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wanted to \"kill 'til I'm dead\".", "The Royal Mail is increasing the cost of postage again, with first-class stamps rising 6p to 76p", "Gillian Millane spoke to the court via video-link, saying her daughter 'died terrified and alone'.", "\"Grace is gone\", her cousin says in a BBC interview, and no jail term will change the fact.", "The bank's software to monitor the amount of time staff spent at their desks was condemned as \"creepy\".", "The cast of Friends is to reunite for a one-off special, more than 15 years after the show ended.", "The long-running consumer rights show will no longer be a standalone programme.", "Raafat Maglad returns to London Central Mosque less than 24 hours after he was stabbed at prayer.", "A viral clip of bullied Australian boy Quaden Bayles has triggered an outpouring of support globally.", "You cannot get in to the bricked-up first floor room - but someone has snapped it up for a cool £1.", "Promises of progression as nurses and doctors attract young people into hard-to-fill NHS jobs.", "The nine-month-pregnant nurse was portrayed as heroic for continuing to work on the frontlines.", "The Scottish government has turned down plans for the 18-hole Coul Links course in Sutherland.", "Jurgen Klopp says 10-year-old Daragh's letter asking for Liverpool to lose was \"nice\" and \"cheeky\".", "Gloucester fly-half Danny Cipriani releases an emotional video tribute to ex-girlfriend Caroline Flack, saying \"it's OK to be vulnerable\".", "Health campaigners welcome the move as the trust says chocolate will be \"less of a focus\" from 2021.", "Rush Limbaugh, 69, reveals the diagnosis during his radio show on Monday.", "A man has been shot by armed officers in a \"terrorist-related\" incident in Streatham High Road, south London.", "It is understood the complaint relates to the decision to search a house in Creggan on 18 April 2019.", "Lloyd and RBS are among many banks unable to offer online currency services.", "Unseasonal weather and \"lost\" winters are forcing wildlife into early spring activity.", "Serbia has been named as the country with the highest rate of pollution-related deaths in Europe.", "Parts of east Africa see the largest invasion of the insects in 25 years, threatening food supplies.", "Live coverage after the US Senate clears Donald Trump of abuse of power and obstruction.", "Albert Evans' granddaughter says they had to persuade him to accept France's highest honour.", "The health secretary says global cases of the new virus are \"doubling every five days\".", "The Kansas City Chiefs pull off a sensational fourth-quarter comeback to beat the San Francisco 49ers 31-20 and win Super Bowl 54.", "Google-owner Alphabet shares details of YouTube's ad business for the first time.", "Payments to lessen the impact of the so-called bedroom tax in Northern Ireland were due to run out on 31 March.", "The cost of a television licence will increase from £154.50 to £157.50, from 1 April 2020.", "Our home affairs reporter recalls how Sudesh Amman smiled as he was sentenced for terror offences.", "Chicago rapper Young QC ordered a hitman to kill his mum and then withdrew all her savings.", "A BBC investigation found drivers illegally filling tanks with the cheap fuel meant for tractors.", "The show defends its presenters for asking the singer about losing his mother and sister.", "Terence Whall had claimed they were having sex when Gerald Corrigan was shot with a crossbow.", "A train manager thrown through a door by a passenger tells how staff are getting mental health help.", "Anyone with a genuine excuse for missing Friday night's cut-off can talk to HMRC to avoid fines.", "Dr Ben Burville spent 17 years trying to become the first person to record them making the noise.", "The deputy mayor of Leeuwarden made the switch after seeing Scottish people's reaction to Brexit.", "Edward Vines is sentenced to a further three years in jail for writing to the journalist's mother.", "Some 8.6 million people threw sick days last year blaming work culture and workloads, a survey suggests.", "Ellie Gould's friends and mother are campaigning for self-defence lessons to be taught in schools.", "Just two weeks after learning CPR at school, Ali Holborn had to use the skill to help save her dad's life.", "Claire O’Neill, an ex-minister, had been due to preside over the UN climate meeting in Glasgow.", "World Cup finalists England fall to a chastening defeat by a resurgent France as their Six Nations hopes wilt in the Parisian rain.", "The model and businesswoman says she is taking time out to recover and look after herself and family.", "The attack took place in a village in north-western Burkina Faso late on Saturday.", "But Irish PM Leo Varadkar warned against setting \"rigid red lines\" in Brexit trade negotiations.", "Greek police attempted to break up angry protests over conditions for migrants on the Greek island.", "A man shot dead by police after he attacked people in London had been released from prison in January.", "Mr Trump had appeared to snub a handshake from the senior Democrat before the State of the Union.", "The government acts after attacks in Streatham and London Bridge by two men released from prison.", "The normally busy Streatham High Road was quiet on Monday, less than 24 hours after a terror attack.", "Viola Davis and director Lulu Wang are among those to applaud the actor for his acceptance speech.", "Promises of progression as nurses and doctors attract young people into hard-to-fill NHS jobs.", "Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill says the DUP must not \"cherry-pick\" when dealing with legacy issues.", "People are \"scared\" to transfer onto the new benefit which has been beset by problems.", "Mike Hoare, a controversial figure, became internationally famous for his campaigns in the Congo.", "Jessica Breeze stabbed her father in the back during a violent row in the family home.", "Eyewitnesses describe scenes of panic during the attack in Streatham, London, on Sunday.", "Sir Sam Mendes's war drama 1917 picks up seven prizes at the biggest night in the British film calendar.", "Kevin Lygo said her \"passion, dedication and boundless energy contributed to the show's success.\"", "The world's third largest economy was hit by a sales tax rise, a destructive typhoon and weak global demand.", "New documents reveal the \"strongest evidence yet\" of China's crackdown on people in Xinjiang.", "Trading standards officers are probing the products, which Amazon has now removed from sale.", "Images from around the UK show the strong winds and heavy rain that have swept across the country.", "The former England star's voice cracks as he pays tribute to \"the greatest man in the world\".", "The Amazon boss and world's richest man gives 8% of his fortune to fight the planet's \"biggest threat\".", "Rocco Wright, three, drowned in a David Lloyd Leisure pool in the Moortown area of Leeds in 2018.", "Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola tells friends he intends to stay at the club despite their ban from the Champions League for the next two seasons.", "No 10 is urged not to pick fight with broadcaster amid reports it wants it \"massively pruned back\".", "Posting on Twitter he said the past three-and-a-half months have been the worst of his life.", "Yvonne Booth went missing on Sunday after getting out of her car which was stuck in water.", "Environmentalists win a temporary injunction against forest clearance for a new \"Gigafactory\".", "Labour calls for Andrew Sabisky to be sacked over reported comments on race and eugenics.", "Gene therapy has been used to treat patients with a rare inherited eye disorder which causes blindness.", "Nikita Pearl Waligwa had been diagnosed with a brain tumour and died in Uganda at the age of 15.", "Toilet rolls have become hot property in the city due to a shortage from coronavirus panic-buying.", "Former Manchester United goalkeeper Harry Gregg, who survived the 1958 Munich air crash, has died aged 87.", "Laura Whitmore breaks down in tears as she remembers her \"vivacious\" friend Caroline Flack.", "Extinction Rebellion members are protesting over what they claim to be \"the destruction of nature\".", "The UK and EU will \"rip each other apart\" as they vie for advantage, France's foreign minister says.", "Megan Newton had offered Joseph Trevor a place to sleep as an \"act of kindness\", a court hears.", "It's a question that's surprisingly difficult to answer.", "Viewers and the TV world are in shock after the announcement of the death of the Love Island host.", "A US firm claims the service it offers saves more than a tonne of carbon, after a pilot study.", "Retailers are having a \"tough time\" as the coronavirus keeps Chinese tourists at home.", "From Strictly Come Dancing champion to Love Island and The X Factor host.", "Fresh \"danger to life\" flood warnings are issued as the UK reels from damage caused by Storm Dennis.", "The party says the \"purpose and intent\" of plans to merge teams in No 10 and the Treasury must be explained.", "The move comes as the US car giant retreats from more markets to focus on more profitable countries.", "The body of six-year-old Rikki Neave was found naked and strangled in woods near his home.", "New severe flood warnings are in place after \"unprecedented\" flooding from Storm Dennis.", "The airport says the \"technical issues\" have been resolved and \"systems are returning to normal\".", "The woman went missing on Sunday after getting out of her car which was stuck in water, police say.", "Manchester United are up to seventh in the Premier League after beating Chelsea 2-0 in another game in which the video assistant referee played a key role.", "The doctor worked at the same private healthcare firm as rogue breast surgeon Ian Paterson.", "Former Manchester United goalkeeper Harry Gregg, hailed as a hero of the 1958 Munich air disaster, dies at the age of 87.", "Sir Bobby Charlton says Harry Gregg was \"a fantastic goalkeeper but more importantly an incredible human being\".", "Communities across the UK face more disruption following the torrential rain brought by Storm Dennis.", "The producer, who turned Primal Scream's Screamadelica into a hit, suffered a pulmonary embolism.", "Kate Forbes takes over as Scottish finance secretary following the resignation of Derek Mackay.", "People are rescued from flooded homes in Wales, and there are a record number of flood warnings and alerts in England.", "Mike Dilger examines a radical solution to stop people dumping rubbish using DNA testing, but can it identify the offenders?", "Unapproved goods containing the cannabis extract will be pulled, says the Food Standards Agency.", "A survey of London's famous 177-year-old landmark revealed bomb damage, pollution and asbestos.", "Geoffrey Cox, Andrea Leadsom and Julian Smith are out as Boris Johnson begins cabinet reshuffle.", "Relations between Number 10 and Number 11 are the foundation of any stable government.", "Alice Dearing, 22, could make history by becoming the first black woman to represent Great Britain in swimming at the Olympics.", "Financial watchdogs are investigating Jes Staley's links with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.", "More than 350 incidents of violence towards staff and the public were recorded in Wales last year.", "More than 2,000 passengers on the US liner were stranded at sea because of virus fears.", "Sajid Javid resigns as Boris Johnson appoints Rishi Sunak the new chancellor.", "Labour MP Tracy Brabin auctioned off the dress for charity after it caused controversy in the Commons.", "The rap star postpones gigs \"due to the ongoing health and travel concerns\" surrounding the virus.", "Nobody has faced the maximum penalty since new guidelines were introduced in 2014, analysis shows.", "UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson reshuffles cabinet positions, two months after winning the general election. Who's in it?", "Australian fire officials call it \"great news\" but record-breaking rain causes severe flooding.", "The world's largest mobile industry showcase will not go ahead, organisers confirm.", "Many courses with few or no students will be scrapped as ministers prepare for T-levels in England.", "Fly-tipping and litter cost taxpayers millions of pounds a year to clean up. What can be done about it?", "Mr Smith says that serving the people of Northern Ireland was \"the greatest privilege\".", "The stand at Wisbech Town Football Club was destroyed in strong winds during the storm on Sunday.", "Catherine's first solo visit to Northern Ireland promoted a UK-wide survey she launched last month.", "A Tory donor provided holiday accommodation to the PM, according to the register of MPs' interests.", "The rapper has \"unreservedly apologised\" to co-host Katherine Ryan after making sexual comments.", "Often used against Jewish people as an offensive term, it can now also mean a Tottenham fan, the OED says.", "Rishi Sunak takes over at the Treasury, as his predecessor says he had \"no option but to resign\".", "Milkybar Wowsomes were the food giant's first products to use a new \"hollow\" sugar technology.", "Labour leadership hopeful Emily Thornberry strikes a blow to rival Rebecca Long-Bailey in a debate.", "A local MP says women are now \"terrified\" about giving birth at the two Kent hospitals.", "There were 241 female homicide victims in England and Wales in the year to the end of March 2019.", "An expert identified the tiny gnats from tens of thousands of creatures caught in an insect trap.", "The Duchess of Cornwall says the \"taboo\" of domestic abuse \"weakens\" each time a victim speaks out.", "Lyra McKee, 29, died after she was shot in April 2019 while observing a riot in Londonderry's Creggan estate.", "East Kent Hospitals Trust's boss disputes the numbers of baby deaths it accepts responsibility for.", "The stark warning comes from jewellers F Hinds, one of 50 retailers urging business rates reform.", "A Tory donor provided holiday accommodation to the PM, according to the register of MPs' interests.", "A former finance analyst, Rishi Sunak has won the premiership second-time round.", "Every person in the world is wasting about 500 calories of food a day, according to a new study.", "England throw away the opportunity to defeat South Africa in the first Twenty20 international, losing a dramatic contest by one run in East London.", "The landslide is thought to have been caused by Storm Ciara, which pelted the area with rain.", "But Boris Johnson's decision to centralise power in Downing Street will also bring risks.", "Ms McKee, who was 29, was observing rioting in Londonderry when she was shot on 18 April 2019.", "A judge jails Peter Turner for 20 years and says he had \"brought evil into this world\".", "Former England doctor Alan Bass - who was present at four World Cups, including 1966 - has died aged 90.", "Rupert Smith, one of 17 convicted offenders deported to Jamaica, says he has \"had his life taken away\".", "Scientists say they have overturned the prevailing idea for how the planets in our Solar System formed.", "The number of people in their 20s with county court judgements against them has risen sharply in the last year.", "Leila Nathoo looks back at the day in politics, as the PM's reshuffle went further than even he perhaps expected.", "Millions of litres of water are being slowly put back into the system in Cumbria, United Utilities says.", "Fallon Sherrock narrowly misses out on another stunning victory, drawing with Glen Durrant on her Premier League debut.", "Rayan Crawford, who lived in the UK for 22 years, says he was crying in pain on the plane to Jamaica.", "Unilever, which owns brands such as Twister and Cornetto, says it is responding to rising obesity rates.", "The energy regulator cuts the price cap by £17, a move that will affect about 15 million households.", "The burden of paying for clean energy technology could be shifted to the tax payer.", "The PSNI initially received a report about an explosive device at Belfast docks on 31 January.", "The 20-year-old, who went to Syria to join Islamic State, was stripped of her UK citizenship in 2019.", "Nearly half the UK's 14 million people in poverty are disabled or live with someone who is, research suggests.", "\"Climate chaos\" has caused widespread losses of bumblebees across continents, experts say.", "Experts say supply problems of key contraceptives could lead to unplanned pregnancies and abortions.", "Travel writer Bill Bryson has praised the toilets at Liverpool's Victorian pub The Philharmonic.", "Specialist counsellors say there are not enough services tailored for children who have experienced domestic abuse, so thousands do not receive the care they need.", "Fahad Mohamed Nur's sister says his murder was \" a senseless and horrific act of evil\".", "The NHS and Kent Police are investigating an alleged assault at the William Harvey Hospital.", "Billionaire Sir Len Blavatnik's Warner Music Group has announced plans to sell shares via a stock market listing.", "Qasim al-Raymi, who has led Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) since 2015, is killed in Yemen.", "One day after his Senate trial ended, Mr Trump hosts a White House event to assail \"corrupt\" foes.", "The club claims the newspaper received advanced notice of the attack on its vice-chairman's home.", "The items - including bass pedals - were spotted by a music producer following a social media appeal.", "Efforts to sell all 23 stores together have failed, administrators KPMG said.", "The Scout Association has failed to recognise the part its \"inadequacies\" played in his death, coroner says.", "The move follows the unveiling of a new railcard that will offer veterans discounted train travel.", "Karen Pierce is currently the UK's permanent representative to the United Nations.", "The PSNI initially received a report about an explosive device at Belfast docks on 31 January.", "When Li Wenliang warned about a Sars-like virus at his hospital in Wuhan, authorities tried to silence him.", "The provisional reading of 18.3C (64.9F) beats the previous record of 17.5C, logged in 2015.", "The death of Kevin Mcleod, believed by his family to have been murdered, is being reviewed by police.", "Only £62,198 of an estimated £200m fund has been paid to victims of the scandal, it is revealed.", "Prince Harry speaks at the event, a month after the couple announced plans to step back as senior royals.", "\"Yao\" told the BBC that hospital staff are not allowed to eat, rest or use the toilet while at work.", "Manish Shah cited Angelina Jolie and Jade Goody to instil fear in his patients about their health.", "Use the BBC News postcode search to see how your school has done in this year's secondary league tables.", "The middle-aged man, diagnosed in Brighton, is being treated at a London hospital, it is understood.", "Manish Shah is given three life sentences for assaulting 24 female patients - including a teenage girl.", "UK citizens returning from the coronavirus-hit city will be quarantined for 14 days.", "Companies who worked on the building had threatened not to give evidence, as it could incriminate them.", "A new report reveals that a suspect is charged in under 8% of recorded crimes in England and Wales.", "The Sun says the Scottish government tried to \"throw up hurdles\" to prevent it publishing claims about the former finance secretary.", "The Queen will host a reception for the couple in the grounds of Buckingham Palace after the ceremony.", "The findings come in a leaked draft of the Windrush Lessons Learned review, seen by BBC Newsnight.", "Manish Shah, of Romford, denies 34 sexual assaults against eight female patients", "Jonty Bravery told his care workers he wanted to push someone off a building about a year before the attack.", "Tracy Brabin faced criticism for wearing the dress in the Commons.", "The young boy suffered life changing injuries when he was thrown from a 10th floor viewing platform.", "Thousands of people around the world remain under observation for signs of coronavirus.", "The coastguard dealt with 90 migrants from eight vessels, a record figure for a single day.", "\"This is that constant, steady, decent rainfall we've been praying for,\" said the fire service.", "The Duke of York, who has stepped back from royal duties, was to become an Admiral on his birthday.", "ast swarms of desert locusts are tearing through the Horn of Africa and south Asia, devouring crops and threatening food supplies and livelihoods. How did it get so bad? BBC News finds out.", "Hundreds of thousands of bats have invaded Ingham and residents are fed up.", "A number of prisoners are likely to challenge the government's new terror laws in court, a lawyer says.", "Hashem Abedi denies he was involved with the \"instigation, preparation or commission\" of the attack.", "Ant and Dec, David Walliams, Piers Morgan and James Corden applaud the ITV presenter's announcement.", "It's the biggest change in overdrafts in a generation and could mean you paying double.", "A man who took photographs up the skirts of 20 women and girls is convicted of voyeurism.", "Harry Baker was \"brutally murdered\" by a gang after selling drugs on their turf, a court hears.", "The Grammy and Brit award-winning singer has written on Instagram that her \"recovery took time\".", "Iraj Harirchi mopped his brow at a news conference before testing positive for coronavirus disease.", "The three Scottish soldiers were lured to their deaths by the IRA in Belfast in 1971.", "David Steel says he is retiring from public life after an inquiry accuses him of \"turning a blind eye\" to claims of child abuse.", "The campaigners posed for a photo together at Lady Margaret Hall at the University of Oxford.", "We spoke to three young people about their dream home and how it matches up with reality.", "The Department for Work and Pensions created a \"hostile environment\" for one employee, a judge rules.", "Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin was meeting Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar on Tuesday.", "Carrot uses phone data to measure braking and acceleration - but some say it often fails to work.", "The Wikileaks co-founder was not to blame for unredacted files being published online, a court hears", "Milly and Toby Savill were on Greek Island Santorini when their hired buggy fell into a ravine.", "Salman Abedi's brother Hashem denies murder, attempted murder and conspiring to cause explosions.", "Embassies from around the world also owe over £200,000 in parking fines, the Foreign Office says.", "The US president announces defence deals with India but says there's work still to do on trade.", "The Hollywood producer faces the threat of life in jail in a criminal trial taking place in New York.", "The bill blocking automatic release of convicted terror offenders is approved by the House of Lords.", "The supermarket chain says it will need fewer members of staff as it makes changes to its larger stores.", "Lucy Martindale says men and boys make girls carry weapons as they are less likely to be searched.", "Italy is now the European country worst affected by coronavirus and 11 towns have been cordoned off.", "He made the original design to help raise money for charity following the presenter's death", "Scotland Yard says it’s credible an ex-police spy had a relationship with a teenage campaigner.", "Updates as they happen after the World Health Organization says most new cases are outside China.", "A report criticises the political establishment but finds no evidence of a \"paedophile ring\".", "The businessman is considered the most powerful man in Hollywood.", "The former president, who was ousted by the military in 2011, has died in hospital in Cairo aged 91.", "Thousands attended a service for the NBA star and his daughter who died in a helicopter crash in January.", "Policy experts will offer \"constructive challenge to traditional Whitehall assumptions\", says No 10.", "Gui Minhai, who has Swedish citizenship, has published books on the personal lives of Chinese leaders.", "The judge said this was not a referendum on #MeToo. But at times, his trial felt like one.", "League leaders Liverpool are forced to come from behind to beat relegation-battling West Ham in a nervy encounter at Anfield.", "The opera star says he is \"truly sorry\" for the hurt caused to women who accused him of harassment.", "Fire crews and kayakers rescue residents in Shrewsbury, while part of Ironbridge is evacuated.", "The EU will follow this blueprint in talks, as UK ministers also agree their stance.", "A married couple bought and re-sold gig tickets worth millions of pounds using multiple identities.", "The Vietnamese passengers had earlier sailed across the channel from France to Cornwall.", "Demonstrators try to block authorities from replacing overcrowded camps on Lesbos and Chios.", "\"If health has stopped improving, that means society has stopped improving,\" author of report says.", "One of two main accusers in Harvey Weinstein's trial says she feels \"huge relief\" at his conviction.", "A Sunderland family among the thousands of people affected say they have been given no information.", "The head of the Environment Agency says new buildings should be made more resilient to flooding.", "Salman Abedi's brother Hashem denies murder, attempted murder and conspiring to cause explosions.", "The FTSE 100 suffered its sharpest drop in four years as investors worry about the virus spreading.", "The firm urges people to \"try to be kind\" after Tory minister's picture brews up a Twitter storm.", "Farmers say allowing food imports that would be illegal to produce in the UK would be \"morally bankrupt\".", "Scientists are debating whether it is still possible to contain the new coronavirus.", "MSPs back the general principles of Monica Lennon's bill but warn changes must be made before it becomes law.", "The shooting happened at a Somerset property which is next to Stanley Johnson's rural estate.", "There are two \"danger to life\" warnings on the Severn and flood defences are likely to be breached.", "Internet jokers cause a circular hole outside a bank to rise up the TripAdvisor rankings.", "Covid-19, the new form of coronavirus, becomes a notifiable disease under Scottish public health rules.", "France remain on course for a first Grand Slam in 10 years as they win in Cardiff for the first time since 2010 with a 27-23 victory.", "The family were involved in a two-car collision on the A82 at Torlundy near Fort William.", "Man Utd fan Daragh Curley said Liverpool were \"winning too many games\" and it was making him sad.", "The former England star's voice cracks as he pays tribute to \"the greatest man in the world\".", "Ofcom is asking why broadband firms charge people to keep old email addresses after switching providers.", "Manchester United greats Sir Alex Ferguson, Sir Bobby Charlton and Denis Law are among the mourners.", "Jurgen Klopp says 10-year-old Daragh's letter asking for Liverpool to lose was \"nice\" and \"cheeky\".", "One worker at Hampton House had been turning up in a kayak, its manager said.", "BBC Sport speaks to boxing fans in Las Vegas at the weigh-in ahead of the eagerly anticipated rematch between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury.", "Trevor Weston was at a cash machine and says the man threatened to stab him.", "The governor of Mecca says Asayel Slay's music video is an \"insult to the customs\" of the city.", "Plans to secure a trademark have also been abandoned, a spokesperson for the duke and duchess says.", "UK nationals evacuated from a cruise ship arrive at Arrowe Park, where they will spend the next 14 days.", "The Democratic race to decide who will take on Donald Trump in November's election resumes.", "The occupants of two cars became stuck in floods in the early hours and the road has since been shut.", "Safiyya Shaikh told an undercover police officer she wanted to \"kill 'til I'm dead\".", "Scientists at the Open University are studying minerals collected during the 1969 Moon landings.", "Waitrose has been rated the best UK in-store supermarket again in Which?'s annual supermarket satisfaction survey.", "The victim suffered a wound to his neck, Westminster Magistrates' Court heard.", "One woman has to be rescued from her vehicle by canoe after her car became deluged by floodwater.", "The cast of Friends is to reunite for a one-off special, more than 15 years after the show ended.", "", "Dr Jeremy Morris is moving aside while an internal review into how allegations were handled takes place.", "The SNP's Joanna Cherry is challenging Angus Robertson for the Edinburgh Central seat at Holyrood.", "Staffordshire Police release CCTV footage of a lorry driver making a dangerous manoeuvre on the M6 Toll.", "Beauty should be cherished not banished; that is the message of The Cellist.", "The victims are named as Gemma Cousin, 26, her husband Rhys, 25, and their daughters Peyton, three, and Heidi Cousin.", "Emergency crews were called to flooded homes after more rain hit the already-swollen rivers.", "Promises of progression as nurses and doctors attract young people into hard-to-fill NHS jobs.", "The former teacher campaigned for the rights of the wrongly accused after he was cleared of sex abuse.", "Gloucester fly-half Danny Cipriani releases an emotional video tribute to ex-girlfriend Caroline Flack, saying \"it's OK to be vulnerable\".", "Substitute Gabriel Jesus scores an 80th-minute winner as Manchester City extend their advantage over Leicester to seven points in the battle for second spot in the Premier League.", "Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon says she is concerned about the state of Northern Ireland's roads.", "The Ryanair boss says Muslim men should be profiled at airports because \"that is where the threat is\".", "They will begin to replace the current burgundy passports, following the UK's departure from the EU.", "The 12 wild dogs were able to enter a neighbouring compound at West Midlands Safari Park.", "The court heard Thomas Nulty raped the six-year-old in the 1970s when he was babysitting her.", "In 2019, ex-prisoner Gareth Evans protected others from London Bridge attacker Usman Khan.", "The retailer says its £1 engagement rings are a hit, as it taps growing demand for Valentine's Day goods.", "Medics in Wuhan resort to shaving their heads in a bid to prevent cross-infection of the coronavirus.", "More than 135,000 UK residents left without online public services after hackers take out computers", "US Attorney General William Barr said he would not be bullied by anyone, including the president.", "Mysterious archaic hominins may have interbred with early humans in West Africa, scientists say.", "Ashar had to be left behind in Pakistan while his parents sought medical help for his brother.", "A photographer is challenging the culture of victim blaming for sexual assault victims.", "Appeal judges overturn a ruling that found Islamic faith weddings were legally recognised in the UK.", "Double amputee Janet Prince was left on an inappropriate mattress on a trolley for nine hours.", "US President Donald Trump tweets that he has \"the legal right\" to intervene in criminal cases.", "Manchester City are banned from European club competitions for two seasons by Uefa.", "Labour MP Tracy Brabin auctioned off the dress for charity after it caused controversy in the Commons.", "Stephanie Simpson is thought to have died in a \"tragic accident\" while hiking in a national park.", "Jayne Rowland was on her way to hospital when she went into the final stages of labour on the M5.", "New chief executive Alison Rose calls the bank's latest results the \"start of a new era\".", "UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson reshuffles cabinet positions, two months after winning the general election. Who's in it?", "The temperature was recorded on an island off the Antarctic continent's northern tip.", "Jackson Carlaw had been the party's interim leader since Ruth Davidson quit the role in August.", "Court of Appeal judges rule in favour of St Mary's Hospital over the treatment of Midrar Ali.", "Boris Johnson sets priorities for his top team, following Sajid Javid's shock resignation.", "The UK is not an \"Orwellian society\", warns a judge as he rules officers interfered with freedom of speech.", "Rishi Sunak takes over at the Treasury, as his predecessor says he had \"no option but to resign\".", "The Rutter sea map, said to be the oldest accurate chart in existence, could fetch at least £15,000.", "There were 241 female homicide victims in England and Wales in the year to the end of March 2019.", "A former finance analyst, Rishi Sunak has won the premiership second-time round.", "A Tory donor provided holiday accommodation to the PM, according to the register of MPs' interests.", "Hundreds join service for Billy and Joe Smith, who were found dead together in a country lane.", "Kristyna Ng, who moved to Canada from China as a child, says Jeopardy! helped her learn English.", "Internet, pay-TV and phone customers will now be offered the best deals when their contracts end.", "But Boris Johnson's decision to centralise power in Downing Street will also bring risks.", "Former England doctor Alan Bass - who was present at four World Cups, including 1966 - has died aged 90.", "A representative from the World Health Organization wants tech firms to fight fake news on coronavirus.", "Scientists say they have overturned the prevailing idea for how the planets in our Solar System formed.", "A video emerges of a car being driven on the wrong side of the road near where Harry Dunn was killed.", "Leila Nathoo looks back at the day in politics, as the PM's reshuffle went further than even he perhaps expected.", "Lewys Crawford was not given antibiotics for hours after he arrived at hospital.", "Every junior minister in both departments will have a joint role - is it a takeover by stealth?", "Fallon Sherrock narrowly misses out on another stunning victory, drawing with Glen Durrant on her Premier League debut.", "Rayan Crawford, who lived in the UK for 22 years, says he was crying in pain on the plane to Jamaica.", "Flooding and power cuts are forecast with amber weather warnings in place across England and Wales.", "Some may have to \"down drills\" following curbs on how many they can order, the dentists' union says.", "Fernando Murphy has been jailed for the abuse, which left the Irish News reporter \"full of anxiety\".", "An undercover investigation finds companies offering training for fraudulent qualifications.", "The controversial high-speed rail project could potentially cost as much as £106bn.", "The wettest weather in 30 years brings flooding - but also puts out two massive bushfires.", "Samia Tabbal's bank account was used to buy items from B&Q after she left the UK, a court hears.", "Officials are in discussions with Europe to ensure a deal would not breach state aid rules.", "Nearly 150 million Americans had personal data compromised in the hack of the credit rating giant.", "Non-disclosure agreements should not be used routinely in these cases, says arbitration service Acas.", "The fourth case came as the UK's final rescue flight arrived in Oxfordshire.", "Oscar-ologists have been studying the nominations list for clues about who might win what.", "Families say their babies would have survived had East Kent NHS Trust provided better care.", "Labour says the plan \"doesn't make up for deep cuts\" to services since 2010.", "Three-month-old Lewys Crawford died the day after his parents took him to hospital.", "Pictures show the effects of Storm Ciara's strong winds and heavy rain in the UK.", "Jojo Rabbit, 1917 and Toy Story 4 were also among the winners.", "A 34-year-old man dies after being found with serious injuries at a house in Ayr.", "Ex-Speaker says it is \"blindingly obvious\" there is a campaign to keep him out of the House of Lords.", "The UK is lashed by heavy rain and winds of up to 90mph.", "As viewing figures fall again, some film fans say the ceremony is \"too long\" and \"boring\".", "As waves battered the coast, two people were spotted trying to take photos of themselves on rocks.", "The awards ceremony bucked a decline in viewers last year but ratings reached a record low on Sunday.", "Mohiussunnath Chowdhury was cleared a year ago of a sword attack on police near Buckingham Palace.", "Experts close to the review of HS2 have cast doubt on the significance of the £106bn cost figure.", "Meanwhile, another 60 people have caught the virus on a quarantined cruise ship in Japan.", "NHS staff pressures are leaving 120,000 patients a year \"in the dark\" about their illness, a charity says.", "Stars including Laura Dern, Olivia Colman and Billy Porter shone on the famous red carpet.", "Forecasters predict the storm will bring gusts of over 90mph (145km/h) in some areas.", "It comes after a leaked Windrush report called for a review of foreign-born offender deportations.", "BBC Africa Eye uncovers evidence that torture is being used by the Nigerian police and armed forces.", "Ruby Williams received £8,500 after taking legal action over her school's uniform policy.", "Mountain rescuers said the weather on the mountain was \"horrendous\" with a wind chill of about -20C.", "Police launched an investigation following allegations of abuse during an Old Firm game in December.", "Stephanie Lowe says she loves her husband \"as much as ever\" following his announcement he is gay.", "The European probe will gather some of the most detailed ever pictures and movies of our star.", "England secure a 1-1 series draw with South Africa by beating the hosts by two wickets in the third one-day international in Johannesburg.", "Find out who won the golden statuettes at this year's Academy Awards.", "Sony is the latest firm to withdraw from Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.", "Police say a 58-year-old man died in Hampshire after his car was hit during the storm on Sunday.", "The girl is being questioned on conspiracy to murder Babacar Diagne in Coventry.", "The Dragons' Den-style scheme for entrepreneurs has further distanced itself from its Royal founder.", "The BA Boeing 747-436 reached speeds of 825 mph in the jet stream accelerated by Storm Ciara.", "The ceremony saw history being made as the first non-English language film won the main award.", "The cause of the collapsed road is not yet known but there have been reports of a broken sewer.", "One man dies as a tree falls on his car and weather warnings remain in place after Storm Ciara.", "\"We should all really break out all the soju and makgeolli to celebrate with Bong,\" said one.", "Six in 10 over-50s with HIV receive a late diagnosis, as experts call for more awareness of sexually transmitted infections.", "Debbie Douglas was key to setting up the independent inquiry into disgraced surgeon Ian Paterson.", "Live coverage of RTÉ's party leaders' debate ahead of the general election in the Republic of Ireland.", "A coroner is reviewing cases where 23 patients died having previously been treated by Ian Paterson.", "A man has been shot by armed officers in a \"terrorist-related\" incident in Streatham High Road, south London.", "Rush Limbaugh, 69, reveals the diagnosis during his radio show on Monday.", "A former elder, who says he was abused, says the group is \"inadvertently\" protecting child abusers.", "A woman describes the moment Sudesh Amman launched his attack in south London on Sunday.", "Academics at Queen's University Belfast are studying pancreatic and oesophageal cancers.", "Shipman, Mid Staffordshire, Morecambe Bay, and now Paterson - it's tempting to say the NHS is not learning lessons. But is that fair?", "He cites fake news and privacy concerns as the reasons he is abandoning the social network.", "The inquiry chairman, Sir Patrick Coghlin, will make a statement in Parliament Buildings in Belfast.", "The health secretary says global cases of the new virus are \"doubling every five days\".", "Hashem Abedi denies 22 counts of murder over the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017, a court is told.", "Tracy Brabin says the criticism is another example of the \"every day sexism\" women face.", "Google-owner Alphabet shares details of YouTube's ad business for the first time.", "French skater Sarah Abitbol says her former coach, Gilles Beyer, first raped her when she was 15.", "The Harriet star says this year's lack of diversity needs to serve as a signal for change.", "Payments to lessen the impact of the so-called bedroom tax in Northern Ireland were due to run out on 31 March.", "Our home affairs reporter recalls how Sudesh Amman smiled as he was sentenced for terror offences.", "The summit, known as COP26, will take place in November and aims to assess progress in tackling climate change.", "The show defends its presenters for asking the singer about losing his mother and sister.", "The Swedish furniture giant's Coventry branch will close this summer, putting 352 jobs at risk.", "Brendan Rowan-Davies cut Kelly-Anne Case's throat before setting her house on fire in Gosport.", "Exhaust emissions from new cars have been increasing for the past three years, research suggests.", "Disbelief and denial about family sex abuse help perpetrators evade justice, a report says.", "Boris Johnson unveils the plan as he launches a \"year of climate action\" alongside Sir David Attenborough.", "UK lorry drivers describe the rigorous steps they take to avoid migrants getting on board in France.", "The sacked president of the COP26 Glasgow conference says Boris Johnson 'saltily' rejected the suggestion.", "Michael Kinane, 41, was caught following a joint FBI and British police inquiry.", "The sister of victim Fahad Mohamed Nur calls it a \"senseless and horrific act of evil\".", "The Premier League has to \"try and make VAR better\", says new chief executive Richard Masters.", "A group of MPs wants families that lost babies more than 40 years ago to be told where their remains are.", "Sinn Féin deputy leader Michelle O'Neill attended the launch of the police campaign.", "The aircraft is the first of nine Poseidons that will be operated from RAF Lossiemouth.", "Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy says captioning errors by the BBC and Evening Standard are part of a pattern.", "Greek police attempted to break up angry protests over conditions for migrants on the Greek island.", "Mr Trump had appeared to snub a handshake from the senior Democrat before the State of the Union.", "The government acts after attacks in Streatham and London Bridge by two men released from prison.", "The nursery school teacher is recovering at home after being stabbed by attacker Sudesh Amman.", "The prime minister's wife is to be formally charged with murdering her husband's previous wife.", "People are \"scared\" to transfer onto the new benefit which has been beset by problems.", "A report by Ofcom also found that 3-8 year olds are watching YouTube for eight hours a week on average.", "Bad weather in the south of the country has hampered rescue efforts with hundreds still awaiting rescue.", "Boris Johnson has failed to lead over the UK's hosting of a key climate summit, its former boss says.", "Jessica Breeze stabbed her father in the back during a violent row in the family home.", "A cleaner resigned after discovering the \"weeks old\" corpse in a block used to house the homeless.", "Eyewitnesses describe scenes of panic during the attack in Streatham, London, on Sunday.", "An inquiry recommends Ian Paterson's 11,000 patients have their treatment reassessed.", "The Grammy and Brit award-winning singer has written on Instagram that her \"recovery took time\".", "Police evacuate part of a Shropshire town as barriers are \"overwhelmed\" by rising river water.", "The three Scottish soldiers were lured to their deaths by the IRA in Belfast in 1971.", "MPs debated the main principles of the Environment Bill.", "The campaigners posed for a photo together at Lady Margaret Hall at the University of Oxford.", "Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin was meeting Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar on Tuesday.", "Muhammad Bilal's relatives said he went missing while searching for grass to use as cattle fodder.", "The ex-chancellor tells MPs No 10's plan to remove his advisers was not in the \"national interest\".", "Stock markets are mixed after days of turmoil driven by fears about the coronavirus.", "Gabriel Jesus and Kevin de Bruyne score late goals as Manchester City fight back to beat Real Madrid 2-1 and take control of their Champions League last-16 tie.", "The home secretary signals the return of crime targets, saying \"outcomes\" in key areas will be measured.", "The agreement between the SNP and Greens will see extra funding committed to public transport and local government.", "A think tank says Rishi Sunak risks breaking Treasury rules on borrowing if he is to boost public spending.", "Cases emerge in several countries involving travellers from Italy, but borders remain open.", "The Ireland v Italy men's and women's Six Nations games scheduled for 7 and 8 March are postponed because of coronavirus.", "There were raids in Merseyside, Lancashire, Cumbria and Tayside on Tuesday morning.", "Thomas Hanlon is charged with causing the death of pedestrian Sakine Cihan by careless driving.", "Anything said by witnesses to the inquiry will not be used to prosecute them, the attorney general says.", "Updates as they happen after the World Health Organization says most new cases are outside China.", "Police bodycam footage captured the moment a visibly distressed child was arrested at her school in Orlando.", "The businessman is considered the most powerful man in Hollywood.", "A report criticises the political establishment but finds no evidence of a \"paedophile ring\".", "Policy experts will offer \"constructive challenge to traditional Whitehall assumptions\", says No 10.", "The number of journeys made by public transport in Scotland drops while the number of cars hits three million.", "Mubarak was forced out of office by an Arab Spring uprising in 2011, after 30 years in power.", "The release of Joshua Molnar comes days before the anniversary of Yousef Makki's death in Cheshire.", "Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova is \"saying goodbye\" to tennis at the age of 32.", "Police said there was a risk of \"falls and crushing\" if thousands of people joined the Bristol protest.", "The gunman dies from \"self-inflicted wounds\" during the shooting in the mid-western Wisconsin state.", "There are two \"danger to life\" warnings on the Severn and flood defences are likely to be breached.", "Sir Richard Branson's firm says it is releasing more tickets for flights into space.", "A report finds part-time nursery care costs more than £130 per week in England, Scotland and Wales.", "The Radio 1 Presenter says his body temperature went up to around forty degrees.", "Political \"dramas\" played out online are taking resources away from \"more important matters\".", "The money will go towards accommodation, but Labour says No 10 underestimates the scale of the issue.", "Demonstrators try to block authorities from replacing overcrowded camps on Lesbos and Chios.", "One of two main accusers in Harvey Weinstein's trial says she feels \"huge relief\" at his conviction.", "John Manley \"erupted like a volcano\" and left a \"trail of destruction\" at the Travelodge.", "His re-design is credited with boosting ridership and making the map more visually representative.", "Salman Abedi's brother Hashem denies murder, attempted murder and conspiring to cause explosions.", "A native predator of the red squirrel seems to be an unlikely ally in its battle with its grey rival.", "Diageo, which makes Guinness, expects sales to slide this year as bars across China close.", "Grace Firth was fined £40 after pleading guilty to a littering offence which happened in March 2009.", "Scientists are debating whether it is still possible to contain the new coronavirus.", "Forecasters say parts of the Midlands and southern England could see their first snowfall of winter.", "A woman tells how her beloved pet kept sniffing the right side of her head before two brain tumours were diagnosed.", "Liverpool's Champions League defence hangs in the balance as Saul Niguez gives Atletico Madrid a slender lead after the first leg of their last-16 tie.", "The scale of the devastation is apparent, as severe flood warnings remain in place across the UK.", "The trial suggested more people fitted with stents were dying after three years than those given surgery.", "West Ham co-chairman David Gold apologises for liking a social media post that described the late Caroline Flack as \"weak\".", "New documents reveal the \"strongest evidence yet\" of China's crackdown on people in Xinjiang.", "Donalda MacKinnon told staff it was the \"right time\" for her to go after nearly four years in the post.", "The Londoner raps about the government, before winning his first-ever Brit for album of the year.", "Researchers describe the first \"articulated\" remains of a Neanderthal to be discovered in a decade.", "In an exclusive interview with the BBC, the singer speaks ahead of her performance at the Brit Awards.", "There were 622 serious injuries or near misses in three years, figures compiled by the GMB union claim.", "People hit by flooding during Storm Dennis explain what it is like to find your home under water.", "NHS chiefs in Glasgow have passed details of their investigation into Milly Main's death to the procurator fiscal.", "British Army officer Capt Rosie Wild, 28, passes the brutal five-day P Company course.", "Coverage of flooding across Shropshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire in the wake of Storm Dennis.", "Images from around the UK show the strong winds and heavy rain that have swept across the country.", "The Amazon boss and world's richest man gives 8% of his fortune to fight the planet's \"biggest threat\".", "Rocco Wright, three, drowned in a David Lloyd Leisure pool in the Moortown area of Leeds in 2018.", "The targeted man \"showed great bravery,\" says South Wales Police.", "A 10-year-old girl had a machete held at her throat when three men broke in to steal eight puppies worth £8,000.", "Residents in communities on the river are being evacuated as water threatens to top flood defences.", "Scans suggest people who show antisocial behaviour throughout life have some brain abnormalities.", "Yvonne Booth went missing on Sunday after getting out of her car which was stuck in water.", "Helen Gittos lost her baby Harriet when she was eight days old, and she believes the death was preventable.", "One woman, who has waited over two years to be seen, said it had left her suicidal.", "John Shipton said Wikileaks founder Julian Assange had felt \"ceaseless anxiety\" over the past decade.", "The former footballer was accused of beating his estranged wife Shelley Barlow in Hale.", "Football clubs need to \"wean themselves off\" gambling sponsorship, Mark Palios says.", "Average wages - when adjusted for inflation - exceed pre-crisis levels for the first time since 2008.", "Extinction Rebellion members are protesting over what they claim to be \"the destruction of nature\".", "The producer, who turned Primal Scream's Screamadelica into a hit, suffered a pulmonary embolism.", "Megan Newton had offered Joseph Trevor a place to sleep as an \"act of kindness\", a court hears.", "\"Remember anxiety is created by you,\" the YouTuber told 3.7 million followers on Twitter.", "It is the first UK overseas territory to be named and shamed by the EU for not cracking down on tax abuse.", "The ravenous pests have devoured crops and pasture threatening a food crisis in East Africa.", "Keith Farquharson's claim that he accidentally killed his wife Alice is rejected by a jury.", "The Scottish budget allocated an extra £37m to Police Scotland but it still faces a deficit of £49m.", "Fresh \"danger to life\" flood warnings are issued as the UK reels from damage caused by Storm Dennis.", "\"Vicky\" alleges her birth mother was a 13-year-old when she was raped by a family friend", "The chief negotiator says the UK's \"particular proximity\" to the bloc rules out a similar agreement.", "The UK's first industrial contribution to the orbiting platform will improve its communication links.", "The singer is favourite to win best new artist and best single at the ceremony on Tuesday.", "The best of Britain's musical talent and some top international stars are out to impress.", "Private jet firms have seen a huge rise in people hoping to hire planes but they can't meet demand.", "The SNP's former Westminster leader hopes to contest the Edinburgh Central seat held by Ruth Davidson.", "The organisation says the move will allow it to build a compensation fund for sex abuse victims.", "The family of Khawaja Anwar, 82, complained about his lack of care at Royal Liverpool Hospital.", "Manchester United are up to seventh in the Premier League after beating Chelsea 2-0 in another game in which the video assistant referee played a key role.", "The UK government is trying to organise flying 74 British nationals home from the quarantined ship.", "David Armstrong-Jones and his wife Serena are separating after 26 years, a spokesman says.", "Three people are held following damage to a Cambridge college lawn and four for other offences.", "Dr Peter Hutchinson wrote the book the same year sexual harassment complaints were made against him.", "Nominations for the Razzies, which celebrate the worst films in Hollywood, are announced.", "Officials say Boris Johnson's 20,000 target is not high enough as so many are set to leave the police.", "Specialist counsellors say there are not enough services tailored for children who have experienced domestic abuse, so thousands do not receive the care they need.", "England win back the Calcutta Cup and keep their Six Nations title hopes alive with a turgid victory over Scotland in awful weather conditions.", "The NHS and Kent Police are investigating an alleged assault at the William Harvey Hospital.", "Former Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb says the convention has done nothing to help strengthen the UK.", "Battery-only cars accounted for less than 1% of the 51,512 new cars sold in Northern Ireland in 2019.", "The club claims the newspaper received advanced notice of the attack on its vice-chairman's home.", "Efforts to sell all 23 stores together have failed, administrators KPMG said.", "Three woman are fighting for refunds after Thai Airways forced them to sit in economy seats.", "The Welsh Government is removing parents' right to withdraw their children from religious and sex education.", "The Scout Association has failed to recognise the part its \"inadequacies\" played in his death, coroner says.", "When Li Wenliang warned about a Sars-like virus at his hospital in Wuhan, authorities tried to silence him.", "The provisional reading of 18.3C (64.9F) beats the previous record of 17.5C, logged in 2015.", "Huawei is facing opposition to its 5G expansion from the US - but which other countries allow it to operate?", "A total of 160 representatives will be returned to the 33rd Dáil, which will sit on 20 February.", "Christian Hirte tweeted his congratulations to a liberal candidate who was supported by the AfD.", "Prince Harry speaks at the event, a month after the couple announced plans to step back as senior royals.", "Jon Ashworth says Labour could be out of power for 15 years - and Michael Gove defends Tory strategy.", "\"Yao\" told the BBC that hospital staff are not allowed to eat, rest or use the toilet while at work.", "The 16-year-old who was sent 270 messages by the former finance secretary speaks to detectives.", "The four killed by suspected electrocution include a pregnant female, a conservation group says.", "UK citizens returning from the coronavirus-hit city will be quarantined for 14 days.", "A junior solder killed his commanding officer, stole weapons and opened fire in a shopping centre.", "Provides an overview of Thailand, including key dates and facts about this South East Asian state.", "He was compelled to write and write, even on holiday, but still found time to correspond with a fan.", "Brett Kinloch, 31, died of a brain tumour just three hours after his daughter Ariya was born.", "The social media giant restores its account after a Dubai-based hacking group temporarily took over.", "The fitness coach is the latest star aiming to send children to sleep on CBeebies.", "A soldier has gone on a shooting spree in a city north-east of the capital Bangkok.", "Thousands of people around the world remain under observation for signs of coronavirus.", "Parts of New South Wales have seen their heaviest flooding in almost 20 years.", "Exit poll suggests little difference between Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin.", "The secretary of state says he wants to \"have a conversation\" after US warnings went unheeded.", "Hundreds of thousands of bats have invaded Ingham and residents are fed up.", "They say there are alternatives to the Chinese firm and want Tory MPs to raise their concerns.", "Several former skating champions have accused three trainers of sexually abusing them as teenagers.", "Ant and Dec, David Walliams, Piers Morgan and James Corden applaud the ITV presenter's announcement.", "Rosa (not her real name) describes how she was attacked by convicted terror offender, Sudesh Amman.", "John Bercow dismisses the claims, while Diane Abbott is criticised for saying it was 'unlikely' Mr Leakey was bullied.", "David Abel is stuck on the Diamond Princess, docked near Yokohama, after 10 others tested positive for coronavirus.", "David Cameron's protection officer is investigated after the incident on a British Airways flight.", "As senators prepare for the big vote on removing the president from office, here's how we got here.", "Acquittal was always the likely outcome - but the path of how we got there was intriguing.", "Tim the elephant had tusks so long, they reached the ground. He died of natural causes.", "The Premier League has to \"try and make VAR better\", says new chief executive Richard Masters.", "Government charter comes after expats were urged to leave China as the outbreak claims more lives.", "The \"irresponsible\" advert invited viewers to view women as sex objects, the regulator rules.", "Long-awaited report finds NHS Tayside's mental health staff were left \"demoralised\" by failings at the trust.", "Debbie Douglas was key to setting up the independent inquiry into disgraced surgeon Ian Paterson.", "The ongoing impeachment trial is hanging over the president's address to Congress this year.", "Rachel Maclean says she now has \"doubts about the procedure and my health years later\".", "Suspects could be restricted for longer if there are risks to victims, witnesses and the public.", "The inquiry chairman, Sir Patrick Coghlin, will make a statement in Parliament Buildings in Belfast.", "The George Medal was awarded to a boxer who helped save her from an attempted armed kidnap.", "Tracy Brabin says the criticism is another example of the \"every day sexism\" women face.", "About a third of FTSE 100 firms have no ethnic minority representation on their boards, a report shows.", "The culture secretary says the fee needs to remain \"relevant\" in a \"changing media landscape\".", "Democrats hope the ex-White House aide's book could deliver a plot twist in the president's trial.", "The leaders of Ireland's three biggest parties exchange insults in the final TV election debate.", "The UK's advertising watchdog says Europe's biggest airline misled consumers about its carbon footprint.", "An inquiry recommends Ian Paterson's 11,000 patients have their treatment reassessed.", "Pupils are being removed rather than helped, says a manager of schools for those excluded.", "About a quarter of the size of Wales, the A68 iceberg is about to enter the open ocean.", "A key meeting will be held on Wednesday to hammer out the details of sharing rural networks.", "Officers cannot watch every terrorist who is released, the head of UK counter-terror policing warns.", "Live coverage after the US Senate clears Donald Trump of abuse of power and obstruction.", "Shipman, Mid Staffordshire, Morecambe Bay, and now Paterson - it's tempting to say the NHS is not learning lessons. But is that fair?", "Scientists said 99% of understanding of cancer was missing until today.", "Hashem Abedi denies 22 counts of murder over the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017, a court is told.", "One couple lost almost £1m after being persuaded to hand over all their savings and pensions.", "Boris Johnson answers questions from Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and backbench MPs.", "Sinn Féin deputy leader Michelle O'Neill attended the launch of the police campaign.", "Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy says captioning errors by the BBC and Evening Standard are part of a pattern.", "Mr Trump had appeared to snub a handshake from the senior Democrat before the State of the Union.", "The former PM thinks the job of heading the COP26 summit should go to a government minister.", "Batley and Spen MP Tracy Brabin said people needed to \"listen to what we say not what we wear\".", "Hundreds of mourners accompanied by steel bands join a mile long procession for Miriam Saleh's funeral.", "Two \"monolithic\" campaigns are dominating the race but all hopefuls should be on the ballot, she says.", "Iderval Da Silva, 46, was beaten to death as he tried to stop a group of teenagers stealing his moped.", "It is \"clearly not possible\" to stop every terror attack, Britain's most senior police officer says.", "Convicted killer Ian Simms is released on parole despite never revealing where he hid her remains.", "Nasa astronaut Christina Koch completes the longest-ever single spaceflight by a woman.", "A woman describes the moment Sudesh Amman launched his attack in south London on Sunday.", "The Swedish furniture giant's Coventry branch will close this summer, putting 352 jobs at risk.", "After a bitter, two-week impeachment trial, the US Senate clears Donald Trump of abuse of power and obstruction.", "Boris Johnson unveils the plan as he launches a \"year of climate action\" alongside Sir David Attenborough.", "Dan Houser founded the studio behind Grand Theft Auto with his brother in 1998.", "The Spartacus actor, one of the great stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, has died aged 103.", "Reece Dempster admits killing Dorothy Woolmer after breaking into her home at night.", "Hashem Abedi denies 22 counts of murder over the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017.", "What is it like to have the coronavirus, how will it affect you and how is it treated?", "The star says she is to appear in her first major movie after leaving the crime drama on a high.", "The Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737 broke into three parts after landing at an airport in Istanbul.", "A cleaner resigned after discovering the \"weeks old\" corpse in a block used to house the homeless.", "First Minister Arlene Foster says there are more important things to be addressed than a unity vote.", "Selina Lund said fellow guests were not following hygiene rules to prevent the spread of the virus.", "Police evacuate part of a Shropshire town as barriers are \"overwhelmed\" by rising river water.", "The Newsnight host is named network presenter of the year for quizzing the Duke of York.", "Muhammad Bilal's relatives said he went missing while searching for grass to use as cattle fodder.", "The announcement came as the first case of the virus to occur on US soil was announced.", "More drugs than ever before are reaching the UK, costing society billions each year, a report says.", "UK government minister Kit Malthouse dismisses calls for pilot scheme to take users off the streets.", "Researchers develop a satellite antenna that could end the frustrations of millions of rail passengers.", "Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang misses a golden chance with the last kick as Arsenal are handed their first defeat of 2020.", "The agreement between the SNP and Greens will see extra funding committed to public transport and local government.", "Businesses in China are turning to live streaming apps and messaging groups to try and sell their products.", "A study hopes to discover whether our hands are truly unique by looking at anatomical differences.", "How countries are battling the virus - from disinfectant lorries in China to roadblocks in Italy.", "Gabriel Jesus and Kevin de Bruyne score late goals as Manchester City fight back to beat Real Madrid 2-1 and take control of their Champions League last-16 tie.", "Levelling up disadvantaged parts of the UK will need long-term thought and investment, a report says.", "Environmental campaigners win ruling against third runway at Heathrow Airport.", "Thomas Hanlon is charged with causing the death of pedestrian Sakine Cihan by careless driving.", "The government says it will pull out of talks in June if insufficient ground has been covered.", "The house was left close to the cliff edge after a storm destroyed a large chunk of land.", "Relatives of the Australian nine-year-old say they will give the crowdfunded cash to charity.", "Anything said by witnesses to the inquiry will not be used to prosecute them, the attorney general says.", "John Zurick, 67, and wife Deborah, 56, were found with shotgun injuries at their Somerset cottage.", "Mr Green failed to freeze the account of a customer who won £50,000 and gambled it away.", "Dedicated car parking and other steps to avoid people parking on roadsides are planned for Space Hub Sutherland.", "Staff claim they often miss out on overtime amid allegations of poor cleaning practices at some branches.", "Tory Women and Equalities committee chair criticises Boris Johnson's previous comments on women in burkas.", "The US index shed nearly 1,200 points, one of the sharpest drops in history.", "A former soldier says he was assaulted by Barry Bennell in Blackpool after being introduced to him by a Scottish coach.", "The National Trust urges Britons to \"actively\" experience nature to help tackle wildlife crisis.", "Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova is \"saying goodbye\" to tennis at the age of 32.", "Police said there was a risk of \"falls and crushing\" if thousands of people joined the Bristol protest.", "Campaigners say plans for a third runway should be cancelled, but the airport says it will appeal.", "No country should assume it will not get cases, WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warns.", "A new scheme is being introduced to ease pressure on health services, as experts expect more cases to emerge.", "The gunman dies from \"self-inflicted wounds\" during the shooting in the mid-western Wisconsin state.", "Singer-songwriter James Newman will represent the United Kingdom with his song My Last Breath.", "The money will go towards accommodation, but Labour says No 10 underestimates the scale of the issue.", "The owner of the disinfectant brand says sales have risen, with demand outstripping supply in China.", "A ruling will decide whether Heathrow's expansion plan should have taken the climate more into account.", "On a visit to flood-hit Shropshire, George Eustice says decisions have been made \"in a timely way\".", "The hungry ducks could be sent to eat the insects that are devouring crops in Pakistan, experts say.", "Scientists are debating whether it is still possible to contain the new coronavirus.", "The primary school in Buxton has had a precautionary deep clean and will be closed until Monday.", "Applications to university could switch to after pupils get their A-level results, says watchdog.", "Six of the 10 largest providers of children's homes and foster care are in debt, a report suggests.", "Police said 15 arrests have been made, 25 stolen vehicles found and £150,000 seized.", "Andy and Ryan Tohill will direct a reboot of the 1974 horror cult classic.", "Chancellor Sajid Javid says the UK will have a \"better future\" despite the end of frictionless trade.", "Peter Phillips and his wife Autumn say their separation is best for their two daughters.", "The controversial high-speed rail project could potentially cost as much as £106bn.", "The legislation would end the release of convicted terror offenders halfway through their sentence.", "Fernando Murphy has been jailed for the abuse, which left the Irish News reporter \"full of anxiety\".", "Officials are in discussions with Europe to ensure a deal would not breach state aid rules.", "A couple are being forced to leave their home on the HS2 route.", "The dog walker was killed by a falling branch, as forecasters say Storm Dennis will hit this Saturday.", "The prime minister says that the government has approved the HS2 rail line.", "Boris Johnson tells MPs the controversial HS2 rail project will go ahead with a minister to oversee it.", "A long-running battle over care-workers' pay will reach the Supreme Court on Wednesday.", "Labour says the plan \"doesn't make up for deep cuts\" to services since 2010.", "Pauline and Geoffrey Walker posted a video on Instagram in a bid to find Mrs Walker's purse.", "The prime minister says he will appoint a full-time minister to oversee the project and \"restore discipline\".", "Robyn Peoples and Sharni Edwards tie the knot in County Antrim following a landmark law change.", "The party's deputy leader Michelle O'Neill says she and colleague Gerry Kelly will not be deterred.", "As waves battered the coast, two people were spotted trying to take photos of themselves on rocks.", "The awards ceremony bucked a decline in viewers last year but ratings reached a record low on Sunday.", "Mohiussunnath Chowdhury was cleared a year ago of a sword attack on police near Buckingham Palace.", "Tech firms will need to ensure that illegal content is quickly removed from their platforms.", "Imogen Ashwell-Lewis, who is eight and has cerebral palsy, has missed 20 months of school.", "Ruby Williams received £8,500 after taking legal action over her school's uniform policy.", "Mountain rescuers said the weather on the mountain was \"horrendous\" with a wind chill of about -20C.", "The British artist's painting, depicting the moment after a diver hits the water, is sold at Sotheby's.", "Warning comes after Michael Gove tells firms to prepare for post-Brexit border checks from January.", "The vehicles are caught out in Dumfries and Galloway as winter weather affects much of Scotland.", "Police launched an investigation following allegations of abuse during an Old Firm game in December.", "Aid agencies are struggling to ensure millions of Yemenis receive food crucial to their survival.", "The vehicle was stranded for five hours at one point while making deliveries.", "Three other men arrested are released, one without charge, the other two pending reports to prosecutors.", "Voters in New Hampshire pick who they want to run against Donald Trump in the year's first primary.", "Up to a fifth of the Amazon rainforest has become a net source of CO2, research suggests.", "The animal was rescued from under the perfume counter of a Superdrug store in Northampton.", "Raphael Coleman who starred in the film Nanny McPhee has died, after collapsing, at 25.", "Quincy says she's in \"hot water\" with her father as they spar over which Democrat can beat Donald Trump.", "Women's choices on when to have children may be affected by the current law, ministers say.", "Police say a 58-year-old man died in Hampshire after his car was hit during the storm on Sunday.", "Sanders narrowly beats Pete Buttigieg in the second key contest in the race to take on Donald Trump.", "Footage shows the storm sweeping in from the Black Sea and hitting the town of Hopa.", "The fossils of the predator, which stood around 8ft (2.4m) tall, were found by a farmer in Alberta.", "The HS2 high-speed rail link has been given the go-ahead - what was the reaction in Parliament?", "Flagship 5G handset has 100x zoom camera and records 8K video while 4G foldable has clamshell design.", "Lee Castleton was left broke after the Post Office spent £320,000 pursuing him over false losses.", "The cause of the collapsed road is not yet known but there have been reports of a broken sewer.", "President Trump initially said no US troops were injured in the Iranian attack on US bases in Iraq.", "Manchester passengers call HS2 \"a raw deal\", while the council leader says it is \"very good news\".", "In her first podcast, the Duchess of Cambridge says she was \"not the happiest of pregnant people\".", "He went missing from a liquid petroleum gas tanker anchored off Margate.", "The court heard Thomas Nulty raped the six-year-old in the 1970s when he was babysitting her.", "A Russian protest artist is held after Benjamin Griveaux is forced to ditch his Paris mayoral bid.", "A new storm has arrived in the UK. So what impact will Storm Dennis have?", "ITV pull Saturday's edition of Love Island following the death of the show's former host.", "The Labour leadership contenders agree that revitalising the party's fortunes north of the border is vital.", "Medics in Wuhan resort to shaving their heads in a bid to prevent cross-infection of the coronavirus.", "More than 100 people remain in quarantine in a hotel after arriving from China last weekend.", "Images from around the UK show the strong winds and heavy rain that have swept across the country.", "Pictures show the effects of Storm Ciara's strong winds and heavy rain in the UK.", "Mysterious archaic hominins may have interbred with early humans in West Africa, scientists say.", "Mark Zuckerberg says social media firms should not decide what counts as legitimate free speech.", "Houthi rebels say they shot down the plane, while Saudi Arabia says only that it \"fell\".", "An offensive word has been spray painted over the street artist's latest work in Bristol.", "Beau Benedict Enthoven Williams was born via the same surrogate as daughter Coco, Ayda Field Williams says.", "Appeal judges overturn a ruling that found Islamic faith weddings were legally recognised in the UK.", "US President Donald Trump tweets that he has \"the legal right\" to intervene in criminal cases.", "Manchester City are banned from European club competitions for two seasons by Uefa.", "Troops are helping bolster flood defences as flights are grounded and sporting fixtures called off.", "Liverpool's unstoppable charge towards their first top-flight title in 30 years is \"outstanding\", says Jurgen Klopp after Sadio Mane's goal gives them victory at Norwich.", "Jackson Carlaw had been the party's interim leader since Ruth Davidson quit the role in August.", "The UK is not an \"Orwellian society\", warns a judge as he rules officers interfered with freedom of speech.", "Viewers and the TV world are in shock after the announcement of the death of the Love Island host.", "Three severe flood warnings are issued in the Scottish Borders following heavy rainfall.", "Michelle O'Neill and Gerry Kelly have been told dissidents are planning attacks against them.", "Demonstrators have called for the government to help curb the rising number of murders of women.", "Jemma Nicklin, who had recently opened a help-to-buy ISA, says the news \"hasn't quite sunk in\".", "China's state railway company says it could build the line in just five years, according to reports.", "A video emerges of a car being driven on the wrong side of the road near where Harry Dunn was killed.", "The shadow foreign secretary fails to secure enough support to qualify for the members' ballot.", "Communities across the UK face more disruption following the torrential rain brought by Storm Dennis.", "The former Love Island host was found dead in her London flat.", "Tony Camoccio says he is \"excited to be heading home and can't wait to see all of my family\".", "Flooding and power cuts are forecast with amber weather warnings in place across England and Wales.", "Internet jokers cause a circular hole outside a bank to rise up the TripAdvisor rankings.", "Covid-19, the new form of coronavirus, becomes a notifiable disease under Scottish public health rules.", "France remain on course for a first Grand Slam in 10 years as they win in Cardiff for the first time since 2010 with a 27-23 victory.", "The International Center of Photography is showcasing photos of hip-hop's greatest stars.", "\"Mad\" Mike Hughes, 64, wanted to launch himself into space to prove that the Earth was flat.", "One worker at Hampton House had been turning up in a kayak, its manager said.", "England rediscover some of their World Cup form to reignite their own hopes of landing the Six Nations title with a 24-12 win over Ireland.", "The governor of Mecca says Asayel Slay's music video is an \"insult to the customs\" of the city.", "The team were greeted by elderly fans instead of children before their game with Watford.", "UK nationals evacuated from a cruise ship arrive at Arrowe Park, where they will spend the next 14 days.", "The 118 evacuees leave after 14 days, as 30 others from a virus-hit cruise ship begin their isolation.", "President Trump hailed the \"great American comeback\", so why are working families still struggling?", "The Democratic race to decide who will take on Donald Trump in November's election resumes.", "The French president's doubts come as the UK government is set to publish its demands.", "News Group Newspapers still paying out millions over phone-hacking scandal.", "The patients caught the virus on the Diamond Princess cruise liner, bringing the total UK cases to 13.", "The first winter series concludes, a week after the show's former host Caroline Flack was found dead.", "Tyson Fury wins the WBC world heavyweight title after producing a sensational performance against Deontay Wilder.", "Tyson Fury says his career would be \"completed\" if he faces Anthony Joshua after becoming a two-time world heavyweight champion with a stunning win over Deontay Wilder.", "Scientists discover a new link between a protein and an eye condition which affects 1.5 million people.", "The victim suffered a wound to his neck, Westminster Magistrates' Court heard.", "One woman has to be rescued from her vehicle by canoe after her car became deluged by floodwater.", "Tyson Fury powered up the Las Vegas lights with a brutal display of boxing - this is how social media and the boxing world reacted.", "After his seventh-round defeat of Deontay Wilder, a unique place in sporting history awaits Tyson Fury if he secures a unification fight against Anthony Joshua.", "Passengers have been left stranded after a strong sandstorm caused poor visibility.", "Dr Jeremy Morris is moving aside while an internal review into how allegations were handled takes place.", "The SNP's Joanna Cherry is challenging Angus Robertson for the Edinburgh Central seat at Holyrood.", "Staffordshire Police release CCTV footage of a lorry driver making a dangerous manoeuvre on the M6 Toll.", "Quincy Anyiam, 26, is accused of causing the death of Anisha Vidal-Garner in Brixton Hill.", "The victims are named as Gemma Cousin, 26, her husband Rhys, 25, and their daughters Peyton, three, and Heidi Cousin.", "The SNP leader also defended her plans for a Scottish visa system on The Andrew Marr Show.", "US officials accused “malign” Russian actors of promoting unfounded theories about the virus online.", "BBC Sport meets the team behind Tyson Fury, including new trainer SugarHill Steward, Andy Lee and cutman Jacob 'Stitch' Duran, before Saturday's WBC world heavyweight title fight with Deontay Wilder.", "The nine-month-pregnant nurse was portrayed as heroic for continuing to work on the frontlines.", "The third Democratic nomination contest is over and Bernie Sanders is on his way up. But who is down?", "The family's demand comes after the US refused to extradite the suspect involved in Mr Dunn's death.", "The London MP says she wants Labour's new leader to be able to choose their own top team.", "The moment of Brexit is a time for healing, says the PM. But what does that mean?", "There is sadness, determination and reflection as Brexit finally arrives, our Europe editor writes.", "Julian Smith says people injured during the Troubles \"fought hard for too long\" for compensation.", "How did rugby develop into an integral part of Welsh culture more than 100 years ago?", "Two recycling workers managed to find the pensioner's life savings after they were accidentally thrown out.", "Christopher Hasson, a former lieutenant, was arrested last year after stockpiling weapons.", "The drug is aimed at protecting against accidental exposure, but may cause a fatal reaction.", "As senators prepare for the big vote on removing the president from office, here's how we got here.", "The Hollywood producer faces the threat of life in jail in a criminal trial taking place in New York.", "The messaging app will become obsolete on older operating systems from 1 Feb.", "It was more an evening of intimate cabaret than a stadium blockbuster show.", "Shane Gross captured the haunting photo while diving near the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas.", "Several fake profiles appeared using photos of Oscar Saxelby-Lee who is having treatment for leukaemia.", "LeBron James leads tributes to Kobe Bryant at the LA Lakers' first game since he died in a helicopter crash.", "Uninspired Ireland beat Scotland 19-12 in the Six Nations in Dublin as Stuart Hogg's knock-on over the line sums up Scotland's missed opportunity.", "After the celebrations, the UK will start to find out what life outside the EU will really mean.", "As the clock struck 11pm in the UK, thousands of Brexit supporters were ready to ring in the new era.", "It was more an evening of intimate cabaret than a stadium blockbuster show.", "Imelda Staunton will play the monarch in the fifth and final series of the royal TV drama.", "Mohammed Allawi, a former communications minister, has backed the protests which began in October.", "Dramatic images from the famous annual event which celebrates Shetland's Norse heritage.", "After a bitter, two-week impeachment trial, the US Senate clears Donald Trump of abuse of power and obstruction.", "French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire threatens to block the firm's takeover by China's Jingye.", "The government department responsible for child maintenance faces criticism for long delays.", "The UK government sacks the woman it appointed to run the crucial UN climate summit in November.", "Anyone who has taken a \"Red Bull\" pill should seek medical advice, police said.", "The founding member of the British post-punk band had only recently come off tour.", "The first minister says she still believes attending the funeral service was the \"right thing\" to do.", "Jewellery valued at tens of millions of pounds was stolen from Tamara Ecclestone's London home.", "Nike's controversial Vaporfly range is not banned but there is to be tighter regulations around high-tech running shoes, World Athletics says.", "More than 100 firefighters are tackling the blaze at a Wakefield bakery.", "Dramatic footage shows a worker trying to run to safety as the massive structure disintegrates.", "People gathered across the country to mark the moment the UK officially left the EU.", "LeBron James leads the tributes as the LA Lakers remember Kobe Bryant in the team's first game since he died in a helicopter crash alongside his daughter Gianna and seven other people.", "What is it like to have the coronavirus, how will it affect you and how is it treated?", "Crowds mark the historic moment, as 47 years of membership come to an end.", "She wrote novels such as A Stranger is Watching and sold over 100 million books in the US alone.", "The journey to leaving the EU, tracked by what people said at the time.", "The bodies of Henriett Szucs and Mihrican Mustafa were found in a freezer by officers in April.", "France's Emmanuel Macron says he is deeply sad but David Davis says everybody will win from Brexit.", "From free trade agreement to no deal, find out what the key terms mean.", "The storm is causing travel disruption across the UK as well as affecting sporting fixtures.", "The fourth case came as the UK's final rescue flight arrived in Oxfordshire.", "Nominations for the Razzies, which celebrate the worst films in Hollywood, are announced.", "Pictures show the effects of Storm Ciara's strong winds and heavy rain in the UK.", "England win back the Calcutta Cup and keep their Six Nations title hopes alive with a turgid victory over Scotland in awful weather conditions.", "Jojo Rabbit, 1917 and Toy Story 4 were also among the winners.", "A 34-year-old man dies after being found with serious injuries at a house in Ayr.", "Battery-only cars accounted for less than 1% of the 51,512 new cars sold in Northern Ireland in 2019.", "Ex-Speaker says it is \"blindingly obvious\" there is a campaign to keep him out of the House of Lords.", "The UK is lashed by heavy rain and winds of up to 90mph.", "Some renters are choosing the option without understanding the costs involved, housing groups warn.", "The government plans to lower the minimum salary for migrants from £30,000 to £25,600, the BBC understands.", "Forecasters predict the storm will bring gusts of over 90mph (145km/h) in some areas.", "Universities are urged to clarify if they would tell families when students have mental health problems.", "Winning film-maker Lulu Wang says \"you don't have to encourage women - just give them the job\".", "Christian Hirte tweeted his congratulations to a liberal candidate who was supported by the AfD.", "The 16-year-old who was sent 270 messages by the former finance secretary speaks to detectives.", "The European probe will gather some of the most detailed ever pictures and movies of our star.", "England secure a 1-1 series draw with South Africa by beating the hosts by two wickets in the third one-day international in Johannesburg.", "Sir Keir and his leadership campaign team deny allegedly hacking Labour's membership database.", "Sony is the latest firm to withdraw from Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.", "The four killed by suspected electrocution include a pregnant female, a conservation group says.", "A junior solder killed his commanding officer, stole weapons and opened fire in a shopping centre.", "Provides an overview of Thailand, including key dates and facts about this South East Asian state.", "The girl is being questioned on conspiracy to murder Babacar Diagne in Coventry.", "The BA Boeing 747-436 reached speeds of 825 mph in the jet stream accelerated by Storm Ciara.", "Its UK ambassador criticises Tory politicians opposed to the firm's role in the UK's mobile network.", "An appeal and TV documentary about Stuart Lubbock's death in the entertainer's pool bring \"new information\".", "Thousands of people around the world remain under observation for signs of coronavirus.", "Exit poll suggests little difference between Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin.", "The story of how Jasper and Jinx became Tom and Jerry - and defied the Cold War.", "A soldier has gone on a shooting spree in a city north-east of the capital Bangkok.", "Several former skating champions have accused three trainers of sexually abusing them as teenagers.", "At least 20 people were killed and dozens more injured in the attack in Nakhon Ratchasima.", "Liverpool's Champions League defence hangs in the balance as Saul Niguez gives Atletico Madrid a slender lead after the first leg of their last-16 tie.", "The offer of a Commons tour in exchange for a donation was part of a Green Party crowdfunding drive.", "Oxford University faces accusations of unfairness over the cost of applying for courses.", "Four maps on how immigration has changed Britain.", "The scale of the devastation is apparent, as severe flood warnings remain in place across the UK.", "The trial suggested more people fitted with stents were dying after three years than those given surgery.", "The Londoner raps about the government, before winning his first-ever Brit for album of the year.", "The Liverpudlian comedian was diagnosed after his 80th birthday and says he will \"try and beat it\".", "Rowan Baxter's wife reportedly jumped from the car yelling \"he's poured petrol on me\".", "People hit by flooding during Storm Dennis explain what it is like to find your home under water.", "The group infiltrated more than 2,000 BT customer accounts and used the details to buy luxury goods.", "A dead soldier's parents demand action as investigation reveals multiple health and safety breaches.", "British bank notes and coins could disappear much earlier than expected, campaigners warn.", "Scotland's environment watchdog raises concerns about operations at Grangemouth and Mossmoran in Fife.", "British Army officer Capt Rosie Wild, 28, passes the brutal five-day P Company course.", "The discovery raises fresh concerns about potential safety issues for the US plane-making giant.", "The World Health Organization says \"radical change\" is needed before it is too late", "The targeted man \"showed great bravery,\" says South Wales Police.", "A multinational private equity firm takes a 20% stake in the Shetland Space Centre project.", "Residents in communities on the river are being evacuated as water threatens to top flood defences.", "Nicola Sturgeon says proposals to stop giving visas to low-skilled workers is the wrong route to take.", "A man was shot on Wednesday morning at a house in the Hollywood hills, police confirmed to Newsbeat.", "She appeared on TV shows ranging from Blue Peter to The Sky At Night, as well as documentaries.", "Helen Gittos lost her baby Harriet when she was eight days old, and she believes the death was preventable.", "Katrina O'Hara's phone was seized for evidence, leaving her with no means of communication.", "The duke and duchess will no longer carry out duties on behalf of the Queen.", "Priti Patel says businesses should train the 8.5 million economically inactive people. But only two million of them want a job.", "The title of oldest person in the UK is now shared by two men, both born on 29 March 1908.", "Professional musician Dagmar Turner was diagnosed with a large brain tumour in 2013.", "Manchester City chief executive Ferran Soriano says club licensing and FFP breaches are \"simply not true\".", "It is the first UK overseas territory to be named and shamed by the EU for not cracking down on tax abuse.", "John and his wife, Joan, are publicising what happened to warn others.", "Social care providers tell Newsnight the number of EU nationals working in the sector has fallen since Brexit.", "The UK retailer has removed the Daily Telegraph newspaper from 120 shops in railway stations.", "In a post released ahead of her inquest, the TV host said her \"future was swept from under my feet\".", "The Foreign Office says it hopes to evacuate the stranded UK passengers \"later this week\".", "Lady Scotland also criticises \"malicious media stories\" and urges diplomats to end \"biased leaks\".", "The UK government is trying to organise flying 74 British nationals home from the quarantined ship.", "The clothing and furnishing retailer secures money to meet its immediate funding needs.", "Three people are held following damage to a Cambridge college lawn and four for other offences.", "Lawyers and women's rights groups react to a judge who dismissed a woman's claim she had been raped.", "Rare video shows Joaquin \"El Chapo\" Guzman being processed at a high-security jail in Mexico.", "US company Blackhall Studios wants to build a movie-making complex at Thames Valley Science Park.", "Kirk Douglas clawed his way up from poverty to become one of Hollywood's leading stars.", "The engine left the tracks and apparently hit a freight wagon before running into a building.", "Following the resignation of Scotland's finance secretary, Public Finance Minister Kate Forbes steps in to deliver the budget.", "Acquittal was always the likely outcome - but the path of how we got there was intriguing.", "Cerys Price killed Robert Dean as he was driving to his granddaughter's fourth birthday party.", "Key things we learnt from this rancorous impeachment trial, asks legal scholar Jonathan Turley.", "Ex-chancellors sacked by the PM for opposing a no-deal Brexit are set for the Lords, the BBC learns.", "Marie McCourt wants \"to give Helen the last goodbye\" as her daughter's killer is released on parole.", "Use the BBC News postcode search to see how your school has done in this year's secondary league tables.", "The middle-aged man, diagnosed in Brighton, is being treated at a London hospital, it is understood.", "In a pre-FMQs statement, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tells MSPs that Derek Mackay has been been suspended from the SNP.", "Tracy Brabin faced criticism for wearing the dress in the Commons.", "The young boy suffered life changing injuries when he was thrown from a 10th floor viewing platform.", "A new series of \"culturally diverse\" classic book covers sparked a backlash online.", "Regulator Ofwat had told water firms to invest more in improving services between 2020 and 2025.", "A team of mathematicians and physicists say they have the formula for consistently good coffee.", "The former Speaker says he has a right to answer his accusers after criticism from the Commons.", "Suspects could be restricted for longer if there are risks to victims, witnesses and the public.", "Stars join Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones in paying their respects to the movie legend.", "The star comes out as queer after receiving criticism for being cast in an LGBT-interest show.", "The social media giant is facing a backlash over plans to encrypt messages across its platforms.", "The move follows the unveiling of a new railcard that will offer veterans discounted train travel.", "A selection of images from the life and career of US actor Kirk Douglas, who celebrates his 100th birthday on 9 December.", "A vulnerable man died in his bed after \"maladministration and service failure\", an ombudsman finds.", "BBC Ireland Correspondent Chris Page assesses the prospects for Saturday's election.", "Heads of government reject calls for Baroness Scotland to be given an automatic second term.", "For the better part of 2019, the impeachment saga has dominated Washington politics.", "Derek Mackay's departure is a calamity, without caveat, for his party, his government and his boss.", "Jhon Jairo Velásquez, who boasted of killing 300 people, died in hospital of stomach cancer aged 57.", "As Derek Mackay prepares to deliver the budget, the Scottish Sun claims he has been messaging a 16-year-old boy on social media.", "An annual industry event continues to use promotional models wearing revealing outfits.", "A number of prisoners are likely to challenge the government's new terror laws in court, a lawyer says.", "Fire and rescue services could be given a wider role in keeping people safe under new plans.", "About a quarter of the size of Wales, the A68 iceberg is about to enter the open ocean.", "Officers cannot watch every terrorist who is released, the head of UK counter-terror policing warns.", "Scientists said 99% of understanding of cancer was missing until today.", "Tax rates will not change in the coming year in Scotland, Public Finance Minister Kate Forbes announces.", "One day after his Senate trial ended, Mr Trump hosts a White House event to assail \"corrupt\" foes.", "Government adviser calls for change in culture on painkillers with greater focus on social issues.", "Local authorities can bid for the money to pay for a new fleet of up to 200 electric buses.", "The name of Hashem Abedi's account translates from Arabic as \"to slaughter we have come\", a court hears.", "Companies who worked on the building had threatened not to give evidence, as it could incriminate them.", "Dozens of women who thought they were having a \"complete mesh removal\" are said to be affected.", "Two \"monolithic\" campaigns are dominating the race but all hopefuls should be on the ballot, she says.", "Mohammed Zahir Khan is due to be freed in three weeks' time after having served half of his sentence.", "The FA is set to launch new coaching guidelines that will restrict the amount of heading by under-18 players in training.", "Nearly half the UK's 14 million people in poverty are disabled or live with someone who is, research suggests.", "Convicted killer Ian Simms is released on parole despite never revealing where he hid her remains.", "Nasa astronaut Christina Koch completes the longest-ever single spaceflight by a woman.", "After a bitter, two-week impeachment trial, the US Senate clears Donald Trump of abuse of power and obstruction.", "A rise in hate incidents expressed online is the single most obvious factor, a trust says.", "Derek Mackay's sudden resignation as finance secretary cuts short a meteoric rise through Scottish politics.", "Stanley Johnson accidentally reveals Chinese concerns about lack of a support message from the PM.", "The Spartacus actor, one of the great stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, has died aged 103.", "Jonty Bravery told his care workers he wanted to push someone off a building about a year before the attack.", "The star says she is to appear in her first major movie after leaving the crime drama on a high.", "The Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737 broke into three parts after landing at an airport in Istanbul.", "The coastguard dealt with 90 migrants from eight vessels, a record figure for a single day.", "The PSNI initially received a report about an explosive device at Belfast docks on 31 January.", "The 118 evacuees leave after 14 days, as 30 others from a virus-hit cruise ship begin their isolation.", "The first winter series concludes, a week after the show's former host Caroline Flack was found dead.", "The training guidelines are effective immediately but do not recommend a heading ban during matches.", "After his seventh-round defeat of Deontay Wilder, a unique place in sporting history awaits Tyson Fury if he secures a unification fight against Anthony Joshua.", "Quincy Anyiam, 26, is accused of causing the death of Anisha Vidal-Garner in Brixton Hill.", "Caroline Thomson is sentenced to nine years after leaving the boy brain damaged and blind in one eye.", "The presenter won her employment tribunal last month against the corporation over equal pay.", "Terence Whall lay in wait for Gerald Corrigan and shot him as he tried to fix his satellite dish.", "Key moments in the cases against the producer, who has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault.", "The Hollywood producer faces the threat of life in jail in a criminal trial taking place in New York.", "The team were greeted by elderly fans instead of children before their game with Watford.", "The patients caught the virus on the Diamond Princess cruise liner, bringing the total UK cases to 13.", "Concerns were raised about the sexual content of social media posts by FlowJob, following an event in Paisley.", "Scientists discover a new link between a protein and an eye condition which affects 1.5 million people.", "The £60,000-a-year role involves overseeing the recruitment and treatment of special advisers.", "Millions of people who have long opposed the Syrian regime are trapped at the border with Turkey.", "Lucy Monaghan waives her right to anonymity after decision is taken not to prosecute alleged attacker.", "The supermarket chain says it wants to give a better reflection of ethnic diversity.", "The FTSE 100 suffered its sharpest drop in four years as investors worry about the virus spreading.", "Sir Keir Starmer, Lisa Nandy and Rebecca Long-Bailey remain in the race to succeed Jeremy Corbyn.", "The new head of Wales' exam watchdog believes \"significantly more\" tests could be sat online.", "The toddler fell into a waterslide area, leaving his parents \"devastated\", the resort says.", "A spate of spoof reviews saw the hole ranked as one of Ilkeston's top-rated attractions.", "Salman Abedi's brother Hashem denies murder, attempted murder and conspiring to cause explosions.", "The bill blocking automatic release of convicted terror offenders is approved by the House of Lords.", "England rediscover some of their World Cup form to reignite their own hopes of landing the Six Nations title with a 24-12 win over Ireland.", "A Met Office yellow warning for snow is in place affecting most parts of Scotland on Monday.", "Thousands attended a service for the NBA star and his daughter who died in a helicopter crash in January.", "Oxford City said Finn Tapp left without telling them in January to take part in Love Island.", "The home secretary hits back at reports of distrust from security bosses and bullying behaviour.", "Fire crews and kayakers rescue residents in Shrewsbury, while part of Ironbridge is evacuated.", "One woman has to be rescued from her vehicle by canoe after her car became deluged by floodwater.", "Passengers have been left stranded after a strong sandstorm caused poor visibility.", "Hundreds queued at a supermarket in Daegu, one of the South Korean epicentres of the virus outbreak.", "The firm urges people to \"try to be kind\" after Tory minister's picture brews up a Twitter storm.", "George Gibson was responsible for the backdrops of some legendary films during Hollywood's golden age.", "A recent surge in building by local authorities suggests the council house may be returning.", "MPs and assembly members ask the chancellor for £30m to help affected areas in Rhondda Cynon Taff.", "The London MP says she wants Labour's new leader to be able to choose their own top team.", "Taxpayers are facing a £346m bill after a spate of high-profile business failures on the High Street.", "The family of a boy who died in a river has questioned why a suspect has not been prosecuted.", "Educated people cause most harm to the planet so schools must change, say teenage climate campaigners.", "News Group Newspapers still paying out millions over phone-hacking scandal.", "The judge said this was not a referendum on #MeToo. But at times, his trial felt like one.", "Fresh questions over Mo Farah's relationship with his disgraced former coach Alberto Salazar are raised in a new BBC Panorama investigation.", "US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania visit the Taj Mahal on day one of a trip to India.", "The drama series draws ire for a gruesome and fictitious human chess scene at Auschwitz.", "A married couple bought and re-sold gig tickets worth millions of pounds using multiple identities.", "The Vietnamese passengers had earlier sailed across the channel from France to Cornwall.", "The UK's first industrial contribution to the orbiting platform will improve its communication links.", "Prolonged shutdowns for businesses in China are bringing many firms to the brink of collapse.", "The third Democratic nomination contest is over and Bernie Sanders is on his way up. But who is down?", "The Wikileaks co-founder appears at a court in London on the opening day of his extradition hearing.", "The Commons approves legislation blocking the automatic release of prisoners in jail for terror offences.", "Geoffrey Cox, Andrea Leadsom and Julian Smith are out as Boris Johnson begins cabinet reshuffle.", "A couple are being forced to leave their home on the HS2 route.", "The dog walker was killed by a falling branch, as forecasters say Storm Dennis will hit this Saturday.", "The oil giant's new chief executive Bernard Looney said BP must be \"cleaner\".", "They were among 12 people helped to safety by a mountain rescue team after their vehicles became stuck.", "With the country reeling from the massive public health disaster, what might it mean for the economy, society and those in power?", "A long-running battle over care-workers' pay will reach the Supreme Court on Wednesday.", "First Minister Mark Drakeford says it is for doctors to decide the future of the department.", "With the country reeling from the massive public health disaster, what might it mean for the economy, society and those in power?", "Shauna Coxsey is selected as Team GB's first sport climber for the inaugural event at the Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer.", "The support resource officer at a high school in Arkansas had been under investigation for use of excessive force.", "Robyn Peoples and Sharni Edwards tie the knot in County Antrim following a landmark law change.", "The prime minister says he will appoint a full-time minister to oversee the project and \"restore discipline\".", "The second contest in the Democratic nomination is over - we take a look at who's up and down.", "The 18-year-old will be the fourth-generation wrestler in the family", "The bridge was closed on Monday evening after snow and ice fell from cables, damaging eight vehicles.", "Transport Secretary Grant Shapps tells the BBC a sales ban could be brought forward again.", "Tech firms will need to ensure that illegal content is quickly removed from their platforms.", "Refugees in Jordan and scientists from the UK are growing fresh food using old mattresses.", "As the UK government announces its plans, what are its options for regulating the firms?", "Wayne Erasmus says he has not been able to see or speak to his son Huw for three years.", "The world's largest mobile industry showcase will not go ahead, organisers confirm.", "The British artist's painting, depicting the moment after a diver hits the water, is sold at Sotheby's.", "Prime Minister's Questions is dominated by heated exchanges over the removal of foreign offenders.", "The vehicles are caught out in Dumfries and Galloway as winter weather affects much of Scotland.", "Catherine's first solo visit to Northern Ireland promoted a UK-wide survey she launched last month.", "A Tory donor provided holiday accommodation to the PM, according to the register of MPs' interests.", "The case of Google versus the European Commission will be heard in Luxembourg over three days.", "An image of two mice fighting on the underground over a crumb of food tops a popular wildlife photo poll.", "Often used against Jewish people as an offensive term, it can now also mean a Tottenham fan, the OED says.", "The four men, who were saved from the mountain in bad weather, have sent a donation and apologised.", "Officials say not to panic over coronavirus, but some residents are ordering masks and keeping children at home.", "East Kent Hospitals Trust's boss disputes the numbers of baby deaths it accepts responsibility for.", "Two fighter jets had to be scrambled to accompany the Jet2 flight back to Stansted in June.", "Up to a fifth of the Amazon rainforest has become a net source of CO2, research suggests.", "Sir David Clementi says putting the broadcaster's services behind a paywall would have a big impact.", "England throw away the opportunity to defeat South Africa in the first Twenty20 international, losing a dramatic contest by one run in East London.", "Sonia Boyce will be the first black woman to represent Great Britain at the prestigious art festival.", "A judge jails Peter Turner for 20 years and says he had \"brought evil into this world\".", "Koalas along with birds, fish and frogs need the most help after Australia's fires, says a report.", "Ms McKee, who was 29, was observing rioting in Londonderry when she was shot on 18 April 2019.", "Victims of switching mistakes will be paid automatically under a compensation scheme starting in May.", "A woman says she was \"bled dry\" by the scammer, who said he wanted to marry her.", "Islamic leaders have previously refused to perform funeral prayers saying sex work is \"immoral\".", "The Archbishop of Canterbury apologises for racism since the Windrush generation came to the UK.", "Sanders narrowly beats Pete Buttigieg in the second key contest in the race to take on Donald Trump.", "The HS2 high-speed rail link has been given the go-ahead - what was the reaction in Parliament?", "Millions of litres of water are being slowly put back into the system in Cumbria, United Utilities says.", "Flagship 5G handset has 100x zoom camera and records 8K video while 4G foldable has clamshell design.", "Catherine, who is known as the Countess of Strathearn in Scotland, made a trip to Aberdeen.", "Manchester passengers call HS2 \"a raw deal\", while the council leader says it is \"very good news\".", "A water firm says it is \"throwing everything we can at this problem\" but weather is hampering repairs.", "Unilever, which owns brands such as Twister and Cornetto, says it is responding to rising obesity rates.", "In her first podcast, the Duchess of Cambridge says she was \"not the happiest of pregnant people\".", "Hundreds of homes and businesses are damaged in flooding caused by Storm Dennis.", "Kevin Lygo said her \"passion, dedication and boundless energy contributed to the show's success.\"", "Grant Shapps says the new chancellor, Rishi Sunak, needs \"a few days to decide on the date\".", "A new storm has arrived in the UK. So what impact will Storm Dennis have?", "A Russian protest artist is held after Benjamin Griveaux is forced to ditch his Paris mayoral bid.", "ITV pull Saturday's edition of Love Island following the death of the show's former host.", "The Labour leadership contenders agree that revitalising the party's fortunes north of the border is vital.", "More than 100 people remain in quarantine in a hotel after arriving from China last weekend.", "Images from around the UK show the strong winds and heavy rain that have swept across the country.", "The former England star's voice cracks as he pays tribute to \"the greatest man in the world\".", "Mark Zuckerberg says social media firms should not decide what counts as legitimate free speech.", "Posting on Twitter he said the past three-and-a-half months have been the worst of his life.", "Houthi rebels say they shot down the plane, while Saudi Arabia says only that it \"fell\".", "Environmentalists win a temporary injunction against forest 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child actress in the 2016 Disney film about a Ugandan chess prodigy had a brain tumour.", "Viewers and the TV world are in shock after the announcement of the death of the Love Island host.", "A US firm claims the service it offers saves more than a tonne of carbon, after a pilot study.", "From Strictly Come Dancing champion to Love Island and The X Factor host.", "The party says the \"purpose and intent\" of plans to merge teams in No 10 and the Treasury must be explained.", "Nearly £5bn is due to be spent on flood defences in England up until 2026, government figures show.", "The disease, which normally affects people later in life, forced Ryan to make a \"scary\" decision.", "The airport says the \"technical issues\" have been resolved and \"systems are returning to normal\".", "Police found more than five tonnes of the illegal dug hidden in a shipment of flowers, officials say.", "Communities across the UK face more disruption following the torrential rain brought by Storm Dennis.", "Tony Camoccio says he is \"excited to be heading home and can't wait to see all of my family\".", "People are rescued from flooded homes in Wales, and there are a record number of flood warnings and alerts in England.", "The scale of the devastation is apparent, as severe flood warnings remain in place across the UK.", "Twelve British nationals suspected of running the underground factory in Spain were arrested.", "The bill weighed on the bank's profits, but is close to drawing a line under the mis-selling saga.", "Historic Environment Scotland says it wants to be \"net-zero\" by 2045 in line with government targets.", "A neo-Nazi is suspected of having shot Walter Lübcke, who defended migrant rights.", "Muhammed, a German citizen of Turkish origin, describes how he survived a shooting in a shisha bar.", "It comes after the former Love Island host was found dead at her north-east London home on Saturday.", "The ex-PM says the party faces a \"make-or-break\" moment after losing four elections in a row.", "The group infiltrated more than 2,000 BT customer accounts and used the details to buy luxury goods.", "People hit by flooding during Storm Dennis explain what it is like to find your home under water.", "A man and a woman died at the scene, police say, and seven others were taken to hospital.", "The 17-year-old stamped on the face of Frank Sinclair, 61, severing his spine from his head.", "A new polymer £20 banknote featuring artist JMW Turner starts to appear in ATMs on Thursday.", "The company says it sent the strange \"1\" alert to Samsung devices by mistake.", "Provides an overview of Germany, including key dates and facts about this European country.", "The UK Labour party leader also blamed Brexit and the media for the election result.", "A man was shot on Wednesday morning at a house in the Hollywood hills, police confirmed to Newsbeat.", "Mark Zuckerberg faced jibes on social media over a claim that he has staff blow-dry his armpits.", "She 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to get me to a point where I am able to see that I was deliberately keeping people at arm's length to avoid getting close to people who would subsequently leave,\" he said.\n\n\"I continued to hold people at arm's length into adulthood, wanting largely to be invisible.\n\n\"Always feeling inferior, always feeling negatively judged, I got to a point where I considered myself to be disposable.\n\n\"When my mood was low/is low, I struggle to deal with those feelings of inferiority.\n\n\"It is fair to say that my treatment within services has been patchy, which I think is the experience of most people that I talk to who have been in similar situations.\n\n\"There have been times when I have been pretty much left to my own devices, with very little support in keeping myself safe.\"\n\nLast year, UK suicide rates rose for the first time since 2013, with people born in the 1960s and 1970s being the most vulnerable. The Office for National Statistics said changes to the way the figures are recorded may account for some of the rise.\n\nExperts are now calling for all self-harm patients to be offered a safety plan - an agreed set of bespoke activities and guidelines to help them deal with depressive episodes.\n\nBut Simon, who is from Derbyshire, said: \"After one of my first hospital admissions, I received a safety plan through the post 18 months after I had been discharged.\n\n\"When I struggle, I look for things that reinforce my negative view of myself - missing out on a safety plan on discharge reinforced that message that I am worthless.\n\n\"There have been times when I've been given a generic plan which has little or no relevance to me. And, truthfully, if it's not personal, for me it's pretty pointless\n\n\"For some, reaching out to a partner would be the first safe step. However, for others, that same action could have a negative effect.\n\n\"Everybody's individual journey is unique and the safety plans that are created need to be tailored for them.\"\n\nAnother patient, in his 20s, from London, told BBC News: \"I thought that I was going to be getting divorced and felt really really low.\n\n\"I noticed the signs and had a GP appointment in which the doctor said he would refer me for some counselling.\n\n\"About eight weeks later I got an email telling me that actually counselling referrals weren't available where I lived.\n\n\"In the meantime, I had found my own ways of propping myself up.\n\n\"But if I hadn't been able to do that, I don't really know where I'd have ended up.\"\n\nDr Huw Stone, who chairs the patients' safety group at the Royal College of Psychiatrists, said patients, especially those under 30, were being systematically let down in their most vulnerable state.\n\n\"With hospital admissions for self-harming under-30s more than doubling in the last 10 years, there has never been a more important time to ensure patients are getting the care that they need,\" he said.\n\nAn NHS England official said: \"While suicide rates have decreased over the last 10 years, reducing them even further is an NHS priority and in the past three years, as part of our long-term plan, we have invested to ensure that every general hospital now has expert mental-health teams on hand for patients who have self-harmed.\"\n\nIf you or someone you know are feeling emotionally distressed, these organisations offer advice and support.\n\nIn addition, you can call the Samaritans free on 116 123 (UK and Ireland). Mind also has a confidential telephone helpline - 0300 123 339 (Monday-Friday, 09:00-18:00).", "South Korea has stepped up measures to contain the spread of the deadly new coronavirus, as the number of confirmed cases rose above 200.\n\nThe southern cities of Daegu and Cheongdo have been declared \"special care zones\".", "The A82 at the scene of the fatal crash was closed for 11 hours to allow for a police investigation\n\nTwo girls aged one and three have died along with their parents in a two-car crash near Fort William.\n\nThe family were in a Mini Cooper involved in the incident on the A82 at Torlundy just after 17:30 on Thursday.\n\nPolice confirmed the dead mother was aged 26 and the father was 25.\n\nThe 56-year-old female driver of a Ford Fiesta freed from the wreckage by firefighters was taken to hospital in Fort William with serious but not life-threatening injuries.\n\nThe A82 around the scene of the crash was closed for 11 hours to allow for a police investigation. Police Scotland has appealed for witnesses.\n\nSupt Simon Bradshaw said the scene faced by police officers, firefighters and ambulance personnel on Thursday was \"extremely challenging\".\n\nHe said: \"I would take this opportunity to thank everyone involved for their efforts in the face of such a distressing incident.\n\n\"Every loss of life on our roads is a tragedy but the impact on families, friends and entire communities after an incident like this cannot be underestimated. Our thoughts are with everyone who has been involved or affected.\"\n\nSupt Bradshaw added: \"An investigation is ongoing to establish the full circumstances leading to this tragedy and it would be wrong for me to speculate on the cause at this time.\n\n\"However, I would ask that anyone who was in the area last night, who may have seen either vehicle involved before the collision or who may have dashcam footage to please contact police 101, quoting incident 2942 of 20 February.\"\n\nFort William and Ardnamurchan councillor Andrew Baxter said the \"thoughts and prayers of everyone in Lochaber\" would be with those affected by the crash.\n\nHe said: \"This is devastating news for the family and friends of those who have been tragically killed in this accident.\n\n\"What I have seen on local social media is great sadness.\"\n\nKate Forbes, SNP MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, tweeted: \"This is extremely sad news. Thinking of the families and friends who are dealing with the shock of all of this.\"", "An illegal cigarette factory has been uncovered in Spain where six foreign workers were found gasping for air before being rescued, authorities said.\n\nTwelve British nationals suspected of running the factory were arrested.\n\nThe bunker under horse stables in the southern province of Malaga could produce up to 3,500 cigarettes an hour, according to Spain's Guardia Civil.\n\nIt is the first underground counterfeit cigarette factory found in the EU, Europol and Spanish police said.\n\nSix Ukrainian and Lithuanian workers were found struggling to breathe due to a generator designed to pump air into the bunker running out of power, police said.\n\nThe underground bunker is in the southern province of Malaga\n\nTwenty people had been arrested earlier in the day but had not informed police that the workers were still inside. The panicked workers banged and shouted from below as police searched the area.\n\nOfficers eventually found the workers and freed them.\n\nIn a statement (in Spanish), the Guardia Civil said police had confiscated 153,000 packs of cigarettes, more than 17 tons of rolling tobacco, 20 kg (44 lbs) of hashish and 144 kg of marijuana.\n\nThe factory could produce up to 3,500 counterfeit cigarettes an hour\n\nSix workers were left gasping for air", "Opposition parties have criticised the Scottish government after an official report revealed a decline in the exam performance of school pupils.\n\nThe analysis was posted on the government's website at 20:00 on Thursday.\n\nIt reveals that the number of students achieving passes in core Higher subjects dropped significantly in 2019, in some cases by as much as 10%.\n\nThe Conservatives said there were \"clearly major problems\" in education.\n\nEducation Secretary John Swinney said the government \"regularly monitors and analyses performance to inform decision-making\".\n\nHe denied that the government was trying to \"sneak out the report\" and insisted it was fulfilling \"commitments we had made to parliament\".\n\nMr Swinney told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme: \"We had a Freedom of Information request that had to be responded to.\n\n\"We felt it was appropriate (to release the exams report at the same time) because so much of that material was included in the report that I had promised we would publish.\"\n\nThe Freedom of Information request was made by a lecturer and former school teacher.\n\nThe timing of its release led to ministers being accused of a \"snide and cynical\" attempt to avoid scrutiny of its record on education.\n\nOpposition parties said the figures highlighted a \"worrying decline\" in pupils' exam performance.\n\nScottish Conservative education spokesman Jamie Greene said: \"This is a snide and cynical move by an SNP government which is increasingly in crisis across all of Scotland's public services.\n\n\"There are clearly major and systematic problems within our education system that the SNP simply refuses to acknowledge or take action on.\n\n\"John Swinney insisted there were no issues concerning the drop in pass rates, but this snuck-out report proves him wrong.\"\n\nThe drop in the numbers passing some key Highers begs important questions.\n\nThe rate of the fall in some of the most important subjects is far greater than the headline fall in the number of Higher passes overall.\n\nBut it is important not to jump to conclusions about what may be to blame.\n\nThere are a number of possible contributory factors.\n\nThere may be questions over how well prepared some young people are for their Higher courses.\n\nBut not all of the possible explanations are necessarily worrying.\n\nCould some schools or teachers be encouraging more borderline candidates to attempt a Higher?\n\nIt is unlikely, though, that the exams system will be the reason for the drop.\n\nThe SQA adjusts pass marks and grade boundaries every year to allow for exams being a little easier or harder than anticipated.\n\nThe Scottish government has said it regularly analyses exam performance\n\nSpeaking after the publication of the report, Mr Swinney said the Scottish government regularly monitored and analysed performance to inform decision-making.\n\n\"Taken together, this analysis demonstrates good progress in a number of areas and that it is challenging to identify significant drivers of change or to draw firm conclusions about some subjects due to small numbers of entries,\" he said.\n\n\"The analysis has, however, identified areas that justify further exploration and highlight actions that have been agreed.\n\n\"My key areas of focus are to ensure that curriculum and assessment are aligned, how to better support professional learning and development, and maintaining a clear focus on enhancing learning and teaching.\"\n\nLarry Flanagan, general secretary of the EIS teaching union, said it was important to look at the wider context \"including such variables as different pupil cohorts in each year\" and to \"balance dips against improvements in some qualifications and at various levels of presentation\".\n\nHe added: \"Focusing solely on Higher passes alone, for example, is an unhealthy and unhelpful fixation. The EIS would like to see an evaluation of the impact of longer exams on pupil performance but overall we believe that schools and teachers deliver well for students, especially in a period of ongoing austerity and budget cuts.\"\n\nIn January, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon agreed to a wider inquiry into Scottish education after opposition MSPs demanded one.\n\nA study of the senior phase of schooling had already been ordered, but Holyrood voted to say this should be a \"full review\" of broader education.\n\nSNP members opposed the move in the vote, but Ms Sturgeon said she would \"abide by the decision of parliament\".\n\nThe motion passed also said there were \"key weaknesses in some key aspects of Scotland's school education\" system.", "The Metropolitan Police has referred itself to the police watchdog following the death of TV star Caroline Flack.\n\nScotland Yard's directorate of professional standards (DPS) reviewed all previous contact with Ms Flack, 40, before it made Wednesday's referral.\n\nIt was standard practice for a referral to be made when a person who had recent contact with police died, the Met said.\n\nMs Flack was found dead at her London flat on Saturday as she awaited trial for allegedly assaulting her boyfriend.\n\nAn inquest into the former Love Island host's death was opened and adjourned on Wednesday.\n\nA statement from the Met said: \"No notice of investigation has been served on any officer and no conduct issues have been identified by the DPS. No officer is on restricted duties or suspended.\"\n\nAn Independent Office for Police Conduct spokesman said: \"We will make a decision on the level of our involvement after carefully assessing the information we have received.\n\n\"Receipt of a referral does not mean an investigation will necessarily follow.\"\n\nFlowers were left outside Caroline Flack's former house\n\nMs Flack left her role presenting the ITV2 dating show after being charged with assaulting her partner Lewis Burton in December and was due to stand trial next month.\n\nIn an unpublished Instagram post shared by her family, she said her \"whole world and future was swept from under my feet\" following her arrest.\n\nMs Flack pleaded not guilty to assault by beating at a court appearance in December, when it was heard her partner did not support the prosecution.\n\nShe was released on bail but was ordered to stop any contact with Mr Burton ahead of the trial.\n\nLove Island did not air on Saturday or Sunday but returned on Monday with a tribute to the former X Factor presenter and Strictly Come Dancing winner, who started hosting the programme in 2015.", "Hannah Clarke and her children are being mourned across the country\n\nAn Australian police detective investigating the murders of Hannah Clarke and her children has been stood down from the case over comments that were seen as \"victim shaming\".\n\nClarke and her children died when her estranged husband Rowan Baxter set their car on fire. He also died.\n\nIn comments to the media on Thursday, Det Insp Mark Thompson had said it could be a case of a man \"being driven too far by issues that he's suffered\".\n\nQueensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll said on Friday that Det Insp Thompson had been \"distraught\" over his comments and \"how it came out\", and had volunteered to stand aside.\n\nHannah Clarke and her children were in the car in Brisbane with her estranged husband on Wednesday when it caught fire.\n\nThe three children - Laianah, aged four, Aaliyah, six, and Trey, three - died in the car. Police say Rowan Baxter was found dead nearby from self-inflicted wounds. Ms Clarke died in hospital later from severe burns.\n\nWitnesses said she had jumped out of the car screaming that he had poured petrol on her.\n\nIt later emerged that Ms Clarke - who was originally reported as going by the surname Baxter - had repeatedly sought police help over domestic violence and had secured court orders.\n\nThe reports sparked anger about some of the media treatment of the incident.\n\nIn a news conference on Thursday, Det Insp Thompson had suggested it could not be assumed the case was straight forward and that it was investigators' job \"to keep a completely open mind\".\n\nHe appealed for anyone with information about the family to come forward.\n\n\"We need to look at every piece of information and, to put it bluntly, there are probably people out there in the community that are deciding which side to take, so to speak, in this investigation,\" he said.\n\n\"Is this an issue of a woman suffering significant domestic violence and her and her children perishing at the hands of the husband, or is this an instance of a husband being driven too far by issues that he's suffered, by certain circumstances, into committing acts of this form?\"\n\nCommissioner Carroll told ABC Radio Brisbane that the comments were \"victim-blaming at its worst\" and offered her sincere apologies to the community and victims.\n\n\"The phraseology was completely wrong, and the words and way it was said should not have been used.\"\n\nShe said Det Insp was \"an exceptionally good police officer\" and was \"distressed\" by the impact of the comments, but that \"we want to remove the noise and concentrate on the issue\".\n\n\"So, the issue is there is a murder, there is a mother and three children who have been murdered. And I want to concentrate on that.\"", "The funeral of former Manchester United and Northern Ireland goalkeeper Harry Gregg has taken place in Coleraine.\n\nGregg, a hero of the 1958 Munich air disaster who made 25 appearances for Northern Ireland between 1954 and 1963, died on Sunday aged 87.\n\nHe bravely rescued team-mates and other passengers following the Munich plane crash in which 23 were killed, including eight United players.\n\nHis funeral service was held in St Patrick's Parish Church in Coleraine.\n\nSir Alex Ferguson and Denis Law arriving at the funeral for Harry Gregg\n\nAfterwards he was buried in Coleraine Cemetery.\n\nAmong the mourners were former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, Sir Bobby Charlton and former striker Denis Law.\n\nAlso attending were First Minister Arlene Foster; former Northern Ireland international and manager Sammy McIlroy; members of Coleraine FC, including manager Oran Kearney; and David Healy, Northern Ireland's record goalscorer and Linfield manager.\n\nSir Bobby Charlton is also among the mourners\n\nWelcoming mourners, Rev Ian Ballentine said the large crowds outside the church were a tribute to Harry Gregg, who he described as an \"outstanding professional footballer and a man of exceptional courage\".\n\nIn a eulogy, BBC NI's Stephen Watson said Gregg was a \"great stickler for timekeeping\" so would have been thrilled that everyone had arrived at the church on time.\n\nHe said his idol as a child was Celtic goalkeeper Johnny Thompson.\n\nHe added that Gregg had deliberately flunked an exam so he did not have to go to a grammar school which played rugby, rather than football.\n\nRecalling the Munich disaster, he said that Gregg was told by the captain of the plane to run away as it was about to explode, but he \"went back into the carnage\" to rescue several team-mates and a pregnant woman and her daughter.\n\nMr Watson said: \"What happened at Munich was a mental torment for Harry - he had a constant battle against grief and guilt.\n\n\"But as he told me - it was getting back to football that saved his sanity. He used the game to heal his scars.\"\n\nMr Watson said on the 50th anniversary of the Munich crash he met the young Yugoslavian woman he rescued from the plane, as well as the son she was pregnant with at the time.\n\nHowever, he said Gregg's darkest hour was the death of his wife Mavis, the mother of his eldest two children, from breast cancer in her mid-20s.\n\nIn 1965, he remarried to Carolyn and they had four children together.\n\nHe suffered another personal tragedy around the time of the 50th anniversary of the Munich air disaster when his daughter Karen died from breast cancer.\n\nIt felt as if the whole of Coleraine had turned out as Harry Gregg made his final journey to St Patrick's Church.\n\nHundreds braved the wind and rain to pay their final respects to the hero of Munich.\n\nSome of the biggest names in the history of football - Sir Alex Ferguson, Denis Law and Sir Bobby Charlton - arrived to remember a man who left his mark both on and off the pitch.\n\nEulogies recalled Gregg's strong work ethic, passion for the game and wise words of advice.\n\nThey also paid tribute to the family man - a father of six, grandfather of 10 and great grandfather of five. And there was time for some memories of a man who didn't suffer fools and wasn't averse to the use of some \"industrial\" language.\n\nSixty-two years to the day after his Manchester United team-mate Duncan Edwards died from the injuries he suffered in the Munich disaster, Harry Gregg was laid to rest.\n\nMr Watson said that Gregg's \"notoriety because of the Munich air crash came at a price\" and \"cast a shadow over his life that he found difficult to dispel\".\n\n\"Harry's actions though on the runway that fateful day meant he transcended sporting greatness,\" Mr Watson added.\n\n\"He was called the Hero of Munich, but he always wanted to be remembered simply as a footballer and a coach of some repute.\"\n\nNorthern Ireland First Minister Arlene Foster arrives at the church\n\n\"He was that figure that gave everyone from a working class walk of life hope. I could always look at him, he was the perfect role model,\" he said.\n\n\"He never courted publicity, that's what I loved about him - all the adulation that people poured on his shoulders he took in his stride.\n\n\"When I saw him most at ease with himself was with the family. That was when he was most content.\"\n\nPeople queued outside St Patrick's Church, where a number of seats were made open for the public\n\nMr Beckett also reflected on Gregg's legacy: \"I was thinking of the legacy he has left, the Harry Gregg foundation, which is something I know he was so proud about - his pride and joy.\n\n\"It is about giving kids a structured platform, structured in such a way that kids could go out and enjoy it.\"\n\nThe congregation also listened to a poem written by Gregg entitled Jumpers for Goalposts and another written by Pablo Doherty, the son of legendary Northern Ireland international Peter Doherty who signed Gregg for Doncaster Rovers at the age of 19 and managed the national side at the 1958 World Cup where Gregg was named best goalkeeper.\n\nIn a tribute, Gregg's son John said: \"Dad as a father was really, really good. The thing with dad was everybody said about his bark, but at the back of that was a real softness you very rarely saw.\n\nCrowds line the streets of Coleraine as the cortege makes its way to the cemetery\n\n\"Dad knew we all loved him, ever single one of us, and towards the end I told him every single day. We all had one of the best dads. I am going to really miss him.\"\n\nHe added that while heaven is supposed to be a quiet and peaceful place, that would change within 30 minutes of his father's arrival.\n\nGregg and his family moved to Coleraine after he was born in Tobermore, County Londonderry, and he excelled as a player for his home town club before moving to England.\n\nWhen he joined United in December 1957 for £23,500, Gregg was the world's most expensive goalkeeper and was voted the best at the following year's World Cup.\n\nThe Irish FA opened a book of condolence in his memory at the National Stadium at Windsor Park.\n\nA book of condolence was also opened in Coleraine Town Hall.", "A young Manchester United fan who made a bid to stop Liverpool winning the title has been left shocked after Jurgen Klopp sent him a personal reply.\n\nDaragh Curley, from County Donegal, wrote to the Liverpool boss for a school assignment.\n\nThe 10-year-old asked if it would be possible for Liverpool to lose some games so they wouldn't win the league.\n\nKlopp said the letter was \"nice\" and \"cheeky\".", "Two people have died and seven were injured after a crash involving seven vehicles and a pedestrian in Romford, east London.\n\nA man and a woman died at the scene on Squirrels Heath Road on Thursday afternoon, the Metropolitan Police said.\n\nEmergency services were called at about 13:15 GMT and fire crews cut three people free from their cars.\n\nLondon Ambulance Service said seven people were taken to hospital.\n\nAt the scene of the crash, one vehicle had rolled over and come to rest near a bus, while two hatchbacks, one blue and one black, were at an angle on the opposite site of the road.\n\nA silver Range Rover was also involved, but appeared undamaged.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIranians have voted in elections in an exercise widely expected to result in a more hardline parliament loyal to the country's supreme leader.\n\nIt is the first such poll since the US renewed sanctions over Iran's nuclear programme, battering its economy.\n\nThousands of moderate would-be candidates were barred from running for not meeting strict election criteria.\n\nObservers say authorities were hoping for a high voter turnout as a sign of support for the regime.\n\nVoting was extended three times on Friday because of a \"rush of voters\", state TV quoted the interior ministry as saying. The polls have now closed.\n\nCritics of Iran's rulers had called on citizens to boycott the polls as a way of showing their opposition to what they say is widespread repression of human rights and intolerance of dissent.\n\nThe field of candidates running in the election was dominated by conservatives and hardliners, with the outcome likely to politically weaken President Hassan Rouhani, a relative moderate.\n\nThe parliament is subservient to Iran's supreme leader\n\nMore than 7,000 candidates were vying for 290 seats in the parliament, known as the Majlis. It is part of Iran's mixed system of democratic and theocratic governance, under which the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has the final say in the most important matters.\n\nMore than 16,000 contenders - including 90 mostly reformist members of the current Majlis - were disqualified from standing by the Guardian Council, a vetting committee loyal to Mr Khamenei.\n\nOn Thursday the US imposed sanctions on five members of Council for \"preventing the Iranian people from freely choosing their leaders\".\n\nOne of those blacklisted, Abasali Kadkhodai, responded mockingly. He said he felt \"honoured to be sanctioned by America\" - Iran's foremost foe - the Iranian national broadcaster Irib reported, according to Reuters.\n\nThe Islamic republic has been at loggerheads with the US and much of the West since a revolution in 1979 brought a radical Shia Muslim leadership to power.\n\nMr Khamenei said voting in the parliamentary elections was a \"religious duty\" which would show steadfastness in the face of US efforts to isolate and pressurise the country into changing.\n\nTensions between Iran and the US have soared since 2018 when President Donald Trump abandoned a multi-country agreement, which lifted sanctions in exchange for curbs on Iran's nuclear programme.\n\nForeign powers suspect Iran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons, although Iran insists its nuclear activities are for purely peaceful purposes.\n\nDivisions over the elections have become increasingly crystallised on social media, with Iranians expressing pro- and anti-government positions.\n\nIt is unclear how many Iranians will heed calls to vote, with many disenchanted by the state of the economy, as well as the Iranian president's failure to deliver on promises of improving civil liberties.\n\nThe elections come weeks after a brutal crackdown on anti-government protests\n\nRecent crackdowns on anti-government protesters have also deepened opposition to the ruling classes.\n\nSupporters of Ayatollah Khamenei have been posting under the hashtags \"strong majlis\" and \"I take part because\", with one user tweeting \"each vote is a bullet in the eye of the enemy\".\n\nAnti-establishment Iranians, meanwhile, have been commenting under hashtags \"I do not vote\" and \"no vote\".\n\n\"If our opinion was really important and it could change something, they would never ask for our opinion,\" one critic tweeted.", "Airlines stand to lose $29.3bn (£23.7bn) of revenue this year due to the coronavirus outbreak, the global airline industry body has warned.\n\nThe International Air Transport Association (IATA) predicts demand for air travel will fall for the first time in more than a decade.\n\nAirlines in China and other parts of the Asia Pacific region are expected to take the vast majority of the impact.\n\nIt comes as carriers around the world have been forced to reduce flights.\n\nIn total, airlines in the Asia Pacific region are set to see a $27.8bn revenue loss in 2020, while those outside Asia are expected to lose $1.5bn in revenue, IATA has forecast.\n\nOf that figure, IATA predicts that carriers in China are set to lose revenue of $12.8bn in their home market alone.\n\n\"Airlines are making difficult decisions to cut capacity and in some cases routes,\" said IATA's director-general Alexandre de Juniac. \"This will be a very tough year for airlines.\"\n\nHowever, IATA cautioned it was too early to predict what this expected revenue loss would mean for airlines' profitability this year.\n\nIATA said it had based its estimates on the slump in demand that was seen during the Sars (severe acute respiratory syndrome) outbreak in 2003. That was characterised by a six-month period that saw a sharp fall in demand followed by an equally quick recovery.\n\nThat year Sars was responsible for the 5.1% fall in demand for airlines in the Asia-Pacific region.\n\nThe forecast also assumes that the virus remains centred on China, but IATA warned the effect could be far worse if the infection spreads further in the region.\n\nIATA has previously forecast that the Asia Pacific region would be the biggest driver of air travel demand between 2015 and 2035, with four of the five fastest-growing markets in terms of passengers being from Asia.\n\nOn Thursday, two major airline groups warned of a severe financial impact as a result of the coronavirus hitting demand for travel in Asia.\n\nAustralia's Qantas said the outbreak would cost it up to 150m Australian dollars ($99m; £76m), while European carrier Air-France KLM put the cost at up to €200m ($213m; £168m) for the period between February and April.", "The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are to stop using their \"SussexRoyal\" brand from spring 2020.\n\nThe couple had been in discussions with aides and senior royals about using the name following their decision this year to step back from royal duties.\n\nBut a spokesperson for the couple said it was agreed the word \"royal\" could not be used due to government rules.\n\nApplications to trademark the SussexRoyal brand have also been withdrawn.\n\nThe couple's popular Instagram account uses the name SussexRoyal, as does their website.\n\nA spokesperson for the Sussexes said they were \"focused\" on plans to establish their new organisation in the spring.\n\nBut they had agreed not to name it the Sussex Royal Foundation.\n\nRoyal author Robert Hardman told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the decision on the brand name was a \"setback\" for the couple.\n\n\"They've spent a great deal of money registering the trademarks,\" he said.\n\nHowever, branding expert Rita Clifton told the programme the inability to use SussexRoyal would be an \"inconvenience\" rather than an insurmountable problem.\n\nShe said any brand \"is not just a name and a logo but also what you do\".\n\nThis was not what Harry and Meghan thought it would be.\n\nTheir bombshell statement in early January was full of talk about \"a progressive new role\" in the Royal Family, about \"collaboration\" with other members of the family, about \"continuing to support Her Majesty the Queen\".\n\nThey thought a hybrid role, half-in, half-out, could be possible - some royal duties, some Commonwealth duties, on their terms, with private lives attached.\n\nInstead, there is now nothing royal about them other than their names, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, and their private connections with their relatives.\n\nThere will be no public royal role, no military commands, no royal tours and now not even use of the word \"royal\".\n\nThe loss of \"SussexRoyal\" will be a blow. It is their public face, their brand, their hugely popular social media name.\n\nBut \"royal\" could not survive alongside a private existence.\n\nThe couple have had to bow to the logic of their desire for a new and independent life - they will be royal no more.\n\nA spokeswoman for the Sussexes said: \"While the duke and duchess are focused on plans to establish a new non-profit organisation, given the specific UK government rules surrounding use of the word royal, it has been therefore agreed that their non-profit organisation, when it is announced this spring, will not be named Sussex Royal Foundation.\n\n\"The Duke and Duchess of Sussex do not intend to use 'SussexRoyal' in any territory post-spring 2020.\"\n\nThe spokeswoman said trademark applications that were filed as protective measures \"acting on advice from and following the same model for the Royal Foundation\" have been removed.\n\nIn a statement on their website, the couple said: \"While there is not any jurisdiction by the monarchy or Cabinet Office over the use of the word 'Royal' overseas, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex do not intend to use 'Sussex Royal' or any iteration of the word 'Royal' in any territory (either within the UK or otherwise) when the transition occurs spring 2020.\"\n\nIt was announced this week that the couple will formally step down as senior royals from 31 March.\n\nThey will no longer carry out duties on behalf of the Queen but arrangements will be reviewed after 12 months.\n\nA spokesperson for the couple said they intended to split their time between the UK and North America, and would be in the UK \"regularly\".\n\nThey will attend six events in the UK in February and March, including the Commonwealth Day Service on 9 March.\n\nThe couple and their son Archie spent time in Canada over Christmas\n\nHarry is also expected to attend the London Marathon in April in his capacity as patron, while the couple will also attend the Invictus Games in the Netherlands in May.\n\nThe couple have been in Canada with their son Archie for much of this year, after briefly returning to the UK in January following an extended six-week Christmas break on Vancouver Island.\n\nBefore announcing their plans to step back from royal duties in January, they had spoken about how they had struggled under the media spotlight.", "The coaches with the evacuees arrived at the hospital in a convoy of vehicles\n\nBritish nationals evacuated from a coronavirus-hit cruise ship in Japan have arrived at a hospital where they will spend the next two weeks in quarantine.\n\nCoaches carrying 30 British and two Irish citizens arrived at Arrowe Park hospital in Wirral on Saturday evening.\n\nThe group had travelled from an airbase in Wiltshire after leaving Tokyo on a flight late on Friday night.\n\nThey have so far tested negative for the virus.\n\nAs the coaches arrived at the hospital just before 18:00, one passenger was pictured making a heart sign with her hands while another gave an OK signal through the coach windows.\n\nArrowe Park Hospital was previously used to quarantine 83 British nationals who were flown back to the UK from Wuhan.\n\nThe chief executive of Wirral Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, Janelle Holmes, said Arrowe Park was using that experience as a \"blueprint\" for treating the new group.\n\nSpeaking ahead of the group's arrival, she said: \"The group of people is slightly different.\n\n\"Obviously, they have come from a cruise ship rather than from their own homes over in China, but we are working exactly the same as we did before, with the healthcare professionals and Public Health England to make sure they are safe, well managed and comfortable while they are with us.\"\n\nThe plane landed at Boscombe Down, a MoD base in Wiltshire\n\nThe evacuation flight took off from Tokyo's Haneda Airport late on Friday evening (GMT) and landed at Boscombe Down, a Ministry of Defence base in Wiltshire, about 11:30 GMT on Saturday.\n\nIn a statement issued after the plane landed, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the Foreign Office had \"worked hard\" to get the passengers \"back to the UK securely\".\n\n\"Our number one priority has consistently been the health and safety of UK nationals,\" he added.\n\nThe flight had previously been delayed after the British embassy said it was \"logistically complicated\".\n\nThe plane set off from Haneda Airport, Tokyo, late on Friday evening (GMT)\n\nMeanwhile, it has emerged the NHS is working on plans to test people for coronavirus in their own homes, if the outbreak begins to spread in the UK.\n\nA pilot scheme has already been launched in London, where tests are being carried out by NHS nurses and paramedics.\n\nThe health service is planning to expand the scheme to other areas outside of the capital in the coming weeks.\n\nProfessor Keith Willett, the NHS strategic incident director for coronavirus, said the aim was to avoid the risk of people spreading the infection by going to their GP or A&E.\n\nElsewhere, Italy has reported its second death from the virus - a woman living in the northern region of Lombardy - a day after a 78-year-old man died.\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\nSome 78 Britons were on the Diamond Princess when it was quarantined 16 days ago.\n\nSome of the British passengers on the Diamond Princess had already been evacuated over the last week on flights to Hong Kong, organised by the Chinese authorities there, a government source has told the BBC.\n\nOthers are being treated for the virus in health facilities in Japan.\n\nDavid and Sally Abel, a couple from Northamptonshire who were diagnosed with coronavirus on the cruise ship, have since been told they have pneumonia, their son said.\n\nAppearing alongside wife Roberta, Steve Abel said in a YouTube video late on Friday evening that his father's condition was \"very serious\", while his mother has a more mild form of pneumonia.\n\nHe also said his \"really distressed\" parents - who had been on the cruise for their 50th wedding anniversary - called him to say they were being moved to a different hospital.\n\nThis Facebook post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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Facebook content may contain adverts.\n\nMr Abel said: \"They've gone from being told that they're going to have all these wonderful treatments, and 'we're going to wait over the next two or three days just to see how they respond to the treatments', and now all of a sudden they're being told 'we have to move you to a different hospital'.\"\n\nHe said his father is so \"weak\" he has been using a wheelchair, and has been told he could be put on a ventilator.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Steve Abel told BBC Breakfast his father told him \"we can't take any more of this, it's like a prison\"\n\nThe Foreign Office said the welfare of all British nationals is of the highest priority to the UK government.\n\nThey added they are working with the Japanese authorities to ensure those British nationals who are remaining in Japan for health reasons get the best possible care.\n\nAt least four UK nationals have contracted the virus on board the cruise ship, but those flying home have tested negative.\n\nMore than 620 people on board the cruise ship tested positive for the virus - the largest cluster of cases outside China.\n\nIt is understood that some British nationals are members of the ship's crew who could be staying on board the ship.\n\nTwo Japanese passengers - both in their 80s and with underlying health conditions - were confirmed to have died after contracting the virus on the Diamond Princess.\n\nThe cruise liner was carrying 3,700 people when it was quarantined in Yokohama on 5 February, after a man who disembarked in Hong Kong was found to have the virus.\n\nSouth Korea says the number of new coronavirus cases in the country has more than doubled in one day.\n\nOfficials said on Saturday that 229 new cases had been confirmed since Friday, raising the total to 433.\n\nIn the UK, a total of 5,885 people have been tested for the virus, as of 14:00 GMT on Friday. Nine people have tested positive.\n\nWere you on the flight? 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:", "\"You should appreciate your fans,\" Brown told the podcast\n\nVeteran EastEnders actress June Brown has said she has left her role as much-loved character Dot Cotton after 35 years.\n\n\"I've left for good,\" said the 93-year-old in an interview with podcast Distinct Nostalgia.\n\nShe is one of the BBC soap's longest-running characters and has become a firm favourite with viewers.\n\nHer character Dot has not been in an episode since January. An EastEnders spokesman said the \"door remains open\".\n\nBrown joined the show in 1985, the year it was created.\n\nIn the last episode she featured in, aired last month, Dot Cotton - or Dot Branning - left a voicemail message for character Sonia Fowler saying she had moved to Ireland.\n\nBrown told the podcast she is hoping to do a documentary next\n\nAsked by interviewer and former co-star Rani Singh whether EastEnders had put her on a retainer, Brown replied: \"I don't want a retainer. I've left. I've left for good.\n\n\"I've sent myself to Ireland and that's where she'll stay. I've left EastEnders.\"\n\nAn EastEnders spokesman said: \"We never discuss artists' contracts, however as far as EastEnders are concerned the door remains open for June, as it always has if the story arises and if June wishes to take part.\"\n\nActor John Altman, who played Nick Cotton (Dot's son), told BBC News: \"June as an actress is one of the greatest we've got, and I learned a lot from her too. She's an incredibly hard worker.\"\n\nAsked about the rather low-key send-off her character had on screen, he said: \"I think it could've been a better exit, that's for sure, but she must have discussed this with the powers that be. It's the way it is, it's a shame.\"\n\nOne of EastEnders' best-known stars, Brown was in her late 50s when she joined Albert Square.\n\nActor Leslie Grantham, who played Dirty Den, suggested her for the role. Until then, Brown's career had incorporated stage, film and television, with appearances in Coronation Street and Doctor Who.\n\n\"I think I got it because they thought I was a punctual actress,\" Brown told the podcast, which aired a special episode to celebrate 35 years of EastEnders.\n\n\"I'm not really but I became so. In fact I became so punctual I used to be in an hour before I should be.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nShe said it \"was a very strange feeling\" leaving the soap.\n\n\"I was feeling rather down the other day,\" she said. \"I thought, 'what's the matter? Why do I feel so sad?' It's almost as if I've been bereaved.\n\n\"I've played two people simultaneously for 35 years. Really Dot wasn't me, but spiritually she probably was.\"\n\nBrown took a four-year break from the soap between 1993 and 1997\n\nAn episode from 2008 shows Dot being teased by a gang as she walks to the Tube\n\nIn 2008, Brown became the first actor in a British soap to carry an entire episode alone, with an emotional monologue dictated to a cassette for her screen husband to listen to in hospital following a stroke.\n\nThat same year she was made an MBE for services to drama and charity.\n\nLast year, Brown revealed she was losing her sight after being diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration and could no longer recognise her friends.", "A crime scene is in place at the London Central Mosque near Regent's Park in central London\n\nA man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a stabbing inside a central London mosque.\n\nThe victim, in his 70s, was injured in an attack at London Central Mosque, near Regent's Park, which police are not treating as terror-related.\n\nHe was taken to hospital by paramedics where his condition has been assessed as non-life threatening.\n\nA 29-year-old man was apprehended by worshippers who broke from prayer to restrain him until police arrived.\n\nIn a statement, the mosque said the injured man was the muezzin, the person who makes the call to prayer, and he had been stabbed shortly after 15:00 GMT during afternoon prayer.\n\nThe mosque's director general, Dr Ahmad Al Dubayan said he had a brief phone conversation with the muezzin in hospital, who said he was \"okay and feeling well\".\n\nAyaz Ahmad, an adviser to the mosque, said the stabbing \"would have been life-threatening if it wasn't for the worshippers\".\n\nImages from inside the mosque showed a man wearing a red hooded top, jeans and with bare feet being pinned to the floor by police officers.\n\nOne video showed a knife on the floor under a plastic chair.\n\nA 29-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder\n\nMustafa Field, director of the Faiths Forum for London, told reporters the attack was \"one stab, one strike, around the neck\" of the victim.\n\nHe said: \"Then the congregation members, some of them broke their prayers, and intervened, restrained the individual.\"\n\nAbi Watik, who witnessed the attack, said the arrested man had been seen at the mosque previously and the muezzin was stabbed once in the shoulder.\n\n\"He was praying behind him [the muezzin] and then he stabbed him.\n\n\"He was waiting for him I think to start praying. He was right behind him.\"\n\nThe 59-year-old added that the suspect \"was silent the whole time\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A man was arrested inside building, then led outside\n\nDr Al Dubayan said: \"We are so sad about what has happened and we hope it's just one off incident, not related or motivated by any kind of hatred.\"\n\nMiqdaad Versi, from the Muslim Council of Britain, said: \"It is deeply concerning that this has happened... Given other recent attacks elsewhere, many Muslims are on edge,\" he said.\n\nPolice believe the attack was an isolated incident and have increased patrols around the area to \"provide reassurance to worshippers and the local community\".\n\nCh Supt Helen Harpe said: \"A 29-year-old man was arrested at the scene and he has been taken into custody.\n\n\"The man is believed to have been attending prayers inside the mosque.\n\n\"This incident has undoubtedly caused a great deal of concern and we are working as swiftly as possible to establish the circumstances.\"\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted he was \"deeply saddened\" by the stabbing and his \"thoughts are with the victim and all those affected\".\n\nMayor of London Sadiq Khan said the Met Police would be \"providing extra resources in the area\" following the attack.\n\n\"Every Londoner is entitled to feel safe in their place of worship,\" he tweeted.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The leader of far-right group Britain First has been charged with an offence under the Terrorism Act after refusing to give police access to his phone.\n\nPaul Golding was stopped at Heathrow Airport in October on his way back from a trip to the Russian Parliament in Moscow by officers from the Met's Counter Terrorism Command.\n\nHe refused to give the pin codes for a number of his electronic devices.\n\nHe is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court next Thursday.\n\nMr Golding, 38, is charged with refusing to comply with a duty under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act.\n\nIn a statement he said he was not a terrorist and described the charges as \"an abuse of legislation\".\n\nSchedule 7 allows police to interrogate, search and detain anyone for up to six hours at UK ports.\n\nIt is designed to determine whether an individual is involved in the \"commission, preparation or instigation\" of acts of terrorism.", "Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling, pictured at London's Hard Rock Hotel in November\n\nLaura Whitmore has criticised a photographer for taking pictures of her in an airport against her will.\n\nOn Thursday, the Love Island host landed in Cape Town, South Africa, where she was greeted by her boyfriend, comedian Iain Stirling.\n\n\"It was the first time I've been with Iain since Caroline [Flack] passed away,\" Whitmore explained on Twitter.\n\nBut a photographer began taking pictures of the pair, despite them telling him they were \"mourning\".\n\n\"We tried to ignore it but he continued to follow us as we got coffee and left the building,\" she said.\n\n\"So I asked him would he stop as he had what he wanted. I said we were mourning a friend and could he allow us space.\"\n\nWhitmore and Stirling were both friends with Flack, who took her own life on Saturday.\n\nWhitmore said the photographer told them: \"Can you give me a reaction. It's a public place and I can take pictures if I want.\"\n\nThe presenter also uploaded a video of the incident, which was filmed by Stirling.\n\nIt is not illegal in South Africa to photograph someone without their permission provided they are in a public space.\n\nCaroline Flack took her own life on Saturday at her home in London\n\n\"I have never courted the paparazzi but understand at work events it comes with the territory,\" she added. \"But this morning was too much. Iain filmed him and he didn't like it.\n\n\"I don't like attacking people but we need to call people out when they do things like this. Iain and I just wanted some privacy.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Whitmore This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nStirling is Love Island's narrator and is currently based in South Africa while the show is being filmed.\n\nHowever, presenter Whitmore remains based in the UK and flies out to Cape Town any time she is needed for filming. She is due to appear in the final of the current season of Love Island on Sunday.\n\nLast week, Whitmore used her BBC Radio 5 Live show to \"call out\" the paparazzi, following the death of Flack, her predecessor as host of the ITV2 show.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Drake's Island lies 500m off the mainland, in the heart of Plymouth Sound\n\nAn island is reopening for a one-off public tour after more than 30 years of closure.\n\nDrake's Island, located about 500m off the Plymouth coast, is a former fort, prison and adventure centre, but has been closed to the public since 1989.\n\nSome 105 tickets are being offered for the 15 March tour, with funds going to St Luke's Hospice.\n\nNew owner Morgan Phillips plans to open the island fully in the future, with plans for a museum and heritage centre.\n\nThe island has been left largely untouched since an adventure training facility closed in 1989\n\nThe six-acre island is home to a 16th Century barracks, pier and network of underground tunnels.\n\nIts history includes tales of brandy smuggling, a sketch by Queen Victoria and a hoax \"invasion\" by a group of schoolboys in 1957.\n\nMr Phillips said he chose St Luke's as the beneficiary of the tour after witnessing the staff's \"unwavering dedication\" during a recent visit.\n\nThe charity looks after 300 terminally-ill people every day.\n\nThere is a rumour Drake's Island is joined to the mainland by two secret tunnels\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "British passengers have begun to leave the cruise ship and were seen travelling by coaches\n\nAn evacuation flight for Britons trapped on a coronavirus-hit cruise ship in Japan has been delayed by a day, the British embassy has said.\n\nThe flight is \"logistically complicated\" and will now leave on Saturday, the embassy says.\n\nIt is thought about 35 UK nationals - who have been quarantined on the liner for 16 days - will be on the flight.\n\nThe group are expected to land in Wiltshire before being quarantined at Arrowe Park Hospital in Wirral.\n\nA number of Britons began to leave the Diamond Princess around 01:30 local time (16:30 GMT) and were seen travelling away in coaches.\n\nThe Britons on the evacuation flight will have passed screening tests for the virus.\n\nThe Diamond Princess was carrying 78 Britons when it was quarantined in Yokohama.\n\nSome have already been evacuated over the last week on flights to Hong Kong, organised by the authorities there, a government source has told the BBC.\n\nOthers are being treated for the virus in health facilities in Japan.\n\nIt is also understood that some British nationals are members of the ship's crew who could be staying on board the ship.\n\nMore than 620 people on board the Diamond Princess tested positive for the virus\n\nMore than 620 people on board the cruise ship tested positive for the virus, the largest cluster of cases outside China.\n\nTwo Japanese passengers - both in their 80s and with underlying health conditions - were confirmed to have died after contracting the virus on board the ship.\n\nThe cruise liner was carrying 3,700 people, including 78 Britons, when it was quarantined in Yokohama on 5 February, after a man who disembarked in Hong Kong was found to have the virus.\n\nAt least four UK nationals also contracted the virus on board, but those flying home have tested negative.\n\nOn Wednesday, when the two-week quarantine period on the liner expired, officials allowed passengers who had tested negative for the virus to disembark.\n\nBBC correspondent Laura Bicker says she saw one little girl \"so filled with glee as she pulled her suitcase behind her\".\n\n\"Remember they've been stuck in their cabins for 14 days, only allowed out for a couple of minutes each day. It has been both frustrating and anxious-ridden for many of them.\"\n\nWhile citizens of other countries disembarked, the Foreign Office advised all UK nationals to stay onboard until it organised an evacuation flight for them, warning there could be administrative problems if they left the ship.\n\nTheir flight home is expected to land at Boscombe Down, a Ministry of Defence base in Wiltshire.\n\nThey will then spend 14 days in quarantine at Arrowe Park Hospital, where two groups of people travelling from China have previously stayed.\n\n\"There is no risk to the public, and the hospital will continue to run as normal,\" the Department of Health said.\n\nOne of the passengers from the ship catching a taxi after being allowed to leave\n\nOne of the British passengers, Alan Sandford, said he and his wife Vanessa were both \"very happy\" about the prospect of returning home to Nottinghamshire after being found not to have contracted the virus.\n\nHe told BBC Breakfast the last few weeks had been \"a major inconvenience\" but that other passengers had faced \"horrific\" circumstances such as getting ill, being separated from their partners or being trapped inside cabins without windows.\n\nAlan Sandford says he and his wife have their fingers crossed they will be on the evacuation flight to the UK\n\nAnother British passenger, Elaine Spencer, from Sittingbourne, in Kent, said the wait for repatriation had been \"frustrating\", and criticised the Foreign Office's \"slow\" response.\n\n\"My daughter telephoned them many weeks ago asking to find out if they had anything in place, and we were told it was going to be left in the hands of the Japanese health ministry,\" she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\nShe said she is \"relieved\" to be returning to her family in the UK, after living in a \"bubble\" on the ship with limited access to news.\n\nBut two of the British passengers who will not be returning on the flight are David and Sally Abel.\n\nMr Abel, who earlier this week revealed he and his wife had tested positive for the virus, posted a picture of himself in a hospital bed in Japan after they were removed from the cruise ship.\n\nDavid Abel and his wife Sally, from Northamptonshire, are being treated in a hospital in Japan\n\nIn a Facebook post, Mr Abel said he and his wife were being treated \"in the best place\".\n\n\"Outside the hospital I came over a bit weird and nearly passed out. Every pore on my body opened and I was wheelchaired to our room.\n\n\"Full health inspection and now we know what's going on. We both contracted a cold (unaware of) and it has not yet turned into pneumonia. (we do have coronavirus).\n\n\"We are both in the best place! They do know what they are doing and our two nurses are gorgeous. Sally likes the Dr too.\"\n\nMr Abel said that following treatment, the couple will need three rounds of all-clears on coronavirus tests.\n\nBritish honeymooner Alan Steele, who was diagnosed with coronavirus on the cruise ship, announced on Facebook that he had left hospital and was in a hotel in Yokohama - ahead of his return to the UK.\n\nMr Steele wrote: \"Informed we will have to do another 2weeks quarantine back in blighty although japan has set me free as all ok.\"\n\nJapan has faced criticism over its handling of the outbreak, with one health expert calling the situation onboard \"completely chaotic\".\n\nThe Foreign Office is advising affected British nationals affected to call the British embassy in Tokyo on +81 3 5211 1100.\n\nMeanwhile, any British passengers on board a cruise ship docked in Cambodia amid fears of an outbreak will not be treated as being at high risk of coronavirus, Public Health England (PHE) has said.\n\nThe MS Westerdam made shore in Sihanoukville on 13 February, after being rejected by five countries because one of its former passengers was found to be carrying the virus.\n\nThe ship was originally carrying 2,257 people - including a reported 100 Britons - with the majority having already disembarked - leaving 255 passengers and 747 crew members on board.\n\nPHE said any of the ship's passengers flying back to the UK will be asked to self-isolate when they return.\n\nThe majority of passengers have disembarked the MS Westerdam Cambodia, pictured here at Preah Sihanouk port last week\n\nMeanwhile, NHS England has said it is piloting home-testing for coronavirus, where NHS staff, including nurses and paramedics, visit people in their own homes.\n\nThe pilot, which is aimed at limiting the spread of infection, is being offered in London.\n\nThis will be expanded to other areas outside of the capital in the coming weeks.\n\nAnyone who is concerned they have signs and symptoms of the virus are advised to call NHS 111.\n\nIn China, Covid-19 - the illness brought on by the coronavirus - has now claimed 2,004 lives, according to the latest Chinese data released on Wednesday.\n\nThere have been 74,185 confirmed infections recorded in mainland China and about 700 cases in other countries.\n\nIn the UK, a total of 5,885 people have been tested for the virus, as of Friday 14:00 GMT. Nine people have tested positive.\n\nHave you been affected by what's happening on the Diamond Princess cruise ship? 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. About 200 people gathered in the centre of Pontypridd to see Prince Charles\n\nThe Prince of Wales has met flood victims and their rescuers during a visit to south Wales.\n\nStorm Dennis hit more than 1,000 homes and businesses in Rhondda Cynon Taff alone after heavy rain last week.\n\nDamage to council infrastructure alone across this region could cost up to £30m, leader Andrew Morgan said.\n\nMore warnings of heavy rain have been issued for some areas of England and Wales still cleaning up after the last floods.\n\nMet Office yellow weather warnings for heavy and persistent rain - meaning further flooding could occur - are in place for Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday across parts of the UK.\n\nRhondda Cynon Taf council leader Andrew Morgan (right) said the repair bill is already up to £30m\n\nThe various warnings affect already flooded areas, including south and mid Wales, parts of the north of England and the Midlands.\n\nNatural Resources Wales said the rainfall would likely lead to flood alerts and flood warnings.\n\nMeanwhile, the Environment Agency has warned the deluges are set to continue into next week. A spokesman said \"ongoing river flooding remains probable for the River Severn on Monday and Tuesday\".\n\nMore than a month's worth of rain fell in 48 hours on Saturday and Sunday when Storm Dennis hit Wales, and further heavy rain fell on Thursday.\n\nPrince Charles was in Pontypridd to meet residents and businesses affected by recent floods\n\nIn Pontypridd, Charles visited business owner Emma Jamal who said people's lives had been \"turned upside down\" and the devastation needed to be seen by people such as the Prince.\n\nHer boutique store Kookoo Madame was badly damaged with hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of jewellery, clothes and cosmetics, ruined after about 4ft (1.21m) of floodwater filled the premises.\n\n\"It had taken 12 years to get the business to where it was, it's hard to know where to start,\" she said.\n\n\"It's a bit surreal to have his royal highness in our tiny little business in Pontypridd.\n\n\"But he was very down to earth and his visit is good for the town, to highlight the devastation and hopefully get more help.\"\n\nMs Jamal said many independent businesses in the town were now finding out their insurance policies did not cover them for flooding, and the town needed to be safeguarded to stop it being flooded again.\n\n\"Things need to change, no-one can get insurance now, so what do we do next year, what do we do when it happens again?\"\n\nEmma Jamal said cabinets filled with charms and shelves of bath bombs were among the stock ruined by the flood water\n\nCharles also visited Prince's cafe where the bakery in the basement was badly damaged in the flood.\n\nBragdy Twt Lol brewery, also known as the Trefforest Brewery, managed to reopen after volunteers spent days helping with the clean-up after flood water destroyed beer bottles, hops, malt and yeast.\n\nOwner Phil Thomas said while they had stock for the Six Nations and weeks ahead, it was not yet clear when they would be able to start brewing again.\n\n\"We initially thought it was about £10,000 of damage, but we are probably now looking at up to £30,000,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Heavy rain caused \"multiple\" floods and landslides, according to South Wales Police\n\nRhondda Cynon Taf council said seven bridges have been seriously damaged and some could be condemned after foundations were undermined.\n\nMr Morgan added: \"I wouldn't be surprised if the cost rises even higher [than £30m]. We're in the tens of millions of pounds now.\"\n\nMeanwhile contractors have been brought in to stabilise a former coal tip in the Rhondda where a landslide occurred during the heavy rain.\n\nDramatic footage of the landslide at Tylorstown, emerged on social media, and the former tip has been under 24 hour surveillance ever since.\n\nEngineers were also looking to make land safe near Big Pit National Coal Museum in Blaenavon following a landslide above the site, Torfaen council said.\n\nMany of businesses on Mill Street have been cleaning up following the flooding\n\nMeanwhile volunteers say they have been overwhelmed by support, with donations of food, clothing, furniture and cleaning products to help.\n\nThe Manic Street Preachers have given £3,000 towards those dealing with the fallout in Pontypridd, where a fundraising page has raised more than £20,000.\n\nOther donations to the page, set up by Pontypridd MP Alex Davies-Jones, are listed as being from Line Of Duty star Vicky McClure and her partner Jonny Owen, and another under the name of former Labour leader Neil Kinnock.\n\nA day after it was set up another fundraiser, arranged by film star Michael Sheen, has raised more than £30,000.\n\nA major clean up operation has been carried out at Welsh language club Clwb y Bont\n\nCharles also visited the Aston Martin factory in St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, where the company launched its first Wales-made car in November.\n\nHe also spent time at the Marie Curie Hospice in Penarth and officially opened a train-making factory in Newport.\n\nAnd he visited Cardiff Airport's British Airways maintenance centre to mark the company's 100th anniversary.\n\nThe Prince added Pontypridd to the previously-planned itinerary following the flooding.", "Safiyya Shaikh told undercover police she wanted to bomb St Paul's Cathedral and a hotel\n\nA supporter of the banned Islamic State terror group has admitted plotting to blow herself up in a bomb attack on St Paul's Cathedral.\n\nMuslim convert Safiyya Shaikh went on a reconnaissance trip to scope out the London landmark and a hotel.\n\nThe 36-year-old, born Michelle Ramsden, was arrested after asking an undercover police officer to supply bombs.\n\nAt the Old Bailey, Shaikh, of west London, admitted preparing an act of terrorism and will be sentenced in May.\n\nShe was considered such a threat that MI5 made her the highest-level priority for investigation in the weeks before her arrest, according to Whitehall security sources.\n\nIt meant she was subject to a level of surveillance reserved for only the most dangerous potential attackers.\n\nOver the two months before her arrest in October 2019, Shaikh built up a relationship with two undercover officers who were posing as a husband and wife extremist team.\n\nShe messaged one of them via an encrypted social media app.\n\n\"I want to kill a lot,\" she told the officer. \"I would like to do church... a day like Christmas or Easter good, kill more.\n\n\"I always send threats. But I want to make threats real.\"\n\nShe sent a picture of St Paul's Cathedral to the officer and wrote: \"I would like to do this place for sure.\n\n\"I would like bomb and shoot 'til death... I really would love to destroy that place and the kaffir there.\"\n\nShaikh was caught thanks to a combination of critical pieces of the picture of her extremism that came together over time.\n\nFirst, there was mounting intelligence of her extremist ideology. She stopped going to a mosque because she suspected she would be reported for her views.\n\nSecond, a cyber operation revealed she headed a significant pro-IS social media chat platform that was pumping out propaganda and urging attacks on targets in Europe. Dutch counter-terrorism investigators linked that account to numerous threats in The Netherlands, one of which had led to the evacuation of a church.\n\nIn the first, she was befriended by an \"online role player\" - an officer posing as a fellow extremist to gain more insight into her intentions.\n\nThese operations have become increasingly important in fighting terrorism as officers track extremists in social media and work out which ones will convert their talk into attacks.\n\nOnce Shaikh's intentions were confirmed, a real-world undercover operation had to prove how dangerous she was in the meeting where she explicitly asked for bombs.\n\nJust over a week later Shaikh, of Hayes, visited St Paul's and sent videos to her contact, writing: \"I will to the bomb under the dome.\n\n\"I will also do something in hotel, then church, then kill 'til I'm dead.\"\n\nProsecutors say she gave two bags which she wanted to be fitted with homemade bombs to the female undercover officer.\n\nShaikh worked with Dutch IS supporters who issued a threat against a church in The Netherlands, leading to its evacuation\n\nShaikh converted to Islam in 2007 after being impressed by the kindness of her Muslim neighbours but later became isolated and apparently rejected mainstream Islam.\n\nShe began to court the extremist violent ideology of IS and other jihadist groups and by 2016 Shaikh stopped attending mosques.\n\nShe was also reported to the government's Prevent programme.\n\nIn a police interview Shaikh admitted posting extremist material and plotting a bomb attack, although she said she might not have gone through with it.\n\nIn court she pleaded guilty to the preparation of terrorist acts and dissemination of terrorist publications.\n\nMr Justice Sweeney ordered reports ahead of sentencing on 11 May.\n\nIn November, Neil Basu, head of counter terrorism policing, said the UK's counter terrorism policing team had about 800 live counter-terrorism investigations.\n\nHe said 24 attack plots had been thwarted since the Westminster attack in March 2017.\n\nSafiyya Shaikh planned to bomb \"under the dome\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Royal Mail is increasing the cost of postage, with first-class stamps rising 6p to 76p and second-class up 4p to 65p.\n\nPrices will climb from 23 March, less than a year after they were hiked to their current levels.\n\nThe 65p second-class stamp is the maximum under an Ofcom price cap.\n\n\"These changes are necessary to help ensure the sustainability of the one-price-goes-anywhere Universal Service,\" Royal Mail said.\n\nIt blamed the increases on \"a challenging business environment\".\n\nStephen Agar, managing director of letters at Royal Mail said: \"We are operating in a tough market at present, under the threat of making a loss by 2021. These price increases will help us maintain the quality of service that is expected by our customers,\"\n\nThe likelihood has increased that Royal Mail in the UK will be loss-making in 2020-21, the company said in a statement, adding: \"We want to invest £1.8bn in the UK to turnaround, grow and sustain the Universal Service.\"\n\nIt said it understands that many companies and households are finding it hard in the current economic environment.\n\n\"As a result, we have considered any pricing changes very carefully and in doing so have sought to minimise any impact on our customers.\"\n\nBut the move has angered small businesses. \"When the cost of doing business is already rising across the board, this latest rise in stamp costs for letters and for parcels is just another expense that small businesses will be forced to carry, affecting small firms that rely on Royal Mail as a major part of their business,\" said Federation of Small Businesses national chair Mike Cherry.\n\n\"We should be doing all we can to support small firms to grow and succeed, price hikes like this only prevent that. From next month it will be twice as expensive to post a letter as it was in 2006.\"\n\nCommunications watchdog Ofcom said: \"Royal Mail has the flexibility to set its own prices in order to respond to a rapidly-changing market and safeguard the universal postal service. Ofcom imposed a cap on the price of a Second Class stamp to protect vulnerable consumers, and these price increases are within this safeguard.\n\n\"Royal Mail has assured us that these price changes will be clearly communicated to customers and we will continue to monitor its performance closely, to ensure that the postal market is working well for consumers.\"\n\nMeanwhile consumer experts advised people to stock up on stamps before the price rise, to beat the increase.\n\nGuy Anker, deputy editor of Moneysavingexpert.com said: \"As stamps just say 1st or 2nd on them (Or 1st or 2nd large for the bigger ones) if you buy them now they are valid in perpetuity after.\n\n\"So while it's only pennies, if you're going to send even a big batch of Christmas cards, you may as well stock up now.\"", "Gillian Millane spoke to the court via video-link, saying her daughter \"died terrified and alone\".\n\nGrace Millane was killed while travelling in New Zealand.\n\nA 28-year-old male, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been sentenced to a minimum of 17 years in prison.", "Grace's cousin, Hannah O'Callaghan, spoke to BBC Breakfast about the impact of her death\n\nA cousin of murdered British backpacker Grace Millane has said the sentencing of her killer this week will not bring closure to the family.\n\n\"We've lost Grace,\" said Hannah O'Callaghan. \"The sentence will not change the fact that Grace is gone.\"\n\nMs Millane, from Wickford in Essex, was strangled by a man she met on a dating app in New Zealand in December 2018.\n\nHer family have set up a project in her memory collecting handbags and toiletries for domestic abuse victims.\n\nSo far, more than 1,000 bags have been donated in the UK and there are appeals in New Zealand and North America.\n\nGrace Millane was last seen alive on the eve of her 22nd birthday\n\nGrace's cousin and mum donate the bags to refuges along with a tag reading: \"Love Grace x\"\n\nMs Millane's killer, a 28-year-old man who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found guilty last year and will be sentenced in Auckland on Friday morning - Thursday evening, UK time.\n\nIn an interview with BBC Breakfast, Ms O'Callaghan was asked whether the family felt as if this week was a big week, or marked a chapter ending.\n\nMs Callaghan said: \"No. Every week is going to be a big week.\n\nThe University of Lincoln graduate loved to travel\n\nShe said the project to help female victims of domestic abuse had been \"incredibly cathartic\" for the family.\n\n\"It's brought us together as a family in a time of grief. We're all talking together, we're remembering Grace, we're talking about day-to-day life.\"\n\nIt had \"absolutely\" helped Grace's mum, she added. \"It's allowed her to express her grief. Sometimes when things like this happen you do feel useless. You can't change it so let's make some positives out of our negative.\"\n\nMs Millane, who died on the night before her 22nd birthday, was described as a \"fun-loving, carefree individual\" by cousin Ms Callaghan.\n\nShe had wanted to travel around the world from the age of 11, and had been selling her own artwork online to fund her trip.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Grace Millane’s father David paid tribute to his daughter and said her murder had \"ripped apart\" the family\n\nAnd when asked whether the death raises questions about the safety of dating apps, Ms Callaghan said: \"This could have happened anywhere, anytime.\n\n\"It's not because of a dating app. She went on a date and met the wrong person.\n\n\"People shouldn't change the way they live because of this. It was one individual who did this.\"", "Barclays says it has scrapped a system that tracked the time employees spent at their desks and sent warnings to those spending too long on breaks.\n\nThe bank introduced the computer monitoring system last week, but faced a staff backlash, reported by City AM.\n\nBarclays said axing the tracking system was a response to \"colleague feedback\", but would not say if it was permanent.\n\nThe software, Sapience, claims to create \"unprecedented transparency\" within companies.\n\n\"It also determines when an employee goes offline for periods of time,\" the software firm's website says. A Barclays source said the tool was used to monitor the \"effectiveness\" of people's time at their desks.\n\nBut in addition to sparking unease within the bank, it attracted criticism from privacy campaigners and HR professionals.\n\nSilkie Carlo, director of privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch, said \"intrusive monitoring\" deprived staff of privacy in the workplace.\n\n\"Managers would never get away with breathing down employee's necks, personally monitoring their screens or logging toilet and water breaks,\" she said. \"The availability of technology to [monitor] staff surreptitiously does not make it any more acceptable.\"\n\nShe described the software as \"creepy\" and called on Barclays to \"urgently review\" its use.\n\nBarclays said the software was part of a pilot that was rolled out in part of its investment banking division.\n\nBut after the City AM newspaper revealed details of the scheme and published damning comments from an employee who spoke to the paper anonymously, Barclays said managers would no longer be able to track the activities of individual workers.\n\nIn a statement, the bank said: \"We always intended to listen to colleague feedback as part of this limited pilot which was intended to tackle issues such as individual over-working as well as raise general productivity.\"\n\nBut Edward Houghton, head of research at Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, questioned whether it was ever appropriate to use what he described as a \"Big Brother\" approach to workplace monitoring.\n\n\"Technologies like this may actually cause more harm than good,\" he said. \"They can... create mistrust or low levels of trust for employees - employees can feel like they're being watched and not trusted to do their own work effectively.\"\n\nIt is not the first time the bank has come under fire for using technology to monitor its staff.\n\nIn 2017, Barclays faced widespread criticism after it installed black boxes under the bankers' desks to track how long they were spending at work.\n\nCampaign group Privacy International said: \"Data protection rules are very clear, strict and do not allow employers to carry out such monitoring unless they are able to prove that this is strictly necessary and proportionate and it does not severely impact employees' rights.\n\n\"People are entitled to some fundamental rights even if they are in work,\" it said. \"International banks are no exception.\"\n• None How does it feel to be watched at work all the time?", "Friends, which first aired in 1994, ended in 2004 after 10 series\n\nThe cast of Friends is to reunite for a one-off special, more than 15 years since the show ended.\n\nThe unscripted episode will air on the HBO Max streaming service, launching in May. A date is yet to be announced.\n\nJennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer will all appear.\n\nPerry posted on Instagram: \"It's happening\" with a photo of the cast from the 1990s. The rest of the cast then started sharing the same post.\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 mattyperry4 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\nFriends aired from 1994 until 2004. The final show was watched by 52.5 million viewers in the US, making it the most watched TV episode of the 2000s.\n\nThe show has since picked up legions of younger fans through Netflix.\n\nIt was the UK's favourite streaming show and Netflix's second most popular show in the US in 2018.\n\nRumours of a reunion intensified after Aniston posted a photo of the cast together on Instagram in October.\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 jenniferaniston 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\nHBO Max has now secured rights to the show's back catalogue for $425m (£339m).\n\n\"Guess you could call this the one where they all got back together - we are reuniting with David, Jennifer, Courteney, Matt, Lisa and Matthew for an HBO Max special that will be programmed alongside the entire Friends Library,\" said Kevin Reilly, chief content officer for the channel.\n\nHe said the reunion special will capture the spirit of a time when \"friends - and audiences - gathered together in real time\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jurgen Klopp on learning English by watching US sitcom Friends\n\nThe cast will be involved in producing the episode.\n\nAccording to Variety, each actor is expected to receive $2.5m (£1.9m) for taking part in the special, which will be available when HBO Max - a new subscription streaming service - launches.\n\nFans of the show reacted with glee to the announced 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 Sarah Jenkins This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. 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.", "Matt Allwright, Nikki Fox and Steph McGovern have hosted Watchdog from Salford since 2017\n\nThe BBC's long-running consumer rights series Watchdog is to end as a standalone programme, instead becoming part of The One Show.\n\nWatchdog began in 1980 as a strand of Nationwide, but proved so popular it became a separate programme in 1985.\n\nCo-host Steph McGovern has moved to Channel 4, but Matt Allwright and Nikki Fox will stay to front the new strand.\n\nThe BBC said they would investigate viewer complaints all year round rather than for two series a year.\n\nAlice Beer, Jonathan Maitland, Anne Robinson and Chris Choi on Watchdog in 1995\n\nAlison Kirkham, controller of BBC Factual, said Allwright and Fox would \"continue to be the viewers' trusted guide\", and would \"achieve even greater prominence and success\" in raising awareness of consumer rights.\n\nThe One Show editor Rob Unsworth said the change would mean that \"more than ever the team can react on behalf of consumers whenever stories come up\".\n\nHusband and wife John Stapleton and Lynn Faulds Wood are among the past presenters\n\nMore recently, it has been on air for 12 episodes per year. The 42nd and most recent series attracted an average of 3.1 million viewers per episode. Watchdog will be incorporated into The One Show this spring.\n\nThe news comes weeks after the corporation announced that Victoria Derbyshire's investigative BBC Two programme will end as a result of cuts to BBC News.\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.\n\nA man who was stabbed inside London Central Mosque during afternoon prayers has said he forgives his attacker.\n\nRaafat Maglad, who is in his 70s, was treated in hospital for stab wounds to his neck after the attack on Thursday.\n\nReturning to the mosque near Regent's Park for Friday prayers, he said he did not hate his attacker and felt sorry for him.\n\nA 29-year-old man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder remains in police custody.\n\nHe had been apprehended by worshippers who broke from prayer to restrain him before officers arrived.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 LondonCentral Mosque This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 Maglad, who is a muezzin at the mosque - someone who calls Muslims to prayer - told the BBC it had \"felt like someone was hitting me with a brick\" when he was stabbed from behind.\n\n\"I just felt blood flowing from my neck and that's it, they rushed me to the hospital. Everything happened all of a sudden,\" he said.\n\nAsked why he had returned to the London Central Mosque so soon after the attack, Mr Maglad said it was \"very important\" for him to attend Friday prayers.\n\n\"If I miss it, I just miss something very important. It is very important for us as Muslims.\"\n\nScotland Yard said they were not treating the attack as terror-related.\n\nSadiq Khan joined worshippers at the mosque for Friday prayers.\n\nPolice were also present and addressing those in attendance, London's mayor urged everyone to remain vigilant.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Quaden Bayles (left) has received support from YouTubers and celebrities like Hugh Jackman (right)\n\nPeople around the world have rallied behind a nine-year-old Australian boy after a video of his deep distress over being bullied went viral.\n\nYarraka Bayles posted the clip of her son, Quaden, crying after he was targeted at school for his dwarfism.\n\n\"This is what bullying does,\" she says in the video, in which her son also says he wants to end his life.\n\nThe clip, viewed over 14 million times, has triggered an outpouring of support and #WeStandWithQuaden messages.\n\nCelebrities including actor Hugh Jackman and basketball player Enes Kanter have spoken out, while parents in other countries have shared video messages from their children.\n\nJackman told Quaden \"you are stronger than you know, mate\" and called on everyone to \"be kind\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Hugh Jackman This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 the confronting six-minute video, posted on Tuesday, Quaden's mother describes the relentless bullying experienced by her son every day. The family, who are Aboriginal Australian, live in Queensland.\n\n\"I've just picked my son up from school, witnessed a bullying episode, rang the principal, and I want people to know - parents, educators, teachers - this is the effect that bullying has,\" Ms Bayle says as her son sobs.\n\n\"Every single... day, something happens. Another episode, another bullying, another taunt, another name-calling.\n\n\"Can you please educate your children, your families, your friends?\"\n\nThe words #StopBullying were trending on Friday as people described their own experiences and urged Quaden to \"stay strong\".\n\nChildren in different countries have also posted messages of 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 2 by Jillian Barberie This article contains content provided by Twitter. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nUS comedian Brad Williams, who has the same dwarfism condition of Achondroplasia, said he had raised more than $130,000 (£100,000) in less than a day to send the family to Disneyland.\n\n\"This isn't just for Quaden, this is for anyone who has been bullied in their lives and told they weren't good enough,\" he wrote on the fundraising page.\n\n\"Let's show Quaden and others, that there is good in the world and they are worthy of it.\"\n\nEric Trump, the son of the US president, described the video as \"absolutely heartbreaking\". Meanwhile basketball star Enes Kanter tweeted \"the world is behind you\" and invited the family to an NBA game.\n\nSports teams in Australia have also rallied behind Quaden, with the indigenous rugby league side inviting him to lead out the team at a match this weekend.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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In the UK these organisations may be able to help.", "The property (centre) is one inaccessible room above an alleyway\n\nA town centre property with river frontage and far-reaching views has been snapped for a cool £1 at auction.\n\nAlthough it might seem like a bargain, the drawback is there is no way to get into the 12sq m first-floor space.\n\nHowever, the room, wedged between two properties and suspended over an alleyway in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, appealed to one bidder whose hand shot up when the £1 price tag was announced.\n\nThe guide price of £100+ was dropped to £1 at the last minute.\n\nThe unusual property is in a terrace of old buildings, believed to have been built as granaries or shops in the 16th Century on Nene Quay.\n\nIt is bricked up from both sides and even the auctioneer had not been in to see it.\n\nFenland District Council, which has owned it since 1966, put it up for sale alongside other \"surplus properties\" with Norwich-based auctioneers William H Brown.\n\nYou would currently need a ladder even to look through the front window\n\nThere is no record of anyone ever having used the room and the contents and condition remain a mystery.\n\nWhen it first went on their books, auctions partner Victoria Reek described it as \"certainly one of the weirdest ones we've had at auction\" and admitted it was \"probably just full of cobwebs\".\n\nShe said the vendor instructed the auctioneer to remove the £100 guide price just before the auction opened.\n\n\"So we told bidders the first one to offer £1 could have it - one gentleman put up his hand and it was gone - all done and dusted,\" she said.\n\nIt is not yet known who bought the inaccessible room.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The NHS in England is hiring 10,000 school leavers given training by the Prince's Trust charity.\n\nThe new staff will go some way towards solving the shortage caused by rising demands on the service and falling EU migration.\n\nThe trust's research suggests there is concern among public-sector employers that jobs are becoming harder to fill.\n\nThe new staff will work in non-clinical jobs although some may train as nurses or doctors eventually.\n\n\"There are lots of young people who struggle to access the kinds of careers and opportunities that we offer and the opportunity of this partnership is to reach out to those young people,\" NHS Employers chief executive Danny Mortimer told BBC News.\n\nIn Birmingham, where the NHS is the city's biggest employer, training of the new staff is well under way, with some already in post.\n\nRoisin Brown, 24, has a new job as a health-care assistant on a cancer ward at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham's biggest.\n\nShe was referred to the Prince's Trust after struggling to find work once she had re-taken her English GCSE at a further education college.\n\nShe said: \"If you want to go into nursing but don't feel like university is something that you want to do or something that you feel like you could possibly do, then try different avenues.\n\n\"I could work and build up to become a nurse eventually.\"\n\nA YouGov poll of 1,000 managers across all sectors, conducted in September 2019 for the Prince's Trust but not yet been published, found 63% of those in the public sector believed there was currently a skills shortage in their area.\n\nPrince's Trust chief executive Dame Martina Milburn said: \"Some employers use recruitment processes that make it hard for them to fill vacancies as well as making it hard for young people to get their first job.\n\n\"It is vital that employers start thinking about recruitment differently.\"\n\nEmployers need to change their recruitment practices to fill jobs, the Prince's Trust says\n\nThe trust also hopes to train young people for the social-care sector, which employers fear suffers because it doesn't carry the same prestige as the NHS.\n\nThe training organisation Skills for Care estimates there is a shortage of 11,500 staff in adult social care in the West Midlands region alone.\n\nJagdeep Khatkar, director of Oakview care home, in the Birmingham suburb of Quinton, has begun to hire younger staff from his home city.\n\nHe said: \"The sector has had a bit of a PR issue in the past.\n\n\"It's important that we now appeal to the younger people in particular and show that there is a real career path for young people to follow.\"", "Some have accused media outlets of using female medical workers as a \"propaganda tool\"\n\nA video featuring a pregnant nurse treating patients in a hospital in the virus epicentre of Wuhan has sparked a backlash across China.\n\nThe video by state media outlet CCTV was meant to portray nine-month pregnant Zhao Yu as a hero.\n\nBut instead social media users criticised the hospital for allowing a heavily pregnant nurse to work in a highly contagious environment.\n\nOne user said the woman was being used as a \"propaganda tool\".\n\nMore than 2,200 people have now died from the coronavirus in China, with the majority of deaths coming out Wuhan, capital of Hubei province.\n\nIn China alone, there have been more than 75,000 cases of infection. The virus has also spread around the globe with more than 1,000 cases and several deaths worldwide.\n\nState media outlet CCTV had last week released a video featuring Zhao Yu, who works in the emergency ward at a military hospital in Wuhan.\n\nThe heavily pregnant Zhao Yu is seen in this video screenshoot\n\nThe video shows her walking around the hospital in a hazmat suit while heavily pregnant. She's seen making the rounds and testing a patient who is later sent to the fever department. The patient is heard telling her not to work as it is \"dangerous\".\n\nZhao Yu acknowledges in the video that her family objects to her continuing to work, but adds that she hopes to do her part in fighting the virus.\n\nBut the video - which was meant to be a touching tribute to her self-sacrifice - touched a nerve, with many accusing the broadcaster of using her story as a form of \"propaganda\".\n\n\"Can we stop all this propaganda? Who made the decision that this video was okay? Pregnant women should not be [on the frontlines], that's it,\" another said.\n\n\"What is this, a show for political purposes? Don't send a woman who is nine months pregnant to do this,\" said one comment.\n\n\"I really think that this message... blindly advocating women to fight on the frontlines regardless of their health... it's really sick,\" one person said.\n\nAnd it's not the only video that has got netizens angry.\n\nAnother video posted this week by state-owned media outlets in Gansu showed several female nurses weeping as they had their heads shaved.\n\nThe video explained that the head-shaving exercise took place so it would be easier for women to wear protective head gear while treating patients.\n\nBut many doubted the logic of this, asking why women couldn't simply have short hair instead of shaving their heads off entirely. Others asked why there weren't videos of men having their heads shaved.\n\nThe hashtag #SeeingFemaleWorkers - calling for people to recognise the contribution of women on their front lines - also started to go viral on Weibo.\n\n\"Professionalism. Faith. Loyalty. Strength. These are all qualities worth being proud of. Women aren't capable and great just because they're shaving off their long hair,\" said one comment.\n\n\"Why does the media always use women's sacrifices as a tool for propaganda? Wouldn't it be equally as admirable for these women to go on the front line with their long hair? For women who are not pregnant to be fighting?\" said one commentary on WeChat.\n\n\"They must be beautiful, a mother, a partner, and then make sacrifices. Only then will they be considered great.\"", "Highland councillors approved the plan for a golf course at Coul Links in 2018\n\nA controversial plan to build an 18-hole championship golf course in the Highlands has been refused planning permission by the Scottish government.\n\nAbout 32 acres of the planned course was proposed for dunes at Coul Links at Embo, near Dornoch.\n\nHighland councillors gave the project the go-ahead last June, before Scottish ministers called in the planning application for further scrutiny.\n\nFollowing a public inquiry, the government has refused permission.\n\nIn their decision, Scottish ministers said the plan would have supported economic growth and rural development.\n\nBut they agreed with government-appointed planning officials' findings that the golf course would have \"significant\" effects on rare plantlife, wintering and breeding birds and the the dunes themselves.\n\nThe government said the \"likely detriment to natural heritage is not outweighed by the socio-economic benefits of the proposal\".\n\nPlanning Minister Kevin Stewart said: \"This proposal does not comply with the relevant provisions of the Highland Wide Local Development Plan, and runs contrary to Scottish Planning Policy's emphasis on protecting natural heritage sites and world class environmental assets.\n\n\"The Scottish government has considered the reporter's findings carefully and agree with the recommendation that planning permission should be refused.\"\n\nThe plan also included a clubhouse and the renovation of existing buildings to form a maintenance facility, along with a pro shop, caddy hut, workshop, administration building and information booth.\n\nThe developers behind the project argued that the golf course would improve and protect the area of land involved, and bring much-needed jobs to the area.\n\nThe Scottish government said the potential harm to natural heritage out-weighed the socio-economic benefits\n\nA group of conservation charities opposed to the project, including RSPB Scotland, Butterfly Conservation Scotland and the Scottish Wildlife Trust.\n\nAnne McCall, director at RSPB Scotland, said: \"I am incredibly grateful to everyone who stood up against this application over the past few years - it's been a huge partnership effort and inspiring to see how many people raised their voice in support of this amazing place.\"\n\nThe Scottish Wildlife Trust said \"difficult decisions\" were necessary to address the \"urgent crisis facing nature\".\n\nRamblers Scotland has also welcomed the government's decision.\n\nDirector Brendan Paddy said: \"The decision sends out a clear signal that Scotland's finest landscapes, habitats and beauty spots aren't simply up for sale to the highest bidder.\"", "Daragh Curley wrote the letter to Jurgen Klopp as part of a school project\n\nA young Manchester United fan who made a bid to stop Liverpool winning the title has been left shocked after Jurgen Klopp sent him a personal reply.\n\nDaragh Curley, from County Donegal, wrote to the Liverpool boss for a school assignment.\n\nThe 10-year-old asked if it would be possible for Liverpool to lose some games so they would not win the league.\n\nKlopp said the letter had been \"cheeky\" and he had written the response privately.\n\n\"I cannot answer all the letters, I get a lot,\" said Klopp, speaking at a press conference on Friday.\n\n\"But it was nice, it was cheeky. We had time that day so I read the letter and I replied.\n\n\"It's a private thing, I get a letter, I respond and the next day it's in a newspaper - I don't like that too much but it's all fine.\n\n\"I like working for Liverpool and I like the rivalry we have,\" he added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"But I love even more if we can keep that (rivalry) on the pitch. But apart from that they can be happy and we should be happy and I hope Daragh is now happy - he looked like it on the picture I saw later, so good.\"\n\nIn the letter, Klopp praised Daragh's passion, but explaining Liverpool could not drop points on his behalf.\n\nDaragh's dad Gordon told BBC News NI that while most of his classmates were writing fan letters, Daragh instead decided to write a letter of complaint to the Liverpool boss.\n\nIn the letter, the Glenswilly National School pupil wrote: \"Liverpool are winning too many games. If you win nine more games then you have the best unbeaten run in English football. Being a United fan that is very sad.\n\n\"So the next time Liverpool play, please make them lose. You should just let the other team score. I hope I have convinced you to not win the league or any other match ever again.\"\n\nMr Curley said he was shocked when a reply came.\n\n\"My wife Tricia was up in the local post office/shop and she was told that there was a registered letter there for Daragh Curley,\" he said.\n\n\"She was wondering who would be sending Daragh a registered letter, but when she mentioned it to Daragh he said 'oh it's Jurgen Klopp'.\n\n\"And it actually was Jurgen Klopp.\"\n\nKlopp's Liverpool are on course to win the Premier League and have not lost a league fixture so far this season.\n\nIn his letter to Daragh, he said: \"Unfortunately, on this occasion I cannot grant your request, not through choice anyway.\n\n\"As much as you want Liverpool to lose it is my job to do everything that I can to help Liverpool to win as there are millions of people around the world who want that to happen, so I really do not want to let them down.\"\n\nJurgen Klopp's Liverpool are on course to win the Premier League\n\n\"Luckily for you, we have lost games in the past and we will lose games in the future because that is football.\n\n\"The problem is when you are 10 years old you think that things will always be as they are now but if there is one thing I can tell you as 52 years old it is that this most definitely isn't the case.\"\n\nHe added that Manchester United were lucky to have Daragh as a fan and praised his passion for football and for his club.\n\nMr Curley said that Klopp \"seems to be an awful, awful decent individual\".\n\n\"I would be a Man Utd fan myself, it's grating that Liverpool are doing so well, but behind it all you have to respect Klopp and what he's done,\" Mr Curley said.\n\n\"He came across as a nice guy all along, I suppose this letter really confirms to me that he is a decent, decent guy.\n\n\"What I love about the letter is that it's about sportsmanship and respect too and I think saying that to a 10-year-old is great.\"\n\nHowever, Mr Curley said his admiration for Klopp would not cause either himself or Daragh to switch their allegiances.\n\n\"There's reinforcement techniques ongoing just to ensure that there's no swaying from the Man Utd mandate,\" he said.", "Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union\n\nGloucester fly-half Danny Cipriani has released an emotional video tribute to ex-girlfriend Caroline Flack, saying \"it's OK to be vulnerable\".\n\nFormer Love Island host Flack, 40, was found dead at her home in London on Saturday after taking her own life.\n\nCipriani said he was speaking out about his own mental health issues in the hope her \"life will not go in vain\".\n\nDuring the 18-minute clip on Instagram , the 32-year-old admits he tried to buy a gun to end his life 10 years ago.\n\n\"I couldn't do it because I had some fight in me,\" a tearful Cipriani said.\n\nThe England international said he had been speaking to Flack over the past \"three or four months\" and she had been dealing with negative media attention \"for 20 years\".\n\nFlack was due to stand trial next month after being charged with assaulting her partner in December.\n\n\"Embarrassment and shame is not something that should make you do this,\" said Cipriani.\n\n\"I've worried my whole life what people say about me. I don't care any more. I know who I am.\"\n\nCipriani, who played in Gloucester's Premiership defeat by Exeter last Friday, said he had shared \"everything\" with the television presenter.\n\nGloucester had already announced their next home match - against Sale Sharks on 28 February - would be used to raise awareness of mental health issues.\n\nFollowing the news of Flack's death, Cipriani said he had missed a phone call from her.\n\n\"I have to see the meaning in why she decided to call me in her last moments, when she was with her two best friends,\" he said in Friday's video.\n\n\"How much love and trust did she have for me because we had been vulnerable and shared together? She felt it was a safe space so I thank her for that because I felt safe with her.\"\n\nHe had also previously posted on Twitter his criticism of sections of the media - accusing them of lying, and saying Flack - who he dated last year - had been \"bullied\".\n\nIn his latest post, he said: \"We can't just blame the media, we can't blame ourselves, but we can change what's happening.\"\n\nHe said Flack's death meant he could \"see clearly now\" and was \"strong enough to share my moments of vulnerability\".\n\n\"I am just asking that we are kind and if you have vulnerable moments, and you have people you care about and close to you, you should share it with them,\" he added.\n\nAt the end of the video, Cipriani thanks people for \"being kind\" to Flack's family and friends.\n\n\"Continue being kind,\" he said. \"Don't make it take for an artist to die before you buy his painting. If it's great, buy it.\"\n\nIf you, or someone you know, have been affected by mental health issues, help and support is available at bbc.co.uk/actionline", "The National Trust has said this year's Easter egg hunts will be the last with Cadbury as it seeks to focus on \"nature and the outdoors\".\n\nAnnual egg hunts have taken place for 13 years, but the trust said it wanted to make chocolate \"less of a focus\".\n\nHealth campaigners said they \"applaud\" the trust for ending the \"unhealthy association\" with sugary food.\n\nCadbury said they had come to a mutual decision to end the \"wonderful\" partnership.\n\nThe move will affect hundreds of trails through the grounds of National Trust properties across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland from 2021.\n\nThe trust said: \"Now is the time for change as we look to increase our emphasis on nature and the outdoors.\n\n\"To reflect that in our Easter activities, from next year we will be making chocolate less of a focus.\"\n\nCadbury said \"the time is right for both sides to move on\". But the company said it would continue to \"look for ways to bring Easter trails to more families across the UK\".\n\nBarbara Crowther at the Children's Food Campaign said she was \"really pleased\" that the National Trust was moving its Easter activities away from chocolate.\n\n\"We can imagine so many healthy, fun and active ways for children to explore National Trust properties at Easter that don't involve lots of sugary treats,\" she said.\n\n\"Children are growing up in a marketing environment that constantly nudges them towards snacks and treats, so we applaud the National Trust in recognising it is the right time to end the unhealthy association with chocolate.\"\n\nThe Easter egg hunts have proved controversial in the past, with former Prime Minister Theresa May and the Archbishop of York intervening in 2017 to criticise the apparent absence of the word \"Easter\" from the event marketing.\n\nBoth Cadbury and the National Trust said Easter was explicitly mentioned dozens of times.\n\nAnd in 2018, the chocolate manufacturer's partnership with the National Trust for Scotland was deemed to have broken advertising rules over marketing junk food to children.", "Rush Limbaugh said he would not present his show while he receives treatment\n\nProminent conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh has revealed he has been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer.\n\nThe 69 year old, an influential political commentator in the US, made the surprise announcement during his radio show on Monday.\n\nMr Limbaugh said the diagnosis was confirmed on 20 January after he had suffered from shortness of breath.\n\nThe veteran broadcaster said he would not present his show while he receives treatment.\n\nMr Limbaugh told his audience he hoped to be back hosting his long-time programme, The Rush Limbaugh Show, later in the week.\n\n\"I have to tell you something today that I wish I didn't have to tell you,\" Mr Limbaugh told his listeners at the end of the show.\n\n\"It's a struggle for me because I had to inform my staff earlier today. I can't help but feel that I'm letting everybody down with this. The upshot is that I have been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer.\"\n\nThe radio personality's producer commented on the announcement in an emotional 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 by Bo Snerdley This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 Limbaugh's show, which first aired 31 years ago, attracts around 27 million listeners each week. A self-described conservative, Mr Limbaugh has drawn support from US President Donald Trump and other Republican Party figures.\n\nOn his show, he has been known to lambast Democrats and strongly opposed Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential election.\n\nLast month, the host had signed a new long-term contract with Premiere Radio Networks, the company that syndicates his show.\n\n\"Rush is both a colleague and a dear friend, and I know he will handle the situation with courage and grace,\" said Rich Bressler, the president of Premiere's parent company, iHeartMedia. \"I know millions of people nationwide join me and all of iHeart in wishing him a full recovery.\"\n\nMr Limbaugh has been consistently supportive of Donald Trump\n\nPresident Trump announced Mr Limbaugh's new deal with Premier at a rally in Miami.\n\n\"We have great people. Rush just signed another four-year contract,\" Mr Trump said. \"He just wants four more years, OK?\"", "A man has been shot by armed officers in a \"terrorist-related\" incident in Streatham High Road, south London, according to the Met Police.\n\nIt is believed that two other people were injured in the incident at Streatham High Road, police said.\n\nThis footage was filmed by a witness in the moments after armed police shot the man.", "Lyra McKee was observing rioting in Londonderry's Creggan estate when she was shot\n\nThe Police Ombudsman is investigating a complaint from the family of journalist Lyra McKee.\n\nMs McKee, 29, died after she was shot in April 2019 while observing a riot in Londonderry's Creggan estate.\n\nThe complaint from Ms McKee's family relates to aspects of the policing operation which took place in Derry on the night of her death.\n\nIt is understood the complaint relates to the decision of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) to search a house in Creggan on 18 April 2019.\n\nNothing was found in the search and while it was happening, rioting broke out during which Lyra McKee was shot dead.\n\nIn a statement, the McKee family said: \"Whilst we hold Lyra's killer and their associates completely responsible for her murder, we have asked the police ombudsman to investigate the aspects of the policing operation on 18 April 2019.\n\n\"The police ombudsman investigation is completely separate to the ongoing murder investigation. We consider this a very personal family matter and have no further comment.\"\n\nThe New IRA is believed to have been formed between 2011 and 2012.\n\nIt followed the merger of a number of smaller groups, including the Real IRA, which itself was born out of a split in the mainstream Provisional IRA (PIRA) in October 1997 over Sinn Féin's embrace of the peace process.\n\nDetails of the complaint emerged as the police say they know who killed Lyra Mckee, but can't give an undertaking that her killer will be brought before the courts because of difficulties gathering evidence.\n\nPSNI Det Ch Supt Raymond Murray acknowledged the complaint had been made but defended police actions.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. In relation to the Lyra McKee murder, Det Ch Supt Murray revealed police know the identity of her killer\n\n\"The ombudsman will conduct their investigation and it will come to its own conclusion.\n\n\"What I will say is that the officers acted in good faith with the information at the time. That is all we can do,\" he said.\n\nLocals say the search provoked a riot, during which Lyra McKee was shot by a dissident IRA gunman firing at police lines.\n\nIn a separate development, SDLP MLA and policing board member Dolores Kelly accused the PSNI of failing the people of Northern Ireland.\n\nShe has criticised the PSNI for not catching dissident republican killers in the high profile murders of Lyra McKee and Jim Donegan, 43, who was shot in west Belfast in December 2018.\n\n\"I think the biggest test in terms of adequacy of the police response lies in the conviction of the people responsible and to date, unfortunately, in both cases, no one has yet been brought before the courts, either directly charged with the murder or assisting those responsible.\n\n\"I think not only will people be disappointed but they will be angry that that no one has been charged.\"\n\nBut Det Ch Supt Murray defended the police response to the murders of Ms McKee and Mr Donegan.\n\n\"Those investigations are very far from over and so I do feel in all honesty that these remarks potentially are premature.\n\n\"These investigations still have quite a considerable way to travel. Dissident republican murders are extremely difficult. I will go so far as to say we operate in one of the most challenging investigative environments in Europe.\"\n\nIn relation to the Lyra McKee murder, Det Ch Supt Murray revealed police know the identity of her killer.\n\n\"We certainly believe that we do know who pulled the trigger and who murdered Lyra McKee on that horrendous night in Creggan.\n\n\"I think it would be a failure of policing if we did not do everything in our power to bring people before the courts. We have to find the evidence.\n\n\"We have to try to get the evidence. It is incredibly difficult.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAsked if he was convinced that someone will be brought before the courts and charged with Ms McKee's murder, he said: \"Those are not undertakings I give families. I don't think it is fair.\n\n\"I think it raises expectations unnecessarily. What I will say is I am convinced my officers will do everything we reasonably can to bring people to the courts. \"\n\nThe Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland confirmed it has begun an investigation of a complaint it received about aspects of policing in Derry on 18 April, the day Ms McKee was shot dead.\n\nA spokesperson for the ombudsman said it will \"look at aspects of the policing operation in the Creggan area of the city that day\".\n\nIt is understood this includes examining why police decided to raid a house in Creggan.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lyra McKee was shot during rioting in Derry\n\nEamonn McCann, a councillor for Derry City and Strabane District, also raised questions about the police operation in Derry that night.\n\nHe said: \"People find it very difficult to understand why there was such a large force of policemen and armoured vehicles in the area that night. And to say that is not for a moment to excuse the sheer madness and the disregard for other people's lives involved in the actions of the New IRA.\"\n\nCommenting on the search operation, Det Ch Insp Murray said: \"The officers who commissioned the search, I fully support them in commissioning the search based on the information that they had at the time. They acted in good faith to keep people safe.\n\n\"The reason for the murder of Lyra Mckee lies with the New IRA, their apologists , the man who pulled the trigger and those who assisted him that night.\"\n\nIn relation to Ms McKee and Mr Donegan's murders, the PSNI said police had \"pursued\" over 3,000 investigative actions, arrested over 30 people, and searched over 40 premises.\n\nSo far no one has been charged with either murder.", "Sainsbury's Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds and Barclays are among major High Street banks still unable to offer online currency services.\n\nThe problem stems from provider Travelex, which is still working to bring back services more than a month after it suffered a major cyber attack.\n\nCustomers are able to buy in branches, but cannot order money online or over the phone.\n\nIt is understood the currency firm aims to start restoring services this week.\n\nTravelex had to take down its website after the hack was discovered on New Year's Eve.\n\nA gang called Sodinokibi claimed to have accessed reams of sensitive customer data and demanded that it pay a $6m (£4.6m) ransom to retrieve it.\n\nCashiers resorted to using pen and paper to keep money moving at bureau de changes in airports and on high streets but orders online were suspended.\n\nMeanwhile, banks reported that their supply of notes from Travelex had dried up and were forced to apologise to customers.\n\nLenders that use Travelex also include Virgin Money and HSBC.\n\nOn Monday, RBS confirmed it was still not offering foreign currency services online but declined to comment on when its services would be restored.\n\nA spokeswoman for Sainsbury's Bank said: \"We're continuing to work closely with Travelex in order to resume our online money ordering service soon.\"\n\nTravelex, which declined to comment, has said there is no evidence customer data was been compromised by the cyber attack.", "Species like the Red Admiral have been unsettled by warmer winters\n\nWarmer winters and increasingly erratic weather is causing confusion among Britain's wildlife, putting some at risk, the Woodland Trust has warned.\n\nThe trust said that \"lost\" winters are causing species such as butterflies and blackbirds to nest earlier than normal.\n\nAn analysis of 50 spring events found that all but one was early in 2019.\n\nThe data comes from the annual Nature Calendar, which asks members of the public to record the signs of changing seasons.\n\nThe Woodland Trust, which runs the calendar, warned that many species are beginning to lose their seasonal cues as winters warm and the distinction between seasons blurs. The news comes amidst a large increase in global temperatures over the past decade.\n\nThe latest data found that seasonal shifts have caused some birds to start breeding too late, meaning they cannot make the most of vital food sources. Meanwhile, other animals have been leaving hibernation too soon, only to be hit by plunging temperatures and erratic weather conditions, the charity said.\n\nBlackbirds have been spotted nesting earlier than usual\n\nLorienne Whittle, Nature's Calendar citizen science officer at the Woodland Trust, stressed the danger of shifting seasons on the habitats of Britain's wildlife: \"It seems that last year we almost lost winter as a season - it was much milder and our data shows wildlife is responding, potentially putting many at risk.\"\n\n\"Our records are showing random events such as frogspawn arriving far earlier than expected, possibly to be wiped out when a late cold snap occurs.\"\n\nShe noted that some species and plants have dealt well with the blurring seasons. \"It appears that some species are able to adapt to the advancing spring better than others. Oak trees respond by producing their first leaves earlier and caterpillars seem to be keeping pace.\"\n\n\"But blue tits, great tits and pied flycatchers are struggling to react in time for their chicks to take advantage of the peak amount of caterpillars, the food source on which they depend.\"\n\nAmong the surprising sightings recorded by the trust were two reports of peacock butterflies on the wing in Kent and Cornwall in December, while a red admiral was spotted in the Channel Islands. The butterflies were thought to have been woken early due to the mild weather in the south of England.\n\nPeacock butterflies have been seen in Kent in December\n\nIn other parts of the UK, active newts were recorded in Cheshire in December and a blackbird was spotted building a nest at the beginning of January.\n\nThe breeding season for blackbirds usually begins in March and usually lasts until July, while great crested newts spend winter hibernating underground and are usually seen from March. They breed in ponds during the spring and spend the majority of the year in woodlands, hedgerows, marshes and grassland.\n• None Last decade 'on course' to be warmest\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Cities in parts of Europe have been suffering from some of the worst air quality in the world.\n\nWinter smog has become a big issue in the Western Balkans.\n\nSerbia is the country with the highest rate of pollution-related deaths in Europe, according to the Global Alliance on Health and Pollution.\n\nJasna Cizler is a cycling campaigner in the capital Belgrade, who believes two-wheeled transport holds the key to cleaner air.", "The UN says the situation in the Horn of Africa is the worst in 25 years\n\nSomalia has declared a national emergency as large swarms of locusts spread across east Africa.\n\nThe country's Ministry of Agriculture said the insects, which consume large amounts of vegetation, posed \"a major threat to Somalia's fragile food security situation\".\n\nThere are fears that the situation may not be brought under control before the harvest begins in April.\n\nThe UN says the swarms are the largest in Somalia and Ethiopia in 25 years.\n\nMeanwhile, neighbouring Kenya has not seen a locust threat as severe in 70 years, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).\n\nHowever, Somalia is the first country in the region to declare an emergency over the infestation.\n\nSomalia's unstable security situation means that planes cannot be used to spray insecticide from the air.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn January, the FAO called for international help in fighting the swarms in the Horn of Africa, warning that locust numbers across the region could grow 500 times by June.\n\nThe swarms spread into east Africa from Yemen across the Red Sea, after heavy rainfall in late 2019 created ideal conditions for the insects to flourish.\n\nLocusts can travel up to 150km (93 miles) in a day. Each adult insect can eat its own weight in food daily.\n\nIn December, a locust swarm forced a passenger plane off course in Ethiopia. Insects smashed into the engines, windshield and nose, but the aircraft was able to land safely in the capital, Addis Ababa.", "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.", "Albert Evans' granddaughter said it had taken a lot of persuasion to get him to accept the medal\n\nA D-Day veteran has been awarded France's highest honour, the Legion d'Honneur.\n\nAlbert Evans, 98, from Leicestershire, landed at Pegasus Bridge in a Horsa glider in 1944 as part of the 6th Airborne Division.\n\nRemembering the war, he said: \"All your mates who were standing by your side one minute were gone the next.\"\n\nHis granddaughter, Lisa Meakin, said it had taken a lot of persuasion to get him to accept the medal.\n\nShe said: \"He has always said 'I am not a hero. The heroes didn't come back'.\"\n\nThe World War Two veteran was saluted by the Royal British Legion and the Parachute Association at a ceremony to honour his bravery.\n\nMs Meakin said her grandfather was accepting the medal on behalf of those who lost their lives in the war\n\nMr Evans received the Legion D'Honneur at his care home in Loughborough from the French vice consul.\n\nHe said his thoughts would always be with those whose did not return from World War Two.\n\n\"One minute we were blown up and the next minute you've lost your mates.\n\n\"They're gone and I'm here. It just doesn't add up to me.\n\n\"A lot of them were laid at your side. It was horrific,\" he said.\n\nMs Meakin said: \"As a family, we are immensely proud of him. It has taken a lot of persuasion to get him to accept this medal.\n\n\"It's been over several years, lots of different people asking him.\n\n\"The persuasion was 'well if that's how you really feel, accept it on their behalf'.\"\n\nMs Meakin said their family were \"extremely proud\" of their grandfather\n\nShe added it was \"very hard to hear\" about her grandfather's time in the war.\n\n\"It makes you feel quite emotional that that's what he and many others went through, and that's what they did to liberate France and ultimately the rest of Europe,\" she said.\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 new coronavirus \"will be with us for at least some months to come\", Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said.\n\nHe told the House of Commons that the number of new cases worldwide was \"doubling every five days\" and dealing with it was \"a marathon, not a sprint\".\n\nA second evacuation flight for British nationals arrived back in the UK on Sunday from Wuhan in China.\n\nOne of the 11 passengers was taken to hospital for tests after feeling unwell, but later said he felt \"fine\".\n\nThere have so far been more than 17,000 confirmed cases of the virus in China. Some 361 people have died there.\n\nOutside China, there are more than 150 confirmed cases of the virus - and one death, in the Philippines.\n\nThere have been two confirmed cases of the virus in the UK, where two Chinese nationals - a University of York student and one of their relatives - are being treated in the specialist infectious diseases unit at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary.\n\nThe UK authorities have so far overseen two evacuation flights of UK nationals from China.\n\nThe first group arrived in the UK on Friday and are spending two weeks in quarantine in two apartment blocks normally used to house nurses.\n\nThe second group landed at RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, on Sunday evening, after returning from Wuhan - the centre of the outbreak - via Marseille, in France.\n\nPassenger Anthony May-Smith, who was on the second flight, told Sky News he was put into isolation after landing because of a cough and sore throat and was waiting for test results to come back on Tuesday.\n\nHe added: \"I feel fine now, I think it's probably the stress of getting back and being run down more than anything.\"\n\nMr May-Smith is being looked after in Oxford, while the other 10 passengers were taken to Arrowe Park Hospital in Wirral, joining 83 other people evacuated last week.\n\nA Wirral Council statement said: \"None of the other new arrivals have shown any symptoms, but as a precautionary measure they were allocated rooms in a separate area of the facility, isolated from those already there.\"\n\nThe virus can cause severe acute respiratory infection and symptoms seem to start with a fever, followed by a dry cough.\n\nA British man living in Wuhan has told how he recovered from the virus and plans to stay in the Chinese city.\n\nTeacher Connor Reed, 25, from Llandudno in north Wales, contracted the virus last December but initially thought it was a cold.\n\n\"It sounded like I was breathing through a paper bag. And it was at that point that I thought, OK this is serious,\" he told BBC Radio 4's PM programme.\n\n\"I went to the hospital and they did a whole manner of tests over the course of two days.\n\n\"Once the results came back they said, 'yes you've got an infection and you should go home and rest'. And they gave me a Ventolin inhaler which worked really, really well.\"\n\nMr Reed said he planned to stay in Wuhan despite agreeing that it looked like a ghost town\n\n\"I consciously decided to stay just because I think it's the right thing to do,\" he added.\n\nMr Hancock told the Commons that analysis from Public Health England of the two cases in the UK suggested the virus had not evolved in the last month.\n\nHe said that if the situation in the UK was to get \"much more serious\", there were 50 \"highly specialist beds\" available and a further 500 beds available for isolation.\n\nThe Department of Health said that as of Monday afternoon a total of 324 people had tested negative from 326 tests in the UK.\n\nThe British embassy in Beijing tweeted on Monday that it was working hard to get seats for British nationals on a number of new flights this week out of Hubei province, where the virus originated.\n\nThe statement said they \"may be the last flights for foreign nationals out of Hubei\" and urged any British nationals to get in touch if they wanted to travel.\n\nMr Hancock said there were no plans to evacuate all remaining UK nationals in China.\n\n\"There's an estimated 30,000 UK nationals in China, and the proportion of the population who have the virus outside of Wuhan is much lower than in Wuhan itself.\"\n\nHe added that the government had launched a public information campaign setting out how members of the public can help by \"taking simple steps to minimise the risk to themselves and their families\".\n\n\"Washing hands, using tissues when you sneeze, just as you would with flu.\"\n\nAnd, asked if face masks work, Mr Hancock said: \"There are circumstances in which they work, but we are not recommending them for people generally to wear.\n\n\"But, of course, it's a free country.\"\n\nLast week, the risk level to the UK was raised from low to moderate as the World Health Organization declared an international public health emergency.\n\nBut health professionals say the risk to individuals getting the illness in the UK remains \"low\".\n\nThe UK government has donated £20m towards a plan to produce a vaccine to combat the virus.\n\nThe money will go to CEPI - the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations - a global body aiming to fast-track a vaccine within six to eight months.\n\nMeanwhile, China's top leadership has admitted \"shortcomings and deficiencies\" in the country's response to the deadly outbreak.", "Last updated on .From the section American football\n\nPatrick Mahomes produced a staggering fourth-quarter performance to guide the Kansas City Chiefs to their first Super Bowl win in 50 years as they came from 10 points behind to stun the San Francisco 49ers 31-20 in Miami.\n\nQuarterback Mahomes, 24, had endured a difficult evening under the pounding pressure of the 49ers and looked set to miss out on the big prize.\n\nBut then, with his side 20-10 down heading into the fourth quarter, last year's MVP found two superb throws on third down to continue a season of comebacks as the Chiefs scored 21 unanswered points in four minutes and 57 seconds to take home the Vince Lombardi Trophy.\n\nDamien Williams' second touchdown of the final quarter put the gloss on the scoreline as the Chiefs capped their wonderful late rally before celebrating a famous win in emotional scenes.\n\n\"We never lost faith. Everybody on this team, no one had their head down and we found a way to win in the end,\" Mahomes, who was named Most Valuable Player, said in a TV interview as his team-mates celebrated under a cloud of confetti.\n\n\"The defence got some big stops for us and we found a way to win. Coach [Andy] Reid told me 'keep firing, keep believing' and he gave me a lot of confidence to go out there no matter what.\n\n\"The 49ers have an amazing defence, one of the best defences I've played against so far and I'm just glad our guys kept fighting. This team has heart, coach pushes us to be the best we can be. We did it baby!\"\n• None Super Bowl 54 - relive a sensational final quarter and the best reaction\n\nFrom good to great? Mahomes' 15 minutes of madness\n\nThroughout a forensic week of pre-match questioning, Mahomes had found himself under scrutiny like never before. After another season of brilliance, including no-look passes and a touchdown pass with his left hand, he found himself in the bizarre position of being compared with some of the all-time greats of the game while also being asked if he may choke on the biggest stage.\n\nAfter three quarters of an excellent game those questions seemed reasonable enough - despite the superstar quarterback running in the game's opening score.\n\nMahomes only threw five interceptions in the whole of the regular season but coughed up two in back-to-back drives as the incessant pressure from the 49ers defence took its toll and the team from the west coast looked set for a record-equalling sixth win.\n\nThe Chiefs were up against it, 20-10 down, but found resilience in the form of their star man and the fact that they had already won twice on this post-season run after being at least 10 behind.\n\nAt third & 15 on their own 35-yard line, Mahomes evaded a tackle and launched a 44-yard bomb downfield to find Tyreek Hill and start the ball rolling.\n\nThat turned into a touchdown for Travis Kelce - after another huge throw on third down from Mahomes - to cut the deficit to three.\n\nAfter the 49ers were shut out in response, Mahomes found Williams for a score which had to be reviewed, but was given to put the Chiefs ahead.\n\nWilliams then sprinted in for a second to cap a memorable win, as the 49ers crumbled.\n\nRichard Nixon was in the White House, Diana Ross was still in the Supremes and Paul McCartney hadn't quit the Beatles last time the Chiefs won the Super Bowl.\n\nAnd McCartney was among the galaxy of stars in the house to see that run come to an end in Miami on a superb Sunday night.\n\nThe 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan was a ballboy at this very stadium when San Francisco won their fifth Super Bowl trophy back in 1995.\n\nHis father Mike was on the coaching staff, and went on to win two Super Bowls as a head coach with the Denver Broncos.\n\nHis son seemed set to join him after a fine defensive display and a neat performance at quarterback from Jimmy Garoppolo.\n\nTouchdowns from Kyle Juszczyk and Raheem Mostert looked like sending the 49ers home with the trophy once again, but Mahomes' MVP-winning final 15 minutes knocked the stuffing out of them.\n\nIt was to be big night deja vu for Shanahan, who was offensive co-ordinator at Super Bowl 51 when his Atlanta Falcons blew a 28-3 lead to lose to Tom Brady's New England Patriots.\n\n\"It was a tough loss and it hurts everybody in that room,\" said Shanahan. \"We had opportunities to win and came up short. They were better than us, we can deal with that but we're obviously disappointed.\n\n\"I felt real good at 10-10 at half time, especially with us having the ball for the start of the second half.\n\n\"Kansas can score very fast, they are hot and cold, that's how that team is.\n\n\"They're just hurting, the guys put it all out there. Guys put their heart into the season and came up one game short.\"\n\nThis was a Super Bowl that delivered during half-time as well.\n\nAfter last year's Maroon 5 performance failed to inspire, the organisers had turned to Shakira and Jennifer Lopez to deliver an all-female co-headline show.\n\nThe pair had promised more songs than ever before during their 12 minutes in the spotlight, and rattled through around 20 hits between them.\n\nThe show also incorporated a tribute to basketball legend Kobe Bryant, who died alongside his daughter and seven others in a helicopter crash last weekend.\n\nAs Lopez's daughter performed the opening bars of Let's Get Loud, a giant cross illuminated the field of Miami's Hard Rock stadium in yellow and purple, the colours of Bryant's team, the Los Angeles Lakers.\n\nThe Chiefs' win by the numbers\n• None Nearly 50 years to the date of their last Super Bowl appearance (11 January 1970, Super Bowl 4), Chiefs have their first world championship in five decades.\n• None Coach Andy Reid has won his first Super Bowl. Reid has 222 career wins, including post-season. Only five coaches in the history of the league have more victories, including the post-season\n• None Mahomes is the second-youngest quarterback ever to win a Super Bowl after Ben Roethlisberger in Super Bowl 40\n• None The 49ers won the toin coss in Miami - the last five teams to win the coin toss have lost the Super Bowl\n• None Mahomes is the third quarterback to win Super Bowl MVP despite throwing multiple interceptions, joining Terry Bradshaw (three INTs in Super Bowl XIV) and Tom Brady (two in Super Bowl XLIX).", "Google's parent company has published details of its YouTube and cloud business for the first time, as the firm's advertising business continues to slow.\n\nYouTube's ad sales in the last three months of 2019 rose 31% year-on-year to $4.7bn (£3.62bn), Alphabet said.\n\nOverall Alphabet revenue increased by 17% year-on-year to $46bn - the slowest rate in more than two years.\n\nFor years the business did not publish revenue figures for its various divisions, to the concern of investors and regulators.\n\nWhen Sundar Pichai took over as Alphabet chief executive last year the policy changed, although it is still not releasing profit figures for individual units.\n\nAlphabet said it earned $2.6bn in cloud revenue for the most recent quarter - compared to almost $10bn at Amazon. However it is fast-growing, rising more than 50% year-on-year.\n\nAlphabet and others make money in cloud computing by charging companies to host their data remotely, rather than firms maintaining their own servers.\n\nAlphabet shares fell more than 4% in after-hours trade.\n\nAlthough growth missed analyst forecasts, Alphabet's business remains strong, said Nicholas Hyett, equity analyst at stockbroker Hargreaves Lansdown.\n\n\"It's always important to put these sorts of misses into perspective,\" he said. \"The core businesses, like Search and YouTube, continue to generate prodigious quantities of cash.\"\n\nAlphabet reported quarterly profits of almost $10.7bn, up 19% year-on-year, while costs rose 18% to $36.8bn, as the firm invested in data centres and hired new staff.\n\nYouTube now counts about two million paid subscribers, Mr Pichai said.\n\nAt more than $15bn for 2019, YouTube's ad business accounted for almost 10% of Alphabet's overall revenues last year - but the firm also said it shares a large portion of YouTube ad revenue with people posting videos.\n\nMr Pichai said the firm sees opportunity to make even more money off its YouTube adverts, including by targeting them more precisely.\n\n\"We see that as a big opportunity and are investing for it,\" he said.", "Michelle O'Neill and Deirdre Hargey announced the proposals at Stormont on Monday\n\nPlans for an extension of welfare mitigations to the so-called bedroom tax have been announced by the minister for communities.\n\nThe scheme currently provides financial support to people who would otherwise have faced welfare cuts.\n\nBut it was due to run out on 31 March.\n\nAbout 38,000 households in Northern Ireland are in receipt of supplementary payments, which protect them from the tax, the Department for Communities said.\n\nThe minister Deirdre Hargey said the proposal would cost £23m per annum.\n\n\"We have a responsibility to protect the poorest and most vulnerable in society,\" said Ms Hargey.\n\nShe said the executive agreed her recommendation on Monday.\n\nIt was first outlined in New Decade, New Approach - the deal that restored devolution after three years of political deadlock in Northern Ireland.\n\n\"A society is judged on how we protect the most disadvantaged,\" she added.\n\n\"I am a minister who will fight to protect those families living in poverty; low-income families, single-parent families, those with disabilities and children and young people. I am working hard to target resources towards those most in need.\"\n\nShe said there were other mitigations \"which need to be looked at\" and she will be working with stakeholders \"in moving forward with that important piece of work\".\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.", "The cost of the annual television licence fee will increase by £3, from £154.50 to £157.50, from 1 April 2020.\n\nIn 2016, the government said the fee would rise in line with inflation every year for five years from 1 April 2017.\n\nThe latest increase comes amid debate around the future of the licence fee, after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in December that it needs \"looking at\".\n\nThe government said last year it would consider whether failure to pay the fee should cease to be a criminal offence.\n\nAnd it comes a week after Match of the Day host Gary Lineker, the BBC's highest paid presenter, called for the fee to be made voluntary.\n\nThere has also been controversy about plans to stop providing free TV licences to most over-75s from 1 June.\n\nCaroline Abrahams, charity director at Age UK, said: \"A £3 a year increase to the TV licence fee may not sound much but will be yet another blow to the hundreds of thousands of over-75s who will struggle to afford a TV licence from June.\"\n\nThe new fee works out at £3.02 per week, or £13.13 per month, and pays for BBC services including nine national TV channels, 10 national radio stations plus local radio and websites, as well as the BBC Sounds app and BBC iPlayer.\n\nOutgoing BBC director general Tony Hall said last month that the licence fee \"guarantees... commitment to creativity and risk-taking\".\n\nA licence is required if you watch or record programmes as they're being shown on TV, or download or watch any BBC programmes on iPlayer.\n\nThe government and BBC are to negotiate over what will happen to the level of the licence fee after 2022, after the end of the current agreement to raise the amount in line with inflation every year.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Streatham attacker Sudesh Amman was aged 18 when he was jailed for terror offences in 2018\n\nSudesh Amman, the 20-year-old responsible for the attack in Streatham, south London, on Sunday, pleaded guilty in November 2018 to six charges of possessing documents containing terrorist information and seven of disseminating terrorist publications.\n\nThree of the terrorist manuals Amman admitted owning were about knife fighting.\n\nIn fact, much of Amman's fascination with conducting an attack was said to be focused on using a knife.\n\nHe was jailed at the Old Bailey the following month for three years and four months.\n\nI was there and recall Amman smiling as he was sentenced.\n\nHe was automatically released from HMP Belmarsh on 23 January 2020 after serving half of his sentence in custody.\n\nIt is understood that he had since been living at a bail hostel in south London.\n\nHe was under a curfew and had to wear a GPS tag, coupled with exclusion zones such as ports and airports. He had to surrender his passport and had limited access to electronic devices and restrictions on his internet use\n\nAmman was first arrested in north London in May 2018 by armed officers on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack, although he was not ultimately charged with doing so. Scotland Yard said that, following consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service, \"we did not charge with this offence.\"\n\nThe prosecution of Amman related instead to his ownership and distribution of terrorist propaganda and instructional manuals.\n\nForensic specialists recovered in more than 349,000 media files from Amman's devices\n\nAt the time, he was living in Harrow and studying science and maths at the nearby North West London College. Prior to that, Amman had studied at Park High School between 2011 and 2016.\n\nHe came to the attention of counter-terrorism police in April 2018 when a Dutch blogger made officers aware of postings on the Telegram messaging app.\n\nThe posts included a photo showing an image of a knife along with two firearms on a Shahada flag along with Arabic words meaning: \"Armed and ready April 3\".\n\nOne of the Telegram posts that led to Amman being identified by police in 2018\n\nThe blogger also said the same person had linked to a YouTube video of a pro-gay rights speaker who frequented Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park.\n\nThe post called on others to \"all unite together to attack one another. He will be there this Sunday at Hyde Park\".\n\nPolice enquiries showed the user of the relevant Telegram account was Amman and a decision was taken to arrest him.\n\nThe Dutch blogger, named Azazel van den Berg, told the BBC he was \"shocked\" to have heard that Amman was responsible for the attack.\n\nHe said: \"I had heard of the attack on Dutch television. When I sat down at my computer I saw that message with his photo late last night.\"\n\nHe added: \"I did everything that was possible, I also did not know that man was already free. I think that jihadists like him should be punished harder with prison sentences and not conditionally free with a single bond.\n\n\"If he had just served his whole sentence, what happened now would never have happened. But English law must be applied to that, which is a task for the politicians in your country.\"\n\nAmman had elsewhere written of how he was thinking of conducting a terror attack in north London and that he had conducted reconnaissance.\n\nDetectives discovered that the student was using a WhatsApp group to expose young members of his family to violent terrorist material.\n\nHe used it to share an al-Qaeda magazine and exclaimed \"the Islamic State is here to stay\".\n\nA BB gun was recovered when the Met Police searched his home in Harrow\n\nThe WhatsApp group - entitled La Familia - included images of Amman's younger siblings in poses reminiscent of IS supporters.\n\nIn messages with one family member Amman claimed that, as Yazidi women were slaves, the Koran made it permissible to rape them.\n\nHe sent beheadings videos to his girlfriend - whom he said should kill her \"kuffar\" parents - and told her: \"If you can't make a bomb because family, friends or spies are watching or suspecting you, take a knife, molotov, sound bombs or a car at night and attack the tourists (crusaders), police and soldiers of taghut, or Western embassies in every country you are in this planet.\"\n\nIn messages to her, Amman said he had pledged allegiance to Islamic State and wished to carry out acid attacks.\n\nElsewhere, he asked if he could have a knife delivered to her address and told her he considered Isis to be the best thing to happen to Islam.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHe wrote that he preferred the idea of a knife attack over the use of bombs and discussed whether he would stand his ground if police came to arrest him.\n\nIn a notebook - in which he had written about explosives and detonators - he had listed his \"goals in life\". These included: \"Die as a shuhada\" (martyr) and go to '\"jannah\" (paradise).\n\nBefore he was jailed Amman had previous convictions for possession of an offensive weapon - a broken bottle - and cannabis.", "Qaw'mane Wilson was an aspiring rapper who used the name Young QC\n\nAn aspiring rapper has been sentenced to 99 years in prison after paying to have his mother killed.\n\n30-year-old Qaw'mane Wilson - who performed under the name Young QC, ordered a hitman to kill Yolanda Holmes back in 2012.\n\nHe was convicted on Friday in Chicago alongside the hitman Eugene Spencer, who received a 100 year sentence.\n\nThe court heard how Wilson cleared his mum's bank accounts out after her death.\n\n\"The word is 'matricide,' meaning murder of one's own mother,\" Cook County Judge Stanley Sacks said in court.\n\n\"Whatever he wanted, his mother gave to him. A car. A job. One could say he was spoiled. She gave Qaw'mane life, and it was his choice to take it away from her.\"\n\nIn a video on his YouTube channel, Qaw'mane Wilson and his friends are seen withdrawing cash and giving it crowds of people\n\nAfter her death, Wilson used his mum's money to customize the Mustang she had bought him and evidence was shown to the jury of him withdrawing large amounts of money and later throwing cash into crowds of people at one of his shows.\n\nWilson, who was 23 at the time of her killing, ordered Spencer to enter her apartment in Chicago, where he shot her in her sleep.\n\nWhen asked if he had anything to say before the verdict was given, Wilson said: \"I just want to say, nobody loved my mother more than me. She was all I had. That's it.\"\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Motorists in Birmingham and Sheffield have been confronted by a BBC reporter who secretly filmed them buying red diesel to use in their own cars.\n\nIt's illegal for regular drivers to use the fuel, which is about 50p cheaper than a litre of normal diesel.\n\nHM Revenue and Customs estimates that the crime costs the UK £100m a year in lost tax revenue.\n\nRed diesel is intended for use by farmers and construction workers in tractors and diggers.\n\nSee this story in full on BBC Inside Out West Midlands at 19:30 BST on BBC One on Monday 3 February, or via iPlayer for 30 days afterwards.", "Louis Tomlinson is currently promoting Walls, his first solo album\n\nLouis Tomlinson has said he will not appear on BBC Breakfast again, after being asked questions about the deaths of his mother and sister.\n\nHosts Dan Walker and Louise Minchin asked the singer about the grief he felt over their loss.\n\n\"Defo wont be going on there again,\" he tweeted after Monday's show.\n\nA BBC spokesperson said: \"We wanted to cover all aspects of Louis's life that have influenced his new album and feel the questioning was fair.\"\n\nTomlinson's mother died from cancer in 2016, and his sister Felicite died of an accidental drug overdose last year.\n\nThe former One Direction singer was also quizzed about his time with the band - who went on hiatus in 2016 - and his reported feud with former band member Zayn Malik.\n\nThe 28-year-old accused the hosts of \"proper going in\" on 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 Louis Tomlinson This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nReplying to Tomlinson directly on Twitter, Walker wrote: \"Sorry you feel like that. It was nice to speak to you on #BBCBreakfast this morning. Can I ask what you are upset about?\"\n\nTomlinson responded: \"I was upset that you continued to ask me about my grief.\n\n\"It goes without saying how hard it is to lose both people so close to me. The least I ask is that you respect my decision of not wanting to be asked in interviews about something so painfull [sic].\"\n\nHe added: \"I'm lucky enough to have a creative outlet for me to talk about grief this doesn't however give you the right to talk about it for gossip purposes.\"\n\nWalker replied: \"Hi Louis. We were asking you about the song on your new album about your mum.\n\n\"We know it's painful which is why we didn't dwell on it. No intention to upset you or be 'gossipy' about it at all. That's not our style on #BBCBreakfast.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Breakfast This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nWhen asked about Malik on the BBC Breakfast sofa, Tomlinson said he was \"just not ready to have that conversation yet\".\n\nThe singer said it was \"inevitable\" the band would get back together one day and that they would be \"stupid\" not to.\n\n\"You've ticked them all off now,\" he said when asked about a possible reunion. \"You've gone trauma, Zayn, and now we are finally on this one, I like it.\"\n\nTomlinson is currently promoting Walls, his first solo album, and will perform in his home town of Doncaster later.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Gerald Corrigan died three weeks after being shot outside his Anglesey home\n\nA witness has denied having sex with a defendant on the night he is accused of killing a man with a crossbow.\n\nMr Whall had told police he was having sex with Thomas Barry Williams at the time.\n\nBut Mr Williams told Mold Crown Court their friendship had \"never\" been sexual and denied seeing the defendant that night.\n\nMr Corrigan suffered two holes in his stomach and organ damage during the attack at his home on 19 April 2019.\n\nHe died in hospital three weeks later, after developing sepsis.\n\nMr Williams told the court he had met Mr Whall, a sports therapist, about five years ago when he was referred for a chest issue, and began receiving weekly massage therapy for a few months.\n\nBoth men had a \"keen interest in martial arts\", and became friends.\n\n\"After a while I started helping him with self-defence DVDs,\" he told prosecutor Peter Rouch QC.\n\nThey met to train around once a week and would go out to eat as well as go walking and biking, but Mr Williams said their contact \"dwindled\" when he began seeing his partner, Susie Holmes.\n\nOn the night of the shooting, Mr Williams said he had dropped her at work in Conwy at about 21:50 BST on 18 April before meeting his cannabis dealer in an Anglesey lay-by and smoking with him for half an hour.\n\nHe then went to Newborough on Anglesey to his parents' house and talked to his sister until about 01:00 on 19 April, before going to Llanddwyn beach for an hour and travelling back to Conwy.\n\nAsked if he saw Mr Whall during that time, he replied: \"No, I didn't.\"\n\nMr Williams told the court he had broken his mobile phone during an argument with Ms Holmes that evening and it was just about useable.\n\nCross-examined by David Elias QC, defending, he said he had thrown the phone away a couple of days later without calling or texting anyone in the meantime.\n\nMr Williams said he first knew about the suggestion he and Mr Whall were having a sexual relationship about two weeks ago.\n\nHowever, the court heard in the summer of 2019 he went to seek advice from the legal firm representing Mr Whall.\n\nMr Elias said Mr Williams had told that firm he had engaged in sexual activity with Mr Whall.\n\n\"No, I listened to them telling me,\" he said.\n\nAsked why he had chosen that firm, Mr Williams said he had heard they were a good firm.\n\n\"It wasn't that you had information to give them?\" asked Mr Elias.\n\nThis image of Gerald Corrigan's house shows where North Wales Police believe the shooter was located\n\nMr Williams declined to comment at first on whether he had said anything to the solicitors about the allegations he was having a sexual relationship with Mr Whall.\n\nPressed on the matter, he said he was \"not sure what I'd been thinking with all of it\" and everything that had gone on \"between me and Terry\".\n\nCall data taken from Mr Williams' phone, was presented to the court, showing several calls between him and Mr Whall on 18 April.\n\nAsked what they were talking about, he said \"when are we training....what are you up to....\"\n\nAsked about one four-minute call, Mr Elias asked: \"It was about meeting up that night, wasn't it?\"\n\n\"No,\" he replied, adding that he could not remember what it was about.\n\nThe court heard a text message was sent from Mr Williams's phone at about 12:15 on 19 April. Within half an hour of that message being sent, a new phone was operational.\n\nMr Elias said it showed the phone he said was damaged was actually working.\n\nAsked by Mr Elias if it would surprise him that Mr Whall's number was the third most popular number called from the mobile phone he got rid of, he said: \"It would actually, yeah.\"\n\nRe-examined by Peter Rouch QC, for the prosecution, Mr Williams said he had no memory of what was said during the meeting with Mr Whall's solicitors.\n\nHe said Mr Whall had told him he \"just needed an alibi\" but did not say what for.\n\nHe said the solicitors were \"suggesting stuff\" and it was easier for him to \"just agree\".\n\nAsked if he had walked along the coastal path with Mr Whall on 18-19 April for a sexual liaison in front of Gof Du, he said: \"No.\"\n\nMr Whall 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\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. \"Do I look bothered?\" - body cam footage reveals abuse faced by Southeastern staff\n\nA rail worker thrown from a train by an angry passenger during \"three weeks of hell\" at work has spoken of the impact it had on his mental health.\n\nSoutheastern train manager Neil Chapman said he was close to \"losing it completely\" before seeking help.\n\nIncreased episodes of violence and people taking their own lives have contributed to Mr Chapman's struggles.\n\nHowever, he has turned his life around with the help of a scheme started by the rail firm and a colleague.\n\nMr Chapman said Lee Woolcott-Ellis, a fellow train manager who persuaded bosses to let him set up a mental health support system, was a \"genius\".\n\nNeil Chapman says he went through \"three weeks of hell\"\n\nMr Chapman's problems started with an attempted suicide in front of his train. Then, about a week later, he woke up a sleeping passenger.\n\n\"He'd missed his stop and of course somehow that was my fault,\" said Mr Chapman.\n\n\"When I told him he'd have to get off the train, he actually says 'you get off' and grabbed me by the scruff of the neck and physically threw me off the train, actually assaulted me.\"\n\nThe following couple of weeks \"it just seemed every other passenger was somebody giving me grief, didn't want to buy a ticket, wanted to pay for nothing and all that sort of thing\".\n\n\"I came very, very close to losing it completely, and I ended up taking three months off with stress.\"\n\nIn January, a report from mental health charity Mind and consultancy firm Deloitte showed poor mental health in the workplace cost UK companies more than £43bn in 2018, with the number of days taken off for mental health reasons rising even though total sick days in general were falling.\n\nFigures provided by Southeastern showed 2018 had the highest number of reports of violence and serious public order offences since 2007.\n\nBetween 2014 and 2018 there were 3,233 reports of violence and 3,243 reports of serious public order.\n\nMental health co-ordinator Mr Woolcott-Ellis said: \"I've been certainly threatened to be stabbed on more than one occasion. I've had someone on my train threatening to kill people.\n\n\"That individual, I removed a knife from him. You deal with it as a professional and it's afterwards you think of the implications of what you've just been through.\"\n\n\"He has helped so many people,\" he said.\n\n\"You can learn these things out of books, you can get your trained, qualified psychiatrists and psychologists but because Lee's been through it, because he's experienced it for himself, it gives him so much more of an insight.\n\n\"He saved my job, almost saved my life. I don't know how far I would have gone. With Lee's help, I'm just back to me.\"\n\nSoutheastern said rail travel was one of the safest means of transport, with the \"vast majority\" of the 640,000 passengers that use its services each day travelling without incident.\n\nIt said it was \"proud to have developed a mental health advocate scheme led by our staff\" to respond to \"occasions when incidents happen, both at work and outside work\".\n\nYou can see more on Inside Out South East at 19:30 GMT on BBC One, and later on BBC iPlayer\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.", "Nearly one million people in the UK missed the deadline for filing their tax return, but this was an improvement on the previous year.\n\nA total of 11.1 million did hit the deadline of the end of Friday to complete their self-assessment tax forms.\n\nMostly those with more than one source of income and the self-employed are required to complete returns.\n\nAnyone with a genuine excuse can talk to the tax authority to avoid fines.\n\nPaper returns had an earlier deadline of 31 October, but a record 10.4 million people filled in the forms electronically for which the deadline is 31 January.\n\nLast year, just over one million people missed the 31 January cut-off. Fines can be issued immediately for late filing.\n\nMore than 700,000 people submitted their tax returns on deadline day, peaking between in the hour from 16:00 GMT, when 56,969 filed. Some 26,562 people completed their returns in the final hour before the deadline.\n\nAngela MacDonald, director general for customer services at HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), said: \"Customers who have missed the deadline should contact HMRC.\n\n\"The department will treat those with genuine excuses leniently, as it focuses penalties on those who persistently fail to complete their tax returns and deliberate tax evaders. The excuse must be genuine and HMRC may ask for evidence.\"\n\nPrevious, failed, excuses for missing the deadline in recent years had included someone claiming they were unable to log on because they were up a mountain in Wales.\n\nThe current system means HMRC could demand a penalty of £100 for late filing during the first three months after the deadline.\n\nAfter three months, additional penalties of £10 per day can be demanded, up to a maximum of £900, followed by further charges six and 12 months after the deadline.\n• None How does your money pay for schools and hospitals?", "Researchers believe they are the first to film grey seals clapping their flippers underwater.\n\nDr Ben Burville from Newcastle University has spent 17 years trying to capture a seal producing the gunshot-like sound, which they make during the breeding season.\n\nHe recorded this footage off the Farne Islands, near Northumberland.", "The Saltire is now displayed with the flags of the remaining 27 EU nations\n\nA city in the Netherlands is flying the Scottish Saltire in place of the Union Flag after the UK left the EU.\n\nThe deputy mayor of Leeuwarden, Sjoerd Feitsma, came up with the idea after visiting Edinburgh for a Robert Burns festival.\n\nThe Saltire is now displayed with the flags of the remaining 27 EU nations at the city's main railway station.\n\nMr Feitsma alerted BBC Scotland in a tweet saying: \"Bye bye Britain (England). Hello Scotland!\"\n\nHe added: \"On Brexit day, the Scottish flag is prominently (and permanently) visible at the Central Station in @leeuwardenstad. We'll leave a light on.\"\n\nPeople in Scotland voted by 62% to 38% to remain in the EU in the 2016 referendum.\n\nThe overall UK result backed Leave by 52% to 48%.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Sjoerd Feitsma This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLeeuwarden, which is the capital of the Friesland region in the north of the Netherlands, has a number of cultural ties with Edinburgh.\n\nAnd Mr Feitsma said he had been moved by the response of Scots to Brexit - with pro-EU demonstrators staging candelit vigils in several Scottish cities on Friday evening.\n\nHe told the Dutch daily newspaper Friesch Dagblad: \"I was thinking of replacing the Union Jack with an EU flag or a rainbow flag.\n\n\"I noticed what a big deal it was for the Scots that they're no longer in the EU and that they are still flying the European flag in the Scottish Parliament.\n\n\"That's when I thought, we could do something with this too.\"\n\nThe Saltire will remain on display outside the railway station for an indefinite period of time.\n\nMr Feitsma said: \"This isn't an official area so we can decide for ourselves which flags we hang here.\"", "Edward Vines wrote to Emily Maitlis's mother twice last year in the hope of getting through to the presenter\n\nA stalker who has harassed Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis for two decades has been sentenced for breaching a restraining order for the 12th time.\n\nEdward Vines, 49, was serving a 45-month sentence when he wrote to her mother Marion Maitlis last year.\n\nHe sent two letters in May and October, Nottingham Crown Court heard.\n\nJudge Stuart Rafferty QC said Vine had a \"lifelong obsession\" with the journalist and sentenced him to a further three years in jail.\n\nVines, who is in custody at HMP Nottingham, pleaded guilty to two breaches of the order, which was originally imposed in 2009 and prevents him from contacting Ms Maitlis and her family.\n\nThe defendant, from Oxford, first met Ms Maitlis when they were students at Cambridge University.\n\nHe was first convicted of harassing her in 2002.\n\nMs Maitlis has previously spoken publicly of the \"devastating impact\" Vine's harassment has had on her family.\n\nEdward Vines met Ms Maitlis while they were studying at Cambridge University\n\nProsecutor Ian Way said Vines \"persistently and systematically\" breached the restraining order 12 times, resulting in six court hearings.\n\nIn May, a letter to Marion Maitlis was intercepted and opened by prison officers.\n\n\"The defendant said he was troubled by Emily's treatment of him while they were at university,\" Mr Way told the court.\n\n\"That he was in love with her and was distressed when she terminated contact with him.\"\n\nMr Way said Vines claimed Ms Maitlis had lied during the original trial and he believed the justice system \"was against him\".\n\nThe court heard a second letter was intercepted in October in which Vines said he was \"keen\" to talk to the broadcaster and would \"continue to write seeking answers\".\n\nMr Way added Ms Maitlis had not been approached for a victim impact statement because \"each repeated episode compounds the distress\".\n\nVines wrote in the letters that he loved Ms Maitlis and was \"distressed\" by her cutting off contact\n\nDefending Vines, Stefan Fox said his client was now aware any concerns he had about his previous trials would have to be aired elsewhere.\n\nJudge Rafferty said: \"If you love Ms Maitlis as you say you do, you have a very strange way of showing it because you have made her life a misery.\"\n\nHe said he feared \"there was no sign of this ending\" and if Vines continued to breach the order he would \"continue to age in custody\".\n\n\"This at the moment has to be treated as a lifelong obsession by you. All the court can do is try to protect Ms Maitlis and her family as best as it can,\" Judge Rafferty added.\n\n\"Until you can take the step to stop being the unrequited 19-year-old that you were at the start of all of this, nothing will ever change.\"\n\nPreviously the government has apologised to Ms Maitlis after Vines was able to write to her from HMP Bullingdon in Oxfordshire, and again while living in a bail hostel.\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 8.6 million people threw sick days last year because they found their jobs \"too painful\", a survey suggests.\n\nReleased on what some dub \"National Sickie Day\", the research claimed concerns about work culture, colleagues and workloads were to blame.\n\nHowever, it also said 12 million workers went to work genuinely sick.\n\nThe IT company Insight, which did the research, warned of \"serious issues within organisations' culture\" and called for more flexible working.\n\nIt based the findings on a Kantar survey of 1,246 working adults, done over a week in January this year.\n\nThe responses were weighted to draw a picture of the wider working population, which numbers almost 33 million people, according to official figures.\n\n\"Employers have a duty of care to their employees to look after their safety and wellbeing, and this includes their physical and mental health,\" said Tom Neil, Acas Senior Adviser.\n\n\"For people to be able to be honest about how they feel at work, good work practices including having an inclusive culture and effective people management are key.\"\n\nIn the survey, a quarter of respondents said they had taken a sick day in the last year because doing so felt \"too painful\".\n\nSome said they felt overworked or that poor systems and processes made it hard to get work done. Others blamed conflicts with workmates.\n\nHowever, 37% of respondents said they had come into work in the past year despite feeling sick.\n\nMany said this was because they could not afford unpaid sick leave or did not want to use up a paid sick day. Others said they did not want to feel judged by their employer or co-workers.\n\nMeanwhile about a fifth - or an estimated 6.5 million - said they would be happy to work from home when sick but their firms would not let them.\n\nAccording to some surveys, more employees call in sick on the first Monday of February than any other day of the year, with an estimated 215,000 doing so last year.\n\nBut in 2019, the employment law firm Elas said it had found other days with higher absence rates.\n\nIt said the top 10 days for absence last year all fell on a Monday, with 16 September topping the list. The most comment reasons given were:\n\nAccording to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, the typical employee's number of sick days dropped to 5.9 in 2019 - the lowest in the 19-year history of its annual survey of HR professionals.", "Ellie Gould was murdered by her ex-boyfriend at her home\n\nThe friends of a teenager who was stabbed to death by her ex-boyfriend are campaigning for self-defence lessons to be taught in schools.\n\nEllie Gould, 17, was killed by Thomas Griffiths, who was jailed for life for her murder in November.\n\nHer friend Tilda Offen said if Ellie had \"just known the simplest technique to get him off her she would still have her life\".\n\nNorth Wiltshire MP James Gray is supporting their campaign.\n\nHe said he intended to raise the idea in Parliament and said if self-defence were taught in schools then a potential murderer \"would realise he would have met his match\".\n\nGriffiths, 17, admitted stabbing Ellie repeatedly in the neck in a \"frenzied attack\" in May before trying to make it appear her wounds were self-inflicted.\n\nThe court heard Griffiths spent an hour at the house in Calne, Wiltshire, before he drove home, changed his clothes and dumped a bag of Ellie's items in a wood.\n\nEllie's friends and her mother (second from left) are campaigning for self-defence to be taught\n\nEllie's family had called for his jail term of life with a minimum of 12-and-a-half years to be increased but this was turned down by the Court of Appeal.\n\nA group of her friends and her mother Carole Gould have written to Home Secretary Priti Patel to question the length of his jail term, given Griffiths was almost an adult.\n\nThey have also written to the Minister of State for Education Nick Gibb calling for self-defence to be made compulsory.\n\nEllie's friends have also called for more education on healthy relationships and warning signs of coercive control.\n\n\"That's why I do believe that self-defence is such a big thing that needs to be introduced into our school system because it could give a potential victim a chance of being able to escape their attacker,\" her friend Tilda said.\n\nAnother close friend, Harriet Adams, added: \"When Griffiths comes out after his mere 12 years in prison, he's going to have a second chance at life and a whole other life to restart and our Ellie isn't going to because of his actions.\n\n\"With us pushing for self-defence classes to be a mandatory part of physical education, we like the idea that we are preserving and helping to protect other young, vulnerable people.\"\n\nThomas Griffiths was 17 when he killed Ellie in her family home\n\nMr Gray, who is the Conservative MP for North Wiltshire, said there was no routine self-defence training in the national curriculum.\n\n\"You're not talking here about judo, just basic self-defence techniques,\" he said.\n\n\"If that was taught to all kids all the way through school then it would significantly reduce crime because the potential criminal, murderer or rapist would realise he would have met his match.\"\n\nA Department for Education spokesperson said there were no plans to make self-defence mandatory, but \"schools have flexibility to provide this should they choose\".\n\n\"As part of the new relationships and sex education curriculum, pupils will be taught the characteristics of positive and healthy relationships, as well as types of behaviour within relationships that are criminal, violent and include coercive control,\" the spokesperson added.\n• None The Conversation, Women and self defence - BBC World Service", "A teenager has saved her father's life just two weeks after being taught CPR at school.\n\nAli Holborn, 15, from Poole, performed the life-saving technique on her dad, Kevin, after he became unresponsive following a cardiac arrest.\n\nCompulsory CPR lessons will be rolled out in schools across England from September this year.", "Claire O'Neill was sacked from her role as President of COP26\n\nThe former head of this year’s vital climate summit may sue the UK government for sacking her, the BBC has learned.\n\nClaire O’Neill, an ex-minister, was told by Downing Street that she couldn’t chair the Glasgow meeting because she was no longer a minister.\n\nBut sources close to Mrs O’Neill say they think she was fired for criticising government failings.\n\nThey say the process for the climate meeting was in disarray.\n\nThe sources said different ministers were jockeying to lead the UN meeting, known as COP26, adding that the Prime Minister was out of touch.\n\nThe conference is supposed to corral governments into improving their offers to avoid dangerous climate change by cutting emissions faster.\n\nThis was always a mountain to climb, especially since President Donald Trump began the process of pulling the US out of the Paris climate agreement.\n\nA government spokesperson said preparations for the conference were going well, and that the meeting would be a success.\n\nBut I understand that some of the basics still aren’t in place. It seems the meeting might even be switched away to London from Glasgow because security costs there are much higher.\n\nI’m told the original total cost of the conference signed off by Cabinet was £250m. It is said now to be closer to £450m, with no agreed final budget.\n\nTo compound the issue, the prime minister infuriated the Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon by reportedly telling the Conservative conference he didn’t want her \"anywhere near” the meeting.\n\nThe Scottish Events Campus in Glasgow will host COP26 and includes the Armadillo and the SSE Hydro\n\nScottish government sources insist that the venue is booked and they expect the summit to happen there as planned.\n\nMrs O’Neill has previously expressed the view that the conference needs an Olympics-style delivery body.\n\nCompared with the huge French diplomatic effort that brought about a surprisingly positive deal in Paris in 2015, the UK’s preparations are lagging. The French had more than 200 diplomats working for years on the meeting.\n\nThe UK has scrambled just over 100 for the task. What’s more, the challenge has been made more difficult because when Boris Johnson was Foreign Secretary he fired many of the UK’s overseas climate change envoys.\n\nOne source close to Mrs O’Neill said: “Boris doesn’t really know anything about climate change. He pays lip service, but hasn't got a clue. He promised to chair a Cabinet committee on climate change – but he hasn’t even convened a meeting.”\n\nI’m told he has only discussed climate once in Cabinet. On that occasion, Mr Johnson didn’t discuss policy, according to the source, but simply said he used to be a sceptic but isn't one anymore.\n\nThere are others close to the government, though, who are unsurprised at Mrs O’Neill’s departure.\n\nSources said she derided some of the UK’s most experienced climate diplomats because she thought they were moving too slowly and were tied to old and ineffective methods.\n\nInstead, she controversially brought in the Boston Consulting Group to advise her in meetings. She is said to have been exasperated at the pace of progress over an issue she considers to be vitally important, and is reported to have upset officials with her tone.\n\nMrs O'Neill has previously described herself as a \"crap diplomat but someone who gets things done\".\n\nSome observers who oppose the UK's climate change laws have celebrated her demise, arguing that she echoed environmental groups too closely.\n\nBut her departure leaves a big hole, with the conference set for November. I understand that Michael Gove is keen to oversee the project.", "Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union\n\nWorld Cup finalists England fell to a chastening defeat by a resurgent France as their Six Nations hopes wilted in the Parisian rain.\n\nCoach Eddie Jones had talked of unleashing a brutal physicality upon a callow France side with an average of just 10 caps apiece.\n\nBut it was France who tenderised England in a one-sided first half, converted tries from Vincent Rattez and captain Charles Ollivon plus a Romain Ntamack penalty opening up a deserved 17-point lead.\n\nOllivon dived over for his second try to stretch that advantage to 24, before two brilliant solo scores from Jonny May suddenly brought hope in the final quarter.\n\nBut England could add only a late Owen Farrell penalty, their hopes of only a second Grand Slam in 17 years disintegrating in the face of a France defence superbly drilled by Shaun Edwards.\n\nJones said his team wanted to become the greatest team in history, but they were second-best to Fabien Galthie's new wave of Gallic talents.\n• None 'We felt sorry for ourselves' - Jones blames England defeat on slow start\n\nIn a febrile atmosphere England made early inroads when Sam Underhill capitalised on an overthrown line-out to thunder deep into the French 22 before his back-row partner Tom Curry spilt the ball in the tackle.\n\nBut it was France who struck first to light up the stadium, Teddy Thomas with a quicksilver break down the right before left wing Rattez - only in as a late replacement for Damian Penaud - cut a cute line on Ntamack's inside shoulder to crash through Ben Youngs' tackle and over.\n\nNtamack popped over the conversion, and when England's forwards were penalised at a ruck a few metres from their own line, the young fly-half landed his second kick to extend the lead to 10 points.\n\nWorse was to come for the men in white. Talismanic centre Manu Tuilagi limped off, to be replaced by Jonathan Joseph, then France struck a second hammer blow.\n\nAs Ollivon challenged for a kick ahead, England stopped, expecting referee Nigel Owens to blow for a knock-on. But the whistle never came, and Ollivon galloped 30 metres to dive into the left-hand corner.\n\nNtamack's nerveless conversion made it 17-0, tricolors being waved frantically all round celebrating stands as the brass band behind the England posts blasted out the Can-Can.\n\nUnder that intense aural and physical assault England's errors began to mount, debutant George Furbank dropping one pass, captain Owen Farrell knocking on another.\n\nNot since 1988 had England been kept scoreless at half-time in a Five or Six Nations match, but the scoreline reflected a fractured and ugly display.\n\nMay day comes too late for battered England\n\nA year ago France led Wales by 16 points in their opening game of the tournament only to capitulate in a dramatic second half.\n\nAnd when England opted to take a scrum on successive penalties in front of the France posts the pressure was finally on Galthie's side, only for Joseph to have the ball stripped as he took a short pass five metres out, and then Itoje knock on in a subsequent ruck.\n\nIt was the seventh time England had been within five metres of the France tryline without coming way with a point, and Jones rang the changes.\n\nLuke Cowan-Dickie came on for Jamie George and Ellis Genge for Joe Marler with half an hour to go, but it initially did nothing to stem the irresistible blue tide.\n\nMay was turned over by replacement prop Jefferson Poirot, and when scrum-half Antoine Dupont stepped through a static defence there was Ollivon once again to slide over the line.\n\nAt 24-0 England were facing humiliation, the noise around the Stade de France defeaning.\n\nMay's opportunistic try after kicking ahead with 23 minutes left provided a desperately needed ray of sunshine for England on a sodden, grey afternoon.\n\nAnd he conjured up something even better eight minutes later, racing on to Elliot Daly's fast, flat past to carve past three weary defenders and under the posts.\n\nFrom nowhere England had hope, France mangling a line-out in their own 22 after a clever George Ford kick to set up a series of drives.\n\nBut replacement scrum-half Willie Heinz lost the ball as he tried to burst through off a ruck, and, although George Kruis was held up over the line at the death, France held on to secure a famous win.\n\n'Everyone made errors today' - what the BBC pundits said\n\nFormer England captain Dylan Hartley: \"It was a collective - everyone made errors today. From one to 15, guys were making errors and that's why we had such a poor performance. The best thing to do is restart, that's all you can do. If we eradicate personal errors, we're in that game.\"\n\nFormer England centre Jeremy Guscott: \"Eddie Jones must be fuming. You can't have that many entries into the opposition 22 and come away with zero. The tries England scored were literally flashes of brilliance from Jonny May.\"\n\nFormer England captain Martin Johnson: \"England needed to turn pressure into scores. You need more subtlety against a big, strong team like France because they can defend all day.\"\n\nReplacements: Poirot for Baille (49), Bamba for Haouas (49), Palu for Willemse (57), Woki for Cros (57), Mauvaka for Marchand (67), Jalibert for Ntamack (77) Vincent for Vakatawa (80).\n\nReplacements: Joseph for Tuilagi (16), Cowan-Dickie for George (49), Genge for Marler (52), Ludlam for Lawes (54), Kruis for Ewels (57), Heinz for Young (62), Stuart for Sinckler (73), Devoto for Ford (76).", "Model Caprice was partnered up with Hamish Gaman\n\nCaprice Bourret has quit Dancing on Ice to \"recover and look after herself and her family\".\n\nA representative for the model and businesswoman confirmed to Radio 1 Newsbeat that she would not be taking part in Sunday night's show.\n\nShe said \"it's been a hard few months [for Caprice] and she's had to keep silent for contractual reasons\".\n\nThe exit comes after she split from her dance partner Hamish Gaman on the ITV show two weeks ago.\n\nCaprice's spokesperson added that her \"mental wellbeing has been affected over the last two months and recent stories leaked to the press are not only salacious but extremely hurtful\".\n\nOn Saturday she posted pictures online of some of the injuries she had sustained in practice alongside her new dance partner Oscar Peter.\n\nBut hours later it was confirmed by ITV that she would no longer be taking part in the show.\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\nCaprice, 48, made her debut on the second week of the series, securing second place on the leaderboard after performing a routine to Lewis Capaldi's Someone You Loved in front of judges John Barrowman, Ashley Banjo, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.\n\nA week later it was revealed she was parting ways with partner Hamish, but a reason for the split has not been given.\n\nCaprice, who has also appeared on Celebrity Big Brother and Come Dine With Me, has also deleted her Twitter account and hasn't posted about her exit from the show on her Instagram page.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "As many as 20 civilians have been killed in an overnight attack in north-western Burkina Faso.\n\nUnidentified heavily armed men on motorbikes carried out the attack in Lamdamol village in Seno province, north of the capital Ouagadougou, on Saturday night, AFP news agency says.\n\nThe attack comes a week after 39 people were killed when militants attacked a market in the province of Soum.\n\nThe Sahel region has seen an increase in jihadist violence in recent months.\n\nNews of Saturday's attack came as France announced it would send a further 600 soldiers to the Sahel region, bringing the total number of French troops to more than 5,000.\n\nThousands have been displaced by violence in northern Burkina Faso\n\nLast year saw the highest death toll due to armed conflict in the region since 2012, with more than 4,000 people killed.\n\nThe security crisis in the Sahel began when an alliance of separatist and Islamist militants took over northern Mali in 2012. France then launched a military intervention against them.\n\nAlthough a peace deal was signed in 2015, it was never fully implemented.\n\nNew armed groups have since emerged and expanded to central Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, including groups linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group (IS).", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Raab: EU alignment not a red line, it's not even in negotiating room\n\nBritain will \"not be aligning with EU rules\" in any post-Brexit trade deal, the foreign secretary has said.\n\nDominic Raab argued agreeing to stick strongly with EU regulations would \"defeat the point of Brexit\".\n\nBut Irish PM Leo Varadkar said the UK needed to commit to a level playing field to get a free trade deal.\n\nTalks to negotiate a free trade deal between the UK and the EU are due to start next month, following the UK's formal withdrawal from the bloc.\n\nOn Monday Boris Johnson is expected to set out his position ahead of those talks, where he will tell the EU he is prepared to accept customs checks at Britain's borders if he cannot secure the sort of trade deal he wants.\n\nEU chief negotiator Michel Barnier will also outline his approach to negotiations.\n\nOne option the PM could support would be a Canada-style free trade deal which allows tariff-free trade for the majority of goods, but would not cover the UK's service industry - which accounts for more than 80% of UK jobs.\n\nReports in recent days have suggested EU chiefs want the UK to continue to follow EU rules on standards and state subsidies - while accepting the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice in any trade disputes.\n\nThe PM is expected to say that he will accept no alignment and no jurisdiction of the European courts when talks start in March.\n\nHe is also preparing to say he would rule out relaxing rules on workers' rights, food hygiene standards and environmental protections.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, Mr Varadkar said it was possible for the UK to have a \"Canada-style agreement\".\n\nHowever, he added: \"Canada isn't the UK; you're geographically part of the European continent, we share seas and airspace and our economies are very integrated.\n\n\"And one thing we feel very strongly in the EU is that if we are going to have tariff-free, quota-free trade with the UK, which is essentially what we have with Canada on almost everything, then that needs to come with a level playing field.\n\n\"We, for example would have very strong views on fair competition and state aid.\"\n\nA level playing field is a trade policy phrase for a set of common rules and standards that prevent businesses in one country undercutting their rivals over those operating in other countries in areas such as workers' rights and environmental protections.\n\nHe also cautioned against \"setting rigid red lines\" for the post-Brexit trade negotiations arguing \"it makes coming to an agreement more difficult because the other side doesn't feel like it has got a fair deal unless those red lines are turned pink.\"\n\nMr Raab said the UK would enter trade talks \"with a spirit of goodwill\" but added \"the legislative alignment - it just ain't happening\".\n\nLabour's John McDonnell said Mr Johnson's desire to diverge from EU rules \"contradict\" what the PM had previously said on protecting environmental, consumer and employment rights.\n\n\"On the one hand he said there will be [protections] on the other hand he is sabre-rattling saying that won't happen in the negotiations,\" he said.\n\nBut Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage welcomed the prime minister's approach arguing it was in the UK's \"national interest\" to be \"a competitor on their [the EU's] doorstep.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Leo Varadkar on UK seating advice: \"Surely everyone should be trying to work with everyone\"\n\nThe government also wants to make progress in striking free trade agreements with countries such as the United States, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.\n\nThe EU's own approach to the negotiations needs to be agreed by all 27 member states - which would be unlikely to happen before the end of February.\n\nWhile the UK officially left the EU at 23:00 GMT on Friday, it will remain wedded to EU rules during a transition period which ends in December this year.\n\nThe UK can request an extension to this transition period, but Mr Johnson has previously said he will not do so.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Pre-recorded bongs from Big Ben played out as the UK left the European Union", "Greek police have used tear gas to break up protests by migrants over living conditions on the Greek island of Lesbos.\n\nHundreds of people, including women and children, attempted to march to the town of Mytilene.\n\nIt comes after the Greek government invited proposals for a floating barrier to block migrants from arriving by sea.\n\nMigrants trying to reach Europe often travel through Turkey to Greece. Arrivals have proved hard to manage.\n\nMany are fleeing violence and persecution. The majority are from Afghanistan and Syria, according to the United Nations.", "A man shot dead by police after he stabbed people in south London had been released from prison in January.\n\nSudesh Amman, 20, was released about a week ago after serving half of his sentence of three years and four months for terror offences.\n\nHe was under active police surveillance at the time of the attack on Streatham High Road, which police believe to be an Islamist-related terrorist incident.\n\nThree people were injured but none is in a life-threatening condition.\n\nScotland Yard said officers were searching addresses in south London and Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire.\n\n\"No arrests have been made and inquiries continue at pace,\" the Metropolitan Police said.\n\nStreatham MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy said: \"He [Amman] was under surveillance quite soon after being released which begs the question, why was he released so soon?\"\n\nTreasury minister Rishi Sunak said \"the police are obviously doing absolutely everything they can to keep people safe\".\n\nHe said new measures to toughen terrorism laws - already announced by the PM after last November's attack near London Bridge - will give the police \"more powers and resources to do that as well\".\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said the government would announce further plans for \"fundamental changes to the system for dealing with those convicted of terrorism offences\" on Monday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAt the time of Amman's release there were concerns about the danger he might pose to the public but there were no legal mechanisms to keep him in prison, BBC political correspondent Chris Mason said.\n\nGiven November's attack also involved a man convicted of terrorism offences released mid-way through his sentence, our correspondent said there was \"a desperate desire\" within government to be seen to be acting quickly.\n\nGunshots were heard on Streatham High Road just after 14:00 GMT on Sunday.\n\nReports suggest Amman entered a shop and started stabbing people. It appears he then left the shop and stabbed a woman.\n\nWitnesses reported hearing three gunshots and seeing a man lying on the ground outside a Boots pharmacy, as armed police approached and shouted at those nearby to move back.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Deputy Assistant Commissioner Lucy D'Orsi said armed officers were in \"immediate attendance\" after the attack\n\nThe Met Police said armed officers - who were part of a \"proactive counter-terrorism operation\" following the suspect on foot - were in \"immediate attendance\".\n\nThe man had a hoax device strapped to his body, police said.\n\nThe BBC's Daniel Sandford said the events appeared to unfold after witnesses saw an unmarked police car pull in front of another car near Streatham Common, forcing it to stop.\n\nForensic officers were seen working at the site into the evening\n\nPeople who live locally spoke of their shock for the attack to have happened in Streatham\n\nLondon Ambulance Service said it treated the three people for injuries at the scene and all were taken to hospital.\n\nA man in his 40s was initially considered to be in a life-threatening condition but this is no longer the case.\n\nA woman in her 50s whose injuries were not life-threatening has been discharged from hospital.\n\nAnother woman in her 20s continues to receive hospital treatment for minor injuries, believed to have been caused by glass following shots from the police.\n\nSudesh Amman pleaded guilty in November 2018 to six charges of possessing documents containing terrorist information and seven of disseminating terrorist publications.\n\nOne of the manuals Amman admitted owning was one about knife fighting.\n\nHe was jailed at the Old Bailey the following month for three years and four months.\n\nI was there and recall Amman smiling as he was sentenced.\n\nAmman was first arrested in north London in May 2018 by armed officers on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack.\n\nDave Chawner, who had been on the way to the cinema, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"I heard what I thought at that time was a car backfiring.\n\n\"I turned back and turned round and saw a small group of people around a man who was on the floor who was incredibly distressed, he was holding his lower right quadrant and there was blood everywhere.\n\n\"I happened to have a blanket in my bag and I gave it to them to help stem the bleeding and I ran to the nearest crossroads to wave down the ambulance.\"\n\nMr Chawner said the ambulance \"took well over half an hour to arrive\", which was \"incredibly frustrating and distressing\".\n\nEarly on, police said they were treating the incident as \"terrorist-related\"\n\nMeanwhile, Gjon Kathegjolli said he was in a barber shop when he heard a woman, who was with a baby in a push chair and two young boys, scream and saw her being stabbed.\n\nA man then walked past carrying a knife the size of his forearm, he said.\n\nDaniel Gough said he was out for a run when he heard shots and everyone ran.\n\n\"There was panic, people were yelling,\" he said. \"A young girl running alongside me kept asking 'Is this what I'm meant to do?' - she was very distressed.\n\n\"I saw a policeman and he yelled, telling everyone to get back. His gun was pointing in the direction of a man on the floor.\"\n\nA police officer was seen pointing a gun at a man, who was seen on the floor outside Boots\n\nAdam Blake, who was walking along Streatham Common, described how he saw two or three cars crash into each other, including an unmarked police car, as the incident unfolded.\n\n\"Another police car carried on towards the hill pursuing someone,\" he told the BBC.\n\nThe swift response of officers has almost certainly saved lives but there will be inevitable questions about the operation.\n\nCounter-terrorist police and MI5 have about 3,000 so-called \"subjects of interest\" at any one time but a much smaller number are under round-the-clock surveillance because it takes a huge team of specialist officers to watch a suspect covertly.\n\nThis means that preventing terrorism is all about taking difficult decisions. Which suspects should be watched? What level of risk do they pose and when is the best time to make an arrest, given the need to capture real evidence?\n\nThose decisions have become harder in recent years as would-be attackers are increasingly likely to act alone and to use low-tech weapons, sometimes on a whim.\n\nFormer military intelligence officer Philip Ingram told BBC Radio 5 Live it was \"right and proper\" that the government should assess the laws in place.\n\n\"We're treating these terrorists as criminals. You have to ask the question as to whether some of them may not ever be able to be rehabilitated and, therefore, is the law we have at the moment right and proper to keep the public safe?\"\n\nOfficers from the Met's Counter Terrorism Command are leading the investigation into the incident.\n\nStreatham High Road remains closed and a cordon is in place, with enhanced police patrols in the area.\n\nThe prime minister said his thoughts were with those injured and their loved ones and he paid tribute to the \"speed and bravery\" of emergency services who responded.\n\nMayor of London Sadiq Khan said: \"Terrorists seek to divide us and to destroy our way of life - here in London we will never let them succeed.\"\n\nPolice are appealing for information, images and footage of the incident which can be shared via www.ukpoliceimageappeal.com or on 0800 789 321.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "President Trump said that, for the first time in 51 years, \"the cost of prescription drugs actually went down\".\n\nIn the year to May 2019, the average monthly cost of prescription drugs fell by 0.2% according to the Bureau of Labour Statistics' Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures the increase in the cost of household items in the US .\n\nThis is the first price decrease over a 12-month period since 1973, some 47 years ago.\n\nBut this may not be the most reliable way to measure drug prices according to Inma Hernandez, a pharmacy lecturer at the University of Pittsburgh.\n\n\"The CPI is based on a basket of drugs which is representative of popular drugs. So it tends to include widely-used drugs, which are usually cheaper,\" she says.\n\n\"However, it is less likely to include newer or less-prescribed drugs, which are more expensive and have higher price increases.\"\n\nThe lack of transparency around drug pricing makes it very difficult to know exactly what's happening to the cost of prescription medication.", "The move follows a knife attack in Streatham, south London, by Sudesh Amman\n\nEmergency legislation will be introduced to end the automatic early release from prison of terror offenders, the government has said.\n\nJustice Secretary Robert Buckland told MPs the change would apply to both current and future offenders.\n\nTerror offenders will only be considered for release once they have served two-thirds of their sentence and with the approval of the Parole Board.\n\nIt follows two attacks by men convicted of terror offences in recent months.\n\nOn Sunday, Sudesh Amman, 20, was shot dead by police in Streatham, south London, after stabbing two people. And in November two people were killed near London Bridge by Usman Khan.\n\nAmman was released from prison towards the end of January, while Khan was out on licence from prison when he launched his attack in central London.\n\nMr Buckland said the latest attack made the case \"for immediate action\".\n\n\"We cannot have the situation, as we saw tragically in yesterday's case, where an offender - a known risk to innocent members of the public - is released early by automatic process of law without any oversight by the Parole Board,\" he said.\n\nHe said the new legislation would mean people convicted of terrorism offences will no longer be released automatically after they have served half of their sentence.\n\nBecause we face \"an unprecedented situation of severe gravity\", the legislation will also apply to serving prisoners, Mr Buckland said.\n\nThe Ministry of Justice said the legislation would be introduced \"when parliamentary time allows\".\n\nThe government will also consider making new legislation to ensure that extremists are more closely monitored on release and will review whether the current maximum sentences for terrorist offences are sufficient.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Justice Secretary Robert Buckland: \"We face an unprecedented situation of severe gravity\"\n\nThe Parole Board for England and Wales has welcomed the plans.\n\nIn a statement, it said it would not \"direct the release of an offender unless [it is] satisfied, taking account of all the evidence, that detention is no longer necessary for the protection of the public\".\n\n\"The board's focus is rightly on those who have committed the most serious criminal offences and it is vital that the most serious offenders are subject to a proper assessment before their release,\" it added.\n\nHowever, human rights group Liberty described the government's actions after recent terror attacks as a \"cause of increasing concern for our civil liberties\".\n\nClare Collier, an advocacy director for the campaign group, said: \"From last month's knee-jerk lie detector proposal, to today's threat to break the law by changing people's sentences retrospectively, continuing to introduce measures without review or evidence is dangerous and will create more problems than it solves.\n\n\"It's clear the UK's counter-terror system is in chaos and desperately needs proper scrutiny and review.\"\n\nResponding to the government announcement in the Commons, shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon said the justice system was in \"crisis\" due to funding cuts.\n\n\"The government cannot use sentencing as a way of distracting from their record of bringing the criminal justice system to breaking point,\" he said.\n\nFormer government counter-terrorism adviser Professor Ian Acheson argued that there might be instances where offenders should stay in prison.\n\nHe told BBC News: \"There will be some people for whom their ideology is bulletproof and there is no way we can get inside that.\n\n\"If there are people who are absolutely determined not to accept any intervention that will change that toxic mind-set, yes they should be in prison and if necessary, indefinitely.\"\n\nAlthough plans for the Parole Board to decide if people convicted of terrorism offences should be released after serving two thirds of their sentence were in the Queen's Speech, there were no proposals at that stage for the measures to apply retrospectively.\n\nAll that changed after the Streatham attack - the third incident involving convicted Islamist extremists in two months.\n\nMinisters are clearly concerned about the risks posed by other prisoners serving sentences for terrorism who are due to be let out: there's about one release, on average, every week.\n\nBut the measures, if approved by Parliament, will almost certainly be the subject of a challenge in the courts. Is it fair that a prisoner who's been convicted and sentenced under one set of rules suddenly finds themselves locked up for longer under a different set of rules?\n\nThe government is likely to justify its approach on the grounds of national security, so prepare for an epic legal battle that may well end up at the Supreme Court.\n\nAmman was shot dead on Streatham High Road on Sunday afternoon after stabbing two people in what police called an Islamist-related terrorist incident. He wore an imitation suicide belt.\n\nHe had been released from prison about a week ago after serving half of a sentence for terror offences, and was under police surveillance.\n\nArmed officers were following Amman on foot as part of a \"proactive counter-terrorism surveillance operation\", Scotland Yard said.\n\nHe was seen entering a shop in Streatham High Road shortly before 14:00 GMT, where he is believed to have stolen a knife. Once outside the shop he attacked two people.\n\nIn a statement on Monday, the Metropolitan Police said its officers responded within 60 seconds of Amman's attack, fatally shooting him.\n\nThe force did not reveal more details about its surveillance operation on the terror convict.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dave Chawner said he \"used a blanket to stem the bleeding\" of one of the victims\n\nThree people were taken to hospitals, including the two stabbing victims.\n\nOne victim, a man in his 40s, is now said to be recovering after sustaining injuries that were initially thought to be life-threatening. Another, a woman in her 50s, has been discharged from hospital.\n\nA third woman in her 20s suffered minor injuries, thought to have been caused by broken glass from the gunfire.\n\nThe attack comes after convicted terrorist Khan 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\nThis prompted a raft of measures to be proposed by the Home Office in January.\n\nThe so-called Counter-Terrorism Bill would also 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 are currently at least 74 people who were jailed for terror offences and subsequently freed on licence.\n\nThere are also 224 people convicted of terrorism offences in prison in Great Britain, most of whom must be released at the end of their custodial sentence.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A woman near to the scene reacts after a man stabbed two people in Streatham, south London\n\nStreatham High Road - a spot usually bustling with shoppers - is now quiet. As forensic teams search the area for clues, people in this south London suburb have been coming to terms with Sunday's terror attack.\n\nSudesh Amman, 20, was shot dead by police on Sunday afternoon after stabbing two people in what police called an Islamist-related terrorist incident.\n\nThe convicted terrorist was being followed by police when he pulled out a knife and attacked.\n\nStreatham is a far cry from the tourist areas of central London, where previous terror attacks in the capital have taken place.\n\nMany in Streatham are shocked that an event like this could have happened on their doorstep.\n\nEliza Viscount, 39, had been shopping when the attack happened.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"I was just out getting usual bits and bobs when I heard police shouting to get back and to get out of the area,\" she said.\n\n\"I had no idea what was going on. I dropped my basket on the floor and ran.\n\n\"I didn't stop shaking for hours later. I'm still in shock.\n\n\"If that can happen on a quiet Sunday when people are just shopping - well that's very worrying isn't it.\"\n\nElizabeth Rowland, another shopper, said she was concerned the attack had happened outside of central London.\n\n\"I can't believe it,\" she said.\n\n\"It's not a tourist place or even a landmark. It's a high street.\n\n\"There's no political reason for doing it here. It's really concerning that it happened so close to home.\"\n\nBecky Smyths, who lives in the area, said she heard \"so many sirens\" echo around Streatham.\n\nBecky Smyths described hearing emergency services respond to the attack on Sunday afternoon\n\nGustof Francis said: \"Streatham has its ups and downs - but nothing like this\"\n\n\"I heard that shots had been fired and I got really scared,\" she said.\n\n\"I only live up the road so it was really scary. It's only February and this has already happened.\"\n\nSunday's attack was the third described by police as terror-related in London since the threat level was downgraded by the Home Office in November.\n\nA large police cordon remains in place and forensic teams remained in the Boots pharmacy on Monday swiping the floors for clues.\n\nAlthough bewildered and concerned, many locals expressed a determination to carry on as normal.\n\n\"Yesterday I saw police, armed officers, the army and ambulances swarm to this area,\" said Qasim Khan, who owns a business near to the scene.\n\nQasim Khan vowed to carry on his life as normal\n\n\"It was crazy - just like a movie scene.\n\n\"But I will carry on working. I'm not scared.\"\n\n\"There is a need for extra kindness right now,\" Joanna Lockwood said as she walked her dog Pepper.\n\n\"What's really important to know is that this place is very multicultural. We get along together and we're all friends. It's important to let love be the order of the day.\n\n\"We must go back into the shops and not let evil win.\"\n\nSudesh Amman was shot dead by armed police in Streatham outside a Boots on the high street\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Joaquin Phoenix has received praise for using his Baftas speech to call out \"systemic racism\" in the film industry.\n\nPhoenix collected the best actor award for Joker on Sunday, and his comments followed an outcry about the all-white acting nominations line-up.\n\n\"I think that we send a very clear message to people of colour that you're not welcome here,\" he said.\n\nActress Viola Davis and director Lulu Wang, who made The Farewell, were among those to applaud him on Twitter.\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\nWhile no women were nominated for best director for the seventh year in a row, Wang was at the London ceremony after The Farewell was nominated for best film not in the English language.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Lulu Wang This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nDavis, who won a Bafta award in 2017 for her role in Fences, thanked Phoenix for his \"honesty, solidarity and courage\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Viola Davis This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"I feel very honoured and privileged to be here tonight. The Baftas have already been very supportive of my career and I'm deeply appreciative. But I have to say that I also feel conflicted, because so many of my fellow actors that are deserving don't have that same privilege.\n\n\"I think that we send a very clear message to people of colour that you're not welcome here. I think that's the message that we're sending to people that have contributed so much to our medium and our industry and in ways that we benefit from.\n\n\"I don't think anybody wants a handout or preferential treatment - although that's what we give ourselves every year. People just want to be acknowledged, appreciated and respected for their work.\n\n\"This is not a self-righteous condemnation because I'm ashamed to say that I'm part of the problem. I have not done everything in my power to ensure that the sets I was on are inclusive.\n\n\"But I think it's more than just having sets that are multi-cultural. We have to do really the hard work to truly understand systemic racism.\n\n\"I think it is the obligation of the people that have created and perpetuate and benefit from a system of oppression to be the ones that dismantle it. So that's on us.\"\n\nOther figures from the film and TV industries were quick to applaud the actor for telling some hard \"facts\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 kerry washington This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAlma Har'el, who directed 2019 film Honey Boy, tweeted: \"Correct me if I'm wrong but this is the first time... In a long time... I see a white man uses the stage he's given to say what we all need to hear.\"\n\nShe added: \"We mostly hear women speak up and this is encouraging and will help our work. Thank you Joaquin.\"\n\nYvette Nicole Brown, known for starring in TV shows including Community, posted: \"Tell the truth then, Joaquin!\" followed by a series of hand-clap emojis.\n\nShameless and The Walking Dead writer LaToya Morgan added: \"This is how you use your time & platform. Well said, Joaquin. Well said.\"\n\nBritish stand-up comedian Tez Ilyas wrote: \"Thank you Joaquin for articulating how many people feel and aren't able to express.\"\n\nPhoenix shared a conversation with the Duke of Cambridge at the ceremony\n\nPhoenix, who had previously been nominated for The Master, Gladiator and Walk the Line, is favourite to win best actor at the Oscars next Sunday.\n\nWriter and broadcaster Hanna Ines Flint said she now wants to see him \"put his words into action\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Hanna Ines Flint This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 of Cambridge, who is president of Bafta, also spoke at the ceremony about the need for change, noting that the organisation \"takes this issue seriously\".\n\nHe said: \"In 2020, and not for the first time in the last few years, we find ourselves talking again about the need to do more to ensure diversity in the sector and in the awards process - that simply cannot be right in this day and age.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The NHS in England is hiring 10,000 school leavers given training by the Prince's Trust charity.\n\nThe new staff will go some way towards solving the shortage caused by rising demands on the service and falling EU migration.\n\nThe trust's research suggests there is concern among public-sector employers that jobs are becoming harder to fill.\n\nThe new staff will work in non-clinical jobs although some may train as nurses or doctors eventually.\n\n\"There are lots of young people who struggle to access the kinds of careers and opportunities that we offer and the opportunity of this partnership is to reach out to those young people,\" NHS Employers chief executive Danny Mortimer told BBC News.\n\nIn Birmingham, where the NHS is the city's biggest employer, training of the new staff is well under way, with some already in post.\n\nRoisin Brown, 24, has a new job as a health-care assistant on a cancer ward at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham's biggest.\n\nShe was referred to the Prince's Trust after struggling to find work once she had re-taken her English GCSE at a further education college.\n\nShe said: \"If you want to go into nursing but don't feel like university is something that you want to do or something that you feel like you could possibly do, then try different avenues.\n\n\"I could work and build up to become a nurse eventually.\"\n\nA YouGov poll of 1,000 managers across all sectors, conducted in September 2019 for the Prince's Trust but not yet been published, found 63% of those in the public sector believed there was currently a skills shortage in their area.\n\nPrince's Trust chief executive Dame Martina Milburn said: \"Some employers use recruitment processes that make it hard for them to fill vacancies as well as making it hard for young people to get their first job.\n\n\"It is vital that employers start thinking about recruitment differently.\"\n\nEmployers need to change their recruitment practices to fill jobs, the Prince's Trust says\n\nThe trust also hopes to train young people for the social-care sector, which employers fear suffers because it doesn't carry the same prestige as the NHS.\n\nThe training organisation Skills for Care estimates there is a shortage of 11,500 staff in adult social care in the West Midlands region alone.\n\nJagdeep Khatkar, director of Oakview care home, in the Birmingham suburb of Quinton, has begun to hire younger staff from his home city.\n\nHe said: \"The sector has had a bit of a PR issue in the past.\n\n\"It's important that we now appeal to the younger people in particular and show that there is a real career path for young people to follow.\"", "The letter, dated last week, was written by DUP leader Arlene Foster\n\nThe DUP has highlighted sticking points to a deal on the Troubles legacy issues in a letter sent to Northern Ireland Secretary Julian Smith.\n\nThey include examining whether all state-related killings should be investigated by a new body.\n\nIn her letter, party leader Arlene Foster details four areas she wants addressed in talks ahead of legislation being tabled at Westminster.\n\nShe writes \"substantive discussions\" are needed on the way forward.\n\nAs part of the deal which saw Stormont return, the government pledged, within 100 days, to introduce legislation to implement a legacy deal struck five years ago.\n\nIt includes an Historical Investigations Unit (HIU) to look into Troubles killings.\n\nSinn Féin has requested an urgent meeting about Troubles legacy issues with Secretary of State Julian Smith\n\nMrs Foster's letter, dated last week, states its caseload should not necessarily examine \"all state-related deaths\".\n\nIt adds that concerns about the HIU \"has led to many victims and survivors of terrorism losing confidence or not being supportive\".\n\nIt suggests victims could help \"co-design\" it and points out \"over 90% of the deaths and injuries of the Troubles were caused by terrorist organisations\".\n\nMrs Foster writes the idea the HIU could also investigate non-criminal police misconduct \"is causing considerable angst\".\n\nShe also repeats the party wants a new definition of a victim to mean a person killed or injured through no fault of their own.\n\nSpeaking to Sky News on Sunday, Mrs Foster said \"we need to revisit the Stormont House Agreement, because what is being proposed is not acceptable\".\n\n\"Victims were not treated well in the Belfast Agreement - that was left as an open wound.\n\n\"We now have been left, nearly 22 years later, and we're still dealing with these issues.\"\n\nShe said it was important to \"recognise what actually happened here in Northern Ireland\".\n\n\"We did have a terrorist campaign and there were so many innocent victims as a result of that.\"\n\nA public consultation on proposals to address the legacy of the Troubles in Northern Ireland was launched in 2018\n\nSpeaking after Mrs Foster's interview, Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill said she had requested an urgent meeting with Julian Smith to address concerns about the British government's approach.\n\nThe deputy first minister said: \"The British and Irish governments and the political parties, including the DUP, signed up to the Stormont House Agreement to ensure that victims of the conflict could get full disclosure about the killings of their loved ones.\n\n\"That agreement must be implemented in full, including the mechanisms for dealing with the legacy of the conflict, and cannot be cherry-picked by the British government or the DUP.\"\n\nShe added: \"The British government needs to implement its commitments in full in a human rights compliant manner.\"", "Stories like Paula's, whose first universal credit payment wasn't enough to live on, are thought to have \"scared people\"\n\nFull rollout of universal credit, the government's flagship welfare reform, is being delayed again, adding £500m to its overall cost, the BBC has learned.\n\nOfficials say not enough people are moving to the benefit as they are \"scared\" to move to universal credit.\n\nThe system was meant to be fully live by April 2017, but the new delay will push it back to September 2024.\n\nThe welfare delivery minister, Will Quince, said claimants would not lose money as a result of the change.\n\nThe backroom discussions leading to the latest delay were recorded by a BBC team whose series, Universal Credit: Inside the Welfare State, starts on Tuesday.\n\nThe new benefit, which replaces six existing payments, has been beset by problems, with claimants having to wait at least five weeks for the payments to start and many reports of people falling into debt, and having to resort to food banks as a consequence.\n\nPeople transferring to universal credit have to wait five weeks for the first payment\n\nOn top of that, advance payments of the benefit, introduced to help people through the five weeks with no money coming in, have been blamed for putting claimants into debt. That's because once the benefit finally comes through, payments are reduced to pay off the advance.\n\nClaimants are meant to transfer onto universal credit when they have a change of circumstances, such as moving in with a new partner.\n\nThe film-makers were allowed access to meetings inside the Department for Work and Pensions, and officials are seen pondering what to do when they realise fewer people are reporting changes of circumstances and therefore being transferred to the new benefit, than expected.\n\nOne programme shows Bolton mum Paula struggling to feed her family when her first universal credit payment comes in at just over £500 for a month, because of deductions to pay off the advance she took during the five-week wait.\n\nShe ends up resorting to a food bank. \"I have just got myself into one big mess and I have lost control over everything,\" Paula tells a debt counsellor.\n\n\"I am in debt up to my eyeballs and it's not going to go away.\"\n\nThe counsellor tells her: \"Any customer on universal credit, we already know that you're standing on the back foot.\n\n\"If you don't have money saved up already or you don't have backup of family who can support you, you will fall into taking an advance payment.\"\n\nShe added that benefit deductions to pay off the advance, leave people \"constantly trying to catch up\".\n\nNeil Couling, the senior civil servant in charge of the rollout for the past five years, is filmed telling a Whitehall meeting: \"We've got a lot of anecdotal evidence of people being scared to come to universal credit.\n\n\"It's a potentially serious issue for us, in terms of completing the project by December 2023, but I'm urging people not to panic.\"\n\n\"I'll take the beating\": senior civil servant Neil Couling decides to delay full rollout by another nine months\n\nBut a few weeks later, in September 2019, he decides to delay full rollout to September 2024, putting £500m on the bill.\n\n\"Three, six or nine months, it doesn't matter - the headline will be: 'Delay, disaster',\" he says\n\n\"I would say, 'Go safe, put the claimants first, and I'll take the beating.'\"\n\nDespite the problems, Mr Couling says he believes that once universal credit is fully implemented, it will be successful and regarded as \"the right thing to do\".\n\n\"This is the system that will form the bedrock of social security for the next 30 years.\"\n\nHe expects universal credit to continue to grow, with 2.6 million people already on it by September last year: \"Right now there's no way I can put the brakes on and stop.\n\n\"I have to keep going to the destination or you have to set me a different destination, because there's 2.6 million people, and if we get something wrong we could disrupt their lives and they've got no alternative. There's no alternative bank they can go to get help. We are the payer of last resort.\"\n\nLabour's shadow work and pensions secretary, Margaret Greenwood, called the news \"hugely embarrassing\" for the government and called for universal credit to be scrapped.\n\n\"Universal credit was supposed to be its flagship social security programme.\n\n\"Instead we now find that it is being forced to delay the full rollout because the public have so very little faith in it and many are actually afraid of it,\" said Ms Greenwood.\n\nThe government says universal credit was always intended to be introduced slowly.\n\nIt is \"the biggest change to the welfare system in a generation, bringing together six overlapping benefits into one monthly payment and offering support to some of the most vulnerable people in society\", said Mr Quince.\n\n\"It is right that we revisit our forecasts and plan, and re-plan accordingly, ensuring that the process is working well for people on benefits.\"", "Mike Hoare, seen here with his bodyguard in 1964, was internationally renowned until his career ended in an embarrassing anti-climax\n\nMichael \"Mad Mike\" Hoare, widely considered the world's best known mercenary, has died aged 100.\n\nBorn in India to Irish parents, he led campaigns in the Congo in the 1960s that earned him fame at the time, and a controversial legacy years later.\n\nHis career reached an embarrassing end in 1981, when he was jailed for leading a failed coup in the Seychelles.\n\nMr Hoare's son, Chris Hoare, said in a statement that his father died in a care facility in Durban, South Africa.\n\n\"Mike Hoare lived by the philosophy that you get more out of life by living dangerously, so it is all the more remarkable that he lived more than 100 years,\" he said.\n\nAfter serving in the British Army during the Second World War and reaching the rank of major, Mr Hoare began his post-war career as an accountant, running several small businesses in South Africa.\n\nBut it was in 1961 that he was introduced to Moïse Tshombe - a Congolese politician and businessman who would go on to become prime minister of the Congo three years later.\n\nIn 1964, Mr Tshombe hired Mr Hoare to take on the communist-backed Simba rebellion.\n\nWhen the campaign was completed 18 months later, Mr Hoare and his unit of mercenaries - which he nicknamed the \"Wild Geese\" - were internationally known.\n\nHis fervent anti-communist beliefs earned him no fans in many nations, with East German radio regularly describing him as \"that mad bloodhound Hoare\". This led to him being nicknamed \"Mad Mike\" - a moniker with which he was delighted.\n\nIn 1978, a mercenary adventure film called The Wild Geese was released. The film starred Richard Burton as Colonel Allen Faulkner, a character based heavily on Mr Hoare.\n\nActors Richard Harris, Roger Moore, Richard Burton and Hardy Krüger starred in the 1978 film The Wild Geese, based on Mike Hoare's mercenaries\n\nBut following his successful campaigns in the Congo, what came next turned him into an international laughing stock.\n\nMr Hoare appeared to be retired from military life by the start of the 1980s - but in 1981 he launched a surprise attempt at overthrowing the government of the Seychelles.\n\nIt is believed that Mr Hoare knew the Seychelles well, and had a particular hatred of its socialist government under President Albert René.\n\nHaving gained the tacit support of the governments of South Africa and Kenya, Mr Hoare began to plot.\n\nIn October 1981 he had a cache of weapons delivered to his suburban bungalow in South Africa, which he hid in his cellar. He recruited 46 men, and with them he planned to enter the Seychelles disguised as a charitable drinking club of former rugby players.\n\nAlmost all of the men managed to get through customs at Mahe airport. However, one of their group joined the wrong queue, got into an argument with a customs officer, and ended up having his bag searched.\n\nWhen officers found a dismantled AK-47, the man panicked and revealed that there were more weapons outside.\n\nAt this point the entire plan unravelled, and amid the ensuing conflict at the airport the mercenaries commandeered an Air India plane and flew it back to South Africa.\n\nWhen they arrived the mercenaries were jailed for six days, and Mr Hoare and his plans - dubbed \"the package-holiday coup\" - were ridiculed in the global press.\n\nA year later they were tried for hijacking the Air India plane. Mr Hoare was sentenced to 20 years, with 10 years suspended. He was released after 33 months.\n\nMr Hoare spent his final years in South Africa, and published several memoirs - including Mercenary, The Road to Kalamata, and The Seychelles Affair.", "Jessica Breeze said she could not remember stabbing her father\n\nA woman who stabbed her \"controlling\" father after suffering years of abuse has been found not guilty of his murder and manslaughter.\n\nJessica Breeze, 20, denied murdering Colin Brady, 49, at the family home in Keith Road, Middlesbrough, in June.\n\nMiss Breeze told Teesside Crown Court her father had frequently injured her in regular bouts of violence.\n\nHe had punched and threatened to kill Miss Breeze and her mother before he was stabbed in the back, jurors heard.\n\nThe prosecution alleged Miss Breeze had stabbed her father as he was leaving the house.\n\nIn evidence, the nursery worker recalled how her father would \"kick off\" and \"smash the place up\" if she returned home late.\n\nAsked by her barrister, Simon Russell Flint QC, if she ever reported her father's violent outbursts, she replied: \"No. I was scared. I thought it was pointless.\"\n\nMr Brady had previous convictions for violence, including causing grievous bodily harm with intent.\n\nHe had attacked Miss Breeze's mother, Kelly Breeze, in an assault a police constable said was the worst he had seen.\n\nColin Brady was stabbed during a violent row at the family's home in Middlesbrough last summer\n\nThe trial had heard that an argument broke out after Miss Breeze's parents discovered she had been secretly seeing her boyfriend when she said she had been at work.\n\nDuring the row, Mr Brady slapped or punched his then 19-year-old daughter several times, before her mother intervened, the court heard.\n\n\"He was punching me in the face with his fists,\" Miss Breeze told the jury. \"He said he was going to kill us.\"\n\nShe was one digit away from dialling 999 when he demanded she hand over her phone, the court heard.\n\nThe court was told she had \"no memory of picking up the knife\".\n\nHe was taken to hospital with an 18cm-deep wound to his left lung, but could not be saved.\n\nJessica Breeze and her lawyer Sean Grainger spoke outside the court\n\nOutside court, Miss Breeze's solicitor, Sean Grainger, said in a statement: \"The jury accepted she was acting in lawful self-defence of herself and her mother when under a sustained and violent attack by her father.\n\n\"Further, whilst Jessica was brought up in a highly toxic home environment where she and her mother were regularly subject to extreme physical and emotional abuse by her father, Jessica wishes to make it clear she loved her father, she still does and wishes he was still here.\n\n\"She now wishes to rebuild her life, get back to work and move on from the seven-month ordeal she has endured since her arrest.\"\n\nFollowing the acquittal, a CPS spokesperson said: \"While there was evidence of a sometimes violent relationship between the victim, Colin Brady, and the defendant, Jessica Breeze, the circumstances of his death made a charge of murder wholly appropriate in this case.\n\n\"Regardless of the alleged provocation for the attack, the victim was attacked in the back as he walked away from the defendant.\n\n\"He was stabbed with such force that it passed from his back through his entire left lung and into his chest. Despite claims of self-defence by the defendant, the evidence was such that there was a case to answer.\"\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Eyewitnesses have described scenes of distress and panic when a man was shot dead by police after stabbing people in Streatham, London.\n\nThey told the BBC how they fled at the sound of gunshots on Streatham High Road just after 14:00 GMT on Sunday.\n\nThree people were injured in the attack - carried out by Sudesh Amman, 20 - but none is in a critical condition.\n\nOne man said he gave people looking after one of the victims a blanket to \"help stem the bleeding\".\n\nDave Chawner, who had been on the way to the cinema, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"I heard what I thought at that time was a car backfiring.\n\n\"I turned back and turned round and saw a small group of people around a man who was on the floor who was incredibly distressed, he was holding his lower right quadrant and there was blood everywhere.\n\n\"I happened to have a blanket in my bag and I gave it to them to help stem the bleeding and I ran to the nearest crossroads to wave down the ambulance.\"\n\nMr Chawner said the ambulance \"took well over half an hour to arrive\", which was \"incredibly frustrating and distressing\".\n\nLondon Ambulance Service said its medics were at the scene in four minutes, but were sent to a rendezvous point until police told them it was safe to treat patients.\n\nPeople gathered near the scene in Streatham\n\nAdam Blake, who was walking along Streatham Common, described how he saw two or three cars crash into each other, including an unmarked police car, as the incident unfolded.\n\n\"Another police car carried on towards the hill pursuing someone,\" he told the BBC.\n\nA police officer was seen pointing a gun at a man, who was seen on the floor outside Boots\n\nGjon Kathegjolli said he was in a barber shop when he heard a woman, who was with a baby in a push chair and two young boys, scream and saw her being stabbed.\n\nA man then walked past carrying a knife the size of his forearm, he said.\n\nDaniel Gough said he was out for a run when he heard shots and everyone ran.\n\n\"There was panic, people were yelling,\" he said. \"A young girl running alongside me kept asking 'Is this what I'm meant to do?' - she was very distressed.\n\n\"I saw a policeman and he yelled, telling everyone to get back. His gun was pointing in the direction of a man on the floor.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nClare Henson-Bowen, who was walking past a pub with her husband and children, initially thought there had been a shoplifting incident.\n\n\"It happened really quickly. Lots of people were running. A lady on a bike looked like she was pushed…. another guy was wrapping a shirt around his arm, and the guy who had stolen something ran, thankfully, in the other direction,\" she told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme.\n\n\"I don't think it's really sunk in,\" she said, adding that residents had \"come together\" in the aftermath.\n\nLee Ford, a local electrician, said: \"To see this happen on my doorstep - our doorstep - it's very shocking.\"\n\nHe added: \"It's something you see on the news, not necessarily what you see on your on your doorstep.\"\n\nDo you have any information to share? 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.", "Sir Sam Mendes won best director and best film for 1917\n\nWorld War One film 1917 was the big winner at the Bafta Film Awards on Sunday, with seven prizes in total.\n\nThe trophies for Sir Sam Mendes's movie included best film, best British film, best director and best cinematography.\n\nJoker won three awards including best actor for Joaquin Phoenix, while Renee Zellweger was named best actress for her portrayal of Judy Garland.\n\nPhoenix took aim at \"systemic racism\" and \"oppression\" within the film industry in his acceptance speech.\n\nHis words, and those of the Duke of Cambridge later, came in the wake of a diversity row prompted by the all-white line-up of acting nominees.\n\nSouth Korean film Parasite won two prizes - for original screenplay and film not in the English language.\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\nThere were no major upsets or surprise winners, with 1917 unarguably dominating the evening.\n\n\"I couldn't be more thrilled,\" director Sir Sam told BBC News backstage. \"There's the personal delight in seeing a story very close to me and my family be developed and enlarged but the massive thing has been audiences going in large numbers.\n\n\"None of us knew if an audience would turn up, it wasn't certain at all. It's coincided with awards season and the fact this is still number one in the UK after four weeks, [the awards have] really alerted people to the fact the movie is on, it rarely happens like that.\"\n\nSir Sam is the first British winner of best director at the Baftas since Danny Boyle won for Slumdog Millionaire in 2009.\n\nDern was the hot favourite to win her award for best supporting actress\n\nBrad Pitt won best supporting actor for his role in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon A Time In Hollywood and made a Brexit joke in a message read out by his co-star Margot Robbie.\n\n\"Hey, Britain, hear you've become single - welcome to the club! Wishing you the best with the divorce settlement,\" the actress read.\n\nShe added: \"He says he is going to name this Harry because he is really excited about bringing it back to the States with him. His words not mine.\"\n\nLaura Dern was named best supporting actress for her performance as a divorce lawyer in Marriage Story.\n\n\"Thank you Bafta, thank you for including me in this room of extraordinary artists as we get to tell stories and do the job we love,\" she said.\n\nIt is the first time since 1977 that all four of the Bafta awards for acting have been won by Americans.\n\nAccepting the leading actress award for her performance in Judy, Zellweger said: \"This is very humbling. Miss Garland, London town, which you have always loved so much, still loves you back. This is for you.\"\n\nZellweger, Phoenix, Dern and Pitt have now won their acting categories at every major ceremony of awards season so far. In addition to their Baftas, they have won at the Golden Globes, the Screen Actors Guild Awards and Critics' Choice Awards.\n\nAll four are highly likely to triumph at next weekend's Oscars.\n\nRenee Zellweger and Joaquin Phoenix won the two leading actor categories\n\nJoker picked up best original score for its composer Hildur Gudnadottir and the inaugural casting award, which went to Shayna Markowitz.\n\n\"I feel very honoured and privileged... but I have to say that I also feel conflicted because so many of my fellow actors that are deserving don't have that same privilege,\" Phoenix said as he accepted his best actor award for the film.\n\n\"I think that we send a very clear message to people of colour that you're not welcome here, I think that's the message that we're sending to people that have contributed so much to our medium and our industry and in ways that we benefit from.\"\n\nHis comments follow a row about the lack of diversity among this year's Bafta nominations.\n\nAll 18 acting nominees were white, and no female directors were nominated for the seventh year in a row.\n\nThe Duke of Cambridge, who is the president of Bafta, also spoke at the ceremony about the need for change.\n\n\"In 2020, and not for the first time in the last few years, we find ourselves talking again about the need to do more to ensure diversity in the sector and in the awards process - that simply cannot be right in this day and age,\" he said.\n\n\"Bafta take this issue seriously, and following this year's nominations, have launched a full and thorough review of the entire awards process to build on their existing work and ensure that opportunities are available to everyone.\"\n\nNetflix's festive animation Klaus won best animation, beating big hitters like Toy Story 4 and Frozen 2.\n\nBombshell, which tells the story of the 2016 sexual harassment scandal at Fox News, picked up best hair and make-up.\n\nBest short animation went to Granddad Was A Romantic, while best costume went to a new adaptation of Little Women, directed by Greta Gerwig.\n\nThe award for best adapted screenplay went to Taika Waititi's Jojo Rabbit.\n\nMicheal Ward, star of Top Boy and Blue Story, was named the Bafta rising star.\n\n\"Blue Story, I wouldn't be here without the movie,\" he said. \"To people watching at home, looking at me, life doesn't have to be this way, see the opportunities, see a vision.\"\n\nFor Sama, a film about a young mother's experience of the Syrian civil war, won best documentary.\n\nSyrian film-maker Waad Al-Kateab took her four-year-old daughter Sama, for whom the film was made, with her on to the stage.\n\nShe told the audience in London's Royal Albert Hall: \"I wanted to dedicate it to the great Syrian people who are still suffering today and the nurses, doctors and volunteers, I dedicate it to them, let them hear your voice.\"\n\nAndy Serkis was honoured with the outstanding British contribution to film award, presented to him by Sir Ian McKellen.\n\n1917 might have walked off with the top prize - best film - but its success might not necessarily bode well for next week's Oscars.\n\nFor the past five years, the Bafta best film winner has not gone on to win best picture at the Academy Awards.\n\nBafta winners and nominees in most categories are voted for by 6,700 academy members, who are industry professionals and creatives around the world.