That degree of going rogue looks quite a lot like a direct threat to the survival of the monarchy.\n\nThat is why today's meeting is hard.\n\nMaybe the two sides can strike a deal over the next day, two days, invent a new structure that officials say might be emulated for a new royal generation.\n\nBut will the couple really agree to the restrictions that service and survival demand?\n\nA deal will probably be crafted - however the direction of travel is one way. Prince Harry and Meghan are looking for the exit.", "Warring between two surgeons at Great Ormond Street Hospital could put patients at risk, a review suggests.\n\nA board paper released by the leading children's hospital said a \"fractured\" relationship between two consultants in the paediatric surgical urology team was affecting the service last year.\n\nIt said the problems had an impact on the whole team, creating the potential for longer waits for sick children.\n\nThe London hospital said steps were being taken to resolve the problems.\n\nThis has included mediation, mentoring and away days.\n\nGreat Ormond Street said it took the issue \"extremely seriously\" and good progress was being made.\n\nThe surgical urology team treats more than 3,000 children a year from all over the country, operating on everything from kidney to bladder problems.\n\nThe board paper from a meeting in November set out the findings of a two-day inspection by the Royal College of Surgeons last May.\n\nThe college was invited in by the trust itself after reports of problems.\n\nThe summary of the report said there were \"significant difficulties\" between two surgeons in the team.\n\nIt described a \"lack of trust and respect\" which meant they did not work collaboratively and led to significant competition for work.\n\nIf this continued it would have the \"potential to affect patient care and safety\" as well as longer waits for surgery, it said.\n\nThe \"dysfunction\" between the two senior doctors caused problems for the wider team with evidence support staff had also been treated inappropriately.\n\nThe problems also led to one consultant not always attending important team meetings.\n\nIt meant management had to focus on these two colleagues to the \"detriment\" of the rest of the team, at times.\n\nThe report also questioned the effectiveness of how the trust had handled the dispute.\n\nA spokeswoman for the trust said: \"There has been really good progress against the issues in the report.\n\n\"Successful mediation and the first away days have taken place and very constructive conversations have happened between all consultants.\n\n\"The report recognises they are a group of excellent dedicated surgeons who look after patients well and they are now working together to shape their services to better serve the needs of their patients.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch footage of the moment of the blast captured by CCTV\n\nA large metal plate launched by an explosion at a chemical plant in Spain's autonomous Catalonia region killed a man 3km (two miles) away.\n\nThe man, named only as Sergio, was in his apartment when the one tonne object struck, causing part of the building to collapse, officials have confirmed.\n\nA factory employee was also killed in Tuesday's blast. Another worker died from injuries on Wednesday.\n\nThe explosion occurred at about 18:40 local time (17:40 GMT) in La Canonja.\n\nAuthorities said it was probably caused by a chemical accident, but that no toxic substances were released.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nPeople were, however, initially urged to stay indoors when the explosion at the site just south of Tarragona set off a huge fire.\n\nResidents of the Plaça García Lorca housing estate in nearby Torreforta, where the man was killed, described seeing \"a ball of fire\" stream across the sky at the time of the incident.\n\nFirefighters later confirmed that this was a metal plate from the factory site, which they said weighed about a tonne.\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\nThe factory produces chemicals such as ethylene oxide - which can be used to make antifreeze, pesticides and to sterilise hospital equipment - and propylene oxide, which is used to make plastics. Both are extremely flammable.\n\nAnother piece of machinery projected by the explosion was found in a field nearby\n\nRescue teams with search dogs found the body of the second victim, a senior staff member at the factory, in the early hours of Wednesday. The search had been called off overnight due to poor visibility and dangerous conditions.\n\nEight people were injured in the explosion, and one of them died on Wednesday.\n\nImages of the fire in Tarragona were posted on social media\n\nLate on Tuesday Catalan leader Quim Torra told reporters: \"Now we can send a message of calm and confidence to people. There is no toxicity and therefore people can carry on with their lives as normal.\"\n\nSpanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez later offered support to Catalan authorities in dealing with the accident.\n\nRoads and public transport systems in the area that were closed as a precaution were reopened on Wednesday.", "Epstein owned two islands in the US Virgin archipelago, including Little St James (pictured)\n\nFinancier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused girls as young as 12 on his private islands, the US Virgin Islands prosecutor has claimed.\n\nEpstein, who died in prison in August 2019 while awaiting trial for abuse dating back to 2005, is alleged to have trafficked girls as recently as 2018.\n\nThe lawsuit against his estate says the girls were \"lured and recruited\" to his Caribbean home and forced into sex.\n\nThis is the first lawsuit filed against Epstein in the US Virgin Islands.\n\nThe suit seeks to seize part of his $577m (£442m) fortune and his two private islands, Little Saint James and Great Saint James.\n\nThe two islands are estimated to be worth $86m.\n\n\"Epstein clearly used the Virgin Islands and his residence in the US Virgin Islands at Little Saint James as a way to be able to conceal and to be able to expand his activity here,\" US Virgin Islands prosecutor Denise N George says in the suit.\n\n\"Epstein and his associated trafficked underage girls to the Virgin Islands, held them captive, and sexually abused them, causing them grave physical, mental and emotional injury.\"\n\nJeffrey Epstein was charged with sexually abusing dozens of girls\n\nAs recently as July 2017, Epstein refused to allow an official to enter his Little Saint James island for routine monitoring of the registered sex offender, the lawsuit claims.\n\nHe is also accused of using fake visas to traffic women and girls, several of them aspiring models, in and out of the island territory and using a computerised database in order to track his victims' movements on his island.\n\nIn one incident, the suit claims that a 15-year-old girl attempted to swim away from Epstein's island after she was forced to engage in sex acts with Epstein and others.\n\nIn that case, she was captured and had her passport confiscated by Epstein, the suit claims.\n\nEpstein's legal permanent residence was registered to the Virgin Islands. In the days before his suicide in jail, he filed an updated version of his will to the US island territory.\n• None The case of Jeffrey Epstein - in 300 words", "Billie Eilish was four years old when Daniel Craig first played James Bond in Casino Royale\n\nPop star Billie Eilish has recorded the title track for the new James Bond film, No Time To Die.\n\nThe US singer, who turned 18 last month, is the youngest artist in history to write and record a theme for the franchise.\n\n\"It feels crazy to be a part of this in every way,\" said the star, who called the assignment \"a huge honour\".\n\n\"James Bond is the coolest film franchise ever to exist. I'm still in shock.\"\n\nThe last two Bond themes, Adele's Skyfall and Sam Smith's Writing's On The Wall (from Spectre), have both won an Oscar.\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 James Bond 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\nEilish's take on the oeuvre was composed with her brother Finneas O'Connell, with whom she created her Grammy-nominated debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? last year.\n\n\"Writing the theme song for a Bond film is something we've been dreaming about doing our entire lives,\" he said.\n\n\"There is no more iconic pairing of music and cinema than the likes of Goldfinger and Live And Let Die. We feel so so lucky to play a small role in such a legendary franchise. Long live 007.\"\n\nThe Bond song is usually released in the month leading up to the film's premiere - No Time to Die will make its debut in cinemas on 3 April.\n\nBond producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli described Eilish's song as \"incredibly powerful and moving\", adding it had been \"impeccably crafted to work within the emotional story of the film\".\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 James Bond 007 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 film's director, Cary Joji Fukunaga, said: \"There are a chosen few who record a Bond theme. I am a huge fan of Billie and Finneas. Their creative integrity and talent are second to none and I cannot wait for audiences to hear what they've brought - a fresh new perspective whose vocals will echo for generations to come.\"\n\nNo Time To Die will mark Daniel Craig's final outing as James Bond; and opens with the spy retired and enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. Needless to say, his reverie doesn't last for long.\n\nSeveral artists were thought to be in the frame for recording the title song, including Dua Lipa and Beyoncé - who sparked rumours after posing with a glass of vodka martini (shaken not stirred) on social media last week.\n\nEilish also dropped hints on her Instagram, sharing a series of images from Bond movies over the last 24 hours. Fans also noticed that Fukunaga had subscribed to her feed - making her one of just 81 people he follows on the platform.\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 Sophia Aguila 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 Film Updates 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 US singer, who is known for her gothic aesthetic and whispery vocals, became one of last year's biggest break-out stars thanks to songs like Bad Guy and Bury A Friend.\n\nHer star rose so rapidly that she had to be upgraded to Glastonbury's second-biggest stage in June, after initially being booked to play in the smaller John Peel tent.\n\nEilish now joins the likes of Sir Paul McCartney, Shirley Bassey, Duran Duran and Madonna in being asked to record the Bond theme.\n\nPreviously, Sheena Easton was the youngest artist to sing over the opening titles. The Scottish singer was 22 years old when she recorded For Your Eyes Only in 1981.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.\n• None What we learned from the first James Bond trailer", "Health Secretary Matt Hancock has hinted the government could scrap the four-hour waiting time target in A&E.\n\nHospitals must aim to ensure 95% of patients are seen within the time limit, but in November, every major A&E unit in England missed the target.\n\nThe government has been accused of allowing treatment standards to slip.\n\nBut Mr Hancock told BBC Radio 5 Live ministers should be judged by \"the right target\" and a \"clinically appropriate\" one was needed.\n\nWaiting time targets were put under review by Theresa May in 2018.\n\nBut Labour's shadow health secretary, Jonathan Ashworth, said changing them \"won't magic away the problems in our overcrowded hospitals, with patients left on trolleys in corridors for hours and hours\".\n\nQuestioned by Nicky Campbell over the missed targets, Mr Hancock admitted there were \"big challenges\" in the NHS when it came to waiting times, arguing it was due to a rise in the number of people being treated in accident and emergency units.\n\nHe said the government was putting an additional £33.9bn into the service to help - read BBC Reality Check on this pledge here.\n\nAsked whether the four-hour target would stay, he replied: \"We will be judged by the right targets. Targets have to be clinically appropriate.\"\n\nMr Hancock said there was a \"problem\" with the four-hour target as \"the top way of measuring what's going on in hospitals\".\n\n\"[For example], increasingly people can be treated on the day and able to go home [without staying overnight].\n\n\"That is much better for the patient, it's also better for the NHS and yet the way that that's counted... doesn't work.\"\n\nThe health secretary said it was \"far better to have targets that are clinically appropriate, supported by clinicians so we've got clinicians looking at that\", adding: \"It's best if that is led by the doctors.\"\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock says the targets he is judged on must be \"right\"\n\nThe review launched by Mrs May is yet to be completed, but an interim report was produced by NHS England's national medical director, Prof Steve Powis, in March 2019.\n\nHe proposed three new targets: using the average waiting time as the main measure (instead of the 95% threshold); recording how long patients wait before being clinically assessed after they arrive; and checking how long the most critically ill patients wait before their treatment is completed.\n\nBoris Johnson's government has not committed to the recommendations.\n\nDuring Prime Minister's Questions, Jeremy Corbyn raised the issue of growing waiting times, calling for \"urgent action\".\n\nBoris Johnson said the Labour leader was \"right to signal delays people are facing\" and they were \"unacceptable\".\n\nHowever, he did not refer to any changes in the targets, saying instead: \"We will get those waiting lists down.\"\n\nLabour's Mr Ashworth said: \"Any review of targets must be transparent and based on watertight clinical evidence, otherwise patients will think Matt Hancock is trying to move the goalposts to avoid scrutiny of the government's record.\n\n\"After years of austerity under the Tories, the government's first priority must be to give the NHS the funding and staff it needs to end the waiting time crisis.\"", "PC Sharon Beshenivsky had been a police officer for just nine months when she was killed\n\nA man wanted in connection with the murder of a PC shot dead during a robbery has been arrested in Pakistan.\n\nWest Yorkshire officer Sharon Beshenivsky was killed outside a travel agency in Bradford in 2005 while responding to an armed robbery call.\n\nPolice said Piran Dhitta Khan, 71, had been wanted by officers investigating the fatal raid.\n\nMr Khan appeared in court in Islamabad where extradition was discussed. He was remanded in custody until 29 January.\n\nPC Beshenivsky, 38, had only been an officer for nine months when she was shot in the chest on what was her youngest daughter Lydia's fourth birthday.\n\nShe was a mother of three and stepmother of two children. Three men were jailed for life for her murder, two for manslaughter.\n\nHer shift partner, PC Teresa Milburn, was also shot but survived.\n\nPC Beshenivsky's husband Paul said he was \"glad\" at the news of the arrest.\n\n\"It's been a long time coming. It's just a matter of getting closure within what happened in 2005,\" he said.\n\nPC Teresa Milburn was also injured in the robbery\n\nWest Yorkshire Police had previously said Mr Khan was believed to be on the run in Pakistan and was being sought.\n\nA £20,000 reward had been offered for information leading to his capture.\n\nDet Supt Mark Swift, said: \"I would like to thank the National Crime Agency in Pakistan and partners who have made this arrest possible.\n\n\"This is a major development in this long-running investigation and their assistance in this matter cannot be understated.\n\n\"We are continuing to liaise with partners in Pakistan to process Mr Khan's extradition with the intention of returning him to the UK to face court proceedings.\"\n\nMrs Beshenivsky died attending reports of a robbery at the travel agent in Bradford\n\nBrian Booth, chairman of West Yorkshire Police Federation, said: \"I know my colleagues within West Yorkshire are delighted to hear about the arrest of Piran Dhitta Khan and will now be watching closely the wheels of justice turning in this case and how this plays out.\n\n\"The murder of Sharon and the attempted murder of her colleague PC Teresa Milburn sent a shockwave not only through West Yorkshire but throughout the world.\n\n\"We still mourn the loss of Sharon and I wish to pass on my thanks, on behalf of my West Yorkshire colleagues, to the National Crime Agency in Pakistan for making this arrest possible.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Women's Football\n\nFormer Chelsea and Juventus striker Eniola Aluko, who won more than 100 England caps, has retired.\n\nAluko, 32, left Juventus in December after nearly 18 months with the Serie A champions and had been tipped to return to the Women's Super League.\n\nShe was also part of the Great Britain team at the London 2012 Olympics.\n\n\"I made the decision about six months ago,\" she said. \"I've taken time out to see if I missed football and training - but that hasn't been the case.\"\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio 5 Live Drive, Aluko added: \"If it was a physical issue that would have made it easier. It was more mental.\n\n\"I was abroad with Juventus, I won three trophies and started to feel like I didn't have any more motivation, so it was like 'OK, what next? What am I doing here, missing family and friends?'\"\n\nShe is now planning to do more media work and move into the executive side of the game, saying an announcement will be made on Friday.\n\nAluko is England's joint-10th most capped international, scoring 33 goals in 102 senior appearances.\n\nBut her last international appearance came in 2016 and, also that year, she made allegations of misconduct against then England boss Mark Sampson.\n\nThe Football Association apologised to Aluko in October 2017 for racially discriminatory remarks made by Sampson in 2014.\n\nWriting in The Players' Tribune, Aluko penned a \"thank you letter\" to football for the experiences it had given her during a playing career which began with Birmingham City in 2001.\n\n\"You have given me the dream of playing in the US, the pride of representing England, the thrill of winning titles with Chelsea, the adventure of playing for Juventus in Italy,\" she said.\n\n\"Whenever I have faced obstacles, you have shattered them. Whenever I have had great expectations, you have exceeded them.\"\n\nAluko, whose younger brother Sone plays for Reading, also added she was \"content with her career\" and hinted that she would remain involved in the game.\n\n\"There are a few things I did not achieve, but I know I can't have it all,\" said Aluko, who has also worked as a television pundit in the latter years of her playing career. \"I took the hardest option every time, and I think I have been rewarded for it.\n\n\"I honestly believe women's football will continue to hit an even higher level in the next few years. I want to do my part to make sure that happens.\"\n\nAluko joined Juventus in June 2018 after a six-year second stint at Chelsea. She helped Juve retain their league title and Italian Supercoppa last term, having also won the Coppa Italia earlier in 2019.\n\nHer career at Chelsea included winning two Women's Super League titles and two FA Cup victories - a competition she also won with Birmingham City in 2012.\n\nDuring her time in the USA, she played for Women's Professional Soccer clubs St Louis Athletica, Atlanta Beat and Sky Blue FC between 2009 and 2011.\n\nShe also played for Charlton between her first spells with Birmingham City and Chelsea.", "A cosmetic surgeon who botched operations and had inadequate medical insurance showed a lack of professional integrity, and dishonesty, a medical tribunal has said.\n\nDr Arnaldo Paganelli was found to have breached his patients' trust - and some are still waiting for compensation.\n\nHe worked privately for The Hospital Group in Birmingham and the small print of the contract given to patients told them to check their doctor's insurance.\n\nBut his policy did not cover UK work.\n\nIn 2011 Dr Paganelli's had taken out insurance with an Italian company he knew did not apply to his role in Britain.\n\nThe tribunal chair Sarah Fenoughty said: \"He has deliberately frustrated the purpose of the professional insurance he is bound to hold. This would demonstrate a lack of professional integrity. Further it would be regarded as dishonest.\"\n\nThe tribunal heard complaints from four women.\n\nNatasha Stewart had a breast augmentation with Dr Paganelli in 2008 at The Hospital Group's Dolan Park hospital in Birmingham. It left her with lopsided breasts and excessive scarring.\n\nShe was awarded damages of £27,000 and costs of £39,000 at Bristol Crown Court in May 2012, but has not received the money.\n\nDr Paganelli had UK insurance for her but failed to submit a proper claim.\n\nAnother patient, Dawn Knight, had an eye lift with Dr Paganelli and The Hospital Group in 2012. She says too much skin was removed and she now cannot close her eyes properly.\n\nShe told BBC Radio 4's You and Yours after the operation: \"My eyes are constantly sore, gritty and tight. I set an alarm on my phone every two hours to remind me to put in eye drops. And then at night when I go to bed I wear special contact lenses to stop the eyes drying out.\"\n\nDr Paganelli has always denied any problems with Ms Knight's operation.\n\nThe tribunal did not hear evidence on this. But it concluded she could not pursue a claim because his insurance was not valid and he was declared bankrupt in February 2013.\n\nJoanne McKay was awarded £143,000 for a botched nose job operation done by Dr Paganelli\n\nJoanne McKay is also waiting for a pay out to be made. She was awarded £121,000 costs and £22,000 damages in 2015 after a rhinoplasty [nose job] operation with Dr Paganelli.\n\nShe says: \"As soon as the plasters came off I said I wasn't happy. It was bigger than I expected. My nostrils are a different shape. I then had steroid injections to try to reduce the size of the tip but it didn't really achieve anything.\"\n\nThe tribunal heard that some of Dr Paganelli's patients were compensated for botched operations by The Hospital Group itself, without accepting liability.\n\nThe money was deducted from Dr Paganelli's fees. Meanwhile, he continued operating, earning around £338,000 from The Hospital Group.\n\nThe tribunal meets in March to consider if Dr Paganelli is fit to practice.\n\nDr Paganelli denies any wrong doings or dishonesty and says he will be appealing the findings.\n\nHe says he is suing his insurance broker for not making him aware he was not covered in the UK. He also says he can't comment further because of patient confidentiality.\n\nThe Hospital Group now has new owners who stopped employing Dr Paganelli in 2016. It says it now takes full responsibility for all surgeons that work there, which includes ensuring they have a UK-based insurance policy in place. And it offers a multi-year aftercare package.", "One in six women who lose a baby in early pregnancy experiences long-term symptoms of post-traumatic stress, a UK study suggests.\n\nWomen need more sensitive and specific care after a miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy, researchers say.\n\nToni Edwards-Beighton, 36, says she felt she was losing her mind after a miscarriage in 2016.\n\n\"I felt my grief was wrong because it wasn't a real baby - but I was in complete shock,\" she says.\n\nWarning: Some readers may find part of this article distressing\n\nToni and husband Matt, from Leicester, had been told their baby had no heartbeat at 12 weeks, before she miscarried naturally at home in the bathroom.\n\nBut she didn't expect to bleed heavily for eight days and then have to go through painful contractions.\n\n\"I thought I was going mad,\" she says.\n\n\"I had no information about what what would happen to me or what I could expect to see.\"\n\nIn the end, something \"recognisable and the size of a palm\" fell between her legs in the middle of the night.\n\nWhen she called the hospital the following day, they told her to \"bring the pregnancy tissue in and we'll get rid of it\".\n\n\"It wasn't 'tissue' to me, it was our baby,\" Toni says.\n\nIn the weeks that followed, she started to panic about everything, especially their daughter who was four at the time.\n\n\"I worried she was going to die - I could see her falling to the ground.\"\n\nMonths later, Toni's GP diagnosed her with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) and offered her counselling - but she didn't go because by that time she was pregnant again.\n\n\"The following nine months were awful - I was convinced I'd lose my baby again,\" she says.\n\nToni and Matt now have two daughters, Phoebe who is eight and Willow who is two.\n\nIn the study of 650 women, by Imperial College London and KU Leuven in Belgium, 29% showed symptoms of post-traumatic stress one month after pregnancy loss, declining to 18% after nine months.\n\nMost had been through an early miscarriage before 12 weeks - while the rest had had an ectopic pregnancy.\n\nThe women, who attended three London hospitals - Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea, St Mary's, and Chelsea and Westminster, completed questionnaires about their feelings over the course of a year.\n\nOne month following their loss, 24% had symptoms of anxiety and 11% of depression.\n\nThis reduced to 17% and 6% after nine months, the study in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology found.\n\nDr Jessica Farren, specialist registrar and clinical fellow at Imperial College London, said miscarriage could be a very traumatic experience.\n\n\"For some women, it's the first time they have experienced anything beyond their control.\n\n\"These can be profound events which stay with you.\"\n\nEven though these losses are at a very early stage, \"women are looking for validation for them\", Dr Farren says.\n\nBeing told it's \"only a bag of cells\" is not always helpful.\n\nAmong a control group of women who had healthy pregnancies, 13% had symptoms of anxiety and 2% of depression one month after giving birth.\n\nThe study recommends that women who have miscarried are screened to find out who is most at risk of psychological problems.\n\nCounselling and support will help many women, but those with symptoms of PTS need specific treatment if they are going to recover, the research says.\n\nThis can range from cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to medication, and should be given by a qualified professional.\n\nAn earlier, smaller study from 2016 found that early pregnancy loss could trigger symptoms of post-traumatic stress.\n\n\"For too long, women have not received the care they need following a miscarriage and this research shows the scale of the problem,\" says Jane Brewin, chief executive of miscarriage and stillbirth charity Tommy's.\n\n\"Miscarriage services need to be changed to ensure they are available to everyone and women are followed up to assess their mental wellbeing with support being offered to those who need it, and advice is routinely given to prepare for a subsequent pregnancy.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nTaiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen has told the BBC that China needs to \"face reality\" and show the island \"respect\".\n\nShe was re-elected for a second term on Saturday, winning by a landslide after a campaign in which she focused heavily on the rising threat from Beijing.\n\nThe Chinese Communist Party has long claimed sovereignty over Taiwan and the right to take it by force if necessary.\n\nMs Tsai insisted that the sovereignty of the self-governing island was not in doubt or up for negotiation.\n\n\"We don't have a need to declare ourselves an independent state,\" the 63-year-old president told the BBC in an exclusive interview, her first since the election.\n\n\"We are an independent country already and we call ourselves the Republic of China (Taiwan).\"\n\nSuch statements infuriate Beijing, which wants a return to the \"One China\" principle favoured by the main rival she saw off in the race for president, Han Kuo-yu from the Kuomintang party.\n\nHis party traces its roots to the defeated nationalists in the Chinese civil war, who fled to Taiwan and continued to see the island as part of a greater China from which they had been usurped.\n\nIn recent years, that concept of One China has proved a useful compromise, Taiwanese supporters of it argue.\n\nChina insists on its acceptance as a prerequisite for building economic ties with Taiwan, precisely because doing so is an explicit denial of its existence as a de facto island state.\n\nBut it is clear that Ms Tsai believes her victory is proof of how little appetite there now is for the One China concept and the ambiguity it allowed over Taiwan's real status.\n\n\"The situation has changed,\" she says. \"The ambiguity can no longer serve the purposes it was intended to serve.\"\n\nAnd what has really changed, she suggests, is China.\n\n\"Because [for more than] three years we're seeing China has been intensifying its threat... they have their military vessels and aircraft cruising around the island,\" she says.\n\n\"And also, the things happening in Hong Kong, people get a real sense that this threat is real and it's getting more and more serious.\"\n\nTaiwan's interests, she believes, are not best served by semantics but by facing up to the reality, in particular the aspirations of the Taiwanese youth who flocked to her cause.\n\n\"We have a separate identity and we're a country of our own. So, if there's anything that runs counter to this idea, they will stand up and say that's not acceptable to us.\n\n\"We're a successful democracy, we have a pretty decent economy, we deserve respect from China.\"\n\nFor President Tsai's critics, her stance is needlessly provocative, one that only risks increasing the very danger she warns about - open hostility.\n\nBut she says she has shown restraint. She has, for example, stopped short of the formal declaration of independence - amending the constitution and changing the flag - that some in her Democratic Progressive Party would like.\n\nChina has said it would regard such a move as a pretext for military action.\n\n\"There are so many pressures, so much pressure here that we should go further,\" she says.\n\n\"But [for] more than three years, we have been telling China that maintaining a status quo remains our policy... I think that is a very friendly gesture to China.\"\n\nWhile Ms Tsai says she is open to dialogue, she is also well aware that as a result of her victory, Beijing may well increase its pressure on Taiwan.\n\nIn response, she is trying to diversify Taiwan's trading relationships and boost the domestic economy, in particular by encouraging Taiwanese investors who have built factories in China to consider relocating back home.\n\nAnd she is planning for all eventualities.\n\n\"You cannot exclude the possibility of war at any time,\" she says.\n\n\"But the thing is you have to get yourself prepared and develop the ability to defend yourself.\"\n\n\"We have been trying very hard and making a lot of efforts to strengthen our capability,\" she replies.\n\n\"Invading Taiwan is something that is going to be very costly for China.\"", "Roseanna Clarkin is now registered as disabled, after complications following her hernia mesh repair\n\n\"Too many\" types of hernia mesh implants are being used on NHS patients with little or no clinical evidence, the BBC has been told.\n\nNew data shows more than 100 different types of mesh were purchased by NHS Trusts from 2012 to 2018 in England and Scotland, leading to fears over safety.\n\nThe meshes can cut into tissue and nerves, leaving some people unable to walk, work or care for children.\n\nThe regulator MHRA said there was a clinical need for the devices.\n\nThe new figures were taken from the responses of 56 of the 159 NHS Trusts that replied to a Freedom of Information request by the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme.\n\nCurrently, hernia mesh devices can be approved if they are similar to older products, which themselves may not have been required to undergo any rigorous testing or clinical trials in order to assess their safety or efficacy.\n\nHernia repair is one of the world's most common surgical procedure.\n\nIn England, around 100,000 such operations are performed each year, the majority using mesh. Many go well.\n\nBut the Victoria Derbyshire programme has heard from nearly 300 people who have experienced complications - including chronic pain, infections and organ perforations.\n\nInternational guidelines estimate one in 10 patients will experience \"significant chronic pain\" following a mesh repair.\n\nRoseanna says her children want their \"fun mum back\"\n\nRoseanna Clarkin, from Glasgow, is now disabled. She had to give up her job due to complications after her repair.\n\nShe says she was initially told by doctors the pain was \"in her head\", and wanted to end her life because \"nobody was listening\".\n\nIt was only after seeing the programme's coverage of the mesh scandal that she discovered it had been used on her.\n\nAged 36, she said she was no longer able to look after her children as she had before.\n\n\"My kids wrote a letter saying they want their fun mum back,\" she said, breaking down in tears.\n\n\"My husband said he married a wife and became a carer. I shouldn't be living the life I'm living.\"\n\nThere is a lot of secrecy surrounding the approval of hernia mesh, with even doctors unable to access the clinical data.\n\nProf Carl Heneghan, a medical device expert at the University of Oxford, explained that in some cases devices have only been required to be tested on animals - such as rabbits - for a short period of time, with the mesh being implanted and left in for several days.\n\n\"If there's no remaining immune reaction, you pass the test,\" he added.\n\nProf Carl Heneghan is calling for the NHS to \"immediately\" stop using types of device that have \"no evidence attached to them whatsoever\"\n\nProf Heneghan described these tests as \"completely inadequate\" as they can't test for pain.\n\nAnd he said there was \"no chance\" that the more than 100 types of device used on the NHS were all individually supported by medical evidence because there had not been 100 randomised trials in this area of medicine.\n\nHe has called for the NHS to \"immediately\" stop using those that have \"no clinical evidence attached to them whatsoever\" and said ideally trusts should only use two or three devices where the benefits are clear.\n\nAn example of the mesh devices used\n\nHernia mesh implants are meant to be permanent but, when necessary, can be removed in some patients.\n\nBut of the patients the Victoria Derbyshire programme spoke to, most said they had been told there were no trained removal surgeons - or that they had been told removing the mesh could lead to further serious issues.\n\nThe programme has learned that one man died years after he developed an infection following his hernia mesh repair.\n\nThe hospital said in a letter to his wife that the mesh \"could have been a cause of the infection\".\n\nOne of the many causes of death given was chronic abdominal-wall infection.\n\nThe BBC has also seen a leaked promotional video, probably for the medical community, funded by Ethicon - one of the biggest mesh manufacturers in the world.\n\nIn the footage, made over a decade ago, a surgeon is shown discussing how some older varieties of mesh can become \"hard as stone\" after only one year inside a patient and can cause damage to the body and chronic pain.\n\nBut the product featured is still being sold by Ethicon, and used by the NHS in England and Scotland.\n\nIn a statement, Ethicon did not comment on the video, but said it stood by the safety and performance of all its mesh products.\n\nIt also stressed the importance of looking at all clinical and scientific data before drawing conclusions about a device.\n\nCurrently the use of mesh for vaginal repairs is suspended for most women in England, pending the outcome of a government review.\n\nIts head, Lady Cumberlege, has said any recommendations made when it is published in March will also be relevant for hernia mesh.\n\nNo vaginal mesh implants have been carried out in Scotland since the chief medical officer announced a halt in 2018.\n\nThe director of devices at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), Graeme Tunbridge, told the BBC: \"The benefits and risks of using mesh for hernia repair have been considered in detail by clinicians and the professional bodies who represent them.\n\n\"We continue to monitor and review evidence as it becomes available and will take any appropriate action on that basis.\"\n\nMr Tunbridge said he recognised the system \"does need strengthening\" and said new legislation on medical devices would take effect from May 2020.\n\nThis will include strengthening the requirements on manufacturers to ensure that sufficient clinical evidence is in place for their products.\n\nThe Royal College of Surgeons of England said: \"Our duty is to explain the options and risks to patients, so they can decide what the best course of action is for them.\"\n\nIt is campaigning to improve regulation and monitoring of new devices and implants.\n\nA Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: \"On the rare occasion where a patient has suffered as a result of a mesh procedure, we are taking steps to improve patient safety - including improving how we listen to patients and how the system learns when concerns are raised.\"\n\nFollow the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme on Facebook and Twitter - and see more of our stories here.", "Harry Dunn died in hospital after his motorbike was involved in a crash outside RAF Croughton\n\nThe family of Harry Dunn are \"absolutely distraught\" over comments made by the prime minister, said family spokesman Radd Seiger.\n\nMr Dunn, 19, died after being hit by a car allegedly driven by Anne Sacoolas, who left the country for the US claiming diplomatic immunity.\n\nBoris Johnson told the BBC that he believed the chances of Mrs Sacoolas being extradited were \"very low\".\n\nThe comments came on Harry's mother's birthday and left her \"bitterly upset\".\n\nMr Seiger told the BBC: \"The Dunn family are absolutely on their knees and I am still trying to pick my jaw up off the floor.\n\n\"It's an outrageous set of comments to make from the leader of this country, whose job it is to represent the people.\"\n\nCharlotte Charles, Harry's mother, was \"bitterly upset and confused\" and \"absolutely beside herself, on her birthday,\" said Mr Seiger.\n\nHe said the family had agreed with government officials not to comment on the extradition process while proceedings were ongoing.\n\n\"I'm hoping Mr Johnson will reflect on the comments he made, they were unhelpful to say the least, \" he said.\n\nThe family are also taking legal action against the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).\n\nThe claim against the FCO issued on behalf of Mr Dunn's parents - Ms Charles and Tim Dunn - alleged the granting of diplomatic immunity to Mrs Sacoolas was \"wrong in law\".\n\nNew documents, seen by the PA news agency, suggest the FCO will say they did not claim Mrs Sacoolas had immunity.\n\nNorthamptonshire Police have now said the force will take part in the family's claim and they will not seek to retrieve any costs.\n\nThe US State Department has previously said the extradition request for Mrs Sacoolas is highly inappropriate and would be an abuse.\n\nThe extradition request is sent via the British Embassy to the US State Department.\n\nA lawyer will then decide whether it falls under the dual-criminality treaty, where the alleged offence is a crime in both countries and carries a prison sentence of at least a year.\n\nThe maximum sentence for causing death by dangerous driving is 14 years' imprisonment, although this is usually reserved for the most serious cases.\n\nThe US may reject the request for extradition, arguing that Mrs Sacoolas is still entitled to diplomatic immunity.\n\nAnne Sacoolas pictured on her wedding day in 2003\n\nThe crash happened outside RAF Croughton, where Mrs Sacoolas' husband Jonathan worked as an intelligence officer. Mr Dunn died after his motorbike was in collision with a car owned by Mrs Sacoolas.\n\nThe 42-year-old left the UK shortly after the crash on 27 August and returned to the US, prompting a justice campaign by the teenager's parents.\n\nMrs Sacoolas was charged in December by the Crown Prosecution Service with causing death by dangerous driving and the Home Office submitted its extradition request to the US Department of Justice.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "One night last November, Courtney Partridge-McLennan said goodnight to her family in Australia and went to sleep in her room.\n\nAt some point in following hours, the 19-year-old woman suffered a suspected asthma attack. When her parents checked on her the next morning, Courtney had died.\n\nHer family believes that Courtney's death in Glen Innes, New South Wales, was triggered by smoke from nearby bushfires. Like many populated areas across Australia's east, the town has been shrouded by smoke in recent months.\n\n\"She was found with her phone torch on, as though she was looking for something,\" her sister, Cherylleigh, told the BBC's Outside Source programme. \"Her Ventolin [inhaler] was on the bed with her.\"\n\nCourtney was diagnosed with asthma as a child. It was not usually severe but tended to flare up around dust and air pollutants, according to her sister.\n\n\"She had no symptoms before she went to bed,\" Cherylleigh said.\n\n\"She was healthy and that's what made it the biggest shock for us. It was so out of nowhere.\"\n\nCherylleigh said preliminary autopsy reports had listed the cause of death as \"unconfirmed\". But she added her parents had been told that Courtney had a \"hyper-extension of the lungs\" - one indicator of an asthma attack.\n\n\"Initially when they found her, the comments were, 'oh it definitely looks like an asthma attack, it looked like it happened really quickly,'\" Cherylleigh said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Heavy smoke haze over Sydney first appeared in November\n\nAccording to health officials, asthmatics are particularly vulnerable in Australia's ongoing bushfire crisis. The condition narrows a person's airways when triggered by irritants in the air.\n\nIn recent months, cities including Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Adelaide have recorded some the worst air quality readings globally.\n\nIn rural communities closer to the fire-zones, the impact has been even greater.\n\nA fortnight before Courtney's death on 28 November, bushfires ripped through Glen Innes, causing the deaths of two people.\n\nBut fires had burned in the region since September, and smoke continued to affect the town afterwards. Her family believes this was the trigger for her asthma attack.\n\nHealth officials have consistently warned of the dangers of bushfire smoke, urging those with asthma - about one in nine Australians - to carry their treatments with them.\n\n\"It can be a really frightening experience when [one is] exposed to triggers like bushfire smoke,\" said Michele Goldman from advocacy group Asthma Australia.\n\n\"They can experience breathlessness and wheezing, and symptoms can quickly deteriorate into a very serious asthma attack which can be fatal.\"\n\nShe fears that because the condition is common, and often mild, there is a sense of complacency - even amid the unprecedented smoke.\n\nCherylleigh said Courtney had been studying to be a youth worker, and had been passionate about helping others.\n\n\"For us, it's about getting people aware that asthma is this serious,\" Cherylleigh said.\n\n\"Courtney's death was not an isolated incident.\"", "Greggs has signed a delivery deal with Just Eat as the market for food takeaways continues to grow.\n\nThe tie-up comes after trials with other delivery firms such as Uber Eats and Deliveroo in Newcastle, London and Glasgow last year.\n\nThe service will now also be launched in Birmingham and Bristol, with other UK cities to follow.\n\nThe growth in the takeaway sector led to Just Eat being bought in a £5.9bn deal last week after a takeover battle.\n\nGreggs chief Roger Whiteside said the firm aimed to be able to deliver across the UK by the end of the year.\n\nJust Eat - which was originally founded by a group of five Danish entrepreneurs in 2000 - said the partnership with Greggs showed that firm was expanding \"beyond traditional takeaways\".\n\nIt added that its customers could also order from High Street chains such as KFC, Subway and Wagamama, as well as receive pizza deliveries from selected Asda supermarkets.\n\nThere is some debate around what benefits the partnership brings Just Eat, according to equities analyst Giles Thorne, given that there is no minimum order value for Greggs' low-cost goods.\n\n\"Whether it's profitable or not, we don't know. But Just Eat could justify working with a major brand on a loss-making basis in other ways,\" he said.\n\n\"This is ultimately about driving the utility of the Just Eat marketplace in the eyes of both consumers and restaurants.\"\n\nHe cites Uber Eats landing McDonald's for its delivery platform as a similar scenario.\n\n\"Bagging a major national brand means more people join the platform. If more people join the platform, that's a good thing for other restaurants using it too, creating an all-important 'virtuous circle'.\"\n\nThe size and popularity of the takeaway delivery market was demonstrated by the recent takeover battle for Just Eat between Dutch company Takeaway.com and investment firm Prosus.\n\nAfter several months of courting Just Eat's shareholders, Takeaway.com finally triumphed. The deal will create one of the world's largest meal delivery companies.\n\nTakeaways maybe used to be reserved for a Friday night, but recent research shows people are ordering them more often.\n\nA recent survey by KPMG suggests that two-thirds of adults in the UK enjoy them at least once a week.\n\nTypically, people in the UK order 34 takeaways a year, spending between £10 and £15 a time.\n\nWill Hawkley, global head of leisure and hospitality at KPMG, said the increased spending was down to a \"lifestyle change\".\n\nHe said: \"People are just looking for more and more convenience, they're busier, working harder.\"\n\nIt seems the growth in food delivery apps also means customers are offered more choice.\n\nMr Hawkley added this was a positive for those with \"specific dietary requirements that may have previously prevented them from ordering in.\"", "Cheaper hotel costs helped to push the inflation rate down\n\nThe UK's inflation rate fell to its lowest for more than three years in December, increasing speculation that interest rates could be cut.\n\nThe rate dropped to 1.3% last month, down from 1.5% in November, partly due to a fall in the price of women's clothes and hotel room costs.\n\nDecember's inflation rate was the lowest since November 2016.\n\nAnalysts said it raised the chances of a rate cut, with inflation below the Bank of England's target of 2%.\n\n\"Very soft UK inflation data for December leaves the door wide open for a Bank of England rate cut on 30 January,\" said Melissa Davies, an economist at stock broker Redburn.\n\nThe Bank's main interest rate is used by banks and other lenders who set borrowing costs.\n\nIt affects everything from mortgages to business loans and has a big effect on the finances of individuals and companies.\n\nCity traders who spend their working lives trying to anticipate moves in interest rates are convinced of it today: the Bank of England is likely to cut the official interest rate when it meets later this month. Market indicators suggest a 60% chance of it happening.\n\nHere's the thinking: at 1.3%, the official measure of consumer price inflation in the year to December was lower than expected and well below the 2% target. With the economy barely growing (even shrinking if you are prepared to rely on the official November estimate of a 0.3% contraction) there's little sign of inflationary pressure in the near future.\n\nGranted, there was a sharp rise in the price of crude oil - a barrel was up 4.9% in the month and 17.4% on the year. But in spite of that, producers were still paying slightly less for their raw materials and supplies than they were last year.\n\nThe assumption has been that the November contraction was a temporary period of weakness induced by pre-election political uncertainty - and that there will be a recovery as businesses and consumers regain a new-found confidence to spend and invest.\n\nThe risk the MPC will have to contend with is that that hoped-for post-election recovery does not materialise.\n\nEarlier on Wednesday, Michael Saunders, one of the rate setters on the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), reiterated his view that borrowing costs should be lowered.\n\n\"It probably will be appropriate to maintain an expansionary monetary policy stance and possibly to cut rates further, in order to reduce risks of a sustained undershoot of the 2% inflation target,\" he said.\n\nLast week, two other rate setters and Bank governor Mark Carney also suggested that rates could be cut, depending on how the economy performs.\n\nOn Sunday, MPC member Gertjan Vlieghe told the Financial Times he would consider voting for a rate cut depending on how the economy has performed since the December election.\n\nHowever, members of the MPC could take the latest inflation figure with a pinch of salt, said Samuel Tombs, chief UK economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics.\n\n\"Half of the decline in the headline rate was driven by a sharp fall in volatile airline fares inflation,\" he said.\n\nHe expects inflation to rise to 1.6% in the first three months of 2020, and this could mean enough MPC members will decide to wait rather than voting to cut rates.\n\nEmma-Lou Montgomery, associate director for personal investing at money manager Fidelity International, said the inflation data painted a bleaker picture for the UK economy than before.\n\n\"Today's UK CPI figures simply add to the growing sense of unease many feel when considering the outlook for the UK economy, with the rate of inflation continuing to lag well below the Bank of England's target of 2%.\"\n\nA cut would ease the finances of borrowers, but create a tougher environment for savers, she added.", "British Airways' owner IAG has filed a complaint to the EU arguing Flybe's rescue breaches state aid rules.\n\nThe move comes amid a growing backlash against the government's plan to defer some of Flybe's air passenger duty payments, thought to top £100m.\n\nEasyJet and Ryanair said taxpayer funds should not be used to save a rival.\n\nMeanwhile, the government's proposal to cut Air Passenger Duty (APD), was attacked by the rail industry's trade body and climate campaign groups.\n\nEasyJet chief executive Johan Lundgren said: \"Taxpayers should not be used to bail out individual companies, especially when they are backed by well-funded businesses.\"\n\nWhile Ryanair said it had called for \"more robust and frequent stress tests on financially weak airlines and tour operators so the taxpayer does not have to bail them out\".\n\nThe government has said the review of the tax will be consistent with its zero-carbon targets.\n\nHowever, in a tweet, Green Party MP Caroline Lucas said: \"Addressing Flybe problems by reducing APD on all domestic flights is utterly inconsistent with any serious commitment to tackle the Climate Crisis. Domestic flights need to be reduced, not made cheaper.\"\n\nThe Rail Delivery Group, which represents train operators, also said any review of APD \"that encourages more people to fly domestically would limit efforts to tackle the climate crisis\".\n\nWillie Walsh, the chief executive of the owner of British Airways, said government money should not have been used\n\nAhead of filing the state aid complaint, Willie Walsh, the outgoing chief executive of IAG, wrote to Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, criticising the government's involvement in its rescue.\n\nIn a letter, Mr Walsh said: \"Prior to the acquisition of Flybe by the consortium which includes Virgin/Delta, Flybe argued for tax payers to fund its operations by subsidising regional routes.\n\n\"Virgin/Delta now want the taxpayer to pick up the tab for their mismanagement of the airline. This is a blatant misuse of public funds.\n\n\"Flybe's precarious situation makes a mockery of the promises the airline, its shareholders and Heathrow have made about the expansion of regional flights if a third runway is built.\"\n\nBut Downing Street has said the government is \"fully compliant\" with state aid rules. The Prime Minister's spokesman said \"there has been no state aid to Flybe,\" adding that \"any future funding will be made on strictly commercial terms.\"\n\nBritish Airways' owner IAG's decision to make a state-aid complaint to the European Commission underlines its determination to shine a light on - and if possible, overturn - the government's assistance to Flybe.\n\nMinisters have not published the details of the arrangement, but it is understood to include a \"time-to-pay\" arrangement for the company's airline passenger duty liabilities.\n\nThese arrangements are common for companies that are struggling to pay their tax, but unusual when it comes to duty payments.\n\nIAG chief executive Willie Walsh's letter to Grant Shapps points out that Flybe has wealthy backers - Virgin Atlantic is a big shareholder, and one of Virgin's main shareholders in turn is Delta Air Lines, one of the biggest and most profitable airlines in the world. These are not the kind of companies, Mr Walsh argues, that should rely on taxpayer support to keep one of their investments trading.\n\nHis intervention should, of course, be seen in the light of the long and bitter commercial rivalry between British Airways and Virgin Atlantic. The latter's position at Heathrow is bolstered by Flybe's feed of domestic traffic, and BA would not be unhappy if that stream of traffic was choked off.\n\nThree Cabinet ministers - Mr Shapps, Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom and Chancellor Sajid Javid signed off on the deal that will keep Flybe operating.\n\nAlthough the terms of the direct assistance were not disclosed, they are understood to include forbearance on Flybe's Air Passenger Duty (APD) payments.\n\nMr Shapps said the move was necessary to protect key routes and any rule changes would apply to all carriers.\n\n\"The actions we have taken will support and enhance regional connectivity across the UK, so local communities have the domestic transport connections they rely on,\" he said.\n\n\"Any changes implemented as a result of our reviews of air passenger duty and regional connectivity will apply to all airlines in the competitive aviation market.\"\n\nState aid is assistance given by the government to companies or other organisations that has the potential to distort market competition.\n\nThe aid can be in the form of direct cash grants or indirect aid - such as preferential borrowing rates or tax credits.\n\nUnder EU rules, member-state governments are allowed to provide state aid only with approval from the European Commission.\n\nFor example, in 2015 the UK government submitted plans to provide a subsidy to Drax power station to convert one of its units from coal to biomass fuel. Following an investigation, the commission ruled in favour of the scheme.\n\nBut there are exceptions to the rules. For example, aid worth less than 200,000 euros (£175,000) over three years is exempt.\n\nEven though Brexit is due to happen on 31 January, the UK will continue to follow EU state aid rules during the 11-month transition period that follows.\n\nIAG believes the UK government's proposal would amount to unlawful state aid as it would impact other airlines operating the same routes as Flybe, but the government disagrees.\n\nAirlines collect the duty from passengers as part of their ticket price, and then hand it over to HMRC.\n\nIt is understood Flybe could be given up to three months' breathing space to pay about £100m worth of duty.\n\nThe ministers have also agreed to review air passenger duties on domestic flights in a move attacked by environmental campaigners.\n\nMs Leadsom defended the decision to intervene, saying that Flybe was a \"viable business\".\n\nShe also said Flybe's situation was different to that faced by travel firm Thomas Cook, which collapsed last year. \"The difference... between Flybe and Thomas Cook was that in the case of Thomas Cook it had huge amounts of debt, and any taxpayer's money would simply be throwing good money after bad.\"\n\nFlybe's owners - Virgin Atlantic, Cyrus Capital and Stobart Air - will inject about £30m of new money.\n\nIn his letter, Mr Walsh pointed out that Virgin is part-owned by US carrier Delta Air Lines, which is one of the world's largest and most profitable airlines.\n\nHe argues that Virgin and Delta together have the resources to rescue Flybe, and they should not be asking for taxpayer support. Mr Walsh says Flybe has been mismanaged.\n\nFlybe is already in receipt of some public money for its important Newquay-Heathrow route, which it operates under a \"public service obligation\" contract with the government.\n\nMr Walsh said that British Airways had indicated its willingness to operate that route without assistance - in the summer only - but was excluded because of the Flybe deal.\n\nHe warned the government that Flybe's Heathrow operations could, in time, be diverted to long-haul routes - which would not be in line with its policy of promoting regional connections to London.\n\nBut Rob Griggs, director of policy at Airlines UK, the industry trade body, defended the deal. He said giving extra time to Flybe to pay APD was not the same as a direct injection of public funds.\n\nThe British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa), a union, also welcomed the news.\n\n\"This is good news for 2,400 Flybe staff whose jobs are secured and regional communities who would have lost their air connectivity without Flybe,\" said Balpa general secretary Brian Strutton.\n\nLucien Farrell, the chairman of Connect Airways - which owns Flybe - said the group had agreed to \"keep Flybe flying with additional funding alongside government initiatives\".\n\n\"We are very encouraged with recent developments, especially the government's recognition of the importance of Flybe to communities and businesses across the UK and the desire to strengthen regional connectivity,\" he said.", "Black and Asian men are more likely to be jailed for drug dealing offences in England and Wales than white men, a study of 14,000 people suggests.\n\nThe Sentencing Council looked at the penalties received by defendants aged 26-50 for possession with intent to supply from April 2012 to March 2015.\n\nIts analysis also found men were more likely to be jailed than women.\n\nThe council said it was seeking views on whether its sentencing guidelines could lead to discrimination.\n\nIts study found that for possession with intent to supply a class B drug, 37% of white offenders would be expected to receive an immediate custodial sentence, compared with 46% of Asian, 44% of black and 46% of Chinese and other ethnicities.\n\nFor a class A substance, around 93% of white offenders, 95% of Asian offenders and 95% of black offenders would be expected to be jailed.\n\nThe length of sentence also differed, with Asian offenders being jailed for an average of 4% longer, equal to around one month extra, than white counterparts.\n\nBlack and other ethnicity offenders did not have statistically different sentence lengths to white offenders.\n\nThe researchers also compared men and women and found 37% of men would be expected to be jailed for possession with intent to supply a class B drug, compared with 20% of women.\n\nMen received sentences that were on average 14%, or around five months, longer than women\n\nFor class A substances, around 93% of male offenders and 85% of female offenders would be expected to be sentenced to immediate custody.\n\nMen received sentences that were on average 14% - or around five months - longer than women.\n\nResearchers said not all the factors considered by judges could be taken into account in their analysis, meaning the results should not be regarded as conclusive.\n\nBut the organisation said it would be seeking views on whether its guidelines could potentially be interpreted in ways that could be leading to discrimination.\n\nLord Justice Holroyde, chairman of the Sentencing Council, said: \"The sentencing guidelines are intended to apply equally to all offenders, irrespective of their sex or ethnicity.\n\n\"In drafting the guidelines, the council always takes great care to use language that is clear and unambiguous and will ensure the equal application of sentencing factors to all social groups.\n\n\"We do recognise, however, that there is potential for draft guidelines to be interpreted in different ways.\n\n\"The council is seeking views on whether any of the factors in the draft drug offences guidelines could be interpreted in ways that could lead to discrimination against particular groups, and we are asking whether there are any other equality or diversity issues the guidelines have not considered.\"\n\nAndrea Coomber, director of legal reform group Justice, said \"significant investigation\" was required to properly understand the research's findings.\n\nShe said: \"We need to look at who's in the system, who are the people who are on the bench, who's doing the representation.\n\n\"We know that we have a legal system that is overwhelmingly white, the judges are overwhelmingly white. You can sit at the Old Bailey for a day and not see any black barristers, and if you were a black boy in the dock... you do think that the system is skewed against you.\"\n\nThe council is also proposing changes to guidelines to reflect the growing exploitation of children and vulnerable people by county lines drug gangs.\n\nThe new draft guidelines would allow this exploitation and so-called cuckooing - where a home is taken over for drug dealing - to be taken into account as \"culpability factors\".\n\nA 12-week consultation on the proposals will close on 7 April.\n\nLord Justice Holroyde added: \"The nature of offending is changing and we are seeing more vulnerable people including children being exploited either through grooming or coercion.\n\n\"The proposed guidelines will provide guidance for courts and clear information for victims, witnesses and the public on how drug offenders are sentenced.\"\n\nA Ministry of Justice spokeswoman said: \"We are working across government and with partners to tackle the over-representation of BAME individuals in the criminal justice system, which we know has deep-rooted causes.\n\n\"That work includes taking forward the recommendations in David Lammy MP's extensive independent review and developing a number of interventions aimed at reducing disproportionality.\"", "Councillors approved the application for a drive-thru on the outskirts of Oakham\n\nRutland will lose its status as the only county without a McDonald's after councillors rubber-stamped plans for a new restaurant.\n\nSome in the small rural East Midlands county have boasted of its unique independence from the American fast food giant.\n\nBut at a meeting on Tuesday councillors approved the application for a drive-thru on the outskirts of Oakham.\n\nMcDonald's said it was \"delighted\" at the decision.\n\nThe company said the plans had a \"great reception\" and would create \"at least 65 new jobs for local people\".\n\nBefore the meeting, Rutland County Council received 23 representations of support and 55 objections for the restaurant off Lands End Way.\n\nThe county is renowned for a number of traditions and landmarks, including Rutland Water\n\nCharlie Pallett, who runs a blog about Rutland, said: \"Our high streets are scattered with wonderful independents that offer something unique... I think we don't need a McDonald's.\n\n\"Our county is the last one in England without one. I think that is really special.\"\n\nBut many supported the plans, arguing the town \"needs\" more employment and entertainment for young people.\n\nChris Goodchild said he was \"all for\" a McDonald's in Rutland\n\nChris Goodchild told BBC East Midlands Today: \"I'm all for it. I think it's a load of nonsense we haven't got one already.\n\n\"The high street is full of charity shops and coffee bars, so what's the problem?\"\n\nRutland resident Ella Peters added: \"I think it is a positive thing in regards to bringing new jobs but I don't believe it is a good idea to bring fast food - it is not very good for children.\n\n\"I think it is better to support local compared to the big nationals.\"\n\nMcDonald's says the restaurant will create 35 full-time and 30 part-time jobs\n\nCouncil officers had recommended plans for the restaurant be approved with 27 conditions, including the walls and roof should not be built until the details of materials and colours have been agreed with the authority.\n\nOther conditions include trees should be protected and the restaurant should not open until a litter management plan has been approved by the council.\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.", "The Duchess of Sussex has begun legal action against the Mail on Sunday over a claim that it unlawfully published one of her private letters.\n\nIn a statement, the Duke of Sussex said he and Meghan were forced to take action against \"relentless propaganda\".\n\nPrince Harry said: \"I lost my mother and now I watch my wife falling victim to the same powerful forces.\"\n\nA Mail on Sunday spokesman said the paper stood by the story it published and would defend the case \"vigorously\".\n\nLaw firm Schillings, acting for the duchess, accused the paper of a campaign of false derogatory stories.\n\nThe firm has filed a High Court claim against the paper and its parent company over the alleged misuse of private information, infringement of copyright and breach of the Data Protection Act 2018.\n\nThe claim comes after the Mail on Sunday published a handwritten letter from Meghan to her father, Thomas Markle, sent shortly after she and Prince Harry got married in 2018.\n\nIn a lengthy personal statement on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's official website, Prince Harry said the \"painful\" impact of intrusive media coverage had driven the couple to take action.\n\nReferring to his late mother Diana, Princess of Wales, the prince said his \"deepest fear is history repeating itself\".\n\n\"I've seen what happens when someone I love is commoditised to the point that they are no longer treated or seen as a real person,\" he said.\n\nBBC royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell said the statement was \"remarkably outspoken\" and \"nothing less than a stinging attack on the British tabloid media\".\n\nFormer Daily Mirror editor and Guardian columnist Roy Greenslade said the duchess could win the legal action, but added Prince Harry had taken a risk by attacking the press for the actions of one newspaper.\n\n\"The press - particularly the tabloid press - is far less powerful now than it was during his mother's era,\" he told Radio 4's Today programme.\n\n\"Is he taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut here? I think he may well find that this is counter-productive.\"\n\nThe language is clearly Harry's: an unrestrained expression of anger and pain aimed at the British tabloid media.\n\nDid any of his advisers urge restraint? We simply don't know. Judging by the length and intensity of the statement, Harry would have been in no mood to listen to any such cautionary advice.\n\nIs it fair to castigate the entire British tabloid media off the back of one dispute with one newspaper over one story, however painful? That is a matter of individual opinion and clearly Harry - supported one assumes by Meghan - believes that it is.\n\nThe timing certainly is curious. They are concluding a visit to Southern Africa which by wide consent (much of it expressed in the tabloid media) has been a considerable success. It has lifted their reputation after a series of mis-steps involving private jets and expensive property renovations.\n\nNow they have chosen to take one of the most powerful newspaper groups in Britain to court and launched this stinging assault on an entire section of the British media.\n\nBritish tabloids are not afraid of a fight. They may well feel provoked by the language in this statement. Was it wise? We shall see.\n\nIt is not the first time the royals have taken legal action against the press. In 2017, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were awarded £92,000 (100,000 euros) in damages after French magazine Closer printed topless pictures of the duchess in 2012.\n\nA French court ruled the images had been an invasion of the couple's privacy.\n\nThe new legal proceedings are being funded privately by the couple and any proceeds will be donated to an anti-bullying charity.\n\nIn his statement, Prince Harry said he and Meghan believed in \"media freedom and objective, truthful reporting\" as a \"cornerstone of democracy\".\n\nBut he said his wife had become \"one of the latest victims of a British tabloid press that wages campaigns against individuals with no thought to the consequences - a ruthless campaign that has escalated over the past year, throughout her pregnancy and while raising our newborn son\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Earlier on in their tour of Africa, the couple introduced baby son Archie to Archbishop Desmond Tutu\n\nPrince Harry said: \"There is a human cost to this relentless propaganda, specifically when it is knowingly false and malicious, and though we have continued to put on a brave face - as so many of you can relate to - I cannot begin to describe how painful it has been.\"\n\nHe said \"positive\" coverage of the couple's current tour of Africa had exposed the \"double standards\" of \"this specific press pack that has vilified her almost daily for the past nine months\".\n\n\"They have been able to create lie after lie at her expense simply because she has not been visible while on maternity leave,\" he said.\n\n\"She is the same woman she was a year ago on our wedding day, just as she is the same woman you've seen on this Africa tour.\"\n\nThe duke said he had been a \"silent witness to her private suffering for too long\".\n\n\"To stand back and do nothing would be contrary to everything we believe in,\" he said.\n\nHe accused the paper of misleading readers when it published the private letter, by strategically omitting paragraphs, sentences and specific words \"to mask the lies they had perpetrated for over a year\".\n\n\"Put simply, it is bullying, which scares and silences people. We all know this isn't acceptable, at any level,\" he said.\n\n\"We won't and can't believe in a world where there is no accountability for this.\"\n\nThe Mail on Sunday spokesperson said: \"We categorically deny that the duchess's letter was edited in any way that changed its meaning.\"", "Boeing has reported its worst annual orders in at least two decades - as it remains in crisis over its 737 Max model.\n\nThe company also said deliveries of its planes slumped to an 11-year low last year.\n\nIt means the US firm has lost its title as the world's biggest plane maker to European rival Airbus.\n\nThe 737 Max has been grounded since March after two crashes in which 346 people were killed.\n\nBoeing said net orders after cancellations for 2019 totalled just 54 planes. That compares with 893 the previous year.\n\nAt the same time deliveries fell by 53% to 380 planes, the lowest number since 2007.\n\nThe company last month halted production of what had been its best-selling commercial airliner.\n\nThe grounding of the 737 Max means it is impossible for the firm to deliver the planes to customers.\n\nIn comparison, Boeing's main rival Airbus said earlier this month that it delivered a record 863 planes in 2019 and racked up a net 768 orders after cancellations.\n\nA bright spot for the Chicago-based plane maker was a record number of deliveries of 787 Dreamliners in the last three months of 2019.\n\nThe company delivered 45 of the wide-body passenger jets, which first went into service in 2011.\n\nBoeing's new chief executive David Calhoun took the helm of the manufacturer on Monday.\n\nMr Calhoun said he is \"confident in the future\" of the firm, telling staff his \"primary focus\" will be returning the 737 Max to the skies.\n\nHe replaced Dennis Muilenburg, who was fired last month, in a move the company's board said was necessary to \"restore confidence\" in Boeing.\n\nThe aviation industry is also feeling the pressure over fears of a global economic slowdown and the US-China trade war.", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nTottenham gained a hard-fought victory over Championship side Middlesbrough in their FA Cup third-round replay.\n\nSpurs were gifted a second-minute lead when Boro goalkeeper Tomas Mejias passed the ball to Giovani lo Celso, who cut inside a challenge and scored.\n\nErik Lamela doubled the hosts' lead after 15 minutes when he flicked the ball past Mejias after a fine run.\n\nGeorge Saville pulled one back late on for Boro with a low strike from 20 yards out, but it was not enough.\n\nMiddlesbrough substitute Rudy Gestede had a chance to force extra-time but he could only head over the bar from eight yards as Spurs held on for the win.\n\nTottenham, who have won the FA Cup eight times, will play at Southampton in the fourth round on 25 January.\n• None Listen to the latest Football Daily podcast: Spurs go through but should they sell Kane?\n• None Tottenham v Middlesbrough as it happened and the rest of Tuesday's FA Cup action\n• None Quiz: Familiar faces in the Boro dugout but who played when Spurs won 2008 League Cup?\n\nThe FA Cup represents Tottenham's best chance of a trophy this season; they are eighth in the Premier League, out of the EFL Cup - after a shock third-round exit on penalties at League Two Colchester - and have a tricky tie against Bundesliga leaders RB Leipzig in the Champions League last 16.\n\nIf they were to win the FA Cup, it would be their first trophy since lifting the League Cup in 2008.\n\nBoro boss Jonathan Woodgate scored the winner for Spurs in that Wembley final against Chelsea 12 years ago, as part of a team that also included his assistant boss Robbie Keane.\n\nWoodgate and Keane's current side, cheered on by 3,700 fans who had travelled down from the north east in the first FA Cup tie at the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, made an awful start after a horrible error from Mejias.\n\nThe Spanish goalkeeper, who played under Jose Mourinho at Real Madrid in 2011, tried to play a ball to Marvin Johnson, but Lo Celso intercepted the pass inside the penalty area, cut inside a challenge and curled a low effort into the net.\n\nBoro had a chance to equalise in the 13th minute but Lukas Nmecha, on loan from Manchester City, had his effort well saved by Paulo Gazzaniga and that proved costly as Lamela's goal three minutes later doubled the hosts' lead.\n\nWoodgate would be again unhappy with his side's defending as Jonny Howson was dispossessed 35 yards from goal, before Lamela was able to go on a jinking run and flick the ball with the outside of his foot past Mejias from 12 yards.\n\nSpurs then wasted numerous chances to kill the match off as Lamela shot over on the turn, Ryan Sessegnon had an effort pushed wide, Japhet Tanganga shot just off target and Lucas Moura wasted a chance from a counter-attack.\n\nBoro, 16th in the Championship, had opportunities to get themselves back into the tie, but Paddy McNair shot well over when unmarked eight yards out and Lewis Wing's direct free-kick was pushed around the post by Gazzaniga.\n\nSaville's 83rd-minute goal for the visitors gave them hope, but they could not find an equaliser.\n\nWith Harry Kane out until at least April after surgery on a hamstring injury, Spurs are light on attacking options and boss Mourinho took the chance to ease the workload on his other senior forwards, with Son Heung-min playing only the last 30 minutes, and Dele Alli making a brief appearance as a substitute, coming on after Saville's goal.\n\nThat meant another appearance in the starting 11 for Christian Eriksen, despite the midfielder, out of contract at the end of season, being linked with a January move to Inter Milan.\n\nEriksen, who has been with Spurs since 2013, had a chance to score after flicking the ball over the head of an opponent and being fouled - driving the resulting free-kick saved by Mejias.\n\nHe should have also been put through on goal, but team-mate Moura instead opted to shoot instead and could only drag an effort wide.\n\nEriksen nearly scored late in the second half when his low delivery in the penalty area was missed by everyone and Mejias had to get down well to push the ball away one-handed.\n\nThis was Tottenham's 31st match of the season and their 14th in a 53-day period since Mourinho's first game in charge on 23 November.\n\nHe will be pleased with the win and that extra-time was not needed but will be frustrated with the late goal conceded, meaning they have only kept one clean sheet in his 14 games in charge.\n• None Tottenham are unbeaten in each of their past 41 FA Cup home matches against teams from a lower division (won 34, drew seven) since a 1-0 loss to Nottingham Forest in January 1975.\n• None Middlesbrough have failed to keep a clean sheet in each of their past 13 meetings with Tottenham in all competitions since a 1-0 win at the Riverside Stadium in May 2005.\n• None For just the second time during his 923-game managerial career, Jose Mourinho has seen one of his clubs concede at least once in nine consecutive matches in all competitions, also suffering the same fate with Chelsea between May and September 2015.\n• None Timed at one minute 55 seconds, Lo Celso's strike was Spurs' earliest goal at the new stadium - and their earliest home goal since Eriksen scored against Manchester United at Wembley in the Premier League in January 2018.\n\n'We knew it was going to be difficult' - what they said\n\nTottenham boss Jose Mourinho, speaking to BBC Sport, said: \"Three-nil was so close so many times. I told my players at half-time if we don't score [to make it] 3-0, then if it went 2-1 we would be in trouble and it happened.\n\n\"We knew the opponents were hard. They brought on Gestede and went direct and made problems and when it was 2-1 we knew it was going to be difficult.\n\n\"We tried our best. The boys are trying their best. They dealt well with many set-piece situations. We did lots of things well. We conceded the goal, a bit frustrating, but more frustrating was that we did not score three, four or five.\"\n\nMiddlesbrough manager Jonathan Woodgate, speaking to BBC Sport, said: \"I don't like losing games and when you gift Tottenham goals like that so early, you're fearing the worst. But my players showed character and we ran them close.\n\n\"If there's a way to lose then it's like that - putting a real show on and a real fight. The players gave everything for the shirt.\"\n\nOn the early error from keeper Tomas Mejias, Woodgate added: \"We all make mistakes and I won't hammer anyone for that - we want them to play out from the back.\"\n\nTottenham, who have only taken one point from their past three Premier League matches, return to league action on Saturday when they play at Watford (12:30 GMT). The fourth-round FA Cup tie at Southampton will be played on Saturday, 25 January (15:00).\n\nMiddlesbrough play again in three days time with an away match in the Championship at Fulham on Friday (19:45 GMT).\n• None Attempt blocked. Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Son Heung-Min.\n• None Attempt missed. Ashley Fletcher (Middlesbrough) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Marvin Johnson with a cross.\n• None Attempt blocked. Erik Lamela (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Giovani Lo Celso.\n• None Attempt missed. Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.\n• None Attempt missed. Rudy Gestede (Middlesbrough) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Marvin Johnson with a cross following a corner.\n• None Attempt blocked. Jonny Howson (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcus Tavernier.\n• None Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 2, Middlesbrough 1. George Saville (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rudy Gestede with a headed pass.\n• None Attempt missed. Rudy Gestede (Middlesbrough) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Marvin Johnson with a cross.\n• None Attempt blocked. Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Harry Winks. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "The government has agreed a rescue plan for troubled regional airline Flybe.\n\nMinisters agreed to work with Flybe to figure out a repayment plan for a significant tax debt that is thought to top £100m.\n\nMeanwhile, the firm's owners have agreed to pump more money into the loss-making airline.\n\nBusiness Secretary Andrea Leadsom said the deal would keep the company operating.\n\nThat will be a relief to many of the eight million passengers who fly with the airline each year.\n\nHowever, the chief executive of the owner of British Airways has attacked the move as a misuse of public funds.\n\nIn a letter to Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, a copy of which has been seen by the BBC, Willie Walsh questioned why the taxpayer is picking up the tab for the airline's mismanagement.\n\nHe pointed out that one of Flybe's biggest shareholders Virgin Atlantic, is part owned by the US's Delta, one of the world's largest and most profitable airlines.\n\nFlybe services dozens of UK domestic routes that are not flown by other airlines, making it the largest carrier to fly out of some regional airports, like Newquay.\n\n\"Flybe plays a critical and unique role in the UK aviation system, supporting the development of the regions, providing essential connectivity to businesses and stimulating the growth in trade,\" the boss of the Airport Operators Association, Karen Dee, said in a statement welcoming the rescue deal.\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 Jason 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\nAs part of the agreement, Flybe's shareholders, which include Virgin Atlantic and Stobart Group, have agreed to put more money into the business.\n\nThe government has promised to review the £26 air passenger duty that is levied on domestic UK return fights, which has added to the airline's losses.\n\n\"Delighted that we have reached agreement with Flybe's shareholders to keep the company operating, ensuring that UK regions remain connected,\" Ms Leadsom tweeted.\n\n\"This will be welcome news for Flybe's staff, customers and creditors and we will continue the hard work to ensure a sustainable future.\"\n\nLucien Farrell, the chairman of Connect Airways - which owns Flybe - said the group had agreed to \"keep Flybe flying with additional funding alongside government initiatives\".\n\n\"We are very encouraged with recent developments, especially the government's recognition of the importance of Flybe to communities and businesses across the UK and the desire to strengthen regional connectivity,\" he said.\n\nThe transport secretary said the government had worked closely with Flybe to ensure its planes were able to continue flying.\n\nMr Shapps said the Department for Transport would conduct an urgent review that will seek to assess how it can improve regional connectivity and ensure airports continue to function across the country.\n\nBut the prospect of cutting taxes on flying has angered climate activists who argue that it is the most carbon intensive mode of transport.\n\nGreen Party MP Caroline Lucas said reducing air passenger duty was \"utterly inconsistent with any serious commitment\" to tackle climate change.\n\n\"Domestic flights need to be reduced, not made cheaper,\" she wrote on Twitter.\n\nBut the government has said the review of the tax will be consistent with its zero carbon targets.\n\n\"This is good news for 2,400 Flybe staff whose jobs are secured and regional communities who would have lost their air connectivity without Flybe,\" general secretary, Brian Strutton said in a statement.\n\nFlybe, which flies to 170 different destinations, has been struggling under the weight of an estimated £106m bill for air passenger duty as well as a slowdown in demand that has hurt the airline's finances.\n\nThe carrier's boss, Mark Anderson, said: \"This is a positive outcome for the UK and will allow us to focus on delivering for our customers and planning for the future.\n\n\"Flybe is made up of an incredible team of people, serving millions of loyal customers who rely on the vital regional connectivity that we provide.\"\n• None 'I would be devastated if Flybe went under'", "Whitney Houston and British acts T. Rex and Depeche Mode are to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.\n\nThey will be joined by The Notorious B.I.G., Nine Inch Nails and The Doobie Brothers, it was revealed on Wednesday.\n\nThe six were selected from a 16-strong longlist to be honoured at the annual awards in Cleveland, Ohio, in May.\n\nThin Lizzy, Motorhead and Judas Priest were among the acts to miss out. Bruce Springsteen's producer Jon Landau will receive a special award.\n\nThe producer, journalist and artist manager will collect the Ahmet Ertegun award, as will former Ticketmaster and Live Nation Entertainment boss Irving Azoff.\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 Depeche Mode 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\nArtists are eligible for the famous hall 25 years after the release of their first album.\n\nLast year saw Janet Jackson and Stevie Nicks inducted alongside UK acts Roxy Music, Radiohead, The Cure, The Zombies and Def Leppard.\n\nDuring her acceptance speech, Jackson pleaded with the US institution, which had been criticised for a lack of diversity, to \"please induct more women\".\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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Rex are judged to have made a similarly indelible mark on the music scene, with early 1970s hits like Get It On, 20th Century Boy and Ride a White Swan.\n\nSinger Marc Bolan, who died in a car crash in 1977 aged 29, was credited as an influence by artists including David Bowie, The Smiths and Oasis.\n\nEssex synth-pop rockers Depeche Mode broke through in the early 1980s and have enjoyed commercial success with hits like Personal Jesus and Enjoy the Silence.\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 Depeche Mode 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\nThey said they were \"incredibly honoured\" to be named alongside the other \"incredible\" acts who have been recognised, both this year and in the past.\n\nBrooklyn hip-hop sensation The Notorious B.I.G. - aka Christopher Wallace - made a huge impact on the rap world during his short career.\n\nThe East Coast rapper was shot four times and killed in a drive-by shooting 1997, aged 24, and the case remains unsolved.\n\nIn a recent BBC poll, his track Juicy - from his acclaimed 1994 debut album Ready To Die - held off Public Enemy's Fight The Power and Mobb Deep's Shook Ones (Part II), to be crowned the greatest hip-hop song of all time.\n\nThe ever-changing Doobie Brothers have sold nearly 50 million records thanks to their self-styled \"yacht rock\" - a mix of West Coast Californian soft rock and country blues - on songs like Listen to the Music, Takin' It to the Streets and What a Fool Believes.\n\nFinally, Nine Inch Nails will become local and national heroes when they step into the Public Auditorium in their home town of Cleveland to be inducted.\n\nFrontman Trent Reznor told Rolling Stone he was \"pretty freaked out\" about receiving the accolade.\n\n\"I'm allowing myself, for a limited period of time, to feel good about this,\" he said.\n\nThe industrial rockers are perhaps best known for the track Hurt, which was covered to haunting effect by country legend Johnny Cash shortly before his death.\n\nReznor and bandmate Atticus Ross are racking up the awards, having picked up Oscars in 2011 for their work on the soundtrack to The Social Network.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The 10 years to the end of 2019 have been confirmed as the warmest decade on record by three global agencies.\n\nAccording to Nasa, Noaa and the UK Met Office, last year was the second warmest in a record dating back to 1850.\n\nThe past five years were the hottest in the 170-year series, with the average of each one more than 1C warmer than pre-industrial.\n\nThe Met Office says that 2020 is likely to continue this warming trend.\n\n2016 remains the warmest year on record, when temperatures were boosted by the El Niño weather phenomenon.\n\nToday's data doesn't come as a huge surprise, with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) signalling at the start of last December that 2019 likely marked the end of the warmest decade on record.\n\nThe Met Office, which is involved in producing the HadCRUT4 temperature data, says that 2019 was 1.05C above the average for the period from 1850-1900.\n\nLast year saw two major heat waves hit Europe in June and July, with a new national record of 46C set in France on 28 June. New records were also set in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and in the UK at 38.7C.\n\nIn Australia, the mean summer temperature was the highest on record by almost a degree.\n\nAs temperatures continue to rise, efforts to contain heating gases continue to falter as science collides with politics.\n\nThe UK, for instance, fought hard to host the annual UN climate conference at the end of the year where all nations will be urged towards deeper emissions cuts.\n\nAnd Boris Johnson says he wants the UK to lead the world on climate change.\n\nBut in the first test of his new administration he's already being accused of abandoning his principles.\n\nHe's promising to consider cutting the £13 tax on flights in the UK because jobs and connectivity are at stake.\n\nThis contradicts his official advice from the Climate Change Committee which says people need to fly less, so the cost of flying should go up, not down.\n\nThis sort of uncomfortable trade-off will cause ruffles around the world in coming decades as climate change presents an increasing challenge to politics-as-usual.\n\nWhile the three different research agencies all have slightly different figures for the past 12 months, the WMO has carried out an analysis that uses additional data from the Copernicus climate change service and the Japan Meteorological Agency.\n\nThey conclude that in 2019, the world was 1.1C warmer than in the pre-industrial period.\n\nA Nasa graphic showing the differences between 2019 global temperatures and the long-term average\n\n\"Our collective global temperature figures agree that 2019 joins the other years from 2015 as the five warmest years on record,\" said Dr Colin Morice, from the Met Office Hadley Centre.\n\n\"Each decade from the 1980s has been successively warmer than all the decades that came before. 2019 concludes the warmest 'cardinal' decade (those spanning years ending 0-9) in records that stretch back to the mid-19th century.\"\n\nResearchers say carbon emissions from human activities are the main cause of the sustained temperature rise seen in recent years.\n\n\"Carbon dioxide levels are at the highest that we've ever recorded in our atmosphere, and there is a definite connection between the amount of CO2 and the temperature,\" said Prof Liz Bentley from the Royal Meteorological Society.\n\n\"We are seeing the highest global temperatures in the last decade and we will see more of that. As the CO2 continues to grow, we'll see global temperatures increasing.\"\n\nHaving the long term data from three different agencies with different methodologies gives them confidence in the accuracy of their findings.\n\n\"While we know that human activities are causing the globe to warm, it is important to measure this warming as accurately as possible,\" said Prof Tim Osborn, from the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit, which is involved in gathering the data.\n\n\"We are confident that the world has warmed by about 1C since the late nineteenth century because different methods of working out the global temperature give very similar results.\"\n\nFirefighters in Spain battle blazes in 2019 during the European heatwave\n\nWhile the figures released by the Met Office, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) and Nasa show the temperature recorded on the land and sea surfaces, the amount of warming going into the deeper ocean is also at record levels.\n\nData published this week showed that a record amount of heat went into the oceans last year. This was the biggest increase in the last decade.\n\nWhile natural variability means that scientists don't expect new temperature records year-on-year, the Met Office is forecasting that 2020 will also be very hot, with the global average temperature estimated to be 1.1C above pre-industrial levels. This suggests it will be a warmer year than the one just passed.", "New data suggests that our evolutionary cousins the Neanderthals may have been diving under the sea for clams.\n\nIt adds to mounting evidence that the old picture of these ancient people as brutish and unimaginative is wrong.\n\nUntil now, there had been little clear evidence that Neanderthals were swimmers.\n\nBut a team of researchers who analysed shells from a cave in Italy said that some must have been gathered from the seafloor by Neanderthals.\n\nThe findings have been published in the journal Plos One.\n\nThe Neanderthals living at Grotta dei Moscerini in the Latium region around 90,000 years ago were shaping the clam shells into sharp tools.\n\nPaolo Villa, from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and colleagues, analysed 171 such tools, which all came from a local species of mollusc called the smooth clam (Callista chione). The tools were excavated by archaeologists at the end of the 1940s.\n\nClam shells that wash up on beaches can be distinguished from those that are still live when they're gathered.\n\nThe beached specimens were opaque, sanded down through being knocked against pebbles on the shore, perforated by other marine organisms and encrusted with barnacles.\n\nNeanderthals used shells from the smooth clam, Callista chione, to make tools\n\nMost of the specimens at Grotta dei Moscerini fit the criteria of shells that were collected on a beach.\n\nBut one quarter of them had a shiny smooth exterior, showing no signs of such wear and tear. This suggested they were collected from the seafloor while the clams were alive.\n\nToday, Callista chione is most often fished by dredging, using small boats, or gathered by scuba divers in waters off the Adriatic coast that are more than 10m in depth.\n\nIn the northern part of the Adriatic, however, there are some sand banks where Callista clams can be collected at depths of between half a metre to one metre. In this case, the clams could be caught just by wading.\n\nBut, said Paola Villa: \"It's quite possible that the Neanderthals were collecting shells as far down as two to four metres,\" adding, \"of course, they did not have scuba equipment.\"\n\nDr Matt Pope, from the Institute of Archaeology at UCL, who was not involved with the study, told BBC News: \"We can all come up with exceptional situations where, during a storm event clams get thrown up on a beach.\n\n\"But it's the fact they occur at more than one [archaeological] unit, it's the fact they occur as part of a system of material being brought further into this cave, that suggests there's more than just a single, odd event going on.\"\n\nThe clam shells can be used to make thin, sharp tools\n\nThe evidence is in stark contrast to our old view of the Neanderthals spending much of their time chasing or scavenging big game animals.\n\nIt's known that Neanderthals gathered mussels from estuaries and fished in shallow waters, but there has been little clear evidence for swimming, skin-diving - or in some cases, perhaps, wading.\n\n\"It's more evidence to place Neanderthals into these coastal environments and at points in time making use of coastal resources, not just for food, but also as a raw material for tools,\" said Dr Pope.\n\nHe said that decades ago, this type of resource-gathering had been used to distinguish early examples of our own species, Homo sapiens, from the Neanderthals. \"We can't find that distinction any more,\" he said.\n\n\"What's nice about this paper is that it covers a site which at particular points in time, when you've got high sea levels... is right on the coast. You can see that they're not living there in large numbers for long periods of time. it looks like they're making short trips and they're coming equipped - bringing materials that they might need, such as pre-existing tools.\"\n\n\"Maybe it's a place where they camp seasonally, at particular times of the year. Maybe one of the things that's drawing them there are these shellfish, which are wonderful things to be eating through the winter when there's not a lot of other dependable food around.\"\n\nLast year, a team led by Prof Erik Trinkaus from Washington University in St Louis, US, published evidence showing that many Neanderthals suffered from a medical condition called \"surfer's ear\".\n\nThis condition is characterised by abnormal bony growths that appear in the ear canal. It's often seen in people who take part in aquatic sports in cold climates, but it can occur simply because of repeated exposure to cold, wet weather.\n\nAt the time the paper was released, there were suggestions Neanderthals could have got it from sleeping on chilly, damp cave floors.\n\n\"The archaeological evidence from Moscerini supports the idea of frequent aquatic resource exploitation based on anatomical data,\" Paola Villa and colleagues write in the latest paper.", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nJuan Mata's superb second-half goal sent Manchester United into the FA Cup fourth round as they beat Wolves.\n\nThe Spanish midfielder chipped over keeper John Ruddy to settle the third-round replay after being put through on goal by Anthony Martial.\n\nWolves had an early Pedro Neto strike ruled out by the video assistant referee for a handball in the build-up.\n\nBut it was a deserved win for the hosts, who had the better chances in a tight game at Old Trafford.\n\nManchester United will next travel to either Watford or Tranmere - whose third-round replay at Prenton Park on Tuesday was postponed because of heavy rain.\n\nOle Gunnar Solskjaer's side did not manage a shot on target in the goalless first game between the two sides at Molineux on 4 January but were much more threatening in this match.\n\nAn excellent save by Ruddy prevented Mata from opening the scoring in the first half, while Daniel James was also denied by the Wolves keeper.\n\nAfter a high-tempo start, the game settled down - but Mata, 31, produced the one moment of quality to seal victory, rolling back the years with a clever finish.\n\nMan Utd get job done but at a potential cost\n\nIt is a tough period for many clubs in the Premier League with games in multiple competitions coming thick and fast. With his side facing a tough trip to league leaders Liverpool on Sunday, Solskjaer may have been forgiven for making numerous changes for this tie.\n\nBut the FA Cup and Europa League arguably represent Manchester United's most realistic routes to trophies this season and Solskjaer underlined how seriously he is taking this competition by naming a strong line-up on Wednesday.\n\nThere were just three changes from the side that beat Norwich 4-0 in the Premier League last Saturday, as Sergio Romero was named in goal, while James and Mason Greenwood also started.\n\nWolves, too, went strong with their line-up, with Ruddy their only change and the two sides, cancelled each other for large periods.\n\nEager to get the job done and wrap up the game inside 90 minutes, Solskjaer sent on top scorer Marcus Rashford in the 64th minute to add bite to his attack and, three minutes later, United were ahead.\n\nBut the gamble to involve Rashford may prove costly; the striker pulled up with an injury and had to be replaced by Jesse Lingard just 16 minutes after coming on.\n\nAfter the game, Solskjaer admitted the decision to play Rashford was one that backfired.\n\n'You can't celebrate' - Coady furious with disallowed goal\n\nVAR has certainly had its critics this season - but for the second time in five days, it was new regulations relating to handball that caused controversy as the video official stepped in to rule out a goal.\n\nThe law regarding handball, updated before the start of this season, states any goal scored or created with the use of the hand or arm will be disallowed \"even if it is accidental\".\n\nWest Ham and Declan Rice fell victim to it last Friday when the midfielder's injury-time equaliser against Sheffield United was ruled out because the ball had touched his arm in the build-up.\n\nThis time, the handball rule was applied early on at Old Trafford when VAR spotted that the ball had brushed Raul Jimenez's hand just before Neto fired home early on.\n\nIt was a let-off for Manchester United and spared Fred's blushes with the strike having come as a result of a wild pass by the midfielder that deflected off a team-mate and into Jimenez's path.\n\nIt also seemed to set the tone for the rest of the game as Manchester United grew in confidence after a strong start by Wolves, who struggled to get Adama Traore involved as much as they would have hoped.\n\nAfter the game, Wolves captain Conor Coady said: \"It's constant, all we are talking about is VAR. It's ridiculous, it's stupid.\n\n\"You can't celebrate. Raul Jimenez didn't even know he had handballed it. We have to get used to it.\n\n\"All of it is terrible for me. It's not for me, it's not for a lot of players. But people higher up in the game are happy with it.\"\n\nManchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: \"I think you can see it was two teams towards the end that were tired. It was end to end and an open game - sometimes that doesn't suit us.\n\n\"We're delighted to beat Wolves finally. Juan Mata is different class. He's got the skill, composure and even pace.\"\n\nWolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo: \"It was a good game of football, an even game. Both teams had chances.\n\n\"We didn't defend the goal well but we reacted well and were in the game. A proper game, I am disappointed to go out because it is frustrating when you perform well and go out.\"\n\nOn the disallowed goal: \"That's VAR, you cannot do anything about it. We are celebrating non-goals - it doesn't make sense.\"\n\nAnother early exit for Wolves - the stats\n• None Manchester United have won each of their past six home matches in the FA Cup without conceding a single goal in this run.\n• None Wolves have been eliminated at the third-round stage or earlier in seven of their past nine FA Cup campaigns, this after having made it to at least the fourth round in each of their nine seasons in a row before this.\n• None Manchester United have won nine of their past 10 home matches against Wolves in all competitions, keeping six clean sheets in those games.\n• None Juan Mata has been directly involved in three goals in his past two games for Manchester United (one goal, two assists), as many as he was in his first 20 appearances of the 2019-20 season in all competitions before this.\n• None Since his FA Cup debut in January 2016, Manchester United forward Anthony Martial has eight assists in the competition. Only Peterborough's Marcus Maddison (11) has more in this time.\n• None Marcus Rashford was the first Manchester United player to both come on as a substitute before then being substituted himself in the same FA Cup match since Alan Smith against Liverpool in February 2006\n\nManchester United travel to Premier League leaders Liverpool on Sunday, 19 January (16:30 GMT) while Wolves are at Southampton the day before (15:00).\n• None Attempt saved. Andreas Pereira (Manchester United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Anthony Martial.\n• None Offside, Manchester United. Jesse Lingard tries a through ball, but Anthony Martial is caught offside.\n• None Offside, Wolverhampton Wanderers. João Moutinho tries a through ball, but Oskar Buur is caught offside.\n• None Attempt missed. Romain Saïss (Wolverhampton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by João Moutinho with a cross following a corner.\n• None Offside, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Raúl Jiménez tries a through ball, but Morgan Gibbs-White is caught offside.\n• None Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Oskar Buur replaces Adama Traoré because of an injury.\n• None Leander Dendoncker (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt missed. Rúben Neves (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by João Moutinho following a corner.\n• None Anthony Martial (Manchester United) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Substitution, Manchester United. Jesse Lingard replaces Marcus Rashford because of an injury. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "The recruit was recovered from the sea at Tregantle beach in Cornwall\n\nA Royal Marine recruit is in a life-threatening condition following a training exercise on a beach in Cornwall.\n\nA group had been practising an assault from a landing craft on Tregantle beach near Plymouth when a man got into difficulty in the water.\n\nSouth Western Ambulance Service said it was alerted at 22:00 GMT on Tuesday after \"a person had gone underwater\".\n\nThe recruit, who had been in full kit, was airlifted to Derriford Hospital.\n\nBBC defence correspondent Jonathan Beale said the recruit had to be resuscitated after he was recovered unconscious by the landing craft crew.\n\nThe recruits, who had full kit, backpacks and rifles, exited a landing craft close to the shore and reportedly struggled in the water, which was said to be up to their necks and cold.\n\nThey were in the last phase of their 32-week training.\n\nThe Royal Marines' principal military training centre is situated near Lympstone in Devon.\n\nA Royal Navy spokesperson said: \"We are aware of an incident involving a member of the Royal Marines in Plymouth.\n\n\"The next of kin have been informed and we ask for privacy for the family. The incident is currently under investigation, therefore it would be inappropriate to comment further.\"\n\nUp to 147 members of the armed forces have died while training or on exercise in the past 20 years. And of the 25 deaths in the Navy, 16 have been Royal Marines.\n\nFormer Royal Marines serviceman Saul Cuttell told the BBC the exercise is a \"perfectly normal thing to do and it has a lot of validity to what a marine would have to do\".\n\nHe said the beach assault simulation is \"tough\" but \"one of the things we [Marines] need to be able to do is replicate war time scenarios and they're not easy scenarios, they're not meant to be.\"\n\nWhile stressing he did not know the circumstances surrounding Tuesday's incident, Mr Cuttell, who left the Marines in 2006, said the force has \"made a lot of changes in recent years to ensure the safety of young men and ensure the training is more efficient\".\n\nSouth Western Ambulance Service said it \"was called on Tuesday at 22:01 about an incident at Tregantle beach, Cornwall\".\n\n\"The caller reported to us that a person had gone underwater. We sent land, air and other specialist paramedics to attend the incident,\" a spokesman added.\n\n\"They treated a male patient at the scene and he was conveyed by air ambulance for further care.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nManchester United were jeered by their own supporters as Burnley registered their first ever Premier League win at Old Trafford.\n\nBurnley took the lead just before half-time when Chris Wood spun off Harry Maguire to meet Ben Mee's knockdown and smash into the top corner from the edge of the six-yard box.\n\nJay Rodriguez doubled the Clarets' advantage when he played a one-two with Wood before firing into the top corner of David de Gea's near post with a venomous strike from the left-hand corner of the penalty area.\n\nIt was the third season in a row Burnley had gone 2-0 up at Old Trafford, but for the first time they hung on for all three points.\n\nUnited, who were without the injured Marcus Rashford, were lacklustre for large periods and barely threatened Nick Pope in the Burnley goal.\n\nThey were booed off at half-time and full-time and large parts of the ground emptied with five minutes left.\n\nOle Gunnar Solskjaer's side remain six points behind Chelsea and off the top four, while Burnley climb to 13th, seven points clear of the relegation zone.\n• None 'Toxic, embarrassing, worst squad in 30 years' - pundits and fans on Man Utd defeat\n\nA lot of pre-match conversation was focused on how United would cope without Rashford, who is sidelined for at least six weeks with a stress fracture of the back.\n\nThat gave an opportunity to Anthony Martial to stake his claim to be United's long-term number nine, but the Frenchman looked off the pace throughout and wasted two good first-half opportunities from Aaron Wan-Bissaka's cross and Nemanja Matic's throughball.\n\nSolskjaer turned to 18-year-old Mason Greenwood at half-time, and the teenager at least showed glimpses of his potential with a brilliant turn past Charlie Taylor followed by a driving run and shot which went just wide.\n\nHowever, the fact Solskjaer is regularly turning to a teenager in a desperate attempt to turn around games is a damning indictment of the quality of his squad, and could prompt United to act in the final nine days of the transfer window.\n\nBurnley's second-half display in their 2-1 win over Champions League-chasing Leicester on Sunday signalled a return to the grit and character that has been the Clarets' blueprint since they returned to the top flight in 2016.\n\nThere was more of the same in Manchester on Wednesday as Wood and Rodriguez showed the ruthlessness up front the east Lancashire side have sorely missed at times this season.\n\nBehind the front two it was a disciplined and well-organised display, with Mee and James Tarkowski superb at the heart of defence, married with a tenacious midfield display from Jack Cork and Ashley Westwood.\n\nBack-to-back wins mean Burnley move level on points with 10th-placed Arsenal, Crystal Palace, Everton and Newcastle - all five teams locked on 30 points.\n\n'It is not good enough' - what the managers said\n\nManchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, talking to BBC Match of the Day: \"There are loads of thoughts going through my mind. At one point it felt like we were creating openings and didn't take them. Now, it's one of disappointment. We hold our hands up, it is not good enough.\n\n\"The players are giving everything, they have done absolutely fantastic so far this season but they know it wasn't good enough tonight.\n\n\"The boys they looked mentally tired towards the end, we didn't find that creativity. We can't feel sorry for ourselves. When you are at Man Utd you are privileged because you are playing for the best club in the world. Sometimes you go through periods like this and it is a test I am sure they are going to come through.\"\n\nBurnley manager Sean Dyche, talking to BBC Match of the Day: \"I am very pleased with that. We know it's a tough place to come and it was a good performance from us. We scored two very good goals.\n\n\"They didn't find any killer moments, which was very pleasing. Strong, fit and organised will never go out of fashion.\"\n• None Burnley ended a run of 15 away league matches without a win against Manchester United, tasting victory for the first time since a 5-2 win in September 1962.\n• None Since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was made permanent manager in March, United have lost more Premier League games (12) than they have won (11).\n• None Manchester United suffered consecutive Premier League defeats for only the second time under Solskjaer, losing back-to-back games for the first time since April 2019.\n• None Burnley manager Sean Dyche has now beaten 27 of the 29 teams he has faced in the Premier League, failing only against Arsenal (9 games) and Sheffield United (1).\n• None Since the start of the 2017-18 season, Burnley striker Chris Wood is one of only 12 players to have scored 30+ Premier League goals (30 in total).\n• None Three of the last seven occasions Manchester United have trailed by at least two goals in a home Premier League game have been against Burnley (also December 2017 and January 2019).\n• None Chris Wood's goal in the 39th minute was Burnley's first goal in the first half of a Premier League game since November, when they scored twice against West Ham.\n\nManchester United will travel to the winner of Thursday's FA Cup third-round replay between Tranmere and Watford on Sunday, 26 January (15:00 GMT) while Burnley host Norwich on Saturday, 25 January (15:00 GMT).\n• None Attempt saved. Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.\n• None Attempt blocked. Fred (Manchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Juan Mata.\n• None Attempt missed. Anthony Martial (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Mason Greenwood.\n• None Offside, Burnley. Jeff Hendrick tries a through ball, but Jay Rodriguez is caught offside.\n• None Attempt missed. Mason Greenwood (Manchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Aaron Wan-Bissaka.\n• None Attempt blocked. Luke Shaw (Manchester United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Fred.\n• None Attempt blocked. Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luke Shaw.\n• None Attempt saved. Anthony Martial (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nemanja Matic.\n• None Attempt saved. Phil Jones (Manchester United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Juan Mata with a cross. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "For many people in China, this is the only time they will get to see their families this year. It's the only public holiday long enough for people to go all the way home if you live a long way away. It's like Christmas in the West.\n\nPeople will be concerned about their health and will know that enjoying yourself at a time of a health crisis is secondary.\n\nI can't remember a time of such disruption during China's biggest holiday. The government will be aware of this. But what they are more aware of is that with the Sars outbreak in 2003, it was criticised for not doing enough quickly enough.\n\nThey don't want to be seen saying \"carry on with the New Year celebrations\" when there is a crisis going on. They would rather cancel events and make sure this crisis is in control rather than face the criticism.", "Morrisons is axing 3,000 management roles as part of a huge restructuring to create more shop floor jobs.\n\nThe firm says it is also creating 7,000 new hourly-paid roles at its 500 stores, meaning a net 4,000 new posts.\n\nThe new jobs will be in customer-facing roles, such as more butchers, bakers, fishmongers, the supermarket said.\n\nMorrisons said the new roles will be a mixture of part and full time posts, but declined to reveal how the numbers will be split.\n\nManagers will be able to move to the new jobs, with the firm saying there will be roles \"for everybody who wants to continue to work at Morrisons\".\n\nDavid Lepley, Morrisons group retail director, said: \"Whilst there will be a short period of uncertainty for some managers affected by these proposals we will be supporting them through this process.\n\n\"There will also be more roles with greater flexibility that are very attractive to colleagues with families.\"\n\nThe company says those in managerial jobs who want to remain working at Morrisons can stay. However, their new offer will be at the shop floor level. Front-line store staff at Morrisons earn £9 an hour.\n\nNews of the restructuring was first reported by Retail Week.\n\nThe big four supermarkets are all making changes to try to stem the flow of shoppers switching allegiance to discount stores.\n\nThey are all hoping to save money on staffing costs in order to be able to offer bigger discounts to shoppers in store. Within the past year Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda have all announced significant job cuts at management level.\n\nHowever, unlike Tesco's job cuts at this point last year, Morrisons are putting more new shop floor workers behind specialist counters.\n\nRather than cutting deli counters, Morrisons are keen for their Market Street sections to help them stand out against the other big players in the supermarket wars.\n\nAll affected stores will have a 45-day consultation period, with the cuts beginning in March.\n\nThe manager jobs at risk include in-store posts, and not office roles, the company said.\n\nJobs such as in-store beer, wine and spirits managers will be combined with other jobs.\n\nMorrisons is not the only supermarket to be cutting management posts. All the big four UK supermarket chains are battling to retain market share amid fierce competition, particularly from discount chains Aldi and Lidl.\n\nEarlier this week, Sainsbury's said it was shedding hundreds of managers at its head office, but did not confirm the number.\n\nSainsbury's said the cuts were being made due to the integration of Argos, which it bought in 2016.\n\nAsda has reportedly begun consultations with more than 2,800 staff over cutbacks. Reports say those working in administrative, cash office and personnel roles have been told their jobs are at risk.", "Live coverage from Washington DC, as President Donald Trump's impeachment trial continues in the Senate.\n\nThe impeachment is in its final stages as senators prepare to cast their final vote on Wednesday, with acquittal almost certain.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Graphic footage from PC Stuart Outten's body worn camera showed Rodwan punching the officer before grabbing a sharpened machete\n\nA van driver who repeatedly struck a police officer with a machete during a routine traffic stop has been found guilty of wounding with intent.\n\nMuhammad Rodwan attacked PC Stuart Outten, 29, after he was pulled over in Leyton, east London, on 7 August.\n\nThe officer was badly injured and has yet to return to work.\n\nRodwan, 56, of Luton, had claimed he was acting in self defence. He was convicted of wounding with intent but found not guilty of attempted murder.\n\nIn a victim impact statement read out to the Old Bailey PC Outten said: \"This incident has changed my life but I hope it has not changed the way I police.\"\n\nRodwan, who has previous convictions for rape and two other machete attacks, was also cleared by the jury of possessing an offensive weapon.\n\nPC Outten suffered several injuries including six wounds to the head\n\nPC Outten suffered six blows to the head from a 2ft-long blade after stopping Rodwan's white van for having no insurance.\n\nThe defendant said he was not aware at the time that the insurance on his van had expired 12 days earlier.\n\nFollowing the attack PC Outten said he counted himself \"very lucky\" to survive, saying \"thankfully\" his head was hard enough to withstand the onslaught.\n\nHe suffered six deep wounds to the head, exposing his skull, slash wounds to his arm, several broken fingers and three severed tendons in one hand.\n\nBleeding heavily from deep gashes to the head and arm the Met Police officer Tasered Rodwan twice before subduing him, the Old Bailey heard.\n\nMuhammad Rodwan was convicted of wounding with intent but found not guilty of attempted murder\n\nRodwan told jurors he did not recall punching PC Outten before he was arrested.\n\nIn the struggle, the officer pulled some of Rodwan's dreadlocks out, which was \"extremely painful\", and grabbed his throat, he said.\n\n\"I could not breathe at all,\" Rodwan told his trial.\n\n\"It felt like he cracked my throat, squeezed so hard it felt like it was popping.\"\n\nRodwan said he retrieved his machete from the van but could not remember how many times he hit PC Outten with it before getting out.\n\nHe said: \"I was just trying to hit him to get him away from me.\"\n\nPC Outten suffered six wounds to the head, including a fractured skull\n\nThe defendant said he did not know Pc Outten had a Taser and had raised the machete up to \"try to scare him away from me\".\n\nGraphic footage from the police officer's body worn camera showed Rodwan punching the officer before grabbing a sharpened machete as Pc Outten tried to arrest him.\n\nRodwan had claimed he had the machete in his van for his gardening work.\n\nThe jury was told the defendant had a conviction for rape in 1982.\n\nAnd in 1997 at Snaresbrook Crown Court he was convicted of two offences of wounding with intent for an unprovoked machete attack on a tenant and his friend for which he was sentenced to nine years in prison.\n\nSeveral of Rodwan's dreadlocks were pulled out during the struggle.\n\nAt the time of his arrest last year, Rodwan gave a relative's address in Luton, Bedfordshire, but went on to tell jurors he slept in his van around Waltham Forest.\n\nDuring his trial, Mrs Justice Carr ruled Rodwan's violent past was inadmissible despite jurors asking about previous convictions.\n\nDet Ch Insp Nathan Munson, who led the investigation, said: \"Rodwan was not acting in self-defence on that day - the number of blows, the force of the blows and targeted blows to PC Outten's head proved this.\n\n\"It is reassuring for Londoners to know this violent individual will be unable to cause harm to other members of the emergency services or the wider public.\"\n\nRodwan told jurors he slept in his van around Waltham Forest\n\nFollowing the verdicts, Det Ch Supt Richard Tucker paid tribute to PC Outten, saying: \"He did what I would hope the vast majority of police officers in the country would do.\n\n\"He had the training, he put that into action, notwithstanding he was very, very lucky that day and I'm very, very proud of Stuart.\n\n\"He did an amazing job to apprehend that individual.\"\n\nAccording to figures from the Metropolitan Police, 5,900 officers and staff were attacked between January and December last year, compared to 5,700 in the period between November 2018 and October 2019.\n\nA total of 45% involved some form of injury, and of those, 10% amounted to grievous bodily harm or grievous bodily harm with intent.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Jessica Simpson has appeared in films including The Dukes Of Hazzard and Employee Of The Month\n\nUS singer Jessica Simpson has revealed how being sexually assaulted as a child led to a reliance on drugs and alcohol.\n\nThe 39-year-old had top 10 UK chart hits in the noughties with I Wanna Love You Forever, These Boots Are Made For Walkin' and With You.\n\nIn an excerpt of her new memoir Open Book, published in People magazine, she admitted to self-medicating for years to deal with the \"trauma\".\n\n\"I was killing myself with all the drinking and pills,\" she said.\n\nSimpson quit drinking alcohol in November 2017 when she realised it was \"making things worse\".\n\n\"Giving up the alcohol was easy,\" she went on. \"I was mad at that bottle. At how it allowed me to stay complacent and numb.\"\n\nThe abuse she suffered began when she was six years old when she shared a bed with the daughter of a family friend.\n\n\"It would start with tickling my back and then go into things that were extremely uncomfortable,\" she wrote.\n\n\"I wanted to tell my parents. I was the victim but somehow I felt in the wrong.\"\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 Simpson 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\nSix years later she plucked up the courage to tell her parents during a car journey. Her mother reacted by slapping her father's arm and yelling: \"I told you something was happening.\"\n\n\"Dad kept his eye on the road and said nothing,\" wrote Simpson.\n\n\"We never stayed at my parents' friends' house again but we also didn't talk about what I had said\".\n\nSimpson found fame as a teenage pop star in the late 1990s before starring in MTV reality series Newlyweds: Nick And Jessica alongside her former husband Nick Lachey.\n\nShe's now married to former American football player Eric Johnson, with whom she has three children.\n\nThe star, who used therapy to allow herself to finally \"feel the traumas\" she'd been through said she'd been on \"a long hard deep emotional journey\".\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.\n• None One in five adults 'experienced abuse as children'", "Louise Lawford admitted animal welfare offences not linked to the missing dogs\n\nA dog walker who said she lost five pets in her care has been banned from keeping animals for five years.\n\nLouise Lawford admitted four animal welfare offences relating to her business Pawford Paws in Birmingham.\n\nProsecutors rejected her claim the dogs ran off - but said they could not prove what happened and had to drop charges relating to the pets' disappearance.\n\nShe was called a \"dog killer\" by someone in the public gallery, which the judge described as \"outrageous\".\n\nBirmingham Magistrates' Court heard Mrs Lawford, from Erdington, had been placed in a position of trust and left customers anguished.\n\nThe fate of the missing \"Tamworth Five\", Ralph, Charlie, Pablo, Maggie and Jack, which disappeared after a walk in Hopwas Woods near Tamworth on 23 June, remains a mystery.\n\nSome of the pets' owners were in court to witness Mrs Lawford being sentenced.\n\n\"The dogs were never found, despite being chipped and there being extensive searches,\" said Jonathan Barker, prosecuting, adding he did not accept Mrs Lawford's account that the dogs got lost in the woods, but could not prove otherwise.\n\nBecky Parsons believes her dogs Pablo and Maggie have died\n\nSpeaking after the hearing, the dogs' owners - who say they \"know\" their pets are dead - said they would take civil action against Mrs Lawford.\n\n\"It's a positive outcome because the court just did not believe the dogs were lost,\" one owner Becky Parsons said. \"It just doesn't make sense.\"\n\nShe said the past six months had been \"an emotional rollercoaster\" and that she was so upset at losing her dogs, Pablo and Maggie, that she \"couldn't face going back\" to her house and has had to move.\n\nThe case, brought by Birmingham City Council, has attracted much attention on social media, and Mrs Lawford was called a \"dog killer\" when she left court briefly before sentencing.\n\nPugs Charlie and Ralph were among the dogs that went missing in Tamworth in June\n\nDistrict Judge Joanna Dickens was right to describe this as a \"very strange case\".\n\nThe investigation began when the five dogs vanished, but criminal proceedings ended today and we still don't have any answers. What happened last June remains a mystery.\n\nThe dogs' owners are convinced they're no longer alive, and have their own theories about the circumstances, but we must wait until they bring a civil case against Mrs Lawford before we find out what they think happened.\n\nThe decision not to pursue charges relating to their disappearance may at first seem baffling, but the owners of the \"Tamworth Five\" say it will help their civil case, as it means that the dog-sitter's explanation - that the dogs ran away - hasn't been accepted in a legal setting.\n\nMrs Lawford's legal representatives said she had also been sent anonymous death threats online.\n\nShe said she was suffering \"extreme emotional and physical stress\" when the dogs vanished in Tamworth in June 2019.\n\nShe had separated from her husband in March and suffered a nervous breakdown when she made the \"foolish decision\" to continue her dog-walking duties, the court heard.\n\nThe owners of the missing dogs were in court for sentencing\n\nDescribing it as \"a very strange case\", Judge Joanna Dickens expressed frustration she could not take the disappearance of the dogs into account when sentencing Mrs Lawford.\n\nThe former dog walker, who has already had her licence revoked, admitted breaching conditions including limits on the number of dogs she boarded at any one time, boarding dogs from different homes, as well as failing to seek treatment for the dog with a skin condition.\n\nMrs Lawford's defence said she expressed \"extreme and continuing remorse for what happened to the dogs\".\n\n\"This is well-intentioned but incompetent care,\" her legal representative Tom Walking said.\n\nMrs Lawford apologised for the pain owners of the missing dogs have suffered\n\nThe 49-year-old was fined £800 and banned from owning dogs for five years for breaching her licence conditions and failing to seek treatment for the dog that developed a skin condition while in her care. She must also pay costs of £2,616 and a victim surcharge of £80.\n\nHer sentence means she will have to give up her elderly pet labrador.\n\nBirmingham City Council welcomed the sentence, calling the case \"unusual and upsetting\".\n\n\"Only Mrs Lawford knows the truth of what happened to the five beloved pets placed in her care,\" said Vicky Allwood, the council's senior animal welfare officer.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "John Bercow has \"categorically\" denied accusations of bullying during his time as the Speaker of the Commons.\n\nThe statement comes after his former Clerk of the House, Lord Lisvane, made a formal complaint about him to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards.\n\nBut Mr Bercow said he had never \"bullied anyone, anywhere at any time\".\n\nThe former Speaker also criticised the government for failing to nominate him for a peerage.\n\nHe said that, since retiring, it had \"become increasingly obvious that the government has no intention of honouring the centuries-old convention that a departing Speaker is promptly elevated to the House of Lords\".\n\nMr Bercow added: \"Indeed, it has been suggested to me that the government actively seeks to block any other attempt to nominate me for membership of the upper House.\"\n\nThere have been reports that the former Speaker - who previously sat as a Conservative MP - has been nominated for a peerage by the outgoing Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.\n\nBut Downing Street said appointments to the House of Lords are \"a matter for house authorities\" and they were \"not aware of a nomination being put forward\".\n\nA No 10 source suggested to the BBC that Mr Bercow's accusation showed a lack of understanding of the process of nominations for a peerage, adding: \"The speaker wasn't always a fan of convention.\"\n\nLord Lisvane, who served as Clerk of the House between 2011 and 2014, confirmed to the BBC he had submitted a formal complaint on Wednesday, which was understood to be centred around bullying.\n\nIn an earlier statement, Mr Bercow - who stood down in 2019 after 10 years in the chair - said his former colleague had \"ample opportunity\" to raise issues in their time working together, adding that the timing of the intervention was \"curious\".\n\nOn Thursday afternoon, he said: \"I have seen in the media that Lord Lisvane is formally complaining that I bullied staff.\n\n\"For the record, I categorically deny that I have ever bullied anyone, anywhere at any time.\"\n\nMr Bercow has faced other accusations of bullying during his time in office, but has denied all the claims.\n\nNo 10 said the allegations were \"very concerning\" and should be \"investigated thoroughly\".\n\nThe prime minister's spokesman added: \"There can be no place for bullying or abuse in Westminster or any workplace, and it is important that the parliamentary leadership responds fully and promptly to any concerns which are raised.\"\n\nLord Lisvane began working at the House of Commons in 1972 and has held a number of procedural roles, including clerk for Private Members' Bills and clerk for the European Scrutiny Committee.\n\nThe former Commons clerk, Sir Robert Rogers, adopted the title of Lord Lisvane\n\nHe became Clerk Assistant and Director General of the Chamber and Committee Services in 2009, before stepping up to the Clerk of the House of Commons in 2011.\n\nAfter standing down in 2014, he became a life peer and sits in the House of Lords as a crossbencher.\n\nEarlier, former Leader of the Commons Andrea Leadsom said anyone found to have bullied or harassed colleagues in Parliament \"should not be offered a peerage\".\n\nThe now-business secretary, who clashed with Mr Bercow on a number of occasions in the Commons, told BBC Radio 5 Live: \"I worked cross-party to put in place a complaints procedure which would mean anybody, whoever they are, including the Speaker of the House of Commons, or indeed of the Lords, would be subject to those same complaints procedures.\n\n\"Specifically, we made sure if you were an MP and you were potentially going to be offered a peerage, that anything that was alleged against you would be taken into account.\n\n\"So, I think it is really important, whoever you are, that all of those complaints are taken seriously.\"", "When Ian Bainbridge's son Ellis was stillborn after 34 weeks, he thought he would at least have time to grieve.\n\nThe tragedy was compounded because negligent medical staff had failed to spot that his partner Lisa was pregnant in the first place. As a result, she nearly died in childbirth.\n\nBut he ended up having to take a day's annual leave just to attend his son's funeral. Otherwise, there was no respite at all from his job.\n\n\"I went to work a complete mess for the next four to six weeks,\" he told the BBC.\n\nNow he welcomes the fact that in future, parents who lose a child will receive two weeks' paid bereavement leave under new government rules.\n\n\"Two weeks isn't much, but looking back on my experience, it would have been a breathing space,\" he says.\n\nThe new law will come into force in April, with the UK being the only country to have that right to time off, MPs said.\n\nIt will be known as Jack's Law, in memory of Jack Herd, whose mother Lucy has been campaigning for reform since he drowned aged 23 months in 2010.\n\nAs the law currently stands, there is no automatic right to paid time off for such bereavement. However, parents of stillborn children are entitled to maternity and paternity leave.\n\nUnder the new law, parents who lose a child under the age of 18 will be able to take leave as either a single block of two weeks, or as two separate blocks of one week each across the first year after the death.\n\nIan, an ex-nurse who worked in social care in Lewisham in south-east London, was responsible for managing 40 carers. He remembers vividly what happened when he broke the news of his loss to his bosses.\n\n\"I rang my line manager and said, 'You won't believe what's happened.' He said, 'I'm sorry to hear that, but I've got no-one to cover for you tomorrow. You're going to have to come in.' Ellis was stillborn at 10pm and I was in work at eight o'clock the next day.\n\n\"I was back answering the telephone, being polite. Inside I was screaming.\"\n\nThe experience took its toll on Ian. He and Lisa split up three years later, he lost all interest in his job and he even contemplated suicide.\n\n\"The only thing that kept me going was I had two children from a previous marriage,\" he said.\n\nNow aged 57, Ian currently lives in Ilford. He has a new partner and they plan to move north to Carlisle.\n\nFive years have gone by since the tragedy. \"It's the old cliche, time is a healer,\" Ian says.\n\nBut he admits that he blamed himself for a long time for what happened: \"I felt very isolated and alone.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lucy Herd successfully campaigned for parents to get paid bereavement leave\n\nAfter talking to her relatives, Lucy Herd, from Cumbria, found that three days was sometimes the maximum leave workplaces offered parents to grieve, she told the BBC.\n\n\"Anything from 24 hours to three days and any extra time taken had to be sick leave or holiday,\" she said.\n\nWhen she spoke to other bereaved parents, she found a gap between what employers were saying and how working parents were treated.\n\n\"More and more people told me they had experienced the same thing. Employers were saying 'take as much time as you need', and they were taking six months off, and it was down on their record as being off sick. They'd come back to a P45 on their desk.\"\n\n\"I had to make a positive out of a negative\" in campaigning for change, she said.\n\nShe would like to see similar rights extended to those grieving any loved one.\n\n\"When I started this it was about everyone's bereavement,\" she said. \"Grief is grief.\"\n\nThe Parental Bereavement (Pay and Leave) Bill received royal assent in 2018, and will now come into force.\n\nThe Conservatives made a commitment in their 2017 general election manifesto to introduce \"a new entitlement to child bereavement leave\".\n\nUnder the new rules, people who have been employed for at least 26 weeks will be entitled to a minimum payment of up to £148 a week during their bereavement leave, depending on the level of their salary.\n\nClea Harmer, chief executive of Sands, a stillbirth and neonatal death charity, said parents also need support after such a traumatic event\n\nClea Harmer, chief executive of Sands, a stillbirth and neonatal death charity, told the BBC the new rules were a good start, but that the time off should be part of broader care for parents who have lost a child.\n\n\"A lot of parents, after the death of a baby or a child, suffer the sort of grief or reaction to grief that needs psychological intervention,\" she said. Time off and support early on can make a big difference, she said.\n\nThe new rules will take effect in April, but as the law stands, there is no automatic right to paid time off for bereavement.\n\nAnother area requiring improvement is breaking the stigma of talking about the death of children, Ms Harmer added.\n\nThe new measures are \"an indication we are doing well\", she said, but \"we could do better\".\n\n\"People don't talk about the death of a baby or a child leaving parents very isolated.\"\n\nBusiness Secretary Andrea Leadsom said the measures were \"a minimum, and something to build on\".\n\n\"In many cases, businesses are incredibly sympathetic and very supportive of parents who have been bereaved, but what we are saying is, this is the statutory minimum and we would hope and encourage them to offer more than that,\" she said.\n\nShadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey said Labour had long-supported the proposal and welcomed its announcement.\n\n\"As set out in our Workers' Rights Manifesto, Labour is calling for bereavement leave for those who have lost a close family member,\" she said.", "John Bercow stood down as Commons Speaker in 2019\n\nA complaint has been made against former Commons Speaker John Bercow by a previous senior adviser.\n\nLord Lisvane, who served as Clerk of the House between 2011 and 2014, said he submitted the formal complaint to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards on Wednesday.\n\nIt is believed to centre on bullying.\n\nMr Bercow, who stood down from his role last year, said Lord Lisvane had \"ample opportunity\" to raise issues in their five years working together.\n\nIn a statement, Mr Bercow said: \"At no stage did he do so, even though he became Clerk of the House - the most senior official. The timing of this intervention is curious.\"\n\nThe former Speaker, who spent 10 years in the role, has faced other accusations of bullying during his time in office, but has denied all the claims.\n\nThere have been reports Mr Bercow - who previously sat as a Conservative MP - has been nominated for a peerage by the outgoing Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.\n\nNo 10 said the allegations were \"very concerning\" and should be \"investigated thoroughly\".\n\nThe prime minister's spokesman added: \"There can be no place for bullying or abuse in Westminster or any workplace, and it is important that the parliamentary leadership responds fully and promptly to any concerns which are raised.\"\n\nLord Lisvane began working at the House of Commons in 1972 and has held a number of procedural roles, including clerk for Private Members' Bills and clerk for the European Scrutiny Committee.\n\nThe former Commons clerk, Sir Robert Rogers, adopted the title of Lord Lisvane\n\nHe became Clerk Assistant and Director General of the Chamber and Committee Services in 2009, before stepping up to the Clerk of the House of Commons in 2011.\n\nAfter standing down in 2014, he became a life peer and sits in the House of Lords as a crossbencher.\n\nFormer Leader of the Commons, Andrea Leadsom, said anyone found to have bullied or harassed colleagues in Parliament \"should not be offered a peerage\".\n\nThe now-business secretary, who clashed with Mr Bercow on a number of occasions in the Commons, told BBC Radio 5 Live: \"I worked cross-party to put in place a complaints procedure which would mean anybody, whoever they are, including the Speaker of the House of Commons, or indeed of the Lords, would be subject to those same complaints procedures.\n\n\"Specifically, we made sure if you were an MP and you were potentially going to be offered a peerage, that anything that was alleged against you would be taken into account.\n\n\"So, I think it is really important, whoever you are, that all of those complaints are taken seriously.\"", "The woman was found with head injuries at a property in Waverley Avenue, Chingford\n\nA man has been arrested after a woman died in what police said was a disturbance at a north London property.\n\nOfficers found the woman with head injuries at a property in Waverley Avenue, Chingford, late on Wednesday.\n\nPolice had been called to the property shortly after 23:30 GMT following reports of a disturbance.\n\nThe victim, who was in her 60s, died at the scene. Officers believe the victim and the arrested man, who is in his 20s, were known to each other.\n\nThe man was arrested at the property.\n\nThe Met Police said detectives believed they knew the identity of the dead woman and were in the process of informing her next of kin.\n\nA post-mortem examination is expected to be held.\n\nWitnesses are being asked to contact police with information.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A woman believed to be the oldest surviving female World War Two veteran in the UK has died at the age of 108.\n\nAnne Robson, from Duns in the Scottish Borders, joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service in 1942.\n\nThe Women's Royal Army Corps Association (WRACA) described her as a \"true pioneer\" who was \"fiercely independent\".\n\nIt confirmed that Ms Robson - who was living in a care home in Edinburgh - died on Monday evening.\n\nIt is hoped a memorial service will be held in her honour towards the end of February.\n\nBorn Gladys Anne Logan MacWatt on 14 September 1911, Ms Robson trained as a physiotherapist before becoming a teacher.\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 British Army 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 joined the ATS in 1942 and rose to the rank of senior commander (major) as an assistant inspector of physical training.\n\n\"I didn't join up right at the beginning of the war - I think it was a couple of years,\" she recalled in an interview in December 2018.\n\n\"They were starting a physical training wing for women.\n\n\"I went in as a private - I thought it was better if I was going to be an officer to know what went on underground.\"\n\nIt is hoped a memorial service can be held for Ms Robson next month\n\nHowever, she said she quickly became an officer.\n\n\"My first posting was London district - the bombing was still going on and I saw the first 'doodlebug' fall,\" she said.\n\n\"I didn't know what it was but I was looking out of the window and this thing came buzzing along and I had to suddenly dive down.\"\n\nMs Robson remained in service for two years after the war ended before working at the Avery Hill College of Education in London.\n\nShe got married in 1953 and moved to Newcastle where she took up the post of deputy head at the Longbenton Secondary Modern School.\n\nWhen her husband Jack died in 1972 she moved to St Andrews before moving into residential care in Edinburgh.\n\nMs Robson's niece - Katharine Trotter - said her aunt was always happy to talk about her wartime experience but \"never bragged\" about it.\n\n\"She was a very inspiring relative, \" she said.\n\n\"Over the years she had her hardships but never once did I hear her complain.\n\n\"She retained her sense of humour - and I think that is one of the reasons she had so many visitors.\"\n\nThe WRACA added that it was \"extremely proud\" of the charity's association with Ms Robson.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Workers disinfect the Hankou Railway Station in Wuhan, a day before the shutdown\n\nWith two days until the Chinese New Year, the railway station in Wuhan should be buzzing.\n\nAcross the country, millions of people are heading home to see loved ones. But in China's seventh biggest city - home of the coronavirus - most platforms are deserted.\n\nAs of 10:00 on Thursday (02:00 GMT), buses, trains, subways and ferries were stopped from leaving the city.\n\nFlights were also suspended. Roads are not officially closed, but roadblocks have been reported, and residents have been told not to leave.\n\nSo the question is - can you quarantine an entire city? And if you can - does it work?\n\nThermal scanners that detect temperatures of passengers inside the Hankou station in Tuesday\n\nWuhan is a huge place - the 42nd biggest city in the world, according to UN data - and cannot easily be turned into an isolation ward.\n\nMore than 20 major roads come into Wuhan, plus dozens of smaller ones. Even with public transport closed, sealing the city would require a massive military effort.\n\n\"The only way you could do it, realistically, would be to ring-fence the city with the PLA [Chinese military],\" says Professor Adam Kamradt-Scott, a health security expert from the University of Sydney.\n\nBut even if they do it, where - literally - would they draw the line? Like most modern cities, Wuhan sprawls into smaller towns and villages.\n\n\"Cities are shaped in unorthodox ways,\" says Professor Mikhail Prokopenko, a pandemics expert also from the University of Sydney,\n\n\"You can't really block every road and every connection. It may be possible to an extent... but it's not a foolproof measure.\"\n\nGauden Galea, the World Health Organization's representative in China, puts it more bluntly.\n\n\"To my knowledge, trying to contain a city of 11 million people is new to science,\" he told the Associated Press. \"We cannot at this stage say it will or it will not work.\"\n\nAnd - even if it proves possible to shut the stable door on Wuhan - the horse may already have bolted.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Wuhan virus was reported to the WHO on 31 December. It wasn't until 20 January that officials in China confirmed it could be passed human-to-human.\n\nBy that time, tens of thousands of people had been and gone from the city. The virus has since been reported across China and Asia, and even in the US - all in people who had recently been in Wuhan.\n\nBut, even though the virus is spreading worldwide, Prof Kamradt-Scott says the domestic situation is more worrying.\n\n\"In each of the [other] countries where we've seen cases emerge, it's only been one or two, or four in Thailand,\" says Prof Kamradt-Scott.\n\n\"They're very small numbers of cases. It appears they have effectively been caught in time to prevent further transmission locally. So the bigger concern is within China.\"\n\nOf the 571 cases reported by Thursday, 375 were in Hubei province, where Wuhan is the capital. But there were another 26 in Guangdong, 10 in Beijing, plus 38 possible cases in Hong Kong.\n\n\"If the virus is already there, and there's already local community transmission, then the measures in Wuhan are too late,\" says Prof Kamradt-Scott.\n\nProf Prokopenko agrees that the international response has been good. Passengers on the last plane from Wuhan to Sydney, for example, were greeted by biosecurity officials.\n\nThe problem, the professor says, is many people could have the virus and not even know it.\n\n\"There is a difference between infected and infectious,\" he warns.\n\n\"Infected people have a virus in their organism, but they are not yet infectious. They don't show symptoms. They look totally normal until they have already been in contact with other people.\"\n\nThe normal incubation period for flu, he says, is two or three days. But for a coronavirus, it could be five to six days, a week, or even longer.\n\nThat is - someone could have caught the virus last week, taken it across the world, infected others, and still not know they are ill.\n\n\"And when they do start showing symptoms, it may be confused with common cold or flu,\" says Prof Prokopenko. \"That's the difficulty.\"\n\nNone of this means China is wrong to try to contain the virus. The WHO has praised their efforts, and there are some precedents for what experts call \"social distancing\".\n\nIn April 2009, Mexico City shut down bars, cinemas, theatres, football grounds, and even churches in an attempt to stop swine flu. Restaurants were only allowed to serve takeaway food.\n\n\"It did apparently slow the transmission of the virus in Mexico City, and helped authorities get a handle on the situation,\" says Prof Kamradt-Scott. \"Did it stop it completely? No.\"\n\nSo overall, is the Wuhan shutdown worthwhile?\n\n\"China has only been reporting confirmed cases,\" says Prof Kamradt-Scott.\n\n\"On the basis of those numbers [571 cases, with 17 dead], if it was me, I probably wouldn't do it. But if there are thousands of suspected cases, then that would considerably change the equation.\"", "Stormont's five main party leaders have asked that a £1,000 pay rise in MLAs' salaries is \"immediately deferred\".\n\nMLAs' pay is due to rise from £49,500 to £50,500 but the five leaders jointly asked the Assembly Commission to halt this until the decision is reviewed.\n\nStormont's Speaker Alex Maskey has now called commission members to a meeting on Thursday to discuss the issue.\n\nThe current rules on MLAs' salaries and expenses were set by the Independent Financial Review Panel (IFRP) in 2016.\n\nStormont's devolved government collapsed the following year and the panel's members terms later expired, but the IFRP's determination from 2016 still applies.\n\nThat determination provides MLAs with a £500 annual increase to their salaries, but pay rises were blocked while devolution was suspended after a request from the Assembly Commission to the then Secretary of State Karen Bradley.\n\nWith devolution restored, MLAs are due to automatically receive a £1,000 uplift - for the two years they did not get the additional money while Stormont was not running.\n\nHowever, many of the 90 MLAs have said they did not have any input into this decision and have offered to donate the money to charity.\n\nThe assembly sat for the first time in three years on 11 January\n\nIn a joint statement on Wednesday, the five main party leaders said: \"We share the broad public dismay at this development, only a matter of days after the Assembly and institutions have been fully restored.\n\n\"We have had a range of concerns over time around recommendations emerging from the Independent Financial Review Panel.\n\n\"We are jointly asking the Assembly Commission that any pay proposal is immediately deferred until the work of the Financial Review Panel has been comprehensively reviewed, and a new panel has the opportunity to consider this matter again and produce a fresh determination.\n\n\"We recognise that a number of MLAs and parties have indicated if the proposed pay increase cannot be halted, they will donate any additional sum to local causes and charities.\"\n\nOn Wednesday evening, a spokesperson for the Northern Ireland Assembly said: \"The Speaker is mindful of the concerns expressed by the five main political parties in relation to the Independent Financial Review Panel's inflationary increases to MLA salaries arising from its 2016 determination.\n\n\"He has therefore invited Assembly Commission members and those members who are due to be appointed to the commission, to attend a meeting tomorrow afternoon, to discuss how those concerns might be addressed.\"\n\nThe IFRP was established by the Assembly Commission in 2011 to make independent determinations in relation to MLAs' salaries, allowances and pensions.\n\nUnder its 2016 determination, MLAs are due to receive another £500 rise in April 2020, unless the assembly establishes another mechanism to deal with MLA pay.\n\nEarlier, the DUP and Sinn Féin both said they would look at ways to stop the £1,000 pay increase.\n\nSinn Féin vice president Michelle O'Neill said it was \"unjustifiable\".\n\nThe DUP said it was \"totally opposed\" to it, \"in light of the very recent restoration of the assembly\".\n\nThe DUP and Sinn Féin said they would explore ways to stop or return the pay rise\n\nThe DUP said it supported \"the concept that pay levels should be entirely independent of any MLA input\".\n\nHowever, the statement added: \"We are currently examining options to see whether this rise can be returned and if not then it is the view of our members that they will not keep any additional salary but instead support local causes.\"\n\nSpeaking on BBC NI's Good Morning Ulster, Economy Minister Diane Dodds said: \"Whoever thought that this was a good thing to do, at this particular juncture, was way off the mark.\n\n\"It is incredibly unfortunate that this has jarred with the start of what has been quite a positive opening to the assembly.\"\n\nMs O'Neill tweeted on Tuesday that assembly members had \"no input into this decision, nor did they seek it\".\n\nIn a statement on Wednesday, the party said it was \"actively exploring options to stop it\".\n\n\"If that's not possible then we'll see if the money can be returned to public funds or donated to charity,\" it added.\n\nThis is quite the move by the party leaders.\n\nWhile it's clear they are doing this to try to curtail some of the public ire, how they are going about it might make some uncomfortable.\n\nMLAs stopped having an input into how their pay is set in 2011, when the independent body was established.\n\nUnder the law, it states that the panel should not be \"subject to the direction or control of\" the Northern Ireland Assembly, or the Assembly Commission.\n\nBut this statement is an indication that the politicians want to undo - or at least review - what the panel decided almost four years ago.\n\nThe situation is complicated by fact that the panel members' terms of office were allowed to expire and no action was taken to replace them.\n\nIt is now over to the Assembly Commission - made up of the Speaker and five members from the main parties - to respond.\n\nAll 12 SDLP MLAs said they would be donating their pay rises to charity.\n\nPeople Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll said it was \"a slap in the face to nurses who stood on freezing pickets for months for pay parity, and the civil service staff who are still taking industrial action to get what they deserve\".\n\nMr Butler, the UUP's Chief Whip, said in a Facebook post he would be donating the salary increase to a number of charities.\n\n\"Just for clarity, there is no way to refuse this pay increase. It is automatic. It was not voted on by MLAs,\" he added.\n\nThe Alliance Party said it was \"working with other party leaders to find a means to defer this\".\n\nThe former chair of the IFRP, Pat McCartan, said the determination in the 2016 report still applies.\n\n\"It did provide for a basic salary of an MLA of £49,000 with a less than 1% increase per annum of £500 provided inflation was running at more than 1%,\" he said.\n\n\"Now, when you roll that up, that is why you get the current level of salaries and it is entirely justified through the whole method that we use with job evaluation, pay comparison, and looking at all other legislatures in these islands.\n\n\"These are the lowest paid legislatures, whether they actually legislate or not is a matter for the electorate.\"", "Poland's President Andrzej Duda has snubbed an event at Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.\n\nMr Duda complained that he has not been allowed to address the audience, whereas Mr Putin and other leaders will speak.\n\nPrime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told the BBC's Mishal Husain that the decision was a \"disrespect to Poland\".\n\nThe row is the latest escalation a bitter dispute between Russia and Poland over the history of World War Two.", "An emotional support peacock was turned away from Newark airport in 2018\n\nThe US is seeking to limit the kinds of animals that airlines must allow on board for free.\n\nThe Department of Transportation has proposed to restrict that right to dogs that are trained to help people with disabilities.\n\nIt said the plan is a response to concerns that increasing passengers are falsely claiming pets as \"service animals\".\n\nThe proposal is subject to public comment before it goes into effect.\n\nAmong other changes, the proposal would mean that so-called emotional support animals are no longer entitled to the same rights as \"service animals\".\n\nWhile passengers could have psychiatric service animals, that classification would require animals to have training.\n\nUS airlines welcomed the plans. They had called for action, saying a rising number of animals travelling in aeroplane cabins has led to growing complaints and incidents such as biting.\n\n\"Airlines want all passengers and crew to have a safe and comfortable flying experience, and we are confident the proposed rule will go a long way in ensuring a safer and healthier experience for everyone,\" said Nicholas Calio, president of industry lobby Airlines for America.\n\nThe changes, if they move forward, would bring the US closer to the UK, which does not recognise \"emotional support\" animals.\n\nOnly guide dogs, and dogs that help people with disabilities are allowed on British flights.\n\nIn the US, passengers attempting to bring turkeys, peacocks and squirrels inside plane cabins in recent years have drawn attention to the issue and prompted some airlines to tighten their rules on their own.\n\nAmerican Airlines, for example, prohibited flying with frogs, ferrets, hedgehogs and goats, even if they are therapy animals.\n\nDelta noted in 2018 that some passengers \"attempted to fly with comfort turkeys, gliding possums known as sugar gliders, snakes\" and spiders.\n\nThe Department of Transportation proposal would allow airlines to limit the number of animals passengers may bring with them, impose size rules and require paperwork certifying their service animals.\n\nHowever, airlines would not be allowed to refuse transport to service animals based on breed.", "Only about one in 14 crimes reported to police lead to a suspect being charged, official statistics have shown.\n\nCovering the year up to September 2019, the Home Office figures for England and Wales mark a new low, having fallen from about one in seven in 2015.\n\nIt comes as knife crime recorded by police rose by 7% to an all-time high and robberies increased by 12%.\n\nBut homicides - including murder and manslaughter - fell by 6% to 617 deaths, and fatal stabbings fell 20%.\n\nThe proportion of crimes leading to a prosecution in England and Wales has been in continuous decline since 2015, when the figures were first compiled this way.\n\nBetween September 2015 and September 2018, it had fallen from 14% to 8.4%, and it has now dropped again to 7.3% - about one in 14 cases.\n\nIn addition, 1.4% of crimes led to a caution, 2.3% led to an informal warning and 0.1% were \"taken into consideration\" - meaning an offender admitted them as part of another investigation.\n\nYvette Cooper, chair of the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee, said the fall in prosecutions was \"extremely concerning\".\n\n\"The public need to have confidence that the criminal justice system is finding, prosecuting and convicting criminals - so it is a serious problem that fewer crimes are being solved or dealt with,\" she said.\n\nShe said MPs had previously warned that police forces were \"badly overstretched\" and that without additional funding, there would be \"serious consequences for public safety\".\n\nRape had the lowest rate of charges at just 1.4%, while for thefts it was 5.4% and for robberies it was 7.2%.\n\nThe slump in the charging rate is arguably the most worrying feature of these latest statistics.\n\nIt means 13 out of every 14 crimes are not being solved - offenders are still at large and able to commit further offences, fuelling the steady rise in crimes such as robbery.\n\nThere are some tentative signs that the rate of decline may be slowing - it was down only one-tenth of a percentage point in the last three months - and extra government investment in policing and the Crown Prosecution Service will undoubtedly help.\n\nBut low detection levels dent public confidence in police and the criminal justice system, creating a damaging vicious circle in which people are less likely to co-operate with investigations - because they don't believe anything will happen.\n\nCases where the victim does not support criminal proceedings have risen sharply over five years, from 8.7% to 22.9%.\n\nIn 43.4% of cases, no suspect could be identified.\n\nIt comes as separate crime figures show that police recorded 44,771 offences involving a knife or sharp instrument in the year to September 2019 - an increase of 7% to a new record high.\n\nHelen Ross, from the Office for National Statistics' Centre for Crime and Justice, said there is a \"mixed picture\" across the country for knife crime and \"overall levels of violence remain steady\".\n\n\"We have also seen the number of homicides where a knife or sharp instrument was used decrease by a fifth, driven by falls in London,\" she said.\n\nThe ONS said that although improvements in the way crime was recorded may have contributed to the 12% rise in robberies, to a total of 82,542 offences, some of the increase is \"likely to reflect a real change\".\n\nThe crime figures exclude Greater Manchester, due to technical issues with recording the data.\n\nThe Crime Survey for England and Wales - which is considered better for judging long-term trends - suggests that overall crime rates are broadly stable.\n\nBut the survey shows that fraud rose by 9%, driven by a rise in bank and credit account fraud.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Richard Ratcliffe said he pushed the PM to be \"brave\" in regards to Iran\n\nThe husband of a British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran said there has been \"no breakthrough\" in efforts to secure her release after talks with Boris Johnson.\n\nRichard Ratcliffe said his wife was being used as a \"chess piece\" in foreign policy and urged the government to be \"tougher\" with Tehran.\n\nNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been detained for almost four years over spying allegations she denies.\n\nHer five-year-old daughter was also at the meeting at No 10 on Thursday.\n\nMr Johnson has previously said he would leave \"no stone unturned\" to help free her.\n\nMr Ratcliffe last met the prime minister when he was foreign secretary in 2017.\n\nThat meeting came shortly after Mr Johnson had to apologise after wrongly suggesting that Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe had been training journalists at the time of her arrest.\n\nShe has always maintained she was in Iran visiting relatives.\n\nThursday's meeting followed the US killing of Iran's top military leader Qasem Soleimani.\n\nHolding the hand of his daughter, Gabriella, outside No 10, Mr Ratcliffe said he urged the prime minister to be \"brave\" in his dealings with Iran - and that relations between two countries must improve.\n\nGabriella was given a toy version of Larry the Downing Street cat during her visit to No 10\n\nMr Johnson is \"personally committed\" to her case, he said, and was \"touched\" when he gave him a wallet that Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe had made in prison.\n\nBut Mr Ratcliffe added that \"sympathy isn't enough\" and that the prime minister did not apologise for the mistake he made as foreign secretary.\n\n\"I don't stand here hopeful, if I'm honest. I stand here with my wife still in prison and things aren't moving,\" he said.\n\n\"I will think carefully about what I tell her on the phone on Saturday.\"\n\nHe has previously raised concerns that the recent escalation in tensions could make matters worse for his wife.\n\nBefore her arrest Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe lived in London with accountant Mr Ratcliffe\n\nAhead of the meeting, which the foreign secretary also attended, the prime minister's spokesman said Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's continued detention was \"inhumane and unacceptable\" and the UK continued to \"take every opportunity\" to raise her case with the Iranian government.\n\nIt comes as the Court of Appeal in London prepares to hear a case that could resolve a decade-long financial dispute between the UK and Iran.\n\nThe dispute is over the interest due on a debt owed by Britain to Tehran for an arms deal in the 1970s that was never fulfilled.\n\nMr Ratcliffe said he was told at the meeting that the government is trying to resolve \"other issues\" but that they are \"complicated\".\n\nSpeaking in the Commons, the couple's MP, Labour's Tulip Siddiq, urged the government to settle the debt with Iran, accusing it of \"unforgiveable\" behaviour.\n\nHowever, Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg said the issue was \"extraordinarily difficult\" because the government could not be seen to be paying money to allow the release of people who had been illegally detained.\n\n\"The risk that would cause to other Britons travelling abroad would be very considerable,\" he said.\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\n\"The law must take its course in relation to the money that was deposited here but it would be absolutely wrong to connect the two issues.\"\n\nMrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 41, remains on medication for depression and on beta blockers - medicines which slow down the heart - for the panic attacks she's been suffering in jail, her husband said.\n\nThe dual national has been detained since 2016, when she took her British-born daughter Gabriella to Iran to visit her parents. She was sentenced to five years in prison for spying.\n\nHer family and the UK government has always maintained her innocence and she has been given diplomatic protection by the Foreign Office - meaning the case is treated as a formal, legal dispute between Britain and Iran.\n\nWhile he was foreign secretary, Mr Johnson mistakenly said that Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe had been in Iran training journalists when she was arrested.\n\nFour days later Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was summoned to an unscheduled court hearing during which Mr Johnson's comments were cited as proof she was engaged in \"propaganda against the regime\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband describes how his daughter Gabriella is coping without her mother", "Harry Dunn died in hospital after his motorbike was involved in a crash outside RAF Croughton\n\nThe US has turned down an extradition request for a woman who is to be charged with causing the death of teenage motorcyclist Harry Dunn.\n\nMr Dunn, 19, died after a crash in Northamptonshire in August which led to the suspect Anne Sacoolas, the wife of a US intelligence officer, leaving for the US under diplomatic immunity.\n\nFamily spokesman Radd Seiger said they had taken the news \"in our stride\".\n\nThe Home Office said the decision appeared \"to be a denial of justice\".\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Seiger said the latest move had been \"factored it into our planning and strategy\".\n\n\"The reality is that this administration, which we say is behaving lawlessly and taking a wrecking ball to one of the greatest alliances in the world, they won't be around forever whereas that extradition request will be,\" he added.\n\n\"We will simply plot and plan for a reasonable administration to come in one day and to reverse this decision.\"\n\nThe US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo turned down the extradition request in an email to the UK Government on Thursday evening.\n\nWashington said granting the request would \"render the invocation of diplomatic immunity a practical nullity\".\n\nThe family's constituency MP Andrea Leadsom is due to meet the US ambassador Woody Johnson in London later to discuss the case.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson previously said the chance of Ms Sacoolas, who is to be charged with causing the death by dangerous driving, ever returning to the UK was very low.\n\nAnne Sacoolas pictured on her wedding day in 2003\n\nMr Seiger said \"no reason\" was given by Mr Pompeo in rejecting the extradition request.\n\n\"It's one of the darkest days in the history of this special relationship,\" he said.\n\n\"Boris Johnson wanted to be prime minister, he is now being tested severely.\n\n\"I expect him today to rise to that challenge and come and meet with me and the family and tell us what he's going to do about it.\"\n\nMr Dunn died after his motorbike was in collision with a car owned by Mrs Sacoolas.\n\nThe crash happened outside RAF Croughton where Mrs Sacoolas' husband Jonathan worked as an intelligence officer.\n\nThe 42-year-old left the UK and returned to her native US, claiming diplomatic immunity.\n\nIn a statement released on behalf of the suspect after she was charged in December, Mrs Sacoolas's lawyers said: \"Anne will not return voluntarily to the United Kingdom to face a potential jail sentence for what was a terrible but unintentional accident.\"\n\nHarry Dunn's mother Charlotte Charles is expected to be react fully to the news on Friday\n\nThe Home Office said it was \"disappointed in this decision which appears to be a denial of justice\".\n\n\"We are urgently considering our options,\" a spokeswoman added.\n\nA statement from the US State Department said: \"At the time the accident occurred, and for the duration of her stay in the UK, the US citizen driver in this case had immunity from criminal jurisdiction.\n\n\"If the United States were to grant the UK's extradition request, it would render the invocation of diplomatic immunity a practical nullity and would set an extraordinarily troubling precedent.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Harry Richford. here with parents Sarah and Tom, died at just seven days old\n\nAt least seven preventable baby deaths may have occurred at one of the largest groups of hospitals in England since 2016, a BBC investigation has found.\n\nSignificant concerns have been raised about maternity services at the trust.\n\nThe heartbroken father of one baby who was stillborn said \"we have to live with it, for the rest of our lives... they've probably forgotten who we are\".\n\nEast Kent NHS Foundation Trust has apologised, saying it has \"not always provided the right standard of care\".\n\nThe trust consists of five hospitals and community clinics and almost 7,000 babies are born there each year.\n\nAn inquest into Harry's death concludes this week\n\nThe trust is likely to be criticised on Friday at the conclusion of an inquest into the death of baby Harry Richford. He was born in November 2017 at the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (QEQM) Hospital in Margate, but died seven days later after complications with his delivery and aftercare.\n\nAt the start of the inquest, the trust apologised for the care Harry received.\n\nThe BBC has uncovered a series of other preventable deaths and incidents of poor maternity care before and after Harry's case.\n\nArchie Powell died on 14 February 2019, aged four days. The twin brother of Evalene, he became ill shortly after birth. Medics initially treated him for a bowel problem but despite showing all the symptoms, failed to spot he was actually suffering from a common infection, group B streptococcus.\n\nThe delay in treating Archie's infection caused severe brain damage, and he died after being transferred to a neo-natal unit in London.\n\nAn internal investigation by the trust found his death \"potentially avoidable\".\n\n\"We've just got this void in our lives where he should be,\" says Archie's mother, Dawn.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dawn and Kevin Powell say the death of their son has left them feeling angry and \"haunted\"\n\nIn the 36th week of pregnancy, her mother became anxious about the baby's slowed movement and went to hospital for monitoring.\n\nBut despite struggling to get a good heart-rate reading on the cardiotocography (CTG) machine, midwives sent her home, saying they were satisfied with what they recorded.\n\nTwo days later, the baby was found to have died when her mother returned to the hospital, insisting on further monitoring.\n\nAn internal investigation found: \"The CTG should have been continued for longer and an ultrasound arranged.\"\n\nTallulah-Rai's father, Nick, is heartbroken: \"We have to live with it, for the rest of our lives. They don't. They've probably forgotten who we are now.\"\n\nThe midwife struggled to find a heart-rate and by the time Hallie-Rae was born, she was in a poor condition. It took 22 minutes to resuscitate her, but irreparable damage had been done.\n\nThe trust accepted the death was preventable and apologised.\n\n\"If she'd been born earlier, she would be here today, she'd have survived. It makes me feel angry that there's so many cases of negligence, that babies are suffering and dying,\" says Hallie-Rae's mother Becca.\n\nWhen his mother called the hospital to say she was in labour, she was told the QEQM maternity unit was closed and she should drive herself to the trust's other hospital, the William Harvey in Ashford, about 38 miles away.\n\nThis was not feasible and midwives were sent to her home, but struggled to deliver the baby and she was transferred by ambulance to QEQM where her son died. Archie's inquest is scheduled for March.\n\nThere were also two stillbirths in 2016:\n\n\"The trust admitted in both of those cases, that had proper care been given in term of the obstetrics and midwifery care, then those children would have survived,\" says Emmalene Bushnell, from Leigh Day solicitors, who acted for both families.\n\nThis is not the first time concerns have been raised about maternity services at an NHS hospital in recent years.\n\nNews that mistakes have been made in Kent which may have led to babies dying comes after scandals at Morecambe Bay and Shrewsbury and Telford.\n\nBut how safe is NHS care? Research shows out of 700,000 births a year in England and Wales around 5,000 babies are stillborn or die before they are a month old.\n\nThis is about a fifth lower than it was a decade ago but remains higher than in a number of other Western countries.\n\nMany are expected because of unavoidable complications. But every year there are around 1,000 unexpected deaths and serious brain injuries.\n\nThe situation has prompted action. In 2015 the government set a target of halving the rate of stillbirths, baby deaths and brain injury by 2030. The target has since been brought forward to 2025.\n\nTo help, the Healthcare Safety Investigations Branch has been tasked with investigating all cases of potentially avoidable harm rather than leaving it to hospitals themselves.\n\nAll this has been welcomed. However, unions argue one of the biggest problems - a lack of staff - has still not been solved.\n\nThe trust has struggled to improve maternity care for years, despite repeatedly being made aware of the problems.\n\nIn 2015, the medical director asked experts from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists to review maternity care, amid \"concerns over the working culture\".\n\nTheir review, seen by the BBC, found poor team working in the unit, a number of consultants operating as they saw fit, a lack of performance management of the consultant body and out of date clinical guidelines.\n\nThe trust was placed into special measures in 2014 following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission which rated its care, including maternity services, as inadequate.\n\nSubsequent CQC reports have rated it as Requires Improvement.\n\nEast Kent is one of England's largest hospital trusts\n\nThe trust's extended perinatal mortality rate, the total of stillbirths and those babies who die within 28 days of being born, has been consistently higher than the UK average for every year between 2014 and 2017.\n\nAnd in 2017, the last year for which figures are available, it was the highest in the country of trusts offering comparable maternity services.\n\nIn a lengthy statement to the BBC, the trust did not address any of the cases we highlighted.\n\nInstead it said: \"We have been making changes to improve our maternity service for a number of years.\n\n\"Every baby and every family is important to us. We recognise that we need to improve the speed of change.\n\n\"We express our heartfelt condolences to every family that has lost a loved one and we wholeheartedly apologise to families for whom we could have done things differently.\"\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 risk of coronavirus to UK and Ireland is low\" - Dr Philip Veal, Public Health Agency\n\nA man is being treated at Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital for symptoms associated with coronavirus, which has so far caused 18 deaths in China.\n\nThe BBC understands he travelled to Northern Ireland from the city of Wuhan where the infection outbreak began.\n\nIt is believed the man is being treated in an isolation ward as a precautionary measure and results of tests for the virus are due back in 24 hours.\n\nThe Belfast Health Trust has declined to comment.\n\nIt is understood that the patient arrived from Wuhan at the weekend.\n\nThe city is one of two in China which are currently in lockdown to halt the spread of the virus.\n\nThe man being treated in Belfast is believed to have been admitted with a high temperature.\n\nIt is thought clinicians took the immediate step of placing him in isolation following advice from health authorities.\n\nIt is believed the man being treated in Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital travelled from Wuhan in China\n\nThe Public Health Agency (PHA) in Northern Ireland said it is keeping abreast of the changing situation around the virus.\n\nDr Philip Veal, PHA consultant in health protection, said people who developed symptoms within two weeks of returning to Northern Ireland from Wuhan should \"not panic\", but contact their GP by telephone.\n\nDr Veal said special measures had been implemented to transfer those most at risk of coronavirus to hospital.\n\n\"We do not expect it to become widely established in Northern Ireland,\" he said.\n\nDr Veal said he would \"strongly recommend\" anyone who has not taken up their offer of a flu jab to get vaccinated.\n\nWorkers disinfect the Hankou Railway Station in Wuhan, a day before the shutdown\n\nWuhan, a city of 11 million people, has gone into lockdown, with planes, trains and public transport in the city suspended.\n\nSimilar measures will take effect in nearby Huanggang, a city of more than seven million, as of midnight.\n\nAny suspected cases have to be isolated and staff dealing with them must wear protective clothes including gloves, masks and goggles.\n\nElderly people and those with underlying health conditions are particularly at risk.", "Eminem said his album was not for people who are \"easily offended or unnerved\"\n\nEminem has responded to the recent criticism of his lyrics, saying his new album was \"not made for the squeamish\".\n\nThe rapper was criticised for the track Unaccommodating, which references the Manchester bomb attack that killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert.\n\nEminem said some lyrics on the album were \"designed to shock the conscience, which may cause positive action\".\n\nHe added the album is not intended for people who are \"easily offended or unnerved\".\n\nOn the opening song on the album, Eminem raps: \"I'm contemplating yelling 'bombs away' on the game/Like I'm outside of an Ariana Grande concert waiting,\" followed by the sound of an explosion.\n\nIn the statement posted on Twitter, the hip-hop star suggested the offending lyrics had been taken out of context, were not intended to be taken literally, and fitted a broader violent theme across the LP.\n\n\"In today's wonderful world, murder has become so commonplace that we are a society obsessed and fascinated by it. I thought why not make a sport of it, and murder over beats? So before you jump the gun, please allow me to explain.\n\n\"This album was not made for the squeamish. If you are easily offended or unnerved at the screams of bloody murder, this may not be the collection for you. Certain selections have been designed to shock the conscience, which may cause positive action. Unfortunately, darkness has truly fallen upon us.\n\n\"So you see, murder in this instance isn't always literal, nor pleasant. These bars are only meant for the sharpest knives in the drawer. For the victims of this album, may you rest peacefully. For the rest of you, please listen more closely next time. Goodnight!\n\nMusic To Be Murdered By, which is the rapper's 11th album, is battling Manchester band The Courteeners for the number one spot in the UK chart this week.\n\nCourteeners frontman Liam Fray suggested Eminem \"crossed a line\" with the offending song, while Manchester mayor Andy Burnham said the lyrics were \"unnecessarily hurtful\".\n\nEminem, whose real name is Marshall Mathers, has a history of causing controversy with his lyrics.\n\nHis last album, 2018's Kamikaze, was criticised for its use of a homophobic slur on the lead single, Fall.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Since early December, India has witnessed widespread protests against a new citizenship law which many see as anti-Muslim and anti-constitutional.\n\nThe Muslim suburb of Shaheen Bagh in Delhi has become a protest hub, with thousands of women camping out day and night for over a month, making it the longest sit-in protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).\n\nThe BBC's Shalu Yadav met three generations of one family who have been attending the protests regularly.", "Fire authorities said there were no survivors in the crash\n\nAn air tanker has crashed in a fireball while fighting bushfires in Australia, killing the three people on board.\n\nOfficials lost contact with the C-130 Hercules plane shortly before 13:30 local time (02:30 GMT) on Thursday.\n\nThe cause of the crash in the Snowy Mountains in New South Wales (NSW) state is not yet known. The victims were American residents.\n\nMore than 80 blazes are raging across the state after hot and windy conditions returned.\n\nThe plane crashed in an active fire zone south of Australia's capital, Canberra, said the NSW Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS).\n\n\"The field reports are that the plane came down, it's crashed and there was a large fireball associated with that crash,\" said Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons.\n\nLarge air tankers such as the Hercules C-130 model are crucial to firefighting operations\n\nThe last available flight data showed the aircraft - which is owned by a Canadian company - near Cooma.\n\nThe three crew members have not been identified.\n\nAustralian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian have expressed condolences for the firefighters' families.\n\n\"Today, again demonstrates the fire season is far from over,\" Ms Berejiklian told reporters on Thursday. Fires in southern Australia are expected to peak in February and continue into April.\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 Gladys Berejiklian 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 Scott Morrison This article contains content provided by Twitter. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Fitzsimmons said the experienced and \"well known\" crew had been contracted to Australia to help fight the unprecedented bushfires this season.\n\n\"Our hearts are with all those that are suffering what is the loss of three remarkable, well respected crew that have invested so many decades of their life into firefighting,\" he said.\n\nThe Hercules C-130 water-bombing aircraft had been leased from North American firm Coulson Aviation as part of a seasonal arrangement with state fire authorities.\n\nAll large air tanker aircraft operations had been suspended for the rest of the day pending investigation into the crash, Mr Fitzsimmons said.\n\n\"It was operating as it routinely does with water bombing activities...there is no indication at this stage of what's caused the accident.\"\n\nSince September, Australia has battled a bushfire crisis which has now killed at least 33 people.\n\nMore than 10 million hectares - an area almost the size of England - have been destroyed in blazes. The most affected states have been NSW and Victoria.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Bushfires have crippled habitats, but there are also remarkable signs of life", "Spanish authorities are continuing to search for a British man who failed to return from a motorbike ride during bad weather in Ibiza.\n\nBen Garland, 25, originally from Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire, was out riding as Storm Gloria swept across the holiday island.\n\nHis motorbike was found after a colleague raised the alarm on Tuesday.\n\nDivers from the Guardia Civil are searching the sea near where he disappeared.\n\nMembers of Mr Garland's family have reportedly travelled to Ibiza, while friends have set up an appeal to raise money for the search.\n\nPlaces such as Barcelona's Port Olímpic marina were hit by Storm Gloria\n\nLocal emergency helpline service 112 Emergency said he disappeared in the Portinatx area on Ibiza's north coast.\n\nA land search is being led by Civil Protection Volunteers employed by the Government of the Balearic Islands.\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 ✨🪐✨ 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 Foreign Office says it is supporting Mr Garland's family.\n\nStorm Gloria hit the Spanish Mediterranean coast and islands on Monday and Tuesday, wrecking beach facilities and even covering a town in Catalonia with ocean foam.\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. Jean-Paul Gaultier says goodbye to the runway.\n\nCelebrities have descended on the final fashion show of French designer Jean-Paul Gaultier in Paris, as he bows out after a 50-year career.\n\nBoy George took to a stage studded with models and other stars in a performance to close the Paris Fashion Week event.\n\nGaultier shocked fans when he announced it would be his last haute couture runway last week.\n\nHe said the event, at the city's Théâtre du Châtelet, would be a \"party\" to celebrate his decades in fashion.\n\nGaultier, 67, has dressed stars from Nicole Kidman and Cate Blanchett to Lady Gaga and Rihanna.\n\nHe designed Madonna's \"cone bra\" corset, which she wore for her 1990 Blonde Ambition tour.\n\nAmerican models Gigi and Bella Hadid appeared on the runway.\n\nThey were joined by fellow US models Dita Von Teese and Karlie Kloss.\n\nVon Teese later appeared with British model Karen Elson alongside Boy George on stage.\n\nCanadian model Winnie Harlow also took to the runway.\n\nOther stars at the Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2020 show included former French first lady Carla Bruni, French singer Chris and American actress and model Larsen Thompson.\n\nCarla Bruni, Chris and Larsen Thompson are among the guests\n\nFrench designer Christian Louboutin - known for his signature red-soled stiletto shoes - was pictured with Lebanese-born British pop singer Mika.\n\nFashion designers Pierre Cardin - Gaultier's former mentor - and Christian Lacroix were also present.\n\nAt the opening of the event in Paris, Gaultier called the outfits on the runway his \"first upcycling haute couture collection\" and urged the audience to recycle their clothes.\n\nLast year he criticised what he called \"ridiculous\" fashion waste, saying big fashion brands are harming the planet by producing \"far too many collections with far too many clothes\".\n\n\"In my first show and this, my last, there are creations made with the jeans I've worn,\" he said.\n\n\"It's the most beautiful of materials. Like a lot of humans, it becomes even more beautiful as it gets older.\"\n\nHe added: \"Goodbye to the spanking new, hello to the spanking old!\"\n\nThe event comes less than a week after Gaultier tweeted a video announcing that this runway would be his last.\n\n\"It's going to be quite a party with many of my friends, and we're going to have fun until very, very late,\" he said.\n\nAhead of the show, Von Teese posted on Instagram that some of his \"legendary muses\" would be taking part.\n\nShe predicted it would be an \"emotional night\" and, in an earlier post, wrote: \"I'm so grateful to have been part of the story.\"\n\nCanadian model Coco Rocha tweeted that it was \"surreal\" that this would be Gaultier's last show.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAmerican actress and model Kat Graham described him as her \"fashion idol\".\n\n\"JPG was the first big design house to dress me, to believe in me,\" she wrote.\n\n\"Thank you JPG for showing me and the world that it's more than ok to be authentically yourself, and to go against the grain.\"", "The Yangtze (brown) and Han rivers (blue) merge in Wuhan\n\nWuhan may not be a well-known Chinese mega-city like Beijing or Shanghai.\n\nBut the place where the coronavirus outbreak emerged is, in fact, a crowded metropolis with connections to every part of the globe.\n\nEstimates vary on the exact size of the population, with local government officials putting the figure at 11 million, though UN data from 2018 says 8.9 million people live in the central Chinese city.\n\nEither way, the city is around the same size as London, but much bigger than Washington DC.\n\nOne estimate makes it the 42nd biggest city in the world, and the seventh biggest in China.\n\nAnd it's the size - and economic clout - of Wuhan that explains why the virus has travelled quickly across Asia, and even to the US.\n\nIn short, the virus has spread so widely because lots of people visit Wuhan and take the virus home with them.\n\nWuhan was a host city for the 2019 Basketball World Cup - including this match between Argentina and Nigeria\n\nWuhan international airport handled 20 million passengers in 2016, and offers direct flights to London, Paris, Dubai, and other cities around the world.\n\nThe city is built along the Yangtze river and, according to its website, it is a \"foundation of in both hi-tech manufacturing and traditional manufacturing\".\n\nIt has a series of industrial zones, 52 \"institutions of higher learning\", and claims more than 700,000 students - including, reportedly, the largest number of undergraduates in the country.\n\nSome 230 of the world's 500 biggest companies (as measured by the Fortune Global list) have invested there.\n\nThere is also notable investment from France - which had a foreign concession in Hankou, in today's Wuhan, between 1886 and 1943. More than 100 French firms have invested in the city and Peugeot-Citroen has a Chinese joint-venture plant there.\n\nWuhan can also serve as a gateway to the Three Gorges - a tourist region and home to a huge hydroelectric dam.\n\nSo, although the coronavirus originated in a local seafood market, the flow of people in and out of Wuhan has ensured its spread.\n\nThe US patient, for example, had recently visited Wuhan, as had both Japanese patients. The Korean patient lived there. The case in Thailand is a Chinese tourist from Wuhan.\n\nThe huge flow of people in and out of Wuhan will only increase as Chinese New Year approaches, and millions of people return home to celebrate.\n\nChina's National Health Commission said travellers should avoid Wuhan, and that Wuhan residents should not leave the city.\n\nBut Wuhan's status as one of the biggest - and most connected - places in the world means international cases will almost certainly continue to emerge.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "A small government agency is supporting fossil fuel projects abroad with estimated carbon emissions of a country the size of Portugal, it has emerged.\n\nUK Export Finance (UKEF), a government agency in the Department for International Trade, is spending billions of pounds on the projects, Newsnight researchers have found.\n\nThis is despite a government commitment to cut down on carbon emissions.\n\nThe organisation, which describes itself as a forum for conservatives who support conservation and decarbonisation, said funding the projects was \"a blemish on the UK government's record on climate change\".\n\nAn investigation by Newsnight, in conjunction with Unearthed - Greenpeace's investigations unit - found that UKEF has helped to finance oil and gas projects that, when complete, will emit 69 million tonnes of carbon a year, according to government estimates.\n\nThat's nearly a sixth of the total annual carbon emissions of the UK.\n\nThe government calculated the UK's total emissions to be 449 million tonnes of C02e (carbon dioxide equivalent) in 2018.\n\nIt said the 69 million tonne estimate was a \"worst case\" scenario - and the emissions of the projects may be lower when the projects are operational.\n\nThe UK is just one of a number of backers for these projects.\n\nUKEF was set up a century ago - and aims to support British businesses abroad.\n\nEarlier this week, Boris Johnson announced that the UK would no longer finance coal mining or coal-fired power plants abroad.\n\nNewsnight's investigation found all of UKEF's current fossil fuel financing was for oil and gas projects, and not coal.\n\nNewsnight research also found that - since 2010 - UKEF has financed £6bn of fossil fuel projects. Financing has been provided to some of the biggest oil and gas companies in the world.\n\nThe projects that UKEF helps to fund abroad include oil refineries, power plants and liquefied gas extraction.\n\nLast year, the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) published a report criticising UKEF as an \"elephant in the room undermining the UK's international climate and development targets\".\n\nKerry McCarthy MP, a Labour member of the EAC said: \"It's ludicrous that we would be funding something overseas, that we are purporting to be moving away from in our own country.\n\n\"There's just a complete disconnect, there's complete hypocrisy, that we boast of cleaning up our own act, but actually we are enabling other countries to carry on polluting.\"\n\nUKEF told Newsnight: \"We are committed to working with countries across the world to unlock their renewable energy potential and support their transition away from fossil fuels to cleaner alternatives.\"\n\nAs well as investments in fossil fuels UKEF has also financed some renewable projects.\n\nThe CEN's Sam Hall said the government needed to solve the issue of what UKEF funds before COP26 - an international climate change conference due to be held in Glasgow in November this year.\n\nYou can watch Newsnight on BBC Two at 22:30 on weekdays. Catch up on iPlayer, subscribe to the programme on YouTube and follow it on Twitter.", "The New England Journal of Medicine/Dr Pier Paolo The black, shiny fragments are believed to be the glassy remains of a man's brain\n\nExtreme heat from the Mount Vesuvius eruption in Italy was so immense it turned one victim's brain into glass, a study has suggested.\n\nThe volcano erupted in 79 AD, killing thousands and destroying Roman settlements near modern-day Naples.\n\nThe town of Herculaneum was buried by volcanic matter, entombing some of its residents.\n\nA team of researchers has been studying the remains of one victim, unearthed at the town in the 1960s.\n\nA study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Thursday, said fragments of a glassy, black material were extracted from the victim's skull.\n\nResearchers behind the study believe the black material is the vitrified remains of the man's brain.\n\nHerculaneum, pictured here, was buried by volcanic matter from the Vesuvius eruption\n\nVitrification, the study says, is the process by which material is burned at a high heat and cooled rapidly, turning it into glass or a glaze.\n\n\"The preservation of ancient brain remains is an extremely rare find,\" said Dr Pier Paola Petrone, a forensic anthropologist at the University of Naples Federico II and lead author of the study.\n\n\"This is the first ever discovery of ancient human brain remains vitrified by heat.\"\n\nVitrification is the process by which material turns to glass\n\nThe victim, believed to be a man in his mid-20s, was \"found lying on a wooden bed, buried by volcanic ash\" at Herculaneum. He was probably killed instantly by the eruption, Dr Petrone said.\n\nAnalysis of charred wood found near the body showed a maximum temperature of 520C was reached.\n\nThe New England Journal of Medicine/Dr Pier Paolo The victim was \"found lying on a wooden bed, buried by volcanic ash\" at Herculaneum\n\nThis suggests \"extreme radiant heat was able to ignite body fat and vaporise soft tissues\", before a \"rapid drop in temperature\", the report says.\n\n\"The detection of glassy material from the victim's head, of proteins expressed in human brain, and of fatty acids found in human hair indicates the thermally induced preservation of vitrified human brain tissue,\" the study says.\n\nThe glassy material was not found in other locations at the archaeological site.\n\nDuring the eruption of Vesuvius, Herculaneum was buried by pyroclastic flows, fast-moving currents of rock fragments, ash and hot gases.\n\nThat volcanic matter carbonised and preserved parts of the town, including the skeletons of residents who were unable to flee.\n\nArchaeologists have been investigating the remains of Herculaneum, and Pompeii - the other famous Roman settlement destroyed by Vesuvius - for centuries.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nLiverpool's march to the Premier League title continued as Roberto Firmino's late winner at Wolverhampton Wanderers gave them the victory that extends their lead at the top to 16 points with a game in hand.\n\nWolves can consider themselves unfortunate to be the victims of Liverpool's 22nd win in 23 league games after making life as uncomfortable as anyone has for Jurgen Klopp's side this season before Firmino ensured Liverpool took another significant step towards their first title in 30 years.\n\nReds captain Jordan Henderson headed them in front from Trent Alexander-Arnold's corner after eight minutes but Wolves drew level six minutes after the break when Raul Jimenez glanced in Adama Traore's cross.\n\nIt was the first goal Liverpool - who lost Sadio Mane to a muscle injury in the first half - had conceded in the league for more than 12 hours and it required important saves from goalkeeper Alisson to keep out Traore and Jimenez as Wolves pressed.\n\nLiverpool, as ever, carried a huge threat and Firmino drilled home the winner with six minutes left - although substitute Diogo Jota then wasted a glorious chance to give Wolves a point in stoppage time.\n\nThe Reds, who have won their past 14 league games, are the third team to go 40 games unbeaten in the Premier League.\n\nLiverpool were arguably put under more pressure here at a vibrant Molineux than at any time in the Premier League this season - but the champions-elect did what champions do and found a way to get the job done.\n\nAfter Wolves equalised, and with the dangerous Traore moving through the gears, there was the possibility that Liverpool could lose their first league game in more than a year.\n\nThis, however, is a team that has forgotten how to draw never mind lose and even though it came against the run of play, it was no great surprise when Firmino made the decisive late contribution.\n\nAnd at the heart of it all was captain Henderson, unsung for so long but now in the best form of his career.\n\nHenderson delivered a collector's item with that header from a corner but it was his more customary attributes that helped his team through periods of suffering in the second half, although he also delivered the crucial pass for Firmino's winner. He was constantly available and always urging his team-mates to greater efforts.\n\nHe has grown in stature, along with Liverpool, in these last two seasons and is now the heartbeat of this outstanding team.\n\nHis influence is increasingly recognised and he was the driving force as Liverpool ground out a win in such a difficult environment.\n\nWolves are here to stay\n\nWolves manager Nuno Espirito Santo and his players understandably cut dejected figures at the final whistle, denied so late on as they pushed to become only the second team after Manchester United to take points off Liverpool this season.\n\nWhen that disappointment subsides, they can look back with pride on a performance that produced further evidence of what has been rebuilt at this famous old club.\n\nWolves were organised, played without fear, and in Jimenez and Traore possess a huge threat to back up their many qualities elsewhere.\n\nTraore's power and pace gave Andrew Robertson a very uncomfortable night while Jimenez has developed into a striker of the highest class.\n\nIt is all played out in Molineux's atmospheric arena, where the Wolves fans are revelling in what is being produced - and so they should.\n\nWolves can now regard themselves rightfully as a force in the Premier League. They are entertaining and superbly coached. This is a team that is here to stay in the upper reaches.\n\nLiverpool manager Jurgen Klopp to BBC Sport: \"We changed the system two or three times, we calmed it down. We had incredible chances in the first half and then at the end it was a magic moment from Bobby.\n\n\"The boys are human. It was a little bit up and down. We had discussion on the pitch, there was stuff to improve but set-pieces can bring us back in the game, a good bit of skill can bring us back in the game. Wolves were really strong but it's clear we could settle again.\n\n\"You just have to find a way to win and have someone who makes the perfect decision and that was Bobby again.\"\n\nWolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo to BBC Sport: \"It was a good game. We played well. There is nothing to be disappointed about. Getting the momentum was important.\n\n\"We defended well, we were well organised. This is what we want. We want to compete and keep on growing.\n\n\"We had in the last moment of the game [the chance to equalise]. It's about creating. Things will come naturally.\n\n\"I'm happy when we perform well. We faced a fantastic team. This is the standards we want.\"\n\nMost points after 23 games ever - match stats\n• None Liverpool have amassed 67 points from a possible 69 this season - five more than any side in English top-flight history have after 23 games.\n• None Raul Jimenez's goal for Wolves ended a run of 725 minutes without conceding a Premier League goal for Liverpool since Richarlison scored for Everton at Anfield exactly 50 days ago.\n• None Jimenez is the third Premier League player to net 20 or more goals in all competitions this season, after Sergio Aguero (21) and Raheem Sterling (20).