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "An ITV boss has said staff at the TV station are \"devastated\" by the \"tragic\" death of ex-Love Island presenter Caroline Flack.\n\nDirector of television Kevin Lygo said that when Flack stepped down after being charged with assaulting her boyfriend, the door was left open for her to return as host on the ITV2 show.\n\nTonight's episode will carry a tribute to her from Iain Stirling and the team.\n\nA lawyer for Flack's family said she had taken her own life.\n\nIn a statement, Lygo, ITV's director of television, said Flack had been part of the dating show \"from the very beginning\" and her \"passion, dedication and boundless energy contributed to the show's success\".\n\nCaroline \"was very vocal\" in her support of the show, and viewers \"could relate to her and she to them\", he said.\n\nLygo added that, after Flack stepped down, the channel \"made it clear that the door was left open for her to return\".\n\nHe said the show's team remained in \"regular contact with her\" and \"continued to offer support over the last few months\".\n\n\"We will all miss her very much,\" he added.\n\nLove Island is to return tonight after two episodes over the weekend were cancelled after the 40-year-old was found dead in her north London home on Saturday.\n\nITV confirmed companion show Love Island: Aftersun will not air on Monday while the Morning After podcast will not take place on Tuesday.\n\nIn a joint statement, ITV and Just Eat, Love Island's advertising partner, said they have worked with Samaritans to replace the branding for tonight's episode \"so that anyone affected by Caroline's death can access support\".\n\nLaura Whitmore replaced her as host of the dating show after Flack was charged with assaulting her boyfriend, Lewis Burton, last December, and had been due to stand trial. Flack denied the charge.\n\nHer management company said she had been \"under huge pressure\" since the assault charge.\n\nFollowing her death, a petition was launched calling for new laws to prevent sections of the media \"knowingly and relentlessly bullying people, famous or not\".\n\nThe petition, calling for the introduction of \"Caroline's Law\", has had more than 500,000 signatures so far.\n\nIf you or someone you know needs support for issues about emotional distress, these organisations may be able to help.\n\nDozens of celebrities, friend and former Love Island contestants have paid tribute to Flack, who had also co-hosted The X Factor and won Strictly Come Dancing in 2014, describing her death as \"heartbreaking\".\n\nShe also shared on Instagram a picture of Flack taken on Friday night, the last time she saw her.\n\nOn Sunday, Mr Burton wrote an emotional tribute to Flack on Instagram, promising he would \"try [to] make you proud everyday\".\n\n\"I am so lost for words I am in so much pain I miss you so much I know you felt safe with me you always said I don't think about anything else when I am with you and I was not allowed to be there this time I kept asking and asking,\" the 27-year-old tennis player wrote.\n\nFlack's management company has criticised the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for refusing to drop the charge against her, even though Mr Burton said he did not want the case to go ahead.\n\nBail conditions had stopped Flack having any contact with Mr Burton ahead of her trial next month.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe CPS said it would not comment on the specifics of the case but in response to questions about its role, it outlined on Sunday how it reached decisions over whether or not to charge someone.\n\nA statement said: \"We do not decide whether a person is guilty of a criminal offence - that is for the jury, judge or magistrate - but we must make the key decision of whether a case should be put before a court.\"\n\nIt said every decision over whether to charge someone is based on the same two-stage test - does the evidence provide a realistic prospect of conviction, and is it in the public interest to prosecute?\n\nThat includes asking how serious the offence is, the harm caused to the victim and whether prosecution is a proportionate response.\n\nFormer chief prosecutor Nazir Afzal said his impression was that the case had been determined to be a serious case, and one which the CPS felt it should proceed with \"regardless of what the victim thought\".\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 mrlewisburton 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\nLove Island's sixth season and first winter series, which is currently being filmed in South Africa, is due to end on Sunday, 23 February.\n\nOn Monday, former Love Island contestants spoke of their feelings on The Victoria Derbyshire Show.\n\nCally Jane Beech, who was one the show in 2015, said controls on what people say on social media needed to be be put in place.\n\n\"There needs to be better protection for people, setting up identification when you open a profile or account, there needs to be some sort of ID attached to it so that you are accountable for what you say to people.\"\n\nLaura Whitmore had also paid tribute to her \"vivacious\" and \"loving\" friend on Sunday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nWriting on his Instagram story on Monday, former Apprentice candidate and Flack's ex-boyfriend Andrew Brady said: \"I love you Caroline Flack and I think I always will.\"\n\nResponding to reports that the ambulance service was called to Flack's address the day before she was found dead, a London Ambulance spokesperson said: \"We were called shortly after 22:30 on 14 February to a residential property in north London.\n\n\"Crews attended and, following a clinical assessment, the person was not taken to hospital. Due to patient confidentiality we cannot comment further.\"\n\nChannel 4 has said it will not broadcast its forthcoming show The Surjury, which was to have been hosted by Flack.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Japan's economy shrank at the fastest rate in five years at the end of 2019 as it was hit by a sales tax rise, a major typhoon and weak global demand.\n\nAnnualised gross domestic product (GDP) fell by a much steeper than expected 6.3% in October-December.\n\nThere are also concerns the coronavirus outbreak will mean the slump continues this quarter.\n\nThat has raised fears that the world's third-biggest economy may fall into recession.\n\nDuring the period Japanese consumer spending fell 2.9% after the country's sales tax was raised in October to 10% from 8%. In the same month Typhoon Hagibis hit large parts of the country.\n\nLast quarter, capital spending dropped by 3.7% and exports slipped 0.1% amid the ongoing US-China trade war.\n\nInvestors are now watching to see whether the economy will rebound after the coronavirus forced China to shut down factories and led to a big drop in Chinese tourists visiting Japan.\n\nIn response to today's data economy minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said the Japanese government was ready to take all necessary steps to deal with the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the economy and tourism.\n\nIn December Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government approved $120bn (£90bn) in spending aimed at cushioning the impact of the sales tax rise.\n\nThe shrink in GDP was the first in more than a year and the largest since a 7.4% fall in 2014, the last time Japan raised its sales tax.", "A document that appears to give the most powerful insight yet into how China determined the fate of hundreds of thousands of Muslims held in a network of internment camps has been seen by the BBC.\n\nListing the personal details of more than 3,000 individuals from the far western region of Xinjiang, it sets out in intricate detail the most intimate aspects of their daily lives.\n\nThe painstaking records - made up of 137 pages of columns and rows - include how often people pray, how they dress, whom they contact and how their family members behave.\n\nChina denies any wrongdoing, saying it is combating terrorism and religious extremism.\n\nThe document is said to have come, at considerable personal risk, from the same source inside Xinjiang that leaked a batch of highly sensitive material published last year.\n\nOne of the world's leading experts on China's policies in Xinjiang, Dr Adrian Zenz, a senior fellow at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation in Washington, believes the latest leak is genuine.\n\n\"This remarkable document presents the strongest evidence I've seen to date that Beijing is actively persecuting and punishing normal practices of traditional religious beliefs,\" he says.\n\nOne of the camps mentioned in it, the \"Number Four Training Centre\" has been identified by Dr Zenz as among those visited by the BBC as part of a tour organised by the Chinese authorities in May last year.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC previously visited one of the camps identified by scholars using the Karakax List\n\nMuch of the evidence uncovered by the BBC team appears to be corroborated by the new document, redacted for publication to protect the privacy of those included in it.\n\nIt contains details of the investigations into 311 main individuals, listing their backgrounds, religious habits, and relationships with many hundreds of relatives, neighbours and friends.\n\nVerdicts written in a final column decide whether those already in internment should remain or be released, and whether some of those previously released need to return.\n\nIt is evidence that appears to directly contradict China's claim that the camps are merely schools.\n\nIn an article analysing and verifying the document, Dr Zenz argues that it also offers a far deeper understanding of the real purpose of the system.\n\nIt allows a glimpse inside the minds of those making the decisions, he says, laying bare the \"ideological and administrative micromechanics\" of the camps.\n\nRow 598 contains the case of a 38-year-old woman with the first name Helchem, sent to a re-education camp for one main reason: she was known to have worn a veil some years ago.\n\nIt is just one of a number of cases of arbitrary, retrospective punishment.\n\nOthers were interned simply for applying for a passport - proof that even the intention to travel abroad is now seen as a sign of radicalisation in Xinjiang.\n\nIn row 66, a 34-year-old man with the first name Memettohti was interned for precisely this reason, despite being described as posing \"no practical risk\".\n\nAnd then there's the 28-year-old man Nurmemet in row 239, put into re-education for \"clicking on a web-link and unintentionally landing on a foreign website\".\n\nAgain, his case notes describe no other issues with his behaviour.\n\nThe 311 main individuals listed are all from Karakax County, close to the city of Hotan in southern Xinjiang, an area where more than 90% of the population is Uighur.\n\nPredominantly Muslim, the Uighurs are closer in appearance, language and culture to the peoples of Central Asia than to China's majority ethnicity, the Han Chinese.\n\nIn recent decades the influx of millions of Han settlers into Xinjiang has led to rising ethnic tensions and a growing sense of economic exclusion among Uighurs.\n\nThose grievances have sometimes found expression in sporadic outbreaks of violence, fuelling a cycle of increasingly harsh security responses from Beijing.\n\nIt is for this reason that the Uighurs have become the target - along with Xinjiang's other Muslim minorities, like the Kazakhs and Kyrgyz - of the campaign of internment.\n\nThe \"Karakax List\", as Dr Zenz calls the document, encapsulates the way the Chinese state now views almost any expression of religious belief as a signal of disloyalty.\n\nTo root out that perceived disloyalty, he says, the state has had to find ways to penetrate deep into Uighur homes and hearts.\n\nIn early 2017, when the internment campaign began in earnest, groups of loyal Communist Party workers, known as \"village-based work teams\", began to rake through Uighur society with a massive dragnet.\n\nWith each member assigned a number of households, they visited, befriended and took detailed notes about the \"religious atmosphere\" in the homes; for example, how many Korans they had or whether religious rites were observed.\n\nThe Karakax List appears to be the most substantial evidence of the way this detailed information gathering has been used to sweep people into the camps.\n\nIt reveals, for example, how China has used the concept of \"guilt by association\" to incriminate and detain whole extended family networks in Xinjiang.\n\nFor every main individual, the 11th column of the spreadsheet is used to record their family relationships and their social circle.\n\nAlongside each relative or friend listed is a note of their own background; how often they pray, whether they've been interned, whether they've been abroad.\n\nIn fact, the title of the document makes clear that the main individuals listed all have a relative currently living overseas - a category long seen as a key indicator of potential disloyalty, leading to almost certain internment.\n\nRows 179, 315 and 345 contain a series of assessments for a 65-year-old man, Yusup.\n\nHis record shows two daughters who \"wore veils and burkas in 2014 and 2015\", a son with Islamic political leanings and a family that displays \"obvious anti-Han sentiment\".\n\nHis verdict is \"continued training\" - one of a number of examples of someone interned not just for their own actions and beliefs, but for those of their family.\n\nThe information collected by the village teams is also fed into Xinjiang's big data system, called the Integrated Joint Operations Platform (IJOP).\n\nThe IJOP contains the region's surveillance and policing records, culled from a vast network of cameras and the intrusive mobile spyware every citizen is forced to download.\n\nThe IJOP, Dr Zenz suggests, can in turn use its AI brain to cross-reference these layers of data and send \"push notifications\" to the village teams to investigate a particular individual.\n\nThe man found \"unintentionally landing on a foreign website\" may well have been interned thanks to the IJOP.\n\nIn many cases though, there is little need for advanced technology, with the vast and vague catch-all term \"untrustworthy\" appearing multiple times in the document.\n\nIt is listed as the sole reason for the internment of a total of 88 individuals.\n\nThe concept, Dr Zenz argues, is proof that the system is designed not for those who have committed a crime, but for an entire demographic viewed as potentially suspicious.\n\nChina says Xinjiang has policies that \"respect and ensure people's freedom of religious belief\". It also insists that what it calls a \"vocational training programme in Xinjiang\" is \"for the purposes of combating terrorism and religious extremism\", adding only people who have been convicted of crimes involving terrorism or religious extremism are being \"educated\" in these centres.\n\nHowever, many of the cases in the Karakax List give multiple reasons for internment; various combinations of religion, passport, family, contacts overseas or simply being untrustworthy.\n\nThe most frequently listed is for violating China's strict family planning laws.\n\nIn the eyes of the Chinese authorities it seems, having too many children is the clearest sign that Uighurs put their loyalty to culture and tradition above obedience to the secular state.\n\nChina has long defended its actions in Xinjiang as part of an urgent response to the threat of extremism and terrorism.\n\nThe Karakax List does contain some references to those kinds of crimes, with at least six entries for preparing, practicing or instigating terrorism and two cases of watching illegal videos.\n\nBut the broader focus of those compiling the document appears to be faith itself, with more than 100 entries describing the \"religious atmosphere\" at home.\n\nThe Karakax List has no stamps or other authenticating marks so, at face value, it is difficult to verify.\n\nIt is thought to have been passed out of Xinjiang sometime before late June last year, along with a number of other sensitive papers.\n\nThey ended up in the hands of an anonymous Uighur exile who passed all of them on, except for this one document.\n\nOnly after the first batch was published last year was the Karakax List then forwarded to his conduit, another Uighur living in Amsterdam, Asiye Abdulaheb.\n\nShe told the BBC that she is certain it is genuine.\n\nAsiye Abdulaheb decided to speak out, despite the danger\n\n\"Regardless of whether there are official stamps on the document or not, this is information about real, live people,\" she says. \"It is private information about people that wouldn't be made public. So there is no way for the Chinese government to claim it is fake.\"\n\nLike all Uighurs living overseas, Ms Abdulaheb lost contact with her family in Xinjiang when the internment campaign began, and she's been unable to contact them since.\n\nBut she says she had no choice but to release the document, passing it to a group of international media organisations, including the BBC.\n\n\"Of course I am worried about the safety of my relatives and friends,\" she says. \"But if everyone keeps silent because they want to protect themselves and their families, then we will never prevent these crimes being committed.\"\n\nAt the end of last year China announced that everyone in its \"vocational training centres\" had now \"graduated\". However, it also suggested some may stay open for new students on the basis of their \"free will\".\n\nAlmost 90% of the 311 main individuals in the Karakax List are shown as having already been released or as being due for release on completion of a full year in the camps.\n\nBut Dr Zenz points out that the re-education camps are just one part of a bigger system of internment, much of which remains hidden from the outside world.\n\nThe outside of one of the camps in Xinjiang\n\nMore than two dozen individuals are listed as \"recommended\" for release into \"industrial park employment\" - career \"advice\" that they may have little choice but to obey. There are well documented concerns that China is now building a system of coerced labour as the next phase of its plan to align Uighur life with its own vision of a modern society.\n\nIn two cases, the re-education ends in the detainees being sent to \"strike hard detention\", a reminder that the formal prison system has been cranked into overdrive in recent years.\n\nMany of the family relationships listed in the document show long prison terms for parents or siblings, sometimes for entirely normal religious observances and practices.\n\nOne man's father is shown to have been sentenced to five years for \"having a double-coloured thick beard and organising a religious studies group\".\n\nA neighbour is reported to have been given 15 years for \"online contact with people overseas\", and another man's younger brother given 10 years for \"storing treasonable pictures on his phone\".\n\nWhether or not China has closed its re-education camps in Xinjiang, Dr Zenz says the Karakax List tells us something important about the psychology of a system that prevails.\n\n\"It reveals the witch-hunt-like mindset that has been and continues to dominate social life in the region,\" he said.", "The car seats ranged in price from £3.99 to £30.99\n\nAmazon says it \"regrets\" that suspect child car seats have once again been found on sale on its UK store, and says it has removed them.\n\nThe products were discovered by BBC Panorama as part of a wider-ranging programme.\n\nThe US firm has repeatedly faced complaints about listing such seats.\n\nA case dating back to 2013 led to a trading standards investigation that confirmed one example would tear apart if involved in a 30mph (48km/h) crash.\n\nMore recently, Which? magazine found examples on Amazon of fabric-based seats that lacked the required safety labelling in 2019. Other outlets, including eBay, were also found to be selling the items at the time.\n\nFour obscure brands were involved in the latest case.\n\nOne listing described the product as being an \"Infant Safe Seat\" capable of preventing injury to a baby if a car urgently braked. It was on sale for just £3.99.\n\nPanorama attempted to contact the brands involved. It received a reply from only one of them, which said it was not the manufacturer.\n\nThe programme purchased three of the suspect seats. They appeared similar in design to some of those involved in the 2013 case and lacked safety labels.\n\nThe documentary-maker alerted Surrey Trading Standards at the start of January. Officers have begun a fresh investigation but have yet to publish their findings.\n\nAmazon's UK chief said the company took proactive steps to ensure the products it sold were safe.\n\n\"Automated algorithms [survey] over five billion product pages every day and we monitors tens of millions of customer reviews,\" Doug Gurr said.\n\nIn a follow-up statement, the firm added: \"Safety is extremely important to us and we regret that these products were available from third-party sellers using our stores.\n\n\"After a thorough investigation, we identified the issue and are removing these products, and we're also contacting each customer who purchased one of these products to explain the situation and issue a refund.\n\n\"We will continue to leverage and improve our tools and technology to ensure only safe and compliant car seats are available worldwide.\"\n\nAt present, the operators of online markets, including Amazon Marketplace, are exempt from liability if they are not aware of illegal content being sold on their platform.\n\nBut Which? has campaigned for this to change as part of the forthcoming Online Harms Bill.\n\n\"The voluntary nature of current checks by marketplaces fails to recognise their role as the primary interface for consumers with the technical, as well as commercial, ability to hold their suppliers to account for consumer safety,\" it blogged in November.\n\n\"Clearer government guidance is needed while this legislation is being drafted.\"\n\nAmazon has sent emails to consumers who purchased the removed seats.\n\nThey said: \"The product you received from a third-party seller may not be compliant with applicable child restraint standards.\n\n\"If you still have this product, please stop using it immediately, cut the straps to ensure it cannot be used, and dispose of the item.\"\n\nAmazon: What They Know About Us will be broadcast on BBC One at 20:30GMT", "A woman looks out of her window as ducks swim past in floodwater after the River Severn burst its banks in Bewdley, west of Birmingham", "Former England striker Ian Wright has tearfully paid tribute to a childhood teacher he remembers as \"the greatest man in the world\".\n\nThe ex-footballer had a hard time keeping the emotion out of his voice as he told Desert Island Discs about being reunited with Sydney Pigden in 2010 (footage of their reunion later went viral).\n\nWhen you were younger, was there a person or a life-changing experience that helped shape who you are today? We'd love to hear your stories. Please email us - haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk", "Amazon boss Jeff Bezos has pledged $10bn (£7.7bn) to help fight climate change.\n\nThe world's richest man said the money would finance work by scientists, activists and other groups.\n\nHe said: \"I want to work alongside others both to amplify known ways and to explore new ways of fighting the devastating impact of climate change.\"\n\nWriting on his Instagram account, Mr Bezos said the fund would begin distributing money this summer.\n\nMr Bezos has an estimated net worth of more than $130bn, so the pledge represents almost 8% of his fortune.\n\nSome Amazon employees have urged him to do more to fight climate change. There have been walkouts and some staff have spoken publicly. Also, Mr Bezos is financing the Blue Origin space programme.\n\nCompared to some multi-billionaires, Mr Bezos had done only limited philanthropy. His biggest donation before Monday's pledge is thought to have been $2bn in September 2018 to help homeless families and fund schools.\n\nHe has also been criticised for not signing the Giving Pledge, under which the super-rich promise to give away half of their wealth during their lifetimes.\n\nThe Seattle-based company is a neighbour of Microsoft, which in January unveiled a plan to become carbon negative by 2030.\n\nMr Bezos's full Instagram post read: \"Today, I'm thrilled to announce I am launching the Bezos Earth Fund.⁣⁣⁣\n\n⁣⁣⁣\"Climate change is the biggest threat to our planet. I want to work alongside others both to amplify known ways and to explore new ways of fighting the devastating impact of climate change on this planet we all share. This global initiative will fund scientists, activists, NGOs - any effort that offers a real possibility to help preserve and protect the natural world.\n\n\"We can save Earth. It's going to take collective action from big companies, small companies, nation states, global organisations, and individuals. ⁣⁣⁣\n\n⁣⁣⁣\"I'm committing $10bn to start and will begin issuing grants this summer. Earth is the one thing we all have in common - let's protect it, together.\"⁣⁣⁣", "Rocco Wright died in the David Lloyd Leisure pool in Leeds in April 2018\n\nA leisure group is facing prosecution after a three-year-old boy drowned in one of its swimming pools.\n\nRocco Wright died after being found in the pool at the David Lloyd Leisure centre in Moortown, Leeds, in 2018.\n\nEarlier on Monday a jury inquest at Wakefield Coroner's Court ruled his death was accidental.\n\nAfter the inquest Leeds City Council said it believed the group had breached health and safety laws and intended to \"prosecute in the near future\".\n\nIn a statement, the council said: \"The death of a child in any circumstances is tragic, and we continue to offer the Wright family our sincerest sympathy.\n\n\"We will keep in regular contact with the family and ensure they are informed and supported throughout this next stage.\"\n\nThe inquest previously heard how Rocco had to be pulled from the water by his father Steven Wright in April 2018.\n\nMr Wright described how his panic grew as he searched for Rocco before he spotted him at the bottom of the main pool.\n\nHe said his son had never got into the pool by himself and the inquest heard there were no witnesses or CCTV evidence that could explain how Rocco ended up in the water.\n\nThe jury found that the youngster had probably been under the 1.2m (4ft) deep water for more than two minutes.\n\nPolice said there were no witnesses or CCTV to help determine how Rocco got into the pool\n\nJurors were told that at the time of the drowning, there had only been one 17-year-old lifeguard on duty.\n\nDavid Lloyd Leisure's operations director Stephen Brown denied in the inquest there had been cuts to the lifeguard budget at the pool.\n\nHe told the hearing the company's policy was that a maximum of 50 people in a pool could be supervised by a single lifeguard.\n\nMr Brown also denied David Lloyd Leisure had a policy of employing young lifeguards because they were cheaper and added lifeguard staffing levels were for local managers to decide.\n\nOutside the coroner's court, Natalie Marrison - representing Catharine and Steven Wright - said Rocco's parents supported Leeds City Council's investigation and planned prosecution.\n\nMs Marrison said: \"At the heart of this is a three-year-old boy who has lost his life.\n\n\"The family remain devastated by the loss.\"\n\nMr Wright said that the family had \"lost the fun from our lives\" following Rocco's death.\n\n\"We're definitely going to fight for further law and guidelines in this field, just to make sure it can't happen to anyone else,\" he said.\n\n\"No-one should lose a child at a family swim session.\"\n\nIn a statement after the inquest, David Lloyd Leisure said it wanted \"to express our deepest sympathies to Rocco's family\".\n\n\"David Lloyd Leisure never places profit above safety,\" the company said.\n\n\"Subsequent evidence given by David Lloyd Leisure at the inquest showed no evidence of budget cuts to lifeguarding at the Leeds Club at the time of the accident, on the contrary lifeguarding had in fact received increased investment.\"\n\nThe firm added that safety was its \"number one priority\" and it was \"unaware on what basis Leeds City Council intend to prosecute\".\n\nThe jury returned its conclusion after coroner Jonathan Leach told jurors that accident was the only one available to them.\n\nCorrection 17 February: This story has been amended to make it clear it is David Lloyd Leisure that is facing prosecution.\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.", "Last updated on .From the section Man City\n\nPep Guardiola has told friends he intends to stay at Manchester City despite the club's two-year ban from the Champions League.\n\nUnless City overturn the ban imposed by Uefa on Friday, they will not compete in European football until 2022 after this season.\n\nGuardiola's contract is due to expire in 2021.\n\nHe is expected to speak about the subject for the first time on Wednesday.\n\nHis contract does have a break clause at the end of this season and it was anticipated he would activate it should City fail to win their appeal which they will be submitting to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in the next few days.\n\nHowever, it is understood the 49-year-old has said he will not be doing that and remains committed to the club.\n\nGuardiola is likely to discuss the issue after Wednesday's rearranged Premier League game against West Ham.\n\nIn a bizarre situation, neither side has played since the initial game was postponed due to bad weather on 9 February.\n\nAs both clubs held pre-match news conferences two days before the game was supposed to be played, they have been told by the Premier League there is no contractual requirement to hold another and it is understood neither side will do so.\n• None 'The stakes are high' - why Man City v Uefa is a watershed moment", "The BBC is governed by a Royal Charter, which protects the licence fee until at least 2027\n\nTwo senior Tory MPs have warned Downing Street not to pick a fight with the BBC amid reports it wants the broadcaster \"massively pruned back\".\n\nThe Sunday Times suggested No 10 believed the current licence fee should be replaced by a subscription service and certain channels sold.\n\nFormer Tory cabinet minister Damian Green said it would be \"foolish\" to put public service broadcasting at risk.\n\nHe added that the plans were not part of his party's election manifesto.\n\nHuw Merriman, the MP for Bexhill and Battle who is chairman of the all-party parliamentary group on the BBC, warned No 10 against \"ramping up an unedifying vendetta\" against the BBC, saying the corporation should \"not be a target\".\n\n\"This is not a fight the BBC is picking nor a contest my party promised if we got elected,\" he wrote in the Daily Telegraph. \"If the BBC ends up in decline, it will be the government which will be accused by the very people we will rely on for support at the next election.\"\n\nAsked about the government's plans at a press briefing on Monday, a No 10 spokesman said individual services were a matter for the BBC but the PM was on the record as saying the future of licence fee needed \"looking at\".\n\nDuring the election campaign Boris Johnson questioned whether the BBC's long-standing funding model still \"made sense\" given the growing popularity of on-demand streaming services like Netflix.\n\nThe PM, who worked for many years as a journalist for rival organisations such as The Telegraph Group and The Spectator, said it remained to be seen whether requiring people to pay a flat fee for a single's broadcaster's output was \"justified\".\n\nMinisters recently launched a consultation on whether non-payment of the licence fee should remain a criminal offence.\n\nAbout 95% of the UK's 27 million households pay the licence fee\n\nReferring to sources quoted in the Sunday Times piece, Mr Green said: \"The unattributed source was quoted as saying, 'we're going to have a consultation and then we're going to whack the BBC.' That tells me the consultation isn't a real one and there are legal implications about that.\"\n\nHe added that his views are shared by MPs \"across the House of Commons\", saying that while many are \"permanently irritated with the BBC and accept that the BBC does things that are stupid and is occasionally arrogant,\" they agree \"that nevertheless, it's an institution worth defending\".\n\nMany MPs say those who are unwilling or unable to pay the compulsory fee - which from April will rise by £3 to £157.50 a year - should not be prosecuted. The BBC has warned such a change could have a significant impact on its finances and potentially put some of its output at risk.\n\nThe Conservatives' election victory has triggered a wider debate about how the BBC should be funded in future and whether the licence fee, which is protected in law until 2027 when the BBC's current Royal Charter ends, is still the best model.\n\nDuring the campaign Boris Johnson, who worked for the Daily Telegraph, Spectator and other titles during a 30-year career in journalism, said the licence fee looked outmoded and its abolition needed \"looking at\".\n\nThe Sunday Times reported senior aides as saying the PM was \"really strident\" about the need for major changes at the BBC. It said there was support in No 10 for the broadcaster being downsized and to sell off the majority of its 61 national and local radio stations.\n\nBBC chairman Sir David Clementi has warned that putting the broadcaster's services behind a paywall would lessen its ability to \"bring the country together\".\n\nMore than 100,000 people have signed a petition calling for an end to \"political attacks\" on the BBC and for politicians to support the role the BBC \"plays in independently holding the government to account\".\n\nBut other Conservatives said the BBC must \"get its house in order\" if it wanted to continue in its current form.\n\nSimon Hoare, chairman of the Northern Ireland select committee, said the broadcaster must immediately reverse its decision to remove free TV licence from millions of over-75s. from this June.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAnd Jonathan Gullis, the MP for Stoke-on-Trent North, described the licence fee as \"outmoded\" and said there were alternative models including funding services through advertising.\n\nHe told BBC Radio Stoke that while he was a big supporter of local radio, the taxpayer should \"not necessarily have to fund it all\".\n\nAsked on Monday whether the broadcaster would be told to shut down some of its channels, a Downing Street spokesman said: \"How the BBC is run is a matter for the BBC.\"\n\nHe added: \"I would point you to what the prime minister has said on this before, which was 'at this stage we are not planning to get rid of all licence fees, though I am certainly looking at it'.\"\n\nLabour's shadow culture secretary Tracy Brabin called on new Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden, who was appointed in last week's reshuffle, to \"speak up for\" public service broadcasting and ensure the BBC remained \"fit for the future\".", "Dancing On Ice professional skater Hamish Gaman has pulled out of Sunday's show, saying he's been \"struggling\" over the past few months.\n\nPosting on social media he said the past three-and-a-half months have been the worst of his life.\n\nIt's after his celebrity dance partner Caprice quit the show after parting ways with Hamish with no reason given to viewers.\n\nITV told Radio 1 Newsbeat they had nothing further to add.\n\nCaprice was later paired with skater Oscar Peter.\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\"Numerous defamatory articles have been stopped from running in the press over the past few weeks,\" Hamish said.\n\n\"These untrue stories are continually being fed to the press by a 'source'.\"\n\nIt's unknown what lead to Caprice and Hamish's split on the show and why Caprice eventually left, but a spokesperson for her said \"she's had to keep silent for contractual reasons\".\n\nThe speculation has lead to Hamish feeling that he \"couldn't face it\" but hopes it will \"all be over soon\".\n\n\"It's become relentless and I feel extremely vulnerable. I'm asking them to stop,\" he wrote.\n\n\"I desperately want to move on from all of this and focus on the skating. I've done absolutely nothing wrong, and was told by the team who reviewed all the rehearsal footage that I was an 'exemplary pro'.\"\n\nThis year's Dancing On Ice has been featured in the news since it launched after it became the first reality TV show in the UK to pair a same-sex couple together.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Yvonne Booth pictured with her late husband and her son\n\nA body has been found in the search for a woman who went missing in floods after her car got stuck in water.\n\nPolice said Yvonne Booth, 55, was swept into floodwater near a bridge which crosses the River Teme, near Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, on Sunday.\n\nHer family said they were \"devastated\" and \"appreciate the continued support from the emergency services\".\n\nHundreds of flood warnings remain in place, including several severe warnings meaning a danger to life.\n\nCh Supt Tom Harding said the body of Ms Booth, from Great Barr near Birmingham, was found during a search and rescue operation in Tenbury.\n\nWest Midlands Ambulance Service said it was called to reports of two people being swept into the water near Eastham Bridge.\n\nA man who was rescued close to where Ms Booth disappeared was airlifted to hospital and remains in a stable condition.\n\nWest Mercia Police Assistant Chief Constable Geoff Wessell said the man and woman \"stopped and got out of the car because of the water and then got caught up into more of a stream of water that took them away\".\n\nRescue teams were searching the area around Tenbury Wells for Ms Booth\n\nStorm Dennis has left more than 400 properties flooded, with about 270 of those in the West Midlands, the Environment Agency (EA) said.\n\nAmong the worst affected areas are Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Shropshire, where major incidents were declared.\n\nWorcestershire has borne the brunt of the flooding with about 200 homes affected, according to figures from the agency's John Curtin.\n\nWest Mercia Police said residents in Upton upon Severn and Uckinghall in Worcestershire were being advised to evacuate, with water levels expected to rise on Monday evening.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Storm Dennis flooding as seen from the air in Hereford\n\nRescuers used boats to ferry residents to safety in Hereford\n\nEmergency evacuations were also under way in Hereford, where the River Wye reached its highest level on record.\n\nHerefordshire Police tweeted that officers were carrying out emergency evacuations to a leisure centre.\n\nFamilies rescued from flooded properties could be seen disembarking from evacuation dinghies with their pets and belongings.\n\nIn Shropshire, 16 roads have been closed due to flooding.\n\nTelford and Wrekin Council said it had handed out 2,000 sandbags to residents in the Ironbridge Gorge.\n\nStaff are \"working hard to repair the damage caused\" by flooding at Drayton Manor Theme Park, it said\n\nAfter a severe flood warning was put in place for Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire residents were advised to have a bag ready with vital items like medicines and insurance documents and call 999 if in immediate danger.\n\nThe A38 in Branston, near Burton, was closed in both directions on Monday night due to flooding.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 East Staffs 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\nElsewhere in the county, Drayton Manor Theme Park, near Tamworth, is set to be closed until at least Thursday due to flooding.\n\nFlood barriers are up in Ironbridge\n\nThousands of sandbags were distributed in York where the River Ouse continued to rise, although the EA said the situation in the city was an \"improving one\".\n\nElsewhere, about 60 homes flooded in Lowdham in Nottinghamshire.\n\nResidents of park homes on the River Stour near Christchurch, Dorset, were also told to leave as water levels continue to rise.\n\nA record number of flood warnings and alerts - more than 600 - were issued by the EA across England on Sunday, falling to below 500 on Monday afternoon.\n\nAbout 130 homes in Tenbury were evacuated overnight on Sunday", "Demonstrators take part in an anti-Tesla protest in Germany\n\nTesla has been ordered to temporarily halt preparations for a car factory in Germany after environmentalists won a court injunction on Sunday.\n\nThe electric carmaker had been clearing forest land near the capital, Berlin, ahead of building its first European car and battery plant.\n\nThe court emphasised the injunction was temporary and subject to further hearings, probably this week.\n\nProtesters say the factory is a threat to local wildlife and water supplies.\n\nTo much fanfare, Tesla's boss Elon Musk announced plans last November to build a European facility known as a \"gigafactory\" in Grünheide, in the eastern state of Brandenburg.\n\nBut the factory has become a flashpoint between environmentalists and Germany's pro-business Christian Democrat and Free Democrat parties, who fear the issue could damage the country's image as a place to do business.\n\nThe dispute highlights the risks for the US carmaker, which has not been officially granted permission to build the factory. Tesla was, however, granted permission by Germany's environment ministry to begin site preparations \"at its own risk\".\n\nThis has involved clearing about 91 hectares (225 acres) of forest and the felling of thousands of trees - something that outraged an alliance of environmentalists called the Green League.\n\nIn a statement on Sunday, the court representing the Berlin and Brandenburg region cautioned: \"It should not be assumed that the motion seeking legal protection brought by the Green League lacks any chance of succeeding.\"\n\nTesla bought almost 300 hectares (the size of more than 400 football pitches) in Grünheide from the state of Brandenburg to build the factory, which is scheduled to open in 2021. Tesla has ambitions to produce up to 500,000 cars a year at the factory, employing about 12,000 people.\n\nBut the company is in a race to get production up and running as Germany's big motor manufacturers are investing heavily in new electric car technology.\n\nAccording to local media reports, Tesla has promised to relocate colonies of forest ants, reptiles and bats, and is working with conservationists. Last month, authorities defused seven Second World War bombs discovered at the site.\n\nTesla currently has two Gigafactories in the US and one in Shanghai, China.", "Labour is calling for Andrew Sabisky to be sacked from his adviser position\n\nDowning Street has refused to condemn controversial past remarks on pregnancies, eugenics and race reportedly made by a new adviser.\n\nLabour said Andrew Sabisky should be sacked for suggesting black people had lower average IQs than white people and compulsory contraception could prevent \"creating a permanent underclass\".\n\nNo 10 did not officially confirm his appointment or any role he may have.\n\nThe SNP and Liberal Democrats also said Mr Sabisky should go.\n\nMr Sabisky, appointed after the PM's chief adviser Dominic Cummings called for \"misfits and weirdos\" to apply for jobs in Downing Street, has been contacted by the BBC for comment.\n\nWhen asked on Monday, Downing Street did not comment on the remarks attributed to Mr Sabisky.\n\nBoris Johnson's spokesman added: \"The prime minister's views on a range of subjects are well publicised and documented.\"\n\nLobby briefings see journalists pile into a room to ask the Prime Minister's official spokesman whatever they like.\n\nIt doesn't mean that the spokesman - or in today's case the deputy - will give a fulsome answer. And certainly, today, one was not forthcoming.\n\nThe spokesman was asked about the PM's views on eugenics. On race. On women's sport. Repeatedly.\n\nRather than explicitly condemn Andrew Sabisky's reported remarks the response was to point to Boris Johnson \"well documented\" views.\n\nBut it proved to be an inadequate effort to deflect the story; adding fuel to the fire rather than dampening it down. And, of course, Boris Johnson has been known to attract criticism for some of his own controversial comments - on a variety of subjects - in the past.\n\nThe normal laws of politics might dictate that Andrew Sabisky is in line to lose the job he's so recently attained.\n\nBut this Downing Street operation has shown that it isn't afraid of a bit of controversy. It doesn't necessarily feel bound by the 'rules'. And Dominic Cummings has, at times, appeared to enjoy outraging the establishment.\n\nThat isn't to say the views apparently expressed by Andrew Sabisky are in anyway shared by his new colleagues at Number 10. And it may be that today's hesitant and tight-lipped response was a clumsy effort to buy time rather than a decisive show of defiance.\n\nHowever if they don't sack Andrew Sabisky, that is exactly what it will be.\n\nIn response, Conservative MP Caroline Nokes tweeted: \"Cannot believe No 10 has refused to comment on Andrew Sabisky. I don't know him from a bar of soap, but don't think we'd get on... must be no place in government for the views he's expressed.\"\n\nIn a comment on a 2014 blog post on Mr Cummings' website, made by a user called \"Andrew Sabisky\" that used the same picture as his Twitter page, it is suggested that compulsory contraception could be used to stop a \"permanent underclass\".\n\n\"One way to get around the problems of unplanned pregnancies creating a permanent underclass would be to legally enforce universal uptake of long-term contraception at the onset of puberty,\" says the post.\n\nDominic Cummings has sought to bring advisers into No 10 from outside the normal channels\n\nIn a comment on another blog post on a different website in 2014, what appears to be the same user suggested black Americans had a lower average IQ than white Americans.\n\nIn a comment on a different blog that same year, a user with his name said: \"There are excellent reasons to think the very real racial differences in intelligence are significantly - even mostly - genetic in origin, though the degree is of course a very serious subject of scholarly debate.\"\n\nMr Sabisky also suggested to Schools Week in July 2016 that the benefits of a purported cognitive enhancer, which can prove fatal, are \"probably worth a dead kid once a year\".\n\n\"Eugenics are about selecting 'for' good things,\" he said in the same interview. \"Intelligence is largely inherited and it correlates with better outcomes: physical health, income, lower mental illness.\n\nAnd in a Twitter post from 2019, he said: \"I am always straight up in saying that women's sport is more comparable to the Paralympics than it is to men's.\"\n\nLabour Party chairman Ian Lavery said: \"It is disgusting that not only has Number 10 failed to condemn [these] appalling comments, but also seems to have endorsed the idea that white people are more intelligent than black people.\n\n\"Boris Johnson should have the backbone to make a statement in his own words on why he has made this appointment, whether he stands by it, and his own views on the subject of eugenics.\"\n\nLabour's shadow Cabinet Office minister Jon Trickett said: \"[Mr Sabisky] must of course be removed from this position immediately.\"\n\nActing Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey urged the prime minister to \"put an end to the offence caused and sack Andrew Sabisky\".\n\n\"This Conservative government is a national embarrassment,\" he said. \"By giving Dominic Cummings such power and then failing to control him, Boris Johnson is revealing who really is in charge.\"\n\nAnd Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the government must \"demonstrate some basic but fundamental values\", tweeting: \"These are really not acceptable headlines for any government to be generating.\"\n\nWhen asked about the remarks on Sky News, Environment Secretary George Eustice said it was a \"matter for Dominic Cummings and Number 10\".\n\nOn Sunday, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps told the BBC: \"I don't know the individual but they are particularly not views that I or the government shares in any way, shape or form.\"", "Matthew Wood hopes the gene therapy will help him keep his remaining vision\n\nA new gene therapy has been used to treat patients with a rare inherited eye disorder which causes blindness.\n\nIt's hoped the NHS treatment will halt sight loss and even improve vision.\n\nMatthew Wood, 48, one of the first patients to receive the injection, told the BBC: \"I value the remaining sight I have so if I can hold on to that it would be a big thing for me.\"\n\nThe treatment costs around £600,000 but NHS England has agreed a discounted price with the manufacturer Novartis.\n\nLuxturna (voretigene neparvovec), has been approved by The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), which estimates that just under 90 people in England will be eligible for the treatment.\n\nThe gene therapy is for patients who have retinal dystrophy as a result of inheriting a faulty copy of the RPE65 gene from both parents. The gene is important for providing the pigment that light sensitive cells need to absorb light. Initially this affects night vision but eventually, as the cells die, it can lead to complete blindness.\n\nAn injection is made into the back of the eye - this delivers working copies of the RPE65 gene. These are contained inside a harmless virus, which enables them to penetrate the retinal cells. Once inside the nucleus, the gene provides the instructions to make the RPE65 protein, which is essential for healthy vision.\n\nMatthew Wood started losing his sight as a child, and is now registered blind. However, he does have some peripheral vision and can detect large objects and bright lights. He told the BBC: \"Since I was a child I was continually told there was no treatment for this condition, so it's amazing to receive this gene therapy.\"\n\nMr Wood, from London, had his right eye treated during an hour-long operation at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.\n\nHis left eye will be injected in a few weeks. The surgery was carried out by Prof Robert MacLaren, who has pioneered research into gene therapies for preventing blindness.\n\nHe told the BBC: \"This is very exciting - this is the first approved NHS gene therapy for an eye disease, but there are opportunities to use gene therapy to treat other diseases in future, not only in the eye.\"\n\nThe treatment is only suitable for patients who have some remaining vision. It should bring the biggest benefits to children with RPE65 retinal dystrophy, as it could halt sight loss before permanent damage is done.\n\nIt is not known how long the benefits of the treatment will last, but it's thought it could be several decades.\n\nJake Ternent, 23, from Durham, had his gene therapy at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London.\n\nJake Ternent had his gene therapy at Moorfields Eye Hospital\n\nLike Matthew Wood, he is registered blind, but has some limited sight. He told the BBC: \"I hope the treatment could improve my night vision, and possibly even my day vision, which would be incredible. I feel lucky and privileged to get this on the NHS.\"\n\nProf James Bainbridge - from Moorfields Eye Hospital - who treated Jake, told the BBC: \"To be at the point now where we are able to offer this treatment on the NHS, is truly remarkable. This is the first example of what's anticipated to be a whole new generation of treatments.\"\n\nIt will take a month or two before Matthew and Jake know what changes the gene therapy has made to their vision. But even if it simply prevents further sight loss, both say they will be delighted.\n\nProfessor Stephen Powis, NHS medical director, said: \"Loss of vision can have a devastating effect, particularly for children and young people, but this truly life-changing treatment offers hope to people with this rare and distressing condition.\"", "Nikita Pearl Waligwa is being buried in Kampala\n\nStars of the film Queen of Katwe have paid tribute to actress Nikita Pearl Waligwa who has died at the age of 15.\n\nWaligwa had been diagnosed with a brain tumour and died in hospital in Kampala on Saturday.\n\nShe starred in the 2016 Disney film which was based on the true story of Phiona Mutesi, a chess prodigy from a Ugandan slum.\n\nHer co-star David Oyelowo wrote on Instagram: \"She was a ball of light in Queen of Katwa and in life.\"\n\nHe played the role of Phiona Mutesi's chess teacher while Lupita Nyong'o played her mother.\n\nWaligwa featured as the character Gloria, a friend of Phiona who explained the rules of chess to her.\n\nMs Nyong'o said on Instagram: \"She played Gloria with such vibrancy. In her real life she had the enormous challenge of battling brain cancer.\"\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 lupitanyongo 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\nGloria Nansubuga, the 19-year-old Ugandan chess star who was played by Waligwa, told the BBC: \"I couldn't bear to hear that someone who acted as me in a film had died. I loved her from my heart.\n\n\"She told me she wanted to learn how to play chess. I wanted to have lessons with her but she was always in hospital. She was so caring even though she was so young.\"\n\nWaligwa was first diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2016 and Queen of Katwe director Mira Nair reportedly mobilised people to help fund her treatment in India, with Ugandan doctors quoted as saying they did not have the necessary equipment.\n\nIn Uganda, only a fraction of patients with such serious conditions get the medical help they need due to costs.\n\nShe was given the all-clear in 2017 and went back to secondary school. However, last year, she was found to have another tumour.\n\nHer death was announced by her school on Twitter.\n\n\"You were a darling to many and we have lost you to a brain tumour at such a tender age,\" Gayaza High School said.\n\nThe funeral service for Waligwa was held on Sunday, and she is being buried on Monday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lupita Nyong'o talks about her role in the Queen of Katwe\n\nIn the middle of the day on the outskirts of Kampala, hundreds of mourners huddled under tarpaulin tents and trees for Waligwa's burial.\n\nFrom the speeches given, especially by Waligwa's mother and father, the toll of her long battle against cancer comes to light.\n\nThree recurring tumours and almost as many surgeries left her young body weaker and more fragile.\n\nHer mother, Rachel Asiimwe Waligwa, talked of her daughter's pain but also the grace with which she managed to carry on through difficult times.\n\nThe cost of Nikita's treatment from her first diagnosis in 2016 was supported by the Disney company which produced Queen of Katwe, relatives, family friends and her parents' colleagues. Many of them attended the funeral.\n\nHer story resonates because a beautiful talented girl who achieved success at a young age, died much sooner than she should have.", "Not all of the toilet paper was stolen, some of it was left behind by the robbers\n\nArmed robbers in Hong Kong made off with hundreds of toilet rolls worth more than HKD1,000 ($130; £98).\n\nToilet rolls are currently in short supply in Hong Kong due to shortages caused by panic-buying during the coronavirus outbreak.\n\nKnife wielding men robbed a delivery man outside a supermarket in the Mong Kok district, police said.\n\nPolice have arrested two men and recovered some of the stolen loo rolls, local media reports said.\n\nThe armed robbery took place in Mong Kok, a district of Hong Kong with a history of \"triad\" crime gangs, early on Monday.\n\nAccording to local reports, the robbers had threatened a delivery worker who had unloaded rolls of toilet paper outside Wellcome Supermarket.\n\nAn Apple Daily report said that 600 toilet paper rolls, valued at around HKD1,695 ($218; £167), had been stolen.\n\nStores across the city have seen supplies massively depleted with long queues when new stock arrives.\n\nDespite government assurances that supplies remain unaffected by the virus outbreak, residents have been stocking up on toilet paper.\n\nOther household products have also seen panic-buying including rice, pasta and cleaning items.\n\nFace masks and hand sanitisers are almost impossible to get as people try to protect themselves from the coronavirus, which has already claimed more than 1,700 lives.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"A delivery man was threatened by three knife-wielding men who took toilet paper worth more than HK$1,000 ($130),\" a police spokesman said.\n\nAuthorities blame false online rumours for the panic buying and say supplies of food and household goods remain stable.\n\nThere has also been some panic-buying of toilet rolls, hand sanitisers and face masks in Singapore, which has 75 confirmed coronavirus cases.", "Last updated on .From the section Irish\n\nHarry Gregg was an outstanding club and international goalkeeper, but he will best be remembered for his bravery in the 1958 Munich air disaster.\n\nThe Northern Ireland player signed for Manchester United just two months before the tragedy, in which 23 people died.\n\nGregg is often referred to as the 'Hero of Munich' after pulling passengers free from the burning wreckage.\n\nTwo weeks later, Gregg kept a clean sheet as Manchester United put Sheffield Wednesday out of the FA Cup.\n\nThe goalkeeper was determined that the tragic event would not define his career, or indeed his life.\n\nHenry Gregg was born on 27 October 1932 in the County Londonderry village of Tobermore.\n\nHis family moved to Coleraine and he excelled with his hometown club after starting his career at Windsor Park Swifts.\n\nGregg secured a cross-channel move to Doncaster Rovers at the age of 18 before joining Manchester United in December 1957 for £23,000, at the time a world record fee for a goalkeeper.\n\nThe 'Busby Babes' were returning from a European Cup game when the plane they were travelling crashed while attempting to take off on the slush-covered runway at Munich-Riem Airport on 6 February 1958.\n\n\"There was a sudden crash and debris began bombarding me on all sides,\" said Gregg.\n\n\"One second it was light, the next dark. There were no screams, no human sounds, only the terrible tearing of metal. Sparks burst all around.\"\n\nGregg escaped from the burning wreckage but went back in and brought Vera Lukic, the pregnant wife of a Yugoslav diplomat, and her young daughter, Vesna, to safety.\n\nHe returned to the plane and dragged out injured United pair Bobby Charlton and Dennis Viollet, and came to the aid of manager Matt Busby and fellow Northern Ireland international Jackie Blanchflower.\n\nEight players were among the dead including Duncan Edwards, Roger Byrne and Eddie Colman.\n\nLater in the year Gregg starred for Northern Ireland at the World Cup finals in Sweden.\n\nThe Red Devils player, who won 25 international caps, helped Northern Ireland reach the quarter-finals and he was named goalkeeper of the tournament.\n\nGregg was to experience personal tragedy in 1961 when his wife, Mavis, died from breast cancer, leaving him to care for their two daughters.\n\nHe married Carolyn Maunders four years later and they had four children together.\n\nGregg's time at Manchester United was blighted by injuries and he made 247 appearances for the team.\n\n\"He will always be remembered for what he did at Munich, but on top of that he was a really great goalkeeper,\" said Manchester United and England legend Sir Bobby Charlton.\n\nGregg moved to Stoke City in December 1966, but made only two appearances before retiring at the end of the season.\n\nHe moved into management, starting with Shrewsbury Town in 1968 followed by spells with Swansea City and Crewe Alexandra.\n\nGregg returned to Old Trafford as a goalkeeping coach before becoming assistant manager at Swindon Town and finally manager with Carlisle United.\n\nFollowing his career in the game he returned to Northern Ireland and ran a hotel in Portstewart.\n\nWhen he was awarded the MBE in 1995, Gregg dedicated it to those who lost their lives at Munich and Peter Doherty, his manager at Doncaster Rovers and Northern Ireland.\n\nThe 50th anniversary of the Munich disaster was an emotional trip back in time for Gregg, who returned to the old airport building and runway in the city for the first time since the disaster.\n\nThere was also a first meeting with Vera Lukic's son, Zoran, with whom she was pregnant when Gregg rescued her in 1958.\n\nThe death of his daughter, Karen, in 2009 from cancer at the age of 50, brought more personal grief.\n\nA testimonial for Gregg, between Manchester United and Irish League Select, was played at Windsor Park in 2009.\n\nIn 2015, the Harry Gregg Foundation was launched with the aim of encouraging young people's participation in football and other health, lifestyle, educational, heritage and social inclusion activities.\n\nHe made his final trip to Old Trafford in 2018, before being named OBE in the Queen's 2019 New Year's Honours.\n\n\"He is part of the rich history of our club and we should never forget that,\" said former United manager Sir Alex Ferguson.\n\nIt was his career as a player, and not for heroic actions at Munich, which Gregg wished to be remembered.\n\n\"I'm Henry Gregg, 34 Windsor Avenue, who played football. Who was useful at it on good days and rubbish at it on bad days,\" he said in 2008.\n\n\"That's what I want to be remembered for - not something that happened on the spur of the moment.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nPresenter Laura Whitmore has paid tribute to her \"vivacious\" and \"loving\" friend Caroline Flack, who was found dead in her London flat on Saturday.\n\nFighting back tears on her BBC Radio 5 Live show, she said the former Love Island host \"loved to love\".\n\nShe also appealed to listeners to \"be kind\" to others and said she wanted to use her platform to \"call people out\".\n\n\"To paparazzi and tabloids looking for a cheap sell, to trolls hiding behind a keyboard - enough,\" she said.\n\nA lawyer for Flack's family said on Saturday that she had taken her own life.\n\nThe 40-year-old had been \"under huge pressure\" since she was accused of assaulting her boyfriend Lewis Burton in December, her management company said.\n\nIf you or someone you know needs support for issues about emotional distress, these organisations may be able to help.\n\nBurton, who did not support the ongoing case against Flack, wrote an emotional tribute to the presenter on Instagram on Sunday, promising the star he would \"be your voice baby\", and that he would \"try [to] make you proud everyday\".\n\n\"I am so lost for words I am in so much pain I miss you so much I know you felt safe with me you always said I don't think about anything else when I am with you and I was not allowed to be there this time I kept asking and asking,\" the 27-year-old tennis player wrote.\n\nHe concluded: \"I love you with all my heart.\"\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\nBail conditions had stopped Flack having any contact with Burton ahead of her trial next month.\n\nITV cancelled the scheduled broadcasts of Love Island on Saturday and Sunday but said that the show would return on Monday night with a tribute to its former presenter \"who will be forever in our hearts\".\n\nWhitmore, who took over presenting Love Island following Flack's arrest, said her friend \"loved to laugh\" and had the \"most infectious chuckle\".\n\n\"I'm not going to pretend she was perfect, but is anyone? She lived every mistake publicly, under the scrutiny of the media.\n\n\"Caroline loved to love. That's all she wanted. Which is why a show like Love Island was important to her, because the show is about finding love, friendship, having a laugh. The problem wasn't the show. The show... is loving and caring and safe and protected.\n\n\"The problem is, the outside world is not. Anyone who has ever compared one woman against another on Twitter, knocked someone because of their appearance, invaded someone else's privacy, who have made mean, unnecessary comments on an online forum - they need to look at themselves,\" she said.\n\nWhitmore said she had been debating whether she \"should, would or could come on air today\" but she wanted to talk about her friend \"to give her the respect she deserves\".\n\nShe said she had also been harassed for \"just doing her job\" and \"words affect people\".\n\n\"So to listeners - be kind. Only you are responsible for how you treat others and what you put out in the world,\" she said.\n\nShe then played Angels by Robbie Williams, saying her friend, who she met at V-festival about 10 years ago, loved music and loved to dance, and the song always reminded her of Flack because she \"danced so beautifully to it on Strictly\".\n\nCaroline Flack danced to Angels with her partner, Pasha Kovalev, on Strictly Come Dancing, which she won in 2014\n\n\"Caroline, I'm so sad for you, for your family. I'm angry that you saw this as your only option as I know how much love and support you had. I'm sorry you didn't know that,\" she said just before she played the song.\n\n\"I am not sure when, but I know I'll see you on the dance floor again and I hope you are at peace and know that you are loved.\"\n\nFlack had co-hosted The X Factor and won Strictly Come Dancing in 2014, as well as presenting ITV's Love Island.\n\nFollowing her death, an ITV spokeswoman said she was a \"much-loved member of the Love Island team\". The show did not air on Saturday night.\n\nThe presenter stood down from the dating show after she was charged with assault in December. She denied the charges.\n\nHer management company has criticised the Crown Prosecution Service for refusing to drop charges, even though Burton said he did not want the case to go ahead.\n\nThe CPS said it would not comment on the specifics of the case \"given the tragic circumstances\".\n\nFormer chief prosecutor Nazir Afzal said his impression was that the case had been determined to be a serious case, and one which the CPS felt they should proceed with \"regardless of what the victim thought\".\n\nResponding to reports that the ambulance service was called to the star's address the day before she was found dead, a London Ambulance spokesperson said: \"We were called shortly after 22:30 on 14 February to a residential property in north London.\n\n\"Crews attended and, following a clinical assessment, the person was not taken to hospital. Due to patient confidentiality we cannot comment further.\"\n\nCaroline Flack arriving for X Factor auditions with judges and co-host Olly Murs in 2015\n\nA petition on the online site 38 Degrees, dubbed \"Caroline's Law\", which calls for new laws around media regulation in the wake of the presenter's death, has attracted more than 110,000 signatures.\n\nHoney Lancaster-James, a TV psychologist who worked with celebrity contestants on an early series of Love Island, said it was important not to \"point the finger of blame\".\n\n\"There are often a number of factors, and a number of things that have led to a deterioration in mental health,\" she said.\n\nOther celebrities and ex-Love Island stars have also paid tribute to Flack, describing her death as \"heartbreaking\".\n\nHer co-presenter on The X Factor and The Xtra Factor, Olly Murs, said he \"always knew how fragile\" she was and his heart was \"forever broken\" because she was \"like a sister\" and they were \"friends for life\".\n\n\"This will hurt forever, love you cazza, Your Ols,\" he said.", "Trinity College did not want to make a report about the action, police said\n\nClimate activists have dug up a lawn outside a Cambridge University college over its role in a major development in the Suffolk countryside.\n\nExtinction Rebellion members said the action at Trinity College was taken against the \"destruction of nature\".\n\nActivists then took dug-up mud to a local Barclays Bank branch.\n\nInnocence Farm in Trimley St Martin has been part of plans, involving Trinity, for a lorry park. The college said it supported work to fight climate change.\n\nA Cambridgeshire Police spokeswoman said the force was liaising with the college and that \"a crime has been recorded for criminal damage\".\n\nA spokeswoman for Barclays Bank confirmed activists carrying wheelbarrows full of mud had spread it across the banking hall of its St Andrew's Street branch.\n\nShe added the branch had been kept open and staff ensured customers were safe.\n\nActivists, who also chained themselves to an apple tree on the college's front lawn, said they \"were careful to ensure that the digging took place a safe distance from the tree so as not to cause any damage to it\".\n\nThe local group also claimed on Twitter the college invested more money in oil and gas companies than any other Oxbridge college.\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\nDerek Langley, a member of Extinction Rebellion Cambridge, said: \"The idea that a rich institution like Trinity College, which tells the world it is serious about tackling this crisis, is looking for profit from environmental destruction is quite simply astonishing.\"\n\nLocal businessman Dr Tim Norman described the action as \"counter-productive vandalism\".\n\nHe said: \"[It] seemed to confuse the tourists too, as it wasn't clear what they were doing it for.\"\n\nTrinity College, which was founded in the mid-16th Century, has produced several British prime ministers\n\nA Trinity spokeswoman said the college \"respects the right to freedom of speech and non-violent protest but draws the line at criminal damage and asked the protesters to leave\".\n\nShe added: \"Academics at Trinity are actively engaged in research to understand and develop solutions to climate change, and taking practical steps forward.\"\n\nThe spokeswoman added the college supported the university's Cambridge Zero project, which was launched in November and led by Dr Emily Shuckburgh, one of the UK's leading climate scientists.\n\nA Barclays spokeswoman said: \"We recognise that climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing the world today, and are determined to do all we can to support the transition to a low-carbon economy, while also ensuring that global energy needs continue to be met.\"\n\nMembers of the group have also been taking part in a week-long road blockade in the city - prompting police to use emergency powers to shut off roads.\n\nLast week a meeting had to be abandoned when a protester abseiled into the council chamber.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian predicted the two sides would \"rip each other apart\"\n\nFrance has warned Britain to expect a bruising battle with the EU in post-Brexit trade negotiations.\n\nFrench Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian predicted the two sides would \"rip each other apart\" as they strove for advantage in the negotiations.\n\nHe also said it would be tough for the UK to achieve its aim of agreeing a free trade deal by the end of the year.\n\nThe UK government said it wanted a deal based on \"friendly co-operation between sovereign equals\".\n\nBoris Johnson's chief Brexit negotiator is expected to give more details of the UK's negotiating aims in a speech in Brussels later.\n\nDavid Frost is expected to say the UK will be happy with a trade deal based on that agreed by the EU with Canada in 2016 but to rule out any form of regulatory alignment with the bloc from 2021 onwards.\n\nThe UK formally left the EU two weeks ago but still trades like a member under a transition period which ends on 31 December.\n\nTalks on their future relationship are set to begin next month once the EU's 27 members have agreed the bloc's negotiating mandate.\n\nSpeaking at a security conference in Munich on Sunday, Mr Le Drian said the two sides were far apart on a range of issues.\n\nHe said: \"I think that on trade issues and the mechanism for future relations, which we are going to start on, we are going to rip each other apart.\n\n\"But that is part of negotiations, everyone will defend their own interests.\"\n\nEuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has previously cast doubt on Boris Johnson's aim to reach a comprehensive agreement by the end of the year\n\nMr Le Drian, a close ally of President Emmanuel Macron, is the latest senior EU figure to warn that the negotiations will be difficult.\n\nEuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and chief negotiator Michel Barnier have both cast doubt on Boris Johnson's aim to reach a comprehensive agreement by the end of the year.\n\nThe EU has repeatedly warned that the UK cannot expect to enjoy continued \"high-quality\" market access if it insists on diverging from EU social and environmental standards.\n\nLast week the European Parliament called for the UK to follow EU rules in a host of areas, such as chemicals regulation, food labelling and subsidies for companies, as part of a process of \"dynamic alignment\".\n\nBut UK ministers have repeatedly ruled out such a close regulatory relationship.\n\nThere is expected to be a particularly tough fight over fishing rights, with the EU insisting continued access to UK waters must form part of any agreement.\n\nMr Johnson, in turn, has said the UK will act as an \"independent coastal state\" taking control of its own fisheries.\n\nA Downing Street spokesperson said: \"Our approach is clear - we are not asking for anything special, bespoke or unique, but are looking for a deal like those the EU has struck previously with other friendly countries like Canada.\n\n\"We want a relationship based on friendly cooperation between sovereign equals, one centred on free trade and inspired by our shared history and values.\"", "Megan Newton's grandmother said her death had \"wiped out that spark in our lives\"\n\nA man who raped and murdered a youth football coach who had given him a place to sleep has been jailed.\n\nMegan Newton, 18, was found dead in her bedsit in Fletcher Road, Stoke-on-Trent, on 20 April.\n\nJoseph Trevor, of Trentham, pleaded guilty to her murder and two additional charges of rape on what was to be the first day of his trial.\n\nThe 19-year-old was handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 21 years and 65 days.\n\nHe was also placed on the sex offenders' register indefinitely.\n\nJudge Michael Chambers QC said Trevor, the son of a retired Staffordshire Police officer, carried out a \"brutal and sustained attack, conducted in a most callous way in her own home\".\n\nWhen Trevor learned Miss Newton's body had been discovered by a neighbour, he confided to his family that he had \"done something bad\" and was later arrested, Staffordshire Police said.\n\nJoseph Trevor, formerly of Danebower Road, admitted murder and two charges of rape\n\nStafford Crown Court heard that Miss Newton, who knew Trevor from school, had, as an \"act of kindness\", given him a place to sleep.\n\nProsecutor Adrian Keeling QC said she had invited him back \"because he got so drunk on drink and drugs he could not face going home to his parents\".\n\n\"He raped her, strangled her unconscious and then stabbed her in the back eight times,\" he said.\n\nYouth football coach and self-described \"sports fanatic\" Miss Newton was applying to become the first of her family to go to university.\n\nShe intended to pursue a career in physiotherapy or sports therapy and had been working towards her level one Football Association coaching badge.\n\nMiss Newton had also spent time volunteering with Norton Wanderers FC in Stoke and been instrumental in fundraising for training and match kits.\n\nFloral tributes were left outside Miss Newton's flat in Fletcher Road\n\nIn a tribute read in court on behalf of the family, Miss Newton's grandmother Beryl Smith said: \"Megan's death has wiped out that spark in our lives.\n\n\"We're heartbroken and always will remain so.\"\n\nShe said Miss Newton's mother Sarah felt she had a \"best friend\" in her daughter but had lost the promise of her life and future grandchildren.\n\nMiss Newton's father Michael Baggaley said: \"The thought of never seeing her beautiful smile or hearing her voice again breaks my heart.\n\n\"How could this happen to such an amazing, caring, kind, loving, funny young lady. This is something I will never understand and get over.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Breast enlargement is one of the most popular cosmetic surgeries worldwide. There are millions of satisfied patients, so just how safe are implants?", "Caroline Flack with Love Island's Bafta Award for best reality show in 2018\n\nViewers and the TV world are in shock after the death of Caroline Flack, who rose from children's TV to become one of Britain's most successful presenters.\n\nLove Island, Strictly Come Dancing, The X Factor, I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! - Flack starred on some of Britain's biggest shows of the past decade.\n\nHowever, at the time of her death her career was under a cloud after she was replaced for the winter series of ITV's Love Island after being charged with assaulting her boyfriend.\n\nWith Sam and Mark on TMi in 2007\n\nMany fans first got to know her bubbly, likeable personality when she joined Sam and Mark to front the zany Saturday morning children's show TMi in 2007.\n\nFrom there, she joined Ian Wright when Sky One revived game show Gladiators, and became one of the hosts of I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here Now! in 2009.\n\nShe went on to host another ITV spin-off, The Xtra Factor, two years later, before being chosen to front a series of the main talent show itself with Olly Murs in 2015.\n\nShe won Strictly Come Dancing with Pasha Kovalev in 2014\n\nShe confirmed her popular appeal when she won Strictly with dance partner Pasha Kovalev, fending off competition from Frankie Bridge and Simon Webbe.\n\nBut she talked about the difficulties she faced after lifting the glitterball trophy, saying: \"I couldn't get up and just couldn't pick myself up at all that next year.\"\n\nWhen Love Island was relaunched in 2015, she was the natural choice to host, and she helped make it one of the biggest shows on British TV.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe first few series performed well, but the show really became a TV phenomenon from 2018, particularly among younger viewers.\n\nWhen the show won the Bafta for best reality show that year, she picked up the award.\n\nFlack made her West End stage debut as Roxie Hart in Chicago in 2018, starred in a touring version of Crazy For You, and appeared on the celebrity version of The Great British Bake Off.\n\nWith the success came close scrutiny of her personal life and relationships, which made her a regular in the tabloids. Notably, she dated One Direction star Harry Styles when he was 17, and stories about a brief romance with Prince Harry made headlines in 2009.\n\nIn her 2015 autobiography Storm In A C Cup, she said she and the prince had \"spent the evening chatting and laughing\", but \"once the story got out, that was it. We had to stop seeing each other.\"\n\nWhen she was arrested and subsequently charged with assaulting her boyfriend in December, it was completely at odds with her public persona.\n\nPolice found former tennis professional Lewis Burton covered in blood when he called them to her Islington home.\n\nShe pleaded not guilty and was in tears in court just before Christmas. She stepped down as host of the winter series of Love Island.\n\nThe court heard that Mr Burton did not support the prosecution, but she was due to stand trial early next month.\n\nTwo days before her death, she posted photos of herself with her dogs, with no message except a simple love heart. Before that, her last message was on Christmas Eve - the day after her court hearing.\n\n\"This kind of scrutiny and speculation is a lot to take on for one person to take on their own...\" she wrote.\n\n\"I'm a human being at the end of the day and I'm not going to be silenced when I have a story to tell and a life to keep going with.\n\n\"I'm taking some time out to get feeling better and learn some lessons from situations I've got myself into to.\n\n\"I have nothing but love to give and best wishes for everyone.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The process takes 30 days and relatives can then scatter the remains on plants or under a tree\n\nA US firm has given scientific details of its \"human composting\" process for environmentally friendly funerals.\n\nA pilot study on deceased volunteers showed that soft tissue broke down safely and completely within 30 days.\n\nThe firm, Recompose, claims that its process saves more than a tonne of carbon, compared to cremation or traditional burial.\n\nIt says that it will offer the world's first human composting service in Washington state from next February.\n\nSpeaking exclusively to BBC News, Recompose's chief executive and founder, Katrina Spade, said that concerns about climate change had been a big factor in so many people expressing interest in the service.\n\n\"So far 15,000 people have signed up to our newsletter. And the legislation to allow this in the state received bi-partisan support enabling it to pass the first time it was tabled,\" she said.\n\n\"The project has moved forward so quickly because of the urgency of climate change and the awareness we have to put it right.\"\n\nRecompose boss Katrina Spade says her plan has proved so popular because of climate change\n\nMs Spade spoke to me as results of the scientific study into the composting process, which Recompose calls natural organic reduction, was being presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Seattle.\n\n\"There is a loving practicability to it,\" she said, in one of the few interviews she has given since announcing details of the project a year ago.\n\nShe told me that she came up with the idea 13 years ago when she began to ponder her own mortality - at the ripe old age of 30!\n\n\"When I die, this planet, which has protected and supported me my whole life, shouldn't I give back what I have left?\n\n\"It is just logical and also beautiful.\"\n\nMs Spade draws a distinction between decomposing and recomposing. The former is what happens when a body is above ground. Recomposing involves integrating it with the soil.\n\nShe claims that natural organic reduction of a body prevents 1.4 tonnes of carbon being released into the atmosphere, compared with cremation. And she believes there is a similar saving compared to traditional burial when transportation and the construction of the casket is taken into account.\n\n\"For a lot of folks it resonates with the way they try to lead their lives. They want to pick a death care plan that resonates with the way they live.\"\n\nThe process involves laying the body in a closed vessel with woodchips, alfalfa and straw grass. The body is slowly rotated to allow microbes to break it down.\n\nThirty days later the remains are available to relatives to scatter on plants or a tree.\n\nAlthough the process is straightforward, it has taken four years of scientific research to perfect the technique. Ms Spade asked soil scientist Prof Lynne Carpenter Boggs to undertake the work.\n\nComposting livestock is a well-established practice in Washington state. Prof Carpenter Boggs's task was to adapt it for human subjects and ensure that the remains were environmentally safe.\n\nShe carried out pilot studies with six volunteers who had given their enthusiastic consent to the research prior to their deaths. She told me that the work took an emotional toll on her and her team.\n\n\"We all kept checking in on each other. My physiology felt different, I wasn't sleeping well for a few nights, I wasn't hungry - it was a distress response.\"\n\nProf Carpenter-Boggs found that the recomposing body reached temperatures of 55C (131F) for a period of time.\n\n\"We are certain that there has been a destruction of the vast majority of [disease-causing organisms] and pharmaceuticals because of the high temperatures that we reached.\"\n\nRecompose will begin business later this year. Anyone can participate but the process is legal only in Washington state. Legislation to allow natural organic reduction is currently being considered in Colorado. Ms Spade believes that it will be a matter of time before it is more widely available - in the US and elsewhere.\n\n\"We hope other states will pick up the idea once we get going in Washington. We have had lots of excitement from the UK and other parts of the world and we hope to open branches overseas when we can.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Fashion buyer Xia Yae purchases clothing in Bicester Village, Selfridges and Harrods for clients in South Korea\n\nWhile February is typically a quiet time for the Oxfordshire retail village, staff the BBC spoke to said visitor numbers were much lower than usual.\n\nCut-price handbags and coats draw thousands of Chinese tourists to the retail outlet each year.\n\nBut the number of those diagnosed with coronavirus in China has spiked, and this has taken its toll on popular tourist destinations.\n\nEager shoppers, many of them from Asia and the Middle East, wear face masks and apply hand sanitiser on the Thursday morning train.\n\nMixed in with commuters, some snack on pastries and carry Oxford Street-branded tote bags.\n\nBut fashion buyer Xia Yae says she has noticed a \"lot less people\" travelling to the retail village in the last two weeks.\n\nPurchasing designer items for South Korean clients from brands including Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent and Burberry, Xia says that Bicester retailers are having a \"tough time\".\n\nFew shoppers made their way around the pastel, wood-panelled shops\n\n\"Usually, fashion buyers would be restricted on how many discounted items they can buy. But now, they're allowed to buy as many as they want - the retailers clearly need to make more money,\" she adds.\n\nMore than seven million people visited Bicester Village in 2019, according to its owner Value Retail. It was established in 1995 by American Scott Malkin, and reported sales of £259m in 2018.\n\nThe Hwang family are visiting Bicester as part of their week-long holiday to London.\n\nThe daughter says the family \"aren't worried\" about the coronavirus outbreak.\n\nThey are looking forward to searching through discounted items in Burberry. Being able to claim back the 20% VAT available to non-EU visitors is also a perk.\n\nWearing traditional red uniforms resembling those of bellboys, Bicester Village \"hosts\" greet them as they arrive and help other tourists buy tickets for travel.\n\nBicester Village host Jefferson helps tourists travelling to the luxury shopping destination from London Marylebone\n\nAnnouncements in Mandarin and Arabic are made over the tannoy as the train pulls in. Tourists make their way through a neon walkway and past an empty car park to the 160 shops on-site.\n\nFew shoppers walk along the artificial streets between pastel-coloured storefronts.\n\nA shop assistant at one store says they are \"concerned\" about how reliant Bicester Village is on tourism.\n\nMore than 72% of Chinese visitors to the UK go shopping during their trips, according to research by VisitBritain.\n\nIn total, there were 415,000 visits from China to the UK in the 12 months to September 2019, the tourism body says.\n\nStaff say Chinese tourists are the biggest group for the luxury shop.\n\nThey add that the last two weeks have been \"quiet\", estimating the branch has seen a drop of about 85% in the number of Chinese customers entering the store.\n\nThey say: \"It's been a double whammy. Storm Ciara also meant a lot of the trains and coaches from London were cancelled. It's really scary.\"\n\nAnother sales adviser at the high fashion label Balenciaga says the last week has been \"very quiet\" in the shop.\n\nMany of the people the BBC spoke to requested not to be named as they do not have permission to speak to the press.\n\nSales assistants in Balenciaga said tourists visiting in the week buy bigger-ticket items than British shoppers\n\nHe says he uses hand sanitiser every five minutes. Stations are placed at the back of the store for staff, away from customers.\n\nIn several stores, retail assistants outnumber customers. They huddle for chats near the doors of Givenchy, Diesel and Karl Lagerfeld.\n\nFour staff members in Burberry wear surgical masks, and tell the BBC they've been \"advised not to speak to journalists\".\n\nThe complex is privately owned and restricts filming. The BBC was asked not to speak to \"guests\" by security at the site.\n\nDominic Hare, chief executive of the nearby Blenheim Palace, is hoping that any shortfall in visitor numbers will eventually be recouped.\n\nHe said: \"We need to ensure that these are visits deferred, not deleted.\"\n\nMr Hare said that in the meantime they were \"working hard to attract people from short-haul markets, as well as the UK.\n\n\"We're optimistic we can make it up from the local audience - and that's important because the jobs in the wider economy depend on us, and we depend on them too.\"\n\nFor now, Bicester Village shoppers seem happy enough as they wander down the makeshift streets. One tells the BBC through Google Translate that there are fewer people to fight for bargains.\n\nIts owner Value Retail has not yet responded to the BBC's request for comment.", "She took part in Let's Dance for... Comic Relief with Joe Swash in 2011. The pair also presented I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here Now!", "People were rescued by boat from their flooded homes in Hereford on Monday\n\nMore floods have hit towns as extreme weather brought by Storm Dennis continues to cause widespread damage.\n\nResidents have been advised to leave their homes in parts of Worcestershire as the River Severn burst its banks.\n\nMore than 200 flood warnings are in place across England, Wales and Scotland, including nine severe - or \"danger to life\" - warnings for the rivers Lugg, Severn, Wye and Trent.\n\nA body has been found after a woman was swept away in Worcestershire.\n\nYvonne Booth, 55, was swept into floodwater after her car became stuck near Tenbury Wells, West Mercia Police said.\n\nHer family said in a statement: \"Yvonne is a very much loved member of our family and we are all devastated by this news.\"\n\nYvonne Booth pictured with her late husband and her son\n\nEmergency service workers in boats had to rescue residents in Hereford as the River Wye rose to its highest level on record.\n\nPeople also had to be rescued in Shrewsbury after the River Severn burst its banks.\n\nBBC correspondent Phil Mackie, who was in Upton upon Severn, said it is believed defences built after the 2007 floods could be breached overnight.\n\nTwo of the seven severe warnings in England on Monday evening were for Uckinghall and Upton upon Severn - where residents were advised to evacuate their homes.\n\nThere were two severe warnings in Wales for the River Wye at Monmouth - where homes have been evacuated - and no severe warnings in Scotland, as of 21:00 GMT.\n\nEnvironment Secretary George Eustice told the BBC the government \"can't protect every home\" and defended its response to the storm.\n\nYvonne Booth was swept into floodwater near Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire\n\nTravel continues to be disrupted across the UK, with some A-roads closed and train lines disrupted.\n\nThe Environment Agency said more than 480 properties had been flooded after the storm brought torrential rain and strong winds.\n\nJohn Curtin, the Environment Agency's head of floods and coastal management, said on Twitter that number was \"likely to rise\" - but indicated figures were lower than those for Storm Ciara earlier this month.\n\nFurther heavy rain is forecast later in the week.\n\nRachel Cox's home is one of more than 100 flooded homes in Nantgarw, near Cardiff\n\nSeveral schools have been closed and roads remain blocked by floods and landslips.\n\nThe South Wales valleys saw the highest water levels for more than 40 years over the weekend - an \"unprecedented\" scale of flooding, according to Natural Resources Wales.\n\nJeanette Cox said the only surviving object on the bottom floor of her home the village of Nantgarw, near Cardiff, was a wedding photograph of her and her late husband.\n\nMrs Cox, 68, said it was \"terrifying\" to discover water at the bottom of the stairs in the early hours of Sunday morning.\n\nShe and her daughter Rachel were evacuated from their home but returned on Monday to assess the scale of the damage.\n\n\"The water has moved things I didn't think could move. I think there are just two cupboards standing - the rest is gone,\" Mrs Cox said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Residents were rescued from their homes by boat in Hereford on Monday\n\nA relief centre for displaced residents has been set up at the high school in the town, where around 130 properties were evacuated on Sunday.\n\nResponse teams worked into the early hours of Monday to rescue stranded residents from their homes by boat.\n\nThe county council has warned more evacuations could be necessary.\n\nA rescue boat takes residents to safety in Nantgarw, near Cardiff\n\nIn Staffordshire, serious flooding cause a youth climate strike conference to be called off.\n\nThe first ever national conference was due to start on Sunday afternoon, with delegates travelling from across the UK.\n\nBut police advised the event should be cancelled after heavy rain made roads around the venue impassable, the UK Student Climate Network said.\n\nSophia Coningham, 15, from London, said there was a \"bleak irony\" in their efforts to highlight climate change being hindered by this week's dramatic weather.\n\nA car park was flooded in York after the River Ouse burst its banks\n\nIn York, the River Ouse reached 4.41m above its normal level.\n\nThousands of sandbags have been placed around vulnerable properties nearby, but the Environment Agency has said the situation in the city is \"improving\".\n\nEnvironment Secretary Mr Eustice said about £2.5bn has been spent on tackling extreme weather conditions since 2015 and £4bn has been allocated for the next five years.\n\nHe added that convening Cobra, the government's emergency committee, was not needed \"at this point\". A Cobra meeting was held when parts of the UK saw flooding in the run-up to the 2019 general election.\n\nDowning Street said Prime Minister Boris Johnson will receive \"regular updates\" on the flooding, which it described as \"terrible\".\n\nLuke Pollard, shadow environment secretary, said it was a \"disgrace\" that Mr Johnson had not visited affected communities.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Welsh residents are trying to clean up the substantial damage left in the wake of the storm\n\nThe government has activated an emergency funding scheme for areas affected by the flooding, which include parts of Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, Worcestershire and Herefordshire.\n\nUnder the Bellwin scheme, local authorities can apply for the government to reimburse non-insurable costs above a certain threshold, which has not been specified.\n\nBedford Road car park in Guildford, Surrey, was also flooded\n\nA record number of flood warnings and alerts were issued for England on Sunday, according to the Environment Agency's Mr Curtin.\n\nHe said \"the saturated ground conditions\" left by Storm Ciara earlier in the month had contributed to the severe floods caused by Storm Dennis.\n\nMajor incidents were declared in south Wales and parts of England, as parts of the UK were buffeted by gusts of more than 90mph.\n\nMore than a month's worth of rain fell in 48 hours in places.\n\nFlights and train services were cancelled and roads closed, while emergency centres were set up for those who had to leave their homes.\n\nFor more information, check the BBC Weather website and your BBC Local Radio station for regular updates.\n\nHave you been affected by Storm Dennis? 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:", "Boris Johnson and his new chancellor, Rishi Sunak, will have a joint team of advisers following the reshuffle\n\nThe government should be scrutinised by MPs over changes to its teams in Downing Street, the SNP has said.\n\nEarlier this week, No 10 confirmed it would be merging its team of special advisers with those at the Treasury.\n\nThe move led to the resignation of former Chancellor Sajid Javid, who refused to fire his own aides.\n\nThe SNP's Ian Blackford said key figures - including the PM's chief adviser Dominic Cummings - should now appear before the Liaison Committee.\n\nThe panel, which is made up of the chairs of each of the select committees, is tasked with holding the government and its ministers to account over public policy.\n\nIn a letter to the clerk of the committee, Mr Blackford wrote: \"It is substantially in the public interest to summon those involved in designing these changes - we should know their purpose and intent.\n\n\"Dominic Cummings... has been widely reported as the main catalyst for these alterations and so it's right that he is the first to be summoned and required to answer questions on this matter.\"\n\nDominic Cummings is the prime minister's chief adviser in No 10\n\nMr Javid was expected to keep his job in No 11 ahead of the government reshuffle on Thursday, despite reported tensions between him and Mr Cummings.\n\nHowever, in a surprise move, the former chancellor quit his post, saying \"no self-respecting minister\" could accept the condition of getting rid of his staff.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sajid Javid: I had no option but to resign\n\nIn a letter to the PM, Mr Javid urged Mr Johnson to \"ensure the Treasury as an institution retains as much credibility as possible\".\n\nHe has now been replaced by the former Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Rishi Sunak.\n\nThe decision to amalgamate treasury advisers into a Downing Street unit has led to significant concern among some who believe it will limit the ability of the chancellor to resist demands from the prime minister.\n\nNow the SNP are calling on the Liaison Committee to look into the change, saying it amounts to a fundamental re-ordering of how the government operates and functions.\n\nCommittees do have the power to summon witnesses - although it would be highly unusual for the prime minister's key adviser to appear so publicly, and the committee has not met since the election. Frankly, it's unlikely Dominic Cummings will appear.\n\nBut the call for him to do so is illustrative of the fact many at Westminster are concerned about the influence of Mr Johnson's advisers, and the changes they are involved in overseeing.\n\nIn his letter, Mr Blackford said: \"It is crucial that key appointed officials, responsible to the prime minister, are compelled to give evidence on these changes - in full, in detail and in public.\n\n\"I hope parliament's Liaison Committee is favourable to facilitating this as a matter of public interest and transparency.\"\n\nThe BBC has contacted Downing Street for comment.", "General Motors has said it will retire the iconic Australian car brand Holden as it leaves more markets.\n\nThe American car giant said it will wind down Holden sales, design and engineering operations in Australia and New Zealand by next year.\n\nIt also said China's Great Wall Motors had agreed to buy its manufacturing plant in Thailand.\n\nThe announcement comes three years after GM ended manufacturing in Australia.\n\nIn a statement posted on GM's website, chief executive Mary Barra said: \"I've often said that we will do the right thing, even when it's hard, and this is one of those times.\"\n\nThe statement did not say how many jobs would be lost as a result of the move but reports suggest it will mean up to 600 layoffs.\n\nIn response to the news, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said: \"I am disappointed but not surprised. But I am angry, like I think many Australians would be.\n\n\"Australian taxpayers put millions into this multinational company. They let the brand just wither away on their watch. Now they are leaving it behind,\" he added.\n\nGM President Mark Reuss said the company had explored ways to keep the Holden brand but had decided that it would cost too much to remain in the \"highly fragmented right-hand-drive market\".\n\nIt comes as GM is accelerating its exit from unprofitable markets as it focuses on the US, China, Latin America and South Korea.\n\nThe move will end 160 years of the Holden name's association with Australia. The company was founded as a saddle maker in South Australia in 1856 before it started building vehicles in 1908.\n\nHolden was bought by GM in 1931, beginning their 89-year history as a combined entity.\n\nThe hashtag #RIPHolden is trending on Twitter as people post pictures and memories of the much-loved Australian 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. Skip twitter post by Esther Clerehan This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLate last year the company also said it would stop selling its most iconic model the Commodore after more than four decades.\n\nAt the end of 2013 Holden announced that it would halt production in Australia and start importing vehicles from its overseas plants. GM said a strong Australian currency, high manufacturing costs and a small domestic market were among the reasons behind its decision.\n\nThe ending of Australian production of Holdens in 2017 resulted in nearly 2,900 job losses.", "Rikki Neave was found strangled in woodland in Peterborough in 1994\n\nA man has been charged with murdering a six-year-old boy 25 years ago.\n\nRikki Neave was last seen leaving his Welland estate home in Peterborough on the morning of 28 November 1994. His naked body was found strangled in woodland nearby.\n\nJames Watson, 38, of no fixed address, has been charged with his murder and will appear before magistrates in Peterborough on Thursday.\n\nRikki was last seen leaving his home in Redmile Walk for school at about 09:00 GMT.\n\nHis body was found the next day in a wooded area about a five-minute walk away.\n\nHis school uniform was found dumped in a bin close to the scene.\n\nA post-mortem examination concluded that Rikki died as a result of being strangled.\n\nPolice on the scene shortly after the murder of Rikki Neave\n\nRikki's mother Ruth Neave was cleared of his murder at a trial in 1996, but she was jailed for seven years after pleading guilty to child neglect.\n\nA Crimewatch appeal broadcast on the 20th anniversary of his death led officers to release an e-fit of two teenage boys they wanted to talk to in connection with the case.\n\nThe pair had been seen walking out of the woods where Rikki's body was found on the morning of 29 November.\n\nFollowing the charge decision, Rikki's sister Rochelle, said \"People must respect we are still grieving and traumatised by the whole case.\n\n\"Rikki has left a remarkable mark on this planet that no-one will ever forget.\"\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Paul Fullwood said: \"The cold case review into Rikki's murder was undertaken by the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit in 2014.\n\n\"We began re-investigating the case in 2015 and following extensive investigative work, we have now been authorised by the Crown Prosecution Service to charge James Watson in connection with his death.\"\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. Home owners are trying to clean up the substantial damage left in the wake of Storm Dennis.\n\nResidents are counting the cost of \"unprecedented\" flooding after Storm Dennis left parts of Wales under water.\n\nThere are cancellations and significant delays on trains after a month's worth of rain fell in 48 hours.\n\nRoads across south and mid Wales remain blocked by floods and landslips.\n\nMeanwhile, homes were evacuated in Monmouth on Monday night after two severe flood warnings for the River Wye were declared.\n\nThe river's water levels are predicted to reach 7.2m (23ft) between 03:00 and 07:00 on Tuesday.\n\nAnd more rain has been forecast with a Met Office yellow warning for rain issued from 18:00 GMT on Wednesday until 15:00 on Thursday in areas of south, mid and north Wales.\n\nPeople living in areas at immediate risk in Monmouth have been evacuated and other properties nearby have been provided with sandbags and support. The Wye Bridge has been closed, with pedestrians and motorists warned to keep away.\n\nAnyone affected by the bridge closure or flooding is asked to use a rest centre set up at the Shire Hall.\n\nNatural Resources Wales still had eight flood warnings in place at 21:10 GMT, meaning flooding is expected.\n\nIt said 163mm (6.5in) of rain had fallen in the 48 hours between lunchtime on Friday and Sunday and described the scale of flooding as \"unprecedented\".\n\nMeanwhile, Wales' First Minister Mark Drakeford has defended the Welsh Government's investment into flood defences following the widespread damage after Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price said it \"clearly isn't adequate\".\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford meets householder Caroline Jones in her flood-affected house in Pontypridd\n\nMr Drakeford said the impact of the weekend's events would have been \"even worse\" if there had not been major investment in flood defences, adding a £350m programme was ongoing over this assembly term.\n\n\"The impact of global warming is real and there for anyone to see, the science tells us we will have to face in greater frequency these intense weather events in future,\" he said.\n\nMr Drakeford said the Welsh Government would work with local authorities to repair infrastructure damage by flooding including bridges, roads and existing flood defences and explore whether there are funds available to help flood victims, local authorities and emergency services.\n\n\"For individuals our first focus will be on those families who don't have any form of insurance who lost everything and have no way of replacing it,\" he said.\n\nA card shop in Pontypridd was flooded during the storm\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A massive clean-up operation is underway after rivers burst their banks during heavy rainfall.\n\nTransport for Wales engineers are assessing the full extent of damage but the company warned of \"significant delays\" in many areas and asked passengers to check their rail journeys on Monday.\n\nMore than 200 services were disrupted on Monday and more than 70 journeys were cancelled.\n\nA flock of sheep had to be rescued from a flooded field in Carmarthenshire\n\nBethan Jelfs, from Transport for Wales, said there was \"significant damage\" to the track, a landslide near Ebbw Vale and flooding north of Pontypridd which has cut off services to Porth, Aberdare and Merthyr Tydfil.\n\nFloodwater was still causing problems in Nantgarw on Monday morning\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Dai Lygad 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nPowys council bosses said the bridge at Crickhowell was damaged in the floods and would remain closed until after an inspection.\n\nA woman embraces a relative - her new car was found 250m away after floating down a flooded street in Nantgarw\n\nWhile river levels have fallen, South Wales Police has warned people to only travel if necessary and not to go near rivers and waterways.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Jenny Gilmer said: \"It's vitally important that people still follow safety advice. Whilst things may appear to be getting better, there is still a serious risk to people and property.\"\n\nThis football pitch in Cwmbran turned into a boating lake for this canoeist\n\nA roof was carried into her garden from about 400m away\n\nTaff Street in Pontypridd was left underwater after heavy rain on Saturday and Sunday\n\nClearing up in the centre of Pontypridd on Monday\n\nAt the peak of the flooding on Sunday, we had 900 tonnes of water per second flowing down the River Taff.\n\nThat's not just a massive amount of water flowing very fast, it's the damage it can bring, especially when debris is carried along in such a torrent.\n\nWell over a month's rainfall came in just 48 hours.\n\nThis product of Storm Dennis came hot on the heels of Storm Ciara - drenching land that was already soaked through and filling rivers fast.\n\nMonitoring sites on rivers and streams flowing down from the mountains through the south Wales valleys started reporting record-breaking levels of water.\n\nWe saw the highest levels ever recorded on the rivers Taff, Tawe, Neath, Rhondda, Cynon, Usk and the Wye.\n\nThis shows river Taff levels at Pontypridd over the last month up until 1500 on Monday\n\nIf we look at the NRW monitoring site at Pontypridd in isolation over the last month, the level surges to well over 5m on Sunday at the peak of Storm Dennis.\n\nEven down in Cardiff, river levels were 80cm higher than the previous record set in 1979.\n\nSince then, there has been widespread investment in flood defences across south Wales, which has played a big part in saving tens of thousands of homes from damage this time around.\n\nThat will be no comfort to those people closest to rivers, who have still been affected,\n\nAll the science around climate change is suggesting that weather events like this will become more frequent and more extreme.\n\nSo the questions that are sure to be asked over the coming weeks and months is how we cope with that.\n\nEmergency services and volunteers were praised for evacuating hundreds of people from their homes\n\nDo you have any questions about flooding in Wales?\n\nUse this form to send us your questions:\n\nIf you are reading this page on the BBC News app, you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question on this topic.\n\nWe may get in touch if we decide to follow up on your suggestion.", "Heathrow is the busiest airport in Europe\n\nHeathrow Airport has apologised for disruption after the west London hub was hit by \"technical issues\".\n\nOne passenger said the situation was \"utter chaos\" after a problem with the airport's IT system saw staff called in to help passengers get to gates on the second day of the half-term weekend.\n\nAt about 22:25 GMT on Sunday, Heathrow said the issues had been resolved and \"systems are returning to normal\".\n\nBritish Airways, the biggest airline at Heathrow, has cancelled 20 flights.\n\nIn a tweet, Heathrow Airport said: \"Today's technical issue has now been resolved and Heathrow's systems are returning to normal.\n\n\"We apologise for the inconvenience caused.\n\n\"Our teams will continue to monitor our systems and be on hand to provide assistance to passengers as we work to resume our regular operations.\"\n\nAir traffic control was not affected by the technical failures, but the IT issues, which came on a busy day for family travel, have further compounded delays triggered by bad weather across the weekend.\n\nSam Mills said he hadn't been able to eat or drink \"for fear of losing his place in the line\" for customer services\n\nSam Mills, who was travelling from London to Pittsburgh with British Airways, explained how when he arrived at the airport shortly after lunchtime on Sunday the flight boards were not updating.\n\n\"I was continually getting 'Delayed' messages on the board, with no gate information for my flight,\" he told the BBC. \"A BA representative informed me that it should update before my flight, and not to worry.\"\n\n\"But as soon as the gate did pop up [on the board] - it told me the flight had departed, without me on that plane.\n\n\"As of right now, I am stranded. There's a line of people about 300ft in both directions at the British Airways service desk. We haven't been told any information from anybody.\"\n\nCaitlin Gould said passengers had to rely on white boards to find out where they should be\n\nCaitlin Gould, who travelled to London from Cornwall on Sunday morning, has been waiting for a flight to Munich with Lufthansa since 16:00 GMT, after her British Airways flight was cancelled.\n\nShe said the staff were \"really helpful... if you can find them\".\n\n\"At the gate there is almost no information,\" she told the BBC, adding that everyone was dependant on white boards to find out where they should be.\n\n\"None of the online information matches up with any of the boards. People are walking around with signs trying to find people to take them to the plane.\"\n\nBritish Airways said the cancellations were the result of Heathrow's IT issues combined with the existing disruption caused by Storm Dennis.\n\nIt added that anyone on a cancelled flight would be entitled to a refund or could be re-booked. Overnight accommodation would be provided if necessary.\n\nIn response to a customer on Twitter, the airline wrote: \"We're aware Heathrow Airport is currently experiencing a technical issue that is impacting some of their IT systems across the airport, affecting a number of airlines.\n\n\"We are working with them to resolve the issue as a priority and apologise for the delay to our customers.\"\n\nBA has experienced two high-profile IT failures in recent years.\n\nIn August last year, more than 100 flights had to be cancelled and a further 200 were delayed after an IT glitch involving two separate systems, one dealing with online check-in and the other with flight departures.\n\nThe airline also suffered a major computer failure over the spring bank holiday weekend in May 2017, which saw 726 flights cancelled and tens of thousands of passengers left stranded.", "Rescue teams have been searching the area around Tenbury Wells for the missing woman\n\nA woman who went missing in floods after her car got stuck in water is believed to have died, police said.\n\nThe woman disappeared on Sunday near a bridge which crosses the River Teme, near Tenbury Wells, in Worcestershire.\n\nThe search resumed earlier but is now a \"recovery rather than rescue mission\", West Mercia Police said.\n\nWidespread evacuations are taking place across Worcestershire and Herefordshire as river levels continue to rise in the wake of Storm Dennis.\n\nHundreds of flood warnings remain in place, including several severe warnings meaning a danger to life.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Storm Dennis flooding as seen from the air in Hereford\n\nSome residents in Hereford were rescued from a window\n\nAt least 30 homes have been flooded in Ludlow, Shropshire, with water up to the level of kitchen worktops in one home, Ludlow North councillor Andy Boddington said.\n\nHe said the River Teme peaked just under the highest level recorded in 2007.\n\nThe River Wye in Hereford reached its highest recorded level overnight - 6.3m (20.7ft).\n\nWater is also touching the walkway of the Victoria Bridge in the city, as levels on the river continue to rise.\n\nWater has reached the Victoria Bridge in Hereford\n\nPolice said the search for the missing woman, who has not been identified, included the use of the force helicopter.\n\n\"Sadly, however, due to the circumstances of the length of time in the water and other conditions we believe that this will now be a recovery rather than rescue operation,\" they added.\n\nOfficers said her family had been informed.\n\nWest Midlands Ambulance Service said it was called to reports of two people being swept into the water near Eastham Bridge.\n\nA man who was rescued close to where the woman disappeared was airlifted to hospital and remains in a stable condition.\n\nWest Mercia Police Assistant Chief Constable Geoff Wessell said the man and woman \"stopped and got out of the car because of the water and then got caught up into more of a stream of water that took them away\".\n\n\"It absolutely illustrates - do not drive into water, do not go into water, it's far too dangerous,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Parts of Ludlow in Shropshire have been flooded\n\nAbout 130 homes in Tenbury were evacuated overnight, with roads in the area described as \"virtually all impassable\" by Worcestershire County Council.\n\nThe authority said it was working with the Environment Agency, police, fire service and paramedics to evacuate more residents.\n\n\"Although in some areas river levels are dropping, they are set to rise again over the next few hours, peaking during the evening,\" a council spokesman said.\n\nAbout 420 properties have been flooded across the UK with about 270 of those in the West Midlands, the Environment Agency said.\n\nWorcestershire has borne the brunt of the flooding with about 200 homes affected, according to figures from the agency's John Curtin.\n\nFamilies and their pets have been evacuated from homes in Hereford\n\nNatalie Gibson had to ride her horse out of a flooded field\n\nHerefordshire Police tweeted that officers were carrying out emergency evacuations to a leisure centre.\n\nFamilies rescued from flooded Hereford properties could be seen disembarking from evacuation dinghies with their pets and belongings.\n\nAbout five boats are at work ferrying people from their homes around Hinton Avenue and Hinton Crescent.\n\nNatalie Gibson said she had to ride her horse out of a flooded field to ensure he was safe.\n\n\"He was stuck up to his knees. He wouldn't move so I had to jump on him. I had people at the top of the field calling him so we rode through the floods,\" she said.\n\nShe said she had to wade over her submerged settee to answer banging on the door from her neighbours before abandoning her home.\n\nDave Throup, from the Environment Agency, described the scene in Hereford as \"just unbelievable\" with river levels now the same as the floods in 2007.\n\nHinton Road and the adjoining Hinton Avenue were eerily quiet, BBC reporter Andrew Marston said\n\nWest Mercia Police said residents in Upton-upon-Severn and Uckinghall, Worcestershire, were being advised to evacuate their homes after severe flood warnings have been declared due rising river levels.\n\nThe government's emergency funding Bellwin scheme, to help people affected by the storm, has been extended to include \"qualifying areas\" of Herefordshire and Worcestershire as well as Shropshire.\n\nTelford & Wrekin Council said it would be distributing sandbags \"for anyone to pick up from the Ironbridge park-and-ride site\".\n\nThe River Severn is expected to peak in Ironbridge on Tuesday, the authority said, adding that flood barriers were already in place.\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\nFloodwater broke the banks of the river in Shrewsbury and spilled on to Smithfield Road, one of the busiest in the town, and Chester Street, at about 14:30 GMT.\n\nElsewhere, thousands of sandbags have been distributed in York where the River Ouse continues to rise, although the Environment Agency has said the situation in the city was an \"improving one\".\n\nThe Ouse had been expected to peak at 4.8m (15.7ft) above normal levels later on Monday.\n\nThat level is higher than during Storm Ciara, but significantly lower than the record high of 5.4m (17.7ft) in November 2000.\n\nThe River Ouse has caused widespread flooding south of York\n\nCraig McGarvey, from the Environment Agency, said the peak was well below the city's flood defences.\n\nHe added: \"It's a much improving situation and we haven't had as much rain as we were concerned about before the weekend.\"\n\nLowdham, in Nottinghamshire, was one of the areas hardest hit in the East Midlands, with about 60 homes flooded.\n\nNewark and Sherwood District Council said teams were out with three mechanical road sweepers clearing debris and silt.\n\nResidents of park homes on the River Stour, near Christchurch, Dorset, are also being told to leave as water levels continue to rise.\n\nPower is being shut off at Iford Bridge Home Park and occupants are being told to find alternative accommodation and move cars to high ground.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nManchester United closed in on the Champions League places with victory over Chelsea as Frank Lampard's side were left with a sense of injustice after contentious video assistant referee decisions went against them.\n\nUnited closed to within three points of Chelsea in fourth place with headed goals either side of the interval from Anthony Martial and Harry Maguire at Stamford Bridge.\n\nMartial glanced in Aaron Wan-Bissaka's cross on the stroke of half-time before Manchester United captain Maguire powered in a header from Bruno Fernandes' corner after 66 minutes.\n\nChelsea felt aggrieved as Maguire was fortunate to escape a red card for kicking Michy Batshuayi in the groin in the first half as they tangled on the touchline, despite the incident being examined by VAR.\n\nAnd the review system denied them again when Chelsea thought substitute Kurt Zouma had made it 1-1. The goal was ruled out for a push by Cesar Azpilicueta on Brandon Williams, although replays showed United's Fred put a hand on the back of Chelsea's captain.\n\nChelsea's frustration was complete when Olivier Giroud's 76th-minute header was ruled out because his foot was in an offside position as he moved to meet Mason Mount's free-kick.\n\nBeing on the right side of the decisions helped Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's organised and diligent United side to complete their first league double over Chelsea since 1987-88.\n• None 'Man Utd right in race for top four - somehow'\n• None How you rated the players at Stamford Bridge\n\nThis was not a glittering performance by any means from Manchester United but it can be satisfactorily filed under 'job done'.\n\nVAR was United's friend in two pivotal moments, with Maguire's goal adding insult to injury as Chelsea felt - with understandable conviction - he should have been given a red card for kicking out at Batshuayi.\n\nWhere United had the decisive advantage over Chelsea was in front of goal, where they made the most of their rare opportunities with a clinical edge that was notably lacking in their opponents.\n\nMartial was on the margins for most of the first half but showed his quality with an angled header beyond the grasp of Chelsea keeper Willy Caballero.\n\nUnited sealed an important win that gives them hope of a top-four finish when Maguire escaped the attentions of Antonio Rudiger to head home.\n\nNew boy Fernandes will have added to Solskjaer's pleasure with some nice touches, including a free-kick against the post as well as creating Maguire's goal before he was substituted to a loud ovation from the away end in the closing moments.\n\nIt puts them firmly back in contention for the top four, with only five points separating Everton in ninth place from Chelsea in fourth.\n• None Football Daily podcast: A Bridge too VAR for Chelsea and Lampard\n\nChelsea manager Lampard's constant gripe this season has been a lack of cutting edge to accompany some neat approach play and plentiful possession - and so it proved again here.\n\nAs they continued a slump that has brought only one win in six league games, Chelsea again paid a heavy price for once more failing to make the most of the opportunities that presented themselves.\n\nWith Tammy Abraham sidelined through injury, responsibility fell on Batshuayi - but the Belgium striker looked short of confidence and drew Stamford Bridge's wrath when he missed two first-half chances.\n\nThe experienced Giroud looked more threatening when he came on but it was too late for Chelsea, who came up short again.\n\nThese are difficult times for Lampard as he must find a way to drag Chelsea out of their current form, get his strikers scoring and deal with a dilemma over his goalkeeper - with £71m keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga clearly behind 38-year-old Caballero.\n\nIt means the stakes are high in the battle for top-four places when Jose Mourinho's Spurs visit Stamford Bridge on Saturday lunchtime.\n\nChelsea host Tottenham in the Premier League on Saturday (kick-off 12:30 GMT) while Manchester United travel to Club Bruges in the Europa League on Thursday, followed by a Premier League game against Watford on Sunday (14:00 GMT).\n\nSolskjaer's away joy against top sides - the stats\n• None This is the first time Manchester United have completed a league double over Chelsea without conceding a goal since 1964-65.\n• None Chelsea have lost seven home games in all competitions this season, their most in a single campaign since 1994-95 (also seven).\n• None Chelsea have lost all five of their home league games when conceding the first goal this season; only two other sides have failed to recover a single point at home when conceding first in the Premier League this season (Norwich and West Ham).\n• None Manchester United scored with both of their first two attempts on target in this match and scored two headed goals in a Premier League game for the first time since November 2017 against Newcastle.\n• None Chelsea became the second side to have two goals awarded and then overturned by VAR in a Premier League match this season, following Sheffield United against Brighton in December.\n• None Anthony Martial has scored four Premier League goals against Chelsea; he hasn't scored more goals against any other side. Those four strikes have come in his last three appearances against the Blues.\n• None Martial became the first Manchester United player to score in three consecutive Premier League appearances against Chelsea, and the third to score home and away Premier League goals against the Blues in the same season (Wayne Rooney 2011-12 and Eric Cantona 1992-93).\n• None Harry Maguire scored his first Premier League goal for Manchester United; each of his last four strikes in the competition have been away from home, with his first since January 2019 at Liverpool.\n• None Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has won all five of his away games as Man Utd manager against Chelsea and Man City in all competitions - more than the Red Devils had won in their previous 19 such games under Alex Ferguson, David Moyes, Louis van Gaal and Jose Mourinho combined.\n• None Odion Ighalo became the 200th player to make an appearance for Man Utd in the Premier League, and the first Nigerian to do so.\n• None Attempt blocked. Mason Mount (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Pedro.\n• None Attempt saved. Odion Ighalo (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fred.\n• None Mason Mount (Chelsea) hits the right post with a right footed shot from outside the box from a direct free kick.\n• None Attempt blocked. Pedro (Chelsea) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Reece James.\n• None Attempt blocked. Reece James (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "A doctor who worked at the same private healthcare firm as rogue breast surgeon Ian Paterson has been suspended, it has emerged.\n\nSpire Healthcare said Mike Walsh - a specialist in trauma and orthopaedic surgery - was suspended in April 2018 over concerns about patient treatment.\n\nAlmost 50 of his patients from its Leeds hospital had been recalled.\n\nThe details emerged following an independent inquiry into Paterson, who is serving a 20-year jail sentence.\n\nPaterson was found guilty in 2017 of intentionally wounding his patients.\n\nEarlier this month, an inquiry into the breast surgeon found that a culture of \"avoidance and denial\" had allowed him to perform botched and unnecessary operations on hundreds of women.\n\nSpire said in a statement that it acted after concerns were raised about Mr Walsh's work at its hospital in Leeds in 2018.\n\nThe company, which contacted the Royal College of Surgeons to assist with its investigation, said it had reviewed the notes of fewer than 200 patients, of which \"fewer than 50\" had been invited back for a follow-up appointment.\n\n\"Where we have identified concerns about the care a patient received, we have invited the patient to an appointment with an independent surgeon to review their treatment,\" a spokesman for Spire Healthcare said.\n\n\"This is a complex case and the review is ongoing.\"\n\nIt said that Mr Walsh, who was immediately suspended after the concerns were raised, was no longer working with Spire Healthcare.\n\nThe company said any patients at its Spire Leeds Hospital who had concerns about their treatment under Mr Walsh should contact the hospital.\n\nIt said its findings had also been shared with the Care Quality Commission and the General Medical Council (GMC).\n\nThe GMC said that while Mr Walsh was still on the medical register, he does not currently have a licence to practise, having held full registration until January 2019.\n\nLast month, Spire also said it was reviewing the care of more than 200 patients after stopping another of its surgeons - Habib Rahman - from practising.\n\nHe worked at Spire's Parkway hospital in the West Midlands - where Paterson had also worked.\n\nSpire has 39 hospitals across the UK and one specialist cancer centre.", "Last updated on .From the section Irish\n\nFormer Manchester United and Northern Ireland goalkeeper Harry Gregg, hailed as a hero of the 1958 Munich air disaster, has died at the age of 87.\n\nGregg bravely rescued team-mates and other passengers following the plane crash in which 23 were killed.\n\nWhen he joined United in December 1957 for £23,500 he was the world's most expensive goalkeeper and was voted the best at the following year's World Cup.\n\nHe made 25 appearances for Northern Ireland between 1954 and 1963.\n• None Archive: Harry Gregg - \"I want to remember those happy times\"\n\nThe former goalkeeper's charitable Harry Gregg Foundation said that the goalkeeping great died in Causeway Hospital in Coleraine.\n\n\"Harry passed away peacefully in hospital surrounded by his loving family.\n\n\"The Gregg family would like to thank the medical staff at Causeway Hospital for their wonderful dedication to Harry over his last few weeks.\n\n\"To everyone who has called, visited or sent well wishes we thank you for the love and respect shown to Harry and the family.\n\n\"Details of his funeral arrangement will be issued in the next few days. We would ask that the privacy of the family is respected at this difficult time.\n\n\"Never to be forgotten!\"\n\nManchester United's players will wear black armbands as a mark of respect for the late Gregg in Monday's Premier League game against Chelsea.\n\nLess than three months after making his Old Trafford debut, Gregg and his team-mates were travelling back from a European Cup tie in Belgrade on 6 February when their plane crashed after they stopped to refuel in Munich.\n\nGregg would become known as the 'hero of Munich' for his actions following the crash, where he rescued a number of survivors including a young baby and team-mates Bobby Charlton and Jackie Blanchflower from the wreckage.\n\nTwo weeks after pulling several team-mates from the wreckage of the Munich Air Disaster, Gregg kept a clean sheet as Manchester United put Sheffield Wednesday out of the FA Cup.\n\nThe goalkeeper was determined that the tragic event would not define his career, or indeed his life.\n\n\"I would be telling lies if I said that I thought about it all the time. In fact I would go insane,\" he said in 2018 before a service marking 60 years since the disaster.\n\n\"I know the media would like to talk about what happened on a runway. I don't blame people for that but if all I was ever part of, or all I ever achieved was to do with what happened in Germany, in Munich, if that was what my life was all about, it didn't come to very much.\"\n\nIndeed, the career that followed would cement Gregg's legacy as one of the finest goalkeepers in Manchester United and Northern Ireland history.\n\nA life in professional football saw Gregg, who Sir Alex Ferguson described as his hero, spend 35 years in England and Wales.\n\nAfter his return home to Northern Ireland, he opened a hotel in Portstewart and in 2015 launched a charitable foundation aimed at encouraging young people's participation in football and other health, lifestyle, educational, heritage and social inclusion activities.\n\nHe made his final trip to Old Trafford in 2018, before being named OBE in the Queen's 2019 New Year's Honours.\n\nNorthern Ireland's football governing body, the Irish Football Association called Gregg a \"legend of the game and a brave, selfless giant of a man\".", "Last updated on .From the section Irish\n\nSir Bobby Charlton says Harry Gregg was \"a fantastic goalkeeper but more importantly an incredible human being\".\n\nGregg passed away on Sunday at the age of 87 and Charlton paid an emotional tribute to his former Manchester United team-mate.\n\nCharlton survived the Munich air disaster in 1958 when Gregg pulled him and other passengers from the plane's burning wreckage.\n\n\"I was proud to call him a team-mate,\" said United and England great Charlton.\n\nGregg rescued United team-mates Charlton and Dennis Viollet from BEA Flight 609, as well as a 20-month-old baby and her badly injured, pregnant mother.\n• None Archive: Harry Gregg - \"I want to remember those happy times\"\n\nSpeaking to the Manchester United website, Charlton added: \"Lady Norma and I are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Harry Gregg.\n\n\"For all the matter of fact things Harry said about that night in Munich for me he will always be remembered as a heroic figure.\n\n\"It's incredible to think that he went on to play in a match against Sheffield Wednesday just 13 days after that tragic night.\n\n\"A shining light both on and off the pitch. For so many reasons, he deserves to be remembered as one of the greatest names in Manchester United's history.\n\n\"Harry will be deeply missed and our thoughts are with [his wife] Carolyn and his family at this very sad time.\"\n\nFormer Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson said he was \"deeply saddened\" by Gregg's death.\n\n\"Harry was a man of great character and a true legend at our club,\" said Sir Alex.\n\n\"I remember that he was always very excited and proud to host our youth team at his boarding house for the Milk Cup [Northern Ireland youth football tournament] every summer so he could recount the tales of his playing days.\n\n\"I loved his company and the many pieces of advice he gave me.\n\n\"My thoughts and prayers are with Carolyn and his family at this very sad time.\"\n\n'What a man he was' - Jennings\n\nPat Jennings, who took over from Gregg as Northern Ireland keeper in the 1960s, recalls a \"great relationship\".\n\n\"I'm sad to hear the news and condolences to his family,\" said the former Tottenham and Arsenal player.\n\n\"He was one of the lads I watched at internationals in Belfast in the late 1950s and encouraged me to become a goalkeeper.\n\n\"We met more in recent years at the National Stadium in Belfast and we had great craic talking about the old days.\n\n\"What a man he was to go back into that wreckage and pull people out. Most people would be running away. That tells you what he was about.\"\n\nEx-Manchester United star and Northern Ireland boss Sammy McIlroy said Gregg's actions during the Munich air disaster \"summed up the man\".\n\n\"He was a fantastic goalkeeper. Brave as a lion and brave as a lion off the field as well,\" said McIlroy.\n\n\"Going into the burning wreckage and pulling people away from it.\"\n\nMcIlroy, who was legendary United manager Sir Matt Busby's last signing as manager in 1969 before he stepped down from the job, was at the club until 1982 and his time at United included a period when Gregg was the club's goalkeeping coach.\n\n\"He was the goalkeeping coach under Dave Sexton. He always had something to say about our performances,\" McIlroy said.\n\n\"After working with the goalkeepers, he would join the lads in five-a-sides.\"\n\nMcIlroy's subsequent managerial career included a three-year stint in charge of Northern Ireland and Gregg was never short of a word of advice to the then national team boss.\n\n\"He would come to the hotel. It would start with a cup of tea and the chat would go on for two or three hours. It was very hard to get rid of him,\" laughed the former Northern Ireland boss.\n\n\"After the game when I would come back to Manchester, he'd be phoning me up once, twice a week.\n\n\"He was always there for advice and help. I'll never forget him. He was a fantastic character.\"\n\nFormer Irish League player and BBC Radio Ulster football pundit Liam Beckett, who was with the Manchester United great when he passed away at Coleraine's Causeway Hospital on Sunday night, described Gregg as a \"man of integrity\".\n\n\"Despite all the adulation that was showered upon Harry, he was very much a private man,\" said Beckett, who is a patron of the Harry Gregg Foundation.\n\n\"A humble man, a modest man, a man of integrity, a man of principle and he was most happy when he was among family.\n\n\"He loved kids, so he set up the foundation to provide a proper structured platform for kids to be able to go out and play the game that he loved.\n\n\"When people would always bring up Munich, his answer would always be the same: 'I only did what any other man would have done'.\n\n\"Of course, we know that's not true. He was exceptional. The very word legend, it doesn't come close in this instance.\"", "Clean-up in Pontypridd: 'Everything is covered in mud'\n\n5 Live's Rory Carson has been speaking to people in Pontypridd, where he says the clean up operation is well under way. Geraint Day is chair of Clwb Y Bont - a club that promotes Welsh language and culture in the centre of the town. \"Sunday night was the time it was really bad,\" he said, \"looking in the function room now it's covered with mud. The ceiling has stayed up but the rest of the club is a complete mess, the bar, everything is covered in mud... there's not a hope of saving anything electrical. \"Anything with soft furnishing is going to be covered with flood mud and contaminated with sewage as well.\" Mr Day said he has \"no idea\" how much it will cost to repair. \"Because it's an area of high risk flooding, despite the flood walls, we can't get insurance for flood protection so we'll have to do it ourselves.\" He said they're appealing for donations, and relying on volunteers: \"We'll pull together and reopen I'm sure.\"", "The musician found fame as an acid house DJ and forged a stellar career as a producer\n\nAndrew Weatherall, one of the UK's most respected DJs and record producers, has died aged 56.\n\nThe musician, who was born in Windsor, rose to fame during the acid house era, and worked with the likes of New Order and Happy Mondays.\n\nHis production and remix work on Primal Scream's Screamadelica turned it into an era-defining album, and earned the band the first Mercury Prize in 1992.\n\nWeatherall died in hospital on Monday morning, his spokesman confirmed.\n\nThe cause of death was a pulmonary embolism.\n\n\"He was being treated in hospital but unfortunately the blood clot reached his heart. His death was swift and peaceful,\" said a statement.\n\n\"His family and friends are profoundly saddened by his death and are taking time to gather their thoughts.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC 6 Music's Matt Everitt reads tributes to Andrew Weatherall and celebrates the life of a music icon\n\nThe musician started his career singing with post-punk bands at his local arts centre - but found his feet as a DJ in the late 1980s.\n\n\"I saved up all my money and went to London at the weekend to buy records,\" he told the BBC in 2014. \"I just got a really good record collection together to the point where people started to say 'Why don't you play this at our party?', 'Why don't you play this at our club?'\"\n\nWhen the acid house scene started to develop around the Roundshaw Estate in Sutton, he discovered that club nights were playing a lot of the music he already owned.\n\n\"I knew I had records as good as that, or even better, that they might not know,\" he later explained, adding: \"I was kind of in the right place at the right time\".\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 PrimalScreamVEVO 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\nAs the scene exploded, Weatherall was invited to play at the London nightclub Shoom by DJ Danny Rampling, and helped document rave culture with the fanzine Boys Own - a name he later gave to his own record label.\n\nHis DJ career led to Weatherall remixing New Order's Worlds in Motion and, along with Paul Oakenfold, the Happy Mondays' Hallelujah.\n\nAs a result, he was sought out by Primal Scream, who asked him to remix their single I'm Losing More Than I'll Ever Have for the meagre sum of £500.\n\nAfter an initial attempt on which he \"basically slung a kick drum under the original\", Weatherall decided to try a much more radical approach.\n\nThe result was Loaded, which retained about seven seconds of Primal Scream's song - the bass line and a slide guitar.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Graeme Park pays tribute to DJ and producer Andrew Wetherall who has died aged 56.\n\nWeatherall added vocal samples from the US soul group The Emotions, a drum loop from an Italian bootleg of Edie Brickell's song What I Am, alongside snatches of other Primal Scream songs, and frontman Bobby Gillespie singing a line from Robert Johnson's Terraplane Blues.\n\nGillespie saw Loaded as being part of the Jamaican tradition of dub records, where songs are deconstructed at the mixing desk, adding new elements and desecrating existing ones.\n\nIt propelled the rock band onto the dance floor, and kick-started their career.\n\n\"I think it's time to stop saying 'this is a dance record' and 'this is a rock record,'\" said Gillespie at the time. \"If you can play music, you can do whatever you want. Just use your imagination.\"\n\nThe success of Loaded led to Weatherall being recruited for the whole of Screamadelica, establishing him as one of the UK's most in-demand producers.\n\nWhile remixing acts like St Etienne, Beth Orton and My Bloody Valentine, he also held down a DJ slot on London's Kiss FM and ran two club nights in London.\n\nHowever, he never became a household name like his contemporaries Paul Oakenfold and Fatboy Slim - a career move that was entirely deliberate.\n\n\"That sort of carry-on was never for me,\" he told the Independent in 2016. \"It's a lot of work, once you go up that slippery showbiz pole, and it would keep me away from what I like, which is making things.\"\n\nInstead, he carved out a career on the cutting edge of techno, with projects including Sabres of Paradise and Two Lone Swordsmen.\n\nIn 2017, he explained the lure of the dancefloor in an interview with Uncut magazine.\n\n\"It's the enduring appeal of transcendent experience, which has been with us for 200,000 years. A room, coloured lights, smoke and music? Over to you, Roman Catholics. There are ancient Greek rituals involving herbal drugs to achieve transcendence.\n\n\"People were having transcendent experiences in 1940s dancehalls, dancing to a big band; now we do it with drum machines and electronic technology - it's the same concept. Humanity hasn't changed for 100,000 years, but our technology has.\"\n\nMusicians paying tribute to Weatherall included Ride guitarist and former Oasis bassist Andy Bell, who described him as \"absolute titan of music\".\n\nBBC 6 Music DJ Gilles Peterson said it was \"hard to put into words\" the \"influence and impact he has had has had on UK culture.\"\n\nHacienda DJ and author Dave Haslam tweeted he was \"one of the greatest, sweetest, funniest guys I've ever met\".\n\nAnd Tim Burgess from The Charlatans wrote he was \"shocked and saddened to hear that cosmic traveller Andrew Weatherall has left the building\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Andy Bell This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 Gilles Peterson This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 Tim Burgess This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTrainspotting author Irvine Welsh, who was once described as the \"poet laureate of the chemical generation\", said he was \"absolutely distraught\" by the news.\n\n\"Andrew was a longtime friend, collaborator and one of most talented persons I've known. Also one of the nicest. Genius is an overworked term but I'm struggling to think of anything else that defines him.\"\n\nWeatherall's family released a statement on Tuesday, thanking fans and friends for their messages.\n\n\"Lizzie, Bob and Ian would like to thank everybody quite literally everywhere for their lovely messages and tributes to Andrew,\" read the statement.\n\n\"We know what a special person he was and are overwhelmed at the number of people who knew this too… and to hear their stories and how he influenced them is a real joy at such a raw and dreadful time.\n\n\"Please do what he would have wanted… creating, listening, dancing, but above all pushing boundaries.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Kate Forbes was formerly public finance minister, but has now been promoted\n\nKate Forbes has been appointed as the Scottish government's new finance secretary following the resignation of Derek Mackay.\n\nThe 29-year-old became the first woman to set out a budget at Holyrood or Westminster when she stepped in for Mr Mackay earlier this month.\n\nIn a reshuffle of Nicola Sturgeon's cabinet, Fiona Hyslop will now take on extra responsibility for the economy.\n\nJenny Gilruth has joined the government as Europe minister.\n\nMs Sturgeon said the appointments \"bring new talent into government and deliver a real focus, not only on driving forward our economy, but also on addressing the challenges of Brexit, increasing our population and ending Scotland's contribution to the climate crisis\".\n\nThe appointments of Ms Forbes and Ms Gilruth will be confirmed in a vote by MSPs on Tuesday.\n\nMs Forbes was praised by both SNP colleagues and opposition MSPs after stepping in due to Mr Mackay's resignation on the eve of the budget.\n\nMr Mackay quit on 5 February after saying he had \"behaved foolishly\" by sending hundreds of social media messages to a 16-year-old boy.\n\nHe was subsequently suspended from the SNP pending investigation, and Ms Sturgeon told BBC Scotland that he \"is receiving some medical assessment and treatment and won't be in parliament over the next few days\".\n\nMs Forbes set out the government's tax and spending plans in his place, and defended them during a scrutiny session with Holyrood's finance committee. MSPs are due to debate the plans on 27 February, giving her only a few weeks to secure a budget deal with opposition parties.\n\nMs Sturgeon said she was pleased to promote \"two incredibly talented colleagues\"\n\nThe reshuffle of the cabinet sees the finance and economy portfolios split up, with Ms Forbes taking the finance role and Fiona Hyslop adding economy and fair work to her previous job of culture secretary.\n\nMs Hyslop's responsibilities for external affairs and tourism are being taken on by Constitution Secretary Mike Russell and Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing respectively.\n\nIn the junior ministerial team, Ben Macpherson takes on Ms Forbes' old job of public finance minister, while Ms Gilruth has entered government to replace him as Europe and international development minister.\n\nMs Sturgeon said she was \"pleased to be able to put Scotland's finances and economy into the hands of two incredibly talented colleagues\".\n\nShe said Ms Forbes and Ms Hyslop would \"continue to drive forward our economy, support our key industries and maintain Scotland's long tradition as an outward-looking, dynamic and enterprising nation\".\n\nMeanwhile Scottish Conservative finance spokesman Murdo Fraser said Ms Forbes' promotion was \"well-deserved\", but said that \"no shuffling of personnel can disguise the fact that the SNP's time in government is up\".\n\nAfter 18 months as a junior minister, Ms Forbes has now replaced Derek Mackay as finance secretary\n\nHaving become a full cabinet secretary during her first term in parliament and still shy of her 30th birthday, Ms Forbes is one of the SNP's fastest-rising stars.\n\nBorn in Dingwall, she was raised in Glasgow and India - where her father worked to provide healthcare to those unable to afford it - before studying history at the University of Cambridge.\n\nShe worked as an accountant in the banking industry and as an assistant to MSP Dave Thompson, before being nominated to succeed him as SNP candidate for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch in the 2016 Holyrood election.\n\nAs a backbencher, she campaigned to ban plastic straws and once gave a speech in the Holyrood chamber entirely in Gaelic.\n\nShe entered government as minister for public finance and the digital economy in June 2018, working alongside Mr Mackay - and has now replaced him as both finance secretary and as the favourite with many bookmakers to eventually succeed Ms Sturgeon as first minister.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMajor incidents have been declared in south Wales and parts of England, as Storm Dennis batters the UK.\n\nSouth Wales Police has been dealing with \"multiple\" landslides and floods - some trapping residents.\n\nHomes have also been flooded, while police in Worcestershire are searching for a person who is feared to have been swept into the River Teme.\n\nMore than 700 flood warnings and alerts are in place across the UK, as of 23:45 GMT on Sunday.\n\nThere are currently eight severe flood warnings in England, which mean there is a danger to life.\n\nA record number of flood warnings and alerts were issued for England on Sunday, according to John Curtin, the Environment Agency's head of floods and coastal management - reaching a combined total of 624 by Sunday night.\n\nHe said \"the saturated ground conditions\" left by last weekend's Storm Ciara has \"driven\" the severe flooding seen across the UK over the past 24 hours.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Curtin This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHeavy rainfall has caused multiple floods and landslides, according to South Wales Police.\n\nDramatic video footage emerged of a landslide tearing down a mountain in Tylorstown, Rhondda Cynon Taf, south Wales, on Sunday morning.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Heavy rain caused \"multiple\" floods and landslides, according to South Wales Police\n\nJessica Falk Perlman, who is on holiday with her family in Crickhowell, Powys, to celebrate her mother's 60th birthday, told BBC Radio 5 Live that firefighters woke them at 04:00 GMT to tell them they were being evacuated because the River Usk had burst its banks.\n\nBut water quickly came flooding into their holiday home, forcing them upstairs and stalling their evacuation.\n\n\"The door of our house burst open and water came flooding in right up to the top of the stairs which was quite nerve wracking at the time,\" she said.\n\n\"It's well over the front door of the house, it's flooded all the way up to the ceiling.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jessica Falk Perlman in Crickhowell, south Wales: \"Our cars are completely underwater\"\n\nAmy Price, 20, said her family were trapped in the upstairs of their home in Llanover, Monmouthshire, because water on the ground floor had reached as high as the light switches.\n\n\"The river started rising about 1am and at 3am it started coming into the house,\" she said.\n\n\"We started sweeping the water away and then at 6am the river started coming over the bank.\"\n\nSouth Wales Police said emergency services were working with local organisations to ensure the safety of people in communities cut-off by flooding, and to minimise damage and disruption.\n\nEmergency centres have been set up for those who have been displaced.\n\nAssistant chief constable Jennifer Gilmer praised rescue workers' professionalism and advised people \"not to panic\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Cars swept away by flood water in Hay-on-Wye\n\nA man's body was recovered from the River Tawe near Trebanos in the Swansea Valley but Dyfed-Powys Police later said his death was not linked to the extreme weather. It is not being treated as suspicious.\n\nWest Mercia Police said a man had been rescued from the River Teme close to Eastham Bridge, Worcestershire, and taken to hospital by ambulance but that a woman was still missing.\n\nThe search for the woman has been called off until Monday.\n\nMeanwhile, in Herefordshire, the council said it was working with the emergency services, the Environment Agency and health partners to assist residents.\n\nIt urged people to avoid unnecessary travel and check on their neighbours, and said \"rest centres\" are being set up for those who need to be evacuated.\n\nAn aerial view of the Welsh village of Crickhowell shows the extent of the flooding\n\nSarah Bridge, 55, compared Storm Dennis to a tornado and said water had flooded her home in Pontrilas in Herefordshire despite specialist flood doors, reaching her knees.\n\n\"It's heartbreaking,\" she said. \"The kitchen is completely flooded, I can hear things floating about downstairs.\"\n\nA major incident has also been declared after flooding at properties in Lowdham in Nottinghamshire.\n\nProperties were also flooded in Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire - and residents were urged to take \"extreme care\" by the area's Environment Agency manager.\n\nA major incident has been declared by police following flooding in Shropshire.\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\nSevere flood warnings, posing a danger to life, are in place at the Teme river in Ludlow, Shropshire.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps told Sky News's Sophy Ridge that the UK government was \"stepping up its response\" to extreme weather conditions.\n\nHe said it had put £2.4bn into defences over a six-year spending period up until next year, and would allocate £4bn for the next six-year period.\n\nNew Environment Secretary George Eustice denied that the government had been caught off guard by the floods caused by Storm Dennis.\n\nHe told Sky News: \"We'll never be able to protect every single household just because of the nature of climate change and the fact that these weather events are becoming more extreme, but we've done everything that we can do with a significant sum of money, and there's more to come.\"\n\nIn Scotland, the Forth and Tay road bridges have been closed to all traffic.\n\nWinds battered most of Scotland on Sunday with a Met Office warning in place until 11am on Monday.\n\nIn York, the Environment Agency has predicted the River Ouse could come close to record levels seen in 2000.\n\nThe Environment Agency has warned that levels in the River Ouse in York could come close to record levels\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\nAcross the UK road, rail and air travellers also face disruption.\n\nAbout 170 flights were cancelled on Sunday morning, affecting at least 25,000 passengers.\n\nStorm Dennis caused disruption for 19 train companies, according to National Rail, with routes suspended across south Wales and in parts of England and Scotland.\n\nHighways England said strong winds had closed part of the M48 Severn Bridge eastbound, while flooding closed part of the M54 and A-roads in Lincolnshire, Herefordshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Gloucestershire.\n\nAmber warnings for rain and yellow warnings for wind are in place for most of the country into Sunday evening.\n\nThis means flooding could cause a danger to life, power cuts are expected and there is a good chance transport links will continue to be impacted.\n\nA family is helped by emergency workers in Nantgarw, Wales\n\nWind gusts reached 91mph on Saturday, according to the Met Office.\n\nFlood defences were prepared in Mytholmroyd, in the Upper Calder Valley\n\nLast weekend Storm Ciara brought as much as 184mm of rain and gusts reaching 97mph. It also caused hundreds of homes to be flooded and left more than 500,000 people without power.\n\nFor more information, check the BBC Weather website and your BBC Local Radio station for regular updates.\n• None YellowSevere weather possible, plan ahead, travel may be disrupted\n• None RedDangerous weather expected - take action to keep safe\n\nHave you been affected by Storm Dennis? 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:", "Littering and fly-tipping are a growing problem in many towns, cities and rural areas across Britain.\n\nThere were about 90,000 cases of fly-tipping in England during 2014-15, according to government statistics, costing local authorities an estimated £50m.\n\nIn addition, littering is one of the UK's biggest low-level crimes, and costs the taxpayer between £717m and £850m a year to clean up.\n\nBut what can be done to reduce the scale of the problem?\n\nOne radical solution is to use DNA testing to trace the identity of people who drop litter, a deterrent which has been used recently in Hong Kong.\n\nInside Out's Mike Dilger looks at whether DNA evidence can help to identify people dropping rubbish in the UK.\n\nHe meets experts from Kings College London who attempt to extract DNA from litter to trace people dropping rubbish.\n\nInside Out is broadcast on BBC One England on Monday, 19 September at 19:30 BST and nationwide on the iPlayer for 30 days thereafter.", "Oils, snacks and drinks containing the cannabis extract cannabidiol (CBD) will be \"taken off the shelves\" next year if they do not gain regulatory approval.\n\nThe Food Standards Agency (FSA) said products had to be registered by March 2021 or they would be pulled.\n\nDespite rising sales of CBD goods, not one product has been approved in the UK yet, raising safety concerns.\n\nThe FSA has also issued new advice on CBD use, saying it should not be used alongside other medication.\n\nCannabidiol is derived from cannabis but does not have any psychoactive properties. It is sold in some pharmacies and health food shops as a supplement and used to treat conditions such as pain or insomnia.\n\nHowever, the FSA only began regulating the market in January last year and some argue it has dragged its feet.\n\nTrials have found CBD products on sale that contain unlisted and potentially hazardous ingredients, or illegal levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis.\n\nMany may contain little or none of the extract itself, contrary to their marketing claims and despite their high prices.\n\nThe FSA said producers had been slow to submit their products for approval, forcing it to impose the deadline.\n\n\"The CBD industry must provide more information about the safety and contents of these products to the regulator by March 2021, or the products will be taken off the shelves,\" boss Emily Miles said.\n\nCBD products have been on sale in the UK for years, so the FSA has not been quick out of the blocks to act. But the stance it has now taken is a strong one.\n\nIt had been hoping individual companies would come forward with product information. But as none provided enough documentation, the regulator is now forcing them to - or threatening to take them off the shelves. For companies hoping for a slice of the UK's multi-million pound CBD industry, that's a big incentive to comply.\n\nThe new advice to consumers, that CBD oil should not be taken alongside any other medication, will come as shock to many who have turned to these new oils, drops, foods and supplements to help them with medical problems.\n\nAlthough CBD products are not allowed to make any health claims, many people say they help with everything from mental health problems to coping with cancer treatments - so they are likely to be taking them alongside other medicines.\n\nThe FSA also told healthy adults to \"think carefully\" before taking CBD, and then not to take more than 70mg a day. That equates to about 28 drops of 5% strength CBD oil.\n\nThose who are pregnant, breastfeeding or taking any medication are advised not to use CBD products at all.\n\nThe regulator based its recommendations on advice from the government's Committee on Toxicity (COT), which has found evidence of \"potential adverse health effects\" from CBD.\n\nBut COT said it \"still does not know enough to be sure about such a risk\".\n\nSteve Moore, from the Association for the Cannabinoid Industry (ACI), said CBD producers welcomed the new guidance.\n\n\"We believe that this will elicit the safety studies that are vital to build consumer confidence and help develop a socially responsible and sustainable industry.\"\n\nThe FSA's advice will apply in England, Wales and Northern Ireland but not Scotland which is covered by a separate regulator.\n\nIt does not cover CBD cosmetics and vaping products, or cannabis used for medicinal purposes, which are also subject to different rules.", "The cost of repairing the Elizabeth Tower, which houses the famous Big Ben bell, has risen by £18.6m following the discovery of bomb damage and asbestos.\n\nThe need for more money was only discovered during a survey of the 177-year-old structure in central London.\n\nThe House of Commons Commission said it was \"extremely disappointed\" that the cost had risen to £79.7m.\n\nThe new budget will have to be approved by the accounting officers of the Houses of Parliament.\n\nIan Ailles, director general of the House of Commons, said the Elizabeth Tower restoration - which began in 2017 and is scheduled to continue until next year - \"had been more complex than we could have anticipated\".\n\nHe explained that it had not been possible to understand the \"full extent of the damage\" until scaffolding had gone up and a survey was carried out.\n\nThe four clock dials on the outside of the tower contain a total of 1,296 individual pieces of glass, each of which need to be replaced as part of the restoration work.\n\nAnd 700 stone repairs have been needed - 300 more than the initial estimate - and every new piece of stone needs to be painstakingly recarved.\n\nThe Elizabeth Tower is often mistakenly called Big Ben by tourists and Londoners alike - but that latter name only refers to the bell that it houses.\n\nThe tower only gained its current name, having previously been called the Clock Tower, when it was renamed in honour of the Queen to mark her diamond jubilee in 2012.\n\nThe 12-tonne Big Ben bell has now been dismantled and taken away for a complete overhaul.\n\nA statement from the House of Commons Commission said: \"It is very frustrating to learn that the Elizabeth Tower project requires yet more funding, having agreed an extra £32m in 2017.\n\n\"We have requested more detailed information about the lessons learned from this experience - as well as assurances that more robust estimates are prepared for works of this nature in the future.\"\n\nThe Elizabeth Tower project is separate from the planned full-scale restoration of the Palace of Westminster.\n\nBoth Houses of Parliament are due to temporarily relocate out of the Palace as part of wider refurbishment plans due to begin around 2025.\n\nPlans to put a new Olympics-style delivery body in charge of the works were approved by MPs and peers last year.", "Northern Ireland Secretary Julian Smith and Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom are among the early casualties as Boris Johnson begins a cabinet reshuffle.\n\nHousing Minister Esther McVey and Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers are also out of the government.\n\nSenior figures such as Chancellor Sajid Javid, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and Home Secretary Priti Patel are expected to remain in place.\n\nMost of the cabinet were appointed when Mr Johnson became prime minister in July.\n\nIn a statement confirming his resignation as the government's most senior law officer, Mr Cox said: \"I have been truly privileged to have served as attorney general during the recent turbulent political times.\"\n\nKnown for his booming delivery and his legal advice that effectively scuppered Theresa May's Brexit deal in March last year, he said he had been asked to resign by the prime minister.\n\nMr Smith has been widely praised for his brief tenure at the Northern Ireland Office - he was in the role just 204 days.\n\nHis departure comes weeks after brokering the deal which restored the power-sharing administration in Stormont.\n\nMr Smith said on Twitter that it had been \"the biggest privilege\" to serve the people of Northern Ireland and he was \"extremely grateful\" to have been given the chance to serve \"this amazing part of our country\".\n\nIreland's Prime Minister Leo Varadkar called Mr Smith \"one of Britain's finest politicians of our time\".\n\n\"In eight months as secretary of state, Julian, you helped to restore power-sharing in Stormont, secured an agreement with us to avoid a hard border, plus marriage equality,\" he told the former minister in a tweet.\n\nThe prime minister left his cabinet largely untouched following the Conservative Party's decisive election victory in December, pending what sources suggested at the time would be a more significant overhaul after the UK left the EU on 31 January.\n\nMr Johnson is expected to make changes at junior ministerial level - namely parliamentary under-secretaries of state - that could see a 50/50 gender balance in a push to promote female talent.\n\nEducation minister Chris Skidmore and transport ministers Nus Ghani and George Freeman have been sacked.\n\nThere are expected to be promotions for a number of female MPs in government, including Anne-Marie Trevelyan, Suella Braverman and Gillian Keegan.\n\nCabinet Office minister Oliver Dowden and International Development Secretary Alok Sharma are also expected to get more prominent roles.\n\nBaroness Morgan is also expected to be among the departing ministers.\n\nWhen she was re-appointed as culture secretary in December, she said she only expected to stay in the role for a couple of months, having stood down as an MP at the election and been appointed a peer.\n\nAmong more junior ministers, those tipped for promotion include Victoria Atkins, Oliver Dowden, Kwasi Kwarteng and Lucy Frazer, while Stephen Barclay could make a quick return to cabinet after his role as Brexit Secretary was scrapped following the UK's departure from the EU.\n\nMr Johnson is expected to appoint a new minister to oversee the building of the HS2 rail line, final approval for which was given this week.\n\nHe also needs to find someone to run the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow later this year after its previous president Claire Perry O'Neill was sacked, and two former Tory leaders, David Cameron and Lord Hague, rejected the job.\n\nIn a statement on her Facebook page, Ms Villiers said: \"What the prime minister giveth, the prime minister taketh away: just over six months ago, I was delighted to be invited by the prime minister to return to government after three years on the back benches.\n\n\"This morning he told me that I need to make way for someone new.\"\n\nShe said she was \"sad\" no longer to be a part of the cabinet, but she said the prime minister would continue to have her \"full support\".", "There was no hint of what was to come from the lips of Chancellor Sajid Javid.\n\nHe had been reassured of his future in post, when I spoke to him 48 hours ago.\n\nHe was planning not just the Budget, but also a Spending Review, and a finance white paper involving negotiations with the EU over the ongoing access of UK finance to the EU.\n\nHis team had signalled the Budget was going to be a significant new chapter in UK economic policy. The first Budget of this government and its healthy majority, able to plan its own long term strategy.\n\nHowever, there had been a strange series of last minute reorganisations regarding the chancellor's traditional round of interviews on the GDP figures.\n\nThis was on the same day and in the same place as the Prime Minister's HS2 announcement.\n\nMr Javid had crossed swords with the prime minister's top adviser Dominic Cummings, and had won those key battles. First and foremost the chancellor won the argument over manifesto costings and looser but still binding limits on public spending ahead of the election. He also won the argument on HS2.\n\nHe had begun to establish his credibility as chancellor after an early few months where he was nicknamed \"chancellor in name only\", after Mr Cummings summarily fired the chancellor's press aide, having earlier boosted spending to health and police.\n\nBut he had also made the argument that now was the time to invest more, as the borrowing rates faced by the government were at historic lows.\n\nThe question was - just how much.\n\nRelations between Number 10 and Number 11 are the foundation of any stable government. There should be tensions. The Treasury's role as keeper of the purse strings does not always accord with the short-term political needs of Number 10.\n\nBut the roots of this are a clash over long term strategy - that austerity was over - and that the Conservatives needed to pour money into the regions where their majority was won, and change politics in the UK forever.\n\nThe Prime Minister has the title of \"First Lord of the Treasury\", but it has not always felt that way in recent history. Demanding the firing of his aides is a rather drastic way to assert that power.\n\nMr Javid's replacement, the well-regarded chief secretary Rishi Sunak, begins his role with a problem. He arrives as a thirty-something Chancellor of the Exchequer, appointed in part because of a vacancy caused by Number 10 trying to assert itself over Number 11.\n\nWill he stick to Sajid Javid's recently announced new fiscal rules? Or does he open the chequebooks further? The first Budget of any parliament is traditionally the moment to get the bad news out of the way, on for example tax rises.\n\nBut it is difficult not to see this development as an attempt to loosen the fiscal straitjacket further, ahead of that Budget.", "Alice Dearing, 22, could make history in 2020 by becoming the first black woman to represent Great Britain in swimming at the Olympics.\n\nShe speaks to BBC Sport about breaking down stereotypes in the sport - as well as everyday issues, such as how she manages her hair in the pool.\n\nREAD MORE: Coxsey named as first GB sport climber", "Barclays chief executive Jes Staley has the full confidence of the board, the bank said\n\nBarclays boss Jes Staley said he \"deeply regrets\" his connection with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.\n\nHis comments come after Barclays revealed that UK regulators are investigating the chief executive's links with the disgraced financier.\n\nMr Staley admitted he maintained contact with Epstein, who died in New York prison cell last year, for seven years after his conviction.\n\nBarclays said Mr Staley has the \"full confidence\" of the board.\n\n\"It has been very well known I had a professional relationship with Jeffrey Epstein,\" Mr Staley told reporters on Thursday. \"It goes back to 2000 when I was asked to run the JP Morgan private bank and he was already a client when I joined the private bank.\n\n\"The relationship was maintained during my time at JP Morgan but as I left JP Morgan the relationship tapered off quite significantly. Obviously I thought I knew him well and I didn't. For sure, with hindsight with what we know now, I deeply regret having any relationship with Jeffrey.\"\n\nEpstein died in his prison last August after being charged with sex trafficking underage girls. It came more than a decade after his conviction for soliciting prostitution from a minor, for which he was registered as a sex offender.\n\nThe probe by the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority will focus on Mr Staley's \"characterisation to the company of his relationship\" with Epstein.\n\nThe Financial Conduct Authority oversees bad behaviour in the City, while the Prudential Regulation Authority looks into financial stability.\n\nIn a statement to the stock market, Barclays said: \"As has been widely reported, earlier in his career Mr Staley developed a professional relationship with Mr Epstein. In the summer of 2019, in light of the renewed media interest in the relationship, Mr Staley volunteered and gave to certain executives, and the chairman, an explanation of his relationship with Mr Epstein.\"\n\nBarclays added that Mr Staley said he had had no contact with Epstein since joining his current employer in December 2015. The bank added: \"The relationship between Mr Staley and Mr Epstein was the subject of an inquiry from the Financial Conduct Authority, to which the company responded.\n\n\"The FCA and the Prudential Regulation Authority subsequently commenced an investigation, which is ongoing, into Mr Staley's characterisation to the company of his relationship with Mr Epstein and the subsequent description of that relationship in the company's response to the FCA.\"\n\nSeparately, in an interview on Bloomberg Television on Thursday, Mr Staley said that he feels he has been transparent with how he characterised his relationship with Epstein.\n\n\"The board has done its own review, and they've looked back at my transparency and they concluded indeed that I have been transparent and open with the bank and with the board all along this process,\" he said. \"But there is a regulatory process that is ongoing, and we'll let that run its course.\"\n\nThe BBC's business editor, Simon Jack, said Barclays conducted an internal inquiry last year, and was satisfied with Mr Staley explanation.\n\nNevertheless, the news will be a fresh blow to Mr Staley, who is trying to rebuild his image after being sanctioned for attempting to unmask the identity of a whistleblower at Barclays.\n\nEpstein was awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges when he was found dead in his cell on 10 August\n\nThe bank was fined $15m (£11.6m) in the US and Mr Staley was fined £642,430 in the UK for breaching rules by attempting to find whoever raised concerns over an executive Mr Staley hired.\n\nThe bank received two letters in 2016 criticising the decision and raising concerns about the executive's experience. Instead of being handed to the bank's investigations team, one of the letters was distributed among senior managers, including Mr Staley.\n\nBarclays also cut his bonus by £500,000.\n\nIn another embarrassing episode in 2017, Mr Staley fell for an email prank when a disgruntled customer pretended to be his boss at the time, former chairman John McFarlane.\n\nMr Staley exchanged several emails with the imposter, who used a Gmail email address, the Financial Times reported. Under his stewardship, the bank's shares have lost about 25% of their value.\n\nThe shares were down more than 3% in early trading on Thursday as the bank reported that pre-tax profits for the year jumped 25% to £4.4bn.\n\nHigher revenue and lower costs helped profits advance, the bank said, particularly at its international business.\n\nIt's hardly surprising that Jes Staley had business links to Jeffrey Epstein - Mr Staley ran the private wealth division of JP Morgan, one of America's biggest banks for several years, looking after the private investments of wealthy Americans.\n\nThat's exactly the business in which Mr Epstein was a big player, and the New York Times has reported that Mr Staley was one of his key contacts, with several of the deceased financier's big clients being referred to JP Morgan.\n\nThis morning Barclays said in an announcement to the Stock Exchange that Mr Staley had volunteered information about that relationship to the Barclays board - but that the Financial Conduct Authority, and the Prudential Regulation Authority, Britain's two largest financial watchdogs, were now looking at exactly what he said.\n\nThe key word in Barclays' statement is that investigation is into how the relationship was \"characterised\" - which infers that the investigators want to work out whether Mr Staley and Barclays gave a completely accurate picture.\n\nThis does not necessarily mean big trouble for Mr Staley, and the Barclays board has given him a vote of confidence. Regulators, however, take a dim view of bank bosses who don't play ball from the start, and Mr Staley has blotted his copybook before.", "Cameras will be issued to staff, including conductors and station staff, as part of a trial\n\nSelected train staff in Wales will be issued with body cameras to tackle violence and antisocial behaviour.\n\nOver 350 incidents of physical violence towards staff and members of the public were recorded in Wales last year.\n\nAdditional security staff have already been introduced and there is a commitment to provide CCTV cameras at every station across the network.\n\nTransport for Wales said the latest move was part of a trial to improve the safety of customers and staff.\n\nBritish Transport Police recorded 359 incidents of violence towards staff or members of the public across Wales in 2018-19.\n\nThat is up from 293 incidents in 2017-18 and 214 in 2016-17.\n\nThere were also 364 incidents of public disorder related to rail travel in Wales in 2018-19, compared to 307 in 2017-18 and 200 in 2016-17.\n\nTransport for Wales, which oversees the Wales and Borders franchise, said that while the number of incidents was \"small\" in relation to its total passenger and journey numbers, any incident \"should not be tolerated\".\n\nFour different types of camera will be used in the trial\n\nConductor Marc Clancy said most customers were polite but at times staff were subjected to abuse.\n\n\"The introduction of these cameras should act as a deterrent to antisocial behaviour, support assault prosecutions and boost public confidence in safety,\" he said.\n\n\"They will provide our front-line staff with more confidence when dealing with difficult situations and abusive customers.\"\n\nSupt Andrew Morgan of British Transport Police said: \"We know from experience that body-worn video is a fantastic piece of kit that helps us in securing convictions against those who target staff with unnecessary violence or abuse.\"\n\nThe cameras will be issued to selected railway staff including conductors and station staff as part of a trial involving four different camera types.\n\nAfter a review period one company will be chosen to provide 300 cameras across the network.\n\nKen Skates: \"The rail staff there to help us are no different to our family and friends\"\n\nTransport Minister Ken Skates said the cameras were intended to be a \"robust deterrent to anti-social behaviour\" that would \"support assault prosecutions, and boost public confidence with cameras acting as a deterrent\".\n\n\"The rail staff there to help us are no different to our family and friends.\n\n\"We must stamp out antisocial behaviour and do everything we can to support staff to do their jobs and let passengers make their journeys in a safe and pleasant environment.\"\n\nIn a statement to assembly members, Mr Skates said the camera trials would be held in Machynlleth, Holyhead, Cardiff and Carmarthen.\n\nAfter the review Transport for Wales would \"work towards rolling out the introduction of body worn cameras to all train staff\", he said.\n\nThe plans were welcomed by Conservative transport spokesman Russell George.\n\nHowever he added it was a \"regrettable sign of the times\" that Transport for Wales staff \"going about their jobs require body cameras for protection, and to tackle violence against them and passengers, as well as anti-social behaviour\".\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 Westerdam was finally able to dock in Sihanoukville, Cambodia\n\nA cruise ship that was stranded at sea, because ports were worried about passengers bringing coronavirus, has been allowed to dock in Cambodia.\n\nThe MS Westerdam had been turned away by five places in Asia in recent days.\n\nAnother cruise ship in quarantine in Japan has more than 200 infections - but the Westerdam, with more than 2,000 crew and passengers, has none.\n\nOnly on Tuesday, the cruise liner attempted to dock in Bangkok but was denied permission.\n\nA Thai Navy ship escorted her out of the Gulf of Thailand, from where she set course for Cambodia.\n\nOn Thursday morning, the ship finally arrived at an anchoring point in the port city of Sihanoukville.\n\n\"This morning, just seeing land was such a breathtaking moment,\" passenger Angela Jones from the US told Reuters. \"I thought: is this real?\"\n\nAccording to the English-language Khmer Times, the ship will allow passengers to disembark on Friday, after 20 people on board who had fallen ill tested negative for coronavirus.\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 Westerdam, run by the US-based Holland America Line, departed Hong Kong on 1 February with 1,455 passengers and 802 crew on board.\n\nThe cruise had been scheduled to run for two weeks - and with those 14 days running out, there were worries about fuel and food supplies.\n\nAs well as Thailand, it was also turned away by Taiwan, Guam, the Philippines, and Japan.\n\n\"We've had so many near moments - we thought we were going home only to be turned away,\" Ms Jones said.\n\nThe ship's captain Vincent Smit said the ship would anchor outside Sihanoukville to allow authorities to conduct health checks on board.\n\nPassengers have had to kill time and uncertainty\n\nPassengers will then be able to leave the ship and return to their home countries from the country's capital Phnom Penh.\n\nThe US embassy in Cambodia said it had sent a team to assist its citizens with planning their journey.\n\nCambodia's decision to welcome the MS Westerdam was praised by the chief of the World Health Organization (WHO).\n\nIt was \"an example of the international solidarity we have consistently been calling for\", Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said.\n\nThere have been regular health checks for all passengers on board the Westerdam, and there have been no cases so far.\n\nThe ship in Japan, quarantined in the port of Yokohama, currently has more than 200 confirmed cases - making the Diamond Princess the largest coronavirus cluster outside China.\n\nNot all passengers have been tested, and the number of cases may continue to rise. Another 44 were added to the tally on Thursday.\n\nJapanese Health Minister Katsunobu Kato said elderly passengers who test negative for the virus would be allowed to leave on Friday, five days before the scheduled end of the quarantine.\n\nAbout 80% of the ship's passengers are aged 60 or over. Japanese media reports that 215 passengers are in their 80s, and 11 are in their 90s.\n\nAnother cruise ship was quarantined for several days off Hong Kong, because a previous guest had been diagnosed with the virus.\n\nAll passengers have now been allowed off.", "In case you struggle to read the small print, here is the letter in full:\n\nIt has been a privilege to serve as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Since being elected as the MP for Bromsgrove 10 years ago, I have had the huge honour of holding several ministerial roles - running five departments, including two of the great offices of state.\n\nWhile I am grateful for your continued trust and offer to continue this role, I regret that I could not accept the conditions attached to the reappointment. It is crucial for the effectiveness of the government that you have people around you who can give you clear and candid advice, as I have always sought to do. I also believe that it is important as leaders to have trusted teams that reflect the character and integrity that you would wish to be associated with.\n\nThe government you lead has an enormous opportunity in the coming years to transform our country. Millions of people have given their renewed trust in a Conservative government to move on from the divisions and distractions of recent years, and lead us forward into a decade of social and economic renewal. We must not waste a moment in delivering on that promise.\n\nAs you know, the agenda we have been developing over the last seven months is one that I have long supported. From maintaining strong public finances, investing in infrastructure, protecting our environment, recruiting 20,000 police officers, and boosting housing and skills so the next generation can have the opportunities they deserve.\n\nI would urge you to ensure the Treasury as an institution retains as much credibility as possible. The team there has impressed me with the energy and intellect they have brought to delivering the shifts in policy that I have led. They are among the very best public servants we have and I hope they can continue to play a central role in driving an economic agenda that puts people and place at its heart.\n\nMy biggest hope is that this government will bring the country together, and help to level the playing field so that stories like mine are not exceptional or lucky. While it is of course disappointing that I will no longer be in the position to see this vision through as one of your cabinet ministers, I am very optimistic about our country's future. You and the government you lead will continue to have my full support from the backbenches.\n\nI am very much looking forward to spending more time with my family, and to continuing to serve the people of Bromsgrove.", "Tracy Brabin's dress attracted 180 bids before eventually going for £20,200\n\nLabour MP Tracy Brabin raised £20,000 for charity after auctioning an off-the-shoulder dress which caused controversy in the Commons.\n\nShe faced criticism from \"keyboard warriors\" after her dress slipped down her shoulder as she leaned on the despatch box due to a broken ankle.\n\nThe Batley and Spen MP put the black Asos dress up for sale on eBay with proceeds going to Girlguiding.\n\nMs Brabin said young girls' \"lives will be changed because of this money\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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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Tracy Brabin: 'A woman is always judged more harshly than a man'\n\nMs Brabin later told BBC Breakfast she had been \"startled by the vitriolic nature\" of some comments she had received online.\n\nShe said it was her responsibility to \"call it out\", adding: \"Women around the world... are being demeaned every day because of what they wear.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Tracy Brabin MP 🌹 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe garment was listed on eBay as a \"Black dress worn by Tracy Brabin MP in 'shouldergate' as widely covered across the media\".\n\nMs Brabin said the dress had been \"flying off the shelves as a result of the coverage.\"\n\nThe size 12 pencil dress attracted 180 bids with two potential buyers battling it out until the last minute.\n\nIt eventually eventually went for £20,200 as bidding closed on Thursday evening.\n\nMs Brabin said the money would be going to Girlguiding, a charity for girls and young women in the UK, \"in the hope that they grow up to be leaders\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Girlguiding This article contains content provided by Twitter. 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Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "British rap star Stormzy has postponed the Asian leg of his tour because of the coronavirus outbreak.\n\nHe had been due to play in locations including Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia in March.\n\n\"Due to the ongoing health and travel concerns surrounding the coronavirus, I'm regrettably having to reschedule this leg of the tour,\" he wrote on Instagram.\n\nMore than 1,350 people have died from the virus in China.\n\n\"I was seriously looking forward to bringing the #HITH World tour to Asia and playing some epic sold out shows,\" the rapper said.\n\n\"Information regarding the rescheduled dates will follow in due course. Please contact your local ticket vendor for any further queries. I promise I'll be back.\"\n\nStormzy, who headlined the Glastonbury Festival last year, kicked off a major world tour in Dubai last week.\n\nHe had also been due to visit Japan, South Korea and Indonesia in March and April.\n\nUS rock group The Pixies have also cancelled three shows in China in February and March, but are still touring Japan.\n\nKenny G, 98 Degrees and Spandau Ballet singer Tony Hadley have also postponed upcoming dates in Singapore.\n\nSporting events have also been affected, with the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing and the F1 Grand Prix in Shanghai being postponed.\n\nThe UK Foreign Office is currently advising against all but essential travel to mainland China.\n\nStormzy will be back in London next week for the Brit Awards, where he is nominated for best British male, best British album and best British single.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Councils in England are calling for tougher sentences for fly-tippers - as new analysis shows nobody has faced the maximum penalty at magistrates' court since new guidelines were introduced five years ago.\n\nFly-tipping incidents in England have risen by nearly 40% in five years, to almost one million in 2017/18.\n\nThe LGA wants the government to review its guidance to courts on the issue.\n\nHe added that the practice is \"completely unacceptable\".\n\nMinisters introduced new sentencing guidelines in 2014, with a £50,000 fine or 12 months in prison the maximum punishment, if a case is dealt with at a magistrates' court.\n\nIf a case is passed to the crown court, they can issue an unlimited fine, as well as a two-year prison sentence, or five years if the waste is hazardous.\n\nThere were 997,553 recorded fly-tipping incidents in England in 2017/18 - a 39.6% rise from 714,637 in 2012/13, according to the the LGA analysis of statistics from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).\n\nCouncils can issue fixed penalty notices for more minor offences of fly-tipping, but they say they have less money available to enforce such powers because of pressure on their budgets.\n\nOverall, councils took action on 494,034 incidents in 2017/2018, up by just under 70,000 cases in five years.\n\nMartin Tett, chairman of the LGA's environment board, said: \"Fly-tipping is unsightly, unacceptable and inexcusable environmental vandalism. Councils are doing everything they can to try and deter fly-tippers.\n\n\"However, prosecuting them often requires time-consuming and laborious investigations, with a high threshold of proof, at a time when councils face significant budget pressures.\"\n\nHe argued that \"consistent and hard-hitting prosecutions are needed to deter rogue operators and fly-tippers\" and that \"councils also need adequate funding to investigate incidents and ensure fly-tippers do not go unpunished\".\n\nThe Defra spokesman said: \"We have strengthened local authorities' enforcement powers and made it easier for vehicles suspected of being used for fly-tipping to be stopped, searched and seized.\n\n\"Our actions are delivering results, with no increase in the number of incidents over 2017/18 for the first time in five years.\n\n\"The maximum penalty on indictment for fly-tipping is imprisonment of up to five years or a potentially unlimited fine.\"", "Prime Minister Boris Johnson has carried out a reshuffle of ministers in cabinet positions, two months after winning the general election.\n\nThere was speculation ahead of the reshuffle about how diverse the new Cabinet would be, particularly considering women and people from ethnic minority backgrounds.\n\nWho's in what job? Here's a guide to the people that make up Mr Johnson's cabinet, with the latest new faces and who's changed places.\n\nNote: BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) is a term widely used in the UK to describe people of non-white descent, as defined by the Institute of Race Relations.\n\nThis is the second reshuffle for Mr Johnson, who became prime minister last July after winning a Conservative leadership election.\n\nBig names to have left cabinet on Thursday included Chancellor Sajid Javid, Attorney General Geoffrey Cox and Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom.\n\nThe make-up of the cabinet has also changed. The proportion of women in it has increased - but the actual number has fallen from eight to seven because some positions were closed.\n\nMembers of the cabinet are more than 10 times more likely to have gone to a private school than members of the public.\n\nUnder Mr Johnson's predecessor, Theresa May, 70% of cabinet had not been privately educated, whereas almost 70% of Mr Johnson's new cabinet have.\n\nAccording to the Sutton Trust social mobility charity, every prime minister since 1937 who attended university was educated at Oxford - except for Gordon Brown. Half of Mr Johnson's cabinet went to Oxford or Cambridge universities.\n\nThis compares with 27% of all Conservative MPs and 18% of Labour MPs.\n\nSir Peter Lampl, founder and chairman of the Sutton Trust, said December's election led to a seismic shift in the political landscape and Conservative MPs now represent a more diverse range of constituencies than before.\n\n\"Yet in terms of educational background, the make-up of Johnson's cabinet is still over 60% from independent schools,\" he said. \"Today's findings underline how unevenly spread the opportunities are to enter the elites and this is something Boris Johnson must address.\"\n\nMichael Gove is by far the most experienced of Mr Johnson's new top team. The ministers who have had 204 days of cabinet experience are new faces appointed by the PM when he took power in July last year.\n\nClick here if you cannot see the Cabinet Guide.", "All of the bushfires in New South Wales (NSW) are now considered contained, say fire officials in the Australian state.\n\nThe NSW Rural Fire Service said it was \"great news\" after \"a very traumatic, exhausting and anxious\" time.\n\nThe development is thanks in part to heavy rain, which has lashed the state since last weekend.\n\nBut the severe storms led to flash flooding in Queensland where a 75-year-old man is reported to have died.\n\nRecord rainfall caused chaos in Sydney, and the weather woes are set to continue, with further storms expected along the east coast over the next few days.\n\nFlood warnings have been issued for NSW and for southern Queensland.\n\nEx-tropical cyclone Uesi will bring winds of up to 130km/h to the tiny Lord Howe Island, about 600km off the east coast.\n\nResidents and tourists on the island have been warned to seek shelter from the \"destructive winds\".\n\n\"After what's been a truly devastating fire season for both firefighters and residents, who've suffered so much this season, all fires are now contained in New South Wales,\" RFS Assistant Commissioner Rob Rogers said on Thursday.\n\nIt is the first time in the fire season that containment - meaning firefighters managing to build a perimeter around the fire, so it cannot spread further - has been achieved.\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\nWhile there was still some fire activity in the south of the state, said the RFS, emergency workers could now \"really focus on helping people reboot\".\n\nAustralia has always had a fire season, with naturally occurring blazes sparked during the dry summer season, but this year's season has been unprecedented in the scale and intensity of the fires.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAcross the country, fires have killed at least 33 people and destroyed thousands of homes in the past few months.\n\nMore than 11 million hectares of land - an area comparable to the size of England - has been affected across all states and territories.\n\nNSW has been the worst-affected state. Two blazes alone - the Currowan and Gospers Mountain fires - each burned about 500,000 hectares.\n\nBut both were declared out after rains earlier this week, along with dozens of smaller fires.\n\nFurther north, heavy rainfall in Queensland on Wednesday and Thursday led to flash flooding and power outages across the state.\n\nA record 232mm of rain was recorded in 24 hours at Sunshine Coast airport.\n\nA 75-year-old kayaker was reported missing on Sunday after heading out on Mary River.\n\nOn Thursday, Queensland Police said a body had been found.\n\nA 26-year-old woman has also been reported missing and the search for her is being impeded by the poor conditions, according to police.\n\nMore storms are forecast for Queensland and NSW, and areas still recovering from bushfires are likely to be hit, according to senior meteorologist Grace Legge.\n\nRescue services were called to flooded roads in Queensland's Sunshine Coast", "The world's largest mobile phone showcase, Mobile World Congress (MWC), has been cancelled over coronavirus concerns, organisers have confirmed.\n\nThe GSM Association (GSMA) said it had become \"impossible\" for the event to go ahead as planned in Barcelona.\n\nBT, Facebook, LG, Nokia, Sony and Vodafone were among the high-profile exhibitors to have pulled out of the annual event, citing coronavirus fears.\n\nEarlier on Wednesday, Mr Illa said people should \"trust in the Spanish health system\" and \"take decisions based on scientific evidence\".\n\nMWC was due to be held in Barcelona on 24-27 February. More than 100,000 people usually attend the annual event, about 6,000 of whom travel from China.\n\nPreparations for the event were already under way, with banners offering hygiene advice\n\nThousands of companies exhibit their latest innovations, giving a huge lift to the local economy.\n\nBut earlier this week, Amazon, Sony, LG Electronics, Ericsson, Facebook, and chipmakers Intel and Nvidia said they would not attend the conference.\n\nFrench telecoms group Orange also pulled out, despite the fact its chief executive, Stephane Richard, chairs the GSMA.\n\nDeutsche Telekom had said it would be \"irresponsible\" to send its staff to a large gathering with so many international guests.\n\nIn a statement, GSMA chief executive John Hoffman said: \"With due regard to the safe and healthy environment in Barcelona and the host country today, the GSMA has cancelled MWC Barcelona 2020.\"\n\nHe said \"global concern regarding the coronavirus outbreak, travel concern and other circumstances\" had made it impossible to hold the event.\n\nIndustry analyst Ben Wood, from the CCS Insight consultancy, said the GSMA had been a \"victim of circumstances out of its control\".\n\n\"It's a huge disappointment the show will not go ahead this year,\" he said.\n\n\"The impact on small companies who have invested a disproportionate amount of their budgets and time on this event should not be under-estimated. MWC is an anchor event for many and now they face the challenge of having to figure out the best way to salvage something from this difficult situation.\"\n\nA report by technology news site Wired suggested the GSMA had urged Spanish authorities to declare a health emergency so that it could cancel the event.\n\nThe report suggested its insurance policies would not cover the GSMA's losses, if the organisation chose to cancel the event, rather than being required to do so by authorities declaring a health emergency.", "A qualification in dry-stone walling was on the hit list\n\nMore than 5,000 qualifications in England studied by few or, in some cases, no students are being scrapped.\n\nThe Department for Education is pulling funding from about 40% of the 12,000 post-16 qualifications as it prepares to introduce new T-levels in September.\n\nT-levels are post-GCSE courses, equivalent to three A-levels, developed in collaboration with businesses.\n\nEducation Secretary Gavin Williamson said finding the right course was like looking for a needle in a haystack.\n\nHe added: \"Removing funding for qualifications that have no or low numbers of enrolments will help make sure students have a clearer choice of the qualifications on offer, and ensure they get the skills they need to progress.\"\n\nThe move is the latest step in the government's wider review of post-16 qualifications at Level 3 - A-level standard - and below.\n\nBut the head of the well respected qualification provider City and Guilds said the move would be \"disastrous for social mobility\".\n\nThe qualifications purge will move closer to a system where teenagers choose at age 16 from one of three routes - A-levels, apprenticeships or T-levels.\n\nBut Tom Bewick, the head of the trade association for examining bodies the Federation of Awarding Bodies, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"There are 50,000 degree courses in this country, and you haven't had a vice-chancellor sitting here in front of you having to explain why there is so many.\"\n\nHe questioned whether Whitehall officials were the people best placed, to make \"really important life chance decisions about qualifications\".\n\n\"This is clearly a very top down review... vocational technical qualifications have been a great idea but they're for other people's children - and they certainly aren't for the people that are in the senior levels within the Department for Education.\"\n\nT-levels will offer students a mixture of classroom learning and \"on-the-job\" experience during an industry placement. The first three will be available in some qualifications from September, but only 2,000 places will be on offer initially.\n\nThe qualifications - in subjects such as accountancy, catering, finance, hair and beauty and manufacturing - have been developed in collaboration with employers and businesses to meet the needs of industry and prepare students for work.\n\nCandidates will be awarded one of four overall grades after their two years of study, ranging from distinction* to a pass.\n\nThey will also get a nationally recognised certificate which will show their overall grade and a breakdown of what they have achieved across the T-level programme.\n\nThe aim of Thursday's announcement was to ensure all qualifications on offer were high-quality, necessary, and supported students to progress into employment or further study, the DfE said.\n\nThe kind of qualifications being scrapped are certificates for specific businesses or jobs, such as dry-stone walling, nail art and warehouse management, but they also include entry-level qualifications and one designed to boost the confidence of pupils who struggle with learning.\n\nSome qualifications aimed at pupils with learning and physical disabilities are being axed, too.\n\nThe move is also intended to ensure funding goes towards more popular qualifications that help students learn skills they need to go on to have successful careers.\n\nThe government is seeking views on whether any of the 5,000 qualifications on the list should continue to attract public funding\n\nMr Bewick said not everyone would feel one of the three routes was suitable for them.\n\nHe said: \"Clearly where there are qualifications where they are no longer in demand, they will discontinue.\"\n\nBut he gave the example of one of the qualifications which could be at risk - Level 3 in aromatherapy, used by the Royal National College for the Blind.\n\n\"It's actually a qualification that helps learners who have visual impairment gain access employment in the therapeutic and spa industries,\" he said. \"It enrols very few numbers but nevertheless that's an example of a very niche qualification that helps people into the labour market.\"\n\nHe said: \"We have got young people, who are leaving school who are turned off by classroom learning. They need opportunities for learning by doing, to get practical vocational qualifications.\"\n\nCity and Guilds chief executive Kirstie Donnelly said many students were simply not ready to make the jump from GCSEs to T-levels.\n\nThe introduction of T-levels is the biggest shake-up in vocational education in a generation. They will be tough and are meant to help more people to attain the higher-level skills businesses say they need.\n\nEach year, about 70,000 teenagers in England do not pass a single GCSE at Grade 4 or above. A further 136,000 do not get a single GCSE at the strong pass, Grade 5.\n\nFor those expected to then go on to study T-levels, a transition year will try to help them prepare - but not all will be able to make the leap.\n\nAnd some of the qualifications being scrapped were aimed at these very teenagers, who may be disengaged and lacking in basic employability skills.\n\n\"Removing that vital rung on the skills ladder towards Level 3 and above will be disastrous for social mobility and leave more and more people stranded with no route into work,\" she said.\n\n\"We urge the government to think carefully before removing this lifeline for people and leaving employers unable to access the skilled workforces they need.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "What are the solutions to the problem of fly-tipping?\n\nThe scourge of fly-tipping across England is getting worse with councils spending more than £67m to clean up public land and prosecute anyone they catch, according to official figures. So what should be done about the problem?\n\nFrom old mattresses and fridges to tyres and masonry - and even coffins and live turtles - almost a million incidents of rubbish dumped illegally are recorded each year.\n\nCouncils have been given new powers to fine people up to £400 for \"smaller\" offences, but this depends on evidence. It has left local authorities having to consider new ways to clamp down on those who illegally dump their waste - or try to persuade them not to do it in the first place.\n\nWhether it is cutting-edge DNA profiling or covert surveillance, online naming and shaming or conscience-pricking children's artwork, BBC Inside Out has been exploring the different ways to stop dumping and littering.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIf neither the carrot nor the stick brings down illegal dumping, could science hold the key?\n\nIn Hong Kong a campaign group used the DNA found on litter to create a photo-fit picture of the alleged culprits. \"The Face of Litter\" was used by Hong Kong Cleanup and communications firm Ogilvy & Mather, working with a forensics company to create the images.\n\nDNA can narrow down the search to gender and some visible characteristics, such as the most likely hair colour, eye colour and ethnicity of the litterbug.\n\nRafael Guida of Ogilvy said: \"While this method may not identify specific individuals, it will be enough to make people think twice about littering. The campaign combines a public service message with science and technology, enabling us to communicate with Hong Kongers in a very different way.\"\n\nHowever, Dr Denise Syndercombe-Court, reader in forensic science at King's College London, said: \"I think it's crazy talking about catching somebody who has dropped litter.\n\n\"It's too expensive. The result that you get can't be used in a court of law.\n\n\"It won't be precise enough and it will mean the law enforcement agencies will be targeting people, the majority of whom are going to be innocent.\"\n\nFor the time being at least, councils will have to rely on trying to catch offenders in the act.\n\nRichard Weston was caught on camera throwing a kitchen appliance into a ditch\n\nAs the dishwasher tumbled from his hands into the weeds at the side of the road, Richard Weston was caught on camera by a council surveillance operation.\n\nThe 38-year-old of Woodville, Derbyshire, was fined £1,200 in April after pleading guilty to dumping waste illegally.\n\nMatt Holford, environmental health manager at South Derbyshire Council, says surveillance works and appears to have been a deterrent.\n\n\"We have adopted the use of inconspicuous, highly mobile surveillance cameras to help with fly-tipping enforcement work and as a result we've recently caught a number of waste offenders.\n\n\"We have secured four successful convictions in the last 12 months and have interviewed 10 people under caution in the last three months.\n\n\"Since April 2016 we've recorded a significant reduction in fly-tipping incidents again.\"\n\nSouth Derbyshire Council, which had to clean up after 498 incidents of fly-tipping in 2014-15, is not alone in using surveillance tactics. Rhonda Cynon Taff Council in south Wales puts wardens on the streets with cameras to catch people dropping litter, which it then posts online for the public to see.\n\nFly-tipping is a criminal offence punishable by a fine of up to £50,000 or up to five years' imprisonment.\n\nFrom May 2016, councils in England were given the power to issue fixed penalty notices between £150 and £400 for \"small-scale\" offences.\n\nDespite the threat of fines, fly-tipping has been getting worse, having previously been in steady decline. Statistics from Defra showed there were 900,000 cases of fly-tipping in handled by local authorities in England in 2014-15, a 5.6% rise on the year before.\n\nLittering also costs the taxpayer between £717m and £850m a year to tidy up. However, fining people requires them to be caught first.\n\nLondon boroughs make up seven of the 10 worst affected areas for fly-tipping by head of population.\n\nCouncil workers have found everything from typical bulky items such as mattresses and tyres to the more bizarre. Redbridge Council staff discovered an empty coffin dumped with a pile of tyres behind some garages in Ilford in 2014. In a separate incident the same year they found two turtles in a shoebox in Hainault and sent them to the RSPCA.\n\nChildren's artwork gives people in the Forest of Dean the impression they are being watched\n\nPerhaps a softer approach will work. In the Forest of Dean, six primary schools and one secondary school work with a charity using children's art to make would-be dumpers and litterers think again.\n\nFifty children's models of faces, attached to trees at 16 sites, are intended to give people the impression they are being watched.\n\nEnvironmental charity Hubbub has called it the \"Communitrees\" project.\n\nThe charity was inspired by similar schemes such as 10,000 Eyes in Rotterdam, which saw eyes painted on buildings and down alleyways in a bid to deter crime.\n\nElle McAll from Hubbub said: \"The eyes on the trees form a new community of 'Communitrees', keeping a watchful eye on their forest floor to deter litterers and encourage others to keep their ancient flora and fauna clean and green.\n\n\"We're are collecting data at seven of the Communitree sites. Early indications suggest a slight reduction in the quantity of litter found. The full impact of the campaign is being assessed and will be widely shared both good and bad in the next few months.\"\n\nForest of Dean District Council had to handle in excess of 800 incidents of fly-tipping in 2014-15, costing more than £34,000 of taxpayers' money to clean up and a further £56,000 to investigate and take action.\n\nNatalie McDermoth was named in a council \"hall of shame\"\n\nCan the shaming of others deter would be fly-tippers and litterbugs from blotting the landscape in the first place?\n\nThat was how Croydon Council, which has seen an 84% rise in fly-tipping since 2014, decided to handle the problem. (The latest figures showed London was the worst-affected area of England with 367,075 incidents of fly-tipping across the capital in 2014-15.)\n\nA £420 fine was handed to 24-year-old Natalie McDermoth for dropping a single cigarette butt. She had refused to pay an £80 on-the-spot fine and was taken to court.\n\nYet while the financial penalty was significant, it was not the end of the punishment.\n\nMiss McDermoth was among more than 100 people added to a \"hall of shame\" published by the authority for littering and fly-tipping.\n\n\"I was embarrassed,\" she said. \"I was mortified. If my kids grow up and put my name in Google, that's what's going to come up.\"\n\nInside Out is broadcast on BBC One England on Monday, 19 September at 19:30 BST and nationwide on the iPlayer for 30 days thereafter.", "Julian Smith said serving the people of Northern Ireland \"has been the biggest privilege\"\n\nJulian Smith has been sacked as Northern Ireland Secretary as part of the prime minister's cabinet reshuffle.\n\nMr Smith was appointed in July 2019 and lasted 204 days in the role.\n\nHe took over from Karen Bradley who was sacked by the new prime minister Boris Johnson after 562 days as NI secretary.\n\nMr Smith oversaw a talks process that led to the Northern Ireland parties agreeing a deal to restore a power-sharing government at Stormont last month.\n\nHe was also praised for his role in helping legislation to provide compensation to historical abuse victims pass through Parliament.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Julian Smith 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\nHe said serving the people of Northern Ireland \"has been the biggest privilege\".\n\nHe added: \"The warmth and support from people across NI has been incredible. Thank you so much.\"\n\nSo it's farewell Julian Smith and we'll be getting a fourth NI Secretary in under four years.\n\nThis will be a hugely unpopular decision in both Belfast and Dublin, and will leave some wondering why the prime minister would sack a secretary of state who actually managed to do what seemed impossible - get devolution restored.\n\nBut remember, Julian Smith and Boris Johnson had never seen eye to eye - on Brexit and other NI matters.\n\nMr Smith had also been known for fighting his corner in cabinet, rather than being quietly loyal.\n\nIn his short-lived time in this complicated place, Julian Smith not only stopped the ship from sinking but was helping to chart a new course.\n\nHe will surely be a tough act to follow.\n\nTaoiseach (Irish prime minister) Leo Varadkar called Mr Smith \"one of Britain's finest politicians of our time\".\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\nIrish Foreign Minister and Tánaiste (deputy first minister) Simon Coveney said Mr Smith had been \"such an effective secretary of state for NI at a time of real challenge and risk\".\n\nHe added: \"Without your leadership I don't believe NI would have a government today.\n\n\"Thank you Julian Smith for your trust, friendship and courage; the UK and Ireland can look to the future with more confidence because of it.\"\n\nDUP leader Arlene Foster said she had spoken to Mr Smith on Thursday morning to thank him for his help in getting devolution restored.\n\n\"We may not have always agreed (we did sometimes) but his dedication to the role was incredible,\" she said.\n\n\"Best wishes to him and his family. Always welcome in Fermanagh.\"\n\nSinn Féin deputy leader Michelle O'Neill said she was writing to the government for an urgent meeting with the incoming secretary of state.\n\n\"In that meeting, Sinn Féin will take the opportunity to raise the financial commitments made by the British government in the New Decade New Approach agreement only weeks ago,\" she said.\n\n\"Reports from London that Julian Smith was sacked as a result of commitments made to bring forward legislation to implement the legacy bodies agreed at Stormont House are very concerning for victims of the conflict and their families.\"\n\nIn a tweet, SDLP leader Colum Eastwood said that \"sacking the most successful secretary of state in a decade shows Johnson's dangerous indifference to us\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nUlster Unionist leader Steve Aiken said no-one could question Mr Smith's dedication to the job.\n\n\"Julian Smith`s successor should take a leaf out of his book and spend time in Northern Ireland getting to know the place and its people,\" he added.\n\n\"The last thing Northern Ireland needs is a Boris Johnson 'yes' man or woman.\"\n\nThe chairman of campaign group Survivors North West, Jon McCourt, paid tribute to Mr Smith and tweeted that the abuse compensation legislation would \"not have crossed the line without your committed and passionate 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 4 by Chairman This article contains content provided by Twitter. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nWhile Mr Smith's effectiveness has been widely praised, more critical voices argue he became secretary of state at a more opportune time than his immediate predecessors, with both the DUP and Sinn Féin eager to return to government at Stormont.\n\nPeople Before Profit assembly member Gerry Carroll said that no Conservative NI Secretary had ever been good for Northern Ireland, and accused Mr Smith's party of \"launching economic war on working class communities\".\n\nMr Smith, who has been an MP for Skipton and Ripon since 2010, served Theresa May as chief whip, a job in which he was unable to guide her proposed EU Withdrawal Agreement through the House of Commons.", "The stand is now being dismantled ahead of further storms forecast for Saturday\n\nStructural engineers have begun dismantling a football club stand after it was destroyed during Storm Ciara.\n\nStrong winds on Sunday left the North Stand at non-league Wisbech Town FC in Cambridgeshire in a mass of buckled and mangled metal.\n\nSaturday's home tie against Yorkshire club Frickley Athletic has been called off on the advice of safety inspectors.\n\nClub secretary Spenny Larham said: \"It was a case of the wrong wind, in the wrong direction at the wrong time.\"\n\nThe £13,000 cantilevered stand at the Fenland Stadium - on the Cambridgeshire-Norfolk border - was built in 2010 and included 54 seats.\n\nTethered goalposts were also damaged in the storms.\n\nMr Larham said discussions with insurers were ongoing but the money may not cover the cost of a new, modern stand.\n\n\"The safety of supporters is paramount,\" he said.\n\n\"We were hoping to get a game on Saturday because a team are travelling down from Yorkshire, but we had to make sure it was safe to do so.\n\n\"Elderly supporters and wheelchair users need shelter. It's a bit al fresco at the moment.\"\n\nThe stand at the Fenland Stadium was destroyed in Storm Ciara on Sunday\n\nThe terraced enclosure as it looked before the storm\n\nThe 100-year-old club, which plays in the eighth tier of English football in Northern Premier League Division One South East, has an average attendance of 250 supporters.\n\nAn online fundraising page, set up by fan Steve Campion, has raised more than £1,200 of a £10,000 target in two days.\n\n\"When you lose a stand completely it's a disaster,\" the page reads. \"Hopefully all fans around the world might dip into their pockets for the restoration of the stand that Storm Ciara has destroyed.\"\n\nThe stand is being dismantled but the ground will not be ready by Saturday, the club said\n\nThe chief executive of Sport England, Tim Hollingsworth, tweeted his support for smaller club grounds affected by storm damage.\n\n\"Not first on list I am sure when it comes to repairing damage,\" he wrote about the Wisbech stand, \"but we want to ensure we can help.\"\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 Larham said the strength of a metal fence behind the stand prevented it completely collapsing into another football pitch.\n\n\"Loss adjusters and inspectors are very busy at the moment and I know that a football stand will be well down the pecking order compared to flooding and downed trees,\" he added.\n\n\"We don't want to take any risks where the safety of supporters or players is concerned.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The duchess got up close and personal to a number of creatures at the Ark Open Farm in Newtownards\n\nThe Duchess of Cambridge has met young children during a visit to an open farm in County Down, Northern Ireland.\n\nIn a one-stop solo visit on Wednesday, the duchess received a guided tour of the Ark Open Farm outside Newtownards, meeting the owners and staff.\n\nThe duchess visited NI as part of a nationwide tour to promote a survey she launched on early years development.\n\nDuring her visit she met representatives of local charities helping children and their families.\n\nThe duchess was greeted on arrival by the Lord Lieutenant of County Down, David Lindsay, the Sheriff of County Down, Austin Baird and the Mayor of Ards and North Down, Bill Keery.\n\nThe survey launched by Catherine and conducted by Ipsos Mori on behalf of the Royal Foundation, asks questions on the early years development of children.\n\nIt is thought to be the biggest poll of its kind, asking \"five big questions on the under-fives\".\n\nThe duchess has made the issue of the \"future health and happiness\" central to her public activities and hopes the results of the survey spark a conversation on early childhood and guide the focus of her work.\n\nWell-wishers turned out to greet the duchess on her first solo-visit to Northern Ireland\n\nAfter leaving Northern Ireland the duchess headed to Scotland, visiting a cafe run by a homeless charity in Aberdeen.\n\nOn Tuesday, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge announced on Twitter they would be visiting the Republic of Ireland from 3 to 5 March.", "Mr Johnson took a holiday on the island of Mustique with partner Carrie Symonds after Christmas\n\nLabour has called on Boris Johnson to clarify who paid for his Caribbean holiday over the New Year.\n\nAccording to the MPs' register of interests, the accommodation - has a \"value\" of £15,000 - and was covered by David Ross, the co-founder of Carphone Warehouse.\n\nA spokesman for Mr Ross said the register \"is correct\" and he \"facilitated accommodation\" for the PM.\n\nDowning Street said the trip had been properly registered.\n\nThe register also shows earnings Mr Johnson received last year before becoming PM, including more than £327,000 for seven speaking engagements, one of which was a three-hour speech where he was paid £122,899.74.\n\nThe prime minister took the holiday to St Vincent and the Grenadines with girlfriend Carrie Symonds between Boxing Day 2019 and 5 January 2020.\n\nLabour's shadow minister for the cabinet office, Jon Trickett, said Mr Johnson \"must come clean\" about the holiday accommodation, adding that if he does not, Parliament's standards watchdog \"should step in\".\n\n\"The public deserves to know who is paying for their prime minister's jaunts,\" Mr Trickett added.\n\nThe entry in Mr Johnson's register of interests says Mr Ross donated accommodation \"for a private holiday for my partner and me, value £15,000\".\n\nBut a spokesman for Mr Ross told the Daily Mail: \"Boris wanted some help to find somewhere in Mustique, David called the company who run all the villas and somebody had dropped out.\n\n\"So Boris got the use of a villa that was worth £15,000, but David Ross did not pay any monies whatsoever for this.\"\n\nA later statement from the spokesman added: \"Mr Ross facilitated accommodation for Mr Johnson on Mustique valued at £15,000.\n\n\"Therefore this is a benefit in kind from Mr Ross to Mr Johnson, and Mr Johnson's declaration to the House of Commons is correct.\"\n\nMr Ross has not provided any further details as to what he means, in this context, by a 'benefit in kind.'\n\nBut sources in Westminster have suggested to me that this could refer to some sort of swap whereby David Ross agreed to give up his property - at a later date - in order to facilitate the prime minister's stay elsewhere on the island.\n\nAnd that there was no kind of cash donation.\n\nDavid Ross, the co-founder of Carphone Warehouse, at a photography exhibition in 2011\n\nMr Ross was one of Mr Johnson's aides in City Hall and was appointed to the Olympics organising committee.\n\nBut he resigned from the roles, and his company, over a share scandal in 2008.\n\nIt emerged Mr Ross had used millions of pounds' worth of Carphone Warehouse shares as collateral against personal loans without informing the company's other directors - a potential breach of City rules at the time.\n\nMr Ross has been a long-standing donor to the Conservative Party, pledging £250,000 in the last election campaign.\n\nA Downing Street spokesperson said: \"All transparency requirements have been followed, as set out in the Register of Members' Financial Interests\".\n\nMr Johnson faced criticism over his holiday for not returning sooner, after the US killing of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani raised tensions in the Middle East.\n\nIt is the first trip abroad that Mr Johnson has declared since going to Saudi Arabia in September 2018.\n\nOnly one other MP has declared a free holiday in the last year.\n\nMr Johnson also declared payments he had received prior to becoming prime minister, including book royalties and hundreds of thousands of pounds for speaking engagements.\n\nIn the first six months of 2019, Mr Johnson earned more than £327,000 for the seven speaking engagements, which lasted a total of 17.5 hours.\n\nHe was also paid £22,916.66 a month for his column in the Daily Telegraph newspaper, which was published weekly.", "Rapper Slowthai has \"unreservedly apologised\" to comedian Katherine Ryan after making sexual comments towards her at the NME Awards.\n\nThe 25-year-old said it started out as a joke but \"escalated to a point of shameful actions on my part\".\n\nKatherine said Slowthai \"didn't make me uncomfortable\" but the artist was accused of harassing her.\n\nThe rapper also apologised to anyone who \"saw a reflection of situations they've been in\" in the videos.\n\nThe interaction between Slowthai and Katherine, who was co-hosting the awards, came before Slowthai won the hero of the year award - which was voted for by the public.\n\nHe's now asked for the award to be forwarded on to Katherine instead, saying: \"I am not a hero.\"\n\nNME said it would \"take him up\" on the offer.\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\nComedian Katherine replied telling Slowthai that \"a bad day on social media passes so quickly\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Katherine Ryan This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nVideos on social media show Slowthai and the Canadian comedian with their arms around each other, with co-host Julie Adenuga asking \"What is happening?\" after Slowthai told Katherine to smell his cologne.\n\n\"Babygirl, I don't want to have to do this to you right now, but everybody - she needs to understand the levels right now,\" Slowthai said to Katherine.\n\n\"If you want to do something, see me later,\" he said before walking off.\n\nLater, when they were on stage together again, the pair had a conversation including sexual words and phrases, with Slowthai telling the crowd: \"She wants me to tend to her flowers.\"\n\nKatherine responded saying that she \"loves\" him - in a seemingly sarcastic tone.\n\n\"Thank you for the attention,\" she said, adding, \"You are younger than my babysitter\", as he left the stage.\n\nKatherine Ryan later said Slowthai \"didn't make me uncomfortable\"\n\nPlenty of people watching at home and in the Brixton Academy in south London tweeted to say that Katherine was using sarcasm to \"mask her discomfort\".\n\nThe host tweeted afterwards to say that she wasn't uncomfortable - but there has still been a lot of criticism for Slowthai's actions.\n\nA number of women reacting online said they recognised the situation as one they'd been in.\n\nThe rapper apologised to those people, saying: \"To any woman or man who saw a reflection of situations they've been in in those videos, I am sorry.\"\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\nSlowthai was heckled for his behaviour towards Katherine when collecting the hero of the year award - leading to a scuffle.\n\n\"NME, thank you,\" Slowthai said, before pointing down at someone in the audience, saying \"thank you for ruining my speech\" and dropping his mic from the stage.\n\nSomeone then used the mic that Slowthai had dropped to call him a \"wasteman\", before the microphone and a drink were thrown at him.\n\nThe 25-year-old threw his own drink back before jumping down into the crowd where security staff held him back.\n\nThe Metropolitan police has confirmed to Newsbeat that no complaints were made, police did not attend the event and there is no investigation into what happened.\n\nSlowthai had previously been announced as the ambassador for next month's Record Store Day - but that invitation has been withdrawn since the NME Awards.\n\n\"The individual record shops who organise Record Store Day have spoken this morning and have unanimously agreed that Slowthai's behaviour and statements do not reflect their values or those of Record Store Day,\" a spokesperson says in a statement.\n\nSlowthai, who was nominated in seven categories, also won best collaboration with Mura Masa for Deal Wiv it.\n\nTaylor Swift was also honoured at the ceremony, picking up the best solo act in the world award.\n\nThe singer told the audience that thanks to a previous NME award she won she is now able to display two of the middle finger-shaped trophies side by side in her home.\n\nTaylor Swift was at the event in south London\n\nShe added: \"This is like the craziest awards show I have ever been to, thank you.\"\n\nIn the other categories Little Simz picked up the award for best British album for GREY Area, while AJ Tracey won best British song with Ladbroke Grove.\n\nThe best album in the world award went to Lana Del Rey's Norman F***ing Rockwell, while best song in the world went to Billie Eilish for Bad Guy.\n\nBest British solo artist went to FKA twigs and best British band was chosen as The 1975.\n\nUS heavy metal band Slipknot won the best band in the world gong.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.\n• None Slowthai: 'I've got daisies in my stomach'", "The Oxford English Dictionary has changed its definition of the word Yid to include a \"supporter of or player for Tottenham Hotspur\".\n\nThe word has frequently been used against Jewish people as an offensive term but over the years has been appropriated by Spurs fans.\n\nSpurs have a strong Jewish following and have been targeted with anti-Semitic abuse by opposing fans.\n\nThe club has labelled the new definition as \"misleading\".\n\nA Spurs spokesman said the club has maintained that \"our fans (both Jewish and gentile) have never used the term with any intent to cause offence\", and said the OED failed to distinguish the contexts in which the term is and is not offensive.\n\nBut Jewish groups said the OED must make clear the word is a \"term of abuse\".\n\nThe OED, regarded as the leading dictionary of British English, has also added the word \"yiddo\" to its latest edition, saying its use is \"usually derogatory and offensive\" but can also mean a Tottenham supporter or player.\n\nIt says the word \"Yid\" is offensive when used by non-Jewish people to refer to Jews, and when used to refer to Spurs fans or players, it says the word is \"frequently derogatory and offensive\" - but is also used by fans to refer to themselves.\n\nThe words come from the Yiddish term for Jew but are thought to have been taken up as an insult during the 20th Century, particularly during the time of Oswald Moseley's fascist movement in Britain in the 1930s.\n\nChants of \"Yids\", \"Yid Army\" and \"yiddos\" are frequently heard in the home stands at White Hart Lane, with some Spurs fans saying they have reclaimed the word.\n\nBut Jewish groups have condemned the way it has been used, saying the word \"must not be tolerated\" by the club.\n\nThe OED said it takes a historical approach, meaning it records the usage and development of words rather than prescribing how they are used.\n\n\"We reflect, rather than dictate, how language is used which means we include words which may be considered sensitive and derogatory. These are always labelled as such,\" it said, in a statement.\n\nThe OED said the reference to Tottenham reflected the evidence that the club was associated with the Jewish community and that the term was used as a \"self-designation\" by some fans.\n\nIt said the entry for \"yiddo\" was marked as \"offensive and derogatory\" and it would ensure the context was made clear in both definitions.\n\nProminent Jewish football fans including David Baddiel and groups such as the Community Security Trust (CST), which monitors anti-Semitic abuse, have called on Spurs to stop using the words in chants.\n\nThe CST said the dictionary bore a \"special responsibility to ensure that anti-Semitic or otherwise offensive terms are clearly marked as such\".\n\nSimon Johnson, chief executive of the Jewish Leadership Council, which represents many British Jewish community groups, said: \"This is a term of abuse with malicious anti-Semitic overtones.\n\n\"If the OED wishes to include such an expression it must make it abundantly clear that this is a despicable term of abuse.\"\n\nJewish Chronicle editor Stephen Pollard said the word was \"not controversial among many of the Jewish Spurs supporters, such as myself, who are proud to be Yiddos\".\n\nThe \"Y-word\" is not used on official merchandise, but has been adopted unofficially by fans\n\nBut rival fans also asked on social media if the definition meant it was acceptable for other teams to use the word or whether it was no longer considered racist.\n\nSpurs said in their statement that they \"have never accommodated the use of the Y-word on any club channels or in club stores\".\n\nIn December, the club released the results of a survey on the word, with more than 23,000 responses.\n\nNearly half of respondents wanted fans to abandon the chant or use it less, with 94% acknowledging it could be considered a racist term against a Jewish person.\n\nBut 33% of of respondents said they used the word \"regularly\" in a football context, while 12% also used it outside of football.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sajid Javid: I had no option but to resign\n\nSajid Javid has shocked Westminster by quitting as chancellor in the middle of Boris Johnson's cabinet reshuffle.\n\nMr Javid rejected the prime minister's order to fire his team of aides, saying \"no self-respecting minister\" could accept such a condition.\n\nHe has been replaced as chancellor by Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rishi Sunak - who just seven months ago was a junior housing minister.\n\nMr Javid had been due to deliver his first Budget in four weeks' time.\n\nThe former home secretary was appointed chancellor by Mr Johnson when he became prime minister in July.\n\nHis resignation follows rumours of tensions between Mr Javid and the prime minister's senior adviser Dominic Cummings.\n\nMr Javid said his advisers had worked \"incredibly hard\" and he could not agree to them being replaced.\n\n\"I felt I was left with no option but to resign,\" he said, adding that Mr Sunak and the rest of the government retained his \"full support\".\n\nIn his resignation letter, Mr Javid explained that he could not accept the PM's conditions saying: \"I believe it is important as leaders to have trusted teams that reflect the character and integrity that you would wish to be associated with.\"\n\nDowning Street said there would now be a joint team of economic advisers for both the chancellor and prime minister.\n\nInternational Development Secretary Alok Sharma has been appointed business secretary and minister for the upcoming climate conference COP26, in Glasgow.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Leila Nathoo looks back at the day in politics, as the PM's reshuffle went further than even he perhaps expected\n\nHe is being replaced at the international development department by Armed Forces minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan.\n\nThere is a return to government for former Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt, who becomes paymaster general.\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Cleverly is made a joint minister in the Foreign Office and Department for International Development.\n\nCabinet members remaining in place include Home Secretary Priti Patel; Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab; Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove; Health Secretary Matt Hancock; International Trade Secretary Liz Truss; Transport Secretary Grant Shapps; Defence Secretary Ben Wallace; Leader of the House Jacob Rees-Mogg; and Chief Whip Mark Spencer.\n\nThe reshuffle reduces the number of women in the full cabinet from seven to six.\n\nMr Johnson is expected to appoint a new minister to oversee the building of the HS2 rail line, final approval for which was given this week.\n\nMeanwhile, a former adviser to Mr Javid said Downing Street had misjudged the reshuffle and that the Budget could be delayed as a result.\n\nSalma Shah told BBC Newscast she thought No 10 estimated Mr Javid would take up an offer to remain in his post, despite a request to fire his team of aides.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A former advisor to Mr Javid says Downing Street misjudged the reshuffle.\n\nEarlier Mr Sunak tweeted that he felt \"honoured\" to become chancellor, adding that Mr Javid had done a \"fantastic job\" and been \"a pleasure to work with\".\n\nCommenting on Mr Javid's resignation, Labour's shadow chancellor John McDonnell said: \"This must be a historical record with the government in crisis after just over two months in power.\n\n\"Dominic Cummings has clearly won the battle to take absolute control of the Treasury and install his stooge as chancellor.\"\n\nLosing a chancellor is no small event, and it wasn't what Boris Johnson set out to do. But today shows that No 10's priority was political control rather than keeping personnel they valued.\n\nWhen Mr Javid refused, they chose instead to see him leave.\n\nThis begs a wider question - is it stronger to share power or hoard it?\n\nBoris Johnson and his team have made the choice today to do the latter - to lose a chancellor rather than allow a rival faction offering different political advice to the next door neighbour.\n\nJulian Smith's sacking - weeks after he brokered the deal which restored the power-sharing administration in Stormont - was greeted with shock in Northern Ireland.\n\nThe former minister said on Twitter that doing the job had been \"the biggest privilege\" and he was \"extremely grateful\" to have been given the chance to serve \"this amazing part of our country\".\n\nIreland's Prime Minister Leo Varadkar called Mr Smith \"one of Britain's finest politicians of our time\".", "Nestle has axed its range of chocolate that used a new low-sugar technique, less than two years after it was launched.\n\nThe Swiss food giant said demand for its Milkybar Wowsomes had been \"underwhelming\".\n\nThe bars used what Nestle described as \"hollow\" sugar crystals to cut the amount of sugar by almost a third.\n\nConfectionery makers have come under pressure from health authorities to cut the amount of sugar in their products.\n\nNestle's Milkybar Wowsomes was the first product to use technology developed by the company that creates sugar with a more porous structure, which it likened to hollowing out the sugar crystals.\n\nSome industry experts had seen the discovery as a breakthrough that would help Nestle take a leading position in a growing market for low-sugar products.\n\nAt the time of the launch Stefano Agostini, Nestle's chief executive for UK and Ireland, said: \"A new product like Milkybar Wowsomes introduces greater choice and allows parents to treat their children with chocolate that tastes great but has less sugar.\n\n\"We are demonstrating how we can, and will, contribute to a healthier future and that we take our public health responsibilities very seriously,\" he added.\n\nLast year, reduced sugar versions of Mars and Snickers were launched by Mars Wrigley UK, while Mondelez ­followed suit with low-sugar Cadbury Dairy Milk.\n\nNestle said it is now working on new sugar reduction technology that it aims to introduce next year.\n\nThe announcement highlights a major issue facing the world's big processed food producers. While governments and many consumers have called for lower-sugar products, most people have yet to warm to less sweet alternatives.\n\nAttempts to cut obesity rates have seen processed food giant Unilever this week promise to stop marketing its products to children. The maker of Twister ice cream and Popsicle ice lollies, said it would limit the use of cartoon characters in its advertising.", "When a candidate is down, but not yet out, they need a zinger to keep them in the game.\n\nEmily Thornberry secured such a moment in Newsnight's Labour leadership debate with a withering put-down of her rival, Rebecca Long-Bailey.\n\n\"Sorry, I don't remember,\" Ms Thornberry said after Mrs Long-Bailey claimed she had challenged Jeremy Corbyn about alleged anti-Semitism in the Labour Party during shadow cabinet meetings.\n\nNeeding to garner attention - and with little to lose - Ms Thornberry happily cast herself as the outsider ready to spill the beans from the shadow cabinet.\n\nShe spoke of how she warned Mr Corbyn against agreeing to Boris Johnson's timetable for an election and had foreseen Labour's subsequent heavy defeat.\n\nMs Thornberry, the shadow foreign secretary, needed to punch through because she is the only one of four candidates still in the contest without a place in the final round.\n\nShe needs to be nominated by a further six constituency Labour parties to allow her to go through on Friday to the final ballot.\n\nThe prize for outsider of the night went to Lisa Nandy, the Wigan MP, who resigned from the shadow cabinet in 2016 in protest at Mr Corbyn's leadership.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMs Nandy joined Ms Thornberry in a show of hands on Newsnight when the presenter Katie Razzall asked who had foreseen the defeat.\n\nBut Ms Nandy went furthest in criticising the leadership, suggesting that Labour had still not understood how the ground collapsed beneath the party in December's election. In a swipe at the manifesto she added that it was wrong to try to nationalise everything.\n\nAs the candidates trailing in the contest, Ms Thornberry and Ms Nandy needed to make their mark with more aggressive pot-shots at the leadership and their rivals in the contest.\n\nSir Keir Starmer, the frontrunner, and Mrs Long-Bailey, the candidate of the Corbyn left, needed to avoid dropping the proverbial Ming vase with any unforced errors.\n\nThey were careful to show respect for Mr Corbyn. Sir Keir said it was wrong to blame the Labour leader for four successive election defeats while Mrs Long-Bailey said it was wrong to dismiss his \"transformative\" policies.\n\nBut Mrs Long-Bailey showed she believes Sir Keir's weak point was his advocacy of a soft Brexit in the last parliament.\n\nThe shadow Brexit secretary seemed to be acutely aware of his vulnerability when he interrupted Mrs Long-Bailey to say that the shadow cabinet had agreed the policy.\n\nAdopting a tone of sympathy, Mrs Long-Bailey said she understood why her rival had acted to avoid a no-deal Brexit. But she said that to people in Labour's communities it all looked like parliamentary games which had contributed to Labour's defeat.\n\nJeremy Corbyn said he would step down as Labour leader following the party's heavy defeat in December's general election\n\nSir Keir came well-prepared for attacks on Brexit. But he later showed that he had no qualms about being pro-European, as he called for his children's generation to be given the same opportunities he enjoyed.\n\n\"All my life I have been able to go and work in Europe or to live in Europe or to study in Europe and I want the next generation to have those opportunities,\" he said. \"I don't want to kick that away for them.\" But he stopped short of advocating a return to EU membership.\n\nThe first televised debate of the Labour leadership contest highlighted the battle lines as it enters the final stage. Sir Keir, the frontrunner, and Mrs Long-Bailey, his nearest rival, are gently trying to cast themselves as new brooms while showing suitable respect for the retiring leader.\n\nThe trailing outsiders, by contrast, are taking no prisoners as they rail against the current leadership - with the odd snipe against their rivals - as they issue dire warnings about the dangers of failing to embrace radical change.\n• None Who will be Labour's next leader?\n• None What Labour members want in a leader", "Harry Richford would have survived but for failings by the hospital\n\nAn independent review will be held into maternity services at the East Kent NHS Trust after up to 15 babies died there in recent years.\n\nNadine Dorries, minister for patient safety, pledged immediate action and said NHS England would investigate the two hospitals in Margate and Ashford.\n\nOn Wednesday the trust's chief executive said there had been \"six or seven\" avoidable deaths since 2011.\n\nHowever, on Thursday a board meeting heard there were 15 possible deaths.\n\nSpeaking in the House of Commons earlier Ms Dorries said: \"NHS England and NHS improvements are commissioning themselves an independent review into East Kent maternity services.\"\n\nShe said the trust was having issues with \"ensuring the right staff with the right skills in the right place\".\n\nShe added that midwives and doctors working clearly together was a problem, along with communication and leadership support.\n\nNHS England and NHS Improvement has revealed Dr Bill Kirkup CBE will carry out a review into the circumstances of maternity deaths at the trust.\n\nDr Kirkup, who will meet the families affected, has led several public investigations including chairing the investigation of Morecambe Bay maternity services.\n\nAn independent support team has already been sent into the trust to ensure improvements are carried out.\n\nA series of failings came to light during the inquest of Harry Richford, who died seven days after being born at the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital in Margate in November 2017.\n\nHarry's grandfather Derek Richford, who the trust previously accused of \"undermining\" its reputation, told the BBC he was \"delighted\" about the review.\n\nHe added: \"This is very much needed for the other families.\n\n\"We do need to know the extent of the problems before the appropriate actions can be put in place.\"\n\nOn Wednesday Susan Acott, chief executive of the trust, said there had been \"six or seven\" avoidable deaths at the trust, including the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, since 2011.\n\nHowever, during a board meeting on Thursday Ms Acott said there were actually 15 possibly preventable baby deaths.\n\nMs Acott was asked by a public governor if she would resign from her role.\n\nShe declined, saying \"continuity\" was \"particularly important\".\n\nShe added: \"We need to use the memory of Harry Richford to just really maintain our energy and focus.\"\n\nThe Department of Health and Social Care is examining 25 individual maternity cases, and the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) and Care Quality Commission (CQC) are also investigating the trust.\n\nNorth Thanet MP Sir Roger Gale earlier asked an urgent question and told the Commons: \"This morning at an early hour I spoke with, for half an hour, a husband and wife living now in Australia who two months after the death of Harry Richford lost their own child under similarly tragic circumstances - and it was the most harrowing phone call I've ever taken in 36 years in this House of Commons.\n\n\"They deserve and need the opportunity to achieve closure and move forward.\n\n\"These parents need to know that the failures in protocol, that the failures in clinical judgement and that the failings in management have been addressed.\"\n\nSir Roger said an independent inquiry would ensure the parents of Harry and others \"will know that their children have not died in vain and that this will never, ever happen again\".\n\nSusan Acott earlier told a meeting she would not resign as chief executive of the hospital trust\n\nCanterbury MP Rosie Duffield said women in her constituency were \"terrified\" about using maternity services.\n\nShe added: \"There are so many questions from my constituents.\n\n\"Dozens of whom are now really terrified about their future pregnancies and having babies in the area.\"\n\nTom Richford, baby Harry's father, said he was looking forward to meeting Dr Kirkup and said he wanted to highlight all the information they had gathered as a family.\n\n\"We've got a number of areas which we think are quite focal to look at going forward,\" he said.\n\n\"If those individuals who are leading the inquiry could look into all of those areas I believe they would find a number of significant failings.\"\n\nThe independent clinical support team sent into the trust includes a director of midwifery services from a CQC-rated outstanding trust, two consultant obstetricians and a consultant paediatrician and neonatologist.\n\nMs Dorries said the very best had been placed \"at the heart of the trust - on the wards, at the bedside of patients\".\n\nA spokesman for East Kent Hospitals said: \"To date the medical director has reviewed perinatal deaths on our incident reporting system between 2012-19 and has identified 15 wholly or potentially preventable perinatal deaths, all of which have been investigated.\n\n\"As a result the chief executive has asked the medical director to do a detailed review supported by the independent medical consultants who are now working with the trust.\"\n\nThe spokesman added: \"We know that we have not always provided the standard of care for every woman and baby that they expected and deserved, and wholeheartedly apologise to every one of those families we have let down.\n\n\"Around 7,000 women give birth under our care each year, and one death that could be prevented is one too many. We will not rest until we are delivering an outstanding maternity service that has the full confidence of all families in east Kent.\"\n\nA meeting with the trust, CQC and \"key health system partners\" is scheduled for 21 February to check the action so far and made any further necessary interventions.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Mary Annie Sowerby, Aliny Godinho, Elize Stevens, Alison Hunt, Asma Begum and Dorothy Bowyer were among the women killed last year\n\nThe number of female homicide victims in England and Wales has risen to the highest level since 2006.\n\nThere were 241 female victims of murder, manslaughter and infanticide in the 12 months to the end of March 2019, up 10% on the previous year.\n\nThe number of separate homicide incidents rose to 662, up from 644 the previous year, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).\n\nHowever, the overall number of victims fell to 671.\n\nThis was 33, or 5%, fewer than the previous year.\n\nIt represents the first fall since 2015, although this was partly due to those killed in the London and Manchester terror attacks and the Shoreham air crash being included in the 2018 figures.\n\nThe ONS said the year-on-year decline was driven by a fall in male victims - down 11%, from 484 to 429.\n\nThe number of black homicide victims was the highest in 17 years - totalling 97 in 2018/19.\n\nThe majority of homicide victims (64%) were male, while just over a third (36%) were female.\n\nAlmost half (48%) of female victims were killed in a domestic homicide, with the suspect a partner or ex-partner in 38% of cases.\n\nOne of these was Kay Richardson, 49, who was beaten and strangled to death by her estranged husband Alan Martin, 53, in September 2018, just days after he had been arrested for allegedly raping her.\n\nHe had been released under investigation by police, without any restrictions.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"We are haunted by what happened to Kay'\n\nThe number of baby girls and toddlers killed in the period also reached a decade high, with homicide victims including 14 females under the age of one and 13 toddlers aged between one and four.\n\nThese are the highest numbers since the earliest available figures, when six female babies and eight children aged between one and four were killed in the year to March 2009.\n\nLabour MP Jess Phillips, who has campaigned on domestic violence, said the figures were \"horrendous\" but an \"inevitability\" in light of cuts to public services.\n\nThe \"degradation of police resources\", a \"crumbling criminal justice system\" and cuts to council services which have affected routes out of danger for women trying to escape abusive relationships have all played a factor, she said.\n\nMs Phillips added that the number of suspects being released under investigation with no restrictions on their movements by police, rather than with stricter bail conditions, was of particular concern.\n\nThe Victims' Commissioner, Dame Vera Baird, said the number of women killed by a partner or ex-partner was \"not surprising\" but \"deeply troubling\".\n\n\"In the name of these women we need urgently to take more action on early intervention,\" she said.\n\nCrime Minister Kit Malthouse said the government was recruiting 20,000 new police officers and ensuring violent and sexual offenders spent longer behind bars to help protect the public.\n\nHe said the figures were a \"stark reminder of the devastating impact of domestic abuse\" and the Domestic Abuse Bill, which the government plans to reintroduce to Parliament, would also provide greater protections for victims.\n\nThe bill would place a legal duty on councils to offer secure homes to those fleeing violence, as well as introducing a government definition of domestic abuse, including emotional and financial abuse, and a commissioner to hold government to account.", "Two insect species never before seen in the UK have been discovered in a forest in Lochaber.\n\nThe two male fungus gnats were caught along with tens of thousands of insects in a special trap in 2018.\n\nThey were identified by Ian Strachan after he carefully sifted through the specimens.\n\nThe species - Boletina gusakovae and Mycetophila idonea - are usually found in parts of continental Europe and were trapped at Loch Arkaig Pine Forest.\n\nMr Strachan said: \"My guess is that these two have always been here, or at least for a long time, but just not found before.\"\n\nWoodland Trust Scotland, which manages the forest, said Boletina gusakovae is usually found in Finland and Russia and Mycetophila idonea in Estonia, Poland, Slovakia, Georgia and Luxembourg.\n\nMr Strachan spotted the two species among more than 1,500 fungus gnats he had separated out from tens of thousands of other insects in the sample.\n\nFungus gnats are a large group of tiny flies whose larvae feed on mushrooms and fungi.\n\nThe flies were among tens of thousands of insects caught in a trap\n\nMr Strachan said: \"This was a very exciting find. It makes all the hours of sorting seem worthwhile.\"\n\nThe Roybridge-based expert has sorted through some 20,000 specimens from the Loch Arkaig traps so far - using a binocular microscope as most are less than 1mm in size.\n\nA considerable number of specimens remain to be sorted or identified.\n\n\"It is a very laborious process. It could be several years before all the species are identified - but I am determined to get as many as possible done,\" said Mr Strachan.", "The Duchess of Cornwall has said domestic abuse \"affects everybody\" and urged people to \"get up and talk about their experiences\".\n\n\"No one knows what goes on behind any front door. It doesn't matter who you are,\" she told the Daily Mail.\n\nThe interview comes after she hosted an event for the charity SafeLives at Clarence House in London on Wednesday.\n\nThe duchess told guests the \"taboo\" around domestic abuse \"weakens\" every time somebody shares their story.\n\nShe said she had had nightmares after hearing women's accounts of abuse at a SafeLives event in 2016.\n\n\"I had the privilege of hearing incredibly brave women... standing up to tell their stories. Harrowing stories that reduced many of us listeners to tears,\" Camilla said in a speech to guests at Clarence House.\n\n\"That memorable day fired my interest in domestic abuse. I did know of people who had suffered from it, but I was both shocked and horrified by just how many thousands of people across the world live with it.\"\n\nSince then the duchess, 72, said she has been championing the issue by hosting events to bring together various organisations.\n\nLast year she wrote a letter of support for a survivor-led conference on domestic violence in Wales.\n\nThe duchess held a reception in Clarence House to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the charity, SafeLives\n\nIn the Daily Mail interview, Camilla described the 2016 event as one of her \"most harrowing experiences\".\n\n\"I thought to myself, this is going on, what are we doing about it?,\" she said. \"You know people, I know people that it has happened to. But I don't think we ever believed it was that bad.\"\n\n\"Whoever you are, wherever you are from, there are organisations that can help you,\" she added.\n\n\"Talk to them, just get up and talk about your experiences. They will help.\"\n\nThe duchess began speaking out against domestic abuse after hearing survivors' stories at a SafeLives event in 2016 (pictured)\n\nSafeLives provides various services for people affected by domestic abuse as well as working with other organisation to tackle the issue.\n\nOffice of National Statistics figures for 2018 suggest 4.2% of men and 7.9% of women suffered domestic abuse, which equates to about 685,000 men and 1.3 million women.\n\nMurders related to domestic violence are at a five-year high, with an average of two women murdered every week.\n\nIf you or someone you know has been affected by domestic abuse or violence, these organisations may be able to help.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "There were clashes between supporters of Mr McIntyre and police officers\n\nScuffles broke out outside a courthouse in Londonderry as a man appeared inside charged with the murder of the journalist Lyra McKee.\n\nPaul McIntyre, 52, from Derry has been charged with murder, possession of a firearm and membership of a proscribed organisation, the IRA.\n\nMs McKee, who was 29, was observing rioting in Derry's Creggan estate when she was shot on 18 April 2019.\n\nProtesters scuffled with police as Mr McIntyre was taken into court.\n\nSupporters held a number of placards claiming he was a \"political hostage\" and a \"British scapegoat\".\n\nThey scuffled with up to 40 police officers as they refused to move from the court's entrance, cheering loudly as Mr McIntyre was driven into the court buildings.\n\nInside the Bishop Street building on Thursday, the court heard that evidence in the case included footage from music television channel MTV, as an MTV crew had been in the city filming that day, as well as mobile footage from members of the public.\n\nPaul McIntyre raised his arms as he was brought into Londonderry Magistrates' Court\n\nMr McIntryre's defence solicitor, Derwin Harvey, said his client faced allegations that he was seen \"picking up casings\" that had come from a gun after it was fired by another male who Mr McIntyre was standing behind.\n\nHe added that there was \"scant\" evidence against his client, adding that the case rested on a \"snapshot\" of low-quality mobile phone footage.\n\nThe courtroom was full throughout the 50-minute hearing.\n\nFriends and relatives of Lyra McKee - including her partner Sara Canning - sat in the public gallery, about 15ft away from the accused in the dock.\n\nSome wore white t-shirts with the message \"Speak Out For Lyra\" printed above a picture of the journalist.\n\nPaul McIntyre, who wore a grey sweater, looked straight ahead at the judge and lawyers during most of the proceedings.\n\nHe spoke only to confirm his name and address.\n\nDistrict Judge Barney McElholm said: \"A woman with her entire life ahead of her, a very promising life, was murdered needlessly and pointlessly, like all the other murders in this country.\n\n\"It is very important that the murderers of Lyra McKee are brought to justice if this can be done, but we need to get the right people.\"\n\nThe judge said that protesters' behaviour, blocking the court's entrance and \"threatening journalists\", was doing Mr McIntyre \"no favours whatsoever\".\n\nAn application for bail was adjourned and Mr McIntyre, from Kinnego Park, was remanded in custody until 27 February.\n\nLyra McKee was named Sky News young journalist of the year in 2006\n\nThe 29-year-old writer and campaigner from Belfast had only recently moved to Derry when she was killed.\n\nShe was standing near a police 4x4 vehicle on the night of 18 April 2019 when a masked gunman fired towards officers and onlookers.\n\nRegarded by many as a rising star in Northern Ireland media circles, she had written for many publications, including Buzzfeed, Private Eye, the Atlantic and Mosaic Science.\n\nShe was named Sky News young journalist of the year in 2006 and Forbes Magazine named her as one of their 30 under 30 in media in Europe in 2016.\n\nThe Belfast woman had signed a two-book deal with the publisher Faber and Faber, with her forthcoming book The Lost Boys due out this year.\n\nAccording to those who knew her best, the gay rights advocate was someone who \"believed passionately in social and religious tolerance\".\n\nAt her funeral at St Anne's Cathedral in Belfast Fr Martin Magill received a standing ovation when he asked why it took her death to unite politicians.\n\nDays later the British and Irish governments announced a new talks process aimed at restoring devolution.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe boss of an NHS trust at the centre of concerns about preventable baby deaths has claimed the scale of the failings is not clearly defined.\n\nSusan Acott, chief executive of East Kent Hospitals Trust, said there had only been \"six or seven\" avoidable deaths at the trust since 2011.\n\nHowever, the BBC revealed on Monday that the trust previously accepted responsibility for at least 10.\n\nMs Acott said some of the baby deaths were \"not as clear-cut\".\n\nA series of failings came to light during the inquest of Harry Richford who died seven days after his birth at the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital in Margate in November 2017.\n\nThe inquest was told Harry would have survived but for failings by the hospital\n\nA coroner ruled Harry's death was \"wholly avoidable\" and was contributed to by hospital neglect.\n\nMs Acott added she had not read a key report from 2015 drawing attention to maternity problems at the trust until December 2019.\n\nThe trust has apologised to the Richford family and Ms Acott says she has offered to meet them.\n\nMs Acott claims that from 2011 to 2020 there were \"about six or seven\" baby deaths that were viewed as preventable.\n\nShe says the other deaths were being investigated adding \"these things aren't always black and white\".\n\nMs Acott said: \"It is not always quite as clear cut as that. That is not to say we shouldn't learn and shouldn't investigate.\"\n\nDespite the most recent preventable death taking place in November, Ms Acott said she believes the trust has improved.\n\nShe said: \"I think it is about trying to persist. Are we going about trying to improve our clinical care, are we doing everything that's expected of us. I think we are.\"\n\nShe added: \"It's an organisation with a lot of issues and problems, of that there's no doubt. We have to use the memory of Harry Richford to say we will learn, we will do better and we won't let this happen again.\"\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.", "Andrew Hinds fears for the future of smaller town centres if there is no change\n\nFor one national chain of jewellers, the government's business rates system is having a devastating effect on retail outside big cities and shopping malls.\n\nAndrew Hinds, a director at family-run firm F Hinds, says business rates place an unfair burden on shops and are leading to more store closures.\n\n\"In a smaller town, if you lose a few retailers, you lose critical mass and there's less reason for people to go into town,\" he told the BBC.\n\n\"We have stores in various different locations - cities, towns, out-of-town shopping centres. But we fear for the future of smaller towns in more rural locations.\n\n\"If we don't reduce the cost of doing business in these towns to a sustainable level, we will kill their High Streets.\"\n\nFor that reason, F Hinds has joined forces with more than 50 other retailers to write a letter to Chancellor Sajid Javid calling for business rates reform.\n\nThe signatories include the bosses of leading supermarkets, department stores and other big High Street names.\n\nMarks & Spencer, Superdrug, Morrisons, Debenhams, Boots and Greggs are among those involved.\n\nThe letter notes that the \"burden of business rates has become unsustainable for many retailers\" and that the system is broken.\n\nAmong other changes, they want businesses to be able to appeal against excessive business rates.\n\nThe system is a complex one, but businesses complain that changes in the rateable value of their properties can lead to their being unfairly clobbered.\n\nMr Hinds says the burden of the system falls disproportionately on retailers, who make up 5% of the economy but pay 25% of all business rates.\n\n\"For more than a decade, we've been opening new shops in larger places rather than smaller ones,\" he says.\n\n\"The smaller towns that we're in already are becoming less vibrant. Eventually, older people and poorer people will have less access to shopping, because they can't drive 50 miles to the nearest supermall.\"\n\nF Hinds says it opens more stores in big shopping centres because of the business rates system\n\nF Hinds has 127 shops across the UK, which makes it too big to qualify for business rates relief from the government. Mr Hinds jokes that they would fare better if they could relaunch as 127 small businesses.\n\nHe says that if business rates are not reformed, many town centres will change radically.\n\n\"I think we will end up with a very different social fabric,\" he says. \"You can have other things in town centres apart from shopping, but if you lose shopping, will people go into the town to do the other things?\"\n\nThe campaign has the backing of the British Retail Consortium, whose chief executive, Helen Dickinson, called on Mr Javid to address retailers' concerns in next month's Budget.\n\nShe said: \"Every year, retail faces higher and higher business rates bills, holding back much needed investment in an industry that is transforming at a dramatic pace.\n\n\"Swift action at the upcoming Budget would show the chancellor was serious about levelling up all parts of the UK and supporting a retail industry towards realising a brighter future.\"", "Boris Johnson took a holiday on the island of Mustique with partner Carrie Symonds after Christmas\n\nLabour has called for an investigation into who funded Boris Johnson's Caribbean holiday over the New Year.\n\nThe MPs' register of interests stated the accommodation had a \"value\" of £15,000 and was covered by Carphone Warehouse co-founder David Ross.\n\nMr Ross initially said he had not paid for the holiday, but in a clarification insisted the register \"is correct\" and he had \"facilitated accommodation\".\n\nDowning Street said the trip had been properly registered.\n\nThe prime minister took the holiday to Mustique, a private island that is part of St Vincent and the Grenadines, with girlfriend Carrie Symonds between Boxing Day 2019 and 5 January 2020.\n\nLabour's Jon Trickett has now asked the parliamentary commissioner for standards to investigate who paid for it.\n\nIn a letter to the watchdog, the shadow Cabinet Office minister said: \"The code of conduct requires members to provide the name of the person or organisation that actually funded a donation.\"\n\nHe said that the \"evidence suggests it was not David Ross\" who funded the donation and that the entry made by the prime minister in the MPs' register of interests \"appears to be incorrect\".\n\nDavid Ross, the co-founder of Carphone Warehouse, at a photography exhibition in 2011\n\nMr Trickett said a number of questions needed \"urgently answering\", including \"the true source of the £15,000 donation\" and \"did the PM knowingly make a false entry into the register\".\n\n\"Transparency is crucial to ensuring that the public have confidence that elected Members of this House have not been unduly influence by any donations or gifts that they may receive,\" he added.\n\nMr Johnson's entry in the register of interests says Mr Ross donated accommodation \"for a private holiday for my partner and me, value £15,000\".\n\nBut a spokesman for Mr Ross told the Daily Mail: \"Boris wanted some help to find somewhere in Mustique, David called the company who run all the villas and somebody had dropped out.\n\n\"So Boris got the use of a villa that was worth £15,000, but David Ross did not pay any monies whatsoever for this.\"\n\nA later statement from the spokesman added: \"Mr Ross facilitated accommodation for Mr Johnson on Mustique valued at £15,000.\n\n\"Therefore this is a benefit in kind from Mr Ross to Mr Johnson, and Mr Johnson's declaration to the House of Commons is correct.\"\n\nA Downing Street spokesperson said: \"All transparency requirements have been followed, as set out in the Register of Members' Financial Interests\".\n\nA spokeswoman for the standards commissioner said the office could not confirm whether an investigation had been opened into the prime minister.\n\nShe explained this was due to a decision by MPs in 2018 to allow colleagues being investigated to remain anonymous.\n\nMr Ross has not provided any further details as to what he means, in this context, by a 'benefit in kind.'\n\nBut sources in Westminster have suggested to me that this could refer to some sort of swap whereby David Ross agreed to give up his own property - at a later date - in order to facilitate the prime minister's stay elsewhere on the island.\n\nAnd, I'm told, that there was no kind of cash donation.\n\nBut until there's total clarity, from Downing Street, the questions will keep coming. Such as, whose villa did Boris Johnson stay at?\n\nAnd opposition parties may not wish to miss the chance of pointing out that the PM didn't pay for at least part of his own holiday.\n\nMr Ross was one of Mr Johnson's aides in City Hall and was appointed to the Olympics organising committee.\n\nBut he resigned from the roles, and his company, over a share scandal in 2008.\n\nIt emerged Mr Ross had used millions of pounds' worth of Carphone Warehouse shares as collateral against personal loans without informing the company's other directors - a potential breach of City rules at the time.\n\nMr Ross has been a long-standing donor to the Conservative Party, pledging £250,000 in the last election campaign.\n\nMr Johnson faced criticism over his holiday for not returning sooner, after the US killing of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani raised tensions in the Middle East.\n\nIn April 2019 Mr Johnson was rebuked by the parliamentary commissioner for standards for failing to register a share of a Somerset property within 28 days of acquiring it.", "At just 42, Rishi Sunak is the youngest prime minister in modern times - taking the record held by his old boss David Cameron, who was 43 when appointed.\n\nHis rise to the top has been fast. He only became MP for Richmond in North Yorkshire in 2015 and joined the Cabinet in 2019.\n\n\"I showed up and people were surprised,\" Mr Sunak said about being selected to represent Richmond, with its overwhelming white population. But his \"Yorkshire values\" of hard work resonated with people and he won them over by showing an interest in what mattered to them, he said. Seven years on and he has made history as the UK's first British Asian prime minister.\n\nMr Sunak joined Boris Johnson's cabinet in 2019 as chief treasury to the secretary working with chancellor Sajid Javid, and his career rocketed from there.\n\nA self-confessed \"huge Star Wars fan\" with a sizeable collection of lightsabers, he tweeted a photo of himself and his \"Jedi Master\" Mr Javid at a screening of The Rise of Skywalker in 2019. A few months later, the apprentice became the master when he replaced Mr Javid as chancellor, and was plunged into pandemic crisis planning and budgeting.\n\nFor quite a few people, Mr Sunak appeared to be a reassuringly steady hand at the tiller as chancellor.\n\nWhen he pledged to do \"whatever it takes\" to help people through the pandemic in the spring of 2020 - and unveiled support worth £350bn - his personal poll ratings went through the roof.\n\nBut the UK continued to be buffeted by stormy economic weather, and Mr Sunak himself had to deal with the fallout of being fined by police for breaking lockdown rules in Downing Street in June 2020.\n\nIn July, he resigned from the cabinet, saying he felt his own approach to the economy was \"fundamentally too different\" to that of the PM, Boris Johnson. The move was instrumental in ousting Mr Johnson, which some of the former PM's allies will not have forgotten.\n\nJust 16 weeks later, he has become leader himself.\n\nHis appointment as PM came on the day millions celebrated Diwali, and as a practising Hindu he has said one of his proudest career moments was lighting ceremonial diyas (oil lamps) outside 11 Downing Street while chancellor. A traditional Hindu red bracelet, meant for good luck and protection, could be seen on his wrist when he posed on the steps of 10 Downing Street for the first time as UK leader.\n\nFamily: Married to businesswoman Akshata Murty with two daughters\n\nThere is no denying that Mr Sunak's wealth is a world away from that of most. Together, he and his wife Akshata Murty have an estimated worth of more than £700m - a sum which supersedes the personal wealth of King Charles III.\n\nCritics of Mr Sunak have raised the question of whether the millionaire can grasp the scale of the cost-of-living squeeze facing struggling households.\n\nIn April, the finances of Mr Sunak and his family came under intense scrutiny, with the tax affairs of his wife - the daughter of Narayana Murthy, Indian billionaire and co-founder of IT services giant Infosys - placed in the spotlight. Headquartered in Bangalore, Infosys reported revenues of more than $11.8bn (£9bn) in 2019, $12.8bn in 2020, and $13.5bn in 2021. The company's latest annual report shows Ms Murty owns a 0.9% stake in Infosys.\n\nShe announced in April she would start paying UK tax on this income to relieve political pressure on her husband.\n\nMr Sunak's appointment as prime minister has made his own wealth and tax affairs a hot topic again. He has been tight-lipped about his personal wealth and maintains that he has never benefited from funds based in tax havens.\n\nIt remains to be seen whether he and his family will split their time between Downing Street and the £4.5m five-bedroom townhouse in South Kensington, London where they currently reside.\n\nThe Sunaks are understood to own a further three properties: a Grade II-listed manor house in the village of Kirby Sigston, near Northallerton, in his Richmond constituency, was bought for £1.5m in 2015. The couple also own a flat in South Kensington and a penthouse apartment with views of the Pacific Ocean in Santa Monica, California.\n\nMr Sunak won the approval of 202 Tory MPs to replace Liz Truss as prime minister. Newsnight's political editor Nick Watt says his colleagues find him \"very personable\", but also someone who is \"very clear and certain in what he thinks\".\n\nFor example, in the run-up to the 2016 Brexit referendum - in which he campaigned to Leave - he was called into Downing Street and asked for his support to remain in the EU but he refused.\n\n\"He said 'No, I think Brexit is the right thing to do' - which is quite a thing for a newly elected MP to say to Downing Street.\"\n\nMr Sunak told the Yorkshire Post he believed leaving the EU would make the UK \"freer, fairer and more prosperous\".\n\nHe said changing immigration rules was another key reason for his Leave vote: \"I believe that appropriate immigration can benefit our country. But we must have control of our borders.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Rishi Sunak says that when it comes to helping the most vulnerable \"that's what I did\".\n\nBefore entering politics Mr Sunak was an analyst for the investment bank Goldman Sachs and then worked for two multibillion dollar hedge funds.\n\nHis supporters hope his eye for statistics and data will be an asset in making the right economic decisions.\n\nMr Sunak's parents came to the UK from east Africa and are both of Indian origin.\n\nHe was born in Southampton in 1980, where his father was a GP, and his mother ran her own pharmacy.\n\n\"In terms of cultural upbringing, I'd be at the temple at the weekend - I'm a Hindu - but I'd also be at [Southampton Football Club] the Saints game as well on a Saturday - you do everything, you do both.\"\n\nIn the interview he said he had been fortunate not to have endured a lot of racism growing up, but that there was one incident that had stayed with him.\n\n\"I was just out with my younger brother and younger sister, and I think, probably pretty young, I was probably a mid-teenager, and we were out at a fast food restaurant and I was just looking after them. There were people sitting nearby, it was the first time I'd experienced it, just saying some very unpleasant things. The 'P' word.\n\n\"And it stung. I still remember it. It seared in my memory. You can be insulted in many different ways.\"\n\nHowever, he said he \"can't conceive of that happening today\" in the UK.\n\nHe attended the exclusive private school Winchester College and worked as a waiter at a Southampton curry house during his summer holidays. He has attracted criticism from Labour for donating more than £100,000 to his former school, to fund bursaries for children who could not afford to attend it.\n\nAfter finishing school he went on to Oxford to study philosophy, politics and economics, before studying for an MBA at Stanford University in California. There he met his wife, and the couple have two daughters.\n\nDuring the previous leadership campaign, he often mentioned his daughters in the context of climate change. Answering a question on climate change during a BBC TV debate, Mr Sunak said he took \"advice from my two young daughters, who are the experts of this in my household\".", "Food waste refers to reduced food due to actions by retailers and consumers\n\nCommon estimates for global food waste are too low, according to Dutch researchers, who suggest every person in the world is wasting about 500 calories of food a day.\n\nWithout waste, we could feed five people instead of four, they said.\n\nThe study found food waste goes up with the increase of money in our pockets, possibly reaching more than twice the levels we thought previously.\n\nWasted and lost food accounts for almost 10% of all our greenhouse gas emissions, according to the UN.\n\nStopping food waste is a win for consumers and it's definitely a win for the planet, said Dr Monika van den Bos Verma of Wageningen University in The Netherlands.\n\n\"Throwing food out in your dustbin is like throwing a five euro note out - why would you do that?\"\n\nPrevious estimates have put global food waste at 214 calories per day per person (214 kilocalories/day/capita - a kilocalorie is another word for what's commonly called a calorie).\n\nSparrows feeding on leftovers at a cafe in Germany\n\nThe researchers looked in detail at the issue of food waste, using data from the FAO, World Bank and World Health Organization (WHO).\n\nFood waste started to rise above a daily income of about seven dollars per day.\n\nAnd while the FAO estimated food waste to be 214 calories per day per person in the world in 2015, their model for the same year gave a figure of 527 calories.\n\n\"What we estimate is that FAO's original estimate of 214 kilocalories per capita per day is actually a vast underestimate of the global food waste as we measure it, because we have a factor two larger estimate of 527 kilocalories per capita per day,\" said Dr Thom Achterbosch, also of Wageningen University in the Netherlands.\n\nFood waste is more of a problem in richer countries than we think but it's also going to rise faster in poorer countries, he added.\n\n\"From what we currently have in our kitchens we could feed five persons instead of four if we don't waste,\" he said.\n\nThe researchers point to some simple solutions for reducing food waste, such as reducing food portion sizes.\n\nThey say behavioural change is important, such as encouraging shoppers to switch from buying in excess or hoarding to buying \"enough\", with the thought that you can always buy more. And food must be valued and appreciated more in society.\n\nThe research, published in the journal, Plos One, did not include food lost in the production process before it gets to the consumer. The widely quoted figure of one third of all food available for human consumption lost or wasted is made up of both food lost before it reaches the consumer, which the study did not look at, and food wasted once it arrives in the kitchen.\n\nThe figures are global and give a basis for measuring progress towards the international goal to reduce food waste by half between 2015 and 2030.\n\n\"It's essentially the most sustainable way to solve part the problem of how to feed the world in the future,\" said co-researcher, Dr Martine Rutten.", "England threw away the opportunity to defeat South Africa in the first Twenty20 international, losing a dramatic contest by one run in East London.\n\nThe tourists needed three from the final delivery of the match, but Adil Rashid could only manage a single.\n\nEngland were cantering to their target of 178 as Jason Roy plundered 70 from 38 balls, only for his dismissal to spark South Africa's resurgence.\n\nEven then, Eoin Morgan's 52 meant England needed just seven from the final over, yet the brilliant Lungi Ngidi had Tom Curran caught at deep mid-wicket and bowled Moeen Ali.\n\nRashid was asked to be the hero from the only ball he faced, but an inside edge to mid-wicket meant he was run out coming back for a second run which would have forced a super over.\n\nIt was cruel on Rashid who, along with fellow spinner Moeen, earlier helped England recover from a dreadful start with the ball and in the field to limit South Africa to 177-8 on a superb batting pitch.\n\nThe second in the three-match series is in Durban on Friday.\n\nThis is the start of England's road to the T20 World Cup in Australia in October and November and, unlike the experimental line-up used during the drawn one-day series, captain Morgan has promised his team will be at its strongest throughout these matches.\n\nWhat Morgan saw was a side who began terribly, fought back admirably, gained complete control, then threw it all away.\n\nAfter choosing to field first, the tourists were facing the prospect of an enormous chase as their pace bowlers were flayed, catches went down, the ground fielding was untidy and the sole review wasted.\n\nSouth Africa reached 97-1 from nine overs, only for England to improve to take 7-80 in the final 11 overs and 4-8 in the last two, leaving the Proteas with a total that seemed no better than par.\n\nWhen Roy was in full flow, the chase was set to be complete with time to spare, but he became the first in a string of batsmen to be complicit in their own downfall, coinciding with the excellent death bowling of Ngidi.\n\nEngland first stalled, then panicked, allowing South Africa to steal a game they had almost no right to win.\n\nEven as they were carried to the 50-over World Cup by a power-packed batting line-up last July, England were still capable of an aberration, and fell to this defeat in six overs of madness.\n\nRoy had taken left-arm spinner JJ Smuts for 22 in a single over on the way to a 22-ball half-century, sharing stands of 72 with Jonny Bairstow and 42 with Morgan.\n\nHowever, he helped an innocuous Beuran Hendricks slower ball to short fine leg, with Joe Denly and Ben Stokes holing out in the next three overs.\n\nWith 23 needed from 12 balls, Morgan took control. Hendricks was hit for 14 from three deliveries, only for the captain to hit the last ball of the 19th over straight to long-on.\n\nEngland were still favourites, especially when Curran shovelled Ngidi for a couple to make the target five from five.\n\nHowever, he targeted the leg-side fence needlessly and was caught, and Moeen swung, nudged and ultimately missed to be bowled, leaving Rashid a task he was not up to.\n\nMoeen and Rashid prove their worth again\n\nThough they would later come up short with the bat, off-spinner Moeen and leg-spinner Rashid - who this week each reiterated their unavailability to England's Test side - once again proved how integral they are to Morgan's white-ball teams.\n\nUsing variations of line, length and pace, they returned a combined 2-45 from their eight overs. Even then, the numbers only tell part of the story. Moeen bowled three of his overs in the powerplay, while Rashid was the unfortunate bowler when Roy and Denly each dropped catches.\n\nWhile Moeen and Rashid were twirling away, pace bowlers Curran, Mark Wood and Chris Jordan were being flayed by Temba Bavuma's 43, and each of Quinton de Kock and Rassie van der Dussen, who both made 31.\n\nAs usual, it took the arrival of Stokes to inspire England, with the talismanic all-rounder paving the way for Jordan and Wood to make impressive returns.\n\nHowever, it would prove to be not enough. In a game decided by the tightest of margins, England were not only punished for their batting collapse, but also their slow start with the ball and in the field.\n\n'We have to improve'\n\nEngland captain Eoin Morgan told the TMS podcast: \"We have to improve how we played the end of the chase. At the halfway stage we talked about how South Africa batsmen coming in struggled to hit the ball. We'll talk about that over the next 24 hours and hopefully get an answer and a clear mindset going into Durban.\"\n\nSouth Africa's Lungi Ngidi, who took 3-30 in four overs: \"I didn't panic under pressure. One of their best batsmen was in and they seemed to be cruising the game. I was told my job was to take wickets and that's all I wanted to do.\"\n\nSouth Africa captain Quinton de Kock: \"It was very tight, but we knew that halfway through. We had to keep to our basics and we could end up winning. We knew this wicket gets slow and is tough to bat on in the last five overs. We'll enjoy it tonight but the planning for the second game in the series starts tomorrow and we want to be ruthless.\"", "The landslide happened at Crafnant in Conwy county\n\nNine homes have been evacuated following a large landslip, thought to have been caused by Storm Ciara.\n\nPeople are being advised to stay away from Crafnant, near Trefriw in Conwy county, by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) and Conwy council and roads and footpaths have been closed.\n\nStaff from NRW will work with geoscience and engineering experts to monitor the landslide.\n\nMore rain is expected from Storm Dennis over the weekend.\n\nA woman in her 80s, who lives alone, was one of the nine households evacuated. Others included families with children, according to Trefriw councillor Tomos Jones.\n\nTrefriw councillor Tomos Jones said: \"The elderly resident lived nearest the landslide. I believe she's staying with her family in Trefriw.\n\n\"Another resident lives near the bridge that was taken out by the landslide.\"\n\nSian Williams, NRW's head of operations in north west Wales, said: \"We are working quickly with a number of partners to monitor the landslip and determine if there are any movements.\n\n\"In the meantime, North Wales Police, Conwy County Borough Council and NRW have advised the residents of nine properties to evacuate their homes, as there is a concern that this area remains unstable with an immediate risk to properties and highways in the area.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Boris Johnson promised not so long ago that Sajid Javid would be his chancellor, in front of an audience and the TV cameras.\n\nIn characteristically bombastic style, before he could be completely sure he would be back as PM, he said: \"I'm going to give you an absolutely categorical assurance I will keep Sajid Javid as my chancellor. I think he's a great guy, and I think he is doing a fantastic job.\"\n\nSo what on earth has just then happened?\n\nAs one cabinet minister suggested, it seems Sajid Javid's departure is \"a little bit of accident and a little bit of design\".\n\nTwo weeks ago, if the now former chancellor had been fired it might not have seemed that surprising.\n\nThere were well-known tensions between the two teams, not necessarily between the two men themselves.\n\nAnd there was plenty of briefing around that the relationship was strained between Mr Javid and the prime minister's top adviser, Dominic Cummings.\n\nThere were not profound policy clashes perhaps, but there was certainly some of the traditional friction - No 10 that wants to be able to spend, No 11 that wants to hold the cheque book tightly.\n\nBut in recent days, there had been plenty of warm noises that Mr Javid was safe in government.\n\nEven though No 10 has bold ideas for reform, they had concluded it seemed there wasn't much point ripping up the relationship at the top.\n\nWhat however they were determined to change was the atmosphere and the balance between the wider institutions - the political machine of Downing Street and the wider Treasury team.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sajid Javid: I had no option but to resign\n\nFor a deeply motivated group inside No 10, that meant forcing changes on the chancellor as noted by the well plugged-in Conservative blogger Paul Goodman earlier this month.\n\nThe possibility of that had not gone unnoticed by the Treasury team, and I understand that Mr Javid had discussed with friends what to do in that circumstance.\n\nIf he were presented with a fait accompli, he had considered that he might have to quit.\n\nWalking in front of the cameras at Downing Street this morning therefore, he was aware of what might have been about to happen.\n\nI'm told the meeting between the two powerful men started cordially, with Mr Johnson praising Mr Javid's time in the job, before hitting him with the demand that he'd love him to stay, but without his team.\n\nWhispers suggest the chancellor (still in the job at that point) asked the prime minister for what precisely his advisers had actually done wrong, but he was short on evidence.\n\nAfter the pair went \"round in circles\", they took a break, at which point in a series of \"side meetings\" senior figures like the chief whip and Eddie Lister, another senior No 10 adviser, tried to persuade Mr Javid to stay.\n\nHe did not back down though, and then it's said in another one-on-one meeting with the PM, he tendered his resignation.\n\nMr Javid was appointed chancellor by the prime minister last July\n\nIn the coming days, the blow-by-blow accounts of what exactly happened will be the subject of spin in plenty of different directions.\n\nSajid Javid may decide to give a fuller account. But right now, his departure seems not therefore to have been a dastardly, and deliberate plan to force him out.\n\nNo 10 hoped he would go for it, but must have gamed the possibility that he might not accept, just as Mr Javid had gamed the possibility that he might be asked to choose between his job and his team.\n\nLosing a chancellor is no small event, and it wasn't what Boris Johnson set out to do. But today shows that No 10's priority was political control rather than keeping personnel they valued. When Mr Javid refused, they chose instead to see him leave.\n\nThis begs a wider question - is it stronger to share power or hoard it?\n\nBoris Johnson and his team have made the choice today to do the latter - to lose a chancellor rather than allow a rival faction offering different political advice to the next door neighbour.\n\nOf course, any prime minister is entitled to do this. And there is nothing written in scripture that says the occupant of No 11 must be forever considered a near equal competitor to the PM next door.\n\nStalwarts of the department believe it is a vital check on prime ministers who would otherwise simply splash the cash.\n\nBut one former minister, no fan of the current administration, suggested there is a very good case to be made for cutting back the political power of the Treasury, rethinking its role as a rival centre of power to No 10.\n\nAnd Javid is, by nature, unlikely to become a deliberate pain on the backbenches.\n\nMaybe then, as a minister told me tonight, the ultimate effect of this confusing cock-up will be \"benign\".\n\nBut the manner of Sajid Javid's exit may really counts - a symbol of a government that wants, if you are diplomatic, a smooth and complete focus on its agenda at the very top.\n\nPut that less kindly, a group that wants to grab control of everything it sees.\n\nFor now, it may make it easier for Boris Johnson to push through his desires. But centralising power in one building centralises risk too.\n\nIf and when things go well, credit may flow in one direction. If and when things go wrong, there may be only one target for the blame.\n• None Who is in Boris Johnson's new cabinet?", "Lyra McKee was regarded by many as a rising star in Northern Ireland media circles\n\nA 52-year-old man has been charged with the murder of journalist Lyra McKee in Londonderry.\n\nHe is also charged with possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and professing to be a member of a proscribed organisation.\n\nMs McKee, who was 29, was observing rioting in Derry's Creggan estate when she was shot on 18 April 2019.\n\nThe 52-year-old, from Derry, is due to appear at Londonderry Magistrates' Court on Thursday.\n\nDet Supt Jason Murphy said a number of individuals were involved with the gunman on the night Ms McKee was killed.\n\n\"And while today is significant for the investigation the quest for the evidence to bring the gunman to justice remains active and ongoing,\" he added.\n\nMs McKee was a writer and campaigner from Belfast who had only recently moved to Derry when she was killed.\n\nShe was standing near a police 4x4 vehicle on the night of 18 April 2019 when a masked gunman fired towards officers and onlookers.\n\nRegarded by many as a rising star in Northern Ireland media circles, she had written for many publications, including Buzzfeed, Private Eye, the Atlantic and Mosaic Science.\n\nMs McKee's death caused widespread revulsion in Northern Ireland and further afield\n\nShe was named Sky News young journalist of the year in 2006 and Forbes Magazine named her as one of their 30 under 30 in media in Europe in 2016.\n\nThe Belfast woman had signed a two-book deal with the publisher Faber and Faber, with her forthcoming book The Lost Boys due out this year.\n\nAccording to those who knew her best, the gay rights advocate was someone who \"believed passionately in social and religious tolerance\".\n\nHer death caused widespread revulsion in Northern Ireland and further afield.\n\nHer funeral was attended by then prime minister Theresa May, Irish PM Leo Varadkar and Irish President Michael D Higgins at St Anne's Cathedral in Belfast.\n\nFr Martin Magill received a standing ovation when he asked why it took her death to unite politicians.\n\nDays later the British and Irish governments announced a new talks process aimed at restoring devolution.\n\nNorthern Ireland's political institutions were restored last month after three years of deadlock.", "A judge said Peter Turner had \"brought evil into this world\"\n\nA former monk at a Catholic boarding school who sexually abused three boys aged under 13 has been jailed for more than 20 years.\n\nPeter Turner, 80, of Redcar, admitted 14 charges including indecent assault, gross indecency and another serious sexual offence.\n\nThe offences took place at Ampleforth College, North Yorkshire, and a parish in Cumbria between 1984 and 1990.\n\nNorth Yorkshire Police said Turner was \"clearly a very depraved individual\".\n\nSentencing him at York Crown Court, Judge Sean Morris said: \"You have brought evil into this world when, by your calling, you should have brought hope, help and succour.\"\n\nThe court heard parents sent their children to Ampleforth to be cared for by \"men of God\" but Turner was \"a man of evil\"\n\nTurner, formerly known as Father Gregory Carroll, targeted the first boy at Ampleforth.\n\nThen after he confessed to the church authorities about sexual contact with a boy he was sent to a parish in Workington.\n\nHe went on to indecently assault a boy in the Cumbrian town and committed indecent assault and gross indecency against a third victim.\n\nThe court heard victim impact statements in which the men spoke about the impact Turner's abuse had had on their lives.\n\nHe was recalled and confined to the monastery at Ampleforth after the Nolan Report on the problem of clerical child abuse was published in 2001.\n\nTurner was previously jailed for four years in 2005 after admitting offences against 10 pupils at the school between 1979 and 1987. The sentence was later reduced by 12 months.\n\nOn Tuesday he pleaded guilty to 11 counts of indecent assault, two counts of a serious sexual assault and one count of gross indecency with a child.\n\nPauline McCullagh, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said: \"Turner committed a truly sickening breach of trust, sexually abusing young boys who innocently placed their trust in him as a monk and priest.\"\n\nNorth Yorkshire Police said Turner was \"clearly a very depraved individual\"\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.", "Alan Bass, the doctor for England's 1966 World Cup-winning team, has died at the age of 90.\n\nThe former Harley Street consultant was seated next to manager Sir Alf Ramsey as England beat West Germany 4-2.\n\nBass was also England's doctor at the 1970 World Cup, and treated Gary Lineker's broken wrist before the striker went on to win the Golden Boot at the 1986 World Cup.\n\nThe doctor led a \"brilliant\" life, said his sister Shirley Livingstone.\n\nPreviously, Bass worked at Arsenal with former Gunners manager and England defender Billy Wright, and also helped famous film stars on set such as Sir Sean Connery.\n\n\"The England players almost treated him like a father,\" Livingstone told BBC Sport. \"He was very good at his job, and Alf had a great regard for Alan and how fit the players were.\"\n\n'Alan Ball nailed his shoes to the floor'\n\nThat bond with Ramsey - the only England manager to win a senior World Cup - was crucial in keeping some of the England players in order, Livingstone said.\n\n\"My brother had a great sense of humour, and he needed it, because they were a terrible bunch,\" she joked before telling a story about former midfielder Alan Ball.\n\n\"This wasn't at the World Cup but Alan was a real prankster. He had a leg injury and they didn't know if he was match-fit for a game against Norway, I think.\n\n\"My brother and the physios decided to check if he was match fit by getting Alan to run up the stadium steps with a sack of sand on his back.\n\n\"He was a bit peeved about this, as you can imagine, but he did it. That night, my brother put his shoes outside to be cleaned as they did in those days, on a beautiful polished wooden floor.\n\n\"Next morning, he heard a clatter and thought it was the staff bringing his shoes back but he went outside and Alan Ball had nailed them to the floor.\"\n\nTreating Lineker and looking after Jules Rimet Trophy\n\nLivingstone also described how Bass was dedicated to his profession and never became star-struck as he treated famous golf and tennis athletes.\n\nThat outlook even applied to the 1966 World Cup celebrations, where he took the chance to offer then-Prime Minister Harold Wilson his opinions on the state of the health service.\n\nThat was why he left for Canada to become a professor, she said. He also became head of Fifa's medical committee, but his benefit to England did not stop there.\n\nBass was on hand to help Lineker when he broke his wrist during a friendly in Vancouver before the 1986 World Cup in Mexico.\n\nThe level of trust between Ramsey and Bass was summed up by another tale he told about the Jules Rimet Trophy - which was then awarded to the world champions - following the success in 1966.\n\nLivingstone said: \"The team had been entertained in Dublin or Belfast, and they put the World Cup on the stands so everybody could see it but when they returned home to Heathrow, there was nobody to meet Alf.\n\n\"Alf said to Alan, who was a big chap, I'm wrapping the trophy up in newspaper and you're going to take it home with you and put it under your bed and we'll call for it tomorrow.\n\n\"I'm not sure if it's a true story, but he had the World Cup under his bed at some point.\n\n\"When he got the job, I just remember Alan wrote to my mother to tell her how proud he had been asked to be the doctor for England.\"", "Rupert Smith, one of 17 convicted offenders deported to Jamaica, says he has \"had his life taken away\".\n\nThe 32-year-old, who lived in London, was deported after being convicted in 2016 of actual bodily harm, when he plead guilty to attacking a man with a wrench.\n\nHe received a 15-month sentence. He subsequently received a deportation order in 2017.\n\nSmith arrived in the UK aged 13 and has three children in the UK, all British citizens.\n\nAll of those deported were Jamaican nationals who have been convicted of criminal offences and given prison sentences of 12 months or more.\n\nMr Smith told BBC Newsnight that he was \"serving his sentence three times over\".", "The Kuiper belt object Arrokoth is a pristine remnant of planet formation in action\n\nScientists say they have \"decisively\" overturned the prevailing theory for how planets in our Solar System formed.\n\nThe established view is that material violently crashed together to form ever larger clumps until they became worlds.\n\nNew results suggest the process was less catastrophic - with matter gently clumping together instead.\n\nThe study appears in Science journal and has been presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Seattle.\n\nThe study's lead researcher, Dr Alan Stern, said that the discovery was of \"stupendous magnitude\".\n\nThe moment Alan Stern (L) had confirmation that New Horizons had flown by the Kuiper Belt object\n\n\"There was the prevailing theory from the late 1960s of violent collisions and a more recent emerging theory of gentle accumulation. One is dust and the other is the only one standing. This rarely happens in planetary science, but today we have settled the matter,\" he told BBC News.\n\nThe claim arises from detailed study of an object in the outer reaches of the Solar System. Named Arrokoth, the object is more than six billion km from the Sun in a region called the Kuiper belt. It is a pristine remnant of planet formation in action as the Solar System emerged 4.6 billion years ago, with two bodies combining to form a larger one.\n\nScientists obtained high-resolution pictures of Arrokoth when Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft flew close to it just over a year ago. It gave scientists their first opportunity to test which of the two competing theories was correct: did the two components crash together or was there gentle contact?\n\nThe analysis by Dr Stern and his team could find no evidence of violent impact. The researchers found no stress fractures, nor was there any flattening, indicating that the objects were squashed together gently.\n\n\"This is completely decisive,\" said Dr Stern. \"In one fell swoop, the flyby of Arrokoth was able to decide between the two theories.\"\n\nThe newer gentle clumping theory was developed 15 years ago by Prof Anders Johansen\n\nHe is bullish because these so-called Kuiper belt objects have largely remained the same since the formation of the Solar System. They are, in effect, perfectly preserved fossils from this distant time.\n\nThe newer gentle clumping theory was developed 15 years ago by Prof Anders Johansen at Lund Observatory in Sweden. At the time he was a young PhD student. The idea emerged from computer simulations.\n\nAfter speaking to Dr Stern, I broke the news to Prof Johansen that his theory had been confirmed. There was a pause on the line before he replied that he \"felt great\".\n\nHe added: \"It is a special moment. I remember when I was a PhD student and feeling very nervous about these new results because they were very different to the ones before. I was worried that there was an error in my code or that I had made a calculation error.\n\n\"And then when you see these results confirmed from actual observations it is a real relief.\"\n\nAnders Johansen marks the confirmation of his theory with his daughter Laura\n\nProf Johansen commemorated the occasion with a pizza and coke with his family.\n\nEngineer Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, who co-presents the BBC's Sky at Night programme, cautioned against toppling a theory based on the observation of one object, but said that Dr Stern's interpretation \"makes a lot of sense\".\n\n\"It is nice to have this evidence because the crashing together theory was a nice theory, but there were some challenges to it. Why did the objects stick together and not bounce apart. There was a lot that didn't add up.\"\n\nWhen Arrokoth was discovered six years ago, it was known only by its designation 2014 MU69. At the time of the New Horizons flyby, it had been given the informal name Ultima Thule. While that name came from a classical and medieval term for a far-off place at the borders of the known world, its use by Nazi occultists as the mythical homeland of the Aryan race caused controversy.\n\nThe official name Arrokoth is a Native American term meaning \"sky\" in the Powhatan/Algonquian language.\n• None Distant object 'like nothing seen before'\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Claudia almost lost her job because of a county court judgement\n\nReceiving a county court judgement (CCJ) can have damaging consequences. So, not even knowing there is a ruling against you can come as a shock.\n\nClaudia only discovered the CCJ against her when she got her first job. \"If it hadn't been for my job I would never have known,\" says the 23-year-old.\n\nThe number of people in their 20s with court orders for unpaid debt has risen sharply in the last year, according to figures seen by Radio 4's Money Box.\n\nCourt records from the Registry Trust show that last year 160,000 were given CCJs, up 30% from the year before.\n\nZero hour contracts, payday loans, unstable jobs, mobile phone bills, subscription services and increasing rent prices are thought to be partly behind the rise, the Registry Trust says.\n\nClaudia's CCJ was for £270, for two weeks' outstanding rent when she was in student accommodation at university.\n\n\"I [had] moved out from my family home into a different home, so I never received any correspondence from the court,\" she said.\n\n\"The CCJ was filed in April 2017. I found out about it in July 2018 with my first job. It came about again with my second job in 2019.\n\n\"I didn't understand the severity until I got my latest job. It was insinuated that 'it needs to come off [be paid off]' or else I could lose my job,\" she said.\n\nClaudia disputes the £270 her ex-landlord says she owed him, and said she had faced problems applying for credit because of her CCJ.\n\nSo she sought legal advice to challenge it and it's now been resolved, an outcome she's happy with.\n\nClaudia disputes the claim against her\n\n\"I tried to change my phone contract from my parents' name to my name. That didn't work. My car broke and I tried to finance a new car in my name. That didn't work.\"\n\nMost judgements in the last year for Claudia's age group were for amounts between £100 and £500. The second largest proportion was for amounts between £500 and £1,000.\n\nA CCJ is a court order in England, Wales and Northern Ireland that can be issued to an individual if they fail to repay money they owe.\n\nIt's an action creditors can take as part of the debt collection process. If the debt is not paid, the CCJ can be filed on an individual's credit report and remain on it for six years.\n\nThat can lead to problems getting things like a mortgage, credit card, a lease on a rental property and a mobile phone contract.\n\nThe file can be removed from a credit report if the debt is paid within one month of receiving the judgement. If it's settled later, it remains on an individual's credit report with a note marking that it's been paid.\n\nIn Scotland, county court judgements are called decrees. Like CCJs, they can remain on a credit file for six years.\n\nThe Registry Trust, a not-for-profit group which manages court records on behalf of the Ministry of Justice, said the rise in CCJs for low amounts can be explained by banks and phone companies selling off smaller debts to specialist debt collection agencies.\n\n\"We've seen a massive rise in the number of judgements but a fall in the average value of judgements, which means that more and more creditors are using the courts to recover smaller debts,\" said Mick McAteer, chairman of the Registry Trust.\n\nHe said that for some people, they only find out there is a CCJ on their credit record when they apply for a loan.\n\n\"Younger people tend to move house more often than their older counterparts, so they might miss letters about CCJs,\" he said. \"However, the purpose of a CCJ is to get someone to pay the money they owe.\"\n\nSir Bob Neill, chairman of the House of Commons Justice Committee, said the rise is \"very troubling and it's part of an underlying problem of a lack of financial education that we have\".\n\nHe added that the next stage after a CCJ is when bailiffs are used to enforce a payment. But by then, he added, \"a lot of the harm of the CCJ has already been done to people's credit rating\".\n\nThe Ministry of Justice, which is responsible for the Courts and Tribunals service which issues CCJs, said it \"doesn't routinely comment on rises in statistics\".\n\nYou can hear more on BBC Radio 4's Money Box programme by listening again here.", "Leila Nathoo looks back at the day in politics, as the PM's reshuffle went further than even he perhaps expected.", "Millions of tonnes of water will now be reintroduced to the system\n\nEngineers working to restore the water supply to thousands of homes and businesses in Cumbria after Storm Ciara have finished repairing a mains pipe.\n\nA major incident was declared after the damaged pipe near Kendal threatened supplies to about 8,000 properties.\n\nAppleby, Shap, Orton, Low Braithwaite, Threlkeld and Glenridding are among the areas to have been affected.\n\nUnited Utilities said it was slowly putting water back into supply across the network.\n\nBut the firm said it would take \"some time\" to put 90 million litres of water into the system as this needed to be done \"gradually\" to avoid the risk of the pipe bursting.\n\nFree bottled water will continue to be made available for anyone affected \"for the next few days until we are confident everything is back to normal\".\n\nUnited Utilities said free bottled water will continue to be available\n\nEarlier, United Utilities warned repair efforts were being hampered by severe weather conditions and said it could be Thursday or Friday before work on the main was completed.\n\nDr Martin Padley said that even after the pipe was fixed \"it will take time to refill what is a huge system\".\n\nSchools, GP practices and businesses have been forced to close due to problems with their water supply.\n\nExtra equipment and tankers from the Midlands and Scotland has been brought in.\n\nFree bottled water is available for those affected at:\n\nUnited Utilities has issued a telephone number for those who are elderly, vulnerable or sick who are unable to get their own bottled water - it is 0345 672 3723.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Darts\n\nFallon Sherrock narrowly missed out on another stunning victory, drawing 6-6 with Glen Durrant on her Premier League debut appearance in Nottingham.\n\nTwo months after becoming the first woman to win a match at the PDC World Championship, she was on course to beat the three-time BDO world champion.\n\nShe broke in the seventh leg of the match and had the advantage of throw in the final leg, leading 6-5.\n\nBut Durrant took out a 70 checkout in the final leg to claim a point.\n• None Sherrock 'still in disbelief' at Premier League chance\n\nSherrock, 25, was granted the opportunity to appear as a Premier League \"challenger\" after reaching the last 32 at the Alexandra Palace in December.\n\nNone of the previous 10 \"challengers\" had won their games and Sherrock fell just short of more darting history.\n\nShe told Sky Sports: \"I've loved every minute. I'm so happy to have played again on the big stage. I'm speechless and I'd like to thank everyone here supporting me.\n\n\"Opportunities are opening up for me all the time and I can't wait to see what the rest of 2020 holds for me.\"\n\nDurrant added: \"The crowd were fantastic, it was a really big challenge and all credit to Fallon.\n\n\"She's had the most amazing couple of months. That's the most difficult match I've ever had.\"\n\nA group of nine \"challengers\" play one match each against a player in the main field in the first phase of the Premier League and, while they do not collect league points, they can earn prize money depending on their result.\n\nThe format was introduced in 2019 after Gary Anderson pulled out of the event at short notice with a back injury, and has been continued into the 2020 tournament.\n\nDefending champion Michael van Gerwen is the only player with a 100% winning record after two rounds of fixtures, following a crushing 7-1 win over Daryl Gurney.\n\nFormer PDC world champion Rob Cross was the only other winner on Thursday, defeating in-form Nathan Aspinall 7-5.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rayan was deported to Jamaica after being convicted for burglary\n\nAmid controversy and protests, 17 convicted offenders - many of them living in the UK since childhood - were deported to Jamaica. BBC Newsnight has been following their stories.\n\n\"If somebody commits a crime and they went to prison for it, and they've been rehabilitated, why would you punish them again by deporting them to Jamaica?\" says Rayan Crawford.\n\nMr Crawford had not set foot in Jamaica since he was 12 years old, he says. Now 34, he is living there at the house of his sister Yanique after being deported from the UK.\n\nBack home in Bow, east London, he has a partner of 14 years, Jana, as well as two boys aged three and 12.\n\nHe served 12 months in prison after he was convicted of burglary in 2017. Then, on 27 January, 10 officials detained him at his home.\n\nHe and 16 others were flown out of the UK on Monday, designated as \"serious foreign national offenders\" by the government.\n\nThe Home Office said those detained included people convicted of manslaughter and rape, and all of them had their cases \"fully reviewed\" to ensure there were no legal barriers to their removal.\n\nIt said Mr Crawford was convicted 10 times for a total of 22 offences, including the burglary.\n\n\"We make no apology whatsoever for seeking to remove dangerous foreign criminals,\" a spokesman said.\n\nBut Mr Crawford says his deportation did not make anyone safer. \"I regret what I've done, but I don't think I'm a danger to the public,\" he says.\n\n\"Where am I going to go from here?\" says Mr Crawford, back in Jamaica for the first time in 22 years\n\nMPs and campaigners said the government was risking another Windrush scandal, in which the children of Commonwealth citizens were threatened with deportation despite living in the UK for decades.\n\nA leaked report into the scandal, revealed by Newsnight last week, recommended that the UK stop deporting people who had arrived in the UK as children or reserve deportation for the most serious cases.\n\nUnder both of these tests it would be unlikely that Rayan Crawford would be eligible for deportation.\n\nMr Crawford says he voted for Boris Johnson and thought he was going to be a good prime minister, but believes the law around deportation needs to be re-examined.\n\n\"I feel British,\" he says. \"I've been there from a child. I went to school there, I went to college there. I spent my whole life there.\"\n\nHis belongings are still in the UK, he adds, with a plastic bag containing two pairs of jeans being all he could bring with him.\n\nMr Crawford, who has inflammatory arthritis and the bone disorder Blount's disease, says he was also made to leave without his medication.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rupert Smith, one of 17 convicted offenders deported to Jamaica says he has \"had his life taken away\"\n\nHe says officials told him if he did not have the medication for his arthritis with him when he was detained, they could not give it to him.\n\n\"I thought I was going to have a heart attack, I was panicking so much I started getting pain in my chest. Even on the plane I was crying. My back was killing me so much I was crying.\"\n\nThe Home Office said individuals were assessed to establish they were medically fit to fly.\n\nIt said they travelled on the removal flights with their medical notes and those with pre-existing conditions were brought to the attention of accompanying medical staff.\n\nMr Crawford believes the medication he needs is not available in Jamaica. He adds that he had been told in detention he could not access the medication without doctors' reports.\n\nNow he does not know what the future holds.\n\n\"There's nothing around here to do. There's no work to do or anything. Even finding somewhere to stay - I don't know how long I can stay here. Where am I going to go from here?\"", "Food giant Unilever has vowed to stop marketing its products to children in order to tackle rising obesity rates.\n\nThe firm, which owns brands such as Twister ice cream and Popsicle ice lollies, said it would limit the use of cartoon characters in its advertising.\n\nIt also promised to stop using social media stars or celebrities \"who primarily appeal\" to children under 12.\n\nAds for Unilever ice creams have been pulled in the past over complaints they marketed unhealthy food to children.\n\nThe new rules will apply to all of the firm's products by the end of 2020, kicking off with its Wall's ice cream brands.\n\nWall's will also launch a range of \"responsibly made\" products for children that contain \"no more than 110 calories and a maximum of 12g of sugar per portion\".\n\n\"Our promise is a genuine commitment to make and market products to children responsibly,\" said Matt Close, executive vice president of the firm's global ice cream business.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Unilever This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 2016, 18% of children and adolescents - more than 340 million people aged 5 to 19 - were overweight globally - up from 4% in 1975, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).\n\nIt says there is \"unequivocal evidence\" that the marketing of unhealthy foods is related to the problem and recommends that governments limit the reach of such advertising.\n\nThe UK, Chile, Mexico and Ireland have all implemented stricter rules for children's advertising over the last decade.\n\nHowever, the problem persists. In 2018 Cadbury, Chewits and Squashies sweets became the first companies to have online adverts banned under new rules targeting junk food ads for children in the UK.\n\nAnd in 2016, a Unilever ad for the ice cream Paddle Pop - known in the UK as Twister - was pulled in Australia over complaints it encouraged young children to eat unhealthy foods.\n\nUnilever, whose portfolio includes more than 400 brands, generally has a reputation for leading the business world on issues such as sustainability. It also has had a policy for \"responsible\" marketing to children since 2003.\n\nUnder the new rules, it said it planned \"strict controls\" on the placement of ads in movies and would not appeal to children under age 12 on traditional media or 13 on social media.\n\nIt has previously pledged to make adverts less sexist and threatened to pull ads from Facebook and YouTube if they do not do enough to police their content.", "Energy bills are to fall for millions of British households this April after the regulator lowered price caps.\n\nOfgem has reduced the default price cap and pre-payment meter cap by £17, which the regulator said would lower bills for about 15 million households.\n\nThe cap was introduced to protect customers on poor value default or standard variable tariffs.\n\nOfgem chief executive Jonathan Brearley said households could get even lower bills by switching suppliers.\n\nThe default price cap, which protects about 11 million households, is set to fall from £1,179 to £1,162 for the April-September period.\n\nThe pre-payment meter cap, which protects a further 4 million households, will fall from £1,217 to £1,200 per year for the same six months.\n\nWholesale gas and electricity prices are currently at their lowest levels for about 10 years, and there had been speculation that Ofgem would make deeper cuts, of between £20-£60.\n\nOfgem said in its statement that \"a strong supply of gas, such as record amounts of liquefied natural gas and healthy gas stock inventories, has been the main factor pushing down wholesale prices\".\n\nMr Brearley said the default price cap was designed to \"protect consumers who do not switch from overpaying for their energy, whilst encouraging competition in the retail market\".\n\n\"Suppliers have been required to become more efficient and pass on savings to consumers. In its first year, the cap is estimated to have saved consumers £1bn on average on their energy bills and switching rates have hit record levels.\n\n\"Households can reduce their energy bills further by shopping around for a better deal,\" he added.\n\nAll those who usually get a bashing for high energy bills - company bosses, their regulator, ministers as well - are now hostages to this six monthly resetting of the price cap.\n\nIf it goes up they cower in their bunkers from the criticism. If it goes down they can step gingerly into the light and gain some respite.\n\nThis time they can claim not only that the cap has kept prices lower than they would otherwise be, but also that more customers are switching and that there is a bigger choice of cheaper deals than ever.\n\nBut complacency can be dangerous. There are still millions who haven't bothered to scour the market for the best offer.\n\nIf the cap is raised in future, they will be sitting ducks.\n\nOfgem has to consider over the summer whether the system is really working for them.\n\nThen the government needs to decide not just if the price cap should continue next year, but also whether more action is needed to get people onto the lowest rates.\n\nEarlier this week, data from consumer group Which? suggested that the number of energy deals priced at under £1,000 a year had surged over the past 12 months.\n\nWhich? looked at the availability of cheaper energy tariffs priced under £1,000 a year for a medium user. It found 78 deals available, compared with just 12 when the energy price cap was first introduced on 1 January 2019.\n\nOfgem, which reviews the price cap every six months, also said it would carry out a review this summer on whether the market conditions exist for the default price cap to be lifted or be extended past the current year.\n\nThe regulator has faced intense scrutiny from MPs and pressure groups to control price increases amid complaints that suppliers had been been overcharging for electricity and gas.\n\nThe UK's energy market is dominated by big six suppliers - Centrica's British Gas, new entrant Ovo Energy that has taken over SSE's retail arm, Iberdrola's Scottish Power, Innogy's Npower, E.On and EDF Energy.", "Households struggling with energy bills may get help from a government review of clean technology funding.\n\nAt the moment, an annual levy is imposed on gas and electricity bills to fund renewables such as offshore wind.\n\nThe burden falls disproportionately on the poorest in society, and it will get worse as the UK expands clean energy to tackle climate change.\n\nThe BBC has been told the government may shift the cost onto tax payers to avoid anger at climate policies.\n\nA government spokesperson said: \"We are definitely considering the way that costs are distributed.\"\n\nCurrently about £10bn a year is being invested to support clean technology. Consumers pay about £5.5bn of that total through a levy on bills, which is about £186 of a typical energy bill.\n\nThey added: “The Treasury is looking at the costs of transition to net zero emissions by 2050.\n\n\"This will include how costs may be distributed across different groups to create a fair balance of contributions.”\n\nCentrica, which owns British Gas, estimates that more than £20bn a year will be needed over a decade to fund the transition to a zero-carbon economy.\n\nCentrica chief executive Iain Conn told the BBC: “The big question is, ‘who pays for this and how do they pay it?’.\n\n“The people who can least afford energy as part of their outgoings are paying just the same (as the rich), which means as a percentage they are being hit harder.\n\n“Before the costs get much higher I would advocate that the government needs to move the funding to income tax, which would mean a typical low income worker would save £100 a year. This would mean something like 2p in the pound on income tax.”\n\nMr Conn said another option for a government wanting to avoid increasing taxes would be to means-test households - but this would be complicated.\n\nHe said for average income households, shifting the emphasis from bill payers to tax payers would not make a great difference in overall annual costs.\n\nMr Conn continued: “In private a number of politicians do admit that the current system of paying is regressive. If one is thinking about who pays for things, it’s the right thing to be addressed.”\n\nHe is meeting the chancellor to talk through his proposal, but the BBC has been told that the idea is already being discussed as part of a Treasury review of climate and energy policy.\n\nThe government already has a package of measures to protect vulnerable energy consumers.\n\nThis includes the warm home discount that reduces the bills of vulnerable customers by £140, and the energy company obligation, which is focused on making fuel-poor households more efficient.\n\nIts critics say it needs to be much more ambitious, with a national home insulation project to keep down bills and cut emissions.\n\nThese are the sort of issues that will be discussed by the UK Climate Assembly meeting in Birmingham this weekend.", "The device was uncovered attached to a lorry in Lurgan on Monday\n\nPolice believe the Continuity IRA (CIRA) was responsible for a bomb found attached to a lorry in County Armagh on Tuesday morning.\n\nIt is thought the device may have been intended for a Brexit day attack.\n\nPolice said they first received a report about an explosive device in a lorry at Belfast docks on 31 January - the date the UK left the EU.\n\nIn a call to a media outlet, it was claimed the lorry was due to travel by ferry to Scotland.\n\nA search was conducted but nothing was found.\n\nIt is understood the lorry did not leave the industrial estate between the times of the two calls\n\nOn Monday, a more detailed report helped locate the device at Silverwood Industrial Estate in Lurgan.\n\nPolice have not yet given an indication of the size of the bomb, but it is understood the lorry did not leave the industrial estate between the times of the two calls.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable George Clarke said the initial report claimed the lorry would travel \"on the midnight ferry\", and added that no such ferry crossing exists.\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 they worked with a haulage company, who own the lorry, to search about 400 vehicles and locate the explosive device.\n\nIt was made safe by ammunition technical officer (ATO).\n\nDet Supt Sean Wright said the \"only conclusion that we can draw is that once again dissident republicans have shown a total disregard for the community, for businesses and for wider society\".\n\nPolice search the area around Silverwood Industrial Estate in Lurgan\n\nHe added that \"had this vehicle travelled and the device had exploded at any point along the M1, across the Westlink or into the Harbour estate the risks posed do not bear thinking about\".\n\nDet Supt Wright appealed for information, in particular from anyone who noticed any suspicious activity at Silverwood Industrial Estate between 16:00 and 22:00 on 31 January.\n\nSeamus Leheny, from the Freight Transport Association, called the attack \"reckless\".\n\n\"If it was viable, it could have put the driver of the lorry and their colleagues, road users and anyone in the vicinity of the lorry in serious danger. The consequences could have been catastrophic.\"\n\nAssistant Chief Constable George Clarke said the initial report claimed the lorry would travel on a ferry to Scotland", "Ms Begum was 15 and living in Bethnal Green, London, when she left the UK in 2015\n\nShamima Begum has lost the first stage of her appeal against the government's decision to remove her UK citizenship.\n\nMs Begum, now 20, left London in 2015, aged 15, to join Islamic State. She was found in a Syrian refugee camp in February 2019.\n\nFormer Home Secretary Sajid Javid stripped her of her UK citizenship later that month.\n\nA tribunal ruled that Ms Begum could be stripped of her nationality because she had not been left stateless.\n\nThe Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC), a semi-secret court which hears national security cases, said she could instead turn to Bangladesh for citizenship.\n\nUnder international law, it is illegal to deprive nationals of citizenship if to do so would leave them stateless.\n\nRejecting the 20-year-old's case that she had been left stateless, the Commission concluded that Ms Begum was \"a citizen of Bangladesh by descent\".\n\nMs Begum is understood to have a claim to Bangladeshi nationality through her mother.\n\nHowever, in February 2019, Bangladesh's ministry of foreign affairs said Ms Begum was not a Bangladeshi citizen and there was \"no question\" of her being allowed into the country.\n\nMs Begum's lawyer, Daniel Furner, said his client would \"immediately initiate an appeal\" against the decision \"as a matter of exceptional urgency\".\n\nHe added that the dangers Ms Begum faced had now increased and \"her chance of survival [was] even more precariously balanced than before\".\n\nAt present, she remains in Camp Roj, a refugee camp in northern Syria. The commission also ruled that Mr Javid had not exposed Ms Begum to human rights abuses by leaving her in the camp.\n\nJudge Doron Blum, announcing the decision of the tribunal, said that although there were concerns about how Ms Begum - in Syria - could take part in the proceedings in London, those difficulties did not mean the home secretary's decision should be overturned.\n\n\"[Ms Begum] left the UK apparently of her own free will some years before the decision - and she was not outside the UK as a result of the decision.\"\n\nThe Home Office welcomed the ruling, adding that \"it would be inappropriate to comment further whilst legal proceedings are ongoing\".\n\nThe case will now move on to consider whether the government had legitimate national security grounds to bar Ms Begum from coming back to the UK.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Shamima Begum's lawyers say she professed sympathy for IS to protect herself and her son (Video from February 2019)\n\nAt a hearing in October last year, Ms Begum's lawyers said she had only professed sympathy for the Islamic State group in media interviews to protect herself and her newborn son, who later died in the refugee camp.\n\nMs Begum left Bethnal Green, in east London, for Syria in February 2015, with two school friends.\n\nWithin days she had crossed the Turkish border and eventually reached the IS headquarters at Raqqa, where she married a Dutch convert recruit. They had three children - all of whom have since died.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sydney, who cares for her disabled mother, says the current system isn't working for her\n\nNearly half the 14 million people living in poverty in the UK are disabled or live with someone who is, research for a charity suggests.\n\nThe Joseph Rowntree Foundation blames the high cost of coping with disability and the struggles disabled people face in finding jobs that pay enough.\n\nExecutive director Claire Ainsley said their plight was \"fundamentally wrong\".\n\nThe government says it is committed to tackling poverty, spending £55bn this year on benefits for disabled people.\n\nIn its annual state-of-the-nation report, to be published on Friday, the charity urges:\n\nThe correlation between disability and poverty is not new but the charity's analysis demonstrates how closely connected the two are across the UK.\n\nThe charity says \"shamefully high numbers\" of disabled people are being pulled into poverty and the social security system is failing to protect them.\n\n\"The fact that disability continues to be an indicator of poverty shows the economy is not working for everyone,\" Ms Ainsley said.\n\nThe researchers found that, compared with the rest of the population, people with disabilities:\n\nAnd of almost 4.5 million informal adult carers in the UK, almost a quarter were living in poverty, with working-age female carers particularly at risk.\n\nSingle mum-of-three Jennifer Hobbs cares for both her 12-year-old son, Nathan, who has a neurodevelopmental disorder, and her elder son, Stanley, 15, who has heart problems.\n\nIt is so time-consuming that she has had to give up her cleaning job and now relies on food banks.\n\n\"It really does infuriate me,\" Jennifer, from Bristol, told the BBC.\n\n\"There should be more help out there for families with disabled people - not just disabled children, disabled people, because people forget disabled children turn into disabled adults.\n\n\"I think to myself, what's going to happen to my son when my son gets older if he can't work because of his disabilities.\n\n\"He might get penalised and end up on the dole or on disability benefits for the rest of his life.\n\n\"I don't want him to have to resort to food banks, like I do.\"\n\nJen Hobbs from Bristol cares for her two disabled sons\n\nImran Hussain, Action for Children's policy and campaigns director, said austerity and problems with universal credit left too many families like Jennifer's \"fighting to keep their heads above water\" and called their predicament \"frankly appalling\".\n\nDisability benefits are supposed to help people cope with the extra costs related to their conditions but research by disability equality charity Scope has shown they fall short.\n\nHouseholds with disabled members are also much more likely to claim other income-related benefits, which have been frozen for the past four years while prices have risen, says Scope.\n\nJames Taylor, its head of policy and campaigns, said the findings were shocking, but not surprising.\n\n\"Life costs much more for disabled people - on average £583 a month.\n\n\"At the same time, huge numbers of disabled people are denied the opportunity to get into and stay in work.\"\n\nThe Department for Work and Pensions said it wanted one million more disabled people to be in work by 2027 compared with 2017 and recently consulted on how businesses could best support disabled people to thrive in work.\n\nIt also plans to introduce a national strategy for disabled people.", "\"Climate chaos\" has caused widespread losses of bumblebees across continents, according to scientists.\n\nA new analysis shows the likelihood of a bee being found in any given place in Europe and North America has declined by a third since the 1970s.\n\nClimbing temperatures will increasingly cause declines, which are already more severe than previously thought, said researchers.\n\nBumblebees are key pollinators of many fruits, vegetables and wild plants.\n\nWithout them, some crops could fail, reducing food for humans and countless other species.\n\nDr Tim Newbold of University College London (UCL) said there had been some previous research showing that bumblebee distributions are moving northwards in Europe and North America, \"as you'd expect with climate change\".\n\nHe added: \"But this was the first time that we have been able to really tie local extinctions and colonisations of bumble bees to climate change, showing a really clear fingerprint of climate change in the declines that we've seen.\"\n\nBumblebee declines are already more severe than previously thought, said lead researcher Peter Soroye of the University of Ottawa in Canada. \"We've linked this to climate change - and more specifically to the extreme temperatures and the climate chaos that climate change is producing,\" he said.\n\nBumblebees are among the most important plant pollinators. Declines in range and abundance have been documented from a range of causes, including pesticides, disease and habitat loss.\n\nIn the new study, researchers looked at more than half a million records of 66 bumblebee species from 1901 to 1974 and from 2000 to 2014.\n\nThey found bumblebee populations declined rapidly between 2000-2014: the likelihood of a site being occupied by bumblebees dropped by an average of over 30% compared with 1901-1974.\n\nBees have been hardest hit in southern regions such as Spain and Mexico due to more frequent extreme warm years. And, while populations have expanded into cooler northern regions, this has not been enough to compensate for the losses.\n\nJonathan Bridle and Alexandra van Rensburg of the University of Bristol described the findings as \"alarming\". Commenting in the journal Science, they said: \"The new study adds to a growing body of evidence for alarming, widespread losses of biodiversity and for rates of global change that now exceed the critical limits of ecosystem resilience.\"\n\nThere are around 250 species of bumblebee in the world. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), declines have been documented in Europe, North America, South America, and Asia, caused by a variety of threats that range from habitat loss and degradation to diseases and pesticide use.", "A shortage of contraception is causing chaos and risks unplanned pregnancies and abortions, doctors are warning.\n\nLeading sexual health experts have written to ministers warning that the supply shortage is beginning to lead to serious problems across the UK.\n\nA number of daily pills and a long-acting injectable contraceptive are thought to be affected.\n\nThe problem follows a shortage of hormone replacement therapy for menopausal women last year.\n\nBut there are signs that those supply difficulties might soon start to be resolved as a key ingredient is now being manufactured again.\n\nIt is currently unclear what has caused the contraception shortages.\n\nDrug firm Pfizer first reported supply problems with Sayana Press, which provides three months' protection and can be self-administered by women, last year.\n\nIt is the only self-injectable contraceptive on the market and is also used to help women control period-related problems, such as heavy bleeding.\n\nThe Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare said there were also now shortages of a number of daily pills, including Noriday, Norimin and Synphase.\n\nNikki Heresford, 34, from Lancashire, had been using Sayana Press to control her periods.\n\nShe liked the fact she could administer the injection herself as it meant she did not have to take time off work to make regular trips to the doctor's.\n\nBut when she ran out of her supply last autumn she did not find out there were supply issues until she went to her local pharmacy to pick up her next prescription.\n\nShe said it left her \"upset\" because she had no choice but to start using another injectable contraceptive.\n\nShe managed to get a last-minute appointment at her GP surgery to have the injection that time.\n\nBut this week when she needed another one, she could not get an appointment for five weeks so was forced to travel to an evening clinic at a community health centre.\n\n\"It's obviously inconvenient as I have to drag my five-year-old to the next town when he should be in bed.\"\n\nIt is unclear how many women use these types of contraception - overall around three million women take daily pills, and more than 500,000 use long-acting contraception, such as coils, implants and injections.\n\nThe Royal College of GPs said its members were doing their best to help women find alternatives - there are many different types of daily pill available.\n\nFaculty president Dr Asha Kasliwal said; \"We are aware that women are sent away with prescriptions for unavailable products and end up lost in a system. This is causing utter chaos.\"\n\nThe faculty has teamed up with the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the British Menopause Society to write to ministers, asking them to set up a working group to address the problems.\n\nThe letter warns women are becoming distressed by having to find alternative products that might not necessarily suit them or go without contraception altogether.\n\nIt said this was affecting the \"physical and mental wellbeing of girls and women\" and could lead to a \"rise in unplanned pregnancies and abortions\".\n\nThe government in England said it was working with manufacturers to resolve the problems and expected the shortages to ease soon.", "The Philharmonic in Liverpool was built between 1898 and 1900\n\nAn opulent pub once praised by Bill Bryson for its ornate toilets has been given the same listed status as Buckingham Palace and Chatsworth House.\n\nThe Philharmonic Dining Rooms in Liverpool is the first purpose-built Victorian pub in England to be given Grade I status, Historic England said.\n\nTen other pubs have also had their status updated to include details of their interiors.\n\nThey include four of eight in the country known to have no actual bar.\n\nThe Philharmonic in Liverpool is known for its ornate interior\n\nHistoric England said the Philharmonic as regarded as a \"cathedral among pubs\" for its grandeur, and was \"one of the most spectacular pubs to be completed in the golden age of pub building\" at the end of the 19th Century.\n\nIt was constructed between 1898 and 1900 by architect Walter W Thomas and was Grade II* listed in 1966.\n\nBill Bryson wrote about it in his 1995 book Notes From A Small Island saying: \"There is no place in the world finer for a pee than the ornate gents' room of the Philharmonic.\"\n\nFormer Beatles star Sir Paul McCartney played a surprise show at the pub in 2018 while he was recording an episode of Carpool Karaoke with James Corden.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIt now joins the 2.5% of protected historic buildings to have the highest grade, a list that also includes Liverpool's Anglican cathedral as well as Buckingham Palace and Chatsworth.\n\nTwo other Liverpool pubs have also been reassessed to have details of their interiors included in their listed status description.\n\nThe Grade II* Vines on Lime Street was built in 1907 and retains original Edwardian features including a large stained glass dome and \"a number of striking fireplaces\", while Grade II Peter Kavanagh's on Egerton Street has carved corbels (wall brackets) thought to be caricatures of the pub's regulars and original tables featuring spilt drink channels and in-built ash trays.\n\nThe Philharmonic has ornate gates and toilets\n\nThe Vines has had its status updated to include its interiors\n\nElsewhere in the country, the Grade II Blue Ship, in Billingshurst in West Sussex, was built as a cottage in the 16th Century and converted into a pub in the 1850s.\n\nIt is one of only eight pubs known to have no bar counter and its updated listing includes its \"rare\" tap room \"servery\" arrangement.\n\nThe Blue Ship is one of eight pubs known to not have a bar counter with drinks instead served from a hatch\n\nOther pubs without a bar to have their status updated include the Grade II Square and Compass in Worth Matravers, Dorset, and the Rose and Crown in Huish Episcopi and Tucker's Grave Inn in Radstock, both Somerset.\n\nThe Rose and Crown dates from around 1800\n\nTwo Grade II pubs in London to have their status updated include the Hand and Shears in Middle Street, Smithfield, which retains original features and the Coach and Horses on Greek Street, Soho, which was famous for being the haunt of celebrated names such as Francis Bacon, Lucien Freud, Peter O'Toole and John Hurt, and as a meeting place for The Spectator and Private Eye magazines.\n\nThe Coach and Horses has been a favourite of famous faces from the arts and theatre world\n\nThe Grade II* Haunch of Venison in the centre of Salisbury, Wiltshire, began as a church house in the 1400s before becoming a public house.\n\nIt retains many of the features installed in a 1909 refurbishment including divided drinking spaces and a small ladies snug.\n\nThe Haunch of Venison dates from the 15th Century\n\nThe Grade II Red Lion in Rugeley, Staffordshire, is one of the last surviving 17th Century buildings on what was once a busy commercial street and retains an unusual salt safe and inter-war interior including panelling and fireplaces.\n\nThe Red Lion began as a house in the 1600s\n\nDuncan Wilson, chief executive of Historic England, said: \"English pubs are some of our best-loved community buildings and are often threatened with closure so we are delighted to see 11 historic pubs receiving further protection.\"\n\nThe listings have been made by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on the advice of Historic England.\n\nPeter Kavanagh's in Liverpool is named after its landlord and designer\n\nThe list of pubs was proposed by the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) Pub Heritage Group, part of an ongoing collaboration between Historic England and Camra to protect historic pubs and their interiors.\n\nPaul Ainsworth, chairman of the heritage group, said: \"So few of England's 40,500 pubs retain interiors which have not suffered major alterations over the years.\n\n\"Camra has identified 280 pubs whose interiors it considers to be of national historic importance, and we feel it is vital for these precious survivors to be preserved for future generations to enjoy.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Carl is a survivor of domestic violence who writes about the beatings he suffered at the hands of his father when he was a child.\n\nHe is now an advocate for Operation Encompass, a charity that supports children at schools affected by domestic abuse.\n\nNow specialists can treat children who have experienced abuse, but these services are in short supply.\n\nIt's estimated that one in six children witness or experience some form of domestic abuse or violence.\n\nIf you're affected by any issues in this video, there is information and support at www.bbc.co.uk/actionline", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. CCTV footage shows the final moments before Fahad Mohamed Nur was attacked\n\nThree men who \"hunted down\" and stabbed a teenager to death have been jailed.\n\nFahad Mohamed Nur, 18, was found with 21 knife wounds near Cathays railway station in Cardiff last June.\n\nShafique Shaddad, 25, from Butetown, and brothers Mustafa Aldobhani, 22, and Abdulgalil Aldobhani, 23, from Cathays, were found guilty of murder by a jury.\n\nAll three were jailed for life. Shaddad was given a minimum term of 23 years, Mustafa Aldobhaini 22-and-a-half years and Abdulgalil Aldobhani 24 years.