\n• None Wolves duo Adama Traore and Jimenez have combined for eight Premier League goals this season, more than any other partnership in the competition.\n• None Wolves have lost four consecutive home league games against Liverpool for the very first time.\n• None Liverpool are the first club to win three top-flight games on a Thursday in the same season since Leicester City in 1933-34.\n• None Wolves have conceded the first goal in 17 of their 24 Premier League games this season, including each of their last eight in a row.\n• None Jordan Henderson has scored more than once in the same season for Liverpool for the first time since 2015-16. Five of his last six goals for the Reds have come away from home.\n• None Since the start of last season, Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold has assisted 22 Premier League goals, at least five more than any other player, with 10 of those coming from dead balls, also a league-high.\n• None Roberto Firmino has scored six goals in his last eight games for Liverpool, as many as he had in his previous 32. All 10 of his goals this season have come away from Anfield.\n\nLiverpool play three times before Wolves' next game. The Reds visit Shrewsbury in the FA Cup fourth round on Sunday (17:00 GMT), and go to West Ham next Wednesday (19:45) in their Premier League game in hand.\n\nKlopp's side then host Southampton on Saturday, 1 February (15:00), with Wolves visiting European rivals Manchester United at 17:30.\n• None Attempt missed. Diogo Jota (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from very close range is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Raúl Jiménez.\n• None Adama Traoré (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Liverpool 2. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Jordan Henderson.\n• None Attempt saved. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.\n• None Attempt missed. Diogo Jota (Wolverhampton Wanderers) header from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by João Moutinho with a cross following a set piece situation.\n• None Offside, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Leander Dendoncker tries a through ball, but Jonny is caught offside. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Tesla has displaced Volkswagen as the world's second most valuable carmaker, after a dramatic rise in share price pushed its market value to more than $100bn (£76.1bn).\n\nThe milestone sets the stage for chief Elon Musk to collect billions in pay tied to hitting that target.\n\nTesla's share price has more than doubled since October, when the firm reported a rare quarterly profit.\n\nShares rose 4% on Wednesday, making its valuation second only to Toyota.\n\nAlthough Mr Musk's company has some way to go to catch up with the Japanese car making giant. Toyota has a stock market valuation of more than $230bn.\n\nSome analysts say the rise in price reflects Tesla's performance in recent months, during which it has opened a factory in Shanghai and met its production goals.\n\nThis month, Tesla said it had delivered more than 367,500 cars last year - up 50% from 2018. Investors expect the new factory to act as a springboard that will allow it to capture more of the Chinese market.\n\nDespite the increase, Tesla's sales remain small compared to those of its competitors.\n\nTesla has also never made an annual profit and it is facing investigations after complaints about battery fires and unexpected acceleration.\n\nThe company is due to report its latest quarterly results to investors this month.\n\nIf Tesla sustains the $100bn valuation, it could unlock the first piece of a $2.6bn compensation package for Mr Musk.\n\nThe plans calls for Mr Musk to receive payouts in shares over 10 years, with the first award contingent on the firm reaching $100bn in market capitalisation and sustaining that value over both a month, and six-month average.\n\nTesla also had to reach $20bn in revenue and earn $1.5bn, after adjusting for items like taxes - thresholds the carmaker reached in 2018.\n\nTesla was valued at about $55bn when the pay deal was approved.", "Teesside has been struck by an earthquake of 3.0 magnitude which woke people up and caused homes to shake.\n\nThe tremor was felt across Stockton, Billingham, Hartlepool, Wolviston and Middlesbrough just before 06:00 GMT.\n\nPeople posted on social media to say they heard a rumbling or felt their houses shake. Emergency services said they received calls but there were no reports of damage.\n\nThe website Earthquake Track said it was six miles (10km) beneath Stockton.\n\nThe tremor was felt just before 06:00 GMT\n\nCleveland Police said it had received about 15 reports of the earthquake, with officers called out to several different areas.\n\nThe force said no-one was injured.\n\nThe magnitude of the earthquake was first estimated as 2.8 by the United States Geological Survey but raised to 3.0 by the British Geological Survey following local analysis.\n\nSeismologist Glen Ford described it as a \"typical British earthquake\" - strong enough to knock over ornaments, but of the kind you would expect to see three times a year.\n\n\"The UK is criss-crossed with many old tectonic plates, you get the stresses built up on them and these small earthquakes get released,\" he said.\n\n\"There are about 200 a year actually but only about 10% of them are felt by the general public so that's why when they happen they really startle people.\n\n\"This one occurred just under a heavily-populated area so many thousands of people felt it.\n\n\"In world terms it's absolutely tiny, but with its timing... people were just starting to come awake so it's rather alarming - gets them out of bed quite early.\"\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 British Geological Survey 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\nSome people reported being woken up by it, and one person said: \"The whole house shook and the electricity flickered.\"\n\nOne Stockton resident called Jason told BBC Tees: \"There was a loud rumble, the door under the stairs popped open and then the house shook quite violently.\n\n\"It was quite an interesting way to wake up.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n• None How bad can earthquakes be in the UK?\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "People should cut the amount of beef, lamb and dairy produce they eat by a fifth to combat climate change, a report says.\n\nIt says public bodies should lead the way by offering plant-based options with all meals.\n\nBut it says if people don’t cut consumption willingly, taxes on meat and dairy might be needed.\n\nThe report comes from the government’s official advisers, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC).\n\nIts chief executive Chris Stark told BBC News: “We can't meet the government's 2050 Net Zero target without major changes in the way we use the land, the way we farm, and what we eat.”\n\nThe farming union NFU welcomed much of the report, although they oppose cuts in livestock - but some environmentalists believe it's too timid.\n\nThe document recommends a host of measures to cut greenhouse gas emissions from the countryside.\n\nOthers include increasing UK forestry cover from 13% to at least 17% by 2050, and restoring at least half of upland peat bogs.\n\nBut it’s the proposals for reducing consumption of dairy produce and red meat that are likely to draw attention.\n\nThe authors say reducing the amount of beef, lamb and dairy we eat by at least 20%, and reducing food waste by 20% would save the equivalent of seven million tonnes of CO2 from farms.\n\nThey say land that’s no longer needed for cattle and sheep could support trees crops to burn for energy.\n\nThe authors anticipate around a 10% drop in cattle and sheep numbers by 2050 against 2017 levels. They say there's already been a reduction of around 20% in the past two decades.\n\nSome upland farmers argue that on thin soils, the only productive use of the land is for livestock.\n\nMinette Batters, NFU President said: \"Plant-based products do not always necessarily have a lower impact on the environment.\n\n\"Of British land, 65% is only suitable for grazing livestock and we have the right climate to produce high quality red meat and dairy. Therefore it makes sense that, when talking about environmental impact, the public continues to support British livestock production.\"\n\nThe report says: “Grasslands can have a positive impact on soil quality (by storing carbon in the soil) but grassland cannot continuously increase its carbon store.\n\n“This means grassland cannot be used continually to offset methane emissions from livestock.”\n\nThe broad-ranging document also says farmers must use fertilisers more intelligently. They should deal with animal manure better, and reduce food waste.\n\nThe report urges a ban on regular burning on peatland, and a ban on peat extraction.\n\nControversially, the committee recommends expanding crops grown to be burned for energy to around 23,000 hectares each year.\n\nThis is resisted by food charities such as the Sustain Alliance. Its spokesperson Vicki Hird said: “The emphasis on energy crops to feed power plants is dangerous – it could damage biodiversity and ecosystems as well as our food security.”\n\nNew forests could be funded by aviation levies\n\nThe Committee says land use – that’s farms, forests and peatland – accounted for 12% of total UK greenhouse gas emissions in 2017.\n\nBut by 2050, it says, farmers and land-managers must reduce these emissions by almost two thirds for the UK to meet its targets.\n\nNew forests, it urges, should be funded by a levy on greenhouse gas-emitting industries such as aviation.\n\nIncreasing forestry, the report says, will provide woods for recreation, clean the air, filter water and capture flood waters on the land.\n\nThe re-wilding campaigner George Monbiot said the report contained “feeble half-measures”.\n\nHe said: \"The level of ambition is in no way matched to the scale of our climate and ecological emergencies.\n\n\"People in the UK are already reducing their red meat consumption.\n\n\"A 10% reduction in cattle and sheep numbers by 2050 is likely to be much smaller than the shift that's going to happen anyway, without the help of the measures the committee proposes.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Labour needs to sell a message of aspiration to voters, says Long-Bailey\n\nLabour had \"a great set of policies\" at the general election but got its \"messaging\" wrong, Rebecca Long-Bailey has told the BBC.\n\n\"We should have been talking about aspiration,\" the Labour leadership contender said, but too often talked about \"handouts\" instead.\n\nShe said she had the ability to sell \"a positive vision\" and \"hope for the future\" that wins elections.\n\nThe race to succeed Jeremy Corbyn is down to four after Jess Phillips quit.\n\nShadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer and Wigan MP Lisa Nandy have made it on the final leadership ballot, after securing the necessary trade union and affiliated group support.\n\nEmily Thornberry and Mrs Long-Bailey have yet to reach the threshold.\n\nMs Phillips said she would be happy with either Ms Nandy or Sir Keir as leader, but argued that Mrs Long-Bailey would be the wrong choice for Labour at this moment.\n\nMr Corbyn announced he would be standing down after Labour suffered its worst defeat, in terms of seats, since 1935 in December's election.\n\nBut Mrs Long-Bailey - whose campaign is backed by grassroots organisation Momentum - refused to blame the party's manifesto, saying she was \"proud\" of the policies in it.\n\nLabour's \"compromise position\" on Brexit \"didn't satisfy our communities and meant that we weren't trusted,\" she told the BBC's political editor, Laura Kuenssberg.\n\nAnd, she added: \"We didn't tackle anti-Semitism and we weren't trusted to deal with that issue within our own party.\"\n\nThe manifesto policies - which included nationalising utilities and a big increase in tax-funded public spending - were not drawn together into an \"overarching narrative\" that chimed with the electorate, she said.\n\n\"Our messaging really didn't resonate with voters. We should have been talking about aspiration and how all of the things within our manifesto would improve your life, would improve the outcome for businesses in our areas, but we didn't say that.\n\n\"Quite often we talked about handouts and how we will help people, rather than providing that broad positive vision of the future.\"\n\nShe said Labour had a history of talking \"about how bad the Conservatives are\" without \"showing that real vision and hope for the future\".\n\n\"That's what wins general elections, showing that real vision and hope for the future. And I know that I can do that and that's why I'm standing to be the leader of the party.\"\n\nThe shadow business secretary said Labour did not do enough to \"sell\" her flagship policy, the Green Industrial Revolution, which she said \"would have transformed our economy and delivered investment in regions and nations\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"Whoever becomes leader, we have to reunite the party to make sure that we're unified in the message that we're putting forward. But we had many of the right answers to the right questions.\"\n\nShe also hit back at claims she was not forceful enough to be prime minister.\n\n\"I'm not shy. I mean, I have spent last four years, you know, locked in a room developing many of the policies that we've been trying to push forward as a party, but I don't think you could ever describe me as shy.\"\n\nShe said she believed her \"forensic approach\" to politics would be a challenge to Boris Johnson, whom she described as having \"a bit of a struggling relationship with the truth and with detail\".\n\nOn the prospect of being PM herself one day, she said she could picture herself living in 10 Downing Street, \"chilling out\" in her pyjamas on a Friday night, with \"Netflix and a Chinese takeaway\".\n\nIn a wide-ranging interview, Mrs Long-Bailey was asked whether she had any Conservative friends in Parliament.\n\n\"Not really, no,\" she replied, but added: \"I'm friendly to everyone.\"\n\nShe said her non-political friends would not tell her if they supported the Tories \"because I'd be angry\".\n\nShe also reiterated her belief that women had a \"right to choose\" when it came to abortion and she was not in favour of changing the law, after a row over comments she made to Catholic priests during the general election.\n\nAnd she backed a change in the law to allow transgender people to self-identify without the need for medical evidence.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Four candidates remain in the race for the Labour leadership\n\nLabour's manifesto committed to reform of the Gender Recognition Act to allow self-identification, but critics warn it will make it easier for someone born as a man but now identifying as a woman to gain access to women-only spaces such as toilets, changing rooms, prisons and domestic violence refuges.\n\nAsked whether she had any concerns about the policy, Mrs Long-Bailey said she understood the arguments, but Labour must \"fully support our trans community\".\n\nLaura Kuenssberg interviewed Sir Keir last week and is aiming to interview Ms Thornberry and Ms Nandy in the coming weeks.", "About 1,500 people work at the Port Talbot plant\n\nPart of a steelworks factory had to be evacuated after an unexploded World War Two bomb was found.\n\nThe shell was unearthed during construction work at Tata Steel's Port Talbot plant at 15:30 GMT on Thursday.\n\nOrdnance bomb disposal officers have removed the device and a cordon put in place has now been removed, South Wales Police said.\n\nA Tata spokesman said construction workers were evacuated from the site, though production was not affected.\n\nHe added: \"Builders working on the site discovered what appeared to be unexploded ordnance from the Second World War.\n\n\"The emergency services were alerted, an area around the discovery evacuated and made safe, and the bomb disposal service informed.\"\n\nAbout 1,500 people are employed at the site, though it is not yet clear how many were working at the time or how many were evacuated.\n\nSouth Wales Police said the temporary evacuation was a precaution and the site has now reopened.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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Heads of the Valleys dualling \"has been hell'\n\nThe completion date for widening parts of a major road - which is already £54m over budget - is being reviewed.\n\nWork on the A465 Heads of the Valleys road from Brynmawr in Blaenau Gwent to Gilwern, Monmouthshire, was originally due to finish by the end of 2019.\n\nBut a row between contractor Costain and the Welsh Government over costs could push the date back again to 2021.\n\nResident Mark Cottle said villagers had suffered years of noise and dust but that had \"eased off\" now.\n\n\"What hasn't is traffic being diverted down country lanes, articulated trucks through spaces wide enough for cars.\n\n\"Walls knocked down, trees demolished,\" he said.\n\nHe described \"chaos on the roads\" and said he was not sure the project would bring long-term benefits.\n\nThe road is set to cost an extra £54m\n\nThe Welsh Government and contractor are at loggerheads over who is responsible for design information of the A465.\n\nThis relates to the allocation of risk - or what happens if things go wrong.\n\nInitially, a judge ruled in favour of Costain, but this went to arbitration where it was decided responsibility should be split.\n\nThe company said the decision would wipe out half of its annual underlying operating profits - from £38m-£42m to £17m-£19m - and would mean the completion date being delayed until the first half of 2021.\n\nLawyer Stuart Pearson, who specialises in large infrastructure projects, said the area contained a specific type of rock that creates \"difficult ground conditions\".\n\nHe said it was \"a very difficult balance\" working out who should take responsibility.\n\nGilwern residents say weekend A465 closures mean drivers cut through their village, causing damage to vehicles and walls\n\nCostain's chief executive Alex Vaughan said: \"Clearly the situation regarding the A465 contract is disappointing.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government said the cost of the project was still £324m.\n\nA spokesman said details of the arbitration and adjudication are \"commercial in confidence\" and would not be released.\n\n\"We are reviewing how the project can be concluded within the terms of the contract,\" he added.\n\n\"This review is nearing completion and the minister will make a further statement in due course.\"\n\nPlaid Cymru's finance spokesman Rhun ap Iorwerth said there needed to be \"transparency\" on the issue.\n\n\"We need to have all the details, we need to know what has happened, we need to know the basis of decisions that have been made prior to and as a result of the arbitration.\n\n\"What I'm concerned about here is the use of public money and the need to make sure that public money is spent well.\"", "A medical examiner has ruled Juice WRLD died after an accidental overdose of powerful painkillers.\n\nThe rapper - whose real name is Jarad A. Higgins - died in December 2019 at the age of 21 after having a seizure.\n\nThe Cook County Medical Examiner's Office says: \"Higgins died as a result of oxycodone and codeine toxicity,\" and \"the manner of death is accident.\"\n\nThese drugs are used to treat severe pain and contain opioids - they've been linked to an opioid crisis in the US.\n\nJuice WRLD suffered a seizure during a police search of his private jet when it landed in at Chicago airport and later died in hospital.\n\nOfficers said at the time they found guns and drugs on his jet after receiving information that banned substances might be onboard.\n\nThe Cook County Medical Examiner's Office shared their findings on Twitter.\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 Cook County ME This article contains content provided by Twitter. 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End of twitter post by Cook County ME\n\nJuice WRLD was best-known for his viral 2018 hit Lucid Dreams and often talked about mental health, dying and drugs in his music.\n\nDeaths of other music artists in the US have also been linked to opioids.\n\nIn 2017, Lil Peep suffered an accidental overdose of fentanyl and anti-anxiety drug Xanax.\n\nFentanyl is a powerful painkiller that tends to be cheaper and more potent than heroin.\n\nThe singer Prince had taken fentanyl before his death in 2016.\n\nA coroner ruled Mac Miller died as a result of an accidental overdose involving cocaine, fentanyl and alcohol in 2018.\n\nA lot of rappers have talked about popping pills like Xanax in their songs.\n\nJuice WRLD had just celebrated his 21st birthday before his death in December 2019.\n\nJuice Wrld was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1998 - he was raised by his single mother and she is described as a religious and conservative woman who didn't allow him to listen to hip hop.\n\nHe started rapping in school but rose to fame in 2018, when single Lucid Dreams peaked at No.2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and No.10 on the official UK chart.\n\nOne of his songs, Legends, was dedicated to 20-year-old XXXTentacion and 21-year-old Lil Peep - who died in 2018 and 2017 - and contained the lyrics \"all the legends seem to die out\".\n\nIn 2018, Juice WRLD talked about using cannabis and Xanax, an anti-anxiety medication, in an interview with the New York Times.\n\nIn other interviews, he spoke about his use of lean, a liquid mix containing prescription-strength cough syrup and soft drinks.\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. \"She is the bravest woman I know\"\n\nA woman who lost her legs after cancer treatment wants to \"come home\" - but faces being moved 35 miles away.\n\nBetty Pugh, 60, has been treated at Machynlleth Hospital, Powys, since before Christmas.\n\nShe wants to return to her home in Pantperthog, Gwynedd, but the council says it is \"not reasonable or practical\" to adapt it for her.\n\nIt wants her to move to sheltered accommodation in Harlech or Blaenau Ffestiniog instead.\n\nThe North Wales Community Health Council, which represents patients' needs, described it as \"an infringement of her human rights\".\n\nIn 2016, Mrs Pugh was diagnosed with cancer for the third time - just before her only son died in a car accident.\n\nAs part of her treatment, her legs were amputated at the end of last year.\n\nAmong changes needed to her home are a ramp to get in, a widened front door, shower room and possibly changing her living room into a bedroom.\n\n\"Life has been so cruel to her and she's not asking much. The only thing she wants is to come home,\" said her niece Carwen Sheen, who visits her daily.\n\n\"She's struggling every day and it's a struggle to get out of bed, to go in the wheelchair.\n\n\"I would hope that she might live - not a normal life, because it will never be normal - but a happier life.\"\n\nMrs Pugh with her son Guto, who died in a car crash in 2016\n\nThe family are trying to complete the work needed themselves and have so far raised £2,000.\n\n\"For me, I'm just thinking of that day, to see that smile on her face when I can tell her she's coming home,\" Ms Sheen told Post Cyntaf on BBC Radio Cymru.\n\n\"That will be such a happy day. I can't wait to bring her home.\"\n\nA Gwynedd council spokesman said in such cases a detailed assessment of the individual's needs was carried out, as well as a survey of their property.\n\n\"The findings are presented to a panel which decides if it is reasonable and practical to adapt the individual's home,\" he added.\n\n\"If adapting the person's current home would not be possible, Gwynedd council can help towards relocation costs, should they decide to move to another private property that could be adapted to meet their needs.\n\n\"The council can also help the individual to move to suitable sheltered accommodation, should this be the best option for the person in question.\"\n\nMrs Pugh owns the property, which has thick stone walls.\n\nMrs Pugh has been treated at Machynlleth Hospital since before Christmas\n\nThe community health council's Geoff Ryall-Harvey said these types of cases arose \"all too often\".\n\n\"I think this highlights the need for a joint NHS and social services budget,\" he added.\n\n\"The delayed transfer of care not only infringes these patients' human rights but also is an unnecessary cost to the NHS.\"\n\nHe said it cost between £700 and £800 a day to keep a patient in hospital, with it being more cost effective to alter their house.\n\nMr Ryall-Harvey said: \"For people stuck in hospital waiting to go home, we heard about the loneliness, isolation and depression they may feel.\n\n\"Some people told us they felt they were losing control of their lives.\"\n\nHe said while the term \"bed blocking\" was used, most people just wanted to go home.\n\n\"What it means is that people have difficulty in getting the right care and community care services when they are medically fit to leave the hospital,\" he added.\n\n\"And this is through no fault of their own.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Prince of Wales has warned \"hatred and intolerance still lurk in the human heart\", at an event in Israel marking 75 years since the liberation of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz.\n\nDuring his speech in Jerusalem, he said lessons of the Holocaust are still \"searingly relevant\" and called on world leaders to be \"fearless in confronting falsehoods\" and violence.\n\nThe Nazis murdered more than a million people at Auschwitz, most of them Jews.\n\nPrince Charles delivered his call for action at the World Holocaust Forum being staged at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre.\n\nRussian President Vladimir Putin, French President Emmanuel Macron and US Vice-President Mike Pence were among those attending.\n\nHowever, a decision by Poland's President Andrzej Duda not to join them threatened to overshadow the event.\n\nPrince Charles, on his first official trip to Israel and the occupied West Bank, told them that hatred and intolerance \"tell new lies, adopt new disguises, and still seek new victims\".\n\n\"All too often, language is used which turns disagreement into dehumanisation,\" he said.\n\n\"Words are used as badges of shame to mark others as enemies, to brand those who are different as somehow deviant.\n\n\"All too often, virtue seems to be sought through verbal violence. All too often, real violence ensues, and acts of unspeakable cruelty are still perpetrated around the world against people for reasons of their religion, their race or their beliefs.\n\n\"Knowing, as we do, the darkness to which such behaviour leads, we must be vigilant in discerning these ever-changing threats; we must be fearless in confronting falsehoods and resolute in resisting words and acts of violence.\n\n\"And we must never rest in seeking to create mutual understanding and respect.\"\n\nThe focus, say the organisers, will be on fighting anti-Semitism today.\n\nBut some speeches - particularly those outside of the event - look set to go further; as Jerusalem bristles with presidents and princes in what officials say amounts to the biggest political gathering since Israel's founding.\n\nPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has already used the lead up to say the number one lesson from Auschwitz is stopping a nuclear armed Iran.\n\nWhile the decision to give the podium to President Putin of Russia has sparked fury in Poland.\n\nIts nationalist president Andrzej Duda is staying away in protest at not being invited to speak; accusing Mr Putin of distorting the history of the Holocaust and the war to attack his country.\n\nAhead of the event, the prince met survivors of the Holocaust, saw the ancient Dead Sea Scrolls, and visited Israel's President Reuven Rivlin.\n\nMr Rivlin told the prince that Israel \"deeply appreciates\" his attendance at the gathering, which he said would help to \"show that when we are united we can fight this phenomenon\".\n\nThe prince met Holocaust survivors George Shefi and Marta Wise at the Israel museum ahead of the forum\n\nHe also told the prince that \"we still expect your mother to come\" to Israel. The Queen has never visited the country during her 67-year reign.\n\nTo commemorate the visit, Charles was invited to plant an oak tree in the gardens of the president's official residence, Beit HaNassi.\n\nDuring his two-day trip, Prince Charles is also likely to visit the grave of his grandmother, Princess Alice of Battenberg, in Jerusalem's Church of St Mary Magdalene.\n\nShe was honoured by the Jewish people for hiding and saving the lives of Jews in Nazi-occupied Athens, Greece, during World War Two.\n\nIn his address on Thursday, Prince Charles spoke of his \"immense pride\" at the honour, saying he has \"long drawn inspiration from the selfless actions of my dear grandmother\".", "Nick Ramsay has been suspended from his party and the Conservative assembly group\n\nA senior assembly member arrested on New Year's Day but released without charge remains suspended from the Conservatives as the party continues its investigations.\n\nNick Ramsay is thought to be taking legal advice over the arrest.\n\nParty sources claim there have been several occasions when his behaviour after drinking led to complaints.\n\nFriends reject claims he has been spoken to about allegations relating to alcohol.\n\nThey say the suspension process may be open to legal challenge.\n\nMr Ramsay's friends also defended him and suggested he was the victim of a campaign against him by some in his local party in Monmouth.\n\nThat claim is denied by the local party chairman, Nick Hackett-Pain.\n\nThe Welsh Conservatives say an \"investigation is underway\". The party did not explain what the investigation is looking into.\n\nMr Ramsay, a frontbench Tory spokesman in the assembly and chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, was suspended from his party and Conservative group in the Senedd following the arrest.\n\nThe AM was released without charge by Gwent Police, but his suspension from both the Conservatives and the Tory Welsh Assembly group was not lifted.\n\nHe has not been seen at the assembly since his release. His colleague, party whip Darren Millar, has deputised for him at every public accounts committee meeting this year.\n\nOne Conservative AM told BBC Wales discussions with Mr Ramsay were at a \"bit of a stalemate\" and they had \"no idea\" when he is due to return to the assembly.\n\nJacob Rees-Mogg was at a dinner where Mr Ramsay is alleged to have made an inappropriate remark\n\nBBC Wales has also learned Mr Ramsay was the subject of complaints by some of his own local members about a speech he made at Monmouth Conservative Association's spring dinner in 2018.\n\nSeveral sources say complaints were made to the assembly's standards commissioner about an allegedly \"inappropriate\" remark during his speech at the end of the event at Chepstow Racecourse.\n\nOne person present claimed Mr Ramsay had had \"slightly more to drink than he should have\".\n\nBBC Wales has been told the commissioner decided Mr Ramsay had not broken the members' code of conduct. The commissioner's office declined to comment.\n\nFriends of Nick Ramsay have defended the Monmouth AM's conduct.\n\nA source told BBC Wales: \"A lot of the allegations being made aren't new.\n\n\"There are members of the local party who've been bullying and attempting to intimidate Nick and his family for some time now. The party has been aware of these issues.\n\n\"Hopefully they can be addressed and Nick and his family can get the support they need. They've been through a difficult time - Nick just wants things to get back to normal.\"\n\nOne friend of Mr Ramsay said: \"I have been in Nick's company and that of his wife many times and I've seen no evidence that he drinks to excess, or has any behaviour problems when he drinks.\"\n\nThe allegations of a smear campaign were rejected as \"entirely untrue\" by Monmouth Conservative Association chairman Nick Hackett-Pain.\n\n\"I have been an active member of this association for a quarter of a century,\" he told BBC Wales.\n\n\"There's no campaign within the association to discredit Nick, cause him problems or difficulties for his family.\"\n\nMr Hackett-Pain says he has written to Mr Ramsay and \"offered him what help we are able to give him at this time\".\n\nMr Ramsay has been involved in several controversies since being elected AM for Monmouth in 2007:\n\nOn the question of when Mr Ramsay might return to the assembly, one source close to him told BBC Wales: \"Nick was elected as a Conservative AM, he respects the party and its approach, and he's waiting for this to resolved by the party before returning.\"\n\nA Welsh Conservative spokesman said: \"Nick Ramsay remains suspended. An investigation is underway and we won't be commenting further.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's David Sillito looks back at the Welsh comic actor, writer and director's life\n\nMonty Python stars have led the tributes to their co-star Terry Jones, who has died at the age of 77.\n\nThe Welsh actor and writer played a variety of characters in the iconic comedy group's Flying Circus TV series, and directed several of their films.\n\nHe died on Tuesday, four years after contracting a rare form of dementia known as FTD.\n\nDavid Walliams and Simon Pegg were among other comedians who remembered him.\n\nFellow Python star Sir Michael Palin described Jones as \"one of the funniest writer-performers of his generation\".\n\nIn a tweet, John Cleese said he was \"a man of so many talents and such endless enthusiasm\".\n\nEric Idle, another member of the highly influential comedy troupe, recalled the \"many laughs [and] moments of total hilarity\" they shared.\n\n\"It's too sad if you knew him, but if you didn't you will always smile at the many wonderfully funny moments he gave us,\" he went on.\n\nTerry Gilliam, with whom Jones directed the group's film The Holy Grail in 1975, described his fellow Python as a \"brilliant, constantly questioning, iconoclastic, righteously argumentative and angry but outrageously funny and generous and kind human being\".\n\n\"One could never hope for a better friend,\" he said.\n\nPalin added: \"Terry was one of my closest, most valued friends. He was kind, generous, supportive and passionate about living life to the full.\n\n\"He was far more than one of the funniest writer-performers of his generation, he was the complete Renaissance comedian - writer, director, presenter, historian, brilliant children's author, and the warmest, most wonderful company you could wish to have.\"\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 Stephen Fry 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 Russell Brand 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 Adrian Edmondson 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\nScreenwriter Charlie Brooker posted: \"RIP the actual genius Terry Jones. Far too many brilliant moments to choose from.\"\n\nDavid Walliams thanked his comedy hero \"for a lifetime of laughter\".\n\nSimon Pegg - who acted in Jones' final film as director, 2015's Absolutely Anything - said: \"Terry was a sweet, gentle, funny man who was a joy to work with and impossible not to love.\"\n\nAnd comedian Eddie Izzard told BBC News: \"It's a tragedy - the good go too early. Monty Python changed the face of world comedy. It will live forever. It's a terrible loss.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Michael Palin on Terry Jones: \"He was a wonderful companion\"\n\nShane Allen, BBC controller of comedy commissioning, wrote that it was a \"sad day to lose an absolute titan of British comedy\" and \"one of the founding fathers of the most influential and pioneering comedy ensembles of all time\".\n\nJones was born in Colwyn Bay and went on to study at Oxford University, where he met his future Python pal Palin in the Oxford Revue - a student comedy group.\n\nAlongside Palin, Idle and the likes of David Jason, he appeared in the BBC children's satirical sketch show Do Not Adjust Your Set, which would set the template for their work to come with Python.\n\nJones directed, starred in and co-wrote Monty Python's 1979 film Life of Brian\n\nHe wrote and starred in Monty Python's Flying Circus TV show and the comedy collective's films, as a range of much-loved characters. These included Arthur \"Two Sheds\" Jackson, Cardinal Biggles of the Spanish Inquisition and Mr Creosote.\n\nIn addition to directing The Holy Grail with Gilliam, Jones took sole directorial charge of 1979's Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life in 1983.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nCleese said: \"Of his many achievements, for me the greatest gift he gave us all was his direction of Life of Brian. Perfection.\"\n\nBeyond Monty Python, he wrote the screenplay for the 1986 film Labyrinth, starring David Bowie.\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 BBC Archive 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\nMonty Python's Flying Circus, the groundbreaking comedy series that made Jones and his fellow cast members international stars, first aired on BBC One in October 1969.\n\nSurreal, anarchic and bawdily irreverent, the show's blend of live-action sketches and animated interludes mocked both broadcasting conventions and societal norms.\n\nJones and Palin had met at Oxford, while Cleese, Graham Chapman and Eric Idle studied at Cambridge. After university, they took part in various comedy shows before forming Monty Python with US-born animator Terry Gilliam.\n\nAfter four series, the troupe moved to the big screen to make Arthurian spoof Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Monty Python's Life of Brian, a controversial parody of Biblical epics.\n\nMonty Python's The Meaning of Life, their final film as a collective, returned to the original series' sketch-based format.\n\nThe surviving members reunited periodically after Chapman's death in 1989, most notably for a run of live shows at the O2 in London in 2014.\n\nJones (left) as the store manager and Eric Idle as Chris Quinn in Monty Python's sketch The Department Store-Buying an Ant\n\nThe statement from Jones' family noted his \"uncompromising individuality, relentless intellect and extraordinary humour [that] has given pleasure to countless millions across six decades\".\n\n\"Over the past few days his wife, children, extended family and many close friends have been constantly with Terry as he gently slipped away at his home in north London.\n\n\"His work with Monty Python, his books, films, television programmes, poems and other work will live on forever, a fitting legacy to a true polymath.\"\n\nTerry Jones as Mr Creosote, alongside John Cleese, in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life in 1983\n\nThe family thanked Jones' \"wonderful medical professionals and carers for making the past few years not only bearable but often joyful\".\n\nThey said: \"We hope that this disease will one day be eradicated entirely. We ask that our privacy be respected at this sensitive time and give thanks that we lived in the presence of an extraordinarily talented, playful and happy man living a truly authentic life, in his words 'Lovingly frosted with glucose.'\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "A Tory assembly candidate who was accused by a crown court judge of deliberately sabotaging a rape trial has been deselected by his party.\n\nIn a statement, the party said Ross England was \"no longer a Welsh Conservative candidate\".\n\nIn April 2018 while giving evidence, Mr England made claims about the victim's sexual history, which she denied.\n\nAlun Cairns denied knowing about his aide's role in the trial's collapse but resigned as Welsh secretary.\n\nThe claims made by Mr England were not permissible in court but he denied knowing this when he gave evidence.\n\nRoss England was selected to stand for the Welsh Conservatives for the 2021 assembly election\n\nMr Cairns was re-elected as the MP for Vale of Glamorgan in the 2019 general election and later cleared of breaking the ministerial code.\n\nMr England had been suspended from the party and his candidacy after the events of the rape trial came to light.\n\nWelsh Tory sources told BBC Wales on Wednesday that Mr England had intended to quit the party regardless of the findings of a party investigation.\n\nA Welsh Conservatives spokesman said: \"The Welsh Conservative Candidates Committee convened on 22 January 2020 to consider the evidence in respect of an issue concerning Vale of Glamorgan Assembly candidate Ross England, and concluded that his candidacy should be withdrawn. Ross England is therefore no longer a Welsh Conservative candidate.\"", "Broadcaster Victoria Derbyshire has addressed the news that her show is coming off air by telling viewers \"we don't give up\" and \"we're still here\".\n\nThe award-winning Victoria Derbyshire Show is expected to end on BBC Two after five years, as part of BBC cuts.\n\nOpening Thursday's programme, the host said: \"We are still here telling your stories and covering the issues that are important to you in your life.\n\n\"And do you know what? We don't give up.\"\n\nShe went on to introduce an investigation. \"And that's why we've been back to a housing estate in London after we exposed the shocking living conditions there last year,\" she continued.\n\nHer comments came a day after BBC media editor Amol Rajan said the cost of running the news and current affairs programme on a linear channel \"when savings are needed\" had been \"deemed too high\".\n\nIn 2016 it was announced that BBC News would need to find £80m of cuts over four years.\n\nThe broadcaster is due to make an announcement about its news operation next week.\n\nIt comes after Tony Hall announced his resignation as the BBC's director general.\n\nNumerous media personalities responded with shock to the news of the programme coming off air, praising its award-winning journalism.\n\nLouisa Compton, who edited the Victoria Derbyshire Show when it was first launched, said the decision was \"madness\" - while ITV's Piers Morgan said it was a \"very strange\" call.\n\nShadow culture secretary Tracy Brabin tweeted that the programme's \"rigorous campaigning and commitment to the public having their say made it pretty unique in daytime TV\".\n\nShe said she would be looking into why the show was being taken off air.\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\nConservative MP Damian Collins, who is seeking re-election as chairman of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, said reports of the planned cuts were \"disturbing\".\n\nHe said there needs to be \"a proper review of BBC finances\" and licence fee payers should be asking what they value and want to see more of.\n\nLabour MP Jess Phillips tweeted that it was \"sad to see\" the end of a programme that had \"reached a largely working class audience\".\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 Jess Phillips 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\nAnna Collinson and Jim Reed, journalists for the programme, both called the decision \"gutting\".\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 Anna Collinson 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\nAmol Rajan said he understands BBC News is \"committed\" to the presenter and the journalism of the show.\n\nThe BBC has declined to comment.\n\nAired at 10:00 on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel every weekday, the show focuses on original stories, audience debates and exclusive interviews as well as breaking news.\n\nIt was launched in April 2015.\n\nIn 2017 the show won a Bafta for its news coverage of the abuse of footballers , while Derbyshire herself has won and been nominated for several awards for presenting the show.\n\nOther exclusive stories the show has uncovered include the number of deaths linked to Xanax and the way how family courts treat victims of domestic violence.\n\nWhen Victoria Derbyshire proposed a TV version of her Radio 5 Live Show to former BBC News boss James Harding, he gave her the green light within days.\n\nBBC News has a big problem in connecting with some licence fee payers away from big cities and from poorer backgrounds - or, in the jargon, \"underserved audiences\".\n\nFor Harding and BBC News, Derbyshire - and the show's first editor, Louisa Compton (now at Channel 4) - were the solution to a big problem.\n\nDerbyshire's programme was highly effective in reaching those people, through original journalism, investigations and scoops of a kind that the BBC generally struggles to do. But on linear TV channels it failed to garner a sufficiently big audience to justify its cost.\n\nFirst it was chopped from two hours to one. Now it is gone.\n\nBBC News is looking to make big savings and re-organise its structure so that digital journalism is prioritised.\n• None Lord Hall to step down as BBC's director general", "Nai'm, nine, has been the subject of five incidents of racism in a year\n\n\"The person was my friend and I didn't expect any of my friends to call me a name,\" says nine-year-old Nai'm.\n\nHe has experienced racist abuse at primary school five times in a year. It has left his mother, Carla, in tears.\n\nOne of the perpetrators is now on a council register for racism, with another facing temporary exclusion.\n\nPrimary-school exclusions for racism in England are up more than 40% in just over a decade with the biggest rise in the North West, official figures show.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nai'm says the racism left him shocked and sad at the same time\n\nCarla, who moved to Manchester from Bermuda three years ago with Nai'm, says she was called by his school and told another pupil had called him \"a black midget\".\n\n\"I was in disbelief. But it did in fact happen, so I was taken aback,\" she says.\n\n\"Then, three weeks later, I got a call again and his teacher was upset.\"\n\nWhen she went into school to talk to the teacher, Carla broke down in tears.\n\n\"I couldn't believe that children would actually talk like that,\" she says.\n\n\"He was only eight at the time and shouldn't have had to endure this type of treatment.\"\n\nNai'm, who plays for his local professional football club's junior team, says much of the abuse happens on the school pitch.\n\nBut being called racist names by a friend left him \"a little shocked and sad at the same time\".\n\nAnother child told him their parents had told them they weren't allowed to talk to black or brown people.\n\nCarla says the family have a good relationship with the school, which has been working with them to try to halt the abuse.\n\nNai'm gave a talk to fellow pupils at a special assembly about Bermuda and the school tried to get the parents to meet but some of the perpetrators' parents refused.\n\nIt is up to each individual school to decide how to deal with and whether to document incidents of racism among pupils - the only national figures are those for exclusions and some campaigners say they are just the tip of the iceberg.\n\n\"This is about it being OK to be different,\" John Au tells a special assembly at Lawrence Community Primary School, in Liverpool.\n\nHe works for the Anthony Walker Foundation, set up after the Huyton teenager's racially motivated murder, in 2005, to campaign for diversity and inclusion.\n\nThe school contacted the charity after staff overheard worrying conversations between pupils.\n\n\"It was things like, 'Go back to your own country,' because a lot of the children come from different countries,\" deputy head Lisa Flanagan says.\n\n\"We also heard children talking about the colour of someone's skin.\n\n\"In some instances, pupils were refusing to learn about another religion because they thought they would be betraying their own beliefs.\"\n\nDr Zubaida Haque, deputy director of race-equality think tank the Runnymede Trust, says racism in schools reflects attitudes outside the classroom.\n\n\"We have to understand, schools are a microcosm of society,\" she says.\n\n\"So if we have an increase in hate crime in society, an increase of bigotry or there's bullying going on outside of school, racism in papers and in a politician's narrative, children will pick that up very quickly. And that's what is happening.\"\n\nJohn Au says his organisation has been receiving an increasing number of requests from schools for help.\n\n\"Racism and discrimination is a problem that affects the whole of society. It doesn't matter how old we are,\" Mr Au says.\n\n\"Schools should be praised for identifying problems. We have to give them credit for that. When teachers spot things early, it stops them from escalating into something else.\"\n\nIn a statement Nai'm's primary school said: \"The school prides itself in being an inclusive school and will continue to challenge all forms of racism.\n\n\"We strongly believe in educating our pupils by teaching them right from wrong, so that they are able to live in harmony with other people regardless of our differences.\n\n\"We want children to accept each other and celebrate our diverse school community.\n\n\"We are pleased that our families feel supported by staff and that they are positive about the way we deal with incidents when they arise.\"", "The chairman of India's space agency says the new mission could happen this year\n\nIndia has announced plans for a third lunar mission, months after its last one crash landed on the Moon's surface.\n\nThe chairman of India's space agency, K Sivan, said work was going \"smoothly\" on the Chandrayaan-3 unmanned mission.\n\nHe said the country was aiming to launch the mission in 2020 but that it \"may spill over\" to 2021.\n\nIf successful, it would make India the fourth country to achieve a soft landing on the Moon, and boost its credentials as a low-cost space power.\n\nSo far, only Russia, the US and China have successfully put a mission on the Moon's surface.\n\nMr Sivan, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), told reporters that Chandrayaan-3 would have a \"similar configuration\" to the previous mission.\n\nChandrayaan-2 was the most complex mission ever attempted by India's space agency. It had aimed to land on the south pole of the Moon - in a spot that no other landing craft had reached before - to carry out tasks including searching for water and minerals, and measuring moonquakes.\n\nBut the high-profile Moon mission failed in September, when the module crash landed.\n\nMr Sivan said the new mission would land in the same area, and would \"have a lander, rover and propulsion module like its predecessor\". The new equipment is set to cost some $35m (£26m), while the full cost of the mission is set to be significantly more.\n\nJitendra Singh, junior minister for the department of space, has said the new mission will be \"quite economical\".\n\n\"The orbiter is already there. So we are going to be cutting cost,\" he told the Times of India.\n\nPlans for an unmanned mission to the Moon are just part of India's wider ambitions of becoming a low-cost space power.\n\nMr Sivan said India planned to launch at least 25 space missions in 2020.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Is India's prime minister right when he calls his country a space superpower?\n\nHe said Isro was also making \"good progress\" with plans for its first manned mission into orbit. Four astronauts have been picked for training, which is set to begin in Russia later this month.\n\nUp to three astronauts are expected to take part in the mission, which is slated to take place by 2022.", "Two dozen barrels of Scotch whisky are being put up for sale in what is being billed as the world's first dedicated online auction for casks.\n\nThe auction will feature a wide range of barrels, from a 2015 Glen Ord cask with a pre-sale estimate of £2,000-£3,000 to a Springbank 1995 sherry hogshead (£40,000-£50,000).\n\nThe event will run from 22 January for 12 days.\n\nIt is the first of four planned this year by specialist firm Cask Trade.\n\nThe barrels have been submitted to the auction by private owners and investors.\n\nCask Trade said it had validated all the sellers and confirmed proof of ownership as well as the history of each cask.\n\nThe London-based company, which specialises in buying and selling \"exceptional cask whiskies\", was set up in 2018 by serial entrepreneur and whisky collector Simon Aron.\n\nCask Trade was founded by entrepreneur and whisky collector Simon Aron\n\nHe founded the business after running out of space for his collection.\n\nHe explained: \"I built up a collection of 2,000 bottles over nearly 25 years, and it drove my wife mad that I had so many of them stored under the stairs and in cupboards around our home.\n\n\"I started to look more at casks and decided to build a new marketplace for buyers and sellers.\n\n\"With the launch of auctionyourcask.com, we offer a fresh approach to selling whisky by the cask, not just the bottle.\"\n\nEntries to the auction can be made until 10 January.", "Baby Archie is held by his beaming dad beside calm blue waters in a new photograph released by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to mark the new year.\n\nThe image of their seven-month-old son, Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, came at the end of an Instagram compilation summarising the couple's year.\n\nThe video flicks through photographs of their favourite moments of 2019 accompanied by Coldplay's hit Clocks.\n\nThe royals wish \"health and continued happiness\" in the video's caption.\n\nIt reads: \"Wishing you all a very Happy New Year and thanking you for your continued support!\n\n\"We've loved meeting so many of you from around the world and can't wait to meet many more of you next year.\n\n\"We hope 2020 brings each of you health and continued happiness.\"\n\nBaby Archie was introduced to the world in May this year - two days after his birth\n\nIt has been an eventful year for the royal couple who married in May 2018.\n\nTheir son was born on 6 May and was introduced to the world two days later at a photocall in Windsor Castle's St George's Hall, with Meghan declaring: \"It's magic, it's pretty amazing. I have the two best guys in the world, so I'm really happy.\"\n\nIt has also been a year in which the couple launched legal action against the Mail on Sunday for publishing a private letter sent by the Duchess of Sussex to her father.\n\nLater that month, the couple spoke about the challenges of royal life in an ITV documentary.", "A police cordon remained in place on New Year's Day\n\nFour people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was stabbed in Milton Keynes.\n\nPolice were called to an address in Carradine Crescent, Oxley Park, just after 15:30 GMT on New Year's Eve.\n\nThe man, who was in his 20s, was taken to Milton Keynes University Hospital where he died.\n\nPolice said they believed the victim and his attackers were known to each other. Anyone with information has been asked to contact Thames Valley Police.\n\nThose arrested are three men aged 68, 42 and 32 and a 38-year-old woman.\n\nPolice were called to Carradine Crescent on New Year's Eve\n\nDet Insp Dejan Avramovich said: \"I appreciate the concern that this incident will cause in the local community, but I would like to re-assure members of the public that we have made arrests and are investigating the circumstances of this incident thoroughly.\n\n\"We believe the victim and the offenders were known to one another, and do not believe there to be a wider threat to the local community.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The graffiti was found on a building near the North Brixton Islamic Cultural Centre\n\nAnti-Islamic slogans have been painted on a building near a mosque in south London.\n\nThe graffiti was found on a building near to the North Brixton Islamic Cultural Centre in Brixton Road at about 11:00 GMT.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said it was working with Lambeth Council to remove the \"offensive remarks\" from the building as soon as possible.\n\nThe force said it was investigating who was responsible.\n\nSadiq Khan said he was \"disgusted\" by the graffiti, which comes days after anti-Semitic symbols were daubed across several shops and a synagogue in north London.\n\nThe London mayor tweeted: \"Let me be clear: all prejudice is cowardly and criminals will face the full force of the law.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The UK is on the verge of a \"new chapter\" in its history, Boris Johnson has said, as he promised to \"finish the job\" by delivering Brexit within weeks.\n\nIn his new year message, the prime minister said he hoped the country would \"move forward united\" after it leaves the EU on 31 January.\n\nHe vowed to govern \"for everyone\", not just those who backed him at the polls.\n\nAnd he said he wanted more prosperity and fairer opportunity to be the hallmarks of a \"remarkable\" new decade.\n\nBoosting resources for the NHS, improving the UK's infrastructure, tackling violent crime and protecting the environment were among his government's other main priorities for the year ahead, he said.\n\nMr Johnson, who is currently on holiday in the Caribbean, said the \"first item on his agenda\" when he returned was delivering on the mandate of the people and taking the UK out of the EU.\n\nHe said: \"We can start a new chapter in the history of our country, in which we come together and move forward united, unleashing the enormous potential of the British people.\"\n\nThe Conservatives' resounding election victory on 12 December had \"driven an electoral bulldozer\" through the deadlock in Parliament, he said, and offered a way out of the \"division, rancour and uncertainty\" surrounding the Brexit debate since the 2016 referendum vote.\n\nLegislation to ratify the withdrawal agreement with the EU easily cleared its first hurdle before Christmas, when MPs backed it by a majority of 124.\n\nWith an 80-seat Conservative majority in the Commons, the remaining stages of the bill are expected to be completed quickly in January in time, the PM said, to \"get Brexit done before the end of this month\".\n\n\"That oven-ready deal I talked about so much during the election campaign has already had its plastic covering pierced and been placed in the microwave,\" he said.\n\nMr Johnson said giving the NHS the resources it needed was his \"top priority\"\n\nWhile the UK is set to leave the EU's institutions at 23.00 GMT on 31 January, negotiations over its future economic relationship with the 27-member bloc have yet to begin, with experts saying they will be far tougher than those over the terms of the UK's exit.\n\nMr Johnson has set himself a deadline of completing an ambitious trade deal by the end of 2020, when the 11-month transition period agreed by the two sides ends. Many leading EU figures have cast doubt upon the tight timetable and questioned the PM's ruling out of any extension.\n\nMr Johnson has pledged to put public services at the heart of a One Nation agenda, promising billions of extra investment for the NHS in the next four years and levelling up schools funding across England.\n\nAhead of what is traditionally the most difficult time of the year for the health service, Mr Johnson insisted it was his \"top priority\" and his ambition was to provide \"state of the art\" healthcare which remained free at the point of use.\n\n\"The loudest message I heard during the election campaign is that people expect us - expect me - to protect and improve the NHS.\"\n\nHe said he aimed to deliver a \"people's government\".\n\n\"I am acutely aware that there are millions of people who did not vote for me and were disappointed by the result,\" he said.\n\n\"If you are one of them, I want to reassure you that I will be a prime minister for everyone, not just those who voted for me. I know that you love this country no less, simply because you voted for another party or wanted to Remain.\"\n\nMr Johnson, who a year ago was languishing on the backbenches after quitting Theresa May's government, is said to be planning a major cabinet reshuffle and departmental reorganisation after the UK leaves the EU.\n\nHe has also signalled that infrastructure and science will be at the heart of a Budget in March, with the aim of making the UK \"an engine for the ideas of the future\".\n\nHe said he wanted to \"make the 2020s a decade of prosperity and opportunity\" with a \"fantastically exciting agenda\".\n\nIn his new year message, Jeremy Corbyn has insisted Labour will remain the \"resistance\" to Boris Johnson's government despite their heavy defeat while the SNP's Nicola Sturgeon said leaving the EU was a source of \"deep regret\" for many Scots and her government would do all it could to \"mitigate the worst impacts\".\n\nElsewhere, Nigel Farage has said he is in no rush to make any decision about the Brexit Party's future. He told supporters that the party had \"changed politics for good\", despite failing to elect any MPs after it decided not to field candidates in more than 300 Conservative-held seats.\n\n\"Don't let anyone tell you that we have not succeeded in our main goals,\" he wrote in an email. \"We are now assessing thoughts and ideas as to what our next steps might be.\"", "Many thousands of protesters gathered to march on the first day of the year\n\nHong Kong's protesters have welcomed a new decade via a New Year's Day rally, with tens of thousands joining a pro-democracy march.\n\nThough the gathering was largely peaceful, violence broke out in some areas and police fired tear gas.\n\nOn New Year's Eve, demonstrators had formed human chains that stretched for miles down busy shopping streets.\n\nMore than six months after the protests began, they gathered for midnight countdowns by Victoria Harbour.\n\nTheir chants included, \"Ten! Nine! Liberate Hong Kong, revolution now!\"\n\nIn the lively Mong Kok market district, some set fire to barricades after dark and let off fireworks, disrupting traffic.\n\nPolice used water cannon to clear Nathan Road in Mong Kok and fired tear gas and rubber bullets, the South China Morning Post reports.\n\nSome 40 parliamentarians and dignitaries from 18 countries sent an open letter to Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam on New Year's Eve, urging her to \"seek genuine ways forward out of this crisis by addressing the grievances of Hong Kong people\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Jonathan Head was in Hong Kong as crowds dispersed\n\nThe anti-government protests began in June over plans to allow extradition to mainland China, but have since morphed into a broader movement demanding full democracy.\n\nSome protesters have adopted the motto: \"Five demands, not one less!\"\n\nTheir goals are an amnesty for those arrested, an independent inquiry into alleged police brutality, universal suffrage, and for the protests not to be characterised as \"riots\". The fifth demand - the withdrawal of the controversial extradition bill - has already been met.\n\nHong Kong was a British colony until 1997, but was then returned to Chinese control under the principle of \"one country, two systems\". While it is technically part of China, the territory has its own legal system and borders, and rights including freedom of assembly and free speech are protected.\n\nThe anti-government rally on 1 January was planned by the Civil Human Rights Front\n\nMore than 6,500 people have been arrested as a result of the protests so far.\n\nIn the afternoon of New Year's Day, people of all ages gathered to march from the city's Victoria Park. Some wore masks, defying a ban on face coverings, and carried signs reading, \"Freedom is not free\".\n\n\"It's hard to utter 'Happy New Year' because Hong Kong people are not happy,\" said a man named Tung, according to Reuters news agency. \"Unless the five demands are achieved, and police are held accountable for their brutality, then we can't have a real happy new year.\"\n\nThe pro-democracy march was organised by the Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF), which has planned a number of million-strong rallies.\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 Jonathan Head 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\"The government has already started the oppression before the New Year began... whoever is being oppressed, we will stand with them,\" said Jimmy Sham, a CHRF leader and long-time political activist.\n\nMr Sham was hospitalised in October after he was attacked by a group of men wielding hammers.\n\nIn a speech on New Year's Day, China's President Xi Jinping said Beijing would \"resolutely safeguard the prosperity and stability\" of Hong Kong.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The history behind Hong Kong's identity crisis and protests - first broadcast November 2019", "Emma Allan gave birth to Scotland's first baby of the decade\n\nScotland has welcomed its first babies of the decade in hospitals around the country.\n\nThe first arrival is believed to have been a boy born at 00:03, at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.\n\nWeighing 8lbs 5oz, he is the first child for Emma Allan and Cameron Cunningham, who are from Port Seton.\n\nNew mother Emma said: \"He was due 10 days ago so this isn't what we expected - he must have wanted to be the first baby of the decade.\"\n\nTen minutes after baby Cunningham was born in Edinburgh, a baby girl weighing 7lbs 11.5oz was born at Aberdeen Maternity Hospital.\n\nParents Kayleigh Clark and Darren Wood, from Inverurie, welcomed Emily Louise Wood into the world at 00:13.\n\nJust over an hour later at 01:18, a baby girl was born at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert to parents Sarah and Lizzie Middleton, from Stenhousemuir.\n\nThe child, named Lexie, arrived weighing 6lb 9oz and is Sarah's first baby.\n\nA boy called Russell was born at 02:09 in St John's Hospital in Livingston.\n\nMary Cruikshank was one of the first babies born at the Ayrshire Maternity Unit\n\nHis parents Laura and Kevin Galbraith are from Bathgate in West Lothian.\n\nThe first Glasgow baby was a girl, born at 04:36 at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital maternity unit.\n\nShe has been named as Catherine by her parents Marie and Peter Rankin, from Clarkston, East Renfrewshire.\n\nAt Raigmore Hospital in Inverness, local couple Alison and Allan Stewart had a boy at 04:11.\n\nAt the same hospital just 19 minutes later, Sophie Jansen van Rensburg and partner Warren, from Nairn, had a little boy.\n\nThey plan to name him Carter.\n\nThe first baby of the year at the Ayrshire Maternity Unit was 7lb 11oz Theodore - a son to Christina and Ryan Maguire from Troon - who was delivered at 05:23.\n\nThree minutes later, Robyn was born to mother Erica Borland and father Sam Love, from Ayr. Weighing 9lb 3oz, Robyn is a little sister for brothers Evan, 4, and two-year-old Luke.\n\nManilyn and Richard Cruikshank, from Maybole, welcomed their first child - a daughter named Mary - at 06:39. Mary weighed in at 4lb 15oz.", "A couple has brought home a healthy baby boy who was the \"very last embryo\" they implanted after deciding to call time on their attempts at IVF.\n\nLewis and Hannah Vaughan Jones spent £80,000 on 15 rounds of IVF after being told they would not conceive naturally.\n\nThey had decided that if the latest round of IVF did not work, they would give up on the treatment - but then Mrs Vaughan Jones became pregnant.\n\nThe couple, who are both TV presenters, said baby Sonny was \"beautiful\".\n\nAfter about six years of an \"all-consuming\" emotional and financial struggle - and following medical advice - the couple decided to make a final attempt at IVF.\n\n\"We had zero hope... emotionally, we had already moved on,\" Mr Vaughan Jones said.\n\n\"We'd tried so many times and statistically it was so unlikely to work. And that's why we absolutely couldn't believe it when the very last embryo was the one that worked.\"\n\nWhen Mrs Vaughan Jones, 38, became pregnant, her husband said he was \"terrified\" of another miscarriage.\n\nHe could not bring himself to buy baby clothes or redecorate their home in Twickenham, south-west London until more than six months into the pregnancy.\n\nBut Matheson \"Sonny\" Calon Tallett Vaughan Jones was born by Caesarean section on 10 December.\n\n\"It's been just as wonderful and crazy as you'd expect,\" Mr Vaughan Jones, who is also 38, said.\n\nHannah and Lewis attempted more rounds of IVF than many UK couples can afford.\n\nThe NHS limits how many cycles it offers to those who are eligible because of the price.\n\nCosts vary, but one cycle of treatment may cost up to £5,000 or more.\n\nGuidelines for the NHS recommend three cycles, but some NHS trusts offer less than this.\n\nThere is no set cut off if you go private and have enough viable eggs and time to keep trying, although doctors would and should advise you to stop at some point - when they think the odds of success are too low to merit continuing.\n\nIn general, the chances of IVF working decrease with age if the couple are using their own eggs and sperm rather than donor ones.\n\nIf you are having trouble getting pregnant, you should speak to your GP, who can refer you to a fertility specialist.\n\nMr Vaughan Jones, a presenter for the BBC News channel, said he and his wife \"knew how lucky we were that we've both got good jobs\" and could afford repeated rounds of IVF after one unsuccessful attempt paid for by the NHS.\n\nBut he added that the couple had felt \"cheated\" and \"emotionally vulnerable\" every time they handed over more money.\n\nMrs Vaughan Jones, a news anchor for CNN, first spoke openly about the \"hell\" of IVF in an article for the Times in 2017.\n\nShe described the article as being a \"sort of 'coming out'\" because \"there was so much shame or stigma attached to infertility\".\n\nMrs Vaughan Jones said friends told her writing the article was \"a brave thing to do\", but that to her it felt \"purely self-indulgent\" as it was like \"free therapy\".\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\nAfter Mrs Vaughan Jones's article, the couple documented their IVF journey in various ways, including uploading video diaries to YouTube to show others what the treatment involved.\n\nMr Vaughan Jones said that while he was normally quite a private person and had felt \"nervous\" about his wife's article, he also recognised the importance of speaking out.\n\n\"We didn't see anyone talking about just how low, bad and difficult [IVF] is,\" he said.\n\nMrs Vaughan Jones said she hoped by opening up about her family's journey, she could persuade others to do the same.\n\n\"I encourage people, even if they're naturally quite shy, to talk to someone, even if it's a stranger or the wonderful online community… to just understand that you're not alone and there is support out there.\"\n\nIn IVF treatment, an egg is removed from the woman's ovaries and fertilised with sperm in a laboratory.\n\nThe fertilised egg is then returned to the woman's womb to develop.\n\nIVF worked for the first time on 10 November 1977. On 25 July 1978, the world's first IVF baby, Louise Brown, was born.\n\nOn average, IVF fails 70% of the time. The highest success rates are for women under 35, where a third of treatment cycles are successful.\n\nOn average, it takes almost four-and-a-half years to conceive with IVF.\n\nFertilisation expert Dr Carol Lynn Curchoe said there had always been \"a general idea\" in her field of research that increasing rounds of IVF give infertile couples a greater chance of success - and that her own recent research found this was the case for some types of treatment.\n\nDr Curchoe added: \"Having success after 15 rounds of IVF is an extraordinary accomplishment and shines a bright light on the miracles that can and do happen when doctors and patients don't give up.\"", "The incident happened at the junction between Pye Green Road and St Aidan's Road\n\nA woman driving a mobility scooter has died in a hit-and-run crash in Staffordshire.\n\nThe 62-year-old was struck by a silver VW Golf in Cannock at about 18:30 GMT on New Year's Eve and died at the scene, police said.\n\nThe collision happened at the junction of Pye Green Road and St Aidan's Road. The driver of the Golf failed to stop.\n\nStaffordshire Police said inquiries were ongoing and witnesses should contact the force.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The UK has seen in the start of the new decade.\n\nIn London, some 12,000 fireworks lit up the capital's skyline, with 100,000 tickets being bought for the event.\n\nBig Ben's chimes sounded the start of the display, despite them being silent this year while renovation work is completed.\n\nRead more: Revellers across the UK usher in 2020", "A 19-year-old British woman has been found guilty of lying about being gang-raped in Ayia Napa, Cyprus, by Israeli youths.\n\nThe woman had said Cypriot police made her falsely confess to lying about the incident - but the police denied this.\n\nLawyer Michael Polak described it as \"a very worrying conviction\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Firefighters in New South Wales sheltered in their truck as it was overrun by flames\n\nBushfires have killed at least eight people in south-eastern Australia since Monday, while two others remain unaccounted for.\n\nThe latest fires, which raced towards the coast this week, have also destroyed more than 200 homes.\n\nSeven people have been confirmed dead in New South Wales and one in Victoria.\n\nConditions have eased slightly, and a major road that was closed in Victoria was reopened for two hours on Wednesday to allow people to leave.\n\nBut many people remain in fire-hit areas. In one town, police dropped off 1.6 tonnes of drinking water by boat.\n\nThe seven deaths in New South Wales include:\n\nFamily members of Mick Roberts, a 67-year-old Victorian missing since Monday, confirmed that he had been found dead in his home in Buchan, East Gippsland.\n\n\"Very sad day for us to (start) the year but we're a bloody tight family and we will never forget our mate and my beautiful Uncle Mick,\" his niece Leah Parson said on Facebook.\n\nThe deaths bring the total fire-related fatalities across Australia this season to at least 18, with warnings this could rise further.\n\nOf the homes destroyed in this week's blazes, 43 were in East Gippsland, Victoria, while another 176 were in New South Wales.\n\nEarlier on Wednesday, the New South Wales Rural Fire Service said 916 homes had been destroyed this season, with another 363 damaged, and 8,159 saved.\n\nPolice brought water, food and medical supplies into Mallacoota by boat\n\nIn Mallacoota, Victoria - where thousands fled to the beach on Tuesday - police boats arrived with 1.6 tonnes of water for residents.\n\nThey also brought food, a paramedic and medical supplies.\n\nAt the same time, police warned people in Sunbury, Victoria - about 40km (25 miles) north-west of Melbourne - to leave the area, as an emergency fire warning was in place.\n\nThe smoke from Wednesday's fires was visible more than 2,000km (1,200 miles) away from the South Island of New Zealand, where the haze tinted the sky orange.\n\nEarlier, New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian said workers would take advantage of the milder weather on Wednesday to clear roads and restore power.\n\nBut she said temperatures were expected to rise again on Saturday.\n\n\"At the very least, weather conditions will be at least as bad as what they were yesterday,\" she said.\n\nThe New South Wales fire service has warned of dangerous conditions for tourists on the south coast of NSW over the weekend, telling them to leave before Saturday.\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\nTemperatures are expected to reach the 40Cs in the south-east into the weekend, exacerbating already dangerous conditions in fire-ravaged Victoria and New South Wales.\n\nMeteorologists say a climate system in the Indian Ocean, known as the dipole, is the main driver behind the extreme heat in Australia.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe fire service warned they had been unable to reach some people in remote areas of NSW.\n\n\"We've got reports of injuries and burn injuries to members of the public,\" said New South Wales rural fire commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons.\n\n\"We haven't been able to get access via roads or via aircraft - it's been socked in [runways have been closed] or too dangerous.\"\n\nA satellite image shows the extent of smoke and flames at Batemans Bay, NSW\n\nIn Mallacoota, many people spent the night sleeping in their cars or on deckchairs.\n\nVictoria Emergency Commissioner Andrew Crisp said - as well as the police vessels - \"a large barge\" was sailing from Melbourne to the town with food, water and 30,000 litres of fuel.\n\nIn Cann River, a town about 80km (50 miles) inland from Mallacoota, residents warned that food supplies were running low.\n\nFurther north in Ulladulla, New South Wales, people were queuing outside supermarkets - while cuts to mobile networks and landlines meant people also waited to use payphones.\n\nThe military said amphibious ships were setting off from Sydney and would arrive in fire-hit coastal areas of New South Wales and Victoria by Friday.\n\nA long queue formed at a Woolworths supermarket in Ulladulla, New South Wales\n\nMeanwhile, a woman from Mallacoota who took a photo that went viral has spoken about the image.\n\nAllison Marion took the picture of her 11-year-old son, Finn, moving their family to safety in a powerboat.\n\n\"Finn drove the boat and my other son looked after the dog in the boat and [I am] very proud of both of them,\" she told ABC News.\n\nWhen the family returned to land, as conditions eased, they went to check on their home.\n\n\"Our street somehow escaped the fire somehow,\" she said. \"However, I feel for many people in our community who have lost their homes. It's just truly saddening.\"\n\nThe picture of 11-year-old Finn piloting a powerboat went viral", "The Pacific nation of Palau has become the first country to ban sun cream that is harmful to corals and sea life.\n\nFrom Wednesday, sun cream that includes common ingredients, including oxybenzone, is not allowed to be worn or sold in the country.\n\nPalau's President Tommy Remengesau said: \"We have to live and respect the environment because the environment is the nest of life.\"\n\nThe island nation markets itself as a \"pristine paradise\" for divers.\n\nA lagoon in Palau's Rock Islands is a Unesco World Heritage site. The country has a population of around 20,000 dotted across hundreds of islands.\n\nThe ban - which was announced in 2018 - prohibits sun cream containing any of 10 ingredients. The list includes oxybenzone and octinoxate, which absorb ultraviolet light.\n\nThe International Coral Reef Foundation said the banned chemicals were \"known environmental pollutants - most of them are... incredibly toxic to juvenile stages of many wildlife species\".\n\nMr Remengesau told the AFP news agency: \"When science tells us that a practice is damaging to coral reefs, to fish populations, or to the ocean itself, our people take note and our visitors do too.\n\n\"Toxic sunscreen chemicals have been found throughout Palau's critical habitats, and in the tissues of our most famous creatures.\n\n\"We don't mind being the first nation to ban these chemicals, and we will do our part to spread the word.\"\n\nA diver among the corals in Palau\n\nThe number of sun creams containing the harmful chemicals is declining. In 2018, experts said it was found in about half of creams and lotions.\n\nWhen the US state of Hawaii announced a similar ban - which comes into effect in 2021 - major brands were quick to say their products were \"reef bill compliant\".\n\nOther places to announce bans include the US Virgin Islands - where the law takes effect in March - and the Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire.", "A British man has been killed in an accident with a firework at a New Year's Eve party in Thailand, local police have said.\n\nGary McLaren, from Northamptonshire, died when a firework he was trying to light exploded in the seaside town of Pattaya.\n\nThe 50-year-old died at the scene, just after midnight.\n\nA Foreign Office spokeswoman said they were supporting the family of a British man who died in Thailand.\n\nLt Col Somboon Ua-samanmaitree of the Thai Tourist Police said: \"Around midnight, Mr McLaren attempted to light up a large firework but it failed to go off at first. After that, it suddenly exploded and killed him at the scene.\"\n\nPattaya is a coastal tourist resort about 60 miles southeast of Bangkok\n\nPolice said Mr McLaren, who was originally from Corby in Northamptonshire, had visited Thailand before and arrived a few days before New Year's Eve.\n\nAccording to his LinkedIn profile, Mr McLaren worked in a technical role for the International Road-Racing Teams Association.\n\nHe previously spent 11 years working for the Suzuki MotoGP team, who tweeted they were \"shocked and sad\" to learn of his death.\n\nThe post said that he had \"remained a good friend to us all while he continued working in the paddock for IRTA\", adding \"we'll really miss 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 MotoGP™ 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 tributes on social media described him as \"one of the most popular\" members of the Grand Prix motorcycle racing community, a \"great guy\" and a \"real professional\".\n\nThe Bangkok Post reported that police and rescue workers arrived to find a crowd of people and Mr McLaren lying on the ground with serious facial injuries. A large firework was found at the scene.\n\nThe paper said a witness described seeing the British man celebrating New Year's Eve with friends. Mr McLaren tried and failed to light the firework before it suddenly exploded, the witness said.", "The mother of a British woman convicted of lying about being gang-raped said she needed treatment for PTSD\n\nThe mother of a British woman convicted in Cyprus of lying about being raped by 12 Israeli men has backed calls for tourists to boycott the country.\n\nThe 19-year-old was found guilty of causing public mischief, prompting the Foreign Office to express \"serious concern\" about the case in Ayia Napa.\n\nCritics of the verdict have called for people to avoid visiting Cyprus.\n\nThe woman's mother told the BBC that Ayia Napa - where her daughter had been on a working holiday - was unsafe.\n\nThe 19-year-old was convicted following a trial after recanting a claim that she was raped in a hotel room in July.\n\nThe teenager has said Cypriot police made her falsely confess to lying about the incident at a hotel - something police have denied.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, the teenager's mother - who the BBC is not naming - said she believed her daughter's experience in Ayia Napa was not an isolated incident.\n\nShe said: \"The place isn't safe - it is absolutely not safe. And if you go and report something that's happened to you, you're either laughed at, as far as I can tell, or, in the worst case, something like what's happened to my daughter may happen.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lawyer Michael Polak described it as \"a very worrying conviction\"\n\nThe Independent's travel editor Simon Calder said about one in three visitors to Cyprus were British, with more than 1.3 million Brits visiting Cyprus in 2019.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 4's PM programme his two daughters and their friends have said they would not travel to Ayia Napa, adding: \"I imagine that there are similar conversations going on around the kitchen table in many homes with teenage children.\"\n\nHowever, he said he doubted the Foreign Office would implement a travel ban because Cyprus is \"generally a very safe country for British travellers\".\n\nLawyers representing the woman have criticised the conviction and the way the case was handled by the Cypriot police and Judge Michalis Papathanasiou.\n\nThey say her retraction statement was given when no lawyer or translator was present and point to the fact the judge refused to hear any evidence about whether the alleged rape took place.\n\nThe Foreign Office has described the conviction as \"deeply distressing\" and pledged to raise the issue with Cypriot authorities.\n\nSeveral senior legal figures in Cyprus have signed a letter written to the Attorney General Costas Clerides asking him to intervene in the case, including former Justice Minister Kypros Chrysostomides.\n\nMr Chrysostomides said the teenager had \"already suffered a lot\" and he expects her sentence will be \"very lenient\".\n\nHe added: \"She has already been in detention for four and a half weeks and she has already been prevented from travelling for about five months already.\"\n\nThe teenager faces up to a year in jail and a £1,500 fine when she is sentenced on 7 January, but he said such punishments would be \"excessive under the circumstances\".\n\nThe woman's mother said she had not personally heard from the Foreign Office, but added that she \"would love\" Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to get involved.\n\nShe said she understood that the judicial process had to be followed but \"when that starts becoming broken\" it was necessary for the authorities to step in, adding that her daughter had experienced human rights violations \"throughout\" the process.\n\nProtesters from the Network Against Violence Against Women were outside the court\n\nShe also questioned the authenticity of her daughter's retraction statement - local police said it had been written by her daughter but she cited an expert witness who said it was \"highly improbable\" that it had been produced by a native English speaker.\n\nWhen delivering the guilty verdict on Monday, the judge said his decision was backed up by video evidence showing the woman having consensual sex.\n\nBut her mother said the video showed her daughter having consensual sex with one man, and then it showed a group of people trying to enter the room.\n\n\"[The video] shows her and the guy telling them to get out of the room,\" she said. \"That gives you a very strong flavour of what happens next.\"\n\nThe 12 men arrested in connection with the alleged rape were later released and returned home. A lawyer representing some of them welcomed the guilty verdict, saying the woman had \"refused to this day to take responsibility for the horrible act she's done against the boys\".\n\nThe woman's mother said her daughter was experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder, hallucinations, and was sleeping for 18 or 20 hours a day because of a condition called hypersomnia.\n\n\"She needs to get back to the UK to get that treated - that's my absolute primary focus. She can't be treated here because hearing foreign men speaking loudly will trigger an episode...\n\n\"It needs resolving otherwise she's going to carry on having this for the rest of her life.\"\n\nThe woman's mother also revealed that her daughter had planned to start university this year after being accepted by all of the universities she applied for.\n\n\"She'd been offered a bursary at one of them - she'd got three unconditional offers.\n\n\"So, no question, she would have gone to university, but it was in a career that she wouldn't be able to do with this 'public mischief' verdict, so - again, life-changing for her - she needs to totally rethink her options.\"\n\nThe woman's legal representatives have already said they plan to appeal against the conviction.\n\nThe woman's mother said they plan to take the case to the Cyprus Supreme Court, but there is a long waiting list.\n\n\"Our lawyers are looking at what can be done to expedite that, and that's maybe something the Foreign Office could help us with, so to get that as soon as we can.\"\n\nAyia Napa is a popular holiday destination, known for its nightlife and beaches\n\nA GoFundMe page for legal costs has raised more than £80,000 towards a target of £100,000.\n\nThe woman's mother said she was \"astounded\" by the support, but believed legal costs would end up being even greater than that.\n\n\"Unfortunately we're going to have to increase the target in a little bit to appeal with the appeal process.\n\n\"I'm not totally sure what the figure needs to be to do that yet, but we will be doing that.\"\n\nHuman rights campaigner Joan Smith told the BBC that the Foreign Office's strong response to the verdict was a \"very unusual\" and \"welcome\" intervention.\n\nShe said: \"They wouldn't have done it if they hadn't felt that there were serious questions about the fairness of the trial that she's been through, but also the events leading up to that trial.\"\n\nThe Cypriot government responded to criticism by saying it had \"full confidence in the justice system and the courts\".", "Mallacoota is a tourist town in Victoria, Australia, some 500km (310 miles) east of Melbourne.\n\nAround 1,000 people live there, but the population swells at Christmas, as Australians head to the coast to enjoy their holidays,\n\nBut on Tuesday morning - as bushfires swept the region - thousands of people fled to the beach for a different reason: safety.\n\nPeople in the town woke up to thick smoke and pale, orange skies. But as the fires drew closer, the sky turned red.\n\nAt 8am a warning siren sounded, telling people to head to the water. By 9.30am, the sky was \"pitch black\".\n\n\"We were bracing for the worst because, it was black,\" David Jeffrey told the BBC. \"Like it should have been daylight and it was black like midnight. And we could hear the fire roaring.\"\n\nAs thousands of people fled to the beach, firefighters moved there with them.\n\n\"We've got three strike teams sitting in with the community, literally standing side-by-side with our community at the beachfront,\" said fire spokesman Steve Warrington.\n\nAround the same time, some people were fleeing the land on boats.\n\nPeople in the area had been urged to evacuate. But by Monday, authorities urged people to stay put because it was too late and dangerous to leave.\n\nBy 10.30am, this was the scene at Mallacoota wharf, as people sheltered by the water's edge.\n\nMany wore gas masks to protect themselves from the smoke.\n\nFleeing into the ocean was the \"last resort option\", Victoria's emergency management agency said on Tuesday.\n\nWith the smoke blocking out the sun, a summer's day looked like night time at the beachfront.\n\nSome emergency workers, meanwhile, were preparing to step into the heat.\n\nBy the middle of the day, the sky remained reddish-orange and thick with smoke.\n\nVictoria's state premier Daniel Andrews said navy ships may be called upon to provide food, water and power to the area. The main road in the region has been closed off.\n\n\"Some of these isolated communities can be accessed by sea,\" he said.\n\nAlthough no serious injuries have been reported in Mallacoota, houses were seen going up in flames.\n\nMr Jeffrey spoke to the BBC when the wind had changed and the sky had cleared slightly.\n\n\"We were all terrified for our lives,\" he said. \"We were praying like crazy.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mallacoota resident David Jeffrey says people were \"terrified for their lives\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Queen's Speech: Brexit, the NHS and what happened next\n\nBoris Johnson has claimed his programme for government is the \"most radical Queen's Speech in a generation\".\n\nThe prime minister said planned new laws to toughen up criminal justice and increase NHS spending would deliver on the \"people's priorities\".\n\nBut his main priority is the UK's exit from the EU on 31 January.\n\nLabour leader Jeremy Corbyn said many of the PM's promises mimicked the \"language of Labour policy but without the substance\".\n\n\"They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, even when it's a very pale imitation, but I fear those swayed by the prime minister's promises will be sorely disappointed,\" added the Labour leader.\n\nAnd SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford accused the PM of \"denying [Scotland] the right to choose our own future\" referring to the SNP's desire for another referendum on Scottish independence.\n\n\"Why did democracy stop in the prime minister's world with the independence referendum in 2014?\" he asked.\n\nBut Boris Johnson said he felt a \"colossal sense of obligation\" to the voters.\n\nHe told MPs that \"a new golden age for this United Kingdom is now within reach\" adding that the government would \"work flat out to deliver it\".\n\nAddressing Parliament for the second time in less than three months, the Queen said the priority for her government was to deliver Brexit on 31 January, but ministers also had an \"ambitious programme of domestic reform that delivers on the people's priorities\".\n\nOf the more than 30 bills announced in the Queen's Speech, seven were on Brexit.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIt comes as the government says it will close its Department for Exiting the European Union on 31 January.\n\nThe seven bills announced that were devoted to Brexit cover legislation on trade, agriculture, fisheries, immigration, financial services and private international law.\n\nThe first to be put to Parliament will be the Withdrawal Agreement Bill - the legislation that enables the UK to leave the EU - on Friday before the Christmas recess.\n\nBoris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn walked to the House of Lords together in silence\n\nFollowing last week's general election, the prime minister has a Commons majority of 80 - the largest enjoyed by a Conservative leader since Margaret Thatcher in 1987.\n\nThe prime minister's increased parliamentary authority and command of his party means it is likely to pass without major changes in the New Year in time to meet the 31 January deadline.\n\nIn another move welcomed by Tory MPs, the bill will also enable more British judges to depart from previous rulings of the EU's top court.\n\nOn the NHS, the government says it will enshrine in law a commitment on the health service's funding, with an extra £33.9bn per year provided by 2023/24.\n\nThe PM's commitment on the NHS amounts to a 3.4% year-on-year increase in expenditure, a significant increase on what the NHS received during the five year Tory-Lib Dem coalition government as well as under his predecessors David Cameron and Theresa May.\n\nBut it is significantly lower than the 6% average annual increases seen under Labour leaders Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. And when adjusted for inflation, and factoring in the increased cost of equipment, medicines and staff pay, it could actually be worth £20.5bn by 2023-4.\n\nLabour's health spokesman Jonathan Ashworth said: \"If the Conservatives' plans to put funding increases into law is to be anything other than an empty gimmick, we would urge them to pledge the extra £6bn a year which experts say is needed to start to make up the cuts they've imposed for a decade.\"\n\nThere was also a commitment announced for ministers to seek cross-party consensus for long-term reform of the social care system and the government will continue work to reform the Mental Health Act.\n\nThis government wants to try to give the appearance that they are completely new, completely different, even though the Conservatives have been in power for nearly a full decade.\n\nThat is quite a political stunt to try to pull off.\n\nBut it's clear also that Boris Johnson came to the Commons today to present a vision that he hopes can straddle left and right, or what has traditionally been seen as Labour's place in politics and the Conservatives' place in politics.\n\nThat is what the results of the general election gave him as an opportunity.\n\nAnd the challenge for Boris Johnson is not just to hold onto that for five years, but show to people who voted Tory for the first time that the party was worth the risk - that their vote was the right decision.\n\nThe test will be enormous - whether or not all that rhetoric actually matches up to the reality of the actions and decisions that this government will make.\n\nMr Johnson has had a reputation for years of being hungry with ambition to get to this place.\n\nWe're going to find out in the next months and years whether he's hungry to take the decisions that actually will cement his place in history.\n\nPlans for longer sentences for violent criminals, were also unveiled, as well as the establishment of a Royal Commission to improve the \"efficiency and effectiveness\" of the criminal justice process and there are bills that will ensure the most serious violent offenders serve longer prison terms.\n\nAnd those charged with knife possession will face \"swift justice\".\n\nOther announcements in the Queen's Speech included:\n\nThursday's State Opening of Parliament was the 66th time the Queen has opened Parliament - and has come only weeks after the last one on 14 October.\n\nThere was less pageantry than usual, as was the case the last time a snap election was held in 2017.\n\nThe Queen travelled by car from Buckingham Palace to Parliament, rather than by horse-drawn carriage, and she did not wear ceremonial dress.\n\nGentlemen at Arms prepare for the Queen's arrival in Parliament\n• None Why do prisoners serve only half their sentence?", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nMikel Arteta earned his first win as Arsenal boss as the Gunners produced a powerful first-half performance to beat a lacklustre Manchester United.\n\nThe visitors, who were without the injured Paul Pogba, actually began brightly, but the game took a different turn on eight minutes when Nicolas Pepe steered in his fifth goal of the season after Sead Kolasinac's cross was deflected to him.\n\nThat led to a first half in which the hosts were in control and Pepe hit the post before they doubled their lead when his corner was smashed in from close range by Sokratis Papastathopoulos.\n\nOle Gunnar Solskajer's side came into the game with one loss in their previous nine games, and although they improved after the break, they rarely tested Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno.\n\nIt was characteristic of a stop-start season in which they are yet to win three Premier League games in a row.\n\nThe defeat leaves them fifth in the table, five points behind Chelsea, who drew with Brighton earlier in the day.\n\nVictory for Arsenal ended a run of seven home games without a win in all competitions and lifted them to 10th place, four points behind United.\n\nBut they remain closer to the relegation zone than the top four.\n• None Football Daily podcast: Arteta and Moyes off the mark, but is Howe unsackable?\n\nThere has been evidence of a lift in Arsenal's three performances since Arteta was appointed, but without a win, questions remained as to whether he was the right man to take over from former boss Unai Emery, given his lack of experience as a manager.\n\nArteta was just an onlooker in the stands for the lifeless draw at Everton, but that was followed by a 1-1 draw with Bournemouth on Boxing Day and a crushing late defeat by Chelsea at home last Sunday.\n\nThis was a different game altogether, though, as Arsenal put the pieces together. With Granit Xhaka, who has been linked with a move to Hertha Berlin, restored to the midfield, the Swiss and Lucas Torreira were quicker to the tackle than their opponents.\n\nMesut Ozil covered 11.54km, more distance than any other Arsenal player.\n\nWhile record £72m signing Pepe was at the heart of Arsenal's attacking endeavour as they were roared on by their fans.\n\nAfter scoring early on, he sent United left-back Luke Shaw halfway down the Holloway Road with a sharp turn before setting up Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who sliced a volley over.\n\nThe Ivorian then fed Alexandre Lacazette, who somehow hit his shot out for a throw-in from about six yards out, before Torreira went close from another Pepe pass.\n\nThe hosts had to withstand greater pressure from Solskjaer's side in the second period but in contrast to the Chelsea defeat, when they conceded twice in the last seven minutes, Arteta's side managed the game well.\n\nTheir only concerns were injuries to Kolasinac and Lacazette, who were both taken off in the second half.\n\nPogba-less United show further cause for concern\n\nManchester United improved after the break, but it would have been hard not to do so after a poor first half.\n\nMarcus Rashford had tested Bernd Leno in the first minute, but once they went behind to Pepe's opener, they struggled to match Arsenal's superior energy in midfield.\n\nJesse Lingard, who returned to the starting line-up, was hardly involved while Nemanja Matic could not get to grips with Ozil, Torreira or Xhaka, who were often one step ahead.\n\nIt was another game where Solskjaer's team missed the influence of Pogba, who has not started a game in three months. After the game, the United boss said the French midfielder had picked up an ankle injury which would need an operation, keeping him out for \"three or four weeks\".\n\nPrior to the game, it had been hinted that Pogba would be fit to play.\n\nUnited did lift their game once Lingard was substituted, with his replacement Andreas Pereira almost making an instant impact as he hit the side netting.\n\nThere were also chances for Fred and substitute Mason Greenwood, but without the injured Scott McTominay, and the ongoing problems with Pogba, United looked short on creativity in midfield and need to find solutions quickly should they want to maintain a top-four challenge.\n• None This was Arsenal's first Premier League win this season against a team currently in the top half of the Premier League (P10 W1 D4 L5).\n• None Nicolas Pepe has scored all his five goals for Arsenal in all competitions in London - four at the Emirates and one at London Stadium.\n• None Arsenal have scored eight goals via corners in the Premier League this season, two more than any other team.\n• None Manchester United have now lost four of their past five away Premier League visits to Arsenal (W1).\n\nArsenal host Leeds on Monday, 6 January in the FA Cup third round (kick-off 19:56 GMT), while Manchester United travel to Wolves on Saturday, 4 January (kick-off 17:31) in a repeat of their quarter-final defeat last season.\n• None Attempt missed. Fred (Manchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.\n• None Attempt saved. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Juan Mata with a through ball.\n• None Matteo Guendouzi (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Sokratis (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt blocked. Fred (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt blocked. Reiss Nelson (Arsenal) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexandre Lacazette.\n• None Attempt saved. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mesut Özil.\n• None Attempt missed. Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.\n• None Attempt blocked. Mason Greenwood (Manchester United) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Anthony Martial. 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\nMPs have backed Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plan for the UK to leave the EU on 31 January.\n\nThey voted 358 to 234 - a majority of 124 - in favour of the EU (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill, which now goes on to further scrutiny in Parliament.\n\nThe bill would also ban an extension of the transition period - during which the UK is out of the EU but follows many of its rules - past 2020.\n\nThe PM said the country was now \"one step closer to getting Brexit done\".\n\nLabour leader Jeremy Corbyn told his MPs to vote against the bill, saying there was \"a better and fairer way\" to leave the EU - but six of them backed the government.\n\nMr Johnson insists a trade deal with the EU can be in place by the end of the transition period, but critics say this timescale is unrealistic.\n\nThe bill had been expected to pass easily after the Conservatives won an 80-seat majority at last week's general election.\n\nMPs also backed the timetable for further debate on the bill over three days when they return after the Christmas recess - on 7, 8 and 9 January.\n\nPlease upgrade your browser to view this interactive How did your MP vote? Enter a postcode, or the name or constituency of your MP\n\nThe government says it will get the bill into law in time for the 31 January Brexit deadline.\n\nThe legislation, which would implement the Brexit agreement the prime minister reached with the EU in October, was introduced in Thursday's Queen's Speech, setting out the government's priorities for the next year.\n\n\"Getting Brexit done\" turned out to be a useful slogan, and no doubt it helped Boris Johnson win the election.\n\nBut almost nothing in politics is truly simple - least of all Brexit.\n\nToday he passed an historic milestone - but the destination is still some way off.\n\nRuling out any extension to the Brexit transition period might mean Britain leaves with no deal - equally some in government believe it's possible we could see a kind of phased trade deal with the EU, thrashed out over the months and maybe years ahead.\n\nThere are changes to the previous bill, which was backed by the Commons in October, but withdrawn by the government after MPs rejected a three-day deadline for getting it through Parliament.\n\nThe bill also loses a previous clause on strengthening workers' rights.\n\nThe government now says it will deal with this issue in a separate piece of legislation, but the TUC has warned that the change will help \"drive down\" working conditions.\n\nBeginning the debate in the Commons, the prime minister said his bill \"learns the emphatic lesson of the last Parliament\" and \"rejects any further delay\".\n\n\"It ensures we depart on 31 January. At that point Brexit will be done. It will be over,\" he told MPs.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jeremy Corbyn: \"We still believe this is a terrible deal\"\n\nLabour leader Mr Corbyn said the government's \"mishandling of Brexit\" had \"paralysed the political system,\" divided communities and was a \"national embarrassment\".\n\nHe said MPs \"have to respect the decision\" of the EU referendum in 2016 \"and move on\".\n\n\"However, that doesn't mean that we as a party should abandon our basic principles,\" he said.\n\n\"Labour will not support this bill, as we remain certain there is a better and fairer way for this country to leave the EU.\"\n\nThe SNP's Westminster leader, Ian Blackford, said: \"Scotland still totally and utterly rejects Brexit, yet the prime minister is blindly hurtling towards the cliff edge with these Brexit plans that will leave us poorer, leave us worse off.\"\n\nOn the change in the bill that would legally prohibit the government from extending the transition period beyond 31 December 2020, Mr Blackford said: \"By placing that deadline, that risk of a no-deal Brexit, that we all fear is very much, is on the table again.\"\n\nAnd the Democratic Unionist Party's Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said there was a \"major contradiction\" in the prime minister's deal \"that causes us great concern\".\n\nHe said, while it mentioned \"unfettered access\" for Northern Ireland when it comes to trade in the UK, it also had customs arrangements \"that inhibit our ability to have that unfettered access\".\n\nIn the 2016 referendum, the UK voted by 52% to 48% to leave the EU. But the subsequent difficulties in getting Brexit through Parliament have caused gridlock at Westminster.\n\nAn earlier withdrawal agreement - reached between previous PM Mrs May and the EU - was rejected three times by MPs.", "Kai Evitt with the pair of goalkeeping gloves signed by David de Gea\n\nFootball-loving Kai Evitt's Christmas wishes were answered when he received a pair of custom-made gloves.\n\nThe gloves, supplied by former Scottish professional footballer Kenny Arthur, were a godsend to the nine-year-old, who was born with a condition called ectrodactyly - meaning he is missing some fingers and toes.\n\nKai, from Belfast, had wanted the gloves so he could follow in the footsteps of his hero, Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea.\n\nNow the Spanish shot-stopper has given the youngster a New Year boost by sending him a signed copy of his own gloves.\n\nKai's mother Deborah said her son was \"completely overwhelmed\" when the gloves arrived in the post on Tuesday.\n\n\"At first I think Kai just thought they were a new pair of gloves and he was really excited,\" she told BBC News NI.\n\n\"The gloves are signed 'To Kai, Best Wishes David de Gea', when he saw that he was blown away.\n\n\"He was beyond excited, he was completely overwhelmed. He will never forget this.\"\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 de Gea 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 Evitt, who is an Arsenal supporter, said when she tweeted about the arrival of the gloves, de Gea responded with the simple message \"Enjoy\".\n\n\"Kai's dad who is a Manchester United fan thinks I am going to convert but that would be too much,\" she said.\n\nShe said the signed gloves would be boxed and take pride of place in Kai's football-themed bedroom.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMs Evitt added Kai was already getting plenty of wear out of the specially-made gloves provided by Kenny Arthur, the Partick Thistle goalkeeping coach who established his own goalkeeping glove brand after a career spanning 20 years.\n\n\"The gloves are pure black now, they started out white,\" she said.\n\n\"He played his first football match for Shankill Juniors last Sunday, he loved it so much and he has another match this week.\"\n\nMs Evitt said Kai's story showed how one kind gesture could go a long way.\n\n\"This was all down to an act of generosity, a small act of kindness that can manifest and ripple into life-changing things for people,\" she added.", "The area has been cordoned off while police investigate\n\nTwo people have been found dead at a house in Derbyshire, prompting a double murder investigation.\n\nOfficers were called to the home in New Zealand Lane, Duffield, at about 04:00 GMT where a man and a woman were found fatally injured inside.\n\nA 39-year-old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of two counts of murder.\n\nPolice said they were not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths.\n\nThey added no-one else was in the house at the time.\n\nThe victims have not yet been formally identified but officers were supporting their families, a police spokesperson said.\n\nNew Zealand Lane remains closed while officers continue investigations at the scene.\n\nPolice thanked residents for their \"patience and understanding\" over the road closure.\n\nPeople living nearby have said they were shocked by what has happened in what they said was usually a quiet area.\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.", "Britons should make a \"heroic new year's resolution\" to contact someone they have drifted apart from, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said.\n\nJustin Welby called for the UK to \"start healing some of the divisions that we've seen over recent years\", in his new year message.\n\n\"It could be someone you've always wanted to connect with... [or] someone you really disagree with,\" he said.\n\n\"Pick one person. Pick up the phone. Send them a text.\"\n\nThe archbishop's message focused on heroism and hope - themes inspired by a recent visit to Dover lifeboat station.\n\nIt was broadcast on BBC One earlier and will be repeated on BBC Two at 16:30 GMT, as well as being available to watch on iPlayer.\n\nMr Welby met RNLI volunteers and was shown around a rescue boat as part of the programme.\n\n\"We rightly think of lifeboat crews as heroic, although they may be embarrassed to hear that. Yet every time we reach out and connect with someone, it is an act of heroism. Don't underestimate it,\" he said.\n\n\"Let's go for a heroic new year's resolution. Let's resolve to reconnect,\" Mr Welby added.\n\n\"To reach out to just one person we don't know, or from whom we have drifted apart... Meet them for a cup of tea. Make that connection. Let's begin cementing our unity one brick at a time.\"\n\nThe archbishop's message is echoed in an open letter by leaders of prominent British organisations - including figures on both sides of the Brexit debate.\n\nDame Carolyn Fairbairn and Emily Eavis are signatories on the open letter\n\nThey say the 2020s should be a \"decade of reconnection\" and that people should resolve to \"to start rebuilding connections between neighbours and fellow citizens\".\n\nThey write that the UK \"feels more fragmented than any of us would like\", but add: \"While our politics and media have become more polarised we, as people, have not. There is much that we share with each other.\"\n\nThe former heads of the Leave and Remain referendum campaigns, Matthew Elliott and Will Straw, are among the signatories, alongside Glastonbury Festival organiser Emily Eavis, Girlguiding chief Angela Salt, and CBI director Dame Carolyn Fairbairn.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch how London celebrated the start of 2020\n\nRevellers across the UK have rung in the start of a new decade, with fireworks displays in London, Edinburgh and other major cities.\n\nIn London, some 12,000 fireworks lit up the capital's skyline.\n\nEdinburgh hosted what it promised would be the UK's \"biggest street party\" as part of the city's Hogmanay celebrations.\n\nFirework shows were also held in other cities including Manchester, Cardiff, Newcastle, Inverness and Nottingham.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson, in his new year message, said the UK was on the verge of a \"new chapter\" in its history and promised to \"finish the job\" by delivering Brexit within weeks.\n\nHe said he hoped the country would \"move forward united\" after it leaves the EU on 31 January.\n\nMeanwhile, the Archbishop of Canterbury used his message to suggest that Britons should make a \"heroic new year's resolution\" to contact someone they have drifted apart from.\n\nAn explosion of colour lit the sky by Westminster Abbey\n\nThe display - over the River Thames - was promised to be the best the capital had \"ever seen\" by London Mayor Sadiq Khan\n\nThe London Mayor said the fireworks celebrated the capital as a \"global city\" and a \"European city\"\n\nPartygoers lined the Thames and boarded boats for a view of the display\n\nSome 100,000 revellers packed into the areas around the Victoria Embankment\n\nIn London, Big Ben's chimes sounded the start of the display, despite them being silent this year while renovation work is completed.\n\nAround 100,000 revellers packed into the streets around Victoria Embankment as the roar of football anthems such as Three Lions kicked off the new decade, with the festivities providing a prelude to the Euro 2020 football tournament.\n\nMusic from artists including Stormzy, Wiley and Bastille also featured in a display London Mayor Sadiq Khan said would be the best the capital \"has ever seen\".\n\n\"We may be leaving the European Union, but we're not leaving Europe. So tonight's fireworks celebrate us as a global city, us as a European city,\" he added.\n\nHe stressed that London and the UK need to be brought \"together again\" in the 2020s.\n\n\"I'm not pretending that fireworks and one night can do that, but I think it's really important [that] we celebrate, tonight, some great things about our city and our country,\" he said.\n\nOn social media, some praised the spectacular display while others complained that a build-up of smoke obscured the view.\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 sams 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\nThe Metropolitan Police said there were 15 arrests at the celebrations in central London, including two arrests for offences involving fireworks and one for sexual assault.\n\nIn Edinburgh, more than 3,600 fireworks were let off from the castle as the Scottish capital celebrated Hogmanay.\n\nIn Edinburgh, street parties have been taking place to celebrate Hogmanay\n\nThe city's famous castle was the focal point for the fireworks display\n\nThe Scottish capital was packed with people seeing in the new year and new decade\n\nMusical artists including DJ Mark Ronson, Idlewild, Rudimental and Marc Almond performed on stages throughout the city centre.\n\nTens of thousands of people attended the party, which extended across more than a dozen streets in the city.\n\nThe Scottish Ambulance Service said it had an \"exceptionally busy\" Hogmanay across the nation, with more than 2,500 calls in the 12 hours from 19:00 GMT on 31 December.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe first places to welcome 2020 included the tiny Pacific island of Kiribati, neighbouring parts of Samoa and the Chatham Islands.\n\nAuckland in New Zealand was the first major city to ring in the new decade, with thousands welcoming 2020 at a fireworks display at the city's Sky Tower.\n\nThe traditional fireworks display in Sydney Harbour also went ahead, despite calls for it to be cancelled due to Australia's bushfire crisis.\n\nEuropean cities, including Paris, Berlin, Madrid and Athens, have also seen in the new year with firework displays.\n\nThe uninhabited Baker Island and Howland Island, on the other side of the International Date Line, were the last to leave 2019 behind.", "David Stern, the former commissioner of the US National Basketball Association (NBA), has died at the age of 77.\n\nHe had been in a serious condition after suffering a brain haemorrhage in December.\n\nStern was the NBA's longest-serving commissioner, holding the job for 30 years until retiring in February 2014.\n\nHe is credited with massively increasing the sport's revenues and popularity at home and abroad during his tenure.\n\n\"Because of David, the NBA is a truly global brand - making him not only one of the greatest sports commissioners of all time but also one of the most influential business leaders of his generation,\" his successor, Adam Silver, said in a statement.\n\n\"Every member of the NBA family is the beneficiary of David's vision, generosity and inspiration.\"\n\nMillions of sports fans worldwide now follow the NBA and its stars, including LeBron James\n\nStern took over the NBA in February 1984. Basketball then drew in smaller television audiences and less money than other US sports like baseball and American football.\n\nBut during his time in charge he helped build the NBA's profile with a focus on its star players - making people like Michael Jordan household names around the world.\n\nSeven new teams joined the league during his three decades in charge, including two in Canada. One of these - the Toronto Raptors - won their first NBA title in June. He also oversaw the creation of the Women's NBA in 1997.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Celebrations erupted on the streets of Toronto after the Raptors' historic win\n\nBy the time Stern handed control of the NBA over to his deputy Adam Silver in February 2014 - thirty years to the day after taking the job - more than 200 countries were broadcasting US basketball games.\n\nLast season was the sixth in which more than 100 international stars played in the NBA.\n\nBorn in 1942 in New York, he attended Columbia Law School and first became affiliated with the NBA through work for a prominent law firm which represented the league in the 1960s.\n\nHe became the NBA's general counsel in 1978 and executive vice president in 1980, before taking the top role four years later.\n\nStern died in hospital in Manhattan surrounded by his family. He is survived by his wife Dianne and two sons, Eric and Andrew.", "The co-director of Edinburgh's Hogmanay has said a balance has to be struck in the needs of local people and visitors.\n\nEd Bartlam of Underbelly was speaking after the event which ushered in 2020, which he said had been a success.\n\nThe days leading to the event saw some residents of the city centre voice concerns about access restrictions.\n\nMr Bartlam said he had seen many local people joining visitors in enjoying what is described as \"the UK's biggest street party\".\n\nHe said: \"Balance is the key word. You've got to find the balance of viewpoints.\n\n\"There's a view of some people in the city that there's too many events related to tourism.\n\n\"But there's a huge majority, I think, that just love these events, love Hogmanay.\"\n\nMr Bartlam added: \"It's our job to continue to improve the infrastructure, continue to make it easier for residents and citizens of the city, and that we'll continue to do without losing the vibrancy and the scale of the event.\"\n\nDJ Mark Ronson headlined the event during which he created a \"mega mix\" soundtrack to accompany the fireworks display over Edinburgh Castle.\n\nHogmanay events were also held in other parts of Scotland, including Aberdeen, Dundee, Inverness and Stirling.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Revellers gather for the fireballs procession in Stonehaven\n\nMembers of the PyroCeltics performed at a street party in Edinburgh\n\nMark Ronson was headlining the Princes Street Gardens event for the first time\n\nApproximately 100,000 visitors were expected to attend events across Edinburgh over the three days of the Hogmanay festival.\n\nTV stars Dick and Dom took to the stage in Princes Street Gardens early on Tuesday evening as crowds gathered, playing music and introducing the first firework display of the night.\n\nPerformances from Idlewild, Rudimental and Marc Almond also took place on stages throughout the city centre.\n\nOrganisers used 3.3 tonnes of fireworks for the midnight spectacle over Edinburgh Castle\n\nMore than 3.3 tonnes of fireworks were installed at Edinburgh Castle for the midnight display, with organisers saying the forecast clear skies meant the event would be seen in \"high definition\".\n\nStreet theatre, circus acts and musical performances were on show across more than a dozen streets in the Scottish capital, including the city's main thoroughfare Princes Street and its adjacent gardens.\n\nThere had been criticism of the event's organisation, amid uncertainty around how many passes residents were allowed, with Underbelly - which also runs events at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe - accused of creating \"unnecessary confusion\" by the council leader.\n\nThey were also criticised for replacing a nativity sculpture with figurines for a whisky company.\n\nThe festivities began in the city on Monday as 40,000 people joined a torchlight procession which culminated in them forming the shape of two humans reaching out a \"hand of friendship\".\n\nThe festivities began on Monday with a torchlight procession\n\nLeading the parade down the Royal Mile and into Holyrood Park was a 40-strong cast from Celtic Fire Theatre company PyroCeltica.\n\nThe three-day festival in Edinburgh will continue into New Year's day with a Loony Dook in South Queensferry as well as a series of events in the city centre.\n\nStirling hosted two fireworks displays, one of which was for families as part of its winter festival, while Inverness hosted over 10,000 people in Northern Meeting Park for the city's free Hogmanay party.\n\nIn Aberdeen, a street party with live music was held at Schoolhill, while BBC Scotland broadcast live from Stonehaven for the traditional fireballs parade.\n\nA planned outdoor Hogmanay party in Dundee's City Square was transferred to a city centre nightclub, with acts including Eddi Reader and The View singer Kyle Falconer.\n\nOver 10,000 people are expected to gather in Northern Meeting Park later for Inverness's free Hogmanay party.\n\nThe Red Hot Highland Fling - which has a reputation for being a family friendly event - was first staged 10 years ago.\n\nIt will feature some of the top acts from contemporary Celtic music including Skippinnish and Torridon.\n\nFor the ninth year running tonight's event is being hosted by comedian Craig Hill.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post by The Nine\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Reggie and Simon still believe in package holidays\n\nNew research suggests most people still want to book package holidays despite what happened after the collapse of Thomas Cook.\n\nThe failure of the UK's oldest travel company highlighted the consumer protection provided for holidays booked through an agent.\n\nThat's what Simon Whitwood thinks. He and his partner, Reggie Grice-Whitwood, saved for three years for their luxury three-week honeymoon to the Dominican Republic.\n\nSimon and Reggie live in Birkenhead, Merseyside. They both work in residential nursing homes providing palliative end-of-life care.\n\nThe couple flew out the day Thomas Cook went into liquidation on Monday 23 September.\n\n\"We were getting excited about our holiday - we managed to get an extra week off work,\" says Simon.\n\n\"We had saved £3,500. But just as we went through passport control, I got a message from my mum saying that Thomas Cook was about to go under. If we didn't go, we would have lost everything.\"\n\nSimon says they weren't able to enjoy their holiday because they were worried about how they were going to get home.\n\n\"It wasn't like a holiday where you could relax and let your hair down, because there was constant nagging in the back of your head,\" he told the BBC.\n\nThe couple's holiday was cut short by two days, but they were returned home to the UK on a flight organised by the Civil Aviation Authority as part of Operation Matterhorn, as the rescue of stranded holidaymakers was dubbed.\n\nDespite their experiences, Simon and Reggie want to relive the holiday without the stress. They've started saving up again and plan to return to the Dominican Republic in the next couple of years.\n\nThey say they'll book the holiday as a package because of the consumer protection offer by the ATOL scheme, administered by the Civil Aviation Authority.\n\nThe ATOL scheme started in 1973 after a spate of travel businesses failed, leaving people stranded overseas. Everyone who books a package holiday pays £2.50 into it.\n\nIf a travel company goes bust, the money is used to bring travellers home. If they haven't been away yet, they will be refunded.\n\nSimon and Reggie are not alone in wanting to book a package deal. Research for Radio 4's You & Yours suggests there is still confidence in the package holiday market.\n\nConsumer analysts Savvy Marketing surveyed more than 1,000 holidaymakers. Nearly two-thirds say they're still happy to book a package holiday, despite what happened at Thomas Cook.\n\nThe package holiday market has had five consecutive years of growth, according to the Office for National Statistics. Many of these holidays are booked through High Street agents.\n\nPolka Dot Travel has 18 travel agents and plans to open at least two more shops in 2020.\n\nThe group's head of sales, Jenny Lyons, told You and Yours: \"Ten years ago, everyone booked their holidays online. People thought they were saving money by booking travel and accommodation separately.\n\n\"But people want reassurance now and you can't put a price on that. Nothing can take the place of the travel agent who you build a relationship with.\"\n\nOther companies are also expanding into the package holiday market.\n\nNo-frills airline EasyJet recently announced it is offering more package holiday deals, while Virgin Holidays is also cashing in on the gap left by the collapse of Thomas Cook.\n\nVirgin Holidays managing director Joe Thompson says demand for package holidays has remained resilient and demand for 2020 is high.\n\n\"People will always want to go on holiday,\" he says. \"This year, holidaymakers will be looking for bespoke package deals which might be multi-location.\"\n\nPaul Smith from the Civil Aviation Authority that administers the ATOL scheme said: \"We repatriated 140,000 people, most of them when they expected to come home. The ATOL scheme is still in place and people should book with confidence this year.\"\n\nYou and Yours' special on the package holiday industry airs at 12:15 on Wednesday 1 January on BBC Radio 4.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Scottish singer beat even Ed Sheeran in the end-of-year album chart\n\nLewis Capaldi was the UK's best-selling artist of 2019, as music consumption grew for the fifth year in a row.\n\nThe Scottish star had both the top album and single of the year, with his ballad Someone You Loved racking up 228 million streams.\n\nThe industry is now dominated by streaming - with fans cueing up 114 billion songs last year, a new record.\n\nVinyl sales also rose again. Liam Gallagher's Why Me? Why Not was the most popular LP, selling 29,000 copies.\n\nAccording to trade body the BPI, streaming is now responsible for three-quarters of \"album equivalent sales\" - the metric used by the industry to convert consumption on services like Spotify and Amazon Music into album sales (generally speaking, 1,000 streams generate one \"sale\").\n\nJust three years ago, the technology was only responsible for 36% of album sales.\n\nThe explosion in popularity of on-demand music has turned the fortunes of the industry around, with album sales up 13% since 2010. Revenues, however, have not grown at a similar pace, as streaming pays less than real-world sales.\n\nThe year's biggest hit singles included Lil Nas X's country-rap crossover Old Town Road and Ava Max's pop smash Sweet But Psycho.\n\nSales of CDs continued to nosedive, with 26.5 million sold over the last 12 months - a drop of 26.8%.\n\nBy contrast, vinyl sales rose by 4.1%, with the format now accounting for one in every eight albums bought in the UK. In total, there were 4.3m vinyl sales, marking the 12th consecutive year of growth.\n\nBig-sellers included Billie Eilish's debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? and perennial classics like Fleetwood Mac's Rumours and Queen's Greatest Hits.\n\nCassettes also proved surprisingly popular, with more than 80,000 tapes sold in 2019 - the highest figure since 2004.\n\nThe tally was boosted by Robbie Williams' number one album A Christmas Present, which sold more than 10,000 cassette copies in a single week in December.\n\nHowever, his success had more to do with marketing than a sudden surge in affection for the archaic format - the cassettes were sold as part of a merchandise bundle on his website, packaged with signed copies of the CD.\n\nBillie Eilish's When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go? was the year's second-biggest seller on vinyl and cassette\n\nThe popularity of cassettes and vinyl \"shows fans still love a physical, tangible music artefact in their hands\", said Vanessa Higgins, chief executive of music label Regent Street Records.\n\nOverall, 154 million albums were either streamed, bought or or downloaded - the largest amount since 2006, when the figure stood at 161.4 million.\n\nThat year, the best-selling single was Gnarls Barkley's Crazy, and the most popular album was Snow Patrol's Eyes Open.\n\nGeoff Taylor, head of the BPI, said the latest figures proved British music had a \"bright future\".\n\n\"Strong demand for streaming music and vinyl, fuelled by the investment and innovation of UK labels in discovering and promoting new talent, boosted music consumption to levels not seen for 15 years,\" he said.\n\n\"But the full benefits of this growth can only be unlocked if our new government takes action to make the UK more competitive and encourage further investment, to require digital platforms to pay fairly for music and filter out illegal content, and to give all our schoolchildren the opportunity to play an instrument and discover the joy of making music.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @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.", "The Mercedes HGV left the road after colliding with a white Toyota Yaris\n\nThree British Airways cabin crew members died in a crash involving a lorry and a car outside Heathrow Airport on New Year's Eve.\n\nA white Toyota Yaris collided with a Mercedes HGV on Bedfont Road, in Stanwell, at about 23:40 GMT.\n\nTwo men aged 25 and 23 and a 20-year-old woman, who were in the Yaris, died at the scene. A fourth passenger, a 25 year-old woman, was seriously injured.\n\nBritish Airways said it was \"deeply saddened\" by the news.\n\nA spokesperson said: \"Our thoughts are with their family and friends, who we are supporting at this distressing time.\"\n\nTheir next of kin have been informed.\n\nA Go Fund Me page set up in memory of the three called \"BA Angels Fund\" had raised almost £35,000 in its first seven hours.\n\nThe page, which appears to have been started by colleagues, says: \"I have set up this fund to raise money so that we as a fleet can send a nice flower arrangement to the three crew members' funerals and hopefully make a nice donation to a charity of the families' choosing….\n\n\"I know it is January and I know that money is tight but I know that as a fleet we will pull together and make this happen.\"\n\nThe driver of the lorry was taken to hospital as a precaution.\n\nThe road remained closed on Wednesday to allow the lorry to be recovered.\n\nThe lorry was operated by air services provider dnata, which offers ground handling, cargo, travel, and flight catering services to airlines.\n\nA dnata spokesman said: \"We can confirm that one of our trucks was involved in a road traffic accident on the evening of 31 December.\n\n\"We are fully assisting relevant authorities with their investigations. Our thoughts and condolences are with the families of those affected by this very sad incident.\"\n\nSgt Chris Schultze, of Surrey and Sussex Roads Policing Unit, said: \"We are continuing to appeal for witnesses to what happened and would urge anyone who may have any video footage, CCTV or dash cam or any other kind, to get in touch with us.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Retired police officer Charles Nunn, pictured here as a young man, died in December\n\nThe community of Aberfan has paid tribute to a retired police officer for his work during the disaster more than 50 years ago.\n\nHe ran a make-shift mortuary in a chapel in the south Wales village after a slag heap engulfed Pantglas Junior School on 21 October 1966.\n\nMr Nunn, from Mumbles, Swansea, helped families identify the bodies of 116 children and 28 adults.\n\n\"I am still to this day struck by their sheer dignity as they queued in the rain waiting to identify their child,\" he told BBC Wales just weeks before his death.\n\nJeff Edwards MBE, the last surviving child to be rescued from the remains of the school, said: \"It was with great sadness that we heard of the passing of Charles Nunn who as a police officer at the time of the Aberfan disaster had the responsibility of identification of bodies and liaising with bereaved families.\n\n\"The impact on him like other rescuers was profound and had a lasting impact for the rest of his life.\"\n\nIn 1966 Mr Nunn, then an Acting Inspector in the Regional Crime Squad, had been specially trained by Scotland Yard to deal with major incidents.\n\n\"On the morning of Friday the 21st of October I had a wireless message to pick up what we called the 'murder bag' which was a case full of paperwork, labels and statements - all the things we needed to deal with a big murder inquiry - and get to Merthyr,\" he told the BBC before he died.\n\n\"I thought we were going to deal with a murder case. But, of course, it didn't turn out like that.\"\n\nSafety warnings over the slagheap had gone unheeded\n\nSeveral warnings over the safety of \"tip number seven\" - a gigantic slagheap or spoil tip consisting of waste from coal production at the nearby Merthyr Vale Colliery which loomed a quarter of a mile high on top of the mountain over Aberfan - had gone unheeded.\n\nJust minutes after the children of Pantglas Junior School, whose families depended so heavily on the mine, filed into the classrooms, survivors recalled the lights began to flicker and sway - and then a roar, like \"a jet plane screaming low over the school in the fog\".\n\nA torrent of some 300,000 cubic yards (229,300 cubic metres) of coal waste crashed down the mountain engulfing the school and 28 neighbouring houses.\n\n\"Merthyr Borough Police in whose area Aberfan fell only had a hundred officers; they couldn't cope. So they asked for outside assistance,\" said Mr Nunn.\n\n\"We were asked to handle the identification of the bodies which were being recovered from the school and nearby houses.\n\n\"Nobody had a clue how many there was going to be. We thought we might be dealing with half a dozen dead. We had no idea there was going to be 144 dead. At the time we didn't comprehend the number.\n\nMr Nunn said officers had not comprehended the number of bodies they would find\n\n\"And because in Aberfan there was no gymnasium, no big church hall, no proper facilities it was decided that Bethania Chapel in Aberfan Road would be the location.\n\n\"It was a typical Welsh Baptist chapel, very dingy, very dour downstairs, there was a small staircase on either side leading to an upstairs gallery and in the back the Sunday school room which had one toilet, one cold water sink and that was it.\n\n\"We set up the incident room in this funny little chapel and two of us were designated the senior identification officers and our job was to make sure that when a body was released it was the right body; very difficult when you've got lots of little boys and lots of little girls.\"\n\nMr Nunn described in detail his experience of the 15 days he spent in Bethania Chapel in an article to mark the 50th anniversary of the disaster in 2016.\n\nEach time the otherwise stoic crime detective recalled his experience in Aberfan, he was moved to tears.\n\nMr Nunn had a distinguished career in the police\n\nA few weeks before his death, he said: \"I always remember a chap called the Reverend Hayes, Kenneth Hayes. He lost his son, Dyfrig, in the school. And he used to come into the chapel helping his parishioners.\n\n\"I said to him one day 'Mr Hayes, I don't know how you can do it, you've lost your son'. And he said to me 'well, my faith is such and that of my wife that we know we're going to be reunited one day. The only thing we wonder is he going to be a young man or still six years old?' He was quite amazing, quite something. He and his wife are now buried beside their son in west Wales.\"\n\nFollowing a distinguished career across south Wales which had begun in the Military Police, Charles Nunn had also worked for Bechuanaland Mounted Police, Botswana, and the Royal Oman Police.\n\nHe is survived by his wife, Elaine, a retired police officer from Blackwood, four step-children, six step-grandchildren and three step-great grandchildren.", "Hogmanay celebrations have taken place across Scotland as crowds gathered to usher in the new year.\n\nTens of thousands in Edinburgh welcomed in 2020 for what was billed as the UK's biggest street party.\n\nDJ Mark Ronson headlined the event during which he created a \"mega mix\" soundtrack to accompany the fireworks display over Edinburgh Castle.\n\nHogmanay events were also held in other parts of Scotland, including Aberdeen, Dundee, Inverness and Stirling.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Revellers gather for the fireballs procession in Stonehaven\n\nMembers of the PyroCeltics performed at a street party in Edinbrugh\n\nMark Ronson was headlining the Princes Street Gardens event for the first time\n\nApproximately 100,000 visitors were expected to attend events across Edinburgh over the three days of the Hogmanay festival.\n\nTV stars Dick and Dom took to the stage in Princes Street Gardens early on Tuesday evening as crowds gathered, playing music and introducing the first firework display of the night.\n\nPerformances from Idlewild, Rudimental and Marc Almond also took place on stages throughout the city centre.\n\nOrganisers used 3.3 tonnes of fireworks for the midnight spectacle over Edinburgh Castle\n\nMore than 3.3 tonnes of fireworks were installed at Edinburgh Castle for the midnight display, with organisers saying the forecast clear skies meant the event would be seen in \"high definition\".\n\nStreet theatre, circus acts and musical performances were on show across more than a dozen streets in the Scottish capital, including the city's main thoroughfare Princes Street and its adjacent gardens.\n\nThere had been criticism of the event's organisation, amid uncertainty around how many passes residents were allowed, with Underbelly accused of creating \"unnecessary confusion\" by the council leader.\n\nThey were also criticised for replacing a nativity sculpture with figurines for a whisky company.\n\nThe festivities began in the city on Monday as 40,000 people joined a torchlight procession which culminated in them forming the shape of two humans reaching out a \"hand of friendship\".\n\nThe festivities began on Monday with a torchlight procession\n\nLeading the parade down the Royal Mile and into Holyrood Park was a 40-strong cast from Celtic Fire Theatre company PyroCeltica.\n\nThe three-day festival in Edinburgh will continue into New Year's day with a Loony Dook in South Queensferry as well as a series of events in the city centre.\n\nStirling hosted two fireworks displays, one of which was for families as part of its winter festival, while Inverness hosted over 10,000 people in Northern Meeting Park for the city's free Hogmanay party.\n\nIn Aberdeen, a street party with live music was held at Schoolhill, while BBC Scotland broadcast live from Stonehaven for the traditional fireballs parade.\n\nA planned outdoor Hogmanay party in Dundee's City Square was transferred to a city centre nightclub, with acts including Eddi Reader and The View singer Kyle Falconer.\n\nOver 10,000 people are expected to gather in Northern Meeting Park later for Inverness's free Hogmanay party.\n\nThe Red Hot Highland Fling - which has a reputation for being a family friendly event - was first staged 10 years ago.\n\nIt will feature some of the top acts from contemporary Celtic music including Skippinnish and Torridon.\n\nFor the ninth year running tonight's event is being hosted by comedian Craig Hill.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post by The Nine\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The parade and plunge into the Firth of Forth has become an annual event\n\nHundreds of hardy New Year revellers have defied the chills of the Firth of Forth to take part in the annual Loony Dook in South Queensferry.\n\nSome people took to the water in fancy dress while other brave souls opted for swimwear.\n\nCharities including the RNLI benefit from the parade and plunge, which is part of Edinburgh's Hogmanay.\n\nSimilar new year swims took place across Scotland, including at Castle Douglas, Portobello and Loch Ness.\n• None Fireballs welcome the new year", "Last updated on .From the section Darts\n\nScotsman Peter Wright captured his first PDC World Championship title with a superb 7-3 win over 2019 champion Michael van Gerwen at Alexandra Palace.\n\nThe 49-year-old lost 7-4 to Van Gerwen in the 2014 final and had previously lost 10 of his 11 major finals.\n\nBut Wright raced into a 2-0 lead and with the three-time champion missing doubles, built a 6-3 advantage.\n\nSeventh seed Wright, who survived a sudden-death shootout in round two, is the second oldest winner of the event.\n\nPhil Taylor won the last of his 16 world titles aged 53 in 2013.\n\n\"Champion of the world sounds amazing. You should never give up, it doesn't matter how many times you get beaten,\" an emotional Wright told Sky Sports.\n\n\"I couldn't believe that first dart [for the match] didn't go in, or the second one - and I thought 'don't do it again' but I've done it.\"\n\nVan Gerwen had a slightly higher average than Wright - 102.88 to 102.79 - but landed only 40% of his doubles against 53% from the champion.\n\nIn his fifth world final and seeking his third crown in the past four years, 30-year-old Dutchman Van Gerwen was eyeing a 60th win in his 79th encounter with Wright and an eighth successive major final victory over the colourful Scot.\n\nBoth players came into the final with a 44% doubles success rate but Wright missed three darts for the opening leg, although his consistency soon sealed the first set after Van Gerwen clipped the wire of the bullseye with his attempt at a 170 finish in the decider.\n\nAveraging 105.02, Wright raced through the next set 3-1, before the champion needed only 37 darts to take the third 3-0.\n\nVan Gerwen levelled the match at 2-2 after Wright missed his favourite double top that would have given him a two-set lead again.\n\nBut Van Gerwen, who won all six of his major finals in 2019, was in arrears at the interval as Wright recorded a 10-dart finish and then saw the Dutchman squander six darts for the next leg.\n\nWith Van Gerwen continuing to miss the doubles, Wright duly moved two sets clear again, taking the sixth 3-0 and soon led by two for the third time at 5-3.\n\nFind out how to get into darts with our special guide.\n\nBoth players missed two darts to win the ninth set but Wright eventually claimed it to move within one set of the title.\n\nVan Gerwen missed double 12 for the first nine-dart finish of the tournament and he was soon to miss out on the overall prize as well as the assured Wright sank double 10 at the third time of asking to land the sport's biggest prize.\n\nVan Gerwen lamented: \"Of course I'm very disappointed. Everything I missed he took out, his finishing was phenomenal and I can only blame myself.\n\n\"I had six darts to break throw in the fifth set and if you don't take chances like that against a player like Peter Wright you don't win, simple as that.\"", "Carlos Ghosn, the former boss of Nissan, managed to leave Japan where he was awaiting trial\n\nHe was once a titan of the car industry who held hero status in Japan. He then became one of the country's most well-known criminal suspects. Now he's an international fugitive.\n\nCarlos Ghosn, the multi-millionaire former boss of Nissan, spent months preparing to stand trial on financial misconduct charges. At least, that was what the Japanese authorities were led to believe.\n\nHe posted 1bn yen (£6.8m; $8.9m) in bail in April. He was monitored by a 24-hour camera installed outside his house. His use of technology was heavily restricted and he was banned from travelling abroad.\n\nThen, in a move that left Japan red-faced and his own legal team baffled, he appeared in Lebanon on New Year's Eve. \"I have escaped injustice and political persecution,\" he declared in a statement.\n\n\"I am dumbfounded,\" his lawyer, Junichiro Hironaka, told reporters in Tokyo shortly after learning of Mr Ghosn's flight. \"I want to ask him, 'How could you do this to us?'\"\n\nAnother pressing question is: how did he do it at all?\n\nOn 8 January, in his first public comments since fleeing, Mr Ghosn refused to say how he managed to leave Japan.\n\nHe told a news conference in Beirut that he would clear his name despite being on the run, and joked that he was used to \"mission impossible\".\n\nReports suggest that description may not be wide of the mark.\n\nThe former CEO's getaway from Tokyo to Beirut was meticulously planned over a period of several weeks or months, according to numerous media reports.\n\nMr Ghosn walked out of his Tokyo house despite cameras and other security measures\n\nJapanese broadcaster NHK reported that CCTV footage showed Mr Ghosn leaving his house and walking about 800m to a nearby hotel in the middle of the afternoon on 29 December. There he joined two men, thought to be Americans.\n\nThe three then boarded a train to Osaka and went to a hotel near Kansai international airport. Two hours later, the two men were seen leaving with two large containers, according to NHK. No cameras captured Mr Ghosn - the implication being that he was inside one of the containers.\n\nThe Wall Street Journal, citing unidentified sources, said a team was carefully assembled to carry out the plot. The group reportedly included accomplices in Japan who transported Mr Ghosn from his house and onto a private jet bound for Istanbul. From there, he continued his journey to Beirut where he arrived in the early hours of 30 December.\n\nThe plane tracking site FlightRadar24 showed a Bombardier Challenger private jet arriving at Beirut-Rafic Hariri international airport shortly after 04:00 local time. Mr Ghosn then met his wife Carole, who was born in the city and was heavily involved in the operation, the Wall Street Journal says.\n\nThe ex-Nissan boss was pictured leaving prison while disguised as a workman in March 2019\n\nAn earlier MTV Lebanon report, which now appears to be inaccurate, suggested Mr Ghosn fled with the assistance of a paramilitary group who were disguised amongst a band of musicians.\n\nThe 65-year-old was said to have hid in a large musical instrument case. The broadcaster provided no proof for this theory which, unsurprisingly, spread rapidly across social media.\n\nMr Ghosn's wife, Carole, told Reuters news agency that reports of the musical escape were \"fiction\".\n\nDonning a spy-movie disguise is not beyond Mr Ghosn, however. In March, in a bid to throw journalists off his scent, he left prison disguised as a construction worker. He was quickly identified and his lawyer soon apologised for the \"amateur plan\".\n\nMr Ghosn denies his wife helped him, insisting he organised his escape \"alone\" and she has declined to provide details of the escape.\n\nBut several reports have said Carole Ghosn was a major figure behind the plan for her husband to get out of Japan. She spoke to him for more than an hour on 24 December, Mr Ghosn's Japanese lawyer said. The couple had previously been banned from meeting or communicating under Mr Ghosn's bail conditions.\n\nAfter her husband arrived in Lebanon, Mrs Ghosn told the Wall Street Journal that their reunion was \"the best gift of my life\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mr Ghosn's wife Carole told the BBC in June that Japanese officials were trying to humiliate her husband\n\nMr Ghosn has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. He has also said media speculation that his wife had played a role in his escape was \"inaccurate and false\", adding: \"I alone arranged for my departure.\"\n\nSeveral media reports said private security operatives helped smuggle Mr Ghosn out of house arrest.\n\nThe Financial Times reported that the operatives had been planning the escape for months, and had allegedly split into several teams working in different countries. Two people familiar with the situation said the preparations were assisted by Mr Ghosn's Japanese supporters.\n\nThe former Nissan boss made his escape by flying out of Japan's Osaka airport on a private jet, the newspaper reported. It said Mr Ghosn was not required to wear any electronic tags while on bail.\n\nTwo unnamed sources close to Mr Ghosn told Reuters news agency that even the pilot of the private jet was unaware of Mr Ghosn's presence on board.\n\nQuestions remain about the documents Mr Ghosn used to enter Lebanon. He holds three passports - Brazilian, French and Lebanese - but his legal team maintain that they were in possession of all of them when he left Japan.\n\nIt is not known whether Mr Ghosn was holding duplicate passports - as businesspeople are sometimes allowed to do. It has also been reported that he may have had a diplomatic passport issued by Lebanon although this has not been confirmed.\n\nWhile the French newspaper Le Monde said he travelled on an ID card, others have reported that he may have used a French passport or even forged documents.\n\nA spokesperson for Mr Ghosn told the Financial Times he had used a French passport to enter Lebanon but would not disclose how he had left Japan.\n\nGhadi Khoury, from the Lebanese foreign ministry, said the former Nissan boss had entered the country on a French passport and Lebanese ID, according to the newspaper.\n\nMr Ghosn grew up in Beirut and remains a popular figure in the city\n\nThe embarrassment caused by Mr Ghosn's flight soon sparked a reaction from Japan. One Japanese politician asked whether he \"had the support of some country\". A former governor of Tokyo was more forthright, accusing Lebanon of direct involvement.\n\nMr Ghosn grew up in Lebanon, owns property there and is a popular figure. He even appeared on one of the country's postage stamps.\n\nThe two Reuters sources said the Lebanese ambassador to Japan had visited him every day while he was in detention. The ambassador has not publicly responded to this claim.\n\nThe Lebanese government has denied any involvement in Mr Ghosn's escape.\n\n\"The government has nothing to do with [Mr Ghosn's] decision to come,\" Lebanese minister Salim Jreissati was quoted as saying by the New York Times. \"We don't know the circumstances of his arrival.\"\n\nMr Khoury told the Financial Times that Lebanon \"had asked for [Mr Ghosn's] extradition\", but said the government had not had any involvement in his plan to escape.\n\nFrance and Turkey have also said they were unaware of Mr Ghosn's plan.\n\nOn 2 January Lebanon received a \"red notice\" from Interpol for Mr Ghosn's arrest - a request to detain a person pending extradition, surrender or other legal action. However, there is no extradition deal between Japan and Lebanon.\n\nFrance, meanwhile, has said it would not extradite him if he arrived in the country as he is a French citizen.\n\nTurkey has launched an investigation into Mr Ghosn's reported stopover in Istanbul. Local media say seven people have been arrested - four pilots, a cargo company manager and two airport workers.\n\nJapan gives millions in aid to Lebanon and is likely to want Mr Ghosn returned. But it faces questions about how such a high-profile suspect was able to get out of the country in the first place.", "Mr Corbyn will continue to lead his party in Parliament into 2020\n\nJeremy Corbyn has urged Labour to lead \"the resistance\" to Boris Johnson's Tory government over the coming year despite its crushing election defeat.\n\nIn his new year message, the party's leader said it faced tough times ahead after its fourth defeat in a row but its movement remained \"very strong\".\n\nHe said there was \"no other choice\" but to continue the fight against poverty, inequality and climate change.\n\nSeveral Labour MPs responded angrily, saying Mr Corbyn was in denial.\n\nNeil Coyle, the MP for Southwark and Old Bermondsey, posted a message on Twitter with an image from 'Allo, 'Allo!, the World War Two sitcom set in France.\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 Neil Coyle 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 Phil Wilson, who lost his Sedgefield seat to the Conservatives, said Mr Corbyn was \"one of the enablers of Boris Johnson\".\n\nThe Labour leader has said he will stand down once a successor has been elected early in 2020. A number of senior Labour politicians have said they are considering entering the race to succeed him, in a contest due to begin in earnest in January.\n\nThe early contenders include Rebecca Long-Bailey, Emily Thornberry, Keir Starmer, Lisa Nandy and Clive Lewis - while Angela Rayner, Yvette Cooper, Jess Phillips, David Lammy and Ian Lavery could also put themselves forward if they secure enough support.\n\nIn his traditional leader's new year message, Mr Corbyn makes no direct reference to the election result or his own future, suggesting 2019 had been \"quite the year for our country and for our Labour movement\".\n\nWhile the party is set to be out of power for at least another four years, he said it must continue to make its influence felt and stand up for its values.\n\nHaving led Labour so recently to defeat, this message was hardly going to be brimming with optimism.\n\nBut Jeremy Corbyn does focus on his legacy as he prepares to step down. He tells his supporters that they have built a movement which is 500,000 strong and that they can form the resistance to Boris Johnson, not just in Parliament but on the streets.\n\nIn the new year, Labour members will have to decide whether they want a leader who will stick to that message or whether they want the forthcoming leadership contest to result in a change of direction.\n\n\"It won't be easy,\" he said. \"But we have built a movement. We are the resistance to Boris Johnson. We will be campaigning every day. We will be on the front line, both in Parliament and on the streets.\"\n\nHe said Labour's priorities must be to ensure the NHS remains free to all at the point of use, preventing the climate crisis causing \"irreparable damage\" at home and abroad and working with \"movements and parties seeking social justice and change all over the world\".\n\n\"Make no mistake, our movement is very strong... we're not backed by the press barons, by the billionaires or by the millionaires who work for the billionaires. We're backed by you. We are by the many, for the many.\n\n\"2020 and the years ahead will be tough - no one is saying otherwise. But we're up for the fight, to protect what we hold dear, and to build to win and to transform. The fight continues. There is no other choice.\"\n\nLabour's former deputy leader said the past two manifestos had credibility issues\n\nWith the contest to succeed him expected to take about three months, Mr Corbyn is set to continue leading the party in Parliament and the country until the spring.\n\nUnlike in 2010 and 2015, when Gordon Brown and Ed Miliband stood down straight away after election defeats, the party has no deputy leader to step in on a temporary basis, with Tom Watson having stood down at the election.\n\nIn an interview with BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine, Mr Watson said he had yet to decide whether he would endorse any candidate but, if he did. it was \"unlikely\" to be Ms Long-Bailey or anyone else closely associated with the policies of the Corbyn era.\n\nMr Watson served as Mr Corbyn's deputy for four years although he was elected to the position by Labour members, not appointed by the leader, and disagreed with Mr Corbyn on Brexit and other issues.\n\n\"All the candidates on the frontbench need to explain the last two election defeats,\" he said. \"They signed up to the manifesto in 2017 and 2019 and clearly that was rejected by the electorate.\"\n\n\"The first thing they have to do is to explain to 500,000 Labour Party members why they think it is that we have not won an election for a decade.\"\n\nMeanwhile, shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon has said he will be standing in the forthcoming deputy leadership election.\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• None Who will be Labour's next leader?", "Cracker was described by his previous owner as a \"placid, friendly, loving dog\"\n\nA dog was found tied up at a church with a note from his old owner saying \"I love you and I'm so, so, so sorry\".\n\nThe brindle and white Staffordshire bull terrier-cross, since named Cracker, was abandoned by the altar of Sacred Heart Church, Blackpool.\n\nA handwritten note left with him said: \"Life has taken a really bad turn for me and I couldn't imagine him being outside with me cold and hungry\".\n\nThe RSPCA said Cracker was doing well and \"getting lots of TLC\".\n\nThe dog was found by staff at the church - which is left unlocked 24 hours a day - when they arrived for work on the morning of 18 December.\n\nThe note found alongside him urged whoever found the dog to \"please believe me when I say I haven't done this easily\".\n\nIt continued: \"My dog means the world to me and I don't know what else to do.\"\n\nThe note said he was a \"placid, friendly, loving dog\" who would turn seven on 22 March 2020.\n\nIt added: \"He has got quite tender front paws, I've been treating them for about a month now but they are still sore.\n\n\"My heart is broken and I will truly miss him more than words can say. I hope he can be found a new home he deserves. I love you and I am so, so, so sorry.xxxx\"\n\nRSPCA inspector Will Lamping, who collected Cracker from the church, said it was clear from the note how much his previous owner loved him.\n\nHe added: \"Unfortunately sometimes life can throw some pretty tough things at people and circumstances can drastically change but it's heartbreaking to think that someone out there is missing Cracker and wondering how he is doing.\"\n\nMr Lamping said that if no-one came forward to claim Cracker, who has been checked over by a vet, he would be sent to an RSCPA rehoming centre to look for new owners.\n\nHe added: \"If anyone does come forward then I'd like to let them know that they won't be in any trouble and we'd like to chat to them and see how we might be able to help them, and Cracker.\"\n\nHe urged any pet owners struggling financially to contact their vet, a local rescue centre or a charity like the RSPCA.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited a melting glacier in Pakistan in October\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have announced a global prize to tackle climate issues, pledging \"a decade of action to repair the Earth\".\n\nFive winners will receive the Earthshot Prize every year between 2021 and 2030.\n\nThe cash prize will be for individuals or organisations who come up with solutions to environmental problems.\n\nPrince William said the world faces a \"stark choice\" to continue \"irreparably\" damaging the planet or \"lead, innovate and problem-solve\".\n\nThe announcement was made in a video narrated by Sir David Attenborough posted on social media.\n\nThe veteran broadcaster and naturalist said the prize would go to \"visionaries rewarded over the next decade for responding to the great challenges of our time\".\n\nThe prize is set to launch officially later in 2020 - a year that will also see the Convention on Biodiversity in China in February and the COP26 Climate Change Conference in Glasgow in November.\n\nA series of challenges will be announced, aimed at finding at least 50 solutions to the \"world's greatest problems\" including climate change and air pollution.\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\nMore than 60 organisations and experts were consulted in the development the prize.\n\nIt will initially be run by The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, but could become an independent organisation.\n\nKensington Palace said it would be supported by philanthropists and organisations.\n\nThere is more than a little buzz around this project; the Palace is confident that it's got the right kind of people involved and it's not shy of ambition. \"A massive level of ambition\" to be precise - \"the biggest commitment the duke has ever made\".\n\nThere are a lot of international prizes and networking-prizegiving events. Making this special, and keeping it special will be a challenge. The duke brings the strange lustre of royalty. But the global network of supporters will be critical to the prize's international profile.\n\nIt represents another level of exposure for Prince William. It also makes him, rather formally, part of a group of figures who believe in the need for urgent international cooperation over climate change - a conviction that is not shared by everyone.\n\nThe challenges will be rolled out in 2020 and will then renew each year, for a decade - to stimulate the spirit of the race to the moon, but this time in service of the earth.\n\nThe prize's name is inspired by former US President John F Kennedy's \"Moonshot\" - when he set a goal in 1961 to land American astronauts on the Moon before the end of the decade.\n\nThe duke said: \"The earth is at a tipping point and we face a stark choice: either we continue as we are and irreparably damage our planet or we remember our unique power as human beings and our continual ability to lead, innovate and problem-solve.\"\n\nThe royal couple had trailed the announcement with a cryptic tweet on Monday, which read: \"Stay tuned for our first announcement of 2020 very shortly...\"\n\nIt is the latest in a string of public statements that the duke has made on environmental problems this year.\n\nIn October, he called for more education and political action to tackle climate change, as he and the duchess visited a melting glacier in Pakistan.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir David told Prince William it was \"difficult to overstate\" the threat of climate change\n\nHe has also previously collaborated with Sir David, interviewing him at the World Economic Forum in January.\n\nHe is also patron of the Tusk conservation charity and president of conservation group United for Wildlife.", "All 200 animals from Mogo Zoo survived the fires\n\nAmid the devastating fires ravaging Australia, a small zoo has managed to save all its animals through the extraordinary bravery of its staff.\n\nMogo Zoo houses Australia's largest collection of primates, along with zebras, rhinos and giraffes.\n\nYet when it was right in the line of a bushfire, the keepers managed to protect all 200 animals from harm.\n\nWhile most were sheltered at the site, monkeys, pandas and even a tiger were temporary lodgers at one keeper's home.\n\nOn Tuesday, an evacuation order was made for the New South Wales area where the zoo is located, but staff decided to stay to protect their animals.\n\nZoo director Chad Staples said the situation had been \"apocalyptic\" and that it \"felt like Armageddon\".\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\nHe said the zoo only survived because there'd been a precise plan in place: first the zoo keepers moved everything flammable from the area and then turned to the animals themselves.\n\nThe larger ones like the lions, tigers and orang-utans were moved into secured night enclosures to keep them safe and calm, but the smaller ones needed extra shelter.\n\nSo director Staples decided to simply have them taken to his own house.\n\n\"Right now in my house there's animals of all descriptions in all the different rooms, that are there safe and protected... not a single animal lost,\" he told the ABC broadcaster.\n\nSara Ang from the wildlife park told BBC 5 Live radio that \"some of the smaller monkeys had to be moved to the house, the red panda is in the house and there's a tiger in the back area of the house\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Firefighters in New South Wales sheltered in their truck as it was overrun by flames\n\n\"All the animals that needed to be moved indoors have been moved indoors,\" and hence are safe from the fire.\n\nThe zoo was encircled by fire and smoke, the zoo keepers say\n\nGiraffes and zebras were left in their enclosures as they were large enough for the animals to move away from spot fires.\n\nMr Staples explained that these were the only animals that suffered from stress - not from the fires but due to the rush of keepers and vehicles moving around to fight the flames.\n\nHe told the ABC the zoo staff had prepared \"hundreds of thousands of litres\" of water in advance and then put water into smaller tanks on vehicles to drive around and put out spot fires.\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 mogowildlife 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\nDescribing how his team worked for hours and throughout the night, he said the park would have been lost to the fire had it not been for the staff's heroic efforts to save it.\n\nThe zoo's survival is a positive development after a devastating week along Australia's eastern coast.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Residents have taken shelter on beaches to escape the flames\n\nHowever, the small town of Mogo itself has been severely damaged by the fires, with dozens of homes destroyed.\n\nThe bushfires have killed at least seven people in the Australian state of New South Wales since Monday, according to police.\n\nFires have also destroyed more than 200 homes, leaving thousands of people facing an uncertain future.", "A famous French chef who said he had been \"disgraced\" after one of his Michelin stars was removed has lost his lawsuit against the restaurant guide.\n\nThe Michelin Guide is a restaurant guide book, and its three-starred restaurants are often considered to be among the finest in the world.\n\nMarc Veyrat lost his top rating after only one year, and sued Michelin, demanding a full explanation.\n\nBut the French court dismissed his case, ordering him to pay costs.\n\nIt found that the 69-year-old chef had failed to show any proof that he had suffered material damage.\n\nMr Veyrat himself told the AFP news agency ahead of the ruling that business in the restaurant, La Maison des Bois, was up 7% in the past year, and he was fully booked even in the normally quiet period between Christmas and New Year.\n\nHis legal case was aimed at forcing the guide's editors to hand over its judges' notes and the explicit reasons for the decision to strip his restaurant of its third star. He asked for one euro in symbolic damages.\n\nMichelin, however, labelled the chef a \"narcissistic diva\" and said the case was about freedom of opinion and criticism.\n\nMr Veyrat had previously said he had been plunged into months of depression, and criticised Michelin's food critics, known as \"inspectors\".\n\nThey \"dared to say we put cheddar in our soufflé\", he told French Radio at the outset of his legal action, saying he would never use an English cheese in such a way.\n\n\"I put saffron in it, and the gentleman who came thought it was cheddar because it was yellow,\" he said.\n\nEarlier in 2019, he asked the guidebook to remove his restaurant from its listings entirely, rather than be listed with just two stars - something its editors refused to do.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThree stars are awarded to roughly 100 restaurants in the world each year. The guide says it awards such a rating only to those restaurants which are worth a \"special journey\" merely to dine there. Two-star restaurants, meanwhile, are \"excellent\" and \"worth a detour\".\n\nBut the authors are well aware of the power the guide has, noting that \"getting a star (or three) could change the fate of a restaurant\".\n\nThe entry for La Maison des Bois, located in Mr Veyrat's home town of Manigod in the Haute-Savoie department, 20km (12 miles) west of Mont Blanc, notes that guests can be \"assured to be well-looked after\" and amid a stunning setting, \"the chef always surprises\".", "Miss Petre began posting her revision notes to help motivate her to study\n\nIt is typically the domain of selfies, or inspirational shots of food and travel.\n\nBut one Cardiff University student has built up a large Instagram following, posting just photos of her revision.\n\nZoe Petre, 21, of Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, began posting shots of her notes in September 2016 while studying for her A-levels.\n\nShe now has more than 40,000 followers from across the globe.\n\nExplaining why she began, she said: \"My exams weren't going very well. I had already resat my first year, but still wasn't predicted good grades and knew I could do better.\n\n\"I realised I needed new revision techniques so I began taking photos of my notes and posting them on Instagram to motivate me.\"\n\nHer notes are always immaculately written, which motivates her to want to read them again\n\nAlongside the immaculately written posts, Zoe also began posting updates of how she was getting along with her revision and exams.\n\nShe also added tips she had learnt on how best to study and what subjects to choose.\n\nInitially her @ZoeStudies account was followed by a handful of friends, but it soon started to attract strangers from around the world.\n\n\"I kept getting new followers without really trying,\" she said. \"My numbers just literally started to leap up.\"\n\nAs her followers increased, so too did her grades.\n\nShe said: \"I wanted to go to Cardiff University, but didn't think I'd get the grades.\n\n\"But people kept pushing me to succeed and, in the end, I got one A, two Bs and a C grade, which was enough to get in.\"\n\nIn September 2018, Zoe began a course in biomedical science at Cardiff University.\n\nNow in her second year, she continues to post every other day and is still attracting new fans.\n\nZoe's revision notes and tips have now attracted more than 40,000 followers\n\n\"It encourages me to make my notes look nice, so I want to look at them and learn.\n\n\"I also really try and understand them, then condense them so it's easier for revision.\n\n\"I find Instagramming pushes me and helps me to track my progress, as I always record my highs and lows.\"\n\nAs for why people follow her, she believes they largely come for motivation.\n\n\"Some of people who follow me are Biomed students, which is handy when I get stuck, as someone can usually help,\" she said.\n\n\"But others aren't necessarily doing the same subject.\n\n\"I believe they see someone else working hard and are encouraged.\n\n\"It feels supportive and gives you a pick me up, motivating you to keep learning.\"\n\nShe added: \"Social media can get bad press, but this is a most definitely a good form of it.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A man who broke into a Taco Bell in the early hours on Christmas Day was caught on CCTV making a snack and then taking a nap.\n\nThe incident happened in the US state of Georgia.\n\nPolice are appealing for the public's help in identifying him.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: Quibi aims to change how we watch shows on phones\n\nA deep-pocketed new streaming service has revealed it will launch in the US on 6 April.\n\nQuibi has raised $1bn (£763m) in funds and commissioned some of Hollywood's biggest names to make content for its mobile-only service. Each show will be 10 minutes or shorter.\n\nThe firm intends to charge $4.99 (£3.80) per month for basic access and $7.99 for an ad-free version.\n\nBut one industry-watcher questioned consumers' willingness to pay.\n\nQuibi's chief executive Meg Whitman and founder Jeffrey Katzenberg announced the details of the service at the CES tech expo in Las Vegas.\n\nShe was previously the chief of eBay and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, while he produced some of Disney's best known animated movies before heading up Dreamworks Animation.\n\nThe stars involved in the new service include:\n\nIn addition to entertainment, the service intends to screen bespoke news bulletins from NBC, BBC and Telemundo, among others.\n\nQuibi has attracted some of the US entertainment industry's biggest names to make content for it\n\nMuch of the presentation was taken up showing off a feature called Turnstile, which allows viewers to keep the image full-screen, whether they hold their phone in landscape or portrait mode.\n\nShow creators have framed their shots so that the action suits either aspect ratio, and in some cases have used the facility to reveal a different point-of-view.\n\nFor instance one show features a traditional perspective when the picture is widescreen, but shows a view of the protagonist's phone when held vertical.\n\nQuibi which stands for \"quick bites\" is commissioning videos running from four to 10 minutes in length.\n\nThe services will include episodic series, and also movies - which will be divided up into chapters.\n\nMs Whitman announced that it had partnered with Steven Spielberg to create a horror series, After Dark, that can only be viewed after sunset. To do this, the app will check the user's location and the local time to check it is indeed dark where they are, Ms Whitman explained.\n\nOff-stage, Ms Whitman told the BBC that Quibi had received more than a 100 pitches a week from filmmakers who wanted to use its Turnstile rotating video tech.\n\nQuibi uses a special device to shoot some of the content for its shows\n\n\"There's a long history in this town of Hollywood, of technology enabling a new form of storytelling. And that's exactly what we're trying to do,\" she said.\n\nThis is not the first time streaming services have released interactive videos.\n\nNetflix has offered a series of interactive programmes since 2017, most notably an episode of its sci-fi series Black Mirror.\n\nBut the feature remains a rarity on its platform.\n\nOne expert said Turnstile had promise but was unlikely to be a key selling point.\n\n\"Turning the screen to keep what is on the screen in frame is great, but it can't dictate the storyline and it is not enough to get someone to buy the content,\" said Dan Rayburn, principal analyst at Frost & Sullivan.\n\nOne of Quibi's biggest challenges will be persuading the public to pay for an additional streaming service.\n\nQuibi will contain a range of factual content made for it by established news organisations\n\nIn 2019, several new players entered the video-streaming space including Apple TV Plus and Disney Plus. And there are others planning launches of their own in the US, including HBO Max and NBCUniversal's Peacock.\n\nNetflix and Amazon Prime are also investing deeply in big-budget content to remain dominant.\n\nBut Quibi Mr Katzenberg told the BBC that he believed Quibi's main competition is other short-form video platforms such as YouTube, Snapchat and TikTok.\n\n\"If anything, we accelerate the experience of watching short form on your mobile device today,\" he added.\n\nQuibi has yet to reveal when it will expand to other countries\n\nQuibi said it would target viewers aged between 18 and 44 years old.\n\nBut most of that audience is accustomed to watching short-form videos for free.\n\n\"I think they are trying to change consumer habits too much,\" commented Mr Rayburn.\n\nQuibi said it planned to release three hours of new premium content each day, excluding news content.", "Former Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns has been cleared of breaching the ministerial code\n\nA ministerial inquiry clearing ex-Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns of misconduct over whether he knew of the \"sabotage\" of a rape trial by his ex-aide has been dismissed as \"a sham\" by the victim.\n\n\"Lucy\" told BBC News she had not been contacted during the investigation.\n\nMr Cairns resigned from the cabinet last year over allegations he knew Ross England had broken a judge's ruling by making claims about her sexual history.\n\nThe Tory MP said he was \"extremely sorry for the trauma\" she had faced.\n\nIt is understood the Cabinet Office did not feel it was necessary or appropriate to contact Lucy.\n\nIn April 2018, at the trial of his friend James Hackett, who had raped Lucy, Mr England told Cardiff Crown Court he had had a casual sexual relationship with her himself.\n\nHe said: \"I was worried about her because we'd had casual sex on... two occasions, one of which was group sex.\"\n\nThis evidence was not permissible in court, although Mr England denies knowing this when he gave evidence.\n\nThe judge said he had no doubt this had been a deliberate attempt to sabotage the trial.\n\nLucy told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme: \"He just lied so brazenly and I just thought, 'This man feels like he's untouchable and he was made to feel like that by the Conservative Party.'\"\n\nMr England has since said in a statement he had not been told \"that anything had been ruled inadmissible prior to my testimony\".\n\n\"I gave an honest answer, honouring the oath I took to tell the truth,\" he added.\n\nRoss England gave a speech at the Welsh Conservatives' conference in 2016\n\nMr Cairns resigned as Welsh secretary last November over claims he had endorsed Mr England as a candidate for the Welsh assembly despite having been copied into an email relating to the collapse of the trial.\n\nMr Cairns denies he knew about it.\n\nBBC News had discovered an email sent on 2 August 2018 to Mr Cairns by Geraint Evans, his special adviser.\n\nIt said: \"I have spoken to Ross and he is confident no action will be taken by the court.\"\n\nMr Cairns has since been cleared of breaking the ministerial code, by a government investigation.\n\nThe investigator explained those involved said they had not informed Mr Cairns of Mr England's role and there was \"no direct evidence to contradict this\".\n\nBut Lucy told Victoria Derbyshire no attempt had been made to speak to her.\n\n\"The whole thing feels like a sham,\" she said.\n\n\"What kind of investigation doesn't contact the person who is most affected?\"\n\nThe Cabinet Office investigation looked into whether Mr Cairns had been truthful in public office, and it's understood that a judgement was made that it was not appropriate or necessary to contact Lucy, especially given her anonymity.\n\nMr Cairns had previously appointed Mr England to work as his campaign manager, in the same office as Lucy - who also worked for the MP.\n\nShe claimed she warned Mr Cairns she would leave her job if he appointed Mr England.\n\nLucy told the BBC as soon as she reported the rape to police she had been subjected to a \"campaign of hatred\" from members of the Tory Party, for having \"the gall to tell the police what happened\".\n\nShe was raped as she slept at a house party held by Mr England and his girlfriend Kathryn Kelloway.\n\n\"When I woke up I was being attacked, basically,\" she told Victoria Derbyshire.\n\n\"Eventually, I managed to fight him off and run downstairs, where I told a friend.\"\n\nHackett was convicted at a subsequent trial and jailed for five years.\n\nLucy alleges that on the night of the rape, Ms Kelloway had shouted at police that she was making it up.\n\n\"That just set the tone for the next two years,\" she told the programme.\n\n\"It was a complete smear campaign.\n\n\"They were trying to spread it, about certain people that I'd slept with and therefore if I slept around to this degree, then I must have deserved what happened.\n\n\"They were trying to say I'd lied about other things, I've made stuff up about other women, and therefore if I can make that up, I must be making this up.\"\n\n\"I have told nothing but the truth throughout, including to the police and in court [as a prosecution witness],\" she added.\n\nLucy told Victoria Derbyshire the Conservative Party had a lot of work to do to make it a safe environment for young women to work in.\n\n\"They just didn't have any respect for me, what I was going through,\" she said.\n\n\"It definitely felt like members of Conservative Party were putting me on trial.\"\n\nThe Conservative Party in Wales said in a statement: \"We are deeply sorry for the circumstances surrounding the collapse of the trial and the deep distress this must have caused the victim.\"\n\nMr Cairns said he was \"extremely sorry for the trauma and suffering Lucy has faced\".\n\n\"I believed that my parliamentary staff and I had supported her in a caring and compassionate way throughout,\" he said.\n\n\"Lucy recognised this in messages received at the time.\"\n\nFollow the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme on Facebook and Twitter - and see more of our stories here.", "This year's Academy Awards will not have a host again, organisers of the annual ceremony have confirmed.\n\nLast year's ceremony was also hostless after Kevin Hart stepped down from his master of ceremonies role.\n\nIn his place, a series of famous faces - beginning with Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph - came on to present.\n\nThe Academy confirmed the news in a tweet that indicated the show would still have stars, performances and surprises.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post by The Academy\n\nKarey Burke, from Oscars broadcaster ABC, also confirmed on Wednesday \"there will be no traditional host this year\" as ABC had been \"extremely happy\" with how the ceremony had gone on 24 February 2019.\n\n\"Odds are you'll see us repeating what we consider to be a successful formula,\" she said during a press event in Pasadena, California.\n\nBefore 2019, the last ceremony not to have a host was the one in 1989 - widely considered to be one of the most disastrous ever staged.\n\nHart stepped down from hosting the 2019 Oscars following a controversy over homophobic tweets from a decade ago.\n\nHe said in December 2018 he did not want to be a distraction and that he was \"sorry he had hurt people\".\n\nThe nominations for this year's awards, to be held on 9 February in Los Angeles, will be announced on Monday.\n\nTalk show host Jimmy Kimmel was the last person to be the event's overall presenter, having hosted the awards in 2017 and 2018.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are the main story for most of the papers, with their photograph on almost all the front pages.\n\n\"Harry and Meghan quit the firm\" is the Daily Telegraph's take.\n\nAccording to the Times, the couple's \"personal message\" has opened a rift with the rest of the Royal Family.\n\n\"They didn't even tell the Queen\", complains the Daily Mirror, which accuses Prince Harry of petulance and selfishness.\n\nThe Sun headlines its story \"Megxit\". It says the couple have triggered a \"civil war\", leaving the Queen \"deeply upset\" and Prince Charles and Prince William \"incandescent with rage\".\n\nThe Daily Mail has brought out what it calls a \"royal bombshell special issue\", with coverage stretching to page 17.\n\nIt calls the couple \"the rogue royals\" and says they've \"pressed the nuclear button\".\n\nUnnamed royal sources put the knife in, telling the Mail that Harry and Meghan are \"awkward and childish\", have treated the Queen \"shoddily\" and acted with a \"staggering\" level of deceit.\n\nThe Financial Times is more restrained but even it puts the story on the front page - with a headline focusing on the couple's desire for \"financial independence\".\n\nThe announcement has also made headlines on the other side of the Atlantic, where the Sussexes plan to spend more time.\n\nFor the Washington Post, it's a \"bold and remarkable\" move, signalling that two of the younger, more popular royals may be fed up with what it calls \"an anachronistic, cosseted life of endless ribbon-cutting and fusty, scripted engagements - and the scrutiny that comes with all of that\".\n\nAccording to the Financial Times, Donald Trump has stepped back from the brink with a measured reaction to Iran's missile strikes against US forces in Iraq.\n\nThe Guardian says that European leaders \"breathed a sigh of relief\" after the President heeded their public and private pleas to draw a line under the conflict.\n\nIn the Times cartoon, entitled \"Special Relationship\", Donald Trump is riding through the desert on a camel while Boris Johnson walks behind with a dustpan and brush, clearing up.\n\nThe Telegraph says Iran is facing mounting pressure to explain the crash of a Ukrainian airliner near Tehran, hours after the missile launches.\n\nThe Daily Star wonders if it was shot down. The Iranians say not, and Western intelligence agencies apparently agree.\n\nThe Times says video footage showing flames streaming from a wing, and photographs of the wreckage on the ground, are consistent with an uncontained engine failure. But it says none of the tell-tale traces of a missile strike is visible in the photos.\n\nThe remains of one of the plane's engines was among the debris\n\nFinally, the government's new Town of the Year competition has - in the Guardian's words - \"backfired spectacularly\" after officials failed to realise that the place chosen for the launch, Wolverhampton, has been a city for almost 20 years.\n\nLocal civic leaders, it says, expressed incredulity when the communities secretary, Robert Jenrick, announced he was kicking off a countrywide tour of towns in their city.\n\nAccording to the paper, the gaffe will be particularly embarrassing for Mr Jenrick, who was born and educated in Wolverhampton.", "Brusthom Ziamani was inspired by the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby, his trial at the Old Bailey heard\n\nAn inmate suspected of attacking an officer at a maximum security prison was jailed for planning to behead a soldier, the BBC has learned.\n\nHe is understood to be Brusthom Ziamani, 24, who was found guilty of preparing an act of terrorism in 2015.\n\nThe attack at HMP Whitemoor in Cambridgeshire on Thursday, in which four other prison staff were injured, happened as cells were unlocked.\n\nOne officer was slashed and stabbed, the others had rushed to help.\n\nZiamani was assisted by another prisoner, a Muslim convert who was serving time for a violent offence.\n\nBoth inmates were wielding bladed weapons and wearing fake suicide vests during the attack.\n\nThe male officer suffered wounds to his face but his injuries are not believed to be life threatening.\n\nNo arrests have been made, the Met Police said.\n\nThe assault by two inmates at Whitemoor was \"quickly resolved,\" the prison service said\n\nDuring his trial at the Old Bailey it was revealed that Ziamani had been inspired by the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby and used the internet to research cadet bases.\n\nHe converted to Islam in 2014 and, months later, was arrested in east London in possession of a 12-inch-long knife and a hammer.\n\nZiamani was 18 when held in 2014 as part of a joint operation by the Met Police and MI5.\n\nHe was jailed for 22 years but the sentence was later reduced on appeal.\n\nThe Met Police said it was \"deemed appropriate\" its counter-terrorism command unit was sent to HMP Whitemoor \"due to certain circumstances relating to this incident\".\n\nA prison service spokesman said: \"The incident was quickly resolved by our brave staff and our thoughts are with the injured officers at this time.\n\n\"We do not tolerate assaults on our hardworking officers and will push for the strongest possible punishment.\"\n\nIn a tweet, the general secretary of the Prison Officers Association (POA), Steve Gillan, wrote: \"Having liaised with the Whitemoor committee today an official statement will be made tomorrow morning by the POA in a press release.\n\n\"Nothing will be said on social media by the POA that compromises an ongoing police investigation into a very serious incident.\"\n\nHMP Whitemoor houses more than 400 Category A and B prisoners on three wings, including a number of the highest-risk inmates.\n\nIn February last year, a \"small number\" of prison staff there had to receive medical treatment after violence broke out.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Mohammed Reza Kadkhoda Zadeh, Sam Zokaei and Saeed Tahmasebi were all on board\n\nTributes have been paid to three British nationals who died when a Ukrainian plane crashed in Iran.\n\nMohammed Reza Kadkhoda Zadeh, who owned a dry cleaners, BP engineer Sam Zokaei and PhD student and engineer Saeed Tahmasebi were all on board the flight.\n\nThey were among the 176 people from seven countries who died in the crash.\n\nUkraine International Airlines flight PS752 crashed just after taking off from Imam Khomeini airport at 06:12 local time (02:42 GMT).\n\nThe airline said the plane underwent scheduled maintenance on Monday.\n\nA Downing Street spokesman said the UK was \"working closely with the Ukrainian authorities and the Iranian authorities\" over the crash, and there was \"no indication\" the plane was brought down by a missile.\n\nIran said it will not hand over black box flight recorders recovered from the plane. Under global aviation rules, Iran has the right to lead the investigation, but manufacturers are typically involved and experts say few countries are capable of analysing black boxes.\n\nAs well as the three Britons, the victims in the crash included 82 Iranians, 63 Canadians, 11 Ukrainians - including all of the crew, 10 Swedes, four Afghans and three Germans, Ukraine foreign affairs minister Vadym Prystaiko said.\n\nRescue teams were sent to the crash site but the head of Iran's Red Crescent told state media that it was \"impossible\" for anyone to have survived the crash.\n\nTributes were paid locally to Mr Kadkhoda Zadeh, 40, who ran a neighbourhood dry cleaners in Hassocks, West Sussex, and had a nine-year-old daughter.\n\nSteve Edgington from the pet shop next door said he had known Mr Kadkhoda Zadeh for 14 years, and described him as a lovely, hardworking man who was good at his job and loved by staff.\n\nSavvas Savvidis, 36, who rented a room in Mr Kadkhoda Zadeh's home in Brighton, said he was a \"super-nice person\".\n\n\"It's so sad. Before he left we had a conversation, he told me that he spent all his life working, working really hard, and now finally he wants to start to enjoy life a bit more.\"\n\nMr Savvidis described Mr Kadkhoda Zadeh as a humble man who loved his daughter very much.\n\nThe dry cleaners closed on Wednesday, with neighbouring businesses telling the BBC that staff were too upset to stay open.\n\nA sign on the window of Mr Kadkhoda Zadeh's dry cleaners in Hassocks\n\nMeanwhile, in a statement, BP said \"with the deepest regret\" that its employee Mr Zokaei, 42, from Twickenham, was among the passengers.\n\nMr Zokaei had been on holiday. He had worked for BP for 14 years and was based at the company's site in Sunbury-on-Thames in Surrey.\n\n\"We are shocked and deeply saddened by this tragic loss of our friend and colleague and all of our thoughts are with his family and friends,\" BP said.\n\nA friend of Mr Zokaei, who did not wish to be named, told the BBC they were \"still in shock\".\n\n\"He was a highly accomplished person. Very clever and very friendly. Always smiling and full of positive energy. He will be sorely missed.\n\n\"He was always trying new adventures. He cycled and toured Europe on bikes a few times. He also loved travelling to interesting far out places.\"\n\nAlso killed was Mr Tahmasebi, 35, who worked as an engineer for Laing O'Rourke in Dartford.\n\nLast year, Mr Tahmasebi married his Iranian partner, Niloufar Ebrahim, who was also listed as a passenger on the plane.\n\nMr Tahmasebi, pictured here last Valentine's Day, recently married his partner\n\n\"Everyone here is shocked and saddened by this very tragic news,\" said Laing O'Rourke.\n\n\"Saeed was a popular and well respected engineer and will be missed by many of his colleagues. Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this most difficult time and we will do all we can to support them through it.\"\n\nMr Tahmasebi - whose full name was Saeed Tahmasebi Khademasadi - was also a part-time PhD student at Imperial College London's Centre for Systems Engineering and Innovation.\n\nA spokeswoman for the university said: \"We are deeply saddened at this tragic news. Saeed Tahmasebi Khademasadi was a brilliant engineer with a bright future.\n\n\"His contributions to systems engineering earned respect from everyone who dealt with him and will benefit society for years to come.\n\n\"He was a warm, humble and generous colleague and close friend to many in our community. Our thoughts and sincere condolences are with Saeed's family, friends and colleagues, as well as all those affected by this tragedy.\"\n\nAt Prime Minister's Questions earlier, Boris Johnson and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn both said their thoughts were with the families of those killed.\n\nA UK Foreign Office spokesman has said: \"We are deeply saddened by the loss of life in the plane crash in Iran overnight.\"\n\nThey said it was \"urgently seeking confirmation\" about how many British nationals were on board and would be supporting any families affected.\n\nMelinda Simmons, British ambassador to Ukraine, said her thoughts are with those affected.\n\nUkraine's state aviation service has forbidden its national airlines from using Iranian airspace from Thursday, with the restrictions in place until an investigation into the cause of the crash has concluded.\n\nUkraine's embassy in Tehran and Iranian state television both initially said technical issues caused the crash.\n\nBut the embassy later removed this statement and said any comment regarding the cause of the accident prior to a commission's inquiry was not official.\n\nUkraine said its entire civilian aviation fleet would be checked for airworthiness and criminal proceedings would be opened into the disaster.\n\nThe country's president warned against \"speculation or unchecked theories regarding the catastrophe\" until official reports were ready.\n\nFlowers were laid outside the Canadian embassy in Kiev in remembrance of the 63 Canadians on board the flight\n\nUkrainian International Airlines said the flight disappeared from radar just a \"few minutes\" after take-off.\n\nThe Ukrainian national carrier said according to preliminary data there were 167 passengers and nine crew members on board but its staff were \"clarifying the exact number\".\n\n\"The airline expresses its deepest condolences to the families of the victims of the air crash and will do everything possible to support the relatives of the victims,\" a statement said.\n\nThe airline, which is investigating the crash, said the aircraft - a Boeing 737-800 - was built in 2016 and had its last scheduled maintenance on Monday.\n\nThere was no sign of any problems with the plane before take-off and the airline's president said it had an \"excellent, reliable crew\".\n\nA statement from Boeing said its \"heartfelt thoughts\" were with all those affected following the \"tragic event\".\n\nThere are several thousand Boeing 737-800s in operation around the world which have completed tens of millions of flights. They have been involved in 10 incidents, including this crash, where at least one passenger was killed, aviation safety analyst Todd Curtis told the BBC.\n\nThis is the first time a Ukraine International Airlines plane has been involved in a fatal crash.", "Some struggling families are being pushed into homelessness by failures in the very system designed to keep a roof over their heads, a watchdog says.\n\nThe Local Government Ombudsman found some local authorities in England were miscalculating housing benefit payments and then curtailing rights of appeal.\n\nIt upheld eight out of 10 of the hundreds of complaints it investigated about the benefit in 2018-19.\n\nTown hall bosses said the report raised some important issues.\n\nIt also said the funding councils received to administrate housing benefit fell short of its true cost.\n\nMichael King, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman, said: \"Mistakes in benefit administration can only add to the pressures households face.\n\n\"A delay in processing an appeal later upheld can lead to rising rent arrears.\n\n\"Many of the people who complain to us face the threat of losing their homes.\"\n\nIn one example, a young family with a disabled child had to leave their London home following a miscalculation of their housing benefits by Haringey Council.\n\nThe detailed report upholding the family's complaint said: \"The single-parent family had been living in privately rented accommodation but were asked to leave by their landlord after the council incorrectly told him the family owed more than £8,000 in backdated benefits.\n\n\"The family had to stay in unsuitable accommodation while the council put right its mistakes and recalculated the mother's correct entitlement.\n\n\"The council has also agreed to pay the woman £1,000 for the distress caused, a further £1,300 to recognise she was in unsuitable accommodation for six months and £500 for storage costs she incurred when she had to leave her rented property.\"\n\nThe ombudsman also highlighted the story of a man left in limbo for two years, not knowing the amount of support he should receive and how much the council would pursue him for.\n\nA simple administrative error combined with an inability to update records meant the council could no longer work out why it had overpaid his housing benefit.\n\nAll the while it sent him letters threatening recovery action every fortnight.\n\nIn total, the ombudsman received 491 complaints in 2018-19 and carried out detailed investigations into 74.\n\nProblems highlighted by the ombudsman include councils preventing families from challenging decisions by interpreting rules around appeals overly literally.\n\nClaimants who disputed a housing-benefit decision but did not use the word \"review\" or \"appeal\" in their communication, for example, should not be prevented from appealing, the ombudsman said.\n\nOrdinary claimants could not be expected to be expert in the finer points of housing-benefit legislation.\n\nIn addition, some councils started recovering overpayments before the one-month time limit for appeals was up or before appeals had been heard.\n\nAnd others failed to pass on disputed decisions to cases to the relevant social-security tribunal.\n\nA Local Government Association spokesman said as well as a lack of funding, departments had faced continuing pressures and uncertainty over welfare reforms and the introduction of the all-in-one benefit, universal credit. This had also stretched councils' revenues and benefits services.\n\n\"It is vital that the government recognises the ongoing role of councils in administering housing benefit and in supporting claimants [and] provides appropriate, timely funding to councils to deliver this role, to ensure that councils are able to provide the fairest, most accurate service that they can,\" he added.", "The pair were first pictured together at the 2017 Invictus Games after months avoiding the cameras\n\nMeghan Markle was the American actress, with a passion for humanitarian and feminist causes. Harry was the rebel prince turned soldier, considered the world's most eligible bachelor.\n\nIn the summer of 2016, the two were brought together on a blind date by a mutual friend in London.\n\n\"Beautiful\" Meghan \"just tripped and fell into my life\", Harry later told the press, and he knew immediately she was \"the one\".\n\nAfter just two dates, the new couple went on holiday together to Botswana, camping out under the stars.\n\nThey fell in love \"so incredibly quickly\", proof the \"stars were aligned\", said Harry.\n\nTo the British press, their romance was catnip. Here was a golden couple who were able to draw vast crowds, speak the language of younger generations and sprinkle royal stardust on any cause.\n\nFor months the couple avoided the cameras and it wasn't until the 2017 Invictus Games in Toronto that the the two were first photographed holding hands in public, smiling and laughing.\n\nBut there had been signs early on that the fairytale was some way off a \"happily ever after\".\n\nWhen Harry first confirmed the relationship in late 2016, it came with a stark attack on the media, accusing them of subjecting his girlfriend to \"a wave of abuse and harassment\".\n\nHe spoke of nightly legal battles to keep defamatory stories out of papers, attempts by reporters and photographers to get into Meghan's home and the \"bombardment\" of nearly every friend and loved one in her life.\n\nIt was a problem that was only going to get worse.\n\nDespite that - or perhaps because of that - the two grew ever closer and in September 2017, Meghan declared to Vanity Fair magazine: \"Personally, I love a great love story.\"\n\nThe two of them had been enjoying a special time together and were really happy and in love, she said.\n\nThe media was now on high alert for the sound of royal wedding bells - and they didn't have to wait long.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle posed for the cameras in the garden at Kensington Palace\n\nIn November 2017, Harry got down on one knee to propose to Meghan as they made roast chicken together at their home in Kensington Palace.\n\nHarry had designed the ring, made with two diamonds which had belonged to his late mother, Diana, Princess of Wales. At the centre was a diamond from Botswana.\n\nThe couple shared their story in a candid interview with the BBC, and appearing brimming with positivity for the future.\n\nThey revealed Meghan would give up acting to focus on causes close to her heart, working alongside her husband-to-be.\n\n\"I know that she will be unbelievably good at the job part of it,\" said Harry.\n\nThings began to shift as preparations got under way for a May 2018 wedding in Windsor.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIt quickly became clear that this was a royal couple who wanted to do things differently - their way.\n\nThe wedding, which much of the world tuned in to watch, had all the traditions - a stunning dress, cheeky bridesmaids and heartfelt vows.\n\nBut, as our royal correspondent Jonny Dymond said at the time, the service with its gospel choir, young black cellist and breathtaking address from Bishop Curry, marked it out as a modern, diverse wedding for a modern, diverse couple, which seemed to point to a different future for the Royal Family.\n\nMarried life brought with it new titles - the Duke and Duchess of Sussex - and a new home at Windsor in Frogmore Cottage.\n\nDuring a trip to Merseyside, the duchess told well-wishers she was six months pregnant and did not know if it was a boy or a girl\n\nIn October of that year, the couple embarked on their first royal tour, visiting Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga, over 16 days. It was there that they shared the news that they were expecting their first baby.\n\nArchie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, seventh in line to throne and the Queen's eighth great-grandchild, was born on 6 May 2019.\n\nTo Harry, who was by Meghan's side at the birth, little Archie was \"absolutely to die for\".\n\nThroughout Meghan's pregnancy, the continual redrawing of battlelines had gone on between the press and the couple.\n\nThis was to be no repeat of the Duchess of Cambridge's birth with the circus of journalists and photographers lying in wait outside hospital doors for days on end.\n\nThe press had been told there would be no information about the birth, beyond that it was happening.\n\nSuch scrutiny and pressure proved to be a struggle for the newly-wed Meghan during her pregnancy and in early motherhood, she later admitted in an ITV documentary filmed during their tour of southern Africa in September.\n\n\"Not many people have asked if I'm OK,\" she said, looking lost. She spoke of her vulnerability during pregnancy and the challenges of having a new-born - \"it's a lot\".\n\nAsked if she could cope, she said she had long told Harry it was not enough to just survive - \"that's not the point of life - you have got to thrive\".\n\nArchie was christened in a private ceremony, from which the press and the public were excluded\n\nThere were further signs that the couple were not happy, when the prince opened up about his mental health.\n\nHe said it was under constant management and he lived with the pressures of avoiding a repeat of the past that took his mother, the Princess of Wales, from him.\n\nShe died in a car crash in Paris when Harry was just 12. The driver had been drinking and the car was being followed by paparazzi on motorbikes.\n\n\"Everything that she went through, and what happened to her, is incredibly important every single day, and that is not me being paranoid,\" he said.\n\n\"Part of this job is putting on a brave face but, for me and my wife, there is a lot of stuff that hurts, especially when the majority of it is untrue,\" he added.\n\nIt has also been suggested the scrutiny of Meghan has been greater because of her African-American heritage.\n\nFormer US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said she wanted to hug Meghan for the British media's \"racist\" treatment of her, while Harry has highlighted how \"unconscious bias\" can lead to racist behaviour even if people do not consider themselves to be racist.\n\nTheir struggles were shared in an interview while touring southern Africa\n\nThe couple's frustration and anger with some sections of the press has gone from being a matter between the palace and editors into the full glare of the public spotlight.\n\nMeghan is suing the Mail on Sunday over a claim that it unlawfully published one of her private letters and Harry filed proceedings at the High Court against the owners of the Sun, the defunct News of the World, and the Daily Mirror, in relation to alleged phone-hacking.\n\nAs such a dramatic year came to a close, the royal couple took an extended break from royal duties over Christmas, taking Archie to the Canadian province of British Columbia.\n\nIt gave them time to mull over their next move and, within days of the start of a new decade, they dropped their bombshell announcement.\n\nNeither Harry's father, Prince Charles, nor his older brother, Prince William, with whom Harry has said he has \"good days\" and \"bad days\", were consulted.\n\nHarry and Meghan were, they told their Instagram followers, planning to leave their royal duties - and the royal purse - behind.\n\nThey hope their next chapter, spent in North America as well as the UK, will see the two of them, together with baby Archie, make their own path to the future.", "Family doctors are under intense pressure and general practice is running on empty, warns the Royal College of GPs (RCGP).\n\nIt says severe staff shortages are causing \"unacceptable\" delays for patients in England.\n\nIn a letter to Health Secretary Matt Hancock, its chairman says ministers must take urgent action to deal with the lack of GPs.\n\nThe government said it had recruited a \"record number\" of GP trainees.\n\nMinisters are committed to recruiting 6,000 more GPs in England by 2025.\n\nProf Martin Marshall, who took over as RCGP chairman in November, says GPs are struggling with an escalating workload, which is causing many to burn out and leave the profession.\n\nHe says the problem is compounded by difficulty recruiting GPs and other members of staff to manage the demand.\n\nA spokesperson from the Department of Health and Social Care told the BBC the recruitment of thousands more highly-skilled practitioners would mean patients would get \"an extra 50 million appointments a year within the next five years.\"\n\nDr Dharman: \"Sometimes it feels like you're drowning\"\n\nDr Andrew Dharman, who works at the The Avenue surgery in Ealing, said the stress has got worse because of the enormous workload placed on GPs.\n\nHe said: \"Sometimes it feels like you're drowning. You know you're trying to stay afloat and on top of all the workload. And you're trying to make sure you're providing the kind of care that you envisage when you go to medical school.\n\n\"You feel frustrated sometimes that you can't necessarily do that because of the amount of work and patients.\"\n\nProf Marshall has asked Mr Hancock to clarify how he will increase the number of family doctors, and what significant investments he will make in the profession.\n\nThere are concerns that targets for extra GPs might not be met, with figures showing the numbers of doctors falling.\n\nIn the letter, Prof Marshall says: \"No patient should have to wait three weeks for a GP appointment. This is unacceptable and our patients, and GPs, deserve better.\n\n\"We want a commitment to increase GP training places to 4,000 in 2020-21, as outlined in your election manifesto, but also to 5,000 soon after; and significant investment into initiatives to improve GP workload and retain existing GPs in the profession to improve the wellbeing and moral of the whole practice team.\"", "The Scottish government is to pay for people to access superfast broadband after admitting it will not hit its target for extending the fibre network.\n\nMinisters had originally pledged to extend high-speed cables to every home and business in Scotland by 2021.\n\nHowever MSPs have now been told that work on the network will run past 2023.\n\nA voucher scheme will be offered so those not connected on the original schedule can get superfast broadband from satellite or mobile operators.\n\nEnergy minister Paul Wheelhouse said this would ensure everyone would be able to have access to high-speed services in the original timescale, despite the delay to the infrastructure rollout.\n\nBut opposition parties said his announcement was \"deeply disappointing\" and \"another broken promise from the SNP\".\n\nThe SNP's manifesto in 2016 had pledged that the party would \"ensure that 100% of premises in Scotland have access to superfast broadband\" by the end of the parliamentary term, in 2021.\n\nIn a statement at Holyrood, Mr Wheelhouse said the plan for the Reaching 100% or \"R100\" programme was now to roll out full-fibre broadband - with speeds \"significantly beyond our original commitment\".\n\nHowever he said the \"complexity\" this entails meant that work on \"around half\" of targeted premises in the south and centre of Scotland would be finished by the end of that year, \"with the majority of the build completed by the end of 2023\".\n\nThe minister did not provide a target date for the north of Scotland, where the contract for the work has been caught up in a legal challenge.\n\nMr Wheelhouse acknowledged that \"this on its own would be insufficient to enable superfast access for all homes and business by the end of 2021 as promised\", saying that \"additional support\" would be offered instead.\n\nThis will take the form of a voucher scheme which the government said would \"allow people to obtain superfast broadband from other sources, from satellite operators to fixed wireless/mobile operators and larger fibre suppliers\".\n\nDetails of how this scheme will work are expected later in the year.\n\nMr Wheelhouse said: \"Through our investment, we will extend full-fibre broadband to much of rural Scotland, going beyond our original commitment, and helping to deliver future-proofed economic, social and environmental benefits for the whole country.\n\n\"This is one of the most challenging broadband infrastructure builds anywhere in the world, and this, combined with the decision to future-proof our technology, means the work will take time to complete.\n\n\"We are also setting up a voucher scheme which will launch later this year. This will provide grants to broadband customers, ahead of the delivery of the R100 contracts, to support access to a range of technologies and suppliers.\"\n\nScottish Conservative infrastructure spokesman Jamie Greene said it was \"another day, another failed contract, another broken promise from the SNP\".\n\nHe said: \"The SNP had no obligation to make promises it couldn't keep to businesses and residents, but it chose to do so for political gain knowing it was nigh on impossible to deliver.\"\n\nScottish Labour's Colin Smyth said the government was \"never, ever going to deliver its R100 programme by the end of 2021\", calling this \"the worst kept secret\".\n\nHe said: \"Superfast broadband is no luxury. The ability to have quick and easy access to the internet is a necessity in the modern world, particularly for those in rural areas from the Highlands to the Borders.\"\n\nAnd Lib Dem connectivity spokesman Mike Rumbles said that people were getting \"a piece of paper\" instead of a service, adding: \"Ministers have utterly failed to do what they said they would do and thousands of homes in rural and remote communities have been let down by this Scottish government.\"", "A machine that rapidly chills packaged drinks is on show at the CES tech expo.\n\nThe start-up involved hopes to launch Juno later this year to cool cans and bottles of drink at point of use, meaning they do not need to be stored in refrigerators in advance.\n\nThe BBC's Chris Fox tested the prototype being exhibited in Las Vegas.\n\nCatch up with all the BBC's CES 2020 coverage", "Klaus O was filmed placing toxic substances on his colleagues' sandwiches\n\nA young man, who was in a coma for nearly four years in Germany after his work lunch was poisoned by a colleague, has died, German media report.\n\nThe 26-year-old ingested lead acetate and mercury after it was sprinkled on his sandwiches, resulting in severe brain damage.\n\nTwo of his colleagues were also targeted and suffered kidney damage.\n\nA man, named only as Klaus O, was found guilty of attempted murder last year and sentenced to life in prison.\n\nOn Thursday, state prosecutor Veit Walter said a new trial could be ordered by Germany's Supreme Court now that one of the victims had lost his life, the Bild newspaper reported.\n\nThe death was confirmed by a court in the city of Bielefeld, about 350km (218 miles) west of the German capital, Berlin.\n\nThe case came to light in 2018 after a colleague at a metal fittings company in the town of Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock, in north-western Germany, noticed a white powder on his lunch.\n\nVideo surveillance cameras were later installed at the workplace, which captured Klaus O placing the substance on his colleagues' sandwiches.\n\nTests identified it as lead acetate and mercury, almost tasteless substances that if ingested could lead to serious organ damage.\n\nFurther searches at Klaus O's home uncovered mercury, lead and cadmium.\n\nFollowing his trial in March 2019, a judge ruled that Klaus O would not be eligible to have his sentence reduced because he was a \"danger to the general public\".\n\nA psychologist told the trial at the time that Klaus O \"came across like a researcher who was trying to see how different substances affected rabbits\".", "Scientists believe they may have found the cause of the mystery pneumonia that has infected almost 60 people in the Chinese city of Wuhan since December.\n\nPreliminary tests indicated the illness may be caused by a new coronavirus, lead scientist Xu Jianguo told the official Xinhua news agency.\n\nThe World Health Organisation (WHO) had also said a coronavirus could be to blame for the outbreak.\n\nSo far, 59 cases have been reported, seven of which are considered critical.\n\nMr Xu, who is leading efforts to identify the cause, said they had found the \"new type\" of coronavirus by testing infected blood samples and throat swabs collected from 15 people.\n\nCoronaviruses can cause different diseases, ranging from the common cold to much more severe ones such as Sars and Mers. An epidemic of the potentially deadly, flu-like Sars virus occurred in 2002-3, which killed more than 700 people around the world after originating in China.\n\nHowever, Gauden Galea, the WHO representative to China, said \"further investigations\" were required to \"determine the source, modes of transmission, extent of infection and countermeasures implemented\".\n\nSingapore's airport says it will begin temperature screening travellers from Wuhan and Hong Kong health officials say they are also implementing checks on passengers.\n\nAuthorities in Hong Kong have also stepped up the disinfection of trains and aeroplanes, AFP news agency reports.\n\nFears the virus could be spread were further stoked by the fact it struck just before China's peak travel season, when hundreds of millions of people are set to travel for Chinese New Year later this month.\n\nBut it is still unclear how the illness is transmitted, with health officials saying no cases of human-to-human transmission had been confirmed as yet.", "Jeffrey Epstein was charged with sexually abusing dozens of girls\n\nSurveillance video from disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein's first suspected suicide attempt was destroyed by accident, prosecutors say.\n\nUS prosecutors say the jail mistakenly saved footage from the wrong cell.\n\nEpstein, a convicted sex offender, first tried to kill himself in July last year, then hanged himself in jail in August while awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges.\n\nHe had pleaded not guilty to abusing dozens of girls, some as young as 14.\n\nSoon after Epstein's death, in August, two of the CCTV cameras outside his cell had malfunctioned and were being examined by the FBI, US media reported.\n\nEpstein was found semi-conscious in his prison cell with injuries to his neck on 25 July. After this incident, he was placed on suicide watch.\n\nEventually, Epstein was moved to a different cell, where he died on 10 August. Two prison guards have since been accused of failing to check on him during this time and falsifying records to say that they had.\n\nThere have been ongoing questions over the July recording, which was initially deemed missing and then was said to have been located by jail staff.\n\nA letter filed by Assistant US Attorneys Jason Swergold and Maurene Comey said \"the footage contained on the preserved video was for the correct date and time, but captured a different tier than the one where Cell-1 was located\", New York City media report.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prince Andrew spoke to the BBC in November about his links to Epstein\n\n\"The requested video no longer exists on the backup system and has not since at least August 2019 as a result of technical errors.\"\n\nThe request for the video was made by a lawyer for Nicholas Tartaglione, a former New York police officer who shared a cell with Epstein in July and is charged with homicide in an unrelated case.\n\nThe attorney argued the video could show his client had acted \"admirably\", possibly helping Epstein.\n\nThe Federal Bureau of Prisons did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the BBC.\n\nNew York-born Epstein worked as a teacher before moving into finance. Prior to the criminal cases against him, he was best known for his wealth and high-profile connections.\n\nHe was often seen socialising with the rich and powerful, including US President Donald Trump, former President Bill Clinton and the UK's Prince Andrew.\n\nEpstein was accused of paying girls under the age of 18 to perform sex acts at his Manhattan and Florida mansions between 2002-05. He was arrested on 6 July.\n\nHe avoided similar charges in a controversial deal in 2008, pleading guilty to a lesser charge of soliciting and procuring a minor for prostitution.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Willie Walsh, chief executive of International Airlines Group (IAG), the owner of British Airways, has announced he is to step down.\n\nHe is set to retire as chief executive and from the board of IAG on 30 June.\n\nMr Walsh said it had been a privilege to have worked on the creation of IAG after British Airways (BA) and Iberia were merged.\n\nAntonio Vázquez, IAG's chairman, described Mr Walsh as one of the \"main drivers\" of the project.\n\nMr Walsh became the British Airways boss in 2005 and is ending a 15-year career with the IAG group, which also controls Aer Lingus and Vueling.\n\nHe will step down from the role in March before retiring in June this year.\n\nMr Walsh said: \"It has been a privilege to have been instrumental in the creation and development of IAG. I have had the pleasure of working with many exceptional people over the past 15 years at British Airways and at IAG.\"\n\nWillie Walsh is a long-standing figure in the aviation industry. He joined Aer Lingus in the late 1970s as a cadet pilot.\n\nWillie Walsh, then head of British Airways, at the construction site of Heathrow's Terminal 5 in 2005\n\nHe gradually worked his way up through the ranks to work in flight operations and was appointed as chief executive of Aer Lingus in 2001.\n\nLuis Gallego, head of the group's Spanish division, Iberia, since 2014, will succeed Mr Walsh.\n\nHe said: \"It is a huge honour to lead this great company. It is an exciting time at IAG and I am confident that we can build on the strong foundations created by Willie.\"\n\nMr Gallego will take over as head of the holding company of British Airways after the airline saw major disruption last year.\n\nFor the first time in its 100-year history, BA pilots went on strike in a long-running pay dispute.\n\nMr Walsh was boss at British Airways and then IAG for 15 years, more than triple the normal lifespan of a FTSE-100 chief executive. Arguably, though, he achieved more than all of his predecessors put together since the airline was privatised in 1987.\n\nPrevious leaders at BA had tried to do deals with rivals to reduce the company's reliance on a single market - the UK - and a single airport - Heathrow. They had tried to reduce the power of unions at the company, to tackle its potentially ruinous pension deficit and to restore it to steady profitability.\n\nMr Walsh managed to do all four. But his critics will counter that in doing so, he hurt the airline's status and turned British Airways from the \"world's favourite\", as its marketing claimed, to a run-of-the mill carrier.\n\nHe arrived at BA from Aer Lingus in 2005, an unfancied choice to replace the cerebral Australian Rod Eddington.\n\nMr Eddington had been hired, in the words of one board member at the time, \"to put a smile on people's faces\".\n\nMr Walsh never showed any sign of being interested in popularity contests and had a distinctly down-to-earth approach to management. BA had tried to do deals with Air France, KLM of the Netherlands and various other potential partners - to no avail.\n\nMr Walsh quickly tied up a deal with Iberia and followed on with Aer Lingus, turning BA into the largest player in a multi-airline group, IAG.\n\nGenerous terms and conditions for flight crew were gradually whittled down, and he was able to put enough money into BA's two big pension schemes that big chunks of the remaining liabilities could be hived off to insurance companies.\n\nIn the process, though, BA has gradually slipped down consumer rankings. Last month, Which? put it alongside Ryanair as one of the UK's least-favourite airlines, while it has suffered from embarrassing IT glitches.\n\nMr Walsh's successor, the current boss of Iberia, Luis Gallego, will have to consider how to address this challenge when he takes over at the end of June.\n\nMr Gallego is unlikely to continue one of the aviation industry's best-known feuds.\n\nBoth Willie Walsh and Sir Richard Branson claimed to have won a previous bet over the survival of Virgin Atlantic.\n\nMr Walsh suggested that Branson's brand could disappear after Delta Airlines purchased a 49% stake.\n\nIn a blog post, Sir Richard said the stakes were high - \"a knee in the groin\" if the company folded within five years.\n\nOther spats have taken place between Virgin Atlantic and BA.\n\nVirgin launched a campaign against BA's proposed merger with American Airlines in the 1990s, with some planes painted \"No Way BA/AA\".\n\nSir Richard Branson also won damages and an apology from BA at the High Court in 1993 after BA allegedly gave negative stories about the Virgin founder to the media.", "Protestors in Tehran take part in an anti-US rally following the killing of Qasem Soleimani\n\nThe US killing of top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani and Iran's retaliatory missile attack have heightened fears of a conflict with far-reaching implications.\n\nWho loses or gains from the crisis could change rapidly depending on what the US and Iran do next.\n\nSo, who are the winners and losers?\n\nDespite the loss of such a powerful military figure, Iran could be a short-term beneficiary of Qasem Soleimani's killing.\n\nThe general's death, and the massive funeral processions that followed, have allowed Tehran to shift public attention away from a violent government crackdown on protests over rising petrol prices in November.\n\nIt also allows Iran to demonstrate its ability to rally at a time of crisis, with its notoriously divided political elite pulling together.\n\nIran has been under economic pressure from renewed US sanctions following President Trump's withdrawal from the Iran nuclear agreement in 2018.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nLast year, the situation escalated after Iran downed a US drone and detained shipping tankers. It was also accused of sponsoring missile attacks such as September's strike on Saudi oil facilities - something it denied.\n\nIran has already hit back at America with a missile strike targeting US troops in Iraq. The country may benefit if it drags out any further retaliation and instead continues to play on public sympathy and anxiety over what comes next.\n\nHowever, if the country does take further action, it may no longer be seen as a winner.\n\nDepending on where and how Iran seeks to further avenge Soleimani's death, Tehran, a lesser military power, could find itself in a damaging military cycle of action and reaction with the US.\n\nAlready subject to heavy sanctions and under pressure to comply with the nuclear agreement, continued escalation could further isolate Iran.\n\nThe Trump administration may have succeeded in denting Iran's military prowess, while potentially boosting the President's chance of re-election in November.\n\nIt has also sent a message of strength and solidarity to allies such as Israel and Saudi Arabia.\n\nUS President Donald Trump said Iran appeared to be \"standing down\" after missile strikes on US troop bases in Iraq\n\nBut if it is drawn into a tit-for-tat military action this could increase oil prices, lead to further loss of American life and spark another long-running regional war.\n\nThis could have ramifications for many other nations in the Middle East and beyond.\n\nIn the short run, Iran-backed Shia militia in Iraq could benefit from the current crisis.\n\nOver the past few months, the Iraqi government has been the target of many protests over Iran's influence in the country, alongside complaints of poor governance and corruption.\n\nThe protesters represent a cross-section of society in Iraq\n\nThese militias - and the rest of Iraq's political establishment - are using the death of Soleimani to win back lost influence and legitimise their need to remain in the country.\n\nThe pledge to expel US troops from Iraq has long been a rallying cry of these groups and plays into the hand of their leaders.\n\nIt also creates a security vacuum for terrorist groups such as IS and Al Qaeda to exploit.\n\nIran and Israel have long been in conflict over their interests in the Middle East, and Iran's desire to remove the Jewish state.\n\nFrom Israel's perspective, many threats still remain. These include Iran's support for Israel's adversaries such as Lebanon militant group Hezbollah and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.\n\nHowever, the death of Soleimani does indicate America's growing intention to contain Iran.\n\nIn Israel, this is likely to be seen as a positive step that will benefit its security interests against Iran and the groups it supports.\n\n\"Israel stands with the United States in its just struggle for peace, security and self-defence,\" the country's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said after the attack.\n\nThe looming threat of conflict will give Middle Eastern governments an excuse to curb protests throughout the region.\n\nIn particular, the recent protests in Iraq, Lebanon and Iran over issues such as unemployment and corruption will be contained using the justification of national security.\n\nProtesters in Lebanon have been complained of inequality and corruption\n\nGovernments could even go one step further and use the looming crisis to justify crackdowns on political activists and put the brakes on any attempts at political reform.\n\nSaudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are in a precarious position.\n\nBoth were directly affected by last year's shipping attacks in the Straits of Hormuz, and strikes on two major Saudi oil facilities, largely thought to be the work of Iran or Iranian-backed forces. Iran itself denied any involvement.\n\nThe US blamed Iran for a number of attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman last year\n\nIn response, the UAE attempted to ease the situation with Tehran, while Saudi Arabia has continued to support maximum pressure from Washington.\n\nSince Soleimani's killing, both countries have called for calm and de-escalation, with the Saudi defence minister travelling to Washington for talks with the Trump administration.\n\nBut their geographic proximity to Iran and their history of tensions makes them vulnerable to possible Iranian attack.\n\nAlready struggling to sustain the fragile Iran nuclear agreement, Europe remains in an awkward middle ground between the US and Iran.\n\nThe UK was not given advance warning of the drone strike by Washington, suggesting ongoing transatlantic tensions or at least lack of communication.\n\nAt the same time, having co-operated in the fight against IS, several European countries with troops in Iraq are liable to be drawn into the crossfire there if Iran chooses a military response.\n\nThe killing of Soleimani should ultimately remind us that the governance and regional stability issues that sparked the Arab Spring protests almost a decade ago remain unresolved.\n\nThis analysis piece was commissioned by the BBC from an expert working for an outside organisation.\n\nDr Sanam Vakil is deputy head and senior research fellow with the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House. Follow her @SanamVakil\n\nChatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, describes itself as an independent policy institute helping to build a sustainably secure, prosperous and just world.", "The bodies of Helen Hancock and Martin Griffiths were found by police on New Year's Day\n\nFriends of a man and woman stabbed to death in the early hours of New Year's Day have paid tribute to \"a wonderful mummy\" and \"a doting dad\".\n\nHelen Hancock, 39, and partner Martin Griffiths, 48, were found by police in New Zealand Lane, Duffield, Derbyshire.\n\nRhys Hancock, 39, is accused of murdering his estranged wife and Mr Griffiths in the marital home.\n\nA friend said Ms Hancock and Mr Griffiths celebrated the new year at her house and left at about 02:00 GMT.\n\nHelen Hancock and Martin Griffiths climbed Mount Snowdon together a few days before they both died\n\n\"She went home with Martin, and we all went to bed,\" Hannah Ruggins told BBC Radio Derby.\n\n\"I put my phone on the next morning, I looked on Facebook and the first thing I saw was a picture of Helen's house.\n\n\"I showed the picture to my husband and I just said: 'Something awful's happened'.\"\n\nRhys Hancock is accused of killing his wife and her new partner\n\nMs Hancock, who had been using her maiden name Helen Almey, was a PE teacher at Fountains High School in Burton-upon-Trent.\n\nHer friend of 20 years, Diana McGrath, said she had been \"loving life\" in her last few months after previously going through a difficult time.\n\n\"It was a whole new lease of life for her within the last six months,\" said Miss McGrath. \"She just really started to pick herself back up again.\"\n\nShe had climbed Mount Snowdon for the first time, with Mr Griffiths, only a few days before they both died.\n\nMs Hancock had also enjoyed the \"best ever\" Christmas Day with her children and the wider family at her sister's house.\n\n\"Helen was like 'we had an amazing Christmas',\" said Miss McGrath. \"Everybody was together, all the grandchildren and everybody.\"\n\nDiana McGrath had been friends with Helen Hancock for 20 years\n\nShe had two sons, aged three and nine, and a daughter aged four. They are being looked after by their maternal grandparents, who will be raising them with the help of Helen's sister and brother-in-law.\n\nMs McGrath said they were \"still really coming to terms\" with losing their mother.\n\n\"Helen was such a lovely mum,\" she said. \"So caring and she just loved children so much. She had such a loving personality.\"\n\nA fundraising page she set up to assist with the children's upbringing has already raised more than £22,000.\n\nAnother friend, Katy Rees, said Mrs Hancock was \"a wonderful mummy to her three beautiful children\", and \"just a lovely, bright, positive person\".\n\nFlowers have been left outside the house where the pair died\n\nMr Griffiths, a marketing and brand strategist, had been with his wife Claire for 21 years and married for 15 of those.\n\nThey had two children together, a daughter aged 13 and a son aged nine.\n\nThey split up in October but were still \"very close\", according to a friend.\n\n\"Claire actually only found out about Helen three days before they died, and it has been an enormous shock for her, but she did have chance to wish Martin well in his new relationship and they were in a good place,\" said Tori Yerbury, who met the family through their children's nursery in Mickleover, Derby.\n\nShe said Mr Griffiths wished his wife a happy new year shortly after midnight, just hours before he died.\n\nHe was \"an absolutely brilliant dad\", Ms Yerbury added, who was \"passionate about his mountaineering\".\n\nAn online fundraiser for Mr Griffiths's children has seen more than £2,000 of donations.\n\nIn a message sent through friends, Mrs Griffiths said she was \"extremely grateful for everything everyone is trying to do for her children\" via the fundraising page.\n\nShe has asked for privacy and said her \"paramount priority is to protect her two young children\".\n\nMr Griffiths's family said in a written message he was \"a family man and a doting dad... a loving son, a loving brother and a special uncle\".\n\nTori Yerbury said Mr Griffiths and Mrs Griffiths were \"still very close\"\n\nMr Hancock attended a hearing at Derby Crown Court on Monday, but did not enter a plea.\n\nThe defendant, of Portland Street, Etwall, is next due in court on 28 February. Judge Nirmal Shant QC set a provisional trial date of 24 August.\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.", "Veteran Labour MP Barry Gardiner has said he is considering running for the party's leadership.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire, the shadow energy minister said colleagues had told him he could bring \"dynamism to the debate\".\n\nCandidates have until 13 January to win the backing of the 22 MPs and MEPs needed to get on the ballot paper.\n\nOn Wednesday, Sir Keir Starmer became the first candidate to pass this threshold, amassing 41 nominations.\n\nHe also won the backing of the UK's largest union Unison, the first union to state a preference.\n\nThe other contenders to succeed leader Jeremy Corbyn are shadow business secretary Rebecca Long Bailey, shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry, shadow Treasury minister Clive Lewis, Birmingham Yardley MP Jess Phillips and Wigan MP Lisa Nandy.\n\nThe party's new leader and deputy will be announced on 4 April.\n\nMr Gardiner, who is at a climate change conference in Abu Dhabi, has been MP for Brent North since 1997. He has served in Mr Corbyn's frontbench team since 2016.\n\nHe said he would run if he believed he had \"the best chance of winning a general election\".\n\nUnite union boss Len McCluskey dismissed claims he had approached Mr Gardiner about running because of his concerns about the chances of Mrs Long Bailey, who is regarded as the standard bearer for the left of the party.\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 Len McCluskey 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\nUnite, Labour's largest financial backer, has said it will not make a decision on who to back until later this month.\n\nMr Gardiner said Mr McCluskey had not asked him to stand but added he would be happy to talk to the union leader.\n\nMrs Long Bailey currently has 17 nominations, one more than Mrs Phillips. Ms Nandy has 12, Ms Thornberry three and Mr Lewis one.", "The Canadian PM says evidence from multiple sources shows the plane taking off in Tehran was hit by an Iranian surface-to-air missile, possibly unintentionally.", "The Commons Speaker said the officers' actions should be recognised\n\nThe Commons Speaker has hailed the bravery of Parliament's security team after they saved a man who fell into the River Thames near the building.\n\nRon Dowson and Habibi Syaaf came to the rescue on Tuesday after the man was found submerged in the freezing water.\n\nSpeaker Lindsay Hoyle said the duo, and another man who alerted the officers after seeing the incident on CCTV, should be recognised for their actions.\n\nMr Syaaf said they were \"not heroes\" and \"did what we were trained for\".\n\nThe incident took place on Victoria Tower Gardens, on the north side of the Thames.\n\nMr Syaaf, a Met Police constable, and Mr Dowson, part of Parliament's security detail, found the man clinging to the steps and \"struggling to breathe\".\n\n\"I got down to the last step and urged him to give me his hand, but as I did he lost his grip from a metal mooring ring and started drifting away,\" explained Mr Syaaf, who has only been working in Parliament for two months.\n\n\"I just shouted 'grab my hand' and managed to pull him back onto the first step... The guy was shaking and could not speak.\n\n\"I am just so grateful he survived. I'm not a hero - Ron and I just did what we are trained for and what we could do to help.\"\n\nSir Lindsay also praised the quick thinking of control room operator Dave Thomas. He spotted the man falling into the water on CCTV and alerted the officers as well as the Police Marine Unit.\n\n\"There's no doubt in my mind that if it had not been for Ron, Habib and Dave Thomas, that man could have drowned,\" he said.\n\n\"We are so lucky to have so many brave security staff looking after us in Parliament but also keeping people in the vicinity safe. I would like to think their bravery could be recognised.\"", "King Charles III and Queen Camilla have been crowned in Westminster Abbey.\n\nFind out more about the Royal Family and the line of succession below.\n\nCharles became King the moment his mother Queen Elizabeth II died.\n\nThe now former Prince of Wales married Lady Diana Spencer, who became the Princess of Wales, on 29 July 1981. The couple had two sons, William and Harry. They later separated and their marriage was dissolved in 1996. On 31 August 1997, the princess was killed in a car crash in Paris.\n\nHe married Camilla Parker Bowles on 9 April 2005. When Charles became King, she became Queen Consort, as per the wishes of Queen Elizabeth II. Following the coronation she is now known as Queen Camilla.\n\nPrince William is the elder son of King Charles III and Diana, Princess of Wales, and is now first in line to the throne.\n\nHe was 15 when his mother died. He went on to study at St Andrews University, where he met his future wife, Kate Middleton. The couple were married in 2011.\n\nOn his 21st birthday he was appointed a Counsellor of State - standing in for the Queen on official occasions. He and his wife had their first child, George, in July 2013, their second, Charlotte, in 2015 and third, Louis, in 2018.\n\nThe prince trained with the Army, Royal Navy and RAF before spending three years as an RAF search-and-rescue pilot with RAF Valley on Anglesey, north Wales. He also worked part-time for two years as a co-pilot with the East Anglian Air Ambulance alongside his royal duties. He left the role in July 2017 to take on more royal duties on behalf of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh.\n\nWilliam has inherited his father's Duchy of Cornwall and is now the Prince of Wales. Catherine is now the Princess of Wales.\n\nAs heir to the throne, his main duties are to support the King in his royal commitments.\n\nPrince George of Wales was born on 22 July 2013 at St Mary's Hospital in London. His father was present for the birth of his son, who weighed 8lb 6oz (3.8kg).\n\nPrince George is second in line to the throne, after his father.\n\nCatherine, Princess of Wales gave birth to her second child, Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, on 2 May 2015, again at St Mary's Hospital. William was present for the birth of the 8lb 3oz (3.7kg) baby.\n\nShe is third in line to the throne, after her father and older brother, and is known as Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Wales.\n\nThe new Princess of Wales gave birth to her third child, a boy weighing 8lbs 7oz, on 23 April 2018, at St Mary's Hospital in London.\n\nWilliam was present for the birth of Louis Arthur Charles, who is fourth in line to the throne.\n\nPrince Harry trained at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and went on to become a lieutenant in the Army, serving as a helicopter pilot.\n\nDuring his 10 years in the armed forces, Capt Wales, as he became known, saw active service in Afghanistan twice, in 2012 to 2013 as an Apache helicopter co-pilot and gunner. He left the Army in 2015 and now focuses on charitable work, including conservation in Africa and organising the Invictus Games for injured members of the armed forces.\n\nHe has been a Counsellor of State since his 21st birthday and stood in for the Queen on official duties.\n\nHe married US actress Meghan Markle on 19 May, 2018, at Windsor Castle. In January 2020, the royal couple said they would step back as \"senior\" royals and divide their time between the UK and North America. They said they intended to \"work to become financially independent\".\n\nJust over a year later, Buckingham Palace confirmed the couple would not be returning to royal duties, and would give up their honorary military appointments and royal patronages.\n\nThe Sussexes' first child, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, was born on 6 May 2019, weighing 7lbs 3oz, with the duke present for his birth.\n\nArchie was not automatically a prince when he was born because he was not a grandson of the monarch. But he gained the right to that title when King Charles acceded to the throne. Harry and Meghan are understood to want their children to decide for themselves whether or not to use their titles when they are older.\n\nThe Duchess of Sussex gave birth to her second child in Santa Barbara, California, on 4 June 2021. Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor - to be known as Lili - is named after the Royal Family's nickname for the Queen and is her 11th great-grandchild.\n\nShe was given the middle name Diana in honour of Prince Harry's mother, who died in a car crash in 1997 when he was 12 years old. Like her brother, she gained the right to use the royal title when her grandfather became king.\n\nPrince Andrew, eighth in line to the throne, was the third child of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh - but the first to be born to a reigning monarch for 103 years.\n\nHe was created the Duke of York on his marriage to Sarah Ferguson, who became Duchess of York, in 1986. They had two daughters - Beatrice, in 1988, and Eugenie, in 1990. In March 1992 it was announced the duke and duchess were to separate. They divorced in 1996.\n\nThe duke served for 22 years in the Royal Navy and saw active service in the Falklands War in 1982. In addition to royal engagements, he served as a special trade representative for the government until 2011.\n\nPrince Andrew stepped away from royal duties in 2019 after an interview with the BBC about his relationship with US financier Jeffrey Epstein, who killed himself while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking and conspiracy charges.\n\nIn February, he agreed to pay an undisclosed sum to settle a civil sexual assault case brought against him in the US by one of Epstein's victims, although he made no admission of liability and had repeatedly denied the allegations.\n\nPrincess Beatrice is the elder daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah, Duchess of York. Her full title is Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice of York. She has no official surname, but uses the name York.\n\nShe married property tycoon Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi at The Royal Chapel of All Saints at Royal Lodge, Windsor, in July 2020. The couple had been due to marry in May, but coronavirus delayed the plans.\n\nPrincess Beatrice had a baby girl, Sienna Elizabeth, in September 2021, who is 10th in line to the throne and is the Queen's 12th great-grandchild. Princess Beatrice is also stepmother to Mr Mapelli Mozzi's son Christopher Woolf, known as Wolfie, from his previous relationship with Dara Huang.\n\nPrincess Eugenie is the younger daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah, Duchess of York. Her full title is Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie of York and she is 11th in line to the throne.\n\nLike her sister Princess Beatrice, she has no official surname, but uses York. She married her long-term boyfriend Jack Brooksbank at Windsor Castle on 12 October 2018.\n\nPrincess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank's son, August, born on 9 February 2021, was Queen Elizabeth's ninth great-grandchild.\n\nErnest Brooksbank was born on 30 May and weighed 7lb 1oz\n\nPrincess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank's second son was born on 30 May 2023. It is the first royal birth since the coronation of King Charles, Eugenie's uncle.\n\nErnest is 13th in line to the throne, moving the Duke of Edinburgh down to 14th place.\n\nEugenie said the baby's names were inspired by \"his great-great-great grandfather George, his grandpa George and my grandpa Ronald\".\n\nMajor Ronald Ferguson, who died in 2003 was the Duchess of York's father.\n\nPrince Edward was given the title Duke of Edinburgh on his 59th birthday, almost two years after the death of his father Prince Philip, who previously held the title. It was understood that Philip had wanted Edward to take on the title, but the decision was left to King Charles.\n\nPrince Edward's wife Sophie becomes the Duchess of Edinburgh and the prince's former title, the Earl of Wessex, has now been given to his son James, Viscount Severn. The couple also have a daughter, Lady Louise, born in 2003.\n\nAfter a brief period with the Royal Marines, the prince formed his own TV production company. He subsequently supported the Queen in her official duties and carried out public engagements for charities. He is 14th in line to the throne.\n\nJames, Earl of Wessex is the younger child of the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh. He was given the title after his father Prince Edward became the Duke of Edinburgh in March 2023. When James was born, he was given the title Viscount Severn - a \"courtesy\" title as son of an earl, rather than using prince. It is thought his parents made this decision to avoid some of the burdens of royal titles.\n\nBorn in 2003, Lady Louise Windsor is the elder child of the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh. However, she is lower in the line of succession than her younger brother because she was born before a law came into force scrapping the system that meant a younger son could displace an older daughter.\n\nAnne, Princess Royal is the Queen's second child and only daughter. When she was born she was third in line to the throne, but is now 17th. She was given the title Princess Royal in June 1987.\n\nPrincess Anne has married twice; her first husband Captain Mark Phillips is the father of her two children, Peter and Zara, while her second is Vice-Admiral Timothy Laurence.\n\nThe princess was the first royal to use the surname Mountbatten-Windsor in an official document, in the marriage register after her wedding to Capt Phillips. She competed in equestrian events for Great Britain in the 1976 Montreal Olympics and is involved with a number of charities, including Save the Children, of which she has been president since 1970.\n\nPeter Phillips is the eldest of the Queen's grandchildren. He married Canadian Autumn Kelly in 2008 and together they have two daughters, Savannah, born in 2010, and Isla, born in 2012.\n\nThe children of the Princess Royal do not have royal titles, as they are descended from the female line. Mark Phillips refused the offer of an earldom when he married so their children do not have courtesy titles.\n\nPeter Phillips and his wife announced they were getting divorced in February 2020.\n\nSavannah, born in 2010, is the elder daughter of Peter and Autumn Phillips and was the Queen's first great-grandchild.\n\nIsla, born in 2012, is the second daughter of Peter and Autumn Phillips.\n\nZara Tindall followed her mother and father with a highly successful riding career - including winning a silver medal at the London 2012 Olympics. She married former England rugby player Mike Tindall in 2011 and the couple had their first child, Mia Grace, in 2014.\n\nThe children of the Princess Royal do not hold a royal title, as they are descended from the female line, but she remains 21st in line to the throne. Their father, Mark Phillips, turned down an earldom when he married Princess Anne, so they do not have courtesy titles.\n\nThe Queen's granddaughter Zara Tindall gave birth to her first child, Mia Grace, in January 2014.\n\nThe couple's second child was born on 18 June 2018 at Stroud Maternity Unit, Gloucestershire, weighing 9lb 3oz.\n\nLena Elizabeth was named in honour of her great-grandmother.\n\nLike her sister, Lena Elizabeth does not have a royal title and so will also be known as Miss Tindall.\n\nZara and Mike Tindall's son Lucas Philip, their third child - the Queen's 10th great-grandchild - was born on 21 March 2021 weighing 8lbs 4oz.\n\nRead the latest from our royal correspondent Sean Coughlan - sign up here.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Helen McCourt was murdered by Ian Simms in Billinge, Merseyside, in 1988\n\nA man jailed over the 1988 murder of Helen McCourt is to be released after an appeal to keep him behind bars was rejected.\n\nIan Simms, 63, was convicted of killing the 22-year-old, who disappeared in Merseyside, but has never revealed where he hid her remains.\n\nHer mother, who appealed against the Parole Board's recommendation for his release, said she was \"disappointed\".\n\nBut the Ministry of Justice has now been ordered to free Simms.\n\nThe Parole Board said it was \"satisfied that imprisonment is no longer necessary for the protection of the public\".\n\nSimms, who never admitted his guilt, killed Ms McCourt as she walked home from work in Liverpool.\n\nHer mother Marie said in a statement: \"I am very disappointed with the Parole Board's announcement and do not accept what they are saying - that Simms is safe to be released.\n\n\"I am consulting my legal team to discuss my next steps.\"\n\nShe has previously said she was left shaking with anger after receiving a call from her victim liaison officer at the Parole Board confirming Simms' likely release.\n\nIan Simms, pictured here in 1988, was jailed for murder\n\nMrs McCourt has urged the government to introduce Helen's Law, legislation that would deny parole to killers who do not disclose their victims' remains.\n\nThe bill recently ran out of time, when the general election was called.\n\nSimms was denied release at a hearing in 2016, but was later transferred to an open prison \"due to progress made\", where he had \"followed the rules\" when granted temporary release.\n\nMrs McCourt has described not knowing the whereabouts of her daughter's body as \"torture\".\n\nA Parole Board spokesman said: \"The Parole Board has decided that the original decision to release Ian Simms should stand, after considering a reconsideration application from the Secretary of State.\n\n\"Whilst the Parole Board has every sympathy with Helen McCourt's family, if the board is satisfied that imprisonment is no longer necessary for the protection of the public, they are legally obliged to direct release.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A Ukrainian Boeing 737-800 crashed shortly after take-off in Iran on Wednesday, killing all 176 people on board.\n\nIn total, 82 Iranians and 63 Canadians were on board the Kyiv-bound Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) Flight PS752, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko said.\n\nThere were also 11 victims - including nine crew members - from Ukraine, four Afghans, four Britons and three Germans.\n\nIran's head of emergency operations said 147 of the victims were Iranian, which suggests many of the foreign nationals held dual nationality.\n\nA list of passengers was released by the airline, but the BBC is awaiting confirmation from people known to the victims.\n\nThe majority of the passengers on the flight were headed for Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed. Out of the 176 victims, 138 had listed Canada as their final destination.\n\nOf them, 57 of them carried a Canadian passport, but many others were foreign students, permanent residents or visitors.\n\nInitially, the number of Canadian victims was given as 63.\n\nA number of the passengers on board the plane were reportedly students and university staff from Canada returning at the end of the holidays.\n\nThe tragedy was a national one, touching many communities across the country.\n\nArdalan Ebnoddin Hamidi, Niloofar Razzaghi and their teenage son Kamyar, a family of three from Vancouver were returning from Iran where they had taken a short vacation and were confirmed to have been on the flight.\n\nThe University of British Columbia said it is mourning the loss of Mehran Abtahi, a postdoctoral research fellow, and sibling alumnus Zeynab Asadi Lari and Mohammad Asadi Lari.\n\n\"She was full of dreams, and now they're gone,\" Elnaz Morshedi told the BBC of her friend Zeynab Asadi Lari, who was studying health sciences.\n\nHer brother Mohammmad was the co-founder of STEM fellowship, a youth-run charity that helps students in maths and sciences.\n\nOther victims from the west coast province include Delaram Dadashnejad, an international student studying nutrition at a college in Vancouver, and couple Naser Pourshaban Oshibi and Firouzeh Madani.\n\nThe University of Alberta confirmed that 10 members of the institution's community were killed in the tragedy.\n\nPedram Mousavi and Mojgan Daneshmand, a married couple who taught engineering at the University of Alberta, were killed in the crash, along with their two daughters, Daria, 14, and Dorina, 9.\n\nPedram Mousavi and Mojgan Daneshmand with their two daughters\n\nArash Pourzarabi, 26,and Pouneh Gourji, 25, were graduate students in computer science at the university, and had gone to Iran for their wedding.\n\nOther students who died included Elnaz Nabiyi, Nasim Rahmanifar, and Amir Saeedinia, as well as alumnus Mohammad Mahdi Elyasi, who studied mechanical engineering and graduated in 2017.\n\nObstetrician Shekoufeh Choupannejad, her daughter Saba Saadat, who was studying medicine at the university, and Sara, who had recently graduated, were also among those on the flight\n\nThe \"community is reeling from this loss,\" said university president David Turpin on Thursday.\n\nAlso from the province of Alberta was Kasra Saati, an aircraft mechanic formerly with Viking Air, the CBC confirmed.\n\nVictims from Winnipeg included Forough Khadem, described \"as a promising scientist and a dear friend,\" by her colleague E Eftekharpour.\n\n\"I can't use past tense. I think he's coming back. We play again. We talk again. It's too difficult to use past tense, too difficult. No one can believe it,\" his friend Amir Shirzadi told CTV News.\n\nAmirhossein Bahabadi Ghorbani, 21, was studying science at the University of Manitoba and hoped to become a doctor, his roommate told the CBC.\n\nCBC also confirmed that a family of three from that city - Mohammad Mahdi Sadeghi, his wife, Bahareh Hajesfandiari, and their daughter, Anisa Sadeghi, were travelling together on the flight.\n\nFarzaneh Naderi, a customer service manager at Walmart, and her 11-year-old son Noojan Sadr were also killed.\n\nMany of the victims were returning to their homes in Toronto and other nearby cities in the province of Ontario.\n\nThey included Ghanimat Azhdari - a PhD student at the University of Guelph, Ontario. She specialised in promoting the rights of indigenous groups and her research group described her as \"cherished and loved\".\n\nToronto resident Alina Tarbhai was also among the victims, her employer, the Ontario Secondary School Teacher's Federation (OSSTF), told the BBC. Her mother Afifa Tarbhai was also on board.\n\nThe University of Windsor, Ontario, confirmed five people from their school had died on the plane. PhD student Hamid Kokab Setareh and his wife Samira Bashiri, who was also a researcher at the school, were among those killed.\n\nOmid Arsalani told CBC that his sister Evin Arsalani, 30, had travelled to Iran to attend a wedding with her husband, Hiva Molani, 38, and their one-year-old daughter Kurdia. All three were killed in the crash.\n\nThe University of Toronto confirmed the loss of students Mojtaba Abbasnezhad, Mohammad Amin Beiruti, and Mohammad Amin Jebelli, and Mohammad Salehe.\n\nSeyed Hossein Mortazavi, a childhood friend of Mohammad Salehe, said he was a bit reserved and shy but a brilliant computer programmer whose talent was widely recognised.\n\nMcMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario confirmed the loss of PhD students Iman Aghabali and Mehdi Eshaghian, as well as of former postdoctoral researcher Siavash Maghsoudlou Estarabadi.\n\nThe CBC confirmed that Mahdieh Ghassemi and her two children Arsan Niazi and Arnica Niazi, were on the flight.\n\nTirgan, an Iranian cultural charity, said \"it is with a heavy heart that we bid farewell\" to some volunteers with their organisation, including couple Parinaz and Iman Ghaderpanah.\n\nThe organisation said it was joining in mourning with another volunteer, Hamed Esmaeilion, who lost his wife Parisa Eghbalian, and their daughter Reera Esmaeilion.\n\nWestern University said it was mourning four international students: Ghazal Nourian, Milad Nahavandi, Hadis Hayatdavoudi, Sajedeh Saraeian.\n\nThe University of Waterloo shared the news \"with heavy hearts\" that their community had lost two PhD students Marzieh (Mari) Foroutan and Mansour Esnaashary Esfahani.\n\nEngineer Siavash Ghafouri-Azar was returning home with his new wife, Sara Mamani, when the plane crashed. The couple had just bought their first home near the Canadian city of Montreal.\n\nHis uncle, Reza Ghafouri-Azar, told the BBC \"I cannot come up with words for my kind, dedicated nephew.\"\n\n\"He has been a very positive and passionate from childhood until his soul's departure from his body. Rest in peace my dearest side by your beloved wife,\" he said.\n\nMr Ghafouri-Azar is a professor of engineering in Toronto, and he introduced his nephew to Ali Dolatabadi, an engineering professor at Concordia University who would become Siavash's thesis supervisor.\n\n\"It is a great loss,\" Mr Dolatabadi told the BBC. \"He was very intelligent, a gentleman. He had a kind and a gentle soul.\" He said his wife Sarah Mamani was \"very kind, very polite\". The couple were looking forward to throwing a housewarming party in the New Year.\n\nArmin Morattab was worried when his twin Arvin Morattab, called him from the airport in Tehran, amid reports that Iran had fired missiles at US targets in Iraq.\n\n\"He said he was coming back home soon,\" Mr Morattab told the Montreal Gazette.\n\nArvin Morattab and his wife Aida Farzaneh were both killed.\n\nThe Gazette also confirmed that Mohammad Moeini, from Quebec, was also killed.\n\nGlobal News confirmed that five of the victims have ties to Nova Scotia, a province on Canada's east coast.\n\nDalhousie University student Masoumeh Ghavi, her sister, Mandieh Ghavi, were both killed, as was local dentist Dr. Sharieh Faghihi, and two graduate students at St Mary's University, Maryam Malek and Fatemeh Mahmoodi.\n\nAli Nafarieh, a professor at Dalhousie and president of the Iranian Cultural Association of Nova Scotia, employed Masoumeh Ghavi part-time at his IT company. He says she was one of the university's \"top students\".\n\n\"I remember she has always a smile on her face. What she brought in our company in addition to skills and knowledge and experience was her energy. She changed the atmosphere over there. We'll miss her a lot,\" he told CTV News.\n\nWe have no information on the 82 Iranian nationals who died.\n\nFour British nationals were among the victims.\n\nMohammed Reza Kadkhoda Zadeh, Sam Zokaei and Saeed Tahmasebi were all on board\n\nThree have been named as Mohammed Reza Kadkhoda Zadeh, who owned a dry cleaners in West Sussex, BP engineer Sam Zokaei from Twickenham, and PhD student and engineer Saeed Tahmasebi, who lived in Dartford.\n\nLast year, Mr Tahmasebi married his Iranian partner, Niloufar Ebrahim, who was also on the plane.\n\nMr Tahmasebi's colleagues at Imperial College London described him as \"a brilliant engineer with a bright future\", and said that his contributions to engineering \"will benefit society for years to come\".\n\nHis friend and business partner, Nima Shoja, told the BBC that Mr Tahmasebi and his wife were planning to have a baby.\n\n\"I talked with Saeed every other day,\" Mr Shoja said. \"I also tried to call him the day before his flight. [It] was late in Tehran and I was not successful.\n\n\"He sent me a message in the morning [saying], 'I will call you tomorrow' - the tomorrow that he did not have.\"\n\nTen Swedish nationals died in the crash. Many of them are believed to have also had Iranian citizenship.\n\nSwedish media report that several children were among the victims.\n\nSweden's foreign ministry confirmed that Swedes were among those killed. It provided no further details.\n\nNine of the 11 Ukrainian nationals killed were staff at Ukraine International Airlines (UIA).\n\nValeriia Ovcharuk, 28, and Mariia Mykytiuk, 24, were among the flight attendants who died.\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 teplo_maria 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\nOn their social media accounts, which are now being filled with tributes, they frequently shared photographs from their travels.\n\nValeria posted just two weeks ago from a hotel in Bangkok with the caption: \"Work, I love you.\"\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 o_valeriia 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\nIhor Matkov, was flight PS752's chief attendant. The other three flight attendants were named by the airline as Kateryna Statnik, Yuliia Solohub and Denys Lykhno.\n\nThree pilots were on board at the time of the accident: Captain Volodymyr Gaponenko, First Officer Serhii Khomenko and instructor Oleksiy Naumkin.\n\nAll three had between 7,600 and 12,000 hours experience flying a 737 aircraft, according to the airline.\n\nA former UIA pilot said he had flown together with each of the three pilots. Writing on Facebook, Yuri, who wanted to be known only by his first name, described them as \"great pilots\".", "Sales at the UK's biggest supermarket, Tesco, fell slightly in the months that include the crucial Christmas period.\n\nBut stronger takings in the weeks just before the festive period, which included its biggest day to date for food sales, helped bolster performance.\n\nIt was the final Christmas under the leadership of Tesco's boss Dave Lewis, who said the chain had \"performed well\" in a \"subdued\" UK market.\n\nHowever, Tesco said the UK market had \"clearly been challenging\".\n\nMr Lewis said customers were cautious about how they spent their money at Christmas, but the supermarket claimed \"strong\" promotions appealed to shoppers.\n\nThat helped the firm increase sales by 0.1% in the six-week festive period.\n\nHowever, that was not enough to reverse a decline in UK sales in the 19 weeks to 4 January.\n\nDuring that period, like-for-like sales, which exclude new store openings, fell by 0.2%.\n\nJulie Palmer from consultancy Begbies Traynor said Mr Lewis would feel that he was leaving the company on \"solid foundations\".\n\n\"Despite the slump in sales for some of the UK's 'big four' supermarkets, Tesco has managed to remain robust during this precarious period,\" she said.\n\nIn contrast, rival Marks & Spencer reported a rise in sales for the first time since 2017 in the the 13 weeks to 28 December.\n\nM&S said its food departments had a \"standout\" run in the two weeks leading up to Christmas, with like-for-like sales up 1.4%.\n\nHowever, clothing and home sales were worse than expected, dropping 1.7% in the same period.\n\nThe chain's boss Steve Rowe also described the market as \"challenging\".\n\nOn Monday, market research firm Kantar said supermarket sales growth over Christmas was the slowest in five years.\n\n\"There was no sign of the post-election rush many had hoped for in the final weeks before Christmas, with shoppers carefully watching their budgets,\" said Kantar's Fraser McKevitt.", "James Manning died after choking on a piece of sausage at Butlin's holiday park in Bognor Regis\n\nA toddler who choked on a sausage while on a Butlin's holiday could still be alive if his tonsils had been removed sooner, an inquest heard.\n\nTwo-year-old James Manning died in June 2018 after choking at Butlin's in Bognor Regis.\n\nConsultant Philip Hyde, from Southampton Children's Hospital told an inquest \"red flags\" were missed despite a number of choking episodes.\n\nThe toddler, from Battle, East Sussex, died two weeks after choking on a piece of sausage at the holiday resort.\n\nJames Manning had been at the resort with his mother and grandmother\n\nWest Sussex Coroner's Court in Crawley heard James had a history of choking issues and breathing difficulties.\n\nHe had been on a waiting list to have his adenoids removed, along with his enlarged tonsils, in a bid to prevent more incidents.\n\nHis mother Natalie Reeves previously told the inquest her son would sometimes wake up gasping for breath and would choke on his food at least once a week.\n\nMs Reeves said she felt she had to plead with doctors to get a hospital referral.\n\nDr Hyde said: \"I feel that the NHS could have responded quicker to his situation, most particular his multiple episodes of presentation. I feel there were opportunities to intervene and they would have made a difference to him choking in 2018.\"\n\nDr Hyde said \"red flags\" were missed and James should have been \"on a much more rapid referral pathway\". He suggested James could still be alive if his tonsils had been removed earlier.\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.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lord Maginnis earlier told the BBC: \"I certainly didn't call her a queer\".\n\nA recording of Lord Maginnis using the term \"queer\" to describe Scottish National Party MP Hannah Bardell has been released by the Huffington Post.\n\nLord Maginnis had earlier denied that he had used the term.\n\nBut the Huffington Post journalist who spoke to the peer on Wednesday has now tweeted an audio recording of his interview with Lord Maginnis.\n\nThe MP called the remarks a \"homophobic attack\" and said she would report it to police, who are now investigating.\n\nA Metropolitan Police statement said its \"Parliamentary Liaison and Investigation Team is looking into an allegation of hate crime at the House of Commons made to them on Thursday, 9 January\".\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 Arj Singh 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\nSpeaking to the BBC on Thursday afternoon, before the Huffington Post recording was released, Lord Maginnis said: \"I certainly didn't call her a 'queer'.\n\n\"Whether I was asked a question which used that particular term I'm not sure. It's not something I remember.\"\n\nLord Maginnis had spoken to the Huffington Post on Wednesday, after Ms Bardell made allegations against him that he verbally abused security staff as he entered Parliament the day before.\n\nMs Bardell witnessed the incident on Tuesday and raised it in the House of Commons, saying it was \"one of the worst cases of abuse of security staff\" she had witnessed as an MP.\n\nHannah Bardell told the Commons on Wednesday she saw the peer shouting at security staff\n\nLord Maginnis later told BBC News NI that he was not displaying his security pass at the time and admitted that he got \"cross\" when staff insisted that he take it out of his bag and show it to them.\n\nHe explained that doing so would cause him pain due to his arthritis, adding he had difficulty with balance because of nerve damage in his legs and feet.\n\nBut Lord Maginnis went on to accuse Ms Bardell of having an \"ulterior motive\" in making her allegations.\n\nHe said he believed she had complained against him because of his well-known opposition to same-sex marriage and abortion.\n\nLord Maginnis made similar claims about Ms Bardell's motives in his Huffington Post interview, but then was heard to say: \"Queers like Ms Bardell don't particularly annoy me.\"\n\n\"Okay, she's got her cheap publicity out of it.\"\n\nReturning to the Commons on Thursday afternoon, Ms Bardell said: \"I'm sorry to say the member from the Other Place [House of Lords] who I have complained about has now launched a homophobic attack on me in the press.\n\n\"This will be reported to the police and I know I, and others, consider this to be a hate crime.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lord Maginnis LGBT comments to be reported to police\n\nAddressing Ms Bardell's concerns, the Leader of the Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg urged Lord Maginnis to apologise, calling the comments \"disgraceful\".\n\nIn a statement, the Lord Speaker of the House of Lords, Lord Fowler, said: \"I am deeply concerned by recent reports of a Member of the House of Lords directing offensive language towards parliamentary security staff and a Member of Parliament\".\n\n\"The reported behaviour and use of such language is totally unacceptable and has no place in Parliament.\n\n\"We are working hard to build an inclusive and respectful environment, and behaviour such as this totally undermines our collective efforts.\"\n\nThe Lord Speaker said the use of such language was totally unacceptable\n\nLord Fowler added: \"Security on the parliamentary estate is everyone's responsibility. Any disregard for security rules is against the interests of us all.\n\n\"Our security staff do a difficult job with the utmost professionalism and deserve support from all members.\"\n\nIn an interview on BBC Radio Ulster's Talkback programme earlier on Thursday, Lord Maginnis admitted he became angry with the security guards.\n\n\"The next thing this Scottish lassie, I forget her name, I've never seen her before, she was there and she stood up in the House of Commons and made a scene about my being bad tempered, which was quite true.\n\n\"It's very strange, she must have an ulterior motive,\" the peer added.\n\nLord Maginnis, who is 81, became a life peer in 2001.\n\nPrior to that he had been the MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone since 1983.", "The London Pride parade was among the potential targets, the court heard\n\nA man who was cleared over a sword attack on police outside Buckingham Palace went on to plan a series of terror attacks, a court has heard.\n\nMohiussunnath Chowdhury, 28, was found not guilty of a terror charge over an incident outside the palace in 2017, Woolwich Crown Court heard.\n\nHe is accused of later planning attacks on places including London's Madame Tussauds and London Pride parade.\n\nHe appeared in court alongside his sister, Sneha Chowdhury, 25, who is accused of doing nothing to stop his plans.\n\nMs Chowdhury, of the same address, denies two charges of failing to disclose information about acts of terrorism.\n\nWoolwich Crown Court heard that, in the attack outside Buckingham Palace in August 2017, two unarmed officers suffered cuts to their hands when they fought to disarm Mr Chowdhury as he shouted repeatedly \"Allahu Akbar\" (God is the greatest).\n\nMr Chowdhury had claimed the incident outside Buckingham Palace had been an attempt at suicide.\n\nBut the prosecution told the court that after he was cleared at the Old Bailey, Mr Chowdhury bragged to undercover officers who had him under surveillance that he had deceived the jury.\n\nHe also unwittingly confided in the officers, who were working to earn his trust from January 2019, plans to target busy London tourist attractions, with Madame Tussauds and an open-top tourist bus among the potential targets discussed, prosecutor Duncan Atkinson QC said.\n\nSneha Chowdhury is accused of doing nothing to stop her brother's plans\n\n\"Believing them to be as sincerely committed as he was, he told them of his devotion to the cause of violent Islamic extremism, the basis for this devotion and the skewed religious beliefs that underpinned it,\" Mr Atkinson said.\n\nHe said Mr Chowdhury was \"motivated by dreams of martyrdom for the cause of Islam, and inspired by preachers of hate\".\n\n\"The object was to unleash death and suffering on non-Muslim members of the public who happened to be present, using a firearm, sword and even a van as part of an attack,\" he said.\n\nThe prosecutor told jurors they could consider Mr Chowdhury's \"assertions\" to the undercover officers that he was \"indeed trying to carry out a terrorist attack in 2017 and that he had deceived the earlier jury that acquitted him of it\".\n\nMr Atkinson added: \"Whatever the position in 2017, he was unquestionably preparing for terrorism in 2019.\"\n\nMadame Tussauds is a top tourist attraction famed for its waxworks of celebrities and historical figures\n\nMr Atkinson said Mr Chowdhury's sister had \"better reason than anyone\" to understand what her brother was thinking and wanting to achieve, but she did nothing to stop him.\n\nThe prosecution said Mr Chowdhury used his sister's bank account on 10 March 2019 to buy two Red Oak Bokken wooden training swords, which were delivered to their home address.\n\nMr Chowdhury was also able to buy a replica Glock gun and looked into firearms training, Mr Atkinson said.\n\nHe also sought to involve the undercover officers in his firearms-related training and carrying out terrorist attacks, Mr Atkinson added.\n\nIn the lead up to the Buckingham Palace incident he had made references on WhatsApp to the \"Westminster jihad attacker\"' Khalid Masood, who had killed five people in March 2017, and wrote it was \"a good way to go\".\n\nMr Chowdhury is charged with one count of engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts, collecting information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism and of disseminating terrorist publications.", "Zara Tindall was caught speeding in her Land Rover\n\nThe Queen's granddaughter Zara Tindall has been banned from driving for six months after being caught speeding at 91mph near her Cotswolds home.\n\nShe was banned under the totting up procedure, having already accumulated nine penalty points on her licence.\n\nMrs Tindall, 38, was given four more points for driving at 91mph on the A417 in Gloucestershire, taking her over the 12 points that usually means a ban.\n\nThe speed limit where she was clocked is 70mph.\n\nThe wife of former Gloucester and England rugby player Mike Tindall did not attend Cheltenham Magistrates' Court because she is in Australia.\n\nShe admitted the speeding offence, which she committed in her Land Rover at Daglingworth, near Cirencester, in November.\n\nGloucestershire Police operate a frequent road safety patrol from a lay-by at Dartley Bottom - a long, straight stretch of the road between Gloucester and Cirencester, where they catch hundreds of drivers a year.\n\nProsecutor Farley Turner said: \"Because Mrs Tindall already has nine points on her licence she was unable to accept a fixed penalty for this offence.\"\n\nRoger Utley, chairman of the bench, announced that as well as the six-month ban, the court was fining Mrs Tindall £666 plus costs and a victim surcharge of £151.\n\nHer mother Princess Anne was caught speeding on the same stretch of road in 2001.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Consumer pressure to end plastic packaging in shops could actually be harming the environment, a report says.\n\nFirms are swapping to other packaging materials which are potentially even worse for the environment, an independent think tank warns.\n\nGlass bottles, for instance, are much heavier than plastic so are far more polluting to transport.\n\nPaper bags tend to have higher carbon emissions than plastic bags – and are more difficult to re-use.\n\nThe change in packaging materials has been prompted by concern from shoppers about the impact of plastic waste in the oceans.\n\nBut the authors of the report, called Plastic Promises, say the consequences of using new materials have not been properly assessed.\n\nSeveral supermarkets, for instance, are selling more drinks in coated cartons under the assumption that they can be recycled.\n\nIn fact, the Green Alliance says, the UK only has the facilities to recycle a third of the coated containers in circulation.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Family of the inventor of the plastic carrier bag says they were designed to stop trees from being destroyed\n\nThe group has been working with recycling organisations to survey shops’ anonymous responses to public anxiety about plastic polluting the oceans.\n\nIts spokeswoman, Libby Peake, told BBC News: “A lot of shops are selling packaging described as biodegradable or compostable.\n\n“In fact the items might only be composted in an industrial composter – and, even then, some items might not be fully digested.”\n\nThe report says: “Over 80% of consumers think biodegradable or compostable plastic is environmentally friendly, but there is little understanding of what the terms mean and how the material should be dealt with.\n\n“Our interviewees wanted a clearer approach to where it should be used and how it should be marked to avoid confusing consumers and potentially causing more problems.”\n\nThe retailers worried that confusion could potentially harm the environment if people either put \"compostable\" plastic in with conventional plastic, or littered it, wrongly assuming it would biodegrade like an apple core.\n\nSome companies that had tried using this type of plastic also suggested that the material did not degrade as expected in real world conditions.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How recyclable is your food shop?\n\nOne firm is quoted as saying: “Consumers are hugely confused about what bio-based, compostable and biodegradable mean.\n\n“We are aware that [by switching from plastic to other materials] we may, in some cases, be increasing our carbon footprint.”\n\nAnother said: \"If I could have a magic wand, I’d like to see more joined up, top-down government intervention… We would like to see government be braver.\"\n\nA different firm said: “Packaging technology innovations can be quite the competitive advantage in the current climate.”\n\nAndrew Opie, from the British Retail Consortium, echoed calls for a clearer strategy.\n\nHe said: “All responsible retailers agree that climate change needs to be at the heart of their business, whether that is sourcing products or changing packaging.\n\n“Plastic remains the most effective material in many circumstances - for example cucumbers wrapped in plastic last 14 days longer, reducing food waste.\n\n\"A coherent waste and resources strategy is one that prioritises reducing the environmental impact of the things we buy, not simply reducing plastic use.”\n\nThe government published its resources and waste strategy in December 2018, and has conducted initial consultations on three policies: extended producer responsibility for packaging; introducing a deposit return system for drinks bottles; and bringing in greater consistency for recycling and waste collections.\n\nMinisters say businesses will pay for 100% of costs for dealing with material when it becomes waste, as opposed to around 10% currently.\n\nConsultations on the three topics are expected later this year, but the timeline for their implementation remains unclear, and the government has not confirmed if the deposit return will apply to all materials and container sizes.\n\nThere are also efforts to target plastic straws\n\nThe government has partially banned microbeads, and a ban on plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds is set to come in later this year.\n\nA ban on expanded polystyrene has also been mooted and the Treasury has promised to introduce a tax on plastic packaging that does not include at least 30% recycled content.\n\nThe UK has committed to adopting the EU’s Circular Economy Package, which includes much more stringent recycling targets, but has not committed to transposing the Single-Use Plastics Directive, which requires more widespread action on plastic reduction, including bans on plastic cutlery.\n\nThey have said, however, that they will meet or exceed whatever the EU does in this area.\n\nIt is also not clear if the UK will adopt the EU’s much more wide-ranging ban on microbeads.", "A French start-up hopes to radically reduce the amount of time people take to brush their teeth.\n\nY-Brush claims that its product only requires 10 seconds to complete a deep-clean.\n\nZoe Kleinman put the device to the test at the CES tech expo in Las Vegas.\n\nCatch up with all the BBC's CES 2020 coverage", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Is 2020's Iran crisis already over?\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has told Iranian President Hassan Rouhani there should be \"an end to hostilities\".\n\nIn a phone call, Mr Johnson urged calm following Iran's retaliation for the US killing of army chief Qasem Soleimani.\n\nThe PM also underlined the UK's commitment to the Iran nuclear deal, despite pressure to abandon it from US President Donald Trump.\n\nIt came after Iran fired missiles at airbases in Iraq where US and UK troops are stationed.\n\nMr Johnson also raised the \"continued detention and mistreatment\" of charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and other dual nationals who are imprisoned in Iran, and called on President Rouhani to organise their immediate release.\n\nDowning Street said the phone call lasted around 20 minutes.\n\nEarlier, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said he recognised the threat Iran poses in the Middle East and a US \"right to self-defence\", after talks with his counterpart in Washington.\n\nMr Raab also reiterated his support for a diplomatic resolution to the crisis during his meeting with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.\n\n\"We want to see the tensions de-escalated,\" he said.\n\nThe already tense relationship between the US and Iran has deteriorated significantly in recent days, after a US drone strike killed General Qasem Soleimani, one of Iran's top military commanders.\n\nBoris Johnson spoke with Iranian president Hassan Rouhani for around 20 minutes, Downing Street said\n\nMr Raab welcomed US President Donald Trump's call for a diplomatic resolution following Iran's retaliatory missile strikes.\n\n\"Of course it also needs the government in Iran to be willing and committed to that outcome as well,\" he added.\n\nThe US government said Gen Soleimani had been plotting \"imminent attacks\", but Mr Raab refused to say whether he had seen any intelligence on this.\n\nMr Raab reiterated the UK's commitment to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on restricting Iran's nuclear programme,\n\nThe foreign secretary said the UK government was \"looking very hard at what should happen next\" after Iran declared earlier this week that it would abandon all limits on its enrichment of uranium.\n\n\"We are absolutely committed, as our American and European partners are, to avoiding Iran acquiring a nuclear weapon,\" he said.\n\nIran's announcement marked further fracturing of the 2015 nuclear deal, in which the country agreed to limit sensitive nuclear activities in return for the lifting of crippling economic sanctions.\n\nThe US withdrew from the deal in 2018, but the other parties - the UK, France, Germany, China and Russia - said they were still dedicated to it.\n\nMr Raab said that, while the UK has been committed to the deal, \"we've reached a point where non-compliance has been so acute in the most recent steps taken by Iran.\"\n\nAsked whether there was still a chance that the deal could survive if Iran started to uphold its commitments, he said: \"There is an opportunity to build on this deal.\n\n\"But ultimately the objective is the most important thing which is to avoid the risk of Iran seeking - let alone acquiring - a nuclear weapon.\"", "The ShoeBlast uses a combination of heat and ultraviolet light to achieve its goal.\n\nZoe Kleinman put the device to the test at the CES tech expo in Las Vegas.\n\nCatch up with all the BBC's CES 2020 coverage", "The store refused to sell the television to customers at the bargain price\n\nPolice cleared a supermarket in France after customers refused to leave when they were denied a deal on televisions.\n\nGéant Casino in the southern city of Montpellier accidentally priced TVs at €30.99 instead of €399 on Wednesday.\n\nHowever the supermarket refused to honour the bargain price. The customers then blocked the checkout demanding that they be allowed to purchase the television sets.\n\nDozens of police officers were called in to help clear the store.\n\nAccording to French media, when customers arrived at the checkouts, staff told them they could not buy the television sets for the price advertised.\n\nCustomers then became angry and refused to leave the store unless they could purchase the televisions.\n\nJean-Christophe, who works inside the shopping mall, told Midi Libre: \"We are located right across from the Géant Casino checkout lines. I saw a lot of police and a crowd of people. \"\n\nHe added that some people had four or five televisions in their shopping trolley.\n\nImages and video posted to social media shows customers at the checkouts refusing to leave.\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 viàOccitanie 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\nPolice were eventually called to clear the store, getting customers to leave over an hour after the supermarket's closing 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. Skip twitter post 2 by viàOccitanie 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\nUnder the consumer code, any seller is required to sell the product at the price displayed even if it is due to a labelling error. However if the price is clearly an obvious mistake, then the vendors can refuse to sell, BFM TV said.\n\nThere have been cases in the past where businesses have opted to honour the error price.\n\nLast January, Hong Kong based airline Cathay Pacific mistakenly sold business-class seats on August flights from Vietnam to New York for about $675 (£517) return.\n\nPrices on the same route in July and September cost $16,000. The airline later announced it would honour the fare purchases.", "Rebecca Long Bailey, Lisa Nandy and Jess Phillips (l to r) have all secured the number of nominations needed\n\nRebecca Long Bailey, Lisa Nandy and Jess Phillips have secured support to run in the contest to succeed Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.\n\nThe MPs for Salford and Eccles, Wigan and Birmingham Yardley join Sir Keir Starmer on the ballot paper.\n\nCandidates need 22 Labour MPs or MEPs to nominate them before Monday.\n\nEmily Thornberry and Clive Lewis have also declared they are running, but Barry Gardiner, who was considering joining, has now ruled himself out.\n\nMs Thornberry - the shadow foreign secretary - has only secured seven nominations so far, while Mr Lewis - a shadow treasury minister - has four.\n\nThere is also a contest to become deputy leader after Tom Watson stepped down in December.\n\nThe new leader and deputy leader will be announced on 4 April.\n\nShadow business secretary Mrs Long Bailey has 26 nominations so far.\n\nHer supporters include shadow chancellor John McDonnell, shadow home secretary Diane Abbott and Labour Party chairman Ian Lavery - who had been considering his own run.\n\nBoth Ms Phillips and Ms Nandy have 22 nominations.\n\nMs Phillips has the backing of former Labour ministers Margaret Hodge and Chris Bryant, while Ms Nandy has shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth and former shadow minister Jack Dromey on side.\n\nThe leadership candidates tweeted to thank the people who had nominated them, with Ms Phillips celebrating the amount she had raised through crowdfunding, adding: \"It means so much to be powered by people.\"\n\nMs Nandy said she was \"proud\" to have gained support from MPs \"representing different parts of the country and different traditions in our movement\".\n\nAnd Mrs Long Bailey tweeted that her nomination was \"an honour and responsibility\" that she took \"incredibly seriously\", adding: \"Together we will build a winning vision of a socialist future.\"\n\nHowever, all three candidates are behind the shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir, who has secured 63 nominations so far - including from the shadow leader of the House Valerie Vaz and shadow Brexit minister Paul Blomfield.\n\nHe also got the backing of the UK's largest union Unison.", "Harry and Meghan at the 2017 Invictus Games in Toronto\n\n\"Come to Canada, where you belong.\" It's a bold invitation from the Toronto Star as the world's media digests the news that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will step back from royal duties and consider basing themselves abroad.\n\nNot everyone is as supportive of Prince Harry and Meghan's decision, and there is some outright criticism to be found in editorials and leader columns of British newspapers.\n\nA scathing review of the move in the Daily Mirror says there \"can be no sympathy\" with the way the announcement was made.\n\n\"They were unable to find even a few moments to do our Queen the courtesy of discussing their plans,\" its leader reads.\n\nIt says the move may cause \"an irreparable rift\" with the rest of the Royal Family.\n\nThe Times leader calls the move \"premature... petulant and ill-judged\".\n\n\"The announcement carries all the hallmarks of the petulance and hot-headedness for which Prince Harry is sadly becoming well-known,\" it reads, adding that little thought has been given to the practicalities of their new roles.\n\nIt argues that Harry and Meghan's wish to be financially independent but still be members of the royal family implies that they \"want to have it both ways\".\n\nThe Daily Express's leader is slightly more forgiving. It calls the couple a \"tremendous breath of fresh air\" but says they would have \"gained more empathy\" had they \"shown respect\".\n\n\"It is a massive error judgment not to have informed the Queen of such a bold decision,\" it reads.\n\n\"As a country we do expect a certain decorum from members of The Firm. And Harry's latest decision of not playing by those rules falls way short.\"\n\nThe Daily Mail's Richard Kay analyses \"where it all went wrong\" for Harry and Meghan.\n\nHe says the couple were \"bent on re-writing the rule book of what being a member of the Royal Family actually means\" from the moment they married, which led to a \"disconnect\".\n\n\"The rot set in even before the glow of that May wedding day had passed,\" Kay writes, citing, among other things, the privacy of their honeymoon and their \"secrecy\" over their son's birth.\n\nThe Daily Telegraph's Camilla Tominey says their \"break for freedom\" was \"long planned\" and can be traced back to November 2018, when they announced a \"split\" from the royal household they shared with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.\n\nShe quotes a source telling the paper at the time that Harry had \"always complained about being sidelined by William\" and they wanted to \"spread their wings\".\n\nThe \"Fab Four\" at Sandringham on Christmas Day, 2017\n\nAcross the Atlantic, \"Megxit\" dominates the front page of the New York Post, which says Harry and Meghan are choosing \"commoner\" lifestyles.\n\nThe New York Times says the duchess faced \"lacerating criticism\" from Britons who \"like their royals to be dutiful and traditional\".\n\nShe was criticised for being \"too bold, too outspoken, too difficult, too American, too multicultural\", it writes, adding that the couple's desire to \"renounce the usual menu of royal obligations speaks directly to the challenges facing the monarchy\".\n\nBack at the Toronto Star, columnist Vinay Menon writes that the move will mean the couple are \"finally free\" and adds: \"Stepping back from your royal duties amounts to stepping into your future.\"\n\nHe adds that the rest of the Royal Family \"don't deserve\" them.\n\nThe Australian says the move has \"breathed new life into the age-old debate over Australia's ties to the British monarchy\".\n\nIt interviews the chairman of the Australian Republic Movement, who says that it \"highlights the Royal Family's waning power\".\n\nIn France, Le Figaro interviews French royal expert Stephane Bern, who says that royals who are \"not at the core\" need to show they can \"earn a living\" in today's world.\n\n\"Gone are the days when the English paid for everyone without wondering why,\" he tells the paper.\n\nLe Monde says it is \"a revolution in Buckingham Palace\".\n\nDie Zeit, in Germany, says the Queen now has a \"shortage of skilled workers\", and Frankfurter Allgemeine agrees that Harry and Meghan's decision is a \"serious loss\" for the Royal Family.\n\nSpain's El Mundo says on its front page that the couple have \"[slammed] the door in the British Royal Family's face\", while El País says they became the victims of a \"curse\" that sees royals without a \"determined destiny\" heavily criticised.\n\nThe Italian paper La Repubblica says it is not clear whether it is \"the definitive strike that will weaken the foundations of The Firm\" or \"a publicity stunt\" to get more Instagram followers.\n\nSweden's Dagens Nyheter compares what it calls \"chaos and civil war in the British royal house\" with Brexit, while the Belgian Flemish-language newspaper Het Nieuwsblad says Harry \"has had enough of the royal circus\".", "UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has said he recognises the threat Iran poses in the Middle East and the US's \"right to self-defence\", after talks with his counterpart in Washington.\n\nHis meeting with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo comes less than a day after Iran fired missiles at air bases housing US troops in Iraq.\n\nMr Raab also reiterated his support for a diplomatic resolution to the crisis.\n\n\"We want to see the tensions de-escalated,\" he said.\n\nThe already tense relationship between the US and Iran has deteriorated significantly in recent days, after a US drone strike killed one of Iran's top military commanders, General Qasem Soleimani.\n\nMr Raab welcomed US President Donald Trump's call for a diplomatic resolution following Iran's retaliatory missile strikes.\n\n\"Of course it also needs the government in Iran to be willing and committed to that outcome as well,\" he added.\n\nThe US government said Gen Soleimani had been plotting \"imminent attacks\", but Mr Raab refused to say whether he had seen any intelligence on this.\n\nMr Raab reiterated the UK's commitment to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on restricting Iran's nuclear programme,\n\nThe foreign secretary said the UK government was \"looking very hard at what should happen next\" after Iran declared earlier this week that it would abandon all limits on its enrichment of uranium.\n\n\"We are absolutely committed, as our American and European partners are, to avoiding Iran acquiring a nuclear weapon,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dominic Raab: UK is \"absolutely committed\" to stopping Iran get nuclear weapons\n\nIran's announcement marked further fracturing of the 2015 nuclear deal, in which the country agreed to limit sensitive nuclear activities in return for the lifting of crippling economic sanctions.\n\nThe US withdrew from the deal in 2018, but the other parties - the UK, France, Germany, China and Russia - said they were still dedicated to it.\n\nMr Raab said that, while the UK has been committed to the deal, \"we've reached a point where non-compliance has been so acute in the most recent steps taken by Iran.\"\n\nAsked whether there was still a chance that the deal could survive if Iran started to uphold its commitments, he said: \"There is an opportunity to build on this deal.\n\n\"But ultimately the objective is the most important thing which is to avoid the risk of Iran seeking - let alone acquiring - a nuclear weapon.\"", "The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have released a statement saying they intend to step back as senior members of the Royal Family. Here's that statement in full:\n\nA personal message from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex:\n\n\"After many months of reflection and internal discussions, we have chosen to make a transition this year in starting to carve out a progressive new role within this institution.\n\n\"We intend to step back as 'senior' members of the Royal Family and work to become financially independent, while continuing to fully support Her Majesty The Queen.\n\n\"It is with your encouragement, particularly over the last few years, that we feel prepared to make this adjustment.\n\n\"We now plan to balance our time between the United Kingdom and North America, continuing to honour our duty to the Queen, the Commonwealth and our patronages.\n\n\"This geographic balance will enable us to raise our son with an appreciation for the royal tradition into which he was born, while also providing our family with the space to focus on the next chapter, including the launch of our new charitable entity.\n\n\"We look forward to sharing the full details of this exciting next step in due course, as we continue to collaborate with Her Majesty The Queen, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge and all relevant parties.\n\n\"Until then, please accept our deepest thanks for your continued support.\"\n\n\"Discussions with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are at an early stage.\n\n\"We understand their desire to take a different approach, but these are complicated issues that will take time to work through.\"", "The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have announced they will step back as senior royals and work to become financially independent.\n\nThe Royal Family are said to be \"hurt\" at the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's announcement.\n\nHere are some other times the couple opted to do things differently.", "The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have released a statement saying they intend to step back as senior members of the Royal Family. Here's that statement in full:\n\nA personal message from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex:\n\n\"After many months of reflection and internal discussions, we have chosen to make a transition this year in starting to carve out a progressive new role within this institution.\n\n\"We intend to step back as 'senior' members of the Royal Family and work to become financially independent, while continuing to fully support Her Majesty The Queen.\n\n\"It is with your encouragement, particularly over the last few years, that we feel prepared to make this adjustment.\n\n\"We now plan to balance our time between the United Kingdom and North America, continuing to honour our duty to the Queen, the Commonwealth and our patronages.\n\n\"This geographic balance will enable us to raise our son with an appreciation for the royal tradition into which he was born, while also providing our family with the space to focus on the next chapter, including the launch of our new charitable entity.\n\n\"We look forward to sharing the full details of this exciting next step in due course, as we continue to collaborate with Her Majesty The Queen, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge and all relevant parties.\n\n\"Until then, please accept our deepest thanks for your continued support.\"\n\n\"Discussions with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are at an early stage.\n\n\"We understand their desire to take a different approach, but these are complicated issues that will take time to work through.\"", "The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will not return as working members of the Royal Family, Buckingham Palace has said.\n\nThe couple said last year that they would step back as \"senior\" royals, and work to become financially independent.\n\nIn 2016, Kensington Palace released a statement confirming Harry had been dating US actress Meghan Markle \"for a few months\". They were pictured in public for the first time in Toronto, attending a wheelchair tennis match during the 2017 Invictus Games.\n\nThey announced their engagement a few weeks after being first pictured together. Meghan told BBC News that Harry's proposal was \"just an amazing surprise, it was so sweet and natural and very romantic\".\n\nIn February 2018, the couple took part in their first joint engagement with Prince Harry's brother and sister-in-law, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. As Meghan joined their Royal Foundation charity, Harry joked the foursome were now \"stuck together\".\n\nThe couple were married at Windsor Castle, on 19 May 2018, with 1,200 public invitations to the grounds of the castle. They travelled through the town in a horse-drawn carriage.\n\nUp to 100,000 well-wishers lined the route as the duke and duchess travelled through Windsor.\n\nThe couple exchanged vows and rings before the Queen and 600 guests at St George's Chapel.\n\nThe couple kissed on the steps of St George's Chapel.\n\nThe Queen, Duke of Edinburgh and other members of the Royal Family attended the wedding.\n\nThe newlyweds held hands after the ceremony.\n\nIn June 2018, the Queen and the duchess were seen at their first royal engagement together, as they officially opened the Mersey Gateway Bridge and Chester's Storyhouse Theatre.\n\nThat autumn, Kensington Palace revealed the duchess was pregnant and the couple's baby was due in the spring. Shortly after the announcement, they embarked on their first official overseas tour, visiting Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga.\n\nOn one of their engagements, the couple posed with OneWave, a surfing community group that raises awareness of mental health and wellbeing, at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia\n\nOn 6 May, 2019, Meghan gave birth to a boy, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, who became seventh in line to the throne. Harry told reporters: \"It's been the most amazing experience I could ever possibly imagine\".\n\nIn June 2019, the couple announced they were splitting from the charity they shared with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, to set up their own foundation.\n\nLast autumn, Archie travelled with the couple to southern Africa on their first royal tour as a family, and was a big hit with Archbishop Desmond Tutu.\n\nAn image of a beaming Prince Harry holding his son while on an extended stay in Canada was released by the couple as part of an Instagram compilation summing up their year.\n\nFollowing their trip, the couple were pictured in January on a visit to Canada House.\n\nIn February, the couple announced that they are expecting their second child.", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nBetting companies with streaming rights for FA Cup ties say they would allow the games to be streamed on a free platform elsewhere.\n\nThe Football Association has been criticised for its decision to sell FA Cup broadcast rights via a third party to seven gambling websites.\n\nSince the start of last season the bookmakers have been able to show FA Cup ties on their websites and apps.\n\nBBC Sport understands the FA would be open exploring the possibilities.\n\nIt is understood the FA would not want matches shown to clash with other television broadcasts of live matches. There was a match broadcast in each of the kick-off slots during the FA Cup third round last weekend, except for the 15:01 GMT start time.\n\nThe seven gambling websites - Bet365, Betfair, William Hill, Coral, Ladbrokes, Unibet and Paddy Power - acquired the rights via agency IMG, who agreed a deal with the FA.\n\nIn the third round of the tournament, 23 matches were available to watch on Bet365 last weekend - all those that did not kick off at 15:01 GMT on Saturday.\n\nThe matches were available to anyone who has placed a bet or put a deposit in their account in the 24 hours before kick-off.\n\nIn July 2017, the FA announced it was cutting its ties with gambling firms, but the deal with IMG was made in January 2017.\n\nLast weekend, ties started one minute late as part of the 'Heads Up' mental health awareness campaign.\n\nThe government is \"very angry\" about the issue and the sports minister Nigel Adams has said he will meet the FA next week.\n\nBut, Brigid Simmonds, chairman of the Betting and Gaming Council, said: \"Our members did not seek exclusivity for the rights to screen FA Cup games.\n\n\"They are therefore happy for IMG to offer the rights to screen these games to the Football Association or another appropriate body so that the games can be viewed for free by the public with immediate effect.\"\n\nThe FA has said it will \"review this element of the media rights sales process ahead of tendering rights from the 2024-25 season\", but the government want it to look at taking action earlier.", "Political parties are generally in agreement about one thing - that the NHS needs more money. But is money all it takes?\n\nTo answer this, it's helpful to look at whether the NHS is getting the best out of its existing budget - and how that compares with other countries.\n\nThere's no single way of measuring the efficiency of a health service, though various bodies have tried.\n\nBloomberg's annual healthcare efficiency index, for example, looks simply at spending on healthcare versus life expectancy.\n\nIts latest report ranked 56 wealthy countries, based on 2015 data. It put the UK 35th - down from 21st the year before, partly reflecting the slowing of growth in spending on the NHS particularly in England.\n\nHong Kong and Singapore - mixed public and private systems with elements of both government funding and insurance - came top. They were followed by Italy and Spain - with national health services - which both have higher life expectancies than the UK and spend less per person to achieve this.\n\nThe UK was also beaten by France which has a system of social insurance paid for by the government, individuals and employers.\n\nCompared with 35 other OECD countries (Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development) - a group of rich nations - the UK spends an average amount on healthcare (about 9.8% of GDP) and has a slightly higher than average life expectancy for the group (81.3 years).\n\nLife expectancy is a reasonable proxy for how good a healthcare system is, but it's not a perfect one.\n\nWhile higher healthcare spending is linked to higher life expectancy, it's affected by other complicated social factors including diet and smoking. In the US, for example, opioid deaths and gun crime have been linked to a fall in life expectancy.\n\nIt's also a fairly crude measure - living longer isn't the only thing most people would want to achieve from a health system.\n\nAs a 2018 report by three health think tanks and the Institute for Fiscal Studies, entitled \"How good is the NHS?\", said, UK patients were more likely than average to report having had a good experience of the health system. The think tanks said this was \"a valuable goal of health care in its own right\".\n\nUK patients were also less likely to say they skipped a consultation or prescription medicine because of cost.\n\nAnd looking just at life expectancy doesn't capture how good a health system is at dealing with conditions that may require long-term care but don't cause death.\n\nThe 2018 report concludes that the NHS across the UK is relatively efficient, performing well in managing long-term conditions with \"an unusually low level of staffing and, in at least some categories, equipment\" compared with other countries. This suggests the NHS is doing quite well with the money it has.\n\nBut equally, life expectancy measures don't capture experiences like waiting for a long time on a trolley in A&E or waiting in pain for a routine operation, which aren't fatal but are also not good experiences for patients.\n\nThese have worsened as funding increases have slowed.\n\nThe NHS is below average among OECD countries at treating the illnesses that are the most common direct causes of death.\n\nFor example, the UK mortality rate for cancer and heart disease is higher than the average among similar countries and that's a longer-term trend.\n\nPart of the reason the UK does worse on cancer survival is that British patients present late with cancer symptoms, and get diagnosed at a later stage. That's not necessarily a funding issue.\n\nAcross the UK, waiting times for routine surgery like hip replacements are about average, and waiting times in A&E just below average, compared with other rich countries.\n\nAs the growth in funding has slowed, though, the NHS has become worse at seeing people within four hours in A&E and getting cancer patients into treatment within two months.\n\nThis is significant for patients and their experience of the system, but it hasn't dramatically effected outcomes - although this may take some time to show up. Those worse than average trends pre-dated recent funding cutbacks, again suggesting there's something other than just money going on.\n\nImproving outcomes in the health service often requires funding plus other action - for example training and retaining more staff or launching public information campaigns. Money alone is not enough to make those things happen.\n\nThe NHS is devolved, meaning each nation runs its own health system and can set its own priorities. On waits in A&E, Scotland has fared comparatively better than other UK nations.\n\nUS-based foundation the Commonwealth Fund published a comparison in 2017 which put the UK top out of 11 countries for healthcare performance.\n\nIt looked at five areas including equity and access, as well as health outcomes and the care process.\n\nThe UK came top partly because of the ranking's heavy weighting towards universal systems - since equity and access formed two out of the five criteria.\n\nWhen it came to health outcomes, though, the UK scored tenth out of 11 countries which detracts from the overall score.\n\nAlthough, arguably, the UK's relative equality of access to healthcare for both the rich and poor is a significant when it comes to assessing how well the health service is spending its money.\n\nThe IFS, Health Foundation, King's Fund and Nuffield Trust say the NHS \"does better than health systems in comparable countries at protecting people from heavy financial costs when they are ill\" and that overall, \"the NHS performs neither as well as its supporters sometimes claim nor as badly as its critics often allege.\"", "Two senior McDonald's executives have filed a lawsuit against the company, accusing it of discriminating against African-American customers and staff.\n\nThey say the climate grew especially hostile after UK-born Steve Easterbrook became chief executive in 2015.\n\nUnder his leadership, they say the firm \"conducted a ruthless purge\" of high-ranked African-Americans and shifted advertising away from black customers.\n\nMcDonald's said: \"We disagree with characterisations in the complaint\".\n\nThe firm said it has reduced the number of \"officer level\" positions over the last five years but that people of colour account for 45% of the firm's corporate officers - an increase since 2013 - and all of its 10 field vice-presidents in the US.\n\nLast year, it launched a marketing campaign aimed at African Americans that was its largest in 16 years, it added.\n\n\"At McDonald's our actions are rooted in our belief that a diverse, vibrant, inclusive and respectful company makes us stronger,\" the company said.\n\nMr Easterbrook, who is named in the complaint, was fired last year for a mutual romantic relationship with a colleague in violation of company rules. He could not be reached for comment.\n\nMr Easterbrook was replaced by Chris Kempczinski, who previously headed McDonald's US division and is also named in the complaint.\n\nThe lawsuit was filed on Tuesday in federal court in Illinois by Vicki Guster-Hines and Domineca Neal. The two women have worked at McDonald's since 1987 and 2012 respectively and are both vice presidents for franchising and operations.\n\nThey say McDonald's practised \"systematic but covert\" racial discrimination \"over the years\" but it became \"overt, unmistakable, non-coincidental and highly damaging\" after the 2015 leadership change.\n\nIn the complaint, they cite the shelving of training programmes for African Americans, the exclusion of African Americans from the ranks of senior advisors, and descriptions of colleagues as \"Angry Black Women\".\n\nThey say that the number of black-owned franchises also declined disproportionately - departures they argue were either \"intentional\" or due to the company's \"reckless disregard\" for the cost of some of the investments it demanded of franchise owners.\n\nThey also accuse the firm, which has been pursuing a broader campaign to refurbish stores and upgrade its image, of shifting advertising away from black customers, historically some of the company's strongest patrons.\n\n\"As a consumer block, African Americans were singled out as less desired by McDonald's,\" they say.\n\nThe two women are seeking damages from the firm, which they say retaliated against them for voicing their concerns about the treatment of African Americans.", "Chlorine-washed chicken and hormone-treated beef will be kept out of the UK under any trade deal with the US, the environment secretary has promised.\n\nTheresa Villiers told the BBC the current European Union ban on the two foods will be carried over into UK legislation after Brexit.\n\nUntil now the UK has been wavering on the issue.\n\nBut she told BBC Countryfile: “There are legal barriers to the imports and those are going to stay in place.”\n\nMs Villiers has previously talked of imposing tariffs on any future imports of US chicken and beef. But she’s been under great pressure from Britain’s farmers.\n\nIn the exclusive interview with the Countryfile programme, she said: “We will defend our national interests and our values, including our high standards of animal welfare.\"\n\nChlorine-washed chicken and hormone-treated beef are illegal under EU law for different reasons.\n\nThe EU says feeding cows with growth-enhancing chemicals could potentially result in harm to beef-eating humans – a suggestion the US fervently rejects.\n\nThere is, on the other hand, no human health threat from using a bleach solution to kill salmonella on chickens. In fact, it’s rather effective.\n\nBut the EU says using chlorine allows American farmers to be careless with the welfare of the chickens.\n\nThe US regards the rules against these products as a European ruse to protect its own producers, and has stated that the trade of both meat products will be central to any UK-US trade deal after Brexit.\n\nSo Ms Villiers’ promise may please British consumers unhappy with the thought of chicken sprayed with bleach. But it may make things more difficult for Britain’s trade negotiators.\n\nThe environment secretary has made a strong promise that \"legal barriers\" to the import of chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated beef will \"stay in place\" and that the government will \"hold the line\" on this even if insisted upon by President Trump in trade talks. This makes a quick trade deal with the US rather tricky to envisage.\n\nLeaked US-UK trade documents showed the US tried to establish how far the UK would, after Brexit, detach from the EU's hard line against US farm trade methods. US officials had made a presentation and repeatedly raised the \"unscientific approach the EU maintains towards Pathogen Reduction Treatments [chlorinated chicken]\". The US has been in a dispute with the EU over such methods since 1997.\n\nIf the environment secretary's rejection of such key US exports is echoed in the UK's negotiating position with the US, the US Congress might also object. When similar statements were made by Michael Gove, when he was former environment secretary, in 2017, it caused a rift in cabinet with Liam Fox, who was then trade secretary .\n\nIt is a clear example of the delicate balancing act and trade-offs involved in the UK's new post-Brexit trade freedom.\n\nThe full interview with the environment secretary will be shown on Countryfile on BBC1 on 26 January.", "Owners of fire-prone Hotpoint and Indesit washing machines will learn in the coming days how long they must wait for a replacement or repair.\n\nMost fear many more weeks without a functioning machine, having already gone through Christmas and New Year unable to put clothes on a hot wash.\n\nSome 519,000 machines sold since 2014 are subject to the recall, owing to an overheating door locking system.\n\nWhirlpool, which owns the brands, said repairs would start on Monday.\n\nSeventy-nine fires are thought to have been caused by the fault which develops over time, according to the company.\n\nThe announcement that these machines could be a danger was made on 17 December. Users of the affected appliances were told to stop using and unplug them or, alternatively, only use the cold cycle of 20C or less to reduce the risk.\n\nMany of those affected said doing so had already been a huge inconvenience for the last three weeks, particularly over the festive period. Some have called for reimbursement of fees they have paid to their laundrette, but this has been ruled out by the company.\n\nWhirlpool has received 1.2 million calls about the issue. So far, 60,000 people were found to have affected machines - only around one in 10 of the affected machines. They will all receive an email by next Friday inviting them to choose a date for replacement or repair via an online portal.\n\nA company spokesman said those cases were anticipated to be completed \"in a matter of weeks\". Whirlpool added in a statement: \"In line with the commitment we made to our customers in December, we have been working tirelessly to ensure that we can now formally reach out to all affected customers who have registered with us to arrange to replace and repair their washing machines.\"\n\nWhirlpool has set up a model checker online. Owners of Hotpoint and Indesit washing machines bought since October 2014 will need to enter the model and serial number of their appliance - found inside the door or on the back - to see if it is one of those affected. If so, their details will be added to a register.\n\nThere is also a free helpline, open every day, available on 0800 316 1442.\n\nThe company will email all those on the register to offer a replacement or repair and invite them to choose a date on an online portal for that to be carried out.\n\nOne of those affected by the recall is Janet McPherson, of Lampeter, south west Wales. The 65-year-old was fed up with the probability of a long wait, had lost trust in the brand, faced an eight-mile round trip to the laundrette, and was frustrated with Whirlpool's customer service.\n\nSo, she bought a new machine just before Christmas.\n\n\"I made my vote by buying a different brand. It did not help with the Christmas budget at all,\" she said.\n\nNow she believes she should be given a refund for the faulty machine and is prepared for a fight with the company.\n\nJanet McPherson has unplugged her Hotpoint machine and put it in the garage\n\nShe is not alone among owners in calling for refunds to be offered, as well as repairs or replacements.\n\nThey have been supported by MPs and consumer groups. A cross-party group of MPs on consumer protection said customers had been \"severely let down\" owing to the delay until machines were fixed or replaced.\n\nThe former head of the Commons Business Committee, Rachel Reeves, has also demanded the company give refunds to those who want them.\n\nSue Davies, head of consumer protection at consumer group Which?, said: \"It would clearly be unacceptable if customers were left for many months without adequate washing facilities in their homes, particularly when there is also no offer to cover consequential costs such as trips to the laundrette.\n\n\"The company should do the right thing and offer customers a refund, so people can get fire-risk machines out of their homes and quickly find a suitable replacement. There needs to be a full investigation about what Whirlpool knew about these machines and when.\"\n\nBut the company said its priority was to ensure potentially dangerous appliances were removed from homes, which would not be guaranteed if refunds were offered. It said other costs would not be refunded.\n\nIt will begin a national advertising campaign about the issue on Monday, and is contacting vulnerable or isolated customers as a priority.\n\nWhirlpool was heavily criticised for its initial response when more than five million tumble dryers, sold over 11 years, were found to be a fire danger. It only launched a full recall for that issue after four years, following an intervention by the regulator.", "London MP Sir Keir Starmer is a former director of public prosecutions\n\nSir Keir Starmer has won the backing of the UK's largest trade union, Unison, to become the next Labour leader.\n\nUnison, which has 1.3 million members, said the shadow Brexit secretary was best placed of the candidates to unite the party and regain public trust.\n\nUnite, Labour's largest financial backer, will decide later this month who to back in the contest.\n\nSir Keir has also become the first to secure enough nominations from MPs and MEPs to get on the ballot paper.\n\nThe Holborn and St Pancras MP has, so far, secured the backing of 41 colleagues - well above the minimum of 22 required.\n\nShadow business secretary Rebecca Long Bailey is his closest competitor, followed by Jess Phillips.\n\nNominations close on 13 January and the winner will be announced on 4 April following a ballot of party members, trade union and other affiliates and registered supporters.\n\nAs the contest gathers pace, BBC Newsnight correspondent Lewis Goodall reported that Barry Gardiner, the party's international trade spokesman, could become a candidate. The Brent North MP has yet to confirm this.\n\nUnison's endorsement, which was agreed by a committee of \"working people from across the country\", is a major boost for Sir Keir's campaign.\n\nAnnouncing its decision, the union said it believed the former director of public prosecutions was capable of taking Labour back into government. General Secretary Dave Prentis said working people depended on Labour being in power to change their lives.\n\n\"We believe - if elected by the membership - Keir Starmer would be a leader to bring the party together and win back the trust of the thousands of voters who deserted Labour last month,\" he said.\n\n\"Keir has a clear vision to get Labour back to the winning ways of the past. He is best placed to take on Boris Johnson, hold his government to account and ensure Labour can return to power.\"\n\nThe union, which represents workers across the NHS, schools and other public services, backed Jeremy Corbyn in 2015 and 2016.\n\nThe BBC's political correspondent Iain Watson said Sir Keir was the overwhelming choice of the union's Link Committee, having won more support than all of the other candidates combined.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Who decides on the next Labour leader?\n\nHe has also recruited Simon Fletcher to his campaign team - Jeremy Corbyn's former chief of staff who ran his successful leadership bid in 2015.\n\nMrs Long Bailey has Momentum founder Jon Lansman as her campaign director and former spokesman for Mr Corbyn, Matt Zarb-Cousin, as her director of communications.\n\nSir Keir told the BBC he was \"delighted\" by the endorsement but played down talk of him now being the frontrunner, telling the BBC \"there was a long way to go\" in the contest.\n\n\"What I want to do is lead a united Labour Party that works with trade unions to bring them together to face the future,\" he said.\n\nIt caps a good day for the shadow Brexit secretary, whose growing number of parliamentary backers include former foreign secretary Margaret Beckett, the new shadow culture secretary Tracy Brabin and Tottenham MP David Lammy.\n\nMrs Long Bailey's 17 backers include shadow home secretary Diane Abbott, while Birmingham Yardley MP Jess Phillips has the support of 16 colleagues, including Wes Streeting and Margaret Hodge - outspoken critics of Mr Corbyn over his handling of anti-Semitism allegations.\n\nWigan MP Lisa Nandy has 11 nominations, while shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry has three. Shadow Treasury minister Clive Lewis has secured his first nomination from Rachael Maskell.\n\nEarlier, Mr Lewis rated Mr Corbyn \"six out of 10\" as leader of the Labour Party. Speaking to the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme, he criticised the outgoing leader for making mistakes on Brexit and dealing with anti-Semitism.\n\n\"But some things he got right,\" Mr Lewis added, \"so in many ways he's renewed our party.\" The comments follow those of Mrs Long Bailey, who rated Mr Corbyn 10 out of 10 for his performance as leader, despite Labour's electoral defeat.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Clive Lewis, who wants to replace Jeremy Corbyn, said Labour must build alliances to win back power\n\nIn the race to become Labour's next deputy leader, shadow education secretary Ms Rayner way out in front so far in terms of nominations with 45 and has also won Unison's backing.\n\nBefore entering Parliament, Ms Rayner was a local Unison representative while employed as a care worker in Greater Manchester.\n\nIan Murray, Scotland's only remaining Labour MP, is second in the list of declared backers so far while shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon is third.\n\nAs of Wednesday evening, shadow women and equalities minister Dawn Butler and Tooting MP Rosena Allin-Khan both had seven nominations. The remaining candidate, Birmingham Perry Barr MP Khalid Mahmood, had two.", "It has taken nearly a decade to bring a commercial hydrofoil bicycle to market.\n\nBut New Zealand-based Manta5 has finally launched its product and has brought it to the CES tech show to exhibit.\n\nBBC Click's Spencer Kelly was one of the first to try out the water bike on Lake Las Vegas.\n\nCatch up with all the BBC's CES 2020 coverage", "The Duke of Sussex grew up in the media spotlight - from a young royal dealing with his mother's death, through his partying teenage years, to his career in the military.\n\nSince then Harry has followed in his mother's footsteps, doing charity work across the globe. He has got married and become a father.\n\nNow he and the Duchess of Sussex have begun a new chapter: giving up their royal duties, HRH titles and public funding and living in California.\n\nHarry has tried to balance his public and private lives. At times, the publicity that comes with being sixth in line to the throne has helped him to bolster support for his charitable endeavours. But there have also been times when that attention has become too much, and he has fought fiercely for his family's privacy.\n\nPrince Harry was born in 1984, the second child of the Prince and Princess of Wales\n\nBorn at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, on 15 September 1984, the prince was christened Henry Charles Albert David by the Archbishop of Canterbury in December of that year in St George's Chapel, Windsor.\n\nBut it was officially announced from the start of his life that he would be known as Harry.\n\nAlthough christened Henry, he has always been known as Harry\n\nHarry with his mother and brother on a trip to Thorpe Park in 1993\n\nThe prince's childhood was cut short when his mother died in 1997.\n\nPrincess Diana was killed in a crash in Paris, aged 36, as the car she was in sped through a tunnel followed by paparazzi photographers.\n\nHer death shook royal fans the world over, but it was 12-year-old Harry and 15-year-old William whose lives changed forever.\n\nThe funeral, which featured the image of the boys walking behind their mother's hearse to attend the service at Westminster Abbey, remains one of the most-watched programmes on the BBC.\n\nPrince Harry stood between his father, Prince Charles, and his older brother, Prince William, as they watched the hearse carry Diana's coffin\n\n\"I can safely say that losing my mum at the age of 12, and therefore shutting down all of my emotions for the last 20 years, has had a quite serious effect on not only my personal life but my work as well,\" the prince said in an interview with the Daily Telegraph in 2017.\n\nHe added: \"I have probably been very close to a complete breakdown on numerous occasions when all sorts of grief and all sorts of lies and misconceptions and everything are coming to you from every angle.\"\n\nThe prince followed the educational path of his older brother William, at Wetherby School in Notting Hill, before entering Eton in 1998.\n\nHarry, five, on his first day at Wetherby School, Notting Hill\n\nPrince Harry watching his brother sign the Eton College entrance book in 1995 - he would follow in his footsteps, joining the school three years later\n\nAfter leaving Eton with two A-levels in 2003, Harry took a gap year.\n\nHe worked on a sheep farm in Australia and with Aids orphans in Lesotho, paving the way for the charity he later set up there.\n\nPrince Charles took his sons on annual skiing holidays to Switzerland\n\nAttention from the press has been a constant in Harry's life.\n\nThe front page of a 2002 edition of the (now defunct) News of the World roared: \"Harry's drugs shame\", and claimed Prince Charles sent his son to visit a rehab clinic as punishment for smoking cannabis.\n\nSt James's Palace confirmed the then 17-year-old had \"experimented with the drug on several occasions\" but said the use was not \"regular\".\n\nThen in October 2004, there was a scuffle with a photographer outside a club.\n\nA royal spokesman said at the time the 20-year-old prince was hit in the face by a camera \"when photographers crowded around him\".\n\nAs part of his gap year, Prince Harry spent time at an orphanage in Lesotho, in southern Africa\n\nWhen Harry pushed the camera away, \"it's understood that a photographer's lip was cut\", the spokesman added.\n\nThe following year, an image of the prince dressed as a Nazi at a fancy dress party sparked outrage.\n\nClarence House later said the prince had apologised for any \"offence or embarrassment\" caused and had realised \"it was a poor choice of costume\".\n\nAnd in 2009, video footage emerged of Harry using offensive language to describe an Asian member of his Army platoon.\n\nSt James's Palace said the prince was \"extremely sorry for any offence his words might cause\" but said he had \"used the term without any malice and as a nickname about a highly popular member of his platoon\".\n\nHarry enjoyed lighter-hearted press coverage during the London 2012 Olympic Games, in his role as an Olympic ambassador.\n\nThe prince was an Olympic ambassador at the London 2012 Games\n\nIn the same year he spent a lot of time in front of the cameras for the Queen's Jubilee. As part of those celebrations Harry completed his first royal solo tour overseas with visits to Belize, the Bahamas, Brazil and Jamaica.\n\nHowever, that August, photos emerged of the prince and a young woman naked in a Las Vegas hotel room.\n\nThe two photos, published on US gossip website TMZ and later in the Sun newspaper, were taken on a private break with friends, with the site reporting the prince was in a group playing \"strip billiards\".\n\nHe later said he had \"probably let myself down\" but added: \"I was in a private area and there should have been a certain amount of privacy that one should expect.\"\n\nThere is, however, a saving grace to the scrapes Harry has found himself in.\n\nAs the younger brother to the expected future king, Harry has relatively little responsibility.\n\nLike the Queen's sister, Princess Margaret, and Prince Charles's younger siblings, Harry is a \"spare to the heir\" - and a world away from the throne.\n\nSo Harry's indiscretions have done little to dent public opinion of him.\n\nAnd he has perhaps had a freer existence because of it; security worries would have made active service in Afghanistan impossible for his older brother, for example.\n\nHarry served a tour in Afghanistan as an Apache helicopter pilot\n\nHarry spent 10 years in the armed forces, becoming the first royal in more than 25 years to serve in a war zone.\n\nHe was left disappointed in 2007 when Army chiefs decided not to send him to Iraq because of \"unacceptable risks\", but later spent 10 weeks serving in Afghanistan in 2008.\n\nHarry returned to the country as an Apache helicopter pilot from September 2012 to January 2013, before qualifying as an Apache commander in July 2013.\n\nHe later described how he had shot at Taliban insurgents, and said that being in Afghanistan was \"as normal as it's going to get\" for him.\n\nThe prince said quitting the Army had been a \"really tough decision\"\n\nWhen he announced he would be leaving the Army in 2015, the prince said his time in the military would \"stay with me for the rest of my life\".\n\nThis is reflected in his charity work, which mostly concentrates on mental health and helping service veterans.\n\nHarry's most notable charity work so far is his founding and chairing of the Invictus Games in 2014.\n\nThe Paralympic-style international competition for injured ex-service personnel has been held in London, Orlando, Toronto and Sydney.\n\nThe prince has been the driving force behind the Invictus Games\n\nHe has also supported the charity Walking With the Wounded, for injured veterans.\n\nThe prince's other charity work includes supporting conservation projects in Africa and jointly founding Sentebale, a charity to help orphans in Lesotho.\n\nOn his visit to Angola in September, Harry said landmines are \"an unhealed scar of war\"\n\nHarry and his brother William have worked together on various charity initiatives\n\nHe has continued his mother's work helping children affected by HIV and Aids, and supporting the Halo Trust's work in clearing landmines.\n\nDiana captured global attention when she walked through a live minefield in central Angola in 1997.\n\nShe died in Paris later that year, before seeing the full impact of her visit - such as the signing of an international treaty to outlaw the weapons - but Harry highlighted her achievements when he retraced her steps in September 2019.\n\nPrince Harry and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge supported Heads Together runners at the London Marathon in 2017\n\nIn later years, Harry has had counselling to help him deal with his mother's death.\n\nHe was best man at his brother William's wedding in April 2011, and has since spoken of how hard it was not to have Diana there.\n\nIn a candid interview with the Daily Telegraph, he described shutting down all of his emotions for nearly 20 years and refusing to thinking about his mother.\n\nThis, he said, had a \"quite serious effect\" on his personal life and his work, and brought him close to a breakdown \"on numerous occasions\".\n\nHe also said he would probably regret \"for the rest of his life\" how brief his last phone call with his mother was, and spoke of her \"fun\" parenting. She was a \"total kid through and through\", he said.\n\nHarry, William and the Duchess of Cambridge joined forces to focus their campaigning efforts on mental health.\n\nThey founded Heads Together, which aims to tackle stigma and fundraise for new support services.\n\nPrince Harry and Meghan Markle were first pictured together at the Invictus Games in 2017\n\nAs one of the world's most high-profile bachelors, Harry's love life has drawn much interest over the years.\n\nIn late 2016, he confirmed a new relationship with US actor, Meghan Markle, while issuing a statement accusing journalists of harassing her.\n\nHe described \"nightly legal battles to keep defamatory stories out of papers\", attempts by reporters and photographers to get into her home and the \"bombardment\" of nearly every friend and loved one in her life.\n\nThe pair had met on a blind date, organised by a mutual friend. Then after just two dates, they went on holiday together to Botswana.\n\nIn September 2017, the year before their wedding, Meghan told Vanity Fair magazine she and Harry were \"two people who are really happy and in love\".\n\nAnd in an interview that November, when their engagement was announced, Harry admitted he had never heard of Meghan before his friend introduced them, and was \"beautifully surprised\".\n\nHe designed the engagement ring for Meghan, including two diamonds from his mother's jewellery collection.\n\nThe couple married in May 2018 at a ceremony at St George's Chapel in Windsor, and consequently became known as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.\n\nOn a 16-day tour of Australia that October, the duke and duchess announced they were expecting their first child, adding that they were happy to share the \"personal joy\" of their news.\n\nBaby Archie, described by Harry as \"our own little bundle of joy\", was born on 6 May 2019.\n\nPrince Harry said he was \"absolutely thrilled\" with the birth of his first child, Archie\n\nThe duke's past few years have been a rollercoaster ride of highs and lows.\n\nIn 2019, he and his wife split their household office from that of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the subsequent launch of the Sussexes' Instagram account amassed more than one million followers in record-breaking time (five hours and 45 minutes).\n\nThe joy of becoming parents was followed days later by news Harry had accepted damages and an apology from a paparazzi agency that had used a helicopter to take photographs of his home in the Cotswolds.\n\nIn June, the Sussexes announced they would split from the charity they shared with the Cambridges - fuelling speculation of a rift between brothers Harry and William.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prince Harry on his brother, William in 2019: \"We are certainly on different paths at the moment\"\n\nA 10-day tour of Africa at the end of September 2019 started well.\n\nHarry raised awareness for causes close to his heart, and the couple introduced Archie to anti-apartheid campaigner Archbishop Desmond Tutu.\n\nBut during the tour, the Duchess of Sussex launched legal action against the Mail on Sunday over a claim that it unlawfully published one of her private letters.\n\nThe duke and duchess went on a 10-day tour of Africa in September 2019\n\nIn a lengthy statement Harry said \"positive\" coverage of the tour of Africa had exposed the \"double standards\" of the \"press pack that has vilified [the duchess] almost daily for the past nine months\".\n\nAnd in an ITV documentary, filmed during the tour and broadcast the following month, the duchess admitted she was struggling to adjust to royal life, while the duke said his mental health was a matter of \"constant management\".\n\nThen, at the start of 2020, the couple made a bombshell announcement that they would be stepping back as senior royals.\n\nLater, Harry would tell host James Corden that the decision to step back was taken to protect himself and his family from the \"toxic\" situation created by the UK press.\n\nTheir difficult relationship with the UK press saw both Harry and Meghan take legal action against publishers, as well as cutting ties with tabloid newspapers.\n\nAfter a brief stint in Canada, the couple now lives in California and are expecting their second child.\n\nThe duke has since spoken out on several issues, including on structural racism, human rights and unconscious bias.\n\nThe duke and duchess gave an interview with Oprah, who went to their wedding\n\nAnd the couple have signed deals to make shows and podcasts with Netflix and Spotify.\n\nHis charity work continues - although he has returned his military appointments and royal patronages. Buckingham Palace said he and Meghan will keep their \"private patronages and associations\".\n\nHe told interviewer Corden that his \"life is always going to be about public service\". But much of the rest of his future - including how he will continue to carve his own path - remains unclear.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "MPs have given their final backing to the bill that will implement the UK government's Brexit deal.\n\nThe Commons voted 330 to 231 in favour of the Withdrawal Agreement Bill and it will now pass to the House of Lords for further scrutiny next week.\n\nIf peers choose to amend it will it come back before MPs.\n\nThe bill covers \"divorce\" payments to the EU, citizens' rights, customs arrangements for Northern Ireland and the planned 11-month transition period.\n\nThe UK is due to leave the EU on 31 January.\n\nThe bill comfortably cleared its third reading in the House of Commons, as expected, with a majority of 99. All 330 votes in favour were Conservative.\n\nIt took just three days for the bill to pass the remaining stages in the Commons, after MPs gave their initial approval to the legislation before the Christmas recess.\n\nTheresa May - Boris Johnson's predecessor in Downing Street - repeatedly failed to get her Brexit agreement passed by MPs, which led to her resignation as prime minister.\n\nThe latest vote gives approval to the 11-month transition period after 31 January, in which the UK will cease to be an EU member but will continue to follow its rules and contribute to its budget.\n\nThe purpose of the transition period is to give time for the UK and EU to negotiate their future relationship, including a trade deal.\n\nLiberal Democrat Brexit spokesperson, Alistair Carmichael said his party would continue to oppose the \"dangerous\" bill.\n\n\"They have voted for a bill that will slash the rights of future generations to live and work across 27 other countries,\" he said.\n\n\"They have voted for a bill that strips away our guaranteed environmental protections, despite the fact that we are facing a climate emergency.\"\n\nAnd SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford said Scotland would \"remain an independent European country\".\n\n\"This is a constitutional crisis, because we will not and we cannot accept what is being done to us,\" he told MPs.\n\nBut Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay has said the bill will deliver on the \"overwhelming mandate\" his party was given at the general election to take the UK out of the EU on 31 January.\n\nHe has also said he is \"confident\" the UK will be able to negotiate a trade deal with the EU by the end of the year, despite critics saying that the deadline is too tight.\n\nMr Johnson has also insisted a deal is possible by December 2020 and has said the transition period will not be extended.\n\nHe has said the UK is ready to start negotiations \"as soon as possible\" after 31 January.\n\nOn Wednesday, new European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen warned it would be \"impossible\" to reach a comprehensive trade deal by the end of 2020.", "Last updated on .From the section Darts\n\nBeau Greaves had a 16th birthday to remember as she reached the semi-finals of the BDO women's World Darts Championship.\n\nThe teenage debutant beat 29-year-old Dutch third seed Aileen de Graaf 2-1 to reach the last four.\n\nSixth seed Greaves, from Doncaster, averaged 86.3 and hit three maximum 180s.\n\nShe faces Japan's Mikuru Suzuki on Friday's after the reigning champion beat Anastasia Dobromyslova 2-0.\n• None Double trouble at new venue over ticket sales and prize money\n\nFour-time champion Lisa Ashton plays Corrine Hammond in the other semi after a straight-sets victory over Lorraine Winstanley.\n\nHammond earlier beat Laura Turner 2-0 in the women's quarter-finals at London's Indigo at the O2.\n\nAsked whether she felt she could now win the tournament, Greaves told BDO Darts: \"Of course I can. You've always got to be confident, but not too confident.\n\n\"But I felt really good and I'm looking forward to it. It's been an amazing week.\"\n\nIn the men's event, Welsh second seed Jim Williams defeated Ryan Hogarth 4-0 to qualify for the quarter-finals.\n\nWhile the BDO tournament has been hit by low ticket sales and prize money problems, the championship has also showcased some of the sport's rising stars.\n\nLeighton Bennett, who only turned 14 on New Year's Eve, took a set off 2015 champion Scott Mitchell before losing 3-1 on Tuesday.", "Mourners have gathered at the University of Toronto to remember those who died when Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 crashed in Iran on Wednesday.\n\nCanadian PM Justin Trudeau said 138 passengers had been en route to Canada via Kyiv.\n\nAll 176 people on board were killed when the plane crashed shortly after take-off from Tehran.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. EU chief Ursula von der Leyen says the UK and the EU will remain \"best of friends and partners\"\n\nThe UK and the EU will remain the \"best of friends\" but they will \"not be as close as before\" after Brexit, the new European Commission president has said.\n\nSpeaking ahead of talks with the PM, Ursula von der Leyen warned it would be \"impossible\" to reach a comprehensive trade deal by the end of 2020.\n\nShe said if the deadline was not extended it was not a case of \"all or nothing\", but of priorities.\n\nBoris Johnson has insisted a deal is possible by December 2020.\n\nAfter their meeting in No 10, a Downing Street spokesman said talks had been \"positive\", but the PM had been \"clear\" the process of negotiation would not be extended.\n\nAfter its 31 January exit, the UK will enter into an 11-month transition period in which it will largely follow EU rules but will not have any representation in the bloc's institutions. This period will come to an end on 31 December.\n\nOnly when the UK leaves the EU can the two sides begin talks on their future economic relationship.\n\nMr Johnson told Mrs von der Leyen he \"wanted a positive new UK and EU partnership, based on friendly co-operation, our shared history, interests and values\", as well as a \"broad free trade agreement covering goods and services, and cooperation in other areas\".\n\nHe also said the UK was ready to start negotiations \"as soon as possible\" after 31 January.\n\nSpeaking at the London School of Economics earlier in the day, Mrs von der Leyen said the EU was \"ready to negotiate a truly ambitions partnership with UK\" but she warned of \"tough\" talks ahead.\n\n\"We will go as far as we can, but the truth is that our partnership cannot and will not be the same as before and it cannot and will not be as close as before because with every choice comes a consequences with every decision comes a trade off.\"\n\nMrs von der Leyen, a former German defence minister, took over from Jean-Claude Juncker at the start of December. She was a student at the LSE in the 1970s.\n\nShe also attended the same school as Mr Johnson in Belgium - something the prime minister highlighted as they posed for photos in Number 10.\n\nMrs von der Leyen said she hoped the new trading relationship would be based on \"zero tariffs, zero quotas, zero dumping\".\n\nBut she said: \"Without the free movement of people you cannot have the free movement of capital and services.\n\n\"The more divergence there is the more distant the partnership will be.\"\n\nMrs von der Leyen also warned that without an extension of the transition period beyond 2020 \"you cannot expect to agree every single aspect of our new partnership\".\n\nShe called the deadline \"very tight\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nOpposition MPs have warned that trade deals typically take years to conclude and the UK risks defaulting to World Trade Organisation rules at the start of 2021, potentially leading to damaging tariffs for some industries.\n\nBut Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay told BBC Breakfast the UK and EU had agreed in the political declaration to do a trade deal by the end of this year and he was \"confident\" they would do that.\n\nThe meeting between Boris Johnson and new European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is significant in that it's their first face-to-face in their new roles - but today does not mark the start of post-Brexit trade talks.\n\nEU law dictates that trade talks can't start until the UK legally leaves the bloc. Then EU countries must agree a mandate for the EU Commission to negotiate a comprehensive trade agreement on their behalf.\n\nThis mandate then has to be formally signed off at minister level by representatives of all EU countries.\n\nAll this means, the EU says, is trade talks will start at the beginning of March.\n\nWhen UK ministers complain that's too long to wait, the EU response is that the UK always pushed for bigger role for national governments in EU decision-making to make it more democratic.\n\nExpect red-line drawing with smiles today between the prime minister and Mrs von der Leyen - presented as \"friends telling each other truths\".\n\nThe EU position is that the prime minister's timetable to get an \"ambitious, comprehensive\" trade deal agreed and ratified by December is unrealistic.\n\nHowever, the prime minister will counter this with \"truths\" of his own, including that negotiations have to be done by December because he won't extend the transition period.\n\nLegislation implementing the terms of Mr Johnson's Brexit deal continues to move through the Commons, with the government easily winning all three votes on the Withdrawal Agreement Bill on Tuesday.\n\nThe bill will enshrine in law the terms of the transition period, first negotiated by Mr Johnson's predecessor Theresa May, as well as agreements on citizens' rights, customs arrangements in Northern Ireland and the UK's financial settlement.\n\nAttempts by Northern Ireland parties to amend the bill to ensure \"unfettered access\" for businesses there to the rest of the UK market failed to pass on Wednesday afternoon.\n\nMPs also rejected an attempt by Labour to reinstate child refugee protection rights in the Brexit bill.", "The report cited the case of shamed rock star Gary Glitter\n\nUK authorities are failing to use the powers they have to stop British sex offenders travelling abroad to abuse children, according to an inquiry.\n\nOnly a small fraction of orders made against offenders included a ban on foreign travel, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse found.\n\nIt cited the case of shamed rock star Gary Glitter, who abused children abroad after an earlier conviction.\n\nThe IICSA says the burden of proof for travel bans should be lowered.\n\nThe inquiry's report found measures applied to people convicted of a sexual offence - such as a sexual harm prevention orders (SHPO) - have only had a minimal impact on restricting foreign travel.\n\nOther offenders have been able to breach bans in an attempt to abuse outside of the UK.\n\nSome 5,551 SHPOs were made in 2017-18, but only 11 included requirements affecting the subject's ability to travel abroad, according to the report.\n\nIt cited the cases of Glitter and serial paedophile Richard Huckle as examples of where systems failed to protect children.\n\nGlitter, real name Paul Gadd, was sentenced to four months' imprisonment in 1999 for possessing thousands of child abuse images.\n\nBut he was still able to later travel to Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam. In 2005 he was convicted of sexually abusing two girls, aged 10 and 11, in Vietnam.\n\nGlitter was jailed for 16 years in 2015 for other historical offences.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC tracked down a British paedophile who breached court orders by fleeing to Bulgaria\n\nHuckle groomed and abused scores of children in impoverished Malaysian communities by posing as a respectable Christian English teacher and philanthropist.\n\nHe was given 22 life sentences at the Old Bailey in 2016 for an unprecedented number of offences against children aged between six months and 12 years, but was killed in jail last year.\n\nThe inquiry found police and courts were being too cautious in applying travel bans, overstating the need for evidence, and were sometimes reluctant to impose a ban across multiple countries.\n\nIn contrast, the report said, Australia had a complete ban on registered sex offenders travelling abroad.\n\nProf Alexis Jay, chair of the IICSA, said: \"The sexual abuse of children overseas by UK nationals is an urgent problem we cannot hide from.\n\n\"Current gaps in our legal system are allowing known offenders to travel abroad to target vulnerable children in less developed countries, and this is simply not acceptable.\"\n\nThe report also recommended the police and courts in this country prosecute more British people who have abused abroad, as they are empowered to do under section 72 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.\n\nThe National Crime Agency has accepted that a previous policy under which foreign police forces were encouraged to investigate - rather than officers in Britain - was \"not well written\".\n\nInstead, the inquiry says, the NCA now encourages British forces to engage with the country where the abuse happened.\n\nResponding to the report, the government said: \"We continue to work closely with law enforcement in the UK and international partners to stop sex offenders from travelling abroad to prey on children, close down online networks and bring offenders to justice.\n\nProf Alexis Jay is leading the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA)\n\n\"Clearly, there is more to be done and we and others will consider the findings of this report carefully. We will respond fully in due course.\"", "Rapper Headie One has been sentenced to six months in jail for possession of a blade.\n\nThe drill artist, who's had two top 10 UK singles, was sentenced at Wood Green Crown Court in north London on 3 January.\n\nThe 25-year-old, real name Irving Adjei, was arrested last June but played at both Glastonbury and Wireless festivals after being bailed.\n\nHeadie One's record label has no comment on his sentence.\n\nThe rapper is best-known for his track 18Hunna, which features Mercury Prize winner Dave and peaked at number six on the UK charts.\n\nThat and the chart position of his most recent track Audacity, which features on Stormzy's new album, makes him the most successful artist from the UK drill scene.\n\nThe genre has received plenty of negative attention in the press, though, due to its often violent lyrics about drugs and gangs.\n\nThe rapper features on Stormzy's new album Heavy is the Head\n\nThis isn't Headie One's first conviction.\n\nThe rapper was reportedly locked up for 30 months in 2014 after being caught with heroin and cocaine worth £30,000 in Aberdeen.\n\nHis lawyer at the time said he'd been acting as a drug courier to pay off debts.\n\nAsked by the NME last year what his other convictions were for, he said \"everything, really\".\n\n\"Drugs charges, violent charges. I'm lucky to be here today.\"\n\nHeadie One is the latest UK musician to face jail time for carrying a knife, following on from Brit and Mercury Prize-nominated rapper J Hus, who received an eight month sentence in 2018.\n\nDrill artist Unknown T, meanwhile, has been remanded in custody since being charged with murder in July and is awaiting the start of his trial.\n\nYouTube has previously banned drill videos at the Metropolitan Police's request, and last year two drill artists were found guilty of breaching a gang injunction when they performed one of their songs.\n\nHeadie One completed a UK tour at the end of last year and had no upcoming shows planned.\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. In a 2019 interview Meghan said it was a “struggle” becoming a mother amid intense media scrutiny\n\nThe Duchess of Sussex has admitted it was a \"struggle\" becoming a new mother amid intense media scrutiny.\n\nMeghan Markle married Prince Harry at Windsor Castle in May 2018 and gave birth to their son Archie this year.\n\nSpeaking in an ITV documentary, the duchess referred to her life under the spotlight \"on top of just trying to be a new mom or trying to be a newlywed\".\n\nShe added: \"Not many people have asked if I'm OK. But it's a very real thing to be going through behind the scenes.\"\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex were both interviewed by Tom Bradby during their tour of southern Africa in September.\n\nAsked how she was coping, Meghan said: \"Look, any woman - especially when they are pregnant - you're really vulnerable and so that was made really challenging, and then when you have a new born - you know?\n\n\"And especially as a woman, it's a lot...\"\n\nThe duchess added: \"And also, thank you for asking, because not many people have asked if I'm OK...\"\n\nWhen asked if it would be fair to say it had \"really been a struggle\", Meghan said: \"Yes.\"\n\nThe duke and duchess visited southern Africa last month with their son Archie\n\nThe documentary Harry & Meghan: An African Journey airs on ITV on Sunday at 21:00 BST.\n\nPrince Harry described the memories surrounding the death of his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997 as \"a wound that festers\".\n\nOn the tour, the prince visited an anti-landmine project championed by his mother in Angola and told ITV it had been \"emotional\" to trace her footsteps.\n\n\"I think being part of this family, in this role, in this job, every single time I see a camera, every single time I hear a click, every single time I see a flash, it takes me straight back, so in that respect it's the worst reminder of her life, as opposed to the best.\"\n\nPrince Harry visited a landmine project championed by his late mother during the trip\n\nAs the tour ended, the duke and duchess both brought legal actions against the press.\n\nMeghan sued the Mail on Sunday over a claim that it unlawfully published one of her private letters.\n\nHarry filed his own proceedings at the High Court against the owners of the Sun, the defunct News of the World, and the Daily Mirror, in relation to alleged phone-hacking.", "The first Artemis rocket stage was guided towards the Pegasus barge\n\nThe first core stage for Nasa's \"mega-rocket\", the SLS, has left its factory in New Orleans for crucial tests to assess its readiness for launch.\n\nThe Space Launch System (SLS) is a critical part of the space agency's Artemis programme, which aims to return Americans to the Moon by 2024.\n\nThe core stage is the centrepiece of the new rocket and will undergo comprehensive testing in Mississippi.\n\nOn Wednesday, it was placed on a barge which will sail it to its destination.\n\nThe rocket, which will be taller than a 30-storey building, is being built for Nasa by Boeing.\n\nNasa deputy administrator Jim Morhard attended the roll-out of the rocket stage from the Michoud Assembly Facility (Maf) in New Orleans where it was built.\n\nThe core stage provides two million pounds of thrust to help power the first Artemis mission to the Moon\n\nHe said it represented \"an exciting leap forward in the Artemis program as Nasa teams make progress toward the launch pad\".\n\nThe rocket programme, which was announced in 2010, has been hit by delays and cost overruns.\n\nSome in the space community believe it would be better to launch deep space missions on commercial rockets. But supporters of the programme say that Nasa needs its own heavy-lift launch capability.\n\nAfter roll-out from the Maf, the core was loaded on to Nasa's Pegasus barge to travel by water to the Stennis Space Center near Bay St Louis in Mississippi.\n\nThe stage will be transported by water from its factory in New Orleans to Mississippi\n\nThe test campaign at Stennis is called the \"Green Run\", and will involve operating all the core stage systems simultaneously for the first time.\n\nThis will see the four powerful RS-25 engines fired for about eight minutes (or perhaps a little less), and throttled at different settings. This will mimic the levels of thrust needed during launch.\n\nThe SLS core stage contains two propellant tanks - one to hold liquid oxygen and another for liquid hydrogen. Together, they hold a combined 733,000 gallons (2.7 million litres) of propellant to power the engines.\n\nThe SLS was designed to re-use technology originally developed for the space shuttle programme, which ran from 1981-2011.\n\nThe B-2 test stand at Nasa's Stennis Space Center will be used for the Green Run campaign\n\nThe RS-25 thrusters are the same ones that powered the orbiter, and the SLS core stage is based on the external tank that fed the shuttle engines with propellant (albeit with significant modifications).\n\nTwo solid rocket boosters (SRBs) - similar to those that helped launch the shuttle - will sit either side of the SLS core.\n\nThe rocket will provide the power required to send the Orion spacecraft - Nasa's next-generation crew vehicle - on its way to the Moon. The rocket's maiden launch (Artemis-1) is expected to occur some time in 2021.\n\nArtwork: The SLS provides the power needed to send Orion on its way to the Moon\n\nLast year, John Shannon, who has been Boeing's head of the SLS programme since 2015, told me: \"I suspect that once SLS is in the national capability, there won't be a need for another heavy-lift vehicle like it for many years. So this is really a once-in-a-generation opportunity.\"\n\nThe core is the largest stage Nasa has ever had built at the Louisiana factory, including the Saturn V rocket stages for the Apollo programme.\n\n\"This is a historic moment for Nasa's Artemis programme and a proud time for the... team as the first flight article leaves the factory floor,\" said Julie Bassler, the Nasa SLS Stages manager.\n\nThe Orion crew vehicle, and its service module - provided by the European Space Agency - are being tested in Ohio\n\nMeanwhile, Nasa and its partners have completed production of the Orion spacecraft for the first Artemis mission. It is currently undergoing final testing at the Plum Brook Station in Ohio.\n\nFor the Artemis-1 mission, Orion will be sent on a loop around the Moon to test the hardware in deep space. The spacecraft will carry no crew.\n\nThe first mission to carry crew will be Artemis-2, which should send four astronauts on a lunar flyby.\n\nArtemis-3, which is being targeted for 2024, will see a man and a woman land at the lunar south pole - the first time astronauts will have travelled to the lunar surface since 1972.", "Louise Tiffney was 43 when she went missing in May 2002\n\nProsecutors have been given permission for a fresh prosecution of Sean Flynn, who was acquitted in 2005 of murdering his mother, Louise Tiffney.\n\nMs Tiffney was last seen in Edinburgh's Dean Village in May 2002. Her remains were found in East Lothian in 2017.\n\nThree judges have now set aside the previous verdict in the case.\n\nThey had considered arguments from prosecutors for a retrial under double jeopardy laws, which mean someone can be tried again on the same charges.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Women across Europe have taken to the streets over the past year to demand their governments do more to protect them from sexual violence.\n\nTheir anger was fuelled by two high-profile Spanish cases, which have forced countries to question how they prosecute rape.\n\nA minority of countries in Europe base their legal definition of rape on a lack of consent. In others, rape must involve some sort of violence or threat. But pressure is growing on this to change.\n\nProduced by Sara Monetta, filmed and edited by Andy Smythe.\n\nIf you have been affected by the issues raised in this video, help and support can be found at BBC Action Line.", "Wacky concept cars, flying machines and smart bikes are being exhibited at the CES tech show in Las Vegas.\n\nIn recent years, car tech has become an increasingly important staple of the expo as firms seek the next mega-product after the smartphone.\n\nChip-makers and app-creators are all piling in. But the traditional car-makers are not resting on their laurels.\n\nThe efforts go far beyond new sensors for driverless vehicles - this year there are a host of flamboyant designs for entire vehicles on show.\n\nHonda, for one, is allowing attendees to sit in its bulbous, buggy-like concept car with minimalistic driving controls.\n\nIt has no pedals and a disc-shaped steering wheel that is pushed or pulled like a giant button in order to control acceleration.\n\nFiat is exhibiting a version of its Centoventi modular concept car.\n\nBuyers can, in theory, mix and match the components.\n\nThis autonomous concept car from Audi has a retractable desk at the driver's seat.\n\nUseful for a game of bridge with your passenger?\n\nNot all the cars on show are mere concepts.\n\nFord's Mustang Mach E GT, below, is an electric vehicle set to be released by the end of the year.\n\nIt has a range of around 250 miles (402km) on a full charge and will cost $60,500 (£46,000).\n\nThere's also been some surprise appearances.\n\nSony, the electronics giant, startled CES by unveiling a whole concept car of its own called the Vision S.\n\nIts interior is crammed with entertainment tech, including a panoramic screen next to the dashboard.\n\nAnother car with a sizeable dashboard display is the Byton M-Byte electric vehicle.\n\nDuring a presentation, the Chinese start-up emphasised its idea that the car of the future would run on data power, not just horsepower.\n\nThe M-Byte is due to go on sale later this year.\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\nAmerican-Danish entrepreneur Henrik Fisker unveiled an electric sport utility vehicle, the Fisker Ocean, which he plans to make commercially available by early 2022.\n\nIt will cost $37,000 and have solar panels on its roof, he told attendees.\n\nToyota is displaying its LQ Level 4 concept car, which is designed for automated driving.\n\nIt also has a built-in artificial intelligence assistant of its own called Yui.\n\nA number of flying machine concepts are also on show.\n\nPerhaps the most talked about is Hyundai's S-A1 electric Urban Air Mobility concept vehicle.\n\nHyundai announced that it had entered a partnership with ride-hailing giant Uber and is seeking to manufacture flying taxis for the firm in the future.\n\nThe SA-1 is designed to reach speeds of 180mph.\n\nLast but not least, Cybic displayed its folding e-bike - with built-in Alexa voice assistant.\n\nIt allows riders to speak to Amazon's virtual assistant on the go, such as asking for directions or information about traffic and the weather.", "The singer received 30 first-place votes from the pundits who voted for the Sound Of 2020\n\nBritish-Jamaican soul singer Celeste has won BBC Music's Sound of 2020, which is given to artists who are tipped for success in the coming year.\n\nThe 25-year-old's entrancing voice and jazz-steeped songs made her the runaway winner, after votes were counted from 170 music critics and industry figures.\n\nShe joins the likes of Adele, Haim and Ellie Goulding, who have all topped the Sound Of... list in previous years.\n\nIndie band Easy Life came second, while pop-punk firebrand Yungblud was third.\n\n\"I'm really, really happy,\" Celeste said, after being told she'd won. \"It's like all of the work that went in throughout the [last] year wasn't invisible.\n\n\"I can't wait now to see what the rest of the year will look like. I'm so thrilled and so excited. I can't wait.\"\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 celesteVEVO 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\nBorn in Los Angeles and raised in Brighton, Celeste Waite started making music as a teenager, while working in pubs and charity shops to make ends meet.\n\nShe wrote her first song, Sirens, at the age of 17, in tribute to her Jamaican father, who had died of lung cancer a year earlier. The track was uploaded to YouTube, where it caught the attention of her manager - but success was still a long way off.\n\nThree years ago, the singer moved to London with just £100 in her pocket; but was fired from her job because she kept skipping work to write songs.\n\n\"I'd rather call in sick and go to the studio than have the money for that month,\" she tells the BBC, \"and there was a couple of months where I was like, 'What am I going to do?'\"\n\nLuckily, unemployment coincided with Celeste's discovery - first by Lily Allen's label Bank Holiday Records, which released her first EP, and later by Polydor, who signed her in 2018.\n\nSince then, she's supported Janelle Monáe, Neneh Cherry and Sound of 2012 winner Michael Kiwanuka on tour. Fellow soul singer Jorja Smith recently described Celeste as \"incredible, stunning, everything\".\n\n\"Celeste is a phenomenal talent, a voice that does not come around often and when you are exposed to it, is impossible to ignore,\" said Radio 1's Annie Mac, who has supported the singer on her show.\n\n\"I have received countless emotional texts from listeners who have had to sit in their car and lose themselves to her song Strange before carrying on with their evening. Her songwriting is personal and poignant but with universal appeal.\n\nCeleste's victory in the BBC Sound Of 2020 follows similar accolades from the Brits, where she received the rising star award, and BBC Music Introducing, who named her their artist of the year - but she says awards have never been the goal.\n\n\"When I write music I never think about whether anybody wants to listen to it,\" she explains. \"I just keep pushing myself in all these different ways where eventually, hopefully, I've made something distinct that can be enjoyed by other people.\"\n\nThe singer was born in LA but raised in Brighton after her parents split up\n\nCongratulations on winning the Sound Of 2020. How does it feel?\n\nThere's an element of heightened expectation, potentially. You really want to make sure you live up to it but, ultimately, it's really encouraging to know you're on the right track.\n\nWhat do you hope it will do for your career?\n\nHopefully it'll mean more people will hear my music. At the moment, there are people listening to it - but it's not, like, everyone in England, so I hope that will widen out.\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 Celeste 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 go right back to the beginning... What were you into as a kid?\n\nAll sorts of things. I was very hyperactive and I was very much into sports, and on Saturday I'd go to ballet. The teachers there took a liking to me and they told my mum, I could go to a performing arts school on a scholarship. So I went there for a year when I was 10.\n\nIt was really intense, everyone was being nurtured to be a product of the school.I remember saying to my mum, \"Everyone's like robots!\" So I went back to normal school with my friends.\n\nWas there a lot of music at home?\n\nNone of my family played a musical instrument - but there was such an appreciation for lyrics and melody. On a Friday night, we'd put music on and my step-dad would pick it apart, he'd be like, 'the strings in this part are nuts'. So without really thinking about it, I began to take note of those things myself.\n\nWhich artist got you hooked?\n\nMy granddad had this cherry red Jaguar, and he only had three CDs in it - but one of them was Aretha Franklin, and that's the one I remember the most.\n\nI love her for her storytelling - just how she structures her songs and her raw delivery and her emotion. From the first note she sings, it doesn't relent. That's something I'm interested in, in any music I listen to. It just has to be really raw and real and true.\n\nThe singer started her vinyl collection in the House Project Centre in Salt Dean, near Brighton\n\nIs it true that you started collecting vinyl in your teens?\n\nYeah! There was a charity shop at the top of my mum's road and I used to go in there and rummage around the vinyl section. Initially, I was just interested in the artwork - I didn't even have a record player at the time!\n\nA few years later, I got to listen to those things I'd been collecting for three years, music from the 50s and 60s like Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan and Shirley Bassey, and I was like, \"Woah, this sounds amazing!\"\n\nWere you already thinking you could become a singer?\n\nActually, at my college we were all encouraged to go to university and I started really optimistically. I took on loads of subjects - English literature, history, fine art and media studies - but then my dad passed away in the first term. I came back after that a bit bewildered and confused. I stopped working and going to classes, and I wasn't handing in my work.\n\nMy teachers were confused because I hadn't told them, or even my friends [about my dad dying]. When I finally explained, they gave me the opportunity to drop some subjects - and that's when I took up music. But most of the focus I put into that was in my own time. It wasn't in that class.\n\nWas it hard to be creative in school?\n\nDefinitely. If you're slightly more introvert, which I was at the time, you don't necessarily want to sing in a room of 20 or 30 people.\n\nBut I had some friends who played in bands and they were like, \"We've heard you can sing, do you want to come round to our house after school and try and play some stuff?\" And I loved it. It was self-discovery through my friends helping me build my self-confidence.\n\nCeleste made her Glastonbury debut on the BBC Introducing stage last June\n\nWe played a cover of Wild Wood by Paul Weller, and some other songs in a little bar underground near the seafront in Brighton. I just remember the process of being in that room and performing took over; and any nerves I had evaporated. People were surprised because they'd known me growing up but they had no idea I could sing.\n\nDaydreaming was the song that got you noticed. When was that written?\n\nI was actually working in a pub! It was one of the hottest days of the year and all my friends were texting me like, \"We're going to the beach!\" but I was stuck in work.\n\nAnd there was a little side door that used to blow open sometimes; and a tiny beam of light came through and hit the stage my boss had built to the left of the bar. I started imagining what it would be like to be to be in one of those amazing concert halls of the 1930s, singing under the spotlight - which was the light coming from the door - and I started writing down the lyrics for Daydreaming.\n\n\"Another day, another wage, work again / I'll play away, I'm drifting, not listening,\" and those were my thoughts exactly.\n\nYour family obviously play a big role in your music. Isn't that your mum on the artwork for She's My Sunshine?\n\nYes it is! That song's about her and the cover is mum in 1994 when she was pregnant with me. The other day she was like, \"I've gone viral!\" I was like, \"I don't think so\".\n\nCeleste's mother, Debbie, was a stylist who worked on films in Hong Kong and LA before returning to England\n\nFather's Son also talks about growing up in a single-parent family.\n\nYeah, a lot of my friends grew up in similar situations, especially my male friends, and we'd been having conversations about whether they'd inherited traits from their fathers, even though they hadn't grown up in the same household.\n\nWhen I met my dad for the first time as an adult, we had a very similar personality but it wasn't something witnessed and learned from him. So I thought, \"Yeah, maybe I am my father's daughter\".\n\nWhy do you sing \"Father's Son\" in the song?\n\nI went to a football match with my friends and there was graffiti on the wall that said, \"Father's Son\". I remember it like a film: England had lost, and it was all smoky and there was a pandemonium on in the background - people throwing traffic cones up in the air and all this stuff. But the phrase really struck me.\n\nStraight away I thought, \"Maybe I'm my father's son, because I'm surrounded by men and I feel this affinity with them, but I'm also myself and I'm still feminine\". That's why I wanted to write the song in the way I did.\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 3 by Celeste 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\nYour most recent single, Strange, has taken on a life of its own.\n\nI'm really pleased. Initially, people thought it wouldn't be easy to get it played on daytime radio, so I'm pleased I stuck to my guns.\n\nThe first time I first sang it, I got a feeling I'd be singing it a lot more...\n\nThe vocals are incredible. You're barely there, it's almost like a whisper, but it's so moving because of that.\n\nThanks very much! It's funny because I was actually in America when I recorded it and there were a lot of fires at the time. There was so much ash and smoke in the air that I found myself really husky, so when I went to the studio, I couldn't sing to the full extent. It made me approach singing and the chord structure in a different way. I went in with a whisper, because I was trying to be careful with my voice.\n\nI think it's that song in particular that's earned you the Sound Of 2020 and the Brit award... so what do you have planned for the rest of the year?\n\nI've hit the ground running in January and I'm not going to stop! I'm still working on my album and I'm aiming to complete it by the end of this year. I'm just hoping everything will align.\n\nCeleste was chosen for the BBC Sound of 2020 list by a panel of 170 music critics, broadcasters, festival bookers and previous nominees - including Lewis Capaldi, Chvrches and Billie Eilish. The top five were:\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch clips from the BBC Sound Of 2020 nominees\n\nOn 5 February, Annie Mac will host Sound of 2020 Live on BBC Radio 1 from 8-11pm, welcoming all of the longlisted artists to the BBC's legendary Maida Vale studios for a mixture of live performances and interviews, in front of a studio audience.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "M&S said it overestimated demand for tight-fitting men's clothing in the run-up to Christmas.\n\nAs a result, the High Street retailer said it had ordered more \"regular\" and \"relaxed-fit\" clothing for spring.\n\nM&S boss, Steve Rowe, said \"disappointing\" issues, such as the surplus of skinny menswear, held the firm back from a stronger performance over Christmas.\n\nWeak sales in clothing and homeware were offset by higher food sales.\n\nHowever Mr Rowe said M&S did have issues with the \"waste and supply chain\" in its food department over Christmas.\n\nThe retailer said it ordered too much food in the final two weeks before the big day.\n\nMeanwhile, an overly complex supply chain meant that food spent more time in the delivery system and less time on shelves.\n\nNevertheless, like-for-like food sales, which exclude takings from new stores, increased by 1.4% in the final 13 weeks of 2019.\n\nHowever, that growth was largely offset by a dip in the home and clothing departments at M&S.\n\nThe firm said customers were also more conservative when giving presents over Christmas.\n\nM&S said fewer customers bought items from its gift range, which includes things that could be considered token presents, such as fragrance sets.\n\nAs a result, like-for-like sales at M&S climbed just 0.2% in the final months of the year.\n\n\"Disappointing one-off issues - notably waste and supply chain in the food business, the shape of buy in menswear and performance in our gifting categories - held us back from delivering a stronger result,\" said Mr Rowe.\n\nHowever, the firm outperformed rivals Tesco and Sainsbury's, both of which saw sales slip during a similar period.\n\nRichard Lim, the boss of analyst firm Retail Economics, said M&S could be showing signs of recovery after what was a tough year for the business, which dropped out of the FTSE 100 in September.\n\n\"Food performed particularly well, benefiting from stronger underlying household finances, but consumers also responded positively to more competitive pricing,\" he said.\n\n\"While clothing and home lagged overall growth, it still improved on previous performances.\"\n\nBut investors were disappointed by the result.\n\nShares in the M&S fell by as much as 11.2% after it revealed its results on Thursday.", "Last updated on .From the section Winter Sports\n\nPolice are investigating after a performer was left in a life-threatening condition by a fall during rehearsals for the Winter Youth Olympic Games opening ceremony in Switzerland.\n\nThe unnamed Russian skater, who lives in Germany, fell from a height of five metres as she was being lifted by a metal ring attached to a cable in the Vaudoise Arena ice rink.\n\nThe 35-year-old was seriously injured after \"suddenly losing her balance\" and falling on to the ice, according to police in Lausanne.\n\nLausanne 2020 organisers and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said they were \"saddened to hear of an accident\".\n\n\"Lausanne 2020 and the IOC wish the performer a fast and full recovery,\" they added in a statement.\n\nThe opening ceremony for the Winter Youth Olympic Games takes place on 9 January.", "Kelechi Iheanacho's equaliser gave Leicester City a deserved draw to leave the Carabao Cup semi-final against Aston Villa delicately poised after an entertaining encounter at the King Power Stadium.\n\nSubstitute Iheanacho finished emphatically from Jamie Vardy's pass with 16 minutes left to give The Foxes the reward their incessant second-half pressure merited to set up a tense second leg at Villa Park.\n\nVilla, struggling with injuries after goalkeeper Tom Heaton and striker Wesley were ruled out for the season, defended with organisation and resilience to protect the lead given to them after 28 minutes when Frederic Guilbert stole in at the far post to meet Anwar El Ghazi's cross.\n\nEzri Konsa's header also struck the bar for Villa but Leicester applied most of the pressure with keeper Orjan Nyland saving twice from James Maddison and Vardy, who also shot just wide late on, before he was beaten by Iheanacho's powerful strike from 12 yards.\n\nThe second leg at Villa Park takes place on Tuesday, 28 January.\n• None Reaction to action from the King Power Stadium\n• None Quiz: Name all EFL Cup semi-finalists of the 2010s\n\nEngland manager Gareth Southgate was in the stands at The King Power Stadium to cast his eye over several players as he finalises his Euro 2020 plans.\n\nVilla defender Tyrone Mings and Leicester pair James Maddison and Ben Chilwell have already won full caps - so Southgate will have been paying particular attention to Jack Grealish, who has been a key figure for Dean Smith's side this season.\n\nGrealish is yet to make the breakthrough to full England status and his midfield battle with Maddison, who is yet to fully convince Southgate, was an intriguing sub-plot to this semi-final.\n\nAnd the Villa captain did not disappoint, surely pressing his claims for inclusion in England's squad and the opportunity to put himself in contention for this summer's Euros.\n\nVilla spent much of the game on the back foot but Grealish was composed and strong on the ball when he got the chance, always looking for the chance to play the decisive pass on the rare occasions they were able to build pressure.\n\nMaddison is currently ahead of Grealish in Southgate's pecking order, but this classy display from the 24-year-old will have given Southgate food for thought as Villa set up a platform to give themselves a real chance of reaching the EFL Cup Final against either Manchester City or Manchester United.\n\nLeicester City were not quite at their fluent best that has taken them into second place in the Premier League, forcing their way between runaway leaders Liverpool and reigning champions Manchester City.\n\nAnd yet, despite this, the Foxes showed real determination and patience to maintain the pressure until marksman Vardy turned creator with an astute pass that released Iheanacho for his late leveller.\n\nThere were occasions when the home crowd, largely supportive, became impatient as Leicester probed but they stayed true to the principles of manager Brendan Rodgers and no-one apart from Villa could complain about their equaliser.\n\nRodgers would have wanted victory from this home leg but he looked satisfied at the final whistle, clearly believing this is a result Leicester City can work with at Villa Park, where their pace and power on the break - spearheaded by Vardy - may be an even bigger weapon than it was here, as it was in their recent 4-1 league victory.\n\n'He has really come to the fore' - reaction\n\nLeicester boss Brendan Rodgers: \"Kelechi is a big talent. He didn't play a lot of football at Manchester City and it takes a bit of time to adapt.\n\n\"But since I've come in his confidence has grown and grown and we believe in him and believe in his talent and this season he has really come to the fore.\n\n\"He works so hard every day. He's either making a goal or scoring a goal now and he works so hard in his pressing game. He was a threat when he came on against Villa and I'm delighted for him.\"\n\nAston Villa manager Dean Smith: \"It should be a good second leg, all square and a boisterous crowd, a full house.\n\n\"It wasn't the performance I wanted, Leicester were the better team but we defended well at times. We have to be honest, they created chances as well. We were loose on the ball tonight, we've got to do better.\n\n\"I'm certainly content with a draw, just not the performance. We gave away a farcical goal. Ezri Konsa has got brain dazzled. A disappointing goal but it sums up some of our performance on the night. We did get in a lot of tackles and blocks.\"\n• None Villa have scored 17 League Cup goals this season - their most since 2012-13, with Villa last scoring more in the 1999-00 campaign (18).\n• None Villa have not kept a clean sheet on the road in all competitions in their last 17 games, last doing so against Bolton Wanderers in April 2019.\n• None Iheanacho has been directly involved in seven goals in his five competitive appearances against Aston Villa (five goals, two assists) - more than any other opponent in his professional club career.\n• None Vardy has provided five assists in his 22 appearances in all competitions this season; as many as he got for Leicester City in the previous two campaigns (five assists in 78 apps).\n• None El Ghazi has been directly involved in 11 goals in all competitions for Aston Villa this season (five goals, six assists); only Grealish has more for the Villans (14).\n• None Guilbert's goal in the 28th minute was Aston Villa's only shot on target in the match. In fact, they only recorded three shots in the entire game - the lowest total they have registered in all competitions since May 2016 against Newcastle United (two shots).\n• None No player had more shots (eight), shots on target (two) or created more chances (four) than Leicester's Maddison in this match, with Grealish having zero shots and recording just one key pass by comparison.\n\nLeicester are home to Southampton in the league on Saturday (15:00 GMT) and Villa host Manchester City on Sunday (16:30 GMT)\n• None Attempt saved. Çaglar Söyüncü (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Christian Fuchs.\n• None Attempt missed. Marc Albrighton (Leicester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jamie Vardy.\n• None Attempt blocked. James Maddison (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Christian Fuchs.\n• None Attempt missed. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ricardo Pereira following a fast break.\n• None Attempt missed. James Maddison (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Jamie Vardy. 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. \"She was full of dreams and now they're gone\": Vigil held for Iran plane crash victims in Toronto\n\nIn the aftermath of the deadly Ukraine Flight PS752 crash, Canadians are left to mourn not just the loss of life but the bright futures snatched away, write Jessica Murphy and Robin Levinson-King.\n\nIn a small room inside a student housing complex at the University of Toronto, more than a hundred people gathered to mourn, pray and share stories of the loved ones they lost in Ukraine Flight PS752.\n\nThe space, which is typically used as a student common area, had been transformed into a kind of funeral parlour, decorated with candles, white bouquets and photos of the victims. Most of the service was in Persian, and tea and sweets were served.\n\nLike many being held across the country, the vigil on Wednesday evening was an impromptu event, quickly put together in the hours after the plane went down earlier that morning.\n\nMany were still in shock from the news, less than 24 hours old.\n\n\"She was full of dreams, and now they're gone,\" Elnaz Morshedi told the BBC between sobs. Her friend, University of Toronto student Zeynab Asadi Lari, was killed in the crash.\n\nMs Morshedi says Ms Lari, who was studying health sciences, had wanted to volunteer with Doctors Without Borders next semester.\n\n\"She was studying all the time, but she wanted to live, she wanted to have fun, to fall in love. And she doesn't have time for this anymore.\"\n\nMs Lari's brother, Mohammad Asadi Lari, also died in the crash. He was the co-founder of STEM fellowship, a youth-run charity that helps students in the maths and sciences.\n\n\"They were the best of us,\" Ms Morshedi says.\n\nAll 176 people on board the flight were killed when the plane crashed shortly after takeoff in Iran.\n\nSixty-three of them were Canadian nationals, but many more called Canada their home, at least temporarily.\n\nThey lived in cities like Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and Edmonton. Many were students or professors, working on important research in their fields.\n\nUS sanctions have made it increasingly difficult to travel between Iran and Canada, and the Ukraine International Airlines flight from Tehran to Kiev and then to Toronto is popular because it is one of the most affordable options for the journey, said Younes Zangiabadi with the Iranian Canadian Congress.\n\nSome 63 Canadians were on the Tehran to Kiev flight, en route to Toronto\n\nThe deaths have cast a pall over university campuses across the country.\n\n\"You look at the odds of such a thing happening to you,\" said Seyed Hossein Mortazavi with disbelief, \"but I suppose that's fate.\"\n\n\"They definitely didn't expect this. None of us did. But I think it's just a burden the whole community has to carry.\"\n\nCanada is home to a large Iranian diaspora, with some 210,000 citizens of Iranian descent, according to the federal census. But Mr Mortazavi said that on campuses the community feels small.\n\n\"Nearly anybody in our community knows someone on that plane, through friends, through family,\" he said.\n\nCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed to ensure the cause of the crash was found.\n\n\"Canadians have questions and they deserve answers,\" he told media in Ottawa on Wednesday evening.\n\nMr Trudeau said Canada would work closely with its partners to ensure the crash is thoroughly investigated - and would be requesting the presence of Canadian officials in Tehran to assist families seeking consular assistance, as well as to participate in any investigation into the cause of the incident.\n\nTo those who lost family members and loved ones, he said \"your loss is indescribable\".\n\n\"This is a heartbreaking tragedy. While no words will erase your pain, we want you to know that an entire country is with you, we share your grief.\"\n\nIt was truly a national tragedy, leaving families and loved ones in mourning across the country.\n\nAnd each story was a tragedy in itself.\n\nIn Vancouver, Ardalan Ebnoddin Hamidi, Niloofar Razzaghi, and their teenage son Kamyar were on the flight, confirmed family friend Kei Esmaeilpour, with the Civic Association of Iranian-Canadians.\n\nMr Esmaeilpour said the family were in Iran for a short vacation, and that his friend Ardalan had expressed concerns to him before leaving about the security situation there, but eventually decided to go on the trip.\n\nHe said people who knew the family were asking how something like this could have happened.\n\nTwo separate couples were killed on the way back from their weddings in Iran.\n\nEngineer Siavash Ghafouri-Azar was returning home with his new wife, Sara Mamani, when the plane crashed.\n\nThe couple had just bought their first home near the Canadian city of Montreal, and were looking forward to throwing a house-warming party, said his former thesis supervisor Ali Dolatabadi, an engineering professor at Concordia University.\n\n\"It is a great loss,\" Mr Dolatabadi told the BBC. \"He was very intelligent, a gentleman. He had a kind and a gentle soul.\"\n\nThe couple had met a few years earlier at Concordia and both went on to work at top engineering firms in Montreal. They had decided to get married in Iran because they wanted to celebrate with family, Mr Dolatabadi said.\n\nPedram Mousavi and Mojgan Daneshmand with their two daughters\n\nNewlyweds Arash Pourzarabi, 26, and Pouneh Gourji, 25, were graduate students in computer science at the University of Alberta and were also returning to Canada from their wedding.\n\nThe crash also claimed the lives of two young girls, Daria and Dorina Mousavi, aged 14 and 9, along with their parents, Pedram Mousavi and Mojgan Daneshmand, who taught at the University of Alberta.\n\nPayman Parseyman, an Iranian-Canadian from Edmonton, said the community was devastated as they learned that many from the city's Iranian diaspora, as well as foreign Iranian students who had been studying there, had been on flight PS752.\n\n\"It's mostly been shock, disbelief,\" he told the BBC.\n\nCanadians across the country mourned lost family members and loved ones\n\nHe said many Iranian-Canadians were already glued to their televisions or the internet watching for news about the ballistic missile strikes launched by Iran on air bases housing US forces in Iraq late on Tuesday evening, and ended up watching early reports on the plane crash in real time.\n\nPeople were quick to begin connecting via the Telegram messaging app, seeking information and finding ways to support the families and loved ones of those killed.\n\nCanada has not had diplomatic representation in Iran since 2012, when it closed its embassy in Tehran and expelled Iranian diplomats from Ottawa.\n\nOfficials said a number of allies, including France, Italy, and Australia, have offered Canada assistance on the ground in Iran.\n\n\"We've been having such a split as a community these past few months,\" says Mr Mortazavi, who attended the vigil at the University of Toronto.\n\n\"I hope this acts as a turning point for all of us, so that people start reflecting about each other, about the friendships.\"", "The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will not return as working members of the Royal Family, Buckingham Palace has said.\n\nThe couple said last year that they would step back as \"senior\" royals, and work to become financially independent.\n\nIn 2016, Kensington Palace released a statement confirming Harry had been dating US actress Meghan Markle \"for a few months\". They were pictured in public for the first time in Toronto, attending a wheelchair tennis match during the 2017 Invictus Games.\n\nThey announced their engagement a few weeks after being first pictured together. Meghan told BBC News that Harry's proposal was \"just an amazing surprise, it was so sweet and natural and very romantic\".\n\nIn February 2018, the couple took part in their first joint engagement with Prince Harry's brother and sister-in-law, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. As Meghan joined their Royal Foundation charity, Harry joked the foursome were now \"stuck together\".\n\nThe couple were married at Windsor Castle, on 19 May 2018, with 1,200 public invitations to the grounds of the castle. They travelled through the town in a horse-drawn carriage.\n\nUp to 100,000 well-wishers lined the route as the duke and duchess travelled through Windsor.\n\nThe couple exchanged vows and rings before the Queen and 600 guests at St George's Chapel.\n\nThe couple kissed on the steps of St George's Chapel.\n\nThe Queen, Duke of Edinburgh and other members of the Royal Family attended the wedding.\n\nThe newlyweds held hands after the ceremony.\n\nIn June 2018, the Queen and the duchess were seen at their first royal engagement together, as they officially opened the Mersey Gateway Bridge and Chester's Storyhouse Theatre.\n\nThat autumn, Kensington Palace revealed the duchess was pregnant and the couple's baby was due in the spring. Shortly after the announcement, they embarked on their first official overseas tour, visiting Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga.\n\nOn one of their engagements, the couple posed with OneWave, a surfing community group that raises awareness of mental health and wellbeing, at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia\n\nOn 6 May, 2019, Meghan gave birth to a boy, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, who became seventh in line to the throne. Harry told reporters: \"It's been the most amazing experience I could ever possibly imagine\".\n\nIn June 2019, the couple announced they were splitting from the charity they shared with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, to set up their own foundation.\n\nLast autumn, Archie travelled with the couple to southern Africa on their first royal tour as a family, and was a big hit with Archbishop Desmond Tutu.\n\nAn image of a beaming Prince Harry holding his son while on an extended stay in Canada was released by the couple as part of an Instagram compilation summing up their year.\n\nFollowing their trip, the couple were pictured in January on a visit to Canada House.\n\nIn February, the couple announced that they are expecting their second child.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Royal correspondent Jonny Dymond: \"It is very clear the palace is very upset about what has happened\"\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex have announced they will step back as \"senior\" royals and work to become financially independent.\n\nIn a statement, Prince Harry and Meghan also said they plan to split their time between the UK and North America.\n\nThe BBC understands no other royal - including the Queen or Prince William - was consulted before the statement and Buckingham Palace is \"disappointed\".\n\nSenior royals are understood to be \"hurt\" by the announcement.\n\nLast October, Prince Harry and Meghan publicly revealed their struggles under the media spotlight.\n\nIn their unexpected statement on Wednesday, also posted on their Instagram page, the couple said they made the decision \"after many months of reflection and internal discussions\".\n\n\"We intend to step back as 'senior' members of the Royal Family and work to become financially independent, while continuing to fully support Her Majesty The Queen.\"\n\nThey said they plan to balance their time between the UK and North America while \"continuing to honour our duty to the Queen, the Commonwealth, and our patronages\".\n\n\"This geographic balance will enable us to raise our son with an appreciation for the royal tradition into which he was born, while also providing our family with the space to focus on the next chapter, including the launch of our new charitable entity.\"\n\nBBC royal correspondent Jonny Dymond said the fact palace officials said they were \"disappointed\" is \"pretty strong\".\n\n\"I think it indicates a real strength of feeling in the palace tonight - maybe not so much about what has been done but about how it has been done - and the lack of consultation I think will sting.\n\n\"This is clearly a major rift between Harry and Meghan on one part, and the rest of the Royal Family on the other.\"\n\nA Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said discussions with the duke and duchess on their decision to step back were \"at an early stage\", adding: \"We understand their desire to take a different approach, but these are complicated issues that will take time to work through.\"\n\nOver Christmas, the couple took a six-week break from royal duties to spend some time in Canada with their son, Archie, who was born in May.\n\nAfter returning to the UK on Tuesday, Harry, 35, and Meghan, 38, visited Canada's High Commission in London to thank the country for hosting them and said the warmth and hospitality they received was \"unbelievable\".\n\nThe couple, together with their son Archie, recently spent time in Canada\n\nDuring the visit, Meghan said it was an \"incredible time\" to enjoy the \"beauty of Canada\".\n\n\"To see Archie go 'ah' when you walk by, and just see how stunning it is - so it meant a lot to us.\"\n\nFormer actress Meghan lived and worked in Toronto during her time starring in the popular US drama Suits, and she has several Canadian friends.\n\nClose up, it was painfully clear that there were great chunks of the job they simply could not stand.\n\nBoth of them appeared to come alive with the crowds. But Harry hated the cameras and was visibly bored by the ceremonial.\n\nAnd though Meghan was often the consummate professional, at times her impatience with the everyday slog of the role sometimes broke through.\n\nShe said she didn't want to become a voiceless figurehead; but when she raised her voice, she found criticism waiting for her.\n\nThey both made their feelings known in the 2019 interview with ITV's Tom Bradby.\n\nBut beyond the detail, what was so shocking was how unhappy they both seemed. The sun-drenched wedding of the year before seemed like a dream; here were two people visibly struggling with their lives and positions.\n\nThere are far more questions than answers; what will their new role be? Where will they live, and who will pay for it? What relationship will they have with the rest of the Royal Family?\n\nAnd there's the institutional question. What does this mean for the Royal Family?\n\nIt comes just a few months after Prince Andrew stepped back from his duties. Some might see this as the slimmed-down monarchy that the 21st century needs.\n\nBut Harry and Meghan reached people that other royals didn't.\n\nThey were part of the reinvention and refreshing of the institution. This was not the way anyone would have planned its future.\n\nFormer Buckingham Palace press officer Dickie Arbiter suggested the decision showed Prince Harry's \"heart ruling his head\".\n\nHe told the BBC the \"massive press onslaught\" when their son Archie was born may have played a part in the decision.\n\nAnd he compared the move to Edward VIII's abdication in 1936 in order to marry twice-divorced American Wallis Simpson.\n\n\"That is the only other precedent, but there's been nothing like this in modern times,\" Mr Arbiter said.\n\nMeghan and Prince Harry married in May 2018\n\nAsked how being a \"part-time\" member of the Royal Family might work, Mr Arbiter said he did not know.\n\n\"If they're going to be based in the UK, it means they are going to be doing a lot of flying [with] a big carbon footprint,\" he said, adding that this may \"raise eyebrows\".\n\nHe also questioned how the couple would become financially independent.\n\n\"I mean, Harry is not a poor man, but to settle yourself in two different continents, to raise a family, to continue to do your work - how's the work going to be funded?\n\n\"How is their security going to be funded?\n\n\"Because they're still going to have to have security - who's going to have to pay for this? Where's the security coming from? Is the Metropolitan Police going to be providing it and if so whether there's going to be any contribution in covering the security cost?\"\n\nMr Arbiter also suggested questions would be raised over why £2.4m of taxpayer's money was spent on renovating the couple's home, Frogmore Cottage in Windsor, if they will now be living elsewhere for some of the year.\n\nHarry and Meghan met senior Canadian diplomats in London earlier this week\n\nBBC royal correspondent Jonny Dymond said the couple have \"considerable savings\", including Harry's inheritance from Princess Diana's estate and the money Meghan earned as an actress.\n\nBut, asked about whether they might get jobs, he added: \"There is a problem for members of the Royal Family - relatively senior ones, even if they say they're no longer senior - getting jobs, because they are seen to monetise their brand and you run into a whole host of questions about conflict of interest\".\n\nHe added that we are now in \"wait and see mode\" as to whether this new model of being a royal can work - \"or if this is really a staging post for them to leave the Royal Family\".\n\nThe Prince of Wales pays for the public duties of Harry, Meghan, William and Kate and some of their private costs, out of his Duchy of Cornwall income, which was £21.6m last year.\n\nAccounts from Clarence House show this funding - in the year Meghan officially joined the Royal Family - stood at just over £5m, up 1.8% on 2017-18.