\n\nSentencing, Mr Justice Hilliard said it was \"plain that Fahad Nur was involved in supplying drugs on the street\".\n\nHe said there were \"tensions between rival drug-dealers\" and this dispute was \"most likely behind what's happened\".\n\n\"It was their intention to trap him in the lane... this was a very tight-knit, joint-enterprise - everyone was playing an important part for the common purpose,\" he told Cardiff Crown Court.\n\n\"I'm sure that he [Fahad] was not the aggressor - I'm sure they decided to attack Fahad Nur. This is not a case of spontaneous violence - it was pre-meditated.\"\n\nFahad Mohamed Nur had 21 knife wounds, including a fatal injury through the heart\n\nThe judge praised passerby Ethan Moore, who intervened when Mr Nur was being kicked on the ground.\n\nHe said Mr Moore should be commended for his courage and public spiritedness, awarding him £400 from public funds.\n\nProsecutors described the three men trying to \"hunt down\" Mr Nur after spotting him riding a bike.\n\nShortly after midnight on 2 June, the three men chased the teenager to a lane behind a Cardiff University building.\n\n(L-R) Abdulgalil Aldobhani, Mustafa Aldobhani and Shafique Shaddad were sentenced to life in prison\n\nHe was attacked and left in the street with multiple stab wounds, including a fatal knife wound to the heart.\n\nMr Nur later died at the University Hospital of Wales.\n\nHe had almost £1,000 in cash and a large quantity of Class A drugs on him when he was killed.\n\nOne defence barrister described Mr Nur as \"a drug dealer on active duty\" on the night he was stabbed.\n\nTwo weeks after the attack, a meat cleaver and a kitchen knife were found hidden in the hollow of a tree\n\nA victim impact statement from Mr Nur's sister, which was read to the court on Tuesday, said: \"He was ambushed and stabbed to death in such a cowardly and vicious attack when he was clearly running away.\n\n\"He was a young educated boy who had ambitions and dreams. He was loved by so many people. It was a senseless and horrific act of evil.\"\n\nSpeaking after the sentencing, senior investigating officer Det Ch Insp Mark O'Shea said the case \"highlights the devastating and far-reaching consequences of knife crime\".\n\nA fourth defendant, Aseel Arar, 35, from Middle Park Road, Birmingham, was found guilty of assisting an offender. She will be sentenced later this month.\n\nThe three killers all denied murder but were found guilty at Cardiff Crown Court after more than 27 hours of deliberating by the jury.", "East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust alerted police over the alleged assault of a man in December\n\nSeveral hospital staff have been suspended and a police investigation is under way into the alleged assault of a patient.\n\nBoth East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust and Kent Police are probing the alleged assault on 15 December at the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford.\n\nThe trust also runs the QEQM Hospital in Margate which has been criticised over a seven-day-old baby's death.\n\nThe trust said it had alerted police over the alleged assault of a man in December.\n\nA spokesman said it began an \"investigation into an incident involving the care of a patient\" following a concern raised by a member of staff.\n\n\"We are treating this incident with the utmost seriousness and reported it to the police,\" he added.\n\n\"We also reported it to our regulators and are keeping the patient's family informed of our investigation.\n\n\"We suspended a number of staff in order to facilitate the investigation which is currently ongoing.\"\n\nKent Police said it was investigating \"an alleged assault of a man which is reported to have taken place at William Harvey Hospital\".\n\nNo arrests have been made.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Warner Music Group, home to a host of stars including Ed Sheeran and Katy Perry, plans to sell shares in the US.\n\nBillionaire Sir Len Blavatnik bought the company for $3.3bn (£2.5bn) in 2011, when the industry was in the depths of a multi-year slump.\n\nHe looks set for a major windfall as music sales have jumped in recent years.\n\nThe growth in demand has been helped by the rapid rise of paid streaming services such as Spotify and Apple.\n\nThis has boosted the value of music companies, attracting more investors back to the record industry.\n\nWarner Music has filed notice of its plans to float with regulators, but has not said when it could list on the stock market nor how much of the company might be sold.\n\nIt has been estimated that Warner Music could now be worth around $6bn, roughly double what it sold for less than a decade ago.\n\nLast year, rival Universal Music Group, the world's largest music company, was valued at more than $33bn after media group Vivendi sold a minority share of it to a group led by China's Tencent.\n\nIn contrast to other recent high-profile stock market listings, Warner Music is profitable, reporting net income last year of $256m.\n\nWarner Music includes some of the world's biggest record labels including Warner, Atlantic, Elektra, and Parlophone. Across its roster of labels, the company also counts Bruno Mars, Dua Lipa, and Cardi B amongst its artists.\n\nThe firm also owns Warner Chappell, one of the world's largest music publishers, which has more than 1.4m copyrights. While recorded music makes up the vast majority of Warner Music's income, publishing is a more profitable and stable business.\n\nUkraine-born Mr Blavatnik now has joint UK-US citizenship and received a knighthood in 2017 for services to philanthropy.\n\nHe sold a stake in Russian oil company TNK-BP for $7bn in 2013, and he now has a net worth of more than $25bn, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.", "The United States has killed the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), President Donald Trump said.\n\nQasim al-Raymi, who has led the jihadist group since 2015, was killed in a US operation in Yemen, the White House said.\n\nThe jihadist leader had been linked to a series of attacks on Western interests in the 2000s.\n\nHe took over the leadership after his predecessor was killed by a US drone strike.\n\nAQAP was formed in 2009 from two regional offshoots of Al-Qaeda in Yemen and Saudi Arabia, with the goal of toppling US-backed governments and eliminating all Western influence in the region.\n\nRumours of Raymi's death began circulating in late January. In response, AQAP released an audio message with Raymi's voice on 2 February in which he said AQAP was behind a deadly shooting at a US naval base in Pensacola, Florida.\n\nThe shooting took place in December, and the message may have been recorded earlier.\n\nThe statement from the White House confirmed Raymi's death but it did not say when he was killed.\n\n\"His death further degrades AQAP and the global al-Qaeda movement, and it brings us closer to eliminating the threats these groups pose to our national security,\" the statement read.\n\nYemeni fighters loyal to the government close in on a suspected location of AQAP in 2018\n\n\"The United States, our interests, and our allies are safer as a result of his death.\"\n\nRaymi was a trainer at an al-Qaeda camp in Afghanistan in the 1990s . He travelled to Yemen in 2004, where he was imprisoned for five years in connection with a plot to attack five foreign embassies in the capital.\n\nHe is believed to have overseen the formation of al-Qaeda in Yemen.\n\nUS officials once described AQAP as \"the most active operational franchise\" of al-Qaeda beyond Pakistan and Afghanistan.\n\nMost of its attacks have been in Yemen, where it has taken advantage of political instability that has plagued the country for years.\n\nIt is thought to have been behind a large number of attacks in Yemen and Saudi Arabia, in which hundreds of people have have been killed, as well as a series of sophisticated airline bomb plots targeting the US that were narrowly foiled.", "US President Donald Trump has taken a victory lap one day after his impeachment acquittal, in a tirade against his political enemies.\n\n\"I've done things wrong in my life, I will admit... but this is what the end result is,\" he said as he held up a newspaper headlined \"Trump acquitted\".\n\n\"We went through hell, unfairly. We did nothing wrong,\" he said at the White House. \"It was evil, it was corrupt.\"\n\nHe earlier criticised impeachment foes who invoked their religious faith.\n\n\"Now we have that gorgeous word. I never thought it would sound so good,\" Mr Trump said from the East Room, which was crammed with supporters and cabinet officials.\n\nMr Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives in December for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, but was acquitted on Wednesday after a two-week trial in the Republican-controlled Senate, which did not include any witnesses.\n\nMr Trump also used a swear word to describe the justice department inquiry into whether his 2016 election campaign had colluded with the Kremlin.\n\n\"It was all bullshit,\" he said. \"This should never happen to another president ever.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAccording to the president, it was neither speech nor news conference; it was \"nothing\", it was a \"celebration\".\n\nIt was certainly about 62 minutes long and veered wildly between self-congratulation, via self-justification, to self-pity with a smattering of bilious expletives and insults to describe his political opponents en route.\n\nIt was both a lap of honour and an emotional rollercoaster, all played out in front of his Republican flock, the nation and the world.\n\nFrankly, it was hard to keep up.\n\nOne moment the president was railing against liars, leakers and \"dirty cops\"; the next we were into an anecdote about a wrestling team from Penn State University.\n\nThe acquitted, no doubt, enjoy a moment of catharsis - the moment of euphoria when the pall of guilt is lifted and renewal can begin. But don't expect this president to put this one behind him - it's far too valuable an electoral stick with which to beat his rivals right up to polling day.\n\nPresident Trump's appeal in 2016 was as the outsider, the man to \"drain the swamp\" and give power back to the people.\n\nThe impeachment process will allow Trump 45 to once again assume the mantle of the heroic political outlaw.\n\nThe president's tone on Thursday suggested he is confident of Republican party loyalty ahead of November's White House election.\n\nMr Trump's post-acquittal celebration contrasted with President Bill Clinton's address in 1999, when the impeached Democratic president offered a sombre apology to the American people.\n\n\"I want to say again to the American people how profoundly sorry I am for what I said and did to trigger these events and the great burden they have imposed on the Congress and on the American people,\" Mr Clinton said.\n\nAs he concluded his remarks, Mr Trump also offered a rare apology - to his family, for having to \"go through a phony, rotten deal\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nEarlier in the day, Mr Trump spoke about his \"terrible ordeal\" of impeachment during the National Prayer Breakfast, an annual cross-party event in Washington DC to celebrate religious freedom.\n\nMr Trump continued: \"I don't like people that use their faith as justification for doing what they know is wrong.\n\n\"Nor do I like people that say 'I pray for you' when they know that's not so.\"\n\nOn Wednesday, Senator Mitt Romney cited his deep Mormon faith as he became the only Republican to vote to remove Mr Trump from office.\n\nIn December, Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who launched the impeachment inquiry, cited her own Catholic faith as she said she prays for Mr Trump.\n\nMr Trump cited the matter again later in the East Room, saying: \"I doubt she [Pelosi] prays at all.\"\n\nReacting to Mr Trump's prayer speech, Mrs Pelosi, who sat near Mr Trump as he spoke, told reporters: \"He's impeached forever, no matter what he says or whatever headlines he wants to carry around.\n\n\"You're impeached forever. You're never getting rid of that scar.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The impeachment saga from beginning to end", "Ed Woodward was not at home when his home came under attack\n\nManchester United have accused the Sun newspaper of receiving advanced notice of an intended attack on the house of executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward.\n\nThe club has filed a complaint to the press regulator regarding the Sun's coverage of the attack on 28 January.\n\nThe newspaper confirmed a reporter attended \"following a tip-off that there was to be a protest\".\n\nBut it added it was not made aware of \"what was to take place nor incited it or encouraged any criminal activity\".\n\nIn a statement, Manchester United said: \"The Club believes that the Sun newspaper had received advance notice of the intended attack, which included criminal damage and intent to intimidate, and that the journalist was present as it happened.\n\n\"The quality of the images accompanying the story indicate that a photographer was also present.\n\n\"Not only did the journalist fail to discharge the basic duty of a responsible member of society to report an impending crime and avert potential danger and criminal damage, his presence both encouraged and rewarded the perpetrators.\"\n\nIn response, the Sun said it \"condemns fully\" the attack on Mr Woodward's home and that it was \"happy to cooperate fully with any police inquiry\".\n\nIt added that it \"vigorously\" defended its right to report and that the article \"made it clear that the behaviour was criminal and unacceptable\".\n\nThe attack on Mr Woodward's house in Cheshire saw a flare thrown and a group chanting that he was \"going to die\".\n\nMr Woodward and his family were not at home at the time.\n\nThe newspaper said it \"accurately reported the events that unfolded\" and that it \"supports wholeheartedly the Editors' Code Of Conduct and will defend the complaint to IPSO\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Do Nothing are from Nottingham\n\nA band who had equipment stolen during a car break-in has thanked the public after most of it was recovered from a buy-and-sell store.\n\nDo Nothing, from Nottingham, appealed for help after gear worth £1,000 was taken from an underground car park in George Street, in the city, on Monday.\n\nThe items were recovered a day later from a Cash Generator store.\n\nThe band, who have featured in the NME, told those who helped: \"You've restored faith to our cold dead hearts.\"\n\nA Facebook appeal with pictures of the equipment, including bass pedals, was shared hundreds of times.\n\nGuy Elderfield, a local music producer, saw the post and, by chance, later spotted some of the items in Cash Generator.\n\nThe band's equipment was stolen from a car\n\nAfter noting down the serial numbers he realised they matched those stolen.\n\n\"[The thieves] weren't very bright,\" he said.\n\n\"Bass is a massive part of what Do Nothing sound like. If you take that away they wouldn't sound like the same band.\n\n\"It's always nice to do good things.\"\n\nHe said the store's attendants were \"really helpful\" and took the items off the shelves and contacted the police.\n\nThe band's latest track is being played on BBC 6 Music\n\nBassist Charlie Howarth said most of the equipment stolen belonged to him.\n\n\"Our drummer had gone to his car and noticed that a brick had been put through the back window,\" he said.\n\n\"They took my pedal board, which is a case that provides various effects for your instrument. They can be quite expensive.\n\n\"The [pedals] are just so small, not much bigger than a phone, so when they get taken out the case they're really hard to track down.\"\n\nHe described the moment the band received a call from Mr Elderfield as being \"pretty remarkable\" and \"pretty mad\".\n\n\"I never thought we'd get it back and so quickly,\" Mr Howarth said, adding it was only 24 hours after the band had discovered the equipment had been stolen.\n\nThe band's new track, titled LeBron James, is currently on the BBC Radio 6 Music playlist.\n\nThe NME said Do Nothing are at the \"front of the new guitar wave in the UK\" and one of their \"top tips for 2020\".\n\nCash Generator has not yet responded to a request for a comment when approached by the BBC.\n\nNottinghamshire Police said no arrests have been made.\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.", "Department store chain Beales is to close 12 of its shops in a bid to sell the rest.\n\nEfforts to sell all 23 outlets together have failed, the administrators KPMG said.\n\nThe dozen being closed will trade for a few weeks to sell remaining stock, and staff will keep their jobs until then.\n\nThe department store began trading in 1881 in Bournemouth, which is one of the stores that will close, the administrators confirmed.\n\nBeales had tried to secure rent reductions with landlords and was in negotiations with potential investors and buyers.\n\n\"There is currently no intention to implement closure plans for the remaining 11 stores, which will all continue to operate as usual until an outcome with regards to a sale of the business is clarified,\" said KPMG.\n\nBeales' Bournemouth flagship store is among those to close\n\nBut the stores have been racking up losses, with the firm reporting a £3.1m deficit for its last financial year.\n\nThe following stores will close:\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.", "The Scout Association is \"putting lives of young people at risk\" following the death of a 16-year-old boy on a trip to north Wales, a report has said.\n\nBen Leonard, from Stockport, Greater Manchester, died after falling from the Great Orme, Conwy, in August 2018.\n\nIn a prevention of future deaths report, coroner David Pojur said none of the scout leaders on the trip knew where Ben was when he fell and died.\n\nThe Scout Association said it had since strengthened its policies.\n\nIn his report, Mr Pojur, assistant coroner for North Wales East and Central, said: \"The lives of young people are being put at risk by the Scout Association's failure to recognise the inadequacies of their operational practice and the part this has played in the death of Ben.\"\n\nBen was walking on the Great Orme when he fell to his death\n\nHe added that the Reddish Explorer Scouts trip did not adhere to the Scout Association's own policies.\n\nThe coroner said there was no list of participants on the trip, no risk assessment had been carried out and there was no full understanding of what a risk assessment was.\n\nHe added that each of the three leaders on the trip - Sean Glaister, Gareth Williams and Mary Carr - assumed Ben and his friends were with another leader when the incident happened.\n\nThe inquest jury at Ruthin County Court was discharged on Friday after new evidence was revealed.\n\nMr Pojur was critical that the Scout Association failed to tell the inquest that the leaders had been placed on restricted duties after the death.\n\nHe told the jury they had been \"misled\" by not being presented with the information about the leaders.\n\nBen had camped at Betws-y-Coed the night before his death and the group had been due to climb Snowdon, but went to Llandudno instead because of the weather conditions.\n\nA statement from the Scout Association said: \"We were truly saddened by Ben's tragic death. This was a terrible event, and our deepest sympathies go out to his family and friends.\n\n\"We take this matter very seriously. We will be carefully considering the coroner's concerns and will respond in detail.\n\n\"The safety of young people is our number one priority. Following this tragic event, we have strengthened our policies and procedures to ensure young people can enjoy activities safely.\"\n\nHis mother, Jackie Leonard, told the inquest the teenager had received his GCSE results three days before his death and had enrolled to study film and television at a college in Media City, Salford.\n\nShe said: \"He was a wonderful boy and a fantastic son and brother.\"\n\nA second inquest, where the chief executive of the Scout Association is expected be called to give evidence, is due to take place on 13 July.", "Military veterans will be guaranteed interviews for some government jobs as part of a pilot scheme to boost their employment prospects.\n\nThe initiative, launched by the Office for Veterans' Affairs (OVA) in the Cabinet Office, will start in the spring within certain departments.\n\nVeterans will be shortlisted provided they meet basic selection criteria.\n\nCabinet Office minister Oliver Dowden said veterans have \"incredible skills\" needed in government.\n\nMr Dowden and veterans' minister Johnny Mercer jointly oversee the OVA, which was created last July to improve support for ex-members of the Armed Forces.\n\nFour government departments will be taking part in the project:\n\nThere will not be a time limit for those leaving the military on when they can take up the guaranteed interview offer.\n\nThe offer applies retrospectively to all veterans.\n\nPrevious studies have shown ex-servicemen and women face many barriers to civilian employment.\n\nAlmost a fifth of UK employers are unlikely to consider hiring ex-military personnel, according to research unveiled last October.\n\nA YouGov survey for the Forces in Mind Trust found 18% of more than 1,000 UK firms surveyed said they were unlikely to consider employing veterans, mostly due to \"negative perceptions\" of their former careers.\n\nAir Vice-Marshal Ray Lock,, the organisation's chief executive, said the introduction of the scheme was a \"valuable step\" towards providing veterans with \"equality of access to employment\".\n\nHe said: \"Negative stereotypes can prevent ex-service personnel accessing the same employment opportunities as their civilian counterparts.\n\n\"Such misperceptions damage not only the individual, but also UK business.\"\n\nHe praised the public sector for \"setting a good example\" the private sector could follow.\n\nLewis Moore, who spent five years with the Navy, previously told BBC Newsbeat how employers struggled to see how his military skills could be useful to them.\n\nVeterans minister Johnny Mercer said the pilot scheme would \"shine a light\" on the skills of ex-servicemen and ex-servicewomen\n\nMr Mercer, a former Army officer and now the minister for defence, people and veterans, said ex-servicemen and women are \"agile, strategic and excellent team players\" and \"a guaranteed interview will shine a light on these skills and help boost job prospects\".\n\nMr Dowden added: \"From teamwork to problem-solving, our veterans have incredible skills and experience that employers on civvy street, and indeed Whitehall, are crying out for.\"\n\nThe scheme follows last month's announcement of a new Veterans' Railcard that will offer discounted train travel for ex-servicemen and ex-servicewomen.\n\nThe railcard - to be released on Armistice Day in November - will save a third off most train fares.\n\nIt will cost £21 for a limited period, before rising to £30.\n\nThe Cabinet Office said the OVA's announcement delivers on the government's manifesto pledge to support and invest in veterans.", "Dame Karen Pierce is currently the UK's permanent representative to the United Nations\n\nThe government has named Dame Karen Pierce as the new ambassador to the US.\n\nDame Karen - who is currently the UK's permanent representative to the United Nations - will become the first woman in the post.\n\nShe replaces Sir Kim Darroch, who resigned in 2019 after he called President Donald Trump's administration \"clumsy and inept\" in leaked emails.\n\nDame Karen said she hoped to \"strengthen the special relationship\" between the countries.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson called her \"an outstanding and accomplished diplomat\", tweeting: \"I can think of no better person to drive forward our hugely important relationship with the United States at this time.\"\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab also congratulated Ms Pierce on her appointment, saying it was \"a time of huge opportunity for the friendship between the UK and US\".\n\nThe posting comes ahead of post-Brexit trade deal negotiations with the US, and amid rows between the two nations over the future of the Iran nuclear deal and the use of Huawei technology.\n\nDame Karen joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1981.\n\nShe held posts in countries around the world, including Japan, Switzerland and the US, before becoming the British Ambassador in Afghanistan between 2015 and 2016.\n\nShe then returned to London as the FCO's political director and chief operation officer until her posting at the UN.\n\nAfter the announcement of her new role, Dame Karen said: \"I am honoured to have been asked to represent the UK in the US. I think it is the UK's single most important relationship. There is a deep bond between Britain and the US, built on many pillars.\n\n\"We have a fantastic cross-government team across the US and I look forward to working with them to strengthen and even further deepen the special relationship between our two countries and peoples.\"\n\nMr Raab added: \"I am delighted that Karen Pierce will take forward this exciting new chapter in our relationship.\n\n\"We're proud to be sending to Washington such an outstanding diplomat, and I warmly congratulate her on her appointment.\"\n\nDame Karen Pierce is widely regarded in the diplomatic world to be a good egg.\n\nShe is a Foreign Office lifer who has served all over the world. Blunt and no-nonsense, maybe, but also wily in the ways of Washington.\n\nShe has held several posts both there and at the United Nations in New York, and she has the confidence of the prime minister who got on well with her when he was foreign secretary.\n\nSo, Dame Karen is hugely qualified for the job, but will need every bit of her charm and guile in the months ahead.\n\nUK/US relations are at a low ebb after disagreements about Iran, Huawei and digital taxes, along with the diplomatic row over the death of Harry Dunn.\n\nHer biggest challenge, of course, will be to help secure a trade deal between the US and post-Brexit Britain. And that will be no easy task.\n\nThe UK has not had an ambassador in the US since Sir Kim resigned in July after the emails - dating from 2017 - were leaked.\n\nIn his resignation letter, Sir Kim said the situation made it \"impossible for me to carry out my role as I would like\".\n\nPresident Trump branded him \"a very stupid guy\" and said he would no longer work with the diplomat.\n\nThe row erupted in the middle of the Tory leadership contest, with the now-Prime Minister Boris Johnson heavily criticised for not fully supporting Sir Kim.", "Police have released photographs of the Brexit day bomb they believe the Continuity IRA (CIRA) was responsible for.\n\nA bomb was found attached to a lorry in Lurgan, County Armagh, on Tuesday morning.\n\nIt is thought the device may have been intended for a Brexit day attack.\n\nPolice said they first received a report about an explosive device in a lorry at Belfast docks on 31 January - the date the UK left the EU.\n\nIt was claimed the lorry was due to travel by ferry to Scotland.\n\nA search was conducted but nothing was found.\n\n\"These images clearly show the explosive device attached to the lorry,\" said Det Supt Sean Wright.\n\n\"They also demonstrate the sheer recklessness of those who knowingly put the driver, road users and the wider public at risk of death or serious injury.\"\n\nPolice have not yet given an indication of the size of the bomb, but it is understood the lorry did not leave the industrial estate between the times of the two calls.\n\nThey said they worked with a haulage company, which owns the lorry, to search about 400 vehicles and locate the explosive device.\n\nIt was made safe by ammunition technical officers (ATOs).", "Dr Li posted this picture of himself from a hospital bed on 31 January - a day before he was diagnosed with coronavirus\n\nDr Li Wenliang, who was hailed a hero for raising the alarm about the coronavirus in the early days of the outbreak, has died of the infection.\n\nHis death was confirmed by the Wuhan hospital where he worked and was being treated, following conflicting reports about his condition on state media.\n\nDr Li, 34, tried to send a message to fellow medics about the outbreak at the end of December. Three days later police paid him a visit and told him to stop. He returned to work and caught the virus from a patient. He had been in hospital for at least three weeks.\n\nHe posted his story from his hospital bed last month on social media site Weibo.\n\n\"Hello everyone, this is Li Wenliang, an ophthalmologist at Wuhan Central Hospital,\" the post begins.\n\nIt was a stunning insight into the botched response by local authorities in Wuhan in the early weeks of the coronavirus outbreak.\n\nDr Li was working at the centre of the outbreak in December when he noticed seven cases of a virus that he thought looked like Sars - the virus that led to a global epidemic in 2003. The cases were thought to come from the Huanan Seafood market in Wuhan and the patients were in quarantine in his hospital.\n\nOn 30 December he sent a message to fellow doctors in a chat group warning them about the outbreak and advising they wear protective clothing to avoid infection.\n\nWhat Dr Li didn't know then was that the disease that had been discovered was an entirely new coronavirus.\n\nAfter falling sick, Dr Li said on Weibo that he wondered why authorities were still saying no medical staff had been infected\n\nFour days later he was summoned to the Public Security Bureau where he was told to sign a letter. In the letter he was accused of \"making false comments\" that had \"severely disturbed the social order\".\n\n\"We solemnly warn you: If you keep being stubborn, with such impertinence, and continue this illegal activity, you will be brought to justice - is that understood?\" Underneath in Dr Li's handwriting is written: \"Yes, I do.\"\n\nHe was one of eight people who police said were being investigated for \"spreading rumours\".\n\nAt the end of January, Dr Li published a copy of the letter on Weibo and explained what had happened. In the meantime, local authorities had apologised to him but that apology came too late.\n\nFor the first few weeks of January officials in Wuhan were insisting that only those who came into contact with infected animals could catch the virus. No guidance was issued to protect doctors.\n\nBut just a week after his visit from the police, Dr Li was treating a woman with glaucoma. He didn't know that she had been infected with the new coronavirus.\n\n\"We hope you can calm down and reflect on your behaviour,\" the letter police told him to sign says\n\nIn his Weibo post he describes how on 10 January he started coughing, the next day he had a fever and two days later he was in hospital. His parents also fell ill and were taken to hospital.\n\nIt was 10 days later - on 20 January - that China declared the outbreak an emergency.\n\nDr Li says he was tested several times for coronavirus, all of them came back negative.\n\nOn 30 January he posted again: \"Today nucleic acid testing came back with a positive result, the dust has settled, finally diagnosed.\"\n\nHe punctuated the short post with an emoji of a dog with its eyes rolled back, tongue hanging out.\n\nNot surprisingly the post received thousands of comments and words of support.\n\n\"Dr Li Wenliang is a hero,\" one user said, worrying about what his story says about their country. \"In the future, doctors will be more afraid to issue early warnings when they find signs of infectious diseases.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "The Antarctic Peninsula is among the fastest-warming regions on earth\n\nA record high temperature of 18.3C (64.9F) has been logged on the continent of Antarctica.\n\nThe reading, taken on Thursday by Argentine research base Esperanza, is 0.8C hotter than the previous peak temperature of 17.5C, in March 2015.\n\nThe temperature was recorded in the Antarctic Peninsula, on the continent's north-west tip - one of the fastest-warming regions on earth.\n\nIt is being verified by the UN World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).\n\n\"[This] is not a figure you would normally associate with Antarctica, even in the summertime,\" WMO spokeswoman Clare Nullis told reporters in Geneva.\n\nTemperatures on the Antarctic continent have risen by almost 3C over the past 50 years, the organisation said, and about 87% of the glaciers along its west coast have \"retreated\" in that time.\n\nThe glaciers have shown an \"accelerated retreat\" in the past 12 years, the WMO added, due to global warming.\n\nIce loss, seen in this Nasa image from 2017, threatens Antarctica\n\nScientists warn that global warming is causing so much melting at the South Pole, it will eventually disintegrate - causing the global sea level to rise by at least three metres (10ft) over centuries.\n\nMs Nullis added: \"The amount of ice lost annually from the Antarctic ice sheet increased at least six-fold between 1979 and 2017.\n\n\"The melting from these glaciers, you know, means we are in big trouble when it comes to sea level rise.\"\n\nWhile 18.3C is a record for the Antarctic continent, the record in the wider Antarctic region - which includes the continent, islands and ocean that are in the Antarctic climatic zone - is 19.8C, logged in January 1982.\n\nLast July, the Arctic region hit its own record temperature of 21C, logged by a base at the northern tip of Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Justin Rowlatt experiences some of the challenges of filming in the Antarctic", "Kevin Mcleod's body was found in Wick harbour on 9 February 1997\n\nPolice reviewing the case of a man's death 23 years ago have made a new appeal for information.\n\nKevin Mcleod's body was found in Wick harbour in Caithness on 9 February 1997.\n\nHis family has long campaigned to have his death investigated as murder because of injuries found on his body.\n\nA team of six retired \"experienced\" detectives and two serving officers from Merseyside Police have been reviewing the case.\n\nMr Mcleod's family has accused former Northern Constabulary and also Police Scotland of failings in their handling of the 24-year-old's death.\n\nLast year, Police Scotland asked Merseyside Police to carry out a \"detailed review\" of the case. It is being done separately from a review by the Crown and Procurator Fiscal Service.\n\nIn the new appeal, the Merseyside team said: \"Kevin had gone out with a friend for the evening in Wick on Friday 7 February 1997 and was last seen in the early hours of Saturday 8 February.\n\n\"He was found deceased in Wick harbour at 11:00 on Sunday 9 February.\"\n\nMr Mcleod was described as being 5ft 9in tall and having an athletic build, short brown hair and was clean shaven.\n\nHe was wearing a black sweatshirt with \"Levi\" written in white across the chest, blue denim jeans and black Caterpillar boots.\n\nPolice said he was not wearing a coat even though it was a \"very windy\" night.\n\nMerseyside Police has set up an online page where people can submit information.\n\nMr Mcleod's uncle Allan Mcleod urged anyone with information to come forward.\n\nHe said: \"In the years since Kevin's death people's circumstances, allegiances and lifestyles may have changed.\n\n\"Our appeal today is for those people who know anything, saw anything, or heard anything at the time to please search your conscience and call or write to Merseyside Police - even if you had contacted the local police previously.\"\n\nThe review, which has already started, is expected to take a minimum of nine months to complete.\n\nA post-mortem examination at the time revealed Mr Mcleod, an electrician from Wick, had sustained stomach injuries.\n\nIt prompted a procurator fiscal to instruct Northern Constabulary to treat his death as a potential murder inquiry.\n\nBut police determined his injuries were not suspicious and described his death as a \"tragic accident\".\n\nThey said Mr Mcleod had been injured either falling on to a bollard, on part of a berthed boat or a boat's fishing creels before he ended up in the water.\n\nA pathologist's report concluded he had died from drowning and the \"major abdominal injury\" was consistent with him falling on to an object such as the bollards found at Wick harbour.\n\nBut Mr Mcleod's family believe he suffered the injuries during his murder.\n\nThe inquiry's sheriff criticised elements of the initial police investigation. He concluded it had not been established the \"very serious abdominal injuries\" were the result of an assault, but this remained \"a possibility\".\n\nTwo years ago, Police Scotland, which replaced Northern Constabulary in 2013, apologised for \"serious failings\" on the part of the former force and said officers had missed \"the opportunity to gather vital evidence\".\n\nIn 2018, the Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC, instructed an experienced prosecutor to review police handling of Mr Mcleod's death. This review remains ongoing.\n\nIn July last year, Police Scotland asked Merseyside Police to carry out a separate \"detailed review\" of the case.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Windrush generation take their name from the ship that brought the first West Indies immigrants to Britain in 1948\n\nCampaigners have branded compensation to victims of the Windrush scandal as \"paltry\" after it was revealed that only £62,198 has been paid out so far.\n\nSo far 1,108 claims have been made for the estimated £200m fund - but only 36 people have received money by December, the Home Office said.\n\nThe scandal saw people with a right to live in the UK being wrongly targeted as illegal immigrants.\n\nThe scheme, unveiled in April 2019, is being extended by two years.\n\nApplications will now remain open until 2 April 2023.\n\nThe Home Office said many of the payouts under the Windrush Compensation Scheme so far were interim payments but it would not say how many people had received final payouts or the proportion of cash per person.\n\nUp to 15,000 claims are expected to be lodged in total.\n\nThe Windrush generation arrived mainly from Commonwealth countries between 1948 and 1971. They had lived in the UK for decades before some were wrongly told they were in the country illegally after changes to immigration law in 2012.\n\nDawn Hill, chairwoman of the Black Cultural Archives' board, which is supporting victims, said a \"paltry amount\" had been paid out given the time the scheme had been operating.\n\nCampaigner Patrick Vernon said the payout figures were \"quite low\", given the thousands of people caught up in the scandal.\n\nHe called for victims to be given automatic payouts of £10,000 with the chance to make an additional claim.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Chiplyn Burton was denied entry back into the UK after a trip to Jamaica in the 1970s\n\nCampaigners also urged the Home Office to put more funding behind publicity, saying a national campaign was needed on the scale of the EU settlement scheme - which has an advertising budget of about £4m.\n\nThe Home Office would not confirm how much was being spent on publicising the scheme but said it was committed to ensuring as many eligible people apply and funding had been given to Citizens Advice to help participants.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said the government had listened to feedback to hear how the government \"can begin to do justice to those who have contributed so much to our country\".\n\nThe application criteria is also now being made \"more flexible\" to take a wider range of circumstances into account.\n\nThe scheme is open to people from Commonwealth countries who arrived and settled in the UK before 1973. Some relatives, including children and grandchildren, may also be eligible.\n\nIt is also open to people from any nationality who have the right to live or work in the UK without restrictions or are now a British citizen and arrived in the country before December 31 1988.", "Harry arrived in Canada to join his wife Meghan last month\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex attended a JP Morgan event in Miami on Thursday, a palace source has said.\n\nPrince Harry spoke at the event but it is unclear whether he was paid to appear.\n\nIt comes after the couple said they would step back as \"senior royals\" and work to become financially independent.\n\nThey intend to split their time between the UK and North America and, from the spring, 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\nThe New York Post's Page Six, which first reported the story, said the Sussexes were \"keynote speakers\" as they made their first appearance together since the Queen granted their wish to step back as full-time royals.\n\nBBC royal correspondent Jonny Dymond says the \"presumption has to be that they weren't paid\" for the event because, for now, they are still working members of the Royal Family.\n\nCBS News host Gayle King introduced Meghan, who spoke of her love for her husband, before introducing him at 1 Hotel in Miami's South Beach, Page Six reported.\n\nHe is said to have talked about his mental health, something he has spoken about many times in the past.\n\nIn 2017, the duke revealed he sought counselling after \"shutting down\" his emotions for almost 20 years following the death of his mother.\n\nIn an ITV documentary last year, Prince Harry described his mental health and the way he deals with the pressures of his life as a matter of \"constant management\".\n\nPrince Harry arrived in Vancouver Island last month, where his wife Meghan had been staying with their nine-month-old son Archie.\n\nThe couple briefly returned to the UK in January following an extended six-week Christmas break there.\n\nSince the couple announced their desire to become financially independent there has been speculation about how they might make money.\n\nPublic speaking, TV production and book deals have been touted as possible income sources for the couple. They also plan to launch a charitable foundation.\n\nCurrently, 95% of the couple's income comes from Prince Charles's income from the Duchy of Cornwall, a vast portfolio of property and financial investments, which brought in £21.6m last year.\n\nIt is believed the couple will continue to receive money from Prince Harry's father under the new agreement, although it is unclear whether this will come from the Duchy, his personal wealth, or a combination of the two.\n\nHowever, the Sussexes will stop receiving money from the taxpayer-funded Sovereign Grant, which makes up the other 5% of their income.", "Health worker Yao (not pictured) said hospital staff are not allowed to eat, rest or use the toilet during their 10-hour shifts\n\nMore than 600 people have been killed by a new strain of coronavirus since its outbreak began in China at the end of last year.\n\nBut while infection numbers rise, information about conditions on the ground in China is limited.\n\nInitially, news organisations in the country were able to report on the epidemic in detail.\n\nIn recent days, however, internet platforms have taken down several articles criticising the government's efforts to curb the virus.\n\nOfficials have also sought to crack down on the warnings shared by a doctor when the coronavirus began to spread.\n\nIn a rare occurrence, the BBC spoke with a health worker in Hubei, the province at the outbreak's epicentre.\n\nTo protect her identity, she asked to be referred by her family name, Yao.\n\nYao is based at a hospital in Hubei's second-largest city, Xiangyang. She works in what she describes as a \"fever clinic,\" where she analyses blood samples taken to diagnose anyone suspected of having coronavirus.\n\nBefore the outbreak, Yao had planned to travel to Guangzhou to spend Chinese New Year with her family.\n\nHer child and mother travelled ahead of her, but when the epidemic broke out, Yao decided to volunteer in Xiangyang instead.\n\n\"It's true that we all live one life, but there was just this strong voice inside me saying 'you must go,'\" she told the BBC.\n\nAt first she had to overcome her doubts about the decision.\n\n\"I told myself: be prepared and protect yourself well,\" Yao said. \"Even if there was no protective suit, I could always wear a raincoat. If there was no mask, I could ask friends all over China to send one to me. There is always a way.\"\n\nYao says she found that the hospital is better supplied than she expected. The government has delivered resources and private companies have donated equipment to help.\n\nThere is still a shortage of protective masks and suits, however, and not every member of staff is properly protected.\n\n\"It's a difficult job, it's very sad and heart-breaking, and most of the time we just don't have time to think about our own safety,\" said Yao.\n\n\"We also have to treat the patients with tender care, because many people came to us with great fear, some of them were on the verge of a nervous breakdown\".\n\nTo deal with the high number of incoming patients, staff at the hospital work in 10-hour shifts. Yao said that during these shifts no-one can eat, drink, take a break, or use the toilets.\n\n\"At the end of the shift, when we take off the suits, we'll find our clothes are completely wet with sweat,\" said Yao. \"Our forehead, nose, neck and face are left with deep marks by the tight masks and sometimes even cuts.\n\n\"Many of my colleagues just sleep on chairs after the shifts, because they're too tired to walk,\" she added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's online health editor on what we know about the virus\n\nBut despite the hardship, Yao says none of the hospital's medical staff have been infected.\n\nShe and her colleagues have also been boosted by warm messages from members of the public. Some people have even sent food and other daily necessities.\n\n\"I feel that even though they are quarantined at home, the virus brings our hearts together,\" said Yao.\n\nIn all, she said China's government's response to the coronavirus outbreak has been \"fairly quick,\" and no other country could have given a better response.\n\n\"In the West, you talk more about freedom or human rights, but right now in China, we're talking about the matter of life or death,\" said Yao.\n\n\"We're talking about whether you might see the sunrise tomorrow. So all people can do is to cooperate with the government and support the medical staff\".", "A GP who cited Angelina Jolie and Jade Goody to instil fear in his patients about their health has been found guilty of sexually assaulting 23 women.\n\nManish Shah preyed on cancer concerns to carry out invasive intimate examinations for his own sexual gratification, the Old Bailey heard.\n\nHe convinced his victims to have unnecessary checks between May 2009 and June 2013.\n\nHe was convicted of 25 counts of sexual assault and assault by penetration.\n\nJurors acquitted 50-year-old Shah, of Romford, of five other charges.\n\nThey were told afterwards he had already been found guilty of similar allegations relating to 17 other women, bringing the total number of victims to 23.\n\nHe will be sentenced for all the offences on 7 February. The BBC's health editor Hugh Pym said it was one of the biggest cases of its kind involving one doctor.\n\nThe trial heard Shah mentioned a news story to one patient about Hollywood star Jolie having a preventative mastectomy, before asking if she would like him to examine her breasts.\n\nIn another instance involving a different complainant, he mentioned TV personality Goody - who died of cervical cancer - and advised an examination was in her best interests, it was claimed.\n\nProsecutor Kate Bex QC told the trial: \"He took advantage of his position to persuade women to have invasive vaginal examinations, breast examinations and rectal examinations when there was absolutely no medical need for them to be conducted.\"\n\nOne of Shah's patients told the BBC how she became one of the GP's victims.\n\n\"He would say you need to have these sexual health tests, to make sure you're safe - you never know if somebody goes with somebody else even though you might have a safe partner,\" she said.\n\n\"He was just encouraging the tests along when I didn't think anything of it, I thought if a doctor suggests it you pretty much go along with it.\n\n\"He just duped so many people. He used our weaknesses and fears and took complete advantage. But not one time did I actually think he was doing anything untoward.\"\n\nThe NHS in London said it \"extended sympathies\" to the victims and added: \"As soon as the allegations came to light, swift action was taken and we have supported the police throughout their investigation.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "England's schoolboys have had worse exam results than girls for 30 years, secondary school league table data just published confirms.\n\nGirls are now 14% more likely to pass English and maths GCSE than boys, with 64% of girls doing so and 56% of boys.\n\nYet there is little national focus on the difference in results or measures addressing why boys lag behind.\n\nAnd campaigners and academics accuse consecutive governments of ignoring the issue.\n\nCheck how your local schools have done by clicking here.\n\nSorry, your browser does not support this tool. \n\n Please visit the Department for Education. Compare schools in your area on the Department for Education website by entering your postcode or council in the box below The BBC uses the postcode you enter here to create a web link to the Department for Education website. The BBC is the data controller of the data you enter here. Please be aware that when you leave the BBC website you will be subject to the Department for Education’s privacy policy. If you have any questions about how the BBC process data, please read our Privacy and Cookies Policy. Department for Education website\n\nIf you can't see the postcode lookup, click or tap here.\n\nOn current trends, the gap between rich and poor is set to be eclipsed by the gap between males and females, in terms of university entrance, within a decade, campaigners say.\n\nData going back 30 years shows the gap between the percentage of girls' and boys' GCSE passes more than doubled between 1989 and 1999, from four to nine percentage points - a change often attributed to the introduction of GCSEs.\n\nBut there was little change over the next two decades. It remained stable for a few years, then dipped slightly to seven percentage points in 2009, then widened again over the next decade to nine percentage points.\n\nThe former head of university and college admissions services, Mary Curnock Cook said she was \"baffled by this yawning inequality\", which revealed a \"massive policy blind spot\".\n\n\"On current trends, a girl born today will be 75% more likely to go to university than her male peers,\" she said.\n\n\"By then, the gap between women and men will be larger than the gap between rich and poor.\"\n\nThe data also shows the gender gap is apparent in the EBacc, which measures those pupils who achieve a grade 4 or above across the core academic subjects of English, maths, science, history or geography and a language.\n\nIt shows girls are one and a half times more likely to pass all components of the Ebacc, with 28% of girls passing compared with 18% of boys.\n\nThere is now a clear need to tackle the underachievement of boys, according to the Men and Boys Coalition - a group of organisations, academics and individuals campaigning on male equality issues.\n\nChief executive Dan Bell said: \"For decades, this problem has existed but successive governments and the wider education establishment has buried its head in the sand and, in effect, ignored it.\n\n\"There has never been an explanation for this attitude despite clear evidence that generations of boys and young men are being left behind.\n\n\"That attitude can no longer be tolerated if we are to live in a modern inclusive society that truly tackles inequality.\n\n\"The time has now come that we must see positive action from the government and the wider education establishment to not just recognise this critical inequality faced by boys and young men but to systematically create strategies to tackle it.\"\n\nSchool Standards Minister Nick Gibb focussed on the achievement gap between disadvantaged pupils and their better off peers, saying it remains stable, but highlighting that it has dropped by about 9% since 2011.\n\nHe added: \"The EBacc is instrumental in driving up educational standards.\n\n\"Overall more pupils are studying these core academic subjects than at any time since the EBacc measure was introduced and the entry rate is particularly high in our free schools.\"\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 BBC's online health editor on what we know about the virus\n\nThe third person in the UK to be diagnosed with coronavirus caught it in Singapore, it is understood.\n\nHe is thought to have tested positive for the virus in Brighton before being taken to hospital in London.\n\nThe government is now telling travellers arriving in the UK from a total of nine Asian countries and territories to check for symptoms.\n\nThey are advised to stay at home and call the NHS if they are ill and have flown home in the past 14 days.\n\nThe initial advice had only covered mainland China, but now also includes:\n\nAnyone returning in the past fortnight from those place who has symptoms like a cough, fever, or shortness of breath should stay indoors and call the NHS 111 service.\n\nThe Department of Health said they should do so \"even if symptoms are mild\", adding: \"These countries have been identified because of the volume of air travel from affected areas, understanding of other travel routes and number of reported cases. This list will be kept under review.\"\n\nThe new UK patient is understood to be a middle-aged man who was isolated at home, tested positive and was taken to St Thomas's Hospital in central London, where he is being treated at a specialist infectious diseases unit. It had previously been reported he was at Guy's Hospital in the city.\n\nIt is the first UK case in which the virus was contracted outside mainland China.\n\nThe NHS is \"well prepared\" to manage cases, said Prof Chris Whitty, England's chief medical officer. He added: \"We are now working quickly to identify any contacts the patient has had.\"\n\nThere have been more than 28,000 cases worldwide.\n\nOf these, 565 people have died but only two of the deaths have been outside mainland China - one in Hong Kong and one in the Philippines.\n\nMeanwhile, the Chinese ambassador to the UK warned against \"panic\" and \"over-reaction\" in response to the virus.\n\nTwo other patients - both Chinese nationals - are still being treated at the Royal Victoria Infirmary infectious diseases centre in Newcastle.\n\nThe patients - a university of York student and one of their relatives - tested positive for the virus after falling ill at a hotel in York.\n\nThe University of Sussex, which has a campus on the outskirts of Brighton, said in a statement the new case was not a student or member of staff from the university.\n\nThis is not a surprise, not a reason to panic and not a reason to press the alarm bell.\n\nFor as long as the epidemic rages in China, there is a risk of people travelling to other countries, including the UK, before they become sick.\n\nBut there are crucial differences between the UK and China.\n\nFirst is the scale of the problem. The UK has three confirmed cases, China has 28,000.\n\nThis case in the UK is an event that was planned for - the patient is already being isolated and anybody who came into close contact is being traced.\n\nIt is also notable this patient caught the infection abroad, it is not due to the York patients spreading the virus.\n\nChina, however, is still playing catch-up and fighting to get on top of the outbreak.\n\nThe big question is not whether the UK can handle these three cases, it's whether China can contain the outbreak.\n\nEarlier, the Chinese ambassador to the UK, Liu Xiaoming, called on the UK government to support China in its handling of the outbreak and said Chinese measures to control the spread of the virus had been effective.\n\nChina is introducing more restrictive measures. In some areas group dining is banned, there are limits on how often people can go outside, and lifts have been turned off in some buildings.\n\nIt comes as the Chinese doctor who tried to issue the first warnings about the outbreak has died of the infection, according to Chinese media.\n\nNearly 100 Britons have been flown out of Wuhan, the city at the centre of the outbreak, on flights arranged by the UK government.\n\nAll are now in quarantine at Arrowe Park Hospital in Wirral for 14 days - the incubation period of the virus - to ensure they are not carrying the infection.\n\nThe UK government is chartering a final flight to bring British nationals back from Wuhan, which is due to leave on Sunday.\n\nThe Foreign Office has also advised Britons in other parts of China to leave the country if they can to minimise the risk of exposure to the virus, which has now spread to more than two dozen nations.\n\nThe World Health Organization said the world was still \"shadow boxing\" with the new virus because many things about it remain unknown, including its precise origin, transmissibility and its severity.\n\nThe WHO had declared the outbreak to be a global health emergency last week but said it did not yet constitute a \"pandemic\".\n\nThe coronavirus causes severe acute respiratory infection and symptoms usually start with a fever, followed by a dry cough. Most people infected are likely to fully recover - just as they would from a flu.", "A GP has been given three life sentences for 90 sexual assaults on female patients.\n\nManish Shah assaulted 23 women and a 15-year-old girl while working in London - carrying out invasive examinations for his own gratification.\n\nThe Old Bailey heard he used Angelina Jolie and Jade Goody as examples to frighten patients about their health.\n\nJudge Anne Molyneux described him as a \"master of deception who abused his position of power\".\n\n\"You made up stories which got into heads and caused panic,\" she said, as she sentenced Shah to a minimum of 15 years in prison.\n\nShah, from Romford, convinced his victims to have unnecessary checks between May 2009 and June 2013.\n\n\"Your behaviour was not only sexual but was driven by your desire to control and on occasions humiliate women,\" the judge said.\n\nThe youngest victim told the court she was left \"anxious, fearful and shaking\" at the prospect of visiting the doctor after being abused by Shah.\n\nShe said she felt differently about men and worried about being seen as a \"sex object\".\n\nThe 50-year-old doctor who claimed the assaults were \"defensive medicine\" was found guilty of 25 sexual offences against six victims at Mawney Medical Centre last autumn.\n\nShah claimed he had been practising \"defensive medicine\" at Mawney Medical Centre between 2009 and 2013\n\nAt an earlier trial in 2018, he was convicted of offences relating to 18 other people, bringing the total number of offences to 90 relating to 23 patients.\n\nThe court heard how Shah picked up on patients' vulnerability, because of their age or family history of cancer.\n\nHe brought up a news story about Hollywood star Jolie having a preventative mastectomy as he asked a woman if she would like him to examine her breasts.\n\nHe also mentioned Goody to another woman, saying an examination was in her best interests.\n\nJurors heard that Shah would not always wear gloves and left one patient entirely naked on an examination table.\n\nIn mitigation, Zoe Johnson QC said: \"It goes without saying that all of these women feel grossly abused, humiliated, and that the trust that they placed in Manish Shah has been so dreadfully exploited.\n\n\"He deeply regrets hurting them and cannot say sorry enough.\"\n\nOutside court, Det Supt Tara McGovern said Shah \"placed himself in a busy surgery as a GP and accessed vulnerable women and preyed on their vulnerabilities so that so he could carry out unnecessary clinical examinations for his own sexual gratification.\"\n\n\"He has caused significant harm to these women and has betrayed the trust they placed in him as their doctor.\n\n\"It's been a long process - we've spoken to 130 women, we've taken dozens of statements and so we thank the victims for their patience.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Nearly 100 Britons have already been flown out of Wuhan on flights arranged by the UK government\n\nAround 150 Britons on the next UK government flight back from Wuhan will be taken to a conference centre in Milton Keynes for a 14-day quarantine.\n\nUK citizens on two earlier repatriation flights from the Chinese city at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak are at Arrowe Park Hospital on the Wirral.\n\nThere have been three cases of coronavirus in the UK so far.\n\nThe third patient caught the virus at a business conference in Singapore, the BBC's Hugh Pym says.\n\nSingaporean authorities contacted the man, who is British, to warn him there had been a confirmed case.\n\nHe is thought to have tested positive for the virus in Brighton and called NHS 111 from home for advice before going by arrangement to an isolation facility at the Royal Sussex County Hospital.\n\nHe was tested and then went home, isolating himself while he waited for the results. The man was then transported by the NHS to St Thomas's Hospital in London, where he is being treated.\n\nThe latest British nationals to be flown out of Wuhan on Sunday will be taken to Kents Hill Park, a training and conference venue on the outskirts of Milton Keynes.\n\nMilton Keynes University Hospitals NHS Trust said there was no risk to local people as anyone showing symptoms would not be allowed to board the plane.\n\nAfter they arrive, passengers will continue to be monitored and anyone who shows symptoms during their two-week stay will be tested for the virus, the trust said in a statement.\n\nAnyone who tests positive will be isolated and given specialist NHS care.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sea urchins and Swiss rolls: Quarantine around the world\n\nThe two other UK cases - both Chinese nationals - are being treated at the Royal Victoria Infirmary infectious diseases centre in Newcastle.\n\nThe patients - a University of York student and one of their relatives - tested positive for the virus after falling ill at a hotel in York.\n\nThere have been more than 31,000 cases worldwide, mostly in China.\n\nMore than 600 people have died but only two of these were outside mainland China - one in Hong Kong and one in the Philippines.\n\nMeanwhile, 61 people - including one British national - have tested positive for the virus on a cruise ship off the coast of Japan.\n\nBriton Alan Steele, from Wolverhampton, who was on his honeymoon with his wife Wendy, is among those to be taken off the ship for hospital treatment.\n\nHe posted on Facebook on Friday that his new wife had remained on board.\n\nHe told friends: \"Would also like to say that at the moment I am not showing any symptoms so just possibly a carrier. Will let you know how I am going on when possible.\"\n\nSome 3,700 people are on board the Diamond Princess, which is quarantined in Yokohama for at least two weeks.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Diamond Princess passenger David Abel: \"In addition to the face masks, we've now been given gloves\"\n\nNearly 100 Britons have been flown out of Wuhan on flights arranged by the UK government.\n\nAll are now in quarantine on the Wirral for 14 days - the incubation period of the virus - to ensure they are not carrying the infection.\n\nA final chartered flight for Britons is due to leave the city on Sunday, the Foreign Office said.\n\nOn Thursday, the government updated its advice for people arriving in the UK from nine Asian countries and territories.\n\nAnyone returning from the specified countries in the past fortnight who has symptoms including a cough, fever or shortness of breath is advised to stay indoors and call the NHS 111 service.\n\nPreviously this advice had only applied to travellers arriving from mainland China.\n\nThe Foreign Office has also advised Britons in China to leave the country if they can to minimise the risk of exposure to the virus.\n\nThe coronavirus causes severe acute respiratory infection and symptoms usually start with a fever, followed by a dry cough. Most people infected are likely to fully recover - just as they would from a flu.\n\nThe World Health Organization said data from 17,000 patients suggested 82% have mild disease, 15% severe and 3% critical.", "The chairman of the Grenfell Tower inquiry has backed a request from firms that refurbished the building that evidence they give should not be used against them in criminal prosecutions.\n\nSome firms had threatened to stay silent in the inquiry into how Grenfell was covered in flammable cladding.\n\nSir Martin Moore-Bick said he had asked Attorney General Geoffrey Cox for the assurance \"as a matter of urgency\".\n\nThe fire at the west London tower block in June 2017 killed 72 people.\n\nRepresentatives from organisations including cladding company Harley Facades, building contractor Rydon and the Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation had asked for a guarantee that anything they say in the hearings would not be used as part of any potential future prosecutions.\n\nThe inquiry - which is in its second phase - was paused while Sir Martin considered the firms' application, which was vigorously opposed by lawyers representing a group of the bereaved, survivors and residents.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police is conducting its own investigation into possible crimes ranging from gross negligence manslaughter and corporate manslaughter to health and safety offences.\n\nIn its ruling, the inquiry panel said it would immediately write to Mr Cox - who will make the final decision - in order to secure the terms under which evidence will be given when the inquiry resumes.\n\nIt added that the deal must ensure that no \"oral evidence given by a natural or legal person before the Inquiry in Modules 1, 2 and 3 will be used in evidence against that person in any criminal proceedings or for the purpose of deciding whether to bring such proceedings\".\n\nThe BBC's home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds said this deal - if it is backed by the Attorney General - would not provide immunity from prosecution, as the police can still gather their own information.\n\nBut he added: \"They couldn't use what a witness said at the inquiry as evidence at a trial.\"\n\nCampaign group Grenfell United has criticised companies involved in the tower's refurbishment for \"passing the buck and minimising their own role in the disaster\".\n\nThe inquiry's second phase, which began last week, is looking at how the building came to be covered in a flammable type of cladding during its refurbishment between 2012 and 2016.\n\nEmails disclosed to the inquiry suggested that companies knew a planned cladding system would fail in the event of a fire.\n\nThe investigation has heard that - with the \"sole exception\" of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, which accepted that the tower's refurbishment should not have been signed off - all organisations involved in the work have denied responsibility.\n\nThe first phase of the inquiry heard how the fire on 14 June 2017 spread quickly up the 23-storey tower in west London, claiming the lives of 72 people.", "The public are losing faith in the criminal justice system as police workloads affect outcomes, a report finds\n\nVictims are no longer reporting some crimes to police because so many offenders are never brought to justice.\n\nA new report said the public are losing faith in the criminal justice system and have \"rumbled\" that police do not have the capacity to investigate.\n\nThe constabulary inspector said a suspect was charged in just 7.8% of crimes in England and Wales in the year to March 2019.\n\nThe Home Office said action should be taken if forces are not performing.\n\nIt came as a report by the spending watchdog warned the government could run out of prison places in two years because of tougher sentencing measures, combined with a drive to recruit 20,000 police officers.\n\nThe National Audit Office (NAO) said ministers have failed to deliver a promised 10,000 new prisoner places.\n\nBut the Ministry of Justice said it would \"always have enough prison places\".\n\nDifferences in the way police forces carry out investigations, rising demand and falling resources in some areas means people face a postcode lottery getting justice, Her Majesty's inspector of constabulary said.\n• None 7.8%of crimes led to a suspect being charged, down from...\n\nMatt Parr said the public has \"rumbled\" that the police do not have the capacity to deal with common crimes, such as burglaries or car crime, and have given up reporting incidents to police.\n\n\"I think particularly in the volume crime area the public has rumbled that the police capacity to deal with this is extremely limited.\"\n\n\"There are some strikingly low figures about car crime resolution, meaning most of the public simply give up reporting it because the chances of anything positive happening are so slim.\"\n\n\"The country is just short of investigators,\" he said. \"There's lots of forces that haven't got enough detectives - therefore, very often, crimes aren't allocated to the right people to investigate.\"\n\n\"They are not supervised properly and the people that investigate them haven't had as much training as we'd like. And the net result is, as we've seen, under 8% of recorded crimes getting a suspect charged.\"\n\nThe public has concluded that there aren't sufficient police resources to deal with minor crimes\n\nMr Parr added that \"policing across England and Wales is largely in good shape\" but that \"we cannot ignore that forces are providing services under the twin pressures of rising demand and failing resources\".\n\nA suspect was charged in just 7.8% of crimes recorded in England and Wales in the year to March 2019, down from 9.1% the previous year; the proportion of crimes closed because the victim did not support a prosecution rose to 22.6% from 20%.\n\nLucy May Walker, a licensed busker, was performing in London's Euston Station when a woman stole €20 (£16.95) out of her collection box.\n\n\"I just watched her run away and thought 'I've just been robbed'... for me, I didn't think police straight away,\" she told BBC Radio 5 Live.\n\n\"I just feel like the police - for just twenty quid - were not the first port of call. I think they [the police] are overstretched as it is,\" she said.\n\nThe Home Office said inspectors had found many police forces were performing well and that it is \"giving police the resources they need\".\n\n\"In areas where services are not up to scratch, we expect police to take action and implement the inspectorate's recommendations at pace,\" a spokesperson added.\n\nIn Enfield, north London, parents mount their own patrols in an attempt to prevent their children being targeted by criminals.\n\nThere is now such an instinctive feeling that the \"police are stretched\" that often crimes aren't reported at all.\n\nThere are many reasons. In the last decade funding cuts reduced police numbers, and it will take time to restore the number of available officers.\n\nBut it isn't just about the number of \"bobbies on the beat\". The dramatic drop in the proportion of suspects charged suggests other factors are involved too.\n\nModern policing requires deft handling of evidence from devices such as phones and CCTV cameras.\n\nHer Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary found even in the best forces this can take months. In the worst, it can take a year and a half.\n\nPolice forces lack resources to analyse and use intelligence they get from the community. They are also struggling to push ahead with investigations where victims aren't co-operative. They are short of investigators.\n\nIt all contributes to a sense that if you become a victim of lower-level crime in modern Britain, you can't expect to get justice.\n\nMeanwhile the National Audit Office has found the government has so far only increased prison places by 200, despite a pledge in 2016 to deliver 10,000 places over four years.\n\nDemand for prison places could begin to outstrip supply by October 2022, the NAO said\n\nThe NAO's report said the building programme was delayed because of disagreements about funding. It found 3,000 places were still under construction.\n\nThere are currently more than 83,000 people locked up - and the number is forecast to increase.\n\nThe report said analysis by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) showed that from October 2022, demand for prison places could begin to outstrip supply, as an increase in police officer numbers potentially leads to more offenders being caught.\n\nFurther pressures are expected because of sentencing reforms, with the most serious offenders spending longer periods behind bars.\n\nThe NAO report also criticised prison conditions, with poor safety reaching \"record levels\" and \"huge maintenance backlogs\".\n\nThe prime minister has pledged 10,000 new prison places\n\nMinisters have announced a new £2.5bn prison building programme but the NAO said no timetable has been set and the 10,000 places which they have again promised may not be enough to keep up with the expected rise in the prison population.\n\nThe Ministry of Justice said it recognised the need to invest in maintenance and safety and pledged to spend an additional £256m to carry out improvements over the coming year.", "Mr Mackay quit just hours before he was due to unveil the Scottish government's budget for the coming year\n\nThe Scottish government has defended its handling of the Derek Mackay scandal amid claims it tried to \"throw up hurdles\" to prevent publication.\n\nMr Mackay quit as Scotland's finance secretary after the Scottish Sun revealed he sent 270 messages to a 16-year-old schoolboy.\n\nThe newspaper says the government demanded to know the name of the boy when it was approached for comment.\n\nIt also says it was asked to justify its \"intrusion into private life\".\n\nDeputy First Minister John Swinney said the government had \"simply asked for information to give us the veracity and the substance of the points that were being put to us\".\n\nFurther newspaper allegations about Mr Mackay's behaviour were published on Friday morning, with the Daily Record reporting that he sent dozens of unwanted messages over a four-year period to a married SNP activist, including one asking: \"Got any naughty pics?\"\n\nMeanwhile, the Herald claims that Mr Mackay, 42, was banned by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon from drinking during SNP conferences because of concerns over his behaviour.\n\nMr Mackay has not responded to requests for comment about the allegations against him.\n\nScottish Conservative leader Jackson Carlaw accused the Scottish government of being \"more interested in protecting its own reputation than in the welfare of potential and actual victims\".\n\nHe added: \"A pattern of behaviour is now beginning to emerge, and it's vital the SNP leadership - instead of spinning - acts to establish a complete picture.\"\n\nThe Conservatives have called for a confidential hotline to be set up so people can report any concerns about Mr Mackay.\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\nMs Sturgeon told the Scottish Parliament on Thursday that she had not known about Mr Mackay's \"unacceptable\" behaviour until Wednesday evening, and was \"not aware of any further allegations\" against him.\n\nMr Swinney, her deputy, told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme that he had been \"utterly stunned\" by the revelations.\n\nHe said he had not heard any \"revelations of this type\" about Mr Mackay in the past, and had no previous concerns about his behaviour.\n\nThe Scottish Sun has claimed that the Scottish government's initial response to being told about the allegations against Mr Mackay was to attempt to \"throw up hurdles to prevent us from publishing the bombshell revelations\".\n\nIt said these attempts included: \"Demanding to know the name of the 16-year-old schoolboy as well as asking for our 'justification for publication, given the intrusion into private and family life, and correspondence including digital communication'.\"\n\nThe newspaper stressed that it had not identified the boy to the government, which subsequently refused to comment on the allegations.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Scottish Sun political editor: 'The family are not baying for blood'\n\nChris Musson, the political editor of the Scottish Sun, spoke to the Podlitical podcast about how the newspaper broke the Derek Mackay story, and what the boy and his family wanted to achieve by going public.\n\nMr Swinney insisted that the government had taken \"decisive\" action once the seriousness of the allegations against Mr Mackay became clear.\n\nHe added: \"The government became aware of these allegations at about 6pm on Wednesday night, and we simply - because of the significance of what was being put to us - asked for information to give us the veracity and the substance of the points that were being put to us.\n\n\"We saw nothing in writing until we saw the first edition of The Sun later on Wednesday evening, so we were simply asking for the detail that we would ask in any situation where allegations are being put to us so that we can be confident about the detail that is being asked.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nicola Sturgeon: “It was unacceptable and falls seriously below the standard required of a minister.\"\n\nMr Mackay is said to have quit as finance secretary on Wednesday evening, although his resignation was not made public until the following morning. It has been reported that he is in line for a £12,000 severance payment.\n\nHe was subsequently suspended by the SNP pending further investigations \"when we saw the full detail in the Sun newspaper printed in their edition on Thursday morning\", Mr Swinney added.\n\nMr Mackay now sits as an independent MSP, although he has been urged to stand down completely from Holyrood by opposition leaders who have said his behaviour could \"constitute the grooming of a young individual\".\n\nThe Scottish Sun said that Mr Mackay persistently contacted the schoolboy over a six-month period, and told him that he was \"cute\".\n\nThe newspaper detailed allegations that the politician contacted the boy \"out of the blue\" in August of last year and sent about 270 messages on Instagram and through Facebook.\n\nIt has published a list of messages - the most recent of which is from earlier this week - involving Mr Mackay and the boy, in which its says the MSP invited him to dinner and to attend a rugby event.\n\nThe newspaper also reported that Mr Mackay contacted the boy several times on Christmas Day, and told him on another occasion that he was \"looking good with that new haircut\".\n\nIn a statement released on Thursday morning, Mr Mackay said: \"I take full responsibility for my actions. I have behaved foolishly and I am truly sorry. I apologise unreservedly to the individual involved and his family.\"\n\nMr Mackay, who had been widely tipped as a future first minister, came out as gay when he left his wife in 2013.\n\nHis resignation came just hours before he was due to present the Scottish government's spending plans for the next year - a major set piece event in the Scottish Parliament.", "Princess Beatrice's wedding to Eduardo Mapelli Mozzi will take place on 29 May, Buckingham Palace has announced.\n\nThey will be married at the Chapel Royal at St James Palace, with a reception later at Buckingham Palace.\n\nThe Queen will host the private reception in the palace gardens.\n\nBeatrice, the 31-year-old daughter of the Duke of York and the Duchess of York, became engaged to her property tycoon boyfriend in Italy last September.\n\nBuckingham Palace says that the choice of the Chapel Royal, a family chapel adjacent to the home of Princess Beatrice, is an indication of the scale and nature of the wedding.\n\nIt has been chosen by Beatrice and Mr Mapelli Mozzi, known as Edo, for its \"intimate atmosphere\". The chapel is also where the wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert was held in February 1840.\n\nThe announcement ends weeks of speculation over the date of the wedding, amidst the scandal over Beatrice's father, Prince Andrew's relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.\n\nPrince Andrew has retired from royal duties for the foreseeable future.\n\nPrincess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi got engaged in Italy last year\n\nWhile the wedding of Beatrice's sister, Eugenie, was shown on ITV in 2018, there is no intention to televise this ceremony, said Buckingham Palace.\n\nNo public money is to be spent on the event, which is set to be more of a low-key affair.\n\nIt will be the fourth royal wedding in two years. The previous three - Princess Eugenie, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and Lady Gabriella Windsor - all took place at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle.\n\nBeatrice's wedding venue can hold 150 guests, while around 800 attended her sister's wedding.\n\nMillionaire Mr Mapelli Mozzi, who has been a friend of Beatrice's family for several years, started dating the princess in autumn 2018. Their relationship is said to have started after they met each other again at Eugenie's wedding.\n\nBeatrice, a cousin of the Duke of Cambridge and the Duke of Sussex, is ninth in line to the throne. She is not a full-time royal but works for artificial intelligence software firm Afiniti, where she is vice president of partnerships and strategy.\n\nThe couple have only been seen in public together on a few occasions - including here at St James's Palace at a Pitch@Palace event last June\n\nAt the time of their engagement, the couple said, in a joint statement: \"We are both so excited to be embarking on this life adventure together.\n\n\"We share so many similar interests and values, and we know that this will stand us in great stead for the years ahead, full of love and happiness.\"\n\nHis parents, Nikki Williams-Ellis and former Olympic skier Count Alessandro Mapelli Mozzi, said at the time of the engagement that the couple was \"made for each other\" and that the family had \"known Beatrice for most of her life\".\n\nMr Mapelli Mozzi, who is also a count, has a young son, Wolfie, from a previous relationship.", "Protests against deportation flights have been held outside the Jamaican embassy in London\n\nThe government should consider ending the deportation of foreign-born offenders who came to the UK as children, according to a draft report into the Windrush scandal.\n\nAhead of a deportation flight to Jamaica next week, a leaked copy of the Windrush report calls on the government to consider an overhaul of the law.\n\nThe findings come in a draft of the Windrush Lessons Learned review, leaked to the Labour MP David Lammy and seen exclusively by Newsnight.\n\nSajid Javid commissioned the review in July 2018, while home secretary, to avoid any future repeat of the Windrush scandal.\n\nThe Windrush scandal revealed that citizens of Commonwealth countries - who had an automatic right to settle in the UK until 1973 - had wrongly faced questions about those rights.\n\nSome were denied entry to the UK when they sought to return home after visiting their country of birth, whilst others were wrongly denied access to public services and benefits.\n\nOne of the aims of the Windrush review, written by Wendy Williams - an inspector of constabulary, is to rebuild confidence among members of the Windrush generation and their relatives.\n\nAccording to the draft of the report, that process would be helped by ending the deportation of foreign-born offenders who have mainly been raised in the UK.\n\nThe draft of the report, written in June last year, says: \"Government should review its policy and approach to FNOs [foreign national offenders], if necessary through primary legislation. It should consider ending all deportation of FNOs where they arrived in the UK as children (say, before age of 13).\n\n\"Alternatively, deportation should only be considered in the most severe cases.\"\n\nThe Detention Action group estimates that at least two offenders due to be deported to Jamaica next week would be able to remain in the UK if the recommendations in the draft report were implemented.\n\nThe Windrush generation take their name from the ship that brought the first West Indies immigrants to Britain in 1948\n\nDiane Abbott, the shadow home secretary, told Newsnight she would be calling on the government to publish the report.\n\n\"This draft report is very embarrassing and shaming for the government.\n\n\"Campaigners have said for years that it is unfair to deport people who came here as children and really don't know any other country, and now this report confirms that.\n\n\"We will be pressing the government to release this report as soon as possible.\n\n\"You shouldn't be deporting people who have never known another country.\"\n\nBoris Johnson told MPs this week that it is right that foreign-born offenders are deported.\n\nThe prime minister said: \"I think the whole House will understand that the people of this country will think it right to send back foreign national offenders.\"\n\nBut the mother of an offender due to be deported to Jamaica next week says her son would be allowed to stay if the recommendations in the draft Windrush report were implemented.\n\nCarline Angus says her son, Tajay Thompson, 23, was convicted as a teenager for possessing Class A drugs with intent to supply, serving seven months of a 15-month sentence at the age of 17.\n\nShe told Newsnight: \"My son came here when he was five, so why is he in this category [to be deported]? I think he should be given a chance.\n\n\"If you don't give him a chance to rehabilitate himself, how can he learn? He has already made his mistake, he apologised for it. All he needs is just a chance.\"\n\nThe Home Office told Newsnight it does not comment on leaks.\n\nA spokesperson said: \"The planned charter flight to Jamaica is specifically for removing foreign criminals. Those detained for removal include people convicted of manslaughter, rape, violent crime and dealing Class A drugs.\"", "Manish Shah is accused of 34 sexual assaults against eight female patients\n\nA GP accused of molesting female patients as young as 11 cited celebrities Angelina Jolie and Jade Goody to convince them to have unnecessary checks, a court has heard.\n\nManish Shah, of Romford, allegedly carried out \"invasive\" intimate examinations between May 2009 and June 2013 for his own sexual gratification.\n\nThe eight alleged victims are aged between 11 and 39, the Old Bailey heard.\n\nProsecutor Kate Bex QC described how on one occasion, Mr Shah brought up a news story about Hollywood star Jolie having a preventative mastectomy as he asked a woman if she would like him to examine her breasts.\n\nIn another instance, he mentioned Goody as he told another woman an examination was in her best interests, it was claimed.\n\nMs Bex told jurors: \"He took advantage of his position to persuade women to have invasive vaginal examinations, breast examinations and rectal examinations when there was absolutely no medical need for them to be conducted.\"\n\nThe first complaint against him emerged in July 2013, jurors were told heard.\n\nMs Bex said one theme of the case was the defendant's \"sexualised\" behaviour.\n\nHe would allegedly give patients hugs and kisses, singling some out as \"special\" and his \"star\", saying he had a soft spot for them.\n\nThe 50-year-old did not always wear gloves and left one patient entirely naked on an examination table, it was claimed.\n\nMr Shah allegedly attempted to justify an examination in medical notes by suggesting it was \"requested\".\n\nMs Bex said he flouted NHS guidelines on giving healthy women under 25 smear tests and routine breast examinations on women under 50, which were said to cause more harm than good.\n\nHe also allegedly breached guidelines on the use of chaperones during intimate examinations.\n\nMr Shah has denied 13 charges of sexual assault and 21 counts of assault by penetration.\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. Audio recording of Jonty Bravery telling carers in autumn 2018 about his plan to commit murder\n\nThe teenager who threw a six-year-old boy from the 10th floor of the Tate Modern in London had spoken about plans to push someone off a high building about a year earlier.\n\nA care worker to Jonty Bravery said opportunities to stop him were missed.\n\nBBC News has obtained a recording of Bravery telling his care workers about a plan to kill someone and go to jail.\n\nHis care provider, Spencer & Arlington, said they had \"no knowledge or records of the disclosure\".\n\nAt the time of the attack Bravery, who has autism, was in the care of Hammersmith and Fulham Council. He lived in a flat in Northolt, west London, with round-the-clock care.\n\nIn the autumn of 2018, a worker called Olly - not his real name - recorded Bravery talking to him and another care worker about his plan to commit murder.\n\n\"In the next few months I've got it in my head I've got to kill somebody,\" Bravery said in the recording, obtained by a joint investigation with the Daily Mail.\n\nHe also tells his care workers he wants to go into central London and visit a tall landmark to push somebody off it.\n\n\"It could be the Shard, it could be anything just as long as it's a high thing and we can go up and visit it and then push somebody off it and I know for a fact they'll die from falling from a hundred feet,\" Bravery said in the recording.\n\nHe explains he is fed up with his situation and wants to be sent to prison.\n\nThe six-year-old victim fell five floors from a tenth floor viewing platform\n\nOlly said this was not the first time Bravery had spoken about this plan.\n\n\"There were a few incidences regarding trying to hurt people, life-wrecking incidences that he had planned in his head,\" he said.\n\nThe former care worker said he told a more senior colleague about what Bravery had said and played the recording to someone else involved in his care. They both deny this.\n\nIn a statement, Spencer & Arlington said there is \"absolutely no evidence\" that Jonty \"may have told his carers of his plan\".\n\nIt said there was no record of the disclosure in any care plan, care report or review from managers or his care workers, psychologists, or health workers.\n\nHowever, the company said it recognised the \"gravity of this claim\" and had reported the concerns to the Care Quality Commission and local authority so they could be examined independently by the serious case review.\n\nBravery, 18, admitted attempted murder at the Old Bailey and is due to be sentenced this month.\n\nAfter his arrest he told police he planned to hurt someone at the gallery to highlight his autism treatment on TV.\n\nThe victim, a French tourist, suffered life-changing injuries, including a \"deep\" bleed to the brain, from the attack last August.\n\nIn January, his family said he was still unable to stand but could now open his left hand.\n\nThe victim suffered life-changing injuries from the attack\n\nOlly said when Bravery went to Spencer & Arlington in the summer of 2018, all trips out were supervised by two care workers at all times and had to be risk assessed.\n\nBut he claims that in the spring of 2019 the regime changed and Jonty was allowed to go out alone.\n\nHe said he recalled conversations with other support staff who told him Bravery had asked to visit the Tate and was later given permission to go out unsupervised by management.\n\nAn eyewitness, who restrained Bravery for around 20 minutes after he threw the boy from the Tate balcony, also told the BBC he saw no evidence of a care worker or anyone else with him at the time.\n\nOlly said he believed the decision was \"strange\" and \"very wrong\", adding that it showed \"a lot of precaution wasn't really taken in terms of how serious the matter could potentially be\".\n\nBBC News has spoken to a second care worker who also said that Bravery's regime became more relaxed to the extent that he was allowed out on his own, in spite of serious incidents when he was outside the flat.\n\nSpencer & Arlington did not deny Bravery was allowed out unsupervised, either in general or during his visit to the Tate, but told BBC News it would be \"inappropriate to make detailed comment\" ahead of the serious case review and a pending sentencing hearing.\n\nA terrible sign of a broken system is how some experts will see the claims that Jonty Bravery's warning that he wanted to kill, went unheeded.\n\nIt will be the task of the serious case review, through interviews and by examining records, to find answers to the many questions this raises about the teenager's care.\n\nHis is a rare case, but some point to the wider pressures on the system that supports people with mental health issues, autism and learning disabilities in the community.\n\nSir Stephen Bubb, who led a review into care for this group, maintains the failure to shut expensive longer stay hospitals - despite abuse scandals - has starved community services of money, so leading to difficulties finding the right facilities and enough staff.\n\nThe NHS and the government have said change is happening, but this case may raise some difficult questions about how that is working.\n\nAt the time of the attack Bravery was already on bail, accused of attacking and racially abusing another care worker on a day out.\n\nSpencer & Arlington, which is rated \"good\" by the care regulator, said it believed it had \"acted entirely properly in managing and reporting in its provision of care\" for Bravery.\n\nOnce aware of the Tate incident it acted \"swiftly and properly in notifying all key regulatory bodies\", it added.\n\nA statement from the Care Quality Commission said it was in direct contact with Spencer and Arlington, adding: \"The local authority are the lead for the serious case review and we will be supporting this in any way required.\"", "Labour MP Tracy Brabin is auctioning an off-the-shoulder dress for charity after it caused controversy in the Commons this week.\n\nShe was forced to defend her attire on Monday after her dress slipped down her shoulder as she leaned on the despatch box due to a broken ankle.\n\nFrom a starting price of £10, bidding had reached over £1,600 on Friday morning, proceeds going to Girlguiding.\n\nThe listing says the ASOS dress had been \"flying off the shelves\".\n\nThe Batley and Spen MP had been raising a point of order in the House of Commons about journalists being asked to leave a Downing Street press briefing on the next stage of Brexit talks, when her shoulder was exposed.\n\nMs Brabin, the shadow culture secretary, said she had been to a music event earlier in the day and was not expecting to be called to the despatch box.\n\nMs Brabin was raising a point of order in the House of Commons on Monday\n\nShe later told BBC Breakfast she had been \"startled by the vitriolic nature\" of some comments she had received online.\n\nShe said it was her responsibility to \"call it out\", adding: \"Women around the world... are being demeaned every day because of what they wear.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tracy Brabin: 'A woman is always judged more harshly than a man'\n\nHer online listing reads: \"Black dress worn by Tracy Brabin MP in 'shouldergate' as widely covered across the media.\n\n\"This is an ASOS dress which has been flying off the shelves as a result of the coverage.\"\n\nThe money raised will go to Girlguiding, a charity for girls and young women in the UK, \"in the hope that they grow up to be leaders\", the listing said.", "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.", "Thousands outside of China have been put under quarantine, as they remain under observation for signs of coronavirus.\n\nThey have either been evacuated from China to their home countries or have been in contact with infected people, and now have to stay in isolation for at least 14 days.\n\nWhile some of those quarantined within China, particularly in Hubei province, have reported poor living conditions, many of those in lockdown in the rest of the world have been put up in comfortable converted military camps and government facilities.\n\nSome are also on cruise ships - or being housed in seaside holiday resorts.", "Children appeared to be among migrants lead to an ambulance in Dover\n\nNinety migrants including children have been rescued from the English Channel, a record figure for a single day.\n\nEight small boats were earlier reported off the coast of Dover, one of which was carrying a group of 21 men.\n\nFifteen of the 90 \"claimed to be minors\", the Home Office said as it confirmed those rescued included nationals of Syria, Yemen and Mali.\n\nThe migrants will be \"dealt with according to immigration rules\", it added.\n\nThe rescued children, subject to age assessment, will be transferred into the care of social services.\n\nAn ambulance was on hand to assess the health of those who crossed the Channel\n\nSix boats were intercepted in the Channel by Border Force, with a group of five migrants found by police in Dover town centre and another five people found in Samphire Hoe.\n\nRNLI lifeboats from Dover and Littlestone and a fixed wing aircraft and HM Coastguard Search and Rescue helicopter from Lydd were scrambled this morning.\n\nHome Office vessels Searcher, Speedwell and Alert were sent to intercept the boats.\n\nTony Eastaugh, Home Office director for crime and enforcement, said the government was \"tackling illegal migrant crossings on all fronts with every agency\".\n\nPatrols of French beaches have been increased, with the use of drones, specialist vehicles and detection equipment, he said.\n\nLast year at least 1,892 arrived in Britain after crossing the Channel in boats.\n\nFrench authorities have said 371 migrants attempted the crossing last month, with 95 of them succeeding.\n\nTwo boats carrying 26 men were met by Border Force in the Channel\n• None Are migrants who cross the Channel sent back?\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'Sydney has had its wettest day in well over a year'\n\nTorrential rain across the east coast of Australia has extinguished a third of the fires in the region - and could put more out, officials say.\n\nA wide band of rain sweeping New South Wales (NSW) has put out 20 of about 60 fires in the state in the past day.\n\nAuthorities have welcomed the downpour, but warned of flash flooding in Sydney and other cities along the coast.\n\nSome of the affected areas had received the most rain recorded in over a year, said the Bureau of Meteorology.\n\nAustralia's largest city, Sydney, recorded its wettest day in over 15 months on Friday. Many locals cheered on the downpour despite the inconvenience.\n\n\"It was fantastic to wake up to much-needed rain this morning!\" tweeted the city's lord mayor Clover Moore.\n\nMuch of NSW has been in drought for over three years, and such conditions have fuelled the intensity of the summer's unprecedented fires.\n\nFire officials in NSW said they were \"over the moon\" to see the state's forecast for a week-long drenching finally eventuate.\n\n\"This is that constant, steady, decent rainfall that we've been praying for for so long,\" said NSW Rural Fire Service (NSWRFS) spokeswoman Angela Burford.\n\nShe told the BBC: \"This isn't just one of those scattered showers we saw a month ago. This is really helping our firefighters, and in some places, giving them a well-needed rest.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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\nHowever, Ms Burford warned that the largest blazes, in the state's inland south and near the capital city of Canberra, had received limited showers so far and were still of concern.\n\nThe weather system hit south-east Queensland on Wednesday before moving south to affect neighbouring NSW.\n\nAuthorities have issued a severe wet weather warning for a 1,000km (621 miles) stretch of the state - with damaging winds, heavy rainfall, and \"abnormally high\" tides forecast.\n\nOver 280mm of rain was recorded at the holiday town of Byron Bay in northern NSW. Locals there described the downburst on Thursday night as heavier than that experienced in a 2017 cyclone.\n\nRescue services said they had rescued a number of people trapped in cars amid rising water. There have been close to 1,000 calls for help in NSW and Queensland since Wednesday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why heavy rain doesn't always help drought-affected farmers\n\nThe heavy rains are predicted to continue until next week, providing relief to some drought and fire-ravaged zones. Some fires, which were finally contained this week, have been burning for over two months.\n\n\"This has been an absolute welcome disruption to the weather pattern and a massive reprieve and relief to so many people,\" said NSWRFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons on Friday.\n\nHe said while hotter and drier conditions would likely return in the coming weeks, this particular period of rain \"is breaking the back of this fire season, no doubt\".\n\nThe state's bushfire season, which began in September, could run until as late as April. Officials have also warned that the peak of fire danger is still to come for the southern states of Victoria and South Australia.\n\nNSW has been the state most devastated in Australia's bushfires crisis this year. The unprecedented scale and intensity of the blazes is a direct effect of climate change, scientists say.\n\nNationally, blazes have killed at least 33 people and destroyed thousands of homes. More than 11 million hectares of land - an area comparable to the size of England - has been scorched.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A timelapse of the fires which threatened Canberra last week", "The Duke of York has asked to defer an honorary Navy promotion he was due to receive when he turned 60, Buckingham Palace has said.\n\nPrince Andrew was set to be promoted to Admiral on 19 February, in line with a policy that sees senior royals treated as serving military members.\n\nBut the palace said he had asked the Ministry of Defence to defer it until a time when he returns to public duty.\n\nHe stepped back from royal duties in November.\n\nIt followed after a backlash over his past friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.\n\nPrince Andrew said his links to the US financier, who was found dead in his jail cell in August 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges, had become a \"major disruption\" to the Royal Family.\n\nThe Duke of York retired from the Navy in 2001, but it is a tradition that senior members of the royal family continue to receive military promotions as they get older.\n\nBuckingham Palace said: \"By convention, the Duke of York would be in line for military promotion on his 60th birthday.\n\n\"Following the decision by His Royal Highness to step back from public duties for the foreseeable future, the Duke of York has asked the Ministry of Defence if this promotion might be deferred until such time that His Royal Highness returns to public duty.\"\n\nMeanwhile, the government has said it would be advising local councils that there is no requirement to fly the Union flag on the the duke's birthday, following his decision to step back from public duties.\n\nPrince Andrew's birthday - 19 February - is included on a list of \"designated days\" when the government advises the Union flag to be flown at council buildings.\n\nOn Thursday, some councils said they would still be flying the flag on Prince Andrew's birthday, 19 February \"in accordance with government guidance\".\n\nOther councils said they fly the Union flag most of the year anyway, while some councils' flag-flying policy is already a slimmed-down list, not including the duke's birthday.\n\nDowning Street said the flag-flying matter was looked into after critics branded the celebration \"crass and offensive\".\n\nBut it has been confirmed that the bells of Westminster Abbey will still ring out in celebration.\n\nCertain royal birthdays, including the duke's, are traditionally marked by the ringing of bells at the Abbey.\n\nA spokeswoman for the abbey said there were \"no plans to change these arrangements\".", "Overall, the FAO estimates the desert locust affects the livelihood of one in 10 people on the planet - making it the world's most dangerous migratory pest.\n\nBut there were also large and damaging upsurges in the 1930s, 40s and 50s. Some of them spanned multiple regions, reaching the numbers required to be declared a \"plague\".\n\nThe last major upsurge - a sharp rise in the number of swarms - in West Africa in 2003-05 cost $2.5bn in harvest losses, according to the UN.\n\nNote: Recession means locusts are present at low density; upsurge means several locust outbreaks have accelerated through breeding; a plague means widespread and heavy infestations for more than a year; the end of a plague is called a decline.\n\nEven an average swarm can destroy crops sufficient to feed 2,500 people for a year, according to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).\n\nSuch swarms of locusts can be huge. They can contain up to 10 billion individuals and stretch over hundreds of kilometres. They can cover up to 200km (120 miles) in a day, devastating rural livelihoods in their relentless drive to eat and reproduce.\n\nIn this newly-sociable phase, the insects change colour and form groups that can develop into huge flying swarms of ravenous marauding pests.\n\nBut every now and then, desert locusts undergo a Jekyll and Hyde transformation. When they get crowded together - such as on diminishing areas of green vegetation - they stop being solitary creatures and become \"gregarious\" mini-beasts.\n\nA desert locust like this - a type of grasshopper - usually likes to live a shy, solitary life. It develops from an egg into a young locust - known as a hopper - and then into a flying adult. It's a simple, if unremarkable, existence.\n\nVast swarms of desert locusts that tore through East Africa and beyond earlier this year are breeding again, with a second wave of insects now threatening food supplies and livelihoods. It's the worst infestation in a quarter of a century. How did it get so bad?\n\nOverall, the FAO estimates the desert locust affects the livelihood of one in 10 people on the planet - making it the world's most dangerous migratory pest.\n\nBut there were also large and damaging upsurges in the 1930s, 40s and 50s. Some of them spanned multiple regions, reaching the numbers required to be declared a \"plague\".\n\nThe last major upsurge - a sharp rise in the number of swarms - in West Africa in 2003-05 cost $2.5bn in harvest losses, according to the UN.\n\nEven an average swarm can destroy crops sufficient to feed 2,500 people for a year, according to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).\n\nSuch swarms of locusts can be huge. They can contain up to 10 billion individuals and stretch over hundreds of kilometres. They can cover up to 200km (120 miles) in a day, devastating rural livelihoods in their relentless drive to eat and reproduce.\n\nIn this newly-sociable phase, the insects change colour and form groups that can develop into huge flying swarms of ravenous marauding pests.\n\nBut every now and then, desert locusts undergo a Jekyll and Hyde transformation. When they get crowded together - such as on diminishing areas of green vegetation - they stop being solitary creatures and become \"gregarious\" mini-beasts.\n\nA desert locust like this - a type of grasshopper - usually likes to live a shy, solitary life. It develops from an egg into a young locust - known as a hopper - and then into a flying adult. It's a simple, if unremarkable, existence.\n\nNote: Recession means locusts are present at low density; upsurge means several locust outbreaks have accelerated through breeding; a plague means widespread and heavy infestations for more than a year; the end of a plague is called a decline.\n\nSource: FAO Note: Recession means locusts are present at low density; upsurge means several locust outbreaks have accelerated through breeding; a plague means widespread and heavy infestations for more than a year; the end of a plague is called a decline.\n\nNew swarms of locusts are developing Earlier this year, the worst swarms of desert locusts in decades decimated crops and pasture across East Africa and beyond, threatening the food security of the entire sub-region. The ravenous insects spread rapidly in January and February through a number of countries in East Africa - including Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia - as well as areas of Pakistan. It became the worst infestation in Kenya for 70 years and the worst in Somalia and Ethiopia for 25. The FAO now fears that favourable wet weather in March and beyond will lead to a second wave of swarms posing an \"unprecidented threat\" to livelihoods once again. Insect numbers could grow another 20 times, the FAO warns, unless control activities are stepped up. A number of countries are on locust alert This could be particularly devastating in East Africa - a region already suffering widespread food insecurity because of conflict, droughts and floods. But the situation is also worrying in Iran and Yemen, the FAO says, where new swarms are also developing. Tens of thousands of hectares of croplands and pasture have already been damaged by locusts throughout East Africa. At their peak earlier this year, swarms were eating 1.8m tonnes of vegetation a day across 350 sq km (135 sq miles), the FAO says. The organisation believes one swarm in Kenya covered an area 40km by 60km (25 miles and 40 miles). How much can a locust consume? An adult desert locust can eat its own weight in food every day - about 2g The prospect of a new wave of locusts in Kenya and Ethiopia, possibly bigger than the first, is worrying in itself, but the timing couldn't be worse, says Keith Cressman, the FAO's senior locust forecasting officer. \"Now is the beginning of the rainy season in those countries and the beginning of planting. Seeds are germinating and they're sprouting and now you've got locust swarms.\" These current maturing swarms will soon lay eggs that will produce another generation of locusts maturing around harvest time, Mr Cressman says, threatening crops twice. The locust crisis also comes at a time when countries are dealing with a rise in coronavirus cases as well as the asssociated restrictions on movements, complicating control operations. Ali Bila Waqo, a 68-year-old farmer working in north-eastern Kenya, was one of those affected by the recent swarms. He was hopeful of a good grain harvest this season, with recent rainfall ending a long period of drought. But locusts destroyed all his maize and beans in February. \"They ate most of our grains and what they didn't eat, dried up,\" he says. \"That has hurt us a lot. We saw the food with our eyes but we never even got to enjoy it.\" Mr Waqo, who remembers a previous locust infestation in the 1960s, describes how the swarms blacken the skies. \"It gets dark and you can't even see the sun,\" he says. The causes of the current infestation go back to the cyclones and heavy rains of 2018-19. Desert locusts typically live in the arid areas of about 30 countries between West Africa and India – a region of about 16 million sq km (6.2 million sq miles). But the wet, favourable conditions two years ago on the southern Arabian Peninsula allowed three generations of locusts to flourish undetected, the UN says. The upsurge has been developing since 2018 By early 2019, the first swarms headed to Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Iran, breeding further before moving to East Africa. Further swarms formed and by the end of last year had developed in Eritrea, Djibouti and Kenya. Spring breeding is now expected to cause further infestations in East Africa, Yemen and southern Iran in coming months. Even though such infestations are notoriously hard to battle because of the wide geographical area affected, the FAO's Mr Cressman believes more could have been done earlier to tackle this particular locust upsurge. \"If there were greater and more successful efforts of control made in some of the key countries, it might have minimised the situation,\" he said. People are trying to tackle the huge swarms With the locust swarms in East Africa unprecedented in terms of their size and destructive potential, countries are scrambling to deal with them. Containment of the outbreak depends on two major factors - monitoring and effective control. The Desert Locust Information Service, run by the FAO, provides forecasts, early warning and alerts on the timing, scale and location of invasions and breeding. But once populations reach critical levels, such as in East Africa, urgent action needs to be taken to reduce locust populations, as well as prevent more swarms from forming and spreading. Although there is ongoing research into more environment-friendly solutions, such as biological pesticides or introducing natural predators, the most commonly used control method is pesticide spray. Showered onto the pests via hand pumps, land vehicles or aircraft, whole swarms can be targeted and killed with chemicals in a relatively short period of time. For this reason, the FAO is currently working with governments to carry out a number of aerial pesticide spraying campaigns. So far, more than 240,000 hectares across 10 countries have been treated and hundreds of people have been trained to carry out ground operations. The campaign is much more efficient than it was earlier in the year, Mr Cressman says, and restrictions on movements caused by coronavirus have not hampered operations to any significant extent. But controlling such large populations of insects over large, remote areas remains a logistical challenge. You never really know what percentage of the locust population you have successfully targetted, explains Mr Cressman. But action taken now will determine what happens next. If the current upsurge crosses more borders and infests more regions, devastating more crops, it could be declared a \"plague\". For this reason it crucial to \"join hands and share knowledge and skills\" to prevent further deterioration of the situation, Mr Cressman adds. Yet, for Kenyan farmer Ali Bila Waqo, such action comes too late. The only thing he and his family could do to battle the pests when they descended was to bang on jerrycans and shout. Yet, he remains philosophical about what has happened. \"It is God's will. This is his army,\" he says.\n\nWords and production by Lucy Rodgers, field production by Joe Inwood, design by Zoe Bartholomew and Millie Wachira, development by Becky Rush, Catriona Morrison and Purity Birir. Locust images by Swidbert R Ott and Stephen Rogers and Getty Images. Kenya farming images by the BBC.\n\nMore on this story\n• Hundreds of billions of locusts swarm in East Africa", "Hundreds of thousands of bats have invaded the town of Ingham in Queensland, Australia, and residents are fed up.\n\nThe bats now outnumber the residents in the town and upset locals have asked their council to do something about it.\n\nThe animals have caused chaos, with residents complaining about the smell, the dirt and the noise.\n\nHowever, the bats are protected by law and cannot be culled. Local authorities now say they are trying to \"persuade\" the bats to move back to their habitat.", "The emergency legislation, pushing back the release date of terror offenders, was announced after the Streatham attack\n\nTerror offenders who were due to be released from prison in the next two months are being told they will not be let out under planned new laws.\n\nEarlier this week, the government said that new terror legislation to end automatic early release will apply to current as well as future offenders.\n\nLawyer Simon Creighton said one client who was due to be freed in March had been told his release date has changed.\n\nMr Creighton said a number of offenders were likely to challenge the new laws.\n\n\"I'd imagine it's inevitable that it will go the Supreme Court,\" he said.\n\nMr Creighton said those affected, who are currently serving sentences, were a \"wide range\" of offenders including animal rights activists, \"people fighting Islamic terrorism with the Kurds\", and Islamist extremists.\n\nThe government had already announced plans for tougher terror laws, including an end to automatic early release half-way through their sentence. Instead, it would be up to the Parole Board to decide if people convicted of terrorism offences should be released after serving two thirds of their sentence.\n\nBut there were no proposals for the new measures to apply retrospectively, until last Sunday's attack in Streatham when convicted terror offender Sudesh Amman - who had been out of prison less than two weeks - stabbed two people.\n\nIt followed the London Bridge attack in November last year, when another convicted terror offender Usman Khan was on licence when he killed two people.\n\nResponding to the latest attack in south London, the government announced that the new terror legislation - once passed by Parliament - would apply to offenders currently serving sentences.\n\nMinisters are trying to get the legislation passed before the next terror offender is due to be released.\n\nSudesh Amman was under covert surveillance when he stabbed two people in south London on Sunday\n\n\"We've been told by one of our clients that he's had a notification that his release date is going to be changed as a result of this legislation,\" said Mr Creighton.\n\nHe said it was \"very disconcerting\", saying \"the principle of not changing prison sentences, not changing any criminal sentences, is deeply embedded in English law\".\n\n\"It really is quite a troubling idea about the certainty of the criminal process that long after conviction you can be called back as a result of a change in legislation and told your sentence doesn't stand anymore - you can serve longer, you can do more time. It's really against all our legal traditions.\"\n\nHe added that he imagines there will be \"a number of people wanting to challenge this and that the cases are likely to be consolidated as one case before the High Court initially\".\n\nHe added: \"I'd imagine it's inevitable that it will go the Supreme Court. It's something that is so fundamental to our principles of how we run justice and society that it has to go to the Supreme Court.\"\n\nAnnouncing the emergency legislation earlier this week, Justice Secretary Robert Buckland said it would apply to serving prisoners because the UK faces \"an unprecedented situation of severe gravity\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Justice Secretary Robert Buckland: \"We face an unprecedented situation of severe gravity\"\n\nThe government's Counter-Terrorism Bill would also 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 are currently at least 74 people who were jailed for terror offences and subsequently freed on licence.\n\nThere are also 224 people convicted of terrorism offences in prison in Great Britain, most of whom must be released at the end of their custodial sentence.", "Prosecutors say Hashem Abedi was complicit in sourcing and stockpiling components for the bomb that killed 22 people\n\nThe brother of the Manchester Arena bomber said he would have told his mother had he suspected his sibling's murderous intent, a court hears.\n\nHashem Abedi said he had no involvement in the \"instigation, preparation or commission\" of the attack on 22 May 2017 that killed 22 people.\n\nHe told detectives he was \"shocked\" when he discovered his brother, Salman Abedi, had detonated a suicide bomb.\n\nHashem Abedi has denied 22 counts of murder and other charges.\n\nFollowing the attack, the 22-year-old was arrested in Libya, where he claims he was tortured and held for about two years, before he was sent back to the UK for police questioning.\n\nProsecutor Duncan Penny QC read a statement that Hashem Abedi gave to police in the summer, condemning his elder brother's actions.\n\nThe prosecution say Hashem Abedi was complicit in sourcing and stockpiling components for the bomb and was \"just as guilty\" as his brother Salman.\n\nThe Crown suggests \"Hashem Abedi's connection to the events in the Arena on May 22 2017 could not be clearer\".\n\n\"At all stages of this dreadful chain of events, and in all locations ... his presence and his involvement with this, the most monstrous of projects, loom large,\" Mr Penny said.\n\nHashem Abedi's statement heard by jurors at the Old Bailey on Friday rejected those claims and stated: \"I deny any involvement in the terrorist attack at the Manchester Arena on May 22, 2017.\n\n\"I was not involved in the instigation, preparation or commission of it.\n\n\"Had I had any idea of it I would have reported it, to my mother initially and then to other family members, to prevent it from happening.\n\nTop (left to right): Lisa Lees, Alison Howe, Georgina Callender, Kelly Brewster, John Atkinson, Jane Tweddle, Marcin Klis, Eilidh MacLeod - Middle (left to right): Angelika Klis, Courtney Boyle, Saffie Roussos, Olivia Campbell-Hardy, Martyn Hett, Michelle Kiss, Philip Tron, Elaine McIver - Bottom (left to right): Wendy Fawell, Chloe Rutherford, Liam Allen-Curry, Sorrell Leczkowski, Megan Hurley, Nell Jones\n\n\"I was shocked my brother had done this and felt bad for everybody. I could never have envisaged that my brother had it in him to do this to innocent people.\"\n\nThe statement of 14 August 2019 was issued through his solicitor after he declined to answer detectives' questions, the court heard.\n\nThe former electrical installation student said he was a practising Muslim, did not hold extremist views, and had \"no interest in Daesh (ISIS)\".\n\nHe accepted that he had asked people to buy sulphuric acid, a key ingredient for explosives, on behalf of his brother, who told him it was for a car battery for his family in Libya.\n\nMr Abedi addressed the allegation he was party to buying tools to build the bomb, and nails and screws to use as shrapnel.\n\nHashem Abedi was returned to the UK from Libya in July 2019 and was later charged\n\nHe stated: \"I accept I was present at B&Q Stockport on the 26th of March 2017 when the items mentioned in the case summary were purchased.\"\n\nHe said his elder brother had told him they \"were purchasing these items to do the shed up\".\n\n\"I purchased some small bags of nails but [do] not recollect where from,\" his statement said, adding that his memory had faded in the intervening years during which time he claimed he had been held by the militia in Libya \"in a very small dark cell\" where he was \"subjected to torture\".\n\nHis statement said he was \"relieved to be back in the UK\" and wanted to \"assist the police as much as I am able to\".\n\nMr Penny said the jury \"will wish to consider the credibility of some of the claims made in that statement, against the overall body of evidence\".\n\nHashem Abedi denies 22 counts of murder, one count of attempted murder encompassing the injured survivors, and conspiring with his brother to cause explosions.\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. Phillip Schofield on ITV's This Morning: \"Every person I tell, it gets a little lighter\"\n\nTV presenter Phillip Schofield has received an outpouring of support after revealing he is gay.\n\nThe 57-year-old, who has two daughters with wife Stephanie Lowe, made the announcement via a statement on Instagram.\n\n\"Huge respect and admiration for our friend Schofe,\" tweeted fellow ITV presenters Ant and Dec. \"Sending love to you P, and your 3 lovely girls ❤️.\"\n\n\"Takes a lot of guts to do this, not least when you're a very public figure and know it will all be dissected in a very public way,\" said Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan. \"Sending my very best to Schofe and his family.\"\n\nSchofield, who has been married to Lowe for 27 years, said in his statement: \"Today, quite rightly, being gay is a reason to celebrate and be proud.\n\n\"Yes, I am feeling pain and confusion, but that comes only from the hurt that I am causing to my family.\"\n\nHe later thanked fans for their support and urged others to reach out for help in a post on Instagram.\n\n\"Please please, no matter your age or your thoughts, TALK to someone, don't let your head beat you and hopefully you'll find out that your friends & family have a remarkable ability to surprise you with their love and understanding,\" he wrote.\n\nSchofield presents Dancing on Ice and This Morning with Willoughby\n\nSchofield presents ITV programmes including Dancing On Ice and This Morning, which won a National Television Award last week.\n\nThe presenter was interviewed by his co-host Holly Willoughby on Friday's edition of This Morning.\n\n\"You know this has been bothering me for a very long time,\" he said. \"Everybody does this at their own speed when the time is right.\"\n\nThe presenter added his sexuality has recently \"become an issue in my head\".\n\n\"All you can be in your life is honest with yourself and I was getting to the point where I knew I wasn't honest with myself. I was getting to the point where I didn't like myself very much because I wasn't being honest with myself.\n\n\"[Coming out] is my decision. This is absolutely my decision. It was something I knew that I had to do. I don't know what the world will be like now. I don't know how this will be taken or what people will think.\"\n\nBut Schofield said he is not ready yet for a relationship with a man.\n\n\"You never know what's going on in someone's seemingly perfect life, what issues they are struggling with, or the state of their wellbeing - and so you won't know what has been consuming me for the last few years. With the strength and support of my wife and my daughters, I have been coming to terms with the fact that I am gay.\n\n\"This is something that has caused many heart-breaking conversations at home. I have been married to Steph for nearly 27 years, and we have two beautiful grown-up daughters, Molly and Ruby. My family have held me so close - they have tried to cheer me up, to smother me with kindness and love, despite their own confusion. Yet still I can't sleep and there have been some very dark moments.\n\n\"My inner conflict contrasts with an outside world that has changed so very much for the better. Today, quite rightly, being gay is a reason to celebrate and be proud. Yes, I am feeling pain and confusion, but that comes only from the hurt that I am causing to my family.\n\n\"Steph has been incredible - I love her so very much. She is the kindest soul I have ever met. My girls have been astonishing in their love, hugs and encouraging words of comfort. Both my and Steph's entire families have stunned me with their love, instant acceptance and support.\n\n\"Of course they are worried about Steph, but I know they will scoop us both up. My friends are the best, especially Holly, who has been so kind and wise - and who has hugged me as I sobbed on her shoulder. At ITV, I couldn't hope to work with more wonderful, supportive teams.\n\n\"Every day on This Morning, I sit in awe of those we meet who have been brave and open in confronting their truth - so now it's my turn to share mine. This will probably all come as something of a surprise and I understand, but only by facing this, by being honest, can I hope to find peace in my mind and a way forward.\n\n\"Please be kind, especially to my family.\"\n\nSocial media was filled with support for Schofield after his announcement on Friday morning.\n\nThe BBC's Victoria Derbyshire added: \"So much love for Schofe for his open, honest, dignified statement.\"\n\nDancing on Ice star Ian H Watkins, who recently made history by dancing with his same-sex partner on the show, welcomed Schofield to \"our beautiful rainbow family!\"\n\nRichard Osman of BBC One's Pointless said: \"When you create a new entertainment show and start discussing who should host, the first name on the list is always Phillip Schofield. That's a fact.\n\n\"He's just the very best at what he does, and the public adore him. Looking forward to many more years of his charm and brilliance.\"\n\nSchofield found fame on children's TV in the 1980s alongside Gordon the Gopher in the BBC's Broom Cupboard, and on Saturday morning show Going Live!\n\nHe has starred in the West End in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Doctor Dolittle, and fronted TV game shows like Talking Telephone Numbers and Schofield's Quest before joining This Morning in 2002.\n\nThe programme has won at the National Television Awards for 10 years in a row, including the prize for best live magazine show at last month's ceremony.\n\nSarah Greene and Phillip Schofield presenting Going Live! in 1987\n\nSchofield also presents a programme with his wife every December where they review Christmas gifts.\n\nEntertainment reporter Caroline Frost told BBC Radio 5 Live that stars from the previous generation were likely to have been told in the past that coming out as gay could damage their careers.\n\n\"You see all these young stars coming through and they don't have to think about it,\" she said. \"They're fluid. They just define their own terms.\n\n\"But a lot of those older entertainers are having to play catch-up. They branded themselves and were probably advised 'Don't come out because it will ruin your following'.\n\n\"So they are having to catch-up and climb back up the hill of enjoying the same privileges that have come very naturally to that new generation.\"\n\n\"Coming out\" is a moment which unites all LGBT people, whether they are eventually able to do it, or not. Some never will.\n\nSocial media reactions show that this is being seen as an incredibly brave decision for Philip Schofield to make. Whilst Schofield is seen as a national treasure, and someone trusted with hearing deep and personal experiences on a daily basis, for him to become the story is wholly different.\n\nWhen someone with such a massive public platform comes out as LGBT, their entire life in the public eye is suddenly questioned, with some on-lookers inevitably claiming they \"knew all along\". In many cases, the person coming out may not have even known, let alone their family and friends.\n\nLGBT acceptance in the UK has changed dramatically over the past few decades. Whilst there are still issues, on the whole, people are much more free to be themselves than ever before. As a result, national LGBT charities such as the LGBT Foundation now offer tailored 'coming out' guidance to the growing numbers of LGBT people who are choosing to come out later in life, helping them navigate any barriers they may face.\n\nThis huge moment for Phillip Schofield may just be the green light that others need to come out themselves.\n\nInformation and support: If you or someone you know needs support for issues about sexuality, these organisations may be able to help.", "Arranged overdrafts are most often used by 18 to 24-year-olds, according to the Financial Conduct Authority. With 44% having dipped into theirs during the past 12 months.\n\nBut on 6 April, overdrafts are changing. Radio 1 Newsbeat reporter, Rick Kelsey, has been finding out how and why these changes could leave you paying almost double.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "A man who admitted upskirting schoolgirls at a supermarket has been convicted of voyeurism.\n\nLewis Taylor, 33, from Newport, took photographs up the skirts of 20 women and girls on their lunch break at a Sainsbury's supermarket in Caerleon.\n\nAt Cardiff Crown Court, Taylor was given a community order and a rehabilitation requirement.\n\nHe must carry out 150 hours of unpaid work and do a three-year course.\n\nThe court heard Taylor \"mingled\" amongst the girls before kneeling down in the store and filming under their skirts.\n\nLisa McCormick, prosecuting, said: \"He attended a Sainsbury's Local on five occasions in the school lunch break intent on taking pictures up the skirts of schoolgirls aged between 11-16.\n\nTaylor was spotted by a member of staff at the Sainsbury's store\n\n\"He was seen by the manager upskirting and the police were called.\n\n\"A staff member stood near him with a view to distract him from his endeavours, but the defendant was not disturbed.\n\n\"He was loitering in the sandwich section while schoolgirls were there in uniform.\"\n\nStaff confronted Taylor and passed his car number plate on to police who arrested him at his home.\n\nWhen officers searched his home they found films and pictures taken at the Sainsbury's store in Caerleon, near Newport.\n\nMatthew Evans, defending, said if Taylor had been caught by an older woman \"he might have got a slap around the head\".\n\nMr Evans added: \"This was very uncharacteristic. Clearly he wasn't himself.\"\n\nGina Martin's campaign led to the new law\n\nUpskirting was made a criminal offence last year and anyone convicted can be jailed for up to two years.\n\nThe Voyeurism (Offences) Act came into force in April 2019 after a campaign led by Gina Martin, who was shocked to discover upskirting was not against the law.\n\nShe went to police after a man put his phone between her legs and took pictures at a festival, but officers were unable to take any action.\n\nA Facebook post detailing her experience went viral and she wrote a feature for the BBC News website explaining how she was fighting back.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Harry Baker's body was found by workers arriving for their morning shifts\n\nA teenager was killed in a \"merciless, swift and bloody attack\" after being chased through a town to a docklands yard, a murder trial has heard.\n\nHarry Baker's body was found early on 28 August 2019 at a container port in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan.\n\nNewport Crown Court heard the 17-year-old, from Cardiff, was \"ruthlessly hunted\" by drug dealers who felt he was \"on their turf\" after selling in Barry.\n\nOne of the defendants, Leon Clifford, 22, has admitted manslaughter and told police he climbed into the compound and stabbed Harry.\n\nProsecutor Paul Lewis QC said Harry's body was found by workers arriving for their early morning shifts.\n\nHe said: \"Harry Baker was lying face down on the ground. He had been repeatedly stabbed and his clothing had been stripped from his body.\n\n\"Harry Baker was deliberately targeted as a victim. He was ruthlessly hunted down by people who were determined to harm him.\"\n\nMr Lewis said Harry was chased \"through the town for a distance of about a mile by an armed and deadly gang\".\n\nHe added: \"Harry took refuge in a secure compound and he no doubt thought he would be safe there but he was not. His killers were determined.\n\n\"They then subjected him to a swift, bloody and merciless attack before fleeing the scene.\"\n\nThe court heard the initial confrontation and chase was captured in part on CCTV and there were eyewitnesses to some of what happened.\n\nMr Lewis said the group had acted \"in joint enterprise\" to murder him.\n\nHe said: \"All of them either themselves attacked and stabbed Mr Baker or otherwise they intentionally provided their encouragement and support to those who did. All of them are guilty of murder.\n\n\"They took umbrage because Harry Baker had ripped them off or had come on to their turf and stolen their business. And it is because of drugs that he was murdered.\"\n\nThe court heard Harry and his friend Louis Johnson had visited drug users Poppy Davies and Michael Sparks at Ty Gwenfo flats with drug samples before telling Ms Davies to spread the word he was a new dealer in town.\n\nMs Davies had previously seen Harry with a knife and Louis Johnston with a machete, which suggested the two had anticipated trouble caused by their drug dealing, the prosecution alleged.\n\nHarry Baker and Louis Johnson ran to Wimborne Road after an initial attack\n\nMr Lewis said: \"What they were doing certainly came to the notice of the defendants.\"\n\nSome of the defendants visited Ms Davies looking for Harry on the night of the murder.\n\nThe 16-year-old boy and another defendant, Leon Symons, 21, had their faces concealed, while a third, Lewis Evans, 61, was driving them.\n\nThere were various calls and texts between Harry and some of the defendants, and between the defendants, in the days leading up to the murder, Mr Lewis said.\n\n\"Initial violence\" towards Harry took place at a patch of land at Little Moors Hill in Barry, before he and his friend ran to Wimborne Road, where the container port is located.\n\nThe court was told Louis Johnson had refused to cooperate with the police investigation and trial.\n\nNathan Delafontaine, 32, Raymond Thompson, 47, Lewis Evans, 61, Leon Symons, 21, Ryan Palmer, 33, and Peter McCarthy, 36, along with Mr Clifford and a 16-year-old boy all deny murder.\n\nSix of them also deny violent disorder while Mr Evans denies a charge of assisting an offender.\n\nThe trial, which is expected to last six weeks, continues.", "Grammy award-winning singer Duffy has revealed she was drugged and raped after being held captive by an attacker.\n\nThe 35-year-old Welsh star posted on her verified Instagram account that her \"recovery took time\".\n\nThe performer, who had a UK number one single Mercy in 2008, wrote to her 33,000 followers: \"The truth is, and please trust me I am OK and safe now.\"\n\n\"I was raped and drugged and held captive over some days,\" she wrote.\n\nDuffy, whose debut album Rockferry went seven times platinum as it went to number one in six countries, won three Brit Awards and a Grammy following her breakthrough.\n\nAt the Brits, she won British Breakthrough, Best British Female and Best British Album awards.\n\n\"You can only imagine the amount of times I thought about writing this,\" she wrote on Instagram.\n\n\"Well, not entirely sure why now is the right time, and what it is that feels exciting and liberating for me to talk.\n\n\"I cannot explain it. Many of you wonder what happened to me, where did I disappear to and why. A journalist contacted me, he found a way to reach me and I told him everything this past summer. He was kind and it felt so amazing to finally speak.\n\nDuffy wrote about her ordeal to her 33,000 Instagram followers\n\n\"The truth is, and please trust me I am OK and safe now, I was raped and drugged and held captive over some days. Of course I survived. The recovery took time. There's no light way to say it. But I can tell you in the last decade, the thousands and thousands of days I committed to wanting to feel the sunshine in my heart again, the sun does now shine.\"\n\nDuffy - whose real name is Aimee Anne Duffy - went to number one in 12 countries with Mercy, which was the UK's third-best-selling single of 2008 with sales of more than 500,000 copies.\n\nThe singer, from Nefyn in Gwynedd, then enjoyed success with her first album Rockferry as it became the UK's biggest selling album of 2008.\n\n\"You wonder why I did not choose to use my voice to express my pain? I did not want to show the world the sadness in my eyes,\" she added.\n\n\"I asked myself, how can I sing from the heart if it is broken?\n\nDuffy went to number one in 12 countries with her single Mercy\n\n\"And slowly it unbroke. In the following weeks I will be posting a spoken interview.\n\n\"If you have any questions I would like to answer them, in the spoken interview, if I can. I have a sacred love and sincere appreciation for your kindness over the years. You have been friends. I want to thank you for that. x Duffy.\n\n\"Please respect this is a gentle move for me to make, for myself, and I do not want any intrusion to my family. Please support me to make this a positive experience.\"\n\nEleri Butler, chief executive of Welsh Women's Aid, told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast with Claire Summers the singer's choice to speak out was a \"strong, courageous and powerful statement\".\n\n\"It's really difficult to speak out… for some women it's the right time to talk many years after the experience, and for some it's never the right time,\" she said.\n\nThe BBC attempted to contact Duffy to confirm the details of her post.", "Iranian Deputy Health Minister Iraj Harirchi mopped his brow repeatedly at a televised news conference on Monday, a day before he tested positive for the new coronavirus disease.\n\nThe official death toll from the Covid-19 outbreak in Iran has risen to 15, while 95 cases have been confirmed.", "Three Scottish Soldiers Campaign For Justice The soldiers who died were, from left, Fusilier Dougald McCaughey, Fusilier John McCaig and Fusilier Joseph McCaig\n\nA former member of the Parachute Regiment was centrally involved in the killings of three off-duty soldiers almost 50 years ago, a BBC Spotlight investigation has established.\n\nThe Scottish soldiers were John McCaig, 17; his brother, Joseph, 18, and Dougald McCaughey, 23.\n\nThey were found shot dead in Ligoniel, north Belfast, on 10 March 1971.\n\nThe Royal Highland Fusiliers had been drinking in a city centre pub when they were lured to their deaths by the IRA.\n\nThe Spotlight investigation reveals that Paddy O'Kane, who had served seven years in the Parachute Regiment, shared a drink with the three Scots before taking them away to their deaths.\n\nMembers of O'Kane's family and a former member of the IRA confirmed to Spotlight that O'Kane said he was involved in the killings.\n\nO'Kane, from north Belfast, joined the Parachute Regiment in 1957 and served in Cyprus and Jordan.\n\nA memorial stone marks the spot where the three soldiers were found on the outskirts of Belfast\n\nHe was a member of the boxing team for 2 Para. When he left the Army in 1964, his duty was officially recorded as \"very good\".\n\nHe is believed to have joined the Provisional IRA in 1969.\n\nPolice identified him as a prime suspect almost immediately after the killings.\n\nThe funeral for John and Joseph McCaig took place in Ayr\n\nHe was seen drinking with the soldiers in a city centre pub by a work colleague.\n\nBut O'Kane evaded arrest and went on the run in the Republic of Ireland where he remained very active in the IRA for at least another five years.\n\nFormer IRA intelligence chief Kieran Conway knew O'Kane. He told Spotlight that O'Kane spoke openly about his role in the killings.\n\nConway described the former Para as \"a psychopath\".\n\n\"I believe any man that could execute three young Scottish soldiers in that manner must have been a psychopath,\" he said.\n\nSeparately, multiple sources confirmed to Spotlight that Paddy O'Kane was also a lead suspect for the Kingsmills massacre of January 1976, when 10 Protestant workmen were ordered off a minibus and shot dead by the IRA.\n\nO'Kane was listed as wanted for questioning about the Kingsmills killings for many years afterwards.\n\nHe was first refused an \"On-the-Run\" (OTR) letter in 2003, but in 2007 an OTR letter was approved, giving him confirmation that he was not wanted by any police force in the UK.\n\nO'Kane died two years later, in Shannon, County Clare, where he had lived since 1976.\n\nPaddy O'Kane was also wanted for questioning about the Kingsmills killings\n\nThe bodies of the soldiers were discovered by a teenage girl.\n\nThree years ago, Brenda Kielty made her only recorded interview about that evening.\n\n\"They were just shot and dumped on top of each other. I didn't know whether it was three Protestants or three Catholics, but I never dreamt it was three soldiers,\" she said.\n\n\"There was nothing to indicate that it was three soldiers.\"\n\nMs Kielty, who died shortly after the interview, was then 14 years old, a little younger than the youngest of the victims, John McCaig.\n\n\"The wee boy had loads of freckles on his face. I actually put my hand on the wee boy's face and he was warm. He definitely wasn't cold like, he was warm,\" she said.\n\nThe Spotlight investigation retraces the soldiers' last day.\n\nIt scrutinises a longstanding rumour that women were used to lure the soldiers to their death in what was known as a \"honey trap\".\n\nIt identifies three other men whom the police also suspected of involvement in the killings.\n\nOne of those men told Spotlight that he \"vehemently denies any involvement\".\n\nAs more emerges about the killings, there have been calls for a fresh inquest and a new investigation but police said that the clearest evidence has always been against O'Kane, who is now dead.\n\nSpotlight, The Killings of the Three Scottish Soldiers, is on Tuesday at 22:35 GMT on BBC 1 Northern Ireland.", "Lord Steel is to retire from public life\n\nFormer Liberal Democrat leader David Steel has quit the party and the Lords after an inquiry said he \"turned a blind eye\" to claims of child abuse.\n\nThe Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse criticised political groups for not acting on complaints.\n\nIt accused Lord Steel of an \"abdication of responsibility\" over accusations against the late MP Cyril Smith.\n\nLord Steel said he was quitting because he wanted to avoid \"distress\" for his family and \"turmoil\" for his party.\n\nThe former MP and MSP also said he was being made \"a proxy for Cyril Smith\", the former Rochdale MP who was investigated over allegations about the abuse of teenage boys in 1969.\n\nLord Steel had told the inquiry that he was made aware of the allegations against Smith 10 years later and \"assumed\" they were true, but said they were \"nothing to do with me\" because they predated Smith's time in parliament.\n\nThe Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse ( IICSA) report said that political institutions \"regularly put their own reputations or political interests before child protection\".\n\nIt said Lord Steel was \"an example of a highly placed politician turning a blind eye to something that was potentially troublesome to his party, with no apparent regard for criminal acts which might have occurred or for any victims, past or future\".\n\nCyril Smith (left) and David Steel (right) discussed the allegations against Smith in 1979\n\nThe inquiry heard that complaints about Smith abusing boys were investigated by the police in the 1960s, while he was serving as a Labour councillor, but no prosecution was brought.\n\nHe was elected as a Liberal MP in 1972, and Lord Steel said he had discussed the allegations with him in 1979 after an article appeared in Private Eye.\n\nThe peer told the inquiry that he \"assumed\" that Smith had committed the offences, but took no further action because \"it was before he was an MP, before he was even a member of my party - it had nothing to do with me\".\n\nThe inquiry's report said that \"this failure to recognise the risk that Cyril Smith potentially posed to children was an abdication of responsibility by a political leader\".\n\nBut the politician responded that \"at no point did Cyril Smith admit to me the truth of the allegations in the Private Eye report\", and said he was \"never a friend of mine\".\n\nHe said: \"Nowhere do IICSA explain what powers I was supposed to possess to investigate 14-year-old allegations against someone who at the time of the actions alleged was not even a member of my party, that the police and successive prosecutors reviewed with access to all files.\"\n\nThe former Holyrood presiding officer was suspended and investigated by the Lib Dems after his appearance before the inquiry in 2019, but was ultimately reinstated.\n\nThe 81-year-old said he understood some in the party wanted him suspended again, while others had threatened to resign if he was subject to a new investigation.\n\nHe said: \"I wish to avoid any such turmoil in my party and to prevent further distress to my family. I have therefore thanked my local party secretary for their stalwart support through the whole inquiry process, and have informed the local party that my resignation is with immediate effect.\"\n\nScottish Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie said the \"powerful report\" had lessons for everyone, and that it was \"right that David Steel has decided to resign from the Liberal Democrats and retire from public life\".\n\nDavid Steel was first elected as MP for Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles in 1965, and represented the area at Westminster for more than 30 years.\n\nHe became Liberal Party leader in 1976, aged 38, and was in post during the party's 1988 merger with the Social Democratic Party to form the Liberal Democrats.\n\nHe retired from the Commons in 1997, and was made a life peer as Baron Steel of Aikwood.\n\nLord Steel campaigned for Scottish devolution, and entered the newly formed Scottish Parliament as a Lib Dem member for the Lothians region in 1999.\n\nHe subsequently became the first presiding officer of the parliament, before stepping down as an MSP in 2003.", "Greta Thunberg has met Malala Yousafzai during a visit to Oxford University.\n\nThe climate change campaigner, 17, made the trip to Lady Margaret Hall where she met the human rights campaigner, 22, on Tuesday.\n\nMs Thunberg is set to join a school strike in Bristol. Ms Yousafzai is studying politics, philosophy, and economics at the university.\n\nThe student posted a picture of the two young activists on Instagram, saying simply: \"Thank you @gretathunberg\".\n\n\"She's the only friend I'd skip school for,\" she added on Twitter.\n\nAlso posting on social media, Ms Thunberg said: \"So...today I met my role model. What else can I say?\"\n\nIt is not known what the pair discussed, though according to Alan Rusbridger, the principal of Lady Margaret Hall, Ms Thunberg spoke to students about \"science, voting, the limits of protest, divestment, real zero v net zero, and much more\" during her visit.\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 arusbridger 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\nReplying to the young women's posts, others have declared them \"legends\" and described the meeting as \"awesome\".\n\nPosting on Twitter, one fan, Stefan Reichwein, said: \"Pure inspiration and hope - the world needs women like you.\"\n\nWhile Ida Skibenes said: \"Thanks for being the sheroes we need and for giving us hope.\"\n\nJennifer Cassidy, a lecturer in politics at the University of Oxford, wrote: \"I walk out my door, up one street and see @Malala and @GretaThunberg talking outside.\n\n\"Two powerful young women standing for justice, truth and equality for all.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Dr. Jennifer Cassidy This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nGood Morning Britain host Piers Morgan said: \"What a photo... the two most influential young women of my lifetime meet in Oxford.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Piers Morgan This article contains content provided by Twitter. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOthers were less complimentary, describing the pair as \"overrated\".\n\nTwitter user Luis Hulyer said: \"One risked her life to go to school, the other plays truant.\"\n\nTwo years ago, Ms Thunberg started missing lessons most Fridays to protest outside the Swedish parliament building, in what turned out to be the beginning of a huge environmental movement.\n\nShe has become a leading voice for action on climate change, inspiring millions of students to join protests around the world.\n\nIn 2012, Ms Yousafzai was shot in the head, neck and shoulder by a Taliban fighter while travelling home from school after writing an anonymous diary about life under the extremists.\n\nAfter recovering from her near-fatal injuries, she and her family relocated to Birmingham.\n\nIn 2014, she became the youngest person ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize, at the age of 17. Three years later she accepted a place to study at Oxford.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The house of my dreams would be a penthouse, because I’m not really that into houses. I like to be on the top floor of things so that I can see the cityscape, see the landscape. I’m not very materialistic so it would just have the necessities.\n\nI think I would rent an apartment in the future with multiple people, rather than living by myself in a house because that just seems to be far too expensive. I spend most of my time in my room so I wouldn’t need to have an upstairs and a downstairs.\n\nThe topic of housing never comes up in conversations with my friends. We just all agree that we’d never be able to afford a house of our own, because the houses in London are very expensive. Even the house I live in now, I’ve lived in it since I was born, and the price of it has just gone up even though it’s kind of small… so we’re very pessimistic when it comes to the topic of housing.\n\nRenting with people is easier than deciding who’s paying how much of the mortgage, so I think renting is a better idea, especially long term because you can just break out whenever you need to.", "Anne Giwa-Amu, who is Nigerian and Welsh, won her claim against the government department\n\nThe Department for Work and Pensions has been ordered to pay out nearly £400,000 after a Cardiff woman won her claim for race and age discrimination.\n\nAnne Giwa-Amu told the BBC the department was \"promoting a culture of racism\".\n\nThe judge in her tribunal case said she had been a victim of deliberate and intended harassment by DWP staff.\n\nThe department said racism was unacceptable and it took the judgement \"very seriously\".\n\nAnne Giwa-Amu, 59, who is mixed Nigerian and Welsh, joined the DWP branch in Caerphilly as a full-time administrative officer in 2017, after trying without success to start a small business.\n\nShe was the only non-white recruit and only trainee over the age of 50 in her cohort, according to documents from Cardiff Magistrates' Court seen by BBC News.\n\nJudge Howden-Evans said DWP staff had deliberately created a \"hostile environment\" for Ms Giwa-Amu and has ordered the department to pay out more than £386,000 in compensation.\n\nThis includes £42,800 for injury to feelings, which is awarded in the \"most serious\" cases where there has been a lengthy campaign of harassment.\n\n\"It comes as a relief after what has been a harrowing experience for three years,\" Ms Giwa-Amu told the BBC.\n\n\"I've had to experience real financial hardship and the perpetrators were promoted despite how they had treated me.\"\n\nMs Giwa-Amu was based in the branch of the DWP at Caerphilly in south-east Wales\n\nA DWP official had violated her dignity by using racist language such as \"Paki-lover\" in her presence, the court found.\n\nAnother had further humiliated and discriminated against Ms Giwa-Amu by loudly laughing and telling her cohort he had \"touched her bum\".\n\nOfficials had also repeatedly accused Ms Giwa-Amu of stealing ice-cream, sprayed body-spray on themselves while next to her, and breached her confidence after she reported feeling \"bullied\".\n\nMs Giwa-Amu went on sick leave in March 2017 and was unlawfully dismissed in October that year for being unable to return to work, the court found.\n\nShe had been living off £55 a week and later had no money for food after her final pay cheque was withheld.\n\nMs Giwa-Amu told the BBC she has since been living with \"immense stress and anxiety\".\n\n\"Management at the DWP are paying lip service to the equality legislation,\" she said. \"By protecting offenders, they are promoting a culture of racism.\"\n\nThe DWP has been ordered to contact the Equality and Human Rights Commission for diversity awareness training and its permanent secretary, Peter Schofield, must directly review her case.\n\nMs Giwa-Amu's solicitor, Lawrence Davies from Equal Justice, said DWP staff had \"set out to destroy the confidence and wellbeing of a black employee with their appalling conduct\".\n\n\"None of the white DWP staff have been disciplined and some have been promoted,\" he said.\n\n\"Given that the DWP serves a high level of ethnic minority claimants, the presence of prejudice in the state benefits system is of grave concern.\"\n\nIn a statement, the DWP said: \"Racism is totally unacceptable and action will be taken against any staff found to be expressing such views.\n\n\"We take the judgement and the circumstances of this case very seriously.\"", "The leaders of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil held their first sit down discussions since the general election\n\nA left-wing government in the Republic of Ireland led by Sinn Féin is very unlikely, Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has said.\n\nMr Martin was speaking after he held a meeting with Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar on Tuesday.\n\nIt was the first sit-down discussion between the two party leaders since the Irish general election.\n\nFianna Fáil won the most seats in the Dail (parliament) in January's election with 38, one ahead of Sinn Fein.\n\nHowever, Sinn Fein had the highest number of first preference votes.\n\n\"Very clearly you can see the so-called left wing alliance that was trumpeted over a week hasn't really made any progress in terms of numbers in the Dail,\" Mr Martin said.\n\n\"That remains a very unlikely scenario in terms of any combination on the far left, or Sinn Féin emerging with any credible numbers to form a government.\"\n\nFine Gael, which had relied on a 2016 confidence and supply arrangement with Fianna Fáil to remain in government, finished with 35 seats.\n\nLeo Varadkar tendered his resignation as taoiseach (Irish prime minister), last week,\n\nMr Martin said no-one had ruled out a reverse confidence and supply arrangement between Fianna Fail and Fine Gael.\n\nLeo Varadkar tendered his resignation as taoiseach to President Michael D Higgins last Thursday\n\n\"There are two aspects to that,\" he said.\n\n\"Could you achieve a critical mass that could sustain under a confidence-and-supply arrangement, and secondly would the dynamic be such that it would enable that government to take decisions that I think will be needed to make meaningful inroads on the housing crisis and on the health crisis and also climate change?\"\n\nMr Martin said he had also had a constructive meeting with the newly-formed Regional Independent Group made up of nine TDs.\n\n\"The clear message from the independents was that they wanted a stable government that would last five years to deal with the key issues of housing and health and regional economic development,\" he added.\n\n\"They have a strong focus on the imbalance in terms of how the country economically is developing.\"\n\nHe said his party will on Wednesday begin serious engagements with the Green Party on a range of policy issues.\n\nAfter the meeting, Fine Gael issued a statement on behalf of Mr Varadkar.\n\n\"The taoiseach and president of Fine Gael encouraged Fianna Fail to continue engaging with other parties with a view to forming a government.\n\nIt said the two parties had agreed to meet again at some point in the future.\n\nSinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said her party had been given a mandate for change.\n\nSinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald said Sinn Féin had been given a mandate for change.\n\n\"People have told me that - people told me they voted for Sinn Féin because they wanted a new government,\" she added.\n\n\"They don't want Fianna Fail and Fine Gael back in government, they want a new approach to government, they want the priorities of ordinary working people to be put front and centre.\"\n\nSinn Fein TD Pearse Doherty insisted a left-wing government is still possible, saying: \"For our part, change needs to mean change.\n\n\"We're keeping all options open in relation to forming a government for change - that's the mandate that we have.\"", "Georgia said she had been \"fighting with Carrot back and forth to try and make sure they didn't cancel my policy\"\n\nYoung people are being threatened with having their car insurance cancelled due to faults with an app that aims to make policies more affordable, the BBC has been told.\n\nCarrot Insurance uses phone data to measure journey length, acceleration and braking - but some say it often fails to work or wrongly records data.\n\nTory MP Craig Tracey questioned whether it was \"fit for purpose\".\n\nCarrot said it was \"extremely sorry\" some had had a \"poor experience\".\n\nIt told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme \"for the vast majority\" of young people, the app helps to reduce their premiums and to improve their driving safety.\n\nCarrot Insurance describes its Better Driver app as \"a clever bit of technology which uses 'telematics' to measure acceleration, braking, swerving, and the number and length of journeys that you make\".\n\nUsers can then be rewarded for good driving.\n\nThe premise is to help lower car insurance for younger people - who traditionally pay higher prices, as they are considered more at risk of an accident.\n\nMost telematics services run from a black box, which is a small device fitted to a car, that records data when it is being driven.\n\nBut Carrot Insurance's Better Driver policy relies solely on GPS and Bluetooth - and requires a WiFi or data connection.\n\nMore than 20 young people have told the Victoria Derbyshire programme they have had issues with the app - in some cases causing them to have their insurance cancelled, or end the policy themselves.\n\nSeparate individuals have told the BBC the app had recorded them as driving while they were actually cycling or on the train.\n\nThe person on the train was marked as speeding, which Carrot said \"can occur in some very rare instances when customers pair their phone to an additional Bluetooth device\".\n\nOne woman, 28-year-old Jess, said Carrot cancelled her policy in December 2018 because she was not using the app - which she said was not working properly.\n\n\"In the end I lost two years no claims discount,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"I have a new policy now but declaring the cancellation meant it cost me £1,600.\"\n\nCarrot said it had fully compensated \"all those customers\" to which the BBC had alerted them.\n\nLayla said the app stopped working for her after it was updated\n\nOthers have told the BBC their journeys had not been recorded properly by the app.\n\nLayla, 22, said after the app was updated in December, it stopped working.\n\n\"[Carrot] emailed me to say: 'If you do not connect the app to your car, your insurance will be cancelled,'\" she said.\n\n\"Then I was, 'Oh my god', panicking.\"\n\nCarrot said that when the Better Driver App was updated, \"Layla began to record journeys accurately, as expected\".\n\nGeorgia, a 22-year-old barista from Leicester, said she had been \"fighting with Carrot back and forth to try and make sure they didn't cancel my policy\", after the app \"started to play up\".\n\nCarrot said it was \"actively looking to resolve\" the matter with Georgia.\n\nConservative MP Craig Tracey, who chairs the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Insurance and Financial Services, said it was good that the industry had recognised the challenge young people faced to get affordable insurance.\n\nBut, he said, while some technological advances had been \"really, really positive\", there was a need to ensure that regulation kept up.\n\n\"It seems like the technology [in the case of Carrot Insurance] is not working, is not fit for purpose. So it really needs to be looked at.\n\n\"There's a glitch somewhere along the line,\" he said.\n\nCraig Tracey MP said regulation needed to keep up with advances in technology\n\nHe called on the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to investigate.\n\nThe FCA has told the BBC that for the second half of 2018, Carrot Insurance had the most complaints relative to the size of the company.\n\nCarrot Insurance said in a statement when the issue with its app \"became apparent in April 2019 we acted as quickly as possible to put things right and prevent anyone else experiencing similar problems or being disadvantaged in any way.\n\n\"We are continually developing and improving our technology to provide the best possible products and services for our customers.\"\n\nFollow the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme on Facebook and Twitter - and see more of our stories here.", "Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange tried to phone the White House to warn them unredacted files were about to be published online, a court has heard.\n\nMr Assange is fighting extradition to the US to face trial over the leaking of classified US military documents.\n\nHis lawyer dismissed claims he \"knowingly\" put lives at risk by publishing the names of informants.\n\nHe told Woolwich Crown Court that a book by the Guardian newspaper was to blame for the names being published.\n\nThose suggestions have been rejected by the Guardian.\n\nThe claims came on the second day of the extradition hearing for Mr Assange, 48, who is accused of conspiring to hack into US military databases to acquire sensitive secret information, which was then published on the Wikileaks website.\n\nLawyers for Mr Assange claim the US charges are politically motivated.\n\nMark Summers QC, representing Mr Assange, told the hearing in London that Wikileaks had begun redacting a tranche of 250,000 leaked cables in November 2010, working with media partners around the world as well as the US government.\n\nHe said that in February 2011 the Guardian published a book about Wikileaks which contained a password to the unredacted documents.\n\nHe said it wasn't until months later that it was discovered the password could be used to access the unredacted database, which was revealed by German news outlet Der Freitag on 25 August 2011.\n\nOn that day, Mr Assange called the White House and asked to speak to then secretary of state Hillary Clinton \"as a matter of urgency\" over fears the documents were about to be dumped online by third parties who had gained access, Mr Summers told the court. He was told to ring back in a few hours.\n\nMr Summers said Mr Assange had warned: \"I don't understand why you're not seeing the urgency of this.\n\n\"Unless we do something, then people's lives are put at risk.\"\n\nResponding to the claims made in court, a Guardian spokesman said it was \"entirely wrong\" that its 2011 Wikileaks book led to the publication of unredacted files.\n\nHe said: \"The book contained a password which the authors had been told by Julian Assange was temporary and would expire and be deleted in a matter of hours. The book also contained no details about the whereabouts of the files.\"\n\nHe added that \"no concerns were expressed\" by Mr Assange or Wikileaks about security being compromised when the book was published.\n\nSupporters for Julian Assange demonstrate outside the court for a second day\n\nProsecutors argued on Monday that Mr Assange knowingly put hundreds of sources around the world at risk of torture and death by publishing the unredacted documents containing names or other identifying details.\n\nBut Mr Summers told the court that the US extradition request \"boldly and brazenly\" misrepresented the facts.\n\nHe said the US government, which was involved in the redaction process, knows \"what actually occurred\" which was \"far from being a reckless, unredacted release\".\n\nIn response, James Lewis QC, representing the US government, told the court that Mr Assange \"didn't have to publish the unredacted cables\".\n\n\"He decided to do so on a widely followed and easily searchable website, knowing that it was dangerous to do so,\" he added.\n\nMr Assange has been held in Belmarsh prison since last September ahead of his extradition hearing.\n\nHe was originally jailed for 50 weeks in May 2019 for breaching his bail conditions after going into hiding in the Ecuadorian embassy in London for nearly seven years.\n\nHe sought asylum at the embassy to avoid extradition to Sweden on a rape allegation that he denied. That investigation was subsequently dropped.", "Milly and Toby Savill married in 2017 and were described as a \"devoted\" couple\n\nA young British couple killed in a crash on a Greek island were trying to make a U-turn when their hired buggy fell off a cliff, an inquest heard.\n\nTeachers Milly and Toby Savill, both 25, had been driving on Santorini's Profitis Ilias mountain before they plunged 200m (656ft) into a ravine.\n\nMs Savill's father Steve Coulson said it was a comfort to know their \"last minutes were spent having fun.\"\n\nIt was not known who was driving at the time of the crash on on 14 April 2019, Ms Deonarine told the hearing at Southwark Coroner's Court\n\nShe said an eyewitness to the accident had told Greek police the pair had attempted to turn the buggy round before falling off the edge.\n\nRescue teams recovered their bodies and the buggy from the foot of the cliff. The couple, from Vauxhall, south London, were officially declared dead at Fira General Hospital.\n\nMs Deonarine recorded the deaths as the result of a road accident.\n\nIn a statement read out at the inquest, Mr Coulson said the families did not want to know who was driving as they did not want to attribute blame to anyone.\n\n\"We're not interested in how they died, we're just interested in how they lived,\" said Mr Coulson, a vicar at St Mark's church in Kennington, south London.\n\n\"An iPad of theirs that was recovered had 72 photos which were taken a couple of hours before the accident.\n\n\"It's a comfort to know they were having a good time on holiday. They were just two people having fun - just as they lived for 25 years.\n\n\"Their last minutes were spent having fun.\"\n\nProfitis Elias' peak stands at 1,853ft (564m) above sea level and is the highest point on Santorini\n\nMr Savill taught history at Ark Evelyn Grace Academy and joined the Brixton-based school in September 2018 as a newly qualified teacher.\n\nMrs Savill taught at St Anne's Catholic primary school in Vauxhall and was described by head teacher Catherine Davis as a \"much-loved member of staff\".\n\nProfitis Elias' peak stands at 1,853ft (564m) above sea level and is the highest point on the island, which is popular with British holidaymakers.\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 footage of Salman Abedi outside the arena was shown to jurors\n\nFootage of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi watching music fans arrive for a Take That gig days before his attack has been shown to a jury.\n\nAbedi can be seen looking at box office queues, just yards from the spot where, four days later, on 22 May 2017, he killed himself and 22 others.\n\nHashem Abedi, 22, is on trial at the Old Bailey, accused of helping his brother plan the attack.\n\nHe denies 22 murders, attempted murder, and conspiring to cause explosions.\n\nThe attempted murder charge encompasses the scores of people who survived the attack, which happened at the end of an Ariana Grande concert.\n\nThe jury was shown CCTV footage in which Salman Abedi travels to the Arena venue, spending more than a minute in the City Rooms section where crowds can be seen milling around him.\n\nHe then leaves for the nearby Arndale shopping centre, where he buys four nine-volt batteries and a large blue Kangol suitcase, used to transport his bomb-making equipment to his Manchester city centre flat.\n\nEarlier he was seen leaving the flat in Granby Row at about 18:00 BST.\n\nThe hooded figure, wearing jogging bottoms and white trainers, was seen moving through rush-hour traffic.\n\nHashem Abedi denies being an extremist and insists he had no idea of his brother's suicide bomb plans\n\nAbedi, then aged 22, also swaps his Sim card between phones and takes an untraced international call during the visit, where he walks the perimeter of the Arena venue before going inside to the City Rooms.\n\nJurors heard he took the suitcase to Devell House, a block of flats in Rusholme, south Manchester, the next day.\n\nThe prosecution said that on 14 April, the Abedi brothers left a Nissan Micra outside the flat and that the vehicle had been used to store bomb-making chemicals and equipment until Salman Abedi returned from Libya to carry out the final stage of the plan.\n\nSalman Abedi loads the suitcase and is seen struggling to drag it up the steps at his city centre apartment, where the prosecution allege he assembled his device.\n\nJurors were also shown CCTV footage allegedly showing Salman Abedi taking a taxi to a B&Q store in Cheetham Hill where he spent nearly £200 on items including 4,000 screws, metal nuts, a swing bin, a spade, a saw, glue, tape, a set of drawers and an oak effect door.\n\nFootage from 18 May 2017 shows Salman Abedi in and around Victoria station, close to Manchester Arena\n\nStore worker Steven Dooley told police he woke on 23 May to see the \"devastating events\" of the previous evening on the news.\n\nMr Dooley said that, two days before the Arena bombing, he remembered seeing a young man \"acting suspiciously\".\n\n\"My attention was drawn to him mainly because he had his hoodie over his head and I thought he might be shoplifting,\" he added.\n\nThe jury was also taken through Salman Abedi's phone records from the afternoon of the bombing, which included multiple calls to an unknown Libyan number.\n\nThe identity of the recipient has never been established.\n\nHashem Abedi insists he is not an extremist and had no idea of his older brother's plans.\n\nTop (left to right): Lisa Lees, Alison Howe, Georgina Callender, Kelly Brewster, John Atkinson, Jane Tweddle, Marcin Klis, Eilidh MacLeod - Middle (left to right): Angelika Klis, Courtney Boyle, Saffie Roussos, Olivia Campbell-Hardy, Martyn Hett, Michelle Kiss, Philip Tron, Elaine McIver - Bottom (left to right): Wendy Fawell, Chloe Rutherford, Liam Allen-Curry, Sorrell Leczkowski, Megan Hurley, Nell Jones\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Diplomats owe more than £116m to Transport for London for unpaid congestion charges, the Foreign Office has revealed.\n\nThe US Embassy owes the largest amount at almost £12.5m, while the Embassy of Japan owes over £8.5m.\n\nThe diplomats also owe over £200,000 in unpaid parking fines, with Nigeria's High Commission owing over £47,000.\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab said the government had held meetings with embassies to \"press for payment\".\n\nBut a US Embassy spokesman claimed the congestion charge was a tax which diplomats do not have to pay.\n\nThe figures for the congestion charge - the fee for most vehicles travelling in central London, which goes towards investment into public transport - dates back to between 2003 and 2018, with a total of £116,868,825 outstanding from embassies.\n\nThe parking fines date from 2018 and total £200,686.\n\nThe congestion charges for the US alone rose by more than £520,000 in one year, whilst Japan's went up by almost £500,000 for the same period.\n\nAs well as topping the list for parking fines - up by £8,000 from the previous year - Nigeria was third on the congestion charge list, owing over £7m.\n\nIn a written statement, Mr Raab said as well as the meetings, the government had written to diplomatic missions and international organisations with debts \"giving them the opportunity to either pay outstanding debts, or appeal against specific fines if they considered that they had been recorded incorrectly\".\n\nHowever, a number of embassies claim that under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, they do not have to pay taxes, which they consider these fees to be.\n\nA Foreign Office spokesman said they did not believe there were any legal grounds to exempt diplomats from paying the congestion charge, adding: \"The charge is comparable to a parking fee or a toll charge, which diplomatic missions and international organisations are required to pay.\"\n\nAnd when it came to parking fines, he added: \"Under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, those entitled to immunity are expected to obey the law and we therefore expect all foreign diplomats to pay their parking fines.\n\n\"As the [foreign secretary's statement] points out, we have made a concerted effort to urge missions to pay their fines.\"\n\nA US Embassy spokesman said staff \"conscientiously pay fines for all traffic violations, such as parking and speeding violations\".\n\n\"Our position on the [congestion charge] tax... is based on the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, which expressly prohibits the taxation of diplomatic missions in this manner,\" the spokesman said.\n\n\"This is a position shared by many other diplomatic missions in London. Our position is wholly in accordance with the convention, to which both the United States and the United Kingdom are parties.\"\n\nThe BBC has also contacted the Japanese and Nigerian embassies for a response.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIndia and the US have signed defence, energy and telecoms deals but failed to reach a much-talked about trade accord.\n\nPresident Donald Trump hailed a \"very productive visit\" but said he would keep working with Indian PM Narendra Modi for \"a comprehensive trade deal\".\n\nThe US is one of India's biggest trade partners. The two leaders hope the visit will mend a rift over tariffs.\n\nMr Trump's visit to Delhi has been marred by the deadliest religious unrest in the capital for decades.\n\nAsked about the violence, he told reporters that the incident was \"up to India\" to handle.\n\nHowever, he said he had brought up the issue of religious freedom in the country and was impressed by Mr Modi's response.\n\n\"He [Modi] was incredible, he told me- 'In India we have worked very hard to have religious freedoms',\" Mr Trump said.\n\nTen people, including a policeman, have been killed and about 150 injured in protests against a controversial new citizenship law, which critics say discriminates against Muslims.\n\nMr Modi's Hindu nationalist government denies this, saying the law only seeks to give amnesty to persecuted minorities.\n\nAt least seven people have died in violence in Delhi\n\nCorrespondents say the timing of the unrest is an embarrassment to Mr Modi and the violence has taken the spotlight away from Mr Trump's visit.\n\nAfter talks on Tuesday, the US president and Mr Modi acknowledged they had not been able to sign a trade deal, but announced that negotiations would continue.\n\n\"We also agreed to open negotiations on a big trade deal. At the global level, our relationship is depended on the similar democratic values we share,\" Mr Modi said.\n\nBut deals in other areas were announced.\n\nIndia is to buy attack helicopters and other US military equipment worth $3bn, Mr Trump said.\n\nThey also announced co-operation in fighting radical Islamist terrorism and deepening energy ties, as well as pledging to work together to make 5G technology safer. As part of the deals announced, US firm Exxon Mobil and Indian Oil have signed an agreement to help India import more Liquefied Natural Gas (LPG).\n\nThe two leaders hope their personal chemistry helps mend a rift over tariffs\n\nBilateral trade between the two countries totalled $142.6bn (£110.3bn) in 2018. But in June 2019, the US ended preferential trade status for India.\n\nIndia imposed retaliatory tariffs on 28 US products, causing a diplomatic rift between the two countries.\n\nBut Mr Trump's visit has helped improve relations, and cement what appears to be a strong personal rapport between him and Mr Modi.\n\nMr Trump's two-day India visit has been high on optics. Tens of thousands of people lined the streets of Ahmedabad city in Gujarat, the home state of Mr Modi, to welcome him on Monday. The leaders later addressed a crowd of more than 100,000 people at the Motera cricket stadium. Mr Trump ended the day with a city to the iconic Taj Mahal.\n\n\"The last two days, especially yesterday at the stadium, it was a great honour for me. People were there maybe more for you [PM Narendra Modi] than for me... Every time I mentioned you, they cheered more. People love you here,\" President Trump said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Jessica Mann said she \"entered into what I thought was going to be a real relationship with him\"\n\nA one-time aspiring actress says Harvey Weinstein subjected her to \"degrading\" abuse, in some of the most graphic testimony shared in his trial so far.\n\nJessica Mann detailed a catalogue of abuse by the Hollywood producer, saying he once trapped her in a hotel bedroom and raped her.\n\nThree of the five charges against Mr Weinstein relate to Ms Mann.\n\nHe denies non-consensual sex and his lawyers say emails prove his and Ms Mann's relationship was consensual.\n\nWARNING: This story contains details some readers may find upsetting\n\nMs Mann's evidence came at the end of the fourth week of the Manhattan trial of the Oscar-winning Hollywood mogul, who produced films including Shakespeare in Love and The English Patient.\n\nThe 34-year-old said she met him in late 2012 or early 2013 at a party, and she told him of her ambition to be an actress. Later, she said, he invited her and a friend to a Los Angeles hotel suite. He then allegedly pulled Ms Mann into a bedroom and performed oral sex on her.\n\nMs Mann then began a relationship with Mr Weinstein. \"I entered into what I thought was going to be a real relationship with him and it was extremely degrading from that point on,\" she said.\n\nShe said he once urinated on her, and in 2013 raped her in a Manhattan hotel room. \"If he heard the word 'no,' it was like a trigger for him,\" she said.\n\nWhen asked why she stayed in the relationship, Ms Mann said in tears that there was \"no short answer\".\n\n\"One of the aspects initially was that I had had a sexual encounter\" with him, she said. \"That wasn't something I could undo. That really confused me and hurt me.\" She stayed with him partly out of fear, she said.\n\nOne of Mr Weinstein's lawyers, Damon Cheronis, said Ms Mann sent \"flattering\" emails to Mr Weinstein during their relationship, one of which said \"Miss you, big guy.\" These prove the relationship was not abusive, the defence alleges.\n\nIn Friday's testimony, Ms Mann also alleged that Mr Weinstein had \"extreme scarring\" on his body and used erectile dysfunction medication. She also believed he was intersex, and it appeared he had a vagina and no testicles.\n\nSince October 2017, more than 80 women have publicly accused Mr Weinstein of sexual misconduct but this criminal case involves only a few of them.\n\nSome consider the trial a watershed moment, where some of Mr Weinstein's alleged victims have had their voices heard in court for the first time.\n\nMr Weinstein is on trial for five offences, including rape and predatory sexual assault. He denies the charges and all allegations of wrongdoing, but if convicted could face life in prison.\n\nHere is what has happened in the trial so far.\n\nMr Weinstein turned up to his first court appearance heavily aided and using a walking frame. Crowds of protesters, including some accusers, gathered outside the courthouse to try and face him down.\n\n\"You thought you could terrorise me and others into silence. You were wrong,\" actress Rose McGowan, who accuses him of rape, said reading from an open letter.\n\nThe same day, on 6 January, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office announced new charges against Mr Weinstein. After the New York trial, he is expected to appear in court in California.\n\nFinding an impartial jury for the New York case was a difficult task, with hundreds summoned as potential jurors. Mr Weinstein's legal team even filed a last-minute motion to move the trial outside Manhattan over the \"carnival-like atmosphere\" surrounding proceedings. They cited the media hype about model Gigi Hadid being among the potential jurors.\n\nThe first week of proceedings ended with a flash-mob of protesters performing an anti-rape chant outside, which could be heard inside the courtroom.\n\nDuring the process, prosecutors accused Mr Weinstein's defence team of \"systematically eliminating\" young white women as jurors. The selection process concluded with five women and seven men on the panel.\n\n\"This trial is not a referendum on the #MeToo movement. It is not a referendum on sexual harassment,\" Judge James Burke told the jury, saying they must only decide if Mr Weinstein \"committed certain acts which constitute a particular crime\".\n\n\"The man seated right there was not just a titan in Hollywood, he was a rapist,\" prosecutor Meghan Hast said in her opening statement on 22 January.\n\nShe accused him of using his celebrity status to manipulate women and explicitly detailed allegations against him. Only two of the accusers' cases, Mimi (Miriam) Haleyi and Jessica Mann, have led to individual criminals charges in New York but the testimony of others is being used as supporting evidence.\n\nMs Hast described how Mr Weinstein allegedly \"lunged at\" Ms Haleyi in 2006 to perform a forced sex act on her. Ms Mann alleges he raped her in a New York hotel in 2013.\n\nOne of Mr Weinstein's lawyers, Damon Cheronis, insists the state's case would \"unravel\" during the trial and urged the jury: \"While the narrative they painted for you is one that may reinforce your preconceived notions, it's not the truth.\"\n\nThe defence aim to present the sexual interactions as consensual. At the opening, Mr Cheronis alleged one accuser had even described Mr Weinstein as \"her casual boyfriend\".\n\nUS actress Annabella Sciorra testified on 23 January that the film producer raped her in the winter of 1993/4. Her allegations, outside New York's statue of limitations, are being used to support the most serious charge of predatory sexual assault.\n\nShe said Mr Weinstein forced his way into her apartment after a dinner with others. \"I was trying to get him off me,\" she told the jury. \"I was punching him, kicking him.\"\n\nThe former Sopranos actress described her body shaking after the alleged assault and said she did not go public with it for years because she was \"afraid for her life\". Ms Sciorra's friend, fellow actress Rosie Perez, testified that she shared some details of the incident with her at the time, but on cross-examination lawyers challenged Ms Sciorra's ability to remember the exact date of the alleged attack.\n\nLawyer Donna Rotunno tried to poke holes in the Sopranos actress' account\n\nA forensic psychiatrist, Dr Barbara Ziv, also testified as an expert witness to explain misconceptions around rape and the behaviour of victims.\n\nProduction assistant Mimi Haleyi told the court that Mr Weinstein assaulted her twice in Manhattan in 2006, after he helped her get a job on a television show he produced.\n\nShe detailed an incident at his apartment where she alleges he performed oral sex on her, without consent, when she was on her period.\n\n\"Every time I tried to get off the bed he would push me back and hold me down,\" Ms Haleyi said during emotional testimony. \"At this point I realised what was happening. I'm being raped.\"\n\nShe told the court he convinced her to meet again weeks later. On that occasion she allegedly \"laid there\" as he had sex with her in an incident that left her feeling \"numb\" and like \"an idiot\". Mr Weinstein has only been charged over first alleged encounter.\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\n\nDuring cross-examination Mr Weinstein's defence focused on her continued contact with him after the alleged incidents and presented email exchanges between the two including one she signed off with \"lots of love\".\n\nThroughout the week further \"prior bad acts\" witnesses continued to testify. Former actress Dawn Dunning alleged Mr Weinstein put her hands up her skirt and touched her genitals at a hotel in Soho in 2004 and later tried to offer her film roles in exchange for sex.\n\nTarale Wulff alleged Mr Weinstein masturbated in front of her in 2005 when she worked as a waitress. She said she was later invited to read scripts by Weinstein Company staff and was taken to his apartment, where he allegedly raped her.", "A man was shot dead by police after he attacked people in Streatham, south London\n\nEmergency legislation to block the automatic release of people convicted of terror offences is set to become law after being approved by the Lords.\n\nThe Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) Bill - which was passed by MPs earlier this month - was drawn up following an attack in south London.\n\nThe attacker, Sudesh Amman, had recently been freed from prison.\n\nThe government had wanted to pass the bill before 28 February when the next terror offender is due for release.\n\nSunderland shopkeeper Mohammed Zahir Khan, 42, had been set to be freed after serving half of his sentence for encouraging terrorism.\n\nThe government's emergency measures, which required backing from Parliament, would postpone his release until the Parole Board has given its approval.\n\nOffenders are told they are being sentenced for a fixed period and will be automatically released at the half-way point, to serve the remainder of their sentence on licence in the community.\n\nSome offenders will have pleaded guilty on the basis that they would be given a sentence with automatic early release at the half-way point.\n\nTheir release is an automatic process and does not involve oversight of the Parole Board.\n\nThe bill would affect about 50 prisoners who were convicted under existing rules, which allow for release halfway through a sentence.\n\nLawyers for some of the inmates are believed to be preparing a legal challenge, but ministers claim they are not extending sentences, merely changing the way they are administered.\n\nThe legislation would apply to England, Scotland and Wales but the government said it intended to make provisions for Northern Ireland in a future piece of legislation, arguing that there was no need for \"immediate measures\" in the region.\n\nThe House of Lords backed the bill unamended in one sitting on Monday evening.\n\nDuring the debate, the government's justice spokesperson Lord Keen of Elie acknowledged that \"applying these measures retrospectively is an unusual step\" - but argued this was due to the \"unprecedented gravity of the situation\".\n\nLabour's shadow attorney general Baroness Chakrabarti said she accepted the need for emergency legislation, but added that it was \"an emergency of the government's own making\".\n\nShe argued the Ministry of Justice had been hit by \"the most savage cuts in Whitehall\".\n\n\"That has a direct bearing on the nature of capacity, regime and intervention in the prison and probation systems.\"", "Supermarket giant Tesco is set to cut more than 1,800 jobs as it makes changes to bakeries in larger stores.\n\nIt said that 1,816 bakery staff were at risk of redundancy, with the changes taking place from May.\n\nThe retailer said it would convert 58 of its bakeries so they will only finish pre-baked products on-site.\n\nJason Tarry, the head of Tesco UK & Ireland, said it needed to \"adapt to changing customer demand\", with fewer people buying traditional loaves.\n\nThe move comes as sales of bagels, wraps and flatbreads is increasing, according to Tesco.\n\nBakeries at 257 sites will remain unchanged, with a further 201 still offering some products baked from scratch.\n\nMr Tarry added: \"We know this will be very difficult for colleagues who are impacted, and our priority is to support them through this process. We hope that many will choose to stay with us in alternative roles.\"\n\nThe firm said it would have thousands of vacancies available across its stores between February and May.\n\nThe main union representing Tesco staff, Usdaw, said the reports of job cuts were \"devastating\" for staff.\n\nPauline Foulkes, its national officer, said many of those at risk were skilled workers.\n\n\"While we will do everything possible to maintain jobs or support impacted staff to redeploy into alternative roles, the reality is the opportunities to find suitable alternative skilled roles may be limited for these workers,\" she said.\n\nTesco is the UK's biggest grocery chain and it employs 450,000 people worldwide.", "A woman who was \"forced\" into a gang has called for police to use stop and search powers more often on girls and young women in order to \"save them\".\n\nLucy Martindale said she was threatened by men wanting her to hold weapons when she was a teenager in Brixton, south London, as she went between estates.\n\nThe 29-year-old believes increased police intervention would allow females to explain they were being groomed.\n\n\"I think stop and search could save them,\" she said.\n\nMs Martindale, who is director of anti-knife crime organisation Operation Shutdown, was nine when she witnessed the murder of her cousin who was stabbed in the head with a screwdriver.\n\nShe said when she was in her teens, she and other girls on her block were told they would be \"knocked out, head-butted and violently attacked\" if they did not help gang members.\n\n\"I went from estate to estate and boys would say to me - if they see a police van patrolling the area - 'here hold this because they are not going to stop you - they will stop us',\" Ms Martindale said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nWhile the use of stop and search has sometimes been controversial, Ms Martindale said she believed if it was \"done right, no-one can complain\".\n\nShe said it would have helped women in situations such as hers.\n\n\"You will get to the bottom of why she was carrying the drugs or weapons and that can hopefully save her from the grooming,\" she said.\n\nMs Martindale believes if stop and search is \"done right, no-one can complain\"\n\nThere is little data on women associated or involved with gangs.\n\nThe most recent copy of the Met Police's Gang Matrix consisted of six girls and women, compared with 2,546 men and boys.\n\nHowever, a report published last week by Vauxhall MP Florence Eshalomi involving Freedom of Information requests sent to all of London's boroughs found there were at least 1,049 women and girls who were at risk of gang association.\n\nMs Eshalomi has called for more research to look into why young women joined gangs along with improved funding to tackle the problem.\n\nSophie Linden, deputy mayor for policing and crime, said it was \"vital that we fully understand the complex causes of violence and its impact on women and girls in London\".\n\nScotland Yard said: \"The involvement of young women in gang-related criminal activity across London is largely hidden and undoubtedly under-reported.\n\n\"The Met is working hard to better engage with young people and we work closely with the Mayor's Office for Police and Crime (MOPAC), local authorities, charities and agencies like Abianda to offer support and divert women away from gang crime.\"\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. Mark Lowen was on the ground at the edge of Italy's coronavirus lockdown area\n\nIn an era of online ordering and borderless travel, Tino has had to revert to hand-delivering items across a checkpoint - within his own country.\n\nHe parks beside the police cars blocking a road to Codogno, the epicentre of Italy's coronavirus outbreak. And across the ad hoc barrier, fencing off an invisible threat, he passes a simple object to his sister stuck on the other side: a facemask.\n\nPharmacies in the town of 16,000 people are running low. Queues of anxious customers are forming, as Codogno hits headlines around the world.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 𝓰🏠 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 mayor, Francesco Passerini, tells me by phone that the situation is completely calm and supplies of food and medicine are stable. \"Our town has overcome everything, including the Second World War,\" he says - an attempt at reassurance.\n\nBut in the 11 closed-off towns, in which more than 50,000 people are quarantined, fear is setting in.\n\nAndrea Alloni, a resident in Codogno, says while some are convincing themselves that the outbreak will blow over, others are so worried that they're using sleeping pills.\n\nPolice have been stopping cars trying to get into Codogno\n\nEmergency medical phone-lines are saturated. The elderly are feeling particularly vulnerable.\n\nAnd while a handful of shops are open inside the town, the streets are quiet. Most are staying at home - or if they venture outside, they do so in face masks.\n\nItaly is struggling to understand how it went from six coronavirus cases to more than 200 since last Friday, becoming Europe's worst-affected country and the third worst hit in the world after China and South Korea.\n\nSo far, seven people have died.\n\n\"Patient zero\" - the individual first infected - has still not been identified. It was initially believed to be a 38-year-old man who visited a hospital in Codogno where a woman later died from the virus and whose colleague had been in China in January.\n\nBut when his colleague tested negative, the search for the original infector continued. Finding the source of the outbreak would help authorities understand the spread and potentially stem it.\n\nPrime Minister Giuseppe Conte has defended his government's response, insisting that the high number here is because Italy is testing more people than other European countries. There is a hope that the outbreak has stabilised, with new cases slowing.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Mark Lowen This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 authorities here are worried.\n\nWith the unprecedented containment measures widening, the economic impact could be severe.\n\nPublic spaces have been cordoned off, schools, universities and museums are closed, key events like the Venice Carnival and Milan fashion week have been curbed, even filming of the new Mission Impossible in Venice has been suspended.\n\nPassengers at the main station in Lombardy's capital, Milan, are now wearing face masks because of the rapid spread of the virus\n\nLombardy and Veneto - the two most affected regions - make up 30% of the Italian economy. Italy's growth is already estimated at just 0.1% for 2019 - the lowest in the eurozone. The talk now is that the impact of the virus could tip it into recession.\n\nNeighbouring Croatia and Greece have cancelled all school visits to Italy. Kuwait has stopped flights here. Italy itself was the first European country to halt flights to and from China when the outbreak began: a risk for an economy that depends on some five million Chinese tourists a year.\n\nIn an era of social media, rumours and scaremongering fly fast.\n\nIt's too early to talk of panic here. But some supermarkets are seeing empty shelves, as families stock up.\n\nBars and restaurants are closing this week - the old town of Piacenza was eerily quiet for a weekday evening. The far-right opposition is harnessing the situation to push its call for closed borders.\n\n\"We're confident our public health system can face this if it's a few hundred cases,\" says Andrea Alloni by phone from Codogno. \"But if the number spikes, it won't be able to cope. I pray to God this doesn't happen.\"\n• None On the edge of Italy's coronavirus lockdown. Video, 00:01:08On the edge of Italy's coronavirus lockdown", "Comedian Leigh Francis says fake versions of the charity T-shirt he made following the death of his friend Caroline Flack are being sold online.\n\nThe actor - better known as Keith Lemon - accuses other people of \"ripping off\" his design, which he made to support The Samaritans.\n\nAnd he's urging websites remove the fakes to make sure as much money as possible goes to charity.\n\nSo far, more than 11,000 of his original Be Kind tees have been sold.\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 keithlemon 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\nCaroline took her own life earlier this month and Keith had known her for years.\n\nLaunching his T-shirt, he said he wanted to spread her #BeKind message - and said all the profits would go to charity.\n\nBut fakes have started springing up online.\n\nSome of the fakes Newsbeat found for sale online\n\nRadio 1 Newsbeat's found a number of sites selling the fakes - originals can only be purchased through Keith Lemon's own pages.\n\nAnd the comedian's put out a number of messages on Instagram, urging people not to buy the copies.\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 keithlemon This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"Thanks so much to everyone who's bought a T-shirt for Be Kind. Unfortunately, there's a website called Teespring.com that's ripped off the design and unless they're going to give that money to The Samaritans, then they've stolen my design and taken that money that would've gone to The Samaritans,\" he said.\n\nHe then posted another message to say the company had removed the fakes.\n\nTeespring has since apologised, saying all designs are created by \"independent individuals\". It also says the user's account has been \"disabled\" and that it \"doesn't support this behaviour\".\n\nThe company hasn't said whether it'll be handing over any profits to charity - but fakes are turning up on a number of other sites too.\n\nThe photo of Caroline that Keith used for inspiration was taken by Rachell Smith.\n\n\"Keith is doing a lovely thing here,\" says Rachell.\n\n\"As for any other companies selling a version of this commercially, please respectfully stop.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Amanda & Callum Trowsdale💙 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 Steven Dodgson This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nNewsbeat has contacted several of the sites selling fakes but so far, there has been no comment.\n\nIf you are affected by any of the issues raised in this article and want help or information you can visit BBC Advice.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "An internal Scotland Yard investigation has found it credible that one of its former undercover officers had a relationship with a teenage animal rights campaigner.\n\nAndy Coles, currently a member of Peterborough City Council, denies he had a sexual relationship with the woman when he posed as an activist in the 1990s.\n\nHe stood down as Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough in 2017 following media attention surrounding the allegations.\n\nHe was a member of Metropolitan police unit, the Special Demonstration squad, which infiltrated protest groups.\n\nThe woman, \"Jessica\", is now asking for an apology and compensation from the Metropolitan police.", "The focus of the coronavirus outbreak is shifting – from China to the rest of the world, particularly Europe, where a number of countries are starting to see multiple cases.\n\nOn the face of it, this seems like bad news. More people are being affected in more countries and clusters of deaths in Iran, South Korea and northern Italy are concerning.\n\nBut there are positives too. China appears to be getting on top of the virus with the number of new cases each day reducing.\n\nThis suggests that efforts to contain the virus by telling people to stay at home, stopping large public gatherings and preventing travel are working.\n\nThe message from officials at the World Health Organization is that containment is still possible and a global pandemic is not inevitable.\n\nThis view has been echoed in the UK where the government has warned of the social and economic costs of overreacting in response to the outbreak.\n\nKeeping the public safe is the priority – but so is acting in a balanced and responsible way.\n\nHowever, with several sporting events being cancelled and postponed across Europe, playing down the panic is a challenge.", "Lord Steel (left) is one of those criticised in the report for failing to pass on allegations about ex-MP Cyril Smith\n\nPolitical institutions failed to respond to historical claims of child sexual abuse but there was no evidence of an organised paedophile network at Westminster, an inquiry has found.\n\nThe Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse said there had been a \"significant problem\" of deference towards people of public prominence.\n\nIts report said political parties and police had turned a \"blind eye\".\n\nLord Steel, one of those it criticised, has now quit the Liberal Democrats.\n\nThe inquiry found that institutions \"regularly put their own reputations or political interests before child protection\".\n\nIt cited as an example former Liberal party leader, Lord Steel, who was criticised for not acting on information that the late MP Cyril Smith had abused children.\n\nLord Steel told the inquiry last year how in 1979 he failed to pass on allegations against the then MP for Rochdale - even though he believed them to be true - because it was \"past history\".\n\nHe subsequently recommended Smith for his knighthood.\n\nLord Steel announced on Tuesday he had quit the Liberal Democrats and would be retiring as a member of the House of Lords.\n\nHe said: \"Knowing all I know now, I condemn Cyril Smith's actions towards children.\"\n\nProf Alexis Jay, who chaired the inquiry, said: \"It is clear to see that Westminster institutions have repeatedly failed to deal with allegations of child sexual abuse, from turning a blind eye to actively shielding abusers.\"\n\nHowever, the report found no evidence of a co-ordinated \"paedophile ring\" in Westminster, following claims by fantasist Carl Beech, who was jailed last year for making false allegations.\n\nThe investigation decided at an early stage to ignore allegations by Carl Beech about a string of public figures\n\nIt stated there was also no evidence such a network was covered up by security services or police.\n\nResponding to the inquiry, ex-Conservative MP Harvey Proctor - who was among those to be falsely accused by Beech - said he had always \"made it clear that there was no Westminster VIP paedophile network or ring\".\n\nHe added the report's findings had vindicated his position and that the real victims of historical child sexual abuse had not benefitted from the inquiry.\n\nThe report also highlighted how former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and ex-Conservative party chairman Norman Tebbit were aware in the 1980s of rumours about MP Peter Morrison having \"a penchant for small boys\" but did nothing about it.\n\nThe allegations \"should have rung alarm bells in government\", it said.\n\nIt found there had been a \"consistent culture for years\" in the Tory whips' offices to \"protect the image\" of their party by \"playing down rumours and protecting politicians from gossip or scandal at all costs\".\n\nThe report said that at that time \"nobody seemed to care about the fate of the children involved, with status and political concerns overriding all else\".\n\n\"Even though we did not find evidence of a Westminster network, the lasting effect on those who suffered as children from being sexually abused by individuals linked to Westminster has been just as profound,\" it added.\n\nCritics of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse accuse it of grasping for scapegoats because the allegations, which were swirling when it began, turned out to have no substance.\n\nOfficials say they looked hard for evidence of an establishment paedophile network, but didn't find any. They defend this report as going to the heart of the inquiry's core role - to identify the failure of institutions to protect children.\n\nThe inquiry only found a limited number of examples of powerful political men abusing children, mostly dating back decades and, perhaps as a result, its list of recommendations is relatively short.\n\nThey include removing official honours from abusers, tightening up safeguarding and protecting whistleblowers.\n\nBut the Westminster strand was one of more than a dozen investigations. The inquiry has had more success in identifying considerable failures which allowed abuse in children's homes and religious settings.\n\nIts final report is still more than a year away. One thread runs through all of its work - a failure in the past to take action when abuse came to light.\n\nThe inquiry is likely to recommend making it a legal requirement to act on concerns, for anyone working closely with children.\n\nAfter Lord Steel gave evidence to the inquiry, he was suspended by the Scottish Liberal Democrats. But the party later determined that there were \"no grounds for action\" against the politician, who is also a former MSP and Holyrood presiding officer.\n\nA Liberal Democrats spokeswoman said the party would be \"thoroughly reading\" this latest report, adding that \"Cyril Smith's acts were vile and repugnant\".\n\nA lawyer representing eight of Smith's accusers said Lord Steel's \"inaction\" after being told by Smith himself that he had molested young boys was \"unforgivable\".\n\nRichard Scorer said Lord Steel was not being blamed for Smith's alleged crimes but \"for his own failure to stop Smith when he had the chance\".\n\n\"This must surely now be the catalyst for a mandatory reporting law, compelling those who suspect child abuse to report their concerns,\" he added.\n\nLord Steel says he discussed the allegations with Cyril Smith in 1979\n\nLord Steel said he feared that he had been made a \"proxy\" for Smith, because the inquiry had failed to secure \"a parliamentary scalp\".\n\nAnnouncing he was quitting the Liberal Democrats, he said he wanted to avoid \"turmoil in my party and to prevent further distress to my family\" after some had called for a new investigation.\n\n\"With considerable personal sorrow\", he said, he was retiring from the Lords to \"enjoy a quiet retirement from public life\".\n\nThe report made a number of suggestions, including re-examining the policy on forfeiting honours after the death of the recipient - which would strip knighthoods from the likes of disgraced entertainer Jimmy Savile.\n\nIt also recommended creating widespread and well-understood whistleblowing policies for all Westminster institutions.\n\nThe Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in England and Wales, set up in 2014, has been investigating claims against local authorities, religious organisations, the armed forces and public and private institutions - as well as people in the public eye.\n\nLaunched following the Savile scandal, the inquiry's investigation into Westminster is one of 15 separate investigations, which are expected to be completed later this year.", "Disney boss Bob Iger, who led the media company through several blockbuster acquisitions and the launch of a streaming network, is stepping down as chief executive.\n\nDisney said it had appointed Bob Chapek, who previously ran the company's parks and products division, to replace him.\n\nMr Iger will remain Disney's executive chairman until the end of next year to direct \"creative endeavours\".\n\nThe move came as a surprise.\n\nMr Iger, who is considered by many to be the most powerful man in Hollywood, had served as chief executive since 2005. He has previously announced plans to retire only to push back his departure date.\n\nIn a statement on Tuesday, Mr Iger said it was the \"optimal time\" to begin to hand control of the company to a new leader.\n\nDisney recently completed the acquisition of Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox entertainment empire and launched the Disney+ streaming channel late last year.\n\nEarlier, Mr Iger presided over the firm's acquisition of Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm.\n\n\"The company has gotten larger and more complex just in the recent 12 months,\" Mr Iger said on a conference call on Tuesday.\n\n\"I felt that with the asset bases in place and with our strategy deployed I should be spending as much time as possible on the creative side of our business.\"\n\nRemaining as executive chairman would ease the transition, he added.\n\nMr Chapek oversaw the opening of the Shanghai Disney Resort\n\nMr Chapek, who joined Disney in 1993, will be the firm's seventh chief executive since it was formed in the 1920s. In his prior role, among other achievements, he oversaw the opening of Disney's park in Shanghai.\n\n\"His tremendous understanding of the breadth and depth of the Company and appreciation for the special connection between Disney and its consumers makes him the perfect choice,\" said Disney board member Susan Arnold.\n\nShares in the firm fell 2% in after-hours trading after the news was announced.\n\nMr Iger, who recently published a memoir, is much beloved by investors for his record steering the company to steady profits, despite upheaval in the television and movie industries.\n\nDisney claimed seven of the top 10 box office hits globally last year and the new streaming channel has already attracted more than 28 million paying customers.\n\nThe firm's market value has increased five-fold during his tenure, Ms Arnold said. The firm is now worth about $230bn.", "Hosni Mubarak was president of Egypt for 30 years\n\nFormer Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak – ousted by the military in 2011 – has died in Cairo at the age of 91.\n\nMubarak spent three decades in office before a popular uprising swept Egypt.\n\nHe was found guilty of complicity in the killing of protesters during the revolution. That conviction was overturned and was freed in March 2017.\n\nHis death was confirmed by Egyptian state news on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, the Al-Watan website reported that he died at a military hospital.\n\nMubarak underwent surgery in late January and was photographed with his grandson as he recovered.\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 omaralaamubarak 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 Saturday, however, Mubarak's son Alaa said that the former president remained in intensive care.\n\nBorn in 1928, Mubarak entered the air force as a teenager and went on to play a key role in the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.\n\nHe became president less than a decade later, following the assassination of President Anwar Sadat, and played a key role in the Israel-Palestinian peace process.\n\nBut despite the billions of dollars in military aid Egypt received during his time in office, unemployment, poverty and corruption continued to grow.\n\nDiscontent boiled over in January 2011, after similar protests in Tunisia led to the overthrow of the president there. Mubarak was forced to step down 18 days later.\n\nJust over a year after Mubarak's overthrow, Mohamed Morsi, an Islamist politician, won Egypt's first democratic presidential election.\n\nThe new president lasted less than a year in office. Amid mass protests, he was ousted in a military coup led by Gen Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.\n\nGen Sisi went on to win two presidential elections. Morsi died in prison in 2019.\n\nIn 2012, Mubarak was sentenced to life imprisonment over the deaths of some of the 900 protesters who were killed by security forces during the uprising a year earlier.\n\nBoth he and his two sons were also convicted of corruption.\n\nBut the more serious charges against Mubarak were later overturned and he was released in 2017.", "This video has been removed for rights reasons.\n\nA memorial service has been held at the Staples Centre for NBA star Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, 13, who were killed in a helicopter crash on January 26.\n\nHis widow Vanessa Bryant spoke candidly to the crowd of 20,000 people about her loss, as did basketball legend Michael Jordan.\n\nBeyonce and Alicia Keys performed and fans, with and without tickets, paid their respects outside of the stadium.\n\nEarlier, Ms Bryant announced she is suing the owner of the helicopter in which her husband, her daughter and seven other people were travelling when it crashed in fog.", "The UK has one of the largest defence budgets in the world\n\nThe UK is to \"overhaul its approach to foreign policy\" as part of a government review, Downing Street has announced.\n\nNo 10 says insights from internal and external experts will challenge \"traditional Whitehall assumptions\".\n\nThe diplomatic service, tackling organised crime, the use of technology and the procurement of military supplies will all be looked at.\n\nThe review will also seek \"innovative ways\" to promote UK interests while committing to spending targets.\n\nThe 2019 Conservative manifesto promised that the UK would continue to spend 0.7% of gross national income on international aid. The party also said it would exceed the Nato target of spending 2% of gross domestic product on defence.\n\nBoris Johnson's new government faces a number of foreign policy challenges including securing a post-Brexit trade deal with the EU.\n\nFrench Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian recently predicted the two sides would \"rip each other apart\" during negotiations which are due to begin on Monday.\n\nThe UK is also hoping to secure a trade deal with the US but relations have been strained by the prime minister's decision to use Huawei to build the 5G network in the face of US opposition.\n\nThe government is also keen to strengthen ties with China, but some of the prime minister's own MPs - including Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Tom Tugendhat - have cautioned against allowing Chinese companies' heavy involvement in projects such as the 5G network and HS2.\n\nSetting out details of the Integrated Review - first announced in December's Queen's Speech - Number 10 said Brexit presented \"new opportunities to define and strengthen Britain's place in the world\".\n\nIts remit, as set out by the government, is to:\n\nIn a written statement, the prime minister said a cross-Whitehall team in the Cabinet Secretariat and a \"small taskforce\" in Number 10 will report to him and the National Security Council during the review.\n\n\"The review will be closely aligned with this year's Comprehensive Spending Review but will also look beyond it,\" he said in the statement.\n\nExperts \"beyond Whitehall\" in the UK and \"among our allies\" will be consulted, Mr Johnson said, and Parliament will be kept \"fully informed\".\n\nThe review is expected to conclude later this year.\n\nThe UK is seeking to negotiate a new trade deal with both the US and the EU\n\nThe government says it will \"utilise expertise from both inside and outside government for the review, ensuring the UK's best foreign policy minds are feeding into its conclusions and offering constructive challenge to traditional Whitehall assumptions and thinking\".\n\nThe UK's last full-scale security and defence review was completed in late 2015, before the UK voted to leave the EU.\n\nBut Mr Tugendhat suggested it had been more than 20 years since a British government comprehensively reviewed its foreign policy objectives and the \"tools\" needed to achieve them.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 4's Today it would premature to speculate on whether any \"rejigging\" of defence and aid priorities would result in cuts to manpower in any of the armed services.\n\n\"We all know that the fundamental decisive factor in battle, whether that is in sea, land or air, is people. It is basically draining the resources of your enemy and undermining their ability to fight,\" he said.\n\n\"That can be done in different ways - sometimes it is done by infantry soldiers... sometimes it is done by ships denying access to areas or protecting convoys and sometimes it is done by RAF pilots flying drones... All of these are different tools.\"\n• None The tough questions facing the UK and US", "Mr Gui has been in and out of Chinese detention for years\n\nA Chinese court has sentenced Hong Kong bookseller Gui Minhai to 10 years in jail for \"illegally providing intelligence overseas\".\n\nMr Gui, who holds Swedish citizenship, has been in and out of Chinese detention since 2015, when he went missing during a holiday in Thailand.\n\nHe is known to have previously published books on the personal lives of Chinese Communist Party members.\n\nRights groups condemned the \"harsh sentence\" and called for his release.\n\nHe was one of five owners of a small bookstore in Hong Kong who went missing in 2015. It later emerged that they had been taken to China. Four were later freed, but Mr Gui remained in Chinese detention.\n\nIn delivering its verdict, the Ningbo Intermediate People's Court said that his Chinese citizenship had been reinstated in 2018. China does not recognise dual citizenship.\n\nSweden's foreign minister on Tuesday called for Mr Gui's release, referring to him a \"citizen\".\n\n\"We have not had access to the trial,\" said Ann Linde in a tweet. \"[We] demand that Gui be released and that we have access to our citizens to provide consular support.\"\n\nBut according to a Reuters report, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said consular arrangements had been put on hold because of the latest coronavirus outbreak, and would be restored once the health problem was \"resolved\".\n\nZhao Lijian added that Mr Gui's \"rights and interests... [had] been fully guaranteed\".\n\nHuman rights group Amnesty International on Tuesday also called for Mr Gui to be released immediately and said the charges were \"completely unsubstantiated\".\n\nMr Gui first made headlines in 2015 when he vanished from Thailand and resurfaced in China.\n\nAfter his disappearance, there were allegations that he had been abducted by Chinese agents. Chinese officials, however, say Mr Gui and the four other men all went to China voluntarily.\n\nThe bookseller ultimately confessed to being involved in a fatal traffic accident more than a decade earlier - a confession supporters say was forced.\n\nHe served two years in prison but he was arrested months after his release while he was travelling to the Chinese capital of Beijing with two Swedish diplomats.\n\nChina later released a video interview featuring Mr Gui. In it, he accused Sweden of \"sensationalising\" his case. It is not uncommon for Chinese criminal suspects to appear in \"confessional\" videos.\n\nEarlier in 2019, Sweden recalled its ambassador to China Anna Lindstedt, who was accused of brokering an unauthorised meeting between Angela Gui - the daughter of Mr Gui - and two Chinese businessmen.\n\nMs Gui - who has been vocal in campaigning for her father's release - said one of the men had pressured her to accept a deal where her father would go to trial and might be sentenced to \"a few years\" in prison, and in return she would stop all publicity around her father's detention.", "As jurors were sworn in for Harvey Weinstein's trial in New York, the judge told them in no uncertain terms that this case was not intended to be a referendum on the #MeToo movement as a whole. But the trial, which ended with him being convicted of rape and sexual assault, at times felt like one.\n\nWeinstein now faces a 23-year sentence which will probably see him spend the rest of his life behind bars. This is the story of the downfall of one of Hollywood's most powerful men.\n\nYou may find some of the details in this article upsetting\n\nIt was a watershed moment. More than two years after allegations started to emerge about the Hollywood producer, some of his victims finally had their chance to be heard in court.\n\nTwelve jurors were tasked with ruling on sex charges, which Weinstein denied, in a trial that saw complex questions about consent and power dynamics on the stand. Jurors heard harrowing testimony from six women who, at times in tears, recounted their alleged assaults by the producer. At one point a woman, who he was later convicted of raping, had to leave court after suffering a panic attack in the witness box.\n\nWeinstein's high-powered defence team tried to flip the narrative and paint his accusers as the manipulators in the situation: women who used Weinstein for his industry prowess and later regretted and mischaracterised their sexual encounters as non-consensual. During weeks of testimony, jurors heard everything from claims about Weinstein's genitals being deformed to nude photographs of the movie mogul himself.\n\nEvery day journalists lined up, often before sunrise, to claim a place on the press benches. Cameras were not allowed inside the Manhattan Supreme Court, but the entrance was always lined with paparazzi scrambling to get daily shots and sound-bites from Weinstein, who had barely been seen in public for two years.\n\nWeinstein was a giant of the movie industry in every sense. Productions in his name became synonymous with success in Hollywood, with hundreds of Oscar nominations and 81 wins across his career. On stage, as he accepted awards, his large frame would often hulk over the stars of his films.\n\nThe image of Weinstein at his trial was a very different one: once reportedly 300lb (136kg), he appeared frail and shuffled in to court most days with his back hunched over a metal walking frame.\n\nWeinstein (seen celebrating 1999 film Shakespeare in Love) used private investigators to probe accusers\n\nWeinstein had been investigated in New York in 2015 over a groping claim, but was not prosecuted\n\nThe term #MeToo preceded Weinstein, but was propelled across the globe as allegations mounted against him in October 2017. Millions of people from all ages, backgrounds and nationalities used the hashtag to detail their experiences of harassment and abuse. Other celebrities were implicated but it was the scale of claims against Weinstein, then arguably the most powerful man in Hollywood, that proved the most shocking.\n\nMore than 100 women came forward with allegations about him - everything from aggressive outbursts to serious sexual assault. Stars at the very top of the industry, like Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie, told of unwanted advances and upsetting interactions. Other women described, often in graphic detail, alleged rapes by the producer. Weinstein has consistently denied all allegations of non-consensual sex and his lawyers have vowed to appeal against his conviction.\n\nDespite dozens of allegations against him, these were the first to make it to trial.\n\nIn that time Weinstein had all but disappeared from public view. His marriage broke up and he is said to have sought treatment for sex addiction. His business partner brother described his behaviour as \"sick and depraved\" and their production company filed for bankruptcy.\n\nWeinstein and his former company reached a tentative $25m settlement with some accusers in December\n\nDuring a rare interview, reportedly given without his lawyer's knowledge in December, Weinstein complained of feeling like a \"forgotten man\" within Hollywood. Speaking just one day after three-hour surgery to ease compression on his spine, he told the New York Post that he deserved a pat on the back for everything he had done for women in film. He posed for photographs in a medical centre wearing jeans and a T-shirt, which he lifted to reveal a bandage on his back from which a tube drained blood into a container fixed to a metal walking aid.\n\nThe walking frame took on a starring role during the trial when an argument broke out when prosecutors labelled it a \"prop\". Weinstein's lawyers even wanted his surgeon to testify to prove he wasn't faking his injury to gain sympathy.\n\nOn the first day, a group of high-profile accusers gathered outside the court to try to face him down. \"You brought this upon yourself by hurting so many,\" actress Rose McGowan said, addressing her alleged rapist through the media. \"You have only yourself to blame.\"\n\nWeinstein's legal team made repeated appeals for the trial to be moved from Manhattan, citing the \"carnival-like atmosphere\" engulfing it. At one point, the defence complained after a flash-mob of protesters chanting lyrics including \"The rapist is you\" could be heard from inside the courtroom. At another, one of the world's best-known supermodels, Gigi Hadid, appeared as a potential juror.\n\nA Chilean anti-rape anthem, Un Violador en tu Camino (\"A Rapist In Your Path\"), was performed outside\n\nAbout 2,000 people were reportedly summoned during the jury selection process and prosecutors accused Weinstein's team of \"systematically eliminating\" young white women, resembling his victims, from serving on the jury. After almost two weeks, the group of 12 was finalised with seven men and five women.\n\nWeinstein denied five felony charges relating to allegations of sexual assault and rape. They related to incidents involving Mimi Haleyi, a former production assistant who he forced oral sex on at his Manhattan apartment in 2006, and Jessica Mann, a one-time aspiring actress who he raped in a New York hotel room in 2013.\n\nAnother alleged victim, Sopranos star Annabella Sciorra, alleged he had forced his way into her New York apartment and raped her some time in the winter of 1993/4. The amount of time passed since the alleged incident meant it fell outside of New York's statute of limitations and could not be charged separately, but the judge ruled her testimony could be used to support the most serious charges on the indictment: for predatory sexual assault.\n\nThree other women were also permitted by the judge to appear as \"prior bad acts\" witnesses to help establish a pattern of behaviour and common motive. All were aspiring actresses in their 20s, hoping to break into the industry, when they described being assaulted by him.\n\nActress Rosanna Arquette, among the accusers, vowed \"we aren't going anywhere\" as the trial opened\n\nThis tactic was notably used to help secure a conviction against US comedian Bill Cosby, who was jailed in 2018. Kristen Gibbons Feden was a prosecutor on both his trials and told the BBC that \"prior bad act\" witnesses' willingness to take the stand, and be open to cross-examination without the hope of direct justice for themselves, can play a \"critical\" role in undermining defence arguments and establishing the motive of repeat offenders.\n\n\"These women who testified, all of the women who testified in Cosby's trial, were willing to put their lives, their public sanctity and character on the line to try and assist the prosecution with putting away a serial rapist - I think that just speaks volumes about the movement,\" she said.\n\nPhysical evidence was never likely to play a part in the trial, given how much time had passed since the alleged incidents took place. The case would therefore rise and fall on the believability of the accusations against Weinstein: a case of he said, she said - or, in this trial, they said. \"Obviously, any time you have a criminal trial, the goal of a defence attorney is to question the credibility of the witnesses - but particularly when the only evidence is eyewitness testimony, which it is in this case,\" Julie Rendelman, a former prosecutor turned criminal defence lawyer, told the BBC.\n\nSciorra was the first accuser to take the stand against Weinstein. She alleged that he forced his way into her 17th-floor Gramercy Park apartment and raped her, shortly after offering to drive her home from a dinner they attended with others, including Pulp Fiction star Uma Thurman. \"I felt very overpowered as he was very big,\" she told the court, who had heard he was almost three times her weight of about 110-115lb (50kg) at the time.\n\n\"Then he grabbed me. He led me into the bedroom and he shoved me on the bed. I was punching him, I was kicking him, I was trying to take him away from me. He took my hands and put my hands over my head,\" she said, motioning with her arms.\n\nSciorra said Weinstein, on another occasion, showed up to her Cannes hotel room with baby oil\n\nIn turn the defence called witnesses, including Sciorra's apartment's building manager, to try to contradict her claims. During the trial some defence witnesses appeared only once under subpoena, apparently reluctant to appear and contradict the account of accusers, who in some cases were former friends.\n\nThe defence quizzed Sciorra on her acting ability and success: playing a 1997 clip from a well-known US talk show where she admitted making-up colourful lies about her life in press interviews. They questioned why she didn't raise the alarm about what happened. \"He was someone I knew,\" she told the court. \"I felt at the time that rape was something that happened in a back alleyway in a dark place by someone you didn't know.\"\n\nThey also called Professor Elizabeth Loftus, a false-memory expert, who testified about her research on how recollection can become distorted and contaminated over time.\n\nWith the main accusers, the defence tried to upend the narratives of manipulation presented by the prosecution. They said Haleyi and Mann's ongoing, and often friendly, communication with Weinstein after their assaults was evidence the relationships were consensual. Haleyi tearfully told the court how he lunged and physically overpowered her in 2006, removing a tampon and forcing oral sex on her when she was on her period.\n\n\"I checked out and decided to endure it,\" she told the court. \"That was the safest thing I could do.\"\n\nProsecutors said accusers like Haleyi (pictured) \"sacrificed their dignity, their privacy, and their peace\" to be heard\n\nHis lawyers confronted her with messages she sent to the producer afterwards, including ones signed off \"lots of love\" and \"peace and love\". \"I asked for jobs from many people, including Harvey Weinstein,\" she said about contact over career opportunities. She also said she had felt \"trapped\" by her circumstances, so she decided to \"almost pretend [the assault] didn't happen\".\n\nJessica Mann told the court that she had entered in a \"degrading relationship\" with Weinstein, which included subsequent consensual acts, after her rape.\n\nPsychologist Dr Barbara Ziv was called by the prosecution to try and push back on some of the defence's scrutiny of his victims' behaviour. Dr Ziv, who also testified at Cosby's second trial, spoke about her 20 years of experience with assault survivors and sought to dispel so-called \"rape myths\".\n\n\"A vast majority of sexual assault victims don't report promptly,\" she told the court. \"The time can range from days to months to years to report an assault - to never.\" She also said it was \"extremely common\" for victims to remain in contact with their attacker, sometimes in fear of retribution, and pointed out an overwhelming majority of assaults are committed by someone the victim knows.\n\n\"The trial was set up to raise some complicated issues around consent and what it looks like,\" Deborah Tuerkheimer, a professor at Northwestern University School of Law, told Variety. \"Jessica Mann in particular has really been a complex witness.\"\n\nThe three-day testimony by Mann, whose identity had not been made public before the trial, provided some of its most powerful moments. Journalists inside the court said that at one point, after being pressed to read an email which alluded to abuse earlier in her life, Mann broke down and started sobbing uncontrollably. The New York Times reported that, after being excused from court, she could be heard screaming in another room.\n\nMann (pictured) said she wanted to get away but \"shut down\" during the 2013 rape\n\nWhen quizzed about their ongoing communication, the 34-year-old told lawyers: \"I know the history of my relationship with him... I know it was complicated and difficult but it does not change the fact that he raped me.\"\n\nThe point was seized upon by Assistant District Attorney Joan Illuzzi-Orbon when she closed the case on Valentine's Day. \"Jessica Mann could have been completely head over heels in love with Harvey Weinstein,\" she said. \"She could have had his name tattooed on her arm. She could have been writing him love notes every single day. She could have been married to him. If all of that was true, it still wouldn't make a difference, he still wouldn't be allowed to rape her.\"\n\nThis argument mirrored an earlier one by the defence who told the jury they could dislike Weinstein, but still not believe his guilt had been proven.\n\n\"You don't have to like Mr. Weinstein. This is not a popularity contest,\" lawyer Donna Rotunno said during almost five hours of closing testimony. \"In this country it's the unpopular people that need juries the most,\" Rotunno said. \"The unpopular person needs you the most.\"\n\nRotunno accused prosecutors of scripting a reality which \"strips adult women of common sense, autonomy and responsibility\". Illuzzi-Orbon maintained Weinstein was a \"predator\" who preyed on women he saw as \"complete disposables\".\n\nWeinstein did not testify at trial, despite a last-minute meeting giving the appearance he wanted to\n\nFrom her glamorous designer outfits, to her towering heels to the gold \"not guilty\" pendant she reportedly wore around her neck to court, Rotunno became the public face of the defence team.\n\nThe lawyer has built her reputation on defending men in high-profile sexual misconduct cases. During the trial Rotunno came under fire for comments made both inside and outside the courtroom. An interview she gave to the New York Times' The Daily podcast drew particular scorn. When asked if she had ever been sexually assaulted herself, Rotunno responded: \"I have not,\" before pausing and adding: \"because I would never put myself in that position\".\n\nShe also suggested men should get written consent before engaging in sex and asserted societal pressure to \"believe all women\" meant there was now \"zero\" risk for accusers to come forward and make claims. Prosecutors repeatedly complained that her interviews violated rules.\n\nProsecutors accused her of trying to influence the jury with one opinion piece\n\nThe defence's arguments were also criticised by survivors and activist groups, who accused them of victim-blaming and perpetuating misconceptions about rape.\n\nIn the end the jury, having earlier signalled they were divided on the predatory assault charges factoring in Sciorra, ruled not guilty on those two counts. They took five days to reach their decision, finding Weinstein guilty of the third-degree rape of Jessica Mann and of a criminal sex act in his assault of Mimi Haleyi.\n\nMore than two years after dozens of women came out against him, turning public opinion, Weinstein was finally found guilty in a court of law.\n\nThe verdict was celebrated as a major victory by alleged victims and women's rights advocates.\n\nLaura Palumbo, communications director for the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, told the BBC that while the Weinstein trial was a \"significant moment\" nationally, it was important to remember that it did not reflect the reality of most rape cases in the US justice system.\n\nThe US-based Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) estimates that 995 out of every 1,000 perpetrators of sexual assault, or about 99.5%, will walk free because of low reporting and conviction rates.\n\nWeinstein faced between five and 29 years in prison for the crimes\n\nImmediately after his conviction, Weinstein was taken to hospital and later fitted with a heart stent.\n\nHis lawyers had implored leniency from the judge, arguing Weinstein had already been punished with his \"historic\" fall from grace. They insisted even the five-year minimum term could prove a \"de-facto life sentence\" for him given his age and declining health.\n\nThe judge ignored that plea. There were reportedly gasps around the court as the near-maximum prison term of 23 years was handed down.\n\nAll six women who testified at his trial sat together as his punishment was announced. The Silence Breakers, another group of Weinstein accusers, welcomed the sentence but said no amount of jail time could make up for the damage he had caused to lives and careers.\n\nWeinstein appeared for his sentencing in a wheelchair. Before the judge jailed him, Weinstein spoke in court for the first time to express remorse for the situation but insisted he had \"wonderful times\" and \"friendships\" with his victims. He also admitted feeling \"totally confused\" about what was happening to him.\n\n\"Thousands of men are losing due process. I'm worried about this country,\" he said, in comments seen as critical of #MeToo. Despite his apparent confusion, Weinstein's legal troubles are far from over. The 67-year-old still faces further assault charges in Los Angeles.\n\nVictims and campaigners hope his trial will set a wider precedent where other offenders, no matter how powerful, will also be held to account.\n\n\"This case - and the national reckoning about the pervasiveness of sexual violence it sparked - will have a lasting legacy,\" RAINN president Scott Berkowitz said in a statement. \"We hope that survivors will feel encouraged to come forward, knowing that it can truly make a difference in bringing perpetrators to justice.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nLiverpool survived a rare night of struggle in this stellar season to overcome West Ham United and close to within four wins of the Premier League title as keeper Lukasz Fabianski suffered an Anfield nightmare.\n\nVictory means Liverpool equal the English top-flight record of 18 successive wins, set by Manchester City from August to December 2017, with Jurgen Klopp's side last dropping points in a 1-1 draw with Manchester United in October.\n\nThe Hammers - whose fans staged protests against the club's owners throughout - threatened to inflict Liverpool's first league defeat this term when they led midway through the second half.\n\nLiverpool took an early lead when Fabianski failed to deal with a routine Georginio Wijnaldum header but David Moyes' side showed great character to hit back through Issa Diop's header, which should also have been kept out by Alisson.\n\nAnd when substitute Pablo Fornals swept West Ham into the lead nine minutes after the break Liverpool were faced with a fight to preserve their unbeaten 27-match league run.\n\nIt had been a poor display by their sky-high standards but their luck was in as Fabianski was the culprit again, inexplicably allowing Mohamed Salah's shot to squirm through his legs in the 68th minute.\n\nThere was a sense of inevitability as Liverpool went for victory and so it proved as Sadio Mane turned in with nine minutes left after Trent Alexander-Arnold lofted the ball over Fabianski.\n\nIt was cruel on West Ham and Moyes, with Liverpool keeper Alisson having to produce a crucial late block from substitute Jarrod Bowen.\n\nLiverpool have restored their 22-point lead at the top and the Hammers are left in the bottom three.\n• None When and where can Liverpool win the title?\n\nLiverpool have produced months of thrilling football but this inevitable title triumph has also been about winning with narrow margins when just short of their best.\n\nThe champions-elect were a long way short of that here and the decisive moment in this match was when Fabianski, who has been a reliable figure for West Ham, compounded his error for Wijnaldum's goal with a horror moment as Salah's shot slipped through his legs and into the net in front of an exultant Kop.\n\nLiverpool missed the driving force and leadership of injured captain Jordan Henderson and it was no surprise when Naby Keita was substituted after a poor performance.\n\nThe great quality of this Liverpool side, and make no mistake they got lucky with Fabianski's howlers, is that they are currently driven by an unshakeable self-belief and the error for Salah's goal tipped the balance firmly in their favour.\n\nIt is a truly remarkable effort to have dropped only two points after 27 games and Liverpool will happily grab moments of good fortune when they can.\n\nLiverpool's celebrations were subdued at the final whistle, perhaps an acknowledgement of an average display - but this will not matter when in due course they are crowned champions for the first time in 30 years.\n\nMoyes must feel Anfield holds him in a curse - he has never won at Anfield in 16 attempts as a manager with Everton, Manchester United, Sunderland or West Ham.\n\nThe Scot's joyous celebrations when Fornals gave West Ham the lead at a time his side were performing with real heart must have had him believing the drought might be over until things took a nasty twist with that Fabianski error.\n\nWest Ham's fans came here to protest against their owners, with black balloons let off and a series of banners unfurled reading \"Karren Brady - You're Fired. \"Sullivan This Charmless Man.\" \"Run Like A Circus Owned By Clowns\" and \"State Of The Art Retractable Promises.\"\n\nIf there was discontent off the field, they will have been pleased with what they saw on it as West Ham ran Liverpool as close as just about anyone at Anfield this season.\n\nMoyes still faces an uphill struggle but he can at least take some encouragement from West Ham's display once the bitter taste of defeat has eased.\n\nA bad record for Moyes - the best of the stats\n• None West Ham manager David Moyes remains without an away win against Liverpool in all competitions, failing in 16 attempts (D7, L9) and losing the last four in a row with Man Utd, Sunderland and West Ham.\n• None Liverpool have won their last 21 home Premier League games, equalling the English top-flight record for consecutive home wins, set by the Reds themselves between January and December 1972 under Bill Shankly.\n• None They have scored 14 headed goals in the Premier League this season, more than any other side.\n• None Only Cesc Fabregas (20y 134d) and Wayne Rooney (21y 63d) have reached 25 Premier League assists at a younger age than Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold (21y 140d).\n• None Since making his debut for West Ham in February 2017, Robert Snodgrass has registered 12 assists in the Premier League for the Hammers, more than any other player.\n• None Mohamed Salah has been directly involved in eight goals in six Premier League appearances against West Ham (6 goals, 2 assists).\n• None Since his Premier League debut in August 2014, Liverpool's Andrew Robertson has registered 27 assists in the competition, more than any other defender in that time.\n• None Sadio Mane has been directly involved in eight goals in his last six Premier League appearances against West Ham (5 goals, 3 assists), scoring in each of his last four against the Hammers.\n\n'I never thought it would be equalled' - what they said\n\nLiverpool boss Jurgen Klopp speaking to Sky Sports: \"I liked a lot how we started. We scored a wonderful first goal. But then we weren't good in second ball situations. We have to pick them up much more often. We struggled in this situation and that gave West Ham a good feeling.\n\nOn equalling Manchester City's record winning run: \"I never thought it would be broken or equalled. We did it and I cannot believe it happened to be honest. I like a lot tonight that everything positive helps. When we equalised the stadium was rocking and that helps us. Whatever will happen this season is an effort of all of us. I could not be more thankful or appreciate the support we get. So far so good.\"\n\nWest Ham manager David Moyes on BBC Radio 5 Live: \"We can take a lot of positives. Before the game nobody will have given us a great deal of hope. I thought for large periods of the game we had a chance.\n\n\"I'd hate to think my teams would do anything but put a lot of effort in and I'd be annoyed if anyone else thought otherwise. The disappointing thing is the individual mistakes. I thought tonight we did a really good job. We performed really well as a team but we go away with no points and it's the points we need.\n\nLiverpool travel to Watford on Saturday, 29 February (17:30 GMT kick-off), while West Ham host Southampton on the same day (15:00 GMT kick-off).\n• None Attempt blocked. Mark Noble (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt missed. Aaron Cresswell (West Ham United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.\n• None Attempt saved. Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Michail Antonio with a through ball.\n• None GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Sadio Mané (Liverpool) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.\n• None Offside, Liverpool. Trent Alexander-Arnold tries a through ball, but Sadio Mané is caught offside.\n• None Substitution, West Ham United. Jarrod Bowen replaces Robert Snodgrass because of an injury.\n• None Goal! Liverpool 3, West Ham United 2. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.\n• None Attempt blocked. Joseph Gomez (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.\n• None Mark Noble (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Plácido Domingo has apologised for \"causing hurt\" to several women who have accused him of sexual harassment.\n\nThe opera star resigned as general manager of the Los Angeles Opera after several allegations were made.\n\nA total of 20 women have now accused Domingo of harassment and inappropriate behaviour. He denies all the claims.\n\n\"I respect that these women finally felt comfortable enough to speak out,\" Domingo said in a statement issued to the Los Angeles Times.\n\n\"I want them to know that I am truly sorry for the hurt that I caused them,\"\n\nHe added: \"I accept full responsibility for my actions, and I have grown from this experience.\"\n\nHis statement was issued following an investigation into Domingo by a US union which represents opera performers.\n\nThe investigation found Domingo had \"engaged in ​inappropriate activity, ranging from flirtation to sexual advances, in and outside of the workplace\".\n\nThe accusations, which go back as far as the 1980s, were first reported in August by the Associated Press.\n\nIt said Domingo had frequently pressured women into sexual relationships, and sometimes professionally punished those who rejected him.\n\nIn his statement, Domingo said he had \"taken time over the last several months to reflect on the allegations that various colleagues of mine have made against me.\n\n\"I understand now that some women may have feared expressing themselves honestly because of a concern that their careers would be adversely affected if they did so. While that was never my intention, no-one should ever be made to feel that way.\"\n\nMeanwhile, London's Royal Opera House says Domingo will still perform there as scheduled this summer.\n\nHe is starring in Don Carlo from 29 June until 19 July.\n\nDomingo, who is 79, is one of opera's biggest stars, commanding sell-out audiences around the world.\n\nHe has been married to his second wife, the soprano Marta Ornelas, since 1962.\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. 'I cleaned up but the flood came all over again'\n\nParts of a town centre are under water amid warnings that flooding in the area could reach its \"highest ever\" level.\n\nSevere flood warnings are in place in Shrewsbury and Ironbridge, meaning there is a danger to life.\n\nAnn DiTella, of Shrewsbury B&B Darwin's Townhouse, said 11 rooms had flooded, less than a week after water \"destroyed everything in its wake\".\n\nPeople in Wharfage, Ironbridge, have been asked to evacuate as the River Severn may go over barriers on Tuesday.\n\nTelford and Wrekin Council leader Shaun Davies said the barrier breach \"isn't likely to cause any tidal wave or any dramatic effect\" but could fill up the road and footpath \"very quickly\".\n\n\"So our message is clear - we are asking residents and businesses on the Wharfage to evacuate,\" he said.\n\nMr Davies said it was for people's own safety and for the emergency services who would \"be putting their lives at risk coming to your aid\".\n\nCouncil crews have been knocking doors to advise people and have set up a helpline and rest centre at Tontine Hotel.\n\nWest Mercia Police said about 40 residents in Ironbridge had been advised to evacuate on Monday night.\n\nWater is expected to go over the barriers at Ironbridge\n\nFirefighters have been coming to the aid of families\n\nThe Environment Agency (EA) said rainfall in the Welsh mountains was due to cause problems further down the River Severn.\n\nThere are more than 100 flood warnings and some 200 alerts in England after a third week of downpours that started with Storm Ciara.\n\nDefences went up in Frankwell and Coleham Head in Shrewsbury on Sunday night.\n\nThe EA said the severe flood warning for Ironbridge followed persistent heavy rainfall.\n\nWater levels at the Buildwas river gauge are expected to peak at 6.7m (22ft) to 7m (23ft) on Tuesday evening.\n\nLunts Pharmacy is among the businesses that have been affected\n\nChester Street in Shrewsbury is under water\n\nDebbie Bradbury-Walker, who lives near the English Bridge, said water had filled their 8ft cellar and there were three to four inches on the ground floor.\n\n\"It's the first time it's flooded like this and entered the house in the five years we've lived here,\" she said.\n\n\"The drains are full but luckily we still have electricity at the moment.\n\n\"We have a way to escape from the house if we need. The rear is built up.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Telford & Wrekin Council This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nStephanie Hall said her 10-minute drive to work in Battlefield, Shrewsbury, had taken nearly an hour.\n\n\"It was the sheer volume of traffic and the roads in the town centre were closed,\" she said. \"It was solid both ways.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe EA said further rainfall was forecast over the next 48 hours and flooding of properties in Shrewsbury was set to continue.\n\nA \"prolonged peak\" is expected at Welsh Bridge of 5.2m (17ft) to 5.5m (18ft) on Tuesday, which would be its highest recorded water level.\n\nCaroline Douglass, director of incident management at the EA, said: \"Flooding has a long-lasting and devastating impact on people's lives.\n\n\"River levels remain high and communities along the river Severn, in particular Shrewsbury, Bewdley and Ironbridge, should be ready for potential flooding.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The flooded garden where swans swim up to the window\n\nBusinesses were evacuated in the Coleham area of Shrewsbury amid rising floodwater.\n\nAimee Goolden took some people through the floodwater in her kayak, including workers at a care home.\n\nIn the last week of October 2000, the Severn rose to its highest level for over 50 years, flooding Shrewsbury, Ironbridge and Bridgnorth.\n\nCarol Calcutt, who lives close to the river, said: \"I'm very worried. Looking out of my window now the water really is coming up in kind of small waves. It is moving very quickly again.\"\n\nColeham in Shrewsbury has been badly hit\n\nPeople have been helped through floodwater in Coleham\n\nLast week homes and businesses were affected by floods in the wake of downpours brought by Storm Dennis.\n\nThe Rivers Wye and Severn reached their highest-ever levels.\n\nStephanie Hall said you could \"only just\" get around on foot when she took her dog Jubei out earlier\n\nHave you been affected by the flooding? 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.\n\nMinisters from the EU have approved their mandate for post-Brexit trade talks with the UK.\n\nThe document - approved by the EU General Affairs Council on Tuesday - will be the basis for the negotiations, to be carried out by Michel Barnier.\n\nIt says that EU standards should serve as \"a reference point\" in any future trade deal.\n\nMeanwhile, UK ministers have agreed the government's mandate for the negotiations, which begin on Monday.\n\nThe final agreement is due to be published online and presented in Parliament on Thursday.\n\nThe EU's mandate - a 46-page document - says that its \"envisaged agreement should uphold common high standards, and corresponding high standards over time with Union standards as a reference point\".\n\nIt says this should apply \"in the areas of state aid, competition, state-owned enterprises, social and employment standards, environmental standards, climate change, relevant tax matters and other regulatory measures and practices in these areas\".\n\nEU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said the EU was \"ready to build a close, ambitious partnership with the UK\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Ursula von der Leyen This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 EU's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, said the bloc would not agree a deal \"at any price\".\n\nHe warned there would be \"complex, demanding negotiations\" over a limited period of time, referring to the transition period that ends on 31 December.\n\nDuring this period, the UK continues to follow EU rules - including freedom of movement - and it is intended to allow time for the UK and EU to agree a post-Brexit trade agreement.\n\nMr Barnier said: \"A short time, as chosen by the British government, not by us.\n\n\"In a very brief period, you can't do everything. We will do as much as we can under pressure of time.\"\n\nReferring to the EU mandate document, BBC Brussels correspondent Adam Fleming said: \"This is the blueprint that Michel Barnier will follow in the negotiations.\n\n\"We've learnt from experience these documents are very important because the EU will only accept a final outcome that is pretty similar to this starting point.\"\n\nIt is \"the roadmap for all the rows we're going to have over the next few months\", our correspondent added.\n\nIt is expected that ministers in the UK will commit to seeking a Canada-style agreement with zero tariffs, a proposal Mr Johnson and his Europe adviser David Frost have set out in speeches in recent weeks.\n\nBut the push for a Canada-style deal could set up a clash with the EU after its chief negotiator Mr Barnier ruled out such an agreement.\n\nThe EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier will lead talks with the UK on future trade relations\n\nMr Barnier has previously said the UK is too close in proximity to be permitted to compete with the other 27 member states on such terms.\n\nAnd Nathalie Loiseau, an MEP for French President Emmanuel Macron's La République En Marche! party, said that \"to my knowledge the UK is not Canada\", adding that the EU-UK relationship is \"very different\" from the one with Canada.\n\nArriving at the meeting of the General Affairs Council in Brussels, Croatia's European Affairs minister Andreja Metelko-Zgombic said the EU would be willing to offer a \"substantial\" and \"ambitious\" partnership in trade talks.\n\nBut Dutch foreign minister Stef Blok warned it will be \"very hard work\" and a \"tough road ahead\".\n\nAnd Irish Deputy Prime Minister Simon Coveney said the prospect for a UK-EU free trade agreement will be \"damaged significantly\" if Britain did not build the infrastructure required for checks on goods crossing the Irish Sea.\n\nThe offer the EU was making to the UK was \"generous and fair\", he said.\n\nBBC assistant political editor Norman Smith said the EU's proposals \"have been given a decidedly cool response from government sources\", who say the UK's priority is about control.\n\nHe said the \"mood music\" from Number 10 was that the prime minister \"is quite prepared to walk away\" and use World Trade Organization (WTO) rules.\n\nWhen countries do not have free-trade agreements they use these terms. Under the WTO rules, each country sets tariffs - or taxes - on goods entering.\n\nUse the list below or select a button\n\nMr Johnson has chaired the EU Exit Strategy (XS) committee, which includes new Chancellor Rishi Sunak, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, senior Cabinet minister Michael Gove and new Attorney General Suella Braverman. All supported the Vote Leave campaign in 2016.\n\nFollowing the meeting, the prime minister's spokesman said that agreeing the UK's negotiating mandate was a \"very smooth process\".\n\n\"The UK's primary objective in the negotiations is to ensure that we restore our economic and political independence on 1 January 2021,\" the spokesman said.\n\nMr Frost and his team will head to Brussels for the first round of negotiations on 2 March.\n\nOne clash expected between the UK and EU is on fishing, with leading member states speaking regularly about wanting continued access to UK waters.\n\nIn a speech in Greenwich, south-east London, earlier this month Mr Johnson announced that, once free of the EU's Common Fisheries Policy, \"British fishing grounds are first and foremost for British boats\".\n\nBut French Europe minister Amelie de Montchalin signalled fishing would be a flash point when the two negotiating teams come together in London and Brussels over the coming months.\n\n\"The fishermen have the right to be protected, they know very well that if we sign a bad deal they will lose enormously,\" she told TV station France 2.\n\nThe document also says that the UK should return \"unlawfully removed cultural objects to their countries of origin\".\n\nThe passage is thought to refer to the Elgin Marbles, ancient Greek sculptures taken to Britain more than 200 years ago and now on display in the British Museum.\n\nDowning Street has insisted the future of the marbles is \"not up for discussion as part of our trade negotiations\".", "The internet touts sold tickets to Ed Sheeran (pictured) gigs and other high profile events\n\nTwo internet ticket touts who re-sold tickets worth millions of pounds for events including Ed Sheeran and Adele concerts have been jailed.\n\nPeter Hunter and David Smith traded as Ticket Wiz and BZZ. Over five years BZZ sold tickets for £9.3m more than it paid for them, Leeds Crown Court heard.\n\nSheeran's manager Stuart Camp gave evidence after £75 seats for a charity gig were spotted on sale for £7,000.\n\nHunter was jailed for four years and Smith for two and a half years.\n\nIt was described by National Trading Standards as a \"landmark case\" which was \"the first successful prosecution against a company fraudulently reselling tickets on a large scale\".\n\nSentencing the pair, Judge Mushtaq Khokhar said: \"This was a case of sustained dishonesty for a number of years.\n\n\"A lot of people in this case paid a lot more than they could have paid.\"\n\nIn one year, Peter Hunter and David Smith, who are married, bought more than 750 tickets for Sheeran events alone.\n\nThey used multiple identities and computer robots to buy tickets, selling them for inflated prices on secondary ticketing websites, including Viagogo, GetMein, StubHub and Seatwave.\n\nHunter told the jury how he started his business when a friend without a credit card asked him to buy tickets to see Madonna and he realised he could re-sell extra purchases at a huge profit.\n\nThe case has provoked calls for a wider criminal investigation of the secondary ticketing market\n\nWhen their home was raided, investigators found 112 different payment cards in 37 names.\n\nThe couple used at least 97 different names, 88 postal addresses and more than 290 email addresses to evade platform restrictions.\n\nHunter, 51, and Smith, 66, of Crossfield Road, north London, claimed they were a trusted and reliable source of tickets.\n\nThe jury found them guilty of three counts of fraudulent trading and one of possessing articles for fraud.\n\nFanFair Alliance, supported by managers of artists including Ed Sheeran, welcomed the result\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.", "Four men, from Lancashire and Kent, have been jailed after 29 Vietnamese men, women and children were found in a van, after it was boxed in on the hard shoulder of the M5 motorway.", "Demonstrators are trying to block authorities from building new migrant camps on the Greek islands of Lesbos and Chios", "There has been an increase in the number of food banks across the UK in recent years\n\nLife expectancy among women living in the poorest communities in England has declined since 2011, says a report warning of growing health inequalities.\n\nOverall, life expectancy growth has stalled over the past decade - for the first time in 100 years.\n\nThe largest decreases were seen in the most deprived areas of north-east England, while the biggest increases were in the richest parts of London.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said there was \"still much more to do\".\n\nThe report, by Prof Sir Michael Marmot, one of the country's leading experts on health inequalities, comes 10 years after he first published data on the growing gap between rich and poor, and between north and south, in England.\n\n\"England has lost a decade,\" Prof Marmot said, calling the damage to the nation's health \"shocking\".\n\n\"If health has stopped improving, that means society has stopped improving.\"\n\nHis follow-up report, after a decade of austerity, finds the picture has got worse.\n\nThe report, from the Institute of Health Equity, maintains the widening health inequalities and deteriorating health which have marked the last decade cannot just be put down to very cold winters, flu, or problems with the NHS or social care.\n\nInstead, it points the finger at \"social and economic conditions, many of which have shown increased inequalities\".\n\nProf Marmot said similar trends can be seen right across the UK, where the slow-down in life expectancy is more obvious than in most European and other high-income countries, apart from the US.\n\nThe government must tackle health inequalities \"as a matter of urgency\" and bring the level of deprived areas in the north up to the level of good health enjoyed by people living in London and the south, the report says.\n\nLabour's shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth described the report as a \"devastating verdict on 10 years of austerity under the Conservatives\" and called for \"urgent action\" by the prime minister.\n\nIn a statement, Mr Hancock said: \"There is still much more to do, and our bold prevention agenda, record £33.9bn a year investment in the NHS, and world-leading plans to improve children's health will help ensure every person can lead a long and healthy life.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Satpal Jutla was unemployed following a back injury and now provides job advice at a service in Coventry\n\nIn some cities, like Coventry, projects have been set up to help bring about change, such as a support group for BAME mums and a centre helping people trying to find work by offering advice on CVs and application forms.\n\nFor people like Wayne Martin, a cafe providing a decent meal and a chance for families to sit down together, has been a lifeline in tough times.\n\nThe Real Junk Food Cafe is somewhere to meet others facing similar challenges.\n\n\"It's helped me mentally, I mean, because I suffer from depression,\" he said.\n\n\"One of the reasons I first started coming here was because I didn't want to talk to other people - being on my own with three children was kind of hard.\n\n\"So coming here was opening me up a little bit and actually getting me to mix with the people and talk to them.\"\n\nWayne says he started gained a sense of community and is now volunteering at the cafe.\n\nThe report says some local authorities and communities have been good at tackling health inequalities, and the government now needs to build on these successful examples.\n\n\"The evidence is clear and the solutions are there - what is needed is the will to act,\" said the chief executive of the Health Foundation, Dr Jennifer Dixon.\n\nShe said child poverty, Sure Start Children's centres and in-work poverty, were areas that needed immediate investment.\n\nShirley Cramer CBE, chief executive of the Royal Society for Public Health, said: \"If the new government wants to show it can walk the talk on 'levelling up' for the regions and groups that have been left behind, it must begin by paying more than mere lip service to the reality of the deep and entrenched health inequalities across the UK.\"", "Miriam Haley, one of two main accusers in Harvey Weinstein's trial says she feels 'huge relief' at his conviction.\n\nHer powerful testimony helped lead to him being found guilty in New York City of third-degree rape and a first-degree criminal sexual act.\n\nShe told CBS This Morning: “It feels like we’re making progress.”\n\nHer lawyer Gloria Allred added that the conviction would help other victims as well as people who have committed gender violence to know that there are \"consequences\" to actions.\n\nHis lawyers said sex between the movie executive and the accusers was consensual, and that the accusers used it to advance their careers, adding outside court that they would be appealing the conviction.\n\nMr Weinstein still faces charges in Los Angeles of assaulting two women in 2013.", "Graeme Wharton and his wife Lisa called for better communication from tour operators\n\nTourists stranded in the Canary Islands following a Saharan sandstorm say they have been left \"devastated\".\n\nThe Spanish archipelago's airports reopened on Monday after being closed over the weekend, but many flights have been cancelled or delayed.\n\nGraeme Wharton, of Sunderland, said his family have been stuck at Gran Canaria airport with \"zero information\" from tour operator TUI.\n\nThe firm said it was \"working tirelessly\" to get people home.\n\nMr Wharton, who had been due to fly to Manchester, said his family had been at the airport since early on Monday having also spent more than 10 hours there on both Saturday and Sunday.\n\nPlanes at Tenerife South Reina Sofia Airport were among those to be grounded\n\nThey have had no access to their checked-in luggage and have been \"wearing the same clothes\" for days, he added.\n\n\"TUI brought us to the airport at 10am yesterday and we've been here ever since with zero information.\n\n\"You've got kids lying about on cardboard asleep, there's people in wheelchairs and pensioners who need medication.\n\n\"We're devastated. It's the lack of information from TUI. There's no information with regards a flight to take us home and when it will be here.\"\n\nThe holiday firm has apologised to customers and said it was \"working tirelessly to get everyone to their destination as quickly as possible\".\n\nHundreds of flights were hit when strong winds carried a cloud of sand from the Saharan desert, 500km (300 miles) across the Atlantic Ocean.\n\nHundreds of passengers were stuck at Gran Canaria airport on Sunday\n\nAmanda Leashman, whose parents and sons are stranded at the airport, said they were ringing her back in the UK to access information, as they were not being told what was happening.\n\nThe family, from Wakefield, who were returning from a cruise to mark her father's 70th birthday, were forced to sleep at the airport on Monday night.\n\nMrs Leashman said: \"Dad is diabetic and is running out of medication.\n\n\"There were no blankets or pillows and they didn't have their cases or anything as they'd gone through security.\n\n\"They got a food vouchers, but most of the outlets had run out.\"\n\nShe said they had been told there would be a plane at 14:30 but it developed a technical fault, and a replacement would not be due until the the small hours.\n\nOther stranded Britons include a Bedfordshire swimming team who have been waiting to return via EasyJet from Lanzarote since Saturday.\n\nThirty-four children aged 12 to 17 from the Flitwick Dolphin Swimming Club, along with four adult volunteers, went on a training camp to the island on 17 February.\n\nThey are being put up in a hotel and are due to fly back to the UK between Thursday and Saturday.\n\nA club spokeswoman said it had been \"stressful\" and the organisation was \"working round the clock\" to deal with the situation.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Floodwater swamps Severn Stoke in Worcestershire at the weekend\n\nBuilding new homes on flood plains in England should be resisted if at all possible, the head of the Environment Agency Sir James Bevan has said.\n\nHe said where there was no alternative, homes should be made more resilient, for example by using ground floors for garages so people stay safe upstairs.\n\nHe also argued there may be a need to shift some communities out of harm's way when the risks become too great.\n\nIt comes after Storms Ciara and Dennis caused widespread flooding.\n\nIn Shrewsbury, river levels are set to reach their highest-ever level on Tuesday, where a severe flood warning - meaning a danger to life - is in place.\n\nAsked whether vulnerable communities could be evacuated, Sir James told BBC Radio 4's Today programme \"almost all\" residents can remain where they are and their flood defences improved.\n\nHowever, he called for a \"conversation\" about their sustainability and protection in the long term.\n\n\"Most people would accept\" that some homes should not have been built, he added, and insisted this was not about forcing people to move but about discussing realities.\n\nFor years the Environment Agency - which covers England - has raised concerns about building homes on flood plains, and Sir James is set to reinforce that message in a speech later.\n\nSir James will say the \"hard truth\" is that it may be better for some communities to relocate\n\nHe is expected to acknowledge that it is not realistic to ban all development in these areas because they cover so much of the country.\n\nBut he says homes should only be built there if \"there is no real alternative\", and if they are designed to be more resilient to flooding.\n\nExamples of some techniques which could \"flood-proof\" homes include using the ground floor just for garages, planting trees, creating wetland habitats or restoring rivers that have been artificially straightened to their \"natural curves\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSir James will also question whether it may be better for communities to move out of harm's way when the risks of flooding - either from rivers or the sea - become too great.\n\nIt's nothing new for the Environment Agency to warn about home building on flood plains - we've heard that for years.\n\nBut by repeating the message now, in the midst of the continuing devastation following Storm Dennis, Sir James Bevan hopes to attract more attention.\n\nLike other senior figures in the agency, he wants to stimulate a national debate about how to prepare not just for the next floods but also for a future with a more hostile climate.\n\nHe raises some profoundly difficult questions such as whether it's feasible to build ever bigger flood defences.\n\nAnd he's stepping into sensitive territory by flagging up what he calls a \"hard truth\" that some places will become too hard to protect from rivers or the sea.\n\nIn those cases, he says, \"it may be better for communities to choose to relocate out of harm's way.\" That's quite a bombshell - and something most politicians would prefer to run a mile from.\n\nSevere flooding has hit parts of England and Wales for weeks, in the wake of two storms which brought heavy rain and strong winds.\n\nThere are 112 flood warnings still in place, including two severe warnings for the River Severn at Shrewsbury and Ironbridge.\n\nMore rain is expected and river levels at Shrewsbury are forecast to peak to 5.5m on Tuesday evening, beating the previous record.\n\nAnn DiTella, of Shrewsbury B&B Darwin's Townhouse, said 11 rooms had flooded, less than a week after water \"destroyed everything in its wake\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'I cleaned up but the flood came all over again'\n\nMeanwhile, dozens of people in Wharfage, Ironbridge, have been asked to evacuate as the River Severn may breach the flood barriers.\n\nAt the weekend, parts of Scotland were also hit by heavy flooding with several vehicles becoming stranded in Renfrewshire.\n\nSir James' comments will be made in a speech at the World Water-Tech Innovation Summit in central London.\n\nHe will say: \"First, we must continue to do what we have been doing for some years now: building and maintaining strong defences to reduce the risk of communities being flooded.\n\n\"But in the face of the climate emergency, we now need a second, parallel, track: making our communities more resilient to flooding so that when it does happen it poses much less risk to people, does much less damage, and life can get back to normal much quicker.\n\n\"The best way to defuse the weather bomb is better protection and stronger resilience. We need both.\"\n\nFloating flower pots and a car in floodwater on Coton Hill in Shrewsbury\n\nFire and rescue workers in Hampton Bishop reverse their truck as water becomes too deep\n\nThe EA has said it is spending £2.6bn on new flood defences that will better protect 300,000 properties by 2021, plus £1bn on maintaining existing defences in England.\n\nBecause England has so many rivers, much of the country is a flood plain.\n\nSir James is set to warn that, with a growing population, the number of properties in the flood plain is likely to nearly double over the next 50 years.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nScientists warn that climate change is raising the risk of flooding because winter storms will bring more heavy rainfall in a warming world.\n\nEngland has already received 141% of its average February rainfall this month.\n\nSome areas saw a month's worth of rain in 24 hours, and river levels in the Colne, Ribble, Calder, Aire, Trent, Severn, Wye, Lugg, and Derwent all set new records in recent days", "Salman Abedi in the foyer of the Manchester Arena just seconds before he blew himself up\n\nFootage of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi seconds before he blew himself up has been shown to jurors.\n\nThe CCTV pictures showed him standing amid crowds of men, women and children 19 seconds before the fatal blast on 22 May 2017.\n\nHashem Abedi, 22, is on trial at the Old Bailey, accused of helping his brother plan the attack at the end of the Ariana Grande concert.\n\nHe denies 22 murders, attempted murder, and conspiring to cause explosions.\n\nSalman Abedi detonated a homemade device packed with shrapnel as 359 people milled around the arena foyer at 22:31 BST - one minute after the concert ended.\n\nThe suicide attack left 22 people dead and hundreds more injured, the jury was told.\n\nIn the footage, the bomber was seen wearing a large Karrimor rucksack containing the device.\n\nThe court heard his body was recovered in four parts and was riddled with nuts, wire and metal parts after the blast. He was identified by his DNA and fingerprints taken in 2012 when he was arrested for shoplifting.\n\nForensic investigators later found more than 2,000 nuts at the scene.\n\nThe Old Bailey heard all living casualties were moved out by 23:30 BST and 19 people were confirmed dead at the scene.\n\nThe father of 15-year-old victim Megan Hurley remained with her body until after 01:00 BST, the court heard.\n\nTop (left to right): Lisa Lees, Alison Howe, Georgina Callender, Kelly Brewster, John Atkinson, Jane Tweddle, Marcin Klis, Eilidh MacLeod - Middle (left to right): Angelika Klis, Courtney Boyle, Saffie Roussos, Olivia Campbell-Hardy, Martyn Hett, Michelle Kiss, Philip Tron, Elaine McIver - Bottom (left to right): Wendy Fawell, Chloe Rutherford, Liam Allen-Curry, Sorrell Leczkowski, Megan Hurley, Nell Jones\n\nThe jury was told 28 people suffered life-threatening or life-changing wounds out of the 264 people injured.\n\nDonna Currie, 51, who was waiting in the foyer for her daughter and her friend, suffered multiple fractures to both legs and shrapnel wounds.\n\nShe had previously sustained shrapnel injuries in the 1996 IRA bombing in Manchester and experienced extensive psychological trauma.\n\nThe court heard that a 50-year-old woman, who suffered shrapnel and burn wounds, had also been caught up in the 1993 IRA bombings in Warrington.\n\nShe had been waiting with a friend to collect their daughters when she was hurt at the arena.\n\nSalman Abedi arriving at Manchester Victoria just over an hour before he detonated his bomb\n\nThe court previously heard that Salman Abedi, 22, went to the arena days before the attack and watched music fans arrive for a Take That gig.\n\nHe was seen looking at box office queues, a few yards from the spot where he detonated the bomb.\n\nThe Old Bailey heard that on the day of the blast, he had arranged to send £460 to Libya. Later, he went out with his rucksack and took a Metrolink tram to Victoria Station in Manchester.\n\nWhile waiting for the tram, he made a call lasting just over four minutes to his family in Libya, the court heard. He then waited in the area of the arena for two hours before detonating his device.\n\nJurors have heard that Hashem Abedi insists he is not an extremist and had no idea of his older brother's plans. He said he was in Libya with his family at the time of the attack.\n\nSalman Abedi gets in a lift to take him to the Arena foyer\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Global financial markets saw some of the sharpest falls in years on Monday after a rise in coronavirus cases renewed fears about economic slowdown.\n\nIn the US, the Dow Jones and S&P 500 posted their sharpest daily declines since 2018, with the Dow falling 3.5% or more than 1,000 points.\n\nThe S&P 500 ended the day 3.3% lower, while the Nasdaq sank 3.7%.\n\nThe UK's FTSE 100 share index closed 3.3% lower, the sharpest drop since January 2016.\n\nIn Italy, which has seen Europe's worst outbreak of the virus, Milan's stock market plunged nearly 6%.\n\nIn contrast, the price of gold, which is considered less risky, hit its highest level in seven years at one point.\n\nThe moves came as the outbreak continued to spread outside of China, with Iran, South Korea and Italy reporting a surge in cases.\n\nAbout 77,000 people in China, where the virus emerged last year, have been infected and nearly 2,600 have died.\n\nMore than 1,200 cases have been confirmed in about 30 other countries and there have been more than 20 deaths. Italy reported three more deaths on Monday, raising the total there to six.\n\n\"There has been so much complacency in recent weeks from investors, despite clear signs that China's economy is facing a large hit and that supply chains around the world were being disrupted,\" said Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell.\n\n\"Markets initially wobbled in January, but had quickly bounced back, implying that investors didn't see the coronavirus as a serious threat to corporate earnings. They may now be reappraising the situation.\"\n\nThe losses on the Dow and S&P 500 in the US wiped out their gains for the year. Firms such as Nike, Apple and Walt Disney, which do major business in China and rely on it to make goods, were some of the hardest hit, with shares down more than 4%.\n\nTravel companies also continued to suffer. In the UK, the biggest faller in the FTSE 100 was EasyJet, which sank 16.7%, while Tui and British Airways owner IAG were both down by more than 9% at the close.\n\nWall Street is spooked. The massive falls on US financial markets shows that pretty clearly.\n\nPart of the answer can be found in the ballooning number of confirmed cases in China and elsewhere. Investors worry this could mean a prolonged economic slowdown around the world.\n\nTech juggernaut Apple has already warned of a shortage of iPhones and other US companies are also starting to break a sweat. If the impact is as serious as some investors suspect, it could derail the longest economic expansion in America's history.\n\nThat means there are political implications too. US President Donald Trump has made a roaring economy a central part of his re-election bid. Any wobbles could make his case for another four years more challenging.\n\nThe market moves come as companies continue to warn about the effect of the coronavirus on their supply chains and overall financial health.\n\nAssociated British Foods, which owns clothing retailer Primark, warned on Monday that there could be shortages of some lines if delays in factory production in China were prolonged because of virus-related shutdowns.\n\nIn China itself, officials have said most small businesses have yet to reopen after the authorities extended the Lunar New Year holiday in an effort to contain the spread of the virus.\n\nOnly about three out of 10 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were back to work, while transport problems were preventing workers from travelling and disrupting shipments of raw materials, said industry ministry spokesman Tian Yulong.\n\nSMEs make up about 60% of the Chinese economy.\n\nAnalysts said the gold price - which has risen by more than 10% since the start of the year - could soon breach the $1,700 barrier. On Monday, prices surged more than 2% at one point, before retreating.\n\n\"Gold has finally established some serious momentum,\" said Jeffrey Halley, senior market analyst at online trading platform Oanda.\n\nOil prices fell by about 4% on Monday, as investors worried about a fall in demand following the temporary factory closures due to the virus.\n\nThe price of Brent crude dropped by more than $2 to $55.55 a barrel.\n• None World must prepare for pandemic, says WHO", "Yorkshire Tea has urged social media users to \"try to be kind\" after the popular brand became embroiled in a row involving a leading Tory politician.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak posted a picture on Friday of him appearing to make a huge tea round for his Treasury staff.\n\nThe Twitter image led to calls by some on the left for a boycott of the brand.\n\nThe company said it had been \"pretty shocked\" by the outcry, reminding people that Jeremy Corbyn had also posed with its products in 2017.\n\nOver the last four decades, the firm has evolved from a regional blend found in Yorkshire shops to one of the UK's most successful exports, being sold as far afield as Australia and China.\n\nBut it said it had had a \"rough weekend\" after Mr Sunak posted an image on Friday of him holding a bumper pack of 1,040 tea bags. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, who represents the North Yorkshire seat of Richmond, said he was \"making tea for the team\" as he took a quick break from preparations for his Budget in just over two weeks 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 Rishi Sunak This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nYorkshire Tea, which is owned by Taylors of Harrogate, was quick to make clear on Friday that it had had nothing to do with the photo and had not been told in advance by the chancellor's team that he would associate himself with their brand.\n\nIn an impassioned thread on Monday, the firm said it had spent \"the last three days answering furious accusations and boycott calls\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Yorkshire Tea This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 member of the firm's social media team put the avalanche of criticism it has received into perspective, saying it was \"easier to be on the receiving end of this as a brand than as an individual\". But they urged people to remember that the company had a human as well as a corporate face.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Yorkshire Tea This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 Sunak is not the first politician to suggest their endeavours would be helped by pausing for a cuppa. During a visit to York in 2017, Mr Corbyn said he would be happy to discuss climate change and other issues over a pot of Yorkshire Tea with Donald Trump if he ever made it to Downing Street.", "Farming leaders have said it would be \"insane\" to sign a trade deal that allows the import of food that would be illegal to produce in the UK, such as chlorinated chicken.\n\nThe National Farmers Union (NFU) president, Minette Batters, said allowing these imports would be \"morally bankrupt\".\n\nThe NFU called for rules on minimum standards for imports to be made law.\n\nDowning Street said food standards would be protected in any trade deal.\n\nAt the NFU's annual conference on Tuesday, Ms Batters said: \"This isn't just about chlorinated chicken. This is about a wider principle.\n\n\"We must not tie the hands of British farmers to the highest rung of the standards ladder while waving through food imports which may not even reach the bottom rung.\"\n\nShe said: \"To sign up to a trade deal which results in opening our ports, shelves and fridges to food which would be illegal to produce here would not only be morally bankrupt, it would be the work of the insane.\"\n\nMs Batters called for rules in the Agriculture Bill, which is currently going through Parliament, to ensure that food that would be illegal to produce here will not be imported.\n\nIn countries such as the US, chicken is sometimes washed in chlorine or other chemicals to remove harmful bacteria.\n\nThis practice was banned in the European Union in 1997 over food safety concerns.\n\nThe prime minister's official spokesman said: \"The UK has long been a world leader in food safety and animal welfare and we will continue to uphold our high food safety standards in all future trade deals.\"\n\nThe EU will demand that the UK keeps its ban on chlorinated chicken as a requirement for a trade agreement with Brussels, the Guardian reported, citing documents it has seen.\n\nThe move is to protect European meat exports, but it could prove to be a potential stumbling block in any deal with the US.\n\nLast month, US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said that the US wanted to agree a post-Brexit trade deal with the UK in 2020.\n\nNew environment secretary George Eustice drew criticism on Sunday after refusing to rule out chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated beef being imported from the US under a new deal.\n\nBut the EU believes that relying on chlorine at the end of the meat production process could be a way of compensating for poor hygiene standards - such as dirty abattoirs.\n\nIn 2020, the UK will be negotiating a trade deal with Brussels for when the Brexit transition period ends on 31 December.\n\nAccording to reports in the Guardian newspaper, the EU will demand that the UK maintains a ban on chlorinated chicken as the price for a trade agreement with the bloc.\n\nMr Eustice's predecessor, Theresa Villiers, had previously told the BBC that the current European Union ban on chlorine-washed chicken would be carried over into UK legislation after Brexit.", "San Fiorano is one of the Italian towns on lockdown\n\nMajor outbreaks of the new coronavirus have suddenly been detected in both Italy and Iran in the past few days.\n\nMeanwhile, cases in South Korea have surged making it one of the worst-affected countries.\n\nThe new coronavirus is no longer a problem just in China, with a small number of exported cases.\n\nIt has many people asking if the virus is about to become a pandemic and whether containing it is still possible?\n\nA pandemic is a disease that is spreading in multiple countries around the world at the same time.\n\nThis virus \"absolutely\" has pandemic potential, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.\n\nBut he added: \"We are not witnessing uncontained global spread of the virus, using the word pandemic does not fit the facts.\"\n\n\"I think many people would consider the current situation a pandemic, we have ongoing transmission in multiple regions of the world,\" Prof Jimmy Whitworth, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, told the BBC.\n\nSome scientists were even arguing two weeks ago that we had already entered the earliest stages of a pandemic.\n\nAll this tells us there is some wiggle-room around the word.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe developments in South Korea, Italy and Iran are the reason why people are drifting closer to calling the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic.\n\nSouth Korea is piling on hundreds of new cases, showing how contagious the virus is.\n\nItaly and Iran now have substantial outbreaks. There are almost certainly far more cases in these countries than have been reported - and the connection with China has not yet been established.\n\n\"The virus is spreading around the world and the link with China is becoming less strong,\" says Prof Whitworth.\n\nAnd Prof Devi Sridhar, from the University of Edinburgh, said her perspective \"has definitely changed\" over the past couple of days.\n\n\"This has largely been a Chinese emergency, now we are seeing it progress it South Korea, Japan, Iran and now Italy,\" she says. \"It's a highly infectious virus and spreading very quickly.\"\n\nShe does not think we are in a pandemic yet and is waiting to see long chains of transmission in countries outside of China.\n\n\"We don't have the evidence to say we're in one, but I'm pretty sure we'll have the evidence in next couple of days.\n\n\"If it's in Italy and Iran, then it can be anywhere.\"\n\nResearchers have described the cases in Iran as the most worrying for efforts to contain the global spread of the virus and prevent it becoming a pandemic.\n\nThe number of deaths reported in the country, 12, is far more revealing than the number of reported cases, 61.\n\nDeaths are significant as the virus kills only a small proportion of people who are infected and it takes weeks to go from infection to death.\n\nDr MacDermott said: \"It suggests fairly large numbers of people with minimal symptoms, or who are asymptomatic, that aren't being tested or even being identified.\n\n\"Who knows how long it has been going on?\"\n\nThe country has already been linked to cases in Afghanistan, Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Lebanon, Canada and Oman.\n\nShe added: \"Iraq and Afghanistan - that's two of the countries you don't want the virus in, healthcare is barely existent after decades of war and it's not safe for healthcare workers to travel there.\n\n\"I think we are teetering on the balance of a pandemic, in the next week or two we're likely to see it pop up in lots places and if it's on several different continents then we'd be approaching a pandemic.\"\n\nOfficials now say the WHO will not formally \"declare\" a pandemic for the new coronavirus, though the term may still be used \"colloquially\".\n\nIn 2009, the organisation was criticised when it declared swine flu a pandemic.\n\nIt based the decision on criteria it no longer uses.\n\nThe virus did spread round the world - but it proved to be relatively mild, leading some to argue the organisation had been too hasty.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "MSPs have backed the principle of tackling period poverty by making sanitary products available to all free of charge.\n\nAll parties backed a bill put forward by Labour's Monica Lennon in its first test in the Holyrood chamber.\n\nHowever some warned there was a \"huge amount of work to do\" to amend the bill to make it deliverable and affordable.\n\nMinisters had originally opposed the plans but changed their position after coming under pressure from campaigners.\n\nThe government is expected to put forward a raft of amendments to address their \"significant\" concerns about the legislation, including the estimated £24m annual cost of implementing it.\n\nThe Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Bill would create a legal duty on the Scottish government to ensure that period products are available free of charge \"for anyone who needs them\".\n\nMs Lennon said she was \"thrilled\" to have support \"from right across civic Scotland, from girl guides, trade unions, anti-poverty charities and many individuals who have had their own lived experience of period poverty and know what it is like not to have access to products when they need them\".\n\nShe told MSPs that \"access to period products should be a right and available to all\", and pledged to work with other parties to make sure the proposals are deliverable.\n\nThe legislation has been brought forward by Labour MSP Monica Lennon\n\nCommunities Secretary Aileen Campbell said the proposed costs of the scheme had been dramatically underestimated, saying it would take \"a whole lot of hard work and endeavour to make sure we can get something that is fit for purpose\".\n\nShe added: \"Parliament will now need to pull out all the stops and work hard collectively and collaboratively.\"\n\nThis was echoed by Tory MSP Graham Simpson, who said there was a \"huge amount of work to do\" to knock the bill into shape.\n\nAt present tampons, pads and some reusable products are funded in schools, colleges and universities.\n\nThe Scottish government provided £5.2m funding to support this. Another £4m was made available to councils so the roll-out could be expanded to other other public places, and another £50,000 for free provision in sports clubs.\n\n(Left to right) Caitlin, Xena and Amy are pupils at St Paul's High School in Glasgow.\n\nAt St Paul's High School in Glasgow, there is a scheme where older pupils have been trained to talk to girls in S1 about periods and period poverty.\n\n\"Period poverty means that girls can't afford to buy period products,\" one pupil, Caitlin, told BBC Scotland.\n\nWith average periods lasting about five days, it can cost up to £8 a month for tampons and pads.\n\nXena said the expense meant some girls have to use items like tissues or socks instead.\n\n\"This means that some girls are feart to come to school and don't want to leave the house at all,\" said another pupil, Amy.\n\nLike all schools in Scotland, free period products have been available in the toilets at St Paul's High School since the 2018/19 academic year.\n\nThe move came after a survey of more than 2,000 people by Young Scot found that about one in four respondents at school, college or university in Scotland had struggled to access period products.\n\nMeanwhile about 12% of respondents to research by Plan International said they have had to \"improvise sanitary wear\".\n\n\"It's a right that every woman should have that they should be able to access free sanitary products,\" Amy said.\n\n\"It's not like it is a luxury item or anything. We need them.\"", "Police were called to the property at 14:30 GMT on Saturday\n\nThe prime minister's father has said his family is \"shocked, stunned and saddened\" by the death of his neighbour, who was shot at her cottage.\n\nThe woman, named locally as 56-year-old Debbie Zurick, was shot at the weekend at her Somerset home, which is next to Stanley Johnson's rural estate.\n\nMrs Zurick was found outside the home at Winsford with severe injuries and pronounced dead at the scene.\n\nHer husband, John, is believed to be in hospital with self-inflicted injuries.\n\nAvon and Somerset Police confirmed weapons had been seized earlier in February as part of a separate investigation.\n\n\"We can confirm we previously attended the address where this incident happened to seize licensed firearms as part of a separate investigation,\" a spokesman said.\n\n\"We're satisfied that no firearms licensed to any of the occupants remained at the premises following this visit.\n\n\"We're unable to go into further details due to the ongoing referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct.\"\n\nPolice were called to the property at Winsford, near Minehead, on Saturday afternoon.\n\nMrs Zurick was found outside the property with severe injuries and pronounced dead at the scene.\n\nBoris Johnson's father, Stanley, said: \"Both I and my whole family are shocked, stunned and saddened by this tragic incident.\n\n\"We very much regret the passing of Mrs Zurick.\n\n\"She was a neighbour and she was much loved.\"\n\nThe property is next to Stanley Johnson's rural estate in Somerset\n\nA search found a 67-year-old man, who had also suffered serious injuries caused by a shotgun, in an outbuilding, an Avon and Somerset Police spokesman said.\n\nPolice said the man, whose condition is described as critical but stable, was in custody but had been taken to a hospital in Devon for treatment.\n\nThe force has referred itself to the police watchdog due to previous contact with those involved.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Some residents in Ironbridge have been advised to leave their homes\n\nRail lines have closed and people have continued to evacuate as river levels continue to rise in Shropshire.\n\nTwo severe \"danger to life\" flood warnings are in place for the River Severn at Shrewsbury and Ironbridge.\n\nNetwork Rail closed all lines at Shrewsbury station from 14:00 GMT, except for services to and from Chester and Crewe.\n\nWater is pouring over flood barriers in Bewdley, Worcestershire, and there are fears for the same in Ironbridge.\n\nThe Environment Agency has warned defences at the Wharfage in the Shropshire town could be breached in the early hours of Wednesday, when the River Severn there is predicted to peak.\n\nThe agency's Dave Throup tweeted the breach in Beales Corner, Bewdley, was not at the main demountable defences in Severnside, but urged people to avoid the area.\n\nWest Mercia Police said residents who might be affected had been told and the force added the situation would be monitored overnight by fire crews and agency officials.\n\nWater began pouring over these flood defences in Bewdley on Tuesday evening\n\nWater levels in Ironbridge have now exceeded those seen last week and could reach up to 7m (22.9ft) overnight, the agency warned - making the river nearly 3m (9.8ft) deeper than it was on Sunday.\n\nCh Supt Tom Harding, from West Mercia Police, said: \"We are particularly concerned this evening that those barriers [at the Wharfage] are going to be overtopped.\n\n\"We have spoken to all residents who could be impacted - most of which have evacuated.\"\n\nHe encouraged others who had decided not to evacuate to do so as high water levels were expected to remain for up to 48 hours. The force was prepared for the \"worse case scenario\" with rest centres and lots of staff and resources on the ground, he added.\n\nPeople have been been advised to evacuate along the Wharfage, Ironbridge, where the river is expected to peak overnight\n\nA Network Rail spokesman said hourly inspections were carried out on the Severn Viaduct, which carries the majority of lines in and out of Shrewsbury station.\n\nHe said: \"Flood waters have been very close to the level where we have to close the viaduct for safety reasons.\"\n\nAs the river was expected to rise further, he said the lines would \"remain closed until levels have dropped below the closure mark and underwater inspections have been completed\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. An ex-Army truck is being used to ferry villagers cut off by floods\n\nEarlier Network Rail tweeted if the station was closed it would be a \"once in a generation situation\".\n\nAt Welsh Bridge in Shrewsbury, the Severn stood at 5.11m at 17:00 GMT on Tuesday, nearly doubling in depth over the past 72 hours.\n\nParts of Shrewsbury are affected by flood water\n\nMr Throup said more rain was on the way, calling it \"relentless\".\n\nSarah Holmes, director of Merrythought Village in Ironbridge, said all the businesses had \"got together, collaborated and moved equipment upstairs or off-site\" ahead of the expected peak.\n\n\"Now it's just a waiting game to see how far the river rises and there will obviously be the big clear-up afterwards,\" she said.\n\n\"Unsettled\" weather over a few days may leave river water levels high in Shrewsbury, says the Environment Agency\n\nSmithfield Road in Shrewsbury is flooded as the River Severn continues to rise\n\nShropshire Council chief executive Clive Wright is to step down as the authority battles to deal with floods.\n\nIt follows a vote at a meeting of the ruling Conservative group on Monday.\n\nBBC Radio Shropshire political reporter Joanne Gallacher has been told Mr Wright's response to the flooding was one of the reasons he was asked to leave.\n\nIn a statement circulated to staff, seen by the BBC, Mr Wright said he was leaving his post \"with immediate effect\" adding it had been \"a great privilege\" to serve the people of Shropshire.\n\nShropshire Fire and Rescue Service said it had rescued residents from a retirement home at Longden Coleham in Shrewsbury on Monday evening as flood waters rose.\n\nThe town's three main shopping centres have been closed \"for the safety of staff and customers\".\n\nA number of schools, colleges and libraries were also closed on Tuesday.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Adam Green This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nShrewsbury Town's game at home to Tranmere Rovers went ahead.\n\n\"The ground staff have been working very hard on the pitch and despite the recent rainfall it is relatively dry at present and the main surrounding road networks are all reporting no issues, therefore, there are no concerns about the game,\" a club statement said.\n\nMark Davies, who owns Darwin's Townhouse bed and breakfast in the town, said his property had been left \"devastated\" as it flooded for the second time in a week.\n\n\"I spent last week pumping everything out and got that straight on Sunday, flopped down and then found on Monday morning we were back to square one again,\" he said.\n\nRiverside car parks in Worcester have been closed as river levels in the city rose \"rapidly\".\n\nWorcestershire County Council urged people parked in the Cattlemarket, Croft Road, Newport Street, Pitchcroft, or Tybridge Street car parks to move their vehicles or risk being stranded.\n\nWater levels were rising at the English Bridge in Shrewsbury on Tuesday morning\n\nHave you been affected by the flooding? 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:", "One japester described the hole, in Bath Street, as \"an adventure not to be missed\"\n\nInternet jokers have turned a circular hole in a wall outside a bank into a tourist attraction.\n\nSince December 2018, wags have been posting glowing reviews on TripAdvisor for the hole at NatWest in Ilkeston.\n\n\"NatWest hole\" is now ranked fourth out of 16 attractions in the Derbyshire town based on user reviews.\n\nOne reviewer on TripAdvisor offered the spoof advice: \"Can get very busy and you can queue for hours, but it's worth the wait.\"\n\nThe attention has seen the modest hole rise up the rankings\n\nAnother wag wrote: \"The city of Agra has the Taj Mahal, Paris has the Eiffel Tower and Sydney has its Opera House.\n\n\"But they all pale in comparison to the impact on the soul of first laying eyes on Ilkeston's Hole in the Wall.\"\n\nPaul Miller, chairman of the Ilkeston and District History Society, said he was \"gobsmacked\" at the hole's high ranking.\n\nBennerly Viaduct has a lower ranking on TripAdvisor than the NatWest hole\n\n\"It doesn't really say a lot about the area if it's number four,\" he said.\n\n\"I think it looks like a 1970s idea of something to look different. It doesn't really beat the pyramids though does it?\"\n\nA NatWest spokeswoman clarified the hole was introduced during a mid-1990s refurbishment as a safety feature so people using the cash machine could see if anyone was lurking behind the wall.\n\nIt is not the first time tongue-in-cheek reviews have propelled an unlikely attraction up the TripAdvisor rankings. In 2018, a plastic tunnel outside a Bude supermarket became the highest ranked place to visit in the Cornish resort - although TripAdvisor bosses later suspended reviews for the see-through walkway.\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 majority of confirmed cases have been in China\n\nCovid-19, the new form of coronavirus which has killed over 2,000 people around the world, has become a notifiable disease in Scotland.\n\nHealth regulations have been updated, requiring doctors to inform health boards about any cases of the disease.\n\nThey must share patient information \"if they have reasonable grounds to suspect a person they are attending has coronavirus\".\n\nNo cases have been found in Scotland so far.\n\nThe Chief Medical Officer has written to NHS Boards, medical practitioners and directors of diagnostic laboratories to make them aware of the changes.\n\nHealth Secretary Jeane Freeman said: \"Although all Scottish tests have so far been negative, we are prepared for the high likelihood that we will also see a positive case in Scotland.\n\n\"These changes keep our public health legislation up to date, ensuring the health service in Scotland can quickly respond, if a suspected case of coronavirus is confirmed.\n\n\"Our NHS is well-equipped to cope with any suspected cases. We are actively working with health boards to ensure this, and have well-rehearsed procedures in place for infections of this kind.\"\n\nIn Scotland, 368 people have been tested for the disease. All tests have been negative.\n\nAccording to the World Health Organisation (WHO), there were 76,769 confirmed cases of Covid-19 as of Friday.\n\nThe vast majority have been in China.", "Last updated on .From the section Welsh Rugby\n\nFrance remain on course for a first Grand Slam in 10 years after winning in Cardiff for the first time since 2010.\n\nFly-half Romain Ntamack's 17-point haul included a try, while full-back Anthony Bouthier and second-row Paul Willemse also crossed.\n\nDefending champions Wales responded with 18 points from Dan Biggar including a late try.\n\nProp Dillon Lewis also crossed for his first international try.\n\nFrance overcame yellow cards for Gregory Alldritt and Mohamed Haouas while Wales were left to wonder if they should have received a penalty try in the second half for a deliberate knock-on.\n\nThe captivating contest was Wales' second defeat in three matches under new coach Wayne Pivac and hopes of defending their Six Nations title appear to have disappeared.\n\nIt was Wales' first home Six Nations defeat for three years and France's second win in 10 games against their opponents.\n\nThe victory gave Shaun Edwards, who spent 12 years as Wales defence coach under Warren Gatland, a successful return to the Principality Stadium.\n\nPre-match controversy centred around Wales prop Wyn Jones accusing France of illegal tactics at the scrum and visiting coach Fabien Galthie suggesting that showed a lack of respect for the nation.\n\nAs a result, the first scrum was always going to provoke interest but the second minute set-piece went off without incident - although it laid the platform for France to concede a ruck offence and Biggar slotted over the penalty.\n\nFrance responded within seven minutes when a normally reliable Leigh Halfpenny dropped a high Ntamack kick, with Bouthier sprinting away to score. Ntamack converted.\n\nWales lost George North to a head injury assessment after 11 minutes following a heavy challenge by Fickou, with Johnny McNicholl permanently replacing him.\n\nNtamack continued to drive France forward and slotted over a penalty after Lewis was guilty of a ruck transgression.\n\nUnder Edwards' influence, France ferociously counter-rucked to put Wales under constant pressure in possession - and they also pushed the offside line, with one infringement resulting in a Biggar penalty.\n\nFrance appeared to have responded with a brilliant second try for Fickou following a clever Ntamack chip kick but the Bouthier pass to Virimi Vakatawa was deemed forward following television replays.\n\nThat decision only briefly delayed matters as Willemse powered over from a driving line-out as he bumped off an attempted McNicholl tackle. Ntamack converted.\n\nWales responded with a third Biggar penalty and the visitors' constant offending resulted in a warning from English referee Matt Carley. Number eight Alldritt paid the price with a yellow card just before half-time.\n\nWales captain Alun Wyn Jones opted to attempt to score a try rather than kick a fourth penalty - but the gamble backfired as France held out to lead 17-9 at the interval.\n\nThe visitors ran down the rest of Alldritt's absence after half-time as Wales managed no points with their numerical advantage.\n\nPivac's side scored almost immediately when equal numbers were restored though, as prop Lewis dived over for his first international try. Biggar converted to reduce the deficit to one point.\n\nAll the momentum appeared to be with Wales until the classy Ntamack intercepted a Tompkins pass to sprint away and score a converted try that mirrored his father Emile's score against the same opposition 20 years ago.\n\nAn Ntamack penalty extended the deficit to 11 points before Willemse escaped giving away a penalty try after he knocked the ball forward. After watching television replays, Carley stuck with assistant referee Karl Dickson's decision that it was just a knock-on as Ken Owens' attempted try-scoring pass to Josh Adams was knocked down.\n\nAdams was forced off the field with an ankle problem which forced a major backline reshuffle as fly-half Jarrod Evans came on in the centre and Tompkins switched to the wing.\n\nProp Mohamed Haouas was yellow-carded for persistent scrummaging offences before France cleared the danger.\n\nBiggar dived over for a converted try following clever work from new cap Will Rowlands and Aaron Wainwright to reduce the deficit to four points with five minutes remaining to set up an enthralling finale.\n\nA tremendous Tompkins break was snuffed out by a brilliant turnover by France replacement hooker Camille Chat to end Wales' hopes.\n\nTempers flared between the sides at the final whistle after France held on for a rare win in Cardiff.", "The A82 at the scene of the fatal crash was closed for 11 hours to allow for a police investigation\n\nTwo girls aged one and three have died along with their parents in a two-car crash near Fort William.\n\nThe family were in a Mini Cooper involved in the incident on the A82 at Torlundy just after 17:30 on Thursday.\n\nPolice confirmed the dead mother was aged 26 and the father was 25.\n\nThe 56-year-old female driver of a Ford Fiesta freed from the wreckage by firefighters was taken to hospital in Fort William with serious but not life-threatening injuries.\n\nThe A82 around the scene of the crash was closed for 11 hours to allow for a police investigation. Police Scotland has appealed for witnesses.\n\nSupt Simon Bradshaw said the scene faced by police officers, firefighters and ambulance personnel on Thursday was \"extremely challenging\".\n\nHe said: \"I would take this opportunity to thank everyone involved for their efforts in the face of such a distressing incident.\n\n\"Every loss of life on our roads is a tragedy but the impact on families, friends and entire communities after an incident like this cannot be underestimated. Our thoughts are with everyone who has been involved or affected.\"\n\nSupt Bradshaw added: \"An investigation is ongoing to establish the full circumstances leading to this tragedy and it would be wrong for me to speculate on the cause at this time.\n\n\"However, I would ask that anyone who was in the area last night, who may have seen either vehicle involved before the collision or who may have dashcam footage to please contact police 101, quoting incident 2942 of 20 February.\"\n\nFort William and Ardnamurchan councillor Andrew Baxter said the \"thoughts and prayers of everyone in Lochaber\" would be with those affected by the crash.\n\nHe said: \"This is devastating news for the family and friends of those who have been tragically killed in this accident.\n\n\"What I have seen on local social media is great sadness.\"\n\nKate Forbes, SNP MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, tweeted: \"This is extremely sad news. Thinking of the families and friends who are dealing with the shock of all of this.\"", "Daragh Curley wrote the letter to Jurgen Klopp as part of a school project\n\nA football-mad schoolboy will visit Old Trafford for the first time after \"a novel attempt to derail Liverpool's Premier League campaign\".\n\nDaragh Curley wrote to Jurgen Klopp, asking if it would be possible for the team to lose some games so they would not win the league.\n\nThe 10-year-old, from County Donegal, was shocked when he received a personal reply from the Liverpool boss.\n\nManchester United said the club was proud to have fans like Daragh.\n\n\"That's brilliant news. The atmosphere at Old Trafford will be great,\" said Daragh shortly after hearing the news of his visit.\n\n\"My friends are going to be really jealous.\"\n\nIn the letter, Daragh, who counts goalkeeper David de Gea and midfielder Bruno Fernandes as his favourite players, wrote: \"Liverpool are winning too many games.\n\n\"If you win nine more games then you have the best unbeaten run in English football. Being a United fan that is very sad.\n\n\"So the next time Liverpool play, please make them lose.\"\n\nKlopp replied, praising Daragh's passion, but explaining Liverpool could not drop points on his behalf.\n\nLiverpool are on course to win the Premier League and have not lost a league fixture so far this season.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 10-year-old shocked at Liverpool manager's reply to a letter asking him to lose.\n\nThe letter \"caught the eye\" of bosses at Manchester United, who have invited Daragh and his family to Old Trafford.\n\n\"It was a novel attempt to derail Liverpool's Premier League campaign,\" the spokesperson said.\n\n\"We are very proud that we have fans like Daragh supporting us.\"", "Former England striker Ian Wright has tearfully paid tribute to a childhood teacher he remembers as \"the greatest man in the world\".\n\nThe ex-footballer had a hard time keeping the emotion out of his voice as he told Desert Island Discs about being reunited with Sydney Pigden in 2010 (footage of their reunion later went viral).\n\nWhen you were younger, was there a person or a life-changing experience that helped shape who you are today? We'd love to hear your stories. Please email us - haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk", "Wendy Small, pictured with her husband Geoff, has been charged £160 to keep her old BT email address since she switched providers two years ago\n\nOfcom is writing to broadband companies to ask why some people are having to pay to keep old email addresses.\n\nTalkTalk charges £5 a month and BT charges £7.50 a month if customers switch providers but want to keep using their email addresses as before.\n\nVirgin deletes those it gives to customers 90 days after they leave, but Sky lets people keep theirs for free.\n\nOfcom told Radio 4's Money Box it could see no reason for what one customer called \"basically daylight robbery\".\n\nOfcom added: \"We're looking at this to consider whether we need to step in and take action.\"\n\nAs the UK's four big providers, BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin supply 90% of the UK's net-using homes with broadband.\n\nMoney Box spoke to one customer who has paid £260 to keep an old address during the three years since switching from BT.\n\nIt's a similar story for Wendy Small, from Bookham in Surrey, who's been charged £160 since leaving BT for another provider two years ago.\n\n\"It started at £5 per month when we switched in January 2018. They increased that to £7.50 per month in October 2018 and we've been paying that since then.\n\n\"I think it's basically daylight robbery and it doesn't help incentivise people to switch provider.\n\n\"If you're switching to save money, but then you suddenly find that you're going to have to pay to keep your email address so you don't have the inconvenience of changing everything that's linked to your email address and it's going to cost you up to £7.50 per month, then those savings disappear.\n\n\"I think that Ofcom should be taking action and look at the wider practice in the sector. If the sector refuses to change its practices, I think Ofcom should be stepping in to regulate.\"\n\nBT says people can keep their email addresses for free using a basic service that's only accessible via a browser, but that customers who want to maintain their normal email service, they have to pay £7.50 per month.\n\nAn Ofcom spokesperson said: \"We can't see a reason why you should have to pay these amounts to keep your email address. So we're looking at this to consider whether we need to step in and take action.\n\n\"Last year we also secured commitments from companies to treat customers fairly, so we've asked them to explain how this fits with that promise.\"\n\nDave Currie, pictured with with wife Mary, says he'd be put off looking for a better broadband deal and switching because of the hassle of losing his email address\n\nAs well as people having to pay to keep old email addresses, another possible area of concern for Ofcom is the risk that people are being put off switching providers to get better deals, because of the hassle of losing their email addresses.\n\nThe idea of having to change his email address with all the sites he uses is something Dave Currie, from Inverkip, says is just not worth any potential savings.\n\nHe had to switch once before when his supplier \"dumped\" him on to another company: \"I had to change every online account that required an email address as a login and there were over 100 of them.\n\n\"I had to change logins for bank, gas and electric suppliers, car insurance, house insurance, holiday companies, airlines, all the online shops that require that.\n\n\"I also had some problems with auto-renew contracts that sent reminders to my old address, so that caused a lot of problems.\n\n\"Having had to do it once, I would certainly be put off changing service providers, even for a much better deal. It just involved too much time and effort.\"\n\nDan Grabham, editor of technology website Pocket-Lint, says the amount people are being charged is shocking, especially as some providers let their customers keep them for nothing if they decide to switch.\n\n\"If Ofcom is serious about mandating ISPs (internet service providers) to provide access to addresses after you leave your provider, then it will have to institute a system similar to the ability to swap your mobile phone number to another network.\n\n\"If you're thinking about leaving your ISP in future and have an email address with them, it's worth finding out now how much it will cost you and factor that into your decision to switch.\n\n\"It could be that it will still be cheaper for you over the next 12 months to switch even if you are paying for access to your email address.\n\n\"However, my advice would be to prevent this being a problem in future by taking the hit now. Set up a web-based email address from a reputable provider, such as Microsoft's Outlook or Google's Gmail, start using that instead and gradually move your logins for the services you use across to it.\"\n\nYou can hear more on BBC Radio 4's Money Box programme by listening again here.", "The funeral of former Manchester United and Northern Ireland goalkeeper Harry Gregg has taken place in Coleraine.\n\nGregg, a hero of the 1958 Munich air disaster who made 25 appearances for Northern Ireland between 1954 and 1963, died on Sunday aged 87.\n\nHe bravely rescued team-mates and other passengers following the Munich plane crash in which 23 were killed, including eight United players.\n\nHis funeral service was held in St Patrick's Parish Church in Coleraine.\n\nSir Alex Ferguson and Denis Law arriving at the funeral for Harry Gregg\n\nAfterwards he was buried in Coleraine Cemetery.\n\nAmong the mourners were former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, Sir Bobby Charlton and former striker Denis Law.\n\nAlso attending were First Minister Arlene Foster; former Northern Ireland international and manager Sammy McIlroy; members of Coleraine FC, including manager Oran Kearney; and David Healy, Northern Ireland's record goalscorer and Linfield manager.\n\nSir Bobby Charlton is also among the mourners\n\nWelcoming mourners, Rev Ian Ballentine said the large crowds outside the church were a tribute to Harry Gregg, who he described as an \"outstanding professional footballer and a man of exceptional courage\".\n\nIn a eulogy, BBC NI's Stephen Watson said Gregg was a \"great stickler for timekeeping\" so would have been thrilled that everyone had arrived at the church on time.\n\nHe said his idol as a child was Celtic goalkeeper Johnny Thompson.\n\nHe added that Gregg had deliberately flunked an exam so he did not have to go to a grammar school which played rugby, rather than football.\n\nRecalling the Munich disaster, he said that Gregg was told by the captain of the plane to run away as it was about to explode, but he \"went back into the carnage\" to rescue several team-mates and a pregnant woman and her daughter.\n\nMr Watson said: \"What happened at Munich was a mental torment for Harry - he had a constant battle against grief and guilt.\n\n\"But as he told me - it was getting back to football that saved his sanity. He used the game to heal his scars.\"\n\nMr Watson said on the 50th anniversary of the Munich crash he met the young Yugoslavian woman he rescued from the plane, as well as the son she was pregnant with at the time.\n\nHowever, he said Gregg's darkest hour was the death of his wife Mavis, the mother of his eldest two children, from breast cancer in her mid-20s.\n\nIn 1965, he remarried to Carolyn and they had four children together.\n\nHe suffered another personal tragedy around the time of the 50th anniversary of the Munich air disaster when his daughter Karen died from breast cancer.\n\nIt felt as if the whole of Coleraine had turned out as Harry Gregg made his final journey to St Patrick's Church.\n\nHundreds braved the wind and rain to pay their final respects to the hero of Munich.\n\nSome of the biggest names in the history of football - Sir Alex Ferguson, Denis Law and Sir Bobby Charlton - arrived to remember a man who left his mark both on and off the pitch.\n\nEulogies recalled Gregg's strong work ethic, passion for the game and wise words of advice.\n\nThey also paid tribute to the family man - a father of six, grandfather of 10 and great grandfather of five. And there was time for some memories of a man who didn't suffer fools and wasn't averse to the use of some \"industrial\" language.\n\nSixty-two years to the day after his Manchester United team-mate Duncan Edwards died from the injuries he suffered in the Munich disaster, Harry Gregg was laid to rest.\n\nMr Watson said that Gregg's \"notoriety because of the Munich air crash came at a price\" and \"cast a shadow over his life that he found difficult to dispel\".\n\n\"Harry's actions though on the runway that fateful day meant he transcended sporting greatness,\" Mr Watson added.\n\n\"He was called the Hero of Munich, but he always wanted to be remembered simply as a footballer and a coach of some repute.\"\n\nNorthern Ireland First Minister Arlene Foster arrives at the church\n\n\"He was that figure that gave everyone from a working class walk of life hope. I could always look at him, he was the perfect role model,\" he said.\n\n\"He never courted publicity, that's what I loved about him - all the adulation that people poured on his shoulders he took in his stride.\n\n\"When I saw him most at ease with himself was with the family. That was when he was most content.\"\n\nPeople queued outside St Patrick's Church, where a number of seats were made open for the public\n\nMr Beckett also reflected on Gregg's legacy: \"I was thinking of the legacy he has left, the Harry Gregg foundation, which is something I know he was so proud about - his pride and joy.\n\n\"It is about giving kids a structured platform, structured in such a way that kids could go out and enjoy it.\"\n\nThe congregation also listened to a poem written by Gregg entitled Jumpers for Goalposts and another written by Pablo Doherty, the son of legendary Northern Ireland international Peter Doherty who signed Gregg for Doncaster Rovers at the age of 19 and managed the national side at the 1958 World Cup where Gregg was named best goalkeeper.\n\nIn a tribute, Gregg's son John said: \"Dad as a father was really, really good. The thing with dad was everybody said about his bark, but at the back of that was a real softness you very rarely saw.\n\nCrowds line the streets of Coleraine as the cortege makes its way to the cemetery\n\n\"Dad knew we all loved him, ever single one of us, and towards the end I told him every single day. We all had one of the best dads. I am going to really miss him.\"\n\nHe added that while heaven is supposed to be a quiet and peaceful place, that would change within 30 minutes of his father's arrival.\n\nGregg and his family moved to Coleraine after he was born in Tobermore, County Londonderry, and he excelled as a player for his home town club before moving to England.\n\nWhen he joined United in December 1957 for £23,500, Gregg was the world's most expensive goalkeeper and was voted the best at the following year's World Cup.\n\nThe Irish FA opened a book of condolence in his memory at the National Stadium at Windsor Park.\n\nA book of condolence was also opened in Coleraine Town Hall.", "A young Manchester United fan who made a bid to stop Liverpool winning the title has been left shocked after Jurgen Klopp sent him a personal reply.\n\nDaragh Curley, from County Donegal, wrote to the Liverpool boss for a school assignment.\n\nThe 10-year-old asked if it would be possible for Liverpool to lose some games so they wouldn't win the league.\n\nKlopp said the letter was \"nice\" and \"cheeky\".", "Herefordshire Highways shared a picture of the tractor transport service on Twitter\n\nStaff at a care home have been carried into work on a tractor and trailer, as flooding after Storm Dennis remains.\n\nHampton Bishop in Herefordshire was the last place in England to have a severe flood warning, meaning a danger to life, following the storm.\n\nThe county council has been providing the extra service to transport staff to the village's care home, Hampton House.\n\nEmma Thompson, care home manager, has also stayed on the site since last Sunday to support residents.\n\n\"They are like grandparents to me and I just want to be here to reassure them 24/7,\" she said.\n\n\"But we're very lucky, we have three birthdays this weekend so we're all eating cake.\"\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 severe warnings in Hampton Bishop were lifted at 12:00 GMT on Saturday.\n\nMs Thompson has praised Herefordshire Council, Herefordshire Fire and Rescue Service, her \"incredible\" staff and relatives who have helped the care home keep going through the flooding.\n\nHerefordshire Fire and Rescue Service workers checked flood levels in Hampton Bishop on Friday\n\nThough Ms Thompson said the village was \"not out of the woods\", she added the situation was starting to improve.\n\n\"One of my staff members lives on Church Lane, and she has now been able to get in wearing wellies, which is fantastic, because she had been turning up at the back door in a kayak,\" she said.\n\nDave Throup, from the Environment Agency, said more rain was expected over the weekend.\n\n\"I think it will push levels back up on the main rivers, but at the moment we have got no suggestion it will take them to where they were earlier in the week,\" he said.\n\nSevere flood warnings for the River Lugg and River Wye in Hampton Bishop have been lifted\n\nElsewhere, Shropshire Council said sections of the Coleham flood barriers in Shrewsbury were being deployed as a precautionary measure due to the expected rainfall.\n\nFrankwell Main Car Park is closed until further notice, it said, and there is no overnight parking at St Julian's Friar's car park as levels are set to rise overnight.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "BBC Sport speaks to boxing fans in Las Vegas at the weigh-in before the eagerly anticipated rematch between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury.\n\nWATCH MORE: Watch the Wilder v Fury II weigh-in on BBC iPlayer", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Trevor Weston said just because people are \"old\" they are \"not there for the taking\".\n\nA retired bus driver has told how he fought off a would-be robber at a cash machine.\n\nGrandfather Trevor Weston, 77, got £20 from the machine in Cardiff when the man threatened to stab him.\n\nInstead of handing over the cash, Mr Weston put up his fists and said: \"Do you want some of this, pal?\"\n\nSouth Wales Police is appealing for information about the attack at Sainsbury's in Roath on 5 February, which was caught on CCTV.\n\nMr Weston, from Tremorfa, said he had \"never been in a fight in his life\" before he fought off the attacker, and police cheered when they watched the footage.\n\n\"I got out my £20 and had just put my wallet back in my pocket when this bloke - this thing - came from nowhere, grabbed me and said, 'Give me your money or I'll stab you',\" he said.\n\n\"When he demanded I hand over my money, I replied, 'You what? Do you want some of this, pal?' and I put up my guard.\n\n\"Actually, it's a good job there's no sound on that video because I probably turned the air blue with what I really said.\"\n\nMr Weston said his granddaughter kept wanting to watch the footage\n\nMr Weston said he could only punch left handed after previously suffering a broken shoulder.\n\nHe said: \"He walked up to me and I smacked him in the mouth. He reeled back a bit and then he came toward me again and spun me around.\"\n\nAfter footage of the video emerged Mr Weston said that he had been sent messages from people who said he looked like a prize fighter.\n\nIt was not until later that it emerged the attacker was not armed with a blade, but a pencil.\n\nBut police told Mr Weston he could still have been hurt, as the weapon was placed against his neck at one point.\n\nMr Weston did not phone the police until after he had got back in his car to listen to the news\n\nHis nephews and nieces have praised him for standing up to the thug.\n\n\"My granddaughter keeps insisting that we watch it,\" said Mr Weston, who did not phone the police for hours after the attack.\n\n\"The only thing I was annoyed about was I got in the car to listen to the news it had finished,\" Mr Weston told Claire Summers on BBC Radio Wales.\n\n\"I always listen to the news. Because of him I missed the news.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Saudi officials have called for the arrest of a female rapper who released a music video for her song Mecca Girl that praises women from the holy city as \"powerful and beautiful\".\n\nIn 2018 the crown prince of the conservative country began a programme of reforms.\n\nBut activists say repression has increased and there is a crackdown on freedom of expression.\n\nThe video was released on YouTube last week by a young rapper who identifies herself as Asayel Slay.\n\nShe raps about women in the city of Mecca, which is Islam's holiest site where millions of Muslims go on Hajj or pilgrimage annually.\n\n\"Our respect to other girls but the Mecca girl is sugar candy,\" she sings in the video while men and women dance in a café.\n\nIt was widely shared on social media, and people used hashtag #Mecca_Girl_Represents_Me to praise it.\n\nOn Thursday governor of Mecca Khaled al-Faisal ordered the arrest of the people behind the video, tweeting that it \"insults the customs of Mecca\" and using hashtag \"They're not the girls of Mecca\".\n\nAsayel Slay's account has been suspended and the video is no longer available on YouTube.\n\nOne popular tweet read, \"It's the only rap song that doesn't contain a single obscenity, insult, pornographic scene, nudity, hashish or smoking and the rapper is even wearing the hijab.\n\n\"The girl faces arrest because the song doesn't suit new Saudi Arabia or old.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Saudi Arabia reforms: Are they good news for women?\n\nOther social media users suggested double-standards apply to men and women.\n\nThey drew attention to the case of Moroccan singer Saad Lmjarred who was permitted to perform in Riyadh after facing three charges of rape that he denies.\n\nSocial media users accused authorities of projecting an image of modernisation abroad while cracking down at home.\n\n\"This is so typical of the Saudi government to do - bring western influencers to artwash the regime but attack real Saudi women who try to artistically express their cultural identities,\" tweeted Amani Al-Ahmadi, who identifies herself as a Saudi-American feminist.\n\nCrown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is promoting a more modern image of the country abroad as part of his Vision 2030 programme of reform.\n\nArtists including Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj and BTS have been invited to perform in the kingdom.\n\nNicki Minaj pulled out after a backlash, citing her support for the rights of women and the LGBT community.\n\nAt a music festival in December, 120 Saudi men and women were arrested for wearing \"inappropriate clothes.\"", "The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are to stop using their \"SussexRoyal\" brand from spring 2020.\n\nThe couple had been in discussions with aides and senior royals about using the name following their decision this year to step back from royal duties.\n\nBut a spokesperson for the couple said it was agreed the word \"royal\" could not be used due to government rules.\n\nApplications to trademark the SussexRoyal brand have also been withdrawn.\n\nThe couple's popular Instagram account uses the name SussexRoyal, as does their website.\n\nA spokesperson for the Sussexes said they were \"focused\" on plans to establish their new organisation in the spring.\n\nBut they had agreed not to name it the Sussex Royal Foundation.\n\nRoyal author Robert Hardman told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the decision on the brand name was a \"setback\" for the couple.\n\n\"They've spent a great deal of money registering the trademarks,\" he said.\n\nHowever, branding expert Rita Clifton told the programme the inability to use SussexRoyal would be an \"inconvenience\" rather than an insurmountable problem.\n\nShe said any brand \"is not just a name and a logo but also what you do\".\n\nThis was not what Harry and Meghan thought it would be.\n\nTheir bombshell statement in early January was full of talk about \"a progressive new role\" in the Royal Family, about \"collaboration\" with other members of the family, about \"continuing to support Her Majesty the Queen\".\n\nThey thought a hybrid role, half-in, half-out, could be possible - some royal duties, some Commonwealth duties, on their terms, with private lives attached.\n\nInstead, there is now nothing royal about them other than their names, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, and their private connections with their relatives.\n\nThere will be no public royal role, no military commands, no royal tours and now not even use of the word \"royal\".\n\nThe loss of \"SussexRoyal\" will be a blow. It is their public face, their brand, their hugely popular social media name.\n\nBut \"royal\" could not survive alongside a private existence.\n\nThe couple have had to bow to the logic of their desire for a new and independent life - they will be royal no more.\n\nA spokeswoman for the Sussexes said: \"While the duke and duchess are focused on plans to establish a new non-profit organisation, given the specific UK government rules surrounding use of the word royal, it has been therefore agreed that their non-profit organisation, when it is announced this spring, will not be named Sussex Royal Foundation.\n\n\"The Duke and Duchess of Sussex do not intend to use 'SussexRoyal' in any territory post-spring 2020.\"\n\nThe spokeswoman said trademark applications that were filed as protective measures \"acting on advice from and following the same model for the Royal Foundation\" have been removed.\n\nIn a statement on their website, the couple said: \"While there is not any jurisdiction by the monarchy or Cabinet Office over the use of the word 'Royal' overseas, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex do not intend to use 'Sussex Royal' or any iteration of the word 'Royal' in any territory (either within the UK or otherwise) when the transition occurs spring 2020.\"\n\nIt was announced this week that the couple will formally step down as senior royals from 31 March.\n\nThey will no longer carry out duties on behalf of the Queen but arrangements will be reviewed after 12 months.\n\nA spokesperson for the couple said they intended to split their time between the UK and North America, and would be in the UK \"regularly\".\n\nThey will attend six events in the UK in February and March, including the Commonwealth Day Service on 9 March.\n\nThe couple and their son Archie spent time in Canada over Christmas\n\nHarry is also expected to attend the London Marathon in April in his capacity as patron, while the couple will also attend the Invictus Games in the Netherlands in May.\n\nThe couple have been in Canada with their son Archie for much of this year, after briefly returning to the UK in January following an extended six-week Christmas break on Vancouver Island.\n\nBefore announcing their plans to step back from royal duties in January, they had spoken about how they had struggled under the media spotlight.", "The coaches with the evacuees arrived at the hospital in a convoy of vehicles\n\nBritish nationals evacuated from a coronavirus-hit cruise ship in Japan have arrived at a hospital where they will spend the next two weeks in quarantine.\n\nCoaches carrying 30 British and two Irish citizens arrived at Arrowe Park hospital in Wirral on Saturday evening.\n\nThe group had travelled from an airbase in Wiltshire after leaving Tokyo on a flight late on Friday night.\n\nThey have so far tested negative for the virus.\n\nAs the coaches arrived at the hospital just before 18:00, one passenger was pictured making a heart sign with her hands while another gave an OK signal through the coach windows.\n\nArrowe Park Hospital was previously used to quarantine 83 British nationals who were flown back to the UK from Wuhan.\n\nThe chief executive of Wirral Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, Janelle Holmes, said Arrowe Park was using that experience as a \"blueprint\" for treating the new group.\n\nSpeaking ahead of the group's arrival, she said: \"The group of people is slightly different.\n\n\"Obviously, they have come from a cruise ship rather than from their own homes over in China, but we are working exactly the same as we did before, with the healthcare professionals and Public Health England to make sure they are safe, well managed and comfortable while they are with us.\"\n\nThe plane landed at Boscombe Down, a MoD base in Wiltshire\n\nThe evacuation flight took off from Tokyo's Haneda Airport late on Friday evening (GMT) and landed at Boscombe Down, a Ministry of Defence base in Wiltshire, about 11:30 GMT on Saturday.\n\nIn a statement issued after the plane landed, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the Foreign Office had \"worked hard\" to get the passengers \"back to the UK securely\".\n\n\"Our number one priority has consistently been the health and safety of UK nationals,\" he added.\n\nThe flight had previously been delayed after the British embassy said it was \"logistically complicated\".\n\nThe plane set off from Haneda Airport, Tokyo, late on Friday evening (GMT)\n\nMeanwhile, it has emerged the NHS is working on plans to test people for coronavirus in their own homes, if the outbreak begins to spread in the UK.\n\nA pilot scheme has already been launched in London, where tests are being carried out by NHS nurses and paramedics.\n\nThe health service is planning to expand the scheme to other areas outside of the capital in the coming weeks.\n\nProfessor Keith Willett, the NHS strategic incident director for coronavirus, said the aim was to avoid the risk of people spreading the infection by going to their GP or A&E.\n\nElsewhere, Italy has reported its second death from the virus - a woman living in the northern region of Lombardy - a day after a 78-year-old man died.\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\nSome 78 Britons were on the Diamond Princess when it was quarantined 16 days ago.\n\nSome of the British passengers on the Diamond Princess had already been evacuated over the last week on flights to Hong Kong, organised by the Chinese authorities there, a government source has told the BBC.\n\nOthers are being treated for the virus in health facilities in Japan.\n\nDavid and Sally Abel, a couple from Northamptonshire who were diagnosed with coronavirus on the cruise ship, have since been told they have pneumonia, their son said.\n\nAppearing alongside wife Roberta, Steve Abel said in a YouTube video late on Friday evening that his father's condition was \"very serious\", while his mother has a more mild form of pneumonia.\n\nHe also said his \"really distressed\" parents - who had been on the cruise for their 50th wedding anniversary - called him to say they were being moved to a different hospital.\n\nThis Facebook post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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Facebook content may contain adverts.\n\nMr Abel said: \"They've gone from being told that they're going to have all these wonderful treatments, and 'we're going to wait over the next two or three days just to see how they respond to the treatments', and now all of a sudden they're being told 'we have to move you to a different hospital'.\"\n\nHe said his father is so \"weak\" he has been using a wheelchair, and has been told he could be put on a ventilator.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Steve Abel told BBC Breakfast his father told him \"we can't take any more of this, it's like a prison\"\n\nThe Foreign Office said the welfare of all British nationals is of the highest priority to the UK government.\n\nThey added they are working with the Japanese authorities to ensure those British nationals who are remaining in Japan for health reasons get the best possible care.\n\nAt least four UK nationals have contracted the virus on board the cruise ship, but those flying home have tested negative.\n\nMore than 620 people on board the cruise ship tested positive for the virus - the largest cluster of cases outside China.\n\nIt is understood that some British nationals are members of the ship's crew who could be staying on board the ship.\n\nTwo Japanese passengers - both in their 80s and with underlying health conditions - were confirmed to have died after contracting the virus on the Diamond Princess.\n\nThe cruise liner was carrying 3,700 people when it was quarantined in Yokohama on 5 February, after a man who disembarked in Hong Kong was found to have the virus.\n\nSouth Korea says the number of new coronavirus cases in the country has more than doubled in one day.\n\nOfficials said on Saturday that 229 new cases had been confirmed since Friday, raising the total to 433.\n\nIn the UK, a total of 5,885 people have been tested for the virus, as of 14:00 GMT on Friday. Nine people have tested positive.\n\nWere you on the flight? 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. 'Which candidate will you swipe right on?'\n\nThe race to decide which Democrat will take on Donald Trump in November's presidential election in the US has resumed in Nevada.\n\nModerate ex-mayor Pete Buttigieg and left-wing Bernie Sanders are the front-runners nationwide, but only two states have voted so far. The final candidate won't be known until July.\n\nVery early results from Nevada give Mr Sanders the lead.\n\nJoe Biden, who has struggled up until now, will hope for a better result.\n\nThe Nevada caucuses are a series of party meetings held across the state, that might last a few hours. At the end, those present will vote on which of the eight Democrats they would most like to be the nominee.\n\nCandidates who win at least 15% of the vote on Saturday will be awarded delegates - in Nevada, 36 delegates will be distributed according to how well candidates performed.