\n\nRoyal author Penny Junor said she \"can't quite see how it's going to work\", adding: \"I don't think it's been properly thought through.\"\n\n\"I think it's extraordinary but also I think it's rather sad,\" she said. \"They may not feel they are particularly loved but actually they are very much loved.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. In a 2019 interview Meghan said it was a “struggle” becoming a mother amid intense media scrutiny\n\nHarry is sixth in line to the throne - behind Prince Charles, Prince William and his three children.\n\nIn an ITV documentary last year, Meghan admitted motherhood was a \"struggle\" due to intense interest from newspapers.\n\nPrince Harry also responded to reports of a rift between him and his brother William, the Duke of Cambridge, by saying they were on \"different paths\".\n\nIn October, the duchess began legal action against the Mail on Sunday over a claim that it unlawfully published one of her private letters.\n\nAnd the duke also began legal action against the owners of the Sun, the defunct News of the World, and the Daily Mirror, in relation to alleged phone-hacking.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prince Harry on his brother, William in 2019: \"We are certainly on different paths at the moment\"\n\nPrince Harry also released a statement, saying: \"I lost my mother and now I watch my wife falling victim to the same powerful forces.\"\n\nThe duke and duchess moved out of Kensington Palace, where the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge live, in 2018 to set up their family home in Windsor.\n\nThen last summer, they split from the charity they shared with Prince William and Kate to set up their own charitable projects.\n\nThe couple's announcement on Wednesday comes two months after the Duke of York withdrew from public life after a BBC interview about his ties to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who killed himself in August.", "Retail group John Lewis Partnership has warned its staff bonus may be in doubt as it reported a fall in festive sales at its department store chain.\n\nIt warned that annual partnership profits were expected to be \"substantially down on last year\".\n\nThe board will meet in February to decide if it is \"prudent\" to pay the staff bonus, the partnership said.\n\nIn a surprise announcement, John Lewis & Partners also said its managing director Paula Nickolds will step down.\n\nThe partnership has been combining the executive teams behind John Lewis and Waitrose into one team, and she was expected to become executive director of brand next month when the teams merged.\n\nJohn Lewis said: \"After some reflection on the responsibilities of her proposed new role, we have decided together that the implementation of the future partnership structure in February is the right time for her to move on.\"\n\nMs Nickolds was the first woman to become managing director of the partnership, having worked her way up after joining as a graduate trainee in 1994.\n\nShe will leave the partnership next month.\n\nThere will be another big change at the top of the partnership in February, when top former civil servant Sharon White will take over as chair.\n\nOutgoing chairman Sir Charlie Mayfield said the decision for Ms Nickolds to step down was taken by both of them.\n\n\"Paula has been a brilliant leader of this business for many years,\" he said. \"We decided together now is the time to step away.\"\n\nMs Nickolds had been a rising star in the business. When asked about what had changed between October and January, Sir Charlie said: \"Things change. People's desires, people's perspectives change.\n\n\"My perspective is that what we've done and what we're doing is the right thing to do.\"\n\nThe decision on whether or not to pay the traditional staff bonus, which will be taken by Ms White, will be \"influenced by our level of profitability, planned investment and maintaining the strength of our balance sheet\", the partnership said.\n\nThe John Lewis Partnership is owned by its staff, who are known as partners.\n\nThe last time that staff did not receive a bonus was in 1953.\n\nHowever, whether or not it would be paid was in doubt last year.\n\nIn March 2019, the partnership cut the bonus after a plunge in profits.\n\nJohn Lewis warned that this time around, full-year profits might not be enough for it to pay out any bonus.\n\nThe partnership fell to a loss in the first half of 2019, as it warned of \"difficult\" trading conditions and \"subdued consumer confidence\".\n\nIt said on Thursday that it would reverse those losses, but it warned that profits would still be \"substantially down\" on the previous year.\n\nSir Charlie said that profits had been hit \"because we are price competitive, because we match prices\".\n\nJohn Lewis has a price comparison promise enshrined in its \"never knowingly undersold\" slogan, which commits it to matching the prices of High Street competitors, but not those of online-only competitors.\n\nTrading conditions are tough at the moment, he said.\n\n\"Unfortunately, you can't choose the weather. When the weather is fine, you make hay - and we did.\n\n\"You have to use the winter to sow the seeds for the next harvest.\"\n\nChristmas sales at John Lewis department stores were down 2% on a like-for-like basis, the partnership said.\n\nSales in its home and technology departments were weak, down 3.4% and 4% respectively in the seven weeks from 17 November to 4 January.\n\nBut it said beauty department sales were up 4.7% and Black Friday department store sales jumped 10%.\n\nAt the same time, Waitrose sales rose 0.4%, which Sir Charlie described as \"a good sales performance\" in a \"weak grocery market\".\n\nJulie Palmer, a partner at Begbies Traynor, said the results were \"a huge dent to John Lewis' recovery plans\".\n\n\"A company that was once placed on a pedestal as the future of retail by government and analysts has had its legs taken from under it, leaving it stumbling battered and bruised into 2020,\" she said.\n\nThe \"never knowingly undersold\" promise \"continues to erode margins as it seeks to compete on price with competitors that have leaner operations and lower overheads\", she said.\n\n\"The rules of this promise may need to be reviewed and renewed if the retailer is to start turning around, and a savvy operator with Treasury experience like Sharon White may be just the kind of mind needed to do it,\" Ms Palmer added.", "A six-year-old who sparked a nine-hour search when he vanished from a service station was asleep when he was found beside the motorway, his father said.\n\nAadil Umair Rahim was on a school trip when he went missing from Newport Pagnell services on the M1, near Milton Keynes, on Friday.\n\nMore than 1,000 people joined a search for the Nottingham schoolboy.\n\nUmair Rahim said his son was \"perfectly fine\", adding: \"Police told me he was sleeping when they found him.\"\n\nAadil was found near roadworks just off the northbound carriageway at about 04:15.\n\n\"I have no idea if he was outside for the whole nine hours,\" his father said.\n\nMr Rahim said his son and his classmates had been visiting museums in London \"and the group had stopped at the services for a comfort break\".\n\nHe said he was grateful to the emergency services, and \"those members of [the] public who sacrificed their evening to assist with the search for our son\".\n\nAadil was found about half a mile from the service station where he went missing\n\nSearch-and-rescue teams from four regions deployed 54 searchers, three dogs, and a boat to search for Aadil.\n\nInitially it was thought the schoolboy could be hiding in the service station, but concern grew over the hours when there was no sign of him.\n\nBuckinghamshire Search and Rescue's Al Goffey said \"it was a very cold Friday night\", with temperatures falling to 1C, and \"there was a lot of concern for his safety and wellbeing\".\n\nSearchers went out \"to 350-500m in all directions\" to try to find the six-year-old.\n\nMr Goffey said the boy had \"managed to walk up through some fields\" and was found close to a footbridge near Newbolt Close.\n\nSupt Amy Clements described the search as \"a challenging operation in difficult circumstances\", and added that \"the community response was immense\".\n\nThey lost the boy at Newport Pagnell\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The olive ridley turtle is normally found off the warmer shores of Mexico\n\nA rare turtle has been rescued off the south coast by two women who were out swimming.\n\nThe injured olive ridley turtle, usually found in Mexico or the Canaries, was spotted 20m off Seaford beach in East Sussex.\n\nEmma Holter and Lisa Glandfield brought the reptile to shore and saw it had injuries to its face and shell.\n\nThey called the British Divers Marine Life Rescue, which took the turtle to Brighton Sea Life centre for treatment.\n\nThis vulnerable species of turtle was also found in British waters in 2016, off the north coast of Wales.\n\nEmma Holter (left) and Lisa Glandfield pulled the turtle to shore\n\nCorinne Gordon, a marine medic, said: \"She does have some damage but her injuries are not life threatening.\n\n\"However, it is a big concern that she only had a temperature of 10.8C when picked up. She is in cold shock.\n\n\"We are really hoping she survives.\"\n\nThe turtle weights 2.5kg and is less than half a metre in length - olive ridleys usually grow to about 1m\n\nOnce the juvenile turtle is at a more natural temperature for her breed, it is hoped she will be able to feed, Ms Gordon added.\n\nNettie Glandfield was with her mother Lisa when the reptile was brought to shore.\n\n\"We thought she may be dead, but every now and then she would make a small movement,\" she said.\n\n\"The beach was windy, so we wrapped her in a wet towel to keep her a bit warmer, and sheltered, until the vet arrived.\n\n\"She wasn't very big, about the size of a Jack Russell, and she's so far from home.\"\n\nThe name of the olive ridley derives from the generally greenish colour of its skin and shell\n\nDr Sky Yates, a vet who helped with the rescue and confirmed the markings and colour were consistent with the olive ridley breed, said: \"It was so bizarre seeing this turtle on Seaford beach.\n\n\"She's got a long way to go with recovery, but the ladies who pulled her from the water did a great job.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nLiverpool's procession towards their first title in 30 years continued with a hard-fought win over Manchester United at Anfield that extended their lead at the top of the table to 16 points with a game in hand.\n\nThe hosts were the superior side but faced late United pressure as they defended Virgil van Dijk's 14th-minute header, before wrapping up the win in style in injury time when goalkeeper Alisson's long clearance set Mohamed Salah clear to score and spark wild celebrations among supporters now convinced that long wait is coming to an end.\n\nLiverpool could have emphasised their superiority as Roberto Firmino had a goal contentiously ruled out by the video assistant referee for Van Dijk's challenge on David de Gea, while the United keeper touched Jordan Henderson's shot on to the post and Salah missed an open goal from six yards.\n\nUnited, who had striker Marcus Rashford ruled out for a lengthy period before kick-off with a back injury, actually had chances of their own. Andreas Pereira turned wide of an open goal in the first half and Anthony Martial shot over the top from an inviting position after the break.\n\nIt came as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side rallied in the second half, but it was to no avail and Liverpool march relentlessly on, with 21 wins from their first 22 games.\n• None Goodison? The Etihad? When & where can Reds win the league?\n\nIt is simply a case of when the coronation comes as Liverpool reeled off yet another win en route to the Premier League title. They are not only doing their own job but watching in satisfaction as the chasing pack - chasing from afar it must be said - fall further behind, with dropped points for Manchester City and Leicester City on Saturday and Sunday respectively.\n\nThere was rare anxiety around Anfield in the closing minutes before the sweet release of Salah's goal - Alisson rightly running the length of the pitch to join in the celebrations after his long clearance sent the Egyptian clear to score.\n\nLiverpool could have wrapped up victory more comfortably, but with the imperious Van Dijk at the back and menace up front, it is hard to see how they can be stopped in one game - and they certainly will not be in this title race.\n\nAnd, of course, victory was made even sweeter as it was at the expense of Manchester United, the old foe who famously fulfilled Sir Alex Ferguson's promise to knock Liverpool off their perch.\n\nUnited now trail Liverpool by 30 points and this is not a gap that flatters Klopp's men.\n\nThe gulf is not only huge between Liverpool and United. In the Premier League context, it is huge between Liverpool and the rest of the Premier League.\n• None Everyone can celebrate apart from us - Liverpool boss Klopp\n• None How did you rate Liverpool & Man Utd players?\n\nManchester United may point to the fact they were in with a chance of gaining a point until the closing moments here but any suggestion they matched Liverpool is an exercise in delusion.\n\nIn United's defence they are without key players such as Rashford, Scott McTominay and Paul Pogba but they now trail Liverpool on and off the pitch by an embarrassing margin.\n\nSolskjaer's side were clinging on for so much of this game and squandered the big opportunities when they came in the shape of those chances for Pereira and Martial.\n\nMartial's wild finish was symptomatic of his performance. United were counting on him even more in Rashford's absence but he simply failed to deliver. He was laboured and lack-lustre.\n\nUnited did close down Liverpool's potent full-backs Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andrew Robertson for large parts of the game but there is a glaring lack of quality that has been exposed so often this season.\n\nLiverpool found it was a very long way back to title glory once momentum had been lost and too many poor decisions made.\n\nOn this evidence, it does not look like it will be any easier for Manchester United.\n• None No Rashford, no fear factor for Man Utd - Jenas analysis\n\n'The energy was incredible' - what they said\n\nLiverpool manager Jurgen Klopp: \"It's a big relief, I was really happy with 85-90% of the game, we were brilliant. We dominated the game, especially in the first half. The energy they put on the pitch was incredible.\n\n\"On a normal day we would have scored three times in the first half and in the second half until 65 minutes we should have been more clear.\n\n\"But then United have obvious quality, played a bit more football and we had to defend. There were little mistakes here and there, we didn't use possession well enough and so the game stays open.\n\n\"Then we scored a wonderful, wonderful goal at the end, a really good feeling.\"\n\nManchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: \"The players gave us everything. Today we hung on a bit at the start of second half, but the last 25-30 minutes we pressed them and pushed them back. I'm disappointed with conceding from a corner and with the last kick - but very many positives.\n\n\"I felt in the second half we performed really well against a good team and at a difficult place.\n\n\"We didn't have quality with our finishing or last pass. Fred was absolutely top and David de Gea. As a team we worked together as a unit.\"\n\n91 from 93 - Liverpool's incredible run and other stats\n• None Liverpool have won consecutive home Premier League games against Manchester United for the first time since winning three in a row between September 2008 and March 2011.\n• None Manchester United have lost nine of their last 16 away Premier League games (W3 D4 L9), failing to score in eight of those games.\n• None Liverpool have taken 91 points from the last 93 available to them in the Premier League (P31 W30 D1).\n• None Liverpool became the first team since Arsenal in 2001-02 to score in their first 22 Premier League matches of the season - the Gunners went on to score in every game and win the title that season.\n• None Liverpool have kept seven consecutive Premier League clean sheets for the first time since December 2006 (seven in a row).\n• None Since the start of last season, Liverpool full-back Trent Alexander-Arnold has more Premier League assists than any other player (21).\n• None Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson became the first Reds goalkeeper to assist a Premier League goal since March 2010, when Pepe Reina assisted against Sunderland.\n\nLiverpool travel to Wolves on Thursday, 23 January (20:00 GMT) while Manchester United are at home to Burnley one day earlier (20:15).\n• None Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.\n• None Goal! Liverpool 2, Manchester United 0. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alisson following a fast break.\n• None Attempt saved. Juan Mata (Manchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aaron Wan-Bissaka.\n• None Attempt blocked. Aaron Wan-Bissaka (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.\n• None Substitution, Manchester United. Diogo Dalot replaces Luke Shaw because of an injury.\n• None Offside, Manchester United. Aaron Wan-Bissaka tries a through ball, but Mason Greenwood is caught offside. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "The government is examining whether to move the House of Lords out of London, the Conservative Party chairman has said.\n\nJames Cleverly told Sky News the idea was among a \"range of options\" being considered to \"reconnect\" politics with voters outside of the capital.\n\nAccording to the Sunday Times, York and Birmingham have emerged as contenders to permanently host the upper chamber.\n\nBut Labour MP Nadia Whittome described the idea as \"superficial\".\n\nAccording to the newspaper, a decision on whether to relocate the chamber will be determined as part of a constitutional review being launched in the spring.\n\nIt reported that disused land near York railway station has been identified as a possible site to host the chamber, which houses 795 peers.\n\nThe House of Lords is already due to temporarily relocate out of the Palace of Westminster as part of refurbishment plans due to begin in around 2025.\n\nA parliamentary committee has previously recommended the chamber should move to the government-owned Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in Westminster whilst works are under way.\n\nThe venue would only be a short walk from Richmond House, the former home of the Department of Health, which has been proposed as a temporary home for the House of Commons.\n\nAsked to comment on the proposals in the Sunday Times report, Mr Cleverly told Sky's Sophy Ridge: \"It's one of a range of things that we are looking into.\n\n\"What we are looking at is a whole range of options about making sure every part of the UK feels properly connected to politics,\" he added.\n\n\"Fundamentally what this is about is demonstrating to the people that we are going to do things differently.\"\n\nFor many reasons, 'The Lords of the North,' as some are calling it, appears far-fetched.\n\nHowever, the fact that it is being considered at all highlights the government's desire to address a perceived disconnect between politicians and voters.\n\nThe subject has also featured heavily in the Labour leadership contest, with several of the candidates calling for our democracy to be far less London-centric.\n\nLarge swathes of the Midlands and the north of England turned Conservative in the election - and the government wants to bring Westminster closer to the voters it represents; perhaps literally.\n\nWhether or not it actually comes to pass, the idea of moving the second chamber north fits in nicely with Downing Street's \"levelling up\" agenda.\n\nSending peers to work hundreds of miles away from MPs would, though, present logistical as well as constitutional challenges.\n\nWhat would happen, for example, on the day of the Queen's Speech? Would Her Majesty have to travel to York?\n\nWould Black Rod take a train to London, only to have the door of the Commons ceremonially slammed in her face? Would MPs go on a coach trip up the M1 to hear the government's plans?\n\nInternational Development Secretary Alok Sharma said he was not involved in discussions about a Lords relocation but was \"supportive\" of the idea.\n\nHe told the BBC's Andrew Marr show: \"As a principle it's a perfectly good thing that we are connecting government to all parts of the country.\n\n\"I think it's absolutely right that if you want to be a government of the people, you must reach out to people across the country.\"\n\nBut Nadia Whittome, the newly-elected MP for Nottingham East, told the programme: \"Working class people whether in the North, the Midlands or the South don't care about the unelected House of Lords.\"\n\n\"We want jobs, we want proper investment and meaningful decentralisation of power,\" she said.\n\n\"Replace the House of Lords with an elected chamber and move it to the North and then we're talking - but this is superficial, it's tinkering around the edges.\"\n• None What is the House of Lords?", "The wigs were part of the company's men's autumn and winter collection at Paris Fashion Week\n\nJapanese fashion brand Comme Des Garçons has been accused of cultural appropriation after white models took to its runway wearing cornrow wigs.\n\nThe wigs were part of the company's men's autumn and winter collection on show as part of Paris Fashion Week.\n\nCritics on social media called the styling for Friday's show \"offensive\".\n\nHairstylist Julien d'Ys said he had been inspired by an \"Egyptian prince\" look, and had not intended to hurt or offend anyone.\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\nBut critics called out the styling, with Instagram account diet_prada stating that \"the avant-garde Japanese label seemed to have taken a step back with their men's show, this time putting white models in cornrow wigs\".\n\nThere were also black models in the show, some of whom wore the wigs, while others kept their own hair.\n\nJulien d'Ys responded to the backlash on his Instagram page, stating: \"My inspiration for the Comme Des Garçons show was Egyptian prince, a look I found truly beautiful and inspirational. A look that was an hommage.\n\n\"Never was it my intention to hurt or offend anyone, ever. If I did I deeply apologise.\"\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\nHowever, despite more than 2,000 likes for his post, many of the comments underneath were negative.\n\nDevinpink67 said: \"Looks appropriate on the handsome dark skin model, a joke on the others next to and behind it never looks right but stupidity ridiculous braids, cornrows, twist, bantu knots, afro puffs, afros, slicked baby hairs REPEAT ARE B-L-A-C-K CULTURAL RELATED.\"\n\nAnd Kharileigh suggested: \"In future, to avoid facing this heat again when taking inspiration from a culture that is not yours, PLEASE work closely with one from said culture to guide you in doing it properly.\n\n\"Your intention might not have been to culturally appropriate Egyptian culture, however your lack of care or awareness in executing it is extremely reckless and hence why it is deemed as cultural appropriation. Education alone avoids these situations, so learn from this and keep it pushing.\"\n\nThe hairstylist had also posted an image of one of the sketches he had shown to the company before the show, using hashtags to reinforce the Egyptian inspiration (#égyptienboy #pharaon - French for pharoah).\n\nDazed reported that the brand had apologised in a statement: \"The inspiration for the headpieces for Comme des Garçons menswear FW'20 show was the look of an Egyptian prince. It was never ever our intention to disrespect or hurt anyone - we deeply and sincerely apologise for any offence it has caused.\"\n\nThe hairstylist said he was inspired by Egyptian styles\n\nIn 2018, the company which was founded by Rei Kawakubo, was criticised for the lack of diversity in the choice of models it used in its mainline women's collection runway shows.\n\nThe BBC has contacted the brand for comment.", "The UK left the EU on 31 January 2020 and is now in an 11-month transition period.\n\nDuring this period the UK effectively remains in the EU's customs union and single market and continues to obey EU rules.\n\nHowever, it is no longer part of the political institutions. So, for example, there are no longer any British MEPs in the European Parliament.\n\nNegotiations on a trade deal with the EU have been proceeding for several months. The UK wants as much access as possible for its goods and services to the EU.\n\nBut the government has made clear that the UK must leave the customs union and single market and end the overall jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice.\n\nBoth sides say there a still significant areas of disagreement - for example, on EU proposals for a so-called \"level playing field\", which would see the UK and EU maintain similar minimum standards on things like workers' rights and environmental protection.\n\nThe deadline for the two sides to agree an extension to the transition period has now passed.\n\nIf no trade deal has been agreed and ratified by the end of the year, then the UK faces the prospect of tariffs on exports to the EU.\n\nThe prime minister has argued that as the UK is completely aligned to EU rules, the negotiation should be straightforward. But critics have pointed out that the UK wishes to have the freedom to diverge from EU rules so it can do deals with other countries - and that makes negotiations more difficult.\n\nIt's not just a trade deal that needs to be sorted out. The UK must agree how it is going to co-operate with the EU on security and law enforcement. The UK is set to leave the European Arrest Warrant scheme and will have to agree a replacement. It must also agree deals in a number of other areas where co-operation is needed.\n\nIt's also important to recognise that major changes will take effect on 1 January 2021 whether or not a trade deal is agreed. Free movement of people will end and businesses trading with the EU will have to follow new rules.\n\nUse the list below or select a button", "The US Space Force posted a picture its new uniform on Twitter\n\nThe US Space Force has defended its newly unveiled camouflage uniforms after they were roundly mocked on social media.\n\nThe force, officially launched by US President Donald Trump last month, posted a picture of the uniform to its Twitter account.\n\nThe uniform in the picture has a woodland camouflage design with badges embroidered on the arm and chest.\n\nReacting to the uniform, many critics had the same question: \"Camo in space?\"\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 United States Space Force This article contains content provided by Twitter. 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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\nThe force explained its rationale in a tweeted response. It said it was \"utilising current Army/Air Force uniforms\" and \"saving costs of designing/producing a new one\" in doing so.\n\n\"Members will look like their joint counterparts they'll be working with, on the ground,\" the force added in the tweet.\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 United States Space Force 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 the force may as well have been tweeting in a vacuum, as the derision continued unabated.\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 James Felton 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. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFlanked by US troops, Mr Trump officially launched the force at an army base near Washington in December last year.\n\nMr Trump said the force would help the US military \"deter aggression\" in what he called \"the world's newest war-fighting domain\".\n\nBut the new military service, overseen by the US Air Force, is not intended to put troops into orbit.\n\nRather, it will protect US assets such as the hundreds of satellites used for communication and surveillance.\n\nUS Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett said the Space Force would comprise about 16,000 air force and civilian personnel.\n\nThe Trump administration has allocated $40m (£34m) to fund the force in its first year.", "The author of the best-selling Jack Reacher novels is handing over the writing duties to his younger brother.\n\nLee Child, 65, reportedly considered killing off the 6ft 5ins vigilante hero, who is played by actor Tom Cruise in film adaptations.\n\nBut the writer said: \"I love my readers and know they want many, many more Reacher stories in the future.\"\n\nHis brother Andrew Grant, 51, who will write under the pen name Andrew Child, is already an established author.\n\nChild, whose real name is James Grant, said he felt he was \"ageing out\" of being able to produce more of the books.\n\nHe said: \"So I have decided to pass the baton to someone who can.\"\n\nHe described his younger sibling as the \"best tough-guy writer I have read in years.\"\n\n\"We share the same DNA, the same background, the same upbringing,\" he said, adding: \"He's me, fifteen years ago, full of energy and ideas.\"\n\nThere have been two Jack Reacher films starring Tom Cruise\n\nThe Coventry-born author said they would work on the next few novels together \"and then he'll strike out on his own\".\n\nChild started writing after being fired from his job as a presentation director at Granada Television in 1995.\n\nHis first Reacher novel, Killing Floor, was published in 1997.\n\nHe has since sold more than 100 million books and Amazon has announced it is adapting the series for TV.\n\nThe novels, which are set in the United States, have been translated into 40 languages and adapted into two movies starring Cruise.\n\nThe protagonist of the book series is a former major in the US Army military police who roams the US investigating suspicious and dangerous situations.\n\nGrant said he had been \"blown away\" by his elder brother's first Reacher novel.\n\nHe said: \"The more time I spent with him in each new adventure, the more I craved the next. So I know what it's like to wait for the new Reacher novel.\"\n\nHe added: \"I understand what Reacher fans want - because I am one. And I'll do my best to deliver for them.\n\n\"I'll have to. Because my big brother will be watching.\"\n\nThe Sentinel, the 25th Jack Reacher novel, is due to be published on 29 October 2020.", "Leaked documents reveal how Africa's richest woman made her fortune through exploiting her own country, and corruption.\n\nIsabel dos Santos got access to lucrative deals involving land, oil, diamonds and telecoms when her father was president of Angola, a southern African country rich in natural resources.\n\nThe documents show how she and her husband were allowed to buy valuable state assets in a series of suspicious deals.\n\nMs Dos Santos says the allegations against her are entirely false and that there is a politically motivated witch-hunt by the Angolan government.\n\nThe former president's daughter has made the UK her home and owns expensive properties in central London.\n\nShe is already under criminal investigation by the authorities in Angola for corruption and her assets in the country have been frozen.\n\nNow BBC Panorama has been given access to more than 700,000 leaked documents about the billionaire's business empire.\n\nMost were obtained by the Platform to Protect Whistle-blowers in Africa and shared with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).\n\nThey've been investigated by 37 media organisations including the Guardian and Portugal's Expresso newspaper.\n\nThirty per cent of Angolans live in poverty on less than $2 a day\n\nAndrew Feinstein, the head of Corruption Watch, says the documents show how Ms Dos Santos exploited her country at the expense of ordinary Angolans.\n\n\"Every time she appears on the cover of some glossy magazine somewhere in the world, every time that she hosts one of her glamorous parties in the south of France, she is doing so by trampling on the aspirations of the citizens of Angola.\"\n\nThe ICIJ have called the documents the Luanda Leaks.\n\nOne of the most suspicious deals was run from London through a UK subsidiary of the Angolan state oil company Sonangol.\n\nMs Dos Santos had been put in charge of the struggling Sonangol in 2016, thanks to a presidential decree from her father Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who kept a tight grip on his country for the 38 years he was in power.\n\nBut when he retired as president in September 2017 her position was soon under threat, even though his hand-picked successor came from the same party. Ms Dos Santos was sacked two months later.\n\nMany Angolans have been surprised at the way that President João Lourenço has gone after the business interests of his predecessor's family.\n• None 30%of population live in poverty - less than $1.90/day\n\nThe leaked documents show that as she left Sonangol, Ms Dos Santos approved $58m of suspicious payments to a consultancy company in Dubai called Matter Business Solutions.\n\nShe says she has no financial interest in Matter, but the leaked documents reveal it was run by her business manager and owned by a friend.\n\nPanorama understands that Matter sent more than 50 invoices to Sonangol in London on the day that she was fired.\n\nMs Dos Santos appears to have approved payments to her friend's company after she was sacked.\n\nAlthough some consultancy work had been carried out by Matter, there's very little detail on the invoices to justify such large bills.\n\nOne asks for €472,196 for unspecified expenses - another asks for $928,517 for unspecified legal services.\n\nTwo of the invoices - each for €676,339.97 - are for exactly the same work on the same date and Ms Dos Santos signed them both off anyway.\n\nThese are some of the invoices Isabel dos Santos signed off in her last week at Sonangol\n\nLawyers for Matter Business Solutions say it was brought in to help restructure the oil industry in Angola, and that the invoices were for work that had already been carried out by other consultancy companies it had hired.\n\n\"Regarding the invoices related with expenses, it is common for consultancy companies to add expenses to invoices as a general item. This is often due to those expenses involving large amounts of paperwork... Matter can produce documentary evidence to confirm all expenses incurred.\"\n\nMs Dos Santos's lawyers said her actions with regard to the Matter payments were entirely lawful and that she had not authorised payments after she had been dismissed from Sonangol.\n\nThey said: \"All invoices paid were in relation to services contracted and agreed between the two parties, under a contract that was approved with the full knowledge and approval of the Sonangol Board of Directors.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Isabel dos Santos: \"I regret that Angola has chosen this path\"\n\nThe ICIJ and Panorama have also uncovered new details about the business deals that made Ms Dos Santos rich.\n\nMuch of her fortune is based on her ownership of a stake in the Portuguese energy company Galp, which one of her companies bought from Sonangol in 2006.\n\nThe documents show it only had to pay 15% of the price upfront and that the remaining €63m ($70m) was turned into a low-interest loan from Sonangol.\n\nUnder the generous terms of the loan, her debt to the Angolan people didn't have to be repaid for 11 years.\n\nHer stake in Galp is now worth more than €750m.\n\nMs Dos Santos's company did offer to repay the Sonangol loan in 2017.\n\nThe repayment offer should have been rejected because it didn't include almost €9m of interest owing.\n\nBank orders signed by Isabel dos Santos transferred almost $58m out of the Angolan state oil company\n\nBut Ms Dos Santos was in charge of Sonangol at the time and she accepted the money as full payment of her own debt.\n\nShe was fired six days later and the payment was returned by the new Sonangol management.\n\nMs Dos Santos says she initiated the purchase of the stake in Galp, and that Sonangol made money from the deal as well.\n\n\"There's absolutely no wrongdoing in any of those transactions. This investment is the investment that in history has generated the most benefit for the national oil company and all the contracts that were drafted are perfectly legal contracts, there are no wrongdoings.\"\n\nHer lawyers say the repayment offer in 2017 covered what Sonangol had indicated was owed.\n\nIt's a similar story in the diamond industry.\n\nThey were supposed to be 50-50 partners in a deal to buy a stake in the Swiss luxury jeweller De Grisogono.\n\nBut it was funded by the state company. The documents show that 18 months after the deal, Sodiam had put $79m into the partnership, while Mr Dokolo had only invested $4m. Sodiam also awarded him a €5m success fee for brokering the deal, so he didn't have to use any of his own money.\n\nIsabel dos Santos and her husband Sindika Dokolo can often be seen at film premieres and festivals with the world's stars\n\nThe diamond deal gets even worse for the Angolan people.\n\nThe documents reveal how Sodiam borrowed all the cash from a private bank in which Ms Dos Santos is the biggest shareholder.\n\nSodiam has to pay 9% interest and the loan was guaranteed by a presidential decree from her father, so Ms Dos Santos's bank cannot lose out.\n\nBravo da Rosa, the new chief executive of Sodiam, told Panorama that the Angolan people hadn't got a single dollar back from the deal: \"In the end, when we have finished paying back this loan, Sodiam will have lost more than $200m.\"\n\nThe former president also gave Ms Dos Santos's husband the right to buy some of Angola's raw diamonds.\n\nThe Angolan government says the diamonds were sold at a knockdown price and sources have told Panorama that almost $1bn may have been lost.\n\nMs Dos Santos told the BBC she couldn't comment because she was not a shareholder of De Grisogono.\n\nBut the leaked documents show that she is described as a shareholder of De Grisogono by her own financial advisers.\n\nMr Dokolo did put in some money later. His lawyers say he invested $115m and that the takeover of De Grisogono was his idea. They say his company paid above the market rate for the raw diamonds.\n\nThe leaked documents also reveal how Ms Dos Santos bought land from the state in September 2017. Once again she only had to pay a small up-front fee.\n\nHer company bought a square kilometre of prime beachfront land in the capital Luanda with the help of presidential decrees signed by her father.\n\nAngolan state oil company Sonangol has a subsidiary in London where suspicious deals took place\n\nThe contract says the land was worth $96m, but the documents show her company paid only 5% of that after agreeing to invest the rest in the development.\n\nPanorama traced some of the ordinary Angolans who were evicted to make way for the Futungo development.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Albertina de Fatima describes living next to an open sewer in Angola\n\nThey've been moved from the Luandan seafront to an isolated housing development 30 miles (50km) from the capital.\n\nTeresa Vissapa lost her business to Ms Dos Santos' development and is now struggling to bring up her seven children.\n\nShe said: \"I only ask God to make her think a little more about our situation. Maybe she doesn't even know it, but we are suffering.\"\n\nMs Dos Santos declined to comment on the Futungo development.\n\nBut it was not the only land deal involving Ms Dos Santos that displaced the local population.\n\nAbout 500 families were evicted from another stretch of the Luandan seafront after Isabel dos Santos got involved in another major redevelopment project.\n\nThe families are now living in desperate conditions next to an open sewer. Some of their shacks are flooded with sewage whenever the tide rises.\n\nMs Dos Santos says there weren't any evictions linked to her project and that her companies were never paid because the development was cancelled.\n\nThe billionaire has also made big profits from the telecoms industry in Angola.\n\nShe acquired a 25% stake in the country's biggest mobile phone provider, Unitel. It was granted a telecoms licence by her father in 1999 and she bought her stake the following year from a high ranking government official.\n\nUnitel has already paid her $1bn in dividends and her stake is worth another $1bn. But that's not the only way she got cash from the private company.\n\nShe arranged for Unitel to lend €350m to a new company she set up, called Unitel International Holdings.\n\nThe leaked documents show Isabel dos Santos signed off on loans from Unitel as both the borrower and the lender\n\nThe company name was misleading because it wasn't connected to Unitel and Ms Dos Santos was the owner.\n\nThe documents show Ms Dos Santos signed off on the loans as both lender and borrower, which is a blatant conflict of interest.\n\nMs Dos Santos denied that the loans were corrupt. She said: \"This loan had both directors' approval and shareholders' approval, and it's a loan that will generate, and has generated, benefit for Unitel.\"\n\nHer lawyers say the loans protected Unitel from currency fluctuations.\n\nMost of the companies involved in the dodgy deals were overseen by accountants working for the financial services company, Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC). It's made millions providing auditing, consultancy and tax advice to her companies.\n\nBut PWC has terminated its relationship with the billionaire and her family, after Panorama questioned the way the company had assisted Ms Dos Santos in the deals that had made her rich.\n\nPWC says it is holding an inquiry into the \"very serious and concerning allegations\".\n\nTom Keatinge, director of the Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, criticised PWC for giving the corruption a \"veneer of respectability\"\n\nTom Keatinge, director of the Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, told Panorama that PWC had given legitimacy to Ms Dos Santos and her companies.\n\n\"PWC, if not facilitating the corruption, are providing a veneer of respectability that makes what's happening acceptable or more acceptable than it might otherwise be.\n\n\"So if I was at PWC I'd be conducting a pretty thorough audit of what decisions were made, and in hindsight actually: 'Did we make the wrong decision to accept this business and should we have reported what we had been presented with?'\"\n\nPWC says it strives to maintain the highest professional standards and has set expectations for consistent ethical behaviour across its global network.\n\n\"In response to the very serious and concerning allegations that have been raised, we immediately initiated an investigation and are working to thoroughly evaluate the facts and conclude our inquiry.\n\n\"We will not hesitate to take appropriate actions to ensure that we always stand for the very highest standards of behaviour, wherever we operate in the world.\"\n\nPanorama: The Corrupt Billionaire is available on BBC iPlayer in UK.", "Last updated on .From the section Snooker\n\nEngland's Stuart Bingham became the oldest Masters winner by defeating Ali Carter 10-8 in a thrilling and fluctuating final at Alexandra Palace.\n\nBingham, 43, claimed his second Triple Crown event title to go alongside his 2015 World Championship win.\n\nCarter turned around a 5-3 deficit to lead 7-5, but world number 14 Bingham showed tremendous bottle to fight back.\n\nHe sealed victory with a nerveless break of 109 - his first century of the tournament ending Carter's hopes.\n\nBingham becomes the 24th different name on the Paul Hunter Trophy, collecting a record £250,000 winner's prize money.\n\nWelshman Ray Reardon was 43 years and three months when he claimed the Masters in 1976, while Bingham is five months older.\n\n\"Ali played so well I was starting to think about what to say after being beaten. How I turned it around I don't know,\" said Bingham.\n\n\"I have won seven major tournaments now and want to get to 10. Hopefully one will be the UK Championship and I will go into the history books for winning the Triple Crown.\n\n\"I've really enjoyed the week and I think that's the key to my game and why I can perform like that.\n\n\"I am shattered. I've had about nine hours' sleep in two days. Every time he was scoring I was sitting in my chair thinking 'this is getting really comfy'. To get my hands on this trophy means the world.\"\n\nBingham's record in this tournament was dreadful with eight defeats at the first hurdle in nine appearances.\n\nHe was a 50-1 long shot when he lifted the sport's biggest prize at the Crucible Theatre and at the start of this tournament he would have been an outside bet to take the invitational event in London.\n\nBingham's form has been poor this season, reaching just one quarter-final at a ranking event, and his most recent silverware came at the Gibraltar Open last March.\n\nBingham missed this lucrative tournament two years ago as he served a six-month ban for betting breaches but has redeemed himself and the late bloomer - who won his first title in 2011 after first turning professional 16 years previously - now just needs to win the UK Championship to complete the Triple Crown series.\n\nHaving seen defending champion Judd Trump, UK winner Ding Junhui and former world champions Mark Selby and Neil Robertson all exit in the first round, he seized the opportunity to add a major to go alongside his six ranking titles.\n\n\"People will stop saying Bingham was a fluke to win the World Championship,\" said former world champion John Parrott. \"He's backed it up and proven he's a top-class player.\"\n\n\"Stuart played himself into form in this tournament and withstood a lot of things thrown at him,\" said Parrott's fellow BBC pundit Steve Davis.\n\n\"Under pressure he held his nerve and his cueing stood the test.\"\n\nSeven-time winner Ronnie O'Sullivan's decision to withdraw from the event meant his place went to world number 17 Carter, who he does not see eye-to-eye with following an on-table clash at the World Championship two years ago.\n\nAway from the table, Carter has battled to recover from both testicular and lung cancer, as well as being diagnosed with Crohn's disease, stating after his semi-final win that he had \"been to hell and back\".\n\nBut there was to be no fairytale with Carter falling short in his third Triple Crown final, having lost to O'Sullivan in the 2008 and 2012 World Championships.\n\nBBC pundits Stephen Hendry and Ken Doherty had said \"fate\" and \"destiny\" might be on Carter's side having beaten former world champions Selby, John Higgins and Shaun Murphy to advance, but it was not to be his day despite a resurgence and two centuries, though a £100,000 runners-up cheque may be of some comfort.\n\n\"I'm very disappointed to not win but he was the better player,\" said Carter. \"I have to say all the right things but I am gutted.\n\n\"The interval swung the match. I was on fire to win those four frames. I look back at the pink but I've missed one ball in four frames.\"\n\nThe story of the match\n\nThese two Essex-born players used to compete against each other in the junior county league but were meeting in a major final for the first time.\n\nCarter made the perfect start with a superb 126 break and also compiled 56 and 93 - in between Bingham's 75 - for a 3-2 advantage.\n\nPlay was momentarily halted with Bingham at the table in the fifth frame when someone seemed to have left a 'whoopee cushion' device inside the arena which kept emitting sounds. The crowd laughed at the incident but neither player found it funny.\n\nCarter should have taken the sixth which could have been a huge turning point. With a deficit of 69 points and only 67 remaining on the table, he got the snooker required but then missed the final brown, allowing Bingham to pinch the frame on the black.\n\nWorld number 14 Bingham made 50 in the next, as well as snatching a 40-minute frame for a two-frame cushion heading into the evening session.\n\nThe evening session was thrilling. Carter turned the match around by punishing Bingham's mistakes, clinching four frames in a row, including breaks of 95 and 133.\n\nBut Bingham provided a gutsy response after the mid-session interval by taking four on the trot with frame-winning contributions of 64, 85, 58 and 88 to go one from victory.\n\nCarter halted the flow with a quick 77 after Bingham missed a red with the rest, but he finished off in style to avoid a nervy decider.", "Lord Maclennan was once acting leader of the Liberal Democrats\n\nLord Robert Maclennan, former leader of the Social Democrat Party, who also served as joint interim leader of the Liberal Democrats, has died aged 83.\n\nThe peer led the SDP in the late 1980s as it carried out negotiations to merge with the Liberal Party.\n\nLord Maclennan then became joint interim leader of the merged party.\n\nHe served as an MP in the Highlands for 35 years, retiring from his Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross seat in 2001.\n\nActing Leader of the Liberal Democrats Sir Ed Davey said: \"Bob was the kind of politician we all strive to be.\n\n\"Considerate, honest and hardworking with an uncanny ability to reach out across the political spectrum to find common ground.\n\n\"He was also a great servant, over many decades, to his Highland constituents. A passionate advocate of devolution, he campaigned tirelessly for the creation of the Scottish parliament and wider constitutional reform.\n\n\"As Liberal Democrats, we also pay him a huge debt of gratitude. It was his determined leadership and bravery that proved critical in the formation of the movement we know today.\"\n\nLord Maclennan led the Social Democrat Party before its merger with the Liberal Party\n\nLord Maclennan, who was a Labour MP before joining the SDP, was parliamentary under-secretary at the Department of Prices and Consumer Protection in the late 1970s.\n\nScottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie said: \"Bob was such a kind and generous gentleman who was passionate about social democracy and fairness.\n\n\"He was a dedicated servant for the Caithness and Sutherland and founder of the Liberal Democrats. A close friend and mentor to many in the party he will be missed so much.\"", "A report in 2014 found at least 1,400 children were subjected to sexual abuse in Rotherham\n\nA survivor of sexual abuse in Rotherham has told the BBC she feels \"vindicated\" by a watchdog's investigation that found South Yorkshire Police did not do enough to protect her.\n\nIn a report initially leaked to the Times newspaper, the Independent Office for Police Conduct said officers failed to deal with offenders adequately.\n\nThe force has accepted the findings.\n\nThe complainant, who was repeatedly abused as a girl, said she was \"astounded\" when she read the report.\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) report also upheld a complaint that the victim's father was told by a senior officer, whom the IOPC has been unable to identify, that the force was aware abuse \"had been going on 30 years and the police could do nothing because of racial tensions\".\n\nA report in 2014 by Prof Alexis Jay found at least 1,400 children were subjected to sexual abuse in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013, predominantly by men of Pakistani heritage.\n\n\"For 18 years I have being trying to prove that I'm not a liar, that I didn't make it up,\" said the woman, who was abused over several years from about 2003.\n\n\"I'm really, really disgusted in what were in that [the report] - basically, that victims and their families were sacrificed. Their lives ruined, living with a life sentence because of fear of racial tension.\"\n\nThe watchdog's report, seen by the BBC, upheld the victim's complaints that \"police took insufficient action to protect you from harm\" and that \"police failed to adequately deal with offenders and this failure led you to be exposed to abuse\".\n\nIn a statement, the force said: \"South Yorkshire Police accepts the findings of this report and have been working to address the issues it raises since the publication of the Jay Report in 2014.\n\n\"After such a lengthy IOPC investigation it is disappointing that no individual officer has been identified as this is not something we would tolerate in today's force.\"\n\nEarlier this week, a report found that police and social workers investigating child sex exploitation in Manchester knew children were suffering \"the most profound abuse... but did not protect them\".\n\nSteve Noonan from the IOPC said the watchdog had \"completed more than 90% of the inquiries\" as part of its investigation into abuse in Rotherham.\n\n\"At the conclusion of all of our investigations we intend to publish an overarching report covering all of the findings, outcomes and learning from our work on Operation Linden,\" he said.\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.", "An Angolan court has ordered the seizure of the assets and bank accounts of the billionaire daughter of ex-President José Eduardo dos Santos.\n\nThe seizure appears to be part of an anti-corruption drive by the current government in oil-rich Angola.\n\nThe administration of President Joao Lourenço is seeking to recover $1bn (£760m) it says it is owed by Isabel dos Santos and her associates.\n\nShe has repeatedly denied wrongdoing during her father's term in office.\n\nOften described as Africa's richest woman, Ms Dos Santos is estimated by Forbes magazine to have a fortune of $2.2bn.\n\nThe 46-year-old lives abroad, saying she moved from Angola because her life had been threatened.\n\nShe runs a huge business empire with stakes in companies in Angola and Portugal, where she has shares in cable television firm Nos SGPS.\n\nThe court ordered the freezing of Ms Dos Santos' Angolan bank accounts and the seizure of her stake in local companies, including telecoms giant Unitel and bank Fomento de Angola (BFA), the state-owned news agency reported.\n\nIn a statement, she said she condemned what she described as a \"politically motivated attack\" against her.\n\n\"I discovered that a trial had been held in total secrecy in Angola and the decision taken to issue a freezing order on my assets. There were no lawyers from my side present, nor the directors of my companies. We were only informed about it after the decision had been taken behind our backs.\n\n\"I have spent the last 24 hours trying to give assurances to my staff and all the families affected by this order that we must not give in. I will use all the instruments of Angolan and international law at my disposal to fight this order and ensure the truth comes out.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Isabel dos Santos speaks to the BBC's Paul Bakibinga in 2017\n\nMs Dos Santos gained a high public profile in 2016, when her father controversially appointed her as the head of Angola's state-owned oil firm Sonangol.\n\nShe was sacked from the post in 2017 by Mr Lourenço, her father's handpicked successor.\n\nHer brother, José Filomeno dos Santos, is on trial in Angola on charges of corruption.\n\nThe prosecution alleges that he and his co-accused helped spirit $500m out of the country during his time as head of Angola's Sovereign Wealth Fund. They have pleaded not guilty.\n\nThe court order was read out on state television - a powerful gesture in a country where, for decades, the Dos Santos family had seemed untouchable.\n\nNow, the fate of the vast business empire of Isabel dos Santos, the eldest daughter of the former president, is in doubt.\n\nTwo years ago, Mr Dos Santos stepped down after 38 years in power. And to the surprise of many, his successor turned against the family, promising a major crackdown on corruption.\n\nSince then, billions of dollars in stolen assets have been recovered from abroad.\n\nAngolans are waiting to see if one alleged kleptocracy will simply be replaced by another or whether, as many hope, this vast oil-rich but impoverished nation is now serious about reforms and justice.", "The pair were first pictured together at the 2017 Invictus Games after months avoiding the cameras\n\nMeghan Markle was the American actress, with a passion for humanitarian and feminist causes. Harry was the rebel prince turned soldier, considered the world's most eligible bachelor.\n\nIn the summer of 2016, the two were brought together on a blind date by a mutual friend in London.\n\n\"Beautiful\" Meghan \"just tripped and fell into my life\", Harry later told the press, and he knew immediately she was \"the one\".\n\nAfter just two dates, the new couple went on holiday together to Botswana, camping out under the stars.\n\nThey fell in love \"so incredibly quickly\", proof the \"stars were aligned\", said Harry.\n\nTo the British press, their romance was catnip. Here was a golden couple who were able to draw vast crowds, speak the language of younger generations and sprinkle royal stardust on any cause.\n\nFor months the couple avoided the cameras and it wasn't until the 2017 Invictus Games in Toronto that the the two were first photographed holding hands in public, smiling and laughing.\n\nBut there had been signs early on that the fairytale was some way off a \"happily ever after\".\n\nWhen Harry first confirmed the relationship in late 2016, it came with a stark attack on the media, accusing them of subjecting his girlfriend to \"a wave of abuse and harassment\".\n\nHe spoke of nightly legal battles to keep defamatory stories out of papers, attempts by reporters and photographers to get into Meghan's home and the \"bombardment\" of nearly every friend and loved one in her life.\n\nIt was a problem that was only going to get worse.\n\nDespite that - or perhaps because of that - the two grew ever closer and in September 2017, Meghan declared to Vanity Fair magazine: \"Personally, I love a great love story.\"\n\nThe two of them had been enjoying a special time together and were really happy and in love, she said.\n\nThe media was now on high alert for the sound of royal wedding bells - and they didn't have to wait long.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle posed for the cameras in the garden at Kensington Palace\n\nIn November 2017, Harry got down on one knee to propose to Meghan as they made roast chicken together at their home in Kensington Palace.\n\nHarry had designed the ring, made with two diamonds which had belonged to his late mother, Diana, Princess of Wales. At the centre was a diamond from Botswana.\n\nThe couple shared their story in a candid interview with the BBC, and appearing brimming with positivity for the future.\n\nThey revealed Meghan would give up acting to focus on causes close to her heart, working alongside her husband-to-be.\n\n\"I know that she will be unbelievably good at the job part of it,\" said Harry.\n\nThings began to shift as preparations got under way for a May 2018 wedding in Windsor.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIt quickly became clear that this was a royal couple who wanted to do things differently - their way.\n\nThe wedding, which much of the world tuned in to watch, had all the traditions - a stunning dress, cheeky bridesmaids and heartfelt vows.\n\nBut, as our royal correspondent Jonny Dymond said at the time, the service with its gospel choir, young black cellist and breathtaking address from Bishop Curry, marked it out as a modern, diverse wedding for a modern, diverse couple, which seemed to point to a different future for the Royal Family.\n\nMarried life brought with it new titles - the Duke and Duchess of Sussex - and a new home at Windsor in Frogmore Cottage.\n\nDuring a trip to Merseyside, the duchess told well-wishers she was six months pregnant and did not know if it was a boy or a girl\n\nIn October of that year, the couple embarked on their first royal tour, visiting Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga, over 16 days. It was there that they shared the news that they were expecting their first baby.\n\nArchie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, seventh in line to throne and the Queen's eighth great-grandchild, was born on 6 May 2019.\n\nTo Harry, who was by Meghan's side at the birth, little Archie was \"absolutely to die for\".\n\nThroughout Meghan's pregnancy, the continual redrawing of battlelines had gone on between the press and the couple.\n\nThis was to be no repeat of the Duchess of Cambridge's birth with the circus of journalists and photographers lying in wait outside hospital doors for days on end.\n\nThe press had been told there would be no information about the birth, beyond that it was happening.\n\nSuch scrutiny and pressure proved to be a struggle for the newly-wed Meghan during her pregnancy and in early motherhood, she later admitted in an ITV documentary filmed during their tour of southern Africa in September.\n\n\"Not many people have asked if I'm OK,\" she said, looking lost. She spoke of her vulnerability during pregnancy and the challenges of having a new-born - \"it's a lot\".\n\nAsked if she could cope, she said she had long told Harry it was not enough to just survive - \"that's not the point of life - you have got to thrive\".\n\nArchie was christened in a private ceremony, from which the press and the public were excluded\n\nThere were further signs that the couple were not happy, when the prince opened up about his mental health.\n\nHe said it was under constant management and he lived with the pressures of avoiding a repeat of the past that took his mother, the Princess of Wales, from him.\n\nShe died in a car crash in Paris when Harry was just 12. The driver had been drinking and the car was being followed by paparazzi on motorbikes.\n\n\"Everything that she went through, and what happened to her, is incredibly important every single day, and that is not me being paranoid,\" he said.\n\n\"Part of this job is putting on a brave face but, for me and my wife, there is a lot of stuff that hurts, especially when the majority of it is untrue,\" he added.\n\nIt has also been suggested the scrutiny of Meghan has been greater because of her African-American heritage.\n\nFormer US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said she wanted to hug Meghan for the British media's \"racist\" treatment of her, while Harry has highlighted how \"unconscious bias\" can lead to racist behaviour even if people do not consider themselves to be racist.\n\nTheir struggles were shared in an interview while touring southern Africa\n\nThe couple's frustration and anger with some sections of the press has gone from being a matter between the palace and editors into the full glare of the public spotlight.\n\nMeghan is suing the Mail on Sunday over a claim that it unlawfully published one of her private letters and Harry filed proceedings at the High Court against the owners of the Sun, the defunct News of the World, and the Daily Mirror, in relation to alleged phone-hacking.\n\nAs such a dramatic year came to a close, the royal couple took an extended break from royal duties over Christmas, taking Archie to the Canadian province of British Columbia.\n\nIt gave them time to mull over their next move and, within days of the start of a new decade, they dropped their bombshell announcement.\n\nNeither Harry's father, Prince Charles, nor his older brother, Prince William, with whom Harry has said he has \"good days\" and \"bad days\", were consulted.\n\nHarry and Meghan were, they told their Instagram followers, planning to leave their royal duties - and the royal purse - behind.\n\nThey hope their next chapter, spent in North America as well as the UK, will see the two of them, together with baby Archie, make their own path to the future.", "Harry Dunn died in hospital after his motorbike was involved in a crash outside RAF Croughton\n\nA police chief has asked to meet the commander of the RAF base near where Harry Dunn died, to discuss cars being driven on the wrong side of the road.\n\nMr Dunn, 19, was hit by a car driven by Anne Sacoolas, who left for the US claiming diplomatic immunity.\n\nVideo has now emerged of a car being driven on the wrong side of the road near RAF Croughton on Friday night.\n\nNorthamptonshire Chief Constable Nick Adderley said these events \"cannot keep happening\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This car was filmed on Friday on the wrong side of the road near the RAF base close to where Harry Dunn died\n\nA police vehicle was also struck by a car on the wrong side of the same road in October.\n\nThe footage that was captured on Friday shows a blue BMW having to brake sharply on a road near the base.\n\nHarry Dunn's family, including his mother Charlotte Charles, have been campaigning for justice\n\nIn a statement, the chief constable said: \"I do not underestimate how much of a concerning incident this was and how much worse it could have been, especially considering the circumstances in which 19-year-old Harry Dunn tragically died.\n\n\"This is compounded by the fact that yesterday, myself and Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Stephen Mold were made aware of another incident in Northampton in which a police vehicle was struck in early October by a vehicle also driving on the wrong side of the road.\n\n\"Thankfully, there were no injuries.\n\n\"I want to be absolutely clear on the fact that these incidents just cannot keep happening.\"\n\nHe said he had requested a meeting with officials from the base to discuss road safety and that he expected it to take place next week.\n\nThe Dunn family spokesman, Radd Seiger, said watching the footage made him feel sick.\n\nAnne Sacoolas pictured on her wedding day in 2003\n\n\"Harry's parents want, more than anything else, for this to never happen to a family again, and I look forward to entering into talks with the authorities, on both sides of the Atlantic, to make sure it never does,\" Mr Seiger said.\n\nMr Dunn died in hospital after a head-on collision with a car on 27 August last year near RAF Croughton.\n\nAnne Sacoolas, 42, the wife of a US intelligence officer, is believed to have been driving on the wrong side of the road and is to be charged with causing death by dangerous driving.\n\nShe claimed diplomatic immunity after the collision, left for her home country and has refused to return to the UK despite an extradition attempt.", "Gail Porter's mental health is the focus of a new BBC documentary\n\nFor Gail Porter, the late 90s were both the best and worst of times.\n\nAt age 21 she was a hallmark of British television - a young, smiling dynamo from Edinburgh's Portobello who was perfectly at home leading daytime programmes such as Fully Booked, The Big Breakfast and Live and Kicking before landing a prime time slot hosting Friday night favourite Top of the Pops.\n\nHer fan base was burgeoning and she often left the studio in a state of total euphoria.\n\nBut her seemingly unstoppable energy would deflate as she stepped inside her London flat - where loneliness, self-doubt and depression set in.\n\nGail in the late 90s after landing a role on Top of the Pops\n\nThen one morning, an event unfolded that left her unable to get out of bed.\n\nGail had taken part in a nude photo shoot for men's magazine FHM, which was projected onto the Houses of Parliament in a now infamous publicity stunt.\n\nIt helped sell more than one million copies of the magazine within two months.\n\nDecades on, Gail maintains she had no idea the photo would be used in such a manner - and that she was never paid for the work.\n\nGail Porter says she had no idea an image from a naked photo shoot would be beamed onto the House of Commons\n\nGail told BBC Scotland: \"I've dealt with things since I was 18 but that knocked my confidence a lot - to think I had trusted someone and then to find my bottom on Big Ben.\n\n\"I had to deal with the backlash, some people were kind and some people were unkind. It made me stay in bed for quite a long time.\"\n\nThe presenter's mental health is the focal point of a new BBC Scotland documentary, which sees her retrace crucial points in her life and career while often hearing difficult truths from friends and family.\n\nIn the film's opening scenes she revisits the Palace of Westminster and recalls the pressures she faced in the aftermath of the FHM media storm.\n\nCriticism and jibes followed her around, occasionally in a very public way - including on an episode of Nevermind the Buzzcocks that same year.\n\nKnown for his acerbic wit, host Mark Lamarr joked he had seen \"more than enough\" of her topless - a comment which left Gail visibly upset on camera.\n\nGail faced often biting comments during the episode in 1999\n\nShe said: \"We met up in the green room and I said he was extremely rude - he actually said sorry, that he thought it was a joke.\n\n\"Personally it just made me feel insignificant. This was a long time ago when you didn't have the Me Too movement.\n\n\"Everyone was going out afterwards; I just wanted to stay home. I thought maybe it's my fault and I deserve this sort of comment.\"\n\nDespite frequent bouts of unhappiness, keeping up the appearance of 'wee smiley Gail' was of utmost importance - though at the time Gail was unaware of the stress it placed on her mind and body.\n\nAfter moving to London aged 19, there was rarely any food in her fridge - instead she survived on wine or Jelly Babies.\n\nShe developed anorexia nervosa - a condition she lived with for around nine years. But Gail only realised something was wrong when she was banned from her gym after fainting.\n\n\"People kept saying 'oh wow, you're looking great',\" she said. \"I kept thinking every time I get thinner, someone said I looked great.\n\n\"I was enjoying the adoration and it got out of control, I couldn't stop it. I thought if I could control my food and make myself look what I thought was better, then everything is going to be great in the world.\n\n\"But it wasn't, I just ended up in the hospital very unwell.\"\n\nWhat followed over the next two decades was a further polarising of highs and lows for Gail.\n\nShe married and celebrated the birth of her \"miracle\" daughter Honey, having been told by doctors she couldn't have children.\n\nA severe struggle with her mental health continued, and Gail developed alopecia, turned to self harm, was sectioned under the Mental Health Act (1983) and experienced a period of homelessness.\n\nShe has no definitive answer for what went wrong for her, though she strongly suspects she developed an aversion to talking through her feelings in her early childhood.\n\nAnd although she has watched her personal life splashed across headlines, Gail does not blame her career in television for any of her struggles.\n\nShe said: \"Being a TV presenter was my favourite thing in the world, it was the most fun ever.\n\n\"I think there were a lot of deeper issues which came out at certain points.\n\n\"I know there's something not quite right wired in my brain.\n\n\"It doesn't make me a bad person, it doesn't mean you can give me a badge and tell me what it is. I'd rather just be Gail.\"\n\nBeing Gail Porter is available to watch on BBC iPlayer.\n• None 'How my daughter made it okay to be bald'", "Reigning champions Saracens will be relegated from rugby union's top flight at the end of this season following persistent salary cap breaches, Premiership Rugby has confirmed.\n\nSarries had already been deducted 35 points for the current Premiership campaign and fined £5.4m for three seasons' spending above the cap.\n\nProof of immediate cap compliance was required to avoid further sanctions.\n\nSaracens \"accept\" the relegation and \"apologise for the mistakes made\".\n\nIn a statement, the club added: \"Our goal is to rebuild confidence and trust. We have accepted the unprecedented measure of automatic relegation from the Premiership at the end of the 2019-2020 season.\n\n\"The board must embody the values of the club, learn from its mistakes so the club can come back stronger.\n\n\"It is in the wider interests of the Premiership and English rugby to take this decisive step, to ensure everybody is able once again to focus on the game of rugby, which we all love.\"\n\nSaracens will finish this season before entering the Championship for 2020-21.\n• None 'The most remarkable scandal in the domestic game'\n• None Saracens Q&A: Why are Saracens being relegated and what happens next?\n• None Stars can still play for England despite relegation\n\n\"Premiership Rugby is prepared to take strong action to enforce the regulations governing fair competition between our clubs,\" chief executive Darren Childs said.\n\n\"At the conclusion of dialogue with Saracens about their compliance with the Salary Cap Regulations, it has been decided that Saracens will be relegated at the end of this season.\n\n\"At the same time as enforcing the existing regulations, we want to ensure a level playing field for all clubs in the future, which is why we have asked Lord Myners to carry out an independently-led review of the salary cap.\"\n\nIn the past five years Saracens have dominated both domestically and in Europe, winning four Premiership titles and three European crowns.\n\nThis decision also means that should the club successfully retain its European Champions Cup crown, they would not be permitted to defend the title next season.\n\nTheir cup campaign continues on Sunday, when they welcome Pool Four leaders Racing 92 to Allianz Park, hoping to better Munster's result and qualify for the knockout phase.\n\nNeil Golding, who took over from Nigel Wray as Saracens chairman earlier this month, said: \"I acknowledge the club has made errors in the past and we unreservedly apologise for those mistakes.\n\n\"I and the rest of the board are committed to overseeing stringent new governance measures to ensure regulatory compliance going forward.\"\n\nPremiership Rugby introduced the salary cap in 1999 to ensure the financial viability of all clubs and the competition.\n\n'They had two choices - they took relegation'\n\nAlthough Saracens' relegation is the punishment some clubs were seeking, there is still a sense of dissatisfaction with the outcome among their fiercest critics.\n\nExeter Chiefs were beaten by Sarries two years in succession in the Premiership's showpiece final, and their chief executive Tony Rowe is still bitter about how long it has taken the game's authorities to take firm action.\n\n\"They've taken relegation,\" Rowe told BBC Radio Devon following the news. \"Let's be very honest about this before people have sympathy with Saracens.\n\n\"They had two choices: they could either open up their books so that Premiership Rugby could do a forensic audit of exactly what has gone on, or they could take relegation. So it was their choice not to open up their books.\n\n\"Premiership Rugby - all the chairmen - we just want to move on. It was their opportunity to open up everything to the salary cap people, or take relegation. They have decided to take relegation.\"\n\nHe added: \"We just want to move on. They have cheated. And I'm just a bit upset it has taken so long to do this. At the moment they are still picking their team each week largely from the squad they had last year which is still in breach of the salary cap. They have been asked by the rest of the Premiership clubs to reduce that (the squad) back as well.\n\n\"Everybody has had their suspicions for a long time. Five years ago they were hauled over the coals for similar offences. We just want a level playing field. Every club just wants the same opportunity and chances and let's hope we get back to that.\"\n\nAsked whether Saracens should be allowed to keep their titles, he replied: \"I'm not sure about that. There is still some more to come out and I'm not privy to talk about that at the moment.\"\n\nThe move calls into question the futures of the club's international stars, such as England players Owen Farrell, Mako Vunipola and Maro Itoje, given the need to trim the wage bill and the fact the club will no longer be competing in elite competition, both domestically and continentally.\n\nWhile the Rugby Football Union have confirmed that players operating in the Championship will be eligible for England duty, financial constraints could make it difficult for the club to retain the services of their elite personnel.\n\nOne issue the players themselves may find is that potential suitors among other clubs have already put much of their recruitment for next season in place and already spent a large extent of their cap.\n\nThe other concern is that a move to France's Top 14, a regular destination for top-level southern hemisphere talent and rugby league converts from the Australasian National Rugby League, may be a potentially lucrative option.\n\nSuch a move would guarantee elite-level competition but would also rule out international representative rugby as the RFU will only select home-based talent.\n\nThus far, Scarlets-bound full-back Liam Williams is the only confirmed departure from the club, and the Wales international was due to end his contract at Saracens at the end of the season in any event.\n\nThis is an extraordinary story - the biggest in English club rugby history - as the Saracens dynasty dramatically crumbles.\n\nWho knows what would have happened if the club had taken a different approach back in November, when they met the initial punishment with indignation rather than contrition - a stance that infuriated their rivals.\n\nBut with the club still breaching the cap in January, Saracens and Premiership Rugby have come to what appears to be a negotiated settlement, with the club accepting relegation.\n\nHowever, while there is finally confirmation of their fate, the questions still come thick and fast: namely, what on earth happens to this star-studded squad between now and next season?", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Four candidates remain in the race for the Labour leadership\n\nThe five Labour MPs standing for leader have said party divisions stand in the way of winning an election.\n\nIn the first hustings, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Emily Thornberry, Sir Keir Starmer, Lisa Nandy and Jess Phillips made their pitches to the membership.\n\nSir Keir said \"we've had far too much division\", while Ms Phillips said the \"name-calling has been horrendous\".\n\nParty members in Liverpool questioned them on issues from Brexit to anti-Semitism.\n\nIt was the first in a series of events across the country before Jeremy Corbyn's successor is elected on 4 April.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The five candidates in the race for the Labour leadership set out how they would take on Boris Johnson.\n\nDeputy leader candidates Rosena Allin-Khan, Dawn Butler, Richard Burgon, Ian Murray and Angela Rayner are also answering questions in a separate hustings.\n\nThe five leadership candidates all acknowledged that Labour had suffered from division and in-fighting.\n\n\"We have to be honest with ourselves that over the last four years we haven't been united as a party,\" said Mrs Long-Bailey.\n\nSir Keir said that the unity of the party \"has to be modelled from the top\". \"Don't trash the last Labour government, don't trash the last four years,\" he said.\n\nAlthough all the candidates criticised the party's record on anti-Semitism, Ms Phillips accused some others of \"keeping quiet\" on the issue.\n\n\"As somebody who was in the room, struggling for an independent system - at lots and lots of meetings - I have to say I don't remember some of the people here being in that particular room or being in those particular fights,\" she said.\n\nMs Nandy said a \"collective failure of leadership at the top of the party has let us all down\", while Mrs Long-Bailey, a Jeremy Corbyn ally, said: \"We can never let that level of mistrust happen again.\"\n\nMs Thornberry said Labour \"must be critical of a far-right government of Israel\" but said that blaming Jews is \"where racism begins\".\n\nCandidates were asked how they would bring the party and the country together over Brexit.\n\nWarning of the threat of no trade deal with the EU at the end of the transition period this year, Ms Thornberry said the party needs \"someone in this fight who has been on the right side all along\".\n\nMs Nandy said Labour has allowed the Tories to divide people, pitting the young against the old and cities against towns, as they \"airbrushed out the nuance\".\n\nShe called for the Labour HQ to be moved out of London, as a \"powerful symbol\" of its commitment to empower regional communities.\n\nSir Keir urged the party to let go of the Leave and Remain labels and \"focus on the future\", while Ms Long-Bailey said the country needed a \"democratic revolution\" because voters disliked the centralisation of power in Westminster as much as Brussels.\n\nMs Phillips said the party needed to \"start talking to people's hearts and talking to people in a language people hear and receive, because that is what Boris Johnson does\".\n\nFind out more about the candidates, including their early life, time before Parliament, record as an MP, and leadership pitch:\n\nThe hunt for a new Labour leader was triggered when Mr Corbyn stepped down following the party's fourth general election defeat in a row.\n\nIn order to make the final ballot, each of the Labour leadership hopefuls must secure the backing of unions and local parties.\n\nThe five contenders need the support of 5% of local parties or at least three affiliates - two must be unions - by 14 February to make the final ballot.\n\nMembers of the public who join the party or become affiliated supporters before 20 January will be eligible to vote in the contest.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What matters to members in this leadership election?\n\nA YouGov poll of 1,005 Labour members for the Times on Friday suggested Ms Thornberry would go out in the first round of voting with just 3%, with Ms Nandy knocked out in the second round and Ms Phillips in the third, with most of her second preference votes going to Sir Keir.\n\nThe poll - which only includes full Labour members, and not others who are entitled to vote - indicates Sir Keir would beat Mrs Long-Bailey in the final round by 63% to 37%, once the other candidates have been eliminated.\n\nIt suggests Angela Rayner is on course to win the deputy leadership election in the first round with 57%.", "Britain is more built-on than ever, with 44.8 million buildings in total at the end of the decade, up from 40.6 million in 2010.\n\nBut this total accounts for just 1.4% of British land, compared with 40% covered by woodland, the natural environment, rivers and lakes, and a further 45% by agricultural land.\n\nThe data comes from the largest land survey of its type by the Ordnance Survey (OS), which does not cover Northern Ireland.\n\nWe've pulled together some before-and-after pictures showing some of the significant shifts over the last decade, as recognised by OS surveyors.\n\nGrowth of the renewable energy industry has brought with it an increase in infrastructure.\n\nWind power now accounts for one-fifth of total electricity use in the UK, compared with just 2% in 2009, according to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.\n\nSolar energy accounted for 3.9% in 2018, up from 0.01% in 2010.\n\nPart of that is thanks to the 160,000 solar panels placed in 2015 on the grounds of RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire.\n\nIt is now the largest solar farm in the UK, with the capacity to power 10,000 local homes and an on-site military training college.\n\nAt the start of the decade, the Olympic Park was just beginning to take shape in Stratford, east London, ahead of the 2012 Games.\n\nTen years on, what was the Olympic Stadium is now West Ham FC's home ground, the Aquatics Centre is a public pool and the whole site is now the free-to-enter Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.\n\nAnother global attraction from the 2010s is the Harry Potter section of the Warner Bros Studio Tour in Watford. It first opened in 2012 but there has since been expansion.\n\nThe detail shown on the OS map is largely down to Tom Watts, a ground surveyor covering the area.\n\nHe had to persuade Warner Bros security to let him in to measure each of the new buildings and was eventually rewarded with a tour.\n\nEach time the OS ground and aerial surveying teams find a new physical object, spot one that has changed or is no longer there, they alter the map. There have been more than 360 million changes since 2010.\n\nThis can be as subtle as a kerb being taken in or a front garden being paved over, which is important to record for things like flood planning.\n\nOS head of media Robert Andrews described ground surveyors like Mr Watts as \"looking at the world like Keanu Reeves in The Matrix - they see lines and curves where we see roads, buildings and landscapes\".\n\nThis attention to detail is combined with local knowledge and contact with planning authorities, but the ground teams are also assisted - when the weather allows - by drones and two OS planes.\n\nThey sweep back and forth like a lawnmower across target areas, taking hi-res photographs. These are then stitched together and analysed by artificial intelligence to try to spot what has changed since the previous survey.\n\nThe technological advances are reflected also in what the OS data is used for. In 1791 they were set up with an initial task of mapping the south coast in case of French invasion.\n\nMore than two centuries later, their data is used in almost every app on your smartphone and they are working to map the precise locations of lamp posts so they can host sensors for self-driving cars.\n\nAlthough not yet ready for self-driving cars, there are now 4,000 sq km of road in Britain, an increase of nearly 10% since 2010. More roads were built in every part of Great Britain.\n\nMr Andrews said the mapping of new roads and buildings was \"like painting the Forth Bridge - as soon as you've finished surveying an area you need to start it again\".\n\nNeatly illustrating his point is one of the most striking new roads in the past decade: the Queensferry Crossing erected in 2017, next to the famous Forth Bridges that link Edinburgh to north-east Scotland.\n\nHousing has been one of the most significant political talking points of the last 10 years, and Gordon Brown ended the last decade promising five new \"eco-towns\" to try to counter the shortfall in available homes.\n\nWhile political events since 2010 didn't quite work out exactly how Mr Brown might have planned, Northstowe, a sustainably built new town in Cambridgeshire, has made an impact noticeable from the sky.\n\nIt's still a work-in-progress but eventually 10,000 homes will replace what was farmland, a golf course and a former airfield.\n\nAnother feature spotted by surveyors is the increase in ponds and waterways that have come up either naturally as new properties are built, or as part of manufactured efforts to avoid flooding in residential areas.\n\nFor example, the housing development near Romsey in Hampshire, shown above, is accompanied by a couple of new ponds.\n\nBut in other cases, like this development near the most well-known new town, Milton Keynes, existing ponds have been diverted to make way for homes.\n\nAll satellite images from Google Earth. They were selected from different dates due to the quality of images available - each time the closest good quality image to either 2010 or 2020 was selected.", "Leaked documents reveal how Africa's richest woman made her fortune through exploiting her own country and corruption.\n\nIsabel dos Santos made huge profits from land, oil, diamonds and telecoms when her father was president of Angola, a southern African country rich in natural resources.\n\nThe documents show how she and her husband were allowed to buy valuable state assets in a series of very dubious deals.\n\nThe BBC's Andrew Harding interviewed her about the leak.\n\nMs Dos Santos says the allegations against her are entirely false and that it's a politically motivated witch-hunt by the Angolan government.", "Conor McGregor returned to the octagon in style at UFC 246 as he beat American fan favourite Donald 'Cowboy' Cerrone in just 40 seconds in Las Vegas.\n\nIrishman McGregor, 31, came out on top after one of the most spectacular performances of his career.\n\nTwo of UFC's most popular fighters went toe to toe in the main event at the T-Mobile Arena.\n\nBut referee Herb Dean stepped in and waved off the contest inside a minute after a series of blows from McGregor.\n\n\"I made history tonight. I set a new record. I'm the first fighter in UFC history to secure knockout victories at featherweight, at lightweight and now at welterweight - across three weight divisions, so I'm very proud of that,\" said McGregor.\n\nHe had not won inside the UFC's octagon since capturing his second UFC world title in November 2016, and was submitted in four rounds by undefeated UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229 in October 2018.\n• None UFC 246: All the action as it happened\n\nMcGregor had said earlier in the week that he would look to \"acquire rounds\" against the 36-year-old American, but he showed no such patience as he came storming out of his corner and threw a huge left hand that immediately signalled his intent to claim a fast finish.\n\nThe Dubliner then connected with a series of shoulders to the face from the clinch, before following his man across the cage and connecting with a huge head kick that badly rocked Cerrone.\n\nSeveral heavy left hands followed as Cerrone crumbled to the canvas, where he received a further barrage of strikes that sealed victory.\n\n\"One of the records he holds [is] the most head-kick knockouts. I'm so happy to be able to get him down with a head kick myself,\" said McGregor.\n\n\"The UFC can strip fighters and give to other fighters make-believe belts in order to replicate my 'champ-champ' status. But they can't give knockout victories across multiple weight divisions, so there you go again. Etch my name in history one more time.\n\n\"I like this weight division. I feel really good. God willing, I came out of here unscathed. I'm in shape. I don't believe I'm there yet, though. I've still got work to do to get back to where I was.\"\n\nMcGregor surged to MMA superstardom when he signed for the UFC as a two-division Cage Warriors champion, then replicated the feat by capturing the UFC titles at featherweight and lightweight, becoming the first man to simultaneously hold UFC titles in two weight classes.\n\nBut those titles were subsequently stripped by the UFC after he failed to defend his belts and, after sharing wins with Nate Diaz in a pair of epic encounters in 2016, the Irishman pursued - and secured - a multi-million-dollar boxing match against Floyd Mayweather Jr.\n\nHis return to the UFC saw him unsuccessfully challenge for the UFC lightweight title against Nurmagomedov at UFC 229 in an encounter full of bad blood and divisive rhetoric.\n\nBut he vowed to return, and he has kicked off what he described as his \"2020 season\" in spectacular fashion to set up a plethora of big-fight options later in the year.\n\nA shot at the welterweight title, held by Kamaru Usman, or a bout with the UFC's \"BMF\" champion Jorge Masvidal would allow McGregor to continue at his new weight class of 170lb, while he has made no secret of his desire to face Nurmagomedov in a rematch for the lightweight belt.\n\nThere may be options outside of MMA, too. A rematch with Mayweather is a possibility, while Manny Pacquiao is reportedly also interested in a bout with McGregor, who is sure to command a huge TV audience and payday.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Victims of stalking behaviour, Clive Ruggles and Zoe Dronfield, said they welcomed the new police powers\n\nA court order to stop suspected stalkers under police investigation contacting victims could have made a \"critical difference\" to a woman killed by her ex-boyfriend, her father says.\n\nPowers designed to help police act at \"the earliest opportunity\" come into force in England and Wales on Monday.\n\nThose who breach the civil order could end up with five years in prison.\n\nClive Ruggles, whose daughter Alice was murdered, said the new orders \"have teeth\" but must be properly enforced.\n\nFrom Monday, police will be able to apply to magistrates for a Stalking Protection Order (SPO), which will usually remain in place for two years.\n\nCourts will also have the power to impose an interim SPO to provide immediate protection for victims while a decision is being made.\n\nThe orders will also be able to force stalkers to seek professional help.\n\nMr Ruggles, of the Alice Ruggles Trust, said the existence of the orders could have made a \"critical difference\" for his 24-year-old daughter, who was killed by her former partner.\n\nAlmost one in five women and almost one in 10 men aged 16 and over have experienced some form of stalking, according to the crime survey for England and Wales.\n\nStalking was made a specific criminal offence in England and Wales in 2012.\n\nIn Scotland, stalking is illegal under the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 and in Northern Ireland it is prohibited under the Protection from Harassment Order (NI) 1997.\n\nMr Ruggles said: \"The new stalking orders have teeth, breaching them will be a criminal offence.\"\n\nBut he added they \"absolutely\" have to be properly applied.\n\nProfessor Jane Monckton-Smith, who specialises in researching homicide, stalking and coercive control at the University of Gloucestershire, said: \"I think the orders could be really useful if they are used correctly\".\n\nBut breaches could put victims in danger and must be taken seriously by the courts, she added. \"Stalkers by their nature are obsessive and will keep going and going until they are stopped.\"\n\nPlans to introduce the new civil orders were first floated in 2015, when Theresa May was home secretary.\n\nIn 2016, then-Home Secretary Amber Rudd promised to introduce them as soon as parliamentary time allowed.\n\nCampaigner Sam Taylor, who runs a victim support group in Sussex, said the orders could give victims \"respite\" from being relentlessly pursued.\n\nBut she said they must be followed by a \"significant investment in training\" because there was still a \"fundamental misunderstanding\" in the criminal justice system of what stalking means.", "Yemen's president blamed Houthi rebels for the \"cowardly and terrorist\" attack\n\nThe death toll from Saturday's missile attack on a military training camp in Yemen has risen to at least 111, the country's government has said.\n\nThe missile struck a mosque at the al-Estiqbal camp in Marib where soldiers had gathered for evening prayers.\n\nThe government blamed the rebel Houthi movement, but it did not immediately confirm it had launched the missile.\n\nIt was one of the bloodiest single attacks since the conflict in Yemen escalated five years ago.\n\nThe fighting between the Houthis and forces loyal to the government, which is backed by a Saudi-led coalition, has devastated the country, killed an estimated 100,000 people, and triggered the world's worst humanitarian crisis.\n\nMore than 11 million people face a daily struggle to find enough food, and 240,000 people live in famine-like conditions, according to the World Food Programme.\n\nInitial reports about the attack on al-Estiqbal camp, which is 170km (105 miles) east of the rebel-held capital Sanaa, said at least 80 soldiers were killed.\n\nBut by Sunday night the death toll had risen to at least 111 due to the \"serious and fatal injuries sustained by the soldiers\", Health Ministry Undersecretary Abdul Raqeeb al-Haidari told the news website al-Masdar Online.\n\nMilitary and medical sources told AFP news agency that 116 people had died.\n\nPresident Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi denounced the missile attack as a \"cowardly and terrorist\" act, which he said confirmed \"without doubt that the Houthis have no desire for peace\".\n\nThe Saudi foreign ministry said the incident \"reflects this terrorist militia's disregard for sacred places and... for Yemeni blood\".\n\nThe United Nations special envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, condemned the recent escalation of hostilities in the country, and said Saturday's attack was \"of particular concern\".\n\n\"I have said before that the hard-earned progress that Yemen has made on de-escalation is very fragile. Such actions can derail this progress,\" he warned. \"I urge all parties to stop the escalation now and to direct their energy away from the military front and into the politics.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The conflict in Yemen has been raging for years - but what is it all about?", "In the great chess game that is world trade, the pieces are shifting slowly around the board. Only in this game there are three major players not two: the US, China and the European Union.\n\nWe've now had a chance to see the first moves from new EU trade commissioner Phil Hogan after his appearance at an event in Washington. And he's choosing a new way to play the game.\n\nWhereas here in the UK, the government treads delicately when dealing with the nations it wants to strike trade deals with, Mr Hogan was rather more blunt, talking about the \"bluffing\", \"sabre-rattling\" and \"short term thinking\" of the Trump administration.\n\nMr Hogan reflected sceptically on whether yesterday's China-US partial deal had achieved much, and also suggested that the EU would examine that deal for compliance with global trade rules.\n\nThe US administration has threatened to withdraw security cooperation from countries that use 5G equipment from the Chinese firm Huawei. Mr Hogan said: \"I think it's a bit of sabre rattling. At the end of the day we can call their bluff on that one\".\n\nAnd yet at the same time, he has joined forces with the US and Japan to tackle the \"threat\" of China's use of industrial subsidies.\n\nThere are other emerging fronts in the US-EU battle - on tech taxes, and on the environment and carbon taxes.\n\nThe UK is about to join the players at the table in its own right, stepping in at a time of tumult, and working out how closely it wants to sit by the EU.\n\nThe EU meanwhile has other priorities on the world stage. That is one reason why Mr Hogan dismissed Boris Johnson's self-imposed end of 2020 deadline for a post-Brexit trade deal as \"just not possible\" describing it as \"brinkmanship\".\n\nMore than that, he specifically indicated that if this was the approach the UK wanted to take, then only a subset of the agreed Brexit political declaration would be up for detailed discussion, and that agreement on that would be needed by 30 June.\n\nThis suggests that the EU may be planning to \"prioritise\" - ie not follow the mandate from the EU27 for UK-EU talks to reflect the UK's timetable - and will not talk about the full 36-page political agreement.\n\nThe UK now has to choose its strategy: on whether to pursue fully parallel talks with the US, whether to publish a detailed negotiating mandate for such talks, and how to assert itself alongside Japan at a World Trade Organisation dominated by US-EU-China. That is all still to be fleshed out.\n\nNo one seems entirely sure if the Department for International Trade will even continue to exist as the government contemplates restructuring Whitehall. There are many fundamental decisions to be made.\n\nBut when it comes to sizing up the UK's opponents across the table, the EU is making one thing clear: it can talk as tough as Trump.", "Joseph Merrick became a celebrity in Victorian London, even being visited by a royal\n\nPrejudice has hampered attempts to build a statue to the Elephant Man, his biographer has claimed.\n\nJo Vigor-Mungovin, who traced Joseph Merrick's grave, has been trying to raise the estimated £100,000 cost for a monument in his native Leicester.\n\nBut progress has been slow with critics saying the idea was a \"freak show\" and the city was already \"ugly enough\".\n\nMrs Vigor-Mungovin said: \"There is a fear of what the statue would be like - but he was an inspirational figure\".\n\nJoseph Merrick's skeleton has been preserved at the Royal London Hospital\n\nBut the plans for the statue have been backed by artist and disability campaigner Alison Lapper who said anyone offended should \"get over it\".\n\nMerrick was born in Leicester in 1862 but his physical disabilities forced him into a workhouse.\n\nIn 1884 he joined a travelling exhibition and eventually found his way to the Royal London Hospital, where he died in 1890.\n\nWhile Merrick's skeleton was kept at the hospital, his soft tissue was buried in a common plot but its location was forgotten.\n\nJo Vigor-Mungovin traced the location of Joseph Merrick's grave, which is now marked with a plaque\n\nShortly after tracking down the site of his grave, Mrs Vigor-Mungovin began looking into erecting a statue to Merrick.\n\n\"I wasn't expecting it to be controversial,\" she said. \"But I've come across the same reaction over and over.\n\n\"When I approach funding sources or venues, people seem interested at first but when they hear it will be a statue of the Elephant Man, they seem a bit shocked.\n\n\"They either say 'you can't do that' or stop answering emails or the phone.\n\n\"I'm a descendant of Tom Norman, the showman who worked with Joseph, and I've even been accused of being an accomplice to a 'Vampire showman's crime'.\"\n\nMrs Vigor-Mungovin says the 1980 movie has had a huge impact on perceptions\n\nA letter printed in the Leicester Mercury newspaper said: \"He was a freak of nature... our poor city has become ugly enough without a statue of this poor man being displayed.\"\n\nThe appeal's Facebook page has been challenged, with one person questioning whether Merrick deserves a statue, saying: \"He had a rare condition and apparently that makes him somewhat amazing.\"\n\nOther comments from people called it a \"freak show\", or said \"let's have another [statue] of a bear dancing on hot coals\", and \"disfigurement should not be celebrated\".\n\nDespite only raising a fraction of the cost, Mrs Vigor-Mungovin said she was still trying to realise her dream, with fundraising events, new designs for the statue and a possible exhibition of items related to Merrick.\n\nThe statue has so far only been sketched out\n\n\"I think the maquette [miniature design] will put a lot of people's mind at rest,\" she said.\n\n\"And I am hoping to get items from the Royal London Hospital for the exhibition, maybe even the full-size copy of his skeleton.\"\n\nIt is not the only statue of a notable Leicester figure being planned for the city - and others appear to have been more warmly received.\n\nPlans for a statue to commemorate murdered playwright Joe Orton have received backing from famous names from the acting world and hit its fundraising target of more than £100,000 in November.\n\nAnd last April then-MP Keith Vaz said a statue should be built in memory of Leicester City chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who died in a helicopter crash outside the club's stadium in 2018. The design Mr Vaz suggested was of two elephants, with the animal being a symbol of good luck in Thailand.\n\nThe statue of Alison Lapper was on display in Trafalgar Square from 2005 to 2007\n\nArtist Ms Lapper, who was born without arms and with shortened legs, became famous when a statue of her, naked and pregnant, was displayed on Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth.\n\n\"Attitudes have changed since then, but not hugely,\" she said. \"I remember sitting below my statue and seeing children being hurried away, people muttering it was 'inappropriate' but it started a conversation which is still going on today.\n\n\"I can't imagine how hard it must have been being disabled in the Victorian era, it was hard enough for me being born in the 60s.\n\n\"It would be great to see a statue of Joseph, especially if it highlights his courage getting himself out of the workhouse.\n\n\"People still feel uncomfortable around disability but if that's all that stopping this, then I say 'Tough, get over it'.\"\n\nMrs Vigor-Mungovin said: \"People's ideas of him are dominated by the film from the 1980s, they want to feel sorry for him.\n\n\"But the real story is he had quite a good life, all things considered.\n\n\"He took control, he used his condition to his advantage, it's a powerful story.\"\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 state of emergency has been declared in Canada after severe snowstorms hit Newfoundland and Labrador.\n\nAs much as 30 inches (76cm) of snow has fallen leaving some residents trapped in their own homes.", "Harry Dunn died in hospital after his motorbike was involved in a crash outside RAF Croughton\n\nBoris Johnson has said he will raise the \"driving habits\" of US personnel at an RAF base near where Harry Dunn died with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.\n\nMr Dunn, 19, was hit by a car driven by Anne Sacoolas, who left for the US claiming diplomatic immunity.\n\nThe prime minister was speaking after footage emerged of a car being driven on the wrong side of the road near RAF Croughton.\n\nMr Johnson said he would \"work for justice for Harry Dunn and his family\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This car was filmed on Friday on the wrong side of the road near the RAF base close to where Harry Dunn died\n\nThe footage, captured on Friday, shows a blue BMW having to brake sharply on a road near the base.\n\nA police vehicle was struck by a car on the wrong side of the same road in October.\n\nNorthamptonshire Chief Constable Nick Adderley said: \"I want to be absolutely clear on the fact that these incidents just cannot keep happening.\"\n\nHe said he had requested a meeting with officials from the base to discuss road safety and that he expected it to take place next week.\n\nHarry Dunn's family, including his mother Charlotte Charles, have been campaigning for justice\n\nThe prime minister is in Berlin ahead of an international summit on Libya with world leaders including US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.\n\nMr Johnson told Sky News: \"We're certainly raising all those issues about the driving habits of US personnel at the base, and we're continuing to work for justice for Harry Dunn and for his family.\"\n\nBoris Johnson is in Berlin for an international summit on Libya hosted by hosted by German Chancellor Angela Merkel\n\nThe Dunn family spokesman, Radd Seiger, said watching the footage made him feel sick.\n\n\"Harry's parents want, more than anything else, for this to never happen to a family again, and I look forward to entering into talks with the authorities, on both sides of the Atlantic, to make sure it never does,\" Mr Seiger said.\n\nAnne Sacoolas pictured on her wedding day in 2003\n\nMr Dunn died in hospital after a head-on crash with a car on 27 August last year near RAF Croughton.\n\nAnne Sacoolas, 42, the wife of a US intelligence officer, is believed to have been driving on the wrong side of the road and has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving.\n\nShe claimed diplomatic immunity after the collision, left for her home country and has refused to return to the UK despite an extradition attempt.", "Belper Street was cordoned off while police carried out inquiries\n\nA 10-year-old boy has been stabbed in the street while out with his mother.\n\nThey were approached by a man in Belper Street, Leicester, at about 17:20 GMT on Saturday, who stabbed the boy and then ran off, police said.\n\nA member of the public called emergency services and the child was taken to the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham where he remains in a stable condition.\n\nHis mother was not injured in the attack and a cordon at the crime scene has been lifted.\n\nLeicestershire Police described the suspect as a light-skinned Asian man, in his mid-20s, about 5ft 10in tall, of chubby build, and wearing a brown jacket.\n\nDet Insp Tim Lindley said: \"This was an act of violence against a young child who was out, in the street, with his mother.\"\n\nHe appealed for witnesses or anyone with dash-cam or CCTV footage of the area around the time of the attack to contact police.\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.", "More than 1,000 people joined police to search through the night for a six-year-old boy who vanished from an M1 service station while on a school trip.\n\nAadil Umair Rahim was found near roadworks just off the northbound carriageway at about 04:15 - nine hours after he went missing at Newport Pagnell services.\n\nHis father said he was \"thankful to everyone\" who searched \"tirelessly\".\n\nHe said he was still \"kind of in shock and panic\", adding: \"he's safe now\".\n\nThe school coach had stopped at the services near Milton Keynes for a break as the pupils travelled back to Nottingham after a trip to London.\n\nHe was initially believed to be hiding but was not found for nine hours\n\nA police helicopter was deployed to find the boy on Friday night, aided by officers on the ground, fire service staff and members of the public.\n\nSearch teams initially thought he could be hiding in the service station but grew concerned as the hours went by and the weather got colder.\n\nTemperatures fell to 1°C before he was found close to a footbridge near Newbolt Close in an area which police said \"houses the matrix system\".\n\nHe was found about half a mile from the service station where he went missing\n\nHis father Umair Rahim said he was \"in shock\" but relieved he was safe.\n\nHe added on Facebook: \"My son has arrived and he is safe now. Thanks for the prayers. Shukar to Allah.\n\n\"Thank you to Thames Valley Police helicopter services fire department, and safe and rescue department who worked tirelessly for 9 hours and found him safe.\n\n\"There was more than a 1,000 people looking for him I'm thankful to everyone.\"\n\nSupt Amy Clements, said: \"This was a very difficult operation involving a very young boy and we are relieved to say that Aadil has been found safe and well.\n\n\"I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the local community, who immediately offered help in trying to find Aadil.\"\n\nThe six-year-old went missing from Newport Pagnell services, near Milton Keynes\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A forensic examination of the scene is under way, police said\n\nThree men have died in a stabbing in east London.\n\nPolice said they were called at about 19:40 GMT on Sunday to reports of a disturbance in Elmstead Road in Seven Kings, Ilford.\n\nThree men, aged in their 20s or 30s, who were involved in a fight, were found by emergency services with stab injuries, the Metropolitan Police said.\n\nAll three were pronounced dead at the scene. Two men, aged 29 and 39, have been arrested on suspicion of murder.\n\nCh Supt Steve Clayman said a fight had broken out between two groups who were armed with knives, leaving three men fatally stabbed.\n\n\"We can now say that two arrests have since been made, so there has been progress.\n\n\"The parties are believed to be known to each other and the group are within the Sikh community,\" he added.\n\nSabih Qureshi, who lives in the area, told the BBC he had seen seven or eight men \"fighting each other\" in the same place on Saturday, which he believed was \"linked for sure\".\n\nHe said: \"They were saying 'I will kill you', and the person was saying 'ok kill me'. For sure it was linked.\"\n\nAfter seeing the three \"badly injured\" men following the attack, Mr Qureshi said he and several others tried to help and give them CPR.\n\nThe Ilford resident added that one of the men was already dead, while the other two were \"not conscious\" but breathing \"just a little\".\n\n\"It was very violent. All the blood was in the street,\" he said.\n\nLouis O'Donoghoe described seeing \"absolute chaos\" after he had heard screaming and shouting outside his house.\n\nIt was like something out of a movie, horrific,\" the 40-year-old scaffolder said.\n\nFormal identification of the victims is yet to take place.\n\nThe stabbings bring the number of homicide investigations launched by the Met in 2020 to six.\n\nPolice will continue to patrol the area on Monday\n\nThere has been a visible police presence here since Sunday night.\n\nOfficers were called just before 20:00 to reports of a disturbance but when they arrived, they found three young men - all in close proximity to each other - with fatal stab wounds.\n\nAt the end of one of the police cordons put in place you can just about make out the tops of the forensic tents - three dotted next to each other - which marks the exact spots where these individuals were pronounced dead.\n\nAn enhanced police presence was seen in the Redbridge area on Monday\n\nDespite the works of the emergency services, these men could not be saved.\n\nI've seen graphic video from a nearby resident that was filmed shortly after the incident showing pools of blood on the street.\n\nI've been speaking to some residents here this morning who say they have raised concerns to police over gangs congregating behind Seven King's train station, where they often drink and smoke cannabis.\n\nRoad closures and an enhanced police presence will be seen in the Redbridge area.\n\nMayor of London Sadiq Khan tweeted: \"My thoughts are with their families and the local community at this dreadful time.\"\n\nHe said extra police enforcement powers had been authorised for the whole of Redbridge borough until 08:00 on Monday.\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\nA forensic examination of the scene is under way and will continue on Monday, police said.\n\nJas Athwal, leader of Redbridge Council, said: \"An incident like this is unheard of within the Sikh community here in Redbridge.\n\n\"I think tragically there are at least three families who are going to be in mourning and this is going to last a lifetime for the people left behind.\"\n\nHe was critical of bloody footage shared on social media appearing to show the aftermath of the killings.\n\n\"I think the first response should be 'What can we do to help?'. To put it on social media is not right.\"\n• None Homicide level down for first time in five years\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Queen, accompanied by the Duke of York, was greeted by well-wishers at St Mary the Virgin Church in Norfolk\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said the whole country will want to wish the Duke and Duchess of Sussex well for the future as they give up royal duties.\n\nIt came as the Queen went to church near Sandringham, in her first public appearance since it was announced the couple were giving up their HRH titles.\n\nIn her statement yesterday she wished them \"a happy and peaceful new life\".\n\nBut Thomas Markle, Meghan's father, accused them of \"cheapening\" the Royal Family.\n\nEarlier this month, Prince Harry and Meghan announced their intention \"to step back as 'senior' members of the Royal Family and work to become financially independent\".\n\nIt prompted intensive discussions between the prince and other senior royals, led by the Queen.\n\nOn Saturday, the Queen and Buckingham Palace announced that they had reached a new arrangement - that the couple would no longer use their HRH titles, receive public funds for royal duties or formally represent the Queen from spring.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Nothing like this has ever happened before\" – royal correspondent Daniela Relph explains\n\nSpeaking briefly to reporters at a summit in Berlin, Mr Johnson said he had been confident the Royal Family would find a way forward for Prince Harry and Meghan, adding: \"I think the whole country will want to join in wishing them the very best for the future.\"\n\nHowever in comments made for a forthcoming Channel 5 documentary, Meghan's father, Thomas Markle, accused the couple of \"destroying\" the Royal Family which he called \"one of the greatest long-living institutions ever\".\n\n\"Every young girl wants to become a princess and she got that and now she's tossing that away,\" he said.\n\n\"It looks like she's tossing that away for money.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Meghan Markle's father reacts to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex deciding to step down as senior royals\n\nDickie Arbiter, former press secretary to the Queen, said the new arrangement had turned a crisis for the Royal Family into a \"workable situation\" that was \"the best sort of deal they could have come up with, without totally upsetting the apple cart\".\n\nDiana Pearl, a former Royal reporter at People, agreed, saying perception of the Royal Family would not ultimately be damaged.\n\nShe said the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge \"look very solid and drama-free after this whole experience - and they really are the future of the family.\"\n\nHowever Katie Nicholl, Vanity Fair royal correspondent, said Harry and Meghan have won their independence, but the Royal Family has lost their \"very magical and unique brand\".\n\nWho has won?, some ask. Harry and Meghan have got what they want. And for some that is enough. Round one to the Sussexes.\n\nBut the price is high, much higher than it was originally thought. The Sussexes and the palace first hoped there might be a way to keep the couple half-in half-out, perhaps with select but high visibility royal duties in and out of the UK.\n\nThat's not happening. Royal through blood and marriage they will always be. But professionally Royal, publicly Royal, they no longer are. They will carry out no duties, no tours, use no royal title. That Royal part their life - all of Harry's life - is over.\n\nIt is a huge step. Only Edward VIII went further, and his is a bitter example.\n\nNo one has won. Everyone - family, Crown and country - has lost.\n\nLast year, Prince Harry and Meghan spoke of the difficulties of royal life and media scrutiny, with the duke saying he feared his wife would fall victim to \"the same powerful forces\" that led to his mother's death.\n\nIn her statement on Saturday, the Queen said she was pleased that a \"constructive and supportive way forward for [her] grandson and his family\" had been found.\n\nShe said she recognised the \"challenges\" they had experienced \"as a result of intense scrutiny over the last two years\".\n\nBuckingham Palace said the duke and duchess understood that under the new arrangement, they were required to withdraw from royal duties, including official military appointments, but would continue to \"uphold the values of Her Majesty\".\n\nThe duke and duchess intend to repay £2.4m of taxpayer money used for the refurbishment of Frogmore Cottage, the statement said.\n\nThe house in Windsor, for which they will pay rent, will remain their family home as they divide their time between the UK and Canada.\n\nThe pair will continue to maintain their private patronages and associations - the duke currently holds 16 patronages, including the Invictus Games Foundation, the Royal Marines and the Rugby Football League; and the duchess four - the National Theatre, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, London-based animal charity Mayhew, and women's charity Smart Works.\n\nThey will no longer use HRH, an abbreviation of His/Her Royal Highness, which is part of the title of some members of the Royal Family.\n\nSome questions about the couple's future status remain unanswered, including what their tax and immigration status will be in the UK and Canada.\n\nIt is not yet known whether Meghan still intends to gain British citizenship, which would entail her spending a certain amount of time in the UK.\n\nAnother question is the issue of their security bill when they are in Canada, said David McClure, an expert on royal finances.\n\n\"The Canadians are not keen on picking up the tab, so I'm sure there will be quite heated discussions between the Canadian government and the British government as to who pays for it,\" he said, adding that the Sussexes might come under pressure to contribute to the cost.\n\nThe couple have already begun a transition phase of living in Canada and the UK.\n\nThe duchess is in the Commonwealth country with son Archie, where the Sussexes were for six weeks over the festive period.\n\nOn Tuesday she visited a charity in Vancouver which campaigns for teenage girls living in poverty.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prince Harry says it is \"a great sadness that it has come to this\"\n\nThe Duke of Sussex has said he is \"taking a leap of faith\" in stepping back from being a senior royal, adding: \"There really was no other option.\"\n\nSpeaking at an event on Sunday evening, Prince Harry said he and Meghan had hoped to continue serving the Queen, but without public funding.\n\n\"Unfortunately, that wasn't possible,\" he said.\n\nIt was his first speech since the couple said they wanted to stand down from being full-time working royals.\n\nThe prince said he had found \"the love and happiness that I had hoped for all my life\" with Meghan, but he wanted to make it clear they were \"not walking away\".\n\n\"The UK is my home and a place that I love, that will never change,\" he said.\n\nPrince Harry said it was a sign of the pressures he was feeling that he would \"step my family back from all I have ever known\" in search of \"a more peaceful life\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC royal correspondent Jonny Dymond gives his five takeaways from Harry's speech\n\nEarlier this month, Prince Harry and Meghan said they intended \"to step back as 'senior' members of the Royal Family and work to become financially independent\".\n\nOn Saturday, Buckingham Palace announced that from the spring they will stop using their HRH titles and withdraw from royal duties, including official military appointments.\n\nAnd on Monday Prince Harry was pictured at the UK-Africa Investment Summit in London, where he held a number of private meetings, including with Prime Minister Boris Johnson.\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge hosted an evening reception at Buckingham Palace for heads of government, ministers, business leaders and members of NGOs attending the summit.\n\nIt was the first time the duke and duchess had hosted a reception for world leaders on behalf of the Queen.\n\nPrince Harry did not attend, with BBC royal correspondent, Nicholas Witchell, saying he is believed to have left on a flight for Canada from Heathrow airport.\n\nPrince William and Catherine were joined at the reception by senior royals including the Princess Royal and the Earl and Countess of Wessex.\n\nBeginning his speech at a fund-raising reception in central London for Sentebale, the charity he co-founded which helps children living with HIV in southern Africa, he said: \"I can only imagine what you may have heard and perhaps read over the past few weeks.\n\n\"So I want you to hear the truth from me as much as I can share, not as a prince or a duke but as Harry.\"\n\nDuring his address, the prince said he would always have \"the utmost respect for my grandmother, my commander in chief\".\n\n\"Our hope was to continue serving the Queen, the Commonwealth, and my military associations, but without public funding. Unfortunately, that wasn't possible,\" he said.\n\n\"I've accepted this, knowing that it doesn't change who I am or how committed I am.\"\n\nPrince Harry met the prime minister at the UK-Africa Investment Summit in London\n\nPrince Harry and Meghan have both spoken about the difficulties of royal life and media attention, with the duke saying he feared his wife would fall victim to \"the same powerful forces\" that led to his mother's death.\n\nHe told the audience at the reception for Sentebale, which he founded to continue Princess Diana's legacy in supporting those with HIV and Aids, that he felt they took him \"under your wing\" after she died.\n\n\"You've looked out for me for so long, but the media is a powerful force, and my hope is one day our collective support for each other can be more powerful because this is so much bigger than just us,\" he said.\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\nAs part of a deal finalised on Saturday between the Queen, senior royals, and the couple, Harry and Meghan agreed they will no longer formally represent the monarch.\n\nHowever, the statement by Buckingham Palace said they would continue to maintain their private patronages and associations.\n\nPrince Harry said in his speech that he and Meghan \"will continue to lead a life of service\".\n\n\"I will continue to be the same man who holds his country dear and dedicates his life to supporting the causes, charities and military communities that are so important to me,\" he said.\n\nJohnny Hornby, chairman of Sentebale, said the new arrangements would not affect the prince's work for the charity. \"We don't need - from Sentebale's perspective - his title, we just need his time and his passion,\" he told the BBC.\n\nThere are two big messages in this speech. The first is to deal with the \"Meghan myth\" - the idea that the Duchess of Sussex is at the root of the couple's desire to lead a different life.\n\nHarry speaks of \"many months\" of discussions over how to deal with the challenges of \"many years\"; he's making it clear that he was unhappy with his role long before Meghan entered his life\n\nAnd he talks about the decision that \"I\" made, a decision \"I\" did not make lightly. He stresses that this was his call, though it was clearly one that they came to together.\n\nThe second message is that he wanted to continue in some sort of a royal role; \"unfortunately,\" he says \"that wasn't possible.\"\n\nBoth sides - the Sussexes and the Palace - thought at the beginning of negotiations that such a half-in, half-out role might be possible. But the tension between a royal life and an independent life was too great; the contradictions and possible conflicts of interest were too many.\n\nHarry may or may not believe that to be true. But he wants to let people know that his desire, at least, was to continue to serve.\n\nFormer Liberal Democrat MP Norman Baker, who is the author of a critical book about the Royal Family, said the public could end up paying for part of the Prince of Wales' ongoing financial support for his son.\n\nMr Baker told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the Queen already offset support for family members against the tax bill for the Duchy of Lancaster, the sovereign's estate.\n\nMuch of Prince Harry's funding comes from his father's estate, the Duchy of Cornwall.\n\nMr Baker called for Prince Charles to say how he will support Harry and to publicly guarantee there would be no loss to the taxpayer through a reduction in his tax liability.\n\nThe former MP also called for the Commons public accounts committee to investigate royal finances.\n\nJournalist and royal author Robert Hardman said the agreement with the Queen meant the duke and duchess's Sussex Royal brand, which they applied to trademark last year, is not \"sustainable\".\n\n\"The whole thrust of what has been agreed with the Queen is they won't be trading on their royal credentials,\" he said.\n\nIn Prince Harry's speech, posted on the couple's Instagram account, he said that when he and Meghan were married \"we were excited, we were hopeful, and we were here to serve\".\n\n\"For those reasons, it brings me great sadness that it has come to this.\n\n\"The decision that I have made for my wife and I to step back is not one I made lightly,\" he said.\n\n\"It was so many months of talks after so many years of challenges and I know I haven't always got it right, but as far as this goes there really was no other option.\"\n\nThe couple, together with their son Archie, spent time in Victoria over Christmas\n\nThe couple said they plan to divide their time between the UK and Canada, after they spent six weeks on Vancouver Island with their son Archie over Christmas.\n\nThe prince told attendees it was a \"privilege... to feel your excitement for our son Archie, who saw snow for the first time the other day and thought it was bloody brilliant!\"\n\nThe duchess is currently staying on Canada's west coast with her son, after briefly returning to the UK earlier this month.\n\nWhat questions do you have about Prince Harry and Meghan's future?\n\nIn some cases your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\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 or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "A book centre has hosted its first dog-friendly storytime session.\n\nChildren can bring their pets along to Seven Stories in the Ouseburn, Newcastle, to enjoy a book.\n\nIt is hoped the sessions will build confidence and improve children's reading skills.", "Jo Swinson resigned as party leader after losing her seat in the 2019 general election\n\nThe Liberal Democrats have announced they will have a new party leader in place by the middle of July.\n\nEx-leader Jo Swinson resigned after losing her East Dunbartonshire seat at the general election in December.\n\nThe party's federal board has set out a timetable that will see nominations for candidates open on 11 May and close on 28 May.\n\nThe ballot for the new Lib Dem leader will then start on 18 June and conclude on 15 July.\n\nThe party says it has more than 100,000 members who will be eligible to take part in the selection process.\n\nEx-cabinet minister Sir Ed Davey and party president Mark Pack will continue as joint acting leaders of the Lib Dems until the election process is completed, the party said.\n\nMr Pack said: \"I want first to thank Jo Swinson for her determined leadership of the Liberal Democrats.\n\n\"The Liberal Democrats are the home for everyone who shares our vision of an outward-looking, caring country that celebrates diversity and benefits from high-quality public services.\n\n\"With our party membership at record levels, I urge everyone else who shares our values to join us in the coming days and vote in the leadership election.\"\n\nMs Swinson lost her seat to Amy Callaghan of the Scottish National Party by 149 votes.", "Businesses have warned that food prices may rise and jobs may be affected after the chancellor vowed to end alignment with EU rules after Brexit.\n\nSajid Javid told the Financial Times the UK would not be a \"ruletaker\" after Brexit, urging businesses to \"adjust\".\n\nThe Food and Drink Federation said the proposals were likely to cause food prices to rise at the end of this year.\n\nThe Confederation of British Industry said for many firms, keeping existing EU rules would support jobs.\n\nThe automotive, food and drink and pharmaceutical industries all warned the government last year that moving away from key EU rules would be damaging.\n\nIn an interview with Financial Times, the chancellor said the Treasury would not support manufacturers that favour staying aligned with EU rules, as companies had known since 2016 that the UK was going to leave the EU.\n\n\"Admittedly they didn't know the exact terms,\" he said.\n\nThe UK's 11-month transition period begins after it leaves the EU on 31 January.\n\nMr Javid declined to specify which EU rules he wanted to drop, but said some businesses would benefit from Brexit, while others would not.\n\nHe added: \"There will not be alignment, we will not be a ruletaker, we will not be in the single market and we will not be in the customs union - and we will do this by the end of the year.\"\n\nTim Rycroft, chief operating officer of the Food and Drink Federation, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that it sounded like the \"death knell\" for frictionless trade with the EU.\n\nAcknowledging that some industries might benefit from Brexit, he said: \"We also have to make sure the government clearly understands what the consequences will be for industries like ours if they go ahead and change our trading terms.\"\n\nThe Food and Drink Federation warned of price rises at the end of the year\n\nThe Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said it welcomed the chancellor's \"ambitious\" vision but said the government should not feel an \"obligation\" to depart from EU rules.\n\nCarolyn Fairbairn, CBI director-general, said for many companies, \"particularly in some of the most deprived regions of the UK\", keeping the same rules would support jobs and maintain competitiveness.\n\nThe Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said the automotive industry in the UK and EU was \"uniquely integrated\" and its priority was to avoid \"expensive tariffs and other 'behind the border' barriers\".\n\nIt said it was vital to have \"early sight\" of the government's plans so companies could evaluate their impact.\n\nAnd the Chemical Industries Association said: \"The industry continues to support regulatory alignment with our European counterparts, which represents the largest single market for our products.\"\n\nBBC business correspondent Katy Austin pointed out that the association's members were concentrated in the north of England, an area the government is particularly keen to be seen to support.\n\nShadow chancellor John McDonnell tweeted that Conservative promises about frictionless trade with the EU after Brexit were \"now exposed as not worth paper they were written on\".\n\nThis tough tone from the chancellor appears to have a two-pronged intention.\n\nFirstly, there's the message to business, which is, effectively, that Brexit is going to happen so just get on with it.\n\nGetting on the wrong side of businesses has never been familiar ground for the Conservatives, but a majority government gives you the freedom to do the uncomfortable stuff.\n\nIt means the Tories can now be emboldened to say some companies will suffer because of Brexit in a way they never would have before. And with the general election now behind them, they can also pay little heed to warnings from the shadow chancellor that no alignment could lead to food shortages and job cuts.\n\nThe second motivation for this tough talk is likely to be about positioning ahead of the trade deal yet to be done with the EU.\n\nThe rhetoric around not being a \"rule-taker\" suggests the Conservatives want to be seen as preparing to have a tough battle with the EU to secure a deal without regulations - if they can.\n\nThe government has not yet agreed a future trading relationship with the EU - it plans to do so during the 11-month transition period.\n\nDuring this period the UK will continue to follow EU rules and contribute to its budget.\n\nThe chancellor also said he wanted to double the UK's annual economic growth to between 2.7 and 2.8%.\n\nThe outgoing governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, told the Financial Times last week he thought the UK's trend growth rate was much lower, at between 1 and 1.5%.\n\nMr Javid said the extra growth would come from spending on skills and infrastructure in the Midlands and the north of England - even if they did not offer as much \"bang for the buck\" as projects in other parts of the country.\n\nHe also pledged to rewrite Treasury investment rules, which have tended to favour government investment in places with high economic growth and high productivity.", "Robert Buckland believes an extra prison in Wales would be \"good for the local population\"\n\nUK ministers remain committed to building a new prison in Wales, according to the justice secretary.\n\nRobert Buckland said he was hoping to work with local councils and the Welsh Government \"to make sure that can become a reality\".\n\nPlans for a new \"super-prison\" in Port Talbot were withdrawn after strong local objections.\n\nMr Buckland said he was also \"very interested\" in developing a women's centre in Wales.\n\nThe five prisons currently in Wales - HMP Berwyn, HMP Cardiff, HMP Parc, HMP Swansea, and HMP Usk/Prescoed - are all for men.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Politics Wales programme, Mr Buckland accepted there was a \"problem\" with female prisoners from Wales having to serve sentences in England but said he had to balance the idea of a women's centre \"against all the other competing priorities\".\n\nLast summer, Boris Johnson announced plans to create 10,000 new prison places in Wales and England.\n\nMr Buckland, the second Llanelli-born Lord Chancellor after Lord Elwyn Jones (1974-1979), said he \"would love\" an extra Welsh prison to be part of the programme.\n\nA new category C super-prison for up to 1,600 prisoners was planned for Port Talbot before UK ministers withdrew the plan after strong local opposition.\n\nThere are more than 5,000 prison places in Wales, including 1,550 at Berwyn in Wrexham, which opened in 2017\n\nAsked if the UK Government still had plans for a similarly-sized facility, Mr Buckland said: \"We still want to build an extra prison in Wales.\n\n\"I'm not so much interested in the glib titles, I want to make sure that we have a facility that is the right size and the right model, and that actually delivers purposeful prison activity.\n\n\"I'm not going to commit myself to a particular size prison now.\n\n\"What I do commit to is a real concern about the fact that I think having an extra prison in Wales would be good for the local population.\n\n\"I've got to get on with that apace. I want to deliver it by the middle of the decade, so my officials will do whatever they can to identify sites in England and Wales that fit the bill, and that can deliver those extra places,\" he added.\n\nResearch published by Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre in January 2019 claimed Wales has the highest imprisonment rate in western Europe.\n\nMr Buckland also signalled opposition to transferring full control of the justice system in Wales to the Welsh Government.\n\nA commission chaired by Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd called for the devolution of policing and prisons because people in Wales are \"let down by the system in its current state\".\n\nMr Buckland, the Conservative MP for South Swindon, said: \"I think the question you've got to ask yourself is 'what is the outcome?'\n\n\"It's all very well obsessing about process, working out which desk is going to be responsible for what.\n\n\"What is more important I think from the point of view of residents is outcomes.\"\n\n\"Making our streets in Wales safer, I find that's what the public would expect me and the home secretary and the prime minister to be concentrating on, rather than worrying about who holds the pen,\" he added.\n\nA Plaid Cymru debate called for the devolution of criminal justice at the Senedd on Wednesday.\n\n\"For a fraction of the amount that we are spending keeping people in prison we could invest in a really good quality probation service,\" said Leanne Wood, Plaid AM for Rhondda, in an interview on BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement.\n\nHer comments come after a coroner at Conner Marshall's inquest criticised the probation service's \"woefully inadequate\" management of a case worker supervising a man who beat the 18-year-old to death.\n\n\"These are the things that we need to tackle,\" said Ms Wood.\n\n\"They are not being tackled at the moment and we could tackle them if devolution of criminal justice was seen through.\"\n\nAfter Friday's inquest, the National Probation Service in Wales said it had taken responsibility for managing all offenders on licence in Wales from the Community Rehabilitation Company.", "Parts of Australia's east coast have been hit by heavy rain and thunderstorms, dousing some bushfires but also bringing the threat of flooding.\n\nSome, such as this thirsty koala, have been making the most of the wet conditions.\n\nRead more: Storms lash some of Australia's fire-hit regions", "Police are investigating the cause of the caravan fire\n\nA three-year-old boy was killed in a caravan fire in the early hours of Sunday morning.\n\nHis sibling, aged four, is in a critical but stable condition in hospital and his father is stable.\n\nThe fire service said a touring caravan and vehicle were completely destroyed and adjacent property damaged in the blaze at Ffair Rhos, near Tregaron, Ceredigion.\n\nEmergency services had been called to the scene at 05:35 GMT on Sunday.\n\n\"Enquiries so far lead us to believe that three people were inside the caravan at the time the fire broke out,\" said Dyfed-Powys Police's Det Ch Supt Steve Cockwell.\n\n\"These were a father and two children - a four-year-old, and a little boy who we believe to have been aged three.\n\n\"While the father and the eldest child were able to get out of the caravan, the younger of the siblings was tragically found deceased inside.\"\n\nSpecialist officers are now supporting the family while a major incident room has been set up at Aberystwyth Police Station.\n\nDet Ch Supt Cockwell added: \"The father is currently in a stable condition in hospital, while the four-year-old is critical but stable.\n\nThe Criminal Investigation Department is investigating the cause of the fire and an appeal was made for witnesses.\n\n\"This was a tragic incident, and we will be doing all we can to find answers for the family, whose world will have been torn apart by this morning's events,\" the officer added.\n\nA spokeswoman for the Mid and West Wales Fire service said appliances from Tregaron, Aberystwyth and Lampeter attended.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will not return as working members of the Royal Family, Buckingham Palace has said.\n\nThe couple said last year that they would step back as \"senior\" royals, and work to become financially independent.\n\nIn 2016, Kensington Palace released a statement confirming Harry had been dating US actress Meghan Markle \"for a few months\". They were pictured in public for the first time in Toronto, attending a wheelchair tennis match during the 2017 Invictus Games.\n\nThey announced their engagement a few weeks after being first pictured together. Meghan told BBC News that Harry's proposal was \"just an amazing surprise, it was so sweet and natural and very romantic\".\n\nIn February 2018, the couple took part in their first joint engagement with Prince Harry's brother and sister-in-law, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. As Meghan joined their Royal Foundation charity, Harry joked the foursome were now \"stuck together\".\n\nThe couple were married at Windsor Castle, on 19 May 2018, with 1,200 public invitations to the grounds of the castle. They travelled through the town in a horse-drawn carriage.\n\nUp to 100,000 well-wishers lined the route as the duke and duchess travelled through Windsor.\n\nThe couple exchanged vows and rings before the Queen and 600 guests at St George's Chapel.\n\nThe couple kissed on the steps of St George's Chapel.\n\nThe Queen, Duke of Edinburgh and other members of the Royal Family attended the wedding.\n\nThe newlyweds held hands after the ceremony.\n\nIn June 2018, the Queen and the duchess were seen at their first royal engagement together, as they officially opened the Mersey Gateway Bridge and Chester's Storyhouse Theatre.\n\nThat autumn, Kensington Palace revealed the duchess was pregnant and the couple's baby was due in the spring. Shortly after the announcement, they embarked on their first official overseas tour, visiting Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga.\n\nOn one of their engagements, the couple posed with OneWave, a surfing community group that raises awareness of mental health and wellbeing, at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia\n\nOn 6 May, 2019, Meghan gave birth to a boy, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, who became seventh in line to the throne. Harry told reporters: \"It's been the most amazing experience I could ever possibly imagine\".\n\nIn June 2019, the couple announced they were splitting from the charity they shared with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, to set up their own foundation.\n\nLast autumn, Archie travelled with the couple to southern Africa on their first royal tour as a family, and was a big hit with Archbishop Desmond Tutu.\n\nAn image of a beaming Prince Harry holding his son while on an extended stay in Canada was released by the couple as part of an Instagram compilation summing up their year.\n\nFollowing their trip, the couple were pictured in January on a visit to Canada House.\n\nIn February, the couple announced that they are expecting their second child.", "Leaked documents reveal how Africa's richest woman made her fortune through exploiting her own country, and corruption.\n\nIsabel dos Santos got access to lucrative deals involving land, oil, diamonds and telecoms when her father was president of Angola, a southern African country rich in natural resources.\n\nThe documents show how she and her husband were allowed to buy valuable state assets in a series of suspicious deals.\n\nMs Dos Santos says the allegations against her are entirely false and that there is a politically motivated witch-hunt by the Angolan government.\n\nThe former president's daughter has made the UK her home and owns expensive properties in central London.\n\nShe is already under criminal investigation by the authorities in Angola for corruption and her assets in the country have been frozen.\n\nNow BBC Panorama has been given access to more than 700,000 leaked documents about the billionaire's business empire.\n\nMost were obtained by the Platform to Protect Whistle-blowers in Africa and shared with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).\n\nThey've been investigated by 37 media organisations including the Guardian and Portugal's Expresso newspaper.\n\nThirty per cent of Angolans live in poverty on less than $2 a day\n\nAndrew Feinstein, the head of Corruption Watch, says the documents show how Ms Dos Santos exploited her country at the expense of ordinary Angolans.\n\n\"Every time she appears on the cover of some glossy magazine somewhere in the world, every time that she hosts one of her glamorous parties in the south of France, she is doing so by trampling on the aspirations of the citizens of Angola.\"\n\nThe ICIJ have called the documents the Luanda Leaks.\n\nOne of the most suspicious deals was run from London through a UK subsidiary of the Angolan state oil company Sonangol.\n\nMs Dos Santos had been put in charge of the struggling Sonangol in 2016, thanks to a presidential decree from her father Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who kept a tight grip on his country for the 38 years he was in power.\n\nBut when he retired as president in September 2017 her position was soon under threat, even though his hand-picked successor came from the same party. Ms Dos Santos was sacked two months later.\n\nMany Angolans have been surprised at the way that President João Lourenço has gone after the business interests of his predecessor's family.\n• None 30%of population live in poverty - less than $1.90/day\n\nThe leaked documents show that as she left Sonangol, Ms Dos Santos approved $58m of suspicious payments to a consultancy company in Dubai called Matter Business Solutions.\n\nShe says she has no financial interest in Matter, but the leaked documents reveal it was run by her business manager and owned by a friend.\n\nPanorama understands that Matter sent more than 50 invoices to Sonangol in London on the day that she was fired.\n\nMs Dos Santos appears to have approved payments to her friend's company after she was sacked.\n\nAlthough some consultancy work had been carried out by Matter, there's very little detail on the invoices to justify such large bills.\n\nOne asks for €472,196 for unspecified expenses - another asks for $928,517 for unspecified legal services.\n\nTwo of the invoices - each for €676,339.97 - are for exactly the same work on the same date and Ms Dos Santos signed them both off anyway.\n\nThese are some of the invoices Isabel dos Santos signed off in her last week at Sonangol\n\nLawyers for Matter Business Solutions say it was brought in to help restructure the oil industry in Angola, and that the invoices were for work that had already been carried out by other consultancy companies it had hired.\n\n\"Regarding the invoices related with expenses, it is common for consultancy companies to add expenses to invoices as a general item. This is often due to those expenses involving large amounts of paperwork... Matter can produce documentary evidence to confirm all expenses incurred.\"\n\nMs Dos Santos's lawyers said her actions with regard to the Matter payments were entirely lawful and that she had not authorised payments after she had been dismissed from Sonangol.\n\nThey said: \"All invoices paid were in relation to services contracted and agreed between the two parties, under a contract that was approved with the full knowledge and approval of the Sonangol Board of Directors.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Isabel dos Santos: \"I regret that Angola has chosen this path\"\n\nThe ICIJ and Panorama have also uncovered new details about the business deals that made Ms Dos Santos rich.\n\nMuch of her fortune is based on her ownership of a stake in the Portuguese energy company Galp, which one of her companies bought from Sonangol in 2006.\n\nThe documents show it only had to pay 15% of the price upfront and that the remaining €63m ($70m) was turned into a low-interest loan from Sonangol.\n\nUnder the generous terms of the loan, her debt to the Angolan people didn't have to be repaid for 11 years.\n\nHer stake in Galp is now worth more than €750m.\n\nMs Dos Santos's company did offer to repay the Sonangol loan in 2017.\n\nThe repayment offer should have been rejected because it didn't include almost €9m of interest owing.\n\nBank orders signed by Isabel dos Santos transferred almost $58m out of the Angolan state oil company\n\nBut Ms Dos Santos was in charge of Sonangol at the time and she accepted the money as full payment of her own debt.\n\nShe was fired six days later and the payment was returned by the new Sonangol management.\n\nMs Dos Santos says she initiated the purchase of the stake in Galp, and that Sonangol made money from the deal as well.\n\n\"There's absolutely no wrongdoing in any of those transactions. This investment is the investment that in history has generated the most benefit for the national oil company and all the contracts that were drafted are perfectly legal contracts, there are no wrongdoings.\"\n\nHer lawyers say the repayment offer in 2017 covered what Sonangol had indicated was owed.\n\nIt's a similar story in the diamond industry.\n\nThey were supposed to be 50-50 partners in a deal to buy a stake in the Swiss luxury jeweller De Grisogono.\n\nBut it was funded by the state company. The documents show that 18 months after the deal, Sodiam had put $79m into the partnership, while Mr Dokolo had only invested $4m. Sodiam also awarded him a €5m success fee for brokering the deal, so he didn't have to use any of his own money.\n\nIsabel dos Santos and her husband Sindika Dokolo can often be seen at film premieres and festivals with the world's stars\n\nThe diamond deal gets even worse for the Angolan people.\n\nThe documents reveal how Sodiam borrowed all the cash from a private bank in which Ms Dos Santos is the biggest shareholder.\n\nSodiam has to pay 9% interest and the loan was guaranteed by a presidential decree from her father, so Ms Dos Santos's bank cannot lose out.\n\nBravo da Rosa, the new chief executive of Sodiam, told Panorama that the Angolan people hadn't got a single dollar back from the deal: \"In the end, when we have finished paying back this loan, Sodiam will have lost more than $200m.\"\n\nThe former president also gave Ms Dos Santos's husband the right to buy some of Angola's raw diamonds.\n\nThe Angolan government says the diamonds were sold at a knockdown price and sources have told Panorama that almost $1bn may have been lost.\n\nMs Dos Santos told the BBC she couldn't comment because she was not a shareholder of De Grisogono.\n\nBut the leaked documents show that she is described as a shareholder of De Grisogono by her own financial advisers.\n\nMr Dokolo did put in some money later. His lawyers say he invested $115m and that the takeover of De Grisogono was his idea. They say his company paid above the market rate for the raw diamonds.\n\nThe leaked documents also reveal how Ms Dos Santos bought land from the state in September 2017. Once again she only had to pay a small up-front fee.\n\nHer company bought a square kilometre of prime beachfront land in the capital Luanda with the help of presidential decrees signed by her father.\n\nAngolan state oil company Sonangol has a subsidiary in London where suspicious deals took place\n\nThe contract says the land was worth $96m, but the documents show her company paid only 5% of that after agreeing to invest the rest in the development.\n\nPanorama traced some of the ordinary Angolans who were evicted to make way for the Futungo development.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Albertina de Fatima describes living next to an open sewer in Angola\n\nThey've been moved from the Luandan seafront to an isolated housing development 30 miles (50km) from the capital.\n\nTeresa Vissapa lost her business to Ms Dos Santos' development and is now struggling to bring up her seven children.\n\nShe said: \"I only ask God to make her think a little more about our situation. Maybe she doesn't even know it, but we are suffering.\"\n\nMs Dos Santos declined to comment on the Futungo development.\n\nBut it was not the only land deal involving Ms Dos Santos that displaced the local population.\n\nAbout 500 families were evicted from another stretch of the Luandan seafront after Isabel dos Santos got involved in another major redevelopment project.\n\nThe families are now living in desperate conditions next to an open sewer. Some of their shacks are flooded with sewage whenever the tide rises.\n\nMs Dos Santos says there weren't any evictions linked to her project and that her companies were never paid because the development was cancelled.\n\nThe billionaire has also made big profits from the telecoms industry in Angola.\n\nShe acquired a 25% stake in the country's biggest mobile phone provider, Unitel. It was granted a telecoms licence by her father in 1999 and she bought her stake the following year from a high ranking government official.\n\nUnitel has already paid her $1bn in dividends and her stake is worth another $1bn. But that's not the only way she got cash from the private company.\n\nShe arranged for Unitel to lend €350m to a new company she set up, called Unitel International Holdings.\n\nThe leaked documents show Isabel dos Santos signed off on loans from Unitel as both the borrower and the lender\n\nThe company name was misleading because it wasn't connected to Unitel and Ms Dos Santos was the owner.\n\nThe documents show Ms Dos Santos signed off on the loans as both lender and borrower, which is a blatant conflict of interest.\n\nMs Dos Santos denied that the loans were corrupt. She said: \"This loan had both directors' approval and shareholders' approval, and it's a loan that will generate, and has generated, benefit for Unitel.\"\n\nHer lawyers say the loans protected Unitel from currency fluctuations.\n\nMost of the companies involved in the dodgy deals were overseen by accountants working for the financial services company, Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC). It's made millions providing auditing, consultancy and tax advice to her companies.\n\nBut PWC has terminated its relationship with the billionaire and her family, after Panorama questioned the way the company had assisted Ms Dos Santos in the deals that had made her rich.\n\nPWC says it is holding an inquiry into the \"very serious and concerning allegations\".\n\nTom Keatinge, director of the Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, criticised PWC for giving the corruption a \"veneer of respectability\"\n\nTom Keatinge, director of the Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, told Panorama that PWC had given legitimacy to Ms Dos Santos and her companies.\n\n\"PWC, if not facilitating the corruption, are providing a veneer of respectability that makes what's happening acceptable or more acceptable than it might otherwise be.\n\n\"So if I was at PWC I'd be conducting a pretty thorough audit of what decisions were made, and in hindsight actually: 'Did we make the wrong decision to accept this business and should we have reported what we had been presented with?'\"\n\nPWC says it strives to maintain the highest professional standards and has set expectations for consistent ethical behaviour across its global network.\n\n\"In response to the very serious and concerning allegations that have been raised, we immediately initiated an investigation and are working to thoroughly evaluate the facts and conclude our inquiry.\n\n\"We will not hesitate to take appropriate actions to ensure that we always stand for the very highest standards of behaviour, wherever we operate in the world.\"\n\nPanorama: The Corrupt Billionaire is available on BBC iPlayer in UK.", "Heavy rains have doused many of the country's bushfires\n\nForecasters have warned of severe storms in Australia's fire-hit state of Victoria, which could lead to flooding.\n\nRecent heavy rains have dampened many of the country's bushfires, but also led to power cuts and road closures.\n\nThe fires, which began in September, have claimed at least 28 lives, destroyed thousands of homes and scorched millions of acres of land.\n\nAs wet weather helped to ease the crisis, the government announced a major package to aid tourism recovery.\n\nPrime Minister Scott Morrison said the government would channel some A$76m ($52m; £40m) from the national bushfire recovery fund into the industry.\n\nHe described the package on Sunday as an \"urgent injection\" of funds for affected businesses, and said tourism in the country was facing \"its biggest challenge in living memory\".\n\nThe Australian Tourism Industry Council told Reuters news agency that damages to the industry were approaching A$1 billion. The Australian Tourism Export Council told the Australian Financial Review that the losses may go above A$4.5 billion by the end of the year.\n\nThe Bureau of Meteorology in Victoria issued severe thunderstorm warnings for parts of the state on Sunday, saying damaging winds and heavy rainfall were expected.\n\nIt said storms and widespread rainfall were forecast in the state for the next three days.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC Weather's Susan Powell looks at the week ahead\n\nOne forecaster from the bureau said the state was \"about to see its wettest two-day period in many, many months\", according to ABC News.\n\nAt least 14 fires were still burning in Victoria as of Sunday.\n\nIn NSW, where 69 fires were burning on Sunday, forecasters said widespread heavy rainfall in the north of the state would ease, as it withdrew flood warnings for the Bellinger and Orara rivers.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Some, such as this thirsty koala, have been making the most of the wet conditions\n\nOfficials in Queensland urged people to \"exercise caution\" on Gold Coast beaches, where \"large water movement and significant debris\" were expected after heavy rainfall on Saturday.", "The cordon has now been lifted\n\nArmed police were deployed in Shrewsbury after a report of a man with a firearm on the roof of a Tesco supermarket.\n\nWest Mercia Police said it received a call at about 16:00 GMT that an armed man was on the Tesco Extra on Battlefield Road.\n\nThe police helicopter was sent out and a cordon was in place while a search of the area was carried out.\n\nPolice said no-one was found but the call was \"made in good faith\".\n\nSupt Jim Baker said they took \"all reports involving firearms incredibly seriously\" and armed officers were deployed to carry out a search of the area.\n\n\"An extensive search has been carried out by officers on the ground, the police helicopter and a fire and rescue service drone and we're satisfied the call was made in good faith and have been able to discount the information we initially acted on,\" he said.\n\nHe thanked the public for their patience during the disruption the search caused.\n\nWriting on Twitter, Paul Fulgoni said he saw \"at least 10 armed police\" as well as a helicopter. He said all of Battlefield had been cordoned off, including McDonald's, Frankie & Benny's and the residential estates.\n\nThe supermarket, which was sealed off for about three hours, has since reopened.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Duke of Sussex grew up in the media spotlight - from a young royal dealing with his mother's death, through his partying teenage years, to his career in the military.\n\nSince then Harry has followed in his mother's footsteps, doing charity work across the globe. He has got married and become a father.\n\nNow he and the Duchess of Sussex have begun a new chapter: giving up their royal duties, HRH titles and public funding and living in California.\n\nHarry has tried to balance his public and private lives. At times, the publicity that comes with being sixth in line to the throne has helped him to bolster support for his charitable endeavours. But there have also been times when that attention has become too much, and he has fought fiercely for his family's privacy.\n\nPrince Harry was born in 1984, the second child of the Prince and Princess of Wales\n\nBorn at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, on 15 September 1984, the prince was christened Henry Charles Albert David by the Archbishop of Canterbury in December of that year in St George's Chapel, Windsor.\n\nBut it was officially announced from the start of his life that he would be known as Harry.\n\nAlthough christened Henry, he has always been known as Harry\n\nHarry with his mother and brother on a trip to Thorpe Park in 1993\n\nThe prince's childhood was cut short when his mother died in 1997.\n\nPrincess Diana was killed in a crash in Paris, aged 36, as the car she was in sped through a tunnel followed by paparazzi photographers.\n\nHer death shook royal fans the world over, but it was 12-year-old Harry and 15-year-old William whose lives changed forever.\n\nThe funeral, which featured the image of the boys walking behind their mother's hearse to attend the service at Westminster Abbey, remains one of the most-watched programmes on the BBC.\n\nPrince Harry stood between his father, Prince Charles, and his older brother, Prince William, as they watched the hearse carry Diana's coffin\n\n\"I can safely say that losing my mum at the age of 12, and therefore shutting down all of my emotions for the last 20 years, has had a quite serious effect on not only my personal life but my work as well,\" the prince said in an interview with the Daily Telegraph in 2017.\n\nHe added: \"I have probably been very close to a complete breakdown on numerous occasions when all sorts of grief and all sorts of lies and misconceptions and everything are coming to you from every angle.\"\n\nThe prince followed the educational path of his older brother William, at Wetherby School in Notting Hill, before entering Eton in 1998.\n\nHarry, five, on his first day at Wetherby School, Notting Hill\n\nPrince Harry watching his brother sign the Eton College entrance book in 1995 - he would follow in his footsteps, joining the school three years later\n\nAfter leaving Eton with two A-levels in 2003, Harry took a gap year.\n\nHe worked on a sheep farm in Australia and with Aids orphans in Lesotho, paving the way for the charity he later set up there.\n\nPrince Charles took his sons on annual skiing holidays to Switzerland\n\nAttention from the press has been a constant in Harry's life.\n\nThe front page of a 2002 edition of the (now defunct) News of the World roared: \"Harry's drugs shame\", and claimed Prince Charles sent his son to visit a rehab clinic as punishment for smoking cannabis.\n\nSt James's Palace confirmed the then 17-year-old had \"experimented with the drug on several occasions\" but said the use was not \"regular\".\n\nThen in October 2004, there was a scuffle with a photographer outside a club.\n\nA royal spokesman said at the time the 20-year-old prince was hit in the face by a camera \"when photographers crowded around him\".\n\nAs part of his gap year, Prince Harry spent time at an orphanage in Lesotho, in southern Africa\n\nWhen Harry pushed the camera away, \"it's understood that a photographer's lip was cut\", the spokesman added.\n\nThe following year, an image of the prince dressed as a Nazi at a fancy dress party sparked outrage.\n\nClarence House later said the prince had apologised for any \"offence or embarrassment\" caused and had realised \"it was a poor choice of costume\".\n\nAnd in 2009, video footage emerged of Harry using offensive language to describe an Asian member of his Army platoon.\n\nSt James's Palace said the prince was \"extremely sorry for any offence his words might cause\" but said he had \"used the term without any malice and as a nickname about a highly popular member of his platoon\".\n\nHarry enjoyed lighter-hearted press coverage during the London 2012 Olympic Games, in his role as an Olympic ambassador.\n\nThe prince was an Olympic ambassador at the London 2012 Games\n\nIn the same year he spent a lot of time in front of the cameras for the Queen's Jubilee. As part of those celebrations Harry completed his first royal solo tour overseas with visits to Belize, the Bahamas, Brazil and Jamaica.\n\nHowever, that August, photos emerged of the prince and a young woman naked in a Las Vegas hotel room.\n\nThe two photos, published on US gossip website TMZ and later in the Sun newspaper, were taken on a private break with friends, with the site reporting the prince was in a group playing \"strip billiards\".\n\nHe later said he had \"probably let myself down\" but added: \"I was in a private area and there should have been a certain amount of privacy that one should expect.\"\n\nThere is, however, a saving grace to the scrapes Harry has found himself in.\n\nAs the younger brother to the expected future king, Harry has relatively little responsibility.\n\nLike the Queen's sister, Princess Margaret, and Prince Charles's younger siblings, Harry is a \"spare to the heir\" - and a world away from the throne.\n\nSo Harry's indiscretions have done little to dent public opinion of him.\n\nAnd he has perhaps had a freer existence because of it; security worries would have made active service in Afghanistan impossible for his older brother, for example.\n\nHarry served a tour in Afghanistan as an Apache helicopter pilot\n\nHarry spent 10 years in the armed forces, becoming the first royal in more than 25 years to serve in a war zone.\n\nHe was left disappointed in 2007 when Army chiefs decided not to send him to Iraq because of \"unacceptable risks\", but later spent 10 weeks serving in Afghanistan in 2008.\n\nHarry returned to the country as an Apache helicopter pilot from September 2012 to January 2013, before qualifying as an Apache commander in July 2013.\n\nHe later described how he had shot at Taliban insurgents, and said that being in Afghanistan was \"as normal as it's going to get\" for him.\n\nThe prince said quitting the Army had been a \"really tough decision\"\n\nWhen he announced he would be leaving the Army in 2015, the prince said his time in the military would \"stay with me for the rest of my life\".\n\nThis is reflected in his charity work, which mostly concentrates on mental health and helping service veterans.\n\nHarry's most notable charity work so far is his founding and chairing of the Invictus Games in 2014.\n\nThe Paralympic-style international competition for injured ex-service personnel has been held in London, Orlando, Toronto and Sydney.\n\nThe prince has been the driving force behind the Invictus Games\n\nHe has also supported the charity Walking With the Wounded, for injured veterans.\n\nThe prince's other charity work includes supporting conservation projects in Africa and jointly founding Sentebale, a charity to help orphans in Lesotho.\n\nOn his visit to Angola in September, Harry said landmines are \"an unhealed scar of war\"\n\nHarry and his brother William have worked together on various charity initiatives\n\nHe has continued his mother's work helping children affected by HIV and Aids, and supporting the Halo Trust's work in clearing landmines.\n\nDiana captured global attention when she walked through a live minefield in central Angola in 1997.\n\nShe died in Paris later that year, before seeing the full impact of her visit - such as the signing of an international treaty to outlaw the weapons - but Harry highlighted her achievements when he retraced her steps in September 2019.\n\nPrince Harry and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge supported Heads Together runners at the London Marathon in 2017\n\nIn later years, Harry has had counselling to help him deal with his mother's death.\n\nHe was best man at his brother William's wedding in April 2011, and has since spoken of how hard it was not to have Diana there.\n\nIn a candid interview with the Daily Telegraph, he described shutting down all of his emotions for nearly 20 years and refusing to thinking about his mother.\n\nThis, he said, had a \"quite serious effect\" on his personal life and his work, and brought him close to a breakdown \"on numerous occasions\".\n\nHe also said he would probably regret \"for the rest of his life\" how brief his last phone call with his mother was, and spoke of her \"fun\" parenting. She was a \"total kid through and through\", he said.\n\nHarry, William and the Duchess of Cambridge joined forces to focus their campaigning efforts on mental health.\n\nThey founded Heads Together, which aims to tackle stigma and fundraise for new support services.\n\nPrince Harry and Meghan Markle were first pictured together at the Invictus Games in 2017\n\nAs one of the world's most high-profile bachelors, Harry's love life has drawn much interest over the years.\n\nIn late 2016, he confirmed a new relationship with US actor, Meghan Markle, while issuing a statement accusing journalists of harassing her.\n\nHe described \"nightly legal battles to keep defamatory stories out of papers\", attempts by reporters and photographers to get into her home and the \"bombardment\" of nearly every friend and loved one in her life.\n\nThe pair had met on a blind date, organised by a mutual friend. Then after just two dates, they went on holiday together to Botswana.\n\nIn September 2017, the year before their wedding, Meghan told Vanity Fair magazine she and Harry were \"two people who are really happy and in love\".\n\nAnd in an interview that November, when their engagement was announced, Harry admitted he had never heard of Meghan before his friend introduced them, and was \"beautifully surprised\".\n\nHe designed the engagement ring for Meghan, including two diamonds from his mother's jewellery collection.\n\nThe couple married in May 2018 at a ceremony at St George's Chapel in Windsor, and consequently became known as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.\n\nOn a 16-day tour of Australia that October, the duke and duchess announced they were expecting their first child, adding that they were happy to share the \"personal joy\" of their news.\n\nBaby Archie, described by Harry as \"our own little bundle of joy\", was born on 6 May 2019.\n\nPrince Harry said he was \"absolutely thrilled\" with the birth of his first child, Archie\n\nThe duke's past few years have been a rollercoaster ride of highs and lows.\n\nIn 2019, he and his wife split their household office from that of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the subsequent launch of the Sussexes' Instagram account amassed more than one million followers in record-breaking time (five hours and 45 minutes).\n\nThe joy of becoming parents was followed days later by news Harry had accepted damages and an apology from a paparazzi agency that had used a helicopter to take photographs of his home in the Cotswolds.\n\nIn June, the Sussexes announced they would split from the charity they shared with the Cambridges - fuelling speculation of a rift between brothers Harry and William.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prince Harry on his brother, William in 2019: \"We are certainly on different paths at the moment\"\n\nA 10-day tour of Africa at the end of September 2019 started well.\n\nHarry raised awareness for causes close to his heart, and the couple introduced Archie to anti-apartheid campaigner Archbishop Desmond Tutu.\n\nBut during the tour, the Duchess of Sussex launched legal action against the Mail on Sunday over a claim that it unlawfully published one of her private letters.\n\nThe duke and duchess went on a 10-day tour of Africa in September 2019\n\nIn a lengthy statement Harry said \"positive\" coverage of the tour of Africa had exposed the \"double standards\" of the \"press pack that has vilified [the duchess] almost daily for the past nine months\".\n\nAnd in an ITV documentary, filmed during the tour and broadcast the following month, the duchess admitted she was struggling to adjust to royal life, while the duke said his mental health was a matter of \"constant management\".\n\nThen, at the start of 2020, the couple made a bombshell announcement that they would be stepping back as senior royals.\n\nLater, Harry would tell host James Corden that the decision to step back was taken to protect himself and his family from the \"toxic\" situation created by the UK press.\n\nTheir difficult relationship with the UK press saw both Harry and Meghan take legal action against publishers, as well as cutting ties with tabloid newspapers.\n\nAfter a brief stint in Canada, the couple now lives in California and are expecting their second child.\n\nThe duke has since spoken out on several issues, including on structural racism, human rights and unconscious bias.\n\nThe duke and duchess gave an interview with Oprah, who went to their wedding\n\nAnd the couple have signed deals to make shows and podcasts with Netflix and Spotify.\n\nHis charity work continues - although he has returned his military appointments and royal patronages. Buckingham Palace said he and Meghan will keep their \"private patronages and associations\".\n\nHe told interviewer Corden that his \"life is always going to be about public service\". But much of the rest of his future - including how he will continue to carve his own path - remains unclear.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Sarah Champion said South Yorkshire Police needed to make \"dramatic changes\"\n\nRotherham's MP Sarah Champion has said she finds it \"difficult to believe\" that a police officer mentioned in a report into the treatment of a sex abuse survivor cannot be identified.\n\nMs Champion said South Yorkshire Police needed to make \"dramatic changes\" in the wake of the police watchdog report.\n\nIt said police failed to protect the complainant, exposing her to abuse.\n\nIt also found an officer - whose identity is a mystery - said \"racial tensions\" meant nothing could be done.\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) looked at several complaints made by a Rotherham woman, who was abused as a child for several years.\n\nIn its report, initially leaked to the Times newspaper, the watchdog upheld the woman's complaints, saying that \"police took insufficient action to protect you from harm\" and that \"police failed to adequately deal with offenders\".\n\nThe IOPC also upheld a complaint that the victim's father was told by a senior - but unidentifiable - officer that the force was aware abuse \"had been going on 30 years and the police could do nothing because of racial tensions\".\n\nSouth Yorkshire Police said on Saturday it accepted the findings of the IOPC.\n\nA report in 2014 by Prof Alexis Jay found at least 1,400 children were subjected to sexual abuse in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013, predominantly by men of Pakistani heritage.\n\nMs Champion told BBC Radio 5 live that the IOPC inquiry was the latest in a series of investigations that showed \"victims and survivors were let down by paid professionals\".\n\n\"Apparently now South Yorkshire Police don't actually know who the officers were that repeatedly let down this survivor, which I find incredibly difficult to believe,\" the MP said.\n\n\"I think what we as a town need to see, and definitely for the survivors to get closure, they need to see cases of misconduct. They need to see people held to account.\"\n\nSouth Yorkshire Police could not be contacted for comment about the Labour MP's remarks.\n\nAbuse survivor Sammy Woodhouse said victims were \"failed, ignored, blamed\"\n\nHer views were echoed by Sammy Woodhouse, who was abused as a teenager in the South Yorkshire town.\n\nShe said she was not shocked by the report's findings.\n\n\"I think for the last six years we've more than proved what happened to us,\" said Ms Woodhouse.\n\n\"How we were viewed how we were treated, failed, ignored, blamed... unfortunately that's not a thing of the past, it's still happening today.\n\n\"We've started to now see perpetrators that have committed the rapes and the abuse being held to the account, but yet whenever when it comes to professionals I feel that we constantly hit a brick wall and I don't think anybody will be ever held to account.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "One of Africa's major oil producers, Angola is still tackling the physical, social and political legacy of a 27-year civil war that ravaged the country after independence.\n\nFollowing Portugal's own revolution in 1974, and the subsequent withdrawal of its colonial administration in 1975, the rival former independence movements competed for power until 2002.\n\nAngola has vast mineral and petroleum reserves, and its economy is among the fastest-growing in the world - but economic growth is highly uneven. Much of its oil wealth lies in its separate Cabinda province, where a decades-long separatist conflict simmers.\n\nJoao Lourenco became the country's first new president in 38 years in September 2017.\n\nHe was the chosen candidate of his predecessor Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who did not run in the general election but who was still expected to retain a strong influence over the running of the country.\n\nHowever, Mr Lourenco surprised many by firing several security chiefs close to his predecessor.\n\nHe also removed Isabel dos Santos, daughter of the former president, as head of the country's state oil company Sonangol. The former president's son, José Filomeno dos Santos, was sentenced for five years in jail for fraud and corruption in 2020.\n\nMr Lourenco is a retired general who first fought in the independence struggle against Portugal, and later against the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (Unita) during the civil war.\n\nState-owned media dominate the media landscape. Of the many privately owned newspapers that emerged following the advent of multiparty politics in 1992, only four still exist in print form.\n\n\"Censorship and control of information still weigh heavily on Angolan journalists,\" says the NGO, Reporters without Borders (RSF).\n\nThe Angolan civil war involved forces from Cuba, pictured, as well as from South Africa\n\n16th-18th Centuries - Angola becomes a major Portuguese trading area for slaves. Between 1580 and 1680, more than one million people are enslaved and shipped to Brazil.\n\n1956 - The early beginnings of the socialist guerrilla independence movement, the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), based in northern Congo.\n\n1961 - Forced labour abolished after revolts on coffee plantations leave 50,000 dead. The fight for independence is bolstered.\n\n1975 - Portuguese withdraw from Angola without formally handing power to any movement. MPLA is in control of Luanda and declares itself government of independent Angola. Unita and FNLA set up a rival government in Huambo.\n\n1979 - MPLA leader Agostinho Neto dies. Jose Eduardo dos Santos takes over as president. He steps down 38 years later.\n\n1988 - South Africa agrees to Namibian independence in exchange for removal of Cuban troops from Angola.\n\n1998 - Luanda launches offensive against Unita - thousands killed in next four years of fighting.\n\n2002 - Unita leader Jonas Savimbi is killed by government troops. The government and Unita sign a ceasefire shortly afterwards.\n\n2012 - Angola launches a $5bn sovereign wealth fund to channel its oil wealth into investment projects.\n\nThe civil war came to an end following the killing of rebel leader Jonas Savimbi\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Former employees of new MP Jamie Wallis say he worked in the same office that ran a \"sugar daddy\" website\n\nConservative MP Jamie Wallis worked in the same office that ran a \"sugar daddy\" dating website, two former employees have told BBC Wales.\n\nThe newly-elected Bridgend MP has distanced himself from Sugar-Daddy.net.\n\nA Labour MP has said this was \"clearly\" contradicted by company records.\n\nJames Cleverly told Sky News' Sophy Ridge On Sunday it was not his job as the chairman of the Conservative Party to investigate any claims linked to \"business arrangements\".\n\nOne ex-staffer said he \"was aware\" the site was being run from the office, while another said his denial \"totally lacks credibility\".\n\nBBC Wales tried to contact Mr Wallis for comment but was told \"he's not available\".\n\nSugar-Daddy.net offered introductions to wealthy individuals, saying: \"We can introduce you to your very own sugar daddy and solve your money worries.\n\n\"Whether you're a boy, girl, straight or gay, there's a sugar daddy for you.\"\n\nLabour's Tonia Antoniazzi raised the link between Jamie Wallis MP and the site in the House of Commons on Wednesday following reports by Buzzfeed News.\n\nThe Gower MP claimed Mr Wallis had \"misled the press about his involvement\" in the website, which she called \"exploitative and demeaning\".\n\nMr Wallis told BuzzFeed: \"Online queries indicate the Sugar-Daddy.net website was registered in 2004 and ceased to be operational in 2010.\"\n\n\"The site appears to have been owned and operated by a company named SD Billing Services Limited.\n\n\"For the avoidance of any doubt, I have never had a financial interest, nor been a director of SD Billing Services Limited and cannot comment on its operational activities.\"\n\nJamie Wallis was elected as MP for Bridgend in December\n\nJamie Wallis is listed at Companies House as a person with significant control of Fields Group Ltd.\n\nFields Group Ltd is listed as sole shareholder of SD Billing Services between October 2007 and October 2010.\n\nWithin that period Mr Wallis was a shareholder and director of Fields Group.\n\nThe Fields Group has operated a number of businesses from an office in Pencoed, outside Bridgend.\n\nTwo former employees of those, who worked in an office with Jamie Wallis, told the BBC's Politics Wales programme that Sugar-Daddy.net was also run from that office.\n\nOne said: \"It's not believable to think he didn't know about the site because it was up there on the screen (in the office).\n\n\"He would be aware, he was always in the management meetings with everyone else and that's when they talk about how their businesses are going.\n\n\"It was just one main office, couple of smaller offices off it on one floor.\n\n\"It wasn't a big office, I would say there's about 20 people in it on the main floor. Everyone knew each other.\n\n\"It [Sugar-Daddy.net] was on screen. I saw it many times on screen.\"\n\nThey said he \"had to be aware\".\n\nTonia Antoniazzi said the site was \"demeaning\" and \"exploitative\"\n\n\"I mean, just walking through the office he would see it on screen,\" they added.\n\nAnother former employee said: \"Sugar Daddy was run from the Bridgend office. Jamie was aware of it and he was fine with it.\n\n\"He saw it as a good business model. He had no concerns and never raised any issues about the ethics of it.\"\n\nBuzzFeed News reported that 10 companies where Mr Wallis was or is a director were subject to more than 800 complaints to trading standards between January 2008 and February 2017, according to Bridgend council.\n\nThe council said the companies had been the subject of 20 enforcement visits.\n\nMr Wallis told BuzzFeed the figures were \"nonsense\" and he is taking legal action against Bridgend council.\n\nA Bridgend council spokesman confirmed they had received a \"letter-before-action\" from Fields Group Limited but could not comment further \"due to the possibility of ongoing proceedings\".\n\nMr Cleverly told Sky News: \"The activities of that website is not something I am at all comfortable with but, ultimately, the relationship between that company and any companies that Jamie might have been involved in is something I am not in a position to look into. Business arrangements are separate.\n\n\"If he has done anything wrong that will be looked at by the whips but, at this stage, I don't know he has done anything wrong and the exact relationship between him and various businesses I don't have full details of that.\"\n\nBBC Politics Wales is on BBC One Wales at 10:00 GMT on Sunday 19 January and on the BBC iPlayer.\n• None Blow to Labour as seat goes blue after 32 years", "The Duke of Sussex has spoken for the first time after Buckingham Palace announced the terms on which he and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, will step back from being senior royals.\n\nHe made his remarks during a speech at a private reception in central London for his charity Sentebale.\n\n\"Good evening, and thank you for being here for Sentebale, a charity me and Prince Seeiso created back in 2006 to honour my mother's legacy in supporting those affected by HIV and Aids.\n\n\"Before I begin, I must say that I can only imagine what you may have heard or perhaps read over the last few weeks...\n\n\"So, I want you to hear the truth from me, as much as I can share - not as a prince, or a duke, but as Harry, the same person that many of you have watched grow up over the last 35 years - but with a clearer perspective.\n\n\"The UK is my home and a place that I love. That will never change.\n\n\"I have grown up feeling support from so many of you, and I watched as you welcomed Meghan with open arms as you saw me find the love and happiness that I had hoped for all my life. Finally, the second son of Diana got hitched, hurray!\n\n\"I also know you've come to know me well enough over all these years to trust that the woman I chose as my wife upholds the same values as I do. And she does, and she's the same woman I fell in love with.\n\n\"We both do everything we can to fly the flag and carry out our roles for this country with pride.\n\n\"Once Meghan and I were married, we were excited, we were hopeful, and we were here to serve.\n\n\"For those reasons, it brings me great sadness that it has come to this.\n\n\"The decision that I have made for my wife and I to step back is not one I made lightly. It was so many months of talks after so many years of challenges. And I know I haven't always got it right, but as far as this goes, there really was no other option.\n\n\"What I want to make clear is we're not walking away, and we certainly aren't walking away from you. Our hope was to continue serving the Queen, the Commonwealth, and my military associations, but without public funding. Unfortunately, that wasn't possible.\n\n\"I've accepted this, knowing that it doesn't change who I am or how committed I am.\n\n\"But I hope that helps you understand what it had come to, that I would step my family back from all I have ever known, to take a step forward into what I hope can be a more peaceful life.\n\n\"I was born into this life, and it is a great honour to serve my country and the Queen.\n\n\"When I lost my mum 23 years ago, you took me under your wing.\n\n\"You've looked out for me for so long, but the media is a powerful force, and my hope is one day our collective support for each other can be more powerful because this is so much bigger than just us.\n\n\"It has been our privilege to serve you, and we will continue to lead a life of service.\n\n\"It has also been a privilege to meet so many of you, and to feel your excitement for our son Archie, who saw snow for the first time the other day and thought it was bloody brilliant!\n\n\"I will always have the utmost respect for my grandmother, my commander in chief, and I am incredibly grateful to her and the rest of my family for the support they have shown Meghan and I over the last few months.\n\n\"I will continue to be the same man who holds his country dear and dedicates his life to supporting the causes, charities and military communities that are so important to me.\n\n\"Together, you have given me an education about living. And this role has taught me more about what is right and just than I could have ever imagined.\n\n\"We are taking a leap of faith - thank you for giving me the courage to take this next step.\"", "Police maintained a cordon at the scene of the incident\n\nThe death of a man in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, is now being treated as murder, police have said.\n\nGlen Quinn's body was found in Ashleigh Park in the Woodburn area on Saturday.\n\nTwo men, aged 38 and 39, and a woman aged 47, earlier arrested in connection with Mr Quinn's death, were rearrested on suspicion of murder on Monday night.\n\nThey were later released on police bail pending further enquiries. Police said forensic examinations and further investigations were ongoing.\n\nDet Supt Jason Murphy said he was aware of speculation circulating that the death \"is in some way related to the activities of South East Antrim UDA\".\n\n\"The investigation remains at a very early stage and it is not yet possible to be definitive about the motivation for this man's murder but the potential for it to be linked to those associated with paramilitary organisations will form part of our investigation,\" he said.\n\n\"Rumour and speculation within the community is likely to be unhelpful as we seek to establish the circumstances surrounding this man's death and I would appeal to the community to contact us.\"\n\nMr Quinn, who was in his 40s, was found dead on Saturday night.\n\nInvestigators in forensic suits examined the scene of Mr Quinn's death\n\nOn Sunday, police maintained a cordon around a block of six flats in the area.\n\nOne neighbour told the BBC that Mr Quinn lived alone and had only recently moved into the area.", "Conner Marshall, from Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, died following an unprovoked attack\n\nThe family of a man murdered at a caravan park by a serial offender was refused access to details of the killer's probation monitoring for over a year, an inquest has heard.\n\nConner Marshall, 18, was beaten to death at Trecco Bay in Porthcawl in March 2015.\n\nKiller David Braddon, who was 26 at the time, pleaded guilty to murder and is serving a life sentence.\n\nBraddon was subject to two community orders at the time.\n\nHe had been convicted of two drug offences and assaulting a police officer, but probation staff were unaware he had previously been convicted of beating up a partner.\n\nNadine Marshall told the inquest in Pontypridd they were only told Braddon was under supervision five months after her son's death.\n\nShe said it took eight months of \"pleading\" with the Wales Community Rehabilitation Company to get a summary of the details of Braddon's case in April 2016, and was refused access to the full probation report.\n\nShe and her husband went to the Ministry of Justice in London in the end to request the report and were again told they were not entitled to it, but the day after their visit they were told they would be allowed to see it after all.\n\nHowever they did not receive a copy until November 2016, seven months later.\n\nAssistant coroner Nadim Bashir said \"too much reliance on self-reporting\" had meant staff had not known of Braddon's prior conviction for battery in 2009.\n\nProbation officer Katherine Oakley said she had been \"overwhelmed with work\" as there were often lots of people off sick and she had not carried out a risk assessment on Braddon.\n\n\"I was sometimes dealing with 15 to 20 cases a day. Because of this I didn't have time to carry out every risk assessment,\" she told the inquest.\n\nBraddon had told Ms Oakley he was suffering from anxiety and depression and had been diagnosed with psychosis but had stopped taking his medication.\n\nHe had missed six rehabilitation appointments, but Ms Oakley said there would be a \"substantial reason\" to miss one.\n\n\"I'd usually require documentary evidence such as a doctor's note. If it was childcare issues, we'd rearrange appointments,\" she said.\n\n\"If he used that reason more than once. I would get suspicious and not accept it as a reason.\"\n\nOutlining the events leading to Mr Marshall's death, Mr Bashir said the attacker had taken a cocktail of drugs and alcohol, including cocaine and Valium.\n\nHe had been staying at the caravan park with his estranged partner and their children when a row erupted over an ex-boyfriend.\n\nBraddon armed himself with a kitchen knife and said he was going to look for the ex-boyfriend and kill him, the coroner's court heard.\n\nMistaking Conner Marshall for that individual, Braddon launched a frenzied attack when \"the red mist descended\", he told police in interviews.\n\nHe admitted striking the teenager with a pole and repeatedly punching him, before stripping him naked to humiliate him.\n\nConner Marshall's mother Nadine has demanded answers following her son's murder\n\nAddressing the inquest, the murder victim's mother Mrs Marshall described the past few years as going through \"the depths of despair\".\n\nShe said she missed the nightly text messages from her son telling her: \"Nos da - caru chi\" - Welsh for \"Good night - love you\".\n\nMrs Marshall, from Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, said the whole family now felt anxious and nervous about the most simple daily tasks.\n\n\"I feel we failed to protect Conner, but giving your children as they grow up independence is so important - but equally hard,\" she said.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet explains the significance of the attack\n\nThe killing of Gen Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds force, represents a dramatic escalation in the low-level conflict between the US and Iran and one whose consequences could be considerable.\n\nRetaliation is to be expected. A chain of action and reprisal could ensue bringing the two countries closer to a direct confrontation. Washington's future in Iraq could well be called into question. And President Trump's strategy for the region - if there is one - will be tested like never before.\n\nPhilip Gordon, who was White House co-ordinator for the Middle East and the Persian Gulf in the Obama administration, described the killing as little short of a \"declaration of war\" by the Americans against Iran.\n\nThe Quds Force is the branch of Iran's security forces responsible for operations abroad. For years, whether it be in Lebanon, Iraq, Syria or elsewhere, Soleimani has been a key instigator in expanding and extending Iran's influence through planning attacks or bolstering Tehran's local allies.\n\nFor Washington, he was a man with US blood on his hands. But he was popular in Iran itself. And in practical terms, he led Tehran's fightback against the broad campaign of pressure and US-imposed sanctions.\n\nWhat is most surprising is not that Soleimani was in President Trump's sights but quite why the US should strike him now.\n\nA series of low-level rocket attacks against US bases in Iraq were blamed on Tehran. One US civilian contractor was killed. But earlier Iranian operations - against tankers in the Gulf; the shooting down of a US unmanned aerial vehicle; even the major attack against a Saudi oil facility - all went without a direct US response.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAs for the rocket attacks against the US bases in Iraq, the Pentagon has already hit back against the pro-Iranian militia believed to be behind them. That prompted a potential assault on the US embassy compound in Baghdad.\n\nIn explaining the decision to kill Soleimani, the Pentagon focused not just on his past actions, but also insisted that the strike was meant as a deterrent. The general, the Pentagon statement reads, was \"actively developing plans to attack US diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region\".\n\nQuite what happens next is the big question. President Trump will hope that in one dramatic action he has both cowed Iran and proven to his increasingly uneasy allies in the region like Israel and Saudi Arabia that US deterrence still has teeth. However it is almost unthinkable that there will not be a robust Iranian response, even if it is not immediate.\n\nCould Iran target US soldiers stationed in Iraq in response?\n\nThe 5,000 US troops in Iraq are an obvious potential target. So too are the sorts of targets hit by Iran or its proxies in the past. Tensions will be higher in the Gulf. No wonder the initial impact was to see a surge in oil prices.\n\nThe US and its allies will be looking to their defences. Washington has already despatched a small number of reinforcements to its embassy in Baghdad. It will have plans to increase its military footprint in the region quickly if needed.\n\nBut it is equally possible that Iran's response will be in some sense asymmetric - in other words not just a strike for a strike. It may seek to play on the widespread support it has in the region - through the very proxies that Soleimani built up and funded.\n\nIt could for example renew the siege on the US embassy in Baghdad, putting the Iraqi government in a difficult position, and call into question the US deployment there. It could prompt demonstrations elsewhere as cover for other attacks.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Could Iran instigate more attacks on the US embassy in Baghdad such as this one earlier this week?\n\nThe strike against the Quds force commander was a clear demonstration of US military intelligence and capabilities. Many in the region will not mourn his passing. But was this the wisest thing for President Trump to do?\n\nHow well is the Pentagon prepared for the inevitable aftermath? And just what does this strike tell us about Mr Trump's overall strategy in the region? Has this changed in any way? Is there a new zero-tolerance towards Iranian operations?\n\nOr was this just the president taking out an Iranian commander he would no doubt regard as \"a very bad man\".", "The assassination of Qasem Soleimani has plunged Iran and the United States into their most serious confrontation since the hostage crisis in 1979.\n\nPresident Donald Trump's decision to kill Soleimani removes one of the most obdurate and effective enemies of the US, and delivers a blow to the heart of the Islamic republic of Iran. It is also a dangerous escalation in a region that was already tense and full of violence.\n\nThe killing at Baghdad airport has increased tensions sharply, creating fears of a slide into an all-out war. That is no certainty. Neither the Americans nor the Iranians want one. But the crisis brought on by the killing of Soleimani - and a senior Iraqi ally - amplifies the chances of a bloody miscalculation.\n\nIran has sworn vengeance. That threat has to be taken seriously. Soleimani was at the core of the regime, and a talisman for Iran's hardliners. They will want to get even, perhaps more than that.\n\nDespite arms embargoes, Iran has developed a modern arsenal of rockets and missiles. But if it wanted to use them against US forces as part of a reprisal, Iran would risk making matters worse.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAn act of war to answer that of the US - for example attacking US ships in the Gulf - would risk provoking a devastating response. Iran's oil refineries are on the coast and would be easy targets for the vast firepower the US has in and around the Gulf.\n\nWhen Iran retaliates, it is likely to follow Soleimani's own indirect tactics: so-called asymmetric warfare, spurning an attack through the front door for one through a side window.\n\nSoleimani cultivated a range of well-armed militias, which give Iran options short of a head-to-head confrontation with the Americans which it would only lose.\n\nThe Americans will now be looking at their most vulnerable deployments in the Middle East. One is the small force in Syria.\n\nA big question is why the Americans chose now to kill Soleimani.\n\nHe had been a thorn in their sides since at least the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. He made sure Iraqi Shias raised, trained and equipped militias which became effective and ruthless fighters against the US and its allies.\n\nThe Americans and their allies in Israel and the West have tracked Soleimani closely for years. It's likely that he has been in their sights before.\n\nThe fact that this time the Americans pulled the trigger suggests that President Trump believes the reward is worth the risk, that the Iranian regime has been so weakened by isolation, economic sanctions and recent demonstrations that it will rage but not offer a serious strategic threat.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Trump - We took action to stop, not start a war\n\nBut it is not at all clear whether the assassination fits into a coherent US strategy, and such an assumption could be dangerous and wrong.\n\nSoleimani was a colossal figure inside Iran. He was its strategic mastermind. Perhaps he left a plan of steps to take if he were killed.\n\nThis assassination at the start of a new year and a new decade might turn into another Middle Eastern milestone, touching off another sequence of bloody events.\n\nTo begin with, the Iranian regime must now be planning its answer to his death, to show that the position Soleimani spent so long creating outside its borders in the Middle East can be defended.", "Burger King has launched its first plant-based burger in the UK - but it is not suitable for vegans and vegetarians.\n\nThe soy-based version of its Whopper burger is cooked on the same grill as meat burgers.\n\nThe fast food chain says the Rebel Whopper is aimed at those who want to cut meat consumption.\n\nBut a spokesperson for the Vegan Society called the launch a \"missed opportunity\".\n\nBurger King says that the burger \"patty\" itself is plant-based, but because of how it is cooked it will not be labelled as suitable for vegans or vegetarians.\n\nIt will also be served with mayonnaise, unless the customer asks otherwise.\n\nKatie Evans, marketing director for the chain, said the burger was aimed at \"flexitarians\". She added it wanted the burger to replicate the \"flame-grilled taste\" as closely as possible.\n\nBurger King did confirm, though, that its vegetarian bean burger and its vegetarian option on the children's menu are cooked separately.\n\nSam Calvert, head of communications at the Vegan Society, said that not making the new burger fully vegan \"seems a missed opportunity\".\n\nShe added that vegan mayonnaise was \"readily available\" and used by other well-known chains, which would also make the burger suitable for some religious groups that avoid eating certain animals and eggs.\n\nThe Rebel Whopper launch on Monday also saw a backlash on social media. One Twitter user called it \"a case of big corporations jumping on the bandwagon of a trend\".\n\nLifestyle blogger Donna Wishart criticised Burger King for failing to deliver \"actual vegan products\", when other fast food companies 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 by Donna Wishart - What the Redhead said 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 Donna Wishart - What the Redhead said\n\nHowever, Toni Vernelli, international head of communications and marketing at Veganuary, dismissed claims that Burger King was trying to \"capitalise on the vegan pound\".\n\nShe said that \"increasing the availability of plant-based options\" was the best way to encourage the reduction of meat consumption.\n\n\"Don't let perfection be the enemy of good,\" she said.\n\nThe Vegan Society describes veganism as a \"lifestyle\" that avoids all animal foods such as meat, dairy, eggs and honey, as well as animal-based products like leather.\n• None 600,000According to a Vegan Society survey of 2,000 people in 2018\n\nAccording to the latest research by the Vegan Society, conducted in 2018, there are about 600,000 vegans in Great Britain.\n\nFlexitarianism, part-time vegetarianism or veganism, is becoming more popular.\n\nIn 2020, at least 300,000 people pledged to go vegan for the first month of the year, under the Veganuary campaign, the organisation said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jane Lane, the co-founder of Veganuary, started the movement in January 2014.\n\nInterest in vegan and vegetarian products shows no sign of slowing down. This January, other well-known food chains have launched meat substitutions for popular products.\n\nBakery Greggs announced a vegan \"steak bake\" after the success of its vegan sausage roll last year, while coffee chain Costa said it would offer a \"vegan ham and cheese\" toastie.", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nLiverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said his team's performance was \"sensationally good\" as Curtis Jones' stunning winner earned the Reds a fully deserved FA Cup third-round victory and extended Everton's miserable record of Anfield failure.\n\nThe German made nine changes from the side that increased their Premier League lead to 13 points with victory over Sheffield United on Thursday - including three debutants in Takumi Minamino, Nathaniel Phillips and substitute Yasser Larouci.\n\nAnd it was 18-year-old Jones who grabbed the Merseyside derby glory with a magnificent curling 25-yard drive that eluded the outstretched arms of Everton keeper Jordan Pickford as it arced into the top corner after 71 minutes. The Toffees remain without a win at their rivals since September 1999.\n\nKlopp said: \"I saw a sensationally good performance of a not very experienced team with a lot of players playing for the first time on this kind of stage, in front of this crowd, against the opponent. It was outstanding. I loved it - I loved each second of this game.\n\n\"If you want to be a Liverpool player, you have to respect the principles of this club. We cannot always play the best football in the world but we can fight like nobody else. And as long as we use our principles, we will be a difficult opponent to play against.\"\n\nThe Reds boss had the luxury of resting superstars such as Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Virgil van Dijk, survived the early loss through injury of James Milner, and yet still saw his side fully merit their place in the fourth round.\n\nEverton manager Carlo Ancelotti played virtually his strongest available side but the visitors paid for a lacklustre display and a succession of missed opportunities in the first half, when Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Mason Holgate and Richarlison saw efforts saved by Liverpool keeper Adrian.\n\nThe Italian blamed a drop in his side's performance level during the match.\n\n\"The line-up of Liverpool didn't affect our idea of how to play,\" he said. \"We knew that Liverpool put in fresh players and that the intensity could be a high intensity, so I think the defeat arrived because we were not able to keep the intensity in the second half.\n\n\"We lost energy, we lost confidence, we were not able to build up quick from the back.\n\n\"We are going to speak and work together to find a solution to help improve the team. I know we have to work.\"\n\nThe fourth-round draw takes place on Monday at 19:35 GMT on BBC One and the iPlayer, before Arsenal's game against Leeds.\n• None Curtis Jones: Has Liverpool teen had his 'Rooney moment'?\n• None Watch all of the latest FA Cup highlights\n• None Where will the third-round shocks be? Ladhood star Liam Williams takes on Lawro\n• None How to follow FA Cup third round on the BBC\n\nLiverpool are the team who have forgotten how to lose - and they were playing an Everton side who have long forgotten how to win at Anfield.\n\nKlopp took no chances with his big players but the Reds still had too much energy for this laboured Everton team.\n\nDivock Origi added physicality up front but it was the likes of Jones and 16-year-old Harvey Elliott who epitomised the host club's victory - along with 22-year-old central defender Nathaniel Phillips, effectively brought back from a loan spell at Stuttgart to play in this game.\n\nIt was a moment of genius from Jones, born two years after Everton last won at Anfield, that made the difference before Liverpool closed out the victory with maturity and without problems from a bitterly disappointing Everton.\n\nThey even survived the blow of losing Milner in the opening minutes, depriving Klopp of one of his most experienced players. In the event, it just gave another teenager, Yasser Larouci, his chance to shine.\n\nKlopp and his players took the acclaim in front of the Kop after the final whistle as Liverpool's dream season continues.\n\nEverton manager Carlo Ancelotti now knows the full extent of the job he must undertake at Goodison Park.\n\nThis was as embarrassing as it gets for Everton, outmanoeuvred and beaten by what was more or less a Liverpool reserve team.\n\nAnd for many players whose names are on this loss, it will surely prove to be a watershed moment and the beginning of the end of their careers at the club.\n\nGylfi Sigurdsson, at £45m, was a lightweight passenger in midfield, too easily shrugged off the ball, outpaced and deservedly substituted - he looked heavy-legged and unfit for purpose.\n\nMorgan Schneiderlin has been out injured but he was also miles off the pace, while Theo Walcott produced an absolute horror show of a performance, riddled with dreadful decisions and cheap concession of possession.\n\nTrue, it took a magnificent strike for Liverpool to clinch their place in the fourth round and Everton squandered so many first-half chances but this was what the visitors' effort, or lack of it, deserved.\n\nOn this day, when presented with a below-strength Liverpool, Everton were exposed as faint-hearted and lacking in stomach for the fight.\n\nThis was a grim chapter - the only forward-looking note being that Ancelotti has been given a rapid reminder of exactly why Everton paid so much to bring him to Goodison Park.\n\nToffees toppled again in the third round - stats\n• None Liverpool remain unbeaten in their past 23 home games against Everton in all competitions (W13 D10); they have beaten the Toffees twice at Anfield in the same season for the first time since the 1986-87 campaign.\n• None Everton have never won away to Liverpool in the FA Cup in six attempts (D4 L2).\n• None Liverpool have progressed from the FA Cup third round in eight of their past nine seasons, failing only in 2018-19 thanks to a 2-1 defeat at Wolves.\n• None Everton have been eliminated in the FA Cup third round in four of the past six campaigns, as many as in the preceding 20 seasons.\n• None Liverpool have won 23 of their past 25 home games in all competitions (D2), keeping a clean sheet in each of their past five matches at Anfield.\n• None Origi has been directly involved in six goals in his five home Merseyside derby appearances against Everton, scoring five and assisting Jones' winner.\n• None Liverpool named three teenagers in their starting XI for a Merseyside derby (Harvey Elliott, Neco Williams and Jones) for the first time since October 2012 (Raheem Sterling, Suso and Andre Wisdom), a 2-2 draw in the Premier League at Goodison Park under Brendan Rodgers. Indeed, the Reds had not started a single teenager in any of their previous 10 meetings with Everton in all competitions before today.\n\nThe Reds are at Tottenham on Saturday 11 January (17:30 GMT) and the Toffees host Brighton (15:00 GMT) on the same day.\n• None Attempt missed. Moise Kean (Everton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Djibril Sidibé with a cross.\n• None Offside, Everton. Yerry Mina tries a through ball, but Richarlison is caught offside.\n• None Attempt blocked. Divock Origi (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Curtis Jones.\n• None Attempt saved. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Divock Origi.\n• None Attempt missed. Morgan Schneiderlin (Everton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.\n• None Attempt blocked. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Curtis Jones.\n• None Goal! Liverpool 1, Everton 0. Curtis Jones (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Divock Origi.\n• None Attempt saved. Divock Origi (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Yasser Larouci. 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. Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Olivia Colman and Sam Mendes were among a raft of British winners\n\nBritish stars have had a golden night at a Golden Globes, where Australia's bushfires were the main talking point.\n\nThe newly knighted Sir Sam Mendes received two awards for his World War One epic 1917 - the same number won by Elton John biopic Rocketman.\n\nPhoebe Waller-Bridge's sitcom Fleabag won two prizes, while Olivia Colman won for playing The Queen in The Crown.\n\nOnce Upon a Time In Hollywood was the biggest winner overall, with Brad Pitt and Quentin Tarantino both recognised.\n\nThe revisionist Tinseltown fable was named best musical or comedy, saw Tarantino win best screenplay and earned Pitt his second Golden Globe for best supporting actor.\n\nThe event saw multiple mentions of the deadly fires in Australia, which have claimed at least 24 lives since they began in September.\n\nMendes was named best director for 1917, which went on to be crowned best film drama at the end of the Los Angeles ceremony.\n\n\"I really hope this means people will turn up and see it on the big screen as intended,\" he said as he took to the stage with his film's cast and crew.\n\nWelsh star Taron Egerton, named best actor in a musical or comedy for playing Sir Elton in Rocketman, said the film had been \"the best experience of my life\".\n\nThere was also success for Sir Elton and his songwriting partner Bernie Taupin, who won best film song for their Rocketman composition I'm Gonna Love Me Again.\n\nJoaquin Phoenix was named best actor in a film drama for Joker, while Renee Zellweger won the female equivalent for playing Judy Garland in Judy.\n\nThe actress, who won her last Golden Globe in 2004, thanked the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) for \"inviting me back to the family reunion\".\n\nPhoenix used his own acceptance speech to exhort his fellow stars to \"take responsibility and make changes\".\n\n\"Contrary to popular belief I don't want to rock the boat, but the boat is [doomed],\" said the actor.\n\n\"We don't have to take private jets to Palm Springs to the awards sometimes.\"\n\nAwkwafina and Renee Zellweger won the two main film acting awards\n\nAwkwafina was the other winner in the main film acting categories, winning best actress in a musical or comedy for The Farewell.\n\nThe actress and rapper - whose real name is Nora Lum - is the first woman of Asian heritage to win the award.\n\nEarlier in the evening, there were two awards for Fleabag as Waller-Bridge was named best actress in a TV series (musical or comedy).\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video has been removed for rights reasons\n\nAs she collected her award, Waller-Bridge thanked her Irish co-star Andrew Scott for bringing \"so much fire\" to his role as the show's \"Hot Priest\".\n\nFleabag went on to be named best TV series (musical or comedy) at the star-studded ceremony.\n\nWaller-Bridge used her second acceptance speech to thank former US president Barack Obama for recommending the BBC comedy in a recent tweet.\n\nLeft-right: Olivia Colman, Sam Mendes and Phoebe Waller-Bridge were among the British winners\n\nColman, another of Waller-Bridge's Fleabag co-stars, said she had not expected to be recognised for her work in the third series of The Crown.\n\n\"I had money on this not happening,\" the British Oscar-winner admitted as she was named best actress in a drama series.\n\n\"For the last year I feel I've been living someone else's life, and now I feel I've won someone else's award.\"\n\nClaire Foy, Colman's predecessor on The Crown, also won a Golden Globe for playing The Queen in the Netflix drama.\n\nColman accepted her prize while wearing a ring promoting ERA 50:50, a campaign advocating equal gender representation on British stage and screen.\n\nOther British winners include Brian Cox, who was named best actor in a drama series for Succession.\n\nThe satirical series, created by Peep Show's Jesse Armstrong, was later named best TV drama.\n\nBrad Pitt won one of three awards given to Once Upon a Time In Hollywood\n\nRussell Crowe was another early winner, receiving the award for best actor in a limited series or motion picture made for television for The Loudest Voice.\n\nThe Australian-based actor was not at the ceremony, instead sending a message about the devastating bush fires ravaging his home country.\n\n\"Make no mistake, the tragedy taking place in Australia is climate change-based,\" he said in a message read out by actress Jennifer Aniston.\n\nPierce Brosnan, whose sons Dylan and Paris are serving as this year's Golden Globe ambassadors, also sent a message of goodwill to those affected by the fires.\n\nCate Blanchett, meanwhile, paid tribute to the volunteer firefighters who are tackling the blazes.\n\n\"When one country is facing a climate disaster, we are all facing a climate disaster,\" the Australian actress declared.\n\nRicky Gervais, hosting the event for the fifth time, kicked off proceedings with a salty monologue that poked fun at James Corden, Martin Scorsese and others.\n\n\"I came here in a limo and the licence plate was made by Felicity Huffman,\" he joked - a reference to the US star's recent jail term for her role in a university cheating scandal.\n\nYet the British comedian also took Hollywood's great and good to task for expressing political opinions while simultaneously accepting money from multinationals with questionable business practices.\n\n\"If you do win an award tonight, don't use it as a platform to make a political speech,\" he said. \"You're in no position to lecture the public about anything.\"\n\nTalk show host Ellen DeGeneres received a special award at the ceremony, as did actor Tom Hanks.\n\nThe two-time Oscar winner was briefly moved to tears as he paid tribute to his ever-supportive family.\n\nTom Hanks and Ellen DeGeneres were both honoured with special awards\n\nAs expected, South Korean satire Parasite - winner of the Palme d'Or at last year's Cannes - was named best foreign language film.\n\n\"Just being nominated with fellow international film-makers was a huge honour,\" said director Bong Joon-Ho in a speech delivered in his native Korean.\n\n\"Once you overcome the one-inch tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films,\" he went on to say via his translator.\n\nOne notable upset came in the best animated film category, where stop-motion film Missing Link beat out such hit sequels as Frozen 2 and Toy Story 4.\n\nThere was no surprise, though, when perennial Globe favourite Laura Dern was named best supporting film actress for Marriage Story.\n\nThe Jurassic Park star - who was Miss Golden Globe in 1982 - has won five Golden Globes for her film and TV work.\n\nDern's was the only award for Netflix's marital drama, which started the night with more nominations - six - than any other film.\n\nYet it was one more than Martin Scorsese's mob drama The Irishman, another Netflix production, which failed to make good on any of its five nominations.\n\nThe Globes is the biggest ceremony of the awards season outside of the Oscars and many of its award recipients traditionally go on to enjoy success at the later event.\n\nYet the way the HFPA has spread the riches offers few clues over what films and stars will win Academy Awards on 9 February.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @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.", "Bosses of Britain's leading firms will be paid more within three working days of 2020 than the average employees' annual wage, according to research.\n\nFTSE 100 chief executives starting work on 2 January will by 17:00 GMT on Monday have earned above the average wage of £29,559, the report says.\n\nThe data was compiled by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and the High Pay Centre think tank.\n\nBusiness Secretary Andrea Leadsom said the pay gap was \"concerning\".\n\nThe figures - based on the latest available data - suggests the average FTSE 100 chief was paid £3.46m in 2018, equivalent to £901.30 an hour.\n\nThe average full-time annual salary of £29,559 works out at £14.37 an hour, the report said, meaning that top bosses earned about 117 times their average employee.\n\nThe report said high pay will be a key issue in 2020 as this is the first year that publicly listed firms with more than 250 UK employees must disclose the ratio between chief executive pay and that of their average workers, and explain the reasons for their executive pay ratios.\n\nThe CIPD and High Pay Centre called on businesses not to treat the new reporting requirements as a \"tick-box\" exercise and to use it as an opportunity to fully explain chief executive pay levels.\n\nPeter Cheese, chief executive at the CIPD, said: \"This is the first year where businesses are really being held to account on executive pay. Pay ratio reporting will rightly increase scrutiny on pay and reward practices, but reporting the numbers is just the start.\n\n\"We need businesses to step up and justify very high levels of pay for top executives, particularly in relation to how the rest of the workforce is being rewarded.\"\n\nLuke Hildyard, director of the High Pay Centre, said: \"CEOs are paid extraordinarily highly compared to the wider workforce, helping to make the UK one of the most unequal countries in Europe.\"\n\nMs Leadsom accepted that the figures were a concern, but said changes to the rules on reporting executive pay would help shine a light on the issue.\n\nShe said: \"Today's figures will be eye-watering for the vast majority of hard-working people across the UK.\n\n\"The numbers are better than they were - down a quarter since 2012 and 13% on average since last year - but the situation is still concerning, especially in those cases where executives have been rewarded despite failing their employees and customers.\"\n\nBut Ms Leadsom added that changes to the way companies report pay would \"increase transparency around how directors meet their responsibilities\".\n\nTUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady said the report \"tells you everything about how unfair our economy is\".\n• None How much should bosses be paid?", "Soleimani - seen here in Iraq in 2015 - directed militia in Iraq who attacked US troops and later fought the Islamic State group\n\nNext to Iran's Supreme Leader, Qasem Soleimani was arguably the most powerful figure in the Islamic republic.\n\nAs head of its military abroad known as the Quds Force, Soleimani was the mastermind behind the country's activities across in the Middle East, and its real foreign minister when it came to matters of war and peace.\n\nHe was widely considered an architect of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's war against rebels in Syria, the rise of pro-Iranian paramilitaries in Iraq, the fight against the Islamic State group, and many battles beyond.\n\nCharismatic and often elusive, the silver-haired commander was revered by some, loathed by others, and a source of myths and social media memes.\n\nHe had emerged in recent years from a lifetime in the shadows directing covert operations to achieve fame and popularity in Iran, becoming the subject of documentaries, news reports and even pop songs.\n\nAs far back as 2013, former CIA officer John Maguire told The New Yorker that Soleimani was \"the single most powerful operative in the Middle East\".\n\nWhen his end came, it was violent and sudden. On 3 January the Pentagon announced that it had carried out a successful operation to kill him, at the direction of US President Donald Trump.\n\nThe assassination followed a sharp escalation between the US, Iran and Iran-backed groups in Iraq following the death of a US military contractor in a missile attack on a US base in Iraq - for which the US held Iran responsible.\n\nThe US responded with an air strike on the Iran-backed militia Kataib Hezbollah. Militia supporters then attacked the US embassy in Baghdad.\n\nTensions between the US and Iran had been rising since the US pulled out of a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers to curb Iran's nuclear programme and prevent it from developing nuclear weapons. The US has also reimposed sanctions on Iran, sending its economy into freefall.\n\nSoleimani is believed to have come from a poor background and to have had very little formal education. But he had risen through the Revolutionary Guards - Iran's elite and most powerful force - and was reportedly close to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khomeini.\n\nAfter becoming commander of the Quds Force in 1998, Soleimani attempted to extend Iran's influence in the Middle East by carrying out covert operations, providing arms to allies and developing networks of militias loyal to Iran.\n\nOver the course of his career he is believed to have aided Shia Muslim and Kurdish groups in Iraq fighting against former dictator Saddam Hussein as well as other groups in the region including the Shia militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon and Islamist organisation Hamas in the Palestinian territories.\n\nAfter the US invaded Iraq in 2003 he began directing militant groups to carry out attacks against US troops and bases, killing hundreds.\n\nHe is also widely credited with finding a strategy for Bashar al-Assad to respond to the armed uprising against him that began in 2011. Iranian assistance along with Russian air support helped turn the tide against rebel forces and in the Syrian government's favour, allowing it to recapture key cities and towns.\n\nSoleimani himself was sometimes pictured at funerals of Iranians killed in Syria and Iraq, where Iran had deployed thousands of combatants and military advisers.\n\nHe also travelled frequently across the region, regularly shuttling between Lebanon, Syria and Iraq, where Iranian influence has steadily grown. When he was killed he was travelling in a two-car convoy away from Baghdad airport with others including Kataib Hezbollah leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who was also killed.\n\nSoleimani was killed in an air strike near Baghdad's airport\n\nIn April 2019, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo designated Iran's Revolutionary Guards and Quds Force as foreign terrorist organisations.\n\nThe Trump administration has said the Quds Force provided funding, training, weapons and equipment to US-designated terrorist groups in the Middle East - including Hezbollah movement and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group based in Gaza.\n\nIn a statement, the Pentagon said Soleimani had been \"actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region\".\n\n\"General Soleimani and his Quds Force were responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American and coalition service members and the wounding of thousands more,\" it added.", "An early life full of neglect, deprivation and adversity leads to people growing up with smaller brains, a study suggests.\n\nThe researchers at King's College London were following adopted children who spent time in \"hellhole\" Romanian orphanages.\n\nThey grew up with brains 8.6% smaller than other adoptees.\n\nThe researchers said it was the \"most compelling\" evidence of the impact on the adult brain.\n\nThe appalling care at the orphanages came to light after the fall of Romania's communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in 1989.\n\n\"I remember TV pictures of those institutions, they were shocking,\" Prof Edmund Sonuga-Barke, who now leads the study following those children, told the BBC.\n\nHe described the institutions as \"hellholes\" where children were \"chained into their cots, rocking, filthy and emaciated\".\n\nThe children were physically and psychologically deprived with little social contact, no toys and often ravaged by disease.\n\nThe children studied had spent between two weeks and nearly four years in such institutions.\n\nPrevious studies on children who were later adopted by loving families in the UK showed they were still experiencing mental health problems in adulthood.\n\nHigher levels of traits including autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and a lack of fear of strangers (disinhibited social engagement disorder) have all been documented.\n\nThe latest study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is the first to scan the brains for answers.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThere were 67 Romanian adoptees in the study and their brains were compared to 21 adoptees who did not suffer early life deprivation.\n\n\"What we found is really quite striking,\" Prof Sonuga-Barke told the BBC.\n\nFirst the total brain volume - the size of the brain - was 8.6% smaller in the Romanian adoptees on average.\n\nAnd the longer they spent in the Romanian orphanages, the greater the reduction in brain size.\n\nHowever, the impact on the brain was not uniform.\n\nProf Mitul Mehta, one of the researchers, said: \"We found structural differences between the two groups in three regions of the brain.\n\n\"These regions are linked to functions such as organisation, motivation, integration of information and memory.\"\n\nThe researchers say these findings could help explain lower IQ and higher rates of ADHD in these adults.\n\nWhat the study cannot explain is what exactly about early life neglect and deprivation has this effect on the brain.\n\nIt means it is hard to work out the effect of other early life traumas such as abuse or being a refugee.\n\nHowever, the study is clear that the impact on the developing brain goes far beyond just poor nutrition.\n\nProf Sonuga-Barke said: \"This study is important because it highlights for the first time, in a compelling way, the power of the early environment and early adversity to shape brain development.\n\n\"It drives impairments over this long period of time - over 20 years - even when children have received top-notch care in loving adoptive families.\"", "Reynhard Sinaga filmed himself assaulting unconscious victims at his student flat in Manchester\n\nA man convicted of 159 sex offences, including 136 rapes, will \"never be safe to be released\", a judge has said.\n\nReynhard Sinaga was found guilty of luring 48 men from outside Manchester clubs to his flat, where he drugged and assaulted them - filming the attacks.\n\nPolice say they have evidence Sinaga, 36, who is being named for the first time, targeted at least 190 victims.\n\nThe Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Sinaga was \"the most prolific rapist in British legal history\".\n\nThe judge ruled his life sentence must include a minimum of 30 years in jail.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Who is Reynhard Sinaga? The BBC's Judith Moritz reports on the case\n\nReporting restrictions were also lifted at a sentencing hearing at Manchester Crown Court on Monday, meaning Sinaga could be identified for the first time.\n\nThe post-graduate student was already serving life, with a minimum term of 20 years, for the offences he was convicted of in two earlier trials, which took place in summer 2018 and last spring.\n\nAcross four separate trials, the Indonesian national was found guilty of 136 counts of rape, eight counts of attempted rape, 14 counts of sexual assault, and one count of assault by penetration, against a total of 48 victims.\n\nDetectives say they have been unable to identify a further 70 victims and are now appealing for anyone who believes they may have been abused by Sinaga to come forward.\n\nAt the hearing, Judge Suzanne Goddard QC said Sinaga was \"an evil serial sexual predator who has preyed upon young men\" who wanted \"nothing more than a good night out with their friends\".\n\n\"In my judgment you are a highly dangerous, cunning and deceitful individual who will never be safe to be released,\" she said - adding that the decision to release prisoners is made by the Parole Board.\n\nSinaga would wait for men leaving nightclubs and bars before leading them to his flat in Montana House, Princess Street, often with the offer of somewhere to have a drink or call a taxi.\n\nHe drugged his victims before assaulting them while they were unconscious. When the victims woke up many of them had no memory of what had happened.\n\nThe student, who denied the charges, had claimed all the sexual activity was consensual and that each man had agreed to being filmed while pretending to be asleep - a defence described by the judge as \"ludicrous\".\n\nAt an earlier sentencing, the judge said she was sure that Sinaga had used a form of date rape drug such as GHB.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said she was \"deeply concerned\" by the use of such a drug.\n\nPolice say they have evidence Sinaga assaulted at least 190 victims, but many men have not been identified and will have no recollection of what happened\n\nIn victim impact statements read out in court, one victim said Sinaga had \"destroyed a part of my life\", while another said: \"I hope he never comes out of prison and he rots in hell.\"\n\n\"I have periods where I can't get up and face the day,\" another added.\n\nMany of the victims were unaware they had been raped until they were contacted by police.\n\nLisa Waters, of the St Mary's Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Manchester, where victims received support, said some men found this \"very difficult to process\", with some experiencing mental health issues and suicidal thoughts.\n\nEvidence given in the trial suggested Sinaga drugged the men by giving them spiked drinks\n\nSinaga, who was studying for a PHD at the University of Leeds, carried out his attacks over several years.\n\nThe rapist was caught in June 2017 when one victim, who regained consciousness while being assaulted, fought Sinaga off and called the police.\n\nWhen officers seized Sinaga's phone they found he had filmed each of his attacks - amounting to hundreds of hours of footage.\n\nThe discovery led to the launch of the largest rape inquiry in British history.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Mabbs Hussain said the true extent of Sinaga's offending would probably never be known.\n\n\"We suspect he's offended over a period of 10 years,\" he said. \"The information and evidence we are going from is largely from trophies that he's collected from the victims of his crimes.\"\n\nInvestigators traced dozens of victims from the videos using clues found in Sinaga's Manchester flat, such as stolen phones, ID cards and watches.\n\nThe University of Manchester, where Sinaga was previously a student, said some members of its community had been \"directly affected\" by the case and it had set up a dedicated confidential phone line to offer support.\n\nA statement from Vice-Chancellor Dame Nancy Rothwell, said the news was \"profoundly distressing\" and her thoughts were with all those affected.\n\nJudge Goddard said the \"scale and enormity\" of Sinaga's offending meant it was \"accurate\" for one of his victims to have described him as a monster.\n\nShe added that Sinaga had shown \"not a jot of remorse\" and at times appeared to be \"actually enjoying the trial process\".\n\nFollowing the sentencing, Ian Rushton, from the CPS, said Sinaga was \"the most prolific rapist in British legal history\" and possibly \"in the world\".\n\n\"His extreme sense of sexual entitlement almost defies belief and he would no doubt still be adding to his staggering tally had he not been caught,\" he said.\n\nHe added that he thought Sinaga took \"a particular pleasure in preying on heterosexual men\".\n\nJurors were shown CCTV footage of Sinaga leaving his flat on the hunt for victims\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said in response to Sinaga's \"truly sickening crimes\" she had asked an independent council to prioritise a review into whether controls for drugs like GHB were \"tough enough\".\n\nGHB (gammahydroxybutyrate) is a class C drug. Anyone found in possession of it can be imprisoned for up to two years.\n\nSinaga's trials took place across 18 months at Manchester Crown Court, resulting in unanimous guilty verdicts on all charges.\n\nHis convictions relate to crimes he committed from January 2015 to June 2017, but police believe he began offending years earlier.\n\nGreater Manchester Police said anyone who believes they might have been attacked by Sinaga can report information online or call its police line on 0800 092 0410 from inside the UK or 0207 158 0124 from abroad.\n\nThe force said anyone in need of support from specialist agencies could call 0800 056 0154 from within the UK or 0207 158 0011 from abroad.\n\nIf you have been affected by the issues raised in this article, help and support can be found at BBC Action Line.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nSecond Test, Newlands, Cape Town (day four of five):\n\nEngland need eight wickets for victory on the final day of the second Test in Cape Town after being frustrated by South Africa's top order.\n\nDom Sibley made 133 not out - his maiden Test ton - and Ben Stokes hit 72 as England declared on 391-8 to set the Proteas a Test record 438 to win.\n\nJoe Denly removed opener Dean Elgar for 34 and Zubayr Hamza fell for 18 to James Anderson in the penultimate over.\n\nBut Pieter Malan remained unbeaten on 63 as South Africa closed on 126-2.\n\nAnderson's late strike provided England a welcome boost on a Newlands pitch not offering as much variable bounce as England would have hoped for by now.\n\nThey will still have to work hard and stay patient to secure victory, but have time and runs to play with, given the hosts require a further 312 to win.\n\nResuming on 85, Sibley made careful progress towards his century, reaching the mark off 269 balls in the 14th over of the day with a firm sweep off Keshav Maharaj for four.\n\nAfter removing his helmet to acknowledge the crowd and embrace Stokes, the Warwickshire batsman settled straight back into his task, padding away, leaving and waiting for the bad ball.\n\nBy stark contrast, Stokes - dropped on 38 by Quinton de Kock at full stretch as he ran towards square leg - had already smashed his way to a 34-ball half-century by the time Sibley reached three figures.\n\nIt was stunning onslaught by the all-rounder, hitting Maharaj down the ground, reverse-sweeping medium pacer Dwaine Pretorius and crashing anything over-pitched through the covers before he finally holed out at long-on.\n\nStokes' thrilling knock took the game completely away from South Africa at a stirring pace and was made possible by Sibley's patient accumulation, providing a glimpse of how England may have been able to bat with a more reliable top order in recent years.\n\nJos Buttler hit two sixes in a brisk 23 and Sibley also showed more invention with a few reverse sweeps before captain Joe Root finally called his side in 20 minutes after lunch.\n\nAnderson and Stuart Broad bowled a decent opening spell but Malan and Elgar left well and kept rotating the strike to repel England's premier duo.\n\nBoth also used their feet well when off-spinner Dom Bess was introduced early and Root had to turn to the part-time leg-spin of Denly to break an opening stand of 71.\n\nTargeting the rough outside Elgar's off stump, Denly drew the left-hander forward and induced a very thin edge through to Buttler, with a small spike on UltraEdge meaning the decision was not overturned after a bemused Elgar called for a review.\n\nEngland remained patient but were matched by South Africa, with impressive debutant Malan steadily bringing up his maiden Test half-century off 146 balls.\n\nStokes was saved until the 40th over and tested both batsmen with quick, short-pitched bowling, drawing a few false shots from Hamza, but without success.\n\nAnderson was duly given one last burst and England's all-time highest Test wicket-taker delivered, finding reverse swing to move the ball away from Hamza, who nicked to Buttler and perhaps ease any nerves.\n\nNightwatchman Maharaj survived Sam Curran's final over and will hope to survive for as long as possible on Tuesday before South Africa's key batsman and captain Faf du Plessis starts his innings.\n\n'That feeling is pretty addictive' - what they said\n\nEngland's Dom Sibley told BBC Sport: \"I've dreamed millions of times about scoring a hundred for England and that was better than I'd dreamed. To do it at Newlands, in front of this crowd, was amazing - an amazing moment.\n\n\"The hard work was done yesterday and the topping was today.\n\n\"It's going to be hard graft tomorrow. Getting that second wicket tonight was a massive bonus. It gives us a boot of energy and we're excited to get going tomorrow to try and win this Test.\"\n\nCricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew: \"Credit to South Africa. It has been very interesting day. England completely bossed the first half of it and South Africa blunted the second.\n\n\"I would be amazed if South Africa got 438 - it would need De Kock to go berserk. England are favourites because we know there's not much to come after Philander. A draw wouldn't be too far out.\n\n\"England are going to have to start tomorrow with a bang. What they must not do is really go out searching for wickets. You've got to relax and bowl. All the pressure is on the batsmen.\"\n\nSouth Africa batsman Dean Elgar on Sky Sports: \"The game is evenly poised. It can go either way at the moment.\n\n\"The wicket is playing nicely. We need two or three guys to grind it out. We have batters in the shed who can do that. We have to start well.\"\n\nFormer England batsman Michael Carberry on The Cricket Social: \"Malan has looked very assured. His judgement outside off stump has been superb. He has done the job necessary for the team. He is going to have to play a major knock for South Africa to save this game.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn theory, the Iran nuclear deal is still in existence. But only just.\n\nThe country has announced that it will no longer be bound by any of its restrictions in terms of the numbers or type of centrifuges that can be operated or the level of enrichment of uranium that it can pursue.\n\nBut Tehran insists that all of the steps it has taken to breach the agreement - formally called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) - are reversible. Other parties have to honour its terms, which presumably means that the US must abandon its crushing economic sanctions and endorse the deal once more.\n\nIt is very hard to imagine President Donald Trump abandoning his \"maximum pressure\" campaign and lifting the sanctions, so that may well be a non-starter.\n\nAt the very least, the Europeans must find some payment mechanism to make up for the damage that is being done to the Iranian economy. They have tried to do this but so far to no great effect.\n\nGovernments can posture from the sidelines but it is up to individual companies to decide if they want to trade with Iran and risk the weight of US sanctions. The evidence so far is that they do not.\n\nSo is the nuclear agreement dead and buried, or could it be revived? If it is well and truly defunct, then why not simply acknowledge this fact? And who exactly killed it?\n\nThe last question is the easiest to answer. For in a purely technical sense, looking at the agreement and its implementation, the Iranians have a point when they blame the US.\n\nThe deal has effectively been on life support ever since the Trump administration abandoned it in May 2018. Donald Trump has consistently railed against former President Barack Obama's \"bad deal\". But all of its other signatories - the UK, France, Russia, China, Germany and the EU - still believe it has merit.\n\nThe JCPOA was never designed to be a perfect deal - there is no such thing. Its purpose was to constrain Iran's nuclear programme for a set period in a largely verifiable way.\n\nThere was a hope that as economic benefits came to Iran, its wider disruptive policies might change. By the time the constraints of the agreement finally expired, perhaps there would be an altogether different Iran from the one we know today.\n\nBut the deal's main rationale - a particularly significant one given the current crisis - was that it helped to avert war. Before its signature, there was mounting concern about Tehran's nuclear activities and every chance that Israel (or possibly Israel and the US in tandem) might attack Iran's nuclear facilities.\n\nIran has always insisted that it does not want the bomb. But at one point it certainly had a military nuclear programme. The specifically military aspects of its nuclear programme were halted some time ago, but its enrichment effort, the hardening of its facilities against attack, and its developing missile programme, all stoked fears that Tehran would one day get to a point where it could \"break out\" and dash towards a bomb.\n\nThe whole point of the 2015 deal was to make this \"break-out\" time sufficient to ensure that any military-related activities would be spotted in time for international action to be taken.\n\nThe deal went into force. But then along came President Trump and he wanted the agreement gone. Sanctions were re-imposed. Iran condemned this as a breach of the whole deal and thus determined to take action itself.\n\nIt should be noted that prior to the US withdrawal, the international nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, was clear: Iran was living up to its side of the bargain.\n\nSince the US withdrawal, Iran (albeit after some delay) has successively breached some of the key constraints of the deal. Now it appears to be throwing these constraints over altogether. What matters now is precisely what it decides to do.\n\nWill it up its level of uranium enrichment to 20%? This would significantly reduce the time it would take Tehran to obtain suitable material for a bomb. Will it continue to abide by enhanced international inspection measures?\n\nMuch has been made in Washington of Iran's wider regional behaviour. Signing the nuclear deal made no difference to this. Indeed, the initial relaxation of sanctions may have provided funds for Iran's expansive regional campaign of influence.\n\nBut that is not what the agreement was designed to constrain. It was a nuclear agreement alone and according to most of its signatories it was working up until the US walked away.\n\nWe are now at the destination the Trump administration clearly hoped for in May 2018. But the major powers, while deeply unhappy about Iran's breaches of the deal, are also shocked at the controversial decision by Mr Trump to kill the head of Iran's Quds Force - a decision that has again brought the US and Iran to the brink of war.\n\nThe tensions between the US and many of its European allies complicate things no end. Nobody other than President Trump wants to declare the agreement dead. Once it is gone and Iran is breaching its terms, the Europeans will have to decide whether to renew nuclear-related sanctions themselves.\n\nAccepting the deal's demise might make a difficult situation even worse and Iran clearly sees value in holding to the empty shell of the agreement - a least, to differentiate itself from Washington.", "The attack happened outside a police station in Gelsenkirchen\n\nGerman police have shot dead a man who tried to attack officers with a knife in the western city of Gelsenkirchen.\n\nPolice say a search of the man's flat later did not suggest a terrorist motive. The 37-year-old Turkish citizen is thought to have been mentally ill.\n\nHe struck a police car with a stick and attempted to assault two officers standing by the vehicle, police said.\n\nHe was also wielding a knife and was shot four times after refusing to heed a shouted warning, police said.\n\nPolice are examining electronic data seized in their search of the man's flat and checking reports that he shouted \"Allahu Akbar\" (God is greatest) during the attack.\n\nPolice say the man was known for previous acts of violence. He had been living in Germany since 2002.\n\n\"We are now working on the basis that this was the lone act of a mentally ill man,\" North-Rhine Westphalia interior minister Herbert Reul said.\n\nGermany revised its terror threat level on Friday, citing possible attacks after the US killed an Iranian general. Deutsche Welle reports.\n\nThe incident came hours after police in the eastern French city of Metz shot and wounded a man who had rushed towards them.\n\nThe local prosecutor's office said the man was on a list of people monitored for links to militant groups.", "Mr Elcombe was remanded on bail for trial at Plymouth Crown Court on 7 April\n\nA man has denied wielding a seagull in a fight with a cafe customer.\n\nPaul Elcombe, 26, allegedly threw the bird at Kyle Towers at Goodbody's cafe in Plymouth on 12 May last year.\n\nMr Elcombe, from Greenbank in Plymouth, appeared at the city's crown court to deny wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.\n\nNo plea was entered to another charge of attempting to injure a wild bird. Mr Elcombe was remanded on bail for trial at Plymouth Crown Court on 7 April.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "New car registrations in the UK last year fell to their lowest level since 2013, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).\n\nIt was the third consecutive year of decline, and the SMMT expects that trend to continue in 2020.\n\nThose expectations are largely due to weak consumer confidence and confusion over clean-air legislation.\n\nThe organisation also says the industry is facing serious challenges adapting to new emissions legislation.\n\nIt says new rules will require a huge expansion in the use of electric and hybrid cars.\n\nBut according to the SMMT's chief executive, Mike Hawes, the fallout from Brexit remains the biggest \"clear and present danger\" to the sector in the UK.\n\nThe SMMT's figures show a total of 2.31 million new cars were registered in 2019, down 2.4% from the year before.\n\nSince reaching a record high of 2.69 million vehicles in 2016, the market has been steadily contracting, in response to what Mr Hawes describes as a \"perfect storm\" for the industry.\n\nA key factor has been the collapse in demand for diesel-powered cars, which fell by 22% compared with 2018.\n\nWhere once they accounted for half of all new cars sold, now they make up just a quarter of the market.\n\nThe SMMT says uncertainty over future air quality rules, and in particular over potential restrictions on diesel vehicles entering city centres, has left consumers confused.\n\nThat, combined with political uncertainty and a general fall in consumer confidence, has meant many potential buyers have decided to hang on to their old cars rather than investing in new ones.\n\n\"You can never put it down to one single factor. It has been a perfect storm over the past few years\", says Mr Hawes.\n\n\"It's really no surprise the market has been declining. That's why we need a return of confidence and strong economic conditions\".\n\nThe situation is not expected to improve this year, however, with the SMMT forecasting a further 1.6 % fall in registrations in 2020.\n\nOne area in which sales have increased dramatically over the past year is the market for \"alternatively fuelled vehicles\", in other words electric cars and hybrids. They rose by more than a fifth. Registrations of pure-electric cars were up 144%, albeit from a very low level.\n\nThe problem for the industry is that this increase is not happening nearly fast enough. New EU rules which are being phased in this year, and which enter fully into force in 2021, oblige manufacturers to cut the average CO2 emissions of their new car fleets dramatically - or face swingeing fines.\n\nThese targets are expected to remain in force, even after the UK has left the EU. But they imply a cut of more than a third in overall CO2 output, and the industry believes that meeting them will be extremely challenging.\n\nIn fact, the SMMT calculates that without other changes, the market share of electric vehicles would have to rise from the current 1.6% to 27% - or the combined share of electric vehicles and hybrids would have to increase from 7.4% to 56%.\n\nIn reality, manufacturers will not rely solely on selling more low- or zero-emission vehicles in order to meet the targets. They will also be able to withdraw their most-polluting models and sell more efficient petrol and diesel vehicles, for example.\n\nBut sales of electric and hybrid vehicles will still need to rise very substantially, and Mr Hawes insists government must play a role.\n\n\"These are still expensive technologies. They carry a price premium,\" he says.\n\n\"That's why incentives are so significant in determining the uptake.\"\n\nBut of all the clouds hanging over the industry, one remains darker than the rest in the eyes of the SMMT: the aftermath of Brexit.\n\nAlthough the UK is due to leave the EU on 31 January, what happens after the transition period remains uncertain.\n\nThe government insists it will be able to conclude a trade deal with the EU by the end of the year.\n\nBut if that doesn't happen, there remains the possibility that the movement of cars and car parts across the channel could be subject to steep tariffs or disruptive border checks and delays.\n\n\"That is probably the clear and present danger,\" says Mr Hawes\n\n\"Yes, we will always sell cars in the UK and buy cars in the UK. Where they come from will be affected by Brexit. How much you pay will be affected by Brexit.\"\n\n\"That is right before us now.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Phil Mercer says Kangaroo Valley has \"a horrible, ghostly feel\"\n\nAustralian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has warned that the devastating bushfires raging in the country might go on for months.\n\nAt least 24 people have died since the fires began in September. Air quality in the capital Canberra was this weekend rated the worst in the world.\n\nMr Morrison announced the creation of a recovery agency to help those who have lost homes and businesses in the fires.\n\nHe has faced fierce criticism over the speed of his response to the crisis.\n\nThe weekend saw some of the worst days of the crisis so far, with hundreds more properties destroyed. Rural towns and major cities saw red skies, falling ash and smoke that clogged the air.\n\nConditions eased in Victoria and New South Wales on Sunday after temperatures and wind speeds dropped and some light rain fell. But authorities warned that the danger was far from over.\n\n\"We're in uncharted territory,\" said the New South Wales premier, Gladys Berejiklian. \"We can't pretend that this is something that we have experienced before. It's not.\"\n\nJohn Steele, 73, who was evacuated with his wife from their rural property north of Eden late on Saturday, told the AFP news agency: \"Visibility was down to about 50 metres, if that, and we had lots of debris falling out of the sky and a lot of white ash.\n\n\"The sky is still red. We're not out of the woods yet.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Phil Mercer witnessed a dust storm \"coming towards us like a monster\"\n\nPrime Minister Morrison on Saturday announced the largest military call-up in the country's recent history, mobilising up to 3,000 reservists to assist exhausted volunteer firefighters.\n\nMr Morrison, who cancelled a planned visit to India because of the crisis, faced further condemnation on Sunday, after the head of the NSW Rural Fire Service revealed the service had only learned of the plan to call up reserve troops through the media.\n\nIn an indication of the long road ahead, Mr Morrison warned that the fires might burn for many months, and said that the newly-created recovery agency would run for at least two years. The body will help bushfire-hit communities recover, media reports said, through work ranging from rebuilding infrastructure to providing mental health support.\n\nQueen Elizabeth on Sunday said she was \"deeply saddened\" by the fires, and thanked the emergency services \"who put their own lives in danger\" to help communities.\n\nA fundraiser for fire services launched by the Australian comedian Celeste Barber on Friday raised more than A$20 million (£10.6m; $13m) in just 48 hours\n\n\"Please help any way you can. This is terrifying,\" Ms Celeste wrote in a Facebook appeal.\n\nShe called the rush of donations \"incredible\", and said the proceeds would go to NSW Rural Fire Service - a government-funded agency staffed by volunteers - and the Brigades Donations Fund, which channels charitable donations directly to fire brigades.\n\nMembers of the comedian's family were evacuated from the town of Eden in New South Wales, where officials told residents to leave immediately and head north if they did not have a bushfire response plan.\n\nMany New South Wales residents have turned to evacuation centres after fleeing their homes\n\nA number of celebrities have also donated money to support the firefighting effort in recent days - among them the US singer Pink and Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman, who pledged $500,000. \"Our family's support, thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected by the fires all over Australia,\" she wrote on Instagram.\n\nNews of the donations was praised by Australians on social media, but some lamented that private citizens were raising funds they said should have been put in place by the government.\n\nNearly 200 fires are still burning across the country, with every state and territory affected. More than 1,200 homes have been destroyed and millions of hectares of land scorched.\n\nTens of thousands of homes in NSW were left without power and thousands of people have been evacuated from coastal towns over the past week. The town of Cooma suffered a further blow on Saturday night when a large tower carrying millions of litres of water exploded, flooding homes and sweeping away vehicles.", "Last updated on .From the section Tottenham\n\nTottenham say no evidence was found to support allegations of racism from their fans towards Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger during the sides' Premier League match last month.\n\nPlay was stopped during the game after Rudiger said he heard monkey noises.\n\nSpurs say they \"fully support Antonio Rudiger with the action he took\" and the club and police \"exhausted all avenues of investigation\".\n\n\"There is no evidence to corroborate or contradict the allegation,\" they said.\n\nChelsea said: \"We support Toni Rudiger totally and unequivocally on this matter, and as Tottenham's statement makes clear, a lack of evidence does not mean an incident did not take place.\n\n\"In responding to this incident, we must be very careful about the climate we create for players who experience and report racist behaviour.\n\n\"It is vitally important that we continue to encourage all players, whatever shirt they wear, to report racist abuse without fear of doubt or reprisal.\"\n\nA total of six arrests were made following Chelsea's win at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on 22 December as part of the Metropolitan Police operation at the fixture, but none were linked to the incident involving Germany international Rudiger.\n\nOne Chelsea fan was arrested for a racially aggravated public order offence against Spurs forward Son Heung-min, who had been sent off after a collision with Rudiger.\n\nSpurs said they were able to \"track every fan\" using cameras at their new 62,062 stadium and that any supporter found to be guilty of racism would \"receive a lifetime ban\".\n\nIn their statement on Monday, the club said they had worked with professional lip-readers, and that all reports had also been reviewed by the police.\n\n\"We are fiercely proud of our anti-racism work and our zero tolerance of any form of discrimination,\" the club said. \"This is one reason why we have attributed so much time and resource to investigating this matter.\n\n\"Had we identified anyone guilty of this we were intent on issuing them with a lifetime ban from our stadium as they would have no place among our proud, diverse fanbase.\n\n\"If any new information comes to light, this will be fully investigated.\"\n\nThey said the police had notified them that \"they have closed the crime report as they can find no evidence to support the allegation of racial abuse\".", "Police have been to the scene of a \"sudden death\" in Carrickfergus, County Antrim.\n\nThe Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said it happened in the Woodburn area of the town on Saturday night and involved a man in his 40s.\n\nA post-mortem examination was needed to determine the cause of death, police said.\n\nUlster Unionist MLA John Stewart tweeted police were dealing with a \"serious incident\" at Ashleigh Park.\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 John Stewart MLA 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\nPolice maintained a cordon around a block of six flats in the Woodburn estate on Sunday.\n\nOne neighbour told the BBC that the man lived alone and had only recently moved into the area.\n\nA neighbour and friend of the man who died said he last saw him on Thursday evening when he called to his flat.\n\nHe added he let the police into the communal part of the building on Saturday afternoon after they received a call from someone expressing concern for the man.", "Michelle Williams has been praised by fellow actors after giving an impassioned speech about women's rights at Sunday's Golden Globe Awards.\n\nThe 39-year-old made the comments, which alluded to abortion, after picking up one of the acting awards.\n\n\"I wouldn't have been able to do this without employing a woman's right to choose,\" she said. \"To choose when to have my children, and with whom.\"\n\nBut she came in for criticism from anti-abortion commentators in the US.\n\nThe four-time Oscar nominee won the Golden Globe for best actress in a limited series or TV movie for her role in drama series Fosse/Verdon.\n\n\"I am grateful to live in a moment in our society where choice exists, because as girls and women, things can happen to our bodies that are not our choice,\" she told the ceremony.\n\n\"I've tried my very best to live a life of my own making, not just a series of events that happened to me, but one that I could stand back and look at and recognise my handwriting all over, sometimes messy and scrawling, sometimes careful and precise, but one that I carved with my own hand.\"\n\nWilliams and actor Heath Ledger had a daughter in 2005, and the star is now expecting a child with director Thomas Kail.\n\nShe was applauded by stars in Los Angeles for encouraging women of all ages to vote \"in your own self-interest\" in this year's US presidential election.\n\n\"It's what men have been doing for years, which is why the world looks so much like them,\" she said.\n\nReese Witherspoon described her acting colleague as a \"champion of women\" and an \"inspiration\", while the Time's Up movement, which aims to end harassment and gender discrimination, thanked Williams for her remarks.\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 Reese Witherspoon 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\nWilliams' speech came three months after she tackled the issue of gender pay inequality in her Emmy Awards acceptance speech.\n\n\"Michelle Williams again drops truth!\" wrote Jamie Lee Curtis after the Golden Globes speech.\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\nIn making a politically-driven speech, Williams had ignored host Ricky Gervais's humorous request for winners not to do so.\n\nWhile many applauded her for it, others, including US President Donald Trump's legal advisor Jenna Ellis, strongly criticised 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. Skip twitter post 4 by Jenna Ellis 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 conservative commentators took issue with her message, with political comedian and author Tim Young writing: \"Regardless what side you're on, abortion should be more solemn than paraphrased: If you have one, you can win awards like me!\"\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 5 by Tim Young 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. 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If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Jonathan Coe's book Middle England, which takes a humorous look at life in Britain before and after the Brexit referendum, has been named the best novel of 2019 at the Costa Book Awards.\n\nThe book was described by the prize's judges as \"the perfect novel for now\".\n\nAward organisers said Coe's 13th novel tells the story of \"a changing country and the cracks that appear within families and between generations\".\n\nHe is one of five winning authors in different genre categories.\n\nThey will each receive £5,000 and go forward to be in contention to be named the overall Costa Book of the Year on 28 January.\n\nMiddle England spans 2010 to 2018 and follows a range of characters including a couple who attend marriage counselling after voting different ways in the 2016 referendum.\n\nIn the other categories, Sara Collins won best first novel for her gothic romance The Confessions of Frannie Langton, about the twisted love affair between a Jamaican maid and her French mistress in 19th Century London.\n\nWelsh author and former war reporter Jack Fairweather's biography of unsung war hero Witold Pilecki, who infiltrated Auschwitz, won the biography award; while Jasbinder Bilan's first children's novel Asha & the Spirit Bird was also among the winners.\n\nLast year the novel award was won by Irish author Sally Rooney for her second effort Normal People, and the overall book of the year award was won by Bart van Es for his biography The Cut Out Girl.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "No 10 has urged Iraq to allow UK troops to stay in the country following the US assassination of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, saying their work is vital.\n\nSoleimani was killed in a US drone strike in Iraq on Friday on the orders of President Donald Trump.\n\nIraqi MPs responded to the strike by passing a non-binding resolution calling for an end to the foreign military presence in their country.\n\nEuropean leaders have called for all sides to show restraint.\n\nMeanwhile, US Defence Secretary Mark Esper has denied US troops are pulling out of Iraq, after a letter from a US general there suggested a withdrawal.\n\nThe letter said the US would be \"repositioning forces in the coming days and weeks\" - but Mr Esper said there had been \"no decision whatsoever to leave\".\n\nEarlier, Boris Johnson spoke to Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi by phone, and a Downing Street spokesman said the leaders had \"agreed to work together to find a diplomatic way forward\".\n\n\"The prime minister underlined the UK's unwavering commitment to Iraq's stability and sovereignty and emphasised the importance of the continued fight against the shared threat from Daesh [the Islamic State group]\".\n\nMr Johnson then chaired a meeting of senior ministers to discuss the deepening crisis.\n\nAfterwards, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the government's key message was the \"importance of de-escalating the tensions and finding a diplomatic way through this crisis\".\n\nHe also distanced the UK from the US president's threat that cultural sites in Iran could be targeted, saying: \"We have been clear cultural sites are protected under international law and we would expect that to be respected.\"\n\nAbout 400 British troops are stationed in Iraq, while the US has 5,200.\n\nNato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced on Monday that the alliance's forces had suspended training in Iraq. Only a small number of the UK troops in Iraq are involved in that operation.\n\nThe Army says that British troops are in the country to provide training and equipment to Iraqi and Kurdish security forces - rather than in a combat role - and have trained more than 25,000 Iraqi forces.\n\nCaretaker Iraqi Prime Minister Mr Abdul Mahdi spoke in favour of US and other foreign forces leaving the country, although most Sunni and Kurdish MPs boycotted the vote.\n\nA UK government spokesman said that coalition forces were in Iraq to protect its people and others from the Islamic State group, at the request of the Iraqi government.\n\nMeanwhile, Iran's ambassador to the UK has strongly denied reports in the Times that his country had threatened to kill British troops following the assassination of Soleimani.\n\nThe paper quotes an unnamed senior commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guard as saying that its forces would \"target US troops in the Middle East without any concern about killing its allies, including UK troops\".\n\nBut Hamid Baeidinejad described the story as \"provocative\" and a \"vicious lie\" in a Twitter post.\n\n\"I will ask the concerned UK authorities to take swift action to stop such malicious false propaganda in this very sensitive time,\" he said.\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\nAn Iranian Embassy official also told the BBC there were no plans to attack British targets and said any suggestion that an attack could take place in Britain was laughable, adding \"we are not idiots\".\n\nRetired army officer Sir Simon Vincent Mayall warned on Radio 4's Today programme that British troops serving in the Middle East could \"possibly\" be killed in retaliation attacks on US soldiers.\n\nThe Ministry of Defence adviser said western allied troops stationed in neighbouring Iraq were \"joined at the hip\" and that casualties could be shared in Iraq if Iran hits back.\n\nIn a joint statement issued on Sunday night, Mr Johnson, Germany's Angela Merkel and France's Emmanuel Macron said the current cycle of violence \"must be stopped\" and called on Iran to refrain from further violent action and proliferation.\n\nThe three leaders said they were concerned by the \"negative\" role Iran has played in the region but called on \"all parties to exercise utmost restraint and responsibility\".\n\nWith tensions rising in the region, Iran has responded by vowing revenge and announcing it will no longer abide by the restrictions in its 2015 nuclear deal.\n\nThe deal limited Iranian nuclear capacities in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions.\n\nA No 10 spokesman said Iran's announcement was \"extremely concerning\".\n\n\"It's in everyone's interest that the deal remains in place,\" he said, adding that \"it makes the world safer\".\n\n\"We've always said the nuclear deal is a reciprocal deal and in light of Iran's announcement we are urgently speaking to partners about next steps,\" the spokesman said.\n\nIn their statement, the three European leaders urged the country to \"reverse all measures inconsistent with\" the deal.\n\nMr Johnson said he spoke to President Trump on Sunday about the assassination of the Iranian general, who spearheaded the country's military operations in the Middle East as head of the elite Quds Force.\n\nThe White House said the two leaders had \"reaffirmed the close alliance between the two countries\".\n\nFollowing warnings from Iran, Mr Trump said that the US would respond in the event of retaliation for Soleimani's death, \"perhaps in a disproportionate manner\".\n\nHe repeated a threat to target Iranian cultural sites, saying the US would \"strike very fast and very hard\" if Tehran attacked Americans or US assets.\n\nOn Monday, former foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt told BBC Breakfast one \"heartbreaking\" result of the crisis was that it was now going to be \"much harder\" to secure the release of British-Iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.\n\nShe was jailed in Iran over spying allegations that she denies.\n\nMeanwhile, a British frigate and destroyer - HMS Montrose and HMS Defender - are to start accompanying UK-flagged ships through the Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf, where a tanker was seized by Iran last July.", "Three men have been arrested for allegedly trying to break into a British Army base in central Kenya.\n\nRegional police chief Marcus Ochola said officers were interrogating the suspects to establish their motive.\n\nThe failed intrusion occurred at a camp in the town of Nanyuki where 10,000 UK troops receive training every year.\n\nIt came hours after an attack on a US army base in Kenya's coastal region - but it is not clear whether the two incidents are connected.\n\nOn Sunday, al-Shabab militants attacked Camp Simba on Manda Island in Lamu County killing a US military service member and two contractors .\n\nA spokesperson for the British Army told the BBC that they were working with Kenyan authorities in the investigations.\n\n\"Kenyan police are currently investigating suspicious activity near a base used by the British Army for training,\" the spokesperson said.\n\nKenyan police said the three suspects were spotted on CCTV attempting to forcedly enter the base.\n\n\"We are still interrogating them to find out the truth,\" Rift Valley Regional Commissioner George Natembeya told the Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper.\n\nThe Nanyuki camp, about 200km (120 miles) north of the capital Nairobi, is used by the British Army Training Unit Kenya (Batuk) under an agreement with Kenya for training British troops in hot and rugged terrain.", "Takieddine Boudhane worked as a delivery driver for companies Deliveroo and Uber Eats\n\nA Deliveroo and Uber Eats delivery rider stabbed to death in a possible road rage attack has been identified.\n\nTakieddine Boudhane, 30, was attacked while on his moped near Charteris Road, in Finsbury Park, north London, at about 18:50 GMT on Friday.\n\nA white van linked to the stabbing was found in Islington and seized. Met detectives said they were looking for the driver.\n\nDet Ch Insp Neil John said the wanted driver was the \"subject of a manhunt\".\n\nMr Boudhane, an Algerian national, had been living in the UK for about three years, police said.\n\nOn Sunday morning police found a \"white VW Caddy panel-type van\" in the borough where Mr Boudhane was killed.\n\nForensic officers worked inside the police cordon, off Charteris Road in Finsbury Park\n\n\"It has been removed to a police compound where a full forensic examination will be undertaken,\" Det Ch Insp John said.\n\n\"The driver and person believed responsible for this tragic matter is now the subject of a police manhunt.\n\n\"At this time I am unable to release any further information concerning the identity of the driver as this may hinder the ongoing police investigation.\"\n\nOn Saturday delivery riders gathered in Stroud Green Road - near the scene of the attack in Lennox Road - said Mr Boudhane had been the victim of a road rage attack.\n\nPolice said the stabbing appeared to be \"spontaneous\"\n\nOne man who said he was a friend of Mr Boudhane described him as a \"good man\".\n\nHe added: \"He doesn't make any trouble - he works and he goes home and he ends up being killed while he's working.\"\n\nHe added: \"It's not safe to work by yourself any more - what can you do?\n\n\"If someone comes at you with a knife you give them what you have or they are going to stab you.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Two-year-old Isla is believed by medical experts to be the only person in the world living with a genetic condition that accelerates the ageing of her cells.\n\nSo little is known about it that even specialists do not know what her future holds and what support she might need.\n\nHer parents Stacey Kilpatrick and Kyle Screaton told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme they are considering taking legal action against the hospital that treated her.\n\nUniversity Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust said it was \"very sorry Isla's parents have concerns about her care in our hospitals. We urge them to contact us directly if they have ongoing concerns.\"\n\nWatch the Victoria Derbyshire programme on BBC Two and BBC News Channel, 10:00 to 11:00 GMT - and see more of our stories here.", "Actor Russell Crowe has used his winner's speech at the Golden Globes to raise awareness of the deadly bushfire crisis in Australia.\n\n\"Make no mistake. The tragedy unfolding in Australia is climate change-based,\" he said in a message read out on stage by show host Jennifer Aniston.\n\nCrowe won the award for his portrayal of Fox News Chief Executive Roger Ailes in The Loudest Voice in the Room.\n\nHis comments join a wave of celebrity support for the fire response.\n\nAt least 24 people have died since the fires began in September.\n\nThe fires are a natural part of the Australian weather cycle, but have been worsened this year by hotter-than-average temperatures and a persistent drought in many areas.\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\nCrowe is one of thousands of Australian residents whose homes have been lost or damaged by the bushfires, which are affecting every state and territory.\n\n\"We need to act based on science, move our global workforce to renewable energy and respect our planet for the unique and amazing place it is,\" he said in his message.\n\nCrowe was not at the Golden Globes ceremony in Hollywood - Aniston said he had stayed at home to protect his family.\n\nHe has been posting regularly on social media since the fires began, about the damage to his home but also encouraging donations to the largely volunteer fire services.\n\nHis latest video showed his Golden Globe alongside his firefighting equipment.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nPhoebe Waller-Bridge, who took home two award for her Fleabag series, said she would auction off her custom-made suit to raise funds.\n\nActress Cate Blanchett also paid tribute at the ceremony to the largely volunteer firefighting operation, saying: \"When one country is facing a climate disaster, we are all facing a climate disaster.\"\n\nAnd Joaquin Phoenix, who won best actor in a drama for The Joker, called on Hollywood to \"get unified and make some changes\" on climate change.\n\nThe Golden Globe speeches are part of a surge of celebrity activism over the past week, as the scale of the crisis has become more known internationally.\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\nScores of actors, singers and sports stars - Australian or otherwise - have donated to help the victims of the fires or are encouraging others to do so.\n\nAustralian actress Margot Robbie shared an emotional appeal on Instagram on Monday showing pictures of her childhood to show \"how beautiful our country is\".\n\n\"It is so beautiful and it's really hurting right now,\" she said, while calling for her followers to give to various charities \"to give future generations the kind of childhood I was so lucky to have\".\n\nProminent Australian writers have also joined forces under the #AuthorsForFireys hashtag on Twitter, auctioning off personalised pieces of writing, workshops, illustrations or coaching in exchange for donations.\n\nIn the sports world, Australian cricket great Shane Warne is auctioning off his famous green Test cap to raise funds for the Australian Red Cross Disaster Relief and Recovery Fund.\n\nThe highest bid is currently more than A$300,000 ($209,000; £160,000).\n\nSeveral tennis players taking part in the Brisbane Open have said they will give sizeable donations - or in the case of Australian world number one Ashleigh Barty all her prize money if she wins.\n\nDonations have also been pledged by Australian actress Nicole Kidman and her husband Keith Urban, and by the singer Pink, who said on Saturday she was \"totally 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 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\nComedian Celeste Barber, who found fame through recreating celebrity Instagram pictures, launched an appeal through her account at the weekend which has already raised more than A$31m.\n\nShe shared an image of her mother-in-law's home, saying: \"It's terrifying. They are scared.\"\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\nKim Kardashian-West, who has nearly 63 million followers on Twitter, tweeted a string of news articles about the fires on 3 January, followed by the message: \"Climate change is real\", while Selena Gomez, with more than 59 million followers on Twitter, also called for donations.\n\nAustralia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison has warned that the fires could burn for months.", "She was convicted following a trial after recanting a claim that she was raped in a hotel room in July.\n\nThe foreign secretary has urged Cyprus to \"do the right thing\" in the case of a British teenager convicted of lying about being gang-raped in Ayia Napa.\n\nDominic Raab said Cyprus was \"sensitive\" about interference, but added the woman's sentencing on 7 January was \"firmly on my radar\".\n\nHe also told the BBC he had spoken to the woman's mother and offered support.\n\nThe 19-year-old was convicted after she recanted a claim that she was raped by 12 Israelis in a hotel on 17 July.\n\nThe UK previously said it was \"seriously concerned about the fair trial guarantees\" for the woman.\n\nAnd speaking to the Andrew Marr programme on Sunday, Mr Raab revealed he had conveyed his \"very serious concerns\" about her treatment by the Cypriot authorities to his opposite number on the island.\n\nHe said the teenager had gone through a \"terrible ordeal\" and that he had spoken to her mother on Friday \"to see what further support we could provide\".\n\nHe added it was his priority to get the woman back to the UK to start her recovery.\n\nThe Cypriot government previously responded to criticism by saying it had \"full confidence in the justice system and the courts\".\n\nAsked whether the Foreign Office would advise tourists against visiting Cyprus, Mr Raab said it always keeps its travel advice \"under review\".\n\nEarlier, he told Sky's Sophy Ridge on Sunday programme that the teenager's case must be handled \"sensitively to make sure we don't do anything counter-productive\".\n\nAsked what he would do if he felt there has been a miscarriage of justice, Mr Raab added: \"We don't control the Cypriot justice system...but there are clear questions around the due process, the fair trial, safeguards that have applied in this case.\"\n\nThe teenager could face up to a year in jail and a £1,500 fine on Tuesday, but her lawyers have asked for a suspended sentence.\n\nDominic Raab was speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr show\n\nThe teenager first contacted Cypriot police in July, hours after she claims she was raped by 12 Israeli youths in a room at the Pambos Napa Rocks hotel in Ayia Napa.\n\nThe 12 were arrested but later freed and returned home after she retracted her claims 10 days later.\n\nShe was then arrested and later appeared in court facing charges of public mischief, to which she pleaded not guilty.\n\nThe woman has since said Cypriot police made her falsely confess to lying about the incident - something police have denied.\n\nShe was found guilty on a charge of causing public mischief on 30 December.\n\nThe conviction has attracted criticism from women's groups and human rights campaigners.\n\nProtesters from the Network Against Violence Against Women protested outside the court on the day of the teenager's conviction.\n\nProtesters from the Network Against Violence Against Women were outside the court\n\nThe woman's lawyers have also criticised the conviction and the way the case was handled by the Cypriot police and Judge Michalis Papathanasiou.\n\nThey pledged to appeal against it and plan to take her case to the Cyprus Supreme Court.\n\nSenior legal figures in Cyprus later signed a letter written to the Attorney General Costas Clerides asking him to intervene in the case, including former justice minister Kypros Chrysostomides.\n\nMr Chrysostomides said the teenager had \"already suffered a lot\" and he expects her sentence will be \"very lenient\".\n\nHe added: \"She has already been in detention for four and a half weeks and she has already been prevented from travelling for about five months already.\"\n\nThe woman's mother said her daughter was experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder, hallucinations, and was sleeping for 18 or 20 hours a day because of a condition called hypersomnia.\n\nShe said the teenager urgently needs to return to the UK to get treatment.\n\nThe woman's mother said she believed her daughter's experience in Ayia Napa was not an isolated incident, and backed an online campaign for tourists to boycott the island.\n\nShe told the BBC: \"The place isn't safe - it is absolutely not safe. And if you go and report something that's happened to you, you're either laughed at, as far as I can tell, or, in the worst case, something like what's happened to my daughter may happen.\"\n\nMeanwhile, one of the men accused of taking part in the gang-rape, Yona Golub, told the Mail On Sunday that the group were \"preparing to sue\" the teenager.\n\nHe said the group \"deserve compensation for what we went through\".", "The body of Qasem Soleimani, a top Iranian general killed in a US drone strike, has been brought back to Iran.\n\nFootage filmed by Iran Press shows huge crowds taking to the streets of the Iranian city of Ahvaz, marking the beginning of ceremonies in his honour.\n\nGeneral Soleimani's burial will take place in his home town of Kerman on 7 January.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Keir Starmer: \"We lost the public's trust in the Labour Party as a force for good\"\n\nCandidates hoping to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader have questioned the party's manifesto choices while opening up dividing lines on Brexit.\n\nSir Keir Starmer said its election offer was \"over-loaded\" while both Lisa Nandy and Jess Phillips said voters did not trust its free broadband pledge.\n\nMs Phillips also said she would not rule out rejoining the EU if Brexit turned out not to be a success.\n\nShe said she would not change her view that the UK was \"better off\" in the EU.\n\nSir Keir and shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry - both strong supporters of another referendum before the election - said Labour's focus as an opposition should now be on ensuring Boris Johnson negotiated the best economic and trade partnership with the EU.\n\nFive candidates, also including Clive Lewis, have so far entered the race to succeed Jeremy Corbyn.\n\nLabour's ruling body is due to meet on Monday to decide the timetable for the election. Would-be candidates have to be nominated by more than 20 MPs and must also get the backing of at least 5% of constituency parties or three affiliated bodies - two of which must be trade unions.\n\nShadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey is also expected to officially declare her candidacy in the coming days.\n\nThe contest was called after Mr Corbyn announced he would stand down as leader after Labour's heavy election defeat.\n\nBoth Sir Keir and Ms Phillips told the BBC's Andrew Marr the party must learn the lessons of the defeat and why some many previously rock-solid Labour seats in the Midlands and the North of England turned to the Conservatives.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jess Phillips: \"The country didn't trust us to govern\"\n\nSir Keir said the manifesto was one of a number of \"cumulative\" factors that eroded trust, on top of concerns over the party's Brexit policy, its leadership and its record on tackling anti-Semitism.\n\n\"There was a general feeling the manifesto was over-loaded. We lost the public's trust in the Labour Party as a force for good and a force for change,\" he said. \"After four general election losses we have to address that straight away.\"\n\nBut he warned Labour against \"unpicking\" the last manifesto when it should be focused on its offer to voters in five years time. He also said it would be wrong to \"retreat\" from Mr Corbyn's focus on reducing inequality and protecting the public services.\n\nWhile not the sole reason for its defeat, Ms Phillips also identified the manifesto - which pledged to bring rail, mail, water and energy into public ownership and extend the role of the state into new areas - as one of Labour's weak points.\n\n\"The fundamental thing is that the country did not trust us to govern,\" she said. \"They did not trust to deliver on the things we were saying.\"\n\nRebecca Long-Bailey is expected to join the race\n\nWhile there was a strong case for nationalising the railways and ending private involvement in the prison and probation services, she suggested tackling deep-seated social problems, such as homelessness and social care, were more important than public control of key utilities.\n\n\"We lost them on some of the basics. My son does not go to school five days a week. Lots of people in the country can give you their own example. While that was the case, offering free broadband was just not believable.\"\n\nThe Birmingham Yardley MP said the party must stop obsessing with factionalism and internal positioning and speak honestly to people.\n\n\"People have to feel a connection with us again. People have to feel we are on their side.\"\n\nMs Nandy also distanced herself from the broadband pledge, telling BBC Radio 5 Live's Pienaar's Politics: \"People said to us, 'It's all very well promising free broadband but can you sort out the buses?' and that was the more pressing issue in their lives. It's not about whether you're radical or not it's about whether you're relevant.\"\n\nMs Thornberry said Labour had been wrong to allow the Conservatives to fight the election on the \"single issue\" of Brexit.\n\nShe told Sky News that the opposition's focus should now be on ensuring the UK had a relationship with Europe in the coming years that's \"going to work for jobs and the economy\".\n\nSir Keir, who like Ms Thornberry was a supporter of another referendum, suggested the issue of EU membership was now closed and the party needed to move on from an argument between Remain and Leave.\n\nAsked whether she would support, as leader, the UK going back into the EU, Ms Phillips said it was sensible to \"wait and see\".\n\n\"If we are living in an absolute paradise of trade and totally safe in the world...then maybe I will be proven wrong. But if the reality is if if our country is safer and more economically viable to be in the EU, I will fight for that regardless of how difficult that argument is to make.\"\n\nThe candidates have also been pressed on the UK's relationship with the US following the killing of Iran's top military leader, Qasem Soleimani, in Iraq.\n\nMs Phillips said people were \"not shedding any tears\" over the Iranian general's death and, while she opposed the Iraq War, she would always support the deployment of British forces abroad if there was a \"moral case\" for it.\n\n\"What we have to make sure is that when we take action, it is lawful, proportionate and there is a moral case for it. If those questions can be answered, then I would absolutely take action to protect British lives.\"\n\nHowever, Sir Keir said the UK should never find itself in the position of \"blindly following the Americans\".\n\nIf he became prime minister, he said he would pass legislation to circumscribe the ability of governments to take military action. He suggested it would have to pass three tests - if it was lawful, had been supported by Parliament and was part of a viable plan.", "A mysterious viral pneumonia that has infected dozens in central China is not Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars), health chiefs have said.\n\nThey also discounted bird flu and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, and said investigations were continuing.\n\nA total of 59 cases have been reported in the city of Wuhan, seven of which are considered critical.\n\nThe outbreak prompted Singapore and Hong Kong to bring in screening processes for travellers from the city.\n\nAn epidemic of the potentially deadly, flu-like Sars virus killed more than 700 people around the world in 2002-03, after originating in China.\n\nIn a statement posted on its website late on Sunday, the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission said 163 people who had had contact with those infected had been placed under medical observation. It said efforts were continuing to identify the virus and its source.\n\nThe commission said previously that there had been no human-to-human transmission of the illness. It added that a number of those infected worked at a seafood market in the city, leading authorities to sanitise the area.\n\nThe outbreak occurred in the city of Wuhan\n\nSingapore and Hong Kong have both set up systems to check travellers arriving from Wuhan for possible fever.\n\nHong Kong has admitted 16 travellers with pneumonia-like symptoms to hospital, the South China Morning Post reported, but none have so far been found to have the unidentified strain. Singapore has had one suspicious case, it added.\n\nThe World Health Organization (WHO) has said it is aware of the outbreak and is in contact with the Chinese government.\n\n\"There are many potential causes of viral pneumonia, many of which are more common than severe acute respiratory syndrome coronovirus,\" a spokesman said last week. \"WHO is closely monitoring this event and will share more details as we have them.\"\n• None They risked their lives to stop Sars", "These Tripoli residents welcomed news of Turkish military support for the GNA\n\nTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said troops have begun moving into Libya after parliament approved the move last week.\n\nHe said their mission was to ensure stability for the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli.\n\nThe Libyan government is fighting an insurgency by rebel forces under Gen Khalifa Haftar, based in eastern Libya.\n\nGen Haftar is backed by Egypt and the UAE, while the UN-backed government is supported by Turkey and its ally Qatar.\n\nRebel forces have been trying to capture Tripoli and were blamed for an air strike on a military academy on Saturday that killed at least 30 people. They denied any involvement.\n\nThe Turkish government has given no details about the scale of the military deployment.\n\n\"Our soldiers' duty there is co-ordination. They will develop the operation centre there. Our soldiers are gradually going right now,\" President Erdogan told the CNN Turk TV channel.\n\nHe said Turkey's objective was \"not to fight\" but \"to support the legitimate government and avoid a humanitarian tragedy\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC Arabic found videos of bodies being desecrated by fighters loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar.\n\nThe UN Security Council is expected to meet behind closed doors on Monday to discuss the situation in Libya, AFP news agency reported, citing diplomats.\n\nWhat do other countries think about the Turkish action?\n\nIt has been condemned by several countries, including the US.\n\nLast week, President Donald Trump told Mr Erdogan in a phone call that \"foreign interference is complicating the situation in Libya\".\n\nEgypt said military intervention in Libya was a \"matter of Egyptian national security\" and it would defeat efforts seeking \"to control\" its neighbour, news agency Reuters reports.\n\nWhile Israel, Greece and Cyprus issued a joint statement warning against the Turkish deployment. They called it a dangerous threat to regional stability, and warned that it breached a UN arms embargo imposed on Libya in order to end years of violence.\n\nRead more about what's happening in Libya:\n\nMPs in Turkey approved the bill allowing the deployment of troops last Thursday with 325 in favour and 184 against.\n\nLibya has been torn by violence since long-time ruler Muammar Gaddafi was deposed and killed in 2011 by Nato-backed forces.\n\nThe country has two rival administrations, the UN-backed one based in Tripoli, and Gen Haftar's one in the eastern city of Tobruk.", "The Capel Celyn Memorial Chapel stands on the banks of Tryweryn reservoir\n\nA memorial to a lost village and an apple-shaped refreshment kiosk are two of the sites given a heritage listing in Wales in the past year.\n\nHeritage body Cadw gave special protection to nine sites, including the Capel Celyn Memorial Chapel in 2019.\n\nThe Big Apple in Mumbles, an iconic feature and described as \"a rare and unusual example of a seaside refreshment kiosk\" is also listed.\n\nFour buildings and five sites were protected.\n\nIn 1965, Capel Celyn was controversially flooded in order to create a reservoir which would supply water to Liverpool.\n\nA family leaving Capel Celyn for the last time in 1956\n\nThe Gwynedd village's school, chapel, post office and houses were lost beneath the Tryweryn reservoir.\n\nA memorial chapel was built on the side of Tryweryn using stones that were once part of the buildings in the lost village.\n\nWelsh Water chief executive Chris Jones said listing it reflects \"its cultural significance and its crucial importance to the local community and the history of our country\".\n\nThe Mumbles apple is the last surviving example of a string of kiosks built in the 1930s to promote a brand of cider\n\nThe other two buildings listed are Pearl Assurance House, Pontypool and Theatr Clwyd in Mold.\n\n\"We are proud of our rich heritage and we value our unique historic buildings and monuments,\" said deputy culture minister Lord Elis-Thomas.\n\n\"Our heritage is at the heart of our identity as a nation and contributes to our economic vitality and cultural wellbeing.\"\n\nHe added each site listed in the past year has its \"own unique story\".\n\nThe two pill box defence sites listed are in the Vale of Glamorgan\n\nThe sites that were made scheduled monuments included the Llanerch-y-Mor smelting chimneys in Holywell and Ffynnon Angoeron (the Freezing Well), in Goetre Fawr, Monmouthshire.\n\nThere is also the remains of a Lockheed aircraft abandoned in 1942 and now buried at Morfa Harlech National Nature Reserve.\n\nFrom World War Two, \"pill box\" anti-invasion defences at St Mary's and Tresilian Bay, both in Vale of Glamorgan, are the fourth and fifth monuments listed.\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. Who decides on the next Labour leader?\n\nRebecca Long Bailey has become the sixth candidate to join the race to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader.\n\nIn an article for the Tribune magazine, she said Labour needed a \"socialist leader who can work with our movement, rebuild our communities and fight for the policies we believe in\".\n\nShe joins Sir Keir Starmer, Emily Thornberry, Clive Lewis, Lisa Nandy and Jess Phillips in the contest.\n\nLabour's new leader, and deputy leader, will be announced on 4 April.\n\nThe six leadership contenders are facing questions from Labour MPs at a hustings in Westminster, as the three-month contest officially gets under way.\n\nIn her article, Mrs Long Bailey said Labour had a \"mountain to climb\" to get back to power, but there was a \"path to victory\" if the party stayed true to its socialist values.\n\nThe Salford and Eccles MP, who has been shadow business secretary since 2016, is backed by her flatmate and deputy leadership contender Angela Rayner. She also has the support of key figures within Mr Corbyn's inner circle, including shadow chancellor John McDonnell.\n\nMr McDonnell said he was also backing the shadow justice secretary, Richard Burgon, to be his party's deputy leader.\n\nMr Corbyn, though, said he would not be publicly backing anyone - although he commented that Mrs Long Bailey was a \"wonderful colleague\".\n\nAsked what he thought of her telling ITV she rated his leadership at \"10 out of 10,\" he commented: \"I never mark my own homework.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nLabour chairman Ian Lavery has ruled out a bid for the leadership and also thrown his weight behind Mrs Long Bailey, saying she \"has the intellect, drive and determination to take forward and develop the popular, common sense socialist policies that Jeremy Corbyn has championed\".\n\nBarnsley Central MP Dan Jarvis, who had previously indicated he might stand for the leader post, also ruled himself out of the contest on Tuesday, saying he wanted to concentrate on his role as mayor for the Sheffield City region.\n\nRebecca Long Bailey is pitching herself as the \"carry on Corbyn\" candidate.\n\nIt's no big surprise - she has long been a stalwart of Camp Corbyn. She's been ultra loyal to the Labour leader in the shadow cabinet and in the NEC (the party's ruling body).\n\nIn her launch article in the Tribune, she makes absolutely clear that she stands by the Corbyn policies that the party put before the electorate.\n\nInterestingly, though, in a subsequent interview with the BBC, she adopted a slightly more nuanced approach.\n\nShe acknowledged that Brexit harmed the party in the election. She also conceded on anti-Semitism - saying that behind the scenes she was pressing for tougher action on this.\n\nMrs Long Bailey said Labour's election defeat last month, its fourth in a row, was due to a failure of campaign strategy and the \"lack of a coherent narrative\", rather than a rejection of its policies.\n\nIf elected leader, she said there would be no return to the \"Tory lite\" agenda which she said had held the party back for many years.\n\nShe told BBC Radio 4's Today programme she was \"not your typical politician\" and could be trusted to \"fight the establishment tooth and nail\".\n\nShe also said that she had argued against Labour's Brexit policy in shadow cabinet, suggesting the focus at the election should have been on getting a \"good deal\" rather than another referendum.\n\nMeanwhile, Ian Murray, Scotland's only remaining Labour MP, and MP for Tooting Rosena Allin-Khan are the latest to join the race to replace Tom Watson as deputy leader.\n\nAnnouncing his candidature, Mr Murray - a long-time critic of Jeremy Corbyn - said the architects of the party's ''catastrophic failure\" in 2019 could not be allowed to lead the response.\n\nLabour MP for Tooting Rosena Allin-Khan has announced she will run for deputy leader\n\nAnd Dr Allin-Khan, in her pitch, told Today the party had to \"learn from mistakes from the past\" and \"listen to those who have lost faith\".\n\nUnder the timetable agreed by Labour's ruling body on Monday, the contenders have until 13 January to show they have the support of the 22 MPs and MEPs required to get on the ballot paper.\n\nThey must also demonstrate they have the backing of 5% of local Labour parties and three affiliated bodies - two of which must be trade unions.", "A group of Russian fishermen attempted to pull their cars from the sea after the ice they were parked on melted.\n\nThe cars plunged up to two metres below the surface off Russky Island, near Vladivostok in the far east.", "The IRGC is estimated to have more than 190,000 active personnel\n\nIran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) was set up 40 years ago to defend the country's Islamic system, and to provide a counterweight to the regular armed forces.\n\nIt has since become a major military, political and economic force in Iran, with close ties to the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and many other senior figures.\n\nThe IRGC is estimated to have more than 190,000 active personnel, boasts its own ground forces, navy and air force, and oversees Iran's strategic weapons.\n\nIt also controls the paramilitary Basij Resistance Force, which has helped suppress domestic dissent, and the powerful bonyads, or charitable foundations, which run a considerable part of the economy.\n\nThe IRGC exerts influence elsewhere in the Middle East by providing money, weapons, technology, training and advice to allied governments and armed groups through its shadowy overseas operations arm, the Quds (Jerusalem) Force.\n\nThe US accuses the Quds Force of supporting terrorist organisations and being responsible for attacks in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East that have resulted the deaths of hundreds of American and allied military personnel.\n\nOn 3 January 2020, the US killed the Quds Force's powerful commander, Major General Qasem Soleimani, in a drone strike in Baghdad. The defence department said he had orchestrated a rocket attack in Iraq that killed an American contractor and was \"actively developing plans to attack\" American diplomats and troops in the region.\n\nBefore the 1979 revolution, Shah Muhammad Reza Pahlavi relied on military might to ensure national security and to safeguard his power.\n\nAfterwards, the new Islamic authorities, headed by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, realised they too needed a powerful force committed to consolidating their leadership and revolutionary ideals.\n\nThe IRGC was set up after the 1979 Iranian revolution to defend Iran's Islamic system\n\nThe clerics therefore produced a new constitution that provided for both a regular Military (Artesh), to defend Iran's borders and maintain internal order, and a separate Guard Corps (Sepah-e Pasdaran), to protect the Islamic system.\n\nIn practice, these roles have often overlapped, with the IRGC also helping to keep public order and developing its own army, navy and air force.\n\nDespite having an estimated 230,000 fewer troops than the regular military, the IRGC is considered the dominant military force in Iran and is behind many of the country's key military operations. The IRGC's overall commander, currently Major General Hossein Salami, and other senior officers routinely advise the supreme leader.\n\nThe IRGC navy is tasked with patrolling the strategically important Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway connecting the Gulf to the Indian Ocean through which 20% of the world's oil supply passes.\n\nThe force's small boats have intercepted US warships that it says have approached Iran's territorial waters, and detained or diverted international shipping.\n\nThe IRGC's air force, which does not generally operate combat aircraft, is meanwhile responsible for Iran's missiles.\n\nThe US has said Iran has the largest ballistic missile force in the Middle East, with more than 10 ballistic missile systems either in its inventory or in development, and a stockpile of hundreds of missiles.\n\nIn 2018, ballistic missiles were fired at an Iranian Kurdish rebel group based in northern Iraq and at Islamic State group positions in Syria.\n\nBut perhaps the most prominent IRGC entity in recent years has been the Quds Force, which Iran's government is said to use to implement its foreign policy goals.\n\nIran has acknowledged the role of the Quds Force in the conflicts in Syria, where it has advised forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and armed thousands of Shia Muslim militiamen fighting alongside them, and Iraq, where it has backed a Shia-dominated paramilitary force that helped defeat IS.\n\nThe conflicts turned the once-reclusive commander, General Soleimani, into a something of celebrity in Iran.\n\nThe Trump administration has alleged that the Quds Force is also \"Iran's primary mechanism for cultivating and supporting\" US-designated terrorist groups across the Middle East - including Lebanon's Hezbollah movement and Palestinian Islamic Jihad - by providing funding, training, weapons, and equipment.\n\nThe Quds Force has also been accused by the US of plotting or carrying out terrorist attacks, directly or through its proxies, in five out of seven continents.\n\nIn 2011, the Quds Force was allegedly involved in a plan to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the US by bombing a restaurant in Georgetown. And last year, a court in Germany convicted a Quds Force operative of spying on the former head of a German-Israeli group and people close to him.\n\nSuch alleged activities prompted the United States in April 2019 to designate the IRGC as a \"foreign terrorist organisation\" - the first such designation of an official military force. At the same time, the US tightened its sanctions on Iran's oil exports, further weakening its economy.\n\nIn response, Iran began a counter-pressure campaign. The IRGC's forces shot down a US military surveillance drone over the Strait of Hormuz in June and seized a British-flagged tanker in the same area the following month.\n\nThe US also accused Iran of being behind a series of explosions that damaged six tankers in the Gulf of Oman in May and June; drone and cruise missile attacks on two Saudi oil facilities in September; a rocket attack on an Iraqi military base used by US troops on 27 December that killed the American contractor. Iran denied any involvement.\n\nThere was a serious escalation in the confrontation between the US and Iran following the rocket attack.\n\nOn 29 December, the US carried out air strikes on five bases in Iraq and Syria associated with the Iran-backed Iraqi militia that it believed fired the rockets, Kataib Hezbollah. The strikes killed at least 25 militia fighters and sparked violent protests outside the US embassy in Baghdad.\n\nFive days later, a US Reaper drone fired missiles at a convoy leaving the city's international airport, killing General Soleimani and several militia leaders, including Kataib Hezbollah chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.\n\nThe IRGC also has a powerful presence in Iran's civilian institutions.\n\nIt controls the Basij Resistance Force (Mobilisation of the Oppressed), an Islamic volunteer militia of about 100,000 men and women. The Basij are loyalists to the revolution who are often called out onto the streets to use force to dispel dissent.\n\nThe IRGC and Basij were prominent in putting down the mass opposition protests that erupted in 2009 after the disputed re-election of then President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Dozens of opposition supporters were killed and thousands detained.\n\nThe IRGC's popular power, combined with the strong support of Ayatollah Khamenei, has made it a key player in Iranian politics.\n\nFormer IRGC officers occupy or have occupied influential positions in government, parliament and other bodies, among them Mr Ahmadinejad, parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani, and Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of the Expediency Council.\n\nThe former overall commander, Major General Mohammad Ali Jaafari, openly opposed the concessions made by moderate President Hassan Rouhani during the negotiations that led to Iran's 2015 landmark nuclear deal with world powers.\n\nThe IRGC is also thought to control around a third of Iran's economy through a series of subsidiaries and trusts.\n\nApart from military industries, the IRGC is active in housing development, dam and road construction, oil and gas projects, food, transportation and even educational and cultural activities.\n\nThe IRGC's engineering wing - Khatam-ol-Anbia (Seal of the Prophet), also known by an acronym, Ghorb - is reported to have tens of thousands of employees and has been awarded billions of dollars of construction and engineering contracts.\n\nPresident Rouhani, who has faced protests over the state of Iran's economy, has on many occasions criticised the IRGC's sprawling business empire. He once called it a \"government with a gun\" that had \"scared\" the public sector.", "The government's Troubled Families project is getting £165m in funding to ensure it continues for another year.\n\nLaunched by David Cameron in 2012, the scheme targets families with multiple and complex social and health issues.\n\nExisting support for the project was due to run out later this year, prompting speculation about its future.\n\nBut Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick said it had proved a success in transforming lives and relieving the burden on public services.\n\nThe programme was set up by the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition government in response to the 2011 riots in English cities, at a cost of £448m.\n\nIt was revamped in 2015, with the aim of helping 400,000 families by 2020.\n\nAbout £920m has been spent since then, averaging about £157.6m, a year, with councils being paid on the basis of their results in helping the most vulnerable families.\n\nAnne Longfield, the Children's Commissioner for England, said the government announcement was \"welcome\" but needed to be followed by \"long term and extended funding commitments\" in this year's spending review.\n\nWriting on Twitter, she highlighted the \"vital\" role children's centres and so-called family hubs played in the initiative.\n\nUnder the project, local authorities identify and support families in England with multiple problems, including domestic abuse, unemployment, mental health problems and truancy.\n\nCentral government funds local authorities to work with these families on a payment-by-performance basis.\n\nIn 2016, a report by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research concluded that the initiative had had no measurable effect on school attendance, employment or behaviour.\n\nAnd former work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith suggested last year that the scheme had become a high-profile \"distraction\" and some of its targets were \"slightly nebulous\".\n\nBut ministers said an evaluation published last April demonstrated that the programme had reduced the proportion of children going into care by a third, reduced the proportion of adults going to prison by a quarter and had cut the number of adults claiming Jobseeker's Allowance.\n\nTheir latest analysis suggests 297,733 families have \"made improvements\" with the problems that led to them joining the programme since 2015. In 26,848 of these families, one or more adults has moved off benefits and into work.\n\nThe scheme was set up in the wake of the 2011 riots in England\n\nThe Treasury indicated in September's Spending Review that the programme would be extended, although ministers have yet to commit to its long-term future.\n\nMr Jenrick said the new funding would be used to help families with inter-connected problems, including unemployment, poor school attendance, mental health issues, anti-social behaviour and domestic abuse.\n\n\"The programme will help more people in need get access to the early, practical and coordinated support to transform their lives for the better,\" he said.\n\n\"This is the right thing to do for families and for society as a whole, and these reforms will reduce the demand and dependency on costly, reactive key public services.\"\n\nIn their election manifesto, the Conservatives promised to develop \"family hubs\" to give vulnerable families intensive, integrated support to help care for their children, both in the early years and through to adulthood.\n\nMr Jenrick's predecessor, James Brokenshire, suggested last year that the Troubled Families project could potentially be renamed to ensure it is not \"getting in the way of the positive objectives\".\n\nThe Department for Communities said any future changes would be considered and announced in due course.", "Joy Crookes channels the Hindu goddess Lakshmi in the video for Don't Let Me Down\n\nOver the last two years, Joy Crookes has released enough music to fill a (decidedly accomplished) debut album.\n\nThose early EPs and one-off singles show a nuanced and individual ear for melody, while her \"mad honest\" lyrics depict love lost and found on the rainy streets of south-east London.\n\nThey've earned her fourth place on the BBC Sound of 2020 list, which tips acts for success in the next 12 months.\n\nBut if the attention is welcome, Crookes isn't sure she's enjoying it.\n\n\"What does it feel like? Anxiety central is what it feels like!\" laughs the singer.\n\n\"I could give you the pretty answer but, honestly, it feels like when you go to Winter Wonderland and you get on that huge tower that rises up above Hyde Park then - whomp - it drops and your stomach rises to your eyeballs.\n\n\"It's half an incredible feeling because there's so much adrenalin, but the other half is like, 'I'm going to die, I'm going to die, I'm going to die!'\"\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 Music 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 21-year-old, who is of Bangladeshi-Irish descent, first came to attention when she posted a cover of Hit The Road Jack to YouTube as a teenager.\n\nSince then, she's developed a sound that combines the eclectic range of music her father played as he drove her to her weekly Irish dancing lessons.\n\n\"My dad wanted to give me a real education, from Nick Cave to King Tubby to all this Pakistani music,\" she says. \"He'd say, 'This is from your ends of the world, you should hear this.'\"\n\nTo celebrate her position on the Sound of 2020 list, Crookes took a break from recording her actual debut album to chat about her rise to fame, impersonating Liberty X, hustling her school-friends, and the pressure to succeed.\n\nJoy Crookes was chosen for the BBC Sound of 2020 list by a panel of 170 music critics, broadcasters, festival bookers and previous nominees - including Lewis Capaldi, Chvrches and Billie Eilish. The top five were.\n\nWhen I was three or four I went into my mum's room and put on her knee-high boots, then I summoned my family like, 'Mum! Dad! Assemble!'\n\nThey sat on the sofa, and I walked in and performed Just A Little by Liberty X. We had it on VHS and I stood in front of the TV doing the moves.\n\nMaybe not for a three year old! I remember the night before, I got my mum to cut a hole in my black vest because the girls in the video had leather PVC suits with holes where their cleavage would be. I mean, I didn't have cleavage at three or four, but I wanted to look like them.\n\nSo your first memory is a musical one?\n\nYeah, it's so vivid in my mind. I was so, so concentrated on that performance. I hadn't even practiced it, I was just like, \"This is my time to shine!\"\n\nThe singer has also been nominated for the Brits rising star award\n\nI heard you were quite an entrepreneur as a child, too...\n\nWhere did you find that out?! But, yeah, when I was about nine, I worked out it would cost me £80 to get everyone in my family Christmas presents. So I went to Poundland in Elephant and Castle, and you could buy a box of 10 candy canes for £1. I worked out that if I sold each of them for £1, I could make 900% profit.\n\nI also had a side hustle selling clothes, because that £80 needed to come quick. If someone said, \"That top looks great on you\", I'd say, \"I'll give it to you for a fiver\".\n\nWhen my mates came round to our house, little did they know, it wasn't playtime, it was selling time!\n\nIf music doesn't work out, you can always apply for the Apprentice.\n\nYou grew up listening to music - but was there a point where you thought, \"This is something I can do for a career?\"\n\nI never had that epiphany because I never thought music was a legitimate job. I thought that pop stars were pop stars and that's who they were. I almost didn't see them as human beings until Kate Nash came about.\n\nShe made me realise I could use music as a diary. I was going through a lot at home and I didn't have anyone to talk to, so I just used my guitar. But I didn't really think, \"Oh, I'm a musician now\".\n\nThe singer-songwriter is self-taught on the guitar, piano and bass\n\nHow did you learn to play?\n\nWith piano, I learnt a couple of chords at school, then I taught myself the songs from the film Once by looking up the chords on YouTube. With guitar it was the same: I learnt two chords from a family friend, then I went home and learned a lot of Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber songs because, no offence, I thought they'd be easy.\n\nI used to have a cupboard that had a mirror on it, so I'd sit down and watch myself playing guitar. That's really good when you're learning, because you can watch where your hands are going.\n\nSo that was my mentality, and then I started writing after that.\n\nMy mum's friend had a son who was my age who played the most incredible Brazilian guitar. I loved Astrud Gilberto, so I asked him round to mine and I said, \"Do you know this song Hit The Road Jack? I think we should cover it\".\n\nSo we recorded it on iMovie, put it on YouTube and it got 500,000 views - which was mad.\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 Joy Crookes 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\nThings really exploded in 2017 when you played Mother May I Sleep With Danger on the YouTube channel Colors. The video's now been watched 8 million times. Did it change your career?\n\nThat song was never meant to be a single. I wrote it on my own, at the piano, on the first of January 2017. But the Colors performance made more sense than the record, because I'd been playing the song on tour. When you tour a song you get to know it - you stay over at its house, you meet its mum, you get to know the sibling it doesn't like. So by the time we did Colors, it was a walk in the park.\n\nThat performance was our third take and I remember I pretended my mum was right there and I was singing it to her.\n\nThe video really changed everything. For about six months after that, everywhere I went people would say, \"Are you Joy from Colors?\"\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 3 by COLORS 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\nYou thought music wasn't a viable career, so did that video force you to rewrite the story in your head?\n\nIt definitely started kicking in there. We'd gone to Germany [to make the video] and I was like, 'What do you mean I'm flying to Berlin for work, to sing songs?'\n\nBut even after that, I went for a job interview as a waitress at a Kurdish restaurant.\n\nNo! As soon as I went for the interview, I regretted it. The manager was looking at me like, \"What do you mean, you can't work on most days?\"\n\nSeveral of your songs, like For A Minute and London Mine, are love letters to London. Why does it inspire you so much?\n\nThe beauty of London is that it wouldn't be London without all the immigration, and the mix of cultures and colours and the smells and the stories it contains.\n\nI grew up on a street where my neighbours are Bajan and the neighbours after that are Bengali and the neighbours after that are from Nigeria. I learned so many mannerisms and different forms of respect and stories and myths and legends from all these places. I wouldn't be the person I am without London. It inspires me to be a certain kind of woman, and a certain kind of person.\n\nCrookes is currently recording her debut album, with a self-imposed deadline of May 2020\n\nAmerican musicians often eulogise their hometowns, but it's not so common in the UK. Why is that?\n\nI love my area, and London as a whole, so I think I should sing about it and celebrate it.\n\nBut when I write about London, it's also a response to the austerity of the last 10 years. For A Minute is about growing up in an area that may not be rich or vibrant, but making the most out of things like having £2 to go to the chicken shop after school. There's a lyric, \"eating sunshine every day\", that's a comment on poverty.\n\nThen I also talk about \"creamy legs in London air\" because when I was growing up all the girls from secondary school, who are mainly black and brown, would have the most moisturised legs you've ever seen in your life.\n\nSo I try and have a positive message: \"Hey, this is the sick stuff about London. If we all packed up and left, and went back to India, Yorkshire or wherever, you wouldn't know what to do. It wouldn't be London any more.\"\n\nThere's a fearlessness in the way you talk about relationships, too. I love that line in Man's World - \"I find my love in red wine\".\n\nI was very angry when I wrote that! I'm saying I find my love in something that's an object, as opposed to you. You are less important to me than a drink.\n\nAt least alcohol's always there when you need it.\n\nExactly. That's probably a very Irish message!\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 JoyCrookesVEVO 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\nOn a more serious note, you've been playing a new song recently that addresses your mental health...\n\nYeah, it's called Anyone But Me. The first line is, \"Seven years strong with my therapy, making mosaics of my memories,\" so there's no mucking around. It's literally like, this is how I feel: I feel like there's another person living in my head.\n\nIt's something I've battled with for a long time. I remember when I was 12, I rang up the NHS and said, \"I can't get out of bed. I'm not ill, I haven't got a cold, I just can't get out of bed\". And the guy on the other end of the phone said, \"Ah, have you heard of depression?\"\n\nHave you spoken to your therapist about how the music industry could affect your health?\n\nNo, I haven't been able to see him because I haven't had time - which is not good. And I'm kind of struggling with that now. The first album just makes me want to crap myself. I'm like, \"Why am I stressed every day, I should be excited about this? But why should I be excited when this is nerve-wracking?\"\n\nI'm massively over-thinking everything. It's like when I did my GCSEs, I was the type of person who'd leave an exam going, \"Oh my God, I failed that\". Then I got all As and A stars, and dropped out straight after.\n\nWhere does the pressure to succeed come from?\n\nIt's all me. My manager is like, \"You don't have a deadline for the album\", and I'll go, \"Yes I do. It's May.\" I've got IBS. I am the most stressed person ever.\n\nThat doesn't come across in the music…\n\nI can't imagine what an IBS song would sound like, though.\n\nMaybe like that Mabel song, The Anxiety Anthem? I could do the IBS Anthem, and the video would be me against a green screen, and the background would be the inside of your insides.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Angela Rayner became MP for Ashton-under-Lyne in Greater Manchester in 2015\n\nShadow education secretary Angela Rayner has announced she is joining the contest to replace Tom Watson as Labour's deputy leader.\n\nShe is the fourth Labour MP to declare her intention to run, alongside Richard Burgon, Dawn Butler and Khalid Mahmood.\n\nMs Rayner said Labour now faced a stark choice following December's heavy election defeat - \"win or die\".\n\nBoth the new leader and deputy leader will be announced on 4 April, the party's ruling body has decided.\n\nClive Lewis, Lisa Nandy, Jess Phillips, Sir Keir Starmer and Emily Thornberry have formally entered the race to replace outgoing leader Jeremy Corbyn.\n\nShadow business secretary Rebecca Long Bailey, who is a friend and flatmate of Ms Rayner, is also expected to join the main contest soon.\n\nLaunching her deputy leadership bid in Stockport, Ms Rayner said Labour's defeat last month had left the party facing its \"biggest challenge in our history\".\n\nShe said Labour needed to find a \"new kind of coalition\" to regain power, and needed to \"win back\" former supporters who had deserted the party.\n\nShe said Mr Corbyn's leadership had been a factor in the party's poor performance, but also blamed the election strategy, saying its list of target seats had proved to be \"wide of the mark\".\n\n\"Seats where we suffered catastrophic defeats were seen as secure, while we tried to fight 'target' seats we had effectively already lost. It cannot happen again.\"\n\nAnd she continued: \"The quick fix of a new leader will not be enough. We must rethink and renew our purpose and how we convince the people to share it.\n\n\"Either we face up to these new times or we become irrelevant. The next five years will be the fight of our lives.\"\n\nMs Rayner said she would back Ms Long Bailey if she stood for the top job, adding that she wanted the leadership of the party to be a \"team effort\".\n\nAfter the launch, Ms Long Bailey tweeted that she would be lending her \"full support\" to her \"good friend\" Ms Rayner in her pitch for the deputy's post.\n\nMs Rayner also unveiled a list of other Labour MPs backing her candidacy, including shadow trade secretary Barry Gardiner - seen as a potential contender himself - and senior colleagues Louise Haigh and Jonathan Reynolds.\n\nRebecca Long Bailey and Angela Rayner are friends and political allies\n\nMs Rayner became shadow education secretary in June 2016, just over a year after she became MP for Ashton-under-Lyne in Greater Manchester.\n\nAfter leaving school aged 16, she became a care worker and representative for the Unison union before entering Parliament. She has previously described herself as being on the \"soft left\" of the party.\n\nAt her launch she also called for the party to draw a \"line in the sand\" over the issue of anti-Semitism within its ranks, so it could \"regain the moral authority\" to unite the country against racism.\n\nThe party, she added, needed to \"educate where there is ignorance\" and \"remove bigotry wherever it is found\".\n\nUnder party rules decided by the party's ruling National Executive Committee (NEC) on Monday, deputy leader and leader candidates must be nominated by at least 22 Labour MPs or MEPs.\n\nThey must also secure nominations from at least 5% of Labour's constituency parties or three affiliated bodies - two of which must be trade unions.\n\nNew members will have until 20 January to join and be eligible to vote in both contests, with voting to begin on 21 February.\n\nThere will also be a 48-hour window from 14-16 January for registered supporters - who are not full members - to pay £25 in order to secure a vote.\n\nThe 4 April announcement date means the winners will take their posts before English council elections in May.\n\nFormer deputy Tom Watson announced he was stepping down from his role and would not stand as an MP before last month's general election.\n\nMr Watson was elected deputy leader in 2015, on the same day that Mr Corbyn won his own ballot to run the party.\n\nHowever, the pair came from different wings of the party and were often at odds on a number of issues, notably over the party's position on Brexit.\n\nMr Watson has since said he faced \"political factionalism\" and \"brutality and hostility\" within the party during his time in post.\n• None Who will be Labour's next leader?", "Boris Johnson has said \"we will not lament\" the death of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, describing him as \"a threat to all our interests\".\n\nBut the prime minister called for \"de-escalation from all sides\" following the killing in a US airstrike in Iraq on Friday.\n\nMr Johnson's intervention came as Iraqi MPs called for foreign troops to leave.\n\nAnd in a separate joint statement, Mr Johnson and his French and German counterparts urged restraint.\n\nFrench President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel joined the PM in calling on Iran to refrain from further violent action and proliferation.\n\n\"The current cycle of violence in Iraq must be stopped,\" the joint statement, released late on Sunday night, said.\n\nWith tensions rising in the region following the drone strike ordered by US President Donald Trump, Iran has responded by vowing revenge and announcing it will no longer abide by the restrictions in its 2015 nuclear deal.\n\nIn the statement, the three leaders urged the country to \"reverse all measures inconsistent with\" the deal.\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Johnson is preparing to assemble key ministers to discuss the spiralling crisis in the Middle East.\n\nThe prime minister said he spoke with Mr Trump on Sunday about the assassination of the Iranian general, who spearheaded the country's military operations in the Middle East as head of the elite Quds Force.\n\nEarlier on Sunday, in his first public statement since Soleimani's death, Mr Johnson said the 62-year-old had been \"responsible for a pattern of disruptive, destabilising behaviour in the region\".\n\n\"Given the leading role he has played in actions that have led to the deaths of thousands of innocent civilians and western personnel, we will not lament his death,\" Mr Johnson said.\n\n\"It is clear, however, that all calls for retaliation or reprisals will simply lead to more violence in the region and they are in no one's interest.\"\n\nMr Johnson said the UK was in \"close contact\" with all sides to encourage de-escalation and said Parliament will be updated when it returns on Tuesday.\n\nIraqi MPs have responded to the drone strike by passing a non-binding resolution calling for an end to the foreign military presence.\n\nCaretaker Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi spoke in favour of US and other foreign forces leaving, although most Sunni and Kurdish MPs boycotted the vote.\n\nAbout 400 British troops are stationed in Iraq, while the US has 5,200.\n\nA UK government spokesman said that coalition forces were in Iraq to protect its people and others from the Islamic State group.\n\n\"We urge the Iraqi government to ensure the coalition is able to continue our vital work countering this shared threat,\" he said.\n\nMeanwhile, HMS Montrose and HMS Defender are to start accompanying UK-flagged ships through the Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf, where a tanker was seized by Iran last July.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dominic Raab says he found out about the Soleimani killing \"as it happened\"\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab, who told the BBC's Andrew Marr show that he learned of the US attack on Soleimani \"as it happened\", spoke to the Iraqi prime minister on Sunday morning.\n\nMr Raab defended the killing because of the US's \"right to self-defence\" against Soleimani's use of militia's to destabilise the region and attack Western forces.\n\nHe also defended Mr Johnson for being on holiday as the crisis unfolded, saying that he had been \"in constant contact with the prime minister over the Christmas break on a whole range of foreign policy issues\".\n\nShadow foreign secretary and Labour leadership candidate Emily Thornberry accused the prime minister of \"sunning himself\" while the chief civil servant chaired three meetings of Cobra, the government's emergency response committee.\n\nShadow justice secretary Richard Burgon, who is standing to be Labour deputy leader, said Mr Johnson's response was \"pathetic\", adding that he should stand up to a US president \"recklessly threatening to launch a war\".", "Renée Zellweger was recognised for her portrayal of Judy Garland\n\nThe winners of this year's Golden Globe Awards have been announced at a ceremony in Los Angeles, California.\n\nHere is the full list of winners and nominees:\n\nBest actress in a motion picture - musical or comedy\n\nBest actor in a motion picture - musical or comedy\n\nAwkwafina was named best actress in a musical or comedy for The Farewell\n\nBest actress in a supporting role in any motion picture\n\nBest actor in a supporting role in any motion picture\n\nElton John and Bernie Taupin accepted the award for best original song\n\nDundee-born Brian Cox was named best drama actor for Succession\n\nBest actress in a television series - musical or comedy\n\nBest actor in a television series - musical or comedy\n\nBest television limited series or motion picture made for television\n\nMichelle Williams was awarded best actress in a limited series for Fosee/Verdon\n\nBest actress in a limited series or TV movie\n\nBest actor in a limited series or a motion picture made for television\n\nBest actress in a supporting role in a series, limited series or a motion picture made for television\n\nBest actor in a supporting role in a series, limited series or motion picture made for television\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @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.", "Police said they had secured the campus and deployed officers to deter further violence\n\nPolice in India have entered the campus of one of the country's most prestigious universities after reports of masked men attacking students.\n\nAbout 20 students are said to have been injured at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in the capital Delhi.\n\nImages on Indian TV show masked people wielding sticks and the student union president bleeding from a head wound.\n\nThe cause of the trouble is unclear. The university recently saw protests over a controversial citizenship law.\n\nThere were also violent clashes at JNU last year over a rise in hostel fees.\n\nThe student union blamed the latest violence on the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), a right-wing student body linked to India's governing BJP political party. However, the ABVP said that its members had been attacked by left-wing groups, and some had been injured.\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\nOne member of staff said masked men armed with stones and sticks had attacked students and teachers on Sunday evening.\n\n\"These were not small stones, these were big stones that could have broken our skulls,\" Professor Atul Sood told NDTV.\n\n\"I fell on the side and when I came out, I saw cars completely vandalised, including my car.\"\n\nProfessor Sood said about 50 teachers and 200 students had been holding a meeting on the campus when the masked attackers walked in.\n\nAngry students staged a protest outside police headquarters in Delhi after the university attack\n\nHe said the violence was unlike anything the campus had witnessed before.\n\nEducation Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank condemned the violence calling it \"extremely worrying and unfortunate\".\n\n\"I appeal to all students to maintain the dignity of the university and peace on campus,\" he added.\n\nGovernment Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the scenes of violence were \"horrifying\".\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\nWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called the attack a \"heinous act\" and a shame on democracy.\n\nThe Students Federation of India said it would stage rallies in Delhi on Monday in protest at the \"barbaric attack\" at the JNU.\n\nA police spokesman said university authorities had asked for their assistance.\n\n\"We were informed that there was a clash between two groups of students,\" a statement said.\n\n\"After we received written request from the JNU administration, we entered the campus and restored peace.\"", "Aliens exist and it is possible they are among us on Earth, the first Briton to go into space has said.\n\nDr Helen Sharman told the Observer Magazine that extra-terrestrial life is bound to be somewhere in the universe.\n\n\"Aliens exist, there's no two ways about it,\" she said, adding that \"there must be all sorts of different forms of life\" among the billions of stars.\n\nDr Sharman, 56, made history when she travelled to the Soviet space station Mir in May 1991.\n\nThe chemist, who now works at Imperial College, London, added that although aliens may not be made up of carbon and nitrogen like humans \"it's possible they're here right now and we simply can't see them\".\n\nHelen Sharman joined Anatoly Artsebarsky and Sergei Krikalev on a space mission in 1991\n\nIn the interview, she also highlighted her frustration at being referred to as the first British woman in space, rather than simply the first Briton.\n\n\"It's telling that we would otherwise assume it was a man,\" she said.\n\n\"When Tim Peake went into space, some people simply forgot about me. A man going first would be the norm, so I'm thrilled that I got to upset that order.\"\n\nShe said being in space \"taught me that it's people, not material goods, which truly matter\".\n\nShe added: \"Up there we had all we needed to survive: the right temperature, food and drink, safety. I gave no thought to the physical items I owned on Earth.\n\n\"When we flew over specific parts of the globe, it was always our loved ones we thought of down below us.\"\n\nDr Sharman was recognised in the 2018 New Year's honours list and joined the Order of St Michael and St George.\n• None Call for 'more Britons in space'\n• None The Britons who have been to space", "Jasmine Lobe is a \"silence breaker\", one of the dozens of women who have come forward to accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault after allegations about his behaviour became public in 2017.\n\nAhead of the Hollywood producer's trial on criminal charges, she spoke to the BBC's Nick Bryant about what a guilty verdict would mean for alleged survivors.\n\nMr Weinstein is accused of raping one woman in a hotel room in 2013 and sexually assaulting another in his apartment in 2006. He has pleaded not guilty and denied all allegations of non-consensual sex.", "Welsh mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins was helping a robbery victim when she was mugged by the girl\n\nA 15-year-old girl has admitted mugging singer Katherine Jenkins and stealing her phone in London.\n\nThe 39-year-old Welsh mezzo-soprano was attacked after intervening in a street robbery as she went to rehearse for a carol concert, on 4 December.\n\nAt Highbury Corner Youth Court, the girl admitted stealing Ms Jenkins' iPhone and assaulting a police officer.\n\nThe teenager was handed a six month referral order. She has offered to apologise to Ms Jenkins.\n\nThe singer was on her way to a rehearsal for the Henry van Straubenzee charity event, when she witnessed an \"older lady being mugged\" and intervened to help, her agent said.\n\n\"Katherine was then mugged herself,\" her agent added.\n\nAt the hearing, district judge Susan Williams also ordered the girl's mother to pay £20 in compensation.\n\nSabrina Fitzgerald, the girl's counsel, said the teenager took the phone \"because she thought she was being filmed\".\n\nThere were \"issues around peer pressure and poor decision-making skills\", she added.\n\nMs Jenkins was not in court for the hearing.", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nArsenal manager Mikel Arteta \"shouted a lot\" at half-time to inspire an improved performance that helped the Gunners beat Leeds United and progress to the FA Cup fourth round.\n\nLeeds dominated before the break, with Patrick Bamford hitting the bar with one of United's 15 first-half efforts.\n\nArsenal were excellent in the second half and Reiss Nelson scrambled home to secure a second consecutive win.\n\nThe Gunners will visit Bournemouth in the next round later this month.\n\nArsenal keeper Emiliano Martinez said Arteta was \"really angry\" at the break and striker Alexandre Lacazette told BBC One: \"The manager shouted a lot. He was not happy because we knew they'd play like this and we didn't respect what he had said.\"\n• None From Arteta to Fergie, Brown to Benitez - infamous team talks that hit the headlines\n• None Watch & vote for best goal of FA Cup third round\n\nThe hosts had the majority of the second-half chances, with Lacazette clipping the crossbar with a free-kick.\n\n\"Now I'm really pleased but we saw two different teams - one in the first 30 minutes, and another after that,\" said Arteta.\n\n\"I tried to tell them exactly what they were going to face and after 32 minutes we had won one duel, I think. We changed our attitude, desire and organisation at half-time and then we were completely different.\n\n\"Sometimes they have to experience themselves how tough and how hard it is going to be. I watched a lot of Leeds games and they battered every team every three days. It was good for my players to learn and to suffer on the pitch.\"\n\nLeeds boss Marcelo Bielsa will see the game as a missed opportunity for the Championship leaders - especially after their first-half performance - although he can now focus on promotion and ending the club's 16-year absence from the top flight.\n• None Football Daily podcast: Arteta's 'angry' team talk and will Salah visit 'The Meadow'?\n• None Watch all of the latest FA Cup goals, highlights and reaction\n\nArsenal manage to turn it around\n\nArteta said in the build-up that Arsenal had to take the FA Cup \"very seriously\" and become \"addicted\" to winning, naming a strong team.\n\nThey came into the game on the back of one of their most impressive performances of the season. They were excellent in the first half of their 2-0 win over Manchester United on New Year's Day, although faded after the break.\n\nThis was the exact reverse.\n\nThe 13-time FA Cup winners were abject in the first half - with only 37.2% possession and one shot on target - and could have been out of the game before half-time.\n\nBBC pundit Alan Shearer said Arsenal \"turned up in the first half and thought 'we don't have to run around'\".\n\nFormer Premier League striker Chris Sutton, speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live, said: \"The first half was just so flat. Was it a lack of effort? It looked that way.\"\n\nWhatever was said by Arteta at the break worked perfectly and they were a team reborn in the second half.\n\nNicolas Pepe fired over a shot just seconds after the restart as they immediately expressed their intent. Lacazette forced a save from Illan Meslier and then struck the bar with a free-kick.\n\nLacazette had a hand in the goal as his cross was deflected by Gaetano Berardi into the path of Nelson, whose scuffed shot just went in.\n\n\"The emotions are high,\" said Nelson after scoring his second goal of the season. \"They played well in the first half. Leeds are a great team and they pressed us, we didn't expect it. We got the goal in the end and that is the most important thing.\n\n\"This will give us confidence to go forward.\"\n\nThere was only one winner from the moment Nelson scored and substitute Gabriel Martinelli drew a good save from Meslier with a 20-yard drive.\n\nThe hosts did have a scare when VAR checked whether Lacazette should be sent off for violent conduct after appearing to kick out at Berardi but he escaped punishment.\n\nLeeds will take heart into promotion bid\n\nBielsa said he was taking the cup seriously, although handed debuts to two players - French teenage goalkeeper Meslier and 20-year-old midfielder Robbie Gotts - both of whom did well.\n\nThey are nine points clear of third-placed Brentford in the Championship and hoping to avoid a repeat of their late-season collapse from last year.\n\nBased on this performance - and a rowdy away following of 8,000 fans - they would be a wonderful addition to the Premier League.\n\nIn the first half at Emirates Stadium they were magnificent, dominating possession and territory, creating plenty of chances and putting Arsenal under constant pressure whenever they had the ball.\n\nThey looked nothing like a Championship team away from home against a \"big-six\" side.\n\nBamford had three shots in the opening 10 minutes before smashing the crossbar after playing a one-two with the lively Jack Harrison.\n\nHarrison had a 20-yard curling effort saved by Martinez and after 17 minutes Leeds boasted seven shots to Arsenal's one.\n\nThe pressure kept on coming. Ezgjan Alioski drove a shot just wide and then his header was kept out by the busy Martinez.\n\nThey must have wondered whether they would be made to pay for missing their chances - and they were.\n\nTheir performance dipped in the second half as Arsenal upped their game, and they never looked like mounting a comeback after Nelson bundled home.\n\n\"What we needed to do in the match is repeat what we did in the first half,\" said Bielsa.\n\n\"The first half was very, very positive for us. In the second half the control of the match changed a lot.\n\n\"In the first half we pressed the opponents' defence more and were able to attack fast. We couldn't do that in the second half.\"\n\nMatch stats - Arsenal win two in a row for first time since October\n• None Arsenal have won eight FA Cup games against Leeds - only against Wolves and Chelsea (nine each) have the Gunners won more matches in the competition.\n• None The Gunners remain unbeaten in their last seven matches against Leeds (W6 D1), since a 3-2 defeat at Highbury in the Premier League back in May 2003.\n• None Leeds have won just one of their last 12 FA Cup matches away from home against top-flight opposition (D3 L8), a 1-0 victory against Manchester United at Old Trafford back in January 2010.\n• None That was their only clean sheet in their last 19 FA Cup games against top-flight sides.\n• None Arsenal have won back-to-back matches for the first time since October (against Standard Liege and Bournemouth), which was also the last time they kept consecutive clean sheets.\n• None Reiss Nelson has been directly involved in four goals in his last four starts for Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium in all competitions - two goals and two assists.\n• None Leeds attempted 15 shots in the opening 45 minutes against Arsenal, the joint most shots the Gunners have faced in the first half of a game this season.\n\nArsenal visit Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Saturday (12:30 GMT), while Leeds host Sheffield Wednesday in the Championship at 15:00.\n• None Attempt missed. David Luiz (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.\n• None Granit Xhaka (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Stuart Dallas (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "The shooting happened in a building a short distance from the railway station in Rot am See\n\nA man has shot dead six members of his family - including his parents - in the south-west German town of Rot am See, local police have said at a briefing.\n\nThe 26-year-old suspect called the emergency services at lunchtime to say he had shot several people in a restaurant.\n\nThe man, who had a gun licence, was arrested as he waited for police outside the building.\n\nThe bodies of three men and three women were found inside the restaurant.\n\nThe victims were aged between 36 and 69, the police in the state of Baden-Württemberg said.\n\nTwo other relatives were injured, one critically.\n\nThe police said the suspect had also threatened two teenage members of his family - but that the boys were not harmed.\n\nThe shooting is believed to be related to a family dispute.\n\nForensic experts are now examining the scene\n\nPolice are trying to determine the exact motive for the shooting.\n\nThere is no evidence that anyone else was involved in the shooting, they say.\n\nThe shooting happened at around 12:45 (11:45 GMT) in a building in the Bahnhofstrasse that features the Deutscher Kaiser restaurant.\n\nThe area has been sealed off. A team of forensic scientists are currently working at the scene.\n\nRot am See is a small town of some 5,000 residents in the Schwäbisch Hall district north-east of Stuttgart.", "Outbound trains in Wuhan have been stopped\n\nThere have been widely-shared reports on social media and some state-run services that healthcare services in Wuhan - one of China's largest cities - are under strain following the outbreak of coronavirus.\n\nHu Xijin, the editor of state-run newspaper Global Times, said there had been a \"failure\" to contain the virus, and videos of patients queuing to get seen in hospitals.\n\nHowever, other Communist-party outlets have praised the response to the outbreak.\n\nWuhan is a major transit hub with a population of about 11 million people, and has effectively been put on lockdown, along with other major cities in the region, in an unprecedented move to stop the spread of the virus.\n\nThe city serves as the main economic hub for the wider province, Hubei, and has the most advanced healthcare facilities in the region.\n\nThe metropolitan area has seven major hospitals - considered some of the best in China, with Tong Ji Hospital ranked third nationally - treating patients.\n\nIt has seven more hospitals supporting the efforts, and 61 clinics around the city which are testing patients for symptoms of the virus. A local government report from 2014 included Wuhan among the top six cities for medical treatment in the country - although it ranks behind Beijing and Shanghai.\n\nIn terms of capacity, the report said Wuhan had 6.51 hospital beds and 3.08 doctors per 1,000 people - this isn't a straightforward indication of healthcare capacity (more doctors doesn't always mean better healthcare), but it does rank Wuhan among the more developed places in the world. The UK and US have 2.8 and 2.6 doctors per 1,000 heads, respectively.\n\nSo - is is this enough for a such a large city undergoing a mass shutdown?\n\nThe lockdown in Wuhan has caused panic in the city - the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that containing a large city like this is \"new to science\".\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 Xinyan Yu 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\nHubei as a province has a lower number of doctors per 1,000 people, at 2.55 according to the latest government statistics.\n\n\"It's yet to be seen whether the costs associated with this kind of mass quarantine measure (not just financially, but with respect to personal liberty too) will translate into effective infection control,\" said Dr. Maia Majumder, an expert at Harvard Medical School in the US, who is tracking the virus.\n\nHubei has declared a \"Grade 1 public health emergency\", the most severe level - that means the response is led centrally from Beijing by the State Council, the government's cabinet.\n\nBeijing has tried to allay concerns by sending more healthcare professionals, and constructing two hospitals from scratch providing more than 2,000 extra beds.\n\nReports from state-run media say there are 405 medical staff from Shanghai and 205 staff from Guangdong travelling to the region.\n\nThey're also expanding existing capacity in other facilities.\n\nThe government has also assigned 21 centres in Hubei province to help co-ordinate treatment, and train local health officials.\n\nProfessor Shenglan Tang, an expert in global health at Duke University in the US, says there are concerns that rural areas will struggle to cope.\n\n\"I'm confident that the health centres in Wuhan will be able to handle the outbreak, but I am a bit worried about Hubei province - rural workers have gone back home from Wuhan to celebrate Chinese New Year, and in these areas the hospital capacity is weak,\" said Professor Tang.\n\nDespite resilient rhetoric from the government, people are expressing concern about the city's ability to cope with the outbreak.\n\nThe BBC spoke to a number of people in the region who said that getting test results was taking longer than officials are claiming.\n\nWe were told that in some cases medical staff lack equipment and doctors are overstretched. There are also claims that local government, which was apparently made aware of the outbreak in mid-December, ignored initial warning signs.\n\nWe haven't been able to independently verify these claims.\n\nThe government has called for people to report poor medical responses to an online \"inspection\" platform.\n\nThe regional government has issued a statement appealing for donations to help with the response, including asking for facemasks.", "A women's charity has criticised a family court judge for a \"misogynistic and legally inaccurate\" rape ruling.\n\nJudge Robin Tolson dismissed a woman's allegation she had been raped by her then partner, saying she did \"nothing physically\" to stop him.\n\nThe woman argued the judge's approach led to her losing the legal battle with the man, which centred on their son.\n\nWomen's Aid told the BBC family courts were not safe spaces for domestic and sexual abuse survivors.\n\nThe case had started when the man asked to be allowed to spend time with his son, who was in the care of his former partner. She objected because she said the man had been controlling and had raped her.\n\nA High Court judge has now upheld an appeal made by the woman over the handling of the case and said the other judge had come to a \"flawed\" verdict.\n\nMs Justice Russell, based in the Family Division of the High Court in London, said specialist training is needed on how family court judges deal with sexual assault allegations.\n\nIn her ruling, she said family court judges often had to make decisions about cases where there had been allegations of serious sexual assault - but they had not always had training on the issue.\n\nThe woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, had lost her court battle with her former partner, which was over custody of their son, and believed Judge Tolson's \"outdated views\" on sexual assault influenced his conclusion.\n\nJudge Tolson said what happened \"did not constitute rape\".\n\nHe told the family court that because the woman \"was not in any sense pinned down\", she \"could easily, physically, have made life harder\" for the man.\n\nIn her ruling, Ms Justice Russell said Judge Tolson's approach towards consent was \"manifestly at odds with current jurisprudence\".\n\nShe said: \"This is a senior judge, a designated family judge, a leadership judge in the family court, expressing a view that - in his judgment - it is not only permissible but also acceptable for penetration to continue after the complainant has said no (by asking the perpetrator to stop) but also that a complainant must and should physically resist penetration, in order to establish a lack of consent.\n\n\"This would place the responsibility for establishing consent or lack thereof firmly and solely with the complainant or potential victim.\"\n\nThe lack of transparency in the family courts makes it difficult to monitor the way in which judges are doing their job.\n\nIt is not easy to assess how they are applying directions designed to protect vulnerable witnesses, such as the use of allowing evidence to be given from behind screens or by video link.\n\nThere is little or no training in a trauma-informed approach when dealing with victims and witnesses. For example, PTSD may cause a victim of domestic abuse to not appear scared or be unable to remember dates.\n\nThis may not be fully understood by some judges and be taken by them as signs of a lack of truthfulness or credibility.\n\nThat can lead to something of a \"postcode lottery\" as to how victims of domestic abuse are dealt with by judges.\n\nThe Ministry of Justice is co-ordinating a working party to assess the risk of harm to victims and witnesses in the family justice system.\n\nMany believe that there is a pressing need for better training for judges to enable them to understand the nature and effects of domestic abuse.\n\nShe said the family court judge's approach to fact-finding over the sexual assault claims was flawed, leading to the conclusion it was \"unsafe and wrong\".\n\nIn her ruling, which was made in December but only published this week, she added: \"The logical conclusion of this judge's approach is that it is both lawful and acceptable for a man to have sex with his partner regardless of their enjoyment or willingness to participate.\"\n\nJudge Tolson had originally heard the case in August\n\nShe ordered a fresh case to be held, which will be heard before a different judge.\n\nWhile training was provided to judges in criminal courts considering issues of serious sexual assault and consent, that was not the case in the family court, she added.\n\nThe President of the Family Division of the High Court, Sir Andrew McFarlane, is now to make a formal request for such training to take place.\n\nLucy Hadley, campaigns and public affairs officer at Women's Aid, told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme the case was \"absolutely horrific\".\n\n\"Unfortunately it's not isolated,\" she said. \"We've been campaigning on this issue for years because the family courts simply are not safe spaces for survivors of domestic and sexual violence.\n\n\"What this case shows so clearly is that it's sexist attitudes within the court system that actually enable and facilitate that abuse to carry on.\n\n\"We hear from women all the time about poor understanding and awareness of domestic abuse and sex violence by the family court judges and family court professionals. It absolutely needs to change.\"", "Fergal Keane reports for news programmes such as The Andrew Marr show\n\nThe BBC's Fergal Keane is stepping down from his role as Africa editor due to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).\n\nHis diagnosis was the result of \"several decades of work in conflict zones around the world\", said the BBC's head of newsgathering, Jonathan Munro.\n\nHe added that Keane had \"been dealing privately with the effects of PTSD for several years\".\n\nKeane, who was appointed an OBE for his journalism in 1996, will continue to report for BBC News but in a new role.\n\nKeane pictured at the Peabody Awards in 2016\n\nMunro told staff that the reporter had been supported \"by friends and colleagues in News, as well as receiving professional medical advice,\" after his diagnosis.\n\n\"However, he now feels he needs to change his role in order to further assist his recovery.\n\n\"It's both brave and welcome that he is ready to be open about PTSD,\" he added.\n\nKeane joined the BBC in 1989 as the corporation's Northern Ireland correspondent, and later covered South Africa and Asia for the corporation before being appointed Africa editor.\n\nHe won an Amnesty television prize in 1994 for his investigation of the Rwandan genocide.\n\nAnother BBC correspondent, the BBC's Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen, has previously spoken about his own diagnosis of PTSD.\n\n\"I've suffered from depression and a lot of it has related to things that have cropped up in my working life... I had the symptoms of PTSD,\" he told the Radio Times in 2017.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.\n• None PTSD affects 'one in 13 by age of 18'", "Harry Dunn died in hospital after his motorbike was involved in a crash outside RAF Croughton\n\nHarry Dunn's mother said the family's \"determination was stronger than ever\" to bring the woman charged with causing his death back the UK.\n\nThe Dunn family met their MP Andrea Leadsom to discuss what the government would do following the US decision to refuse Anne Sacoolas' extradition.\n\nMr Dunn, 19, died after a crash on his motorbike outside RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire in August.\n\nCharlotte Charles said: \"She has to come back, it's the right thing to do.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Charlotte Charles: \"She has to come back, it's the only right thing to do.\"\n\nSpeaking after meeting Mrs Leadsom in Towcester, Mrs Charles said: \"Our determination is probably stronger now than ever, if that's possible.\n\n\"We very much feel supported by her and the government.\"\n\nHarry Dunn's father Tim Dunn described the meeting with Mrs Leadson as \"promising\".\n\nHe said: \"I feel like she's behind us, I really do.\"\n\nMrs Sacoolas, the wife of a US intelligence officer who worked at the base, left the country under diplomatic immunity following the crash.\n\nThe US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo turned down the extradition request in an email to the UK Government on Thursday evening.\n\nAnne Sacoolas pictured on her wedding day in 2003\n\nMrs Leadsom, who is also the Business Secretary, said \"it will take some time to consider what the government's next steps should be\" but it was \"determined to see justice done for Harry\".\n\nShe said: \"There is no way that diplomatic immunity was to be used to leave a grieving family behind who are absolutely heartbroken.\"\n\nThe prime minister's spokesman earlier said the government would \"carefully consider\" what future action could be taken and was \"urgently considering\" options.\n\nHe added the Crown Prosecution Service was considering the legal position.\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab said he had told the US Ambassador the government was \"disappointed\" about the decision and that the UK \"would have acted differently\" had the crash occurred in the US and involved a UK diplomat.\n\n\"We feel this amounts to a denial of justice and we believe Anne Sacoolas should return to the UK,\" he said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Live coverage from Washington DC, as President Donald Trump's impeachment trial continues in the Senate.\n\nThe impeachment is in its final stages as senators prepare to cast their final vote on Wednesday, with acquittal almost certain.", "Plans by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to trademark their Sussex Royal brand could face an official challenge.\n\nA \"notice of threatened opposition\" was filed with the Intellectual Property Office, giving the complainant a month to lodge a formal objection.\n\nThat is now being rescinded, after an Australian doctor named in the filing said his details had been used without permission.\n\nBut since then, three more notices have been filed.\n\nIt is not yet clear on what basis the complainants might want to oppose the Sussex Royal trademark.\n\nPrince Harry and Meghan's foundation applied to trademark the term - used on their website and social media - in June last year. The application covered products such as clothing and stationery, as well as campaigning and charitable fundraising.\n\nTheir plans attracted further attention after the couple announced their intention to \"step back\" from royal duties and become \"financially independent\".\n\nRecords at the Intellectual Property Office (IPO), which governs trademarks in the UK, show that a notice of threatened opposition was filed on 21 January.\n\nThe World Trademark Review website said it was filed in the name of a doctor living in Victoria, Australia.\n\nBut the IPO said it was rescinding this notice after it had been \"advised by an individual that their personal details have been used without their permission to submit a 'Notice of threatened opposition' to the Sussex Royal trade mark\".\n\nSince the objection was first publicised, three similar notices also appear to have been filed on 24 January.\n\nThe notices mean the \"opposition period\", during which detailed objections can be made, is extended to 20 March.\n\nBen Evans, senior associate and chartered trademark attorney at Blake Morgan, said the IPO had considered the Sussexes' application for an unusually long time before publishing the trademark, perhaps because of rules over the term \"royal\".\n\nHe said someone might formally oppose a trademark registration because they have a competing brand with which it might be confused, or because they object to the description - since the couple are no longer senior royals.\n\nBut unlike a full objection, filing a notice of threatened objection requires no fee and no evidence, he said.\n\n\"You could just do it to be difficult,\" said Mr Evans. \"It looks like the IPO might be quite busy on this one.\"\n\nIt is not the first time the Sussexes have found themselves in a battle over their preferred brand.\n\nThe Sussex Royal name on Instagram was originally taken by driving instructor Kevin Keiley, who lives in West Sussex and supports Reading FC - nicknamed the Royals.\n\nInstagram handed the name to the duke and duchess, leaving Mr Keiley as @_sussexroyal_ instead.", "Mr Harrison was arrested at Dublin Port after returning from France and Belgium.\n\nThere is nothing to stop the extradition of a County Down lorry driver to the UK from Ireland, the High Court in Dublin has ruled.\n\nEamonn Harrison, from Mayobridge, is wanted for the deaths of 39 people in a refrigerated container in Essex last October.\n\nHe faces 39 manslaughter charges and two charges of conspiracy.\n\nDespite the decision, Mr Justice Donald Binchy delayed ordering the extradition until 4 February.\n\nLawyers for Mr Harrison indicated they may appeal once they see the details of the ruling.\n\nThe bodies of the 39 people were found in a refrigerated container in October 2019.\n\nHis conspiracy charges are connected to human trafficking and assisting unlawful immigration.\n\nMr Harrison was arrested at Dublin Port after returning from France and Belgium.\n\nA previous court hearing heard he had driven the container in which the 39 people were found to the Belgian port of Zeebrugge before it was transported to England.\n\nHis lawyers, who opposed extradition, argued there was no evidence the 39 died in the UK.\n\nThe Dublin High Court was also told at a previous hearing that the UK's extradition warrant was too rushed.\n\nMr Harrison was wrongly described as a British rather than an Irish citizen, it was alleged.\n\nLawyers seeking his extradition told the court that he drove the lorry used to deliver a container to the port of Zeebrugge and was identified as doing so in Belgium by CCTV footage.\n\nThe court also heard that he signed the shipping notice for the container which was later found with the 39 bodies inside.\n\nLawyers for Eamonn Harrison raised the question as to why if his alleged offences occurred in Belgium the UK was seeking his extradition.", "The area is popular with British skiers\n\nThe body of a 24-year-old British man has been found after a 12-hour search in the French Alps.\n\nLocal newspaper reports suggested he was the victim of a fall.\n\nThe man was reported missing in the early hours of Thursday morning after he became separated from his friends while returning from a night out.\n\nA spokesperson for the Foreign Office confirmed it is \"supporting the family of a British man who has died in the French Alps\".\n\nThe man's body was spotted by a helicopter at 16:50 local time on Thursday following an extensive search involving police, firefighters and mountain rescue, French newspaper Le Dauphine reported.\n\nIt is believed the man was returning to his accommodation in the ski resort of Brides-les-Bains in the early hours of Thursday, after a night out in the nearby village of Les Allues with other British people.\n\nHe was reported missing to the police around 05:00 on Thursday after failing to return to his accommodation.\n\nThe three-mile walk between Les Allues and Brides-les-Bains takes an estimated one-and-a-half hours. Temperatures were reported to be -3C (26F) at the time.\n\nThe Foreign Office said they were working with local authorities. The man's identity has not been released.\n\nThe resort of Brides-les-Bains is connected by cable car to the well-known resort of Meribel in France's Trois Vallees, an area popular with British skiers.\n\nThe latest tragedy follows the death of trainee surgeon William Reid who died earlier this month after plunging over a 30ft cliff while skiing in the French Alps.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Graphic footage from PC Stuart Outten's body worn camera showed Rodwan punching the officer before grabbing a sharpened machete\n\nA van driver who repeatedly struck a police officer with a machete during a routine traffic stop has been found guilty of wounding with intent.\n\nMuhammad Rodwan attacked PC Stuart Outten, 29, after he was pulled over in Leyton, east London, on 7 August.\n\nThe officer was badly injured and has yet to return to work.\n\nRodwan, 56, of Luton, had claimed he was acting in self defence. He was convicted of wounding with intent but found not guilty of attempted murder.\n\nIn a victim impact statement read out to the Old Bailey PC Outten said: \"This incident has changed my life but I hope it has not changed the way I police.\"\n\nRodwan, who has previous convictions for rape and two other machete attacks, was also cleared by the jury of possessing an offensive weapon.\n\nPC Outten suffered several injuries including six wounds to the head\n\nPC Outten suffered six blows to the head from a 2ft-long blade after stopping Rodwan's white van for having no insurance.\n\nThe defendant said he was not aware at the time that the insurance on his van had expired 12 days earlier.\n\nFollowing the attack PC Outten said he counted himself \"very lucky\" to survive, saying \"thankfully\" his head was hard enough to withstand the onslaught.\n\nHe suffered six deep wounds to the head, exposing his skull, slash wounds to his arm, several broken fingers and three severed tendons in one hand.\n\nBleeding heavily from deep gashes to the head and arm the Met Police officer Tasered Rodwan twice before subduing him, the Old Bailey heard.\n\nMuhammad Rodwan was convicted of wounding with intent but found not guilty of attempted murder\n\nRodwan told jurors he did not recall punching PC Outten before he was arrested.\n\nIn the struggle, the officer pulled some of Rodwan's dreadlocks out, which was \"extremely painful\", and grabbed his throat, he said.\n\n\"I could not breathe at all,\" Rodwan told his trial.\n\n\"It felt like he cracked my throat, squeezed so hard it felt like it was popping.\"\n\nRodwan said he retrieved his machete from the van but could not remember how many times he hit PC Outten with it before getting out.\n\nHe said: \"I was just trying to hit him to get him away from me.\"\n\nPC Outten suffered six wounds to the head, including a fractured skull\n\nThe defendant said he did not know Pc Outten had a Taser and had raised the machete up to \"try to scare him away from me\".\n\nGraphic footage from the police officer's body worn camera showed Rodwan punching the officer before grabbing a sharpened machete as Pc Outten tried to arrest him.\n\nRodwan had claimed he had the machete in his van for his gardening work.\n\nThe jury was told the defendant had a conviction for rape in 1982.\n\nAnd in 1997 at Snaresbrook Crown Court he was convicted of two offences of wounding with intent for an unprovoked machete attack on a tenant and his friend for which he was sentenced to nine years in prison.\n\nSeveral of Rodwan's dreadlocks were pulled out during the struggle.\n\nAt the time of his arrest last year, Rodwan gave a relative's address in Luton, Bedfordshire, but went on to tell jurors he slept in his van around Waltham Forest.\n\nDuring his trial, Mrs Justice Carr ruled Rodwan's violent past was inadmissible despite jurors asking about previous convictions.\n\nDet Ch Insp Nathan Munson, who led the investigation, said: \"Rodwan was not acting in self-defence on that day - the number of blows, the force of the blows and targeted blows to PC Outten's head proved this.\n\n\"It is reassuring for Londoners to know this violent individual will be unable to cause harm to other members of the emergency services or the wider public.\"\n\nRodwan told jurors he slept in his van around Waltham Forest\n\nFollowing the verdicts, Det Ch Supt Richard Tucker paid tribute to PC Outten, saying: \"He did what I would hope the vast majority of police officers in the country would do.\n\n\"He had the training, he put that into action, notwithstanding he was very, very lucky that day and I'm very, very proud of Stuart.\n\n\"He did an amazing job to apprehend that individual.\"\n\nAccording to figures from the Metropolitan Police, 5,900 officers and staff were attacked between January and December last year, compared to 5,700 in the period between November 2018 and October 2019.\n\nA total of 45% involved some form of injury, and of those, 10% amounted to grievous bodily harm or grievous bodily harm with intent.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "China has widened a lockdown in Hubei province - the centre of the coronavirus outbreak - as the death toll climbed to 25.", "Louise Lawford admitted animal welfare offences not linked to the missing dogs\n\nA dog walker who said she lost five pets in her care has been banned from keeping animals for five years.\n\nLouise Lawford admitted four animal welfare offences relating to her business Pawford Paws in Birmingham.\n\nProsecutors rejected her claim the dogs ran off - but said they could not prove what happened and had to drop charges relating to the pets' disappearance.\n\nShe was called a \"dog killer\" by someone in the public gallery, which the judge described as \"outrageous\".\n\nBirmingham Magistrates' Court heard Mrs Lawford, from Erdington, had been placed in a position of trust and left customers anguished.\n\nThe fate of the missing \"Tamworth Five\", Ralph, Charlie, Pablo, Maggie and Jack, which disappeared after a walk in Hopwas Woods near Tamworth on 23 June, remains a mystery.\n\nSome of the pets' owners were in court to witness Mrs Lawford being sentenced.\n\n\"The dogs were never found, despite being chipped and there being extensive searches,\" said Jonathan Barker, prosecuting, adding he did not accept Mrs Lawford's account that the dogs got lost in the woods, but could not prove otherwise.\n\nBecky Parsons believes her dogs Pablo and Maggie have died\n\nSpeaking after the hearing, the dogs' owners - who say they \"know\" their pets are dead - said they would take civil action against Mrs Lawford.\n\n\"It's a positive outcome because the court just did not believe the dogs were lost,\" one owner Becky Parsons said. \"It just doesn't make sense.\"\n\nShe said the past six months had been \"an emotional rollercoaster\" and that she was so upset at losing her dogs, Pablo and Maggie, that she \"couldn't face going back\" to her house and has had to move.\n\nThe case, brought by Birmingham City Council, has attracted much attention on social media, and Mrs Lawford was called a \"dog killer\" when she left court briefly before sentencing.\n\nPugs Charlie and Ralph were among the dogs that went missing in Tamworth in June\n\nDistrict Judge Joanna Dickens was right to describe this as a \"very strange case\".\n\nThe investigation began when the five dogs vanished, but criminal proceedings ended today and we still don't have any answers. What happened last June remains a mystery.\n\nThe dogs' owners are convinced they're no longer alive, and have their own theories about the circumstances, but we must wait until they bring a civil case against Mrs Lawford before we find out what they think happened.\n\nThe decision not to pursue charges relating to their disappearance may at first seem baffling, but the owners of the \"Tamworth Five\" say it will help their civil case, as it means that the dog-sitter's explanation - that the dogs ran away - hasn't been accepted in a legal setting.\n\nMrs Lawford's legal representatives said she had also been sent anonymous death threats online.\n\nShe said she was suffering \"extreme emotional and physical stress\" when the dogs vanished in Tamworth in June 2019.\n\nShe had separated from her husband in March and suffered a nervous breakdown when she made the \"foolish decision\" to continue her dog-walking duties, the court heard.\n\nThe owners of the missing dogs were in court for sentencing\n\nDescribing it as \"a very strange case\", Judge Joanna Dickens expressed frustration she could not take the disappearance of the dogs into account when sentencing Mrs Lawford.\n\nThe former dog walker, who has already had her licence revoked, admitted breaching conditions including limits on the number of dogs she boarded at any one time, boarding dogs from different homes, as well as failing to seek treatment for the dog with a skin condition.\n\nMrs Lawford's defence said she expressed \"extreme and continuing remorse for what happened to the dogs\".\n\n\"This is well-intentioned but incompetent care,\" her legal representative Tom Walking said.\n\nMrs Lawford apologised for the pain owners of the missing dogs have suffered\n\nThe 49-year-old was fined £800 and banned from owning dogs for five years for breaching her licence conditions and failing to seek treatment for the dog that developed a skin condition while in her care. She must also pay costs of £2,616 and a victim surcharge of £80.\n\nHer sentence means she will have to give up her elderly pet labrador.\n\nBirmingham City Council welcomed the sentence, calling the case \"unusual and upsetting\".\n\n\"Only Mrs Lawford knows the truth of what happened to the five beloved pets placed in her care,\" said Vicky Allwood, the council's senior animal welfare officer.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Going to the pub with your children? You may have to watch your drink consumption.\n\nWetherspoons pubs are limiting parents to two alcoholic drinks each if they have their children with them.\n\nThe rule came to light when the Robert Pocock pub in Gravesend, Kent, put up a poster publicising it.\n\nThe chain said its guideline for staff applied in its pubs nationwide, and was designed to deter \"unruly behaviour\" by children left unsupervised.\n\nAs far as Wetherspoons is concerned, a child is anyone under the age of 16.\n\nIt has been a crime since 1902 to be drunk in charge of a child under the age of seven in a public place. The offence can be punished by a fine or up to a month in jail.\n\nThe poster at the pub, which has since been taken down, read: \"As part of our licensing it is our responsibility to ensure that we are protecting children from harm.\n\n\"Therefore adults in charge of children will be allowed to have one alcoholic drink and a further alcoholic drink with a sit-down meal.\"\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 Naomi B 🦉 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 ruling has led to comments on social media.\n\nOne patron tweeted: \"Sounds like this particular pub is trying to crack a nut with a sledgehammer and solve a minor issue with big policy change. How about instead Wetherspoons invest to make the space enjoyable for children too?\"\n\nJackie Taylor told the BBC that \"children should be looked after.\"\n\nBut customers at the Mannamead pub in Plymouth were more supportive.\n\nKevin Appleby said he \"wouldn't be offended\" if he were denied a third drink if at the pub with his children. He said that while \"you can't tell parents how to parent\", the guidance is \"rather relevant as you don't want kids running around\".\n\nJackie Taylor told the BBC it is \"absolutely\" right of the pub to send out such advice as \"children should be looked after.\"\n\n\"Parents should be responsible and actually to give them a limit of two drinks is wise,\" she added.\n\nKevin Appleby said he \"wouldn't be offended\" if he were denied a third drink\n\nA Wetherspoons spokesman said: \"The manager took the decision to put the poster in the pub to emphasise to customers that she would not allow parents to drink while their children were running round uncontrolled in the pub.\n\n\"The notice had a positive effect, with mostly good feedback.\"\n\nWetherspoons added: \"There is a guideline, though not a policy, that we will serve the adult a maximum of two alcoholic drinks with their meal.\n\n\"The reason is that we don't want children being unruly in the pubs and parents thinking they can continue to drink while this happens.\"", "The boss of Sonos apologised on Thursday for a decision to prevent older speakers from receiving software updates.\n\nIn a statement, the company's chief executive Patrick Spence said the company would deliver updates to all products \"for as long as possible\".\n\nBut the company did not retract its earlier decision.\n\nThe plan has sparked outrage with customers since it was announced earlier this week.\n\nSome Sonos customers who spent thousands of pounds on their products voiced their anger on social media. They attacked the company claiming it was trying to force them to invest in new products.\n\nIn a letter posted on the company's website, Mr Spence said the company \"did not get [the announcement] right from the start.\"\n\n\"Many of you have invested heavily in your Sonos systems, and we intend to honour that investment for as long as possible,\" wrote Mr Spence.\n\nSonos said it will still offer fixes for bugs and security patches for older products. But the plan needed to be put in place because older hardware would not be able to support the new software.\n\nOwners who have systems that include both older and newer Sonos speakers will have to be set up two speaker groups to allow the correct updates to come through. Once a single speaker in a system can no longer receive new software it prevents the rest of the system from receiving updates.\n\nWithout updates, these devices will eventually stop working.\n\nThe change affects four models sold between 2006 and 2015, including the Play:5, Connect:Amp and Connect.\n\nAffected Sonos customers are being offered a 30% discount towards a new product if they recycle their old speakers.", "Four companies that were developing age verification schemes for pornography websites are seeking damages after the government scrapped the idea.\n\nThe plans would have forced adult websites to verify users' ages or face being blocked in the UK.\n\nCulture Secretary Baroness Morgan scrapped the scheme in October 2019 amid a wave of privacy concerns.\n\nAgeChecked, VeriMe, AVYourself and AVSecure are seeking over £3m in damages from the government.\n\nThey have lodged a judicial review with the High Court to review the lawfulness of the decision to axe the scheme.\n\nThe so-called \"porn block\" had been pitched as a way to stop children \"stumbling across\" pornography on the internet.\n\nWebsites would be required to age-verify visitors. However, how they would do this was not explicitly explained in the proposal.\n\nAt the time, children's charity the NSPCC welcomed the proposal. It said: \"Exposure to pornography can be damaging to young people's views about sex, body image and healthy relationships.\"\n\nHowever, critics warned that many under-18s would have found it relatively easy to bypass the restrictions or seek out porn on platforms not covered by the plan, such as Reddit or Twitter.\n\nThere were also privacy concerns, amid suggestions that websites might ask users to provide ID such as passports or driving licences, which could be exposed in a data breach.\n\nChief executive and founder of AgeChecked, Alastair Graham, claimed those concerns were unfounded.\n\n\"The age verification sector developed technology to guarantee privacy and data security for consumers, abiding by a new standard created by the British Standards Institution,\" he told the BBC.\n\n\"AgeChecked provides anonymous age verification, and it does not retain any personal data.\"\n\nSteve Winyard, chief marketing officer at AVSecure, claimed the government was concerned about negative media attention ahead of the general election in 2019.\n\n\"It doesn't take a rocket scientist to work out that [the porn plan] could have caused some consternation in the press.\"\n\nOpen Rights Group - a UK-based organisation that campaigns for digital rights - warned that a database of pornographic preferences would have put people's privacy at risk.\n\nJim Killock, executive director of the Open Rights Group said the government did the \"responsible thing\" by abandoning the plans.\n\n\"The adult industry has a terrible record on data security. We're being asked to hope they don't repeat the many, many times they have lost personal data, with the result that blackmail scams and worse proliferate,\" he said.\n\n\"Age verification must not be pushed forward until there is compulsory privacy regulation put in place.\"\n\nThe companies developing the age-verification schemes were not subject to tight privacy regulations.\n\nInstead, the government had asked them to make \"voluntary\" privacy commitments.", "Brazil fans were emotional following their country's defeat to Germany in 2014\n\nDevoted football fans experience such intense levels of physical stress while watching their team they could be putting themselves at risk of a heart attack, research suggests.\n\nThe Oxford study tested saliva from Brazilian fans during their historic loss to Germany at the 2014 World Cup.\n\nIt found levels of the hormone cortisol rocketed during the 7-1 home defeat in the semi-final.\n\nThis can be dangerous, increasing blood pressure and strain on the heart.\n\nThe researchers found no difference in stress levels between men and women during the game, despite preconceptions men are more \"bonded to their football teams\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dr Martha Newson: 'Football gets discounted all the time, as just a game, and it's not'\n\n\"Fans who are strongly fused with their team - that is, have a strong sense of being 'one' with their team - experience the greatest physiological stress response when watching a match,\" said Dr Martha Newson, researcher at the Centre for the Study of Social Cohesion, at Oxford.\n\n\"Fans who are more casual supporters also experience stress but not so extremely.\"\n\nRaised cortisol can also give people a feeling of impending doom, that their life is in danger or they are under attack.\n\nPrevious research has shown an increase in heart attacks among fans on important match days, whether supporting club or country.\n\nIn their study, the University of Oxford researchers tracked cortisol levels in 40 fans' saliva before, during and after three World Cup matches.\n\nThe most stressful by far was the semi-final.\n\n\"It was a harrowing match - so many people stormed out sobbing,\" Dr Newson told BBC News.\n\nBut the fans had used coping strategies such as humour and hugging to reduce their stress, bringing it down to pre-match levels by the final whistle.\n\nDr Newson suggested stadiums should dim the lights and play calming music after crunch games.\n\n\"Clubs may be able to offer heart screenings or other health measures to highly committed fans who are at the greatest risk of experiencing increased stress during the game,\" she added.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Workers disinfect the Hankou Railway Station in Wuhan, a day before the shutdown\n\nWith two days until the Chinese New Year, the railway station in Wuhan should be buzzing.\n\nAcross the country, millions of people are heading home to see loved ones. But in China's seventh biggest city - home of the coronavirus - most platforms are deserted.\n\nAs of 10:00 on Thursday (02:00 GMT), buses, trains, subways and ferries were stopped from leaving the city.\n\nFlights were also suspended. Roads are not officially closed, but roadblocks have been reported, and residents have been told not to leave.\n\nSo the question is - can you quarantine an entire city? And if you can - does it work?\n\nThermal scanners that detect temperatures of passengers inside the Hankou station in Tuesday\n\nWuhan is a huge place - the 42nd biggest city in the world, according to UN data - and cannot easily be turned into an isolation ward.\n\nMore than 20 major roads come into Wuhan, plus dozens of smaller ones. Even with public transport closed, sealing the city would require a massive military effort.\n\n\"The only way you could do it, realistically, would be to ring-fence the city with the PLA [Chinese military],\" says Professor Adam Kamradt-Scott, a health security expert from the University of Sydney.\n\nBut even if they do it, where - literally - would they draw the line? Like most modern cities, Wuhan sprawls into smaller towns and villages.\n\n\"Cities are shaped in unorthodox ways,\" says Professor Mikhail Prokopenko, a pandemics expert also from the University of Sydney,\n\n\"You can't really block every road and every connection. It may be possible to an extent... but it's not a foolproof measure.\"\n\nGauden Galea, the World Health Organization's representative in China, puts it more bluntly.\n\n\"To my knowledge, trying to contain a city of 11 million people is new to science,\" he told the Associated Press. \"We cannot at this stage say it will or it will not work.\"\n\nAnd - even if it proves possible to shut the stable door on Wuhan - the horse may already have bolted.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Wuhan virus was reported to the WHO on 31 December. It wasn't until 20 January that officials in China confirmed it could be passed human-to-human.\n\nBy that time, tens of thousands of people had been and gone from the city. The virus has since been reported across China and Asia, and even in the US - all in people who had recently been in Wuhan.\n\nBut, even though the virus is spreading worldwide, Prof Kamradt-Scott says the domestic situation is more worrying.\n\n\"In each of the [other] countries where we've seen cases emerge, it's only been one or two, or four in Thailand,\" says Prof Kamradt-Scott.\n\n\"They're very small numbers of cases. It appears they have effectively been caught in time to prevent further transmission locally. So the bigger concern is within China.\"\n\nOf the 571 cases reported by Thursday, 375 were in Hubei province, where Wuhan is the capital. But there were another 26 in Guangdong, 10 in Beijing, plus 38 possible cases in Hong Kong.\n\n\"If the virus is already there, and there's already local community transmission, then the measures in Wuhan are too late,\" says Prof Kamradt-Scott.\n\nProf Prokopenko agrees that the international response has been good. Passengers on the last plane from Wuhan to Sydney, for example, were greeted by biosecurity officials.\n\nThe problem, the professor says, is many people could have the virus and not even know it.\n\n\"There is a difference between infected and infectious,\" he warns.\n\n\"Infected people have a virus in their organism, but they are not yet infectious. They don't show symptoms. They look totally normal until they have already been in contact with other people.\"\n\nThe normal incubation period for flu, he says, is two or three days. But for a coronavirus, it could be five to six days, a week, or even longer.\n\nThat is - someone could have caught the virus last week, taken it across the world, infected others, and still not know they are ill.\n\n\"And when they do start showing symptoms, it may be confused with common cold or flu,\" says Prof Prokopenko. \"That's the difficulty.\"\n\nNone of this means China is wrong to try to contain the virus. The WHO has praised their efforts, and there are some precedents for what experts call \"social distancing\".\n\nIn April 2009, Mexico City shut down bars, cinemas, theatres, football grounds, and even churches in an attempt to stop swine flu. Restaurants were only allowed to serve takeaway food.\n\n\"It did apparently slow the transmission of the virus in Mexico City, and helped authorities get a handle on the situation,\" says Prof Kamradt-Scott. \"Did it stop it completely? No.\"\n\nSo overall, is the Wuhan shutdown worthwhile?\n\n\"China has only been reporting confirmed cases,\" says Prof Kamradt-Scott.\n\n\"On the basis of those numbers [571 cases, with 17 dead], if it was me, I probably wouldn't do it. But if there are thousands of suspected cases, then that would considerably change the equation.\"", "A historic moment for the EU: Signing off on the UK's exit\n\nThe heads of the European Commission and Council - Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel - have signed the Withdrawal Agreement, ahead of the UK's exit from the EU on 31 January.\n\nThe Queen approved it on Thursday, and next Wednesday the European Parliament is expected to vote for it too.\n\nThe UK has agreed to abide by EU rules during a transition period until the end of the year. By 2021 the UK aims to have agreed a deal on future ties.\n\nAfter the document was signed in Brussels it was taken to Downing Street by EU and UK officials, for signing by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, due later on Friday. The agreement will then travel back to Brussels, and a copy of it will remain in London.\n\nNext week's European Parliament vote is seen as all but a formality, after it was backed by the parliament's constitutional affairs committee on Thursday.\n\nMrs von der Leyen and other senior EU figures are sceptical about the UK government's plan to negotiate a comprehensive deal on future relations before the end of 2020. They believe the timetable for that is too tight.\n\nBut Prime Minister Boris Johnson is upbeat, insisting the UK can now move forward after years of wrangling over Brexit.\n\nCharles Michel, the former Belgian Prime Minister who chairs EU summits, said in a tweet \"things will inevitably change but our friendship will remain.\n\n\"We start a new chapter as partners and allies.\"\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 EU Commission official who spent more than three years negotiating Brexit - Michel Barnier - stood behind the two EU leaders at the low-key signing ceremony.\n\nEarlier Mr Johnson said \"at times it felt like we would never cross the Brexit finish line, but we've done it.\n\n\"Now we can put the rancour and division of the past three years behind us and focus on delivering a bright, exciting future - with better hospitals and schools, safer streets and opportunity spread to every corner of our country.\"\n\nMPs overruled an attempt by the House of Lords to secure additional rights, including for unaccompanied child refugees, in the Withdrawal Agreement.\n• None What is the Withdrawal Agreement Bill?", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Graphic footage from PC Stuart Outten's body worn camera showed Rodwan punching the officer before grabbing a sharpened machete\n\nA man has been jailed for repeatedly slashing a police officer with a machete in a \"brutal and shocking\" attack.\n\nMuhammad Rodwan, 56, from Luton, slashed PC Stuart Outten, 29, after the van driver was pulled over by officers in Leyton, east London, in August.\n\nDespite his injuries, the PC managed to Taser Rodwan twice, subduing him.\n\nJailing him for 16 years, Mrs Justice Carr said \"arrogant\" Rodwan had shown \"not a shred of remorse or insight\".\n\nA jury at the Old Bailey convicted him on Thursday of wounding but acquitted him of attempted murder.\n\nMuhammad Rodwan was convicted of wounding with intent but found not guilty of attempted murder\n\nPC Outten suffered wounds to his head and hand from a 2ft-long blade after stopping Rodwan's white van for having no insurance.\n\nHe also suffered slash wounds to his arm, several broken fingers and three severed tendons in one hand.\n\nThe judge told Rodwan: \"This was a brutal and a shocking attack with a machete on a police officer carrying out his duties.\"\n\nShe told Rodwan the situation was entirely of his own making, carried out while he was \"in a rage\".\n\nThe judge added he had shown \"belligerent arrogance\".\n\nPC Outten suffered six wounds to the head, including a fractured skull\n\nDuring his trial, the defendant said he did not know PC Outten had a Taser and had raised the machete up to \"try to scare him away from me\".\n\nGraphic footage from the police officer's body worn camera showed Rodwan punching the officer before grabbing a sharpened machete as PC Outten tried to arrest him.\n\nRodwan claimed he was acting in self-defence and that he kept the machete in his van for gardening work.\n\nPC Outten suffered several injuries including six wounds to the head\n\nFollowing the verdicts on Thursday, PC Outten said he felt \"no hatred\" for Rodwan despite having to\" fight for my life\".\n\n\"He did what he did, he's now paying the price for it,\" he said.\n\n\"I don't feel the attack was personal. He was attacking an officer in uniform and I responded as such.\"\n\nSeveral of Rodwan's dreadlocks were pulled out during the struggle with the officer\n\nThe court was told Rodwan had previous convictions for rape and two other machete attacks, for which he was jailed for nine years.\n\nThe defendant was convicted of wounding with intent, but cleared of charges of attempted murder and having an offensive weapon, namely a machete.\n\nRodwan was told by Justice Carr he must serve at least two-thirds of the custodial sentence in prison.\n\nShe added he was also given an extended sentence of a further three years on licence \"to protect the public\".\n\nShe also ordered the disposal of the machete.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Harry Dunn died in hospital after his motorbike was involved in a crash outside RAF Croughton\n\nThe US has turned down an extradition request for a woman who is to be charged with causing the death of teenage motorcyclist Harry Dunn.\n\nMr Dunn, 19, died after a crash in Northamptonshire in August which led to the suspect Anne Sacoolas, the wife of a US intelligence officer, leaving for the US under diplomatic immunity.\n\nFamily spokesman Radd Seiger said they had taken the news \"in our stride\".\n\nThe Home Office said the decision appeared \"to be a denial of justice\".\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Seiger said the latest move had been \"factored it into our planning and strategy\".\n\n\"The reality is that this administration, which we say is behaving lawlessly and taking a wrecking ball to one of the greatest alliances in the world, they won't be around forever whereas that extradition request will be,\" he added.\n\n\"We will simply plot and plan for a reasonable administration to come in one day and to reverse this decision.\"\n\nThe US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo turned down the extradition request in an email to the UK Government on Thursday evening.\n\nWashington said granting the request would \"render the invocation of diplomatic immunity a practical nullity\".\n\nThe family's constituency MP Andrea Leadsom is due to meet the US ambassador Woody Johnson in London later to discuss the case.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson previously said the chance of Ms Sacoolas, who is to be charged with causing the death by dangerous driving, ever returning to the UK was very low.\n\nAnne Sacoolas pictured on her wedding day in 2003\n\nMr Seiger said \"no reason\" was given by Mr Pompeo in rejecting the extradition request.\n\n\"It's one of the darkest days in the history of this special relationship,\" he said.\n\n\"Boris Johnson wanted to be prime minister, he is now being tested severely.\n\n\"I expect him today to rise to that challenge and come and meet with me and the family and tell us what he's going to do about it.\"\n\nMr Dunn died after his motorbike was in collision with a car owned by Mrs Sacoolas.\n\nThe crash happened outside RAF Croughton where Mrs Sacoolas' husband Jonathan worked as an intelligence officer.\n\nThe 42-year-old left the UK and returned to her native US, claiming diplomatic immunity.\n\nIn a statement released on behalf of the suspect after she was charged in December, Mrs Sacoolas's lawyers said: \"Anne will not return voluntarily to the United Kingdom to face a potential jail sentence for what was a terrible but unintentional accident.\"\n\nHarry Dunn's mother Charlotte Charles is expected to be react fully to the news on Friday\n\nThe Home Office said it was \"disappointed in this decision which appears to be a denial of justice\".\n\n\"We are urgently considering our options,\" a spokeswoman added.\n\nA statement from the US State Department said: \"At the time the accident occurred, and for the duration of her stay in the UK, the US citizen driver in this case had immunity from criminal jurisdiction.\n\n\"If the United States were to grant the UK's extradition request, it would render the invocation of diplomatic immunity a practical nullity and would set an extraordinarily troubling precedent.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Mini nuclear reactors could be generating power in the UK by the end of the decade.\n\nManufacturer Rolls-Royce has told the BBC's Today programme that it plans to install and operate factory-built power stations by 2029.\n\nMini nuclear stations can be mass manufactured and delivered in chunks on the back of a lorry, which makes costs more predictable.\n\nBut opponents say the UK should quit nuclear power altogether.\n\nThey say the country should concentrate on cheaper renewable energy instead.\n\nEnvironmentalists are divided over nuclear power, with some maintaining it is dangerous and expensive, while others say that to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 all technologies are needed.\n\nHowever, the industry is confident that mini reactors can compete on price with low-cost renewables such as offshore wind.\n\nRolls-Royce is leading a consortium to build small modular reactors (SMRs) and install them in former nuclear sites in Cumbria or in Wales. Ultimately, the company thinks it will build between 10 and 15 of the stations in the UK.\n\nThey are about 1.5 acres in size - sitting in a 10-acre space. That is a 16th of the size of a major power station such as Hinkley Point.\n\nSMRs are so small that theoretically every town could have its own reactor - but using existing sites avoids the huge problem of how to secure them against terrorist attacks.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Roger Harrabin explains how small nuclear reactors might work - using bags of rice\n\nIt is a rare positive note from the nuclear industry, which has struggled as the cost of renewables has plummeted.\n\nIn the past few years, major nuclear projects have been abandoned as Japanese companies Toshiba and Hitachi pulled out because they could not get the required funding.\n\nAnd the construction of Hinkley Point in Somerset could cost £3bn more than was expected, in an echo of the row over the rail mega-project HS2.\n\n\"The trick is to have prefabricated parts where we use advanced digital welding methods and robotic assembly and then parts are shipped to site and bolted together,\" said Paul Stein, the chief technology officer at Rolls-Royce.\n\nHe said the approach would dramatically reduce the cost of building nuclear power sites, which would lead to cheaper electricity.\n\nBut Paul Dorfman from University College London said: \"The potential cost benefits of assembly line module construction relative to custom-build on-site construction may prove overstated.\n\n\"Production line mistakes may lead to generic defects that propagate throughout an entire fleet of reactors and are costly to fix,\" he warned.\n\n\"It's far more economic to build one 1.2 GW unit than a dozen 100 MW units.\"\n\nRolls-Royce is hoping to overcome the cost barrier by selling SMRs abroad to achieve economies of scale.\n\nIts critics have warned that SMRs will not be ready in substantial numbers until the mid 2030s, by which time electricity needs to be carbon-free in the UK already to meet climate change targets.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA violent storm that has ravaged parts of Spain with heavy rain and violent winds has left at least 13 people dead.\n\nSpanish authorities said four people were still missing after Storm Gloria triggered floods and swept away roads.\n\nOn Thursday, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez flew over some of the worst hit eastern areas and visited Majorca which has been battered by huge waves.\n\nThe government is to hold an emergency meeting on Friday to co-ordinate a response.\n\nMr Sanchez told reporters there would be \"no scrimping on any resource or effort\".\n\n\"I think what's important right now is that we're all united, that we work shoulder-to-shoulder and co-operate, as we are doing,\" he said.\n\nMr Sanchez said climate change had played a part in the severe storm.\n\n\"Meteorological phenomena we are witnessing aren't entirely due to climate change, but what is also true is that climate change is accentuating them,\" he told reporters.\n\nPedro Sanchez saw for himself the damage caused in Cala Rajada, Majorca\n\nStorm Gloria swept into the Balearic Islands - which include the holiday island of Majorca - last weekend with torrential rain whipped up by winds of 100km/h (62mph).\n\nHuge waves forced some residents to evacuate their homes while rivers burst their banks and boats were torn from their moorings and washed on to beaches.\n\nThe storm then struck Catalonia, Valencia and the southern regions of Murcia and Andalusia with rain and snow, leaving a trail of damage in popular tourist resorts busy preparing for the holiday season.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSpanish media reported four storm-related deaths in Catalonia, five in Valencia and two in Andalusia with one in the central region of Castile and León and one in the northern region of Asturias.