\n\nAll the candidates are aiming to reach 1,990 delegates nationwide, which would be enough to make them the final nominee. That's a long way off - right now, Pete Buttigieg has 22, Bernie Sanders 21 and Elizabeth Warren has eight.\n\nAs we just mentioned, the Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren has the third highest number of delegates right now, but that doesn't give you the full picture. The caucuses in Iowa and primary in New Hampshire earlier this month didn't go as well as her campaign had hoped.\n\nBut this was before her spirited performance in a Democratic debate on Wednesday night, in which she repeatedly skewered emerging rival Michael Bloomberg. Her campaign said this led to its best fundraising day yet.\n\nLast time around, rival Amy Klobuchar came third in New Hampshire after a strong debate performance a few days earlier. Might Ms Warren see a similar bump in Nevada?\n\nIt's also worth keeping an eye on Joe Biden. The former vice-president has performed poorly so far, but is pinning his hopes on the support of Nevada's Latino voters. If that isn't forthcoming, his campaign could soon meet its end.\n\nIn a state like Nevada, with its tourist-heavy cities of Las Vegas and Reno, one organisation holds a lot of sway: the Culinary Union, made up of restaurant, hotel and casino workers.\n\nAn endorsement from this group can help decide who wins Nevada's caucuses: it played a large part in Barack Obama's win there in 2008, for example. But this year, it chose not to endorse a candidate.\n\nUnion members don't support Bernie Sanders' plan for a centralised national healthcare programme, because they're reluctant to give up the insurance plan the union carefully negotiated for them. Last week, union officials said Sanders supporters were sending them abuse over their stance.\n\nBut the lack of an endorsement was more of a blow for Mr Biden, who doesn't support a national healthcare system and whose views seemingly aligned more closely with the union's.\n\nYou may remember that in the last caucuses in Iowa, the results were delayed for days by a glitch caused by an app rolled out by the Democratic Party. Could we see similar problems here?\n\nHopefully not. Officials in Nevada have decided not to use the app to record results and are instead relying on an online form provided by Google, downloaded on to a load of iPads.\n\nI'm a single issue voter. I am bipolar. Right now it's fine because I'm on my parents' health insurance but when I turn 26 I will no longer be.\n\nIt's really important to me to have a substantial healthcare system, and every other civilised nation has it, so I just don't understand why we do not.\n\nI'm planning to caucus for Bernie Sanders because he has a strong platform on healthcare and he has a large following among people of my demographic. Other issues that matter to me are college education and the prison system - I think that needs some reformation - as well as poverty and homelessness.\n\nMy least favourite would probably be Joe Biden - he gives the appearance of not being entirely sure where he is or what's going on. I think he's too moderate for me, personally - I don't think he'll get any major change going.\n\nI've been a big follower of Biden's throughout his entire campaign. I've been to all of his rallies.\n\nI'm a big fan of Obama, so seeing Biden with Obama and being able to follow him through all of his policies, that they both accomplished together, was something that really moved me forward to vote for him.\n\nHe really reaches out to the Hispanic community, the minority community, he's really big on immigration reform, as far as looking after everyone equally. With the LGBT community - I myself am part of the LGBT and Hispanic community - he really targets a lot of the issues that are most concerning for me.\n\nHealthcare is a really big issue here in Nevada, especially with Culinary Union workers, as is immigration reform, with Nevada being a really diverse state. I really do appreciate his stance on immigration.\n\nAre any Republicans standing against Donald Trump? Just the one: former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld, but Mr Trump will almost certainly be the nominee. Just the one: former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld, but Mr Trump will almost certainly be the nominee. They're votes that are held in private. The candidates who do best in the primaries are awarded delegates. They're votes that are held in private. The candidates who do best in the primaries are awarded delegates. A bit like primaries, except they're more like party meetings, at the end of which you vote for your preferred candidate. A bit like primaries, except they're more like party meetings, at the end of which you vote for your preferred candidate.", "Three adults and a child were rescued when the A470 Dolgellau bypass flooded, but the water has since receded\n\nFirefighters had to rescue four people from flood water when the two cars they were in got stuck.\n\nTwo passengers were given precautionary checks for hypothermia.\n\nPart of the A470 at Dolgellau, Gwynedd was shut after the two cars got stuck at about 04:05 GMT. Several roads remain closed due to flooding, according to Traffic Wales.\n\nThere is a Met Office yellow warning for rain in mid and south Wales on Saturday from 22:00.\n\nIt said the rain could be \"especially persistent\" in areas \"currently saturated and highly sensitive to further rainfall\".\n\nNorth Wales Fire and Rescue Service confirmed three adults and a child were pulled to safety from the trapped cars in Dolgellau.\n\nThe road has now re-opened in the town.\n\nHowever, flooding on the A470 has forced highway officials to close the road further north between Betws-y-Coed and Bodnant in Conwy.\n\nThe flood stranded vehicles have now been recovered and the road has reopened\n\nMeanwhile, communities are continuing the clean-up following damage from Storm Dennis, with about 100 volunteers removing six tonnes of debris at Bute Park in Cardiff on Saturday, according to council leader Huw Thomas in a tweet.\n\nWork is also under way at Clwb y Bont, Pontypridd, which was left underwater when the nearby river burst its banks and flooded main streets.\n\nClean-up work and repairs are still being carried out at Clwb y Bont, Pontypridd\n\nPrince Charles met flood victims and their rescuers during a visit to the town on Friday.\n\nThe storm affected more than 1,000 homes and businesses in Rhondda Cynon Taff alone, and damage to council infrastructure could cost up to £30m, according to council leader Andrew Morgan.\n\nIn Monmouth, Welsh Water said it was continuing to work to restore services at its Mayhill treatment plant.\n\nIt has been using a fleet of 40 tankers to manually top-up fresh drinking water reserves and ensure supplies are maintained.\n\nWelsh Water say they are now back in the Mayhill works following the flooding\n\n\"Some customers in Monmouth have been asking our colleagues in the area if they need to boil their tap water: Our answer is no,\" said a Welsh Water official.\n\n\"We're providing bottled water as a precaution in case supply is interrupted and for a small number of customers without water.\"\n\nBottled water stations have also been set-up at Monmouthshire Comprehensive, Trellech Primary, and at Redbrook Road.\n\nThe yellow weather warning is place from 22:00 GMT\n\nThe weather warning is place from Saturday evening until 11:00 on Sunday.\n\nIt covers 15 of Wales' 22 local authority areas at Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Neath Port Talbot, Newport, Powys, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Swansea, Torfaen and Vale of Glamorgan.\n\nThe Met Office said between 20 to 40mm was likely to fall, with 50 to 60mm in mountain areas.\n\nThere are currently nine flood warnings in place covering the River Vyrnwy, Severn and the Lower Dee Valley between Llangollen and Wrexham.\n\nThe A487 Dyfi Bridge at Machynlleth remains closed due to flooding", "Safiyya Shaikh told undercover police she wanted to bomb St Paul's Cathedral and a hotel\n\nA supporter of the banned Islamic State terror group has admitted plotting to blow herself up in a bomb attack on St Paul's Cathedral.\n\nMuslim convert Safiyya Shaikh went on a reconnaissance trip to scope out the London landmark and a hotel.\n\nThe 36-year-old, born Michelle Ramsden, was arrested after asking an undercover police officer to supply bombs.\n\nAt the Old Bailey, Shaikh, of west London, admitted preparing an act of terrorism and will be sentenced in May.\n\nShe was considered such a threat that MI5 made her the highest-level priority for investigation in the weeks before her arrest, according to Whitehall security sources.\n\nIt meant she was subject to a level of surveillance reserved for only the most dangerous potential attackers.\n\nOver the two months before her arrest in October 2019, Shaikh built up a relationship with two undercover officers who were posing as a husband and wife extremist team.\n\nShe messaged one of them via an encrypted social media app.\n\n\"I want to kill a lot,\" she told the officer. \"I would like to do church... a day like Christmas or Easter good, kill more.\n\n\"I always send threats. But I want to make threats real.\"\n\nShe sent a picture of St Paul's Cathedral to the officer and wrote: \"I would like to do this place for sure.\n\n\"I would like bomb and shoot 'til death... I really would love to destroy that place and the kaffir there.\"\n\nShaikh was caught thanks to a combination of critical pieces of the picture of her extremism that came together over time.\n\nFirst, there was mounting intelligence of her extremist ideology. She stopped going to a mosque because she suspected she would be reported for her views.\n\nSecond, a cyber operation revealed she headed a significant pro-IS social media chat platform that was pumping out propaganda and urging attacks on targets in Europe. Dutch counter-terrorism investigators linked that account to numerous threats in The Netherlands, one of which had led to the evacuation of a church.\n\nIn the first, she was befriended by an \"online role player\" - an officer posing as a fellow extremist to gain more insight into her intentions.\n\nThese operations have become increasingly important in fighting terrorism as officers track extremists in social media and work out which ones will convert their talk into attacks.\n\nOnce Shaikh's intentions were confirmed, a real-world undercover operation had to prove how dangerous she was in the meeting where she explicitly asked for bombs.\n\nJust over a week later Shaikh, of Hayes, visited St Paul's and sent videos to her contact, writing: \"I will to the bomb under the dome.\n\n\"I will also do something in hotel, then church, then kill 'til I'm dead.\"\n\nProsecutors say she gave two bags which she wanted to be fitted with homemade bombs to the female undercover officer.\n\nShaikh worked with Dutch IS supporters who issued a threat against a church in The Netherlands, leading to its evacuation\n\nShaikh converted to Islam in 2007 after being impressed by the kindness of her Muslim neighbours but later became isolated and apparently rejected mainstream Islam.\n\nShe began to court the extremist violent ideology of IS and other jihadist groups and by 2016 Shaikh stopped attending mosques.\n\nShe was also reported to the government's Prevent programme.\n\nIn a police interview Shaikh admitted posting extremist material and plotting a bomb attack, although she said she might not have gone through with it.\n\nIn court she pleaded guilty to the preparation of terrorist acts and dissemination of terrorist publications.\n\nMr Justice Sweeney ordered reports ahead of sentencing on 11 May.\n\nIn November, Neil Basu, head of counter terrorism policing, said the UK's counter terrorism policing team had about 800 live counter-terrorism investigations.\n\nHe said 24 attack plots had been thwarted since the Westminster attack in March 2017.\n\nSafiyya Shaikh planned to bomb \"under the dome\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Scientists have been researching into how water can be extracted from the Moon's surface\n\n\"Moon dust\" could be a vital source of fuel, building material and even drinking water for astronauts, according to the Open University.\n\nResearchers in Milton Keynes are investigating ways humans can \"live off the land\" when they set foot on the moon.\n\nThe team is basing its study on lunar soil collected by Neil Armstrong during the first moon landing in 1969.\n\nPhD student Hannah Sargeant said: \"We have to account for every milligram.\"\n\nMinute samples of moon rock collected during the NASA Apollo 11 mission are held in the Department of Physical Sciences at the Open University (OU) in Milton Keynes.\n\nExperiments, in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) and Russian scientists, could take place on the Moon's south polar region in five years' time, scientists hope.\n\nTiny fragments of lunar soil collected in 1969 by the Apollo 11 team are held in Milton Keynes\n\nA photo of an astronaut's boot on lunar soil, taken during the 1969 Moon landing\n\nThe concept involves heating the soil so oxygen within it reacts with added hydrogen - to create water.\n\n\"Water is one of the most critical resources we need for space exploration - not just for the life support needs of humans but also to make rocket fuel,\" said Ms Sargeant.\n\nNew techniques developed in Milton Keynes have found much higher concentrations of water in some rocks than were evident in the original investigations.\n\nHannah Sargeant is working on techniques to extract water from moon rocks\n\nDr Mahesh Anand, professor of planetary science and exploration at the OU, has pioneered the search for water on the Moon for 10 years.\n\nHe has also been collaborating with scientists in Cologne, Germany, to \"melt\" moon dust to create lunar bricks for use in future building projects in space.\n\nResearch fellow Dr Simon Sheridan has been developing a \"mass spectrometer\" on a prototype of the Moon rover Luvmi, which is being designed to \"sniff\" gases on the surface in the search for water.\n\nMs Sargeant said: \"The production of water, either from frozen deposits at the lunar poles or generating water from the rocks themselves, will be the first step to enable such long-term space exploration missions.\"\n\nFull report on BBC Inside Out East, BBC1, Monday, 17 February at 19:30 GMT\n• None Why are Moon rocks going missing?\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Waitrose has been rated the best UK in-store supermarket in consumer group Which?'s annual satisfaction survey.\n\nThe John Lewis-owned chain scored five stars in almost every category, but was ranked joint worst for value.\n\nIt's the second time it's been voted the top grocery store, despite budget chains Aldi and Lidl being ranked best for value.\n\n\"The quality of fresh products is the most important factor when choosing where to shop in store,\" said Which?.\n\n\"There's clear room for improvement for the 'big four' - Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and Asda - as they continue to trail behind Waitrose and Marks & Spencer for experience, and behind Aldi and Lidl on value,\" pointed out Harry Rose, the editor of Which? Magazine.\n\nIn the survey of more than 14,000 Which? members, Asda was rated the worst.\n\nThe consumer group found that shoppers like Asda's range of goods in store, but clearly want more recyclable packaging and products without packaging, as the store gained only one star for this aspect.\n\nCustomers told Which? they wanted to see more recyclable packaging from supermarket chain Asda\n\nThe survey revealed that Asda provides neither the noteworthy store experience of Waitrose or M&S, nor the value of Aldi or Lidl. Asda scored just two stars for the quality of its own-label products.\n\nThe store hit back by pointing out that none of Which?'s members had visited one of its stores recently.\n\nAn Asda spokesman said: \"We're always happy to take feedback - but as 70% of the Which? panel surveyed haven't visited an Asda in the last six months, we don't believe their findings are a true reflection of the experience of our 18 million weekly shoppers, who are looking for a supermarket that provides great value, range and service to customers working to any budget.\n\n\"We are proud that our customers are recognising this, with our online grocery service growing at three times the rate of the market.\n\n\"We're constantly striving to improve our offer to our customers - be that through the efforts of our hardworking colleagues, the 1,272 new products we launched in 2019, the 530 awards we won for quality, the 8,000 tonnes of plastic packaging we removed from our stores or the 22nd annual Grocer Award for being the best-priced supermarket.\"\n\nM&S lived up to its reputation for quality when it comes to food and drink, scoring five stars for both its own-brand and fresh produce.\n\nBut its overall customer score of 73% left it languishing just below Waitrose, not managing to quite match its rival's in-store experience or product range.\n\nAldi and Lidl were rated best for value, both receiving five stars. The budget supermarkets are seen as the best for those wanting more for their money, with rock-bottom prices making customers much more forgiving of their less-impressive traits, such as long queues, or unhelpful or hard-to-find staff.\n\nOne Aldi customer said: \"It's not a pleasant place to shop, but value for money is exceptional.\"\n\nIceland fell short over its fresh produce and lack of recyclable packaging\n\nMorrisons and Sainsbury's came in mid-table, with Tesco sliding in just below and Iceland coming in second-to-bottom.\n\nShoppers told Which? that they like Iceland's value for money, but this was not enough to boost its score overall. The supermarket failed to impress with its fresh produce or product range, and got just one star for availability of recyclable packaging.\n\nThe Which? study also found that when shopping in store, people were most frustrated by waiting for help at self-service checkouts (26%) and by a lack of staffed checkouts (25%).\n\nHere are the supermarkets' overall customer scores, according to Which?. They were rated for store appearance, product range, queues, staff availability and helpfulness, quality of own-label products, availability of recyclable packaging and value for money:", "The victim was stabbed at London Central Mosque near Regent's Park in London\n\nA man has been charged with a stabbing which happened inside London's Central Mosque during afternoon prayers.\n\nDaniel Horton, 29, is accused of attacking Raafat Maglad at the Regent's Park place of worship on Thursday.\n\nMr Maglad, who is 70, sustained stab wounds to his neck that were inflicted with a kitchen knife.\n\nMr Horton, who is homeless, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court earlier accused of causing grievous bodily harm and possession of a bladed article.\n\nProsecutor Tanyia Dogra told the court the victim and defendant were known to each other because Mr Horton had been attending the mosque for a number of years.\n\nThe accused, whom the court heard had been sleeping rough since last year, was remanded into custody.\n\nHe is expected to appear at Southwark Crown Court on 20 March.\n\nThe court was told Mr Maglad had suffered a 1.5cm wound to his neck.\n\nHe was taken to hospital for treatment before returning to the mosque for prayers the next day.\n\nMr Maglad who is a muezzin - someone who calls Muslims to prayer - said it was \"very important\" for him to attend Friday prayers.\n\n\"If I miss it, I just miss something very important,\" Mr Maglad 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. A woman is rescued by canoe after her car becomes submerged in Old Kilpatrick\n\nFlooding across Scotland has left cars, roads and fields submerged.\n\nOne woman had to be rescued from her vehicle by canoe after her car became deluged by floodwater in Old Kilpatrick, West Dunbartonshire.\n\nOther vehicles were left stranded on Saturday as they became swamped.\n\nThe Scottish Environment Protection Agency originally had more than 40 flood warnings in place, with new warnings for snow starting on Monday.\n\nA Met Office yellow snow and ice warning has now expired.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This car was left stranded as it became stuck in floodwater at Milngavie. Video by Stuart Low.\n\nSome flood warnings remain in place across Scotland. This car was caught in floodwater in Cornton Road in the Bridge of Allan\n\nThis road in Linwood was completely flooded on Saturday morning\n\nThe Kelvin Walkway in Glasgow was completely submerged\n\nThis woman was rescued after her car became submerged in floodwater in Old Kilpatrick on Friday night\n\nThe car was still in floodwater on Saturday morning\n\nHeavy rain on Friday led to vehicles becoming stranded in Paisley and Lochwinnoch in Renfrewshire and in Old Kilpatrick, West Dunbartonshire.\n\nThe wet conditions also led to the postponement of Friday's Scottish Premiership match between St Mirren and Hearts at the Simple Digital Arena in Paisley.\n\nElsewhere, ScotRail had to close the line between Stirling and Perth for safety reasons after water levels breached a marker on the Mill O'Keir viaduct.\n\nFlooding on the railway line at Johnstone\n\nScotRail had to close the line between Stirling and Perth after water levels breached a marker on the Mill O'Keir viaduct\n\nOn the roads, flooding forced the closure of the northbound M876 at junction 2 Broomage in central Scotland.\n\nLast weekend road, rail and ferry links were hit and football matches cancelled as Storm Dennis swept across Scotland.\n\nWhile the overall picture has improved during the week, parts of north-west England experienced more than a month's worth of rain between Thursday and Friday.\n\nAn ambulance was stranded after Paisley was hit by floods on Friday\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Friends, which first aired in 1994, ended in 2004 after 10 series\n\nThe cast of Friends is to reunite for a one-off special, more than 15 years since the show ended.\n\nThe unscripted episode will air on the HBO Max streaming service, launching in May. A date is yet to be announced.\n\nJennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer will all appear.\n\nPerry posted on Instagram: \"It's happening\" with a photo of the cast from the 1990s. The rest of the cast then started sharing the same post.\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 mattyperry4 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\nFriends aired from 1994 until 2004. The final show was watched by 52.5 million viewers in the US, making it the most watched TV episode of the 2000s.\n\nThe show has since picked up legions of younger fans through Netflix.\n\nIt was the UK's favourite streaming show and Netflix's second most popular show in the US in 2018.\n\nRumours of a reunion intensified after Aniston posted a photo of the cast together on Instagram in October.\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 jenniferaniston 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\nHBO Max has now secured rights to the show's back catalogue for $425m (£339m).\n\n\"Guess you could call this the one where they all got back together - we are reuniting with David, Jennifer, Courteney, Matt, Lisa and Matthew for an HBO Max special that will be programmed alongside the entire Friends Library,\" said Kevin Reilly, chief content officer for the channel.\n\nHe said the reunion special will capture the spirit of a time when \"friends - and audiences - gathered together in real time\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jurgen Klopp on learning English by watching US sitcom Friends\n\nThe cast will be involved in producing the episode.\n\nAccording to Variety, each actor is expected to receive $2.5m (£1.9m) for taking part in the special, which will be available when HBO Max - a new subscription streaming service - launches.\n\nFans of the show reacted with glee to the announced 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 Sarah Jenkins This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. 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.", "When Daisy May and Charlie Cooper were in their 20s they were living at home in the Cotswolds with their mum and dad.\n\nCharlie had dropped out of uni and Daisy, after a stint at a prestigious drama school, wasn't finding any work.\n\nTheir dad had just been made redundant and the whole family had been evicted from their old house because they couldn't afford to pay the rent.\n\nThings were so tough that the adult siblings were even sharing a bed.\n\n\"It's really strange because I went to go see the film Parasite the other day,\" Daisy says, \"and our lives were so similar to that family.\n\n\"We were grown-up children living with our parents. None of us were working. It was really the lowest of the low.\n\n\"Charlie and I shared a mattress that was broken in the middle. That's how desperate we were. I know it sounds funny but we were completely desperate. Things couldn't have got any worse.\"\n\nParasite, which won Best Picture at the Oscars, tells the story of a penniless family who are struggling with the massive wealth divide in Korean society.\n\nThe siblings, who finish each other's sentences, remember how they found work as cleaners and, in their free time, began to write about their life: going on really long walks, making fun of the strange people around town and pushing each other in trolleys around the Tesco car park.\n\nThose jokes and storylines would eventually become the BAFTA-winning BBC Three sitcom This Country, about cousins, Kerry and Lee \"Kurtan\" Mucklowe, growing up poor in the Cotswolds countryside.\n\n'We had to go to the library to send emails'\n\n\"There's no opportunities here for young people in the Cotswolds,\" Charlie says. \"There's so much of us in Kerry and Kurtan. We had that feeling of being doomed and being obsessed with the small things just to fill the days.\"\n\nOne of the most difficult things, they recall, is that when they were writing the show, the family didn't have enough money to pay for the internet.\n\n\"We'd have to go down to the library to, like, send out emails,\" Daisy says. \"Even not having the luxury of sending off a script and seeing if you got a response - but instead having to walk all the way to town to go to the library - it's such a... what's the word?\"\n\n\"It's like water, isn't it,\" Charlie replies. \"It's a necessity.\"\n\n\"We didn't even have that,\" Daisy says.\n\nAnd the show, now in its third and final season, deals with things like poverty, the impact of austerity and homelessness in the countryside.\n\n\"It's a shock because it's gotten worse, especially with the food banks,\" says Daisy. \"You'd think that Cirencester - and the Cotswolds - is quite an affluent area but the food banks are constantly being exhausted.\"\n\nAccording to a recent report from the Trussell Trust, Cirencester Foodbank gave 2,597 emergency food parcels to people between April 2019 and September 2019, a 25% increase on the same period in the previous year.\n\n\"There wasn't any food banks here when we were young,\" Charlie adds. \"Now there's three or four, isn't there?\n\n\"We don't know so much about the rest of the country, but in the Cotswolds the divide between the wealthy and poor people is huge and it's getting bigger. And there's not a lot in between.\"\n\nDaisy says she knows a man near where she lives who cycles half an hour to another town so he can collect a food package for his family.\n\n\"He's got a food bank service where he lives but he's too ashamed to go in there.\"\n\nThe pair also agree that more needs to be done to support young working class and rural writers, actors and performers.\n\n\"We were lucky because Daisy went to drama school and managed to find an agent so we had contacts when we started writing,\" says Charlie.\n\n\"There definitely needs to be more schemes for young people,\" adds Daisy. \"Unfortunately, this industry is about who you know.\"\n\nDaisy, who says the siblings were inspired by shows like The Royle Family, adds: \"There are different trends when it comes to class in TV and film. At the minute, it feels like there's a lot of public school films and actors but it does swing back around.\"\n\n\"I think if you're working class and trying to break into this industry,\" Charlie says, \"you need support behind you. If you're working a full time job and then trying to be a writer on the side or be an actor on the side, it's just impossible.\n\n\"We were lucky enough that we lived at home with our parents for years while we were writing the show. Without them it probably would never have happened.\"\n\n'We're still just Daisy and Charlie'\n\nEven through all the hardship, though, Daisy and Charlie - like their characters Kerry and Kurtan - always managed to see the funny glimmer of light in the darkness.\n\n\"Having a laugh was our only form of entertainment and the only thing that ever really kept us together,\" Charlie says.\n\n\"What got us through was people telling us that we were funny,\" Daisy says, \"and then we were like, 'Oh my god! There's hope, then, that we could maybe turn this around and make a success out of ourselves.'\"\n\nAnd that success has come thick and fast, with three BAFTAs and three Royal Television Awards under their belts.\n\n\"It's been an amazing journey,\" Charlie says, reflecting on the past three seasons.\n\nSo do people down the pub treat them differently now that they're BAFTA winners?\n\n\"Not really,\" they both say, laughing.\n\n\"We're just Daisy and Charlie to them,\" Charlie says. \"We don't get special treatment.\"\n\nSaying goodbye to the show was tough though, they both agree.\n\n\"The whole process was emotional,\" Charlie says. \"Obviously because we lost Michael so close to filming and having to try and plough on so close to the start was really hard.\"\n\nThe actor Michael Sleggs, who played the character Michael \"Slugs\" Slugette in This Country, died at the age of 33 last year.\n\n\"But then I think we were all hungover on the last day,\" he says, as they both crack up into laughter again.\n\nIt was recently announced that This Country is following in the footsteps of The Office and getting a US remake from Bridesmaids director Paul Feig and Sex and the City TV writer Jenny Bicks.\n\n\"It's really exciting,\" Daisy says. \"We've seen some of the early drafts of the script and Jenny is just such a funny writer.\"\n\nThe US version is sticking so closely to the original that they're even having a scarecrow festival, Charlie and Daisy say.\n\n\"They know how to make it work for an American audience,\" Daisy says. \"I think I'm happy for them to do what they want with it really.\"\n\nSo what's next? Is this really the end for Kerry and Kurtan?\n\n\"After seeing the Gavin and Stacey Christmas special, we'd love to do something like that in a few years,” Charlie says.\n\nThis Country is available on iPlayer and on BBC One on Mondays at 10.35pm.", "Dr Jeremy Morris is the master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge\n\nThe head of a Cambridge college has stepped back from his duties after allegations he mishandled a series of sexual misconduct complaints.\n\nDr Jeremy Morris, the master of Trinity Hall, has agreed to move aside while an internal review into procedures is under way.\n\nIt comes after both students and staff were accused of misconduct in recent years.\n\nTrinity Hall said the decision was subject to further consultation.\n\nDr Morris has come under pressure since the BBC found an academic who had been accused of sexually harassing 10 students had retained some college privileges because of an internal error.\n\nDr Peter Hutchinson later resigned from Trinity Hall in November 2019 after more than 1,300 staff and students protested that he had been allowed to keep his post.\n\nIt emerged this week that he had published an erotic novel about students the year nearly a dozen complaints of harassment had been made against him.\n\nStaff left their jobs at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, with \"serious\" concerns over the handling of misconduct allegations\n\nThe BBC learned at least three staff had also left the college with \"serious\" concerns over how the situation had been handled.\n\nThis week, Dr Morris was accused of mishandling multiple complaints of sexual assault brought by female students against a male student, who denied the allegations, according to an investigation by the Tortoise news website.\n\nDr Morris is also alleged to have allowed a senior member of academic staff to remain in his job for five months without any restrictions on his role after he was accused of sexual assault by a student.\n\nThe senior academic staff member - who strongly denies the allegations, which were reported to police with no further action - has now agreed to temporarily withdraw from his duties, Trinity Hall said in a statement.\n\nCurrent and former students have expressed scepticism over Dr Morris' decision to step back, with one telling the BBC they have \"no faith\" in the college's current processes.\n\nOver 500 Cambridge students, staff and alumni have signed an open letter calling for Dr Morris to resign.\n\nThe mother of one of the alleged victims has called on Dr Morris to resign entirely for failing to make the \"safeguarding of the young people under [his] care the most important priority,\" in an open letter published by Varsity, Cambridge's student newspaper.\n\nRory Kent, 23, a Trinity Hall alumnus who recently chaired a student meeting at the college, said the community has been \"deeply distressed\" by recent events.", "Joanna Cherry is currently an MP representing Edinburgh South West\n\nJoanna Cherry has confirmed she will step down from Westminster if she is elected to Ruth Davidson's Holyrood seat.\n\nThe SNP's Edinburgh South West MP said on Saturday she would seek support from her party to challenge for the Edinburgh Central constituency.\n\nAngus Robertson has already announced plans to bid for the seat.\n\nMs Cherry confirmed on Sunday she would step down as an MP if she succeeded in being elected to Holyrood.\n\nShe said: \"Edinburgh Central is my home branch, I have been a member there since 2008.\n\n\"I have lived in the constituency since 2002 and since 2015 I have been the MP for Edinburgh South West which covers a significant part of the Central seat, including Gorgie, Dalry Haymarket, Fountainbridge and part of Tollcross/Bruntsfield.\n\n\"I am very grateful to all the people who have approached me and encouraged me to put my hat in the ring when nominations open.\"\n\nShe added in a social media post: \"This will be a contest about ideas and policies not personalities.\"\n\nMr Robertson, the SNP's former Westminster leader, revealed on Tuesday that he would be seeking the SNP's nomination to stand.\n\nThe Tories currently have a 610-vote majority in the constituency.\n\nAngus Robertson was an MP from 2001 until 2017\n\nThe seat was won from the SNP by the former Scottish Conservative leader at the last Scottish Parliament election in 2016 but Ms Davidson has indicated she will be stepping down at the next poll in May 2021.\n\nSince then, she accepted and then turned down a lucrative job with a lobbying firm and has been nominated for a seat in the House of Lords.\n\nMr Robertson lost his Westminster seat to the Conservatives' Douglas Ross at the 2017 general 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\nMs Cherry recently gained recognition for leading the Scottish court case challenging the five-week prorogation of parliament.\n\nIt was ultimately successful in the Supreme Court, resulting in the quashing of the suspension, which had been imposed in September.\n\nAnnouncing his intention to contest the seat, Mr Robertson accused Ms Davidson of putting \"other career interests in London ahead of the people she still represents at Holyrood\" and argued that constituents \"deserve better\".\n\nHe said: \"Edinburgh Central deserves a full-time MSP who will put the interests of their constituents first.\"", "Staffordshire Police have released CCTV footage of a lorry driver making a dangerous manoeuvre on the M6 Toll.\n\nThe footage shows the driver performing a U-turn on a slip road on 21 January.\n\nPolice said the driver received a six-month jail sentence and was disqualified from driving for 15 months.", "It might sound a bit rich coming from someone not noted for his good looks, but beauty isn't getting the respect it deserves.\n\nNot so long ago it was all the rage.\n\nEnlightenment philosopher Immanuel Kant was pro-beauty. He considered it a form of morality.\n\nEinstein said it enticed the inner child out of us.\n\nAnd wise old Confucius believed everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.\n\nBringing it into plain sight used to be the job of artists, authors and composers wearing billowing white shirts with splendid frou-frou collars last seen on Duran Duran in the 1980s. But pop's New Romantics were no match for the relentless march of modernism with its frigid less-is-more dogma and strict no-frills dress code.\n\nHe was the artist who proposed a urinal as a work of art back in 1917. He chose it precisely because it was, as he said, anti-retinal: an unattractive sight. It was intended as an act of destruction: an enamelled Exocet missile aimed at the heart of a bourgeois art establishment aligned to a political class responsible for a horrific, bloody war.\n\nMarcel Duchamp's urinal wasn't deemed a work of art in 1917 by the Society of Independent Artists, who considered it indecent\n\nIt was no time for beauty, Duchamp argued.\n\nIf art meant anything at all it should speak the truth about what was happening, which was ugly and base. His toilet scored a direct hit, romanticism was dead. Henceforth, beauty was naff and frivolous; cynicism was the new religion for our secular age. Music became dissonant, literature became fragmented, theatre became absurd, and art turned ugly.\n\nCaught up among the collateral damage was classical narrative ballet, the most romantic of art forms.\n\nTutus and fairies had no place in the new order. Ballet was dispatched to the art dog house, to be consumed by the people of Tunbridge Wells, or somewhere equally as uncool, where locals dress in brown tweed and mustard corduroy and consider Country Life a magazine not a brand of butter.\n\nTo see exceptionally talented dancers express emotions and story through graceful movement is a sensuous experience like no other\n\nAnd that is where ballet remains, with some of the most beautiful choreography and music ever created written off as elitist and irrelevant.\n\nTo see exceptionally talented dancers express emotions and story through graceful movement accompanied by a full orchestra is a sensuous experience like no other.\n\nIt isn't posh or difficult or any more expensive than going to a gig or a Premier League football match.\n\nIt isn't stuck in the past either.\n\nThe Cellist has just opened at the Royal Opera House in London. It is a new ballet by Cathy Marston telling the true story of Jacqueline du Pré, the prodigiously gifted post-war cellist whose career and life were cruelly cut short by multiple sclerosis.\n\nChoreographer Cathy Marston behind Marcelino Sambé, shows Lauren Cuthbertson how to hold her cello during rehearsal\n\nThe tragic-romantic tale of love and loss centred around a young woman is classic classical ballet.\n\nThe difference here, though, is the subject of our heroine's affections isn't her lover and husband, the pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim, but her instrument: the eponymous cello.\n\nBarenboim gets to play the gooseberry, as he watches his wife enthusiastically pluck her instrument, brought vividly to life by the Royal Ballet's newly promoted principal dancer, Marcelino Sambé.\n\nLauren Cuthbertson takes the role of Jacqueline du Pré, and, as you would expect from one of the finest dancers of her generation, gives a wonderfully nuanced and intelligent performance.\n\nThe gifted and celebrated couple, Jacqueline du Pré and Daniel Barenboim caught the public imagination in the 1960s\n\nMatthew Ball (Daniel Barenboim) looks on as Lauren Cuthbertson (Jacqueline du Pré) is entranced by her instrument, Marcelino Sambé\n\nThe show begins with us meeting a very young Jacqueline (played by a student at White Lodge ballet school) at home with her parents where she is having her first encounter with the instrument that would make her an international superstar by the mid-60s.\n\nEnter Cuthbertson, who stands behind Sambé (her cello) and mimes playing him to the sound of Elgar's Cello Concerto.\n\nLauren Cutherbertson said the ballet required a different way of thinking, because the female dancer was usually positioned in front of the male\n\nHe then lifts her and pirouettes as she maintains a seated playing position, which I must admit, is less beautiful and took my mind back to Duchamp and lavatories. No matter, it is one of very few awkward moments in a piece full of newly found positions, which races through Du Pré's life in 60 minutes.\n\nBarenboim enters the fray, leading to a memorable pas de trois, before dread looms in the form of an inexplicable shake in the cellist's right leg. The transformation from a woman at the very top of her game to one confronting an unknown terror is undertaken with enormous skill and sensitivity by Cuthbertson, whose on-stage chemistry with Sambé transmits her love for him - her cello - with an intensity that makes the hopelessness of her situation profoundly moving.\n\nTo have a talent such as hers is a blessing, to have it snatched away so soon by a silent, malevolent condition seems so cruel, to her and us. It is the tragedy of something truly marvellous being destroyed.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The Cellist's story of love and loss is expressed movingly by the Royal Ballet's principal dancers\n\nThat is not a romantic condition, it was a fact of life for Jacqueline du Pré, a reminder that beauty should be cherished not banished. It is not uncool or naff, it is an ideal worth believing in and striving for and appreciating.\n\nThat is the message of The Cellist, delivered with aplomb by the dancers and orchestra who accompany them with a score referencing pieces by Elgar, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff and Schubert.\n\nNote: The Cellist can be seen on screen in a live link to selected cinemas on 25 February.\n• None Ballet shows triumph and tragedy of cellist Du Pré Video, 00:02:19Ballet shows triumph and tragedy of cellist Du Pré", "Rhys and Gemma Cousin's family said the couple were devoted to their children Peyton, three, and Heidi, one\n\nA couple who died in a crash in the Highlands along with their two young children have been described as being \"totally devoted\" to their girls.\n\nGemma Cousin, 26, her husband Rhys, 25, and their daughters Peyton, three, and Heidi, one, were killed in a collision with another car on Thursday.\n\nThe crash happened on the A82 at Torlundy, near Fort William, just after 17:30.\n\nA family statement said they \"had so much to look forward to\".\n\nThe statement, released through Police Scotland, said: \"Both families are heartbroken by the tragic loss of Gemma, Rhys, Peyton and Heidi.\n\n\"They were a young family with so much to look forward to. To have their lives cut short so suddenly and in such circumstances is utterly devastating.\"\n\nThe statement added: \"As a young couple, Gemma and Rhys worked really hard to provide a loving, secure and safe home and family life for their girls who they were totally devoted to. They were known by many with both families being extended and their loss will be felt far and wide.\n\n\"Due to the horrific circumstances we would like to thank the emergency services and everyone who was involved on the night. We would also like to thank everyone for the support we continue to receive.\n\n\"As a family, we now respectfully ask that we are given the time and privacy to grieve and to come to terms with the loss of Rhys, Gemma, Peyton and Heidi.\"\n\nThe A82 at the scene of the fatal crash was closed for 11 hours to allow for a police investigation\n\nThe family, who were from the Inverness area, were travelling northbound in a green Mini Cooper when the crash happened.\n\nThe other vehicle involved was a red Ford Fiesta. The 56-year-old woman who was driving had to be cut free and suffered serious, but not life-threatening, injuries.\n\nPolice are appealing for anyone with information to come forward. They are keen to speak to anyone who saw either vehicle before the collision and anyone with dashcam footage.\n• None Baby and girl, 3, killed with parents in 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. Large parts of the valley below Settle have been submerged after heavy rain in the area\n\nPeople have had to be rescued from their homes after the Yorkshire Dales was hit by flooding following heavy overnight rain.\n\nFirefighters were called out across the Settle area to rescue people from 10 homes and help drivers stuck in cars.\n\nThe village of Horton in Ribblesdale was surrounded by floodwater on Friday night and left impassable to vehicles.\n\nFlood water has caused disruption on the roads around Yorkshire with a lane closed on part of the A1(M).\n\nIt is the third weekend in a row that parts of Yorkshire have been hit by flooding, following Storms Ciara and Dennis earlier in the month.\n\nThe Environment Agency said \"most of the action\" on Friday night and Saturday morning had been on the River Wharfe and the River Ure but the run-off from the Dales was unlikely to affect downstream 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 by Skipton Fire Station This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nNorth Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said that about 10 properties had been flooded in Settle and the nearby village of Giggleswick had also been affected.\n\nIn Morton-on-Swale a bridge over an A road was also flooded.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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\nFour people have been rescued from a vehicle in Skipton while fire crews went to the aid of a number of horses and sheep.\n\nThe River Ouse, pictured earlier this week, is not expected to reach the record levels seen during the 2000 floods\n\nThe River Ouse in York is expected to peak at 4.4m above normal on Monday - the same level it reached during Storm Dennis and well within flood defence limits.\n\nA public meeting was held on Friday evening to listen to residents' concerns about plans for new flood defences for the city.\n\nLabour MP for York Central Rachael Maskell promised to take their views to the Environment Secretary next week.\n\nShe said: \"This isn't about talk now but real action to make sure people feel safe when the next flood comes and it will come.\"\n\nFlooding has affected roads in the area between Selby and York\n\nSome villages on the outskirts of York have been affected with flooding on roads around Naburn and Escrick with the Environment Agency pumping water in the area.\n\nWhile the River Nidd in Knaresborough has been described as looking like a \"torrent\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Oliver Harmar This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThere was also flooding in the Ilkley and Otley areas with the A65 and the A659 affected. Buses were diverted and drivers advised to avoid the area.\n\nBillams Bridge, in Otley, has been closed although Leeds Council said the River Wharfe had peaked and would fall throughout the day.\n\nOfficials are on standby in Hebden Bridge as the Calder Valley gets back on its feet after Storm Ciara\n\nThe Calder Valley is still recovering from Storm Ciara two weeks ago when more than 1,000 homes and businesses were flooded.\n\nThere are currently flood warnings and alerts in place across Yorkshire while a yellow weather warning for wind is in place for much of the north of England.\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 NHS in England is hiring 10,000 school leavers given training by the Prince's Trust charity.\n\nThe new staff will go some way towards solving the shortage caused by rising demands on the service and falling EU migration.\n\nThe trust's research suggests there is concern among public-sector employers that jobs are becoming harder to fill.\n\nThe new staff will work in non-clinical jobs although some may train as nurses or doctors eventually.\n\n\"There are lots of young people who struggle to access the kinds of careers and opportunities that we offer and the opportunity of this partnership is to reach out to those young people,\" NHS Employers chief executive Danny Mortimer told BBC News.\n\nIn Birmingham, where the NHS is the city's biggest employer, training of the new staff is well under way, with some already in post.\n\nRoisin Brown, 24, has a new job as a health-care assistant on a cancer ward at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham's biggest.\n\nShe was referred to the Prince's Trust after struggling to find work once she had re-taken her English GCSE at a further education college.\n\nShe said: \"If you want to go into nursing but don't feel like university is something that you want to do or something that you feel like you could possibly do, then try different avenues.\n\n\"I could work and build up to become a nurse eventually.\"\n\nA YouGov poll of 1,000 managers across all sectors, conducted in September 2019 for the Prince's Trust but not yet been published, found 63% of those in the public sector believed there was currently a skills shortage in their area.\n\nPrince's Trust chief executive Dame Martina Milburn said: \"Some employers use recruitment processes that make it hard for them to fill vacancies as well as making it hard for young people to get their first job.\n\n\"It is vital that employers start thinking about recruitment differently.\"\n\nEmployers need to change their recruitment practices to fill jobs, the Prince's Trust says\n\nThe trust also hopes to train young people for the social-care sector, which employers fear suffers because it doesn't carry the same prestige as the NHS.\n\nThe training organisation Skills for Care estimates there is a shortage of 11,500 staff in adult social care in the West Midlands region alone.\n\nJagdeep Khatkar, director of Oakview care home, in the Birmingham suburb of Quinton, has begun to hire younger staff from his home city.\n\nHe said: \"The sector has had a bit of a PR issue in the past.\n\n\"It's important that we now appeal to the younger people in particular and show that there is a real career path for young people to follow.\"", "BBC broadcaster and former teacher Simon Warr has died from cancer at 65.\n\nHe often appeared on BBC Radio Suffolk and was the headmaster on Channel 4's reality documentary That'll Teach 'Em.\n\nOn Thursday the broadcaster announced on Twitter he had a \"very serious health condition\" and was in a hospice.\n\nWarr, who was wrongly accused of historical child abuse in 2012, said he hoped his legacy would be raising \"awareness of the human costs\" of false allegations and wrongful convictions.\n\nFormer pupils made allegations against Warr but he was cleared of all charges in 2014.\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 announcement on Twitter said Warr died from pancreatic and liver cancer while surrounded by his family.\n\nTwo days before his death, he wrote that he was \"unlikely to be on Twitter again\" as he was receiving care in a hospice.\n\nSpeaking after a jury acquitted him in 2014, Warr said the false allegations had led him to lose his job, friends and home.\n\nIn what he said would be his final tweets, he said it was a \"comfort\" to know his book Presumed Guilty had been \"useful for so many\".\n\n\"There is still much work to do, but I'll not be able to be part of it,\" he said.\n\nSimon Warr dressed as a headmaster for an appearance on The One Show in 2008\n\nFellow broadcaster Jeremy Vine said on Twitter he was \"very sad\" to hear of Warr's passing.\n\nWarr often appeared on Vine's BBC Radio 2 show as well as his mid-morning programme on Channel 5.\n\n\"He had incredible zest and a passion for learning and debate,\" Vine 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\nBBC Radio Suffolk presenter James Hazell said Warr was diagnosed in January.\n\n\"He was always keen to share his opinions, his forthright views and above all else to entertain,\" Hazell said.\n\n\"He would always say: 'I'm just here to have a bit of fun'.\"\n\nEditor of BBC Radio Suffolk Peter Cook said: \"Simon was a unique talent with a real passion for all that we do.\n\n\"He had the ability to light up a room when he came in, he had a terrific sense of humour and I know that many of us looked forward to seeing him, often on a Friday, to prepare for his Saturday football reporting.\n\n\"We will all miss him greatly.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union\n\nGloucester fly-half Danny Cipriani has released an emotional video tribute to ex-girlfriend Caroline Flack, saying \"it's OK to be vulnerable\".\n\nFormer Love Island host Flack, 40, was found dead at her home in London on Saturday after taking her own life.\n\nCipriani said he was speaking out about his own mental health issues in the hope her \"life will not go in vain\".\n\nDuring the 18-minute clip on Instagram , the 32-year-old admits he tried to buy a gun to end his life 10 years ago.\n\n\"I couldn't do it because I had some fight in me,\" a tearful Cipriani said.\n\nThe England international said he had been speaking to Flack over the past \"three or four months\" and she had been dealing with negative media attention \"for 20 years\".\n\nFlack was due to stand trial next month after being charged with assaulting her partner in December.\n\n\"Embarrassment and shame is not something that should make you do this,\" said Cipriani.\n\n\"I've worried my whole life what people say about me. I don't care any more. I know who I am.\"\n\nCipriani, who played in Gloucester's Premiership defeat by Exeter last Friday, said he had shared \"everything\" with the television presenter.\n\nGloucester had already announced their next home match - against Sale Sharks on 28 February - would be used to raise awareness of mental health issues.\n\nFollowing the news of Flack's death, Cipriani said he had missed a phone call from her.\n\n\"I have to see the meaning in why she decided to call me in her last moments, when she was with her two best friends,\" he said in Friday's video.\n\n\"How much love and trust did she have for me because we had been vulnerable and shared together? She felt it was a safe space so I thank her for that because I felt safe with her.\"\n\nHe had also previously posted on Twitter his criticism of sections of the media - accusing them of lying, and saying Flack - who he dated last year - had been \"bullied\".\n\nIn his latest post, he said: \"We can't just blame the media, we can't blame ourselves, but we can change what's happening.\"\n\nHe said Flack's death meant he could \"see clearly now\" and was \"strong enough to share my moments of vulnerability\".\n\n\"I am just asking that we are kind and if you have vulnerable moments, and you have people you care about and close to you, you should share it with them,\" he added.\n\nAt the end of the video, Cipriani thanks people for \"being kind\" to Flack's family and friends.\n\n\"Continue being kind,\" he said. \"Don't make it take for an artist to die before you buy his painting. If it's great, buy it.\"\n\nIf you, or someone you know, have been affected by mental health issues, help and support is available at bbc.co.uk/actionline", "Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola praised his players for passing \"an incredible test\" as Gabriel Jesus came off the bench to score a late winner at Leicester and cement themselves in second spot.\n\nJamie Vardy had hit the post for Leicester in the first half, but both sides wasted numerous chances before Jesus slotted home with a cool finish after a surging run from Riyad Mahrez had opened up the home defence.\n\nThe best of those opportunities saw Foxes keeper Kasper Schmeichel deny Sergio Aguero from the spot on the hour mark as the Blues' penalty problems continued.\n\nThe defending champions are now seven points clear of the Foxes having won twice since being banned from European football for two years by Uefa.\n\n\"Don't ask me about the attitude of these guys,\" said Guardiola. \"You still doubt what they have done. These players have won seven titles in the last eight [domestic] competitions.\n\n\"Today, after missing the penalty, see the reaction we had against an incredibly good team, not just for where they are in the table right now but the way they played in general this season. It was an incredible test for us.\"\n\nGuardiola's side have now missed five of their seven Premier League spot-kicks this season, but Leicester will argue they should have been given two of their own before the break.\n\nNothing was given when Kevin de Bruyne had his arms up in the wall and James Maddison's free-kick clearly hit them, and even more mystifying was the decision to give Leicester a corner when Ederson took out Kelechi Iheanacho.\n\nIheanacho had beaten the Brazilian to Maddison's delightful chipped pass and was floored by the goalkeeper's attempt to punch the ball to safety, but referee Paul Tierney and the video assistant referee both felt Ederson had touched the ball.\n\nThe next time VAR got involved, it was to award the visitors a penalty - after Dennis Praet charged down Ilkay Gundogan's effort with his arm.\n\nBut Schmeichel preserved parity when he saved with his legs after Aguero went for power and blasted his spot-kick down the middle, leaving the game in the balance.\n\nThe Foxes keeper denied Aguero again soon after, but he could do nothing to keep out Jesus' strike which brought a jubilant reaction from the away fans, and the Manchester City players joined them in celebration at the final whistle.\n\nIt is almost an irrelevance that the Blues have cut Liverpool's lead at the top to 19 points, but they can head for the Bernabeu for their Champions League last-16 tie with Real Madrid on a high after a difficult week.\n• None Reaction from this match and Saturday's other Premier League games\n• None Premier League predictions: This Country stars take on Lawro\n\nThe strength of Manchester City's team selection was an indication Guardiola was looking to build rhythm rather than rest his players for their crucial clash with Real.\n\nThe only absentee from his squad who could figure on Wednesday night was Raheem Sterling, who is hoping to recover from a hamstring injury in time to feature against the team he talked about joining this week.\n\nThis was a decent warm-up for that tie, and an altogether more demanding test than the midweek stroll over a meek West Ham side.\n\nAymeric Laporte was again used for around an hour as he builds his fitness, and showed his value to the side with quick balls forward as well as calm defending under pressure.\n\nMahrez, booed by his old fans before the game, was again impressive and his running with the ball showed how important he could be against the Spanish giants if Sterling is not fully fit.\n\nManchester City were by no means perfect - their sloppy passing in the first half in particular was worrying.\n\nBut the resolve they found to hold off a spirited Leicester side and find a winner will offer Guardiola much encouragement at the start of a huge week, that ends at Wembley next Sunday when they play Aston Villa in the Carabao Cup final.\n\nLeicester have now lost home and away to the two teams above them in the table this season but they again showed why they occupy such a lofty position, and will feel they deserved more from this game.\n\nThe Foxes may have been forced into an attacking outlook by their lack of available defensive midfielders but boss Brendan Rodgers demonstrated his tactical versatility by switching to a three-man defence and his side looked comfortable, and dangerous, as they carried out his instructions.\n\nConceding so late will hurt but at one point Leicester's fans started singing about how they are \"going on a European tour\" after being called out by the away fans, and it still looks like that excursion will be of the Champions League variety even after this defeat.\n\nTrue, Leicester have now won only two of their seven league games in 2020 but their performance levels have not noticeably dropped and, just as importantly, they still hold a healthy lead over the teams outside the top four.\n\nIf Manchester City's Uefa ban is upheld then fifth place will see the Foxes return to the top table of European football in 2020-21, but more displays like this from Rodgers' side should see them safely in the Champions League places regardless.\n• None Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel's save from Sergio Aguero's penalty was his fourth Premier League penalty save - one more than his father Peter made in his entire Premier League career.\n• None Manchester City have kept successive clean sheets in the Premier League for only the second time this season (also in October 2019).\n• None Manchester City have won six of their last seven league meetings with Leicester City (L1), as many as their previous 21 such clashes.\n• None Leicester City have lost three of their last five home league games (W1 D1); they had only lost one of their first 14 such matches under Brendan Rodgers.\n• None Rodgers has lost all three of his Premier League meetings with Manchester City as Leicester manager, as many such defeats as he suffered in eight games against the Citizens in charge of Swansea and Liverpool (W3 D2 L3).\n• None Gabriel Jesus has scored four goals in his five Premier League appearances against Leicester City; only versus Everton (seven) has he scored more in the competition.\n• None Manchester City have failed to score from each of their last four Premier League penalties, with each being missed by a different player (Aguero, Ilkay Gundogan, Jesus, Raheem Sterling).\n• None Manchester City attempted 18 shots in this match, the most Leicester have faced in a single league game at King Power Stadium since Manchester United had 19 in December 2017.\n\n'VAR interpretation needs sorting' - what they said\n\nLeicester manager Brendan Rodgers, speaking to BBC Sport: \"We're obviously very disappointed not to get something from the game. We had big opportunities. Of course you have to defend well, too. You're going to get moved about at times, but I thought we did very well.\"\n\nOn the two handball incidents: \"Manchester City's was a penalty. Kasper makes a fantastic save, but ours is clear too. Everyone bar Kevin's arms are down. I believe this was one of the reasons VAR was introduced.\n\n\"VAR is fine, it's the interpretation of it. That's what needs sorting out.\"\n\nManchester City manager Pep Guardiola, speaking to BBC Sport: \"Leicester are a top side. It was a good performance. We didn't give up and that's an incredibly good sign for us.\n\n\"We have missed four penalties in a row, but maybe we will score a penalty when we need it to win something. The keepers are good too, but the next one we are going to score.\"\n\nOn Champions League opponents Real Madrid: \"The preparation after 12 days off was good. We have played two good games and it's good to prepare for Real Madrid with these good opponents. We are playing the kings of the competition. We will see, we will try to enjoy it and do our game.\"\n\nLeicester travel to bottom side Norwich on Friday (20:00 GMT) in the Premier League.\n\nManchester City head for the Bernabeu on Wednesday to face Real Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League tie (20:00), then go to Wembley on Sunday to play Aston Villa in the final of the Carabao Cup (16:30).\n• None Attempt missed. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan.\n• None Goal! Leicester City 0, Manchester City 1. Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez with a through ball.Goal confirmed following VAR Review.\n• None Attempt saved. Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rodrigo.\n• None Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt missed. Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right.\n• None Attempt blocked. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Çaglar Söyüncü. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "A public spending watchdog has raised concerns about the impact of funding shortfalls on Northern Ireland's roads\n\nYears of underinvestment has led to a deterioration of Northern Ireland's roads, the Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon has said.\n\nMs Mallon was reacting to figures which show £1.7m in compensation was paid for vehicles damaged by potholes between 2016 and 2019.\n\nThe figures were obtained by BBC News NI under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act.\n\nIn 2019, £500,000 in compensation was paid to drivers.\n\nNichola Mallon said severe winter weather also impacted on the condition of roads\n\nIn 2018, more than £750,000 was paid out by the Department for Infrastructure.\n\nMs Mallon said: \"Like so many people, I am very aware and concerned about the upkeep of our roads.\n\n\"Years of underinvestment as well as the impact of severe winter weather has led to deterioration in the road network and in recent years this has impacted on the level of vehicle damage compensation payments.\"\n\nTop 5 roads in NI for defects in 2019\n\nThe FOI statistics on the number of road defects across Northern Ireland were released to BBC News NI by the Department for Infrastructure.\n\nRoad defects include cracks and potholes recorded on carriageways, hard shoulders and lay-bys.\n\nThe data shows in 2019, there were 102,521 road defects recorded across Northern Ireland, a decrease of 24,000 on the previous year.\n\nIt also confirmed the number of successful vehicle damage claims fell from 3,533 in 2018 to 1,334 in 2019.\n\nThe road with the largest number of defects (118) in 2019 was the Shore Road in Strangford, County Down.\n\nThis was followed by the Browns Bay Road in Islandmagee (115) and the Blackstaff Road in Clough (110).\n\nLast year Northern Ireland's public spending watchdog warned it would cost more than £1bn to deal with structural maintenance.\n\nThe Northern Ireland Audit Office published a report highlighting how a lack of investment was having a deteriorating effect on the overall condition of Northern Ireland's road network.\n\nIt also found a lack of funding had led to a significant reduction in the number of potholes being recorded and approved for repair.\n\nCommenting on the latest figures the minister said while the amount of compensation paid out had reduced within the last year, she acknowledged more investment was needed for a long-term solution.\n\n\"Frustratingly for a number of years now, not enough money has been allocated to my department's budget to maintain all of our roads and repairs are having to operate on a priority basis,\" she said.\n\n\"While I have inherited severe and challenging budget constraints, I am committed to finding solutions that deliver better for our communities and improve lives.\n\n\"I have impressed on the new finance minister the need for additional money to deal with this issue and other critical pressures. Sustainable infrastructure is key to improving lives and connecting communities.\n\n\"I will be looking to the finance minister and Executive colleagues for support and investment in order to get our roads, public transport and vital water service on a sustainable footing\".\n\nMembers of the public can report a pothole on the government's NI Direct website and view a live interactive map of the location of all potholes reported throughout Northern Ireland.", "Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary has been criticised for saying Muslim men should be profiled at airports.\n\nThe chief executive told the Times that \"males of a Muslim persuasion\" who are single and travelling alone pose the largest terror threat to airlines.\n\nThe Muslim Council of Britain said Mr O'Leary's comments were \"racist and discriminatory\".\n\nRyanair later said Mr O'Leary was \"only calling for more effective airport security checks\".\n\nIn the wide-ranging interview, Mr O'Leary, 58, said: \"Who are the bombers? They are going to be single males travelling on their own. If you are travelling with a family of kids, on you go; the chances you are going to blow them all up is zero.\n\n\"You can't say stuff, because it's racism, but it will generally be males of a Muslim persuasion. Thirty years ago it was the Irish. If that is where the threat is coming from, deal with the threat.\"\n\nThe MCB described Mr O'Leary's comments as the \"definition of Islamophobia\" and said Muslims face institutional discrimination in many aspects of life.\n\n\"Institutional discrimination against Muslims is well established: whether it is the ability to get a job, buy a flat or even getting car insurance. The challenges of #flyingwhilstMuslim are well documented across the globe,\" a spokesperson said.\n\n\"It is a shame that such racism is being expressed so openly, and that the CEO of a large airline would so want to discriminate against his customers so brazenly.\"\n\nRyanair said in a statement released on Saturday that \"no call for extra checks on any group or persons was made\" by Mr O'Leary in the Times interview, headlined \"Airline boss wants extra checks on Muslim men\".\n\n\"Michael was only calling for more effective airport security checks which would do away with much of the unnecessary queues at airport security today for all passengers,\" a spokesperson said.\n\n\"He apologises sincerely for any offence caused to any group by today's inaccurate headline.\"\n\nCivil liberty groups have argued profiling, including on the basis of race, religion or gender, violates people's rights.\n\nOne profiling expert previously told the BBC that the benefit of such profiling only outweighs the cost in exceptional circumstances.\n\nAirlines in the UK have previously said airport security checks should be reduced to improve the experience for passengers.\n\nPeople arriving and leaving the UK are already profiled by border agencies and police through advanced passenger information, including payment details and passport numbers.\n\nMr O'Leary, who has worked for Ryanair for 30 years, also used the interview to lament planning rules requiring the company to provide facilities for disabled staff and referred to obese passengers as \"monsters\" who \"may need to buy two seats\".\n\nAnd on the introduction of its new Boeing 737 Max planes, Mr O'Leary suggested Ryanair may offer discounts to entice passengers to fly on the crisis-hit aeroplane when it eventually re-enters service.\n\nHe said the jet - which has been grounded worldwide since March 2019 following two fatal crashes - \"will be the safest, most checked\" plane.\n\nHe added: \"But we have a customer confidence issue. We will deal with that by hopefully having lower fares onboard the plane while trying it out.\"\n\nMr O'Leary told the Independent last year passengers would not get a refund if they refused to fly on a Ryanair 737 Max.", "Home Secretary Priti Patel holding one of the new blue passports\n\nThe first blue British passports for nearly 30 years will be issued next month, the Home Office has said.\n\nThe current burgundy design is being replaced, following the UK's departure from the European Union.\n\nBlue passports were introduced in 1921 and phased out after 1988 when members of the then European Economic Community agreed to harmonise designs.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said the passport will \"once again be entwined with our national identity\".\n\nShe said Brexit had given the UK \"a unique opportunity to... forge a new path in the world\" and enabled a return to \"the iconic blue and gold design\".\n\nThe UK was never formally compelled to change the colour of its passport in the 1980s but did so with other member states.\n\nSecuring a change in the design became a rallying point for Brexit supporters, with the government announcing in December 2017 that the blue passport would return.\n\nThe government estimates that all newly-issued passports will be blue from the summer.\n\nUntil then, they will be issued alongside burgundy passports, which will remain valid for travel until they expire.\n\nThe UK burgundy passports carried the wording European Union on the cover, although the Passport Office last year began to issue them without such a description as older stocks ran out.\n\nThe blue passports will be made by Gemalto, owned by French firm Thales. However, they will be personalised with the holder's details in the UK.\n\nThe back cover will carry an embossment featuring the floral emblems of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.\n\nThe Home Office said the manufacturing carbon footprint of the passports will be reduced to net zero, through projects such as planting trees.\n\nIt added the new passport will carry updated security features, including a \"super-strength\" polycarbonate data page, containing embedded technologies to keep personal data secure, and involve the \"most secure printing and design techniques\" to combat identity theft and forgery.\n\nAccording to the Passport Index, 81 countries have blue passports, including Australia, the United States, Canada, India and Hong Kong.\n\nSeveral Caribbean countries also favour them, including Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados and St Vincent and the Grenadines.\n\nIn Europe, people from Iceland, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina carry blue passports, while it is a popular colour in central and south America - including in Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Uruguay and Venezuela.\n\nOther nations to have blue passports include Israel, Iraq, Syria and North Korea.", "The 12 dogs were later returned to their compound unharmed, West Midlands Safari Park said\n\nSixteen animals were killed at a safari park after a pack of African wild dogs escaped from their enclosure due to damage caused by Storm Ciara.\n\nStaff at West Midland Safari Park in Bewdley, Worcestershire, were left \"extremely saddened\" by the loss of six deer and 10 sheep.\n\nThe 12 wild dogs were able to get into a neighbouring enclosure in the early hours of 9 February.\n\n\"At no point was there a risk to public safety and there was no danger of any animals escaping the park's perimeter fencing,\" a spokeswoman for the safari park said.\n\nThe wild dogs were returned to their compound unharmed, she added.\n\n\"The wild dogs entered the neighbouring compound through a gated entrance which had been damaged in the storm which hit Worcestershire earlier that morning,\" the spokeswoman explained.\n\nShe added: \"Given their personal attachment to our animals, our staff are extremely saddened by the incident.\"\n\nWith amber weather warnings issued as Storm Dennis is set to hit the country on Saturday, the park spokeswoman said it would be monitoring the situation closely and would make decisions \"in the best interests of our animals and public safety\".\n\nAccording to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the African wild dog is \"one of the world's most endangered mammals\", with only about 1,400 left in the wild.\n\nThe largest populations remain in southern Africa and the southern part of East Africa.\n\nThe predator, which gathers in packs, hunts species such as gazelles and can reach speeds of more than 44mph.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Liverpool Crown Court heard Thomas Nulty raped the child in the early 1970s\n\nA man who raped a six-year-old girl when he was a teenager has been jailed almost 50 years after the offence.\n\nThomas Nulty, 64, raped the child in the early 1970s in Prescot, Merseyside, Liverpool Crown Court heard.\n\nThe victim revealed her ordeal to police in April 2018.\n\nNulty denied rape but was convicted following a trial, and admitted five offences involving the sexual abuse of two other children. He has been jailed for seven years and six months.\n\nJudge Gary Woodhall said he had taken into account that Nulty had been 16 years old at the time and \"did not have family nurturing to understand boundaries and behaviour\".\n\nNulty, now of Huddersfield Road, Oldham, had been brought up in two care homes where he was abused as a young boy, the court heard.\n\nThe court heard he raped the girl in her own bed while babysitting her. He threatened her not to tell anyone or her mother would die.\n\nJudge Woodhall, who ordered him to sign on the sex offenders register for life, said Nulty \"had shown little empathy or remorse\", adding: \"You admitted having been sexually aroused by the power it gave you.\"\n\nHe said the rape victim spoke of how his behaviour had \"ruined her life\" and she had needed help for mental health issues.\n\nIn an impact statement she told how when she was young she had tried to kill herself and had always felt \"isolated and alone\".\n\nShe described herself as always being in a state of anxiety.\n\nNulty was jailed for five years in 1995 for indecently assaulting a 12-year-old girl and a young woman.\n\nThe judge pointed out that while in jail he had undergone a sex offender's treatment programme and had not re-offended.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "In 2019, ex-prisoner Gareth Evans put his life at risk to protect others from London Bridge attacker Usman Khan.\n\nEvans's friend, Jack Merritt, died that day, along with Saskia Jones. Both were attending a conference on prisoner rehabilitation.\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.", "Some say it with flowers, others with chocolates - but it seems an increasing number of us are showing our affections with rings bought from Poundland.\n\nThe discount retailer told the BBC it had sold almost 40,000 engagement rings ahead of Valentine's Day this year, nearly double last year's tally.\n\nThe £1 \"Bling Rings\" and \"Man Bands\" are meant to be used as \"placeholders\" for proper rings, it said.\n\nBut one analyst described such promotions as \"increasingly desperate\".\n\nSpending on Valentine's Day reached around £853m last year, up 7.8% on 2018 figures, according to the research firm Savvy. And unsurprisingly retailers are looking to cash in again this year.\n\nM&S will be selling 'love cucumbers' this year\n\nPoundland says its Valentine's range is its biggest yet, featuring more than 80 products ranging from fragrances to \"adults only\" gift cards.\n\nAnd M&S has brought back its heart-shaped \"love sausages\" and introduced a new \"love cucumber\", which can be cut into heart-shaped slices.\n\nRetail analyst Kate Hardcastle said events like Valentine's Day are really important for retailers because they drive customers into shops where they will often make impulse purchases.\n\nShe said this year's event would also mark the end of a \"long bleak winter\" for retailers, many of whom have been struggling with a slowdown on the High Street.\n\nRestaurants, florists and gift card companies are particularly set to benefit, as 14 February can be one of their busiest days of the year.\n\nInterflora sees its sales go through the roof on Valentine's Day\n\nInterflora, the flower-ordering service, told the BBC it will deliver 15 times as many bunches of flowers than on a typical day. That is about three bouquets every second.\n\nThen there's online table booking platform Quandoo, which has seen a 160% increase in bookings for Valentine's Day this year, compared to the average Friday. However, it also expects more cancellations than usual.\n\nAnalyst Richard Hyman said retailers had long catered to Valentine's Day, although it is nowhere near as important as events such as Black Friday.\n\nHe also feels firms increasingly overplay events like Valentine's Day with \"desperate gimmicks\" in the hope of attracting consumers' attention.\n\n\"I think as the retail recession takes hold, desperation grows. And the industry is going to be looking for events more and more that they can use as a tool to build a promotion around.\n\n\"The reality is that most retailers these days are on promotion most of the time. And giving a name to that promotion is quite handy.\n\n\"You know Valentine's Day sounds a bit more meaningful than 'here comes spring'.\"\n\nPeople are increasingly buying cards for their pets\n\nDespite the reservations, retailers continue to find new ways of making money out of the day.\n\nCard company Moonpig, for example, told the BBC it had seen an increase in the number of cards bought for favourite pets.\n\nAnd its rival Card Factory said people were increasingly celebrating Valentine's Day with friends and family members, not just significant others.\n\nPoundland meanwhile has been looking to capitalise on consumers' growing reluctance to go out, as evidenced by the slowdown in pub and restaurant sales over the last few years.\n\nIt said it would be selling romantic decorations this year to help couples capture the same mood at home. \"Many Brits prefer cosy, romantic nights in to spending a fortune on dining in over-priced over crowded restaurants on Valentine's day,\" a spokeswoman said.", "Medics in Wuhan have been shaving their heads in a bid to prevent cross-infection of the coronavirus.\n\nTens of thousands of people in China have been diagnosed with Covid-19 and it has spread to several other countries.", "More than 135,000 UK residents have been without online public services for nearly a week, as their council struggles with a cyber-attack.\n\nRedcar and Cleveland Borough Council's website and all computers at the authority were attacked on Saturday.\n\nOne cyber-security expert told the BBC the incident had all the hallmarks of a ransomware attack, in which files are scrambled until a ransom is paid.\n\nBut the council refused to confirm the nature of the hack.\n\nOnline appointment bookings, planning documents, social care advice and council housing complaints systems are just some of the services knocked offline.\n\nThe National Crime Agency said it was supporting the council.\n\nA team of experts from the UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has been on site since the cyber-attack, which took place at 11am on Saturday.\n\nThe NCSC said: \"We are aware of a cyber-incident affecting Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council.\n\n\"This is an isolated incident and we are supporting the organisation and working with partners to understand its impact.\"\n\nThe leader of the council, Councillor Mary Lanigan, told the BBC: \"Computers have been taken offline and systems are being rebuilt.\n\n\"We have a massive team here - including cyber-security experts - working around the clock flat out to get it fixed.\n\n\"They have to go through [IT systems] bit by bit to make sure everything is clean. A lot of our staff are not able to work without computers but they are coping quite well here. The main problem is that we have no email systems. so we have extra phone lines for residents.\"\n\nThe website for council tax payments is still open and the council says frontline services are continuing, with staff using pen and paper.\n\nThe council says it is updating taxpayers using Facebook and Twitter.\n\nIts latest update said: \"We are still experiencing issues with our IT systems, which means we are working with a reduced capacity. We are able to receive and answer limited calls and emails and we will be prioritising urgent messages. There may be a slight delay in dealing with non-urgent calls and messages, and the council's website is currently down.\"\n\nLocal resident Claire Louise Corless complained on Facebook: \"Should have really sent a letter out or emailed people, not everyone has Facebook to find out. I'm still waiting for my registration to be done online for weeks now. You would soon come after me if I didn't pay my bill!\"\n\nThe council and the NCA declined to say whether hackers were holding the council to ransom with a so-called ransomware attack.\n\nRansomware attacks are one of the most prolific and costly forms of cyber-attack, in which hackers take control of an organisation's computer system and scramble their information until a ransom is paid.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nCurrency exchange company Travelex is still dealing with the consequences of a ransomware attack, which took its online services offline for weeks.\n\nThe council said its current assessment indicated no sensitive personal data had been stolen.\n\nIt would not say whether or not data had been encrypted by hackers, or whether negotiations were taking place with cyber-criminals.\n\nSecurity researcher Kevin Beaumont said: \"It seems almost certain they have suffered a severe ransomware incident.\n\n\"The serious nature of the attack and the impact it has had should raise eyebrows with UK authorities about the need to put more resources into tackling cyber-crime groups.\"\n\nHe added: \"They are being open about the cyber-attack occurring, which is welcome, although it is a shame nothing is mentioned on their websites to reassure the public.\n\n\"If they plan not to pay the ransom it would be good to publicly state this, to discourage attacks on councils.\"", "William Barr, right, has been seen as an ally of Donald Trump\n\nUS Attorney General William Barr has said that President Donald Trump \"undercuts\" him by tweeting, making it \"impossible for me to do my job\".\n\nHis criticism of Mr Trump comes amid intense scrutiny of the Justice Department over the handling of a case involving Roger Stone - a convicted former advisor to the president.\n\nThe attorney general had been accused of bowing to presidential pressure.\n\nMr Barr's comments are a rare sign of annoyance with Mr Trump.\n\n\"I think it's time to stop the tweeting about Department of Justice criminal cases,\" Mr Barr told ABC News.\n\n\"I cannot do my job here at the department with a constant background commentary that undercuts me,\" 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 ABC News Politics This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that the president should listen to Mr Barr's advice.\n\n\"If the attorney general says it's getting in the way of doing his job, the president should listen to the attorney general,\" the Republican senator told Fox News.\n\nThere was widespread anger this week when the Justice Department said it planned to reduce the length of the prison sentence it would seek for Stone, a long-time friend of the president.\n\nStone was convicted in November of obstructing an investigation by the House Intelligence Committee into Russian interference in the 2016 election.\n\nFederal prosecutors had initially recommended that Stone should face seven to nine years in jail for trying to thwart the investigation.\n\nAccording to a Netflix documentary about his political career, Roger Stone convinced Donald Trump to run for president\n\nThe president swiftly voiced his opposition, tweeting: \"This is a horrible and very unfair situation.\"\n\nThe Justice Department then overruled the recommendation by its own prosecution team, prompting questions over whether Mr Barr had intervened on behalf of Mr Trump's ally. The four prosecutors then quit.\n\nPresident Trump praised Mr Barr for \"taking charge\" of the case.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Donald J. Trump This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Barr insisted the president \"has never asked me to do anything in a criminal case\", but said his tweets about active cases were making it \"impossible for me to do my job\".\n\n\"Do you go forward with what you think is the right decision or do you pull back because of the tweet? And that just sort of illustrates how disruptive these tweets can be,\" he said.\n\nMr Barr added: \"I'm not going to be bullied or influenced by anybody ... whether it's Congress, a newspaper editorial board, or the president.\"\n\nThe attorney general said that he hoped Mr Trump would respect his words.\n\n\"I hope he will react,\" he said.\n\nMr Barr was appointed attorney general in February last year. He has been seen since as a close ally of the president, in contrast to the strained relationship Mr Trump had with Mr Barr's predecessor, Jeff Sessions.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Attorney General Barr defends his summary of the Mueller report", "Tracing the links between the different species is a complex scientific quest\n\nA mysterious \"ghost population\" of now-extinct ancient human-like creatures may have interbred with early humans living in West Africa, scientists say.\n\nResearchers suggest DNA from this group makes up between 2% and 19% of modern West Africans' genetic ancestry.\n\nThey believe the interbreeding occurred about 43,000 years ago.\n\nScientists found links to the Mende people of Sierra Leone, Yoruba as well as Esan people in Nigeria, plus other groups in western areas of The Gambia.\n\nThe new study was published in Science Advances this week.\n\nIt suggests that ancestors of modern West Africans interbred with a yet-undiscovered species of archaic human, similar to how ancient Europeans mated with Neanderthals, and Oceanic populations with Denisovans.\n\nThe research sheds more light on how archaic hominins added to the genetic variation of present-day Africans, which has been poorly understood even though it is the most genetically diverse continent.\n\nHundreds of thousands of years ago there were several different groups of humans including modern humans, Neanderthals and Denisovans.\n\nThe newly-discovered \"ghost population\" of ancient human species seems likely to have diverged from these groups.\n\nSriram Sankararaman - the computational biologist who led the research at the University of California in Los Angeles - told BBC Newsday he believed more such groups would be found in the future.\n\nHis team looked at the genetic make-up of West Africans and found that some of their DNA came from an ancient unexplained source.\n\n\"As we get more data from diverse populations - and better quality data - our ability to sift through that data and excavate these ghost populations is going to get better,\" Mr Sankararaman said.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"I weep every night for my son in Pakistan\"\n\nParents of a child stuck in an orphanage in Pakistan have said they weep every night after having to leave him behind while they came to the UK.\n\nAmin Rasheed and wife Anila Amin had to leave Ashar, seven, with his grandmother to get help for their seriously ill son Shahryar, five.\n\nBut after falling ill, she put him in an orphanage in December and now the family are desperate to get him a visa.\n\nThe Home Office said it \"did not routinely comment on individual cases\".\n\n\"There's not any night I could sleep without crying, without weeping for him, the same goes for his mother,\" said Mr Rasheed, who lives in Cardiff.\n\n\"Whenever we talk to him he cries a lot. He is unable to understand what is wrong, he says, 'why am I here? why am I not with you?', 'I don't want to live anymore,' and 'it's a very scary place.\"\n\nA family friend advised the family to try and get a visa for two of the children, and they had to leave Ashar (left) behind\n\nThe family, from Lahore, Pakistan, raised thousands of pounds to come to the UK in April 2019, after their youngest son, Shahryar, became seriously ill and doctors back home could not treat him.\n\nWhen a visa application for the whole family was refused, the couple left their eldest child, Ashar, behind with his grandmother in the hope they would return in a matter of weeks.\n\nBut after finding out Shahryar had a life-threatening illness, which has left him paralysed from the neck down, they have been unable to go back home.\n\nAshar was placed in an orphanage after his grandmother got too ill to care for him.\n\nAnila with her son Shahryar, who has a life threatening disorder which can be triggered by protein\n\nMr Rasheed said he was really worried his eldest son could have the same rare genetic condition, which can be triggered by the wrong diet.\n\n\"We are unable to sleep since the time he has been in the orphanage. It's really difficult to explain what exactly we are feeling,\" he said.\n\nThe family are now desperately trying to raise money to get Ashar to Cardiff so they can test him to check if he has the genetic condition.\n\nHis two-year-old sister Zoha has also been diagnosed with the condition, methylmalonic acidemia (MMA), which prevents people's bodies from processing certain fats and proteins, meaning they have to follow a strict diet.\n\nMr Rasheed said there was a 75% chance Ashar could also have the genetic disease, which can cause seizures, strokes or even a coma.\n\nThe family, who are living in Roath, believe Shahryar's illness was triggered by a stomach bug and said they had no choice but to come to the UK after he became a \"skeleton\".\n\nThey have spent all their savings, taken out loans and raised money to pay for his private hospital bills in Pakistan, and are facing a £74,000 bill for his treatment at Great Ormond Street Hospital.\n\nAshar, seven (left) had to be left in Pakistan while the family got help for Shahryar, five, who has a life-threatening medical condition\n\nMr Rasheed said Shahryar's seizures were now under control and he had started to eat and even speak a few words.\n\nBut the family fear if they return to Pakistan, he will not get long-term medical care and they may be attacked or killed after getting threats due to the amount of money they borrowed to pay for his treatment.\n\nThey have applied for asylum, but human rights lawyer Chris Simmonds of Virgo Consultancy Service said it would cost at least £2,000 to get a visa to bring Ashar to the UK to be reunited with his family.\n\nCardiff Central MP Jo Stevens is planning to ask Home Secretary Priti Patel to ask for the visa fee to be waived and the family are trying to crowd fund the cash themselves.\n\n\"Time is of the essence and I would hope on a humanitarian basis that the Home Office and home secretary will think this is the right thing to do,\" she said.\n\nThe family hope they can all be reunited and live in Wales so that they can continue Shahryar's treatment at Great Ormond Street Hospital\n• None 'Change your faith or be killed'", "Photographer Jayne Jackson is challenging the culture of victim blaming for sexual assault victims.\n\nThe Arts University Bournemouth student has created a series of images with models posing for mugshots, holding up a reason to potentially victim blame.\n\nVictim blaming is when the blame for something that has happened is put on the victim, rather than the perpetrator.\n\nMrs Jackson hopes the exhibition, in Poole, Dorset, will encourage people to challenge this idea.", "The Court of Appeal has overturned a decision which found an Islamic marriage ceremony fell within English law\n\nA court has reversed a judgment from two years ago which found that a couple who had an Islamic wedding ceremony could legally divorce.\n\nThe High Court ruled in 2018 that the couple's Islamic \"nikah\" ceremony fell within English marriage law.\n\nBut the Court of Appeal has now said it was an \"invalid\" non-legal ceremony.\n\nJudges said the fact they intended to have a further civil ceremony meant they must have known their Islamic marriage had no legal effect in the UK.\n\nThe Attorney General appealed against the original court decision.\n\nThe case involved the divorce of Nasreen Akhter and Mohammed Shabaz Khan, who have four children.\n\nThe couple had an Islamic wedding ceremony in a west London restaurant in 1998 in the presence of an imam and about 150 guests, but no civil ceremony subsequently took place, despite Mrs Akhter repeatedly raising the issue.\n\nThey separated in 2016 and Mr Khan tried to block his wife's divorce petition two years ago on the basis they had not been legally married in the first place.\n\nMrs Akhter argued their Islamic faith marriage was valid, as was her application for divorce, and that she was entitled to the same legal protection and settlement offered in the UK to legally married couples.\n\nHer application for divorce was analysed during a trial in the Family Division of the High Court and Mr Justice Williams delivered a written judgment in the summer of 2018.\n\nHe ruled that since the couple held themselves out to the world at large as husband and wife, Mrs Akhter was correct and their union should be recognised because their vows had similar expectations to that of a British marriage contract.\n\nHe added the marriage fell within the scope of the 1973 Matrimonial Causes Act, despite Mr Khan arguing the marriage was \"under Sharia law only\".\n\nJustice Williams said Mrs Akhter was therefore entitled to a decree of nullity.\n\nThe Court of Appeal overturned that decision on Friday and said the marriage was \"invalid\" under English marriage law.\n\nIt explained the wedding was \"a non-qualifying ceremony\" because it was not performed in a building registered for weddings, no certificates had been issued and no registrar was present.\n\n\"The parties were not marrying under the provisions of English law\", the appeal judges said.\n\nNeither Mrs Akhter nor Mr Khan played any part in the appeal proceedings.\n\nPragna Patel, director at Southall Black Sisters, a not-for-profit organisation, said: \"Today's judgment will force Muslim and other women to turn to Sharia 'courts' that already cause significant harm to women and children for remedies because they are now locked out of the civil justice system.\"\n\nA government review into Sharia law in 2017 said Muslim couples should be required to take part in civil marriages in addition to Muslim ceremonies to bring Islamic marriage legally into line with Christian and Jewish marriage.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A double amputee suffered fatal pressure sores caused by \"gross and obvious failings\" in her hospital treatment.\n\nJanet Prince, from Nottingham, developed the sores after being admitted to Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) in July 2017.\n\nEmma Thirlwall (left) acted as carer for Janet Prince for 19 years after her mother had a stroke in 2000\n\nNottingham Coroner's Court had heard Ms Prince was taken to QMC in Nottingham with internal bleeding on 15 July 2017.\n\nThe patient was left on a trolley in the emergency department for nine hours and even though she and daughter Emma Thirlwall said she needed to be given a specialist mattress, she was not given one.\n\n\"No specific measures of any kind were implemented during that period of more than nine hours to reduce the risk of pressure damage, even though it should have been easily apparent to those treating her that [she] needed such measures to be in place,\" Mr Clow said.\n\nMs Prince was later transferred to different wards, but a specialist mattress was only provided for her a few days before she was discharged on 9 August, by which time Mr Clow said her wounds \"had progressed to the most serious form of pressure ulcer (stage four) including a wound with exposed bone\".\n\nMr Clow said there were \"serious failings\" over finding an appropriate mattress and other aspects of her care while at the QMC, including \"a gross failure\" to prevent Ms Prince's open wounds coming into contact with faeces.\n\nOnce she left hospital Ms Prince's wounds \"did not completely heal at any time\", said Mr Clow, who praised Ms Thirlwall for providing her mother with a standard of care \"considered to be much higher than would ordinarily be possible in the community\" by district nurses visiting her.\n\nMs Prince's condition was extensively monitored up to her death, with the \"complex and difficult\" nature of her wounds requiring a number of specialists to work together.\n\n\"It proved hard for Mrs Prince to get a clear treatment plan and both she and some of the clinicians involved felt that she was being passed from pillar to post,\" Mr Clow said.\n\nMs Prince's health declined in December 2018 and she died at home the following month.\n\nThe medical director of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust apologised for failings\n\nMr Clow said the immediate cause of her death was \"severe pressure ulcers\", with bronchopneumonia a contributory factor.\n\nRecording a death by \"natural causes, contributed to be neglect\", he said he was \"troubled by the lack of evidence\" of any changes to wound management at NUH.\n\nNUH medical director Keith Girling apologised for the failings in Ms Prince's care, claiming the trust had \"learnt a number of significant lessons from this very tragic case\".\n\nMs Thirlwall said her mother's death was \"extremely traumatic\", adding she was \"one of a kind\" who never let her injuries stop her from living \"a fun and active life\".\n\n\"It was heartbreaking to see and hear her in agony,\" she said.\n\n\"She was sick, lifeless and her leg stumps had started to turn black.\n\n\"Those images will stick in my mind forever, and that's something no daughter should ever have to deal with.\"\n\nFollow BBC 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Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "William Barr, right, has been seen as an ally of Donald Trump\n\nUS President Donald Trump has tweeted he has \"the legal right\" to intervene in criminal cases after his attorney general complained White House tweets were making his job \"impossible\".\n\nIn his post, Mr Trump also denied he had ever meddled in any cases.\n\nAmerica's top law officer William Barr on Thursday asked Mr Trump to stop his tweets, saying he would not be bullied.\n\nMr Barr spoke out after Mr Trump renewed his attack on the criminal trial of his ex-adviser, Roger Stone.\n\nProsecutors had recommended Stone serve a stiff sentence, but Mr Trump tweeted that was unfair.\n\nOn Friday morning, Mr Trump ignored the attorney general's plea to stop tweeting.\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\nIt is legally ambiguous whether the US president has the authority to order the attorney general to open or shut a case.\n\nThe Department of Justice has been meant to operate without political interference since the Watergate scandal of the 1970s.\n\nMr Trump has previously called for investigations into perceived enemies, such as former FBI Director James Comey and former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.\n\nOn Friday, Mr McCabe's lawyers announced the justice department had closed its criminal inquiry into whether their client had lied to investigators about leaks to the media.\n\nThe New York Times meanwhile reported Mr Barr had appointed outside prosecutors to review the case against another Trump ally, Michael Flynn.\n\nFlynn, who was Mr Trump's first national security adviser, previously pleaded guilty to lying to investigators in a federal inquiry, but later withdrew co-operation and is in the midst of trying to recant his plea.\n\nMr Barr said on Thursday that Mr Trump \"undercuts\" him by tweeting, making it \"impossible for me to do my job\".\n\n\"I think it's time to stop the tweeting about Department of Justice criminal cases,\" Mr Barr told ABC News.\n\n\"I cannot do my job here at the department with a constant background commentary that undercuts me,\" he added.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe rare show of dissent from a cabinet member widely seen as a Trump loyalist has provoked a degree of scepticism in the US media.\n\nCritics suggested the statement could have been co-ordinated with the White House to shore up the Department of Justice's credibility as an independent agency.\n\nThe attorney general has been an outspoken defender of the president to the extent that Democrats and former justice department officials have accused him of politicising the rule of law.\n\nAfter the interview on Thursday evening, the White House said Mr Trump \"wasn't bothered by the comments at all and he has the right, just like any American citizen, to publicly offer his opinions\".\n\nRepublican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who rarely speaks up against Mr Trump, said the president should listen to Mr Barr's advice.\n\nThere was widespread anger this week when the Department of Justice said it planned to reduce the length of the prison sentence it would seek for Stone, a long-time friend of the president.\n\nStone was convicted in November of obstructing an investigation by the House Intelligence Committee into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election.\n\nFederal prosecutors had initially recommended Stone face seven to nine years in jail for trying to thwart the investigation.\n\nAccording to a Netflix documentary about his political career, Roger Stone convinced Donald Trump to run for president\n\nThe president swiftly voiced his opposition, tweeting: \"This is a horrible and very unfair situation.\"\n\nThe justice department then overruled the recommendation by its own prosecution team, prompting questions over whether Mr Barr had intervened on behalf of Mr Trump's ally. The four prosecutors subsequently quit.\n\nPresident Trump praised Mr Barr for \"taking charge\" of the Roger Stone case.\n\nHe also dropped his nomination of former US Attorney Jessie Liu, who oversaw the Stone case, for another government post in the Treasury Department.\n\nOn Thursday, Mr Trump said the federal jury that heard the case against Stone had \"significant bias\".\n\nThe forewoman of the jurors reportedly identified herself in a Facebook post. Her social media posts revealed hostility to Mr Trump, it was also reported.\n\nStone is scheduled to be sentenced next week.", "Last updated on .From the section Man City\n\nManchester City have been banned from European club competition for the next two seasons after being found to have committed \"serious breaches\" of Uefa's club licensing and financial fair play regulations.\n\nThe reigning Premier League champions have also been fined 30m euros (£25m).\n\nThe decision is subject to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.\n\nManchester City say they are \"disappointed but not surprised\" by the \"prejudicial\" decision and will appeal.\n\nThe independent Adjudicatory Chamber of the Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) said City had broken the rules by \"overstating its sponsorship revenue in its accounts and in the break-even information submitted to Uefa between 2012 and 2016\", adding that the club \"failed to cooperate in the investigation\".\n\nIt has been reported that City could also face a Premier League points deduction because the league's FFP rules are similar - although not exactly the same - as Uefa's.\n\nHowever, the punishment has no implications for City's women's team.\n• None Manchester City will take ban 'in their stride' - Brown\n\nManchester City said in a statement: \"The club has always anticipated the ultimate need to seek out an independent body and process to impartially consider the comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence in support of its position.\n\n\"In December 2018, the Uefa chief investigator publicly previewed the outcome and sanction he intended to be delivered to Manchester City, before any investigation had even begun.\n\n\"The subsequent flawed and consistently leaked Uefa process he oversaw has meant that there was little doubt in the result that he would deliver. The club has formally complained to the Uefa disciplinary body, a complaint which was validated by a CAS ruling.\n\n\"Simply put, this is a case initiated by Uefa, prosecuted by Uefa and judged by Uefa. With this prejudicial process now over, the club will pursue an impartial judgment as quickly as possible and will therefore, in the first instance, commence proceedings with the Court of Arbitration for Sport at the earliest opportunity.\"\n\nCity have been drawn to face Real Madrid in the last 16 of this season's Champions League, with the first leg to be played on 26 February at the Bernabeu.\n\n\"Enforcing the rules of financial fair play and punishing financial doping is essential for the future of football,\" he said.\n\n\"For years we have been calling for severe action against Manchester City and Paris St-Germain, we finally have a good example of action and hope to see more. Better late than never.\"\n\nAnalysis - what could this mean for Guardiola?\n\nThis is massive news. Given the speed of their statement in response, it is fair to assume Manchester City were braced for this decision, but maybe not the severity of it.\n\nCity have said publicly and privately they intend to fight the decision. They are adamant an independent judiciary - they do not think this was - will clear them.\n\nHowever, as it stands, the club are out of the Champions League for two seasons, which raises massive immediate questions.\n\nPep Guardiola has always maintained he would remain at City at least until his contract expires in 2021 but has also said he trusts the club's hierarchy when they tell him they have done nothing wrong.\n\nWhether they win the Champions League this season or not, will Guardiola decide to move on? And if he does, what about the future of the club's star players, many of whom joined because he was the manager.\n\nAnd does this mean an extra place in the Champions League will be available should the Blues miss out?\n\nIt is an absolutely fascinating situation and, clearly, we are far from a definitive final outcome.\n\nWhat are City alleged to have done?\n\nUefa launched an investigation after German newspaper Der Spiegel published leaked documents in November 2018 alleging City had inflated the value of a sponsorship deal, misleading European football's governing body.\n\nReports alleged City - who have always denied wrongdoing - deliberately misled Uefa so they could meet FFP rules requiring clubs to break even.\n\nCity were fined £49m in 2014 for a previous breach of regulations.\n\nWhat are the FFP rules?\n\nFinancial Fair Play was introduced by Uefa to prevent clubs in its competitions from spending beyond their means and stamp out what its then president Michel Platini called \"financial doping\" within football.\n\nUnder the rules, financial losses are limited and clubs are also obliged to meet all their transfer and employee payment commitments at all times.\n\nClubs need to balance football-related expenditure - transfers and wages - with television and ticket income, plus revenues raised by their commercial departments. Money spent on stadiums, training facilities, youth development or community projects is exempt.\n\nThe CFCB, set up by Uefa, has the ultimate sanction of banning clubs from Uefa competitions, with other potential punishments including warnings, fines, withholding prize money, transfer bans, points deductions, a ban on registration of new players and a restriction on the number of players who can be registered for Uefa competitions.", "Tracy Brabin's dress attracted 180 bids before eventually going for £20,200\n\nLabour MP Tracy Brabin raised £20,000 for charity after auctioning an off-the-shoulder dress which caused controversy in the Commons.\n\nShe faced criticism from \"keyboard warriors\" after her dress slipped down her shoulder as she leaned on the despatch box due to a broken ankle.\n\nThe Batley and Spen MP put the black Asos dress up for sale on eBay with proceeds going to Girlguiding.\n\nMs Brabin said young girls' \"lives will be changed because of this money\".\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\nMs Brabin was raising a point of order in the House of Commons earlier this month\n\nMs Brabin had been raising a point of order in the House of Commons about journalists being asked to leave a Downing Street press briefing on the next stage of Brexit talks, when her shoulder was exposed.\n\nThe shadow culture secretary said she had been to a music event earlier in the day and was not expecting to be called to the despatch box.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tracy Brabin: 'A woman is always judged more harshly than a man'\n\nMs Brabin later told BBC Breakfast she had been \"startled by the vitriolic nature\" of some comments she had received online.\n\nShe said it was her responsibility to \"call it out\", adding: \"Women around the world... are being demeaned every day because of what they wear.\"\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 garment was listed on eBay as a \"Black dress worn by Tracy Brabin MP in 'shouldergate' as widely covered across the media\".\n\nMs Brabin said the dress had been \"flying off the shelves as a result of the coverage.\"\n\nThe size 12 pencil dress attracted 180 bids with two potential buyers battling it out until the last minute.\n\nIt eventually eventually went for £20,200 as bidding closed on Thursday evening.\n\nMs Brabin said the money would be going to Girlguiding, a charity for girls and young women in the UK, \"in the hope that they grow up to be leaders\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Girlguiding This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 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.", "Stephanie Simpson is thought to have gone for a hike in Mount Aspiring National Park\n\nPolice looking for a British woman missing in New Zealand have said they have found her body.\n\nStephanie Simpson, 32, from Essex, is thought to have died in a \"tragic accident\" while on a hike last weekend in Mount Aspiring National Park.\n\nSearchers made the discovery at about 13:40 New Zealand time (00:40 GMT) on Friday in the Pyke Creek area, New Zealand Police said.\n\nShe appeared to have been washed into a canyon after going into water.\n\nMs Simpson, from the Basildon area, was reported missing on Monday, when a search began in the national park in the country's Southern Alps region on its South Island.\n\nAccording to her Facebook account, she had been living in the Wanaka area since November and was working as a landscaper.\n\nA thermal-imaging drone, dog teams, helicopter and search teams failed to find any sign of her on Thursday, and police in New Zealand had said the search was difficult due to the size and terrain of the area.\n\nThe wilderness of Mount Aspiring National Park attracts a range of outdoor enthusiasts\n\nThe search continued on Friday with more teams, who focused on the Pyke area of the park.\n\nHer body was located after aerial searches provided images of the area and her boots and backpack were spotted, police said.\n\nSgt Mark Kirkwood, from West Coast Search and Rescue, told the BBC there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding Ms Simpson's death and it appeared to be a tragic accident.\n\nIt seemed that she had left the hiking track, taken off her boots and gone into a waterfall, he said.\n\nHer body was found in a canyon in the Pyke Creek area, which suggested she had been washed down into it. Her boots were about 900m (2,953 ft) upstream from where her body was discovered and her backpack was nearer to her.\n\n\"It's a very hazardous area. We have no idea why she went into the water,\" Sgt Kirkwood said.\n\nHer body was identified by her mother and other family who were at the search site after travelling to New Zealand from the UK.\n\nStephanie Simpson is thought to have been an experienced hiker\n\nSgt Kirkwood said police wanted to thank all those involved in the search for their \"considerable efforts\".\n\n\"The search was extremely challenging at times, especially in consideration of the terrain, and the work of all involved is to be commended,\" he said.\n\n\"Police extend their condolences to Stephanie's family at this tragic time.\"\n\nThe death will be referred to the coroner.\n\nA crowdfunding page has been set up by a friend to support the LANDSAR rescue team.\n\nSouth Basildon and East Thurrock MP Stephen Metcalfe said on Twitter: \"So sorry to hear that police in New Zealand have found the body of missing British (from Basildon) hiker Stephanie Simpson.\n\n\"I can only imagine the pain the family must feel and send my heartfelt condolences to family and friends.\"\n\nThe Foreign and Commonwealth Office said its staff were \"supporting the family of a British woman following her death in New Zealand\".\n\n\"They have our deepest sympathies, and we will continue to do all we can for them,\" a spokesman 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. Parents of baby born on motorway reunited with 999 call operators who helped them.\n\nA couple whose baby was delivered in roadworks on a motorway have been reunited with the 999 call operators that helped them.\n\nJayne Rowland, 36, was on her way to hospital when she went into the final stages of labour on the M5 in Somerset.\n\nHer partner Joshua Mogg, 29, said \"everything happened very quickly\" after he called 999.\n\nCall handler Jonathan Leaton said \"they both did incredibly well\" and baby Harry was born safely near junction 24.\n\nMum-of-two Ms Rowland had been on the way to Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton to be induced on 1 November when she went into labour.\n\nThey had to stop in a lane of traffic because there was no hard shoulder, but their car was shielded by a lorry which put on its hazard lights.\n\nMs Rowland, a teaching assistant, said: \"I'd had discomfort for three weeks, but the pain got worse in the car, so I asked Josh to pull over.\n\n\"It wasn't until afterwards that I realised how much danger we were in because there was nowhere safe to stop in the roadworks.\"\n\nOn the 999 call, Mr Mogg can be heard saying: \"She's about to pop. I'm in the roadworks at 50 miles an hour.\"\n\nMr Leaton talked the couple through the delivery and Harry was born at 07:57 GMT, weighing 7lb 8oz.\n\nHis place of birth was recorded as \"the M5\".\n\n\"Delivering my baby son on a motorway is probably the best thing I've done in my life,\" said Mr Mogg, who works as a tree surgeon.\n\nThe family has since visited Taunton Ambulance Station to personally thank staff.\n\nOperations officer Dan Wilsher, who was first on the scene, said: \"I remember being very aware the car was in a live traffic lane.\n\n\"When I approached the passenger door, I saw a tiny little face wrapped in blankets looking back at me.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Alison Rose: \"My focus is on making sure we're a safe, smart bank for the future\"\n\nRoyal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Group has said it plans to change its name later this year, as it reported a near doubling of annual profits.\n\nThe Edinburgh-based bank, which owns RBS, NatWest and Ulster Bank, said it would rename itself as NatWest Group.\n\nThe bank reported profits of £3.1bn for 2019, nearly double the £1.6bn seen the year before.\n\nNew RBS chief executive Alison Rose called the results the \"start of a new era\" for the bank.\n\nIt is thought that Ms Rose is hoping a rebrand will help shift the lender's image away from its association with the financial crisis.\n\nThe bank was rescued by the government in 2008 in the aftermath of the financial crisis at a cost of £45bn and it is still 62% state-owned.\n\nMs Rose told the BBC's Today programme that the name change would not alter any services for RBS or NatWest customers.\n\nAbout 80% of the bank's customers are thought to use NatWest. Names of individual NatWest and RBS branches will remain the same.\n\nShe also said that the name change would not result in any job cuts across the group.\n\nThis is Ms Rose's first set of results for the lender. She became the first woman to lead one of the so-called big four largest UK banks when she was appointed last year.\n\nToday's announcement was not just the first set of full-year results unveiled by new chief executive Alison Rose but also the long-awaited unveiling of her strategy.\n\nBut many crucial questions remain unanswered, with Ms Rose failing to address recent press reports that claimed job cuts may be in store.\n\nRBS was the subject of a £45bn state bailout during the financial crisis, and remains 62% taxpayer-owned. A 25-year veteran of the bank, Alison Rose is one of the few senior executives left from the pre-crisis era, when former boss Fred Goodwin's overambitious expansion plans left the bank in a perilous state.\n\nMore than a decade on, it falls to her to complete the clean-up operation. She says the name change for the parent company marks a new era, but the real challenge is to prove she can get the bank back into a state where the remaining stake can be sold without incurring a hefty loss for taxpayers.\n\nRBS also announced it was committed to \"at least halve the climate impact\" of its financing activity by 2030.\n\nIt says it will stop lending to coal companies by the end of the decade.\n\nThe bank also confirmed it would make its own operations \"net carbon zero\" by the end of this year.\n\nThat follows on from a pledge by Lloyds Banking Group to halve the amount of carbon emissions it finances through personal and business loans by 2030.\n\nMs Rose has been at RBS for more than 25 years, mainly in a number of roles in its investment bank.\n\nShe was previously deputy chief executive of NatWest Holdings, and before Ms Rose was appointed chief executive of the RBS group she was head of commercial and private banking.\n\nShe worked her way up after joining the bank as a graduate trainee in 1992.\n\nUnlike her predecessor Ross McEwan, she is based solely in London, although the bank has its headquarters in Edinburgh.\n\nMs Rose is also paid more than her predecessor, with her annual salary set at £1.1m compared with Mr McEwan's £1m.\n\nRBS's share price fell by more than 6% in Friday trading after its results came out.\n\nNeil Wilson, chief market analyst at Markets.com, said markets needed \"some convincing\", despite the jump in profits.\n\nBut he said \"it's clear RBS is putting legacy conduct issues behind it and has got the payment protection insurance (PPI) monkey off its back\".\n\nThe bank took a £900m charge for mis-sold PPI in 2019, which was at the top end of its expectations.\n\nMr Wilson added: \"Now that the PPI deadline has passed, the bank has much greater visibility of future cash generation.\"", "Prime Minister Boris Johnson has carried out a reshuffle of ministers in cabinet positions, two months after winning the general election.\n\nThere was speculation ahead of the reshuffle about how diverse the new Cabinet would be, particularly considering women and people from ethnic minority backgrounds.\n\nWho's in what job? Here's a guide to the people that make up Mr Johnson's cabinet, with the latest new faces and who's changed places.\n\nNote: BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) is a term widely used in the UK to describe people of non-white descent, as defined by the Institute of Race Relations.\n\nThis is the second reshuffle for Mr Johnson, who became prime minister last July after winning a Conservative leadership election.\n\nBig names to have left cabinet on Thursday included Chancellor Sajid Javid, Attorney General Geoffrey Cox and Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom.\n\nThe make-up of the cabinet has also changed. The proportion of women in it has increased - but the actual number has fallen from eight to seven because some positions were closed.\n\nMembers of the cabinet are more than 10 times more likely to have gone to a private school than members of the public.\n\nUnder Mr Johnson's predecessor, Theresa May, 70% of cabinet had not been privately educated, whereas almost 70% of Mr Johnson's new cabinet have.\n\nAccording to the Sutton Trust social mobility charity, every prime minister since 1937 who attended university was educated at Oxford - except for Gordon Brown. Half of Mr Johnson's cabinet went to Oxford or Cambridge universities.\n\nThis compares with 27% of all Conservative MPs and 18% of Labour MPs.\n\nSir Peter Lampl, founder and chairman of the Sutton Trust, said December's election led to a seismic shift in the political landscape and Conservative MPs now represent a more diverse range of constituencies than before.\n\n\"Yet in terms of educational background, the make-up of Johnson's cabinet is still over 60% from independent schools,\" he said. \"Today's findings underline how unevenly spread the opportunities are to enter the elites and this is something Boris Johnson must address.\"\n\nMichael Gove is by far the most experienced of Mr Johnson's new top team. The ministers who have had 204 days of cabinet experience are new faces appointed by the PM when he took power in July last year.\n\nClick here if you cannot see the Cabinet Guide.", "The temperature was logged on Seymour Island, off the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula\n\nAntarctica has exceeded 20C for the first time, after researchers logged a temperature of 20.75C on an island off the coast of the peninsula.\n\nBrazilian scientist Carlos Schaefer told AFP they had \"never seen a temperature this high in Antarctica\".\n\nBut he warned the temperature, logged on 9 February, was just one reading and not part of a long-term data set.\n\nThe continent also hit a record last week, with a temperature reading of 18.3C on the Antarctic Peninsula.\n\nThis latest reading was taken at a monitoring station on Seymour Island, part of a chain of islands off the same peninsula, at the northernmost point of the continent.\n\nAlthough the temperature is a record high, Mr Schaefer emphasized that the reading was not part of a wider study and so, in itself, could not be used to predict a trend.\n\n\"We can't use this to anticipate climatic changes in the future. It's a data point,\" he said. \"It's simply a signal that something different is happening in that area.\"\n\nAccording to the UN's World Meteorological Organization (WMO), temperatures on the Antarctic Peninsula have risen by almost 3C over the past 50 years, and that about 87% of the glaciers along its west coast have \"retreated\" in that time.\n\nOver the past 12 years, the glaciers have shown an \"accelerated retreat\", it adds.\n\nLast month was also Antarctica's warmest January on record.\n\nTemperatures on the peninsula have risen by almost 3C in 50 years\n\nThe previous record for the entire Antarctic region - which includes the continent, islands and ocean that are in the Antarctic climatic zone - was 19.8C, logged in January 1982.\n\nLast July another record temperature of 21C was logged by a base at the northern tip of Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nJackson Carlaw has been confirmed as the new leader of the Scottish Conservatives after winning a vote of party members.\n\nMr Carlaw had been the party's interim leader since Ruth Davidson quit the role in August.\n\nHe has now won the job full time after defeating fellow MSP Michelle Ballantyne by 4,917 votes to 1,581.\n\nMr Carlaw had been the clear favourite in the contest, and was backed by most of the party's MPs and MSPs.\n\nHe said he was now \"ready to hit the ground running and win\" in next year's Scottish Parliament election by attracting voters from \"middle Scotland\".\n\nThe new leader has already promised a full review of the party's policies and a \"new, reinvigorated\" frontbench team at Holyrood.\n\nWithin hours of his election Mr Carlaw announced that Glasgow MSP Annie Wells would become a joint deputy leader of the party alongside North East MSP Liam Kerr.\n\nRachael Hamilton, the Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire MSP, will become a party chairwoman with existing chairman Rab Forman.\n\nMore changes will be announced next week.\n\nMr Carlaw said: \"This is not about asking the people of Scotland to re-elect us as a strong opposition, this is about offering the people of Scotland a clear alternative to the SNP and then fighting all the way to polling day next year to provide them with an alternative government.\n\n\"I have a bigger share of the vote than Boris Johnson achieved in his leadership election, I have a bigger share of the vote than Ruth Davidson achieved, a bigger share of the vote than David Cameron achieved in any of the previous Conservative Party leadership elections.\n\n\"So I have a clear mandate from the party in Scotland now to make the changes required to lead us into the election next year.\"\n\nOpinion polls suggest that the SNP, led by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, remains on course to win a fourth successive term in government in next year's election - with the Conservatives currently a distant second.\n\nThe new party leader was congratulated by his defeated opponent when the result was announced\n\nThe leadership contest - which was delayed by December's general election - had been bad-tempered at times, with the two candidates trading insults ahead of the result being announced.\n\nMs Ballantyne, who claimed to have strong grassroots support, accused Mr Carlaw of running a general election campaign that \"lacked vision and ambition\", with the party losing seven of its 13 MPs.\n\nMr Carlaw hit back by claiming his opponent was the only member of the Tory frontbench team at Holyrood never to have submitted a \"single policy proposal\".\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 Scottish Conservatives are currently the second biggest party at Holyrood, with Ms Davidson widely credited with turning around its electoral fortunes in her eight years as leader.\n\nBut she quit shortly after returning from maternity leave, saying that \"much had changed\" both politically and personally in recent months.\n\nAs well as the birth of her son, Ms Davidson had been a vocal critic of Prime Minister Boris Johnson - particularly over his approach to Brexit.\n\nThe new leader is a close political ally of his predecessor, Ruth Davidson\n\nJackson Carlaw worked as a car salesman in the west of Scotland for 25 years before being elected as an MSP, but has been involved in politics since joining the Conservatives as teenager in the late 1970s.\n\nHe first stood as a candidate in the 1982 Queen's Park by-election, and after several other unsuccessful attempts was eventually elected as a list MSP for the West of Scotland region in the 2007 and again in 2011 - when he also became Ms Davidson's deputy leader.\n\nMr Carlaw, who is married with two children, was elected as the MSP for Eastwood in 2016, and served as acting leader when Ms Davidson went on maternity leave ahead of the birth of her son in May of last 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\nWhen Ms Davidson resigned as party leader in August, Mr Carlaw was immediately appointed as interim leader - with some of his supporters hoping he would be given the role on a permanent basis without a leadership contest being required.\n\nThe 60-year-old says he wants the party to appeal to \"middle Scotland\" ahead of next year's Scottish Parliament election, when he says his goal is to \"take down\" Ms Sturgeon and the SNP.\n\nAmong his key policy proposals are increasing the number of teachers in Scotland by 2,000, bringing income taxes into line with the rest of the UK, and scrapping the Scottish government's plan to introduce a so-called parking tax.\n\nMr Carlaw has faced Nicola Sturgeon during the weekly First Minister's Questions in the Scottish Parliament while acting as interim leader\n\nHe told his official campaign launch last month that he stands for \"a decent, generous-spirited, aspirational conservatism that promotes the values and ambitions of middle Scotland\".\n\nMr Carlaw secured public support from the majority of Conservative MSPs and MPs during the leadership contest, as well as all of the party's local council leaders.\n\nHe points to the experience he has built up in his lengthy stint as acting leader - which saw him go head-to-head with Ms Sturgeon during first minister's questions every week.\n\nBut critics say that Mr Carlaw's tenure included last month's general election, when the Scottish Conservatives lost seven of the 13 seats they had won under Ms Davidson in 2017 despite the Tories winning a majority across the UK as a whole.", "Midrar Ali was starved of oxygen due to complications at birth\n\nDoctors can stop providing medical treatment for a brain dead baby, the Court of Appeal has ruled.\n\nThe three appeal judges analysed evidence on four-month-old Midrar Ali after the High Court concluded that treatment could be withdrawn.\n\nMidrar's father had argued his son had been showing \"signs of life\" and said the ruling was \"terrible\".\n\nBut doctors at St Mary's Hospital in Manchester said the baby should be allowed a \"kind and dignified death\".\n\nMrs Justice Lieven, who analysed evidence at a trial in the Family Division of the High Court in Manchester last month, had concluded that Midrar was brain-stem dead.\n\nMidrar's parents, Karwan Ali, 35, and Shokhan Namiq, 28, who live in Manchester, had asked appeal judges to overturn the ruling.\n\nThey said he was still growing and that doctors could not be sure that he will not improve, which meant more tests should be carried out.\n\nKarwan Ali and Shokhan Namiq had asked appeal judges to overturn the High Court ruling\n\nBut appeal judges Sir Andrew McFarlane, Lord Justice Patten and Lady Justice King dismissed their challenge.\n\nThey concluded that Midrar's parents did not have an arguable case and declared that their son died at 20:01 GMT on 1 October, when he would have been 14 days old.\n\nSir Andrew said evidence showed that \"awfully\" Midrar no longer has a \"brain that is recognisable as such\".\n\n\"There is no basis for contemplating that any further tests would result in a different outcome,\" he said.\n\nMidrar was starved of oxygen when the umbilical cord came out ahead of his birth on 18 September, causing complications.\n\nManchester University NHS Foundation Trust, which runs St Mary's Hospital, has previously said that Midrar has always been on a ventilator and has never breathed independently.\n\nMidrar Ali's parents Karwan Ali and Shokhan Namiq wanted his treatment to continue\n\nIt said his organs were deteriorating and continuing to treat Midrar was \"undignified\".\n\nLawyers representing the hospital's trust said three tests had confirmed brain stem death.\n\nSpeaking after the latest legal ruling, Mr Ali said: \"I'm just reading what the appeal judges have said, then we'll discuss it with our lawyers.\n\n\"He's still growing. They can't be 100% sure he is dead. He's still growing. His eyes move. I've seen them move.\"\n\nThe family's solicitor, David Foster, said Midrar's parents were considering an appeal and would like the court to \"give weight to experts from outside the UK\".\n\nThe next step would be to take the case to the Supreme Court.\n\n\"They believe the law in this area should be reviewed and do not consider Midrar's condition is necessarily irreversible,\" Mr Foster.\n\nA spokesperson for the hospital trust said it \"acknowledges the judgement made today and recognises that these are incredibly sad circumstances\".\n\n\"Our thoughts remain with baby Midrar's family at this very difficult time,\" they added.\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. New Chancellor Rishi Sunak was all smiles as the new cabinet met for the first time\n\nBoris Johnson has told his new cabinet to focus on delivering Tory election promises following a reshuffle that saw Sajid Javid quit as chancellor.\n\nAddressing his new team in Downing Street, the PM said they must get on with the \"basic work\" of improving lives and spreading opportunity.\n\nMr Javid quit on Thursday after he was told he could keep his job but only if he fired his team of advisers.\n\nHis successor Rishi Sunak has said he has \"lots to get on with\".\n\nOpening Friday's cabinet meeting, the PM congratulated those present on \"achieving or retaining\" their cabinet jobs after a wide-ranging shake-up which saw a host of senior figures sacked.\n\n\"We have to repay the trust of people who voted for us in huge numbers in December and who look forward to us delivering,\" he said.\n\nMr Javid, who had been due to deliver his first Budget in March, said he was left with \"no option\" but to resign because \"no self-respecting minister\" could accept the prime minister's demands.\n\nHis departure from the cabinet follows rumours of tension between Mr Javid and the prime minister's senior adviser, Dominic Cummings.\n\nIn his resignation letter, Mr Javid - who was in his Bromsgrove constituency on Friday opening a Pensioners Fair - said: \"I believe it is important as leaders to have trusted teams that reflect the character and integrity that you would wish to be associated with.\"\n\nDowning Street said there would now be a joint team of economic advisers for both the chancellor and prime minister.\n\nLosing a chancellor is no small event, and it wasn't what Boris Johnson set out to do.\n\nBut yesterday shows that No 10's priority was political control rather than keeping personnel they valued. When Mr Javid refused, they chose instead to see him leave.\n\nThis begs a wider question - is it stronger to share power or hoard it?\n\nBoris Johnson and his team have made the choice to do the latter - to lose a chancellor rather than allow a rival faction offering different political advice to the next door neighbour.\n\nMr Sunak, who was previously Mr Javid's deputy at the Treasury, has addressed staff in the department following his unexpected promotion.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Rishi Sunak This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as 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\nA Downing Street spokesman would not confirm whether or not the Budget scheduled for 11 March would go ahead as planned, saying \"extensive preparations\" had already been carried and they would continue \"at pace\".\n\nAmid reports No 10 was looking at ways of re-writing its fiscal rules to allow for more public expenditure, it said there would continue to be a \"clear framework\" for borrowing levels.\n\nPrior to the cabinet meeting, Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick said it was \"sensible\" to amalgamate the teams of advisers currently working for the prime minister and the chancellor.\n\n\"It is right that there is a co-ordinated economic function in this country,\" he told Breakfast. \"We need to have a strong team working as one.\"\n\nMr Johnson told his team to work with \"energy and determination\"\n\nAt Friday's meeting, the cabinet agreed the introduction of a new points-based immigration system on 1 January, 2021, when the current post-Brexit transition period with the EU ends.\n\nA No 10 spokesman said it would put an end to the UK's \"reliance on cheap unskilled labour\" from the continent and reduce overall levels of inward migration.\n\nOther ministers to depart in Thursday's shake-up include Andrea Leadsom and Esther McVey who, along with Mr Javid, were among those who lost out to Mr Johnson's in last summer Conservative leadership contest.\n\nJulian Smith was also sacked as Northern Ireland Secretary - weeks after he brokered the deal that restored the power-sharing administration in Stormont.\n\nSpeaking on Friday, he said his dismissal was \"not a surprise\" and his wished his successor Brandon Lewis well in dealing with the \"key\" challenges facing Northern Ireland, including historical legacy issues and abortion law reforms.\n\nAsked about his own plans, he said they included \"things like going to the pub\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Leila Nathoo looks at the reshuffle winners and losers\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A former adviser to Mr Javid says Downing Street misjudged the reshuffle\n\nNewcomers at the cabinet meeting on Friday included Anne-Marie Trevelyan, who replaces Alok Sharma as international development secretary; Amanda Milling, who is minister without portfolio and chairwoman of the Conservative Party; and Suella Braverman, who takes on the role of attorney general after the prime minister asked Mr Cox to step down.\n\nThere had been rumours that the Department for International Development could be closed, but while it remains open, No 10 appears to have merged its ministerial team with the Foreign Office.\n\nBBC diplomatic correspondent James Landale said there had been two joint ministers ahead of the reshuffle, but by the end of Thursday, there were seven joint posts across the two departments.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Harry Miller: \"This is a watershed moment for liberty\"\n\nThe police response to an ex-officer's allegedly transphobic tweets was unlawful, the High Court has ruled.\n\nHarry Miller was visited by Humberside Police at work in January last year after a complaint about his tweets.\n\nHe was told he had not committed a crime, but it would be recorded as a non-crime \"hate incident\".\n\nThe court found the force's actions were a \"disproportionate interference\" with his right to freedom of expression.\n\nOfficers visited Mr Miller's workplace and then spoke with him on the phone, and he was left with the impression \"that he might be prosecuted if he continued to tweet\", according to a judge.\n\nSpeaking after the ruling, Mr Miller, from Lincolnshire, said: \"This is a watershed moment for liberty - the police were wrong to visit my workplace, wrong to 'check my thinking'.\"\n\nHis solicitor Paul Conrathe added: \"It is a strong warning to local police forces not to interfere with people's free speech rights on matters of significant controversy.\"\n\nMr Justice Julian Knowles said the effect of police turning up at Mr Miller's place of work \"because of his political opinions must not be underestimated\".\n\nHe added: \"To do so would be to undervalue a cardinal democratic freedom.\n\n\"In this country we have never had a Cheka, a Gestapo or a Stasi. We have never lived in an Orwellian society.\"\n\nResponding to the ruling, Helen Belcher, who co-founded Trans Media Watch, said: \"I think trans people will be worried it could become open season on us because the court didn't really define what the threshold for acceptable speech was.\n\n\"I think it will reinforce an opinion that courts don't understand trans lives and aren't there to protect trans people.\"\n\nMr Miller, 54, also launched a wider challenge against the lawfulness of College of Policing guidelines on hate crimes, which was rejected.\n\nMr Justice Knowles ruled they \"serve legitimate purposes and [are] not disproportionate\".\n\nThe guidelines define a hate incident as \"any non-crime incident which is perceived, by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by a hostility or prejudice against a person who is transgender or perceived to be transgender\".\n\nTrans activist Helen Belcher said the ruling would \"worry\" trans people\n\nMr Miller posted a number of tweets between November 2018 and January 2019 about transgender issues as part of the debate about reforming the Gender Recognition Act 2004.\n\nIn one tweet Mr Miller wrote: \"I was assigned mammal at birth, but my orientation is fish. Don't mis-species me.\"\n\nThis tweet was among several others which were reported to Humberside Police as being allegedly transphobic.\n\nMr Miller's barrister, Ian Wise QC, argued the force's response had sought to \"dissuade him from expressing himself on such issues in the future\" and had a \"substantial chilling effect\" on his right to free speech.\n\nMr Justice Knowles said Mr Miller \"strongly denies being prejudiced against transgender people\" and had regarded himself as a participant in a public debate.\n\nHe said only one person, known in court as Mrs B, had complained about the tweets and they had been recorded as a hate incident \"without any critical scrutiny...or any assessment of whether what she was saying was accurate\".\n\nThe judge said: \"The claimants' tweets were lawful and there was not the slightest risk that he would commit a criminal offence by continuing to tweet.\n\n\"I find the combination of the police visiting the claimant's place of work, and their subsequent statements in relation to the possibility of prosecution, were a disproportionate interference with the claimant's right to freedom of expression because of their potential chilling effect.\"\n\nThe police guidance on non-crime hate incidents was developed after the murder of the black teenager Stephen Lawrence in a racist attack in 1993.\n\nIts aim is to deal with hate incidents before they escalate into serious hate crimes.\n\nEach year more than 25,000 such non-crime hate incidents are logged by UK police. The bulk relate to race and disability.\n\nToday's ruling will make the job of policing such incidents increasingly challenging for the police. Where does a comment or statement leave the boundaries of free speech and become a hate incident short of a crime?\n\nThat can be as much a linguistic and ethical judgment as a policing decision.\n\nHumberside Police said it accepted the court's decision, adding: \"The mere recording of the incident by Humberside Police as a hate incident has been ruled as not unlawful and in accordance with the College of Policing (CoP) guidance.\n\n\"Our actions in handling the incident were carried out in good faith but we note the comments of the judge and we will take learning from this incident moving forward.\"\n\nDeputy Chief Constable Bernie O'Reilly, of the College of Policing, said: \"Policing's position is clear - we want everyone to feel able to express opinions as passionately as they wish without breaking the law.\"\n\nHe added: \"Hate incidents can be a precursor to these types of crimes and without recording them the police will begin to lose sight of what is happening in their communities - and potentially lose their confidence.\"\n\nHe said the advice to forces was currently being revised.\n\nTrans Media Watch said: \"Whilst we appreciate that the police must take care not to overreact to incidents, we feel that it is vital to a democratic society that everyone enjoys the same level of police protection.\n\n\"We are sure that it was not the judge's intention to suggest that trans people deserve less protection at present than they did in 2016, before the present media interest in the gender recognition process began.\n\n\"We hope that his words today will not have the result of putting other minority groups which may become the subject of intense media attention in a position where hatred displayed towards them is less likely to be treated seriously.\"\n\nMr Miller has appealed against the ruling about the College of Policing guidance and permission has been granted for the case to go straight to the Supreme Court.\n\nTransgender hate crimes, which are different and more serious than non-crime hate incidents, are rising in England and Wales, according to police records.\n\nIn the 12 months to 31 March 2019, the police recorded 2,333 transgender hate crime incidents. That was 37% higher than the previous year. In percentage terms, transgender hate crimes saw the biggest increase compared with other hate crime categories (race, religion, sexual orientation and disability).\n\nThe Home Office says that some of this rise could be down to improvements in the way the police identify and record transgender hate crimes. However, the Home Office adds that genuine increases cannot be ruled out.\n\nIn total, the police recorded 103,379 hate crimes in 2018-19. The majority were race hate crimes, accounting for around three quarters of the total.\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. Sajid Javid: I had no option but to resign\n\nSajid Javid has shocked Westminster by quitting as chancellor in the middle of Boris Johnson's cabinet reshuffle.\n\nMr Javid rejected the prime minister's order to fire his team of aides, saying \"no self-respecting minister\" could accept such a condition.\n\nHe has been replaced as chancellor by Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rishi Sunak - who just seven months ago was a junior housing minister.\n\nMr Javid had been due to deliver his first Budget in four weeks' time.\n\nThe former home secretary was appointed chancellor by Mr Johnson when he became prime minister in July.\n\nHis resignation follows rumours of tensions between Mr Javid and the prime minister's senior adviser Dominic Cummings.\n\nMr Javid said his advisers had worked \"incredibly hard\" and he could not agree to them being replaced.\n\n\"I felt I was left with no option but to resign,\" he said, adding that Mr Sunak and the rest of the government retained his \"full support\".\n\nIn his resignation letter, Mr Javid explained that he could not accept the PM's conditions saying: \"I believe it is important as leaders to have trusted teams that reflect the character and integrity that you would wish to be associated with.\"\n\nDowning Street said there would now be a joint team of economic advisers for both the chancellor and prime minister.\n\nInternational Development Secretary Alok Sharma has been appointed business secretary and minister for the upcoming climate conference COP26, in Glasgow.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Leila Nathoo looks back at the day in politics, as the PM's reshuffle went further than even he perhaps expected\n\nHe is being replaced at the international development department by Armed Forces minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan.\n\nThere is a return to government for former Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt, who becomes paymaster general.\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Cleverly is made a joint minister in the Foreign Office and Department for International Development.\n\nCabinet members remaining in place include Home Secretary Priti Patel; Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab; Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove; Health Secretary Matt Hancock; International Trade Secretary Liz Truss; Transport Secretary Grant Shapps; Defence Secretary Ben Wallace; Leader of the House Jacob Rees-Mogg; and Chief Whip Mark Spencer.\n\nThe reshuffle reduces the number of women in the full cabinet from seven to six.\n\nMr Johnson is expected to appoint a new minister to oversee the building of the HS2 rail line, final approval for which was given this week.\n\nMeanwhile, a former adviser to Mr Javid said Downing Street had misjudged the reshuffle and that the Budget could be delayed as a result.\n\nSalma Shah told BBC Newscast she thought No 10 estimated Mr Javid would take up an offer to remain in his post, despite a request to fire his team of aides.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A former advisor to Mr Javid says Downing Street misjudged the reshuffle.\n\nEarlier Mr Sunak tweeted that he felt \"honoured\" to become chancellor, adding that Mr Javid had done a \"fantastic job\" and been \"a pleasure to work with\".\n\nCommenting on Mr Javid's resignation, Labour's shadow chancellor John McDonnell said: \"This must be a historical record with the government in crisis after just over two months in power.\n\n\"Dominic Cummings has clearly won the battle to take absolute control of the Treasury and install his stooge as chancellor.\"\n\nLosing a chancellor is no small event, and it wasn't what Boris Johnson set out to do. But today shows that No 10's priority was political control rather than keeping personnel they valued.\n\nWhen Mr Javid refused, they chose instead to see him leave.\n\nThis begs a wider question - is it stronger to share power or hoard it?\n\nBoris Johnson and his team have made the choice today to do the latter - to lose a chancellor rather than allow a rival faction offering different political advice to the next door neighbour.\n\nJulian Smith's sacking - weeks after he brokered the deal which restored the power-sharing administration in Stormont - was greeted with shock in Northern Ireland.\n\nThe former minister said on Twitter that doing the job had been \"the biggest privilege\" and he was \"extremely grateful\" to have been given the chance to serve \"this amazing part of our country\".\n\nIreland's Prime Minister Leo Varadkar called Mr Smith \"one of Britain's finest politicians of our time\".", "A map - claimed to be the oldest accurate chart of Scotland - is to be auctioned off in Edinburgh.\n\nThe historic document, known as The Nicolay Rutter, is said to have been drawn up from the voyage taken by King James V around Scotland in 1540.\n\nIt is acknowledged as being far more accurate than later 17th Century maps.\n\nThe item is expected to fetch between £15,000 and £20,000 because of its importance to map-making and political history.\n\nThe map has attracted interest from bidders from around the world.\n\nThe historic map of Scotland was drawn on a voyage taken by King James in 1540\n\nSimon Vickers, a book specialist at auctioneer Lyon & Turnbull, said: \"The rutter takes its name from the French word routier and is a set of sailing directions.\n\n\"Nicolay's map marks a huge step forward in the accuracy of cartography, not only is the shape of Scotland instantly recognisable, it is much more accurate than the later Gordon Blaeu map of 1654 and the Moll map of 1714.\"\n\nThe true originator of the work was Alexander Lyndsay, although it was a French map maker named Nicolas de Nicolay who copied it.\n\nThe map was copied by a French cartographer, Nicolas de Nicolay\n\nThe rutter was said to have been mysteriously obtained by the English and used by a French fleet to avenge the murder of Cardinal Beaton, the Archbishop of St Andrews.\n\nSt Andrews was the centre of the Church in Scotland and home to Cardinal Beaton. The cardinal was also the leader of the pro-French party and responsible for the execution of protestant preachers.\n\nHenry VIII saw him as a threat to his policy in Scotland. In 1546, a group of assassins talked their way into St Andrews castle and murdered Beaton.\n\nThe voyage of James V named on the title-page is that of 1540, when the King, with several nobles, set out to subdue the unruly Lords of the Western Isles.\n\nThe king visited Orkney, Skye, Lewis, Ross and Kintail and continued by sea to Dumbarton, where he left his fleet and rode back to Edinburgh.\n\nAlexander Lyndsay was the pilot, and Nicolay credits him with having compiled the rutter by command of the king.\n\nThe guide, drawn from Lyndsay's experience - and from material gathered from other sources - starts from Leith as the expedition did, and gives the route that James's fleet followed.\n\nLyndsay's rutter is typical as a guide to coastal waters before detailed charts and sophisticated instruments came into use. It contains nearly 200 items of information and advice about tides, courses and havens, soundings and hazards.\n\nThe map will be auctioned in a sale of rare maps and photographs on Wednesday 19 February.\n\nAll images are subject to copyright.", "Mary Annie Sowerby, Aliny Godinho, Elize Stevens, Alison Hunt, Asma Begum and Dorothy Bowyer were among the women killed last year\n\nThe number of female homicide victims in England and Wales has risen to the highest level since 2006.\n\nThere were 241 female victims of murder, manslaughter and infanticide in the 12 months to the end of March 2019, up 10% on the previous year.\n\nThe number of separate homicide incidents rose to 662, up from 644 the previous year, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).\n\nHowever, the overall number of victims fell to 671.\n\nThis was 33, or 5%, fewer than the previous year.\n\nIt represents the first fall since 2015, although this was partly due to those killed in the London and Manchester terror attacks and the Shoreham air crash being included in the 2018 figures.\n\nThe ONS said the year-on-year decline was driven by a fall in male victims - down 11%, from 484 to 429.\n\nThe number of black homicide victims was the highest in 17 years - totalling 97 in 2018/19.\n\nThe majority of homicide victims (64%) were male, while just over a third (36%) were female.\n\nAlmost half (48%) of female victims were killed in a domestic homicide, with the suspect a partner or ex-partner in 38% of cases.\n\nOne of these was Kay Richardson, 49, who was beaten and strangled to death by her estranged husband Alan Martin, 53, in September 2018, just days after he had been arrested for allegedly raping her.\n\nHe had been released under investigation by police, without any restrictions.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"We are haunted by what happened to Kay'\n\nThe number of baby girls and toddlers killed in the period also reached a decade high, with homicide victims including 14 females under the age of one and 13 toddlers aged between one and four.\n\nThese are the highest numbers since the earliest available figures, when six female babies and eight children aged between one and four were killed in the year to March 2009.\n\nLabour MP Jess Phillips, who has campaigned on domestic violence, said the figures were \"horrendous\" but an \"inevitability\" in light of cuts to public services.\n\nThe \"degradation of police resources\", a \"crumbling criminal justice system\" and cuts to council services which have affected routes out of danger for women trying to escape abusive relationships have all played a factor, she said.\n\nMs Phillips added that the number of suspects being released under investigation with no restrictions on their movements by police, rather than with stricter bail conditions, was of particular concern.\n\nThe Victims' Commissioner, Dame Vera Baird, said the number of women killed by a partner or ex-partner was \"not surprising\" but \"deeply troubling\".\n\n\"In the name of these women we need urgently to take more action on early intervention,\" she said.\n\nCrime Minister Kit Malthouse said the government was recruiting 20,000 new police officers and ensuring violent and sexual offenders spent longer behind bars to help protect the public.\n\nHe said the figures were a \"stark reminder of the devastating impact of domestic abuse\" and the Domestic Abuse Bill, which the government plans to reintroduce to Parliament, would also provide greater protections for victims.\n\nThe bill would place a legal duty on councils to offer secure homes to those fleeing violence, as well as introducing a government definition of domestic abuse, including emotional and financial abuse, and a commissioner to hold government to account.", "At just 42, Rishi Sunak is the youngest prime minister in modern times - taking the record held by his old boss David Cameron, who was 43 when appointed.\n\nHis rise to the top has been fast. He only became MP for Richmond in North Yorkshire in 2015 and joined the Cabinet in 2019.\n\n\"I showed up and people were surprised,\" Mr Sunak said about being selected to represent Richmond, with its overwhelming white population. But his \"Yorkshire values\" of hard work resonated with people and he won them over by showing an interest in what mattered to them, he said. Seven years on and he has made history as the UK's first British Asian prime minister.\n\nMr Sunak joined Boris Johnson's cabinet in 2019 as chief treasury to the secretary working with chancellor Sajid Javid, and his career rocketed from there.\n\nA self-confessed \"huge Star Wars fan\" with a sizeable collection of lightsabers, he tweeted a photo of himself and his \"Jedi Master\" Mr Javid at a screening of The Rise of Skywalker in 2019. A few months later, the apprentice became the master when he replaced Mr Javid as chancellor, and was plunged into pandemic crisis planning and budgeting.\n\nFor quite a few people, Mr Sunak appeared to be a reassuringly steady hand at the tiller as chancellor.\n\nWhen he pledged to do \"whatever it takes\" to help people through the pandemic in the spring of 2020 - and unveiled support worth £350bn - his personal poll ratings went through the roof.\n\nBut the UK continued to be buffeted by stormy economic weather, and Mr Sunak himself had to deal with the fallout of being fined by police for breaking lockdown rules in Downing Street in June 2020.\n\nIn July, he resigned from the cabinet, saying he felt his own approach to the economy was \"fundamentally too different\" to that of the PM, Boris Johnson. The move was instrumental in ousting Mr Johnson, which some of the former PM's allies will not have forgotten.\n\nJust 16 weeks later, he has become leader himself.\n\nHis appointment as PM came on the day millions celebrated Diwali, and as a practising Hindu he has said one of his proudest career moments was lighting ceremonial diyas (oil lamps) outside 11 Downing Street while chancellor. A traditional Hindu red bracelet, meant for good luck and protection, could be seen on his wrist when he posed on the steps of 10 Downing Street for the first time as UK leader.\n\nFamily: Married to businesswoman Akshata Murty with two daughters\n\nThere is no denying that Mr Sunak's wealth is a world away from that of most. Together, he and his wife Akshata Murty have an estimated worth of more than £700m - a sum which supersedes the personal wealth of King Charles III.\n\nCritics of Mr Sunak have raised the question of whether the millionaire can grasp the scale of the cost-of-living squeeze facing struggling households.\n\nIn April, the finances of Mr Sunak and his family came under intense scrutiny, with the tax affairs of his wife - the daughter of Narayana Murthy, Indian billionaire and co-founder of IT services giant Infosys - placed in the spotlight. Headquartered in Bangalore, Infosys reported revenues of more than $11.8bn (£9bn) in 2019, $12.8bn in 2020, and $13.5bn in 2021. The company's latest annual report shows Ms Murty owns a 0.9% stake in Infosys.\n\nShe announced in April she would start paying UK tax on this income to relieve political pressure on her husband.\n\nMr Sunak's appointment as prime minister has made his own wealth and tax affairs a hot topic again. He has been tight-lipped about his personal wealth and maintains that he has never benefited from funds based in tax havens.\n\nIt remains to be seen whether he and his family will split their time between Downing Street and the £4.5m five-bedroom townhouse in South Kensington, London where they currently reside.\n\nThe Sunaks are understood to own a further three properties: a Grade II-listed manor house in the village of Kirby Sigston, near Northallerton, in his Richmond constituency, was bought for £1.5m in 2015. The couple also own a flat in South Kensington and a penthouse apartment with views of the Pacific Ocean in Santa Monica, California.\n\nMr Sunak won the approval of 202 Tory MPs to replace Liz Truss as prime minister. Newsnight's political editor Nick Watt says his colleagues find him \"very personable\", but also someone who is \"very clear and certain in what he thinks\".\n\nFor example, in the run-up to the 2016 Brexit referendum - in which he campaigned to Leave - he was called into Downing Street and asked for his support to remain in the EU but he refused.\n\n\"He said 'No, I think Brexit is the right thing to do' - which is quite a thing for a newly elected MP to say to Downing Street.\"\n\nMr Sunak told the Yorkshire Post he believed leaving the EU would make the UK \"freer, fairer and more prosperous\".\n\nHe said changing immigration rules was another key reason for his Leave vote: \"I believe that appropriate immigration can benefit our country. But we must have control of our borders.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Rishi Sunak says that when it comes to helping the most vulnerable \"that's what I did\".\n\nBefore entering politics Mr Sunak was an analyst for the investment bank Goldman Sachs and then worked for two multibillion dollar hedge funds.\n\nHis supporters hope his eye for statistics and data will be an asset in making the right economic decisions.\n\nMr Sunak's parents came to the UK from east Africa and are both of Indian origin.\n\nHe was born in Southampton in 1980, where his father was a GP, and his mother ran her own pharmacy.\n\n\"In terms of cultural upbringing, I'd be at the temple at the weekend - I'm a Hindu - but I'd also be at [Southampton Football Club] the Saints game as well on a Saturday - you do everything, you do both.\"\n\nIn the interview he said he had been fortunate not to have endured a lot of racism growing up, but that there was one incident that had stayed with him.\n\n\"I was just out with my younger brother and younger sister, and I think, probably pretty young, I was probably a mid-teenager, and we were out at a fast food restaurant and I was just looking after them. There were people sitting nearby, it was the first time I'd experienced it, just saying some very unpleasant things. The 'P' word.\n\n\"And it stung. I still remember it. It seared in my memory. You can be insulted in many different ways.\"\n\nHowever, he said he \"can't conceive of that happening today\" in the UK.\n\nHe attended the exclusive private school Winchester College and worked as a waiter at a Southampton curry house during his summer holidays. He has attracted criticism from Labour for donating more than £100,000 to his former school, to fund bursaries for children who could not afford to attend it.\n\nAfter finishing school he went on to Oxford to study philosophy, politics and economics, before studying for an MBA at Stanford University in California. There he met his wife, and the couple have two daughters.\n\nDuring the previous leadership campaign, he often mentioned his daughters in the context of climate change. Answering a question on climate change during a BBC TV debate, Mr Sunak said he took \"advice from my two young daughters, who are the experts of this in my household\".", "Boris Johnson took a holiday on the island of Mustique with partner Carrie Symonds after Christmas\n\nLabour has called for an investigation into who funded Boris Johnson's Caribbean holiday over the New Year.\n\nThe MPs' register of interests stated the accommodation had a \"value\" of £15,000 and was covered by Carphone Warehouse co-founder David Ross.\n\nMr Ross initially said he had not paid for the holiday, but in a clarification insisted the register \"is correct\" and he had \"facilitated accommodation\".\n\nDowning Street said the trip had been properly registered.\n\nThe prime minister took the holiday to Mustique, a private island that is part of St Vincent and the Grenadines, with girlfriend Carrie Symonds between Boxing Day 2019 and 5 January 2020.\n\nLabour's Jon Trickett has now asked the parliamentary commissioner for standards to investigate who paid for it.\n\nIn a letter to the watchdog, the shadow Cabinet Office minister said: \"The code of conduct requires members to provide the name of the person or organisation that actually funded a donation.\"\n\nHe said that the \"evidence suggests it was not David Ross\" who funded the donation and that the entry made by the prime minister in the MPs' register of interests \"appears to be incorrect\".\n\nDavid Ross, the co-founder of Carphone Warehouse, at a photography exhibition in 2011\n\nMr Trickett said a number of questions needed \"urgently answering\", including \"the true source of the £15,000 donation\" and \"did the PM knowingly make a false entry into the register\".\n\n\"Transparency is crucial to ensuring that the public have confidence that elected Members of this House have not been unduly influence by any donations or gifts that they may receive,\" he added.\n\nMr Johnson's entry in the register of interests says Mr Ross donated accommodation \"for a private holiday for my partner and me, value £15,000\".\n\nBut a spokesman for Mr Ross told the Daily Mail: \"Boris wanted some help to find somewhere in Mustique, David called the company who run all the villas and somebody had dropped out.\n\n\"So Boris got the use of a villa that was worth £15,000, but David Ross did not pay any monies whatsoever for this.\"\n\nA later statement from the spokesman added: \"Mr Ross facilitated accommodation for Mr Johnson on Mustique valued at £15,000.\n\n\"Therefore this is a benefit in kind from Mr Ross to Mr Johnson, and Mr Johnson's declaration to the House of Commons is correct.\"\n\nA Downing Street spokesperson said: \"All transparency requirements have been followed, as set out in the Register of Members' Financial Interests\".\n\nA spokeswoman for the standards commissioner said the office could not confirm whether an investigation had been opened into the prime minister.\n\nShe explained this was due to a decision by MPs in 2018 to allow colleagues being investigated to remain anonymous.\n\nMr Ross has not provided any further details as to what he means, in this context, by a 'benefit in kind.'\n\nBut sources in Westminster have suggested to me that this could refer to some sort of swap whereby David Ross agreed to give up his own property - at a later date - in order to facilitate the prime minister's stay elsewhere on the island.\n\nAnd, I'm told, that there was no kind of cash donation.\n\nBut until there's total clarity, from Downing Street, the questions will keep coming. Such as, whose villa did Boris Johnson stay at?\n\nAnd opposition parties may not wish to miss the chance of pointing out that the PM didn't pay for at least part of his own holiday.\n\nMr Ross was one of Mr Johnson's aides in City Hall and was appointed to the Olympics organising committee.\n\nBut he resigned from the roles, and his company, over a share scandal in 2008.\n\nIt emerged Mr Ross had used millions of pounds' worth of Carphone Warehouse shares as collateral against personal loans without informing the company's other directors - a potential breach of City rules at the time.\n\nMr Ross has been a long-standing donor to the Conservative Party, pledging £250,000 in the last election campaign.\n\nMr Johnson faced criticism over his holiday for not returning sooner, after the US killing of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani raised tensions in the Middle East.\n\nIn April 2019 Mr Johnson was rebuked by the parliamentary commissioner for standards for failing to register a share of a Somerset property within 28 days of acquiring it.", "Hundreds of people have gathered for the funeral of twin brothers who appeared on the Channel 4 reality TV show My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding.\n\nBilly and Joe Smith were found dead in a Kent country lane in December after a relative discovered a suicide note.\n\nA procession was led by two white horse-drawn carriages through their home town of Sevenoaks.\n\nMourners kissed the glass of the carriages, which carried identical coffins to St John's Church.\n\nInside, the UB40 song Many Rivers to Cross was played, as \"requested by the boys,\" according to an order of service.\n\nMourners kissed the glass of the carriages, which carried identical coffins to St John's Church\n\nJoe Smith was married with two children\n\nAmong the floral tributes were those shaped as Rolex watches and a bottle of tequila, along with the words \"daddy\" and \"uncle\".\n\nA tribute by friends, due to be read at the service, said: \"Your love and laughter left footprints on our hearts. When you left you took a piece of all of us with you.\"\n\nA poem by their mother, listed in the order of service, said they would \"live in our hearts forever\".\n\n\"Although, my darling babies, you were with us just a while. You will live in our hearts forever, with your remembered smiles.\"\n\nFriends said the brothers' \"love and laughter left footprints on our hearts\"\n\nMourners followed the two carriages to the cemetery\n\nThe funeral cortege started at the brothers' grandmother's house in the Kent town then made its way down the High Street, where onlookers lined the road.\n\nDrivers were warned by Sevenoaks District Council to expect extra traffic as \"many people are likely to come to the town to pay their respects\".\n\nAfter the funeral, mourners followed the procession on foot towards Greatness Cemetery, just over half a mile away, where the brothers are to be buried.\n\nMourners followed the procession on foot towards Greatness Cemetery\n\nDrivers were told to expect extra traffic during the day\n\nThe twins are to be buried in identical white coffins\n\nThe brothers, who were both tree surgeons, were found next to each other in Dibden Lane, near Sevenoaks, on 28 December.\n\nThe 32-year-olds took part in a 2014 episode of the TV show, which followed them at work and on holiday.\n\nThe funeral cortege started at the home of Phoebe Smith, the twins' grandmother\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.", "A woman who learned English as a child by watching Jeopardy! has fulfilled her dream by becoming a contestant on the game show.\n\nKristyna Ng, who moved to Canada from China when she was eight, appeared on the game show some 30 years later.\n\nAlthough she came in second place, she said: \"I feel like I won the lottery just by being on the show.\"\n\nShe has watched the programme nearly every day since she was a little girl, and it was one of the things she and her husband initially bonded over.\n\n\"Jeopardy! has been the soundtrack of my life,\" she told the BBC.\n\nMs Ng did well on Tuesday's episode, trailing front-runner Danyelle Long-Hyland by just $600 (£460) before going into the Final Jeopardy, where contestants place bets on whether they get the correct answer.\n\nShe said she began watching the show when she was a child and had just moved to Canada with her family. She did not speak a word of English, and watching Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune, which played back-to-back every weekday, helped her figure out some of the language's trickier quirks, like the difference between minute (a measure of time) and minute (very small).\n\nShe said Jeopardy! was especially helpful, because it helped her learn things about a wide variety of subjects, from music to sports.\n\n\"It helps you build a stronger vocabulary, but it also helped me build a lot of cultural contexts and general knowledge to be not only a fully participating Canadian citizen, but also a global citizen,\" she said.\n\nShe has since gone on to earn her Master's degree in public administration, and now works for the city of Calgary.\n\nKristyna Ng taken shortly after she moved to Canada\n\nShe was initially encouraged to try out for the show by a friend she and her husband had made while playing trivia on board a cruise ship.\n\nShe got a little help on this week's episode from her friend's daughter, who bought her a Jeopardy! quiz book for good luck. One of the questions in the book was \"What is a spinnaker?\", and that question popped up during the show.\n\nBut one mispronunciation cost her big. A clue asked for the name of former Polish Prime Minister Lech Walesa. She was close, but confused the consonants in the name, saying \"Lawensa\" instead.\n\nHer answer was initially accepted, but the judges later reversed that decision, which cost her $4,000.\n\nOn the Final Jeopardy, Ms Ng guessed correctly, but her bet was too conservative to overtake the show's winner, Ms Long-Hyland.\n\nThe clue: After statesman and banker Robert Morris turned down a job offer from George Washington, this man took the job.\n\nMs Ng's appearance on the show was especially meaningful because of host Alex Trebek, she said. Mr Trebek, 78, has been hosting the popular game show since 1984, and recently revealed he was battling stage four pancreatic cancer.\n\nIn a statement uploaded to the Jeopardy! YouTube channel, he said that \"normally the prognosis for [his cancer] is not very encouraging\".\n\n\"But I'm going to fight this. And I'm going to keep working, and with the love and support of my family and friends, and with the help of your prayers also, I plan to beat the low survival rate statistics for this disease.\"\n\nMs Ng said he was \"a genuine, humble and courageous\" person. Between takes, he chatted with the audience about everything from his cancer treatment to his leaf-blower.\n\n\"I could not have had a better experience, to be standing on the same stage of the great Alex Trebek,\" she said.", "Broadband, TV and phone customers will be given the chance to avoid hefty price hikes when their contracts end under rules taking effect on Saturday.\n\nUK watchdog Ofcom says users could save £150 a year on broadband alone once they are informed of alternative deals.\n\nAround 20 million customers are out of contract with their suppliers, leaving many paying more than they need to.\n\nThe regulator says people can earn big monthly savings if they are told in advance of discounts on new deals.\n\nMatt Powell, editor at comparison site Broadband Genie, said the requirement for companies to warn when contracts are about to expire would help loyal customers remain on the best plans.\n\n\"Many broadband deals are sold with discounts for the initial contract term, and although these are often good value for the first 12 or 18 months, the cost after the discount ends can be substantially higher,\" he said.\n\n\"Regularly switching will let you take advantage of the latest offers and perhaps get you a faster connection. And if you don't want to switch, you should always negotiate with the provider at the end of your contract term to see if a better deal is available.\"\n\nSome 25,000 broadband customers come out of contract daily, usually leading to an automatic price rise.\n\nOfcom says the new rules, which come into force on 15 February, could help consumers save £150 or more on their annual bills.\n\nService providers will need to text, email or write to their customers between 10 and 40 days before their contracts come to an end, giving details of:", "Boris Johnson promised not so long ago that Sajid Javid would be his chancellor, in front of an audience and the TV cameras.\n\nIn characteristically bombastic style, before he could be completely sure he would be back as PM, he said: \"I'm going to give you an absolutely categorical assurance I will keep Sajid Javid as my chancellor. I think he's a great guy, and I think he is doing a fantastic job.\"\n\nSo what on earth has just then happened?\n\nAs one cabinet minister suggested, it seems Sajid Javid's departure is \"a little bit of accident and a little bit of design\".\n\nTwo weeks ago, if the now former chancellor had been fired it might not have seemed that surprising.\n\nThere were well-known tensions between the two teams, not necessarily between the two men themselves.\n\nAnd there was plenty of briefing around that the relationship was strained between Mr Javid and the prime minister's top adviser, Dominic Cummings.\n\nThere were not profound policy clashes perhaps, but there was certainly some of the traditional friction - No 10 that wants to be able to spend, No 11 that wants to hold the cheque book tightly.\n\nBut in recent days, there had been plenty of warm noises that Mr Javid was safe in government.\n\nEven though No 10 has bold ideas for reform, they had concluded it seemed there wasn't much point ripping up the relationship at the top.\n\nWhat however they were determined to change was the atmosphere and the balance between the wider institutions - the political machine of Downing Street and the wider Treasury team.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sajid Javid: I had no option but to resign\n\nFor a deeply motivated group inside No 10, that meant forcing changes on the chancellor as noted by the well plugged-in Conservative blogger Paul Goodman earlier this month.\n\nThe possibility of that had not gone unnoticed by the Treasury team, and I understand that Mr Javid had discussed with friends what to do in that circumstance.\n\nIf he were presented with a fait accompli, he had considered that he might have to quit.\n\nWalking in front of the cameras at Downing Street this morning therefore, he was aware of what might have been about to happen.\n\nI'm told the meeting between the two powerful men started cordially, with Mr Johnson praising Mr Javid's time in the job, before hitting him with the demand that he'd love him to stay, but without his team.\n\nWhispers suggest the chancellor (still in the job at that point) asked the prime minister for what precisely his advisers had actually done wrong, but he was short on evidence.\n\nAfter the pair went \"round in circles\", they took a break, at which point in a series of \"side meetings\" senior figures like the chief whip and Eddie Lister, another senior No 10 adviser, tried to persuade Mr Javid to stay.\n\nHe did not back down though, and then it's said in another one-on-one meeting with the PM, he tendered his resignation.\n\nMr Javid was appointed chancellor by the prime minister last July\n\nIn the coming days, the blow-by-blow accounts of what exactly happened will be the subject of spin in plenty of different directions.\n\nSajid Javid may decide to give a fuller account. But right now, his departure seems not therefore to have been a dastardly, and deliberate plan to force him out.\n\nNo 10 hoped he would go for it, but must have gamed the possibility that he might not accept, just as Mr Javid had gamed the possibility that he might be asked to choose between his job and his team.\n\nLosing a chancellor is no small event, and it wasn't what Boris Johnson set out to do. But today shows that No 10's priority was political control rather than keeping personnel they valued. When Mr Javid refused, they chose instead to see him leave.\n\nThis begs a wider question - is it stronger to share power or hoard it?\n\nBoris Johnson and his team have made the choice today to do the latter - to lose a chancellor rather than allow a rival faction offering different political advice to the next door neighbour.\n\nOf course, any prime minister is entitled to do this. And there is nothing written in scripture that says the occupant of No 11 must be forever considered a near equal competitor to the PM next door.\n\nStalwarts of the department believe it is a vital check on prime ministers who would otherwise simply splash the cash.\n\nBut one former minister, no fan of the current administration, suggested there is a very good case to be made for cutting back the political power of the Treasury, rethinking its role as a rival centre of power to No 10.\n\nAnd Javid is, by nature, unlikely to become a deliberate pain on the backbenches.\n\nMaybe then, as a minister told me tonight, the ultimate effect of this confusing cock-up will be \"benign\".\n\nBut the manner of Sajid Javid's exit may really counts - a symbol of a government that wants, if you are diplomatic, a smooth and complete focus on its agenda at the very top.\n\nPut that less kindly, a group that wants to grab control of everything it sees.\n\nFor now, it may make it easier for Boris Johnson to push through his desires. But centralising power in one building centralises risk too.\n\nIf and when things go well, credit may flow in one direction. If and when things go wrong, there may be only one target for the blame.\n• None Who is in Boris Johnson's new cabinet?", "Alan Bass, the doctor for England's 1966 World Cup-winning team, has died at the age of 90.\n\nThe former Harley Street consultant was seated next to manager Sir Alf Ramsey as England beat West Germany 4-2.\n\nBass was also England's doctor at the 1970 World Cup, and treated Gary Lineker's broken wrist before the striker went on to win the Golden Boot at the 1986 World Cup.\n\nThe doctor led a \"brilliant\" life, said his sister Shirley Livingstone.\n\nPreviously, Bass worked at Arsenal with former Gunners manager and England defender Billy Wright, and also helped famous film stars on set such as Sir Sean Connery.\n\n\"The England players almost treated him like a father,\" Livingstone told BBC Sport. \"He was very good at his job, and Alf had a great regard for Alan and how fit the players were.\"\n\n'Alan Ball nailed his shoes to the floor'\n\nThat bond with Ramsey - the only England manager to win a senior World Cup - was crucial in keeping some of the England players in order, Livingstone said.\n\n\"My brother had a great sense of humour, and he needed it, because they were a terrible bunch,\" she joked before telling a story about former midfielder Alan Ball.\n\n\"This wasn't at the World Cup but Alan was a real prankster. He had a leg injury and they didn't know if he was match-fit for a game against Norway, I think.\n\n\"My brother and the physios decided to check if he was match fit by getting Alan to run up the stadium steps with a sack of sand on his back.\n\n\"He was a bit peeved about this, as you can imagine, but he did it. That night, my brother put his shoes outside to be cleaned as they did in those days, on a beautiful polished wooden floor.\n\n\"Next morning, he heard a clatter and thought it was the staff bringing his shoes back but he went outside and Alan Ball had nailed them to the floor.\"\n\nTreating Lineker and looking after Jules Rimet Trophy\n\nLivingstone also described how Bass was dedicated to his profession and never became star-struck as he treated famous golf and tennis athletes.\n\nThat outlook even applied to the 1966 World Cup celebrations, where he took the chance to offer then-Prime Minister Harold Wilson his opinions on the state of the health service.\n\nThat was why he left for Canada to become a professor, she said. He also became head of Fifa's medical committee, but his benefit to England did not stop there.\n\nBass was on hand to help Lineker when he broke his wrist during a friendly in Vancouver before the 1986 World Cup in Mexico.\n\nThe level of trust between Ramsey and Bass was summed up by another tale he told about the Jules Rimet Trophy - which was then awarded to the world champions - following the success in 1966.\n\nLivingstone said: \"The team had been entertained in Dublin or Belfast, and they put the World Cup on the stands so everybody could see it but when they returned home to Heathrow, there was nobody to meet Alf.\n\n\"Alf said to Alan, who was a big chap, I'm wrapping the trophy up in newspaper and you're going to take it home with you and put it under your bed and we'll call for it tomorrow.\n\n\"I'm not sure if it's a true story, but he had the World Cup under his bed at some point.\n\n\"When he got the job, I just remember Alan wrote to my mother to tell her how proud he had been asked to be the doctor for England.\"", "Andrew Pattison from the WHO travelled to the US to speak with tech firms directly about misinformation on the coronavirus\n\nThe World Health Organization (WHO) is urging tech companies to take tougher action to battle fake news on the coronavirus.\n\nThe push comes as a representative from the WHO travelled to Silicon Valley to speak directly to tech firms about the spread of false information.\n\nThe WHO has labelled the spread of fake news on the outbreak an \"infodemic\".\n\nOver 1,000 people have died as a result of the outbreak, which began in central China but has spread globally.\n\nAndrew Pattison, digital business solutions manager, for the WHO said false information was \"spreading faster than the virus\".\n\nBogus claims that the virus was spread by eating bat soup or could be cured by garlic have already swept the web.\n\nMr Pattison spoke on Thursday to a meeting of tech companies hosted at Facebook's headquarters in Mountain View California.\n\nOther firms in attendance included Google, Apple, Airbnb, Lyft, Uber and Salesforce.\n\nEarlier in the week, he held talks with Amazon, at the e-commerce giant's headquarters in Seattle.\n\nSince the outbreak of the coronavirus was labelled a public health emergency, books on the disease - which Mr Pattison said were not \"based on science\" - have been popping up for sale on the e-retailer.\n\nThe WHO is also concerned that when users search for the term coronavirus on Amazon, listings for face masks and vitamin C boosters come up. Vitamin C has been listed as one of the fake cures for coronavirus.\n\nSocial media firms have already taken some steps to remove false claims and promote accurate information.\n\nFacebook, Twitter, Youtube and TikTok are already directing users that search for coronavirus on their sites to the WHO or local health organisations.\n\nPeople searching on Google's search engines, meanwhile, are shown news and safety tips. Facebook has said it will use its existing network of third-party fact-checkers to debunk false claims.\n\nMr Pattison said this was an opportunity for these firms to rethink how they addressed misinformation.\n\n\"I think what would be very exciting is to see this emergency changed into a long-term sustainable model, where we can have responsible content on these platforms.\"\n\nThe WHO has faced criticism of its own for the way it has tried to manage the crisis.", "The Kuiper belt object Arrokoth is a pristine remnant of planet formation in action\n\nScientists say they have \"decisively\" overturned the prevailing theory for how planets in our Solar System formed.\n\nThe established view is that material violently crashed together to form ever larger clumps until they became worlds.\n\nNew results suggest the process was less catastrophic - with matter gently clumping together instead.\n\nThe study appears in Science journal and has been presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Seattle.\n\nThe study's lead researcher, Dr Alan Stern, said that the discovery was of \"stupendous magnitude\".\n\nThe moment Alan Stern (L) had confirmation that New Horizons had flown by the Kuiper Belt object\n\n\"There was the prevailing theory from the late 1960s of violent collisions and a more recent emerging theory of gentle accumulation. One is dust and the other is the only one standing. This rarely happens in planetary science, but today we have settled the matter,\" he told BBC News.\n\nThe claim arises from detailed study of an object in the outer reaches of the Solar System. Named Arrokoth, the object is more than six billion km from the Sun in a region called the Kuiper belt. It is a pristine remnant of planet formation in action as the Solar System emerged 4.6 billion years ago, with two bodies combining to form a larger one.\n\nScientists obtained high-resolution pictures of Arrokoth when Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft flew close to it just over a year ago. It gave scientists their first opportunity to test which of the two competing theories was correct: did the two components crash together or was there gentle contact?\n\nThe analysis by Dr Stern and his team could find no evidence of violent impact. The researchers found no stress fractures, nor was there any flattening, indicating that the objects were squashed together gently.\n\n\"This is completely decisive,\" said Dr Stern. \"In one fell swoop, the flyby of Arrokoth was able to decide between the two theories.\"\n\nThe newer gentle clumping theory was developed 15 years ago by Prof Anders Johansen\n\nHe is bullish because these so-called Kuiper belt objects have largely remained the same since the formation of the Solar System. They are, in effect, perfectly preserved fossils from this distant time.\n\nThe newer gentle clumping theory was developed 15 years ago by Prof Anders Johansen at Lund Observatory in Sweden. At the time he was a young PhD student. The idea emerged from computer simulations.\n\nAfter speaking to Dr Stern, I broke the news to Prof Johansen that his theory had been confirmed. There was a pause on the line before he replied that he \"felt great\".\n\nHe added: \"It is a special moment. I remember when I was a PhD student and feeling very nervous about these new results because they were very different to the ones before. I was worried that there was an error in my code or that I had made a calculation error.\n\n\"And then when you see these results confirmed from actual observations it is a real relief.\"\n\nAnders Johansen marks the confirmation of his theory with his daughter Laura\n\nProf Johansen commemorated the occasion with a pizza and coke with his family.\n\nEngineer Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, who co-presents the BBC's Sky at Night programme, cautioned against toppling a theory based on the observation of one object, but said that Dr Stern's interpretation \"makes a lot of sense\".\n\n\"It is nice to have this evidence because the crashing together theory was a nice theory, but there were some challenges to it. Why did the objects stick together and not bounce apart. There was a lot that didn't add up.\"\n\nWhen Arrokoth was discovered six years ago, it was known only by its designation 2014 MU69. At the time of the New Horizons flyby, it had been given the informal name Ultima Thule. While that name came from a classical and medieval term for a far-off place at the borders of the known world, its use by Nazi occultists as the mythical homeland of the Aryan race caused controversy.\n\nThe official name Arrokoth is a Native American term meaning \"sky\" in the Powhatan/Algonquian language.\n• None Distant object 'like nothing seen before'\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. Car seen on wrong side of road near Harry Dunn base\n\nA new video has emerged on social media of a car being driven on the wrong side of the road outside the RAF base near where 19-year-old Harry Dunn died.\n\nMr Dunn was killed after a crash by RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire which led to suspect Anne Sacoolas leaving the UK under diplomatic immunity.\n\nThe footage appears to have been recorded on Thursday. Another car was recorded being driven on the wrong side of the road near the base last month.\n\nPolice said they would investigate.\n\nDunn family spokesman Radd Seiger said the emergence of the latest video near RAF Croughton was \"shocking but not a surprise\".\n\nThe crash that killed Mr Dunn happened on 27 August outside the RAF base where Mrs Sacoolas's husband Jonathan worked as a US intelligence officer.\n\nMrs Sacoolas, 42, is to be charged with causing death by dangerous driving.\n\nIn January, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo rejected the UK's request for her extradition.\n\nHarry Dunn died in hospital after his motorbike was involved in a crash outside RAF Croughton\n\nNorthamptonshire Police Chief Constable Nick Adderley met the US air base's commander on Thursday to discuss safety.\n\nHe said his meeting with Colonel Bridget McNamara was \"encouraging\".\n\nA joint statement released by the police and the colonel said Ms McNamara \"provided a detailed brief of all the proactive measures that the base continues to do to help those living on the base adjust to UK driving standards\".\n\n\"It was clear from the meeting that the base already had a significant number of measures in place in ensuring driver safety,\" Mr Adderley said.\n\n\"The base and the force have continued to work together.\"\n\n\"Additional provisions\" are to be introduced and both parties \"are doing all that they can to prevent any future harm on the roads in and around the site\", he said.\n\nColonel McNamara said Northamptonshire Police had been a \"steadfast partner of our base\" and she looked forward to its continued relationships.\n\nMr Seiger said the family was \"shocked\" at the news of the meeting, and said Mr Dunn's family \"should have been there\".\n\nHe said Northamptonshire Police and the US Air Force \"fail to acknowledge that there is a problem\".\n\n\"As evidenced by further video today, a further tragedy is inevitable,\" he added.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Leila Nathoo looks back at the day in politics, as the PM's reshuffle went further than even he perhaps expected.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nDoctors' failure to give antibiotics to a three-month-old boy who died of sepsis \"significantly contributed\" to his death, an inquest has found.\n\nLewys Crawford, from Cardiff, died of meningococcal septicaemia at the University Hospital of Wales in 2019.\n\nThere was a seven-hour delay between his admission to hospital and him being given antibiotics.\n\nThe inquest found there were \"multiple missed opportunities\" in his care and the health board has apologised.\n\nA jury, at the hearing in Pontypridd, found Lewys died as a result of \"natural causes contributed to by neglect\" at the Cardiff hospital and there were \"gross failures\" in his care.\n\nSpeaking outside the court, Lewys's parents said the whole process had been \"horrific\" and doctors could have saved their son's life if he had been given antibiotics in time.\n\n\"This process has been about getting justice for Lewys and thankfully measures have been put in place at the health board to ensure what happened to Lewys isn't repeated under any circumstances,\" his father Aidan Crawford said.\n\n\"We want to ensure that lessons have been learnt and that no other family has to go through what we went through with Lewys.\n\n\"Lewys will be forever missed and loved dearly by us and all the family. We will all cherish our memories of the short time we had with him\".\n\nWhen he was admitted in March 2019, nurses immediately suspected Lewys had sepsis but doctors did not, the inquest had heard.\n\nHe should have been given antibiotics within an hour of being seen, but it took about seven hours for him to receive the drugs, after being initially wrongly diagnosed with a viral illness.\n\nAidan Crawford and Kirsty Link lost their son Lewys when he was three months old\n\nLewys was finally diagnosed with sepsis about eight hours after he arrived at hospital just after 20:00 GMT.\n\nThe inquest heard there were several missed opportunities to administer life-saving antibiotics.\n\nExpert witness Prof Parviz Habibi told the jury that, on the balance of probabilities, if Lewys had been given antibiotics within the first three-and-a-half hours of his admission, he would have survived.\n\nOn Thursday, Jennifer Evans, a consultant paediatrician who investigated Lewys' death, apologised to his parents.\n\nThere were 20 patients in paediatric A&E at the time, and two children were \"more unwell\" than him, the hearing had been told.\n\nThe jury spokesman said there was \"a failure to treat Lewys with antibiotics\", and this \"significantly contributed to Lewys' death\".\n\nHe said there was a \"gross failure up to and including 23:30 on 21 March\".\n\nCoroner Graeme Hughes told the inquest there were \"no systemic failures\" at the hospital based on the evidence.\n\nRuth Walker, executive nurse director at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, apologised for the \"failings in the treatment and care we provided to Lewys\".\n\n\"This is an extremely tragic case and everyone at the health board extends their sincere and heartfelt sympathies to his family,\" she said.\n\nMs Walker said action was already being taken to address some of the improvements identified in an internal investigation carried out following Lewys's death.\n\n\"We would like to reassure his family that we will do all we can to make sure that the necessary improvements are undertaken,\" she added.\n\n\"This will help ensure that the right treatment pathways are in place, and followed, for all patients that come into our care that we suspect may have sepsis.\"", "Beneath the unexpected bloodletting of his cabinet reshuffle, Boris Johnson has quietly but radically reformed the way his ministers will handle foreign affairs.\n\nFor the prime minister has decided that every single junior Foreign Office minister will also be a joint minister with the Department for International Development.\n\nOr vice versa, depending on your view down Whitehall.\n\nThere are now seven ministers who hold this hybrid duality: the ministers of state - James Cleverly, Nigel Adams, Lord Ahmad and Lord Goldsmith - and the parliamentary under secretaries of state James Duddrige, Wendy Morton and Lady Sugg.\n\nThis is not the first time there have been ministers with joint roles in different departments. The practice was common in the New Labour years and continued under David Cameron.\n\nAnne-Marie Trevelyan is the new International Development Secretary\n\nFrancis Maude was a minister both at the Foreign Office and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. Lady Warsi was at the Foreign Office and the Department for Communities and Local Government.\n\nBut the practice of having joint FCO/DFID ministers is relatively new.\n\nIt was first used by Theresa May in 2017. She wanted to try to get both departments working more closely. Alistair Burt and Rory Stewart were the first incumbents.\n\nBefore Thursday's reshuffle, their respective roles were held by Andrew Murrison and Andrew Stephenson, both of whom have moved on.\n\nIt is, however, unprecedented for every single junior minister in both departments to have a joint role.\n\nAnd it raises many questions.\n\nHow will their responsibilities be divided up?\n\nTo whom will they be accountable - Dominic Raab, the Foreign Secretary. or Anne-Marie Trevelyan, the new International Development Secretary?\n\nLord Goldsmith is one of the ministers with a dual role\n\nWill these ministers have one or two private offices? Some FCO sources suggest they will have one, some DFID sources say two.\n\nWill their private secretaries be FCO or DFID? There may be a battle royal as officials divide up the spoils.\n\nThen there is the bigger question: is this just the start of things to come?\n\nIn DFID some folk are breathing a sigh of relief that their department has not been merged into the FCO, as had been predicted.\n\nThey insist they still have an independent department with an independent secretary of state.\n\nBut the prime minister is on record in calling for such a change in the past.\n\nSenior ministers talk of DFID \"running a shadow foreign policy\" and the need to adopt a more joined-up approach.\n\nAnd there is still a strong vein of traditional aid scepticism on the Tory backbenches.\n\nSome folk will wonder if this ministerial merger is merely a taste of things to come.\n\nOne former minister described the changes to me as \"a takeover by stealth\".\n\nSome in government see the reshuffle as a stay of execution for DFID, the start of a period of probation in which the department has a chance to prove it can do joined up foreign policy without the need for full amalgamation with the FCO.\n\nIt is easy to forget that DFID - or its equivalent - has been in and out of the Foreign Office since the Ministry of Overseas Development was first created in the 1960s. It only separated from the FCO in its current form under Tony Blair in 1997.\n\nWhat is clear from my own discussions with senior Whitehall sources is that this administration remains determined to provide UK aid policy with greater political direction, so that the £14bn budget does not just help tackle extreme poverty but it also promotes Britain's national interests.\n\nQuite how they try to do that remains unclear. But a joint ministerial team is a clear step in that direction.\n\nAs Anne-Marie Trevelyan tweeted this morning: \"I want to show the British public we are delivering the best results for their aid, transforming the lives of the world's poorest and most vulnerable people, while promoting Britain's economic and security interests.\"\n\nThe new DFID Secretary of State has in the past been sceptical about UK aid, with comments and retweets indicating she questioned the priorities of spending taxpayers' money helping the poor overseas.\n\nBut in her first statement in the new role she said the government remained committed to spending 0.7% of its income on development: \"I know from my previous role as Armed Forces Minister how UK aid, alongside our world class defence and diplomacy, supports peace and prosperity around the world.\n\n\"As International Development Secretary I will ensure that UK aid promotes girls' education around the world, tackles climate change, works to end preventable deaths and helps countries receiving aid become self-sufficient.\"\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\nFor DFID, this reshuffle marks a continuing period of ministerial instability.\n\nThe department has now had six secretaries of state in the last four years. Justine Greening left in July 2016, followed by Priti Patel (16 months), Penny Mordaunt (19 months), Rory Stewart (3 months), Alok Sharma (6 months) and now Ms Trevelyan.\n\nAnd for the Foreign Office, this is also a time of yet more change.\n\nIt has just lost four ministers: Chris Pincher, Andrew Murrison, Andrew Stephenson and Heather Wheeler, all of whom were appointed only in July last year, along with Dominic Raab.\n\nLord Ahmad is the longest serving minister, appointed in June 2017.\n\nThis means there is a lot of new blood in King Charles Street but little institutional memory. That can mean a power shift to officials but it rarely helps UK foreign policy.\n\nMuch diplomacy is about relationships. Foreign governments are rarely impressed by revolving doors.\n\nLongstanding former Foreign Office ministers like Alistair Burt, David Lidington and Alan Duncan were effective because they were known and trusted by ministers and officials around the world.\n\nThey could engage in the discreet conversations that quietly promote UK national interests in the corridors of power.\n\nAll that is harder with a bunch of newly-appointed ministers trying to work out who their boss is and where the coffee machine is kept.", "Last updated on .From the section Darts\n\nFallon Sherrock narrowly missed out on another stunning victory, drawing 6-6 with Glen Durrant on her Premier League debut appearance in Nottingham.\n\nTwo months after becoming the first woman to win a match at the PDC World Championship, she was on course to beat the three-time BDO world champion.\n\nShe broke in the seventh leg of the match and had the advantage of throw in the final leg, leading 6-5.\n\nBut Durrant took out a 70 checkout in the final leg to claim a point.\n• None Sherrock 'still in disbelief' at Premier League chance\n\nSherrock, 25, was granted the opportunity to appear as a Premier League \"challenger\" after reaching the last 32 at the Alexandra Palace in December.\n\nNone of the previous 10 \"challengers\" had won their games and Sherrock fell just short of more darting history.\n\nShe told Sky Sports: \"I've loved every minute. I'm so happy to have played again on the big stage. I'm speechless and I'd like to thank everyone here supporting me.\n\n\"Opportunities are opening up for me all the time and I can't wait to see what the rest of 2020 holds for me.\"\n\nDurrant added: \"The crowd were fantastic, it was a really big challenge and all credit to Fallon.\n\n\"She's had the most amazing couple of months. That's the most difficult match I've ever had.\"\n\nA group of nine \"challengers\" play one match each against a player in the main field in the first phase of the Premier League and, while they do not collect league points, they can earn prize money depending on their result.\n\nThe format was introduced in 2019 after Gary Anderson pulled out of the event at short notice with a back injury, and has been continued into the 2020 tournament.\n\nDefending champion Michael van Gerwen is the only player with a 100% winning record after two rounds of fixtures, following a crushing 7-1 win over Daryl Gurney.\n\nFormer PDC world champion Rob Cross was the only other winner on Thursday, defeating in-form Nathan Aspinall 7-5.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rayan was deported to Jamaica after being convicted for burglary\n\nAmid controversy and protests, 17 convicted offenders - many of them living in the UK since childhood - were deported to Jamaica. BBC Newsnight has been following their stories.\n\n\"If somebody commits a crime and they went to prison for it, and they've been rehabilitated, why would you punish them again by deporting them to Jamaica?\" says Rayan Crawford.\n\nMr Crawford had not set foot in Jamaica since he was 12 years old, he says. Now 34, he is living there at the house of his sister Yanique after being deported from the UK.\n\nBack home in Bow, east London, he has a partner of 14 years, Jana, as well as two boys aged three and 12.\n\nHe served 12 months in prison after he was convicted of burglary in 2017. Then, on 27 January, 10 officials detained him at his home.\n\nHe and 16 others were flown out of the UK on Monday, designated as \"serious foreign national offenders\" by the government.\n\nThe Home Office said those detained included people convicted of manslaughter and rape, and all of them had their cases \"fully reviewed\" to ensure there were no legal barriers to their removal.\n\nIt said Mr Crawford was convicted 10 times for a total of 22 offences, including the burglary.\n\n\"We make no apology whatsoever for seeking to remove dangerous foreign criminals,\" a spokesman said.\n\nBut Mr Crawford says his deportation did not make anyone safer. \"I regret what I've done, but I don't think I'm a danger to the public,\" he says.\n\n\"Where am I going to go from here?\" says Mr Crawford, back in Jamaica for the first time in 22 years\n\nMPs and campaigners said the government was risking another Windrush scandal, in which the children of Commonwealth citizens were threatened with deportation despite living in the UK for decades.\n\nA leaked report into the scandal, revealed by Newsnight last week, recommended that the UK stop deporting people who had arrived in the UK as children or reserve deportation for the most serious cases.\n\nUnder both of these tests it would be unlikely that Rayan Crawford would be eligible for deportation.\n\nMr Crawford says he voted for Boris Johnson and thought he was going to be a good prime minister, but believes the law around deportation needs to be re-examined.\n\n\"I feel British,\" he says. \"I've been there from a child. I went to school there, I went to college there. I spent my whole life there.\"\n\nHis belongings are still in the UK, he adds, with a plastic bag containing two pairs of jeans being all he could bring with him.\n\nMr Crawford, who has inflammatory arthritis and the bone disorder Blount's disease, says he was also made to leave without his medication.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rupert Smith, one of 17 convicted offenders deported to Jamaica says he has \"had his life taken away\"\n\nHe says officials told him if he did not have the medication for his arthritis with him when he was detained, they could not give it to him.\n\n\"I thought I was going to have a heart attack, I was panicking so much I started getting pain in my chest. Even on the plane I was crying. My back was killing me so much I was crying.\"\n\nThe Home Office said individuals were assessed to establish they were medically fit to fly.\n\nIt said they travelled on the removal flights with their medical notes and those with pre-existing conditions were brought to the attention of accompanying medical staff.\n\nMr Crawford believes the medication he needs is not available in Jamaica. He adds that he had been told in detention he could not access the medication without doctors' reports.\n\nNow he does not know what the future holds.\n\n\"There's nothing around here to do. There's no work to do or anything. Even finding somewhere to stay - I don't know how long I can stay here. Where am I going to go from here?\"", "Flood defences have been bolstered in the West Yorkshire village of Mytholmroyd, where more than 200 homes were flooded last weekend\n\nThe UK is braced for more disruption, with another storm forecast for the second weekend running.\n\nStorm Dennis \"is likely to bring very heavy rain, flooding and disruption\" in some areas, the Met Office has said.\n\nAmber warnings for rain and yellow warnings for wind are in place for most of the country from Saturday afternoon and into Sunday evening.\n\nIt comes after Storm Ciara left hundreds of homes flooded and more than 500,000 without power.\n\nThe worst hit areas could see between 120-140mm of rainfall and gusts of up to 80mph over the weekend, the Met Office said.\n\nThe predictions are not as severe as last weekend when Ciara brought as much as 184mm of rain and gusts reaching 97mph.\n\nBut the Met Office said the already saturated ground could increase the risk of flooding.\n\nChief meteorologist Steve Willington said: \"With Storm Dennis bringing further heavy and persistent rain over the weekend, there is a risk of significant impacts from flooding, including damage to property and a danger to life from fast-flowing floodwater.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC Weather's Tomasz Schafernaker looks at the areas most likely to see severe impacts from Storm Dennis.\n\nAt 15:00 on Friday there were more than a dozen flood warnings in place across Britain.\n\nUK power operators say they have employed extra engineers and call centre staff to respond to any possible impact of the storm, after widespread power cuts last weekend.\n\nMeanwhile, Network Rail is advising passengers to expect delays and cancellations to services due to flooding and allow more time for their journeys.\n\nHouseholds living near rail lines have been asked to secure any loose gardens items, after several trampolines were blown on to the tracks last weekend.\n\nThe Met Office has amber warnings for rain in pockets of northern and south-west England, and Wales from 12:00 GMT on Saturday until 15:00 on Sunday.\n\nAn amber warning is also in place for most of southern England from 00:15 until 18:00 on Sunday.\n\nFlooding, power cuts and travel disruption are predicted in these areas.\n\nYellow warnings for strong winds and heavy rain also cover all of England, Wales and southern Scotland between 09:00 GMT and midday on Saturday.\n\nFurther yellow warnings for wind are in place for northern parts of the UK from midday on Sunday until midday on Monday - potentially bringing travel disruption to commuters.\n\nAt least 800 homes in the north of England and many other areas are at risk of being flooded over the weekend as Storm Dennis unleashes heavy rainfall.\n\nThat is the assessment of the Environment Agency which is warning that persistent intense rain will fall on ground already saturated.\n\nSnow now lying on higher ground will be melted and will add to the threat.\n\nThe agency's head of flood defence, John Curtin, told a media briefing that 800 homes were flooded last weekend during Storm Ciara and that \"my feeling is that this will be at least as bad, probably more so\".\n\nOver the course of the winter so far, 7% of 400 river gauges have set new records for water height.\n\nMr Curtin said temporary flood defences were being deployed in many places but added it was too early to tell exactly where the most intense rain would fall.\n\nHe said he was most concerned about Lancashire, Yorkshire and Cumbria but parts of Wales, south-west England, the Midlands and south-east England could also be at risk.\n\nBBC Weather forecaster Phil Avery warned that the \"real issue about Storm Dennis is going to be the amount of rainfall\".\n\nHe warned that some areas could see two days of persistent rainfall, in which a month of rain could fall over 48 hours.\n\nNetwork Rail passenger director Jake Kelly said: \"Storm Ciara dumped a month-and-a-half of rain on us last weekend, leaving ground waterlogged and rivers swollen.\n\n\"With Storm Dennis set to bring more high winds and further rainfall this Saturday and Sunday, we're preparing for more of the same.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This Hebden Bridge book shop has a sign which doubles up as a flood barrier\n\nTemporary flood barriers have been installed in Billington, Lancashire, ahead of Storm Dennis\n\nThe Environment Agency said preparations were under way to operate flood defences, flood storage reservoirs and temporary barriers to protect communities.\n\nThis includes the Foss Barrier in York, the Thames Barrier in London and another in Bewdley, Worcestershire, on the River Severn.\n\nFlood duty manager Caroline Douglass said: \"Remember to never drive or walk through floodwater, just 30cm of flowing water is enough to move your car - it's not worth the risk.\"\n\nThe Energy Networks Association - which represents operators - said the UK's networks were \"very resilient and built to withstand strong winds and heavy rain\" but added that flying debris \"can pose a risk to infrastructure\" during a storm.", "Some UK dentists may have to \"down drills\" if the shortage of face masks caused by the coronavirus outbreak continues, according to the British Dental Association.\n\nAll practices are now restricted to ordering 100 masks a day, leaving larger ones with several dentists running out of supplies.\n\nEven small surgeries are using up their allocation completely, the BDA says.\n\nMinisters said central stockpiles of face masks were available.\n\nThe dentists' trade union says it has been inundated with calls from members about the shortage of masks.\n\nCurrent guidance means dentists across the UK must wear disposable face masks when treating patients.\n\nBut China is the world's major manufacturer and prices have tripled since January, when the new coronavirus started circulating in the country.\n\nAnd the BDA says supply problems and panic-buying have taken their toll.\n\nPolice, as well as civilians, have been wearing face masks across China because of the coronavirus outbreak\n\nIts chairman, Mick Armstrong, said dentists had been hit by \"clumsy rationing and naked profiteering\" in recent weeks.\n\n\"Sadly a 'one size fits all' approach from suppliers is leaving many larger practices with few options,\" he said.\n\n\"Our abiding interest is the safety of our patients, who face imminent disruption to their care.\n\n\"Unless we see a rapid increase in supply, dentists without face masks will have little choice but to down drills.\"\n\nA typical NHS surgery with one dentist can get through 250 masks a week - but larger surgeries with more dentists would run out completely under the current restrictions.\n\nThe BDA said it had been contacted by concerned dental practices, some of whom had up to 13 dentists.\n\nIt said dentists would be running out of masks as early as next week.\n\nThe shortage is not just affecting the UK - the BDA says dentists in Australia have also expressed their concern over a lack of face masks.\n\nA spokesman from the Department of Health and Social Care said: \"We have central stockpiles of a range of medical products, including face masks, to mitigate supply problems and help ensure the uninterrupted supply to the NHS.\n\nHe added: \"We have well-established procedures to deal with supply problems, regardless of the cause, and work closely with industry, the NHS and others in the supply chain to help prevent shortages and to ensure that the risks to patients are minimised.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"It is crucial that we have changes to the laws\"- Allison Morris\n\nAn Irish News journalist has revealed that she was harassed by her former partner for four years.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio Foyle, Allison Morris called for stalking legislation to be extended to Northern Ireland.\n\nIt comes days after Fernando Murphy, of Balholm Drive, in Belfast, was jailed for 10 offences, including harassment and breaching a restraining order.\n\n\"I was full of anxiety, my hair was falling out with stress,\" the security correspondent said about her ordeal.\n\nMurphy, 42, was handed a 14-month sentence at Belfast Magistrates' Court last Thursday. He will spend half his sentence in prison and the other half on licence.\n\nDuring four years of abuse, Ms Morris was subjected to \"humiliating\" behaviour, including Murphy coming to the Irish News and \"shouting and screaming\".\n\nIt was when the harassment began to impact her family that the journalist decided to act.\n\n\"I sort of broke after that,\" she said.\n\n\"I could take the abuse when it was me but when it was my daughter it was different.\n\n\"He knew that saying horrible, sexual, things about me wasn't getting a reaction so he moved on to my family, and the targets became my children and my father, who is very ill, and my work.\"\n\nMs Morris said going to the police was \"a big step\".\n\n\"As someone who is a crime and security correspondent, I deal with the police on a professional basis quite regularly, often quite critically and I hold them to account in a lot of cases, and I just really didn't feel comfortable,\" she said.\n\n\"I didn't want people to think that I was weak, I didn't want, in a very Belfast way, for people to know my business.\"\n\nNorthern Ireland is the only region of UK or Ireland without stalking legislation and Ms Morris says she hopes that sharing her experience will change things.\n\n\"It made me angry because I was struggling to navigate it and through my work, I know the legal system.\n\n\"I thought 'what must this be like for someone who doesn't have this knowledge or support or wouldn't know where to go to complain or appeal or to push things along?' It's such an emotionally destroying process that is desperately in need of change.\"\n\nNorthern Ireland is the only region of UK or Ireland without stalking legislation\n\nWriting on Twitter on Monday afternoon, PSNI Chief Constable Simon Byrne said it was \"brave and courageous\" for Ms Morris to \"make her terrible experience public\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Simon Byrne This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 PSNI currently deals with stalking under the Protection from Harassment Order (NI) 1997.\n\nThe Department of Justice held a public consultation last year on the creation of a specific stalking offence.\n\nIts report on the findings said that the majority of respondents strongly supported the introduction of stalking legislation.\n\nThe department said it was \"determined to do everything it can to protect victims and to stop perpetrators at the earliest opportunity\".\n\nJustice Minister Naomi Long said she was \"acutely aware of the distress that stalking behaviour can cause\".\n\nShe added that bringing forward legislation that offers the best protection for victims was a priority.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nReports of illegal teeth-whitening that could leave patients at risk of health problems including burns or lost teeth have increased, the BBC has found.\n\nTeeth-whitening can only be performed legally in the UK by professionals registered with the GDC.\n\nOne beauty school claimed to have provided \"thousands\" of candidates with illegitimate qualifications, an undercover investigation found.\n\nFailure to comply with the requirement to be registered can result in a criminal record and an unlimited fine.\n\nUntrained beauticians using teeth-whitening kits have been known to cause tooth loss, burns and blisters.\n\nTeeth-whitening can be carried out legally only by a trained dental professional\n\nDr Ben Atkins, president of the Oral Health Foundation, said: \"When things go wrong in dentistry, they can really go wrong.\n\n\"I've been that dentist with the full back up service when the patient's had that heart attack.\n\n\"It would be catastrophic for the patient and the person who's been trained and told it's legal to do it.\"\n\nUntrained beauticians using teeth-whitening kits can cause tooth loss, burns and blister\n\nLast year 732 cases of illegal-teeth whitening were reported to the GDC, a 26% increase from 582 in 2018 - though the figure was higher in 2016.\n\nThe dentists' regulatory body relies on reports from customers, so the real number could be much higher.\n\nThe GDC said it had launched 126 prosecutions against illegal teeth whiteners since 2015.\n\nIt lacks the powers to prosecute those performing training, such as those filmed by BBC London.\n\nThe BBC uncovered several companies offering just a few hours of training for fraudulent qualifications.\n\nTwo undercover BBC researchers attended a course with the London School of Nails and Beauty that lasted five hours.\n\nAttendees were told they could earn \"from £80 upwards per session\" after receiving a certificate, which they were told would allow them to set up their own business to treat customers.\n\nSchool principal Cha McDonald said the process was \"legal\" as customers would be asked to carry out parts of the procedure themselves.\n\nShe claimed \"thousands\" of people had undergone training at the school.\n\nCha McDonald, principal of London School of Nails and Beauty, said the procedures taught were \"completely legal\"\n\nA spokesperson for the General Dental Council said: \"Handing an individual a tooth whitening tray and advising them on application, amongst other things, could constitute the giving of 'advice or attendance' and in those circumstances would be a criminal offence.\"\n\nEmergencies were not covered at all during the training attended by the BBC and when asked what to do in an emergency, Ms McDonald advised the BBC researchers posing as students to \"call an ambulance like everybody else\".\n\nThe BBC asked the London School of Nails and Beauty why it was providing training that could open candidates to prosecution but there was no response.\n\nThe British Dental Association (BDA) said \"sham\" schools preyed \"on vulnerabilities of beauticians and others\".\n\nPeople attending these schools were putting themselves at risk of ending up in jail or being fined, according to Dr Len D'Cruz from the BDA.\n\nOne beautician who had undergone similar training said: \"I may as well have burnt the money I spent.\n\n\"I was struggling as a beautician as it was and I nearly went bankrupt.\n\n\"I think as a direct result I lost all my confidence. I went through anxiety and suffered depression. It's disgusting people like me are being misled.\"\n\nThis story will be featured on BBC London TV News and Inside Out on BBC One in London on Monday 10 February at 19:30 GMT and afterwards on BBC iPlayer.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "HS2 is set to be the \"biggest infrastructure decision since World War Two\", according to one government official.\n\nWhether to go ahead with building the high-speed rail line has become a dilemma for Boris Johnson because the estimated price tag shot up back in the summer.\n\nThe government's official review of the scheme, which has been seen by the BBC, puts the potential cost at as much as £106bn.\n\nHere are some of the reasons why the project is so expensive and why its budget has risen so much.\n\nThe blueprint for HS2 has been designed so the railway can accommodate more trains per hour - 18 - than any other high-speed line in the world.\n\nThe infrastructure - numbers of platforms at stations - and the systems, which means the signalling, have therefore been designed with this in mind.\n\nThe trains will travel at up to 360 km/h (224mph), faster than any other train service in Europe and only slower than those in China.\n\nThe alignment of the track on the first stretch between London and Birmingham means even faster trains could reach 400 km/h on HS2 in the future.\n\nThe track will also sit on concrete \"slab track\" which is durable but more expensive to buy than your more conventional ballast.\n\nWhen you start planning a major infrastructure project such as HS2, experts are supposed to make informed estimates about the amount of time and money needed to complete each phase.\n\nHS2 Ltd has been widely criticised for not factoring-in enough risk and uncertainty into its calculations.\n\nFormer HS2 directors have even accused the company of keeping costs artificially low to make the project more attractive. HS2 Ltd rejects that claim.\n\nOne of the big unknowns, which was underestimated on the first phase, was \"ground conditions\".\n\nNow that surveys underneath the surface along the route from London to Birmingham have been done, the higher costings for that first stretch are regarded as more robust.\n\nBut surveys have not been carried out on the latter and longer phase, Birmingham to Manchester and Birmingham to Leeds.\n\nAnd that's why the price tag for the second phase of HS2 is not certain.\n\nHS2 will wind its way through a crowded landscape. The initial stretch from London Euston to Old Oak Common in west London will be through a giant tunnel underneath central London.\n\nTo build the line, HS2 Ltd has to compulsorily purchase land and property rights along the route, and a block of flats in London doesn't come cheap.\n\nHS2 Ltd's land and property calculations, which it was using as recently as 2015-16, were woefully underestimated.\n\nIn one of the studies commissioned by HS2 Ltd, and seen by the BBC, a large number of properties were not even given a value.\n\nSince then HS2 Ltd has carried out more thorough work to improve its estimates.\n\nItems such as gravestones have had to be moved ahead of work starting on HS2\n\nTry to imagine all of the wiring and piping underneath our crowded cities.\n\nMuch of the work HS2 Ltd has already carried out between London and Birmingham has been diverting those connections away from construction sites.\n\nBut in some places, roads and even rivers need to be moved too.\n\nOn the M42 near Solihull they have been building the foundations for a new bridge over the motorway. A bridge nearby will be demolished and the new bridge moved in.\n\nYou could find multiple examples like that along the 330 mile route.\n\nI've travelled extensively on Spain's high-speed AVE network, which flies through large stretches of desolate, arid countryside. Britain is much more densely populated, so building HS2 is a different ballgame.\n\nYou might be surprised to hear that the view out of the window from an HS2 train from London to Birmingham, most of the time, won't be very exciting.\n\nThat's because a large part of the route will be built in what's known as \"cuttings\".\n\nCuttings mean the track is effectively below ground with banks each side. The cutting reduces the impact of the line on the surrounding countryside.\n\nThere are also 25 miles of tunnels on the first phase of the project. The longest (10 miles) and deepest tunnel (90 metres at the deepest point) will go underneath the Chilterns.\n\nAnd there are 12 miles of viaducts. A two mile viaduct in the Colne Valley in Buckinghamshire will be the longest in the country.\n\nWhen prior estimates of costings on HS2 have been calculated, efficiency savings have been factored in. However, often those efficiencies have not been realised, so costs have gone up.\n\nIn a major infrastructure project such as this, the company in overall charge - HS2 Ltd - contracts out the work to a vast array of other companies.\n\nCompanies contracted by HS2 Ltd in the early part of the project carried the risk associated with the work. That pushed prices up significantly.\n\nAccording to the National Audit Office it added at least £1bn to the overall budget. However, there have been reports that figure was much higher.\n\nNow contractors do not carry the risk. That should help keep prices down.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch the torrential rain and howling winds that hit Sydney this weekend\n\nSydney has been hit by its heaviest rain in 30 years, bringing widespread flooding but also putting out two massive bushfires in New South Wales.\n\nAustralia's weather agency said 391.6mm of rain had fallen in the past four days in Sydney, more than three times the average rainfall for February.\n\nAbout 100,000 homes are without power, and officials have warned flash floods could be life-threatening.\n\nBut the rainfall means only 17 fires are still burning across the state.\n\nThe NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) said on Monday afternoon that the rains had extinguished more than 30 fires over the weekend, calling it \"the most positive news we've had in some time\".\n\nThe latest to be declared out is the Gospers Mountain blaze, north-west of Sydney. Since October it has burned 512,000 hectares, and was considered a mega-blaze that was \"too big to put out\".\n\nOn Sunday, the Currowan fire, around the town of Shoalhaven, was also put out. It had burned for 74 days, destroying nearly 500,000 hectares and 312 homes.\n\nHowever, the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) has warned that fire-hit areas can be particularly prone to flooding, and that fast-moving waters can carry large amounts of debris.\n\nWater levels in the Warragamba Dam, pictured here in December, have almost doubled over the weekend\n\nWater supplies in the region have also been replenished, after years of drought.\n\nThe Warragamba Dam, which supplies most of Sydney's water, is heading towards being 70% full, says WaterNSW.\n\nAt the end of last week it was at only 42% after one of the driest years on record.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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\nFrom #NSWFires to #NSWFloods... the state has gone from one wave of extreme weather to another.\n\nBut despite the massive disruptions, many people have been celebrating the heavy rainfall, posting videos on social media cheering it on as it thrashed the city.\n\nThis has been a devastating summer for eastern and southern Australia.\n\nWhile I was out reporting the bushfires in recent months, I'd ask firefighters what was needed to tackle the fires. They would tell me about creating containment lines, and the importance of hazard reductions. Then almost all of them would look at the sky and tell me what they really needed was rain. Lots of it.\n\nAnd now, after they've put in so much work on the ground, the weather has given them what they asked for. Thirty out of 60 blazes in NSW have now been put out - a huge reprieve for the volunteer firefighters who have not stopped working for months.\n\nA severe weather warning is now in place for the entire coast of NSW, Australia's most populous state.\n\nIn Sydney alone, at least 200 people were rescued by emergency services over the weekend.\n\nEmergency services have dealt with thousands of calls for assistance\n\n\"Everywhere has been hit, it's hard to pinpoint where it's worst,\" said Matt Kirby, spokesman for the State Emergency Services (SES).\n\nSeveral people have been injured, including four who were inside a car which was crushed by a falling tree in the city centre on Sunday afternoon.\n\nOn Monday morning, emergency services were searching for one man believed to have been swept off a bridge in his car.\n\nRail and ferry services in Sydney were also disrupted, with several platforms at one of Sydney's main stations, Central, left underwater. Dozens of schools have been closed.\n\nDangerous surf conditions are reported at places like Bronte Beach in Sydney\n\nThe state emergency minister David Elliott urged Sydney residents to help rescue services by taking warnings seriously, staying away from flooding and keeping off the roads if possible.\n\nEmergency services had advised people to stay home from work on Monday to avoid the disruption.\n\nThousands of people in low-lying areas of the city have been told to leave or get ready to leave their homes.\n\nThe Northern Beaches area has already seen significant damage, with several metres of beach being washed away in places.\n\nOn Sunday night, people living around the Narrabeen Lagoon, a low-lying area in northern Sydney, were told to evacuate before roads became impassable.\n\nWaves more than 5m high have lashed the coast in areas like Collaroy, just south of Narrabeen, stripping away front gardens facing the sea.\n\nThe winds whipped up sea foam along the coast at Collaroy, northern Sydney, stripping away the beach\n\nWhile it had stopped raining in central Sydney on Monday, more rain is forecast for the week.\n\nGovernment agencies have warned that high tides forecast for the coming days - known as king tides - could further worsen the flooding.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "The trial of Hashem Abedi (left) was told he and his brother used their mother's bank account\n\nThe Manchester Arena attacker and his brother used their mother's bank account to buy tools and equipment to make a bomb, a court has been told.\n\nThe Old Bailey heard Samia Tabbal's bank card was used to buy a battery and other items before the 2017 attack.\n\nMrs Tabbal had been receiving tax credits, child and housing benefit of about £550 a week, even though she left the UK for Libya in October 2016.\n\nThe jury was told Mrs Tabbal's bank statements showed a series of large cash withdrawals of between £50 and £300 each month in the UK after she left the country.\n\nAs well as items from a B&Q superstore, her bank account was also used to pay for an industrial battery from a specialist shop in Salford, the court heard.\n\nTop (left to right): Lisa Lees, Alison Howe, Georgina Callender, Kelly Brewster, John Atkinson, Jane Tweddle, Marcin Klis, Eilidh MacLeod - Middle (left to right): Angelika Klis, Courtney Boyle, Saffie Roussos, Olivia Campbell-Hardy, Martyn Hett, Michelle Kiss, Philip Tron, Elaine McIver - Bottom (left to right): Wendy Fawell, Chloe Rutherford, Liam Allen-Curry, Sorrell Leczkowski, Megan Hurley, Nell Jones\n\nAnalysis of her documents showed her weekly tax credit and child benefit payments continued until 19 May, the jury was told, three days before the attack which killed 22 people outside an Ariana Grande concert.\n\nHer monthly housing benefit was last paid four days later, on 26 May.\n\nThe financial investigation also revealed Salman Abedi, who had dropped out of a business management degree at the University of Salford on 13 January, received a student loan payment of £1,002.54 four days earlier and a further one of £2,258 at the end of the month.\n\nThe court was told four cash withdrawals of £700, £710, £790 and £800 were taken from his RBS account on 23 January, before Abedi reported his bank card had been lost.\n\nHis Halifax student account card was found in the foyer of the arena after the attack.\n\nAbdalraouf Abdallah was convicted in 2016 of preparing terrorist acts\n\nThe jury also heard from Alharth Forjani, the Abedis' cousin, who said Hashem had asked him to help buy a bomb-making chemical on Amazon.\n\nHe said he had agreed to make the purchase because \"I trusted him\", but he later had \"a bad feeling\" about what he had bought.\n\nMr Forjani said he had then searched for the chemical online, because \"I just thought it might be to make explosives\", adding: \"I think that he believes in terrorism, that's what I thought.\"\n\nEarlier, the trial heard Salman Abedi went to HMP Altcourse in Liverpool with two other men to meet convicted terrorist Abdalraouf Abdallah on 18 January 2017, four months before the attack.\n\nAbdallah, who was left paralysed after being shot during the 2011 Libyan uprising, was convicted of two counts of preparation of terrorist acts by helping two men enter Syria via Turkey and funding terrorism by sending £2,000 to his own brother.\n\nThe jury was told a second meeting was set up for 6 March at the prison, but Salman did not attend.\n\nHashem Abedi denies 22 counts of murder, one of attempted murder and one of conspiring to cause an explosion.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The UK government is considering taking a stake in troubled airline Flybe.\n\nThe government is in talks with Flybe and the European Commission to ensure any rescue deal does not break state aid rules.\n\nOfficials say support given to Flybe so far, such as a pledge to cut tax on some domestic routes, are industry-wide measures.\n\nHowever, the government is considering extending a loan of up to £100m to the loss-making airline.\n\nGovernment officials insist that any such loan will be on commercial terms but sources at competitors ask how the government can really mean that if the airline finds commercial lenders unavailable.\n\nThere are different ways of answering those potential objections.\n\nFirst, charge an interest rate on a loan that fully reflects the risk that the government is taking with taxpayer money.\n\nThis is the government's preferred option.\n\nBusinesses with a loss-making track record should not be able to borrow at super-low interest rates when the risk of default is perceived as high.\n\nHowever, a loan at high rates of interest could damage the airline's ability to nurse itself back to health because of the hefty repayments required on a high interest loan. You would merely be kicking the can down the road.\n\nAnother solution being floated - and described as \"possible\" by officials - is for the government to extend the loan but reserve the right to purchase shares at a pre arranged (low) price once the airline has returned to health.\n\nThese rights, often described as \"warrants\", was the manner in which legendary investor Warren Buffett pumped money into investment bank Goldman Sachs during the financial crisis and there are few more commercially savvy financial first aid givers than he.\n\nA government loan to Flybe may be similar to a deal Warren Buffett struck with Goldman Sachs\n\nThis approach makes it more likely the airline will be able to pay its debts, which in turn makes it more likely the airline will be worth more in the future, at which point UK taxpayers could reap rewards for the risk taken.\n\nHey presto - a commercial arrangement thath helps the company now and sees the taxpayer share in any future success.\n\nTo be clear, this is still uncomfortable territory for the government.\n\nHowever, it has become increasingly clear that it is prepared to push the envelope of what is possible in order to deliver on election commitments to improve regional connectivity to \"level-up\" Britain. A commitment that might look hollow if Flybe were to collapse.\n\nThe EU has told the BBC it is in discussions with the government to ascertain whether financial assistance to Flybe provided to date or in the future could break EU competition rules.\n\nA spokesperson for the European Commission told the BBC that it is the responsibility of member states to decide whether support needs to be notified as state aid - which the UK insists it does not - unless other parties complain that such support is illegal and the EU can then investigate.\n\nBritish Airways' owner IAG and Ryanair have already done just that in letters to the European Commission over their concerns that the Flybe rescue announced in mid-January amounted to anti-competitive and therefore illegal support.\n\nIAG lodged a Freedom of Information request with the government seeking more detail about the extent of the support package.\n\nThe deadline for the government to respond to that is this Thursday.\n\nBritish Airways-owner IAG has complained to the EC about UK government support for Flybe\n\nIAG boss Willie Walsh has pointed out that Flybe has wealthy owners including BA's arch-rival Virgin Airlines.\n\nVirgin, along with the Stobart haulage group and New York-based hedge fund Cyrus Capital, have agreed to put in £30m to £40m of their own money but that is thought to be insufficient to secure the long-term future of the airline and without a loan to get through the lean winter months, it remains in danger.\n\nOther things that have irritated rivals are Flybe's decision to switch its London-Newquay service from Heathrow to Gatwick - potentially freeing up a Heathrow slot for part owner Virgin Airlines and Flybe's expansion at Southend airport which just so happens to be owned by the Stobart group.\n\nIt is not clear how much of the financial support from Flybe's owners has already been exhausted.\n\nThe company said on Sunday that \"the airline is being supported by its shareholders and leading suppliers, is managing its cash position carefully and currently has strong liquidity\"\n\nThere are many industry sources who insist that Flybe's problems are more deep-seated. Its business model is broken and the government is risking both wasting taxpayers' money AND creating a dangerous precedent for assisting failing businesses.\n\nAs with many things being contemplated - the approval of HS2 despite ballooning costs, a potential mansion tax, prioritising fishing over finance, a raid on pension tax relief - we are dealing with a very different kind of Conservative government.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. US Attorney General William Barr called the hack \"one of the largest data breaches in history\"\n\nThe US has charged four Chinese military officers over the huge cyber-attack on credit rating giant Equifax.\n\nMore than 147 million Americans were affected in 2017 when hackers stole sensitive personal data including names and addresses.\n\nSome UK and Canadian customers were also affected.\n\nChina has denied the allegations and insisted it does not engage in cyber-theft.\n\nAnnouncing the indictments on Monday, Attorney General William Barr called the hack \"one of the largest data breaches in history\".\n\nAccording to court documents, the four - Wu Zhiyong, Wang Qian, Xu Ke and Liu Lei - are allegedly members of the People's Liberation Army's 54th Research Institute, a component of the Chinese military.\n\nThey spent weeks in the company's system, breaking into security networks and stealing personal data, the documents said.\n\nThe nine-count indictment also accuses the group of stealing trade secrets including data compilation and database designs.\n\nChinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang denied the allegations on Tuesday and said China's government, military and their personnel \"never engage in cyber theft of trade secrets\".\n\nHe said China was itself a victim of cyber-crime, surveillance and monitoring by the US, Reuters reported.\n\nThe whereabouts of the four suspects is unknown and it is highly unlikely that they will stand trial in the US.\n\nFBI Deputy Director David Bowdich said: \"We can't take them into custody, try them in a court of law, and lock them up - not today, anyway.\"\n\nEquifax said hackers accessed the information between mid-May and the end of July 2017 when the company discovered the breach.\n\nThe accused allegedly routed traffic through 34 servers in nearly 20 countries to try to hide their true location.\n\nThe FBI released this wanted picture of the suspects\n\nThe credit rating firm holds data on more than 820 million consumers as well as information on 91 million businesses.\n\nMr Bowdich said there was no evidence so far of the data being used to hijack a person's bank account or credit card.\n\nEquifax CEO Mark Begor said in a statement that the company was grateful for the investigation.\n\n\"It is reassuring that our federal law enforcement agencies treat cybercrime - especially state-sponsored crime - with the seriousness it deserves.\"\n\nCritics have accused the company of failing to take proper steps to guard information and for waiting too long to inform the public about the hack.\n\nRichard Smith, CEO of Equifax at the time of the hacking, resigned a month after the breach. He apologised for the firm's failings, ahead of testifying in Congress.\n\nEquifax was forced to pay a $700m (£541m) settlement to the Federal Trade Commission.\n\nThe US regulator alleged the Atlanta-based firm failed to take reasonable steps to secure its network. At least $300m of the settlement went towards paying for identity theft services and other related expenses run up by the victims.\n\nIn a statement Mr Barr said: \"This was a deliberate and sweeping intrusion into the private information of the American people.\n\n\"Today we hold PLA hackers accountable for their criminal actions, and we remind the Chinese government that we have the capability to remove the internet's cloak of anonymity and find the hackers that nation repeatedly deploys against us.\"\n\nThis is not the first time the US has charged members of the Chinese military with hacking US companies.\n\nThe first indictment came back in 2014 and helped lead to a deal the following year to try to restrain such activity.\n\nBut clearly the US feels that it needs to return to the weapon of public indictments to increase pressure again.\n\nThe US has become increasingly concerned not just at the alleged theft of economic secrets but also the intelligence risks.\n\nEquifax was one of a series of large data breaches linked to China - others include health care providers and, most significantly, the theft of data from the Office of Personnel Management which carried sensitive records for almost all US federal employees.\n\nOne of the concerns for US security officials is how Chinese spies may be able to put together these vast databases about US citizens.\n\nOfficials say the information could be used to create \"targeting packages\", establishing which individuals have access to sensitive information and potential vulnerabilities which would allow them to be approached. They add, though, that so far they have not seen the Equifax information being used for that purpose.", "Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) should not be used to prevent someone from reporting sexual harassment in the workplace, according to new guidance.\n\nArbitration service Acas has published advice for firms and workers about NDAs, including how to avoid misuse.\n\nSeveral high-profile scandals have exposed how NDAs are often used to silence mainly women alleging sexual harassment and misconduct.\n\nAcas said misusing these agreements can be \"very damaging\" to an organisation.\n\nNDAs are contracts or parts of contracts that typically prevent staff and ex-staff making information public.\n\nThey can apply to commercially sensitive details such as inventions and ideas, or anything likely to damage an organisation's reputation, and are sometimes known as \"gagging orders\" or \"hush agreements\".\n\nAcas chief executive Susan Clews, said: \"The news has reported on victims coming forward that have alleged appalling abuse by high-profile figures who have then tried to use NDAs to silence whistleblowers.\n\n\"NDAs can be used legitimately in some situations but they should not be used routinely or to prevent someone from reporting sexual harassment, discrimination or whistleblowing at work.\"\n\nShe told the BBC that there had been an increase in the use of confidentiality clauses to \"cover up wrongdoing\" and \"stop people talking about sexual harassment\".\n\n\"That's really not great for employees,\" she said, adding that it stops businesses from tackling \"the underlying issue\".\n\nIt emerged that NDAs were used by ex-movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and his company to settle allegations of sexual misconduct.\n\nHe was fired by The Weinstein Company before it eventually went bust.\n\nHarvey Weinstein and his film business used NDAs to settle claims of sexual misconduct\n\nAs part of the bankruptcy filing, the company said it released anyone \"who suffered or witnessed any form of sexual misconduct by Harvey Weinstein\" from their NDAs.\n\nMr Weinstein denies that he ever engaged in \"nonconsensual sex\".\n\nAcas said its new advice states that NDAs cannot be used to stop someone from: reporting discrimination or sexual harassment at work or to the police; whistleblowing; or disclosing a future act of discrimination or harassment.\n\nIt also states that employees should be given a reasonable length of time to consider signing a non-disclosure agreement including allowing them to consult a trade union or lawyer.\n\nAdditionally, Acas advises that NDAs should \"never\" be used routinely, stating they \"should not be used to hide a problem or brush it under the carpet\".\n\nMs Clews said: \"Our new advice can help employers and their staff understand what NDAs are, how to prevent their misuse and examples where they will not be needed.\"", "Evacuees from coronavirus-hit city Wuhan have arrived for two weeks quarantine in Milton Keynes\n\nA fourth person has tested positive for coronavirus in the UK, England's chief medical officer has said.\n\nThe new case is a known contact of a previous British patient, and caught the virus in France.\n\nIt comes after around 200 British and foreign nationals evacuated from Wuhan on the UK's final rescue flight arrived at RAF Brize Norton on Sunday.\n\nThere have been more than 37,000 cases of the virus globally, mostly in China, where it originated.\n\nThe death toll for coronavirus has now overtaken that of the Sars epidemic in 2003, according to health officials in China, reaching 813. In 2003, 774 people were killed by Sars.\n\nIn a statement on Sunday, Professor Chris Whitty, chief medical officer for England, said the latest UK patient has been transferred to a specialist NHS centre at the Royal Free hospital in north London.\n\n\"We are now using robust infection control measures to prevent any possible further spread of the virus,\" he said.\n\n\"The NHS is extremely well prepared to manage these cases and treat them, and we are working quickly to identify any further contacts the patient has had.\n\n\"This patient followed NHS advice by self-isolating rather than going to A&E.\"\n\nMeanwhile, a British man has been diagnosed with coronavirus in Majorca after contact with a carrier in France.\n\nThe repatriation flight arrived at RAF Brize Norton at around 07:30 GMT on Sunday, carrying more than 200 British and foreign nationals.\n\nThe Foreign Office said the flight was the second and last flight chartered by the government out of Wuhan, the city where the new coronavirus emerged.\n\nThe passengers comprised 105 Britons and their family members as well as 95 Europeans. A total of 13 staff and medics were also on board the flight.\n\nEvacuees were taken on eight coaches to a Milton Keynes conference centre and hotel for 14 days of quarantine. NHS staff in blue scrubs, gloves and masks met passengers as they disembarked from the coaches at around 10:30 GMT.\n\nPassengers on the repatriation flight included UK and foreign nationals\n\nThe UK's ambassador to Beijing, Dame Barbara Woodward, told the BBC that two British people who wanted to join the flight were not allowed to board after failing temperature checks in China.\n\nElsewhere, the government in the Balearic Islands confirmed on Sunday a British man has tested positive for coronavirus.\n\nHe was admitted to hospital in Palma on Friday, along with his wife and two daughters. The rest of his family have tested negative for the virus.\n\nThe local health ministry said an investigation into cases that may have had contact with the man has begun.\n\nMore than 100 UK nationals and family members have already been evacuated to Britain on flights chartered by the UK and other countries.\n\nThey are being held in quarantine at Arrowe Park Hospital in Wirral.\n\nThe latest returnees will be housed at Kents Hill Park conference centre and hotel, where they will remain in isolation for two weeks - the incubation period of the virus - to ensure they are not infected.\n\nAt the hotel, they will have access to Netflix, magazines, books, baby equipment including highchairs, children's toys and games, mobile phones, and tablets for reading, games, and browsing the internet, the NHS said.\n\nClothing and toiletries have been laid out for their arrival. Passengers on the previous flight said they were only allowed to travel with a 15kg (33lb) cabin bag.\n\nClothing supplies are among the provisions laid out for quarantined passengers\n\nThe flight follows the decision by the Foreign Office on 4 February to advise all Britons to leave China if they can.\n\nBritish Airways and Virgin Atlantic have suspended all flights to and from mainland China, while other carriers continue to operate flights between the UK and China.\n\nChina's National Health Commission said total cases in the country from the virus had reached 37,198 on Sunday morning.\n\nOutside of China, 288 cases have been confirmed in 24 countries, according to the World Health Organization. All the fatal cases have been in China and Hong Kong apart from one in the Philippines.\n\nIn the UK, the Department of Health and Social Care said that 686 people in the UK have been tested for coronavirus as of Saturday afternoon.\n\nThe virus causes severe short-term infection of the airways, and symptoms usually start with a fever, followed by a dry cough. Most people are likely to fully recover - just as they would from the flu.\n\nTwo of the UK coronavirus cases - both Chinese nationals - are being treated at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle.\n\nAfter the third case was confirmed, it emerged that the British man had been exposed to the virus in Singapore and stopped at a ski resort in France before returning home.\n\nThere, five more Britons - four adults and a nine-year-old boy - staying at the same chalet in the Alps tested positive for the virus.\n\nA student at Portslade Aldridge Community Academy in Brighton is self-isolating for 14 days following advice from Public Health England.\n\nWere you evacuated? 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:", "The short gap between the Baftas and the Oscars this year has barely left Joaquin Phoenix enough time to wash his multi-use tux.\n\nThe Joker star is just one Hollywood actor currently hot-footing it from London to Los Angeles in time for the Academy Awards on Sunday.\n\nThis year's ceremony is being held earlier than usual in an attempt to combat falling ratings. The slew of other awards ceremonies over several months was thought to be damaging interest in the Oscars, which mark the conclusion of awards season.\n\nOscar-ologists have been closely studying the nominations list for trends, patterns, quirks and clues about who might win what.\n\nShe is only the 12th person to receive two acting nominations in the same year.\n\nJohansson is nominated for both best actress and best supporting actress for her performances in Marriage Story and Jojo Rabbit respectively.\n\nThe other 11 people who've been nominated twice in acting categories at the same Oscars ceremony include Sigourney Weaver (in 1989), Al Pacino (1993), Emma Thompson (1994), Jamie Foxx (2005) and, most recently, Cate Blanchett (2008).\n\nBut none has ever won in both their categories.\n\n2. It's been 15 years since the winner of best actress and best picture were in sync.\n\nVery rarely does the winner of best actress also star in the winner of best picture - the last one who did was Hilary Swank in 2004's Million Dollar Baby.\n\nThat's unlikely to change this year.\n\nRenée Zellweger is the favourite to win best actress for Judy, which isn't even nominated for best picture.\n\n3. Cynthia Erivo could end up with a massive EGOT.\n\nIn fact, if the Harriet star wins an Oscar to go with her Emmy, Grammy and Tony awards she'll become the youngest EGOT winner in history.\n\nThe 33-year-old would take over from the current record holder Robert Lopez, who completed the quad in 2018 at the age of 39.\n\nErivo has two chances to do this on Oscars night - because she's nominated for both best actress and best original song (she co-wrote Harriet's anthemic original song Stand Up.)\n\n4. If Sam Mendes wins best director, it'll be the biggest gap between two directing wins in Oscars history.\n\nThe newly-knighted Sir Sam first won in 2000 for American Beauty, but could triumph again at the 2020 ceremony with his hugely successful World War One epic 1917.\n\nBefore now, Billy Wilder recorded the biggest gap, winning his two best director trophies 15 years apart for The Lost Weekend (1945) and The Apartment (1960).\n\n5. There's a competing couple in the best picture category.\n\nDirectors Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, who began dating in 2011 and have a child together, are up against each other for the top prize.\n\nGerwig's nomination for Little Women and Baumbach's for Marriage Story make them the first director-couple to go head-to-head for best picture.\n\nLaura Dern (right), stars in Greta Gerwig's Little Women and Noah Baumbach's Marriage Story\n\nThis almost happened in 2009, when James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow both had films nominated - but they had divorced some 18 years earlier.\n\nGerwig and Baumbach are nominated in slightly different categories for writing (best adapted screenplay and original screenplay respectively), so at least that slightly eases the tension over the dishwasher.\n\nCoincidentally, both their films star Laura Dern, who is nominated for best supporting actress.\n\n6. Having said that, Little Women and Marriage Story are both long shots for the top prize.\n\nThat's partly because it's unusual for a film to win best picture without a nomination for best director, which neither Gerwig nor Baumbach have.\n\nIt's not impossible, however.\n\nLast year, Green Book triumphed without a director nod for Peter Farrelly. Prior to that, 2013's Argo was the last to win without a nomination for its director Ben Affleck.\n\n7. Toy Story 4 could better the Oscars record it set with Toy Story 3.\n\nThe prize for best animated feature was introduced in 2001, and since then only one sequel - Toy Story 3 - has won.\n\nSo a victory for Toy Story 4 would make it not just the second sequel to win best animated feature, but the second to win within its own film series.\n\n8. Parasite has already broken a record and it could break another if it wins.\n\nIt's the first Korean film to receive a best picture nomination, and only the sixth film to be nominated for both best picture and international feature film.\n\nThat list of previous double nominees includes last year's Roma, 2012's Amour and 2000's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.\n\n9. Jonathan Pryce brings a dose of reality to best actor.\n\nThe Two Popes star is the only nominee in the category who plays a real-life figure - Pope Francis.\n\nThe others, Leonardo DiCaprio, Antonio Banderas, Adam Driver and Joaquin Phoenix, all portray fictional characters.\n\nThere's more reality in the best actress category - Renée Zellweger plays Judy Garland, Cynthia Erivo portrays anti-slavery activist Harriet Tubman and Charlize Theron plays Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly.\n\nTwo of this year's awards season hopefuls were based on single magazine articles.\n\nA Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood was inspired by a 1998 feature in Esquire magazine by journalist Tom Junod, who wrote a profile interview with the children's entertainer Fred Rogers.\n\nHustlers, meanwhile, was based on a 2015 investigation in New York magazine by Jessica Pressler.\n\nDespite both films being nominated across awards season, including at the Golden Globes, sadly only Beautiful Day registered on the Academy's radar.\n\nJennifer Lopez will have to rely on a future film to score her first Oscar nomination.\n\nJennifer Lopez (who stars in Hustlers) and Tom Hanks (in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood)\n\n11. The average age of the supporting actor nominees is 71.\n\nThat's considerably older this year than the average age of all previous winners in this category - which is 49.\n\nThis time around, Brad Pitt is the youngest at 56, nominated alongside Tom Hanks (63), Joe Pesci (76), Al Pacino (79) and Sir Anthony Hopkins (82).\n\nHaving been around a while, it's perhaps unsurprising that all five of these greedy guts already have an Oscar - Pitt's came as a producer on 12 Years A Slave while the others won for acting.\n\n12. Birdman could act as a benchmark for 1917.\n\nOscar pundits keep a close eye on best film editing every year, because there's a strong correlation between being nominated in this category and ultimately winning best picture.\n\nIt's notable, therefore, that 1917's momentum for the top prize comes despite the lack of an editing nomination.\n\nOnly one film since 1980 has won best picture without a best film editing nod, which was 2014's Birdman.\n\nInterestingly, Birdman and 1917 already share something in common - both films appear to have been shot in one continuous take. Neither actually were, which, ironically, shows how skilful the editing must have been.\n\n1917 won two Golden Globes for best drama film and best director for Sam Mendes\n\n13. Ford v Ferrari is the first motor racing film to get a best picture nomination.\n\nThis might not sound particularly interesting, but there's a surprisingly large number of racing films which have missed out in the past - such as Rush, Grand Prix and Days of Thunder.\n\nSenna wouldn't have been eligible for best picture as it would have been in for best documentary, but it wasn't even nominated for that.\n\nFord v Ferrari (which is titled Le Mans '66 in some countries) is nominated but is highly unlikely to win.\n\n\"It faces tough competition,\" acknowledged Christopher Smith of Motor1, \"but beating tough competition is what the movie is all about.\"\n\n14. Netflix have doubled their chances of winning best picture this year.\n\nThe streaming service pinned all its hopes (and money) on Roma in 2019, campaigning hard for the best picture win which eventually went to Green Book.\n\nThey fielded far more films for awards season this year, such as The King, Dolemite Is My Name, The Two Popes and The Laundromat (a film about which the less said the better).\n\nDolemite Is My Name, starring Eddie Murphy, was one of Netflix's big hopes this year\n\nHowever, two of their films in particular, The Irishman and Marriage Story, are nominated for the top prize.\n\nIt may well be that the Academy is still not ready to allow a streaming service to win best picture. But if any Netflix title can win them over, you'd think it'd be a Martin Scorsese gangster film starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci.\n\n15. Neither of the two favourites for best picture have nominations in the acting categories.\n\nThis may be down to Parasite being perceived as a film with an ensemble cast, where no performance is easily singled out for a leading actor category.\n\nThe absence of 1917 in the acting categories is perhaps more surprising as George MacKay appears in the entire film.\n\n16. Songwriter Dianne Warren's nod in best original song (for I'm Standing With You from the film Breakthrough) is her 11th Oscar nomination.\n\nHer others include LeAnn Rimes's How Do I Live (from Con Air), Aerosmith's I Don't Want to Miss a Thing (from Armageddon) and Faith Hill's There You'll Be (from Pearl Harbor).\n\nBut, as we said last year, she has still never actually won.\n\nIn fact, she is now the most Oscar-nominated woman without a win in history, which keeps the heat off Glenn Close a little longer.\n\nSir Elton John's nomination in this category comes 25 years after he won it for Can You Feel The Love Tonight? from The Lion King.\n\nRenée Zellweger's portrayal of Judy Garland (pictured right) could win her best actress\n\n17. Judy Garland never won an Oscar. But she was supposed to.\n\nShe was widely expected to win for 1954's A Star is Born, and even had cameras set up around her hospital bed (she had just given birth) to capture her speech.\n\nGrace Kelly won instead for The Country Girl - one of the biggest upsets in Oscars history.\n\nThe cameramen rapidly dismounted the equipment around Garland and left.\n\nSo if Renée Zellweger does win best actress, at least that will indirectly mark some form of (late) Academy recognition for Garland, more than five decades after she died.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Katy King said staff failed to believe she was in labour as she was only 28 weeks pregnant\n\nA BBC News investigation has uncovered more preventable baby deaths at an NHS trust which has already been criticised for its maternity services.\n\nFour families said their babies would have survived had East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust provided better care.\n\nThe NHS's Healthcare Safety Branch is investigating 25 maternity cases at the hospitals in Margate and Ashford.\n\nThe trust has apologised for the care provided in two of the cases and said they were investigating a third.\n\nIt has denied any wrongdoing in the fourth case.\n\nThe government is due to receive the Healthcare Safety Branch's report into the 25 cases later, as well as a Care Quality Commission report from an inspection carried out in January.\n\nLast month, the BBC discovered at least seven preventable deaths may have occurred at the trust since 2016.\n\nFour further families have now spoken out, saying their babies would not have died if medics had provided better care.\n\nIn two of the cases, the mothers said the actions of the trust left them feeling they were to blame for their babies' deaths.\n\n\"It's all like a muddled up dream and not a nice one,\" Kirsty Stead said\n\nHaving previously reported two incidents of reduced movement, Kirsty Stead called midwives at 01:10 on the day before her due date to tell them she was in severe pain and her son was moving excessively.\n\nShe says she was told to take paracetamol and go to sleep. Kirsty called the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital (QEQM) in Margate at 16:59 to say she had not felt her son move for hours.\n\nShe was asked to come in, but by 19:00 the hospital said her son had died.\n\nIn a meeting last month, the hospital said they did not have a record of the night-time call and it was possible the person who answered had been in the midst of looking after another patient and had not checked Kirsty's medical notes.\n\nKirsty thinks Reid would have survived if she had been asked to go into hospital that night.\n\n\"Things just went downhill and spiralled out of control so quickly that it's hard to actually think that it's real because it's all like a muddled up dream and not a nice one,\" she said.\n\nEast Kent Hospitals NHS Trust said: \"We have started a thorough investigation into the care that Kirsty and Reid were given.\"\n\nDoctors at the QEQM Hospital were not able to revive Freddie\n\nNicola Grimmett fell pregnant for a second time in 2015 after IVF treatment.\n\nShe found she was carrying twins and her pregnancy was considered \"high risk\" because her first baby was born by emergency Caesarean section.\n\nAt 35 weeks a doctor at the QEQM Hospital discovered the babies had twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, a serious condition where one of the foetuses is getting more of the blood supply from the placenta than the other.\n\nNicola did not see a consultant for two days after this was discovered, and it was a further day before she had a Caesarean section.\n\nThe hospital were not able to revive Freddie, and the family feel he would have survived if he had been delivered earlier.\n\nEast Kent Hospitals NHS Trust said: \"We accept that Freddie's death might have been avoided had we acted differently and we wholeheartedly apologise for this.\"\n\nHelen Gittos said she was left for more than an hour before seeing a senior doctor\n\nFollowing a traumatic experience with the birth of her son two years earlier, Helen Gittos and her partner Andy Hudson closely examined the labour facilities in Margate prior to giving birth.\n\nShe was not convinced they were safe, so opted for a home birth near the QEQM Hospital in case of any complications after her request to give birth at its midwife-led unit was turned down due to her first birth being a Caesarean.\n\nHer labour progressed slowly so she was transferred to the hospital, where Helen said she was left for more than an hour before seeing a senior doctor despite being classed as a high-risk patient.\n\nStaff then noticed that her daughter's heart rate was slowing and decided to perform an emergency Caesarean. Harriet was born in a poor condition and died eight days later.\n\nHelen said she was told her baby's death was a consequence of her decision to refuse to have appropriate medical treatment.\n\n\"We at no stage declined any medical intervention whatsoever,\" she claimed.\n\nEast Kent Hospitals NHS Trust said: \"We accept… that we could have done more to respond to [Helen Gittos's] wishes and help her labour in a calm, low-risk environment as much as possible.\"\n\n\"It just has such a horrific effect on everyone,\" Katy King said\n\nKaty King said staff failed to believe she was in labour as she was only 28 weeks pregnant.\n\nHer son Fletcher was born by emergency Caesarean section and, although weak, was breathing on his own by the time he was two days old.\n\nStaff informed Katy and her partner Jason that while their son needed to stay in William Harvey Hospital in Ashford until he put on more weight, he should have been fit to go home in about a month.\n\nHowever, Fletcher became ill at nine days old and died aged 13 days. He had suffered numerous seizures each day and medics believed he had some unspecified genetic condition.\n\nThe family said staff failed to spot he had developed a fungal infection and believe if he had been born at a hospital 40 miles away he would have been given the correct antibiotics from birth.\n\n\"We'll never know if he'd been given the anti-fungal medication, would he ever have got it [the infection]. It just has such a horrific effect on everyone,\" she said.\n\nEast Kent Hospitals NHS Trust said: \"There was no evidence of any omissions in care. The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman is currently investigating the family's complaint.\"\n\nThe new cases come as a coroner has made 19 recommendations for improvements following the \"wholly avoidable\" death of a baby at the QEQM Hospital in 2017.\n\nChristopher Sutton-Mattocks concluded that neglect by the trust had contributed to Harry Richford's death.\n\nHarry's parents Tom and Sarah, who are campaigning for a public inquiry into maternity failures at the trust, said they feared the changes would not be enacted.\n\nMr Richford said: \"In our case, they knew that there were systemic problems going way back. They had two years to address these problems before Harry died. And they didn't.\n\nIn a statement, East Kent Hospitals Trust it had set up a board sub-committee \"to ensure we are complying with national safety standards and ensure we are implementing the coroner's recommendations fully and swiftly\".\n\n\"We are deeply saddened by the stories of families who have suffered the death of a much-loved baby, and we are extremely sorry for their loss,\" it added.\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.", "The government has pledged £5bn over the next five years to improve bus and cycling services in England.\n\nBoris Johnson said the extra money will provide more frequent services and simpler, more affordable fares.\n\nMr Johnson told MPs that investments in local infrastructure would \"improve quality of life and productivity\".\n\nBut Labour said the PM's plan \"doesn't make up for deep cuts since 2010\" that have led to thousands of route closures.\n\nThe announcement comes as the government gave the go-ahead to the HS2 project.\n\nMr Johnson set out details of the high speed rail link and the new money for cycling and buses in a statement to the Commons.\n\nIn addition to improving frequency and fares, he said the £5bn of funding will go towards new priority routes for buses and 4,000 \"zero-carbon\" buses in England and Wales.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Cornwall teenager with a two hour bus commute\n\nIn September, ministers announced £220m in extra funding to boost the bus network in England. They hope the cash will enable operators to restore recently withdrawn services, to give passengers in rural areas more choice and to increase the use of contactless payments.\n\nFurther details will be announced in a new National Bus Strategy to be published later this year.\n\nMr Johnson told MPs that the government's investment plan \"must be local\" to connect left-behind places to the rest of the country.\n\n\"We can unite and level up across the country with fantastic local improvements. better rail, less congested roads, beautiful British-built buses, cleaner, greener, quicker, safer, more frequent,\" he said.\n\n\"Above all, we can improve the quality of life for people and improve their productivity, make places more attractive to live in and invest in.\"\n\nResponding to the prime minister, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn described Mr Johnson's plan as \"piecemeal\" and said the planned investment \"doesn't make up for deep cuts since 2010\" in bus services.\n\n\"Funding for buses has fallen by £645m a year since 2010, 3,300 routes cut or withdrawn and fares have soared,\" he said.\n\n\"It's councils that keep bus routes open. We need long-term funding for the local authorities that have suffered such severe cuts and now face a further £8bn black hole over this Parliament.\"\n\nBritish Chambers of Commerce director general, Adam Marshall, welcomed the funding and said: \"Business communities will want to work with central government, local government and bus operators to ensure that this new funding makes a real difference on the ground.\"\n\nOn cycling, Mr Johnson promised to create \"hundreds of miles\" of new cycle paths and plans to make cycling safer in towns by expanding projects dubbed \"mini Holland\" schemes.\n\nThe aim of creating \"low-traffic neighbourhoods\" outside of London is part of government plans to double rates of cycling by the 2025.\n\nThere are plans for more evening and weekend services\n\nCampaign group the Walking and Cycling Alliance said \"the emphasis on quality infrastructure is to be applauded\" and that it hoped to work with other groups to \"ensure that this investment is the start of a real transformation in how we get around\".\n\nA spokesperson added: \"It has never been more important to make it easier to walk and cycle - to tackle climate change, poor air quality, crippling congestion, and the mental and physical health of the nation.\n\n\"The evidence is clear and people want to do it, what has been lacking is the investment and ambition to make it safe and easy for everyone.\"", "Lewys Crawford died a day after he was taken to A&E\n\nA baby who died of sepsis a day after being taken to hospital was not given antibiotics for many hours, an inquest has heard.\n\nThree-month-old Lewys Crawford died of meningococcal septicaemia at the University Hospital of Wales (UHW) in Cardiff on 22 March 2019.\n\nThe inquest at Pontypridd Coroner's Court heard a nurse suspected Lewys had sepsis when he was first assessed.\n\nBut a doctor initially said he had a virus.\n\nHe was only diagnosed more than eight hours after he arrived.\n\nLewys, from Llanederyn, Cardiff, had become unwell at about 16:00 GMT on 21 March when he had let out a \"piercing scream\" and had had a temperature of 38.4C, the inquest was told.\n\nHis mother Kirsty Link said in a statement read to court he was \"happy as Larry\" apart from the temperature, and he then went to sleep.\n\nBut when he woke up he \"didn't seem himself\" and his parents took him to the emergency department at the UHW.\n\nRebecca Murphy, a paediatric nurse who was on duty the night Lewys was admitted, told the court it was \"extremely busy\" in the paediatric emergency unit.\n\nLewys's parents Aidan Crawford and Kirsty Link want to know why there were delays in treating him for sepsis\n\nShe explained when she assessed Lewys that she put him in category two, which meant he needed to be seen by a doctor within 10 minutes.\n\nShe said his observations were abnormal and that they triggered a \"pathway\" used by the NHS to diagnosis and treat sepsis.\n\nWhen asked if she mentioned sepsis to the doctor who was on duty, she said: \"Not that I recall,\" but added she told the nurse dealing with admissions to the Noah's Ark Children's Hospital that they had a \"septic baby\" who needed treatment.\n\nThe inquest also heard there was no dedicated paediatric consultant working in the department on the evening Lewys was brought in.\n\nJo Mower, an adult emergency medicine consultant who was on duty, diagnosed Lewys as probably suffering from a viral illness.\n\nShe told the hearing it was \"quite rare in my experience to see someone that young\" with meningococcal septicaemia and \"the children I have seen have been older\".\n\nShe added: \"I was trying to find a source of the infection. So he'd been grizzly, reduced feeding but still having wet nappies.\n\n\"So I was thinking, 'was there a respiratory problem, was there a urinary problem?' That was my thought process at that time on that day. I didn't think of sepsis at that time, at that point.\"\n\nMs Murphy said she was \"not confident in the diagnosis\" but did not raise it with Dr Mower.\n\nWhen asked by the coroner if she would have acted differently in hindsight, Dr Mower said: \"If the same situation arrived today, I would probably demand that the paeds come down and cannulate [put in a line for treatment].\"\n\nThere were delays getting Lewys admitted to a ward and in getting antibiotics when sepsis was finally given as a diagnosis more than eight hours after he first came to hospital.\n\nMs Link's statement said: \"We are concerned about the timeline of the events, the delays between him being admitted and delays in him getting his first dose of antibiotics, and the delay in the time it took to make the diagnosis.\"\n\nBefore the inquest formally began, coroner Graeme Hughes said he felt it was at least arguable that there had been a breach of the state's duty in protecting Lewys's life and that he therefore would look to widen the scope of the inquest to include how and in what circumstances Lewys died.", "Sporting events were cancelled throughout the UK, including in Manchester, which was also hit by floods. Manchester City's Premier League match against West Ham was among the cancellations", "Joker star Joaquin Phoenix used his best actor acceptance speech to cast light on what he described as humanity's plundering of the natural world for resources.\n\nHe also touched upon his own behaviour - admitting that while he had been \"hard to work with\" in the past he was grateful for being given a second chance.\n\nQuote Message: I’ve been selfish, I’ve been cruel at times, hard to work with, and I’m grateful that so many of you in this room have given me a second chance. from Joaquin Phoenix Best Actor for The Joker I’ve been selfish, I’ve been cruel at times, hard to work with, and I’m grateful that so many of you in this room have given me a second chance.\n\n\"I think that’s when we’re at our best, when we support each other, not when we cancel each other out for past mistakes,\" he added.\n\n\"But when we help each other to grow, when we educate each other, when we guide each other toward redemption. That is the best of humanity.\"", "Morgan Dunn was found seriously hurt in a house in Marigold Square but died at the scene\n\nPolice have launched a murder inquiry after a man died following reports of a fight at a house in South Ayrshire.\n\nMorgan Dunn, who was 34, was found seriously injured at a property in Marigold Square in Ayr at about 16:00 on Saturday.\n\nDespite efforts by the emergency services to save him, he died at the scene.\n\nPolice said the death followed an \"altercation\" at the property and have appealed for witnesses to come forward.\n\nA post-mortem examination is due to take place to establish how Mr Dunn, from Hawkhill Drive in Stevenston, died.\n\nDet Ch Insp Stevie Wallace said: \"From our inquiries so far, we understand that there was an altercation between Mr Dunn and another person in the house in Marigold Square which resulted in him being fatally injured.\n\n\"We believe the suspect ran from the back of the house into rear gardens and then onto Kincaidston Drive, which is main thoroughfare and would have been quite busy at this time of the day.\"\n\nHe asked for anyone with information, or dashcam footage to contact police.\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. John Bercow: \"So obvious that only an extraordinarily clever and sophisticated person could fail to grasp it.\"\n\nFormer Commons Speaker John Bercow has said there is a \"conspiracy\" to keep him out of the House of Lords.\n\nHe named no names, but said it was \"blindingly obvious\" that there was a \"concerted campaign\" to prevent him from being given a peerage.\n\nPrevious Speakers have been ennobled when they retire, entitling them to sit in the House of Lords.\n\nThe ex-Conservative MP has been accused of bullying by former Commons colleagues, but denies the claims.\n\nCabinet minister Robert Jenrick said the claims must be looked into, but there was \"no obligation\" on the Prime Minister to give Mr Bercow a peerage.\n\nThe controversial speaker stood down in October after a decade in the job, during which he faced accusations of bias over Brexit as well as questions over his own behaviour towards colleagues.\n\nDowning Street has refused to put forward Mr Bercow's name for consideration by the House of Lords Appointments Commission. Instead, the Labour opposition has nominated him.\n\nIn an interview with the BBC's Broadcasting House programme, Mr Bercow said while \"every Speaker for the last couple of hundred years\" had received a peerage, he accepted there was no automatic entitlement to one.\n\nAsked whether he believed his chances of a peerage had disappeared, he replied: \"I didn't say that. You asked me whether there was a concerted campaign, whether there was a conspiracy, whether there was an organised effort and I said it is blindingly obvious that that is so.\"\n\nMr Bercow is facing at least one formal complaint regarding his behaviour during his decade in the Speaker's Chair.\n\nHe has dismissed claims there was a pattern of bullying towards his subordinates, arguing that the \"vast majority\" of his relationships with colleagues both inside and outside Parliament were constructive.\n\nHe told Broadcasting House that while he had had two disagreements with David Leakey, the former army officer who served as Black Rod in the House of Lords, \"neither remotely amounted to bullying\" and there was no \"regular rancour\" between the two.\n\n\"Almost eight or nine years later he is still moaning about the fact that we argued,\" he said. \"He was, from my point of view, a very marginal figure. He was a bit-part player in my day to day existence.\"\n\nAnd while he accepted his relationship with his former private secretary Angus Sinclair had broken down, he believed the two had parted on good terms and it was \"absolutely not true\" that he had thrown his phone at him.\n\n\"On issue after issue after issue, I wanted to do things differently and felt I had a mandate for modernisation and overdue change and he was very resistant to that,\" he said. \"It was a relationship that, despite our best endeavours, did not work.\n\n\"He was not bullied, there was no bullying. There was an honourable difference of opinion and that is the end of it.\"\n\nMr Bercow, who has written a new book, said he himself been a victim of snobbery and anti-Semitism during his time in Parliament.\n\nLabour MP Dawn Butler, who is campaigning to be the party's deputy leader, suggested the reason the government has not nominated Mr Bercow was \"due to Brexit\" and the ex-Speaker's hostility to the UK leaving the EU.\n\n\"If John Bercow has been accused of bullying then there needs to be due process. Has he been found guilty or [is it] just an accusation?\" she said.\n\n\"We really do need to ask the Conservatives why is it that you haven't, like everyone else, ensured that the Speaker of the House is given a peerage. Otherwise I think that's a form of bullying too.\"\n\nBut Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick said Mr Bercow had regularly defied the rules when he was Speaker and the convention of ex-Speaker going to the Lords was just that - a convention and not a rule.\n\n\"The prime minister chooses individuals who could sit in the House of Lords as Conservative peers,\" he told Sky News. \"There's no obligation on the prime minister to make John Bercow a member of the House of Lords.\"\n\n\"I think what's important here is that there should be a high bar on anybody who ends up in the House of Lords as indeed in the House of Commons. The allegations against John Bercow need now to be investigated.\"", "Storm Ciara has hit the UK, bringing severe gales and flooding in its wake.", "The 2007 set was typically glitzy, but the Oscars doesn't attract as many viewers as it used to\n\nMartin Scorsese's film The Irishman was snubbed at the Oscars on Sunday night, walking away empty-handed despite landing 10 nominations.\n\nBut the veteran director showed he still had a sense of humour when the length of his film - three-and-a-half hours - was the butt of one of Chris Rock's opening jokes.\n\n\"Marty, I got to tell you, I loved the first season of The Irishman,\" Rock told Scorsese, who was seated in the audience, drawing laughs from the man himself and everyone else in the auditorium.\n\nNot to be outdone, the Oscars ceremony itself equalled Scorsese's mob drama with the same running time.\n\nIt also failed to hit its target though, with the US live TV audience falling to an all-time low. of 23.6 million.\n\nThis follows a trend of falling ratings for award ceremonies as more people prefer to discover the highlights online rather than sit through the whole thing.\n\nJames Cameron declared himself \"king of the world\" when his film Titanic won 11 Oscars\n\nLast year's ceremony was minus a host for the first time, resulting in an 11% ratings bumpto 29.6 million viewers. Despite this success, some commentators are now calling for the return of a presenter to steer the ship.\n\nBut that's not the only issue with the televised ceremony.\n\nMatthew Belloni, the Hollywood Reporter's editorial director, thinks it needs a fresh approach.\n\n\"I believe the Oscars telecast would be improved if there was exclusive movie content that viewers had to tune in to see,\" he tells BBC News.\n\n\"For instance, the Hollywood studios could all agree to air an exclusive trailer no one has seen during the telecast. Who wouldn't want to watch for a first look at Top Gun 2 or Fast & Furious 9?\"\n\nBelloni went further on the Media Masters podcast in 2018, saying: \"The fact that the Oscars are so boring is a colossal failure on the Academy's part.\n\nJulia Roberts and Russell Crowe won acting Oscars for Erin Brockovich and Gladiator in 2001\n\n\"First of all there are 24 categories, most of which the average person does not care about. And they are presented with the exact same fanfare and exact same time allotted to each one of them.\n\n\"It's after midnight on the [US] east coast by the time they get to best picture, and they're running through it to get it done because they're already late. It is crazy.\"\n\nHe also thinks the Academy \"has been nominating films that fewer people are seeing\" in recent years.\n\n\"You don't see as many of the Titanic or Gladiator-style movies that win best picture any more. It's smaller films, films with niche audiences.\"\n\nThat means, he says, that \"there's less of an incentive for viewers to tune in, because they don't feel like they have a horse in the race\".\n\nEditor Thelma Schoonmaker thinks the ceremony \"could be shorter\"\n\nThree-time Oscar winner Thelma Schoonmaker, whose working life is spent deciding how to best present film footage, also had some ideas for the ceremony.\n\n\"Frankly I don't watch it unless one of our people is nominated,\" she told BBC News.\n\nBut the veteran editor - who edited The Irishman (how long was it originally?!) - suggests the ceremony \"could be shorter probably [with] shorter speeches\".\n\n\"There's so many thank yous that everybody does - to their agent, their this, their that. That, I think, is not as meaningful to most of the audience as it is obviously to the people they're thanking.\n\n\"Maybe the speeches could be more about the work - you know, the art of it.\"\n\nOscar winner Mark Bridges won a jet ski for the brevity of his speech in 2018\n\nIn 2018, host Jimmy Kimmel was so keen to cut down the speeches he gave a jet ski to the winner who spoke for the least amount of time.\n\n\"I have a stopwatch,\" he told that year's nominees. \"Why waste precious time thanking your mom when you could be taking her for the ride of her life on a brand new jet ski?\"\n\nPhantom Thread costume designer Mark Bridges ended up with the $18,000 (£13,800) vehicle, which he donated to charity.\n\nSchoonmaker noted that when she attended the recent American Cinema Editors awards, the speeches were top notch.\n\n\"I was very impressed. They were very moving speeches. There was hardly any of the endless, endless list of thanking. The speeches were short and it was a very good ceremony.\"\n\nPerhaps film editors have a thing or two to teach the rest of the movie industry when it comes to speaking succinctly.\n\nJimmy Kimmel wanted to keep the 2018 ceremony short\n\nAnother suggestion came from The Big Picture podcast, which suggested the Academy should count down to the winning film by actually revealing the votes each best film nominee got.\n\nHosts Sean Fennessy and Amanda Dobbins, who'd seen the idea on Twitter, said this would make the ceremony \"much more fun\", adding that a ranking should be revealed \"every 15 or 20 minutes until you get to the final film - you have the elimination chamber of Oscars\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Ramin Setoodeh This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOf course, the Oscars are not the only TV show facing declining audiences. Traditional TV as a whole is struggling to reach younger viewers.\n\n\"The hottest shows on TV networks - which command the highest ad prices - are attracting older viewers, which is a challenge for brands that want to reach millennials and teens,\" said the New York Times in 2018.\n\n\"As TV ad spending has begun to drop, marketers have been diverting more money to tech giants like Google and Facebook.\"\n\nSo what can be done to stem the exodus of award show viewers?\n\nThis year's Brit Awards are slimming down the number of winners from 12 to nine, compared with the Oscars' 24 categories.\n\nThe Brits are also promising \"more music\", with artists given full creative control of their performances.\n\nCeleste, the BBC's Sound Of 2020, is performing at the Brits as their Rising Star winner\n\nThe Baftas already edit their film awards ceremony down to a two-hour BBC broadcast.\n\nEven with new host Graham Norton, this year's event attracted an average of 3.03m viewers, down from 2019's 3.5m - which in turn was 500,000 fewer than 2018.\n\nOscar watchers may recall that organisers tried to update the ceremony last year.\n\nThey wanted to include a popular films category, have fewer songs performed and to give awards including cinematography and editing during ad breaks.\n\nSpike Lee criticised a proposal to hand out Oscars during ad breaks\n\nThe overall format remained the same - minus a host, after Kevin Hart resigned amid controversy over old homophobic tweets.\n\nSo was former host Johnny Carson right when he famously called the Oscars \"two hours of sparkling entertainment, spread out over a four-hour show\"?\n\nBBC News asked a group of students from the Los Angeles Film School what they thought.\n\nAs potential academy voters, and maybe even future winners, they were able to offer a youthful perspective - and their views were decidedly mixed.\n\nWhile most of them enjoyed the ceremony, they felt it was \"too long\", \"hasn't changed in years\" and \"doesn't captivate younger audiences\".\n\nAttendees at the Governors Ball can enjoy a chocolate Oscar after the ceremony\n\nNone of them said it should be hostless.\n\nThe ditching of the popular film category split opinion. Some said it would simply reward \"the movie that made the most money\" and was \"useless\" because \"the awards must be about quality\".\n\nBut others liked the idea, feeling it \"might attract the attention of younger viewers\" who are currently being courted by many parts of the media.\n\nCaptivating winners' speeches, such as Olivia Colman's last year, make for memorable moments, and some students love it when film-makers speak about their work or politics.\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 Oscars 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\n\"Movies are meant to move people, and the people making them have powerful voices and should speak for what they believe,\" said one.\n\nBut others believe \"overlong thank yous are the worst\", with one student stating: \"I don't care about Hollywood's opinion on politics.\"\n\nThere also was no consensus about consigning categories like editing to the ad breaks. One student argued these awards represented \"where the real skill is\", but another replied: \"It should be reported afterwards.\"\n\nBradley Cooper and Lady Gaga's Oscars duet went viral last year\n\nBest song performances were a big hit with the students. After all, who could forget last year's steamy performance of Shallow by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper?\n\nOne remarked they \"loved\" the songs as \"they make the show feel more modern\", while another advocated reducing them all to a \"medley\".\n\nBBC News has also contacted Oscars organisers to see if they have any further plans for the ceremony.\n\nAccording to Matt Wolf from the International New York Times, Oscars organisers will \"incur outrage almost no matter what they do with the ceremony\".\n\n\"Even if five new pre-conditions were met, five more would emerge,\" said Wolf, who describes himself as a \"self-confessed Oscars nerd\".\n\nHe also thinks the organisers should televise all the categories, but said of the technical nominees: \"Mr and Mrs Middle America have no idea what they do.\"\n\nHe complained that \"all four acting winners are guessable this year in advance, which takes the suspense out of it.\n\n\"It's not the Oscars' fault, but Renée Zellweger, Joaquin Phoenix, Brad Pitt and Laura Dern seem dead certs so the awards seem a bore.\"\n\nSecurity is always tight inside the Dolby Theatre\n\nYet Wolf is sympathetic to the ceremony's organisers.\n\n\"The Oscars have become a very pliable punching bag; people can use it to vent their frustrations from all quarters. If they do A people want B; if they do Q people want Z.\"\n\nThe Oscars, he goes on, need to reflect all aspects of the ceremony. \"You want the garish dress on the red carpet as much as you want someone stunning and stellar. We need the package, warts and all.\n\n\"People love to complain about the Oscars, it's sort of a cultural sport, but the imperfections are what make them so glorious.\"", "People were spotted \"risking their lives\" to take selfies on cliffs near Swansea.\n\nStorm Ciara battered Wales over the weekend with strong winds and flooding.\n\nMumbles Coastguard cliff rescue team tweeted: \"Whilst on patrol this afternoon we saw a few people risking their lives for a photo.\n\n\"This may seem like fun, but it just isn’t a good idea!\n\n\"It’s why we have highly trained Volunteer Coastguard Teams and Lifeboat Crew on call 24/7 ready to risk their lives to come and get you.\"", "Bong Joon-ho won best director and best original screenplay as well as best picture\n\nThe US live TV audience for the Oscars fell to an all-time low on Sunday.\n\nRoughly 23.6 million viewers tuned into the awards ceremony, according to the US broadcaster ABC, citing Nielsen.\n\nThe ratings fell sharply from last year when 29.5 million people watched, amid an industry-wide decline in linear TV viewing.\n\nSouth Korea's Parasite made history, becoming the first non-English language film to win best picture since the awards began 92 years ago.\n\nRenee Zellweger won best actress for playing Judy Garland in Judy. Joaquin Phoenix was named best actor for Joker.\n\nDespite the ratings slump, the Oscars, which had no host for the second year running, remains the most-watched awards show.\n\nIn 2019 the ceremony managed to buck a four-year trend in declining viewers and increased its audience by 11% to 26.5 million.\n\nMusicians Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper performed a much-celebrated duet, while Queen opened the show.\n\nIt was the first year the ceremony went without a host, which some had pointed to as a reason for its increased popularity.\n\nTimothee Chalamet (right) and Natalie Portman (left) gave Taika Waititi his award\n\nBut the new record low indicates the Oscars was not able to repeat that success in 2020.\n\nSinger and actress Janelle Monae opened the three-and-half hour show, followed by performances by musicians Elton John and Billie Eilish.\n\nThe awards were presented by celebrity duos, including Timothee Chalamet and Natalie Portman, and Steve Martin and Chris Rock.\n\nSouth Korean viewers celebrated when Parasite director Bong Joon-ho spoke partly in South Korean during his acceptance speech.\n\nOther awards ceremonies, including the Emmy Awards, Golden Globes, and Grammys, also lost viewers this year.\n\nThe number of people who watched the 2019 Emmy Awards live fell by 32%.\n\nParasite won four awards in total, while Sir Sam Mendes's 1917 took three.\n\nThe World War One epic had been the favourite to win best picture, but its awards all came in the technical categories.\n\nBrad Pitt won the first Oscar of his career for best supporting actor in his role in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon A Time in Hollywood.\n\nBest actress winner Renee Zellwegger paid tribute to Judy Garland, who was nominated for two Oscars but never won.\n\nJoker actor Joaquin Phoenix used his acceptance speech to cover topics from animal rights, to the environment and racism.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.\n• None Should the Oscars rip up the ceremony rulebook?", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA man has been convicted of planning a terror attack at London tourist hotspots, just over a year after he was cleared of attacking police with a sword outside Buckingham Palace.\n\nMohiussunnath Chowdhury, 28, from Luton, spoke about targeting attractions including Madame Tussauds, the gay Pride parade and a tourist bus.\n\nThe former Uber driver unwittingly revealed his plot to undercover police.\n\nHe also bragged to them that he had deceived the jury at his first trial.\n\nChowdhury was cleared of a terror charge in December 2018 after slashing police with a sword outside the Queen's London residence while shouting \"Allahu Akbar\".\n\nAt the time Chowdhury told jurors he only wanted to be killed by police and did not intend to harm anyone.\n\nChowdhury's sister, Sneha Chowdhury, was convicted of one count of failing to disclose information about acts of terrorism\n\nUndercover officers, posing as like-minded extremists, had Chowdhury under surveillance during a five-month operation, his trial at Woolwich Crown Court heard.\n\nThe chicken shop worker prepared for his atrocity by lifting weights, practising stabbing and rehearsing beheading techniques, as well as booking shooting range training and trying to acquire a real gun, the court heard.\n\nHe remained emotionless as jurors found him guilty of engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts, collecting information likely to be useful to someone preparing an act of terrorism, and disseminating terrorist publications.\n\nThe second charge related to a document titled \"guidance for doing just terror operations\" on his phone, which included instructions on how to kill people with knives.\n\nChowdhury was nothing if not prepared for martyrdom.\n\nHe'd collected knives for an attack, looked into firearms training and even made a list of what he was going to do when he got to heaven.\n\nTop of the list wasn't meeting his maker, though. It was a tour of the palace he assumed he would be given.\n\nSecond on the unmarried chicken shop worker's list was to meet and consummate his relationship with 72 wives.\n\nOnly later - seventh on the list - would he find time to meet God; and his 10th task of life in the hereafter was \"choose quests to embark on\".\n\nMohiussunnath - or Musa - Chowdhury was obsessive about quests in which he played the part of a heroic martyr doing God's work on earth.\n\nChowdhury's sister, Sneha Chowdhury, 25, cried as she was convicted of one count of failing to disclose information about acts of terrorism and cleared of another count of the same charge.\n\nThe prosecution described his sister as \"loyal, much put-on and long-suffering\" but also as someone who was \"aware of all he was saying to her and what it meant\".\n\nChowdhury's defence barrister had argued the university drop-out was a \"pathetic little man\" and an \"attention-seeker\" who \"talks and talks, but doesn't do\".\n\nChowdhury also dismissed his praise of the murder of soldier Lee Rigby as \"jihadi banter\" and said his weapons training came from a fascination with martial arts and weightlifting.\n\nMohiussunnath Chowdhury had planned attacks on targets including Madame Tussauds, the gay Pride parade and an open-top sightseeing bus\n\nBut prosecutors said he desired to \"unleash death and suffering\" on non-Muslims.\n\nScotland Yard counter terror commander Richard Smith said Chowdhury was an \"extremely dangerous person\" whose intention was \"to kill and harm as many people as possible\".\n\nIn one recording from June last year, Chowdhury told an undercover officer he was free to attack one million unbelievers if he was fighting for \"the pleasure of Allah\".", "The cost of HS2 is reportedly set to soar to more than £100bn\n\nOne thing is certain about HS2: it doesn't generate much in the way of agreement.\n\nThe latest debate around the high-speed rail line, which could be Europe's largest infrastructure project, concerns a revised cost figure of £106 billion, reported earlier this week.\n\nBut experts close to the independent review of HS2 have cast doubt on the significance of that figure to a forthcoming report, led by former chairman of HS2 Doug Oakervee.\n\nAndy Street, the Conservative Mayor of the West Midlands and a member of the review panel, told Newsnight that \"£106 billion was a 'could be' number.\n\nIt was never a base case.\" Others involved in the process said they did not believe the figure had even featured in the version of the report they had seen.\n\nThe review panel's work finished in October, at which point those involved were allowed to read a \"final draft\" of the report before handing it back.\n\n\"The draft I read did not, to my recollection, give an opinion of costs as high as £106 billion,\" said one.\n\nAnother expressed surprise in seeing the figure linked to the report this week.\n\nBut the review had, indeed, identified risks that the costs could rise above the £81-88 billion estimate, they added.\n\nThe panel, they said, had discussed steps that should be taken to help control the projects costs, including beefing up the project's governance with an independent, permanent review body.\n\nIt had also considered whether the approach to contracts should be revised, with the government assuming more of the project risk to bring costs down.\n\nThe Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to make a call within weeks on whether HS2 should proceed.\n\nThe fate of the mammoth infrastructure project is seen as closely linked to the new government's ambitions to boost growth in constituencies in the North and Midlands.\n\nAndrew Sentance, a former member of the Bank of England's monetary policy committee and one of the Oakervee review panel, this week suggested the leak of the report was government \"spin\" against the project.\n\nHe told Radio 4's PM programme: \"Number 10 are trying to spin the fact that they are sitting on the report and they are trying to condition the public to their own conclusions. Some of the aspects of the reporting....are not, if the report was properly published, the way it would be interpreted\".\n\nAnother person involved in the review told Newsnight: \"It was a yes recommendation\", adding that they shared Mr Sentance's concerns.\n\nOthers questioned whether the report could have changed since the version shared with the panel last year.\n\n\"I stand behind the report and have no reason to think anything has changed,\" said Mr Street. \"I would like to see the report published as soon as possible so that we all know exactly what the facts are\".\n\nA DfT spokesperson said this week: \"A draft of the Oakervee Report was delivered shortly before Christmas.\n\n\"The Transport Secretary, Chancellor and Prime Minister will take a final decision on HS2 shortly.\"\n\nThe FT, which first reported the new details from the Oakervee review, said that £106 billion was the price of the project put forward to the review by Michael Byng, an infrastructure consultant.\n\nA separate report published by Lord Berkeley, the former deputy chair of the Oakervee review, had mentioned a figure of £107 billion as the latest cost of the project.\n\nLord Berkeley published his own report, saying that he disagreed with the conclusions of the draft review and \"was not given an opportunity to amend it.\"\n\nSupporters of HS2 argue that the large price tag reflects the scale of the project, which will be delivered over two decades and has the potential to transform the UK's rail infrastructure.\n\nBut to give the go ahead to HS2, the government will (implicitly at least) be required to show the project's value at the latest expected cost. Whatever that might actually be.\n\nYou can watch Newsnight on BBC 2 weekdays 22:30 or on iPlayer. Subscribe to the programme on YouTube or follow them on Twitter.", "Despite the death toll, an increasing number of patients are recovering\n\nThe number of people killed by the new coronavirus rose by 97 on Sunday, the highest number of casualties in a day.\n\nThe total number of deaths in China is now 908 - but the number of newly-infected people per day has stabilised.\n\nAcross China, 40,171 people are infected while 187,518 are under medical observation.\n\nMeanwhile, 60 more people have tested positive on a cruise ship quarantined in Japan - meaning 130 out of 3,700 passengers have caught the virus.\n\nThe Diamond Princess ship is on a two-week quarantine off Yokohama, after a passenger - who earlier disembarked in Hong Kong - tested positive.\n\nThe infected passengers are taken off board and treated in nearby hospitals.\n\nThe new cases mean around a third of all coronavirus patients outside of China were on the Diamond Princess.\n\nAccording to Chinese data, 3,281 patients have been cured and discharged from hospital.\n\nOn Monday, millions of people returned to work after the Lunar New Year break, which was extended from 31 January to curb the spread of the virus.\n\nBut precautionary measures remain in place, including the staggering of working hours, and the selective reopening of workplaces.\n\nChinese president Xi Jinping visited a local hospital in Beijing that offers treatment to coronavirus patients. He also took part in a video chat with medical workers in Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak.\n\nImages from state media show Mr Xi wearing a mask and having his temperature checked. The president has largely stayed away from public view during the outbreak.\n\nChina's president has kept a low profile since the outbreak began\n\n\"We must have confidence that we will eventually win this battle against the epidemic,\" he told staff at Ditan hospital in Beijing.\n\nOver the weekend, the number of coronavirus deaths overtook that of the Sars epidemic in 2003 which also originated in China and killed 774 people worldwide.\n\nThe WHO on Saturday said the number of new cases in China was \"stabilising\" - but warned it was too early to say if the virus had peaked.\n\nOn Sunday evening, the organisation sent an international mission to help coordinate a response to the outbreak.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe new virus was first reported in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province. The city of 11 million has been in lockdown for weeks.\n\nThe outbreak was declared a global emergency by the WHO on 30 January.\n\nIt has spread to at least 27 other countries and territories, but so far there have only been two deaths outside of mainland China, in the Philippines and Hong Kong.\n\nIn the UK, the number of people infected by the coronavirus doubled to eight after four more people tested positive for the virus on Monday.\n\nThe Department of Health has described the coronavirus as a \"serious and imminent threat\" to public health. The government has issued new powers in England to keep people in quarantine to stop the virus spreading. Under these measures, people who have contracted the virus will be forcibly quarantined and not allowed to leave.\n\nThe director-general of the WHO on Sunday warned that the virus being transmitted by people who have not been to China could be the \"tip of the iceberg\".\n\n\"There've been some concerning instances of onward 2019nCoV spread from people with no travel history to China,\" Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote on Twitter\n\n\"The detection of a small number of cases may indicate more widespread transmission in other countries; in short, we may only be seeing the tip of the iceberg.\"\n\nMeanwhile in Hong Kong, police are searching for two people who absconded from quarantine, the South China Morning Post reports. Nearly 1,200 people are in quarantine in the region.\n\nAlso in Hong Kong, passengers on a quarantined cruise ship have been allowed to disembark after tests showed no infection among them or its crew.\n\nThe World Dream had been held in isolation after eight passengers from a previous cruise had caught the virus.\n\nSouth Korea has issued a temporary ban on cruise ships entering its ports due to fears of spreading the virus.\n\nHave you been affected by any of the issues raised here? Please get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also contact us in the following ways:", "Cancer patients in England are missing out on basic information about their diseases because of staff shortages in the NHS, a charity has warned.\n\nMacmillan Cancer Support said at least 120,000 patients a year felt topics including treatments and side effects were not fully explained.\n\nThe charity blamed \"soaring\" staffing pressures, which left people \"in the dark\" about how to prepare.\n\nThe NHS said satisfaction levels with cancer care were at a record high.\n\nAs part of an NHS survey, more than 70,000 people who have undergone cancer treatment in England were asked about their care.\n\nMore than a third (39%) said the longer-term side-effects of treatment were not fully explained - the charity said that equated to about 120,000 a year.\n\nA quarter of people also said they did not have the possible side effects explained prior to the start of treatment.\n\nAnd one in five said there were not always enough nurses on duty to care for them.\n\nMacmillan warned that without this information and support, patients \"may feel uncertain about treatment, feel forced to give up a job or feel unsure about how to prepare for the impact cancer might have on them physically, financially and emotional\".\n\nAn NHS England spokesman said cancer survival rates and patient satisfaction levels with their cancer care were at record highs.\n\nThe \"vast majority of patients were given the name of a clinical nurse specialist to support them through their treatment, which is testament to the hard work and compassion of NHS staff\", he added.", "Laura Dern wore a soft pink dress with a jewelled black bodice. When asked on the carpet what sort of speech she might give if she won best supporting actress for Marriage Story, she said: \"Hopefully you get inspired in the moment and speak from your heart.\"", "Severe warnings have been issued across parts of northern Europe as Storm Ciara sweeps across the continent.\n\nHigh winds and heavy rain continue to batter areas of Ireland, France, Belgium, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and Scandinavia.\n\nThe storm led to travel disruptions and the cancellation of several public events over the weekend.\n\nForecasters predict it will continue to move south-eastwards, bringing gusts of over 90mph (145km/h) in some areas.\n\nIn Ireland, around 14,000 homes and businesses were left without power as the country begins counting ballots for its general election.\n\nOrganisers also cancelled an opening ceremony to mark the beginning of Galway's year as the European Capital of Culture, citing public safety.\n\nOver in Denmark, a woman and a child had to be rescued from the North Sea after they were swept into the water while walking along a pier.\n\nHigh winds have also brought severe disruption around the continent\n\nFrance issued amber warnings - its second-highest level - for 42 regions of the country, including Normandy, the Ardennes and Lorraine.\n\nPeople in the country have been warned to stay away from coastal and wooded areas, several cities have closed off parks and seaside promenades.\n\nForecasters in Norway, meanwhile, have issued red warnings - their highest risk level - for some southern and western areas due to concerns about high seas.\n\nSevere weather has disrupted trains and flights in several major European cities\n\nThese same concerns have also led to the suspension of ferry services in the English Channel.\n\nGale force winds grounded hundreds of flights in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. Frankfurt, Brussels and Amsterdam Schipol were among the airports affected.\n\nGerman railway firm Deutsche Bahn also warned of severe disruptions in the north of the country.\n\nStorm Ciara is known as Elsa in Norway, and Sabine in Germany and Switzerland\n\nStorm Ciara - known as Elsa in Norway, and Sabine in Germany and Switzerland - is the most severe storm to hit the continent so far this year.\n\nIn recent years, several national forecasters have adopted the practice of naming large storms to help the public monitor severe weather.\n\nBut while Irish, Dutch, French and British have agreed to adopt the same names, Germany and Switzerland have their own separate agreement, as does Norway.\n\nFor the UK, this year's storm names have already been chosen, with Dennis next in line.\n\nHave you been affected by Storm Ciara? 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:", "Protests against deportation flights have been held outside the Jamaican embassy in London\n\nMore than 170 MPs have urged the PM to halt plans to deport 50 people to Jamaica on Tuesday until a review into the Windrush scandal is published.\n\nTheir call comes after a leaked draft of the report said the government should consider ending the deportation of foreign-born offenders who came to the UK as children.\n\nTuesday's flight is expected to include a man who moved to the UK aged five.\n\nThe PM has said it is right that foreign-born offenders are deported.\n\nBoris Johnson told MPs last week: \"I think the whole House will understand that the people of this country will think it right to send back foreign national offenders.\"\n\nThe Home Office has previously said the flight was \"specifically for removing foreign criminals\" and it included \"people convicted of manslaughter, rape, violent crime and dealing Class A drugs\". Number 10 has said all the people on the flight have sentences of 12 months or more.\n\nMeanwhile, Duncan Lewis, a law firm that is representing some of the people on the flight, told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme that they are launching judicial review proceedings.\n\nThe firm says the flight's passengers include people who are \"potential victims of trafficking, groomed as children by drugs gangs running county lines networks and later pursued in the criminal justice system as serious offenders\".\n\nThe flight from the UK to Kingston is due to leave on 11 February.\n\nThe group of cross-party MPs say in a letter that they have \"grave concerns\" about the Home Office's deportation plan.\n\n\"Not only is there an unacceptable risk of removing anyone with a potential Windrush claim, but there has been a failure by the government to remedy the causes of the Windrush scandal,\" it said.\n\n\"It is, therefore, crucial that all further deportations are cancelled until the long-awaiting Lessons Learned Review is published, and its recommendations implemented.\"\n\nThe Windrush scandal saw many of those who had arrived in Caribbean countries between 1958 and 1971 detained or deported despite having the right to live in the UK for decades.\n\nThe fallout prompted criticism of the government's \"hostile environment\" approach to immigration and led to the resignation of Amber Rudd as home secretary in 2018.\n\nLabour MP Nadia Whittome, who organised the letter, said: \"The fact is that many of the individuals in question have lived in the UK since they were children and at least 41 British children are now at risk of losing their fathers through this charter flight.\n\n\"The government risks repeating the mistakes of the Windrush scandal unless it cancels this flight and others like it.\"\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\nFather-of-five Howard Ormsby is among those who are due to be deported on Tuesday.\n\nHe was jailed for 18 months after he was convicted of possession with intent to supply class A drugs and he was released in December.\n\n\"I came here at the age of 15 with my older sister and I've been here 18 years of my life,\" the 32-year-old said, speaking to the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire show from a detention centre in Harmondsworth, near London Heathrow.\n\n\"I've never tried to deny the fact I've made a mistake, but everyone has a chance to right their wrongs.\n\n\"I have all my family here - I have no one in Jamaica.\n\n\"It just seems weird that you're trying to send me back to a country I do not know.\"\n\nHe said he believed that if he is sent to Jamaica he would be killed because of gang violence there.\n\nTajay Thompson is also facing deportation to Jamaica. He served half of a 15-month sentence in 2015 after he was convicted of possessing class A drugs with intent to supply at 17.\n\n\"I feel like I was born here. Jamaica is not my country,\" Mr Thompson said, adding that he had no links to the Caribbean nation, which he had only visited twice since coming to the UK aged five.\n\n\"It's not like I'm a rapist or a murderer, I've made a mistake when I was 17 and it's now going to affect my whole life.\"\n\nThe 23-year-old, who is living in south London, added that he was groomed into a gang as a teenager.\n\nHis mother Carline Angus told BBC Newsnight last week: \"My son came here when he was five, so why is he in this category [to be deported]? I think he should be given a chance.\"\n\nLabour shadow immigration minister Bell Ribeiro-Addy said the flight was \"the most brutal and inhumane way to remove people from this country\".\n\nLabour MP David Lammy told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that it was \"wrong and frankly scandalous to continue in this way given the scandal that we experienced just two years ago\".\n\nBut Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rishi Sunak told Sky News that those being forcibly removed had committed \"very serious offences\" and their deportations were \"reasonable\".\n\nThe Tory MP said he believed the flight was \"right\" and the British public would expect foreign national offenders to be deported.\n\n\"What that plane is about is deporting foreign national criminals. Many of these people have committed crimes such as manslaughter, rape, other very serious offences,\" he said.\n\n\"It's reasonable, it's proportionate, and something the British people would expect us to do for foreign criminals who have committed very serious crimes who should be sent back to their countries where they have a right to reside elsewhere.\"\n\nAsked about Mr Thompson's case, Mr Sunak said he was not familiar with it, but added that \"all due process will have been followed\".\n\nSajid Javid commissioned the Windrush review in July 2018, while home secretary, to avoid any future repeat of the scandal.\n\nA draft of the report, written by Wendy Williams - an inspector of constabulary - in June last year, says: \"Government should review its policy and approach to FNOs [foreign national offenders], if necessary through primary legislation. It should consider ending all deportation of FNOs where they arrived in the UK as children (say, before age of 13).\n\n\"Alternatively, deportation should only be considered in the most severe cases.\"", "WARNING: This film contains disturbing scenes including images of torture\n\nBBC Africa Eye has uncovered shocking video evidence that torture is being used by several branches of the Nigerian police and armed forces.\n\nTorture is illegal in Nigeria. But images from social media show that a particular form of torture - a technique known as ‘tabay' - is widely used in the interrogation and punishment of detainees, including children.\n\nThis investigation looks at the origins of this technique, identifies the worst offenders, and asks why they are not being held to account. It also reveals that in 2014 a senior police officer was involved in the torture of a young man who later died from his injuries.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ruby showed us a few of her different hairstyles\n\nA pupil who was repeatedly sent home from school because of her afro hair wants to make sure it doesn't happen to any other UK schoolchild.\n\nRuby Williams received £8,500 in an out-of-court settlement after her family took legal action against The Urswick School in east London.\n\nShe was told her hair breached policy, which stated that \"afro style hair must be of reasonable size and length\".\n\nThe school did not accept any liability.\n\nRuby told Radio 1 Newsbeat she wants UK schools to have \"better guidelines on their uniform policy so that people can't be discriminated against when they're walking into school\".\n\n\"I'd also like to hope that this story gives confidence to those who might be staying quiet about a similar situation,\" Ruby added.\n\nRuby's official school photo for years 10 and 11, taken at the end of year nine\n\nKate Williams, Ruby's mum, first spotted the policy on the school's website more than three years ago - after Ruby was first sent home because of her hair.\n\nRuby, now 18, claims the school's head teacher Richard Brown told her that her hair was \"too big\".\n\nShe says the school, based in Hackney, claimed that her hair was distracting to pupils and blocked views of the whiteboard.\n\nThe Urswick School's governing body says the school \"recognises and celebrates diversity at every opportunity\".\n\n\"The governing body is hugely distressed if any child or family feels we have discriminated against them,\" it told Newsbeat in a statement, adding: \"We do not accept that the school has discriminated, even unintentionally, against any individual or group.\"\n\nThe settlement offer was made by the London Diocesan Board for Schools directly to Ruby's family, without any admission of liability from the school.\n\nSince the initial complaints from Ruby's family, the school has removed the hair policy from its website.\n\nRuby's hair the first time she was sent home from school, when she was 14\n\nWe first heard about Ruby's story in 2018.\n\nThe Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) was using its powers under the Equality Act to fund a race discrimination claim against the school on Ruby's behalf.\n\nShe had spent years 10 and 11 - while preparing for and sitting her GCSEs - being repeatedly sent home from school because of her hair.\n\nIt shocked Ruby at first.\n\n\"Am I really being sent home because my hair is growing out of my head the way it is?\" she told us.\n\nRuby's school used her year seven picture, when her hair was straight, in her year 11 yearbook\n\nRuby developed signs of depression and felt anxious about going to school because of it all.\n\nShe worried she would be singled out by teachers in front of her classmates because of her appearance.\n\n\"I felt like any time I would walk into the school with my hair out, all eyes were on me,\" she said.\n\nThe school was sent letters from Ruby's GP and a clinical psychologist warning that she was suffering because of the policy.\n\nBut it's claimed staff didn't offer her any support.\n\nThe school says it's \"impossible\" to comment further on a former student.\n\nRuby with extensions, graduating with her natural hair pulled back in the second picture, and gelled into a ponytail in the third\n\nRuby tried lots of different hairstyles to comply with the school's rules.\n\nShe tried braids, which can take hours to complete and cost anywhere from between £20 to £100 if done at a hairdressers.\n\nShe also tried putting her hair in different types of ponytails and slicking it back with gel.\n\nBut her family found that whatever they did cost a lot of money, took lots of time, or risked damaging Ruby's hair.\n\nRuby's hair after learning how to do single extensions on YouTube\n\nAfter one incident, when Ruby says a teacher tried to put her own hair bands into Ruby's hair, she'd had enough.\n\n\"I ended up getting frustrated because my hair would keep bouncing out of the bun and in the end I just said 'If it's too big can you just please send me home? Because this is not OK'.\n\n\"Why should I have to cut or change my hair and people can have their hair all the way down to their hips, as long as they want - but because my hair grows out I need to cut it?\"\n\nRuby says it would take half an hour in the morning to get her hair into a style the school found acceptable\n\nRuby hasn't always liked her hair.\n\nShe started straightening it in 2013 when she was in year seven - which took around three hours twice a week.\n\nIt caused her hair to become damaged but Ruby felt like she needed it to look straight.\n\n\"I thought that there was something wrong with it, because why does nobody else have this hair?\" she told us.\n\n\"Everyone I see that has hair like mine has it in a weave or under a wig and nobody actually shows it... so my hair can't be normal and it can't be as nice as other people's hair.\"\n\nRuby aged three, when she was happy with her afro\n\nAfter seeing more people embrace their natural hair, Ruby stopped straightening it towards the end of year eight.\n\nBut in September 2016 she was sent home and told her hair breached the school's uniform policy - leading to the legal action.\n\nAfter years of delays with her case, Ruby and her family decided to settle out of court.\n\nThey now want to make sure that children with afro hair at school in the UK don't experience anything similar - and are calling for schools to mark World Afro Day, which takes place on 15 September, to raise awareness.\n\nRuby, mum Kate and dad Lenny have had support from the Equality and Human Rights Commission\n\nRuby, who's now studying for her A-levels at another college, says she does now feel confident about her hair.\n\n\"I'm definitely proud of my hair. I'm proud of the progress that it's made and the journey that I've been on.\n\n\"I'm proud that my hair is 'too big'.\"\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "The walkers were found to have had no winter kit\n\nRescuers said four people helped from Ben Nevis were lucky to be alive.\n\nThey said the tourists who were caught in blizzard conditions had \"no ice axes, no crampons and as far as we are aware, no maps\". Three of them were wearing trainers.\n\nLochaber Mountain Rescue Team found them near the summit of the mountain.\n\nAll four were taken by helicopter from part-way down the mountain to be checked over at Belford Hospital in Fort William.\n\nInverness Coastguard helicopter, Rescue 151, could not be used near the summit because of the severity of the conditions.\n\nMiller Harris, of Lochaber MRT, said the four people who were visiting Scotland from abroad were lucky to have been at a place on the mountain where they could get mobile phone reception.\n\nThey were able to raise the alarm by calling the police and then use an app to give rescuers a location \"within metres\" of where they were.\n\nMr Harris told BBC Scotland: \"If there hadn't been a phone signal, we would have had no idea what was going on.\n\n\"One of them managed to get back to the summit where they met our team and was able to confirm the location where his friends were.\n\n\"They were very, very cold and one was probably hypothermic and was having difficulty walking.\"\n\nMr Harris said the people were on a day trip, rather than being experienced hillwalkers, and had no winter equipment such as ice axes or crampons and did not appear to have a map.\n\nLochaber MRT described the weather as \"horrendous\" with the wind chill of -20C or below.\n\nThe rescue on Britain's highest mountain came in the wake of Storm Ciara and amid Met Office yellow \"be aware\" warnings of high winds and snow.\n\nThe group used the app What3words to give a location \"within metres\" of where rescuers found them.\n\nThe app divides the world into three-metre squares and gives each one a unique three-word address.\n\nTortoises, swarm and announce were the words given for the group of four on Ben Nevis, according to the What3words website.\n\nIn Scotland, it has previously been used in the rescue of an injured walker in Lewis in the Western Isles.\n\nMountaineering groups suggest the app be used in addition to but not instead of map and compass and other winter skills.\n\nMr Harris backed that advice, adding: \"We are not saying that people should not go out on the mountains. People with the right skills and equipment are able to do that safely.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A 12-year-old boy has been charged in connection with racist chants against Rangers striker Alfredo Morelos.\n\nPolice launched an investigation following allegations of abuse during the Scottish Premiership clash with Celtic on Sunday 29 December.\n\nThe boy cannot be identified for legal reasons.\n\nSupt Mark Sutherland said that any form of abuse was \"completely unacceptable\" and that the force would continue to investigate any further claims.", "Schofield with Stephanie Lowe at last month's National Television Awards\n\nThe wife of presenter Phillip Schofield has said she supports the \"brave step\" he has taken in revealing he is gay.\n\nStephanie Lowe told the Sun that she loved the TV star \"as much today as I ever have\" and that she would \"still be there, holding his hand\" in the future.\n\nIt follows her husband's announcement last week that he was \"coming to terms with the fact that I am gay\".\n\nHis statement prompted an outpouring of support that continued on Sunday's Dancing on Ice, which he co-presents.\n\n\"You have always been an absolute legend but never, never ever more so than this week my friend,\" said dancer Ashley Banjo, a judge on the ITV programme.\n\n\"I think I speak on behalf of all of us when I say we've got nothing but love and respect for you.\"\n\nIn a statement given to the Sun newspaper, Schofield's wife of 27 years acknowledged her husband's announcement had been \"difficult\" for the family.\n\nShe said they had both been \"awestruck by the strength and love\" of their two daughters, \"even as they've been trying to make sense of it all themselves\".\n\n\"Everyone should be proud to live their own truth,\" Lowe continued in her first public statement since her husband's announcement.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Phillip Schofield on ITV's This Morning: \"Every person I tell, it gets a little lighter\"\n\nLowe's comments followed an interview Schofield gave to the Sun on Sunday, in which he admitted he did not know what the future held for him and his family.\n\n\"It has taken me a long time to get here [and] I am not rushing to get to any other place,\" the This Morning presenter was quoted as saying.\n\n\"We will always be a family. That is the one definite, constant, absolute positive thing. And where the wind blows us I don't know.\"\n\nThe 57-year-old also revealed he had known he was gay when he married Lowe in 1993 and that he had been \"perhaps a bit naive\".\n\n\"I was confused by what it was. I thought maybe I was bisexual,\" he told the newspaper. \"But over time I realised and started coming to terms with it.\"\n\nSchofield added that his wife had \"known for a while\" that he was gay.\n\nThe star, who started his career as a continuity announcer on the BBC, spoke shortly after his announcement on Friday.\n\nThat was followed by an interview with his This Morning co-host Holly Willoughby, in which he said coming out was \"absolutely [his] decision\".\n\nThe pair were back on Monday - Willoughby's 39th birthday - to present ITV's magazine programme.\n\nInformation and support: If you or someone you know needs support for issues about sexuality, these organisations may be able to help.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What is Solar Orbiter and what's it going to do?\n\nEurope's audacious Solar Orbiter probe has lifted off on its quest to study the Sun from close quarters.\n\nThe €1.5bn (£1.3bn) mission is packed with cameras and sensors that should reveal remarkable new insights on the workings of our star.\n\nScientists want to better understand what drives its dynamic behaviour.\n\nThe spacecraft launched aboard an Atlas rocket, which lifted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 04:03 GMT (23:03 local time Sunday).\n\nThe Sun will occasionally eject billions of tonnes of matter and entangled magnetic fields that can disrupt activity at Earth.\n\nThe worst of these storms will trip the electronics on satellites, interfere with radio communications and even knock over power grids.\n\nResearchers hope the knowledge gained from Solar Orbiter (SolO) will improve the models used to forecast the worst of the outbursts.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Sun's surface as viewed by the Daniel K Inouye Solar Telescope on Hawaii\n\nThe probe is a flagship venture of the European Space Agency (Esa), but with the participation of its US counterpart, Nasa.\n\nAnd it's the Americans who've taken on the responsibility for launching SolO.\n\nSolO will be put on a path that takes it periodically to within 43 million km (27 million miles) of the Sun's surface. That's closer in than the planet Mercury where the temperatures are searing.\n\nTo survive, the probe will have to work from behind a large titanium shield.\n\nPictures will be snapped through peepholes that must be closed after a data-gathering session to prevent internal components from melting.\n\n\"We've had to develop lots of new technologies in order to make sure that the spacecraft can survive temperatures of up to 600C,\" said Dr Michelle Sprake, a systems engineer with European aerospace manufacturer Airbus.\n\n\"One of the coatings that makes sure the spacecraft doesn't get too hot is actually made out of baked animal bones,\" she told BBC News.\n\nSolO has six imagers and four in-situ instruments. The latter will sample the excited gas (plasma) and magnetic fields as they race away from our star and flow over the spacecraft.\n\n\"Solar Orbiter is all about the connection between what happens on the Sun and what happens in space,\" explained Prof Tim Horbury from Imperial College London.\n\n\"We need to go close to the Sun to look at a source region, then measure the particles and fields that come out from it. It's this combination, plus the unique orbit, that makes Solar Orbiter so powerful in studying how the Sun works and affects the Solar System.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prof Lucie Green: \"You get explosions and eruptions in the atmosphere of our star\"\n\nThat unique orbit will lift SolO out of the plane of the planets to look down on the Sun's poles.\n\n\"We don't yet have a detailed understanding of why the Sun has an 11-year cycle over which activity rises and falls,\" said Prof Lucie Green from University College London.\n\n\"There are missing observations that prevent us from knowing which of our theories are correct, and those missing observations are the ones we've never made of the poles.\"\n\nWhat the researchers will see, they cannot say for sure. But the expectation is that SolO will detect signals of when the Sun's activity is about to change.\n\n\"We believe we will see indications of the next cycle early on in the polar regions,\" speculated Esa project scientist Dr Daniel Müller. \"These are small concentrations of magnetic field.\"\n\nSolO took eight years to build and test\n\nThis decade is expected to be a golden one for advances in solar physics.\n\nSolO's launch follows hot on the heels of the Americans' Parker probe, which shares many of the same scientific goals and even some of the same kinds of instruments.\n\nAnd here on Earth, an astounding new 4m telescope has just opened on Hawaii. Called the Daniel K Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST), this facility can resolve details on the Sun's surface that are a mere 30km across.\n\nIts showed boiling cells of plasma in spectacular detail.\n\n\"SolO sits in this family of missions studying the inner Solar System. I regard it as a kind of orchestra. Every instrument plays a different tune but together they play the symphony of the Sun,\" said Prof Günther Hasinger, Esa's director of science.\n\nThe heatshield has peepholes to allow the telescopes to see the Sun\n\nJonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nEngland secured a 1-1 series draw with South Africa as they beat the hosts by two wickets in the third one-day international in Johannesburg.\n\nRecalled spinners Adil Rashid (3-51) and Moeen Ali (1-42) helped restrict the Proteas to 256-7 despite Quinton de Kock and David Miller both hitting 69.\n\nJason Roy (21) and Jonny Bairstow (43) got England off to a fast start before the tourists stuttered.\n\nJoe Root (49) and Joe Denly (66) played maturely to stabilise the chase.\n\nBut South Africa fought back with four quick wickets in a tense finale before Moeen and Chris Jordan guided England to 257-8 with 40 balls to spare.\n\nWhile the chase should never have been so tight, it was an improved performance from the world champions after they were beaten by seven wickets in the first ODI, with the second match abandoned because of rain.\n\nEngland will next face South Africa in three Twenty20 internationals, with the first match in East London on Wednesday.\n• None Reaction to England's win in third ODI\n\nAfter giving needed experience to all-rounder Sam Curran and leg-spinner Matt Parkison in the first two matches, England recalled Moeen and Rashid, with both spinners demonstrating their ongoing value to this side.\n\nMoeen, making his first international appearance since taking a break after the first Ashes Test in August, showed superb control and bowled Rassie van der Dussen shortly after the South African was controversially able to overturn being given out lbw off Rashid.\n\nRashid offered constant threat, with several batsmen unable to pick his googly, in snaring Temba Bavuma and Andile Phehlukwayo lbw and duping De Kock into a loose shot to bowl the Proteas captain.\n\nThe accuracy of Moeen and Rashid through the middle overs ensured South Africa never got close to an overwhelming total, even when the impressive Miller (69 not out) attacked poor death bowling from Jordan, who conceded 40 off his last three overs.\n\nIt remains to be seen whether England will move on from Moeen and Rashid by the next World Cup in 2023, but there were also promising performances from two young seam bowlers England hope will feature.\n\nSaqib Mahmood, 22, had a fine ODI debut in taking 1-17 off five overs, bowling Reeza Hendricks with a beautiful delivery that just grazed the top of the bail.\n\nAnd 24-year-old Tom Curran, an unused member of the 2019 World Cup-winning squad, troubled the Proteas' top order and gave up just 38 runs from his nine overs.\n\nBairstow showed brutal power and purpose to punish loose bowling by seamer Ngidi, smashing flat sixes over square leg, crashing anything over-pitched through the covers and punching adeptly down the ground.\n\nHe looked on course for a big score only to miscue one off a thick inside edge to mid-wicket before fellow opener Roy, who hit two sixes over long on, was also caught off a misjudged shot.\n\nEngland could have wobbled when captain Eoin Morgan tamely chipped straight back to Beuran Hendricks (3-59) for nine, but Root played the fuss-free innings he excels at to stabilise the chase while keeping on top of the rate.\n\nHe was livid at his dismissal after tapping left-arm wrist-spinner Tabraiz Shamsi to leg slip, where Bavuma took a sublime low catch, but Denly continued the calm accumulation.\n\nAs England closed in on the target, Denly hit Shamsi for back-to-back sixes over mid-wicket to bring up his second consecutive ODI half-century only to loft a drive to Phehlukwayo off Ngidi (3-63).\n\nSouth Africa surged back into the contest by taking three more wickets for just 20 runs, as Banton was caught behind for 32, Curran skied one to cover and Rashid nicked behind, but Moeen kept calm to ensure England avoided a first ODI series defeat since 2017 in India.\n\nMorgan revealed before the game that some players would only be playing here to get match practice before the T20 series - Rashid was one of them.\n\nHe's bowled very little this winter - he's had a shoulder problem - but you wouldn't have known it given how he bowled on Sunday.\n\nHe was a threat throughout his spell. He came on at 80-1 after 18 overs and turned the game decisively England's way. South Africa's right-handers seemed unable to read him and, on another day, he could easily have taken another five-wicket haul.\n\nHe gives England potency in the middle overs - they looked a completely different side from Cape Town when he was rested.\n\nRashid's dropped catch off Chris Morris at the Wanderers four years ago cost them the series. Here, his bowling ensured they didn't lose another one.\n\n'We need to develop ruthlessness' - reaction\n\nEngland captain Eoin Morgan: \"We bowled really well - Adil and Moeen came in and showed their value. Adil in particular, his control and variation were outstanding.\n\n\"It was disappointing to limp over the line. Ideally we would have chased it four or five down. We would have liked to win commandingly.\n\n\"Tom Banton showed lot of promise, Joe Denly's two knocks were really good, Saqib came in and bowled beautifully, and likewise Parky [Matt Parkinson] in the first game. We showed a lot of promise but we need to develop our ruthlessness.\"\n\nEngland's Adil Rashid, who took 3-51: \"I felt good. It has been a while since I played and I was eager to get out there. The ball came out nicely - it was nice to play on a spicy wicket with turn and bounce.\"\n\nSouth Africa captain Quinton de Kock: \"We gave ourselves a sniff at the end and it was cool to make it tough for the England guys.\n\n\"Being captain takes a lot of getting used to, but the guys help me a lot on and off the field. The energy of our players stood out for me.\"", "Best supporting actress Laura Dern with best actress Renee Zellweger\n\nThis year's Academy Awards have taken place in Los Angeles. Here's the full list of winners and nominees.\n\nJoaquin Phoenix, Renee Zellweger and Brad Pitt posed with their trophies\n\nParasite won best picture, best international film, best director and best original screenplay\n\nJeff Reichert, Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar won best documentary feature for American Factory\n\nSir Elton John performed before he and lyricist Bernie Taupin won\n\nRoger Deakins has won his second Oscar in the past three years\n\nBritish costume designer Jacqueline Durran won for her work on Little Women\n\nAnne Morgan, Kazu Hiro and Vivian Baker triumphed for the film Bombshell\n\nElena Andreicheva and Carol Dysinger with their Oscars for Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Sony and Amazon are the latest major companies to pull out of one of the world's largest tech shows because of risks posed by coronavirus.\n\nSony said it would no longer take part in Mobile World Congress in Barcelona after \"monitoring the evolving situation\" after the coronavirus outbreak.\n\nThe organiser has said the event, which attracts 100,000 people, will go ahead.\n\nBut it admitted other companies are considering whether to attend.\n\nSouth Korea's LG Electronics, Ericsson, the Swedish telecoms equipment-maker, and US chip company NVIDIA have all withdrawn from the conference, which runs between 24 and 27 February.