\n\nAmong those killed was a 50-year-old man who was washed away while fishing from rocks in Ametlla de Mar, Catalonia, and a 75-year-old woman whose house collapsed in Alcoi, Alicante.\n\nOn Thursday, emergency workers said they had found the body of a man drowned in his car in the Catalan town of Cabaces.\n\nAuthorities said the death toll could rise further with four people still missing in Catalonia and the Balearic Islands.\n\nConditions are easing as the storm passed over the country although several rivers in the north-east burst their banks on Thursday.\n\nStorm Gloria also battered Pyrénées-Orientales, France's southernmost Mediterranean department, which has been placed on high alert.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "James Bulger was two when he was snatched and killed in 1993\n\nA 53-year-old woman who posted a photo said to show one of James Bulger's killers on Facebook has avoided jail.\n\nTina McGuire breached a worldwide ban on revealing Jon Venables's current identity by posting the picture.\n\nThis was as well as a name Venables was said to be using and the prison where he was allegedly being held.\n\nMcGuire, of Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, admitted contempt of court by breaching the 2001 injunction.\n\nShe was sentenced to eight months in prison, suspended for 15 months, and was also ordered to pay legal fees of £3,000 at a High Court hearing in London on Thursday.\n\nThe injunction bans the publication of anything purporting to reveal the identities, appearance or whereabouts of Venables and Robert Thompson.\n\nThey killed two-year-old James in February 1993 when they were aged 10, and have been living anonymously with new identities since being released from a life sentence.\n\nLord Justice Davis, sitting with Mrs Justice May, said the case against McGuire was \"close to the line\" for an immediate prison sentence.\n\nBut he added that in light of \"the early, frank admission, the remorse, the stated and evidenced determination not to infringe again and the psychiatric report\" the sentence could be suspended.\n\nKatherine Hardcastle, representing the Solicitor General, previously told the court the case was brought for a post made by McGuire on a personal Facebook page on 20 February 2018.\n\nJon Venables was 10 when he and Robert Thompson killed James Bulger\n\nIt was the second time she had attempted to post information purportedly about Venables, the court heard.\n\nThe court was told that in November 2017 McGuire posted on Facebook a picture purporting to be of Venables as an adult with a caption which encouraged others to \"share this as much as possible as this photograph I posted this morning was removed\".\n\nThat post was shared nearly 130,000 times, liked 2,800 times and received 3,400 comments, the court was told.\n\nMs Hardcastle said the reference to another photograph being removed \"demonstrates that there were two posts on that day\", making the February 2018 post \"the third occasion on which she had purported to post a picture of Venables in three months\".\n\nShe said the contempt proceedings were not brought in relation to that post because of legal issues with her first police interview, but said it provided \"essential context\" for the later post.\n\nMs Hardcastle added it was \"notable\" the November 2017 post \"included a photograph of a different man to the February 20 post\", and that McGuire had admitted in interview at least \"one of those images must be wrong\".\n\nShe said the posts posed a risk of \"serious harm\" to Venables as well as \"those mistakenly identified as Venables\".\n\nIt was \"particularly troubling that two separate men seem to have been identified\" as Venables, Lord Justice Davis said.\n\nJohn Hipkin, representing McGuire, accepted \"this is an extremely serious matter\" but said there was \"a real prospect of rehabilitation\".\n\nHe said McGuire had since withdrawn from all forms of social media.", "Eminem said his album was not for people who are \"easily offended or unnerved\"\n\nEminem has responded to the recent criticism of his lyrics, saying his new album was \"not made for the squeamish\".\n\nThe rapper was criticised for the track Unaccommodating, which references the Manchester bomb attack that killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert.\n\nEminem said some lyrics on the album were \"designed to shock the conscience, which may cause positive action\".\n\nHe added the album is not intended for people who are \"easily offended or unnerved\".\n\nOn the opening song on the album, Eminem raps: \"I'm contemplating yelling 'bombs away' on the game/Like I'm outside of an Ariana Grande concert waiting,\" followed by the sound of an explosion.\n\nIn the statement posted on Twitter, the hip-hop star suggested the offending lyrics had been taken out of context, were not intended to be taken literally, and fitted a broader violent theme across the LP.\n\n\"In today's wonderful world, murder has become so commonplace that we are a society obsessed and fascinated by it. I thought why not make a sport of it, and murder over beats? So before you jump the gun, please allow me to explain.\n\n\"This album was not made for the squeamish. If you are easily offended or unnerved at the screams of bloody murder, this may not be the collection for you. Certain selections have been designed to shock the conscience, which may cause positive action. Unfortunately, darkness has truly fallen upon us.\n\n\"So you see, murder in this instance isn't always literal, nor pleasant. These bars are only meant for the sharpest knives in the drawer. For the victims of this album, may you rest peacefully. For the rest of you, please listen more closely next time. Goodnight!\n\nMusic To Be Murdered By, which is the rapper's 11th album, is battling Manchester band The Courteeners for the number one spot in the UK chart this week.\n\nCourteeners frontman Liam Fray suggested Eminem \"crossed a line\" with the offending song, while Manchester mayor Andy Burnham said the lyrics were \"unnecessarily hurtful\".\n\nEminem, whose real name is Marshall Mathers, has a history of causing controversy with his lyrics.\n\nHis last album, 2018's Kamikaze, was criticised for its use of a homophobic slur on the lead single, Fall.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Boris Johnson has signed the Brexit withdrawal agreement in Downing Street.\n\nThe prime minister hailed a \"fantastic moment\" for the country after he put his name to the historic agreement, which paves the way for the UK's exit from the European Union next Friday.\n\nHe said he hoped it would \"bring to an end far too many years of argument and division\".\n\nEarlier on Friday, European leaders signed the document in Brussels, before it was transported to London by train.\n\nThe signings mark another step in the ratification process, following Parliament's approval of the Brexit bill earlier this week. The European Parliament will vote on the agreement on 29 January.\n\nDowning Street officials said the PM marked the document with a Parker fountain pen, as is traditional for ceremonial signings in No 10.\n\nIt was witnessed by EU and Foreign Office officials, including the PM's Chief Negotiator David Frost, and Downing Street staff.\n\n\"The signing is a fantastic moment, which finally delivers the result of the 2016 referendum and brings to an end far too many years of argument and division,\" Mr Johnson said.\n\n\"We can now move forward as one country - with a government focused upon delivering better public services, greater opportunity and unleashing the potential of every corner of our brilliant UK, while building a strong new relationship with the EU as friends and sovereign equals.\"\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\nEarlier on Friday, the document crossed the channel on a Eurostar train, having been signed in Brussels by the European Council's president Charles Michel and the European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen.\n\nThe UK will keep a copy of the agreement while the original will return to Brussels, where it will be stored in an archive along with other historic international agreements.\n\nNext week's European Parliament vote is seen as all but a formality, after it was backed by the parliament's constitutional affairs committee on Thursday.\n\nMrs von der Leyen and other senior EU figures are sceptical about the UK government's plan to negotiate a comprehensive deal on future relations before the end of 2020. They believe the timetable for that is too tight.\n\nBut Prime Minister Boris Johnson is upbeat, insisting the UK can now move forward after years of wrangling over Brexit.\n\nMr Michel, the former Belgian Prime Minister who chairs EU summits, said in a tweet: \"Things will inevitably change but our friendship will remain. We start a new chapter as partners and allies.\"", "The star attended the gala premiere of her documentary in Utah on Thursday night\n\nTaylor Swift has opened up about her struggle to overcome an eating disorder in a new documentary about her life.\n\nIn Miss Americana, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, she said photographs and comments about her appearance had triggered the condition.\n\nDuring her 2015 world tour, under-eating left her feeling \"like I was going to pass out at the end of a show, or in the middle of it,\" Swift said.\n\n\"It's only happened a few times and I'm not in any way proud of it,\" she added.\n\nSwift said she struggled with the condition for several years. Some days, she would \"starve a little bit [and] just stop eating\". The rest of the time, she kept lists of everything she ate and exercised constantly until she was a size double-zero (size two in the UK).\n\nBut she denied having a problem when people confronted her about her weight.\n\n\"I would have defended it to anybody: 'What are you talking about? Of course I eat. I exercise a lot,'\" she said in the film.\n\n\"And I did exercise a lot. But I wasn't eating.\"\n\nSwift elaborated on the origins of her eating disorder in an interview with Variety magazine that coincided with Miss Americana's premiere.\n\n\"I remember how, when I was 18, that was the first time I was on the cover of a magazine, and the headline was like 'Pregnant at 18?'\" she said.\n\n\"And it was because I had worn something that made my lower stomach look not flat. So I just registered that as a punishment.\n\n\"And then I'd walk into a photo shoot and be in the dressing room and somebody who worked at a magazine would say, 'Oh, wow, this is so amazing that you can fit into the sample sizes. Usually we have to make alterations to the dresses, but we can take them right off the runway and put them on you!' And I looked at that as a pat on the head.\n\n\"You register that enough times, and you just start to accommodate everything towards praise and punishment, including your own body.\"\n\nThe star says she now practises positive thinking when she is tempted to judge her body, telling herself: \"Nope. We do not do that anymore because it's better to think you look fat than to look sick.\"\n\nMiss Americana, which comes to Netflix on 31 January, received a standing ovation after its gala screening in Utah on Thursday night.\n\nAfterwards, director Lana Wilson praised Swift for being so candid about under-eating.\n\n\"That's one of my favourite sequences of the film,\" Wilson said. \"I was surprised, of course. But I love how she's kind of thinking out loud about it. And every woman will see themselves in that sequence. I just have no doubt.\"\n\n\"I think it's really brave to see someone who is a role model for so many girls and women be really honest about that. I think it will have a huge impact.\"\n\nThe star says she is a healthier weight now than in the mid-2010s when she \"starved\" herself\n\nWilson's candid documentary follows Swift during a turbulent period of her life, opening with a scene where the star learns her 2018 album Reputation has been snubbed by the Grammys.\n\nThe incident acts as a framing device, as the star realises she needs to stop trying to please everyone else and focus on what makes her happy.\n\nWilson pays particular attention to Swift's political awakening, as she sues a Colorado disc jockey for sexual assault and begins to speak out against conservative lawmakers.\n\nShe expresses regret for not opposing Donald Trump in the 2016 election for fear it would alienate fans; and meets with opposition from her team when she decides to endorse the Democrats in Tennessee's 2018 elections.\n\nAs she is about to press send on an Instagram post about Blackburn, her publicist warns that \"the president could come after you\".\n\nSwift's Reputation album and tour saw her fight back against negative press and internet trolls\n\nThe documentary also includes some tender moments, with Swift describing how she fell in love with British actor Joe Alwyn.\n\nThe star says she was attracted by his \"wonderful, normal, balanced kind of life,\" and that he helped anchor her during one of the most difficult periods in her life.\n\nHowever, critics felt that the officially-approved documentary only skimmed the surface of Swift's true story.\n\n\"Swift's awareness of her public persona and how she's perceived gives Miss Americana a low-hum of image management, which in turn makes you question the authenticity of Swift,\" wrote Matt Goldberg on Collider.\n\n\"The trouble with Miss Americana is that, although there is honesty and vulnerability, there's also something rehearsed and distant about it,\" agreed Screen Daily's critic Tim Grierson.\n\n\"Swift invites us in, but she only lets us see so much.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Universities and Science Minister Chris Skidmore has said that the UK will not implement the EU Copyright Directive after the country leaves the EU.\n\nSeveral companies have criticised the law, which would hold them accountable for not removing copyrighted content uploaded by users, if it is passed.\n\nEU member states have until 7 June 2021 to implement the new reforms, but the UK will have left the EU by then.\n\nThe UK was among 19 nations that initially supported the law.\n\nThat was in its final European Council vote in April 2019.\n\nCopyright is the legal right that allows an artist to protect how their original work is used.\n\nThe EU Copyright Directive that covers how \"online content-sharing services\" should deal with copyright-protected content, such as television programmes and movies.\n\nIt refers to services that primarily exist to give the public access to \"protected works or other protected subject-matter uploaded by its users\", such as Soundcloud, Dailymotion and YouTube.\n\nIt was Article 13 which prompted fears over the future of memes and GIFs - stills, animated or short video clips that go viral - since they mainly rely on copyrighted scenes from TV and film.\n\nCritics claimed Article 13 would make it nearly impossible to upload even the tiniest part of a copyrighted work to Facebook, YouTube, or any other site.\n\nHowever, specific tweaks to the law in 2019 made memes safe \"for purposes of quotation, criticism, review, caricature, parody and pastiche\".\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson criticised the law in March, claiming that it was \"terrible for the internet\".\n\nGoogle had campaigned fiercely against the changes, arguing they would \"harm Europe's creative and digital industries\" and \"change the web as we know it\".\n\nYouTube boss Susan Wojcicki had also warned that users in the EU could be cut off from the video platform.\n\nKathy Berry, a professional support lawyer at Linklaters, welcomed the government's stance on the law, claiming it will \"allow the UK to agree to more tech-friendly copyright provisions in free trade deals with other countries\".\n\nThe law sparked suggestions from its biggest critics that it would end up \"killing memes and parodies,\" despite it permitting the sharing of memes and GIFs.", "She posted pictures of her meal on social media platform WeChat\n\nThe Chinese embassy in Paris has tracked down a woman from Wuhan who said she took tablets to pass airport health checks.\n\nThe woman boasted on social media that she had been suffering from a fever, but managed to reduce her symptoms with medicine.\n\nShe later posted pictures showing herself dining at what she claimed was a Michelin-starred restaurant in Lyon.\n\nThe embassy has now confirmed that her symptoms are under control.\n\nThe woman left Wuhan - where the new coronavirus emerged late last year - before flights were suspended, but when thermal scanning was in place.\n\nSince yesterday, public transport has been shut down, with residents told not to leave the city.\n\nAt least 25 people with the virus have died. It was first reported to the World Health Organization 31 December.\n\nThe virus has spread to countries as far as South Korea, Japan and the US.\n\nPeople have been thermally scanned when leaving Wuhan, and arriving at their destination. This picture was taken in Indonesia on Thursday\n\nThe woman detailed her journey to Lyon on social media site WeChat.\n\n\"Finally I can have a good meal, I feel like I've been starving for two days. When you are in a gourmet city of course you have to eat Michelin [food],\" she wrote.\n\n\"Just before I left, I had a low fever and cough. I was scared to death and rushed to eat [fever-reducing] medicine. I kept on checking my temperature. Luckily I managed to get it down and my exit was smooth.\"\n\nShe also posted pictures of the meal she enjoyed. It is not clear exactly when she arrived.\n\nHer post quickly went viral and she was widely criticised by other social media users.\n\nThe Chinese embassy in Paris said it had received calls and emails about the woman. It said she had taken antipyretics, and that it attached \"great importance\" to the case.\n\nThe embassy said it contacted her on Wednesday evening and asked her to refer herself to medical services.\n\nOn Thursday, in a new statement, the embassy said the woman's temperature was under control, and that she had no more fever or cough symptoms.\n\nIt added that she did not require \"further examinations\" at this point.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nChina has effectively quarantined nearly 20 million people in Hubei province. Other major cities in China like Beijing and Shanghai are also affected.\n\nAuthorities have cancelled all large-scale celebrations in Beijing. Temple fairs are banned, film releases postponed and the Forbidden City will be closed to the public.\n\nAll this comes as millions of Chinese people are travelling across the country for Lunar New Year.\n\nCurrently known as 2019-nCoV, the virus is understood to be a new strain of coronavirus not previously identified in humans.", "A small government agency is supporting fossil fuel projects abroad with estimated carbon emissions of a country the size of Portugal, it has emerged.\n\nUK Export Finance (UKEF), a government agency in the Department for International Trade, is spending billions of pounds on the projects, Newsnight researchers have found.\n\nThis is despite a government commitment to cut down on carbon emissions.\n\nThe organisation, which describes itself as a forum for conservatives who support conservation and decarbonisation, said funding the projects was \"a blemish on the UK government's record on climate change\".\n\nAn investigation by Newsnight, in conjunction with Unearthed - Greenpeace's investigations unit - found that UKEF has helped to finance oil and gas projects that, when complete, will emit 69 million tonnes of carbon a year, according to government estimates.\n\nThat's nearly a sixth of the total annual carbon emissions of the UK.\n\nThe government calculated the UK's total emissions to be 449 million tonnes of C02e (carbon dioxide equivalent) in 2018.\n\nIt said the 69 million tonne estimate was a \"worst case\" scenario - and the emissions of the projects may be lower when the projects are operational.\n\nThe UK is just one of a number of backers for these projects.\n\nUKEF was set up a century ago - and aims to support British businesses abroad.\n\nEarlier this week, Boris Johnson announced that the UK would no longer finance coal mining or coal-fired power plants abroad.\n\nNewsnight's investigation found all of UKEF's current fossil fuel financing was for oil and gas projects, and not coal.\n\nNewsnight research also found that - since 2010 - UKEF has financed £6bn of fossil fuel projects. Financing has been provided to some of the biggest oil and gas companies in the world.\n\nThe projects that UKEF helps to fund abroad include oil refineries, power plants and liquefied gas extraction.\n\nLast year, the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) published a report criticising UKEF as an \"elephant in the room undermining the UK's international climate and development targets\".\n\nKerry McCarthy MP, a Labour member of the EAC said: \"It's ludicrous that we would be funding something overseas, that we are purporting to be moving away from in our own country.\n\n\"There's just a complete disconnect, there's complete hypocrisy, that we boast of cleaning up our own act, but actually we are enabling other countries to carry on polluting.\"\n\nUKEF told Newsnight: \"We are committed to working with countries across the world to unlock their renewable energy potential and support their transition away from fossil fuels to cleaner alternatives.\"\n\nAs well as investments in fossil fuels UKEF has also financed some renewable projects.\n\nThe CEN's Sam Hall said the government needed to solve the issue of what UKEF funds before COP26 - an international climate change conference due to be held in Glasgow in November this year.\n\nYou can watch Newsnight on BBC Two at 22:30 on weekdays. Catch up on iPlayer, subscribe to the programme on YouTube and follow it on Twitter.", "A review of patient care relates to a consultant's work at Spire Parkway Hospital in Solihull\n\nA private healthcare provider is reviewing the care of more than 200 patients after stopping a surgeon from practising.\n\nSpire Healthcare said it had contacted 217 people whose shoulder operations were carried out by orthopaedic consultant Habib Rahman.\n\nThey have been offered consultation with an independent surgeon to assess their recovery.\n\nThe probe relates to Mr Rahman's work at Spire Parkway Hospital in Solihull.\n\nSpire Healthcare said it first restricted his practice in September 2018, before suspending his full practising privileges in January last year. Five months later, they were completely withdrawn.\n\nMr Rahman is employed by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, which says that since July he has been subject to \"working with interim restrictions\".\n\nThe trust says it has not recalled any of his NHS patients.\n\nSpire said it had acted in line with safety procedure but did not say how concerns emerged, although a legal firm representing \"a handful of patients\" said the review focused on whether Mr Rahman undertook \"unnecessary or inappropriate\" surgery.\n\nLinda Millband of Thompsons Solicitors said she became aware of the matter when one of Mr Rahman's patients made contact on receiving a \"recall letter\" from Spire.\n\nThe patient, she said, sought advice on remembering that disgraced breast surgeon Ian Paterson had also operated at Spire hospitals in the Midlands.\n\nPaterson was sentenced to 20 years in prison after being found guilty of wounding patients.\n\nA Spire spokesperson said during the period in which Mr Rahman's practising privileges were downscaled, it invited the Royal College of Surgeons to review his work and liaise with the NHS, the Care Quality Commission and General Medical Council.\n\nThe spokesperson added that following the college's guidance, the company wrote to \"all shoulder patients who were identified as requiring follow-up\" to \"review their care and to understand more about their post-operative recovery\".", "Security researchers have criticised Facebook's head of communications, Sir Nick Clegg, for his response to the hacking of Amazon chief Jeff Bezos.\n\nMr Bezos' phone was hacked in May 2018 after he received a WhatsApp message loaded with malware.\n\nBut in an interview with the BBC, Sir Nick said WhatsApp's encrypted messages could \"not be hacked into\".\n\nAnd he failed to acknowledge security flaws in the app that had let hackers compromise their target's smartphones.\n\n\"Nobody tell Nick Clegg about how exploits work,\" joked cyber-security researcher Kevin Beaumont.\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 Bezos' phone was compromised after he received a WhatsApp message containing a malicious file from the personal number of Saudi Arabia's crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, according to the Guardian newspaper which broke the story.\n\nAn investigation suggested the phone secretly started sharing huge amounts of data after he received the message.\n\nThe kingdom's US embassy has described the allegations as \"absurd\".\n\nWhen asked about the hack in an interview with BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Sir Nick said: \"It can't have been anything when the message was sent in transit because that's end-to-end encrypted on WhatsApp.\n\n\"We're as sure as you can be that the technology of end-to-end encryption cannot... be hacked into.\"\n\nBut cyber-security researchers have pointed out that security flaws in WhatsApp's software have previously been discovered.\n\nTwo significant problems were disclosed in 2019.\n\nOne let hackers remotely install surveillance software on phones just by initiating a voice call, even if the recipient did not answer.\n\nAnother let surveillance tools be deployed by sending the recipient an infected MP4 video clip.\n\nSir Nick told the BBC: \"If someone sends you a malicious email, it only comes to life when you open it.\"\n\nHowever, some of the most significant vulnerabilities in WhatsApp let hackers install their malware without the recipient doing anything at all.\n\nAlex Stamos, who was Facebook's chief security officer for three years until August 2018, later tweeted that it had not been proven that Mohammed bin Salman's account was involved in the hack, and the media should not make assumptions.\n\nBut he added: \"Clegg is right that WhatsApp messages are end-to-end encrypted, he's just applying that fact to the wrong issue... Nick needs some better staff briefings on this issue. Not reasonable to expect him to have this expertise.\"\n\nFacebook told the BBC it had nothing to add to Sir Nick's comments.", "The boy was thrown five floors in the attack\n\nA boy who was thrown from a balcony on the 10th floor of the Tate Modern has recovered enough to be able to open his left hand again, his parents said.\n\nThe French tourist, then aged six, suffered a \"deep\" bleed to the brain when he was attacked at the London gallery, last August.\n\nHis family say he is making progress and \"manages to open his left hand when we ask him to do it\".\n\nJonty Bravery, 18, has admitted throwing the boy to be on the TV news.\n\nThe boy's family said he was making progress with his recovery\n\nHis victim sustained a fractured spine, along with leg and arm fractures, when he fell five floors from the viewing platform.\n\nHis latest health developments were posted in a statement on the family's fundraising page.\n\n\"Hello everybody, One month has passed, and we are more and more tired. But our son is still in progress. He can now eat mash.\"\n\n\"We hope that he will be able to drink soon, with a straw to start with,\" they added.\n\n\"He cannot use his left arm but he manages to open his left hand when we ask him to do it (two or three times in a row),\" they said.\n\nLast month, the family said their son had begun uttering syllables and on Friday said: \"We understand better and better what he tells us.\n\n\"However, he still cannot stand or walk, and has great difficulty staying focused and thinking.\"\n\nHis their latest statement, his parents added: \"Thank you for your help. We keep fighting with our little knight.\"\n\nTheir GoFundMe page has raised more than €186,000 (£156,500) towards the cost of their son's treatment.\n\nBravery, from Ealing, who pleaded guilty to attempted murder, told police he carried out the attack because he wanted to be on TV news to highlight his autism treatment.\n\nHe is due to be sentenced at the Old Bailey in February.\n\nJonty Bravery was 17 years old when he was charged\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "US Space Force logo on left and the Star Trek emblem on right\n\nThe newly unveiled logo for US Space Force appears to have boldly gone where Star Trek went before.\n\nTwitter users noted that the emblem, revealed by President Donald Trump, bears an uncanny likeness to the insignia from the cult sci-fi TV series.\n\nThe striking resemblance left many critics as stunned as though they had been zapped by Captain Kirk's phaser.\n\nBut others online insisted the logo was really based on the US Air Force One.\n\nThe intergalactic controversy comes after mockery erupted last week when it emerged Space Force troops would wear woodland camouflage uniforms.\n\nUnveiling the insignia on Friday, Mr Trump tweeted: \"After consultation with our Great Military Leaders, designers, and others, I am pleased to present the new logo for the United States Space Force, the Sixth Branch of our Magnificent Military!\"\n\nGeorge Takei, star of the original 1960s Star Trek TV series, tweeted archly in response.\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 George Takei 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\nAnother Twitter user joked that the Space Force had copied Star Trek's \"homework\".\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 Peter Botte This article contains content provided by Twitter. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Consultant led A&E services could end at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital\n\nPlans which could see the A&E department at a south Wales hospital downgraded are being considered by health chiefs.\n\nThe proposals would mean an end to 24-hour consultant-led services at Royal Glamorgan Hospital's A&E.\n\nCwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board will discuss the options in a report to the board on 30 January.\n\nThe downgrade formed part of an agreement to centralise some health services in south Wales in 2014.\n\nMore than 53,000 people responded to a public consultation on the plan - called the South Wales Programme - in 2013.\n\nWhile other parts of the plan have happened, the proposed changes to A&E departments have not been implemented.\n\nInterim chief executive Sharon Hopkins said service and staffing pressures meant the current set up was \"increasingly unsustainable\".\n\nShe said staff had \"worked exceptionally hard\" to deliver emergency services across three sites - the Royal Glamorgan Hospital, the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend and Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil.\n\nBut in a statement Dr Hopkins added: \"Continuing and growing service and staffing pressures have meant that this situation is becoming increasingly unsustainable... and safe services cannot be maintained beyond the immediate short term without unacceptable risks to patient safety\".\n\nThe report said an option to continue the current system should be \"rejected\", instead recommending two options.\n\nOne would see the consultant-led service end, replaced by a minor injuries unit with nurses.\n\nThe other would see consultants continue at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital during the day, and a nurse-led minor injuries unit would operate overnight.\n\nOptions to replace the consultant-led A&E will be discussed at a health board meeting\n\nLocal politicians attending a meeting with the health board on Friday were told the last full-time A&E consultant at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital would leave at the end of March, meaning services would be provided by locums from April.\n\nA statement on Facebook from Rhondda AM Leanne Wood said the situation was \"completely unacceptable\".\n\nThe former Plaid Cymru leader added: \"The poor workforce planning from successive Labour health ministers means Wales has one of the lowest doctor to population ratios in Europe.\"\n\nRhondda Labour MP Chris Bryant said either of the options proposed would be \"terrible news\" for people in the area.\n\nHe said many would have no choice but to use public transport and mountain roads which were unreliable in winter.\n\nIn a joint statement, Pontypridd Labour AM Mick Antoniw and MP Alex Davies-Jones said the proposal \"will be of concern to many\".\n\nThey said: \"Robust A&E provision at the Royal Glamorgan is a critical component of health service provision to people in Pontypridd and the wider valleys communities and we are strongly opposed to any reconfiguration that results in a material dilution of A&E services at the Royal Glamorgan.\"\n\nWelsh Conservative health spokeswoman Angela Burns said: \"Just this week we have had the worst A&E results for the Welsh NHS and yet the Welsh Labour government are allowing this downgrade to go ahead.\n\n\"Surely, the Welsh Government should be looking at options to reduce the more than 6,000 people that wait 12 hours or more for treatment in A&E in Wales.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government said: \"We expect the health board to work with its partners to consider options and agree a sustainable model of care for the future.\"\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. Tesco chief executive on getting rid of multi-wrap plastic use\n\nTesco is removing plastic wrapping from its multipack tins in an effort to cut down on waste.\n\nThe supermarket giant says it will remove 350 tonnes of plastic a year from the environment.\n\nBritain's biggest supermarket is working with the likes of Heinz and Green Giant to replace plastic-wrapped multipacks with multi-buy deals.\n\nTesco said the move was the first of its kind by a major UK retailer.\n\nAnd environmental group Greenpeace welcomed the decision to get rid of what it called \"pointless plastic\".\n\nThe changes start on 2 March when Tesco will stop ordering more plastic-wrapped multipacks. Some items will remain on the shelves as Tesco sells remaining stocks.\n\nMore than 40% of Tesco customers buy tinned multipacks, with 183,000 sold across its stores every day. Multipacks of baked beans, tuna, tinned tomatoes and soup are among the most frequently-bought grocery items in the UK, it said.\n\n\"We are removing all unnecessary and non-recyclable plastic from Tesco,\" said Tesco chief executive, Dave Lewis.\n\nLate last year Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda, Morrisons and Waitrose pledged to clear hard-to-recycle \"black plastics\" from shelves.\n\n\"While we know we have more to do, this initiative is good news for the environment,\" said Georgiana de Noronha, president of Kraft Heinz in Northern Europe.\n\nSupermarkets have come under fire from environmental campaigners for the increasing use of single-use plastic, which rose 2% in 2018 to 903,000 tonnes, according to Greenpeace.\n\n\"It's great that Tesco are getting rid of multipack plastic packaging that's completely pointless and are also pressuring their branded suppliers like Heinz and Branston to do the same,\" said Fiona Nicholls, ocean plastics campaigner for Greenpeace UK.\n\nShe added: \"This is such an easy, common sense first step that all supermarkets should have done this long ago. We urge retailers to end the nonsense of double-plastic packaging on all products straight away, and be bolder by introducing reusable and refillable packaging.\"\n\nThe World Wide Fund for Nature also supported Tesco's move.\n\n\"We need to remove unnecessary single-use plastic wherever possible, to stop the contamination of the natural world,\" said Paula Chin, from the WWF.\n\nThe top eight UK supermarkets produced 58.3 billion pieces of plastic packaging last year, according to a report last year by Greenpeace and the Environmental Investigation Agency.\n\nTesco is not the only supermarket to look into scrapping plastic wrap around tinned goods.\n\nWaitrose has been trialling the removal of plastic wrap on multipacks of some of its canned vegetables since last October, in a move it says will save 18 tonnes of plastic a year.\n\nAldi is running a trial in 270 stores to replace the plastic wrapping on tuna multipack tins with a cardboard alternative.\n\nSainsbury's says it has committed to halving the use of its plastic packaging by 2025.\n• None Plastic packaging: How are supermarkets doing?", "Laurence Fox has apologised for comments he made about the inclusion of a Sikh soldier in a World War One film.\n\nThe actor had previously referred to \"the oddness in the casting\" of a Sikh soldier in Sir Sam Mendes' movie 1917.\n\n\"Fellow humans who are Sikhs, I am as moved by the sacrifices your relatives made as I am by the loss of all those who die in war, whatever creed or colour,\" Fox tweeted.\n\n\"Please accept my apology for being clumsy in the way I expressed myself.\"\n\nHis original comments attracted widespread criticism and historians drew attention to the contribution of Sikhs in the British Army during World War One.\n\nAbout 130,000 Sikh men took part in the war, making up 20% of the British Indian Army, according to the WW1 Sikh Memorial Fund.\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 LAURENCE FOX 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\nSpeaking on the James Delingpole podcast at the weekend, Fox said: \"It's very heightened awareness of the colour of someone's skin because of the oddness in the casting.\n\n\"Even in 1917 they've done it with a Sikh soldier, which is great, it's brilliant, but you're suddenly aware there were Sikhs fighting in this war. And you're like 'OK, you're now diverting me away from what the story is'.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"We like to say that we're the warrior race\" Kameldeep Singh Samra explains the importance of remembering the role of Sikh soldiers in the First World War\n\nThe former Lewis star also responded to Delingpole's comments about film-makers \"shoehorning\" people of different ethnicities into dramas.\n\nFox said: \"It is kind of racist - if you talk about institutional racism, which is what everyone loves to go on about, which I'm not a believer in, there is something institutionally racist about forcing diversity on people in that way. You don't want to think about [that].'\n\nFormer Coronation Street actress Shobna Gulati responded with an image of Sikh soldiers and queried the inclusion of just one in 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 2 by Shobna 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\nFox later appeared on ITV's Good Morning Britain, where he said the film, which has 10 Oscar nominations, was a \"great movie\" but that the casting \"felt incongruous\". He also said people \"shouldn't be afraid to say how they feel\".\n\nPresenter Piers Morgan told Fox his comments were \"insulting to solders who had served\" and were \"an unfortunate thing to have said\" and co-host Susanna Reid added: \"Sikhs fought with British forces, not just with their own regiments - it's a historical fact.\"\n\nMorgan said he had agreed with other things Fox had said in the last two weeks, referring to the actor's high-profile appearance on BBC One's Question Time.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Actor Laurence Fox clashed with an audience member over whether Meghan's treatment in the press was \"racist\"\n\nThe actor clashed with audience member Rachel Boyle, a university lecturer and race and ethnicity researcher, who said the way Meghan Markle had been treated in the press was \"racist\".\n\nFox responded to her by saying: \"It's not racism, we're the most tolerant, lovely country in Europe. It's so easy to throw the charge of racism at everybody and it's really starting to get boring now.\"\n\nFootage of Fox's appearance was widely shared on social media - with some praising his comments but others calling them offensive.\n\nThe programme received more than 250 complaints, the corporation revealed in its fortnightly report for the BBC complaints service.\n\nThe main issues cited were that the \"audience [was] not representative of the local area, leading to a pro-Conservative bias\" and a \"discussion on racism [was] felt to be offensive\".\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nLiverpool's march to the Premier League title continued as Roberto Firmino's late winner at Wolverhampton Wanderers gave them the victory that extends their lead at the top to 16 points with a game in hand.\n\nWolves can consider themselves unfortunate to be the victims of Liverpool's 22nd win in 23 league games after making life as uncomfortable as anyone has for Jurgen Klopp's side this season before Firmino ensured Liverpool took another significant step towards their first title in 30 years.\n\nReds captain Jordan Henderson headed them in front from Trent Alexander-Arnold's corner after eight minutes but Wolves drew level six minutes after the break when Raul Jimenez glanced in Adama Traore's cross.\n\nIt was the first goal Liverpool - who lost Sadio Mane to a muscle injury in the first half - had conceded in the league for more than 12 hours and it required important saves from goalkeeper Alisson to keep out Traore and Jimenez as Wolves pressed.\n\nLiverpool, as ever, carried a huge threat and Firmino drilled home the winner with six minutes left - although substitute Diogo Jota then wasted a glorious chance to give Wolves a point in stoppage time.\n\nThe Reds, who have won their past 14 league games, are the third team to go 40 games unbeaten in the Premier League.\n\nLiverpool were arguably put under more pressure here at a vibrant Molineux than at any time in the Premier League this season - but the champions-elect did what champions do and found a way to get the job done.\n\nAfter Wolves equalised, and with the dangerous Traore moving through the gears, there was the possibility that Liverpool could lose their first league game in more than a year.\n\nThis, however, is a team that has forgotten how to draw never mind lose and even though it came against the run of play, it was no great surprise when Firmino made the decisive late contribution.\n\nAnd at the heart of it all was captain Henderson, unsung for so long but now in the best form of his career.\n\nHenderson delivered a collector's item with that header from a corner but it was his more customary attributes that helped his team through periods of suffering in the second half, although he also delivered the crucial pass for Firmino's winner. He was constantly available and always urging his team-mates to greater efforts.\n\nHe has grown in stature, along with Liverpool, in these last two seasons and is now the heartbeat of this outstanding team.\n\nHis influence is increasingly recognised and he was the driving force as Liverpool ground out a win in such a difficult environment.\n\nWolves are here to stay\n\nWolves manager Nuno Espirito Santo and his players understandably cut dejected figures at the final whistle, denied so late on as they pushed to become only the second team after Manchester United to take points off Liverpool this season.\n\nWhen that disappointment subsides, they can look back with pride on a performance that produced further evidence of what has been rebuilt at this famous old club.\n\nWolves were organised, played without fear, and in Jimenez and Traore possess a huge threat to back up their many qualities elsewhere.\n\nTraore's power and pace gave Andrew Robertson a very uncomfortable night while Jimenez has developed into a striker of the highest class.\n\nIt is all played out in Molineux's atmospheric arena, where the Wolves fans are revelling in what is being produced - and so they should.\n\nWolves can now regard themselves rightfully as a force in the Premier League. They are entertaining and superbly coached. This is a team that is here to stay in the upper reaches.\n\nLiverpool manager Jurgen Klopp to BBC Sport: \"We changed the system two or three times, we calmed it down. We had incredible chances in the first half and then at the end it was a magic moment from Bobby.\n\n\"The boys are human. It was a little bit up and down. We had discussion on the pitch, there was stuff to improve but set-pieces can bring us back in the game, a good bit of skill can bring us back in the game. Wolves were really strong but it's clear we could settle again.\n\n\"You just have to find a way to win and have someone who makes the perfect decision and that was Bobby again.\"\n\nWolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo to BBC Sport: \"It was a good game. We played well. There is nothing to be disappointed about. Getting the momentum was important.\n\n\"We defended well, we were well organised. This is what we want. We want to compete and keep on growing.\n\n\"We had in the last moment of the game [the chance to equalise]. It's about creating. Things will come naturally.\n\n\"I'm happy when we perform well. We faced a fantastic team. This is the standards we want.\"\n\nMost points after 23 games ever - match stats\n• None Liverpool have amassed 67 points from a possible 69 this season - five more than any side in English top-flight history have after 23 games.\n• None Raul Jimenez's goal for Wolves ended a run of 725 minutes without conceding a Premier League goal for Liverpool since Richarlison scored for Everton at Anfield exactly 50 days ago.\n• None Jimenez is the third Premier League player to net 20 or more goals in all competitions this season, after Sergio Aguero (21) and Raheem Sterling (20).\n• None Wolves duo Adama Traore and Jimenez have combined for eight Premier League goals this season, more than any other partnership in the competition.\n• None Wolves have lost four consecutive home league games against Liverpool for the very first time.\n• None Liverpool are the first club to win three top-flight games on a Thursday in the same season since Leicester City in 1933-34.\n• None Wolves have conceded the first goal in 17 of their 24 Premier League games this season, including each of their last eight in a row.\n• None Jordan Henderson has scored more than once in the same season for Liverpool for the first time since 2015-16. Five of his last six goals for the Reds have come away from home.\n• None Since the start of last season, Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold has assisted 22 Premier League goals, at least five more than any other player, with 10 of those coming from dead balls, also a league-high.\n• None Roberto Firmino has scored six goals in his last eight games for Liverpool, as many as he had in his previous 32. All 10 of his goals this season have come away from Anfield.\n\nLiverpool play three times before Wolves' next game. The Reds visit Shrewsbury in the FA Cup fourth round on Sunday (17:00 GMT), and go to West Ham next Wednesday (19:45) in their Premier League game in hand.\n\nKlopp's side then host Southampton on Saturday, 1 February (15:00), with Wolves visiting European rivals Manchester United at 17:30.\n• None Attempt missed. Diogo Jota (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from very close range is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Raúl Jiménez.\n• None Adama Traoré (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Liverpool 2. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Jordan Henderson.\n• None Attempt saved. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.\n• None Attempt missed. Diogo Jota (Wolverhampton Wanderers) header from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by João Moutinho with a cross following a set piece situation.\n• None Offside, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Leander Dendoncker tries a through ball, but Jonny is caught offside. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "US senators have been accused of falling asleep, playing games and breaking other rules during President Donald Trump's impeachment trial.\n\nJim Risch and Jim Inhofe are among members who have apparently nodded off during the lengthy hearings.\n\nCrossword puzzles, fidget spinners and at least one paper plane have been spotted with senators.\n\nThe trial has heard that Mr Trump's alleged abuse of power threatens American democracy.\n\nThe senators are acting as the jury to decide whether the president should be removed from office.\n\nThe upper chamber of US Congress prides itself as a hallowed sanctum of decorum.\n\nBut some of its members - Republican and Democrat alike - have this week been accused by US media of acting like bored schoolchildren.\n\nThe rules call for senators to remain seated during the impeachment trial.\n\nBut at least nine Democrats and 22 Republicans left their seats at various times on Thursday, according to Reuters news agency.\n\nMarsha Blackburn, a Tennessee Republican, defended herself on Thursday after she was spotted reading a book in the chamber.\n\nShe tweeted that the tome - How Trump Haters Are Breaking America, by Kim Strassel - \"provides good insights into today's proceedings\".\n\n\"Busy mamas are the best at multi-tasking,\" she added. \"Try it.\"\n\nMr Risch, a Republican who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was seen this week slumped motionless with his eyes closed at his desk during the hearings.\n\nA spokesman for the Idaho senator denied he had been asleep, telling the Wall Street Journal he was just listening closely \"with his eyes closed or cast down\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Inhofe, an Oklahoma Republican, was spotted on Wednesday by an NBC reporter appearing to briefly doze off before he was nudged by Senator Todd Young, an Indiana Republican who sits next to him.\n\nMark Warner, a Virginia Democrat, was observed leaning on his right arm with his hand covering his eyes for 20 minutes.\n\nOn Thursday, Richard Burr, a North Carolina Republican, handed out fidget spinners, a children's toy, to fellow senators to help them while away the hours in the chamber.\n\n\"I saw somebody grab up a few of them, so they must have some real anxiety going along with this,\" said Mike Braun, an Indiana Republican. He said he did not require one of the gizmos.\n\nPhones, laptops and tablets are a regular accessory during normal Senate hearings, but all electronics have been banned in the chamber for this trial, leaving many restless.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What's Ukraine got to do with the Trump impeachment?\n\nPat Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, was heard drawling \"my precious\" as he retrieved his phone from the cupboard outside the chamber.\n\nSome senators have apparently found a way around the strict rules by wearing smart watches.\n\nRand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, reportedly worked on a crossword puzzle and made a paper plane as Democratic prosecutors laid out their case on Wednesday.\n\nMassachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democratic front-runner for the 2020 White House nomination, was spotted by an ABC News reporter playing an unspecified game on paper.\n\nTalking is banned on the floor during arguments and senators are daily admonished by the Senate sergeant-at-arms to remain silent during proceedings \"on pain of imprisonment\".\n\nBut on Wednesday, two Republicans - Tim Scott of South Carolina and Ben Sasse of Nebraska - threw caution to the wind and began whispering after hours of passing notes to each other.\n\nThere are also strict rules against food, but senators have been spotted munching chocolate and chewing gum.\n\nPress access to the chamber has been heavily restricted during the Senate trial, meaning there are fewer cameras to catch senators' unguarded moments.\n\nBut other senators have appeared to pay close attention to the trial with some diligently taking notes.\n\nMarco Rubio, a Florida Republican, was observed scribbling away with what appeared to be a quill pen.\n\nMr Trump is only the third president ever to be impeached, but he is unlikely to be convicted in a chamber that is controlled by his fellow Republicans.\n\nBefore Thursday's arguments began, some Republican senators said they had heard nothing new in Democratic prosecutors' arguments and had already made up their mind to clear the president. A two-thirds majority votes is required to remove Mr Trump from office.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra and online; Live text on selected matches on the BBC Sport website and app.\n\nSerena Williams says she made \"far too many errors to be a professional athlete\" as she was knocked out in the Australian Open third round.\n\nThe defeat means Williams' quest for a 24th Grand Slam singles title goes on.\n\n\"I can't play like that. I literally can't do that again. That's unprofessional. It's not cool,\" Williams said.\n• None Where does Melbourne exit leave chase for another Grand Slam?\n\nThe seven-time champion in Melbourne beat 28-year-old Wang in just 44 minutes at the US Open in September when the Chinese player won only one game and 15 points.\n\nThat was not reflective of the ability of a player who has been a regular fixture in the world's top 30 over the past 18 months and reached a career high of 12 after her run in New York.\n\nThis time, after initially flinching when serving for the match at 5-4 in the second set, she made amends in spectacular fashion.\n\nWang had the tools to hurt Williams and continued to execute them in a third set in which most observers would have backed her illustrious opponent to go on and win.\n\nAfter briefly faltering again as Williams rallied, Wang sealed victory on her third match point.\n\n\"I honestly didn't think I was going to lose that match,\" said Williams when asked on her thoughts after levelling at one set all.\n\n'I'm going to be training tomorrow' - Williams back to work after shock loss\n\nWilliams, seeded eighth, came into the match on the back of winning the Auckland Classic and relatively straightforward wins over Russia's Anastasia Potapova and Slovakia's Tamara Zidansek.\n\nInstead of those results laying the platform for another title challenge, they preceded her earliest exit at the Australian Open since 2006.\n\n\"I made a lot of errors. I didn't hit any of those shots in New York or in general in a really long time,\" Williams said.\n\n\"I just made far too many errors to be a professional athlete today.\n\n\"I'm definitely going to be training tomorrow. That's first and foremost, to make sure I don't do this again.\"\n\nOpportunities to equal Margaret Court's record of Grand Slam singles titles are running out for Williams, who is in her 23rd year as a professional.\n\nShe has not won a Slam since the 2017 Australian Open, when she was eight weeks pregnant.\n\nWilliams says she still has the drive to win that elusive 24th title and believes she can still match Australian Court.\n\n\"I definitely do believe or I wouldn't be on tour,\" she said.\n\n\"I don't play just to have fun. To lose is really not fun.\"\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n\n'I trusted myself' - Wang on digging deep to win\n\nWang grew in confidence after she saved three break points in the sixth game of the opening set. Her firm forehands began to trouble Williams, whose movement could not match her opponent's.\n\nWang - who defeated current world number one Ashleigh Barty at the US Open before losing to Williams - broke for a 5-4 lead and then served out to seal the first set.\n\nWilliams was struggling to gain the upper hand as the unforced errors totted up - they would eventually reach 56 - and she was broken again when Wang converted the second of her three break points with a deep forehand winner.\n\nThe Chinese player's form deserted her as she served for the match at 5-4, with Williams breaking back with a superb forehand winner at the end of a 24-shot rally. The American saved two more break points at 5-5 before eventually levelling the match in a one-sided tie-break.\n\nThe final set went with serve until the 12th and final game. Wang had wasted two chances to seal victory on Williams' serve before she was presented with another, which was taken when the American netted a backhand.\n\n\"After the second set I was a little bit confused, but my mind always said I had to focus on the court, on every point and trust myself,\" said Wang, who now faces Tunisian Ons Jabeur in the fourth round.\n\nWang dedicated the victory to her former coach, Peter McNamara, who died from cancer just weeks before last year's US Open.\n\n\"I always dream about him,\" she said. \"I think he can see what I play today. He will proud of me. I miss him.\"", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nLeague Two Northampton earned a replay with Championship club Derby after a goalless draw in the fourth round of the FA Cup at the PTS Academy Stadium.\n\nCobblers forward Vadaine Oliver went closest to a breakthrough in the first half, striking the crossbar from close range.\n\nCurtis Davies headed wide in the second half for the visitors, who failed to register a shot on target.\n\nThe fifth-round draw is live on BBC One during The One Show on 27 January.\n• None How to follow the FA Cup action on the BBC\n\nNorthampton manager Keith Curle had hoped Wayne Rooney would be rested for Friday's tie, but the former England captain was one of three survivors from the Rams side that beat Hull in the Championship last weekend.\n\nRooney and his team-mates were firmly on the back foot in the opening exchanges, however, with Cobblers centre-forward Oliver proving a constant thorn in the Derby defence.\n\nThe striker scooped the ball on to the top of the crossbar from point-blank range after County had failed to clear Jordan Turnbull's effort, before sending a towering header narrowly wide from Paul Anderson's deep cross.\n\nDerby had created little up to that point, but they were adamant Northampton should have been reduced to 10 men when the otherwise impressive Charlie Goode hauled Jack Marriott to the ground with the Rams striker through on goal.\n\nThe visitors appealed for a red card, but their protests were waved away by referee Darren England, who didn't award a free-kick.\n\nPhillip Cocu's team offered more of a threat in the second half and went close to an opener when Curtis Davies sent a powerful header past the post from Marriott's teasing delivery.\n\nTown midfielder Chris Lines hooked a volley over the crossbar late on, but neither side could muster a winner.\n\n'Red card would have changed the flow' - what the managers said\n\nNorthampton manager Keith Curle, speaking to BBC Sport: \"We all needed to be on the same page. Today showed the work in progress and the work we put in at the football club.\n\n\"We've earned the draw over 94, 95 minutes. The replay gives us another opportunity, to go to Derby and put in another performance that we're proud of. We might be able to express ourselves a little more on the ball at their place.\"\n\nOn Charlie Goode's foul on Jack Marriott: \"I did see it. The referee was unsighted. A red card would have changed the flow of the game massively, but we showed that we can compete against a very good football club.\"\n\nDerby manager Phillip Cocu, speaking to BBC Sport about Goode's foul: \"If he doesn't pull Jack Marriott down, Marriott would be one-on-one and probably score.\n\n\"There's only one decision to make. I cannot imagine why he doesn't give it. The referee tried to be man of the match and he became man of the match.\n\n\"Northampton deserved credit. They played a good game. They had passionate home fans, it was a great atmosphere. They played a direct style of football.\"\n• None Attempt missed. Chris Martin (Derby County) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Wayne Rooney with a cross following a set piece situation.\n• None Ryan Watson (Northampton Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt blocked. Jayden Bogle (Derby County) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jason Knight.\n• None Attempt missed. Martyn Waghorn (Derby County) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Chris Martin. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "The trust is likely to be criticised at an inquest into the death of baby Harry Richford on Friday\n\nEngland's care watchdog has carried out a no-notice inspection of an NHS trust at the centre of concerns over the possible preventable deaths of babies.\n\nThe Care Quality Commission (CQC) is investigating East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust but has not yet decided whether to prosecute.\n\nAt least seven preventable baby deaths may have occurred at the trust since 2016, a BBC investigation found.\n\nThe trust apologised and said it had made \"significant changes\".\n\nIt comes as the trust is likely to be heavily criticised on Friday at an inquest into the death of baby Harry Richford.\n\nEast Kent is one of England's largest hospital trusts\n\nEast Kent Hospitals NHS Trust consists of five hospitals and community clinics and almost 7,000 babies are born there each year.\n\nOn Thursday, the BBC revealed significant concerns have been raised about maternity services at the trust, and a series of preventable baby deaths may have occurred there.\n\nOn Wednesday and Thursday this week, the trust's maternity services were subject to an unannounced inspection from the CQC.\n\nTed Baker, chief inspector for hospitals at the commission said: \"CQC's 2016 inspection rated maternity services at East Kent NHS Foundation Trust as 'requires improvement', identifying that staffing levels were impacting on the quality of patient care.\n\n\"That rating remained unchanged at our 2018 inspection, during which it was noted that the department had changed its approach to foetal monitoring training after concerns were identified.\n\n\"The trust remains subject to close monitoring and further inspections. We conducted an unannounced inspection of the trust's maternity services and we will publish the findings of this inspection as soon as we are able to.\"\n\nHe said the CQC's investigation was ongoing and no decision had yet been taken on whether to prosecute the trust for a failure to provide safe care or treatment, resulting in avoidable harm or a significant risk of avoidable harm.\n\nEast Kent's maternity care is expected to be heavily criticised later on Friday as the inquest into the death of Harry Richford ends.\n\nHarry was born in November 2017 at the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (QEQM) Hospital in Margate, but died seven days later after complications with his delivery and aftercare.\n\nOver the past three weeks, a number of witnesses have told the coroner there were a succession of failures in Harry's care, for which the trust has already apologised.\n\nAt the start of the inquest, the trust apologised for the care Harry received\n\nOn Thursday night, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust said in a statement: \"We are truly sorry for the death of baby Harry and our thoughts and deepest sympathies go out to Harry's family.\n\n\"We accept that Harry's care fell short of the standard that we expect to offer every mother giving birth in our hospital and we are fully cooperating with the CQC's investigation into Harry Richford's death.\"\n\nMeanwhile, the BBC has discovered the trust was paid nearly £1.5m for providing good maternity care.\n\nEast Kent Hospitals NHS Trust had to certify it had met 10 safety standards to qualify for the £1,475,313 from the Maternity Incentive Scheme in 2018.\n\nThe scheme was launched by NHS Resolution, the legal arm of NHS trusts in England, to improve maternity care and reduce the cost of errors.\n\nTrusts were required to assess whether they had met the maternity safety \"actions\", including reducing error and acting on the concerns of patients.\n\nThe trust was able to qualify for a payment if its board certified all standards were met.\n\nIt was under the same scheme that another NHS trust - which was at the centre of England's largest inquiry into baby deaths - was also paid nearly £1m.\n\nIn order to secure the money, spent on new equipment, the trust certified it was meeting all of the standards.\n\nIt was then eligible for monies including £500,000 paid in by other trusts which had not certified themselves as meeting every requirement.\n\nResponding to the £1.5m it received, East Kent Hospitals said: \"The trust's board reviewed the evidence that these 10 actions had been completed in year one of the scheme, and were assured that they could demonstrate compliance.\"\n\nIt added: \"The trust will be carrying out a comprehensive and wide-ranging review of its maternity service and quality assurance to assure itself, the public and the wider health system and will make any changes that are required.\"\n\nThe trust has said it made \"significant changes\" to its maternity service, but it recognised that the scale of change required has not taken place quickly enough.\n\nThe trust said it is recruiting more doctors and will be working with the NHS Maternity Support Programme.", "The Prince visited the Church of Mary Magdalene, where his grandmother is buried\n\nThe Prince of Wales has visited the tomb of his \"inspirational\" paternal grandmother, Princess Alice, during his first official trip to Jerusalem.\n\nShe was honoured by Jewish people for humanitarian efforts in Nazi-occupied Athens during World War Two.\n\nShe died in 1969, aged 84, and was buried near her aunt at the Church of Mary Magdalene in Jerusalem.\n\nPrince Charles said he had \"long drawn inspiration from the selfless actions of my dear grandmother\".\n\nThe prince laid flowers on her final resting place as his two-day visit to the Middle East came to an end.\n\nOn her tomb was a Greek royal standard which the prince had made in London after the original had become worn.\n\nOn Thursday in Jerusalem, he addressed world leaders at the World Holocaust Forum to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz.\n\nHe warned that lessons of the Holocaust are still \"searingly relevant\" and called on leaders to be \"fearless in confronting falsehoods\" and violence.\n\nPrincess Alice of Battenberg married Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, with whom she had a son, Prince Philip, who would later renounce his Greek title to become the Duke of Edinburgh after marrying the Queen.\n\nDuring World War Two, she helped shelter Jewish refugees from the Nazis, for which she was declared 'Righteous Among the Nations' by Israel's Holocaust memorial institution.\n\nAfter the war, she stayed in Greece and founded a Greek Orthodox order of nuns known as the Christian Sisterhood of Martha and Mary.\n\nBefore her death she gave away all her possessions and was buried at her request at the Church of Mary Magdalene, near her aunt Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia, a Russian Orthodox saint.\n\nHer life was depicted in the third series of Netflix programme The Crown, in which she was portrayed in later life as a chain-smoking nun.\n\nThe Duke of Edinburgh with his mother Princess Alice Of Battenberg\n\nPrince Charles visited her tomb at the Church of Mary Magdalene\n\nHe met nuns at the Russian Orthodox Church\n\nIn a speech on Friday in Bethlehem, Charles said he would pray for \"a just and lasting peace\" in the Middle East.\n\nHe said he had been \"struck by the energy, warmth and remarkable generosity of the Palestinian people\".\n\nDuring the trip, the prince visited a mosque and a church, built on the site said to be where Jesus was born.\n\nThe prince visited the crypt at the Church of the Nativity, which was built on the site Jesus is said to have been born\n\nThe prince said he had \"endeavoured to build bridges between different religions\" across the world and that it \"breaks my heart... to see such suffering and division\".\n\n\"No-one arriving in Bethlehem today could miss the signs of continued hardship and the situation you face, and I can only join you, and all communities, in your prayers for a just and lasting peace,\" he said.\n\n\"We must pursue this cause with faith and determination, striving to heal the wounds which have caused such pain.\"\n\nHe added that it was his \"dearest wish\" that the future would bring \"freedom, justice and equality\" to Palestinians.\n\nThe Prince of Wales has been on a two-day tour of the Middle East\n\nEarlier, the prince visited the Mosque of Omar, which is named after Caliph Omar, who conquered Jerusalem in 637 but guaranteed that Christians would be free to continue to worship.\n\nThe prince said Bethlehem embodied the \"vital co-existence between Christians and Muslims\".\n\nCorrection 26 March 2020: This article has been amended to clarify that this was Prince Charles's first official trip to Jerusalem.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Harry, seen with his parents Sarah and Tom Richford, died aged just seven days\n\nThe death of a baby seven days after his emergency delivery was \"wholly avoidable\", a coroner has ruled.\n\nHarry Richford died a week after he was born at Margate's Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital (QEQM) in 2017.\n\nCoroner Christopher Sutton-Mattocks was told Harry was born not crying, pale, and with no movement in an operating room \"full of panicking people\".\n\nGiving a narrative conclusion, he found Harry's death was \"contributed to by neglect\".\n\nDr Paul Stevens, medical director for East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust, said: \"We are deeply sorry and wholeheartedly apologise for our failings in Harry's care and accept the coroner's conclusion and findings.\"\n\nMr Sutton-Mattocks said Sarah and Tom Richford had been excited about becoming first-time parents but had been left grieving.\n\nHe said: \"They are grieving for a child they believe should not have died. I agree with them.\n\n\"Mr and Mrs Richford were failed by the hospital, but more importantly Harry was failed.\"\n\nThe inquest was told Harry would have survived but for failings by the hospital\n\nMr Sutton-Mattocks criticised the hospital trust for initially saying Harry's death was \"expected\", which meant the coroner was not informed of Harry's death.\n\nIt was only because of the persistence of the family that an inquest was ordered, the coroner said.\n\nHe praised Harry's parents for being \"calm and dignified\" during the inquest, and added: \"Today Harry should be almost two years and three months old... a bundle of energy.\n\n\"Instead his family are still grieving and will do so for the rest of their lives.\"\n\nMrs Richford had gone to the midwifery-led unit at QEQM on 31 October 2017. Twenty hours later she was moved to the labour ward and given a drug to speed up labour.\n\nAt 01:30 GMT on 2 November, concerns were raised about Harry's heartbeat.\n\nThree midwives and a senior doctor recalled how it kept dropping and how there were concerns over his position before he was born.\n\nAt 02:05 it was decided the baby needed to be delivered, but it was not until an hour later that locum registrar Dr Christos Spyroulis began an attempt to do so using forceps.\n\nHarry was born by emergency Caesarean at 03:32, \"to all intents and purposes lifeless\". It took 28 minutes to resuscitate him \"by which time the damage was done\", the coroner said.\n\nObstetrics expert Myles Taylor had told the inquest \"but for a failure to deliver at 2am\" Harry would have been born in good condition and would have survived.\n\nDr Giles Kendall, a neonatal medicine expert, said Harry suffered irreversible brain damage and that had resuscitations been of an appropriate standard, Harry would almost certainly have survived.\n\nExplaining his conclusion, Mr Sutton-Mattocks said he considered the divergences of unlawful killing or neglect.\n\n\"I do not conclude the failures were so large and so atrocious as to fall within the definition of unlawful killing.\"\n\nBut he said there were failures by a number of people, some of whom lacked the experience for the positions they were in.\n\nWhen Harry was less than nine hours old he was transferred to a neo-natal intensive care unit in Ashford where he survived for a week with the aid of life support.\n\nHis parents were told he would never be able to feed himself or walk, so the advice from the consultant was that they withdraw his care\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, Mrs Richford said she and her husband were unable to hold their son \"until the day that he died\", and the seven days during which he had survived had been \"the worst week\" in their life.\n\n\"Harry was perfect when we saw him and to have to withdraw the care from your baby and to live with that afterwards... it's a whirlwind of negative emotions to try and cope in everyday life.\n\n\"It has been the hardest two years of our life,\" she said.\n\nThere are fears there have been more preventable baby deaths at East Kent Hospitals Trust\n\nOn Thursday it was revealed that at least seven preventable baby deaths may have occurred at the East Kent Hospitals Trust since 2016.\n\nThe trust was placed into special measures in 2014 following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) which rated its care, including maternity services, as inadequate.\n\nSubsequent CQC reports have rated it as \"requires improvement\".\n\nTed Baker, chief inspector for hospitals, said the commission was aware of the conclusion of Harry's inquest, and it had conducted an unannounced inspection of the trust's maternity services on Wednesday and Thursday.\n\n\"CQC's investigation is ongoing and no decision has been taken at this stage on whether we will prosecute the trust for a failure to provide safe care or treatment resulting in avoidable harm or a significant risk of avoidable harm,\" he said.\n\nDr Paul Stevens, medical director for East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust, said: \"We are so sorry and apologise wholeheartedly for the devastating loss of baby Harry.\n\n\"We fully accept that Harry's care fell below the standard that we want to offer every mother giving birth in our hospitals.\n\n\"Mr and Mrs Richford's expectation in November 2017 was that they would welcome a healthy baby into their family and we are deeply sorry that we failed in our role to help them do that.\n\n\"With great sadness we accept that we failed Harry and his family, and apologise unreservedly.\n\n\"We are also truly sorry that Harry's family was not given the support and answers they needed. We deeply regret the extra pain that our delays have caused them.\"\n\nDr Stevens said the trust fully accepted the coroner's findings and recommendations, and it was \"committed to learning the lessons from Harry's death\".\n\nAfter the hearing, Mr Richford said: \"Our son died because of a number of serious and preventable failings that amounted to neglect.\n\n\"Sarah had a textbook pregnancy and Harry was born on his due date. But as a result of the failure to resuscitate him, he died.\"\n\nMr Richford added the trust had tried to avoid outside scrutiny by refusing to call the coroner, despite being asked numerous times, and had said Harry's death was \"expected\".\n\nHe said: \"Accidents happen every day but failing to learn from them appears to have become part of the culture of this trust. It was known there was a risk. The risk was present as far back as 2014.\"\n\nMr Richford said the trust \"failed to mitigate the risk despite the risk being a real risk to life\".\n\nHe said: \"We are calling on the secretary of state to order an independent investigation or inquiry into maternity services at East Kent.\"\n\nA Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: \"We can never underestimate the agony of losing a baby and our thoughts are with Harry's family following the tragic loss of their son.\n\n\"An extensive programme of support is in place to improve the maternity services at the Trust and we will continue to closely monitor the actions and progress.\"", "No-one took full account of how complex and risky the HS2 high-speed rail project was likely to be, the government spending watchdog has said.\n\nThe Department for Transport (DfT) and HS2 Ltd did not allow for all uncertainties when estimating initial costs, the National Audit Office (NAO) said.\n\nIn 2015, HS2 was due to cost £56bn.\n\nEarlier this week, however, a leaked government-commissioned review suggested the total could reach £106bn.\n\nThe findings of the independent review, conducted by former HS2 Ltd chair Doug Oakervee, have not yet been officially published.\n\nThe government will use the report to inform its final decision on whether to give the go-ahead to the HS2 project, and has said a final decision on whether to continue with it will be made in February.\n\nIn its progress update, the NAO said that the DfT and HS2 Ltd \"have not adequately managed risks to taxpayer money\".\n\nThis led to the project being over budget and behind schedule, it added.\n\n\"Significant challenges to completing the programme and delivering value for taxpayers and shareholders remain,\" the NAO report said.\n\nThe first phase 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\nDespite concerns about the rail link, Europe's largest infrastructure project, work is not on hold and the project currently gets through about £250m a month.\n\nGareth Davies, the head of the NAO, said: \"There are important lessons to be learned from HS2, not only for the Department for Transport and HS2 Ltd, but for other major infrastructure programmes.\n\n\"To ensure public trust, the Department and HS2 Ltd must be transparent and provide realistic assessments of costs and completion dates as the programme develops, recognising the many risks to the successful delivery of the railway that remain.\"\n\nA DfT spokesperson said: \"The department has supported this review and is already acting on many of its recommendations. To ensure transparency around the project, we have worked closely with the NAO to provide information on the latest cost and schedule estimates for HS2.\n\n\"We recognise that there have been significant underestimations of both the cost and schedule of HS2 in the past, which is why we commissioned the Oakervee review to provide advice on whether and how to proceed with HS2.\"\n\nEmployers' organisation the CBI said that whatever the misgivings, the project should go ahead.\n\nMatthew Fell, the CBI's chief UK policy director, said: \"HS2 is an ambitious project and the National Audit Office's report usefully highlights the challenges of delivering large-scale infrastructure. But what is clear to the CBI, and business generally, is the colossal cost of not delivering HS2.\n\n\"If the government truly believes in levelling up the regions, especially the Midlands and the North, it should deliver HS2 in full.\n\n\"It is exactly the post-Brexit project the government should be championing.\"\n\nThis is a slap on the wrist for HS2 Ltd and the Department for Transport.\n\nWhen you consider the massive overspend on HS2, headlines about underestimating the scale of the project and not acknowledging associated risks are hardly surprising.\n\nAs the government decides the fate of the project, there are a few interesting nuggets.\n\nThe report paints a picture of a high speed line like no other in Europe. HS2 plans 18 trains per hour. Other lines in Europe typically run between two and six trains an hour.\n\nThe incredibly high spec justifies the high price tag, supporters say.\n\nCritics say it's one reason why the project is flawed.\n\nThe government's review of HS2 has looked at a series of options, like reducing the spec of HS2.\n\nBut as this report acknowledges, civil servants have looked at ways of making the project more affordable before.\n\nIn short, tinkering with aspects of this project, like reducing the very high speed of the trains, wouldn't save huge amounts of money.\n\nThere is a stark contrast in its assessment of the two phases.\n\nAlthough it criticises the substantial overspend on phase one - London to Birmingham - the National Audit Office does now believe that the costings on that part of the project are \"robust\".\n\nInevitably phase two - Birmingham to Manchester and Birmingham to Leeds - which is at a very early stage, is in a very different position.\n\nIn fact phase two is at such an early stage that this report concludes that no assessment for the overall cost of HS2 can be made with any real certainty.\n\nWe visited two vast construction sites at Curzon Street in Birmingham and in Solihull.\n\nWhen you see the scale and type of work underway, like moving a bridge over a motorway, then it is hard to imagine that the government will pull the plug on phase one.\n\nGiven the scepticism of some figures within government and recent leaks in the media, the future of phase two is less certain.", "The Prince of Wales has warned \"hatred and intolerance still lurk in the human heart\", at an event in Israel marking 75 years since the liberation of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz.\n\nDuring his speech in Jerusalem, he said lessons of the Holocaust are still \"searingly relevant\" and called on world leaders to be \"fearless in confronting falsehoods\" and violence.\n\nThe Nazis murdered more than a million people at Auschwitz, most of them Jews.\n\nPrince Charles delivered his call for action at the World Holocaust Forum being staged at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre.\n\nRussian President Vladimir Putin, French President Emmanuel Macron and US Vice-President Mike Pence were among those attending.\n\nHowever, a decision by Poland's President Andrzej Duda not to join them threatened to overshadow the event.\n\nPrince Charles, on his first official trip to Israel and the occupied West Bank, told them that hatred and intolerance \"tell new lies, adopt new disguises, and still seek new victims\".\n\n\"All too often, language is used which turns disagreement into dehumanisation,\" he said.\n\n\"Words are used as badges of shame to mark others as enemies, to brand those who are different as somehow deviant.\n\n\"All too often, virtue seems to be sought through verbal violence. All too often, real violence ensues, and acts of unspeakable cruelty are still perpetrated around the world against people for reasons of their religion, their race or their beliefs.\n\n\"Knowing, as we do, the darkness to which such behaviour leads, we must be vigilant in discerning these ever-changing threats; we must be fearless in confronting falsehoods and resolute in resisting words and acts of violence.\n\n\"And we must never rest in seeking to create mutual understanding and respect.\"\n\nThe focus, say the organisers, will be on fighting anti-Semitism today.\n\nBut some speeches - particularly those outside of the event - look set to go further; as Jerusalem bristles with presidents and princes in what officials say amounts to the biggest political gathering since Israel's founding.\n\nPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has already used the lead up to say the number one lesson from Auschwitz is stopping a nuclear armed Iran.\n\nWhile the decision to give the podium to President Putin of Russia has sparked fury in Poland.\n\nIts nationalist president Andrzej Duda is staying away in protest at not being invited to speak; accusing Mr Putin of distorting the history of the Holocaust and the war to attack his country.\n\nAhead of the event, the prince met survivors of the Holocaust, saw the ancient Dead Sea Scrolls, and visited Israel's President Reuven Rivlin.\n\nMr Rivlin told the prince that Israel \"deeply appreciates\" his attendance at the gathering, which he said would help to \"show that when we are united we can fight this phenomenon\".\n\nThe prince met Holocaust survivors George Shefi and Marta Wise at the Israel museum ahead of the forum\n\nHe also told the prince that \"we still expect your mother to come\" to Israel. The Queen has never visited the country during her 67-year reign.\n\nTo commemorate the visit, Charles was invited to plant an oak tree in the gardens of the president's official residence, Beit HaNassi.\n\nDuring his two-day trip, Prince Charles is also likely to visit the grave of his grandmother, Princess Alice of Battenberg, in Jerusalem's Church of St Mary Magdalene.\n\nShe was honoured by the Jewish people for hiding and saving the lives of Jews in Nazi-occupied Athens, Greece, during World War Two.\n\nIn his address on Thursday, Prince Charles spoke of his \"immense pride\" at the honour, saying he has \"long drawn inspiration from the selfless actions of my dear grandmother\".", "Rebecca Long-Bailey has won the backing of the Unite trade union in her bid to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader.\n\nThe shadow business secretary now needs just one more union or affiliate group to endorse her to confirm her place on the members' ballot.\n\nUnite's general secretary, Len McCluskey, said Mrs Long-Bailey had the \"brains and the brilliance\" to take on PM Boris Johnson.\n\nThe union will also back Richard Burgon for the vacant deputy leader post.\n\nSpeaking after a meeting in London, Mr McCluskey said his union would make a \"substantial\" donation towards Mrs Long-Bailey's campaign.\n\nThe union, which was Labour's biggest financial backer during last month's election, had been widely expected to back her pitch for the top job.\n\nAfter receiving the nomination, Mrs Long-Bailey said she was \"honoured\" to receive the union's backing.\n\n\"I didn't see myself as the kind of person who could ever become an MP. It was Unite, my trade union, that supported me to realise my potential,\" she added.\n\nMr McCluskey said Unite's executive committee had concluded Mrs Long-Bailey was \"best placed to take the fight to the Tory party\" on behalf of its members.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Who decides on the next Labour leader?\n\n\"She is standing for unity, socialism and the determination to make Johnson's term in office short-lived,\" he added.\n\nHe added that the union was confident that Mr Burgon would make a \"superb deputy\" for the party.\n\nIn an apparent swipe at former deputy leader Tom Watson, he said Mr Burgon would display \"the qualities that have long been absent from that post,\" including \"pride in our values\" and \"loyalty to their leader\".\n\nMr Watson was often at odds with the leadership during his time in the role, and faced an attempt to oust him at Labour's conference last year.\n\nTo make the ballot, hopefuls need the support of three unions and affiliate groups representing 5% of the membership, or 33 local branches.\n\nShadow brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer and Wigan MP Lisa Nandy have already secured this level of support ahead of the 14 February deadline.\n\nHaving already been nominated by bakers' union BFAWU, Unite's support for Ms Long-Bailey means she needs just one more union or affiliate to join them.\n\nHowever the fourth leadership contender, shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry, is yet to receive any union or affiliate backing and has only secured endorsements from three local branches so far.\n\nSir Keir has cancelled all campaign events this weekend after his mother-in-law was involved in a serious accident. She remains critically ill in hospital.\n\nHe sent Labour's Chris Matheson to the Unite meeting in his place.\n\nLabour's general secretary, Jennie Formby, also confirmed the hustings due to take place in Leeds between the leadership candidates on Saturday would be cancelled, although the deputy leadership event would go ahead.\n\nShe added: \"We have sent our very best wishes and solidarity to Keir and his family, and our hope that his mother-in-law recovers very soon.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Four candidates remain in the race for the Labour leadership\n\nShadow education secretary Angela Rayner is the only candidate for the deputy leadership to have made it onto the ballot, with the support of Unison, the GMB, Usdaw and the NUM.\n\nAs well as Mr Burgon, the others in the running are Scotland's only remaining Labour MP, Ian Murray, shadow equalities minister Dawn Butler, and Tooting MP Rosena Allin-Khan.\n\nThe new leader and deputy will then be announced on 4 April.", "Thousands of passengers could save money on rail fares as \"split tickets\" become more common, experts predict.\n\nBuying multiple tickets to split one journey into sections can work out to be cheaper than having a single ticket.\n\nUsers do not have to change trains, as long as their train stops at the final destination printed on each ticket - but the practice has been \"niche\".\n\nBooking site Trainline has now released a SplitSave tool to help find cheaper journeys by splitting trips into legs.\n\n\"Split tickets\" are legal provided that trains stop at ticket destinations.\n\nTravel journalist Simon Calder told BBC News \"split ticketing\" was not a new concept, but had previously only been carried out by a well-informed group of passengers.\n\n\"What we're seeing now is the whole thing moving from the niche to a company through which millions buy tickets,\" he said.\n\nPreviously, passengers could use split ticketing websites such as RailEurope's Pricehack and Split My Fare to check ticket prices.\n\nThe ticket companies' apps are able to find combinations of tickets to save passengers money on most routes across the UK, by automatically splitting the trip into multiple legs.\n\nPassengers buy more than one ticket, rather than a single ticket covering the entire journey.\n\nAs long as the train makes a stop at a passenger's split ticket station along the way, they can be on the same train throughout the whole journey.\n\nTo buy a ticket from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads without splitting the fare could cost up to £112 on Monday morning.\n\nHowever, buying one ticket from Paddington to Didcot - which is on the same route - and another from Didcot to Bristol would save around a third of the cost of the trip. The practice is legal so long as the train stops as Didcot.\n\nTrainline said other examples of potential savings included one of £80.10 between Manchester Piccadilly and London Euston, and £79.85 between Edinburgh Waverley and London King's Cross.\n\nThe Rail Delivery Group (RDG), which represents train operators, called for a reform to the whole rail fares structure, describing the split-ticket feature as a \"sticking plaster\" solution to a \"system in need of major surgery\".\n\nExperts say the rules governing how tickets are sold - which date back to 1995 - have not kept pace with technology or how people work and travel.\n\nThe rail industry has previously admitted that passengers are not always offered the cheapest fare available due to \"long-standing anomalies\".\n\nThe RDG published a wish list of reforms last year, including allowing ticket prices to be set more flexibly.\n\nMr Calder said ticket-splitting by large numbers of passengers may speed up rail fare reforms as train companies begin to lose revenue.\n\n\"The railway industry says it has been calling for reform for years and I think [ticket splitting] could accelerate that process,\" he said.\n\n\"We're going to see train companies saying to the government: 'We're losing all this money, you've got to help us sort this out.'\n\nJacqueline Starr, chief operating officer at RDG, said: \"We support any effort to improve how people buy tickets within the current fares structure, but ultimately these are only sticking plaster solutions on a system in need of major surgery.\n\n\"Reforms proposed by train operators and backed by consumer groups would deliver a better range of fares for everyone, encouraging people to use the network and generating revenue for government to re-invest back in to improvements in services.\"\n\nThe tool was welcomed by independent watchdog Transport Focus for enabling passengers \"to take advantage of cheaper journeys where they are available\".\n\nHowever, the group's chief executive, Anthony Smith, added: \"Of course, people shouldn't need tips and tricks to know they are getting the best deal and so we want to see major fares and ticketing reforms coming out of the forthcoming Williams review.\"", "Britain has condemned the arrest of the UK ambassador to Iran as a \"flagrant violation of international law\".\n\nRob Macaire was detained for a short time on Saturday night after attending a vigil for those who died when Iran's military shot down a passenger plane.\n\nHe left the vigil when it turned into a protest but was later accused of helping to organise the demonstrations.\n\nIran said he was \"an unknown foreigner in an illegal gathering\" and summoned him to the foreign ministry on Sunday.\n\nIn a statement, Iran's foreign ministry said Mr Macaire was \"reminded\" that his presence at \"illegal gatherings contravened\" the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations.\n\nBBC diplomatic correspondent James Landale said Mr Macaire was understood to have protested strongly that his detention was unjustified.\n\nOur correspondent says Mr Macaire made clear any suggestion that he was involved in demonstrations was completely untrue, and he was attending an event advertised as a vigil for the victims of Wednesday's crash - which killed 176 people, including four Britons.\n\nEarlier, Iran's deputy foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi, who denied Mr Macaire was detained, said in a tweet that he thought it \"impossible\" when police first told him that the UK ambassador had been arrested.\n\nA phone conversation confirmed Mr Macaire's identity and he was released 15 minutes later, Mr Araghchi added.\n\nMr Macaire has denied taking part in protests and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab condemned his arrest.\n\nHe was arrested and held for three hours when he stopped at a barber shop for a haircut on his way back to the UK embassy.\n\nIn a tweet the ambassador said he was attending the vigil because it was \"normal to want to pay respects\", adding that some of the victims were British.\n\nThe ambassador added: \"Arresting diplomats is of course illegal, in all countries.\"\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\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson and German Chancellor Angela Merkel condemned Mr Macaire's arrest in a joint statement following a phone call on Sunday, in which they discussed their \"shared interests in ensuring Iran never acquires a nuclear weapon\".\n\nAnd Security Minister Brandon Lewis said on Sunday that the UK ambassador's arrest was \"totally unacceptable\" and a breach of the 1961 Vienna Convention.\n\n\"Iran does need to step back from that kind of activity and play a proper part in working with partners to de-escalate,\" Mr Lewis told Sky's Sophy Ridge.\n\nUnder the convention, diplomats cannot be detained. The Foreign Office is to demand a full explanation.\n\nIn a statement issued on Saturday night Mr Raab added: \"The arrest of our ambassador in Tehran without grounds or explanation is a flagrant violation of international law.\n\n\"The Iranian government is at a cross-roads moment. It can continue its march towards pariah status with all the political and economic isolation that entails, or take steps to deescalate tensions and engage in a diplomatic path forwards.\"\n\nThe Iranian Etemad newspaper shared a picture of the ambassador on Twitter after the Tasnim news agency reported his arrest.\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 🌐 اعتمادآنلاين 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\nProtesters had taken to the streets in Iran's capital, Tehran, to vent anger at officials, calling them liars for having denied, then admitting, shooting down a Ukrainian passenger plane.\n\nIran had initially denied responsibility for the plane crash, but on Saturday, President Hassan Rouhani admitted Iranian military had \"unintentionally\" shot down the passenger plane after mistaking it for a cruise missile when it turned towards a sensitive military site.\n\nPresident Rouhani said the missile strike was an \"unforgivable mistake\".\n\nThe crash came just hours after Iran carried out missile strikes on two airbases housing US forces in Iraq.\n\nMr Johnson said Iran's admission was an \"important first step\" and called for an investigation into the \"tragic accident\".\n\nAnd writing in the Sunday Telegraph, Mr Raab said it was time for Tehran \"to come to the negotiating table to resolve all of Iran's issues of international concern.\"\n\nHe said Iran \"must stop pursuing a nuclear weapon, end its support for terrorism, and release the foreign nationals and dual nationals it cruelly holds\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Footage appears to show missile strike on Ukrainian plane in Iran\n\nLabour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the shooting down of the passenger plane by Iran was \"an appalling act, and part of a whole pattern of appalling acts all across the region\".\n\nThe Queen has also sent a message of condolence to the Governor-General of Canada - where the majority of the passengers on the flight were headed.\n\nOut of the 176 victims on board the Kyiv-bound flight, 138 had listed Canada as their eventual destination.\n\nThe Queen said she and the Duke of Edinburgh were \"deeply saddened by the tragic loss of life\".\n\nThe Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall added their condolences, saying they were \"utterly horrified\" by the disaster.\n\nBritons Mohammed Reza Kadkhoda Zadeh, Sam Zokaei and Saeed Tahmasebi were all on board\n\nFour Britons were on board the Ukrainian passenger plane.\n\nThree have been named as Mohammed Reza Kadkhoda Zadeh, who owned a dry cleaners in West Sussex, BP engineer Sam Zokaei from Twickenham, and PhD student and engineer Saeed Tahmasebi, who lived in Dartford.\n\nMr Tahmasebi's Iranian wife, Niloufar Ebrahim, was also listed as a passenger on the plane.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. In a 2019 interview Meghan said it was a “struggle” becoming a mother amid intense media scrutiny\n\nThe Duchess of Sussex has admitted it was a \"struggle\" becoming a new mother amid intense media scrutiny.\n\nMeghan Markle married Prince Harry at Windsor Castle in May 2018 and gave birth to their son Archie this year.\n\nSpeaking in an ITV documentary, the duchess referred to her life under the spotlight \"on top of just trying to be a new mom or trying to be a newlywed\".\n\nShe added: \"Not many people have asked if I'm OK. But it's a very real thing to be going through behind the scenes.\"\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex were both interviewed by Tom Bradby during their tour of southern Africa in September.\n\nAsked how she was coping, Meghan said: \"Look, any woman - especially when they are pregnant - you're really vulnerable and so that was made really challenging, and then when you have a new born - you know?\n\n\"And especially as a woman, it's a lot...\"\n\nThe duchess added: \"And also, thank you for asking, because not many people have asked if I'm OK...\"\n\nWhen asked if it would be fair to say it had \"really been a struggle\", Meghan said: \"Yes.\"\n\nThe duke and duchess visited southern Africa last month with their son Archie\n\nThe documentary Harry & Meghan: An African Journey airs on ITV on Sunday at 21:00 BST.\n\nPrince Harry described the memories surrounding the death of his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997 as \"a wound that festers\".\n\nOn the tour, the prince visited an anti-landmine project championed by his mother in Angola and told ITV it had been \"emotional\" to trace her footsteps.\n\n\"I think being part of this family, in this role, in this job, every single time I see a camera, every single time I hear a click, every single time I see a flash, it takes me straight back, so in that respect it's the worst reminder of her life, as opposed to the best.\"\n\nPrince Harry visited a landmine project championed by his late mother during the trip\n\nAs the tour ended, the duke and duchess both brought legal actions against the press.\n\nMeghan sued the Mail on Sunday over a claim that it unlawfully published one of her private letters.\n\nHarry filed his own proceedings at the High Court against the owners of the Sun, the defunct News of the World, and the Daily Mirror, in relation to alleged phone-hacking.", "The author of more than 50 books on aesthetics, morality and politics, he was also a government adviser.\n\nA statement on his website said he had been \"fighting cancer for six months\" and \"died peacefully\" on Sunday.\n\nBoris Johnson led the tributes, calling him the country's \"greatest modern conservative thinker\", while Chancellor Sajid Javid said \"he made a unique contribution to public life.\"\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\nSir Roger was at the centre of controversy last year when he was dismissed from, then reinstated to, an unpaid role as a government housing adviser after criticism of his comments about China and Muslim immigrants.\n\nAfter he was restored to the role when supporters said his remarks had been misrepresented, he claimed there was a \"witch-hunt\" against right-wing figures, aiming to characterise them as racist or fascist.\n\nConservative MEP Daniel Hannan said Sir Roger was the \"greatest conservative of our age\".\n\n\"The country has lost a towering intellect. I have lost a wonderful friend,\" he said.\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 Sajid Javid This article contains content provided by Twitter. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHistorian Timothy Garton Ash said he was \"a man of extraordinary intellect, learning and humour, a great supporter of central European dissidents, and the kind of provocative - sometimes outrageous - conservative thinker that a truly liberal society should be glad to have challenging it\".\n\nBorn in February 1944, Sir Roger attended grammar school before studying at Cambridge.\n\nHe told the Guardian he became a Conservative when visiting Paris during the 1968 student protests, which he saw as an \"unruly mob of self-indulgent middle-class hooligans\" professing \"ludicrous Marxist gobbledegook\".\n\nSir Roger received one of Hungary's highest honours in a ceremony in London last month\n\n\"I knew I wanted to conserve things rather than pull them down,\" he said.\n\nIn 1971, he began teaching philosophy at Birkbeck College, but claimed his career was held back in the \"heart of the left establishment\".\n\nThree years later he became a founding member of the Conservative Philosophy Group, which was intended to provide an intellectual basis for the Conservative Party to regain power. Newly elected Tory leader Margaret Thatcher attended the group.\n\nIn 1982, Sir Roger became founding editor of the Salisbury Review, a journal championing conservatism.\n\nHe also began visiting dissidents in Communist Czechoslovakia, smuggling in books, offering courses in suppressed subjects and supporting banned artists. In 1985 he was detained in Brno before being expelled from 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 3 by Anne Applebaum 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\nAfter the fall of Communism, Vaclav Havel, the dissident-turned-president, awarded Sir Roger the Medal of Merit.\n\nIn the 1990s, he bought a farm in Wiltshire - nicknamed Scrutopia - and celebrated his passion for fox hunting in a book, On Hunting.\n\nAnother book, An Intelligent Person's Guide to Pop Culture, led to him being successfully sued by the Pet Shop Boys after he falsely claimed their songs were mostly the work of sound engineers.\n\nIn 2002, he was criticised for writing articles in defence of smoking without acknowledging that he was being paid by JTI, one of the largest tobacco companies.\n\nIn 2009 - Sir Roger wrote and presented a BBC Two documentary - Why Beauty Matters - in which he argued modern society had placed itself in peril by no longer valuing beauty.\n\nHungary's right-wing nationalist prime minister, Viktor Orban, presented Sir Roger with the Order of Merit in December last year, describing him as an \"ardent and active ally\" of anti-communism in central and eastern Europe.\n\nMr Orban said Sir Roger was \"forward-looking enough to see the threat of illegal migration and defend Hungary against its unjust critics\".\n\nSir Roger leaves his wife, Sophie, and two children, Sam and Lucy,\n\nThe statement on his website said his family was \"hugely proud of him and of all his achievements\".", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nSerena Williams won her first title in three years and first since becoming a mother with victory over Jessica Pegula at the Auckland Classic.\n\nIt is the 38-year-old's first singles title since she won the Australian Open in 2017 and her 73rd WTA title overall.\n\nWilliams, in her fourth decade on the WTA Tour, lost the Wimbledon and US Open finals in 2018 and 2019 and retired from the 2019 Rogers Cup final.\n\nShe said after her victory that she would donate her prize money in Auckland and a dress she had worn to the Australian bushfire appeal.\n\n\"It feels good. It's been a long time, I think you could see the relief on my face,\" said Williams.\n\n\"I have been playing for so long and been through so much and I'm happy to be doing something I love.\"\n\nThe Australian Open begins on 20 January, with Williams bidding to equal Margaret Court's record of 24 Grand Slam singles titles.\n\nWilliams won her first WTA title in February 1999, when she beat France's Amelie Mauresmo on carpet at the Open Gaz de France.\n\nShe made a slow start in Auckland, with Pegula taking a 3-1 lead in the first set, before recovering to win the next five games and close out the opening set.\n\nWilliams broke the unseeded Pegula's serve early in the second set and converted her fourth match point to ensure victory.\n\nShe celebrated on court with her daughter, Olympia, with whom she was eight weeks pregnant when she won her last Grand Slam title in Melbourne.\n\nWilliams was also in the doubles final with Caroline Wozniacki, but the two were beaten 6-4 6-4 by Asia Muhammad and Taylor Townsend.\n\nIn Brisbane, Karolina Pliskova successfully defended her title with a 6-4 4-6 7-5 win over American Madison Keys.\n\nSingles world number one Ashleigh Barty - who is donating all her prize money to the bushfire appeal - and her doubles partner Kiki Bertens lost their final against Barbora Strycova and Hsieh Su-wei 3-6 7-6 (9-7) 10-8.", "Harry Dunn died in hospital after his motorbike was involved in a crash outside RAF Croughton\n\nThe United States has criticised the UK's request to extradite an American accused of killing motorcyclist Harry Dunn, calling it \"highly inappropriate\".\n\nMr Dunn, 19, died after being hit by a car allegedly driven by suspect Anne Sacoolas, who left the country for the US claiming diplomatic immunity.\n\nThe Home Office submitted a request on Friday to extradite her to the UK.\n\nDunn family spokesman Radd Seiger said she will \"100% be coming back\".\n\n\"I have no doubt in my mind, the only thing I can't tell you is when,\" he told BBC Breakfast.\n\n\"This campaign won't stop until Anne Sacoolas is back in the UK facing the justice system. There is no celebration and until she is back, we won't rest.\n\n\"This lady is accused of taking Harry's life, then fleeing the country. No-one is above the law in modern society. You don't get to move to a country, break a law in that country and then leave.\"\n\nMr Seiger said that under the circumstances, the family was \"really pleased\" the UK authorities had taken the \"huge step towards justice\", but if the Trump administration was to ignore or reject the request, it would be re-presented should another administration come into power.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Radd Seiger: Anne Sacoolas will \"100% be coming back...the only thing I can't tell you is when''\n\nThe extradition request is sent via the British Embassy to the US State Department.\n\nA lawyer will then decide whether it falls under the dual-criminality treaty, where the alleged offence is a crime in both countries and carries a prison sentence of at least a year.\n\nThe maximum sentence for causing death by dangerous driving is 14 years' imprisonment, although this is usually reserved for the most serious cases.\n\nThe US may reject the request for extradition, arguing that Mrs Sacoolas is still entitled to diplomatic immunity.\n\nAnne Sacoolas pictured on her wedding day in 2003\n\nThe crash happened outside RAF Croughton, where Mrs Sacoolas' husband Jonathan worked as an intelligence officer. Mr Dunn died after his motorbike was in collision with a car owned by Mrs Sacoolas.\n\nThe 42-year-old left the UK shortly after the crash on 27 August and returned to the US, prompting a justice campaign by the teenager's parents, Charlotte Charles and Tim Dunn.\n\nMrs Sacoolas was charged in December by the Crown Prosecution Service with causing death by dangerous driving and the Home Office submitted its extradition request to the US Department of Justice.\n\nA spokeswoman for the US State Department said: \"It is the position of the United States government that a request to extradite an individual under these circumstances would be an abuse.\n\n\"The use of an extradition treaty to attempt to return the spouse of a former diplomat by force would establish an extraordinarily troubling precedent.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Lewis Capaldi and Dave have the most nominations for this year's ceremony\n\nIt'll be a battle between ballads and bangers at this year's Brit Awards, with Lewis Capaldi and Dave pitched against each other in four categories.\n\nThe Scottish torch singer and the Streatham-born rapper are both up for best male, best newcomer, best single and album of the year at the ceremony, which takes place in London next month.\n\nStormzy and Mabel are the second most-nominated artists, with three apiece.\n\nBut Ed Sheeran is largely frozen out, receiving just a single nomination.\n\nThe six-time Brit Award winner had one of last year's most successful albums - the star-studded No. 6 Collaborations Project, which spent five weeks at number one, and selling 568,000 copies.\n\nHowever, he is locked out of the best male and best album categories, while his Justin Bieber duet I Don't Care is up for best single.\n\nNotably, that's the only category where nominees are not selected by the 1,200 industry figures who vote for the Brits - with the 10 shortlisted songs representing the biggest-selling singles of 2019.\n\nMabel was previously nominated for the Brits' Critics Choice award in 2018\n\nMabel, who is the daughter of Neneh Cherry and Massive Attack producer Cameron McVey, is the most-nominated female artist, reflecting the popularity of her single Don't Call Me Up, which charted in the top 10 across Europe and attracted viral attention in the US.\n\n\"It's crazy how a song can grow wings and fly you everywhere,\" said the 23-year-old. \"I'm really grateful for that tune.\"\n\nThe singer, who is nominated for best female, best new artist and best single, joked that if she won a trophy in February, she would change her Uber profile name to \"Brit Award-winner Mabel\".\n\nHer nominations come exactly 30 years after her mother, who was born in Sweden, won two Brits - for best international artist and best international breakthrough.\n\nThis year, Dave is a front-runner for best album, having already won the Mercury Prize for his debut Psychodrama.\n\nA serious, reflective record that addresses life as a young black Briton today, it's framed as a therapy session, with Dave discussing his absentee father, his brother's incarceration, domestic violence and the pressure to succeed as a musician.\n\nCapaldi is also a strong contender: His debut, Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent, was the best-selling record of 2019; propelled by the success of his tear-jerking ballad Someone You Loved.\n\nFellow grime artist Stormzy is also nominated for his charismatic and powerful second album Heavy Is The Head; and the shortlist is completed by Michael Kiwanuka's soul-searching Kiwanuka and Harry Styles's nostalgic pop opus Fine Line.\n\nFor the first time since 2017, no female artists made the shortlist. According to The Guardian, of the 193 albums submitted for consideration to Brits' voters, only 35 were by women.\n\n\"It's clear there's a wider issue here,\" wrote the paper's chief music critic Alexis Petridis.\n\n\"One that involves the British music industry's ability or otherwise to sign and develop female artists [and] to turn them into lasting success stories.\"\n\nThe last female artist to win best album was Adele, whose third record, 25, scooped the top prize in 2016.\n\nTyler, The Creator, Billie Eilish and Ariana Grande are all up for the international prizes\n\nIn the international categories, Ariana Grande and Billie Eilish led the nominees for best female - although Taylor Swift misses out.\n\nA diverse shortlist for best international male features Burna Boy, Post Malone and Bruce Springsteen, who last won an Brit award 34 years ago.\n\nThis year's ceremony will be held at London's O2 Arena on Tuesday, 18 February, hosted for a third time by Jack Whitehall.\n\nLast year, organisers announced sweeping changes to the show, dropping several categories and handing more creative control to performers.\n\nThe ceremony will be broadcast live on ITV.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @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. Simon Coveney: \"Just because British law says something, doesn't mean that law applies to the other 27 countries\"\n\nThe EU \"will not be rushed\" on a trade deal with the UK after Brexit, according to Ireland's deputy PM.\n\nBoris Johnson says a deal can be agreed by the end of 2020 and has included a pledge in his Brexit bill not to extend any transition period to secure one.\n\nBut Simon Coveney says it is \"probably going to take longer than a year\".\n\nSecurity Minister Brandon Lewis defended Mr Johnson's deadline, saying he had a \"strong record of getting things done\".\n\nAfter the UK leaves the EU on 31 January, it will enter an 11-month transition period, where it will largely follow EU rules but will not have any representation in the bloc's institutions.\n\nThis period will come to an end on 31 December and Mr Johnson has ruled out extending it any further if a deal on the future relationship between the UK and EU has not been agreed.\n\nThe promise is included in the prime minister's Brexit bill, which was voted through by MPs earlier this week and will now head to the House of Lords before becoming law.\n\nBut opposition parties have raised concerns about the hard deadline, saying it creates another way of the UK leaving without a deal.\n\nSpeaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr programme, Mr Coveney said he accepted the UK was leaving the EU at the end of January, and he hoped for the future deal to \"achieve the closest possible relationship\" between the two sides.\n\nBut he warned there was \"no way of the UK... maintaining the same relationship we have today while outside the European Union,\" adding: \"That is the reality of Brexit, I'm afraid.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Security Minister Brandon Lewis: \"We're very ambitious for a good, holistic agreement across security\"\n\nMr Coveney said Mr Johnson had \"set a very ambitious timetable\" in his bill.\n\n\"Just because a British parliament decides that British law says something doesn't mean that law applies to the other 27 countries of the European Union,\" he added.\n\n\"The European Union will approach this on the basis of getting the best deal possible, a fair and balanced deal, to ensure the UK and the EU can interact as friends in the future.\n\n\"But the EU will not be rushed on this just because Britain passes law.\"\n\nThe deputy prime minister (Tanaiste) said the EU had \"constantly warned [Mr Johnson's] timeframe is ambitious, if not unrealistic\".\n\n\"From an EU perspective, we will try to approach all of these really important and sensitive areas with a sense of partnership and friendship.\n\n\"But at the same time, they are complex... [and] in my view, it is probably going to take longer than a year. But we will have to wait and see.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. EU chief Ursula von der Leyen says the UK and the EU will remain \"best of friends and partners\"\n\nGovernment minister Mr Lewis admitted the negotiations would be difficult, but he disagreed with Mr Coveney's assessment of the timetable.\n\n\"I think we can do it,\" he told Andrew Marr. \"I think it can be done, not just because both parties… are committed to doing it, and want to do it, but we are a country that has already got a known pattern of work with the EU.\n\n\"Therefore getting a holistic agreement in the next 12 months is achievable\".\n\nMr Coveney's comments followed a speech by new European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen earlier this week, saying it would be \"impossible\" to reach a comprehensive trade deal by the end of 2020.\n\nShe warned that without an extension to the transition period beyond 2020 \"you cannot expect to agree every single aspect of our new partnership\". She called the deadline \"very tight\".\n\nMrs von der Leyen, a former German defence minister, took over from Jean-Claude Juncker at the start of December. She met Mr Johnson for talks in London last week.", "Meghan and Harry have a global appeal, but how could they make money?\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex have agreed to stop using their HRH titles as part of their plans to withdraw from royal duties and \"work to become financially independent\".\n\nBBC royal correspondent Jonny Dymond said royals were usually excluded from doing paid work, but by setting aside their titles the couple had gained more freedom.\n\n\"Of course once you lose the title then you are no longer royal and special, and it may be that your brand is much less attractive to potential partners,\" he said.\n\nPublic relations consultant Mark Borkowski said even without their titles, the couple are \"powerful A-listers in their own right, so they're going to attract a lot of attention\".\n\nPrince Harry and Meghan plan to split their time between the UK and North America - and their global reach could open up a wealth of opportunities.\n\nBut how might they earn their financial independence and fund their charitable causes?\n\nAn application to trademark the Sussex Royal brand was lodged by the couple in June last year, covering items such as books, calendars, clothing, charitable fundraising and campaigning.\n\nIt raised the possibility of Prince Harry and Meghan launching their own lines of products, from beauty to clothing.\n\nBut the agreement with the Queen has cast doubt on that idea. A brand incorporating the word \"royal\" may not be compatible with their agreement to step back from royal duties, while upholding \"the values of Her Majesty\".\n\nJournalist and royal style commentator Elizabeth Holmes says criticism for exploiting the royal connection is a risk in any commercial venture, adding: \"That's why I think they'll be careful about it.\"\n\nMeghan is a royal patron of Smart Works and helped style women during a visit to the charity last year\n\nEven if they have to go back to the drawing board with the Sussex Royal name, Ms Holmes says: \"Any brand on the planet would want to work with them.\"\n\nWhether it's a designer handbag or Archie's hand-knitted bobble hat, whenever the Sussexes are pictured with a product, sales go through the roof.\n\nWe probably shouldn't expect the couple's 10.5 million Instagram followers to be suddenly bombarded with sponsored content and product placement though, Ms Holmes says.\n\nWhile the royal couple have a huge platform, it pales in comparison to the likes of Kylie Jenner, who has more than 150 million Instagram followers.\n\nThe reality TV star, who topped last year's Instagram rich list, is estimated to earn around $1.2m (£960,000) for a single sponsored post.\n\nCould Meghan and Harry follow that trend? Ms Holmes says: \"I don't think that's necessarily an appropriate thing for a member of the Royal Family.\"\n\nThe duke and duchess have said they plan to launch a charitable organisation to achieve \"progressive change\" through \"local and global community action\".\n\nMs Holmes suggests any commercial partnerships would be tied to the couple's charitable causes, perhaps with a secondary opportunity to raise personal income.\n\nFor example, Meghan is the patron of a charity that provides free clothing and interview training to unemployed women and has launched her own clothing line for the organisation.\n\nWhile the couple may be legally allowed to draw a salary from their charity, that is not the approach taken by some of their likely inspirations.\n\nHarry and Meghan said they \"researched the incredible work of many well-known and lesser-known foundations\" in drawing up their plans.\n\nOrganisations such as the Clinton Foundation, the Obama Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have been suggested as potential models.\n\nBut the Clintons say they draw no income or expenses from their charity, the Obamas are not listed among their foundation's highest-paid officers, and Mr and Mrs Gates famously use their organisation to give away wealth rather than to receive it.\n\nWith Meghan first finding fame as an actress in the US television drama Suits, it is perhaps no surprise that some of the couple's first opportunities have come from the entertainment world.\n\nHarry has already teamed up with US media mogul Oprah Winfrey on a series addressing mental health for Apple TV, which is due for broadcast in 2020.\n\nAnd when the duke and duchess announced their intention to \"step back\", it was revealed that Meghan has already signed a voiceover deal with Disney in return for a donation to an elephant conservation charity.\n\nOprah Winfrey was a guest at the duke and duchess' wedding\n\nNetflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos has already expressed an interest in working with the couple. \"Who wouldn't be interested? Yes, sure,\" he said.\n\nThat could represent a chance to follow in the steps of the Obamas, who signed a deal with the streaming video company to produce documentaries and drama series about social and political issues.\n\nA similar deal could give the duke and duchess an opportunity to highlight causes close to their hearts.\n\nFor Meghan, these include equality and women's rights, while Harry has been vocal in campaigning on mental health and military veterans' welfare.\n\nWhile the couple have spoken about their struggles with the intense media interest in their lives, the idea of revealing more about themselves in their own words might be more appealing - and lucrative.\n\nThe 2017 book deal signed by Barack and Michelle Obama was believed to be worth more than $60m (£48m).\n\nIt's also an area Meghan has previously shown an interest in. In her introduction to last year's September issue of Vogue, which she guest edited, Meghan wrote of her \"love of writing\".\n\nBefore she married Harry, she also ran a lifestyle blog, The Tig, where she shared beauty, fashion and travel tips.\n\nMichelle Obama's memoir sold more than 10 million copies in its first five months\n\nNatalie Jerome, a literary agent at Aevitas, says the couple have \"enormous power and reach\" and any book deal would be extremely lucrative.\n\n\"People have compared them to the Obamas and I think there's potentially some merit in that,\" she says.\n\nMeghan is an aspirational figure for many women of colour and young people, she adds.\n\n\"We're in a period now where we're talking increasingly about diversity within publishing and there's a real push to reach wider audiences,\" she says.\n\n\"If she were to publish a book in her own right and reach out to young people on the ground by doing talks and going to schools like Michelle Obama did, I think the book would be hugely successful.\"\n\nAnother potential avenue for the pair to explore could be after-dinner speeches and events.\n\nJeremy Lee, director at speaking agency JLA, says if they maintained a positive profile the couple could earn six-figure sums for each appearance.\n\nHe predicts demand would be higher in US, where Mr Lee says the pair could earn up to $500,000 (£380,000) per engagement.\n\nHowever, he says companies in the UK would be more sensitive to reputational risk if public opinion turned against the couple.\n\nMr Lee predicts UK companies would only be willing to take the royals as speakers at an event linked to one of their campaigning interests, in return for a donation to their charitable foundation - rather than a fee - in the region of £100,000.\n\nBut in the US, there would be interest from \"anybody that wants to show off and has got the budget\", he says.", "Sinn Féin and the DUP have re-entered devolved government in Northern Ireland after three years of deadlock.\n\nDUP leader Arlene Foster was appointed as Northern Ireland's first minister, while Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill is deputy first minister on Saturday.\n\nThe two parties supported a deal to restore Stormont's political institutions.\n\nStormont's power-sharing coalition, led by the DUP and Sinn Féin, collapsed in January 2017.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Arlene Foster says parties must work for everyone\n\nThe first minister comes from the largest party in the assembly and deputy first minister is from the second-largest party.\n\nThe positions are known as a \"diarchy\" which means they are equal and govern together.\n\nThe deputy first minister is not subordinate to the first minister, despite the title.\n\nAddressing the assembly, Mrs Foster said the politicians have \"many differences\".\n\n\"Michelle's narrative of the past 40 years could not be more different to mine,\" she said.\n\n\"I'm not sure we will ever agree on much about the past, but we can agree there was too much suffering, and that we cannot allow society to drift backwards and allow division to grow.\"\n\nShe added that it was \"time for Stormont to move forward\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMichelle O'Neill said it was her \"sincere wish that 2020 brings real change\".\n\nShe also pledged to immediately resolve the pay parity row that has led to industrial strike action among health workers.\n\nShe said: \"I see no contradiction in declaring and delivering on our firm commitment to power sharing with unionism in the Stormont Assembly while also initiating a mature and inclusive debate about new political arrangements which examine Ireland's future beyond Brexit.\n\n\"Similarly, there is no contradiction in unionism working the existing constitutional arrangements while taking its rightful place in the conversation about what a new Ireland would look like.\n\n\"We can do this while maintaining our independent distinct political identities and working in the best interests of all of the people.\"\n\nBoth prime ministers have welcomed the restoration of devolved government at Stormont\n\n\"The parties of Northern Ireland have shown great leadership in coming together to accept this fair and balanced deal in the interests of everyone in Northern Ireland,\" Boris Johnson said.\n\nTaoiseach (Irish prime minister) Leo Varadkar commended Northern Ireland's political parties \"for their decision to put the people they represent first and make measured compromises to reach a deal\".\n\n\"I look forward to working with representatives in Northern Ireland as they begin working together again on behalf of all people in Northern Ireland,\" he said.\n\nThe first day back was always going to bring its challenges - but despite some malfunctioning microphones, events in the chamber moved at pace.\n\nThe surprising move by the DUP to support a Sinn Féin speaker instead of the SDLP, already has some sceptics suspecting not much has changed when it comes to how the two biggest parties operated in the last mandate.\n\nBut there's no denying Parliament Buildings has a buzz about it again.\n\nArlene Foster and Michelle O'Neill now have to prove that they can share power and deliver on the commitments in the new Stormont deal.\n\nThe SDLP, Alliance and Ulster Unionists are back in the executive too - a sign they would rather be helping take decisions, than stuck outside looking in.\n\nAfter the session ended, the new ministers were immediately met by their departmental officials: the task of getting down to business starts now.\n\nReacting to the return of Stormont, former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams said the assembly provided a place to \"moderate differences, and to define common ground\".\n\n\"It doesn't have to be back on the streets, it doesn't have to be these mad radio talk programmes, it doesn't have to be who shouts and yells the loudest,\" Mr Adams told RTÉ's Week in Politics programme.\n\nAll five main parties in Northern Ireland - the DUP, Sinn Féin, Alliance, SDLP and UUP - have joined the new executive.\n\nMLAs - members of the legislative assembly - met at Stormont on Saturday.\n\nTheir first item of business at Stormont on Saturday was the election of Sinn Féin's Alex Maskey as the assembly's new speaker.\n\nThe DUP's Christopher Stalford; UUP's Roy Beggs and SDLP's Patsy McGlone are his three deputies.\n\nGordon Lyons (DUP) and Declan Kearney (Sinn Féin) will serve as junior ministers.\n\nShe said it followed conversations with Arlene Foster and Michelle O'Neill on Friday night.\n\nMrs Long said she was \"honoured to have the support of all sides of the house\".\n\nWith the exception of the role of justice minister, the posts are shared out using a system called D'Hondt, in which ministerial posts are allocated according to parties' representation in the assembly.\n\nThe other members of the executive are:\n\nThe d'Hondt mechanism is used to appoint almost all the ministerial departments in the executive - meaning the departments are shared round the parties based on how many MLAs they have.\n\nJustice is different though - it is elected by a cross-community vote.\n\nThis is because when the Northern Ireland Executive was first created in 1999 it was considered that it was not yet appropriate to devolve policing and justice powers. There was still a tense security situation and so those powers remained at Westminster.\n\nIn 2010 a deal was struck to devolve justice, but the DUP did not want a Sinn Féin minister to be able to hold the post.\n\nInstead it was agreed any justice minister required a cross-community vote.\n\nRobin Swann stood down as UUP leader in October due to family commitments\n\nA big surprise was the appointment of Robin Swann as health minister.\n\nIt comes just three months after the UUP North Antrim MLA stepped down as party leader due to the impact the role was having on his \"role as a husband and a father\".\n\nHe told the BBC that the party considered health a major priority and \"when we had the chance to take it, we did\".\n\nMr Swann said he was going to hold the first and deputy first ministers to account and would not let them \"play party politics with health\".\n\nRelations between the DUP and Sinn Féin had deteriorated in recent years as the two parties were diametrically opposed not only on Northern Ireland's position within the UK, but also issues such as the Irish language; same-sex marriage; abortion and how to deal with the legacy of the Troubles.\n\nBut unexpectedly it was a row over a green energy scheme which pushed their relationship past breaking point.\n\nThe Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme was set up by DUP leader Arlene Foster when she was enterprise minister, but it ran over budget and at one point threatened to cost taxpayers £490m.\n\nSinn Féin demanded that Mrs Foster step aside as first minister during an inquiry into the RHI scheme and when she refused, they pulled out of government on 9 January 2017.\n\nTwo key sticking points in the Stormont talks were around an Irish language act and the petition of concern.\n\nThe purpose of petition of concern is to protect one community from legislation that would favour another and a valid petition requires the signatures of 30 MLAs.\n\nThe new deal says there is to be \"meaningful reform\" of the petition, which would be \"reduced and returned to its intended purpose\" and would \"only be used in the most exceptional circumstances and as a last resort, having used every other mechanism\".\n\nThe deal would see legislation created for the appointment of both an Irish language commissioner and an Ulster-Scots commissioner.\n\nEarlier, Irish language group Conradh na Gaeilge welcomed the deal as an \"historic advancement\" but added it \"falls very much short\" of promises for an Irish Language act.\n\nOther key points in the deal include the Northern Ireland Executive settling an ongoing pay dispute with nurses and increasing policing numbers.", "Scottish Secretary Alister Jack said a second independence referendum would not be allowed, even with a strong SNP result in 2021\n\nThe Scottish Secretary has said victory in the 2021 Scottish elections would not give the SNP a mandate to hold a second independence referendum.\n\nIn a U-turn on comments he made in November, Alister Jack said a majority would not legitimise another vote on leaving the union.\n\nBefore the general election he implied an SNP victory could provide a mandate.\n\nSNP spokeswoman Mhairi Black said the general election had already shown there should be a new referendum.\n\nMr Jack said he had advised Boris Johnson to not grant a section 30 order.\n\nSpeaking on the BBC's Politics Scotland programme, he said: \"Nicola Sturgeon has asked for the Scottish parliament to have the right to have referendums in the future at times of its own choosing.\n\n\"I have written to the prime minister on this subject this week and he will be replying very soon to Nicola Sturgeon's letter of 19 December.\"\n\nHe added: \"It would be wrong for us to give the right to the Scottish parliament to set referendums and the context and the timings for the simple reason that Scotland would be plunged into 'neverendums'.\n\n\"Nicola Sturgeon has said she fully expects a rebuttal from the PM and my advice to him is to say that.\"\n\nThe MP for Dumfries and Galloway said that the SNP should have to wait until \"a generation or a lifetime has passed\".\n\nAlister Jack said his advice to Boris Johnson was to reject the requests made in her letter to the prime minister\n\nHe said that what Scotland needed now was to settle down, come out of the hated common fisheries policy, to rebuild its coastal communities and to get the benefit of trade deals.\n\nHe said: \"Referendums are very divisive for our society and I think the time now is for us all to pull together as one United Kingdom, and go forward and take on the benefits that exist.\n\n\"Let's see the benefits of Brexit. They (the SNP) have talked it down as being a disaster. Let's see if the world is still spinning on 1 February and how things can be good for Scotland.\"\n\nMr Jack's SNP shadow, Mhairi Black, insisted there was demand for a fresh referendum on independence.\n\n\"The SNP won a landslide victory in last month's general election,\" she said, \"winning 80% on a mandate for an independence referendum, while the Tories lost more than half their MPs.\n\n\"They stood on a platform of stopping Scotland's right to choose and were humiliated at the polls. The Tories have no mandate whatsoever to block Scottish democracy.\"\n\nMs Black added: \"I am confident that when the people of Scotland are given a choice on their future, they will choose to escape the mess of Brexit and the broken Westminster system to build a fairer Scotland.\"\n\nThe Scottish Secretary's comments came the day after thousands took to the streets of Glasgow for the first of eight pro-independence marches planned for 2020.\n\nOrganisers said 80,000 people had joined the march from the city's west end to Glasgow Green in severe weather conditions.\n\nThousands of people attended Saturday's march in very poor weather conditions\n\nThe event was organised in the wake of last month's general election, which saw the pro-independence SNP win 48 of the 59 seats in Scotland while the Conservatives won a majority across the UK as a whole.\n\nPower over the constitution in the UK lies with the UK government.\n\nFor an agreed second referendum to take place, a transfer of power through a section 30 order would need to be approved by Westminster.\n\nNicola Sturgeon has warned Mr Johnson that a \"flat no\" to her request - which is expected to be his response - will not be the end of the matter, and has predicted that the prime minister will eventually have no choice but to agree to her request.\n\nShe has also ruled out holding an unofficial referendum similar to the one in Catalonia two years ago, arguing that it would not lead to independence.\n\nThe UK government has said it does not support a further vote on independence.", "Ketty Maisonrouge has tried on her spacesuit and is ready for take off\n\nKetty Maisonrouge has waited 15 years for a trip that she knows will be out of this world.\n\nThe 61-year-old business school professor signed up back in 2005 for the promise of five minutes in zero-gravity, paying $250,000 (£190,500) to travel beyond the earth's atmosphere.\n\nNow the company that sold her the ticket, Virgin Galactic, says it will finally begin flights this year. Its founder, Sir Richard Branson, will be on the first trip, and Mrs Maisonrouge won't be far behind.\n\n\"Hopefully it will be as amazing as I think,\" says Mrs Maisonrouge.\n\nIf all goes to plan, Virgin Galactic will be the first private company to take tourists into space. The company says 600 people have already purchased tickets, including celebrities like Justin Bieber and Leonardo DiCaprio.\n\nBut rival firms are close behind. Blue Origin, started by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has also starting speaking to possible passengers for trips it hopes to start this year, while SpaceX, founded by Tesla's Elon Musk, announced in 2019 that a Japanese billionaire would be its first passenger for a trip around the moon.\n\nNasa has announced it will allow private space tourists to visit the International Space Station for a fee\n\nIn 2019, Swiss bank UBS released a report estimating space tourism could become a $3bn industry in the next 10 years.\n\nFor Virgin Galactic, early buyers such as Mrs Maisonrouge helped prove the demand was there for private space travel - even with ticket prices at a quarter of a million dollars.\n\n\"To be able to put products as expensive as space on the market in the first place does include a high premium,\" explains Julia Hunter, a senior vice-president at Virgin Galactic responsible for the day-to-day running of the human spaceflight programme.\n\nMrs Maisonrouge's love of space started early. She can still remember vividly the moment in July 1969 when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon.\n\nWhen she learned that Virgin Galactic was offering to send ordinary travellers to space, she immediately rushed to sign up.\n\nSince buying her ticket, Mrs Maisonrouge has kept her plans mostly private, sharing them only with family, close friends and her fellow \"founders\" - the group of original Virgin Galactic ticket holders.\n\nIn November 2019, a group of them got their first chance to try on the spacesuits - designed by sportswear brand Under Armour - which they will wear on their trip to space.\n\n\"For me, it was like the realisation that this is really going to happen soon,\" says Mrs Maisonrouge. \"When you've been waiting for 15 years, when you've been dreaming about it for as long as you can remember, you wonder until it happens if it will really happen.\"\n\nKetty Maisonrouge has experienced zero gravity as part of her preparation\n\nUnlike the astronauts from the legendary Apollo missions, who went through months of rigorous training and gruelling physical ordeals, Mrs Maisonrouge and her fellow space tourists will take just three days to train for their trip. Virgin Galactic says it could be shorter, but they want passengers to \"understand the choreography\" and \"get the most\" out of their experience.\n\nShe and fellow founders have also been given an early chance to visit Virgin Galactic's terminal at Spaceport America, in the desert of New Mexico. The company has designed a lounge equipped with floor-to-ceiling windows to view the launches, a barista to make fresh coffee and an interactive walkway.\n\nVirgin Galactic's lounge is the first of what Spaceport America hopes will be many terminals at the complex\n\nFrom here, Virgin Galactic's tourists will board spaceships for a 90-minute round trip with just a few minutes in low-orbit. It's a far more luxurious experience from the one that government astronauts have had.\n\nDan Hicks, who manages Spaceport America for the state of New Mexico, says Virgin Galactic is spearheading this new type of travel and that the facility will one day be a \"full-up transportation hub for the space industry\".\n\nA quarter of a million dollars may seem like a hefty price tag for a tourist trip. But Virgin Galactic says it expects near-term demand for space flights to far outstrip supply, which could even cause the price of tickets to rise.\n\nSeven private citizens have already paid for multi-million dollar tickets to go into space with Russian Soyuz spaceflights going back as far as 2001, making them the first space tourists.\n\nThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) has also relied on Soyuz spaceships to take US astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) since it ended its shuttle program in 2011, paying approximately $86m per spot.\n\nSpaceX has partnered with Nasa to send astronauts to space at a cost of nearly $55m per ticket\n\nNasa is now also turning to private enterprise. The agency has signed deals with SpaceX and Boeing to carry US astronauts. Those tickets don't come cheap either - Nasa is paying SpaceX $55m per spot and Boeing $90m.\n\nSpaceflights for government astronauts and space tourists are only part of the potential private space industry. Point-to-point travel that leaves Earth's orbit could become a $20bn sector by 2030, according to UBS. By leaving the planet's orbit, trips across the world would be much faster.\n\nSpaceX has already released marketing material for a 40-minute flight from New York City to Shanghai, using its spaceflight technology.\n\nThat could mean far more of us get the chance to sample space travel, at least briefly.\n\nVirgin Galactic founder Sir Richard Branson celebrating after the company became the first human spaceflight company to list on the New York Stock Exchange\n\nThe space travel industry has caught the eye not just of billionaire businessmen such as Sir Richard and Jeff Bezos, but also Wall Street investors. Virgin Galactic became the first human space flight company to list its shares on the stock market in October 2019.\n\nFor the many people hoping to make money from space tourism, 2020 could be the year when stellar promises really start to take off.", "Iranians were angered by officials who initially denied shooting down a plane outside Tehran\n\nAfter days of denial, the Iranian authorities admitted that a crash involving a Ukrainian International Airlines jetliner was caused by human error.\n\nThe incident on Wednesday came just hours after Iran had launched a series of ballistic missiles at Iraqi bases hosting US troops, in a bid to avenge the killing of senior commander Qasem Soleimani.\n\nIt was amid these high tensions, Iran says, that an air defence operator misidentified flight PS752 as a cruise missile and shot it down, killing all 176 people on board.\n\nWhile Iran initially denied responsibility, US and Canadian intelligence agencies soon uncovered evidence that one of the country's surface-to-air missile had caused the accident. This led to significant international pressure for Iran to openly investigate the case.\n\nTehran's decision to reverse its initial statements and take full responsibility for the downing of the plane provoked a positive response from several countries, including those whose passengers were onboard - Canada, the UK, Germany, and Sweden.\n\nThe admission of guilt was ultimately read as a positive first step.\n\nBut officials from these governments also said the admission should be followed by constructive behaviour from Iran. This would likely mean it pursuing a transparent investigation, the repatriation of the bodies and compensation for the victims, as well as taking the necessary steps to ensure similar tragedies are averted in future.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A crowd gathered outside Amir Kabir university, calling for resignations and accusing officials of lying\n\nOn the international front, the downing of flight PS752 is unlikely to result in further escalation and might even provide an opportunity for defusing some of the tensions which have been simmering over the past few months.\n\nOn the domestic front, however, this tragic accident could have much deeper repercussions.\n\nJust days before the flight crashed, Iran displayed an unprecedented level of unity and popular support when millions of people poured on to the streets all over the country to mourn the death of Soleimani.\n\nThis seemed to indicate that, when faced with the external threat of military confrontation, Iranians from different political and economic backgrounds could come together and put aside their divisions.\n\nMillions of Iranians mourned the death of top general Qasem Soleimani in a US drone strike\n\nBut the shooting down of flight PS752 and the subsequent denials from the authorities could lead these divisions to re-emerge and become even sharper.\n\nWhile the admission of guilt could assuage some of the popular criticism towards the grave mishandling of the situation, the establishment might still be perceived as having tried to hide evidence and avoid responsibility before international pressure mounted on Iran to come clean.\n\nThis is likely to revive the divisions and unrest that erupted in November when the Iranian government approved a sharp spike in fuel prices. This move triggered large demonstrations across the country and resulted in widespread repression and the killing of at least 300 people.\n\nWhile acknowledging the truth is an important first step, the Iranian people will likely demand accountability and the prosecution of those responsible, as well as the adoption of all the steps needed to ensure this does not happen again.\n\nThey will also pay attention to how the victims of the air crash are treated by the Iranian elite. An important test here is whether their funerals will result in national mourning, similar to that of Soleimani, or instead be largely ignored.\n\nAll of these demands will be added to previous grievances over the state of the economy and the limitations on some social freedoms.\n\nParliamentary elections are due to take place in just over a month and internal discord over this crash could lead to further unrest. Plus, tension with the West has abated but is far from over.\n\nThe way in which the government and the rest of the establishment handle the broader repercussions of this plane crash could be a watershed moment for Iran. The choices it makes are likely to reverberate throughout Iranian politics and society for months, or even years, to come.", "One of Britain's oldest department stores has warned that it could collapse into administration.\n\nBeales, which began trading in Bournemouth in 1881, said 22 stores and 1,000 jobs were at stake if it cannot find a buyer.\n\nThe firm is negotiating with its landlords to try and agree rent reductions.\n\nIt is also in talks with two potential buyers - a rival retailer and a venture capital investor, the BBC understands.\n\nChief Executive Tony Brown led a management buyout of the firm in 2018.\n\nIt's a brutal time for retailers. Debenhams began closing 19 shops yesterday. Mothercare's 79 UK stores will stop trading today.\n\nNow Beales, with its 22 stores up and down the country, confirmed that it may have to call in administrators.\n\nBeales has been around for almost 140 years, but poorer than expected trading over Christmas threatens its survival.\n\nEven if its immediate future can be assured, store closures aren't being ruled out, with a risk to jobs.\n\nThe British Retail Consortium said last year was the high street's worst on record.\n\nIn the year to March 2019, Beale Ltd posted a loss of £3.1m, up from £1.3m for the year earlier as costs swelled and sales dipped.\n\nBeales has stores in the following towns and cities:\n\nIt comes after UK retail sales fell for the first time in a quarter of a century last year.\n\nSales in November and December fell by 0.9%, according to industry body the British Retail Consortium (BRC).\n\nJohn Lewis has warned that its staff bonus may be in doubt as it reported Christmas sales at its department stores were down 2% for stores open at least a year.\n\nLast week, fashion chain Superdry warned that its profits could be wiped out after sales fell sharply over Christmas.\n\nThe firm, which has been trying to sell more clothes at full price, said it had been hit by \"unprecedented levels of promotional activity\" by rivals.\n\nA raft of collapses in 2019 including Jessops, card chain Clintons, Bonmarche and Karen Millen depressed rents and hit landlords.\n\nSome companies are prospering, however.\n\nSports fashion retailer JD Sports says it expects to report full-year profits at the top end of forecasts.\n\nNext lifted its profit forecast after better than expected sales over Christmas trading period. The company's full-price sales rose by 5.2%.\n\nAnd big companies are using the tough environment to experiment.\n\nIkea will open its first small-format store in the UK, following the acquisition of a shopping centre in London.\n\nThe Swedish retail giant paid £170m for the Kings Mall Shopping Centre in Hammersmith.", "Liverpool setting records in the best-ever start to a season by a club in Europe's top-five leagues \"doesn't feel special somehow\", says Reds boss Jurgen Klopp.\n\nRoberto Firmino's first-half goal ensured the European champions opened up a 16-point lead over Leicester City at the top of the table with a game in hand.\n\nBut while Liverpool's peerless start of 20 wins from 21 games has put them on course for a first top-flight title for 30 years, Klopp played down its significance.\n\n\"We know about it and it is special but I can't feel it,\" said the German boss.\n\n\"When someone gives you a trophy it is done but until then you need to fight. It is only the start. We need to continue because our contenders are so strong.\n\n\"Pep (Guardiola, Manchester City boss) will not give up. I will do the same. So far, so really good.\"\n\nKlopp's men have now amassed 104 points across their last 38 Premier League matches, scoring in all 21 of their matches this term.\n\nThat record was maintained in London by Brazil forward Firmino, who turned Spurs' young debutant Japhet Tanganga and beat Paulo Gazzaniga with a sweet left-foot strike to give the visitors a deserved lead.\n\nHowever Liverpool were then grateful for poor finishing from Jose Mourinho's side - who were without the injured Harry Kane - in order to record another victory on their seemingly relentless march to a first title in three decades.\n\nSon Heung-Min and substitute Giovani lo Celso missed excellent second-half chances to give Spurs some reward for a performance that improved as the game went on.\n• None 'Liverpool now operate on a different level to Spurs'\n• None Why Liverpool's run from start of season tops Bayern, Barca and Juve\n• None What happened in the Premier League on Saturday?\n• None The various ways Minamino will help Liverpool\n\nBut Liverpool, their position at the top strengthened further by Leicester City's shock home loss to Southampton, held on to increase the sense of formality about the destination of this season's Premier League trophy.\n\nLiverpool not at most fluent - but win again\n\nLiverpool may not have been at their best - there were even spells in the second half when they looked jaded - but this is a team on a seemingly unstoppable run to the Premier League title.\n\nThis was their 12th successive league win and it is a remarkable feat to have dropped only two league points from their first 21 games.\n\nIt is true they were let off by Spurs' missed chances but there is perhaps a sense that Liverpool's dominance is having a psychological impact on their opponents so that when rare opportunities come along, they are being snatched at.\n\nAnd even when not in prime form, Liverpool's forward line is so potent that there is always a goal in them - as Firmino proved with his neat 37th-minute sidestep and thumping finish.\n\nSpurs will claim, with justification, they should have had a throw-in before the goal but Liverpool are now being propelled with growing momentum to end that long wait to reclaim their perch at the summit of the English game.\n\nThe root of Spurs' downfall came in two distinct aspects of their performance - albeit one did get better as the game wore on.\n\nIn the first half, Spurs were far too passive and negative as they sat back, presumably waiting for an opportunity to strike on the counter attack.\n\nThe tactic was undone by Firmino's goal, leaving Spurs with no option but to be more positive in the second period.\n\nIt was then, without the marksmanship of long-term injury victim Kane, that they were so wasteful in front of goal - with both Son and Lo Celso missing when it seemed easier to score.\n\nLo Celso's miss, in particular, left Mourinho openly lamenting his side's absence of a clinical edge as he collapsed dramatically to his knees after the Argentina midfielder failed to hit the target from close range.\n\nSpurs' wasteful moments against Liverpool may well further convince their manager he has to strengthen his attacking options in this transfer window as the fight for a top-four place intensifies.\n\n'This is the best team in the world' - what they said\n\nTottenham boss Jose Mourinho, speaking to BBC Sport: \"This is football. Sometimes you get more than you deserve. Sometimes you get less. This was an occasion when we got nothing when we deserved something. This is the best team in the world against a team in a difficult moment, with injuries, in a difficult part of the season. The boys were fantastic when we tried to change and create problems.\"\n\nOn a potential handball in the build-up to the goal: \"I didn't watch it. What I watch is 200% that the throw in for the start of the goal was our throw. I am confused with VAR because of that.\"\n\nOn finishing in the top four: \"It is possible to talk about top four when you start the season on zero points. But it is hard to talk about it when you start at minus 12 (the number of points off the top four Spurs were when he took over).\"\n\nLiverpool boss Jurgen Klopp, speaking to BBC Sport: \"It was very hard-fought because we didn't close the game down early. We should have been one or 2-0 up already when we scored. If you have a quality opponent like Tottenham and you don't close the game they will come back. Allison makes things look easy. It is not what we would have wanted. It is intense, you lose the ball and you are facing one of the best counter-attacking sides. We had Robbo (Andy Robertson) free two or three times and he didn't find a team-mate, so we didn't help ourselves.\"\n\nOn his side's defensive record: \"We needed Allison for that today. We had a few dips defensively. Some games he has not had a lot to do with us winning the ball high early. It is good but there is no other chance to win games than to defend well.\"\n• None Liverpool have 61 points in the Premier League in 2019-20 - the most any side has ever registered after 21 games in a single season across Europe's big five leagues (assuming three points for a win).\n• None Liverpool have collected 104 points across their last 38 Premier League matches (W33 D5 L0) - a record total by any team across a 38-match spell in the competition's history, overtaking 102-point stretches by Man City (ending in 2018) and Chelsea (2005).\n• None Tottenham Hotspur have conceded 20 goals in 13 matches in all competitions under Jose Mourinho; it took Mourinho's Chelsea side 44 games before letting in their 20th goal during his first spell in England as a manager in the 2004-05 season.\n• None This is Liverpool's joint-best scoring run from the start of a season in English top-flight history, with the Reds also scoring in their opening 21 games in 1933-34.\n• None Liverpool have now gone 38 Premier League games without defeat; since their last league loss at Man City in January 2019, Tottenham have lost 16 Premier League matches by comparison, including three to the Reds.\n• None Tottenham have lost back-to-back Premier League matches for the first time this season, having last done so in May 2019, while this is the first time their manager Jose Mourinho has lost consecutive games in the competition since August 2018 as Manchester United boss.\n• None Liverpool have kept six consecutive clean sheets in the Premier League for the first time since December 2006 (seven).\n• None Roberto Firmino has scored five goals in his last six games for Liverpool in all competitions, as many as he had in his previous 30 appearances for the Reds before this run.\n\nTottenham host Middlesbrough in their FA Cup third-round replay on Tuesday, 14 January (20:05 GMT). They then travel to Watford in the Premier League on Saturday, 18 January (12:30 GMT).\n\nLiverpool welcome Manchester United to Anfield in their next Premier League fixture on Sunday, 19 January (16:30 GMT).\n• None Attempt saved. Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lucas Moura.\n• None Attempt saved. Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Xherdan Shaqiri with a cross.\n• None Attempt saved. Divock Origi (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Roberto Firmino.\n• None Attempt saved. Erik Lamela (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dele Alli.\n• None Attempt missed. Giovani Lo Celso (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Serge Aurier with a cross.\n• None Offside, Tottenham Hotspur. Toby Alderweireld tries a through ball, but Serge Aurier is caught offside.\n• None Attempt missed. Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Lucas Moura. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "The Turkish Coast Guard rescued eight people from the waters off Cesme\n\nEight children were among the 11 migrants who drowned when their boat sank off Turkey's western coast, state media report.\n\nEight other people were rescued from the waters off Cesme, a tourist resort on the Aegean coast opposite the Greek island of Chios.\n\nTheir nationalities are not yet known.\n\nTurkey has been a key transit point for migrants trying to reach Europe, mainly via Greece. Many are fleeing violence and persecution in their countries.\n\nMany rely on people smugglers and face dangerous land and sea routes which often result in deaths. In 2016, Turkey reached a financial deal with the European Union to stem the flow of migrants and refugees to Europe.\n\nThe Turkish Coast Guard said it responded to \"screaming sounds\" from the sea at around 20:30 local time (17:30 GMT) on Saturday.\n\nCesme is just 15km (nine miles) from Chios, where thousands of migrants are living in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions.\n\nThe number of people crossing from Turkey has risen sharply recently. Most of them are coming from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Syria.\n\nTurkish authorities held some 60,000 people trying to cross the Mediterranean last year, while almost 9,000 suspected human traffickers were arrested, according to state-run Anadolu news agency.\n\nTurkey is home to some four million refugees, the largest refugee population in the world, and over 3.6 million of them are from Syria.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Aladdin and Bushra from Syria experienced first-hand how the migrants are treated in Turkey\n\nHours earlier, another migrant boat sank in the Ionian Sea near the south-western Greek island of Paxi, leaving at least 12 dead. Greek officials said 21 people had been rescued and that they were still trying to determine how many people were on the vessel.\n\nThe nationalities and age of the migrants have not been confirmed.", "Britain must be prepared to fight wars without the United States as its key ally, the Defence Secretary has warned.\n\nBen Wallace said the prospect of the US stepping back from its international leadership role under Donald Trump \"keeps me awake at night\".\n\nIt may force the UK to rethink its assumptions about defence, he added.\n\nHis comments come as the UK prepares to carry out the \"deepest review\" of Britain's security, defence and foreign policy since the end of the Cold War.\n\n\"I worry if the United States withdraws from its leadership around the world,\" Mr Wallace told the Sunday Times. \"That would be bad for the world and bad for us. We plan for the worst and hope for the best.\"\n\nHe said the defence review should be used to make the UK less dependent on the US in future conflicts.\n\n\"Over the last year we've had the US pull out from Syria, the statement by Donald Trump on Iraq where he said Nato should take over and do more in the Middle East,\" Mr Wallace said.\n\n\"The assumptions of 2010 that we were always going to be part of a US coalition is really just not where we are going to be.\n\n\"We are very dependent on American air cover and American intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets. We need to diversify our assets.\"\n\nMr Wallace said last month there was a shortfall of funding in the Ministry of Defence's budget.\n\nThe MoD was given £2.2bn, a rise of 2.6%, in September's spending review.", "Thousands of people attended in very poor weather conditions\n\nTens of thousands of Scottish independence supporters have marched through Glasgow in the first of a series of protests planned for the coming year.\n\nThe All Under One Banner (AUOB) march from the west end to Glasgow Green took place in very poor weather conditions.\n\nA mass rally that was due to be held afterwards was cancelled after rain and high winds were forecast.\n\nThe UK government has said it does not support a further vote on independence.\n\nThe \"emergency\" march was organised in the wake of last month's general election, which saw the pro-independence SNP win 48 of the 59 seats in Scotland while the Conservatives won a majority across the UK as a whole.\n\nIt is the first of eight marches that the grassroots AUOB group plans to hold across Scotland over the coming year as activists aim to increase the pressure for independence.\n\nThe march took a route through the city centre to Glasgow Green\n\nThe organisation has staged several similar marches and rallies in town and cities across Scotland over the past five years.\n\nAUOB decided that the march would definitely go ahead despite the cancellation of the rally, with the group tweeting: \"If we let some Scottish rain stop us marching then we've no chance. The march is on.\"\n\nGary Kelly of AUOB said: \"It's another mandate at the end of the day and it shows there's still an appetite and a desire in Scotland for Scottish independence.\n\n\"We don't get a lot of media publicity and the fact is that we do get it now. The world's media is here today watching us.\"\n\nOrganisers estimated that about 80,000 people attended the march.\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 All Under One Banner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 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 All Under One Banner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿\n\nScottish voters backed remaining in the UK by 55% to 45% in a referendum in 2014 - but Nicola Sturgeon, the SNP leader and Scotland's first minister, says she wants to hold another vote on independence later this year.\n\nThat currently looks unlikely to happen because the UK government has made clear it will not transfer the powers that Ms Sturgeon says would be needed to ensure any referendum is legal.\n\nThe first minister has ruled out holding an unofficial referendum, similar to the disputed one in Catalonia in 2017, as she does not believe it would lead to independence regardless of the result.\n\nMs Sturgeon has never attended an AUOB march, although she did speak at a rally organised by the pro-independence National newspaper in Glasgow's George Square in November. It was the first time she had spoken at a major independence rally since 2014.\n\nThe first minister has written to Prime Minister Johnson requesting agreement on a further referendum.\n\nA UK government spokesperson said: \"We do not support a second referendum on leaving the UK.\n\n\"Scots voted decisively to remain part of the UK in a once in a generation referendum in 2014.\n\n\"The Prime Minister will respond in full to the First Minister's letter shortly.\"\n\nAnother AUOB march will be held in Glasgow in May, with similar events scheduled for Arbroath, Peebles, Elgin, Kirkcaldy, Stirling and Edinburgh.", "The climate change activists have urged Roger Federer to 'wake up'\n\nTennis star Roger Federer has responded to climate change critics - including campaigner Greta Thunberg - by saying he takes the issue very seriously.\n\nActivists oppose Federer's sponsorship deal with Credit Suisse over its links to the fossil fuel industry.\n\nSome appeared in court this week after refusing to pay a fine for playing tennis inside Credit Suisse offices in 2018 to highlight Federer's deal.\n\nFederer did not address the deal directly in his statement.\n\nThe activists - most of them students - appeared in court in Renens, Lausanne, on 7 January to appeal against the fine. Some supporters gathered outside holding banners which read: \"Credit Suisse is destroying the planet. Roger, do you support them?\"\n\nGreta Thunberg - the Swedish teenager who has become the public face of worldwide protests against government policies on climate change - joined the criticism against Federer and Credit Suisse when she retweeted a post from activists 350.org Europe.\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 350.org Europe 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 post said loans by Credit Suisse to companies investing in fossil fuels were incompatible with action on climate change and urged Federer to \"wake up\".\n\nIn his response, the 20-time Grand Slam champion who is in Melbourne for the Australian Open, said: \"I take the impacts and threat of climate change very seriously, particularly as my family and I arrive in Australia amidst devastation from the bushfires.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFederer said he had \"a great deal of respect and admiration for the youth climate movement\" and was \"grateful to young climate activists for pushing us all to examine our behaviours and act on innovative solutions\".\n\n\"We owe it to them and ourselves to listen. I appreciate reminders of my responsibility as a private individual, as an athlete and as an entrepreneur, and I'm committed to using this privileged position to dialogue on important issues with my sponsors.\"\n\nFor its part, Credit Suisse has said it is \"seeking to align its loan portfolios with the objectives of the Paris Agreement [to combat climate change] and has recently announced in the context of its global climate strategy that it will no longer invest in new coal-fired power plants\".\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 video by Roger Federer 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\nFederer is taking part in a fundraising event next Wednesday in aid of relief efforts to address the Australian bushfires which have killed at least 28 people and destroyed thousands of homes since September.\n\nMore on the Australian bushfires:\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "It is a truth universally acknowledged that for a modern monarchy to retain the support of the public it cannot be too interesting.\n\nPrince Harry is very interesting. He says and does interesting things. This means he gets in the news rather a lot.\n\nIf you look back over the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, the House of Windsor has faced greatest jeopardy when it has been most newsworthy.\n\nThe Queen mostly stays out of the news; her opinions are largely unknown.\n\nThe same is broadly true of Prince William, who only adopts issues - such as mental health - which are not politically partisan.\n\nThere is not much interest in their views, frankly, because the Queen and Prince William do not set out to say interesting things. Other royals do.\n\nBefore her death, Princess Diana was probably the most famous person in the world. Her opinions on a range of matters, and talent for playing the media, were widely known.\n\nPrince Charles' opinions on a range of issues, from homeopathy to architecture, are familiar.\n\nIn recent times, as his ascension presumably nears, he has dialled down his public pronouncements on many issues.\n\nFrom a media management point of view, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who might currently be the most famous couple on the planet, are just far too interesting for the House of Windsor right now.\n\nMix their fame and strained relations with other royals, together with the fact they belong to the Instagram generation, and - in Prince Harry's case - have instinctively despised much of the media for decades, as a result of his mother's death, and you have a toxic brew.\n\nAnd that's before you add in the disastrous recent Prince Andrew interview, which gave every indication of a Firm in which nobody, from a public relations point of view at least, has a grip, or even a clue.\n\nIn their detailed and clearly long-planned announcement of a new media strategy, the duke and duchess issued several soothing words about their support for a free and fair press, but their enmity was impossible to conceal.\n\nThey made an interesting distinction between royal correspondents and their editors, suggesting the former often report stories accurately only for their editors in London to put an opinionated or inaccurate spin, or headline, on their work.\n\nThe duke and duchess visited southern Africa last year with their son Archie\n\nIn his furious statement last October, Prince Harry singled out Britain's tabloid newspapers, saying that they had ruined his mother's life and he wouldn't let them ruin his wife's.\n\nIt is impossible for any of us to imagine what life must be like with the degree of intrusion, and lack of privacy, that relentless tabloid pressure can put on a family.\n\nHere it has driven a young couple to say they will relocate for half the year.\n\nAnd a lot of people don't like tabloid culture full stop.\n\nBut it is worth saying that the tabloids have got some of their coverage of Prince Harry and Meghan right.\n\nThe fact that the couple flew on Elton John's private jet, having made many pronouncements about the environment, is a legitimate story.\n\nFor several months, tabloid reporters in Britain have been writing that there were tensions between Prince Harry and his brother, that a formal split in operations within the family could be imminent, and that the Queen was not being kept fully aware of their plans.\n\nThis story has proved correct: Prince Harry admitted some of it on camera to ITV's Tom Bradby.\n\nAnd this week, Dan Wootton of the Sun was the first to report that the couple were thinking of moving overseas. He got the scoop and deserves credit for that.\n\nFor many years, royal coverage has operated through the royal rota system.\n\nA bit like the lobby in Westminster, this gives privileged, approved journalists access to the royals in exchange for deeper reporting and - the Windsors hope - more positive coverage.\n\nThe Duke and Duchess say they will pull out of the system.\n\nTabloid journalists are furious at this perceived declaration of war. But Prince Harry and Meghan went further still in saying they will still give access to journalists - it's just they'll favour younger reporters or those who support causes close to their heart.\n\nThis couldn't be better calculated to enrage Britain's tabloid press.\n\nPrince Harry has previously has said that tabloid newspapers ruined his mother's life\n\nThe key point here is generational. Princess Diana spent years cultivating journalists, with long lunches and phone calls.\n\nIn the 1990s, if you wanted to build relations with the public, journalists were the filter you had to go through.\n\nPrince Harry and Meghan Markle belong to the Instagram generation.\n\nThey believe they can use social media and their own website to appeal directly to the public, and shape their own public narrative.\n\nThey have much less emotional attachment to, and (as they see it) less need for, newsprint, or even broadcast news bulletins.\n\nA chasm is likely to open up, between what they say about themselves online - and what others in traditional media have to say about them.\n\nThe huge challenge they face stems from the fact that traditional media, while much weaker, are far from dead: tabloid newspapers and TV and radio bulletins reach millions of people in Britain every day. They're going nowhere fast. They still have influence.\n\nIt therefore does matter - albeit less than it once did - if your relations with, for instance, royal correspondents at the Daily Mirror and Daily Mail deteriorate.\n\nThere is something desperately sad for the couple in the fact that, even in North America, you cannot get away from scrutiny - given that every passer-by has a smartphone.\n\nRight now, there are journalists in Britain having conversations at home and at work in which they make clear they expect to be travelling to Canada quite a bit in coming months. Some of them will have already booked tickets.\n\nIf you want to stay out of the media, it's not about where you are, it's about who you are and what you do.\n\nDon't be too interesting. Ironically, this week has radically increased interest in this curiously modern young family.\n\nIn other words - even if he changed his name back to Henry David - for the young prince and his family, who desperately want to be left alone, it's too late.", "Vets have been joined by volunteers to help with the treatment of animals injured in the bushfires on the wildlife haven of Kangaroo Island, Australia.\n\nTwo people and tens of thousands of animals were killed as fires swept through valued habitats, destroying areas it's estimated cover up to half of the island.", "The Queen attended a church service at Sandringham on Sunday morning\n\nThe Queen has summoned senior royals to Sandringham on Monday for face-to-face talks to discuss the future roles of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.\n\nPalace officials told the BBC that Prince Harry, the Duke of Cambridge and the Prince of Wales would all attend, while Meghan is expected join the discussion over the phone from Canada.\n\nThe Sussexes say they plan to step back as senior members of the Royal Family.\n\nThere is no suggestion a conclusion will be reached at the meeting.\n\nBut BBC royal correspondent Jonny Dymond said it is hoped that the talks will produce a \"next step\" on the way to defining the couple's new relationship with the Royal Family - in line with the Queen's wish to find a solution within days.\n\nHe added that there were still \"formidable obstacles\" to overcome in the talks.\n\nMeanwhile, the Duke of Cambridge has spoken of his \"sadness\" at the broken bond with his brother, the Sunday Times reports.\n\nAccording to the paper, Prince William told a friend: \"I've put my arm around my brother all our lives and I can't do that any more; we're separate entities.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Views from the public at Sandringham Estate: 'You can't just be a royal then decide not to be'\n\n\"All we can do, and all I can do, is try and support them and hope that the time comes when we're all singing from the same page.\"\n\nPrince Charles is currently in Oman, after travelling overnight to attend the first of three days of official condolences alongside Prime Minister Boris Johnson, following the death of Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said. He will return to the UK in time to attend Monday's talks.\n\nOn Sunday morning the Queen was seen smiling and waving to crowds as she was driven to church in Sandringham.\n\nPrince Charles is in Oman, where he met the country's new sultan\n\nMonday's gathering at the Queen's estate in Norfolk - being described as the \"Sandringham summit\" - will be the first time the monarch has come face-to-face with Harry since the Sussexes' announcement, which was posted on their official Instagram account.\n\nBBC royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell said the trickiest area will be to agree the financial position of the Sussexes, who said in their statement on Wednesday they intend to \"step back\" as senior royals and work to become financially independent.\n\nThe couple also said they plan to split their time between the UK and North America, while \"continuing to honour our duty to the Queen, the Commonwealth, and our patronages\".\n\nThere are likely to be tax implications to any decision to base themselves outside the UK for any length of time and Buckingham Palace will want \"tight protocols to prevent them cashing in on their royal status\", our correspondent added.\n\nMonday's royal summit may not be the last such gathering needed to sort things out; but enough progress has been made by palace staff and civil servants for the most senior members of the family to meet to discuss some pretty concrete proposals on the way ahead for Prince Harry and Meghan.\n\nThere are still formidable obstacles - it's not at all clear how much in the way of royal duties the prince and Meghan see themselves doing.\n\nOn that will hang issues such as funding and liaison between the palace and Prince Harry and Meghan's new organisation. Unpicking the current relationship is complicated - creating a new one, that lasts, will be even tougher.\n\nThere's a strong desire to get this done. But equally the deal must be robust and workable.\n\nPrecedent is being established here - a way of doing things that may extend in years to come to other members of the royal family.\n\nThe Queen, Prince Charles, William and Harry are expected to review a range of possibilities for the Sussexes, taking into account plans outlined by the couple.\n\nIf a deal is agreed in the coming days, there is a general understanding that it will take some time to implement.\n\nMeanwhile, Meghan is in Canada with her eight-month-old son Archie after flying there amid the ongoing discussions, which have involved the UK and Canadian governments.\n\nShe and Prince Harry had been in Canada over Christmas, before they returned to the UK on Tuesday after a six-week break from royal duties.\n\nOn Friday, the couple's official Instagram account returned to publicising their appearances.\n\nPictures were posted showing the couple during a private visit on Tuesday to a community kitchen in north Kensington, west London, where meals were cooked for families displaced by the Grenfell Tower fire.\n\nLast October, Prince Harry and Meghan publicly revealed their struggles under the media spotlight.\n\nThe couple were already preparing to launch their own Sussex Royal charity, which they set up after splitting from the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's foundation in June last year.\n\nAnd in December it was revealed that the couple had made an application to trademark their Sussex Royal brand across a string of items including books, calendars, clothing, charitable fundraising, education and social care services.\n\nDo you have any questions about Harry and Meghan's decision to step back as senior royals?\n\nIn some cases your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read the terms and conditions.\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 or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "Cheryl Grimmer disappeared shortly after her family moved to Australia\n\nDetectives investigating the suspected murder of a British toddler abducted from an Australian beach 50 years ago are offering a million dollar reward.\n\nThree-year-old Cheryl Grimmer, originally from Bristol, vanished from a shower block in Wollongong, New South Wales, on 12 January 1970.\n\nA man was due to face a murder trial but the charges were dropped last year.\n\nCheryl's brother, Ricki Nash, said he hoped the reward, equivalent to £528,000, would bring justice.\n\nHe said: \"There are no words to describe the pain of losing a sister and the impact Cheryl's disappearance has had on our entire family.\n\n\"Every day we are reminded of the tragic way she was taken from us and we hope this reward is what is needed to bring justice for Cheryl.\"\n\nThe family had emigrated from England to Australia not long before Cheryl disappeared from Fairy Meadow beach, where a memorial walk will be led by her brothers and other relatives later.\n\nWitnesses reported seeing an unknown man carrying Cheryl towards the car park of the Fairy Meadow Surf Club, police say\n\nEfforts to find her were fruitless, despite extensive searches of the area\n\nIn 2017, a man - who cannot be named for legal reasons - was arrested and later charged with Cheryl's murder.\n\nBut a judge ruled statements made by the suspect during a police interview in 1971, when he was aged 17, were inadmissible.\n\nThe Supreme Court of New South Wales found the evidence could not be heard because the teenager had not had an adult representative present during the interview.\n\nCheryl, second right, will be remembered during a memorial walk led by her three brothers\n\nDet Supt Daniel Doherty, from New South Wales police, said he was appealing to those who knew something but had not previously been inclined to assist officers.\n\nHe added: \"Witnesses at the time reported seeing an unknown male carrying Cheryl towards the car park 50 years ago today, but there has been no trace of her ever since.\n\n\"We welcome any information that may assist the investigation. There are now a million reasons to come forward.\"", "Protesters in Tehran have chanted calls for the resignation of officials, after Iran admitted it accidentally shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane on 8 January.\n\nRelatives and friends of those who died held a vigil near the Amirkabir University of Technology on Saturday.\n\nVideos uploaded to social media show a crowd gathered, with some chanting for their country's leaders to resign and calling officials \"liars\".\n\nIran had initially denied reports its missiles had brought down the plane, but said on Saturday that it had \"unintentionally\" shot it down.", "There are an estimated 7,500 wild elephants in Sri Lanka\n\nA record number of elephants - 361 - have died in Sri Lanka during 2019, environmental groups say.\n\nIt is highest figure of elephant deaths to be reported since Sri Lanka became independent in 1948, conservationists said. Most were killed by people.\n\nThere are an estimated 7,500 wild elephants in Sri Lanka. Killing them is illegal, but the animals often come into conflict with rural communities.\n\nElephants are revered in Sri Lanka but some farmers view them as pests.\n\nSajeewa Chamikara, an environmentalist from the Movement for Land and Agricultural Reform, told the BBC that some 85% of elephant deaths last year may have been caused by human activity.\n\nHe said communities had used electric fences, poison and explosives concealed as food to kill the animals.\n\nIn September, officials said they suspected seven elephants found dead in a reserve were poisoned by local residents for destroying crops.\n\nBBC World Service South Asia editor Anbarasan Ethirajan says the expansion of villages and farms in Sri Lanka has contributed to dwindling supplies of food and water for the animals.\n\nOfficials have promised to work to resolve the conflict by putting fences between elephant habitats and rural communities.\n\nBut Mr Chamikara said the government needed to do more to improve the quality of protected areas, such as tackling the issue of invasive plants which grow over grasslands that feed the elephants.\n\n\"Our development plan is not eco-friendly. We need a sustainable development plan,\" he said.\n\nTrains are responsible for killing some wild elephants during their migration. Others die of natural causes, he said.\n\nDozens of elephants are kept in captivity in Sri Lanka to raise income from tourists, while others are forced to march at local festivals.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nSergio Aguero scored his 12th hat-trick to become the highest overseas goalscorer in Premier League history in rampant Manchester City's six-goal hammering of struggling Aston Villa.\n\nThe Argentine moved level - and then past - Thierry Henry, before joining Frank Lampard on 177 goals in England's top flight.\n\nOnly three men - Alan Shearer, Wayne Rooney and Andy Cole - are still ahead of him on the all-time Premier League list. Aguero's number of hat-tricks is a Premier League record.\n\nIt was part of a merciless City performance as they took apart a Villa side who were suffering their worst defeat since Liverpool beat them at 6-0 at Villa Park in February 2016 and have dropped into the relegation zone.\n\nRiyad Mahrez scored the first two, with Gabriel Jesus splitting Aguero's double just before half-time.\n\nThe result leaves City second, the highest position they have occupied following a full round of matches since the beginning of November, although they remain 14 points behind leaders Liverpool, having played a game more.\n\nIt is scarcely believable now but there were some people who thought City had wasted their money when they spent £40m to buy Aguero from Atletico Madrid in 2011.\n\nHe scored twice against Swansea on his debut and it feels like he has not stopped finding the net since.\n\nAguero's most famous goal came at the end of that first season, against QPR to win the title, but for City fans his impact goes way beyond that single strike.\n\nThe 31-year-old is the club's record scorer and now needs only one more to reach 250 for the Blues in all competitions.\n\nHis first was a ferocious effort, the third a clinical strike after he had been given a clean sight of goal.\n\nBut maybe the best indication of the relentlessness with which Aguero goes about his job came from the long conversation he had with Mahrez after the half-time whistle had gone, when he demanded to know why his team-mate had not set him up about five minutes earlier.\n\nCity were 4-0 up at the time.\n• None Can you name the highest-scoring foreign players in the Premier League?\n• None 'Aguero is a legend and will die scoring goals' - Guardiola\n\nIt was a sobering return to action for Danny Drinkwater, who joined Villa on loan from Chelsea in midweek after a similar stint with Burnley came to an end.\n\nThis was Drinkwater's fourth appearance since March 2018 and remarkably meant four of the last five games he had played were against City - for three different clubs - all of which have ended in defeat.\n\nDrinkwater started quite well, with a couple of simple touches.\n\nBut it wasn't long before he was showing clear signs of rustiness after being deprived of match action for such an extended period of time.\n\nDrinkwater would have known Mahrez's strengths - he shared a dressing room with him as Leicester won the title. But he was powerless to stop the Algerian stepping around him, before darting into the area to put the visitors in front.\n\nSix minutes later, Drinkwater unwisely decided to control and assess his options as the ball broke to him off Aguero deep inside his own box.\n\nDavid Silva afforded no time, biting into the challenge and providing Mahrez with the opportunity to crash home his second.\n\nAfter that it was an exercise in chasing shadows for the former England man, who needs to find his form quickly if he is to help Villa out of the problems they find themselves in.\n\nWatching from the stands, goalkeeping duo Tom Heaton and Pepe Reina were powerless to stop the first-half carnage.\n\nWith Heaton on crutches as a legacy of the season-ending knee injury he suffered at Burnley on 1 January, and Reina not registered in time to feature as he is about to complete a loan move from AC Milan, Orjan Nyland was handed his Premier League debut.\n\nIt proved to be a torrid afternoon for the 29-year-old Norwegian, who became the first goalkeeper in Premier League history to concede six goals on his first start in the competition.\n\nNyland was beaten at his near-post for the opener and Aguero's historic effort seemed to go straight through his hands.\n\nReina will surely start at Brighton next Saturday, knowing Villa must improve on their record of two top flight clean sheets since 16 September.\n\nVilla now have a worse goal difference than Southampton, and they suffered that 9-0 home defeat by Leicester on 25 October.\n\nA few fans headed for the stairs with their side 3-0 down after half an hour but the majority stayed with their team to the end and cheered loudly when Anwar el Ghazi scored their injury-time consolation from the penalty stop.\n\nBut, with a Financial Fair Play issue hanging over them if they return to the Championship after a single season in the top flight, it looks like being a busy couple of weeks for Villa as they try to bolster Dean Smith's squad.\n\n'We gave City too much respect' - what they said\n\nAston Villa boss Dean Smith: \"It's tough when you come up against world-class teams.\n\n\"There's a professional pride as a coach and a team, and the third goal summed it up - they had about 20 passes without us laying a glove on them.\n\n\"We gave them too much respect.\n\n\"Our season is not going to be defined by defeats by Man City and Liverpool. You have to learn from this.\n\n\"We have to ask why weren't we competitive and why we gave them too much respect.\"\n• None Since the start of the 2016-17 season, Manchester City have scored 343 Premier League goals - 42 more than any other team.\n• None This was Pep Guardiola's 300th top-flight league win as a manager - he has reached that tally in just 390 games with Barcelona, Bayern Munich and City.\n• None City's David Silva has assisted 21 Premier League goals for team-mate Sergio Aguero - the only player to assist another more in the competition is Frank Lampard for Didier Drogba (24 goals).\n• None City's Riyad Mahrez is the only Premier League player to both score and assist 20 goals since the start of last season in all competitions (21 goals, 23 assists).\n• None In all competitions, City's Kevin de Bruyne has assisted 15 goals this season - five more than any other Premier League player.\n• None Gabriel Jesus has started 76 matches for City in all competitions - he has been directly involved in 71 goals in those matches (54 goals, 17 assists).\n\nVilla need to regroup quickly before their game at Brighton next Saturday (15:00 GMT), while Manchester City host Crystal Palace at the same time.\n• None Goal! Aston Villa 1, Manchester City 6. Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.\n• None Penalty conceded by Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) after a foul in the penalty area.\n• None Attempt missed. Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right.\n• None Attempt missed. Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ahmed El Mohamady with a cross.\n• None Attempt blocked. Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Trézéguet with a cross.\n• None Attempt blocked. Trézéguet (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Grealish.\n• None Goal! Aston Villa 0, Manchester City 6. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez with a through ball.\n• None Attempt missed. Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner following a corner. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Thousands of burned tubes of Pringles could be seen at the side of the vehicle\n\nThousands of tubes of Pringles were burnt to a crisp when a lorry caught fire on the M1 motorway.\n\nFlames took hold of the HGV near junction 25 in Derbyshire at about 07:00 GMT, closing a slip road.\n\nThe driver, who was unhurt, managed to save the tractor unit before escaping, Highways England said.\n\nCountless burnt tubes were seen at the side of the vehicle in the aftermath. The clean-up meant the road did not reopen until about 14:20.\n\nFire crews started tackling the blaze from about 07:00\n\nThe clean-up following the blaze took several hours\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.", "Labour leadership hopeful Sir Keir Starmer has called for unity and said \"factionalism has to go\" if the party is to recover from its election defeat.\n\nSpeaking at his campaign launch in Manchester, he said: \"We are not going to trash the last Labour government… nor are we going to trash the last four years [under Jeremy Corbyn]\".\n\nHe has also vowed to end anti-Semitism in the Labour Party.\n\nSir Keir is one of six candidates running to replace Mr Corbyn as leader.\n\nThe shadow Brexit secretary has won the backing of the UK's largest trade union, Unison.\n\nHowever, on Saturday the grassroots group Momentum said it will ballot its members on backing Rebecca Long Bailey in the contest.\n\nDuring his speech on Saturday, the MP for Holborn and St Pancras said: \"We can't fight the Tories if we are fighting each other. Factionalism has to go.\"\n\nHe criticised Prime Minister Boris Johnson, describing him as a \"man of no principles and no moral compass, who will go anywhere to stay in power\".\n\nHowever, Sir Keir said he would not \"trash\" the Labour governments of Tony Blair or Gordon Brown, or the previous leadership of Mr Corbyn. He said there had been \"many important moves\" made.\n\n\"Jeremy Corbyn was right to make us the party to fight austerity,\" Sir Keir said. \"We build on that, we don't trash it going forward.\"\n\nHe said Labour should treat the 2017 manifesto as its foundation going forward, saying the next manifesto must \"give hope to people that the next 20 years can be better with a Labour government\".\n\nSpeaking to the BBC after the speech, he said: \"I think what we need to do is make a radical and relevant case to [voters] for change. They need to know it's going to work and trust us to implement it.\n\n\"I'm absolutely committed to the fundamental change needed to deal with the rank inequality in this country.\"\n\nThere are currently six MPs in the Labour leadership contest\n\nBBC political correspondent Nick Eardley called Sir Keir \"the man to beat\" in the contest and said the leadership hopeful was \"not shying away from being radical\".\n\nHe added: \"But it's interesting that he said 2017's manifesto should be a foundation - that was a lot less radical than the 2019 manifesto, which many in the party believed offered far too much far too quickly.\"\n\nEarlier, Sir Keir told BBC Breakfast he would personally take charge of the fight against anti-Semitism in the Labour Party.\n\n\"If you're anti-Semitic you should not be in the Labour Party. It is not complicated,\" he said.\n\nSir Keir insisted that anyone who is anti-Semitic should be \"chucked out\" and said he would take \"personal responsibility\" for the issue.\n\nSir Keir was the first of the six Labour leadership contenders to secure the 22 nominations required to progress to the next stage of the contest.\n\nShadow business secretary Mrs Long Bailey and backbenchers Lisa Nandy and Jess Phillips have also received the required support.\n\nShadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry, who currently has 10 nominations, and Clive Lewis, with four, are seeking more support.\n\nMomentum is to ballot its members on backing Rebecca Long Bailey as the next leader\n\nMrs Long Bailey also addressed anti-Semitism at a Labour event in Staffordshire on Saturday, saying \"we've got to make sure this never happens again\".\n\nShe added: \"Voters didn't trust that we were united within our party. Our voters expect us to be united and professional - and yes, we are passionate about what we believe in because it matters so much.\n\n\"But that passion must never spill over into abuse, wherever it is coming from.\"\n\nA new leader and deputy leader will be announced on 4 April.\n\nMomentum has said it will ballot its members early next week on its recommendation to back Mrs Long Bailey and Angela Rayner for leader and deputy leader respectively.\n\nFollowing a meeting of the organisation's steering group, it issued a statement saying Mrs Long Bailey was the \"only viable candidate\" able to build on the party's \"socialist agenda\".\n\n\"We need a new generation of left-wing MPs to lead our party and build on Labour's popular policy agenda,\" a spokesman said.\n\nBut Laura Parker, Momentum's national co-ordinator, said the organisation's leadership should not have \"decided in advance\" of the ballot which candidates to support.\n\n\"Members should be able to choose from all Leader & Deputy candidates,\" she said on Twitter.\n\nMomentum also said it was recommending support for Ms Rayner as deputy, saying the pair could \"work well together\" and \"unite the party against the Conservatives\".", "\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 hydropower scheme is projected to produce enough electricity to power about 3,600 homes\n\nA community claiming they were offered £1,000 a year by a firm building a hydropower project on their doorstep have said the amount is \"insulting\".\n\nThe river Tywi will be used to generate power at the site near Llyn Brianne dam at Ystradffin, Carmarthenshire.\n\nBut campaigners say the firm should pay 20 times that much to the community and affected landowners, based on the £1m the project would make annually.\n\nH20 Power Towy Ltd denied offering £1,000 but would not reveal a figure.\n\nIt also refused to say how many jobs would be created.\n\nCommunity councillor Dr Roger Slade said: \"No-one in the village is complaining about hydro - the problem here is that they're using a public resource and they expect to get it for nothing.\n\n\"There are pockets of real deprivation here and just up the valley there's a company making a million pounds a year.\n\n\"Some of that money should come back to the community.\"\n\nDr Slade described the £1,000 a year from the firm as an \"insulting\" offer.\n\nRoger Slade: \"Money should come back to the community\"\n\nThe scheme is projected to produce 1.8 megawatts of electricity - enough to power about 3,600 homes - with a feed-in tariff which should alone account for £600,000 annually.\n\nThe electricity will then be sold with a guaranteed price for 20 years, producing an annual income in excess of £1m.\n\nCampaigners say there are other schemes where companies pay 4% of revenue annually to affected landowners and 2% to the local community.\n\nIn Ystradffin, this would amount to £20,000 a year, which local people say would be a huge help in supporting various schemes in an area where rural deprivation is an issue.\n\nEmyr Jones, local community council chairman, said: \"It seems to happen time and time again in this area.\n\n\"We provide all the resources and all the finances go out of the area.\n\n\"Any contribution would be a help here - everything is a struggle in this area.\"\n\nCatrin Davies: \"The benefit will not come back to the local community\"\n\nLocal people insist there is broad support for such schemes and that they see renewable energy as a viable way of producing power in the future.\n\nResident Catrin Davies said: \"I feel glad we're able to contribute something towards this huge problem of climate change and I'm happy for the landowners to benefit but I'm sad that the landscape is being ripped up again and that the benefit will not come back to the local community at all.\"\n\nIn a statement, the company deny claims that they offered a sum of £1,000 to the local community but have not provided an alternative figure.\n\nAnd they said there was support for the scheme among the local community.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Fire services in England suffer from a \"toxic\" culture, with some firefighters not treating colleagues with \"enough humanity\", a watchdog chief has said.\n\nInspectors uncovered cases of bullying and harassment at some services, while some staff were said to find the poor treatment of others to be \"amusing\".\n\nIt is the first annual report by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services.\n\nIts chief inspector, Sir Thomas Winsor, called for a new code of ethics.\n\nHe also urged building owners to remove cladding similar to that used on Grenfell Tower, to help avoid another blaze.\n\nSir Thomas highlighted in his report a staff survey that found 24% reported feeling bullied or harassed at work in the past 12 months, with the number rising to 46% at one service.\n\nHe said inspectors had heard allegations of unlawful discrimination and that some services lacked defined values for people to follow and use to challenge unacceptable behaviour.\n\n\"The fire sector refers to itself as humanitarian, yet firefighters in some services don't treat their colleagues with enough humanity,\" he wrote in his report.\n\nWhile the inspectorate said in a briefing with journalists that the problems were found within \"isolated pockets\" of services, it said it had spoken with female firefighters left \"in tears\" when discussing intimidating behaviour by colleagues and a \"lack of inclusivity\".\n\nAlso in his report, Sir Thomas said it was \"alarming\" that, more than two years after the Grenfell fire in which 72 people died, more than 300 buildings still had the same cladding as the tower.\n\n\"Remedial work to remove similar cladding systems, including rainscreens with polyethylene cores, should be done by the building owners as quickly as possible,\" Sir Thomas said.\n\n\"No other fire service should have to tackle a blaze of such severity because of these unsafe materials.\"\n\nThe Grenfell inquiry's phase one report, published in October, found Grenfell Tower's cladding did not comply with building regulations and was the \"principal\" reason for the fire's rapid spread.\n\nElsewhere, Sir Thomas accused the Fire Brigades Union of putting the public at risk.\n\nHe gave the example of staff in Greater Manchester refusing to serve in a team formed to respond to terrorist gun attacks because of a pay dispute.\n\nSir Thomas said the FBU had used its \"considerable industrial muscle\" to demand more money for firefighters required to provide medical assistance alongside ambulance crews.\n\n\"The union shouldn't be interfering in operational matters\", he said. \"They're there to protect their members' interests, to ensure that they're properly paid, their working terms and conditions.\"\n\nLast June, a watchdog warned lives could be put at risk because of the dispute.\n\nIn a statement, the FBU said: \" We utterly refute any suggestion that we have put the public at risk. Operational fire service matters are intrinsically linked to the health and safety of firefighters, and are therefore at the core of our work as a union.\"\n\nIt added: \"Firefighters know best about their service and should have a strong voice in how it is run.\"", "The sharp increase in university students in the UK getting top degree grades seems to have stalled, according to annual official figures.\n\nIt follows warnings from ministers of the need to prevent \"grade inflation\" devaluing degrees.\n\nThe latest figures show 28% of students were awarded first class degrees in 2018-19 - the same as the year before.\n\nEngland's higher education watchdog, the Office for Students, had attacked \"unexplained\" increases in top grades.\n\nNicola Dandridge, chief executive of the Office for Students (OFS), said the latest figures showed an end to successive increases in first class degrees every year since 2011.