\n\nThe GSMA, which organises the show in the Spanish city, said that while it could \"confirm some large exhibitors have decided not to come to the show this year with others still contemplating next steps, we remain more than 2,800 exhibitors strong\".\n\nHowever, it revealed that it had put in place additional measures to \"reassure attendees and exhibitors that their health and safety are our paramount concern\".\n\nMobile World Congress in Barcelona attracts around 100,000 attendees each year\n\nThese include a ban on all travellers from China's Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak, while people who have been in China must provide proof they have been outside the country for 14 days.\n\nThe GSMA estimates that between 5,000 and 6,000 people visit Mobile World Congress.\n\nThe GSMA also says it will suggest participants should not shake hands with each other at the show, and microphones used by speakers will be disinfected and changed.\n\nCoronavirus has now killed more than 800 people - the vast majority in mainland China - and infected 34,800 others.\n\nThe Singapore Airshow, which is due to open on Tuesday, has also seen major firms pull out of the event, including US aerospace giant Lockheed Martin.\n\nBombardier and Gulfstream Aerospace have also said they will not attend.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Hastings lifeboat nearly capsized as it answered an emergency call at the height of Storm Ciara.\n\nA 58-year-old man has died after a tree fell on his car in Hampshire during Storm Ciara on Sunday.\n\nPolice said the man, from Micheldever, was driving on the A33 when the accident happened just before 16:00 GMT. He died at the scene.\n\nIt comes as the UK continues to feel the after-effects of the storm which brought flooding and severe gales.\n\nTrains, flights and motorists face further disruption, while many flood warnings remain in place.\n\nYellow weather warnings for snow, ice and wind are also in force for large swathes of Scotland, Northern Ireland and the north of England until 12:00 GMT on Wednesday.\n\nForecasters said some areas could see blizzards and up to 20cm (8in) of snow.\n\nHampshire Police released a statement on Monday saying a 58-year-old man died after a tree fell on the Mercedes he was driving from Winchester to Micheldever.\n\n\"His next of kin have been informed and are being supported by specialist officers,\" the statement added.\n\nMore than 500 properties are believed to have been flooded during Storm Ciara, with that number expected to increase as more information is collected, Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers said.\n\nShe added that between 40 and 80cm of rain had fallen within 24 hours across much of northern England.\n\nMs Villiers said the government would provide \"significant financial support\" for the areas affected by flooding.\n\nEarlier, Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick activated the government's emergency Bellwin scheme for areas of West Yorkshire, Cumbria and Lancashire, which allows for funding to be activated.\n\nElsewhere, wintry conditions have swept across Scotland, with many roads being affected by snow.\n\nFour people had to be rescued near the summit of Ben Nevis, in the Scottish Highlands, after getting caught in blizzards.\n\nForecasters said that the snow and high winds would bring blizzards to many parts of Scotland on Tuesday.\n\nIn north Wales, cars were trapped after roads became impassable because of heavy snow.\n\nConditions on the A4212 between Bala and Trawnsfynydd in Gwynedd caused people to abandon their journeys\n\nNorth Wales Police said snow ploughs and gritters are being deployed and that people leaving their cars were putting their lives at risk.\n\nMeanwhile, homes were evacuated in Brentwood, Essex, in the early hours of Monday after a car fell into a sinkhole on a residential road.\n\nFirefighters were called to this residential street in Essex in the early hours of Monday morning\n\nThe town of Appleby-in-Westmorland, in Cumbria, was one of those severely hit by flooding\n\nThe clean-up operation is also taking place in Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire\n\nSome areas experienced a month-and-a-half's worth of rainfall and gusts of 97mph on Sunday, resulting in flooding and power cuts for more than half a million households.\n\nEngineers have managed to restore electricity to the vast majority of homes but more than 20,000 properties across east and south-east England and north Wales spent Sunday night without power.\n\nUK Power Networks said by Monday evening electricity had been restored to 99% of the 353,000 homes and businesses that experienced outages because of the storm.\n\nTrees continue to cause problems for the trains - this blocked the line between Dorking and Horsham on Monday morning\n\nThe River Ouse in York was one of the rivers which burst its banks\n\nA sinkhole opened up in Belfield, Greater Manchester, following the storm\n\nFlooding and debris also caused problems for rail passengers, with disruption expected to continue on Tuesday.\n\nOn Monday, the West Coast Main Line had no trains running north of Preston because of earlier flooding at Carlisle.\n\nAll lines have since reopened at Carlisle but Avanti West Coast warned some trains may still be cancelled or delayed.\n\nImpact so far of Storm Ciara\n• None 24 hours’ rainfall in parts of UK, equivalent to that of1.5 months\n\nAirlines operating to and from UK airports were also affected, with more than 100 flights cancelled.\n\nFerry services between Dover and Calais have also been hit by delays and cancellations.\n\nThere were difficult driving conditions on the A82 and many other roads across Scotland\n\nParts of the Cambrian rail line in Wales are under water\n\nA stand at Wisbech Town Football Club in Cambridgeshire buckled in the strong winds\n\nForecasters are expecting the unsettled weather to last further into the week.\n\n\"While Storm Ciara is clearing away, that doesn't mean we're entering a quieter period of weather,\" said Met Office meteorologist Alex Burkill.\n\n\"We have got colder air coming through the UK and will be feeling a real drop in temperatures, with an increased risk of snow in northern parts of the UK and likely in Scotland.\n\n\"There could be up to 20cm (8in) on Tuesday and with strong winds, blizzards aren't out of the question.\"\n\nHave you been affected by Storm Ciara? 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:", "Detectives say it is still unclear why Babacar Diagne was attacked\n\nA 15-year-old girl has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder over the death of a teenage boy.\n\nBabacar Diagne, 15, was found on grassland in Wood End, Coventry, on Wednesday. He had been stabbed multiple times, a post-mortem examination found.\n\nThe girl was arrested just before 10:30 GMT and taken into custody to be questioned, West Midlands Police said.\n\nPolice have been granted court orders giving them more time to question two boys aged 15 on suspicion of murder.\n\nBabacar was found off Petitor Crescent, at about 19:00 GMT and declared dead by emergency crews.\n\nA vigil was held at a community centre on Thursday night\n\n\"The reason behind the attack still remains unclear, but homicide detectives are working on a number of possible motives,\" the force said.\n\nAppealing for witnesses, Det Ch Insp Scott Griffiths, who is leading the investigation, said: \"We've made fantastic progress on the case but my team will continue to work around the clock until we are satisfied we have caught everyone involved in this awful attack.\n\n\"The people responsible do not deserve protection. They have killed a child and we all collectively need to make a stand to show this is not acceptable.\"\n\nSeven other people who were arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender have been released under investigation.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Prominent companies have cut ties with the prince's scheme\n\nPitch@Palace, a Dragons' Den-type mentoring network set up by Prince Andrew, has appeared to further distance itself from its royal founder.\n\nThe company, owned by the prince, had already moved from its Buckingham Palace base into new office space.\n\nNow, the initiative has removed mention of the prince's name from its website.\n\nProminent supporters turned their backs on Pitch@Palace after revelations about the prince's friendship with disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein.\n\nBarclays, Standard Chartered and KPMG all cut ties after a BBC Newsnight interview about the royal's relationship with the late sex offender.\n\nThe scheme connects start-up firms, often in the technology sector, with potential investors.\n\nUntil recently, its website welcomed visitors with the words: \"The Duke of York founded Pitch@Palace to provide a platform to amplify and accelerate the work of entrepreneurs.\"\n\nBut as first reported in the Telegraph, that message has now been replaced with a note saying that Pitch@Palace is taking the first part of 2020 to \"refresh the brand\".\n\nSome, but not all, pictures of Prince Andrew have also been removed from the website.\n\nThe UK arm of Pitch@Palace is currently being wound up but its global operations remain active. It is not known whether the prince will play an active role in the initiative going forward.\n\nThe prince appears at an event for Pitch@Palace\n\nIn November, the duke announced that he would step back from royal duties because the Epstein scandal had become a \"major disruption\" to the Royal Family.\n\nIt followed an interview with Newsnight in which he said that he did not regret his friendship with Epstein, despite the late financier having been convicted of soliciting an underage girl for prostitution in 2008.\n\nThe prince did, however, say he regretted visiting Epstein at his Florida home in 2010.\n\nVirginia Giuffre, one of Epstein's accusers, says she was trafficked to London by Epstein in 2001, when she was 17, and forced to have sex with Prince Andrew.\n\nPrince Andrew emphatically denies any form of sexual contact or relationship with her and says any claim to the contrary is false and without foundation.\n\nHe said he has no recollection of ever meeting Ms Giuffre, who was previously known as Virginia Roberts.\n\nHe has since been criticised by the US prosecutor in charge of the investigation who said the prince had provided \"zero co-operation\" to the Epstein investigators.\n\nBuckingham Palace said the prince's legal team was dealing with the issue and that it would not be commenting further.", "Experts are hailing a British Airways flight as the fastest subsonic New York to London journey.\n\nThe Boeing 747-436 reached speeds of 825 mph (1,327 km/h) as it rode a jet stream accelerated by Storm Ciara.\n\nThe four hours and 56 minutes flight arrived at Heathrow Airport 80 minutes ahead of schedule on Sunday morning.\n\nAccording to Flightradar24, an online flight tracking service, it beat a previous five hours 13 minutes record held by Norwegian.\n\nThe BBC has been unable to independently verify the record as no complete database of flight times was available.\n\nAviation consultant and former BA pilot Alastair Rosenschein said the aeroplane reached a \"phenomenal speed\".\n\n\"The pilot will have sat their aircraft in the core of the jet stream and at this time of year it's quite strong.\n\n\"Turbulence in those jet streams can be quite severe, but you can also find it can be a very smooth journey.\"\n\nThe jet stream reached speeds of 260 mph (418 km/h) on Sunday morning, according to BBC Weather.\n\nDespite travelling faster than the speed of sound the plane would not have broken the sonic barrier as it was helped along by fast-moving air.\n\nRelative to the air, the plane was travelling slower than 801mph.\n\nModern passenger planes usually travel at about 85% the speed of sound, according to Mr Rosenschein.\n\nBritish Airways said: \"We always prioritise safety over speed records.\n\n\"Our highly-trained pilots made the most of the conditions to get customers back to London well ahead of time.\"\n\nThe fastest transatlantic civilian crossing belongs to BA Concorde, which flew from New York to London in two hours 52 minutes and 59 seconds in 1996 - hitting a top speed of 1,350 mph.", "Singer-songwriter Janelle Monae kicked off the ceremony with a performance of A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood, the title song from the film of the same name. The film stars Tom Hanks, who was nominated for best supporting actor.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Emergency crews were called to the scene in the early hours\n\nA car has fallen into a sinkhole in Essex and six homes have had to be evacuated due to \"unstable ground\".\n\nThe Toyota Prius became trapped in Hatch Road, Pilgrims Hatch, Brentwood, after the collapse early on Monday.\n\nThe fire service said there had been reports a sewer had partially collapsed but the exact cause of the sinkhole is not yet known.\n\nFire crews worked for more than two hours at the scene before handing over to Anglian Water.\n\nGordon Humphrey, who lives next to the sinkhole, said his wife heard a \"bang\" and then they saw the car.\n\n\"You could hear the water bubbling, see the tail lights and there was a smell of gas,\" the 60-year-old said.\n\nAnglian Water said it was working with utilities companies and the police\n\nIt has not yet been confirmed whether the vehicle was moving at the time, or if anyone was inside.\n\nAn Anglian Water spokesman said crews were investigating, adding: \"We are working with other utilities [water and gas] plus the local police to assess if any of our pipes have been damaged.\n\nResident Mr Humphrey said he saw someone, who he did not think was the driver, in the front of the car with water up to the seats \"trying to find something\".\n\n\"He said his mate was in shock,\" Mr Humphrey added.\n\nStephanie Lloyd, who also lives nearby, said she was woken at about 02:00 GMT by flashing lights from the emergency vehicles.\n\nShe said at first \"all we could see was the back of that car so it look like it had been cut in half\" before being told by a firefighter it was a sinkhole.\n\nA number of homes have also been evacuated following the collapse\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "\"The problem really in the east of England is loss of power.\n\n\"UK Power Networks says yesterday, across the south east and east of England, 324,000 homes and businesses lost power during the peak of the storm.\n\n\"Ninety-one percent of those have since been reconnected.\n\n\"I am looking over a water meadow at the moment as staff in a cherry picker from UK Power Networks try to reconnect the village of Grundisburgh [in Suffolk], where about 120 properties are affected.\n\n\"At the peak of the storm in Suffolk, 20,000 people were left without power. That's now down to about 3,200 in Norfolk, about 3,500 homes (in the region) still without power.\n\n\"A number of schools in Suffolk have had to shut this morning.\n\n\"I visited an old peoples' home near Sudbury this morning, where they have been without power for about 24 hours.\n\n\"They had to bring residents into one room and keep them warm under blankets and keep them fed with takeaway food.\n\n\"So it's an ongoing project here to get people reconnected and they hope to have most people back on hopefully by this evening.\"", "The win has been hailed as a \"historic moment\" by the South Korean community\n\nThrilled South Koreans are celebrating the best picture win for Parasite at this year's Oscars.\n\nThe comedy-thriller film directed by Bong Joon-ho is the first non-English language film to win best picture.\n\n\"Can't believe I am hearing Korean language at the Oscars,\" said a user on the South Korean web platform Naver.\n\nThe film, a vicious social satire about two families from very different classes, also won three other awards - including best international feature.\n\nMany of the comments online focused on the director.\n\nOn Naver, the most searched term was \"Bong Joon-ho\", as more and more South Koreans celebrated the \"historic victory\".\n\n\"Congratulations Mr Bong, you are South Korea's pride,\" said one user. Another observed that \"Korean films, dramas and music have taken over the globe\".\n\nSouth Korean President Moon Jae-in was also quick to join in, tweeting that he was thankful to Bong for giving \"pride and courage\" to the country's people.\n\nParasite is a vicious social satire about two families from very different classes\n\n\"An amusing yet sad movie, Parasite also conveys social messages in a novel, outstanding and successful way,\" President Moon said. \"It reminds us of how touching and powerful a movie can be.\"\n\nHe also promised that the government \"will stand with those in the film industry so that they can stretch their imagination to the fullest\".\n\nMeanwhile, Bong paid tribute to his country in his speech saying: \"We never write to represent our country, but this is very personal to South Korea.\"\n\nHe added that he was \"very ready to drink tonight until next morning\".\n\nJeongmin Kim, Seoul correspondent for NK News, responded with: \"Okay we should all really break out all the soju and makgeolli [Korean alcoholic drinks] to celebrate with Bong.\"\n\nKorean pride was also in full flow, even spilling on to Twitter, which is more commonly used by South Koreans overseas.\n\n\"I am proud to be Korean,\" said one comment - while another user said they \"screamed so hard my throat hurts\".\n\nOne person said hearing so much Korean on stage had turned them into \"mess\". And the actress Sandra Oh - star of Grey's Anatomy and Killing Eve - said she was \"so so proud to be Korean\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Sandra Oh This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and 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 Sandra Oh\n\nMany people also pointed out how significant it was that an Asian movie became a major success at the Academy Awards.\n\n\"Watching Bong Joon-ho winning the #Oscars with a non-English film is an incredibly empowering experience for Asians, esp. those who work in creative fields,\" Jun Michael Park wrote on Twitter.\n\n\"Not only do we have to work extra hard for representation, but we also have to fight with our families to pursue our paths.\"\n\nThe government in the South Korean capital Seoul was also quick to react, sending a tweet advertising the filming locations.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Seoul Government This article contains content provided by Twitter. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMany cinemas across South Korea have decided to screen the 2019 film again, starting Monday evening.\n\nParasite has already won a string of awards including the Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film festival and at the Bafta.\n\nBong's previous films include Snowpiercer and Okja, a film about a girl who raises a genetically modified superpig.", "When 59-year-old Ashley was in hospital with appendicitis, neither Ashley nor the doctors considered HIV.\n\n\"They said there's nothing wrong with you, you've had a virus - not knowing that I'd still got the biggest virus you could possibly get,\" Ashley recalls.\n\nAshley was diagnosed with HIV three years ago, after having unprotected sex.\n\nBut the late diagnosis meant the virus had already started to damage Ashley's immune system.\n\n\"It was pretty much touch and go.\"\n\nAshley's experience isn't unusual - six out of 10 over-50s with HIV received a late diagnosis in 2018, according to figures from Public Health England (PHE).\n\nHealth professionals and charities say both the stigma and misconception that older people are not sexually active means symptoms are not always picked up.\n\n\"Over-50s, people who've come out of divorce, or marriage, they think they're safe,\" Ashley says.\n\n\"Because nobody can get pregnant anymore, 'there's no danger'.\n\n\"Because 'those illnesses are for young people'. But they're not, they're for everybody.\"\n\nFigures obtained by the Victoria Derbyshire programme from PHE show rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the over-45s have increased by about a third in the past five years.\n\nNorah O'Brien, a sexual health expert from PHE, says older people themselves often don't perceive themselves to be at risk.\n\nIt is a view echoed by 63-year-old Karen Norton, who contracted HIV a number of years ago in Africa.\n\n\"The majority of us all believe we're invincible and it'll never happen to us,\" she says.\n\n\"Professionals sort of assume that an over 50-year-old wouldn't have this illness.\n\n\"It's an assumption that I think is generally something we all make about over 50-year-olds.\n\n\"You don't really like to think of your mother or father having this - but it's so possible.\"\n\nKaren took a long time to open up about her diagnosis, fearing she would be judged.\n\n\"You feel as if you're carrying a dirty secret that you have to hide,\" she says.\n\n\"If you have unprotected sex then it can happen to you. I'm a living example.\"\n\nLast month, figures showed the number of people diagnosed with HIV in the UK had dropped substantially since 2012 - particularly among gay and bisexual men.\n\nIn response, the Terrence Higgins Trust said a focus was now needed beyond communities stereotypically associated with HIV.\n\nAled Osborne, from Brigstowe, which is a Bristol-based charity supporting people affected by HIV, says those in the over-50s bracket may wrongly believe HIV is a \"gay disease\".\n\nOlder people still remember the HIV/Aids campaigns of the 80s and 90s, he says, and they haven't necessarily received correct information since.\n\n\"Living with HIV now is not the death sentence it was in the 80s and 90s. We have effective treatment,\" he said.\n\n\"People living with HIV who are on effective treatment cannot pass the virus on.\"\n\nThe life expectancy of those prescribed anti-retroviral drugs at an early stage is in line with that of the general population.\n\nBut late-stage infections have more than a tenfold increased risk of death in the year following diagnosis compared with those who are diagnosed early and begin treatment immediately.\n\nAshley has struggled with the late diagnosis.\n\n\"I didn't mind being HIV positive. I don't mind it at all. But it was just that delay - that they didn't find it,\" Ashley says.\n\n\"It was so long… and the damage done to my body - I'm a little bit bitter about.\"\n\nFollow the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme on Facebook and Twitter - and see more of our stories here.", "Debbie Douglas - who was instrumental in getting the independent inquiry into disgraced surgeon Ian Paterson established - said the report’s recommendations “must be implemented”.\n\nShe said: \"This was important for the people that have died to be heard because without any exaggeration there are so many unnecessary deaths.\"\n\nThe inquiry into Paterson's malpractice has recommended the recall of his 11,000 patients for their surgery to be assessed.\n\nPaterson is serving a 20-year jail term for 17 counts of wounding with intent.\n\nOne of Paterson's colleagues has been referred to police and five more to health watchdogs by the inquiry.", "Micheál Martin jumps in first and said the mistake is that he must stand out against the herd.\n\nMary Lou McDonald said she has a list of mistakes, including the party's last electoral performance.\n\nLeo Varadkar said he makes mistakes all the time. He said he can be too blunt.", "Paterson is serving a 20-year sentence for wounding patients he treated in the West Midlands\n\nThe deaths of 23 breast cancer patients who had been treated by a disgraced surgeon are being reviewed.\n\nWest Midlands Police has asked Birmingham and Solihull coroner Louise Hunt to look at a \"random selection\" of cases involving Ian Paterson.\n\nIn 2017, he was jailed for 20 years for carrying out unnecessary cancer operations at Spire hospitals.\n\nThe review is looking at whether any patients died of unnatural causes due to \"potentially substandard treatment\".\n\nPaterson, from Altrincham, Greater Manchester, treated hundreds of patients in the private sector at Little Aston and Parkway Hospitals in the West Midlands, run by Spire Healthcare.\n\nHe was jailed after being found guilty of 17 counts of wounding with intent.\n\nIn December, victims said a delay into the findings of an independent inquiry into the breast surgeon were \"disappointing and difficult\".\n\nThe coroner said 23 cases had been \"selected at random to investigate in more detail to try to understand whether the required legal threshold will be met\".\n\n\"The preliminary investigation is to identify whether there is any evidence that gives reason to suspect that any of the former patients of Mr Paterson have died an unnatural death as a result of his potentially substandard treatment,\" a statement said.\n\nIt said the preliminary investigations \"will take some time due to the volume of patients and complexity of the cases\".\n\nThe coroner and police are trying to locate the families of those selected.\n\n\"We understand that this will cause anxiety for a lot of families and we would ask at this stage that families do not contact us,\" the statement said.", "A man has been shot by armed officers in a \"terrorist-related\" incident in Streatham High Road, south London, according to the Met Police.\n\nIt is believed that two other people were injured in the incident at Streatham High Road, police said.\n\nThis footage was filmed by a witness in the moments after armed police shot the man.", "Rush Limbaugh said he would not present his show while he receives treatment\n\nProminent conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh has revealed he has been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer.\n\nThe 69 year old, an influential political commentator in the US, made the surprise announcement during his radio show on Monday.\n\nMr Limbaugh said the diagnosis was confirmed on 20 January after he had suffered from shortness of breath.\n\nThe veteran broadcaster said he would not present his show while he receives treatment.\n\nMr Limbaugh told his audience he hoped to be back hosting his long-time programme, The Rush Limbaugh Show, later in the week.\n\n\"I have to tell you something today that I wish I didn't have to tell you,\" Mr Limbaugh told his listeners at the end of the show.\n\n\"It's a struggle for me because I had to inform my staff earlier today. I can't help but feel that I'm letting everybody down with this. The upshot is that I have been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer.\"\n\nThe radio personality's producer commented on the announcement in an emotional 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 by Bo Snerdley This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 Limbaugh's show, which first aired 31 years ago, attracts around 27 million listeners each week. A self-described conservative, Mr Limbaugh has drawn support from US President Donald Trump and other Republican Party figures.\n\nOn his show, he has been known to lambast Democrats and strongly opposed Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential election.\n\nLast month, the host had signed a new long-term contract with Premiere Radio Networks, the company that syndicates his show.\n\n\"Rush is both a colleague and a dear friend, and I know he will handle the situation with courage and grace,\" said Rich Bressler, the president of Premiere's parent company, iHeartMedia. \"I know millions of people nationwide join me and all of iHeart in wishing him a full recovery.\"\n\nMr Limbaugh has been consistently supportive of Donald Trump\n\nPresident Trump announced Mr Limbaugh's new deal with Premier at a rally in Miami.\n\n\"We have great people. Rush just signed another four-year contract,\" Mr Trump said. \"He just wants four more years, OK?\"", "At least 20 former Jehovah's Witnesses are suing the group over historical sexual abuse they say they suffered.\n\nThe group has a policy of not punishing alleged child sex abuse unless a second person, alongside the accuser, has witnessed it - or an abuser confesses.\n\nIt says its elders \"comply with child-abuse reporting laws even if there is only one witness\", though, and always tell police if a child is in danger.\n\nBut one former elder said it had been failing to involve the authorities.\n\nJohn Viney said his abuser had gone on to abuse other children\n\nJohn Viney, who says he was abused between the ages of nine and 13, by \"a distant family member who was an active Jehovah's Witness\", added children were still being abused and the religious organisation was \"inadvertently\" protecting their abusers.\n\n\"The way that Jehovah's Witnesses handle matters within the congregation, it's a closed shop,\" he told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme.\n\n\"I know for a fact now that there are parents that haven't done anything about the abuse of their children by others because they don't want to bring reproach on Jehovah's name.\"\n\nMr Viney's own daughter, Karen, was abused as a child - and has since spoken out about it publicly.\n\nBut when she left the organisation, Mr Viney disowned her - something he has regretted ever since.\n\n\"When I was an elder and a dad, I put being an elder absolutely first,\" he said. \"And that was a mistake.\"\n\nMr Viney said he had eventually reported his own abuser to the police, in 2019, after years of being too \"ashamed\", only to be told the man had gone on to abuse other children and died in prison.\n\n\"What would have happened if I had had the courage and common sense to come forward [at the time]?\" he said.\n\nThomas Beale, a solicitor representing some of the former members, said they had decided to seek compensation after asking the group for an apology only to find it \"denying what has happened or refusing to engage\".\n\nThose taking the legal action say the organisation is \"vicariously liable\" for the abuse they say they suffered. Some claim it was negligent.\n\nIf you have had a similar experience, and would like to share your story, contact the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme by emailing victoria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nInformation and support for those affected by sexual abuse can be found on the BBC's Action Line page.\n\nOne woman, Emma - not her real name - said after she had been abused she had been visited by elders who had repeated scripture \"about why we should keep it in-house, not follow the laws of the land\".\n\nAnd she had been asked to recount explicit details, with the elders \"glaring at me\".\n\nSeveral former members have also told BBC News they were made to discuss their allegations with elders at a \"judicial committee\", while their alleged abuser sat next to them.\n\nEmma's abuser was jailed for two years.\n\nBut, she said, following his release, he had been welcomed back into the organisation.\n\nLabour MP Sarah Champion said elders in the Jehovah's Witnesses felt child abuse should be dealt with \"internally\" within the group\n\nLabour's Sarah Champion, the chair of a cross-party group of MPs looking at adults who experienced child sexual abuse, said she had \"very serious concerns\" about a convicted child abuser being allowed \"back into a community where they have access to vulnerable people\".\n\nShe said she had met elders who \"believe that there is more than enough safeguarding in place... [but] couldn't think of an example when they would go to the police about their concerns\".\n\nAnd the group saw child abuse as \"a sin that they need to deal with internally\".\n\n\"That's really concerning to me,\" she added.\n\nThe Charity Commission has been investigating the Jehovah's Witnesses organisation since 2013.\n\nA spokeswoman said the inquiry remained ongoing, but would not comment further.\n\nA Jehovah's Witnesses spokesman said: \"The only way that a child abuser can gain access to children in a religious organisation like ours, which does not have any programmes that separate children from their parents, is through parents themselves.\"\n\nHe said that for \"decades\", the organisation had educated parents \"about the dangers of child abuse and how they can protect their children\" and parents and victims were informed they had the right to report the matter to the authorities.\n\n\"If a congregant has been guilty of child sexual abuse, our elders inform parents with minors so that they can take measures to protect their children,\" he added.\n\nFollow the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme on Facebook and Twitter - and see more of our stories here.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rosa (not her real name) was the first person Sudesh Amman attacked – this is her story\n\nA woman has told how the Streatham attacker tried to stab her but failed because he \"didn't realise the knife still had plastic packaging on\".\n\nRosa, not her real name, was in a shop in Streatham High Road on Sunday when Sudesh Amman, 20, launched his attack.\n\nAfter running from the shop, Amman went on to stab two others on the south London street in scenes she described as \"like a movie\".\n\nHe was shot dead one minute later, by police who had been watching him.\n\nRosa said the experience was \"horrific\", adding: \"Someone could have killed me when I was just going out to the shop.\"\n\nSpeaking in Spanish in an interview translated by BBC News, Rosa, who is originally from the Dominican Republic, said she had been in a corner shop for about five minutes when \"the man came in... who hurt the other people\".\n\nShe told the BBC's Lucy Manning: \"He came in and took a knife and he looked like he was leaving the shop. The owner thought he was going to stop by the cashier to pay.\n\n\"But... he pushed me, he tried to open and remove the plastic packaging from the knife but he didn't manage.\n\n\"He pushed and he stabbed me but the knife was still covered with plastic.\"\n\nAmman, who had previously been convicted of terror offences, was seen entering a shop in Streatham High Road shortly before 14:00 GMT on Sunday.\n\nOnce outside the shop he attacked two people before he was fatally shot by police - who had had him under surveillance.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nRosa, 36, told how Amman ran from the shop after attacking her.\n\n\"There was a woman just there removing the lock from her bike. He stabbed her in the back on the right-hand side,\" she said.\n\nShe went on to describe how Amman \"went up the road shouting\" before stabbing a man further up the road.\n\n\"I spent 15 to 20 minutes in hell,\" she said, adding that the attack was \"very quick, like in a movie\".\n\nAmman wore an imitation suicide belt during the incident. He had been released from prison about a week ago after serving half of a sentence for terror offences, and was under police surveillance.\n\nRosa said she has not been able to sleep since Sunday. \"It's hard even to think about it,\" she said.\n\n\"It's really scary that you can die from one day to the next.\n\n\"I have to go to work and walk around the streets... this is something that stays with you. It's a really bad trauma.\n\n\"You don't have any enemies and suddenly someone tries to kill you just like that, just because it satisfies them. It's horrific.\"\n\nWhen the attack was over Rosa said she returned to her flat nearby, and \"gave my mum a hug, my daughter and my granddaughter. It is God's miracle that I am alive\".\n\nSunday's attack was the second by men convicted of terror offences in recent months.\n\nIn November, two people were killed near London Bridge by Usman Khan, who was out on licence from prison.\n\nOn Monday, the government said it would introduce emergency legislation to end the automatic early release from prison of terror offenders.\n\nThree people were taken to hospital following the attack in Streatham.\n\nOne of the victims has been named as 51-year-old nursery school teacher Monika Luftner.\n\nNursery school teacher Monika Luftner is recovering after being stabbed by Sudesh Amman\n\nMrs Luftner, a teacher at St Bede's Catholic Infant and Nursery School in Balham, is recovering at home with her partner.\n\nIn a statement, the school said she was making \"a good recovery\" and asked that her privacy be respected.\n\nPolice said the condition of the second stabbing victim - a man in his 40s - was initially considered life-threatening, but he is now in a serious but stable condition.\n\nA woman in her 20s received minor injuries - believed to have been caused by glass following the police shooting - and has been discharged from hospital.\n\nThere are 224 people convicted of terrorism offences in prison in Great Britain, most of whom must be released at the end of their custodial sentence.\n\nOn Monday, Justice Secretary Robert Buckland said the government planned to change the law so terror offenders would be considered for release only once they had served two-thirds of their sentence and with the approval of the Parole Board - rather than half-way through, automatically.\n\nThe law change would apply to both current and future offenders, he said.\n\nThe government has also said it will consider making new legislation to ensure extremists are more closely monitored on release and review whether the current maximum sentences for terrorist offences are sufficient.\n\nThe Streatham attack comes after convicted terrorist Khan 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\nThis prompted a raft of measures to be proposed by the Home Office in January.", "Two cancers which are among the hardest to treat and have very low survival rates are to be the focus of pioneering research at Queen's University Belfast.\n\nThe five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer in Northern Ireland is 4.9% and for oesophageal cancer is 18.6%.\n\nIn England, the statistics are 6.9% and approximately 15%.\n\nCancer survivor Paul Fox said only research will help us beat cancer, or at least learn to live with it.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Cancer survivor Paul Fox says he is \"living beyond cancer\"\n\nThe 47-year-old, from County Down, was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in July 2018.\n\nIt was detected early and having received treatment, three cycles of chemotherapy, he told BBC News NI that he is well on the road to recovery.\n\n\"I am very much living beyond cancer. I urge people particularly men to respond to symptoms, to seek help. It is actually being man enough,\" he said.\n\nOn this World Cancer Day, Cancer Focus Northern Ireland announced a £300,000 investment in pioneering research at Queen's University Belfast.\n\nThe new project will study pancreatic and oesophageal cancers.\n\nRoisin Foster, chief executive of Cancer Focus NI, said: \"We know that as people live longer, the incidence of cancer is rising and one in two of us can expect to get a diagnosis in our lifetime.\"\n\nDr Richard Turkington, oncologist and cancer researcher at Queen's, who is leading the research, said the \"pioneering\" new project aims to determine how immunotherapy can successfully treat pancreatic and oesophageal cancers.\n\n\"[These] are two cancers which at present are hard to treat and have very low survival rates,\" he said.\n\nImmunotherapy works by overcoming cancer cells' ability to hide from the body's immune system. It allows a patient's immune defences to identify and destroy cancer cells, but does not always work for everyone.\n\nDr Turkington explained: \"The outlook for these patients has remained unchanged for decades partly due to lack of research and investment.\n\n\"Our researchers will work to understand why most pancreatic and oesophageal types of cancers are resistant to immunotherapy and identify which drugs can be used to help overcome this resistance so patients will respond positively to the treatment.\n\n\"Immunotherapy has transformed the outlook for specific cancers, such as lung cancer and malignant melanoma, previously thought to be relatively untreatable.\n\n\"We believe the same revolution can occur for oesophageal and pancreatic cancers.\n\n\"This new work will enable us to drive forward a new era of treatment. If successful it has the potential to save lives both here and across the world.\"", "Ian Paterson is serving a 20-year jail term for 17 counts of wounding with intent\n\nShipman, Mid Staffordshire, Morecambe Bay, and now Ian Paterson, the breast surgeon that performed botched and unnecessary operations on hundreds of women.\n\nThe list of NHS-related scandals has got longer. It's tempting to say the health service has not learned lessons even after a string of revelations and reviews. But is that fair?\n\nThe important point to make about Paterson, the rogue surgeon and the scandal which could have harmed more than 1,000 patients, is that it involved the private sector even more than the NHS.\n\nThe inquiry, chaired by Bishop Graham James, makes clear there were failings at every level of a dysfunctional health system when it came to patient safety.\n\nThe public and private health systems did not compare notes about suspicious behaviour by a consultant.\n\nStaff working with Paterson thought that his surgical methods were unusual but, perhaps cowed by being ignored after raising concerns, kept their heads down.\n\nAdd to that the power and status of a surgeon in the medical world and, in the words of the report, Paterson was \"hiding in plain sight\".\n\nSo could it happen again?\n\nThe bishop says it's clearly impossible to eliminate the activities of determined criminals in any profession.\n\nHe acknowledges that some improvements have been made on policing.\n\nBut he says that a decade on from the Paterson scandal, he is not convinced that medical regulators, with a combined budget of half a billion pounds a year, are doing enough collectively or collaboratively to make the system safe for patients.\n\nAnd that is the case, he believes, even after the former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt pledged to prioritise patient safety in England and set up a specialist health investigations unit to probe major safety breaches.\n\nThe General Medical Council (GMC), which regulates doctors, offered an apology to patients who were let down and said a system-wide approach was needed to build on safeguards set up after the Paterson scandal.\n\nThere was an acknowledgment that more had to be done and regulators needed to work more closely together to protect patients.\n\nThe Care Quality Commission, the Nursing and Midwifery Council and the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care are other watchdogs mentioned in the report.\n\nThe review chair notes tellingly that while regulators spoke of major improvements which should identify another Paterson, some doctors and nurses had told the inquiry that it was \"entirely possible that something similar could happen now\".\n\nIt's worth remembering that the NHS was ranked top in a comparison of 11 countries by the US think tank the Commonwealth Fund in 2017.\n\nThe report praised the UK health service for the safety of its care and systems to prevent ill health.\n\nNearly 17 million patients per year are admitted to hospitals in England for some sort of procedure or operation. Much of NHS care is first rate.\n\nThe fact that the NHS and the private sector are jointly held responsible for failings over Paterson is a reminder that the health service is not intrinsically less safe than independent providers. Far from it.\n\nThe review goes as far as to suggest that if private hospitals lag behind the NHS in implementing the report's recommendations there should be no more state funding of treatment in the independent sector.\n\nThis is ultimately a question of trust in health professionals wherever they work.", "The horror writer is a big user of social media\n\nNovelist Stephen King has quit Facebook, saying he was uncomfortable with the \"flood of false information allowed in its political advertising\".\n\nHe also said he was not confident the social network was protecting \"users' privacy\".\n\nHe made the announcement on Twitter, where he has 5.6 million followers.\n\nOther high-profile users to quit include Star Wars actor Mark Hamill, comedian Will Ferrell, musician Cher and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak\n\nMr King's tweet, which had been liked more than 250,000 times at the time of writing, added that users could continue to follow him and his dog Molly on Twitter.\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\nActor Jim Carrey, who left in 2018, also sold his Facebook stock, citing the fact that the firm had profited from Russian interference in the 2016 US election.\n\nFacebook's decision not to change the way it fact-checked political adverts has proved controversial with many.\n\nIt has argued that it is not right for private companies to censor politicians and called for government regulation to deal with the issue.\n\nBy contrast, Twitter announced in October that it would ban all political advertising, with founder Jack Dorsey saying that it was not possible to be working to stop the spread of information while at the same time allowing someone who had paid the platform to \"say whatever they want\".\n\nIt is estimated that US political parties will spend about $6bn (£4.6bn) on advertising in the run-up to the 2020 elections. According to research firm Kantar about 20% of this will be digital.\n\nFacebook has said that political adverts are not a major revenue stream for it - less than 0.5% according to founder Mark Zuckerberg.\n\nHowever, the firm has faced pressure to change its mind - Hillary Clinton was among politicians to praise Twitter's decision and ask Facebook why it was not doing the same.\n\nAfter the UK's recent general election, the Coalition for Reform in Political Advertising said that there had been a flood of fake news and disinformation.", "The RHI scheme brought Stormont's institutions to collapse in January 2017\n\nThe report into the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (RHI), which led to the collapse of devolution in 2017, will be published on Friday 13 March.\n\nThe inquiry chairman, Sir Patrick Coghlin, will make a statement in the Long Gallery, Parliament Buildings in Belfast.\n\nThe scheme was set up to encourage the use of renewable energy sources, but it closed in 2016 after concerns were raised about cost controls.\n\nThe inquiry was established in 2017.\n\nMajor flaws in the set-up and implementation of the scheme meant it effectively encouraged individuals and businesses to burn more fuel to earn more money.\n\nIt became known as the \"cash-for-ash\" scandal and the scheme risked going vastly over budget, with fears the overspend could reach as much as £700m over 20 years.\n\nThe inquiry panel is made of up of Sir Patrick Coghlin (centre), Dame Una O'Brien and Dr Keith MacLean\n\nThe scheme was shut in 2016 and deep cuts in subsidies introduced in 2017 and 2019 brought it within budget.\n\nA top civil servant has since told MPs that the overspend figure had actually been just over £33m before the measures to curb spending were introduced.\n\nSince the scheme was closed to new entrants, available cash has been handed back to the treasury. The sum was £25m this year and if no replacement scheme is established, almost £400m would be returned over the remaining lifetime of the scheme.\n\nThree years after it was established the Renewable Heat Inquiry will issue its report next month.\n\nThe Chairman Sir Patrick Coghlin, has chosen Stormont, where the political institutions collapsed in the wake of the scandal.\n\nIt will address several important questions:\n\nThe contents will be eagerly anticipated and pored over to see whether three years on, they have any political ramifications.\n\nThe scheme ultimately led to the collapse of power sharing at Stormont in January 2017 when Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness resigned as deputy first minister in protest at the DUP's handling of the scandal.\n\nThe scheme was run by Stormont's Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (Deti), which later became the Department for the Economy (DfE).\n\nThe ministers in office during the creation and implementation of the scheme were the DUP's Arlene Foster and Jonathan Bell.", "The new coronavirus \"will be with us for at least some months to come\", Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said.\n\nHe told the House of Commons that the number of new cases worldwide was \"doubling every five days\" and dealing with it was \"a marathon, not a sprint\".\n\nA second evacuation flight for British nationals arrived back in the UK on Sunday from Wuhan in China.\n\nOne of the 11 passengers was taken to hospital for tests after feeling unwell, but later said he felt \"fine\".\n\nThere have so far been more than 17,000 confirmed cases of the virus in China. Some 361 people have died there.\n\nOutside China, there are more than 150 confirmed cases of the virus - and one death, in the Philippines.\n\nThere have been two confirmed cases of the virus in the UK, where two Chinese nationals - a University of York student and one of their relatives - are being treated in the specialist infectious diseases unit at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary.\n\nThe UK authorities have so far overseen two evacuation flights of UK nationals from China.\n\nThe first group arrived in the UK on Friday and are spending two weeks in quarantine in two apartment blocks normally used to house nurses.\n\nThe second group landed at RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, on Sunday evening, after returning from Wuhan - the centre of the outbreak - via Marseille, in France.\n\nPassenger Anthony May-Smith, who was on the second flight, told Sky News he was put into isolation after landing because of a cough and sore throat and was waiting for test results to come back on Tuesday.\n\nHe added: \"I feel fine now, I think it's probably the stress of getting back and being run down more than anything.\"\n\nMr May-Smith is being looked after in Oxford, while the other 10 passengers were taken to Arrowe Park Hospital in Wirral, joining 83 other people evacuated last week.\n\nA Wirral Council statement said: \"None of the other new arrivals have shown any symptoms, but as a precautionary measure they were allocated rooms in a separate area of the facility, isolated from those already there.\"\n\nThe virus can cause severe acute respiratory infection and symptoms seem to start with a fever, followed by a dry cough.\n\nA British man living in Wuhan has told how he recovered from the virus and plans to stay in the Chinese city.\n\nTeacher Connor Reed, 25, from Llandudno in north Wales, contracted the virus last December but initially thought it was a cold.\n\n\"It sounded like I was breathing through a paper bag. And it was at that point that I thought, OK this is serious,\" he told BBC Radio 4's PM programme.\n\n\"I went to the hospital and they did a whole manner of tests over the course of two days.\n\n\"Once the results came back they said, 'yes you've got an infection and you should go home and rest'. And they gave me a Ventolin inhaler which worked really, really well.\"\n\nMr Reed said he planned to stay in Wuhan despite agreeing that it looked like a ghost town\n\n\"I consciously decided to stay just because I think it's the right thing to do,\" he added.\n\nMr Hancock told the Commons that analysis from Public Health England of the two cases in the UK suggested the virus had not evolved in the last month.\n\nHe said that if the situation in the UK was to get \"much more serious\", there were 50 \"highly specialist beds\" available and a further 500 beds available for isolation.\n\nThe Department of Health said that as of Monday afternoon a total of 324 people had tested negative from 326 tests in the UK.\n\nThe British embassy in Beijing tweeted on Monday that it was working hard to get seats for British nationals on a number of new flights this week out of Hubei province, where the virus originated.\n\nThe statement said they \"may be the last flights for foreign nationals out of Hubei\" and urged any British nationals to get in touch if they wanted to travel.\n\nMr Hancock said there were no plans to evacuate all remaining UK nationals in China.\n\n\"There's an estimated 30,000 UK nationals in China, and the proportion of the population who have the virus outside of Wuhan is much lower than in Wuhan itself.\"\n\nHe added that the government had launched a public information campaign setting out how members of the public can help by \"taking simple steps to minimise the risk to themselves and their families\".\n\n\"Washing hands, using tissues when you sneeze, just as you would with flu.\"\n\nAnd, asked if face masks work, Mr Hancock said: \"There are circumstances in which they work, but we are not recommending them for people generally to wear.\n\n\"But, of course, it's a free country.\"\n\nLast week, the risk level to the UK was raised from low to moderate as the World Health Organization declared an international public health emergency.\n\nBut health professionals say the risk to individuals getting the illness in the UK remains \"low\".\n\nThe UK government has donated £20m towards a plan to produce a vaccine to combat the virus.\n\nThe money will go to CEPI - the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations - a global body aiming to fast-track a vaccine within six to eight months.\n\nMeanwhile, China's top leadership has admitted \"shortcomings and deficiencies\" in the country's response to the deadly outbreak.", "The Old Bailey heard the case concerns Hashem Abedi's \"role in perpetrating\" the attack\n\nThe brother of the Manchester Arena bomber was \"just as guilty\" of the murder of the 22 people who died in the attack, his trial has heard.\n\nSalman Abedi detonated a \"large home-made improvised explosive device\" outside an Ariana Grande concert on 22 May 2017.\n\nHis brother Hashem Abedi is standing trial at the Old Bailey over his \"role in perpetrating these terrible events\".\n\nHe denies the murder of 22 people and the attempted murder of others.\n\nHe also denies conspiring with his brother to cause an explosion.\n\nProsecutor Duncan Penny QC said the siblings spent \"months\" planning the attack, which had been \"both sudden and lethal\" and had had \"nearly 1,000 victims\".\n\nHe said in addition to the 22 people - men, women, teenagers and a child - who died, a total of 264 \"were physically injured\" while 670 more had since \"reported psychological trauma as a result of these events\".\n\nTop (left to right): Lisa Lees, Alison Howe, Georgina Callender, Kelly Brewster, John Atkinson, Jane Tweddle, Marcin Klis, Eilidh MacLeod - Middle (left to right): Angelika Klis, Courtney Boyle, Saffie Roussos, Olivia Campbell-Hardy, Martyn Hett, Michelle Kiss, Philip Tron, Elaine McIver - Bottom (left to right): Wendy Fawell, Chloe Rutherford, Liam Allen-Curry, Sorrell Leczkowski, Megan Hurley, Nell Jones\n\nMr Penny said the explosion was the \"culmination of months of planning and preparation\" by the brothers, who had worked together to source chemicals and buy screws and nails to use as \"anti-personnel shrapnel\" in experimental improvised bombs.\n\nHe said they had also obtained an address in Blackley, north Manchester where they could work on the device and bought a Nissan Micra car to use as a \"de-facto storage facility\".\n\nThe court heard the flat was \"not an area the two were used to frequenting\" and had been used as a \"safe address from which to operate without unwanted or uninvited interruption\".\n\nThe resulting bomb was \"detonated in the middle of a crowd in a very public area… to kill and to inflict maximum damage\", Mr Penny said.\n\nThe court heard the Manchester-born brothers had lived alone in the family home in Fallowfield, about four miles south of the city centre, since 2016 when their parents returned to Libya.\n\nMr Penny said they had shown \"some signs of radicalisation\" in the years before the bombing - \"Salman more so than Hashem\".\n\nJurors were told Hashem had worked in a takeaway at the time and had asked if he could take home used vegetable oil cans to sell for scrap, which Mr Penny described as a \"cover story\".\n\nA part of one of the cans was found at the scene of the attack.\n\nMr Penny said it was not suggested the brothers had a specific target and the final destination may have been chosen by Salman Abedi alone, but they had a \"shared goal [to] kill, maim and injure as many people as possible\".\n\n\"The law is that Hashem Abedi is just as responsible for this atrocity… as surely as if he had selected the target and detonated the bomb himself,\" he added.\n\nSalman Abedi and his brother lived in Fallowfield, four miles south of Manchester city centre\n\nJurors were shown a map of the city with locations such as Manchester Arena, the Arndale Centre and Victoria Station identified.\n\nMr Penny said the arena was \"one of the busiest and one of the largest\" in Europe and had been filled with the American singer's \"large and diverse fan base\" on the night of the attack.\n\nHe said the foyer outside it was \"busy and heavily congested with people\" as the crowd left the venue at about 22:30 BST, and in their \"midst… carrying a heavy rucksack that contained a homemade bomb… was Salman Abedi\".\n\nHe added that such was the \"ferocity of the explosion\" that it \"dismembered\" the bomber and left a scene \"of destruction and chaos\".\n\nMr Penny said \"significant exhibits from two separate locations\" linked Hashem to the attack.\n\nHe said his hand and finger marks were found on parts which had been cut from the vegetable oil cans at the brothers' Fallowfield home.\n\nSix thumbprints were also discovered on a piece of metal that had been discarded in a bag of rubbish behind a flat in Manchester city centre where Salman Abedi had \"ultimately assembled\" the bomb, he added.\n\nThe court heard the pieces found at the flat and the home came from the same oil can as the one found in the arena foyer and \"played a pivotal role in the development of this story\".\n\nHashem Abedi denies the murder of 22 people and the attempted murder of others\n\nMr Penny said the bomb was made from three chemicals, two of which the defendant had made various attempts to buy using false online accounts or via other people, some of whom had been \"sufficiently gullible to avail him of their internet accounts\".\n\nHe said Hashem Abedi had asked a relative if he could use an Amazon account to buy one chemical, but said the third chemical was easily purchased in chemists and police had not traced any acquisition of it by either brother.\n\nJurors heard the brothers had a \"high turnover\" of telephone numbers, some of which were only used for a few days \"to avoid detection\".\n\nRecords showed Hashem had five mobile numbers between June 2016 and May 2017, Salman had four, and they had shared a further two.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Ms Brabin was raising a point of order in the House of Commons on Monday\n\nA Labour MP whose bared shoulder prompted criticism on social media has said she is not \"a tart\".\n\nThe tongue-in-cheek reply from Tracy Brabin, the shadow culture secretary, came after online abuse of her appearance in Parliament on Monday.\n\nAn initial tweet questioned if her outfit was \"appropriate attire\" for Parliament.\n\nMs Brabin said she was surprised people \"could get so emotional over a shoulder\".\n\nThe Batley and Spen MP had been raising a point of order in the House of Commons, about journalists being asked to leave a Downing Street press briefing on the next stage of Brexit talks, when her shoulder appeared.\n\nMs Brabin told the BBC the response was \"sadly\" routine and \"another example of the every day sexism women face\".\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\nShe said she always tried to look smart but her slightly off-the-shoulder dress had slipped a little as she had leant forward to speak.\n\nOn the online comments, she said: \"They were playing top trumps on how rude they could be.\n\n\"They are idiots and they are rude but I am not going to lose much sleep over them.\"\n\nMs Brabin, who was elected to replace the murdered MP Jo Cox in 2016, said it was important to speak out about issues like this for other women who did not have a voice to protest when they were denigrated for their appearance.\n\n\"It's important I don't let other women down,\" she said.\n\nMPs do not have an official dress code, although they are advised to wear \"usual\" business dress.\n\nMale MPs were told in 2017 they did not need to wear ties in the chamber by the then Speaker, John Bercow.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Google's parent company has published details of its YouTube and cloud business for the first time, as the firm's advertising business continues to slow.\n\nYouTube's ad sales in the last three months of 2019 rose 31% year-on-year to $4.7bn (£3.62bn), Alphabet said.\n\nOverall Alphabet revenue increased by 17% year-on-year to $46bn - the slowest rate in more than two years.\n\nFor years the business did not publish revenue figures for its various divisions, to the concern of investors and regulators.\n\nWhen Sundar Pichai took over as Alphabet chief executive last year the policy changed, although it is still not releasing profit figures for individual units.\n\nAlphabet said it earned $2.6bn in cloud revenue for the most recent quarter - compared to almost $10bn at Amazon. However it is fast-growing, rising more than 50% year-on-year.\n\nAlphabet and others make money in cloud computing by charging companies to host their data remotely, rather than firms maintaining their own servers.\n\nAlphabet shares fell more than 4% in after-hours trade.\n\nAlthough growth missed analyst forecasts, Alphabet's business remains strong, said Nicholas Hyett, equity analyst at stockbroker Hargreaves Lansdown.\n\n\"It's always important to put these sorts of misses into perspective,\" he said. \"The core businesses, like Search and YouTube, continue to generate prodigious quantities of cash.\"\n\nAlphabet reported quarterly profits of almost $10.7bn, up 19% year-on-year, while costs rose 18% to $36.8bn, as the firm invested in data centres and hired new staff.\n\nYouTube now counts about two million paid subscribers, Mr Pichai said.\n\nAt more than $15bn for 2019, YouTube's ad business accounted for almost 10% of Alphabet's overall revenues last year - but the firm also said it shares a large portion of YouTube ad revenue with people posting videos.\n\nMr Pichai said the firm sees opportunity to make even more money off its YouTube adverts, including by targeting them more precisely.\n\n\"We see that as a big opportunity and are investing for it,\" he said.", "Champion skater Sarah Abitbol said she was first raped by coach Gilles Beyer when she was 15\n\nProsecutors in France have opened an investigation after a champion figure skater accused her former coach of raping her as a teenager.\n\nIn an autobiography released last week, Sarah Abitbol alleges that Gilles Beyer first abused her when she was aged 15.\n\nMr Beyer has admitted to \"intimate\" and \"inappropriate\" relations with her, and said he was \"sincerely sorry\".\n\nAs part of their investigation, prosecutors said they would try to establish if anyone else was abused.\n\nThree other skaters have accused Mr Beyer and two more coaches - who are all from the official French Ice-Skating Federation (FFSG) - of abusing and raping them when they were minors.\n\nJean-Roland Racle denies the accusations and Michel Lotz has not commented.\n\nMs Abitbol and her skating partner, Stéphane Bernadis, are 10-time French national champions, and have won seven European medals. At the 2000 World Championships, the two became the first French pair to win a world medal in nearly 70 years.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBut in her book, Such a Long Silence, Ms Abitbol alleged that she was raped by Mr Beyer between 1990 and 1992.\n\n\"He started to do horrible things leading to sexual abuse,\" she told L'Obs magazine. \"It was the first time a man touched me.\"\n\nThe former skater, who is now 44, rejected Mr Beyer's apology and said that she wanted accountability for \"all those who covered up [the crimes¨] both in the club and the federation\".\n\nMr Beyer, after coaching Ms Abitbol, went on to direct France's national skating teams. In the early 2000s he was the subject of two investigations into misconduct.\n\nThe second investigation, conducted by France's sports ministry, found repeated \"serious acts\" against young skaters. His contract as a technical adviser was terminated in 2001.\n\nSports Minister Roxana Maracineanu has called for the resignation of Didier Gailhaguet, head of France's skating federation\n\nBut despite his dismissal, Mr Beyer continued to work with hockey club Les Francais Volants and, until 2018, served several terms with the FFSG.\n\nOn Monday, French Sports Minister Roxana Maracineanu called for the resignation of Didier Gailhaguet, who has been president of the FFSG almost continuously since 1998.\n\nMrs Maracineanu said that a \"general dysfunction\" existed within the federation, and Mr Gailhaguet had a \"moral and personal responsibility\" to step down.\n\nWhile unable to sack him, Mrs Maracineanu said the federation would face sanctions if he remained.\n\nMr Gailhaguet said he would \"think about\" a resignation, and is expected to hold a press conference on Wednesday.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Cynthia Erivo: \"I want to make sure it doesn't look like this every single time\"\n\nHarriet star Cynthia Erivo says it feels \"bittersweet\" to be the only person of colour to be nominated for an Oscar in this year's acting categories.\n\nErivo is up for a best actress Academy Award for her portrayal of slave-turned-abolitionist Harriet Tubman.\n\nBut overall, the lack of diversity in this year's Oscar nominations has sparked widespread criticism.\n\nErivo told BBC Breakfast she wanted it to \"serve as an example of how we need to judge these films\".\n\n\"I want to make sure it doesn't look like this every single time,\" she added.\n\nErivo's category rivals include Little Women's Saoirse Ronan, Bombshell star Charlize Theron and Renee Zellweger for Judy.\n\nThe British actress said it was time for the film industry to take stock and \"figure out how this happens\".\n\n\"There are people who also deserve to be a part of this,\" she said.\n\n\"Hopefully this year will be a turning point for everyone because we're talking about it out loud and now it can start to make some changes.\n\n\"We can't keep doing this and doing nothing about it so maybe now we start doing something.\"\n\nErivo is also nominated for best original song, for Harriet's Stand-Up.\n\nShe said she was drawn to Harriet by her \"humanity and the love that she had\".\n\n\"I wanted her legacy to continue,\" she added.\n\nThere's also been criticism of the lack of female representation in many of the Oscar nominee categories this year.\n\nThere were no female best director nominees, with Little Women's Greta Gerwig missing out, meaning her nomination for Lady Bird in 2018 was the only one for a female director in the last 10 years.\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\nIt was back in 2015 and 2016 that the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag began, when there were no nominees of colour in the acting categories for two years in a row.\n\nThe Academy said then it had taken steps to have a more diverse membership but many users have been tweeting the hashtag again following the announcement of the 2020 nominees.\n\nHowever, it's not isolated to the Academy Awards as both the Golden Globes and the Baftas have also been publically criticised, mostly recently by Joaquin Phoenix.\n\nAt this year's Baftas, there was no ethnic minority representation in any of the acting categories, with no room even for homegrown talent Erivo.\n\nShe went on to turn down an invitation to perform at the ceremony, saying she felt it didn't \"represent people of colour in the right light\".\n\n\"It felt like it was calling on me as an entertainer as opposed to a person who was a part of the world of film,\" she told US website Extra.\n\nHowever, Erivo will be one of the performers during the Oscars ceremony on Sunday, where she is due to sing Stand Up.\n\nShe said it felt \"crazy\" to find herself in such a position.\n\n\"To be experiencing a dream come true in a real time - that's crazy.\n\n\"You couldn't have told me when I was at drama school that this was going to happen 10 years from now.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Michelle O'Neill and Deirdre Hargey announced the proposals at Stormont on Monday\n\nPlans for an extension of welfare mitigations to the so-called bedroom tax have been announced by the minister for communities.\n\nThe scheme currently provides financial support to people who would otherwise have faced welfare cuts.\n\nBut it was due to run out on 31 March.\n\nAbout 38,000 households in Northern Ireland are in receipt of supplementary payments, which protect them from the tax, the Department for Communities said.\n\nThe minister Deirdre Hargey said the proposal would cost £23m per annum.\n\n\"We have a responsibility to protect the poorest and most vulnerable in society,\" said Ms Hargey.\n\nShe said the executive agreed her recommendation on Monday.\n\nIt was first outlined in New Decade, New Approach - the deal that restored devolution after three years of political deadlock in Northern Ireland.\n\n\"A society is judged on how we protect the most disadvantaged,\" she added.\n\n\"I am a minister who will fight to protect those families living in poverty; low-income families, single-parent families, those with disabilities and children and young people. I am working hard to target resources towards those most in need.\"\n\nShe said there were other mitigations \"which need to be looked at\" and she will be working with stakeholders \"in moving forward with that important piece of work\".\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.", "Streatham attacker Sudesh Amman was aged 18 when he was jailed for terror offences in 2018\n\nSudesh Amman, the 20-year-old responsible for the attack in Streatham, south London, on Sunday, pleaded guilty in November 2018 to six charges of possessing documents containing terrorist information and seven of disseminating terrorist publications.\n\nThree of the terrorist manuals Amman admitted owning were about knife fighting.\n\nIn fact, much of Amman's fascination with conducting an attack was said to be focused on using a knife.\n\nHe was jailed at the Old Bailey the following month for three years and four months.\n\nI was there and recall Amman smiling as he was sentenced.\n\nHe was automatically released from HMP Belmarsh on 23 January 2020 after serving half of his sentence in custody.\n\nIt is understood that he had since been living at a bail hostel in south London.\n\nHe was under a curfew and had to wear a GPS tag, coupled with exclusion zones such as ports and airports. He had to surrender his passport and had limited access to electronic devices and restrictions on his internet use\n\nAmman was first arrested in north London in May 2018 by armed officers on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack, although he was not ultimately charged with doing so. Scotland Yard said that, following consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service, \"we did not charge with this offence.\"\n\nThe prosecution of Amman related instead to his ownership and distribution of terrorist propaganda and instructional manuals.\n\nForensic specialists recovered in more than 349,000 media files from Amman's devices\n\nAt the time, he was living in Harrow and studying science and maths at the nearby North West London College. Prior to that, Amman had studied at Park High School between 2011 and 2016.\n\nHe came to the attention of counter-terrorism police in April 2018 when a Dutch blogger made officers aware of postings on the Telegram messaging app.\n\nThe posts included a photo showing an image of a knife along with two firearms on a Shahada flag along with Arabic words meaning: \"Armed and ready April 3\".\n\nOne of the Telegram posts that led to Amman being identified by police in 2018\n\nThe blogger also said the same person had linked to a YouTube video of a pro-gay rights speaker who frequented Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park.\n\nThe post called on others to \"all unite together to attack one another. He will be there this Sunday at Hyde Park\".\n\nPolice enquiries showed the user of the relevant Telegram account was Amman and a decision was taken to arrest him.\n\nThe Dutch blogger, named Azazel van den Berg, told the BBC he was \"shocked\" to have heard that Amman was responsible for the attack.\n\nHe said: \"I had heard of the attack on Dutch television. When I sat down at my computer I saw that message with his photo late last night.\"\n\nHe added: \"I did everything that was possible, I also did not know that man was already free. I think that jihadists like him should be punished harder with prison sentences and not conditionally free with a single bond.\n\n\"If he had just served his whole sentence, what happened now would never have happened. But English law must be applied to that, which is a task for the politicians in your country.\"\n\nAmman had elsewhere written of how he was thinking of conducting a terror attack in north London and that he had conducted reconnaissance.\n\nDetectives discovered that the student was using a WhatsApp group to expose young members of his family to violent terrorist material.\n\nHe used it to share an al-Qaeda magazine and exclaimed \"the Islamic State is here to stay\".\n\nA BB gun was recovered when the Met Police searched his home in Harrow\n\nThe WhatsApp group - entitled La Familia - included images of Amman's younger siblings in poses reminiscent of IS supporters.\n\nIn messages with one family member Amman claimed that, as Yazidi women were slaves, the Koran made it permissible to rape them.\n\nHe sent beheadings videos to his girlfriend - whom he said should kill her \"kuffar\" parents - and told her: \"If you can't make a bomb because family, friends or spies are watching or suspecting you, take a knife, molotov, sound bombs or a car at night and attack the tourists (crusaders), police and soldiers of taghut, or Western embassies in every country you are in this planet.\"\n\nIn messages to her, Amman said he had pledged allegiance to Islamic State and wished to carry out acid attacks.\n\nElsewhere, he asked if he could have a knife delivered to her address and told her he considered Isis to be the best thing to happen to Islam.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHe wrote that he preferred the idea of a knife attack over the use of bombs and discussed whether he would stand his ground if police came to arrest him.\n\nIn a notebook - in which he had written about explosives and detonators - he had listed his \"goals in life\". These included: \"Die as a shuhada\" (martyr) and go to '\"jannah\" (paradise).\n\nBefore he was jailed Amman had previous convictions for possession of an offensive weapon - a broken bottle - and cannabis.", "The UK aviation industry is promising to reduce its net carbon emissions to zero by 2050. Image caption: The UK aviation industry is promising to reduce its net carbon emissions to zero by 2050.\n\nThe government has pledged to reduce the UK's carbon emissions to \"net zero\" by 2050.\n\nThis means emissions from areas like transport, farming and industry will have to be avoided completely or offset by sucking CO2 out of the atmosphere, for example by planting trees.\n\nBoris Johnson has inherited the pledge from former prime minister Theresa May, who put the commitment into law in June last year.\n\nThe target was the subject of debate at December's election, with several opposition parties calling for the date to be brought forward.\n\nThe Lib Dems said the date should be brought forward to 2045, whilst Labour said the UK should be put \"on track\" to achieve net zero \"within the 2030s\".\n\nThe Green Party went even further, calling for net zero to be achieved by 2030.", "Louis Tomlinson is currently promoting Walls, his first solo album\n\nLouis Tomlinson has said he will not appear on BBC Breakfast again, after being asked questions about the deaths of his mother and sister.\n\nHosts Dan Walker and Louise Minchin asked the singer about the grief he felt over their loss.\n\n\"Defo wont be going on there again,\" he tweeted after Monday's show.\n\nA BBC spokesperson said: \"We wanted to cover all aspects of Louis's life that have influenced his new album and feel the questioning was fair.\"\n\nTomlinson's mother died from cancer in 2016, and his sister Felicite died of an accidental drug overdose last year.\n\nThe former One Direction singer was also quizzed about his time with the band - who went on hiatus in 2016 - and his reported feud with former band member Zayn Malik.\n\nThe 28-year-old accused the hosts of \"proper going in\" on 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 Louis Tomlinson This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nReplying to Tomlinson directly on Twitter, Walker wrote: \"Sorry you feel like that. It was nice to speak to you on #BBCBreakfast this morning. Can I ask what you are upset about?\"\n\nTomlinson responded: \"I was upset that you continued to ask me about my grief.\n\n\"It goes without saying how hard it is to lose both people so close to me. The least I ask is that you respect my decision of not wanting to be asked in interviews about something so painfull [sic].\"\n\nHe added: \"I'm lucky enough to have a creative outlet for me to talk about grief this doesn't however give you the right to talk about it for gossip purposes.\"\n\nWalker replied: \"Hi Louis. We were asking you about the song on your new album about your mum.\n\n\"We know it's painful which is why we didn't dwell on it. No intention to upset you or be 'gossipy' about it at all. That's not our style on #BBCBreakfast.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Breakfast This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nWhen asked about Malik on the BBC Breakfast sofa, Tomlinson said he was \"just not ready to have that conversation yet\".\n\nThe singer said it was \"inevitable\" the band would get back together one day and that they would be \"stupid\" not to.\n\n\"You've ticked them all off now,\" he said when asked about a possible reunion. \"You've gone trauma, Zayn, and now we are finally on this one, I like it.\"\n\nTomlinson is currently promoting Walls, his first solo album, and will perform in his home town of Doncaster later.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Ikea has announced that it will shut down its Coventry city centre store this summer, in its first big closure of a UK outlet.\n\nThe Swedish flat-pack furniture giant said the store had made \"consistent losses\" since it opened in 2007, with fewer people visiting it than expected.\n\nIt said it would be consulting the 352 workers affected and would try to find them jobs at other stores.\n\nThe Usdaw union said it was \"devastating news\" for staff.\n\nIkea, which has 22 stores in the UK, said that it remained committed to growth in the UK.\n\nIt said the Coventry site, which cost it £35m, had been built in the city centre as one of its earliest examples of testing a new format to meet customers' changing needs.\n\n\"However, given its location and the size of the land available at the time, the store was built over seven levels, which resulted in a significant impact on the operating costs of the store and the shopping experience for customers,\" the firm added.\n\n\"In addition, the changing behaviour of customers in the area who prefer to shop in retail parks and online has resulted in visitor numbers being substantially lower than expected and continuing to decrease over time.\"\n\nAfter the closure, customers will have to journey to Birmingham, Nottingham or Milton Keynes to find their nearest Ikea branch.\n\nLocal people have been reacting to the move 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\nDave Gill, national officer for the Usdaw union, said: \"Our priorities are to seek redeployment opportunities, minimise compulsory redundancies and secure the best deal we can for our members.\"\n\nIkea stores are generally in out-of-town locations and the firm has made various attempts to bring its outlets to city centres.\n\nIn 2018, it closed three smaller inner-city collection-point stores in Norway, which had been a test for a new format that it hoped to roll out worldwide.\n\nOther retailers have been harder hit by the rise of online shopping, resulting in the disappearance of a number of well-known UK High Street brands.\n\nAlready this year, department store chain Beales has fallen into administration, while John Lewis has warned that its staff bonus may be in doubt after it reported lower Christmas sales at its stores.\n\nIkea is trying to respond to changing customer tastes, says Patrick O'Brien, GlobalData's retail research director.\n\n\"When the Coventry Ikea was opened, it was still very much about imposing the 'Ikea way' on customers; you walk this way round the maze, you pick it up yourself, you put it together yourself.\n\n\"Things have moved on in UK retail now, it's all about how best to serve the customer, and Ikea has had to adapt and change their model.\n\n\"This is about Ikea adapting how it uses physical spaces rather than a beginning of a retreat.\"", "Kelly-Anne Case was found dead at her home by firefighters on 30 July\n\nA killer who tried to blame the death of a mother-of-three on a mystery man has been found guilty of her murder.\n\nBrendan Rowan-Davies tortured Kelly-Anne Case before cutting her throat and setting her house on fire on 30 July.\n\nHe attempted to film the 27-year-old victim having sex with his friend the night before her body was found bound with cable ties at her home in Gosport.\n\nThe 29-year-old was also convicted of arson. He was jailed for life with a minimum term of 30 years.\n\nRowan-Davies, who has learning difficulties and was assisted by an intermediary throughout the trial at Winchester Crown Court, had claimed he interrupted the \"real killer\".\n\nThe judge, Mr Justice Garnham, described Rowan-Davies' attack on Ms Case as \"sadistic\" and \"a truly dreadful crime\".\n\nBrendan Rowan-Davies shook his head as the verdicts were read out\n\nThe court heard the defendant had known Ms Case for some time and told her he \"fancied\" her while they were drinking vodka and taking cocaine on the night before her death.\n\nShe laughed off his advances and had sex with his friend that same evening, with Rowan-Davies telling jurors he used his phone to try and film the pair through a gap in the bedroom door.\n\nHe told the court he left the house but later returned to retrieve some tobacco the following morning and was confronted by a knifeman who had already killed Ms Case.\n\nRowan-Davies was filmed heading towards the victim's house on a bus before the murder\n\nRowan-Davies, of Haslar Road, Gosport, said he managed to escape the man and run downstairs, before collecting his tobacco and leaving the house.\n\nHowever, prosecutors said evidence from CCTV and witnesses suggested he must have been in the house at the time of the killing and no-one else was seen or heard leaving the property.\n\nMs Case's naked body was found by firefighters on a bed, with her wrists bound with cable ties bearing the defendant's DNA.\n\nProsecutor William Mousley QC said the attack was sexually motivated and at least eight shallow neck wounds were inflicted before the murder in order to \"control, coerce or terrify Kelly-Anne\".\n\nThe court heard Ms Case was \"alone and vulnerable\" after her three daughters were placed in the care of others with the assistance of social services.\n\nMs Case's body was found in an upstairs bedroom at the house in Grange Crescent, Gosport\n\nMs Case's mother, Caroline Tebb, said her daughter had been \"brutally, savagely and sadistically\" taken from her by a \"sick, vile excuse for a human being\".\n\nThe judge said the defendant had not immediately killed Ms Case, but instead used the knife to inflict \"extremely painful\" injuries before cutting her throat.\n\nHe told Rowan-Davies: \"You found Ms Case asleep. She was vulnerable and defenceless.\n\n\"You attacked her, tying her arms together with cable ties. She was at your mercy and you showed her none.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The \"immense\" rise in sales of high-emission sports utility vehicles means they now outsell electric cars in the UK by 37 to one, research has found.\n\nAs a result, overall exhaust emissions from new cars have been increasing, not declining, for the past three years, says the UK Energy Research Centre.\n\nSUV sales are jeopardising the UK transport sector's ability to meet EU emissions targets, it said.\n\nProf Jillian Anable of the UKERC said this made \"a mockery\" of UK policy.\n\n\"Effectively, we have been sleepwalking into the issue,\" she said.\n\n\"The decarbonisation of the passenger car market can no longer rely on a distant target to stop the sales of conventional engines. We must start to phase out the most polluting vehicles immediately.\n\n\"It is time to enact a strong set of regulations to transform the entire car market towards ultra-low carbon, rather than focusing solely on the uptake of electric vehicles.\"\n\nUKERC was founded in 2004 and is funded by UK Research and Innovation, the UK government's research and innovation funding agency.\n\nIt carries out research into sustainable future energy systems.\n\nOver the past four years, there have been 1.8 million SUV sales, compared to a total of 47,000 for battery electric vehicles (BEV).\n\nIn 2018, SUVs accounted for 21.2% of new car sales, up from 13.5% three years earlier.\n\nHowever, BEV sales are coming from a low base, as the technology is still relatively new.\n\n\"SUVs are larger and heavier than a standard car, emitting about a quarter more CO2 than a medium-size car and nearly four times more than a medium-sized battery electric vehicle,\" said the UKERC.\n\n\"Assuming the majority of these SUVs will be on UK roads for at least a decade, it is estimated the extra cumulative emissions to total around 8.2 million tons of CO2.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe UKERC said the \"extraordinary leap\" in SUV sales over the past four years seemed to be due to \"attractive car financing packages which divert attention from running costs\".\n\nAlthough vehicle excise duty is higher for gas-guzzlers, more than 90% of new cars in the UK are now sold by way of deals that wrap the excise duty into the monthly cost, \"rendering the only clear policy signal to discourage high-carbon vehicles somewhat useless,\" it said.\n\nAll-electric vehicles still represent only a fraction of total car sales. The UKERC said they remained at less than 1% of new car sales in 2019.\n\nThere are also challenges to uptake, including a lack of charging points on roads and too few low-cost models.\n\nThe UKERC warned against abandoning the EU's emissions targets after Brexit, although no political party is currently advocating this.\n\nIt said EU regulations had been structured to allow makers of larger, heavier cars to have higher levels of emissions per km.\n\n\"Yet, despite its flaws, there are dangers of Britain choosing not to align with the EU vehicle regulations post-Brexit,\" it added.\n\nRAC spokesman Simon Williams said: \"It's important to remember that the SUV trend has been developing for around two decades, arguably really taking off in the mid-2000s, whereas the electric vehicle (EV) market is only just beginning to accelerate as battery technology improves, along with the availability of public charge points.\n\n\"As a result, there are some very strong EV sports utility vehicles on sale now.\"\n\nA spokesperson for the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said: \"Manufacturers respond to consumer demand and dual-purpose cars are an increasingly popular choice, available in a range of sizes, and valued for their style, practicality, higher ride and commanding view of the road.\n\n\"Thanks to ongoing investment, like all vehicles, they're also ever more efficient, with average CO2 emissions from new dual-purpose cars having fallen more than 43% on 2000 levels.\"\n\nThey're tall, spacious, and styled to look as though they belong halfway up a mountain, even though most will never ever venture more than a few metres off-road.\n\nSUVs are undoubtedly popular with drivers. But they're also big and heavy - and that means they emit more CO2 than smaller cars.\n\nBut it would be wrong to see these figures as a sign that the market doesn't want more environmentally friendly vehicles.\n\nTo put it simply, most people still drive petrol or diesel cars, and if they want a bigger car, right now they'll probably choose a petrol or diesel SUV, because they're familiar and widely available.\n\nBut just take a look at the tiny, yet rapidly growing market for electric cars. Among the models now on the market are the Kia e-Niro, Hyundai's Kona Electric, the Jaguar I-Pace, the Audi E-tron and the Mercedes EQ.\n\nAll of them are SUVs. The manufacturers think they can surf the wave of enthusiasm for big cars - and use it to sell more electric vehicles.\n\nThe two are certainly not mutually exclusive.", "Children abused in the home are often \"unseen and unheard\", despite making up two-thirds of sex abuse cases, a report from four official watchdogs says.\n\n\"There remains a disbelief and denial about familial sexual abuses,\" the inspectorates for police, health, probation and children's services say.\n\nIt means abusers \"too often evade justice\", their joint report says.\n\nThe government says it is taking urgent action that will see serious sexual offenders spending longer behind bars.\n\nThe inspectors examined how child abuse within families was handled in six areas of England between September 2018 and May 2019 - and found local agencies \"woefully ill equipped\" to deal with it.\n\nDespite some pockets of good practice, they found local and national strategies to tackle the problem virtually non-existent.\n\nIn the worst cases, criminal investigations would ignore the needs of the child, with children left without medical treatment or mental-health support.\n\nAnd sometimes, delays to police investigations left children \"in limbo or even unsafe\", with weak bail conditions leaving abusers free to contact or even live with children they may be abusing.\n\nThe inspections, in Bracknell Forest, Berkshire, Cornwall, Derby, Islington, north London, Shropshire and York, found, overall, professionals lacked training, focus and knowledge about child sex abuse by family members or friends so were unable to identify abusers and how to stop them.\n\nThere needs to be a greater emphasis on prevention work, which is currently either \"absent or focused on known offenders\", the report says.\n\nSamantha, seven, lived with her mother, whose new partner, a registered sex offender with convictions for child abuse, had just been released from prison.\n\nHe was released without a risk assessment or sexual offending assessment and an assessment by the probation service was late and did not take full account of his risk to children or refer the family to children's social services.\n\n\"No referral for assessment was made and Samantha was left at risk of significant harm,\" the report finds.\n\nHannah told her teacher she had been sexually abused by her adult brother.\n\nThe school immediately informed social workers and Hannah was visited at school by a police officer and social worker the same day, who spoke to her with support from her teacher.\n\nThe alleged abuser was immediately removed from the home.\n\nHannah received very good emotional support from her teachers, school nurse and social worker and an intermediary helped her provide evidence for ensuing court proceedings.\n\nToo often professionals rely on children to verbally disclose abuse - but children are unlikely to tell someone they are being sexually abused, particularly when the abuser is close to them, the authors say.\n\n\"Everyone in society needs to know how to recognise the signs of abuse of a child and how best to respond,\" the report says.\n\nIt says important lessons from child sexual exploitation are not being applied to abuse in families, which should be just as much of a priority.\n\n\"We can no longer stay silent on this issue - we have to talk about it and act,\" the report says.\n\nIn a statement, the government said it would \"soon be publishing a first-of-its-kind national strategy to tackle child sexual abuse, better support victims and improve collaboration between the government, agencies and law enforcement\".\n\n\"Alongside work to better safeguard children, new sentencing laws will see serious sexual offenders spending longer behind bars and we are recruiting 20,000 extra police officers to bring more abusers to justice.\"\n\nUrsula Gallagher, deputy chief inspector of general practice and children's health at the Care Quality Commission, said the report highlighted \"too many missed opportunities\" to protect children from harm.\n\n\"It is vital that people in healthcare and across other agencies work together, think about the wider social situation a child might be living in, share information to protect children from abuse and create support around those who are at risk.\"\n\nAmanda Spielman, Ofsted's chief inspector, said: \"If we are to deal with incest or other abuse involving families or family friends, we must talk openly and honestly about the signs and symptoms - to protect children and to stop abusers in their tracks.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir David Attenborough: \"Now is the moment\"\n\nA ban on selling new petrol, diesel or hybrid cars in the UK will be brought forward from 2040 to 2035 at the latest, under government plans.\n\nThe change comes after experts said 2040 would be too late if the UK wants to achieve its target of emitting virtually zero carbon by 2050.\n\nBoris Johnson unveiled the policy as part of a launch event for a United Nations climate summit in November.\n\nHe said 2020 would be a \"defining year of climate action\" for the planet.\n\nThe summit, known as COP26, is being hosted in Glasgow. It is an annual UN-led gathering set up to assess progress on tackling climate change.\n\nSir David Attenborough said at the launch event at London's Science Museum that he was looking forward to COP26 and found it \"encouraging\" that the UK government was launching a \"year of climate action\".\n\n\"The longer we leave it... the worse it is going to get,\" he said.\n\n\"So now is the moment. It is up to us to organise the nations of the world to do something about it.\"\n\nCampaign group Extinction Rebellion held a protest outside London's Science Museum to coincide with the event\n\nIn a statement made ahead of the launch, Mr Johnson said the ban on selling new petrol and diesel cars would come even earlier than 2035, if possible.\n\nHybrid vehicles are also now being included in the proposals, which were originally announced in July 2017.\n\nPeople will only be able to buy electric or hydrogen cars and vans, once the ban comes into effect.\n\nThe change in plans, which will be subject to a consultation, comes after experts warned the previous target date of 2040 would still leave old conventional cars on the roads following the clean-up date of 2050.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. PM Boris Johnson: \"This phenomenon of global warming is taking its toll\"\n\nThe Scottish government does not have the power to ban new petrol and diesel cars but has already pledged to \"phase out the need\" for them by 2032 with measures such as an expansion of the charging network for electric cars.\n\nMr Johnson said the 2050 pledge was necessary because the UK's \"historic emissions\" meant \"we have a responsibility to our planet to lead in this way\".\n\nThe announcement comes as COP26's former president Claire O’Neill, who was sacked on Friday, wrote a bitter letter accusing Mr Johnson of failing to support her work.\n\nThe prime minister's official spokesperson said Downing Street had \"no comment\" to make on the letter, but thanked Mrs O'Neill for her work towards the conference.\n\nHe said her replacement would be a \"ministerial post\" with details set out \"in due course.\"\n\nMr Johnson did not answer the BBC's David Shukman's questions about the row.\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 Johnson said: “Hosting COP26 is an important opportunity for the UK and nations across the globe to step up in the fight against climate change.\n\n“As we set out our plans to hit our ambitious 2050 net zero target across this year, so we shall urge others to join us in pledging net zero emissions.\n\n“There can be no greater responsibility than protecting our planet, and no mission that a global Britain is prouder to serve.\"\n\nAt the Science Museum the prime minister added that a \"catastrophic period of global addiction\" to hydrocarbons had led to the planet being \"swaddled in a tea cosy\" of carbon dioxide.\n\nBut Green Party MP Caroline Lucas said on Twitter: \"Carbon emissions are not 'swaddling the planet like a tea cosy'. They are behind wildfires in Australia, soaring temperature records and the broken lives of those least responsible. The PM needs to understand that - and act.\"\n\nFriends of the Earth's Mike Childs said the government was \"right\" to bring forward the ban, but that 2030 would be better than 2035.\n\n“A new 2035 target will still leave the UK in the slow-lane of the electric car revolution and meantime allow more greenhouse gases to spew into the atmosphere,\" he said.\n\nHe said the government could show \"real leadership\" ahead of COP26 by reversing plans to develop \"climate-wrecking roads and runways\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAA president Edmund King said: \"Drivers support measures to clean up air quality and reduce CO2 emissions but these stretched targets are incredibly challenging.\"\n\nThe chief executive of the society of motor manufacturers and traders (SMMT) accused the government of \"moving the goalposts\".\n\n\"With current demand for this still expensive technology still just a fraction of sales, it's clear that accelerating an already very challenging ambition will take more than industry investment,\" Mike Hawes said.\n\nHe said the government's plans must safeguard industry and jobs, as well as ensuring current sales of low emission vehicles were not undermined.\n\nMeanwhile Mrs O’Neill accused Mr Johnson of promising money and people to support her work, but failing to deliver either.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nCabinet minister Michael Gove said Mrs O'Neill was a \"close friend\" but that he disagreed with her comments.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 5 Live Mr Johnson described his own political outlook as \"that of a green Tory\".\n\nMrs O'Neill said her \"absolute desire for action has not been comfortable for some\", adding that this was \"not about me\" or Mr Johnson - but about working towards \"rapid decarbonisation\".\n\nShe said at COP26 the UK must \"absolutely double down on taking our great leadership and ambitions in this space, and really energising the world as to why this is a huge opportunity\".\n\nWhat questions do you have about a ban on the sale of petrol, diesel or hybrid cars and the COP26 conference in Glasgow?\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.", "UK lorry drivers who regularly travel to mainland Europe have been describing the rigorous steps they take to avoid migrants climbing on board during the journey home.\n\nGareth Jones, Steve Carr and Bob Threadgold say they have been forced to park their vehicles in a secret location up to five hours from Calais, France, due to safety risks nearer the port.\n\nThey also check their vehicles about eight times on the way to Northampton, via Dover.\n\nThe men, who have experienced migrants breaking into their lorries and attacking vehicles on the road, described themselves as \"lorry drivers by day, security guards by night\".\n\nCompanies can be fined up to £2,000 for having a stowaway on board.\n\n\"You would feel sympathy as to why they [migrants] would leave the country that they've come from, but the minute that they put our livelihoods in jeopardy... any sympathy completely goes out the window,\" said Mr Jones.", "Ms O'Neill has claimed that plans for the conference have been hampered by a \"stand-off\" between the UK and Scottish governments\n\nBoris Johnson refused to give Nicola Sturgeon an official role in the Glasgow COP26 climate summit, according to the event's former co-ordinator.\n\nClaire O'Neill said she had made the suggestion in a bid to end the \"stand-off\" between the UK and Scottish governments over the global conference.\n\nShe said Mr Johnson had \"heartily and saltily\" rejected the proposal.\n\nMs O'Neill also accused the Scottish government of behaving \"disgracefully\" ahead of the conference.\n\nThe key UN-led summit is due to be held in November at the Scottish Events Campus, which includes the Armadillo and the SSE Hydro.\n\nMs O'Neill claimed the Scottish government had been contracting buildings from the site which should instead be used by the climate change conference.\n\nThe Scottish government later confirmed it had booked the Glasgow Science Centre, which sits opposite the events campus, for the duration of the summit - but said that this had been done after the COP26 organisers had booked what they needed.\n\nA spokesman said it was not surprising or unreasonable for the government to have a base of its own when the event is happening in Scotland, and pointed out that Ms Sturgeon, the Scottish first minister, had been invited to and attended the previous three COP summits.\n\nBoris Johnson launched a \"year of climate action\" at event in London alongside Sir David Attenborough\n\nMs O'Neill is a former Conservative minister for energy and clean growth who stood down as an MP ahead of the last general election.\n\nShe had been co-ordinating plans for the COP26 summit, but was stripped of her role as president last week - and will be replaced by a serving government minister.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Today programme, she claimed that the prime minister had admitted to her that he \"doesn't really get\" climate change.\n\nAnd she said there was \"huge lack of leadership and engagement\" on the issue from the UK government, adding: \"The prime minister has made incredibly warm statements about this over the years.\n\n\"He's also admitted to me that he doesn't really understand it. He 'doesn't really get it', I think is what he said.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMs O'Neill said it was the prime minister himself who chose Glasgow as the location for the summit, but she had been told by people involved that the original analysis for the cost of the event was \"hundreds of millions of pounds off track\".\n\nShe also said she had been told that \"the Scottish government has absolutely behaved disgracefully and has been contracting buildings from the COP site, for example, that should absolutely be made available to the conference\".\n\nShe went on to allege that there was a \"complete stand-off between the two governments, and that her suggestion had been that we \"need everybody in\" and that the \"playground politics, the yah-boo of this, has got to stop\".\n\nAnd she said Scotland had a \"great track record\" on the environment, adding: \"I did suggest that we give Nicola Sturgeon a job and she was involved in this, which the PM heartily and saltily rebutted.\"\n\nMr Johnson was reported to have told a fringe event at the Scottish Conservative conference in September that he did not want to see Ms Sturgeon \"anywhere near\" the climate summit as it was the UK government that had brought it to Glasgow rather than the SNP.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Nicola Sturgeon This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMs O'Neill was speaking ahead of the prime minister pledging that 2020 will be a \"defining year of climate action\" as he announced that a ban on selling new petrol, diesel or hybrid cars in the UK will be brought forward from 2040 to 2035 at the latest.\n\nMr Johnson unveiled the policy as part of a launch event for the climate summit alongside Sir David Attenborough, but did not answer questions from the BBC's David Shukman about the row.\n\nIn a letter to the prime minister, which has been published by the FT newspaper, Ms O'Neill said she had been told he was considering moving the summit from Glasgow to an English venue - an allegation which Downing Street has dismissed.\n\nThe Scottish government said there had been a \"significant increase in engagement\" in recent weeks from the UK government, which has insisted that Mr Johnson is fully committed to tackling climate change.\n\nAnd Ms Sturgeon tweeted: \"It's not about Boris Johnson or me - it is about tackling the climate crisis. My commitment is that political differences will not stop me and my government working to make it a success.\"\n\nMs Sturgeon has also requested that the Scottish government's environment secretary, Roseanna Cunningham, be allowed to attend UK Cabinet and sub-committee meetings on climate Change and COP26, which the prime minister has said he will chair.\n\nThe Scottish Events Campus in Glasgow, which is hosting COP26, includes the Armadillo and the SSE Hydro buildings\n\nThe UN summit, known as the 26th Conference of the Parties, will be held in Glasgow in November and see participating countries assess progress on tackling climate change.\n\nIt will be attended by countries that have ratified the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), a treaty which came into force in 1994.\n\nAbout 200 world leaders will seek to agree a new, long term deal on rising temperatures.\n\nThe COP meeting in Madrid last year saw a compromise deal struck on curbing carbon pledges but left a raft of complex issues unresolved.\n\nWhat questions do you have about a ban on the sale of petrol, diesel or hybrid cars and the COP26 conference in Glasgow?\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.", "Michael Kinane has been jailed for seven years and eight months\n\nA man has been jailed after he admitted conspiring to money launder nearly £6m.\n\nMichael Kinane, 41, of Porthmadog, Gwynedd, was caught following a joint FBI and British police inquiry, Operation Blue Coastal.\n\nThe email systems of London-based pharmaceutical investment company Avillion were infiltrated, with requests for payments to be made.\n\nAt Caernarfon Crown Court, Kinane was sentenced to seven years and eight months in prison.\n\nHe had previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to money launder and three counts of fraud.\n\nThe targeted company was working with a US investor when fake emails were sent to staff, requesting money for legitimate work, to be paid into new accounts - one of which was Kinane's.\n\nOn 2 November 2018, the company deposited $7.8 million into his NatWest account.\n\nKinane, a British citizen born in Sri Lanka, had set up two foreign currency accounts.\n\nBetween 2 November and 5 November 2018, funds arriving in Kinane's accounts were separated between his associates to accounts in Poland, Germany, Hong Kong, China and Malaysia.\n\nJudge Nicola Jones said she accepted he had not orchestrated the scheme, but was motivated by \"greed\".\n\n\"You played a key role in laundering this money, took great care to ensure the optimum amount could be moved between bank accounts.\n\n\"This was motivated by greed and I'm not sure you showed genuine remorse.\"\n\nKinane pictured after his arrest at London Gatwick airport in August 2019\n\nFunds were also transferred to separate accounts belonging to Kinane which were linked to a business he was the sole director of.\n\nIdentified as Magic Lily Ltd, it was alleged to have operated from his home address in Porthmadog.\n\nPolice inquiries identified that the company existed, but did not have any stock, did not trade and did not file accounts or pay corporation tax.\n\nKinane was arrested on 8 August 2019 as he got off a plane from Turkey at London Gatwick Airport.\n\nAt the time of his arrest, police said he was wearing a Tag Heuer watch valued at £4,550.\n\nHe was also in possession of documents identifying he had recently invested the equivalent of £30,000 into a Dubai-based company.\n\nNorth Wales Police have obtained banking documents for 32 accounts attributable to Kinane so far.\n\nThe 13-month investigation has resulted in the recovery and return of £1.2m ($1.6m) to the victim.\n\nAvillion said it was \"pleased justice has been done\" and was in the process of recovering the money, adding it had consulted with experts to improve its cyber security.\n\nDet Ch Insp Brian Kearney said: \"This case has been solved because of the support we have received from the companies concerned, the work of the FBI in their parallel investigation and the excellent support we have received from the specialist fraud division of the Crown Prosecution Service in Merseyside.\"\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\nThree men have been found guilty of chasing a teenager and stabbing him to death on a Cardiff street.\n\nFahad Mohamed Nur, 18, was found with 21 knife wounds near Cathays railway station last June.\n\nShafique Shaddad, 25, from Butetown, and brothers Mustafa Aldobhani, 22 and Abdulgalil Aldobhani, 23, from Cathays, were found guilty of murder by a jury.\n\nA fourth defendant, Aseel Arar, 35, from Birmingham, was found guilty of assisting an offender.\n\nThe three killers all denied murder but were found guilty at Cardiff Crown Court after more than 27 hours of deliberating by the jury.\n\nThe court heard Abdulgalil Aldobhani had been out on licence from prison when the men committed the attack.\n\nProsecutors described the three men trying to \"hunt down\" Mr Nur, after spotting him riding a bike.\n\nDuring the trial, the jury heard how at shortly after midnight on 2 June, the three men chased the teenager to a lane behind a Cardiff University building.\n\nHe was attacked and left in the street with numerous knife wounds, including a fatal injury through the heart.\n\nMr Nur later died at the University Hospital of Wales.\n\nLawyers defending each of the defendants told the court Shaddad had been attempting to break up a fight between Mr Nur and Abdulgalil Aldobhani, in which Mr Nur had been the \"aggressor\".\n\nFahad Mohamed Nur had 21 knife wounds, including a fatal injury through the heart\n\nMr Nur's had almost £1,000 in cash and a large quantity of Class A drugs on him when he was killed.\n\nA barrister defending one of his killers described Nur as a \"drug dealer, apparently on active duty\".\n\nDuring the trial, Narita Bahra, defending Abdulgalil Aldobhani, told the court Mr Nur had a history of violence.\n\nShe said Mr Nur had previously been stopped by police carrying two concealed knives and had 43 wraps of crack cocaine and heroin hidden in his underwear on the night of his death.\n\nTwo weeks after his death, children found a meat cleaver and a kitchen knife were found by the toilet block near Cardiff University.\n\nTwo weeks after the attack a meat cleaver and a kitchen knife were found hidden in the hollow of a tree\n\nA victim impact statement from Mr Nur's sister, which was read to the court, said the murder \"shocked the whole of Cardiff's Somali community\".\n\nIt added: \"He was ambushed and stabbed to death in such a cowardly and vicious attack when he was clearly running away.\n\n\"He was a young educated boy who had ambitions and dreams. He was loved by so many people. It was a senseless and horrific act of evil.\"\n\nDet Ch Insp Mark O'Shea from South Wales Police said: \"Fahad Nur had turned 18 just two weeks before he was stabbed to death in a cowardly attack by Mustafa Aldobhani, his brother Abdulgalil and Shafique Shaddad.\n\n\"Fahad was alone unarmed and deliberately targeted following a trivial dispute. The level of violence and ferocity was unjustified and unprovoked.\"\n\nHe also paid tribute to Mr Nur's family and the people who tried to save his life after he was stabbed.\n\nThe three killers will be sentenced on Friday, while Arar will be sentenced at the end of the month.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nThe Premier League has to \"try and make the video assistant referee better\", says chief executive Richard Masters.\n\nMore than two-thirds of Premier League fans questioned believe VAR has made the game less enjoyable, a YouGov survey has found.\n\nThere have been several controversial decisions involving VAR since it was introduced to the league this season.\n\n\"I don't think VAR has been damaging but I accept it needs improvement,\" Masters told BBC Sport.\n\n\"Scrapping it is not an option - what we have to do is try and make VAR better.\"\n\nVAR has been brought in to the Premier League to decide on goals, penalties, red cards and offside decisions.\n\nMasters, who was appointed on a permanent basis in December after being in temporary charge for more than a year, said the Premier League would discuss changes to VAR with the clubs in April.\n\n\"We are going to have a debate about what sort of VAR they would like next season and what improvements can be made to the system,\" he said.\n\n\"It's going to be a work in progress this season and next as we try to rebalance it so you get the positives of better decision-making and fewer of the perceived negatives about delay and sometimes confusion.\"\n\nThe Premier League has previously promised to improve VAR's consistency and speed and increase communication with fans.\n\nSix out of 10 of those fans surveyed by YouGov felt the system was working badly.\n\nMasters said that VAR is delivering on the \"principal reason\" for its introduction in improving the accuracy of decision-making.\n\n\"In key match incidents we are up to 94% accuracy with officials, 97% with their assistants, so we are seeing an impact on results and a positive impact on the league table,\" he said.\n\n\"Obviously there are issues with consistency of decision-making and delays, which people don't like.\n\n\"But I don't think VAR is harming the product - attendances are up, TV audiences are up, the health of the Premier League is very good.\"\n\n'More to be done' on racism\n\nStatistics compiled by anti-discrimination campaigners Kick It Out suggested there had been a 43% increase in reports of racist abuse in English football in 2018-19 from the previous season.\n\nIn December, the government said it would not rule out taking \"further steps\" if football authorities fail to deal with racism following several high-profile cases this season.\n\nMasters said there is \"always more to be done\" by the Premier League in helping to combat racism in football.\n\n\"Football has a big role to play - we are part of society and can play a role in promoting all the right messages and will continue to do that,\" he said.\n\nOn Monday, a fan who shouted racial abuse at players during Brighton's home Premier League game against Tottenham Hotspur in October was jailed.\n\n\"One incident of racism is unacceptable and one too many,\" added Masters.\n\n\"Ultimately we can't stop individuals harbouring racist or homophobic thoughts coming into our grounds or sharing them with people around them.\n\n\"It's our responsibility to make sure people who do that know there are consequences and also to put proper systems in place to deal with it when it happens.\n\n\"We need to make sure there are proper reporting mechanisms, trained stewards in place, and police if necessary, and that when perpetrators are caught they are banned from football, which we are now seeing more regularly, as well as possible criminal proceedings.\"\n\nSports minister Nigel Adams MP told BBC Sport last month that football has \"far too much dependency\" on sponsorship from gambling companies.\n\nHalf of Premier League clubs are sponsored by bookmakers and there are concerns about the potential impact on young fans and vulnerable people.\n\nThe Betting and Gaming Council chair, Brigid Simmonds, told a parliamentary committee on Tuesday that bookmakers are \"considering\" a voluntary ban on football shirt sponsorship and pitchside advertising, expanding on the whistle-to-whistle ban on television gambling adverts introduced last year.\n\nMasters said the Premier League \"welcomes\" the government's upcoming review of the 2005 Gambling Act and that the league will be \"willing and active participants\" in it.\n\n\"Betting is a legitimate pastime - sport and betting have a long history,\" he added.\n\n\"The Premier League don't have any betting partnerships and ultimately it is the clubs' decision.\n\n\"I don't think if you are looking at solving the issue of vulnerable people and betting that the answer should be that the clubs can't have betting partnerships anymore - I don't think one follows the other.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'Thank you for finding my baby'\n\nFamilies that lost babies more than 40 years ago should be told where their remains are, a cross-party group of MPs has said ahead of a Commons debate.\n\nBefore the 1980s, when a woman had a miscarriage or gave birth to a stillborn child, medical staff took the baby away quickly.\n\nThey were rarely given time to grieve or hold their child, which was buried or cremated in an undisclosed place.\n\n\"We owe these mums an apology,\" Labour MP Carolyn Harris said.\n\n\"The place to start is with the government - the system was wrong and we now have an opportunity to make sure that we make amends for the damage we caused.\"\n\nThe MP for Swansea East's mother gave birth to a stillborn girl in 1958. And her baby was taken away before she could say goodbye.\n\nHer family believes the baby was buried with someone else but they were never told where.\n\nAfter tracing a baby for a friend, Paula Jackson set up a website offering to help other families.\n\nIn the past 15 years, she has helped to trace nearly 800 babies through her charity Brief Lives Remembered.\n\nYvonne, one of the women Paula has helped, gave birth to a stillborn son 40 years ago.\n\nWith help from Paula, Yvonne has now found her son's grave\n\n\"Why didn't I hold him? Why didn't I look at him? It was too late, he'd gone,\" Yvonne said.\n\n\"All I had was a priest come to see me and to say that he will have a proper burial. Next morning - ready to go home, that was it.\"\n\nPaula said families were effectively asked to carry on as though nothing had happened.\n\n\"Fathers were often advised to hide any baby products at home to help with the healing process,\" she said.\n\n\"In some cases, men were also asked for money for the burial - some dads kept their receipt as their only memento.\n\n\"The bodies of babies were either cremated, buried in a communal plot or placed in the coffin of a woman who had recently passed away.\n\n\"This information was not always shared with either family.\"\n\nPaula has helped to trace hundreds of babies\n\nPaula said the women were kept in maternity wards, surrounded by mothers and their new babies, and in some instances were asked to breastfeed when others needed help.\n\nIn some military cemeteries, each baby was given their own burial plot.\n\nAnd in Aldershot Military Cemetery - where Paula traced the first \"lost\" baby - each plot was identifiable by a green marker.\n\nSome families have now traced their babies and left gravestones. Others are left nameless.\n\n\"When you look and you hear accounts of what happened in the past, it feels very cold, clinical and very disconnected,\" Melissa Whitten, a consultant obstetrician at University College London Hospitals, said.\n\nNowadays, families are taken to a separate room to grieve and spend time with their child.\n\nMemory boxes are also provided, which include photos and hand prints.\n\nMemory boxes with photos and hand prints are encouraged nowadays\n\n\"My mother was the most wonderful woman but she put a wall up after she lost my sister,\" she said.\n\n\"She was afraid that if she showed too much emotion, something bad would happen.\"\n\nThe MP's own son, Martin, died at the age of eight.\n\n\"I went to the grave site and I sat there and I talked to him for days,\" she said.\n\n\"There's the guilt, there's the anger, there's the regret. You need to talk it out.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Politicians and representatives of civic society attended the launch event\n\nThe chief constable said the attendance of deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill at the launch of the PSNI recruitment campaign got it off to \"the best possible start\".\n\nSimon Byrne launched the campaign on Tuesday.\n\nIt comes amid continued concerns over the PSNI's ability to increase numbers of Catholic officers.\n\nMs O'Neill is deputy leader of Sinn Féin - its support is seen as important in encouraging more Catholic recruits.\n\nShe was one of a number of politicians at the event - including First Minister Arlene Foster - as well as representatives of churches and sporting bodies, such as the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA).\n\nMr Byrne said: \"We don't underestimate the significant step forward Sinn Féin has taken in endorsing this campaign merely by being here and beginning a conversation about how we can work differently to improve policing right across the country.\n\nSinn Féin has historically been critical of the role of the police in Northern Ireland, both the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), which replaced it in 2001.\n\nIn 2007 the party gave its support to the PSNI, but its representatives have not attended passing out parades for new recruits.\n\nIn the lead-up to the new campaign, the first since October 2018, there has been debate about whether a return to 50-50 recruitment is required.\n\nA 50-50 recruitment policy ran for the first 10 years of the PSNI until 2011.\n\nThis meant that 50% of all recruits had to be from a Catholic background, and 50% from a Protestant or other background.\n\nThe policy saw numbers of Catholic police officers rise from 8% to 32%, but things have stalled years after it ended.\n\nAnne Connolly, chair of the Policing Board, told the BBC News NI Evening Extra programme said Sinn Féin's attendance at the launch was \"a wonderful thing\".\n\n\"It provides hope for future work,\" she said.\n\nFormer chief constable Sir George Hamilton warned last year that numbers were \"going to start to dip if nothing changes\".\n\nSinn Féin, the SDLP and senior Catholic clergymen favour its reintroduction, which would be a political decision, but unionists oppose it.\n\nDeputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill said her attendance at the recruitment campaign launch \"speaks volumes\".\n\n\"We need a PSNI that is reflective in terms of the community in which it serves,\" she said.\n\nFirst Minister Arlene Foster welcomed the recruitment drive, describing it as \"significant\".\n\n\"It is important because there's been a lot of conversations about the fact we need to have a police service that reflects Northern Ireland's society,\" she said.\n\nApplications are open for about three weeks, with the first part of the process handled by professional services firm Deloitte.\n\nLater stages of selection, conducted by the PSNI, involve criminal background checks and physical tests.\n\nThe PSNI is also aiming to attract more women and people of ethnic backgrounds.\n\nMichelle O'Neill attending the launch of the new recruitment drive felt like a big step.\n\nOne long-serving PSNI commander even wondered if it was the policing equivalent of the Queen visiting Dublin.\n\nSinn Féin endorsing Northern Ireland policing in 2007 was of course more notable.\n\nSo, arguably, was the late Martin McGuinness's very strong condemnation of dissident murders of PSNI officers.\n\nMrs O'Neill stopped short of urging young Catholics to join in her comments to the media.\n\nCynics also point out there is an election in the Republic of Ireland.\n\nBut for a party that has not attended passing out parades for new recruits, this was a significant moment in the party's relationship with the PSNI.\n\nIt is not the only challenge facing the PSNI, as it strives to better reflect the composition of Northern Ireland society.\n\nIt has 6,900 officers and publishes data on their backgrounds.\n\nSixty-seven percent are \"perceived\" as being Protestant, 32% Catholic and 1% are from an ethnic minority.\n\nSeven in every 10 officers are male.\n\nThe PSNI is also conscious of needing to improve interest from working class Protestants and members of the LGBT community.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch as the first P-8A Poseidon touches down at Kinloss Barracks\n\nThe first of nine new maritime patrol aircraft for the RAF has arrived at a military base in Scotland after being flown from the United States.\n\nThe £3bn fleet of P-8A Poseidons are to be stationed at RAF Lossiemouth on the Moray coast.\n\nThe first of the completed planes will operate from nearby Kinloss Barracks, a former RAF station, while new facilities are built at Lossiemouth.\n\nIt is almost 10 years since the RAF's last patrol aircraft were scrapped.\n\nThe last of those jet aircraft, called Nimrods, flew out of RAF Kinloss in 2010. New Nimrods were dismantled for scrap as part of defence cuts, but not replaced by another type of plane.\n\nThe plane was escorted by RAF Typhoons\n\nA review in 2015 led to the Ministry of Defence ordering the P-8A Poseidons from US aircraft manufacturer Boeing. The first of these aircraft landed at Kinloss at about 13:30.\n\nThe RAF crews will operate alongside the Royal Navy in a submarine hunter role, and in work identifying and tracking surface vessels.\n\nAbout 470 jobs, a mix of military and civilian posts, will be created at RAF Lossiemouth to fly and service the fleet.\n\nRAF crews have been training on the new aircraft in the US\n\nA new facility is being built at RAF Lossiemouth for the Poseidons\n\nThe first of the completed Poseidons has been named the Pride of Moray. It is expected to move from Kinloss to Lossiemouth by the end of this year.\n\nSqn Ldr Dave Higgins was among the crew board Tuesday's flight to Kinloss following training in the US.\n\nHe told BBC Radio Scotland: \"It is a huge honour to be on that historic flight.\n\n\"For some of us there is much excitement because myself and my colleagues know how capable this aircraft is going to be.\n\n\"They are multi-mission aircraft with a variety of sensors that can fuse together so the crew can see lots of different types of information.\"\n\nJoe Kennedy, who flew on Nimrods for more than 30 years, said the decision to scrap the planes and not immediately replace them with new maritime patrol aircraft still felt shocking almost 10 years later.\n\nHe said: \"We all felt incredibly sad this fantastic aeroplane was coming to an end of its life.\n\n\"In my personal opinion I think it was a great loss and I think a lot of us thought it inconceivable that we lose the maritime patrol capability with nothing to replace it.\"\n\nJoe Kennedy said it seemed 'inconceivable' not to have replaced Nimrods after scrapping the aircraft\n\nMr Kennedy, who co-authored a book about Nimrods, said he was \"delighted\" the RAF would soon have a fleet of Poseidons.\n\nMoray councillor James Allan said the arrival of the new personnel would bring benefits to the local community.\n\nHe said: \"It's great for Lossiemouth, which is a small place.\n\n\"We have a new school being built just now and a new community centre and swimming pool. It will also be great for our economy.\"\n\nDefence Minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan said RAF Lossiemouth's strategic northerly location made it \"one of the most important air stations in the UK\".\n\nRichard Lochhead SNP MSP for Moray said the fleet would bring new employment opportunities to the local area.\n\nHe said: \"The arrival of the very first P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft is a big day for RAF Lossiemouth and Moray and also plugs a gap in the UK's defence capability by restoring marine surveillance.\"\n\nDouglas Ross, Conservative MP for Moray and UK government minister for Scotland, said the Poseidon's new facilities formed part of £470m of investment in RAF Lossiemouth.", "The media keeps mistaking black women MPs for each other because it does not respect them as much as their white counterparts, a Labour MP has said.\n\nThe Evening Standard used a picture of Bell Ribeiro-Addy in a story about fellow Labour MP Marsha de Cordova.\n\nThe story was about BBC Parliament captioning Ms de Cordova as Labour deputy leadership hopeful Dawn Butler.\n\nMs Ribeiro-Addy told BBC News: \"We are not given the same respect as our white counterparts and that's not right.\"\n\nThe MP, who has represented Streatham, in south London, since last year's general election, said she accepted that \"everybody makes mistakes,\" but added: \"It happens all the time with us.\n\n\"It is hard enough for us to get elected here but when we do get here we are not treated as individuals.\"\n\nShe said she used to get mistaken for Dawn Butler when she worked as the chief of staff to shadow home secretary Diane Abbott, \"because I must be the other one\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Parliament This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 Parliament channel's mistake came during a Commons debate on the Agriculture Bill on Monday.\n\nTweeting a photo of the incorrect caption, Ms Butler said: \"I love my sister @MarshadeCordova but we are two different people.\n\n\"Marsha is amazing and deserves to be called by her own name. Diversity in the workplace matters and it also helps to avoid making simple mistakes like this.\"\n\nMs de Cordova, who is Labour's shadow minister for disabled people, said the BBC's mistake was \"not OK at all\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 David Lammy This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nPart of the problem was the lack of diversity in most newsrooms, Ms Ribeiro-Addy said, and the tendency of journalists to treat Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) MPs as part of a homogenous group.\n\n\"Why do so many MPs get to be individuals and we just get to be part of a group that gets confused with each other?\"\n\nThe BBC \"sincerely apologised\" to Ms Butler and Ms de Cordova for the mistake.\n\nA spokesperson said: \"Sometimes we incorrectly identify MPs at the moment when they stand to speak. This error was immediately corrected on screen.\"\n\nThe Standard blamed picture agency Getty Images, which also supplies images to the BBC, for incorrectly captioning an image of Ms Ribeiro-Addy as Ms de Cordova.\n\nGetty Images \"sincerely apologised\" for incorrectly captioning the image of Ms Ribeiro-Addy and issued an \"unreserved apology\" to the two MPs \"for any offence this may have caused\".\n\nA Getty spokeswoman said: \"As soon as we were made aware of the error by the Evening Standard, we corrected the caption information on our website and in a notice sent to customers.\n\n\"Getty Images holds itself to a high standard of editorial integrity and has robust measures in place to ensure our content ingestion process reflects these standards.\n\n\"Although these errors are relatively rare, we, like all news agencies, regret when these measures fail to capture inaccuracies.\"\n\nTottenham MP David Lammy, one of the longest-serving black MPs, tweeted: \"This cannot go on. Black people are not all the same. We need more diversity in our newsrooms.\"", "Greek police have used tear gas to break up protests by migrants over living conditions on the Greek island of Lesbos.\n\nHundreds of people, including women and children, attempted to march to the town of Mytilene.\n\nIt comes after the Greek government invited proposals for a floating barrier to block migrants from arriving by sea.\n\nMigrants trying to reach Europe often travel through Turkey to Greece. Arrivals have proved hard to manage.\n\nMany are fleeing violence and persecution. The majority are from Afghanistan and Syria, according to the United Nations.", "President Trump said that, for the first time in 51 years, \"the cost of prescription drugs actually went down\".\n\nIn the year to May 2019, the average monthly cost of prescription drugs fell by 0.2% according to the Bureau of Labour Statistics' Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures the increase in the cost of household items in the US .\n\nThis is the first price decrease over a 12-month period since 1973, some 47 years ago.\n\nBut this may not be the most reliable way to measure drug prices according to Inma Hernandez, a pharmacy lecturer at the University of Pittsburgh.\n\n\"The CPI is based on a basket of drugs which is representative of popular drugs. So it tends to include widely-used drugs, which are usually cheaper,\" she says.\n\n\"However, it is less likely to include newer or less-prescribed drugs, which are more expensive and have higher price increases.\"\n\nThe lack of transparency around drug pricing makes it very difficult to know exactly what's happening to the cost of prescription medication.", "The move follows a knife attack in Streatham, south London, by Sudesh Amman\n\nEmergency legislation will be introduced to end the automatic early release from prison of terror offenders, the government has said.\n\nJustice Secretary Robert Buckland told MPs the change would apply to both current and future offenders.\n\nTerror offenders will only be considered for release once they have served two-thirds of their sentence and with the approval of the Parole Board.\n\nIt follows two attacks by men convicted of terror offences in recent months.\n\nOn Sunday, Sudesh Amman, 20, was shot dead by police in Streatham, south London, after stabbing two people. And in November two people were killed near London Bridge by Usman Khan.\n\nAmman was released from prison towards the end of January, while Khan was out on licence from prison when he launched his attack in central London.\n\nMr Buckland said the latest attack made the case \"for immediate action\".\n\n\"We cannot have the situation, as we saw tragically in yesterday's case, where an offender - a known risk to innocent members of the public - is released early by automatic process of law without any oversight by the Parole Board,\" he said.\n\nHe said the new legislation would mean people convicted of terrorism offences will no longer be released automatically after they have served half of their sentence.\n\nBecause we face \"an unprecedented situation of severe gravity\", the legislation will also apply to serving prisoners, Mr Buckland said.\n\nThe Ministry of Justice said the legislation would be introduced \"when parliamentary time allows\".\n\nThe government will also consider making new legislation to ensure that extremists are more closely monitored on release and will review whether the current maximum sentences for terrorist offences are sufficient.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Justice Secretary Robert Buckland: \"We face an unprecedented situation of severe gravity\"\n\nThe Parole Board for England and Wales has welcomed the plans.\n\nIn a statement, it said it would not \"direct the release of an offender unless [it is] satisfied, taking account of all the evidence, that detention is no longer necessary for the protection of the public\".\n\n\"The board's focus is rightly on those who have committed the most serious criminal offences and it is vital that the most serious offenders are subject to a proper assessment before their release,\" it added.\n\nHowever, human rights group Liberty described the government's actions after recent terror attacks as a \"cause of increasing concern for our civil liberties\".\n\nClare Collier, an advocacy director for the campaign group, said: \"From last month's knee-jerk lie detector proposal, to today's threat to break the law by changing people's sentences retrospectively, continuing to introduce measures without review or evidence is dangerous and will create more problems than it solves.\n\n\"It's clear the UK's counter-terror system is in chaos and desperately needs proper scrutiny and review.\"\n\nResponding to the government announcement in the Commons, shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon said the justice system was in \"crisis\" due to funding cuts.\n\n\"The government cannot use sentencing as a way of distracting from their record of bringing the criminal justice system to breaking point,\" he said.\n\nFormer government counter-terrorism adviser Professor Ian Acheson argued that there might be instances where offenders should stay in prison.\n\nHe told BBC News: \"There will be some people for whom their ideology is bulletproof and there is no way we can get inside that.\n\n\"If there are people who are absolutely determined not to accept any intervention that will change that toxic mind-set, yes they should be in prison and if necessary, indefinitely.\"\n\nAlthough plans for the Parole Board to decide if people convicted of terrorism offences should be released after serving two thirds of their sentence were in the Queen's Speech, there were no proposals at that stage for the measures to apply retrospectively.\n\nAll that changed after the Streatham attack - the third incident involving convicted Islamist extremists in two months.\n\nMinisters are clearly concerned about the risks posed by other prisoners serving sentences for terrorism who are due to be let out: there's about one release, on average, every week.\n\nBut the measures, if approved by Parliament, will almost certainly be the subject of a challenge in the courts. Is it fair that a prisoner who's been convicted and sentenced under one set of rules suddenly finds themselves locked up for longer under a different set of rules?\n\nThe government is likely to justify its approach on the grounds of national security, so prepare for an epic legal battle that may well end up at the Supreme Court.\n\nAmman was shot dead on Streatham High Road on Sunday afternoon after stabbing two people in what police called an Islamist-related terrorist incident. He wore an imitation suicide belt.\n\nHe had been released from prison about a week ago after serving half of a sentence for terror offences, and was under police surveillance.\n\nArmed officers were following Amman on foot as part of a \"proactive counter-terrorism surveillance operation\", Scotland Yard said.\n\nHe was seen entering a shop in Streatham High Road shortly before 14:00 GMT, where he is believed to have stolen a knife. Once outside the shop he attacked two people.\n\nIn a statement on Monday, the Metropolitan Police said its officers responded within 60 seconds of Amman's attack, fatally shooting him.\n\nThe force did not reveal more details about its surveillance operation on the terror convict.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dave Chawner said he \"used a blanket to stem the bleeding\" of one of the victims\n\nThree people were taken to hospitals, including the two stabbing victims.\n\nOne victim, a man in his 40s, is now said to be recovering after sustaining injuries that were initially thought to be life-threatening. Another, a woman in her 50s, has been discharged from hospital.\n\nA third woman in her 20s suffered minor injuries, thought to have been caused by broken glass from the gunfire.\n\nThe attack comes after convicted terrorist Khan 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\nThis prompted a raft of measures to be proposed by the Home Office in January.\n\nThe so-called Counter-Terrorism Bill would also 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 are currently at least 74 people who were jailed for terror offences and subsequently freed on licence.\n\nThere are also 224 people convicted of terrorism offences in prison in Great Britain, most of whom must be released at the end of their custodial sentence.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The nursery school teacher is recovering at home after being stabbed by attacker Sudesh Amman.\n\nOne of the two people stabbed in the Streatham attack has been named as 51-year-old Monika Luftner.\n\nThe nursery school teacher was stabbed by Sudesh Amman, 20, on Streatham High Road on Sunday afternoon.\n\nAmman had previously been convicted of terror offences and was shot dead by police who were monitoring him.\n\nMrs Luftner, a teacher at St Bede's Catholic Infant and Nursery School in Balham, is recovering at home with her partner.\n\nIn a statement, the school said Mrs Luftner was making \"a good recovery\" and asked that her privacy be respected.\n\nAmman stabbed two people on busy Streatham High Road, in south London, before being shot dead by police just after 14:00 GMT on Sunday.\n\nHe is reported to have been \"under active police surveillance\" at the time of the attack, and was later found wearing a \"hoax\" suicide device.\n\nIt emerged that Amman had recently been released from prison after serving half of his three year sentence for terror-related offences.\n\nOfficers said the condition of the second stabbing victim - a man in his 40s - was initially considered life-threatening, but he is now in a serious but stable condition.\n\nA woman in her 20s received minor injuries - believed to have been caused by glass following the discharge of a police firearm - and has been discharged from hospital.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Thomas Thabane (centre) at his inauguration in 2017 with Maesaiah Thabane, while King Letsie III (right) looks on\n\nThe wife of the prime minister of Lesotho is to be formally charged in court with murdering his previous wife.\n\nFirst Lady Maesaiah Thabane handed herself in to be questioned by police in the southern African mountain kingdom.\n\nPrime Minister Thomas Thabane has also been questioned about the killing.\n\nHis estranged wife, Lipolelo Thabane, was shot dead outside her home in the capital Maseru two days before his inauguration in 2017.\n\nThe couple were involved in bitter divorce proceedings at the time.\n\nThe attack was originally blamed on unknown armed men, but recent court papers filed by the country's police commissioner, Holomo Molibeli, have raised further questions.\n\nAn arrest warrant was issued for 42-year-old Maesaiah Thabane on 10 January after she disappeared.\n\nShe was \"picked from the border\" with South Africa on Tuesday after an arrangement between her lawyers and police, police spokesman Mpiti Mopeli told AFP news agency.\n\nPolice Commissioner Holomo Molibeli told the BBC that she was being held in custody and would be formally charged in court on Wednesday.\n\nPrime Minister Thomas Thabane has been questioned in connection with the killing of his previous wife\n\nIt is not clear if Maesaiah Thabane will apply for bail at the court appearance. Mr Molibeli said police will oppose her bid if she does, as she is believed to be a flight risk.\n\nMaesaiah Thabane's lawyer, Rethabile Setlojoane, told the BBC he could not comment on the case.\n\nEight others in Lesotho and South Africa are also reportedly facing charges over the murder.\n\nLast month, Mr Thabane agreed to be questioned by the police. On the day he was questioned, hundreds of opposition supporters marched through the streets of the capital, Maseru, demanding his immediate resignation.\n\nHundreds of protesters took to the streets in January to demand the resignation of Mr Thabane\n\nAs pressure over the case mounted, Mr Thabane announced his intention to resign on 16 January, but did not specify a date when he would do so.\n\nMr Thabane framed the decision to step down as retirement, making no reference to the allegations against him and his wife.\n\nThe governing party and the opposition have accused the leader of hindering the investigation into his previous wife's murder.\n\nMr Thabane and his current wife have not yet commented on the case.\n\nLipolelo Thabane was killed just two days before Mr Thabane was sworn in as prime minister in June 2017. The 58-year-old had been living apart from her husband since 2012.\n\nOne evening while returning home, she was ambushed, shot several times at close range and died on the side of a road.\n\nThe murder shocked the nation. Mr Thabane described it as a \"senseless killing\" in his inauguration speech.\n\nThe prime minister announced that he would step down but has given no date for his departure\n\nInitially, unknown armed men were blamed for the murder, but new evidence filed in court papers surfaced in early January.\n\nThe evidence, seen by AFP news agency, included a copy of a letter that the police chief wrote to Mr Thabane.\n\nThe letter, dated 23 December 2019, read: \"The investigations reveal that there was a telephonic communication at the scene of the crime in question... with another cell phone. The cell phone number belongs to you.\"", "Stories like Paula's, whose first universal credit payment wasn't enough to live on, are thought to have \"scared people\"\n\nFull rollout of universal credit, the government's flagship welfare reform, is being delayed again, adding £500m to its overall cost, the BBC has learned.\n\nOfficials say not enough people are moving to the benefit as they are \"scared\" to move to universal credit.\n\nThe system was meant to be fully live by April 2017, but the new delay will push it back to September 2024.\n\nThe welfare delivery minister, Will Quince, said claimants would not lose money as a result of the change.\n\nThe backroom discussions leading to the latest delay were recorded by a BBC team whose series, Universal Credit: Inside the Welfare State, starts on Tuesday.\n\nThe new benefit, which replaces six existing payments, has been beset by problems, with claimants having to wait at least five weeks for the payments to start and many reports of people falling into debt, and having to resort to food banks as a consequence.\n\nPeople transferring to universal credit have to wait five weeks for the first payment\n\nOn top of that, advance payments of the benefit, introduced to help people through the five weeks with no money coming in, have been blamed for putting claimants into debt. That's because once the benefit finally comes through, payments are reduced to pay off the advance.\n\nClaimants are meant to transfer onto universal credit when they have a change of circumstances, such as moving in with a new partner.\n\nThe film-makers were allowed access to meetings inside the Department for Work and Pensions, and officials are seen pondering what to do when they realise fewer people are reporting changes of circumstances and therefore being transferred to the new benefit, than expected.\n\nOne programme shows Bolton mum Paula struggling to feed her family when her first universal credit payment comes in at just over £500 for a month, because of deductions to pay off the advance she took during the five-week wait.\n\nShe ends up resorting to a food bank. \"I have just got myself into one big mess and I have lost control over everything,\" Paula tells a debt counsellor.\n\n\"I am in debt up to my eyeballs and it's not going to go away.\"\n\nThe counsellor tells her: \"Any customer on universal credit, we already know that you're standing on the back foot.\n\n\"If you don't have money saved up already or you don't have backup of family who can support you, you will fall into taking an advance payment.\"\n\nShe added that benefit deductions to pay off the advance, leave people \"constantly trying to catch up\".\n\nNeil Couling, the senior civil servant in charge of the rollout for the past five years, is filmed telling a Whitehall meeting: \"We've got a lot of anecdotal evidence of people being scared to come to universal credit.\n\n\"It's a potentially serious issue for us, in terms of completing the project by December 2023, but I'm urging people not to panic.\"\n\n\"I'll take the beating\": senior civil servant Neil Couling decides to delay full rollout by another nine months\n\nBut a few weeks later, in September 2019, he decides to delay full rollout to September 2024, putting £500m on the bill.\n\n\"Three, six or nine months, it doesn't matter - the headline will be: 'Delay, disaster',\" he says\n\n\"I would say, 'Go safe, put the claimants first, and I'll take the beating.'\"\n\nDespite the problems, Mr Couling says he believes that once universal credit is fully implemented, it will be successful and regarded as \"the right thing to do\".\n\n\"This is the system that will form the bedrock of social security for the next 30 years.\"\n\nHe expects universal credit to continue to grow, with 2.6 million people already on it by September last year: \"Right now there's no way I can put the brakes on and stop.\n\n\"I have to keep going to the destination or you have to set me a different destination, because there's 2.6 million people, and if we get something wrong we could disrupt their lives and they've got no alternative. There's no alternative bank they can go to get help. We are the payer of last resort.\"\n\nLabour's shadow work and pensions secretary, Margaret Greenwood, called the news \"hugely embarrassing\" for the government and called for universal credit to be scrapped.\n\n\"Universal credit was supposed to be its flagship social security programme.\n\n\"Instead we now find that it is being forced to delay the full rollout because the public have so very little faith in it and many are actually afraid of it,\" said Ms Greenwood.\n\nThe government says universal credit was always intended to be introduced slowly.\n\nIt is \"the biggest change to the welfare system in a generation, bringing together six overlapping benefits into one monthly payment and offering support to some of the most vulnerable people in society\", said Mr Quince.\n\n\"It is right that we revisit our forecasts and plan, and re-plan accordingly, ensuring that the process is working well for people on benefits.\"", "Fifty per cent of the UK's 10-year-olds owned a smartphone in 2019, according to a report by media regulator Ofcom.\n\nThe amount of young phone owners doubled between the ages of nine and 10, which Ofcom dubbed \"the age of digital independence\".\n\nIn addition, 24% of 3 and 4-year-olds had their own tablet, and 15% of them were allowed to take it to bed.\n\nOfcom's annual report looks at the media habits of children, and the types of devices they are using.\n\nThe 2019 study was based on more than 3,200 interviews with children and parents around the UK.\n\n\"The mobile phone is the device of choice for children,\" said Yih-Choung Teh, strategy and research group director at Ofcom.\n\n\"I'm conscious that for these children who have never known a world without the internet, in many respects their online and offline worlds are indistinguishable.\"\n\nThe report also found that more older children were using social media to express their support for social causes and organisations, with 18% having shared or commented on a post, and one in ten having signed an online petition.\n\nOfcom dubbed this \"the Greta effect\" after the 17-year-old environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg.\n\nThe \"Greta effect\" has led to more older children supporting causes online.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Students in Milton Keynes on their favourite smartphone apps\n\nOfcom also interviewed parents about their concerns. It found that 45% of parents thought the benefits of children using the internet outweighed the risks, but there was an overall increase in parental concern about young people seeing content that might lead them to self-harm.\n\nJust under half (47%) of the parents spoken to were worried about pressure to spend money within games, especially on loot boxes, where the reward is not clear before purchase.\n\nOf those parents with children aged between 5 and 15, 87% had sought advice about how to keep them safe online.\n\n\"We are seeing around half of 12-15 year olds saying they have seen hateful content online, and an increase in parents who are concerned about it,\" said Yih-Choung Teh.\n\n\"The good news is, more conversations about staying safe online are also happening across the country.\"\n\nFollowing the report, children's charity the NSPCC called for independent regulators to force social media platforms to protect their users from viewing harmful material.\n\n\"While it's encouraging that parents are talking to their children about their media use, we must look to tech giants to protect their users and ensure they are a force for good not bad,\" said Andy Burrows, head of child safety online policy.", "Torrential rain and flash flooding in the south of New Zealand has left many tourists stranded.\n\nMany hikers were evacuated from Fiordland by helicopter on Tuesday, but heavy rain meant rescue efforts for those trapped in Milford Sound was put on hold.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe prime minister admitted he \"doesn't really get\" climate change, the former head of this year's key summit on the issue has said.\n\nThe UK is hosting COP26 in Glasgow in November - but Boris Johnson sacked president Claire O’Neill on Friday.\n\nMrs O'Neill told the BBC there was a \"huge lack of leadership and engagement\" from the government.\n\nBut senior cabinet minister Michael Gove said Mr Johnson was dedicated to environmental issues.\n\nMr Gove told BBC Radio 5 Live that the prime minister described his political outlook as that of a \"green Tory\" when they first met 30 years ago.\n\n\"Ever since then I've seen his dedication to ensuring that we fight to ensure that our Earth is handed on in a better state to the next generation,\" he said.\n\nBut Ms O'Neill, the former Conservative minister for energy and clean growth, said people should be wary of the prime minister's promises.\n\n\"My advice to anybody to whom Boris is making promises - whether it is voters, world leaders, ministers, employees, or indeed family members - is to get it in writing, get a lawyer to look at it and make sure the money's in the bank,\" she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\n\"The prime minister has made incredibly warm statements about this over the years. He's also admitted to me that he doesn't really understand it. He 'doesn't really get it', I think is what he said.\"\n\nShe said the UK's climate efforts were at \"Oxford United levels when we need to be Liverpool if we are going to do what the world actually needs us to do\".\n\nIn a letter to Mr Johnson after she was sacked, Mrs O'Neill accused him of promising money and people, but failing to deliver either.\n\nThe Scottish Events Campus in Glasgow, which is hosting COP26, includes the Armadillo and the SSE Hydro buildings\n\nMrs O'Neill wrote: \"The cabinet sub-committee on climate that you promised to chair, and which I was to attend, has not met once.\n\n\"In the absence of your promised leadership… departments have fought internal Whitehall battles over who is responsible and accountable for (the conference)\".\n\nShe said at this stage, the UK should have clear actions to communicate to the diplomatic network, an agreed plan of ministerial international engagements led by the prime minister and a roadmap for the proposed \"year of action\".\n\n\"As of last Friday, we did not,\" she said.\n\nDowning Street declined to respond to the claims, with a spokesman saying only that the prime minister is \"grateful to Claire for her work preparing for what will be a very successful, ambitious climate change summit in Glasgow in November.\"\n\nThe timing of the letter could not be worse as Mr Johnson is launching his strategy for the conference on Tuesday with the help of Sir David Attenborough.\n\nIt includes a plan to make 2035 the date for ending the sales in the UK of conventional petrol and diesel cars.\n\nMrs O’Neill's letter focused not on UK policy, but on the state of international negotiations and of Mr Johnson's role.\n\nShe warns: \"We are almost out of time to win the battle against climate change and start the process of climate recovery.\"\n\n\"It became clear to me that the current format of the global talks needed to be re-energised and focused.\n\n\"The annual UN talks are dogged by endless rows over agendas, ongoing unresolved splits over who should pay and insufficient attention and funding for adaptation (to inevitable climate changes).\n\n\"It was particularly awful at the last conference in Madrid. While half a million climate action protesters gathered in the streets, I sat in plenary sessions where global negotiators debated whether our meeting should be classified as 'informal' or 'informal-informal'.\"\n\nShe added: \"There is a yawning gap between what the world expects from us and where we are. It's a systemic failure of global vision and leadership.\"\n\nHer comments are not just aimed at the government.\n\nShe criticised some climate negotiators, too, for refusing to accept that the annual parade of climate conferences will not deliver the cuts needed for a stable climate.\n\nShe said: \"For some it is hard to give up on incrementalism even when it is demonstrably failing.\n\n\"In my judgement, this isn’t a pretty place for us to be to be and we owe the world a lot better.\"\n\nHer words are likely to resonate round the world, although she is not the first climate diplomat to express this sort of frustration - and she’s unlikely to be the last.", "Jessica Breeze said she could not remember stabbing her father\n\nA woman who stabbed her \"controlling\" father after suffering years of abuse has been found not guilty of his murder and manslaughter.\n\nJessica Breeze, 20, denied murdering Colin Brady, 49, at the family home in Keith Road, Middlesbrough, in June.\n\nMiss Breeze told Teesside Crown Court her father had frequently injured her in regular bouts of violence.\n\nHe had punched and threatened to kill Miss Breeze and her mother before he was stabbed in the back, jurors heard.\n\nThe prosecution alleged Miss Breeze had stabbed her father as he was leaving the house.\n\nIn evidence, the nursery worker recalled how her father would \"kick off\" and \"smash the place up\" if she returned home late.\n\nAsked by her barrister, Simon Russell Flint QC, if she ever reported her father's violent outbursts, she replied: \"No. I was scared. I thought it was pointless.\"\n\nMr Brady had previous convictions for violence, including causing grievous bodily harm with intent.\n\nHe had attacked Miss Breeze's mother, Kelly Breeze, in an assault a police constable said was the worst he had seen.\n\nColin Brady was stabbed during a violent row at the family's home in Middlesbrough last summer\n\nThe trial had heard that an argument broke out after Miss Breeze's parents discovered she had been secretly seeing her boyfriend when she said she had been at work.\n\nDuring the row, Mr Brady slapped or punched his then 19-year-old daughter several times, before her mother intervened, the court heard.\n\n\"He was punching me in the face with his fists,\" Miss Breeze told the jury. \"He said he was going to kill us.\"\n\nShe was one digit away from dialling 999 when he demanded she hand over her phone, the court heard.\n\nThe court was told she had \"no memory of picking up the knife\".\n\nHe was taken to hospital with an 18cm-deep wound to his left lung, but could not be saved.\n\nJessica Breeze and her lawyer Sean Grainger spoke outside the court\n\nOutside court, Miss Breeze's solicitor, Sean Grainger, said in a statement: \"The jury accepted she was acting in lawful self-defence of herself and her mother when under a sustained and violent attack by her father.\n\n\"Further, whilst Jessica was brought up in a highly toxic home environment where she and her mother were regularly subject to extreme physical and emotional abuse by her father, Jessica wishes to make it clear she loved her father, she still does and wishes he was still here.\n\n\"She now wishes to rebuild her life, get back to work and move on from the seven-month ordeal she has endured since her arrest.\"\n\nFollowing the acquittal, a CPS spokesperson said: \"While there was evidence of a sometimes violent relationship between the victim, Colin Brady, and the defendant, Jessica Breeze, the circumstances of his death made a charge of murder wholly appropriate in this case.\n\n\"Regardless of the alleged provocation for the attack, the victim was attacked in the back as he walked away from the defendant.\n\n\"He was stabbed with such force that it passed from his back through his entire left lung and into his chest. Despite claims of self-defence by the defendant, the evidence was such that there was a case to answer.\"\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Templefields House in Harlow was described as a \"human warehouse\" by one tenant\n\nA cleaner at a troubled former office block used to house the homeless has revealed she and other staff discovered a \"weeks-old corpse\" in a room.\n\nTania resigned from her job after being asked to clean the room where the man's body was discovered in June 2019.\n\nAn investigation by BBC East and Panorama found evidence security staff had \"lost control\" at Templefields House in Harlow, Essex.\n\nProperty owner Caridon said \"management followed appropriate procedures\".\n\nThe BBC found hundreds of families were being rehoused by London boroughs in office blocks and industrial estates in Harlow, often living next to drug addicts and ex-prisoners.\n\nRobert Halfon, MP for Harlow, described the practice as \"social cleansing\".\n\nEssex Police confirmed the death, which is not being treated as suspicious. The identity of the dead man was not disclosed.\n\nResidents have complained of being isolated and surrounded by warehousing and business centres\n\nTania, who did not want her surname used, became an employee of the landlord Caridon, with her partner Matt who became head of security at Templefields, after they had lived at the block as tenants.\n\n\"It was the smell hit you before you even opened the door. And there were flies everywhere. It was just awful,\" she said.\n\n\"He'd been there for five or six weeks. It was decomposed.\"\n\nThe couple said a number of people had taken their own lives during the time they lived and worked there.\n\nCurrent staff also told an undercover BBC reporter about other tenants who had died.\n\nThe reporter was told \"we've cleaned a dead man's room\" and \"we found him hanging\", \"had to wait for the body bag. Had to stand in the hallway to make sure no-one come in or while he was cleared\".\n\nManagement at the building were concerned with getting the room cleaned and letting it out to a new tenant, Tania said.\n\n\"I was just in shock, complete shock, but it was more of a concern to get another room that was needed to be cleaned that day,\" she told the BBC.\n\nTerminus House in Harlow, another former office block housing vulnerable people\n\nA spokesman for Caridon told the BBC the company was \"aware of the tragic events\".\n\n\"Following discovery by a member of staff, our management followed appropriate procedures and contacted the relevant authorities.\n\n\"As a supplier of accommodation to tenants referred by the local authorities, we are not mandated to provide support for vulnerable tenants with health issues.\"\n\nHe added: \"We do however perform welfare checks on individual tenants when instructed to do so by the relevant authorities.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Eyewitnesses have described scenes of distress and panic when a man was shot dead by police after stabbing people in Streatham, London.\n\nThey told the BBC how they fled at the sound of gunshots on Streatham High Road just after 14:00 GMT on Sunday.\n\nThree people were injured in the attack - carried out by Sudesh Amman, 20 - but none is in a critical condition.\n\nOne man said he gave people looking after one of the victims a blanket to \"help stem the bleeding\".\n\nDave Chawner, who had been on the way to the cinema, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"I heard what I thought at that time was a car backfiring.\n\n\"I turned back and turned round and saw a small group of people around a man who was on the floor who was incredibly distressed, he was holding his lower right quadrant and there was blood everywhere.\n\n\"I happened to have a blanket in my bag and I gave it to them to help stem the bleeding and I ran to the nearest crossroads to wave down the ambulance.\"\n\nMr Chawner said the ambulance \"took well over half an hour to arrive\", which was \"incredibly frustrating and distressing\".\n\nLondon Ambulance Service said its medics were at the scene in four minutes, but were sent to a rendezvous point until police told them it was safe to treat patients.\n\nPeople gathered near the scene in Streatham\n\nAdam Blake, who was walking along Streatham Common, described how he saw two or three cars crash into each other, including an unmarked police car, as the incident unfolded.\n\n\"Another police car carried on towards the hill pursuing someone,\" he told the BBC.\n\nA police officer was seen pointing a gun at a man, who was seen on the floor outside Boots\n\nGjon Kathegjolli said he was in a barber shop when he heard a woman, who was with a baby in a push chair and two young boys, scream and saw her being stabbed.\n\nA man then walked past carrying a knife the size of his forearm, he said.\n\nDaniel Gough said he was out for a run when he heard shots and everyone ran.\n\n\"There was panic, people were yelling,\" he said. \"A young girl running alongside me kept asking 'Is this what I'm meant to do?' - she was very distressed.\n\n\"I saw a policeman and he yelled, telling everyone to get back. His gun was pointing in the direction of a man on the floor.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nClare Henson-Bowen, who was walking past a pub with her husband and children, initially thought there had been a shoplifting incident.\n\n\"It happened really quickly. Lots of people were running. A lady on a bike looked like she was pushed…. another guy was wrapping a shirt around his arm, and the guy who had stolen something ran, thankfully, in the other direction,\" she told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme.\n\n\"I don't think it's really sunk in,\" she said, adding that residents had \"come together\" in the aftermath.\n\nLee Ford, a local electrician, said: \"To see this happen on my doorstep - our doorstep - it's very shocking.\"\n\nHe added: \"It's something you see on the news, not necessarily what you see on your on your doorstep.\"\n\nDo you have any information to share? 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.", "Ian Paterson carried out hundreds of botched and needless operations\n\nA culture of \"avoidance and denial\" allowed a breast surgeon to perform botched and unnecessary operations on hundreds of women, a report has found.\n\nAn independent inquiry into Ian Paterson's malpractice has recommended the recall of his 11,000 patients for their treatment to be assessed.\n\nPaterson is serving a 20-year jail term for 17 counts of wounding with intent.\n\nOne of Paterson's colleagues has been referred to police and five more to health watchdogs by the inquiry.\n\nDebbie Douglas, who underwent \"needless\" surgery while in Paterson's care, said all of the report's 15 recommendations must be implemented.\n\nThe disgraced breast surgeon worked with cancer patients at NHS and private hospitals in the West Midlands over 14 years.\n\nHis unregulated \"cleavage-sparing\" mastectomies, in which breast tissue was left behind, meant the disease returned in many of his patients.\n\nOthers had surgery they did not need - some even finding out years later they did not have cancer.\n\nPatients were let down by the healthcare system \"at every level\" said the inquiry chair, retired Bishop of Norwich the Rt Revd Graham James, who identified \"multiple individual and organisational failures\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Victim Debbie Douglas called for changes to the law following the report's publication\n\nAnother of Paterson's victims, Tracey Smith, welcomed the recommendations for the health service made by the inquiry.\n\n\"Paterson was claiming that there was some sort of cancer hotspot in Solihull. The only problem in Solihull was Ian Paterson,\" she said.\n\n\"Now we will continue to fight so that the recommendations are put in place to stop this from ever happening in the NHS or the Spire or any private hospital in the country.\"\n\nAmong the report's recommendations were:\n\nIn his report, Bishop James said: \"The suffering described; the callousness; the wickedness; the failures on the part of individuals and institutions as well as Paterson himself - these are vividly described in what patients told us.\n\n\"The scale of what happened, the length of time this malpractice went on; the terrible legacy for so many families; it is difficult to exaggerate the damage done, including to trust in medical organisations.\"\n\nThe coroner and West Midlands Police are looking into the deaths of 23 of Paterson's patients.\n\nRelatives of some of Paterson's patients who died have called for him to face manslaughter charges.\n\nThe opening words of the Paterson inquiry are striking. The chair, Rt Revd Graham James, says this was \"far worse\" than simply a story about a rogue surgeon though that itself was tragic.\n\nHe says the healthcare system was dysfunctional at every level when it came to keeping patients safe. And this was less than a decade ago.\n\nHe suggests there are currently more than enough regulators with sufficient budgets, but they still aren't doing enough collectively to keep patients safe.\n\nChillingly he says that based on evidence from clinicians as opposed to regulators something similar could happen now.\n\nPaterson began working at Spire private hospital in Solihull in 1997 and was appointed at Solihull Hospital, part of the Heart of England NHS Trust, a year later.\n\nBetween then and 2011, he had 11,000 patients across the two sites. He was suspended by the General Medical Council (GMC) in 2012 while his practices were being investigated.\n\nAn independent report by lawyer Sir Ian Kennedy found concerns about Paterson had been raised as early as 2003, but hospital management missed several opportunities to stop him.\n\nFollowing a trial at Nottingham Crown Court, Paterson, of Altrincham in Greater Manchester, who grew up in County Down, Northern Ireland, was jailed for 15 years in May 2017 after being found guilty of wounding with intent nine women and one man.\n\nHis sentence was later increased to 20 years.\n\nPaterson worked at Spire Hospital, in Solihull, from 1997 to 2011\n\nLater that year, minister of state for health Philip Dunne established the independent inquiry.\n\n\"There was a culture of avoidance and denial, an alarming loss of corporate memory and an offloading of responsibility at every level,\" Bishop James said in his conclusions.\n\n\"This capacity for wilful blindness is illustrated by the way in which Paterson's behaviour and aberrant clinical practice was excused or even favoured.\n\n\"Many simply avoided or worked round him. Some could have known, while others should have known, and a few must have known.\"\n\nThose referred to the health watchdog and the police were not named in the report.\n\nJacqui Smith, chair of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust which now runs Solihull Hospital, said it \"wholly condemns\" Paterson's practices and acknowledged \"many of Paterson's patients received appalling treatment whilst under the care of the NHS\".\n\nSpire Healthcare's chief executive, Justin Ash, apologised for the \"significant distress\" suffered by patients and accepted \"missed opportunities to challenge Ian Paterson's criminal behaviour\".\n\n\"We should have caught him sooner,\" he said. \"We have changed - Spire has changed. We have got much better regulation of consultants today.\"\n\nTwo of Paterson's patients, Tracey Smith and Debbie Douglas, were in Birmingham to read the inquiry report\n\nMrs Douglas, who spearheaded the campaign for the inquiry, said: \"The fight goes on until the legislation has changed.\n\n\"We don't want somebody from the government giving us lip service and saying that lessons will be learned. It sickens me.\n\nBishop James described the \"wickedness\" and \"callousness\" faced by Paterson's victims\n\nOther recommendations made by the inquiry are the suspension of healthcare professionals who are under investigation over patient safety, and that gaps in responsibility and liability between the NHS and the private sector are improved by the government.\n\nHealth Minister Nadine Dorries said: \"I deeply regret the failures of the NHS and the independent sector to protect patients from the devastating impact of Paterson's malpractice.\n\n\"It is essential we all respond quickly and effectively to the lessons of this inquiry, giving every patient the confidence that the care they receive is safe and meets the highest standards.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Grammy award-winning singer Duffy has revealed she was drugged and raped after being held captive by an attacker.\n\nThe 35-year-old Welsh star posted on her verified Instagram account that her \"recovery took time\".\n\nThe performer, who had a UK number one single Mercy in 2008, wrote to her 33,000 followers: \"The truth is, and please trust me I am OK and safe now.\"\n\n\"I was raped and drugged and held captive over some days,\" she wrote.\n\nDuffy, whose debut album Rockferry went seven times platinum as it went to number one in six countries, won three Brit Awards and a Grammy following her breakthrough.\n\nAt the Brits, she won British Breakthrough, Best British Female and Best British Album awards.\n\n\"You can only imagine the amount of times I thought about writing this,\" she wrote on Instagram.\n\n\"Well, not entirely sure why now is the right time, and what it is that feels exciting and liberating for me to talk.\n\n\"I cannot explain it. Many of you wonder what happened to me, where did I disappear to and why. A journalist contacted me, he found a way to reach me and I told him everything this past summer. He was kind and it felt so amazing to finally speak.\n\nDuffy wrote about her ordeal to her 33,000 Instagram followers\n\n\"The truth is, and please trust me I am OK and safe now, I was raped and drugged and held captive over some days. Of course I survived. The recovery took time. There's no light way to say it. But I can tell you in the last decade, the thousands and thousands of days I committed to wanting to feel the sunshine in my heart again, the sun does now shine.\"\n\nDuffy - whose real name is Aimee Anne Duffy - went to number one in 12 countries with Mercy, which was the UK's third-best-selling single of 2008 with sales of more than 500,000 copies.\n\nThe singer, from Nefyn in Gwynedd, then enjoyed success with her first album Rockferry as it became the UK's biggest selling album of 2008.\n\n\"You wonder why I did not choose to use my voice to express my pain? I did not want to show the world the sadness in my eyes,\" she added.\n\n\"I asked myself, how can I sing from the heart if it is broken?\n\nDuffy went to number one in 12 countries with her single Mercy\n\n\"And slowly it unbroke. In the following weeks I will be posting a spoken interview.\n\n\"If you have any questions I would like to answer them, in the spoken interview, if I can. I have a sacred love and sincere appreciation for your kindness over the years. You have been friends. I want to thank you for that. x Duffy.\n\n\"Please respect this is a gentle move for me to make, for myself, and I do not want any intrusion to my family. Please support me to make this a positive experience.\"\n\nEleri Butler, chief executive of Welsh Women's Aid, told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast with Claire Summers the singer's choice to speak out was a \"strong, courageous and powerful statement\".\n\n\"It's really difficult to speak out… for some women it's the right time to talk many years after the experience, and for some it's never the right time,\" she said.\n\nThe BBC attempted to contact Duffy to confirm the details of her post.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Helicopter footage shows the scale of flooding in Ironbridge\n\nAn emergency evacuation took place as rising waters on the River Severn \"overwhelmed\" a town's flood defences.\n\nBuckled barriers at Ironbridge, Shropshire, meant water seeped underneath, resulting in police evacuating part of the town.\n\nWest Mercia Police, which oversaw the evacuation, said \"virtually everyone\" in the Wharfage area had agreed to leave.\n\nResidents were earlier evacuated from their homes in Bewdley, Worcestershire.\n\nThere, water came over the top of some of the town's flood defences.\n\nThe barriers in both areas have been trying to keep a swollen River Severn from residents' doors.\n\nA risk-to-life flood warning remains for the Severn in Ironbridge following days of heavy rain, although the same severe warning for neighbouring Shrewsbury has been downgraded as river levels fall in the town.\n\nElsewhere, flooding has also seen:\n\nDeputy chief constable Julian Moss, from the West Merica force, said on Wednesday evening that \"virtually all\" residents who had previously chosen to stay in their properties in Ironbridge had now left.\n\nAbout 35 homes are believed to have been evacuated in the Wharfage.\n\nThe force said it would ensure displaced residents were \"put up\" and officers would remain in the area throughout the night and over the coming days.\n\nEarlier, Chris Bainger from the Environment Agency (EA) said barriers had become \"ineffective\", with water \"getting underneath\".\n\nStructural engineers were onsite, police said, but in the meantime the force had taken \"the practical worst case scenario\" in ordering an emergency evacuation.\n\nA drone has been used to survey a 500m section of the temporary flood defence after residents reported hearing a loud bang when a barrier was shunted by the fast-flowing Severn.\n\nMark Sitton-Kent, director of operations for the EA, said: \"That movement of it backwards caused it to clatter against the kerbstones behind, with a loud bang that I think everybody heard.\n\nHe added: \"Over the next 24/48 hours as the river level here drops, we will move in and do some work to shore up the area and make sure [the barrier] stays put.\"\n\nThe Museum of The Gorge can be seen amid flood water\n\nCouncillor Shaun Davies, leader of Telford and Wrekin Council, said people should leave their homes and \"stay away\" from Ironbridge.\n\n\"This is a developing situation but it has significantly developed and increased in terms of its dangerousness with regards to the barriers collapsing.\"\n\nIronbridge Gorge was one of the first UK locations to be given World Heritage status in 1986, which recognised its importance as a pioneering part of the Industrial Revolution.\n\nThe force of the river caused defences in Ironbridge to buckle\n\nThe main flood defences in Bewdley had been holding firm but just before midnight on Tuesday, 38 properties in the Beales Corner area of town were either flooded or at risk as water came over the top of barriers.\n\nMany people have been rescued, but about 12 people remain in their homes.\n\nSally Yardley, 64, left her ground floor flat which overlooks the river.\n\n\"The water was rising really quickly... I don't think we ever predicted it would be this bad,\" she said.\n\nAnother Bewdley resident, Adrian Guest, said it had been an \"anxious\" day.\n\n\"There have been bizarre sightings of sofas and fridges floating by,\" the 53-year-old said. \"People gathered in groups worried about the situation upriver at Ironbridge where the stress loads on their barriers could see them collapse at any moment.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Shrewsbury home floods for the second time in eight days\n\nDave Throup, EA manager for Herefordshire and Worcestershire, said: \"The river levels are exceptionally high here at Bewdley and they haven't stopped yet.\n\n\"The river is still rising at a much slower rate and we're expecting a peak here probably this afternoon and then that's working its way down the catchment to Worcester.\"\n\nIn Worcester, some homes have been flooded for 10 days in the wake of Storm Dennis.\n\nHereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service has been going house-to-house in Bewdley with a dinghy to help people from their homes.\n\nAmong them was Justin Leitch who has lived at his property since August.\n\n\"It's unprecedented what's happened over the last week, 10 days, what can you do? People are trying their best,\" he said.\n\nJustin Leitch said the water at his home, in Bewdley, is over knee height\n\nSarah, a mum-of-four who also lives in Beales Corner, said her family would be staying put despite a foot of water in her cellar.\n\n\"If I thought there was any real danger we would go.\"\n\nResidents in Bewdley started leaving their homes around midnight\n\nBBC Hereford and Worcester's James Pearson said overtopping at Bewdley started as a trickle then turning into a torrent.\n\nHe said the flood water was about the same level as the river and it had not flooded while the temporary barriers were there.\n\nThe levels were 14cm off the all-time high from 2000 and they were expected to keep rising steadily throughout the day, he added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Flood water pours over the top of Bewdley's barriers\n\nRiver Severn levels are expected to remain high over the next few days due to \"unsettled\" weather, the EA said, adding it was \"closely monitoring the situation\".\n\nAt Prime Minister's Questions earlier, Boris Johnson was criticised for not visiting the flood-hit areas.\n\nLabour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the government \"refuses to acknowledge the scale of the problem\" accusing Mr Johnson of being a \"part time prime minister\" who is only \"keen to pose for cameras during an election\".\n\nMr Johnson said he was \"very proud of the response the Government has mounted\" to the floods.", "Three Scottish Soldiers Campaign For Justice The soldiers who died were, from left, Fusilier Dougald McCaughey, Fusilier John McCaig and Fusilier Joseph McCaig\n\nA former member of the Parachute Regiment was centrally involved in the killings of three off-duty soldiers almost 50 years ago, a BBC Spotlight investigation has established.\n\nThe Scottish soldiers were John McCaig, 17; his brother, Joseph, 18, and Dougald McCaughey, 23.\n\nThey were found shot dead in Ligoniel, north Belfast, on 10 March 1971.\n\nThe Royal Highland Fusiliers had been drinking in a city centre pub when they were lured to their deaths by the IRA.\n\nThe Spotlight investigation reveals that Paddy O'Kane, who had served seven years in the Parachute Regiment, shared a drink with the three Scots before taking them away to their deaths.\n\nMembers of O'Kane's family and a former member of the IRA confirmed to Spotlight that O'Kane said he was involved in the killings.\n\nO'Kane, from north Belfast, joined the Parachute Regiment in 1957 and served in Cyprus and Jordan.\n\nA memorial stone marks the spot where the three soldiers were found on the outskirts of Belfast\n\nHe was a member of the boxing team for 2 Para. When he left the Army in 1964, his duty was officially recorded as \"very good\".\n\nHe is believed to have joined the Provisional IRA in 1969.\n\nPolice identified him as a prime suspect almost immediately after the killings.\n\nThe funeral for John and Joseph McCaig took place in Ayr\n\nHe was seen drinking with the soldiers in a city centre pub by a work colleague.\n\nBut O'Kane evaded arrest and went on the run in the Republic of Ireland where he remained very active in the IRA for at least another five years.\n\nFormer IRA intelligence chief Kieran Conway knew O'Kane. He told Spotlight that O'Kane spoke openly about his role in the killings.\n\nConway described the former Para as \"a psychopath\".\n\n\"I believe any man that could execute three young Scottish soldiers in that manner must have been a psychopath,\" he said.\n\nSeparately, multiple sources confirmed to Spotlight that Paddy O'Kane was also a lead suspect for the Kingsmills massacre of January 1976, when 10 Protestant workmen were ordered off a minibus and shot dead by the IRA.\n\nO'Kane was listed as wanted for questioning about the Kingsmills killings for many years afterwards.\n\nHe was first refused an \"On-the-Run\" (OTR) letter in 2003, but in 2007 an OTR letter was approved, giving him confirmation that he was not wanted by any police force in the UK.\n\nO'Kane died two years later, in Shannon, County Clare, where he had lived since 1976.\n\nPaddy O'Kane was also wanted for questioning about the Kingsmills killings\n\nThe bodies of the soldiers were discovered by a teenage girl.\n\nThree years ago, Brenda Kielty made her only recorded interview about that evening.\n\n\"They were just shot and dumped on top of each other. I didn't know whether it was three Protestants or three Catholics, but I never dreamt it was three soldiers,\" she said.\n\n\"There was nothing to indicate that it was three soldiers.\"\n\nMs Kielty, who died shortly after the interview, was then 14 years old, a little younger than the youngest of the victims, John McCaig.\n\n\"The wee boy had loads of freckles on his face. I actually put my hand on the wee boy's face and he was warm. He definitely wasn't cold like, he was warm,\" she said.\n\nThe Spotlight investigation retraces the soldiers' last day.\n\nIt scrutinises a longstanding rumour that women were used to lure the soldiers to their death in what was known as a \"honey trap\".\n\nIt identifies three other men whom the police also suspected of involvement in the killings.\n\nOne of those men told Spotlight that he \"vehemently denies any involvement\".\n\nAs more emerges about the killings, there have been calls for a fresh inquest and a new investigation but police said that the clearest evidence has always been against O'Kane, who is now dead.\n\nSpotlight, The Killings of the Three Scottish Soldiers, is on Tuesday at 22:35 GMT on BBC 1 Northern Ireland.", "Now Environment Secretary George Eustice is opening the debate on the second reading of the Environment Bill.\n\nThis bill aims to improve air and water quality, tackle plastic pollution, restore wildlife, and protect the climate.\n\nYou can read more about the bill from our environment analyst Roger Harrabin here.\n\nThe SNP's Chris Stephen's has just proposed a ten minute rule bill - the Workers (Definition and Rights) Bill.\n\nHe aims to establish a legal definition of employment, which will cover zero-hours contracts and agency workers, and help prevent abuses.\n\n\"It is now time to refine the definition of worker... and provide greater protection from day one of employment,\" he tells the Commons.", "Greta Thunberg has met Malala Yousafzai during a visit to Oxford University.\n\nThe climate change campaigner, 17, made the trip to Lady Margaret Hall where she met the human rights campaigner, 22, on Tuesday.\n\nMs Thunberg is set to join a school strike in Bristol. Ms Yousafzai is studying politics, philosophy, and economics at the university.\n\nThe student posted a picture of the two young activists on Instagram, saying simply: \"Thank you @gretathunberg\".\n\n\"She's the only friend I'd skip school for,\" she added on Twitter.\n\nAlso posting on social media, Ms Thunberg said: \"So...today I met my role model. What else can I say?\"\n\nIt is not known what the pair discussed, though according to Alan Rusbridger, the principal of Lady Margaret Hall, Ms Thunberg spoke to students about \"science, voting, the limits of protest, divestment, real zero v net zero, and much more\" during her visit.\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 arusbridger 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\nReplying to the young women's posts, others have declared them \"legends\" and described the meeting as \"awesome\".\n\nPosting on Twitter, one fan, Stefan Reichwein, said: \"Pure inspiration and hope - the world needs women like you.\"\n\nWhile Ida Skibenes said: \"Thanks for being the sheroes we need and for giving us hope.\"\n\nJennifer Cassidy, a lecturer in politics at the University of Oxford, wrote: \"I walk out my door, up one street and see @Malala and @GretaThunberg talking outside.\n\n\"Two powerful young women standing for justice, truth and equality for all.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Dr. Jennifer Cassidy This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nGood Morning Britain host Piers Morgan said: \"What a photo... the two most influential young women of my lifetime meet in Oxford.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Piers Morgan This article contains content provided by Twitter. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOthers were less complimentary, describing the pair as \"overrated\".\n\nTwitter user Luis Hulyer said: \"One risked her life to go to school, the other plays truant.\"\n\nTwo years ago, Ms Thunberg started missing lessons most Fridays to protest outside the Swedish parliament building, in what turned out to be the beginning of a huge environmental movement.\n\nShe has become a leading voice for action on climate change, inspiring millions of students to join protests around the world.\n\nIn 2012, Ms Yousafzai was shot in the head, neck and shoulder by a Taliban fighter while travelling home from school after writing an anonymous diary about life under the extremists.\n\nAfter recovering from her near-fatal injuries, she and her family relocated to Birmingham.\n\nIn 2014, she became the youngest person ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize, at the age of 17. Three years later she accepted a place to study at Oxford.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The leaders of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil held their first sit down discussions since the general election\n\nA left-wing government in the Republic of Ireland led by Sinn Féin is very unlikely, Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has said.\n\nMr Martin was speaking after he held a meeting with Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar on Tuesday.\n\nIt was the first sit-down discussion between the two party leaders since the Irish general election.\n\nFianna Fáil won the most seats in the Dail (parliament) in January's election with 38, one ahead of Sinn Fein.\n\nHowever, Sinn Fein had the highest number of first preference votes.\n\n\"Very clearly you can see the so-called left wing alliance that was trumpeted over a week hasn't really made any progress in terms of numbers in the Dail,\" Mr Martin said.\n\n\"That remains a very unlikely scenario in terms of any combination on the far left, or Sinn Féin emerging with any credible numbers to form a government.\"\n\nFine Gael, which had relied on a 2016 confidence and supply arrangement with Fianna Fáil to remain in government, finished with 35 seats.\n\nLeo Varadkar tendered his resignation as taoiseach (Irish prime minister), last week,\n\nMr Martin said no-one had ruled out a reverse confidence and supply arrangement between Fianna Fail and Fine Gael.\n\nLeo Varadkar tendered his resignation as taoiseach to President Michael D Higgins last Thursday\n\n\"There are two aspects to that,\" he said.\n\n\"Could you achieve a critical mass that could sustain under a confidence-and-supply arrangement, and secondly would the dynamic be such that it would enable that government to take decisions that I think will be needed to make meaningful inroads on the housing crisis and on the health crisis and also climate change?\"\n\nMr Martin said he had also had a constructive meeting with the newly-formed Regional Independent Group made up of nine TDs.\n\n\"The clear message from the independents was that they wanted a stable government that would last five years to deal with the key issues of housing and health and regional economic development,\" he added.\n\n\"They have a strong focus on the imbalance in terms of how the country economically is developing.\"\n\nHe said his party will on Wednesday begin serious engagements with the Green Party on a range of policy issues.\n\nAfter the meeting, Fine Gael issued a statement on behalf of Mr Varadkar.\n\n\"The taoiseach and president of Fine Gael encouraged Fianna Fail to continue engaging with other parties with a view to forming a government.\n\nIt said the two parties had agreed to meet again at some point in the future.\n\nSinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said her party had been given a mandate for change.\n\nSinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald said Sinn Féin had been given a mandate for change.\n\n\"People have told me that - people told me they voted for Sinn Féin because they wanted a new government,\" she added.\n\n\"They don't want Fianna Fail and Fine Gael back in government, they want a new approach to government, they want the priorities of ordinary working people to be put front and centre.\"\n\nSinn Fein TD Pearse Doherty insisted a left-wing government is still possible, saying: \"For our part, change needs to mean change.\n\n\"We're keeping all options open in relation to forming a government for change - that's the mandate that we have.\"", "Lahore Safari, Pakistan's largest zoo, has nearly 40 lions in captivity\n\nThe remains of a teenage boy have been found in the lion enclosure of a Lahore zoo, a day after he went missing.\n\nOfficials said they are investigating how Muhammad Bilal, 17, made it over the fence and what caused his death.\n\nBut locals have blamed Mr Bilal's demise on staff incompetence, and earlier this week the zoo's offices were ransacked.\n\nThe state-back Lahore Safari, established in 1982, is Pakistan's largest and oldest animal park.\n\nChaudhry Shafqat, a director at the zoo, told the BBC that people from a nearby village visited the site on Tuesday night asking for help to look for the boy.\n\nMuhammad Bilal's relatives said he left home to search for cattle fodder\n\n\"We told them it was too late and could be dangerous to launch a search in the dark,\" said Mr Shafqat.\n\nDuring a search on Wednesday morning, zoo employees found a blood-soaked skull, some bones and pieces of torn cloth which the relatives recognised as the missing boy's clothing.\n\nOfficials said relatives told them the boy had left home on Tuesday afternoon to cut grass, which was intended to be used for cattle fodder.\n\nMr Bilal's remains have been sent for tests to confirm the cause of death.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSajid Javid has said his resignation as Chancellor was necessary to uphold the \"national interest\" and sensible \"checks and balances\" in government.\n\nHe quit the cabinet in the prime minister's reshuffle after a row over merging his team with No 10's advisers.\n\nIn a personal statement in the Commons explaining his decision, he defended the Treasury's independence and said it must be able to \"speak truth to power\".\n\nNo 10 said having joint advisers would help government work \"effectively\".\n\nDuring his speech, Mr Javid warned the government not to abandon its fiscal discipline.\n\nHe offered his full support to Boris Johnson and his successor as chancellor, Rishi Sunak, who watched on as Mr Javid delivered a rare personal statement setting out the reasons for his surprise exit last month.\n\nBut in a warning to the PM, he said Mr Sunak - who will deliver the Budget in two weeks' time - should be given the \"space to do his job without fear or favour\".\n\nMr Javid stood down after just over six months in the Treasury.\n\nHe had been told by the PM that he would have to share his team of personal advisers with No 10 and that some of his existing staff would be let go as part of plans to create single unit.\n\nSpeaking in the Commons, he said it has \"always been the case\" that ministers appointed their own advisers, and he saw no reason why the Treasury \"should be the exception to that\".\n\nThe convention that \"advisers advise, ministers decide and ministers decide on their advisers\" remained a sound one, he told MPs.\n\nMPs listening to Sajid Javid's reflections from the backbenches would have been in no doubt about who he held responsible for his resignation.\n\nDominic Cummings was mentioned by name only in passing and in jest, but he was the central character in the statement.\n\nWhile not as explosive as it could have been, Mr Javid's speech pulled no punches when it came to the verdict on the new relationship between Downing Street and the Treasury: not in the national interest.\n\nThe Treasury, he said, must continue to be a strong and credible institution - 'don't undermine it' was his message.\n\nAnd while he was full of praise for his former boss and his successor, he urged them to stick with his fiscal rules and resist the temptation to splash the cash and cut taxes.\n\nThe Budget - that Mr Javid was meant to deliver in a fortnight - will reveal whether they take heed of his advice.\n\nHe said he felt the order to fire his aides would \"significantly inhibit\" the flow of good advice and would not have been in the national interest as \"no particular person\" has a \"monopoly of the best ideas\".\n\nHe said mutual trust and creative tension between institutions were vital to the proper functioning of government.\n\n\"It is through these checks and balances of credible institutions, be it the Treasury, the Bank of England, the Office for Budget Responsibility and this House, that we arrive in sensible decisions that are in the national interest,\" he said.\n\nThe PM and his new chancellor were in the chamber to listen to Mr Javid's statement\n\n\"A chancellor, like all cabinet ministers, has to be able to give candid advice to a prime minister so he is speaking truth to power. I believe that the arrangement proposed would significantly inhibit that and it would not have been in the national interest.\"\n\nHe also made a joke at the expense of the PM's chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, who was widely seen as behind the plan to clip the Treasury's wings. He told MPs he did not want to go into the \"Cummings and goings\" of the row that led to his departure.\n\nWhile the \"tenacious and energetic\" prime minister had a once in a generation opportunity to renew and transform the country, he said the government must live within its means.\n\nAs a \"low-tax Conservative\", he said he was worried that the overall tax burden was already at its highest in many years.\n\nAmid warnings from a leading economic think tank, the IFS, that the new chancellor must raise taxes in his first Budget or break the government's rules on borrowing, he said \"not everyone at the centre of government\" feels the same pressure to balance the books and the Treasury had a responsibility to keep spending and the national debt \"under control\".\n\n\"Trade-offs need to be made somewhere. When we need to do much more to level up across generations, it would not be right to pass the bill for our day-to-day consumption to our children and grandchildren.\n\nFormer PM Theresa May reacts as Sajid Javid delivers his personal statement\n\nResponding immediately to Mr Javid's comments, the PM praised Mr Javid's \"immense service\" to the country and said he had \"friends and admirers\" across the House.\n\nLater, a Downing Street spokesman defended the decision to merge advisors, saying: \"The new unit will ensure that the government works more effectively to deliver the prime minister and chancellor's shared ambition to level up the economy across the UK.\"\n\nThe PM's official spokesman would not confirm whether the government would stick to Mr Javid's fiscal rules, adding: \"As set out in the [Conservative election] manifesto, we will continue to have a clear fiscal framework.\"\n\n\"The detail of that is for the chancellor to confirm at the budget.\"", "Trading in global financial markets paused for breath on Wednesday, after days of sharp losses spurred by fears about the coronavirus.\n\nThe main US indexes were mixed, rising from Tuesday's losses in early trade, before retreating later in the day.\n\nThe Dow ended down almost 0.5%, while the S&P 500 dropped about 0.4% and the Nasdaq gained about 0.2%.\n\nIn Europe, London's FTSE 100 index and other major bourses pared their losses and were mostly flat.\n\nEarlier, Japan's Nikkei 225 index and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong closed 0.8% and 0.7% lower respectively.\n\nThe mixed performance come amid ongoing warnings from firms that supply chains are being disrupted by measures to contain the new virus, which has spread to more than 30 countries.\n\nFactory production continues to lag, travel restrictions remain in place and consumers in some countries are staying at home.\n\nThe virus is likely to reduce global growth in the first three months of this year by almost 1%, Moody's Analytics estimates.\n\nHowever, it warned that if the outbreak was not contained as expected, it could trigger recessions in the US and elsewhere.\n\n\"The coronavirus has been a body blow to the Chinese economy, which now threatens to take out the entire global economy,\" chief economist Mark Zandi said.\n\nShare markets have faced days of turmoil, with the FTSE 100 hitting a 12-month low on Tuesday and the main US indexes losing more than 3% overnight.\n\nOn Wednesday, drinks giant Diageo, which owns Guinness and Johnnie Walker whisky, said the coronavirus could cost it £200m in lost earnings this year. Its shares fell 1.8% in London.\n\nMiner Rio Tinto also lost 1.8% after it warned the disease could hit its operations in the next six months.\n\nMicrosoft also warned it would not hit its sales targets for the quarter, despite strong demand, because its \"supply chain is returning to normal operations at a slower pace than anticipated\".\n\n\"I think we should anticipate that this environment of heightened volatility and concern continues,\" Rebecca McVittie, investment director at Fidelity International, told the BBC's Today programme.\n\nShe said that countries that supplied parts for complex products - such as cars and computers - were increasingly being affected by the outbreak.\n\n\"We've now seen more cases of coronavirus in South Korea. That's a country that plays a very important role, for example, in tech supply chains,\" she said.\n\n\"I think we should anticipate that markets will probably move down.\"\n\nThe moves came as the outbreak continued to spread outside China, with Iran, South Korea and Italy reporting a surge in cases.\n\nAbout 77,000 people in China, where the virus emerged last year, have been infected and nearly 2,600 have died. Outside China, more than 1,200 cases have been confirmed in about 30 countries and there have been more than 20 deaths.\n\nThe International Chamber of Shipping estimates that the industry is losing around $350m a week because of the coronavirus, with empty containers waiting in ports in China and shortages in the US.\n\nHowever, work in China is slowly starting to resume in many provinces.\n\nGuy Platten, secretary general of the organisation, said he is hopeful that trade will start to rebalance.\n\n\"There's a big backlog which will have to be addressed in the coming months, but at least now we hear that the factories are starting to get back to work again,\" he said.", "Last updated on .From the section European Football\n\nManchester City produced a stunning late fightback as goals from Gabriel Jesus and Kevin de Bruyne secured a memorable 2-1 win at Real Madrid to take control of their Champions League last-16 tie.\n\nAfter a cagey first half, the hosts capitalised on a defensive mix-up between Rodri and Nicolas Otamendi to take the lead as the impressive Vinicius Junior raced towards goal before neatly squaring for Isco to slot home.\n\nSergio Ramos shot over as Real Madrid looked to double their advantage but City equalised 12 minutes before time when Jesus nodded in from close range.\n\nIt was the least City deserved for what had been an impressive away performance by Pep Guardiola's side and things got even better seven minutes from time when substitute Raheem Sterling was brought down inside the box and De Bruyne stepped home to confidently convert from the spot.\n\nIt got even worse for Real Madrid when they were reduced to 10 men with five minutes remaining. Ramos brought down Jesus as he ran through on goal and the defender was shown a red card.\n\nIt was the first time City had beaten Real Madrid in the Champions League and means they are in the driving seat before the second leg at the Etihad on Tuesday, 17 March.\n\nThe win will have been all the more welcome for City fans after their side were earlier this month banned from European club competitions for the next two years.\n\nThe club's appeal against the decision has been registered by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and the issue will continue to overshadow their immediate future, but this display in Madrid will give them hope of progressing far in the current campaign.\n• None We're not used to doing these things - Guardiola on City's win\n\nThis was a hugely impressive result for Manchester City and one for which Guardiola deserved a large amount of credit after he sprung a surprise with his team selection.\n\nThe former Barcelona boss left Sterling, Sergio Aguero, David Silva and Fernandinho all on the bench and instead utilised Bernardo Silva and De Bruyne as alternating false nines in what appeared to be a very cautious City formation.\n\nBut it was a tactic that successfully nullified a Real Madrid side that has historically been so strong in the knockout stages of the Champions League and had not lost their 12 previous knockout games under Zinedine Zidane.\n\nThe hosts were limited to one decent chance in the first half - when Ederson saved superbly from Karim Benzema's header - while City's threat on the counter increased as the half went on.\n\nCity looked like the most likely to score as the game wore on but all their good work threatened to be undone when Real pounced on a rare defensive error from City.\n\nBut, to the visitors' credit, they fought back strongly despite that setback and the introduction of Sterling proved pivotal as the forward provided a different outlet for City as they turned the game around.\n\nIn the end they could have perhaps won by more - with Ramos preventing Jesus from getting his second - but two away goals puts Guardiola's side in a strong position to reach the quarter-finals and keep them on track to end their wait for Champions League success.\n\nReal Madrid are the Champions League's most successful club with 13 titles and they have been particularly strong under Zidane.\n\nThe former France international guided Los Blancos to three consecutive titles in his first spell in charge of the club between 2016 and 2018, while he had won all 12 previous knockout ties he had overseen as a manager.\n\nTheir form heading into this match had been patchy with just one win in their previous four games in all competitions, while they were beaten 1-0 by Levante at the weekend.\n\nBut despite taking the lead against City, they were never truly in control of the game at any period as they first struggled to break down their opponents before falling apart when the visitors took the game to them.\n\nThis was the first time Guardiola and Zidane - rivals in their playing days for Barcelona and Real Madrid respectively - had gone to head-to-head as managers and it was the former who came out on top.\n\nThe one sour point on the night for City was the loss of defender Aymeric Laporte to injury in the first half.\n\nThe defender was making only his fourth appearance since recovering from a serious knee injury that had kept him out for much of the season but pulled up with just over half an hour gone and was replaced by Fernandinho.\n\nLaporte was able to make his own way off the pitch, giving City reason to be optimistic that his absence will not be a long one.\n\n\"After five months injured in this scenario it's so demanding,\" Guardiola said.\n\n\"Fernandinho came in and did incredibly well. I'm so proud.\"\n\n'This is just the first part' - what they said\n\nReal Madrid midfielder Casemiro: \"The tie isn't finished with this result. We played 75 spectacular minutes against a great team.\n\n\"Then in just 15 minutes we didn't do any of what he should have done. That's why they fought back and cancelled out our lead. We've got a lot of work ahead of us now.\n\n\"If there's any team capable of overcoming this deficit in the second leg it's Real Madrid.\"\n\nManchester City boss Pep Guardiola to BT Sport: \"We tried to come here to win the game and we did. This is just the first part. If one team can overcome this situation, it's this club.\n\n\"When we were better, we conceded a goal. When they were better, we scored a goal. That's football. I remember the quarter-final [against Liverpool] a few seasons ago at Anfield when we played incredibly well and they scored all their shots on target.\"\n\nPep joins a club of two - the stats\n• None Manchester City have beaten Real Madrid for the first time in their history.\n• None Real Madrid have lost a Champions League home match despite scoring the opening goal for just the second time, also losing in this manner against AC Milan in October 2009.\n• None Kevin de Bruyne scored his 50th goal in all competitions for Manchester City. This was the first time he has both scored and assisted in a Champions League match.\n• None City boss Guardiola is only the second manager to win two Champions League away games against Real Madrid, after Ottmar Hitzfeld. He is the first to do so with two different clubs.\n• None Real Madrid's Isco scored his first goal in the knockout stages of the Champions League since netting against Atletico Madrid in the semi-final second leg in May 2017.\n• None Real Madrid's Sergio Ramos received his fourth Champions League red card - only Edgar Davids and Zlatan Ibrahimovic have as many (both four).\n• None Guardiola has now won more Champions League knockout-stage matches than any other manager in the history of the competition (28).\n• None Karim Benzema became the sixth player to make 100 appearances for Real Madrid in the Champions League, after Iker Casillas (150), Raul (130), Sergio Ramos (124), Roberto Carlos (107) and Cristiano Ronaldo (101).\n\nManchester City will now switch their attention to the Carabao Cup final as they take on Aston Villa at Wembley on Sunday, 1 March (16:30 GMT).\n• None Attempt missed. Ferland Mendy (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Lucas Vázquez with a cross.\n• None Attempt saved. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan.\n• None Attempt saved. Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.\n• None Goal! Real Madrid 1, Manchester City 2. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.\n• None Penalty conceded by Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid) after a foul in the penalty area.\n• None Attempt missed. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ferland Mendy with a cross.\n• None Attempt missed. Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez with a cross.\n• None Goal! Real Madrid 1, Manchester City 1. Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Priti Patel told a crime conference she would be \"unapologetic\" about holding police to account\n\nThere must be \"no excuses\" for not cutting crime, Home Secretary Priti Patel has told senior police officers.\n\nSpeaking at a conference in central London, Ms Patel signalled the return of national targets, saying \"outcomes\" in key areas would be measured.\n\nThe home secretary added she would be \"unapologetic\" about holding police to account.\n\nIt came as ministers continued to dismiss allegations of bullying in the Home Office.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged to recruit 20,000 new police officers in England and Wales within three years - almost reversing the reduction in numbers since the Conservatives came to power in 2010.\n\nSpeaking at the the National Police Chiefs' Council and Association of Police and Crime Commissioners summit in Westminster, Ms Patel said she expected people to be able to see a difference when the new officers were in post, such as less crime and safer streets.\n\nShe said success would be measured against a set of national policing outcomes, with priorities including reducing murders, serious violence and neighbourhood crime.\n\nMs Patel said she was \"unequivocal\" in her support for officers, but added: \"We need to pull out all the stops to deliver the decline in crime that people want to see. There must be no weak spots.\n\n\"These outcomes will be non-negotiable and I will be unapologetic about holding you to account.\"\n\nPriti Patel's message to the police was blunt: we're investing in you, now you must deliver.\n\nThis will have come as little surprise to the chief constables gathered at the conference - a government which has made law and order a priority expects results.\n\nBut the means by which ministers will gauge success - national \"outcomes\", or targets in all but name - are likely to cause concern.\n\nThe last time national crime indicators were brought in, under Tony Blair's Labour administration, they had a series of unintended consequences, as certain serious offences, which were not being measured, weren't given the attention they should have been.\n\nThe three-year deadline for reductions in crime set by the home secretary is also hugely ambitious.\n\nBut the clear goal she has set is likely to be welcomed by the public, which, as she acknowledged in her speech, has lost confidence in the criminal justice system.\n\nMs Patel's speech came as ministers continued to dismiss allegations of bullying in the Home Office after claims she clashed with senior officials, belittled colleagues and is distrusted by intelligence chiefs.\n\nMs Patel and permanent secretary Sir Philip Rutnam released a joint statement denying reports of a deep rift at the top of the department, while allies described her as a \"demanding\" boss but not a bully.\n\nEarlier, police minister Kit Malthouse insisted there was \"glutinous harmony\" in the department and he had not witnessed bullying by his boss.\n\nThe reports of feuding prompted the head of the Civil Service, Sir Mark Sedwill, to order an end to media leaks in a missive to government staff.\n\nMinisters have continued to dismiss allegations Ms Patel bullied her staff\n\nAlso in her speech, Ms Patel announced £41.5m of funding for forces in 18 areas worst affected by serious violence, and launched an eight-week consultation on plans to enshrine a police covenant in law.\n\nThe plan, first mooted in the Conservative Party's general election manifesto, pledges to back the rights of serving or ex-police officers, staff and their families, recognise the responsibility and risks officers take, and introduce a code of ethics.\n\nThe Police Federation of England and Wales welcomed the plans.\n\nNational chairman John Apter said: \"Policing is a dangerous and unpredictable job and it's essential that there is something in place that ensures that police officers, staff, retired colleagues and their families receive the support they deserve.\n\n\"This consultation is an opportunity to help shape what a police covenant will look like. This is something I feel extremely passionate about and it's great to see this taking a step closer to becoming a reality.\"", "The Scottish government is to set up a free bus travel scheme for under-19s as part of an SNP-Green budget deal.\n\nThe agreement between the two parties will also see extra funding going to local government and the police.\n\nFinance Secretary Kate Forbes said free bus travel would be a \"step change\" in supporting young people and helping tackle climate change.\n\nMSPs will vote on the budget for the first time on Thursday, with the tax and spending plans now certain to pass.\n\nMs Forbes stepped in to deliver the budget the day after Derek Mackay resigned as finance secretary, and was subsequently appointed to replace him.\n\nThe budget does not contain any changes to income tax rates, with extra money being spent on health, education and investment aimed at tackling the \"climate emergency\".\n\nThe commitment to set up a free public transport scheme for young people comes on the same day as figures showed fewer people were using buses.\n\nMinisters aim to have \"national concessionary travel\" system up and running by January 2021, with people aged 18 and under joining the over-60s in being eligible for free bus trips.\n\nThe deal with the Greens will also see an extra £95m going to local authorities, as well as £18m to police services and £45m to low carbon projects, including energy efficiency projects and active travel.\n\nThe changes will be paid for using underspends, longer term income from non-domestic rates and the fossil fuel levy.\n\nThe government has also agreed to review plans to upgrade the Sheriffhall roundabout on the Edinburgh bypass, although ministers have rejected calls from the Greens to scrap works on the A9 and A96.\n\nMSPs will vote on the initial proposals on Thursday, with the terms of the deal with the Greens to be added in the following week when the budget is examined by a committee of MSPs.\n\nThe tax rates are expected to be signed off on Wednesday 4 March, with the final vote on the budget bill the following day.\n\nMs Forbes stepped in to deliver the budget after the resignation of Derek Mackay\n\nMs Forbes said she was \"pleased to have reached an agreement\", particularly given the \"uncertainty\" of the UK government not yet having set its budget.\n\nShe said the budget included \"record investment\" in health services and \"significant investments to tackle the climate crisis\".\n\nShe said: \"I want to thank all parties for the constructive way in which they have approached this year's discussions.\n\n\"While it is not possible to meet every party's demands in full, I believe in reaching formal agreement with the Green Party I am also delivering on key asks from every party and I encourage all MSPs to consider giving their support to Scotland's budget.\"\n\nGreen co-leader Patrick Harvie said free bus travel would be a \"transformational step towards tackling the climate emergency\".\n\nHe added: \"Clearly, a Green budget would do even more to tackle the climate emergency, but securing this important free bus travel deal for the next generation builds on the powers we won for local councils to take control of local bus services.\"\n\nThe other opposition parties had also been involved in talks with Ms Forbes, but hit out at the deal.\n\nThe Scottish Conservatives said the plan announced on Wednesday \"still falls well short of what our economy and public services need\", with finance spokesman Donald Cameron saying Tory MSPs would not back the budget unless extra cash was added for drug rehabilitation services.\n\nScottish Labour, which had called for a wider free bus travel system, said it was \"deeply disappointing to see the Scottish Green Party yet again sell our local councils, our environment and indeed themselves short yet again\".\n\nThe Scottish Lib Dems meanwhile said they would vote against the budget as long as the SNP continued to push for an independence referendum in 2020, with leader Willie Rennie saying this was \"stopping an awful lot else being agreed\".", "The new chancellor must raise taxes in his first Budget or break the government's rules on borrowing, a leading economic think tank has warned.\n\nRishi Sunak is under pressure to increase spending on the NHS, social care and schools.\n\nHe has also inherited a fiscal target from his predecessor Sajid Javid to bring spending in to balance by 2022.\n\nThe Institute for Fiscal Studies has suggested this will not be possible without increasing taxes.\n\nIt said that loosening or abandoning the rules, set out in last year's Conservative election manifesto, would undermine the credibility of any fiscal targets the government set.\n\nHowever, the Conservative election manifesto said the government would not put up income tax, national insurance or VAT.\n\nMr Sunak, who was appointed chancellor after Mr Javid's dramatic resignation in the cabinet reshuffle, will deliver the statement on 11 March.\n\nThe Budget is the government's yearly announcement of its plans for tax and spending for the coming financial year, which starts in April.\n\nThe chancellor is understood to be facing pressure from Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his chief advisor Dominic Cummings to loosen spending constraints.\n\nThe IFS said that even on current policy, borrowing next year could be £63bn, £23bn more than the most recent official forecast, putting Mr Javid's fiscal target in doubt.\n\nTaking into account the government's commitment to increasing investment spending, it added that even getting the current budget into balance would not be enough to bring down underlying debt over the course of the Parliament.\n\nLoosening or abandoning the current fiscal rule now would put debt on a clearly rising path, according to the IFS analysis.\n\n\"That would not be sustainable in the long-term,\" it said.\n\nThe IFS has suggested alternative ways for raising revenue, including lifting the freeze on fuel duty to give the government £4bn more in revenue throughout Parliament.\n\nIt also said abolishing entrepreneurs' relief in capital gains tax and increasing council tax for those living in more expensive properties could form part of a \"desirable package\" of reforms.\n\nTory MPs have warned the chancellor against asking motorists to pay more in tax\n\nBut such schemes could prove politically difficult. Some 18 Conservative MPs - including those from seats won last year for the first time since the war - have written to the chancellor warning him that raising fuel duty would \"clobber blue collar communities\".\n\nThe Harlow MP Robert Halfon told the Conservative Home website that fuel duty was a \"totemic tax\" for many people and levels were already among the highest in Europe.\n\n\"If the Treasury really wants to flash multiple V-signs at the millions of blue-collar voters who lent us their vote, then putting up fuel duty would be a sure way of going about it,\" he wrote.\n\nIFS director Paul Johnson said Mr Sunak was \"hemmed in\" by a rising deficit and fiscal targets set out in the Conservative manifesto but he should \"recognise that more spending must require more tax\".\n\nHe added: \"They will allow him to increase investment spending, which will be welcome if well targeted. But they will not allow substantial increases in current spending, or tax cuts, to be funded by more borrowing.\n\n\"We have already had 16 fiscal targets in a decade, and fiscal targets should not just be for Christmas.\n\n\"Mr Sunak should resist the temptation to announce another and instead recognise that more spending must require more tax.\"\n\nShadow chancellor John McDonnell said 10 years of \"chaotic and erratic\" government under the Conservatives had seen 16 fiscal targets \"proposed and ripped up\".\n\nHe added that the IFS report showed the \"damage done by a decade of decline\".\n\n\"Despite all the hype about this budget turning a page, it risks setting in train five years of disappointment.\"", "Cases have emerged for the first time in countries such as Austria following the Italian outbreak\n\nSeveral European countries have announced their first coronavirus cases, all apparently linked to the growing outbreak in Italy.\n\nAustria, Croatia, Greece and Switzerland said the cases involved people who had been to Italy, as did Algeria in Africa.\n\nThe first positive virus test has been recorded in Latin America - a Brazilian resident just returned from Italy.\n\nItaly has in recent days become Europe's worst-affected country.\n\nAuthorities have confirmed more than 300 cases and 12 deaths there, the most recent a 70-year-old resident of Lombardy who died after being taken to intensive care in Parma. The country has also seen four children infected.\n\nIts neighbours, however, have decided closing borders would be \"disproportionate\".\n\nHealth ministers from France, Germany, Italy and the EU Commission committed to keeping frontiers open at a meeting on Tuesday as new cases of the virus emerged throughout Europe and in central and southern Italy.\n\n\"We're talking about a virus that doesn't respect borders,\" said Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza.\n\nHis German counterpart, Jens Spahn, said the neighbours were taking the situation \"very, very seriously\" but acknowledged \"it could get worse before it gets better\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mark Lowen was on the ground at the edge of Italy's coronavirus lockdown area\n\nIn the UK, schoolchildren returning from holidays in northern Italy have been sent home, with the government issuing new guidance to travellers.\n\nBut Health Secretary Matt Hancock said there were no plans to stop flights from Italy, which attracts about three million British visitors each year.\n\n\"If you look at Italy, they stopped all flights from China and they're now the worst-affected country in Europe,\" he said.\n\nAs of Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that 80,980 people had been infected with the coronavirus, which originated in China.\n\nOfficials in Iran said 19 people had died, while 139 had been infected.\n\nIt is widely believed that the scale of infection in Iran is far greater than official figures suggest. The infection of the country's deputy health minister has deepened fears that the virus has already spread widely.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Iran's deputy health minister appeared unwell at a news conference before testing positive for the coronavirus\n\nPresident Hassan Rouhani said there were no plans to impose quarantine rules on any cities or regions, but that \"if an individual has early symptoms, that person must be quarantined\".\n\nSouth Korea on Wednesday reported 115 new cases, bringing the number of infections there to 1,261, according to local media reports. Eleven people have died in the country, which has the most infections outside China.\n\nThe US military confirmed that one of its soldiers based in South Korea had tested positive, marking the first infection of a US service member. It said the 23-year-old soldier - who had been based near the city of Daegu - was in self-quarantine.\n\nSome 28,500 US troops are stationed in South Korea as a deterrent against potential aggression from North Korea.\n\nMany of the cases in South Korea are linked to a branch of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus in Daegu. All the church's more than 215,000 members are now being tested, according to reports.\n\nIn Brazil, local media reported on Tuesday that an initial test on a 61-year-old man from São Paulo who had recently been to northern Italy had come out positive. The individual arrived back in Brazil at the height of carnival festivities, when millions of people travel around the country.\n\nIn Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called on organisers of big sports and cultural events to cancel or postpone them for two weeks amid concerns that the coronavirus could threaten the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.\n\nMost cases remain in China. According to the latest figures published on Wednesday, 78,064 people have been infected since the outbreak began.\n\nHealth officials also reported 52 more deaths on Tuesday, the lowest daily total in more than three weeks. The overall death toll in mainland China is now 2,715.\n\nNumbers of new infections have been declining there. Several regions have downgraded their emergency response levels after assessing that health risks have receded.\n\nMuch attention has now turned to clusters of cases abroad and transmission between countries.\n\nWHO's director general has said the sudden increase in cases in countries outside China is \"deeply concerning\".\n\nOn Tuesday, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that the virus could bring \"severe\" disruption to the US, with one official saying it was not a question of if but when the virus would become a global pandemic.\n\nSecretary of State Mike Pompeo urged all nations to \"tell the truth about the coronavirus\", saying that Washington was concerned that Iran may have concealed \"vital details\".\n\nThere are fears that the many Muslim Shia pilgrims and migrant workers who will have travelled between Iran and other parts of the region in recent weeks could have already spread the virus.\n\nIran is believed to have been the source of the first cases reported by neighbouring Afghanistan, Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait and Oman, which have now imposed restrictions on travel to and from the Islamic republic.", "Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union\n\nIreland's men's and women's Six Nations games against Italy in Dublin on 7 and 8 March have been postponed because of coronavirus.\n\nIrish Health Minister Simon Harris said on Tuesday the men's game should be postponed and met with the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) on Wednesday.\n\nEleven towns in northern Italy are in lockdown after an outbreak.\n\nAn IRFU statement said it was \"working with the Six Nations to try to reschedule all three fixtures\".\n\nUK Sports Minister Nigel Huddleston is in talks with a host of sports governing bodies as well as the Premier League and EFL about the ramifications of coronavirus.\n\nAmong the items being discussed are the Six Nations matches against Italy in Rome on the weekend of 13-15 March for the England men's, women's and under-20s teams. Talks with the Football Association focus on Gareth Southgate's England side, who host Italy at Wembley on 27 March.\n• None What next for coronavirus and sport?\n\nIreland's men were scheduled to face Italy in the Six Nations at the Aviva Stadium on 7 March before the women's game the following day at Energia Park.\n\nThe under-20s game between the countries on 6 March has also been postponed.\n\nItaly women's game against Scotland was also postponed on Sunday and is yet to be rescheduled, while England's men's and women's teams are due to play in Italy in the final round of the Six Nations on 14 and 15 March.\n\nA Six Nations statement said organisers were \"fully supportive\" of the postponement and that all other matches are currently scheduled to go ahead as normal, but added: \"We will continue to monitor the situation very closely with all unions and the respective government authorities and health organisations.\"\n\nTournament organisers will hold discussions with unions of all six teams about rescheduling options.\n\nFollowing Harris' comments on Tuesday evening, the IRFU called for the minister to explain the \"specific reasoning\"' behind his words.\n\nBut an IRFU statement after Wednesday's meeting read: \"At the outset we made it clear that the IRFU was supportive of the government's need to protect public health in relation to the coronavirus.\n\n\"We were then advised, formally, that the National Public Health Emergency team has determined that the series of matches should not proceed, in the interests of Public Health. The IRFU is happy to comply with this instruction.\n\n\"Ticket holders are asked to retain their tickets for now. The IRFU will be providing ticket holders with tickets for the rescheduled games or a refund, if they wish to receive one. Information on both these options will be released as soon as possible.\"\n\nIreland's chief medical officer said on Wednesday the decision to call for the postponement of the match in Dublin was \"not made lightly\".\n\nIreland's Grand Slam hopes were ended by England on Sunday and they are yet to face Italy and unbeaten France in the tournament.\n\nSeveral other sports events have been cancelled because of coronavirus, with skating, table tennis and football's Serie A the latest to be affected.\n\nIn 2001, Ireland's three Six Nations fixtures against the home nations were postponed until September and October because of the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.\n\nAnalysis - 'Six Nations is in a state of limbo'\n\nThis all escalated last night when the Irish health minister said he was advising Irish rugby authorities the game could not go ahead.\n\nOnce the health minister said that, Irish rugby authorities were not really able to go against that.\n\nHopefully the games will be rearranged but it is not definitely going to happen so the Six Nations is in a state of limbo at the moment.\n\nIreland had to play three of their Six Nations games in 2001 in the autumn. I do not know how easy that will be to arrange these days. The calendar is so congested.\n\nEverything is up in the air. Apart from the Ireland against Italy games, you look at England's fixtures in Italy on the final weekend.\n\nAt the time of speaking I think it looks very unlikely those games will go ahead as well.\n• None Vietnam Grand Prix set to go ahead despite coronavirus concerns", "Police smash down a door during a morning raid in Lancaster\n\nPolice have arrested 46 people in a crackdown on county lines drug gangs in England and Scotland.\n\nThere were 11 raids on Tuesday against gangs who transport drugs.\n\nMerseyside Police arrested 36 people during raids in Stockbridge Village, Old Swan, Netherton and Toxteth.\n\nThere were also raids in Lancashire, Perth in Tayside and Workington, Cumbria. British Transport Police (BTP) also arrested three people on the rail network.\n\nThe 46 were arrested on suspicion of various drug offences.\n\nMerseyside Police use an electric saw to cut through a door before knocking it down\n\nLancashire Police arrested five people in raids in Blackpool, Lancaster, Morecambe and Preston. There were also two arrests in Cumbria.\n\nOfficers seized \"significant\" quantities of Class A drugs, £20,000 at an address in Liverpool and an imitation firearm in Lancashire.\n\nPolice were also deployed at Aberdeen Airport and main railway stations in Wigan, Preston and Liverpool.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Ian Critchley of Merseyside Police said five \"vulnerable\" young people had been discovered.\n\nHe said: \"Those responsible for these county lines bring misery to our local communities through their drug dealing and they also target and coerce young and vulnerable people into doing their dirty work.\"", "Sakine Cihan was crossing Kingsland High Street in Dalston when she was struck\n\nA cyclist accused of killing a pedestrian while riding a modified e-bike was travelling more than 10mph over the speed limit, a jury heard.\n\nThomas Hanlon, 32, was \"going way too quickly\" when he hit Sakine Cihan in Kingsland High Street in Dalston, east London, the Old Bailey heard.\n\nMrs Cihan, 56, suffered a \"catastrophic\" head injury and died the next day, jurors heard.\n\nUnder the law, e-bikes which are fitted with an electric motor can only be driven without a licence or insurance if their power is limited and if the motor automatically switches off at speeds above 15.5 mph.\n\nThe court heard Mr Hanlon's bike was capable of going double that speed and as such should have been categorised as a motorbike.\n\nProsecutor Nathan Rasiah read out a statement by cyclist Raymond Murphy, a witness to the 28 August crash, who said he was \"struck\" that Mr Hanlon's bike was \"going way too quickly for a normal electric bicycle\".\n\n\"He described riding along approaching the station and becoming aware of a bike travelling very quickly past him, but heading in the same direction as him.\n\nA few moments later, Mr Murphy \"suddenly saw arms and legs everywhere, flying in the air\", the court heard.\n\nMr Rasiah quoted a second witness, Joshua Stubbs, as saying: \"It looked like their heads made contact then the cyclist fell to the ground.\n\n\"After a few seconds the cyclist got up and looked dazed and confused, the lady lay motionless on the road.\"\n\nThe court was told Mr Hanlon left the scene despite a passer-by trying to stop him\n\nJurors were shown CCTV footage of Mrs Cihan stepping off the pavement and running in front of Mr Hanlon, of Queen's Drive, Leyton, east London.\n\nThe court was told Mr Hanlon left the scene despite a passer-by trying to stop him.\n\nThe jury heard that, when interviewed by the police, Mr Hanlon admitted leaving the scene but said he had no time to swerve as Mrs Cihan had crossed the road unexpectedly.\n\nQuoting from the police interview, Mr Rasiah said: \"She rushed out in front of me to cross and she didn't even look at me.\"\n\nMr Rasiah told jurors the lights at the crossing were green for traffic but he said Mr Hanlon's speed amounted to driving without due care and attention.\n\nBoth the prosecution and defence agree that Mr Hanlon did not have a licence or insurance for a motorbike.\n\nBut he denies further charges of causing death while uninsured and causing death while unlicensed.\n\nThe court heard he is contesting these because they require a fault in the driving which contributed to Ms Cihan's death.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Anything said by witnesses to the Grenfell Tower inquiry will not be used to prosecute them over the fire, the attorney general has said.\n\nThe second phase of the inquiry has been on hold for several weeks, as many witnesses threatened to stay silent without a guarantee.\n\nThe request came from lawyers for those involved in refurbishing the block.\n\nIt only applies to oral evidence from individuals and not documents and oral evidence from corporations.\n\nThe chairman of the inquiry backed the request earlier this month but had needed approval from the attorney general.\n\nSuella Braverman's office said she had concluded the guarantee was needed to \"enable the inquiry to continue to hear vital evidence about the circumstances and causes of the fire\".\n\nWithout it, she concluded that some witnesses would be likely to decline to give evidence, her office added, by claiming the legal right of privilege against self-incrimination.\n\nSurvivors' group Grenfell United said it was a \"sad day\".\n\nThe second phase of the inquiry, which began in January, is looking at how the building came to be covered in flammable cladding during its refurbishment between 2012 and 2016.\n\nIn a statement, Ms Braverman said: \"The undertaking I am providing to the inquiry means it can continue to take evidence from witnesses who otherwise would likely refuse to answer questions.\n\n\"These questions are important to finding out the truth about the circumstances of the fire. The undertaking will not jeopardise the police investigation or prospects of a future criminal prosecution.\"\n\nInquiry chairman Sir Martin Moore-Bick said he sought the pledge to allow individual witnesses to provide the public hearings with a truthful account without fear for the future, allowing him to make recommendations based on the fullest body of evidence possible.\n\nThe proposed undertaking will cover oral evidence from individual witnesses only.\n\nSir Martin said the Metropolitan Police Service did not suggest that granting the undertaking would \"hamper\" their concurrent investigations.\n\nScotland Yard is carrying out its own investigation into possible crimes ranging from gross negligence manslaughter and corporate manslaughter to health and safety offences over the 2017 fire which killed 72 people.\n\nThe application for protections related to witnesses from firms including external wall subcontractor Harley Facades, main contractor Rydon, architects Studio E, and window and cladding fitters Osborne Berry.\n\nGrenfell United said the need to establish what happened \"must not come at the expense of justice and prosecutions\".\n\n\"The inquiry is about getting to the truth so that lessons are learnt and the government can make changes,\" the group said in a statement.\n\n\"We take part to make sure there will never be another Grenfell and people are safe in their homes.\n\n\"For our continued participation, the government must make sure the inquiry process does not undermine prosecutions.\n\n\"We expect criminal prosecutions at the end of this and will not settle for anything less.\n\n\"If prosecutions are affected by this decision we will hold the government accountable.\n\n\"Grenfell was a tragedy but it was not an accident.\"\n\nFire Brigades Union general secretary Matt Wrack said he thought firefighters who gave evidence in the inquiry would be \"appalled\" that the undertaking had been provided.\n\nMr Wrack said in a statement: \"The truth must now come out - and those responsible must be finally held to account.\"\n\nThe second stage of the inquiry previously heard that the main designers and contractors involved in the refurbishment appeared to predict that the cladding system would fail in a fire, up to two years before the disaster.\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.", "The focus of the coronavirus outbreak is shifting – from China to the rest of the world, particularly Europe, where a number of countries are starting to see multiple cases.\n\nOn the face of it, this seems like bad news. More people are being affected in more countries and clusters of deaths in Iran, South Korea and northern Italy are concerning.\n\nBut there are positives too. China appears to be getting on top of the virus with the number of new cases each day reducing.\n\nThis suggests that efforts to contain the virus by telling people to stay at home, stopping large public gatherings and preventing travel are working.\n\nThe message from officials at the World Health Organization is that containment is still possible and a global pandemic is not inevitable.\n\nThis view has been echoed in the UK where the government has warned of the social and economic costs of overreacting in response to the outbreak.\n\nKeeping the public safe is the priority – but so is acting in a balanced and responsible way.\n\nHowever, with several sporting events being cancelled and postponed across Europe, playing down the panic is a challenge.", "Police bodycam footage released on 25 February has captured the moment a visibly distressed child was arrested at her school in Orlando, Florida in September 2019.\n\nThe six-year-old girl was restrained with zip ties and escorted to a waiting police car after misbehaving in class.\n\nLawyers for her family at Smith and Eulo Law Firm told the BBC that the family chose to release the footage because they wanted to show how the arrest unfolded.\n\nThe person whose bodycam captured the ordeal was fired after an internal investigation by the Orlando Police Department. Officer Dennis Turner had not followed the correct protocol, which states that a police officer must have their supervisor's approval to arrest any child under the age of 12.", "Disney boss Bob Iger, who led the media company through several blockbuster acquisitions and the launch of a streaming network, is stepping down as chief executive.\n\nDisney said it had appointed Bob Chapek, who previously ran the company's parks and products division, to replace him.\n\nMr Iger will remain Disney's executive chairman until the end of next year to direct \"creative endeavours\".\n\nThe move came as a surprise.\n\nMr Iger, who is considered by many to be the most powerful man in Hollywood, had served as chief executive since 2005. He has previously announced plans to retire only to push back his departure date.\n\nIn a statement on Tuesday, Mr Iger said it was the \"optimal time\" to begin to hand control of the company to a new leader.\n\nDisney recently completed the acquisition of Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox entertainment empire and launched the Disney+ streaming channel late last year.\n\nEarlier, Mr Iger presided over the firm's acquisition of Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm.\n\n\"The company has gotten larger and more complex just in the recent 12 months,\" Mr Iger said on a conference call on Tuesday.\n\n\"I felt that with the asset bases in place and with our strategy deployed I should be spending as much time as possible on the creative side of our business.\"\n\nRemaining as executive chairman would ease the transition, he added.\n\nMr Chapek oversaw the opening of the Shanghai Disney Resort\n\nMr Chapek, who joined Disney in 1993, will be the firm's seventh chief executive since it was formed in the 1920s. In his prior role, among other achievements, he oversaw the opening of Disney's park in Shanghai.\n\n\"His tremendous understanding of the breadth and depth of the Company and appreciation for the special connection between Disney and its consumers makes him the perfect choice,\" said Disney board member Susan Arnold.\n\nShares in the firm fell 2% in after-hours trading after the news was announced.\n\nMr Iger, who recently published a memoir, is much beloved by investors for his record steering the company to steady profits, despite upheaval in the television and movie industries.\n\nDisney claimed seven of the top 10 box office hits globally last year and the new streaming channel has already attracted more than 28 million paying customers.\n\nThe firm's market value has increased five-fold during his tenure, Ms Arnold said. The firm is now worth about $230bn.", "Lord Steel (left) is one of those criticised in the report for failing to pass on allegations about ex-MP Cyril Smith\n\nPolitical institutions failed to respond to historical claims of child sexual abuse but there was no evidence of an organised paedophile network at Westminster, an inquiry has found.\n\nThe Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse said there had been a \"significant problem\" of deference towards people of public prominence.\n\nIts report said political parties and police had turned a \"blind eye\".\n\nLord Steel, one of those it criticised, has now quit the Liberal Democrats.\n\nThe inquiry found that institutions \"regularly put their own reputations or political interests before child protection\".\n\nIt cited as an example former Liberal party leader, Lord Steel, who was criticised for not acting on information that the late MP Cyril Smith had abused children.\n\nLord Steel told the inquiry last year how in 1979 he failed to pass on allegations against the then MP for Rochdale - even though he believed them to be true - because it was \"past history\".\n\nHe subsequently recommended Smith for his knighthood.\n\nLord Steel announced on Tuesday he had quit the Liberal Democrats and would be retiring as a member of the House of Lords.\n\nHe said: \"Knowing all I know now, I condemn Cyril Smith's actions towards children.\"\n\nProf Alexis Jay, who chaired the inquiry, said: \"It is clear to see that Westminster institutions have repeatedly failed to deal with allegations of child sexual abuse, from turning a blind eye to actively shielding abusers.\"\n\nHowever, the report found no evidence of a co-ordinated \"paedophile ring\" in Westminster, following claims by fantasist Carl Beech, who was jailed last year for making false allegations.\n\nThe investigation decided at an early stage to ignore allegations by Carl Beech about a string of public figures\n\nIt stated there was also no evidence such a network was covered up by security services or police.\n\nResponding to the inquiry, ex-Conservative MP Harvey Proctor - who was among those to be falsely accused by Beech - said he had always \"made it clear that there was no Westminster VIP paedophile network or ring\".\n\nHe added the report's findings had vindicated his position and that the real victims of historical child sexual abuse had not benefitted from the inquiry.\n\nThe report also highlighted how former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and ex-Conservative party chairman Norman Tebbit were aware in the 1980s of rumours about MP Peter Morrison having \"a penchant for small boys\" but did nothing about it.\n\nThe allegations \"should have rung alarm bells in government\", it said.\n\nIt found there had been a \"consistent culture for years\" in the Tory whips' offices to \"protect the image\" of their party by \"playing down rumours and protecting politicians from gossip or scandal at all costs\".\n\nThe report said that at that time \"nobody seemed to care about the fate of the children involved, with status and political concerns overriding all else\".\n\n\"Even though we did not find evidence of a Westminster network, the lasting effect on those who suffered as children from being sexually abused by individuals linked to Westminster has been just as profound,\" it added.\n\nCritics of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse accuse it of grasping for scapegoats because the allegations, which were swirling when it began, turned out to have no substance.\n\nOfficials say they looked hard for evidence of an establishment paedophile network, but didn't find any. They defend this report as going to the heart of the inquiry's core role - to identify the failure of institutions to protect children.\n\nThe inquiry only found a limited number of examples of powerful political men abusing children, mostly dating back decades and, perhaps as a result, its list of recommendations is relatively short.\n\nThey include removing official honours from abusers, tightening up safeguarding and protecting whistleblowers.\n\nBut the Westminster strand was one of more than a dozen investigations. The inquiry has had more success in identifying considerable failures which allowed abuse in children's homes and religious settings.\n\nIts final report is still more than a year away. One thread runs through all of its work - a failure in the past to take action when abuse came to light.\n\nThe inquiry is likely to recommend making it a legal requirement to act on concerns, for anyone working closely with children.\n\nAfter Lord Steel gave evidence to the inquiry, he was suspended by the Scottish Liberal Democrats. But the party later determined that there were \"no grounds for action\" against the politician, who is also a former MSP and Holyrood presiding officer.\n\nA Liberal Democrats spokeswoman said the party would be \"thoroughly reading\" this latest report, adding that \"Cyril Smith's acts were vile and repugnant\".\n\nA lawyer representing eight of Smith's accusers said Lord Steel's \"inaction\" after being told by Smith himself that he had molested young boys was \"unforgivable\".\n\nRichard Scorer said Lord Steel was not being blamed for Smith's alleged crimes but \"for his own failure to stop Smith when he had the chance\".\n\n\"This must surely now be the catalyst for a mandatory reporting law, compelling those who suspect child abuse to report their concerns,\" he added.\n\nLord Steel says he discussed the allegations with Cyril Smith in 1979\n\nLord Steel said he feared that he had been made a \"proxy\" for Smith, because the inquiry had failed to secure \"a parliamentary scalp\".\n\nAnnouncing he was quitting the Liberal Democrats, he said he wanted to avoid \"turmoil in my party and to prevent further distress to my family\" after some had called for a new investigation.\n\n\"With considerable personal sorrow\", he said, he was retiring from the Lords to \"enjoy a quiet retirement from public life\".\n\nThe report made a number of suggestions, including re-examining the policy on forfeiting honours after the death of the recipient - which would strip knighthoods from the likes of disgraced entertainer Jimmy Savile.\n\nIt also recommended creating widespread and well-understood whistleblowing policies for all Westminster institutions.\n\nThe Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in England and Wales, set up in 2014, has been investigating claims against local authorities, religious organisations, the armed forces and public and private institutions - as well as people in the public eye.\n\nLaunched following the Savile scandal, the inquiry's investigation into Westminster is one of 15 separate investigations, which are expected to be completed later this year.", "The UK has one of the largest defence budgets in the world\n\nThe UK is to \"overhaul its approach to foreign policy\" as part of a government review, Downing Street has announced.\n\nNo 10 says insights from internal and external experts will challenge \"traditional Whitehall assumptions\".\n\nThe diplomatic service, tackling organised crime, the use of technology and the procurement of military supplies will all be looked at.\n\nThe review will also seek \"innovative ways\" to promote UK interests while committing to spending targets.\n\nThe 2019 Conservative manifesto promised that the UK would continue to spend 0.7% of gross national income on international aid. The party also said it would exceed the Nato target of spending 2% of gross domestic product on defence.\n\nBoris Johnson's new government faces a number of foreign policy challenges including securing a post-Brexit trade deal with the EU.\n\nFrench Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian recently predicted the two sides would \"rip each other apart\" during negotiations which are due to begin on Monday.\n\nThe UK is also hoping to secure a trade deal with the US but relations have been strained by the prime minister's decision to use Huawei to build the 5G network in the face of US opposition.\n\nThe government is also keen to strengthen ties with China, but some of the prime minister's own MPs - including Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Tom Tugendhat - have cautioned against allowing Chinese companies' heavy involvement in projects such as the 5G network and HS2.\n\nSetting out details of the Integrated Review - first announced in December's Queen's Speech - Number 10 said Brexit presented \"new opportunities to define and strengthen Britain's place in the world\".\n\nIts remit, as set out by the government, is to:\n\nIn a written statement, the prime minister said a cross-Whitehall team in the Cabinet Secretariat and a \"small taskforce\" in Number 10 will report to him and the National Security Council during the review.\n\n\"The review will be closely aligned with this year's Comprehensive Spending Review but will also look beyond it,\" he said in the statement.\n\nExperts \"beyond Whitehall\" in the UK and \"among our allies\" will be consulted, Mr Johnson said, and Parliament will be kept \"fully informed\".\n\nThe review is expected to conclude later this year.\n\nThe UK is seeking to negotiate a new trade deal with both the US and the EU\n\nThe government says it will \"utilise expertise from both inside and outside government for the review, ensuring the UK's best foreign policy minds are feeding into its conclusions and offering constructive challenge to traditional Whitehall assumptions and thinking\".\n\nThe UK's last full-scale security and defence review was completed in late 2015, before the UK voted to leave the EU.\n\nBut Mr Tugendhat suggested it had been more than 20 years since a British government comprehensively reviewed its foreign policy objectives and the \"tools\" needed to achieve them.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 4's Today it would premature to speculate on whether any \"rejigging\" of defence and aid priorities would result in cuts to manpower in any of the armed services.\n\n\"We all know that the fundamental decisive factor in battle, whether that is in sea, land or air, is people. It is basically draining the resources of your enemy and undermining their ability to fight,\" he said.\n\n\"That can be done in different ways - sometimes it is done by infantry soldiers... sometimes it is done by ships denying access to areas or protecting convoys and sometimes it is done by RAF pilots flying drones... All of these are different tools.\"\n• None The tough questions facing the UK and US", "The number of people travelling by bus in Scotland has dropped by 10% in five years, according to new figures.\n\nData released by the Scottish government also showed that car travel increased, with a record three million cars now registered in Scotland.\n\nOverall, the number of journeys made by public transport in Scotland fell by eight million - from 525m to 517m - over the past year.\n\nBus journeys accounted for 73% of all those taken by public transport.\n\nDespite the drop in bus travel, ScotRail saw 13% more passenger journeys compared with five years ago.\n• None 3 millioncars now registered in Scotland - an all-time high\n• None 27%increase in air journeys in five years\n• None 10%decline in bus journeys in five years\n\nOver the same period, Scottish airports also saw passenger numbers increase, with a 27% rise to 29.4m. That included a 2% rise in the past year.\n\nCycling has also increased in popularity, with an 8% increase since 2017 in the distance cycled on the road network.\n\nThere were 10.3m ferry passengers in 2018 - with 8.5m on routes entirely within Scotland. Over five years, passenger numbers were up 6%.\n\nTransport Secretary Michael Matheson said the decline in bus journeys had been happening across the UK since the 1960s.\n\nHe added that the future of bus travel in Scotland had \"never been brighter\", adding that nearly three quarters of public transport journeys were made by bus.\n\nMr Matheson said: \"We have committed to bringing forward transformational funding of more than half a billion pounds to create a Bus Partnership Fund for local authorities, and to roll out infrastructure for the trunk road network, to prioritise buses in congested areas.\n\n\"This is intended to improve punctuality and reliability and, importantly, to leverage further action and investment from local authorities and bus operators to encourage more people to take the bus every day.\n\n\"This is in addition to over £260m we spend every year to keep fares at affordable levels and providing free bus travel to older and disabled passengers.\"\n\nGina Hanrahan, of WWF Scotland said transport is Scotland's biggest source of emissions. She said the figures are \"continuing to go in the wrong direction\".\n\nShe added: \"In order to get people out of their cars, and encourage them to use other modes of transport, we need greater investment in cleaner forms of transport to tackle climate change, clean up our dirty air and enhance public health.\n\n\"We need to see really clear shifts in the final budget and the infrastructure investment plan to support this.\"\n\nThere's been a long-term fall in bus travel in Scotland.\n\nJourneys almost halved between 1960 and 1975, and they've roughly halved again since then.\n\nSome blame Margaret Thatcher's deregulation of the bus network in the mid-eighties.\n\nThat allows bus companies to cherry pick the routes they want to serve - and which they don't.\n\nEdinburgh's not seen a slump in bus travel.\n\nIt helps that fares in the capital are cheaper than in Glasgow, and that Lothian Buses operates on a dense network of routes.\n\nWhile passenger numbers fell by 10% in five years across Scotland, Edinburgh has seen a different pattern. Bus use has remained rock-steady since 2014.\n\nIn Edinburgh buses are a municipal service. Lothian Buses is council-owned.\n\nAnd if there's a lesson from Edinburgh, when fares are competitive, and the bus network is extensive, people will still take the bus.\n\nLast year, the Scottish government brought in changes to try to reinvigorate Scotland's bus network and boost bus passenger numbers.\n\nIf today's figures are anything to go by - they have their work cut out.", "A military funeral has been held in Egypt for former President Hosni Mubarak, who died on Tuesday aged 91.\n\nThe current President, Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, walked alongside Mubarak's sons, Alaa and Gamal, in a procession behind his coffin as it was taken to the Field Marshal Tantawi mosque in Cairo.\n\nThe government has declared three days of national mourning.\n\nMubarak was forced out of office by an Arab Spring popular uprising in 2011, after 30 years in power.\n\nHe spent the next six years in prison or military hospitals while standing trial on various charges.\n\nIn 2012, Mubarak was sentenced to life after being convicted of complicity in the murder of protesters during the uprising. But he was eventually cleared on appeal.\n\nHe was also given a three-year jail sentence for embezzling public funds.\n\nState media reported that he died at a Cairo hospital after undergoing surgery.\n\nDozens of Hosni Mubarak's supporters, many dressed in black, gathered outside the mosque where the funeral was held. They held signs expressing gratitude for Egypt's \"greatest leader\".\n\n\"He was a wise man who kept this country stable for 30 years,\" a middle-aged man told me.\n\nStability was Mubarak's watchword. He took pride in keeping everything under control during his long autocratic rule. But this came at a massive price, according to his critics.\n\nSupporters of Hosni Mubarak gathered outside the Tantawi mosque\n\nEgyptians who took part in the 2011 revolution say he was a corrupt dictator. They hold him responsible for the problems Egypt is suffering at the moment.\n\n\"It's all part of his terrible legacy,\" one young man said.\n\nSome people on social media asked why Mubarak was given such a funeral when he had been convicted of corruption. They also compared his treatment to that of his ousted successor, Mohammed Morsi, who died last year while in court and was buried overnight with only a few members of his family in attendance.\n\nMorsi was an Islamist, however, while Mubarak belonged to the military - an institution that has dominated Egypt's political scene for more than six decades.\n\nWhile some Egyptians consider Mubarak a figure from the past, a considerable number believe the time when he was in power was better than it is now. They say he left a small space for freedom of expression, unlike the current president.\n\nA statement paid tribute to his military service during the 1973 Arab-Israeli war. But it did not mention his time as president.\n\n\"[He was] one of the heroes of the glorious October war, when he led the air force during the war that restored dignity and pride to the Arab nation,\" it said.\n\nPresident Abdul Fattah al-Sisi (C) and other senior figures\n\nMr Sisi served as Mubarak's military intelligence chief and led the military's overthrow of his democratically elected successor, Mohammed Morsi, in 2013.\n\nSince then, he has overseen an unprecedented crackdown on dissent, in which tens of thousands of people have reportedly been detained, hundreds have been handed preliminary deaths sentences, and hundreds more have gone missing.", "Joshua Molnar was referred to as Boy A during the trial at Manchester Crown Court\n\nThe early release of a teenager who stabbed his friend in the heart has been described as \"crushing\" by the dead boy's family.\n\nJoshua Molnar, now 18, was cleared of murder and manslaughter following the death of Yousef Makki, 17, but was detained for possessing a knife.\n\nHis release comes six days before the first anniversary of the incident in Hale Barns, Greater Manchester.\n\nThe Ministry of Justice said its \"thoughts were with Yousef's family\".\n\nA trial heard Molnar acted in self-defence when Yousef pulled out a knife in a row over an attempt to rob a drug dealer on 2 March 2019.\n\nYousef Makki, 17, was stabbed in the heart with a flick knife\n\nHowever, Molnar falsely suggested Yousef had been stabbed by someone who drove off in a grey VW Polo, information which was circulated on the police network.\n\nMolnar was sentenced to be detained for eight months and given a training order, after he admitted perverting the course of justice and possession of a knife.\n\nAt the time, Yousef's family described the sentence as \"disappointing\".\n\nIn a statement on Tuesday, they wrote: \"To receive the news some six days before such a pivotal date in the lives of Yousef's many friends and family members, is simply crushing.\n\n\"There is no other word for it.\"\n\nThe Ministry of Justice said it understands the \"distress\" the release of an offender can cause.\n\nA spokesperson added: \"Anyone released from prison faces strict conditions while on licence, such as curfews and exclusion zones, and can be returned to custody if they breach them.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova is \"saying goodbye\" to tennis at the age of 32.\n\nIn an article written for Vogue and Vanity Fair , Sharapova said her body \"had become a distraction\" after a struggle with shoulder injuries.\n\nThe Russian won her first Grand Slam at Wimbledon in 2004 aged 17 and completed the career slam - all four major titles - by winning the French Open in 2012.\n\nIn 2016, she served a 15-month ban after testing positive for meldonium.\n\nAfter returning from her ban in 2017, Sharapova struggled to recapture her best form and suffered from a number of injuries.\n\nShe has dropped to 373 in the world, her lowest ranking since August 2002, and has lost in the first round of her past three Grand Slam tournaments.\n\nIn announcing her retirement, she said: \"I'm new to this, so please forgive me. Tennis - I'm saying goodbye.\n\n\"Looking back now, I realize that tennis has been my mountain. My path has been filled with valleys and detours, but the views from its peak were incredible.\n\n\"After 28 years and five Grand Slam titles, though, I'm ready to scale another mountain - to compete on a different type of terrain.\n\n\"That relentless chase for victories, though? That won't ever diminish. No matter what lies ahead, I will apply the same focus, the same work ethic, and all of the lessons I've learned along the way.\n\n\"In the meantime, there are a few simple things I'm really looking forward to: A sense of stillness with my family. Lingering over a morning cup of coffee. Unexpected weekend getaways. Workouts of my choice (hello, dance class!)\"\n\nSharapova said her 6-1 6-1 first-round defeat by Serena Williams at last year's US Open was the \"final signal\".\n\n\"Behind closed doors, 30 minutes before taking the court, I had a procedure to numb my shoulder to get through the match,\" she said,\n\n\"Shoulder injuries are nothing new for me - over time my tendons have frayed like a string. I've had multiple surgeries - once in 2008, another procedure last year - and spent countless months in physical therapy.\n\n\"Just stepping on to the court that day felt like a final victory, when of course it should have been merely the first step toward victory.\"\n\nSharapova did not play again in 2019 after that defeat at Flushing Meadows and has played just twice this year, including a straight sets loss to Croat Donna Vekic in the Australian Open first round, her last competitive appearance..\n\nSharapova shot to stardom in 2004 aged just 17 when victory over Serena Williams saw her become the third-youngest woman to win the Wimbledon singles title.\n\nShe would go on to become one of the most high-profile names in women's sport, winning 36 singles titles and earning more than $38m (£29m) in prize money.\n\nIn 2005 she became the first Russian woman to become world number one, and won her second Grand Slam singles title at the US Open the following year.\n\nBut 2007 saw the first of Sharapova's struggles with injury, as she missed most of the clay court season with a shoulder problem.\n\nShe would return to form and fitness to win the Australian Open at the start of 2008, but a second shoulder injury kept her off tour for the second half of the season, meaning she missed the US Open and Beijing Olympics.\n\nIn 2012, Sharapova captured the French Open at Roland Garros to become the 10th woman to complete the career Grand Slam, before winning Olympic silver in London.\n\nYet another shoulder injury saw her miss the second half of the 2013 season, although she returned the following year to win her second French Open, and fifth and final Grand Slam.\n\nIn March 2016, Sharapova told a news conference she had tested positive for meldonium at the Australian Open.\n\nSharapova said she had been taking the drug since 2006 for health problems and was unaware it had been added to the banned list, insisting she had \"not tried to use a performance-enhancing substance\".\n\nShe was banned for two years, later reduced to 15 months following an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.\n\nShe returned to tennis in April 2017, winning what would be her final career singles title at the Tianjin Open in October that year.\n\nSharapova reached the quarter-finals at the 2018 French Open and the last 16 of the Australian Open at the start of 2019, but injuries and loss of form began to take its toll.\n\n'It was a pleasure to share the court with you' - reaction\n\nFollowing Sharapova's announcement, hercoach Riccardo Piatti tweeted: \"It's been an honour to have worked with such an amazing athlete and person. I'll miss her on court and outside. I'm sorry we couldn't work together for longer. But I know our paths will cross again and I can't wait for it. In the meantime, good luck with everything.\"\n\nTwo-time Grand Slam champion Petra Kvitova said it had been \"a pleasure\" to share a court with Sharapova.\n\nThe Czech added: \"We always had great battles when we played and I have so much respect for your hard work and the way you always fight for everything. You have achieved a lot in your life and I know this is just the start.\"\n\nMeanwhile, tennis legend Billie Jean King added: \"From the day Maria Sharapova won her first Wimbledon title at age 17, she has been a great champion. A five-time major champion and a former world number one, her business success is just as impressive as her tennis achievements. Maria, the best is yet to come for you!\"\n\nReacting after his victory over Philipp Kohlschreiber at the Dubai Open on Wednesday, world number one men's player Novak Djokovic asked the crowd to offer a round of applause for Sharapova.\n\n\"She is a great fighter, as dedicated as someone can really be in our sport,\" the Serbian 17-time Grand Slam champion said. \"The will power and willingness to overcome the obstacle she had, with her injuries and surgeries and trying to fight to come back to the court and play at her desired level - it's truly inspirational to see what a mind of a champion she has. At the end of a fantastic career she can be proud of herself.\"", "Greta Thunberg tweeted over the weekend that she would be taking part in the city's youth protest\n\nPolice are warning parents a Bristol protest Greta Thunberg is due to join has \"grown so large\" it is unlikely usual safety measures will be adequate.\n\nAvon and Somerset Police say they expect thousands of people at the Bristol Youth Strike 4 Climate on College Green on Friday to hear the 17-year-old climate activist speak.\n\nThe force said there was \"potential for trips, slips, falls and crushing\".\n\nParents and carers were advised to make their own safety arrangements.\n\nThe Swedish climate change campaigner tweeted over the weekend that she would be taking part in the city's youth protest.\n\nBut in a letter addressed to parents of school-age children, Supt Andy Bennett said the force was \"unable to accurately predict how large this event will be\".\n\n\"Social media has gone viral with interest which leads me to believe it will be thousands of people,\" he wrote.\n\n\"We have confirmation of people travelling from across the UK by car, bus, coach and train.\n\n\"I am told in Hamburg approximately 60,000 came to see Greta speak. Whilst I am not suggesting it will be this big, you can see the scale of the potential attendance.\"\n\nThe first school strike in Bristol took place in February last year\n\nHe said the event had been advertised promising areas suitable for both primary school children and disabled people but as a \"large-scale organic\" event, he said that would \"probably be unachievable\".\n\n\"In terms of big crowds, they are dynamic in nature and there is the potential for trips, slips, falls and crushing,\" he warned parents.\n\n\"The event has grown so large that the usual controls, stewarding and safety measures that are routinely put in place are unlikely to be scaled up adequately.\"\n\nHe added Park Street and the city centre would also be closed to \"try and mitigate the risks associated with a crowd too large for the College Green open space\".\n\nAccording to one of the protest's organisers, Greta had originally planned to visit London, but as the area planned for the protest in the capital was too small organisers had recommended Bristol instead.\n\nArtist Jody Thomas painted a mural of Ms Thunberg in Bristol last year\n\nTwo years ago, the teenage activist started missing lessons most Fridays to protest outside the Swedish parliament building, in what turned out to be the beginning of a huge environmental movement.\n\nShe has become a leading voice for action on climate change, inspiring millions of students to join protests around the world.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The shooting took place at Molson Coors headquarters\n\nFive people have been killed in a shooting at the Molson Coors Brewing Company campus in Milwaukee, Wisconsin state, local officials say.\n\nThey say the gunman died from \"self-inflicted wounds\". The man - a 51-year-old Milwaukee resident - worked for the company. His motives were unclear.\n\nThe shooting occurred in the early afternoon while hundreds of employees were still at work.\n\nMilwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said it was a \"tragic day for the city\".\n\nSpeaking at a news briefing shortly after Wednesday's shooting, he described it as a \"horrific act\".\n\nMeanwhile, Milwaukee police chief Alfonso Morales said that the five victims were all employees of the brewing company.\n\nHe praised the way the city's police, FBI officers and firefighters responded to the attack.\n\nAs the incident unfolded, nearby schools and businesses were locked down, local media report.\n\nSpeaking at the White House in Washington, President Donald Trump offered his \"deepest condolences to the victims and families in Milwaukee\".\n\nHe described the gunman as a \"wicked murderer\".\n\nWisconsin congressman Mike Gallagher condemned the attack on Twitter, saying: \"There's no place for these kinds of hateful and disgusting acts in our society.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Rep. Mike Gallagher This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 company's CEO said they were devastated. \"The most important thing is that we support and care for each other,\" Gavin Hattersley said in a statement.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Some residents in Ironbridge have been advised to leave their homes\n\nRail lines have closed and people have continued to evacuate as river levels continue to rise in Shropshire.\n\nTwo severe \"danger to life\" flood warnings are in place for the River Severn at Shrewsbury and Ironbridge.\n\nNetwork Rail closed all lines at Shrewsbury station from 14:00 GMT, except for services to and from Chester and Crewe.\n\nWater is pouring over flood barriers in Bewdley, Worcestershire, and there are fears for the same in Ironbridge.\n\nThe Environment Agency has warned defences at the Wharfage in the Shropshire town could be breached in the early hours of Wednesday, when the River Severn there is predicted to peak.\n\nThe agency's Dave Throup tweeted the breach in Beales Corner, Bewdley, was not at the main demountable defences in Severnside, but urged people to avoid the area.\n\nWest Mercia Police said residents who might be affected had been told and the force added the situation would be monitored overnight by fire crews and agency officials.\n\nWater began pouring over these flood defences in Bewdley on Tuesday evening\n\nWater levels in Ironbridge have now exceeded those seen last week and could reach up to 7m (22.9ft) overnight, the agency warned - making the river nearly 3m (9.8ft) deeper than it was on Sunday.\n\nCh Supt Tom Harding, from West Mercia Police, said: \"We are particularly concerned this evening that those barriers [at the Wharfage] are going to be overtopped.\n\n\"We have spoken to all residents who could be impacted - most of which have evacuated.\"\n\nHe encouraged others who had decided not to evacuate to do so as high water levels were expected to remain for up to 48 hours. The force was prepared for the \"worse case scenario\" with rest centres and lots of staff and resources on the ground, he added.\n\nPeople have been been advised to evacuate along the Wharfage, Ironbridge, where the river is expected to peak overnight\n\nA Network Rail spokesman said hourly inspections were carried out on the Severn Viaduct, which carries the majority of lines in and out of Shrewsbury station.\n\nHe said: \"Flood waters have been very close to the level where we have to close the viaduct for safety reasons.\"\n\nAs the river was expected to rise further, he said the lines would \"remain closed until levels have dropped below the closure mark and underwater inspections have been completed\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. An ex-Army truck is being used to ferry villagers cut off by floods\n\nEarlier Network Rail tweeted if the station was closed it would be a \"once in a generation situation\".\n\nAt Welsh Bridge in Shrewsbury, the Severn stood at 5.11m at 17:00 GMT on Tuesday, nearly doubling in depth over the past 72 hours.\n\nParts of Shrewsbury are affected by flood water\n\nMr Throup said more rain was on the way, calling it \"relentless\".\n\nSarah Holmes, director of Merrythought Village in Ironbridge, said all the businesses had \"got together, collaborated and moved equipment upstairs or off-site\" ahead of the expected peak.\n\n\"Now it's just a waiting game to see how far the river rises and there will obviously be the big clear-up afterwards,\" she said.\n\n\"Unsettled\" weather over a few days may leave river water levels high in Shrewsbury, says the Environment Agency\n\nSmithfield Road in Shrewsbury is flooded as the River Severn continues to rise\n\nShropshire Council chief executive Clive Wright is to step down as the authority battles to deal with floods.\n\nIt follows a vote at a meeting of the ruling Conservative group on Monday.\n\nBBC Radio Shropshire political reporter Joanne Gallacher has been told Mr Wright's response to the flooding was one of the reasons he was asked to leave.\n\nIn a statement circulated to staff, seen by the BBC, Mr Wright said he was leaving his post \"with immediate effect\" adding it had been \"a great privilege\" to serve the people of Shropshire.\n\nShropshire Fire and Rescue Service said it had rescued residents from a retirement home at Longden Coleham in Shrewsbury on Monday evening as flood waters rose.\n\nThe town's three main shopping centres have been closed \"for the safety of staff and customers\".\n\nA number of schools, colleges and libraries were also closed on Tuesday.\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\nShrewsbury Town's game at home to Tranmere Rovers went ahead.\n\n\"The ground staff have been working very hard on the pitch and despite the recent rainfall it is relatively dry at present and the main surrounding road networks are all reporting no issues, therefore, there are no concerns about the game,\" a club statement said.\n\nMark Davies, who owns Darwin's Townhouse bed and breakfast in the town, said his property had been left \"devastated\" as it flooded for the second time in a week.\n\n\"I spent last week pumping everything out and got that straight on Sunday, flopped down and then found on Monday morning we were back to square one again,\" he said.\n\nRiverside car parks in Worcester have been closed as river levels in the city rose \"rapidly\".\n\nWorcestershire County Council urged people parked in the Cattlemarket, Croft Road, Newport Street, Pitchcroft, or Tybridge Street car parks to move their vehicles or risk being stranded.\n\nWater levels were rising at the English Bridge in Shrewsbury on Tuesday morning\n\nHave you been affected by the flooding? 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:", "Virgin Galactic has said it will release more tickets for flights into space amid surging demand.\n\nSir Richard Branson's firm, which completed its first sub-orbital test flight in 2018, said it had received almost 8,000 registrations of interest for future commercial flights.\n\nThat is more than double the amount it recorded at the end of September 2019.\n\nThe firm has so far sold 600 tickets for its inaugural flights, scheduled for later this year.\n\nThe news comes as Virgin Galactic's latest company results show a net loss of $73m (£55.6m) for the last quarter.\n\nOn Wednesday, the California-based company said it would begin taking $1,000 refundable deposits as it prepares to release the next batch of tickets to the general public.\n\nThat will put them on a waiting list for when seats become available. However, Virgin Galactic said prices and timing for its next flight were not available yet.\n\nTickets for its inaugural flights retailed at $250,000 apiece.\n\nThose to have already purchased tickets include celebrities Justin Bieber and Leonardo DiCaprio. Sir Richard Branson has said he will be on the first trip.\n\n\"We have been greatly encouraged by the ongoing and increasing demand seen from around the world for personal spaceflight,\" said Stephen Attenborough, Virgin Galactic's commercial director. Virgin Galactic saw its losses widen in the three months to December, compared with a $46m loss in the same period in 2018.\n\nVirgin Galactic is the only publicly-listed space tourism group, having floated on the New York stock exchange last October.\n\nThe company, along with Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin, have all been in a race to send tourists into space.", "A report has found parents in England, Scotland and Wales are paying 5% more on childcare for under-twos than a year ago - and 4% more for two-year-olds.\n\nChildcare now costs on average more than £130 per week for a part-time nursery place for a child under two, according to children's charity Coram.\n\nIt has called for reform and simplification of childcare system.\n\nThe government said it was increasing the rate it paid for free childcare provision, and creating more places.\n\nThe findings of Coram Family and Childcare's survey suggest that childcare costs are rising faster than price increases generally, with the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) measure of inflation standing at 1.8% in January.\n\nThe charity said its survey revealed the average weekly price of a part-time nursery place for a child under the age of two had risen to an average of £131.61, or more than £6,800 per year.\n\nThe annual survey is based on data from 175 local authorities gathered between November 2019 and January 2020.\n\nThe report also found that childcare prices and availability vary significantly depending on where people live.\n\nResearch showed the most expensive regions were London and the South East, where the cost of 25 hours of nursery care for a child under two is £165.47 and £144.90 per week respectively.\n\nIn inner London, the average cost is £182.56.\n\nThe cheapest areas were in Scotland and Yorkshire and the Humber at £111.26 and £113.76 respectively.\n\nMeanwhile, the findings also reveal gaps in availability, with just over half (56%) of local authorities in England having enough childcare for parents working full-time. This is compared to 57% in 2019.\n\nThere may also be gaps if parents are working outside regular office hours, if children have disabilities and if children are older - aged between 12 to 14, according to the report.\n\nThe average weekly price for families using an after school club five days a week across Britain was found to be £60.99.\n\nCoram's report argued that while support, subsidies and free entitlements are available to many families, the system is too complicated - which can leave parents at risk of missing out on help they are entitled to.\n\nIt has made several suggestions for reforms, including increasing the maximum amount of childcare costs paid under Universal Credit and moving to up-front payments for childcare.\n\nGovernment spending on childcare should be reformed and simplified \"so every parent is better off working after paying for childcare, and every child has access to childcare which supports their learning and development,\" said Claire Harding, head of Coram Family and Childcare.\n\nShe added: \"Investing in childcare support is good for us all because it helps parents to work now, and boosts children's learning and skills for our future.\"\n\nThe government said investment in childcare and early years education will reach £3.6bn in 2020-21 to \"give families the flexibility they need to be able to balance their work and family lives\".\n\nIn October, the Department for Education said councils across England would receive extra funding to deliver free childcare places, with investment going towards increasing rates.\n\nThere are different funded childcare schemes across the UK.\n\nSince 2017, working parents of three and four-year-olds in England have been entitled to 30 hours' free childcare a week - up from 15 hours.\n\nIn Wales, working parents of three and four-year-olds are entitled to 30 hours of free childcare a week for up to 48 weeks of the year.\n\nParents of three and four-year-olds in Scotland are entitled to around 16 hours of free childcare a week during term time.", "Radio 1 presenter Nick Grimshaw is set to climb the tallest dunes in the world for Sport Relief, after taking a day off with heat exhaustion.\n\nNick sat out of Tuesday's The Heat Is On challenge after advice from medics, and told Radio 1 he was feeling \"fighting fit\".\n\nIn an Instagram video he says his body temperature had reached 40 degrees at the end of Monday's event.\n\nNick said: \"It was really scary. It was horrible.\"\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 sportrelief 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\nHe's travelling across the Namib desert in Namibia, alongside other celebrities like Frankie Bridge and Rob Rinder to raise money for mental health services.\n\nThe challenge, which started on Monday, will see them cross the desert by walking, cycling and skiing.\n\nBBC Breakfast presenter Louise Minchin and Radio 1 presenter Nick Grimshaw cycling through the Namib desert\n\nNick says he \"felt great\" when they set off, but as soon as he was stopped by a medic for a temperature check just two kilometres before the finish line, he felt \"really, really bad\".\n\n\"It was horrible, I've never experienced that before.\"\n\nThe presenter was told he couldn't finish the day's challenge, and had to take time out to recover.\n\nHe saw doctors and received treatment for heat exhaustion, but said not being able to participate was \"really hard to deal with\".\n\nThe challenge lasts over four days, and ends at a shipwreck on the Skeleton Coast of Namibia.\n\nIt was originally supposed to be in the freezing temperatures of Mongolia, but was moved to Namibia because of Coronavirus fears.\n\nNick says he hopes he will be on \"top form, ready to continue\" to the next stage.\n\nThe celebrities are set to climb the \"highest sand dunes in the world\" which Nick says he doesn't want to miss.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "The report found a \"debilitating lack of capacity and resilience\" at Merthyr Tydfil council\n\nPolitical dramas on Facebook are consuming enormous energy at a local authority at the expense of other matters, a review has found.\n\nSenior officers at Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council are being asked to be \"referees\" rather than advisors.\n\nThe council is only just \"keeping its nostrils above the waterline\" and has a projected deficit of £15m to 2022-23.\n\nCouncil leader Kevin O'Neill said a decade of austerity had put the council under pressure.\n\nLast year the Welsh Government sent in former Swindon council chief executive John Gilbert to advise the authority after council leader Kevin O'Neill asked for help.\n\nA subsequent review by an improvement board chaired by former Welsh Local Government Association chief executive Steve Thomas found a \"debilitating lack of capacity and resilience\" throughout the council, with the organisation functioning \"by keeping its nostrils above the waterline\".\n\nIt said there was an \"urgent need\" to address \"poor attainment levels\" in schools, and a \"complete breakdown of trust\" between the council and the trust which runs some leisure services.\n\nCouncil leader Kevin O'Neill asked for help for the authority last year\n\nThe report says that across the council \"there are political 'hotspots' and 'dramas\" associated \"with a variety of issues\".\n\n\"Much of this plays out on social media sites especially Facebook,\" it said.\n\n\"The team fully accepts that this is part of the cut and thrust of local politics.\n\n\"But in the case of Merthyr Tydfil this can consume enormous organisational energy often at the expense of more important matters.\"\n\n\"With the debilitating lack of capacity highlighted in this report the council can ill afford to be subsumed by this.\n\n\"Senior officers are all too often being asked to play the role of \"referees\" as opposed to professional advisors. This must be addressed with a clearly signalled shift in thinking from antagonistic to strategic.\"\n\nBBC Wales has been told the concerns mainly relate to problems caused by councillors getting involved in rows on a private Facebook page called Merthyr Council Truths.\n\nThe council's current financial plan shows projected budget deficits totalling £15m over the next three financial years.\n\nOther problems included \"significant concerns\" about the ability of the council to deal with \"practical ongoing issues\".\n\n\"For example, the council's monitoring officer is also its sole qualified childcare lawyer providing advice, running cases and advocacy on behalf of social services,\" the report said.\n\n\"She also is responsible for HR, legal and a range of other services.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government is appointing extra advisers to help with education, social services, corporate governance and leader, cabinet and member development.\n\nLocal government minister Julie James said there needed to be \"widespread commitment from all members and officers to achieve a sustainable future for the council and to deliver good quality services to the people of Merthyr Tydfil\".\n\nMr O'Neill called for more cash for his council, saying a \"decade of austerity\" had put significant pressure on the council.\n\nIn a statement he said said: \"The way forward now for this organisation is to build a model that suits our capacity and our resources.\"\n\n\"My cabinet and senior managers are working closely together to ensure that the right systems and structures are in place to review and resource the high level of service delivery that our residents deserve,\" he said.\n\n\"The improvement and Assurance Board will continue to monitor progress,\" the leader added, saying it will report at the end of May.", "The government has pledged an extra £236m to tackle rough sleeping, alongside an urgent review into the issue by a former homelessness tsar.\n\nThe new funding will go towards accommodation for up to 6,000 rough sleepers, and helping those at immediate risk of being on the streets.\n\nIt comes after BBC research revealed rough sleeping was five times higher than the official figures suggested.\n\nLabour said the government was \"in denial about the scale\" of the problem.\n\nBut Boris Johnson said he was \"absolutely determined to end rough sleeping once and for all\".\n\nThe announcement comes ahead of new homelessness figures, set to be published on Thursday.\n\nOn Wednesday, the BBC revealed more than 28,000 people in the UK were recorded sleeping rough in 12 months, with five times as many rough sleepers in England than the government's published statistics.\n\nThe government said it had already committed £437m to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping in 2020/21, but No 10 said the £236m was additional money to help it meet its manifesto pledge to end homelessness within the parliamentary term.\n\nThe funding will be used to buy new accommodation, refurbish existing units, and to lease private rented sector properties for those already rough sleeping or those at risk.\n\n\"It is simply unacceptable that we still have so many people sleeping on the streets,\" said Mr Johnson\n\n\"We must tackle the scourge of rough sleeping urgently, and I will not stop until the thousands of people in this situation are helped off the streets and their lives have been rebuilt.\"\n\nDame Louise Casey will lead the review into the issue to provide advice to both the PM and Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick on what other action should be taken.\n\nHer work will look into the link between 24-hour street activity and rough sleeping, as well as look into the effects on people struggling with drug and alcohol misuse, and with physical and mental health issues.\n\nDame Louise said: \"Homelessness, and within that rough sleeping, is something that's causes misery, so I hope that I will be able to help the government and the country expedite action on this issue.\"\n\nA new minister dedicated to rough sleeping has also been confirmed as Adam Holloway, who will serve as Mr Jenrick's parliamentary private secretary in his department.\n\nLabour's shadow housing secretary, John Healey, said the BBC's research showed the government was not doing enough.\n\n\"The Conservatives are in denial about the scale of street homelessness, with new figures showing that the government's own statistics are seriously misleading the public about the number of people sleeping rough.\n\n\"After 10 years of failure, the Conservatives should adopt Labour's plan to end rough sleeping for good.\"\n\nThe chief executive of homelessness charity Shelter, Polly Neate, said said it was right for the PM to take on the problem, but said there was \"no great secret about what is causing this emergency\".\n\n\"As we see in our services day in and day out, most people are tipped into homelessness simply because there are not enough affordable, safe, and secure homes in this country,\" she said.\n\n\"The bottom line is people can't afford to live anywhere - a problem made infinitely worse by a dire lack of social homes and cuts to housing benefit.\"\n\nMs Neate added: \"Emergency measures to get people off the streets quickly and housing first pilots can only go so far, if you don't have the stable homes to back them up.\"", "Demonstrators are trying to block authorities from building new migrant camps on the Greek islands of Lesbos and Chios", "Miriam Haley, one of two main accusers in Harvey Weinstein's trial says she feels 'huge relief' at his conviction.\n\nHer powerful testimony helped lead to him being found guilty in New York City of third-degree rape and a first-degree criminal sexual act.\n\nShe told CBS This Morning: “It feels like we’re making progress.”\n\nHer lawyer Gloria Allred added that the conviction would help other victims as well as people who have committed gender violence to know that there are \"consequences\" to actions.\n\nHis lawyers said sex between the movie executive and the accusers was consensual, and that the accusers used it to advance their careers, adding outside court that they would be appealing the conviction.\n\nMr Weinstein still faces charges in Los Angeles of assaulting two women in 2013.", "John Manley said his employers had failed to pay him over Christmas\n\nA digger driver who smashed up the entrance of a new hotel because he was owed £600 in wages has been jailed.\n\nJohn Manley, of Netherton, Merseyside, left a \"trail of destruction\" at the Travelodge in Liverpool on the day work was due to finish.\n\nHe caused more than £443,000 worth of damage to the front door, reception desk and windows during the rampage in January 2019 which went viral.\n\nAt Liverpool Crown Court, he was jailed for five years and four months.\n\nManley, 36, of St Aidan's Way, previously admitted damaging property and being reckless as to whether life was endangered.\n\nVideos of the destruction showed colleagues asking Manley to stop as he shouted: \"All you had to do was pay me.\"\n\nSentencing, Judge David Aubrey QC said Manley was \"intent on maximum damage and intended to leave a trail of destruction\".\n\nHe said Manley had caused \"destruction in the extreme\" and put the safety of those inside and outside the building at risk.\n\nThe judge accepted Manley, who was reported to have \"social problems\", had a number of issues in his life.\n\n\"This grievance, or perceived grievance, in consequence of the fact you had not been paid your wages, may well have been the catalyst which led you on this day to erupt like a volcano.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe court previously heard Manley had \"intended to cause the damage\" as he had not been paid over the Christmas period.\n\nThe site was run by Remstone Property Management but Manley was employed by contractor MF Groundworks - which received payment for work carried out on 17 January.\n\nSite manager Peter Robinson said he saw Manley twice in the days before the rampage and he had threatened to barricade himself in a hut and damage the building if he was not paid.\n\nTrevor Parry-Jones, prosecuting, said: \"[Mr Robinson] believed this was a threat that would not be carried out, made him a cup of tea and bought him a sandwich.\"\n\nBut two hours after a meeting on 21 January, Manley got into the digger and effectively destroyed the ceiling, wiring and structure of the building after ploughing through the front doors.\n\nMark Sharman, defending, said father-of-two Manley could not afford electricity or to buy food because he had not been paid, and so he could not have his children over to stay.\n\nThe destruction was filmed by several witnesses on mobile phones\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The New York Subway map which was first used in 1979\n\nMichael Hertz, the man who designed the map of the New York City subway system, has died aged 87.\n\nIn the 1970s his firm, Michael Hertz Associates, was hired by city transport officials to redesign the old map.\n\nAt the time, crime was on the rise and subway ridership was at its lowest level since the late 1910s. Few tourists rode trains to see sights.\n\nHis team added streets, reshaped parks, distorted boroughs and re-formed and gave curves to the snaking train lines.\n\nA native of New York's Brooklyn borough, Mr Hertz previously helped create transit maps for Houston and Washington DC before undertaking the New York project for the city's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).\n\nIn an effort to remove some of the straight lines that were disliked by riders, Mr Hertz hired a Japanese designer who rode every subway line with his eyes closed so that he could better depict the curves in the railways.\n\nThe map that Mr Hertz produced in 1979 was tweaked by his firm several times, but the basic design remains.\n\nIn 2004, he told the New York Times that he appreciated every time he saw tourists using the map for the first time.\n\n\"I still get a pleasure in a subway station when I see somebody in lederhosen looking at the map,\" he said.\n• None Can this Brit fix New York's subway?", "Salman Abedi in the foyer of the Manchester Arena just seconds before he blew himself up\n\nFootage of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi seconds before he blew himself up has been shown to jurors.\n\nThe CCTV pictures showed him standing amid crowds of men, women and children 19 seconds before the fatal blast on 22 May 2017.\n\nHashem Abedi, 22, is on trial at the Old Bailey, accused of helping his brother plan the attack at the end of the Ariana Grande concert.\n\nHe denies 22 murders, attempted murder, and conspiring to cause explosions.\n\nSalman Abedi detonated a homemade device packed with shrapnel as 359 people milled around the arena foyer at 22:31 BST - one minute after the concert ended.\n\nThe suicide attack left 22 people dead and hundreds more injured, the jury was told.\n\nIn the footage, the bomber was seen wearing a large Karrimor rucksack containing the device.\n\nThe court heard his body was recovered in four parts and was riddled with nuts, wire and metal parts after the blast. He was identified by his DNA and fingerprints taken in 2012 when he was arrested for shoplifting.\n\nForensic investigators later found more than 2,000 nuts at the scene.\n\nThe Old Bailey heard all living casualties were moved out by 23:30 BST and 19 people were confirmed dead at the scene.\n\nThe father of 15-year-old victim Megan Hurley remained with her body until after 01:00 BST, the court heard.\n\nTop (left to right): Lisa Lees, Alison Howe, Georgina Callender, Kelly Brewster, John Atkinson, Jane Tweddle, Marcin Klis, Eilidh MacLeod - Middle (left to right): Angelika Klis, Courtney Boyle, Saffie Roussos, Olivia Campbell-Hardy, Martyn Hett, Michelle Kiss, Philip Tron, Elaine McIver - Bottom (left to right): Wendy Fawell, Chloe Rutherford, Liam Allen-Curry, Sorrell Leczkowski, Megan Hurley, Nell Jones\n\nThe jury was told 28 people suffered life-threatening or life-changing wounds out of the 264 people injured.\n\nDonna Currie, 51, who was waiting in the foyer for her daughter and her friend, suffered multiple fractures to both legs and shrapnel wounds.\n\nShe had previously sustained shrapnel injuries in the 1996 IRA bombing in Manchester and experienced extensive psychological trauma.\n\nThe court heard that a 50-year-old woman, who suffered shrapnel and burn wounds, had also been caught up in the 1993 IRA bombings in Warrington.\n\nShe had been waiting with a friend to collect their daughters when she was hurt at the arena.\n\nSalman Abedi arriving at Manchester Victoria just over an hour before he detonated his bomb\n\nThe court previously heard that Salman Abedi, 22, went to the arena days before the attack and watched music fans arrive for a Take That gig.\n\nHe was seen looking at box office queues, a few yards from the spot where he detonated the bomb.\n\nThe Old Bailey heard that on the day of the blast, he had arranged to send £460 to Libya. Later, he went out with his rucksack and took a Metrolink tram to Victoria Station in Manchester.\n\nWhile waiting for the tram, he made a call lasting just over four minutes to his family in Libya, the court heard. He then waited in the area of the arena for two hours before detonating his device.\n\nJurors have heard that Hashem Abedi insists he is not an extremist and had no idea of his older brother's plans. He said he was in Libya with his family at the time of the attack.\n\nSalman Abedi gets in a lift to take him to the Arena foyer\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A native predator of the red squirrel appears to be an unlikely ally in its battle with the grey squirrel.\n\nScientists from Queen's University Belfast discovered that, while the pine marten preys on both species, the greys are much more vulnerable to attack.\n\nThe key seems to be in the reds' innate ability to \"sniff out\" the danger posed by the pine marten.\n\nWide-eyed and cute as they may appear, pine martens are sharp-clawed predators. Their agility and tree-climbing skills make them the enemy of any squirrel.\n\nPrevious research has shown that pine martens had a beneficial impact on red squirrel numbers and caused declines in the greys, but the reasons were not fully understood.\n\nPine martens are members of the weasel family\n\nSo Joshua Twining from Queen's University Belfast used pine marten scent to investigate.\n\nWhen the researchers applied the scent to squirrel feeding stations across Northern Ireland, they found that only the red squirrels responded - showing much more vigilance.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. There are an estimated 140,000 red squirrels in the UK, compared with more than two million greys\n\nGrey squirrels, on the other hand, seemed to ignore the scent and carry on regardless.\n\nThis lack of a behavioural response, researchers say, means greys are much more vulnerable. And with more than two million grey squirrels in the UK and just 150 thousand native reds, they certainly need the help to compete.", "Drinks giant Diageo has warned its profits will fall this year, as bars and restaurants in China are forced to close due to the coronavirus outbreak.\n\nThe Guinness-owner said operating profits could be £140m-£200m lower than expected due to disruption across Asia.\n\nIt joins companies such as Apple and Danone in warning about the impact of the deadly virus.\n\nFinancial markets have also fallen sharply this week as fears of a pandemic grow.\n\nThe company - whose brands include Smirnoff, Johnnie Walker, Tanqueray and Gordon's gin - also warned on Wednesday that sales could be £225m-£325m lower than expected, depending on how long it took for the outbreak to end.\n\nIt said that bars and restaurants in China \"have largely been closed and there has been a substantial reduction in banqueting... We have seen significant disruption since the end of January which we expect to last at least into March.\n\n\"Thereafter, we expect a gradual improvement with consumption returning to normal levels towards the end of fiscal 2020.\"\n\nEvents being postponed in several other Asian countries, especially South Korea, Japan and Thailand, as well as a reduction in conferences and banquets and a drop in tourism have all had an impact on people buying its products.\n\nIt added that the coronavirus outbreak had caused a \"significant reduction\" in people using airports, especially in Asia, hitting travel retail.\n\nChina is a very important market for Diageo. In the six months to 31 December, net sales in Greater China, which includes Taiwan, increased 24%.\n\nThere was double-digit growth in both Chinese white spirits and Scotch.\n\nInvestors are clearly nervous about the effects of the coronavirus - UK and US markets have in the last two days lost all the gains they have made so far this year - but have struggled to quantify exactly how big the problem will be, and how different sectors will be affected.\n\nIn the absence of information, they have sold the obvious shares - airlines, holiday operators and luxury goods companies.\n\nDiageo's market update, which says its annual profit could be hit by £200m, will give them pause for thought about the wider implications.\n\nThe drinks company spells out what should be obvious - bars and restaurants across China, one of its biggest markets, have been closed.\n\nBig events, another money-spinner for Diageo, have been cancelled across Asia.\n\nIt is a sobering - no pun intended - assessment of how corporate earnings will be affected.\n\nLast year's giant stock market gains were a reflection of investors' assumptions that profits would stay high. That assumption now looks in grave doubt.\n\nMost infections are in China, the original source of coronavirus, where more than 77,000 people have the disease and over 2,600 have died.\n\nMore than 1,200 cases have been confirmed in about 30 other countries and there have been more than 20 deaths. Italy reported four more deaths on Monday, raising the total there to seven.\n\nThere are 53 confirmed cases in the US, and officials are calling on Congress to approve billions of dollars to fund the response effort.", "Vegan sausage rolls weren't on the menu when Grace Firth dropped a Greggs bag in 2009\n\nMore than 10 years ago, Grace Firth tucked into a snack from Greggs.\n\nSomehow, the paper bag ended up on the ground rather than in the bin.\n\nNow the 32-year-old student from Stockport has found herself in court, accused of littering.\n\nMagistrates even questioned whether the date of the offence was a mistake because of how long ago it happened.\n\nIt took so long to be resolved because Grace said she knew nothing about the original prosecution.\n\nShe had been convicted in her absence in August 2009, fined £175 and ordered to pay £180 costs and a £15 victim surcharge.\n\nBut Grace told Stockport Magistrates' Court the first she'd heard about the whole thing was when she got a letter on 8 December 2019 regarding an \"historical debt\".\n\nShe said she had never received any letters before then, since they had been sent to her mum's house.\n\n\"Any mail for me was returned to sender or thrown away,\" she told the court.\n\nOn Tuesday, magistrates accepted her explanation and decided to cancel the original £180 costs order.\n\nChairman Edward Tasker told her: \"You've been very fair and very honest,\" before also reducing her fine to £40 plus the £15 victim surcharge.\n\n\"Thank you for being so honest and for turning up,\" he added.", "San Fiorano is one of the Italian towns on lockdown\n\nMajor outbreaks of the new coronavirus have suddenly been detected in both Italy and Iran in the past few days.\n\nMeanwhile, cases in South Korea have surged making it one of the worst-affected countries.\n\nThe new coronavirus is no longer a problem just in China, with a small number of exported cases.\n\nIt has many people asking if the virus is about to become a pandemic and whether containing it is still possible?\n\nA pandemic is a disease that is spreading in multiple countries around the world at the same time.\n\nThis virus \"absolutely\" has pandemic potential, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.\n\nBut he added: \"We are not witnessing uncontained global spread of the virus, using the word pandemic does not fit the facts.\"\n\n\"I think many people would consider the current situation a pandemic, we have ongoing transmission in multiple regions of the world,\" Prof Jimmy Whitworth, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, told the BBC.\n\nSome scientists were even arguing two weeks ago that we had already entered the earliest stages of a pandemic.\n\nAll this tells us there is some wiggle-room around the word.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe developments in South Korea, Italy and Iran are the reason why people are drifting closer to calling the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic.\n\nSouth Korea is piling on hundreds of new cases, showing how contagious the virus is.\n\nItaly and Iran now have substantial outbreaks. There are almost certainly far more cases in these countries than have been reported - and the connection with China has not yet been established.\n\n\"The virus is spreading around the world and the link with China is becoming less strong,\" says Prof Whitworth.\n\nAnd Prof Devi Sridhar, from the University of Edinburgh, said her perspective \"has definitely changed\" over the past couple of days.\n\n\"This has largely been a Chinese emergency, now we are seeing it progress it South Korea, Japan, Iran and now Italy,\" she says. \"It's a highly infectious virus and spreading very quickly.\"\n\nShe does not think we are in a pandemic yet and is waiting to see long chains of transmission in countries outside of China.\n\n\"We don't have the evidence to say we're in one, but I'm pretty sure we'll have the evidence in next couple of days.\n\n\"If it's in Italy and Iran, then it can be anywhere.\"\n\nResearchers have described the cases in Iran as the most worrying for efforts to contain the global spread of the virus and prevent it becoming a pandemic.\n\nThe number of deaths reported in the country, 12, is far more revealing than the number of reported cases, 61.\n\nDeaths are significant as the virus kills only a small proportion of people who are infected and it takes weeks to go from infection to death.\n\nDr MacDermott said: \"It suggests fairly large numbers of people with minimal symptoms, or who are asymptomatic, that aren't being tested or even being identified.\n\n\"Who knows how long it has been going on?\"\n\nThe country has already been linked to cases in Afghanistan, Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Lebanon, Canada and Oman.\n\nShe added: \"Iraq and Afghanistan - that's two of the countries you don't want the virus in, healthcare is barely existent after decades of war and it's not safe for healthcare workers to travel there.\n\n\"I think we are teetering on the balance of a pandemic, in the next week or two we're likely to see it pop up in lots places and if it's on several different continents then we'd be approaching a pandemic.\"\n\nOfficials now say the WHO will not formally \"declare\" a pandemic for the new coronavirus, though the term may still be used \"colloquially\".\n\nIn 2009, the organisation was criticised when it declared swine flu a pandemic.\n\nIt based the decision on criteria it no longer uses.\n\nThe virus did spread round the world - but it proved to be relatively mild, leading some to argue the organisation had been too hasty.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Travellers are being warned to expect disruption as snow and ice is forecast across large parts of the UK on Wednesday night and Thursday.\n\nThe Met Office said wintry conditions, freezing showers and icy patches could lengthen journey times and cause falls.\n\nThe first snow and ice warning from 22:00 GMT covers western parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland, north Wales and northern England.\n\nThursday's snow warning extends through the Midlands and towards London.\n\nSome roads and railways are likely to be impacted by snow and ice overnight in northern parts of England, western Scotland and Northern Ireland, the Met Office said.\n\nIt said there would be less disruption in southern parts than elsewhere on Thursday, but still predicted sleet and snow could cause some travel disruption.\n\nCouncils across England have placed highways teams on standby with an estimated 1.5 million tonnes of salt on hand to cope with any icy conditions.\n\nThe Local Government Association said local authorities were reminding residents to check on elderly neighbours and relatives.\n\nThe Met Office has issued two weather warnings from 22:00 GMT on Wednesday (left) and from 00:00 on Thursday\n\nBBC Weather presenter Matt Taylor said parts of the Midlands and southern England could see their first snowfall of winter on Thursday.\n\nHe said any fall of rain or snow was going to be unwelcome for those communities suffering from flooding.\n\n\"Every single drop we do not need,\" he said. \"There is the potential for river levels to rise again.\"\n\nIt came as people evacuated homes and businesses after flood waters rose above defensive barriers in Worcestershire.\n\nThere are also two severe flood warnings in place in Shropshire, with the River Severn at risk of breaching its defences in Ironbridge.", "A woman has told how she truly believes her pet horse was trying to tell her she had cancer.\n\nKelly Ann Alexander, from Blackburn in West Lothian, said she was puzzled why Aliyana paid so much attention to the right-hand side of her head.\n\nFollowing several seizures, the 43-year-old was eventually diagnosed with two brain tumours in 2015.\n\nShe has since recovered after having had an operation, radiotherapy and chemotherapy.\n\nMrs Alexander, who still has a weak left side, said she would never give up her horse, which was a wedding present.\n\nShe told BBC Scotland's Mornings with Kaye Adams programme: \"I couldn't work out why she was trying to sniff my head.\n\n\"I was trying to think did I have different shampoo? But I always had the same shampoo and she kept sniffing the right hand side of my head.\n\n\"I've got a special bond with Aliyana and I will never give her up as she is part of the family now.\"\n\nMrs Alexander said she had previously suffered seizures but her brain tumour was not diagnosed until later.\n\nShe said: \"When I was taken to hospital after collapsing with a seizure the doctors more or less said it was an alcohol problem and they told me to go to my GP when I had sobered up.\n\n\"I had never had a drink for weeks though.\n\n\"At worst I thought I had epilepsy, never did I think I had two brain tumours.\"\n\nHugh Adams, Brain Tumour Research's charity spokesman, said he had heard of similar stories where animals appear to detect cancers.\n\nHe added: \"What was really interesting with what Kelly Ann has been saying was the problems of her own route to diagnosis through her doctors.\n\n\"That is truly shocking to be told to go home and sober up.\n\n\"It is something we hear about all too frequently because brain tumours are comparatively rare and the route to diagnosis can be problematic because GPs don't know enough about the symptoms.\"\n\nSymptoms of brain tumours include headaches, vision problems, nausea, seizures, personality changes or changes to the senses.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section European Football\n\nLiverpool's defence of their Champions League title hangs in the balance after Saul Niguez's early strike gave Atletico Madrid an aggregate lead going into the second leg of their last-16 tie at Anfield.\n\nThe Reds were given a dose of their own medicine as Atletico harried and hassled throughout, limiting them to just two clear chances and no shots on target.\n\nThose opportunities fell to Mohamed Salah, who headed wide, and Jordan Henderson, whose hooked shot just missed Jan Oblak's far post.\n\nKlopp replaced Sadio Mane and Salah with Divock Origi and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain but neither made an impact.\n\nTwo-time finalists Atletico, who have been on a poor run of form, held on to a fourth-minute lead given to them by Saul. The Spanish midfielder turned sharply to fire home after a corner came off the boot of Fabinho.\n\nThe return leg is on Wednesday, 11 March.\n• None Why 'exquisite' Atletico were so hard for Liverpool to break down - Warnock analysis\n• None What to look out for as Champions League returns\n\nMinutes before kick-off Klopp referred to Atletico having a similar \"intense DNA\" to his own side - and unfortunately for him they were at their intense best.\n\nWhat faced the Reds was almost a mirror image - a team that relentlessly pressed and got numbers forward on the counter.\n\nThe Reds had large spells of possession in the opposition half, but Diego Simeone's Atletico side are past masters at dealing with teams of that type. They forced Liverpool into several errors when they had possession, and limited them to only two clear chances on goal.\n\nIn fact, Liverpool had to wait until the 53rd minute for their first opening - Salah's stooping header drifting comfortably wide.\n\nThe German coach, obviously not happy with his attacking threat in the first half, had twisted at half-time when he brought on Origi for the under-par Mane.\n\nHowever, the Belgium striker - the hero of last year's final - was easily marshalled, bar one moment of quality when he hooked in a cross for captain Henderson, who fired wide.\n\nKlopp's skipper came off injured in the 80th minute to cap a forgettable night.\n\nLiverpool have it in them to turn this tie around at Anfield, but unlike Barcelona in last year's semi-final, Simeone's Atletico will be a tougher nut to crack. Klopp men's will have to be at their very best in three weeks.\n\nLos Rojiblancos - the Red and Whites - needed this performance.\n\nThis competition remains, realistically, their only hope of silverware this season following a recent rotten period which saw their two other chances - La Liga and Copa del Rey - effectively extinguished.\n\nAgainst the Reds, they produced the sort of display spectators have become accustomed to from a Simeone side - tenacious and disciplined.\n\nThe Argentine boss is still in the process of restructuring his defence after revered stalwarts Juanfran, Diego Godin and Filipe Luis ended their time at the club last season. But the display of the back four on Tuesday will have made his task simpler.\n\nFull-backs Sime Vrsaljko and Renan Lodi stayed focused as they quelled the threat of their Liverpool counterparts, while the more experienced Stefan Savic and Felipe were immovable barriers as they dealt with Roberto Firmino, Salah and Mane.\n\nMidfielder Thomas Partey added vital support to the home backline in what was an exceptional defensive display.\n\nAt the other end, had Diego Costa been on the pitch to meet a cross rather than Alvaro Morata, then perhaps the Spanish side would have taken the lead inside the first three minutes.\n\nHowever, they made the most of their early sorties when Saul turned in thanks to Fabinho's misfortune.\n\nSimeone, dressed again in all black, was his fidgety and animated self on the touchline - barking orders and occasionally rousing the home crowd inside the Wanda Metropolitano.\n\nAtletico will need his influence, and more of the same from the team at Anfield, if they are to record one of their best results in recent years.\n\n'Emotions were on the side of Atletico' - reaction\n\nLiverpool manager Jurgen Klopp: \"I had no problem with the result. I saw so many happy faces from Atletico tonight, I get that because it's a big win, but it's not over yet. That's the only thing I feel.\n\n\"The crowd wanted to help their team tonight. That makes it a very emotional game.\n\n\"Emotions are important. Tonight they were obviously completely on the side of Atletico but I am really looking forward to the second leg.\"\n\nAtletico boss Diego Simeone: \"The best side in the world came here and we beat them.\n\n\"But it's only one game down, one to go. Liverpool had their chances. They were dangerous, they've got good players all over the pitch.\"\n• None Since the start of last season, Liverpool have lost six of their 10 away games in the Champions League (W4); no side has lost more away from home in the competition in this time (level with Red Star Belgrade).\n• None Klopp has failed to win all seven of his away games against Spanish clubs in the Champions League (D3 L4), including three with Liverpool (D1 L2).\n• None Atletico have won 12 of their last 13 home matches in all major European competitions (D1), also keeping 11 clean sheets in this run.\n• None Two of Liverpool's three defeats in all competitions this season have come in the Champions League, also losing 2-0 at Napoli in September 2019 (the third defeat being their 5-0 loss to Aston Villa in the EFL Cup in December 2019).\n• None Saul's opener for Atletico (03:46) was the earliest Liverpool have conceded in the Champions League since Gabriel Jesus scored past them in the second minute for Manchester City in April 2018; nine of Saul's 10 Champions League goals have come in the first half.\n• None Saul became only the second player to score 10 Champions League goals for Atletico, after Antoine Griezmann (21).\n• None Since the start of the 2013-14 season, Atletico's Jan Oblak has kept 26 clean sheets in 49 Champions League games; no other goalkeeper has more in the competition in this time (level with Marc-Andre ter Stegen, 26 in 57 games).\n• None Attempt missed. Thomas Partey (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.\n• None Attempt missed. Diego Costa (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Thomas Partey following a fast break.\n• None Offside, Atlético de Madrid. Thomas Partey tries a through ball, but Renan Lodi is caught offside.\n• None Attempt missed. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Severe flood warnings remain in place in the wake of Storm Dennis, with more rain expected to fall later this week. Among the worst affected areas are South Wales, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Shropshire.", "Doctors working on a clinical trial for treatment of heart disease held back key data, Newsnight has been told.\n\nThe Excel trial tested whether stents were as effective as open heart surgery at treating patients with a heart problem called left main disease.\n\nThe data suggested more people fitted with stents were dying after three years.\n\nIt was eventually published - but only after treatment guidelines that partly relied on the trial had been written.\n\nThese guidelines recommend both stents and heart surgery for certain patients with left main disease.\n\nThe authors of the trial said it was carried out rigorously and to accepted academic standards.\n\nIn the trial, sponsored by US stent manufacturer Abbott, half the patients were given stents, the other half had open heart surgery.\n\nNot all the patients were recruited at the same time. Some were recruited in 2011, others over the years that followed.\n\nSo, when the first results were published in 2016, the doctors doing the trial knew there was data about what had happened to some of the patients five years after their stent or heart surgery procedure.\n\nBut they chose to look only at what happened up to three years after the patients' procedures and publish that data.\n\nA spokesman for Abbott said: \"The study's execution, data collection, analysis and interpretation were entirely performed by independent research organisations. The publication of three-year Excel data reflects the original follow-up period and endpoints the study was powered to assess.\"\n\nProf Nick Freemantle, a biostatistician at University College London, said: \"If somebody had died three years and one day into the trial, that death wouldn't have been counted in the results.\n\n\"I'm absolutely appalled that they've done this,\" he said.\n\n\"I've taken a straw poll of my professional colleagues and it draws disbelief that people would do this,\" he said\n\nThe researchers said the outcomes of the study were analysed and reported according to the protocol.\n\nNewsnight has seen information shared between people involved with the safety of the trial that suggested things were starting to look worse for people with stents after three years. More people were dying than those who had had surgery.\n\nEmails from the the trial's safety committee warned that all the data about deaths should be viewed by the researchers and published.\n\n\"It might be very concerning if in the future, suspicions were raised that already available information on mortality was withheld from the cardiology and thoracic surgery community,\" Dr Lars Wallentin, the head of the safety committee, wrote to the researchers in 2017.\n\nHe was worried that major European clinical guidelines were being drawn up by heart doctors about how people with left main disease should be treated and the trial results would be used as part of their work.\n\nBut the doctors on the trial chose not to publish the data when the safety committee asked, despite the warning. They published further data after the guidelines were completed.\n\nEven without this additional data, there was disagreement among those writing the guidelines about whether stents or surgery was the better treatment for patients.\n\nAn external reviewer was brought in by the European Society of Cardiology to look at a number of trials and resolve the debate.\n\nNewsnight has seen the review. It said that the evidence suggested stents were worse than surgery for those with left main disease.\n\n\"I think most patients would find these differences to be clinically meaningful, I do not believe that both these procedures should receive the same class of recommendation,\" it said.\n\nBut the review was not shared with everyone who believed they should have seen it. One of those people was Prof Freemantle, who was involved in the European guidelines.\n\nHe claims that this calls into question the neutrality of the whole process.\n\nStents are a less invasive option than open heart surgery\n\nNewsnight has previously reported that the same trial failed to publish certain heart attack data that cast stents in a bad light.\n\nThe researchers said our leak data was fake and their methodology was the right one.\n\nFollowing Newsnight's previous report, a number of major surgical organisations have called for a review of the trial.\n\nThe researchers carrying out the trial have agreed to an \"independent\" review of the raw data.\n\nVarious names have been put forward by the researchers and the European Society of Cardiology about who is doing the analysis. All have ties to the researchers, guidelines process or medical device industry.\n\nWhen approached by the BBC they have all said they are not doing it.\n\nProf John Ioannadis, from Stanford University, an expert on medical research design, said the analysis must be completely independent.\n\n\"I think that if you have the same network, the same closed club passing the data from one member to another, that's not really very helpful,\" he said.\n\nHe believes the trial and guidelines process raise concerns which are indicative of a wider systemic problem with the way medical research is done.\n\nAll the main doctors working on the trial, and the lead doctor writing the guidelines for left main disease, have declared financial contributions to either themselves or their institutions from companies that manufacture stents.\n\n\"You have the same people who run the show at all levels. They design the trials. They set the agenda, they choose what to present.\n\n\"They are involved in disseminating the information and running the large conferences that are attended by tens of thousands of people, specialists in the field. And then they also populate the guideline panels that reach the recommendations,\" he said.\n\nThe organisations involved and researchers have declared the conflicts of interest, and say that they are effective in managing them. The conflict-of-interest declarations are intended to mitigate against conscious or unconscious bias - or the appearance of it.\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.", "Last updated on .From the section West Ham\n\nWest Ham United co-chairman David Gold has apologised and promised to make a donation to a mental health charity after liking a social media post that described the late TV presenter Caroline Flack as \"weak\".\n\nFlack, 40, was found dead in her north London home on Saturday.\n\nGold had liked a tweet that said something positive about the Premier League club, but also referenced the death of former Love Island presenter Flack.\n\nHe said it was \"never his intention\" to condone that part of the tweet and quickly removed the like.\n\nIn a statement released via the club, Gold said: \"I apologise unreservedly for liking a tweet last night that I shouldn't have.\n\n\"It was never my intention to condone the sentiment expressed in the second half of it. I hastily pressed 'like' and very much regret doing so.\n\n\"I will be making a donation to Heads Together to recognise their important work.\"\n\nEarlier this week a lawyer for Flack's family said the star had taken her own life.\n\nAs well as presenting ITV's Love Island, she had co-hosted The X Factor and won Strictly Come Dancing in 2014.\n\nShe stood down from Love Island after she was charged with assaulting her partner in December and was due to stand trial next month.\n\nHer management company said she been \"under huge pressure\" since being accused of assaulting Lewis Burton, who did not support the ongoing case against Flack.\n\nA petition on the online site 38 Degrees, dubbed \"Caroline's Law\", which calls for new laws around media regulation in the wake of the presenter's death, has attracted more than 110,000 signatures.\n\nFlack's friend Laura Whitmore, who replaced her on Love Island, appealed to listeners on her BBC Radio 5 Live show to \"be kind\" to others, and added: \"To paparazzi and tabloids looking for a cheap sell, to trolls hiding behind a keyboard - enough.\"", "A document that appears to give the most powerful insight yet into how China determined the fate of hundreds of thousands of Muslims held in a network of internment camps has been seen by the BBC.\n\nListing the personal details of more than 3,000 individuals from the far western region of Xinjiang, it sets out in intricate detail the most intimate aspects of their daily lives.\n\nThe painstaking records - made up of 137 pages of columns and rows - include how often people pray, how they dress, whom they contact and how their family members behave.\n\nChina denies any wrongdoing, saying it is combating terrorism and religious extremism.\n\nThe document is said to have come, at considerable personal risk, from the same source inside Xinjiang that leaked a batch of highly sensitive material published last year.\n\nOne of the world's leading experts on China's policies in Xinjiang, Dr Adrian Zenz, a senior fellow at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation in Washington, believes the latest leak is genuine.\n\n\"This remarkable document presents the strongest evidence I've seen to date that Beijing is actively persecuting and punishing normal practices of traditional religious beliefs,\" he says.\n\nOne of the camps mentioned in it, the \"Number Four Training Centre\" has been identified by Dr Zenz as among those visited by the BBC as part of a tour organised by the Chinese authorities in May last year.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC previously visited one of the camps identified by scholars using the Karakax List\n\nMuch of the evidence uncovered by the BBC team appears to be corroborated by the new document, redacted for publication to protect the privacy of those included in it.\n\nIt contains details of the investigations into 311 main individuals, listing their backgrounds, religious habits, and relationships with many hundreds of relatives, neighbours and friends.\n\nVerdicts written in a final column decide whether those already in internment should remain or be released, and whether some of those previously released need to return.\n\nIt is evidence that appears to directly contradict China's claim that the camps are merely schools.\n\nIn an article analysing and verifying the document, Dr Zenz argues that it also offers a far deeper understanding of the real purpose of the system.\n\nIt allows a glimpse inside the minds of those making the decisions, he says, laying bare the \"ideological and administrative micromechanics\" of the camps.\n\nRow 598 contains the case of a 38-year-old woman with the first name Helchem, sent to a re-education camp for one main reason: she was known to have worn a veil some years ago.\n\nIt is just one of a number of cases of arbitrary, retrospective punishment.\n\nOthers were interned simply for applying for a passport - proof that even the intention to travel abroad is now seen as a sign of radicalisation in Xinjiang.\n\nIn row 66, a 34-year-old man with the first name Memettohti was interned for precisely this reason, despite being described as posing \"no practical risk\".\n\nAnd then there's the 28-year-old man Nurmemet in row 239, put into re-education for \"clicking on a web-link and unintentionally landing on a foreign website\".\n\nAgain, his case notes describe no other issues with his behaviour.\n\nThe 311 main individuals listed are all from Karakax County, close to the city of Hotan in southern Xinjiang, an area where more than 90% of the population is Uighur.\n\nPredominantly Muslim, the Uighurs are closer in appearance, language and culture to the peoples of Central Asia than to China's majority ethnicity, the Han Chinese.\n\nIn recent decades the influx of millions of Han settlers into Xinjiang has led to rising ethnic tensions and a growing sense of economic exclusion among Uighurs.\n\nThose grievances have sometimes found expression in sporadic outbreaks of violence, fuelling a cycle of increasingly harsh security responses from Beijing.\n\nIt is for this reason that the Uighurs have become the target - along with Xinjiang's other Muslim minorities, like the Kazakhs and Kyrgyz - of the campaign of internment.\n\nThe \"Karakax List\", as Dr Zenz calls the document, encapsulates the way the Chinese state now views almost any expression of religious belief as a signal of disloyalty.\n\nTo root out that perceived disloyalty, he says, the state has had to find ways to penetrate deep into Uighur homes and hearts.\n\nIn early 2017, when the internment campaign began in earnest, groups of loyal Communist Party workers, known as \"village-based work teams\", began to rake through Uighur society with a massive dragnet.\n\nWith each member assigned a number of households, they visited, befriended and took detailed notes about the \"religious atmosphere\" in the homes; for example, how many Korans they had or whether religious rites were observed.\n\nThe Karakax List appears to be the most substantial evidence of the way this detailed information gathering has been used to sweep people into the camps.\n\nIt reveals, for example, how China has used the concept of \"guilt by association\" to incriminate and detain whole extended family networks in Xinjiang.\n\nFor every main individual, the 11th column of the spreadsheet is used to record their family relationships and their social circle.\n\nAlongside each relative or friend listed is a note of their own background; how often they pray, whether they've been interned, whether they've been abroad.\n\nIn fact, the title of the document makes clear that the main individuals listed all have a relative currently living overseas - a category long seen as a key indicator of potential disloyalty, leading to almost certain internment.\n\nRows 179, 315 and 345 contain a series of assessments for a 65-year-old man, Yusup.\n\nHis record shows two daughters who \"wore veils and burkas in 2014 and 2015\", a son with Islamic political leanings and a family that displays \"obvious anti-Han sentiment\".\n\nHis verdict is \"continued training\" - one of a number of examples of someone interned not just for their own actions and beliefs, but for those of their family.\n\nThe information collected by the village teams is also fed into Xinjiang's big data system, called the Integrated Joint Operations Platform (IJOP).\n\nThe IJOP contains the region's surveillance and policing records, culled from a vast network of cameras and the intrusive mobile spyware every citizen is forced to download.\n\nThe IJOP, Dr Zenz suggests, can in turn use its AI brain to cross-reference these layers of data and send \"push notifications\" to the village teams to investigate a particular individual.\n\nThe man found \"unintentionally landing on a foreign website\" may well have been interned thanks to the IJOP.\n\nIn many cases though, there is little need for advanced technology, with the vast and vague catch-all term \"untrustworthy\" appearing multiple times in the document.\n\nIt is listed as the sole reason for the internment of a total of 88 individuals.\n\nThe concept, Dr Zenz argues, is proof that the system is designed not for those who have committed a crime, but for an entire demographic viewed as potentially suspicious.\n\nChina says Xinjiang has policies that \"respect and ensure people's freedom of religious belief\". It also insists that what it calls a \"vocational training programme in Xinjiang\" is \"for the purposes of combating terrorism and religious extremism\", adding only people who have been convicted of crimes involving terrorism or religious extremism are being \"educated\" in these centres.\n\nHowever, many of the cases in the Karakax List give multiple reasons for internment; various combinations of religion, passport, family, contacts overseas or simply being untrustworthy.\n\nThe most frequently listed is for violating China's strict family planning laws.\n\nIn the eyes of the Chinese authorities it seems, having too many children is the clearest sign that Uighurs put their loyalty to culture and tradition above obedience to the secular state.\n\nChina has long defended its actions in Xinjiang as part of an urgent response to the threat of extremism and terrorism.\n\nThe Karakax List does contain some references to those kinds of crimes, with at least six entries for preparing, practicing or instigating terrorism and two cases of watching illegal videos.\n\nBut the broader focus of those compiling the document appears to be faith itself, with more than 100 entries describing the \"religious atmosphere\" at home.\n\nThe Karakax List has no stamps or other authenticating marks so, at face value, it is difficult to verify.\n\nIt is thought to have been passed out of Xinjiang sometime before late June last year, along with a number of other sensitive papers.\n\nThey ended up in the hands of an anonymous Uighur exile who passed all of them on, except for this one document.\n\nOnly after the first batch was published last year was the Karakax List then forwarded to his conduit, another Uighur living in Amsterdam, Asiye Abdulaheb.\n\nShe told the BBC that she is certain it is genuine.\n\nAsiye Abdulaheb decided to speak out, despite the danger\n\n\"Regardless of whether there are official stamps on the document or not, this is information about real, live people,\" she says. \"It is private information about people that wouldn't be made public. So there is no way for the Chinese government to claim it is fake.\"\n\nLike all Uighurs living overseas, Ms Abdulaheb lost contact with her family in Xinjiang when the internment campaign began, and she's been unable to contact them since.\n\nBut she says she had no choice but to release the document, passing it to a group of international media organisations, including the BBC.\n\n\"Of course I am worried about the safety of my relatives and friends,\" she says. \"But if everyone keeps silent because they want to protect themselves and their families, then we will never prevent these crimes being committed.\"\n\nAt the end of last year China announced that everyone in its \"vocational training centres\" had now \"graduated\". However, it also suggested some may stay open for new students on the basis of their \"free will\".\n\nAlmost 90% of the 311 main individuals in the Karakax List are shown as having already been released or as being due for release on completion of a full year in the camps.\n\nBut Dr Zenz points out that the re-education camps are just one part of a bigger system of internment, much of which remains hidden from the outside world.\n\nThe outside of one of the camps in Xinjiang\n\nMore than two dozen individuals are listed as \"recommended\" for release into \"industrial park employment\" - career \"advice\" that they may have little choice but to obey. There are well documented concerns that China is now building a system of coerced labour as the next phase of its plan to align Uighur life with its own vision of a modern society.\n\nIn two cases, the re-education ends in the detainees being sent to \"strike hard detention\", a reminder that the formal prison system has been cranked into overdrive in recent years.\n\nMany of the family relationships listed in the document show long prison terms for parents or siblings, sometimes for entirely normal religious observances and practices.\n\nOne man's father is shown to have been sentenced to five years for \"having a double-coloured thick beard and organising a religious studies group\".\n\nA neighbour is reported to have been given 15 years for \"online contact with people overseas\", and another man's younger brother given 10 years for \"storing treasonable pictures on his phone\".\n\nWhether or not China has closed its re-education camps in Xinjiang, Dr Zenz says the Karakax List tells us something important about the psychology of a system that prevails.\n\n\"It reveals the witch-hunt-like mindset that has been and continues to dominate social life in the region,\" he said.", "Donalda MacKinnon, who turns 60 later this year, said the BBC was an organisation she loved\n\nDonalda MacKinnon is to stand down as the Director of BBC Scotland in the autumn.\n\nMs MacKinnon, who has held the post since 2016, told staff it was the \"right time\" for her to go.\n\nThe former BBC Scotland Head of Programmes and Services oversaw the launch of the nation's new TV channel.\n\nShe told staff: \"It has not been an easy decision for me to leave this job, a team and the best colleagues and friends I could have wished to have.\"\n\nMs MacKinnon, the first woman to occupy the role, added: \"This is an organisation that I love. And about which I care deeply.\"\n\nShe is the most senior figure within BBC Scotland with responsibility for content across radio, television and online.\n\nThe announcement comes a month after Tony Hall confirmed he was to step down as director general of the BBC in the summer.\n\nIn 2017 Ms MacKinnon shared a platform with Lord Hall as they announced the largest single investment in BBC services in Scotland.\n\nShe told staff: \"Since then, we have all worked hard to deliver on our commitment to audiences in Scotland, and we have succeeded.\n\n\"It has involved a huge amount of hard work, passion and commitment from each of us and I am enormously proud of all that we have achieved.\"\n\nMs MacKinnon, who has been with the BBC for 33 years, also said she was privileged to lead a piece of work which resulted in a report on career progression for women.\n\nShe added: \"I am pleased to see real progress being made on its recommendations and hope that it will lead to lasting change for women at the BBC in the years to come.\"\n\nThe BBC Scotland chief acknowledged the corporation faced \"some real challenges\" but remained in \"very strong shape\" for the future.\n\nMs MacKinnon, who succeeded Ken MacQuarrie and is on an annual salary of about £180,000, said she always intended to leave the corporation this year.\n\nThe mother-of-three added: \"I will be 60 at the end of 2020 and I'm keen now, for family and personal reasons, to get some time back.\"\n\nMs MacKinnon thanked her colleagues and concluded: \"I couldn't be more proud of all that you have done and continue to do every day to serve audiences here in Scotland and across the UK.\"", "Dave's album Psychodrama won the album of the year prize\n\nLondon rapper Dave won album of the year at the Brits, moments after calling the prime minister a \"racist\".\n\nThe star took home the night's main award for his provocative, personal album Psychodrama, which also won last year's Mercury Prize.\n\nBut it was his fiery performance of the single Black that stole the show.\n\nIn a newly-written verse, he called out the government response to the Grenfell Tower fire and said: \"The truth is our prime minister is a real racist.\"\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel told BBC Breakfast: \"I don't know how much [Dave] knows about the prime minister and whether he actually has met the prime minister or knows the prime minister.\n\n\"I work with the prime minister, I know Boris Johnson very well, no way is he a racist, so I think that is a completely wrong comment and it's the wrong assertion to make against our prime minister.\"\n\nDowning Street said it wouldn't comment on Dave's remarks.\n\nThe rapper also attacked tabloid coverage of Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, and paid tribute to London Bridge terror attack victim Jack Merritt.\n\nTwo years after Stormzy demanded \"where's the money for Grenfell?\" on the Brits stage, Dave updated the lyric, saying: \"Grenfell victims still need accommodation.\"\n\nHe added: \"And we still need support for the Windrush generation/Reparations for the time our people spent on plantations.\"\n\nThe lyrics were added as a final verse to Black, which talks about perceptions and experiences of black people in the UK.