\n\nOver those years the proportion of students getting a first had risen by 80%.\n\n\"Grade inflation risks undermining public confidence in higher education for students, graduates and employers alike,\" said Ms Dandridge.\n\nThe latest figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency show 28% of candidates were awarded first class degrees, 48% upper second, 19% lower second and 4% third class - with all these the same as the previous year.\n\nEducation Secretary Gavin Williamson said grade inflation was \"something we had to stop\" to protect the reputation of the UK's universities.\n\n\"We will reverse that trend,\" he said, warning there had to be public confidence in \"what grades mean\".\n\nNick Hillman, director of the Higher Education Policy Institute, suggested the stalling in top grades reflected the pressure put on universities.\n\n\"As universities award their own degrees, and despite external examination arrangements, decisions on how many top grades to award are made at an institutional level - but institutions cannot ignore outside interests,\" said Mr Hillman.\n\n\"The higher education sector is, in effect, going through the same cycle that A-levels went through, with lots of inflation followed by a period of reflection.\"\n\nThe number of students in higher education also reached a record high of 2.38 million - up by about 40,000 on the previous year.\n\nThe number of female students has continued to climb more quickly than for men - with 57% of students female in 2018-19.\n\nIt means there are about 340,000 more women in higher education than men.\n\nIn terms of ethnicity among UK students, the biggest increase in recent years has been Asian students - with numbers up by 20% since 2014-15.\n\nThe number of black students has risen by 17% across those years - but for white students, the numbers are below where they stood five years ago.\n\nThe Reform think thank said the figures were \"dire\" in terms of widening access into university for disadvantaged youngsters.\n\n\"Just 12% of students came from came from low participation neighbourhoods in 2018-19 - the same proportion as in 2014-15,\" said researcher Imogen Farhan.", "But fortunately he was still very good at answering the question.\n\nEvan Davis had been interviewing experts about the news TV cameras can film in Crown Courts in England and Wales for the first time.\n\nThe PM programme had meant to book the famous US lawyer who helped successfully defend OJ Simpson, to discuss the development with a retired Supreme Court justice.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. From inside the Old Bailey, Clive Coleman explains what we can expect once cameras are allowed in\n\nTV cameras are to be allowed to film in Crown Courts in England and Wales for the first time.\n\nNew legislation being laid before Parliament will allow judges' sentencing remarks in serious high-profile criminal cases to be seen and heard by TV and online audiences.\n\nHowever, trials will not be televised as they are in countries such as the US as only the judge will be filmed.\n\nThe judiciary, broadcasters and government have welcomed the move.\n\nThe legislation will, for the first time, allow TV cameras to film judges passing sentence in murder, sexual offences, terrorism and other serious high-profile criminal cases in Crown Courts in England and Wales, including the Old Bailey.\n\nIt marks a radical change and a significant extension to the operation of open justice though whole trials will not be televised.\n\nFilming in the Scottish Courts has been allowed subject to permissions and conditions since 1992 but it does not happen that often and the first filming of a sentencing in Scotland was in 2012.\n\nIn the US, cases including the 1995 trial of OJ Simpson for the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman made gripping television but faced criticism for providing an unedifying spectacle at times.\n\nIn England and Wales, the concern has always been that televising trials could deter victims, witnesses and jurors - the vital cogs in the trial process - from taking part.\n\nSo, the judge alone will be seen on camera as he or she delivers their sentencing remarks. No-one else involved in the trial - victims, witnesses, jurors, lawyers or the convicted defendant - will be filmed.\n\nJustice Secretary Robert Buckland denied the move would be a \"blind stumble\" into an \"undesirable OJ Simpson-style scenario\".\n\nHe told TalkRadio it was \"about information rather than entertainment\" and the plans had the full support of the judiciary.\n\nTV scenes from the 1994 murder trial of OJ Simpson will not be replicated in the UK\n\nThe filming can be \"live\", with a short time delay to avoid breaking any reporting restrictions or any other error.\n\nMore often it is envisaged that the judge's sentencing remarks will be filmed for use in later news broadcasts.\n\nAll Crown Court staff who will be involved in the cases where filming takes place will receive training and new guidance.\n\nThe new rules will allow filming only of the judge - not anyone else involved in a trial\n\nThe full sentencing remarks of any case broadcast will also be hosted on a website to which the public has access.\n\nThe legislation should take around three months to make its way through Parliament, meaning the first broadcasts should take place in late spring or early summer.\n\nToday's move follows a successful three-month pilot that allowed not-for-broadcast sentencing remarks to be filmed in eight Crown Courts.\n\nThe Lord Chief Justice, Lord Burnett, said: \"It is important that the justice system and what happens in our courts is as transparent as possible.\n\n\"My hope is that there will be regular broadcasting of the remarks in high profile cases, and that will improve public understanding.\"\n\nCriminal Bar Association chairwoman Caroline Goodwin QC said the move would \"bring greater transparency and a better public understanding of the criminal justice system\".\n\nHowever, she stressed the importance of restricting filming to sentencing remarks, adding: \"Nothing must compromise the interests of justice, the primacy of a fair trial, and respecting the interests of vulnerable witnesses, witnesses generally and defendants.\"\n\nBut not everyone has given the move an unconditional welcome. Bar Council chairwoman Amanda Pinto QC said: \"If the public see judges' faces in the living room on television and are able to identify them more readily then unfortunately they are more likely to be personally attacked, and possibly details published about them which should not be.\"\n\nSince 1925 it has been a criminal offence to film, or even sketch in court - so court artists must go outside and draw those involved in the trial from memory.\n\nFilming has been allowed in the UK Supreme Court since its creation in 2009, and in 2013 cameras were allowed in the Court of Appeal but cases in these courts are appeals, and confined to lawyers' arguments and judges' rulings.\n\nToday's announcement marks the first time cameras will be permitted in Crown Courts in England and Wales where serious crimes are tried.", "The money on offer does nothing to fix problems with health and education, says Conor Murphy\n\nNorthern Ireland will be kept in an \"austerity trap\" unless the government's financial package is increased, the Stormont finance minister has said.\n\nConor Murphy claimed the £1bn on offer does nothing to fix problems with health and education.\n\nHe earlier described the package as an \"act of bad faith\".\n\nNI Secretary Julian Smith has rejected criticism of the financial package to underpin the deal to restore Stormont.\n\nMr Murphy said the government has \"stepped back from its financial commitment\" and that it \"isn't acceptable\".\n\n\"It wouldn't be acceptable if Sinn Féin, the DUP or any of the other parties said: 'We've made a political agreement - we're not going to do that, so you'll just have to get on with it anyway',\" he said.\n\n\"[The deal] does nothing to allow us to transform public services, it really keeps us in the austerity trap that we've been in for nine years.\n\n\"There is an obligation on [the government] to live up to an agreement they made.\n\n\"The executive parties are united on this, they want to see this delivered.\"\n\nJulian Smith said it was the \"biggest injection of new money in Northern Ireland in well over a decade\".\n\nThe Westminster government is to give the NI Executive an extra £1bn to support the agreement.\n\nA further £1bn will be added to Stormont's budget as an automatic result of spending plans for the entire UK.\n\nIt is part of the New Decade New Approach deal to restore Northern Ireland devolution.\n\nSpeaking in the House of Commons on Thursday, Mr Smith warned the Northern Ireland parties about the \"stringent conditions attached\" to the financial package and called for a transformation of how spending is controlled.\n\nOn Wednesday, Mr Murphy said the financial package \"makes our [NI executive] job much more difficult\".\n\n\"The bottom line is with this proposed package, our public services face a shortfall of at least £1bn next year alone,\" he said.\n\nMr Smith expressed disappointment that politicians in Northern Ireland had already ruled out introducing water charges and other rates increases.\n\n\"Northern Ireland taxpayers deserve to know that their money is being used efficiently and effectively,\" he said.\n\nThe NI secretary of state faced criticism from opposition parties and NI MPs about the level of funding promised.\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 honeymoon period after the New Decade, New Approach deal is definitely over now.\n\nIn fact, it has passed quicker than any of us might have expected.\n\nConor Murphy doesn't like the fact that the Northern Ireland Office has put any of the figures out there because I think he would have hoped, as would some of the other ministers in the new Executive, that this would all still be subject to negotiations.\n\nInstead, Julian Smith published the financial package, saying it's a £2bn package and that it's a brilliant one.\n\nOthers say, hang on, £1bn of that will be coming anyway and there's only £1bn attached to this particular deal.\n\nThat is not what the local politicians wanted.\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\nColum Eastwood asked for assurances over funding for a medical school at Magee\n\nThe NI secretary of state faced criticism from opposition parties and NI MPs about the level of funding promised.\n\nSDLP leader Colum Eastwood said there was a gap between the commitments made by both governments and the financial package which needed to be addressed.\n\nHe also called for assurances over the funding for a medical school in Londonderry and to increase student numbers to create a \"full size\" university in the city.\n\nThe DUP's Jeffrey Donaldson also sought assurances that the outstanding money from his party's confidence and supply deal with the conservatives would be made available to the NI executive.\n\nIn response to concerns about the level of funding being provided, Mr Smith described the financial package as a \"good start\" and said the government would look positively at other challenges in future budgets.\n\nHe added that Northern Ireland already receives 20% more funding than any other part of the UK.\n\nMr Smith called on the executive ministers to set out their priorities on how best to spend the money now on offer.", "The UK, France and the UN are hosting a virtual climate meeting on Saturday. About 75 world leaders will attend, marking five years since the adoption of the Paris climate agreement. Pope Francis will also address the meeting.\n\nThis virtual gathering is taking place after the pandemic caused the postponement of the annual Conference of the Parties, due to take place in Glasgow this year.\n\nNations will be revealing how they intend to cut their greenhouse gas emissions which means we’ll find out if their commitments are ambitious enough to stop the worst effects of climate change. But just what is climate change? And why are scientists calling for urgent action?\n\nThis video was first published in January 2020.", "Louise Lawford has not revealed what happened to the pets, it is alleged\n\nA dog walker accused of losing several pets in her care is to be prosecuted for animal welfare offences.\n\nLouise Lawford is alleged to have been looking after at least five dogs when they went missing during a walk in woods in Staffordshire, in June.\n\nOwners said Mrs Lawford, who operated Pawford Paws in Sutton Coldfield, had not revealed what happened to the pets.\n\nThe case, brought by Birmingham City Council, is due to be heard at the city magistrates' court on 23 January.\n\nMrs Lawford, 49, from Erdington, is accused of nine animal welfare offences, including five counts of undertaking group walks without ensuring each dog had been vaccinated, allowing dogs off the lead without written consent and failing to contact the owners or dog warden immediately when dogs were lost.\n\nShe is also accused of three counts of breaching conditions of the licence to operate a business providing home boarding for dogs and one further charge of failing to provide veterinary treatment for a skin infection for a dog.\n\nThe council said Mrs Lawford's dog boarding licence was revoked on 28 June.\n\nIt is claimed the dogs vanished in Hopwas Woods near Tamworth, on 23 June.\n\nApril Lock, who owned pugs Charlie and Ralph, said she was on holiday when Mrs Lawford contacted her about their disappearance.\n\n\"I thought originally maybe that they'd got stolen. She let us search for about two weeks,\" said Ms Lock.\n\nMs Lock and two other pet owners whose dogs disappeared on the same day have been crowdfunding to take civil action against Mrs Lawson.\n\nWest Midlands Police said it had investigated allegations of theft relating to the missing dogs but there was insufficient evidence to consider charges.", "Flybe, the airline which has received government help to avert collapse, is planning to scrap its Newquay-Heathrow service in March.\n\nIt will replace it with flights from Newquay to London's Gatwick airport.\n\nIt comes just days after ministers said the airline should receive support because of its regional connectivity.\n\nThe change is expected to anger businesses in the South West, who value the range of international destinations Heathrow provides.\n\n\"Heathrow puts you on the map when it comes to attracting inward investment,\" said one regional development official.\n\nCornwall's links to London are considered important enough to make the route one of the few in the UK to be operated under a \"public service obligation\" contract.\n\nThis means the government offers a subsidy for the route and invites tenders to operate it.\n\nThe BBC understands that Flybe had been talking to Newquay airport about measures that might mitigate the effects of the change to Gatwick.\n\nSenior industry sources said the decision to move had now been made and the airline's website has for some time not been selling Newquay-Heathrow flights past the end of March.\n\nThe route will, however, still qualify for public subsidy.\n\nEarlier this week, the government said it would conduct a review of regional connectivity as part of its \"levelling up\" drive to spread economic growth across the regions.\n\nThe announcement was made at the same time as ministers approved help for Flybe, which is thought to centre on giving the airline time to pay about £100m of outstanding air passenger duty.\n\nFollowing the rescue deal, the Department for Transport said: \"In light of these discussions Flybe have confirmed they will continue to operate as normal, preserving flights to airports such as Southampton, Belfast and Birmingham.\"\n\nFlybe said it was working closely with its \"partners across the network\" to finalise its full summer programme. \"Our future plans are business confidential and not yet ready for release,\" it said.\n\nSeparately, the BBC has learned that Flybe will, also from the end of March, be free to divert many of the Heathrow runways slots it uses for domestic flights to other short-haul services.\n\nFlybe was awarded the slots in 2017 as part of \"remedy\" imposed by competition regulators on British Airways after it bought BMI British Midland.\n\nBA had to surrender the slots - which are highly prized, with pairs selling for £20m or more - as long as the new owner operated them on certain domestic routes.\n\nFlybe is, however, free to change to other short-haul routes from the end of March.\n\nIndustry sources said it could use those slots for European flights currently operated by its partner airlines - leaving one of its shareholders, Virgin Atlantic, or its partner Delta Air Lines of America, the chance to start new long-haul services from Heathrow.", "The US and China have signed an agreement aimed at easing a trade war that has rattled markets and weighed on the global economy.\n\nSpeaking in Washington, US President Donald Trump said the pact would be \"transformative\" for the US economy.\n\nChinese leaders called it a \"win-win\" deal that would help foster better relations between the two countries.\n\nChina has pledged to boost US imports by $200bn above 2017 levels and strengthen intellectual property rules.\n\nIn exchange, the US has agreed to halve some of the new tariffs it has imposed on Chinese products.\n\nHowever the majority of the border taxes remain in place, which has prompted business groups to call for further talks.\n\n\"There's a lot of work to do ahead,\" said Jeremie Waterman, president of the China Center at the US Chamber of Commerce. \"Bottom line is, they should enjoy today but not wait too long to get back to the table for phase two.\"\n\nThe US and China have engaged in a tit-for-tat tariff war since 2018, which has led to extra import taxes being levied on more than $450bn (£350bn) worth of traded goods. The ongoing dispute has disrupted trade flows, dampened global economic growth and unnerved investors.\n\nAt a signing ceremony in Washington, Mr Trump said the deal sets the stage for a stronger relationship between the US and China. The event, which occurred as the Senate prepared to take up Mr Trump's impeachment, was attended by top Republican donors and business leaders.\n\n\"Together we are righting the wrongs of the past and delivering a future of economic justice and security,\" he said.\n\n\"Far beyond even this deal, it's going to lead to an even stronger world peace,\" he added.\n\nChinese Vice Premier Liu He, who signed the deal on behalf of China, said the agreement was rooted in \"equality and mutual respect\" and defended his country's economic model in his remarks.\n\n\"China has developed a political system and a model of economic development that suits its national reality,\" he said.\n\n\"This doesn't mean that China and the US cannot work together. On the contrary, our two countries share enormous common commercial interests.\"\n\n\"We hope both sides will abide by and keep the agreement in earnest.\"\n\nIt has been hailed by the White House as a breakthrough in a war that President Trump triggered to protect American jobs and companies from what he viewed as unfair competition from China.\n\nThe weapon of choice: billions of dollars of tariffs, or extra charges, on imports. But that has hurt the very workers and businesses they were meant to protect, in both countries.\n\nFor all the fanfare - and the unusual appearance of a president at the signing of a bilateral trade deal - this is more armistice than victory - with only a small proportion of the tariffs being reversed and relatively minor concessions granted by both sides. Tariffs remain on around two-thirds of the goods Americans buy from China\n\nMoreover, Washington's fundamental complaints about Chinese practices - from its approach to subsidising businesses to cybertheft - remain unresolved. With President Trump's ambition to rewrite the rules of global trade yet to be achieved, some fear he may turn his firepower on Europe next - just as the UK is looking to broker an advantageous post-Brexit relationship\n\nMr Trump has said the accord signed on Wednesday is a \"phase one\" agreement and promised that the administration will take up other issues - such as China's state subsidies - in future negotiations.\n\nThe US accuses China of \"unfair\" business practices, such as providing subsidies for domestic businesses and administrative rules that have made it difficult for US firms to operate in the country.\n\nMr Trump has defended maintaining the bulk of the tariffs, saying they will provide leverage in future talks. But US business groups and analysts expressed concern.\n\n\"While Phase One makes incremental progress, it remains to be seen whether it will deliver any meaningful relief for farmers like me,\" said Michelle Erickson-Jones, a Montana wheat farmer, who is affiliated with the lobby group Farmers for Free Trade. \"The promises of lofty purchases are encouraging but farmers like me will believe it when we see it.\"\n\nCharles Kane, a lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, said Mr Trump sees China as a useful political scapegoat, making any serious negotiation unlikely until after the November presidential election.\n\n\"He's using [the trade war] as a political weapon,\" Mr Kane said.", "Read through the 44-page defence provided by the Mail on Sunday to the High Court and you quickly realise why the Royal Family rarely resort to the courts in their endless struggles with the media.\n\nBack in February last year the Mail on Sunday published excerpts from a letter that the Duchess of Sussex had written to her father, Thomas Markle, in August 2018. That letter referred to the period around her wedding to the Duke of Sussex in May the same year.\n\nThe publication of the letter by the Mail on Sunday followed hard on the heels of an article in the US-based People magazine where five people, who remain unnamed but are reported to be part of the duchess' inner circle, put her side of the story.\n\nIn that article it was suggested by a \"long-time friend\" that Thomas Markle refused to take Meghan or Prince Harry's calls and that he refused to get into a car sent to take him to the airport and then to the UK for the wedding.\n\n\"He knows how to get in touch,\" one friend is reported as saying. \"Her telephone number hasn't changed. He's never called; he's never texted.\"\n\nThe article also referred to a letter that Meghan wrote to her father, asking him to stop criticising her.\n\nIt's the publication of that letter that the duchess is suing the Mail on Sunday over. She alleges breach of copyright, breach of data regulation laws and a breach of her right to privacy. She also alleges that the letter was selectively edited.\n\nThe Mail on Sunday pushes back on all three charges - it says that copyright applies to work that is the author's own intellectual creation; the letter was \"pre-existing fact and admonishment\" and as such is not protected under copyright law.\n\nThe Duchess of Sussex visited a women's centre in Vancouver on Tuesday\n\nThe newspaper says that, as the personal data considered topics that Meghan had herself put into the public domain, its processing and publication was not unlawful.\n\nAnd it says that by becoming part of the British Royal Family - who \"generate and rely on publicity about themselves… to maintain the privileged positions they hold\" - there is rightly enormous public interest in her story.\n\nBut the Mail on Sunday's defence goes further - much further.\n\nIt notes that Meghan did not ask her father to keep the letter private.\n\nIt says the letter appears to have been \"immaculately copied out\" without \"crossings-out or amendments\" as if Meghan anticipated it being published.\n\nIt says the way the letter reads - \"to put [Meghan] and her conduct in the best possible light\" strongly suggests that that the duchess wanted or expected it to be read by others.\n\nThe Mail on Sunday accuses those friends of Meghan's who spoke to People magazine of lying. And it does so by citing Meghan's father, Thomas.\n\nHe says he did call and text his daughter in the weeks before the wedding, that he did tell her he couldn't make it to the wedding and that when after the wedding he tried to call her again, he was cut off by the couple.\n\nThe Mail on Sunday presents the publication of Meghan's letter to her father as his response to the lies that, he says, were put around by her friends in the People magazine article.\n\nQuite how much of the above is relevant to the actual case is up for debate. But the tone and content of the defence offered by the Mail on Sunday is a shot across the bows of Team Meghan.\n\nIt is a taster of what the Mail on Sunday will try to make the court case about - not centred on copyright law and data regulations, but about Meghan's character, her credibility, and the way she treats her family.\n\nAnd standing in court, supporting the Mail on Sunday, could be her father Thomas - who is prepared to go to court, his daughter Samantha told the BBC.\n\nIt is an astonishing prospect - and a reminder of why the royals so rarely reach for their lawyers like this.", "The boss of Ryanair has threatened legal action over the government help given to regional carrier Flybe.\n\nMichael O'Leary has written a strongly-worded letter to the Chancellor, Sajid Javid, saying the state rescue of Flybe contravenes competition rules.\n\nHe argues measures that are being put in place to help Flybe should be extended to other airlines.\n\nIf they are not, Ryanair intends to launch legal proceedings against the government, Mr O'Leary said.\n\nBritish Airways' owner IAG has already filed a complaint with the EU, arguing the rescue breaches state aid rules.\n\nEarlier this week, the government approved help for Flybe, which is thought to centre on giving the airline extra time to pay about £100m of outstanding Air Passenger Duty (APD).\n\nDetails of the rescue plan have not been made public, however the government has said it is fully compliant with state aid rules.\n\nMr O'Leary's letter describes the rescue as a \"badly thought-out bailout of a chronically loss-making airline\" and calls for any tax holiday granted to Flybe to be extended to rival operators.\n\n\"Unlike Flybe we all operate profitable business models (without the benefit of being owned by billionaires)\" the letter says \"We must be treated the same as Flybe if fair competition is to exist.\"\n\nFlybe's owners include Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic, Stobart Group and Cyrus Capital who have agreed to invest £30m into the airline.\n\nStobart Group said it will provide £9m of capital \"with the funds drawn down only if required\".\n\nHMRC has indicated in a tweet that what is being described as a \"tax holiday\" for Flybe is available to other businesses that run into trouble.\n\n\"Time to Pay agreements are common where taxes or duties are owed,\" it said. HMRC said last year more than 700,000 such arrangements were used.\n\nRyanair's letter said that the government should clarify what support is being given to Flybe including details of any \"APD holiday\".\n\n\"Should you fail to confirm these facts within the next seven-day period, please be advised that Ryanair intends to launch proceedings against your government for breach of UK and EU competition law and breach state aid rules,\" the letter said.\n\nIAG has also written to the government accusing it of a \"lack of transparency\" and has submitted a Freedom of Information request over the details of the rescue.\n\nThe government has said it will review APD as part of a government commitment to improving regional connectivity across the UK. It intends to make a further announcement at the Budget in March.\n\nA rail industry body and environmental lobby groups have voiced concern that cutting taxes on flying provided the wrong incentives at a time when the government is also aiming to cut carbon emissions in order to tackle the climate crisis.\n\nThe Department for Transport said the outcome would \"benefit the entire industry\".", "Dominic Hamlyn became unresponsive while swimming at the family home in Crundale, Kent\n\nA student died during an underwater challenge at his brother's 21st birthday party, an inquest heard.\n\nDominic Hamlyn, 24, became unresponsive while swimming at the family home in Crundale, Kent, on 28 July.\n\nHis father, neurosurgeon Peter Hamlyn, said he had been performing the same \"party trick\" since he was a child.\n\nCoroner Scott Matthewson said the Cambridge graduate had a pre-existing heart condition and died from \"sudden adult death syndrome\".\n\nThe inquest heard Dominic had challenged a family friend to swim lengths of the pool underwater and had swum about two-and-a-half while holding his breath before he was seen to be not moving.\n\nMr Hamlyn told the inquest in Maidstone he gave his son emergency treatment while waiting for the paramedics to arrive.\n\nDominic was taken to William Harvey Hospital in Ashford but he died about 15 hours later.\n\nHis father, who treated boxer Michael Watson after his near-fatal brain injury during his Chris Eubank fight in 1991, said his son had been unresponsive for \"seconds rather than minutes\" before being pulled out of the pool.\n\nA medical student at the party initially performed CPR before Mr Hamlyn took over until paramedics arrived at about 03:45 GMT.\n\nDominic Hamlyn's father told the inquest he had performed the party trick since the age of 11\n\nPeter Hamlyn said his eldest son could usually swim four or five lengths underwater and would take a series of deep breaths before doing so.\n\n\"It was an entirely routine thing which I had seen him do since he was a child,\" Mr Hamlyn told the court.\n\nHe said his son had been an extremely fit athlete, played rugby, cricket and rowed for Downing College, Cambridge. The inquest also heard that alcohol was not relevant\n\nPathologist Dr Olaf Biedrzycki said he could have lost consciousness underwater caused by a lack of oxygen to the brain, but \"on the balance of probability\" it was \"an underlying heart condition\".\n\n\"If he wasn't trying to do more than he had done before, that is slightly more likely than shallow water blackout,\" he said.\n\nHe gave the cause of death as acute cardiac arrhythmia - sudden adult death syndrome.\n\nIn a statement, the 24-year-old's family said there was a \"lack of medical awareness\" about the syndrome.\n\n\"As a result, victim's families will continue to go unscreened and readily treatable warning signs missed.\"\n\n\"In life Dominic gave so much to others. It is up to us to ensure his legacy is not just a family immersed in our grief but that his loss brings awareness and change,\" they said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "There is no application form for the Royal Family. No interview, no appeal, few in the way of entrances or exits. It is that strange lottery, an accident of birth.\n\nBut to stay royal you have to do two things. Serve, and survive.\n\nYou have to do some service. Some of it ceremonial, and often dull. Some of it - if it involves celebrities or travel - less dull. A lot of it is woven into the civic life of the UK - openings, namings, lunches and dinners.\n\nYou have to survive. You have to aid - and certainly not threaten - the survival of the House of Windsor and the British monarchy.\n\nIt's not a bad life. It is a constrained life, often unchosen. In exchange for a pretty comfortable standard of living in perpetuity, you lose a lot of choice.\n\nBut you must do these two things if you want to remain a royal.\n\nAnd it's not clear that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex really want to do either.\n\nIn Sandringham later the players will receive a series of options, a range of possibilities.\n\nThese will be based on the stated aim of Prince Harry and Meghan that they want financial independence, to take paid employment, to spend a lot more time outside the UK, to exclude the media from their lives at their discretion and to continue at least in part, a royal life, service to the Queen.\n\nLeaving aside the heady brew of contradictions detailed elsewhere, the balancing of these different aims and demands is hard enough. Money is a big issue.\n\nBut so will be the status of the court of Prince Harry and Meghan that emerges. Will it be entirely independent of the palace, of the monarchy? Will the palace retain any veto on direction or projects for the couple?\n\nMuch, says one official, depends on how much royal work the prince and Meghan intend to do, and where.\n\nMeghan will be in Canada with her eight-month-old son Archie during Monday's meeting\n\nTo watch Prince Harry for not very long, as I have, is to observe a man who comes alive with crowds, with love, with those who need him.\n\nBut also to see a man entirely unhappy with his lot. A man who desperately wants to get away from cameras, observers, outsiders, looking and filming and exploiting him.\n\nNow the prince, who has worn the nation's uniform in combat and amongst death and injury, is openly sneered at across pages and feeds and memes. It is hardly a great national moment.\n\nPrince Harry has had a hard time, from when his mother was taken from him, a boy aged 12. It is important to remember also because it demolishes the Meghan Myth - that somehow she is the root of all today's turmoil.\n\nThe Meghan Myth is nonsense, with a generous sprinkling of spite, misogyny and some racism. The prince always wanted out. And together, with her brains and understanding and love, they think they have a way.\n\nMaybe a deal comes on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. But what are not up for negotiation are service and survival. Both must be observed by Prince Harry and Meghan if they are to remain royals.\n\nPerhaps Prince Harry's allergy to media coverage can be managed at those royal events and duties he attends. Perhaps the couple will make themselves available to a significant and visible degree of service.\n\nBut the style of their departure from familial obligation, their declaration of independence last week, was so abrupt and so disrespectful.\n\nThe duke has gone beyond rebellious prince. Meghan, the enabler, is in Canada, with child and dogs. That degree of going rogue looks quite a lot like a direct threat to the survival of the monarchy.\n\nThat is why today's meeting is hard.\n\nMaybe the two sides can strike a deal over the next day, two days, invent a new structure that officials say might be emulated for a new royal generation.\n\nBut will the couple really agree to the restrictions that service and survival demand?\n\nA deal will probably be crafted - however the direction of travel is one way. Prince Harry and Meghan are looking for the exit.", "An appeal to raise £500,000 by the weekend has been launched to ensure Big Ben chimes when the UK leaves the EU at 23:00 GMT on 31 January.\n\nThe famous bell has only rung a few times since renovations began in 2017.\n\nThe PM's spokesman highlighted \"potential difficulties\" in using money raised from public donations.\n\nBut the Brexit Party's Richard Tice said it would be \"pretty feeble if we can't organise for a bell to chime at this historic moment\".\n\nStandUp4Brexit, the organisation behind the crowdfunder, says if it does not reach the target, the money will be donated to veterans' charity Help For Heroes.\n\nMore than £155,000 had been raised by Friday morning, with one of the largest single contributions coming from Tory MP Mark Francois, who donated £1,000.\n\nBusiness Secretary Andrea Leadsom has said she donated £10.\n\nAppealing for contributions, the group writes: \"However you may have voted in the referendum, this unique moment is unlikely ever to be repeated...\n\n\"If you would like to see it marked by the chiming of the most iconic timepiece in the world, please donate now.\"\n\nThe House of Commons Commission has estimated that getting the bell to ring during renovation works on the Palace of Westminster's Elizabeth Tower, which houses it, would cost between £350,000 and £500,000.\n\nThe body - a group of MPs and officials responsible for the day-to-day running of Parliament - said this was because of the costs of bringing back the chiming mechanism and installing a temporary floor, and delays to the conservation work.\n\nOn Wednesday the commission said the estimated costs could not be justified, and appeared to cast doubt on the idea that public donations should cover them.\n\nIn a statement, the body said using donations for the works would be an \"unprecedented approach\".\n\n\"Any novel form of funding would need to be consistent with principles of propriety and proper oversight of public expenditure,\" it added.\n\nOn Thursday, the PM's spokesman said: \"The House of Commons authorities have set out that there may be potential difficulties in accepting money from public donations.\n\n\"I think the PM's focus is on the events which he and the government are planning to mark 31 January. It's a significant moment in our history and we want to ensure that's properly recorded.\"\n\nOn Tuesday, Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle said there was a need to \"weigh up the costs\" involved in making Big Ben chime for Brexit.\n\n\"You are talking about £50,000 a bong,\" he added.\n\n\"We also have to bear in mind that the only people who will hear it will be those who live near or are visiting Westminster.\"\n\nBut Brexit Party chairman Richard Tice told the BBC's Today programme he did not believe the figure was correct, pointing out that the bell rang on New Year's Eve.\n\nHe also suggested that \"bureaucrats in the Houses of Parliament\" might stop the money being used, on the grounds that it would not be public money.\n\nHe added that if the target was not reached, a recording of Big Ben's chimes would be played through a loudspeaker at a Brexit event organised by Leave Means Leave group in London's Parliament Square.\n\nThe event gained \"provisional authorisation\" from the Office of the London Mayor on Wednesday.\n\nResponding to the call for donations, Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg told the Commons: \"One shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth.\"\n\n\"If people wish to pay for things, that should be considered as part of their public spiritedness, rather than thinking everything should fall on the hard-pressed taxpayer.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"It's as if they just dropped down dead from the sky.\"\n\nHundreds of birds found dead on a road may have been killed trying to escape a bird of prey, police have said.\n\nMore than 200 starlings were found dead on Anglesey on 11 December.\n\nOne of the birds had a tag from Lithuania, 1,032 miles (1,662 km) from where it was found dead.\n\nNorth Wales Police's Rural Crime unit said investigations supported the theory they had hit the ground trying to avoid a predator.\n\nInitial post-mortem examinations by the Animal Plant and Health Agency suggested the starlings had died on impact with the road.\n\nOne had a ring on its left leg and was ringed in 2015 Ventes Ragas, Lithuania, making it four years old.\n\n\"It's highly likely the murmuration took avoiding action whilst airborne, from possibly a bird of prey with the rear of the group not pulling up in time and striking the ground,\" a tweet from the unit said.\n\nMystery had surrounded the death of the birds with one starling expert suggesting they could have been disorientated by sun reflected from a wet road.\n\nAt the time Dafydd Edwards, whose partner found the birds, said it was as if \"they had dropped down dead from the sky\".\n\nThe force said it was waiting for further toxicology results before a final theory could be confirmed.", "Epstein owned two islands in the US Virgin archipelago, including Little St James (pictured)\n\nFinancier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused girls as young as 12 on his private islands, the US Virgin Islands prosecutor has claimed.\n\nEpstein, who died in prison in August 2019 while awaiting trial for abuse dating back to 2005, is alleged to have trafficked girls as recently as 2018.\n\nThe lawsuit against his estate says the girls were \"lured and recruited\" to his Caribbean home and forced into sex.\n\nThis is the first lawsuit filed against Epstein in the US Virgin Islands.\n\nThe suit seeks to seize part of his $577m (£442m) fortune and his two private islands, Little Saint James and Great Saint James.\n\nThe two islands are estimated to be worth $86m.\n\n\"Epstein clearly used the Virgin Islands and his residence in the US Virgin Islands at Little Saint James as a way to be able to conceal and to be able to expand his activity here,\" US Virgin Islands prosecutor Denise N George says in the suit.\n\n\"Epstein and his associated trafficked underage girls to the Virgin Islands, held them captive, and sexually abused them, causing them grave physical, mental and emotional injury.\"\n\nJeffrey Epstein was charged with sexually abusing dozens of girls\n\nAs recently as July 2017, Epstein refused to allow an official to enter his Little Saint James island for routine monitoring of the registered sex offender, the lawsuit claims.\n\nHe is also accused of using fake visas to traffic women and girls, several of them aspiring models, in and out of the island territory and using a computerised database in order to track his victims' movements on his island.\n\nIn one incident, the suit claims that a 15-year-old girl attempted to swim away from Epstein's island after she was forced to engage in sex acts with Epstein and others.\n\nIn that case, she was captured and had her passport confiscated by Epstein, the suit claims.\n\nEpstein's legal permanent residence was registered to the Virgin Islands. In the days before his suicide in jail, he filed an updated version of his will to the US island territory.\n• None The case of Jeffrey Epstein - in 300 words", "Grenfell Tower families have raised concerns to the PM about a potential conflict of interest involving a member of the inquiry into the disaster.\n\nBenita Mehra will join chairman Sir Martin Moore-Bick for the inquiry's second phase, which begins this year.\n\nThe Guardian has revealed Ms Mehra ran a charity that received funding linked to US firm Arconic, which supplied the cladding that helped the fire spread.\n\nSeventy-two people died during the tower block fire on 14 June 2017.\n\nShah Aghlani, who lost his mother and aunt in the fire, told the BBC: \"We have to look into it and see what the facts are and, if there's a conflict interest, I'm afraid she has to go. She has to be replaced.\n\n\"She's going to be sitting on panel judging and analysing things and we can't have any sort of conflict of interest.\"\n\nHe added that, in a meeting with bereaved families on Thursday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised to \"listen, look into it and he'd come back to us\".\n\nA report - following the first phase of the public inquiry into the fire - found in October last year that the tower block's cladding did not comply with building regulations and was the \"principal\" reason for the fire's rapid and \"profoundly shocking\" spread.\n\nArconic said the grant was made by its charitable arm, the Arconic Foundation, which is \"an independently endowed and managed foundation\".\n\nA spokesman added: \"It's part of Arconic Foundation's mission to create access to these fields for girls and women all over the globe. The grant we awarded in 2017 to this particular UK association was purely on this basis.\"\n\nMs Mehra, a civil engineer, was appointed to the Grenfell Tower inquiry panel shortly before Christmas, replacing academic Professor Nabeel Hamdi.\n\nIt has since emerged that Ms Mehra is an immediate past president of the Women's Engineering Society (WES), which previously received funding from the Arconic Foundation for an apprentice conference.\n\nEarlier, Karim Mussilhy, vice-chairman of the survivors and bereaved group Grenfell United, told the Guardian: \"Her society has been supported by Arconic. She will look at it from the perspective of Arconic doing good things for the industry, that they are a great organisation. Her perspective will be affected.\"\n\nHowever, a spokeswoman for the inquiry said they do not believe Ms Mehra's former role with the WES will have any influence on her ability to be impartial.\n\n\"The consideration and appointment of panel members is a matter for the Cabinet Office,\" said the spokeswoman.\n\n\"The inquiry does not consider that Benita Mehra's former presidency of the Women's Engineering Society in any way affects her impartiality as a panel member.\"\n\nA Cabinet Office spokesman said: \"There are robust processes in place to ensure the Grenfell Tower Inquiry remains independent and that any potential conflicts of interest are properly considered and managed.\"\n\nThey added that the Arconic Foundation donated to a \"specific scheme which provides mentoring for women in engineering and is unrelated to the issues being considered by the inquiry\".\n\nDowning Street said the prime minister \"reaffirmed his commitment to getting to the truth of what happened, learn lessons and deliver justice for victims\".\n\nOn Thursday's meeting with Grenfell families, a No 10 spokesman added: \"During the meeting, they reflected on the phase one report of the Grenfell Inquiry, and looked ahead to the next stage.\"\n\nMs Mehra stepped in for the second phase of the inquiry after Prof Nabeel Hamdi, a housing expert, decided to quit because of the commitment involved in taking part in the inquiry.\n\nThe second phase of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry begins on 27 January.\n\nAfter considering the night of the fire, during the first phase, the focus will switch to the refurbishment of the building and its role in the fire, as well as issues surrounding the building regulations.\n\nThouria Istephan, who specialises in construction regulations, will join Sir Martin and Ms Mehra on the panel.", "No Time To Die will be Daniel Craig's final outing as James Bond\n\nThe producer of the James Bond films has ruled out making the character female after Daniel Craig's departure.\n\nNo Time To Die, which will be released in April, marks Craig's final outing as 007, and his replacement has not yet been announced.\n\n\"James Bond can be of any colour, but he is male,\" producer Barbara Broccoli told Variety.\n\n\"I believe we should be creating new characters for women - strong female characters.\n\n\"I'm not particularly interested in taking a male character and having a woman play it. I think women are far more interesting than that.\"\n\nThe forthcoming Bond film will see actress Lashana Lynch play a female 00 agent after Craig's Bond has left active service.\n\nLashana Lynch plays a new MI6 agent with a licence to kill\n\nLynch was seen in character for the first time in the trailer, reigniting the conversation about whether James Bond himself could be re-cast as a woman for the next film.\n\nBroccoli oversees the franchise with her half-brother Michael G Wilson. \"For better or worse, we are the custodians of this character,\" she said. \"We take that responsibility seriously.\"\n\nThe pair reflected on how the Craig era has altered the direction of the franchise.\n\nPierce Brosnan's final Bond film, 2002's Die Another Day, was a financial success but was criticised for pushing the boundaries of realism.\n\nThe film's plot involved a giant space laser and an invisible car.\n\n\"We got too fantastical,\" says Wilson, referring to the film. \"We had to come back to Earth.\"\n\nCraig's era has, in contrast, more closely resembled the original character Ian Fleming wrote.\n\nBroccoli says she is a \"custodian\" of the Bond character\n\nMartin Campbell, the director of GoldenEye and Casino Royale, admitted he was not convinced Craig was the correct choice to begin with, but came around with Broccoli's persuasion.\n\n\"To be honest, it took me a little while to see it,\" he said. \"Daniel's acting was terrific, but he wasn't a pretty-boy. Barbara was adamantly in favour of him.\"\n\nCraig had originally indicated he would not return to the series, but agreed to film one more after speaking with Broccoli.\n\n\"Barbara doesn't take no for an answer,\" said Craig. \"It's not in her wheelhouse.\n\n\"I had a nice long break, which I really needed. And then she was just persistent and came to me with some ideas, which we started formulating, and I got excited again.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "James Farrar says he is now considering taking legal action\n\nA union boss who used a megaphone close to two police officers' ears has been found not guilty of assaulting them.\n\nThere was no evidence taxi union chief James Farrar had committed a crime, Judge Philip Bartle QC said.\n\nPC Ann Spinks had told Mr Farrar's trial she was left with ringing in her ear \"like a fire alarm going off\" after a megaphone was purposely aimed at her.\n\nMr Farrar, 51, said the legal action against him was \"a corrupt and crude attempt... to break our union\".\n\nThe chairman of the United Private Drivers' branch of the IWGB union said the Metropolitan Police and Transport for London (TfL) had also tried to \"further disenfranchise precarious workers\" and he had instructed his lawyers to \"pursue the matter\".\n\nAt Southwark Crown Court, Judge Bartle instructed the jury to find Mr Farrar not guilty of the two counts of assault he faced.\n\nDismissing jurors, the judge said: \"The facts did not justify the offence in either case of assault by beating because the offence requires unlawful application of force.\"\n\nThe confrontation happened at a demonstration in Parliament Square, which the court heard was organised by Mr Farrar, against TfL plans to exempt black cabs from the congestion charge but enforce it for Uber and minicab drivers.\n\nMr Farrar, from Bordon, Hampshire, had been told not to use the megaphone at ear level before the alleged assault, his trial heard.\n\nPC Spinks told the jury the union boss had continued shouting through his megaphone, which was about a foot away from her head.\n\nShe said she told another officer at the time: \"[Mr Farrar] had blasted the megaphone into my left ear causing ringing, tinnitus, like a fire alarm going off in your ear.\"\n\n\"My ear at that time had gone bright red and was quite hot to touch,\" she added.\n\nAlthough no physical beating took place, the prosecution alleged Mr Farrar's actions amounted to an \"unlawful application of force\".\n\nNeither police officer suffered lasting hearing loss as a result, the court was told.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The report calls for a zero-tolerance approach to criminals\n\nThe number of people cautioned or convicted for carrying knives in England and Wales has reached record levels, Ministry of Justice data shows.\n\nThere were 14,135 offences in the year to September 2019 - the most since the data was first compiled in 2007.\n\nWhen possession offences involving other weapons were added, the total was almost 22,300 - the most since 2009.\n\nThis week it was reported Boris Johnson will lead a new cabinet committee looking at ways to tackle the crime.\n\nIt comes after data released by the Office for National Statistics in October revealed police-recorded offences involving a knife or sharp instrument hit a record high in the year to June - up 7% on the previous 12 months to 44,076.\n\nThe latest MoJ figures show that for most offenders (71%) this was their first crime of this kind.\n\nAccording to the report, offenders are now more likely to be handed an immediate jail sentence for knife and weapon offences, and for longer.\n\nIn the year to September, 38% of knife and offensive weapon offences resulted in an immediate custodial sentence compared with 23% for the same period in 2009.\n\nThe average length of prison sentences also rose over the same period, from six to eight months, the document said.\n\nBBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said the record number of knife possession offences could reflect a greater use of police stop-and-search powers, as well as a rise in the number of people carrying knives.\n\nJonathan, pictured with his mother, Michelle, died after being stabbed on a north London high street in 2017\n\nJonathan McPhillips, 28, was killed after being stabbed in the chest on a north London high street in 2017.\n\nHis mother, Michelle, said he had been trying to protect a teenager he knew who was being attacked by a gang when he was stabbed near Islington Town Hall.\n\nThe father-of-two, known as JJ, died in hospital four days later, on 28 February.\n\nMichelle, who now campaigns against knife violence, said tougher sentences - including automatic jail sentences for carrying knives - and more police officers were needed to turn the tide against knife crime.\n\nYoung people also need to better understand the wide-reaching consequences of knife attacks, she says.\n\n\"They don't understand. It's not just the victim's family that are affected - it's the perpetrator's family, too. They feel guilty that they've given birth to a murderer, but no one gives birth to a murderer - murderers are created in our society.\"\n\nNo one has been convicted over Jonathan's killing.\n\nA case against a man accused of the fatal stabbing was dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service in 2018 after it decided there was not a realistic prospect of conviction.\n\nBut Michelle said she would continue to fight for justice for her son.\n\n\"I'm not going away. I won't fade into the background.\"\n\nBarnardo's chief executive Javed Khan said: \"We need to tackle the root causes and understand why those involved carry knives.\n\n\"Increasing the number and length of sentences can only be part of the solution, as this may not deter young people who are suffering a poverty of hope.\n\n\"The new government urgently needs to work with charities, education, health, youth workers, the criminal justice system and local communities to find long-term solutions, so vulnerable children have a reason to turn away from crime.\"\n\nOn Wednesday, the Times reported that Mr Johnson had ordered all Whitehall departments to take action on tackling crime.\n\nAccording to the paper, the prime minister told ministers every department should consider itself a criminal justice department as part of a drive to look at the \"complex causes of crime\", which would involve long-term reforms to improve health, social care, youth services and education.\n\nShadow home secretary Diane Abbott said there was \"no evidence\" in the data the government's approach to tackling knife crime was having a positive effect.\n\n\"Rising knife crime undermines all the Tory claims on law and order. Unfortunately, until they tackle the crises they created through cuts to policing, schools, to mental health and drug services, there can be little confidence of any major improvement,\" the Labour frontbencher added.\n\nJustice minister Chris Philp said the government was recruiting 20,000 more police officers, replacing those lost over the last decade, was extending stop-and-search powers and ensuring the most violent offenders were kept in prison for longer.\n\n\"These figures should serve as a stark warning to those carrying knives - you are more likely to be jailed, and for longer, than at any point in the last decade,\" he added.", "Luke Williams died in Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil three days after the assault\n\nA man has been charged with murdering a man who died days after being attacked in a street.\n\nLuke Williams, 26, was left injured in the attack in Commerce Place in Aberaman, Rhondda Cynon Taff, at about 21:00 GMT on 16 December.\n\nHe was taken to the Prince Charles Hospital but died three days later.\n\nA 52-year-old man has now been charged with Mr Williams' murder and was due to appear before Cardiff Crown Court later.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "PC Sharon Beshenivsky had been a police officer for just nine months when she was killed\n\nA man wanted in connection with the murder of a PC shot dead during a robbery has been arrested in Pakistan.\n\nWest Yorkshire officer Sharon Beshenivsky was killed outside a travel agency in Bradford in 2005 while responding to an armed robbery call.\n\nPolice said Piran Dhitta Khan, 71, had been wanted by officers investigating the fatal raid.\n\nMr Khan appeared in court in Islamabad where extradition was discussed. He was remanded in custody until 29 January.\n\nPC Beshenivsky, 38, had only been an officer for nine months when she was shot in the chest on what was her youngest daughter Lydia's fourth birthday.\n\nShe was a mother of three and stepmother of two children. Three men were jailed for life for her murder, two for manslaughter.\n\nHer shift partner, PC Teresa Milburn, was also shot but survived.\n\nPC Beshenivsky's husband Paul said he was \"glad\" at the news of the arrest.\n\n\"It's been a long time coming. It's just a matter of getting closure within what happened in 2005,\" he said.\n\nPC Teresa Milburn was also injured in the robbery\n\nWest Yorkshire Police had previously said Mr Khan was believed to be on the run in Pakistan and was being sought.\n\nA £20,000 reward had been offered for information leading to his capture.\n\nDet Supt Mark Swift, said: \"I would like to thank the National Crime Agency in Pakistan and partners who have made this arrest possible.\n\n\"This is a major development in this long-running investigation and their assistance in this matter cannot be understated.\n\n\"We are continuing to liaise with partners in Pakistan to process Mr Khan's extradition with the intention of returning him to the UK to face court proceedings.\"\n\nMrs Beshenivsky died attending reports of a robbery at the travel agent in Bradford\n\nBrian Booth, chairman of West Yorkshire Police Federation, said: \"I know my colleagues within West Yorkshire are delighted to hear about the arrest of Piran Dhitta Khan and will now be watching closely the wheels of justice turning in this case and how this plays out.\n\n\"The murder of Sharon and the attempted murder of her colleague PC Teresa Milburn sent a shockwave not only through West Yorkshire but throughout the world.\n\n\"We still mourn the loss of Sharon and I wish to pass on my thanks, on behalf of my West Yorkshire colleagues, to the National Crime Agency in Pakistan for making this arrest possible.\"\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\nSir Keir Starmer has warned against blaming Labour's historic election defeat on its 2019 campaign alone.\n\nThe leadership candidate said the party had been losing votes in its heartlands for a \"long time\" and had lost four general elections in a row.\n\nPeople wanted \"fundamental change\" but did not trust Labour to deliver it, he told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg.\n\nHe vowed to restore trust in Labour \"as a force for good and a force for change\" and end factional infighting.\n\nBut he refused to say whether his politics were closer to Tony Blair or Jeremy Corbyn, saying: \"I want to lead a Labour Party that is trusted enough to bring about fundamental change.\n\n\"I don't need somebody else's name or badge to do that.\"\n\nThe BBC's political editor is aiming to interview all five Labour leadership hopefuls before the result is announced on 4 April.\n\nSir Keir, who has been endorsed by Britain's biggest union, Unison, said he could \"unify the party\" and \"forge a path to victory at the next general election\".\n\n\"We need to unify the party and I think I can do that,\" he said.\n\n\"We spent far too much time fighting ourselves and not fighting the Tories. Factions have been there in the Labour Party - they've got to go.\"\n\nSome on the left have blamed the election defeat on Sir Keir and others at the top of the party promoting another Brexit referendum.\n\nHe said: \"We were trying to bring together both sides whether they voted Leave, or they voted Remain.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Keir Starmer: I think I can restore that trust in Labour\n\n\"But I think the idea that Brexit was the only issue in this election is wrong, or even that in our heartlands it was the determining factor because actually if you look at what's happened in our heartlands we've been losing votes there for a long time.\"\n\nSpeaking at a pub in Somers Town, in his Holborn and St Pancras constituency, he said he believed Labour could win last year's election, even though the \"odds were against us\", but added: \"In the end people didn't have trust in us.\n\n\"Partly that was to do with the leadership, rightly or wrongly, partly it was to do with Brexit, anti-Semitism came up, and the overload of the manifesto.\"\n\nHe said Labour needed to \"restore that trust, but if we only look at the 2019 election we're missing the fact that we've lost four in a row\".\n\nHe said his priority, as a \"moral socialist\", would be tackling the \"gross inequality\" in British society and ensuring \"equal opportunity for everyone, wherever they come from and whatever their background\".\n\n\"I don't need someone else's name or badge.\"\n\nSir Keir Starmer wouldn't today reveal whether he saw his ideas and his ambitions for the country as closer to Jeremy Corbyn or Tony Blair.\n\nInstead, when we sat down in a north London pub in his constituency, he wanted to make the valid argument that different leaders work in different eras, confronting different problems.\n\nTimes change, essentially, and the next leader, he believes, needs to be looking to the next set of issues and try to take the party by the scruff of the neck and make it into an effective opposition straight away - but with an eye on where the political battles will be in 2024.\n\nBut his obvious reluctance to plant a flag somewhere on Labour's wide political spectrum is perhaps representative of the problem that he faces in this race.\n\nSir Keir admitted he does have friends who are Tories, and that he received support from colleagues on the Conservative benches when his father died in 2018.\n\nThe shadow Brexit secretary said he judged people \"by what they say and who they are, rather than which party they're in\".\n\nThe five leadership contenders - Sir Keir, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Emily Thornberry, Jess Phillips and Lisa Nandy - are set to take part in a series of hustings around the country, starting in Liverpool on Saturday.\n\nThey need the support of 5% of local parties or at least three affiliates - two must be unions - by 14 February to make it on to the final ballot of party members.\n\nThe new leader will be announced on 4 April.\n\nIt comes as the grassroots pressure group Momentum endorsed Mrs Long-Bailey.\n\nThe group, which grew out of Jeremy Corbyn's 2015 leadership campaign, said it would mobilise thousands of supporters to elect Mrs Long-Bailey as the next Labour leader.\n\nMomentum polled members on whether it should officially back Mrs Long-Bailey, with 70% of those who took part endorsing the plan, and 52% backing Angela Rayner as her deputy.\n\nAround 14,700 people applied to register as temporary supporters of Labour to vote in the leadership contest, the party has said.\n\nThe 48-hour window to apply to be a temporary supporter closed at 17:00 GMT on Thursday. Applicants who meet the eligibility requirements will be able to vote in the leader and deputy leader elections.", "Freya was playing with a friend when the accident happened\n\nA four-year-old girl died after her bike helmet got caught on a branch, an inquest has heard.\n\nFreya Thorpe \"potentially slipped\" as she climbed a tree after setting her bike aside while playing with a friend in Upper Heyford, Bicester.\n\nThe court heard she was suspended from the branch and the helmet strap became \"tight against her throat\".\n\nCoroner Darren Salter ruled her death, on 8 September last year, was an accident.\n\nHer father Christopher Thorpe told Oxford Coroner's Court the family's lives had been \"utterly destroyed\" by his daughter's death.\n\nHe said he and his wife loved her \"more than life itself\".\n\nA man was giving Freya CPR when paramedics arrived at Carswell Circle in Upper Heyford\n\nThe court heard Freya had been playing with another girl of similar age near their homes when the accident happened.\n\nElisabeth McCall, who was passing by with a child, found Freya and dialled 999 but was unable to remove her from the tree, the court heard.\n\nParamedic Peter Elsmore said a man was performing CPR on her when he arrived.\n\nThe four-year-old died at the John Radcliffe Hospital two days later due to the brain injuries she sustained.\n\nThe court heard the area where the accident happened was a \"popular place for younger children to play\" and was surrounded by 12 houses.\n\nMr Thorpe said: \"I would like to thank anybody that tried to help my little girl.\"\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. Sport should be part of everyone's life - Prince Harry\n\nThe Duke of Sussex has met young rugby players at his first public event since he and the Duchess of Sussex said they would step back from royal life.\n\nPrince Harry laughed and joked as he met children in Buckingham Palace's gardens ahead of the Rugby League World Cup 2021 draw, which he hosted.\n\nHe also met representatives of the 21 nations playing in the world cup.\n\nMeghan and the couple's son Archie are in Canada but the duke will reportedly stay in the UK for meetings next week.\n\nTalks involving the Queen, Prince Harry, the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge to discuss the couple's future were held on Monday at the Queen's Sandringham estate.\n\nThe Queen released a statement agreeing to their wish to step back as senior royals, become financially independent and to split their time between the UK and Canada.\n\nOn Thursday, the prince appeared relaxed and at ease as he took part in the draw hosted at the palace - despite being questioned about his next move.\n\nBBC Sport journalist Shamoon Hafez, who was at the event, said Prince Harry gave \"a loud laugh\" when a reporter asked him how talks on his future were going.\n\nPrince Harry hosted the Rugby League World Cup draws for the men's, women's and wheelchair tournaments, as part of his role as patron of the Rugby Football League.\n\nSpeaking to BBC News, Jon Dutton, the tournament's chief executive, praised the prince for being \"authentic\", \"engaged\" and taking his time to meet representatives from participating nations.\n\nThe tournament runs from 23 October to 27 November 2021 in 17 cities across England, with 16 men's, eight women's and eight wheelchair teams taking part.\n\nEngland will play Samoa in the opening match at St James' Park, Newcastle.\n\nThe prince met ambassadors for the global tournament in the gardens of the palace\n\nPrince Harry has enjoyed rugby since his school days and was a house games captain at Eton.\n\nThe duke was joined by ex-England player Jason Robinson and Dame Katherine Grainger for the draw in the throne room of Buckingham Palace.\n\n\"Not only do I continue to see sport actually changing lives, but it's saving lives as well,\" the prince said at the event.\n\n\"Whether it's rugby league or sport in general... it needs to be in everybody's life.\"\n\nJason Robinson and Dame Katherine Grainger joined Prince Harry in the throne room\n\nThe prince helped with the draw to determine the group stages of the tournament\n\nBefore the draw, he met two ambassadors for the global tournament - James Simpson, England and Leeds Rhinos wheelchair rugby league star, and Jodie Cunningham, a rugby league player in the Women's Super League for St Helens.\n\nHe then spoke to 12 young rugby players from St Vincent de Paul Catholic primary school, who are tag rugby champions in Westminster for the third year running.\n\nPrince Harry joked with the youngsters, telling them to look after the palace grass or he would get in trouble.\n\nPosing for a team picture, he teased them, saying: \"Some of you are really warm. Some of you haven't been running around.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prince Harry shakes children's hands in the gardens of Buckingham Palace\n\nKevin Sinfield, former rugby league England captain and Leeds Rhinos director of rugby, said on Thursday that Prince Harry had been \"fantastic for the sport\".\n\n\"His enthusiasm, his energy, his engagement with young people in particular, has been outstanding,\" he told BBC Breakfast.\n\nMr Sinfield said the Royal Family had helped to \"massively\" improve openness about mental health in rugby league, adding that Prince Harry had \"really driven this\".\n\nThe duke hosted the event as part of his role as patron of the Rugby Football League\n\nIn a video message posted on Instagram on Thursday the prince said he was \"proud\" to support the tournament's decision to adopt a mental fitness charter - a programme including workshops for 8,000 young players and their families.\n\n\"The perception in rugby league is that you need to be tough,\" he said. \"You can't show your feelings, you have to grin and bear it.\n\n\"But something like the mental fitness charter will help us make real progress in getting rid of the stigma associated with mental illness, and remind people that it's not just about being physically fit, but more importantly mentally strong.\"\n\nMr Sinfield added: \"To have a real figurehead involved in it who's championing it left right and centre is only going to do good things.\"\n\nFormer rugby league England captain Kevin Sinfield, pictured left in 2017, said Prince Harry has been \"fantastic for the sport\"\n\nThere has been speculation Prince Harry would travel to Canada after the draw but a source quoted by the Press Association said: \"The duke has some meetings here early next week.\"\n\nPrince Harry's brother, the Duke of Cambridge, did not mention the talks between senior royals during his first official engagement of the year, on a visit to Bradford with the Duchess of Cambridge.\n\nMeghan flew to Canada to join eight-month-old Archie ahead of the meeting.\n\nOn Tuesday she visited a charity in Vancouver which campaigns for teenage girls living in poverty.\n\nJustice for Girls said Meghan visited to \"discuss climate justice for girls and the rights of indigenous peoples\".\n\nThe Duchess of Sussex discussed \"the power of young women's leadership\" on a visit in Vancouver, Justice for Girls said\n\nMeghan also visited the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre in Vancouver.\n\nThe centre posted a photograph on Facebook of the duchess with staff and visitors, with a caption which said they had talked about \"issues affecting women in the community\".\n\nIt came as a legal document was submitted to the High Court in London by the Mail on Sunday, outlining its response to Meghan's legal action over its publication of extracts from a private letter she wrote to her father.\n\nOn Wednesday evening, Prince Harry launched the next leg of his Invictus Games, for wounded and injured service personnel and veterans, with an Instagram video.\n\nThe prince said he was looking forward to an \"amazing atmosphere\" in host city Dusseldorf, Germany, at the sixth edition of the tournament in 2022.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lisa Nandy said socialists across the world had been \"beaten over and over\" by nationalists\n\nA Labour leadership candidate has claimed that the UK should \"look to Catalonia\" for lessons on how to defeat Scottish nationalism.\n\nLisa Nandy made the comments as she argued that a \"social justice agenda\" could beat \"divisive nationalism\".\n\nHundreds of people were hurt when the Spanish authorities used force to try to stop the disputed independence referendum in Catalonia in 2017.\n\nNicola Sturgeon said people would be \"mortified\" by Ms Nandy's remarks.\n\nAnd Scotland's only Labour MP, Ian Murray, warned all of the candidates in the party's leadership contest that they should not \"come up to Scotland and talk about things that you're not quite sure what you're talking about.\"\n\nIn an interview with the BBC's Andrew Neil Show, Ms Nandy said that socialists across the world had been \"beaten over and over\" by nationalists.\n\nShe added: \"We should look outwards to other countries and other parts of the world where they have had to deal with divisive nationalism and seek to discover the lessons where, in these brief moments in history in places like Catalonia and Quebec, we have managed to go and beat narrow divisive nationalism with a social justice agenda.\"\n\nThe Wigan MP was challenged by Neil, who put it to her that the SNP's brand of nationalism is not \"hard right\" and instead goes \"hand in hand with social justice\".\n\nMs Nandy responded by arguing that it suits the SNP to keep the argument about independence going because it meant no one in Scotland was \"paying attention to their record, which is frankly appalling\".\n\nAnd she said she does not want another vote on independence as \"I think this country has had enough of referendums\".\n\nHundreds of people were hurt as Spanish police attempted to stop the Catalan referendum in 2017\n\nIn a referendum on 1 October 2017, which was declared illegal by Spain's Constitutional Court, about 90% of voters backed Catalan independence - although the vote was boycotted by most opponents of independence, and the turnout was only 43%.\n\nThe referendum was marred by violent clashes as police used batons and fired rubber bullets in an attempt to prevent it going ahead.\n\nNine pro-independence Catalan leaders were subsequently jailed for between nine and 13 years for their role in organising the vote, with the sentences sparking further violent clashes between police and protestors.\n\nIn a blog post published after the interview, Ms Nandy said that socialists in Catalonia have \"for years been peacefully resisting the advance of separatists there\".\n\nAnd she argued that \"recent indications suggest that their democratic efforts may well succeed\" and that there are \"hopeful signs their approach of socialism and solidarity - which stands in stark contrast to the unjustified violence we saw from the Spanish police operating under the instruction of Spain's then right wing Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy - may yet win out.\"\n\nMs Nandy's remarks were raised in the Scottish Parliament on Thursday, with Ms Sturgeon saying that she assumed the Labour MP \"hasn't paid attention to what has actually happened in Catalonia in recent times\".\n\nThe first minister added: \"If she had, she would surely not have suggested that there are any positive lessons at all to be learned from that.\n\n\"Perhaps Lisa Nandy should take the opportunity to clarify exactly what she did mean, recognise the concern that it has caused, and perhaps even apologise for that.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Murray indicated his displeasure at Ms Nandy's intervention as he formally launched his campaign for the party's deputy leadership.\n\nThe Edinburgh South MP told journalists: \"I say this to all leadership and deputy leadership candidates: Please don't come up to Scotland and talk about things that you're not quite sure what you're talking about.\"\n\nMs Nandy is one of five candidates who remain in the contest to replace Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader, with the winner being announced on 4 April.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Red Rebel Brigade group took part in the climate protest in Aberdeen.\n\nExtinction Rebellion protesters have ended a blockade at the entrances to Shell's Aberdeen headquarters.\n\nActivists arrived at the Altens base at about 06:30 and remained at the site until 19:30 in a bid to \"hold Shell to account\".\n\nThe group said the protest was part of its two-week long campaign targeting the fossil fuel industry.\n\nShell said it was addressing its emissions and helping customers to reduce theirs.\n\nAnd industry body Oil and Gas UK (OGUK) said climate change would not be solved by \"stunts\".\n\nExtinction Rebellion also had its purple boat at the site.\n\nThe protesters were also in Aberdeen city centre on Thursday afternoon, including at the Union Square shopping centre.\n\nA statement from Extinction Rebellion Scotland said: \"Today's successful protest marked the final day of 10 days of action focused on the fossil fuel industry, and in particular Shell's role in driving the climate crisis.\n\n\"Thirty activists spent 13 hours blockading the entrances to Shell HQ all day, sending a message that we won't take their wilful avoidance in the face of the climate emergency any more.\"\n\nThe group vowed to continue taking action until governments and industry respond \"sensibly and appropriately\" to the warnings from scientists and public figures, such as broadcaster Sir David Attenborough.\n\nIt concluded: \"Anything other than a rapid winding down of the fossil fuel industry is irresponsible and reckless.\"\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\nOne of the protesters, Michael, a 57-year-old management consultant, said: \"Governments and corporations like Shell all agree that my children are facing a catastrophic climate and ecological collapse yet are doing next to nothing to prevent this.\n\n\"I'm here today because as a parent I am ultimately responsible for the safety of my children whether today, tomorrow or in 30 years time.\"\n\nA Shell spokesman said: \"The heightened awareness of climate change that we have seen over recent months is a good thing.\n\n\"As a company, we agree that urgent action is needed. What will really accelerate change is effective policy, investment in technology innovation and deployment, and changing customer behaviour.\n\n\"As we move to a lower-carbon future, we are committed to playing our part, by addressing our own emissions and helping customers to reduce theirs - because we all have a role to play.\"\n\nOGUK communications director Gareth Wynn said: \"Climate change will be solved by practical actions not conspiracy theories and stunts.\n\n\"It's disappointing that this group is choosing to disrupt the normal working day of people in this industry, causing alarm rather than engage in meaningful discussion with key decision makers.\n\n\"Our industry is packed full of people with the engineering and environmental knowledge and skills to play a key part in reducing emissions and we are already taking action.\"\n\nCh Insp Davie Howieson, local area commander for Aberdeen South, said: \"Officers are currently in attendance at a peaceful protest in Wellington Road, Aberdeen, outside the Shell premises.\n\n\"The road was blocked from around 06:45, and road users are advised to avoid the area for the time being. We are liaising with both Shell and the protest organisers, Extinction Rebellion.\"\n\nStaff at oil company EnQuest in Aberdeen were sent home as a \"precautionary measure\" ahead of the protest walk through the city centre.\n• None Seven in court after drilling rig 'occupation'\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union\n\nSaracens will be relegated from the Premiership unless they can prove compliance with Premiership Rugby's salary cap rules in the next few days.\n\nThey were deducted 35 points and fined £5.3m in November, having broken the cap for the past three seasons.\n\nHowever, there is widespread belief Saracens will once more struggle to get under the £7m limit this campaign.\n\nThe champions have been told to comply with the rules immediately or face relegation at the end of the season.\n\nBut the club say nothing has been finalised and they are still trying to work through a solution before the deadline.\n\nSaracens interim chief executive Edward Griffiths said: \"Discussions are continuing, and nothing has been finalised but our position remains the same.\n\n\"It is clearly in the interests of the league and English rugby that this matter is dealt with as soon as possible, and we are prepared to do whatever is reasonably required to draw that line.\"\n\nOn Saturday, Saracens posted on social media to confirm the club is \"engaged in constructive dialogue\" with Premiership Rugby.\n\nThe bosses of the top-flight clubs met at a Premiership Rugby board meeting in London on Tuesday.\n\nIt was decided that unless Saracens could prove their compliance, they would face the unprecedented step of dropping into the second tier.\n\nAlthough Griffiths revealed to the BBC earlier this month that the club may need to trim their squad to fit under the cap, no players have yet been released.\n\nThe contract season has already run for seven months - since the start of July - with all the money paid to players who have featured for the club during that period counting towards the cap.\n\nFurthermore, any money paid as compensation to players for cutting short contracts would also be included in the wage bill.\n\nPremiership Rugby announced last month a comprehensive review of the current salary cap regulations, conducted by former government minister Lord Myners.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra and online; Live text on selected matches on the BBC Sport website and app.\n\nAustralian Open organisers are confident the tournament will start and finish on time despite continuing health concerns over Melbourne's air quality from bushfires in the country.\n\nSome players have complained about having to play qualifying matches in smoky conditions.\n\n\"There is a lot of speculation about the Australian Open not happening, or starting later,\" said tournament director Craig Tiley.\n• None 'It boils my blood': GB's Broady furious about air quality email\n• None Gauff, 15, to face Venus Williams again in first round\n• None How to follow the Australian Open on BBC TV, radio & online\n\nSlovenia's Dalila Jakupovic had to be helped off court when she retired from her qualifying match on Tuesday because of the \"unhealthy\" air quality.\n\nBritish player Liam Broady said having to play his first-round qualifier on the same day \"made his blood boil\", adding he was \"gasping for air\" as he lost to Belarusian Ilya Ivashka.\n\nPeople in Melbourne were advised to stay indoors and keep pets inside on Tuesday.\n\nA number of players have also criticised the tournament for not postponing the matches, with American Noah Rubin saying he had \"blood and black stuff\" coming out of his nose following his match on Wednesday.\n\nTiley says he understands the anger of the players, adding he believes it stems from the confusion of seeing different measurements of air quality depending on the app or website they used.\n\nRubin, a former Wimbledon junior champion, also told BBC Sport he was unhappy with the communication from tournament officials, saying they were reluctant to explain the figures to the players.\n\n\"Air quality is a very complex and confusing issue which relates to a number of different factors,\" said Tiley.\n\n\"There are number of different air quality measures and it is made more complex by going on an app. There are different apps and websites which give you different readings.\n\n\"This is about trusting the medical advice and trusting the expertise and scientific advice of the people who analyse this every day.\n\n\"The safety, the wellbeing and the health of the players is the priority for us, as with our staff and our fans.\"\n\nTiley said the tournament decided to use a 'PM2.5 concentrate' measure to monitor the air quality levels after receiving advice from environmental and medical experts.\n\nA PM2.5 reading is being taken every four minutes at Melbourne Park. If the reading exceeds 200, Tiley said it would be deemed hazardous and play would be suspended.\n\nHe says no reading has exceeded the 200 mark while matches have been in progress at Melbourne Park. However, it did exceed that mark - rated as 'very unhealthy' - on Tuesday, when qualifying was delayed by an hour.\n\nIf play is suspended, the Tennis Australia chief executive says the tournament will continue indoors under the roofs on Rod Laver Arena, Margaret Court Arena and Melbourne Arena.\n\n\"We do have three indoor arenas in which we can compete. It may look differently but the tournament will happen,\" Tiley said.\n\n\"We are speculating if that would happen but if we had to work it out we would.\n\n\"We don't expect that to happen because we haven't yet seen anywhere in the world where there has been above that 200 on the PM2.5 concentrate consecutively over two weeks.\"\n\nThe first Grand Slam of the year gets under way on Monday.\n\nHear more from Craig Tiley on 5 live Sport from 19:00 GMT on Thursday\n• None What is being done to fight the bushfires?", "British Airways' owner IAG has filed a complaint to the EU arguing Flybe's rescue breaches state aid rules.\n\nThe move comes amid a growing backlash against the government's plan to defer some of Flybe's air passenger duty payments, thought to top £100m.\n\nEasyJet and Ryanair said taxpayer funds should not be used to save a rival.\n\nMeanwhile, the government's proposal to cut Air Passenger Duty (APD), was attacked by the rail industry's trade body and climate campaign groups.\n\nEasyJet chief executive Johan Lundgren said: \"Taxpayers should not be used to bail out individual companies, especially when they are backed by well-funded businesses.\"\n\nWhile Ryanair said it had called for \"more robust and frequent stress tests on financially weak airlines and tour operators so the taxpayer does not have to bail them out\".\n\nThe government has said the review of the tax will be consistent with its zero-carbon targets.\n\nHowever, in a tweet, Green Party MP Caroline Lucas said: \"Addressing Flybe problems by reducing APD on all domestic flights is utterly inconsistent with any serious commitment to tackle the Climate Crisis. Domestic flights need to be reduced, not made cheaper.\"\n\nThe Rail Delivery Group, which represents train operators, also said any review of APD \"that encourages more people to fly domestically would limit efforts to tackle the climate crisis\".\n\nWillie Walsh, the chief executive of the owner of British Airways, said government money should not have been used\n\nAhead of filing the state aid complaint, Willie Walsh, the outgoing chief executive of IAG, wrote to Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, criticising the government's involvement in its rescue.\n\nIn a letter, Mr Walsh said: \"Prior to the acquisition of Flybe by the consortium which includes Virgin/Delta, Flybe argued for tax payers to fund its operations by subsidising regional routes.\n\n\"Virgin/Delta now want the taxpayer to pick up the tab for their mismanagement of the airline. This is a blatant misuse of public funds.\n\n\"Flybe's precarious situation makes a mockery of the promises the airline, its shareholders and Heathrow have made about the expansion of regional flights if a third runway is built.\"\n\nBut Downing Street has said the government is \"fully compliant\" with state aid rules. The Prime Minister's spokesman said \"there has been no state aid to Flybe,\" adding that \"any future funding will be made on strictly commercial terms.\"\n\nBritish Airways' owner IAG's decision to make a state-aid complaint to the European Commission underlines its determination to shine a light on - and if possible, overturn - the government's assistance to Flybe.\n\nMinisters have not published the details of the arrangement, but it is understood to include a \"time-to-pay\" arrangement for the company's airline passenger duty liabilities.\n\nThese arrangements are common for companies that are struggling to pay their tax, but unusual when it comes to duty payments.\n\nIAG chief executive Willie Walsh's letter to Grant Shapps points out that Flybe has wealthy backers - Virgin Atlantic is a big shareholder, and one of Virgin's main shareholders in turn is Delta Air Lines, one of the biggest and most profitable airlines in the world. These are not the kind of companies, Mr Walsh argues, that should rely on taxpayer support to keep one of their investments trading.\n\nHis intervention should, of course, be seen in the light of the long and bitter commercial rivalry between British Airways and Virgin Atlantic. The latter's position at Heathrow is bolstered by Flybe's feed of domestic traffic, and BA would not be unhappy if that stream of traffic was choked off.\n\nThree Cabinet ministers - Mr Shapps, Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom and Chancellor Sajid Javid signed off on the deal that will keep Flybe operating.\n\nAlthough the terms of the direct assistance were not disclosed, they are understood to include forbearance on Flybe's Air Passenger Duty (APD) payments.\n\nMr Shapps said the move was necessary to protect key routes and any rule changes would apply to all carriers.\n\n\"The actions we have taken will support and enhance regional connectivity across the UK, so local communities have the domestic transport connections they rely on,\" he said.\n\n\"Any changes implemented as a result of our reviews of air passenger duty and regional connectivity will apply to all airlines in the competitive aviation market.\"\n\nState aid is assistance given by the government to companies or other organisations that has the potential to distort market competition.\n\nThe aid can be in the form of direct cash grants or indirect aid - such as preferential borrowing rates or tax credits.\n\nUnder EU rules, member-state governments are allowed to provide state aid only with approval from the European Commission.\n\nFor example, in 2015 the UK government submitted plans to provide a subsidy to Drax power station to convert one of its units from coal to biomass fuel. Following an investigation, the commission ruled in favour of the scheme.\n\nBut there are exceptions to the rules. For example, aid worth less than 200,000 euros (£175,000) over three years is exempt.\n\nEven though Brexit is due to happen on 31 January, the UK will continue to follow EU state aid rules during the 11-month transition period that follows.\n\nIAG believes the UK government's proposal would amount to unlawful state aid as it would impact other airlines operating the same routes as Flybe, but the government disagrees.\n\nAirlines collect the duty from passengers as part of their ticket price, and then hand it over to HMRC.\n\nIt is understood Flybe could be given up to three months' breathing space to pay about £100m worth of duty.\n\nThe ministers have also agreed to review air passenger duties on domestic flights in a move attacked by environmental campaigners.\n\nMs Leadsom defended the decision to intervene, saying that Flybe was a \"viable business\".\n\nShe also said Flybe's situation was different to that faced by travel firm Thomas Cook, which collapsed last year. \"The difference... between Flybe and Thomas Cook was that in the case of Thomas Cook it had huge amounts of debt, and any taxpayer's money would simply be throwing good money after bad.\"\n\nFlybe's owners - Virgin Atlantic, Cyrus Capital and Stobart Air - will inject about £30m of new money.\n\nIn his letter, Mr Walsh pointed out that Virgin is part-owned by US carrier Delta Air Lines, which is one of the world's largest and most profitable airlines.\n\nHe argues that Virgin and Delta together have the resources to rescue Flybe, and they should not be asking for taxpayer support. Mr Walsh says Flybe has been mismanaged.\n\nFlybe is already in receipt of some public money for its important Newquay-Heathrow route, which it operates under a \"public service obligation\" contract with the government.\n\nMr Walsh said that British Airways had indicated its willingness to operate that route without assistance - in the summer only - but was excluded because of the Flybe deal.\n\nHe warned the government that Flybe's Heathrow operations could, in time, be diverted to long-haul routes - which would not be in line with its policy of promoting regional connections to London.\n\nBut Rob Griggs, director of policy at Airlines UK, the industry trade body, defended the deal. He said giving extra time to Flybe to pay APD was not the same as a direct injection of public funds.\n\nThe British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa), a union, also welcomed the news.\n\n\"This is good news for 2,400 Flybe staff whose jobs are secured and regional communities who would have lost their air connectivity without Flybe,\" said Balpa general secretary Brian Strutton.\n\nLucien Farrell, the chairman of Connect Airways - which owns Flybe - said the group had agreed to \"keep Flybe flying with additional funding alongside government initiatives\".\n\n\"We are very encouraged with recent developments, especially the government's recognition of the importance of Flybe to communities and businesses across the UK and the desire to strengthen regional connectivity,\" he said.", "A promise to do more to protect the soil will form part of a vision for the UK farm industry being unveiled by the government later.\n\nMinisters have accepted that farmers need incentives to farm in a way that leaves a healthy soil for future generations.\n\nSoil protection has become a core issue of the Agriculture Bill that is returning to Parliament.\n\nThere is three times more carbon held in soil than in the atmosphere.\n\nBut much has been lost thanks to intensive farming and deforestation.\n\nThat is fuelling climate change and compromising attempts to feed the world.\n\nUntil recently soil has been a Cinderella subject, even though human life depends on the thin few inches above the rock.\n\nIn its bill the government will promise to reward British farmers who protect the soil.\n\nIt is part of a radical shift in the grant system - previously announced – to move subsidies away from EU Common Agricultural Policy which basically pays farmers for owning land.\n\nInstead in post-Brexit Britain they will be rewarded for providing services for society like clean air, clean and plentiful water, flood protection and thriving wildlife.\n\nThe grant changes will be phased in over seven years.\n\nAlready there is disquiet from farmers and environmentalists alike that the government has not set in law its promise that UK food standards will not be lowered in any post-Brexit deal with the US.\n\nMinette Batters from the NFU said: “This bill is one of the most significant pieces of legislation for farmers in England for over 70 years.\n\n“However, farmers across the country will still want to see legislation underpinning government assurances that they won't allow imports of food produced to standards that would be illegal here.\n\n“We'll continue to press the government to introduce a standards commission as a matter of priority to oversee and advise on future food trade policy and negotiations.”\n\nCPRE, the countryside charity, welcomed what it called a generational opportunity to change the way England farms for the better.\n\nIt said: “This bill represents a radical rethink of farming practice and, most importantly, finally starts to recognise the need to regenerate soil - the fundamental building block of our entire agricultural system.\"\n\nAlthough the bill has been applauded, the policies are still in embryonic stage, and as details emerge conflicts are sure to arise.", "The number of UK pubs and bars increased for the first time in a decade during 2019, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).\n\nThe total number rose by 315, or 0.8%, last year to 39,130, driven by food sales.\n\nThe ONS said that the first increase seen since the financial crisis also saw a boost for smaller pubs.\n\nThe British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) said it \"cautiously welcomed\" the news.\n\nAccording to ONS data, the number of smaller venues with fewer than 10 employees increased by 85 in 2019.\n\nThat follows on from more than 15 years of closures.\n\nHigh Stickland, senior statistician at the ONS, said: \"While smaller pubs have been struggling to survive in recent years, bigger pubs have been growing in number.\n\n\"We'll have to wait to see if this marks a revival for smaller 'locals'.\"\n\nThe ONS suggested that the overall boost was down to \"changing consumer habits\".\n\nNew data shows that pubs and bars now employ more people to serve food, rather than drinks.\n\nIn 2003, roughly four in 10 employees in the pub industry were bar workers, with about three working in the kitchen.\n\nSome 457,000 people now work in pubs and bars across the UK, with food staff making up 43.8% of employees in the sector.\n\nPeople are now spending more of their disposable income on eating out, rather than going for a pint.\n\nMeanwhile, overall consumption of alcohol has fallen by about 16% since 2004, according to the charity Alcohol Change UK.\n\nDespite this, and significant numbers of closures seen in recent years, the number of jobs added in the industry has generally been increasing.\n\nThere were 7,000 more jobs in the sector in 2019 compared with 2018, an increase of 1.6%.\n\nThe data received a mixed response from those in the trade.\n\nA spokesperson for the BBPA said that association \"cautiously welcomed any good news for pubs\".\n\nIt added that its own data has consistently shown a higher total number of pubs in the UK, and a higher number of closures.\n\nIt also said it hoped the upcoming Budget would see further respite for pubs and bars.\n\n\"Policy makers have a great opportunity in the March Budget to help pubs flourish, by easing the significant tax pressures they face from beer duty and business rates\", it said.\n\nNik Antona, national chairman of the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra), also called for a review of business rates.\n\n\"Unfortunately pubs continue to close across the country, particularly in small or rural communities. This means the loss of the social, cultural and economic benefits that come with a well-run local.\n\n\"To ensure pubs survive and thrive, they need a fair tax system and stability going forward. Camra continues to call on the Government for a review of the business rates system, as was promised in the Conservative general election manifesto.\"\n\nRecent analysis by the BBC's Shared Data Unit showed that councils are losing out on millions of pounds of potential business rates income because of a tax relief on empty properties.\n\nThe Treasury said it would announce a review of business rates \"in due course\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA man in his 40s has died after being hit by a car on one of the main routes into Swansea.\n\nEmergency services were called to the A483 Fabian Way near Swansea just after 07:30 GMT on Thursday.\n\nPolice said the pedestrian had been near the \"Amazon\" roundabout when there was a collision with a white Mini Countryman vehicle.\n\nThe road was closed between junction 42 of the M4 and the Jersey Marine roundabout for about five hours.\n\nIt led to widespread delays, with motorists told to avoid the area.\n\nSouth Wales Police has appealed for any witnesses to the incident to come forward, especially any who may have dash-cam footage of what happened.\n\nThe road has now fully re-opened in both directions.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "PC Stuart Outten suffered several injuries including six wounds to the head\n\nA police officer was fighting to \"stay alive\" when he was attacked with a machete during a routine stop in east London, a court has heard.\n\nPC Stuart Outten, 29, was stabbed in the head as he tried to arrest Muhammad Rodwan in Leyton on 7 August last year.\n\nThe Old Bailey heard he had sent a text earlier that night saying he was \"off to cause trouble\".\n\nMr Rodwan, 56, of Luton, admits striking the PC but denies attempted murder, claiming it was self defence.\n\nPC Outten suffered six wounds to the head, skull fractures, injuries to the arm and broken fingers, the jury has been told.\n\nGiving evidence, the Met PC told the court he was \"on the lookout\" for traffic offences during a night shift when he came across a \"suspicious\" white van which he thought could be without insurance.\n\nPC Outten said Mr Rodwan had appeared \"extremely angry\" at being stopped and tried to make off but he used his leg to stop the 56-year-old closing the van door.\n\n\"I tried to say 'you're not leaving' and then the defendant punched me twice to the face,\" he said.\n\nThe officer told the jury he \"grabbed\" Mr Rodwan by the belt, neck and dreadlocks \"to incapacitate him\" but the 56-year-old lunged into the van.\n\nThe officer said he then felt \"something sharp being snapped against my head\" and realised he was being attacked with a 2ft (60cm) long rusty machete.\n\nPC Outten said he then stumbled away and \"gave a quick command of 'police with Taser',\" before he fired it.\n\nWhen he was asked why he fired, the officer replied: \"To stop myself being attacked with a machete and save my own life.\"\n\nEarlier that night, he had sent a text to his girlfriend, who is also a police officer saying: \"Right I'm off to cause trouble. Stay safe and I will chat when I can.\"\n\nDefence barrister Michael Turner said he was \"sure you will say it is an ironic comment in a sense after what happened that night\".\n\nThe PC said he had been \"on the lookout\" for traffic offences when he came across a \"suspicious\" white van\n\nJurors were also shown a video of the attack taken from mobile phone footage and officers' bodycams during which Mr Rodwan could be heard before he was Tasered by the heavily bleeding officer.\n\nMr Rodwan denies attempted murder, an alternative of wounding with intent, and possessing an offensive weapon.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "When Stacey reached the hospital, she found her sister Lucy (pictured) unrecognisable\n\nStacey Jordan still wonders whether she could have done more to save her sister.\n\nLucy White was just 24 when she died in hospital in summer 2018 after a line of cocaine triggered a heart attack and then a coma.\n\nLucy, a student from Bristol, had been introduced to cocaine by her mother, a long-term drug user - but Stacey had managed to get Lucy clean, before she relapsed, a few months before her death.\n\nWhen Stacey got to the hospital she found her sister, almost unrecognisable.\n\n\"I should have been more strict,\" she says 18-months on. \"You look back now and you're like, 'She was hiding from me. She was avoiding me for a reason.'\n\n\"But could I see it? Maybe not. Did I want to see it? That's maybe the question.\"\n\nFigures compiled for BBC News by NHS Digital show Lucy's story is far from unusual, with record levels of cocaine use putting increasing pressure on the NHS in England.\n\nLewis, a 25-year-old from the Midlands, also suffered a heart attack after a line of cocaine.\n\n\"My friend's a nurse and she was taking my pulse and she's whispering, 'Call an ambulance.' My heart is pounding out of my chest.\"\n\nLewis was spending up to £300 a week on cocaine\n\nHe had taken the drug numerous times before but on this occasion it reacted badly with his system and he needed medical treatment.\n\nHe recovered fully and his cocaine use, which he admits once used to cost him £200 to £300 a week, has dramatically reduced in the past year.\n\n\"It wasn't making me happy at all,\" says Lewis of his drug habit. \"It's the worst paranoia I've had in my life.\n\n\"I'd be sat by my window, a car would pull up and I'd be looking over my shoulder. I'd fear my girlfriend was cheating on me.\"\n\nDealers are now marketing cocaine, once seen as mainly for rich people, more widely\n\nThe increased need for the NHS to treat cocaine users comes as the number of people dying after taking the drug hits record levels.\n\nSince 2015, cocaine-related deaths have tripled in Scotland and doubled in England and Wales.\n\nCocaine in Britain is purer, more available and consumed more widely than ever before.\n\nFormer professional footballer Colin McNair says addiction destroyed his career\n\n\"From the age of 15 we've supported people to try to help them address their cocaine use,\" says Eddie Buggy, a drugs worker in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, with the drug charity Addaction.\n\n\"It's easier to buy than alcohol, you don't have to go into a shop.\n\n\"You can use digital platforms to get it which young people are very familiar with - Snapchat, Whatsapp, stuff like that.\"\n\nThe increased availability is driven in part by dealers marketing more widely a drug once seen as mainly for rich people.\n\nSeveral strands with different levels of purity are now sold, costing anything from £100 a gram down to as little as £30 a gram.\n\nThe sheer amount of cocaine in Lanarkshire, indeed across Scotland, has led to Hamilton Academical Football Club taking a leading role in warning teenagers of the dangers of drug abuse.\n\nThe club's chief executive, Colin McGowan, himself a former drug and alcohol addict, has set up an anti-addiction charity, which goes into local schools educating youngsters.\n\nAs part of his talk to teenagers, Colin McNair shows the effect on his body of two decades of drug use\n\nOn a recent Friday, Colin gave a talk at Our Lady's High School in Motherwell accompanied by Colin McNair, a former professional footballer with Hearts, Falkirk and Motherwell whose life spiralled out of control and ended up in prison after he took a line of cocaine in his early 20s.\n\n\"People who are not into drugs can't understand it, 'You actually threw all that away?'\" he says.\n\n\"I didn't throw it away. When you are caught up in addiction, your choices are taken from you.\n\n\"That's how strong and powerful cocaine is.\"", "Sandi Toksvig and Noel Fielding have hosted the show since 2017\n\nSandi Toksvig is to leave The Great British Bake Off after three years.\n\nThe presenter said she wanted to focus on other work commitments. \"As my waistline will testify, Bake Off is an all-consuming show,\" Toksvig tweeted.\n\n\"Bake Off is a wonderful programme which has already proved it can happily withstand a change of hosting personnel,\" she added.\n\nHer co-host Noel Fielding said he would miss her, but knew \"we were lucky to have her for 3 amazing years\".\n\nThe pair took over presenting duties when the programme moved to Channel 4 in 2017.\n\nPrior to that, the show aired on the BBC and was fronted by Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins, known as Mel and Sue.\n\nToksvig will still appear on the next series of The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer, broadcast in the spring.\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 British Bake Off 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 British Bake Off\n\nWriting on Twitter, Fielding said he now feels like \"Tom without Jerry\" and \"Mick without a Keef\".\n\nOn Instagram, he added: \"Good double acts are a rare and magical beast! I'm gonna miss Sandi comically and personally but I also know we were lucky to have her for 3 amazing years! Wish you all the best in your next adventures x x love Noel x\"\n\nChannel 4's director of programmes Ian Katz said: \"We are immensely grateful for Sandi's contribution to the show.\n\n\"We will miss her warmth and wit, not to mention her endless willingness to be the butt of jokes about being the least tall person in the Bake Off tent.\"\n\nHe added that the channel have other shows in development with Toksvig, \"none of which involve cake\".\n\nBake Off judge Prue Leith tweeted: \"I have absolutely loved working with Sandi, she's been a brilliant host and enormous fun and I am in awe of how hard she works juggling so many different projects. We shall be lifelong friends way beyond the tent.\"\n\nLeith joined the show in the same year as Toksvig and Fielding, with only Paul Hollywood staying on from the previous BBC line-up.\n\nWriting on Instagram, Hollywood said: \"I will miss Sandi, she has done an amazing job in the tent, much loved by all who met her. I wish Sandi continued success in all that she does XX.\"\n\n\"When stepping down from a job it is quite common for people to say they are doing so in order to spend more time with their family. Unusually I am departing from the Great British Bake Off so I can spend more time with my other work.\n\n\"As my waistline will testify, Bake Off is an all-consuming show. Spending time with Prue, Paul and Noel has been one of the great pleasures of my life. These are friendships which I know will continue beyond the confines of television.\n\n\"Bake Off is a wonderful programme which has already proved it can happily withstand a change of hosting personnel. The reason for that, of course, is that the true stars of the show are the bakers themselves. I wish everyone well.\"\n\nThe show's fans made clear that they will be sorry to see Toksvig go.\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 Great British Bake Off first aired on BBC Two in 2010, with Mel and Sue hosting and Mary Berry as one of the judges alongside Hollywood.\n\nIt became increasingly popular with viewers over several years and was promoted to BBC One in 2014.\n\nThe BBC's Bake Off line-up L-R: Paul Hollywood, Sue Perkins, Mary Berry and Mel Giedroyc\n\nThe show remained there for another two years before Channel 4 outbid the BBC for the rights to broadcast it.\n\nThe first episode to air on Channel 4 gave the network one of the biggest audiences in its history.\n\nThe most recent series, broadcast last autumn, attracted about 9 million viewers per episode, with a consolidated audience of 9.7 million tuning in for the final.\n\nThe last episode to be broadcast on BBC One, which saw Candice Brown named the winner, was watched by about 14 million people.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Australians are celebrating the arrival of much-needed rain in parts of the nation's bushfire-ravaged south-east.\n\nThough more wet weather is needed to end the fires, the rain has brought a welcome reprieve to many areas. Other parts, however, have not been as lucky.\n\nStorms have also helped disperse smoke in Melbourne, which has endured hazardous air quality in recent days.", "The 10 years to the end of 2019 have been confirmed as the warmest decade on record by three global agencies.\n\nAccording to Nasa, Noaa and the UK Met Office, last year was the second warmest in a record dating back to 1850.\n\nThe past five years were the hottest in the 170-year series, with the average of each one more than 1C warmer than pre-industrial.\n\nThe Met Office says that 2020 is likely to continue this warming trend.\n\n2016 remains the warmest year on record, when temperatures were boosted by the El Niño weather phenomenon.\n\nToday's data doesn't come as a huge surprise, with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) signalling at the start of last December that 2019 likely marked the end of the warmest decade on record.\n\nThe Met Office, which is involved in producing the HadCRUT4 temperature data, says that 2019 was 1.05C above the average for the period from 1850-1900.\n\nLast year saw two major heat waves hit Europe in June and July, with a new national record of 46C set in France on 28 June. New records were also set in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and in the UK at 38.7C.\n\nIn Australia, the mean summer temperature was the highest on record by almost a degree.\n\nAs temperatures continue to rise, efforts to contain heating gases continue to falter as science collides with politics.\n\nThe UK, for instance, fought hard to host the annual UN climate conference at the end of the year where all nations will be urged towards deeper emissions cuts.\n\nAnd Boris Johnson says he wants the UK to lead the world on climate change.\n\nBut in the first test of his new administration he's already being accused of abandoning his principles.\n\nHe's promising to consider cutting the £13 tax on flights in the UK because jobs and connectivity are at stake.\n\nThis contradicts his official advice from the Climate Change Committee which says people need to fly less, so the cost of flying should go up, not down.\n\nThis sort of uncomfortable trade-off will cause ruffles around the world in coming decades as climate change presents an increasing challenge to politics-as-usual.\n\nWhile the three different research agencies all have slightly different figures for the past 12 months, the WMO has carried out an analysis that uses additional data from the Copernicus climate change service and the Japan Meteorological Agency.\n\nThey conclude that in 2019, the world was 1.1C warmer than in the pre-industrial period.\n\nA Nasa graphic showing the differences between 2019 global temperatures and the long-term average\n\n\"Our collective global temperature figures agree that 2019 joins the other years from 2015 as the five warmest years on record,\" said Dr Colin Morice, from the Met Office Hadley Centre.\n\n\"Each decade from the 1980s has been successively warmer than all the decades that came before. 2019 concludes the warmest 'cardinal' decade (those spanning years ending 0-9) in records that stretch back to the mid-19th century.\"\n\nResearchers say carbon emissions from human activities are the main cause of the sustained temperature rise seen in recent years.\n\n\"Carbon dioxide levels are at the highest that we've ever recorded in our atmosphere, and there is a definite connection between the amount of CO2 and the temperature,\" said Prof Liz Bentley from the Royal Meteorological Society.\n\n\"We are seeing the highest global temperatures in the last decade and we will see more of that. As the CO2 continues to grow, we'll see global temperatures increasing.\"\n\nHaving the long term data from three different agencies with different methodologies gives them confidence in the accuracy of their findings.\n\n\"While we know that human activities are causing the globe to warm, it is important to measure this warming as accurately as possible,\" said Prof Tim Osborn, from the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit, which is involved in gathering the data.\n\n\"We are confident that the world has warmed by about 1C since the late nineteenth century because different methods of working out the global temperature give very similar results.\"\n\nFirefighters in Spain battle blazes in 2019 during the European heatwave\n\nWhile the figures released by the Met Office, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) and Nasa show the temperature recorded on the land and sea surfaces, the amount of warming going into the deeper ocean is also at record levels.\n\nData published this week showed that a record amount of heat went into the oceans last year. This was the biggest increase in the last decade.\n\nWhile natural variability means that scientists don't expect new temperature records year-on-year, the Met Office is forecasting that 2020 will also be very hot, with the global average temperature estimated to be 1.1C above pre-industrial levels. This suggests it will be a warmer year than the one just passed.", "The US and China have finally - after almost two years of hostilities - signed a \"phase one\" deal. But it only covers the easier aspects of their difficult relationship, and only removes some of the tariffs.\n\nThe biggest hurdles are still to come, and could stand in the way of a second phase agreement - one that would in theory remove all of the tariffs, bringing some much needed relief for the global economy, which is in the interests of all of us.\n\nWhat's not in the phase one deal tells us where the flashpoints are in the US-China relationship - and what could derail the second round of negotiations.\n\nSo what didn't make it into the agreement?\n\nThe deal doesn't address Beijing's ambitious 'Made in China 2025' programme, which is designed to help Chinese companies excel and become world-class leaders in emerging technologies. It also doesn't address the subsidies that China gives its state-owned enterprises, says Paul Triolo of the Eurasia Group.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What is Beijing planning with its \"Made in China 2025\" programme?\n\nWashington sees \"Made in China 2025\" as a direct threat to its supremacy in tech, saying that Chinese companies have only caught up with American ones - at times outpacing them - because they get unfair and outsized assistance from the Chinese government in the form of subsidies.\n\nThese were amongst the thorniest issues the Trump administration had with China, but they've been pushed to the phase two process Mr Triolo says, along with \"market access in sectors such as cloud services, cyber security and data governance issues\".\n\nBeijing maintains it doesn't unfairly subsidise these industries or companies, but the reality is China isn't going to give up dominance in these sectors so easily.\n\nThe trade deal won't reduce US pressure on Huawei, the Chinese telecoms giant that has been caught in the crossfire of the trade war, with the US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin saying the company isn't a \"chess piece\" in the negotiations.\n\nThat will disappoint both Huawei and the Chinese government which have been furious over how Washington has linked the company's fate to the relationship between the US and China.\n\nThe Chinese firm became a symbol of the US-China tech rivalry and Washington has been lobbying its allies - including the UK - to not use Huawei's 5G technology services in critical communications infrastructure, alleging it could be used by Beijing to spy on customers. Huawei has denied this and had hoped that if the US-China relationship improved, its fortunes would too.\n\nAnalysts tell me that's unlikely. With the signing of this agreement, there's a clear separation between national security and trade, and Huawei and other Chinese companies should still expect the pressure on them to continue. So expect more American export bans not just on Huawei, but on several more Chinese companies and increased US scrutiny on Chinese investments abroad.\n\nWhile the agreement does talk about opening up market access for financial services firms, some analysts have said it doesn't go far enough to ensure they have equal market access.\n\nChina had already publicly said that it was opening up its financial services sector, and has recently allowed foreign companies to have a bigger stake in Chinese firms. But Beijing isn't giving up much by doing that, because China's financial services sector is now dominated by domestic digital payment players.\n\nEven if US payment firms do have greater market access to the Chinese market, it's hard to see how they might be able to compete. Whether China sincerely applies its commitments to treat foreign and domestic firms equally will also be watched closely by the Trump administration, and this could be a potential area where the rapprochement could be derailed.\n\nThe deal has a dispute resolution mechanism in place, which basically requires China - once a complaint has been made - to begin consultations with the US, with the onus on Beijing to resolve it.\n\nBut what the deal leaves out is \"how the US is going to monitor enforcement,\" says Derek Scissors of the American Enterprise Institute.\n\n\"American firms don't like to report intellectual property theft,\" he told me.\"So in the first instance what mechanism is the US using to gather information on this. All that is in the document is consultations.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How the US-China trade war has changed the world\n\nThe deal also leaves out how the two sides will interpret these key aspects of the agreement. Already, there are signs of differences. Chinese state media has suggested the dispute resolution mechanism isn't dictated by the US - not entirely in keeping with Washington's messaging.\n\nThis could indicate that even though there is an agreement in place, Beijing might ignore it, as Dan Harris of the China Law blog points out.\n\n\"The problem isn't the law,\" he says. \"It's that when something is important to China - some cutting edge technology that it wants - then those laws don't have any use at all.\"\n\nThe deal doesn't include a definitive timeline on when the tariffs that are still in place will go down.\n\nAccording to research from the Peterson Institute for International Economics, average tariffs on both sides are still up about 20% from pre-trade war levels - six times higher than when the dispute began. That means companies and consumers are still paying more.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Who really pays in a tariff war?\n\nAdmittedly, the Trump administration has left the threat of tariffs in place as a stick to beat China with - in case Beijing doesn't keep to its commitments.\n\nAnd there's always that risk, as China's hard line Communist Party mouth-piece the Global Times points out: \"Can a preliminary trade agreement, reached during a period when China-US strategic relations are clearly declining, really work? Will it be replaced by new conflicts or further progress as negotiations continue?\"\n\nThe potential for trade tensions to resume on both sides is still a very big possibility.", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nJuan Mata's superb second-half goal sent Manchester United into the FA Cup fourth round as they beat Wolves.\n\nThe Spanish midfielder chipped over keeper John Ruddy to settle the third-round replay after being put through on goal by Anthony Martial.\n\nWolves had an early Pedro Neto strike ruled out by the video assistant referee for a handball in the build-up.\n\nBut it was a deserved win for the hosts, who had the better chances in a tight game at Old Trafford.\n\nManchester United will next travel to either Watford or Tranmere - whose third-round replay at Prenton Park on Tuesday was postponed because of heavy rain.\n\nOle Gunnar Solskjaer's side did not manage a shot on target in the goalless first game between the two sides at Molineux on 4 January but were much more threatening in this match.\n\nAn excellent save by Ruddy prevented Mata from opening the scoring in the first half, while Daniel James was also denied by the Wolves keeper.\n\nAfter a high-tempo start, the game settled down - but Mata, 31, produced the one moment of quality to seal victory, rolling back the years with a clever finish.\n\nMan Utd get job done but at a potential cost\n\nIt is a tough period for many clubs in the Premier League with games in multiple competitions coming thick and fast. With his side facing a tough trip to league leaders Liverpool on Sunday, Solskjaer may have been forgiven for making numerous changes for this tie.\n\nBut the FA Cup and Europa League arguably represent Manchester United's most realistic routes to trophies this season and Solskjaer underlined how seriously he is taking this competition by naming a strong line-up on Wednesday.\n\nThere were just three changes from the side that beat Norwich 4-0 in the Premier League last Saturday, as Sergio Romero was named in goal, while James and Mason Greenwood also started.\n\nWolves, too, went strong with their line-up, with Ruddy their only change and the two sides, cancelled each other for large periods.\n\nEager to get the job done and wrap up the game inside 90 minutes, Solskjaer sent on top scorer Marcus Rashford in the 64th minute to add bite to his attack and, three minutes later, United were ahead.\n\nBut the gamble to involve Rashford may prove costly; the striker pulled up with an injury and had to be replaced by Jesse Lingard just 16 minutes after coming on.\n\nAfter the game, Solskjaer admitted the decision to play Rashford was one that backfired.\n\n'You can't celebrate' - Coady furious with disallowed goal\n\nVAR has certainly had its critics this season - but for the second time in five days, it was new regulations relating to handball that caused controversy as the video official stepped in to rule out a goal.\n\nThe law regarding handball, updated before the start of this season, states any goal scored or created with the use of the hand or arm will be disallowed \"even if it is accidental\".\n\nWest Ham and Declan Rice fell victim to it last Friday when the midfielder's injury-time equaliser against Sheffield United was ruled out because the ball had touched his arm in the build-up.\n\nThis time, the handball rule was applied early on at Old Trafford when VAR spotted that the ball had brushed Raul Jimenez's hand just before Neto fired home early on.\n\nIt was a let-off for Manchester United and spared Fred's blushes with the strike having come as a result of a wild pass by the midfielder that deflected off a team-mate and into Jimenez's path.\n\nIt also seemed to set the tone for the rest of the game as Manchester United grew in confidence after a strong start by Wolves, who struggled to get Adama Traore involved as much as they would have hoped.\n\nAfter the game, Wolves captain Conor Coady said: \"It's constant, all we are talking about is VAR. It's ridiculous, it's stupid.\n\n\"You can't celebrate. Raul Jimenez didn't even know he had handballed it. We have to get used to it.\n\n\"All of it is terrible for me. It's not for me, it's not for a lot of players. But people higher up in the game are happy with it.\"\n\nManchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: \"I think you can see it was two teams towards the end that were tired. It was end to end and an open game - sometimes that doesn't suit us.\n\n\"We're delighted to beat Wolves finally. Juan Mata is different class. He's got the skill, composure and even pace.\"\n\nWolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo: \"It was a good game of football, an even game. Both teams had chances.\n\n\"We didn't defend the goal well but we reacted well and were in the game. A proper game, I am disappointed to go out because it is frustrating when you perform well and go out.\"\n\nOn the disallowed goal: \"That's VAR, you cannot do anything about it. We are celebrating non-goals - it doesn't make sense.\"\n\nAnother early exit for Wolves - the stats\n• None Manchester United have won each of their past six home matches in the FA Cup without conceding a single goal in this run.\n• None Wolves have been eliminated at the third-round stage or earlier in seven of their past nine FA Cup campaigns, this after having made it to at least the fourth round in each of their nine seasons in a row before this.\n• None Manchester United have won nine of their past 10 home matches against Wolves in all competitions, keeping six clean sheets in those games.\n• None Juan Mata has been directly involved in three goals in his past two games for Manchester United (one goal, two assists), as many as he was in his first 20 appearances of the 2019-20 season in all competitions before this.\n• None Since his FA Cup debut in January 2016, Manchester United forward Anthony Martial has eight assists in the competition. Only Peterborough's Marcus Maddison (11) has more in this time.\n• None Marcus Rashford was the first Manchester United player to both come on as a substitute before then being substituted himself in the same FA Cup match since Alan Smith against Liverpool in February 2006\n\nManchester United travel to Premier League leaders Liverpool on Sunday, 19 January (16:30 GMT) while Wolves are at Southampton the day before (15:00).\n• None Attempt saved. Andreas Pereira (Manchester United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Anthony Martial.\n• None Offside, Manchester United. Jesse Lingard tries a through ball, but Anthony Martial is caught offside.\n• None Offside, Wolverhampton Wanderers. João Moutinho tries a through ball, but Oskar Buur is caught offside.\n• None Attempt missed. Romain Saïss (Wolverhampton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by João Moutinho with a cross following a corner.\n• None Offside, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Raúl Jiménez tries a through ball, but Morgan Gibbs-White is caught offside.\n• None Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Oskar Buur replaces Adama Traoré because of an injury.\n• None Leander Dendoncker (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt missed. Rúben Neves (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by João Moutinho following a corner.\n• None Anthony Martial (Manchester United) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Substitution, Manchester United. Jesse Lingard replaces Marcus Rashford because of an injury. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Security footage captures the moment two pedestrians in Washington DC narrowly avoided being crushed by falling debris.", "New data suggests that our evolutionary cousins the Neanderthals may have been diving under the sea for clams.\n\nIt adds to mounting evidence that the old picture of these ancient people as brutish and unimaginative is wrong.\n\nUntil now, there had been little clear evidence that Neanderthals were swimmers.\n\nBut a team of researchers who analysed shells from a cave in Italy said that some must have been gathered from the seafloor by Neanderthals.\n\nThe findings have been published in the journal Plos One.\n\nThe Neanderthals living at Grotta dei Moscerini in the Latium region around 90,000 years ago were shaping the clam shells into sharp tools.\n\nPaolo Villa, from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and colleagues, analysed 171 such tools, which all came from a local species of mollusc called the smooth clam (Callista chione). The tools were excavated by archaeologists at the end of the 1940s.\n\nClam shells that wash up on beaches can be distinguished from those that are still live when they're gathered.\n\nThe beached specimens were opaque, sanded down through being knocked against pebbles on the shore, perforated by other marine organisms and encrusted with barnacles.\n\nNeanderthals used shells from the smooth clam, Callista chione, to make tools\n\nMost of the specimens at Grotta dei Moscerini fit the criteria of shells that were collected on a beach.\n\nBut one quarter of them had a shiny smooth exterior, showing no signs of such wear and tear. This suggested they were collected from the seafloor while the clams were alive.\n\nToday, Callista chione is most often fished by dredging, using small boats, or gathered by scuba divers in waters off the Adriatic coast that are more than 10m in depth.\n\nIn the northern part of the Adriatic, however, there are some sand banks where Callista clams can be collected at depths of between half a metre to one metre. In this case, the clams could be caught just by wading.\n\nBut, said Paola Villa: \"It's quite possible that the Neanderthals were collecting shells as far down as two to four metres,\" adding, \"of course, they did not have scuba equipment.\"\n\nDr Matt Pope, from the Institute of Archaeology at UCL, who was not involved with the study, told BBC News: \"We can all come up with exceptional situations where, during a storm event clams get thrown up on a beach.\n\n\"But it's the fact they occur at more than one [archaeological] unit, it's the fact they occur as part of a system of material being brought further into this cave, that suggests there's more than just a single, odd event going on.\"\n\nThe clam shells can be used to make thin, sharp tools\n\nThe evidence is in stark contrast to our old view of the Neanderthals spending much of their time chasing or scavenging big game animals.\n\nIt's known that Neanderthals gathered mussels from estuaries and fished in shallow waters, but there has been little clear evidence for swimming, skin-diving - or in some cases, perhaps, wading.\n\n\"It's more evidence to place Neanderthals into these coastal environments and at points in time making use of coastal resources, not just for food, but also as a raw material for tools,\" said Dr Pope.\n\nHe said that decades ago, this type of resource-gathering had been used to distinguish early examples of our own species, Homo sapiens, from the Neanderthals. \"We can't find that distinction any more,\" he said.\n\n\"What's nice about this paper is that it covers a site which at particular points in time, when you've got high sea levels... is right on the coast. You can see that they're not living there in large numbers for long periods of time. it looks like they're making short trips and they're coming equipped - bringing materials that they might need, such as pre-existing tools.\"\n\n\"Maybe it's a place where they camp seasonally, at particular times of the year. Maybe one of the things that's drawing them there are these shellfish, which are wonderful things to be eating through the winter when there's not a lot of other dependable food around.\"\n\nLast year, a team led by Prof Erik Trinkaus from Washington University in St Louis, US, published evidence showing that many Neanderthals suffered from a medical condition called \"surfer's ear\".\n\nThis condition is characterised by abnormal bony growths that appear in the ear canal. It's often seen in people who take part in aquatic sports in cold climates, but it can occur simply because of repeated exposure to cold, wet weather.\n\nAt the time the paper was released, there were suggestions Neanderthals could have got it from sleeping on chilly, damp cave floors.\n\n\"The archaeological evidence from Moscerini supports the idea of frequent aquatic resource exploitation based on anatomical data,\" Paola Villa and colleagues write in the latest paper.", "The dealer arranged to meet our undercover reporter in Linthorpe Road\n\nChildren as young as 14 can easily buy class A drugs using Snapchat, a BBC investigation has found.\n\nThe social media app is being used by dealers across Teesside to advertise substances and arrange drug deals.\n\nThe BBC's Inside Out used a 14-year-old decoy, whose profile clearly showed he was a schoolboy, who was able to buy two grams of MDMA.\n\nThey were picked up by an undercover reporter. The deal was arranged in seconds and was delivered in minutes.\n\nSnapchat is a social media app that allows people to post photos and video, which then disappear once they have been read.\n\nOur reporter discovered a number of Snapchat accounts posting regular videos showing large amounts of cocaine, MDMA, ketamine and cannabis.\n\nThe dealers try to entice new users by offering giveaways\n\nDealers post videos that promote the drugs they have for sale, as well as sending daily offers and advertisements via private messaging.\n\nOne dealer claimed to be giving away an ounce (28g) of MDMA in a raffle users could only enter if they promoted the dealer's account to two of their friends. This \"prize\" could have had a street value of up to £1,400.\n\nUsers in Middlesbrough can buy drugs for as little as £10.\n\nOur reporter used Snapchat to buy cocaine in Dock Street in Middlesbrough and the MDMA was handed over in Linthorpe Road in the town during a two-week investigation.\n\nThe reporter then used a Home Office-approved kit to check the drugs were real.\n\nHarry Shapiro, a drugs adviser, said: \"There's no way you can varnish the truth about this, the worst that can happen to young people who consume a two gram bag of MDMA is they run the risk of dying. It's as simple as that.\"\n\nCarson Price, from Hengoed in south Wales, died last April after taking an ecstasy pill he bought on Snapchat.\n\nHis mother Tatum Price said: \"I blame Snapchat. If they were unable to advertise on Snapchat Carson wouldn't have been able to get hold of those drugs.\n\n\"I shouldn't even know where my local cemetery is, let alone go and visit my 13-year-old child.\"\n\nCarson Price was a \"quiet and naive\" child, his mother said\n\nThe National Crime Agency said the issue was \"alarming\" and acknowledged it was a \"growing threat\".\n\nEsther Rantzen, founder of Childline, said the findings were \"shocking\".\n\n\"I would say to Snapchat it's quite clear that you created this service to provide entertainment and fun.\n\n\"You don't want to kill children but if it's misused that will be the effect, you've got to do something to protect children, to protect young people and stop this murderous trade,\" she said.\n\nSnapchat, which claims to reach more than 60% of 13-34 year-olds in the UK, said it worked with the relevant authorities to ensure it was a positive and safe environment.\n\nIt added it encouraged users to report illegal activity on the platform.\n\nYou can see more on this story on Inside Out North East & Cumbria on Monday 20 January at 19:30 BST or catch up on the BBC iPlayer.", "A six-year-old who sparked a nine-hour search when he vanished from a service station was asleep when he was found beside the motorway, his father said.\n\nAadil Umair Rahim was on a school trip when he went missing from Newport Pagnell services on the M1, near Milton Keynes, on Friday.\n\nMore than 1,000 people joined a search for the Nottingham schoolboy.\n\nUmair Rahim said his son was \"perfectly fine\", adding: \"Police told me he was sleeping when they found him.\"\n\nAadil was found near roadworks just off the northbound carriageway at about 04:15.\n\n\"I have no idea if he was outside for the whole nine hours,\" his father said.\n\nMr Rahim said his son and his classmates had been visiting museums in London \"and the group had stopped at the services for a comfort break\".\n\nHe said he was grateful to the emergency services, and \"those members of [the] public who sacrificed their evening to assist with the search for our son\".\n\nAadil was found about half a mile from the service station where he went missing\n\nSearch-and-rescue teams from four regions deployed 54 searchers, three dogs, and a boat to search for Aadil.\n\nInitially it was thought the schoolboy could be hiding in the service station, but concern grew over the hours when there was no sign of him.\n\nBuckinghamshire Search and Rescue's Al Goffey said \"it was a very cold Friday night\", with temperatures falling to 1C, and \"there was a lot of concern for his safety and wellbeing\".\n\nSearchers went out \"to 350-500m in all directions\" to try to find the six-year-old.\n\nMr Goffey said the boy had \"managed to walk up through some fields\" and was found close to a footbridge near Newbolt Close.\n\nSupt Amy Clements described the search as \"a challenging operation in difficult circumstances\", and added that \"the community response was immense\".\n\nThey lost the boy at Newport Pagnell\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The UK's post-Brexit immigration system will put \"people before passports\", Boris Johnson has said.\n\nSpeaking at the UK-Africa Investment Summit, the PM said immigration would become \"fairer... treating people the same wherever they come from\".\n\nFreedom of movement between the UK and EU is expected to end after the Brexit transition period on 31 December 2020.\n\nThe government says it will introduce an Australian-style points based system by January 2021.\n\nUnder this system those wanting to work in the UK could be assigned points based on a number of professional and personal characteristics such as education levels.\n\nCurrently, under freedom of movement, EU citizens do not need a visa to work in the UK, but immigrants from outside the EU are subject to a points system based on English language skills, being sponsored by a company and meeting a salary threshold.\n\nSpeaking in London, the prime minister said post-Brexit the UK's immigration system would become \"more equal\".\n\n\"By putting people before passports we will be able to attract the best talent from around the world, wherever they may be,\" he said.\n\nAll the main parties are largely behind the idea of a skills-based system.\n\nThe question here is whether or not the government wants to come up with some kind of control - to put a cap over the top of it.\n\nWe don't know yet what the government's real position is - it's only got 11 months to find out.\n\nIn the coming weeks, the government's main advisory body is going to report back on some of these questions.\n\nIt is only then we'll have some answers about what the PM's direction of travel is.\n\nSpeaking at the summit, Mr Johnson sought to encourage investment in the UK describing the country as a \"one-stop shop for the ambitious growing international economy\".\n\nHe also promised the UK would no longer provide \"any new direct official development assistance, investment, export credit or trade promotion for thermal coal mining or coal power plants overseas\".\n\n\"Not another penny of UK taxpayers' money will be directly invested in digging up coal or burning it for electricity,\" he said.\n\n\"There's no point in the UK reducing the amount of coal we burn if we then trundle over to Africa and line our pockets by encouraging African states to use more of it,\" he said.\n\n\"Instead we are going to focus on supporting the transition to lower and zero carbon alternatives.\"\n\nAccording to the Department for International Development, the UK has not provided bilateral official development assistance for coal-fire power generation and coal mining since 2012.\n\nIt says that in the future direct support for thermal coal mining and coal-fired power plants from the Department for International Trade will be stopped and refocused on other activity.\n\nCommenting on the government's UK-Africa Investment Summit, shadow international development minister Preet Kaur Gill said: \"The Conservatives will continue to misuse the country's aid budget to prop up the needs of business elites rather than spend it on tackling global poverty, inequality and the climate crisis.\n\n\"Trade and investment deals are not a panacea for ending poverty, especially when they're written in line with the demands of big business, and don't have safeguards in place to protect public services or ensure the most marginalised groups aren't left behind.\"", "The wigs were part of the company's men's autumn and winter collection at Paris Fashion Week\n\nJapanese fashion brand Comme Des Garçons has been accused of cultural appropriation after white models took to its runway wearing cornrow wigs.\n\nThe wigs were part of the company's men's autumn and winter collection on show as part of Paris Fashion Week.\n\nCritics on social media called the styling for Friday's show \"offensive\".\n\nHairstylist Julien d'Ys said he had been inspired by an \"Egyptian prince\" look, and had not intended to hurt or offend anyone.\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\nBut critics called out the styling, with Instagram account diet_prada stating that \"the avant-garde Japanese label seemed to have taken a step back with their men's show, this time putting white models in cornrow wigs\".\n\nThere were also black models in the show, some of whom wore the wigs, while others kept their own hair.\n\nJulien d'Ys responded to the backlash on his Instagram page, stating: \"My inspiration for the Comme Des Garçons show was Egyptian prince, a look I found truly beautiful and inspirational. A look that was an hommage.\n\n\"Never was it my intention to hurt or offend anyone, ever. If I did I deeply apologise.\"\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\nHowever, despite more than 2,000 likes for his post, many of the comments underneath were negative.\n\nDevinpink67 said: \"Looks appropriate on the handsome dark skin model, a joke on the others next to and behind it never looks right but stupidity ridiculous braids, cornrows, twist, bantu knots, afro puffs, afros, slicked baby hairs REPEAT ARE B-L-A-C-K CULTURAL RELATED.\"\n\nAnd Kharileigh suggested: \"In future, to avoid facing this heat again when taking inspiration from a culture that is not yours, PLEASE work closely with one from said culture to guide you in doing it properly.\n\n\"Your intention might not have been to culturally appropriate Egyptian culture, however your lack of care or awareness in executing it is extremely reckless and hence why it is deemed as cultural appropriation. Education alone avoids these situations, so learn from this and keep it pushing.\"\n\nThe hairstylist had also posted an image of one of the sketches he had shown to the company before the show, using hashtags to reinforce the Egyptian inspiration (#égyptienboy #pharaon - French for pharoah).\n\nDazed reported that the brand had apologised in a statement: \"The inspiration for the headpieces for Comme des Garçons menswear FW'20 show was the look of an Egyptian prince. It was never ever our intention to disrespect or hurt anyone - we deeply and sincerely apologise for any offence it has caused.\"\n\nThe hairstylist said he was inspired by Egyptian styles\n\nIn 2018, the company which was founded by Rei Kawakubo, was criticised for the lack of diversity in the choice of models it used in its mainline women's collection runway shows.\n\nThe BBC has contacted the brand for comment.", "Malaysia is returning 42 shipping containers of illegally imported plastic waste to the UK, its environment minister has announced.\n\nYeo Bee Yin said Malaysia would take \"steps to ensure\" the country \"does not become the garbage dump of the world\".\n\nShe added Malaysia had sent back 150 containers to their country of origin.\n\nThe UK government said it received a request from Malaysian authorities last year to repatriate the waste and some containers had already arrived back.\n\nAn Environment Agency spokesman said: \"We continue to work with the shipping lines and Malaysian authorities to ensure all waste is brought back as soon as possible.\"\n\nHe added the government was also \"working hard to stop illegal waste exports from leaving our shores in the first place\".\n\nThe South East Asian country has seen a sharp rise in foreign plastic waste since China - once the world's largest importer - announced a ban in 2017.\n\nMalaysia said a total of a total of 3,737 metric tonnes of unwanted waste had been sent back to 13 countries, including 43 containers to France, 42 to the UK, 17 to the United States, and 11 to Canada.\n\nThe authorities hope to send back another 110 containers by the middle of 2020 - with 60 of those going to the US.\n\nWaste at an illegal plastic recycling factory in Malaysia\n\nMany wealthy countries send their recyclable waste overseas because it is cheap, helps meet recycling targets and reduces domestic landfill.\n\nThe European Union is the largest exporter of plastic waste, with the US leading as the top exporter for a single country.\n\nA growing number of countries across South East Asia, such as Indonesia and the Philippines, have returned unwanted waste over the last 12 months.\n\nMalaysia's environment minister Yeo Bee Yin has previously singled out the UK for its plastic waste\n\nLast year the UK was singled out by Malaysia's environment minister, who said: \"What the citizens of the UK believe they send for recycling is actually dumped in our country.\"\n\nThe UK Environment Agency said the returned waste was the responsibility of the private companies that exported it and it must be handled according to UK regulations.\n\nA spokesman added that anyone found guilty of exporting waste illegally could face a two-year jail term and an unlimited fine.", "Montague joined BBC Radio 4's World At One from the Today programme in 2018\n\nRadio presenter Sarah Montague has confirmed she won a £400,000 settlement and an apology from the BBC after being treated \"unequally\" by the corporation for years.\n\nThe World At One presenter said she would \"prefer not to be talking about my pay\" but felt she had to respond to \"erroneous\" reports in the press.\n\nShe said the settlement followed \"a long period of stressful negotiations\".\n\nMontague said she accepted the payout, which is subject to tax, last year.\n\nA BBC statement said: \"We are pleased to have resolved this matter with Sarah some time ago.\"\n\nIn a series of tweets, the former Radio 4 Today programme presenter said: \"When I discovered the disparity in my pay and conditions, I was advised that rectifying it all could run into the millions.\n\n\"I chose not to seek such sums from the BBC but I did want some recognition that they had underpaid me.\n\n\"Last year after a long period of stressful negotiations, I accepted a settlement of £400,000 subject to tax and an apology from the BBC for paying me unequally for so many years.\"\n\nHer comments followed newspapers reports that she had received £1m, which the BBC said was incorrect.\n\nIn 2018, Montague said she was \"incandescent with rage\" after finding out her £133,000-a-year salary for working on the programme was less than her co-presenters were earning.\n\nAt the time, a BBC spokeswoman said it was committed to closing its gender pay gap by 2020.\n\nEarlier this month, BBC presenter Samira Ahmed won an employment tribunal which she brought against the BBC in a dispute over equal pay.\n\nAhmed claimed she was underpaid by £700,000 for hosting audience feedback show Newswatch compared with Jeremy Vine's salary for Points of View.\n\nThe unanimous judgement said her work was like that done by Vine, and the BBC had failed to prove the pay gap wasn't because of sex discrimination.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. HS2: How much work has already been done?\n\nThe transport secretary has asked for more data before making a \"massive decision\" on HS2 as it emerged the new high-speed rail link could cost £106bn.\n\nA leaked report suggested the project could cost almost double from the £56bn expected in 2015.\n\nGrant Shapps said he has demanded more information about the scheme as the government prepares to decide whether to go ahead with the project.\n\nDowning Street refused to comment on the contents of the leaked report.\n\nMr Shapps told Sky News that the \"massive decision\" on whether to go ahead with HS2 \"needs to be fact-based\".\n\nHe said he had told the report's author, Doug Oakervee: \"Give me the facts, give me the data, give us the information so we can make a proper informed decision.\"\n\nThe unpublished report, which was leaked to the Financial Times, said there was \"considerable risk\" that estimated costs could rise by another 20%.\n\n\"I've always approached this from a relatively neutral point of view and that information will help to inform a decision that is best for the whole country,\" Mr Shapps said. \"We'll be making a final decision, along with the prime minister and the chancellor, on this very shortly,\" he added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What does a billion pounds look like... and what can it buy?\n\nThe government previously promised to make a decision before the end of 2019. Along with a warning on costs, the report also made a number of suggestions.\n\nAmong those was a recommendation to pause the second phase of the project while experts look at whether conventional lines could help link Birmingham to Manchester and Leeds instead.\n\nBut the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, told the BBC's Today programme it would \"not be acceptable\" if the North of England portion of HS2 was delayed or downgraded to slower speeds.\n\n\"To me that would be the same old story. London to Birmingham, money is no object, and then all the penny pinching is done in the North of England,\" he said.\n\nMr Burnham said the development of an east-west rail route across the North - known as HS3 or Northern Powerhouse Rail - relied on HS2 being built.\n\nHowever, Lord Berkeley, a vocal critic of HS2 who was deputy chairman of the review before withdrawing his backing, said: \"I suspect that most of the people who like to use the trains around Manchester and Leeds would rather have a really good commuter service just like there is in London, rather than get to London half an hour quicker.\"\n\nSome £8bn has already been spent on the project, which will connect London, the Midlands and northern England using trains capable of travelling at 250mph.\n\nWest Midlands' mayor Andy Street said he still expected the project to go ahead.\n\n\"It will drive the regeneration of our economies in Birmingham, in Manchester, in Leeds and other cities in the Midlands and the North,\" he told the BBC. \"No government committed to levelling up around the country would possibly turn its back on that opportunity.\"\n\nIn a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson some of the UK's largest construction firms warned that cancelling the project would do \"irreparable damage\" to the industry, costing thousands of jobs, the Times newspaper reported.\n\nBalfour Beatty, Skanska, Morgan Sindall, Costain, Mace and Sir Robert McAlpine are among firms arguing that a dearth of other big projects mean skills could be lost.\n\nClaire Walker, co-executive director of policy at the British Chambers of Commerce, told the BBC that the project must go ahead.\n\n\"Business communities are united that this project should be delivered and should be delivered in full,\" she said. \"There is no project that has been proposed that will go so far in delivering the transformational change to the Northern business communities as this project will.\"\n\nThe first phase of 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\nDespite concerns about the rail link, Europe's largest infrastructure project, work is not on hold and the project currently gets through about £250m a month.\n\n\"The North's civic and business leaders have argued tirelessly that major infrastructure investment is so badly needed to provide the capacity so urgently needed on our rail network,\" said Northern Powerhouse Partnership Director, Henri Murison.\n\nTrains on the London to Birmingham route would be 400m-long (1,300ft) with up to 1,100 seats. They would run as many as 14 times per hour in each direction. The Department for Transport says the project will cut journey times between the cities from one hour 21 minutes to 52 minutes.\n\nOnce the second phase is complete, Manchester to London journeys would take one hour seven minutes (down from two hours seven minutes), and Birmingham to Leeds would take 49 minutes (down from two hours).\n\nThis would effectively reduce journey times between London and Edinburgh and London and Glasgow by an hour, to three-and-a-half hours.\n\nThe government hopes its creation will free up capacity on overcrowded commuter routes.\n\nIf you've followed the HS2 drama, then an estimate of £106bn for the entire project isn't surprising. But the fact that it's in yet another leaked draft of the government's review makes it part of the official narrative.\n\nThose opposed to HS2 feel a perfect storm is brewing. Conservative MPs (including ones newly elected in constituencies in the north of England) are pressing the PM to reconsider; the government's spending watchdog will soon publish a critical report; and Boris Johnson's transport advisor, Andrew Gilligan, is sceptical about the scheme.\n\nTinkering with the project (reducing the speed of the trains or adding a station in between Birmingham and London) won't save much money and would slow the line down, defeating the point of it being super-high speed.\n\nSo, in broad terms, it feels like the government has an all-or-nothing decision to make. HS2 currently burns about £250m a month, so you'd think the government would be in a hurry to make up its mind.\n\nBut the fact we're told this 'isn't a final draft' of the review (even though we were previously told that the review should have been done at the end of last year) suggests government insiders are keeping their options open. A decision will probably come, I'm told, after Brexit.\n\nHS2 has always been split into fairly distinct parts (Phases 1, 2a and 2b) so putting the second phases on hold for a bit longer while further options are explored wouldn't in itself be a radical option.\n\nBut the project has a lot of support from political and business leaders in the north of England and the Midlands, so if the government was then to scale back that second stretch of the railway it would cause a bit of a storm.", "Last updated on .From the section Snooker\n\nEngland's Stuart Bingham became the oldest Masters winner by defeating Ali Carter 10-8 in a thrilling and fluctuating final at Alexandra Palace.\n\nBingham, 43, claimed his second Triple Crown event title to go alongside his 2015 World Championship win.\n\nCarter turned around a 5-3 deficit to lead 7-5, but world number 14 Bingham showed tremendous bottle to fight back.\n\nHe sealed victory with a nerveless break of 109 - his first century of the tournament ending Carter's hopes.\n\nBingham becomes the 24th different name on the Paul Hunter Trophy, collecting a record £250,000 winner's prize money.\n\nWelshman Ray Reardon was 43 years and three months when he claimed the Masters in 1976, while Bingham is five months older.\n\n\"Ali played so well I was starting to think about what to say after being beaten. How I turned it around I don't know,\" said Bingham.\n\n\"I have won seven major tournaments now and want to get to 10. Hopefully one will be the UK Championship and I will go into the history books for winning the Triple Crown.\n\n\"I've really enjoyed the week and I think that's the key to my game and why I can perform like that.\n\n\"I am shattered. I've had about nine hours' sleep in two days. Every time he was scoring I was sitting in my chair thinking 'this is getting really comfy'. To get my hands on this trophy means the world.\"\n\nBingham's record in this tournament was dreadful with eight defeats at the first hurdle in nine appearances.\n\nHe was a 50-1 long shot when he lifted the sport's biggest prize at the Crucible Theatre and at the start of this tournament he would have been an outside bet to take the invitational event in London.\n\nBingham's form has been poor this season, reaching just one quarter-final at a ranking event, and his most recent silverware came at the Gibraltar Open last March.\n\nBingham missed this lucrative tournament two years ago as he served a six-month ban for betting breaches but has redeemed himself and the late bloomer - who won his first title in 2011 after first turning professional 16 years previously - now just needs to win the UK Championship to complete the Triple Crown series.\n\nHaving seen defending champion Judd Trump, UK winner Ding Junhui and former world champions Mark Selby and Neil Robertson all exit in the first round, he seized the opportunity to add a major to go alongside his six ranking titles.\n\n\"People will stop saying Bingham was a fluke to win the World Championship,\" said former world champion John Parrott. \"He's backed it up and proven he's a top-class player.\"\n\n\"Stuart played himself into form in this tournament and withstood a lot of things thrown at him,\" said Parrott's fellow BBC pundit Steve Davis.\n\n\"Under pressure he held his nerve and his cueing stood the test.\"\n\nSeven-time winner Ronnie O'Sullivan's decision to withdraw from the event meant his place went to world number 17 Carter, who he does not see eye-to-eye with following an on-table clash at the World Championship two years ago.\n\nAway from the table, Carter has battled to recover from both testicular and lung cancer, as well as being diagnosed with Crohn's disease, stating after his semi-final win that he had \"been to hell and back\".\n\nBut there was to be no fairytale with Carter falling short in his third Triple Crown final, having lost to O'Sullivan in the 2008 and 2012 World Championships.\n\nBBC pundits Stephen Hendry and Ken Doherty had said \"fate\" and \"destiny\" might be on Carter's side having beaten former world champions Selby, John Higgins and Shaun Murphy to advance, but it was not to be his day despite a resurgence and two centuries, though a £100,000 runners-up cheque may be of some comfort.\n\n\"I'm very disappointed to not win but he was the better player,\" said Carter. \"I have to say all the right things but I am gutted.\n\n\"The interval swung the match. I was on fire to win those four frames. I look back at the pink but I've missed one ball in four frames.\"\n\nThe story of the match\n\nThese two Essex-born players used to compete against each other in the junior county league but were meeting in a major final for the first time.\n\nCarter made the perfect start with a superb 126 break and also compiled 56 and 93 - in between Bingham's 75 - for a 3-2 advantage.\n\nPlay was momentarily halted with Bingham at the table in the fifth frame when someone seemed to have left a 'whoopee cushion' device inside the arena which kept emitting sounds. The crowd laughed at the incident but neither player found it funny.\n\nCarter should have taken the sixth which could have been a huge turning point. With a deficit of 69 points and only 67 remaining on the table, he got the snooker required but then missed the final brown, allowing Bingham to pinch the frame on the black.\n\nWorld number 14 Bingham made 50 in the next, as well as snatching a 40-minute frame for a two-frame cushion heading into the evening session.\n\nThe evening session was thrilling. Carter turned the match around by punishing Bingham's mistakes, clinching four frames in a row, including breaks of 95 and 133.\n\nBut Bingham provided a gutsy response after the mid-session interval by taking four on the trot with frame-winning contributions of 64, 85, 58 and 88 to go one from victory.\n\nCarter halted the flow with a quick 77 after Bingham missed a red with the rest, but he finished off in style to avoid a nervy decider.", "Job performance details about more than 900 employees of a major office-space provider have been published online by accident after a staff review.\n\nSales staff at Regus had been recorded showing researchers posing as clients around office space available to rent.\n\nInformation about the employees was later published on Trello, a task-management website.\n\nAnd a spreadsheet with names, address and job performance data was found via Google by the Telegraph newspaper.\n\nThe names and addresses of hundreds of the researchers, contracted from a company called Applause by Regus parent company IWG, were also included.\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 James Cook 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\"Team members are aware they are recorded for training purposes and each recording is shared with the individual team member and their coach to help them become even more successful in their roles,\" IWG said.\n\n\"We are extremely concerned to learn that an external third-party provider, who implemented the exercise, inadvertently published online the outcomes of an internal training and development exercise.\n\n\"As our primary concern we took immediate action and the external provider has now removed the content.\"\n\nMichael Pryor, co-founder of Trello said: \"Trello boards are set to private by default and must be manually changed to public by the user.\n\n\"We strive to make sure public boards are being created intentionally and have built in safeguards to confirm the intention of a user before they make a board publicly visible.\"\n\nThe data breach has not been reported to the UK's Information Commissioner's Office.\n\nBBC News has asked the Luxembourg data commissioner if the breach has been reported there instead and contacted Applause for comment.\n\nAn Applause spokesman said: \"Since being made aware of this issue, we have reiterated our [information security] policies with our worldwide employees and have run an internal audit to confirm that there are no other unapproved third-party software tools being used in any client engagements.\"\n\n21 January 2020: This story has been updated to include a statement from Trello.", "People born in Britain to migrant parents are more likely to feel discriminated against than migrants who are new to the UK, research suggests.\n\nEvidence from two 2018 surveys points to ethnicity being at the root of any perceived discrimination rather than a person's status as a migrant.\n\nAmong immigrants, more than 70% say Britain is welcoming and 90% believe migrants can make it if they work hard.\n\nBut more non-EU migrants feel they face prejudice than those from Europe.\n\nThe University of Oxford's Migration Observatory briefing, Migrants and Discrimination in the UK, is based on data accrued in the European Social Survey and the UK longevity household study (40,000 households) in 2018.\n\nAmongst predominantly white migrants from the EU, only 8% say they feel they are discriminated against in Britain, while those from outside the EU are more than twice as likely to say they were part of a group that is discriminated against, at 19%.\n\nFor second generation migrants, born in Britain, the sense of being discriminated against increases to 30%.\n\nDr Marina Fernandez-Reino, researcher at the Migration Observatory and author of the briefing, described the reasons behind the perceived hostility as \"complex\".\n\n\"Some UK-born minorities actually have worse outcomes than migrants, such as higher unemployment,\" she said.\n\n\"Research also suggests that children of migrants, who were born and raised here, have higher expectations and so are more sensitive to inequalities or unequal treatment they encounter.\n\n\"By contrast, people who migrated here may compare their experience to life in their country of origin and feel that they have benefited from moving - even if they still face some disadvantages.\"\n\nOxford Migration Observatory research on attitudes to immigration finds more than a third of British people would want no Nigerians or Pakistanis to come to the UK, but just one in 10 would want to stop those from culturally close countries, such as Australia.\n\nEU migrants have traditionally reported fewer experiences of discrimination than those born outside the EU.\n\nHowever, there was a spike in the number of EU migrants who reported experiencing discrimination around the time of the EU referendum in 2016 - more than double the levels seen in 2010-12 or later, in 2018.\n\nIn addition, data for 2016-2018 shows EU migrants in the UK were more likely to feel that they faced discrimination (14%) than EU migrants in other EU countries (9%).\n\nBy contrast, the perception of discrimination among non-EU migrants was slightly lower in the UK than in the rest of the EU.\n\nThe latest data suggest attitudes to immigration in the UK have softened again since 2016.\n\n\"The increase in EU migrants' perceptions of discrimination around the time of the referendum is likely associated with the public debate in that period,\" said Dr Fernandez Reino.\n\n\"EU migration was one of the top issues on the UK political agenda in the run-up to the 2016 vote, but has received less attention since.\"\n\nBBC Briefing is a mini-series of downloadable in-depth guides to the big issues in the news, with input from academics, researchers and journalists. It is the BBC's response to audiences demanding better explanation of the facts behind the headlines.", "David G posed as a specialist to convince young women to electrocute themselves (file photo)\n\nA man who impersonated a doctor in order to persuade women and girls to electrocute themselves has been jailed for 11 years in Germany, officials say.\n\nThe 30-year-old, named only as David G, offered victims money to take part in fake pain therapy experiments for his sexual gratification, prosecutors said.\n\nHe watched and recorded the victims on Skype as they used homemade devices connected to mains electricity.\n\nDavid G was found guilty of 13 cases of attempted murder at a court in Munich.\n\nProsecutors told the court that the IT worker from the Bavarian city of Würzburg posed as a doctor while searching for young women online to take part in a fake scientific study.\n\nThey said he then contacted his victims, offering up to €3,000 ($3,325; £2,560) to participate.\n\nHe convinced them to attach devices to mains electricity before shocking themselves while he observed via Skype, prosecutors added.\n\nThe youngest girl was just 13 years old, prosecutors said.\n\nJudge Thomas Bott said David G had instructed his victims to place metal objects near their temples, \"meaning that the human brain was subjected to an electric current\", Germany's Deutsche Welle newspaper reported.\n\nProsecutors said they believed David G derived sexual gratification from his crimes.\n• None 'Fake doctor' arrested over death of four patients", "Gail Porter's mental health is the focus of a new BBC documentary\n\nFor Gail Porter, the late 90s were both the best and worst of times.\n\nAt age 21 she was a hallmark of British television - a young, smiling dynamo from Edinburgh's Portobello who was perfectly at home leading daytime programmes such as Fully Booked, The Big Breakfast and Live and Kicking before landing a prime time slot hosting Friday night favourite Top of the Pops.\n\nHer fan base was burgeoning and she often left the studio in a state of total euphoria.\n\nBut her seemingly unstoppable energy would deflate as she stepped inside her London flat - where loneliness, self-doubt and depression set in.\n\nGail in the late 90s after landing a role on Top of the Pops\n\nThen one morning, an event unfolded that left her unable to get out of bed.\n\nGail had taken part in a nude photo shoot for men's magazine FHM, which was projected onto the Houses of Parliament in a now infamous publicity stunt.\n\nIt helped sell more than one million copies of the magazine within two months.\n\nDecades on, Gail maintains she had no idea the photo would be used in such a manner - and that she was never paid for the work.\n\nGail Porter says she had no idea an image from a naked photo shoot would be beamed onto the House of Commons\n\nGail told BBC Scotland: \"I've dealt with things since I was 18 but that knocked my confidence a lot - to think I had trusted someone and then to find my bottom on Big Ben.\n\n\"I had to deal with the backlash, some people were kind and some people were unkind. It made me stay in bed for quite a long time.\"\n\nThe presenter's mental health is the focal point of a new BBC Scotland documentary, which sees her retrace crucial points in her life and career while often hearing difficult truths from friends and family.\n\nIn the film's opening scenes she revisits the Palace of Westminster and recalls the pressures she faced in the aftermath of the FHM media storm.\n\nCriticism and jibes followed her around, occasionally in a very public way - including on an episode of Nevermind the Buzzcocks that same year.\n\nKnown for his acerbic wit, host Mark Lamarr joked he had seen \"more than enough\" of her topless - a comment which left Gail visibly upset on camera.\n\nGail faced often biting comments during the episode in 1999\n\nShe said: \"We met up in the green room and I said he was extremely rude - he actually said sorry, that he thought it was a joke.\n\n\"Personally it just made me feel insignificant. This was a long time ago when you didn't have the Me Too movement.\n\n\"Everyone was going out afterwards; I just wanted to stay home. I thought maybe it's my fault and I deserve this sort of comment.\"\n\nDespite frequent bouts of unhappiness, keeping up the appearance of 'wee smiley Gail' was of utmost importance - though at the time Gail was unaware of the stress it placed on her mind and body.\n\nAfter moving to London aged 19, there was rarely any food in her fridge - instead she survived on wine or Jelly Babies.\n\nShe developed anorexia nervosa - a condition she lived with for around nine years. But Gail only realised something was wrong when she was banned from her gym after fainting.\n\n\"People kept saying 'oh wow, you're looking great',\" she said. \"I kept thinking every time I get thinner, someone said I looked great.\n\n\"I was enjoying the adoration and it got out of control, I couldn't stop it. I thought if I could control my food and make myself look what I thought was better, then everything is going to be great in the world.\n\n\"But it wasn't, I just ended up in the hospital very unwell.\"\n\nWhat followed over the next two decades was a further polarising of highs and lows for Gail.\n\nShe married and celebrated the birth of her \"miracle\" daughter Honey, having been told by doctors she couldn't have children.\n\nA severe struggle with her mental health continued, and Gail developed alopecia, turned to self harm, was sectioned under the Mental Health Act (1983) and experienced a period of homelessness.\n\nShe has no definitive answer for what went wrong for her, though she strongly suspects she developed an aversion to talking through her feelings in her early childhood.\n\nAnd although she has watched her personal life splashed across headlines, Gail does not blame her career in television for any of her struggles.\n\nShe said: \"Being a TV presenter was my favourite thing in the world, it was the most fun ever.\n\n\"I think there were a lot of deeper issues which came out at certain points.\n\n\"I know there's something not quite right wired in my brain.\n\n\"It doesn't make me a bad person, it doesn't mean you can give me a badge and tell me what it is. I'd rather just be Gail.\"\n\nBeing Gail Porter is available to watch on BBC iPlayer.\n• None 'How my daughter made it okay to be bald'", "South Sudan has faced the destruction of classrooms\n\nA third of the world's poorest girls, aged between 10 and 18, have never been to school, says the United Nations.\n\nA report from Unicef, the UN's children's agency, warned that poverty and discrimination were denying an education to millions of young people.\n\nIt criticised a \"crippling learning crisis\" for impoverished families, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.\n\nThe findings were published as education ministers from 120 countries gathered for a conference in London.\n\nThe Education World Forum, an annual international event, brings together representatives of education systems around the world, debating ideas about improving schools and using technology.\n\nBut the Unicef report warned that for too many of \"the world's poorest children\" there is no school at all.\n\nAmong children in the poorest fifth of households in the world, a third of girls have never been to school.\n\nThis was exacerbated by education budgets often being heavily skewed towards children from wealthier families, says the report.\n\nGuinea, Central African Republic, Senegal and Cameroon were named as having the biggest imbalances, with public education spending being focused on rich rather than poorer children.\n\nRefugees in Chad: Conflicts have disrupted the educations of tens of millions\n\nThis unequal distribution means the poorest communities either miss out on school or are faced with large class sizes and a lack of trained teachers.\n\n\"As long as public education spending is disproportionately skewed towards children from the richest households, the poorest will have little hope of escaping poverty,\" said Unicef's executive director, Henrietta Fore.\n\nOvercoming the lack of access to education for girls in developing countries has been a theme raised by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.\n\n\"I don't think that people know how stark that problem is and the damage it is doing,\" Mr Johnson told the BBC when he was foreign secretary.\n\n\"In countries where there is poverty, civil war, that have massive population booms, and that are prey to radicalisation, the common factor is female illiteracy, the undereducation of women and girls,\" he added at the time in March 2018.\n\nSince becoming prime minister, Mr Johnson has repeated his support for an international promise to give 12 years of quality education to all girls.\n\nEducation Secretary Gavin Williamson, addressing the international education conference in London, said that Brexit would not be a \"sign that we're stepping back from the world. I say quite the reverse\".\n\nHe said that \"our doors are open\" to ideas from other countries and announced that a school exchange scheme, used by 138 schools since it was set up last year, would be extended for another year.\n\nBut the National Union of Students said that a more urgent priority should be to resolve the uncertainty over future of the Erasmus+ exchange scheme, after the UK's departure from the European Union.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Migrants cross the river Suchiate on the border between Guatemala and Mexico on Monday\n\nHundreds of migrants who waded across a river on Mexico's southern border have been stopped from entering the country on their way to the US.\n\nThe migrants, mainly from Honduras, took to the water after being refused permission to cross a nearby bridge.\n\nThe security forces fired tear gas to force the migrants back and rounded up those who managed to make it across.\n\nMexico has cut off migration routes to the US under pressure from President Donald Trump.\n\nNational Guard troops with riot shields were seen trying to stop the migrants from climbing the banks of the Suchiate river, which marks the border between Mexico and Guatemala.\n\nSome of those who were trying to reach Mexico threw stones at the police.\n\nThe detained migrants have been transferred to immigration stations. They will be returned to their home countries if their legal status cannot be resolved, the government said.\n\nMembers of Mexico's National Guard used their shields to block migrants\n\nThe migrants had been camped out in the Guatemalan town of Tecún Umán, across the border from Mexico's Ciudad Hidalgo.\n\nEight representatives of the migrants were allowed into Mexico for talks with the authorities and to pass a letter on to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.\n\nThey urged him to let them pass and promised to respect the law.\n\nThose who tried to cross the river on Monday were part of a 2,000 to 3,500-strong group dubbed \"2020 Caravan\", evoking previous attempts to cross Mexico en masse to reach the US border.\n\nFor its part, Guatemala said several thousand migrants had crossed into its territory from Honduras since Wednesday.\n\nMany of the migrants on the Mexico border said they were fleeing violence, poverty and high murder rates.\n\n\"We got desperate because of the heat. It's been exhausting, especially for the children,\" Honduran migrant Elvis Martínez told AFP news agency.\n\nMexico has said they can stay and work in Mexico and apply for asylum but will not be allowed free passage to the US.\n\n\"They're trying to trick us. They tell us to register, but then they deport us,\" another migrant said.\n\nThe Mexican interior ministry said it had already taken in 1,100 migrants in the states of Chiapas and Tabasco. Most would be returned to their country of origin \"if their situation warrants it\", it added.\n\nPresident Trump reached a deal with Mexico in June to stem the flow of migrants to the US after threatening it with high tariffs. Mexico agreed to take \"unprecedented\" steps to curb irregular migration, including deploying the National Guard.\n\nAnother agreement, with Guatemala, designates that country as a \"safe third country\". Under the accord, the US can send migrants from Honduras or El Salvador who pass through Guatemala back to that country to seek asylum first.\n\nMr Trump has made the fight against illegal migration to the US a major policy issue and has taken measures to deter entry across the border from Mexico, including plans for a border wall.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"I sent my seven-year-old across the border alone,\" says one parent on the US-Mexico border", "The government has lost three votes in the Lords over its Brexit legislation - its first defeats since the election.\n\nPeers supported calls for EU nationals to be given a physical document as proof they have the right to live in the UK after it leaves the bloc.\n\nThey also voted to remove ministers' power to decide which EU Court of Justice rulings can be disregarded or set aside by UK courts and tribunals.\n\nMinisters will aim to reverse the moves when the bill returns to the Commons.\n\nWith a majority of 80, the government will be confident of getting its way.\n\nMeanwhile, separately on Monday, the Commons voted to approve the Queen's Speech, which outlines the government's legislative agenda.\n\nThe EU Withdrawal Bill, which paves the way for the UK to leave the EU with a deal on 31 January, was approved by MPs earlier this month without any changes.\n\nBut despite their emphatic victory in December's general election, the Conservatives do not have a majority in the Lords and have suffered a series of defeats during the bill's passage through the unelected House.\n\nThe first amendment passed by peers, by a margin of 270 to 229, would give EU citizens in the UK the automatic right to stay, rather than having to apply to the Home Office, and would ensure they can get physical proof of their rights.\n\nIts supporters said it would allay the \"deep concerns\" felt by many EU nationals who have until the end of June 2021 to apply for settled status.\n\nMore than than 2.7 million people have so far applied. Nearly 2.5 million of these have been told they can continue to live and work in the UK after Brexit, while six \"serious or persistent\" criminals have had their applications rejected.\n\nCampaigners said official documentation could stop a repeat of the Windrush scandal, in which relatives of those who lawfully came to the UK from the Caribbean in the 1940s were threatened with deportation, and in some cases removed.\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’. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLib Dem peer Lord Oates warned of a \"plethora of problems\" ahead for EU nationals and the government unless this happened.\n\n\"This amendment simply seeks to uphold the promise repeatedly made by Boris Johnson that the rights of EU citizens to remain in the UK would be automatically guaranteed,\" he said.\n\n\"It would remove the risk that those who failed to meet the cut-off deadline would be automatically criminalised and subject to deportation.\"\n\nNo 10 has insisted EU citizens will not automatically be deported if they fail to sign up to the scheme by the deadline. They want them to use a digital code, which will demonstrate their right to be in the UK.\n\nFollowing the vote, security minister Brandon Lewis insisted it would not rethink its approach.\n\nHe tweeted: \"The EU Settlement Scheme grants EU citizens with a secure, digital status which can't be lost, stolen or tampered with.\"\n\nThe government was later defeated twice more over:", "State schools and colleges in England can now order free period products for students as part of a government scheme to tackle period poverty.\n\nTampons, pads and menstrual cups will be available for primary and secondary institutions to order if they opt in.\n\nThe scheme aims to help prevent children missing school if they don't have access to products at home.\n\nCampaigners have warned that schools could disadvantage their pupils if they do not take up the scheme.\n\nSchools will be able to choose from a range of items using an online system, but can also place orders via email or over the phone.\n\nThe products, from supplier phs Group, include single-use and reusable pads, applicator and non-applicator tampons, and menstrual cups.\n\nThe government is giving each school a set amount of money to spend on products in 2020 - calculated on the basis that 35% of pupils who menstruate will use them.\n\nThey come at a range of prices, so it is up to individual schools to decide how they spend their allocated budgets.\n\nIt follows the government's announcement last March that it would fund free period products for secondary school students. The pledge was subsequently extended to primary schools.\n\nAmika George, 20, started the campaign to get free period products into schools when she was 17.\n\nShe said schools should talk to students about provision, to break down stigma and to make sure they knew the demand was there to opt into the system.\n\nDifferent students would need different products, she said. For example, pads for children who cannot use tampons for cultural or religious reasons.\n\nLynda Erroi, head of year seven at Southam College in Warwickshire, said she often works with students who have \"no plan in place for when periods start\" or cannot afford products.\n\n\"This will reduce the stress for any student who is trying hard to attend school when period products are an issue in their life,\" she said.\n\n\"Staff will also feel more empowered that they are able to request supplies and support a child's needs.\"\n\nThe college previously worked with the Red Box Project, which has provided free period products to schools since 2017.\n\nCo-founder Anna Miles said the government scheme could mean the difference between a child attending and skipping school.\n\nAnna Miles with fellow co-founders of the Red Box Project\n\nShe described it as a \"step towards genuine equality\".\n\nChildren and Families Minister Michelle Donelan said the scheme will mean young people can \"go about their daily lives\" without having to worry.\n\nThe Department for Education website says the rate reflects the fact that not all students will need the products all of the time, and is mirrored in a scheme that is already rolled out in Scotland.\n\nWales introduced funding for free products in schools from April 2019.\n\nOne local authority in Northern Ireland offers free products in public places.\n\nOrders from schools are expected to be delivered within five working days.", "Zac (left), aged three, died and his brother Harley, four, is in a critical condition in hospital\n\nThe family of a three-year-old boy who was killed in a caravan fire have thanked people for their \"kind words and support\".\n\nZac died and his brother Harley, four, is in a critical condition following the blaze on Sunday morning in Ffair Rhos near Tregaron, Ceredigion.\n\nShaun Harvey, 28, the boys' father, is in a stable condition in hospital after escaping the fire with the eldest boy.\n\nThe fire is not being treated as suspicious, Dyfed-Powys Police said.\n\nIn a statement the family said: \"We would like to thank everyone for their kind words and support.\n\n\"We thank you for respecting our future privacy as we mourn the loss of Zac and focus on our son Harley who is still critical.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. One neighbour described the family's burns as \"horrendous\"\n\nNeighbour Miriam Connolly said the caravan \"went up like an inferno\".\n\nShe said she had been in bed when she heard a knock on her door followed by \"shouting, screaming from outside\".\n\n\"All I could hear was a crescendo of screaming from Shaun,\" she said.\n\nA floral tribute has been left at the scene\n\n\"You could tell he was in agony. I thought the best thing for me to do is phone the emergency services.\n\n\"I could see the reflection of flames on the building next door, so I knew it was a fire, but I couldn't see where it was coming from.\n\n\"It's so horrendous. You can't imagine dealing with anything like that.\"\n\nNeighbour Miriam Connolly: \"You still can't quite comprehend what's happening\"\n\nMrs Connolly's husband, Sean, said Mr Harvey had burns all over his body and one of the little boys was put into a bath of water by firefighters.\n\n\"I've never seen anything like that in my life. It was very traumatic,\" he said.\n\nNeighbours said Mr Harvey had separated from the children's mother Erin and was living in the caravan temporarily while he looked for a permanent home.\n\nMrs Connolly described Mr Harvey as \"a lovely lad\", adding: \"He was so pleased that he had the children for the weekend.\"\n\nCommunity councillor John Jones said: \"We are deeply saddened by the events.\n\nOfficers from Dyfed-Powys Police remain at the scene while investigations continue\n\n\"When it happens on your doorstep in a small rural village like this, it's a total shock.\"\n\nTed Jones lives near to where the blaze happened and said it was \"lucky\" there had been any survivors.\n\n\"My neighbour saw the fire and the caravan just went up in flames and they said it was lucky that anyone got out,\" Mr Jones told BBC Radio Wales.\n\n\"Ffair Rhos is a tiny, quiet little village in rural Ceredigion so it is a big shock to everybody especially when a small child has died.\"\n\nEmergency services were called to the scene at about 05:30 GMT on Sunday and as well as destroying the caravan and a vehicle, it also damaged an adjacent property.\n\nThe Welsh Ambulance Service said it sent three ambulances to the scene, taking two patients to Bronglais General Hospital in Aberystwyth.\n\nThe fire destroyed the caravan and a vehicle and damaged an adjacent property\n\nA police spokesman said: \"Police and fire investigators continue to examine the scene though the circumstances are not currently being treated as suspicious.\"\n\nSpecialist officers are supporting the family, police said.\n\nIn a statement, Ceredigion council said: \"Our heartfelt condolences go out to the family following the tragic incident.\"\n\nIt added it was working with Dyfed-Powys Police to provide \"support to the family and school at this difficult time\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra and online; Live text on selected matches on the BBC Sport website and app.\n\nBritish number one Dan Evans came back from two sets down for the first time to beat American Mackenzie McDonald and reach the Australian Open second round.\n\nEvans, playing his first Grand Slam as a seed, looked edgy in the first two sets on a packed outside court, showing his frustration at times.\n\nBut the 30th seed settled down to win 3-6 4-6 6-1 6-2 6-3 in Melbourne.\n\nFellow Britons Johanna Konta and Kyle Edmund's matches were moved to Tuesday after heavy rain on Monday.\n\nIf the 29-year-old wins that then he could face 16-time Grand Slam winner and defending champion Novak Djokovic in the third round.\n\n\"I just hung in, I thought my level was there somewhere,\" the Briton said.\n\n\"I changed my game a little bit, started making few more balls and in the end I was pretty strong.\n\n\"I'm just relieved to have come through and start some momentum in this tournament.\"\n• None Djokovic wins in four sets to join Federer in second round\n\nEvans had never won a five-set match after losing the opening two, finally ending that run at the 15th attempt against a tiring McDonald.\n\nA pinpoint forehand winner down the line, on his first match point, sealed the Briton's place in the second round following a battle lasting three hours and 21 minutes.\n\nEvans has the luxury of avoiding the big names in the early rounds of the men's draw after climbing to a career-high 32nd in the latest ATP rankings released on Monday.\n\nBut he was made to work hard by 129th-ranked McKenzie, a talented player who has slipped down the rankings after an injury-hit 2018.\n\nEvans was tight in the opening two sets and was seemingly distracted by fans standing in the aisles because they could not find an empty seat.\n\n\"I was frustrated. I wasn't playing my game, hitting the ball in,\" Evans said.\n\n\"I was impatient at the start and trying to come in too early.\"\n\nAfter lacking patience and precision as he seemingly stared at defeat, Evans suddenly found the form which has propelled him up the rankings over the past 18 months.\n\nA more positive approach started to pay off as McDonald, playing only his second tournament since last May after having surgery on a hamstring tendon, started to struggle.\n\nEvans twice broke the American's serve early on in the third and fourth sets and, after needing to dig deep again in a fifth set where the players exchanged six breaks, came through.\n\nEvans pointed to his stomach on his way to shaking hands with McDonald, a gesture seemingly directed at Britain's former world number four Tim Henman.\n\nAfter bonding with Evans in his role as British captain at the ATP Cup, Henman jokingly suggesting at the end of the tournament Evans needed to \"miss a few meals\" if he wanted to break into the world's top 20.\n\n\"It was just a joke, there was nothing in it,\" Evans laughed when asked about his gesture.\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone", "A state of emergency has been declared in Canada after severe snowstorms hit Newfoundland and Labrador.\n\nAs much as 30 inches (76cm) of snow has fallen leaving some residents trapped in their own homes.", "Harry Dunn died in hospital after his motorbike was involved in a crash outside RAF Croughton\n\nBoris Johnson has said he will raise the \"driving habits\" of US personnel at an RAF base near where Harry Dunn died with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.\n\nMr Dunn, 19, was hit by a car driven by Anne Sacoolas, who left for the US claiming diplomatic immunity.\n\nThe prime minister was speaking after footage emerged of a car being driven on the wrong side of the road near RAF Croughton.\n\nMr Johnson said he would \"work for justice for Harry Dunn and his family\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This car was filmed on Friday on the wrong side of the road near the RAF base close to where Harry Dunn died\n\nThe footage, captured on Friday, shows a blue BMW having to brake sharply on a road near the base.\n\nA police vehicle was struck by a car on the wrong side of the same road in October.\n\nNorthamptonshire Chief Constable Nick Adderley said: \"I want to be absolutely clear on the fact that these incidents just cannot keep happening.\"\n\nHe said he had requested a meeting with officials from the base to discuss road safety and that he expected it to take place next week.\n\nHarry Dunn's family, including his mother Charlotte Charles, have been campaigning for justice\n\nThe prime minister is in Berlin ahead of an international summit on Libya with world leaders including US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.\n\nMr Johnson told Sky News: \"We're certainly raising all those issues about the driving habits of US personnel at the base, and we're continuing to work for justice for Harry Dunn and for his family.\"\n\nBoris Johnson is in Berlin for an international summit on Libya hosted by hosted by German Chancellor Angela Merkel\n\nThe Dunn family spokesman, Radd Seiger, said watching the footage made him feel sick.\n\n\"Harry's parents want, more than anything else, for this to never happen to a family again, and I look forward to entering into talks with the authorities, on both sides of the Atlantic, to make sure it never does,\" Mr Seiger said.\n\nAnne Sacoolas pictured on her wedding day in 2003\n\nMr Dunn died in hospital after a head-on crash with a car on 27 August last year near RAF Croughton.\n\nAnne Sacoolas, 42, the wife of a US intelligence officer, is believed to have been driving on the wrong side of the road and has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving.\n\nShe claimed diplomatic immunity after the collision, left for her home country and has refused to return to the UK despite an extradition attempt.", "Madonna's Madame X tour is due to come to the UK next month\n\nMadonna has cancelled another show on her Madame X world tour, as she battles an ongoing, but unspecified, injury.\n\nThe star gave fans in Lisbon just 45 minutes' notice that her show on Sunday night was being called off.\n\n\"We regret to inform you that Madonna is unable to perform this evening,\" an email informed ticketholders at 19:45. She had been due on stage at 20:30.\n\n\"Sorry I had to cancel tonight,\" the star wrote on Instagram, \"but I must listen to my body and rest!\"\n\nIt is the eighth time Madonna has had to cancel a show on her current world tour, which sees her playing smaller, intimate theatre venues.\n\nShe has not revealed the nature her injury, but told one audience in San Francisco she was suffering from a \"torn ligament\" and \"a bad knee\" in November.\n\nIn a video posted to social media last week, she was shown wearing knee supports while rehearsing for an earlier show in Lisbon.\n\n\"How an injured Madame X warms up for a show,\" she wrote in the caption. \"Very carefully.\"\n\nThe star has also shared videos of her taking post-show ice baths to help her cope with \"multiple injuries\" that are causing \"overwhelming pain\".\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\nMadonna began the current stage of her Madame X tour in Portugal's Coliseu Dis Recreios theatre on 12 January, and had seemed to be in good spirits, interacting with the crowd and drinking port on stage.\n\nThe star said it was her first drink \"in a month\" and that it had \"got her through\" the strenuous show.\n\nShe also joked about her \"25 injuries\" and told the audience \"don't pay attention to what goes on from the waist down\", reported Lisbon-based music magazine Blitz.\n\nThe star also traded high heels for flat shoes during last Thursday's concert.\n\n\"They are very ugly but it was either wear these boots or cancel the show,\" the star was quoted as saying by the Portuguese website Sapo.\n\nMadonna said she hoped the tour would resume this week, writing on Instagram: \"See you on Tuesday, fingers crossed.\"\n\nThe show is due to come to the UK on 27 January, with 15 dates planned at the London Palladium.\n\nAnger and recrimination might well have been expected among the Madonna fans who crowded outside the historic Coliseu Dos Recreios in the heart of Lisbon to hear the news they dreaded.\n\nMany had flown in from around the world to see their \"queen\" grace the intimate venue, just a few miles from her new Portuguese home.\n\nBut as they took photos of the cancellation notices posted on the door, less than an hour before the official start time, there was plenty of understanding and concern for the injured star.\n\nAfter all, fans are fully aware that this is an all-out performer, battling against injury, who offers no compromise on stage. Madonna started out as a dancer and, even at 61, this is a show where her on-stage movement is as much a part of the act as her singing.\n\nOne fan who summed up his own frustration by posting a single-finger message to Madonna was quickly joined online by others speculating that she may need to postpone the rest of her tour, including 15 dates at the London Palladium next month.\n\nBut as a Coliseu staff member, standing at the door that remained resolutely shut, told me: \"She did a great show here last night so you and the other fans here tonight are really unlucky.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @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.", "A forensic examination of the scene is under way, police said\n\nThree men have died in a stabbing in east London.\n\nPolice said they were called at about 19:40 GMT on Sunday to reports of a disturbance in Elmstead Road in Seven Kings, Ilford.\n\nThree men, aged in their 20s or 30s, who were involved in a fight, were found by emergency services with stab injuries, the Metropolitan Police said.\n\nAll three were pronounced dead at the scene. Two men, aged 29 and 39, have been arrested on suspicion of murder.\n\nCh Supt Steve Clayman said a fight had broken out between two groups who were armed with knives, leaving three men fatally stabbed.\n\n\"We can now say that two arrests have since been made, so there has been progress.\n\n\"The parties are believed to be known to each other and the group are within the Sikh community,\" he added.\n\nSabih Qureshi, who lives in the area, told the BBC he had seen seven or eight men \"fighting each other\" in the same place on Saturday, which he believed was \"linked for sure\".\n\nHe said: \"They were saying 'I will kill you', and the person was saying 'ok kill me'. For sure it was linked.\"\n\nAfter seeing the three \"badly injured\" men following the attack, Mr Qureshi said he and several others tried to help and give them CPR.\n\nThe Ilford resident added that one of the men was already dead, while the other two were \"not conscious\" but breathing \"just a little\".\n\n\"It was very violent. All the blood was in the street,\" he said.\n\nLouis O'Donoghoe described seeing \"absolute chaos\" after he had heard screaming and shouting outside his house.\n\nIt was like something out of a movie, horrific,\" the 40-year-old scaffolder said.\n\nFormal identification of the victims is yet to take place.\n\nThe stabbings bring the number of homicide investigations launched by the Met in 2020 to six.\n\nPolice will continue to patrol the area on Monday\n\nThere has been a visible police presence here since Sunday night.\n\nOfficers were called just before 20:00 to reports of a disturbance but when they arrived, they found three young men - all in close proximity to each other - with fatal stab wounds.\n\nAt the end of one of the police cordons put in place you can just about make out the tops of the forensic tents - three dotted next to each other - which marks the exact spots where these individuals were pronounced dead.\n\nAn enhanced police presence was seen in the Redbridge area on Monday\n\nDespite the works of the emergency services, these men could not be saved.\n\nI've seen graphic video from a nearby resident that was filmed shortly after the incident showing pools of blood on the street.\n\nI've been speaking to some residents here this morning who say they have raised concerns to police over gangs congregating behind Seven King's train station, where they often drink and smoke cannabis.\n\nRoad closures and an enhanced police presence will be seen in the Redbridge area.\n\nMayor of London Sadiq Khan tweeted: \"My thoughts are with their families and the local community at this dreadful time.\"\n\nHe said extra police enforcement powers had been authorised for the whole of Redbridge borough until 08:00 on Monday.\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\nA forensic examination of the scene is under way and will continue on Monday, police said.\n\nJas Athwal, leader of Redbridge Council, said: \"An incident like this is unheard of within the Sikh community here in Redbridge.\n\n\"I think tragically there are at least three families who are going to be in mourning and this is going to last a lifetime for the people left behind.\"\n\nHe was critical of bloody footage shared on social media appearing to show the aftermath of the killings.\n\n\"I think the first response should be 'What can we do to help?'. To put it on social media is not right.\"\n• None Homicide level down for first time in five years\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Sir Keir Starmer is currently the party's shadow Brexit secretary\n\nSir Keir Starmer is the first Labour leadership candidate to pass the final hurdle to get onto the ballot.\n\nThe Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) says it is backing the shadow Brexit secretary.\n\nThis gives Sir Keir the support required - that of three unions and affiliate groups representing 5% of the membership - to get to the final stage.\n\nUsdaw has also given its support to shadow education secretary Angela Rayner for deputy leader.\n\nThe union's general secretary, Paddy Lillis, said: \"The Labour Party must be led by someone who can persuade voters that they have what it takes to be a prime minister and we are a government-in-waiting.\"\n\nFour other candidates are still in the running to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as leader - shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey, shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry, Wigan MP Lisa Nandy and Birmingham Yardley MP Jess Phillips.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Four candidates remain in the race for the Labour leadership\n\nBut they have yet to receive the backing of the necessary groups, or the alternative - the backing of 5% of constituency Labour parties (CLPs) - to make the final ballot.\n\nSir Keir, who also has the support of Unison and affiliate group Sera, said he was \"honoured\" to have the backing of Usdaw.\n\nHe added: \"If I'm elected leader, Labour will stand shoulder to shoulder with the trade union movement as we take on the Tories and rebuild trust with working people.\"\n\nMs Rayner also thanked the union for its backing, saying: \"It's a great honour to be nominated by such a campaigning trade union.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Who decides on the next Labour leader?\n\nShe faces competition for the deputy leadership from Scotland's only remaining Labour MP, Ian Murray, shadow equalities minister Dawn Butler, Tooting MP Rosena Allin-Khan and shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon.\n\nThe unions, affiliate groups and CLPs have until 14 February to get their preferences submitted. The GMB union is expected to announce which candidate it will support on Tuesday after a hustings and meeting.\n\nEarlier on Monday, the deadline passed for new members to join the party - or an affiliated group - in time to vote in the leadership election.