\n\nThe 21-year-old rapper is now only the second act to win best album at the Brits and the Mercury Prize for the same record.\n\nThe first was the Arctic Monkeys for their debut, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not.\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\nThis year's ceremony attracted an average of 3.8 million viewers to ITV - the lowest ever for the Brit Awards.\n\nHowever, several of the performances have been watched widely online, with Billie Eilish's first live performance of the James Bond theme clocking 1.8 million views on YouTube alone by Wednesday lunchtime.\n\nEilish performed No Time To Die backed by a 22-piece orchestra, Smiths legend Johnny Marr and composer Hans Zimmer.\n\nLewis Capaldi was the main winner, taking home two prizes - best new artist and best single, for his breakout hit Someone You Loved.\n\n\"Contrary to popular belief, people think this song is about my ex girlfriend, who you can now see every night on Love Island,\" said the star. \"But it's actually about my grandmother who sadly passed away a few years ago.\n\n\"I hope to God ITV don't contact her to be on a reality dating show.\"\n\nBillie Eilish won best international female and premiered her new Bond theme song\n\nMabel won best female artist and was congratulated by her mother, Neneh Cherry, who took home two Brits exactly 30 years ago.\n\nEilish choked back tears as she accepted the award for best international female, having been overwhelmed by the audience's response to her performance minutes earlier.\n\n\"I felt very hated recently,\" said the 18-year-old, who had earlier told the BBC she had stopped reading comments on social media.\n\n\"And when so was on the stage and I saw all you guys smiling at me… It genuinely made me want to cry. And I want to cry right now, so thank you.\"\n\nStormzy won best male artist and then performed a mega medley\n\nBest male artist went to Stormzy, who performed a stunning medley of songs from his second album, Heavy Is The Head, accompanied by more than 100 performers, including a gospel choir, a saxophonist and Nigerian artist Burna Boy.\n\nThe night opened with a brief tribute to Love Island host Caroline Flack, formerly a backstage presenter at the Brits, following her death on Saturday.\n\n\"She was a kind and vibrant person with an infectious sense of fun,\" ceremony host Jack Whitehall said.\n\n\"I'm sure I speak for everyone here when I say our thoughts are with her friends and family.\"\n\nEarlier, Harry Styles, who briefly dated Flack while he was in One Direction, appeared to pay tribute by wearing a black ribbon on his jacket on the red carpet.\n\nThe star performed the delicate ballad Falling during the show, but made no further reference to Flack's death.\n\nOther performances on the night came from Lizzo, whose irrepressible energy lit up the O2 as she roamed through the crowd performing the hits Cuz I Love You, Truth Hurts, Good As Hell and Juice.\n\nMabel opened the show with an athletic version of Don't Call Me Up, set in a call centre and featuring two dance breaks. And Sir Rod Stewart brought proceedings to an end two hours later, reuniting with The Faces to play Stay With Me.\n\nMabel answered the call to open the show and then won best British female\n\nThere were several references to the lack of female nominees at the ceremony, with Paloma Faith and Foals saying they hoped for better representation at next year's awards.\n\nWhitehall also acknowledged the imbalance as he introduced the award for best female, saying: \"Environmental issues have been a big theme of awards show this year. And in the spirit of sustainability the Brits has been recycling all the same excuses for why so few women were nominated.\"\n\nDave wasn't the only artist to make a political statement, with US artist Tyler, The Creator referencing the fact he had been banned from entering the UK in 2015 because of some of his lyrics.\n\n\"A special thank you to someone who made it impossible for me to come to this country five years ago,\" said the rapper as he picked up best international male.\n\n\"I know she's at home [peed] off - thank you Theresa May.\"\n\nDave is only the second artist to win album of the year at the Brits and the Mercury Prize with the same record\n\nDave capped the night off by winning best album - a prize many had expected to go to Lewis Capaldi, whose debut album was the UK's best-selling record last year.\n\nBut voters responded instead to the rapper's candid, soul-baring reflections on his upbringing in London and what it means to be a young black Briton.\n\nHe dedicated his trophy to anyone hoping to follow in his footsteps, saying: \"All my young kings and queens that are chasing their dreams, I am no different from you. You can do anything you put your mind to.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Researchers have described the first \"articulated\" remains of a Neanderthal to be discovered in a decade.\n\nAn articulated skeleton is one where the bones are still arranged in their original positions.\n\nThe new specimen was uncovered at Shanidar Cave in Iraq and consists of the upper torso and crushed skull of a middle-aged to older adult.\n\nExcavations at Shanidar in the 1950s and 60s unearthed partial remains of 10 Neanderthal men, women and children.\n\nDuring these earlier excavations, archaeologists found that some of the burials were clustered together, with clumps of pollen surrounding one of the skeletons.\n\nThe researcher who led those original investigations, Ralph Solecki from Columbia University in New York, claimed it was evidence that Neanderthals had buried their dead with flowers.\n\nThis \"flower burial\" captured the imagination of the public and kicked off a decades-long controversy. The floral interpretation suggested our evolutionary relatives were capable of cultural sophistication, challenging the view - prevalent at the time - that Neanderthals were unintelligent and animalistic.\n\nThe skull of Shanidar Z was found to have been crushed\n\nBefore the most recent specimen uncovered in Iraq, the last articulated Neanderthal remains were unearthed at Sima de las Palomas in 2006-7 and at Cova Forada in 2010 [Link in Spanish]. Both sites are located in south-east Spain.\n\nBut Dr Emma Pomeroy, from the University of Cambridge, said the new skeleton - dubbed Shanidar Z - is more substantial and more completely articulated than those previous finds.\n\nDr Pomeroy is the lead author of a paper in Antiquity journal describing the find and was part of the excavation team working at the cave in Iraqi Kurdistan.\n\n\"So much research on how Neanderthals treated their dead has to involve returning to finds from 60 or even a hundred years ago, when archaeological techniques were more limited, and that only ever gets you so far,\" said Dr Pomeroy.\n\n\"To have primary evidence of such quality from this famous Neanderthal site will allow us to use modern technologies to explore everything from ancient DNA to long-held questions about Neanderthal ways of death, and whether they were similar to our own.\"\n\nRalph Solecki died last year aged 101, having never managed to conduct further excavations at his most famous site, despite several attempts.\n\nIn 2011, the Kurdish Regional Government approached Prof Graeme Barker from Cambridge's McDonald Institute of Archaeology about revisiting Shanidar Cave.\n\nWith Solecki's support, initial digging began in 2014, but had to be stopped after two days when Islamic State got too close. It resumed the following year.\n\n\"We thought with luck we'd be able to find the locations where they had found Neanderthals in the 1950s, to see if we could date the surrounding sediments,\" said Prof Barker. \"We didn't expect to find any Neanderthal bones.\"\n\nIn 2016, in one of the deepest parts of the trench, the researchers identified a rib, followed by a lumbar vertebra - part of the spine. Then, they uncovered the bones of a clenched right hand. However, metres of sediment needed carefully digging out before the team could excavate the skeleton.\n\nDuring the 2018-19 excavation, team members went on to uncover a complete skull, flattened by thousands of years of sediment, and upper body bones almost to the waist - with the left hand curled under the head like a small cushion.\n\nEarly analysis suggests the specimen is more than 70,000 years old. While the sex has yet to be determined, the discovery has relatively worn teeth, suggesting the individual was a \"middle- to older-aged adult\".\n\nHowever, the lower part of the skeleton appears to be missing. \"The ribcage and spine are almost complete, but [Shanidar Z] was cut off at about waist level by the removal of the block of sediment containing Shanidar 4 (another Neanderthal specimen from the site) in 1960,\" Dr Pomeroy told BBC News.\n\nShanidar Z's body lay right below Shanidar 4's upper body. \"Observations by T Dale Stewart (the physical anthropologist on the 1960 project) and Ralph Solecki suggest there were a pair of legs just below Shanidar 4's head and upper body, and based on the limited information we have about the original position of the legs, they are very consistent with belonging to Shanidar Z,\" Dr Pomeroy explained.\n\nIt's possible that the lower legs and feet of Shanidar Z were misattributed to another of the Neanderthals from the cave, Shanidar 6. Unfortunately, many of the Shanidar remains are thought to have been lost during the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq.\n\nA prominent rock next to the head of Shanidar Z may have been used as a marker for Neanderthals repeatedly depositing their dead, said Dr Pomeroy.\n\nDiagram showing the burial position of the Neanderthal, a stone sits behind the head\n\nBut whether the time between deaths was weeks, decades or even centuries will be difficult to determine. Relationships between Shanidar Z and the other skeletons could potentially be resolved by analysing DNA.\n\nBut genetic material is difficult to obtain from hot regions of the world, and even if scientists can retrieve DNA from the new specimen, there may be little to compare it to, as many of the other remains are missing.\n\n\"The new excavation suggests that some of these bodies were laid in a channel in the cave floor created by water, which had then been intentionally dug to make it deeper,\" said Prof Graeme Barker. \"There is strong early evidence that Shanidar Z was deliberately buried.\"\n\nShanidar Z has been brought on loan to the archaeological labs at Cambridge University, where it is being conserved and scanned to help build a digital reconstruction, as more layers of silt are removed.", "The new James Bond theme No Time to Die only took three days to write, Billie Eilish and her producer and brother Finneas O'Connell have said.\n\nIn an exclusive interview with BBC Breakfast, they spoke about the song and their experiences with social media.", "The number of health and safety incidents reported at Amazon warehouses is on the rise\n\nHundreds of workers have been seriously injured or narrowly escaped an accident at Amazon's UK warehouses over the last three years, new figures claim.\n\nGMB union numbers show 240 reports of serious injury or near misses were sent to the Health and Safety Executive last year, and 622 over three years.\n\nAmazon is currently running a TV advertising campaign highlighting contented staff.\n\nIt said critics were determined to present a \"false picture\".\n\nThe GMB obtained the figures via Freedom of Information requests.\n\nFor injuries to be included in the figures they need to be serious enough to stop a worker performing their normal duties for at least seven days, or be on a list including fractures, amputation, crushing, scalping or burning.\n\nIn one London warehouse a worker lost consciousness and appeared to stop breathing after injuring their head, the GMB said. In Manchester, one worker got caught in a gate and fractured their hand.\n\nThe data shows the number of reports to the HSE has increased every year, from 152 in the 2017 financial year to 240 in 2019. However the figures deal with a period during which the number of warehouses run by Amazon more than doubled from 10 in 2015 to 22 today.\n\nMick Rix, GMB national officer, said: \"Amazon are spending millions on PR campaigns trying to persuade people its warehouses are great places to work. But the facts are there for all to see - things are getting worse.\n\n\"Hundreds of stricken Amazon workers are needing urgent medical attention. Conditions are hellish. We've tried over and over again to get Amazon to talk to us to try and improve safety for workers. But enough is enough - it's now time for a full parliamentary inquiry.\"\n\nIn December, GMB and the Trades Union Congress (TUC) were joined by members of the shadow cabinet for a demonstration outside Amazon's London offices. The unions and politicians said that Amazon should be paying millions more in taxes, claims denied by the online giant.\n\nA spokesman for Amazon said: \"Amazon is a safe place to work. Yet again, our critics seem determined to paint a false picture of what it's like to work for Amazon. They repeat the same sensationalised allegations time and time again.\n\n\"Our doors are open to the public, to politicians, and indeed to anyone who truly wants to see the modern, innovate and, most importantly, safe environment we provide to our people.\" Amazon has been running television commercials using warehouse staff to highlight a happy working environment.", "Michael Allarton and his husband Dan-Jay's home in Bewdley has been badly flooded\n\nHundreds of homes have flooded across the West Midlands amid rising river levels caused by Storm Dennis. But what is the human impact of losing everything overnight?\n\nThe first thing Michael Allarton and his husband Dan-Jay knew about the flooding was when they woke up at 05:30 GMT to water beneath their feet.\n\nThe River Severn had broken its banks and floodwater had seeped through their ground-floor flat in Bewdley, Worcestershire.\n\n\"There was water all over the floor up to our ankles,\" Michael Allarton said.\n\n\"We had raw sewage coming up in a fountain from the toilet.\n\n\"We've lost everything - sofas, rugs, clothes - and the whole place is going to have to be gutted, it's devastating.\n\n\"We named our flat our 'old girl' as it's called Victoria House, it dates from the 1730s and was beautiful.\n\n\"I can't believe she's gone. You go to bed one day and the next day you have nothing.\"\n\nMichael Allarton said the whole flat \"was going to have to be gutted\"\n\nThe pair managed to get out of their property and find a place to stay in an unaffected area.\n\n\"The wheelie bins were floating along the street,\" Mr Allarton said.\n\n\"Then reality hit the next morning.\"\n\nThe couple visited their home earlier to assess the damage.\n\n\"We're going to have to start again completely from scratch,\" he added.\n\n\"Then reality hit the next morning,\" Mr Allarton said\n\nMany across the region having to come to terms with a similar situation, with about 270 homes flooded in the West Midlands and some areas still at risk.\n\nThe River Wye in Hereford reached its highest ever recorded level - 6.3m (20.7ft) - prompting emergency evacuations.\n\nBBC Hereford and Worcester reporter Nicola Goodwin is stranded in her home which is close to the river.\n\nShe said: \"It's above our wellies downstairs. The garden and the river have become one.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Nicola Goodwin This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSporting venues have also been ruined in the rising water too.\n\nSpencer Goodall, of Hereford Rugby Club, said the damage was \"soul destroying\" when he visited the site earlier.\n\nHe said: \"It's crushing really. You see [the flooding] and it's so disappointing after all the hard work volunteers put in for us.\n\nGreyfriars Avenue in Hereford was under several feet of water in the early hours, though flooding has since receded.\n\nLyndon Gore had decided not to leave his home.\n\nHe said: \"We couldn't move out, we've got too many animals in the house so we had to stay put.\n\n\"I've got chickens in the bathroom, cats on the bed, dogs all other places, so we couldn't leave them.\"\n\nLyndon Gore had decided not to leave his property due to the many pets he and his family have\n\nAlly Hunter Blair, a farmer in Ross-on-Wye, has seen water overcome 60 acres of his land and said the impact was \"catastrophic\".\n\n\"The mess we are going to have to clean up is phenomenal,\" he said.\n\n\"We're going to feel the impact of this flood for the next couple of years.\"\n\nDebbie McNally, who runs the Hope and Anchor pub and coffee shop in Ross-on-Wye, said she battled to try and save her premises.\n\nShe told the Victoria Derbyshire programme: \"The cellar is totally under water.\n\n\"We fought from 05:00 to about 11:00 to protect it, but it's gone.\n\n\"The bar needs to be replaced and the coffee shop is under 4ft of water.\"\n\nBen Willcock, who runs Mr Ben's Barbers in Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, was more upbeat.\n\nHe said: \"You can see the 'chin-up Charlie' spirit coming through.\n\n\"I was most concerned about the people sticking their heads through the door asking when we'd next be open for a hair cut.\"\n\nChris Wreghitt was in Cornwall when he received a call urging him to come home\n\nChris Wreghitt, from Powick in Worcestershire, was in Cornwall on Sunday when he received a call from neighbours advising him to return.\n\nWhen he got back, the floodwater was up to his ankles. By Monday, it was up to his chest.\n\nHis property had been flooded previously in 2007.\n\n\"I really thought we'd be safe,\" he said.\n\n\"We'd had a couple of near misses in the last few years but we were confident 2007 was a one-off and that water wouldn't go past the flood barriers when they were installed.\"\n\nAs the clean up begins for some, for others more flooding could be imminent.\n\nThe latest severe weather warning has been issued for Telford in Shropshire, with Telford and Wrekin Council deciding to evacuate 30 buildings near to the banks of the River Severn in Ironbridge at about 08:00.\n\nChief executive David Sidaway said residents should be braced for water levels to peak in the evening, according to the Environment Agency, and more heavy rain expected later this week.", "Milly Main died after contracting an infection at the Royal Hospital for Children\n\nThe death of a child who contracted an infection at Glasgow's super-hospital has been referred to prosecutors.\n\nNHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) confirmed it had passed details of its investigation into the death of Milly Main to the procurator fiscal.\n\nThe 10-year-old died in August 2017 after treatment for leukaemia at the Royal Hospital for Children (RHC).\n\nNHSGGC said it was \"appropriate\" to refer the case due to concerns from her family and public interest in her case.\n\nHowever, Labour MSP Anas Sarwar has described it as \"a cynical attempt\" by the health board to look like it is being proactive.\n\nMilly Main had a successful stem cell transplant in July 2017 while she was in remission from leukaemia.\n\nShe was making a good recovery when the following month her Hickman line, a catheter used to administer drugs, became infected.\n\nMilly went into toxic shock and died days later.\n\nHer death certificate lists a Stenotrophomonas infection of the Hickman line among the possible causes of death.\n\nMilly's mother, Kimberly Darroch, has said the family were kept in the dark about a potential link to contaminated water problems at the hospital.\n\nNHSGCC maintains that there has been no link established between the water in the hospital and the patient's death.\n\nMr Sarwar has been supporting the Lanark family since late last year when a whistleblower came forward to reveal the scale of infections linked to the water supply, and it emerged that Milly was one of the patients involved.\n\nMs Darroch and Milly's father Neil Main recently instructed solicitors to send a letter to the Lord Advocate following the revelations about infections linked to the water supply at the hospitals.\n\nAnas Sarwar with Milly Main's mother Kimberly Darroch who have called for a fatal accident inquiry\n\nAccording to Mr Sarwar, that letter, which called for a fatal accident inquiry, also acted as a referral of the death to the procurator fiscal, as it was not reported by the health board at the time.\n\nNHSGGC has now separately written to Milly's parents, stating that it has since referred the death, citing the public interest.\n\nA spokesman for the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal service confirmed that it had received a final report from NHSGGC within the last week.\n\nMr Sarwar said: \"Milly's death should have been reported to the procurator fiscal at the time.\n\n\"The way her family has been treated is disgraceful. They were kept in the dark for years and shown no respect by the health board when a brave whistleblower shone a light on the QEUH infection scandal.\n\n\"At all times, the health board's priority has been about saving its own skin, not doing what was right by Milly's parents.\"\n\nThe Royal Hospital for Children is next door to the QEUH\n\nHe added: \"The health board has now decided to refer the case to the procurator fiscal in the knowledge that Milly's parents did so weeks ago. It is a cynical attempt to look like it is being proactive when it has been deliberately evasive up until now.\"\n\nMr Sarwar said he believed the Lord Advocate would listen to Milly's parents' demand for a fatal accident inquiry.\n\nHe said: \"This is a painful experience for Milly's family. It is forcing them to relive her death all over again, nearly three years after her tragic death.\n\n\"I will not stop until there is justice for Milly's parents, and they receive the answers they deserve.\"\n\nA spokeswoman for NHSGCC told the BBC that the board was in contact with the procurator fiscal from as early as 19 November last year to discuss the case, following media reporting.\n\nShe said: \"The death of any child is a tragedy and we continue to offer our sympathies to Milly's family for their loss.\n\n\"Following recent concerns from Milly's family, the public interest in her death, and discussions with the Cabinet Secretary for Health, we sought advice from the Procurator Fiscal. Following this advice it was deemed appropriate to refer Milly's case to the Procurator Fiscal which we have now done.\"\n\nThe spokeswoman said that Milly's case was also being considered as part of the review of patient episodes that Professor Marion Bain, director of infection prevention and control, would be overseeing, with the involvement of Milly's family \"in whatever way they wish\".", "Capt Rosie Wild was given the coveted maroon beret for passing the course\n\nA British Army officer has become the first woman to pass a gruelling Parachute Regiment entry test.\n\nCapt Rosie Wild, 28, was described as a \"trailblazer\" after passing the P Company course - which many men fail.\n\nSeveral women have attempted P Company, also known as the All Arms Pre-Parachute Selection (AAPPS), since they were first able to apply in the 1990s.\n\nPhysical challenges across the five days include a timed 20-mile endurance march and an aerial assault course.\n\nCapt Wild was awarded the coveted maroon beret of the Parachute Regiment, or the Paras, on Tuesday - though she will not join the regiment.\n\nShe will serve in 7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery which is attached to 16 Air Assault Brigade, the Army's rapid reaction force.\n\nBrig John Clark, commander of 16 Air Assault Brigade, said he hoped Capt Wild's achievement \"will encourage other women to have a go\".\n\n\"A more representative force will only make us stronger,\" he added.\n\nCapt Wild was presented with the sword of honour as a top new recruit at Sandhurst in 2017\n\nThe eight tests in the P Company course involve:\n\nCapt Wild, who is also a competitive triathlete, joined the Army three years ago.\n\nIn 2017 she was presented with the sword of honour at the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst, given to the best cadet of the intake.", "A couple who run a restaurant in Bridgnorth badly damaged in floods say it could take until the summer before it reopens.\n\nThe River Severn peaked in the town on Tuesday, leaving a number of homes and businesses flooded. Levels are dropping, but a flood warning remains in force.\n\nJoanna Pokorska-Zare and Hamid Zare (pictured), run the Boatyard restaurant and said they hoped this week's floods would soon be nothing but a \"bad memory\".\n\n\"At this point we've just got to pick up the pieces and just keep going,\" Joanna said.\n\n\"We love the place, we love Bridgnorth, we've got a fantastic community around here so we've had a great response from people willing to help.\n\n\"That makes you think 'we've got to make things right'.\"", "A woman looks out of her window as ducks swim past in floodwater after the River Severn burst its banks in Bewdley, west of Birmingham", "Amazon boss Jeff Bezos has pledged $10bn (£7.7bn) to help fight climate change.\n\nThe world's richest man said the money would finance work by scientists, activists and other groups.\n\nHe said: \"I want to work alongside others both to amplify known ways and to explore new ways of fighting the devastating impact of climate change.\"\n\nWriting on his Instagram account, Mr Bezos said the fund would begin distributing money this summer.\n\nMr Bezos has an estimated net worth of more than $130bn, so the pledge represents almost 8% of his fortune.\n\nSome Amazon employees have urged him to do more to fight climate change. There have been walkouts and some staff have spoken publicly. Also, Mr Bezos is financing the Blue Origin space programme.\n\nCompared to some multi-billionaires, Mr Bezos had done only limited philanthropy. His biggest donation before Monday's pledge is thought to have been $2bn in September 2018 to help homeless families and fund schools.\n\nHe has also been criticised for not signing the Giving Pledge, under which the super-rich promise to give away half of their wealth during their lifetimes.\n\nThe Seattle-based company is a neighbour of Microsoft, which in January unveiled a plan to become carbon negative by 2030.\n\nMr Bezos's full Instagram post read: \"Today, I'm thrilled to announce I am launching the Bezos Earth Fund.⁣⁣⁣\n\n⁣⁣⁣\"Climate change is the biggest threat to our planet. I want to work alongside others both to amplify known ways and to explore new ways of fighting the devastating impact of climate change on this planet we all share. This global initiative will fund scientists, activists, NGOs - any effort that offers a real possibility to help preserve and protect the natural world.\n\n\"We can save Earth. It's going to take collective action from big companies, small companies, nation states, global organisations, and individuals. ⁣⁣⁣\n\n⁣⁣⁣\"I'm committing $10bn to start and will begin issuing grants this summer. Earth is the one thing we all have in common - let's protect it, together.\"⁣⁣⁣", "Rocco Wright died in the David Lloyd Leisure pool in Leeds in April 2018\n\nA leisure group is facing prosecution after a three-year-old boy drowned in one of its swimming pools.\n\nRocco Wright died after being found in the pool at the David Lloyd Leisure centre in Moortown, Leeds, in 2018.\n\nEarlier on Monday a jury inquest at Wakefield Coroner's Court ruled his death was accidental.\n\nAfter the inquest Leeds City Council said it believed the group had breached health and safety laws and intended to \"prosecute in the near future\".\n\nIn a statement, the council said: \"The death of a child in any circumstances is tragic, and we continue to offer the Wright family our sincerest sympathy.\n\n\"We will keep in regular contact with the family and ensure they are informed and supported throughout this next stage.\"\n\nThe inquest previously heard how Rocco had to be pulled from the water by his father Steven Wright in April 2018.\n\nMr Wright described how his panic grew as he searched for Rocco before he spotted him at the bottom of the main pool.\n\nHe said his son had never got into the pool by himself and the inquest heard there were no witnesses or CCTV evidence that could explain how Rocco ended up in the water.\n\nThe jury found that the youngster had probably been under the 1.2m (4ft) deep water for more than two minutes.\n\nPolice said there were no witnesses or CCTV to help determine how Rocco got into the pool\n\nJurors were told that at the time of the drowning, there had only been one 17-year-old lifeguard on duty.\n\nDavid Lloyd Leisure's operations director Stephen Brown denied in the inquest there had been cuts to the lifeguard budget at the pool.\n\nHe told the hearing the company's policy was that a maximum of 50 people in a pool could be supervised by a single lifeguard.\n\nMr Brown also denied David Lloyd Leisure had a policy of employing young lifeguards because they were cheaper and added lifeguard staffing levels were for local managers to decide.\n\nOutside the coroner's court, Natalie Marrison - representing Catharine and Steven Wright - said Rocco's parents supported Leeds City Council's investigation and planned prosecution.\n\nMs Marrison said: \"At the heart of this is a three-year-old boy who has lost his life.\n\n\"The family remain devastated by the loss.\"\n\nMr Wright said that the family had \"lost the fun from our lives\" following Rocco's death.\n\n\"We're definitely going to fight for further law and guidelines in this field, just to make sure it can't happen to anyone else,\" he said.\n\n\"No-one should lose a child at a family swim session.\"\n\nIn a statement after the inquest, David Lloyd Leisure said it wanted \"to express our deepest sympathies to Rocco's family\".\n\n\"David Lloyd Leisure never places profit above safety,\" the company said.\n\n\"Subsequent evidence given by David Lloyd Leisure at the inquest showed no evidence of budget cuts to lifeguarding at the Leeds Club at the time of the accident, on the contrary lifeguarding had in fact received increased investment.\"\n\nThe firm added that safety was its \"number one priority\" and it was \"unaware on what basis Leeds City Council intend to prosecute\".\n\nThe jury returned its conclusion after coroner Jonathan Leach told jurors that accident was the only one available to them.\n\nCorrection 17 February: This story has been amended to make it clear it is David Lloyd Leisure that is facing prosecution.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This is the moment a 77-year-old man fought off a would-be mugger who demanded cash and his bank card.\n\nSouth Wales Police said the targeted man \"showed great bravery\" but had been \"left shaken\".\n\nThe incident outside Sainsbury's on Colchester Avenue, Cardiff, on 5 February was captured on CCTV.\n\nAnyone who recognises the suspect, a white man wearing a high-vis vest and carrying a black rucksack, has been asked to contact police.", "Three men have been jailed after staging a violent raid on a house in Glasgow to steal eight puppies.\n\nLiam Kinsella, 27, Samuel Durnion, 21 and Ben Murphy, 19,smashed into the home of Leanne Hodge in Castlemilk last August.\n\nThey held a machete against the throat of a 10-year-old girl inside the property before stealing eight three-week old Bull Mastiff puppies.\n\nIt is not known how many of the dogs, valued at £8,000, were returned.\n\nThe three men were sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow after admitting acting with others in the assault and robbery.\n\nKinsella was jailed for five years and three months while Durnion received a four year prison term. Murphy was sentenced to 30 months\n\nLord Beckett described the raid as \"pre-meditated\" and said it has had a \"profound\" effect on Ms Hodge and others involved.\n\nAddressing Kinsella - who also admitted to a similar crime on an ex-boss - the judge said: \"It seems these attacks were carried out on your agenda against others you felt had harmed you and your family.\"\n\nDurnion will also be supervised for a further two years on his release.\n\nThe raid on Ms Hodge's home happened on 21 August last year while she was at home with her partner. Three children were also there.\n\nThe Castlemilk robbery took place in Barlia Drive\n\nThe robbers stormed in armed with machetes and hammers as a 10-year-old girl made her way downstairs.\n\nOne of the armed men grabbed the girl and screamed at her, asking where her father was.\n\nAs the family hid for their safety, the gang took the puppies.\n\nA high-profile appeal was later launched to try to find the robbers and the three-week-old pets.\n\nWhen police arrived they found keys belonging to a Volkswagen Polo the gang had driven there. They also recovered a number of items including a letter in the name of Murphy, and his passport.\n\nKinsella was involved in an armed robbery five days earlier at the home of his former boss George Murray in Wishaw.\n\nDavid Nicolson, defending Murphy, said: \"He is a young man who was seduced by the excitement of being involved.\"\n\nDurnion's advocate Louise Arrol said he was not the person who held the machete at the girl.\n\nProsecutors told the hearing that the Crown \"does not appear to know the perpetrator of that particular act\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Homes on the banks of the River Severn have been evacuated as officials fear the Ironbridge barrier could be breached by flooding\n\nHomes along the River Severn in Shropshire have been evacuated, amid fears that flood barriers could be breached in the coming hours.\n\nHouses and a pub near Ironbridge have been submerged by rising waters and the pressure has cracked road surfaces.\n\nAround the UK, more than 150 flood warnings remain in place, including six severe - or \"danger to life\" - warnings.\n\nThe River Wye at Monmouth, in Wales, has reached its highest recorded level.\n\nAmong the worst affected areas are south Wales, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Shropshire, where major incidents have been declared.\n\nWest Mercia Police said an estimated 384 properties have been \"significantly impacted\" by flooding in Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Shropshire.\n\nWater levels are expected to rise in Bewdley, Worcestershire, and there are concerns it could flow around one of the local flood barriers at Beales Corner.\n\nCurrently, there are six severe flood warnings in England, covering the rivers Lugg, Severn, and Wye.\n\nMore rain is expected in parts of the UK later this week, with three yellow Met Office weather warnings issued for north and south Wales and north-west England for Wednesday evening.\n\nThe latest severe flood warning - for the River Severn in Telford, Shropshire - prompted the evacuation of homes in Ironbridge on Tuesday morning.\n\nRiver levels are peaking late on Tuesday, according to the latest update from Telford and Wrekin Council.\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\nLocal resident Carol Calcutt told BBC Radio Shropshire the Boat Inn pub by the river front in nearby Jackfield was now submerged in water.\n\n\"Practically just the roof showing there now,\" she said.\n\nA care home and surrounding properties in Whitchurch, Herefordshire, were also evacuated after they were overcome by floods, local fire services said.\n\nA woman was lifted to safety by rescue workers as floodwater surrounded the village of Whitchurch in Herefordshire.\n\nVehicles were stranded in Hampton Bishop near Hereford after the River Lugg burst its banks\n\nA clean-up operation is under way in areas such as Ross-on-Wye amid the ongoing flood warnings\n\nMeanwhile, Welsh Water has warned drinking water is running out in Monmouth and surrounding areas after \"unprecedented flooding\" at its treatment works in Mayhill.\n\nThere was some relief in Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire, on Monday as defences appeared not to have been breached overnight, but severe flood warnings for the area now predict river levels will peak by Wednesday.\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\nChris Wreghitt, who lives in the village of Powick, in Worcestershire, says he has has been flooded before but not this badly and not since flood defences were built.\n\nHe told BBC News: \"We were told when they built that flood defence that if it had been there before 2007, we wouldn't have been flooded.\n\n\"Although there have been a couple of near misses over the past few years, we were still confident that we wouldn't get flooded again.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nResidents of the Wharfage on the River Severn have been evacuated to a restaurant on the High Street in Ironbridge, Telford and Wrekin Council said.\n\nThe council added that the river's flood peak was moving towards the Ironbridge Gorge and was expected to arrive there later on Tuesday, while the Environment Agency warned flooding in the Wharfage is \"potentially imminent\".\n\nRescue teams were deployed in Monmouth, south Wales, amid the floods\n\nIt comes as the River Wye at Monmouth, south Wales, peaked at 7.15m high on Tuesday, breaking the previous record high of 6.48m in 2002.\n\nThere are two severe warnings in place on the River Wye at Monmouth, according to Natural Resources Wales.\n\nResidents in Monmouth were seen using canoes to travel on Tuesday\n\nAround 800 homes in Wales have been directly affected by flooding, First Minister Mark Drakeford told the BBC.\n\nThe Welsh government has put aside between £5m and £10m to help those residents affected.\n\nMeanwhile, the key developments in England are:\n\nPeople in flood-hit households can apply for financial hardship payments of up to £500 for short-term relief, the government announced on Tuesday.\n\nLocal Government Secretary Robert Jenrick said the funding would \"help people in the worst-hit areas to recover and get back on their feet\".\n\nThe government support fund also includes up to £5,000 for affected residents and business owners to help make their properties more resilient to future floods.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A 4x4 driver almost needs rescuing himself when he attempts to help flood victims in Herefordshire.\n\nFor more information, check the BBC Weather website and your BBC Local Radio station for regular updates.\n\nHow have you been affected by Storm Dennis? Tell us your story 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:", "People who steal, bully and lie throughout their lives may have smaller brains, researchers say.\n\nMRI scans suggested 45-year-olds who had shown antisocial behaviour from childhood had reduced surface area and a thinner cortex in parts of the brain previously linked to such behaviour.\n\nBut it is unclear if this was inherited or due to factors such as substance abuse, low IQ or poor mental health.\n\nThe researchers scanned nearly 700 volunteers they had studied from birth.\n\nThey were divided into three groups, those who:\n\nThey found the 80 people in the last group, which included people who had committed violent crimes, had significant structural differences in their brains.\n\nThe authors said their findings - published in Lancet Psychiatry - provided the first robust evidence to suggest people who offended throughout their lives had underlying neuropsychological differences.\n\nAdolescents showing antisocial behaviour that began in childhood, who were at an increased risk of incarceration and poor physical and mental health later in life, may be dealing with \"some level of disability\".\n\nAnd they could benefit from more support throughout their lives.\n\nLead author Dr Christina Carlisi, from University College London, said: \"There may be differences in their brain structure that make it difficult for them to develop social skills that prevent them from engaging in antisocial behaviour.\"\n\nAnd co-author Prof Essi Viding said it was important this group was not \"demonised\" but seen as people who \"need help and compassion\" to stop their behaviour becoming entrenched.\n\nDr Graeme Fairchild, from the University of Bath, said the research was an \"important contribution\".\n\nBut it was not possible to tell whether the differences in brain structure had been present in early life and led to lifelong patterns of antisocial behaviour or reflected \"lifestyle differences like drug or alcohol use, smoking and poor diet\".", "Yvonne Booth pictured with her late husband and her son\n\nA body has been found in the search for a woman who went missing in floods after her car got stuck in water.\n\nPolice said Yvonne Booth, 55, was swept into floodwater near a bridge which crosses the River Teme, near Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, on Sunday.\n\nHer family said they were \"devastated\" and \"appreciate the continued support from the emergency services\".\n\nHundreds of flood warnings remain in place, including several severe warnings meaning a danger to life.\n\nCh Supt Tom Harding said the body of Ms Booth, from Great Barr near Birmingham, was found during a search and rescue operation in Tenbury.\n\nWest Midlands Ambulance Service said it was called to reports of two people being swept into the water near Eastham Bridge.\n\nA man who was rescued close to where Ms Booth disappeared was airlifted to hospital and remains in a stable condition.\n\nWest Mercia Police Assistant Chief Constable Geoff Wessell said the man and woman \"stopped and got out of the car because of the water and then got caught up into more of a stream of water that took them away\".\n\nRescue teams were searching the area around Tenbury Wells for Ms Booth\n\nStorm Dennis has left more than 400 properties flooded, with about 270 of those in the West Midlands, the Environment Agency (EA) said.\n\nAmong the worst affected areas are Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Shropshire, where major incidents were declared.\n\nWorcestershire has borne the brunt of the flooding with about 200 homes affected, according to figures from the agency's John Curtin.\n\nWest Mercia Police said residents in Upton upon Severn and Uckinghall in Worcestershire were being advised to evacuate, with water levels expected to rise on Monday evening.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Storm Dennis flooding as seen from the air in Hereford\n\nRescuers used boats to ferry residents to safety in Hereford\n\nEmergency evacuations were also under way in Hereford, where the River Wye reached its highest level on record.\n\nHerefordshire Police tweeted that officers were carrying out emergency evacuations to a leisure centre.\n\nFamilies rescued from flooded properties could be seen disembarking from evacuation dinghies with their pets and belongings.\n\nIn Shropshire, 16 roads have been closed due to flooding.\n\nTelford and Wrekin Council said it had handed out 2,000 sandbags to residents in the Ironbridge Gorge.\n\nStaff are \"working hard to repair the damage caused\" by flooding at Drayton Manor Theme Park, it said\n\nAfter a severe flood warning was put in place for Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire residents were advised to have a bag ready with vital items like medicines and insurance documents and call 999 if in immediate danger.\n\nThe A38 in Branston, near Burton, was closed in both directions on Monday night due to flooding.\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\nElsewhere in the county, Drayton Manor Theme Park, near Tamworth, is set to be closed until at least Thursday due to flooding.\n\nFlood barriers are up in Ironbridge\n\nThousands of sandbags were distributed in York where the River Ouse continued to rise, although the EA said the situation in the city was an \"improving one\".\n\nElsewhere, about 60 homes flooded in Lowdham in Nottinghamshire.\n\nResidents of park homes on the River Stour near Christchurch, Dorset, were also told to leave as water levels continue to rise.\n\nA record number of flood warnings and alerts - more than 600 - were issued by the EA across England on Sunday, falling to below 500 on Monday afternoon.\n\nAbout 130 homes in Tenbury were evacuated overnight on Sunday", "Helen Gittos lost her baby Harriet in August 2014 when she was eight days old, and she believes her daughter's death was preventable.\n\nA BBC News investigation has uncovered more preventable baby deaths at an East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust which has already been criticised for its maternity services.\n\nHelen spoke to the BBC's Michael Buchanan, and said she was told her baby's death was due to her decision to refuse to have appropriate medical treatment - which she and her husband deny.\n\nEast Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust said: \"We accept… that we could have done more to respond to [Helen Gittos's] wishes and help her labour in a calm, low-risk environment as much as possible.\"", "Kara said she \"couldn't deal with the thought of further masculisation\"\n\nTransgender patients are choosing to self-medicate with hormones bought online from unregulated sources due to waiting times to see NHS specialists, the BBC has learned.\n\nIn many areas, some patients wait over two years to be seen, new figures show. England's target time is 18 weeks.\n\nOne woman said she was so low it felt like a choice between self-medicating or suicide.\n\nNHS England said it had increased investment to respond to rising demand.\n\nLaw student Kara told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme she began buying oestrogen - the hormone prescribed to trans women - last summer online, to begin her transition.\n\nShe has been on an NHS gender identity clinic waiting list now for two years.\n\nShe admitted she was \"absolutely petrified\" of the effects it could have on her.\n\nMany of the websites selling hormones are not based in the UK - and often ask users to pay by Bitcoin or bank transfer.\n\n\"I don't know anything about the tablets [that I buy] specifically, if they are what they say they are,\" she said. \"So it's kind of a guessing game with your life.\"\n\nShe told the BBC she felt the waiting times had \"forced\" her to make the choice to buy hormones online.\n\n\"I was so low before, it basically felt like a choice between suicide or self-medicating, because I couldn't deal with the thought of further masculisation,\" she added.\n\nDr Grainne Coakley said those who were self-medicating, were putting themselves at risk\n\nOne expert, Dr Grainne Coakley, from Sheffield's Gender Identity Clinic, said - with both testosterone and oestrogen tablets - there was an added risk of the clotting of the blood, and also a risk of liver problems.\n\n\"If that's not being monitored by a GP, somebody not having regular blood tests, then they are putting themselves at risk.\"\n\nNew figures, from a Freedom of Information request by the Victoria Derbyshire programme, show that in many areas some individuals are waiting over two years to be seen by a specialist, from referral.\n\nGender identity clinics in Belfast (166 weeks), Nottinghamshire (145 weeks) and Northumberland (127 weeks) have the longest maximum wait times, data suggests.\n\nLondon's Tavistock clinic was not able to provide accurate figures, but anecdotal evidence points to patients waiting up to two years to be seen.\n\nMore than 13,500 transgender and non-binary adults are on waiting lists for NHS gender identity clinics in England, previous BBC research has found.\n\nThe Victoria Derbyshire programme bought four testosterone and oestrogen products online, to send to a laboratory for testing.\n\nOnly three arrived. One, a testosterone sample, was supposed to be made up of four different types of the drug - but this was not the case, indicating it was a counterfeit product from an unknown source.\n\nSupplying or selling testosterone, a class C drug, is punishable by an unlimited fine or up to 14 years in jail.\n\nBut it is not illegal to buy or possess it for personal use, provided it is not brought into the country via the postal system.\n\nOestrogen is a prescription-only product, but if it is for personal use it can be legally imported without a prescription.\n\nIn both cases experts stress it is only safe to use prescribed drugs, under the ongoing supervision of a medical expert.\n\nLucas, who began transitioning six years ago aged 29, decided to use testosterone bought online after being told he would face a two-and-a-half year wait for a gender identity clinic appointment.\n\nHe said he knows of at least one person who has taken their own life due to the \"distressing and dehumanising\" wait to be seen.\n\nLucas described self-medicating as \"scary and unpleasant\", and believes the quality of the products was notably lower than those he is now prescribed.\n\n\"I suspect a few of the doses were effectively nothing,\n\n\"For example, I didn't actually start growing any facial hair at all until I moved onto prescribed testosterone.\"\n\nNHS England told the BBC in a statement: \"As more people feel able to seek support and treatment, the demand for gender identity services has greatly increased, and in recent years we've increased investment to respond to the rising demand, with staff working hard to support patients to get the right care as quickly as possible.\n\n\"From the spring a new service will be piloted in London that will increase capacity in gender identity services.\"\n\nIt is understood that a lack of medical professionals wanting to specialise in trans healthcare had also added to wait times, for which a new Royal College of Physicians pathway had been established.\n\nA Scottish government spokesman said long waiting times for patients were \"unacceptable\", but that health professionals were working hard to reduce them.\n\nHe added: \"Gender identity clinics are a very specialised resource, and while people are waiting to be assessed they still have access to a full range of community mental health and well-being services appropriate to their situation and needs.\"\n\nNHS Wales and Belfast NHS Trust have not yet responded to requests for comment.\n\nFollow the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme on Facebook and Twitter - and see more of our stories here.", "The father of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has told the BBC his son would face what is effectively a \"death sentence\" were he sent to the United States to face trial.\n\nIn an interview with Victoria Derbyshire, John Shipton raised concerns over his son's health ahead of a controversial extradition hearing starting next week, saying Assange had felt \"ceaseless anxiety\".\n\nThe US wants the founder of the Wikileaks website to face 18 charges of attempted hacking and breaches of the Espionage Act.\n\nWhile it is not thought he could face the death penalty, the charges could - in theory - result in a 170-year prison sentence.\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.", "Nicky Butt was accused of beating his estranged wife, Shelley Barlow\n\nProsecutors have dropped an assault charge against ex-Manchester United footballer Nicky Butt.\n\nThe 45-year-old was accused of beating his estranged wife Shelley Barlow in Hale, Greater Manchester, on 16 April.\n\nHe was due to face trial next week but the case has been discontinued after the Crown Prosecution Service offered no evidence. He has accepted a caution.\n\nMs Barlow did not want to give evidence against her husband, the Press Association reported.\n\nAn investigation was launched after police were called to an address where they found a woman who had suffered a small cut to her hand.\n\nMr Butt, who is head of coaching at the Manchester United youth academy, had previously pleaded not guilty to common assault and causing £800 of criminal damage to Ms Barlow's mobile phone.\n\n\"We have a duty to keep all cases under review and following the receipt of new material have decided to discontinue this prosecution,\" a spokesman said.\n\n\"Mr Butt has agreed to accept a caution for criminal damage.\"\n\nAt a previous hearing, Lisa Roberts QC, said it would be her client Mr Butt's case that he did not know how the complainant came about any injury.\n\nA preliminary hearing was due to take place on Wednesday in which his legal team was expected to argue the case should be thrown out as an abuse of process - partly questioning the proportionality of continuing with the prosecution.\n\nMr Butt, from Bowdon, Altrincham, won a string of Premier League titles in his playing career at Old Trafford and also played in the club's dramatic last-gasp 2-1 victory over Bayern Munich in the 1999 Uefa Champions League final.\n\nHe later went on to play for Newcastle United, Birmingham City and South China.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Most clubs in the top two tiers of English football are sponsored by gambling companies\n\nFormer FA chief executive Mark Palios says football needs to \"wean\" itself off gambling sponsorship.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 4's File on 4 programme football's links with the betting industry had gone \"too far\".\n\nMr Palios, who chairs Tranmere Rovers FC, said he would not accept gambling sponsorship and had rejected an offer from a major betting company last year.\n\nThe English Football League said football and the gambling industry worked together responsibly.\n\nA spokesman said: \"The EFL itself continues to have a successful relationship with Sky Bet who, as a responsible, properly regulated bookmaker, recognise the importance of having the right safeguards in place. \"\n\nAny marketing of the partnership promoted best practice and protected minors and the vulnerable, he added.\n\nThe Premier League said it did not have a central gambling partner and sponsorship deals were up to individual clubs.\n\nIn the top two tiers of English football, nearly 60% of clubs are signed up to sponsorship agreements with gambling companies.\n\nMr Palios has helped a number of players with gambling problems\n\nMr Palios said the offer he had rejected had included a plan to place betting terminals inside the ground.\n\n\"This is a family club that's firmly rooted in the community and from our perspective it's the wrong thing to do to get associated with the gambling industry,\" he said.\n\n\"We can't change the bigger picture in terms of the football industry being involved to the extent it is but from a personal perspective that's what we do.\n\n\"Football has to wean itself off the position it is in at the moment - and that's the best verb I can use.\n\n\"It's certainly gone too far.\"\n\nMr Palios played as a midfielder for Tranmere Rovers for nine years and Crewe Alexandra for three years.\n\nHe was made chief executive of the Football Association in July 2003.\n\nBut he resigned in August 2004, following newspaper allegations concerning the then England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson's affair with former FA secretary Faria Alam.\n\nTen years later, he took a controlling interest in Tranmere Rovers and became chief executive.\n\nMr Palios also revealed an employee had stolen from the club to feed their gambling addiction and he had helped a number of players there with gambling problems.\n\nHe said the demographic of a football club was \"particularly appealing\" to gambling operators.\n\nMr Palios also highlighted a report suggesting most of the betting shops in Wirral - where EFL League One team Tranmere are based - were in the poorest areas, where people spent more than twice as much on gambling as those in the richest areas.\n\n\"I see gambling as something that is pernicious. People get hooked into it and it is a hidden addiction,\" he said.\n\n\"You see people stealing from their employers as we've seen and it destroys relationships and fundamentally damages family units and family units are a massive part of the community.\"\n\nThe Betting and Gaming Council, which represents most bookmakers in the UK, said it was \"considering\" a voluntary ban on football shirt sponsorship and pitch-side advertising.\n\nAnd last month, the Gambling Commission, the industry regulator, said it was investigating a deal in which FA Cup matches had been shown live via seven betting sites if potential customers had signed up for an account.\n\nThe FA said: \"We made a clear decision on the FA's relationship with gambling companies, in June 2017, when we ended our partnership with Ladbrokes.\n\n\"The leagues and clubs govern their own relationships with gambling companies.\"\n\nFile on 4's Fair Game?: The Secrets of Football Betting is on BBC Radio 4 on Tuesday 18 February at 20:00 and available afterwards on BBC Sounds.", "Average weekly wages in the UK have reached their highest levels since before the financial crisis.\n\nWeekly pay reached £512 in the three months to December, which - adjusting for inflation - is the highest since March 2008.\n\nExcluding bonuses, earnings grew at an annual rate of 3.2% in the three-month period, official figures show.\n\nEmployment rose by 180,000 to another record high of 32.93 million, while unemployment stayed at 1.29 million.\n\nThe figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed the number of women in employment increased again - this time by 150,000 in the three months to December to a record high of 15.61 million.\n\nMyrto Miltiadou, of the ONS, said: \"In real terms, regular earnings have finally risen above the level seen in early 2008, but pay including bonuses is still below its pre-downturn peak.\n\n\"Employment has continued its upward trend, with the rate nudging up to another record high. In particular, the number of women working full-time grew strongly over the past year.\"\n\nEmployment Minister Mims Davies said: \"As we embark on a new chapter as an independent nation outside the EU, we do so with a record-breaking jobs market and business confidence on the rise.\n\n\"With wages still outpacing inflation, UK workers can expect their money to go further as we look ahead to a decade of renewal.\"\n\nIt's always good to have some cheerful news to report, such as the news that wages, after stripping out the effect of inflation, have finally squeaked above their level in March 2008. In other words, your wage can finally buy a little bit more than it could before the banking crisis. So let's celebrate. Hooray.\n\nNow let's home in on the amounts. The average wage excluding bonuses is now £511.61. In March 2008, the average wage would have bought you £510.96 (in 2019 prices). In other words you are 65p better off than you were - 12 years ago.\n\nThere's always a half-full or a half-empty angle on wage increases. But to many workers, this minor economic landmark will serve less as a cause for celebration and more as a reminder that the past decade has been the worst for improvements in living standards in more than 200 years.\n\nThe 2008 crisis, caused in part by reckless mismanagement of the banks, is one reason (not the only one) that the average pay packet has failed to do what we used to take for granted - i.e. increase by more than inflation.\n\nIt used to happen every year. Low-pay think tank the Resolution Foundation points out that if pre-crisis trends for increases in pay in real terms had continued, the average wage would now be £141 a week higher.\n\nThomas Pugh, at Capital Economics, said the employment figures proved the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) was right to leave interest rates unchanged last month.\n\n\"The most recent surveys are suggesting that employment growth will continue to pick-up in Q1, which we think will contribute to the MPC keeping rates on hold at its next meeting on 26 March as well,\" he said.\n\nHowever, the Institute of Directors warned: \"The UK jobs market ended last year in fine form, but 2020 may be more challenging for employers.\n\n\"As more and more workers enter employment, it becomes harder for firms to recruit the employees they need, with a particular dearth in certain skill sets.\"\n\nAnd Samuel Tombs, chief UK economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics. said: \"The upside surprise to employment growth distracts from an otherwise slightly disappointing report.\n\n\"Despite the recovery in business confidence since the general election, the single-month measure of job vacancies was 49,000, or 6%, lower in January than a year earlier, showing no improvement from its recent trend.\"", "Trinity College did not want to make a report about the action, police said\n\nClimate activists have dug up a lawn outside a Cambridge University college over its role in a major development in the Suffolk countryside.\n\nExtinction Rebellion members said the action at Trinity College was taken against the \"destruction of nature\".\n\nActivists then took dug-up mud to a local Barclays Bank branch.\n\nInnocence Farm in Trimley St Martin has been part of plans, involving Trinity, for a lorry park. The college said it supported work to fight climate change.\n\nA Cambridgeshire Police spokeswoman said the force was liaising with the college and that \"a crime has been recorded for criminal damage\".\n\nA spokeswoman for Barclays Bank confirmed activists carrying wheelbarrows full of mud had spread it across the banking hall of its St Andrew's Street branch.\n\nShe added the branch had been kept open and staff ensured customers were safe.\n\nActivists, who also chained themselves to an apple tree on the college's front lawn, said they \"were careful to ensure that the digging took place a safe distance from the tree so as not to cause any damage to it\".\n\nThe local group also claimed on Twitter the college invested more money in oil and gas companies than any other Oxbridge college.\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\nDerek Langley, a member of Extinction Rebellion Cambridge, said: \"The idea that a rich institution like Trinity College, which tells the world it is serious about tackling this crisis, is looking for profit from environmental destruction is quite simply astonishing.\"\n\nLocal businessman Dr Tim Norman described the action as \"counter-productive vandalism\".\n\nHe said: \"[It] seemed to confuse the tourists too, as it wasn't clear what they were doing it for.\"\n\nTrinity College, which was founded in the mid-16th Century, has produced several British prime ministers\n\nA Trinity spokeswoman said the college \"respects the right to freedom of speech and non-violent protest but draws the line at criminal damage and asked the protesters to leave\".\n\nShe added: \"Academics at Trinity are actively engaged in research to understand and develop solutions to climate change, and taking practical steps forward.\"\n\nThe spokeswoman added the college supported the university's Cambridge Zero project, which was launched in November and led by Dr Emily Shuckburgh, one of the UK's leading climate scientists.\n\nA Barclays spokeswoman said: \"We recognise that climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing the world today, and are determined to do all we can to support the transition to a low-carbon economy, while also ensuring that global energy needs continue to be met.\"\n\nMembers of the group have also been taking part in a week-long road blockade in the city - prompting police to use emergency powers to shut off roads.\n\nLast week a meeting had to be abandoned when a protester abseiled into the council chamber.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The musician found fame as an acid house DJ and forged a stellar career as a producer\n\nAndrew Weatherall, one of the UK's most respected DJs and record producers, has died aged 56.\n\nThe musician, who was born in Windsor, rose to fame during the acid house era, and worked with the likes of New Order and Happy Mondays.\n\nHis production and remix work on Primal Scream's Screamadelica turned it into an era-defining album, and earned the band the first Mercury Prize in 1992.\n\nWeatherall died in hospital on Monday morning, his spokesman confirmed.\n\nThe cause of death was a pulmonary embolism.\n\n\"He was being treated in hospital but unfortunately the blood clot reached his heart. His death was swift and peaceful,\" said a statement.\n\n\"His family and friends are profoundly saddened by his death and are taking time to gather their thoughts.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC 6 Music's Matt Everitt reads tributes to Andrew Weatherall and celebrates the life of a music icon\n\nThe musician started his career singing with post-punk bands at his local arts centre - but found his feet as a DJ in the late 1980s.\n\n\"I saved up all my money and went to London at the weekend to buy records,\" he told the BBC in 2014. \"I just got a really good record collection together to the point where people started to say 'Why don't you play this at our party?', 'Why don't you play this at our club?'\"\n\nWhen the acid house scene started to develop around the Roundshaw Estate in Sutton, he discovered that club nights were playing a lot of the music he already owned.\n\n\"I knew I had records as good as that, or even better, that they might not know,\" he later explained, adding: \"I was kind of in the right place at the right time\".\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nAs the scene exploded, Weatherall was invited to play at the London nightclub Shoom by DJ Danny Rampling, and helped document rave culture with the fanzine Boys Own - a name he later gave to his own record label.\n\nHis DJ career led to Weatherall remixing New Order's Worlds in Motion and, along with Paul Oakenfold, the Happy Mondays' Hallelujah.\n\nAs a result, he was sought out by Primal Scream, who asked him to remix their single I'm Losing More Than I'll Ever Have for the meagre sum of £500.\n\nAfter an initial attempt on which he \"basically slung a kick drum under the original\", Weatherall decided to try a much more radical approach.\n\nThe result was Loaded, which retained about seven seconds of Primal Scream's song - the bass line and a slide guitar.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Graeme Park pays tribute to DJ and producer Andrew Wetherall who has died aged 56.\n\nWeatherall added vocal samples from the US soul group The Emotions, a drum loop from an Italian bootleg of Edie Brickell's song What I Am, alongside snatches of other Primal Scream songs, and frontman Bobby Gillespie singing a line from Robert Johnson's Terraplane Blues.\n\nGillespie saw Loaded as being part of the Jamaican tradition of dub records, where songs are deconstructed at the mixing desk, adding new elements and desecrating existing ones.\n\nIt propelled the rock band onto the dance floor, and kick-started their career.\n\n\"I think it's time to stop saying 'this is a dance record' and 'this is a rock record,'\" said Gillespie at the time. \"If you can play music, you can do whatever you want. Just use your imagination.\"\n\nThe success of Loaded led to Weatherall being recruited for the whole of Screamadelica, establishing him as one of the UK's most in-demand producers.\n\nWhile remixing acts like St Etienne, Beth Orton and My Bloody Valentine, he also held down a DJ slot on London's Kiss FM and ran two club nights in London.\n\nHowever, he never became a household name like his contemporaries Paul Oakenfold and Fatboy Slim - a career move that was entirely deliberate.\n\n\"That sort of carry-on was never for me,\" he told the Independent in 2016. \"It's a lot of work, once you go up that slippery showbiz pole, and it would keep me away from what I like, which is making things.\"\n\nInstead, he carved out a career on the cutting edge of techno, with projects including Sabres of Paradise and Two Lone Swordsmen.\n\nIn 2017, he explained the lure of the dancefloor in an interview with Uncut magazine.\n\n\"It's the enduring appeal of transcendent experience, which has been with us for 200,000 years. A room, coloured lights, smoke and music? Over to you, Roman Catholics. There are ancient Greek rituals involving herbal drugs to achieve transcendence.\n\n\"People were having transcendent experiences in 1940s dancehalls, dancing to a big band; now we do it with drum machines and electronic technology - it's the same concept. Humanity hasn't changed for 100,000 years, but our technology has.\"\n\nMusicians paying tribute to Weatherall included Ride guitarist and former Oasis bassist Andy Bell, who described him as \"absolute titan of music\".\n\nBBC 6 Music DJ Gilles Peterson said it was \"hard to put into words\" the \"influence and impact he has had has had on UK culture.\"\n\nHacienda DJ and author Dave Haslam tweeted he was \"one of the greatest, sweetest, funniest guys I've ever met\".\n\nAnd Tim Burgess from The Charlatans wrote he was \"shocked and saddened to hear that cosmic traveller Andrew Weatherall has left the building\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Andy Bell This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 Gilles Peterson This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 Tim Burgess This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTrainspotting author Irvine Welsh, who was once described as the \"poet laureate of the chemical generation\", said he was \"absolutely distraught\" by the news.\n\n\"Andrew was a longtime friend, collaborator and one of most talented persons I've known. Also one of the nicest. Genius is an overworked term but I'm struggling to think of anything else that defines him.\"\n\nWeatherall's family released a statement on Tuesday, thanking fans and friends for their messages.\n\n\"Lizzie, Bob and Ian would like to thank everybody quite literally everywhere for their lovely messages and tributes to Andrew,\" read the statement.\n\n\"We know what a special person he was and are overwhelmed at the number of people who knew this too… and to hear their stories and how he influenced them is a real joy at such a raw and dreadful time.\n\n\"Please do what he would have wanted… creating, listening, dancing, but above all pushing boundaries.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Megan Newton's grandmother said her death had \"wiped out that spark in our lives\"\n\nA man who raped and murdered a youth football coach who had given him a place to sleep has been jailed.\n\nMegan Newton, 18, was found dead in her bedsit in Fletcher Road, Stoke-on-Trent, on 20 April.\n\nJoseph Trevor, of Trentham, pleaded guilty to her murder and two additional charges of rape on what was to be the first day of his trial.\n\nThe 19-year-old was handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 21 years and 65 days.\n\nHe was also placed on the sex offenders' register indefinitely.\n\nJudge Michael Chambers QC said Trevor, the son of a retired Staffordshire Police officer, carried out a \"brutal and sustained attack, conducted in a most callous way in her own home\".\n\nWhen Trevor learned Miss Newton's body had been discovered by a neighbour, he confided to his family that he had \"done something bad\" and was later arrested, Staffordshire Police said.\n\nJoseph Trevor, formerly of Danebower Road, admitted murder and two charges of rape\n\nStafford Crown Court heard that Miss Newton, who knew Trevor from school, had, as an \"act of kindness\", given him a place to sleep.\n\nProsecutor Adrian Keeling QC said she had invited him back \"because he got so drunk on drink and drugs he could not face going home to his parents\".\n\n\"He raped her, strangled her unconscious and then stabbed her in the back eight times,\" he said.\n\nYouth football coach and self-described \"sports fanatic\" Miss Newton was applying to become the first of her family to go to university.\n\nShe intended to pursue a career in physiotherapy or sports therapy and had been working towards her level one Football Association coaching badge.\n\nMiss Newton had also spent time volunteering with Norton Wanderers FC in Stoke and been instrumental in fundraising for training and match kits.\n\nFloral tributes were left outside Miss Newton's flat in Fletcher Road\n\nIn a tribute read in court on behalf of the family, Miss Newton's grandmother Beryl Smith said: \"Megan's death has wiped out that spark in our lives.\n\n\"We're heartbroken and always will remain so.\"\n\nShe said Miss Newton's mother Sarah felt she had a \"best friend\" in her daughter but had lost the promise of her life and future grandchildren.\n\nMiss Newton's father Michael Baggaley said: \"The thought of never seeing her beautiful smile or hearing her voice again breaks my heart.\n\n\"How could this happen to such an amazing, caring, kind, loving, funny young lady. This is something I will never understand and get over.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Jake Paul has been heavily criticised after telling Twitter followers to \"remember anxiety is created by you\".\n\nHis comments provoked a strong reaction online, where people suffering from anxiety condemned the \"dangerous\" advice.\n\nOthers sarcastically thanked him for his suggestions.\n\nThe YouTuber, who has close to 20 million subscribers on the video-sharing platform, subsequently deleted his tweet.\n\n\"Remember anxiety is created by you,\" Paul wrote.\n\n\"Sometimes you gotta let life play out and remind yourself to be happy and that the answers will come.\n\n\"Chill your mind out. Go for a walk. Talk to a friend.\"\n\nThe remarks triggered an immediate response. Thousands of social media users propelled Jake Paul, who has recently started selling subscriptions to a \"financial freedom movement\", into the top trending terms 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 taylor nicole dean This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 shared experiences of their own mental health conditions being dismissed.\n\nNatalie Tran, an Australian YouTuber who has spoken publicly about her own mental health struggles, recalled an incident in which her obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) had been brushed off.\n\n\"I tried to talk to someone... about my OCD and he told me that he didn't want to listen because what had happened, according to him, was that the people in my life had spoiled me,\" she tweeted.\n\n\"That's what my OCD was.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Colleen Ballinger🎗 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 was what made \"flippant\" comments about anxiety so damaging, mental health campaigner and writer Lucy Nichol, who herself has an anxiety disorder, told BBC News.\n\n\"Because we can relate some day-to-day things to mental health conditions like anxiety, it's quite easy to be dismissive,\" she said.\n\n\"I've had years and years of therapy. I've been taking anti-depressants. I've had to take beta blockers when it's been really bad.\n\n\"One of my worst ever panic attacks occurred when I woke up at 03:00. Within about 30 seconds, I had a very bad panic attack.\n\n\"I thought I was going to die. It took about one and a half to two hours. It doesn't help to be told to chill out.\"\n\n\"It's one of the stereotypes about anxiety that I detest.\n\n\"If someone experiences very severe anxiety and sees those sorts of comments, they might not seek help.\"\n\nAnxiety can cause many different symptoms. It might affect how you feel physically, mentally and how you behave.\n\nAnd it is not always easy to recognise when anxiety is the reason you are feeling or acting differently.\n\nAccording to Anxiety UK, anxiety is one of the most prevalent mental health conditions in the UK - one in five people will experience an anxiety condition.\n\n\"Everyone regularly experiences anxiety to some degree,\" a representative said.\n\n\"When anxiety symptoms become too strong, however, a normal, natural response can develop into an anxiety condition or disorder.\n\n\"It is important not to generalise about support as there are many different avenues of support when it comes to anxiety, from self-help techniques and peer support to more professional services that can be accessed both through your GP and privately.\"\n\nIn a later tweet, Paul said he had also suffered from anxiety and had been \"spreading more awareness\".\n\n\"Everyone [is] clowning my tweet,\" he wrote.\n\n\"I didn't even know [anxiety] was a thing until I was 18 but [I have] had it my whole life and never knew how to deal with it.\"\n\nJake Paul and his brother Logan Paul have both built huge online followings.\n\nIn 2018, Logan apologised after posting a video showing the body of an apparent suicide victim in Japan.", "The European Union has added the Cayman Islands, a UK overseas territory, to its tax havens blacklist.\n\nIt joins Oman, Fiji and Vanuatu, which have also been accused of failing to crack down on tax abuse.\n\nOxfam, which lobbies for tax reform, said the EU's move was \"encouraging\" but many more places should be blacklisted.\n\nAs well as the Cayman Islands, additions this year include Panama, Palau and the Seychelles.\n\nThe EU said the Cayman Islands, which has no income tax, capital gains tax or corporation tax, does not have \"appropriate measures\" in place to prevent tax abuse, allowing firms to register there despite having minimal presence in the territory.\n\nThe jurisdiction was previously on a ''grey list'' that gave it time to introduce new laws to tackle tax deficiencies. But it did not implement the \"economic substance\" reforms by the deadline as promised, the EU said.\n\nCayman Islands' Premier, Alden McLaughlin, said the government has approved many reforms sought by the EU and has already contacted the EU about the process of being removed from the blacklist.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Hon. Alden McLaughlin, MBE, JP This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 lobby group for the Cayman financial services industry said it is hopeful a reversal will happen in the \"not too distant future\".\n\nThe Cayman Islands is the first UK territory to be added to the EU blacklist.\n\nBlacklisted countries face difficulties accessing EU funding programmes, while European companies doing business in those jurisdictions have to take additional compliance measures.\n\nThe list, which the EU started in 2017 to put pressure on countries to crack down on tax havens and unfair competition, included 15 countries in 2018 but has shrunk.\n\nOfficials said that Turkey, which is currently on the \"grey\" list, would not be moved to the blacklist despite concerns about its information sharing with some EU member states.\n\nOxfam, which has campaigned on tax, said other British territories, such as the British Virgin Islands, deserve to be added to the list, as do some places within the EU.\n\n\"While it is encouraging that the Cayman Islands has finally been added to the blacklist, the list itself still proves wholly inadequate,\" the organisation said.\n\n\"The EU needs to strengthen its blacklisting criteria, put its own house in order and push for an ambitious and effective minimum tax rate at global level.\"", "An average swarm can destroy crops sufficient to feed 2,500 people for a year, according to the FAO\n\nSwarms of desert locusts that have been devouring crops and pasture in the East Africa region have spread to South Sudan, the UN food agency says.\n\nSeveral million South Sudanese are already facing hunger as the country struggles to emerge from a civil war.\n\nThe UN has warned that a food crisis could be looming in East Africa if the outbreak is not brought under control.\n\nThe US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has pledged $8m (£6m) to help fight the invasion on his visit to Africa.\n\nMr Pompeo was speaking after talks with Abiy Ahmed, the prime minister of Ethiopia, which along with Somalia, Kenya and Uganda, has been hit by the pests.\n\nThe invasion is the worst infestation in Kenya for 70 years and the worst in Somalia and Ethiopia for 25 years.\n\nEfforts to control the locust infestation have so far not been effective. Aerial spraying of pesticides is the most effective way of fighting the swarms but countries in the region do not have the right resources.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThere are now fears that the locusts - already in the hundreds of billions - will multiply further.\n\nThe Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said about 2,000 adult insects had entered South Sudan via Uganda into the southern county of Magwi.\n\n\"These are deep yellow, which means that they will be here mostly looking at areas in which they will lay eggs,\" the AFP news agency quotes FAO South Sudan representative Meshack Malo as saying.\n\nAgriculture Minister Onyoti Adigo Nyikuac said the government was training people to spray.\n\n\"Also we need chemicals for spraying and also sprayers. You will also need cars to move while spraying and then later if it becomes worse, we will need aircraft,\" he said, AFP reports.\n\nAbout 60% of South Sudan's population is facing food insecurity - and destruction of harvests by locusts could lead to a drop in nutrition levels in children, rights group Save the Children warns.\n\nEven without the locusts, the charity expects that more than 1.3 million children aged under five will suffer from acute malnutrition this year.\n\nThe FAO says the insects, which eat their own body weight in food every day, are breeding so fast that numbers could grow 500 times by June.\n\nThe UN body last week called on the international community to provide nearly $76m (£58m) to fund the spraying of the affected areas with insecticide.\n\nSomalia has declared a national emergency in response to the crisis.\n\nThe Ethiopian government has called for \"immediate action\" to deal with the problem affecting four of the country's nine states.\n\nKenya has deployed aircrafts to spray pesticides in several regions and its Agriculture Minister Peter Munya said on Monday that the invasion was \"under control\".\n\nMeanwhile, Uganda has deployed soldiers to the northern regions to spray pesticides in the affected areas.\n\nThe locust swarms entered Africa from Yemen three months ago.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Keith Farquharson claimed his wife's death was an accident\n\nA former police inspector has been found guilty of murdering his wife in Aberdeen.\n\nKeith Farquharson, 60, claimed his 56-year-old wife Alice died by accident, following a struggle in bed in August last year.\n\nThe former traffic officer, who retired from the police in 2010, told the High Court in Glasgow he had put his hand over her mouth to stop her screaming.\n\nHowever, the jury found him guilty of murder. Sentence was deferred.\n\nFarquharson had admitted having affairs with three women and said his wife of 33 years - a pupil support assistant at Hazlehead Primary School - did not trust him.\n\nAfter her death he initially claimed he heard a noise while in the shower that morning, then found his wife lying in the room. But he later admitted the claim was not true.\n\nEmergency services were called to Angusfield Avenue last August\n\nFarquharson told the trial that he had continued with the lie because he was \"in a state of shock\".\n\nHe said: \"I felt guilty and did not want my family to know.\"\n\nDetectives initially treated Alice's death as \"non-suspicious\", but one officer pushed for further inquiries.\n\nThe findings of a post-mortem examination eventually led to the death being treated as murder.\n\nIn 1998, Farquharson had been fined £500 for breach of the peace after admitting sending an obscene poem to a young female constable. He was demoted from inspector to constable after the case.\n\nIn a statement following the verdict, Alice's family said: \"She was an incredibly kind and caring person, with a great love for life and the people in it.\n\n\"She was always thinking of others and put everyone else before herself.\n\n\"Our family will never be the same again and we cannot begin to describe the devastating impact this tragedy has had on us.\"\n\nAlice Farquharson was described as a \"kind and caring person\"\n\nDet Insp Gary Winter said Keith Farquharson had deceived paramedics, police officers, his friends and his own family on the day of Alice's death.\n\n\"Alice's children have had to sit through days of harrowing evidence in court over the last week, as well as having to give evidence themselves,\" he added.\n\n\"I can't begin to imagine how difficult this has been, in addition to dealing with the devastating impact this incident has had on their family.\n\n\"Although today's verdict can't change what happened, I hope the outcome gives them some sense of justice for their mum.\"\n\nFarquharson will be sentenced on 23 March.", "The Scottish Police Authority said the deficit of £49m will create huge challenges for the force\n\nPolice Scotland is facing an \"unsustainable\" financial deficit, despite receiving more money than expected in this month's budget.\n\nThe Scottish budget allocated an extra £37m to the force, almost double what it had expected.\n\nBut the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) said that still leaves an unsustainable deficit of £49m.\n\nThe concerns are detailed in a paper, which will be discussed at an SPA meeting in Stirling on Wednesday.\n\nReducing police officer numbers, which has been discussed, might help cut costs.\n\nBut vice-chairman David Crichton said the cash allocated for capital programmes - IT, vehicles and buildings - is not enough to provide investment to achieve efficiencies.\n\nHe calls for new approaches to non-police work, such as officers helping people in mental health distress, to help maintain core services.\n\nMr Crichton paper's, published ahead of the meeting, states: \"Having focused on the budget challenge at our last authority meeting, I do want to acknowledge a settlement that is better than might have been expected.\n\n\"However, we still have a responsibility to report that the policing budget remains in deficit and that this is unsustainable going forward.\n\n\"Neither the reduction in officer numbers nor the increased funding required to eliminate the deficit will be acceptable or practicable in the short to medium-term.\n\n\"The authority will therefore continue to pursue and advocate for changes that enable the deficit to be reduced.\"\n\nThe report states the service needs to see \"faster and more effective transformational change, more robust demand and productivity analysis and detailed workforce planning\".\n\nMr Crichton acknowledged the force has already achieved a great deal in delivering savings and efficiencies but stressed it will be a \"constant process\".\n\nHe added: \"The anticipated capital allocation, while welcome, will not support the full scope of new investment required to achieve greater efficiencies and improved services.\n\n\"And across the wider public service system the level of failure demand which ultimately falls on police officers to resolve, for example in supporting individuals in mental health distress, will continue to draw on resources unless more creative approaches to funding and partnership working across all services are developed.\n\n\"These challenges will continue to drive much of the authority's priorities.\"\n\nLast month, Nicola Sturgeon and Scottish Conservatives leader Jackson Carlaw clashed over police funding at First Minister's Questions.\n\nThe meeting will also discuss the cost of policing the UN climate change conference in Glasgow in November, which has now been estimated at £250m.", "People were rescued by boat from their flooded homes in Hereford on Monday\n\nMore floods have hit towns as extreme weather brought by Storm Dennis continues to cause widespread damage.\n\nResidents have been advised to leave their homes in parts of Worcestershire as the River Severn burst its banks.\n\nMore than 200 flood warnings are in place across England, Wales and Scotland, including nine severe - or \"danger to life\" - warnings for the rivers Lugg, Severn, Wye and Trent.\n\nA body has been found after a woman was swept away in Worcestershire.\n\nYvonne Booth, 55, was swept into floodwater after her car became stuck near Tenbury Wells, West Mercia Police said.\n\nHer family said in a statement: \"Yvonne is a very much loved member of our family and we are all devastated by this news.\"\n\nYvonne Booth pictured with her late husband and her son\n\nEmergency service workers in boats had to rescue residents in Hereford as the River Wye rose to its highest level on record.\n\nPeople also had to be rescued in Shrewsbury after the River Severn burst its banks.\n\nBBC correspondent Phil Mackie, who was in Upton upon Severn, said it is believed defences built after the 2007 floods could be breached overnight.\n\nTwo of the seven severe warnings in England on Monday evening were for Uckinghall and Upton upon Severn - where residents were advised to evacuate their homes.\n\nThere were two severe warnings in Wales for the River Wye at Monmouth - where homes have been evacuated - and no severe warnings in Scotland, as of 21:00 GMT.\n\nEnvironment Secretary George Eustice told the BBC the government \"can't protect every home\" and defended its response to the storm.\n\nYvonne Booth was swept into floodwater near Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire\n\nTravel continues to be disrupted across the UK, with some A-roads closed and train lines disrupted.\n\nThe Environment Agency said more than 480 properties had been flooded after the storm brought torrential rain and strong winds.\n\nJohn Curtin, the Environment Agency's head of floods and coastal management, said on Twitter that number was \"likely to rise\" - but indicated figures were lower than those for Storm Ciara earlier this month.\n\nFurther heavy rain is forecast later in the week.\n\nRachel Cox's home is one of more than 100 flooded homes in Nantgarw, near Cardiff\n\nSeveral schools have been closed and roads remain blocked by floods and landslips.\n\nThe South Wales valleys saw the highest water levels for more than 40 years over the weekend - an \"unprecedented\" scale of flooding, according to Natural Resources Wales.\n\nJeanette Cox said the only surviving object on the bottom floor of her home the village of Nantgarw, near Cardiff, was a wedding photograph of her and her late husband.\n\nMrs Cox, 68, said it was \"terrifying\" to discover water at the bottom of the stairs in the early hours of Sunday morning.\n\nShe and her daughter Rachel were evacuated from their home but returned on Monday to assess the scale of the damage.\n\n\"The water has moved things I didn't think could move. I think there are just two cupboards standing - the rest is gone,\" Mrs Cox said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Residents were rescued from their homes by boat in Hereford on Monday\n\nA relief centre for displaced residents has been set up at the high school in the town, where around 130 properties were evacuated on Sunday.\n\nResponse teams worked into the early hours of Monday to rescue stranded residents from their homes by boat.\n\nThe county council has warned more evacuations could be necessary.\n\nA rescue boat takes residents to safety in Nantgarw, near Cardiff\n\nIn Staffordshire, serious flooding cause a youth climate strike conference to be called off.\n\nThe first ever national conference was due to start on Sunday afternoon, with delegates travelling from across the UK.\n\nBut police advised the event should be cancelled after heavy rain made roads around the venue impassable, the UK Student Climate Network said.\n\nSophia Coningham, 15, from London, said there was a \"bleak irony\" in their efforts to highlight climate change being hindered by this week's dramatic weather.\n\nA car park was flooded in York after the River Ouse burst its banks\n\nIn York, the River Ouse reached 4.41m above its normal level.\n\nThousands of sandbags have been placed around vulnerable properties nearby, but the Environment Agency has said the situation in the city is \"improving\".\n\nEnvironment Secretary Mr Eustice said about £2.5bn has been spent on tackling extreme weather conditions since 2015 and £4bn has been allocated for the next five years.\n\nHe added that convening Cobra, the government's emergency committee, was not needed \"at this point\". A Cobra meeting was held when parts of the UK saw flooding in the run-up to the 2019 general election.\n\nDowning Street said Prime Minister Boris Johnson will receive \"regular updates\" on the flooding, which it described as \"terrible\".\n\nLuke Pollard, shadow environment secretary, said it was a \"disgrace\" that Mr Johnson had not visited affected communities.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Welsh residents are trying to clean up the substantial damage left in the wake of the storm\n\nThe government has activated an emergency funding scheme for areas affected by the flooding, which include parts of Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, Worcestershire and Herefordshire.\n\nUnder the Bellwin scheme, local authorities can apply for the government to reimburse non-insurable costs above a certain threshold, which has not been specified.\n\nBedford Road car park in Guildford, Surrey, was also flooded\n\nA record number of flood warnings and alerts were issued for England on Sunday, according to the Environment Agency's Mr Curtin.\n\nHe said \"the saturated ground conditions\" left by Storm Ciara earlier in the month had contributed to the severe floods caused by Storm Dennis.\n\nMajor incidents were declared in south Wales and parts of England, as parts of the UK were buffeted by gusts of more than 90mph.\n\nMore than a month's worth of rain fell in 48 hours in places.\n\nFlights and train services were cancelled and roads closed, while emergency centres were set up for those who had to leave their homes.\n\nFor more information, check the BBC Weather website and your BBC Local Radio station for regular updates.\n\nHave you been affected by Storm Dennis? 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:", "'Vicky' discovered allegations of her conception by rape from social workers\n\nA man has been arrested on suspicion of rape and released on bail, in the case of a woman who claims her own birth is proof her father was a rapist.\n\n\"Vicky\" alleges her birth mother was a 13-year-old when she was raped by a family friend who was in his 30s.\n\nShe believes DNA testing would enable police to formally identify him.\n\nThe police force investigating told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme it would now seek the advice of the CPS.\n\nVicky said it was \"positive that things have progressed\".\n\nVicky - not her real name - was adopted in the 1970s, at seven months old.\n\nAt the age of 18, she began searching for her birth mother and discovered from a social worker and her social services records, that her conception was alleged to be a result of rape.\n\n\"It made me feel angry, devastated for my birth mum. For me,\" she said.\n\nVicky managed to reunite with her birth mother and, years later, as historical sex abuse cases began to be covered by news outlets in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal, decided to act.\n\nVicky had argued police could use DNA evidence and the social services files that contain the allegations to pursue a prosecution.\n\nBut she said she was told by police that she was \"not the alleged victim\", and so no case could be brought.\n\n\"I wanted justice for my mum, I wanted justice for me,\" she said.\n\nShe added that she welcomed the recent arrest, and wants the definition of a victim to be reviewed to potentially include people conceived by rape.\n\n\"I'm still determined to get things changed, so that others don't go through what I've been through,\" she said.\n\nFollow the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme on Facebook and Twitter - and see more of our stories here.\n• None 'I am DNA proof my father is a rapist'", "Michel Barnier is the EU's chief negotiator for Brexit\n\nThe UK cannot have the same trade deal with the EU as Canada, according to the bloc's chief negotiator.\n\nMichel Barnier said the EU was ready to offer an \"ambitious partnership\" with the UK post-Brexit, but its \"particular proximity\" meant it would be different.\n\nIt comes after the UK's chief negotiator, David Frost, made a speech in Brussels calling for a \"Canada-Free Trade Agreement-type relationship\".\n\nThe two sides are due to start negotiations next month.\n\nThe UK left the EU on 31 January and is now in a transition period - following the majority of the bloc's rules - while a post-Brexit trade deal is hammered out.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has put a deadline of 31 December on agreeing a plan, saying he will not extend the transition period beyond then.\n\nOn his first speech about the trade deal since his general election win, Mr Johnson said he wanted to pursue a model similar to that of Canada's, which took seven years to negotiate.\n\nUnder the agreement, import tariffs on most goods have been eliminated between the two countries, though there are still customs and VAT checks.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. PM: We want a Canada-style deal with the EU\n\nBut speaking to reporters as he arrived at the European Parliament, Mr Barnier cast doubt on the possibility.\n\n\"We remain ready to offer the UK an ambitious partnership,\" he said.\n\n\"A trade agreement that includes in particular fishing and includes a level playing field, with a country that has a very particular proximity - a unique territorial and economic closeness - which is why it can't be compared to Canada or South Korea or Japan.\"\n\nMr Barnier said the EU remained \"ready to work very quickly with the UK\" on the basis of the agreement with Mr Johnson ahead of Brexit, adding: \"We remain ready to propose this partnership if the UK wants it.\"\n\nThis is all about what's known as the level playing field.\n\nThe UK and the EU will become economic competitors, as well as partners, and level playing field rules are about how fair that competition is going to be.\n\nAlmost all trade agreements include them to some degree, but the EU is demanding particularly strict rules because the UK is a major economy right on its doorstep - therefore a bigger potential competitor than a country like Canada.\n\nThe EU wants a common set of rules on things like workers' rights, the environmental regulations that businesses have to follow, and, in particular, state aid (or support, including subsidies) for business.\n\nIt says it will refuse to give British companies tariff-free access to its single market if those companies also have the ability to undercut their rivals based in the EU.\n\nBut the British response, as articulated by David Frost on Thursday, is that the freedom to diverge from EU rules is the whole point of Brexit.\n\nWe're going to have high standards, the UK insists, but they won't be your standards.\n\nThe EU says a promise isn't good enough, and that's the argument we're going to see playing out over the coming months.\n\nSpeaking in Brussels on Thursday, Mr Frost said the UK \"must have the ability to set laws that suit us\" and not be subject to rulings from European courts.\n\nHe reiterated Mr Johnson's desire for a Canada-type agreement and said if it could not be agreed, the UK would trade on the basic international terms it currently follows with Australia.\n\nMr Frost said the UK will set out more details of its vision for the future relationship with the EU next week.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. David Kenyan and Libby Jackson describe the importance of the antenna\n\nThe UK's first industrial contribution to the International Space Station (ISS) was delivered on Tuesday.\n\nThe communications antenna is part of a consignment of supplies that arrived on a Cygnus freighter.\n\nMade by MDA UK, the Columbus Ka-band (COLKa) Terminal will enable astronauts to connect with scientists and family on Earth at home broadband speeds.\n\nThe equipment will be fixed to the exterior of Europe's ISS science module in a few weeks' time.\n\nThis should improve substantially on current arrangements for radio links.\n\n\"At the moment, the communications from Columbus go through the American data relay satellites, but those satellites are prioritised for US use. This gives Europe some independence,\" David Kenyon, the managing director of Oxfordshire-based MDA UK, told BBC News.\n\nThe Columbus lab is currently going through an upgrade programme\n\nAlthough Britain was an original signatory to the 1998 treaty that brought the International Space Station into being, the country never got involved in building the platform.\n\nIndeed, it pretty much walked away from the project right at the outset, preferring to spend its civil space budget in other areas of space exploration.\n\nIt wasn't until 2012 that the UK signalled a reversal in policy by lodging new funds that year at the European Space Agency's (Esa) Ministerial Council meeting in Naples.\n\nThis money not only paved the way for British astronaut Tim Peake to visit the ISS in 2015/16 but it set in motion the industrial opportunity that's ultimately resulted in the COLKa contribution.\n\nThe new fridge-sized terminal will route video, voice and data to the ground through satellites that are actually higher in the sky than the ISS.\n\nThe astronauts will video call scientists to discuss Columbus-run experiments\n\nOn occasions, these will continue to be the nodes in the American Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS), but the capacity is now there to go through a European alternative as well.\n\nThe European Data Relay System (EDRS) only has one satellite operating at the moment but will soon have a second.\n\nThis will afford the possibility of tens of minutes of dedicated, high-bandwidth connectivity for the Columbus lab on every 90-minute orbit of the Earth made by the station.\n\nAstronauts are expected to use COLKa to video-call scientists who have experiments running on the ISS, and to make \"welfare\" connections with family and friends on Earth.\n\nLibby Jackson, the human exploration programme manager at the UK Space Agency, said scientists in particular would be delighted with the new connection.\n\n\"The amount of science data that's been able to come down has been quite limited,\" she told BBC News.\n\n\"Scientists have been having to wait months for all their images, all of the science data to arrive on hard disks - never mind 'dial up speeds'. It's sort of like waiting for the old floppy disks to arrive in the post. This is going to really allow those scientists to get the data in real time.\"\n\nMDA UK assembled the terminal at its facility on the Harwell space campus using components from Italy, Canada, Norway, Belgium, France, and Germany.\n\nBritain lodged further funds at the most recent Esa Ministerial Council in Seville, Spain, so that its home industry could be involved in the construction of the forthcoming lunar space station.\n\nKnown as the Gateway, this American-led platform will support astronauts on the Moon's surface. The UK is once again seeking a communications role for its companies.\n\nAn ISS robotic arm captured the Cygnus freighter at 09:05 GMT, prior to the manoeuvre that would pull the vehicle into a berthing position. COLKa will be stored aboard the platform for a few weeks before being bolted to the exterior of Columbus in a spacewalk.\n\nJonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos", "Lewis Capaldi is expected to take top honours at the Brit Awards on Tuesday, with wins predicted in major categories including best male and best single.\n\nThe Scottish star will also perform at the ceremony, after a year in which he scored the best-selling single and album in the UK.\n\nHis main competition comes from London-born rapper Dave, whose frank and confessional debut album Psychodrama won last year's Mercury Prize.\n\nBoth artists are up for four awards.\n\nBut most pundits agree Capaldi will be rewarded for the success of his breakout song, Someone You Loved, and the multi-platinum sales of his debut album, Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent.\n\n\"I'm just going to turn up, watch Lewis Capaldi win everything and then go home,\" joked Sam Fender, who's nominated against Capaldi in the best new artist category.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat, Fender acknowledged he'd beaten Capaldi in the Critics' Choice category last year, but said he didn't expect a repeat performance.\n\n\"I think they gave me that award last year because they could see 2020 coming,\" he said. \"They were like 'Oh Lewis Capaldi's going to win everything next year.'\n\nCapaldi does face stiff competition in almost every category, though.\n\nTwo-time Brit Award-winner Stormzy arrives at the Brits after a triumphant 2019 which saw him headline Glastonbury and enter the charts at number two with his second album, Heavy Is The Head.\n\nNotably, his record was released in the same week as the Brits' academy cast their votes, meaning his music will have been prominent in critics' minds as they selected this year's winners.\n\nHarry Styles' second album, Fine Line, was also released to coincide with the voting window and also makes it into the best album shortlist - making him the first member of One Direction to receive that accolade.\n\nBut Capaldi's biggest challenger is Dave - whose thought-provoking record Psychodrama was hailed as \"the boldest and best British rap album in a generation\" by The Guardian.\n\nDave's album Psychodrama has already won the Mercury Music Prize\n\nIf he wins album of the year, the 21-year-old, from Brixton, will become only the second artist to win both a Brit and Mercury Prize for the same record. Arctic Monkeys previously did the double with Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not.\n\nIn the international categories, Billie Eilish could easily repeat her victory at the Grammys by taking home the best female prize.\n\nThe star is also set to give the first performance of her James Bond theme, No Time To Die, accompanied by ex-Smiths' guitarist Johnny Marr and a 22-piece orchestra.\n\n\"I'm so scared, because we've never performed it, ever,\" she told BBC Breakfast. \"I'm hitting a note I've never hit before. I'm scared.\"\n\nOther performances on the night will come from Harry Styles, Lizzo, Stormzy, Mabel and Rod Stewart - who's reuniting with the surviving members of The Faces to close the show.\n\nSoul newcomer Celeste, who won the Brits' rising star award, will also give her first live TV performance, playing the heart-rending ballad Strange - a moment that could rival Adele's career-changing performance of Someone Like You in 2011.\n\nThe ceremony takes place at London's O2 Arena, with comedian Jack Whitehall hosting for the third year running. It will be broadcast live on ITV from 20:00 GMT.\n\nThe awards have been criticised for a lack of diversity, with only four women nominated across the four categories open to both male and female artists - best group, best new artist, best song and album of the year.\n\nTwo of those nominations go to the same person, pop singer Mabel, while the remaining two, for Miley Cyrus and Normani, are guest vocalists on songs by Mark Ronson and Sam Smith.\n\nGeoff Taylor, chief executive of the Brits, defended the choice of nominees, saying there had been \"a lot of success for male acts in 2019\", particularly in the male-dominated grime and hip-hop genres.\n\n\"That is different to 2018. We had a really strong showing from female [nominees] last year with the same [gender] balance in the academy. So last year it was all about Dua Lipa, Anne-Marie, Jorja Smith, Florence [+ The Machine] and Jess Glynne,\" he told Music Week magazine.\n\n\"This year we've got a strong set of releases from male artists. When you look at the album of the year nominees, they all released absolutely fantastic records.\n\n\"We have an academy that's made up equally of men and women, and that academy decided that these were the best releases of this particular year.\n\n\"We need to respect that. They have decided that, creatively, these were the best records. We have to respect the views of a 50-50 academy, and we have to reflect what's going on in music.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The 40th Brit Awards is taking place at London's O2 Arena on Tuesday evening.\n\nThe best of Britain's musical talent and some top international stars have dressed up for the occasion, as ever.\n\nA few of them no doubt are acting up too, if recent history is anything to go by.\n\nBefore the prizes were dished out, here's how they were looking on arrival.\n\nLewis Capaldi was the main man to watch, as he was up for four awards, including best male and best single.\n\nThe Scottish star also performed at the ceremony.\n\nHe made some peace signs at photographers as he strolled down the red carpet this evening in a bright blue shirt jacket.\n\nHis main competition, in both the fashion and music prize stakes, came from London rapper Dave, whose debut album Psychodrama won last year's Mercury Prize.\n\nFun fact: winning album of the year would make the 21-year-old only the second artist, after the Arctic Monkeys, to win both a Brit and Mercury Prize for the same record.\n\nLike Lewis, Dave was up for four awards. He was looking like a real sharp-shooter in that suit jacket.\n\nBillie Eilish was set to perform her new James Bond theme, No Time to Die, for the first time live at the Brits.\n\nShe went almost full Burberry for her arrival and gave the cameras a thousand yard stare that any Bond villain would be proud of.\n\nThe 18-year-old was also nominated for best international female, alongside another US pop sensation...\n\n...And that's Lizzo, sporting a triple bun hairstyle and a chocolate-wrapper dress.\n\nLizzo and Billie were up against Ariana Grande, Camila Cabello and Lana Del Rey in a crowded field of superstars.\n\nIt's unlikely to faze either of them though, we reckon.\n\nThe Brits have been criticised for a lack of diversity this year, with only four women nominated across the four categories open to both male and female artists - best group, best new artist, best song and album of the year.\n\nStormzy had his cricket whites on tonight, in case an impromptu game breaks out.\n\nHe's won Brit awards before and delivered a moment to remember in 2018, with his rain-drenched bare-chested attack on the government over their response to the Grenfell Tower fire.\n\nThe grime MC told Radio 1's Nick Grimshaw it's still \"weird\" having his picture taken by loads of photographers.\n\n\"You feel like you're getting attacked with flashing lights and cameras,\" he said.\n\n\"If you see me on the red carpet, it's not elegant.\"\n\nNewsbeat reporter Sinead Garvin begged to differ, saying Stormzy - up for three awards, including best album - looked and smelled \"delightful\". We can't confirm or deny that.\n\nTom Walker arrived in his signature hipster woolly hat rolled up above the ears and his shirt and tie.\n\nHe also had his shirt un-tucked so let's hope the hallway monitors weren't lurking around or he wouldn't have been let in.\n\nWhich would be a shame as his track Just You And I was up for best song.\n\nShe made the headlines herself recently when she took over Love Island presenting duties from Caroline Flack, and this week paid tribute to her late friend live on her BBC Radio 5 live show.\n\nBBC Sound of 2020 winner Celeste was channelling her inner Elizabeth Taylor and told BBC Radio 5 Live's Colin Paterson she was feeling \"incredible\".\n\nShe was in the comfortable position of knowing she's got the rising star award already in the bag, but was slightly nervier about the prospect of performing her breakthrough track, Strange.\n\n\"This will be the first time ever that I've performed in front of this many people,\" she said.\n\nWe doubt it'll be the last.\n\nCeleste succeeds Sam Fender, who was named as the one to look out for last year.\n\nThis year he was up against the likes of his mate Lewis Capaldi in the best new act category.\n\nHe joked he was \"just going to turn up, watch Lewis Capaldi win everything and then go home\".\n\nThe Geordie rocker could well be right but at least he looked good in the pictures in that suit.\n\nIt has to be a loose fit, as The Happy Mondays once sang.\n\nBastille looked like they were in four different bands but somehow strangely pulled it off.\n\nThey were up for best British group, against Coldplay, Foals. Bring Me The Horizon and D-Block Europe.\n\nNewly-bleached blonde singer Dan Smith said they were ready to \"put on our best loser faces\".\n\nCome on lads, you'll never win anything with that attitude.\n\nBillie Eilish might be singing about Bond but Aitch could make a passable 007 himself in this get-up. Don't you think?\n\nThe north Manchester rapper was up for best new act, which he said he was excited about, despite the fact \"nothing much excites me\".\n\nHe did promise to bring some \"mad bars\" [lyrics] to our ears in 2020 though.\n\nHere are some more of the big names on the red carpet, so you have something to hand to your fashion adviser in the morning.\n\nHarry Styles paid tribute to the late Caroline Flack by wearing a black ribbon on his jacket on the red carpet.\n\nJoy Crookes, who was nominated for the rising star award, was dressed in a traditional south Asian dress so \"young girls can see someone who looks like their mum, their auntie, their gran on the red carpet at the Brits\".\n\nThe Brit Awards are on ITV from 20:00 GMT.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Private jet operators have seen a big spike in requests from passengers wanting to charter their own planes during the coronavirus outbreak.\n\nWith airlines scaling back flights in and out of China, some travellers are stuck inside or outside the country.\n\nThe wealthy ones are turning to private jet operators to ask them to arrange flights, despite the huge costs.\n\nBut the companies are having to turn them away due to travel bans and a lack of available planes and crews.\n\nAustralia-based Darin Voyles, of Paramount Business Jets, said the firm had seen a ''considerable uptick'' in requests, but the majority can't be filled as they can't get the crew or planes.\n\n\"Many simply do not want to send their aircraft and crews into mainland China. Aside from the risk of exposure for the crews, the operational and business concern is that when they return from mainland China they will essentially be unable to work for two weeks as they will have to go into quarantine immediately.''\n\nSingapore-based MyJet Asia said it has seen an increase of 80%-90% in the last month. \"A lot of people went away for Chinese New Year and are now struggling to get back to China,\" said Logan Ravishkansar, chief executive of MyJet Asia. Many have asked to be flown back to Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Footage appearing to show people held in quarantine in a makeshift facility in Wuhan, has been shared across social media\n\n\"But we are massively restricted on where we can fly to, while the airlines are not letting us charter their planes despite the money,\" he added.\n\nOther travellers are desperate to get out of China. A government client from South America asked PrivateFly, a global booking service for charter flights, ''to set up four flights out of Wuhan for hundreds of passengers,'' according to its chief executive Adam Twidell.\n\nThe UK-based firm said it has had plenty of other enquiries from private individuals and groups.\n\nA ''very light jet'' can take between two and four passengers, and costs up to $2,400 (£1,850) per hour according to Paramount Business Jets. A \"super midsize\" jet can seat between eight and 10 people and costs $6,000 an hour.\n\nGlobal private jet firm VistaJet said it has seen double digit growth in enquiries over the past month even though it has stopped operations to and from China.\n\n\"While a large portion of the increase can be related to Chinese New Year travel, we also attribute the growth to customers preferring a private flight rather than a commercial option during a delicate time affected by the coronavirus outbreak,\" said Ian Moore, chief commercial officer of VistaJet.\n\nMr Ravishkansar said it was much more straightforward to charter planes during the SARS outbreak of 2003: \"We also saw huge demand back then but it was a lot easier to fly in and out of countries. This time around, governments have put on more controls.\"\n• None How can I tell if I've got Covid?", "Angus Robertson was an MP from 2001 until 2017\n\nThe SNP's former leader at Westminster, Angus Robertson, has announced plans to contest the Holyrood seat held by Ruth Davidson.\n\nMr Robertson will seek the party's nomination to stand in Edinburgh Central at the 2021 election when Ms Davidson is expected to step down.\n\nThe ex-Moray MP told the Edinburgh Evening News he intends to overturn the Tories' 610-vote majority.\n\nMs Davidson took the seat from the SNP at the last Scottish election in 2016.\n\nBut in October she announced she was unlikely to seek re-election, two months after she quit as Scottish Conservative leader.\n\nSince then she accepted and then turned down a lucrative job with a lobbying firm and has been nominated for a seat in the House of Lords.\n\nRuth Davidson led the Scottish Conservatives from 2011 to 2019\n\nAnnouncing his intention to contest the seat, Mr Robertson accused Ms Davidson of putting \"other career interests in London ahead of the people she still represents at Holyrood\" and argued that constituents \"deserve better\".\n\nMr Robertson also highlighted his links to the capital, having grown up in Stockbridge.\n\nHe said: \"Edinburgh Central deserves a full-time MSP who will put the interests of their constituents first.\n\n\"At present, the heart of Scotland's capital city is represented by somebody who would prefer to be in the House of Lords and pursuing a career in public relations.\n\n\"Edinburgh Central needs an MSP that has a full-time commitment to their constituents and constituency, and the SNP needs a full-time candidate to win this important seat. I believe I am best placed to be that candidate.\n\n\"I will not pretend to constituents that I can be in two places at the same 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 Angus Robertson This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBefore becoming an MP in 2001, Mr Robertson worked as a journalist, including for the BBC World Service as a foreign correspondent.\n\nHe was elected MP for Moray in 2001 and was appointed as the SNP's defence and foreign affairs spokesman, a post he held for 14 years.\n\nMr Robertson led the party in the House of Commons from 2007 until he lost his Westminster seat to the Conservatives' Douglas Ross at the 2017 general election.\n\nHe has since worked as managing director of pro-independence think-tank and polling organisation Progress Scotland.\n\nBut Mr Robertson has long been linked with a return to frontline politics and has been tipped as a future SNP leader.", "The Boy Scouts of America has more than two million members\n\nThe Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has filed for bankruptcy protection in a move that the group says will allow it to build a compensation fund for sex abuse victims.\n\nThe move follows a number of lawsuits filed against the organisation over claims of sexual abuse, alleging it failed to prevent hundreds of cases.\n\nAs a result of the move, all civil lawsuits against it are put on hold.\n\nThe group is struggling with declining membership as well as abuse claims.\n\n\"The BSA cares deeply about all victims of abuse and sincerely apologises to anyone who was harmed during their time in scouting. We are outraged that there have been times when individuals took advantage of our programs to harm innocent children,\" chief executive Roger Mosby said in a statement.\n\nCourt papers filed in Delaware listed liabilities of up to $1bn (£768m) and assets of as much as $10bn, reports say.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boy Scouts of America: Why is it filing for bankruptcy?\n\nThe filing was made under Chapter 11 of the US bankruptcy code which allows the group to keep operating and pay its creditors over time.\n\nThe bankruptcy allows the organisation to bring all of the lawsuits into one court and try to negotiate a settlement, rather than using its funds to fight each case in court.\n\nThe group said it was setting up a trust fund to compensate victims.\n\n\"While we know nothing can undo the tragic abuse that victims suffered, we believe the Chapter 11 process - with the proposed trust structure - will provide equitable compensation to all victims while maintaining the BSA's important mission,\" Mr Mosby said in a statement.\n\nThe BSA has 261 councils which operate local troops and own assets including land in many states, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports. Tuesday's bankruptcy move is designed to protect those councils, which hold about 70% of all BSA assets, according to the WSJ.\n\nIn its statement, the BSA said the councils, which are legally separate and financially independent of the national organisation, had not filed for bankruptcy.\n\nOne of the largest non-profit youth organisations in the US, the BSA was founded 110 years ago\n\nEx-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is a former president of the BSA\n\nOther non-profit organisations facing multiple sexual abuse claims, including the Catholic Church and USA Gymnastics, have also sought bankruptcy protection in recent years in the face of sexual abuse lawsuits.\n\nThe BSA is facing hundreds of claims over sex abuse in several states.\n\nLast year, the Abused in Scouting group began advertising around the country and has since found nearly 2,000 people with complaints, including one in every state, the New York Times reports.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why it can take sexual assault allegations years to come out", "Khawaja Anwar was admitted to the Royal Liverpool University Hospital after a fall\n\nA hospital has apologised to the family of a dementia patient who was \"left for hours in his own urine and faeces\".\n\nKhawaja Anwar, 82, was admitted to the Royal Liverpool University Hospital on 3 February after a fall in which he broke two bones in his pelvis.\n\nHis family complained over Mr Anwar's \"unacceptable\" lack of care and said he was \"humiliated\" by some carers.\n\nThe hospital said \"patient care is our top priority\" and is investigating.\n\nMr Anwar's wife Nargis made a formal complaint to the hospital after she noticed the conditions her husband had to sleep in.\n\nShe said: \"The physio came and started to help him to move him so he could sit on the edge of the before standing him up.\n\nAamer Anwar, pictured with his family, and father in the foreground\n\n\"I saw dry excrement on his gown and it was clear it had been there for some time. I told the nurse that he is wet and dirty and needs cleaning.\"\n\nMr Anwar's son, Aamer, told the Local Democracy Reporting Service that the standard of care given to his father was \"simply unacceptable\".\n\n\"There was another occasion where my father vomited and the auxiliary nurse just sat and watched and did nothing to help my mother clean him up.\n\n\"Just because somebody gets old and lies in a bed and might get dementia doesn't mean that they don't know how people are dealing with them.\"\n\nHe added: \"The NHS is under real pressure, people do very difficult jobs in difficult circumstances, but what these individual members of staff failed to do was a betrayal to the NHS and the values it's supposed to represent.\"\n\nColin Hont, deputy chief nurse, said: \"I have personally spoken to Mr Anwar's family about the concerns they have raised and given them our sincere apologies.\n\n\"Patient care is our top priority. We have taken steps to address the family's areas of concern and have put in place a detailed care plan for Mr Anwar.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nManchester United closed in on the Champions League places with victory over Chelsea as Frank Lampard's side were left with a sense of injustice after contentious video assistant referee decisions went against them.\n\nUnited closed to within three points of Chelsea in fourth place with headed goals either side of the interval from Anthony Martial and Harry Maguire at Stamford Bridge.\n\nMartial glanced in Aaron Wan-Bissaka's cross on the stroke of half-time before Manchester United captain Maguire powered in a header from Bruno Fernandes' corner after 66 minutes.\n\nChelsea felt aggrieved as Maguire was fortunate to escape a red card for kicking Michy Batshuayi in the groin in the first half as they tangled on the touchline, despite the incident being examined by VAR.\n\nAnd the review system denied them again when Chelsea thought substitute Kurt Zouma had made it 1-1. The goal was ruled out for a push by Cesar Azpilicueta on Brandon Williams, although replays showed United's Fred put a hand on the back of Chelsea's captain.\n\nChelsea's frustration was complete when Olivier Giroud's 76th-minute header was ruled out because his foot was in an offside position as he moved to meet Mason Mount's free-kick.\n\nBeing on the right side of the decisions helped Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's organised and diligent United side to complete their first league double over Chelsea since 1987-88.\n• None 'Man Utd right in race for top four - somehow'\n• None How you rated the players at Stamford Bridge\n\nThis was not a glittering performance by any means from Manchester United but it can be satisfactorily filed under 'job done'.\n\nVAR was United's friend in two pivotal moments, with Maguire's goal adding insult to injury as Chelsea felt - with understandable conviction - he should have been given a red card for kicking out at Batshuayi.\n\nWhere United had the decisive advantage over Chelsea was in front of goal, where they made the most of their rare opportunities with a clinical edge that was notably lacking in their opponents.\n\nMartial was on the margins for most of the first half but showed his quality with an angled header beyond the grasp of Chelsea keeper Willy Caballero.\n\nUnited sealed an important win that gives them hope of a top-four finish when Maguire escaped the attentions of Antonio Rudiger to head home.\n\nNew boy Fernandes will have added to Solskjaer's pleasure with some nice touches, including a free-kick against the post as well as creating Maguire's goal before he was substituted to a loud ovation from the away end in the closing moments.\n\nIt puts them firmly back in contention for the top four, with only five points separating Everton in ninth place from Chelsea in fourth.\n• None Football Daily podcast: A Bridge too VAR for Chelsea and Lampard\n\nChelsea manager Lampard's constant gripe this season has been a lack of cutting edge to accompany some neat approach play and plentiful possession - and so it proved again here.\n\nAs they continued a slump that has brought only one win in six league games, Chelsea again paid a heavy price for once more failing to make the most of the opportunities that presented themselves.\n\nWith Tammy Abraham sidelined through injury, responsibility fell on Batshuayi - but the Belgium striker looked short of confidence and drew Stamford Bridge's wrath when he missed two first-half chances.\n\nThe experienced Giroud looked more threatening when he came on but it was too late for Chelsea, who came up short again.\n\nThese are difficult times for Lampard as he must find a way to drag Chelsea out of their current form, get his strikers scoring and deal with a dilemma over his goalkeeper - with £71m keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga clearly behind 38-year-old Caballero.\n\nIt means the stakes are high in the battle for top-four places when Jose Mourinho's Spurs visit Stamford Bridge on Saturday lunchtime.\n\nChelsea host Tottenham in the Premier League on Saturday (kick-off 12:30 GMT) while Manchester United travel to Club Bruges in the Europa League on Thursday, followed by a Premier League game against Watford on Sunday (14:00 GMT).\n\nSolskjaer's away joy against top sides - the stats\n• None This is the first time Manchester United have completed a league double over Chelsea without conceding a goal since 1964-65.\n• None Chelsea have lost seven home games in all competitions this season, their most in a single campaign since 1994-95 (also seven).\n• None Chelsea have lost all five of their home league games when conceding the first goal this season; only two other sides have failed to recover a single point at home when conceding first in the Premier League this season (Norwich and West Ham).\n• None Manchester United scored with both of their first two attempts on target in this match and scored two headed goals in a Premier League game for the first time since November 2017 against Newcastle.\n• None Chelsea became the second side to have two goals awarded and then overturned by VAR in a Premier League match this season, following Sheffield United against Brighton in December.\n• None Anthony Martial has scored four Premier League goals against Chelsea; he hasn't scored more goals against any other side. Those four strikes have come in his last three appearances against the Blues.\n• None Martial became the first Manchester United player to score in three consecutive Premier League appearances against Chelsea, and the third to score home and away Premier League goals against the Blues in the same season (Wayne Rooney 2011-12 and Eric Cantona 1992-93).\n• None Harry Maguire scored his first Premier League goal for Manchester United; each of his last four strikes in the competition have been away from home, with his first since January 2019 at Liverpool.\n• None Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has won all five of his away games as Man Utd manager against Chelsea and Man City in all competitions - more than the Red Devils had won in their previous 19 such games under Alex Ferguson, David Moyes, Louis van Gaal and Jose Mourinho combined.\n• None Odion Ighalo became the 200th player to make an appearance for Man Utd in the Premier League, and the first Nigerian to do so.\n• None Attempt blocked. Mason Mount (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Pedro.\n• None Attempt saved. Odion Ighalo (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fred.\n• None Mason Mount (Chelsea) hits the right post with a right footed shot from outside the box from a direct free kick.\n• None Attempt blocked. Pedro (Chelsea) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Reece James.\n• None Attempt blocked. Reece James (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Two Britons on the ship, Sally and David Abel, have told their son they have tested positive for the virus\n\nDoubts have been raised over whether a British couple on a quarantined cruise ship in Japan have tested positive for coronavirus as earlier believed.\n\nThe son of Sally and David Abel, from Northamptonshire, told the BBC his parents said they had both tested positive and were going to hospital.\n\nHowever, hours later David Abel suggested on Facebook there had been a \"massive communication error\".\n\nThe couple are among 74 British nationals on the Diamond Princess ship.\n\nThe ship, which was quarantined on 3 February, is in the port of Yokohama.\n\nOn Tuesday, Japanese officials said there were 88 new cases of infection on board the ship, bringing the total to 542 confirmed cases. It is the largest cluster of cases outside China.\n\nThe Foreign Office said it was \"working to organise a flight back to the UK\" for British nationals and an evacuation is expected to take place within the next two to three days.\n\nA spokesman for the Foreign Office said it had \"the utmost concern\" for the British people on the ship and was \"ensuring those who have been diagnosed with coronavirus receive the best possible care in Japan\".\n\nMr and Mrs Abel's son Steve told BBC Breakfast that his father had emailed him on Tuesday morning to tell him they had both tested positive.\n\nHowever, on Tuesday evening, a Facebook post from Mr Abel's account explained the confusion over the positive test, saying the Japanese quarantine officials did not speak any English.\n\nHe added: \"The consulate in Tokyo are being very good with me. I am being listened to and Sally & I feel really well.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Steve Abel, the son of a British couple on board the Diamond Princess, says they are \"in the dark\"\n\nEarlier, Steve said he could hear his father vomiting in the bathroom while on the phone to his mother earlier but he believed it was due to \"shock\" rather than a symptom of the disease.\n\nThe conditions on the ship had made it difficult for his father to manage his type-2 diabetes, he said, adding that he would prefer his parents to be quarantined in the UK \"where the food is more suitable for my dad\".\n\n\"I'm not actually that worried about the virus - looking at the recovery stats. It is more about the stress, the diet,\" Steve said.\n\nSteve said the UK government's treatment of his parents had been \"appalling\", adding: \"They haven't got back to us on anything and we have been calling them every day for four or five days.\"\n\n\"They are very high-spirited people,\" he said. \"But in the last two days I've seen the cracks in the armour and they are getting down.\"\n\nAbout 3,700 people are quarantined on board the Diamond Princess\n\nAnother British passenger on board the ship, Elaine Spencer, said she had been \"very disappointed\" with the UK government's initial response and they should have organised a rescue flight sooner.\n\nShe told Radio 4's Today programme that British passengers who wanted to get on the rescue flight had to sign an agreement that they would go into quarantine for 14 days on their return to the UK.\n\nShe said they had received a note from the Foreign Office which told them that if they didn't get on the flight, it was unlikely they would be allowed out of Japan.\n\n\"I need to go home, I want to see my family but obviously it's going to be another 14 days (after the flight). I wish that they'd decided to do this last week.\"\n\nThe US chartered two planes to bring back its citizens from the cruise ship\n\nThe president of Princess Cruises, Jan Swartz, said the company has sent more doctors and nurses on to the ship.\n\nThere is still uncertainty over whether passengers will be allowed to leave the ship at the end of the 14-day quarantine period on Wednesday.\n\nAccording to official figures on Monday, four Britons with confirmed coronavirus are currently in hospital in Japan.\n\nIrish foreign minister Simon Coveney confirmed two out of six Irish passengers on the Princess Diamond tested positive for the virus and are being treated in hospital in Japan.\n\nMr Coveney said the passengers have dual citizenship with another EU member state and did not normally live in Ireland - but that the Irish embassy in Tokyo was in contact with them.\n\nOn Tuesday South Korea joined the list of the countries and territories also planning to get their residents off the ship - a list which already includes Canada, Australia, the UK, Israel and Hong Kong.\n\nThe US has already repatriated more than 300 of its citizens from the ship.\n\nIn a statement in the early hours of Tuesday morning, the Foreign Office said its staff had been making \"necessary arrangements\" with British nationals onboard the ship to organise a flight back to the UK.\n\n\"We urge all those who have not yet responded to get in touch immediately,\" it added.\n\nAffected British nationals should call the British embassy in Tokyo on +81 3 5211 1100.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The MS Westerdam docked in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, after being turned away from five ports\n\nMeanwhile, a search continues for passengers who disembarked the MS Westerdam cruise ship in Cambodia, after a woman who had been onboard the ship tested positive for the virus.\n\nEarly fears of the ship being affected by the virus meant it was turned away from five ports in Asia. Passengers were allowed off the ship on Friday after no cases were found among the 2,257 people onboard, cruise line firm Holland America said.\n\nThe 83-year-old American woman tested positive after disembarking from the ship and then travelling to Malaysia.\n\nAn undisclosed number of Britons who were on the Westerdam are being tested for coronavirus in Cambodia, the Foreign Office said.\n\nAs of Tuesday at 14:00 GMT, in the UK a total of 4,916 people had been tested for coronavirus. Only nine people have tested positive and the rest have been confirmed negative.\n\nIn a phone call, President Xi of China thanked Prime Minister Boris Johnson for the UK's donation of \"vital medical equipment\" to help China cope with the virus outbreak, a Downing Street spokeswoman said.\n\nHave you been affected by what's happening on the Diamond Princess cruise ship? 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:", "The Earl and Countess of Snowdon were pictured together at a premiere in October 2017\n\nThe Queen's nephew the Earl of Snowdon and his wife the Countess of Snowdon have \"amicably agreed\" to divorce, a spokesman for the couple has said.\n\nThe earl, David Armstrong-Jones, is the son of the late Princess Margaret and photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones.\n\nHe has been married to wife Serena for 26 years. They have two children.\n\nThe announcement comes less than a week after the Queen's grandson Peter Phillips and his wife Autumn also revealed they are to split.\n\nIn a statement on Monday, a spokesman for the Snowdons said: \"The Earl and Countess of Snowdon have amicably agreed that their marriage has come to an end and that they shall be divorced.\n\n\"They ask that the press respect their privacy and that of their family.\"\n\nThe Earl and Countess of Snowdon and their daughter Margarita with the Queen in 2017\n\nThe Earl and Countess of Snowdon were married in Westminster in October 1993\n\nThe couple married in October 1993 and have two children - Viscount Linley, Charles Armstrong-Jones and Lady Margarita Armstrong-Jones.\n\nThe earl's mother, Princess Margaret - the Queen's sister - died in 2002 and his father, celebrity photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones, died in 2017.\n\nPrincess Margaret and husband Lord Snowdon with a young David in 1964\n\nAntony Armstrong-Jones was given a title, becoming the 1st Earl of Snowdon, after marrying the princess\n\nDavid Armstrong-Jones - who is 21st in line to the throne - founded his own company making bespoke furniture under his professional name, David Linley, in 1985.\n\nHe has written books about furniture and styling the home.\n\nLast week, Mr and Mrs Phillips confirmed in a statement that they had separated and will share custody of their children Savannah, nine, and Isla, seven.\n\nThe couple told the Queen and other Royal Family members about their decision last year.", "Protesters destroyed the lawn in front of the college on Monday\n\nThree people have been arrested after climate activists dug up a lawn outside a Cambridge University college.\n\nExtinction Rebellion members destroyed part of the lawn at Trinity College on Monday in a protest over its role in a major development in the countryside.\n\nFour other people were held following further acts of criminal damage in the city on Tuesday, police said.\n\nThe five women and two men are in custody and investigations are continuing.\n\nTwo of those arrested are also suspected of obstructing a police officer.\n\nActivists involved in digging up the lawn said the action was taken against \"the destruction of nature\".\n\nTrinity owns Innocence Farm in Trimley St Martin, Suffolk, where plans were submitted for a lorry park. The scheme was rejected.\n\nPolice said Trinity College was assisting with the investigation.\n\nOn Sunday, Extinction Rebellion members set up a week-long road blockade in Cambridge and last week a meeting had to be abandoned when a protester abseiled into the city council chamber.\n\nOn the third day of action, about 40 protesters gathered outside a research centre run by global oilfield services firm Schlumberger, to the west of the city.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Dr Peter Hutchinson stopped teaching after an internal investigation in 2015\n\nA Cambridge University academic who was accused of sexual harassment published erotic fiction about students the year complaints were made against him.\n\nDr Peter Hutchinson quit teaching at Trinity Hall in 2015 following an internal investigation into his conduct.\n\nIt has now emerged he self-published a raunchy book centred around a university in the same year.\n\nThe don said the book offered a \"progressive\" view of women.\n\nDr Hutchinson, a former lecturer in modern and medieval languages, had agreed to stop teaching and attending social events in 2015 after facing complaints of \"inappropriate\" comments from 10 students.\n\nBut last year the BBC discovered he had retained some college privileges.\n\nHe then resigned in November after more than 1,300 students and alumni signed an open letter protesting that he had been allowed to keep his post.\n\nNow, following an investigation by Tortoise, it has emerged that he published an erotic novel under a pseudonym at the time of the 2015 complaints.\n\nDr Hutchinson has confirmed he is the author of \"First Time: Ooo-la-la!\", which was published under the name \"Barry Able\".\n\nThe books tells the story of an \"innocent\" first year student called Peter at a fictitious Oxford college who is found guilty of alleged sexual impropriety after a \"series of erotic adventures\".\n\nMost of the women students in the book are members of a college sex club called \"The Virgins\" and must sleep with a man - or senior academic - each week to remain in the group.\n\nIn the opening of the text, a female student is called a \"brazen hussy\" and others are described as being \"well endowed\" in lingerie, suspenders and garter-belts.\n\nIt also contains references to bondage, voyeurism and public humiliation.\n\nThe front-cover features an image of a woman's leg in stockings, which Dr Hutchinson confirmed belonged to a former Trinity Hall student.\n\nDr Hutchinson said that he did not \"see a problem using an unidentifiable photo\" of a student, adding he was not present when it was taken.\n\nSophie Newbery, 23, who graduated in German and Russian from Trinity Hall in 2018, said she was \"disgusted\" and \"uncomfortable\" by its contents.\n\nSophie Newbery - one of Dr Hutchinson's former students - says she was \"disgusted\" by his book\n\nIn 2015, she was one of 10 students who complained that Dr Hutchinson had asked them during a seminar if they had \"ever had any love bites\" and, while discussing the subject of a dominatrix in a book, asked a female student: \"Does that turn you on?\".\n\nDr Hutchinson said his book had a \"progressive view of women\" who were \"totally liberated\".\n\nDr Peter Hutchinson was cleared of criminal charges of sexual assault in 2006 after a complaint brought by an ex-student.\n\nThe book echoes parts of the court case and gives a fictionalised account of the encounter.\n\nEllie Pyemont, now 38, who brought the case, told the BBC she \"recognised\" herself in the pages.\n\n\"It is pathetic that he wrote and self-published this misogynistic, crass and deluded story,\" she said.\n\n\"The significant point is that the person behind this derisory book was in a position of power over young people at Trinity Hall for decades.\"\n\nEllie Pyemont says the erotica was \"misogynistic, crass and deluded\"\n\nDr Hutchinson said it was unlikely Trinity Hall was aware of the book and that its publication had nothing to do with the college.\n\nHe said the \"recasting is so broad that it bears no relation to real life\".\n\n\"It needs to be emphasised that an author rarely thinks the same way as his main character,\" he said.", "Dame Judi Dench was nominated for worst supporting actress for her role in Cats\n\nIt may just a day until the Oscars, but nominees for a rather different award have been announced: the Razzies.\n\nThe Golden Raspberry Awards celebrate the worst films in Hollywood, and Cats is among this year's nominations.\n\nThe musical is up for eight awards, with nominations for its four stars, including Dame Judi Dench and James Corden.\n\nThe latest film in the Rambo franchise and comedy A Madea Family Funeral also received eight nominations each.\n\nAll three films are up for worst film.\n\nThe Razzies describe themselves as \"Tinseltown's least coveted $4.97 statuette\" and are voted for by more than 1,000 Golden Raspberry Foundation members based in the US and abroad.\n\nThe star-studded Cats, which is based on Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit musical, was lambasted by the Razzies as a \"widely derided feline flop\".\n\nRambo: Last Blood fared no better, with Sylvester Stallone's fifth film in the series up for worst sequel.\n\nMeanwhile, actor and comedian Tyler Perry received worst actor nominations for three of the four characters he played in A Madea Family Funeral.\n\nEven Oscar nominees have not been spared.\n\nJoker, which is up for 11 Academy Awards on Sunday night, was one of five films nominated for a new category in the Razzies - the worst reckless disregard for human life and public property.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Officials working on Boris Johnson's pledge to recruit 20,000 new police officers in England and Wales within three years say more than 50,000 will actually be needed.\n\nHome Office and police officials say the target is not high enough because so many are set to leave the service.\n\nIt comes as campaigners say officers need a starting salary of £24,000 or more for the original target to be met.\n\nThe Home Office said forces had been recruiting \"at pace\".\n\nReversing cuts to police officer numbers was one of Mr Johnson's first policy pledges when he became prime minister in July last year.\n\nBut those leading the recruitment drive now say the total needed is much bigger because they have to factor in police officers who will be resigning or retiring from the service.\n\nCurrent figures show that only one in 10 candidates who applies to join the police is successful - meaning half a million would have to apply to reach the 53,000 goal.\n\nThe figure has been reached by the Uplift team responsible for recruitment. It includes Home Office officials alongside representatives from the College of Policing and the National Police Chiefs' Council.\n\nForces in England and Wales lost 20,564 officers between March 2010 and March 2019, Home Office figures show.\n\nThe Police Federation and the Superintendents Association say starting salaries, which can be as low as £18,400, have to be raised to encourage applications.\n\nIn a submission to the Police Remuneration Review Body (PRRB), they said: \"The starting salary, and early progression pay, are key.\n\n\"Without addressing these we believe there is no hope that the recruitment targets will be achieved. We believe the minimum starting salary must be set at £24,177.\"\n\nThey called for wages to be made the \"top priority\" this year and said there should be a 5% pay rise across all ranks. The bodies also warned of a potential \"catastrophic failure\" in policing if resources are not made available.\n\nIf pay is not increased, new recruits could be earning 15p an hour above the national living wage.\n\nPolice Federation national chairman John Apter said: \"While we are starting to see some positive moves from the government, they need to show they are serious about their commitment to policing, by paying police officers fairly for the uniquely challenging and often dangerous job they do.\n\n\"Politicians must now put their money where their mouths are and pay police officers fairly. This is only what they deserve.\"\n\nNever before in the UK have so many police officers been recruited in such a short space of time - so can it be done?\n\nPolicing is an attractive career - offering relatively secure employment, and serving the public, in a potentially wide variety of roles.\n\nMany forces have had little trouble turning the recruitment tap on after years when it slowed to a trickle.\n\nBut the flow will be hard to maintain with competition from other public services, such as probation, prisons and schools. The starting salary for police officers, particularly for apprenticeship joiners, is clearly one issue; another is the new requirement for them to have a degree or study for one while on the job.\n\nOfficials leading the recruitment surge say they won't \"lower the bar\" for applicants, by relaxing the criteria and standards, but they may \"widen the gate\" by being less selective.\n\nIn recent years, some forces were able to choose the creme de la creme of candidates, because there were so few training places. If they want to hit Boris Johnson's target they can't afford to be as picky in future.\n\nA Home Office spokesman said: \"Last year we gave forces the largest pay award since 2010 - accepting the recommendations of the Police Remuneration Review Board of a 2.5% pay rise in full.\n\n\"This gives forces the flexibility to offer constables who do not join through an apprenticeship route a starting salary of £24,177.\n\n\"There is no doubt that policing is a desirable career - the numbers of people joining the police has reached a 10-year high and forces have been recruiting at pace to put 20,000 more officers on our streets.\"", "Carl is a survivor of domestic violence who writes about the beatings he suffered at the hands of his father when he was a child.\n\nHe is now an advocate for Operation Encompass, a charity that supports children at schools affected by domestic abuse.\n\nNow specialists can treat children who have experienced abuse, but these services are in short supply.\n\nIt's estimated that one in six children witness or experience some form of domestic abuse or violence.\n\nIf you're affected by any issues in this video, there is information and support at www.bbc.co.uk/actionline", "England won back the Calcutta Cup and kept their Six Nations title hopes alive with a turgid victory over Scotland in awful weather conditions.\n\nEllis Genge barrelled home for the only try with 10 minutes remaining as driving rain and strong gusts made for a disrupted, error-ridden contest at Murrayfield.\n\nThe result meant Scotland fell short of a third-straight Calcutta Cup, but England climb level on points with second-placed Wales, four adrift of unbeaten leaders Ireland.\n\nCaptain Owen Farrell struck a penalty in either half, missing three more attempts from the tee as the weather contributed to a low-scoring affair.\n\nAdam Hastings replied twice for Scotland, his 78th-minute kick ensuring Gregor Townsend's men pick up a second losing bonus point in as many weekends.\n• None 'A game that could crack mirrors - but England won't care'\n\nThis was a much-needed victory for England after a bruising loss in Paris. Eddie Jones' men just about deserved it, but the contest was wretched, a million miles from the epic 38-38 draw of last season.\n\nA losing bonus point will come as small comfort to Townsend. The Scots found it ferociously difficult to live with Sam Underhill and Tom Curry at the breakdown and impossible to catch their own ball in the line-out. The key moment was a dreadful mistake by Stuart Hogg, for the second week running.\n\nStorm Ciara was due to blow into town in time for the kick-off and, sure enough, an hour or so before it all began, she fetched up with her rain and her gales bringing any notion of an attacking spectacle to its knees.\n\nIt was brutal out there. Scotland lost five line-outs, and precious momentum, in the opening 40 minutes - some down to crass errors, most of them due to the foul conditions. England, who couldn't have been playing more conservatively had they all taken the field with Tory party rosettes on their jerseys, lost two.\n\nPlaying against the wind, they kicked ball after ball, forcing errors from Scotland and taking the lead when the home side were done on the floor. Farrell missed his first penalty earlier, banged over his second and missed his third.\n\nThis was rugby from another dimension. Had a woolly mammoth, extinct for an age, wandered across the pitch you wouldn't have missed a beat. Had a try been scored it would have been a moment of genuine shock and awe.\n\nScotland wasted great field position last week in Dublin and they let a few opportunities slip here as well. England were dominant at the breakdown, but error-strewn in so many departments. Everything was understandably, but maddeningly, stop-start.\n\nThe hosts had a bit more about them in the second half, beginning with a thunder that was sparked by big Rory Sutherland, the renaissance prop who came steaming back into Test rugby in Dublin. Sutherland's big bust of the English defence was the catalyst for Scotland drawing level.\n\nEngland survived a battering, their defence holding out against Scotland surges. That home pressure didn't bring them a try - on a day when a try was always going to be good enough to get the win - but they left with three points from Hastings after Underhill was penalised for not releasing.\n\nThey came again when George Ford and Jonny May fluffed their lines in defence and more heat was piled on through hard carries from Sutherland and Zander Fagerson and their hard-running chums. England held out, perhaps a little luckily. Kyle Sinckler lifted the siege with a rip from Jonny Gray but did it while he was on the floor.\n\nThe blunder count rose high, towering over the top of the stadium. Scotland lost a seventh, and later an eighth line-out, and Farrell missed a third shot at goal. Onwards we went, ever deeper into mistake-land.\n\nThe absolute howitzer mess-up came from Hogg, a week after his spectacular spill over the Irish tryline. This was the game. The Scotland captain retreated to deal with a ball under his posts, but made a desperate hash of it. Initially, it looked like he'd spilled it to Farrell, who immediately touched down.\n\nThe TMO advised that Hogg had carried it over his line but had, indeed, grounded the ball. So, scrum England. And try England. They went through a couple of phases, got it to Genge and then launched Maro Itoje, Curry and Ben Earl in behind him to power over. Farrell converted for a 10-3 lead. Scotland were distraught.\n\nFarrell then put over another penalty to stretch the gap to 10, Hastings rescuing a losing bonus soon after. Seventy-eight minutes had been played at that stage. Frankly, it felt like 78 hours.", "East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust alerted police over the alleged assault of a man in December\n\nSeveral hospital staff have been suspended and a police investigation is under way into the alleged assault of a patient.\n\nBoth East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust and Kent Police are probing the alleged assault on 15 December at the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford.\n\nThe trust also runs the QEQM Hospital in Margate which has been criticised over a seven-day-old baby's death.\n\nThe trust said it had alerted police over the alleged assault of a man in December.\n\nA spokesman said it began an \"investigation into an incident involving the care of a patient\" following a concern raised by a member of staff.\n\n\"We are treating this incident with the utmost seriousness and reported it to the police,\" he added.\n\n\"We also reported it to our regulators and are keeping the patient's family informed of our investigation.\n\n\"We suspended a number of staff in order to facilitate the investigation which is currently ongoing.\"\n\nKent Police said it was investigating \"an alleged assault of a man which is reported to have taken place at William Harvey Hospital\".\n\nNo arrests have been made.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Former Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb said current devolution rules were \"weak\"\n\nEnglish votes for English laws makes Welsh MPs feel like \"second-class\" politicians, a former Welsh Secretary has said.\n\nStephen Crabb said excluding MPs from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland from certain votes had not \"done anything\" to strengthen the UK.\n\nPlaid Cymru and the Scottish National Party protested after they were blocked from voting on an \"English-only\" NHS bill.\n\nMr Crabb said the rule was \"bizarre\".\n\nThe English votes for English laws convention was introduced in Parliament following the Scottish independence referendum in 2014.\n\nIt means politicians from devolved nations, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, are not allowed to vote on proposed legislation thought to apply only to constituencies in England.\n\nOn Tuesday, Plaid Cymru MPs and SNP MEPs were accused of a parliamentary \"stunt\" after they were blocked from voting on an \"English-only\" bill about the NHS.\n\nPlaid and SNP politicians staged a protest inside the House of Commons after not being allowed to vote\n\nThey protested as they argued that due to funding formulas, any decision on the health service in England would ultimately have financial implications for the devolved nations.\n\nWhile health is devolved in Wales, any cuts or increases for the English NHS, will lead to more or less money being allocated to the Welsh Government to be spent here under the Barnett Formula.\n\nConservative MP for Preseli Pembrokeshire Mr Crabb said that the whole convention was damaging to the United Kingdom.\n\nMr Crabb, who was Welsh Secretary until 2016, said it was \"bizarre\", and one of the \"least useful constitutional things that's happened\".\n\n\"It makes Welsh, Northern Irish and Scottish MPs feel at times like they are almost second-class MPs,\" he told the BBC's Politics Wales programme.\n\n\"It hasn't really strengthened the glue that holds the United Kingdom together.\"\n\n\"It was a constitutional and parliamentary innovation that, in my view, has done very little,\" he added.\n\nEnglish votes for English laws was first used in 2016 for the Housing and Planning Bill\n\nFollowing the Scottish independence vote, the Conservative UK government, passed a law in 2017 that changed the powers of the Welsh Assembly.\n\nBut Mr Crabb said he now thought that devolution arrangements were \"pretty weak, and unsatisfactory\".\n\n\"What is the answer? Nobody can quite put their finger on that just yet. So the danger is that we just muddle along, because there isn't a clear solution,\" he added.\n\nA YouGov opinion poll for Cardiff University and ITV Wales published earlier in the week suggested relatively similar levels of support for abolishing the Welsh Assembly and independence for Wales.\n\nMr Crabb said that it suggested there was \"discontent at the current state of affairs, constitutionally and economically as well\".\n\n\"When the numbers go up for full abolition of devolution, it doesn't quite get the political attention, and if I were a decision maker in the Senedd, if I was part of Welsh Government, I'd be very nervous about those figures because that's a dangerous signal for devolution,\" he added.", "Northern Ireland will not hit ambitious climate change targets unless it acts now to boost sales of electric vehicles, an industry body has warned.\n\nIn 2019, only 427 Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) were sold here, up just 165 on 2015.\n\nThis is despite the fact that they will be the only type of new cars on sale in 15 years.\n\nThe Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said the government must quickly spell out its plans.\n\n\"Ambitious targets must be matched by ambitious initiatives,\" said its chief executive, Mike Hawes.\n\n\"This includes a long-term government commitment to purchase incentives and substantial investment in infrastructure.\"\n\nHowever, the BBC can also reveal that despite a commitment made in January 2014 to bring the total number of public charge points across Northern Ireland to 500, six years on there are only 337 such points.\n\nA Department for Infrastructure spokesman said \"funding constraints across the public sector\" were to blame for the missed target, but added that 54 charge points had been installed at hospitals, health trusts, government department offices and local council offices.\n\n\"Depending on their location some of these charge points are available to staff and the public, however, they were not designed to form part of the public network,\" added the spokesman.\n\n\"Should public funding become available for the installation of additional charge point infrastructure, departmental officials will liaise closely with commercial providers and the Office for Low Emission Vehicles to ensure the charging infrastructure continues to remain fit for purpose.\"\n\nAt the time of the 2014 announcement, then Environment Minister Mark H Durkan said: \"There has never been a better time for drivers to consider switching to these cars of the future.\"\n\nBut one Northern Ireland dealership insisted Stormont is falling far short when it comes to the issue.\n\nCaroline Willis, finance director of Shelbourne Motors, said: \"We need the government to push harder to have sufficient charging points to cope with demand.\n\n\"Local government needs to add as many charging points and incentivise people to move from diesel to electric, perhaps with a swappage grant.\"\n\nAsked if the government's 2035 target for BEV-only sales was still realistic, she added: \"It is achievable but needs action now.\n\n\"It comes down to cost and infrastructure but mainly the latter, we need the government to push harder to have sufficient charging points to cope with demand.\"\n\nMrs Willis pointed to the huge rise in sales of self-charging Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs) as proof of changing customer attitudes, adding: \"More charging points could encourage the move to fully electric.\n\nLast month, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced that funding for on-street charge points would be doubled to £10m \"to make electric cars the new normal\".\n\nThe Department of Transport stated that the money could pay for up to 3,600 additional charging points for motorists, who do not have an off-street parking space.\n\nHowever, the Department for Infrastructure could not confirm how much of the funding would be spent in Northern Ireland.\n\n\"It is hoped that this will impact positively in relation to the Residential Charge Point Scheme,\" the department said.\n\nOne of those who made the leap from petrol to battery power is Colm Heaney, a father of two who lives in Belfast's Four Winds.\n\n\"I bought a used Nissan Leaf in April 2017 and received a grant for installation of a charger at my house,\" he said.\n\n\"However, the existing infrastructure isn't great. There have been no public chargers added, at least around where I live, since I've owned the Leaf.\n\n\"I had hoped that private companies would pick up the slack, but with a few notable exceptions (CastleCourt and Lidl come to mind), Northern Ireland does really lag behind other places.\"\n\nSMMT chief Mike Hawes said that while the industry is committed to change, \"blanket bans do not help short-term consumer confidence\".\n\n\"Manufacturers are fully invested in a zero emissions future, with some 60 plug-in models now on the market and 34 more coming in 2020,\" he said.\n\n\"However, with current demand for this still expensive technology still just a fraction of sales, it's clear that accelerating an already very challenging ambition will take more than industry investment.\"", "Ed Woodward was not at home when his home came under attack\n\nManchester United have accused the Sun newspaper of receiving advanced notice of an intended attack on the house of executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward.\n\nThe club has filed a complaint to the press regulator regarding the Sun's coverage of the attack on 28 January.\n\nThe newspaper confirmed a reporter attended \"following a tip-off that there was to be a protest\".\n\nBut it added it was not made aware of \"what was to take place nor incited it or encouraged any criminal activity\".\n\nIn a statement, Manchester United said: \"The Club believes that the Sun newspaper had received advance notice of the intended attack, which included criminal damage and intent to intimidate, and that the journalist was present as it happened.\n\n\"The quality of the images accompanying the story indicate that a photographer was also present.\n\n\"Not only did the journalist fail to discharge the basic duty of a responsible member of society to report an impending crime and avert potential danger and criminal damage, his presence both encouraged and rewarded the perpetrators.\"\n\nIn response, the Sun said it \"condemns fully\" the attack on Mr Woodward's home and that it was \"happy to cooperate fully with any police inquiry\".\n\nIt added that it \"vigorously\" defended its right to report and that the article \"made it clear that the behaviour was criminal and unacceptable\".\n\nThe attack on Mr Woodward's house in Cheshire saw a flare thrown and a group chanting that he was \"going to die\".\n\nMr Woodward and his family were not at home at the time.\n\nThe newspaper said it \"accurately reported the events that unfolded\" and that it \"supports wholeheartedly the Editors' Code Of Conduct and will defend the complaint to IPSO\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Department store chain Beales is to close 12 of its shops in a bid to sell the rest.\n\nEfforts to sell all 23 outlets together have failed, the administrators KPMG said.\n\nThe dozen being closed will trade for a few weeks to sell remaining stock, and staff will keep their jobs until then.\n\nThe department store began trading in 1881 in Bournemouth, which is one of the stores that will close, the administrators confirmed.\n\nBeales had tried to secure rent reductions with landlords and was in negotiations with potential investors and buyers.\n\n\"There is currently no intention to implement closure plans for the remaining 11 stores, which will all continue to operate as usual until an outcome with regards to a sale of the business is clarified,\" said KPMG.\n\nBeales' Bournemouth flagship store is among those to close\n\nBut the stores have been racking up losses, with the firm reporting a £3.1m deficit for its last financial year.\n\nThe following stores will close:\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.", "Enjoying the luxury of business class seats on an 11-hour flight back to Auckland was meant to be a treat for Renell and Tere after undergoing weight-loss surgery in the city of Bangkok.\n\nInstead, the sisters and their mother, Huhana, were left ''traumatised'' by Thai Airways staff who came at them with tape measures telling them they were ''too big'' for their business class seats.\n\nSix months on from that ''disgusting'' experience and Huhana, 59, is still bitter about the experience.\n\n''The staff were shouting 'too big, too big' at us repeatedly. Rows of people watched as they measured us at the check-in. It was so humiliating the way we were treated that I just broke down in tears,'' said Huhana.\n\nThe language barrier didn't help as staff refused to let them enter the business class section and made them sit in economy class.\n\nHuhana, a social worker, says she won't fly again until she loses weight, to avoid the sort of traumatic experience Thai Airways put her and her daughters through.\n\n\"We were really looking forward to flying on business class and instead we were left traumatised,'' she added.\n\nMost airlines can provide seatbelt extensions for larger passengers.\n\nBut Thai Airways said its business class seatbelts are fitted with built-in air bags which means they can't be extended. The family are still confused by this explanation.\n\nSince their traumatic experience last summer, Huhana and her daughters have been trying to get a refund from Thai Airways. But the airline has only offered to recompense the family based on the difference between business and economy fares.\n\nShe approached the travel agent she booked the flights with, Flight Centre, who said it would provide a full refund, although the family had to wait more than six months for it.\n\nWhen contacted by the BBC, a spokesman for Thai Airways said it now has better warnings in place on its reservations system so agents are made aware of such issues.\n\nThe family were on a tour organised by Destination Beauty, which specialises in sending clients to Thailand for weight-loss and plastic surgery.\n\nMartin Olsen, chief executive of Destination Beauty, said he was ''very saddened and surprised'' at the way the airline handled the situation.\n\nHe was also confused by the actions of Thai Airways staff as ''many obese people book business class as they are unable to fit comfortably into economy class''.\n\nWhen it comes to oversized passengers, it's up to the discretion of each airline how to manage the situation, a spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said.\n\nAirlines do calculate the take-off weight for a plane, but this takes into account the estimated weight of passengers, their luggage and fuel. ''In most cases the average passenger is well under the weight limit as the allowance tends to be fairly generous,'' he said.\n\nMost airlines recommend that if you think you will be too big for your seat, you should buy a second seat at the time you make your booking. But few airlines have specific guidelines when it comes the definition of ''oversized''.\n\nHowever, American Airlines does state '''if a customer's body extends more than one inch beyond the outermost edge of the armrest and a seatbelt extension is needed, another seat is required''.\n• None Child obesity: Will we see radical action?", "Parents will no longer be able to withdraw their children from religious and sex education lessons\n\nMaking all pupils take part in religious education classes could see the Welsh Government taken to court for breaching human rights, a legal expert has warned.\n\nParents' right to withdraw their children from religion lessons will be removed under Wales' new curriculum.\n\nBut Sir Malcolm Evans said this could lead to parents taking legal action.\n\nThe Welsh Government insisted the curriculum would not breach human rights.\n\nCurrently parents are able to request their children do not take part in sex and religious education, under an opt-out arrangement.\n\nBut under the new curriculum, set to be rolled out in schools from September 2022, the lessons will be compulsory, regardless of parental objections.\n\nUnder the changes, Wales will become the first part of the UK to remove the opt-out for religious education.\n\nMinisters have argued making the subjects mandatory ensures all children have access to important information and that it is consistent with the status of other subjects.\n\nSir Malcolm Evans said parents in other countries had challenged their children being made to take religion classes\n\nBut Sir Malcolm, a member of the Commission on Religious Education and Professor of Law at Bristol University, said removing the opt-out option for religious classes could breach human rights.\n\nUnder the European Convention on Human Rights parents have a right to have their children educated in accordance with their religious or philosophical convictions, which also includes non-religious belief.\n\nSir Malcolm said unless the Welsh Government could be \"absolutely sure\" the lessons were \"sufficiently inclusive, plural, critical and objective\" they would be open to legal challenges.\n\nHe said he agreed with the principle of delivering a broad education about different religious and faith traditions and non-faith traditions too, but problems were likely in practice.\n\n\"In my view having an opt-out is very much a safety valve,\" he said.\n\n\"It is a useful and important safety valve to ensure those parents and children who genuinely find it impossible to reconcile their beliefs with the content of an education of that nature still have the right to be able to exempt themselves from those classes.\n\n\"For that is, in my view, what human rights law says they are entitled to.\"\n\nHumanists UK are also opposed to scrapping the opt-out because they fear faith schools will not provide a sufficiently broad approach to religious education.\n\n\"We are extremely concerned that, in state-funded faith schools, where teachers may instruct children from a certain religious perspective, this will be practically impossible,\" Wales Humanists co-ordinator Kathy Riddick said.\n\n\"The proposed new law seriously risks exposing pupils to unlawful indoctrination.\"\n\nShe urged the Welsh Government to \"seriously reconsider the decision\" to remove the parental right to withdraw pupils from religious education.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The new curriculum has five mandatory subjects, including RE and SRE\n\nUnder the new curriculum Religious Education will be renamed Religion, Values and Ethics.\n\nIn response to the concerns, the Welsh Government said the proposed legislative framework and guidance would be compatible with the rights protected by the Human Rights Act 1998.\n\n\"The Welsh Government has been clear that its policy in this area will require careful and sensitive handling prior to its implementation in September 2022,\" a spokeswoman said.", "The Scout Association is \"putting lives of young people at risk\" following the death of a 16-year-old boy on a trip to north Wales, a report has said.\n\nBen Leonard, from Stockport, Greater Manchester, died after falling from the Great Orme, Conwy, in August 2018.\n\nIn a prevention of future deaths report, coroner David Pojur said none of the scout leaders on the trip knew where Ben was when he fell and died.\n\nThe Scout Association said it had since strengthened its policies.\n\nIn his report, Mr Pojur, assistant coroner for North Wales East and Central, said: \"The lives of young people are being put at risk by the Scout Association's failure to recognise the inadequacies of their operational practice and the part this has played in the death of Ben.\"\n\nBen was walking on the Great Orme when he fell to his death\n\nHe added that the Reddish Explorer Scouts trip did not adhere to the Scout Association's own policies.\n\nThe coroner said there was no list of participants on the trip, no risk assessment had been carried out and there was no full understanding of what a risk assessment was.\n\nHe added that each of the three leaders on the trip - Sean Glaister, Gareth Williams and Mary Carr - assumed Ben and his friends were with another leader when the incident happened.\n\nThe inquest jury at Ruthin County Court was discharged on Friday after new evidence was revealed.\n\nMr Pojur was critical that the Scout Association failed to tell the inquest that the leaders had been placed on restricted duties after the death.\n\nHe told the jury they had been \"misled\" by not being presented with the information about the leaders.\n\nBen had camped at Betws-y-Coed the night before his death and the group had been due to climb Snowdon, but went to Llandudno instead because of the weather conditions.\n\nA statement from the Scout Association said: \"We were truly saddened by Ben's tragic death. This was a terrible event, and our deepest sympathies go out to his family and friends.\n\n\"We take this matter very seriously. We will be carefully considering the coroner's concerns and will respond in detail.\n\n\"The safety of young people is our number one priority. Following this tragic event, we have strengthened our policies and procedures to ensure young people can enjoy activities safely.\"\n\nHis mother, Jackie Leonard, told the inquest the teenager had received his GCSE results three days before his death and had enrolled to study film and television at a college in Media City, Salford.\n\nShe said: \"He was a wonderful boy and a fantastic son and brother.\"\n\nA second inquest, where the chief executive of the Scout Association is expected be called to give evidence, is due to take place on 13 July.", "Dr Li posted this picture of himself from a hospital bed on 31 January - a day before he was diagnosed with coronavirus\n\nDr Li Wenliang, who was hailed a hero for raising the alarm about the coronavirus in the early days of the outbreak, has died of the infection.\n\nHis death was confirmed by the Wuhan hospital where he worked and was being treated, following conflicting reports about his condition on state media.\n\nDr Li, 34, tried to send a message to fellow medics about the outbreak at the end of December. Three days later police paid him a visit and told him to stop. He returned to work and caught the virus from a patient. He had been in hospital for at least three weeks.\n\nHe posted his story from his hospital bed last month on social media site Weibo.\n\n\"Hello everyone, this is Li Wenliang, an ophthalmologist at Wuhan Central Hospital,\" the post begins.\n\nIt was a stunning insight into the botched response by local authorities in Wuhan in the early weeks of the coronavirus outbreak.\n\nDr Li was working at the centre of the outbreak in December when he noticed seven cases of a virus that he thought looked like Sars - the virus that led to a global epidemic in 2003. The cases were thought to come from the Huanan Seafood market in Wuhan and the patients were in quarantine in his hospital.\n\nOn 30 December he sent a message to fellow doctors in a chat group warning them about the outbreak and advising they wear protective clothing to avoid infection.\n\nWhat Dr Li didn't know then was that the disease that had been discovered was an entirely new coronavirus.\n\nAfter falling sick, Dr Li said on Weibo that he wondered why authorities were still saying no medical staff had been infected\n\nFour days later he was summoned to the Public Security Bureau where he was told to sign a letter. In the letter he was accused of \"making false comments\" that had \"severely disturbed the social order\".\n\n\"We solemnly warn you: If you keep being stubborn, with such impertinence, and continue this illegal activity, you will be brought to justice - is that understood?\" Underneath in Dr Li's handwriting is written: \"Yes, I do.\"\n\nHe was one of eight people who police said were being investigated for \"spreading rumours\".\n\nAt the end of January, Dr Li published a copy of the letter on Weibo and explained what had happened. In the meantime, local authorities had apologised to him but that apology came too late.\n\nFor the first few weeks of January officials in Wuhan were insisting that only those who came into contact with infected animals could catch the virus. No guidance was issued to protect doctors.\n\nBut just a week after his visit from the police, Dr Li was treating a woman with glaucoma. He didn't know that she had been infected with the new coronavirus.\n\n\"We hope you can calm down and reflect on your behaviour,\" the letter police told him to sign says\n\nIn his Weibo post he describes how on 10 January he started coughing, the next day he had a fever and two days later he was in hospital. His parents also fell ill and were taken to hospital.\n\nIt was 10 days later - on 20 January - that China declared the outbreak an emergency.\n\nDr Li says he was tested several times for coronavirus, all of them came back negative.\n\nOn 30 January he posted again: \"Today nucleic acid testing came back with a positive result, the dust has settled, finally diagnosed.\"\n\nHe punctuated the short post with an emoji of a dog with its eyes rolled back, tongue hanging out.\n\nNot surprisingly the post received thousands of comments and words of support.\n\n\"Dr Li Wenliang is a hero,\" one user said, worrying about what his story says about their country. \"In the future, doctors will be more afraid to issue early warnings when they find signs of infectious diseases.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "The Antarctic Peninsula is among the fastest-warming regions on earth\n\nA record high temperature of 18.3C (64.9F) has been logged on the continent of Antarctica.\n\nThe reading, taken on Thursday by Argentine research base Esperanza, is 0.8C hotter than the previous peak temperature of 17.5C, in March 2015.\n\nThe temperature was recorded in the Antarctic Peninsula, on the continent's north-west tip - one of the fastest-warming regions on earth.\n\nIt is being verified by the UN World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).\n\n\"[This] is not a figure you would normally associate with Antarctica, even in the summertime,\" WMO spokeswoman Clare Nullis told reporters in Geneva.\n\nTemperatures on the Antarctic continent have risen by almost 3C over the past 50 years, the organisation said, and about 87% of the glaciers along its west coast have \"retreated\" in that time.\n\nThe glaciers have shown an \"accelerated retreat\" in the past 12 years, the WMO added, due to global warming.\n\nIce loss, seen in this Nasa image from 2017, threatens Antarctica\n\nScientists warn that global warming is causing so much melting at the South Pole, it will eventually disintegrate - causing the global sea level to rise by at least three metres (10ft) over centuries.\n\nMs Nullis added: \"The amount of ice lost annually from the Antarctic ice sheet increased at least six-fold between 1979 and 2017.\n\n\"The melting from these glaciers, you know, means we are in big trouble when it comes to sea level rise.\"\n\nWhile 18.3C is a record for the Antarctic continent, the record in the wider Antarctic region - which includes the continent, islands and ocean that are in the Antarctic climatic zone - is 19.8C, logged in January 1982.\n\nLast July, the Arctic region hit its own record temperature of 21C, logged by a base at the northern tip of Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Justin Rowlatt experiences some of the challenges of filming in the Antarctic", "The US decision to ban its companies from using foreign telecoms providers regarded as a security risk is the latest salvo apparently directed against Chinese tech giant Huawei.\n\nThe US has been at the forefront of an effort to restrict the use of Huawei equipment in 5G mobile networks, citing serious security issues.\n\nHuawei is now facing resistance from other governments over the risk that its technology could be used for espionage.\n\nSo which other countries are blocking Huawei's 5G technology, and which are allowing it to operate?\n\nThis is new technology, in its very early stages of implementation, and many countries are still deciding what role - if any - Huawei should play.\n\nBut Huawei says it has now signed more than 40 commercial 5G contracts around the world, including in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.\n\nAustralia effectively banned Huawei and another Chinese telecom firm, ZTE, last year when it applied national security rules to companies supplying equipment to telecoms firms.\n\nNew Zealand has blocked Huawei from supplying one mobile network with 5G equipment, but has not yet ruled out all Huawei 5G contracts completely.\n\nThese two countries, along with the UK and Canada, make up the so-called Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network with the US.\n\nThe UK is still reviewing its 5G telecoms policy and may allow Huawei to supply \"non-core\" 5G components, such as antenna masts.\n\nCanada is still weighing up its decision over Huawei.\n\nThe United States has effectively blocked all Huawei involvement in its 5G networks.\n\nSo far, no European country has formally blocked Huawei, and the majority of the company's current global 5G contracts are with companies operating within Europe.\n\nThe EU in March issued recommendations about 5G security, asking member states to review their networks by the end of June and report their findings to the EU Commission.\n\nDespite pressure from the United States, Germany has resisted a ban, and France has not indicated it plans to follow a tough line against the Chinese company.\n\nThe Netherlands' largest telecom firm, KPN, has already made clear that it would not allow Huawei to build its \"core\" 5G infrastructure, but it could supply other equipment considered less sensitive.\n\nThe Dutch government is expected to make a decision on using Huawei equipment by the end of June.\n\nA telecoms firm in Russia signed a deal with Huawei on 5G technology during a visit to the country in June by the Chinese president.\n\nSouth Korea launched commercial 5G services last month, and one of its three carriers has used 5G equipment supplied by Huawei.\n\n5G trials are due to be carried out in India later this year with Huawei one of the companies invited to take part.\n\nHowever, there are reports that India may limit Huawei's involvement in developing its 5G infrastructure.\n\nMalaysia has already made clear that Huawei can be involved in developing its 5G networks, with the prime minister visiting the company's office in Beijing in April.\n\nIn Indonesia, the country's telecoms minister said earlier this year that it could not afford to be \"paranoid\" over using Huawei technology.\n\nIn Thailand, Huawei has already launched a 5G test project.\n\nVietnam, which is developing a 5G network, has not officially banned Huawei, although one of the largest largest telecoms carriers is currently using Ericsson technology.\n\nJapan has blocked the use of Huawei equipment for 5G over security fears, although as in other countries, Huawei kit is part of the existing 4G network.\n\nThe growth of 5G is likely to lead to other opportunities for Huawei around the world.\n\nThe company says it already has 10 confirmed 5G contracts in the Middle East.\n\nThe African continent has not been in the forefront of early 5G adoption, but its more advanced economies provide potentially fertile markets.\n\nIn South Africa, for example, Huawei has already announced its involvement in a commercial 5G network in Johannesburg with the mobile data provider, Rain.\n\nAccording to one industry-wide body, there were more than 200 operators in 85 countries investing in 5G networks in some form or another by March this year.", "Irish President Michael D Higgins cast his vote at St Mary's Hospital in Dublin on Saturday morning\n\nVoters are going to the polls in the Republic of Ireland's general election.\n\nPolls opened at 07:00 local time and will close at 22:00.\n\nCounting will begin on Sunday in all 39 constituencies. Newly elected TDs will gather on 20 February for the 33rd Dáil (Irish parliament).\n\nA total of 160 representatives will be returned to the Dáil. The ceann comhairle, or speaker, is automatically re-elected.\n\nIn most situations, the speaker does not vote, so a government will need 80 TDs to hold a majority.\n\nIt is unlikely that any party will reach that number, so another coalition government is probable.\n\nThe election uses proportional representation with a single transferrable vote.\n\nVoters write \"1\" opposite their first choice candidate, \"2\" opposite their second choice, \"3\" opposite their third choice and so on.\n\nPeople living on 12 islands off the coasts of counties Galway, Mayo and Donegal voted on Friday.\n\nLegislation to allow islanders to vote on the same day as other voters had not been passed by the time the general election was called.\n\nFianna Fáil leader Michéal Martin and family at the St Anthony's boys' school polling station in Ballinlough, County Cork\n\nTraditionally, islanders have voted ahead of the rest of the country to ensure that bad weather does not hamper the return of ballot boxes to the mainland in time for the count, which will start on Sunday.\n\nAbout 2,100 island residents were eligible to vote.\n\nIt is the first time that a general election in the Republic of Ireland has been held on a Saturday.\n\nSinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald casts her vote at St Joseph's School in Dublin\n\nAt 22:00 local time on Saturday, an Ipsos MRBI exit poll commissioned by RTÉ, The Irish Times, TG4 and University College Dublin will be published.", "Christian Hirte congratulated Thomas Kemmerich on his win in Thuringia\n\nGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel has dismissed a minister for praising the election of a liberal candidate who was supported by the far right.\n\nThe candidate, Thomas Kemmerich, won an election in the state of Thuringia with the backing of the far-right AfD party.\n\nChristian Hirte, who belongs to Mrs Merkel's CDU party, tweeted his congratulations afterwards.\n\nMr Kemmerich's victory with AfD support was seen as a political earthquake. Mrs Merkel said it was \"unforgiveable\".\n\nWednesday's election broke a taboo in German politics that mainstream parties do not work with the far right, and led to outrage among Ms Merkel's centre-left coalition partners in the national government, the Social Democrats (SPD).\n\nAs the vote sent shockwaves through Germany, Mr Hirte tweeted to FDP politician Mr Kemmerich: \"Your election as a candidate of the middle shows once again that the Thuringian [left-wing] red-green alliance has been voted out for good.\"\n\nThe tweet was widely condemned, and Sven Kindler, Green Party member of the German parliament - the Bundestag - replied: \"Forming pacts with Nazis and also giving your congratulations, what a shame.\"\n\nMr Hirte was a minister for former East German states and secretary of state for the economy and energy. In a brief statement, Mrs Merkel's spokesman, Steffen Seibert, said: \"The chancellor has today proposed to the federal president the dismissal of Secretary of State Christian Hirte.\"\n\nThe vote sparked protests, including this one outside the chancellery in Berlin on Saturday\n\nIn a follow-up tweet sent on Saturday, Mr Hirte confirmed that he had been fired.\n\n\"Chancellor Merkel has told me... that I can no longer be the Federal Government Commissioner for the new states,\" he wrote. \"Therefore, following her suggestion, I have asked for my discharge.\"\n\nThis was the first time in post-war Germany that a leader has been helped into office by the far right. Mainstream parties officially oppose any deals with the AfD, which has grown to become the main opposition party in the Bundestag.\n\nFaced with a major backlash to his election win, Mr Kemmerich announced on Thursday that he would resign - just 25 hours after he was elected - and called for a snap election.\n\nThe following day he said his lawyers had advised him to stay on temporarily, but reversed this on Saturday, announced he was standing down \"with immediate effect\".\n\nHe has said he would turn down a pay package of €93,000 (£79,000; $102,000), which he was legally entitled to under Thuringia law even though he only served one day in office.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSenior MPs in Thuringia's parliament plan to meet on 18 February to decide on a constitutional way to re-run the election for state premier.\n\nNo replacement has been chosen yet for Mr Kemmerich. There are calls for the public to vote in fresh regional elections in Thuringia, but Chancellor Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) are resisting that option.\n\nThe CDU and the SPD were holding crisis talks on Saturday.", "Harry arrived in Canada to join his wife Meghan last month\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex attended a JP Morgan event in Miami on Thursday, a palace source has said.\n\nPrince Harry spoke at the event but it is unclear whether he was paid to appear.\n\nIt comes after the couple said they would step back as \"senior royals\" and work to become financially independent.\n\nThey intend to split their time between the UK and North America and, from the spring, 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\nThe New York Post's Page Six, which first reported the story, said the Sussexes were \"keynote speakers\" as they made their first appearance together since the Queen granted their wish to step back as full-time royals.\n\nBBC royal correspondent Jonny Dymond says the \"presumption has to be that they weren't paid\" for the event because, for now, they are still working members of the Royal Family.\n\nCBS News host Gayle King introduced Meghan, who spoke of her love for her husband, before introducing him at 1 Hotel in Miami's South Beach, Page Six reported.\n\nHe is said to have talked about his mental health, something he has spoken about many times in the past.\n\nIn 2017, the duke revealed he sought counselling after \"shutting down\" his emotions for almost 20 years following the death of his mother.\n\nIn an ITV documentary last year, Prince Harry described his mental health and the way he deals with the pressures of his life as a matter of \"constant management\".\n\nPrince Harry arrived in Vancouver Island last month, where his wife Meghan had been staying with their nine-month-old son Archie.\n\nThe couple briefly returned to the UK in January following an extended six-week Christmas break there.\n\nSince the couple announced their desire to become financially independent there has been speculation about how they might make money.\n\nPublic speaking, TV production and book deals have been touted as possible income sources for the couple. They also plan to launch a charitable foundation.\n\nCurrently, 95% of the couple's income comes from Prince Charles's income from the Duchy of Cornwall, a vast portfolio of property and financial investments, which brought in £21.6m last year.\n\nIt is believed the couple will continue to receive money from Prince Harry's father under the new agreement, although it is unclear whether this will come from the Duchy, his personal wealth, or a combination of the two.\n\nHowever, the Sussexes will stop receiving money from the taxpayer-funded Sovereign Grant, which makes up the other 5% of their income.", "Jonathan Ashworth: 'I was correct - that was the irony of the phone call'\n\nLabour's \"devastating\" general election defeat could spell the end of the party, shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth has warned.\n\nThe Labour MP told a BBC Radio 4 documentary the party had to change or face up to 15 years out of power.\n\n\"Unless we do something quick this could be the end of the Labour Party in this country\", he said.\n\nSenior Labour and Tory figures give frank assessments of the 2019 campaign in the programme to be aired on Sunday.\n\nLabour went down to its worst defeat, in terms of seats, since 1935, although its vote share was slightly higher than when it lost in 2010 and 2015.\n\nMr Ashworth had to apologise to his party two days before the election, after saying he did not believe it could win, blaming \"the combination of Corbyn and Brexit\".\n\nHe said he was \"set up\" by a Tory friend, who secretly recorded his comments and released them to the media.\n\n\"I obviously regret that and I still think about it all time,\" he told The Inside Story of Election 19 documentary.\n\nBut he added: \"I was correct - that was the irony of the phone call.\"\n\nThe Leicester South MP is critical of Labour's decision to focus on claims the Conservatives were plotting to put the NHS on the table in trade talks with America.\n\n\"It was a legitimate point to make, but I think, politically, voters didn't buy it,\" he said, because it did not directly affect their lives.\n\nMichael Gove: 'Boris would have done brilliantly'\n\nHe also claims there was a lack of communication and planning at the heart of Labour's campaign.\n\nHe said he was told about the party's free broadband pledge by a BBC Newsnight producer while he was waiting to go on air to talk about Labour's NHS policies.\n\n\"I knew nothing about it,\" he said, adding that it \"was a week when we were trying to focus on the NHS and we were suddenly going off in another direction\".\n\nHe added that he did not think Labour should assume it would automatically return to power - and it needed to change.\n\n\"We could be out for another five to 10, 15 years,\" he said.\n\nJeremy Corbyn's former director of communications, James Schneider, also highlights a lack of trust between the key players in the campaign.\n\n\"John (McDonnell) and his shadow Treasury team did guard quite closely their big announcements,\" he told presenter Anne McElvoy.\n\n\"Over the course of 2019, and the disagreements on Brexit, the levels of trust within the operation had reduced very much and there was some operational scratchiness.\"\n\nHe said Labour's campaign slogan \"it's time for real change\" never \"took off\", adding \"we never filled it in with content or with other meaning\", giving the impression that the party was \"throwing things at the wall\".\n\nThe Conservatives honed their social media messages during the campaign before unleashing a barrage of \"negative, nasty messages about Jeremy\" in the final days, says Mr Schneider.\n\nIsaac Levido, the Australian strategist who ran the Conservative campaign, said he had no regrets about any of the party's messages.\n\nHe describes a much-criticised social media video, edited to show Sir Keir Starmer apparently unable to answer a question on Labour's Brexit position, as \"a little bit of fun\".\n\n\"From time to time you need to do things that cut through,\" he added.\n\nHe also revealed that he had tried to maintain morale at Tory HQ by playing music, including One Day More, from the musical Les Miserables, on the eve of polling day.\n\n\"I think there was a bit of a sing-a-long. People were quite delirious by that point,\" he added.\n\nCabinet Minister Michael Gove is asked if it was a mistake for Boris Johnson not to be interviewed by the BBC's Andrew Neil.\n\n\"No, because we won,\" he replied.\n\n\"I'm sure Boris would have done brilliantly, but with the best will in the world and I am huge fan of Andrew Neil, the purpose of running an election campaign is to win so that you can govern the country well, not to agree to every broadcast bid.\"\n\nLib Dem leadership contender Layla Moran said her party failed to properly explain its policy of cancelling Brexit if it won the election.\n\n\"It made us look arrogant, and it made us look stupid,\" she says.\n\nThe Inside Story of Election 19 is on BBC Radio 4 at 1330 GMT, presented by Anne McElvoy and produced by Peter Snowdon.", "Health worker Yao (not pictured) said hospital staff are not allowed to eat, rest or use the toilet during their 10-hour shifts\n\nMore than 600 people have been killed by a new strain of coronavirus since its outbreak began in China at the end of last year.\n\nBut while infection numbers rise, information about conditions on the ground in China is limited.\n\nInitially, news organisations in the country were able to report on the epidemic in detail.\n\nIn recent days, however, internet platforms have taken down several articles criticising the government's efforts to curb the virus.\n\nOfficials have also sought to crack down on the warnings shared by a doctor when the coronavirus began to spread.\n\nIn a rare occurrence, the BBC spoke with a health worker in Hubei, the province at the outbreak's epicentre.\n\nTo protect her identity, she asked to be referred by her family name, Yao.\n\nYao is based at a hospital in Hubei's second-largest city, Xiangyang. She works in what she describes as a \"fever clinic,\" where she analyses blood samples taken to diagnose anyone suspected of having coronavirus.\n\nBefore the outbreak, Yao had planned to travel to Guangzhou to spend Chinese New Year with her family.\n\nHer child and mother travelled ahead of her, but when the epidemic broke out, Yao decided to volunteer in Xiangyang instead.\n\n\"It's true that we all live one life, but there was just this strong voice inside me saying 'you must go,'\" she told the BBC.\n\nAt first she had to overcome her doubts about the decision.\n\n\"I told myself: be prepared and protect yourself well,\" Yao said. \"Even if there was no protective suit, I could always wear a raincoat. If there was no mask, I could ask friends all over China to send one to me. There is always a way.\"\n\nYao says she found that the hospital is better supplied than she expected. The government has delivered resources and private companies have donated equipment to help.\n\nThere is still a shortage of protective masks and suits, however, and not every member of staff is properly protected.\n\n\"It's a difficult job, it's very sad and heart-breaking, and most of the time we just don't have time to think about our own safety,\" said Yao.\n\n\"We also have to treat the patients with tender care, because many people came to us with great fear, some of them were on the verge of a nervous breakdown\".\n\nTo deal with the high number of incoming patients, staff at the hospital work in 10-hour shifts. Yao said that during these shifts no-one can eat, drink, take a break, or use the toilets.\n\n\"At the end of the shift, when we take off the suits, we'll find our clothes are completely wet with sweat,\" said Yao. \"Our forehead, nose, neck and face are left with deep marks by the tight masks and sometimes even cuts.\n\n\"Many of my colleagues just sleep on chairs after the shifts, because they're too tired to walk,\" she added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's online health editor on what we know about the virus\n\nBut despite the hardship, Yao says none of the hospital's medical staff have been infected.\n\nShe and her colleagues have also been boosted by warm messages from members of the public. Some people have even sent food and other daily necessities.\n\n\"I feel that even though they are quarantined at home, the virus brings our hearts together,\" said Yao.\n\nIn all, she said China's government's response to the coronavirus outbreak has been \"fairly quick,\" and no other country could have given a better response.\n\n\"In the West, you talk more about freedom or human rights, but right now in China, we're talking about the matter of life or death,\" said Yao.\n\n\"We're talking about whether you might see the sunrise tomorrow. So all people can do is to cooperate with the government and support the medical staff\".", "Derek Mackay resigned on Wednesday hours before he was due to present the Scottish budget\n\nPolice have spoken to a 16-year-old schoolboy sent hundreds of social media messages by Scotland's former finance secretary Derek Mackay.\n\nPolice Scotland said that while it had not \"received any complaint of criminality\", it was \"assessing available information\".\n\nMr Mackay resigned as finance secretary hours before he was due to present the Scottish budget.\n\nPolice have appealed to others with information to come forward.\n\nIt followed claims, first published in The Scottish Sun, that Mr Mackay sent 270 messages to the boy over a six-month period on Instagram and Facebook.\n\nThe youngster has since told the paper: \"I was happy to speak to the police and will tell them everything that happened.\n\n\"I didn't think what he was doing was a crime, but I knew it was wrong and should be highlighted.\"\n\nA Police Scotland spokeswoman said: \"We have not received any complaint of criminality, however we are currently assessing available information.\n\n\"We would encourage anyone with information to please come forward.\n\n\"Police Scotland will always listen to anyone who wishes to seek advice or formally report a matter to us.\"\n\nSince the scandal broke Mr McKay has deleted or restricted access to his social media accounts.\n\nMr Mackay's social media accounts have been restricted or deleted\n\nMr Mackay - who has also been suspended from the SNP pending investigation - is reported to have called the youngster \"cute\" as well as offering to take him to a rugby game and out to dinner.\n\nOpposition politicians have condemned what they described as \"predatory\" behaviour from Mr Mackay - who had been tipped as a future successor to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon - saying the messages amounted to \"grooming\".\n\nMr Mackay, a father-of-two who came out as gay in 2013, has not been seen in public since the story broke on Wednesday night.\n\nIt was later reported that the Renfrewshire North and West MSP had also sent dozens of unwanted messages to an SNP activist over a period of four years.\n\nShaun Cameron, 25, told the Daily Record on Friday that the MSP contacted him on Facebook after meeting him at an SNP event when he was 21. He said some of the messages were \"quite suggestive\" - alleging the then finance secretary had asked him in September 2017: \"Got any naughty pics?\"\n\nMs Sturgeon confirmed to MSPs at Holyrood on Thursday that she had accepted Mr Mackay's resignation from government - saying his behaviour had fallen \"seriously below the standard required of a minister\".\n\nIn his resignation statement, Mr Mackay accepted he had \"behaved foolishly\" and he apologised unreservedly to the teenage boy and his family.\n\nHe said at the time: \"I take full responsibility for my actions. I have behaved foolishly and I am truly sorry.\"\n\nHe remains an MSP but is facing mounting calls to resign.", "There are just over 1,000 mountain gorillas in existence\n\nFour rare mountain gorillas, including a pregnant female, have died in Uganda after being hit by lightning, a conservation group says.\n\nThe three adult females and a male infant were found in Uganda's Mgahinga National Park with \"gross lesions\" on their bodies indicating electrocution.\n\nThe Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration (GVTC) called this a \"big loss for the species\".\n\nThere are just over 1,000 mountain gorillas in existence.\n\nThe species is restricted to protected areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda.\n\nThe four that died were part of a 17-member group, which has been called the Hirwa family by the authorities.\n\nMembers of the Hirwa group were photographed in 2012\n\nThe Hirwa group had crossed the border from Rwanda into Uganda last year and had been living in Uganda's Mgahinga National Park.\n\nMgahinga is in the Virunga Massif range of mountains which straddle the borders of Uganda, Rwanda and DR Congo.\n\n\"This was extremely sad,\" Andrew Seguya, executive secretary of the GVTC, told the BBC.\n\n\"The potential of the three females for their contribution to the population was immense,\" Dr Seguya said.\n\nHe added that the 13 surviving members of the Hirwa family have been found and are feeding well.\n\nSamples from the post-mortem are currently being tested and confirmation of the cause of death is expected within the next three weeks, GVTC said.\n\nIn 2018, the mountain gorilla was removed from the list of critically endangered species, after intensive conservation efforts, including anti-poaching patrols, paid off.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Nearly 100 Britons have already been flown out of Wuhan on flights arranged by the UK government\n\nAround 150 Britons on the next UK government flight back from Wuhan will be taken to a conference centre in Milton Keynes for a 14-day quarantine.\n\nUK citizens on two earlier repatriation flights from the Chinese city at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak are at Arrowe Park Hospital on the Wirral.\n\nThere have been three cases of coronavirus in the UK so far.\n\nThe third patient caught the virus at a business conference in Singapore, the BBC's Hugh Pym says.\n\nSingaporean authorities contacted the man, who is British, to warn him there had been a confirmed case.\n\nHe is thought to have tested positive for the virus in Brighton and called NHS 111 from home for advice before going by arrangement to an isolation facility at the Royal Sussex County Hospital.\n\nHe was tested and then went home, isolating himself while he waited for the results. The man was then transported by the NHS to St Thomas's Hospital in London, where he is being treated.\n\nThe latest British nationals to be flown out of Wuhan on Sunday will be taken to Kents Hill Park, a training and conference venue on the outskirts of Milton Keynes.\n\nMilton Keynes University Hospitals NHS Trust said there was no risk to local people as anyone showing symptoms would not be allowed to board the plane.\n\nAfter they arrive, passengers will continue to be monitored and anyone who shows symptoms during their two-week stay will be tested for the virus, the trust said in a statement.\n\nAnyone who tests positive will be isolated and given specialist NHS care.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sea urchins and Swiss rolls: Quarantine around the world\n\nThe two other UK cases - both Chinese nationals - are being treated at the Royal Victoria Infirmary infectious diseases centre in Newcastle.\n\nThe patients - a University of York student and one of their relatives - tested positive for the virus after falling ill at a hotel in York.\n\nThere have been more than 31,000 cases worldwide, mostly in China.\n\nMore than 600 people have died but only two of these were outside mainland China - one in Hong Kong and one in the Philippines.\n\nMeanwhile, 61 people - including one British national - have tested positive for the virus on a cruise ship off the coast of Japan.\n\nBriton Alan Steele, from Wolverhampton, who was on his honeymoon with his wife Wendy, is among those to be taken off the ship for hospital treatment.\n\nHe posted on Facebook on Friday that his new wife had remained on board.\n\nHe told friends: \"Would also like to say that at the moment I am not showing any symptoms so just possibly a carrier. Will let you know how I am going on when possible.\"\n\nSome 3,700 people are on board the Diamond Princess, which is quarantined in Yokohama for at least two weeks.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Diamond Princess passenger David Abel: \"In addition to the face masks, we've now been given gloves\"\n\nNearly 100 Britons have been flown out of Wuhan on flights arranged by the UK government.\n\nAll are now in quarantine on the Wirral for 14 days - the incubation period of the virus - to ensure they are not carrying the infection.\n\nA final chartered flight for Britons is due to leave the city on Sunday, the Foreign Office said.\n\nOn Thursday, the government updated its advice for people arriving in the UK from nine Asian countries and territories.\n\nAnyone returning from the specified countries in the past fortnight who has symptoms including a cough, fever or shortness of breath is advised to stay indoors and call the NHS 111 service.\n\nPreviously this advice had only applied to travellers arriving from mainland China.\n\nThe Foreign Office has also advised Britons in China to leave the country if they can to minimise the risk of exposure to the virus.\n\nThe coronavirus causes severe acute respiratory infection and symptoms usually start with a fever, followed by a dry cough. Most people infected are likely to fully recover - just as they would from a flu.\n\nThe World Health Organization said data from 17,000 patients suggested 82% have mild disease, 15% severe and 3% critical.", "Jakraphanth Thomma, a Thai soldier, went on a shooting rampage in the city of Nakhon Ratchasima\n\nOn Saturday 8 February, Thai soldier Jakraphanth Thomma killed his commanding officer, stole weapons from a military base, and went on to launch a devastating attack on civilians in the city of Nakhon Ratchasima.\n\nSo far 26 people have been confirmed dead with 57 injured, but those numbers could rise.\n\nOn Sunday morning, the security forces shot Jakraphanth dead, after he had been holed up all night in a shopping centre.\n\nHere's how it all unfolded (all times local, GMT +7 hours)\n\nThe attack begins. Jakraphanth, 32, kills his commanding officer, Col Anantharot Krasae, 48, and Col Anantharot's 63-year-old mother-in-law, Anong Mitchan.\n\nJakraphanth steals weapons - an HK33 assault rifle, BBC Thai reports - and ammunition, before fleeing the camp in a Humvee-type vehicle.\n\nFootage appears to show Jakraphanth arriving at the Terminal 21 shopping centre in Korat.\n\nHe goes on to indiscriminately shoot at people inside the mall, killing and injuring dozens of people.\n\nHe posts updates on Facebook during the attack.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Gunshots can be heard and people can be seen running through the shopping centre\n\nOfficials confirm that Jakraphanth is on the fourth floor of the shopping centre. Reports say he is holding hostages inside.\n\nHe posts a video of himself holding a rifle on Facebook, and says: \"Tired, I can barely move my fingers.\"\n\nPeople trapped inside the shopping centre hide in bathroom cubicles and under tables, they later tell BBC Thai.\n\nFacebook takes down the post and profile soon afterwards.\n\nFacebook says in a statement: \"Our hearts go out to the victims, their families and the community affected by this tragedy in Thailand.\n\n\"There is no place on Facebook for people who commit this kind of atrocity, nor do we allow people to praise or support this attack.\"\n\nColonel Krishna Phatthanacharoen, deputy spokesman for the Royal Thai Police, confirms that more than 10 people have died.\n\nA number of police officers surround the shopping centre, while others enter the building to try and help people inside to escape.\n\nA radius of 2km around the shopping centre is cordoned off.\n\nPolice officers meet Jakraphanth's mother, and bring her to the shopping centre so she can attempt to persuade him to surrender.\n\nThe official death toll rises to 16.\n\nAnother round of gunfire is heard from within the shopping centre, before calming down again.\n\nA spokesman for the Ministry of Defence says that the military will assist the police in protecting the shopping centre, and helping people trapped inside to escape.\n\nOfficers confirm that they have managed to clear the ground floor of the shopping centre, as well as floors one, two and three. Images show people fleeing.\n\nArmy officials ask news outlets to stop live coverage of the attack, to avoid giving the suspect information about their operations.\n\nAs ambulances arrived at the shopping centre, there were reports of further gunfire\n\nDeputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnverakul confirms that the death toll has risen to 20. He says 16 people died at the scene, while another four died in hospital.\n\nHe adds that two police officers have been shot in the back and the leg, and are currently undergoing surgery.\n\nThere are reports of sporadic rounds of gunfire within the building. Special Operations officers enter the building.\n\nAt the same time, about five ambulances arrive at the shopping centre to take injured people to hospital.\n\nA member of the security forces dies in the operation.\n\nThe security forces announce that they have shot dead the gunman.\n\nPublic Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul posts on his Facebook page, thanking the police and the military officers who carried out the operation.\n\n\"It is unprecedented in Thailand, and I want this to be the last time this crisis happens,\" said Prayuth Chan-ocha outside a hospital in Nakhon Ratchasima.\n\nHe announced a revised death toll of 26, plus the gunman, with 57 people wounded.\n\nHe said that a property deal appeared to have given Jakraphanth a sense of grievance which led to his rampage.", "Thailand is the only country in South East Asia to have escaped colonial rule. Buddhist religion, the monarchy and the military have helped to shape its society and politics.\n\nThe military has ruled for most of the period since 1947, with a few interludes in which the country had a democratically elected government.\n\nSince 2001, Thai politics have been dominated by the deep split between supporters and detractors of Thaksin Shinawatra, who served as prime minister until he was ousted by the military in 2006.\n\nIn 2023, Thailand's opposition parties secured by far the largest number of votes in national elections, as voters delivered a significant rebuke to the military-backed government that had ruled since the 2014 coup.\n\nThailand is a constitutional monarchy. Maha Vajiralongkorn, the 10th Thai monarch of the Chakri dynasty, was proclaimed king in December 2016.\n\nHe succeeded his father King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest reigning monarch at the time, who died in October that year.\n\nSrettha Thavisin of the populist Pheu Thai party won the backing of parliament to become Thailand's next prime minister in August 2023, paving the way for a new coalition government and putting an end to the political impasse that followed the country's May elections.\n\nThe vote came hours after the Pheu Thai party's billionaire figurehead Thaksin Shinawatra made an historic homecoming after years as a fugitive in self-imposed exile.\n\nThe progressive Move Forward Party, which won the most votes, was blocked from taking power by conservative senators - all of whom were appointed by the army following its 2014 coup. Thavisin's appointment as prime minister cements his party's coalition with its former military rivals.\n\nUnder Thailand's constitution drafted under military rule after the coup, both houses of parliament must vote to select a new prime minister.\n\nThailand's military has a seized power 12 times since the end of the absolute monarchy in 1932.\n\nThe government and military control nearly all the national terrestrial television networks, and operate many of Thailand's radio networks.\n\nThe media are free to criticise government policies, and cover instances of corruption and human rights abuses.\n\nHowever, a strict lese majeste law prohibits media in Thailand from reporting anything that could be deemed critical of the royal family, and journalists tend to exercise self-censorship regarding the military, the judiciary and other sensitive issues.\n\n20,000BC - Evidence of continuous human habitation in present-day Thailand from this date onwards.\n\nc. 1250-1000BC - Ban Chiang in northeast Thailand, currently the earliest known centre of copper and bronze production in South East Asia\n\n68-550AD - Funan Kingdom, centred on the Mekong Delta, becomes the area's first known regional power.\n\n802-1431 - Khmer Empire, centred on Angkor Wat in Cambodia, encompasses much of modern Thailand.\n\n1238-1438 - Sukhothai Kingdom. Pho Khun Bang Klang Hao, a local Tai ruler, becomes the first ruler of the kingdom, based around Sukhothai in north-central Thailand, having rallied resistance to Khmer rule. In 1438 it falls under the influence of the neighbouring Ayutthaya.\n\n1351-1767 - Ayutthaya Kingdom, centred on the southern city of Ayutthaya, becomes on great powers of Asia, and is considered the precursor of modern Thailand.\n\nAyutthaya reached its peak under the reign of King Narai the Great\n\n1656-1688 - Under Narai the Great, Ayutthaya makes commercial and diplomatic links with countries in the Middle East and West. It develops close diplomatic relations with Louis XIV in France. The kingdom sees intense rivalry between the competing Dutch, French and English trading companies.\n\n1767 - Ayutthaya is captured by Burmese forces and destroyed.\n\n1767-1782 - Thonburi Kingdom. Seat of power is moved south to Thonburi, now a district in present-day Bangkok. Founded by Taksin the Great, who reunites the country following the collapse of the Ayutthaya Kingdom.\n\n1782 - Rattanakosin Kingdom founded. Army commander Phra Phutthayotfa Chulalok Maharaj overthrows Taksin and as Rama I becomes the first monarch of the reigning Chakri dynasty of Siam, now Thailand. Rattanakosin, now Bangkok, becomes the new capital of the reunited kingdom.\n\n1896 - Rival colonial powers Britain and France agree to make Thailand's central Chao Phraya valley a buffer state between their territories in India and Burma (now Myanmar) and France's occupation of Indochina.\n\n1932 - Absolute monarchy gives way to constitutional monarchy with parliamentary government.\n\n1939 - Decree changes the name of the country from \"Siam\" to \"Thailand\".\n\n1940-41 - Following the fall of France in World War Two, Thailand fights a brief conflict with colonial Vichy France resulting in Thailand gaining some Lao and Cambodian territories.\n\n1941 - Japan attacks US fleet at Pearl Harbor and invades Dutch East Indies. Japanese armies cross Thailand to invade Malaya and Burma. Thailand allies with Japan.\n\n1947 - First post-1945 military coup. The military retains power continuously until 1973.\n\n1954 - Thailand joins the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (Seato) to become an active US ally.\n\n1961 - Following the United States' increasing involvement in the Vietnam War, the US secretly agrees to protect Thailand. From the mid-60s onwards, The US uses Thai air bases to bomb North Vietnam.\n\n1965-83 - Communist insurgency: Fought mainly between the Communist Party of Thailand (CPT) and Thai government forces, the fighting winds down after 1980 following the announcement of an amnesty. More than 7,000 soldiers, government officials, insurgent and civilians are killed in the fighting.\n\n1975 - End of the Vietnam war: South Vietnam collapses following the US withdrawal of military support, North Vietnamese forces sweep south and occupy Saigon.\n\n2001 - Populist Thaksin Shinawatra becomes prime minister for first time.\n\n2011 - Pro-Thaksin Pheu Thai party wins a landslide victory in elections and his younger sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, becomes prime minister.\n\n2014 - Military junta led by General Prayuth Chan-ocha seize power. The junta binds future governments to a 20-year national strategy 'road map' it laid down, effectively locking the country into military-guided democracy.\n\n2016 - King Bhumibol Adulyadej dies after 70 years on the throne, and is succeeded by his son, Maha Vajiralongkorn.\n\n2023 - Thailand's charismaic former PM Thaksin Shinawatra is jailed on returning to the country after 15 years in self-imposed exile, though many believe he has done a deal meaning he will only serve a short period in prison.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Charles Dickens gives advice to a fan about her \"state of mind\"\n\nLetters by Charles Dickens, revealing his state of mind while working on novels including A Christmas Carol, are to go on display for the first time.\n\nIn one, he discloses: \"I have been writing my head off since ten o'clock...\" despite being on holiday.\n\nThe 25 unpublished letters are part of a huge collection of manuscripts, books from his library and personal items.\n\nThey have been acquired by the Charles Dickens Museum in London and will go on display later in the year.\n\nThe acquisition is being announced to mark the writer's birthday on Friday.\n\nWhile he was writing A Christmas Carol, Dickens sent a letter dated 9 November 1843 to a close friend.\n\n\"I have half done the Christmas Book, and am resting for two days before going to Chuzzlewit [Martin Chuzzlewit, his sixth novel] - that is, if I can call anything rest, with that before me.\n\nAn envelope from Dickens' letters talking about the progress of A Christmas Carol\n\n\"Yesterday I walked a great deal. Today I am going out on horseback, for a thirty mile ride.\"\n\nCindy Sughrue, director of the Charles Dickens Museum, says the letters shed light on Dickens' \"creative process\" and help answer the question \"what did he do to enable himself to write?\"\n\nExercise was clearly important. Another letter was written in 1846 when Dickens and his family went to stay in Switzerland for several months. At the time he was starting work on Dombey and Son.\n\n\"It is a tough day, but it is a great thing to get rid of the heat... I may perhaps take a boat for exercise, this evening after dinner…\" Dickens wrote.\n\nSughrue finds fascinating Dickens' ability to keep on working, no matter what his circumstances.\n\n\"It's this mixture of being on holiday… enjoying a completely different culture and still 'writing his head off' and meeting those publication deadlines throughout,\" she says.\n\nDickens tells his friend about his \"touch of the fidgets\"\n\n\"He worked hard and he played hard.\"\n\nOther unpublished letters reveal Dickens' strained relationship with his father John.\n\nAnd while Dickens destroyed most of the letters sent to him, there is also the only complete exchange of letters that has survived - between Dickens and one of his fans, a young Danish woman.\n\nIn one he offers her advice, writing: \"The state of mind which you describe is not a wholesome one… the remedy for it, however, is easy… action, usefulness.\n\n\"Let me have the great gratification of believing, one day, that the correspondence you have opened with me, had done some good, and made a lighter and more cheerful heart than it found in you.\"\n\nThe Charles Dickens Museum acquired the collection from an American who had spent more than 40 years putting it together.\n\nThe museum raised the £1.8m to buy it with the help of grants from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Friends of the National Libraries and the Dickens Fellowship.\n\nMark Dickens, the great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens, said: \"This quite staggering material brings us even closer to the man himself, his character, feelings, family and friends.\"\n\nThe collection will now be catalogued and conserved - and put online, as well as on display at the museum.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Brett Kinloch, pictured with daughters Freya (left) and Ella (right), died on the same day Ariya was born\n\nThe wife of a man who met his newborn baby daughter just hours before he died has spent the year fulfilling his unfinished bucket list.\n\nBrett Kinloch, 31, died of a brain tumour in February last year at Milton Keynes Hospital.\n\nHis wife rushed from another hospital 50 minutes after giving birth so she could place Ariya in his arms.\n\nNicola Kinloch said her husband was \"still guiding\" the family to add new experiences to their lives.\n\nNicola Kinloch said Australia was somewhere she had always planned to go to with Brett\n\nMrs Kinloch's parents also joined them to tick off dreams on the bucket list\n\nMrs Kinloch said since her husband died on 11 February, she had visited Australia - a place they had always wanted to travel to together - and jumped out of a plane.\n\nThe 32-year-old is also planning to run the London Marathon next year.\n\nThey were all experiences her husband had written down as life goals when he was 21.\n\nMrs Kinloch, from Linslade in Bedfordshire, said: \"Brett had already done some of the things on his own and we ticked off a lot together as a couple.\n\n\"I knew it [the bucket list] was on the laptop so I dug it out and updated it after Brett died.\"\n\nFrom left to right: Freya, Ariya and Ella Kinloch\n\nMrs Kinloch said the list had taken the family - their three daughters Freya, five, Ella, two, and Ariya, plus her parents - to see Ayers Rock and the Great Barrier Reef.\n\nShe also ticked off doing a skydive while in Australia.\n\n\"Australia was somewhere we had always talked about going together and although doing a skydive wasn't on top of my own priority list, I'm so glad I did it, it was such an amazing experience,\" she said.\n\nThe PE teacher added: \"Brett is still guiding us, inspiring us and motivating us to add new experiences.\"\n\nMrs Kinloch said doing a skydive was an \"amazing experience\"\n\nMr Kinloch was diagnosed with the aggressive tumour in 2015.\n\nHis wife, who has raised awareness of the Stand Up to Cancer campaign, said he remained positive and \"never lost hope\" during his illness.\n\nOn the day of his death, Mrs Kinloch gave birth to Ariya at Luton and Dunstable Hospital, about 20 miles away from Milton Keynes Hospital.\n\nShe was born three hours before her father died.\n\nNicola Kinloch said her husband \"never lost hope\" during his illness\n\nAriya was born three hours before Mr Kinloch died on 11 February 2019\n\nMrs Kinloch said 11 February - this Tuesday - would be bittersweet as it was Ariya's birthday as well as the day their \"daddy died\".\n\n\"But I want the girls to be aware that it falls on the same day,\" she said.\n\nThey plan to mark the occasion with a party for Ariya at the weekend and creating stone paintings to take to the cemetery on Tuesday.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Facebook's social media accounts were temporarily taken over by a group of hackers on Friday afternoon.\n\nThe hacking group OurMine posted on the Twitter and Instagram accounts for Facebook and Messenger, writing \"even Facebook is hackable\".\n\nThe accounts have now been restored.\n\nOurMine claims its attacks are an attempt to show cyber vulnerabilities. In January it hijacked over a dozen accounts for teams in the US National Football League.\n\nThe group posted a statement on Facebook's Twitter account. \"Hi, we are OurMine. Well, even Facebook is hackable but at least their security is better then Twitter.\"\n\nIt also hijacked the Facebook and Messenger accounts on Instagram to post a photo of OurMine's logo.\n\nFacebook's own website was not hacked.\n\nTwitter confirmed that the hacking occurred via a third-party and that accounts were locked once it was alerted to the issue.\n\n\"As soon as we were made aware of the issue, we locked the compromised accounts and are working closely with our partners at Facebook to restore them,\" Twitter said in a statement.\n\nThe attack on Facebook seems to have followed a similar hack on teams in the National Football League. The accounts appear to have been accessed via the third-party platform Khoros.\n\nKhoros is a marketing platform that businesses can use to manage their social media communications. Typically these platforms manage or have access to the passwords and login details of their customers.\n\nKhoros did not respond to a BBC request for comment.\n\nOurMine is a Dubai-based hacking group that attacked the accounts of corporations and high-profile individuals in the past. In the past, it has temporality infiltrated the social media account of Twitter's founder Jack Dorsey, Google's chief executive Sundar Pichai, and the corporate accounts of Netflix and ESPN\n\nThe group claims its attacks are designed to show a lack of security. But it also instructs victims to use its services to improve safeguards.", "Body Coach star Joe Wicks is to read the CBeebies bedtime story on Valentine's Day, it has been announced.\n\nThe fitness coach and father-of-two will read Love Monster and the Perfect Present, by Rachel Bright.\n\nHe said he was excited to share the experience with daughter Indie, one, newborn son Marley and his nephews.\n\nWicks is the latest in a long list of stars, including Dolly Parton, Orlando Bloom, Alesha Dixon and Sir Elton John, to have read a story on the channel.\n\nThe 33-year-old said: \"One of my favourite things in the world is sitting down before bed and reading a new story with Indie. I love seeing her eyes light up and learn every day.\n\n\"I'm amazed by how much babies absorb language through books. I'm so excited to show Indie, Marley and my nephews my Bedtime Stories. I had so much fun reading them.\"\n\nActors Tom Hardy and Luke Evans have previously been chosen for the Valentine's Day show.\n\nWicks's reading will be broadcast on 14 February at 18:50 GMT.\n\nThe book is part of a series about Love Monster, the only monster in Cutesville. It is written and illustrated by Bright and has also been made into a CBeebies series.", "A soldier has gone on a shooting spree in the Thai city of Nakhon Ratchasima.\n\nReports say at least 20 people have been killed and many others injured.\n\nThe gunman is still on the loose.", "Thousands outside of China have been put under quarantine, as they remain under observation for signs of coronavirus.\n\nThey have either been evacuated from China to their home countries or have been in contact with infected people, and now have to stay in isolation for at least 14 days.\n\nWhile some of those quarantined within China, particularly in Hubei province, have reported poor living conditions, many of those in lockdown in the rest of the world have been put up in comfortable converted military camps and government facilities.\n\nSome are also on cruise ships - or being housed in seaside holiday resorts.", "Severe weather and flash flood warnings have been issued to citizens living in New South Wales after heavy rainfall caused some of the heaviest floods in almost 20 years.\n\nNew South Wales Minister for Police and Emergency, David Elliot, has told those in the area to take the flooding seriously.", "The three main political parties have tied in first preference votes, according to an exit poll for the Republic of Ireland's general election.\n\nThe earliest indications from the poll suggest there is little difference between Fine Gael, Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil.\n\nPolling closed in the general election at 22:00 GMT.\n\nCounting to elect the 33rd Dáil (Irish parliament) will begin on Sunday in all 39 constituencies.\n\nThere will be coverage of the election results on the BBC News NI website from 12:00 GMT on Sunday.\n\nThe poll was commissioned jointly by RTÉ, The Irish Times, TG4 and UCD and included sampling of 5,000 respondents at 250 polling stations.\n\nRTÉ says voting appears to have been \"solid\".\n\nHowever, there is no expectation of a spike in voting compared to 2016 despite it being the first ever Saturday general election vote.\n\nFactors that may have affected turnout include the poor weather and international rugby.\n\nThe exit poll indicates that Fine Gael secured 22.4% of first preference votes, closely followed by Sinn Féin (22.3%) and Fianna Fáil (22.2%).\n\nIt also suggests the Green Party secured 7.9% of first preference votes, followed by Labour (4.6%), Social Democrats (3.4%), Solidarity People Before Profit (2.8%).\n\nIndications are that Independents took 11.2% of first preference votes.\n\nThe poll suggests a move toward Sinn Féin among younger voters, with the party receiving the largest number of first preference votes among 18-24 years olds (31.8%).\n\nThe majority of voters over the age of 65 appear to have given their first preference to Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil\n\nThere is a margin of error of 1.3% in either direction in the exit poll.\n\nA total of 160 representatives will be returned to the Dáil and newly elected TDs will gather on 20 February .\n\nThe ceann comhairle, or speaker, is automatically re-elected.\n\nIn most situations, the speaker does not vote, so a government will need 80 TDs to hold a majority.\n\nIt is unlikely that any party will reach that number, so another coalition government is probable.\n\nThe election uses proportional representation with a single transferrable vote.\n\nVoters wrote \"1\" opposite their first choice candidate, \"2\" opposite their second choice, \"3\" opposite their third choice and so on.\n\nFianna Fáil leader Michéal Martin and family at the St Anthony's boys' school polling station in Ballinlough, County Cork\n\nPeople living on 12 islands off the coasts of counties Galway, Mayo and Donegal voted on Friday.\n\nLegislation to allow islanders to vote on the same day as other voters had not been passed by the time the general election was called.\n\nTraditionally, islanders have voted ahead of the rest of the country to ensure that bad weather does not hamper the return of ballot boxes to the mainland in time for the count, which will start on Sunday.\n\nAbout 2,100 island residents were eligible to vote.\n\nSinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald casts her vote at St Joseph's School in Dublin", "Mike Pompeo urged the UK to prioritise its security interests when dealing with Chinese firm Huawei on his visit to the UK in May last year\n\nUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has urged the UK to reconsider allowing Huawei to have a role in its 5G system, ahead of talks with Boris Johnson.\n\nHe told reporters the UK had a chance to \"relook\" at the decision, stressing the US needed to be sure its allies had \"trusted\" information networks.\n\nThe US believes the Chinese firm's equipment poses a spying risk.\n\nBut Culture Secretary Baroness Morgan said it \"in no way\" affects the ability of the UK to share classified data.\n\nAhead of his meeting with the PM, Mr Pompeo held talks with his UK counterpart, Dominic Raab, on Wednesday evening.\n\nThe Foreign Office said Mr Raab reiterated his \"disappointment\" at the US decision to reject an extradition request for Anne Sacoolas - the diplomat's wide suspected of causing the death of Harry Dunn by dangerous driving.\n\nMr Dunn, 19, died after a crash in Northamptonshire in August, which led to suspect Ms Sacoolas leaving for the US under diplomatic immunity.\n\nDominic Raab \"emphasised the importance of delivering justice for Harry Dunn and his family\" to Mike Pompeo, the Foreign Office said\n\nThe US had repeatedly warned that giving Huawei a role in 5G could allow the Chinese government a \"back door\" into the telecoms network through which they could carry out espionage or cyber attacks.\n\nAhead of his arrival in London, Mr Pompeo told reporters the US wanted to \"work with\" the UK following the National Security Council's decision to give Huawei a role in spite of those warnings.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Baroness Morgan: UK has \"got the expertise\" in Huawei\n\n\"We were urging them (the UK) to make a decision that was different than the one they made and we'll have a conversation about how to proceed,\" he said.\n\n\"There is also a chance for the UK to relook at this as implementation moves forward, and then it's important for everyone to know there is also real work being done by lots of private companies inside the US and in Europe to make sure that there are true competitors to Huawei.\"\n\nHe added: \"We will make sure that when American information passes across a network we are confident that that network is a trusted one.\"\n\nThe UK has insisted the firm will be barred from sensitive locations, such as nuclear sites and military bases and its share of the market will be capped at 35%.\n\nBaroness Morgan also told BBC Breakfast the UK had expertise is mitigating risks when using Huawei's technology, as it was already part of existing 4G networks - unlike in the US.\n\nShe said: \"We want to see the roll-out of 5G... for the growth of our economy and productivity, but in making this decision, we have been very clear we will not compromise on national security.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How will the Huawei 5G deal affect me?\n\n\"We obviously had a number of conversations with the US [who] have made their views clear. But we have got that expertise, we have had that oversight of Huawei... which gives our agencies the ability to give the assurance that having them involved in the periphery of the network does not present the security challenge I think others have worried about.\"\n\nThe UK's decision also faced a criticism from some senior Conservative MPs after Mr Raab made a statement about it in the Commons.\n\nTom Tugendhat, former chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, tweeted that the government's \"statement leaves many concerns and does not close the UK's networks to a frequently malign international actor\".\n\nBut Defence Secretary Ben Wallace downplayed such concerns, telling the BBC the UK should not be \"paranoid\" that the decision would lead to \"Big Brother from China watching us\".\n\nAsked about how the US might react Mr Wallace said: \"I don't know how they'll react... they've made their concerns clear.\n\n\"We understand that - we respect that, we've given them lots of assurances that the intelligence they share and how they share it.\"\n\nA series of US congressional figures called on the UK to reconsider, saying the decision could be an obstacle to a post-Brexit trade deal between the US and UK, as well as raising questions over security co-operation.\n\nSenator Tom Cotton, a Republican member of the Senate intelligence committee, called for a \"thorough review\" of intelligence sharing with the UK.\n\n\"I fear London has freed itself from Brussels only to cede sovereignty to Beijing,\" he said.\n\nThe decision gave China a foothold to carry out \"pervasive espionage\" on the UK and gave it \"increased economic and political leverage\", he said.\n\nSenator Lindsey Graham, a Republican who is one of the president's most committed defenders, said he was \"very concerned\" and urged the UK to think again.\n\n\"This decision has the potential to jeopardise US-UK intelligence sharing agreements and could greatly complicate a US-UK free trade agreement,\" he tweeted.\n• None Huawei 5G verdict is decision 'with few good options'", "Hundreds of thousands of bats have invaded the town of Ingham in Queensland, Australia, and residents are fed up.\n\nThe bats now outnumber the residents in the town and upset locals have asked their council to do something about it.\n\nThe animals have caused chaos, with residents complaining about the smell, the dirt and the noise.\n\nHowever, the bats are protected by law and cannot be culled. Local authorities now say they are trying to \"persuade\" the bats to move back to their habitat.", "Former Conservative leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith wants the UK to rethink its decision\n\nSenior Conservatives have written to Tory MPs to raise concerns about the government's decision to allow Huawei to play a role in the UK's 5G network.\n\nIn a letter, the group - which includes four ex-cabinet ministers - said there were alternatives to the Chinese firm.\n\nThey want \"high-risk\" vendors to be ruled out now, or phased out over time.\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab said the decision followed a \"rigorous\" review by security experts and that Huawei's involvement would be restricted.\n\nThe letter comes as US vice-president Mike Pence said the US was \"profoundly disappointed\" with the UK's decision.\n\nThe letter from Sir Iain Duncan Smith, Owen Paterson, David Davis, Damian Green, Tobias Ellwood and Bob Seely, which has been seen by the BBC, says some MPs were \"working to find a better solution\".\n\n\"We are seeking to identify a means by which we ensure that only trusted vendors are allowed as primary contractors into our critical national infrastructure,\" it says.\n\n\"Trusted vendors would be companies from countries that have fair market competition, rule of law, respect human rights, data privacy and non-coercive government agencies.\"\n\nThe men say they want the government to \"rule out hi-tech from untrusted, high-risk vendors\" in the UK's infrastructure, or to ensure future legislation includes \"sunset clauses\" to limit the length of time such companies can be used.\n\nThe UK government has said restrictions would be in place on Huawei's role in the 5G network.\n\nThese include: banning Huawei from supplying kit to \"sensitive parts\" of the network, only allowing it to account for 35% of the kit in a network's periphery, and excluding the firm's equipment from areas near military bases and nuclear sites.\n\nBut Sir Iain told the BBC giving Huawei any stake at all was too much of a risk.\n\nHe said: \"You have an organisation from a country that is an aggressor in terms of cyber warfare and a company that is clearly totally and utterly in the hands of the Chinese government who demand absolute obedience on these matters.\"\n\nHe added it is \"simply not manageable to have an organisation like that inside your important network\" and Huawei's involvement should therefore be \"zero\".\n\nSir Iain and the other men behind the letter have also cited examples of other countries which they said had already rejected using Huawei in their 5G networks at all, including Australia, the US and Japan.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How will the Huawei 5G deal affect me?\n\nMr Pence told CNBC that the US did not believe that using Huawei's technology was \"consistent with the security or privacy interests of the UK, of the United States and it remains a real issue between our two countries\".\n\nHe said he had told Prime Minister Boris Johnson in September that they were willing to begin to negotiate a free trade arrangement after Brexit but, when asked if the Huawei decision could be a problem, he replied: \"We'll see. We'll see if it is.\"\n\nHe added: \"We're anxious to build our economic ties, but we have made it clear to Prime Minister Johnson and to officials in the UK, that as we expand opportunities to build out 5G across this country... we want to see our companies meet the needs in the United States and UK and among all our allies without the compromise of privacy and the compromise of security that necessarily comes with Huawei and control by the Chinese Communist Party.\"\n\nAnd speaking at an event in London last week, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said his country considered that using the Huawei's technology was \"very difficult to mitigate\".\n\nHuawei has always denied that it would help the Chinese government attack one of its clients. The firm's founder has said he would \"shut the company down\" rather than aid \"any spying activities\".\n\nThese are not the first MPs to raise worries about Huawei's involvement in the 5G network.\n\nAnd the arguments they make were well-aired before the government decided to give the Chinese company up to a 35% share of the infrastructure project.\n\nBut the fact the six politicians - including four former cabinet ministers and the chair of the Commons defence committee - are continuing to battle against the plan, underscores that this remains a live issue.\n\nSo does the comment from the US vice president, Mike Pence, who told a US broadcaster he is \"profoundly\" disappointed with the decision to proceed with Huawei.\n\nHis \"we'll see\" answer to questioning on whether a UK-US trade deal will be jeopardised will also not go unnoticed by British officials.\n\nBut Downing Street doesn't wish to respond to the letter, save only to remind that Boris Johnson said on Wednesday he does want to reduce Huawei's involvement.\n\nHe didn't say by how much - and the government looks somewhat hamstrung by what it says is a lack of other companies able to step in to the breach.\n\nThe letter-writing MPs think other firms could be brought in and, in part, that's why they've written this letter, to get other parliamentarians on board and coming up with ideas on how to proceed.", "Champion skater Sarah Abitbol said she was first raped by her former coach when she was 15\n\nThe long-time head of France's ice sports federation has resigned amid a sexual abuse scandal in figure skating.\n\nDidier Gailhaguet said he was leaving with his head held high and without bitterness at the \"injustice\" of being forced out by the sports minister.\n\nSeveral former skating champions have come forward to accuse three trainers of sexually abusing them as teenagers.\n\nMr Gailhaguet is not personally implicated. The alleged abuse happened from the end of the 1970s to the 1990s.\n\nSpeaking after a meeting of the French Ice Sports Federation (FFSG) council in Paris, Mr Gailhaguet, 66, said: \"I have taken the wise decision to resign from my post... I have taken this decision with composure, with dignity, but without any bitterness before this injustice.\"\n\nHe led the federation almost continuously since 1998 - there was a hiatus between 2004 and 2007 after the International Skating Union suspended him over the judging scandal at the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City.\n\nIn an autobiography released last week, champion figure skater Sarah Abitbol alleged her former coach Gilles Beyer abused her when she was a teenager. Ms Abitbol, who is now 44, said she was aged 15 when it first happened.\n\nMr Beyer has admitted to \"intimate\" and \"inappropriate\" relations with her, and said he was \"sincerely sorry\".\n\nFrench prosecutors said on Tuesday they would investigate the allegations.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThree other skaters have accused Mr Beyer and two other coaches - who are all from the FFSG - of abusing and raping them when they were minors. Jean-Roland Racle denies the accusations and Michel Lotz has not commented.\n\nMs Abitbol and her skating partner, Stéphane Bernadis, are 10-time French national champions, and have won seven European medals. At the 2000 World Championships, the two became the first French pair to win a world medal in nearly 70 years.\n\nBut in her book, Such a Long Silence, Ms Abitbol alleged that she was raped by Mr Beyer between 1990 and 1992. \"He started to do horrible things leading to sexual abuse,\" she told L'Obs magazine. \"It was the first time a man touched me.\"\n\nSarah Abitbol and Stéphane Bernadis performing at the 2002 European Figure Skating Championships\n\nThe former skater rejected Mr Beyer's apology and said that she wanted accountability for \"all those who covered up [the crimes] both in the club and the federation\".\n\nMr Beyer, after coaching Ms Abitbol, went on to direct France's national skating teams. In the early 2000s, he was the subject of two investigations into misconduct.\n\nThe second investigation, conducted by France's sports ministry, found repeated \"serious acts\" against young skaters. His contract as a technical adviser was terminated in 2001.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Phillip Schofield on ITV's This Morning: \"Every person I tell, it gets a little lighter\"\n\nTV presenter Phillip Schofield has received an outpouring of support after revealing he is gay.\n\nThe 57-year-old, who has two daughters with wife Stephanie Lowe, made the announcement via a statement on Instagram.\n\n\"Huge respect and admiration for our friend Schofe,\" tweeted fellow ITV presenters Ant and Dec. \"Sending love to you P, and your 3 lovely girls ❤️.\"\n\n\"Takes a lot of guts to do this, not least when you're a very public figure and know it will all be dissected in a very public way,\" said Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan. \"Sending my very best to Schofe and his family.\"\n\nSchofield, who has been married to Lowe for 27 years, said in his statement: \"Today, quite rightly, being gay is a reason to celebrate and be proud.\n\n\"Yes, I am feeling pain and confusion, but that comes only from the hurt that I am causing to my family.\"\n\nHe later thanked fans for their support and urged others to reach out for help in a post on Instagram.\n\n\"Please please, no matter your age or your thoughts, TALK to someone, don't let your head beat you and hopefully you'll find out that your friends & family have a remarkable ability to surprise you with their love and understanding,\" he wrote.\n\nSchofield presents Dancing on Ice and This Morning with Willoughby\n\nSchofield presents ITV programmes including Dancing On Ice and This Morning, which won a National Television Award last week.\n\nThe presenter was interviewed by his co-host Holly Willoughby on Friday's edition of This Morning.\n\n\"You know this has been bothering me for a very long time,\" he said. \"Everybody does this at their own speed when the time is right.\"\n\nThe presenter added his sexuality has recently \"become an issue in my head\".\n\n\"All you can be in your life is honest with yourself and I was getting to the point where I knew I wasn't honest with myself. I was getting to the point where I didn't like myself very much because I wasn't being honest with myself.\n\n\"[Coming out] is my decision. This is absolutely my decision. It was something I knew that I had to do. I don't know what the world will be like now. I don't know how this will be taken or what people will think.\"\n\nBut Schofield said he is not ready yet for a relationship with a man.\n\n\"You never know what's going on in someone's seemingly perfect life, what issues they are struggling with, or the state of their wellbeing - and so you won't know what has been consuming me for the last few years. With the strength and support of my wife and my daughters, I have been coming to terms with the fact that I am gay.\n\n\"This is something that has caused many heart-breaking conversations at home. I have been married to Steph for nearly 27 years, and we have two beautiful grown-up daughters, Molly and Ruby. My family have held me so close - they have tried to cheer me up, to smother me with kindness and love, despite their own confusion. Yet still I can't sleep and there have been some very dark moments.\n\n\"My inner conflict contrasts with an outside world that has changed so very much for the better. Today, quite rightly, being gay is a reason to celebrate and be proud. Yes, I am feeling pain and confusion, but that comes only from the hurt that I am causing to my family.\n\n\"Steph has been incredible - I love her so very much. She is the kindest soul I have ever met. My girls have been astonishing in their love, hugs and encouraging words of comfort. Both my and Steph's entire families have stunned me with their love, instant acceptance and support.\n\n\"Of course they are worried about Steph, but I know they will scoop us both up. My friends are the best, especially Holly, who has been so kind and wise - and who has hugged me as I sobbed on her shoulder. At ITV, I couldn't hope to work with more wonderful, supportive teams.\n\n\"Every day on This Morning, I sit in awe of those we meet who have been brave and open in confronting their truth - so now it's my turn to share mine. This will probably all come as something of a surprise and I understand, but only by facing this, by being honest, can I hope to find peace in my mind and a way forward.\n\n\"Please be kind, especially to my family.\"\n\nSocial media was filled with support for Schofield after his announcement on Friday morning.\n\nThe BBC's Victoria Derbyshire added: \"So much love for Schofe for his open, honest, dignified statement.\"\n\nDancing on Ice star Ian H Watkins, who recently made history by dancing with his same-sex partner on the show, welcomed Schofield to \"our beautiful rainbow family!\"\n\nRichard Osman of BBC One's Pointless said: \"When you create a new entertainment show and start discussing who should host, the first name on the list is always Phillip Schofield. That's a fact.\n\n\"He's just the very best at what he does, and the public adore him. Looking forward to many more years of his charm and brilliance.\"\n\nSchofield found fame on children's TV in the 1980s alongside Gordon the Gopher in the BBC's Broom Cupboard, and on Saturday morning show Going Live!\n\nHe has starred in the West End in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Doctor Dolittle, and fronted TV game shows like Talking Telephone Numbers and Schofield's Quest before joining This Morning in 2002.\n\nThe programme has won at the National Television Awards for 10 years in a row, including the prize for best live magazine show at last month's ceremony.\n\nSarah Greene and Phillip Schofield presenting Going Live! in 1987\n\nSchofield also presents a programme with his wife every December where they review Christmas gifts.\n\nEntertainment reporter Caroline Frost told BBC Radio 5 Live that stars from the previous generation were likely to have been told in the past that coming out as gay could damage their careers.\n\n\"You see all these young stars coming through and they don't have to think about it,\" she said. \"They're fluid. They just define their own terms.\n\n\"But a lot of those older entertainers are having to play catch-up. They branded themselves and were probably advised 'Don't come out because it will ruin your following'.\n\n\"So they are having to catch-up and climb back up the hill of enjoying the same privileges that have come very naturally to that new generation.\"\n\n\"Coming out\" is a moment which unites all LGBT people, whether they are eventually able to do it, or not. Some never will.\n\nSocial media reactions show that this is being seen as an incredibly brave decision for Philip Schofield to make. Whilst Schofield is seen as a national treasure, and someone trusted with hearing deep and personal experiences on a daily basis, for him to become the story is wholly different.\n\nWhen someone with such a massive public platform comes out as LGBT, their entire life in the public eye is suddenly questioned, with some on-lookers inevitably claiming they \"knew all along\". In many cases, the person coming out may not have even known, let alone their family and friends.\n\nLGBT acceptance in the UK has changed dramatically over the past few decades. Whilst there are still issues, on the whole, people are much more free to be themselves than ever before. As a result, national LGBT charities such as the LGBT Foundation now offer tailored 'coming out' guidance to the growing numbers of LGBT people who are choosing to come out later in life, helping them navigate any barriers they may face.\n\nThis huge moment for Phillip Schofield may just be the green light that others need to come out themselves.\n\nInformation and support: If you or someone you know needs support for issues about sexuality, these organisations may be able to help.", "A woman has described the moment she was attacked by convicted terror offender, Sudesh Amman.\n\nRosa – not her real name – then witnessed the Metropolitan Police shoot Amman dead.\n\nRead more: 'Streatham attacker tried to stab me'", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIt \"would be a scandal that Parliament would struggle to live down\" if ex-Commons Speaker John Bercow got a peerage, an ex-Parliament official has said.\n\nDavid Leakey who served in Parliament as Black Rod accused Mr Bercow of \"intolerable behaviour\".\n\nBut Mr Bercow dismissed his claims as \"total and utter rubbish\".\n\nMeanwhile Diane Abbott has been criticised for saying it was \"unlikely\" ex-soldier Mr Leakey was bullied.\n\nThe shadow home secretary tweeted that Mr Leakey had \"served in Germany, Northern Ireland and Bosnia. But claims he was bullied (i.e. intimidated and coerced) by John Bercow. Unlikely.\"\n\nShe has since deleted her tweet.\n\nResponding to her comment, David Penman - general secretary of the FDA Union which represents civil servant - said: \"What a ridiculous comment from an experienced MP, demonstrating blind political partisanship and a complete failure to understand how power is abused in the workplace.\"\n\nAnd Labour MP Dan Jarvis - who served as an army officer - said \"having a distinguished service record does not preclude you from being a victim of workplace bullying\".\n\n\"All of us in the Labour/trade union movement have a responsibility to create a climate where people can voice their concerns and not have their experiences dismissed out of hand.\"\n\nMr Bercow has confirmed that he had been proposed for a peerage by outgoing Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.\n\nGetting a peerage would enable Mr Bercow to sit in the House of Lords - but he has suggested Downing Street is seeking to block his appointment to the upper chamber.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Today programme, Mr Leakey argued Mr Bercow should not be given a peerage on the grounds of his behaviour as Speaker.\n\n\"He would fly into a rage, the red mist would descend, and he would be jumping up and down and balling out, and shouting insults,\" he said.\n\n\"He called me an anti-Semite once after being rather rude and insulting about my background, education and military career.\"\n\nDavid Leakey reached the rank of Lieutenant General in the army\n\nIn 2018 Mr Leakey accused the ex-Speaker of creating a climate of \"fear and intimidation\" and more recently has said he would submit a dossier to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards detailing his complaints.\n\nLord Lisvane, who served as Clerk of the House between 2011 and 2014, has confirmed to the BBC he has submitted a formal complaint, which was understood to be centred around bullying.\n\nHitting back at the accusations, Mr Bercow told Sky News the claims were \"total and utter rubbish\".\n\nHe said Mr Leakey was \"not employed by me, he wasn't an employee of the House of Commons\".\n\n\"He is in absolutely no position whatsoever to comment on my relations with my parliamentary colleagues, of which he is completely and utterly ignorant.\n\n\"What we have got here is somebody who left the House, who is thrashing about, desperate to remain relevant, popping up at every turn, trying to make himself seem very important, very centre-stage, very at the heart of things in the way that I went about my work.\"\n\nIn response, Mr Leakey said Mr Bercow \"either doesn't understand or can't remember how the role of Black Rod operates\" adding that \"30% of my work was within or for the House of Commons\".\n\nMr Bercow stepped down as Speaker in October after 10 years in the role and was replaced by Sir Lindsay Hoyle.", "David Abel is one of 3,700 people in quarantine aboard a cruise ship docked near Yokohama, Japan.\n\nTen people who tested have positive for coronavirus have been taken off the ship and to hospital, but everyone else must remain on board the Diamond Princess.", "David Cameron was reportedly flying home from New York with his wife Samantha (pictured on a plane in 2010) when the gun was found\n\nA bodyguard for David Cameron is being investigated after he reportedly left his gun in a toilet on a transatlantic jet.\n\nA \"terrified passenger\" found the gun and gave it to staff on a British Airways flight from New York to London on Monday, according to the Daily Mail.\n\nAs a former prime minister, Mr Cameron is entitled to continued security provided by the Metropolitan Police.\n\nThe Met said the officer involved has been removed from operational duties.\n\nMr Cameron's team said it could not comment on security matters.\n\nThe gun, believed to be a 9mm Glock 17 pistol, is said to have been left by a close-protection officer from the Met's Specialist Protection unit, who took off his holster while in the toilet.\n\nMr Cameron's passport - and that of the officer - were found with the weapon, according to the Sun.\n\nA Metropolitan Police spokesperson said: \"We are aware of the incident on a flight into the UK on 3 February and the officer involved has since been removed from operational duties.\n\n\"We are taking this matter extremely seriously and an internal investigation is taking place.\"\n\nBritish Airways said it had adhered to Civil Aviation Authority rules allowing UK police \"to carry firearms on board in specific, controlled circumstances\".\n\n\"Our crew dealt with the issue quickly before departure and the flight continued as normal,\" the airline added in a statement.\n\nMr Cameron was the UK prime minister for six years until July 2016, when he stepped down following the result of the EU referendum.\n\nWere you on the flight? If you have any information email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also contact us in the following ways:", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe impeachment trial of President Donald Trump is hurtling towards its conclusion as senators prepare to cast their final vote on Wednesday, with acquittal almost certain.\n\nDemocratic hopes were dealt a blow last Friday when senators voted against introducing new witnesses to the trial.\n\nAs prosecutors in the trial, Democrats had laid out meticulous evidence over three days that they said proved Mr Trump had abused his power and obstructed Congress.\n\nThey alleged that he pressured Ukraine to dig up political dirt on Joe Biden, a domestic rival, and that he sought to hide the evidence from Congress, another impeachable offence.\n\nThe White House lawyers, on the other hand, argued Mr Trump had done \"nothing wrong\" and that the president has not committed offences that would warrant his removal.\n\nPresident Trump and senior Republicans claim Mr Biden and his son Hunter were involved in a corrupt business scheme in Ukraine.\n\nHere's a look back at what happened over the course of two weeks.\n\nProceedings began on 21 January with a tussle between Democrats and Republicans over the rules of the trial.\n\nRepublican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell proposed a tight two-day limit for opening arguments by both sides, before extending it to three after protests from Democrats.\n\nMr McConnell delayed debate over motions from Democrats to allow new witnesses to be called and fresh evidence submitted.\n\nDemocratic congressman Adam Schiff, the head of seven impeachment managers who serve as prosecutors, opened oral arguments to a packed Senate chamber on 22 January.\n\nMr Schiff said the president's actions were exactly what the Founding Fathers feared when they came up with impeachment - \"a remedy as powerful as the evil it was meant to combat\", Mr Schiff said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe impeachment managers walked the senators through testimony gathered during depositions and committee hearings last year that they say points to a scheme by Mr Trump and his advisers to lean on Ukraine to investigate the Bidens.\n\nThe managers interspersed their oral arguments with audio and video tape, using the president's own words - including a now-infamous call with the president of Ukraine - in their effort to portray him as guilty.\n\nThey directly addressed the claims against the Bidens - a purposeful attempt to get on the front foot ahead of the president's defence.\n\nThe managers then tackled the obstruction of Congress charge.\n\nThe managers argued that Mr Trump's refusal to allow certain members of his administration to answer questions from the House of Representatives was akin to hiding information from a grand jury investigation.\n\nDuring opening arguments, Mr Trump's team took barely two hours to argue that the president had done nothing wrong.\n\nHis team insisted that Mr Trump had acted in the national interests in his phone call with the Ukrainian president, with Deputy White House Counsel Mike Purpura pinpointing a line from the transcript in which Mr Trump asked Volodymyr Zelensky to \"do us a favour\", rather than \"me\".\n\nMr Purpura also insisted there was no quid pro quo, saying Mr Zelensky \"says he felt no pressure\".\n\nThe defence accused the Democrats of trying to remove Mr Trump from the ballot this year, and said the American electorate should be allowed to decide for themselves.\n\nResuming arguments on 27 January, attorney Kenneth Starr warned senators that impeachment could become \"normalised\" and used as a weapon against future administrations.\n\nMr Starr came to prominence in 1998, when he led an investigation into Democratic President Bill Clinton that laid the foundation for his impeachment.\n\n\"Like war, impeachment is hell,\" Mr Starr said on Monday. \"It's filled with acrimony and divides the country like nothing else. Those of us who lived through the Clinton impeachment understand that in a deep and personal way.\"\n\nFollowing Mr Starr, Trump defence lawyer Jane Raskin addressed Rudy Giuliani - Mr Trump's personal attorney and a central character in the impeachment case.\n\n\"Mr Giuliani was not on a political errand,\" she said, referring to his investigations in Ukraine.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sondland was involved in a \"domestic political errand\" for Trump\n\n\"Rudy Giuliani is the House managers' colourful distraction,\" Ms Raskin said - a way for the Democratic impeachment managers, who act as prosecutors, to divert attention from weaknesses in their case.\n\nOn 29 January, senators began a period of questioning after opening arguments concluded.\n\nOver two days and 16 hours on the floor, they submitted over 100 queries written on cards to Chief Justice John Roberts, who read them to the House managers and defence.\n\nThe justice was firm about keeping time, limiting answers to five minutes.\n\nQuestions alternated between Republicans and Democrats as lawmakers had their first chance to push back against claims made by both sides. A few queries were bipartisan.\n\nSenators were not, however, allowed to address each other in their questioning.\n\nThe queries came amid a contentious debate over whether or not witnesses should be allowed in the trial - a matter that comes to a vote on Friday.\n\nOne submission was blocked by the Chief Justice: Republican Rand Paul's question that included the name of a person believed to be the whistleblower that sparked the entire impeachment inquiry was rejected.\n\nOther questions, including when the president ordered the aid hold on Ukraine and whether Mr Trump ever mentioned the Bidens prior to Joe Biden entering the 2020 race, were not fully answered.\n\nOn Friday, the trial moves into four hours of debate over whether new witnesses and documents should be permitted.", "After an impeachment trial that lasted just over two weeks, US President Donald Trump has been cleared and he can now concentrate on running for re-election.\n\nIt was always the likely outcome, but the path of how we got to this conclusion was what made this trial interesting.\n\nHere are four numbers that explain the story - and what happens now.\n\nTrump's popularity in his own party\n• None 94%More Republicans than ever back their president\n\nMr Trump's acquittal in the Senate is a reflection of his popularity among Republicans. If it wasn't clear before the trial that he had the support of the rank and file of his party, then it certainly is clear now.\n\nHe has never been more popular with Republicans (or more unpopular with Democrats). According to a poll by Gallup this week, 94% of Republicans approve of Mr Trump's performance in office. This figure has kept on rising despite his impeachment trial.\n\nGallup also reported that 89% of Republicans approved of Mr Trump during his third year in office - this made him the second most popular president of all time among his own party members.\n\nIt wasn't always like this. Rewind four years and senior Republicans were lining up to condemn Mr Trump, the man who would unexpectedly end up becoming their party's nominee for president.\n\nIn 2016, Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowksi vowed not to vote for him. \"If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed,\" South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham said in 2016, \"and we will deserve it.\"\n\nMr Trump became the nominee, then the president, and both Ms Murkowski and Mr Graham were there on the Senate floor during his trial to stand by their man. As proven during the 2018 mid-term elections, when several Republican members of Congress who did not fully support Mr Trump lost their races, Republican voters may not forgive anyone who is not loyal to the president.\n\nThe president's popularity doesn't mean his supporters believe he is blameless in the impeachment saga. In a poll conducted by the Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research last week, only 54% of Republicans believed he had done nothing wrong.\n\nRepublicans in the Senate have a majority of 53 to 47, meaning they control the chamber and were able to direct the terms of the trial.\n\nThat small majority mattered. During the trial, senators had to vote on whether to admit witnesses, and the majority opted not to. Had only four Republicans gone the other way, witnesses may have been allowed - not least former national security adviser John Bolton, whose evidence may well have undermined Mr Trump's case.\n\nFour Republican senators did indeed waver, Utah senator Mitt Romney among them. At one point it looked like they might all vote alongside Democrats and independent senators and agree to allow witnesses. But in the end, all Republicans but Mr Romney and Ms Collins voted with their party, no witnesses were called and the trial wrapped after only 15 days.\n\nThis is the number that ensured Mr Trump was always going to get off. A conviction would have happened only had two-thirds of senators - 67 - supported it.\n\nThis would have required 20 Republican senators to vote for their president's conviction. In the end, only one - Mitt Romney - did.\n\nThis is the amount of money the Trump campaign said it raised in the last quarter of 2019, a huge figure it said was down largely to Trump supporters reacting to the impeachment proceedings.\n\n\"The President's war chest and grassroots army make his re-election campaign an unstoppable juggernaut,\" his campaign manager Brad Parscale said.\n\nWith the trial behind him, Mr Trump is now free to concentrate on his campaign for re-election (although in truth, he never let it interrupt his campaign in the first place).\n\nWill the impeachment have galvanised his supporters even more? Or will it have tainted the president's image, despite his acquittal?\n\nWe'll find out on 3 November.", "One of the last remaining great \"tusker\" elephants in Kenya has died aged 50.\n\nTim died in Amboseli National Park on Tuesday, according to the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). He died of natural causes.\n\nThe animal's body will be sent to a taxidermist in Nairobi so that it can go on display, KWS said in a statement.\n\nAfrican elephants are referred as \"tuskers\" when their tusks grow so long that they reach the ground.\n\nKWS said Tim was \"well known and loved throughout the country\".\n\nTim's tusks were said to weigh more than 45kg (100lbs) each.\n\nHe was well-known in the area due to his crop-raiding habits. During his lifetime, he was speared three times.\n\nIn an effort to keep him safe and protect locals' crops, a team comprised of animal protection groups and KWS placed a collar on him. They were able to monitor him more closely and send a team to try and stop his crop raiding habit.\n\nOnce the team knew he was approaching crops, they would attempt to intercept him, although he quickly learnt to bypass them.\n\nDuring the first year, he made 183 attempts to enter farmlands and raid crops.\n\nThe monitoring team were able to stop around 50% of these from going any further, Save the Elephants said.\n\nIn February last year, Tim nearly died after he became trapped in a muddy swamp. However was later rescued by KWS and animal protection groups.\n\nFormer Save the Elephants field assistant Ryan Wilkie said: \"Tim was a special elephant - not just to me but to hundreds, thousands of people who would flock to Amboseli just for the chance to see him.\n\n\"He was so incredibly intelligent, mischievous, yes, but also a truly gentle giant and in that way a real ambassador for his species.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nThe Premier League has to \"try and make the video assistant referee better\", says chief executive Richard Masters.\n\nMore than two-thirds of Premier League fans questioned believe VAR has made the game less enjoyable, a YouGov survey has found.\n\nThere have been several controversial decisions involving VAR since it was introduced to the league this season.\n\n\"I don't think VAR has been damaging but I accept it needs improvement,\" Masters told BBC Sport.\n\n\"Scrapping it is not an option - what we have to do is try and make VAR better.\"\n\nVAR has been brought in to the Premier League to decide on goals, penalties, red cards and offside decisions.\n\nMasters, who was appointed on a permanent basis in December after being in temporary charge for more than a year, said the Premier League would discuss changes to VAR with the clubs in April.\n\n\"We are going to have a debate about what sort of VAR they would like next season and what improvements can be made to the system,\" he said.\n\n\"It's going to be a work in progress this season and next as we try to rebalance it so you get the positives of better decision-making and fewer of the perceived negatives about delay and sometimes confusion.\"\n\nThe Premier League has previously promised to improve VAR's consistency and speed and increase communication with fans.\n\nSix out of 10 of those fans surveyed by YouGov felt the system was working badly.\n\nMasters said that VAR is delivering on the \"principal reason\" for its introduction in improving the accuracy of decision-making.\n\n\"In key match incidents we are up to 94% accuracy with officials, 97% with their assistants, so we are seeing an impact on results and a positive impact on the league table,\" he said.\n\n\"Obviously there are issues with consistency of decision-making and delays, which people don't like.\n\n\"But I don't think VAR is harming the product - attendances are up, TV audiences are up, the health of the Premier League is very good.\"\n\n'More to be done' on racism\n\nStatistics compiled by anti-discrimination campaigners Kick It Out suggested there had been a 43% increase in reports of racist abuse in English football in 2018-19 from the previous season.\n\nIn December, the government said it would not rule out taking \"further steps\" if football authorities fail to deal with racism following several high-profile cases this season.\n\nMasters said there is \"always more to be done\" by the Premier League in helping to combat racism in football.\n\n\"Football has a big role to play - we are part of society and can play a role in promoting all the right messages and will continue to do that,\" he said.\n\nOn Monday, a fan who shouted racial abuse at players during Brighton's home Premier League game against Tottenham Hotspur in October was jailed.\n\n\"One incident of racism is unacceptable and one too many,\" added Masters.\n\n\"Ultimately we can't stop individuals harbouring racist or homophobic thoughts coming into our grounds or sharing them with people around them.\n\n\"It's our responsibility to make sure people who do that know there are consequences and also to put proper systems in place to deal with it when it happens.\n\n\"We need to make sure there are proper reporting mechanisms, trained stewards in place, and police if necessary, and that when perpetrators are caught they are banned from football, which we are now seeing more regularly, as well as possible criminal proceedings.\"\n\nSports minister Nigel Adams MP told BBC Sport last month that football has \"far too much dependency\" on sponsorship from gambling companies.\n\nHalf of Premier League clubs are sponsored by bookmakers and there are concerns about the potential impact on young fans and vulnerable people.\n\nThe Betting and Gaming Council chair, Brigid Simmonds, told a parliamentary committee on Tuesday that bookmakers are \"considering\" a voluntary ban on football shirt sponsorship and pitchside advertising, expanding on the whistle-to-whistle ban on television gambling adverts introduced last year.\n\nMasters said the Premier League \"welcomes\" the government's upcoming review of the 2005 Gambling Act and that the league will be \"willing and active participants\" in it.\n\n\"Betting is a legitimate pastime - sport and betting have a long history,\" he added.\n\n\"The Premier League don't have any betting partnerships and ultimately it is the clubs' decision.\n\n\"I don't think if you are looking at solving the issue of vulnerable people and betting that the answer should be that the clubs can't have betting partnerships anymore - I don't think one follows the other.\"", "Dozens of Britons flown home from the centre of the outbreak last week have been taken into quarantine\n\nThe UK government is chartering a final flight to bring British nationals back from the Chinese city at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak.\n\nThe plane will leave in the early hours of Sunday morning and land at RAF Brize Norton, the Foreign Office said.\n\nIt comes as Britons in mainland China have been urged to leave the country after the outbreak claimed more lives.\n\nMore than 100 UK nationals and family members have already been evacuated to Britain from Wuhan.\n\nBetween 150 and 200 Britons and their dependents remain in Hubei province, where the outbreak began, and about 100 have asked for help to leave, the Foreign Office said.\n\nAt least 427 people have died after contracting the virus and there have been more than 20,000 confirmed cases, most of them in China.\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab said: \"We have been working round the clock to help British nationals leave Hubei province, on UK, French and New Zealand flights.\n\n\"The Foreign Office is chartering a second and final UK flight with space to help all British nationals and their dependants remaining in Hubei to leave.\n\n\"I encourage all British nationals in Hubei to register with our teams if they want to leave on this flight.\"\n\nBritish nationals in Hubei can contact the Foreign Office on two 24-hour telephone numbers: +86 (0) 1085296600 and +44 (0) 2070081500.\n\nOn Friday, 83 UK citizens were repatriated on a flight out of Wuhan arranged by the UK government. Another 11 Britons joined them on Sunday on a French flight.\n\nA further eight UK nationals and six of their family members left on a flight to New Zealand on Tuesday.\n\nIt has since emerged that a Belgian woman who was on Sunday's flight tested positive for the virus.\n\nAll of the Britons are now in quarantine at Arrowe Park Hospital in Wirral for 14 days - the incubation period of the virus - to ensure they are not infected.\n\nOne British passenger, Anthony May-Smith, who arrived in the UK on Sunday, was taken to hospital in Oxford to be tested for potential coronavirus.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock told BBC Breakfast the test came back negative but that Mr May-Smith has returned to quarantine at Arrowe Park \"because the test… doesn't work until the coronavirus symptoms come through\".\n\nMr Hancock advised anyone who thought they might have symptoms to not leave home and to call 111.\n\nMr Hancock said it was \"low\" risk that an infected person who was not yet showing symptoms could pass on the virus.\n\nThere have been two confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK - a student at the University of York and one of their relatives. They are being treated at the specialist infectious diseases unit at Newcastle Royal Victoria Infirmary.\n\nMeanwhile, one British man in China, who fears he contracted the virus in November, has been told he can return to the UK after the Chinese authorities gave him his passport back.\n\nJamie Morris, 23, from New Tredegar in South Wales had said he did not know when he might be able to return from Wuhan because he had submitted his passport in order to extend his residency permit.\n\nHe will now be able to join other British nationals on the final flight home.\n\nOn Tuesday, the Foreign Office advised Britons to leave China to minimise the risk of exposure to coronavirus.\n\nThe UK is also moving non-essential staff out from its embassy and consulates in the country.\n\nThe only two UK airlines serving China - British Airways and Virgin Atlantic - have suspended their flights between the countries because of fears about the spread of the virus.\n\nBut other commercial flights to the UK remain available in some parts of China.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. David Abel, one of 3,700 people in quarantine aboard the Diamond Princess, speaking soon after the quarantine began\n\nMeanwhile, at least 10 people on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in the Japanese port of Yokohoma have tested positive for coronavirus.\n\nPassengers and crew on the ship will now be quarantined for 14 days. British tourist David Abel is among the 3,700 people on board the ship.\n\nHe told the BBC he was supposed to return to the UK on Tuesday.\n\n\"We had a flight booked with BA on Tuesday morning and that has had to be cancelled. We've got no idea when we are going to be allowed off the ship,\" he said.\n\n\"All we have been informed [sic] is 14 days quarantine on the ship. That means we've got no interaction with other passengers, food is brought to the room. It's really basic food, nothing like we've enjoyed on the cruise at all.\"\n\nThe virus has now spread to more than two dozen nations.\n\nHowever, the World Health Organization (WHO) said it does not yet qualify as a \"pandemic\".\n\nAre you a British citizen in China? Will you leave the country? 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:", "An advert for fashion retailer Pretty Little Thing which featured women wearing exposing lingerie has been banned for being \"offensive\".\n\nThe YouTube ad presented the firm's products in an \"overly-sexualised way\" and depicted women as sex objects, the Advertising Standards Authority said.\n\nThe retailer is one of several online fast fashion companies to have been rapped for their racy marketing.\n\nPretty Little Thing said it \"in no way meant to cause any offence\".\n\nThe advert began with a woman looking over her shoulder in a seductive manner wearing black vinyl, high-waisted chaps-style knickers.\n\nIt then showed other scantily clad women in seductive or \"highly sexualised\" poses, including one wearing a transparent mesh bodysuit.\n\nA viewer complained and the regulator agreed, saying the ad was \"irresponsible\" and likely to cause offence.\n\nPretty Little Thing said it \"celebrates all women\" and promotes body diversity. But the ad, which aired in October last year, must not be shown again.\n\nA previous Pretty Little Thing advert was banned in 2017 for portraying a model who appeared to be under 16 in a \"sexually suggestive\" manner.\n\nThe regulator also recently banned an ad for rival Missguided that featured \"highly sexualised\" images that objectified women.\n\nAnother online fashion retailer, Boohoo - which owns Pretty Little Thing - had its email advert banned for using the phrase \"send nudes\", which a viewer complained made light of a potentially harmful social trend.\n\nIt may seem surprising for an advert targeted at women to be banned for objectifying women, but the defence used by Pretty Little Thing in this case touches on an increasingly contested grey area.\n\nThe company says the advert promoted diversity through \"bold and distinctive fashion of all shapes and sizes\", and that they worked hard to promote \"a healthy body image that was inclusive and empowered women\".\n\nBut the line between empowerment and objectification of women is a subjective one.\n\nFast-fashion retailers are more likely to push those boundaries. Research we conducted last year found that online-only brands were twice as likely to use more overtly sexualised pictures when selling their clothes than High Street retailers' websites.\n\nIt also seems that there's also a growing generational divide. While talking to young people, who these adverts are targeted at, it seemed they were more likely to see them as positive images of women being body-confident whatever their shape. Many in older generations view the same images very differently.\n\nAre you a Pretty Little Thing customer? What do you think of the advert? 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:", "The investigation was originally ordered into Dundee's Carseview Centre but later expanded\n\nTayside mental health staff have been left \"demoralised\" by a \"culture of fear and blame\", a report has found.\n\nThe independent inquiry into mental health services in the region took evidence from more than 1,500 people.\n\nIt said there was a danger that NHS Tayside could be perceived to be \"more interested in protecting its reputation than looking after the interests of its patients\".\n\nNHS Tayside said it welcomed the report which it \"knew would be challenging\".\n\nThe report, which made more than 50 recommendations, said: \"A breakdown in trust and a loss of respect has undoubtedly led to poor service, treatment, patient care and outcomes.\n\n\"The breakdown in trust and respect is caused by the lack of effective, engaged strategic leadership and planning.\"\n\nIt added that a \"radical\" approach to restoring trust was urgently needed.\n\nAn interim report last year highlighted concerns over illegal drugs in wards and patient restraints, saying some patients were frightened of staff members.\n\nThe final 136-page report said it was clear there had been a breakdown of trust in \"many aspects\" of the provision of mental health services in Tayside.\n\nReport author David Strang said many patients felt they had \"not been cared for properly\"\n\nThe report said: \"Frontline staff feel that the organisation is more interested in identifying who is to blame and attributing fault than genuinely learning in a supportive environment.\"\n\nIt said the \"most striking failure of governance\" was the lack of a mental health strategy for Tayside.\n\nServices were said to be currently operating to a \"short-term vision\", with an emphasis on \"reacting to increases in service demand\".\n\nThe report, entitled \"Trust and Respect\", makes 51 recommendations, including conducting an \"urgent whole-system review\" of mental health and wellbeing provision across Tayside.\n\nThe report's author David Strang said rebuilding trust in Tayside's mental health services was a \"big challenge but absolutely achievable\".\n\nHe said: \"Many patients have felt that they've not been listened to and cared for properly.\n\n\"They've felt judged and they've felt isolated, and many of them are already feeling broken and vulnerable.\n\n\"The culture in Tayside needs to change so that lessons are learned from things that have gone wrong in the past and long-term plans are put in place to improve services.\"\n\nNHS Tayside chief executive Grant Archibald said the findings posed \"major challenges for the organisation\"\n\nMr Strang said many staff had also told the inquiry team that they felt \"undervalued and that their voice isn't heard\".\n\nHe added: \"It's really important that people are put at the centre of healthcare and that they're listened to and valued.\"\n\nLast week the Scottish government announced extra support for NHS Tayside to help the struggling health board make \"significant improvements\" in mental health care.\n\nNHS Tayside chief executive Grant Archibald said the report's findings posed \"major challenges for the organisation\" but that the board was \"fit to rise to meet those\".\n\nHe apologised to anyone who had been \"let down by experience of our service.\"\n\nMr Archibald said: \"Our commitment is always to put the patient at the heart of our service, to give them the care they should expect, to make them feel cared for and professionally managed.\"\n\nMental Health Minister Clare Haughey said: \"It is absolutely vital that people using mental health services, as well as those delivering these services, feel safe and know they will receive the right help, in the right place when they need it.\"\n\nShe said she had received assurances immediate action would take place as a result of the report and there would be a progress update in February 2021 to ensure required improvements had been made.\n\nShe added that the Scottish government had provided further support to NHS Tayside, addressing service provision, clinical practice, organisational development and community-led services, and would monitor its progress.\n\nCosla's health and social care spokesman, councillor Stuart Currie, said: \"Cosla will work alongside Scottish government, NHS boards, local authorities and integration joint boards to allow for learning from the Strang report to be implemented across Scotland.\"\n\nHe said there would be a continued focus on working together, and collaborating with those who used the services and their families.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Debbie Douglas - who was instrumental in getting the independent inquiry into disgraced surgeon Ian Paterson established - said the report’s recommendations “must be implemented”.\n\nShe said: \"This was important for the people that have died to be heard because without any exaggeration there are so many unnecessary deaths.\"\n\nThe inquiry into Paterson's malpractice has recommended the recall of his 11,000 patients for their surgery to be assessed.\n\nPaterson is serving a 20-year jail term for 17 counts of wounding with intent.\n\nOne of Paterson's colleagues has been referred to police and five more to health watchdogs by the inquiry.", "President Donald Trump is due to give the annual State of the Union address in the same chamber where he was impeached less than three months ago.\n\nThe speech to Congress Tuesday night, with the theme \"the great American comeback\", will highlight key election year accomplishments.\n\nMr Trump will tout US economic and military strength, US media report.\n\nThe speech comes as Mr Trump is expected to be acquitted by the Senate in his impeachment trial on Wednesday.\n\nThe address - Mr Trump's third and possibly last, if he loses his re-election bid in November - is due to begin at 21:00, local time.\n\nHe is expected to use the address to make his pitch to voters by emphasising optimistic economic figures and criticising rivals.\n\nHe is also expected to offer his own plans for healthcare, immigration and economic growth, US media say, contrasting his approach with that of the Democrats he accuses of \"socialism\".\n\nDuring Mr Trump's time in office, unemployment has dropped to 3.5%, the lowest in half a century - an accomplishment the president has often pointed to as a reason to re-elect him.\n\nHowever, economic growth and investment has slowed in the past three years.\n\nThe president has invited eight special guests to the address - among them are two military veterans, a former Venezuelan police chief, and the brother of a man killed by an undocumented immigrant.\n\nFollowing the address, Democratic Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer will give a rebuttal and congresswoman Veronica Escobar of Texas will follow in Spanish.\n\nAt least seven Democratic lawmakers, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ayanna Pressley, have announced their intention boycott the State of the Union.\n\n\"[Mr Trump] does not embody the principles, the responsibility, the grace, nor the integrity that is required of the president,\" Ms Pressley said in a statement.\n\nThe presidential address is due to begin hours after senators conclude their speeches in the weeks-long impeachment trial to determine whether Mr Trump should be removed from office.\n\nThe president was impeached by the House of Representatives in December on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The first charge centres on the allegation that he pressured Ukraine to investigate his political rival, Democrat Joe Biden.\n\nThe second charge accuses him of purposefully obstructing the Congressional impeachment investigation.\n\nMr Trump has denied any wrongdoing. The Republican-led Senate is expected to acquit him, with Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, urging his colleagues to \"reject the House abuse of power\" with their vote on Wednesday.\n\n\"Vote to protect our institutions, vote to reject new precedence that would reduce the [Constitution] framer's design to rubble,\" he said. \"Vote to acquit the president of these charges.\"\n\nWest Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin, a moderate who has voted with Republicans in the past, then called for legislation to censure Mr Trump over the Ukraine matter.\n\n\"Censure would allow this body to unite across party lines,\" Mr Manchin said. \"[Trump's] behaviour cannot go unchecked by the Senate and censure would allow a bipartisan statement condemning his unacceptable behaviour in the strongest terms.\"\n\nA Gallup poll released on Tuesday found Mr Trump's approval ratings reach a personal best of 49% ahead of the address.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Breast surgeon Ian Paterson carried out hundreds of botched and needless operations\n\nAn MP who was operated on by disgraced breast surgeon Ian Paterson says she has been left with \"doubts about her health\".\n\nRedditch MP Rachel Maclean had a lump removed over 10 years ago but now questions if it was necessary.\n\nOn Tuesday, an independent inquiry into Paterson's malpractice recommended the recall of his 11,000 patients for their treatment to be assessed.\n\nConservative Ms Maclean revealed in a tweet that she had been a patient of Paterson.\n\nShe said: \"The extent of the malpractice he carried out is shocking, and the response from authorities was woefully lacking.\"\n\nMs Maclean said she had found a lump and was advised by Paterson it needed to be removed\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, Ms Maclean said she wanted to encourage other people who may have been affected to \"seek help if they are worried\".\n\n\"I had the lump removed and subsequently received the all-clear from Paterson but, obviously, the doubt is in my mind that I even needed to have that procedure [and] whether he really knew what he was doing,\" she said.\n\n\"I think the key now is that people who haven't had any contact get help if they need it, even if it is just to set their mind at rest.\"\n\nShe said she had responses from people from all over the Midlands - where Paterson practiced - after tweeting about her experience, .\n\nThe MP's disclosure comes after the inquiry concluded that a culture of \"avoidance and denial\" allowed Paterson to perform botched and unnecessary operations on hundreds of patients.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIt also revealed five health professionals have been referred to either the General Medical Council or Nursing and Midwifery Council and one case has been sent to police.\n\nStaffordshire Police has since said the police referral was in relation to Paterson himself.\n\n\"A report of a sexual assault against Ian Paterson was referred to the force by West Midlands Police in May 2018,\" it said.\n\n\"The complainant was visited by detectives in June 2018 and after speaking to her she did not wish to pursue a complaint. There were no further safeguarding issues as Ian Paterson was in prison.\"\n\nPaterson, of Altrincham in Greater Manchester, who grew up in County Down, Northern Ireland, is serving a 20-year jail term for 17 counts of wounding with intent.\n\nHe worked with cancer patients at NHS and private hospitals in the West Midlands over 14 years.\n\nPaterson worked at Spire Hospital, in Solihull, from 1997 to 2011\n\nHis unregulated \"cleavage-sparing\" mastectomies, in which breast tissue was left behind, meant the disease returned in many of his patients.\n\nOthers had surgery they did not need - some even finding out years later they did not have cancer.\n\nJudy Conduit had 23 unnecessary operations and said she almost died due to complications during surgery.\n\n\"He [Paterson] told me I would have to have a bilateral mastectomy,\" she said.\n\n\"Because I had so many surgeries already I agreed, reluctantly in a way, because I didn't really want it done but I knew I couldn't keep putting my body through all these general anaesthetics.\n\n\"Unfortunately I developed complications, I was told I had blood clot in the artery next to the heart.\"\n\nThe inquiry made 15 recommendations, and Mr Hancock has vowed to introduce improvements.\n\n\"There's a whole series of recommendations but the central one is about information-sharing because the authorities that inspect different parts of the health system, the information wasn't being shared properly,\" he told BBC Breakfast on Wednesday.\n\n\"That absolutely can be fixed, it will be fixed.\"\n\nJeremy Hunt MP, former Health Secretary and current chairman of the Commons Health Select Committee, has also pledged it will look at how to change NHS culture following the inquiry.\n\n\"What we will look at is how we change the culture so that doctors who see something going wrong, maybe a mistake they themselves make, how we make it so that it is easy for them to talk about it openly so that mistake isn't repeated,\" he said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The length of time suspects could be bailed for is set to be trebled under government plans.\n\nUnder the proposals, officers will be told to impose bail conditions on suspects if there could be risks to victims, witnesses and the public.\n\nTime limits to keep suspects under such a restriction could be raised from 28 days to 90.\n\nThe plans would reverse changes which restricted the use of police, or pre-charge, bail in England and Wales.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel has set out the proposals, which would also strengthen \"release under investigation\" measures to ensure suspects who are not bailed by police have their cases reviewed.\n\nThe rules on pre-charge bail were changed under Theresa May's premiership less than three years ago after concerns from some suspects - including those arrested in Operation Yewtree into historical sexual abuse - that they were being placed under bail conditions for too long.\n\nThe change prompted concerns at the number of suspects being released under investigation (RUI) without any conditions.\n\nThe Home Office said it had opened a public consultation on the latest proposals on Wednesday, in \"recognition that more needs to be done to ensure cases are dealt with effectively\".\n\nRUI was introduced by the Conservatives in April 2017 in a bid to limit the time someone spends on bail to 28 days - to try to cut the number of people facing restrictions for long periods of time without being charged.\n\nIt allows suspects to leave custody after an arrest without any restrictions for an unlimited period of time while inquiries continue, rather than having to comply with bail conditions including living at a certain address, not contacting particular people, or having to regularly visit a police station.\n\nSome 322,250 cases involved suspects being released under investigation between April 2017 and October, according to figures obtained by BBC Newsnight.\n\nNearly 100,000 of those cases involved suspected violent criminals and sex offenders, including people suspected of offences such as rape and murder, the figures suggested.\n\nIn April, the Centre for Women's Justice made a super complaint to the police watchdog, accusing forces of failing to use protective measures in cases of violence against women.\n\nIn November, the Home Secretary announced a review of the regulations. Ms Patel said on Wednesday that the public consultation \"forms a central part of this review, which will help (to) ensure the needs of victims are put first and the police can investigate crimes effectively and swiftly\".\n\nThe government said it would also give \"serious consideration\" to the findings of a police watchdog report on the use of bail by forces, which is expected to be published in the summer.\n\nThe 28-day limit came into force after a number of high-profile cases where suspects were kept waiting for long periods of time before being told whether they would be charged.\n\nIn 2015, broadcaster Paul Gambaccini - who was once held on police bail for a year - backed the 28-day limit.\n\nIn 2013, Mr Gambaccini was arrested on suspicion of historical sexual abuse but the case against him was dropped.", "The RHI scheme brought Stormont's institutions to collapse in January 2017\n\nThe report into the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (RHI), which led to the collapse of devolution in 2017, will be published on Friday 13 March.\n\nThe inquiry chairman, Sir Patrick Coghlin, will make a statement in the Long Gallery, Parliament Buildings in Belfast.\n\nThe scheme was set up to encourage the use of renewable energy sources, but it closed in 2016 after concerns were raised about cost controls.\n\nThe inquiry was established in 2017.\n\nMajor flaws in the set-up and implementation of the scheme meant it effectively encouraged individuals and businesses to burn more fuel to earn more money.\n\nIt became known as the \"cash-for-ash\" scandal and the scheme risked going vastly over budget, with fears the overspend could reach as much as £700m over 20 years.\n\nThe inquiry panel is made of up of Sir Patrick Coghlin (centre), Dame Una O'Brien and Dr Keith MacLean\n\nThe scheme was shut in 2016 and deep cuts in subsidies introduced in 2017 and 2019 brought it within budget.\n\nA top civil servant has since told MPs that the overspend figure had actually been just over £33m before the measures to curb spending were introduced.\n\nSince the scheme was closed to new entrants, available cash has been handed back to the treasury. The sum was £25m this year and if no replacement scheme is established, almost £400m would be returned over the remaining lifetime of the scheme.\n\nThree years after it was established the Renewable Heat Inquiry will issue its report next month.\n\nThe Chairman Sir Patrick Coghlin, has chosen Stormont, where the political institutions collapsed in the wake of the scandal.\n\nIt will address several important questions:\n\nThe contents will be eagerly anticipated and pored over to see whether three years on, they have any political ramifications.\n\nThe scheme ultimately led to the collapse of power sharing at Stormont in January 2017 when Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness resigned as deputy first minister in protest at the DUP's handling of the scandal.\n\nThe scheme was run by Stormont's Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (Deti), which later became the Department for the Economy (DfE).\n\nThe ministers in office during the creation and implementation of the scheme were the DUP's Arlene Foster and Jonathan Bell.", "Princess Anne's car had been blocked and Ian Ball had fired shots, wounding four people\n\nA medal awarded to a boxer who helped save the Princess Royal from an attempted armed kidnap is to be sold.\n\nFormer heavyweight Ronnie Russell, 72, punched Ian Ball in the head as he tried to abduct the princess at gunpoint in London in 1974.\n\nMr Russell was awarded the George Medal for bravery by the Queen, who told him: \"The medal is from the Queen, but I want to thank you as Anne's mother.\"\n\nIt is expected to fetch between £15,000 and £20,000 at auction next month.\n\nMr Russell, who now lives in Bristol, said he was selling due to ill health and wanted to provide for his future.\n\n\"It was something I said I would never, ever do,\" he said.\n\n\"What I would like is whoever does eventually buy the medal, I would hope they might invite me somewhere to tell them about what happened on the night.\"\n\nMr Russell said he \"still considered it was well worth my while getting shot as opposed to Princess Anne\"\n\nMr Russell was heading home to Kent when he thwarted the late-night ambush.\n\nIan Ball had blocked the princess's car on The Mall in central London and had fired shots, wounding four people.\n\n\"It was very fast moving,\" Mr Russell said.\n\nHe said Ball was trying to drag Princess Anne from her car while her then husband, Captain Mark Phillips, was pulling her back.\n\n\"She was very, very together, telling him: 'Just go away and don't be such a silly man',\" he said.\n\n\"He stood there glaring at me with the gun and I hit him. I hit him as hard as I could and he was flat on the floor face down.\"\n\nThe medal is estimated to sell for between £15,000 and £20,000\n\nBall was later sent to a psychiatric hospital by an Old Bailey judge.\n\nThe medal will be sold along with a letter from 10 Downing Street informing Mr Russell of the award and a telegram from Princess Anne.\n\nAuctioneer Oliver Pepys, from Dix Noonan Webb, said it has sold several George Medals in the past but most had been linked to World War Two.\"To be offering this peacetime medal, with such a cracking story, is a huge honour,\" he said.", "Ms Brabin was raising a point of order in the House of Commons on Monday\n\nA Labour MP whose bared shoulder prompted criticism on social media has said she is not \"a tart\".\n\nThe tongue-in-cheek reply from Tracy Brabin, the shadow culture secretary, came after online abuse of her appearance in Parliament on Monday.\n\nAn initial tweet questioned if her outfit was \"appropriate attire\" for Parliament.\n\nMs Brabin said she was surprised people \"could get so emotional over a shoulder\".\n\nThe Batley and Spen MP had been raising a point of order in the House of Commons, about journalists being asked to leave a Downing Street press briefing on the next stage of Brexit talks, when her shoulder appeared.\n\nMs Brabin told the BBC the response was \"sadly\" routine and \"another example of the every day sexism women face\".\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\nShe said she always tried to look smart but her slightly off-the-shoulder dress had slipped a little as she had leant forward to speak.\n\nOn the online comments, she said: \"They were playing top trumps on how rude they could be.\n\n\"They are idiots and they are rude but I am not going to lose much sleep over them.\"\n\nMs Brabin, who was elected to replace the murdered MP Jo Cox in 2016, said it was important to speak out about issues like this for other women who did not have a voice to protest when they were denigrated for their appearance.\n\n\"It's important I don't let other women down,\" she said.\n\nMPs do not have an official dress code, although they are advised to wear \"usual\" business dress.\n\nMale MPs were told in 2017 they did not need to wear ties in the chamber by the then Speaker, John Bercow.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Lawyer and diversity campaigner Funke Abimbola says she suffered \"bias\" when she tried to get into the profession.\n\nAbout a third of FTSE 100 companies have no ethnic minority representation on their boards, a report has revealed.\n\nThe Parker Review Committee found 31 of the 83 firms which provided relevant information fell into this category.\n\nMs Abimbola said: \"I found a number of barriers to entering the profession because I had an African name and am a black woman, without any doubt.\"\n\nShe told the BBC: \"I had to make over 100 phone calls to get a foot in the door.\n\n\"I have experienced bias and situations where, being a black woman, I was judged more harshly over other colleagues. You are more likely to be noticed and are far more likely to have negative judgements made about you if you are part of an ethnic minority.\"\n\nThe Parker report also found even lower representation at board level across FTSE 250 companies, where 119 out of 173 (69%) had no ethnic diversity.\n• None 150 of 256firms have no directors of colour\n• None 8companies have nearly 25% of the directors of colour\n• None 172directors of colour across the firms\n• None 15directors of colour who are a chair or CEO\n\nMs Abimbola said: \"The report doesn't surprise me. There are so many barriers to senior roles for minority ethnic clients to be considered.\"\n\nThe Parker committee, formed to consult on the ethnic diversity of company boards, published its first report into the subject in 2017.\n\nAt the time, 51 of the FTSE 100 companies had no ethnic representation on their boards, in comparison with about 33% today. Data was not collected from the FTSE 250 firms.\n\nThat report recommended that each FTSE 100 company should have at least one director of colour by 2021, and that each FTSE 250 board should do the same by 2024.\n\nSpeaking on BBC's Today programme, committee chairman Sir John Parker admitted that with two years still to go, achieving the target \"still looks a pretty tall climb\".\n\n\"On the other hand I recall well when I was on the Davies Committee on women on boards, about the halfway stage we had a not dissimilar situation and we met the 25% [target] in that case by the end of the five-year period.\n\n\"There are some leaders who want to wait and see and let others take the lead and thankfully there are those who take the lead and I think there will be a few who will wait till the bitter end because they're not totally convinced that it's the right thing to do, but they will move as they did on women on boards when they see widespread adoption,\" he added.\n\nTo help speed up the process, the new report has recommended that companies should:\n\nMs Abimbola believes that introducing an action plan to help with targets of ethnic minority representation is the key.\n\n\"There are a few agencies in the UK who specifically recruit diverse talent. They set up power lists every year across many talents, so if you want to look for BAME candidates, you need to work your way through these lists.\"\n\nBusiness Secretary Andrea Leadsom said the report showed \"firms have much more to do\" to attract employees from black, Asian and ethnic minority (BAME) backgrounds.\n\nMs Leadsom said: \"I want the UK to be the best place in the world to work and to grow a business. Research consistently shows that diversity in businesses is not only essential for good working practice but makes them more successful.\n\n\"This government backs business and wants it to succeed in becoming more diverse.\"\n\nArun Batra, a partner at Ernst and Young and an adviser to the review said: \"We recognise that meaningful change takes time, but the data tells us that the current pace of change is not quick enough to meet the targets set by the review.\n\n\"Businesses need to continue to challenge traditional ways of working and legacy issues, and really investigate the talent that they have available in their business.\"\n\nDr Jill Miller, from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), said: \"The lack of ethnic diversity at the top of organisations is unacceptable in 2020 and although we are seeing movement in the right direction, the speed of progress reported today is disappointing.\n\n\"Systemic change is needed to ensure businesses are building diverse talent pipelines all the way through their organisation to support long-term change. Action is long overdue and must be a business priority.\"", "L-R: Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman of BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing, Radio 1's Clara Amfo and Phoebe Waller-Bridge of BBC Three's Fleabag\n\nCulture Secretary Nicky Morgan has launched a public consultation on whether non-payment of the TV licence fee should remain a criminal offence.\n\nCurrently, anyone who watches or records live TV or uses iPlayer without a TV licence is guilty of a criminal offence and could go to prison.\n\nBaroness Morgan said it was time to think about keeping the fee \"relevant\" in a \"changing media landscape\".\n\nThe BBC said a 2015 review found the current system to be the fairest.\n\nThe consultation, which will last eight weeks with the government publishing its response this summer, will also look at the viability of an alternative enforcement scheme.\n\nDecriminalisation would not mean payment would become voluntary. It could instead mean it would become a civil offence similar to non-payment of council tax or an electricity bill.\n\nIn a speech on Wednesday, Baroness Morgan said many people thought it wrong that \"you can be imprisoned for not paying the TV licence and its enforcement punishes the vulnerable\".\n\n\"We are launching a public consultation to make sure we have a fair and proportionate approach to licence fee penalties and payments, that protects those most in need in society,\" she added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Baroness Morgan said it was time to think about keeping the fee \"relevant\" in a \"changing media landscape\"\n\nThe culture secretary also announced a new flexible payment scheme, called the Simple Payment Plan, to help those struggling to pay, including the over-75s.\n\nIt will allow people to spread the fee out into a number of manageable instalments.\n\n\"This will help prepare the BBC and public service broadcasting for the future and make sure it continues to work for our society, our economy, and the public which funds it,\" said Baroness Morgan.\n\nLast year, Treasury minister Rishi Sunak said the Prime Minister Boris Johnson had ordered a review of the sanction for non-payment of the £154.50 charge, which funds the BBC.\n\nConfirmation of the consultation comes two days after it was announced the fee is to increase by £3, from £154.50 to £157.50, from 1 April 2020.\n\nIt also follows the controversy last year over the decision to scrap free licences for some over-75s, a decision which saw a number of celebrities joining the call for the decision to be overturned.\n\nFrom June, only over-75s who are claiming pension credit will be eligible for a free TV licence.\n\nFormer BBC chairman Lord Grade's urged the government not to \"impoverish and weaken\" the corporation, which he described as the \"corner stone\" of the creative industries in the UK.\n\nHe said the BBC had \"huge success in promoting the brand of Great Britain around the world\", adding that any plan to decriminalise non-payment of the licence fee \"feels like another attempt to impoverish the BBC and weaken it\" and should be \"abandoned immediately\".\n\nBaroness Morgan said her plans should not be seen as \"any kind of attack on the BBC\".\n\nThe broadcaster is an \"incredibly important organisation in the UK and around the world\", she said, but added it was the government's \"duty\" to look into the issue of funding.\n\nIn a statement, the BBC said \"a detailed government-commissioned review (in 2015) found the current system to be the fairest and most effective\".\n\n\"It did not recommend change - in part because the current system is effective in ensuring payment with very few people ever going to prison.\n\n\"If there are changes, they must be fair to law abiding licence fee payers and delivered in a way that doesn't fundamentally undermine the BBC's ability to deliver the services they love.\"\n\nIn 2018, more than 121,000 people were convicted and sentenced for evasion and issued with an average fine of £176.\n\nThere were around 26 million TV licences being used in the UK last year, generating £3.69bn in income for the BBC.\n\nIf decriminalisation of the TV licence fee were to go through, it would have a considerable impact on BBC funding.\n\nThe DCMS (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) said the government would take into account the impact on the corporation in the context of the overall licence fee settlement, for which negotiations begin later this year.\n\nA previous government review in 2015 looked into whether a fine for non-payment could be issued under civil law instead, similar to the fees for breaking parking, bus lane and congestion charge rules.\n\nThe review also examined whether unpaid TV licence fees should be considered a civil debt in the same way as unpaid utility bills or council tax.\n\nHowever, it recommended against changing the criminal sanctions regime, saying decriminalisation could bring with it an increased risk of evasion.\n\nA consultation is a process used by public bodies that invites the public to provide their views and feedback on a particular proposal.\n\nThe members of the public who are asked are individuals and organisations that would be affected directly or indirectly by a project or a decision.\n\nThey include those who have the ability to influence the decision, both positively and negatively. They can also be people who simply have an interest in the project.\n\nThere is no maximum or minimum number of respondents; It's open to anyone over 16.\n\nConsultations last for a proportionate amount of time and consist of a limited number of clear, concise questions.\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.\n\nDemocrats have intensified their calls for former US National Security Adviser John Bolton to testify in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial.\n\nThe pressure has grown following the report of a potentially explosive claim Bolton is said to make in a new book.\n\nThe New York Times cited a leaked Bolton manuscript as saying that Trump told him he wanted to freeze aid to Ukraine until Kyiv helped with investigations against the Democrats, including former Vice-President Joe Biden.\n\nThe US president rejected the report, which could undercut his denials that he had corrupt motives in asking Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky in a phone call last July to investigate Biden, who is Trump's potential White House rival.\n\nBolton, a Republican, is an unlikely hero for Democrats. Still, they believe he will act as a star witness, one who will provide irrefutable evidence of wrongdoing by Trump and help bolster the case for his removal from office.\n\nDemocrats once invested similar hopes in another Washington figure, Robert Mueller, the former special counsel.\n\nBut Mueller looked miserable while testifying in May about his Russian investigation, and did not change many people's minds about the president.\n\nBolton could be different - or so Democrats hope.\n\nHe was \"personally involved\" in the president's dealings with the Ukrainian officials, according to Bolton's lawyer.\n\nThe former national security adviser was \"at the nerve centre for all important decisions\", says Matthew Spence, a former deputy assistant secretary of defence.\n\nIf Bolton were to testify, he would be able to provide the most detailed account to date of the president's alleged political pressure on President Zelensky and the decision to freeze nearly $400m (£306m) in security aid.\n\nOther witnesses have alleged that Trump administration officials used the aid as a bargaining chip to prod the Ukrainians into investigating the Bidens.\n\nBut they have not linked Trump explicitly to the withholding of aid in exchange for an investigation, or shown that Trump personally directed the operations.\n\nDemocrats believe the former national security adviser could provide the smoking gun.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sondland was involved in a \"domestic political errand\" for Trump\n\n\"Bolton was present during the crime,\" says Evelyn Farkas, who served as top Russia official during the Obama administration and is now running as a Democrat for a congressional seat in New York.\n\n\"And he knew that it was a crime at the time.\"\n\nAccording to reports, Bolton opposed the withholding of security aid to Ukraine, and tried unsuccessfully to convince the president to release the military aid during an Oval Office meeting.\n\n\"This is in America's interest,\" the former national security adviser told the president, according to the New York Times, as he argued the aid should be provided to Ukraine.\n\nThe aid was eventually released - a day after Bolton acrimoniously left the White House.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nTrump has repeatedly said that he did nothing wrong and that the impeachment proceedings are a \"scam\".\n\nWhite House lawyers have already turned down requests from Democratic lawmakers for Bolton and other witnesses to testify.\n\nTrump's lawyers say their testimony would violate the president's right to confidentiality.\n\nBolton has said publicly he would testify if he gets a legal summons, however, ignoring the wishes of the White House lawyers who want him to lay low.\n\nSenators will vote on the matter of witnesses in the coming days.\n\nWhenever I saw him, whether in meetings overseas or in the West Wing, he always had a notebook.\n\nA long-time commentator on Fox News, he jotted down his thoughts on paper while he was working in the White House.\n\nPresumably the notes came in handy for his reported multi-million dollar book deal with Simon & Schuster.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"Bolton will be a powerful witness for Democrats,\" says Jeremy Shapiro, who served for years as a career diplomat in the US state department.\n\n\"He's an assiduous note taker and was always keen to write things down. He's going to have the extra credibility that comes from that.\"\n\nBut some observers of the White House wonder if Bolton knows as much as he appears to, or if his willingness to testify is just a ploy to sell his book, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir, which is out next month.\n\nBolton championed hardline policies towards North Korea, Afghanistan and Iran, and the president did not always agree with him.\n\nAt times Bolton was sidelined. Democrats also question whether the testimony from Bolton, regardless of its firepower, will make a difference.\n\nBolton is likely to be a more compelling speaker than Mueller, who suffered visibly during his presentation.\n\nIn contrast, Bolton loves the spotlight: he used to bounce on the balls of his feet when he stood at a podium in the West Wing. \"He's going to be better television than Mueller,\" says Shapiro.\n\nBut Shapiro and others wonder whether Bolton will have much of an impact. \"It's abundantly clear that the president is guilty as charged, and it's hard to improve on a slam dunk,\" he says. \"It's also abundantly clear that the Republican senators don't care.\"\n\nThey would never convict this guy of anything, he adds.\n\nThe trial so far has largely followed Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell's script.\n\nBut while it appears to be heading towards an acquittal of the president, Democrats will hope the Bolton book serves up a plot twist.", "The three leaders faced scrutiny of their parties' policies on healthcare, housing and the economy\n\nThe leaders of the Republic of Ireland's three largest parties have clashed in the final TV debate of the general election campaign.\n\nVoters go to the polls on Saturday to decide who should lead the government in Dublin.\n\nOn RTÉ's Prime Time, Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar said it was a \"change election\" but warned voters not to back Fianna Fáil or Sinn Féin.\n\nThe leaders of both those parties rejected Mr Varadkar's criticism.\n\nFollowing the last general election in 2016, no party won enough seats to form a government on its own so Fine Gael formed a minority government with Fianna Fáil.\n\nMr Varadkar said if his party failed to win the election outright this time, he would work with parties like Labour, Independents, Greens and Social Democrats - but that as a \"last resort\", rather than have no government or a second election, he would be willing to work with Fianna Fáil.\n\n\"What I won't do is negotiate a coalition with Sinn Féin. I'm concerned about their past, but I'm much more concerned about the present and the future,\" he said.\n\nSinn Féin's president Mary Lou McDonald was a last-minute addition to the debate line-up.\n\nWith days to go to the general election in the Republic of Ireland, a Sunday Business Post/Red C poll put Sinn Féin joint top, level with Fianna Fáil.\n\nRTÉ said given the change in polling, the debate would be widened to allow Mrs McDonald to take part.\n\nShe argued that the electorate saw Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil as almost identical parties who have had it their own way \"for a century\" and that people were now recognising Sinn Féin as the alternative.\n\n\"The worst outcome is Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil together again for the next four or five years. My objective is to sort out housing, to ensure that workers and families have a break,\" she added.\n\nMicheál Martin, Leo Varadkar and Mary Lou McDonald faced off against each other in Tuesday night's election debate\n\nFianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin said he believed that the election would lead to \"a real alternative government to a Fine Gael-led government\".\n\nHe also described housing as the \"burning issue\" of the election campaign.\n\n\"We have to build more affordable homes directly... on state land, and we have to build council houses as well on state land and more of them,\" he said.\n\nHousing is a big issue in the Republic of Ireland, with the number of homes needed in major towns and cities well below the level required to house the demand.\n\nMr Varadkar also faced criticism for his party's record on housing, and particularly dealing with rising levels of homelessness in Ireland.\n\nHe acknowledged that more needed to be done but said Fine Gael was working to improve social housing.\n\nThe three leaders also took each other to task over their pledges and commitments about healthcare.\n\nWaiting lists and overcrowding remains an outstanding issue in the Republic of Ireland.\n\nMore than 553,000 people were waiting for an outpatient appointment in December, according to the monthly figures published by the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF). That was an increase of 37,000 on the previous year.\n\nMr Varadkar said his party would invest more money in healthcare - but Mrs McDonald said the problem was \"capacity\" and pressed for more hospital beds to be opened across the hospital system.\n\nMr Martin denied that Fianna Fáil's pledge to aim for a four-hour target wait for Emergency Departments was a \"short-term fix\".\n\nThe general election will take place on Saturday 8 February, with counting beginning on Sunday.\n\nVoters will elect 160 members of the Dáil Éireann (Irish Parliament), but a political party would need to win at least 80 seats in order to form a majority government.", "Claims made by Ryanair about its carbon emissions have been banned by the UK's advertising watchdog.\n\nEurope's biggest airline by passenger numbers had billed itself as the region's \"lowest emissions airline\" and a \"low C02 emissions airline\".\n\nBut the Advertising Standards Authority ruled Ryanair's claims in press, TV and radio adverts could not be backed up.\n\nRyanair hit back in a statement saying consumers could halve their carbon footprint if they switched to it.\n\nIn adverts last year, the Dublin-based operator claimed to have \"the lowest carbon emissions of any major airline\" and to be a \"low fares, low CO2 emissions\" carrier \"based on the top 27 European airlines\".\n\nComplainants to the UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said the adverts were misleading and could not be substantiated. By their nature, airlines do not have low emissions, critics said.\n\nIn evidence to the ASA, Ryanair argued its green credentials were based on it having the youngest aircraft fleet using the newest most fuel-efficient engines, and flying 97% full on average.\n\nRyanair said its claims were supported using data from the European aviation organisation Eurocontrol and airline efficiency rankings published by Brighter Plant, a provider of carbon and energy calculations.\n\nClearcast and Radiocentre, used by companies to review adverts before they go public, both gave their backing.\n\nHowever, the ASA took issue with some of the figures and the definition of \"a major airline\" for the purposes of assessing emissions comparisons.\n\nAn airline efficiency ranking used by Ryanair was dated 2011, \"and was therefore of little value as substantiation for a comparison made in 2019,\" the ASA said.\n\n\"Consequently, we concluded that the claims 'Europe's… Lowest Emissions Airline' and 'low CO2 emissions' were misleading,\" the regulator said.\n\nThe adverts must not be repeated \"in their current form,\" the ASA ruled, adding: \"We told Ryanair to ensure that when making environmental claims, they held adequate evidence to substantiate them and to ensure that the basis of those claims were made clear.\"\n\nRyanair said it would comply with the ruling, but in a statement underlined its claim that emissions per passenger are 25% lower \"than other major airlines\".\n\nAirlines are increasingly having to defend themselves as protests increase\n\nThe airline said: \"Ryanair is delighted with its latest environmental advertising campaign, which communicates a hugely important message for our customers.\n\n\"The single most important thing any customer can do to halve their carbon footprint is switch to Ryanair.\"\n\nThe airline also said it would be making changes to claims on its website, which is not regulated in the UK but by the Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland (ASAI).\n\nThe ASAI said in a statement it \"is assessing the advertising in question. In line with due process, we will not be commenting further at this stage.\"\n\nAviation has become a target of environmental activists, and there are signs so-called \"flight shaming\" is starting to have an impact on travel habits.\n\nAgainst this backdrop, the industry has become more proactive about what it is doing to cut its carbon footprint.\n\nOn Monday, a group called Sustainable Aviation, whose members include Heathrow Airport, British Airways, EasyJet, Rolls Royce, Airbus and air traffic controller Nats, promised to cut its net carbon emissions to zero by 2050.\n\nIn 2018, Ryanair launched a voluntary carbon offset scheme, which has so far raised €2.5m (£2.1m) according to the airline's website. The money is invested in environmental projects in Ireland and abroad.\n\nBut last April, Ryanair was named as the only airline included in a list of Europe's top 10 polluters, according to data from the EU's Transport & Environment group.", "Ian Paterson carried out hundreds of botched and needless operations\n\nA culture of \"avoidance and denial\" allowed a breast surgeon to perform botched and unnecessary operations on hundreds of women, a report has found.\n\nAn independent inquiry into Ian Paterson's malpractice has recommended the recall of his 11,000 patients for their treatment to be assessed.\n\nPaterson is serving a 20-year jail term for 17 counts of wounding with intent.\n\nOne of Paterson's colleagues has been referred to police and five more to health watchdogs by the inquiry.\n\nDebbie Douglas, who underwent \"needless\" surgery while in Paterson's care, said all of the report's 15 recommendations must be implemented.\n\nThe disgraced breast surgeon worked with cancer patients at NHS and private hospitals in the West Midlands over 14 years.\n\nHis unregulated \"cleavage-sparing\" mastectomies, in which breast tissue was left behind, meant the disease returned in many of his patients.\n\nOthers had surgery they did not need - some even finding out years later they did not have cancer.\n\nPatients were let down by the healthcare system \"at every level\" said the inquiry chair, retired Bishop of Norwich the Rt Revd Graham James, who identified \"multiple individual and organisational failures\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Victim Debbie Douglas called for changes to the law following the report's publication\n\nAnother of Paterson's victims, Tracey Smith, welcomed the recommendations for the health service made by the inquiry.\n\n\"Paterson was claiming that there was some sort of cancer hotspot in Solihull. The only problem in Solihull was Ian Paterson,\" she said.\n\n\"Now we will continue to fight so that the recommendations are put in place to stop this from ever happening in the NHS or the Spire or any private hospital in the country.\"\n\nAmong the report's recommendations were:\n\nIn his report, Bishop James said: \"The suffering described; the callousness; the wickedness; the failures on the part of individuals and institutions as well as Paterson himself - these are vividly described in what patients told us.\n\n\"The scale of what happened, the length of time this malpractice went on; the terrible legacy for so many families; it is difficult to exaggerate the damage done, including to trust in medical organisations.\"\n\nThe coroner and West Midlands Police are looking into the deaths of 23 of Paterson's patients.\n\nRelatives of some of Paterson's patients who died have called for him to face manslaughter charges.\n\nThe opening words of the Paterson inquiry are striking. The chair, Rt Revd Graham James, says this was \"far worse\" than simply a story about a rogue surgeon though that itself was tragic.\n\nHe says the healthcare system was dysfunctional at every level when it came to keeping patients safe. And this was less than a decade ago.\n\nHe suggests there are currently more than enough regulators with sufficient budgets, but they still aren't doing enough collectively to keep patients safe.\n\nChillingly he says that based on evidence from clinicians as opposed to regulators something similar could happen now.\n\nPaterson began working at Spire private hospital in Solihull in 1997 and was appointed at Solihull Hospital, part of the Heart of England NHS Trust, a year later.\n\nBetween then and 2011, he had 11,000 patients across the two sites. He was suspended by the General Medical Council (GMC) in 2012 while his practices were being investigated.\n\nAn independent report by lawyer Sir Ian Kennedy found concerns about Paterson had been raised as early as 2003, but hospital management missed several opportunities to stop him.\n\nFollowing a trial at Nottingham Crown Court, Paterson, of Altrincham in Greater Manchester, who grew up in County Down, Northern Ireland, was jailed for 15 years in May 2017 after being found guilty of wounding with intent nine women and one man.\n\nHis sentence was later increased to 20 years.\n\nPaterson worked at Spire Hospital, in Solihull, from 1997 to 2011\n\nLater that year, minister of state for health Philip Dunne established the independent inquiry.\n\n\"There was a culture of avoidance and denial, an alarming loss of corporate memory and an offloading of responsibility at every level,\" Bishop James said in his conclusions.\n\n\"This capacity for wilful blindness is illustrated by the way in which Paterson's behaviour and aberrant clinical practice was excused or even favoured.\n\n\"Many simply avoided or worked round him. Some could have known, while others should have known, and a few must have known.\"\n\nThose referred to the health watchdog and the police were not named in the report.\n\nJacqui Smith, chair of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust which now runs Solihull Hospital, said it \"wholly condemns\" Paterson's practices and acknowledged \"many of Paterson's patients received appalling treatment whilst under the care of the NHS\".\n\nSpire Healthcare's chief executive, Justin Ash, apologised for the \"significant distress\" suffered by patients and accepted \"missed opportunities to challenge Ian Paterson's criminal behaviour\".\n\n\"We should have caught him sooner,\" he said. \"We have changed - Spire has changed. We have got much better regulation of consultants today.\"\n\nTwo of Paterson's patients, Tracey Smith and Debbie Douglas, were in Birmingham to read the inquiry report\n\nMrs Douglas, who spearheaded the campaign for the inquiry, said: \"The fight goes on until the legislation has changed.\n\n\"We don't want somebody from the government giving us lip service and saying that lessons will be learned. It sickens me.\n\nBishop James described the \"wickedness\" and \"callousness\" faced by Paterson's victims\n\nOther recommendations made by the inquiry are the suspension of healthcare professionals who are under investigation over patient safety, and that gaps in responsibility and liability between the NHS and the private sector are improved by the government.\n\nHealth Minister Nadine Dorries said: \"I deeply regret the failures of the NHS and the independent sector to protect patients from the devastating impact of Paterson's malpractice.\n\n\"It is essential we all respond quickly and effectively to the lessons of this inquiry, giving every patient the confidence that the care they receive is safe and meets the highest standards.\"\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. Pupils say they struggled in their old classrooms\n\nSchools are failing to spot ADHD and autism, which could be contributing to a rise in exclusions, an alternative education provider has said.\n\nKelly Rowlands, who runs schools for excluded children, said seven out of nine of her pupils arrived with undiagnosed neurodiversity issues.\n\nThe rate of permanent exclusions in Wales almost doubled between 2014 and 2017 to four in every 10,000 pupils.\n\nThe Welsh Government said permanent exclusion was a last resort.\n\n\"The decision to exclude a child is a last resort and never taken lightly,\" said Eithne Hughes, director of the Association of School and College Leaders Cymru.\n\nChildren who have been excluded playing football at an ACT school\n\nThe assembly's education committee said in January 2019 there were 2,286 pupils in Wales were receiving education other than at school (EOTAS), many of whom had either been excluded from mainstream education or were at risk of exclusion.\n\nThe latest figures available show in 2016-17 there was a significant increase in the number of permanent exclusions compared with the previous year, up from 109 to 165.\n\nMs Rowlands, senior schools manager for ACT, which runs schools and training for excluded children in Cardiff and Caerphilly, said too few resources were being used to understand why a child might be behaving badly before the \"exclusion cycle\" begins.\n\nShe said the overall number of pupils her service had been asked to take on had tripled in three years.\n\n\"I think schools are being put under much more pressure in terms of their outcomes and their achievement data,\" she said.\n\n\"If they do have a disruptive learner in the classroom it's much easier to remove them and deal with the masses than it is to focus the time on that one person.\"\n\nShe called for a \"stricter screening\" of children before they start secondary school to try to identify any additional needs that may have been missed.\n\nKelly Rowlands said schools were too focused on achievement data\n\nRiley, 15, was excluded following an assault after starting secondary school.\n\n\"I was always being naughty, I punched my head teacher, chucked a chair at him,\" he said.\n\n\"I was getting angry all the time - with the students, with the teachers. I just didn't like the school.\"\n\nAmanda Kirby from the University of South Wales is conducting research on a link between school exclusion and additional learning needs.\n\nAmanda Kirby said exclusions were on the increase\n\nShe said children with special educational needs were \"seven times more likely\" to be excluded than those without.\n\n\"What we've seen in Wales is that exclusions have been on the increase,\" she said.\n\n\"I think that even though they're relatively rare, if you look at the total population, we are still recognising that in both Wales and England we're seeing a general increase. That's something we need to be alerted to...\"\n\nA Welsh Government spokesman said: \"Our guidance makes clear that permanent exclusion should be a last resort and should only be used where all other strategies for supporting the pupil have been exhausted.\"\n\nHe added legislation had been introduced to ensure behavioural issues were dealt with earlier and more effectively.\n\nMs Hughes said support for children with behavioural problems had been \"hampered by severe funding pressures\".\n\n\"Despite their best efforts, it is occasionally necessary to exclude a pupil to ensure that other pupils are able to learn in a safe and orderly environment, and also because the pupil in question needs more support than a mainstream school can provide.\n\n\"These are difficult and complex decisions over which schools, governing bodies and local authorities follow detailed and extensive guidance,\" she said.\n\nWatch more on Wales Live, at 22:30 GMT on Wednesday on BBC One Wales, and on the BBC iPlayer.", "A68 barely moved after calving, but this year has suddenly raced northwards\n\nThe world's biggest iceberg is about to enter the open ocean.\n\nA68, a colossus that broke free from the Antarctic in 2017, has pushed so far north it is now at the limit of the continent's perennial sea-ice.\n\nWhen it calved, the berg had an area close to 6,000 sq km (2,300 sq mi) and has lost very little of its bulk over the past two and a half years.\n\nBut scientists say A68 will struggle to maintain its integrity when it reaches the Southern Ocean's rougher waters.\n\n\"With a thickness to length ratio akin to five sheets of A4, I am astonished that the ocean waves haven't already made ice cubes out of A68,\" said Prof Adrian Luckman from Swansea University, UK.\n\n\"If it survives for long as one piece when it moves beyond the edge of the sea-ice, I will be very surprised,\" he told BBC News.\n\nEurope's Sentinel-3 satellite shows A68 against the edge of the perennial sea-ice (orange line)\n\nA68 split from the Larsen C Ice Shelf in July 2017. For a year, it hardly moved, its keel apparently grounded on the seafloor.\n\nBut the prevailing winds and currents eventually began to push it northwards along the eastern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, and during this summer season the drift has undergone a rapid acceleration.\n\nThe iceberg, currently at 63 degrees South latitude, is following a very predictable course.\n\nA68 is about 150km long but only 200m or so thick. It has the profile akin to a few sheets of A4 paper stacked on top of each other. Rough seas should break it apart\n\nWhen it pops above the tip of the peninsula, the massive block should be swept northwards towards the Atlantic - a path researchers refer to as \"Iceberg Alley\".\n\nMany of Antarctica's greatest bergs even make it as far - and beyond - the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia at roughly 54 degrees South.\n\nThe biggest ever recorded iceberg in the modern era was the 11,000-sq-km block called B15, which calved from the Ross Ice Shelf in 2000.\n\nOne of its last remnants, now measuring \"just\" 200 sq km, is halfway to the South Sandwich Islands, east of South Georgia.\n\nObjects this big have to be constantly monitored because they pose a risk to shipping. Satellite images, like the ones shown on this page, are the obvious way to do this.\n\nPine Island Glacier in West Antarctica is about to release a big iceberg (white shading)\n\nWhile they keep an eye on A68, scientists are also watching for two other, soon-to-birth bergs.\n\nOne is about to come off the front of Pine Island Glacier in the West Antarctic. This will be a little over 300 sq km when it calves. The block is already riven with many cracks.\n\n\"I expect that the new iceberg will break into many pieces soon after it calves,\" said Prof Luckman.\n\nThe other imminent large berg is forming in eastern Antarctica, on the edge of the Brunt Ice Shelf.\n\nThis should be about 1,500 sq km - roughly the area of Greater London.\n\nThe putative berg has garnered a lot of attention because Britain's Halley research station had to be moved to make sure it wasn't in harm's way.\n\nThe berg will calve when a big rift, dubbed Chasm 1, finally slices through a section of ice measuring less than 10km in length.\n\nPrecisely when, no-one can say. \"The rift is widening, but only at a steady rate, and the rift tip is hardly advancing,\" Prof Luckman told BBC News.\n\nThe Brunt berg will be about the size of Greater London when Chasm 1 breaks through\n\nJonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos", "The mobile operators will meet on Wednesday to try to agree on sharing the costs of masts and other equipment\n\nAn agreement to share network equipment in order to improve phone coverage in rural areas has hit a stumbling block over costs.\n\nRival operators are unhappy at the price BT-owned EE is asking them to pay to share its equipment.\n\nO2's chief said the fees being sought by its rival \"may undermine the viability of the project\".\n\nBT said the costs were based on the value of the masts and other investments it had made over the years.\n\nA key meeting is due to take place on Wednesday to hammer out the details, the BBC has learned.\n\nThe £1bn Shared Rural Network (SRN) agreement was announced in October and aims to get the mobile operators working together to extend the geographic coverage of 4G to 95% of the UK by 2025.\n\nMany rural areas have only patchy service, and some have none at all.\n\nThe government is contributing £500m towards the costs, with the other half of the bill being footed by the mobile operators.\n\nThe Conservatives want the deal done as soon as possible - ideally in time for the Budget on 11 March - and has threatened to intervene if the operators cannot reach agreement.\n\nThe BBC understands that if the mobile operators do fail to agree, the government will consider other ways of achieving its 95% coverage goal.\n\nIt will, said one industry insider, make delays to improving rural mobile coverage inevitable.\n\nWould a supermarket agree to share its shelves with rivals, asked BT's chief executive\n\nThe Financial Times reported that BT wants to include 320 yet-to-be-built masts in the agreement and to charge 250% more than the existing commercial rate for rivals to access them.\n\nOne insider told the BBC it would be cheaper for operators to build their own masts.\n\nBT has not revealed the commercial agreements it is hoping to sign with other operators but it is believed it will offer rivals a cheaper rate for masts on its emergency service network, which was partially funded by the government. There are several hundreds of these in rural locations.\n\nPreviously BT's chief executive Marc Allera has said the costs of sharing equipment needed to reflect the fact that EE has 4G coverage in \"significantly more places than any other network\".\n\n\"Finding an analogy here is tricky because this is complex, but I sometimes think of it like Sainsbury's building a new superstore in a rural area and being made to give away shelf space to Tesco, Lidl and Asda,\" he said in a blog.\n\nOf the meeting this week BT told the BBC that it was \"ready to go\".\n\n\"We've proposed a far simpler and more pragmatic way for SRN to succeed, plus a way to reduce any taxpayer money by also including new sites that are being built by us in the future.\n\n\"It's now down to the industry to finalise the deal to get it done.\"\n\nAll the operators said they were committed to getting an agreement.\n\nIn a blog, O2 chief executive Mark Evans said: \"The SRN requires all four mobile network operators to deliver additional investment and an unprecedented level of infrastructure-sharing; it requires the government to deliver planning policy reform and a modest level of funding.\"\n\nDave Dyson, chief executive of Three, said: \"Enhancing mobile connectivity for the 9.3 million living in the UK's countryside requires a joined-up approach between the industry and government.\n\n\"A Shared Rural Network is the best way to do that, bringing mobile coverage to more places in the UK and giving people in rural areas a similar choice to those living in towns and cities.\"\n\nAnd Vodafone told the BBC: \"We remain committed to the Shared Rural Network scheme and are working towards reaching a final agreement.\"", "Sudesh Amman was under covert surveillance when he stabbed two people in south London on Sunday\n\nThe threat from terrorism is \"not diminishing\", the head of UK counter-terror policing has warned, as he praised covert officers' response to the Streatham attack.\n\nOfficers \"calmly ran forward\" and prevented more people being injured, Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said.\n\nSudesh Amman, 20, was shot dead by police after stabbing two people in south London on Sunday.\n\n\"But with 3,000 or so subjects of interest currently on our radar and many convicted terrorists soon due to be released from prison, we simply cannot watch all of them, all the time,\" the Metropolitan Police's assistant commissioner said.\n\nHe welcomed government plans to \"to keep the most dangerous terrorists locked up for longer\".\n\nAmman had been released from prison on 23 January after serving half of his sentence for terror offences.\n\nHe was under active surveillance at the time of the attack - which police believe to have be an Islamist-related terrorist incident - and had a hoax device strapped to his body.\n\nMr Basu praised the \"quick reactions\" of surveillance officers for preventing more injuries.\n\n\"They exemplified the courage and sense of duty that our officers have shown time and time again in their efforts to protect the public from the terrorist threat,\" he added.\n\nMr Basu said the attack was the third in as many months, following recent incidents at London Bridge and Whitemoor prison, and said the threat was \"not diminishing\", despite best efforts.\n\nThe UK's terror threat level is currently set at \"substantial\", meaning an attack is likely.\n\nIt was downgraded from \"severe\", the second highest rating, in November, shortly before the London Bridge attack.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nEarlier Metropolitan Police commissioner Cressida Dick said it was \"clearly not possible\" to stop every attack and Amman was able to stab people despite being under surveillance because such operations are not \"man-to-man marking\".\n\nIn response to the attack, ministers want to introduce emergency legislation to make terror offenders serve more time in prison - but a former government adviser has warned those plans could lead to a legal battle.\n\nA target of 27 February has been set to get the legislation through Parliament to prevent the early release of any more offenders, according to a Whitehall official.\n\nThe official said no terrorist offenders are due to receive automatic release before that date.\n\nThe government plans to introduce the legislation in the Commons on Tuesday, with the aim of clearing the House by the time it rises for recess the following Thursday.", "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.", "Ian Paterson is serving a 20-year jail term for 17 counts of wounding with intent\n\nShipman, Mid Staffordshire, Morecambe Bay, and now Ian Paterson, the breast surgeon that performed botched and unnecessary operations on hundreds of women.\n\nThe list of NHS-related scandals has got longer. It's tempting to say the health service has not learned lessons even after a string of revelations and reviews. But is that fair?\n\nThe important point to make about Paterson, the rogue surgeon and the scandal which could have harmed more than 1,000 patients, is that it involved the private sector even more than the NHS.\n\nThe inquiry, chaired by Bishop Graham James, makes clear there were failings at every level of a dysfunctional health system when it came to patient safety.\n\nThe public and private health systems did not compare notes about suspicious behaviour by a consultant.\n\nStaff working with Paterson thought that his surgical methods were unusual but, perhaps cowed by being ignored after raising concerns, kept their heads down.\n\nAdd to that the power and status of a surgeon in the medical world and, in the words of the report, Paterson was \"hiding in plain sight\".\n\nSo could it happen again?\n\nThe bishop says it's clearly impossible to eliminate the activities of determined criminals in any profession.\n\nHe acknowledges that some improvements have been made on policing.\n\nBut he says that a decade on from the Paterson scandal, he is not convinced that medical regulators, with a combined budget of half a billion pounds a year, are doing enough collectively or collaboratively to make the system safe for patients.\n\nAnd that is the case, he believes, even after the former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt pledged to prioritise patient safety in England and set up a specialist health investigations unit to probe major safety breaches.\n\nThe General Medical Council (GMC), which regulates doctors, offered an apology to patients who were let down and said a system-wide approach was needed to build on safeguards set up after the Paterson scandal.\n\nThere was an acknowledgment that more had to be done and regulators needed to work more closely together to protect patients.\n\nThe Care Quality Commission, the Nursing and Midwifery Council and the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care are other watchdogs mentioned in the report.\n\nThe review chair notes tellingly that while regulators spoke of major improvements which should identify another Paterson, some doctors and nurses had told the inquiry that it was \"entirely possible that something similar could happen now\".\n\nIt's worth remembering that the NHS was ranked top in a comparison of 11 countries by the US think tank the Commonwealth Fund in 2017.\n\nThe report praised the UK health service for the safety of its care and systems to prevent ill health.\n\nNearly 17 million patients per year are admitted to hospitals in England for some sort of procedure or operation. Much of NHS care is first rate.\n\nThe fact that the NHS and the private sector are jointly held responsible for failings over Paterson is a reminder that the health service is not intrinsically less safe than independent providers. Far from it.\n\nThe review goes as far as to suggest that if private hospitals lag behind the NHS in implementing the report's recommendations there should be no more state funding of treatment in the independent sector.\n\nThis is ultimately a question of trust in health professionals wherever they work.", "More than a thousand scientists have built the most detailed picture of cancer ever in a landmark study.\n\nThey said cancer was like a 100,000-piece jigsaw, and that until today, 99% of the pieces were missing.\n\nTheir studies, published in the journal Nature, provide an almost complete picture of all cancers.\n\nThey could allow treatment to be tailored to each patient's unique tumour, or develop ways of finding cancer earlier.\n\nThe Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes Consortium analysed the whole genetic code of 2,658 cancers.\n\nA cancer is a corrupted version of our own healthy cells - mutations to our DNA change our cells until eventually they grow and divide uncontrollably.\n\nMost of our understanding of this process comes from the sets of genetic instructions for building the body's proteins.\n\n\"That's a mere 1% of the whole genome,\" said Dr Lincoln Stein from the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research.\n\nHe said doctors would be \"in the dark\" when treating around a third of patients, as it was impossible to tell why their cells had become cancerous.\n\nIt has taken teams in 37 countries more than a decade to figure out what the 99% were doing.\n\nThe work, which took 22 scientific journal papers to describe, shows that cancer is massively complex, with thousands of different combinations of mutations able to cause cancer.\n\nThe project found people's cancers contain, on average, between four and five fundamental mutations that drive a cancer's growth.\n\nThese are potential weak-spots that can be exploited with treatments that attack these \"driver mutations\".\n\n\"Ultimately, what we want to do is to use these technologies to identify treatments that are tailored to each individual patient,\" said Dr Peter Campbell, from the Wellcome Sanger Institute.\n\nHowever, 5% of cancers appear to have no driver mutations at all, showing there is still more work to do.\n\nScientists also developed a way of \"carbon dating\" mutations. They showed that more than a fifth of them occurred years or even decades before a cancer is found.\n\n\"We've developed the first timelines of genetic mutations across the spectrum of cancer types,\" said Dr Peter Van Loo from the Francis Crick Institute.\n\nHe added: \"Unlocking these patterns means it should now be possible to develop new diagnostic tests, that pick up signs of cancer much earlier.\"\n\nThe challenge will be knowing which of these mutations will go on to become cancer and which can be safely ignored.", "The Old Bailey heard the case concerns Hashem Abedi's \"role in perpetrating\" the attack\n\nThe brother of the Manchester Arena bomber was \"just as guilty\" of the murder of the 22 people who died in the attack, his trial has heard.\n\nSalman Abedi detonated a \"large home-made improvised explosive device\" outside an Ariana Grande concert on 22 May 2017.\n\nHis brother Hashem Abedi is standing trial at the Old Bailey over his \"role in perpetrating these terrible events\".\n\nHe denies the murder of 22 people and the attempted murder of others.\n\nHe also denies conspiring with his brother to cause an explosion.\n\nProsecutor Duncan Penny QC said the siblings spent \"months\" planning the attack, which had been \"both sudden and lethal\" and had had \"nearly 1,000 victims\".\n\nHe said in addition to the 22 people - men, women, teenagers and a child - who died, a total of 264 \"were physically injured\" while 670 more had since \"reported psychological trauma as a result of these events\".\n\nTop (left to right): Lisa Lees, Alison Howe, Georgina Callender, Kelly Brewster, John Atkinson, Jane Tweddle, Marcin Klis, Eilidh MacLeod - Middle (left to right): Angelika Klis, Courtney Boyle, Saffie Roussos, Olivia Campbell-Hardy, Martyn Hett, Michelle Kiss, Philip Tron, Elaine McIver - Bottom (left to right): Wendy Fawell, Chloe Rutherford, Liam Allen-Curry, Sorrell Leczkowski, Megan Hurley, Nell Jones\n\nMr Penny said the explosion was the \"culmination of months of planning and preparation\" by the brothers, who had worked together to source chemicals and buy screws and nails to use as \"anti-personnel shrapnel\" in experimental improvised bombs.\n\nHe said they had also obtained an address in Blackley, north Manchester where they could work on the device and bought a Nissan Micra car to use as a \"de-facto storage facility\".\n\nThe court heard the flat was \"not an area the two were used to frequenting\" and had been used as a \"safe address from which to operate without unwanted or uninvited interruption\".\n\nThe resulting bomb was \"detonated in the middle of a crowd in a very public area… to kill and to inflict maximum damage\", Mr Penny said.\n\nThe court heard the Manchester-born brothers had lived alone in the family home in Fallowfield, about four miles south of the city centre, since 2016 when their parents returned to Libya.\n\nMr Penny said they had shown \"some signs of radicalisation\" in the years before the bombing - \"Salman more so than Hashem\".\n\nJurors were told Hashem had worked in a takeaway at the time and had asked if he could take home used vegetable oil cans to sell for scrap, which Mr Penny described as a \"cover story\".\n\nA part of one of the cans was found at the scene of the attack.\n\nMr Penny said it was not suggested the brothers had a specific target and the final destination may have been chosen by Salman Abedi alone, but they had a \"shared goal [to] kill, maim and injure as many people as possible\".\n\n\"The law is that Hashem Abedi is just as responsible for this atrocity… as surely as if he had selected the target and detonated the bomb himself,\" he added.\n\nSalman Abedi and his brother lived in Fallowfield, four miles south of Manchester city centre\n\nJurors were shown a map of the city with locations such as Manchester Arena, the Arndale Centre and Victoria Station identified.\n\nMr Penny said the arena was \"one of the busiest and one of the largest\" in Europe and had been filled with the American singer's \"large and diverse fan base\" on the night of the attack.\n\nHe said the foyer outside it was \"busy and heavily congested with people\" as the crowd left the venue at about 22:30 BST, and in their \"midst… carrying a heavy rucksack that contained a homemade bomb… was Salman Abedi\".\n\nHe added that such was the \"ferocity of the explosion\" that it \"dismembered\" the bomber and left a scene \"of destruction and chaos\".\n\nMr Penny said \"significant exhibits from two separate locations\" linked Hashem to the attack.\n\nHe said his hand and finger marks were found on parts which had been cut from the vegetable oil cans at the brothers' Fallowfield home.\n\nSix thumbprints were also discovered on a piece of metal that had been discarded in a bag of rubbish behind a flat in Manchester city centre where Salman Abedi had \"ultimately assembled\" the bomb, he added.\n\nThe court heard the pieces found at the flat and the home came from the same oil can as the one found in the arena foyer and \"played a pivotal role in the development of this story\".\n\nHashem Abedi denies the murder of 22 people and the attempted murder of others\n\nMr Penny said the bomb was made from three chemicals, two of which the defendant had made various attempts to buy using false online accounts or via other people, some of whom had been \"sufficiently gullible to avail him of their internet accounts\".\n\nHe said Hashem Abedi had asked a relative if he could use an Amazon account to buy one chemical, but said the third chemical was easily purchased in chemists and police had not traced any acquisition of it by either brother.\n\nJurors heard the brothers had a \"high turnover\" of telephone numbers, some of which were only used for a few days \"to avoid detection\".\n\nRecords showed Hashem had five mobile numbers between June 2016 and May 2017, Salman had four, and they had shared a further two.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "More than 40 people have been arrested in a crackdown on courier fraud across England and Wales.\n\nPolice say more than 3,000 people, most of them elderly, have been duped into withdrawing large sums of cash and handing it to someone posing as a courier or police officer.\n\nIn October, a couple from Dorset lost almost £1m, including their pensions and all their savings.\n\n\"This is a despicable crime,\" said Cdr Karen Baxter of City of London Police.\n\nThe Dorset couple were left with just £187 after the fraudsters went back time and again.\n\nThey are typical victims of courier fraud, according to Cdr Baxter.\n\n\"Fraudsters specifically target older people by exploiting their trust in the police and their bank, to bleed them dry,\" she said.\n\nThe fraudsters call victims on the phone, pretending to be a police officer or bank official, and persuade them to hand over money to a \"courier\" on the pretext of assisting an investigation into corruption.\n\n\"Courier fraudsters are nearly always part of broader criminal gangs: they are persuasive and can be aggressive.\n\n\"This can be particularly intimidating when they turn up on a victim's doorstep,\" said Cdr Baxter.\n\nPolice used dogs to help recover some of the valuables\n\nOverall, police say there have been 3,188 victims in two years with a steep rise in the past six months.\n\nThe losses reported to police total more than £12m.\n\nIn addition to the Dorset couple, a 74-year-old victim lost £400,000 and an 80-year-old £180,000 - both in November.\n\nThe raids, led by City of London Police and nine other forces including Kent Police, West Mercia Police, Hertfordshire Police and Dorset Police, began in November and were stepped up in January.\n\nAdditionally, one offender has been returned to prison, where he was already serving time for courier fraud, after absconding last April.\n\nPolice wait in the street before a raid\n\nIn a bid to raise awareness, fraud prevention experts advise people to end cold calls and seek advice from trusted friends or family members or to call their banks directly using the number on their bank cards.\n\nThey say police and banks will never ask for full passwords and pin numbers or ask for money to be handed or transferred to them.\n\nCdr Baxter promised fraudsters their activities would not be tolerated, adding: \"We will disrupt your activity, prevent you targeting victims, bring you before the courts and ultimately send you to prison.\"", "PMQs ends but shadow women and equalities minister Dawn Butler raises a point of order relating to Nadia Whittome's question (see post timed at 12:26).\n\nShe says the claims that everybody on a deportation flight to Jamaica - due to leave next week - are criminals \"seems not to be true\".\n\nSpecifically she refers to one of her constituents who is due to be on the flight. She argues that he was convicted \"under the now unlawful\" joint enterprise rule and later released.\n\nShe adds that the wife of this constituent fears the stress of the situation will kill him.\n\nSpeaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle says the MP knows it is not a point of order but adds \"I am sure the government frontbench has heard what was said.\"", "Politicians and representatives of civic society attended the launch event\n\nThe chief constable said the attendance of deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill at the launch of the PSNI recruitment campaign got it off to \"the best possible start\".\n\nSimon Byrne launched the campaign on Tuesday.\n\nIt comes amid continued concerns over the PSNI's ability to increase numbers of Catholic officers.\n\nMs O'Neill is deputy leader of Sinn Féin - its support is seen as important in encouraging more Catholic recruits.\n\nShe was one of a number of politicians at the event - including First Minister Arlene Foster - as well as representatives of churches and sporting bodies, such as the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA).\n\nMr Byrne said: \"We don't underestimate the significant step forward Sinn Féin has taken in endorsing this campaign merely by being here and beginning a conversation about how we can work differently to improve policing right across the country.\n\nSinn Féin has historically been critical of the role of the police in Northern Ireland, both the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), which replaced it in 2001.\n\nIn 2007 the party gave its support to the PSNI, but its representatives have not attended passing out parades for new recruits.\n\nIn the lead-up to the new campaign, the first since October 2018, there has been debate about whether a return to 50-50 recruitment is required.\n\nA 50-50 recruitment policy ran for the first 10 years of the PSNI until 2011.\n\nThis meant that 50% of all recruits had to be from a Catholic background, and 50% from a Protestant or other background.\n\nThe policy saw numbers of Catholic police officers rise from 8% to 32%, but things have stalled years after it ended.\n\nAnne Connolly, chair of the Policing Board, told the BBC News NI Evening Extra programme said Sinn Féin's attendance at the launch was \"a wonderful thing\".\n\n\"It provides hope for future work,\" she said.\n\nFormer chief constable Sir George Hamilton warned last year that numbers were \"going to start to dip if nothing changes\".\n\nSinn Féin, the SDLP and senior Catholic clergymen favour its reintroduction, which would be a political decision, but unionists oppose it.\n\nDeputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill said her attendance at the recruitment campaign launch \"speaks volumes\".\n\n\"We need a PSNI that is reflective in terms of the community in which it serves,\" she said.\n\nFirst Minister Arlene Foster welcomed the recruitment drive, describing it as \"significant\".\n\n\"It is important because there's been a lot of conversations about the fact we need to have a police service that reflects Northern Ireland's society,\" she said.\n\nApplications are open for about three weeks, with the first part of the process handled by professional services firm Deloitte.\n\nLater stages of selection, conducted by the PSNI, involve criminal background checks and physical tests.\n\nThe PSNI is also aiming to attract more women and people of ethnic backgrounds.\n\nMichelle O'Neill attending the launch of the new recruitment drive felt like a big step.\n\nOne long-serving PSNI commander even wondered if it was the policing equivalent of the Queen visiting Dublin.\n\nSinn Féin endorsing Northern Ireland policing in 2007 was of course more notable.\n\nSo, arguably, was the late Martin McGuinness's very strong condemnation of dissident murders of PSNI officers.\n\nMrs O'Neill stopped short of urging young Catholics to join in her comments to the media.\n\nCynics also point out there is an election in the Republic of Ireland.\n\nBut for a party that has not attended passing out parades for new recruits, this was a significant moment in the party's relationship with the PSNI.\n\nIt is not the only challenge facing the PSNI, as it strives to better reflect the composition of Northern Ireland society.\n\nIt has 6,900 officers and publishes data on their backgrounds.\n\nSixty-seven percent are \"perceived\" as being Protestant, 32% Catholic and 1% are from an ethnic minority.\n\nSeven in every 10 officers are male.\n\nThe PSNI is also conscious of needing to improve interest from working class Protestants and members of the LGBT community.", "The media keeps mistaking black women MPs for each other because it does not respect them as much as their white counterparts, a Labour MP has said.\n\nThe Evening Standard used a picture of Bell Ribeiro-Addy in a story about fellow Labour MP Marsha de Cordova.\n\nThe story was about BBC Parliament captioning Ms de Cordova as Labour deputy leadership hopeful Dawn Butler.\n\nMs Ribeiro-Addy told BBC News: \"We are not given the same respect as our white counterparts and that's not right.\"\n\nThe MP, who has represented Streatham, in south London, since last year's general election, said she accepted that \"everybody makes mistakes,\" but added: \"It happens all the time with us.\n\n\"It is hard enough for us to get elected here but when we do get here we are not treated as individuals.\"\n\nShe said she used to get mistaken for Dawn Butler when she worked as the chief of staff to shadow home secretary Diane Abbott, \"because I must be the other one\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Parliament This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 Parliament channel's mistake came during a Commons debate on the Agriculture Bill on Monday.\n\nTweeting a photo of the incorrect caption, Ms Butler said: \"I love my sister @MarshadeCordova but we are two different people.\n\n\"Marsha is amazing and deserves to be called by her own name. Diversity in the workplace matters and it also helps to avoid making simple mistakes like this.\"\n\nMs de Cordova, who is Labour's shadow minister for disabled people, said the BBC's mistake was \"not OK at all\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 David Lammy This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nPart of the problem was the lack of diversity in most newsrooms, Ms Ribeiro-Addy said, and the tendency of journalists to treat Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) MPs as part of a homogenous group.\n\n\"Why do so many MPs get to be individuals and we just get to be part of a group that gets confused with each other?\"\n\nThe BBC \"sincerely apologised\" to Ms Butler and Ms de Cordova for the mistake.\n\nA spokesperson said: \"Sometimes we incorrectly identify MPs at the moment when they stand to speak. This error was immediately corrected on screen.\"\n\nThe Standard blamed picture agency Getty Images, which also supplies images to the BBC, for incorrectly captioning an image of Ms Ribeiro-Addy as Ms de Cordova.\n\nGetty Images \"sincerely apologised\" for incorrectly captioning the image of Ms Ribeiro-Addy and issued an \"unreserved apology\" to the two MPs \"for any offence this may have caused\".\n\nA Getty spokeswoman said: \"As soon as we were made aware of the error by the Evening Standard, we corrected the caption information on our website and in a notice sent to customers.\n\n\"Getty Images holds itself to a high standard of editorial integrity and has robust measures in place to ensure our content ingestion process reflects these standards.\n\n\"Although these errors are relatively rare, we, like all news agencies, regret when these measures fail to capture inaccuracies.\"\n\nTottenham MP David Lammy, one of the longest-serving black MPs, tweeted: \"This cannot go on. Black people are not all the same. We need more diversity in our newsrooms.\"", "President Trump said that, for the first time in 51 years, \"the cost of prescription drugs actually went down\".\n\nIn the year to May 2019, the average monthly cost of prescription drugs fell by 0.2% according to the Bureau of Labour Statistics' Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures the increase in the cost of household items in the US .\n\nThis is the first price decrease over a 12-month period since 1973, some 47 years ago.\n\nBut this may not be the most reliable way to measure drug prices according to Inma Hernandez, a pharmacy lecturer at the University of Pittsburgh.\n\n\"The CPI is based on a basket of drugs which is representative of popular drugs. So it tends to include widely-used drugs, which are usually cheaper,\" she says.\n\n\"However, it is less likely to include newer or less-prescribed drugs, which are more expensive and have higher price increases.\"\n\nThe lack of transparency around drug pricing makes it very difficult to know exactly what's happening to the cost of prescription medication.", "David Cameron turned down an offer from Prime Minister Boris Johnson to head the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in November, it has emerged.\n\nThe idea was discussed with the former PM, but Mr Cameron thought the job should go to a government minister.\n\nIt comes after Claire O'Neill, a former Conservative minister for energy and clean growth, was sacked from the role.\n\nFormer Foreign Secretary Lord Hague was also involved in discussions but will not be taking on the presidency either.\n\nNews of Mrs O'Neill's replacement is expected to come in an imminent reshuffle of ministers.\n\nMr Cameron told the BBC it was \"an honour\" to be offered the job, but said a government minister should take the role because there would be \"one line of command.\"\n\nHe added he has \"a lot\" of prior commitments he wants to carry on with, including his work as President of Alzheimer's Research UK.\n\nThe United Nations-led COP26 talks are the most important since the Paris Agreement to curb global warming was secured in 2015.\n\nCountries are expected to deliver more ambitious domestic plans for cutting greenhouse gases by 2030, as current proposals are not enough to prevent dangerous temperature rises.\n\nOn Tuesday, Mr Johnson refused to answer questions at the launch of COP26 about who would replace Mrs O'Neill, who stood down as a Conservative MP at the election.\n\nDowning Street told her she could not chair the meeting because she was no longer a minister.\n\nSources close to Mrs O'Neill say they think she was fired for criticising government failings.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nShe has accused the government of a \"huge lack of leadership and engagement\" on climate change and claimed the prime minister had admitted he \"doesn't really get\" the issue.\n\nBut senior cabinet minister Michael Gove told the BBC Mr Johnson was dedicated to environmental issues, and 30 years ago had described his political outlook as that of a \"green Tory\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tracy Brabin: 'A woman is always judged more harshly than a man'\n\nA Labour MP who faced criticism on social media for her off-the-shoulder dress said people needed to \"listen to what we say not what we wear\".\n\nTracy Brabin, the shadow culture secretary, said she had been \"startled by the vitriolic nature\" of some comments.\n\nShe told BBC Breakfast it was her responsibility to \"call it out\".\n\n\"Women around the world... are being demeaned everyday because of what they wear,\" she said.\n\nThe Batley and Spen MP had been raising a point of order in the House of Commons on Monday about journalists being asked to leave a Downing Street press briefing on the next stage of Brexit talks, when her shoulder appeared.\n\nShe said her slightly off-the-shoulder dress had slipped a little as she leant forward to speak.\n\nMs Brabin said she had been to a music event earlier in the day and was not expecting to be called to the dispatch box.\n\n\"But, the context of this is frankly pretty absurd,\" she said.\n\n\"I am here talking about a shoulder when it is an important time for the media,\" she told viewers to BBC Breakfast.\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\nMs Brabin, who played Tricia Armstrong in Coronation Street for three years in the 1990s, said she tried not to take the comments too seriously, especially as they were likely from \"keyboard warriors sat in their mum's back bedroom eating Pot Noodles and having a pop at people they don't know anything about\".\n\nHowever, she said: \"This is everyday sexism where women are continually judged for what they wear, how they look and not what they say.\"\n\n\"Why is that? It's a way to silence us,\" she told BBC Radio Leeds.\n\nShe said there were examples of things that happened in the Commons that were worthy of discussion, including Jacob Rees Mogg \"asleep on the front benches with his legs up\".\n\n\"That is disrespectful,\" she added.\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\nShe said she was also thankful for the many positive comments she had received.\n\nStacey Dooley, the TV presenter and journalist, was among those supporting Ms Brabin on Twitter.\n\nDr Hannah Barham-Brown, from the Women's Equality Party, said the focus should be on Ms Brabin calling out the prime minister for \"trying to block out the media\".\n\n\"That's what we need to be concentrating on, [and] frankly, I don't really care what she was wearing.\"\n\n\"We've seen female MPs leaving because they have suffered harassment and death threats - they have suffered incredible abuse, and that's the context these comments are being made in,\" she added.\n\nThose responsible should \"find something better to do with their time\".\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"She was our queen and a friend to so many others in the docks in their hour of need\"\n\nYou would be forgiven for thinking that the once world-famous Tiger Bay had been consigned to the history books long ago.\n\nFor those currently living in the Welsh capital, the old Cardiff docklands community, credited by many as the birthplace of diversity and racial tolerance, is now largely the stuff of legends.\n\nBut Wednesday's extraordinary scenes on the streets of \"the docks\" - now rebuilt and rebranded Cardiff Bay - is a reminder that the spirit of old Tiger Bay burns bright.\n\nA docks funeral - which literally stopped traffic around the capital - saw hundreds of mourners pour onto the streets amid a cacophony of steel and jazz bands to join the mile-long procession.\n\nIt marked the loss of a matriarch who many credit with embodying Tiger Bay. And tradition dictates that nothing about Tiger Bay funerals goes \"gentle into that good night\".\n\nSo for those who heard about the procession or witnessed the spectacle of her hearse carriage drawn by four white horses making its way across Cardiff to her resting place in Western Cemetery in Ely, may well be wondering \"who was all that about?\"\n\nHer name was Miriam Saleh.\n\nMiriam Saleh wanted people to wear bright clothing to her funeral to celebrate her life\n\nFamily and friends say Miriam - who died suddenly in her sleep at the age of 76 - had decreed many times exactly how her funeral should play out.\n\n\"She was our queen,\" said her son Norman Kaid, a retired train driver, \"and a friend to so many others in the docks in their hour of need.\n\n\"Throughout her life she would feed anyone, take people in when they had nowhere else to go. She would take in and bring up many children over the years.\n\n\"When someone died, she was the first at the door. She would drop everything and drive to wherever - not only the docks but places Birmingham, Liverpool, London where she had many friends. 'So and so's died and the family are going to need my help', she'd say. And off she'd go.\n\n\"If someone had been taken ill and had to go to hospital leaving children at home, she'd be there. 'They're coming home with me,' she'd say.\n\n\"She more or less lifted their burden off other people and put it on herself. Her strength came through when it was needed most, at a time of other people's weakness.\n\n\"Growing up we had a massive extended family because everyone called her 'Auntie Mim' or 'Nana Mim'.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Miriam Saleh was interviewed by the BBC in 1962\n\nThe Tiger Bay funeral processions are as old as Cardiff itself - a city built around its once iconic docks; at one time the busiest and most prosperous in the world, the engine room of the industrial revolution, exporting coal from the Valleys across the world.\n\nLike so many immigrant seamen, Miriam Saleh's father Bouback boarded a ship in his native Yemen around the turn of the 20th Century.\n\nDocking in Tiger Bay, he settled in the bay's strong Yemeni community which melded with a kaleidoscope of some 50-plus nationalities, languages, customs and creeds.\n\nHe married Edith, a Cardiff girl. Miscegenation - as it was disapprovingly known back then - was commonplace in Tiger Bay.\n\nBeyond the square mile confines of the bay - a bustling port with a reputation, like many others, for high crime and iniquity - the outside world for seamen's families was often disapproving, hostile and racist.\n\nMiriam Saleh's coffin was driven through the streets of her home\n\nThere was often great hardship with seamen away for months on end and little money to be had. But if there were hungry children to be fed there was an open-door policy among the docks' terraces - a meal would always be found around someone's kitchen table.\n\nFriends say Miriam Saleh had grown up watching her mother care for her own large family while still helping all manner of 'waifs and strays'; a tradition she was determined to continue.\n\n\"Miriam was a warm hearted kind person, who was always willing to help - anyone,\" said Gaynor Legall, a former Cardiff councillor for Butetown and a child care social worker in the area.\n\n\"That sometimes got her into difficulties, but if she liked you and thought you needed help, she was there.\"\n\nFour white horses were used to draw the funeral hearse to take Miriam Saleh to her resting place\n\n\"Miriam was the life and soul. I can describe Miriam as a character once met she certainly will never ever be forgotten,\" her life-long friend solicitor Layla Attfield said.\n\n\"She had been a great friend of Betty Campbell, Wales' first black head teacher and another matriarch of the docks who died in 2017.\"\n\nPaying tribute to his mother, Norman added: \"She could make you laugh and cry. I say laugh, because she brightened up every place where ever she went, and I say cry, because she is now gone.\"\n\nMiriam Saleh, mother to five sons, is survived by her elder sister Aleimar, aged 89, 19 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Emily Thornberry: \"We would be more credible\"\n\nEmily Thornberry says she is being \"squeezed\" in the Labour leadership race by two \"monolithic\" campaigns, but says she brings \"depth of experience\".\n\nShe said some saw the race as being between Rebecca Long-Bailey and Sir Keir Starmer, but added that the members should have the widest choice.\n\nLabour will be \"more professional\" under her leadership, she added.\n\nThe shadow foreign secretary is the only hopeful not to have the required support to make the final ballot yet.\n\nLabour's Brexit spokesman Sir Keir Starmer, Wigan MP Lisa Nandy and shadow business secretary Mrs Long-Bailey have reached the threshold to be included on the members' ballot.\n\nThey needed the support of 5% of local parties or at least three affiliates - two must be unions - by 14 February. So far, Ms Thornberry has the backing of a handful of local parties and no affiliates.\n\nWhen asked by BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg why she was behind in terms of nominations from local parties, Ms Thornberry said the contest had \"ended up with two slightly monolithic campaigns\" from Mrs Long-Bailey and Sir Keir.\n\n\"One is perceived as being on the left, with the support of Momentum and all the data that obviously Momentum has,\" she said, referring to Mrs Long-Bailey.\n\n\"And the other one therefore by comparison is seen as the right or the centre ground.\"\n\nShe said it was \"not for the leaders take us to the left or to the right\" but the new leader should \"take us forward, we need to have the best candidate\".\n\n\"And so, to a certain extent it is a good old fashioned squeeze between these two big, you know, campaigns, with all the data and everything else, and it's quite difficult in the middle of that,\" she said.\n\n\"But what I want to do is to break this and to get onto the ticket.\"\n\nShe added: \"We should have everybody on the ticket, so that the members can make the decision.\"\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\nMs Thornberry said that under her leadership Labour will be \"more professional\", adding: \"We will be more believable, we will be more credible and people would say: 'Oh, thank goodness the Labour Party's back'.\n\n\"You know: 'We can vote for the Labour Party now, because the Labour Party hasn't fundamentally changed, but at least we can believe that they will do the things that they say they're going to do',\" she said.\n\nShe said a \"leap of credibility\" was \"really important\", adding that the party \"kind of lost our way before Jeremy was elected as leader\".\n\n\"I think that what I bring to this is a depth of experience, particularly on foreign affairs and on security matters,\" Ms Thornberry said.\n\n\"I think that I raise everyone else's game.\"\n\nShe has done seven front bench jobs, she added.\n\n\"I've been in Parliament for 15 years, I was born in the Labour Party, I will die in the Labour Party,\" she said.\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\nOn the election, Ms Thornberry said there were some \"terrible tactical errors\".\n\nShe said the party should have \"stood [our] ground\" in order to get a further referendum on Brexit ahead of any general election.\n\n\"Our problem was that they [the Conservatives] had 'get Brexit done', and they wanted to have basically a referendum wrapped up as a general election so they weren't held to be accountable for anything that they've done,\" she said.\n\n\"We weren't able to talk about other policies, we had about three and a half paragraphs in terms of what our Brexit policy was, and then we tried to change the subject and we weren't able to.\"\n\nOn her life outside the Labour Party, Ms Thornberry said: \"I quite often take a weekend off and go away with my other half, and we go to particularly sort of English towns where we've never been before.\n\n\"And we stay in the local hotel we go to the municipal museum, we look at kind of quirky things, we go walking, we go visit a local country house.\n\n\"We just spend time with one another and remind one another, how we fell in love in the first place.\"\n\nShe said she \"probably\" had some Tory friends, adding: \"Particularly members of my husband's family I think are definitely Tories.\"\n\n\"But, but I've never kissed a Tory in that way,\" she joked. \"That will be true to say.\"\n\nLaura Kuenssberg has already interviewed Sir Keir and Mrs Long-Bailey and is aiming to interview Ms Nandy in the coming weeks.\n\nThe new leader will be announced on 4 April.", "Iderval Da Silva was beaten to death in Battersea in May last year\n\nThree teenagers have been jailed for killing an Uber Eats delivery driver when he tried to stop them stealing his moped.\n\nBrazilian national Iderval Da Silva, 46, was beaten to death in a \"cowardly attack\" in Battersea, west London, on 25 May.\n\nJadan Richards, 19, was sentenced to life for murder and must serve at least 12 years, the Old Bailey heard.\n\nTay Clovey, 16, was also jailed for 11-and-a-half years for murder.\n\nTay Clovey and Jadan Richards were found guilty of murdering Iderval Da Silva\n\nA 17-year-old boy convicted of manslaughter was given a four-year term.\n\nThe group spotted Mr Da Silva's unattended moped outside a Battersea cafe and one of them tried to snatch it, the court heard.\n\nWhen Mr Da Silva tried to stop them he was set upon in a \"momentary explosion of short-lived violence\".\n\nHis son Caique Keven Silva said in a statement: \"I find it very difficult to explain how not having my dad here is affecting me.\n\n\"Part of me still thinks that this hasn't really happened, that it is only a nightmare from which I will wake up at any time.\"\n\nHe added: \"My dad was there for people, never thinking of himself. No-one deserves to lose their father in the way I lost mine.\"\n\nIderval Da Silva was attacked when he tried to stop a group of teenagers stealing his moped\n\nSentencing, judge Mark Dennis QC told the defendants: \"There is no reason to think that any of you were immature for your age at that time, nor that you would not have known that such an unnecessary and cowardly assault was both wrong and wholly unjustified.\"\n\nFollowing the trial Jasire Frazer, 18, from Wandsworth, and a 17-year-old were cleared of murder and the alternative charge of manslaughter.\n\nAnother 17-year-old boy was cleared on the judge's direction midway through the trial.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Streatham attacker Sudesh Amman was shot dead after stabbing two people on Sunday\n\nBritain's most senior police officer has said the Streatham attacker was able to stab people despite being under surveillance because such operations are not \"man-to-man marking\".\n\nMet Police commissioner Cressida Dick told a committee that Sudesh Amman was under \"covert\" police surveillance.\n\nAmman, 20, was shot dead by police after stabbing a teacher, 51, and a man in his 40s in south London on Sunday.\n\nDame Cressida said it was \"clearly not possible\" to stop every attack.\n\nAmman had been released from prison on 23 January after serving half of his sentence for terror offences.\n\nHe was under active police surveillance at the time of the attack, which police believe to be an Islamist-related terrorist incident - he had a hoax device strapped to his body.\n\nOn Wednesday Dame Cressida gave evidence to the London Assembly Police and Crime Committee about general tactics used by counter-terror police.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nShe said when officers put people under surveillance \"they are not of course providing man-to-man marking\".\n\n\"They are there covertly and that is a deliberate thing,\" she said.\n\nShe added: \"I wish I could assure the public that everybody who poses a risk on the streets could be subject to some sort of thing that would stop them being able to stab anybody ever, but it is clearly not possible.\"\n\nDame Cressida said that the speed with which officers in Streatham responded to the attack was an \"extraordinary achievement\".\n\nShe said armed officers who attended the incident were currently off the streets for \"welfare\" reasons.\n\nAn investigation involving 75 officers was ongoing, Dame Cressida said, but there was \"no evidence\" that the \"horrible and really shocking\" attack was \"directed or enabled by anyone else\".\n\nIn response to the attack ministers want to introduce emergency legislation to make terror offenders serve more time in prison - but a former government adviser has warned those plans could lead to a legal battle.\n\nDame Cressida said \"strong licence conditions\" for people being released from prison must remain in place in the event of any changes to sentencing law.", "Helen McCourt was murdered by Ian Simms in Billinge, Merseyside, in 1988\n\nA murderer who has refused to reveal the whereabouts of his victim's remains has been released from prison.\n\nThe mother of Helen McCourt, who disappeared in Merseyside in 1988, said she felt \"numb\" when she was told her daughter's killer had been freed.\n\nIan Simms, now 63, was convicted of killing the 22-year-old, whose body has never been found despite searches.\n\nSimms has been released after Ms McCourt's mother Marie lost a legal bid on Tuesday to keep him behind bars.\n\nMrs McCourt has previously urged the government to deny parole to killers who do not disclose the location of their victims' bodies.\n\nIn an interview to be broadcast on BBC Breakfast, she says: \"I didn't think a heart could break twice... but mine did.\"\n\nMrs McCourt tells the programme: \"All I want - all I've ever wanted - is to have my child back.\n\n\"Whatever tiny bits or pieces there are, it's my daughter, and I want them back. And I can't have them now.''\n\nIan Simms, pictured in 1988, was found guilty of the 22-year-old's abduction and murder\n\nMrs McCourt had launched a legal challenge to keep Simms in prison ahead of a judicial review of the Parole Board's decision to free him.\n\nBut Lord Justice Dingemans and Mr Justice Fordham refused to postpone his release.\n\nMarie McCourt has urged the government to introduce Helen's Law in memory of her daughter\n\nMrs McCourt has been campaigning for a change in the law following her daughter's death.\n\nThe Prisoners (Disclosure of Information about Victims) Bill - dubbed Helen's Law - has failed to be ratified before Parliament on numerous occasions - twice being delayed because of general elections.\n\nSimms, who has always maintained his innocence, was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 16 years.\n\nHe was eligible to be considered for release in February 2004.\n\nA Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: \"The High Court's ruling meant we had to release Ian Simms from custody though he will be recalled if the court later decides to quash the Parole Board's decision.\n\n\"He will be on licence for life, subject to strict conditions and probation supervision when released, and he faces a return to prison if he fails to comply.\"\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. Christina Koch celebrated with a thumbs up as she was lifted out of the Soyuz capsule\n\nNasa astronaut Christina Koch has completed the longest-ever single spaceflight by a woman.\n\nThe Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Koch parachuted down to the grasslands of Kazakhstan at around 09:12 GMT.\n\nShe spent 328 days on the International Space Station (ISS), surpassing the previous record held by fellow American Peggy Whitson.\n\nHer stay is just 12 days short of the all-time US record set by Scott Kelly, who was on the ISS from 2015-2016.\n\n\"I'm so overwhelmed and happy right now,\" she told reporters as she sat outside the capsule, shortly after it touched down in the snow.\n\nMs Koch surpassed the 289-day record set by fellow American Ms Whitson on 28 December last year. But her return to Earth sets the marker for future space travellers to beat.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nWhitson still holds the record for most time spent in space by a woman, accrued over the course of three spaceflights from 2002-2017.\n\nDuring her mission, Koch completed 5,248 orbits of the Earth and travelled 223 million km (139 million miles) - the equivalent of 291 round trips to the Moon from Earth.\n\nShe returned on the Soyuz with two other crew members - the Italian European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Skvortsov. They touched down near Dzhezkazgan in central Kazakhstan.\n\nLocal residents came to watch as ground teams recovered the three crew members\n\n\"For me, it's all about the honour I feel to follow in the footsteps of my heroes,\" Christina Koch told journalists on Tuesday during a live link-up from the ISS. She added that she wanted to inspire the next generation of space explorers.\n\n\"For me, it was important to see people that I saw a reflection of myself in, growing up, when I was envisioning what I could do with my life and what my dreams might be. To maybe be that source of inspiration for someone else is just such an honour,\" she said.\n\nMs Koch's mission will help Nasa better understand the medical effects of long periods in space\n\nThe previous record was set by American Peggy Whitson in 2016-17\n\nMs Koch was involved in another spaceflight milestone during her stay of nearly 11 months on the ISS. On 18 October last year, she undertook the first all-female spacewalk alongside her compatriot Jessica Meir.\n\nThe pair spent seven hours outside the ISS replacing a failed power control unit.\n\nRecalling the historic event with Meir, Ms Koch told NBC News: \"When we first got the 'go' to come out of the airlock, and we ended up coming out, we were holding on to a handrail and we just caught each other's eyes.\n\n\"We knew how special that moment was and I'll never forget that.\"\n\n4. Mikhail Kornienko (Russia) and Scott Kelly (US), 340.4 days, 2015-16 on the ISS\n\n5. Christina Koch (US), 328 days, 2019-20 on the ISS\n\nMeir (left) and Koch, prior to their historic spacewalk in October 2019\n\nKoch and Meir followed October's landmark event with two further spacewalks together, on 15 and 20 January this year.\n\nThe first woman spacewalker was the USSR's Svetlana Savitskaya, who worked outside the Salyut 7 space station for more than three hours with a male cosmonaut, Vladimir Dzhanibekov, on 25 July 1984.\n\nKoch has previously said that her spaceflight would help the US space agency better understand the effects of long-term spaceflight, as Nasa aims to return astronauts to the Moon by 2024.\n\nMs Koch, along with other active members of the astronaut corps, is a potential candidate for that first return mission.\n\nSvetlana Savitskaya became the first woman spacewalker in 1984\n\nDuring her time on the ISS, she experimented on proteins as part of a project that could have implications for cancer treatment.\n\nBut there was also downtime, including Karaoke nights with the other crew members.\n\nKoch said one of the things she would miss about her time on the orbiting outpost was the freedom afforded by microgravity. In her interview, she demonstrated by rotating her body 180 degrees, explaining: \"It's really fun to be in a place where you can bounce around between the ceiling and the floor whenever you want.\"\n\nHowever, she added: \"I'm definitely looking forward to being on the same planet as everybody else very soon.\"\n\nKoch has not only exceeded Whitson's spaceflight mark but also those of the previous holders of the 5th and 6th longest flights: Yury Romanenko and Sergei Krikalev - both Russians.\n\nKoch said she would miss some of the benefits of microgravity\n\nThe holder of the longest single spaceflight by any person remains the Russian Valeri Polyakov, who spent more than 437 days aboard the Soviet - and later Russian - space station Mir from 8 January 1994 to 22 March 1995.\n\nKoch launched to the ISS on 14 March last year. She was to have remained on the outpost for the standard duration of six months, but her stay was extended in April 2019 because of flight scheduling issues.\n\nBorn in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and raised in North Carolina, Ms Koch has degrees in physics and electrical engineering.\n\nShe was to have performed the first all-female spacewalk in March, shortly after arriving at the space station. But a problem with the sizing of Nasa colleague Anne McClain's spacesuit forced the walk to be reassigned to another crew member, Nick Hague.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rosa (not her real name) was the first person Sudesh Amman attacked – this is her story\n\nA woman has told how the Streatham attacker tried to stab her but failed because he \"didn't realise the knife still had plastic packaging on\".\n\nRosa, not her real name, was in a shop in Streatham High Road on Sunday when Sudesh Amman, 20, launched his attack.\n\nAfter running from the shop, Amman went on to stab two others on the south London street in scenes she described as \"like a movie\".\n\nHe was shot dead one minute later, by police who had been watching him.\n\nRosa said the experience was \"horrific\", adding: \"Someone could have killed me when I was just going out to the shop.\"\n\nSpeaking in Spanish in an interview translated by BBC News, Rosa, who is originally from the Dominican Republic, said she had been in a corner shop for about five minutes when \"the man came in... who hurt the other people\".\n\nShe told the BBC's Lucy Manning: \"He came in and took a knife and he looked like he was leaving the shop. The owner thought he was going to stop by the cashier to pay.\n\n\"But... he pushed me, he tried to open and remove the plastic packaging from the knife but he didn't manage.\n\n\"He pushed and he stabbed me but the knife was still covered with plastic.\"\n\nAmman, who had previously been convicted of terror offences, was seen entering a shop in Streatham High Road shortly before 14:00 GMT on Sunday.\n\nOnce outside the shop he attacked two people before he was fatally shot by police - who had had him under surveillance.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nRosa, 36, told how Amman ran from the shop after attacking her.\n\n\"There was a woman just there removing the lock from her bike. He stabbed her in the back on the right-hand side,\" she said.\n\nShe went on to describe how Amman \"went up the road shouting\" before stabbing a man further up the road.\n\n\"I spent 15 to 20 minutes in hell,\" she said, adding that the attack was \"very quick, like in a movie\".\n\nAmman wore an imitation suicide belt during the incident. He had been released from prison about a week ago after serving half of a sentence for terror offences, and was under police surveillance.\n\nRosa said she has not been able to sleep since Sunday. \"It's hard even to think about it,\" she said.\n\n\"It's really scary that you can die from one day to the next.\n\n\"I have to go to work and walk around the streets... this is something that stays with you. It's a really bad trauma.\n\n\"You don't have any enemies and suddenly someone tries to kill you just like that, just because it satisfies them. It's horrific.\"\n\nWhen the attack was over Rosa said she returned to her flat nearby, and \"gave my mum a hug, my daughter and my granddaughter. It is God's miracle that I am alive\".\n\nSunday's attack was the second by men convicted of terror offences in recent months.\n\nIn November, two people were killed near London Bridge by Usman Khan, who was out on licence from prison.\n\nOn Monday, the government said it would introduce emergency legislation to end the automatic early release from prison of terror offenders.\n\nThree people were taken to hospital following the attack in Streatham.\n\nOne of the victims has been named as 51-year-old nursery school teacher Monika Luftner.\n\nNursery school teacher Monika Luftner is recovering after being stabbed by Sudesh Amman\n\nMrs Luftner, a teacher at St Bede's Catholic Infant and Nursery School in Balham, is recovering at home with her partner.\n\nIn a statement, the school said she was making \"a good recovery\" and asked that her privacy be respected.\n\nPolice said the condition of the second stabbing victim - a man in his 40s - was initially considered life-threatening, but he is now in a serious but stable condition.\n\nA woman in her 20s received minor injuries - believed to have been caused by glass following the police shooting - and has been discharged from hospital.\n\nThere are 224 people convicted of terrorism offences in prison in Great Britain, most of whom must be released at the end of their custodial sentence.\n\nOn Monday, Justice Secretary Robert Buckland said the government planned to change the law so terror offenders would be considered for release only once they had served two-thirds of their sentence and with the approval of the Parole Board - rather than half-way through, automatically.\n\nThe law change would apply to both current and future offenders, he said.\n\nThe government has also said it will consider making new legislation to ensure extremists are more closely monitored on release and review whether the current maximum sentences for terrorist offences are sufficient.\n\nThe Streatham attack comes after convicted terrorist Khan 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\nThis prompted a raft of measures to be proposed by the Home Office in January.", "Ikea has announced that it will shut down its Coventry city centre store this summer, in its first big closure of a UK outlet.\n\nThe Swedish flat-pack furniture giant said the store had made \"consistent losses\" since it opened in 2007, with fewer people visiting it than expected.\n\nIt said it would be consulting the 352 workers affected and would try to find them jobs at other stores.\n\nThe Usdaw union said it was \"devastating news\" for staff.\n\nIkea, which has 22 stores in the UK, said that it remained committed to growth in the UK.\n\nIt said the Coventry site, which cost it £35m, had been built in the city centre as one of its earliest examples of testing a new format to meet customers' changing needs.\n\n\"However, given its location and the size of the land available at the time, the store was built over seven levels, which resulted in a significant impact on the operating costs of the store and the shopping experience for customers,\" the firm added.\n\n\"In addition, the changing behaviour of customers in the area who prefer to shop in retail parks and online has resulted in visitor numbers being substantially lower than expected and continuing to decrease over time.\"\n\nAfter the closure, customers will have to journey to Birmingham, Nottingham or Milton Keynes to find their nearest Ikea branch.\n\nLocal people have been reacting to the move on social media.\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\nDave Gill, national officer for the Usdaw union, said: \"Our priorities are to seek redeployment opportunities, minimise compulsory redundancies and secure the best deal we can for our members.\"\n\nIkea stores are generally in out-of-town locations and the firm has made various attempts to bring its outlets to city centres.\n\nIn 2018, it closed three smaller inner-city collection-point stores in Norway, which had been a test for a new format that it hoped to roll out worldwide.\n\nOther retailers have been harder hit by the rise of online shopping, resulting in the disappearance of a number of well-known UK High Street brands.\n\nAlready this year, department store chain Beales has fallen into administration, while John Lewis has warned that its staff bonus may be in doubt after it reported lower Christmas sales at its stores.\n\nIkea is trying to respond to changing customer tastes, says Patrick O'Brien, GlobalData's retail research director.\n\n\"When the Coventry Ikea was opened, it was still very much about imposing the 'Ikea way' on customers; you walk this way round the maze, you pick it up yourself, you put it together yourself.\n\n\"Things have moved on in UK retail now, it's all about how best to serve the customer, and Ikea has had to adapt and change their model.\n\n\"This is about Ikea adapting how it uses physical spaces rather than a beginning of a retreat.\"", "Trump's support among Republican voters, according to a Gallup poll. If it wasn't clear before the trial that he had the support of the rank and file of his party, it certainly is now.\n\nAn unbeatable majority: Republicans in the Senate have a majority of 53 to 47, meaning they control the chamber and were able to direct the terms of the trial.\n\nThat small majority mattered. At certain points, four Republican senators did indeed waver but in the end, all Republicans but Mr Romney voted with their party to acquit Trump.\n\nThis is the number that ensured Mr Trump was always going to be cleared. To convict, two-thirds of senators - 67 - needed to vote against him.\n\nThis would have required 20 Republican senators to vote for their president's conviction. In the end, only one did.\n\nThe amount of money the Trump campaign said it raised in the last quarter of 2019 - a huge figure it said was down largely to Trump supporters reacting to the impeachment proceedings.\n\nRead more about the numbers that explain Trump's acquittal here.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir David Attenborough: \"Now is the moment\"\n\nA ban on selling new petrol, diesel or hybrid cars in the UK will be brought forward from 2040 to 2035 at the latest, under government plans.\n\nThe change comes after experts said 2040 would be too late if the UK wants to achieve its target of emitting virtually zero carbon by 2050.\n\nBoris Johnson unveiled the policy as part of a launch event for a United Nations climate summit in November.\n\nHe said 2020 would be a \"defining year of climate action\" for the planet.\n\nThe summit, known as COP26, is being hosted in Glasgow. It is an annual UN-led gathering set up to assess progress on tackling climate change.\n\nSir David Attenborough said at the launch event at London's Science Museum that he was looking forward to COP26 and found it \"encouraging\" that the UK government was launching a \"year of climate action\".\n\n\"The longer we leave it... the worse it is going to get,\" he said.\n\n\"So now is the moment. It is up to us to organise the nations of the world to do something about it.\"\n\nCampaign group Extinction Rebellion held a protest outside London's Science Museum to coincide with the event\n\nIn a statement made ahead of the launch, Mr Johnson said the ban on selling new petrol and diesel cars would come even earlier than 2035, if possible.\n\nHybrid vehicles are also now being included in the proposals, which were originally announced in July 2017.\n\nPeople will only be able to buy electric or hydrogen cars and vans, once the ban comes into effect.\n\nThe change in plans, which will be subject to a consultation, comes after experts warned the previous target date of 2040 would still leave old conventional cars on the roads following the clean-up date of 2050.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. PM Boris Johnson: \"This phenomenon of global warming is taking its toll\"\n\nThe Scottish government does not have the power to ban new petrol and diesel cars but has already pledged to \"phase out the need\" for them by 2032 with measures such as an expansion of the charging network for electric cars.\n\nMr Johnson said the 2050 pledge was necessary because the UK's \"historic emissions\" meant \"we have a responsibility to our planet to lead in this way\".\n\nThe announcement comes as COP26's former president Claire O’Neill, who was sacked on Friday, wrote a bitter letter accusing Mr Johnson of failing to support her work.\n\nThe prime minister's official spokesperson said Downing Street had \"no comment\" to make on the letter, but thanked Mrs O'Neill for her work towards the conference.\n\nHe said her replacement would be a \"ministerial post\" with details set out \"in due course.\"\n\nMr Johnson did not answer the BBC's David Shukman's questions about the row.\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 Johnson said: “Hosting COP26 is an important opportunity for the UK and nations across the globe to step up in the fight against climate change.\n\n“As we set out our plans to hit our ambitious 2050 net zero target across this year, so we shall urge others to join us in pledging net zero emissions.\n\n“There can be no greater responsibility than protecting our planet, and no mission that a global Britain is prouder to serve.\"\n\nAt the Science Museum the prime minister added that a \"catastrophic period of global addiction\" to hydrocarbons had led to the planet being \"swaddled in a tea cosy\" of carbon dioxide.\n\nBut Green Party MP Caroline Lucas said on Twitter: \"Carbon emissions are not 'swaddling the planet like a tea cosy'. They are behind wildfires in Australia, soaring temperature records and the broken lives of those least responsible. The PM needs to understand that - and act.\"\n\nFriends of the Earth's Mike Childs said the government was \"right\" to bring forward the ban, but that 2030 would be better than 2035.\n\n“A new 2035 target will still leave the UK in the slow-lane of the electric car revolution and meantime allow more greenhouse gases to spew into the atmosphere,\" he said.\n\nHe said the government could show \"real leadership\" ahead of COP26 by reversing plans to develop \"climate-wrecking roads and runways\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAA president Edmund King said: \"Drivers support measures to clean up air quality and reduce CO2 emissions but these stretched targets are incredibly challenging.\"\n\nThe chief executive of the society of motor manufacturers and traders (SMMT) accused the government of \"moving the goalposts\".\n\n\"With current demand for this still expensive technology still just a fraction of sales, it's clear that accelerating an already very challenging ambition will take more than industry investment,\" Mike Hawes said.\n\nHe said the government's plans must safeguard industry and jobs, as well as ensuring current sales of low emission vehicles were not undermined.\n\nMeanwhile Mrs O’Neill accused Mr Johnson of promising money and people to support her work, but failing to deliver either.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nCabinet minister Michael Gove said Mrs O'Neill was a \"close friend\" but that he disagreed with her comments.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 5 Live Mr Johnson described his own political outlook as \"that of a green Tory\".\n\nMrs O'Neill said her \"absolute desire for action has not been comfortable for some\", adding that this was \"not about me\" or Mr Johnson - but about working towards \"rapid decarbonisation\".\n\nShe said at COP26 the UK must \"absolutely double down on taking our great leadership and ambitions in this space, and really energising the world as to why this is a huge opportunity\".\n\nWhat questions do you have about a ban on the sale of petrol, diesel or hybrid cars and the COP26 conference in Glasgow?\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.", "Dan Houser is leaving Rockstar Games the company he founded with his brother\n\nCo-founder of Rockstar Games, Dan Houser, is leaving the firm he started with his brother Sam in 1998.\n\nMr Houser was a main creative force behind two of the firm's biggest series, Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead.\n\nHis departure comes after an \"extended break\", Rockstar's parent company Take-Two Interactive said.\n\nRockstar's series have often courted controversy, but are among the best-selling and most critically-acclaimed games of the past two decades.\n\nMr Houser will officially depart in March, according to a notice Take-Two sent to US financial regulators. His brother Sam Houser will remain as the company's president.\n\nDan Houser was one of the lead writers for the Grand Theft Auto series, as well as Rockstar's other hits, Bully and Red Dead Redemption. He also worked as a voice actor on some of the company's projects.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Schreier This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 its filing, Take-Two wrote it was \"extremely grateful\" for Mr Houser's contributions and that the remaining team was focused on upcoming projects.\n\nGrand Theft Auto V, released in 2013, was one of the most commercially successful games of the decade, selling well over 100 million copies.\n\nThe Grand Theft Auto series, as the name suggests, is mostly about stealing cars. It puts players in the shoes of a criminal, wanting to build an empire - allowing them to engage in robbery, murder, or soliciting prostitution.\n\nThe violent and sexual nature of the games has made the company a frequent target of criticism by politicians and special interest groups.\n\nBut the company has also recently had to battle controversy among its fans.\n\nIn 2018, while the company was creating the award-winning and hugely successful Red Dead Redemption 2, Dan Houser told Vulture that the team was working 100-hour weeks.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe comment caused a stir at a time when many game journalists and fans were beginning to discuss so-called \"crunch\", where staff work to meet tight deadlines for a game's release.\n\nEven during the creation of the first Red Dead Redemption in 2010, spouses and partners of the game's developers wrote an open letter accusing Rockstar of working them \"to the brink\".\n\nRockstar is known for taking longer than the norm to develop its games.\n\nThe company did not announce Mr Houser's replacement or respond to requests for further comment.\n\nTake-Two's stock fell 5% following the announcement of Mr Houser's departure", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nActor Kirk Douglas, whose Hollywood career spanned seven decades, has died aged 103.\n\nThe stage and screen actor was well-known for a range of roles, including the 1960 classic Spartacus, in which he played the titular character.\n\nBorn in New York in 1916, he rose to prominence during Hollywood's \"golden age\", earning his first Oscar nomination for the 1949 film Champion.\n\nHe was also the father of Oscar-winning actor Michael Douglas.\n\nHis son Michael said in a statement: \"It is with tremendous sadness that my brothers and I announce that Kirk Douglas left us today.\"\n\n\"To the world, he was a legend, an actor from the golden age of movies... but to me and my brothers Joel and Peter he was simply Dad,\" it read in part.\n\n\"Let me end with the words I told him on his last birthday and which will always remain true. Dad - I love you so much and I am so proud to be your son.\"\n\nMichael's wife and Kirk's daughter-in-law, Welsh actress Catherine Zeta Jones, posted a photo of the two together, writing: \"I shall love you for the rest of my life. I miss you already.\"\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 catherinezetajones 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\nWhen I met Kirk Douglas in 2008 he was a sprightly 91. He talked about his advancing years and the impact a stroke, in 1996, had on his skills as an actor.\n\n\"I couldn't talk at all,\" he told me. \"So what does an actor do who can't talk? He waits for silent pictures to come back! That's a corny joke,\" he chuckled.\n\nDouglas was particularly proud of his role in ending the Hollywood blacklist, when he defied the ban on working with filmmakers with alleged communist ties or sympathies.\n\nHe said he drew on \"the impulsive qualities of younger Kirk\" in making his decision to give the blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo a screen credit under his own name for his work on Spartacus.\n\nWe discussed his passion for working with young people. He had started writing a blog to encourage young Americans to vote in that year's presidential election.\n\nDouglas and his wife donated millions of dollars to charitable causes and helped build hundreds of school playgrounds. He said their philosophy was: \"Before you die, try to do something for other people.\"\n\nDouglas was prolific as a film actor, with more than 90 credits to his name - ranging from the 1940s to the 2000s.\n\nHe is perhaps best-known for Spartacus, a Stanley Kubrick film which won four Oscars and was so popular that its iconic \"I am Spartacus\" scene entered the pop cultural lexicon.\n\nDouglas was himself nominated for an Oscar three times - for Champion (1949), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), and Lust for Life (1956). He eventually won the honorary award in 1996 in recognition of his 50 years in the industry.\n\nKirk Douglas, seen here in 1955, was an icon of Hollywood's golden age\n\nHe faced difficulties in his personal life. He narrowly survived a helicopter crash in 1991 that left two people dead. Five years later, he suffered a major stroke that affected his speech.\n\nAnd in 2004, his son Eric died at the age of 46 of an accidental drug overdose.\n\nIn his later years, he turned his attention to charity. He donated millions of dollars to charitable causes and helped fund an Alzheimer's unit at a retirement home in Los Angeles.\n\nWorld-famous director Steven Spielberg, who knew Douglas personally, told the Hollywood Reporter that he made a \"breathtaking body of work\".\n\n\"Kirk retained his movie star charisma right to the end of his wonderful life and I'm honoured to have been a small part of his last 45 years,\" Spielberg said.\n\nAfter the news of his death broke, fans gathered at his star set in the ground on the Hollywood walk of fame.\n\n\"He was one of the last Hollywood legends of the golden era. That's it. Not a superstar, a legend,\" one man, Gregg Donovan, told news agency AFP.\n\n\"It's devastating. I mean, I know he lived to 103, God bless him, but you just don't think he's going to leave us and it's such a sad day in Hollywood, I'll tell you.\"", "Dorothy Woolmer was described as \"a wonderful woman who was full of life\"\n\nA 23-year-old man has admitted murdering and sexually assaulting an 89-year-old widow in her own bed.\n\nDorothy Woolmer, known as Dot, was found dead with severe injuries at her home in Waltheof Gardens in Tottenham, north London, on 5 August.\n\nReece Dempster, from Haringey, had smoked crack before breaking into her house, the Old Bailey heard.\n\nDempster had previously admitted manslaughter, but initially denied murder and sexual assault.\n\nHe will be sentenced on Thursday.\n\nMrs Woolmer's family said her death had \"brought extreme amounts of heartache and stress\".\n\nIn a statement they said: \"She was taken from us in such a cruel way.\n\n\"Dot was a wonderful, beautiful woman. She was independent and was so full of life. Family was everything to her and she was everything to us.\"\n\nReece Dempster faces life in prison and will be sentenced at the Old Bailey on 6 February\n\nThe prosecution decided not to proceed on a count of rape following Dempster's plea change part way through his trial. He admitted two counts of sexual assault by penetration.\n\nThe court heard that Mrs Woolmer, who had been widowed in 2017, after 64 years of marriage, died as the result of \"multiple blunt trauma injuries\".\n\nJurors were told that Dempster is 6ft 3in (190cm) tall, while Ms Woolmer was 4ft 11in (150cm) tall and weighed less than eight stone (51kg).\n\nDempster, who was caught on CCTV fleeing the scene, had spent about seven hours in Mrs Woolmer's home after breaking in through a back door on the night of 3 August, the prosecution said.\n\nPolice discovered Dorothy Woolmer's body at her home in Tottenham\n\nDempster later told his former partner that on the night of the attack he had been at his father's house \"smoking crack and drinking three or four bottles of gin\", the trial was told.\n\n\"I went off and I went to rob a house; I think I hurt someone,\" he is said to have told her.\n\nThe prosecution said Dempster had been \"casing\" the house for several days and knew it was occupied by a vulnerable older person.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Hashem Abedi is standing trial at the Old Bailey over his role in the attack which killed 22 people\n\nThe brother of the Manchester Arena attacker was thwarted in an attempt to source an acid over fears it could be used to make explosives, a court heard.\n\nSalman Abedi detonated a \"homemade improvised explosive device\" outside an Ariana Grande concert on 22 May 2017, the Old Bailey was told.\n\nHis brother Hashem Abedi is standing trial for his alleged role in the attack which killed 22 people.\n\nThe 22-year-old denies their murders and the attempted murder of others.\n\nHashem has also pleaded not guilty to conspiring with his brother to cause an explosion.\n\nIn March 2017, one friend of Hashem was asked to buy sulphuric acid on his behalf for a generator battery in Libya, prosecutor Duncan Penny QC said.\n\nThe defendant had allegedly turned to the friend - who cannot be named for legal reasons - for help because he was \"skint\".\n\nJurors heard an order for £76 worth of acid on Amazon was declined due to lack of funds.\n\nThe prosecutor said the friend then spoke to his father, explaining what he had been asked to do and seeking assistance, but his father refused and explained that \"acid could be used to manufacture explosives\".\n\nThe friend subsequently ignored attempts at contact by Hashem over the following days, the Old Bailey heard.\n\nTop (left to right): Lisa Lees, Alison Howe, Georgina Callender, Kelly Brewster, John Atkinson, Jane Tweddle, Marcin Klis, Eilidh MacLeod - Middle (left to right): Angelika Klis, Courtney Boyle, Saffie Roussos, Olivia Campbell-Hardy, Martyn Hett, Michelle Kiss, Philip Tron, Elaine McIver - Bottom (left to right): Wendy Fawell, Chloe Rutherford, Liam Allen-Curry, Sorrell Leczkowski, Megan Hurley, Nell Jones\n\nJurors were told that days later a \"friend and colleague\" called Mohammed Soliman ordered 10 litres of sulphuric acid on Amazon after a series of contacts and messages with Hashem.\n\nMr Penny said £140 in cash was later paid into Mr Soliman's account.\n\nOpening the prosecution on Tuesday, Mr Penny told the court Hashem was \"just as guilty\" of the murder of men, women and children who died in the attack.\n\nHe said the Abedi brothers spent \"months\" planning the attack which also injured 264 people and left 670 others with \"psychological trauma\".\n\nThe trial was adjourned until Thursday morning after Mr Justice Jeremy Baker told jurors the defendant said he was feeling unwell.\n\nThe judge said that after an hour of the hearing Mr Abedi told his legal team he was \"feeling worse not better now and is in some pain\" and would need medical attention.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The coronavirus emerged in only December last year, but already the world is dealing with a pandemic of the virus and the disease it causes - Covid-19.\n\nFor most, the disease is mild, but some people die.\n\nSo how is the virus attacking the body, why are some people being killed and how is it treated?\n\nThis is when the virus is establishing itself.\n\nViruses work by getting inside the cells your body is made of and then hijacking them.\n\nThe coronavirus, officially called Sars-CoV-2, can invade your body when you breathe it in (after someone coughs nearby) or you touch a contaminated surface and then your face.\n\nIt first infects the cells lining your throat, airways and lungs and turns them into \"coronavirus factories\" that spew out huge numbers of new viruses that go on to infect yet more cells.\n\nAt this early stage, you will not be sick and some people may never develop symptoms.\n\nThe incubation period, the time between infection and first symptoms appearing, varies widely, but is five days on average.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Everything you need to know about the coronavirus – explained in one minute by the BBC's Laura Foster\n\nThis is all most people will experience.\n\nCovid-19 is a mild infection for eight out of 10 people who get it and the core symptoms are a fever and a cough.\n\nBody aches, sore throat and a headache are all possible, but not guaranteed.\n\nThe fever, and generally feeling grotty, is a result of your immune system responding to the infection. It has recognised the virus as a hostile invader and signals to the rest of the body something is wrong by releasing chemicals called cytokines.\n\nThese rally the immune system, but also cause the body aches, pain and fever.\n\nThe coronavirus cough is initially a dry one (you're not bringing stuff up) and this is probably down to irritation of cells as they become infected by the virus.\n\nSome people will eventually start coughing up sputum - a thick mucus containing dead lung cells killed by the virus.\n\nThese symptoms are treated with bed rest, plenty of fluids and paracetamol. You won't need specialist hospital care.\n\nThis stage lasts about a week - at which point most recover because their immune system has fought off the virus.\n\nHowever, some will develop a more serious form of Covid-19.\n\nThis is the best we understand at the moment about this stage, however, there are studies emerging that suggest the disease can cause more cold-like symptoms such as a runny nose too.\n\nIf the disease progresses it will be due to the immune system overreacting to the virus.\n\nThose chemical signals to the rest of the body cause inflammation, but this needs to be delicately balanced. Too much inflammation can cause collateral damage throughout the body.\n\n\"The virus is triggering an imbalance in the immune response, there's too much inflammation, how it is doing this we don't know,\" said Dr Nathalie MacDermott, from King's College London.\n\nScans of lungs infected with coronavirus showing areas of pneumonia\n\nInflammation of the lungs is called pneumonia.\n\nIf it was possible to travel through your mouth down the windpipe and through the tiny tubes in your lungs, you'd eventually end up in tiny little air sacs.\n\nThis is where oxygen moves into the blood and carbon dioxide moves out, but in pneumonia the tiny sacs start to fill with water and can eventually cause shortness of breath and difficulty breathing.\n\nSome people will need a ventilator to help them breathe.\n\nThis stage is thought to affect around 14% of people, based on data from China.\n\nIt is estimated around 6% of cases become critically ill.\n\nBy this point the body is starting to fail and there is a real chance of death.\n\nThe problem is the immune system is now spiralling out of control and causing damage throughout the body.\n\nIt can lead to septic shock when the blood pressure drops to dangerously low levels and organs stop working properly or fail completely.\n\nAcute respiratory distress syndrome caused by widespread inflammation in the lungs stops the body getting enough oxygen it needs to survive. It can stop the kidneys from cleaning the blood and damage the lining of your intestines.\n\n\"The virus sets up such a huge degree of inflammation that you succumb... it becomes multi-organ failure,\" Dr Bharat Pankhania said.\n\nAnd if the immune system cannot get on top of the virus, then it will eventually spread to every corner of the body where it can cause even more damage.\n\nTreatment by this stage will be highly invasive and can include ECMO or extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation.\n\nThis is essentially an artificial lung that takes blood out of the body through thick tubes, oxygenates it and pumps it back in.\n\nBut eventually the damage can reach fatal levels at which organs can no longer keep the body alive.\n\nDoctors have described how some patients died despite their best efforts.\n\nThe first two patients to die at Jinyintan Hospital in Wuhan, China, detailed in the Lancet Medical journal, were seemingly healthy, although they were long-term smokers and that would have weakened their lungs.\n\nThe first, a 61-year-old man, had severe pneumonia by the time he arrived at hospital.\n\nHe was in acute respiratory distress, and despite being put on a ventilator, his lungs failed and his heart stopped beating.\n\nHe died 11 days after he was admitted.\n\nThe second patient, a 69-year-old man, also had acute respiratory distress syndrome.\n\nHe was attached to an ECMO machine but this wasn't enough. He died of severe pneumonia and septic shock when his blood pressure collapsed.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Liz Carr: \"I'm going to be in quite a big film\"\n\nSilent Witness star Liz Carr says she has left the programme on a high after her \"best series ever\" - and is set to appear in her first Hollywood film.\n\nThe actress, who has played forensic examiner Clarissa Mullery since 2012, bowed out this week at the end of the 23rd season of the hit BBC crime drama.\n\nShe revealed on the BBC Ouch podcast that she will be seen in her first major movie - the sci-fi drama Infinite - later this year, alongside Mark Wahlberg.\n\nCarr who uses a wheelchair, says she is proud of how Silent Witness improved the representation of disabled people on screen, although it had not always been easy.\n\nLiz has been in the Silent Witness cast since 2012\n\nShe says the BBC seemed \"terrified\" about what to do with a disabled actor in primetime drama when she first started, but she made sure her voice was heard.\n\n\"I think over the eight years I've kind of policed the show quite a lot and worked to make sure it was better and refused to say certain lines that I thought were problematic.\n\n\"I was asked recently if I was proud of what we achieved in terms of representation in Silent Witness - Oh, my goodness, of course I am.\"\n\nPrior to Silent Witness, Carr was probably best known as a comedian, disabled rights activist and presenter of the BBC Ouch podcast.\n\nLiz says the time was right to move on from the role that made her famous\n\nBut her continuing role as Clarissa has made her one of the most high-profile disabled actors in Britain.\n\nCarr says she first indicated she wanted to leave Silent Witness back in October 2018.\n\n\"It must seem like a ridiculous decision\", she says. \"But I was just doing the same thing [in terms of storyline] and, as an actor, that just wasn't that interesting.\"\n\nShe says the \"irony\" was that having made the decision to leave, a new producer was brought in who promised her \"the most challenging series that you've ever had\" and \"he's delivered,\" she said.\n\nLiz with Paddy Glynn who plays her mother in Silent Witness\n\nIn the latest series, Carr was at the centre of a storyline in which her character, Clarissa, had to make heart-breaking decisions about the care of her mother who had dementia and terminal cancer.\n\nCarr praised writer Lena Rae, whose two-parter called Hope was her Silent Witness debut.\n\n\"There's a lot of stuff there that we've not seen before. I think about that relationship of an aging parent with a disabled child. But equally, seeing a disabled woman as the carer,\" Carr says.\n\n\"It was everything about disability and it was nothing about disability. And it connected us in a way that said: 'We all experience this'. We're all going to lose parents or somebody that we love.\"\n\nCarr says she was especially touched by the audience reaction to her portrayal of the storyline with many saying they could \"relate\" to Clarissa's predicament.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Liz Carr This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 actress' own father died last year, shortly before she filmed her final episodes, and her performance in Hope drew heavily on that experience.\n\n\"I'm not sure that I was acting,\" she says. \"I think I was almost re-enacting and reliving being at my dad's bedside when he died. He died in hospital. He had Parkinson's and vascular dementia.\"\n\nLike her onscreen character, who has just resigned as a forensic examiner, so Carr felt the need for a change in her own life - \"I just want to go out there and take a leap of faith\".\n\nThat leap has landed her in Hollywood blockbuster, Infinite, alongside A-listers Wahlberg and Chiwetel Ejiofor.\n\nLiz filmed her scenes for Infinite in London\n\nThe summer release has been directed by Antoine Fuqua whose other films include Training Day and the Equalizer movies.\n\n\"It's a great role. I'm ecstatic,\" Carr says after admitting she was surprised to get the part.\n\n\"I thought, I bet they're just going to audition wheelchair-users and then they're going to give the role to Tom Cruise.\"\n\nHowever, heady dreams that she would have to relocate to Hollywood were somewhat thwarted when she discovered filming would take place in west London.\n\nBut she is certain playing a major character in a successful BBC drama convinced the casting team she had the requisite experience for the, currently secret, role.\n\n\"I've gone and had the most incredible opportunity to develop and get better and learn and learn and learn. And there are very few disabled actors internationally who have that experience.\"\n\nShe says she hopes her success will encourage TV and film makers to give other disabled actors \"a break\".\n\n\"Unless you can show how good you are, people aren't going to see what amazing talent is out there.\"\n\nIn December, the BBC announced a string of new shows with the aim of producing a more \"authentic and distinctive\" representation of disabled people on screen.\n\nCarr herself will perform one of a series of \"challenging\" monologues, curated by fellow, former BBC Ouch presenter Mat Fraser as part of that.\n\nShe's also set to return to our screens in an upcoming episode of Who Do You Think You Are? the BBC One show which delves into family history.\n\nCarr says this really took her out of her comfort zone.\n\n\"I don't really like surprises,\" she says. \"So it's a difficult show to do. But actually there are things that happened that stunned me. And I loved it.\"\n\nFor more Disability News, follow on Twitter and Facebook, and subscribe to the weekly podcast on BBC Sounds.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rescuers work to free people stuck in the crashed plane\n\nA passenger plane landing at an airport in Istanbul has skidded off the runway and broken into three parts, killing three people and injuring 180 others, officials say.\n\nThe Pegasus Airlines jet was carrying 177 passengers and six crew members from Izmir province in the west when it crashed at Sabiha Gokcen airport.\n\nThe Boeing 737 was trying to land in heavy tailwinds and rain.\n\nThe airport was closed and flights diverted after the accident.\n\nThe majority of people on board were Turkish, but local media quoted the airline's records as saying there were 22 foreign passengers from 12 other countries. A small number of children are believed to have been on board.\n\nIstanbul Governor Ali Yerlikaya said: \"Unfortunately, the Pegasus Airlines plane couldn't hold on the runway due to poor weather conditions and skidded for around 50-60m [164-196ft].\"\n\nHe said the plane then fell between 30 and 40 metres off the end of the runway.\n\nThe airport has since reopened, while prosecutors have opened an investigation into the crash.\n\nThe Pegasus Airlines jet was carrying 177 passengers and six crew members\n\nA blaze on the aircraft was put out by firefighters\n\nVideo footage showed passengers climbing through one of the large cracks to escape via one of the wings, and dozens of rescuers working around the jet.\n\nOther footage on social media showed a blaze inside the aircraft, which was later put out by firefighters.\n\nTransport Minister Mehmet Cahit Turhan said authorities had not yet been able to speak to the pilots, a Turkish national and a South Korean, who were believed to have been injured in the accident.\n\nThe low-cost Pegasus Airlines has a fleet of 83 aircraft - 47 Boeings and 36 Airbus planes - and has been flying for 20 years.\n\nA Pegasus Boeing 737 coming in from Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates skidded off the runway at the same airport on 7 January. There were no casualties but the airport had to be temporarily closed.\n\nAnd a Pegasus Boeing 737 also skidded off the runway at Trabzon airport in January 2018, plunging down the side of a cliff overlooking the sea. There were no casualties.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The dramatic skidding of a Pegasus Boeing 737 at Trabzon in January 2018", "Templefields House in Harlow was described as a \"human warehouse\" by one tenant\n\nA cleaner at a troubled former office block used to house the homeless has revealed she and other staff discovered a \"weeks-old corpse\" in a room.\n\nTania resigned from her job after being asked to clean the room where the man's body was discovered in June 2019.\n\nAn investigation by BBC East and Panorama found evidence security staff had \"lost control\" at Templefields House in Harlow, Essex.\n\nProperty owner Caridon said \"management followed appropriate procedures\".\n\nThe BBC found hundreds of families were being rehoused by London boroughs in office blocks and industrial estates in Harlow, often living next to drug addicts and ex-prisoners.\n\nRobert Halfon, MP for Harlow, described the practice as \"social cleansing\".\n\nEssex Police confirmed the death, which is not being treated as suspicious. The identity of the dead man was not disclosed.\n\nResidents have complained of being isolated and surrounded by warehousing and business centres\n\nTania, who did not want her surname used, became an employee of the landlord Caridon, with her partner Matt who became head of security at Templefields, after they had lived at the block as tenants.\n\n\"It was the smell hit you before you even opened the door. And there were flies everywhere. It was just awful,\" she said.\n\n\"He'd been there for five or six weeks. It was decomposed.\"\n\nThe couple said a number of people had taken their own lives during the time they lived and worked there.\n\nCurrent staff also told an undercover BBC reporter about other tenants who had died.\n\nThe reporter was told \"we've cleaned a dead man's room\" and \"we found him hanging\", \"had to wait for the body bag. Had to stand in the hallway to make sure no-one come in or while he was cleared\".\n\nManagement at the building were concerned with getting the room cleaned and letting it out to a new tenant, Tania said.\n\n\"I was just in shock, complete shock, but it was more of a concern to get another room that was needed to be cleaned that day,\" she told the BBC.\n\nTerminus House in Harlow, another former office block housing vulnerable people\n\nA spokesman for Caridon told the BBC the company was \"aware of the tragic events\".\n\n\"Following discovery by a member of staff, our management followed appropriate procedures and contacted the relevant authorities.\n\n\"As a supplier of accommodation to tenants referred by the local authorities, we are not mandated to provide support for vulnerable tenants with health issues.\"\n\nHe added: \"We do however perform welfare checks on individual tenants when instructed to do so by the relevant authorities.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Arlene Foster told BBC NI's The View there are more important things requiring attention than a border poll\n\nFirst Minister and DUP leader Arlene Foster has suggested there will not be a border poll or a united Ireland in her lifetime.\n\nSinn Féin has said it wants a referendum on Irish reunification within five years.\n\nSome recent opinion polls have shown an increase in support for getting rid of the border.\n\nHowever, Mrs Foster told BBC NI's The View there were more important things requiring attention.\n\nThe Democratic Unionist Party leader, who turns 50 this year, was asked if she thought she would see a united Ireland in her lifetime.\n\nPressed if she thought she would see a border poll in the same timeframe, she again replied: \"No, I don't\".\n\nAsked why, she added: \"Because there has to be evidence there.\n\n\"As you know the test for a border poll is that people would vote for it in a majority. And there's no evidence of that.\n\n\"Yes, people can have different opinion polls, but there's no tangible evidence if you look right across Northern Ireland.\"\n\nThe DUP failed to respond to an invitation to take part in a discussion in Cookstown this week organised by Shared Ireland, a group which believes unity is the way forward, but which wants everyone, including unionists, involved in the discussion.\n\nFormer Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt was due to take part but had to withdraw at the last moment.\n\nHe believes unionists can no longer stay out of such discussions.\n\nHe told the programme: \"During my lifetime I think there are many examples of unionism's failure to outreach doing damage to the cause.\n\nMike Nesbitt believes unionists can no longer stay out of discussions about Irish unity\n\n\"I think of 1985 and the reaction to the Anglo-Irish agreement when they basically alienated every friend we had at Westminster.\n\n\"I think of Gerry Adams' first visa to go to the States in '94 when Ian Paisley and Jim Molyneaux stayed home when they should have gone to challenge them.\n\n\"And that's what I would have done in Cookstown on Tuesday night, I would have challenged.\"\n\nHowever, Colin Harvey, professor of human rights at Queens University, who did take part in the Cookstown event, said unionists faced a challenge.\n\n\"There's been a lot of focus on those proposing Irish reunification,\" he said.\n\n\"But if these referendums do take place, if there's a referendum in the north, what is the proposition that unionism is going to come up with?\n\n\"I think there'll be change. No matter what happens, the current arrangements won't remain static, if there's a vote to remain in the UK or if there's a vote for Irish reunification.\n\n\"But I think what this does is it throws down a real challenge. Unionism has been massively complacent. Unionism is effectively sitting on its hands.\n\n\"We need to know if there's a referendum here on the constitutional future of this island, what is the unionist proposition.\"\n\nOne Sinn Féin member at the Cookstown event was highly critical of what he called the triumphalism displayed by some of his party colleagues after the Republic's general election.\n\nConal Hamill, a Sinn Féin member from The Moy, told The View: \"Tonight's all about a shared Ireland.\n\n\"And I didn't think as a Sinn Féin member, while I understood some of the euphoria associated with getting elected as TDs in various parts of the Republic of Ireland, that it's not helpful in the context of shared Ireland to see that level of triumphalism.\n\n\"We can't on one hand complain about the triumphalism of the Orange Order marching in places where they're not welcome and at the same time support that level of triumphalism from a newly elected TD.\n\n\"So if I was a northern unionist, if I lived in Larne or Carrickfergus or parts of east Belfast, and I was seriously considering what am I getting into bed with here in terms of a shared Ireland I would have major reservations about that.\"\n\nThe View is broadcast on BBC One NI at 10.35pm on Thursday and then available on the BBC iPlayer.", "A British guest at a hotel in Tenerife which has been placed in quarantine has told Newsnight that she was “horrified” by the conditions.\n\nSelina Lund said hundreds of people were queuing together for food and fellow guests were not following hygiene rules to prevent the spread of the virus.\n\nGlobal cases of the virus have passed 80,000, the vast majority in China.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Helicopter footage shows the scale of flooding in Ironbridge\n\nAn emergency evacuation took place as rising waters on the River Severn \"overwhelmed\" a town's flood defences.\n\nBuckled barriers at Ironbridge, Shropshire, meant water seeped underneath, resulting in police evacuating part of the town.\n\nWest Mercia Police, which oversaw the evacuation, said \"virtually everyone\" in the Wharfage area had agreed to leave.\n\nResidents were earlier evacuated from their homes in Bewdley, Worcestershire.\n\nThere, water came over the top of some of the town's flood defences.\n\nThe barriers in both areas have been trying to keep a swollen River Severn from residents' doors.\n\nA risk-to-life flood warning remains for the Severn in Ironbridge following days of heavy rain, although the same severe warning for neighbouring Shrewsbury has been downgraded as river levels fall in the town.\n\nElsewhere, flooding has also seen:\n\nDeputy chief constable Julian Moss, from the West Merica force, said on Wednesday evening that \"virtually all\" residents who had previously chosen to stay in their properties in Ironbridge had now left.\n\nAbout 35 homes are believed to have been evacuated in the Wharfage.\n\nThe force said it would ensure displaced residents were \"put up\" and officers would remain in the area throughout the night and over the coming days.\n\nEarlier, Chris Bainger from the Environment Agency (EA) said barriers had become \"ineffective\", with water \"getting underneath\".\n\nStructural engineers were onsite, police said, but in the meantime the force had taken \"the practical worst case scenario\" in ordering an emergency evacuation.\n\nA drone has been used to survey a 500m section of the temporary flood defence after residents reported hearing a loud bang when a barrier was shunted by the fast-flowing Severn.\n\nMark Sitton-Kent, director of operations for the EA, said: \"That movement of it backwards caused it to clatter against the kerbstones behind, with a loud bang that I think everybody heard.\n\nHe added: \"Over the next 24/48 hours as the river level here drops, we will move in and do some work to shore up the area and make sure [the barrier] stays put.\"\n\nThe Museum of The Gorge can be seen amid flood water\n\nCouncillor Shaun Davies, leader of Telford and Wrekin Council, said people should leave their homes and \"stay away\" from Ironbridge.\n\n\"This is a developing situation but it has significantly developed and increased in terms of its dangerousness with regards to the barriers collapsing.\"\n\nIronbridge Gorge was one of the first UK locations to be given World Heritage status in 1986, which recognised its importance as a pioneering part of the Industrial Revolution.\n\nThe force of the river caused defences in Ironbridge to buckle\n\nThe main flood defences in Bewdley had been holding firm but just before midnight on Tuesday, 38 properties in the Beales Corner area of town were either flooded or at risk as water came over the top of barriers.\n\nMany people have been rescued, but about 12 people remain in their homes.\n\nSally Yardley, 64, left her ground floor flat which overlooks the river.\n\n\"The water was rising really quickly... I don't think we ever predicted it would be this bad,\" she said.\n\nAnother Bewdley resident, Adrian Guest, said it had been an \"anxious\" day.\n\n\"There have been bizarre sightings of sofas and fridges floating by,\" the 53-year-old said. \"People gathered in groups worried about the situation upriver at Ironbridge where the stress loads on their barriers could see them collapse at any moment.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Shrewsbury home floods for the second time in eight days\n\nDave Throup, EA manager for Herefordshire and Worcestershire, said: \"The river levels are exceptionally high here at Bewdley and they haven't stopped yet.\n\n\"The river is still rising at a much slower rate and we're expecting a peak here probably this afternoon and then that's working its way down the catchment to Worcester.\"\n\nIn Worcester, some homes have been flooded for 10 days in the wake of Storm Dennis.\n\nHereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service has been going house-to-house in Bewdley with a dinghy to help people from their homes.\n\nAmong them was Justin Leitch who has lived at his property since August.\n\n\"It's unprecedented what's happened over the last week, 10 days, what can you do? People are trying their best,\" he said.\n\nJustin Leitch said the water at his home, in Bewdley, is over knee height\n\nSarah, a mum-of-four who also lives in Beales Corner, said her family would be staying put despite a foot of water in her cellar.\n\n\"If I thought there was any real danger we would go.\"\n\nResidents in Bewdley started leaving their homes around midnight\n\nBBC Hereford and Worcester's James Pearson said overtopping at Bewdley started as a trickle then turning into a torrent.\n\nHe said the flood water was about the same level as the river and it had not flooded while the temporary barriers were there.\n\nThe levels were 14cm off the all-time high from 2000 and they were expected to keep rising steadily throughout the day, he added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Flood water pours over the top of Bewdley's barriers\n\nRiver Severn levels are expected to remain high over the next few days due to \"unsettled\" weather, the EA said, adding it was \"closely monitoring the situation\".\n\nAt Prime Minister's Questions earlier, Boris Johnson was criticised for not visiting the flood-hit areas.\n\nLabour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the government \"refuses to acknowledge the scale of the problem\" accusing Mr Johnson of being a \"part time prime minister\" who is only \"keen to pose for cameras during an election\".\n\nMr Johnson said he was \"very proud of the response the Government has mounted\" to the floods.", "Emily Maitlis has been named network presenter of the year at the Royal Television Society Awards, for her interview with the Duke of York.\n\nThe Newsnight host quizzed Prince Andrew at Buckingham Palace in November over his relationship with the now deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.\n\nThe broadcast also won interview and scoop of the year, while Newsnight won daily news programme of the year.\n\nThe prince withdrew from public duties in the wake of the broadcast.\n\nThe judges at Wednesday's awards ceremony in London described Maitlis's interview as historic.\n\n\"In a year of political chaos, her nose for nonsense led to bruising encounters with politicians and her interview with a member of the Royal family will live on in history,\" they said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSpeaking after her win, the presenter thanked the prince for allowing himself through the type of \"scrutiny\" that \"many politicians haven't and wouldn't\".\n\n\"It wasn't actually about the royal,\" she said.\n\n\"It was an interview for women watching around the world, who were waiting to see if we asked the right questions at the right moment to things that we needed answering.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Royal Television Society This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 2015, Prince Andrew was named in court papers as part of a US civil case against Epstein - who took his own life while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges.\n\nIn November, following the interview, he announced he had asked the Queen for permission to withdraw from official royal duties for the \"foreseeable future\", because the Epstein scandal had become a \"major disruption\" to the Royal Family.\n\nHe said he deeply sympathised with sex offender Epstein's victims and everyone who \"wants some form of closure\".\n\nThe duke faced a backlash following the BBC interview about his friendship with the US financier.\n\nEmily Maitlis beat BBC colleague Victoria Derbyshire and ITV News' Tom Bradby to the top presenter award\n\nMaitlis fended off competition at the RTS awards from ITN's Tom Bradby for his interview with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in Harry & Meghan: An African Journey.\n\nShe also beat her BBC colleague Victoria Derbyshire, who was nominated a month after it was announced her self-titled daily show was to be cut.\n\nWriting on Twitter at the time, Derbyshire said she was \"unbelievably proud\" of what the show had achieved.\n\nNews channel of the year was won by Sky News, while Channel 4 News' \"outstanding\" For Sama (which won the best documentary Bafta and was also Oscar-nominated) took the award for best international current affairs programme.\n\nThe domestic version of the same award went to the BBC's Spotlight on The Troubles: A Secret History.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Lahore Safari, Pakistan's largest zoo, has nearly 40 lions in captivity\n\nThe remains of a teenage boy have been found in the lion enclosure of a Lahore zoo, a day after he went missing.\n\nOfficials said they are investigating how Muhammad Bilal, 17, made it over the fence and what caused his death.\n\nBut locals have blamed Mr Bilal's demise on staff incompetence, and earlier this week the zoo's offices were ransacked.\n\nThe state-back Lahore Safari, established in 1982, is Pakistan's largest and oldest animal park.\n\nChaudhry Shafqat, a director at the zoo, told the BBC that people from a nearby village visited the site on Tuesday night asking for help to look for the boy.\n\nMuhammad Bilal's relatives said he left home to search for cattle fodder\n\n\"We told them it was too late and could be dangerous to launch a search in the dark,\" said Mr Shafqat.\n\nDuring a search on Wednesday morning, zoo employees found a blood-soaked skull, some bones and pieces of torn cloth which the relatives recognised as the missing boy's clothing.\n\nOfficials said relatives told them the boy had left home on Tuesday afternoon to cut grass, which was intended to be used for cattle fodder.\n\nMr Bilal's remains have been sent for tests to confirm the cause of death.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nPresident Donald Trump has appointed Vice-President Mike Pence to co-ordinate the US government's response to the coronavirus outbreak.\n\nBoth men told a White House news conference that the risk to the American people remained very low.\n\nThe announcement came as new cases of the infection caused by the coronavirus which originated in China spread at a rapid pace around the world.\n\nThe 60th case in the US is also the first to occur on US soil.\n\nThe unidentified person in California had \"no relevant travel history or exposure to another known patient\" with the virus, said the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).\n\nAddressing the press, Mr Trump expressed confidence that the US would be able to handle coronavirus.\n\n\"We're very, very ready for this,\" Mr Trump said, adding that Mr Pence has \"got a certain talent for this\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHowever, Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said he did not expect a vaccine to be ready for a year to a year-and-a-half at the earliest.\n\nThe news conference came as Mr Trump was criticised for earlier suggesting in a tweet that the media had fanned unnecessary alarm over coronavirus \"to make the Caronavirus [sic] look as bad as possible\".\n\nBut at his news conference Mr Trump warned that the US should prepare in case the virus spreads. \"Every aspect of our society should be prepared,\" he said.\n\nHe contradicted public health officials who earlier warned that spread of the virus to the US was a matter of \"when\" and \"not if\".\n\n\"I don't think it is inevitable,\" Mr Trump told reporters.\n\nHe credited decisions to limit certain flights into the US with containing the number of infections.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Five ways to self-isolate successfully to prevent the spread of coronavirus\n\nAlex Azar, the US health secretary, said the White House had developed a plan to focus on five priorities, including better disease surveillance, local government response coordination, developing therapeutics, and increasing manufacturing of personal health protection equipment, like masks.\n\nMore US cases are to be expected, Mr Azar said.\n\nCritics quickly condemned Mr Pence's new assignment, with several noting that he was previously criticised for his handling of the worst HIV crisis in Indiana history when he was the governor of the state in 2015.\n\nHe initially opposed a clean-needle exchange which health advisers had advocated for. Medical journals later concluded that the epidemic could have been slowed if the programme had been enacted earlier.\n\nOn Twitter, critics used the hashtag \"Pencedemic\" to voice opposition to his new assignment.\n\nHave you been affected by the spread of coronavirus? 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:", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Quicker than takeaway: BBC News investigates quick delivery of drugs in Leeds\n\nMore illegal drugs than ever before are coming into the UK - and buying them is almost as easy as ordering a pizza, the author of a major new report has said.\n\nDame Carol Black also found that an \"unprecedented\" number of children and teenagers are being drawn into the drug trade through county lines gangs.\n\nHer drugs review put the costs of the illicit trade in crime and to society at about £19bn a year in England.\n\nThe government said it was taking \"tough action\" to combat illegal drugs.\n\nDame Carol, who the Home Office asked last year to review drug supply and demand in the UK, presented her findings on Thursday.\n\nThe \"widespread\" use of children to supply drugs was the \"most alarming\" recent development, she told the UK Drugs Summit in Glasgow.\n\nHer report also found that the illicit drugs market in the UK is worth £9.4bn a year, with about three million people in England and Wales taking them last year.\n\nDame Carol told the conference: \"We have an abundant supply coming into our countries from around the world, more than ever before.\n\n\"It's purer, it's more available, you can buy whichever drug you want almost anywhere.\n\n\"It wouldn't be too far to go to say it's almost for some drugs as easy as getting your pizza.\"\n\nThe comparison came after an investigation by BBC News found it took just 27 minutes to receive an order of cocaine from a drug dealer in Leeds.\n\nThe key conclusion of Dame Carol Black's report on illegal drugs - that a \"perfect storm\" has developed that can be abated only through government intervention - is based on compelling evidence from an impressive array of statistics and information.\n\nThe headline figure - the £19bn cost to society of illicit drugs in England - is designed to act as a wake-up call.\n\nIt is about half of the National Crime Agency estimate of the total cost of serious and organised crime to the UK economy and around three times as much as the cost of treating and dealing with the effects of obesity in England.\n\nThere is no simple solution to reducing the economic costs of drug-taking, not to mention the human toll, but Dame Carol indicates there must be investment in treatment.\n\nA report from Public Health England in 2014 found that every pound spent on drug treatment saved £2.50 in costs to society.\n\nHowever, her review raises more questions than answers about the overall effectiveness of law enforcement activity on illicit drugs, saying crackdowns have little impact on supply and may increase violence by creating a gap in the market for dealers to battle over.\n\nDame Carol highlighted the effect of government funding cuts on drug recovery support services - which she said were \"disappearing\" in certain areas.\n\nShe said: \"At the same time we have seen a reduction in very good treatment and recovery, and that again all adds up to leave us, as you will see in this report, with the perfect storm.\n\n\"I believe this perfect storm will not go away unless government takes action.\"\n\nHer report, which was released to coincide with a drugs summit held by the UK government in Glasgow, said drug-related deaths are at an all-time high, while the market is becoming increasingly violent.\n\nIt found 300,000 people in England used the most harmful drugs - opiates and crack cocaine - last year.\n\nThe review said the \"county lines\" model is now a widely-used method for supplying the most serious drugs.\n\nCounty lines is a tactic which sees gangs and distribution networks from cities move into smaller towns and use violence to overtake local drug dealers.\n\nThe model relies on children or other vulnerable people to sell drugs.\n\nCrime minister Kit Malthouse, who is chairing the Glasgow summit, said: \"The findings, which we will discuss today, are troubling and paint a stark picture of how illegal drugs are devastating lives and communities, and fuelling serious violence.\n\n\"We are already taking tough action to combat county lines and violent crime and to disrupt and prosecute the organised gangs that bring so much misery. But clearly we all need to do more.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'We're not convinced' on drug consumption rooms\n\nPlans for drug consumption rooms to get addicts off the streets have been called a \"distraction\" by the UK government minister for crime.\n\nKit Malthouse said the drug deaths crisis gripping Scotland demanded \"a more assertive approach\".\n\nGlasgow's plan for a special facility to allow users to take their own drugs under medical supervision are backed by the Scottish government.\n\nBut drug legislation is reserved to the Westminster government.\n\nIt has refused to allow Glasgow City Council to pilot the scheme, which the council says would encourage the hundreds of users who inject heroin or cocaine on the city's streets to enter a safe and clean environment.\n\nIt is hoped the special room would encourage addicts into treatment, cut down on heroin needles on city streets and counter the spread of diseases such as HIV.\n\nHowever, ahead of a UK-wide summit on drug deaths being held at Glasgow's SEC, Mr Malthouse told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland: \"We have to recognise this is a complicated problem and there is no silver bullet solution.\n\n\"To me, drug consumption rooms are a bit of a distraction.\"\n\nHe said research from around the world showed \"mixed\" results for consumption rooms.\n\n\"They are quite small scale and the scale of the problem demands a much more assertive approach,\" he said.\n\nMr Malthouse called for more drug treatment alongside education and support.\n\nHe also said that more needed to be done to disrupt drug supplies, especially online and social media, using \"intelligent enforcement\".\n\nAlmost 4,300 people died from drug misuse across the UK in 2018, a record figure, and the numbers for last year are expected to be just as high.\n\nDeaths in England and Wales increased significantly but the rate remains much lower than in Scotland.\n\nScotland accounted for more than a quarter of UK drug deaths, which was far higher than its share of the population.\n\nThe latest figures showed an average of more than three people a day dying of drug overdoses in Scotland.\n\nScotland's Public Health Minister Joe FitzPatrick told the summit in Glasgow that an extra £20m in government funding would be made available for drug rehabilitation and mental health support for addicts.\n\nHe said he remained convinced that \"a public health approach to this emergency is the right way forward\" rather than trying to punish users for breaking the law.\n\nThe minister added: \"The UK government has made it clear at their summit that they are not willing to consider the bold, innovative approaches to this problem that I feel are needed.\n\n\"However, that doesn't mean we will stop fighting for what we believe is right and this extra investment will help us in our efforts to save lives.\"\n\nIt is more than three years since Glasgow City Council first proposed drug consumption rooms.\n\nThe leader of Glasgow City Council, Susan Aitken, said her city had the most drug deaths in the UK, 280 in 2018.\n\n\"This is a critical situation for our entire city - we are in the throes of a crisis and an emergency response is required,\" she said.\n\nMs Aitken called on the UK government to support new approaches, such as safe consumption rooms, in an attempt to get addicts off the streets.\n\nDr Saket Priyadarshi, from Glasgow Alcohol and Drug Recovery Services, said a drug consumption facility would be a good way to reach people with whom they have no contact to begin recovery.\n\nHe said it was urgently needed and could not see an argument against it.\n\nGlasgow wants to open a safe consumption room to get users of the streets\n\nBoth the UK and Scottish governments agree that tackling addiction and rising drug death levels should be a priority.\n\nHowever, both remain at odds over how best to help some of the country's most vulnerable addicts.\n\nAt the heart of the Scottish government agenda is a public health approach, exemplified by the drastic reduction in drug deaths in Portugal.\n\nIt involves decriminalising possession of small amounts of drugs, wrap-around services and potentially the introduction of so-called \"fix rooms\" - facilities where addicts can inject drugs safely under supervision.\n\nBut to do this, says the Scottish government, it requires devolution of drug policy and changes to the Misuse of Drugs Act. The UK government's Home Office are reluctant.\n\nAs well as Tory unwillingness to appear \"soft\" on drugs, Home Office policing minister Kit Malthouse has already said divergence in drug policy north of the border would be encouraging for English gangs seeking more opportunity to flood Scottish towns with illegal drugs.\n\nRecovery charities have expressed fears that these two summits could end up being another political point-scoring exercise. If that's the case, the ones losing out are the ones dying.", "Rail passengers like to stay in touch digitally while they are travelling\n\nResearchers have developed a satellite antenna that could end frustration for millions of rail passengers.\n\nIt has been designed to provide high speed broadband on the move without the breaks in connection that plague many rail journeys, particularly in rural areas.\n\nResearchers at Heriot-Watt University say it could also be adapted to provide fast broadband aboard airliners much more cheaply than existing systems.\n\nGone are the days when a rail journey meant the morning paper, a cuppa and peace from the demands of work for a while.\n\nNow we're expected to stay in touch digitally.\n\nAnd our smartphones and tablets don't just give us the ability to reply to emails and work on spreadsheets.\n\nOthers value the opportunity to interact on social media or watch amusing videos of kittens.\n\nBut if you're on a train that can be hit and miss to say the least.\n\nEven if your carriage has wi-fi, whether you can use it to contact the rest of the world typically depends on the quality of the mobile phone network outside.\n\nMobile networks tend to cover the built up areas where there are more customers. Even there, the masts weren't located to favour railway lines.\n\nIn rural areas the problem of \"notspots\" - areas of poor or no signal - is more acute.\n\nGiven that at the last count there were almost 1.8bn rail passenger journeys in the UK every year, that's a lot of watching those irritating little spinning wheels that tell you your device is trying in vain to connect.\n\nThe alternative is to connect the train wi-fi to a satellite. But this also has its problems.\n\nUnless a satellite is geostationary, orbiting above a fixed point on the Earth's surface, it is moving across the sky.\n\nTo establish a link, an antenna has to maintain contact with one or more moving satellites from a train which is itself on the move.\n\nAnother problem: you can't feasibly stick a satellite dish on top of a train. Certainly not in the restricted clearances of the UK rail network.\n\nBut the Heriot-Watt research, soon to become a spinout company called Infinect, has come up with a solution: a flat antenna a little over half a metre across. Just right for the top of a train carriage.\n\nSamuel Rotenberg has been working on the new development\n\nResearch engineer Samuel Rotenberg says it will communicate with satellites throughout a journey.\n\n\"It's fairly lightweight, at a fraction of the cost of existing solutions and will provide global coverage,\" he said.\n\nGeorge Goussetis, professor of antenna engineering at Heriot-Watt, is principal investigator on the project.\n\nHe says it has taken a decade of research to get from the basic idea of satellite-equipped trains to market.\n\n\"There's been a lot of investment in being able to deliver broadband connectivity via satellite,\" he says.\n\n\"There have been multi-billion investments in the space sector, a lot of new standards - and it looks like the flat panel antenna is the missing piece in that puzzle.\"\n\nMr Rotenberg is confident they've created that piece, and he says it offers much more than being able to update your social media profile from seat 16B.\n\nProfessor George Goussetis says it has taken 10 years to get the product to market\n\nLinking the train to the \"internet of things\" will improve the security of the train and all aboard.\n\n\"When they are in a remote area, the train operator doesn't have any control over the train,\" he says.\n\n\"They don't know where they are, what speed, if there is an accident or an emergency.\n\n\"They are completely blind - and they need information.\"\n\nA data stream from sensors via satellite will deliver it.\n\nThe prototype antenna is expected to enter field trials with a big rail operator before the end of 2020.\n\nFunding for the research has come from the European Space Agency, the Department for Transport and the High Growth Spin-Out Programme run by Scottish Enterprise.\n\nMr Rotenberg, now co-founder and lead engineer of Infinect, has also won a place on the ICURe Innovation to Commercialisation Programme funded by the innovation agency Innovate UK.\n\nThe prospect of seamless, fast broadband on the move seems closer than ever. Is there a catch?\n\nThis is advanced technology, not magic. So when the antenna can't see a satellite the signal stops.\n\nBut the new antenna means it will pick up again just as soon as your train comes out the other end.\n\nSo those cute kittens will have to stay on pause for just a couple of minutes.", "Last updated on .From the section Europa League\n\nCaptain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang missed a glaring chance with the last kick of the match as Arsenal crashed to a shocking Europa League defeat at the hands of Olympiakos.\n\nAubameyang, so often the Gunners' saviour, looked like he had once again rescued his side from an abject showing when his superb scissor-kick - which cancelled out Pape Abou Cisse's opener - put them in the driving seat with seven minutes left of extra time.\n\nBut the visitors punished awful set-piece defending for a second time on the night as Youssef El Arabi poked home in front of their raucous travelling fans.\n\nAnd there was still time for the unmarked Aubameyang to somehow screw wide from five yards out and condemn Mikel Arteta's side to their first defeat of 2020.\n\nFor large periods of a flat game a full-strength Arsenal XI were frustrated, frustrating and feeble in front of goal - with their first shot on target not arriving until the 77th minute.\n\nOlympiakos were hardly buccaneering in their approach, especially considering they had lost the first leg in Athens, but carried out their gameplan perfectly to steal a famous win and progress to the last 16.\n\nArteta had talked in the build-up of having three routes into Europe for next season but this competition was surely his best bet of an unlikely seat at the Champions League top table.\n\nTo go out in such limp fashion will leave the manager livid - and for most of the night he was the most animated member of the Arsenal contingent.\n\nFamiliar failings were their undoing as the Greek side twice scored from set-pieces. First, Aubameyang allowed 6ft 6ins centre-back Cisse a totally free header from a corner, and then David Luiz appeared to leave a cross from a half-cleared 120th-minute corner and gift El Arabi a lunging tap-in.\n\nOlympiakos came to defend deep and in numbers, to frustrate Arsenal and then to hopefully score from a corner. It was a strategy they pulled off impeccably.\n\nBut they must have expected an Arsenal forward line of Aubameyang, Alexandre Lacazette, Mesut Ozil and Nicolas Pepe - recruited at a cost of around £215m - to cause more problems.\n\nThe four managed just one shot on target between them before Aubameyang's brilliant late goal that briefly had Arsenal progressing. Ozil's cross was nodded on by substitute Gabriel Martinelli and the Gabon striker rearranged himself masterfully to crack an acrobatic effort into the back of the net.\n\nThe home fans, who greeted the full-time whistle with apathy rather than anger, roared into belated life but it was the supporters at the other end who will now have their eyes on Friday's draw.\n\n'We had a lot of intentions in this competition'\n\nArsenal looked to have done the hard part last week when they ground out a 1-0 win in Greece. After all, the club had progressed from all 17 of their European ties when winning the first leg away from home.\n\nBut from early on they looked short of ideas and moved the ball so slowly across midfield.\n\nFor all the money spent up front the most likely route to goal all night looked like coming through teenage left-back Bukayo Saka, a constant outlet, but when he did provide a beautiful cross at the end of Arsenal's best move of the game, Lacazette was offside as he converted from close range.\n\nSaka and Pepe - a deeply frustrating figure to watch - both put in nine crosses but they were easy to defend.\n\nArteta could point to decisions that did not go his side's way - a yellow card shown to Ousseynou Ba for a foul on the edge of the area could have been red, and an offside flag that could have been raised in the build-up to Olympiakos' winner.\n\nBut the truth is Arsenal just did not create enough to win. Arsenal had won three in a row coming into the game and this was their first defeat in 11, but there is still much to be done.\n\n\"It hurts a lot. We had a lot of intentions in this competition,\" Arteta said.\n\n\"We were in control but conceded a set-piece to put us in a difficult position. We created a lot of chances and got ourselves in a good position. If you concede four goals from set-pieces in two games it makes it very difficult.\"\n\nTo add injury to insult, Arsenal also lost defender Shkodran Mustafi to a hamstring problem.\n\nWho is left in the Europa League?\n\nOlympiakos coach Pedro Martins: \"It's a historic night for Olympiakos. We deserved this qualification not only for these two games against Arsenal, but also for our spirited performances in Europe throughout the season regardless of the results.\n\n\"We were determined, we believed we could qualify and we made it. Tactical intelligence, effectiveness, inner strength, courage - it all weighed in this success.\n\n\"We never lost our shape and played intelligently. The aim is just to carry on in this competition.\"\n\nAubameyang's prowess not enough - the stats\n• None Arsenal suffered their first defeat since December 2019 in the Premier League (1-2 v Chelsea), ending their 10-game unbeaten run in all competitions\n• None Olympiakos have won each of their last two away games against Arsenal, having lost their first three against the Gunners on the road\n• None Arsenal have lost consecutive home games in European competition for the first time since February/September 2015 in the Champions League, also losing the second of those games against Olympiakos\n• None Since his debut for Arsenal in February 2018, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has netted 61 goals in all competitions, a haul only Mohamed Salah (64) can better among Premier League players\n• None Pape Abou Cisse's opener for Olympiakos was just his second goal in European competition, also netting against AC Milan in the group stage of last season's Europa League\n• None Attempt missed. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.\n• None Attempt blocked. Joseph Willock (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.\n• None Goal! Arsenal 1, Olympiakos 2. Youssef El-Arabi (Olympiakos) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Giorgos Masouras with a cross following a corner.\n• None Offside, Olympiakos. Avraam Papadopoulos tries a through ball, but Pape Abou Cissé is caught offside.\n• None Attempt blocked. Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bukayo Saka.\n• None Goal! Arsenal 1, Olympiakos 1. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.\n• None Attempt blocked. Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mesut Özil with a cross.\n• None Offside, Olympiakos. Mohamed Camara tries a through ball, but Giorgos Masouras is caught offside.\n• None Giorgos Masouras (Olympiakos) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Youssef El-Arabi.\n• None Attempt missed. Bruno Gaspar (Olympiakos) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Giorgos Masouras. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "The Scottish government is to set up a free bus travel scheme for under-19s as part of an SNP-Green budget deal.\n\nThe agreement between the two parties will also see extra funding going to local government and the police.\n\nFinance Secretary Kate Forbes said free bus travel would be a \"step change\" in supporting young people and helping tackle climate change.\n\nMSPs will vote on the budget for the first time on Thursday, with the tax and spending plans now certain to pass.\n\nMs Forbes stepped in to deliver the budget the day after Derek Mackay resigned as finance secretary, and was subsequently appointed to replace him.\n\nThe budget does not contain any changes to income tax rates, with extra money being spent on health, education and investment aimed at tackling the \"climate emergency\".\n\nThe commitment to set up a free public transport scheme for young people comes on the same day as figures showed fewer people were using buses.\n\nMinisters aim to have \"national concessionary travel\" system up and running by January 2021, with people aged 18 and under joining the over-60s in being eligible for free bus trips.\n\nThe deal with the Greens will also see an extra £95m going to local authorities, as well as £18m to police services and £45m to low carbon projects, including energy efficiency projects and active travel.\n\nThe changes will be paid for using underspends, longer term income from non-domestic rates and the fossil fuel levy.\n\nThe government has also agreed to review plans to upgrade the Sheriffhall roundabout on the Edinburgh bypass, although ministers have rejected calls from the Greens to scrap works on the A9 and A96.\n\nMSPs will vote on the initial proposals on Thursday, with the terms of the deal with the Greens to be added in the following week when the budget is examined by a committee of MSPs.\n\nThe tax rates are expected to be signed off on Wednesday 4 March, with the final vote on the budget bill the following day.\n\nMs Forbes stepped in to deliver the budget after the resignation of Derek Mackay\n\nMs Forbes said she was \"pleased to have reached an agreement\", particularly given the \"uncertainty\" of the UK government not yet having set its budget.\n\nShe said the budget included \"record investment\" in health services and \"significant investments to tackle the climate crisis\".\n\nShe said: \"I want to thank all parties for the constructive way in which they have approached this year's discussions.\n\n\"While it is not possible to meet every party's demands in full, I believe in reaching formal agreement with the Green Party I am also delivering on key asks from every party and I encourage all MSPs to consider giving their support to Scotland's budget.\"\n\nGreen co-leader Patrick Harvie said free bus travel would be a \"transformational step towards tackling the climate emergency\".\n\nHe added: \"Clearly, a Green budget would do even more to tackle the climate emergency, but securing this important free bus travel deal for the next generation builds on the powers we won for local councils to take control of local bus services.\"\n\nThe other opposition parties had also been involved in talks with Ms Forbes, but hit out at the deal.\n\nThe Scottish Conservatives said the plan announced on Wednesday \"still falls well short of what our economy and public services need\", with finance spokesman Donald Cameron saying Tory MSPs would not back the budget unless extra cash was added for drug rehabilitation services.\n\nScottish Labour, which had called for a wider free bus travel system, said it was \"deeply disappointing to see the Scottish Green Party yet again sell our local councils, our environment and indeed themselves short yet again\".\n\nThe Scottish Lib Dems meanwhile said they would vote against the budget as long as the SNP continued to push for an independence referendum in 2020, with leader Willie Rennie saying this was \"stopping an awful lot else being agreed\".", "Many businesses such as gyms are turning to live-streaming to help their customers in quarantine\n\nWith millions of people across China under lockdown, businesses across the country are trying to come up with ways to keep their customers occupied and connected.\n\nIn Hubei province, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, at least 56 million people remain under strict instruction to remain inside their residential communities and villages. At one point, around 500 million people were said to be affected by movement restrictions to contain the virus.\n\nMany people have turned to the internet as one way to cure their boredom.\n\nAccording to The Paper, searches for the word \"boring\" on social media site Weibo grew by 626% on 26 January and topics such as \"how to spend time at home when bored\" also started to trend on the website.\n\nEntrepreneurs began to realise there were ways of keeping in touch with their customers. Here are a few of the methods being used in China right now.\n\nGyms across China have been forced to close amid fears that they could help spread the virus. A number of gyms have started classes online so their customers can keep fit from home.\n\nLauren Hogan, General Manager for F45 in Shanghai, told the BBC that her gyms are offering workout sessions on WeChat, a popular messaging app in China.\n\n\"Every day my trainers have created a circuit-based workout depending on our programming. They've created a sheet of exercises and they are recording videos, but having fun with it too.\"\n\nMs Hogan said there are groups in WeChat for customers where they can write in and tell other people they have completed the day's exercise.\n\n\"We also did a plank challenge and they had to tag someone in the group to take part,\" she added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A student in Wuhan describes what it is like to live under lockdown\n\nShe said the videos have helped people talk and know that there is a resource for them, and customers have been appreciative.\n\n\"We've had personal thank you messages and also messages in the group chats. People are happy and grateful that we're taking the time to do it and show that we care. When you're stuck in your house, it turns into very long days and having someone else to talk to helps.\"\n\nOther chains are following suit including Gravity Plus in Beijing. Aside from running online classes, it has also rented out gym equipment as an extra way of bringing in income, Reuters news agency reports.\n\nWith nightclubs closed and music events cancelled for the foreseeable future, a number of DJs and clubs in China are turning to \"cloud clubbing\".\n\nCloud clubbing is where people can watch live DJ sets and send in messages to give them the feeling that they're in a club. The cloud clubbing events usually take place on apps such as Douyin, China's TikTok.\n\nTAXX Shanghai is one club that has taken advantage on the demand for \"cloud clubbing sessions\".\n\nDJs have been live streaming to people in their homes\n\nRuan Liangliang, manager of TAXX Shanghai told Sixth Tone: \"Recently many of our friends and customers have said they are bored with their indoor lives. So we planned a live broadcast to share pleasant music and ease their anxiety.\"\n\nHe told the website he was surprised at the positive feedback from those who took part. However despite earning about $104,000 (£80,000) in tips, he says it is not enough to cover the rent.\n\nStrawberry Music Festival, an indie music festival that has been hosted in several Chinese cities, put on its own indoor music festival named \"Hi, I am also at home\".\n\nThe festival was held for five days and featured shows from many musical acts. The shows were pre-recorded, however viewers were able to discuss the music together in the comments section as if they were watching a show together.\n\nBookshops have also had to think of new ways of reaching customers, a double blow to an industry that is already competing against online shops.\n\nChengdu Fang Suo Bookstore is located in the trendy Taikoo Li shopping centre in the city. One bookseller who gave their name as Jin Jin told local media that it usually brings in customers with its scenery and displays however it has turned to Wechat to help bring in any revenue.\n\nShop workers made their own lists in WeChat groups including \"selected books of the year\" and the \"recommended reading list of Fang Suo house\". Customers could then order the books via their online store.\n\nElsewhere in China, 1200 Bookstore in Guangzhou, a 24-hour shop, has been selling gift cards, tote bags and \"blind gift packages\" as a way to bring in income.\n\nIn a post written on social media, the store's owner warned its customers that it might not be long before 1200 Bookstore would have to shut permanently. He was inundated with supportive messages from followers.", "Scientists are hoping to find a way to identify child sex abusers just from images of their hands.\n\nOften, the backs of hands are the only visible features of abusers in footage and images shared online.\n\nA new study aims to discover whether our hands are truly unique by looking at physical differences between them.\n\nResearchers plan to do this by training computers to spot anatomical features in anonymous images sent by the public.\n\nThis will allow algorithms to be designed that will help police to link suspects to crimes just from images of their hands, scientists hope.\n\nScientists from the universities of Lancaster and Dundee are now calling for more than 5,000 \"citizen scientists\" to take part in their study, so there is enough data to prove beyond reasonable doubt whether our hands are unique.\n\nForensic anthropologist Prof Dame Sue Black said: \"Our hands display many anatomical differences due to our development, influence of genetics, ageing, environment or even accidents.\n\n\"We know that features such as vein patterns, skin creases, freckles, moles, and scars are different between our right and left hands, and even different between identical twins.\n\n\"We are looking to deliver a step-change in the science so we can analyse, and understand, all the factors that make a hand unique.\"\n\nA web-based app for anyone aged 18 and over to contribute their images to the project is available to use on smartphones at h-unique.lancaster.ac.uk\n\nThe images are not shared with any external agencies and will be destroyed at the end of the five-year research project, funded through a 2.5m euros (£2.1m) grant from the European Research Council.\n\nDr Bryan Williams, lecturer in biometrics and human identification at Lancaster University, said: \"The tools we will develop will reliably and robustly inform decisions in criminal courts.\n\n\"They could also be used to assist law enforcement agencies to rapidly and autonomously analyse hours of footage and thousands of offensive images.\"\n• None Children abused in the home 'unseen and unheard'", "The new coronavirus is continuing to spread to new countries, with the World Health Organization saying there are now more new cases outside China than inside its borders.\n\nSeveral European countries have announced their first coronavirus cases, all apparently linked to the growing outbreak in Italy.\n\nMeasures employed to slow the spread of the virus range from large-scale quarantine in China to cancelled football matches in Italy.", "Last updated on .From the section European Football\n\nManchester City produced a stunning late fightback as goals from Gabriel Jesus and Kevin de Bruyne secured a memorable 2-1 win at Real Madrid to take control of their Champions League last-16 tie.\n\nAfter a cagey first half, the hosts capitalised on a defensive mix-up between Rodri and Nicolas Otamendi to take the lead as the impressive Vinicius Junior raced towards goal before neatly squaring for Isco to slot home.\n\nSergio Ramos shot over as Real Madrid looked to double their advantage but City equalised 12 minutes before time when Jesus nodded in from close range.\n\nIt was the least City deserved for what had been an impressive away performance by Pep Guardiola's side and things got even better seven minutes from time when substitute Raheem Sterling was brought down inside the box and De Bruyne stepped home to confidently convert from the spot.\n\nIt got even worse for Real Madrid when they were reduced to 10 men with five minutes remaining. Ramos brought down Jesus as he ran through on goal and the defender was shown a red card.\n\nIt was the first time City had beaten Real Madrid in the Champions League and means they are in the driving seat before the second leg at the Etihad on Tuesday, 17 March.\n\nThe win will have been all the more welcome for City fans after their side were earlier this month banned from European club competitions for the next two years.\n\nThe club's appeal against the decision has been registered by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and the issue will continue to overshadow their immediate future, but this display in Madrid will give them hope of progressing far in the current campaign.\n• None We're not used to doing these things - Guardiola on City's win\n\nThis was a hugely impressive result for Manchester City and one for which Guardiola deserved a large amount of credit after he sprung a surprise with his team selection.\n\nThe former Barcelona boss left Sterling, Sergio Aguero, David Silva and Fernandinho all on the bench and instead utilised Bernardo Silva and De Bruyne as alternating false nines in what appeared to be a very cautious City formation.\n\nBut it was a tactic that successfully nullified a Real Madrid side that has historically been so strong in the knockout stages of the Champions League and had not lost their 12 previous knockout games under Zinedine Zidane.\n\nThe hosts were limited to one decent chance in the first half - when Ederson saved superbly from Karim Benzema's header - while City's threat on the counter increased as the half went on.\n\nCity looked like the most likely to score as the game wore on but all their good work threatened to be undone when Real pounced on a rare defensive error from City.\n\nBut, to the visitors' credit, they fought back strongly despite that setback and the introduction of Sterling proved pivotal as the forward provided a different outlet for City as they turned the game around.\n\nIn the end they could have perhaps won by more - with Ramos preventing Jesus from getting his second - but two away goals puts Guardiola's side in a strong position to reach the quarter-finals and keep them on track to end their wait for Champions League success.\n\nReal Madrid are the Champions League's most successful club with 13 titles and they have been particularly strong under Zidane.\n\nThe former France international guided Los Blancos to three consecutive titles in his first spell in charge of the club between 2016 and 2018, while he had won all 12 previous knockout ties he had overseen as a manager.\n\nTheir form heading into this match had been patchy with just one win in their previous four games in all competitions, while they were beaten 1-0 by Levante at the weekend.\n\nBut despite taking the lead against City, they were never truly in control of the game at any period as they first struggled to break down their opponents before falling apart when the visitors took the game to them.\n\nThis was the first time Guardiola and Zidane - rivals in their playing days for Barcelona and Real Madrid respectively - had gone to head-to-head as managers and it was the former who came out on top.\n\nThe one sour point on the night for City was the loss of defender Aymeric Laporte to injury in the first half.\n\nThe defender was making only his fourth appearance since recovering from a serious knee injury that had kept him out for much of the season but pulled up with just over half an hour gone and was replaced by Fernandinho.\n\nLaporte was able to make his own way off the pitch, giving City reason to be optimistic that his absence will not be a long one.\n\n\"After five months injured in this scenario it's so demanding,\" Guardiola said.\n\n\"Fernandinho came in and did incredibly well. I'm so proud.\"\n\n'This is just the first part' - what they said\n\nReal Madrid midfielder Casemiro: \"The tie isn't finished with this result. We played 75 spectacular minutes against a great team.\n\n\"Then in just 15 minutes we didn't do any of what he should have done. That's why they fought back and cancelled out our lead. We've got a lot of work ahead of us now.\n\n\"If there's any team capable of overcoming this deficit in the second leg it's Real Madrid.\"\n\nManchester City boss Pep Guardiola to BT Sport: \"We tried to come here to win the game and we did. This is just the first part. If one team can overcome this situation, it's this club.\n\n\"When we were better, we conceded a goal. When they were better, we scored a goal. That's football. I remember the quarter-final [against Liverpool] a few seasons ago at Anfield when we played incredibly well and they scored all their shots on target.\"\n\nPep joins a club of two - the stats\n• None Manchester City have beaten Real Madrid for the first time in their history.\n• None Real Madrid have lost a Champions League home match despite scoring the opening goal for just the second time, also losing in this manner against AC Milan in October 2009.\n• None Kevin de Bruyne scored his 50th goal in all competitions for Manchester City. This was the first time he has both scored and assisted in a Champions League match.\n• None City boss Guardiola is only the second manager to win two Champions League away games against Real Madrid, after Ottmar Hitzfeld. He is the first to do so with two different clubs.\n• None Real Madrid's Isco scored his first goal in the knockout stages of the Champions League since netting against Atletico Madrid in the semi-final second leg in May 2017.\n• None Real Madrid's Sergio Ramos received his fourth Champions League red card - only Edgar Davids and Zlatan Ibrahimovic have as many (both four).\n• None Guardiola has now won more Champions League knockout-stage matches than any other manager in the history of the competition (28).\n• None Karim Benzema became the sixth player to make 100 appearances for Real Madrid in the Champions League, after Iker Casillas (150), Raul (130), Sergio Ramos (124), Roberto Carlos (107) and Cristiano Ronaldo (101).\n\nManchester City will now switch their attention to the Carabao Cup final as they take on Aston Villa at Wembley on Sunday, 1 March (16:30 GMT).\n• None Attempt missed. Ferland Mendy (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Lucas Vázquez with a cross.\n• None Attempt saved. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan.\n• None Attempt saved. Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.\n• None Goal! Real Madrid 1, Manchester City 2. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.\n• None Penalty conceded by Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid) after a foul in the penalty area.\n• None Attempt missed. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ferland Mendy with a cross.\n• None Attempt missed. Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez with a cross.\n• None Goal! Real Madrid 1, Manchester City 1. Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Some parts of the UK such as west Wales are significantly worse off than others\n\nThe government must \"think big\" and spend more if it is serious about levelling up the UK's regions, an independent inquiry has said.\n\nAn extra £200bn of regional funds should be channelled to disadvantaged parts of the country over the next two decades, the UK2070 Commission said.\n\nThe report concludes policies need to cover longer timescales and feature stronger pan-regional collaboration.\n\nIt said regional inequalities have \"blighted\" Britain.\n\n\"Many people in Britain feel left behind by growth elsewhere and that has contributed to an acrimonious debate about Europe. We now face a decade of potential disruption - leaving the European Union, confronting the impact of climate change and adjusting to the fourth industrial revolution,\" said commission chairman Lord Kerslake, a former head of the civil service.\n\nThe report blames \"an over-centralised system\", as well as policies that were fragmented, under-resourced and too short-lived.\n\n\"We cannot afford to keep on repeating those mistakes. Government must therefore think big, plan big and act at scale. Bluntly, if it can't go big, it should go home,\" Lord Kerslake said.\n\nFollowing the election in December last year, Boris Johnson pledged to \"level up\" left-behind regions, after several northern constituencies elected Conservative MPs for the first time.\n\nA lot has been promised by the government about \"levelling up\" and the regions have heard the political rhetoric coming from the top loud and clear. But what exactly does it mean?\n\nThis report is one of a number seeking to take the political rhetoric from the 2019 general election and turn it into a plan, and, frankly, demands for funding.\n\nThe UK2070 report, backed by many independent elected mayors, focuses on a variety of different elements driving regional inequality in the UK. It ponders the question as to why the UK is one of the most regionally unequal advanced nations in the world.\n\nThe basic answer is that the unbalanced British economy is a choice, the reflection of decisions, and with the right long-term thinking, it could be rebalanced.\n\nAs the name of the 2070 project suggests, its aims are long-term. And the central demand beyond better transport and more devolved powers is that post-Brexit regional funds need to be trebled to £15bn a year - providing £200bn more to transform Britain's economic geography and spread growth and opportunity to every corner.\n\nThe UK2070 Commission was set up in July 2018 to look at the longer-term causes and future policy implications for the regions. It is a collaboration between several UK universities and is supported by the Sykes Charitable Trust and the RSA.\n\nIts final report recommends tripling the amount of funding that would have been directed to regions from EU grants. It proposes £15bn a year be channelled through the new Shared Prosperity Fund, which is due to replace EU funding at the end of this year.\n\nThe report \"Make No Little Plans: Acting At Scale For a Fairer and Stronger Future\" calls for the government to make a public pledge to tackle inequality. As well as the increase in expenditure on regional development it calls for:\n\n\"We also need to recognise that the price of failing to reverse this decline will far outweigh the cost of investing now in creating greater opportunities. Properly investing in levelling-up will come at a cost but so will doing nothing about it,\" Lord Kerslake said.\n\nPublic spending is currently required to deal with the consequences of an unbalanced economy; investing in levelling-up could raise low incomes and reduce welfare spending, the report said.\n\nAverage household wealth fell by 12% in the North East and East Midlands between 2006 and 2018, but grew by nearly 80% in London and by over 30% in south-east England, the report said, citing Office for National Statistic figures.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Need something to read on your commute home?\n\nCheck out this piece about the hundreds of Ethiopians returning to the country, following reforms brought in by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.\n\nMr Abiy's reforms include changing the law to enable more Ethiopians living abroad to come back and help rebuild the economy.\n\nFor years, Ethiopia's economy has been tightly controlled by the state and closed to many international investors.\n\nAbout two million Ethiopians live in the diaspora, the government estimates.\n\nAbiy Bister owns an Ethiopian restaurant in Washington DC. He hasn't seen his homeland in almost two decades, but he's now considering returning to Ethiopia to start a business there.", "Sakine Cihan was crossing Kingsland High Street in Dalston when she was struck\n\nA cyclist accused of killing a pedestrian while riding a modified e-bike was travelling more than 10mph over the speed limit, a jury heard.\n\nThomas Hanlon, 32, was \"going way too quickly\" when he hit Sakine Cihan in Kingsland High Street in Dalston, east London, the Old Bailey heard.\n\nMrs Cihan, 56, suffered a \"catastrophic\" head injury and died the next day, jurors heard.\n\nUnder the law, e-bikes which are fitted with an electric motor can only be driven without a licence or insurance if their power is limited and if the motor automatically switches off at speeds above 15.5 mph.\n\nThe court heard Mr Hanlon's bike was capable of going double that speed and as such should have been categorised as a motorbike.\n\nProsecutor Nathan Rasiah read out a statement by cyclist Raymond Murphy, a witness to the 28 August crash, who said he was \"struck\" that Mr Hanlon's bike was \"going way too quickly for a normal electric bicycle\".\n\n\"He described riding along approaching the station and becoming aware of a bike travelling very quickly past him, but heading in the same direction as him.\n\nA few moments later, Mr Murphy \"suddenly saw arms and legs everywhere, flying in the air\", the court heard.\n\nMr Rasiah quoted a second witness, Joshua Stubbs, as saying: \"It looked like their heads made contact then the cyclist fell to the ground.\n\n\"After a few seconds the cyclist got up and looked dazed and confused, the lady lay motionless on the road.\"\n\nThe court was told Mr Hanlon left the scene despite a passer-by trying to stop him\n\nJurors were shown CCTV footage of Mrs Cihan stepping off the pavement and running in front of Mr Hanlon, of Queen's Drive, Leyton, east London.\n\nThe court was told Mr Hanlon left the scene despite a passer-by trying to stop him.\n\nThe jury heard that, when interviewed by the police, Mr Hanlon admitted leaving the scene but said he had no time to swerve as Mrs Cihan had crossed the road unexpectedly.\n\nQuoting from the police interview, Mr Rasiah said: \"She rushed out in front of me to cross and she didn't even look at me.\"\n\nMr Rasiah told jurors the lights at the crossing were green for traffic but he said Mr Hanlon's speed amounted to driving without due care and attention.\n\nBoth the prosecution and defence agree that Mr Hanlon did not have a licence or insurance for a motorbike.\n\nBut he denies further charges of causing death while uninsured and causing death while unlicensed.\n\nThe court heard he is contesting these because they require a fault in the driving which contributed to Ms Cihan's death.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The government will decide in June whether to abandon talks with the EU and prepare for no trade deal on World Trade Organization terms.\n\nThe decision will be made if insufficient ground has been covered in talks with the EU.\n\nThe acid test will be if what it calls \"good progress\" has not been made on areas such as financial services and data, which the government sees as the easiest areas to negotiate.\n\nThe approach was revealed in the publication of its negotiating mandate for the talks, which begin next week.\n\nIt echoes the EU approach to sequencing negotiations in the first phase of Brexit talks, seeking to settle issues of significant importance to the UK early, over which the EU has unilateral power.\n\nThe EU has so far refused, for example, to negotiate its power to determine whether UK financial services have \"equivalent\" standards for its trade with the EU, or whether UK's data regulations are adequate in terms of the flow of electronic information.\n\nThe government has also played down the prospect of doing an immediate numerical economic assessment of the introduction of new trading arrangements with the EU, although a public consultation will begin in the spring, after the formal start of negotiations.\n\nThe UK mandate emphasises the government's wish for a trading relationship with the EU based on its existing precedents with Canada, Japan and South Korea.\n\nIt allows no jurisdiction for EU law or the European Court of Justice in the UK.\n\n\"The government will work hard to agree arrangements on these lines,\" the document says.\n\n\"However if it is not possible to negotiate a satisfactory outcome, then the trading relationship with the EU will rest on the 2019 Withdrawal Agreement and will look similar to Australia's.\"\n\nThe mandate seeks a suite of different agreements on fisheries, aviation, energy and migration, unlike the EU mandate, which seeks one whole agreement covering everything.\n\nThe document also says that it hopes the broad outline of an agreement should be clear by June, and capable of being \"rapidly finalised\" by September.\n\nIn the meantime, the government will push on for preparations for the reintroduction of customs and regulatory formalities on trade with the EU in January 2021, and expects businesses to follow suit.", "The pink house can be seen on the left in 1998, in the middle in 2009 and on the right in December 2019, when it teetered on the cliff edge\n\nA farmer is \"devastated\" after being forced to abandon her cliff-top cottage because it was falling into the sea.\n\nAnne Jones's family had owned the property in Easton Bavents near Southwold in Suffolk since 1925.\n\nA storm destroyed a large chunk of the cliff in December, leaving the building 30ft (9m) from the edge.\n\nIt has since been demolished over a number of weeks, after being deemed unsafe by engineers, and the cliff has eroded by another 10ft (3m).\n\n\"The whole family is incredibly sad, my father won't even go down the lane because he can't bear to look at it. There is so much history there and we have rented it out to so many local people over the years,\" said Mrs Jones.\n\n\"It's quite depressing, it makes me angry. It feels so unfair that we have lost hundreds of acres of land and we just have to accept it, whereas more prosperous, populated areas get protected.\"\n\nAnne Jones was told her cliff-top house would be demolished as it was no longer safe\n\nThe demolition took several weeks, as the family wanted to preserve and sell some of the bricks to make back a tiny portion of their losses\n\nBy the time the house was demolished it was just 20ft (6m) from the edge of the cliff\n\nEaston Bavents was once a thriving village and England's most easterly point. Its church disappeared into the sea in the 17th Century and much of the land surrounding it has been eroded.\n\nMrs Jones's great-grandfather Herbert Boggis used his life savings to buy the 400-acre estate in 1925, but it is now less than half that size.\n\nOver the past two decades, the house has crept closer to the cliff edge due to erosion.\n\nJuliet Blaxland rented part of the property, which is made up of three terraced cottages, from the family for 12 years. She was asked to move out just before Christmas.\n\nThe author, who wrote a book about her time living there, said she was very sad to watch the house being dismantled and it was \"a great loss\" to the farm.\n\nThe house in Easton Bavents is now rubble\n\nPeter Boggis, who is Mrs Jones's mother's cousin, started building his own sea defences nearly 20 years ago to protect the area but was ordered to stop after losing a court battle.\n\nA government-funded scheme, which was approved in 2012 to help them relocate, did not work out and the landowners have been left to fend for themselves, Mrs Jones said.\n\nA spokesman for East Suffolk Council, which is part of the Coastal Partnership East group that manages the coast in the area, said it had \"worked hard... with property owners in Easton Bavents over the last 10 years to try and find ways to alleviate the challenges of losing your property to the sea\".\n\nHe added they supported those who lose their property to erosion with a planning right to build elsewhere in the district.\n\nAuthor Juliet Blaxland rented part of the property from the family for 12 years, but was asked to leave before Christmas\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "Over A$470,000 has been donated by the family of Quaden Bayles (L), who has been bullied at school for his dwarfism\n\nThe family of an Australian boy who gained global fame in a viral video after he was bullied have turned down a crowdfunded trip to Disneyland and vow to give the money to charity instead.\n\nYarraka Bayles posted a clip of her son, Quaden, crying after he was targeted at school for his dwarfism.\n\nMore than $308,000 (£240,000) has since been given to an online campaign.\n\nHis family told local media that they were touched by the gesture, but wanted to focus on \"the real issue\".\n\n\"This little fellow has been bullied. How many suicides, black or white, in our society have happened due to bullying?,\" his aunt, Mundanara Bayles, told NITV.\n\n\"We want the money to go to community organisations that really need it,\" she added. \"As much as we want to go to Disneyland, I think our community would far off benefit from that.\"\n\nThe video of Quaden crying has been viewed millions of times online\n\nThe family said they wanted to give the money to two charities: Dwarfism Awareness Australia, and the Balunu Healing Foundation.\n\nThey said they were also in discussions with Brad Williams, a US comedian who started the campaign on GoFundMe, and who has the same dwarfism condition of Achondroplasia.\n\nQuaden led out the Indigenous All-Stars during a rugby match last week\n\nMr Williams stated on the campaign website that \"any excess money\" from the Disneyland trip would be donated to anti-bullying and anti-abuse charities.\n\nUnder GoFundMe's terms, all donated funds must be used \"solely for the purpose you have stated on and in connection with your campaign\".\n\nAside from the campaign, since the video of Quaden surfaced online he has led a rugby league team out to their match in Queensland.\n\nCelebrities like actor Hugh Jackman and basketball player Enes Kanter have also shared their support online, while parents in other countries have posted video messages from their own children.\n\nIn the confronting six-minute video that originally went viral, Quaden's mother describes the relentless bullying experienced by her son every day. The family, who are Aboriginal Australian, live in Queensland.\n\nIf you or someone you know needs support for issues around this story, in Australia you can contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 224 636. In the UK these organisations may be able to help.", "Anything said by witnesses to the Grenfell Tower inquiry will not be used to prosecute them over the fire, the attorney general has said.\n\nThe second phase of the inquiry has been on hold for several weeks, as many witnesses threatened to stay silent without a guarantee.\n\nThe request came from lawyers for those involved in refurbishing the block.\n\nIt only applies to oral evidence from individuals and not documents and oral evidence from corporations.\n\nThe chairman of the inquiry backed the request earlier this month but had needed approval from the attorney general.\n\nSuella Braverman's office said she had concluded the guarantee was needed to \"enable the inquiry to continue to hear vital evidence about the circumstances and causes of the fire\".\n\nWithout it, she concluded that some witnesses would be likely to decline to give evidence, her office added, by claiming the legal right of privilege against self-incrimination.\n\nSurvivors' group Grenfell United said it was a \"sad day\".\n\nThe second phase of the inquiry, which began in January, is looking at how the building came to be covered in flammable cladding during its refurbishment between 2012 and 2016.\n\nIn a statement, Ms Braverman said: \"The undertaking I am providing to the inquiry means it can continue to take evidence from witnesses who otherwise would likely refuse to answer questions.\n\n\"These questions are important to finding out the truth about the circumstances of the fire. The undertaking will not jeopardise the police investigation or prospects of a future criminal prosecution.\"\n\nInquiry chairman Sir Martin Moore-Bick said he sought the pledge to allow individual witnesses to provide the public hearings with a truthful account without fear for the future, allowing him to make recommendations based on the fullest body of evidence possible.\n\nThe proposed undertaking will cover oral evidence from individual witnesses only.\n\nSir Martin said the Metropolitan Police Service did not suggest that granting the undertaking would \"hamper\" their concurrent investigations.\n\nScotland Yard is carrying out its own investigation into possible crimes ranging from gross negligence manslaughter and corporate manslaughter to health and safety offences over the 2017 fire which killed 72 people.\n\nThe application for protections related to witnesses from firms including external wall subcontractor Harley Facades, main contractor Rydon, architects Studio E, and window and cladding fitters Osborne Berry.\n\nGrenfell United said the need to establish what happened \"must not come at the expense of justice and prosecutions\".\n\n\"The inquiry is about getting to the truth so that lessons are learnt and the government can make changes,\" the group said in a statement.\n\n\"We take part to make sure there will never be another Grenfell and people are safe in their homes.\n\n\"For our continued participation, the government must make sure the inquiry process does not undermine prosecutions.\n\n\"We expect criminal prosecutions at the end of this and will not settle for anything less.\n\n\"If prosecutions are affected by this decision we will hold the government accountable.\n\n\"Grenfell was a tragedy but it was not an accident.\"\n\nFire Brigades Union general secretary Matt Wrack said he thought firefighters who gave evidence in the inquiry would be \"appalled\" that the undertaking had been provided.\n\nMr Wrack said in a statement: \"The truth must now come out - and those responsible must be finally held to account.\"\n\nThe second stage of the inquiry previously heard that the main designers and contractors involved in the refurbishment appeared to predict that the cladding system would fail in a fire, up to two years before the disaster.\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.", "Police were called to a cottage in Winsford, Somerset, at 14:30 GMT on Saturday\n\nA neighbour of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's father involved in a double shooting has died.\n\nJohn Zurick, 67, was found with shotgun injuries - thought to have been self-inflicted - after police were called to a cottage in Winsford, Somerset, on Saturday.\n\nAvon and Somerset Police said he died in hospital in Devon on Thursday.\n\nThe force has said the death of his wife Deborah, 56, found shot at the scene, was being treated as murder.\n\nDet Ch Insp Neil Rice said the force was not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths, and it would provide a file of evidence to the Somerset coroner.\n\nMr and Mrs Zurick were neighbours of Stanley Johnson - father of the prime minister.\n\nOn Tuesday Stanley Johnson said his family was \"shocked, stunned and saddened\" by the death of Mrs Zurick.\n\nEarlier this month police seized licensed weapons from the home of Mr and Mrs Zurick as part of a separate investigation.\n\nThey said there were \"satisfied\" no firearms licensed to any of the occupants remained at the premises.\n\nAvon and Somerset Police has referred itself to the police watchdog due to previous contact with those involved.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Online gaming firm Mr Green, which is owned by William Hill, has been hit with a £3m penalty for failing to protect gambling addicts.\n\nThe Gambling Commission also said the company did not have effective procedures to check customers were using legitimate sources of money.\n\nThe commission said its investigation had uncovered \"systemic failings\".\n\nIt failed to freeze the account of a customer who won £50,000 and gambled it away before depositing thousands more.\n\nThe company also accepted a 10-year-old document showing a £176,000 claims payout as satisfactory evidence of source of funds for a customer who deposited more than £1m.\n\nMr Green is the ninth company to face penalties as part of a probe by the Gambling Commission into safeguarding failures by online casinos and poor measures to prevent money laundering.\n\nThe Gambling Commission has issued more than £20m in penalties since 2018.\n\nThe money will go to the National Strategy to Reduce Gambling Harms, which provides treatment and support for addicts.\n\n\"Our investigation uncovered systemic failings in respect of both Mr Green's social responsibility and anti-money laundering controls which affected a significant number of customers across its online casinos,\" said Richard Watson, the Gambling Commission's executive director.\n\n\"Consumers in Britain have the right to know that there are checks and balances in place which will help keep them safe and ensure gambling is crime-free - and we will continue to crack down on operators who fail in this area.\"", "A 3D image of the proposed launch pad complex for Space Hub Sutherland\n\nThe developers of a proposed spaceport say measures would be taken to handle spectators who turn up to see launches.\n\nIf approved, small satellites could be launched from the Space Hub Sutherland site near Tongue up to 12 times a year.\n\nLong stretches of the roads in the area on the north Sutherland coast are single-track.\n\nThe developers, which include Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), have said car parking and signage would be provided to spectators.\n\nMeasures to prevent people from parking on the verges of the nearby A838 road, other \"security arrangements\" and public access to information on launches would also be put in place.\n\nThe details are included in an environmental assessment for the project.\n\nThere has been opposition from some residents in the area and Extinction Rebellion Scotland with concerns raised about the facility's impact on the environment.\n\nLocal group Protect the Mhoine said there were concerns for the loss of peatland, which acts as a \"carbon sink\" soaking up large amounts of carbon dioxide (C02) from the atmosphere.\n\nIt also has safety concerns about launches and the impact of any rocket failures.\n\nIn the environmental assessment, the developers have said strict rules on safety and protecting the environment would be followed at the site.\n\nAn earlier artist's impression of a launch at the spaceport\n\nWorking with private companies, HIE has proposed building Europe's first vertical launch site.\n\nA planning application for the project was submitted to Highland Council earlier this month.\n\nThe rockets would carry small, commercial satellites that would typically be used for Earth observation.", "Staff at the chicken chain Nando's claim they sometimes have to clean its restaurants without pay.\n\nCurrent and former Nando's employees at multiple restaurants told the BBC they had to scrub cookers and disinfect toilets after being clocked out.\n\nOne claimed the same mops were used in toilets and kitchens while another said they handled chicken without gloves.\n\nNando's said it was its policy to pay employees properly and it upholds the highest cleaning standards.\n\nMost of its branches do not employ dedicated cleaners - which Nando's described as standard across the food service industry.\n\nThe company, which has more than 400 restaurants in the UK, added: \"Cleaning is an integral part of restaurant work and is crucial to maintaining high standards of health and hygiene, which we take very seriously.\"\n\nThousands of people have signed an online petition calling on Nando's to review its cleaning and pay policies.\n\n\"The managers would clock us out early and not adjust for late stays. If we complained, we were simply told we should have worked faster,\" people commenting on the petition claimed.\n\nMost Nando's branches do not employ a dedicated cleaner\n\nThe BBC spoke to five current and former Nando's staff - dubbed \"Nandocas\" by the company - they all requested anonymity.\n\nFor most, Nando's was their first job. Collectively they have worked in seven different restaurants across England and Scotland within the past 12 months.\n\nThey were broadly complimentary about Nando's as a workplace. \"You do make friends… it's social,\" one said. \"It's saved me £45 a week in free food,\" another added.\n\nBut almost all highlighted problems with how closing shifts are managed and some alleged incidents of poor cleaning practices.\n\nThey all described closing shifts as ending when a manager - known as a \"Patrao\" - signed off the restaurant as ready for the next day.\n\nThe system automatically clocks staff out unless managers override it, but that did not always happen, the workers claimed.\n\n\"I would get my payslip on a Friday and find I'd have less money than expected because they didn't put in the hours on my closing shifts,\" a 22-year-old, who we're calling Suzanne, said.\n\n\"There was a time where we'd run over and finished around 02:30 in the morning and the managers had already put it through the system and they wouldn't add on the extra hours.\"\n\nMore than 10 reviews about Nando's posted on Glassdoor mention unpaid overtime\n\n\"You would be usually clocked out early and I thought that was a normal thing. I just thought they pay us for extra hours,\" said 19-year-old Jenny - not her real name - who worked at a Nando's in Cheshire.\n\n\"I did ask colleagues 'are we actually getting paid?' and they said... 'we don't actually get paid, you have to bug them for it'.\n\n\"You have to ask [managers] 'can I have the extra pay for the close' and they wouldn't always actually do it.\"\n\nOne current member of staff who works in the kitchen of a Nando's in the south-west of England said that he was almost always paid properly for overtime.\n\nBut there were occasional mistakes.\n\n\"We had this one staff member who, when [his hours] got put through completely wrong, didn't get paid so the manager gave him the money out of his own pocket,\" the 20-year-old said.\n\nSeveral of those the BBC spoke to said Nando's uses an industry-standard colour-coded system to separate cleaning equipment. For example, a green mop is used in kitchens, while a red mop is used to clean toilets.\n\nSuzanne, who worked at a Nando's in Manchester city centre, claimed she rarely saw the red mop head used in the 12 months she worked there.\n\n\"The kitchen staff will close first... they wouldn't really take the time out to use the correct coloured mop,\" she said.\n\n\"You can use any bucket or any mop, which was a huge problem because whatever is in the kitchen would be contaminated in the toilets.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Jenny claimed she was required to cook chicken and clean toilets without protection for a week due to a supply issue.\n\n\"That means that raw chicken was being racked [cooked] without hair nets or gloves and also toilets had to be cleaned when we didn't have the option of wearing gloves at all,\" she said.\n\nNando's - which has around 20,000 staff in Britain - has also responded to complaints which mention unpaid overtime and arduous cleaning duties made on the employment review website Glassdoor.\n\nEmployment lawyer Katie Mahoney said managers' control of the clocking out system could be a breach of trust which may \"entitle the employee to resign and claim constructive dismissal\".\n\n\"Depending on the terms of the contract, they may also be able to argue that the failure to pay them for the hours they have actually worked has resulted in an unlawful deduction from their wages,\" she added.\n\nStaff said cleaning tasks ranged from mopping floors to bleaching toilet bowls and urinals\n\nThe petition calling on Nando's to review its cleaning and pay policies was created on the campaigns website Organise, which told the BBC it is supported by 551 people who said they work there. It has so far gained more than 3,700 signatures.\n\nThe BBC understands the company has \"reinforced\" its clocking-out policy to managers as a result of the petition.\n\nOrganise founder Nat Whalley said: \"Hundreds of Nando's staff are now speaking up together to stamp out missing pay.\"\n\nA Nando's spokesperson told the BBC: \"We wholeheartedly refute the accusation that we would ask or expect our employees to do unpaid work.\n\n\"Without exception, our policy across all our restaurants is to pay all of our employees for all the work they do, and we take this incredibly seriously.\n\n\"If human error ever does occur, it is rectified without delay.\"\n\n\"As is standard across the industry, cleaning is an essential role for employees, and this is made clear to all job applicants,\" they added.\n\n\"Cleaning is an integral part of restaurant work and is crucial to maintaining high standards of health and hygiene, which we take very seriously. Any employee who is asked to clean is given full training.\"\n\nThe spokesperson said: \"99% of our restaurants across the country have a rating of four or five under the Food Hygiene Scheme\".\n\nWhat are your experiences of working in and cleaning restaurants? 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:", "Boris Johnson is facing criticism from a former Tory minister, Caroline Nokes\n\nBoris Johnson's controversial comments on Muslim women were \"really ill judged\", says a former Tory minister.\n\nThe PM came under fire in 2018 after he wrote an article comparing women in burkas to letterboxes and bank robbers.\n\nCaroline Nokes - who chairs the Commons Women and Equalities Committee - said the PM should \"think very carefully\" about his words and their impact.\n\nShe also compared Parliament to a \"boys' prep school\", and said working there is \"turning me into a feminist\".\n\nIn an interview with The House Magazine, the former immigration minister under Theresa May, said the article on Muslim women was the incident that \"stands out\".\n\nShe added: \"I have always held the view that it's not for any man to tell any woman what she should wear - advice that I would sometimes shout at my own father when he comments on what I'm wearing.\n\n\"But I think the prime minister's choice of words when grabbing headlines and being a newspaper columnist were unfortunate.\"\n\nMr Johnson repeatedly refused to apologise for the article, claiming his comments were taken out of context.\n\nBut during the 2019 election campaign, he said he was \"sorry for any offence I have caused\".\n\nDuring the interview, Ms Nokes also criticised the Parliament for being like a public school \"where the inmates haven't quite got to 13\".\n\nShe said entering Westminster was a \"real shock to the system\", adding: \"If Parliament wants to take credit for one thing that it has done for me over the course of the last 10 years, it is turning me into a feminist.\n\n\"Maybe I had just been lucky before coming here, but suddenly you sort of become confronted with some really outdated attitudes, and some really challenging behaviours.\"\n\nBut Ms Nokes also said the UK as a whole had become less tolerant.\n\n\"I think it's incumbent upon government, it's incumbent upon the education system, it's incumbent upon all of us to be more tolerant, and to be more understanding,\" she added.\n\n\"We're really good as a country at having some national outpourings of grief and upset over high profile things, but actually that massive increase in hate crimes towards people from LGBTQ perspectives, from disabled people, from different ethnicities is just horrific.\"", "Financial markets suffered a sixth day of losses on Thursday, as traders dumped shares on fears that the spread of coronavirus will hobble the global economy.\n\nIn the US, the Dow Jones plunged nearly 1,200 points to lose 4.4%. It was the sharpest points-drop in history.\n\nThe S&P 500 ended 4.4% lower, while the Nasdaq dropped 4.6%.\n\nEarlier, London's FTSE 100 finished 3.5% lower, while Japan's Nikkei 225 led Asian losses, falling more than 2%.\n\nThe string of declines has pushed indexes in Europe and the US down more than 10% from their recent highs - sending them into so-called \"correction\" territory.\n\nThe tumult comes as the coronavirus, which started in China, spreads rapidly around the world, restricting travel, upending global supply chains and prompting shoppers in some countries to stay home.\n\n\"Markets move sharply when fear and uncertainty are prevalent, and there is plenty of both right now,\" said Greg McBride, chief financial analyst for Bankrate.com.\n\nIndexes in the US and London were poised for their the biggest weekly losses since the 2008 financial crisis, as the Dow retreated to levels last seen in August.\n\nInvestors rushed into less risky investments, such as government debt, sending bond yields to record lows.\n\nGlobally, the share price declines of the last six days have wiped out more than $3.6tn (£2.8tn) in value.\n\nThe declines follow warnings from dozens of companies - from mining firm Rio Tinto to software giant Microsoft - that they will not hit sales targets. On Thursday, Facebook said it would cancel a conference for developers, scheduled for May.\n\nEconomists, many of whom had originally expected the virus to be a temporary blow, are also sounding warnings.\n\nAt an event on Wednesday, former US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen suggested it could tip the US into recession, while Goldman Sachs told clients it did not expect companies to see any profit growth this year.\n\n\"Our reduced profit forecasts reflect the severe decline in Chinese economic activity... lower end-demand for US exporters, disruption to the supply chain for many US firms, a slowdown in US economic activity, and elevated business uncertainty,\" the firm wrote.\n\nThe coronavirus has infected nearly 79,000 people in China and killed more than 2,700. More than 3,200 cases and 51 deaths have been reported in another 44 countries.\n\nInvestors around the world are now looking to see if central banks respond with efforts to prop up the economy.\n\nChinas's central bank has already taken stimulative measures.\n\nGermany's Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said that while the impact of the virus so far had been limited, the country was considering how to respond should it worsen.", "Malcolm Rodger described how he felt \"trapped, frozen and scared\" because of sex offender Bill Kelly\n\nA former youth footballer has claimed he was sexually abused by a notorious paedophile after being trafficked from Scotland to England.\n\nMalcolm Rodger said he was assaulted by ex-coach Barry Bennell after being introduced to him by convicted sex offender Bill Kelly.\n\nHe also told BBC Radio Scotland's Drivetime with John Beattie he was abused during a tournament in Spain.\n\nThe Scottish Football Association is currently investigating historic abuse.\n\nA spokesperson said: \"The Scottish FA awaits the final report into sexual abuse in Scottish football and it would be inappropriate to make any comment prior to that.\"\n\nMalcolm Rodger played for a successful youth team in West Lothian when he was 13\n\nMr Rodger, who has waived his anonymity, named a third man who abused him as former Celtic Boys' Club coach Jim McCafferty, who was jailed last year.\n\nThe former soldier has also described his ordeal in an interview with Channel Four News.\n\nThe leader of the Independent Review of Sexual Abuse in Scottish Football, Martin Henry, told the programme he only obtained evidence of trafficking in the last month.\n\nMr Rodger was 13 when he signed for Uphall Saints Boys' Club in West Lothian.\n\nThe team were prolific trophy winners and acted as a feeder club for professional sides.\n\nHis coach was a man called Bill Kelly, who would later be jailed for a catalogue of sex offences against 12 victims over a 22-year period.\n\nMr Rodger said: \"He (Kelly) initially said to my parents that I showed an abundance of talent but extra training would elicit further doors being opened for me and a potential professional career.\n\n\"Obviously at that young, tender, unknowledgeable age I did not know what was happening to me.\n\n\"I was then put in an environment where I was trapped, frozen, scared, did not know where to turn.\n\n\"It effectively changed my character over the two years over which he and others went on to abuse me.\"\n\nIn 1984 the team travelled to Blackpool and Mr Rodger said it was in the seaside town where Bill Kelly introduced him to Barry Bennell.\n\nIn 2018 Bennell was described by a judge as the \"devil incarnate\" as he was jailed for 31 years for 50 counts of child sexual abuse between 1979 and 1991.\n\nLast year Manchester City set up a child sexual abuse victim payment scheme to compensate victims of the former coach,\n\nMr Rodger said his experiences, which have been detailed in two statements of fact to his solicitor, have left some of those who read them \"visibly upset\".\n\nHe estimates Kelly abused him up to 30 times over two seasons in Scotland, England and abroad.\n\nMr Rodger said: \"He took me to Spain for an international football tournament and abused me constantly for 10 days.\n\n\"At that time he introduced me to Barry Bennell for a second time and basically stood and watched guard as Barry Bennell abused me.\"\n\nJim McCafferty worked at Celtic more than 20 years ago\n\nMr Rodger said Kelly also introduced him to Jim McCafferty, who was coaching for another West Lothian team, Almondvale, in Fauldhouse.\n\nAnd he said was abused by McCafferty at county level training sessions.\n\nChannel Four News tracked down Bill Kelly, who was jailed for 12 months in 1997.\n\nBut he claimed Mr Rodger's allegations of trafficking were categorically \"not true\".\n\nAsked what he had to say to his victims, Mr Kelly said: \"I'm sorry if I upset you, if that's the case. Oh yes, it ruins lives.\"\n\nMr Rodger met SFA chief executive Iain Maxwell and child wellbeing and protection manager Alyson Evans after he spoke to The Times last month.\n\nHe now wants the game's governing body to either publically admit or deny liability for a problem he said affected hundreds of young footballers.\n\nMr Rodger added: \"You can't undo what has happened. I am not asking them to change what happened to me. I am asking them to face up to their responsibilities.\"\n\nTo this day the psychological impact is such that he suffers \"daily\" flashbacks.\n\nMr Rodger said: \"I can remember the bedroom door getting shut.\n\n\"I can remember the changing room door getting closed.\n\n\"I can remember what was said to me and what was promised to me.\n\n\"I can remember the clatter of football studs and then being faced in a changing room with a grown man and that will never leave me.\"\n\nThe second part of Channel Four News' Scottish football investigation will focus on Celtic.\n\nOn Wednesday the Scottish champions issued a statement about historic abuse, an issue which has dogged the team since the convictions of men with links to Celtic Boys Club.\n\nIn November 2018 Celtic Boys Club founder Jim Torbett, 71, was jailed for six years after being convicted of sexually abusing three boys over an eight-year period.\n\nJim McCafferty, who was a coach and kit man for the Celtic youth team and also worked for Celtic Boys Club, was jailed for six years and nine months.\n\nIn court, he admitted 12 charges related to child sex abuse against 10 teenage boys between 1972 and 1996.\n\nThe Celtic statement said it was \"appalled by any form of historic abuse\" and has \"great sympathy\" for the victims and their families.\n\nIt continued: \"The club is very sorry that these events took place. The abuse of young people is an abhorrent crime.\"", "Britons are missing out on daily doses of nature, the National Trust has warned - as it called for people to \"actively experience\" the outdoors.\n\nMore than 70% of children say they rarely or never watch clouds, butterflies and bees, a survey said.\n\nIt also found that most adults had rarely or never listened to birdsong or smelled wild flowers in the past year.\n\nA study found people who regularly connect with nature were more likely to help tackle the crisis facing wildlife.\n\nPublished by the National Trust with the University of Derby, the study also suggested that being connected with nature - noticing natural phenomenon every day - is linked to higher well being.\n\nIt comes as the trust has launched a new campaign to boost people's connection with nature, which includes a new week-by-week guide to help people improve their relationship with the natural world and take action to help halt wildlife declines.\n\nIt will feature tips to connect better with nature, including watching the sunrise, listening to birdsong and watching butterflies and bees, the trust said.\n\nThere will also be recommended activities in the guide, such as planting something to grow in the garden, sketching a flower or animal or building a hedgehog home.\n\nThe campaign will also include billboards advertising the first day of spring, events celebrating the dawn, and a \"blossom watch\" scheme.\n\nThe research found widespread concern for declines in nature among both adults and children, aged between eight and 15, who were surveyed by YouGov as part of the study.\n\nMore than half of adults (52%) said they had witnessed decline in the natural world in their lifetime.\n\nProfessor Miles Richardson, from the University of Derby, said: \"In our analysis, we discovered that the kind of connection that makes the difference involves more than simply spending time outdoors - instead it's about actively tuning in to nature, regularly spending simple, bite-size moments relating to nature around you.\"\n\nAndy Beer, from the National Trust, said: \"With the current nature crisis, people may feel powerless in the face of the daunting task of helping halt its decline.\n\n\"But evidence shows that small, everyday interventions in people's lives can lead to real meaningful change that could add up to make a huge difference.\n\n\"Daily doses of nature are vital to making this connection. The fantastic thing about it is that it's not hard for people to do.\n\n\"Whether it's on the way to school or work, on a day out with family or friends or simply spending time at home - there are many ways we can all take time to actively experience nature.\"", "Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova is \"saying goodbye\" to tennis at the age of 32.\n\nIn an article written for Vogue and Vanity Fair , Sharapova said her body \"had become a distraction\" after a struggle with shoulder injuries.\n\nThe Russian won her first Grand Slam at Wimbledon in 2004 aged 17 and completed the career slam - all four major titles - by winning the French Open in 2012.\n\nIn 2016, she served a 15-month ban after testing positive for meldonium.\n\nAfter returning from her ban in 2017, Sharapova struggled to recapture her best form and suffered from a number of injuries.\n\nShe has dropped to 373 in the world, her lowest ranking since August 2002, and has lost in the first round of her past three Grand Slam tournaments.\n\nIn announcing her retirement, she said: \"I'm new to this, so please forgive me. Tennis - I'm saying goodbye.\n\n\"Looking back now, I realize that tennis has been my mountain. My path has been filled with valleys and detours, but the views from its peak were incredible.\n\n\"After 28 years and five Grand Slam titles, though, I'm ready to scale another mountain - to compete on a different type of terrain.\n\n\"That relentless chase for victories, though? That won't ever diminish. No matter what lies ahead, I will apply the same focus, the same work ethic, and all of the lessons I've learned along the way.\n\n\"In the meantime, there are a few simple things I'm really looking forward to: A sense of stillness with my family. Lingering over a morning cup of coffee. Unexpected weekend getaways. Workouts of my choice (hello, dance class!)\"\n\nSharapova said her 6-1 6-1 first-round defeat by Serena Williams at last year's US Open was the \"final signal\".\n\n\"Behind closed doors, 30 minutes before taking the court, I had a procedure to numb my shoulder to get through the match,\" she said,\n\n\"Shoulder injuries are nothing new for me - over time my tendons have frayed like a string. I've had multiple surgeries - once in 2008, another procedure last year - and spent countless months in physical therapy.\n\n\"Just stepping on to the court that day felt like a final victory, when of course it should have been merely the first step toward victory.\"\n\nSharapova did not play again in 2019 after that defeat at Flushing Meadows and has played just twice this year, including a straight sets loss to Croat Donna Vekic in the Australian Open first round, her last competitive appearance..\n\nSharapova shot to stardom in 2004 aged just 17 when victory over Serena Williams saw her become the third-youngest woman to win the Wimbledon singles title.\n\nShe would go on to become one of the most high-profile names in women's sport, winning 36 singles titles and earning more than $38m (£29m) in prize money.\n\nIn 2005 she became the first Russian woman to become world number one, and won her second Grand Slam singles title at the US Open the following year.\n\nBut 2007 saw the first of Sharapova's struggles with injury, as she missed most of the clay court season with a shoulder problem.\n\nShe would return to form and fitness to win the Australian Open at the start of 2008, but a second shoulder injury kept her off tour for the second half of the season, meaning she missed the US Open and Beijing Olympics.\n\nIn 2012, Sharapova captured the French Open at Roland Garros to become the 10th woman to complete the career Grand Slam, before winning Olympic silver in London.\n\nYet another shoulder injury saw her miss the second half of the 2013 season, although she returned the following year to win her second French Open, and fifth and final Grand Slam.\n\nIn March 2016, Sharapova told a news conference she had tested positive for meldonium at the Australian Open.\n\nSharapova said she had been taking the drug since 2006 for health problems and was unaware it had been added to the banned list, insisting she had \"not tried to use a performance-enhancing substance\".\n\nShe was banned for two years, later reduced to 15 months following an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.\n\nShe returned to tennis in April 2017, winning what would be her final career singles title at the Tianjin Open in October that year.\n\nSharapova reached the quarter-finals at the 2018 French Open and the last 16 of the Australian Open at the start of 2019, but injuries and loss of form began to take its toll.\n\n'It was a pleasure to share the court with you' - reaction\n\nFollowing Sharapova's announcement, hercoach Riccardo Piatti tweeted: \"It's been an honour to have worked with such an amazing athlete and person. I'll miss her on court and outside. I'm sorry we couldn't work together for longer. But I know our paths will cross again and I can't wait for it. In the meantime, good luck with everything.\"\n\nTwo-time Grand Slam champion Petra Kvitova said it had been \"a pleasure\" to share a court with Sharapova.\n\nThe Czech added: \"We always had great battles when we played and I have so much respect for your hard work and the way you always fight for everything. You have achieved a lot in your life and I know this is just the start.\"\n\nMeanwhile, tennis legend Billie Jean King added: \"From the day Maria Sharapova won her first Wimbledon title at age 17, she has been a great champion. A five-time major champion and a former world number one, her business success is just as impressive as her tennis achievements. Maria, the best is yet to come for you!\"\n\nReacting after his victory over Philipp Kohlschreiber at the Dubai Open on Wednesday, world number one men's player Novak Djokovic asked the crowd to offer a round of applause for Sharapova.\n\n\"She is a great fighter, as dedicated as someone can really be in our sport,\" the Serbian 17-time Grand Slam champion said. \"The will power and willingness to overcome the obstacle she had, with her injuries and surgeries and trying to fight to come back to the court and play at her desired level - it's truly inspirational to see what a mind of a champion she has. At the end of a fantastic career she can be proud of herself.\"", "Greta Thunberg tweeted over the weekend that she would be taking part in the city's youth protest\n\nPolice are warning parents a Bristol protest Greta Thunberg is due to join has \"grown so large\" it is unlikely usual safety measures will be adequate.\n\nAvon and Somerset Police say they expect thousands of people at the Bristol Youth Strike 4 Climate on College Green on Friday to hear the 17-year-old climate activist speak.\n\nThe force said there was \"potential for trips, slips, falls and crushing\".\n\nParents and carers were advised to make their own safety arrangements.\n\nThe Swedish climate change campaigner tweeted over the weekend that she would be taking part in the city's youth protest.\n\nBut in a letter addressed to parents of school-age children, Supt Andy Bennett said the force was \"unable to accurately predict how large this event will be\".\n\n\"Social media has gone viral with interest which leads me to believe it will be thousands of people,\" he wrote.\n\n\"We have confirmation of people travelling from across the UK by car, bus, coach and train.\n\n\"I am told in Hamburg approximately 60,000 came to see Greta speak. Whilst I am not suggesting it will be this big, you can see the scale of the potential attendance.\"\n\nThe first school strike in Bristol took place in February last year\n\nHe said the event had been advertised promising areas suitable for both primary school children and disabled people but as a \"large-scale organic\" event, he said that would \"probably be unachievable\".\n\n\"In terms of big crowds, they are dynamic in nature and there is the potential for trips, slips, falls and crushing,\" he warned parents.\n\n\"The event has grown so large that the usual controls, stewarding and safety measures that are routinely put in place are unlikely to be scaled up adequately.\"\n\nHe added Park Street and the city centre would also be closed to \"try and mitigate the risks associated with a crowd too large for the College Green open space\".\n\nAccording to one of the protest's organisers, Greta had originally planned to visit London, but as the area planned for the protest in the capital was too small organisers had recommended Bristol instead.\n\nArtist Jody Thomas painted a mural of Ms Thunberg in Bristol last year\n\nTwo years ago, the teenage activist started missing lessons most Fridays to protest outside the Swedish parliament building, in what turned out to be the beginning of a huge environmental movement.\n\nShe has become a leading voice for action on climate change, inspiring millions of students to join protests around the world.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Controversial plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport have been thrown into doubt after a court ruling.\n\nThe government's decision to allow the expansion was unlawful because it did not take climate commitments into account, the Court of Appeal said.\n\nHeathrow said it would challenge the decision, but the government said it would not appeal.\n\nThe judges said that in future, a third runway could go ahead, as long as it fits with the UK's climate policy.\n\nThe case was brought by environmental groups, councils and the Mayor of London.\n\nThere were \"whoops and jumps of jubilation from environmentalists outside the court room\" after the judgement, BBC environment analyst Roger Harrabin reported.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps tweeted that the government would not appeal against the ruling.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn an interview, he said that it was \"for Heathrow and the courts to decide\" whether the expansion should go ahead.\n\n\"This government is absolutely committed [from] the Prime Minister down to airport expansion, but, we want to make sure that expansion is environmentally friendly,\" he said.\n\nHeathrow chief executive John Holland-Kaye said the airport would challenge the court's decision at the Supreme Court, saying: \"We think the appeals court got it wrong\".\n\n\"We have a very strong legal case, and we will be making that very firmly,\" he said.\n\nHe said in the meantime Heathrow would work with government on a review of its policy \"to make sure we can demonstrate expansion is compatible with the Paris accord on climate change\".\n\n\"I'm confident that this issue is fixable, and we can work with the government to get on and deliver the expanded Heathrow that Britain needs,\" Mr Holland-Kaye added. \"Without Heathrow expansion, there will be no global Britain.\"\n\nFriends of the Earth, one of the environmental groups that brought the case, said the ruling was \"an absolutely groundbreaking result for climate justice\".\n\nWill Rundle, head of legal at the campaign group, said: \"This judgment has exciting wider implications for keeping climate change at the heart of all planning decisions.\n\n\"It's time for developers and public authorities to be held to account when it comes to the climate impact of their damaging developments.\"\n\nGreenpeace said the government needed to \"permanently ground Heathrow's expansion plans\".\n\nGreenpeace UK's executive director, John Sauven, said: \"The third runway is already on its knees over costs, noise, air pollution, habitat loss and lack of access, and now Heathrow has yet another impossibly high hurdle to clear.\n\n\"Boris Johnson should now put Heathrow out of its misery and cancel the third runway once and for all. No ifs, no buts, no lies, no U-turns.\"\n\nMPs voted overwhelmingly to support Heathrow expansion in 2018, with Boris Johnson out of the country at the time.\n\nBefore he became prime minister, Mr Johnson pledged in 2015 to lie down \"in front of those bulldozers and stop the building, stop the construction of that third runway\" at Heathrow.\n\nReacting to the Court of Appeal's decision the government hardly sounded enthusiastic about Heathrow expansion.\n\nTransport secretary Grant Shapps was repeatedly asked whether ministers still backed a third runway, he talked instead about \"overall airport expansion.\" Plus, the government's not going to appeal the decision, leaving it to others.\n\nSome think this is a sign that the project is about to be cancelled, but there's an alternative explanation for the reticence. For years Boris Johnson campaigned against the development, so joining a court action to push it through risks accusations of hypocrisy.\n\nPrivately, senior ministers say they're not looking at alternatives and if Heathrow wins its appeal at the Supreme Court then it will go ahead. For now the government can watch from a distance. If the case is lost, however, there will be some difficult decisions to make, because so many Conservative MPs and businesses think that airport expansion is essential.\n\nThe Court of Appeal found that the government had not followed UK policy when backing the controversial expansion plans.\n\nIt said that the government had a duty to take into account the Paris climate agreement, which seeks to limit global warming.\n\nIt was \"legally fatal\" to the government's Heathrow expansion policy that it did not take those climate commitments into account, the judges said.\n\nThe British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) said business communities in the UK would be \"bitterly disappointed that plans for a world-leading hub airport are now at risk\".\n\n\"Without expansion, firms risk losing crucial regional connectivity and access to key markets across the world,\" said BCC director general Adam Marshall.\n\nIndustry lobby group the CBI said that while \"all major projects must be consistent\" with net zero carbon emissions by 2050, \"it's clear that the government and aviation industry need to work closely to agree a robust decarbonisation plan\".\n\nHowever, it said it was \"vital\" that the Heathrow project be kept \"on track\".\n\n\"Opportunities for future trade will not wait,\" said Josh Hardie, CBI deputy-director general.\n\nBut airline group IAG, which owns British Airways, said: \"We have always said the environmental impact and cost of Heathrow expansion needs independent review. The airport cannot be trusted. Its original £14bn cost for expansion is now £32bn.\"\n• None What are the Heathrow third runway plans?", "In Romania, the first case of coronavirus was confirmed on Wednesday, a man from Gorj county in the south of the country, on the border with Bulgaria.\n\nHe had been in contact with an Italian citizen who visited his family in the city of Craiova between 18 and 22 February, who was confirmed ill with the virus after he returned to Italy.\n\nThe Romanian authorities are trying to trace and put into quarantine everyone he met in Romania.\n\n91 people are currently in quarantine, and 7,174 are in isolation at home. One million Romanians work in Italy, and there are direct flights from 14 Romanian cities.\n\nHarder to monitor are the large numbers of migrant labourers, who travel between the two countries by minibus or private car.\n\nIn Hungary, there’s growing concern and some panic-buying of face masks and hand disinfectants, but no confirmed cases. 18 people are in quarantine after visiting northern Italy, including schoolchildren and a lorry driver.\n\nAround 3,500 people have been screened so far at Budapest airport. Last week was half-term in many schools, and northern Italy is a popular region for Hungarian families to go skiing.\n\nThe authorities have earmarked two major Budapest hospitals for future cases.\n\nIn Bulgaria, the government sent a special plane to bring back 20 agriculture students from Italy. They are now under medical observation.\n\nBulgaria Air have cancelled flights to Milan until the end of March.\n\nThermal cameras which measure travellers’ temperatures are being installed at land border crossings as well as airports. Anyone with a temperature over 37 degrees is screened for the virus.", "The NHS has launched a new scheme to test people for coronavirus, which can cause the respiratory disease Covid-19.\n\nThe BBC's health editor, Hugh Pym, was shown a demonstration of how a \"drive-through\" testing facility purpose-built at Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust will work.\n\nThis sort of safe and convenient testing scheme is being rolled out across the country at NHS sites.\n\nMore than 7,000 people in the UK have been tested for the virus, with 15 people testing positive so far.", "The shooting took place at Molson Coors headquarters\n\nFive people have been killed in a shooting at the Molson Coors Brewing Company campus in Milwaukee, Wisconsin state, local officials say.\n\nThey say the gunman died from \"self-inflicted wounds\". The man - a 51-year-old Milwaukee resident - worked for the company. His motives were unclear.\n\nThe shooting occurred in the early afternoon while hundreds of employees were still at work.\n\nMilwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said it was a \"tragic day for the city\".\n\nSpeaking at a news briefing shortly after Wednesday's shooting, he described it as a \"horrific act\".\n\nMeanwhile, Milwaukee police chief Alfonso Morales said that the five victims were all employees of the brewing company.\n\nHe praised the way the city's police, FBI officers and firefighters responded to the attack.\n\nAs the incident unfolded, nearby schools and businesses were locked down, local media report.\n\nSpeaking at the White House in Washington, President Donald Trump offered his \"deepest condolences to the victims and families in Milwaukee\".\n\nHe described the gunman as a \"wicked murderer\".\n\nWisconsin congressman Mike Gallagher condemned the attack on Twitter, saying: \"There's no place for these kinds of hateful and disgusting acts in our society.\"\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 company's CEO said they were devastated. \"The most important thing is that we support and care for each other,\" Gavin Hattersley said in a statement.", "Singer-songwriter James Newman will represent the United Kingdom at this year's Eurovision Song Contest.\n\nHe'll perform My Last Breath at the event's final in Rotterdam in The Netherlands on 16 May.\n\nSpeaking to Radio 1 Newsbeat, James hopes his \"simple, memorable and anthemic\" song will help win votes.\n\nJames is a successful pop songwriter and has written for acts including Ed Sheeran and Jess Glynne, and is the older brother of John Newman.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. 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YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nThe UK's looking to improve on 2019's contest, when Michael Rice's X-Factor style ballad Bigger Than Us finished in last place.\n\nIt marked the fourth time the UK had come bottom of the table but James says he doesn't feel nervous at that prospect.\n\nHe feels his song will \"connect\" with the audience and says he has a \"massive opportunity to get my song out to the world in such a big way\".\n\nJames has co-written song for pop acts such as Ed Sheeran, Little Mix and Louis Tomlinson\n\nJames is signed to record label BMG, who the BBC have worked with to select and produce this year's entry.\n\nAfter he was approached, James says he had a \"little think\" before saying yes but decided Eurovision was a \"celebration of music\".\n\nWhile the United Kingdom is still one of the most successful countries in the 63-year history of the contest (five wins in total), it's seen little success since its last win in 1997.\n\nWhilst many still associate the event with camp, cheese and tackiness, the modern day contest is a slick production where many countries send their best acts.\n\nEurovision is the world's largest live music event, with organisers claiming the 2019 edition was seen by 182 million viewers across 40 markets.\n\nDuncan Laurence won the 2019 contest for the Netherlands with his stirring ballad, Arcade.\n\n\"Since I was a little kid, I've always wanted to be an artist and performer myself,\" says James. \"It just feels like the right time to start putting songs out.\"\n\nHe says he's lucky to have a brother like John (Newman) who's used to performing in front of thousands of people but, with a cheeky smile, he reckons it's time to show everyone who the \"actual good singer\" is.\n\nMy Last Breath was written in Scotland when he was staying near a loch with his mates (and fellow songwriters) Ed Drewett, Iain James and Adam Argyle.\n\n\"We were jumping in the loch every morning. This was January. It was freezing.\"\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 jamesnewman 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 song was inspired by a documentary about a diver in the North Sea who has to be saved after getting cut off from the rest of his crew, and the video features Dutch cold water swimmer Wim Hof.\n\n\"It got us thinking about what you would for other people.\"\n\nJames Newman also has Eurovision history himself after writing Ireland's 2017 entry - but it didn't qualify for the final.\n\nThere was a weird moment when Greg James played the UK's Eurovision song on BBC Radio 1.\n\nThere it was, sandwiched between tracks by Harry Styles and Dua Lipa and... it didn't sound like his show had been hacked.\n\nThat's down to the pedigree of James Newman and his co-writers, who have written hits for some of the UK's biggest pop exports of the last decade.\n\nMy Last Breath ticks all the Eurovision boxes: It's a mid-tempo banger with a Coldplay-style \"woah-oh\" hook and a lyric about undying love.\n\nGranted, the central metaphor is weirdly macabre (it concerns two scuba divers running out of air) but somehow that makes it more memorable.\n\nIt doesn't feel like a winner but nor does it feel like an embarrassment. And that, at least, is progress.\n\nJames won a Brit Award for co-writing Waiting All Night, performed by Rudimental and Ella Eyre\n\nOver the past decade, the BBC has tried two strategies for Eurovision, with neither providing amazing results.\n\nFrom 2011 to 2015, the act was internally selected by the BBC, with Blue's I Can getting the best result. It placed 11th out of 25 in 2011.\n\nFrom 2016 to 2019, the act was selected with a public vote. Of those, Lucie Jones' 2017 ballad I'll Never Give Up On You placed 15th.\n\nThe last time the UK actually got into the Eurovision final top ten was in 2009, when Jade Ewen performed the Andrew Lloyd Webber-penned track It's My Time and came fifth.\n\nThis year, the United Kingdom's strategy has changed once again, with the BBC essentially giving record label BMG free rein to choose the act and curate the performance.\n\nNo matter what happens when the votes start rolling in, James says it's an \"amazing thing to be singing something you love in front of all those people.\"\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.\n• None Time to take Eurovision seriously?", "The government has pledged an extra £236m to tackle rough sleeping, alongside an urgent review into the issue by a former homelessness tsar.\n\nThe new funding will go towards accommodation for up to 6,000 rough sleepers, and helping those at immediate risk of being on the streets.\n\nIt comes after BBC research revealed rough sleeping was five times higher than the official figures suggested.\n\nLabour said the government was \"in denial about the scale\" of the problem.\n\nBut Boris Johnson said he was \"absolutely determined to end rough sleeping once and for all\".\n\nThe announcement comes ahead of new homelessness figures, set to be published on Thursday.\n\nOn Wednesday, the BBC revealed more than 28,000 people in the UK were recorded sleeping rough in 12 months, with five times as many rough sleepers in England than the government's published statistics.\n\nThe government said it had already committed £437m to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping in 2020/21, but No 10 said the £236m was additional money to help it meet its manifesto pledge to end homelessness within the parliamentary term.\n\nThe funding will be used to buy new accommodation, refurbish existing units, and to lease private rented sector properties for those already rough sleeping or those at risk.\n\n\"It is simply unacceptable that we still have so many people sleeping on the streets,\" said Mr Johnson\n\n\"We must tackle the scourge of rough sleeping urgently, and I will not stop until the thousands of people in this situation are helped off the streets and their lives have been rebuilt.\"\n\nDame Louise Casey will lead the review into the issue to provide advice to both the PM and Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick on what other action should be taken.\n\nHer work will look into the link between 24-hour street activity and rough sleeping, as well as look into the effects on people struggling with drug and alcohol misuse, and with physical and mental health issues.\n\nDame Louise said: \"Homelessness, and within that rough sleeping, is something that's causes misery, so I hope that I will be able to help the government and the country expedite action on this issue.\"\n\nA new minister dedicated to rough sleeping has also been confirmed as Adam Holloway, who will serve as Mr Jenrick's parliamentary private secretary in his department.\n\nLabour's shadow housing secretary, John Healey, said the BBC's research showed the government was not doing enough.\n\n\"The Conservatives are in denial about the scale of street homelessness, with new figures showing that the government's own statistics are seriously misleading the public about the number of people sleeping rough.\n\n\"After 10 years of failure, the Conservatives should adopt Labour's plan to end rough sleeping for good.\"\n\nThe chief executive of homelessness charity Shelter, Polly Neate, said said it was right for the PM to take on the problem, but said there was \"no great secret about what is causing this emergency\".\n\n\"As we see in our services day in and day out, most people are tipped into homelessness simply because there are not enough affordable, safe, and secure homes in this country,\" she said.\n\n\"The bottom line is people can't afford to live anywhere - a problem made infinitely worse by a dire lack of social homes and cuts to housing benefit.\"\n\nMs Neate added: \"Emergency measures to get people off the streets quickly and housing first pilots can only go so far, if you don't have the stable homes to back them up.\"", "Sales of Dettol and Lysol products have surged as the spread of the coronavirus outbreak continues.\n\nThe disinfectant is seen as providing protection against the spread of the disease, although its effectiveness has not yet been scientifically proven.\n\nIn China, demand for Dettol-branded hand gels is outstripping supply, owner Reckitt Benckiser has said.\n\nThe shortages come as global markets slump for a sixth day, with the FTSE 100 down more than 3%.\n\nLuxury carmaker Aston Martin and drinks giant Anheuser-Busch InBev are the latest to warn of the virus's impact on their businesses.\n\n\"We are seeing some increased demand for Dettol and Lysol products and are working to support the relevant healthcare authorities and agencies, including through donations, information and education. We do see increased activity online for our consumers in China,\" Dettol owner Reckitt Benckiser said in its results on Thursday.\n\n\"If you look at China today, what you are seeing is that consumer traffic to store is down, but you do see activity moving to online,\" Reckitt Benckiser chief executive Laxman Narasimhan said.\n\nHe added the firm had \"seen some disruptions to retail and distribution channels and getting products in to market\", meaning the effect on company performance had been balanced.\n\nHand washing with soap is one of the key health messages promoted by governments in the face of the outbreak, and Dettol and Lysol are two of the world's leading disinfectants.\n\nOnline pharmacy Medino said it had also seen a sharp rise in demand for hand sanitiser in the UK since the beginning of early February, and said some suppliers were starting to struggle.\n\n\"A number of these customers are not our regular buyers, rather we're seeing new customers purchasing large quantities of hand sanitiser suggesting people are stockpiling in response to recent events,\" said superintendent pharmacist Giulia Guerrini.\n\nMeanwhile, AB InBev forecast a 10% decline in first-quarter profit after the coronavirus outbreak hurt beer sales during the Chinese New Year.\n\nAston Martin - which counts China as its fastest-growing market - also said on Thursday that the outbreak was affecting its sales and supply chain.\n\n\"Markets are moving on from thinking it's all going to blow over and it's all going to be fine to realising there clearly are some issues here,\" said Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell.\n\n\"We are seeing short-term disruption in a range of industries as the [coronavirus] spread becomes wider and longer, and markets will have to start thinking about a serious slowdown in global economic activity.\"", "The Court of Appeal is set to make a ruling over Heathrow's expansion in a case described by green groups as massively significant.\n\nJudges will decide whether Heathrow's expansion plans took into account climate change commitments.\n\nIf the court rules against the environmentalists, it is likely Heathrow's third runway will be built.\n\nIf it rules against the government, ministers could re-start the appraisal process.\n\nThis would involve making the highly contentious case that expansion is compatible with combating climate change.\n\nOr the prime minister could also accept a negative verdict and allow the court to take the blame for scuppering the expansion proposal that he has long opposed.\n\nThe case has been brought by local residents, councils, the mayor of London, and environmental groups including Greenpeace.\n\nThe government’s climate change committee advised that expanding Heathrow is not compatible with a climate neutral economy.\n\nBut the former transport secretary Chris Grayling gave the go-ahead to a third runway there in April 2018.\n\nBoris Johnson missed the Commons vote on the scheme. He was in Afghanistan in his role as foreign secretary.\n\nGreen groups argue that before the decision was made, Mr Grayling should have taken into account the Paris deal on climate change, which pledged to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees if possible.\n\nAt the time, he said: “The step that [the] government is taking today is truly momentous. I am proud that after years of discussion and delay, this government is taking decisive action to secure the UK’s place in the global aviation market – securing jobs and business opportunities for the next decade and beyond.”\n\nGovernment advisers warned him that expanding aviation would increase emissions when they should be going down.\n\nAnd since then parliament has agreed to a climate neutral economy by 2050 – substantially more challenging than the 80% emissions reduction target in force when Mr Grayling made his decision.\n\nThe green groups don't believe an expanded Heathrow will be able to meet the net zero target, even with the advent of new technologies.\n\nThey also think the government’s calculations over Heathrow understate the overall damage aviation does to the climate.\n\nIf they win the case, the implications for other government policies in the UK and elsewhere are potentially huge.\n\nTim Crosland from the pressure group Plan B, one of the organisations which brought the court action, told BBC News: “This would be massively significant – it would mean that in the UK at least carbon-intensive investment shouldn’t happen any more.\n\n“Other nations will be looking at this verdict and taking note [of] what it means to commit to net zero carbon emissions.\"\n\nJohn Holland-Kaye, chief executive of Heathrow Airport, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Wednesday that the airport would play an essential part in post-Brexit Britain.\n\n\"Let's be clear, no Heathrow expansion, no global Britain,\" he said. \"That's how simple it is.\"\n\nHe said only a \"hub\" airport can get goods and people to \"all the big trading markets of the world\".\n\n\"If we're not flying through Heathrow, we'll be flying through Paris Charles De Gaulle,\" he said. \"We'll be handing control of our trading economy to the French - once our friends and partners, now our rivals.\"\n\n\"Now, no prime minister is going to give control of the economy to the French,\" he said. \"We cannot let the French control our trading future.\"", "George Eustice watched a screen showing images of flood defences during a visit to Ironbridge\n\nBoris Johnson has been kept \"regularly informed\" on the flooding situation, the environment secretary said during a visit to flood-hit Shropshire.\n\nGeorge Eustice, who was in Ironbridge and Shrewsbury earlier, said the prime minister \"made it clear he wanted me to lead on this\".\n\nIt follows criticism of Mr Johnson for not visiting flood-affected areas.\n\nMr Eustice also said £4bn would be spent on flood defences over five years. The money was pledged last year.\n\nStorm Jorge, due to hit at the weekend, could bring more disruption to the region, with heavy rain also forecast on Friday.\n\nAs well as the flooding in Shropshire, up to 70 properties in Snaith, East Yorkshire, have been flooded.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nDuring his visit to Ironbridge, Mr Eustice said: \"The prime minister when he appointed me two weeks ago made it clear he wanted me to lead on this.\n\n\"We discussed Storm Dennis that was coming that weekend... discussed our response.\n\n\"I've kept him regularly informed with what's happening; the important thing is have we made the right decisions in a timely way? And I think the answer is yes.\"\n\nMr Eustice praised the teams working \"on the ground\", who have done a \"fantastic job at responding to this\" and said the government would look to make improvements to defences, some of which buckled in Ironbridge on Wednesday.\n\n\"We'll be spending over £4bn in the next five years on flood defences,\" he said.\n\nThe money was pledged by the Conservatives in their manifesto ahead of the 2019 general election.\n\n\"Some of that is going to be on nature-based solutions upstream to try to hold water uphill so vulnerable communities like this on the Severn are less likely to be affected, but there will also be some hard defences put in place as well,\" Mr Eustice said.\n\nHe refused to be drawn on exactly which projects would be backed, saying there would be assessments based on flood risk and the total of number of homes potentially protected.\n\nMr Eustice spoke to residents affected by flooding in Ironbridge and the Longden Coleham area of Shrewsbury.\n\nBut one business owner said the environment secretary had initially walked past without speaking, so he had followed and asked for a conversation.\n\nSteven Clarke, who runs greengrocers The Allotment, in Coleham, said it was an \"insult\".\n\n\"We were promised we would be able to speak with him and that was the purpose of his visit,\" Mr Clarke said.\n\n\"We were quite keen to speak to him and get some answers... he walked straight past and went towards the bridge to go and do some press interviews.\"\n\nMr Clarke confirmed Mr Eustice had later talked to him and another business owner.\n\nGeorge Eustice is accompanied by a member of the Environment Agency on his visit\n\nThe environment secretary's visit was shrouded in secrecy after his junior Rebecca Pow phoned in sick.\n\nHe stepped in at the last minute to visit Ironbridge and Shrewsbury. We were told he'd be visiting Wharfage but suddenly it was switched to Dale End on the other side of town.\n\nHe arrived to be greeted by workers from the Environment Agency, emergency services and Telford and Wrekin Council.\n\nThey explained how busy they had been over the past two weeks trying to protect Ironbridge and its residents and businesses. He listened intently and asked questions.\n\nI had been told there would be no media interviews but before he went to meet the assembled staff, I asked him why it has taken two weeks to visit flood-hit Shropshire.\n\n\"I'm here today,\" he said, adding, \"in the initial aftermath we want the Environment Agency to head things up\".\n\nHe then went to inspect the fast-flowing River Severn with the iconic Iron Bridge in the background before getting up close to the flood defence barriers.\n\nOn Wednesday evening, police and the Environment Agency warned of \"another 10 days of difficult conditions\" over fears Shropshire and Worcestershire, where evacuations have been taking place, will be further affected following heavy rain in Wales.\n\nThe Met Office warned parts of Wales and northern England could see between 60 and 80mm of rain on Friday - with much of the rainfall in Wales falling into the Severn catchment and heading towards flood-hit communities in the West Midlands.\n\nThere has been some respite, though, with river levels recently dropping by about 40cm in Ironbridge and by 80cm in Shrewsbury.\n\nRachel Moss, who has a hairdressing salon in Coleham, said people \"need some action\".\n\n\"We've been hit twice in a week - there's still rumours it could get worse this weekend,\" she said.\n\n\"If it does, it will absolutely devastate this community.\"\n\nDefences along The Wharfage in Ironbridge buckled\n\nChris Bainger, from the Environment Agency, said: \"We have a bit of respite, we've just got showers moving through over the next couple of days.\n\n\"But coming into Friday we have another band of rain coming through that's going to be up in the Welsh mountains and that's going to be coming to us... perhaps Saturday.\n\n\"We've already planned another 10 days of being on 24/7 manning of our incident rooms and having operational staff at all of our barriers.\"\n\nAre you being evacuated from Ironbridge or the surrounding areas? If you are able to share your experiences email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also contact us in the following ways:", "China could deploy 100,000 ducks to neighbouring Pakistan to help tackle swarms of crop-eating locusts, according to reports.\n\nPakistan declared an emergency earlier this month saying locust numbers were the worst in more than two decades.\n\nAn agricultural expert behind the scheme says a single duck can eat more than 200 locusts a day and can be more effective than pesticides.\n\nHowever, another researcher questioned whether the ducks would be effective.\n\nMillions of the insects have also been devastating crops in parts of East Africa.\n\nThe Chinese government announced this week it was sending a team of experts to Pakistan to develop \"targeted programmes\" against the locusts.\n\nLu Lizhi, a senior researcher with the Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, told Bloomberg that the ducks are \"biological weapons\". He said that while chickens could eat about 70 locusts in one day a duck could devour more than three times that number.\n\n\"Ducks like to stay in a group so they are easier to manage than chickens,\" he told Chinese media.\n\nSwarms of locusts are threatening to devastate crops in Pakistan\n\nA trial involving the ducks will take place in China's western Xinjiang province in the coming months, Mr Lu said.\n\nAfter that they will be sent to Pakistan's worst-affected areas of Sindh, Balochistan and Punjab provinces.\n\nThe scheme quickly took hold on Chinese social media.\n\n\"Go, ducks! I hope you come back alive,\" wrote one user of China's Twitter-like Weibo platform.\n\n\"Heroic ducks in harm's way!\" said another, in a parody of the description commonly used for medical staff tackling the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan.\n\nHowever, a professor from the China Agriculture University, who is part of the delegation to Pakistan, questioned whether the ducks would be suited to the mainly arid conditions where the locusts are a problem.\n\n\"Ducks rely on water, but in Pakistan's desert areas, the temperature is very high,\" Zhang Long told reporters in Pakistan.\n\nHe said that although ducks have been used against locusts since ancient times, their deployment \"hasn't yet entered the government assistance programme\" and was an \"exploratory\" method.\n\nIn 2000, China shipped 30,000 ducks from Zhejiang province to Xinjiang to tackle an infestation of locusts.\n\nAccording to the UN, the current heavy infestations can be traced back to the cyclone season of 2018-19 that brought heavy rains to the Arabian Peninsula and allowed at least three generations of \"unprecedented breeding\" that went undetected. Swarms have since spread out into South Asia and East Africa.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn January, the UN called for international help to fight swarms of desert locusts sweeping through East Africa.\n\nEthiopia, Kenya and Somalia are all struggling with \"unprecedented\" and \"devastating\" swarms of the food-devouring insects, the UN said.", "San Fiorano is one of the Italian towns on lockdown\n\nMajor outbreaks of the new coronavirus have suddenly been detected in both Italy and Iran in the past few days.\n\nMeanwhile, cases in South Korea have surged making it one of the worst-affected countries.\n\nThe new coronavirus is no longer a problem just in China, with a small number of exported cases.\n\nIt has many people asking if the virus is about to become a pandemic and whether containing it is still possible?\n\nA pandemic is a disease that is spreading in multiple countries around the world at the same time.\n\nThis virus \"absolutely\" has pandemic potential, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.\n\nBut he added: \"We are not witnessing uncontained global spread of the virus, using the word pandemic does not fit the facts.\"\n\n\"I think many people would consider the current situation a pandemic, we have ongoing transmission in multiple regions of the world,\" Prof Jimmy Whitworth, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, told the BBC.\n\nSome scientists were even arguing two weeks ago that we had already entered the earliest stages of a pandemic.\n\nAll this tells us there is some wiggle-room around the word.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe developments in South Korea, Italy and Iran are the reason why people are drifting closer to calling the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic.\n\nSouth Korea is piling on hundreds of new cases, showing how contagious the virus is.\n\nItaly and Iran now have substantial outbreaks. There are almost certainly far more cases in these countries than have been reported - and the connection with China has not yet been established.\n\n\"The virus is spreading around the world and the link with China is becoming less strong,\" says Prof Whitworth.\n\nAnd Prof Devi Sridhar, from the University of Edinburgh, said her perspective \"has definitely changed\" over the past couple of days.\n\n\"This has largely been a Chinese emergency, now we are seeing it progress it South Korea, Japan, Iran and now Italy,\" she says. \"It's a highly infectious virus and spreading very quickly.\"\n\nShe does not think we are in a pandemic yet and is waiting to see long chains of transmission in countries outside of China.\n\n\"We don't have the evidence to say we're in one, but I'm pretty sure we'll have the evidence in next couple of days.\n\n\"If it's in Italy and Iran, then it can be anywhere.\"\n\nResearchers have described the cases in Iran as the most worrying for efforts to contain the global spread of the virus and prevent it becoming a pandemic.\n\nThe number of deaths reported in the country, 12, is far more revealing than the number of reported cases, 61.\n\nDeaths are significant as the virus kills only a small proportion of people who are infected and it takes weeks to go from infection to death.\n\nDr MacDermott said: \"It suggests fairly large numbers of people with minimal symptoms, or who are asymptomatic, that aren't being tested or even being identified.\n\n\"Who knows how long it has been going on?\"\n\nThe country has already been linked to cases in Afghanistan, Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Lebanon, Canada and Oman.\n\nShe added: \"Iraq and Afghanistan - that's two of the countries you don't want the virus in, healthcare is barely existent after decades of war and it's not safe for healthcare workers to travel there.\n\n\"I think we are teetering on the balance of a pandemic, in the next week or two we're likely to see it pop up in lots places and if it's on several different continents then we'd be approaching a pandemic.\"\n\nOfficials now say the WHO will not formally \"declare\" a pandemic for the new coronavirus, though the term may still be used \"colloquially\".\n\nIn 2009, the organisation was criticised when it declared swine flu a pandemic.\n\nIt based the decision on criteria it no longer uses.\n\nThe virus did spread round the world - but it proved to be relatively mild, leading some to argue the organisation had been too hasty.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The school said the decision to close was made independently of health officials\n\nA school in Derbyshire has closed after a confirmed case of coronavirus \"amongst its parent population\".\n\nBurbage Primary School, in Buxton, will be closed until Monday after a precautionary deep clean was carried out.\n\nA medical centre less than a mile from the school has also closed due to a \"confirmed case of coronavirus\".\n\nPublic Health England (PHE) confirmed it was one of two new cases announced by the government earlier.\n\nDr Fu-Meng Khaw, from PHE East Midlands, said the person had become infected while in Tenerife.\n\n\"There is currently no information to suggest that there is any increased health risk to any pupils or staff at the school and no public health reason to remain closed at the current time,\" he added.\n\nZoe Milly Jones told the BBC she saw several ambulances go to a property in the town, at about 22:45 GMT on Wednesday, before paramedics in hazard-style white suits helped a person into one of them.\n\nShe said the ambulances then left the scene with their blue lights on.\n\nZoe Milly Jones posted a video on Twitter of a convoy of ambulances in Buxton\n\nBBC Radio Derby reporter Matt Barlow, who has a son at the school, said parents were alerted to the closure on Wednesday night and another update was sent out earlier.\n\nIt said the parent had been on holiday without the child and the pupil had attended school - which has 350 pupils - on Monday and Tuesday.\n\nWhen the parent told the school they had travelled to an affected area, a decision was taken to keep the child off school on Wednesday.\n\nThe school was then informed on Wednesday evening the parent's condition had worsened and it was decided a full closure was necessary.\n\nBuxton Medical Practice has also closed and its answerphone message currently says: \"We have a confirmed case of the coronavirus.\n\n\"We are liaising with Public Health England and the CCG to ensure all appropriate actions are taken. Please do not come to the practice.\"\n\nNHS Derby and Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group said the practice would reopen on Friday and \"patients will be advised if their appointment needs to be rearranged\".\n\nThe alert was written by the school's head teacher Anthony Tierney\n\nAnother parent, who did not want to be named, told BBC Radio Derby: \"I think the school has made a very sensible decision.\n\n\"It was surprising as [coronavirus] seems like something very far away.\"\n\nIn a joint statement with Public Health England, Dean Wallace from Derbyshire County Council said the risk to the general public \"remains low\".\n\nA second school in Derbyshire - Chesterfield's Brookfield Community School - said a student was being tested for the virus as a precaution but it would remain open as normal.\n\nThe decision to close was an independent one made by school management, rather than one forced upon them by health officials.\n\nBut as a parent with a child at the school myself, it does appear to be a sensible measure - and it's reassuring they've taken it upon themselves to mount this belt-and-braces action.\n\nI've talked to several other parents with children at the school and they've told me they feel nervous about what's happened.\n\nThere are still so many unknowns. Who is this person? How are they doing now? It's probably natural to feel concerned.\n\nGP Peter Holden, who represents British Medical Association (BMA) doctors in the East Midlands, said he was not surprised by a confirmed case.\n\n\"This disease looks like it's going to go around,\" he said.\n\n\"I think we must keep it in proportion - for most people it will be just like flu.\n\n\"But for society the biggest problem will be the sheer number of people just not fit enough to go to work.\"\n\nMore than 7,000 people have been tested for coronavirus in the UK since the outbreak began to spread beyond China in January, with 15 cases confirmed positive.\n\nThe two latest positive tests were confirmed by England's chief medical officer earlier.\n\nThe two people have been transferred to specialist NHS infection centres in Liverpool and London, the Department of Health said.\n\nEngland's chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty said the virus was passed on while they were in Italy and Tenerife.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.", "A review setting out options for a radical overhaul of university admissions in England has been launched by the higher education watchdog.\n\nThe Office for Students has outlined an entry system which would scrap the use of predicted A-level grades.\n\nInstead, applications would be delayed until students had their exam results.\n\nSir Michael Barber, chairman of the watchdog, said there was \"widespread recognition\" that parts of the admissions system were \"not working\".\n\nIn a separate report, the Higher Education Policy Institute says a fairer system would be to remove tuition fees for the first year for students whose parents had not gone to university.\n\nThe Office for Students' three-month review of how universities allocate places follows concerns about the fairness of the current system which uses predicted exam grades, references and personal statements.\n\nThe watchdog points out that in 75% of cases, pupils did not make the grades predicted by schools.\n\nThere have already been warnings from education ministers to reduce \"unconditional offers\", when universities recruit students with offers of places regardless of exam grades.\n\nThere has been concern about a lack of transparency over how \"contextual\" offers operate, where a disadvantaged candidate might be offered a place with lower grades.\n\nAnd the watchdog also highlighted the discrepancy between the required grades advertised by universities and often much lower grades which were really needed to get places.\n\nThere have been warnings that \"personal statements\" - where students write about their own interests in a course - can be skewed towards those who get the most help from parents or teachers.\n\nSir Michael said the admissions process \"may be especially unfair on students from disadvantaged backgrounds\".\n\nThe watchdog has set out three options for reform:\n\nDelaying applications or offers until exam results are known would mean changing the current timetable - either taking A-levels or publishing results earlier or starting the university term later.\n\nBut it would also remove the need for information used as a proxy for exam results - such as predicted grades, personal statements and references.\n\nUnconditional offers would also no longer be needed and students would not have to make multiple applications dependent on results they might or might not achieve.\n\nJo Grady, leader of the UCU lecturers' union, said there was \"growing support for a shift to a fairer admissions system, where students apply to university after they have received their results\".\n\n\"This review is the opportunity for us to finally move to a system where university offers are based on actual achievement rather than unreliable estimates of potential.\"\n\nClaire Sosienski Smith, of the National Union of Students, said: \"It has been clear that for some time the admissions system has not been working in the interest of students, so it is good to see that the OfS is taking action.\"\n\nUniversities UK is already running its own review of admissions, including examining the idea of applications coming after A-level results.\n\nChief executive Alistair Jarvis said the review \"will make recommendations informed by what applicants, schools and universities think works well and where the main challenges lie in achieving greater fairness, transparency and aspiration-raising\".\n\nClare Marchant, head of Ucas, which runs the admissions service, said they were already \"exploring how the timetable of offer-making could be improved\" and how to get more reliable grade predictions.\n\nA different approach to creating more open access to university is proposed by the Higher Education Policy Institute.\n\nTo remove financial barriers for disadvantage, the think tank suggests anyone in the first generation of a family to go to university should not have to pay tuition fees in the first year, with the government picking up the cost.\n\nThe watchdog will publish its findings after the admissions review ends in May, but universities are independent bodies, and changes to admissions cannot be imposed on them.\n\nBut the review has the backing of Universities Minister Michelle Donelan who said it was vital that admissions processes were \"transparent and work in students' best interests\".\n\nShe said the review would be \"instrumental in helping assess how the system can be improved\".", "\"Robyn\" was in care two hours' drive away from her family\n\nSix out of the 10 largest providers of children's homes and foster carers are running huge debts, suggests a report for councils in England.\n\nThe Local Government Association fears such financial instability could put vulnerable children's care at risk.\n\nAnd some councils report struggling to find suitable places for vulnerable children near their families.\n\nThe Independent Children's Homes Association blamed funding cuts for the squeeze on children's homes.\n\nIn the 1990s most children's homes were in the public sector but now about 80% are in private or voluntary sector hands which was thought to be better value for money.\n\nBut now, escalating costs and difficulties of finding nearby places mean some councils are reopening their own children's homes.\n\nRobyn was eventually moved into foster care in her home city of Liverpool - but it took more than a year\n\nRobyn (whose name we have changed to protect her identity) was 12 when she was taken into care for her own safety.\n\nBut the nearest children's home that could offer her a place was nearly two hours' drive away.\n\nOne night, a social worker came and took her away from her family to a residential home.\n\n\"I didn't even know what the town was called or the street, \" she says.\n\nHer story is all too common in a children's care system councils say is struggling with rising demand and increasing costs.\n\nShe adds: \"I was really close to all my teachers and me school.\n\n\"I felt really isolated - having no-one to speak to, no friends.\n\n\"I sat in my room for days, watching telly and having no schoolwork to do - it's hard.\"\n\nShe was eventually moved into foster care in her home city of Liverpool - but it took more than a year.\n\nLiverpool City Council says the difficulty of finding places locally is one sign of the major problems facing the care system.\n\nCouncillor Barry Kushner, who is the council's cabinet member for children's services, claims some larger providers will fill a place based on how much a council will pay rather than whether it is local to the child.\n\nLiverpool councillor Barry Kushner said the city was reopening some of its own children's homes\n\n\"The costs of residential care have in the last three years gone up by about 30%,\" he says, with Robyn's placement alone about £3,500 a week.\n\nHe accepts that some costs are increasing because of the complex needs of children, but also worries about the level of debt some of the larger companies have.\n\n\"Where I take issue is where those additional costs are levied on the council because of the internal financing of those organisations, because of who owns them or who is investing in them.\n\n\"And councils really shouldn't be picking up the bill for that.\"\n\nLiverpool, like a number of other authorities, is now reopening some of its own children's homes, closed nearly a decade ago, to be run by the charity, Barnardo's.\n\nThe LGA report shows most of the biggest care providers have more debts and liabilities than assets.\n\nMany of the big companies are private equity funded which often means loans have been used to buy the business with the aim of making a profit when it is sold on.\n\nCouncils have seen significant increases in the cost of placing a child in a residential or foster placement, partly because of the increasingly complex needs of many children.\n\nBut the report also says the six largest independent companies made £215m in profit last year with some making more than 20% profit on their income.\n\nThe LGA wants more transparency over costs and for the financial health of the big firms to be monitored to avoid a similar scenario to the collapse of adult care home provider Southern Cross in 2011.\n\nJudith Blake, chair of the LGA's Children and Young People Board, says much of the growth of the biggest providers \"has been fuelled by enormous loans, which will at some point need paying back, yet this research shows many of them do not have the assets to do that\".\n\nShe added: \"Stability for children in care is paramount... and an oversight scheme is needed to help catch providers before they fail and ensure company changes don't risk the quality of provision.\n\n\"Providers should also not be making excessive profits from providing placements for children.\n\nShe wants a promised government review of children's care to consider how to better support in-house provision and smaller providers.\n\nPeter Sandiford is chief executive of the Independent Children's Homes Association\n\nThe Independent Children's Homes Association represents both large and small private care companies as well as voluntary sector homes.\n\nIt says the report doesn't look at the value for money or quality of care provided by many independent care companies.\n\nIts chief executive, Peter Sandiford, says he would be concerned if the level of debt held by some firms keeps growing, but that the likelihood of one of those companies failing is \"at the moment, probably not very high\".\n\nHe also believes that, rather than care companies making large profits, many of the smaller providers are struggling on the fees that local authorities pay.\n\nWith increasing numbers of children needing support he wants independent care providers and councils to work together more closely to plan what is needed.\n\n\"What we're looking at is growing the sector, and having more homes to look after very vulnerable children.\n\n\"I don't think we can afford to say one thing isn't right, because we need the whole spectrum (of homes).\"\n\nA spokeswoman for the Department for Education said an extra £1 billion of new funding was being put in to adult and children's social care, adding: \"The safety and suitability of a child's placement in care is our absolute priority, which is why we are reviewing the system so children receive the best possible care.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Four properties searched were in Navestock near Brentwood\n\nAbout 450 police officers have taken part in raids as part of an investigation into thefts of cars worth a total of up to £4m.\n\nMore than 20 properties were raided in Essex and in London at about 05:45 GMT.\n\nEssex Police said 15 arrests have been made so far, 25 stolen vehicles have been found and £150,000 has been seized as well as £90,000 in jewellery.\n\nThe operation was carried out by Essex Police and the Met Police, along with British Transport Police.\n\nAbout 400 police officers from three forces were involved in the raids\n\nIt follows an investigation into a gang suspected of stealing about 90 cars - worth a total of up to £4m - since November 2018.\n\nRaids were carried out in the Chelmsford, Braintree, Southend, Basildon and Uttlesford districts and London, mainly in the east of the capital.\n\nActing Supt Lewis Basford said they had been \"targeting a specific group that had been offending, taking high-end value vehicles\" and had also seized hi-tech equipment used to steal vehicles without a key.\n\n\"We believe this gang are responsible for the theft of vehicles from across the whole of Essex, London and car parks linked to the British Transport Police, particularly high-end Range Rovers and sports cars,\" he said.\n\n\"The offences that we believe the group are responsible for [involved] using technology using keyless entry... and equipment used to automatically start a vehicle without the key being present in the offender's hand.\"\n\nIndividuals responsible for the coding of new keys, thus enabling vehicles to be cloned and sold to unsuspecting victims, were also targeted, Supt Basford said.\n\nHe added that the raids were \"just the start of the operation to tackle the theft of motor vehicles\".\n\nA cannabis factory with 200 plants was uncovered and 10 stolen van flatbeds were also recovered.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Two Northern Irish brothers are to direct a follow-up to the cult film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.\n\nAndy and Ryan Tohill have been selected as directors for what has been described as a \"reboot\" of the horror classic.\n\nOn his Twitter account, Andy Tohill confirmed the news, posting: \"It's gonna be some journey!\"\n\nThe brothers directed their first feature film in Northern Ireland, The Dig, in 2017.\n\nThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre was made in 1974 and has become one of the most influential horror films of all time.\n\nIt tells the story of a group of friends who wander into the home of a family of cannibals.\n\nIts most famous character was the chainsaw wielding killer, Leatherface.\n\nTobe Hooper, the original film's director at a 40th anniversary screening of the film in 2014\n\nIt was originally banned in the UK by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) who refused to issue it with an X certificate in 1975.\n\nIt was released on video in 1981, but did not receive a formal 18 certificate for cinema release in the UK until 1999, 25 years after it was made.\n\nHowever, it is now recognised by critics as one of the greatest horror films ever.\n\nIt also led to a number of sequels but, according to the movie magazine Variety, the Tohills version will be a \"reboot\" of the film although exact plot details have not been revealed.\n\nAndy and Ryan Tohill have worked in the TV and film industry in Northern Ireland for a number of years.\n\nAndy is a film studies graduate from Queen's University, while Ryan has a visual arts degree from Ulster University.\n\nThe Dig was awarded the title of Best Film at the 2018 Galway Film Fleadh and was also shown at the Toronto International Film Festival.\n\nDescribed by some critics as an \"Ulster western\", it told the story of a convicted murderer forced to help search for his victim's body.\n\nIt was shot in the countryside around Ballymena.\n\nAndy Tohill, Ryan Tohill, Moe Dunford, Stuart Drennan and Brian J. Falconer took 'The Dig' to the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival\n\nThe Guardian called it a \"tense thriller\", while the Irish Times called it \"a classic western movie set on an Irish bog.\"\n\nThe Dig was developed through Northern Ireland Screen's New Talent Focus scheme which aims to deliver a debut feature by a Northern Irish writing, directing and producing team each year.\n\nNI Screen provides development funding and production funding of up to £226,000 towards films in the scheme.\n\nOther films funded through the New Talent scheme include A Bump Along the Way, which premiered in 2019, A Bad Day for the Cut and The Survivalist.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Chancellor: 'UK trade will be better outside EU'\n\nUK trade will thrive despite the introduction of UK border checks after the Brexit transition period, the chancellor has said.\n\nSajid Javid admitted frictionless trade with the EU would be \"over\" but said that Britain would have a \"better future\".\n\nEarlier, an industry body warned border checks on imports could cause fresh food supply problems.\n\nBut Mr Javid said supply chains \"would be protected\".\n\n\"Of course, we are not going to have completely frictionless trade because we have left the [EU] customs union and single market,\" he told BBC economics editor Faisal Islam.\n\n\"That is a deliberate decision, because we have a better future as an independent sovereign nation trading with European friends, but also trading more so with the rest of the world.\"\n\nHe said the government would defend automotive and other industries that rely on frictionless trade, promising \"complete equivalence\".\n\n\"We are working closely with the car sector,\" he said. \"We've been clear there will be some changes but that can be done in a way that the sector... continues to thrive.\"\n\nBritain left the EU on 31 January but remains subject to its rules until the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020.\n\nThe government has vowed to strike a trade deal by then, but some warn it will not have time to reach a comprehensive agreement.\n\nCommenting on Britain's goals, Mr Javid said he had urged the EU to consider Britain's financial sector as \"equivalent\", in order to protect its access to the bloc.\n\nThis was despite the EU's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, having said earlier on Tuesday that this was not up for discussion.\n\nThe chancellor said he was confident the bloc would change its mind: \"Look back at withdrawal agreement, there were things that EU would reject... only to change their mind later on.\"\n\nHe added there had been \"private discussions\" with the EU that made him \"very confident about the future\".\n\nEarlier, the British Retail Consortium warned that post-Brexit transition border checks could cause fresh food supply problems unless there was a \"massive upgrade\" in border facilities.\n\nIt said thousands of trucks, including those carrying fresh food, could be held up at Channel ports.\n\nThe warning came after the government said the checks would mean extra paperwork for both EU and UK firms.\n\nMichael Gove, the minister in charge of Brexit preparations, told an event on Monday that the end of frictionless trade was \"inevitable\".\n\n\"The UK will be outside the single market and outside the customs union, so we will have to be ready for the customs procedures and regulatory checks that will inevitably follow.\"", "The Queen's grandson Peter Phillips and his wife Autumn have announced they are to divorce.\n\nA statement issued on their behalf said the decision was \"the best course of action for their two children and ongoing friendship\".\n\nIt confirmed they had separated and will share custody of their children Savannah, nine, and Isla, seven.\n\nBoth of their families were \"sad\" but \"fully supportive\" of the decision to \"co-parent\", the statement added.\n\nThe couple told the Queen and other Royal Family members about their decision last year.\n\nMr Phillips, 42, is the son of Princess Anne and her first husband, Captain Mark Phillips.\n\nHe is the eldest grandchild of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh.\n\n\"The decision to divorce and share custody came about after many months of discussions and although sad, is an amicable one,\" the statement read.\n\nIt added: \"Peter and Autumn have requested privacy and compassion for their children while the family continues to adapt to these changes.\"\n\nMr Phillips met Canadian management consultant Autumn Kelly, 41, at the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal in 2003, while he was working for the Williams Formula 1 team.\n\nThe couple married in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in 2008\n\nThey married in 2008 in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle - where the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's wedding would take place ten years later - and brought up their children in Gloucestershire.\n\nBefore the wedding, Mrs Phillips gave up her Catholic faith - a move which, because of rules on royal successions that were later changed, allowed Mr Phillips to retain his right to the throne.\n\nWhile Mr Phillips is a member of the Royal Family, he is not a working royal and does not have a title.\n\nLast month the Daily Mail revealed that he featured in a Chinese television advert endorsing milk from Jersey cows.\n\nAlso on Tuesday, the Queen was photographed at King's Lynn station in Norfolk, where she was returning to London following her winter break at Sandringham.", "HS2 is set to be the \"biggest infrastructure decision since World War Two\", according to one government official.\n\nWhether to go ahead with building the high-speed rail line has become a dilemma for Boris Johnson because the estimated price tag shot up back in the summer.\n\nThe government's official review of the scheme, which has been seen by the BBC, puts the potential cost at as much as £106bn.\n\nHere are some of the reasons why the project is so expensive and why its budget has risen so much.\n\nThe blueprint for HS2 has been designed so the railway can accommodate more trains per hour - 18 - than any other high-speed line in the world.\n\nThe infrastructure - numbers of platforms at stations - and the systems, which means the signalling, have therefore been designed with this in mind.\n\nThe trains will travel at up to 360 km/h (224mph), faster than any other train service in Europe and only slower than those in China.\n\nThe alignment of the track on the first stretch between London and Birmingham means even faster trains could reach 400 km/h on HS2 in the future.\n\nThe track will also sit on concrete \"slab track\" which is durable but more expensive to buy than your more conventional ballast.\n\nWhen you start planning a major infrastructure project such as HS2, experts are supposed to make informed estimates about the amount of time and money needed to complete each phase.\n\nHS2 Ltd has been widely criticised for not factoring-in enough risk and uncertainty into its calculations.\n\nFormer HS2 directors have even accused the company of keeping costs artificially low to make the project more attractive. HS2 Ltd rejects that claim.\n\nOne of the big unknowns, which was underestimated on the first phase, was \"ground conditions\".\n\nNow that surveys underneath the surface along the route from London to Birmingham have been done, the higher costings for that first stretch are regarded as more robust.\n\nBut surveys have not been carried out on the latter and longer phase, Birmingham to Manchester and Birmingham to Leeds.\n\nAnd that's why the price tag for the second phase of HS2 is not certain.\n\nHS2 will wind its way through a crowded landscape. The initial stretch from London Euston to Old Oak Common in west London will be through a giant tunnel underneath central London.\n\nTo build the line, HS2 Ltd has to compulsorily purchase land and property rights along the route, and a block of flats in London doesn't come cheap.\n\nHS2 Ltd's land and property calculations, which it was using as recently as 2015-16, were woefully underestimated.\n\nIn one of the studies commissioned by HS2 Ltd, and seen by the BBC, a large number of properties were not even given a value.\n\nSince then HS2 Ltd has carried out more thorough work to improve its estimates.\n\nItems such as gravestones have had to be moved ahead of work starting on HS2\n\nTry to imagine all of the wiring and piping underneath our crowded cities.\n\nMuch of the work HS2 Ltd has already carried out between London and Birmingham has been diverting those connections away from construction sites.\n\nBut in some places, roads and even rivers need to be moved too.\n\nOn the M42 near Solihull they have been building the foundations for a new bridge over the motorway. A bridge nearby will be demolished and the new bridge moved in.\n\nYou could find multiple examples like that along the 330 mile route.\n\nI've travelled extensively on Spain's high-speed AVE network, which flies through large stretches of desolate, arid countryside. Britain is much more densely populated, so building HS2 is a different ballgame.\n\nYou might be surprised to hear that the view out of the window from an HS2 train from London to Birmingham, most of the time, won't be very exciting.\n\nThat's because a large part of the route will be built in what's known as \"cuttings\".\n\nCuttings mean the track is effectively below ground with banks each side. The cutting reduces the impact of the line on the surrounding countryside.\n\nThere are also 25 miles of tunnels on the first phase of the project. The longest (10 miles) and deepest tunnel (90 metres at the deepest point) will go underneath the Chilterns.\n\nAnd there are 12 miles of viaducts. A two mile viaduct in the Colne Valley in Buckinghamshire will be the longest in the country.\n\nWhen prior estimates of costings on HS2 have been calculated, efficiency savings have been factored in. However, often those efficiencies have not been realised, so costs have gone up.\n\nIn a major infrastructure project such as this, the company in overall charge - HS2 Ltd - contracts out the work to a vast array of other companies.\n\nCompanies contracted by HS2 Ltd in the early part of the project carried the risk associated with the work. That pushed prices up significantly.\n\nAccording to the National Audit Office it added at least £1bn to the overall budget. However, there have been reports that figure was much higher.\n\nNow contractors do not carry the risk. That should help keep prices down.", "Police have been carrying out searches after the attack in Streatham\n\nEmergency legislation designed to end the release of people convicted of terrorism offences halfway through their sentence has been presented to Parliament.\n\nThe measures - which would apply to England, Scotland and Wales - were drawn up after the attack in Streatham, south London, earlier this month.\n\nThe attacker, Sudesh Amman, had been freed from prison 10 days earlier.\n\nThe government wants the measures to become law by the end of the month.\n\nMPs will consider all stages of the Terrorist Offenders Bill on Wednesday, before the Commons goes into recess on Thursday. The bill will then move to the Lords in time, ministers hope, for it to become law by 27 February.\n\nThe aim is to prevent the 28 February release of Mohammed Zahir Khan, who is the next convicted terrorist due to be freed after serving half his sentence for encouraging terrorism.\n\nUnder the government's proposals, people given a fixed or determinate sentence for a terror-related offence would be freed only with the agreement of the Parole Board - and after serving at least two-thirds of their term.\n\nHowever, ministers have been warned they face a legal battle over the plans.\n\nWhile the idea of involving the Parole Board in decisions has generally been welcomed, concerns have been raised about sentencing changes being applied retrospectively.\n\nAfter convicted terrorist Usman Khan's attack at Fishmongers' Hall last November, Mr Johnson told the BBC's Andrew Marr: \"You cannot retrospectively change the basis on which someone is... sentenced.\"\n\nThe bill would affect about 50 prisoners who were convicted under existing rules, which allow for release halfway through a sentence.\n\nLawyers for some of the inmates are believed to be preparing a legal challenge, although ministers claim they are not extending sentences, merely changing the way they are administered.\n\nThe government believes the changes will not fall foul of the UK's obligations under the European Convention of Human Rights, which outlaws signatory nations imposing longer sentences than those \"applicable at the time the criminal offence was committed\".\n\nThe bill states that the government considers that \"release arrangements are part of the administration of a sentence, which can change without breaching an offender's human rights\".\n\nLabour and the SNP have signalled they support the principle of the legislation but need to scrutinise the details.\n\nLeader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg has said he expects the Lords, in which the government does not have a majority, to deal with the bill with \"reasonable\" speed given the urgency of the situation.\n\nIt comes after Amman stabbed two people on a busy high street before he was shot dead by police.\n\nHe had recently been released halfway through his sentence for terror offences and was under police surveillance.\n\nAnd in November last year, Khan, who had been released halfway through his 16-year sentence, fatally stabbed two people at Fishmongers' Hall near London Bridge.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"It is crucial that we have changes to the laws\"- Allison Morris\n\nAn Irish News journalist has revealed that she was harassed by her former partner for four years.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio Foyle, Allison Morris called for stalking legislation to be extended to Northern Ireland.\n\nIt comes days after Fernando Murphy, of Balholm Drive, in Belfast, was jailed for 10 offences, including harassment and breaching a restraining order.\n\n\"I was full of anxiety, my hair was falling out with stress,\" the security correspondent said about her ordeal.\n\nMurphy, 42, was handed a 14-month sentence at Belfast Magistrates' Court last Thursday. He will spend half his sentence in prison and the other half on licence.\n\nDuring four years of abuse, Ms Morris was subjected to \"humiliating\" behaviour, including Murphy coming to the Irish News and \"shouting and screaming\".\n\nIt was when the harassment began to impact her family that the journalist decided to act.\n\n\"I sort of broke after that,\" she said.\n\n\"I could take the abuse when it was me but when it was my daughter it was different.\n\n\"He knew that saying horrible, sexual, things about me wasn't getting a reaction so he moved on to my family, and the targets became my children and my father, who is very ill, and my work.\"\n\nMs Morris said going to the police was \"a big step\".\n\n\"As someone who is a crime and security correspondent, I deal with the police on a professional basis quite regularly, often quite critically and I hold them to account in a lot of cases, and I just really didn't feel comfortable,\" she said.\n\n\"I didn't want people to think that I was weak, I didn't want, in a very Belfast way, for people to know my business.\"\n\nNorthern Ireland is the only region of UK or Ireland without stalking legislation and Ms Morris says she hopes that sharing her experience will change things.\n\n\"It made me angry because I was struggling to navigate it and through my work, I know the legal system.\n\n\"I thought 'what must this be like for someone who doesn't have this knowledge or support or wouldn't know where to go to complain or appeal or to push things along?' It's such an emotionally destroying process that is desperately in need of change.\"\n\nNorthern Ireland is the only region of UK or Ireland without stalking legislation\n\nWriting on Twitter on Monday afternoon, PSNI Chief Constable Simon Byrne said it was \"brave and courageous\" for Ms Morris to \"make her terrible experience public\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Simon Byrne This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 PSNI currently deals with stalking under the Protection from Harassment Order (NI) 1997.\n\nThe Department of Justice held a public consultation last year on the creation of a specific stalking offence.\n\nIts report on the findings said that the majority of respondents strongly supported the introduction of stalking legislation.\n\nThe department said it was \"determined to do everything it can to protect victims and to stop perpetrators at the earliest opportunity\".\n\nJustice Minister Naomi Long said she was \"acutely aware of the distress that stalking behaviour can cause\".\n\nShe added that bringing forward legislation that offers the best protection for victims was a priority.", "The UK government is considering taking a stake in troubled airline Flybe.\n\nThe government is in talks with Flybe and the European Commission to ensure any rescue deal does not break state aid rules.\n\nOfficials say support given to Flybe so far, such as a pledge to cut tax on some domestic routes, are industry-wide measures.\n\nHowever, the government is considering extending a loan of up to £100m to the loss-making airline.\n\nGovernment officials insist that any such loan will be on commercial terms but sources at competitors ask how the government can really mean that if the airline finds commercial lenders unavailable.\n\nThere are different ways of answering those potential objections.\n\nFirst, charge an interest rate on a loan that fully reflects the risk that the government is taking with taxpayer money.\n\nThis is the government's preferred option.\n\nBusinesses with a loss-making track record should not be able to borrow at super-low interest rates when the risk of default is perceived as high.\n\nHowever, a loan at high rates of interest could damage the airline's ability to nurse itself back to health because of the hefty repayments required on a high interest loan. You would merely be kicking the can down the road.\n\nAnother solution being floated - and described as \"possible\" by officials - is for the government to extend the loan but reserve the right to purchase shares at a pre arranged (low) price once the airline has returned to health.\n\nThese rights, often described as \"warrants\", was the manner in which legendary investor Warren Buffett pumped money into investment bank Goldman Sachs during the financial crisis and there are few more commercially savvy financial first aid givers than he.\n\nA government loan to Flybe may be similar to a deal Warren Buffett struck with Goldman Sachs\n\nThis approach makes it more likely the airline will be able to pay its debts, which in turn makes it more likely the airline will be worth more in the future, at which point UK taxpayers could reap rewards for the risk taken.\n\nHey presto - a commercial arrangement thath helps the company now and sees the taxpayer share in any future success.\n\nTo be clear, this is still uncomfortable territory for the government.\n\nHowever, it has become increasingly clear that it is prepared to push the envelope of what is possible in order to deliver on election commitments to improve regional connectivity to \"level-up\" Britain. A commitment that might look hollow if Flybe were to collapse.\n\nThe EU has told the BBC it is in discussions with the government to ascertain whether financial assistance to Flybe provided to date or in the future could break EU competition rules.\n\nA spokesperson for the European Commission told the BBC that it is the responsibility of member states to decide whether support needs to be notified as state aid - which the UK insists it does not - unless other parties complain that such support is illegal and the EU can then investigate.\n\nBritish Airways' owner IAG and Ryanair have already done just that in letters to the European Commission over their concerns that the Flybe rescue announced in mid-January amounted to anti-competitive and therefore illegal support.\n\nIAG lodged a Freedom of Information request with the government seeking more detail about the extent of the support package.\n\nThe deadline for the government to respond to that is this Thursday.\n\nBritish Airways-owner IAG has complained to the EC about UK government support for Flybe\n\nIAG boss Willie Walsh has pointed out that Flybe has wealthy owners including BA's arch-rival Virgin Airlines.\n\nVirgin, along with the Stobart haulage group and New York-based hedge fund Cyrus Capital, have agreed to put in £30m to £40m of their own money but that is thought to be insufficient to secure the long-term future of the airline and without a loan to get through the lean winter months, it remains in danger.\n\nOther things that have irritated rivals are Flybe's decision to switch its London-Newquay service from Heathrow to Gatwick - potentially freeing up a Heathrow slot for part owner Virgin Airlines and Flybe's expansion at Southend airport which just so happens to be owned by the Stobart group.\n\nIt is not clear how much of the financial support from Flybe's owners has already been exhausted.\n\nThe company said on Sunday that \"the airline is being supported by its shareholders and leading suppliers, is managing its cash position carefully and currently has strong liquidity\"\n\nThere are many industry sources who insist that Flybe's problems are more deep-seated. Its business model is broken and the government is risking both wasting taxpayers' money AND creating a dangerous precedent for assisting failing businesses.\n\nAs with many things being contemplated - the approval of HS2 despite ballooning costs, a potential mansion tax, prioritising fishing over finance, a raid on pension tax relief - we are dealing with a very different kind of Conservative government.", "Ron and Anne Ryall have been ordered to leave their home next month\n\nThe HS2 high-speed rail route received government approval on Tuesday, but while it has its supporters, not everyone will benefit from it.\n\nRon and Anne Ryall have been ordered to leave their home next month as the route is due to run right through it.\n\nRon told the BBC: \"I'm finding it difficult that someone can just walk into your life and destroy it. My family has lived in this lane for 100 years. I was born here.\"\n\nAnne told BBC Breakfast: \"It's awful, absolutely awful. We feel like a fruit being squeezed out of its skin, closing in and closing in and it's just a horrible feeling.\"\n\nThe Ryalls say the money they have been offered to leave is not enough and they will refuse to move from their house in Colne Valley in Buckinghamshire.\n\nHowever, the chief executive of a Birmingham company feels HS2 will be a huge benefit to businesses in the Midlands.\n\nSimon Topman, of Acme Whistles, said: \"Getting to London or going up north from Birmingham - we're right in the middle of the country - ought to be easy, and it isn't.\n\n\"The capacity just isn't there, if you go early in the morning you stand, and if you even go off peak, you stand.\n\n\"Those affected won't like it, but the overall benefit to the economy will be great, and I think the environmental impact will be far smaller than anybody imagines.\"\n\nCate Walter, a director of Rhino Safety based near Crewe, told the BBC: \"For Crewe this is absolutely crucial. We're a town been surrounded by a lot of regeneration areas in recent years, but have not been the focus of the regeneration ourselves.\n\n\"People have this idea of Cheshire as this leafy affluent sort of area but there are pockets within that, including Crewe, of really quite stagnant economies.\n\n\"The investment in our very local economy that HS2 should bring will be absolutely crucial for growing businesses in our area.\"", "The man had been walking his dog in Black Woods near Woolton Road\n\nA second person has been killed in high winds following Storm Ciara's passage across the UK.\n\nA dog-walker in his 60s died after a tree branch fell during stormy weather in Liverpool on Tuesday morning, police said.\n\nOn Sunday, a 58-year-old man died after a tree fell on his car in Hampshire.\n\nIt comes as a new storm is expected to bring heavy rain and strong winds to parts of the UK this weekend, the Met Office said.\n\nStorm Dennis could cause flooding and wind gusts of more than 60mph.\n\nIt is not predicted to be as severe as Storm Ciara, but is likely to cause disruption.\n\nA yellow wind warning has been issued for much of England and Wales on Saturday, and further warnings could follow.\n\nSteve Ramsdale, chief meteorologist at the Met Office, said: \"Our confidence in the forecast means we have been able to issue severe weather warnings well in advance, giving people time to prepare for potential impacts of the storm.\"\n\nThe weather warning on Saturday will come into force at midday and run until 23:59 GMT.\n\nWind gusts will widely exceed 50mph but could reach over 60mph in exposed areas.\n\nHeavy rainfall on ground already saturated by last weekend's Storm Ciara could lead to further flooding.\n\nThe Met Office said disruption to transport services and power supplies should be expected, and that Storm Dennis could cause large coastal waves.\n\nMuch of the UK is still grappling with the aftermath of Storm Ciara, which caused disruption to trains, flights and motorists.\n\nWind gusts of 97mph were recorded on the Isle of Wight.\n\nMore than 20,000 properties across east and south-east England and north Wales spent Sunday night without power.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Storm Ciara: Three \"lucky\" people in wave near miss in Prestatyn, Wales\n\nMeanwhile, more than 400 people in Cumbria were warned not to drink, wash or cook with tap water after a main was damaged by the storm.\n\nTravel disruption continues in Wales, with some main roads blocked and train services suspended.\n\nCars were trapped in some areas after heavy snow on Monday.\n\nAn yellow weather warning for snow is in place for Northern Ireland, much of Scotland and parts of northern England until 12:00 GMT on Wednesday.\n\nThe Queensferry Crossing that connects Edinburgh and Fife has been closed for the first time since it opened in 2017, after ice and snow fell from cables on to the carriageway.\n\nThe bridge will remain closed on Wednesday, the Scottish government said.", "The prime minister has said that the government has approved the High Speed 2 rail line.\n\nHe said he would appoint a specific transport minister to oversee the project to make sure it is kept within budget and delivered on time.", "While lots of Business Live readers seem unhappy with today's HS2 news, here are some positive views. Alan Lewis says: \"This is a great - and much needed - development for public transport in our country. It will add considerably capacity to the completely full rail lines between Birmingham and London. It will take fast inter-city trains off our old Victorian rail lines and allow room for extra commuter, regional and freight trains. This should be welcomed by all travellers, businesses and environmentalists as it will provide additional low carbon transport, which is much better than building more roads.\" Meanwhile John Griffiths says: \"I live in rural Buckinghamshire, about four miles from the proposed route. It won’t benefit me directly at all but to oppose it is short-sighted.\" Why? \"We will all benefit from the building of this railway, which will bring much-needed investment and jobs to the economy at a time when Brexit risks taking it all out,\" he says. \"To delay or cancel is only to put off a bigger cost in the future. It was always going to have to be built one day, but to do it now is the right thing to do.\"", "\"You 100% have to be on top form all the time because if something happens, you're in charge.\"\n\nVictoria Bell is at the start of an overnight \"sleep-in\" shift, caring for two people with learning disabilities in a house in Doncaster.\n\nA long-running battle over care-workers' pay will reach the Supreme Court on Wednesday.\n\nVictoria, 23, is very clear the work she does should be better valued and better paid.\n\nShe gets the minimum wage for the nights she sleeps in - but many workers on similar shifts are paid a much lower flat rate.\n\n\"People say, 'Oh, you actually sleep at work?'\n\n\"You do sleep sometimes but you're always at work. It's not like you can get up and leave to go anywhere else.\"\n\nShe shows the staff bedroom - small, with plain walls, a single bed and filing cabinets.\n\n\"We've got a phone there in case there is an emergency and the service users bedrooms are just next door.\"\n\nThere are alarms in their rooms and once one goes off \"you're awake for them\", she says.\n\nUnions argue all care staff should receive the minimum wage for night shifts even if they are asleep.\n\nOne of the two cases being considered by the Supreme Court is against Mencap, the learning disability charity.\n\nThousands of workers will be affected and organisations providing care fear if they lose, they could be liable for millions of pounds in back pay, which they say they cannot afford.\n\nPhilip Bartey who runs Autism Plus, Victoria's employer, says its bill alone could be £2.5m\n\n\"The funds are not there,\" he says.\n\nMr Bartey says the squeeze is due to councils and the NHS not paying care companies the minimum wage for providing sleep-in care at the homes of older or disabled people who might need help.\n\nVictoria Bell, 23, with Emma, one of the people she helps care for\n\nUnison brought the legal action on behalf of a Mencap care worker paid less than £30 for working a shift from 22:00 to 07:00.\n\nShe was expected to keep a \"listening ear\" out in case the people she was there to support needed help, otherwise she could sleep.\n\nOver 16 months, she was called on six times at night, receiving no extra money for the first hour she was disturbed, although after that she was paid at the full day-time rate.\n\nThe High Court ruled even when she was asleep she was entitled to the minimum wage for the shift.\n\nThat was overturned in the Court of Appeal and now the Supreme Court will be expected to settle the matter once and for all.\n\nMencap says it now ensures staff are paid the minimum wage for sleep-in shifts.\n\n\"We would dearly like to pay our hard-working colleagues more,\" the charity says.\n\nBut it is defending the case, it says, as, if the Court of Appeal ruling is overturned, tax officials will expect it and other care providers to pay care workers past and present six years of back pay, which \"would run into hundreds of millions\".\n\nMencap says such a bill could make the care they provide unviable and wants the government to step in,\" the charity says.\n\n\"Social care is chronically underfunded and many providers are warning that this could tip them into insolvency.\n\n\"If back pay is owed, we believe the government should pay it.\"\n\nTUC head of employment rights Kate Bell says: \"Governments for a long time have been talking about sorting the social-care crisis.\n\n\"This is the point where they really have to step in and help out.\n\n\"We just can't have the situation where we're saying either low paid workers don't get paid or people don't get the vital care they need. That's not tenable.\"\n\nA spokeswoman said the government would pay \"close attention\" to the outcome of the case.\n\nShe added: \"Workers in the sector should be fairly rewarded for what they do and we encourage employers to pay more than the minimum wage where possible; we hope more care-sector employers will consider doing so.\"", "The government has pledged £5bn over the next five years to improve bus and cycling services in England.\n\nBoris Johnson said the extra money will provide more frequent services and simpler, more affordable fares.\n\nMr Johnson told MPs that investments in local infrastructure would \"improve quality of life and productivity\".\n\nBut Labour said the PM's plan \"doesn't make up for deep cuts since 2010\" that have led to thousands of route closures.\n\nThe announcement comes as the government gave the go-ahead to the HS2 project.\n\nMr Johnson set out details of the high speed rail link and the new money for cycling and buses in a statement to the Commons.\n\nIn addition to improving frequency and fares, he said the £5bn of funding will go towards new priority routes for buses and 4,000 \"zero-carbon\" buses in England and Wales.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Cornwall teenager with a two hour bus commute\n\nIn September, ministers announced £220m in extra funding to boost the bus network in England. They hope the cash will enable operators to restore recently withdrawn services, to give passengers in rural areas more choice and to increase the use of contactless payments.\n\nFurther details will be announced in a new National Bus Strategy to be published later this year.\n\nMr Johnson told MPs that the government's investment plan \"must be local\" to connect left-behind places to the rest of the country.\n\n\"We can unite and level up across the country with fantastic local improvements. better rail, less congested roads, beautiful British-built buses, cleaner, greener, quicker, safer, more frequent,\" he said.\n\n\"Above all, we can improve the quality of life for people and improve their productivity, make places more attractive to live in and invest in.\"\n\nResponding to the prime minister, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn described Mr Johnson's plan as \"piecemeal\" and said the planned investment \"doesn't make up for deep cuts since 2010\" in bus services.\n\n\"Funding for buses has fallen by £645m a year since 2010, 3,300 routes cut or withdrawn and fares have soared,\" he said.\n\n\"It's councils that keep bus routes open. We need long-term funding for the local authorities that have suffered such severe cuts and now face a further £8bn black hole over this Parliament.\"\n\nBritish Chambers of Commerce director general, Adam Marshall, welcomed the funding and said: \"Business communities will want to work with central government, local government and bus operators to ensure that this new funding makes a real difference on the ground.\"\n\nOn cycling, Mr Johnson promised to create \"hundreds of miles\" of new cycle paths and plans to make cycling safer in towns by expanding projects dubbed \"mini Holland\" schemes.\n\nThe aim of creating \"low-traffic neighbourhoods\" outside of London is part of government plans to double rates of cycling by the 2025.\n\nThere are plans for more evening and weekend services\n\nCampaign group the Walking and Cycling Alliance said \"the emphasis on quality infrastructure is to be applauded\" and that it hoped to work with other groups to \"ensure that this investment is the start of a real transformation in how we get around\".\n\nA spokesperson added: \"It has never been more important to make it easier to walk and cycle - to tackle climate change, poor air quality, crippling congestion, and the mental and physical health of the nation.\n\n\"The evidence is clear and people want to do it, what has been lacking is the investment and ambition to make it safe and easy for everyone.\"", "An elderly couple from Leicestershire have been inundated with messages after their plea for the return of a stolen purse.\n\nGeoffrey and Pauline Walker posted a video to their 124,000 Instagram followers after Mrs Walker's purse was taken at a cafe in Coalville, Leicestershire.\n\nMr and Mrs Walker have gained a cult following on their @geoffreywalk account, by posting throwback photos from their relationship of six decades, as well as pictures and videos documenting their daily lives.\n\nMr Walker said they wanted the purse back because of its sentimental value, and because his wife kept phone numbers and medication notes inside.\n\nThey have received thousands of messages of support and offers of replacement purses.\n\n\"There's so many caring people out there,\" said Mr Walker.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that the controversial HS2 high-speed rail link will be built.\n\nThe first phase of the route will travel between London and Birmingham, with a second phase going to Manchester and Leeds.\n\n\"It has been a controversial and difficult decision,\" Mr Johnson said.\n\nThe prime minister added he was going to appoint a full-time minister to oversee the project and criticised the HS2 company's management of the scheme.\n\n\"I cannot say that HS2 limited has distinguished itself in the handling of local communities. The cost forecasts have exploded, but poor management to date has not detracted from the fundamental value of the project.\"\n\nThe prime minister said that a series of measures would be taken to \"restore discipline to the programme\".\n\nSupporters of HS2 say it will improve transport times, increase capacity, create jobs and rebalance the UK's economy.\n\nOnce it is built, journeys will be shorter. London to Birmingham travel times will be cut from one hour, 21 minutes to 52 minutes, according to the Department for Transport.\n\nAnd while it is being built, it is expected to create thousands of jobs and provide a stimulus to economic growth.\n\nThe first phase of the high-speed rail link between London and Birmingham was due to open at the end of 2026.\n\nBut Transport Secretary Grant Shapps told MPs in September that the first trains may not run on the route until some time between 2028 and 2031.\n\nThe second phase to Manchester and Leeds was due to open in 2032-33, but that has been pushed back to 2035-40.\n\nHowever, Mr Johnson told MPs that he hoped if work started immediately that trains \"could be running by the end of the decade\".\n\nThe spiralling cost of the project has sparked a backlash. The cost set out in the 2015 Budget was set at just under £56bn, but one independent estimate puts the cost as high as £106bn.\n\nMr Johnson added: \"We will, in line with the review, investigate the current costs to identify where savings can be made in phase one without a total redesign.\"\n\nLabour leader Jeremy Corbyn said Mr Johnson did not deserve praise for giving the project the go-ahead.\n\n\"The Labour Party supports HS2 as a means to boost regional economies and slash climate emissions. It is essential for boosting rail capacity and freeing up other lines,\" he said.\n\n\"But we don't see why the government should get a slap on the back for announcing it is going ahead.\n\n\"After all, it's only because of the abject failure of successive Conservative governments to keep on top of the costs, that the project's future was in any doubt.\"\n\nRon and Anne Ryall have been ordered to leave their home next month\n\nNot everybody is benefitting from HS2 being given the go-ahead.\n\nRon and Anne Ryall have been ordered to leave their home next month as the route is due to run right through it.\n\nRon told BBC Breakfast: \"It's completely wrecked our lives. I'm finding it difficult that someone can just walk into your life and destroy it. My family has lived in this lane for 100 years. I was born here.\"\n\nThe village hall in Burton Green is also due to be torn down for HS2\n\nMeanwhile, residents of a Warwickshire village admitted they were resigned to the final decision to build the rail line - even though it will split their lives in half.\n\nBurton Green village, home to 640 people, will effectively be bisected by the line.\n\nRona Taylor, who runs the village's residents' association, said: \"It's a very frustrating day because we have opposed this for 10 years.\"\n\nHowever, Cate Walter, a director of Rhino Safety based near Crewe, told the BBC: \"For Crewe this is absolutely crucial. We're a town been surrounded by a lot of regeneration areas in recent years, but have not been the focus of the regeneration ourselves.\n\n\"The investment in our very local economy that HS2 should bring will be absolutely crucial for growing businesses in our area.\"\n\nLib Dem MP Munira Wilson said: \"Key to cutting carbon emissions and tackling climate change is cutting domestic flights and moving people on to our railways and so that's why the HS2 announcement is to be welcomed and building a third runway at Heathrow is an act of environmental vandalism.\"\n\nGreen Party MP Caroline Lucas said HS2 would \"destroy or damage hundreds of important wildlife sites, areas of ancient woodland and local nature reserves\".\n\nJude Brimble, national secretary of the GMB trade union, which represents HS2 workers, said: \"The reality is that HS2 is happening and the government should get on with it.\n\n\"Thousands of skilled jobs depend on the project in construction and the supply chain.\"\n\nMatthew Fell, of UK employers' group the CBI, said the decision to back HS2 was \"exactly the sort of bold, decisive action required to inject confidence in the economy\".\n\nHe added: \"It sends the right signal around the world that the UK is open for business. HS2 shows the government's commitment to levelling up the nations and regions of the UK.\"\n\nStephen Phipson, chief executive of manufacturers' organisation Make UK, said: \"Industry will applaud this bold, sensible and pragmatic decision which will help change the country for the better.\n\n\"Government now has a once in a generation opportunity to develop a fully integrated transport plan for the whole country which it should grab with both hands.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Robyn Peoples and Sharni Edwards tie the knot in Northern Ireland's first same-sex marriage ceremony\n\nA couple have tied the knot in the first same-sex marriage to take place in Northern Ireland.\n\nRobyn Peoples, from Belfast, and Sharni Edwards, from Brighton celebrated their nuptials on Tuesday at a ceremony in a hotel in Carrickfergus, County Antrim.\n\nThey met five years ago at a gay bar in Belfast.\n\nAhead of the ceremony, Ms Peoples, a care worker, said the pair were sending a message to the world that \"we are equal\".\n\n\"Our love is personal but the law which said we couldn't marry was political,\" she said.\n\n\"We are delighted that with our wedding, we can now say that those days are over.\n\n\"While this campaign ends with Sharni and I saying 'I do', it started with people saying 'No' to inequality.\n\nThe couple got married in a hotel in Carrickfergus, County Antrim\n\nMs Edwards, a waitress from Brighton, said the couple felt humbled their wedding was a \"landmark moment for equal rights in Northern Ireland\".\n\n\"We didn't set out to make history - we just fell in love,\" she added.\n\n\"We are so grateful to the thousands of people who marched for our freedoms, to the Love Equality campaign who led the way and the politicians who voted to change the law.\n\n\"Without you, our wedding wouldn't have been possible.\n\n\"We will be forever thankful.\"\n\nThe couple's married name is Edwards-Peoples\n\nSame-sex marriage has been legal in England, Wales and Scotland since 2014.\n\nHowever, this is the first week that same-sex couples in Northern Ireland can legally get married.\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\nFrom 13 January, same-sex couples were able to register to marry.\n\nElsewhere on Tuesday, Westminster campaigners were at a celebratory reception to thank MPs who had acted on the issue.\n\nSara Canning, the partner of murdered Northern Ireland journalist Lyra McKee, attended the event organised by Amnesty International and the Love Equality campaign.\n\nMs McKee, 29, was shot on 18 April while observing rioting in Londonderry.\n\nMs Canning described the marriage of Ms Peoples and Ms Edwards as a \"wonderful moment\".\n\n\"This really means so much and has brought me some much-needed light in what has been a dark year,\" she added.", "Michelle O'Neill has been the vice-president of Sinn Féin since 2018\n\nSinn Féin's deputy leader has said police have told her dissident republicans are planning an attack on herself and party colleague Gerry Kelly.\n\nMichelle O'Neill is NI's deputy first minister, and Mr Kelly is the party's policing spokesperson.\n\nShe said Sinn Féin had received the warning from the PSNI on Tuesday.\n\nMs O'Neill said her party would not be deterred, following its success in the Irish general election.\n\nOn Monday, Sinn Féin celebrated its best-ever electoral result, winning 37 seats out of 160 and taking the highest share of first preference votes.\n\n\"The backdrop (of the threats) is that 500,000 people have voted for Sinn Féin and voted for change in recent elections,\" she said.\n\n\"These people have nothing to offer society, nothing but intent to attack myself, and Gerry and our families.\n\n\"Dissident republicans have no strategy, no plan and no progress towards Irish unity. It also comes at a time with a backdrop where we have never been closer to Irish unity.\n\n\"I will not be deterred and Sinn Féin will not be deterred.\"\n\nDUP leader and First Minister Arlene Foster condemned those responsible, saying: \"There is no place for threats or violence.\n\n\"We live in a democracy. The ballot box is how we effect change, not through the bomb or bullet.\n\n\"Whether in 1970, 1980, 1990 or 2020, violence from every hue must be condemned.\"\n\nMs O'Neill said she could not comment further on the nature of the intelligence the PSNI had received, but said she and Mr Kelly had to take measures to protect their families.\n\nShe and Mr Kelly attended a PSNI recruitment event in Belfast last week, which was described by the Chief Constable Simon Byrne as a positive step forward, regarding a drive to encourage more Catholics to join the force.\n\nLast year, there were attempted bomb attacks by dissident republicans on police in Belfast, Craigavon and Fermanagh.\n\nThe two dissident republican groups involved are the New IRA and the Continuity IRA.\n\nBoth groups are said to want to demonstrate they continue to exist and that they remain capable of violence, partly as a means to attract recruits - not just young individuals, but those from an older generation.\n\nThey see themselves as continuing physical force republicanism against British rule.", "People were spotted \"risking their lives\" to take selfies on cliffs near Swansea.\n\nStorm Ciara battered Wales over the weekend with strong winds and flooding.\n\nMumbles Coastguard cliff rescue team tweeted: \"Whilst on patrol this afternoon we saw a few people risking their lives for a photo.\n\n\"This may seem like fun, but it just isn’t a good idea!\n\n\"It’s why we have highly trained Volunteer Coastguard Teams and Lifeboat Crew on call 24/7 ready to risk their lives to come and get you.\"", "Bong Joon-ho won best director and best original screenplay as well as best picture\n\nThe US live TV audience for the Oscars fell to an all-time low on Sunday.\n\nRoughly 23.6 million viewers tuned into the awards ceremony, according to the US broadcaster ABC, citing Nielsen.\n\nThe ratings fell sharply from last year when 29.5 million people watched, amid an industry-wide decline in linear TV viewing.\n\nSouth Korea's Parasite made history, becoming the first non-English language film to win best picture since the awards began 92 years ago.\n\nRenee Zellweger won best actress for playing Judy Garland in Judy. Joaquin Phoenix was named best actor for Joker.\n\nDespite the ratings slump, the Oscars, which had no host for the second year running, remains the most-watched awards show.\n\nIn 2019 the ceremony managed to buck a four-year trend in declining viewers and increased its audience by 11% to 26.5 million.\n\nMusicians Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper performed a much-celebrated duet, while Queen opened the show.\n\nIt was the first year the ceremony went without a host, which some had pointed to as a reason for its increased popularity.\n\nTimothee Chalamet (right) and Natalie Portman (left) gave Taika Waititi his award\n\nBut the new record low indicates the Oscars was not able to repeat that success in 2020.\n\nSinger and actress Janelle Monae opened the three-and-half hour show, followed by performances by musicians Elton John and Billie Eilish.\n\nThe awards were presented by celebrity duos, including Timothee Chalamet and Natalie Portman, and Steve Martin and Chris Rock.\n\nSouth Korean viewers celebrated when Parasite director Bong Joon-ho spoke partly in South Korean during his acceptance speech.\n\nOther awards ceremonies, including the Emmy Awards, Golden Globes, and Grammys, also lost viewers this year.\n\nThe number of people who watched the 2019 Emmy Awards live fell by 32%.\n\nParasite won four awards in total, while Sir Sam Mendes's 1917 took three.\n\nThe World War One epic had been the favourite to win best picture, but its awards all came in the technical categories.\n\nBrad Pitt won the first Oscar of his career for best supporting actor in his role in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon A Time in Hollywood.\n\nBest actress winner Renee Zellwegger paid tribute to Judy Garland, who was nominated for two Oscars but never won.\n\nJoker actor Joaquin Phoenix used his acceptance speech to cover topics from animal rights, to the environment and racism.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.\n• None Should the Oscars rip up the ceremony rulebook?", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA man has been convicted of planning a terror attack at London tourist hotspots, just over a year after he was cleared of attacking police with a sword outside Buckingham Palace.\n\nMohiussunnath Chowdhury, 28, from Luton, spoke about targeting attractions including Madame Tussauds, the gay Pride parade and a tourist bus.\n\nThe former Uber driver unwittingly revealed his plot to undercover police.\n\nHe also bragged to them that he had deceived the jury at his first trial.\n\nChowdhury was cleared of a terror charge in December 2018 after slashing police with a sword outside the Queen's London residence while shouting \"Allahu Akbar\".\n\nAt the time Chowdhury told jurors he only wanted to be killed by police and did not intend to harm anyone.\n\nChowdhury's sister, Sneha Chowdhury, was convicted of one count of failing to disclose information about acts of terrorism\n\nUndercover officers, posing as like-minded extremists, had Chowdhury under surveillance during a five-month operation, his trial at Woolwich Crown Court heard.\n\nThe chicken shop worker prepared for his atrocity by lifting weights, practising stabbing and rehearsing beheading techniques, as well as booking shooting range training and trying to acquire a real gun, the court heard.\n\nHe remained emotionless as jurors found him guilty of engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts, collecting information likely to be useful to someone preparing an act of terrorism, and disseminating terrorist publications.\n\nThe second charge related to a document titled \"guidance for doing just terror operations\" on his phone, which included instructions on how to kill people with knives.\n\nChowdhury was nothing if not prepared for martyrdom.\n\nHe'd collected knives for an attack, looked into firearms training and even made a list of what he was going to do when he got to heaven.\n\nTop of the list wasn't meeting his maker, though. It was a tour of the palace he assumed he would be given.\n\nSecond on the unmarried chicken shop worker's list was to meet and consummate his relationship with 72 wives.\n\nOnly later - seventh on the list - would he find time to meet God; and his 10th task of life in the hereafter was \"choose quests to embark on\".\n\nMohiussunnath - or Musa - Chowdhury was obsessive about quests in which he played the part of a heroic martyr doing God's work on earth.\n\nChowdhury's sister, Sneha Chowdhury, 25, cried as she was convicted of one count of failing to disclose information about acts of terrorism and cleared of another count of the same charge.\n\nThe prosecution described his sister as \"loyal, much put-on and long-suffering\" but also as someone who was \"aware of all he was saying to her and what it meant\".\n\nChowdhury's defence barrister had argued the university drop-out was a \"pathetic little man\" and an \"attention-seeker\" who \"talks and talks, but doesn't do\".\n\nChowdhury also dismissed his praise of the murder of soldier Lee Rigby as \"jihadi banter\" and said his weapons training came from a fascination with martial arts and weightlifting.\n\nMohiussunnath Chowdhury had planned attacks on targets including Madame Tussauds, the gay Pride parade and an open-top sightseeing bus\n\nBut prosecutors said he desired to \"unleash death and suffering\" on non-Muslims.\n\nScotland Yard counter terror commander Richard Smith said Chowdhury was an \"extremely dangerous person\" whose intention was \"to kill and harm as many people as possible\".\n\nIn one recording from June last year, Chowdhury told an undercover officer he was free to attack one million unbelievers if he was fighting for \"the pleasure of Allah\".", "New powers will be given to the watchdog Ofcom to force social media firms to act over harmful content.\n\nUntil now, firms like Facebook, Tiktok, YouTube, Snapchat and Twitter have largely been self-regulating.\n\nThe companies have defended their own rules about taking down unacceptable content, but critics say independent rules are needed to keep people safe.\n\nIt is unclear what penalties Ofcom will be able to enforce to target violence, cyber-bullying and child abuse.\n\nThere have been widespread calls for social media firms to take more responsibility for their content, especially after the death of Molly Russell who took her own life after viewing graphic content on Instagram.\n\nThe government has now announced it is \"minded\" to grant new powers to Ofcom - which currently only regulates the media and the telecoms industry, not internet safety.\n\nOfcom will have the power to make tech firms responsible for protecting people from harmful content such as violence, terrorism, cyber-bullying and child abuse - and platforms will need to ensure that content is removed quickly.\n\nThey will also be expected to \"minimise the risks\" of it appearing at all.\n\nThe regulator has just announced the appointment of a new chief executive, Dame Melanie Dawes, who will take up the role in March.\n\nMolly Russell's family found she had been accessing distressing material about depression and suicide on Instagram\n\n\"There are many platforms who ideally would not have wanted regulation, but I think that's changing,\" said Digital Secretary Baroness Nicky Morgan.\n\n\"I think they understand now that actually regulation is coming.\"\n\nJulian Knight, chair elect of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee which scrutinises social media companies, called for \"a muscular approach\" to regulation.\n\n\"That means more than a hefty fine - it means having the clout to disrupt the activities of businesses that fail to comply, and ultimately, the threat of a prison sentence for breaking the law,\" he said.\n\nIn a statement, Facebook said it had \"long called\" for new regulation, and said it was \"looking forward to carrying on the discussion\" with the government and wider industry.\n\nCommunication watchdog Ofcom already regulates television and radio broadcasters, including the BBC, and deals with complaints about them.\n\nThis is the government's first response to the Online Harms consultation it carried out in the UK in 2019, which received 2,500 replies.\n\nThe new rules will apply to firms hosting user-generated content, including comments, forums and video-sharing - that is likely to include Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok.\n\nThe intention is that government sets the direction of the policy but gives Ofcom the freedom to draw up and adapt the details. By doing this, the watchdog should have the ability to tackle new online threats as they emerge without the need for further legislation.\n\nA full response will be published in the spring.\n\n\"Too many times social media companies have said: 'We don't like the idea of children being abused on our sites, we'll do something, leave it to us,'\" said chief executive Peter Wanless.\n\n\"Thirteen self-regulatory attempts to keep children safe online have failed.\n\nSeyi Akiwowo set up the campaign group Glitch after experiencing online harassment.\n\nSeyi Akiwowo set up the online abuse awareness group Glitch after experiencing sexist and racist harassment online after a video of her giving a talk in her role as a councillor was posted on a neo-Nazi forum.\n\n\"When I first suffered abuse the response of the tech companies was below [what I'd hoped],\" she said.\n\n\"I am excited by the Online Harms Bill - it places the duty of care on these multi-billion pound tech companies.\"\n\nIn many countries, social media platforms are permitted to regulate themselves, as long as they adhere to local laws on illegal material.\n\nGermany introduced the NetzDG Law in 2018, which states that social media platforms with more than two million registered German users have to review and remove illegal content within 24 hours of being posted or face fines of up to €50m (£42m).\n\nAustralia passed the Sharing of Abhorrent Violent Material Act in April 2019, introducing criminal penalties for social media companies, possible jail sentences for tech executives for up to three years and financial penalties worth up to 10% of a company's global turnover.\n\nChina blocks many western tech giants including Twitter, Google and Facebook, and the state monitors Chinese social apps for politically sensitive content.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAn eight-year-old girl has been home-tutored for 20 months because of a lack of disabled toilets in schools.\n\nImogen Ashwell-Lewis has cerebral palsy and has not been able to find a school with suitable facilities since leaving Rogiet Primary in June 2018.\n\nMonmouthshire council said it was following Welsh Government guidance.\n\nA disability charity said many parents of disabled children felt their youngsters were \"a bit of an afterthought\".\n\nImogen's mum Catherine Ashwell-Rice, from Caldicot in Monmouthshire, said her daughter left Rogiet Primary after she raised a series of concerns.\n\nThese resulted in her bringing a disability discriminatory appeal at a special educational needs tribunal for Wales.\n\nThe council said it had worked \"with all agencies and Mrs Ashwell-Rice to resolve the situation in 2018\".\n\nBut Mrs Ashwell-Rice said she had learnt Rogiet is the only Monmouthshire school with a child accessible disabled toilet - and she has had a 20-month battle to get Imogen into another school.\n\n\"Some of the schools were unsuitable because of the physical make up of them,\" Mrs Ashwell-Rice said.\n\n\"And then we kept going further and further afield until we found schools that were suitable.\"\n\nImogen has been without a school since leaving Rogiet Primary in 2018\n\nDespite promises adaptations would be made to a number of schools, the situation remained unresolved.\n\nMonmouthshire council is paying for home tuition for Imogen for three hours, four days a week.\n\nMrs Ashwell-Rice said the last few months been \"an emotional rollercoaster\" for herself and Imogen.\n\n\"Every time we think we've got a school and that things are going to move forward, we discover that the adaptations can't be made, or that we're promised they'll be done and they haven't.\n\n\"It's obviously been really disruptive for Imogen's education.\"\n\nImogen Ashwell-Lewis has suffered a \"rollercoaster of emotions\", her mother says\n\nDisability Wales chief executive Rhian Davies said it was a familiar tale.\n\n\"And despite 25 years of equality legislation, we're still not getting it right in Wales,\" she said.\n\n\"We're still a long way off a fully inclusive education system.\"\n\nA Monmouthshire County Council spokesman said toilets were provided according to Welsh Government design guidance.\n\n\"Pupils' needs are assessed on an individual basis and further adaptations to toilets in disabled facilities are made if necessary,\" he said.\n\nThe spokesman said an independent mediator was used to try and resolve the situation which led to Mrs Ashwell-Rice withdrawing her complaint to the Disability Discrimination Tribunal.\n\nHe said the authority was working closely with Mrs Ashwell-Rice \"and other agencies to ensure that Imogen's needs are fully met in a school setting\".\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. Ruby showed us a few of her different hairstyles\n\nA pupil who was repeatedly sent home from school because of her afro hair wants to make sure it doesn't happen to any other UK schoolchild.\n\nRuby Williams received £8,500 in an out-of-court settlement after her family took legal action against The Urswick School in east London.\n\nShe was told her hair breached policy, which stated that \"afro style hair must be of reasonable size and length\".\n\nThe school did not accept any liability.\n\nRuby told Radio 1 Newsbeat she wants UK schools to have \"better guidelines on their uniform policy so that people can't be discriminated against when they're walking into school\".\n\n\"I'd also like to hope that this story gives confidence to those who might be staying quiet about a similar situation,\" Ruby added.\n\nRuby's official school photo for years 10 and 11, taken at the end of year nine\n\nKate Williams, Ruby's mum, first spotted the policy on the school's website more than three years ago - after Ruby was first sent home because of her hair.\n\nRuby, now 18, claims the school's head teacher Richard Brown told her that her hair was \"too big\".\n\nShe says the school, based in Hackney, claimed that her hair was distracting to pupils and blocked views of the whiteboard.\n\nThe Urswick School's governing body says the school \"recognises and celebrates diversity at every opportunity\".\n\n\"The governing body is hugely distressed if any child or family feels we have discriminated against them,\" it told Newsbeat in a statement, adding: \"We do not accept that the school has discriminated, even unintentionally, against any individual or group.\"\n\nThe settlement offer was made by the London Diocesan Board for Schools directly to Ruby's family, without any admission of liability from the school.\n\nSince the initial complaints from Ruby's family, the school has removed the hair policy from its website.\n\nRuby's hair the first time she was sent home from school, when she was 14\n\nWe first heard about Ruby's story in 2018.\n\nThe Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) was using its powers under the Equality Act to fund a race discrimination claim against the school on Ruby's behalf.\n\nShe had spent years 10 and 11 - while preparing for and sitting her GCSEs - being repeatedly sent home from school because of her hair.\n\nIt shocked Ruby at first.\n\n\"Am I really being sent home because my hair is growing out of my head the way it is?\" she told us.\n\nRuby's school used her year seven picture, when her hair was straight, in her year 11 yearbook\n\nRuby developed signs of depression and felt anxious about going to school because of it all.\n\nShe worried she would be singled out by teachers in front of her classmates because of her appearance.\n\n\"I felt like any time I would walk into the school with my hair out, all eyes were on me,\" she said.\n\nThe school was sent letters from Ruby's GP and a clinical psychologist warning that she was suffering because of the policy.\n\nBut it's claimed staff didn't offer her any support.\n\nThe school says it's \"impossible\" to comment further on a former student.\n\nRuby with extensions, graduating with her natural hair pulled back in the second picture, and gelled into a ponytail in the third\n\nRuby tried lots of different hairstyles to comply with the school's rules.\n\nShe tried braids, which can take hours to complete and cost anywhere from between £20 to £100 if done at a hairdressers.\n\nShe also tried putting her hair in different types of ponytails and slicking it back with gel.\n\nBut her family found that whatever they did cost a lot of money, took lots of time, or risked damaging Ruby's hair.\n\nRuby's hair after learning how to do single extensions on YouTube\n\nAfter one incident, when Ruby says a teacher tried to put her own hair bands into Ruby's hair, she'd had enough.\n\n\"I ended up getting frustrated because my hair would keep bouncing out of the bun and in the end I just said 'If it's too big can you just please send me home? Because this is not OK'.\n\n\"Why should I have to cut or change my hair and people can have their hair all the way down to their hips, as long as they want - but because my hair grows out I need to cut it?\"\n\nRuby says it would take half an hour in the morning to get her hair into a style the school found acceptable\n\nRuby hasn't always liked her hair.\n\nShe started straightening it in 2013 when she was in year seven - which took around three hours twice a week.\n\nIt caused her hair to become damaged but Ruby felt like she needed it to look straight.\n\n\"I thought that there was something wrong with it, because why does nobody else have this hair?\" she told us.\n\n\"Everyone I see that has hair like mine has it in a weave or under a wig and nobody actually shows it... so my hair can't be normal and it can't be as nice as other people's hair.\"\n\nRuby aged three, when she was happy with her afro\n\nAfter seeing more people embrace their natural hair, Ruby stopped straightening it towards the end of year eight.\n\nBut in September 2016 she was sent home and told her hair breached the school's uniform policy - leading to the legal action.\n\nAfter years of delays with her case, Ruby and her family decided to settle out of court.\n\nThey now want to make sure that children with afro hair at school in the UK don't experience anything similar - and are calling for schools to mark World Afro Day, which takes place on 15 September, to raise awareness.\n\nRuby, mum Kate and dad Lenny have had support from the Equality and Human Rights Commission\n\nRuby, who's now studying for her A-levels at another college, says she does now feel confident about her hair.\n\n\"I'm definitely proud of my hair. I'm proud of the progress that it's made and the journey that I've been on.\n\n\"I'm proud that my hair is 'too big'.\"\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "The walkers were found to have had no winter kit\n\nRescuers said four people helped from Ben Nevis were lucky to be alive.\n\nThey said the tourists who were caught in blizzard conditions had \"no ice axes, no crampons and as far as we are aware, no maps\". Three of them were wearing trainers.\n\nLochaber Mountain Rescue Team found them near the summit of the mountain.\n\nAll four were taken by helicopter from part-way down the mountain to be checked over at Belford Hospital in Fort William.\n\nInverness Coastguard helicopter, Rescue 151, could not be used near the summit because of the severity of the conditions.\n\nMiller Harris, of Lochaber MRT, said the four people who were visiting Scotland from abroad were lucky to have been at a place on the mountain where they could get mobile phone reception.\n\nThey were able to raise the alarm by calling the police and then use an app to give rescuers a location \"within metres\" of where they were.\n\nMr Harris told BBC Scotland: \"If there hadn't been a phone signal, we would have had no idea what was going on.\n\n\"One of them managed to get back to the summit where they met our team and was able to confirm the location where his friends were.\n\n\"They were very, very cold and one was probably hypothermic and was having difficulty walking.\"\n\nMr Harris said the people were on a day trip, rather than being experienced hillwalkers, and had no winter equipment such as ice axes or crampons and did not appear to have a map.\n\nLochaber MRT described the weather as \"horrendous\" with the wind chill of -20C or below.\n\nThe rescue on Britain's highest mountain came in the wake of Storm Ciara and amid Met Office yellow \"be aware\" warnings of high winds and snow.\n\nThe group used the app What3words to give a location \"within metres\" of where rescuers found them.\n\nThe app divides the world into three-metre squares and gives each one a unique three-word address.\n\nTortoises, swarm and announce were the words given for the group of four on Ben Nevis, according to the What3words website.\n\nIn Scotland, it has previously been used in the rescue of an injured walker in Lewis in the Western Isles.\n\nMountaineering groups suggest the app be used in addition to but not instead of map and compass and other winter skills.\n\nMr Harris backed that advice, adding: \"We are not saying that people should not go out on the mountains. People with the right skills and equipment are able to do that safely.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Splash has been in private ownership since 2006\n\nOne of British artist David Hockney's most famous works, The Splash, has been sold for £23.1m at Sotheby's in London.\n\nThe buyer is not known. It had been estimated to sell for £20m-£30m - and ended up going for £23,117,000.\n\nThe painting, in Hockney's minimalist style, depicts the moment after a diver hits the water in an LA swimming pool.\n\nIt is considered one of the stand-out pop art images of the 20th Century and is one of a trio of works alongside A Little Splash and A Bigger Splash.\n\nA Bigger Splash is housed in London's Tate Britain while A Little Splash remains in a private collection and has never appeared on the public market.\n\n\"Not only is this a landmark work within David Hockney's oeuvre, it's an icon of Pop that defined an era and also gave a visual identity to LA,\" Emma Baker, head of Sotheby's contemporary art evening sale, said in a statement.\n\nWhen it was previously sold to a private owner in 2006 it went for £2.9m - a then record price for a Hockney work - and it has remained with that buyer until now.\n\nPrior to that, the £1.9m sale of A Neat Lawn, also in 2006, had set a precedent for a Hockney.\n\nDavid Hockney was inspired to create his Splash series by his early years in Los Angeles\n\nSince then, the growing interest among the most wealthy in the value-holding investment benefits of high-end contemporary art have seen auction prices climb.\n\nThis was illustrated at a 2018 auction at Christie's in New York where Hockney's Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) sold for just over $90m (£70m) - an auction record at the time for a work by a living artist.\n\nIt's since been beaten by the $91.1m (£70.3m) sale in 2019 of a sculpture by US pop artist Jeff Koons.\n\nIn May 2018, Hockney's Pacific Coast Highway and Santa Monica sold for $28.5m (£22m) - which was more than double the previous auction record for the artist.\n\nThe Splash captures the brief moment just seconds after a swimmer has broken the calm surface of a pool.\n\nThe painting's protagonist is present, yet absent, hidden by the displaced water. The work is a classic example of Hockney's lifelong fascination with the texture, appearance and depth of water.\n\nThe Splash series was inspired by the time Hockney spent in Los Angeles following his graduation from art school.\n\nHe first visited the Californian city in 1964. On returning to London later that year, he began to work on his first pool painting, Picture of a Hollywood Swimming Pool, which fetched $7.2m (£5.6m) at an auction at Sotheby's New York in November 2019.\n\nIn 1966, he went back to Los Angeles and moved into an apartment in the city. It was there that Hockney, in his new sun-soaked environment, created the Splash paintings between 1966 and 1967.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Post-Brexit transition border checks could cause fresh food supply problems, an industry body has warned.\n\nShoppers will notice the supply issues next January unless there is a \"massive upgrade\" in border facilities, the British Retail Consortium said.\n\nThe warning came after cabinet minister Michael Gove said that border checks are \"inevitable\" after the Brexit transition period ends on 31 December.\n\nOfficials said firms have enough time to prepare for the changes.\n\nBorder checks could quickly cause hold-ups at Channel ports of thousands of trucks, including those carrying fresh food, the BRC said.\n\nThe government will have to \"move fast\" to put in place the necessary border infrastructure and staff to cope with those checks by the end of the year, it said.\n\nIf it doesn't, \"consumers in the UK will see significant disruption, particularly in the availability of fresh fruit and vegetables\" the BRC's director of food and sustainability Andrew Opie warned.\n\n\"If you think this is going to hit us in January, that's our peak import season for things like fresh fruit and vegetables. Customers are really going to see the problems on supermarket shelves unless we get that infrastructure,\" he said.\n\n\"So, you've got enormous bureaucracy, enormous change, but crucially you've got a problem with the infrastructure at the key ports around the Channel, which currently really act as an extension of the motorway for our supply chain, where you will be holding thousands of vehicles every day.\"\n\n\"I don't know if you've been to Dover recently, but there isn't an enormous amount of room to hold that infrastructure,\" he added.\n\nThe warning came after Mr Gove told a Border Delivery Group event on Monday: \"The UK will be outside the single market and outside the customs union, so we will have to be ready for the customs procedures and regulatory checks that will inevitably follow.\"\n\nThe Brexit transition period is due to end at 11pm on 31 December this year.\n\nFrom then, there will be import checks at the UK border, and traders in the EU and UK will have extra paperwork, the government said.\n\nFrom next January, all traders will have to fill out customs declarations and be liable to customs checks on goods for cross-channel trade.\n\nIf no trade deal is reached with the EU, taxes such as tariffs will also need to be charged and collected.\n\nMichael Gove said businesses must be ready for 'customs procedures and regulatory checks'\n\nFacilities such as the Channel Tunnel have been designed for minimal border checks.\n\nNew customs infrastructure, facilities and systems as well as staff, agents and vets will have to be in place by the end of this year.\n\nBut Mr Gove told the conference there would be light touch administration of trade across the Irish Sea.\n\nHowever, last week it emerged that Stena Line, the biggest operator of ferries in the Irish Sea, is preparing for trade checks between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.\n\nIt was quietly confirmed in a speech. Some might argue it has been inevitable since the election.\n\nBut the change in the way the UK trade border functions with our biggest trade partner is one of the single biggest changes to the way the UK economy functions.\n\nPut simply, many industries rely on the frictionless free flow of goods between the UK and the continent.\n\nThe unequivocal message from Michael Gove is that businesses should prepare for the the end of that as 2020 draws to a close.\n\nWhereas the impact of all this in the Irish Sea has garnered considerable attention, the new trading arrangements between Dover and Calais and along the Channel Tunnel will have a bigger effect on the economy.\n\nBy getting businesses to take the prospect seriously, the government's hope is that more will be prepared and so delays and disruption can be limited.\n\nBut we are dealing with parts of the border that are designed to run without checks.\n\nThere will need to be more customs officers, thousands more customs agents, mass recruitment of vets, and new customs posts.\n\nAlmost every independent economic analysis - and the government's own until now - has shown that extra trade friction with what is currently our biggest market will be an overall hit to the economy.\n\nPreparation can help alleviate some of that hit, but not all.\n\nBusinesses also said they face extra costs from checks. The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) said that for many businesses, border delays would incur higher costs than tariffs.\n\nAdam Marshall, the BCC director general, said: \"Additional friction will equal higher costs for a lot of our business, and while the discussion over the past few months has focussed a lot on tariffs, it's actually these border costs... that really is the biggest source of cost for most.\"\n\nEU trade will not be waved through with zero checks, which would have been the case under a no-deal Brexit.\n\nTraders will not be able to use special arrangements to lodge new paperwork after a grace period at a later date.\n\nIndustries from car manufacturers to food distributors, which rely on the frictionless free flow of goods with the continent, say they face extra costs, delays and red tape from what are known as non-tariff barriers.\n\nProducts of animal origin will need export certificates from a registered vet.", "Drivers and passengers were taken to safety by members of Moffat Mountain Rescue Team\n\nA mountain rescue team battled through the snow to assist drivers stranded in severe conditions in southern Scotland.\n\nVehicles became stuck on the A702 at the Dalveen Pass near Durisdeer in Dumfries and Galloway on Tuesday night.\n\nMoffat Mountain Rescue Team said a total of 12 people were helped to safety overnight in what they described as \"poor weather\".\n\nA string of Met Office weather warnings remain in place across Scotland for the days ahead.\n\nThe rescue operation came after an amber alert was issued for much of Dumfries and Galloway and the Scottish Borders on Tuesday.\n\nA yellow warning for snow and ice was in place across most of Scotland until 12:00 on Wednesday.\n\nThe rescue operation at Dalveen Pass came after days of wintry conditions in Scotland\n\nAs well as the incident in Dumfries and Galloway, Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue Team was also called out in the Borders.\n\nIt came at about 15:00 on Tuesday to help the occupants of a vehicle which had slipped off the road in a \"remote location\" in the region.\n\nNetwork Rail Scotland had to clear the line at Corrour on Wednesday morning\n\nGritters were out working on the roads near Beattock on Tuesday as conditions got worse\n\nThe operation took about four hours to complete in blizzard conditions which team members described as \"some of the harshest\" they had ever worked in.\n\nDisruption continued on Wednesday after the amber alert the day before.\n\nIn Dumfries and Galloway, three schools have been been closed in Sanquhar, Kelloholm and Hottsbridge.\n\nConditions deteriorated near Penicuik on Tuesday as the amber weather warning came into force\n\nPolice also reported a number of crashes across the region with many routes affected by ice.\n\nDrivers have been asked to \"slow down and drive accordingly\".\n\nIn the Highlands, Kinlochbervie High School, six primary schools and three nurseries have been closed due to the weather. The closures affect more than 180 children.\n\nDeep snow drifts had to be cleared from the West Highland Line on Wednesday morning.\n\nA Network Rail Scotland crew spent about 20 minutes clearing the line at Corrour, the highest mainline railway station in the UK and famous for its appearance in the 1996 film Trainspotting.\n\nLeadhills also saw significant snowfalls on Tuesday\n\nThe public was asked to take care if going out\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A 12-year-old boy has been charged in connection with racist chants against Rangers striker Alfredo Morelos.\n\nPolice launched an investigation following allegations of abuse during the Scottish Premiership clash with Celtic on Sunday 29 December.\n\nThe boy cannot be identified for legal reasons.\n\nSupt Mark Sutherland said that any form of abuse was \"completely unacceptable\" and that the force would continue to investigate any further claims.", "The lives of millions of Yemenis depend on food aid\n\nA crisis within the world's greatest humanitarian emergency could be reaching breaking point over the control of lifesaving aid millions of Yemenis need to survive.\n\nMajor donors and some of the world's biggest aid agencies will meet in Brussels on Thursday in an effort to forge a collective response to what is being widely described as unprecedented and unacceptable obstruction by Houthi authorities who hold sway over large swathes of northern Yemen.\n\nThe lives of millions of Yemenis depend on it. A recent Yemen briefing to the UN Security Council underlined that access constraints were affecting 6.7 million Yemenis who needed assistance - a figure which it noted has \"never been so high.\"\n\n\"Humanitarian agencies must operate in an environment where they can uphold humanitarian principles,\" says Lise Grande, the UN's Resident Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen.\n\n\"If we reach a point where the operating environment doesn't allow us to do that, we do everything we can to change it.\"\n\nEven at this eleventh hour, discussions are continuing with senior Houthi officials to find a way forward.\n\nMonths of meetings, a succession of envoys despatched to the capital Sanaa, and a series of statements to the UN Security Council have failed to resolve a catalogue of complaints ranging from delays in permits to harassment and detention of staff. One aid official expressed concern over an \"extremely hostile environment\".\n\nConcern spiked when a levy on every aid agency was proposed, amounting to 2% of operational budgets, by the body established by the Houthis in November to exert greater control over aid, known as the Supreme Council for the Management and Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (SCMCHA).\n\n\"This is huge,\" explains one aid official who, like most agencies operating in Yemen, did not wish to speak on the record given the acute sensitivity of these issues. \"It could be seen as financing the war.\"\n\n\"We don't want any disagreements with aid agencies,\" insists Mane al-Assal who heads SCMCHA's Department of International Co-operation.\n\n\"We informed them that if we work together towards a common goal to help people in need then we will not disagree, but not if they bring in political considerations,\" he tells me when we meet in Sanaa, where Houthi rebels, officially known as Ansar Allah, have been in charge since 2014. His words underscore an atmosphere often clouded by suspicion and criticism of major western aid agencies and their spending priorities.\n\nAs for the tax, he explains \"there should be nothing wrong with providing funds which enable us to co-ordinate aid when we're suffering from a blockade\" - a reference to restrictions imposed on air and sea ports by the Saudi-led coalition battling the Houthis, who are aligned to Iran. He then hastens to add the tax is still only a proposal.\n\nWe're surrounded by towering stacks of boxes in a vast warehouse at Sanaa International Airport, a spot chosen by Mr Assal to make his point as forcefully as possible.\n\n\"When this aid comes, like these expired medicines or spoilt food, we stop this aid so we don't make Yemenis sick, or add to the tragedy,\" he says, pointing to medicine belonging to an international medical charity.\n\nWhen I point out that the pallet next to us has an expiry date of June 2020, he explains that by the time the required paperwork is complete, and distribution underway, they will no longer be fit for purpose.\n\nFood is often stuck in warehouses while paper work drags on\n\nConversations with several international NGOs working in northern Yemen all relayed the same story: goods stuck in warehouses while paper work drags on; agreements delayed; permits denied.\n\nSome governments have been reluctant to take drastic steps, worried it could adversely affect embryonic efforts to bring an end to Yemen's devastating war which now encompass secret talks between senior Saudi and Houthi officials.\n\nBut major donors are reported to be increasingly uneasy over perceived compromises to humanitarian principles including misuse of tax payers' money.\n\nThere is double jeopardy in a country where aid is a lifeline for 80% of the population. \"I'm losing sleep over this,\" one official confesses. \"Can we walk away from millions of people who, without aid, could easily slip into famine?\"\n\nThe stakes are so high, the emphasis at this week's meeting will be on agreeing a unified response with possible options including a scaling back or suspension of aid programmes. \"The UK is urging the UN to lead on a plan - alongside other donors - for how we can all adjust how we give aid to ensure it gets to those in need,\" a spokesperson for the UK's Department of International Development (DFID) tells me.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dr Abdullah Thawaba said Yemen's only cancer hospital cannot give children the treatment they need\n\n\"We may have to go in a different direction for a little while until we can get those conditions back in place. That's our responsibility,\" comments Lise Grande, who plays a leading role in constant discussions with senior Houthi officials to protect a programme which reaches more than 14 million people. \"We are committed to find ways to co-operate.\"\n\nAid agencies also express concern about new and growing impediments in southern Yemen, which is controlled by the coalition-backed government. But the constraints are still on a far less significant scale.\n\nOn a visit to the north-western province of Hajjah, one of the areas worst affected by war, disease and displacement, we're invited by another senior Houthi official to see one of their key exhibits in this stand-off.\n\n\"When you see worms and insects in these bags, is this edible for humans? \"angrily demands Alaan Fadayil, the senior SCMCHA official in Hajjah, as he rips open a sack of wheat flour.\n\nSCMCHA official Alaan Fadayil says food was taken from a WFP facility to give to people in need\n\nIn this warehouse, we're shown swarms of insects scurrying from bags imprinted with the blue logo of the UN's World Food Programme. The WFP admits that a very small percentage of food - in its biggest operation anywhere in the world - can go bad and they have ways to dispose of it. But it also underlines that it's been seeking permits for many months to distribute this flour.\n\nFrom there, we're taken to a much bigger storage facility a short distance away.