\n\nThe final ballot of party members, trade unionists and registered supporters will open on 21 February, and the new leader and deputy will be announced on 4 April.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prince Harry says it is \"a great sadness that it has come to this\"\n\nThe Duke of Sussex has said he is \"taking a leap of faith\" in stepping back from being a senior royal, adding: \"There really was no other option.\"\n\nSpeaking at an event on Sunday evening, Prince Harry said he and Meghan had hoped to continue serving the Queen, but without public funding.\n\n\"Unfortunately, that wasn't possible,\" he said.\n\nIt was his first speech since the couple said they wanted to stand down from being full-time working royals.\n\nThe prince said he had found \"the love and happiness that I had hoped for all my life\" with Meghan, but he wanted to make it clear they were \"not walking away\".\n\n\"The UK is my home and a place that I love, that will never change,\" he said.\n\nPrince Harry said it was a sign of the pressures he was feeling that he would \"step my family back from all I have ever known\" in search of \"a more peaceful life\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC royal correspondent Jonny Dymond gives his five takeaways from Harry's speech\n\nEarlier this month, Prince Harry and Meghan said they intended \"to step back as 'senior' members of the Royal Family and work to become financially independent\".\n\nOn Saturday, Buckingham Palace announced that from the spring they will stop using their HRH titles and withdraw from royal duties, including official military appointments.\n\nAnd on Monday Prince Harry was pictured at the UK-Africa Investment Summit in London, where he held a number of private meetings, including with Prime Minister Boris Johnson.\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge hosted an evening reception at Buckingham Palace for heads of government, ministers, business leaders and members of NGOs attending the summit.\n\nIt was the first time the duke and duchess had hosted a reception for world leaders on behalf of the Queen.\n\nPrince Harry did not attend, with BBC royal correspondent, Nicholas Witchell, saying he is believed to have left on a flight for Canada from Heathrow airport.\n\nPrince William and Catherine were joined at the reception by senior royals including the Princess Royal and the Earl and Countess of Wessex.\n\nBeginning his speech at a fund-raising reception in central London for Sentebale, the charity he co-founded which helps children living with HIV in southern Africa, he said: \"I can only imagine what you may have heard and perhaps read over the past few weeks.\n\n\"So I want you to hear the truth from me as much as I can share, not as a prince or a duke but as Harry.\"\n\nDuring his address, the prince said he would always have \"the utmost respect for my grandmother, my commander in chief\".\n\n\"Our hope was to continue serving the Queen, the Commonwealth, and my military associations, but without public funding. Unfortunately, that wasn't possible,\" he said.\n\n\"I've accepted this, knowing that it doesn't change who I am or how committed I am.\"\n\nPrince Harry met the prime minister at the UK-Africa Investment Summit in London\n\nPrince Harry and Meghan have both spoken about the difficulties of royal life and media attention, with the duke saying he feared his wife would fall victim to \"the same powerful forces\" that led to his mother's death.\n\nHe told the audience at the reception for Sentebale, which he founded to continue Princess Diana's legacy in supporting those with HIV and Aids, that he felt they took him \"under your wing\" after she died.\n\n\"You've looked out for me for so long, but the media is a powerful force, and my hope is one day our collective support for each other can be more powerful because this is so much bigger than just us,\" he said.\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\nAs part of a deal finalised on Saturday between the Queen, senior royals, and the couple, Harry and Meghan agreed they will no longer formally represent the monarch.\n\nHowever, the statement by Buckingham Palace said they would continue to maintain their private patronages and associations.\n\nPrince Harry said in his speech that he and Meghan \"will continue to lead a life of service\".\n\n\"I will continue to be the same man who holds his country dear and dedicates his life to supporting the causes, charities and military communities that are so important to me,\" he said.\n\nJohnny Hornby, chairman of Sentebale, said the new arrangements would not affect the prince's work for the charity. \"We don't need - from Sentebale's perspective - his title, we just need his time and his passion,\" he told the BBC.\n\nThere are two big messages in this speech. The first is to deal with the \"Meghan myth\" - the idea that the Duchess of Sussex is at the root of the couple's desire to lead a different life.\n\nHarry speaks of \"many months\" of discussions over how to deal with the challenges of \"many years\"; he's making it clear that he was unhappy with his role long before Meghan entered his life\n\nAnd he talks about the decision that \"I\" made, a decision \"I\" did not make lightly. He stresses that this was his call, though it was clearly one that they came to together.\n\nThe second message is that he wanted to continue in some sort of a royal role; \"unfortunately,\" he says \"that wasn't possible.\"\n\nBoth sides - the Sussexes and the Palace - thought at the beginning of negotiations that such a half-in, half-out role might be possible. But the tension between a royal life and an independent life was too great; the contradictions and possible conflicts of interest were too many.\n\nHarry may or may not believe that to be true. But he wants to let people know that his desire, at least, was to continue to serve.\n\nFormer Liberal Democrat MP Norman Baker, who is the author of a critical book about the Royal Family, said the public could end up paying for part of the Prince of Wales' ongoing financial support for his son.\n\nMr Baker told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the Queen already offset support for family members against the tax bill for the Duchy of Lancaster, the sovereign's estate.\n\nMuch of Prince Harry's funding comes from his father's estate, the Duchy of Cornwall.\n\nMr Baker called for Prince Charles to say how he will support Harry and to publicly guarantee there would be no loss to the taxpayer through a reduction in his tax liability.\n\nThe former MP also called for the Commons public accounts committee to investigate royal finances.\n\nJournalist and royal author Robert Hardman said the agreement with the Queen meant the duke and duchess's Sussex Royal brand, which they applied to trademark last year, is not \"sustainable\".\n\n\"The whole thrust of what has been agreed with the Queen is they won't be trading on their royal credentials,\" he said.\n\nIn Prince Harry's speech, posted on the couple's Instagram account, he said that when he and Meghan were married \"we were excited, we were hopeful, and we were here to serve\".\n\n\"For those reasons, it brings me great sadness that it has come to this.\n\n\"The decision that I have made for my wife and I to step back is not one I made lightly,\" he said.\n\n\"It was so many months of talks after so many years of challenges and I know I haven't always got it right, but as far as this goes there really was no other option.\"\n\nThe couple, together with their son Archie, spent time in Victoria over Christmas\n\nThe couple said they plan to divide their time between the UK and Canada, after they spent six weeks on Vancouver Island with their son Archie over Christmas.\n\nThe prince told attendees it was a \"privilege... to feel your excitement for our son Archie, who saw snow for the first time the other day and thought it was bloody brilliant!\"\n\nThe duchess is currently staying on Canada's west coast with her son, after briefly returning to the UK earlier this month.\n\nWhat questions do you have about Prince Harry and Meghan's future?\n\nIn some cases your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. 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Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "The project is set to be the world's largest polyhalite mine\n\nThousands of people who invested in a £4bn mining project may be left out of pocket as a result of a takeover bid.\n\nUp to 85,000 small investors sank cash into the Sirius Mineral development near Whitby before it ran into financial difficulty last year.\n\nMining giant Anglo American has offered to buy the project for £405m, with investors set to receive 5.5p a share.\n\nThe company said it was \"sensitive to the fact that the price is lower than what many people may have invested\".\n\nAbout 10,000 of the investors live near the mine, which would extract polyhalite from beneath North York Moors National Park before transporting it on an underground conveyor belt to a processing plant near the former Redcar steelworks.\n\nSirius failed to reach a fundraising target which would have unlocked a $2.5bn bank loan\n\nScott Murphy, a \"seasoned investor\" from London, looks set to lose about £12,000, but said his thoughts were with investors in the local area.\n\n\"A lot of them have no real investment experience,\" he said. \"They're 'Ordinary Joes' who have been sold the dream and that's what I find disgusting.\n\n\"I've got no excuse for losing my money and I accept it for what it is, but many of these people are not going to get an opportunity to get their money back.\"\n\nThe project plans to extract polyhalite from a mile below the North York Moors\n\nThe takeover of the Sirius Minerals project may secure jobs but there will be dismay and anger behind the front doors of plenty of houses in North Yorkshire and Teesside.\n\nThis scheme attracted a large number of small investors, individuals who saw an opportunity to buy into a local project.\n\nIt was the talk of the area, a huge project to mine a valuable resource. There was gold - well, polyhalite actually - in them there hills.\n\nI remember going to a prospective investors meeting at Ravenscar several years ago where there were dozens of people in their forties, fifties and sixties, thinking of buying in to help their retirement.\n\nIt got under way and soon seemed too big to fail, but not, it seems, too big to be taken over.\n\nNow, anyone who bought shares for more than 5.5p each will be taking a hit.\n\nThe other side of the coin is the old argument that shares can go down as well as up and perhaps you should not invest what you can't afford to lose.\n\nBut many investors had an altruistic take on getting involved; it was local, some of them can literally see the project from their homes.\n\nThat view could now be a painful outlook instead of a pleasant one.\n\nShares in Sirius Minerals hit a high of about 45p in August 2016 and were worth more than 22p a year ago.\n\nBut share prices dropped when Sirius Minerals slowed construction work at the end of 2019 due to funding problems.\n\nSirius chairman Russell Scrimshaw said the company had searched for a partner who would provide cash in return for a minority stake, but in the end the full acquisition by Anglo American was the only \"viable proposal\".\n\nThe deal is subject to shareholder approval but the firm, which has its head office in Scarborough, will recommend they accept Anglo American's offer.\n\nMr Scrimshaw said that if the offer was not approved then there was a high probability Sirius could be placed into administration or liquidation within weeks.\n\nMark Cutifani, the chief executive of Anglo American, said the company will look at opportunities to improve the project but stressed \"this process is about preserving and creating jobs, not cutting them\".\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.", "The Courteeners led Eminem by 2,000 sales in the midweek album chart\n\nEminem's chart rivals The Courteeners believe the rapper \"crossed a line\" by referencing the Manchester bomb attack in the lyrics to his new track.\n\nThe US star was criticised by many last week, including Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, for an \"unnecessarily hurtful\" verse on his new album.\n\nCourteeners singer Liam Fray says he \"feels sorry\" that the rapper has resorted to \"shock\" tactics.\n\nHis band are currently ahead of Eminem in the race for number one.\n\nTheir sixth album More. Again. Forever has sold 2,000 more copies than the rapper's surprise release, Music To Be Murdered By, according to the Official Charts.\n\nFray accepts that his band will probably be overtaken when the full chart is compiled on Friday, as Eminem is outperforming them on streaming services.\n\nBut he isn't impressed by the star's controversial lyrics.\n\n\"It all just felt like an old comedian who can't get on the telly any more just saying something outrageous,\" says Fray.\n\n\"I just felt a bit sorry for him. I just felt like he's jumping the shark a bit.\"\n\nHe adds: \"He's trying to be as outrageous as possible because he's running out of ideas, that's what it is.\n\n\"It's nothing else [but] shock value. You have to shock to be good - that's nonsense.\"\n\nTwenty-two people died when a suicide bomber attacked a crowd outside an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena in May 2017.\n\nThe Courteeners were among the bands who officially reopened the venue months later with a benefit gig for families of the victims, alongside Noel Gallagher, Rick Astley and other local acts.\n\nEminem referenced the atrocity in Unaccommodating, the second track on his new album, rapping: \"I'm contemplating yelling 'bombs away' on the game / Like I'm outside of an Ariana Grande concert waiting,\" followed by the sound of an explosion.\n\nOn Sunday, Fray tweeted words to the effect of \"Eminem can get lost\", but was, he admits, simply referring to their chart battle at that point.\n\nThe Courteeners help to re-open the Manchester Arena with the We Are Manchester benefit gig in 2017\n\nHaving been locked in \"Courteeners' world\", since the release of their own new music last week, the singer was blissfully unaware of the star's lyrics until he was hit with \"a deluge\" of replies from fans online.\n\n\"I didn't realise really, it was almost like tongue in cheek,\" he explains, \"As it's quite funny for a lad from Middleton to be calling out the biggest rapper in the world!\n\n\"But you'd have to be stone-hearted to not think of the consequences of those words really. because they're outrageous. What is going on in someone's mind to think that those kind of things are OK?\n\n\"Look, shock has a place in art and it always has done but there's a line and I just think that line was crossed. That's just my opinion and other people might think otherwise but when it's close to home and when you've seen the city pick itself up piece by piece, day by day, then it gets you, man.\"\n\nFray says he hopes the controversy won't cause further pain to the families of the victims.\n\n\"I don't even want to talk too much about it because I feel like it's almost not my place,\" he says. \"I want to give them the respect that they deserve.\"\n\nThe Courteeners were formed in 2006 by school friends Michael Campbell, Liam Fray and Daniel \"Conan\" Moores\n\nThe BBC has asked Eminem for a comment.\n\nThe rapper previously pledged his support to victims of the bombing in 2017, and urged fans to donate money to families who had been affected.\n\nThe cover of The Courteeners' reflective new album carries an image of the worker bee - a symbol of Manchester, which took on added meaning as the city rallied together in the wake of the attacks.\n\nWhoever wins the chart race, they are on course to achieve their biggest first week of sales ever.\n\nIn their review, The Guardian wrote that \"without abandoning the well-executed anthemics\" that the band have become known for, the record \"weighs in on the subjects of ageing, alcohol and mental health\".\n\nThe NME, meanwhile described it as their \"most focussed and adventurous work to date\".\n\nThe north Manchester guitar-slingers have always been a curious beast, capable of putting on their own UK outdoor mini-festivals for their legions of adoring fans, but without having ever really translated that cult popularity into massive mainstream chart success. (They've had five top ten albums, but never a number one).\n\nThis time around though, Fray - who recently bleached his hair blonde just like Eminem - believes there's been \"a real sea change towards us\", which he admits \"feels pretty good\".\n\n\"Because it's not always felt like that\".\n\nSorry, we're having trouble displaying this content. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nAs well as the usual indie rock 'n' roll riffs and barnstorming ballads, Fray points to the addition of hip-hop beats, a trip-hop influence and \"just a lot of thought and consideration that went into it\".\n\n\"We've always took pride in moving it on and I never thought we were never given the credit we deserved early on for kind of changing up the sound,\" says the 34-year-old, whose band will headline this year's TRNSMT festival in Glasgow.\n\n\"Once you release a debut album [2008's St Jude] and it does OK, it's pretty hard to change people's perception of what your sound is.\n\n\"But the songs will speak louder than any interview I'll ever do.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @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. John O'Reilly died a week after being pushed by another patient at a dementia care unit in County Armagh\n\nThe daughter of a man with dementia who died after being pushed by another patient in a care facility, has said her family has been let down by authorities.\n\nJohn O'Reilly died a week after sustaining a head injury at a dementia care unit in County Armagh.\n\nThe 83-year-old was pushed twice by the same patient in the days leading up to the fatal incident.\n\nHis family were not made aware of this until after his death.\n\nIn a statement the Southern Trust said: \"The tragic circumstances of Mr O'Reilly's death have been subject to an inquest process, which the trust fully participated in and which concluded his death was a tragic accident.\"\n\nMr O'Reilly's family said they only discovered about previous pushing incidents during the police investigation that followed their father's death.\n\nHis daughter Maureen McGleenon said the Southern Trust told them about the previous incidents at a meeting, weeks after their father had died.\n\nShe said: \"I couldn't believe it, especially because they had happened only days before the push that led to dad's fatal injuries.\n\n\"We had called the unit every morning during this time period and various family members visited dad over that time frame, so there were ample opportunities to tell us this had happened.\n\n\"If we had known that dad had been pushed twice before, we can say with total assurance that we would have taken him home where he would be safe.\n\nMaureen McGleenon said her father lived for his family\n\nMr O'Reilly, a former Ulster GAA chairman, was a father of seven.\n\nHis daughter said they had grown up in a very happy home.\n\n\"He was married to mum for 55 years and had 15 grandchildren.\n\n\"He loved the GAA, there were times he would travel to Cork and Kerry for a day, just to see a match. That was dad.\"\n\nAfter being diagnosed with dementia a number of years ago, Mr O'Reilly was referred to the Gillis Unit in November 2018 on the grounds of St Luke's Hospital in County Armagh.\n\nIt is a specialist ward for people who have dementia or who are being assessed for dementia symptoms and is run by the Southern Health and Social Care Trust.\n\nOn 4 December 2018, Mr O'Reilly was pushed by another dementia patient causing him to hit his head off a wall. His family have said he was pushed with such force that it left a dent in the wall.\n\nHe was admitted to Craigavon Area Hospital with severe head injuries and died a week later.\n\nLast week, an inquest heard that the dementia patient who pushed Mr O'Reilly had a history of aggressive behaviour linked to dementia.\n\nThe inquest heard evidence that the patient, referred to as Mr Y, had pushed staff and patients in a previous nursing home and had threatened to kill his wife.\n\nThe Southern Trust is carrying out as Serious Adverse Incident (SAI) investigation into Mr O'Reilly's death\n\nIt also heard that Mr Y had pushed Mr O'Reilly twice on 30 November in the Gillis Unit, which led to him being medicated and placed on close one-on-one observation.\n\nOn 4 December, Mr O'Reilly and Mr Y met in the doorway of a corridor in the unit, a nurse was behind Mr Y at the time when Mr O'Reilly was pushed.\n\nConcluding the inquest, the coroner said the fatal push happened by \"pure chance\" and was a \"tragic accident\".\n\nFollowing Mr O'Reilly's death, Mr Y was sectioned on mental health grounds and has since died.\n\nMaureen McGleenon said her family still have many questions that remain unanswered.\n\n\"Dad couldn't tell us anything because of his dementia, we relied 100% on the health trust staff to tell us how he was.\n\n\"We found out things through the inquest, including the fact that there wasn't a formal written risk assessment carried out with dad after the first two pushing incidents on him.\n\n\"We also didn't know until the inquest that Mr Y had been considered a high risk to patients in the care home where he had been a resident of preceding his placement in Gillis.\n\n\"To say that dad's death was only a tragic accident has devastated us to be honest. We're completely gutted by it.\n\n\"Instead of dying peacefully as was his right, dad died a violent death.\"\n\nThe Southern Trust is carrying out as Serious Adverse Incident (SAI) investigation into Mr O'Reilly's death.\n\nMaureen McGleenon said: \"Our experience of the SAI process has been dreadful. In our view it allows the trust to park the fact that something catastrophic has happened to a family.\n\n\"We were told it would be a 12-week process. It's over a year now and we've expended so much energy trying to figure out this process and find things out for ourselves.\n\nShe added: \"The system just knocks you down and makes you want to give up.\n\n\"We'll never get over what happened to dad and we can't give up on trying to understand it.\"\n\nA spokesperson for the Southern Trust said: \"An SAI review has been conducted by an independent chair and independent panel members external to the trust, which unfortunately can take longer to complete, due to complexities of managing the time and availability of the expert members.\"", "The highest air pressure in the UK for over 60 years has been recorded in Wales - in the Mumbles, Gower.\n\nAtmospheric pressure readings were recorded at 1050.5 hectopascals (hPa) on Sunday night - the highest reading since January 1957 in Scotland.\n\nWeather experts said an \"incredibly strong\" Atlantic jet stream had pushed vast amounts of air over the UK - sending the mercury rising.\n\nIt means a spell of settled weather - with some frosty mornings for some.\n\nAccording to the BBC Weather service, the high pressure system has been driven by winds hitting 238mph (383km/h) over the central Atlantic ocean.\n\nLlyn Padarn, Llanberis, where high pressure also means some frosty mornings\n\nIn turn, that has lead to a \"pile-up\" of air over the British Isles, pushing down on the land mass, with the increase in air pressure.\n\nBy comparison - the global average air pressure is 1,013 hPa.\n\nIn contrast to the highs - during the recent Storm Brenda, the air pressure slumped to just 939 hPa as the cyclone moved across the north Atlantic.\n\nThe highest recorded reading for air pressure at sea level in the UK was in 1902 at Aberdeen, when it hit 1,053.6 hPa - or 31 inches of mercury if you are looking at your old wall barometer.\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. This video has been removed for rights reasons\n\nBrad Pitt and his former wife Jennifer Aniston both had reasons to celebrate at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, where they briefly reunited backstage.\n\nPitt was named best supporting actor for his role in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood.\n\nHis win meant he was among the first to congratulate Aniston when she was named best actress in a drama series for The Morning Show shortly afterwards.\n\nBritain's Phoebe Waller-Bridge was also honoured at the event in Los Angeles.\n\nThe Fleabag creator was named best actress in a comedy series for the second instalment of her BBC sitcom.\n\nPhoebe Waller-Bridge received her own 'Actor' award for Fleabag\n\nJoaquin Phoenix and Renee Zellweger were named best actor and actress for Joker and Judy respectively, confirming their status as Oscar favourites.\n\nYet there was surprise when the South Korean film Parasite received the best ensemble cast award, the SAG's equivalent to a best film prize.\n\nThe dark comedy beat Bombshell, Martin Scorsese's The Irishman, Jojo Rabbit and Tarantino's film to the ceremony's top honour.\n\nThe award suggests Parasite - widely expected to be named best international feature film at the Oscars next month - could have a shot at the best picture award as well. The winners of best ensemble have gone on to receive the best picture Oscar 11 times in the last 24 years.\n\nPitt, who separated from his second wife Angelina Jolie in 2016, made reference to his colourful love life as he accepted his prize.\n\nThe 56-year-old joked that it had been \"a big stretch\" to play stuntman Cliff Booth, \"a guy who takes his shirt off, gets high and doesn't get on with his wife\".\n\nDern thanked Marriage Story co-stars Alan Alda and Ray Liotta as she accepted her prize\n\nPitt then watched Aniston accept her award on a TV monitor and briefly held hands with her when they crossed paths backstage.\n\nThe couple were married from 2000 to 2005, after which Pitt married Jolie and Aniston married actor Justin Theroux.\n\nLaura Dern cemented her own status as a red-hot Oscar favourite by winning best supporting actress for her role in Marriage Story.\n\nThe event also saw Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams recognised for playing the title roles in Fosse/Verdon, the TV miniseries about choreographer Bob Fosse and his actress wife Gwen Verdon.\n\nPeter Dinklage was crowned best actor in a drama series for the final series of Game of Thrones, while Tony Shalhoub won best actor in a comedy series for The Marvelous Mrs Maisel.\n\nThat show also won the best TV comedy ensemble award, with The Crown receiving the equivalent prize for television drama.\n\nGame of Thrones and comic book movie Avengers: Endgame were also honoured for the work of their respective stunt teams.\n\nRobert De Niro, recipient of a life achievement award at Sunday's event, used his acceptance speech to accuse President Trump of \"a blatant misuse of power\".\n\n\"I can imagine some of you are saying, 'All right, let's not get into the politics,\"' he said after receiving his honour from former co-star Leonardo DiCaprio.\n\n\"But we're in such a dire situation and it's so deeply concerning to me and so many others, I have to say something.\"\n\nThe SAG Awards are presented annually by SAG-AFTRA, which formed in 2012 when the Screen Actors Guild merged with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.\n\nThe organisation represents around 160,000 people, among them actors, dancers, stunt performers and voiceover artists.\n\nThe SAG Awards came 24 hours after this year's Producers Guild Awards, one of which went to Phoebe Waller-Bridge and her fellow Fleabag producers.\n\nSir Sam Mendes' World War One drama 1917 was the big winner at Saturday's event, taking home the event's equivalent of a best film prize.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @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.", "Virgin Trains were replaced on the West Coast Main Line after Stagecoach was disqualified\n\nUK rail operator Stagecoach has taken the government to the High Court, arguing that ministers acted unlawfully in awarding rail franchises.\n\nLast year, Stagecoach and its partners were barred from bidding to run three franchises in a row over pension liabilities.\n\nRail firms face an estimated £7.5bn pensions gap and Stagecoach says it was asked to take on too big a burden.\n\nIt alleges that the Department for Transport mismanaged the bid process.\n\nIt is seeking compensation, as well as a judicial review, which could see franchises already awarded being declared invalid.\n\nStagecoach's legal action is backed by its bid partners, Virgin and French state-owned operator SNCF.\n\nOpening the case for Stagecoach and its partners, Jason Coppel QC said the rail franchise system and the railway pension scheme were both \"in crisis\".\n\nHe added that the procurement process was \"shrouded in secrecy\" and said there had been \"a long series of mistakes and missteps which result in the unlawful disqualification decisions that we challenge\".\n\nA similar but separate case brought by Arriva, owned by Deutsche Bahn, had also been filed with the court.\n\nHowever, at Monday's hearing, the court heard that Arriva had reached a confidential settlement with the DfT over its disqualification from bidding for the East Midlands franchise and had withdrawn its claim.\n\nThe West Coast Main Line, previously run by Virgin Trains, is now operated by a partnership between Aberdeen-based firm FirstGroup and Italy's Trenitalia.\n\nAnother affected franchise, the East Midlands, was awarded to Dutch-owned firm Abellio.\n\nThe hearing is expected to last about four weeks, with a judgement to be issued later this year.\n\nStagecoach has said it is \"disappointing\" that it has had to resort to legal action, but feels it has \"a strong case\".\n\nThe DfT has said it has \"total confidence\" in the franchise competition process and will \"robustly defend\" the decisions that were taken.\n\nThe Pensions Regulator has estimated the UK rail industry needs billions of pounds to plug a shortfall in the railway pension scheme, while Stagecoach has said it was being asked to take on risks it \"cannot control and manage\".\n\nRail firms have called on the government to help make up the pensions deficit.", "Police are investigating the cause of the caravan fire\n\nA three-year-old boy was killed in a caravan fire in the early hours of Sunday morning.\n\nHis sibling, aged four, is in a critical but stable condition in hospital and his father is stable.\n\nThe fire service said a touring caravan and vehicle were completely destroyed and adjacent property damaged in the blaze at Ffair Rhos, near Tregaron, Ceredigion.\n\nEmergency services had been called to the scene at 05:35 GMT on Sunday.\n\n\"Enquiries so far lead us to believe that three people were inside the caravan at the time the fire broke out,\" said Dyfed-Powys Police's Det Ch Supt Steve Cockwell.\n\n\"These were a father and two children - a four-year-old, and a little boy who we believe to have been aged three.\n\n\"While the father and the eldest child were able to get out of the caravan, the younger of the siblings was tragically found deceased inside.\"\n\nSpecialist officers are now supporting the family while a major incident room has been set up at Aberystwyth Police Station.\n\nDet Ch Supt Cockwell added: \"The father is currently in a stable condition in hospital, while the four-year-old is critical but stable.\n\nThe Criminal Investigation Department is investigating the cause of the fire and an appeal was made for witnesses.\n\n\"This was a tragic incident, and we will be doing all we can to find answers for the family, whose world will have been torn apart by this morning's events,\" the officer added.\n\nA spokeswoman for the Mid and West Wales Fire service said appliances from Tregaron, Aberystwyth and Lampeter attended.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will not return as working members of the Royal Family, Buckingham Palace has said.\n\nThe couple said last year that they would step back as \"senior\" royals, and work to become financially independent.\n\nIn 2016, Kensington Palace released a statement confirming Harry had been dating US actress Meghan Markle \"for a few months\". They were pictured in public for the first time in Toronto, attending a wheelchair tennis match during the 2017 Invictus Games.\n\nThey announced their engagement a few weeks after being first pictured together. Meghan told BBC News that Harry's proposal was \"just an amazing surprise, it was so sweet and natural and very romantic\".\n\nIn February 2018, the couple took part in their first joint engagement with Prince Harry's brother and sister-in-law, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. As Meghan joined their Royal Foundation charity, Harry joked the foursome were now \"stuck together\".\n\nThe couple were married at Windsor Castle, on 19 May 2018, with 1,200 public invitations to the grounds of the castle. They travelled through the town in a horse-drawn carriage.\n\nUp to 100,000 well-wishers lined the route as the duke and duchess travelled through Windsor.\n\nThe couple exchanged vows and rings before the Queen and 600 guests at St George's Chapel.\n\nThe couple kissed on the steps of St George's Chapel.\n\nThe Queen, Duke of Edinburgh and other members of the Royal Family attended the wedding.\n\nThe newlyweds held hands after the ceremony.\n\nIn June 2018, the Queen and the duchess were seen at their first royal engagement together, as they officially opened the Mersey Gateway Bridge and Chester's Storyhouse Theatre.\n\nThat autumn, Kensington Palace revealed the duchess was pregnant and the couple's baby was due in the spring. Shortly after the announcement, they embarked on their first official overseas tour, visiting Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga.\n\nOn one of their engagements, the couple posed with OneWave, a surfing community group that raises awareness of mental health and wellbeing, at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia\n\nOn 6 May, 2019, Meghan gave birth to a boy, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, who became seventh in line to the throne. Harry told reporters: \"It's been the most amazing experience I could ever possibly imagine\".\n\nIn June 2019, the couple announced they were splitting from the charity they shared with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, to set up their own foundation.\n\nLast autumn, Archie travelled with the couple to southern Africa on their first royal tour as a family, and was a big hit with Archbishop Desmond Tutu.\n\nAn image of a beaming Prince Harry holding his son while on an extended stay in Canada was released by the couple as part of an Instagram compilation summing up their year.\n\nFollowing their trip, the couple were pictured in January on a visit to Canada House.\n\nIn February, the couple announced that they are expecting their second child.", "The UK's largest carbon neutral development is being built in Tonyrefail\n\nAll new homes in Wales will only be heated and powered by clean energy under new Welsh Government plans.\n\nHousing accounts for 9% of all greenhouse gas emissions in Wales.\n\nHowever houses built after 2025 will be more energy efficient, cheaper to run and produce up to 80% less CO2 emissions, under the proposals.\n\nWales' largest housing association, Pobl Group, said the targets were \"challenging but much needed\" to address climate change.\n\nHousing contributes \"significantly\" to the problem, according to the Welsh Government.\n\nIt said \"substantial change\" was needed for buildings to operate close to zero emissions by 2050.\n\nHowever it said residents could also save as much as £180 a year on bills under the proposed new standards to be implemented in Wales over the next five years.\n\nHousing Minister Julie James said reducing the carbon and energy impact of new homes must be cost effective, affordable and practical.\n\n\"To meet our target of reducing our greenhouse gas emissions by 95% by 2050, we need to take action now to make a significant step change to the way we heat and power our homes,\" she added.\n\n\"The new homes being built today will exist in 2050. Therefore, we must ensure the standards we set for these homes put us on the right path.\n\n\"These measures will not only tackle climate change, but keep down household energy costs, helping people with the cost of living.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Watkinson family live self sufficiently in Pembrokeshire\n\nThe largest carbon neutral development in the UK is being built outside Tonyrefail, Rhondda Cynon Taff.\n\nNone of the 225 new homes being built are connected to mains gas.\n\nInstead, water warmed by the earth 500ft (150m) underground and pumped into the house provides heating, as well as solar panels, while batteries store energy which can also be sold back to the National Grid.\n\nTechnology will also constantly monitor energy tariffs, to make the most of off-peak times, and improved insulation helps reduce bills.\n\n\"The point has come when we have to take action,\" said Rhys Parry of Pobl Group\n\nDevelopers Pobl Group are confident homeowners will save up to 50% on utility bills.\n\n\"The point has come when we need to take action and we can make a big difference,\" said director Rhys Parry.\n\n\"Decarbonisation is at the heart of what we are doing. We're moving away from fossil fuels and using technology already available.\n\n\"But we don't want it to be so difficult that people don't understand. The houses will look, feel and smell the same as any.\n\n\"These are the houses of the future and hopefully this scheme will prove they work.\"\n\nWhile the Tonyrefail development has received £7m of funding from the Welsh Government, the private sector faces paying extra buildings costs of about £6,000 per property.\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford said: \"It will add to costs in the short run, but the more new technologies are used, the cheaper they become.\n\n\"This has the great benefit that bills will be smaller for people living in these houses and ways of heating our homes that will be sustainable for the future.\"\n\nThe House Building Federation (HBF), which represents the industry in England and Wales, said the targets were \"extremely challenging\".\n\nHowever more than 35% of people would be willing to pay more for a \"zero carbon\" new home, according to a HBF poll.\n\n\"New homes are already significantly more energy efficient than existing homes and the industry is absolutely committed to going much further,\" a spokesman said.\n\n\"To achieve these ambitions we need all stakeholders - governments, builders, material suppliers, environmental groups - to work together to agree a co-ordinated, deliverable work plan.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government's consultation on the new proposals closes on 12 March before looking at work on existing homes and non-domestic buildings.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section American football\n\nThe San Francisco 49ers defeated the Green Bay Packers 37-20 to win the NFC Championship and will now play the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 54 on 2 February in Miami.\n\nRaheem Mostert ran in four touchdowns as the 49ers took control, with the Packers, who trailed 27-0 at half-time, scoring two Aaron Jones touchdowns and another from Jace Sternberger.\n\nThe Chiefs beat the Tennessee Titans 35-24 in the AFC Championship game earlier on Sunday to secure a first Super Bowl appearance in 50 years.\n\nThis will be the 49ers' first Super Bowl since 2013 when they lost 34-31 to the Baltimore Ravens in New Orleans.\n• None Sunday's AFC and NFC Championship matches as they happened\n\nThe 49ers have won it five times, but their last success came 25 years ago when they beat the San Diego Chargers 49-26 in Super Bowl 29, which was also held in Miami.\n\nIt has been a remarkable turnaround for Kyle Shanahan's side, who had a 4-12 record in the 2018 regular season, compared to 13-3 in this campaign.\n\nThey had thrashed Green Bay 37-8 in week 12 in November and were completely dominant in the first half against the Packers at Levi's Stadium.\n\nMostert's first touchdown saw him sprint in from 36 yards, before Robbie Gould's huge 54-yard field goal gave the hosts a 10-0 lead early in the second quarter.\n\nTwo further scores from Mostert - from nine and 18 yards - gave the 49ers a 27-0 lead and meant he became the first player in NFL history with 150+ rush yards and three rush touchdowns in a single half of a playoff game.\n\nPackers quarterback Aaron Rodgers found Jones for a nine-yard touchdown early in the third, but Mostert soon ran in from 22 yards for his fourth touchdown - the most from any player in an NFC Championship match.\n\nJones bundled over from one yard for his second touchdown of the day for the Packers, who then missed a two-point conversion attempt when Davante Adams could not hold on.\n\nHowever, Rodgers' eight-yard pass to Jace Sternberger brought the Packers to within 14 points after a 65-yard pass to Davante Adams had set up the chance.\n\nThe Packers were aiming to reach their first Super Bowl since beating the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-25 in Super Bowl 45 in February 2011 but could not do enough to complete a fightback against the 49ers, with Gould's 42-yard field goal sealing the home victory.\n\n\"I just woke up like it was any other game,\" said Mostert of his stellar display.\n\n\"It was just one of those games where once we all got in the groove we were like 'Hey, let's keep it riding, keep it rolling' and that's what we did.\"\n\nMahomes shines as the Chiefs fight back to win\n\nQuarterback Patrick Mahomes threw three touchdowns and ran in another as the Chiefs overcame an early 10-point deficit with 28 unanswered points to beat the Titans.\n\nTennessee had previously upset New England and Baltimore in the play-offs.\n\nKansas City were slow starters again, just like last week when they fell 24-0 behind before beating Houston 51-31, and they twice went 10 points behind in a near perfectly executed game plan from the Titans, combined with more sloppy play and penalties from the hosts.\n\nTyreek Hill scored on an eight-yard jet sweep either side of a Derrick Henry run and a touchdown catch from Titans lineman Dennis Kelly - who became the heaviest player ever to catch a play-off touchdown pass in history.\n\nMahomes then took over with two quick scores that have become his trademark - first firing a 20-yard strike to Hill before taking off himself for a breath-taking 27-yard scoring run that saw him evade a couple of tacklers before out-muscling a couple more and driving into the end zone.\n\nThe Titans had dominated first-half possession and Kansas City had made the very most of their time with the ball, but in the second half Kansas City produced more prolonged attacks as they chewed up over seven minutes when scoring their fourth touchdown of the game.\n\nDamien Williams ran in the score from three yards out to cap a 13-play drive covering 73 yards.\n\nFar from sitting on their lead, Kansas City kept pressing and Mahomes unleashed a 60-yard throw to Sammy Watkins to seal the game, despite a late consolation touchdown from Anthony Firkser.\n\nAfter the Chiefs fell at the same hurdle at home last season against the Patriots, this time they saw out the contest to claim the AFC Championship title and book their place in Miami for Super Bowl 54 on 2 February.\n\nKansas City appeared in the first ever Super Bowl and last took part in the big game in Super Bowl IV in 1970 - with their return to the NFL finale representing the biggest gap in Super Bowl appearances in history.\n\n\"It's amazing and to do it at Arrowhead as well,\" said Mahomes.\n\n\"We're not done yet, we're going to do it. This is awesome, we go out every day and you see the work coach [Andy] Reid does.\n\n\"We're going to the Super Bowl and going to play our best football.\"", "Leaked documents reveal how Africa's richest woman made her fortune through exploiting her own country, and corruption.\n\nIsabel dos Santos got access to lucrative deals involving land, oil, diamonds and telecoms when her father was president of Angola, a southern African country rich in natural resources.\n\nThe documents show how she and her husband were allowed to buy valuable state assets in a series of suspicious deals.\n\nMs Dos Santos says the allegations against her are entirely false and that there is a politically motivated witch-hunt by the Angolan government.\n\nThe former president's daughter has made the UK her home and owns expensive properties in central London.\n\nShe is already under criminal investigation by the authorities in Angola for corruption and her assets in the country have been frozen.\n\nNow BBC Panorama has been given access to more than 700,000 leaked documents about the billionaire's business empire.\n\nMost were obtained by the Platform to Protect Whistle-blowers in Africa and shared with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).\n\nThey've been investigated by 37 media organisations including the Guardian and Portugal's Expresso newspaper.\n\nThirty per cent of Angolans live in poverty on less than $2 a day\n\nAndrew Feinstein, the head of Corruption Watch, says the documents show how Ms Dos Santos exploited her country at the expense of ordinary Angolans.\n\n\"Every time she appears on the cover of some glossy magazine somewhere in the world, every time that she hosts one of her glamorous parties in the south of France, she is doing so by trampling on the aspirations of the citizens of Angola.\"\n\nThe ICIJ have called the documents the Luanda Leaks.\n\nOne of the most suspicious deals was run from London through a UK subsidiary of the Angolan state oil company Sonangol.\n\nMs Dos Santos had been put in charge of the struggling Sonangol in 2016, thanks to a presidential decree from her father Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who kept a tight grip on his country for the 38 years he was in power.\n\nBut when he retired as president in September 2017 her position was soon under threat, even though his hand-picked successor came from the same party. Ms Dos Santos was sacked two months later.\n\nMany Angolans have been surprised at the way that President João Lourenço has gone after the business interests of his predecessor's family.\n• None 30%of population live in poverty - less than $1.90/day\n\nThe leaked documents show that as she left Sonangol, Ms Dos Santos approved $58m of suspicious payments to a consultancy company in Dubai called Matter Business Solutions.\n\nShe says she has no financial interest in Matter, but the leaked documents reveal it was run by her business manager and owned by a friend.\n\nPanorama understands that Matter sent more than 50 invoices to Sonangol in London on the day that she was fired.\n\nMs Dos Santos appears to have approved payments to her friend's company after she was sacked.\n\nAlthough some consultancy work had been carried out by Matter, there's very little detail on the invoices to justify such large bills.\n\nOne asks for €472,196 for unspecified expenses - another asks for $928,517 for unspecified legal services.\n\nTwo of the invoices - each for €676,339.97 - are for exactly the same work on the same date and Ms Dos Santos signed them both off anyway.\n\nThese are some of the invoices Isabel dos Santos signed off in her last week at Sonangol\n\nLawyers for Matter Business Solutions say it was brought in to help restructure the oil industry in Angola, and that the invoices were for work that had already been carried out by other consultancy companies it had hired.\n\n\"Regarding the invoices related with expenses, it is common for consultancy companies to add expenses to invoices as a general item. This is often due to those expenses involving large amounts of paperwork... Matter can produce documentary evidence to confirm all expenses incurred.\"\n\nMs Dos Santos's lawyers said her actions with regard to the Matter payments were entirely lawful and that she had not authorised payments after she had been dismissed from Sonangol.\n\nThey said: \"All invoices paid were in relation to services contracted and agreed between the two parties, under a contract that was approved with the full knowledge and approval of the Sonangol Board of Directors.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Isabel dos Santos: \"I regret that Angola has chosen this path\"\n\nThe ICIJ and Panorama have also uncovered new details about the business deals that made Ms Dos Santos rich.\n\nMuch of her fortune is based on her ownership of a stake in the Portuguese energy company Galp, which one of her companies bought from Sonangol in 2006.\n\nThe documents show it only had to pay 15% of the price upfront and that the remaining €63m ($70m) was turned into a low-interest loan from Sonangol.\n\nUnder the generous terms of the loan, her debt to the Angolan people didn't have to be repaid for 11 years.\n\nHer stake in Galp is now worth more than €750m.\n\nMs Dos Santos's company did offer to repay the Sonangol loan in 2017.\n\nThe repayment offer should have been rejected because it didn't include almost €9m of interest owing.\n\nBank orders signed by Isabel dos Santos transferred almost $58m out of the Angolan state oil company\n\nBut Ms Dos Santos was in charge of Sonangol at the time and she accepted the money as full payment of her own debt.\n\nShe was fired six days later and the payment was returned by the new Sonangol management.\n\nMs Dos Santos says she initiated the purchase of the stake in Galp, and that Sonangol made money from the deal as well.\n\n\"There's absolutely no wrongdoing in any of those transactions. This investment is the investment that in history has generated the most benefit for the national oil company and all the contracts that were drafted are perfectly legal contracts, there are no wrongdoings.\"\n\nHer lawyers say the repayment offer in 2017 covered what Sonangol had indicated was owed.\n\nIt's a similar story in the diamond industry.\n\nThey were supposed to be 50-50 partners in a deal to buy a stake in the Swiss luxury jeweller De Grisogono.\n\nBut it was funded by the state company. The documents show that 18 months after the deal, Sodiam had put $79m into the partnership, while Mr Dokolo had only invested $4m. Sodiam also awarded him a €5m success fee for brokering the deal, so he didn't have to use any of his own money.\n\nIsabel dos Santos and her husband Sindika Dokolo can often be seen at film premieres and festivals with the world's stars\n\nThe diamond deal gets even worse for the Angolan people.\n\nThe documents reveal how Sodiam borrowed all the cash from a private bank in which Ms Dos Santos is the biggest shareholder.\n\nSodiam has to pay 9% interest and the loan was guaranteed by a presidential decree from her father, so Ms Dos Santos's bank cannot lose out.\n\nBravo da Rosa, the new chief executive of Sodiam, told Panorama that the Angolan people hadn't got a single dollar back from the deal: \"In the end, when we have finished paying back this loan, Sodiam will have lost more than $200m.\"\n\nThe former president also gave Ms Dos Santos's husband the right to buy some of Angola's raw diamonds.\n\nThe Angolan government says the diamonds were sold at a knockdown price and sources have told Panorama that almost $1bn may have been lost.\n\nMs Dos Santos told the BBC she couldn't comment because she was not a shareholder of De Grisogono.\n\nBut the leaked documents show that she is described as a shareholder of De Grisogono by her own financial advisers.\n\nMr Dokolo did put in some money later. His lawyers say he invested $115m and that the takeover of De Grisogono was his idea. They say his company paid above the market rate for the raw diamonds.\n\nThe leaked documents also reveal how Ms Dos Santos bought land from the state in September 2017. Once again she only had to pay a small up-front fee.\n\nHer company bought a square kilometre of prime beachfront land in the capital Luanda with the help of presidential decrees signed by her father.\n\nAngolan state oil company Sonangol has a subsidiary in London where suspicious deals took place\n\nThe contract says the land was worth $96m, but the documents show her company paid only 5% of that after agreeing to invest the rest in the development.\n\nPanorama traced some of the ordinary Angolans who were evicted to make way for the Futungo development.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Albertina de Fatima describes living next to an open sewer in Angola\n\nThey've been moved from the Luandan seafront to an isolated housing development 30 miles (50km) from the capital.\n\nTeresa Vissapa lost her business to Ms Dos Santos' development and is now struggling to bring up her seven children.\n\nShe said: \"I only ask God to make her think a little more about our situation. Maybe she doesn't even know it, but we are suffering.\"\n\nMs Dos Santos declined to comment on the Futungo development.\n\nBut it was not the only land deal involving Ms Dos Santos that displaced the local population.\n\nAbout 500 families were evicted from another stretch of the Luandan seafront after Isabel dos Santos got involved in another major redevelopment project.\n\nThe families are now living in desperate conditions next to an open sewer. Some of their shacks are flooded with sewage whenever the tide rises.\n\nMs Dos Santos says there weren't any evictions linked to her project and that her companies were never paid because the development was cancelled.\n\nThe billionaire has also made big profits from the telecoms industry in Angola.\n\nShe acquired a 25% stake in the country's biggest mobile phone provider, Unitel. It was granted a telecoms licence by her father in 1999 and she bought her stake the following year from a high ranking government official.\n\nUnitel has already paid her $1bn in dividends and her stake is worth another $1bn. But that's not the only way she got cash from the private company.\n\nShe arranged for Unitel to lend €350m to a new company she set up, called Unitel International Holdings.\n\nThe leaked documents show Isabel dos Santos signed off on loans from Unitel as both the borrower and the lender\n\nThe company name was misleading because it wasn't connected to Unitel and Ms Dos Santos was the owner.\n\nThe documents show Ms Dos Santos signed off on the loans as both lender and borrower, which is a blatant conflict of interest.\n\nMs Dos Santos denied that the loans were corrupt. She said: \"This loan had both directors' approval and shareholders' approval, and it's a loan that will generate, and has generated, benefit for Unitel.\"\n\nHer lawyers say the loans protected Unitel from currency fluctuations.\n\nMost of the companies involved in the dodgy deals were overseen by accountants working for the financial services company, Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC). It's made millions providing auditing, consultancy and tax advice to her companies.\n\nBut PWC has terminated its relationship with the billionaire and her family, after Panorama questioned the way the company had assisted Ms Dos Santos in the deals that had made her rich.\n\nPWC says it is holding an inquiry into the \"very serious and concerning allegations\".\n\nTom Keatinge, director of the Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, criticised PWC for giving the corruption a \"veneer of respectability\"\n\nTom Keatinge, director of the Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, told Panorama that PWC had given legitimacy to Ms Dos Santos and her companies.\n\n\"PWC, if not facilitating the corruption, are providing a veneer of respectability that makes what's happening acceptable or more acceptable than it might otherwise be.\n\n\"So if I was at PWC I'd be conducting a pretty thorough audit of what decisions were made, and in hindsight actually: 'Did we make the wrong decision to accept this business and should we have reported what we had been presented with?'\"\n\nPWC says it strives to maintain the highest professional standards and has set expectations for consistent ethical behaviour across its global network.\n\n\"In response to the very serious and concerning allegations that have been raised, we immediately initiated an investigation and are working to thoroughly evaluate the facts and conclude our inquiry.\n\n\"We will not hesitate to take appropriate actions to ensure that we always stand for the very highest standards of behaviour, wherever we operate in the world.\"\n\nPanorama: The Corrupt Billionaire is available on BBC iPlayer in UK.", "One of Britain's oldest department stores has collapsed into administration, putting more than 1,000 jobs at risk.\n\nBeales has appointed KPMG as administrators after failing to find a buyer or new investment for the business.\n\nThe department store began trading in Bournemouth in 1881 and has 23 shops.\n\nThere will be no immediate closures and Beales stores will continue to trade, although the website is offline.\n\nBeales had tried to secure rent reductions with landlords and was in negotiations with potential investors and buyers.\n\nBut KPMG said: \"Despite interest from a number of parties, this process did not secure any solvent solutions for the company, and as a result, the directors took the difficult decision to place the companies into administration.\"\n\nIn the year to March 2019, Beale Ltd reported a loss of £3.1m, up from £1.3m for the year earlier as costs swelled and sales dipped.\n\nKPMG's Will Wright, who is the joint administrator to Beales, said: \"With the impact of high rents and rates exacerbated by disappointing trading over the Christmas period, and extensive discussions around additional investment proving unsuccessful, there were no other available options but to place the company into administration.\n\n\"Over the coming weeks, we will endeavour to continue to operate all stores as a going concern while we assess options for the business, including dealing with prospective interested parties.\" He said added that during this period gift vouchers, customer deposits and customer returns/refunds will continue to be honoured.\n\nIndependent retail analyst Richard Hyman said it was \"no surprise\" that Beales had collapsed. \"It has been fighting for survival for quite some time, as have many other department stores,\" he said.\n\nMr Hyman said department stores were \"very expensive to run\" and faced \"overwhelming\" competition from other stores, particularly online rivals, predicting there would be \"far fewer of them\" in future.\n\n\"It is getting much, much harder to operate a department store profitably,\" he said. Beales' chief executive Tony Brown led a management buyout of the firm in 2018.\n\nBeales has stores in the following towns and cities:\n\nThe company's decision to appoint administrators comes at a difficult time for UK retailers.\n\nRecent data from the British Retail Consortium revealed that retail sales fell for the first time in a quarter of a century last year.\n\nJohn Lewis has warned that its staff bonus may be in doubt as it reported Christmas sales at its department stores were down 2% for stores open at least a year.\n\nSome companies are prospering, however.\n\nSports fashion retailer JD Sports says it expects to report full-year profits at the top end of forecasts. Next lifted its profit forecast after better than expected sales over Christmas trading period.", "Sarah Champion said South Yorkshire Police needed to make \"dramatic changes\"\n\nRotherham's MP Sarah Champion has said she finds it \"difficult to believe\" that a police officer mentioned in a report into the treatment of a sex abuse survivor cannot be identified.\n\nMs Champion said South Yorkshire Police needed to make \"dramatic changes\" in the wake of the police watchdog report.\n\nIt said police failed to protect the complainant, exposing her to abuse.\n\nIt also found an officer - whose identity is a mystery - said \"racial tensions\" meant nothing could be done.\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) looked at several complaints made by a Rotherham woman, who was abused as a child for several years.\n\nIn its report, initially leaked to the Times newspaper, the watchdog upheld the woman's complaints, saying that \"police took insufficient action to protect you from harm\" and that \"police failed to adequately deal with offenders\".\n\nThe IOPC also upheld a complaint that the victim's father was told by a senior - but unidentifiable - officer that the force was aware abuse \"had been going on 30 years and the police could do nothing because of racial tensions\".\n\nSouth Yorkshire Police said on Saturday it accepted the findings of the IOPC.\n\nA report in 2014 by Prof Alexis Jay found at least 1,400 children were subjected to sexual abuse in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013, predominantly by men of Pakistani heritage.\n\nMs Champion told BBC Radio 5 live that the IOPC inquiry was the latest in a series of investigations that showed \"victims and survivors were let down by paid professionals\".\n\n\"Apparently now South Yorkshire Police don't actually know who the officers were that repeatedly let down this survivor, which I find incredibly difficult to believe,\" the MP said.\n\n\"I think what we as a town need to see, and definitely for the survivors to get closure, they need to see cases of misconduct. They need to see people held to account.\"\n\nSouth Yorkshire Police could not be contacted for comment about the Labour MP's remarks.\n\nAbuse survivor Sammy Woodhouse said victims were \"failed, ignored, blamed\"\n\nHer views were echoed by Sammy Woodhouse, who was abused as a teenager in the South Yorkshire town.\n\nShe said she was not shocked by the report's findings.\n\n\"I think for the last six years we've more than proved what happened to us,\" said Ms Woodhouse.\n\n\"How we were viewed how we were treated, failed, ignored, blamed... unfortunately that's not a thing of the past, it's still happening today.\n\n\"We've started to now see perpetrators that have committed the rapes and the abuse being held to the account, but yet whenever when it comes to professionals I feel that we constantly hit a brick wall and I don't think anybody will be ever held to account.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Third Test, Port Elizabeth, (day five of five): England won by innings and 53 runs; lead 2-1 in series\n\nEngland sealed their biggest away win in more than nine years in the third Test against South Africa to move 2-1 up with one match left in the series.\n\nNeeding four wickets on the fifth morning, the tourists bowled the Proteas out for 237 to seal victory by an innings and 53 runs.\n\nFrom 102-6 overnight, still 188 short of making England bat again, South Africa's margin of defeat would have been even greater had it not been for Keshav Maharaj, who clubbed 71.\n\nIn a freewheeling 10th-wicket stand of 99 with Dane Paterson, Maharaj at one stage took 45 runs from 14 deliveries.\n\nBefore that, England's progress had been serene. Just as he did on Sunday, Stuart Broad removed Vernon Philander in the first over of the day, before Mark Wood had Kagiso Rabada caught at mid-on and Dom Bess bowled Anrich Nortje.\n\nHowever, what started as Maharaj and Paterson trying their luck turned into genuine frustration for England, with the ball disappearing to all parts and fielders scattered all over Port Elizabeth.\n\nIt was eventually ended when Maharaj attempted a single to mid-on, failing to beat a Sam Curran throw that hit the non-striker's stumps.\n\nEngland will win the series if they avoid defeat in the fourth Test in Johannesburg, which begins on Friday.\n• None England youngsters 'stood up to be counted' - Silverwood\n• None I am not retiring after this series - South Africa captain Du Plessis\n\nEngland were in such disarray at the beginning of this series that Ben Stokes revealed they were referring to their trip to South Africa as \"The Cursed Tour\".\n\nIllness swept through the squad before and during the first-Test defeat in Centurion, Stokes' father was admitted to hospital with a serious illness and opener Rory Burns had to go home with an ankle injury sustained playing football.\n\nEven though England have suffered injuries to bowlers James Anderson and Jofra Archer since then, they have turned their fortunes around to stand on the verge of only their second away series victory since they won in South Africa four years ago.\n\nThey have done so with experienced players like Broad, Stokes and Joe Root performing, but what is most encouraging is the development of the younger players. Dom Sibley, 24, struck his maiden century in the second-Test win, and in this match 22-year-olds Ollie Pope and Bess recorded a first hundred and first five-wicket haul respectively.\n\nAfter an even first day, England utterly dominated this match on a flat, slow pitch, the kind of surface on which they have struggled so badly away from home in recent times.\n\nThe end result was their first innings win overseas since the famous 2010-11 Ashes triumph in Australia.\n\nThis match was hit by bad weather on days two, three and four, but any hope South Africa had of being saved by the elements was dashed by clear skies and sunshine on Monday.\n\nRoot, who took four wickets on Sunday, hunted his first five-wicket haul in professional cricket by bowling unchanged for more than an hour.\n\nMeanwhile, Philander's push at Broad resulted in an inside edge on to pad that was held by Pope at mid-wicket, Rabada was caught by Broad off a leading edge and Nortje was bamboozled by Bess.\n\nRoot even gave himself the second new ball, only to be hit for three fours and two sixes in an over by Maharaj. When the final delivery went for four byes, the 28 runs conceded equalled the record for the most expensive over in Test history.\n\nThat was the signal for Maharaj and Paterson to play shots at virtually every ball, with Wood and Curran also coming in for some harsh treatment.\n\nBy this point, England were somehow unable to hit the stumps when bowling and were only spared more toil by Curran's accurate throw.\n\nNot only did the tourists ensure they will at least draw the series, but they strengthened their position in third place in the World Test Championship, albeit some distance adrift of India and Australia.\n\nSouth Africa's win in the first Test ended their run of five successive defeats, but since then they have quickly unravelled.\n\nAnd their obstacles to preventing a 3-1 series loss - which would be a repeat of the scoreline when South Africa visited England in 2017 - are growing.\n\nPace bowler Kagsio Rabada is banned for the final Test, while the threat of Vernon Philander, who retires after the match in Johannesburg, has gradually diminished throughout the series.\n\nHowever, it is a lack of runs that is the home side's main problem, not least the form of captain Faf du Plessis, who has gone nine innings without a half-century.\n\nOn Sunday, South Africa coach Mark Boucher said he had \"no clue\" if Du Plessis would carry on as skipper, with the player then confirming his desire to continue in the post-match presentation.\n\nDu Plessis is one part of a misfiring middle order. Number three Zubayr Hamza's place is under threat from Temba Bavuma, who made 180 in South African domestic cricket last week.\n\n'Young guys are stepping up' - what they said\n\nEngland captain Joe Root: \"It's a great template for how we want to play our cricket: a big first-innings score and drive the game forward from there.\n\n\"We want to keep giving our young guys confidence so that when they get their opportunities they feel they can perform.\n\n\"Our team is all about the collective and we've got a very good squad of players. Having guys at a young age stepping up is a really exciting place to be.\"\n\nSouth Africa captain Faf du Plessis on his future: \"I have heard the rumours about a possible retirement. I have been clear and consistent that the Twenty20 World Cup [starting in October] is the time I am looking for. Nothing has changed.\"\n\nBBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew: \"I'm sure Joe Root would love to have Mark Wood and Jofra Archer together for the last Test. Confidence in that South Africa dressing room must be rock bottom - and they have lost Kagiso Rabada.\n\n\"But there's still life in this series. If South Africa win in Johannesburg, they will draw the series - they must remember that.\"", "Both girls and boys can now have HPV vaccines\n\nMercedes was so confident her smear test would come back clear that she was chatting to a friend on the phone as she opened the letter.\n\nBut she was left shocked and confused when, at 24, she read that the cells in her cervix had started to change, caused by a virus called HPV (human papillomavirus).\n\nChanges to the way smear tests work mean more women in the UK are about to be told they have HPV - but misconceptions around it can put a strain on sex, relationships and mental health.\n\nAround 80% of people will contract one of more than 200 strains of HPV at some point in their lives. In most cases people don't even know they have it, and 90% of infections go away by themselves within two years.\n\nIn rare cases, like Mercedes', it can cause cell mutations that can ultimately develop into cervical cancer.\n\nMercedes had treatment to remove the affected cells and the virus had disappeared within six months. But the fact that she had contracted it made her feel anxious.\n\n\"I started to question: 'Where did I get this from? Is it something that I've done wrong?'\" she says.\n\nHearing HPV referred to as a sexually transmitted infection (STI) on TV made matters worse, leaving her feeling \"dirty\".\n\nIt seems she is not alone. A survey of more than 2,000 women carried out by Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust found, on average, 10% of women said they would feel the same if they were told they had it, and 57% said they might think their partner had cheated.\n\nUnder 25s were most likely to feel \"dirty\" (18%) compared to 12% of women aged between 25 and 34 and less than 5% of over 55s.\n\nA vaccine for HPV has been offered to girls since 2008, and was made available to boys last year.\n\nThe virus lives in the skin around the genitals and can be passed on through sex (even if it's with a condom) and other intimate contact, so - technically - it is an STI.\n\nBut Kate Sanger, spokeswoman for the Trust, says that its prevalence means it is more comparable to a common cold than other STIs, so should not be viewed in the same way.\n\nShe is concerned about how the stigma could affect women now that changes to smear tests will lead to more diagnoses.\n\nIn the past, smear tests aimed to detect cell changes. But by the summer, all tests in England, Wales and Scotland are expected to screen for HPV first, to work out more accurately - and earlier on - who is at a higher risk of cervical cancer.\n\nIf both HPV and cell changes are detected, women will be asked to have further tests. But if HPV is found without any cell changes, they will be asked to come back a year later for a second smear to check the virus has gone.\n\n\"Being told you've got HPV doesn't mean you're dirty, it doesn't mean you've done anything wrong, it doesn't mean that you're any different to anyone else,\" she says.\n\n\"It's just like having a cold without any kind of symptoms.\"\n\nCervical cancer survivor Nicole Davidson, 26, takes part in Jo's \"smear for smear\" campaign to encourage women to go for their test\n\nNicole Davidson, 26, from Suffolk, was told she had cervical cancer after her first smear test in 2018. She already had two children, and chose to have a hysterectomy as treatment.\n\nFinding out that it was caused by HPV was an added stress. She had been with her partner for around five years, but began to question her sexual history and ended up taking anti-depressants.\n\n\"It made me feel like I'd caused it myself. I know it sounds really silly, but it makes you feel like if I'd never had sex, I'd never have got cervical cancer,\" she says.\n\nBoth men and women can contract HPV, but most men aren't aware because there is no test for them.\n\nMore than 40% of women said being told they had HPV would impact their dating and sex lives, with younger women being the most concerned.\n\nJust 22% said they would date someone with HPV, and more than half would consider ending a relationship with a partner if they knew they had it.\n\nMs Sanger urges people not to panic if they are diagnosed - and stresses that while HPV is common, smear tests mean that cervical cancer is rare, with around 3,000 cases diagnosed in the UK every year.\n\nThe HPV vaccination programme for girls was relatively new when Nicole was at secondary school, and her mother did not get her vaccinated - a decision she says she will not repeat with her own children.\n\nNow, almost two years on from her diagnosis and with much more knowledge about HPV, she says she is in a better place.\n\n\"It's just knowing that it's such a common thing and I didn't actually do anything to give myself cervical cancer,\" she says.\n\n\"It's not something that's dirty or disgusting, or anything like that, it's just natural.\"\n\nUnlike Nicole, Mercedes was in the early stages of a relationship when she was diagnosed.\n\n\"The emotional impact the whole thing had on me put a real strain on the relationship, because I just wasn't in a good headspace,\" she says.\n\n\"I didn't know very much about his sexual history and I never openly [or] actively blamed him, but I did start to question those things.\"\n\nFor her, feeling better was a question of learning about the prevalence of the virus and how easily it can be passed on.\n\nFour years after opening the letter, and engaged to the man she was dating at the time, she wants other women to be more aware.\n\n\"It's part of life, it's just really unlucky that it affected the cells in my cervix,\" she says.", "US prosecutors have dropped charges of misdemeanour assault against British retail tycoon Sir Philip Green.\n\nSir Philip was charged on four counts in May last year after a fitness instructor in Arizona alleged that he repeatedly touched her inappropriately.\n\nThe incidents were said to have occurred at the Canyon Ranch resort in Tucson in 2016 and 2018.\n\nSir Philip denied the allegations at the time. On Monday, his Arcadia Group said the case had now been dismissed.\n\nThe group owns the High Street chains Topshop, Burton, Dorothy Perkins, Evans, Miss Selfridge and Wallis.\n\nA statement issued by Arcadia said: \"At the request of the prosecution, the cases alleging assault against Sir Philip Green, due to be heard before the Consolidated Court of Arizona in and for the County of Pima on 20 February 2020, were dismissed.\n\n\"These matters are now closed,\" it added.\n\nLast year, Sir Philip Green prevented the collapse of his retail group when creditors approved a restructuring plan.", "The Duke of Sussex has spoken for the first time after Buckingham Palace announced the terms on which he and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, will step back from being senior royals.\n\nHe made his remarks during a speech at a private reception in central London for his charity Sentebale.\n\n\"Good evening, and thank you for being here for Sentebale, a charity me and Prince Seeiso created back in 2006 to honour my mother's legacy in supporting those affected by HIV and Aids.\n\n\"Before I begin, I must say that I can only imagine what you may have heard or perhaps read over the last few weeks...\n\n\"So, I want you to hear the truth from me, as much as I can share - not as a prince, or a duke, but as Harry, the same person that many of you have watched grow up over the last 35 years - but with a clearer perspective.\n\n\"The UK is my home and a place that I love. That will never change.\n\n\"I have grown up feeling support from so many of you, and I watched as you welcomed Meghan with open arms as you saw me find the love and happiness that I had hoped for all my life. Finally, the second son of Diana got hitched, hurray!\n\n\"I also know you've come to know me well enough over all these years to trust that the woman I chose as my wife upholds the same values as I do. And she does, and she's the same woman I fell in love with.\n\n\"We both do everything we can to fly the flag and carry out our roles for this country with pride.\n\n\"Once Meghan and I were married, we were excited, we were hopeful, and we were here to serve.\n\n\"For those reasons, it brings me great sadness that it has come to this.\n\n\"The decision that I have made for my wife and I to step back is not one I made lightly. It was so many months of talks after so many years of challenges. And I know I haven't always got it right, but as far as this goes, there really was no other option.\n\n\"What I want to make clear is we're not walking away, and we certainly aren't walking away from you. Our hope was to continue serving the Queen, the Commonwealth, and my military associations, but without public funding. Unfortunately, that wasn't possible.\n\n\"I've accepted this, knowing that it doesn't change who I am or how committed I am.\n\n\"But I hope that helps you understand what it had come to, that I would step my family back from all I have ever known, to take a step forward into what I hope can be a more peaceful life.\n\n\"I was born into this life, and it is a great honour to serve my country and the Queen.\n\n\"When I lost my mum 23 years ago, you took me under your wing.\n\n\"You've looked out for me for so long, but the media is a powerful force, and my hope is one day our collective support for each other can be more powerful because this is so much bigger than just us.\n\n\"It has been our privilege to serve you, and we will continue to lead a life of service.\n\n\"It has also been a privilege to meet so many of you, and to feel your excitement for our son Archie, who saw snow for the first time the other day and thought it was bloody brilliant!\n\n\"I will always have the utmost respect for my grandmother, my commander in chief, and I am incredibly grateful to her and the rest of my family for the support they have shown Meghan and I over the last few months.\n\n\"I will continue to be the same man who holds his country dear and dedicates his life to supporting the causes, charities and military communities that are so important to me.\n\n\"Together, you have given me an education about living. And this role has taught me more about what is right and just than I could have ever imagined.\n\n\"We are taking a leap of faith - thank you for giving me the courage to take this next step.\"", "Two dozen barrels of Scotch whisky are being put up for sale in what is being billed as the world's first dedicated online auction for casks.\n\nThe auction will feature a wide range of barrels, from a 2015 Glen Ord cask with a pre-sale estimate of £2,000-£3,000 to a Springbank 1995 sherry hogshead (£40,000-£50,000).\n\nThe event will run from 22 January for 12 days.\n\nIt is the first of four planned this year by specialist firm Cask Trade.\n\nThe barrels have been submitted to the auction by private owners and investors.\n\nCask Trade said it had validated all the sellers and confirmed proof of ownership as well as the history of each cask.\n\nThe London-based company, which specialises in buying and selling \"exceptional cask whiskies\", was set up in 2018 by serial entrepreneur and whisky collector Simon Aron.\n\nCask Trade was founded by entrepreneur and whisky collector Simon Aron\n\nHe founded the business after running out of space for his collection.\n\nHe explained: \"I built up a collection of 2,000 bottles over nearly 25 years, and it drove my wife mad that I had so many of them stored under the stairs and in cupboards around our home.\n\n\"I started to look more at casks and decided to build a new marketplace for buyers and sellers.\n\n\"With the launch of auctionyourcask.com, we offer a fresh approach to selling whisky by the cask, not just the bottle.\"\n\nEntries to the auction can be made until 10 January.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Winds carried smoke from the fires as far away as New Zealand across the Tasman Sea\n\nSmoke from huge bushfires in Australia is drifting as far as New Zealand, 2,000km (1,200 miles) away, leading to haze and a burnt smell in the air.\n\nAustralia is grappling with a bushfire crisis fuelled by record-breaking temperatures and months of drought.\n\nThe smoke first reached New Zealand's South Island on 31 December, turning skies a murky yellow.\n\nSince then, the south's famous glaciers have vanished in haze and even North Island has seen its skies turn \"eerie\".\n\nAt least 18 people are confirmed to have been killed by the bushfires, which have burned vast areas of several Australian states.\n\nSeveral people are still missing and conditions are expected to worsen over the coming weekend.\n\nThe view of Mount Cook over the past days vs on a clear day\n\n\"I have never seen anything like the haze over the past 48 hours,\" Arthur McBride of glacier tour company Alpine Guides told the BBC.\n\nTourist flights up to Tasman, Franz Josef and Fox glaciers are a popular way to experience New Zealand's stunning mountain scenery.\n\nBut in recent days visitors have endured a thick yellow haze, instead of the white snow and bright blue skies expected.\n\n\"Wednesday afternoon was particularly bad,\" Mr McBride says, \"and the smell of woodsmoke is still distinct.\"\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\"It's been hazy for the past 36 hours, it's been a smoky haze,\" explains Dan Burt of Mount Cook Skiplanes and Helicopters.\n\n\"In fact, we've seen some discolouration on the glacier since a few weeks ago - so that was actually already before the haze of the past days.\"\n\nThere's a layer of brown dust on the usually pristine glacier\n\nHis company runs tour and flights to several glaciers in the region, including the main Tasman glacier.\n\nOver the past days, a few trips had to be cancelled, he said.\n\n\"It still would have been save to fly, but it just wouldn't have been a great experience to be up there.\"\n\nAn Australian woman visiting Franz Josef photographed how dust from the bushfires had \"caramelised\" the mountain snow, turning it brown.\n\nThe tourist, who calls herself Rey, posted pictures on social media on New Year's Eve, saying the snow had been white on the previous day.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by WeatherWatch.co.nz 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 peaks around the tourist city of Queenstown, further south from the glaciers, were also covered in haze.\n\nOver the past days, the people of Dunedin on South Island woke up to a noticeably darker sky, according to local media, and there's been a strong yellowish twilight over the town.\n\nPictures from Akaroa near the south's main city of Christchurch also showed an striking sky with the hills shrouded in haze.\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\nBy Thursday, the haze and burnt smell had also reached the North Island.\n\n\"The air doesn't smell in Auckland, but the sunrise and morning light was eerie,\" Auckland resident Ena Hutchinson told the BBC.\n\n\"There was a strange, golden glow on the sea, the sky was cloudy, and when the sun broke through it was orange.\"\n\nShe said that while there'd been some haze 10 years ago during earlier Australia fires, things had never been this bad.\n\n\"It's certainly not something that's happened like this before - virtually blanketing the South Island and now heading northwards today.\"", "The graffiti was found on a building near the North Brixton Islamic Cultural Centre\n\nAnti-Islamic slogans have been painted on a building near a mosque in south London.\n\nThe graffiti was found on a building near to the North Brixton Islamic Cultural Centre in Brixton Road at about 11:00 GMT.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said it was working with Lambeth Council to remove the \"offensive remarks\" from the building as soon as possible.\n\nThe force said it was investigating who was responsible.\n\nSadiq Khan said he was \"disgusted\" by the graffiti, which comes days after anti-Semitic symbols were daubed across several shops and a synagogue in north London.\n\nThe London mayor tweeted: \"Let me be clear: all prejudice is cowardly and criminals will face the full force of the law.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Dominic Fell, Rachel Clark and Joseph Finnis died on New Year's Eve\n\nTributes have been paid to three British Airways (BA) cabin crew who were killed in a crash near Heathrow Airport on New Year's Eve.\n\nDominic Fell, 23, Joseph Finnis, 25, and Rachel Clark, 20, died after their car collided with a lorry on Bedfont Road in Stanwell at about 23:40 GMT.\n\nFriends and colleagues paid tribute to the three \"beautiful young angels\" on an online fundraising page.\n\nA 25-year-old woman who was also in the car remains in a serious condition.\n\nMore than £55,000 has been raised on the Go Fund Me site which was launched by cabin crew member Stephen Crook and named the \"BA Angels\".\n\nWriting on the site, Malgorzata Kubik posted: \"Joe was my coach and he always made sure we were OK.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Lauren Rowlands wrote: \"RIP to my friend Dom and angels Joe and Rachel. The sky is eternal now guys.\"\n\nLaura Stewart said: \"Dom and Joe were truly special men and I hope that their families take some comfort in knowing that they were so loved by everyone they have flown with! I'll miss you.\"\n\nThe Mercedes HGV left the road after colliding with the white Toyota Yaris\n\nIn a statement, a spokesperson for BA said: \"We're deeply saddened to learn of the death of our colleagues involved in a road traffic collision on New Year's Eve.\n\n\"Our thoughts are with their family and friends, who we are supporting at this distressing time.\"\n\nIt is understood two of the cabin crew had finished work at about 18:00, while the other two were on a day off and not scheduled to be on duty.\n\nCh Insp Mike Hodder, from Surrey Police, said: \"The families and friends of those involved are still coming to terms with what happened.\"\n\n\"Our thoughts continue to be with them today,\" he added.\n\nThe driver of the Mercedes HGV was not injured and no arrests have been made.\n\nNo arrests have been made over the crash\n• None Three BA cabin crew killed in New Year's Eve crash\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Marion Chesney Gibbons wrote under the name MC Beaton\n\nThe creator of two of the world's best-loved fictional detectives has died at the age of 83.\n\nMarion Chesney Gibbons, who wrote under the pseudonym MC Beaton, was the prolific author of the Hamish Macbeth and Agatha Raisin crime novels.\n\nHer son, Charles Gibbons, announced her death via Twitter on Thursday.\n\nHe said that \"the support of her fans and the success she enjoyed in her later years were a source of great pride and satisfaction to her\".\n\nHe added: \"Author of over 160 novels in her prolific 40-year career, this news will sadden many of her family and friends.\"\n\nMC Beaton sold more than 21 million copies of her books around the world and was regularly named as the most-borrowed adult author from UK libraries.\n\nHer Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth novels were translated into 17 languages and were both made into TV dramas.\n\nRobert Carlyle starred as Macbeth in the BBC series and Ashley Jenson played Raisin in the Sky TV dramas.\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 M.C. Beaton 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\nMC Beaton was born in Glasgow in 1936.\n\nHer first job was as a bookseller in charge of the fiction department at John Smith & Sons Ltd. There, she started to review variety shows for the Scottish Daily Mail and became their theatre critic.\n\nShe worked at Scottish Field magazine as a secretary in the advertising department, before quickly being appointed its fashion editor. She then moved to the Scottish Daily Express where she reported mostly on crime.\n\nHamish Macbeth ran for three series in the 1990s\n\nThis led to a move to Fleet Street and the Daily Express where she became chief woman reporter.\n\nShe lived in the US after marrying Harry Scott Gibbons and having a son, Charles.\n\nInitially she worked as a waitress in Alexandria while Harry washed the dishes, but they both managed to get jobs on Rupert Murdoch's new tabloid, The Star, and moved to New York.\n\nIn a bid to spend more time at home with her son, she started to write Regency romances. She moved on to write detective stories under the pseudonym MC Beaton.\n\nAshley Jensen took on the role of Agatha Raisin\n\nA visit to Sutherland on holiday inspired the first Hamish Macbeth story. Agatha Raisin was created when the family moved to the Cotswolds.\n\nShe said: \"Sad news. Marion's sense of humour never deserted her, nor her determination to enjoy life to the full.\"\n\nHer latest novel Beating About The Bush was published in October.", "The number of people killed in crashes of large commercial planes fell by more than 50% in 2019, according to an aviation industry study.\n\nLast year 257 fatalities were recorded, compared to 534 in 2018, according to aviation consultancy To70.\n\nThat's despite the high-profile Boeing 737 Max crash in Ethiopia in March.\n\nThe decrease follows a general trend for the industry that's seen aviation fatalities fall even as air travel has increased sharply.\n\nIn 2019 there were 86 accidents involving large commercial planes, including eight fatal incidents, resulting in 257 fatalities, Dutch aviation consultancy To70 said.\n\nThe 157 people killed in a crash involving Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 in March accounted for more than half of those deaths.\n\nThere was one fatal accident involving large commercial passenger planes for every 5.58 million flights, according to the report.\n\nLast year was \"one of the safest years ever for commercial aviation\", according to accident tracking website the Aviation Safety Network.\n\nIn 2018, 160 incidents were recorded, including 13 fatal accidents, accounting for some 534 deaths.\n\nThe global aviation industry's safest year on record was 2017. There were no fatal passenger jet crashes that year, and only two fatal accidents involving regional turboprops that resulted in 13 deaths.\n\nThe study includes passengers, air crew, and anyone killed on the ground in a plane accident.\n\nThe types of planes covered by the research are the aircraft used by the vast majority of air passengers around the world.\n\nThe study did not include small commuter planes, and some smaller turboprop aircraft.\n\nIt also did not cover accidents involving military flights, training flights, private flights, cargo planes, and helicopters.\n\nAir passenger safety was under intense scrutiny in 2019 after two crashes in close succession of the Boeing 737 Max aircraft.\n\nIn October 2018, a Boeing 737 Max operated by Lion Air crashed, killing all 189 people on board.\n\nFive months later an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed, killing 157, after which the entire 737 Max fleet was grounded.", "Travelex has been forced to take down its website after a cyber attack.\n\nThe foreign-currency seller has been working on the issue since the software virus attack on New Year's Eve.\n\n\"We regret having to suspend some of our services in order to contain the virus and protect data,\" Travelex boss Tony D'Souza said.\n\nThe company has resorted to carrying out transactions manually, providing foreign-exchange services over the counter in its branches.\n\n\"We apologise to all our customers for any inconvenience caused as a result,\" Mr D'Souza said in a statement.\n\n\"We are doing all we can to restore our full services as soon as possible.\"\n\nThe company said an early investigation \"shows no indication that any personal or customer data has been compromised\".\n\nTravelex said it had deployed \"teams of IT specialists and external cyber-security experts\", who have been \"working continuously since New Year's Eve to isolate the virus and restore affected systems\".\n\nThe firm will continue to provide foreign-exchange services manually at its branches until the problem is fixed.\n\nThe decision to take the site down has affected other services that use Travelex, including Tesco Bank.\n\nResponding to customers on Twitter, the bank said its travel money service was unavailable.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post by Tesco Bank Help", "Emma Allan gave birth to Scotland's first baby of the decade\n\nScotland has welcomed its first babies of the decade in hospitals around the country.\n\nThe first arrival is believed to have been a boy born at 00:03, at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.\n\nWeighing 8lbs 5oz, he is the first child for Emma Allan and Cameron Cunningham, who are from Port Seton.\n\nNew mother Emma said: \"He was due 10 days ago so this isn't what we expected - he must have wanted to be the first baby of the decade.\"\n\nTen minutes after baby Cunningham was born in Edinburgh, a baby girl weighing 7lbs 11.5oz was born at Aberdeen Maternity Hospital.\n\nParents Kayleigh Clark and Darren Wood, from Inverurie, welcomed Emily Louise Wood into the world at 00:13.\n\nJust over an hour later at 01:18, a baby girl was born at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert to parents Sarah and Lizzie Middleton, from Stenhousemuir.\n\nThe child, named Lexie, arrived weighing 6lb 9oz and is Sarah's first baby.\n\nA boy called Russell was born at 02:09 in St John's Hospital in Livingston.\n\nMary Cruikshank was one of the first babies born at the Ayrshire Maternity Unit\n\nHis parents Laura and Kevin Galbraith are from Bathgate in West Lothian.\n\nThe first Glasgow baby was a girl, born at 04:36 at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital maternity unit.\n\nShe has been named as Catherine by her parents Marie and Peter Rankin, from Clarkston, East Renfrewshire.\n\nAt Raigmore Hospital in Inverness, local couple Alison and Allan Stewart had a boy at 04:11.\n\nAt the same hospital just 19 minutes later, Sophie Jansen van Rensburg and partner Warren, from Nairn, had a little boy.\n\nThey plan to name him Carter.\n\nThe first baby of the year at the Ayrshire Maternity Unit was 7lb 11oz Theodore - a son to Christina and Ryan Maguire from Troon - who was delivered at 05:23.\n\nThree minutes later, Robyn was born to mother Erica Borland and father Sam Love, from Ayr. Weighing 9lb 3oz, Robyn is a little sister for brothers Evan, 4, and two-year-old Luke.\n\nManilyn and Richard Cruikshank, from Maybole, welcomed their first child - a daughter named Mary - at 06:39. Mary weighed in at 4lb 15oz.", "The UK has seen in the start of the new decade.\n\nIn London, some 12,000 fireworks lit up the capital's skyline, with 100,000 tickets being bought for the event.\n\nBig Ben's chimes sounded the start of the display, despite them being silent this year while renovation work is completed.\n\nRead more: Revellers across the UK usher in 2020", "Elaine Manna had her sight saved at Moorfields Eye hospital in London\n\nArtificial intelligence can diagnose eye disease as accurately as some leading experts, research suggests.\n\nA study by Moorfields Eye Hospital in London and the Google company DeepMind found that a machine could learn to read complex eye scans and detect more than 50 eye conditions.\n\nDoctors hope artificial intelligence could soon play a major role in helping to identify patients who need urgent treatment.\n\nThey hope it will also reduce delays.\n\nA team at DeepMind, based in London, created an algorithm, or mathematical set of rules, to enable a computer to analyse optical coherence tomography (OCT), a high resolution 3D scan of the back of the eye.\n\nThousands of scans were used to train the machine how to read the scans.\n\nThen, artificial intelligence was pitted against humans.\n\nThe computer was asked to give a diagnosis in the cases of 1,000 patients whose clinical outcomes were already known.\n\nThe same scans were shown to eight clinicians - four leading ophthalmologists and four optometrists.\n\nEach was asked to make one of four referrals: urgent, semi-urgent, routine and observation only.\n\nArtificial intelligence performed as well as two of the world's leading retina specialists, with an error rate of only 5.5%.\n\nCrucially, the algorithm did not miss a single urgent case.\n\nThe results, published in the journal Nature Medicine, were described as \"jaw-dropping\" by Dr Pearse Keane, consultant ophthalmologist, who is leading the research at Moorfields Eye Hospital.\n\nHe told the BBC: \"I think this will make most eye specialists gasp because we have shown this algorithm is as good as the world's leading experts in interpreting these scans.\"\n\nArtificial intelligence was able to identify serious conditions such as wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which can lead to blindness unless treated quickly.\n\nDr Keane said the huge number of patients awaiting assessment was a \"massive problem\".\n\nHe said: \"Every eye doctor has seen patients go blind due to delays in referral; AI should help us to flag those urgent cases and get them treated early.\"\n\nDr Dominic King, medical director, DeepMind Health, explained how his team trained artificial intelligence to read eye scans: \"We used two neural networks, which are complex mathematical systems which mimic the way the brain operates, and inputted thousands of eye scans.\n\n\"They divided the eye into anatomical areas and were able to classify whether disease was present.\"\n\nSome previous attempts at using AI have led to what's known as a \"black box\" problem - where the reasoning behind the computer analysis is hidden.\n\nBy contrast, the DeepMind algorithm provides a visual map of where the disease is, allowing clinicians to check how the AI has come to its decision, which is crucial if doctors and patients are to have confidence in its diagnoses.\n\nSo how soon could AI be used to diagnose patient scans in hospital?\n\nDr Keane said: \"We really want to get this into clinical use within two to three years but cannot until we have done a major real-time trial to confirm these exciting findings.\n\nHe said the evidence suggests AI will ease the burden on clinicians, enabling them to prioritise the more urgent cases.\n\nElaine Manna lost her sight in her left eye 18 years ago.\n\nIn 2013, her vision began deteriorating in her right eye and an OCT scan revealed she needed urgent treatment for wet AMD, which occurs when abnormal blood vessels grow under the retina.\n\nShe now has regular injections which stop the vessels growing or bleeding.\n\nElaine told me: \"I was devastated when I lost sight in my left eye, so my remaining vision is precious.\"\n\nShe said the research findings were \"absolutely brilliant\", adding: \"People will have their sight saved because of artificial intelligence, because doctors will be able to intervene sooner.\"\n\nAI may also be able to interpret mammograms as part of screening for breast cancer\n\nDeepMind is also doing research with Imperial College London to see if AI can learn how to interpret mammograms, and improve the accuracy of breast cancer screening.\n\nThe company also has a project with University College London Hospitals (UCLH) to examine whether AI can differentiate between cancerous and healthy tissue on CT and MRI scans.\n\nThis might help doctors speed up the planning of radiotherapy treatment, which can take up to eight hours in the case of very complex cancers.\n\nWithin a few years it seems highly likely that artificial intelligence will play a key role in the diagnosis of disease, which should free up clinicians to spend more time with patients.\n\nBut there will be some who will be unhappy about their health details being shared with a tech giant like Google.\n\nDr Dominic King, from DeepMind, said: \"Patients have an absolute right to know how, where and who is processing their data. We have a best in class security system; data is protected and encrypted at all times.\"\n\nThe Royal Free Hospital in north London was criticised in 2017 for sharing 1.6 million patient data records with DeepMind.\n\nThe controversy related to an app DeepMind developed to identify patients at risk of kidney disease.\n\nThe Information Commission ruled that the hospital had not done enough to safeguard patient data.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"I knew it was something serious... a death cry\": Josias Fletchman gave CPR at the poolside\n\nA man who performed CPR when a British family drowned in a pool at a resort on the Costa del Sol has said more could have been done to prevent their deaths.\n\nGabriel Diya, 52, his daughter Comfort, nine, and his son Praise-Emmanuel, 16, drowned at the Club La Costa World resort on Christmas Eve.\n\nJosias Fletchman comforted the children's mother when medics called off attempts to revive her family.\n\nSpanish police say the deaths were a tragic accident.\n\nA senior leader of the church where Mr Diya was a pastor in south-east London said he died trying to save his children, adding: \"That was the kind of man he was.\"\n\nPastor Agu Irukwu, of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, also said that Mr Diya's wife Olubunmi was a \"special\" woman who was coping with the tragedy \"remarkably well\".\n\nGabriel Diya, a pastor in south-east London, died with his daughter Comfort\n\nIt comes as Mr Fletchman, 35, a British tourist from Manchester who was on a family holiday at the time of the deaths, said safety measures such as a lifeguard by the pool could have helped prevent them.\n\nHe said he first knew something was wrong when a Spanish woman ran into the hotel reception making a \"death cry\".\n\nThe youth support worker was one of the first people at the scene and gave CPR to Praise-Emmanuel at the poolside.\n\nMr Fletchman, who has three children, said the ordeal was \"traumatising\".\n\nAfter medics called off attempts to revive the three family members, Mr Fletchman said he held Mrs Diya's hand and prayed with her.\n\nHer lawyers have questioned the thoroughness of the police investigation - and the recommendation to close the case after one week.\n\nMr Fletchman said he was surprised police had not spoken to him.\n\n\"If it was my situation, my family members, I'd want [police] to speak to everybody. I'd want an investigation... well and truly they should be investigating,\" he told the BBC.\n\nHe said there were \"things that could have been put in place\" to prevent what happened.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Church leader Agu Irukwu remembers Gabriel Diya, who was a pastor in south-east London\n\nMr Fletchman said a staff member \"had to run to the reception\" to alert someone and should have had a walkie talkie or another way of raising the alarm.\n\nHe called this an example of \"silly mistakes\".\n\n\"I'm not going to sit here and blame anybody, but... if it was my family that it happened to... I'd be raising alarm bells,\" he said.\n\nMr Fletchman said he felt there should have been a lifeguard on duty and that signs indicating the depth of the pool could have been clearer.\n\nHe added that, had there been constant supervision, Mr Diya \"wouldn't have had to jump in\" and called it \"a simple thing of paying somebody a standard minimum wage\".\n\n\"It's better to do that and save three lives than not do that,\" he said.\n\nThe sprawling Club La Costa World resort has several swimming pools\n\n\"He died trying to save his children and that really says it all. That was the kind of man he was. He loved his wife, loved his children passionately, loved God dearly,\" he added.\n\nSpeaking about Mrs Diya, he said: \"I've never seen anyone deal with the loss of a loved one with the grace and the dignity with which I saw [Olubunmi] deal with it.\"\n\nSpanish authorities described the deaths as a freak accident caused by a \"lack of expertise\" in swimming - adding that there was no accountability on the part of the hotel.\n\nMrs Diya has previously said that all three family members could swim and she believes there was a fault with the pool.\n\nInvestigators said divers retrieved Comfort's swimming hat from the pool pump but investigators had found nothing wrong with the pool.\n\nThe hotel operator, Club La Costa World, has said Mrs Diya's claims were \"directly at odds with the findings of the police report\" and \"their exhaustive investigations have confirmed the pool was working normally and there was no malfunction of any kind\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Firefighters in New South Wales sheltered in their truck as it was overrun by flames\n\nBushfires have killed at least eight people in south-eastern Australia since Monday, while two others remain unaccounted for.\n\nThe latest fires, which raced towards the coast this week, have also destroyed more than 200 homes.\n\nSeven people have been confirmed dead in New South Wales and one in Victoria.\n\nConditions have eased slightly, and a major road that was closed in Victoria was reopened for two hours on Wednesday to allow people to leave.\n\nBut many people remain in fire-hit areas. In one town, police dropped off 1.6 tonnes of drinking water by boat.\n\nThe seven deaths in New South Wales include:\n\nFamily members of Mick Roberts, a 67-year-old Victorian missing since Monday, confirmed that he had been found dead in his home in Buchan, East Gippsland.\n\n\"Very sad day for us to (start) the year but we're a bloody tight family and we will never forget our mate and my beautiful Uncle Mick,\" his niece Leah Parson said on Facebook.\n\nThe deaths bring the total fire-related fatalities across Australia this season to at least 18, with warnings this could rise further.\n\nOf the homes destroyed in this week's blazes, 43 were in East Gippsland, Victoria, while another 176 were in New South Wales.\n\nEarlier on Wednesday, the New South Wales Rural Fire Service said 916 homes had been destroyed this season, with another 363 damaged, and 8,159 saved.\n\nPolice brought water, food and medical supplies into Mallacoota by boat\n\nIn Mallacoota, Victoria - where thousands fled to the beach on Tuesday - police boats arrived with 1.6 tonnes of water for residents.\n\nThey also brought food, a paramedic and medical supplies.\n\nAt the same time, police warned people in Sunbury, Victoria - about 40km (25 miles) north-west of Melbourne - to leave the area, as an emergency fire warning was in place.\n\nThe smoke from Wednesday's fires was visible more than 2,000km (1,200 miles) away from the South Island of New Zealand, where the haze tinted the sky orange.\n\nEarlier, New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian said workers would take advantage of the milder weather on Wednesday to clear roads and restore power.\n\nBut she said temperatures were expected to rise again on Saturday.\n\n\"At the very least, weather conditions will be at least as bad as what they were yesterday,\" she said.\n\nThe New South Wales fire service has warned of dangerous conditions for tourists on the south coast of NSW over the weekend, telling them to leave before Saturday.\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 NSW RFS 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\nTemperatures are expected to reach the 40Cs in the south-east into the weekend, exacerbating already dangerous conditions in fire-ravaged Victoria and New South Wales.\n\nMeteorologists say a climate system in the Indian Ocean, known as the dipole, is the main driver behind the extreme heat in Australia.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe fire service warned they had been unable to reach some people in remote areas of NSW.\n\n\"We've got reports of injuries and burn injuries to members of the public,\" said New South Wales rural fire commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons.\n\n\"We haven't been able to get access via roads or via aircraft - it's been socked in [runways have been closed] or too dangerous.\"\n\nA satellite image shows the extent of smoke and flames at Batemans Bay, NSW\n\nIn Mallacoota, many people spent the night sleeping in their cars or on deckchairs.\n\nVictoria Emergency Commissioner Andrew Crisp said - as well as the police vessels - \"a large barge\" was sailing from Melbourne to the town with food, water and 30,000 litres of fuel.\n\nIn Cann River, a town about 80km (50 miles) inland from Mallacoota, residents warned that food supplies were running low.\n\nFurther north in Ulladulla, New South Wales, people were queuing outside supermarkets - while cuts to mobile networks and landlines meant people also waited to use payphones.\n\nThe military said amphibious ships were setting off from Sydney and would arrive in fire-hit coastal areas of New South Wales and Victoria by Friday.\n\nA long queue formed at a Woolworths supermarket in Ulladulla, New South Wales\n\nMeanwhile, a woman from Mallacoota who took a photo that went viral has spoken about the image.\n\nAllison Marion took the picture of her 11-year-old son, Finn, moving their family to safety in a powerboat.\n\n\"Finn drove the boat and my other son looked after the dog in the boat and [I am] very proud of both of them,\" she told ABC News.\n\nWhen the family returned to land, as conditions eased, they went to check on their home.\n\n\"Our street somehow escaped the fire somehow,\" she said. \"However, I feel for many people in our community who have lost their homes. It's just truly saddening.\"\n\nThe picture of 11-year-old Finn piloting a powerboat went viral", "Rail fares on routes across Scotland are set to increase from Thursday.\n\nThe average rise will be 2.4% - slightly less than the UK average of 2.7%.\n\nAbellio ScotRail, the company that runs Scotland's rail services, said 85% of its revenue comes from fares set by the Scottish government.\n\nMinisters at Holyrood have said they are committed to ensuring fares are affordable by capping them where they have influence.\n\nThe price of a season ticket between Glasgow and Edinburgh will go up by £116 to £4,200.\n\nAn off-peak return ticket from Dundee to Edinburgh has increased in price by 50p to £29.40\n\nThe increase in singles, returns and season tickets is regulated by the Scottish government.\n\nIt is capped at the level of the Retail Price Index (RPI), which was 2.8% as of July last year. Off-peak is capped at 1% below RPI.\n\nThe UK government is expected to publish a white paper on reforming the railways in the coming weeks - including details of how fares will be calculated.\n\nThe Scottish government said, rather than implement any measures prematurely, it would wait to see the UK government's next steps before making \"fundamental change\".\n\nEarlier this week, Abellio ScotRail reported losses of £10m over a 15-month period.\n\nThe company lost £7.9m before tax on turnover of nearly £990m between 1 January 2018 and 31 March 2019.\n\nAt the start of December, it was stripped of the contract to run rail services by the Scottish government amid criticism of performance levels.\n\nThe rail operator said its results had been \"impacted by operational performance issues\".", "Deadly bushfires are ravaging the Australian landscape, so far destroying 1,200 homes across New South Wales and Victoria.\n\nA kangaroo rushes past a burning house in Conjola on New Year's Eve\n\nThis week the fires have razed at least 381 homes in New South Wales and 43 in Victoria, with at least 17 people missing.\n\nThe leader of NSW has declared a week-long state of emergency, starting this Friday.\n\nHere are pictures from the past few days.\n\nA firefighter hoses down trees and flying embers in an effort to save houses near the town of Nowra in New South Wales\n\nFires rage near Bairnsdale in the East Gippsland region, Victoria\n\nBurning embers cover the ground as firefighters battle against bushfires around Nowra\n\nThe declared state of emergency will allow local authorities to carry out forced evacuations, road closures \"and anything else we need to do as a state to keep our residents and to keep property safe\", NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said on Thursday.\n\nBushfires burn between the townships of Bemm River and Cann River in East Gippsland, Victoria\n\nPeople from the town of Cann River are evacuated to Orbost in East Gippsland\n\nHigh temperatures and strong winds are forecast for the weekend, leading to \"widespread extreme fire danger\".\n\nFire officials have told holidaymakers to urgently leave a 260km (160-mile) stretch of the NSW coast before Saturday.\n\nA firefighter sprays foam retardant in the New South Wales town of Jerrawangala\n\nA satellite image of Batemans Bay on New Year's Eve\n\nDebris is seen around a swimming pool next to the remains of a house destroyed by bushfires near Batemans Bay\n\nA family sit at a showground in the southern New South Wales town of Bega where they are camping after being evacuated from nearby sites\n\nIn December, Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison cut short his holiday to Hawaii amid growing criticism of his leadership during the bushfire crisis.\n\nThis week he had to cut short another visit - to a fire-hit town when he was heckled by angry residents.\n\nAn aerial view of property damaged by the East Gippsland fires in Sarsfield (above and below)\n\nTracy Burgess, a volunteer with Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Services (WIRES), holds a severely burnt brushtail possum rescued from fires near Australia's Blue Mountains\n\nMogo Zoo (above), managed to save all its animals, with monkeys, pandas and even a tiger housed at one keeper's home.\n\nThe Australian government has been facing criticism over its climate policies as the country deals with the devastating bushfires.\n\nAustralia is one of the world's biggest per capita greenhouse gas emitters.\n\nDamaged property seen in Mallacoota in East Gippsland\n\nThe remains of burnt out buildings seen along a street in Cobargo, New South Wales\n\nA horse tries to move away from nearby bushfires at a residential property near the town of Nowra\n\nA photo from the state government in Victoria shows a helicopter fighting a bushfire near Bairnsdale in East Gippsland\n\nFirefighters hose down trees around the town of Nowra\n\nSmoke and flames rise from burning trees around Nowra\n\n\"Carmelised\" snow caused by dust from Australian bushfires is seen near Franz Josef Glacier in the Westland Tai Poutini National Park, New Zealand", "Last updated on .From the section Cardiff\n\nFormer Cardiff City defender Chris Barker has died at the age of 39.\n\nThe Sheffield-born player helped the club to promotion from the third tier of English football in 2003.\n\nBarker, whose other clubs included Stoke City, Barnsley and Queens Park Rangers, made 162 appearances for the Bluebirds.\n\nCardiff City confirmed his death via social media on Thursday adding \"details of a Club tribute to Chris will follow in the coming days\".\n\nSouth Wales Police have confirmed the sudden death of a 39-year-old man who was discovered at his home address in the Cyncoed area of Cardiff at about 14:00 GMT on 1 January.\n\nThey added that the death is not being treated as suspicious and the coroner has been informed.\n\nBarker was voted Cardiff's player of the season in 2004-05.\n\nHe spent 2006-07 on loan at Colchester United before joining QPR on a free transfer and went on to play for Plymouth, Southend, Aldershot, Hereford and Weston-super-Mare, before retiring from playing in 2017.\n\nBarker also assisted with coaching at his last three clubs and was under 18s manager at Forest Green Rovers.\n\n\"We're all heartbroken to hear this news which came as a shock to everybody,\" said Hannah Dingley, Forest Green Head of Academy. \"Our immediate thoughts are with his family and friends.\n\n\"Barks was a strong, inspirational leader to our under 18s and a much loved colleague. We'll be offering help and support to those at the club affected by the tragic news - particularly our young players, and ask that Chris' family get some privacy at this challenging time.\"\n\nAlongside his former clubs there was a tribute from Rotherham United, where Barker's brother Richard is assistant manager.\n\nFans and former team-mates have also paid tribute to Barker on social media.\n\nFormer Cardiff City striker Andy Campbell posted on Twitter: \"RIP Chris Barker, so so sad. A friend, a team-mate & all round nice fella.\"", "Millions of commuters will have to pay an average of 2.7% more for train tickets from today.\n\nThe rise, announced by industry body the Rail Delivery Group in November, is lower than the 3.1% increase at the start of last year.\n\nTrain companies say it is the third year in a row that average fares have been held below RPI - the inflation measure on which rises are based.\n\nBut many commuters face an increase of more than £100 for annual passes.\n\nIn Wales, fares have bucked the trend of rising prices in England and Scotland, with an average fall of 1% this year.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said the government was committed to \"putting passengers first\", by funding trials for flexible fares, for example.\n\nHe said he planned to tackle the \"fragmented\" system and had begun the process to end the franchise for the rail service Northern, whose performance was \"completely unacceptable\".\n\nA final decision on the Northern franchise is expected in a \"matter of weeks\", according to BBC transport correspondent Tom Burridge, as passengers said they would be \"very happy\" to see it end.\n\nMr Shapps told BBC Breakfast that the fare increases enabled investment in the railways that would yield improvements. \"You can judge me on this at the end of the year,\" he said.\n\n\"These changes are going to take time but I think people will see things moving in the right direction.\"\n\nBut Labour's shadow transport secretary, Andy McDonald, said the rise showed passengers were \"once again paying more for less under the Tories\".\n\nIndependent watchdog Transport Focus says fewer than half of train journeys (47%) are rated as satisfactory value for money by passengers.\n\nThe watchdog's director, David Sidebottom, said: \"After a year of pretty poor performance in some areas, passengers just want a consistent day-to-day service they can rely on and a better chance of getting a seat.\"\n\nHe encouraged passengers to claim compensation for eligible delays in order to \"offset\" the cost of fare rises.\n\nSome annual passes go up by more than £100\n\nHowever, Robert Nisbet, director of nations and regions for Rail Delivery Group, said rail companies were investing in improving journeys while holding fare increases below inflation.\n\nHe said 2020 will see 1,000 extra weekly services and 1,000 more carriages added to Britain's rail fleet.\n\n\"There is a record level of investment going into the railway at the moment,\" he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\n\"For people who do suffer from poor punctuality in areas of the country, that could be for a variety of different reasons, we apologise. We are looking at trying to make punctuality much better across the board,\" he said.\n\nOfficial statistics show that just over one in three trains failed to arrive on time in July, August and September 2019, although that figure was an improvement on the previous year.\n\nAbout 40% of annual rail price rises are regulated by governments in England, Scotland and Wales. They are pegged to the Retail Prices Index (RPI) inflation measure for the previous July. Other fare rises are decided by train companies.\n\nBut RPI inflation is generally higher than the most widely watched measure of inflation, the Consumer Prices Index (CPI).\n\nPassenger groups have repeatedly called for the system to be changed since RPI inflation was abandoned by the UK Statistics Authority as a national statistic in 2013.\n\nEmily Yates, a freelance writer from Brighton who co-founded the Association of British Commuters, said the annual rises feel like \"Groundhog Day\" and a \"complete charade\".\n\n\"Every year, we ask for a fares freeze, the government says no, and the rail industry defends the decision,\" she said.\n\nProtests will be held against the fare increase on Thursday, including a demonstration outside London King's Cross station.\n\nThe rallies come as the Trades Union Congress (TUC) releases research suggesting fares have risen by twice as much as wages in the last 10 years.\n\nThe TUC said someone earning an average salary in the UK would have to spend 16% of their wages for a season ticket from Chelmsford to London (£511 a month), but similar commutes would cost 2% of the average salary in France, and 4% in Germany and Belgium.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Championship\n\nWayne Rooney captained Derby County to victory on his debut for the Rams and set up their first goal as they beat Championship strugglers Barnsley.\n\nJack Marriott atoned for a number of squandered chances at Pride Park when he poked home Rooney's free-kick just before half-time to put the Rams ahead.\n\nBarnsley levelled soon after the break when Elliot Simoes tapped in after Derby goalkeeper Ben Hamer spilled Conor Chaplin's shot.\n\nMartyn Waghorn restored Derby's lead when he fired home Andre Wisdom's low cross and the hosts held on for victory.\n\nRooney, whose last game was at the end of October for DC United, played the full 90 minutes in the centre of midfield.\n\nDerby remain 17th in a tight table but move level on points with Middlesbrough, while Barnsley are three points off safety in 23rd.\n\nRams manager Phillip Cocu had no hesitation putting 34-year-old Rooney straight into the starting XI and making him captain, citing his \"leadership\" qualities.\n\nHaving joined the club on an 18-month player-coach deal in August, the former England captain was ineligible to play until January.\n\nIn a subdued but comfortable first-half performance, Rooney pulled the strings and finally gave a crowd of 27,782 reason to celebrate as he assisted the hosts' opener with an excellent inswinging free-kick.\n\nFrom midway inside Barnsley's half, Rooney bent the ball over the defence and onto the foot of Marriott who finished first time from 12 yards.\n\nHe also played a part in their second goal, sending a lovely cross-field pass to Wisdom who then set up Waghorn.\n\nRooney even had the chance to mark his debut with a goal, but miscued a header from a few yards out and the ball dribbled wide.\n\nAfter struggling for form this term, Derby started the match closer to the Championship relegation zone than the play-off places, but their win moved them to eight points off sixth place.\n\nMonday's win against Charlton was their first victory in eight games, with Rooney in the dugout as a coach for seven of those matches.\n\nEngland's all-time record goalscorer, Rooney won the Premier League five times, the Champions League, the FA Cup and three League Cups in 13 years with Manchester United and is now off to a winning start in his first spell in England's second tier.\n\nBefore Rooney set up the opener for Marriott, the striker missed a couple of glaring opportunities. First, he fired wide of the mark from Waghorn's delivery before he chipped a tame shot from distance wide after bursting through on goal.\n\nHaving started the game poorly, Barnsley were reinvigorated when boss Gerhard Struber made an early tactical change by bringing Simoes on for Mike Bahre after just 26 minutes.\n\nThey were almost rewarded just before Marriott's opener when Mads Andersen found space at close range, forcing a last-minute block from a Derby defender.\n\nBarnsley keeper Sam Radlinger made a stunning diving right-handed save to keep out Matt Clarke's header shortly after the restart and the visitors immediately levelled through Simoes' strike.\n\nHowever, Waghorn's composed finish ensured the hosts registered two wins in a row for the first time this season.\n\nRooney told BBC Radio Derby that it was important to stay focused despite all the hype around his debut.\n\n\"It was a big night for myself, big night for the club, a lot of excitement, but the main priority tonight was to get three points,\" he said.\n\n\"It feels good to finally make my debut and help the team win.\n\n\"It was a difficult game, I thought Barnsley played well, made it tough for us, but we worked hard, created chances, we could have made it easier for ourselves but we dug in and worked hard until the end.\n\n\"It was a good ball and a great finish from Jack. I'm pleased for Jack because he needed that goal.\"\n• None Attempt missed. Luke Thomas (Barnsley) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Conor Chaplin.\n• None Attempt blocked. Elliot Simoes (Barnsley) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jordan Williams.\n• None Attempt saved. Conor Chaplin (Barnsley) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Luke Thomas.\n• None Attempt blocked. Jacob Brown (Barnsley) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Conor Chaplin.\n• None Duane Holmes (Derby County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Luke Thomas (Barnsley) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Duane Holmes (Derby County) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt missed. Martyn Waghorn (Derby County) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Max Lowe.\n• None Attempt missed. Alex Mowatt (Barnsley) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Luke Thomas. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "A British man has been killed in an accident with a firework at a New Year's Eve party in Thailand, local police have said.\n\nGary McLaren, from Northamptonshire, died when a firework he was trying to light exploded in the seaside town of Pattaya.\n\nThe 50-year-old died at the scene, just after midnight.\n\nA Foreign Office spokeswoman said they were supporting the family of a British man who died in Thailand.\n\nLt Col Somboon Ua-samanmaitree of the Thai Tourist Police said: \"Around midnight, Mr McLaren attempted to light up a large firework but it failed to go off at first. After that, it suddenly exploded and killed him at the scene.\"\n\nPattaya is a coastal tourist resort about 60 miles southeast of Bangkok\n\nPolice said Mr McLaren, who was originally from Corby in Northamptonshire, had visited Thailand before and arrived a few days before New Year's Eve.\n\nAccording to his LinkedIn profile, Mr McLaren worked in a technical role for the International Road-Racing Teams Association.\n\nHe previously spent 11 years working for the Suzuki MotoGP team, who tweeted they were \"shocked and sad\" to learn of his death.\n\nThe post said that he had \"remained a good friend to us all while he continued working in the paddock for IRTA\", adding \"we'll really miss 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 MotoGP™ 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 tributes on social media described him as \"one of the most popular\" members of the Grand Prix motorcycle racing community, a \"great guy\" and a \"real professional\".\n\nThe Bangkok Post reported that police and rescue workers arrived to find a crowd of people and Mr McLaren lying on the ground with serious facial injuries. A large firework was found at the scene.\n\nThe paper said a witness described seeing the British man celebrating New Year's Eve with friends. Mr McLaren tried and failed to light the firework before it suddenly exploded, the witness said.", "Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold speaking to Match of the Day: \"When you have momemtum and good form you want the games to keep coming. We are happy with the way things are going. We are picking up a lot of points but we know there are still a lot of games to come and the FA Cup on the weekend. We are looking forward to the rest of the season.\n\n\"It was something we spoke about - controlling the game more and not being so hectic. We were too open to try and get more goals. We want to keep the ball and tire the opposition out.\n\n\"So far we are invicible but we have only just passed the halfway mark so there's still a long way to go. It is harder than what people say. We got beaten once last season and that wasn't enough. We need to keep our concentration in every game.\"", "Hospital admissions for eating disorders have risen by more than a third (37%) across all age groups over the last two years, figures show.\n\nExperts described the figures as \"worrying\" and urged the government to promote early intervention.\n\nThere were 19,040 admissions for eating disorders in 2018/19, up from 16,558 the year before and 13,885 in 2016/17.\n\nThe NHS Digital data for England found the most common age last year for patients with anorexia was 13 to 15.\n\nA quarter of admissions in 2018/19 were for children aged 18 and under, at 4,471.\n\nMore than half of these (2,403) were for anorexia, up 12% from the previous year.\n\nThis included 10 cases of anorexia among boys and six among girls aged nine and under.\n\nThe data was acquired by the PA news agency.\n\nIn terms of older age groups in 2018/19, women aged 19 and over accounted for 5,274 admissions for anorexia and 3,542 for bulimia, while men accounted for 327 admissions for anorexia and 381 for bulimia.\n\nEmma Thomas, chief executive of the charity Young Minds, said the figures were \"worrying\".\n\nShe added: \"While there have been some improvements in community care for young people with eating disorders in recent years, it can still be difficult for children and young people to get the help they need before they reach crisis point.\n\n\"Getting early support for an eating disorder can prevent problems from escalating, meaning young people are more likely to fully recover.\n\n\"The government must make prevention and early intervention a priority for every child struggling with their mental health, to ensure that they get help as soon as they need it.\"\n\nDr Agnes Ayton, chairwoman of the faculty of eating disorders psychiatry at the Royal College of Psychiatrists, said healthcare staff \"need to be better trained\" at spotting eating disorders \"as early diagnosis and treatment can reduce hospital admissions and saves lives\".\n\nTom Quinn, director of external affairs at the eating disorders charity Beat, said there were a number of reasons to explain why there may be more young people being admitted to hospital.\n\n\"We know from our research and listening to the experiences of our supporters that it can often take a long while for early signs of an eating disorder to be spotted, for a referral to be made and for treatment to begin,\" he said.\n\n\"Therefore, while this rise in the number of young people admitted to hospital for treatment could mean that the number of young people with eating disorders is increasing, it could also be due to improvement in the ability of healthcare professionals to identify eating disorders.\"\n\nClaire Murdoch, national mental health director for the NHS, said: \"Waiting times for NHS eating disorder services are better than ever, with nearly 100 new or improved services in the community set up in recent years backed by millions in extra funding.\n\n\"It's clear that while the NHS is ramping up services through our Long Term Plan, the dangerous drivers of mental ill health need to be cracked down on by the rest of society.\"", "Neil Nellies was convicted of five sex offences following a trial\n\nA man who sexually abused a 10-year-old girl has been jailed for seven years.\n\nNeil Nellies, 42, who is registered blind, assaulted his young victim, who has since tried to take her own life, and \"stole her childhood\", Liverpool Crown Court heard.\n\nThe crimes took place several years ago in Wilmslow, Cheshire, jurors heard.\n\nNellies, who arrived at court with his guide dog Digby, was told prison rules meant he would not be able to have the dog in jail with him.\n\nInstead, the labrador will be retrained to help another blind person.\n\n\"I have the greatest concern that a man who for five years has had the benefit of a guide dog, giving him his freedom and mobility, will be taken into an environment which is wholly unfamiliar,\" said Nellies' barrister Rachel Shenton.\n\nShe added she did not wish to downplay the effect of Nellies' behaviour on the victim, but \"prison for him will have a devastating impact\".\n\nShe urged Judge Simon Berkson to suspend any jail term, arguing Nellies was already imprisoned by a degenerative eye disease.\n\nNellies can currently make out large shapes but this will deteriorate in time, she said.\n\nBut Judge Berkson refused due to the serious nature of the offences.\n\nHe said the victim \"told her mother's friend that she was not 'her mother's little girl any more'\".\n\n\"You stole that girl's childhood,\" he told Nellies, of Lumley Road, Macclesfield.\n\nJames Coutts, prosecuting, said the victim had suffered serious psychological harm.\n\nNellies, who denied any wrongdoing, was convicted of five serious sexual offences after a trial.\n\nThe court heard how Nellies had previously also suffered a stroke and had mental health issues, an emotionally unstable personality disorder and possible autism.\n\nJudge Berkson ordered Nellies to be placed on the sex offenders register for life and imposed an indefinite sexual harm prevention order and an extra year on licence.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Mallacoota is a tourist town in Victoria, Australia, some 500km (310 miles) east of Melbourne.\n\nAround 1,000 people live there, but the population swells at Christmas, as Australians head to the coast to enjoy their holidays,\n\nBut on Tuesday morning - as bushfires swept the region - thousands of people fled to the beach for a different reason: safety.\n\nPeople in the town woke up to thick smoke and pale, orange skies. But as the fires drew closer, the sky turned red.\n\nAt 8am a warning siren sounded, telling people to head to the water. By 9.30am, the sky was \"pitch black\".\n\n\"We were bracing for the worst because, it was black,\" David Jeffrey told the BBC. \"Like it should have been daylight and it was black like midnight. And we could hear the fire roaring.\"\n\nAs thousands of people fled to the beach, firefighters moved there with them.\n\n\"We've got three strike teams sitting in with the community, literally standing side-by-side with our community at the beachfront,\" said fire spokesman Steve Warrington.\n\nAround the same time, some people were fleeing the land on boats.\n\nPeople in the area had been urged to evacuate. But by Monday, authorities urged people to stay put because it was too late and dangerous to leave.\n\nBy 10.30am, this was the scene at Mallacoota wharf, as people sheltered by the water's edge.\n\nMany wore gas masks to protect themselves from the smoke.\n\nFleeing into the ocean was the \"last resort option\", Victoria's emergency management agency said on Tuesday.\n\nWith the smoke blocking out the sun, a summer's day looked like night time at the beachfront.\n\nSome emergency workers, meanwhile, were preparing to step into the heat.\n\nBy the middle of the day, the sky remained reddish-orange and thick with smoke.\n\nVictoria's state premier Daniel Andrews said navy ships may be called upon to provide food, water and power to the area. The main road in the region has been closed off.\n\n\"Some of these isolated communities can be accessed by sea,\" he said.\n\nAlthough no serious injuries have been reported in Mallacoota, houses were seen going up in flames.\n\nMr Jeffrey spoke to the BBC when the wind had changed and the sky had cleared slightly.\n\n\"We were all terrified for our lives,\" he said. \"We were praying like crazy.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mallacoota resident David Jeffrey says people were \"terrified for their lives\"", "Unbeaten Premier League leaders Liverpool made it a full year without losing in the top flight as Sheffield United were brushed aside at Anfield.\n\nA slice of good fortune enabled the Reds to take an early lead - George Baldock's slip allowing Andy Robertson to set up Mohamed Salah for a simple close-range finish in just the fourth minute.\n\nBut there was nothing fortuitous about their win, which Sadio Mane sealed, finishing at the second attempt after being played in by Salah.\n\nIt maintains the Reds' 13-point advantage at the top of the division after nearest rivals Leicester and Manchester City both won on New Year's Day.\n\nJurgen Klopp's side have dropped just two points from a possible 60 this season.\n\nFor Chris Wilder's side, this was a second successive defeat, but they remain firmly in credit from the first half of their league campaign and sit eighth in the table, just two points off fifth.\n• None 37 games, 89 goals, 101 points - how Liverpool went a year unbeaten in the Premier League\n• None Analysis and reaction from Liverpool's win over Sheffield United\n• None Quiz: Can you name those to play for both Liverpool and Sheff Utd?\n\nLiverpool's 18th consecutive league win and 51st top-flight encounter without defeat in a row at Anfield was another showcase for a side working to near maximum capacity.\n\nDespite Klopp labelling as \"criminal\" a festive fixture schedule that has seen his side play six games in 17 days, the German kept his team changes to a minimum.\n\nHe did have to make a late alteration, bringing James Milner in for the man he originally drafted in to the side, Naby Keita, who injured himself in the warm-up, but it made little discernable difference.\n\nIn fact, Milner was superb as one third of a brilliant midfield unit, along with Jordan Henderson and Georginio Wijnaldum.\n\nTheir work-rate, movement and accuracy of passing provided the platform, with Virgil van Dijk alert and efficient on the rare occasions Sheffield United were allowed a kick in the Liverpool half.\n\nSalah scored one, but he would have had more but for the combination of some excellent reflex saves from Dean Henderson and the woodwork - the Egyptian's chipped second-half cross floating past everyone and hitting the inside of the post.\n\nRoberto Firmino went close to his first Anfield goal since March with a curling effort just past the post and should have got it later in the second half, but failed to connect with Trent Alexander-Arnold's low cross from point-blank range.\n\nIn the end, though, two was more than enough to seal another win and move another step closer to their ultimate goal.\n\nHaving achieved an 'Invincibles' year, Liverpool still have a long way to go to match the 'Invincibles' season achieved by Arsenal in 2003-04.\n\nHowever, it would now take an implosion of unprecedented proportions to deny the Reds a first top-flight title in 30 years.\n\n'No airs and graces, just hard work'\n\nSheffield United enjoyed a stellar 2019 of their own, in which they achieved promotion back to England's top division for the first time since 2007 before exceeding expectation to end the year firmly embedded in the top half of the table.\n\nSuch has been their form under Chris Wilder only three sides in the country had a superior points-per-game record across 2019 - the current Premier League leaders, the top-flight's reigning champions Manchester City and West Brom, who presently have the joint most points in the Championship.\n\nThis is the first time they have suffered back-to-back defeats under Wilder since the start of last season and they have come at the two toughest grounds to visit in the country - Manchester City's Etihad Stadium and Anfield.\n\nWilder prepared his team for Thursday night's daunting match with a final practice session on Stanley Park, the public park next to Anfield, which included one moment when a dog joined them and urinated on one of their cones.\n\nAs the club's official Twitter account put it: \"No airs and graces, just hard work.\"\n\nThere is a lot more to this Sheffield United side than graft, although they were given only fleeting opportunities to demonstrate this at Anfield.\n\nUnited asked more questions of the Reds than most sides this season when they met at Bramall Lane in September, an error from goalkeeper Henderson leading to the game's only goal from Wijnaldum.\n\nThey gave a solid account of themselves here, where there is no shame in defeat - 17 sides have directly preceded them with the same fate, some wilting a lot more readily than the Blades.\n\nDavid McGoldrick has yet to score this season, but he went close soon after Liverpool's opener with an effort that Alisson had to tip over.\n\nAnd John Lundstram had the ball in the net, but long after an offside flag had already ruled any potential goal out.\n\nThey should also have had at least a consolation goal near the end, but somehow substitute Oliver McBurnie failed to poke the ball in from close range at the back post from a low cross.\n\nRare back-to-back defeats for the Blades - the stats\n• None Liverpool have accumulated 58 points from their 20 Premier League games this season; in English top-flight history, only Manchester City in 2017-18 (also 58) have had as many points at this stage of a campaign (assuming three points for a win all-time).\n• None Sheffield United have lost all six of their Premier League matches against sides starting the day top of the table, including both meetings with Liverpool this campaign.\n• None Liverpool scored in their 29th consecutive game in the Premier League; only two teams have ever recorded a longer scoring streak in the competition - Arsenal between 2001 and 2002 (55) and Manchester United between 2007 and 2008 (36).\n• None Sheffield United have lost back-to-back league matches for the first time since they lost both of their opening two games in last season's Championship.\n• None Mohamed Salah's opener (03:25) was the earliest goal scored by Liverpool and conceded by Sheffield United in this season's Premier League. It is the earliest the Blades have conceded in a top-flight match since Andriy Shevchenko for Chelsea in March 2007 (03:02).\n• None Salah became only the fourth player to score 50+ left-footed goals for a single side in the Premier League, after Robbie Fowler (85 for Liverpool), Ryan Giggs (83 for Manchester United) and Robin van Persie (63 for Arsenal).\n• None Sadio Mane's goal was his 100th goal involvement for Liverpool in his 151 appearances in all competitions for the club (74 goals, 26 assists).\n• None Since the start of last season, only his Liverpool team-mate Trent Alexander-Arnold (20) has more Premier League assists than Andy Robertson (17).\n• None Alisson made his 50th Premier League appearance for Liverpool and kept his 26th clean sheet; among goalkeepers in the competition's history, only Petr Cech (33) and Pepe Reina (28) kept more shutouts in their opening 50 starts than the Brazilian.\n\n'The goals were exceptional' - what they said\n\nLiverpool manager Jurgen Klopp speaking to Match of the Day: \"It's obviously good [to go unbeaten for a year] but the target was not to extend this [run], but to win the game. The best thing you can say when you play against Sheffield United is to keep the game not spectacular. We controlled the game.\n\n\"We played around their formation, played behind, in-between, broke the lines and had counter-attacks. All the things we want to have. The boys played sensational.\n\n\"You saw these glimpses in the game where we were a bit sloppy. They wanted two or three situations in which they could score in. We needed that concentration and that was incredibly tough but the boys did so well. Nothing ends. We have to make sure we are ready again.\n\n\"I am really happy and really proud of the boys. We should not take things like this for granted. The way we controlled Sheffield United was exceptional. In possession we were incredible, we were calm but lively as well. The goals we scored were exceptional.\"\n\nSheffield United manager Chris Wilder speaking to Match of the Day: \"Little bit drained - disappointed in our performance tonight, we never laid a glove on them. If there's ever an example of a team doing well and with the desire, that's Liverpool.\n\n\"The first balls, second balls, running forward, tackling, defending, being aggressive; they [Liverpool] showed all those qualities. It's a great example for our team. We were off the pace. Maybe the Manchester City game took more out of them than I expected - our goalkeeper kept us in the game. For us to get anything, we would have had to perform really well and we didn't.\n\n\"Every time we tried to press they played around us with the quality they have got. All the stuff that gets talked about in academies, with young coaches - just look at what they did in terms of the basic stuff that gives you an opportunity to play and dominate. That's what they did to us. Not only technically, but tactically, they are a fantastic side. We have been well beaten.\n\n\"People talk about us having afternoons and nights like this when we came to the Premier League. We have not had that done to us all season until now so that's a small comfort. But it still hurts, we are still professionals. I believe if we played near our best we could have got something but we weren't anywhere near it.\"\n\nLiverpool have a testing January, starting with a Merseyside derby against Everton in the FA Cup on Sunday, before they travel to Tottenham in the league the following Saturday.\n\nSheffield United host National League side AFC Fylde in the Cup, before hosting West Ham in the Premier League on Friday, 10 January.\n• None Attempt saved. Oliver McBurnie (Sheffield United) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Jack O'Connell with a cross.\n• None Attempt blocked. Andrew Robertson (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nMikel Arteta earned his first win as Arsenal boss as the Gunners produced a powerful first-half performance to beat a lacklustre Manchester United.\n\nThe visitors, who were without the injured Paul Pogba, actually began brightly, but the game took a different turn on eight minutes when Nicolas Pepe steered in his fifth goal of the season after Sead Kolasinac's cross was deflected to him.\n\nThat led to a first half in which the hosts were in control and Pepe hit the post before they doubled their lead when his corner was smashed in from close range by Sokratis Papastathopoulos.\n\nOle Gunnar Solskajer's side came into the game with one loss in their previous nine games, and although they improved after the break, they rarely tested Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno.\n\nIt was characteristic of a stop-start season in which they are yet to win three Premier League games in a row.\n\nThe defeat leaves them fifth in the table, five points behind Chelsea, who drew with Brighton earlier in the day.\n\nVictory for Arsenal ended a run of seven home games without a win in all competitions and lifted them to 10th place, four points behind United.\n\nBut they remain closer to the relegation zone than the top four.\n• None Football Daily podcast: Arteta and Moyes off the mark, but is Howe unsackable?\n\nThere has been evidence of a lift in Arsenal's three performances since Arteta was appointed, but without a win, questions remained as to whether he was the right man to take over from former boss Unai Emery, given his lack of experience as a manager.\n\nArteta was just an onlooker in the stands for the lifeless draw at Everton, but that was followed by a 1-1 draw with Bournemouth on Boxing Day and a crushing late defeat by Chelsea at home last Sunday.\n\nThis was a different game altogether, though, as Arsenal put the pieces together. With Granit Xhaka, who has been linked with a move to Hertha Berlin, restored to the midfield, the Swiss and Lucas Torreira were quicker to the tackle than their opponents.\n\nMesut Ozil covered 11.54km, more distance than any other Arsenal player.\n\nWhile record £72m signing Pepe was at the heart of Arsenal's attacking endeavour as they were roared on by their fans.\n\nAfter scoring early on, he sent United left-back Luke Shaw halfway down the Holloway Road with a sharp turn before setting up Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who sliced a volley over.\n\nThe Ivorian then fed Alexandre Lacazette, who somehow hit his shot out for a throw-in from about six yards out, before Torreira went close from another Pepe pass.\n\nThe hosts had to withstand greater pressure from Solskjaer's side in the second period but in contrast to the Chelsea defeat, when they conceded twice in the last seven minutes, Arteta's side managed the game well.\n\nTheir only concerns were injuries to Kolasinac and Lacazette, who were both taken off in the second half.\n\nPogba-less United show further cause for concern\n\nManchester United improved after the break, but it would have been hard not to do so after a poor first half.\n\nMarcus Rashford had tested Bernd Leno in the first minute, but once they went behind to Pepe's opener, they struggled to match Arsenal's superior energy in midfield.\n\nJesse Lingard, who returned to the starting line-up, was hardly involved while Nemanja Matic could not get to grips with Ozil, Torreira or Xhaka, who were often one step ahead.\n\nIt was another game where Solskjaer's team missed the influence of Pogba, who has not started a game in three months. After the game, the United boss said the French midfielder had picked up an ankle injury which would need an operation, keeping him out for \"three or four weeks\".\n\nPrior to the game, it had been hinted that Pogba would be fit to play.\n\nUnited did lift their game once Lingard was substituted, with his replacement Andreas Pereira almost making an instant impact as he hit the side netting.\n\nThere were also chances for Fred and substitute Mason Greenwood, but without the injured Scott McTominay, and the ongoing problems with Pogba, United looked short on creativity in midfield and need to find solutions quickly should they want to maintain a top-four challenge.\n• None This was Arsenal's first Premier League win this season against a team currently in the top half of the Premier League (P10 W1 D4 L5).\n• None Nicolas Pepe has scored all his five goals for Arsenal in all competitions in London - four at the Emirates and one at London Stadium.\n• None Arsenal have scored eight goals via corners in the Premier League this season, two more than any other team.\n• None Manchester United have now lost four of their past five away Premier League visits to Arsenal (W1).\n\nArsenal host Leeds on Monday, 6 January in the FA Cup third round (kick-off 19:56 GMT), while Manchester United travel to Wolves on Saturday, 4 January (kick-off 17:31) in a repeat of their quarter-final defeat last season.\n• None Attempt missed. Fred (Manchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.\n• None Attempt saved. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Juan Mata with a through ball.\n• None Matteo Guendouzi (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Sokratis (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt blocked. Fred (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt blocked. Reiss Nelson (Arsenal) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexandre Lacazette.\n• None Attempt saved. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mesut Özil.\n• None Attempt missed. Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.\n• None Attempt blocked. Mason Greenwood (Manchester United) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Anthony Martial. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Authorities in New South Wales have ordered thousands of people to evacuate already fire-damaged towns within 48 hours.\n\nTemperatures and winds are expected to increase over the weekend, making further life-threatening fires a possibility. Many towns in the area are running out of supplies.\n\nIn Batemans Bay, a popular holiday town, long queues have built up along the only route out.\n\nRead more: Race to flee 'leave zone' as fresh threat looms", "The bodies of Helen Hancock and Martin Griffiths were found by police on New Year's Day\n\nAn estranged husband has been charged with murdering his wife and a man who were stabbed at a house in a Derbyshire village on New Year's Day.\n\nHelen Hancock, 39, and Martin Griffiths, 48, were found with fatal wounds in New Zealand Lane, Duffield.\n\nRhys Hancock, 39, of Portland Street, Etwall, Derbyshire, is due to appear before magistrates on Friday.\n\nDerbyshire Police has referred itself to the police watchdog over previous contact with Mrs Hancock.\n\nMrs Hancock, whose maiden name was Almey, and Mr Griffiths, from Derby, were found dead at the house at about 04:00 GMT.\n\nThe family of Mrs Hancock, from Duffield, described her as a \"lovely, beautiful, friendly, bubbly and social person\".\n\nFather-of-two Mr Griffiths, from Derby, was said by his family to be \"a lovely dad, husband, son, brother and uncle who had a passion for adventure, running and a love of animals\".\n\nThe statement added: \"He enjoyed travelling the world, mountain climbing and spending time with his two children. He will be greatly missed.\"\n\nPolice cordoned off the area while investigating the scene\n\nOfficers remained at the house on Thursday, with searches and door-to-door inquiries taking place.\n\nPolice previously said no-one else was at the house at the time.\n\nCh Supt Hayley Barnett, of Derbyshire Police, said: \"The thoughts of everyone at Derbyshire Constabulary are with the family and friends of Mrs Hancock and Mr Griffiths.\n\n\"Our thoughts are also with the Duffield community, which is understandably shocked by this incident.\"\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) confirmed it was investigating police contact with Mrs Hancock before her death.\n\nAn IOPC spokeswoman said: \"Our investigation follows a mandatory referral from Derbyshire Police.\n\n\"Due to the separate ongoing murder investigation, it would be inappropriate to comment further at this time.\"\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.", "Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison cut short a visit to a fire-stricken community after he was heckled by angry locals.\n\nTwo people lost their lives in Cobargo in New South Wales (NSW) earlier this week and many lost their homes.\n\nThe PM said he was \"not surprised people are feeling very raw\".", "The son of a volunteer who died fighting Australian bushfires has been presented with his father's medal for bravery at his funeral.\n\nHarvey Keaton, aged 19 months, wore a uniform and sucked on his dummy as he received his father's posthumous medal at Thursday's funeral near Sydney.\n\nDozens of firefighters formed a guard of honour to salute Mr Keaton's coffin.\n\nHe and colleague Andrew O'Dwyer died on 19 December en route to a blaze, when their fire truck hit a fallen tree.\n\nMr O'Dwyer, also father to a toddler, will be buried next week.\n\nThe bravery award was presented to young Harvey Keaton by New South Wales Fire Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison also attended the funeral.\n\nThe prime minister said he was there to \"remember and give thanks for the life and service of Geoff Keaton\".\n\nPhotos released by the New South Wales Rural Fire Service showed the toddler being held by his mother as they look at the coffin. A mug with the message \"Daddy, I love you to the moon and back!\" is seen on the coffin.\n\nThe ceremony was attended by Mr Keaton's family and his colleagues in the rural fire service\n\nMr Keaton was one of three Australian firefighters killed in the recent fires\n\nIn addition to Mr Keaton and Mr O'Dwyer, another firefighter died on Monday when high winds overturned his truck, killing one and injuring two others.\n\nSince September, a total 18 people have died as a result of the fires - seven of them in New South Wales this week alone. Others are missing.\n\nThousands of firefighters have been deployed every day for months, battling enormous fires that have yet to be brought under control. The vast majority are unpaid volunteers.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "The area has been cordoned off while police investigate\n\nTwo people have been found dead at a house in Derbyshire, prompting a double murder investigation.\n\nOfficers were called to the home in New Zealand Lane, Duffield, at about 04:00 GMT where a man and a woman were found fatally injured inside.\n\nA 39-year-old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of two counts of murder.\n\nPolice said they were not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths.\n\nThey added no-one else was in the house at the time.\n\nThe victims have not yet been formally identified but officers were supporting their families, a police spokesperson said.\n\nNew Zealand Lane remains closed while officers continue investigations at the scene.\n\nPolice thanked residents for their \"patience and understanding\" over the road closure.\n\nPeople living nearby have said they were shocked by what has happened in what they said was usually a quiet area.\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.", "Some people think the trans character will be linked to Tessa Thompson's character Valkyrie (on the winged horse)\n\nThe Marvel Cinematic Universe is set to get its first transgender superhero.\n\n\"And very soon. In a movie that we're shooting right now,\" Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige said during a Q&A at the New York Film Academy.\n\nAsked by a fan whether there were any plans for more LGBT characters in Marvel's films, \"specifically the T, trans characters\", Kevin said: \"Yes, absolutely. Yes.\"\n\nThis year, The Eternals will introduce Marvel movies' first gay character.\n\nThere have been reports since 2019 that Phase 4 of the MCU - the films following the Avengers Infinity saga - would star a trans character.\n\nMarvel has also said it will introduce its first deaf superhero in The Eternals and its first Asian-American superhero, in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.\n\n\"You look at the success of Captain Marvel and Black Panther. We want the movies to reflect the audience and we want every member of our global audience to see themselves reflected on the screen,\" Kevin Feige previously said.\n\nBlack Panther featured a mainly black cast in leading and supporting roles\n\nIn July last year, Geeks WorldWide suggested that Marvel was seeking a trans woman for a project being filmed in 2020.\n\nThey pointed out that the only existing trans superhero in Marvel Comics is the recently introduced Sera - from a group of all-male angels called the Ancharites - who transitioned to a female identity.\n\nShe exists very much in Thor's world - being kept inside a temple in the realm of Heven before meeting Thor's long-lost half-sister Angela, going on a bunch of adventures and eventually becoming her romantic interest.\n\nThe next Thor film, Love and Thunder, is scheduled to come out in 2021.\n\nTessa Thompson's character Valkyrie - who was made the King of New Asgard by Thor in the last Avengers film - revealed what the \"first order of business\" would be for her in the film.\n\n\"As new king, she needs to find her queen,\" she said.\n\nIn the comics Valkyrie identifies as bisexual.\n\nThe stars of Marvel's next film, The Eternals\n\nBefore that film comes out The Eternals - about an ancient race of super-powered beings who gained powers from alien experiments - is being released in November.\n\nIt stars Angelina Jolie, Game of Thrones' Richard Madden and Kit Harington, Kumail Nanjiani, Salma Hayek and Brian Tyree Henry, among others.\n\nKevin Feige confirmed that the film would star Marvel's first gay character.\n\n\"He's married, he's got a family, and that is just part of who he is,\" he said last year.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "The co-director of Edinburgh's Hogmanay has said a balance has to be struck in the needs of local people and visitors.\n\nEd Bartlam of Underbelly was speaking after the event which ushered in 2020, which he said had been a success.\n\nThe days leading to the event saw some residents of the city centre voice concerns about access restrictions.\n\nMr Bartlam said he had seen many local people joining visitors in enjoying what is described as \"the UK's biggest street party\".\n\nHe said: \"Balance is the key word. You've got to find the balance of viewpoints.\n\n\"There's a view of some people in the city that there's too many events related to tourism.\n\n\"But there's a huge majority, I think, that just love these events, love Hogmanay.\"\n\nMr Bartlam added: \"It's our job to continue to improve the infrastructure, continue to make it easier for residents and citizens of the city, and that we'll continue to do without losing the vibrancy and the scale of the event.\"\n\nDJ Mark Ronson headlined the event during which he created a \"mega mix\" soundtrack to accompany the fireworks display over Edinburgh Castle.\n\nHogmanay events were also held in other parts of Scotland, including Aberdeen, Dundee, Inverness and Stirling.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Revellers gather for the fireballs procession in Stonehaven\n\nMembers of the PyroCeltics performed at a street party in Edinburgh\n\nMark Ronson was headlining the Princes Street Gardens event for the first time\n\nApproximately 100,000 visitors were expected to attend events across Edinburgh over the three days of the Hogmanay festival.\n\nTV stars Dick and Dom took to the stage in Princes Street Gardens early on Tuesday evening as crowds gathered, playing music and introducing the first firework display of the night.\n\nPerformances from Idlewild, Rudimental and Marc Almond also took place on stages throughout the city centre.\n\nOrganisers used 3.3 tonnes of fireworks for the midnight spectacle over Edinburgh Castle\n\nMore than 3.3 tonnes of fireworks were installed at Edinburgh Castle for the midnight display, with organisers saying the forecast clear skies meant the event would be seen in \"high definition\".\n\nStreet theatre, circus acts and musical performances were on show across more than a dozen streets in the Scottish capital, including the city's main thoroughfare Princes Street and its adjacent gardens.\n\nThere had been criticism of the event's organisation, amid uncertainty around how many passes residents were allowed, with Underbelly - which also runs events at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe - accused of creating \"unnecessary confusion\" by the council leader.\n\nThey were also criticised for replacing a nativity sculpture with figurines for a whisky company.\n\nThe festivities began in the city on Monday as 40,000 people joined a torchlight procession which culminated in them forming the shape of two humans reaching out a \"hand of friendship\".\n\nThe festivities began on Monday with a torchlight procession\n\nLeading the parade down the Royal Mile and into Holyrood Park was a 40-strong cast from Celtic Fire Theatre company PyroCeltica.\n\nThe three-day festival in Edinburgh will continue into New Year's day with a Loony Dook in South Queensferry as well as a series of events in the city centre.\n\nStirling hosted two fireworks displays, one of which was for families as part of its winter festival, while Inverness hosted over 10,000 people in Northern Meeting Park for the city's free Hogmanay party.\n\nIn Aberdeen, a street party with live music was held at Schoolhill, while BBC Scotland broadcast live from Stonehaven for the traditional fireballs parade.\n\nA planned outdoor Hogmanay party in Dundee's City Square was transferred to a city centre nightclub, with acts including Eddi Reader and The View singer Kyle Falconer.\n\nOver 10,000 people are expected to gather in Northern Meeting Park later for Inverness's free Hogmanay party.\n\nThe Red Hot Highland Fling - which has a reputation for being a family friendly event - was first staged 10 years ago.\n\nIt will feature some of the top acts from contemporary Celtic music including Skippinnish and Torridon.\n\nFor the ninth year running tonight's event is being hosted by comedian Craig Hill.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post by The Nine\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "David Stern, the former commissioner of the US National Basketball Association (NBA), has died at the age of 77.\n\nHe had been in a serious condition after suffering a brain haemorrhage in December.\n\nStern was the NBA's longest-serving commissioner, holding the job for 30 years until retiring in February 2014.\n\nHe is credited with massively increasing the sport's revenues and popularity at home and abroad during his tenure.\n\n\"Because of David, the NBA is a truly global brand - making him not only one of the greatest sports commissioners of all time but also one of the most influential business leaders of his generation,\" his successor, Adam Silver, said in a statement.\n\n\"Every member of the NBA family is the beneficiary of David's vision, generosity and inspiration.\"\n\nMillions of sports fans worldwide now follow the NBA and its stars, including LeBron James\n\nStern took over the NBA in February 1984. Basketball then drew in smaller television audiences and less money than other US sports like baseball and American football.\n\nBut during his time in charge he helped build the NBA's profile with a focus on its star players - making people like Michael Jordan household names around the world.\n\nSeven new teams joined the league during his three decades in charge, including two in Canada. One of these - the Toronto Raptors - won their first NBA title in June. He also oversaw the creation of the Women's NBA in 1997.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Celebrations erupted on the streets of Toronto after the Raptors' historic win\n\nBy the time Stern handed control of the NBA over to his deputy Adam Silver in February 2014 - thirty years to the day after taking the job - more than 200 countries were broadcasting US basketball games.\n\nLast season was the sixth in which more than 100 international stars played in the NBA.\n\nBorn in 1942 in New York, he attended Columbia Law School and first became affiliated with the NBA through work for a prominent law firm which represented the league in the 1960s.\n\nHe became the NBA's general counsel in 1978 and executive vice president in 1980, before taking the top role four years later.\n\nStern died in hospital in Manhattan surrounded by his family. He is survived by his wife Dianne and two sons, Eric and Andrew.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jordi Casamitjana campaigns to encourage others to become vegans\n\nA vegan man is bringing a landmark legal action later, in which a tribunal will decide for the first time whether veganism should be protected in law.\n\nJordi Casamitjana says he was sacked by the League Against Cruel Sports after disclosing it invested pension funds in firms involved in animal testing.\n\nHe claims he was unfairly disciplined and the decision to sack him was because of his veganism.\n\nThe League Against Cruel Sports says he was dismissed for gross misconduct.\n\nHowever, it does not contest that veganism should be protected.\n\nOn Thursday, the employment tribunal will consider whether veganism is a \"philosophical belief\" akin to a religion.\n\nMr Casamitjana describes himself as an \"ethical\" vegan and campaigns to get his message to others.\n\nHis beliefs affect much of his everyday life. He will, for instance, walk rather than take a bus to avoid accidental crashes with insects or birds.\n\nHe worked for the animal welfare charity the League Against Cruel Sports, and says that when he drew his bosses' attention to the pension fund investments, they did nothing so he informed colleagues and was sacked as a result.\n\nMr Casamitjana claims he was discriminated against on the basis of his ethical veganism belief.\n\nMr Casamitjana supports a range of ethical and animal rights causes\n\nHowever, ethical vegans try to exclude all forms of animal exploitation, for instance avoiding wearing or buying clothing made from wool or leather, or toiletries from companies that carry out animal testing.\n\nThey may refer to \"companion animals\" rather than \"pets\", and will avoid zoos or other environments where they consider animals are exploited.\n\nThe landmark employment tribunal, in Norwich, will consider whether veganism is a \"philosophical or religious belief\".\n\n\"Religion or belief\" is one of nine \"protected characteristics\" covered by the Equality Act 2010.\n\nIt is unlawful for an employer to discriminate directly, by treating an employee less favourably than others because of their religion or belief.\n\nTo qualify as a philosophical belief, veganism must:\n\nIf successful, the case could provide vegans with protection against discrimination in employment, education and the provision of goods and services.\n\nThose holding other beliefs could then seek similar legal protection.\n\nMr Casamitjana's solicitor Peter Daly, of Slater and Gordon, said: \"Ethical veganism is a philosophical belief held by a significant and growing portion of the population in the UK and around the world.\n\n\"This case, if successful, will establish that the belief entitles ethical vegans protection from discrimination.\n\n\"The case we have prepared sets out how the belief in principle, and how Jordi's particular interpretations of it, comprehensively meet the required legal test.\"\n\nA spokeswoman for the league said: \"The League Against Cruel Sports is an inclusive employer, and as this is a hearing to decide whether veganism should be a protected status, something which the league does not contest, it would be inappropriate for us to comment further.\"", "The Mercedes HGV left the road after colliding with a white Toyota Yaris\n\nThree British Airways cabin crew members died in a crash involving a lorry and a car outside Heathrow Airport on New Year's Eve.\n\nA white Toyota Yaris collided with a Mercedes HGV on Bedfont Road, in Stanwell, at about 23:40 GMT.\n\nTwo men aged 25 and 23 and a 20-year-old woman, who were in the Yaris, died at the scene. A fourth passenger, a 25 year-old woman, was seriously injured.\n\nBritish Airways said it was \"deeply saddened\" by the news.\n\nA spokesperson said: \"Our thoughts are with their family and friends, who we are supporting at this distressing time.\"\n\nTheir next of kin have been informed.\n\nA Go Fund Me page set up in memory of the three called \"BA Angels Fund\" had raised almost £35,000 in its first seven hours.\n\nThe page, which appears to have been started by colleagues, says: \"I have set up this fund to raise money so that we as a fleet can send a nice flower arrangement to the three crew members' funerals and hopefully make a nice donation to a charity of the families' choosing….\n\n\"I know it is January and I know that money is tight but I know that as a fleet we will pull together and make this happen.\"\n\nThe driver of the lorry was taken to hospital as a precaution.\n\nThe road remained closed on Wednesday to allow the lorry to be recovered.\n\nThe lorry was operated by air services provider dnata, which offers ground handling, cargo, travel, and flight catering services to airlines.\n\nA dnata spokesman said: \"We can confirm that one of our trucks was involved in a road traffic accident on the evening of 31 December.\n\n\"We are fully assisting relevant authorities with their investigations. Our thoughts and condolences are with the families of those affected by this very sad incident.\"\n\nSgt Chris Schultze, of Surrey and Sussex Roads Policing Unit, said: \"We are continuing to appeal for witnesses to what happened and would urge anyone who may have any video footage, CCTV or dash cam or any other kind, to get in touch with us.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A 15-year-old boy has died after he was hit by a car in North Lanarkshire on New Year's Day.\n\nSteven Mcilquham was struck by a silver/grey Volkswagen as he crossed a street in Wishaw at about 21:30.\n\nHe died at the scene at Alexander Street, near Marshall Street. The driver initially failed to stop.\n\nPolice have arrested a 20-year-old man in connection with road traffic offences and released him pending further enquiries.\n\nOfficers want to hear from anyone who may have seen the incident.\n\nInsp Scott Sutherland said: \"Our thoughts are with Steven's family and friends at this very sad time.\n\n\"Our enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances of the crash. I would ask that anyone who witnessed the crash or may have any relevant dash-cam footage to contact the police as soon as possible.\"\n\nThe road remained closed on Thursday as police investigated.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "TS Eliot's poetry includes The Wasteland and the poem which inspired the musical Cats\n\nA newly published letter, written by TS Eliot in 1960, has shed fresh light on the writer's relationship with a woman he corresponded with for 26 years.\n\nIn the letter, Eliot said he had fallen in love with drama teacher Emily Hale in 1912 but had realised, 35 years later, he did not actually love her.\n\nEliot wrote hundreds of letters to Hale while he was married to his first wife, Vivienne Haigh-Wood.\n\nThe letters were unsealed this week at Princeton University in New Jersey.\n\nTheir unsealing prompted the publication of Eliot's letter, which he had said should only be released when his letters to Hale were made public.\n\nThe 1,131 letters in the collection have been kept in sealed boxes at Princeton for more than 60 years.\n\nHale donated them in 1956 to the US university's library on condition they were not opened until 50 years after their deaths.\n\nHale died in 1969, four years after Eliot's demise in 1965 at the age of 76.\n\nThe two had met in Cambridge, Massachusetts, when Eliot attended Harvard.\n\nThe US-born writer was survived by his second wife Valerie\n\nThe letters, which date from between 1930 and 1956, are expected to reveal intimate details about their relationship and his creative life.\n\nYet Eliot did not want the letters to be published and ordered the letters he had received from Hale to be destroyed.\n\nIn a letter released on Thursday by his executors, Eliot said Hale \"would have killed the poet in him\" had they married.\n\n\"In retrospect, the nightmare agony of my 17 years with Vivienne seems to me preferable to the dull misery of the mediocre teacher of philosophy which would have been the alternative,\" he wrote.\n\nHis marriage to Vivienne brought the state of mind, he said, from which came one of his most famous poems, The Waste Land\n\nHe went on: \"From 1947 on, I realised more and more how little Emily Hale and I had in common,\" accusing her of \"insensitiveness and bad taste\".\n\n\"I came to see that my love for Emily was the love of a ghost for a ghost, and that the letters I had been writing to her were the letters of an hallucinated man.\"\n\nMatthew Hollis, Faber's poetry editor, thinks the letter shows Eliot's true feelings about the letters being published.\n\n\"I thought it was a letter by a man in pain, who was hurting and clearly felt that his privacy had been invaded and he seems angry at the invasion .. and his reaction is sharp edged and cutting,\" he told BBC arts correspondent Rebecca Jones.\n\nThe poet and essayist, who was born Thomas Stearns Eliot in 1888, said the pair had never had sexual relations.\n\nEliot is best-known for such poems as The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock and plays like Murder in the Cathedral.\n\nHis 1939 collection Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats formed the basis of the musical Cats, recently filmed by director Tom Hooper.\n\nEliot married Vivienne Haigh-Wood in 1915. The union was not a happy one and she died in an asylum in 1947.\n\nHis second wife, Valerie Eliot, died in 2012, having guarded her husband's literary legacy for more than 40 years.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @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. James Corden speaks to the BBC's Colin Paterson about being back in Barry Island and why he decided it was time for a reunion\n\nThe Gavin and Stacey Christmas special was the UK's most-watched scripted TV programme of the 2010s, new audience figures show.\n\nIn total, 17.1 million viewers tuned in to the comeback episode live or on catch-up during the subsequent week, according to the consolidated ratings.\n\nOnly sporting events and the 2010 X Factor final were watched by more people during the past decade.\n\nAnd it was the most-watched comedy since Only Fools and Horses in 2002.\n\nDel Boy and Rodney's penultimate Christmas Day special was watched by 17.4 million people, according to ratings body Barb.\n\nAll the original cast returned for the Christmas special\n\nThe new episode of Gavin and Stacey, written by and starring James Corden and Ruth Jones, was the centrepiece of BBC One's Christmas schedule and revisited Gavin, Stacey, Smithy, Nessa and their clans nearly 10 years after they left our screens.\n\nThe BBC said there had been 4.4 million requests for the programme on iPlayer, including 1.4 million from viewers aged 16-34 - a record first week for any episode.\n\nGavin and Stacey began on BBC Three in 2007 and ran for three series until 1 January 2010. At that time, the then-finale was watched by 10 million people.\n\nThe comeback episode's success - and its cliffhanger ending - have left the door wide open for another visit to Barry Island in the future.\n\nOscar Hartland, 10, who played Neil the Baby both during the original run and in the new Christmas special, said James Corden had told him the show could return.\n\n\"I did ask James in the process of filming but he said, 'It's just [whether it's] what the people want'. Me, I would love it to happen. It really depends what other people think about it and if they like it or not.\"\n\nJones told The Sun it was \"complicated\" to get together to write with Corden, who now hosts a late-night talk show on US TV network CBS.\n\n\"I do say never say never, as while we did make it work that was after three years of trying to find time when we could sit down and write it,\" she said. \"Obviously with the way it ends, there is room for more.\"\n\nCommenting on the ratings, BBC director of content Charlotte Moore said: \"Gavin and Stacey has been a phenomenal hit this Christmas breaking records to become the biggest scripted show of the decade, and the biggest first week for any episode on BBC iPlayer for young audiences ever.\n\n\"Congratulations to James Corden, Ruth Jones and all the team.\"\n\nDirector general Tony Hall said the BBC iPlayer had received more than 100 million requests in total over the Christmas week - up by more than a third compared with the previous year.\n\nYou can watch the full show on BBC iPlayer and take a look behind the scenes at how the special was filmed.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Nick Ramsay was elected as an AM for Monmouth in 2007\n\nAssembly Member Nick Ramsay has been suspended from the Welsh Conservative party and its assembly group following a \"police incident\" at his home.\n\nIt is understood Mr Ramsay, 44, was arrested on Wednesday night.\n\nThe party was informed on Thursday morning and Mr Ramsay was suspended from the Welsh assembly Conservative group and the party.\n\nA party spokesman confirmed there was a police incident at the Monmouth AM's home on Wednesday night.\n\nMr Ramsay, who was elected in 2007, is the shadow finance minister and chairman of the Public Accounts Committee.\n\nA Welsh Conservative spokesman said: \"Nick Ramsay has been suspended from the Welsh Conservative Group in the National Assembly for Wales and from the Conservative Party following an incident which took place yesterday.\n\n\"The suspension will be reviewed following consideration of the matter by external agencies.\n\n\"We will not be making any further comments at this time.\"\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. Footage shows the extent of the fire damage\n\nGerman police suspect a mother and her two adult daughters of having caused a deadly zoo fire by releasing illegal sky lanterns on New Year's Eve.\n\nThe blaze killed more than 30 animals, including rare apes and monkeys, in the western city of Krefeld.\n\nPolice say they have questioned the three women, local residents who are said to be \"extremely sorry\".\n\nThey allegedly did not realise that the lanterns - bought on the internet - were banned in Germany.\n\nThe fire on the night of 31 December gutted the zoo's tropical ape house.\n\nRare Bornean orangutans, chimpanzees and marmosets lived in the 2,000 sq m (21,500 sq ft) enclosure.\n\nTwo chimpanzees and a seven-strong family of gorillas survived. They were in a neighbouring Gorilla Garden, and firefighters managed to prevent the flames spreading from the ape house.\n\nFive orangutans died, along with a chimpanzee and many monkeys. The ape house - replicating a rainforest habitat - was also home to birds and fruit bats.\n\nThe ape house was totally destroyed in the inferno\n\nFlying \"Chinese\" lanterns have a solid fuel flame inside a thin paper shell. Police say five were let off, including four that were found near the gutted ape house.\n\nState prosecutor Jens Frobel said the case was focused on three women from Krefeld, who are from 30 to 60 years old.\n\nThe women, who are suspected of \"arson through negligence\", could face up to five years in jail or a fine.\n\nThey reported to police on Wednesday, and officers praised them for \"courageously\" coming forward with information.\n\n\"We checked their handwriting,\" police said, as handwritten New Year greetings had been found with the lanterns.\n\nThe zoo is mourning the loss of Massa, a 45-year-old western lowland gorilla, and his female partner. Massa was one of the oldest captive gorillas in Europe.\n\nOne firefighter, Andreas Klos, said: \"We were amazed that the building burned down so quickly\". He noted that it did not have a sprinkler system.\n\nThe zoo has lost five precious orangutans including these two (2016 pic)\n\nThe zoo thanked people for their \"overwhelming wave of compassion\". It remained closed on Thursday. A makeshift memorial with flowers, candles and mourning placards has been set up at the entrance.\n\nThe apes died from smoke inhalation. \"In death, too, apes are very similar to humans,\" said police investigator Gerd Hoppmann.\n\nMourners left messages at a makeshift shrine at the zoo's entrance\n\nIt is the most devastating zoo fire in Germany in recent years. In November 2010, a fire at a zoo in Karlsruhe killed 26 animals including alpacas, miniature donkeys and Shetland ponies.\n\nPolice say sky lanterns of this type are to blame", "The PM's senior adviser has called for changes to how government works, saying there are \"profound problems\" with how decisions are made.\n\nIn a blog post, Dominic Cummings said the civil service lacked people with \"deep expertise in specific fields\".\n\nHe said he wanted \"weirdos and misfits with odd skills\" to work in government.\n\nBut a civil servants' union said currently staff were recruited on merit and \"because of what you can do, not what you believe\".\n\nThe union also said recruiting world-class experts is hampered by the \"government's failure to pay a market rate\".\n\nIn an unusual move, Mr Cummings also called for people keen to work in Downing Street to get in touch with him via a private Gmail address.\n\nThe former Vote Leave campaign director said he wanted to hear from \"an unusual set of people with different skills and backgrounds\", some to work as special advisers and \"perhaps some as officials\".\n\nHe said No 10 was keen to recruit data scientists, software developers and economists to improve the performance of government.\n\nMr Cummings added that the Conservatives' 80-seat majority meant ministers would try to solve political problems without worrying about \"short-term unpopularity\".\n\n\"The point of this government is to do things differently and better and this always looks messy,\" he wrote.\n\n\"We do not care about trying to 'control the narrative' and all that New Labour junk.\"\n\nHe added that officials should be encouraged to stay in their roles for longer so that they are able to build up expertise in particular policy areas.\n\n\"Shuffling some people who are expected to be general managers is a natural thing but it is clear Whitehall does this too much,\" he said.\n\n\"There are not enough people with deep expertise in specific fields.\"\n\nResponding to the blog, the FDA union, which represents senior civil servants, said Mr Cummings had not clarified how new recruits would be selected or what their role within government would be.\n\nDave Penman, the union's general secretary, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"The civil service is recruited on merit, it's a really fundamental principle.\n\n\"You are employed in the civil service because of what you can do, not what you believe.\"\n\n\"If you surround yourself with people who are recruited simply because they believe the same as you believe, and whose employment is at your behest, is that the best way for the civil service or advisers to speak truth unto power?\n\n\"I don't think it is, and I think some of those approaches are quite dangerous as well.\"\n\nIn a statement, he added: \"It would be ironic if, in an attempt to bring in radical new thinking, Cummings was to surround himself with like-minded individuals - recruited for what they believe, not what they can do - and less able to provide the robust advice a minister may need, rather than simply the advice they want.\"\n\nMr Penman also said senior officials moved between different jobs in an effort to boost their pay after a \"decade of pay restraint\" within the civil service.\n\nMr Cummings's desire to recruit experts might prove difficult because of pay rates, he added, which he said were \"typically half of those paid elsewhere\".\n\n\"All senior civil service roles are already open to external competition, yet time and again, government's failure to pay a market rate restricts the pool,\" he added.\n\n\"There's no word on this in his blog, or on addressing the longer term pay restraint that has created these issues.\"\n\nIt comes after Rachel Wolf, who co-wrote the Conservatives' election manifesto, said \"seismic\" changes to the civil service were being planned by No 10.\n\nWriting in the Daily Telegraph, Ms Wolf said Mr Cummings believed changing how government works was a \"prerequisite\" to delivering on promises made to the voters by the Conservatives during last month's election campaign.\n\nShe said officials should get more training in science-related skills, and \"reorient\" policy decisions towards the public rather than \"special interests\".\n\nShe also added that regularly moving civil servants between different departments \"kills institutional memory and expertise\".", "Last updated on .From the section Darts\n\nScotsman Peter Wright captured his first PDC World Championship title with a superb 7-3 win over 2019 champion Michael van Gerwen at Alexandra Palace.\n\nThe 49-year-old lost 7-4 to Van Gerwen in the 2014 final and had previously lost 10 of his 11 major finals.\n\nBut Wright raced into a 2-0 lead and with the three-time champion missing doubles, built a 6-3 advantage.\n\nSeventh seed Wright, who survived a sudden-death shootout in round two, is the second oldest winner of the event.\n\nPhil Taylor won the last of his 16 world titles aged 53 in 2013.\n\n\"Champion of the world sounds amazing. You should never give up, it doesn't matter how many times you get beaten,\" an emotional Wright told Sky Sports.\n\n\"I couldn't believe that first dart [for the match] didn't go in, or the second one - and I thought 'don't do it again' but I've done it.\"\n\nVan Gerwen had a slightly higher average than Wright - 102.88 to 102.79 - but landed only 40% of his doubles against 53% from the champion.\n\nIn his fifth world final and seeking his third crown in the past four years, 30-year-old Dutchman Van Gerwen was eyeing a 60th win in his 79th encounter with Wright and an eighth successive major final victory over the colourful Scot.\n\nBoth players came into the final with a 44% doubles success rate but Wright missed three darts for the opening leg, although his consistency soon sealed the first set after Van Gerwen clipped the wire of the bullseye with his attempt at a 170 finish in the decider.\n\nAveraging 105.02, Wright raced through the next set 3-1, before the champion needed only 37 darts to take the third 3-0.\n\nVan Gerwen levelled the match at 2-2 after Wright missed his favourite double top that would have given him a two-set lead again.\n\nBut Van Gerwen, who won all six of his major finals in 2019, was in arrears at the interval as Wright recorded a 10-dart finish and then saw the Dutchman squander six darts for the next leg.\n\nWith Van Gerwen continuing to miss the doubles, Wright duly moved two sets clear again, taking the sixth 3-0 and soon led by two for the third time at 5-3.\n\nFind out how to get into darts with our special guide.\n\nBoth players missed two darts to win the ninth set but Wright eventually claimed it to move within one set of the title.\n\nVan Gerwen missed double 12 for the first nine-dart finish of the tournament and he was soon to miss out on the overall prize as well as the assured Wright sank double 10 at the third time of asking to land the sport's biggest prize.\n\nVan Gerwen lamented: \"Of course I'm very disappointed. Everything I missed he took out, his finishing was phenomenal and I can only blame myself.\n\n\"I had six darts to break throw in the fifth set and if you don't take chances like that against a player like Peter Wright you don't win, simple as that.\"", "Carlos Ghosn, the former boss of Nissan, managed to leave Japan where he was awaiting trial\n\nHe was once a titan of the car industry who held hero status in Japan. He then became one of the country's most well-known criminal suspects. Now he's an international fugitive.\n\nCarlos Ghosn, the multi-millionaire former boss of Nissan, spent months preparing to stand trial on financial misconduct charges. At least, that was what the Japanese authorities were led to believe.\n\nHe posted 1bn yen (£6.8m; $8.9m) in bail in April. He was monitored by a 24-hour camera installed outside his house. His use of technology was heavily restricted and he was banned from travelling abroad.\n\nThen, in a move that left Japan red-faced and his own legal team baffled, he appeared in Lebanon on New Year's Eve. \"I have escaped injustice and political persecution,\" he declared in a statement.\n\n\"I am dumbfounded,\" his lawyer, Junichiro Hironaka, told reporters in Tokyo shortly after learning of Mr Ghosn's flight. \"I want to ask him, 'How could you do this to us?'\"\n\nAnother pressing question is: how did he do it at all?\n\nOn 8 January, in his first public comments since fleeing, Mr Ghosn refused to say how he managed to leave Japan.\n\nHe told a news conference in Beirut that he would clear his name despite being on the run, and joked that he was used to \"mission impossible\".\n\nReports suggest that description may not be wide of the mark.\n\nThe former CEO's getaway from Tokyo to Beirut was meticulously planned over a period of several weeks or months, according to numerous media reports.\n\nMr Ghosn walked out of his Tokyo house despite cameras and other security measures\n\nJapanese broadcaster NHK reported that CCTV footage showed Mr Ghosn leaving his house and walking about 800m to a nearby hotel in the middle of the afternoon on 29 December. There he joined two men, thought to be Americans.\n\nThe three then boarded a train to Osaka and went to a hotel near Kansai international airport. Two hours later, the two men were seen leaving with two large containers, according to NHK. No cameras captured Mr Ghosn - the implication being that he was inside one of the containers.\n\nThe Wall Street Journal, citing unidentified sources, said a team was carefully assembled to carry out the plot. The group reportedly included accomplices in Japan who transported Mr Ghosn from his house and onto a private jet bound for Istanbul. From there, he continued his journey to Beirut where he arrived in the early hours of 30 December.\n\nThe plane tracking site FlightRadar24 showed a Bombardier Challenger private jet arriving at Beirut-Rafic Hariri international airport shortly after 04:00 local time. Mr Ghosn then met his wife Carole, who was born in the city and was heavily involved in the operation, the Wall Street Journal says.\n\nThe ex-Nissan boss was pictured leaving prison while disguised as a workman in March 2019\n\nAn earlier MTV Lebanon report, which now appears to be inaccurate, suggested Mr Ghosn fled with the assistance of a paramilitary group who were disguised amongst a band of musicians.\n\nThe 65-year-old was said to have hid in a large musical instrument case. The broadcaster provided no proof for this theory which, unsurprisingly, spread rapidly across social media.\n\nMr Ghosn's wife, Carole, told Reuters news agency that reports of the musical escape were \"fiction\".\n\nDonning a spy-movie disguise is not beyond Mr Ghosn, however. In March, in a bid to throw journalists off his scent, he left prison disguised as a construction worker. He was quickly identified and his lawyer soon apologised for the \"amateur plan\".\n\nMr Ghosn denies his wife helped him, insisting he organised his escape \"alone\" and she has declined to provide details of the escape.\n\nBut several reports have said Carole Ghosn was a major figure behind the plan for her husband to get out of Japan. She spoke to him for more than an hour on 24 December, Mr Ghosn's Japanese lawyer said. The couple had previously been banned from meeting or communicating under Mr Ghosn's bail conditions.\n\nAfter her husband arrived in Lebanon, Mrs Ghosn told the Wall Street Journal that their reunion was \"the best gift of my life\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mr Ghosn's wife Carole told the BBC in June that Japanese officials were trying to humiliate her husband\n\nMr Ghosn has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. He has also said media speculation that his wife had played a role in his escape was \"inaccurate and false\", adding: \"I alone arranged for my departure.\"\n\nSeveral media reports said private security operatives helped smuggle Mr Ghosn out of house arrest.\n\nThe Financial Times reported that the operatives had been planning the escape for months, and had allegedly split into several teams working in different countries. Two people familiar with the situation said the preparations were assisted by Mr Ghosn's Japanese supporters.\n\nThe former Nissan boss made his escape by flying out of Japan's Osaka airport on a private jet, the newspaper reported. It said Mr Ghosn was not required to wear any electronic tags while on bail.\n\nTwo unnamed sources close to Mr Ghosn told Reuters news agency that even the pilot of the private jet was unaware of Mr Ghosn's presence on board.\n\nQuestions remain about the documents Mr Ghosn used to enter Lebanon. He holds three passports - Brazilian, French and Lebanese - but his legal team maintain that they were in possession of all of them when he left Japan.\n\nIt is not known whether Mr Ghosn was holding duplicate passports - as businesspeople are sometimes allowed to do. It has also been reported that he may have had a diplomatic passport issued by Lebanon although this has not been confirmed.\n\nWhile the French newspaper Le Monde said he travelled on an ID card, others have reported that he may have used a French passport or even forged documents.\n\nA spokesperson for Mr Ghosn told the Financial Times he had used a French passport to enter Lebanon but would not disclose how he had left Japan.\n\nGhadi Khoury, from the Lebanese foreign ministry, said the former Nissan boss had entered the country on a French passport and Lebanese ID, according to the newspaper.\n\nMr Ghosn grew up in Beirut and remains a popular figure in the city\n\nThe embarrassment caused by Mr Ghosn's flight soon sparked a reaction from Japan. One Japanese politician asked whether he \"had the support of some country\". A former governor of Tokyo was more forthright, accusing Lebanon of direct involvement.\n\nMr Ghosn grew up in Lebanon, owns property there and is a popular figure. He even appeared on one of the country's postage stamps.\n\nThe two Reuters sources said the Lebanese ambassador to Japan had visited him every day while he was in detention. The ambassador has not publicly responded to this claim.\n\nThe Lebanese government has denied any involvement in Mr Ghosn's escape.\n\n\"The government has nothing to do with [Mr Ghosn's] decision to come,\" Lebanese minister Salim Jreissati was quoted as saying by the New York Times. \"We don't know the circumstances of his arrival.\"\n\nMr Khoury told the Financial Times that Lebanon \"had asked for [Mr Ghosn's] extradition\", but said the government had not had any involvement in his plan to escape.\n\nFrance and Turkey have also said they were unaware of Mr Ghosn's plan.\n\nOn 2 January Lebanon received a \"red notice\" from Interpol for Mr Ghosn's arrest - a request to detain a person pending extradition, surrender or other legal action. However, there is no extradition deal between Japan and Lebanon.\n\nFrance, meanwhile, has said it would not extradite him if he arrived in the country as he is a French citizen.\n\nTurkey has launched an investigation into Mr Ghosn's reported stopover in Istanbul. Local media say seven people have been arrested - four pilots, a cargo company manager and two airport workers.\n\nJapan gives millions in aid to Lebanon and is likely to want Mr Ghosn returned. But it faces questions about how such a high-profile suspect was able to get out of the country in the first place.", "Cracker was described by his previous owner as a \"placid, friendly, loving dog\"\n\nA dog was found tied up at a church with a note from his old owner saying \"I love you and I'm so, so, so sorry\".\n\nThe brindle and white Staffordshire bull terrier-cross, since named Cracker, was abandoned by the altar of Sacred Heart Church, Blackpool.\n\nA handwritten note left with him said: \"Life has taken a really bad turn for me and I couldn't imagine him being outside with me cold and hungry\".\n\nThe RSPCA said Cracker was doing well and \"getting lots of TLC\".\n\nThe dog was found by staff at the church - which is left unlocked 24 hours a day - when they arrived for work on the morning of 18 December.\n\nThe note found alongside him urged whoever found the dog to \"please believe me when I say I haven't done this easily\".\n\nIt continued: \"My dog means the world to me and I don't know what else to do.\"\n\nThe note said he was a \"placid, friendly, loving dog\" who would turn seven on 22 March 2020.\n\nIt added: \"He has got quite tender front paws, I've been treating them for about a month now but they are still sore.\n\n\"My heart is broken and I will truly miss him more than words can say. I hope he can be found a new home he deserves. I love you and I am so, so, so sorry.xxxx\"\n\nRSPCA inspector Will Lamping, who collected Cracker from the church, said it was clear from the note how much his previous owner loved him.\n\nHe added: \"Unfortunately sometimes life can throw some pretty tough things at people and circumstances can drastically change but it's heartbreaking to think that someone out there is missing Cracker and wondering how he is doing.\"\n\nMr Lamping said that if no-one came forward to claim Cracker, who has been checked over by a vet, he would be sent to an RSCPA rehoming centre to look for new owners.\n\nHe added: \"If anyone does come forward then I'd like to let them know that they won't be in any trouble and we'd like to chat to them and see how we might be able to help them, and Cracker.\"\n\nHe urged any pet owners struggling financially to contact their vet, a local rescue centre or a charity like the RSPCA.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "All 200 animals from Mogo Zoo survived the fires\n\nAmid the devastating fires ravaging Australia, a small zoo has managed to save all its animals through the extraordinary bravery of its staff.\n\nMogo Zoo houses Australia's largest collection of primates, along with zebras, rhinos and giraffes.\n\nYet when it was right in the line of a bushfire, the keepers managed to protect all 200 animals from harm.\n\nWhile most were sheltered at the site, monkeys, pandas and even a tiger were temporary lodgers at one keeper's home.\n\nOn Tuesday, an evacuation order was made for the New South Wales area where the zoo is located, but staff decided to stay to protect their animals.\n\nZoo director Chad Staples said the situation had been \"apocalyptic\" and that it \"felt like Armageddon\".\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 5 Live 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 said the zoo only survived because there'd been a precise plan in place: first the zoo keepers moved everything flammable from the area and then turned to the animals themselves.\n\nThe larger ones like the lions, tigers and orang-utans were moved into secured night enclosures to keep them safe and calm, but the smaller ones needed extra shelter.\n\nSo director Staples decided to simply have them taken to his own house.\n\n\"Right now in my house there's animals of all descriptions in all the different rooms, that are there safe and protected... not a single animal lost,\" he told the ABC broadcaster.\n\nSara Ang from the wildlife park told BBC 5 Live radio that \"some of the smaller monkeys had to be moved to the house, the red panda is in the house and there's a tiger in the back area of the house\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Firefighters in New South Wales sheltered in their truck as it was overrun by flames\n\n\"All the animals that needed to be moved indoors have been moved indoors,\" and hence are safe from the fire.\n\nThe zoo was encircled by fire and smoke, the zoo keepers say\n\nGiraffes and zebras were left in their enclosures as they were large enough for the animals to move away from spot fires.\n\nMr Staples explained that these were the only animals that suffered from stress - not from the fires but due to the rush of keepers and vehicles moving around to fight the flames.\n\nHe told the ABC the zoo staff had prepared \"hundreds of thousands of litres\" of water in advance and then put water into smaller tanks on vehicles to drive around and put out spot fires.\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 mogowildlife 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\nDescribing how his team worked for hours and throughout the night, he said the park would have been lost to the fire had it not been for the staff's heroic efforts to save it.\n\nThe zoo's survival is a positive development after a devastating week along Australia's eastern coast.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Residents have taken shelter on beaches to escape the flames\n\nHowever, the small town of Mogo itself has been severely damaged by the fires, with dozens of homes destroyed.\n\nThe bushfires have killed at least seven people in the Australian state of New South Wales since Monday, according to police.\n\nFires have also destroyed more than 200 homes, leaving thousands of people facing an uncertain future."], "link": ["http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51185996", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-51180331", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-51179688", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-51194249", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51197463", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51197099", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51191615", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51188829", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51101525", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51183951", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51174638", 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