\n\nIts soaring steel gate is tightly locked with two bulky industrial padlocks. But Mr Fadayil, defiantly positioned at this entrance in his sharp blue suit, insists the keys are on their way.\n\nWe notice the upper half of this storage facility is painted in the UN's distinctive turquoise blue and realise this is where the UN recently said its red line was crossed after some of its grain supplies were looted.\n\n\"The quantity taken out of this warehouse was done with the authority of the attorney-general to distribute some of it to people who are suffering,\" Mr Fadayil explains, brandishing a sheaf of documents with official stamps.\n\nLast year, the WFP suspended food aid for three months in one neighbourhood of Sanaa - an urban community where it was hoped the impact could be contained. That move was provoked by disagreements over a new biometric system intended to ensure aid reached those in greatest need amid charges that food was being diverted, including to Houthi fighters.\n\nThe pause led to some progress on moving forward with the new system.\n\n\"We suffered a lot, a lot,\" one resident tells us when we visit the neighbourhood. Leaning on a metal crutch, he sighs \"we really hope they don't stop aid again,\" as a crowd grows around us, all wondering and worrying over what could happen next.", "\"Every little (space) helps\": The lorry found itself stuck behind cars - twice\n\nA Tesco delivery lorry got stuck twice in a narrow residential street after taking the wrong route during a delivery run in Swansea.\n\nIt was trapped for five hours after turning from Terrace Road into Rose Hill at about 04:00 GMT on Tuesday.\n\nA legally parked car was eventually moved to end the blockage but the lorry became stuck again on a turn and had to wait while another car was moved.\n\nTesco said it \"apologised for any inconvenience caused.\"\n\nA spokesman added: \"One of our vehicles got into difficulty after taking the wrong route when delivering in Swansea this morning.\n\n\"We are investigating how this happened.\"", "Ms McKee, 29, was shot while observing rioting in Derry's Creggan estate on 18 April last year\n\nA 52-year-old man is still being questioned over the murder of journalist Lyra McKee.\n\nHe was one of four men arrested in Londonderry under the Terrorism Act on Tuesday in connection with her murder.\n\nTwo of the men, aged 20 and 27, were released pending reports to the Public Prosecution Service, and a 29-year-old man was released without charge.\n\nMs McKee, 29, was shot while observing rioting in Derry's Creggan estate in April 2019.\n\nThe New IRA admitted carrying out Ms McKee's murder.\n\nPolice have again appealed for anyone with information to come forward.\n\nLyra McKee was named Sky News young journalist of the year in 2006\n\nThe 29-year-old writer and campaigner from Belfast had only recently moved to Derry when she was killed.\n\nShe was standing near a police 4x4 vehicle on the night of 18 April 2019 when a masked gunman fired towards officers and onlookers.\n\nRegarded by many as a rising star in Northern Ireland media circles, she had written for many publications, including Buzzfeed, Private Eye, the Atlantic and Mosaic Science.\n\nShe was named Sky News young journalist of the year in 2006 and Forbes Magazine named her as one of their 30 under 30 in media in Europe in 2016.\n\nThe Belfast woman had signed a two-book deal with the publisher Faber and Faber, with her forthcoming book The Lost Boys due out this year.\n\nAccording to those who knew her best, the gay rights advocate was someone who \"believed passionately in social and religious tolerance\".\n\nAt her funeral at St Anne's Cathedral in Belfast Fr Martin Magill received a standing ovation when he asked why it took her death to unite politicians.\n\nDays later the British and Irish governments announced a new talks process aimed at restoring devolution.\n\nPSNI Det Supt Jason Murphy said he believed \"some people within the community know what happened and who was involved.\"\n\n\"I understand people may be frightened to talk to us,\" he added.\n\n\"I have previously given my personal assurance relating to anonymity for the purpose of this investigation and I renew this assurance today, as we approach the anniversary of Lyra's murder.\"\n\nPolice were searching for weapons and ammunition when violence started on 18 April 2019\n\nDet Supt Murphy said he wanted the community in Creggan to \"think about how that horrific attack impacted them personally and how it impacted the entire community\".\n\n\"We saw widescale revulsion after Lyra was murdered and I remain determined to work with the community and local policing to convert that revulsion into tangible evidence to bring those who murdered Lyra to justice,\" he said.\n\nHe urged anyone with any mobile phone footage from the night Ms McKee to contact police via the PSNI's Major Incident Public Portal.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A \"queer individual\" and a \"big hairy Trump guy\" meet in New Hampshire\n\nOne week after the US election race began in chaotic fashion, the contest has moved on to New Hampshire.\n\nVoters in the north-eastern state are choosing their preferred nominees for the 2020 presidential election race in a primary contest.\n\nFor the Democrats, Bernie Sanders, a liberal firebrand, appears best placed to perform well in the state.\n\nResults from the first Democratic contest last week, in Iowa, were held up by technical glitches.\n\nThe aim of the primaries and caucuses is to win as many delegates as possible across all states and territories, in order to be confirmed as the candidate of a party.\n\nBecause Donald Trump is all but assured to win the Republican nomination, the focus is on who the Democratic Party will pick.\n\nHere's what to expect in New Hampshire:\n\nMr Biden looks for a way through in Somersworth, New Hampshire\n\nJoe Biden might have expected to arrive in New Hampshire in more buoyant form.\n\nHe was among the frontrunners in the opening Iowa caucuses last Monday but in the end, he lagged well behind. The former vice-president claimed fewer delegates than rivals Mr Sanders, Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren.\n\nRealistically, it's a competition for third place between Mr Biden and Ms Warren in New Hampshire. A poor performance there could put them both on the back foot only two states into primary season, and it's unusual (though not unprecedented) for someone to win the candidacy from such a position.\n\nBut it's not all bad news for Mr Biden - he is more popular in states that are more diverse than Iowa and New Hampshire, and the next two contests are in states with large Latino and African-American populations, Nevada and South Carolina.\n\nOn Tuesday morning, the former vice-president abruptly cancelled his primary night events in New Hampshire and announced he was flying to South Carolina.\n\nNew Hampshire's contest is not like Iowa's - these are primaries, not caucuses like in Iowa. The difference? Caucuses are a convoluted process, where people gather for a few hours for a party meeting and vote publicly in stages. They require quite a bit of commitment.\n\nPrimary voters, on the other hand, can just turn up at a polling booth and vote in secret. Then leave. As a result, participation will be much higher.\n\nAnd because primary voters make their choice using pencil and paper, there should be none of the technical headaches we saw in Iowa.\n\nIs Bernie Sanders electable? We asked two voters in New Hampshire - the daughter is a big Bernie fan, the father a lapsed supporter.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nDixville Notch, where journalists will vastly outnumber residents on Tuesday\n\nAs you're reading this, some voters have already cast their ballot.\n\nQuirks of the New Hampshire electoral system mean that places with a certain number of residents can vote when they like - including the middle of the night.\n\nSo the residents of three hamlets - including Dixville Notch, near the Canadian border - started casting their ballots after midnight, as is traditional.\n\n\"We take this seriously,\" Tom Tillotson, a Dixville Notch resident overseeing the vote, told Agence France-Presse, adding: \"We were humbled and honoured to be... basically the starting gun for the primary election process.\"\n\nUntil recently, Dixville Notch had only four residents, which would not have been enough for it to vote early. Then one resident decided to move back, and everything was OK again.\n\nThe tiny hamlet voted on Tuesday for billionaire former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg as their preferred candidate.\n\nMr Bloomberg, who earlier said he would skip contests in early states, received three of the five votes cast as a \"write in\" candidate - someone whose name was not initially on the ballot, but was added by voters.\n\nMr Sanders and Mr Buttigieg received one vote each.\n\nMichael Bennet attends a house party with a wary dog in Manchester, New Hampshire\n\nFor some of the candidates already trailing at the bottom of the pack, it could all come down to what happens in New Hampshire.\n\nThere are still 11 Democratic candidates running, and while plenty could still happen during primary season, a poor performance could spell the beginning of the end (or even the end of the end) for the likes of Deval Patrick, Tulsi Gabbard and Andrew Yang, three weeks before 14 states vote on Super Tuesday.\n\nOne outsider who is staking a lot on New Hampshire is Michael Bennet - the Colorado senator has held 50 town hall meetings in the state in the past two months.\n\n\"We're hoping to propel Michael from New Hampshire into Super Tuesday,\" his spokeswoman Shannon Beckham told the Denver Post last week, citing growing crowds. But Mr Bennet, a moderate, has struggled to get his campaign off the ground in a crowded field.\n\n\"We have a newcomer in the White House, and look where it got us. I think having some experience is a good thing.\"\n\nMinnesota senator Amy Klobuchar was one of many candidates to take aim at Mr Buttigieg at a debate in New Hampshire on Friday night, four days after he performed more strongly than expected in Iowa.\n\nHis status sits somewhere between the man to beat and the new kid on the block. His rivals are now testing out lines of attack against him - one of the main ones being that his experience (as the mayor of a smallish city in Indiana) isn't enough to prepare him for the presidency.\n\nBut, as the BBC's Anthony Zurcher reports, Mayor Pete may well appeal to New Hampshire's many independent voters. A good showing there could put him in the driving seat for the Democratic nomination.", "The study results have implications for the fight against climate change.\n\nUp to one fifth of the Amazon rainforest is emitting more CO2 than it absorbs, new research suggests.\n\nResults from a decade-long study of greenhouse gases over the Amazon basin appear to show around 20% of the total area has become a net source of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.\n\nOne of the main causes is deforestation.\n\nWhile trees are growing they absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere; dead trees release it again.\n\nMillions of trees have been lost to logging and fires in recent years.\n\nThe results of the study, which have not yet been published, have implications for the effort to combat climate change.\n\nThey suggest that the Amazon rainforest - a vital carbon store, or \"sink\", that slows the pace of global warming - may be turning into a carbon source faster than previously thought.\n\nEvery two weeks for the past 10 years, a team of scientists led by Prof Luciana Gatti, a researcher at Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE), has been measuring greenhouse gases by flying aircraft fitted with sensors over different parts of the Amazon basin.\n\nWhat the group found was startling: while most of the rainforest still retains its ability to absorb large quantities of carbon dioxide - especially in wetter years - one portion of the forest, which is especially heavily deforested, appears to have lost that capacity.\n\nGatti's research suggests this south-eastern part of the forest, about 20% of the total area, has become a carbon source.\n\n\"Each year is worse,\" she told Newsnight.\n\n\"We observed that this area in the south-east is an important source of carbon. And it doesn't matter whether it is a wet year or a dry year. 2017-18 was a wet year, but it didn't make any difference.\"\n\nA forest can become a source of carbon rather than a store, or sink, when trees die and emit carbon into the atmosphere.\n\nAreas of deforestation also contribute to the Amazon's inability to absorb carbon.\n\nCarlos Nobre, who co-authored Prof Gatti's study, called the observation \"very worrying\" because \"it could be showing the beginnings of a major tipping point\".\n\nHe believes the new findings suggest that in the next 30 years, more than half of the Amazon could transform from rainforest into savanna.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFor decades, scientists have warned of an \"Amazon tipping-point\": the point at which the forest loses its ability to renew itself and begins to emit more carbon than it absorbs.\n\n\"[The Amazon] used to be, in the 1980s and 90s, a very strong carbon sink, perhaps extracting two billion tonnes of carbon dioxide a year from the atmosphere,\" says Prof Nobre, who is also a researcher at the University of Sao Paulo's Institute for Advanced Studies and Brazil's leading expert on the Amazon.\n\n\"Today, that strength is reduced perhaps to 1-1.2bn tonnes of carbon dioxide a year.\"\n\nTo put that in context, a billion tonnes of carbon dioxide is almost three times what the UK said it officially emitted in 2018.\n\nBut that figure does not take into account the amount of carbon dioxide released through deforestation and forest fires.\n\nAnd after almost a decade going down, deforestation in the Amazon has increased significantly in recent years. 2019 was a particularly bad year.\n\nBetween July and September last year, destruction was above 1,000 sq km (386 sq mi) per month.\n\n\"In our calculations, if we exceed that 20-25% of deforestation, and global warming continues unabated with high emission scenarios, then the tipping point would be reached,\" says Prof Nobre, one of the first proponents of the tipping point theory. \"Today we are at about 17%,\" he adds.\n\nOpinions on when this tipping point could occur differs among scientists.\n\n\"Some people think that it won't be until three-degrees warming - so towards the end of the century, whereas other people think that we could get [it with] deforestation up above 20% or so and that might happen in the next decade or two. So it's really, really uncertain,\" explained Simon Lewis, professor of global change science at UCL.\n\nHowever Prof Lewis called the results of Nobre's research \"shocking\". \"It says to me that perhaps this is more near-term than perhaps I was initially thinking.\"\n\nProf Nobre's theory was based on climate models. The new study is based on real-life observations, which produce more accurate results.\n\nProf Gatti told Newsnight she wanted to see a moratorium on deforestation in the Amazon to establish whether the trend could be reversed. But that looks unlikely.\n\nBrazil's president has made his priority for the rainforest very clear: development over conservation.\n\nSaving the Amazon is, for now, a question of political choice. But the science suggests that choice may not be on offer for very much longer.\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 Northamptonshire Badger Group rescued and released the badger\n\nStaff working in a shop had a shock when they found a badger had fallen through the ceiling and landed behind a counter.\n\nThe badger came through a ceiling panel in the Superdrug store in Northampton's Grosvenor Centre and then ran under the perfume counter.\n\nThe Northamptonshire Badger Group was called to rescue the female animal and subsequently set it free.\n\nSally Jones, from the group, said it was \"the oddest rescue we've ever had\".\n\nShe said she did not know how the young female badger got into the shop on Sunday, which was closed to the public at the time.\n\n\"There were four of our members there to catch the badger and we are really perplexed as to how it got into the Grosvenor Centre.\"\n\nMs Jones said it was suggested it could have entered via ducts in the back of the shop and staff saw it \"fall through the ceiling\".\n\nStaff said the badger hit the floor and it \"trundled off a bit dazed\".\n\nMs Jones said by the time the group arrived to rescue the badger \"there were perfume bottles strewn over the floor\".\n\nShe explained they were able to capture the animal and took it away to \"assess her\".\n\n\"She was very calm, no sign of any injuries or anything and we took [the badger] to a safe place that we know she can be released.\"\n\nThe badger was set free later the same day.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Nanny McPhee star and climate change activist Raphael Coleman has died at the age of 25.\n\nHis mum Liz Jensen confirmed his death in a statement on Twitter on Friday 7 February.\n\nRaphael's mum said \"he died doing what he loved\" and added she wants to \"celebrate all he achieved in his short life and cherish his legacy\".\n\nHis stepdad, Carsten Jensen, said on Facebook the actor had collapsed and didn't have any health problems.\n\nRaphael (far right) was 10 when he played Eric Brown in Nanny McPhee\n\nTributes have also been paid by his fellow stars from the film, including Eliza Bennett.\n\nShe wrote: \"I was so heartbroken to hear about Raphael (now James Iggy).\n\n\"After we worked on Nanny McPhee, he dedicated his life to protecting wildlife and fighting climate change.\"\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\nRaphael Coleman was best known for his role as Eric Brown in the 2005 film, starring alongside Emma Thompson and Colin Firth.\n\nIn his post on Facebook, his stepdad said he died \"in the middle of a trip and could not be restored\".\n\nHe also talked about what his stepson, who originally wanted to be a scientist, was like as a child.\n\n\"Not to blow up something, as his figure in Nanny McPhee, but to save the planet.\"\n\nCarsten Jensen also talked about Raphael's life as an activist for the climate change group Extinction Rebellion.\n\n\"Under the name Iggy Fox, he controlled the group's social media, spoke at demonstrations.\"\n\nOn Raphael's website he described himself as \"a twenty-something Zoology graduate travelling the world on a shoestring budget, working with wildlife and exploring wildernesses\".\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 wilderlost.fox This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHis mum Liz thanked her Twitter followers for their messages of support.\n\nShe said: \"Extinction Rebellion is celebrating his remarkable life as a wildlife biologist and activist on Thursday in London.\"\n\nThe social justice group Occupy London also paid tribute to 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 2 by Occupy London This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nRaphael won an award in 2010 for his acting.\n\nHe was given the best young actor award by the British Independent Film Festival for a performance in the short film Edward's Turmoil.\n\nHe also won an award at the Brussels Short Film Festival in 2010.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Quincy is all-in for Bernie Sanders and that's put the 23-year-old at odds with her father, Ron. He's backed Elizabeth Warren in New Hampshire's Democratic primary.\n\nThis kind of generational battle between ideology and pragmatism is nothing new - but it could be a key factor as Democrats decide who has the best chance of beating Donald Trump in November's presidential election.", "There were 1,462 freeze cycles carried out in 2017 in the UK\n\nThe period of time for which eggs, sperm and embryos can be frozen could be extended, as the government calls for views on the current 10-year limit.\n\nIt said women's choices on when to have children were being restricted, despite advances in freezing technology.\n\nOnly the eggs of people whose fertility may be affected by disease can be kept for longer - up to 55 years.\n\nThe regulator said the time was right to consider a \"more appropriate\" storage limit.\n\nSo the government has now launched a consultation on the current law.\n\nIt will also consider the safety and quality of eggs, embryos and sperm stored for more than 10 years and any additional demand for storage facilities that could result.\n\n\"Although this could affect any one of us, I am particularly concerned by the impact of the current law on women's reproductive choices,\" said Caroline Dinenage, a minister in the Department of Health.\n\n\"A time limit can often mean women are faced with the heart-breaking decision to destroy their frozen eggs or feel pressured to have a child before they are ready.\"\n\nA fertility charity has previously said women were being pushed to delay egg freezing later and later, because of the 10-year storage limit.\n\nThe number of women choosing to freeze their eggs has more than tripled in recent years, from 410 freezing cycles in 2012 to 1,462 in 2017.\n\nMost - four out of five - are doing it for social reasons, to increase their chances of having a baby later in life, data suggests.\n\nA much smaller number are freezing eggs before having unrelated medical treatment, such as to combat cancer.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe best time for a woman to freeze her eggs is before the age of 35, when the quality and number of eggs starts to decline - but the most common age for doing it is now 38.\n\nSally Cheshire, who chairs the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, said the regulator had heard the voices of patient and doctors.\n\n\"While any change to the 10-year storage limit would be a matter for Parliament, as it requires a change in law, we believe the time is right to consider what a more appropriate storage limit could be that recognises both changes in science and in the way women are considering their fertility,\" she said.\n\nThe consultation on gamete storage limits is online here.\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. Hastings lifeboat nearly capsized as it answered an emergency call at the height of Storm Ciara.\n\nA 58-year-old man has died after a tree fell on his car in Hampshire during Storm Ciara on Sunday.\n\nPolice said the man, from Micheldever, was driving on the A33 when the accident happened just before 16:00 GMT. He died at the scene.\n\nIt comes as the UK continues to feel the after-effects of the storm which brought flooding and severe gales.\n\nTrains, flights and motorists face further disruption, while many flood warnings remain in place.\n\nYellow weather warnings for snow, ice and wind are also in force for large swathes of Scotland, Northern Ireland and the north of England until 12:00 GMT on Wednesday.\n\nForecasters said some areas could see blizzards and up to 20cm (8in) of snow.\n\nHampshire Police released a statement on Monday saying a 58-year-old man died after a tree fell on the Mercedes he was driving from Winchester to Micheldever.\n\n\"His next of kin have been informed and are being supported by specialist officers,\" the statement added.\n\nMore than 500 properties are believed to have been flooded during Storm Ciara, with that number expected to increase as more information is collected, Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers said.\n\nShe added that between 40 and 80cm of rain had fallen within 24 hours across much of northern England.\n\nMs Villiers said the government would provide \"significant financial support\" for the areas affected by flooding.\n\nEarlier, Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick activated the government's emergency Bellwin scheme for areas of West Yorkshire, Cumbria and Lancashire, which allows for funding to be activated.\n\nElsewhere, wintry conditions have swept across Scotland, with many roads being affected by snow.\n\nFour people had to be rescued near the summit of Ben Nevis, in the Scottish Highlands, after getting caught in blizzards.\n\nForecasters said that the snow and high winds would bring blizzards to many parts of Scotland on Tuesday.\n\nIn north Wales, cars were trapped after roads became impassable because of heavy snow.\n\nConditions on the A4212 between Bala and Trawnsfynydd in Gwynedd caused people to abandon their journeys\n\nNorth Wales Police said snow ploughs and gritters are being deployed and that people leaving their cars were putting their lives at risk.\n\nMeanwhile, homes were evacuated in Brentwood, Essex, in the early hours of Monday after a car fell into a sinkhole on a residential road.\n\nFirefighters were called to this residential street in Essex in the early hours of Monday morning\n\nThe town of Appleby-in-Westmorland, in Cumbria, was one of those severely hit by flooding\n\nThe clean-up operation is also taking place in Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire\n\nSome areas experienced a month-and-a-half's worth of rainfall and gusts of 97mph on Sunday, resulting in flooding and power cuts for more than half a million households.\n\nEngineers have managed to restore electricity to the vast majority of homes but more than 20,000 properties across east and south-east England and north Wales spent Sunday night without power.\n\nUK Power Networks said by Monday evening electricity had been restored to 99% of the 353,000 homes and businesses that experienced outages because of the storm.\n\nTrees continue to cause problems for the trains - this blocked the line between Dorking and Horsham on Monday morning\n\nThe River Ouse in York was one of the rivers which burst its banks\n\nA sinkhole opened up in Belfield, Greater Manchester, following the storm\n\nFlooding and debris also caused problems for rail passengers, with disruption expected to continue on Tuesday.\n\nOn Monday, the West Coast Main Line had no trains running north of Preston because of earlier flooding at Carlisle.\n\nAll lines have since reopened at Carlisle but Avanti West Coast warned some trains may still be cancelled or delayed.\n\nImpact so far of Storm Ciara\n• None 24 hours’ rainfall in parts of UK, equivalent to that of1.5 months\n\nAirlines operating to and from UK airports were also affected, with more than 100 flights cancelled.\n\nFerry services between Dover and Calais have also been hit by delays and cancellations.\n\nThere were difficult driving conditions on the A82 and many other roads across Scotland\n\nParts of the Cambrian rail line in Wales are under water\n\nA stand at Wisbech Town Football Club in Cambridgeshire buckled in the strong winds\n\nForecasters are expecting the unsettled weather to last further into the week.\n\n\"While Storm Ciara is clearing away, that doesn't mean we're entering a quieter period of weather,\" said Met Office meteorologist Alex Burkill.\n\n\"We have got colder air coming through the UK and will be feeling a real drop in temperatures, with an increased risk of snow in northern parts of the UK and likely in Scotland.\n\n\"There could be up to 20cm (8in) on Tuesday and with strong winds, blizzards aren't out of the question.\"\n\nHave you been affected by Storm Ciara? 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:", "Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg, the two current frontrunners, have an age difference of four decades - Sanders is more than double his rival's age.\n\nIn his speech in the past hour, Buttigieg mentioned admiring Sanders while he was in high school.\n\nButtigieg was born in 1982. At that time, Sanders was the mayor of Burlington, Vermont - a post he'd hold from 1981 to 1989.\n\nWhen Buttigieg was graduating high school at age 18 in 2000, Sanders was a member of the US House of Representatives.\n\nThat same year, Buttigieg won an award for writing an essay about Bernie Sanders where he called him an \"outstanding and inspiring example\" of integrity.\n\n\"In a climate where even liberalism is considered radical, and Socialism is immediately and perhaps willfully confused with Communism, a politician dares to call himself a socialist? He does indeed.\"\n\nButtigieg became South Bend, Indiana, mayor in 2012 - at which point Sanders was in his second term as senator.", "Time-lapse footage shows a snowstorm sweeping in from the Black Sea and hitting the town of Hopa in Turkey on Sunday.\n\nThe video was shot by a resident, Sefa Yasar, who said: \"It was a bit scary but at the same time it was a natural wonder.\"", "The predator's name - Thanatotheristes degrootorum - translates to \"Reaper of Death\" in Greek\n\nA new species of tyrannosaur that stalked North America around 80 million years ago has been discovered by scientists in Canada.\n\nThe dinosaur lived in the late Cretaceous Period, making it the oldest known tyrannosaur from North America.\n\nAnother species of tyrannosaur, a Daspletosaurus, was found in Canada in 1970, a study says.\n\nResearchers say the new discovery has given them insights into the evolution of tyrannosaurs.\n\nStanding roughly 8ft (2.4m) tall, the predator would have cut an intimidating figure.\n\nLike its tyrannosaur relatives, the carnivorous dinosaur had a long, deep snout, bumps on its skull and large steak-knife-like teeth measuring more than 7cm (2.7in) long.\n\nThe predator's name - Thanatotheristes degrootorum - translates to \"Reaper of Death\" from the Greek.\n\n\"We chose a name that embodies what this tyrannosaur was as the only known large apex predator of its time in Canada, the reaper of death,\" said Darla Zelenitsky, a palaeobiology professor who co-authored the study.\n\n\"The nickname has come to be Thanatos.\"\n\nFragments of Thanatos's fossilised skull were found by John De Groot, a farmer and palaeontology enthusiast.\n\nHe stumbled across the fossils in 2010 while hiking near Hays, a hamlet in southern Alberta.\n\n\"The jawbone was an absolutely stunning find,\" said Mr De Groot. \"We knew it was special because you could clearly see the fossilised teeth.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and 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 Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology\n\nTyrannosaurs, or \"tyrant lizards\", were the dominant predators on land for millions of years before the extinction of dinosaurs some 65 million years ago.\n\nBy the late Cretaceous Period, around 80 million years ago, North American tyrannosaurs had become enormous beasts. But the fossil records before this period are patchy.\n\nIt is hoped that this new study will help palaeontologists fill gaps in their knowledge.\n\nTyrannosaurs, like the one pictured here, were the dominant predators on land for millions of years\n\n\"There are very few species of tyrannosaurids, relatively speaking,\" said Prof Zelenitsky of Canada's University of Calgary.\n\n\"Because of the nature of the food chain these large apex predators were rare compared to herbivorous or plant-eating dinosaurs.\"\n\nThe study about Thanatos was published last month in the Cretaceous Research journal.", "Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed that the controversial HS2 high-speed rail link will go ahead.\n\nIt follows a five-month review which he ordered last August, and an election at which the Tories failed to commit fully to the project in their manifesto.\n\nThe first phase of the route will travel between London and Birmingham, with a second phase going to Manchester and Leeds.\n\nThe rail link was signed off by MPs in 2017, but has since faced opposition from a variety of quarters.\n\nThis has ranged between outright opposition on cost or delivery grounds, to local concerns from those MPs whose constituencies are on or near the route.\n\nWhen completed, the rail link will run through about 70 constituencies, most of them currently held by Conservative MPs.\n\nGiven the government's 80-strong majority, the future of the project is all but assured, but support and criticism within Parliament is bound to continue.\n\nAfter the announcement was made, long-term HS2 critic Dame Cheryl Gillan said she remained convinced HS2 will not deliver \"value for money\".\n\nShe said that she was also concerned construction would cause \"substantial environmental destruction\" to her Chesham and Amersham constituency, in Buckinghamshire.\n\n\"Its construction will prove highly disruptive and by a construction industry who by its own admission lacks the capacity to deliver on alongside other infrastructure projects in the pipeline,\" she added.\n\nHowever fellow Conservative Kieran Mullan, whose constituency will benefit directly from HS2 services calling at Crewe, was more supportive in the Commons.\n\n\"The prime minister has well and truly swept the leaves off the line of transport infrastructure investment in this country,\" he told MPs.\n\n\"I know businesses in Crewe and Nantwich will benefit locally, not jobs and businesses in London, but locally in Crewe and Nantwich\".\n\nHowever, another MP in the area, Sir Graham Brady, questioned why the planned station for Manchester airport was due to be be built in his Altrincham and Sale West constituency rather than at the airport itself.\n\nHe also called for an urgent review into a section of the line to Manchester which will cut through a number of villages, which he said would cost more than £1bn and prove \"entirely unnecessary\".\n\nNottingham South MP Lilian Greenwood, who used to chair Parliament's transport committee, said the go-ahead for HS2 was \"welcome news\".\n\nThe Nottingham South MP asked for a guarantee that a later part of the route, from the West Midlands to Leeds via the East Midlands, will be rubber-stamped by Parliament within the next five years.\n\nQuestioning the PM in the Commons, she expressed concern that this part of the route could be \"delayed further or downgraded to cut costs\".\n\nLong-term HS2 critic Andrew Bridgen was the sole Conservative MP during Tuesday's Commons debate to continue to voice outright opposition to the project.\n\nThe high-speed link, he added, would \"adversely affect\" his constituents in North West Leicestershire.\n\n\"HS2 is unloved and unwanted, and has been grossly mismanaged,\" he said.\n\n\"Does the prime minister appreciate my and my constituents' concerns that this could well be an albatross around this government's and the country's neck.\"\n\nHowever, another previous Conservative critic, Victoria Prentis, signalled that she would now be getting behind the project.\n\n\"The last three years have given us a few lessons in what gracious defeat looks like,\" said the MP for Banbury, Oxfordshire.\n\n\"Although I remain worried by the environmental, financial and governance issues of the project, I really do wish it all the best.\"\n\nLabour's Mike Kane, who told MPs that HS2 will run underneath his own house, in Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester, also welcomed the news.\n\nQuicker journey times to the north of England, he said, would open up \"a plethora of opportunities for the poor people of the south-east and the great city of Manchester\", said the Wythenshawe and Sale East MP.\n\nHe did, however, suggest to the prime minister that the project would have benefitted from a change in its starting position.\n\n\"If he wants to level up and have a northern powerhouse, why does he not start building the line from Manchester down?\" he asked.", "This video can not be played To play this video 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WATCH: Rory Cellan-Jones and Zoe Thomas puzzle out the Z Flip phone\n\nSamsung is making all three models in its new flagship smartphone range 5G-compatible. The top-end Galaxy S20 also introduces a 100x zoom camera.\n\nThe firm also confirmed a new foldable, the Galaxy Z Flip. It uses \"folding glass\" in its display and small fibres in its hinge to protect itself from damage.\n\nSeveral rivals plan their own handset launches over the coming weeks.\n\nBut the spread of the coronavirus poses a threat to production.\n\n\"The virus is going to affect the supply chain,\" said Ben Wood from the consultancy CCS Insight.\n\n\"Although Samsung has diversified its manufacturing into places way beyond China, there will still be components in these phones sourced from China.\"\n\nMany factories in the country have delayed re-opening after its New Year break because of fears the virus could spread in the workplace. China is also the world's biggest smartphone market, and the outbreak has hit local demand.\n\nThe S20 handsets come in three sizes with different camera capabilities\n\nSamsung has suffered less impact than many of its rivals to date because it makes most of its handsets in Vietnam, and sells relatively few phones to Chinese consumers.\n\nBut TrendForce - a research firm - still predicts the virus will cause the South Korean firm to produce 3% fewer devices than it might have in the current quarter.\n\n\"I'm expecting that to mean some delays in delivering the new handsets,\" added Francisco Jeronimo an analyst at IDC.\n\nSamsung told the BBC it was making its \"best effort to minimise impact on our operations\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThere are three S20 variants:\n\nThe S20 Ultra's camera module is thicker than that of the others to incorporate a periscope. This uses a prism to reflect light into the device's interior, allowing the wide-angle option to feature a longer lens and bigger sensor.\n\nAlthough it is possible to take 108MP shots, owners are expected to let the phone automatically merge groups of nine pixels into one most of the time. This aids low-light photography.\n\nThe 100x \"super-resolution zoom\" facility uses the lower-resolution 48MP camera. Machine-learning techniques stitch together pixels from up to 20 different frames to achieve a better result than would be possible via a simple digital zoom.\n\nThe S20 Ultra uses a prism to get light to its largest sensor\n\nIt allows Samsung to boast double the zoom range of Huawei's competing P30 handset, although one expert questioned how usable it was in practice.\n\n\"The 100x zoom ends up with a quite blurred image, so I don't think people will turn to it that often\", commented Mr Jeronimo.\n\n\"But it should have a wow factor when shown off in stores. And at 20x to 30x you can get a good photo.\"\n\nThe phones also introduce Single Take mode. Samsung said this uses artificial intelligence to simultaneously take a mix of stills and videos via the various cameras, giving the owner a selection to choose from after the fact.\n\nSingle Take mode takes photos and video clips over a 10 second period using a variety of the cameras\n\n\"We want to make sure consumers can really enjoy the moment in front of them... and don't have to worry about adjusting settings,\" explained product manager Mark Holloway.\n\nThe phones are also among the first to be capable of recording in 8K resolution - four times as many pixels as 4K and 16 as many as 1080p high definition.\n\nMost people do not yet own 8K screens, but Samsung suggests this offers a degree of future-proofing as well as the ability to extract high-quality stills from the footage.\n\n\"Both the new tech and the more user-friendly user interface should help with how Samsung's camera functionality is perceived,\" commented Carolina Milanesi from Creative Strategies.\n\n\"Its results in the past were not quite on a par with competitors, perhaps signalling it wasn't leveraging software to do the heavy-lifting as much as the likes of Apple and Google. This time round there is definitely more 'AI' involved.\"\n\nThe S20 phones are Samsung's first to feature screens that refresh their image 120 times a second, which it says should make games appear smoother\n\nSamsung is pitching gaming as one benefit of having 5G connectivity, suggesting that lower latencies will mean that players can see and react to events in online titles split-seconds faster than if they were on 4G.\n\nSamsung highlights that 5G offers faster upload and download speeds as well as less lag time when using remote services\n\nThe phones' Google Duo app also displays video chats in higher quality when on 5G.\n\nNetworks are still in the early stages of deploying the technology, but one consultant said it was still wise to offer it as standard.\n\n\"Consumers are holding on to their phones for three or four years, and don't want something that will become obsolete in that lifetime,\" said Ben Wood.\n\n\"And this launch represents a unique opportunity: Huawei is on the back foot as it doesn't have access to Google's suite of apps, and Apple currently doesn't have a 5G-capable iPhone.\"\n\nThe Z Flip is the second smartphone Samsung has made with a flexible screen\n\nThe Z Flip, however, is limited to 4G.\n\nSeveral of its features - including a clamshell design with a small display on the outside and a 6.7in foldable screen on the inside - had already been revealed by Samsung in a TV advert on Sunday.\n\nIt represents the firm's second attempt at a foldable after the troubled launch of the Galaxy Fold tablet-phone hybrid.\n\nThis time round, the concept is a tall-screened phone that can be used one-handed when opened, and made wallet-sized when closed.\n\nThe hinge mechanism has also evolved. It now incorporates tiny brushes to sweep away dirt and dust particles. In addition, it can hold the device partially open, which Samsung is pitching as being helpful for taking selfies or recording vlogs.\n\nThe firm says it can be opened and closed more than 200,000 times.\n\nThe Z Flip can be placed part-open on a flat surface\n\nThe other big change is to the display, which now features a substance Samsung calls \"folding glass\".\n\n\"You clearly notice that the screen is much more resistant than the Fold's, which should reduce the risk of scratching,\" said Mr Francisco.\n\n\"It's still probably not as resistant as a normal smartphone, but you can feel its quality.\"\n\nThe Z Flip will cost $1,380 in the US and £1,300 in the UK and becomes available on 14 February.\n\nThe original Galaxy Fold had to be re-engineered after several reviewers complained their examples had become damaged\n\nIt will compete with Motorola's Razr, which has a similar design. But both are expected to sell in far smaller quantities than the S20 range.\n\n\"There's a lot of excitement around this new category, but [for most] they are prohibitively expensive,\" said Paolo Pescatore from PP Foresight.\n\n25 January: Lunar New Year, one of the biggest festivals of the year, takes place. Millions of people travel home, and many companies close or slow down production.\n\n27 January: Chinese authorities officially extend the holiday period until 10 February to try and contain the spread of the virus. The move affects suppliers of smartphone components for Samsung, Apple, and others.\n\n30 January-3 February: Apple announces all its stores and offices in china will remain shut until at least 9 February, as does Microsoft and Google, while Samsung closes its flagship store in Shanghai.\n\n10 February: Foxconn receives permission to reopen two major plants in Zhenghzou and Shenzhen. But Reuters news agency reports that only 10% of workers turned up, citing an unnamed source. Other factories remain closed - and some local authorities tell factories not to reopen until 1 March.", "A postmaster says the Post Office spent £320,000 suing him over £25,000 he was falsely accused of stealing.\n\nLee Castleton, from Bridlington, East Yorkshire, was made bankrupt after he lost a two-year legal battle with the Post Office.\n\nA recent ruling found problems with the Post Office's accountancy software could instead be to blame for the losses.\n\nThe Post Office has apologised and accepts its \"past shortcomings\".\n\nFor two decades, the Post Office pursued hundreds of its workers over accounting discrepancies with its Horizon IT system, accusing people of theft, fraud or false accounting. Many were fired, made bankrupt or even sent to prison.\n\nMr Castleton described how he and his family were abused, including an incident where his daughter was spat at, because \"local people presumed I was a thief\".\n\nThe former stockbroker, who bought a seafront Post Office branch in 2003, said he began to notice thousands of pounds in losses from his accounts within months of taking over the business.\n\nDespite calling the Post Office's helpline nearly every day for three months, he said: \"We just couldn't understand where the losses were coming from.\"\n\nFollowing an audit, Mr Castleton's branch was found to have a £25,000 shortfall. He was subsequently suspended.\n\nThe Post Office spent the next two years pursuing him for the missing money through the civil courts.\n\n\"The Post Office decided to make an example of me,\" said Mr Castleton.\n\nHe was forced to defend himself in London's High Court because he had no money to hire a lawyer. When he lost the case, he was made bankrupt.\n\nMr Castleton is now one of more than 550 former postmasters who will get a share of a £58m settlement from the Post Office.\n\nThe agreement was reached in December last year, when the High Court ruled that technical problems with the Post Office's Horizon IT system could instead be to blame for losses - something Mr Castleton and the other claimants had always believed was the case.\n\nInternally, some Post Office staff had also grown concerned about what was happening.\n\nSpeaking out for the very first time, one former manager told the BBC's File on 4 the Post Office had \"zero interest\" when he questioned why increasing numbers of postmasters were being blamed for losses totalling millions of pounds.\n\nPostmasters accused of fraud or theft are campaigning to have their convictions overturned\n\nThe former staff member, who wishes to remain anonymous, said he voiced his concerns after reading internal documents. \"I didn't like what I was finding but was told it would be better for my career to 'move on and let it go',\" he said.\n\nHe said he and a number of colleagues \"began to feel increasingly uncomfortable but there was no space for honesty, no desire for open dialogue\".\n\n\"The people running our stores were being arrested going to prison, losing their life savings, having massive mental health issues. It felt as though doing the right thing no longer mattered, it was all about saving the image of the Post Office\".\n\nHe said: \"A fellow member of staff asked one manager why they thought there was such a high volume of fraud. The manager laughed and said 'because half the post offices are run by ex-police who took early retirement or former pub landlords so they're probably used to fiddling the books'.\n\n\"I think it was meant as a joke but it betrays a subtle contempt for the people on the front line.\"\n\nRon Warmington, from the forensic accountants 'Second Sight', was brought in by the Post Office in 2012 to look at around 150 cases.\n\nIn his first ever broadcast interview, he told File on 4 that as his findings became more critical of the Post Office, it became increasingly difficult for him to access the information he needed.\n\n\"It's the way that corporations behave when things go wrong,\" he said. \"And it was in that area that we found it so strange, the way the Post Office was reacting, presumably to protect the brand.\"\n\nIn 2015, the Post Office ended the investigation without notice but not before Mr Warmington had spoken to dozens of postmasters.\n\n\"I've spent decades dealing with some of the worst criminals in the world,\" he said. \"What struck me here was that I wasn't dealing with people like that.\n\n\"These were ordinary people that had simply found something that they couldn't deal with. They sought help but didn't get it and were put in a situation that frankly was life-changing for them.\"\n\nThe Post Office declined an interview but said it has \"accepted its past shortcomings\" and \"sincerely apologised\" to those affected.\n\nFile on 4's 'Second Class Citizens: The Post Office IT Scandal' is on BBC Radio 4 on Tuesday 11 February at 20:00 GMT and available afterwards on BBC Sounds.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Emergency crews were called to the scene in the early hours\n\nA car has fallen into a sinkhole in Essex and six homes have had to be evacuated due to \"unstable ground\".\n\nThe Toyota Prius became trapped in Hatch Road, Pilgrims Hatch, Brentwood, after the collapse early on Monday.\n\nThe fire service said there had been reports a sewer had partially collapsed but the exact cause of the sinkhole is not yet known.\n\nFire crews worked for more than two hours at the scene before handing over to Anglian Water.\n\nGordon Humphrey, who lives next to the sinkhole, said his wife heard a \"bang\" and then they saw the car.\n\n\"You could hear the water bubbling, see the tail lights and there was a smell of gas,\" the 60-year-old said.\n\nAnglian Water said it was working with utilities companies and the police\n\nIt has not yet been confirmed whether the vehicle was moving at the time, or if anyone was inside.\n\nAn Anglian Water spokesman said crews were investigating, adding: \"We are working with other utilities [water and gas] plus the local police to assess if any of our pipes have been damaged.\n\nResident Mr Humphrey said he saw someone, who he did not think was the driver, in the front of the car with water up to the seats \"trying to find something\".\n\n\"He said his mate was in shock,\" Mr Humphrey added.\n\nStephanie Lloyd, who also lives nearby, said she was woken at about 02:00 GMT by flashing lights from the emergency vehicles.\n\nShe said at first \"all we could see was the back of that car so it look like it had been cut in half\" before being told by a firefighter it was a sinkhole.\n\nA number of homes have also been evacuated following the collapse\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Iran attacked a US base in Iraq in retaliation for the killing of Iran General Qasem Suleimani\n\nThe number of US troops suffering from traumatic brain injuries (TBI) after an Iranian attack on a US base in Iraq in January has risen to 109, according to US officials.\n\nThe figure is a significant increase from the 64 injured service members previously reported by the Pentagon.\n\nPresident Donald Trump initially said no Americans were injured in the raid.\n\nThe attack on 8 January came amid tensions over the US killing of an Iranian general.\n\nNearly 70% of the injured service members have returned to their duties, the Pentagon added in its statement.\n\nMr Trump originally cited the supposed lack of injuries in his decision not to strike back against Iran.\n\nThe rising number of reported cases results from the mild form of injury which means symptoms take time to manifest, the Pentagon said in a news conference in January.\n\n\"They landed in a way that didn't hit anybody,\" Mr Trump told Fox Business Network on Monday.\n\n\"And so when they came in and told me that nobody was killed, I was impressed by that and, you know, I stopped something that would have been very devastating for them,\" he said, without specifying what had been \"stopped\".\n\nBut Senator Joni Ernst, a Republican from Iowa, called for more answers.\n\nThis 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\n\"It's vital we have a plan to treat these injured service members.\n\n\"I've called on the Pentagon to ensure the safety and care of our deployed forces who may be exposed to blast injuries in Iraq,\" she tweeted.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Joni Ernst This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLast month President Trump downplayed the significance of traumatic brain injuries when asked about the impact of the attack.\n\n\"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,\" he said.\n\nWhen asked about possible TBIs he said: \"I don't consider them very serious injuries relative to other injuries I have seen.\"\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\nMore than 400,000 troops have been diagnosed with TBI's since 2000, according to the US government.", "Manchester's plans for HS2, revealed in 2018, include a major upgrade of Piccadilly station\n\nThe HS2 rail project, which will cut travel times from Manchester to London, could be \"a waste of money\", commuters in the northern city have said.\n\nThe government is set to approve the project's two stages, though the second one linking Manchester and Birmingham will be reviewed.\n\nManchester passengers said they worried about its environmental costs and the lack of a solution to existing issues.\n\nHowever, the city's council leader said it was \"very, very good news\".\n\nSir Richard Leese added that the UK had \"vastly under-invested in infrastructure for probably half a century and I think we need to adjust our cash registers to recognise we need this investment\".\n\nPaul Fletcher said money should be spent improving the existing network\n\nAt the city's Piccadilly railway station, insurance broker Paul Fletcher said the government \"would be far better spending [the money set aside for it] on improving the lines we've already got\".\n\n\"What a waste of money,\" he said.\n\nThe 49-year-old, who lives in Hyde, Greater Manchester, said he was also concerned about the potential impact on the proposed Northern Powerhouse Rail project, which would improve links from between the West and East coasts.\n\n\"Who knows what will happen when they review the line to Manchester and Leeds?\" he said.\n\n\"It seems the North is again getting a raw deal.\"\n\nRon Baldwin said the government \"should be putting money into normal trains\"\n\nThe 75-year-old had just travelled for nearly two hours from his home in Brough, Cumbria and said that \"yet again, the North seems to be taking a back seat\".\n\n\"I am very sceptical that this will ever happen - the costs just seem to be endless.\n\n\"They should be putting money into normal trains- I doubt we'll ever see the benefit where I live.\"\n\nAnne Butterworth was worried about the environmental impact\n\nAdministrator Anne Butterworth, 56, was also concerned about local services.\n\n\"I regularly travel on smaller commuter trains; that's where the money needs going, not HS2,\" she said.\n\n\"However, what I really worry about is the environmental impact. Wildlife will suffer because of this.\n\n\"They will be knocking down ancient forest to build this and damaging wetlands. I thought we were supposed to be preserving them for the future generation, not harming them.\"\n\n\"They would be better off spending the money on existing infrastructure,\" Jade Fuller said\n\nSouthampton-based project manager Jade Fuller, who regularly travels between London and Manchester for work, said she was also concerned about the environmental and financial costs for what could be minimal gain.\n\n\"It seems an awful lot of money to spend just to save 20 minutes to get to London,\" the 35-year-old said.\n\n\"They would be better off spending the money on existing infrastructure - that's what's really needed.\"\n\n\"In theory, I think it's a worthwhile project [as] investing in our trains is a good idea, but I do also think they should put more money into our existing trains,\" he said.\n\n\"The commuter trains need improving too.\"\n\nSir Richard said the project must be \"properly integrated\" with Northern Powerhouse Rail\n\nSir Richard told BBC Radio Manchester it was \"about time\" HS2 got the go-ahead.\n\n\"Virtually anywhere else in Europe would have had it built by now,\" he said.\n\n\"It's capacity we will need for the rest of this century and beyond, and the fact it's going to go ahead is very, very good news for Manchester and indeed the whole of the North.\n\n\"All of our commuter lines are full and there's no room for freight on the existing network, so taking the long-distance trains off the existing network and putting them on their own network means we will have more and more reliable services between Manchester, Birmingham and London and across to Liverpool, Bradford and Leeds.\"\n\nHowever, he added that the project needed to be \"properly integrated\" with Northern Powerhouse Rail.\n\n\"As a country, we've vastly under-invested in infrastructure for probably half a century and I think we need to adjust our cash registers to recognise we need this investment.\"\n\nIn a statement, Connecting Britain said the North \"needs new rail lines that go north-south and west-east\".\n\nThe coalition of northern business and political leaders, which includes Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, said London \"isn't being forced to choose, it's getting Crossrail and HS2\".\n\n\"We need HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail delivered in full [and] we will not accept a gold-plated high-speed line between London and Birmingham, then once again the North getting the scraps.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Duchess of Cambridge has revealed she used hypnobirthing techniques of mindfulness and meditation to cope with severe morning sickness.\n\nCatherine suffered from hyperemesis gravidarum, which causes severe vomiting, during her pregnancies.\n\nIn her first podcast interview, she said the illness meant she was \"not the happiest of pregnant people\".\n\nHowever, she said after trying everything to overcome it she realised the importance of \"mind over the body\".\n\nThe duchess joked: \"I'm not going to say that William was standing there sort of, chanting sweet nothings at me.\n\n\"He definitely wasn't. I didn't even ask him about it, but it was just something I wanted to do for myself.\n\n\"I saw the power of it really, the meditation and the deep breathing and things like that, that they teach you in hypnobirthing, when I was really sick, and actually I realised that this was something I could take control of, I suppose, during labour. It was hugely powerful.\"\n\nSpeaking on the Happy Mum, Happy Baby podcast, Catherine told author and host Giovanna Fletcher that the Five Big Questions On The Under Fives survey she has launched aims to ask people \"what is it that matters for them in raising their children today.\"\n\n\"I had an amazing granny who devoted a lot of time to us, playing with us, doing arts and crafts and going to the greenhouse to do gardening, and cooking with us,\" she said.\n\n\"And I try and incorporate a lot of the experiences that she gave us at the time into the experiences that I give my children now.\"\n\nThese are some of the most open and candid words we've heard from the Duchess of Cambridge.\n\nShe speaks personally about her childhood and reflects on the value of her stable upbringing.\n\nThere are many insights into her own experience of pregnancy and motherhood that many will recognise.\n\nShe shares the misery of extreme morning sickness, the power of hypnobirthing, the uncertainty of those early days with a new baby and the guilt of working and relying on others to help you.\n\nShe also describes how she felt in the moments before facing the world's media outside the hospital just a day after giving birth and holding a newborn Prince George in her arms.\n\nShe said it was terrifying.\n\nIt's clear the duchess felt comfortable speaking to the podcast host, Giovanna Fletcher. That ease comes from the fact this area is now a real priority for Catherine.\n\nHer royal work has a sharp focus on family and specifically early intervention - helping vulnerable parents with children under the age of five who need extra support.\n\nThe Five Big Questions survey she launched last month asking for people's views on early childhood has so far drawn more than 200,000 responses.\n\nThe duchess said her own priorities included providing her children with the \"happy home\" and \"safe environment\" she had enjoyed as a child.\n\nShe said she was \"passionate\" about children spending a lot of time outside, adding that it was \"so great for physical and mental wellbeing\" and laying the foundations for healthy development.\n\n\"It's such a great environment to spend time in, building those quality relationships without the distractions of 'I've got to cook' and 'I've got to do this'. And actually, it's so simple,\" she said.\n\nThe image of Princess Charlotte smelling a bluebell was taken by the duchess at their home in Norfolk last spring\n\nA picture of Catherine's daughter, Princess Charlotte, smelling a bluebell has been released following the duchess's interview.\n\nThe image of the four-year-old was taken by the duchess at their home in Norfolk in spring last year.\n\nThe month-long online poll, conducted by Ipsos Mori on behalf of Catherine's Royal Foundation, aims to \"spark a national conversation\" on early childhood, Kensington Palace has said.\n\nLaunched in January, it is thought to be the biggest survey of its kind and the results are intended to guide the duchess's future work.\n\n\"It's going to take a long time, I'm talking about a generational change, but hopefully this is the first small step: to start a conversation around the importance of early childhood development,\" Catherine said.\n\nThe duchess appeared on the podcast after visiting children at a nursery in south London\n\n\"It's not just about happy, healthy children. This is for lifelong consequences and outcomes.\"\n\nMs Fletcher - who is married to Tom Fletcher from McFly - said Kate seemed \"passionate\" about the subject and it was \"beyond wonderful to sit and talk further about the survey, her work - for which she has so much knowledge, and her own experiences of being a mother\".\n\n\"It doesn't matter who you are, what you have, or where you come from - we're all trying to do our best with our children while continuously doubting our decisions and wondering if we're getting it completely wrong. Talking helps unite us all,\" she said.\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?", "A man fell from a tanker off the coast of Margate\n\nA body has been found by rescue crews searching for a man who fell from a fuel tanker off the coast of Kent.\n\nA coastguard helicopter, a Royal Navy warship and RNLI lifeboats had joined the operation around Margate Harbour.\n\nAuthorities were alerted at 05:40 GMT to reports the man had gone overboard from a liquid petroleum gas tanker that was anchored off the harbour overnight.\n\nA body was found in the water at about 13:00 after a seven-hour search in \"very rough seas\", the coastguard said.\n\nStorm Dennis, which is hitting much of the UK with strong winds and heavy rain, had not yet hit Margate at the time the man was reported missing.\n\nHMS Westminster had joined the search in response to the coastguard's call for assistance to all vessels in the aea.\n\nLifeboats were looking up to 8 miles (13km) out to sea, while coastguard crews searched the shoreline.\n\nIt is thought a crew member was reported missing from the tanker B Gas Margrethe, according to The Isle of Thanet News.\n\nThe ship's owners have been contacted for comment.\n\nStorm Dennis has seen yellow weather warnings put in place for wind and rain across the country. Harsher conditions are expected across Kent and Sussex on Sunday, with an amber rain warning in place, according to the Met Office.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Liverpool Crown Court heard Thomas Nulty raped the child in the early 1970s\n\nA man who raped a six-year-old girl when he was a teenager has been jailed almost 50 years after the offence.\n\nThomas Nulty, 64, raped the child in the early 1970s in Prescot, Merseyside, Liverpool Crown Court heard.\n\nThe victim revealed her ordeal to police in April 2018.\n\nNulty denied rape but was convicted following a trial, and admitted five offences involving the sexual abuse of two other children. He has been jailed for seven years and six months.\n\nJudge Gary Woodhall said he had taken into account that Nulty had been 16 years old at the time and \"did not have family nurturing to understand boundaries and behaviour\".\n\nNulty, now of Huddersfield Road, Oldham, had been brought up in two care homes where he was abused as a young boy, the court heard.\n\nThe court heard he raped the girl in her own bed while babysitting her. He threatened her not to tell anyone or her mother would die.\n\nJudge Woodhall, who ordered him to sign on the sex offenders register for life, said Nulty \"had shown little empathy or remorse\", adding: \"You admitted having been sexually aroused by the power it gave you.\"\n\nHe said the rape victim spoke of how his behaviour had \"ruined her life\" and she had needed help for mental health issues.\n\nIn an impact statement she told how when she was young she had tried to kill herself and had always felt \"isolated and alone\".\n\nShe described herself as always being in a state of anxiety.\n\nNulty was jailed for five years in 1995 for indecently assaulting a 12-year-old girl and a young woman.\n\nThe judge pointed out that while in jail he had undergone a sex offender's treatment programme and had not re-offended.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "French police have arrested a Russian activist artist behind the release of a sex video that brought down a political ally of President Emmanuel Macron.\n\nThe video scuppered Benjamin Griveaux's candidacy for mayor of Paris. Its release was widely condemned.\n\nA little-known website alleged that Mr Griveaux had exchanged intimate mobile phone messages with a young woman and sent her the video.\n\nMr Pavlensky, who sought asylum from Russia in 2017, said he had posted the video, showing a man involved in a sexual act, online.\n\nThe distribution of the clip, which spread quickly across social media on Thursday, brought condemnation from across the political spectrum.\n\nThe current Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said people's private lives should be respected.\n\nFar-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon condemned the video's release as \"odious\", while far-right leader Marine Le Pen suggested Mr Griveaux should not have quit.\n\nJudicial sources quoted by French media said the arrest of Mr Pavlensky was not connected with the video. He was being investigated over an alleged brawl in Paris on 31 December involving \"wilful violence with a weapon\".\n\nMr Griveaux described the attack on him as abuse\n\nMr Pavlensky says he posted the video to expose what he sees as the politician's hypocrisy.\n\nMr Griveaux, who is married with children and was once a government spokesman, condemned the distribution of the video as he withdrew his candidacy on Friday.\n\n\"My family does not deserve this. No-one should ever be subjected to such abuse,\" he said.\n\nOn Saturday, Mr Griveaux reportedly filed an \"invasion of privacy\" complaint with the police, and an investigation was opened by the Paris prosecutor's office, Agence France-Presse reported.\n\nHe first gained notoriety by nailing his scrotum to Moscow's Red Square in 2013. He fled Russia and sought asylum in France when he was accused by the authorities of a sexual assault that he denied.\n\nHe served seven months in jail for setting the front door of the FSB intelligence agency on fire in Moscow and later caused minor damage to a Banque de France branch by setting that alight.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Pyotr Pavlensky set fire to the door of the FSB, Russia's security service\n\nBefore his arrest, he told French news channel LCI that Mr Griveaux was only the first politician that he would target, saying he would carry on fighting the \"propaganda and puritanism of politicians\".\n\nFrench media have traditionally avoided prying into the private lives of people in public life and a number of figures referred distastefully to the \"Americanisation\" of politics.", "The coastline in Kent was battered by Storm Ciara last week, so residents are preparing for Storm Dennis' arrival.\n\nMany parts of the UK are yet to recover from the impact of Storm Ciara, and now Storm Dennis has caused further damage to property and homes.\n\nA red weather warning for rain is in place on Sunday for south Wales, as heavy rain and strong winds continue to affect the UK with more than 300 flood warnings issued.\n\nOn Tuesday the Met Office confirmed that Dennis was likely to hit Britain and said: \"It will bring very strong winds and potential for disruption to many parts of England and Wales on Saturday.\"\n\nSome experts have warned Dennis could inflict more damage than Ciara with a month of rain expected in some areas.\n\nThe Army have been brought into try and help in Calderdale, West Yorkshire.\n\nRoad, rail and air transport has already been disrupted, with many flights being cancelled.\n\nThese are the storm names for 2019/2020 season\n\nWhy are storms given names? Storms: Why are they given names?\n\nThese kids got involved in a clean up after Storm Ciara\n\nPeople living near railway lines have been asked to secure any loose gardens items, after several trampolines were blown on to the tracks last weekend.\n\nStorm Ciara created winds so strong that trees were blown over\n\nThe weather for the coming week is expected to remain quite unsettled.\n\nBut some sunny, dry spells are expected in places, especially in the east of the UK.\n• None How has Storm Ciara affected you?\n• None Why do storms have names?", "ITV have pulled Saturday's edition of Love Island following the death of the show's former host Caroline Flack.\n\nAn episode of unseen bits from the week in the villa was due to have been aired at 21:00 GMT.\n\nFlack's death shocked fans on Saturday. It came two months after she was replaced as host of the show after being charged with assault.\n\nAn ITV statement said: \"Everybody at Love Island and ITV is shocked and saddened by this desperately sad news.\"\n\nIt continued: \"Caroline was a much loved member of the Love Island team and our sincere thoughts and condolences are with her family and friends.\"\n\nITV2's programme announcer said: \"In light of today's sad news we're replacing tonight's episode of Love Island: Unseen Bits with a double bill of You've Been Framed.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nLove Island's first winter series, which is being filmed in South Africa, is due to end on Sunday, 23 February.\n\nMeanwhile, Channel 4 said its series The Surjury, which was to have been hosted by Flack, will not air.\n\nA Channel 4 spokeswoman said: \"We are shocked and saddened to hear the tragic news about Caroline Flack. Our deepest sympathies go out to Caroline's family and friends.\n\n\"Under the circumstances, we have decided not to broadcast The Surjury.\"\n\nWhen the show was announced in October, the channel said it would feature a 12-strong jury of the public who would decide if people got the cosmetic surgery they dreamed of.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Rebecca Long-Bailey, Lisa Nandy and Sir Keir Starmer are the final three contenders in the UK Labour leadership election\n\nThe final contenders for the Labour leadership have answered questions at a hustings in Glasgow, with all three backing more powers being devolved.\n\nSir Keir Starmer, Rebecca Long-Bailey and Lisa Nandy set out their views on topics including Scottish independence and the constitution.\n\nAll three MPs agreed that the party had to win in Scotland to win back power.\n\nHowever, Ms Long-Bailey was the only one to explicitly state she would agree to a fresh ballot on independence.\n\nShe insisted her party must not \"fall into the trap\" again of working with the Tories to try to keep Scotland in the UK.\n\nThe shadow business secretary and her fellow leadership hopefuls, shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer and former shadow climate change secretary Lisa Nandy, became the final three contenders in the running to succeed Jeremy Corbyn after Emily Thornberry was eliminated for failing to secure enough nominations before the deadline on Friday night.\n\nAt the SEC in Glasgow, the remaining contenders all stressed the importance of Labour winning back support in Scotland as a route back to power across the UK.\n\nMs Nandy said: \"There is no route to government that doesn't run through Scotland, but the challenge of this is absolutely enormous.\"\n\nShe added: \"We have to start winning in every region and nation of the UK, because we have to show we are a national party of government.\"\n\nSimilarly Sir Keir said: \"We can't win without Scotland so we have to rebuild in Scotland.\"\n\nMs Long-Bailey - an ally of the departing Jeremy Corbyn - also echoed that, telling activists at the event: \"We won't win a general election without Scotland.\"\n\nAsked directly if the Scottish Parliament should have the power to stage a legally-binding vote on independence, Ms Long-Bailey reiterated that while she is opposed to independence she does not think Westminster should block indyref2 against Holyrood's wishes.\n\nOn Saturday she said: \"I'm proud to be from the United Kingdom but as a democrat I have to say that if the Scottish Parliament makes the request for a referendum I don't believe that as a democratic party we could refuse that.\"\n\nHer comments came after MSPs at Holyrood voted by 64 to 54 last month in favour of a second independence referendum taking place.\n\nIf there is a second vote on Scottish independence she said Labour could make a \"positive campaign\" for the union.\n\nBut she was clear: \"We can't fall into the trap we did last time where we joined forces with the Conservative Party on Better Together.\"\n\nRebecca Long-Bailey, Lisa Nandy and Sir Keir Starmer speaking at the Labour leadership hustings on the stage at SEC in Glasgow\n\nHowever, Sir Keir - who is the bookmakers' favourite to replace Mr Corbyn - said that by backing a second independence vote Labour could be falling into a \"trap\" set by the SNP.\n\nHe said the issue of Holyrood having the power to stage a fresh ballot on the issue was \"an interesting question\" but he added: \"We shouldn't get sucked straight into that.\n\n\"The SNP are constantly using the constitutional issue to mask the real issues, and if we get into that we are falling into their trap.\n\n\"Let's have a wide discussion about where we go next, but let's be bold about it.\"\n\nHe argued that Labour should support \"radical federalism as the way forward\" for the UK.\n\nMeanwhile, Ms Nandy said she believed in a \"much more radical power settlement than federalism with power pushed out to local authorities\".\n\nShe told Labour Party members: \"I believe in the United Kingdom and I think we have to be absolutely clear about that and we have to stand up for Scotland remaining in the United Kingdom.\n\n\"We can hand power to people and give people agency and control over their own lives again by handing more powers to our councils.\"\n\nCurrent leader Jeremy Corbyn confirmed he would step down at his election count in December as his party faced its worst performance in terms of seats since 1935.", "Medics in Wuhan have been shaving their heads in a bid to prevent cross-infection of the coronavirus.\n\nTens of thousands of people in China have been diagnosed with Covid-19 and it has spread to several other countries.", "One person is still receiving treatment in Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital\n\nAll but one of the nine people being treated for the coronavirus in the UK have been discharged from hospital.\n\nThey were discharged after twice testing negative for the virus, NHS England said on Saturday.\n\nMeanwhile, all 94 people who were being quarantined at Arrowe Park hospital on the Wirral have left the site.\n\nThe patients were among the first British coronavirus evacuees flown back to the UK from Wuhan, China, which is the centre of the outbreak.\n\nMore than 100 people are still in quarantine in a Milton Keynes hotel after arriving from China last weekend.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said: \"I want to stress that any individuals who are discharged from hospital are now well and do not pose any public health risk to the public.\"\n\nAmong those to have been discharged are five members of the ski group who were treated at the Royal Free and Guy's and St Thomas', both in London.\n\nFour adults and a child were diagnosed with the virus after coming into contact with Steve Walsh, from Hove, while at a French ski resort on his way home from Singapore.\n\nIn a joint statement on Saturday, the group said: \"All of our group, including the six in other countries, have recovered quickly from the virus having required minimal medical treatment during our time in isolation.\"\n\nThe group thanked those involved in their care, adding that they were \"feeling well and looking forward to being home\".\n\nMr Walsh, who is thought to have infected 11 people while at the resort, said on Tuesday that he had fully recovered.\n\nProf Keith Willett, NHS strategic incident director, said more people may need to spend some time at home in the coming weeks to reduce the spread of the virus.\n\nThe final person being treated for the virus is still at Guy's and St Thomas's Hospital in central London.\n\nProf Willett thanked those who have just left Arrowe Park hospital for the \"calm, patient and responsible\" response to the situation.\n\nHundreds of people who were at a conference in London earlier this month, including two Labour MPs, were contacted by health officials after an attendee was later diagnosed with the virus.\n\nThe person, who has not been identified, was at the UK Bus Summit at the QEII Conference Centre.\n\nOfficials have been tracing the contacts of the ninth person in the UK to test positive for the virus.\n\nThe first death from the disease in Europe was confirmed on Saturday, after a Chinese tourist died in France.\n\nThe victim, one of more than 1,500 fatalities from the virus, was an 80-year-old man from China's Hubei province.\n\nHe arrived in France on 16 January and was placed in quarantine in hospital in Paris on 25 January.\n\nOnly three deaths had previously been reported outside mainland China - in Hong Kong, the Philippines and Japan.\n\nA further 2,641 people have been newly confirmed as infected, bringing the China's total to 66,492.\n\nOutside mainland China, there have been more than 500 cases in 24 countries.", "A woman looks out of her window as ducks swim past in floodwater after the River Severn burst its banks in Bewdley, west of Birmingham", "Sporting events were cancelled throughout the UK, including in Manchester, which was also hit by floods. Manchester City's Premier League match against West Ham was among the cancellations", "Tracing the links between the different species is a complex scientific quest\n\nA mysterious \"ghost population\" of now-extinct ancient human-like creatures may have interbred with early humans living in West Africa, scientists say.\n\nResearchers suggest DNA from this group makes up between 2% and 19% of modern West Africans' genetic ancestry.\n\nThey believe the interbreeding occurred about 43,000 years ago.\n\nScientists found links to the Mende people of Sierra Leone, Yoruba as well as Esan people in Nigeria, plus other groups in western areas of The Gambia.\n\nThe new study was published in Science Advances this week.\n\nIt suggests that ancestors of modern West Africans interbred with a yet-undiscovered species of archaic human, similar to how ancient Europeans mated with Neanderthals, and Oceanic populations with Denisovans.\n\nThe research sheds more light on how archaic hominins added to the genetic variation of present-day Africans, which has been poorly understood even though it is the most genetically diverse continent.\n\nHundreds of thousands of years ago there were several different groups of humans including modern humans, Neanderthals and Denisovans.\n\nThe newly-discovered \"ghost population\" of ancient human species seems likely to have diverged from these groups.\n\nSriram Sankararaman - the computational biologist who led the research at the University of California in Los Angeles - told BBC Newsday he believed more such groups would be found in the future.\n\nHis team looked at the genetic make-up of West Africans and found that some of their DNA came from an ancient unexplained source.\n\n\"As we get more data from diverse populations - and better quality data - our ability to sift through that data and excavate these ghost populations is going to get better,\" Mr Sankararaman said.", "Facebook is under increasing pressure to curb the spread of disinformation online\n\nFacebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has called for more regulation of harmful online content, saying it was not for companies like his to decide what counts as legitimate free speech.\n\nHe was speaking at the Munich Security Conference in Germany.\n\nSocial media giants like Facebook are under increasing pressure to stop the spread of false information.\n\nFacebook in particular has been criticised for its policy on political advertising.\n\nThe company launched new policies for political advertising in the US in 2018 and globally the following year. These rules require political ads to display who had paid for them, and a copy of the ad is kept in a publicly-searchable database for seven years.\n\nBut this week Facebook said it would not include sponsored political posts by social media stars in its database. Posts by politicians are not always fact-checked as part of the company's free speech policy either.\n\nAt the conference he said he supported regulation.\n\n\"We don't want private companies making so many decisions about how to balance social equities without any more democratic process,\" he said.\n\nThe Facebook founder urged governments to come up with a new regulatory system for social media, suggesting it should be a mix of existing rules for telecoms and media companies.\n\n\"In the absence of that kind of regulation we will continue doing our best,\" he said.\n\n\"But I actually think on a lot of these questions that are trying to balance different social equities it is not just about coming up with the right answer, it is about coming up with an answer that society thinks is legitimate.\"\n\nMr Zuckerberg also admitted Facebook had been slow to recognise the development of co-ordinated online \"information campaigns\" by state actors like Russia.\n\nHe added that malevolent actors are also becoming better at covering their tracks by masking the IP addresses of users.\n\nTo tackle this, Mr Zuckerberg said Facebook had a team of 35,000 people reviewing content and security on the platform. With assistance from AI, he said more than a million fake accounts are deleted every day.\n\n\"Our budget [for content review] is bigger today than the whole revenue of the company when we went public in 2012, when we had a billion users,\" he said.\n\nDuring his time in Europe, Zuckerberg is expected to meet politicians in Munich and Brussels to discuss data practices, regulation and tax reform.\n\nDespite public backlash over issues like political advertising, Facebook says the number of users on its family of apps - Facebook, Messenger, Whatsapp and Instagram - continues to grow.\n\nEarlier this month, Whatsapp announced that it is used by two billion people worldwide, more than a quarter of the world's population.", "Houthi fighters say they downed the warplane (file picture)\n\nA warplane belonging to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen has crashed in the northern province of al-Jawf.\n\nA coalition spokesman confirmed that a Saudi Tornado fighter jet had \"fallen\" while carrying out a support mission near Yemeni army units, according to Saudi Arabia's state news agency SPA.\n\nYemen's Houthi rebels said they shot down the plane on Friday night.\n\nThe United Nations said 31 civilians were killed in Saudi air strikes in al-Jawf on Saturday.\n\nA statement from the office of the UN's resident coordinator for Yemen said \"preliminary field reports\" indicated that at least 12 others were injured in the strikes.\n\nThe Saudi-led coalition has been battling Yemen's rebel Houthi movement since 2015. It intervened after the Houthis ousted the internationally-recognised government from power in the capital Sanaa.\n\nThe Houthi rebels said they used ground-to-air missiles to down the warplane on Friday night.\n\nSaudi Arabia has not provided details of any casualties from the crash, or what caused it.\n\nIt said it carried out a search and rescue operation on Saturday and that some civilians may have been unintentionally killed.\n\nHouthi officials said children were among the casualties of retaliatory air strikes by Saudi Arabia, which they said targeted civilians in the area where rebel forces had downed the plane.\n\nThey said some of those injured were in a critical condition.\n\nIn a statement on Saturday, Lise Grande, the UN's resident humanitarian coordinator in Yemen, shared \"deep condolences with the families of those killed\".\n\n\"So many people are being killed in Yemen - it's a tragedy and it's unjustified. Under international humanitarian law parties which resort to force are obligated to protect civilians. Five years into this conflict and belligerents are still failing to uphold this responsibility. It's shocking,\" she said.\n\nYemen has been at war since 2015, when President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi and his cabinet were forced to flee the capital Sanaa by the Houthis.\n\nSaudi Arabia backs Mr Hadi, and has led a coalition of regional countries in air strikes against the rebels.\n\nThe coalition carries out air strikes almost every day, while the Houthis often fire missiles into Saudi Arabia.\n\nThe civil war has triggered the world's worst humanitarian disaster, with an estimated 80% of the population - more than 24 million people - requiring humanitarian assistance or protection.\n\nTens of thousands of people have died as a result of the conflict.\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?", "The artwork in Barton Hill was defaced on Saturday\n\nA mural by Banksy has been defaced just 48 hours after it appeared.\n\nThe piece, featuring a young girl firing red flowers from a catapult, appeared on the side of a house in Bristol on Thursday.\n\nBanksy confirmed he was behind the piece by posting a picture of the work on his Instagram page at midnight on Valentine's Day.\n\nBut an offensive phrase has now been daubed over the street artist's design in bright pink lettering.\n\nA Perspex panel placed over the artwork on Thursday to protect it has also been torn down, with the vandals directly defacing Banksy's design.\n\nThe British Somali Community Association, based in Barton Hill, tweeted that the vandalism was \"shocking\" and it was \"sad seeing the devastation\".\n\nThe design by the famous street artist has been attracting plenty of visitors\n\nKelly Woodruff, whose father owns the property in Marsh Lane, said flowers placed on a road sign as part of the artwork had also been stolen.\n\nShe said her family were \"devastated\" and were taking steps to protect the mural from further harm.\n\nTemporary measures such as protective boxes and security fencing will be erected this weekend, before longer-term solutions are put in place.\n\nMs Woodruff said: \"It is so sad. They have taken the joy away from everyone.\n\n\"We are very keen to stress that these temporary measures, which could cause some short-term frustration, are there to protect and preserve the art for the future.\n\n\"We want this to be available to everyone for years to come and for as many people as possible to come along to take a look and enjoy it.\"\n\nRed flowers had been placed on the street sign below", "Robbie Williams and his wife, Ayda Field Williams, have announced the birth of their fourth child, the second to be born via a surrogate.\n\nField Williams surprised fans by revealing the birth of Beau Benedict Enthoven Williams on Instagram.\n\nHe was born via the \"same incredible surrogate\" as their youngest daughter, Coco, she said.\n\nField Williams added that the couple were \"blessed\" and they were now \"officially complete as a family\".\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\nAlongside her message, she shared a photograph of the baby's feet next to those of his siblings.\n\nField Williams wrote: \"On this Valentine's Day, we would like to celebrate love in the most awesome way.\n\n\"As with Coco, he is biologically ours, but born via our same incredible surrogate.\n\n\"We are so blessed to have our healthy son safely in our arms and are officially complete as a family.\"\n\nTheir daughter Colette (Coco) Josephine Williams was born using a surrogate in 2018.\n\nThey also have daughter, Theodora, born in 2012, and son Charlton, born in 2014.", "The Court of Appeal has overturned a decision which found an Islamic marriage ceremony fell within English law\n\nA court has reversed a judgment from two years ago which found that a couple who had an Islamic wedding ceremony could legally divorce.\n\nThe High Court ruled in 2018 that the couple's Islamic \"nikah\" ceremony fell within English marriage law.\n\nBut the Court of Appeal has now said it was an \"invalid\" non-legal ceremony.\n\nJudges said the fact they intended to have a further civil ceremony meant they must have known their Islamic marriage had no legal effect in the UK.\n\nThe Attorney General appealed against the original court decision.\n\nThe case involved the divorce of Nasreen Akhter and Mohammed Shabaz Khan, who have four children.\n\nThe couple had an Islamic wedding ceremony in a west London restaurant in 1998 in the presence of an imam and about 150 guests, but no civil ceremony subsequently took place, despite Mrs Akhter repeatedly raising the issue.\n\nThey separated in 2016 and Mr Khan tried to block his wife's divorce petition two years ago on the basis they had not been legally married in the first place.\n\nMrs Akhter argued their Islamic faith marriage was valid, as was her application for divorce, and that she was entitled to the same legal protection and settlement offered in the UK to legally married couples.\n\nHer application for divorce was analysed during a trial in the Family Division of the High Court and Mr Justice Williams delivered a written judgment in the summer of 2018.\n\nHe ruled that since the couple held themselves out to the world at large as husband and wife, Mrs Akhter was correct and their union should be recognised because their vows had similar expectations to that of a British marriage contract.\n\nHe added the marriage fell within the scope of the 1973 Matrimonial Causes Act, despite Mr Khan arguing the marriage was \"under Sharia law only\".\n\nJustice Williams said Mrs Akhter was therefore entitled to a decree of nullity.\n\nThe Court of Appeal overturned that decision on Friday and said the marriage was \"invalid\" under English marriage law.\n\nIt explained the wedding was \"a non-qualifying ceremony\" because it was not performed in a building registered for weddings, no certificates had been issued and no registrar was present.\n\n\"The parties were not marrying under the provisions of English law\", the appeal judges said.\n\nNeither Mrs Akhter nor Mr Khan played any part in the appeal proceedings.\n\nPragna Patel, director at Southall Black Sisters, a not-for-profit organisation, said: \"Today's judgment will force Muslim and other women to turn to Sharia 'courts' that already cause significant harm to women and children for remedies because they are now locked out of the civil justice system.\"\n\nA government review into Sharia law in 2017 said Muslim couples should be required to take part in civil marriages in addition to Muslim ceremonies to bring Islamic marriage legally into line with Christian and Jewish marriage.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "William Barr, right, has been seen as an ally of Donald Trump\n\nUS President Donald Trump has tweeted he has \"the legal right\" to intervene in criminal cases after his attorney general complained White House tweets were making his job \"impossible\".\n\nIn his post, Mr Trump also denied he had ever meddled in any cases.\n\nAmerica's top law officer William Barr on Thursday asked Mr Trump to stop his tweets, saying he would not be bullied.\n\nMr Barr spoke out after Mr Trump renewed his attack on the criminal trial of his ex-adviser, Roger Stone.\n\nProsecutors had recommended Stone serve a stiff sentence, but Mr Trump tweeted that was unfair.\n\nOn Friday morning, Mr Trump ignored the attorney general's plea to stop tweeting.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIt is legally ambiguous whether the US president has the authority to order the attorney general to open or shut a case.\n\nThe Department of Justice has been meant to operate without political interference since the Watergate scandal of the 1970s.\n\nMr Trump has previously called for investigations into perceived enemies, such as former FBI Director James Comey and former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.\n\nOn Friday, Mr McCabe's lawyers announced the justice department had closed its criminal inquiry into whether their client had lied to investigators about leaks to the media.\n\nThe New York Times meanwhile reported Mr Barr had appointed outside prosecutors to review the case against another Trump ally, Michael Flynn.\n\nFlynn, who was Mr Trump's first national security adviser, previously pleaded guilty to lying to investigators in a federal inquiry, but later withdrew co-operation and is in the midst of trying to recant his plea.\n\nMr Barr said on Thursday that Mr Trump \"undercuts\" him by tweeting, making it \"impossible for me to do my job\".\n\n\"I think it's time to stop the tweeting about Department of Justice criminal cases,\" Mr Barr told ABC News.\n\n\"I cannot do my job here at the department with a constant background commentary that undercuts me,\" he added.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe rare show of dissent from a cabinet member widely seen as a Trump loyalist has provoked a degree of scepticism in the US media.\n\nCritics suggested the statement could have been co-ordinated with the White House to shore up the Department of Justice's credibility as an independent agency.\n\nThe attorney general has been an outspoken defender of the president to the extent that Democrats and former justice department officials have accused him of politicising the rule of law.\n\nAfter the interview on Thursday evening, the White House said Mr Trump \"wasn't bothered by the comments at all and he has the right, just like any American citizen, to publicly offer his opinions\".\n\nRepublican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who rarely speaks up against Mr Trump, said the president should listen to Mr Barr's advice.\n\nThere was widespread anger this week when the Department of Justice said it planned to reduce the length of the prison sentence it would seek for Stone, a long-time friend of the president.\n\nStone was convicted in November of obstructing an investigation by the House Intelligence Committee into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election.\n\nFederal prosecutors had initially recommended Stone face seven to nine years in jail for trying to thwart the investigation.\n\nAccording to a Netflix documentary about his political career, Roger Stone convinced Donald Trump to run for president\n\nThe president swiftly voiced his opposition, tweeting: \"This is a horrible and very unfair situation.\"\n\nThe justice department then overruled the recommendation by its own prosecution team, prompting questions over whether Mr Barr had intervened on behalf of Mr Trump's ally. The four prosecutors subsequently quit.\n\nPresident Trump praised Mr Barr for \"taking charge\" of the Roger Stone case.\n\nHe also dropped his nomination of former US Attorney Jessie Liu, who oversaw the Stone case, for another government post in the Treasury Department.\n\nOn Thursday, Mr Trump said the federal jury that heard the case against Stone had \"significant bias\".\n\nThe forewoman of the jurors reportedly identified herself in a Facebook post. Her social media posts revealed hostility to Mr Trump, it was also reported.\n\nStone is scheduled to be sentenced next week.", "Last updated on .From the section Man City\n\nManchester City have been banned from European club competition for the next two seasons after being found to have committed \"serious breaches\" of Uefa's club licensing and financial fair play regulations.\n\nThe reigning Premier League champions have also been fined 30m euros (£25m).\n\nThe decision is subject to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.\n\nManchester City say they are \"disappointed but not surprised\" by the \"prejudicial\" decision and will appeal.\n\nThe independent Adjudicatory Chamber of the Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) said City had broken the rules by \"overstating its sponsorship revenue in its accounts and in the break-even information submitted to Uefa between 2012 and 2016\", adding that the club \"failed to cooperate in the investigation\".\n\nIt has been reported that City could also face a Premier League points deduction because the league's FFP rules are similar - although not exactly the same - as Uefa's.\n\nHowever, the punishment has no implications for City's women's team.\n• None Manchester City will take ban 'in their stride' - Brown\n\nManchester City said in a statement: \"The club has always anticipated the ultimate need to seek out an independent body and process to impartially consider the comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence in support of its position.\n\n\"In December 2018, the Uefa chief investigator publicly previewed the outcome and sanction he intended to be delivered to Manchester City, before any investigation had even begun.\n\n\"The subsequent flawed and consistently leaked Uefa process he oversaw has meant that there was little doubt in the result that he would deliver. The club has formally complained to the Uefa disciplinary body, a complaint which was validated by a CAS ruling.\n\n\"Simply put, this is a case initiated by Uefa, prosecuted by Uefa and judged by Uefa. With this prejudicial process now over, the club will pursue an impartial judgment as quickly as possible and will therefore, in the first instance, commence proceedings with the Court of Arbitration for Sport at the earliest opportunity.\"\n\nCity have been drawn to face Real Madrid in the last 16 of this season's Champions League, with the first leg to be played on 26 February at the Bernabeu.\n\n\"Enforcing the rules of financial fair play and punishing financial doping is essential for the future of football,\" he said.\n\n\"For years we have been calling for severe action against Manchester City and Paris St-Germain, we finally have a good example of action and hope to see more. Better late than never.\"\n\nAnalysis - what could this mean for Guardiola?\n\nThis is massive news. Given the speed of their statement in response, it is fair to assume Manchester City were braced for this decision, but maybe not the severity of it.\n\nCity have said publicly and privately they intend to fight the decision. They are adamant an independent judiciary - they do not think this was - will clear them.\n\nHowever, as it stands, the club are out of the Champions League for two seasons, which raises massive immediate questions.\n\nPep Guardiola has always maintained he would remain at City at least until his contract expires in 2021 but has also said he trusts the club's hierarchy when they tell him they have done nothing wrong.\n\nWhether they win the Champions League this season or not, will Guardiola decide to move on? And if he does, what about the future of the club's star players, many of whom joined because he was the manager.\n\nAnd does this mean an extra place in the Champions League will be available should the Blues miss out?\n\nIt is an absolutely fascinating situation and, clearly, we are far from a definitive final outcome.\n\nWhat are City alleged to have done?\n\nUefa launched an investigation after German newspaper Der Spiegel published leaked documents in November 2018 alleging City had inflated the value of a sponsorship deal, misleading European football's governing body.\n\nReports alleged City - who have always denied wrongdoing - deliberately misled Uefa so they could meet FFP rules requiring clubs to break even.\n\nCity were fined £49m in 2014 for a previous breach of regulations.\n\nWhat are the FFP rules?\n\nFinancial Fair Play was introduced by Uefa to prevent clubs in its competitions from spending beyond their means and stamp out what its then president Michel Platini called \"financial doping\" within football.\n\nUnder the rules, financial losses are limited and clubs are also obliged to meet all their transfer and employee payment commitments at all times.\n\nClubs need to balance football-related expenditure - transfers and wages - with television and ticket income, plus revenues raised by their commercial departments. Money spent on stadiums, training facilities, youth development or community projects is exempt.\n\nThe CFCB, set up by Uefa, has the ultimate sanction of banning clubs from Uefa competitions, with other potential punishments including warnings, fines, withholding prize money, transfer bans, points deductions, a ban on registration of new players and a restriction on the number of players who can be registered for Uefa competitions.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sarah Keith-Lucas has an update on the latest weather warnings\n\nThe Army has been deployed to help with flood relief as the UK faces a second weekend of weather disruption.\n\nSevere weather warnings are in place for much of the country and forecasters say a month's worth of rain could fall in some places.\n\nThe MoD said 75 soldiers from 4th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland, have been sent to Ilkley and Calderdale in West Yorkshire.\n\nThey are helping build flood barriers and repair defences.\n\nA further 70 Reservists from 4th Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment, will also be providing support where required.\n\nCalderdale Council leader Tim Swift said their presence would be a \"reassuring sight\" for residents of \"already exhausted communities\".\n\nMeanwhile, heavy rain has been falling across southern Scotland leading to three severe flood warnings for the Hawick area in the Scottish Borders.\n\nThe Scottish Environment Protection Agency says river levels in the town are likely to reach similar levels to those experienced in January 2016 and will peak between 21:00-23:00 on Saturday.\n\nA local leisure centre has been opened for anyone who has to move out of their homes.\n\nSeparate flood warnings and advice have also been issued for residents in the Borders, Dumfries and Galloway, South Lanarkshire and South Ayrshire.\n\nAcross the UK road, rail and air travellers also face disruption, with British Airways and EasyJet flights among those affected.\n\nIt comes after Storm Ciara flooded hundreds of homes last weekend.\n\nThe Environment Agency has warned flooding is likely to be worse this weekend as already saturated ground is met with a \"perfect storm\" of heavy rain, strong winds and melting snow.\n\nAmber warnings for rain and yellow warnings for wind are in place for most of the country from Saturday afternoon into Sunday evening.\n\nThis means flooding could cause a danger to life, power cuts are expected and there is a good chance transport links will be impacted.\n\nFlood defences were prepared in Mytholmroyd, in the Upper Calder Valley\n\nA body has been found by rescue crews searching for a man reported to have gone overboard from a fuel tanker off Margate Harbour in Kent before the storm struck.\n\nA coastguard helicopter, a Royal Navy warship and RNLI lifeboats joined the operation in heavy seas around Margate Harbour after the alarm was raised in the early hours on Saturday.\n\nWaves crashed against the sea wall in Porthcawl, south Wales\n\nThe worst-hit areas could see between 120-140mm of rainfall and gusts of up to 80mph over the weekend, the Met Office said.\n\nThe predictions are not as severe as last weekend when Ciara brought as much as 184mm of rain and gusts reaching 97mph, resulting in hundreds of homes flooding and more than 500,000 being left without power.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBut experts have warned Storm Dennis could cause more flooding damage, because of the heavy rain falling on parts of the UK still recovering from Ciara.\n\nJohn Curtin, the Environment Agency's executive director of flood and coastal risk management, said Cumbria, Lancashire and Yorkshire were the areas he was most \"concerned\" about.\n\n\"This [storm] could be a step up from what we have seen before,\" Mr Curtin said.\n\n\"We had a big storm last weekend, [we now have] saturated catchments, snowmelt and rainfall, so it is a perfect storm.\"\n• None YellowSevere weather possible, plan ahead, travel may be disrupted\n• None RedDangerous weather expected - take action to keep safe\n\nThe Environment Agency said preparations were under way to operate flood defences, flood storage reservoirs and temporary barriers to protect communities.\n\nThese include the Foss Barrier in York, the Thames Barrier in London and another in Bewdley, Worcestershire, on the River Severn.\n\nUK power operators say they have employed extra engineers and call centre staff to respond to any possible impact of the storm, after widespread power cuts last weekend.\n\nNewly appointed Environment Secretary George Eustice said he had spoken to local flood response groups across the country on Friday.\n\nHighlighting the Environment Agency's preparations, he added: \"We are fully focused on ensuring that communities are protected and have access to the support and advice they need to stay safe this weekend.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This Hebden Bridge book shop has a sign which doubles up as a flood barrier\n\nThe Met Office has issued amber warnings for rain in pockets of northern and south-west England and Wales from 12:00 GMT on Saturday until 15:00 on Sunday, and in parts of Scotland from 12:00 GMT to 20:00 on Saturday.\n\nAn amber warning is also in place for most of southern England from 00:15 GMT until 18:00 on Sunday.\n\nYellow warnings for strong winds and heavy rain also cover all of England, Wales and southern Scotland between 09:00 GMT and midday on Sunday.\n\nFurther yellow warnings for wind are in place for northern parts of the UK from midday on Sunday until midday on Monday - potentially bringing travel disruption to commuters.\n\nHave you been affected by Storm Dennis? 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:", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nLiverpool's unstoppable charge towards their first top-flight title in 30 years is \"outstanding\", said Jurgen Klopp after his side edged a narrow victory over bottom-of-the-table Norwich.\n\nSadio Mane came off the bench to score the winner with 12 minutes remaining, expertly taking down skipper Jordan Henderson's raking pass and smashing in at the near post.\n\nIt means Klopp's men need just five more wins from their remaining 12 games to guarantee their first Premier League title, having dropped just two points all campaign, and lie a mammoth 25 points clear of champions Manchester City.\n\n\"The gap is so insane, I don't really understand it,\" Klopp told Sky Sports. \"I am not smart enough. I have not had that before. It is outstanding, so difficult.\n\n\"I go back into the changing room and we chat about the things and then I am like 'Oh, but congratulations. We won the game, another three points.'\"\n\nChances were at a premium in a blustery first half, but Liverpool ramped up the pressure in the second period - Canaries goalkeeper Tim Krul making a stunning double save to deny Mohamed Salah's low shot and Naby Keita's close-range follow-up.\n\nHaving been pegged back for a long period, Norwich could have scored on the counter-attack as Alex Tettey's strike from an angle caught Alisson by surprise at his near post but the effort rattled the foot of the upright.\n\nBut Senegal international Mane - who missed the last two games through a hamstring injury - proved to be the difference having entered the action on the hour mark.\n• None When can Liverpool win the Premier League title?\n\nReds just keep on winning\n\nIt looked for a while that it may be a frustrating day for Liverpool at Carrow Road, misplacing a number of passes in the final third and being restricted to long-range efforts.\n\nKeita's drive was tipped over the crossbar by Krul, while efforts from Virgil van Dijk and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain were comfortable for the Dutch goalkeeper to deal with.\n\nWhen the marauding Trent Alexander-Arnold dragged a shot wide from the edge of the box after just 13 seconds, a routine win looked to be on the cards, but the Reds had to battle hard once more.\n\nKlopp added: \"I could tell in all the players' faces that they weren't nervous, they were enjoying it, and if one team was going to score it was going to be us.\n\n\"We protected against the counter-attack well too. It's really all about these wonderful football players.\"\n\nTo say Liverpool have dominated the division is an understatement - they have annihilated all in front of them and the numbers make staggering reading:\n• None Liverpool are now unbeaten in 43 league games, closing in on Arsenal's all-time record of 49.\n• None They have collected a remarkable 103 points from the past 105 available.\n• None The Reds have picked up 35 wins from their past 36 games - a 1-1 draw at Manchester United in October the only blemish.\n• None They have won 17 games in a row - one shy of Manchester City's record - and kept 10 clean sheets in their past 11 games.\n\nThe result also means 76 points after 26 games is the best record at this juncture in the history of Europe's top five leagues - something even the continent's great sides including La Liga's Barcelona, Juventus of Serie A, Bundesliga's Bayern Munich and Ligue 1's Paris St-Germain were unable to achieve.\n\nThe defending European champions go into Tuesday's last-16 first-leg tie at Atletico Madrid in flawless form and Klopp's side will take some stopping from reaching their third consecutive final, as they aim for a Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup treble.\n\nSo near yet so far for Norwich\n\nDaniel Farke's side remain anchored to the foot of the table, seven points from safety and are staring at an immediate return to the Championship.\n\nThey display some attractive football at times, playing out from the back which almost proved costly on a couple of occasions, but failing to hold out means they have conceded a joint league-high 48 goals.\n\nHad they taken their chances, they would have claimed a spectacular victory against all the odds, with Lukas Rupp left ruing what might have been.\n\nThe German midfielder broke the offside trap in the first half and when faced one-on-one with Alisson, inexplicably decided to square the ball towards Teemu Pukki instead of shooting and the Brazilian goalkeeper managed to claw the pass away.\n\nThe lively Todd Cantwell struck the side-netting, while Tettey's low, drilled strike hit the upright.\n\nFarke told BBC Sport: \"Performance-wise we were pretty good in many topics, sadly one topic was missing, to be clinical in our finishing. We had our chance in the first half.\"\n\nOn Mane's goal, Farke added: \"I just watched it back shortly. When the referee doesn't give a foul it won't be overturned. It was also due to the quality of Mane - his control and then his second touch. It was smart movement from Mane and if the referee doesn't give a foul you can't see it [being] overturned. We have already learned that VAR is not on our side.\n\n\"Performance-wise we can take a lot of confidence but sadly no points.\"\n\nTon up for Mane - the stats\n• None Liverpool have opened the scoring in each of their past 14 Premier League meetings with Norwich City - no side has ever scored the opening goal in more consecutive games versus another in the competition's history (Chelsea also 14 v Portsmouth).\n• None Norwich have only won one of their past 13 Premier League games (D5 L7) and have failed to score in back-to-back league matches for the first time since November 2019.\n• None Liverpool have kept a clean sheet in 10 of their past 11 Premier League matches, this after having only kept one shutout in the previous 11 such games before this.\n• None Sadio Mane scored the 100th goal of his English club career in all competitions, scoring 25 for Southampton and 75 for Liverpool.\n• None Mane's goal was his 57th in the Premier League for Liverpool, but the first coming as a substitute.\n• None Jordan Henderson has assisted five Premier League goals this season; only in 2014-15 (nine) and 2013-14 (seven) has he provided more in a single league season in his professional career.\n• None Both of Liverpool's past two Premier League games have been goalless at half-time; only two of their first 24 such matches of the season had been 0-0 at the break before this.\n• None Norwich failed to attempt a single shot in the first half of a league game for the first time under Daniel Farke, and the first time in any league match overall since April 2014 v Manchester United.\n\nNorwich travel to Wolves next Sunday in the Premier League (kick-off 14:00 GMT), while Liverpool are in European action on Tuesday, followed by a Premier League game at Anfield against West Ham next Monday (20:00).\n• None Attempt saved. Teemu Pukki (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Emiliano Buendía with a through ball.\n• None Attempt missed. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) left footed shot from very close range is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold with a cross.\n• None Naby Keita (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Goal! Norwich City 0, Liverpool 1. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jordan Henderson.Goal confirmed following VAR Review.\n• None Attempt blocked. Jamal Lewis (Norwich City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Todd Cantwell.\n• None Attempt missed. Grant Hanley (Norwich City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ondrej Duda with a cross following a corner. 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\nJackson Carlaw has been confirmed as the new leader of the Scottish Conservatives after winning a vote of party members.\n\nMr Carlaw had been the party's interim leader since Ruth Davidson quit the role in August.\n\nHe has now won the job full time after defeating fellow MSP Michelle Ballantyne by 4,917 votes to 1,581.\n\nMr Carlaw had been the clear favourite in the contest, and was backed by most of the party's MPs and MSPs.\n\nHe said he was now \"ready to hit the ground running and win\" in next year's Scottish Parliament election by attracting voters from \"middle Scotland\".\n\nThe new leader has already promised a full review of the party's policies and a \"new, reinvigorated\" frontbench team at Holyrood.\n\nWithin hours of his election Mr Carlaw announced that Glasgow MSP Annie Wells would become a joint deputy leader of the party alongside North East MSP Liam Kerr.\n\nRachael Hamilton, the Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire MSP, will become a party chairwoman with existing chairman Rab Forman.\n\nMore changes will be announced next week.\n\nMr Carlaw said: \"This is not about asking the people of Scotland to re-elect us as a strong opposition, this is about offering the people of Scotland a clear alternative to the SNP and then fighting all the way to polling day next year to provide them with an alternative government.\n\n\"I have a bigger share of the vote than Boris Johnson achieved in his leadership election, I have a bigger share of the vote than Ruth Davidson achieved, a bigger share of the vote than David Cameron achieved in any of the previous Conservative Party leadership elections.\n\n\"So I have a clear mandate from the party in Scotland now to make the changes required to lead us into the election next year.\"\n\nOpinion polls suggest that the SNP, led by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, remains on course to win a fourth successive term in government in next year's election - with the Conservatives currently a distant second.\n\nThe new party leader was congratulated by his defeated opponent when the result was announced\n\nThe leadership contest - which was delayed by December's general election - had been bad-tempered at times, with the two candidates trading insults ahead of the result being announced.\n\nMs Ballantyne, who claimed to have strong grassroots support, accused Mr Carlaw of running a general election campaign that \"lacked vision and ambition\", with the party losing seven of its 13 MPs.\n\nMr Carlaw hit back by claiming his opponent was the only member of the Tory frontbench team at Holyrood never to have submitted a \"single policy proposal\".\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 Scottish Conservatives are currently the second biggest party at Holyrood, with Ms Davidson widely credited with turning around its electoral fortunes in her eight years as leader.\n\nBut she quit shortly after returning from maternity leave, saying that \"much had changed\" both politically and personally in recent months.\n\nAs well as the birth of her son, Ms Davidson had been a vocal critic of Prime Minister Boris Johnson - particularly over his approach to Brexit.\n\nThe new leader is a close political ally of his predecessor, Ruth Davidson\n\nJackson Carlaw worked as a car salesman in the west of Scotland for 25 years before being elected as an MSP, but has been involved in politics since joining the Conservatives as teenager in the late 1970s.\n\nHe first stood as a candidate in the 1982 Queen's Park by-election, and after several other unsuccessful attempts was eventually elected as a list MSP for the West of Scotland region in the 2007 and again in 2011 - when he also became Ms Davidson's deputy leader.\n\nMr Carlaw, who is married with two children, was elected as the MSP for Eastwood in 2016, and served as acting leader when Ms Davidson went on maternity leave ahead of the birth of her son in May of last 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\nWhen Ms Davidson resigned as party leader in August, Mr Carlaw was immediately appointed as interim leader - with some of his supporters hoping he would be given the role on a permanent basis without a leadership contest being required.\n\nThe 60-year-old says he wants the party to appeal to \"middle Scotland\" ahead of next year's Scottish Parliament election, when he says his goal is to \"take down\" Ms Sturgeon and the SNP.\n\nAmong his key policy proposals are increasing the number of teachers in Scotland by 2,000, bringing income taxes into line with the rest of the UK, and scrapping the Scottish government's plan to introduce a so-called parking tax.\n\nMr Carlaw has faced Nicola Sturgeon during the weekly First Minister's Questions in the Scottish Parliament while acting as interim leader\n\nHe told his official campaign launch last month that he stands for \"a decent, generous-spirited, aspirational conservatism that promotes the values and ambitions of middle Scotland\".\n\nMr Carlaw secured public support from the majority of Conservative MSPs and MPs during the leadership contest, as well as all of the party's local council leaders.\n\nHe points to the experience he has built up in his lengthy stint as acting leader - which saw him go head-to-head with Ms Sturgeon during first minister's questions every week.\n\nBut critics say that Mr Carlaw's tenure included last month's general election, when the Scottish Conservatives lost seven of the 13 seats they had won under Ms Davidson in 2017 despite the Tories winning a majority across the UK as a whole.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Harry Miller: \"This is a watershed moment for liberty\"\n\nThe police response to an ex-officer's allegedly transphobic tweets was unlawful, the High Court has ruled.\n\nHarry Miller was visited by Humberside Police at work in January last year after a complaint about his tweets.\n\nHe was told he had not committed a crime, but it would be recorded as a non-crime \"hate incident\".\n\nThe court found the force's actions were a \"disproportionate interference\" with his right to freedom of expression.\n\nOfficers visited Mr Miller's workplace and then spoke with him on the phone, and he was left with the impression \"that he might be prosecuted if he continued to tweet\", according to a judge.\n\nSpeaking after the ruling, Mr Miller, from Lincolnshire, said: \"This is a watershed moment for liberty - the police were wrong to visit my workplace, wrong to 'check my thinking'.\"\n\nHis solicitor Paul Conrathe added: \"It is a strong warning to local police forces not to interfere with people's free speech rights on matters of significant controversy.\"\n\nMr Justice Julian Knowles said the effect of police turning up at Mr Miller's place of work \"because of his political opinions must not be underestimated\".\n\nHe added: \"To do so would be to undervalue a cardinal democratic freedom.\n\n\"In this country we have never had a Cheka, a Gestapo or a Stasi. We have never lived in an Orwellian society.\"\n\nResponding to the ruling, Helen Belcher, who co-founded Trans Media Watch, said: \"I think trans people will be worried it could become open season on us because the court didn't really define what the threshold for acceptable speech was.\n\n\"I think it will reinforce an opinion that courts don't understand trans lives and aren't there to protect trans people.\"\n\nMr Miller, 54, also launched a wider challenge against the lawfulness of College of Policing guidelines on hate crimes, which was rejected.\n\nMr Justice Knowles ruled they \"serve legitimate purposes and [are] not disproportionate\".\n\nThe guidelines define a hate incident as \"any non-crime incident which is perceived, by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by a hostility or prejudice against a person who is transgender or perceived to be transgender\".\n\nTrans activist Helen Belcher said the ruling would \"worry\" trans people\n\nMr Miller posted a number of tweets between November 2018 and January 2019 about transgender issues as part of the debate about reforming the Gender Recognition Act 2004.\n\nIn one tweet Mr Miller wrote: \"I was assigned mammal at birth, but my orientation is fish. Don't mis-species me.\"\n\nThis tweet was among several others which were reported to Humberside Police as being allegedly transphobic.\n\nMr Miller's barrister, Ian Wise QC, argued the force's response had sought to \"dissuade him from expressing himself on such issues in the future\" and had a \"substantial chilling effect\" on his right to free speech.\n\nMr Justice Knowles said Mr Miller \"strongly denies being prejudiced against transgender people\" and had regarded himself as a participant in a public debate.\n\nHe said only one person, known in court as Mrs B, had complained about the tweets and they had been recorded as a hate incident \"without any critical scrutiny...or any assessment of whether what she was saying was accurate\".\n\nThe judge said: \"The claimants' tweets were lawful and there was not the slightest risk that he would commit a criminal offence by continuing to tweet.\n\n\"I find the combination of the police visiting the claimant's place of work, and their subsequent statements in relation to the possibility of prosecution, were a disproportionate interference with the claimant's right to freedom of expression because of their potential chilling effect.\"\n\nThe police guidance on non-crime hate incidents was developed after the murder of the black teenager Stephen Lawrence in a racist attack in 1993.\n\nIts aim is to deal with hate incidents before they escalate into serious hate crimes.\n\nEach year more than 25,000 such non-crime hate incidents are logged by UK police. The bulk relate to race and disability.\n\nToday's ruling will make the job of policing such incidents increasingly challenging for the police. Where does a comment or statement leave the boundaries of free speech and become a hate incident short of a crime?\n\nThat can be as much a linguistic and ethical judgment as a policing decision.\n\nHumberside Police said it accepted the court's decision, adding: \"The mere recording of the incident by Humberside Police as a hate incident has been ruled as not unlawful and in accordance with the College of Policing (CoP) guidance.\n\n\"Our actions in handling the incident were carried out in good faith but we note the comments of the judge and we will take learning from this incident moving forward.\"\n\nDeputy Chief Constable Bernie O'Reilly, of the College of Policing, said: \"Policing's position is clear - we want everyone to feel able to express opinions as passionately as they wish without breaking the law.\"\n\nHe added: \"Hate incidents can be a precursor to these types of crimes and without recording them the police will begin to lose sight of what is happening in their communities - and potentially lose their confidence.\"\n\nHe said the advice to forces was currently being revised.\n\nTrans Media Watch said: \"Whilst we appreciate that the police must take care not to overreact to incidents, we feel that it is vital to a democratic society that everyone enjoys the same level of police protection.\n\n\"We are sure that it was not the judge's intention to suggest that trans people deserve less protection at present than they did in 2016, before the present media interest in the gender recognition process began.\n\n\"We hope that his words today will not have the result of putting other minority groups which may become the subject of intense media attention in a position where hatred displayed towards them is less likely to be treated seriously.\"\n\nMr Miller has appealed against the ruling about the College of Policing guidance and permission has been granted for the case to go straight to the Supreme Court.\n\nTransgender hate crimes, which are different and more serious than non-crime hate incidents, are rising in England and Wales, according to police records.\n\nIn the 12 months to 31 March 2019, the police recorded 2,333 transgender hate crime incidents. That was 37% higher than the previous year. In percentage terms, transgender hate crimes saw the biggest increase compared with other hate crime categories (race, religion, sexual orientation and disability).\n\nThe Home Office says that some of this rise could be down to improvements in the way the police identify and record transgender hate crimes. However, the Home Office adds that genuine increases cannot be ruled out.\n\nIn total, the police recorded 103,379 hate crimes in 2018-19. The majority were race hate crimes, accounting for around three quarters of the total.\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.", "Caroline Flack with Love Island's Bafta Award for best reality show in 2018\n\nViewers and the TV world are in shock after the death of Caroline Flack, who rose from children's TV to become one of Britain's most successful presenters.\n\nLove Island, Strictly Come Dancing, The X Factor, I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! - Flack starred on some of Britain's biggest shows of the past decade.\n\nHowever, at the time of her death her career was under a cloud after she was replaced for the winter series of ITV's Love Island after being charged with assaulting her boyfriend.\n\nWith Sam and Mark on TMi in 2007\n\nMany fans first got to know her bubbly, likeable personality when she joined Sam and Mark to front the zany Saturday morning children's show TMi in 2007.\n\nFrom there, she joined Ian Wright when Sky One revived game show Gladiators, and became one of the hosts of I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here Now! in 2009.\n\nShe went on to host another ITV spin-off, The Xtra Factor, two years later, before being chosen to front a series of the main talent show itself with Olly Murs in 2015.\n\nShe won Strictly Come Dancing with Pasha Kovalev in 2014\n\nShe confirmed her popular appeal when she won Strictly with dance partner Pasha Kovalev, fending off competition from Frankie Bridge and Simon Webbe.\n\nBut she talked about the difficulties she faced after lifting the glitterball trophy, saying: \"I couldn't get up and just couldn't pick myself up at all that next year.\"\n\nWhen Love Island was relaunched in 2015, she was the natural choice to host, and she helped make it one of the biggest shows on British TV.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe first few series performed well, but the show really became a TV phenomenon from 2018, particularly among younger viewers.\n\nWhen the show won the Bafta for best reality show that year, she picked up the award.\n\nFlack made her West End stage debut as Roxie Hart in Chicago in 2018, starred in a touring version of Crazy For You, and appeared on the celebrity version of The Great British Bake Off.\n\nWith the success came close scrutiny of her personal life and relationships, which made her a regular in the tabloids. Notably, she dated One Direction star Harry Styles when he was 17, and stories about a brief romance with Prince Harry made headlines in 2009.\n\nIn her 2015 autobiography Storm In A C Cup, she said she and the prince had \"spent the evening chatting and laughing\", but \"once the story got out, that was it. We had to stop seeing each other.\"\n\nWhen she was arrested and subsequently charged with assaulting her boyfriend in December, it was completely at odds with her public persona.\n\nPolice found former tennis professional Lewis Burton covered in blood when he called them to her Islington home.\n\nShe pleaded not guilty and was in tears in court just before Christmas. She stepped down as host of the winter series of Love Island.\n\nThe court heard that Mr Burton did not support the prosecution, but she was due to stand trial early next month.\n\nTwo days before her death, she posted photos of herself with her dogs, with no message except a simple love heart. Before that, her last message was on Christmas Eve - the day after her court hearing.\n\n\"This kind of scrutiny and speculation is a lot to take on for one person to take on their own...\" she wrote.\n\n\"I'm a human being at the end of the day and I'm not going to be silenced when I have a story to tell and a life to keep going with.\n\n\"I'm taking some time out to get feeling better and learn some lessons from situations I've got myself into to.\n\n\"I have nothing but love to give and best wishes for everyone.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The A82 was passable with care after a landslip near Aonach Eagach\n\nRoad, rail and ferry links have been hit and football matches cancelled as Storm Dennis sweeps across Scotland.\n\nThe M9 was closed at Bannockburn on Saturday afternoon due to flooding and police warned many other routes were treacherous.\n\nScotRail advised all customers in the west of the country not to travel because of widespread disruption.\n\nThree severe flood warnings have been issued for the Hawick area in the Scottish Borders.\n\nThe Scottish Environment Protection Agency said river levels were likely to reach similar heights to those in January 2016 and were due to peak between 21:00 GMT and 23:00 on Saturday.\n\nSepa's flood duty manager Mark McLaughlin said: \"These warnings mean that extensive flooding is expected to properties and businesses with many roads impassable.\n\n\"Some evacuations have been advised...We advise people to stay away from flood water and to not take unnecessary risks.\"\n\nA local leisure centre has been opened for anyone who has to move out of their home.\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 amber warning for rain covered parts of Dumfries and Galloway and the Borders until 20:00.\n\nA wider yellow warning is also in place across the majority of the country for most of the day, and will be followed by high wind warnings on Sunday.\n\nA gust of 77mph was recorded on South Uist on Saturday morning, and high winds are set to continue on Sunday through until midday on Monday.\n\nA number of flights out of Glasgow and Edinburgh were cancelled on Saturday.\n\nCalMac has suspended some ferry sailings and the operator warned that others were liable to cancellation at short notice.\n\nIn sport the Rangers v Livingston game in Glasgow and the Motherwell match against St Mirren at Fir Park were called off.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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\nNetwork Rail said the line between Perth and Pitlochry was closed because of flooding.\n\nThe Highland mainline was also forced to close because of high water levels at Inver.\n\nA landslip caused rock and snow to spill across the A82 in Glen Coe but the road was still passable.\n\nThe M9 was shut mid-afternoon between Jn 9 and Jn 10, and police warned of difficult conditions on the A9 between Auchterarder and Greenloaning.\n\nAn amber warning for rain was in force for southern Scotland on Saturday\n\nThe latest weather warnings follow a string of alerts to affect the country in recent days.\n\nStorm Ciara caused significant disruption last weekend resulting in a landslip which has shut the rail line between Kilmarnock and Dumfries for at least a month.\n\nA building also partially collapsed into the River Teviot in Hawick and flood defences in Jedburgh were badly damaged.\n\nSouthern Scotland also experienced heavy snowfalls during the week with drivers stranded near Durisdeer.\n\nThe first of the latest warnings came with severe gales forecasted in the extreme north west of Scotland between 06:00 and 12:00 on Saturday.\n\nIt is followed by a rain and wind warning for most of the west and south from 07:00 to 20:00.\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 worst conditions - prompting an amber warning - are expected in southern Scotland until 20:00 as heavy downpours combine with melting snow.\n\nScottish Borders Council said there was particular concern over the impact on Hawick, Jedburgh, Newcastleton and the Ettrick Valley.\n\nIt said it was making \"all necessary preparations\" for the forecast conditions.\n\nAfter a brief period of respite, a further alert for high winds has been issued from 12:00 on Sunday to 12:00 on Monday covering most of the country.\n\nHave you been affected by Storm Dennis? 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.", "Sinn Féin's leader has said the party will not be deterred by dissident republican threats made to MLAs Michelle O'Neill and Gerry Kelly.\n\nMary Lou McDonald, speaking in Belfast on Saturday, said dissidents were \"at war with their community\".\n\n\"It's time they packed up and disbanded,\" she said.\n\nMrs McDonald also called the Fianna Fáil leader's refusal to enter talks with her in the Republic of Ireland an \"arrogant and untenable position\".\n\nSinn Féin topped the first preference poll in the Irish general election last weekend, but its total of 37 seats is one fewer than that of Fianna Fáil.\n\nWith 80 seats required to form a government in the Dáil, no single party won enough in last weeks elections to govern on their own.\n\nSpeaking to party activists, Mrs McDonald said Sinn Féin was the only \"all-Ireland party resolutely committed to Irish Unity\".\n\n\"I want to stress again that unionists have nothing to fear from Irish Unity,\" she added.\n\n\"Of course some of them may see that differently. But the answer to that is to talk.\n\n\"We got the power sharing government back because we talked. We will get an agreed shared Ireland in place because we talk.\"\n\nMary Lou McDonald was speaking in Belfast for the first time since the Irish general election\n\nFianna Fáil said on Thursday that it would not enter talks with Sinn Féin.\n\n\"Micheál Martin's plan is to deny people what they voted for\".\n\nMrs McDonald said the Irish electorate had given Sinn Féin \"a chance to show that we can improve their lives\".\n\n\"A chance to shape a government that will finally do right by ordinary people. They want a government for change,\" she said.\n\n\"That's why Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael were - and are - so determined to keep us out of government.\"\n\nIrish broadcaster RTÉ has reported that Mrs McDonald and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin had a 15-minute phone conversation on Friday, in which she told him that \"people voted for change and not a grand coalition between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael\".\n\nBefore the election, Mr Martin ruled out forming a coalition with Sinn Féin, citing its historic links to the IRA as a deterrent.\n\nIn the wake of last Saturday's vote, he did not reject the two parties working together, but said \"significant incompatibilities\" existed.\n\nThere could be a lengthy wait to see the make-up of the next Irish government.\n\nThat is not entirely unusual - it took 70 days for previous Taoiseach Enda Kenny to form a government in 2016.\n\nIn that government, it was agreed that Fianna Fáil would support Fine Gael on key votes in a confidence-and-supply agreement.", "Hundreds of people gathered in Mexico City on Friday to protest against the murder of a young woman.\n\nIngrid Escamilla, 25, was stabbed to death allegedly by a man she lived with, who then mutilated her body in an attempt to hide the evidence.\n\nForensic workers leaked images of her corpse, and a local newspaper has been criticised for published one of these pictures on its front page.\n\nFemicide, the gender-based killing of women, is on the rise in Mexico.\n\nMore than 700 cases are currently being investigated, but activists say the number of women killed because of their gender is much higher.\n\nThe protesters, most of them women, moved through the Mexican capital holding placards calling for \"responsible journalism,\" and chanting slogans like \"not one more murder\".\n\nProtesters clashed with police during the demonstration\n\nThe group initially gathered outside of the city's National Palace, where President Andrés Manuel López Obrador lives with his family.\n\n\"It seems to me the president has evaded the issue constantly,\" one protester, Alejandro Castillo, told Reuters news agency.\n\n\"It is not a personal issue against him. We believe he has the possibility of raising several things on the agenda and has not done so.\"\n\nSeveral vehicles belonging to La Prensa were vandalised by demonstrators\n\nDemonstrators later marched through heavy rain to the offices of La Prensa, the newspaper that published grisly images of Ms Escamilla body with the headline 'It was cupid's fault\".\n\nAt least one vehicle belonging to the newspaper was set on fire, and several protesters clashed with security forces who tried to stop them from entering the newspaper's offices.\n\nLa Prensa, in response to public criticism, has stood by its decision but said it was open to discussions about adjusting its editorial standards beyond legal requirements.\n\nEarlier this month, many Mexicans flooded social media with photos of wildlife and natural landscapes, using the hashtag #IngridEscamilla to drown out the photos of her body circulating online.\n\nMore than 3,825 women were killed in Mexico last year - a record high\n\nHer murder has shocked the country, but is only the latest in a string of slayings that have brought the issue of femicide into public debate.\n\nLast year a record high of 3,825 women were killed in Mexico, according to official figures - up 7% from 2018.\n\nActivists are critical of the fact that the vast majority of cases are never solved and only a tiny percentage of perpetrators are brought to justice.\n\nPresident López Obrador - when asked about the classification of femicides - has previously accused media outlets of \"manipulating\" the issue.\n\nBut as protesters gathered outside the National Palace on Friday, he told reporters he was \"not burying [his] head in the sand.\n\n\"The government I represent will always take care of ensuring the safety of women,\" the president added.", "Shrubbery Farm House failed to sell when it was put on the market with an asking price of £545,000\n\nA 23-year-old woman has won her £545,000 \"dream house\" with a £2 raffle ticket.\n\nJemma Nicklin, who earns about £17,500 a year, had recently opened a help-to-buy ISA to save for her first home.\n\nHer parents, sister and her boyfriend had all entered the draw for the 17th Century Shropshire farmhouse too, she said, adding that the win \"hasn't quite sunk in.\"\n\nThe owners sold 340,000 raffle tickets when the cottage failed to sell.\n\nMiss Nicklin, an administrator for transport firm Ring and Ride, said she missed a call telling her she had won while she was on shift.\n\n\"My bosses told me to call back straight away.\n\n\"When I found out we all started crying.\"\n\nMiss Nicklin lives with her parents in Bilston, West Midlands. She bought two raffle tickets after her parents bought 10.\n\n\"My dad still doesn't know because he can't have his phone on at work,\" she said.\n\nMiss Nicklin's boyfriend Kieran Parker bought five tickets and was convinced he would win the four-bedroom house, she added.\n\nClarkes Solicitors in Telford said it would take up to five weeks for the house to be transferred to Miss Nicklin.\n\nRaffle tickets for the 17th Century cottage were £2 each\n\nOwner Mike Chatha offered to pay the £1,000 legal fees and the stamp duty for the winner.\n\nHe also offered a £5,000 second prize for the person who generated the most ticket sales via social media.\n\nMr Chatha and his wife Linda, who have separated, organised the raffle after the Longnor cottage - called Shrubbery Farm House - failed to sell for £545,000.\n\nHe said he planned to donate some of the money to children's hospice Hope House and other charities.\n\nThe 17th Century four-bedroom house was described as the sort of home \"everyone falls in love with\", on the competition's website\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The UK and China have held \"preliminary discussions\" over giving Beijing's state-owned railway firm a role in building the HS2 high-speed rail line.\n\nHowever, government officials said no \"concrete commitments\" had been made.\n\nChina's state railway company said it could build the line in just five years and at a much lower cost, according to a letter seen by Building magazine.\n\nBut Conservative MP Tom Tugendhat warned letting CRCC build HS2 would be \"extremely questionable\".\n\nIt comes after Boris Johnson this week approved the controversial HS2 scheme.\n\nThis was despite an official review warning costs could reach over £100bn, against a budget of £62bn.\n\nUnder current plans, the final stretch of the line is not due to be completed until 2040 - although Mr Johnson has said he wants that brought forward to 2035.\n\nHowever, Building magazine reported that the China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) had written to HS2 Ltd's chief executive last month, saying it could build the line by the middle of the decade, for a much reduced price tag.\n\nAny move to give Beijing a further role in the UK's infrastructure would almost certainly prove controversial, after Mr Johnson reportedly incurred the wrath of US President Donald Trump - as well as upsetting many Tory MPs - with his decision to allow tech giant Huawei to supply equipment for the 5G mobile network.\n\nHowever, British officials are said to be sceptical that it could operate in the same way in a democracy with property rights, protected landscapes and powerful lobbying groups.\n\nAn offer by an experienced railway builder to solve all of HS2's issues might sound tempting, but whether it is likely to be taken up is another question.\n\nPreparation work is under way and the vast majority of contracts have already been allocated for the project's first phase linking London and Birmingham.\n\nThe letter from the China Railway Construction Corporation lacks detail on its plans.\n\nSo it is unclear how seriously the approach is being taken - or whether discussions progressed beyond CRCC's interest being acknowledged and them being informed of process.\n\nIts letter claims it could bring advantages worth overcoming obstacles for. But the politics of allowing Chinese investment in further key UK infrastructure would not be straightforward.\n\nMr Tugendhat, who is chairman of the foreign affairs select committee, said the UK was in \"dire need\" of a strategy around its relationship with China.\n\nMr Tugendhat told BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Saturday: \"Have we decided to take back control from Brussels only to hand it over to Beijing?\"\n\nHe added that projects in China are often completed quickly \"because they don't worry about such minor matters as planning consent or workers' rights\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. HS2: Views from along the track\n\nMr Tugendhat is also sceptical of Mr Johnson's decision to let Huawei into the UK's 5G network, describing the Chinese tech giant's presence in the network as akin to letting a \"fox in the hen house\".\n\nThe CRCC letter, also been seen by the Financial Times, states: \"We are certain that we can offer a cost that is significantly lower than the projections we have seen.\n\n\"The advantages are, in our opinion, too great to dismiss on the basis that there are obstacles to overcome.\n\n\"You will find that the Chinese way is to seek solutions, not linger on obstacles and difficulties.\"\n\nCRCC has transformed China's transport system, building most of the country's 15,500-mile high-speed network.\n\nSupporters of HS2 say it will improve transport times, increase capacity, create jobs and rebalance the UK's economy.\n\nOnce it is built, journeys will be shorter. London to Birmingham travel times will be cut from one hour, 21 minutes to 52 minutes, according to the Department for Transport.\n\nAnd while it is being built, it is expected to create thousands of jobs and provide a stimulus to economic growth.\n\nA Department for Transport official said: \"The DfT is always keen to learn from the experience of others and to consider approaches that offer value for money to the taxpayer.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Car seen on wrong side of road near Harry Dunn base\n\nA new video has emerged on social media of a car being driven on the wrong side of the road outside the RAF base near where 19-year-old Harry Dunn died.\n\nMr Dunn was killed after a crash by RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire which led to suspect Anne Sacoolas leaving the UK under diplomatic immunity.\n\nThe footage appears to have been recorded on Thursday. Another car was recorded being driven on the wrong side of the road near the base last month.\n\nPolice said they would investigate.\n\nDunn family spokesman Radd Seiger said the emergence of the latest video near RAF Croughton was \"shocking but not a surprise\".\n\nThe crash that killed Mr Dunn happened on 27 August outside the RAF base where Mrs Sacoolas's husband Jonathan worked as a US intelligence officer.\n\nMrs Sacoolas, 42, is to be charged with causing death by dangerous driving.\n\nIn January, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo rejected the UK's request for her extradition.\n\nHarry Dunn died in hospital after his motorbike was involved in a crash outside RAF Croughton\n\nNorthamptonshire Police Chief Constable Nick Adderley met the US air base's commander on Thursday to discuss safety.\n\nHe said his meeting with Colonel Bridget McNamara was \"encouraging\".\n\nA joint statement released by the police and the colonel said Ms McNamara \"provided a detailed brief of all the proactive measures that the base continues to do to help those living on the base adjust to UK driving standards\".\n\n\"It was clear from the meeting that the base already had a significant number of measures in place in ensuring driver safety,\" Mr Adderley said.\n\n\"The base and the force have continued to work together.\"\n\n\"Additional provisions\" are to be introduced and both parties \"are doing all that they can to prevent any future harm on the roads in and around the site\", he said.\n\nColonel McNamara said Northamptonshire Police had been a \"steadfast partner of our base\" and she looked forward to its continued relationships.\n\nMr Seiger said the family was \"shocked\" at the news of the meeting, and said Mr Dunn's family \"should have been there\".\n\nHe said Northamptonshire Police and the US Air Force \"fail to acknowledge that there is a problem\".\n\n\"As evidenced by further video today, a further tragedy is inevitable,\" he added.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Emily Thornberry has been eliminated from the Labour leadership race after failing to secure enough nominations.\n\nAt the midnight Friday deadline, the shadow foreign secretary had 31 nominations from local constituency parties - two short of the 33 needed.\n\nShe did not get any nominations from Labour Party affiliates - the other route on to the ballot paper.\n\nIt leaves Sir Keir Starmer, Rebecca Long-Bailey and Lisa Nandy in the running to succeed Jeremy Corbyn.\n\nAll three had already qualified with the support of unions and affiliate groups.\n\nMs Thornberry tweeted that it was a \"shame to miss out on the rest of the race, but good luck to the three superb remaining candidates\".\n\nShe said she and her campaign team \"gave it everything\".\n\n\"I'll have a week of rest now, then it's back to the day job of holding this wretched Tory government to account on its foreign policy, and doing so with the same passion, tenacity and forensic skill I've shown for four years in that role,\" she added.\n\nThe shadow foreign secretary had struggled for support throughout the contest.\n\nMs Thornberry took part in hustings on the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme last week\n\nShe only scraped through the first round of nominations by Labour MPs and MEPs with 23 votes - one more than the 22 required - after Clive Lewis dropped out.\n\nLabour MP for York Central, Rachel Maskell, one of the MPs to nominate Ms Thornberry, told the today programme it had been a \"strange contest\" which had \"polarized support\" .\n\nShe described Ms Thornberry as being an \"incredibly talented strong woman,\" and a \"tireless campaigner\" who had \"a lot to offer our party as she moves forward.\"\n\nShe said she would like to see Ms Thornberry stay in her foreign secretary role to set out a human rights agenda \"in the way we interact with the world\" but said Sir Keir would now get her support.\n\nMs Maskell said: \"I believe that he has set out a very clear position of leadership and leadership is a very special quality that few hold.\"\n\nMs Thornberry admitted to suffering from a \"squeeze\" by the \"monolithic\" campaigns of Sir Keir and Ms Long-Bailey.\n\nUnder party rules, candidates had to secure support from three unions or affiliates representing 5% of the membership, or 33 constituency Labour parties.\n\nLabour members will begin voting on the remaining candidates from Monday 24 February. Voting closes on 2 April, with the result announced two days later.\n\nCurrent leader Mr Corbyn confirmed he would step down at his election count in December as his party faced its worst performance in terms of seats since 1935.\n\nThere is also a contest running for the next deputy leader of the party, following Tom Watson's resignation in December.\n\nAll five candidates who put themselves forward made the ballot: shadow education secretary Angela Rayner, shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon, shadow equalities minister Dawn Butler, Scotland's only remaining Labour MP Ian Murray and Tooting MP Rosena Allin-Khan.", "Clean-up in Pontypridd: 'Everything is covered in mud'\n\n5 Live's Rory Carson has been speaking to people in Pontypridd, where he says the clean up operation is well under way. Geraint Day is chair of Clwb Y Bont - a club that promotes Welsh language and culture in the centre of the town. \"Sunday night was the time it was really bad,\" he said, \"looking in the function room now it's covered with mud. The ceiling has stayed up but the rest of the club is a complete mess, the bar, everything is covered in mud... there's not a hope of saving anything electrical. \"Anything with soft furnishing is going to be covered with flood mud and contaminated with sewage as well.\" Mr Day said he has \"no idea\" how much it will cost to repair. \"Because it's an area of high risk flooding, despite the flood walls, we can't get insurance for flood protection so we'll have to do it ourselves.\" He said they're appealing for donations, and relying on volunteers: \"We'll pull together and reopen I'm sure.\"", "Caroline Flack hosted the popular ITV dating show, Love Island, for four years, but stood down after she was charged with assaulting her boyfriend in December. She pleaded not guilty, and her boyfriend, whom she was accused of assaulting, did not support the prosecution's charges against her.\n\nCaroline Flack was due to stand trial on March 4.\n\nAs well as presenting Love Island, she had co-hosted The X Factor and won Strictly Come Dancing in 2014.", "Tony Camoccio was arrested at Hurghada International Airport last week\n\nA British man detained in Egypt after reportedly patting a security guard on the back has been released.\n\nTony Camoccio, 51, feared he would be falsely accused of sexual assault after the incident at Hurghada International Airport on 8 February.\n\nMore than 5,000 people had signed a petition supporting Mr Camoccio.\n\nCampaign group Detained in Dubai said he had been released from custody after paying about £1,000 in bail and other costs.\n\nIts chief executive Radha Stirling said the case had been dismissed for lack of evidence.\n\nIn a statement Mr Camoccio, from Sutton, south London, said: \"I'm very excited to be heading home and can't wait to see all of my family after the past week's events.\n\n\"I'm very thankful to everyone for their support.\"\n\nTony Camoccio (centre), pictured after his release with wife Joan, lawyer Elezab Ali Elezab, and son Reno\n\nMr Camoccio, who has visited Egypt several times, was at the end of his holiday with his wife and a large group of friends when the incident is said to have happened at an airport checkpoint.\n\nDetained in Dubai said he was released after paying about £1,000 in bail and related fees.\n\nMs Stirling tweeted to say Mr Camoccio \"will be on the first flight home\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Foreign Office said it was in contact with Mr Camoccio's family and the Egyptian authorities.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Flood defences have been bolstered in the West Yorkshire village of Mytholmroyd, where more than 200 homes were flooded last weekend\n\nThe UK is braced for more disruption, with another storm forecast for the second weekend running.\n\nStorm Dennis \"is likely to bring very heavy rain, flooding and disruption\" in some areas, the Met Office has said.\n\nAmber warnings for rain and yellow warnings for wind are in place for most of the country from Saturday afternoon and into Sunday evening.\n\nIt comes after Storm Ciara left hundreds of homes flooded and more than 500,000 without power.\n\nThe worst hit areas could see between 120-140mm of rainfall and gusts of up to 80mph over the weekend, the Met Office said.\n\nThe predictions are not as severe as last weekend when Ciara brought as much as 184mm of rain and gusts reaching 97mph.\n\nBut the Met Office said the already saturated ground could increase the risk of flooding.\n\nChief meteorologist Steve Willington said: \"With Storm Dennis bringing further heavy and persistent rain over the weekend, there is a risk of significant impacts from flooding, including damage to property and a danger to life from fast-flowing floodwater.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC Weather's Tomasz Schafernaker looks at the areas most likely to see severe impacts from Storm Dennis.\n\nAt 15:00 on Friday there were more than a dozen flood warnings in place across Britain.\n\nUK power operators say they have employed extra engineers and call centre staff to respond to any possible impact of the storm, after widespread power cuts last weekend.\n\nMeanwhile, Network Rail is advising passengers to expect delays and cancellations to services due to flooding and allow more time for their journeys.\n\nHouseholds living near rail lines have been asked to secure any loose gardens items, after several trampolines were blown on to the tracks last weekend.\n\nThe Met Office has amber warnings for rain in pockets of northern and south-west England, and Wales from 12:00 GMT on Saturday until 15:00 on Sunday.\n\nAn amber warning is also in place for most of southern England from 00:15 until 18:00 on Sunday.\n\nFlooding, power cuts and travel disruption are predicted in these areas.\n\nYellow warnings for strong winds and heavy rain also cover all of England, Wales and southern Scotland between 09:00 GMT and midday on Saturday.\n\nFurther yellow warnings for wind are in place for northern parts of the UK from midday on Sunday until midday on Monday - potentially bringing travel disruption to commuters.\n\nAt least 800 homes in the north of England and many other areas are at risk of being flooded over the weekend as Storm Dennis unleashes heavy rainfall.\n\nThat is the assessment of the Environment Agency which is warning that persistent intense rain will fall on ground already saturated.\n\nSnow now lying on higher ground will be melted and will add to the threat.\n\nThe agency's head of flood defence, John Curtin, told a media briefing that 800 homes were flooded last weekend during Storm Ciara and that \"my feeling is that this will be at least as bad, probably more so\".\n\nOver the course of the winter so far, 7% of 400 river gauges have set new records for water height.\n\nMr Curtin said temporary flood defences were being deployed in many places but added it was too early to tell exactly where the most intense rain would fall.\n\nHe said he was most concerned about Lancashire, Yorkshire and Cumbria but parts of Wales, south-west England, the Midlands and south-east England could also be at risk.\n\nBBC Weather forecaster Phil Avery warned that the \"real issue about Storm Dennis is going to be the amount of rainfall\".\n\nHe warned that some areas could see two days of persistent rainfall, in which a month of rain could fall over 48 hours.\n\nNetwork Rail passenger director Jake Kelly said: \"Storm Ciara dumped a month-and-a-half of rain on us last weekend, leaving ground waterlogged and rivers swollen.\n\n\"With Storm Dennis set to bring more high winds and further rainfall this Saturday and Sunday, we're preparing for more of the same.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This Hebden Bridge book shop has a sign which doubles up as a flood barrier\n\nTemporary flood barriers have been installed in Billington, Lancashire, ahead of Storm Dennis\n\nThe Environment Agency said preparations were under way to operate flood defences, flood storage reservoirs and temporary barriers to protect communities.\n\nThis includes the Foss Barrier in York, the Thames Barrier in London and another in Bewdley, Worcestershire, on the River Severn.\n\nFlood duty manager Caroline Douglass said: \"Remember to never drive or walk through floodwater, just 30cm of flowing water is enough to move your car - it's not worth the risk.\"\n\nThe Energy Networks Association - which represents operators - said the UK's networks were \"very resilient and built to withstand strong winds and heavy rain\" but added that flying debris \"can pose a risk to infrastructure\" during a storm.", "One japester described the hole, in Bath Street, as \"an adventure not to be missed\"\n\nInternet jokers have turned a circular hole in a wall outside a bank into a tourist attraction.\n\nSince December 2018, wags have been posting glowing reviews on TripAdvisor for the hole at NatWest in Ilkeston.\n\n\"NatWest hole\" is now ranked fourth out of 16 attractions in the Derbyshire town based on user reviews.\n\nOne reviewer on TripAdvisor offered the spoof advice: \"Can get very busy and you can queue for hours, but it's worth the wait.\"\n\nThe attention has seen the modest hole rise up the rankings\n\nAnother wag wrote: \"The city of Agra has the Taj Mahal, Paris has the Eiffel Tower and Sydney has its Opera House.\n\n\"But they all pale in comparison to the impact on the soul of first laying eyes on Ilkeston's Hole in the Wall.\"\n\nPaul Miller, chairman of the Ilkeston and District History Society, said he was \"gobsmacked\" at the hole's high ranking.\n\nBennerly Viaduct has a lower ranking on TripAdvisor than the NatWest hole\n\n\"It doesn't really say a lot about the area if it's number four,\" he said.\n\n\"I think it looks like a 1970s idea of something to look different. It doesn't really beat the pyramids though does it?\"\n\nA NatWest spokeswoman clarified the hole was introduced during a mid-1990s refurbishment as a safety feature so people using the cash machine could see if anyone was lurking behind the wall.\n\nIt is not the first time tongue-in-cheek reviews have propelled an unlikely attraction up the TripAdvisor rankings. In 2018, a plastic tunnel outside a Bude supermarket became the highest ranked place to visit in the Cornish resort - although TripAdvisor bosses later suspended reviews for the see-through walkway.\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 majority of confirmed cases have been in China\n\nCovid-19, the new form of coronavirus which has killed over 2,000 people around the world, has become a notifiable disease in Scotland.\n\nHealth regulations have been updated, requiring doctors to inform health boards about any cases of the disease.\n\nThey must share patient information \"if they have reasonable grounds to suspect a person they are attending has coronavirus\".\n\nNo cases have been found in Scotland so far.\n\nThe Chief Medical Officer has written to NHS Boards, medical practitioners and directors of diagnostic laboratories to make them aware of the changes.\n\nHealth Secretary Jeane Freeman said: \"Although all Scottish tests have so far been negative, we are prepared for the high likelihood that we will also see a positive case in Scotland.\n\n\"These changes keep our public health legislation up to date, ensuring the health service in Scotland can quickly respond, if a suspected case of coronavirus is confirmed.\n\n\"Our NHS is well-equipped to cope with any suspected cases. We are actively working with health boards to ensure this, and have well-rehearsed procedures in place for infections of this kind.\"\n\nIn Scotland, 368 people have been tested for the disease. All tests have been negative.\n\nAccording to the World Health Organisation (WHO), there were 76,769 confirmed cases of Covid-19 as of Friday.\n\nThe vast majority have been in China.", "Last updated on .From the section Welsh Rugby\n\nFrance remain on course for a first Grand Slam in 10 years after winning in Cardiff for the first time since 2010.\n\nFly-half Romain Ntamack's 17-point haul included a try, while full-back Anthony Bouthier and second-row Paul Willemse also crossed.\n\nDefending champions Wales responded with 18 points from Dan Biggar including a late try.\n\nProp Dillon Lewis also crossed for his first international try.\n\nFrance overcame yellow cards for Gregory Alldritt and Mohamed Haouas while Wales were left to wonder if they should have received a penalty try in the second half for a deliberate knock-on.\n\nThe captivating contest was Wales' second defeat in three matches under new coach Wayne Pivac and hopes of defending their Six Nations title appear to have disappeared.\n\nIt was Wales' first home Six Nations defeat for three years and France's second win in 10 games against their opponents.\n\nThe victory gave Shaun Edwards, who spent 12 years as Wales defence coach under Warren Gatland, a successful return to the Principality Stadium.\n\nPre-match controversy centred around Wales prop Wyn Jones accusing France of illegal tactics at the scrum and visiting coach Fabien Galthie suggesting that showed a lack of respect for the nation.\n\nAs a result, the first scrum was always going to provoke interest but the second minute set-piece went off without incident - although it laid the platform for France to concede a ruck offence and Biggar slotted over the penalty.\n\nFrance responded within seven minutes when a normally reliable Leigh Halfpenny dropped a high Ntamack kick, with Bouthier sprinting away to score. Ntamack converted.\n\nWales lost George North to a head injury assessment after 11 minutes following a heavy challenge by Fickou, with Johnny McNicholl permanently replacing him.\n\nNtamack continued to drive France forward and slotted over a penalty after Lewis was guilty of a ruck transgression.\n\nUnder Edwards' influence, France ferociously counter-rucked to put Wales under constant pressure in possession - and they also pushed the offside line, with one infringement resulting in a Biggar penalty.\n\nFrance appeared to have responded with a brilliant second try for Fickou following a clever Ntamack chip kick but the Bouthier pass to Virimi Vakatawa was deemed forward following television replays.\n\nThat decision only briefly delayed matters as Willemse powered over from a driving line-out as he bumped off an attempted McNicholl tackle. Ntamack converted.\n\nWales responded with a third Biggar penalty and the visitors' constant offending resulted in a warning from English referee Matt Carley. Number eight Alldritt paid the price with a yellow card just before half-time.\n\nWales captain Alun Wyn Jones opted to attempt to score a try rather than kick a fourth penalty - but the gamble backfired as France held out to lead 17-9 at the interval.\n\nThe visitors ran down the rest of Alldritt's absence after half-time as Wales managed no points with their numerical advantage.\n\nPivac's side scored almost immediately when equal numbers were restored though, as prop Lewis dived over for his first international try. Biggar converted to reduce the deficit to one point.\n\nAll the momentum appeared to be with Wales until the classy Ntamack intercepted a Tompkins pass to sprint away and score a converted try that mirrored his father Emile's score against the same opposition 20 years ago.\n\nAn Ntamack penalty extended the deficit to 11 points before Willemse escaped giving away a penalty try after he knocked the ball forward. After watching television replays, Carley stuck with assistant referee Karl Dickson's decision that it was just a knock-on as Ken Owens' attempted try-scoring pass to Josh Adams was knocked down.\n\nAdams was forced off the field with an ankle problem which forced a major backline reshuffle as fly-half Jarrod Evans came on in the centre and Tompkins switched to the wing.\n\nProp Mohamed Haouas was yellow-carded for persistent scrummaging offences before France cleared the danger.\n\nBiggar dived over for a converted try following clever work from new cap Will Rowlands and Aaron Wainwright to reduce the deficit to four points with five minutes remaining to set up an enthralling finale.\n\nA tremendous Tompkins break was snuffed out by a brilliant turnover by France replacement hooker Camille Chat to end Wales' hopes.\n\nTempers flared between the sides at the final whistle after France held on for a rare win in Cardiff.", "The International Center of Photography in New York is showcasing photos of hip-hop's greatest stars.\n\nCurator Vikki Tobak describes the exhibition as watching your favourite musical icons grow up in front of your eyes.\n\nIncluded in the project is the photographer behind the famous image of The Notorious B.I.G. wearing a crown.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. An earlier flight, 2018, in which \"Mad\" Mike Hughes sought to prove his theory that the Earth was flat\n\nA US daredevil pilot has been killed during an attempted launch of a homemade rocket in the Californian desert.\n\n\"Mad\" Mike Hughes, 64, crash-landed his steam-powered rocket shortly after take-off near Barstow on Saturday.\n\nA video on social media shows a rocket being fired into the sky before plummeting to the ground nearby.\n\nHughes was well-known for his belief that the Earth was flat. He hoped to prove his theory by going to space.\n\nSaturday's launch was reportedly filmed as part of Homemade Astronauts, a new TV series about amateur rocket makers to be aired on the US Science Channel. The project had to be carried out on a tight budget.\n\nWith the help of his partner Waldo Stakes, Hughes was trying to reach an altitude of 5,000ft (1,525m) while riding his steam-powered rocket, according to Space.com.\n\nIn the video of the launch, a parachute can be seen trailing behind the rocket, apparently deployed too early, seconds after take-off.\n\nIn a tweet, the Science Channel said Hughes had died pursuing his dream.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Science Channel This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSan Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said its officers were called to a rocket launch event at around 14:00 local time (22:00 GMT) on Saturday.\n\nThe sheriff's office said \"a man was pronounced deceased after the rocket crashed in the open desert\". Hughes' publicist confirmed to US media outlets that it was the pilot who had been killed.\n\nDarren Shuster, a former representative for Hughes, told TMZ the daredevil was \"one-of-a-kind\".\n\n\"When God made Mike he broke the mould. The man was the real deal and lived to push the edge. He wouldn't have gone out any other way! RIP\" he said.\n\nMad Mike and his assistants built the homemade rocket in his backyard, spending around $18,000 (£14,000).\n\nThe rocket uses steam ejected through a nozzle for propulsion.\n\nThe daredevil, who lived in Apple Valley, made headlines internationally when he announced his intention to prove his theory that the Earth was flat.\n\nIn March last year, Hughes managed an altitude of 1,870ft (570m) before deploying his parachutes and landing with a bump.\n\nSpeaking afterwards, Hughes said: \"Am I glad I did it? Yeah, I guess. I'll feel it in the morning. I won't be able to get out of bed. At least I can go home and have dinner and see my cats tonight.\"\n\nHe set a Guinness World Record in 2002 for the longest limousine jump - over 31 metres (103 ft) in a Lincoln Town Car stretched limo.", "Herefordshire Highways shared a picture of the tractor transport service on Twitter\n\nStaff at a care home have been carried into work on a tractor and trailer, as flooding after Storm Dennis remains.\n\nHampton Bishop in Herefordshire was the last place in England to have a severe flood warning, meaning a danger to life, following the storm.\n\nThe county council has been providing the extra service to transport staff to the village's care home, Hampton House.\n\nEmma Thompson, care home manager, has also stayed on the site since last Sunday to support residents.\n\n\"They are like grandparents to me and I just want to be here to reassure them 24/7,\" she said.\n\n\"But we're very lucky, we have three birthdays this weekend so we're all eating cake.\"\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 severe warnings in Hampton Bishop were lifted at 12:00 GMT on Saturday.\n\nMs Thompson has praised Herefordshire Council, Herefordshire Fire and Rescue Service, her \"incredible\" staff and relatives who have helped the care home keep going through the flooding.\n\nHerefordshire Fire and Rescue Service workers checked flood levels in Hampton Bishop on Friday\n\nThough Ms Thompson said the village was \"not out of the woods\", she added the situation was starting to improve.\n\n\"One of my staff members lives on Church Lane, and she has now been able to get in wearing wellies, which is fantastic, because she had been turning up at the back door in a kayak,\" she said.\n\nDave Throup, from the Environment Agency, said more rain was expected over the weekend.\n\n\"I think it will push levels back up on the main rivers, but at the moment we have got no suggestion it will take them to where they were earlier in the week,\" he said.\n\nSevere flood warnings for the River Lugg and River Wye in Hampton Bishop have been lifted\n\nElsewhere, Shropshire Council said sections of the Coleham flood barriers in Shrewsbury were being deployed as a precautionary measure due to the expected rainfall.\n\nFrankwell Main Car Park is closed until further notice, it said, and there is no overnight parking at St Julian's Friar's car park as levels are set to rise overnight.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union\n\nEngland ended Ireland's Grand Slam hopes in brutal fashion as they rediscovered some of their World Cup form to reignite their own hopes of landing the Six Nations title.\n\nFirst-half tries from George Ford and Elliot Daly after Irish defensive errors plus two conversions and a penalty from Owen Farrell gave England a commanding 17-0 lead.\n\nIreland struck back with a try from Robbie Henshaw but with Johnny Sexton uncharacteristically wayward off the tee, they never seriously threatened a comeback.\n\nLuke Cowan-Dickie drove over for England's third midway through the second half, with replacement Andrew Porter's late try no sort of consolation for Ireland.\n\nWith Wales at home in a fortnight before a trip to Italy, Eddie Jones' men will believe they can finish the championship in style, although they may need Ireland to do them a favour and beat France in Paris next month.\n\nFor the men in green and their head coach Andy Farrell it was a chastening afternoon, all the optimism created by the wins over Scotland and Wales leaching away in a display that was ponderous until the game was gone.\n• None We could have declared at half-time - Jones\n• None I need to look at myself - Ireland coach Farrell\n• None England blitz Ireland - the match as it happened\n\nEngland began at a real lick, Manu Tuilagi punching holes through the middle and going close down the left before Andrew Conway hauled him down.\n\nAnd the reward came when Ben Youngs stuck a grubber kick through, Sexton dithered and juggled in his own in-goal area and Ford seized on the loose ball to touch down.\n\nSexton then mis-kicked horribly with a straightforward penalty from 30 metres out and England set up camp again in the Ireland half.\n\nJonathan Joseph danced through in midfield after a mis-hit clearing kick from Conor Murray as Maro Itoje and CJ Stander scrapped in the 22, and England's forwards hammered away at the Ireland line.\n\nWith a penalty coming, the men in white shaped to go wide, only for Ford to pop through another kick - and this time it was Jacob Stockdale who dallied, Daly diving onto the ball as Irish hands went to heads.\n\nThe scoreboard reflected the gulf between the two sides, England dynamic with ball in hand and ferocious in defence, Ireland laboured and error-ridden.\n\nAnd Sexton's miserable half was compounded when he was penalised for slowing the ball up, Farrell stroking over his kick to give England their biggest half-time lead over Ireland in 18 years.\n\nIreland simply had to improve - and belatedly they did. An England knock-on from the restart gave away possession and the visitors finally chiselled out some territory too.\n\nEngland managed to stop an Ireland driving maul from a line-out close in but the pressure kept coming.\n\nIreland won a penalty in front of the posts, opted for the scrum and eventually found space in the right-hand corner for Henshaw to burrow through two defenders and over the line.\n\nBut Sexton shanked the conversion just as he had the first-half penalty and the pressure ebbed away as Jones threw on Cowan-Dickie, Ellis Genge and Charlie Ewels.\n\nEngland's scrum, strong throughout, began to dominate and the penalties started to mount.\n\nFarrell kicked to the corner, the forwards set up the maul from the line-out and Cowan-Dickie peeled off with Sam Underhill and Jonny May driving him on to roll over for England's third try.\n\nMay was nearly clear on his own after seizing a loose ball from a messy Ireland ruck and appeared to be taken out by Henshaw after kicking the ball ahead, only for referee Jaco Peyper to wave play on.\n\nAnd as the game stumbled towards the line, Porter rumbled over from a metre out for a try that made little difference to Ireland's afternoon.\n\nWhat the coaches said\n\nEngland head coach Eddie Jones: \"We had a good preparation, we were always looking at this game and the next as the ones we had to be at our best.\n\n\"We were disappointed with the second half, but when you are playing against a side like Ireland you expect them to get some possession. We had to defend pretty well.\n\nIreland head coach Andy Farrell: \"I think the scoreline flattered us a little bit. We didn't start to play how we wanted to until the game was over. England were excellent, every side will look at themselves physically and they certainly won that battle. We didn't fire a shot in that first half.\n\n\"England were fighting to stay in the championship and that's what we need to be in the next two games - I need to look at myself regarding the performance of the first half.\"\n\nWhat did the pundits think?\n\nFormer England scrum-half Matt Dawson: \"It's a fantastic win for England, they were dominant throughout the whole game. The tactics in the first half were spot on, but it was a bit strange they didn't continue that after half-time and put the game away.\n\n\"They were happy to let Ireland have the ball and defend. They were really comfortable.\"\n\nFormer England hooker Brian Moore: \"Ireland's half-backs Johnny Sexton and Conor Murray have been world class for a long time but I don't think I've ever seen them play as badly, and certainly kick as badly. That created a platform for England who were sharp and really could have scored more tries.\n\n\"England's line speed was good throughout, they won the majority of the collisions and got on top in the set-piece.\"\n\nFormer Ireland number eight Jamie Heaslip: \"If you keep showing the same picture against a side like England, they'll punish you. Make basic mistakes in the back-field, you will get punished. If you want to win a championship, you can't make those mistakes.\"\n\nReplacements: Slade for Tuilagi (74), Heinz for Youngs (58), Genge for Marler (58), Cowan-Dickie for George (52), Stuart for Sinckler (69), Launchbury for Kruis (60), Ewels for Lawes (58), Earl for Curry (66).\n\nReplacements: Earls for Larmour (64), R. Byrne for Conway (66), Cooney for Murray (55), Kilcoyne for Healy (26), Kelleher for Herring (60), Porter for Furlong (58), Dillane for Toner (60), Doris for van der Flier (60).\n\nStill to come in the Six Nations...", "Saudi officials have called for the arrest of a female rapper who released a music video for her song Mecca Girl that praises women from the holy city as \"powerful and beautiful\".\n\nIn 2018 the crown prince of the conservative country began a programme of reforms.\n\nBut activists say repression has increased and there is a crackdown on freedom of expression.\n\nThe video was released on YouTube last week by a young rapper who identifies herself as Asayel Slay.\n\nShe raps about women in the city of Mecca, which is Islam's holiest site where millions of Muslims go on Hajj or pilgrimage annually.\n\n\"Our respect to other girls but the Mecca girl is sugar candy,\" she sings in the video while men and women dance in a café.\n\nIt was widely shared on social media, and people used hashtag #Mecca_Girl_Represents_Me to praise it.\n\nOn Thursday governor of Mecca Khaled al-Faisal ordered the arrest of the people behind the video, tweeting that it \"insults the customs of Mecca\" and using hashtag \"They're not the girls of Mecca\".\n\nAsayel Slay's account has been suspended and the video is no longer available on YouTube.\n\nOne popular tweet read, \"It's the only rap song that doesn't contain a single obscenity, insult, pornographic scene, nudity, hashish or smoking and the rapper is even wearing the hijab.\n\n\"The girl faces arrest because the song doesn't suit new Saudi Arabia or old.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Saudi Arabia reforms: Are they good news for women?\n\nOther social media users suggested double-standards apply to men and women.\n\nThey drew attention to the case of Moroccan singer Saad Lmjarred who was permitted to perform in Riyadh after facing three charges of rape that he denies.\n\nSocial media users accused authorities of projecting an image of modernisation abroad while cracking down at home.\n\n\"This is so typical of the Saudi government to do - bring western influencers to artwash the regime but attack real Saudi women who try to artistically express their cultural identities,\" tweeted Amani Al-Ahmadi, who identifies herself as a Saudi-American feminist.\n\nCrown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is promoting a more modern image of the country abroad as part of his Vision 2030 programme of reform.\n\nArtists including Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj and BTS have been invited to perform in the kingdom.\n\nNicki Minaj pulled out after a backlash, citing her support for the rights of women and the LGBT community.\n\nAt a music festival in December, 120 Saudi men and women were arrested for wearing \"inappropriate clothes.\"", "Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer met the mascots before the game\n\nAn 87-year-old mascot was among 11 who were the oldest by decades to ever walk out on the pitch for Manchester United.\n\nThe local fans, aged between 61 and 87, greeted the players before the game with Watford at Old Trafford as part of a campaign to highlight loneliness.\n\nIt follows gestures honouring elderly supporters by Manchester City, Burnley and Swedish club AIK.\n\nUnited's director of partnerships Sean Jefferson said they wanted to encourage fans to speak to older people.\n\n\"Any small gesture and interaction can play a part in helping to help tackle loneliness amongst our older generation,\" he said.\n\nThe mascots greeted captain Harry Maguire and the team as they stepped on to the pitch\n\nMore than two million people over the age of 75 live alone in the UK, according to Age UK.\n\nThe choice of elderly mascots, who have received support from the charity, is part of Cadbury's \"Donate Your Words\" campaign, which is encouraging people to \"make a difference to the lives of older people\", a firm spokeswoman said.\n\nGreater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham added: \"Loneliness is much closer to home than many people realise, and any actions like these to raise its profile is a big step in the right direction.\"", "The coaches with the evacuees arrived at the hospital in a convoy of vehicles\n\nBritish nationals evacuated from a coronavirus-hit cruise ship in Japan have arrived at a hospital where they will spend the next two weeks in quarantine.\n\nCoaches carrying 30 British and two Irish citizens arrived at Arrowe Park hospital in Wirral on Saturday evening.\n\nThe group had travelled from an airbase in Wiltshire after leaving Tokyo on a flight late on Friday night.\n\nThey have so far tested negative for the virus.\n\nAs the coaches arrived at the hospital just before 18:00, one passenger was pictured making a heart sign with her hands while another gave an OK signal through the coach windows.\n\nArrowe Park Hospital was previously used to quarantine 83 British nationals who were flown back to the UK from Wuhan.\n\nThe chief executive of Wirral Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, Janelle Holmes, said Arrowe Park was using that experience as a \"blueprint\" for treating the new group.\n\nSpeaking ahead of the group's arrival, she said: \"The group of people is slightly different.\n\n\"Obviously, they have come from a cruise ship rather than from their own homes over in China, but we are working exactly the same as we did before, with the healthcare professionals and Public Health England to make sure they are safe, well managed and comfortable while they are with us.\"\n\nThe plane landed at Boscombe Down, a MoD base in Wiltshire\n\nThe evacuation flight took off from Tokyo's Haneda Airport late on Friday evening (GMT) and landed at Boscombe Down, a Ministry of Defence base in Wiltshire, about 11:30 GMT on Saturday.\n\nIn a statement issued after the plane landed, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the Foreign Office had \"worked hard\" to get the passengers \"back to the UK securely\".\n\n\"Our number one priority has consistently been the health and safety of UK nationals,\" he added.\n\nThe flight had previously been delayed after the British embassy said it was \"logistically complicated\".\n\nThe plane set off from Haneda Airport, Tokyo, late on Friday evening (GMT)\n\nMeanwhile, it has emerged the NHS is working on plans to test people for coronavirus in their own homes, if the outbreak begins to spread in the UK.\n\nA pilot scheme has already been launched in London, where tests are being carried out by NHS nurses and paramedics.\n\nThe health service is planning to expand the scheme to other areas outside of the capital in the coming weeks.\n\nProfessor Keith Willett, the NHS strategic incident director for coronavirus, said the aim was to avoid the risk of people spreading the infection by going to their GP or A&E.\n\nElsewhere, Italy has reported its second death from the virus - a woman living in the northern region of Lombardy - a day after a 78-year-old man died.\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\nSome 78 Britons were on the Diamond Princess when it was quarantined 16 days ago.\n\nSome of the British passengers on the Diamond Princess had already been evacuated over the last week on flights to Hong Kong, organised by the Chinese authorities there, a government source has told the BBC.\n\nOthers are being treated for the virus in health facilities in Japan.\n\nDavid and Sally Abel, a couple from Northamptonshire who were diagnosed with coronavirus on the cruise ship, have since been told they have pneumonia, their son said.\n\nAppearing alongside wife Roberta, Steve Abel said in a YouTube video late on Friday evening that his father's condition was \"very serious\", while his mother has a more mild form of pneumonia.\n\nHe also said his \"really distressed\" parents - who had been on the cruise for their 50th wedding anniversary - called him to say they were being moved to a different hospital.\n\nThis Facebook post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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Facebook content may contain adverts.\n\nMr Abel said: \"They've gone from being told that they're going to have all these wonderful treatments, and 'we're going to wait over the next two or three days just to see how they respond to the treatments', and now all of a sudden they're being told 'we have to move you to a different hospital'.\"\n\nHe said his father is so \"weak\" he has been using a wheelchair, and has been told he could be put on a ventilator.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Steve Abel told BBC Breakfast his father told him \"we can't take any more of this, it's like a prison\"\n\nThe Foreign Office said the welfare of all British nationals is of the highest priority to the UK government.\n\nThey added they are working with the Japanese authorities to ensure those British nationals who are remaining in Japan for health reasons get the best possible care.\n\nAt least four UK nationals have contracted the virus on board the cruise ship, but those flying home have tested negative.\n\nMore than 620 people on board the cruise ship tested positive for the virus - the largest cluster of cases outside China.\n\nIt is understood that some British nationals are members of the ship's crew who could be staying on board the ship.\n\nTwo Japanese passengers - both in their 80s and with underlying health conditions - were confirmed to have died after contracting the virus on the Diamond Princess.\n\nThe cruise liner was carrying 3,700 people when it was quarantined in Yokohama on 5 February, after a man who disembarked in Hong Kong was found to have the virus.\n\nSouth Korea says the number of new coronavirus cases in the country has more than doubled in one day.\n\nOfficials said on Saturday that 229 new cases had been confirmed since Friday, raising the total to 433.\n\nIn the UK, a total of 5,885 people have been tested for the virus, as of 14:00 GMT on Friday. Nine people have tested positive.\n\nWere you on the flight? 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:", "More than 100 Britons rescued from China have left isolation, as dozens of people from a coronavirus-hit cruise ship begin a two-week quarantine.\n\nUK citizens previously evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan - the centre of the virus outbreak - have ended their isolation in Milton Keynes.\n\nIt comes a day after those rescued from the Diamond Princess ship in Japan were taken to Wirral's Arrowe Park Hospital.\n\nOn Saturday, the government confirmed that no new UK cases had been detected.\n\nPeople with backpacks and suitcases were pictured getting into waiting taxis outside Kents Hill Park conference centre in the east side of Milton Keynes, where 118 UK nationals and their family members were isolated.\n\nPaul Wilkinshaw, 39, who left the centre with his wife Lihong, 33, said it \"feels weird\" to not require protective equipment.\n\n\"It feels fantastic to leave, although it feels weird not having to wear a mask and gloves in public,\" Mr Wilkinshaw said.\n\nBill To said \"everything was excellent\" during his two-week quarantine in Milton Keynes\n\n\"It was really good, everything was excellent. I'm happy I can go home now,\" another evacuee, Bill To, said.\n\n\"I'm going to get some Chinese food. Everything is good.\"\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock commended the group \"for their patience and perseverance\".\n\nThe last of those in quarantine at Kents Hill Park training centre left just before 12:00 GMT.\n\nThe 118 people isolated here for two weeks were treated to pizza, katsu curry and steaks.\n\nThey were also offered microwave meals and goods such as smartphones, with SIM cards, and brand-new suitcases.\n\nWe spoke to Bill To, who said his first day from quarantine would be partly spent seeking out his first Chinese meal in two weeks.\n\nOthers said they were just glad to be leaving and had sumptuous praise for the NHS staff that tended to them during their stay.\n\nThe Department of Health provided care and also splashed out on entertainment such as basketball nets and football posts, fitness dumbbells, and Netflix accounts.\n\nHowever, there was a function to the frills.\n\nIt kept those in quarantine happy and relaxed, as each of them were tested for coronavirus three times over the two weeks of their stay.\n\nIt came as the Foreign Office amended its travel advice for South Korea as cases of the new coronavirus, and the disease it causes, increased.\n\nIt advised against all but essential travel to the cities of Daegu and Cheongdo in the country, which have been declared \"special care zones\" by South Korean authorities.\n\nThe latest group of Britons to be evacuated - passengers from the cruise liner Diamond Princess - arrived at Arrowe Park on Saturday.\n\nThe 30 Britons and two Irish citizens will spend the next 14 days isolated from the world in nurses' accommodation.\n\nThey have already spent two weeks in quarantine on board the ship, but since then 600 passengers and crew have tested positive for the new virus.\n\nThose evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship landed at Boscombe Down, a MoD base in Wiltshire\n\nFour Britons from the ship who recently tested positive for the new coronavirus were not on the latest evacuation flight.\n\nThey include David and Sally Abel, from Northamptonshire, who have since been diagnosed with pneumonia, according to their family.\n\nThey are being treated in a Japanese hospital.\n\nArrowe Park was previously used to isolate 83 British nationals who were flown back to the UK from Wuhan.\n\nThe chief executive of Wirral Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, Janelle Holmes, said the hospital was using its previous experience as a \"blueprint\" for treating the new group.\n\nThe BBC's medical correspondent Fergus Walsh said it seems increasingly likely that the spread of the new coronavirus will become a pandemic - or global outbreak.\n\n\"The combined situation in South Korea, Iran and Italy point to the early stages of pandemic,\" he said. \"In each of these countries we are seeing spread of the virus with no connection to China.\"\n\nChinese health authorities reported a decrease in the rate of deaths and new cases of the coronavirus on Saturday. Some 76,392 cases including 2,348 deaths have been confirmed in China.\n\nThe head of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said the greatest concern now was countries with weaker health systems, particularly in Africa.\n\nIn the UK, a total of 6,152 people have been tested for the virus, as of 14:00 GMT on Saturday. Nine people have tested positive.\n\nWere you on the flight? 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:", "\"We basically ended up living in our car\"\n\nCorin Kealoha and Shaun Karagory both work full time - but cannot afford food without the help of a food bank.\n\n\"We can't even live off our wages,\" says Corin, 46, who works as a hotel receptionist. \"That's why we come here.\"\n\nThe couple are at St Vincent's Food Pantry, in Reno, Nevada, where they have picked up cardboard boxes containing cereals, bread, milk, peanut butter, and some meat.\n\nAnd their story offers a glimpse into the complicated reality behind the economic recovery lauded by President Donald Trump.\n\nIn his January State of the Union, President Trump hailed the \"great American comeback\", stating: \"Jobs are booming. Incomes are soaring. Poverty is plummeting… the years of economic decay are over.\"\n\nIt's a narrative he hopes will help him win November's presidential race - including in Nevada, a swing state that supported Hillary Clinton by a margin of just 2% in 2016.\n\nThe western state, home to Las Vegas, was one of the worst hit by the 2008 financial crisis. House prices dropped up to 60%, unemployment soared to 14%, and the state had the highest number of home foreclosures nationwide.\n\nMore than a decade on, Nevada's home values have recovered, the state came first for job growth in the US in 2018, and unemployment now hovers at a 20-year low of 3.8%.\n\nBut to get a sense of some of the limits of the recovery, you only have to take a walk in downtown Reno.\n\nDown North Virginia Street, there are glittery high-rise hotels and casinos, river walkways, and tourists taking selfies at the iconic Reno Arch, which proudly welcomes visitors to \"the biggest little city in the world\".\n\nYet if you take a different turn, and walk down East Fourth Street, the city looks very different. Instead of high-rises, there are smaller, weekly motels, and instead of tourists, you can see queues outside shelters and soup kitchens, and homeless people sitting, chatting, or doing push-ups near the railway tracks.\n\n\"Unemployment is low, but unfortunately unemployment is not a great indicator of how many people are hungry,\" says Jocelyn Lantrip, from the Food Bank of Northern Nevada, which supplies charities including St Vincent's Food Pantry.\n\nAnd often, those going hungry - or temporarily homeless - are people who already have jobs.\n\n\"We have anything from 350 to 450 new families per month,\" says Carlos Carrillo, programme director at the St Vincent's Food Pantry, in between packing boxes with food.\n\n\"We used to have a lot of clients who were unemployed or on social security, but nowadays most of our clients are working families.\"\n\nThe food bank has even started offering dog and cat food to 1,500 families a month - a practical step after they realised that clients would often go hungry in order to feed their pets.\n\nA majority of clients say they are forced to use the food bank because rents have soared.\n\n\"They take money out of their food budget to pay for rent, so that's where we come in, to provide a bit of the food that they're not buying anymore,\" Mr Carrillo says.\n\nCarlos says St Vincent's Food Pantry serves about 300 families in Reno each day\n\nElliott Parker, chair of economics at the University of Nevada, Reno, argues that \"recovery is in the eye of the beholder\".\n\nThe latest data from the Census Bureau suggests that median household income is still just below 2008 levels, he adds.\n\n\"We are finally at the end of a very long recovery - but wages have risen nowhere near as fast as housing and rental prices.\"\n\nNevada has the nation's worst shortage of affordable housing for low-income families, according to an advocacy group, with only 19 homes for every 100 low-income renter households.\n\nThere are various reasons for the housing crisis - including stalled construction from the 2008 financial crisis that has been slow to pick up.\n\nAnd Reno residents complain about the \"Tesla effect\" - as tech workers and retirees from the more expensive neighbouring state of California cross the border into Nevada, they push up rental prices for locals.\n\n\"Fifty percent of people in Nevada rent, and half of them are rent burdened - meaning they spend more than 30% of their income on housing,\" says state Senator Julia Ratti, whose district covers the Reno-Sparks area.\n\n\"This means they become very vulnerable to anything happening in their life - if you get a flat tyre, or your child needs medical care, you'll be late on your rent.\"\n\n\"Rent has jumped so dramatically you can't even stay on your two feet,\" says Corin\n\nIt's something Corin and Shaun, 39, experienced last year, after Shaun, who works as a security guard, developed fibromyalgia and had to take some time off work.\n\n\"We became homeless because I couldn't afford to pay the rent,\" says Corin. \"We basically ended up living in our car.\"\n\nThey have since moved into a studio apartment - although the rent, which is $900 a month, takes a significant bite out of their wages - they both earn $10 per hour.\n\n\"We're not stable yet - we're not even sure what's going to happen,\" Corin says with a laugh. \"We just live day by day for now.\"\n\nJohn Restrepo, an analyst at RCG Economics in Las Vegas, says it is both true that the economy overall has grown - and that many working families are still suffering.\n\nThose with equities in the stock market and small businesses have come out as winners from the economic recovery, he says, but wage earners have lost out.\n\n\"About 60% of our households are not invested in the stock market - they depend on wages - and a large percentage of those folks, particularly lower-income workers, haven't benefited from the recovery at all,\" says Mr Restrepo. \"The challenge is that wages have been pretty stagnant after you adjust for inflation.\"\n\nHe believes that many companies, \"as a result of the great recession, decided to do business differently\" - hiring more contractors and gig workers.\n\nNevada was also coming out of a particularly deep recession, which means \"we've been growing for 10 years now, but it's also one of the slowest recoveries in terms of the rate of recovery.\"\n\nThe other issue that comes up again and again when you speak to Nevadans is the cost of healthcare.\n\nJim Eaglesmith spent four years caring for his mother, who had been diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and eventually lost his job in a physical therapy clinic after he had to reduce his hours to look after her.\n\n\"The expenses of rent, home, healthcare, hospice and prescription needs meant I depleted my savings… in the last three years I used up her savings and my 401K. I spent everything I had thinking she was going to have some money left over, but I ended up having to spend almost all of it,\" he says.\n\nJim lives at the Village on Sage Street, in a dormitory in a modular unit\n\nAfter that, he says he was effectively homeless for two months, couch surfing with different friends until he was able to move into Village on Sage Street - a dormitory developed by the Community Foundation of Western Nevada - which is designed to help working poor individuals and offers single rooms for as little as $400 a month.\n\n\"I can't afford a lot of things, but I'm not here to make money,\" says Jim, who now works part time as a performance artist. \"My value isn't based on my economic worth.\"\n\nUS healthcare costs are amongst the highest in the world - which means even middle-income families can feel vulnerable.\n\nAdrielle Hammon, 35, works in a pre-school, making $9 an hour. Last year, she and her husband qualified for Medicaid, a public healthcare scheme for poor Americans - which meant when her son had a medical emergency, the $40,000 hospital bill was covered.\n\nThis year, her family's income has grown - Adrielle believes they are now \"roughly middle class\" - but it means they no longer qualify for Medicaid, and neither of them receives health insurance through work.\n\n\"We can afford food, gas and bills now,\" she says. \"But you throw in things like hospital bills, and that's something worrisome... I don't go to the doctor for anything unless someone's literally dying.\"\n\n\"I don't see it ever being the case that we can afford to buy a house\" - Adrielle Hammon\n\nAnd the American dream of owning their own home seems like a remote possibility, which she admits bothers her because \"we always figured that by the time we were this age, we'd be able to afford to buy a house.\"\n\nFor many lower-income families, housing and healthcare costs can combine, to make them more vulnerable to unexpected emergencies.\n\nAngel Mcceig-Escalanti, 44, says most of her family's income is spent on rent, and dealing with problems with their car.\n\n\"We've not been able to save any money at all - we have really been struggling,\" she says.\n\nShe lives with her husband, her mother, and one of her three children in a two-bedroom apartment costing $1,270 a month - \"and one person doesn't have a bedroom - my mother sleeps on the couch.\"\n\n\"I only use the system when I need it\" - Angel Mcceig-Escalanti\n\nShe visits St Vincent's Food Pantry for fresh and canned fruit and vegetables, and visits several other food banks for help as well - particularly because, as a diabetic, she has to have a low-carbohydrate diet.\n\n\"We could buy food, just not the sort of food I should be eating. I'm supposed to be low carb, but that's the stuff that is the cheapest.\"\n\nShe also chooses the food carefully, hoping that this will help ensure her teenage son doesn't develop diabetes when he's older.\n\nIn politics, and in the media, it can be tempting to generalise - whether it is about the economic recovery, or the plight of lower-income families.\n\nBut the reality is often more nuanced - especially as the working class don't necessarily see themselves as poor.\n\nI met Kayshoun Grajeda, 33, at the Culinary Academy of Las Vegas - a training centre that has built-in kitchens, a restaurant, and bedrooms for hospitality staff in training.\n\nShe's beaming with pride as she explains it's her last day on the guestroom attendant course, and as she demonstrates how to make a bed in five minutes while keeping the sheets perfectly smooth.\n\n\"If you really want something, and put your best foot forward, you can accomplish it,\" she adds. \"There's help - you've just gotta want it. You can't put the blame on somebody else.\"\n\nKayshoun says her three children are extremely proud that she is about to graduate from the Culinary Academy\n\nThe single mother of three has just been offered a job with a hotel, and believes it will be a significant step up from her previous job as a hair dresser.\n\n\"I want things for my kids, so this is definitely a good start, you know? I'm starting at $15.35, but it's a start! It's above minimum wage,\" she says with a grin.\n\nIt's a sense of positivity that is partly shared by Deidre Hammon, who lives with her daughter Brianna in a mobile home in a trailer park on the outskirts of Reno.\n\nDeidre (who is also Adrielle's mother) works three jobs - as a contractor at a law firm, as an advocate at a centre for children with disabilities, and as a carer for Brianna, 36, who lives with cerebral palsy.\n\n\"We're all very optimistic about our lives, we don't want to see ourselves as poor people who can't afford anything,\" she says.\n\nBut she adds that the difficulties that working families face are very real. Her car just broke down, so she's been forced to spend $250 per week on a rental car, since she needs to drive for work and to transport Brianna around.\n\nWhile she would rather work in a full-time role with benefits, \"it's easier to have low-wage jobs I can quit easily, and then find another low-wage job\" - because she sometimes needs time off at short notice to care for her daughter.\n\nShe also can't afford a wheelchair van - which means she has to manually help Brianna in and out of the car.\n\n\"I have to swing the wheelchair into the back of the car, break it down, put it together, and transfer Brianna into the car, two to three times a day. I have amazing upper body strength right now, but who knows how long that's going to last? I'm almost 60!\"\n\nShe says she has to look after Brianna herself, because there aren't enough service providers in northern Nevada.\n\nShe meets other mothers caring for adult children with disabilities, and they all find the prospect of their children living without them \"terrifying\", she adds.\n\n\"We all feel like we can't die, ever - because who's going to take your place?\"\n\nChris says he plans to vote Republican: \"I prefer to go by my standards - I'm pro-life\"\n\nMeanwhile, Christopher Ripke lives with epilepsy, and works full time as a dishwasher at the University of Nevada, Reno - sometimes working seven days a week, as he often offers to work overtime. He also leads People First, a non-profit that helps people with disabilities.\n\nHe makes $9.30 an hour - sometimes making $13.50 per hour for overtime - and also receives some rental assistance and food stamp assistance, but says he still falls below the poverty level.\n\nDespite that, he feels pleased to have medical coverage in his job - and says he \"absolutely\" feels optimistic about his future. \"I'm setting money aside for future plans - I plan to move to Texas because the healthcare's better.\"\n\nNevada is third in the Democratic primary race - and the state bills itself as more ethnically diverse, and more working class, than either Iowa or New Hampshire.\n\nAt Wednesday's Democratic debate in Las Vegas, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar all made specific appeals to working families, or talked about the need to raise wages.\n\nAt Wednesday's Democratic debate, several candidates made overt appeals to the working class\n\nBut voting patterns can be personal - and unpredictable - and politicians take the working-class vote for granted at their peril.\n\nDeidre, Brianna and Adrielle all support Bernie Sanders because of his Medicare for All proposals - and do not want to see President Trump win. Brianna says bluntly: \"If Trump gets re-elected I'm probably dead. He plans to cut all the programmes that make my life possible.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Christopher and Angel both support President Trump - Christopher because he disagrees with the Democratic candidates' stance on abortion, and Angel because \"when he says something, he does it\".\n\nChristopher uses food stamps, and is not convinced by reports that Mr Trump's proposed budget would cut food stamps and the safety net. \"That's one thing I don't believe - if I see it, I see it, but I've heard nothing about that.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Angel believes Mr Trump's proposal to reduce the safety net is a good idea. \"I've been working since I was 13, and… I only used the system when I needed it. People don't do that anymore, now they use it because there's free stuff.\"\n\nAnd while Kayshoun's \"best foot forward\" attitude chimes in with how the Republicans say they help working families, she's actually unimpressed with both Mr Trump, and the Democratic candidates.\n\n\"We need a new president, and not the one we've got,\" she says, adding that she plans to vote independent this year \"because I'm not really feeling nobody\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'Which candidate will you swipe right on?'\n\nThe race to decide which Democrat will take on Donald Trump in November's presidential election in the US has resumed in Nevada.\n\nModerate ex-mayor Pete Buttigieg and left-wing Bernie Sanders are the front-runners nationwide, but only two states have voted so far. The final candidate won't be known until July.\n\nVery early results from Nevada give Mr Sanders the lead.\n\nJoe Biden, who has struggled up until now, will hope for a better result.\n\nThe Nevada caucuses are a series of party meetings held across the state, that might last a few hours. At the end, those present will vote on which of the eight Democrats they would most like to be the nominee.\n\nCandidates who win at least 15% of the vote on Saturday will be awarded delegates - in Nevada, 36 delegates will be distributed according to how well candidates performed.\n\nAll the candidates are aiming to reach 1,990 delegates nationwide, which would be enough to make them the final nominee. That's a long way off - right now, Pete Buttigieg has 22, Bernie Sanders 21 and Elizabeth Warren has eight.\n\nAs we just mentioned, the Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren has the third highest number of delegates right now, but that doesn't give you the full picture. The caucuses in Iowa and primary in New Hampshire earlier this month didn't go as well as her campaign had hoped.\n\nBut this was before her spirited performance in a Democratic debate on Wednesday night, in which she repeatedly skewered emerging rival Michael Bloomberg. Her campaign said this led to its best fundraising day yet.\n\nLast time around, rival Amy Klobuchar came third in New Hampshire after a strong debate performance a few days earlier. Might Ms Warren see a similar bump in Nevada?\n\nIt's also worth keeping an eye on Joe Biden. The former vice-president has performed poorly so far, but is pinning his hopes on the support of Nevada's Latino voters. If that isn't forthcoming, his campaign could soon meet its end.\n\nIn a state like Nevada, with its tourist-heavy cities of Las Vegas and Reno, one organisation holds a lot of sway: the Culinary Union, made up of restaurant, hotel and casino workers.\n\nAn endorsement from this group can help decide who wins Nevada's caucuses: it played a large part in Barack Obama's win there in 2008, for example. But this year, it chose not to endorse a candidate.\n\nUnion members don't support Bernie Sanders' plan for a centralised national healthcare programme, because they're reluctant to give up the insurance plan the union carefully negotiated for them. Last week, union officials said Sanders supporters were sending them abuse over their stance.\n\nBut the lack of an endorsement was more of a blow for Mr Biden, who doesn't support a national healthcare system and whose views seemingly aligned more closely with the union's.\n\nYou may remember that in the last caucuses in Iowa, the results were delayed for days by a glitch caused by an app rolled out by the Democratic Party. Could we see similar problems here?\n\nHopefully not. Officials in Nevada have decided not to use the app to record results and are instead relying on an online form provided by Google, downloaded on to a load of iPads.\n\nI'm a single issue voter. I am bipolar. Right now it's fine because I'm on my parents' health insurance but when I turn 26 I will no longer be.\n\nIt's really important to me to have a substantial healthcare system, and every other civilised nation has it, so I just don't understand why we do not.\n\nI'm planning to caucus for Bernie Sanders because he has a strong platform on healthcare and he has a large following among people of my demographic. Other issues that matter to me are college education and the prison system - I think that needs some reformation - as well as poverty and homelessness.\n\nMy least favourite would probably be Joe Biden - he gives the appearance of not being entirely sure where he is or what's going on. I think he's too moderate for me, personally - I don't think he'll get any major change going.\n\nI've been a big follower of Biden's throughout his entire campaign. I've been to all of his rallies.\n\nI'm a big fan of Obama, so seeing Biden with Obama and being able to follow him through all of his policies, that they both accomplished together, was something that really moved me forward to vote for him.\n\nHe really reaches out to the Hispanic community, the minority community, he's really big on immigration reform, as far as looking after everyone equally. With the LGBT community - I myself am part of the LGBT and Hispanic community - he really targets a lot of the issues that are most concerning for me.\n\nHealthcare is a really big issue here in Nevada, especially with Culinary Union workers, as is immigration reform, with Nevada being a really diverse state. I really do appreciate his stance on immigration.\n\nAre any Republicans standing against Donald Trump? Just the one: former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld, but Mr Trump will almost certainly be the nominee. Just the one: former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld, but Mr Trump will almost certainly be the nominee. They're votes that are held in private. The candidates who do best in the primaries are awarded delegates. They're votes that are held in private. The candidates who do best in the primaries are awarded delegates. A bit like primaries, except they're more like party meetings, at the end of which you vote for your preferred candidate. A bit like primaries, except they're more like party meetings, at the end of which you vote for your preferred candidate.", "French President Emmanuel Macron says negotiating a UK-EU trade deal will be \"tense\"\n\nFrench President Emmanuel Macron has said he is \"not sure\" a UK-EU trade deal will be struck by 31 December, the end of the Brexit transition period.\n\nMr Macron said negotiations starting in March will be \"tense\", with fishing rights a key point of contention.\n\nIt comes as the UK government signalled it would publish its mandate for the trade deal later this week.\n\nIn the document, ministers are expected to reiterate their desire for a Canada-style deal with few tariffs on goods.\n\nWhile a trade deal is hammered out with the EU, the UK is following the majority of the bloc's rules.\n\nThe UK is in this transition period until 31 December following its departure from the EU on 31 January.\n\n\"I am not sure that an agreement will be reached between now and the end of the year,\" Mr Macron said at a meeting with fishermen in Paris on Saturday.\n\n\"Anyway, it is going to become more tense because [the British] are very hard.\"\n\nMr Macron also said fishing rights could be a sticking point in negotiations.\n\nThe UK has said it will consider a deal on fisheries but it must be based on the notion that \"British fishing grounds are first and foremost for British boats\".\n\nThe EU has different ideas about an agreement on fisheries.\n\nMr Macron's comments come as the UK government signalled it would publish detailed demands for a trade deal.\n\nThe mandate is due to be signed off on Tuesday and will be published online and in Parliament on Thursday, the BBC's Jonathan Blake said.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson's chief Brexit negotiator, David Frost, called for a \"Canada-Free Trade Agreement-type relationship\" with the EU in a speech in Brussels earlier this month - and the mandate will repeat these demands.\n\nBut EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier has said such a deal cannot happen.\n\nMichel Barnier says the UK cannot have the same EU trade deal as Canada has\n\nMr Barnier said the EU was ready to offer an \"ambitious partnership\" with the UK post-Brexit, but its \"particular proximity\" meant it would be different.\n\nUnder Canada's agreement with the EU, which took seven years to negotiate, import tariffs on most goods have been eliminated between the two countries, though there are still customs and VAT checks.\n\nThe EU has repeatedly warned that the UK cannot expect to enjoy continued \"high-quality\" market access if it insists on diverging from EU social and environmental standards.\n\nUK-EU trade negotiations, led by Mr Barnier and Mr Frost, are due to begin in Brussels on 2 March.", "The owner of the Sun lost £68m last year as newspaper sales fell and the company continued to deal with the fallout of the phone-hacking scandal.\n\nDaily sales of the Sun fell 8% to 1.38 million in the year to July, but it remains the UK's top paid-for paper.\n\nMeanwhile, the Sun on Sunday sold an average of 1.16 million copies a week, 111,000 fewer than the year before.\n\nThe paper's owner, News Group Newspapers also revealed a £26.7m legal bill related to phone hacking.\n\n\"Following the allegations of voicemail interception and inappropriate payments to public officials, there have been a number of civil cases against the company, most of which have been settled, or are in the process of being settled,\" the firm said.\n\nThe News of the World was closed in 2011 after it was revealed that it had obtained stories by listening in to the private voicemail messages of celebrities and even the murdered teenager Milly Dowler.\n\nNews Group Newspapers said the final bill \"may or may not be significantly higher\" than the £26.7m it had put aside to deal with the hangover from the scandal.\n\nIt was higher than the previous year when the newspaper owner put aside £14.7m to pay for \"claimants' legal fees and damages\".\n\nThe increase follows a spate of high-profile settlements between celebrities and the former owners of the now-defunct paper. Last year, singer Sir Elton John, actress Elizabeth Hurley and campaigner Heather Mills settled their phone-hacking cases against the News of the World for undisclosed sums.\n\nDespite falling sales of the print edition, News Group Newspapers said more people were visiting the Sun's website.\n\nIt said 32.8 million adults in the UK visited the site a month, 3.6 million more than the previous year.", "The evacuees from the Diamond Princess cruise ship were taken to Arrowe Park Hospital on Saturday\n\nFour cruise ship passengers flown to Britain on Saturday have tested positive for coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases in the UK to 13.\n\nThey were among 30 repatriated Britons and two Irish citizens beginning a 14-day quarantine at Arrowe Park Hospital in Wirral.\n\nThe four UK nationals caught the virus on the Diamond Princess liner in Japan, England's chief medical officer said.\n\nThey have now been transferred to specialist NHS infection centres.\n\nTwo patients are in the Royal Hallamshire in Sheffield, one is in the Royal in Liverpool and a fourth was transferred to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle, NHS England said.\n\nProf Keith Willett, NHS strategic incident director for coronavirus said: \"These specialist centres are well prepared to deal with cases and earlier this year the Newcastle unit successfully treated and discharged two patients who had contracted the virus.\"\n\nProf Willett added there had been a \"calm response\" to confirmed cases of coronavirus so far, \"which will continue to be important as more of us might need to self-isolate for a time, to protect ourselves, our families and the community\".\n\nProf Keith Neal, emeritus professor of epidemiology of infectious diseases at the University of Nottingham, said the four new cases were not surprising and would present no risk to the public.\n\nThe Department of Health said a \"full infectious disease risk assessment\" was done before Saturday's repatriation flight from Japan, adding that no-one who boarded the flight had displayed any symptoms of the virus.\n\nAny more passengers who test positive will immediately be taken into specialist NHS care, the department said.\n\nIt added that \"appropriate arrangements\" are in place at Arrowe Park, including strict separation of passengers from staff and from each other.\n\nIt comes as 118 UK citizens and their family members rescued from Wuhan - the centre of the virus outbreak - ended their two-week isolation in Milton Keynes on Sunday.\n\nLast weekend, NHS England announced that all but one of the nine people being treated for the coronavirus in the UK had been discharged from hospital.\n\nIt's not surprising that some of those repatriated from the Diamond Princess have tested positive for the coronavirus.\n\nThey were on board a ship where the quarantine was a failure - more than one in five of the 3,700 passengers and crew have tested positive.\n\nIn the US, 18 repatriated passengers from the cruise ship subsequently tested positive for Covid-19, as did seven passengers flown back to Australia.\n\nIt would seem likely that more of those in quarantine in Arrowe Park hospital may test positive in the coming days.\n\nBut the NHS is well able to cope with such cases and can isolate and treat patients in specialist centres.\n\nFar more concerning is the situation in Italy, Iran and South Korea, where there is human-to-human spread of the virus in the community, which could eventually lead to the World Health Organization declaring a pandemic.\n\nMore than 620 people on board the Diamond Princess tested positive for the virus\n\nArrowe Park Hospital was previously used to isolate 83 British nationals who were flown back to the UK from Wuhan on the Foreign Office's first evacuation flight in January.\n\nJanelle Holmes, chief executive at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Trust reassured staff that the hospital was \"running as usual\".\n\n\"When guests arrived yesterday evening, we followed clear guidance in relation to infection prevention control. This was to minimise the chance of any infection spreading.\"\n\nThe evacuees had already spent two weeks in quarantine on board the cruise ship, but since then 600 passengers and crew have tested positive for the new virus, raising fears that the incubation period for the virus may be longer than originally thought.\n\nTwo of the Britons who were not on the evacuation flight, Sally and David Abel, are being treated in a Japanese hospital\n\nSeparately, four Britons from the ship who recently tested positive for the new coronavirus were not on Saturday's repatriation flight.\n\nThey included David and Sally Abel, from Northamptonshire, who have since been diagnosed with pneumonia, according to their family and are being treated in a Japanese hospital.\n\nRelatives said the couple are both \"having a really tough time\" and feel \"very much in the dark\" in terms of treatment, adding that they are awaiting further tests.\n\nThe new strain of coronavirus, which originated last year in Hubei province in China, causes a respiratory disease called Covid-19.\n\nChina has seen more than 76,000 infections and 2,442 deaths. The virus has since spread to at least 11 other countries.\n\nOver the weekend, Italian officials imposed strict quarantine restrictions in two northern \"hotspot\" regions close to Milan and Venice, as the number of coronavirus cases soared to 130 - the worst outbreak in Europe.\n\nItalian officials have cut short the Venice Carnival as they try to control what is now the worst outbreak of the coronavirus in Europe\n\nVenice Carnival has been cut short, schools and museums closed and sporting events suspended as authorities struggle to contain the spread of the virus.\n\nAbout 50,000 people cannot enter or leave several towns in Veneto and Lombardy for the next two weeks without special permission. Three people have died.\n\nElsewhere, authorities in South Korea and Iran are battling to control rising numbers of infections.\n\nSouth Korea has raised its coronavirus alert to the \"highest level\". The UK Foreign Office has advised against all but essential travel to the cities of Daegu and Cheongdo.\n\nTurkey, Pakistan and Afghanistan have closed their borders with Iran, where eight people are known to have died. Officials have ordered the closure of schools, universities and cultural centres in 14 provinces.\n\nHave you been affected by the latest developments around Covid-19? 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:", "Caroline Flack was found dead at her London flat last weekend\n\nLove Island paid tribute to Caroline Flack as its first winter series drew to a close on Sunday night.\n\nThe former host of the show was found dead in her London flat last weekend.\n\n\"The past week has been extremely difficult, coming to terms with the loss of our friend and colleague, Caroline,\" presenter Laura Whitmore told viewers of the ITV2 programme.\n\n\"Caroline loved Love Island. She loved love, and that's why tonight's final is dedicated to her.\"\n\nShe added: \"We're thinking of her family and everyone who knew her at this time.\"\n\nThe programme then showed a montage of some of Flack's memorable moments from the series in recent years.\n\nThe islanders were told about Flack's death off-camera on Saturday, an ITV spokesman confirmed.\n\nFinley Tapp and Paige Turley were crowned the winners of the series as the finale drew to a close.\n\nTwo episodes of this series were pulled from the schedules last weekend after Flack was found dead.\n\nThe show returned the following Monday with a tribute to Flack from the show's narrator Iain Stirling.\n\nThis has been the first series of the show to take place in winter and be filmed in South Africa.\n\nPrevious seasons have been filmed on the Spanish island of Mallorca over the summer.\n\nOverall, the winter series has been a ratings hit for ITV2, albeit not as successful as previous summer series.\n\nThis series has been attracting around four million viewers per episode, including via catch-up services, compared with the six million the last summer series generally attracted.\n\nLaura Whitmore is the show's current presenter. She joined the show after Flack was charged with assaulting her boyfriend.\n\nLaura Whitmore pictured at the Brit Awards last week\n\nTapp and Turley were crowned the winners of this series on Sunday night, winning the £50,000 prize, which they chose to share between them.\n\nIn a twist that occurs in every series, Turley was given the chance to \"steal\" the full prize money before she decided to split it evenly.\n\n\"It's been such an amazing experience,\" Turley said earlier in the episode. \"It's been filled with challenges, but it's been amazing.\"\n\nAsked what first attracted him to Turley, Tapp said: \"I loved how outgoing she was. I wasn't wrong in picking her because I thought she'd make me laugh and smile all day long. She's made me very happy.\"\n\nEarlier this series, they became the first pair to become an official couple in the villa.\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 turley_paige 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\nTurley attracted headlines when the series launched in January because she is the ex-girlfriend of singer Lewis Capaldi.\n\nThe Scottish star referred to her while accepting the Brit Award for best single earlier this month, for his song Someone You Loved.\n\n\"A lot of people think this song is about my ex-girlfriend, who you can now see every night on Love Island,\" he said.\n\n\"But it's actually about my grandmother, who sadly passed away a few years ago. I hope ITV don't contact her to be a on a reality dating show.\"\n\nDuring the finale, Whitmore confirmed the show would return to Mallorca for a new series this summer.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Tyson Fury produced the most destructive performance of his boxing life to end Deontay Wilder's five-year reign as WBC heavyweight world champion in seven thrilling rounds of their Las Vegas rematch.\n\nThe Briton, 31, pummelled his rival in a way few could have imagined following their 2018 draw, flooring him in the third and fifth rounds while constantly backing up the most-feared puncher in the division in a way no-one has done before.\n\nA jab and right hand - the combination with which Wilder has wiped men out repeatedly - sent the American down in the third, stunning the MGM Grand Arena.\n\nWilder, making his 11th defence, fell again before the round was out - this time a slip - and looked ragged under the pressure, before a left hand to the body sent the 34-year-old down in the fifth.\n\nFury delivered everything he had promised, transitioning from his hit-and-move style to overpower, outwork and bully his previously undefeated rival until the towel came in during the seventh round.\n\nThis was more than a world title win, it was a statement - and as Fury was held aloft by his corner after victory was sealed, the days of depression, weight gain and despair that cost him the belts he claimed in 2015 seemed a lifetime away.\n• None Relive Fury v Wilder II - from the ring walks to the winning moment\n• None 'There's a fella across the pond who might want a tickle' - Fury says Joshua bout will 'complete' career\n• None 'Living legend' Fury shines bright in Vegas - but did he lick Wilder's blood?\n• None Podcast: Costello & Bunce on Tyson Fury's night for the ages\n\nThousands of British fans who had descended on Vegas saw their hero take an age to arrive at the ring on a throne, sporting a golden crown. It was the only time Fury moved slowly all night.\n\nHe hit pads in the ring as Wilder made his ring walk - just as he did 15 months earlier in Los Angeles - and his start was rapid, a flurry of hooks prompting chants of \"there's only one Tyson Fury\" from the crowd.\n\nActors Michael J Fox and Jason Statham, as well as Super Bowl winner Patrick Mahomes, watched as Fury raised his hand at the end of the opening three-minute round and things began to feel markedly different to their first meeting.\n\nHe simply did not take a backward step, forcing Wilder to the ropes and ensuring the champion had no say in the pace of proceedings. And in the third round, those who had paid the kind of ticket prices that made this the highest gate ever for a heavyweight bout in Nevada, rose to their feet at the sight of Wilder floored for only the second time in his career.\n\nA right hand behind Wilder's ear - the same shot with which the American had floored Fury nine rounds into their first fight - did the damage. Wilder then fell again as Fury bulldozed him. At the bell, the pair glared at one another and Wilder knew he was in a place no fighter wants to be. The Britons sitting ringside did not want to be anywhere else.\n\nWas the weight Fury had gained making the difference? Was it the new training set-up? Whatever it was worked to perfection. He was putting on a boxing clinic and a body shot dropped the stunned Wilder once more in the fifth.\n\nFury was docked a point for punching on the break but he did not seem to care or blink at the punishment, instead continuing to feint and twitch to set shots up before unloading on a man who had started a slight favourite. He led 59-52 59-52 and 58-53 on the cards when the towel came in.\n\nFight week had seen repeated debate over where this meeting ranked in the pecking order of the greatest nights of heavyweight action, but little consensus. What we can say with certainty is that this was a masterclass.\n\nWilder flounders as Fury reaches the summit (again)\n\nWilder, under-appreciated through half a decade as a champion, knew this was the night he could fully silence doubters. Some 43 fights into an undefeated career his ability was still questioned by many, and scorned by some.\n\nWilder's fabled right hand never showed up. It was telegraphed time and again and the Alabama fighter - who was cut close to his left ear - quickly left the arena to go to hospital for stitches on the damage.\n\nComing in at the highest weight of his career may be offered up as an explanation for his shortcomings, but the gulf between the fighters was huge.\n\nIn the years since Wilder first won the title, Fury has claimed three world belts, lost them without fighting amid problems with drugs, alcohol and depression, and gained the kind of weight that meant many assumed his boxing career was over.\n\nNow he is back at the top, with a back-story that has helped shape cult-hero status in the UK and now a burgeoning profile in the US.\n\nHe may flippantly say this title means little to him. He may continue to threaten to walk away from boxing. We can be certain he will lead us all a merry dance until the day it is all over. But when it is, this win will be remembered.\n\nThere will be talk of a third Wilder fight and talk of a historic all-British meeting with Anthony Joshua.\n\nBut the next moves can wait for now as here, on a Vegas Strip where dreams are so often dashed, Fury completed his journey from personal despair to sporting glory.\n\nWhat a ride it has been. Hopefully he is now better placed than the first time around to live with one of sport's sweetest of introductions - heavyweight champion of the world.\n\n'Not bad for someone with pillow fists' - what they said\n\nTyson Fury speaking to BT Sport Box Office: \"I told everybody with a pair of ears that the Gypsy King would return to the throne. My last fight everybody wrote me off. I was underweight and over-trained. I'm a destroyer. Not bad for someone with pillow fists.\n\n\"I'm a man of my word. I told Wilder, his team, the world. We trained for a knockout; we wasn't tapping around in that gym.\n\n\"I talk like this because I can back it up. People write me off, they look at my fat belly and bald head and think I can't fight. He fought the best Tyson Fury, we're both in our primes.\n\n\"I expect him to ask for the third fight. I know he's a warrior and I'll be waiting.\"\n\nPromoter Frank Warren, speaking to the 5 Live Boxing podcast: \"I have been doing this a long time and that was the best performance I have seen from a British boxer in the ring.\n\n\"I always believed Tyson would stop him and it is the best moment for me, selfishly, but it is also for him and his family.\n\n\"It is the best comeback in sport, not boxing. He was in the depths of despair and to pull himself back from that is the most amazing thing. It is special.\"\n\nDeontay Wilder: \"The best man won on the night. My coach threw in the towel but I'm ready to go out on my shield.\n\n\"I had a lot of things going on coming into this fight but it is what it is.\n\n\"I just wish my corner would have let me go out on my shield, I'm a warrior. But [Fury] did what he did and there's no excuses.\"\n\nFormer world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis: \"Congratulations to Tyson Fury on a huge win and bossing his way to the WBC and Ring heavyweight straps. Once again you showed up big.\n\n\"The best fighters solve puzzles. Tonight Fury solved the puzzle that was Wilder by making him fight going backwards where he's not as explosive. Big-manned him.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Boxing\n\nTyson Fury said his career would be \"completed\" if he faced fellow Briton Anthony Joshua after becoming a two-time world heavyweight champion with a stunning win over Deontay Wilder.\n\nFury, 31, stopped Wilder in seven rounds of their Las Vegas rematch to claim the WBC title four years on from giving up the IBF, WBO and WBA belts now held by Joshua.\n\nWilder can request a rematch but Fury pointed to a meeting with Joshua if that does not happen.\n\nHe said: \"I've got another old fella across the pond who might want a little tickle.\n\n\"Then that is it then. It's completed. Done.\"\n• None Relive Fury v Wilder II - from the ring walks to the winning moment\n• None 'Living legend' Fury shines bright in Vegas - but did he lick Wilder's blood?\n• None Podcast: Costello & Bunce on Tyson Fury's night for the ages\n\nFury said his win felt like \"the icing on the cake\" after well-publicised personal issues saw him give up the titles - won in 2015 by stunning another long-time champion, Wladimir Klitschko - during a 30-month break from the sport.\n\nAnnouncing himself at his post-fight media conference by screaming \"are you not entertained?\", Fury then promised reporters his recent switch to American trainer SugarHill Steward will produce even greater results than this one.\n\n\"I have only just started with this style,\" Fury said. \"We will be putting people to sleep right, left and centre.\n\n\"I need to enjoy this. Deontay will need time to recover. I am sure he will take a rematch as he is a dynamite puncher and with that you are always in the fight. Whoever is next will get the same treatment, that is for sure.\n\n\"This was written in the stars a million miles away - before I was born I was destined to do what I do.\"\n\nWilder, who was taken to hospital after the fight to have stitches in a cut, has 30 days to request a third bout but was well beaten in a contest nowhere near as competitive as their 2018 draw.\n\nIf he does not take up the option, Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn says he will do \"everything\" to make a match with Fury that could lead to one man holding all four heavyweight titles for the first time.\n\nHearn's Matchroom Boxing colleague Frank Smith and Joshua's manager Freddie Cunningham were in Las Vegas to see Fury win.\n\n\"I have said and I will make this clear, we have to make this fight happen,\" Hearn told Talksport.\n\n\"We will never get the chance for two Brits to fight for an undisputed heavyweight world championship.\n\n\"The first thing is that Wilder has the rematch clause. I don't think anyone wants to see a third fight - it was that conclusive - but we will see if he wants to exercise that.\n\n\"Our mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev is also promoted by Bob Arum, Tyson Fury's promoter, so there is a very easy manoeuvre there if Wilder doesn't want the rematch to go straight into this undisputed fight in the summer.\n\n\"I have already spoken to Joshua. He wants this fight. He has zero fear of fighting Tyson Fury and he wants to be undisputed.\"\n\n'I felt like a beast in there - this is my weight'\n\nFury knocked Wilder down in rounds three and five - only the second and third times the former champion has been on the canvas - in a dominant display.\n\nWilder's trainer Jay Deas said he did not want his colleague Mark Breland to throw in the towel in the seventh round, given their fighter carries the kind of one-punch power that can turn a fight instantly.\n\nBut Fury insisted it had been the right call as it was \"only a matter of time\" before his rival \"got seriously hurt\" - and Wilder conceded \"the best man won on the night\".\n\nThe new champion said the manner of his display vindicated his decision to part with former trainer Ben Davison and bulk his 6ft 9in frame up to 273lbs from the 254 he scaled in his win over Otto Wallin in September.\n\n\"When I left Ben people said it was a bad move but it worked for the best and I believed in the style SugarHill teaches,\" Fury added.\n\n\"Everything I did in the ring tonight we had worked on in the gym.\n\n\"I felt like a beast in there. This is my weight for sure.\"\n\nTyson Fury did what he said he would do and what so many doubted he would do.\n\nHe dominated on the front foot, showed why he decided to put on so much weight and why he decided to change trainers.\n\nIt was a masterful, controlled display, swiftly dispelling fears about his ability to operate at his best at 19st 7lbs.", "Age-related macular degeneration often hits people in their 50s or 60s\n\nSufferers of a degenerative eye disease have been offered hope after a new link between a protein and the condition was discovered by scientists.\n\nA team from four universities found significantly higher levels of a protein factor in age-related macular degeneration (AMD) patients.\n\nMore than 1.5 million people in the UK have AMD, which causes loss of vision.\n\nIt is hoped the discovery could lead to earlier diagnoses of the condition and lead to better treatment options.\n\nThe research team was made up of scientists from Cardiff University, Queen Mary University of London, the University of Manchester and Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. They found significantly higher levels of the protein known as FHR-4 in the blood of AMD patients.\n\nResearch then found the presence of the protein in the macular of eye tissue.\n\nThe protein regulates the complement system - part of the immune system - and plays a critical role in inflammation in the body.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThere are two different types of AMD - wet and dry. Some treatment options - including eye injections - exist for wet AMD, which causes vision to deteriorate quickly, but no treatments are available for dry, which happens over a slower period of time.\n\nThe condition affects the middle part of people's vision, making reading, watching television and recognising faces difficult.\n\nProf Paul Morgan, an expert in complement biology at Cardiff University, said they had accumulated \"a robust body of evidence\" that genetically-dictated FHR-4 levels in plasma were an \"important predictor of risk of developing AMD.\"\n\nProf Simon Clark, a University of Manchester specialist, said: \"Up until now, the role played by FHR proteins in disease has only ever been inferred.\n\n\"But now we show a direct link and, more excitingly, become a tangible step closer to identifying a group of potential therapeutic targets to treat this debilitating disease.\"\n• None Increased circulating levels of Factor H-Related Protein 4 are strongly associated with age-related macular degeneration - Nature Communications The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The victim was stabbed at London Central Mosque near Regent's Park in London\n\nA man has been charged with a stabbing which happened inside London's Central Mosque during afternoon prayers.\n\nDaniel Horton, 29, is accused of attacking Raafat Maglad at the Regent's Park place of worship on Thursday.\n\nMr Maglad, who is 70, sustained stab wounds to his neck that were inflicted with a kitchen knife.\n\nMr Horton, who is homeless, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court earlier accused of causing grievous bodily harm and possession of a bladed article.\n\nProsecutor Tanyia Dogra told the court the victim and defendant were known to each other because Mr Horton had been attending the mosque for a number of years.\n\nThe accused, whom the court heard had been sleeping rough since last year, was remanded into custody.\n\nHe is expected to appear at Southwark Crown Court on 20 March.\n\nThe court was told Mr Maglad had suffered a 1.5cm wound to his neck.\n\nHe was taken to hospital for treatment before returning to the mosque for prayers the next day.\n\nMr Maglad who is a muezzin - someone who calls Muslims to prayer - said it was \"very important\" for him to attend Friday prayers.\n\n\"If I miss it, I just miss something very important,\" Mr Maglad 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. A woman is rescued by canoe after her car becomes submerged in Old Kilpatrick\n\nFlooding across Scotland has left cars, roads and fields submerged.\n\nOne woman had to be rescued from her vehicle by canoe after her car became deluged by floodwater in Old Kilpatrick, West Dunbartonshire.\n\nOther vehicles were left stranded on Saturday as they became swamped.\n\nThe Scottish Environment Protection Agency originally had more than 40 flood warnings in place, with new warnings for snow starting on Monday.\n\nA Met Office yellow snow and ice warning has now expired.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This car was left stranded as it became stuck in floodwater at Milngavie. Video by Stuart Low.\n\nSome flood warnings remain in place across Scotland. This car was caught in floodwater in Cornton Road in the Bridge of Allan\n\nThis road in Linwood was completely flooded on Saturday morning\n\nThe Kelvin Walkway in Glasgow was completely submerged\n\nThis woman was rescued after her car became submerged in floodwater in Old Kilpatrick on Friday night\n\nThe car was still in floodwater on Saturday morning\n\nHeavy rain on Friday led to vehicles becoming stranded in Paisley and Lochwinnoch in Renfrewshire and in Old Kilpatrick, West Dunbartonshire.\n\nThe wet conditions also led to the postponement of Friday's Scottish Premiership match between St Mirren and Hearts at the Simple Digital Arena in Paisley.\n\nElsewhere, ScotRail had to close the line between Stirling and Perth for safety reasons after water levels breached a marker on the Mill O'Keir viaduct.\n\nFlooding on the railway line at Johnstone\n\nScotRail had to close the line between Stirling and Perth after water levels breached a marker on the Mill O'Keir viaduct\n\nOn the roads, flooding forced the closure of the northbound M876 at junction 2 Broomage in central Scotland.\n\nLast weekend road, rail and ferry links were hit and football matches cancelled as Storm Dennis swept across Scotland.\n\nWhile the overall picture has improved during the week, parts of north-west England experienced more than a month's worth of rain between Thursday and Friday.\n\nAn ambulance was stranded after Paisley was hit by floods on Friday\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Boxing\n\nIf you are viewing this page on the BBC News app, please go here to see this story in full.\n\nOne of the greatest performances by a British fighter.\n\nIt was either going to be a Tyson Fury points win or a Deontay Wilder knockout, right?\n\nFury powered up the Las Vegas lights with a brutal display of boxing; dominating and stopping Wilder in the seventh round to win the WBC heavyweight championship.\n\nDidn't wake up (or stay up) for the fight?\n\nWell, don't worry, let's take a look at how the night unfolded at the MGM Grand Arena...\n\nThe Gypsy King on his throne\n\nIt's an understatement to describe Fury as a 'showman'.\n\nHis now-infamous ring walks are a sight to behold; from coming in dressed as an 'all-American' before his win over Germany's Tom Schwarz in June to the traditional Arabian clothing in his stint with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in December.\n\nAnd he didn't disappoint this time - the 'Gypsy King' was carried in on a throne, wearing a robe and crown, to the tune of Crazy by Patsy Cline - maybe not the obvious choice to get you pumped up for a bout...\n\nWilder's entrance was also far from low-key...\n\nSparking a reaction from those on Twitter...\n\nArguably the biggest heavyweight fight in recent memory, there was a real buzz in Vegas for Wilder versus ...'Furry?!'...\n\nActor Michael J.Fox, YouTuber Logan Paul, wrestler Triple H and chef Gordon Ramsay; just some of the names from the world of entertainment who graced the arena with their presence...\n\nAnd you also had some heavyweight boxing royalty as former foes Mike Tyson, Lennox Lewis and Evander Holyfield reunited...\n\nThey joined more than 15,000 fans who packed into the arena. It was quite the earner for promoters...\n\nAfter a long wait, the fighters' introductions were over and it was time for a scrap.\n\nSince their 2018 fight ended in a controversial draw, Fury stopped the unknown Schwarz and laboured to a win over Sweden's Otto Wallin, whereas Wilder knocked out contenders Dominic Breazeale and Luis Ortiz.\n\nMany predicted this could be an early night's work for the champion, but Fury took the centre of the ring and continuously tagged the American in the early rounds.\n\nBefore the fight, Wilder said Fury had \"pillow fists\"... well, Wilder was soon resting his head on the canvas as Fury floored him in the third and the fifth. And fans were impressed...\n\nSoon enough, the inevitable happened. A barrage of unanswered punches and Wilder's corner threw in the towel.\n\nThe boxing world stood up and applauded...\n\nEven Matchroom Boxing's Eddie Hearn, who promotes WBA, IBF and WBO champion Anthony Joshua, was full of praise for Fury...\n\nFury faced some criticism for ditching trainer Ben Davison and linking up with American SugarHill Steward before this fight. Davison was credited for helping Fury on his journey back into boxing, after the heavyweight ballooned up to 27st and suffered well-documented issues with drugs, alcohol and his mental health.\n\nBut this was a classy tweet from Davison...\n\nFury the vampire on a bloody night for Wilder\n\nFury was expecting to be in a war and, although it was a very one-sided win, he did taste some blood.\n\nTelevision replays appeared to show the Brit licking it off Wilder's neck during the fight.\n\nIn the last year, Fury has ventured into professional wrestling and dueted on a single with Robbie Williams. Maybe next on his list is a cameo in the Twilight films...\n\nYou've just shared the ring with the most feared puncher in the heavyweight division. What do you do next? Have a little song-song, of course.\n\nAfter having his hand raised, Fury took the mic and led the thousands in the building, and millions watching around the world, to a rendition of Don McLean's American Pie.\n\nHe even got 88-year-old legendary promoter Bob Arum to join in, much to the amusement of fans...\n\nSo what next for Fury?\n\nWilder has 30 days to activate a rematch clause, and Fury says he expects the trilogy to happen, but there's not a huge demand for it...\n\nWith Fury and Joshua holding all of the main belts, it's an incredible time for heavyweight boxing in Great Britain.\n\nSo, will we see the two get it on? It would undoubtedly be one of the most high-profile sporting events to ever take place in the United Kingdom. And promoter Hearn is up for it...\n\nThat, though, is talk for another day.\n• None Podcast: Costello & Bunce on Tyson Fury's night for the ages\n• None Relive Fury v Wilder II - from the ring walks to the winning moment", "Last updated on .From the section Boxing\n\nTyson Fury outclassed Deontay Wilder, became a world champion again, broke into a rendition of American Pie and had 16,000 people in the MGM Arena in the palm of his hand.\n\nIt is feeling increasingly familiar. The world seems to dance to his tune these days.\n\nSince his return to boxing from a litany of personal issues, each venture, decision and fight he touches turns to gold.\n\nHe risked a great deal when first challenging Wilder in 2018, and ended up on the canvas. It looked a significant setback until he rose - just - and drew. An eye-watering financial deal with US broadcaster ESPN followed.\n\nHe was badly cut in victory over Otto Wallin in September and needed time out to heal. Then WWE rang and gave him the chance to earn big money, win new fans and avoid real punches in the process.\n\nHis autobiography came out to much fanfare, he did a UK speaking tour, sang a pop song with Robbie Williams and signed for a two-part television documentary on his life.\n\nSaying yes to recovery has served him well. Now he must say yes to facing Anthony Joshua and demonstrate, beyond doubt, that he is the best heavyweight of his era.\n\nOf course, he says he already is and clearly he would take that bout.\n\nFury has now dethroned Wladimir Klitschko and Wilder, who had reigned for a combined 14 years until they faced the 'Gypsy King'.\n\nWith such landmark victories, you sense he simply does not care who he shares a ring with.\n\nMoney should not be an issue either, given the same Saudi Arabian power brokers who took Joshua's rematch with Andy Ruiz Jr to the Middle East were ringside for Fury's destruction of Wilder. They would throw record figures at the British heavyweights in order to stage the division's first fight for all four major belts.\n\n\"It has become the biggest fight in the history of the sport,\" said Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn.\n\nA fight in Saudi Arabia might not please UK fans, but money talks. It might just be the only commodity that can paper over the politics that would play out between the teams and television networks behind the fighters.\n\nKey figures close to Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis thought the pair would fight in 1996. It took six more years, proving how much things can drag on in boxing, however appetising the prospect.\n\nFury must know this purple patch is his time to strike. He knows how things can change.\n\nThe troubles that became public in 2015, controversial statements, ugly headlines and struggles with depression and drinking, are only one chapter of Fury's story. As early as 2012 he had talked of being in a dark place and of having an eating disorder.\n\nAnd in the build-up to the Wilder fight, one of Fury's team said the Briton still has severe down days.\n\nHe has the capacity to charm Americans on glitzy talk shows one day and slip into confusion the next. Keeping him stimulated, his team have said, is critical in maintaining his mental wellbeing.\n\nIt is hard to imagine Fury's immediate future proving more exciting than the 20 months since his break from the sport ended.\n\nAnd yet, as the great and good of boxing fell at the feet of the new champion in Vegas, maybe we learned there are greater levels he can reach.\n\nDave Coldwell described it as \"one of the most amazing nights I've watched in my time in boxing\" while fellow British trainer Joe Gallagher said Fury was \"the number one heavyweight in the world\".\n\nThose tributes came less than two months after Fury joined forces with Detroit-based trainer SugarHill Steward.\n\nSteward's uncle Emanuel, who trained fighters of the calibre of Thomas Hearns, Lewis and Klitschko, predicted more than 10 years ago that Wilder would become a world champion, and that Fury would be dominant once Klitschko retired.\n\nFury effectively brought the curtain down on Klitschko and has now dominated Wilder. Steward called it.\n\nBut what could Fury achieve under his nephew? A lot, if he can build on his latest win.\n\nThe decision to take punching space away from Wilder by relentlessly smothering him was genius. A talented fighter backed by a calculated team can create something special.\n\nThat is not to take anything away from Fury's former trainer Ben Davison, who rebuilt the champion at a time of crisis. And Fury's father John deserves credit for publicly demanding his son find a new team and bulk up after his win over Wallin.\n\nFury listened and acted. The result was devastating.\n\nWhether it's jumping into WWE or singing with pop stars, he takes a chance, attacks the task with gusto and almost invariably comes up trumps.\n\nThere is a bravery to his positive choices. He is a maverick, and he deserves immense credit.\n\nA unique achievement is his for the taking if he secures the fight that boxing has longed to see.\n\nIf anyone can make it happen, it is probably him.\n\nThe world, after all, seems to be dancing to his tune.\n• None Relive Fury v Wilder II - from the ring walks to the winning moment\n• None 'There's a fella across the pond who might want a tickle' - Fury says Joshua bout will 'complete' career\n• None 'Living legend' Fury shines bright in Vegas - but did he lick Wilder's blood?\n• None Podcast: Costello & Bunce on Tyson Fury's night for the ages", "Strong winds carrying sand from the Sahara have affected airports in the Canary Islands.\n\nThe country's national weather service has warned that winds of up to 120km/h (75mph) could hit the Canaries until Monday.\n\nThe winds have also affected ferry services, and hampered efforts to fight a wildfire in Tasarte, Gran Canaria.", "Dr Jeremy Morris is the master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge\n\nThe head of a Cambridge college has stepped back from his duties after allegations he mishandled a series of sexual misconduct complaints.\n\nDr Jeremy Morris, the master of Trinity Hall, has agreed to move aside while an internal review into procedures is under way.\n\nIt comes after both students and staff were accused of misconduct in recent years.\n\nTrinity Hall said the decision was subject to further consultation.\n\nDr Morris has come under pressure since the BBC found an academic who had been accused of sexually harassing 10 students had retained some college privileges because of an internal error.\n\nDr Peter Hutchinson later resigned from Trinity Hall in November 2019 after more than 1,300 staff and students protested that he had been allowed to keep his post.\n\nIt emerged this week that he had published an erotic novel about students the year nearly a dozen complaints of harassment had been made against him.\n\nStaff left their jobs at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, with \"serious\" concerns over the handling of misconduct allegations\n\nThe BBC learned at least three staff had also left the college with \"serious\" concerns over how the situation had been handled.\n\nThis week, Dr Morris was accused of mishandling multiple complaints of sexual assault brought by female students against a male student, who denied the allegations, according to an investigation by the Tortoise news website.\n\nDr Morris is also alleged to have allowed a senior member of academic staff to remain in his job for five months without any restrictions on his role after he was accused of sexual assault by a student.\n\nThe senior academic staff member - who strongly denies the allegations, which were reported to police with no further action - has now agreed to temporarily withdraw from his duties, Trinity Hall said in a statement.\n\nCurrent and former students have expressed scepticism over Dr Morris' decision to step back, with one telling the BBC they have \"no faith\" in the college's current processes.\n\nOver 500 Cambridge students, staff and alumni have signed an open letter calling for Dr Morris to resign.\n\nThe mother of one of the alleged victims has called on Dr Morris to resign entirely for failing to make the \"safeguarding of the young people under [his] care the most important priority,\" in an open letter published by Varsity, Cambridge's student newspaper.\n\nRory Kent, 23, a Trinity Hall alumnus who recently chaired a student meeting at the college, said the community has been \"deeply distressed\" by recent events.", "Joanna Cherry is currently an MP representing Edinburgh South West\n\nJoanna Cherry has confirmed she will step down from Westminster if she is elected to Ruth Davidson's Holyrood seat.\n\nThe SNP's Edinburgh South West MP said on Saturday she would seek support from her party to challenge for the Edinburgh Central constituency.\n\nAngus Robertson has already announced plans to bid for the seat.\n\nMs Cherry confirmed on Sunday she would step down as an MP if she succeeded in being elected to Holyrood.\n\nShe said: \"Edinburgh Central is my home branch, I have been a member there since 2008.\n\n\"I have lived in the constituency since 2002 and since 2015 I have been the MP for Edinburgh South West which covers a significant part of the Central seat, including Gorgie, Dalry Haymarket, Fountainbridge and part of Tollcross/Bruntsfield.\n\n\"I am very grateful to all the people who have approached me and encouraged me to put my hat in the ring when nominations open.\"\n\nShe added in a social media post: \"This will be a contest about ideas and policies not personalities.\"\n\nMr Robertson, the SNP's former Westminster leader, revealed on Tuesday that he would be seeking the SNP's nomination to stand.\n\nThe Tories currently have a 610-vote majority in the constituency.\n\nAngus Robertson was an MP from 2001 until 2017\n\nThe seat was won from the SNP by the former Scottish Conservative leader at the last Scottish Parliament election in 2016 but Ms Davidson has indicated she will be stepping down at the next poll in May 2021.\n\nSince then, she accepted and then turned down a lucrative job with a lobbying firm and has been nominated for a seat in the House of Lords.\n\nMr Robertson lost his Westminster seat to the Conservatives' Douglas Ross at the 2017 general 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\nMs Cherry recently gained recognition for leading the Scottish court case challenging the five-week prorogation of parliament.\n\nIt was ultimately successful in the Supreme Court, resulting in the quashing of the suspension, which had been imposed in September.\n\nAnnouncing his intention to contest the seat, Mr Robertson accused Ms Davidson of putting \"other career interests in London ahead of the people she still represents at Holyrood\" and argued that constituents \"deserve better\".\n\nHe said: \"Edinburgh Central deserves a full-time MSP who will put the interests of their constituents first.\"", "Staffordshire Police have released CCTV footage of a lorry driver making a dangerous manoeuvre on the M6 Toll.\n\nThe footage shows the driver performing a U-turn on a slip road on 21 January.\n\nPolice said the driver received a six-month jail sentence and was disqualified from driving for 15 months.", "Anisha Vidal-Garner, from Epping, died after being hit by a car\n\nA man has been charged with causing the death of a woman who was hit by a car during a police pursuit.\n\nAnisha Vidal-Garner, 20, from Epping, Essex, died at the scene of the crash in Brixton Hill, south London, on Wednesday night.\n\nThe Met Police previously said she had been hit by a car which sped off after officers signalled for it to stop.\n\nQuincy Anyiam, 26, from Surrey, is due to appear at Croydon Magistrates' Court on Monday, the force said.\n\nHe is charged with causing death by dangerous driving, failing to stop at the scene of a road traffic collision, and dangerous driving, Scotland Yard said.\n\nThe Met said it had referred the crash to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) which will investigate.\n\nPolice had signalled for the car to stop before it sped off in Brixton\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Rhys and Gemma Cousin's family said the couple were devoted to their children Peyton, three, and Heidi, one\n\nA couple who died in a crash in the Highlands along with their two young children have been described as being \"totally devoted\" to their girls.\n\nGemma Cousin, 26, her husband Rhys, 25, and their daughters Peyton, three, and Heidi, one, were killed in a collision with another car on Thursday.\n\nThe crash happened on the A82 at Torlundy, near Fort William, just after 17:30.\n\nA family statement said they \"had so much to look forward to\".\n\nThe statement, released through Police Scotland, said: \"Both families are heartbroken by the tragic loss of Gemma, Rhys, Peyton and Heidi.\n\n\"They were a young family with so much to look forward to. To have their lives cut short so suddenly and in such circumstances is utterly devastating.\"\n\nThe statement added: \"As a young couple, Gemma and Rhys worked really hard to provide a loving, secure and safe home and family life for their girls who they were totally devoted to. They were known by many with both families being extended and their loss will be felt far and wide.\n\n\"Due to the horrific circumstances we would like to thank the emergency services and everyone who was involved on the night. We would also like to thank everyone for the support we continue to receive.\n\n\"As a family, we now respectfully ask that we are given the time and privacy to grieve and to come to terms with the loss of Rhys, Gemma, Peyton and Heidi.\"\n\nThe A82 at the scene of the fatal crash was closed for 11 hours to allow for a police investigation\n\nThe family, who were from the Inverness area, were travelling northbound in a green Mini Cooper when the crash happened.\n\nThe other vehicle involved was a red Ford Fiesta. The 56-year-old woman who was driving had to be cut free and suffered serious, but not life-threatening, injuries.\n\nPolice are appealing for anyone with information to come forward. They are keen to speak to anyone who saw either vehicle before the collision and anyone with dashcam footage.\n• None Baby and girl, 3, killed with parents in 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. Nicola Sturgeon told the BBC's Andrew Marr she had the support of \"party and of country\" to hold her post\n\nNicola Sturgeon has said she \"emphatically\" wants to remain as first minister for at least a few years.\n\nAppearing on The Andrew Marr Show, the SNP leader said she believed she had the support of \"party and of country\" to hold her post.\n\nIt comes after party figures told BBC political correspondent Nick Eardley Ms Sturgeon may be in trouble.\n\nShe also defended a proposal for a \"Scottish visa\" system after the UK government unveiled immigration plans.\n\nMSPs would decide the criteria for this new visa, and the Scottish government would receive and assess applications before sending them to the UK government for security checks.\n\nThe UK's post-Brexit system, which was announced earlier this week, means that low-skilled workers would not get visas.\n\nHowever Ms Sturgeon's position is that this would cause \"devastation\" for Scotland's economy as it would reduce the number of people entering the country with \"restrictive\" border controls.\n\nThere are concerns about Scotland's ageing population and shrinking workforce, with the National Records of Scotland projecting that deaths could outweigh births over the next 25 years.\n\nScottish ministers say this means greater inward migration is needed to boost Scotland's working-age population in particular, and that an end to freedom of movement could threaten this.\n\nIn a letter to Number 10 published on Sunday, Ms Sturgeon has called for a meeting with Boris Johnson to discuss immigration policy.\n\nShe told Andrew Marr she hopes to take a delegation of sectoral and business leaders to Downing Street to set out arguments for a different Scottish system.\n\nShe said: \"You have a UK government that has as an expressed objective - reducing the number of people who come into the UK from other countries.\n\n\"My point is that that objective - in and of itself - is deeply damaging to Scotland's economy and our future prosperity.\n\n\"It will make us poorer and that is why I really want to see this change and for Scotland's interests to be recognised.\"\n\nThe UK government, however, has urged employers to \"move away\" from relying on \"cheap labour\" from Europe and invest in retaining staff and developing automation technology.\n\nAnd the Migration Advisory Committee has said Scotland's needs are \"not sufficiently different\" from the rest of the UK to justify a \"very different\" system, with the north of England facing similar issues.\n\nMs Sturgeon said there was \"not a shred of evidence\" to support the idea that Scottish jobs had been undercut and called for more powers over employment law to ensure fair working conditions.\n\nShe said: \"There is much evidence to the contrary including the views of the migration advisory committee - that immigration and EU immigration in particular does not drive down wages, either in the Scottish economy or in the UK economy.\n\n\"Migrants make a net contribution to our economy. If we have a problem of low wages or working conditions not being what they should be, that's about poor regulation in the UK economy.\"\n\nA UK government spokesman said: \"Our new points-based immigration system will work in the interests of the whole of the United Kingdom.\n\n\"We will continue to work with stakeholders and industry in Scotland to ensure the new proposals work for all sectors.\"\n\nEarlier this week Nick Eardley wrote that a number of SNP figures said Ms Sturgeon may have to \"fall on her sword\" amid increasing discussions over her future.\n\nWhen asked if she would remain in her position as leader of Scotland, Ms Sturgeon said there were two conditions to consider.\n\nShe said: \"Firstly you have to have the support, not just of party but of country, and I would say humbly that I've just led my party to another landslide election victory.\n\n\"Secondly I have to be sure that I want to do this job, think I'm the best person to to this job, have the drive and energy - and that is emphatically the case.\"\n\nMarr also pushed Ms Sturgeon on whether she would look to hold another referendum on Scottish independence this year, despite the prime minister's flat refusal.\n\nShe reiterated her call for independence supporters to \"be patient\" but said it was important to continue arguing for another vote as the UK government negotiates its \"future relationship with Europe\".\n\n\"I think it's important that Scotland decides whether or not it wants to go down that road and if it doesn't we start to plot a better route forward,\" she said.\n\nMs Sturgeon added that she does not rule out \"testing the limit of the power of the Scottish Parliament\" in court - but it was not an option she was \"actively looking at\".\n\nShe has previously ruled out the possibility of holding an unofficial referendum similar to the one in Catalonia in 2017.", "Claims circulating online allege the virus is an attempt to wage an \"economic war on China\"\n\nRussia has flatly denied allegations that it is spreading disinformation about the new coronavirus outbreak on social media.\n\nUS officials said Russian-linked accounts were making unfounded claims that America started the outbreak.\n\nThousands of profiles on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram were peddling the theory, the officials said.\n\nResponding to the allegations on Saturday, the Russian foreign ministry dismissed them as \"fake\".\n\nOver 2,000 people have died, mostly in China, and more than 76,000 people are confirmed to have the new coronavirus.\n\nThe virus, which originated last year in Hubei province in China, causes a respiratory disease called Covid-19.\n\nMaria Zakharova dismissed the allegations by US officials as \"false\"\n\nEarlier, a senior US State Department official, Philip Reeker, said \"malign\" Russian actors were attempting to sow disinformation about the origin of the coronavirus.\n\nOne conspiracy theory - circulating online in several languages - alleges the virus is an attempt to wage \"economic war on China\".\n\n\"By spreading disinformation about coronavirus, Russian malign actors are once again choosing to threaten public safety by distracting from the global health response,\" Phillip Reeker, acting assistant secretary of state for Europe and Eurasia, told AFP news agency.\n\nThe posts also accused Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates of involvement in the outbreak.\n\nMore than 2,000 people have died, mainly from China\n\nAccording to AFP news agency, the disinformation campaign was identified by US monitors in mid-January, shortly after the third death from the new coronavirus was announced.\n\n\"In this case, we were able to see their full disinformation ecosystem in effect, including state TV, proxy web sites and thousands of false social media personas all pushing the same themes,\" said Lea Gabrielle, the head of the State Department's Global Engagement Centre.\n\nThe accounts had been previously identified for sharing Russian-backed messages on events such as demonstrations in Chile and the war in Syria. It is alleged that the accounts are run by humans.\n\nThe US State Department said the claims were making some countries in Africa and Asia suspicious of the Western response.\n\nRussian TV has also been reporting that Western elites, especially the US, are to blame.\n\nOne of the country's main TV networks, Channel One, has launched a regular slot devoted to coronavirus conspiracy theories on its main evening news programme.\n\nConspiracy theories have also featured heavily on the Channel One's main political talk show. It suggested that various Western actors - pharmaceutical companies, the US or its agencies - are somehow involved in helping to create or spread the virus, or at least in spreading panic about it.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus in the UK: 5 things you need to know about Covid-19", "BBC Sport meets the team behind Tyson Fury, including new trainer SugarHill Steward, Andy Lee and cutman Jacob 'Stitch' Duran before his WBC world heavyweight title fight with Deontay Wilder on Saturday in Las Vegas.\n\nWATCH MORE: Wilder and Fury face off in fiery final news conference", "Some have accused media outlets of using female medical workers as a \"propaganda tool\"\n\nA video featuring a pregnant nurse treating patients in a hospital in the virus epicentre of Wuhan has sparked a backlash across China.\n\nThe video by state media outlet CCTV was meant to portray nine-month pregnant Zhao Yu as a hero.\n\nBut instead social media users criticised the hospital for allowing a heavily pregnant nurse to work in a highly contagious environment.\n\nOne user said the woman was being used as a \"propaganda tool\".\n\nMore than 2,200 people have now died from the coronavirus in China, with the majority of deaths coming out Wuhan, capital of Hubei province.\n\nIn China alone, there have been more than 75,000 cases of infection. The virus has also spread around the globe with more than 1,000 cases and several deaths worldwide.\n\nState media outlet CCTV had last week released a video featuring Zhao Yu, who works in the emergency ward at a military hospital in Wuhan.\n\nThe heavily pregnant Zhao Yu is seen in this video screenshoot\n\nThe video shows her walking around the hospital in a hazmat suit while heavily pregnant. She's seen making the rounds and testing a patient who is later sent to the fever department. The patient is heard telling her not to work as it is \"dangerous\".\n\nZhao Yu acknowledges in the video that her family objects to her continuing to work, but adds that she hopes to do her part in fighting the virus.\n\nBut the video - which was meant to be a touching tribute to her self-sacrifice - touched a nerve, with many accusing the broadcaster of using her story as a form of \"propaganda\".\n\n\"Can we stop all this propaganda? Who made the decision that this video was okay? Pregnant women should not be [on the frontlines], that's it,\" another said.\n\n\"What is this, a show for political purposes? Don't send a woman who is nine months pregnant to do this,\" said one comment.\n\n\"I really think that this message... blindly advocating women to fight on the frontlines regardless of their health... it's really sick,\" one person said.\n\nAnd it's not the only video that has got netizens angry.\n\nAnother video posted this week by state-owned media outlets in Gansu showed several female nurses weeping as they had their heads shaved.\n\nThe video explained that the head-shaving exercise took place so it would be easier for women to wear protective head gear while treating patients.\n\nBut many doubted the logic of this, asking why women couldn't simply have short hair instead of shaving their heads off entirely. Others asked why there weren't videos of men having their heads shaved.\n\nThe hashtag #SeeingFemaleWorkers - calling for people to recognise the contribution of women on their front lines - also started to go viral on Weibo.\n\n\"Professionalism. Faith. Loyalty. Strength. These are all qualities worth being proud of. Women aren't capable and great just because they're shaving off their long hair,\" said one comment.\n\n\"Why does the media always use women's sacrifices as a tool for propaganda? Wouldn't it be equally as admirable for these women to go on the front line with their long hair? For women who are not pregnant to be fighting?\" said one commentary on WeChat.\n\n\"They must be beautiful, a mother, a partner, and then make sacrifices. Only then will they be considered great.\"", "Sanders was campaigning in California and Texas as Nevadans were voting\n\nAlong with a few far-flung US island territories, only four states are still using the caucus system, with its two-part voting rounds and 15% \"viability\" cut-offs, to determine their Democratic presidential nomination contests. Iowa, of course, went first. We know how that turned out. Now it's Nevada's time in the spotlight (or, perhaps, the barrel).\n\nDespite reported glitches, a few caucus-site ties settled by high-card draw and plenty of calls to the state party hotline for advice, the Nevada results trickled in throughout the afternoon on Saturday, well into the evening and stretching into the morning hours. Before the day was over, it became increasingly clear who the biggest winners and losers would be.\n\nFour years ago, the Nevada caucuses were the moment Hillary Clinton began to turn the tide against Sanders in his upstart bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. This time around, the results could be further evidence that the Sanders surge is very real and very durable.\n\nCaucus entrance polls show Sanders won a dominating 53% of the Hispanic vote - a demographic he struggled with against Clinton. That bodes well for the senator in the two biggest prizes coming up, Texas and California, with their sizeable Hispanic populations.\n\nSanders also, not as surprisingly, carried a majority of those ages 18 to 27 and voters who said they want someone who agrees with them on the issues.\n\nIf Sanders has a winning formula this time around, it could be that he has successfully diversified his coalition, while keeping his loyal support from the young and those who want a president who is with them on issues like major healthcare reform, aggressively combating climate change and addressing income inequality.\n\nIn the caucus's first alignment voting - the preference caucus-goers expressed before they had to abandon sub-15% candidates and pick their second choice - the Sanders margin of victory did not appear nearly as large. The win, however, is still impressive. And no matter the metric, Sanders cruised to victory.\n\nThe Vermont senator appears so confident in his standing that he was campaigning in California this week and spent the day of the Nevada caucuses in Texas. If there was any doubt whether Sanders was the front-runner before now (and, quite honestly, there shouldn't have been), there is no question now.\n\nEver since Joe Biden's struggles in Iowa presaged a downward spiral for his presidential hopes, his team has pointed to black voters as his \"firewall\" - an ethnic base of support that would pick him up after a rough stretch in the predominantly white first two states.\n\nWhile Biden appears destined for a distant second in Nevada, with former Mayor Pete Buttigieg nipping at his heels, he finished at the top of the pack with the 10% of the voters there who are black, suggesting that his firewall hopes weren't entirely unfounded.\n\nIf Biden pulls those kind of numbers in South Carolina, where the Democratic electorate is 60% black, he'll probably win the state - although the margin over Sanders might be narrow. He'll take a win any way he can get it at this point, however.\n\nMeanwhile, most of Biden's rivals for the moderate (or, perhaps, anti-Sanders) vote posted lacklustre results. While Bloomberg still lurks in the days ahead, after Wednesday's debate he doesn't seem quite so intimidating either.\n\nIt's probably not enough to win him the nomination without Sanders making a significant stumble, but for once the former vice-president has a bit of good news to work with.\n\nThe Massachusetts senator can't catch a break. Her respectable third-place finish in Iowa was overshadowed by the chaos resulting from the party's management of the state's caucus system. Then she had a bravura debate performance in Las Vegas on Wednesday night, highlighted by her clinical dissection of billionaire Mike Bloomberg, but it came after more than 70,000 Nevada Democrats - roughly two-thirds of the total turnout - had already cast their ballots in early voting.\n\nAccording to entrance polls, 83% of Nevada caucus participants had made up their mind \"before the past few days\". Wednesday night may have helped boost her fundraising and could give her some life in states that vote in the weeks ahead, but at least in Nevada the die had already been cast.\n\nSo much for Klobmentum, or Klobucharge or whatever you want to call it. After a surprisingly strong third-place finish in New Hampshire, the Minnesota senator scrambled to try to ramp up a cash-strapped campaign to compete in Nevada, South Carolina and the nationwide string of primaries to come.\n\nIt was a tall order, and the Nevada results are not encouraging.\n\nKlobuchar said in her caucus-night speech (given from Minnesota, which holds a primary on Super Tuesday) that she \"exceeded expectations\", but that seems like an overly optimistic assessment.\n\nThe same could be said for Buttigieg, who gave an upbeat post-Nevada speech but also didn't see his New Hampshire (and Iowa) successes turn into much of a boost. Unlike New Hampshire, he finished well behind Sanders this time around.\n\nAnd Klobuchar's Wednesday debate sparring partner can say he finished ahead of her. It's not clear where he goes from here, except to the South Carolina debate stage to needle Klobuchar some more.\n\nWe could probably fill out the loser column with every single candidate not named Bernie Sanders, but for space purposes we'll stop at the California hedge-fund billionaire.\n\nHe poured vast sums into Nevada while others were ignoring the state to focus on Iowa and New Hampshire. His efforts succeeded in getting poll numbers that landed him on quite a few debate stages, but it didn't translate into actual support once voters started caucusing.\n\nHe's tried a similar move in South Carolina, where surveys show him as high as third. The Nevada results, however, suggest he may be in for a similar collapse on primary day next Saturday.\n\nIn fact, South Carolina is going to be the last chance for all of the candidates hoping to pick up some much-needed momentum before the 3 March Super Tuesday states, when more than a quarter of all the Democratic convention delegates are at stake.\n\nIt will be a week of desperation for many, as the end of the line looms.", "Harry Dunn's family have accused the US of \"hypocrisy\" in seeking Julian Assange's extradition, despite rejecting the extradition of Anne Sacoolas\n\nThe family of Harry Dunn has urged the government to refuse the extradition of Julian Assange until the US returns the suspect in his death back to the UK.\n\nDunn family spokesman Radd Seiger accused the US of \"hypocrisy\" in seeking Assange's extradition, despite rejecting the return of Anne Sacoolas.\n\nShe is suspected of causing the teenager's death by dangerous driving.\n\nThe family said the foreign secretary told them he is \"reviewing all options\".\n\nThe 19-year-old's parents have called on Dominic Raab and the government to refuse any further extradition requests by the US - including that of the Wikileaks co-founder - after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo rejected extraditing Sacoolas, last month.\n\nAnne Sacoolas pictured on her wedding day in 2003\n\nMs Sacoolas, a US national and the wife of an intelligence officer, claimed diplomatic immunity after the fatal crash in August, and returned to the US.\n\nMr Seiger said the Foreign Affairs Committee had accepted their request for a public inquiry into the extradition, and the diplomatic immunity given to Ms Sacoolas, who reportedly worked for the CIA.\n\nIt comes after the Foreign Office said it had \"no plans\" to launch a public inquiry into the teenager's death, saying it was \"confident\" the case had been \"handled properly and lawfully throughout\".\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\nMr Dunn's mother, Charlotte Charles and father, Tim Dunn, said Mr Raab told them in a January 27 meeting that the government is \"reviewing all options\" after the US refused to return Ms Sacoolas to the UK.\n\nReferring to Mr Assange's potential extradition to the US, Mr Seiger said Mr Dunn's family \"understand and respect\" the \"huge public interest\" attached to extradition, adding that \"no one must be allowed to evade justice\" by fleeing a country.\n\nIn refusing the UK's \"lawful\" extradition request, Mr Seiger accused the US of launching \"the single greatest attack\" on its \"so-called special relationship\" with the UK.\n\nMr Seiger added: \"The US is not behaving like an ally and has effectively thumbed its nose up at the UK and ignored the clearly laid out provisions in the treaty, effectively tearing it up.\"\n\nHe said the principle of \"reciprocity\" is at the heart of any extradition treaty, which the US is \"failing to abide by\" in its \"disgraceful refusal\" to extradite Ms Sacoolas.\n\n\"In doing so, they are demonstrating an extraordinary amount of hypocrisy, and the double standards on display are unprecedented,\" he added.\n\nMr Seiger continued: \"On behalf of Harry Dunn's family and the millions of concerned citizens in the UK, I now demand that the UK authorities block any further extraditions to the US, including the one of Julian Assange, until such time as Anne Sacoolas is extradited and back on UK soil facing the justice system here.\"\n\nPrince Andrew has stepped back from royal duties for the \"foreseeable future\"\n\nMr Pompeo previously raised the prospect of \"a deal to be done\" over Mr Dunn's case and the US investigation of Prince Andrew's Jeffery Epstein connections.\n\nBut Mr Raab said there would be no \"haggling\" over the two cases, saying the extradition treaty with the US is \"rules-based\".\n\nMr Seiger said Mr Dunn's family had been \"badly let down\" since his death and urged the government to \"show us what they are made of, if they are to instil any confidence that they really do have our backs.\"\n\nHis comments followed Saturday's protest in which hundreds of Assange's supporters marched through London ahead of the start of his extradition trial at Woolwich Crown Court on Monday.\n\nMr Assange is facing extradition to the US on 18 charges and faces up to 175 years in prison if found guilty.", "Diane Abbott has said she will quit the front bench of Labour when a new leader is elected.\n\nMs Abbott, the shadow home secretary, told Sky News that whoever becomes leader, \"they have to be able to construct their own shadow cabinet\".\n\nEarlier Jeremy Corbyn had said he would consider a senior post under the new leader.\n\nMs Abbott said she would be backing Rebecca Long-Bailey as her choice for Labour's replacement leader.\n\nThree candidates are in the running for leader: Ms Long-Bailey, Lisa Nandy and Sir Keir Starmer.\n\nVoting begins on Monday, with the new leader announced on 4 April.\n\nMs Abbott, MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, said she would be returning to the backbenches \"where there's an awful lot to do\".\n\nMs Abbott was the first black female to be elected to Parliament in 1987.\n\nShe made history in October 2019 by becoming the first black MP at the despatch box at Prime Minister's Questions, in place of Mr Corbyn.", "The moment of Brexit is a time to \"find closure and let the healing begin\", according to Prime Minister Boris Johnson. But what does \"healing\" involve?\n\nIf there is one thing that people on both sides of the referendum debate agree on it is that, at times, the argument became far too hostile. In the House of Commons, on social media and in the streets, passions became inflamed.\n\nAn official statement from the prime minister earlier this month said now was \"a moment to heal divisions\". It was also announced that Brexit would be marked with a Downing Street light display, the hoisting of flags, a countdown clock and the minting of a commemorative coin.\n\nWhile many of his supporters want to celebrate leaving the European Union, there's little sign that these events have healed political divisions.\n\nOn the other hand, it's not clear how the decision of the SNP to fly an EU flag outside the Scottish Parliament building was going to bring people together.\n\nTo heal, we need to understand the nature of the divide. Why do people feel so strongly about Brexit? What are the values that lie behind the slogans and insults?\n\nThere is a danger in trying to characterise the Leave/Remain split too rigidly. The practice of describing people, places, regions and nations as \"Leave\" or \"Remain\" risks polarising the argument with a binary description that fails to reflect the nuance behind the choice and the result.\n\nFor instance, London is often described as a \"Remain city\". But more Londoners voted to leave the EU than voted for Remain-supporting Sadiq Khan as mayor. Meanwhile, even in that most pro-Brexit town of Boston in Lincolnshire, a quarter of those who took part opted to remain.\n\nVoters had a whole list of reasons for choosing to support one side or the other, often weighing up different arguments. No place was 100% for leaving or remaining in the EU.\n\nBut new opinion polling, commissioned by the BBC and the Campaign for Social Science, helps us understand the core beliefs associated with the way people voted.\n\nThe survey, conducted by Ipsos MORI, asked people to say which propositions came closest to their view.\n\nThe phrase \"influences from other countries and other cultures make Britain a better place to live\" was supported by a majority of Remain voters (56%), but just a quarter (23%) of Leave voters.\n\nThe alternative proposition - \"influences from other countries and cultures threaten the British way of life\" - was supported by just 18% of Remain voters but 52% of Leave voters.\n\nA similar result was found with a slightly different proposition. The phrase \"Britain will be stronger if it is open to changes and influences from other countries and other cultures\" was supported by 58% of Remain voters but just 22% of Leave voters.\n\nThe alternative - \"Britain will be stronger in the future if it sticks to its traditions and way of life\" - was supported by 56% of Leave voters and just 14% of Remain voters.\n\nAlong with other polling data, Remain voters emerge as significantly more likely to celebrate Britain's diversity and say they feel European. Leave voters are more likely to say Britain's history, heritage, pageantry and Christian tradition are important to their national identity.\n\nLeave voters appeared more patriotic, proud of their nationality and more likely to suggest their country was better than others. Remain voters placed more importance on being part of the international community.\n\nWhat is suggested by the survey is two visions of Britain - one which seeks to protect tradition, heritage, culture and familiar way of life, another which is happy to embrace change and keen to be part of a global conversation.\n\nThey are not mutually exclusive ideas - there is always a balance to be found between continuity and change. We can all feel that we want to protect tradition and be open to new ideas. It is a matter of emphasis.\n\nBut the reason that this debate has inspired such passions is that it goes to the kind of country we want to live in, its priorities and values.\n\nIn that context, what does healing look like?\n\nCulturally, British politics and public discourse tend to be adversarial. The House of Commons is designed to pit one side against the other. Compromise is often portrayed as weakness. Consensus-building seen as alien to our political tradition.\n\nBut conflict-resolution experts say healing doesn't mean conceding the argument. It is about understanding and valuing the views of people with whom you don't agree.\n\nIt is not about trying to change people's minds or prove them wrong. It is about \"respectful disagreement\".\n\nPart of the problem is that it's increasingly easy to live our lives in echo chambers, surrounding ourselves with those who endorse our personal view of the world. On Facebook and Twitter, we naturally exclude those whose views we don't like.\n\nThe newspapers and websites we choose, the books we read, the pubs and cafes we frequent, the films we watch - all of them are to some extent selected because they bolster our views and values rather than challenging them.\n\nIndeed, when we do find ourselves hearing opinions at odds with our own core beliefs, it can feel quite upsetting. The views of people we disagree with have a much bigger psychological effect on us than the voices of those who think like us.\n\nHealing the divide, it seems, is going to require us to get out of our comfort zone, out of our bubble.\n\n\"More in Common\" is the name of more than one body trying to understand this situation. A foundation set up in memory of the murdered MP Jo Cox organises community events which encourage people with different views to come together and explore what unites rather than divides them.\n\nA separate research organisation operating in the UK, US, Germany and France, describes its mission as working to \"address the underlying drivers of fracturing and polarisation, and build more united, resilient and inclusive societies\".\n\nThis year they will be teaming up with organisations and institutions to see what role they can play in \"bridging divides\" in Britain. One charity they already work with is the Roots Programme which takes people from different walks of life and gets them to \"meet and eat, talk and debate\", physically removing them from their \"bubble\".\n\nThe first pair to take part were Ben Lane, 31, a Remain-supporting, north-London-dwelling former business strategy consultant, and Peter Curtis, 47, a community football coach from Sunderland who voted to leave.\n\nBoth men acknowledge their exchange visits could have been better.\n\n\"It was quite depressing going down to London and seeing the money flying about,\" said Peter, a former construction worker who now earns less than £10,000 a year in Sunderland.\n\nFor Ben, the experience made him embarrassed that he played no role in his community, despite his prestigious job as a charity chief executive.\n\nBut they now both feel optimistic about the healing of the nation after Brexit.\n\nBen said: \"One of the worst ingredients for healing is uncertainty, and now we've got more certainty.\n\n\"It definitely means we can try and galvanise around something.\"\n\nHelpfully, the phrase \"more in common\" has some truth to it in the UK. Compared with the US where the liberal/conservative divide runs along almost every area of policy, here there is still broad national consensus on many key issues - taxation, welfare, the NHS, abortion, gun control or homosexuality.\n\nThat is not to say that everyone agrees on everything, but it is more likely there will be some common ground where people can gather to explore the aspirations and values they share.\n\nHealing the Brexit divide, though, needs to be more than a group hug. It also means dealing with the consequences of a very fractious and unpleasant period in our politics, a time when many questioned the effectiveness of our system of governance and when confidence in our democracy was shaken.\n\nA season of stories about bringing people together in a fragmented world.\n\nTellingly, all the big political parties included proposals for democratic renewal in their manifestos. There was consensus, at least, on the need to take a close look at how power works.\n\nThe Brexit vote itself has been interpreted as a cry of pain from communities which felt that their voice was being ignored, that decisions affecting their lives were being taken without consultation or discussion in anonymous offices in Westminster or behind mirrored glass in Brussels.\n\nPoliticians of all stripes appear to accept the need to listen to and respond to those concerns, finding ways to help people feel they have a genuine connection to power.\n\nThe government intends to create a Constitution, Democracy and Rights Commission that will be instructed to come up with proposals to \"restore trust in our institutions and in how our democracy operates\".\n\nNo details have been given on the terms of reference or make-up of this new body, although there have been suggestions that it may be asked to look at the balance of power between government, MPs and the judiciary after the Supreme Court ruled that Boris Johnson's suspension of Parliament last autumn was unlawful.\n\nAlready, some have argued that might be interpreted as Brexiteer vengeance rather than a sincere attempt to heal a wounded democracy.\n\nSuch speculation helps explain why constitutional or democratic reform is tricky for government or even for Parliament. Any adjustment to the architecture is likely to have implications for the power of ministers and MPs.\n\nThat is why civil society has stepped into this space, looking at ways to involve citizens directly in any redesign of the British constitution - trying to take party politics out of the process and give power to the people.\n\nCitizens' assemblies are increasingly used by governments around the world to find answers to the trickiest of problems - abortion in Ireland, nuclear power in South Korea, energy policy in Texas, waste recycling in South Australia.\n\nA randomly selected cross-section of the public is recruited to consider a policy question through rational, respectful and reasoned discussion. They engage with information and arguments around a topic before agreeing on a proposal for consideration by lawmakers.\n\nUK parliamentary committees have held citizens' assemblies on climate change and social care to help understand what really matters to informed voters. In Scotland, a randomly selected assembly is currently considering the nation's governance, with its recommendations to be considered by the Scottish Parliament.\n\nOver the next two years, the Citizens' Convention on UK Democracy will attempt to engage 10 million people in what it describes as a \"UK conversation\". Thousands will receive a formal invitation to participate in a convention, their names selected by civic lottery.\n\nAmong the issues that will be considered are the voting system, the future of the House of Lords, devolving power to local and regional bodies, how politics should be paid for and whether the UK should have a written constitution.\n\nA number of senior MPs from across the political spectrum have agreed to help ensure that the conclusions of the convention are considered by Parliament.\n\nThere are other initiatives working in the same area, all convinced that the divide exposed by the Brexit debate can be healed only by getting under the bonnet of the UK's democracy, examining its inner workings and looking at ways to improve the performance.\n\nThe Hansard Society's most recent annual Audit of Political Engagement suggested 72% of voters think Britain's system of governance needs significant improvement and almost half (47%) say they feel they have no influence at all over national decision-making.\n\nWith the arguments and campaigns over Brexit now over, this does seem to be a good moment to consider the lessons of what has been an uncomfortable and at times painful process. It has knocked the confidence and pride Britain once had in its democracy.\n\nIf healing is to happen, it will require the nation to ask some searching questions of itself and what kind of country we want to be.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Brexit: How did we get here?\n\nAs Brexit dawned, I found myself reporting for the BBC from outside the glass and concrete behemoth otherwise known as the European Commission building, in Brussels.\n\nIt's the same place I've regularly stood over the past three-and-a-half years, attempting to explain the EU perspective on Brexit following our referendum and throughout the divorce negotiations.\n\nIt struck me that the impersonal, impenetrable-looking monolith embodies the image so many in the UK have of the EU as a whole.\n\nBut going through my mind on Friday night were all the \"ordinary\" Europeans I've met across the continent while covering the Brexit story: engineers, teachers, bakers and bus drivers who asked \"Why are you doing this?\" and insisted: \"Don't leave!\"\n\nWhilst never the most enthusiastic member, the UK was part of the European project for almost half a century.\n\nBehind closed doors and away from gaze of the UK's more eurosceptic media, we were known for playing a big part in launching some of the bloc's most ambitious projects: the single market, the single currency (though we then opted not to join the euro) and the EU's enlargement eastwards.\n\nOn a personal level, EU leaders tell me they'll miss having the British sense of humour and no-nonsense attitude at their table.\n\nIf they were to be brutally honest, they'd have admitted they'll mourn the loss of our not-insignificant contribution to the EU budget too.\n\nBut now we've left the \"European family\" (as Brussels insiders sometimes like to call the EU) and as trade talks begin, how long will it take for warm words to turn into gritted teeth?\n\nOn the eve of Brexit, the President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, pledged the EU would always act \"with a sense of brotherhood\" towards the UK.\n\nBut familiarity can breed contempt. Whether family feuds or lovers' quarrels, aren't some of the deepest rifts between people who once shared the closest of bonds?\n\nMinisters in Boris Johnson's government wonder aloud why the EU demands they sign up to free trade agreement conditions the EU didn't impose on others like Canada or Japan.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBut Canada and Japan aren't family for the EU. They don't share the same intimate history or geography. They don't pose the same threat of overnight, on-the-doorstep serious competition.\n\nSo when EU leaders tell the freshly-Brexited UK that they love them but they'll do them no favours across the negotiating table, they mean it.\n\nAnd it's not just about business and economics. Brussels feels defensive about Brexit because some see it as a significant EU failure that the UK couldn't be persuaded to stay.\n\nIn almost the same breath as telling me how emotional she felt about the UK's departure this week, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told me that Brexit has also had a very positive effect on the EU.\n\nIt's helped unify the member states, she told me. She argued it was clear Brexit could not solve big problems like climate change, so it was evidently better to stick together.\n\nThe EU's lead Brexit negotiator and go-to man on EU-UK trade talks, Michel Barnier, told me that Brussels had lessons to learn from Brexit.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHe said the EU had many regions similar to the North East of England that felt underfunded and overlooked and believed, he said, that the EU did not protect them from the effects of globalisation. The EU must listen more to European voters, he concluded.\n\nEurosceptism remains alive and well across the EU, though the temptation to leave the bloc evident in Italy, France, Sweden and elsewhere back in 2016 has all but disappeared.\n\nEurosceptic politicians like Italy's Matteo Salvini and France's Marine Le Pen are watching the UK closely. They say they hope Brexit will be a huge success and that talk of Frexit, Italexit, Swexit will return to Europe's front pages once again.", "Julian Smith said Troubles victims \"have fought hard for too long\" for financial support from the state\n\nVictims who led a long campaign for a pension for people injured during the Troubles have been praised for their \"fortitude\" by the secretary of state.\n\nJulian Smith paid tribute to the campaigners' determination, just hours after he signed new legislation which set up an annual payment scheme.\n\nIt will provide life-long financial support to severely injured victims.\n\nBut some campaigners are angry that the scheme is only open to people injured \"through no fault of their own\".\n\nIt means that anyone convicted of taking part in an attack which caused them to be injured - for example bombers who were caught up in their own explosion - would not qualify for the pension.\n\nBoth Sinn Féin and the campaign group Relatives for Justice accused the government of creating a \"hierarchy\" of victims and trying to impose its own version of the past.\n\nMore than 3,500 people were killed during the Troubles and the Northern Ireland Office has estimated that a further 40,000 were injured during more than 30 years of violence.\n\nThe pension campaign was beset by years of delays due to disagreements over whether former paramilitaries would be eligible for payments.\n\nVarious victims groups have differed in their approach to the campaign over the years\n\nIn a statement on Saturday, Mr Smith acknowledged that there were \"different views about how to proceed\" but added the \"discussions and delay of the past few years have gone on long enough\".\n\n\"This scheme is intended to provide much-needed acknowledgement, and a measure of additional financial support, to people injured through no fault of their own in a Troubles-related incident, some of whom are struggling to make ends meet,\" he said.\n\nThe payments will range from about £2,000 to £10,000 a year depending on the severity of disability.\n\nMr Smith also commended victims' groups who persevered with their campaign for compensation for more than a decade.\n\n\"It is right that we recognise the bravery and fortitude of those people who have fought hard for too long to see such a scheme,\" 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\n\"This is a moment to recognise those living with life-limiting injuries, and to acknowledge the harm they have suffered.\n\n\"We should pause and thank those who have helped us get to a place where we can provide a scheme like this.\"\n\nSeveral victims of the Troubles were left with life-long disabilities, including paralysis\n\nOutlining the new regulations, the secretary of state said the government had \"listened carefully\" to those who took part in a recent public consultation and introduced \"new, more generous rules\".\n\n\"For the first time, we will also ensure that payments can transfer to partners and carers who look after those still living with their injuries,\" Mr Smith said.\n\nReferring to the scheme's restrictions, he added: \"An independent judge-led board will make decisions on whether payments should be made where there is compelling evidence that a payment would not be appropriate.\"\n\nEligible victims will have to apply for the payments, and the scheme will open for applications at the end of May 2020.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIt is the second time within two months that Mr Smith has pushed through legislation to give financial support to victims who had faced years of frustration over compensation delays.\n\nIn November, he helped to fast-track the Historical Institutional Abuse Bill through Parliament, which set up a redress payments scheme for people who were abused as children in residential homes.\n\nIn a statement on Friday, the Wave Trauma Centre welcomed the Troubles payment scheme, saying it would make a \"real difference\" to victims.\n\n\"The Injured Group at Wave have been campaigning for over 10 years for official recognition and acknowledgement of the great harm done to individuals who have been severely injured during the Troubles,\" said Wave's chief executive Sandra Peake.\n\n\"To see legislation being enacted at Westminster is testament to the tenacity and resilience of the group who have been fighting an often lonely campaign on behalf of those who have been marginalised for too long.\"\n\nBut Relatives for Justice accused the government of using the legislation \"to promote their own partial narrative of the past\".\n\nIt added that the regulations did not sufficiently address the needs of people bereaved as a result of the Troubles, and described it as an \"insulting and ill-thought out piece of legislation\".", "Rhys Gabe (middle row, third from right), one of Wales' finest internationals, worked as a teacher and played in a team from all corners of society\n\nWales has, for as long as anyone can remember, been a rugby nation.\n\nThe team was dominant in the early 20th Century, developed one of the all-time great sides in the 1970s and last year won a Grand Slam before reaching the semi-finals of the World Cup in Japan.\n\nWales has always held a unique position in northern hemisphere - if not world - rugby. It is a sport played by all.\n\nUnlike in England, Scotland and Ireland - where the union game remained true to its public school origins and amateur nature - Welsh rugby saw lawyers and doctors line up alongside dockers and miners for both club and country.\n\nEngland and Wales faced off at Blackheath, London, in 1892 - before the crucial split between union and league\n\nTony Collins, history professor at De Montfort University in Leicester, said there were a number of reasons behind rugby's development as \"a game for all classes\" in Wales.\n\n\"Wales represents what rugby could have become in terms of its social appeal,\" he said.\n\n\"Rugby was obviously started by young men in private schools....but as society changed in the late 19th Century more and more people from different backgrounds came into the game and gave it a sense of local identity.\n\n\"Traditionally, people living in working-class areas of Wales will still see themselves as rugby fans regardless of where they come from, whereas in parts of England, Scotland and - apart from Munster - it's not really the case in Ireland either.\"\n\nThe south of Wales had seen a boom in population in the 19th Century, with hundreds of thousands of people flocking to the cities and valleys for work in the nation's rapidly growing industries.\n\nNewly emerging sports, such as rugby and soccer, became a source of local pride for competing towns, and the first time this local identity was demonstrated was the inaugural South Wales Challenge Cup, in 1877-1878.\n\nEighteen clubs entered and 2,000 spectators watched Newport beat Swansea 1-0 at Bridgend in the first final.\n\nBut, at this time at least, Wales' love of rugby was not unique in Britain, with rugby popular in many industrial areas.\n\nProf Collins said: \"Across the north of England rugby was a more popular game than soccer and Wales continued that tradition - it was a game played by everyone and represented everyone. It was your game and it represented something.\"\n\nBut while rugby had mass appeal in the late 19th Century, the newly-formed Rugby Football Union (RFU) in England was desperately trying to hang onto its middle-class genesis.\n\nPlayers from working-class backgrounds - mainly in the south of Wales and north of England - had started to expect a wage for playing the game in order to compensate for time spent away from their first jobs.\n\nThe RFU still saw the game as amateur, and when it banned payments to players, clubs from Yorkshire and Lancashire split away - leading to the creation of rugby league in 1895.\n\nThousands packed out Rodney Parade for a match between Newport and South Africa in 1906\n\nBut while the move hampered the development of union in the north of England, Wales was able to survive and thrive.\n\nPlayers were sometimes given secret payments, often known as \"boot\" money, for their services, but the RFU - taking the lead on amateurism across world rugby - did not police these payments as strictly in Wales as they had in Yorkshire and Lancashire.\n\n\"Partly because Wales had its own rugby union, it didn't represent such a threat to the RFU,\" Prof Collins said.\n\n\"They decided to turn a blind eye to payments in Wales, which they would not do in the north of England.\n\n\"If they forced the issue over payments in Wales they could break away, so it was a kind of compromise where the Welsh Rugby Union would pretend it wasn't paying players and the RFU pretended to believe them.\"\n\nIt meant Wales was able to keep most of its best players in union while many in England began playing league.\n\nThe change saw an upturn in results for the Welsh national team, who went unbeaten in 10 matches against England in the early 20th Century - a streak which Prof Collins said helped keep rugby union as Wales' premier sport.\n\nWales beat England 22-0 in 1907 - the eighth game in a row England failed to beat their rivals\n\n\"I think a large part of that is that at the beginning of the 20th Century the Welsh football team struggled internationally and against the home nations, but the rugby team could compete,\" he said.\n\n\"It made the game even more important and popular.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tony Scanlon and Kenny McAdam said they were delighted to find the large sum of money\n\nRecycling centre workers spent two hours hunting through rubbish to find old gravy tins containing a pensioner's £20,000 life savings.\n\nThe cash was accidentally dumped at Dalmoak Recycling Centre in Dunbartonshire by the woman's family, who were clearing out her home.\n\nWhen they realised their mistake, the brother and sister returned to ask for help to trace the missing money.\n\nCouncil workers Tony Scanlon and Kenny McAdam took on the messy job.\n\nAs first reported in The Daily Record, the pair stepped up to the challenge after a man and woman arrived at the recycling centre near Renton in a panic.\n\n\"They explained they had dumped something they shouldn't have dumped,\" Tony explained.\n\n\"They said it was money and it was in Bisto containers.\"\n\nTony Scanlon and Kenny McAdam saved the day for a local family\n\nIt is believed the money belonged to a woman in her 80s. Her daughter had cleaned her kitchen while she was out, throwing away old dishes, pots and pans.\n\nShe knew nothing about what was in the tins until her mother returned and told her it was her life savings.\n\nKenny added: \"I remembered the lady because the bag was heavy and I had told her to leave her bags there in front of the skip.\n\n\"She asked where they could have gone and I told her they could either have been crushed in the compactor or have been put in this container.\"\n\nA stroke of luck meant that one of the yard's two compactors was out of service and so the rubbish bags had been piled up in a skip and crushed with a digger.\n\nTony remembered throwing the heavy bags into the container. So the pair decided there was only one thing for it.\n\n\"We moved the skip to the back of the yard to keep people away and started going through it,\" said Tony. \"We pulled the bags out, put them in the digger, moved them.\n\n\"Eventually after an hour-and-a half we found the heavy bags. We burst one of the bags open and found one of the Bisto tubs.\"\n\nThe almost-full rubbish container was close to being sent to be emptied at landfill\n\nTwenty minutes later Kenny found the other four tubs in another bag.\n\nHe said: \"It was amazing. Tony said the lady started crying. I shook the brother's hand. It was a great feeling.\n\n\"It really was a frantic couple of hours. We did our very best to retrieve the money. At the end of the day Tony and I saved the day for an old pensioner and it made us feel good.\"\n\nIt turned out that had the family returned any later, the tins could have been on their way to landfill.\n\nBut luckily it was a happy ending.\n\nKenny said: \"I'd like to think that anybody else would have done what Tony and I did. I'm happy and my wee pal's happy.\"\n\nIt turns out the pair are no strangers to saving the day.\n\nOver the years, they've managed to retrieve a wedding dress, wedding rings and a collection of car keys.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "US District Court for the District of Maryland Christopher Hasson, 50, created an Excel spreadsheet with a list of targets - including liberal politicians and news broadcasters\n\nA former US Coast Guard officer has been jailed for 13 years for stockpiling weapons to carry out an alleged white supremacist attack.\n\nOfficials said Christopher Hasson, 50, was planning to target liberal politicians and news broadcasters.\n\nProsecutors said this was \"domestic terrorism\", but US law does not classify this as a distinct offence without an attack being carried out.\n\nWhen he was arrested last February, officers found a cache of 15 firearms - which, as a drug user, Hasson was banned from owning - and two illegal gun silencers. He was also in possession of the narcotic Tramadol without a prescription.\n\nBefore and during his sentencing hearing, prosecutors and defence attorneys sparred on whether or not Hasson would have gone on to commit mass murder.\n\nThe former lieutenant from Silver Spring was inspired by racist mass murderers, including Anders Breivik, and \"intended to exact retribution on minorities and those he considered traitors\", prosecutors told the court.\n\nHe created an Excel spreadsheet with a list of targets, which included 12 prominent Democrats in Congress and a number of CNN and MSNBC journalists.\n\nUS Federal Attorney Robert Hur added that if he hadn't been arrested when he was, \"we now would be counting bodies of the defendant's victims instead of years of the defendant's prison time\".\n\nHasson's lawyers, however, argued that prosecutors had overstated the threat he posed.\n\nHasson was an aircraft mechanic with the Marine Corps in the first Gulf War, and later went on to serve in the Virginia National Guard before joining the Coast Guard in 1996.\n\nIn the months leading up to his arrest last year, Hasson was stationed at Coast Guard headquarters in Washington.\n\nDuring this time he amassed the weapons in his apartment in Silver Spring. His arsenal included six handguns, seven rifles, two shotguns, more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition, knives, smoke grenades and tactical gear.\n\nAccording to the FBI, he also had 30 vials of a human growth hormone - a steroid that prosecutors said he took thinking it would \"increase his ability to conduct attacks\".\n\nGuns and ammunition were found at Hasson's home in Silver Spring, Maryland\n\nHasson studied bomb-making and sniper manuals, as well as racist and anti-Semitic writings - including the manifesto of Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik, who killed 77 people in 2011 in two terror attacks. He murdered eight people with a car bomb in central Oslo and then shot dead 69 others, many of them teenagers, at a Labour Party youth camp.\n\nHasson's web searches, on mass shootings and biological warfare, triggered an investigation by the Coast Guard after they were flagged up by software on his work computer.\n\nIn a lengthy memo to himself, US media report that he wrote: \"Please send me your violence that I may unleash it unto their heads. Guide my hate to make a lasting impression on this world.\"\n\nHasson's lawyers told the court he had developed an addiction to opioids and this had poisoned his mind against people of other ethnicities. This caused him to fantasise about carrying out violent attacks, they said.", "Peanut allergy is the most common food allergy in the US\n\nThe US has approved its first treatment for peanut allergies in children.\n\nThe drug AR101, or Palforzia, uses oral immunotherapy, with children given tiny but increasing amounts of peanut protein over a six-month period under medical supervision.\n\nAfter that, users must continue to take a daily dose to be able to tolerate accidental exposure.\n\nThe treatment is not a cure and makers warn that the risk of a potentially fatal anaphylactic reaction remains.\n\nAnd patients must continue to avoid peanuts in their diet.\n\nPeanuts are the most common food allergen in the US, with an increase in the number of those affected by food allergies across the West in recent decades.\n\nWhile trials to desensitise patients with peanut allergies have previously taken place in the US and elsewhere, the drug is the first to be approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The drug has not yet been authorised for use in the UK.\n\nPalforzia, which has been approved for use in patients aged between four and 17, comes in the form of a powder which is sprinkled on food.\n\nLast year, scientists at King's College London said that oral immunotherapy offered \"protection but not a cure\" for peanut allergies, with treatment only effective while patients continued taking small amounts of the allergen.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe impeachment trial of President Donald Trump is hurtling towards its conclusion as senators prepare to cast their final vote on Wednesday, with acquittal almost certain.\n\nDemocratic hopes were dealt a blow last Friday when senators voted against introducing new witnesses to the trial.\n\nAs prosecutors in the trial, Democrats had laid out meticulous evidence over three days that they said proved Mr Trump had abused his power and obstructed Congress.\n\nThey alleged that he pressured Ukraine to dig up political dirt on Joe Biden, a domestic rival, and that he sought to hide the evidence from Congress, another impeachable offence.\n\nThe White House lawyers, on the other hand, argued Mr Trump had done \"nothing wrong\" and that the president has not committed offences that would warrant his removal.\n\nPresident Trump and senior Republicans claim Mr Biden and his son Hunter were involved in a corrupt business scheme in Ukraine.\n\nHere's a look back at what happened over the course of two weeks.\n\nProceedings began on 21 January with a tussle between Democrats and Republicans over the rules of the trial.\n\nRepublican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell proposed a tight two-day limit for opening arguments by both sides, before extending it to three after protests from Democrats.\n\nMr McConnell delayed debate over motions from Democrats to allow new witnesses to be called and fresh evidence submitted.\n\nDemocratic congressman Adam Schiff, the head of seven impeachment managers who serve as prosecutors, opened oral arguments to a packed Senate chamber on 22 January.\n\nMr Schiff said the president's actions were exactly what the Founding Fathers feared when they came up with impeachment - \"a remedy as powerful as the evil it was meant to combat\", Mr Schiff said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe impeachment managers walked the senators through testimony gathered during depositions and committee hearings last year that they say points to a scheme by Mr Trump and his advisers to lean on Ukraine to investigate the Bidens.\n\nThe managers interspersed their oral arguments with audio and video tape, using the president's own words - including a now-infamous call with the president of Ukraine - in their effort to portray him as guilty.\n\nThey directly addressed the claims against the Bidens - a purposeful attempt to get on the front foot ahead of the president's defence.\n\nThe managers then tackled the obstruction of Congress charge.\n\nThe managers argued that Mr Trump's refusal to allow certain members of his administration to answer questions from the House of Representatives was akin to hiding information from a grand jury investigation.\n\nDuring opening arguments, Mr Trump's team took barely two hours to argue that the president had done nothing wrong.\n\nHis team insisted that Mr Trump had acted in the national interests in his phone call with the Ukrainian president, with Deputy White House Counsel Mike Purpura pinpointing a line from the transcript in which Mr Trump asked Volodymyr Zelensky to \"do us a favour\", rather than \"me\".\n\nMr Purpura also insisted there was no quid pro quo, saying Mr Zelensky \"says he felt no pressure\".\n\nThe defence accused the Democrats of trying to remove Mr Trump from the ballot this year, and said the American electorate should be allowed to decide for themselves.\n\nResuming arguments on 27 January, attorney Kenneth Starr warned senators that impeachment could become \"normalised\" and used as a weapon against future administrations.\n\nMr Starr came to prominence in 1998, when he led an investigation into Democratic President Bill Clinton that laid the foundation for his impeachment.\n\n\"Like war, impeachment is hell,\" Mr Starr said on Monday. \"It's filled with acrimony and divides the country like nothing else. Those of us who lived through the Clinton impeachment understand that in a deep and personal way.\"\n\nFollowing Mr Starr, Trump defence lawyer Jane Raskin addressed Rudy Giuliani - Mr Trump's personal attorney and a central character in the impeachment case.\n\n\"Mr Giuliani was not on a political errand,\" she said, referring to his investigations in Ukraine.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sondland was involved in a \"domestic political errand\" for Trump\n\n\"Rudy Giuliani is the House managers' colourful distraction,\" Ms Raskin said - a way for the Democratic impeachment managers, who act as prosecutors, to divert attention from weaknesses in their case.\n\nOn 29 January, senators began a period of questioning after opening arguments concluded.\n\nOver two days and 16 hours on the floor, they submitted over 100 queries written on cards to Chief Justice John Roberts, who read them to the House managers and defence.\n\nThe justice was firm about keeping time, limiting answers to five minutes.\n\nQuestions alternated between Republicans and Democrats as lawmakers had their first chance to push back against claims made by both sides. A few queries were bipartisan.\n\nSenators were not, however, allowed to address each other in their questioning.\n\nThe queries came amid a contentious debate over whether or not witnesses should be allowed in the trial - a matter that comes to a vote on Friday.\n\nOne submission was blocked by the Chief Justice: Republican Rand Paul's question that included the name of a person believed to be the whistleblower that sparked the entire impeachment inquiry was rejected.\n\nOther questions, including when the president ordered the aid hold on Ukraine and whether Mr Trump ever mentioned the Bidens prior to Joe Biden entering the 2020 race, were not fully answered.\n\nOn Friday, the trial moves into four hours of debate over whether new witnesses and documents should be permitted.", "Jessica Mann said she \"entered into what I thought was going to be a real relationship with him\"\n\nA one-time aspiring actress says Harvey Weinstein subjected her to \"degrading\" abuse, in some of the most graphic testimony shared in his trial so far.\n\nJessica Mann detailed a catalogue of abuse by the Hollywood producer, saying he once trapped her in a hotel bedroom and raped her.\n\nThree of the five charges against Mr Weinstein relate to Ms Mann.\n\nHe denies non-consensual sex and his lawyers say emails prove his and Ms Mann's relationship was consensual.\n\nWARNING: This story contains details some readers may find upsetting\n\nMs Mann's evidence came at the end of the fourth week of the Manhattan trial of the Oscar-winning Hollywood mogul, who produced films including Shakespeare in Love and The English Patient.\n\nThe 34-year-old said she met him in late 2012 or early 2013 at a party, and she told him of her ambition to be an actress. Later, she said, he invited her and a friend to a Los Angeles hotel suite. He then allegedly pulled Ms Mann into a bedroom and performed oral sex on her.\n\nMs Mann then began a relationship with Mr Weinstein. \"I entered into what I thought was going to be a real relationship with him and it was extremely degrading from that point on,\" she said.\n\nShe said he once urinated on her, and in 2013 raped her in a Manhattan hotel room. \"If he heard the word 'no,' it was like a trigger for him,\" she said.\n\nWhen asked why she stayed in the relationship, Ms Mann said in tears that there was \"no short answer\".\n\n\"One of the aspects initially was that I had had a sexual encounter\" with him, she said. \"That wasn't something I could undo. That really confused me and hurt me.\" She stayed with him partly out of fear, she said.\n\nOne of Mr Weinstein's lawyers, Damon Cheronis, said Ms Mann sent \"flattering\" emails to Mr Weinstein during their relationship, one of which said \"Miss you, big guy.\" These prove the relationship was not abusive, the defence alleges.\n\nIn Friday's testimony, Ms Mann also alleged that Mr Weinstein had \"extreme scarring\" on his body and used erectile dysfunction medication. She also believed he was intersex, and it appeared he had a vagina and no testicles.\n\nSince October 2017, more than 80 women have publicly accused Mr Weinstein of sexual misconduct but this criminal case involves only a few of them.\n\nSome consider the trial a watershed moment, where some of Mr Weinstein's alleged victims have had their voices heard in court for the first time.\n\nMr Weinstein is on trial for five offences, including rape and predatory sexual assault. He denies the charges and all allegations of wrongdoing, but if convicted could face life in prison.\n\nHere is what has happened in the trial so far.\n\nMr Weinstein turned up to his first court appearance heavily aided and using a walking frame. Crowds of protesters, including some accusers, gathered outside the courthouse to try and face him down.\n\n\"You thought you could terrorise me and others into silence. You were wrong,\" actress Rose McGowan, who accuses him of rape, said reading from an open letter.\n\nThe same day, on 6 January, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office announced new charges against Mr Weinstein. After the New York trial, he is expected to appear in court in California.\n\nFinding an impartial jury for the New York case was a difficult task, with hundreds summoned as potential jurors. Mr Weinstein's legal team even filed a last-minute motion to move the trial outside Manhattan over the \"carnival-like atmosphere\" surrounding proceedings. They cited the media hype about model Gigi Hadid being among the potential jurors.\n\nThe first week of proceedings ended with a flash-mob of protesters performing an anti-rape chant outside, which could be heard inside the courtroom.\n\nDuring the process, prosecutors accused Mr Weinstein's defence team of \"systematically eliminating\" young white women as jurors. The selection process concluded with five women and seven men on the panel.\n\n\"This trial is not a referendum on the #MeToo movement. It is not a referendum on sexual harassment,\" Judge James Burke told the jury, saying they must only decide if Mr Weinstein \"committed certain acts which constitute a particular crime\".\n\n\"The man seated right there was not just a titan in Hollywood, he was a rapist,\" prosecutor Meghan Hast said in her opening statement on 22 January.\n\nShe accused him of using his celebrity status to manipulate women and explicitly detailed allegations against him. Only two of the accusers' cases, Mimi (Miriam) Haleyi and Jessica Mann, have led to individual criminals charges in New York but the testimony of others is being used as supporting evidence.\n\nMs Hast described how Mr Weinstein allegedly \"lunged at\" Ms Haleyi in 2006 to perform a forced sex act on her. Ms Mann alleges he raped her in a New York hotel in 2013.\n\nOne of Mr Weinstein's lawyers, Damon Cheronis, insists the state's case would \"unravel\" during the trial and urged the jury: \"While the narrative they painted for you is one that may reinforce your preconceived notions, it's not the truth.\"\n\nThe defence aim to present the sexual interactions as consensual. At the opening, Mr Cheronis alleged one accuser had even described Mr Weinstein as \"her casual boyfriend\".\n\nUS actress Annabella Sciorra testified on 23 January that the film producer raped her in the winter of 1993/4. Her allegations, outside New York's statue of limitations, are being used to support the most serious charge of predatory sexual assault.\n\nShe said Mr Weinstein forced his way into her apartment after a dinner with others. \"I was trying to get him off me,\" she told the jury. \"I was punching him, kicking him.\"\n\nThe former Sopranos actress described her body shaking after the alleged assault and said she did not go public with it for years because she was \"afraid for her life\". Ms Sciorra's friend, fellow actress Rosie Perez, testified that she shared some details of the incident with her at the time, but on cross-examination lawyers challenged Ms Sciorra's ability to remember the exact date of the alleged attack.\n\nLawyer Donna Rotunno tried to poke holes in the Sopranos actress' account\n\nA forensic psychiatrist, Dr Barbara Ziv, also testified as an expert witness to explain misconceptions around rape and the behaviour of victims.\n\nProduction assistant Mimi Haleyi told the court that Mr Weinstein assaulted her twice in Manhattan in 2006, after he helped her get a job on a television show he produced.\n\nShe detailed an incident at his apartment where she alleges he performed oral sex on her, without consent, when she was on her period.\n\n\"Every time I tried to get off the bed he would push me back and hold me down,\" Ms Haleyi said during emotional testimony. \"At this point I realised what was happening. I'm being raped.\"\n\nShe told the court he convinced her to meet again weeks later. On that occasion she allegedly \"laid there\" as he had sex with her in an incident that left her feeling \"numb\" and like \"an idiot\". Mr Weinstein has only been charged over first alleged encounter.\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\n\nDuring cross-examination Mr Weinstein's defence focused on her continued contact with him after the alleged incidents and presented email exchanges between the two including one she signed off with \"lots of love\".\n\nThroughout the week further \"prior bad acts\" witnesses continued to testify. Former actress Dawn Dunning alleged Mr Weinstein put her hands up her skirt and touched her genitals at a hotel in Soho in 2004 and later tried to offer her film roles in exchange for sex.\n\nTarale Wulff alleged Mr Weinstein masturbated in front of her in 2005 when she worked as a waitress. She said she was later invited to read scripts by Weinstein Company staff and was taken to his apartment, where he allegedly raped her.", "Messaging service WhatsApp will no longer work on millions of smartphones from 1 February.\n\nAndroid and iPhone devices which only support outdated operating systems will no longer be able to run the Facebook-owned app.\n\nWhatsApp said the move was necessary in order to protect the security of its users.\n\nSmartphones using Android 2.3.7 and older, and iPhone iOS 8 or older, are those affected by the update.\n\nThe operating systems that WhatsApp is dropping support for are legacy operating systems, which are no longer updated or installed on new devices.\n\nMost users will simply be able to update their operating systems in order to continue using the messaging service.\n\nHowever, certain devices, such as the iPhone 4, which only supports iOS 7, will no longer be compatible with the app.\n\n\"WhatsApp clearly had no option but to ensure its service remains secure, however it faces the difficult side-effect that the app is no longer compatible with older smartphones,\" said CCS Insight analyst Ben Wood.\n\n\"This is likely to disproportionally impact the long-tail of its users, particularly in growth markets where there is a high proportion of older devices.\"\n\nWhatsApp, which was one of the most-downloaded apps of the decade, first warned users that these changes would happen back in 2017.\n\n\"This was a tough decision for us to make, but the right one in order to give people better ways to keep in touch with friends, family, and loved ones using WhatsApp,\" said a spokesperson for the company.\n\nIt is the latest in a series of moves after the messaging app withdrew support for numerous devices in 2016, and then from all Windows phones on 31 December, 2019.", "\"She is here, isn't she Will?\", asked a worried looking man at the London Palladium at about 20:00 on Wednesday night. \"Yes\", I said. I didn't actually know for sure, but he looked so anxious I thought a bit of reassurance wouldn't go amiss.\n\nAnyway, the merch counter had just fallen over and there was a rising sense of calamity which didn't need adding to.\n\nMadonna goes deep with her fans. The connection is genuine and mutual. Nobody blames her for cancelling shows due to extreme pain in her knees and hips, people just hope it's not on their night (she has subsequently ruled out shows on 4 and 11 February).\n\n\"I feel so guilty,\" another fan told me. \"My mates had tickets for Monday night, which was cancelled and I've just sent a WhatsApp of my seat tonight.\"\n\n\"Where are you sitting?\" I asked\n\n\"Row U in the stalls,\" he said\n\n\"£250\" he said \"Not bad eh? I think it's going to be great.\"\n\nAnd it was - 5-star great.\n\nNot because the show was perfect, though. Madonna's movement was visibly stiff, lighting errors left dancers in the dark, and some of her banter fell flat. All of which only added to the \"live-ness\" of the event, which was more an evening of intimate cabaret than a stadium blockbuster show.\n\nIt was perfectly imperfect, like one of those sketchy landscapes by Cezanne where you can see his underdrawings and misplaced lines, making it so much more beautiful and real than Canaletto's soulless precision.\n\nTruth is the point of art, not perfection.\n\nMadonna's creation evokes the imperfections in Cezanne's sketchy landscapes (The Brook, c. 1895-1900)\n\nGetting to it sometimes means removing the artifice, or strapping it on. Madonna's schtick has always been the latter.\n\nShe's a post-modernist right down to her kinky boots, adopting superficial personas and cultural influences. She is the Cindy Sherman of pop, the chameleon Queen with a debt to the shape-shifting aesthetics of David Bowie.\n\nThis time around, though, Madonna has let the mask slip.\n\nThere's still a character for her to hide behind (Madame X, a dominatrix type cliche sporting an eye-patch and padded pants), with its usual mix of the sacred and the profane (she is both a prostitute and a nun). But she constantly undermines her own illusion just as Cezanne did with his fidgety, cross-hatched lines.\n\nOne minute she is the all-singing, all-dancing Madame X, inhabiting a vividly theatrical world embellished with huge projections. The next she has stepped beyond her own fourth wall to have a chummy chat with the locals. It's improv, kind of. The audience interaction is a pre-conceived element of the show, but her spiel is site-specific, and her responses spontaneous.\n\nThe artist was present in every sense.\n\nSometimes she went on for a too long, leading to the occasional \"get on with it\". And sometimes it was awkward: \"Does anyone have a spare seat I could sit in?\" she asked (scripted).\n\nA chap near the front put his hand up. Madonna gingerly stepped down from the stage for a tete-a-tete. She's fine, he's star-struck. Beer is swigged (scripted). To no avail. His tongue has tied itself into a knot so tight no amount of liquor is going to loosen it. A stilted conversation ensues (unscripted).\n\nNobody minds. Madonna's doing stand-up. We're in the room. She is with us, of us, not some distant star on a faraway stage performing a risk-free romp through back catalogue favourites with a few numbers from the latest album thrown in to help sales.\n\nThe Madame X Tour is an adventurous piece of contemporary theatre, and a match for any of the Tony and Olivier-winning shows currently playing the West End and Broadway.\n\nIt starts with a Hitchcockian scene. Madonna is stage right, in profile: seated, visible only as a silhouette behind a translucent curtain. She is typing. Slowly. A gunshot rings out every time she strikes a key, provoking a robotic movement made by a single besuited dancer standing in front of the curtain, stage left.\n\nText is projected on high as the dancer contorts his body under a hail of literary bullets, most fired decades ago by James Baldwin, one of America's finest post-war writers. His words \"Artists are here to disturb the peace\" appear as an epigraph.\n\nHe is right. Up to a point. Which is about 23:00 for Westminster City Council, according to our celebrated hostess. She told us an iron curtain would be dropped if she went on beyond its stipulated curfew.\n\nThe diaphanous fabric lifts, Madonna struts, the stage is set, and the show proper begins with God Control. The audience goes nuts (\"I should have done this years ago,\" says the singer as an aside), as the steps and structures revolve and animate.\n\nDark Ballet comes next in a show built around her recent Madame X Album. The smattering of old favourites stitched into its fabric have been incorporated so elegantly as to make them feel an essential part of the whole rather than crowd-pleasing add-ons.\n\nAnd so it is with Human Nature, which follows and resolves in a seated scene that doubles up as a rest for the star and a witty nod for the die-hards towards the famous 1995 video directed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino.\n\nThen comes some \"Hello London\" repartee before an a cappella version of Express Yourself.\n\nIt's good, and it gets better.\n\nA string introduction to Papa Don't Preach segues into a sophisticated rendition of Vogue performed in a striking, angular, black and white design.\n\nNot all the creative decisions are made so astutely. There's an ill-advised, wince-inducing vignette, which sees Madonna launching into a \"let's wind back the years\" routine involving an upside-down-splits topped-off with toe wiggle. I felt a tweak in my own groin - and not in a good way.\n\nFortunately for Madame X, and us, such moments are few and far between. This show is designed (and constantly redesigned) around the 61-year-old's physical condition. Dancers help her on and off pianos, chairs and steps. You can sense her frustration at her body's restricted ability, but she can still hit the beats better than most.\n\nPlus, her team of dancers are fantastic. They excel under Megan Lawson's choreographic vision, which appears to riff on a revered contemporary dance cannon including such notables as Pina Bausch's The Rite of Spring, Hofesh Shechter's Sun, and Michael Jackson's moon walk.\n\nThe influence of Pina Bausch's The Rite of Spring can be seen in the choreography of Madonna's show\n\nHofesh Shechter said his work Sun questioned \"the very essence of art or dance, what it is and how it's supposed to look and feel\"\n\nThe heart and soul of the show is provided by Madonna's newly found love: the evocative sound of the Fado musicians she discovered in her current home city of Lisbon.\n\nThat, and the wonderful female Batuque singers from Cape Verde, an African archipelago once colonised by the Portuguese who took an unfavourable view of their traditional music.\n\nThe star's show is infused with her love of Fado music, which originated in Portugal around the 1820s, and is known for being deeply melancholic\n\nThe show ends with a full-bodied version of Like a Prayer, which leads into an encore of Madame X's protest song, I Rise.\n\nWhich we all did as a visibly delighted Madonna led her merry band of players out of the auditorium and off into the night (or the physio's bench).\n\nPictures in this review are from other venues in the Madame X tour.", "Photographer Shane Gross captured a haunting photo of a turtle caught in a fishing line while diving near the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas.\n\nHe hopes the image will bring more awareness of the effects of ghost fishing and plastic pollution.", "Oscar Saxelby-Lee, who is from Worcester, is in Singapore receiving CAR-T therapy\n\nThe mother of a boy having treatment for leukaemia says she is disgusted by fake profiles set up on Facebook and Instagram using her son's photos.\n\nFive-year-old Oscar Saxelby-Lee is in Singapore receiving CAR-T therapy after his family were able to fundraise more than £500,000 to pay for it.\n\nHowever, since then, a number of fake profiles have appeared on social media using Oscar's image asking for money.\n\nFacebook apologised to the family and said it had removed several accounts.\n\nOscar's mother Olivia Saxelby, from Worcester, told BBC Hereford and Worcester from Singapore it was \"beyond belief\" these fake posts could exist.\n\nShe said: \"It's just disgusting, I'm mortified.\n\n\"They've changed Oscar's name, created some sort of story... it's just beyond belief, these people are so insensitive.\"\n\nThe family have spotted several fake profiles and posts on social media using Oscar's photos\n\nPreviously, the family said Oscar was cancer-cell free after receiving the therapy, which was not available to him on the NHS.\n\nLast week, they became aware of the fake profiles which not only impersonate Oscar but his mum too.\n\n\"I just want them to stop, it's beyond wrong and it's hurtful,\" Ms Saxelby said.\n\nThe family have reported the posts and profiles to Facebook but say they have not been quick enough to respond.\n\nMs Saxelby said the posts were \"beyond wrong\" and \"hurtful\"\n\nMs Saxelby said she is \"absolutely shattered\" by the experience of having to continually report the fake pages.\n\n\"It's just been horrid,\" she said.\n\nA Facebook spokesperson said: \"Posts that impersonate or defraud people are not allowed on Facebook and we are sorry that Oscar Saxelby-Lee's family has had to see these upsetting posts. We have removed several of these accounts and we are investigating to identify any that remain.\"\n\n\"It's just beyond belief, these people are so insensitive,\" Oscar's mother said", "Last updated on .From the section Basketball\n\nLeBron James led tributes to LA Lakers legend Kobe Bryant in the team's first game since he died in a helicopter crash alongside his daughter Gianna and seven other people.\n\nThe Lakers lost 127-119 to the Portland Trail Blazers at the Staples Center on a night when the team remembered Bryant's 20-year career in LA, which delivered five NBA championships.\n\nLakers players wore shirts with Bryant's numbers - eight and 24 - displayed on them in the warm-up and a 'KB' logo was printed on the court.\n\nThe tribute began with each member of the Lakers' line-up being introduced as \"number eight, Kobe Bryant\", before R&B artist Usher sang Amazing Grace in front of yellow rose arrangements in the shapes of Bryant's jersey numbers.\n\nKobe's number 24 and Gianna's number two jerseys were also placed on the two courtside seats where the pair watched their last Lakers game.\n\n\"This is a celebration of the 20 years of sweat, the tears, the broken down body, the getting up,\" Lakers forward James said.\n\n\"Sitting down to everything, the countless hours, the determination to be as great as he could be.\n\n\"Tonight we celebrate the kid who came here at 18 years of age, retired at 38 and became the best dad we've seen over the last three years.\"\n• None Bryant helicopter firm was not allowed to fly in fog\n\nBryant, who retired in 2016, was travelling to his 13-year-old daughter's basketball practice when the incident happened in Calabasas, California on 26 January.\n\nBlazers forward Carmelo Anthony, Bryant's close friend, did not play in Friday's game as he was \"not ready\", according to his team-mate Damian Lillard.\n\nNBA players will wear uniforms in tribute to Bryant in February's All-Star weekend, with Team James wearing number two, Gianna's basketball jersey number, and Team Giannis (Antetokounmpo) donning Kobe's number 24.\n\nThe jerseys will also feature nine stars, representing those who died in the crash.", "Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union\n\nAndy Farrell's reign as Ireland coach got off to a winning but unimpressive start as his side earned a fortunate 19-12 Six Nations win over Scotland.\n\nNew captain Johnny Sexton scored all of Ireland's points, including a first-half try, as the hosts profited from Scotland's inability to take chances.\n\nScotland's new skipper Stuart Hogg's knock-on over the line in the second half summed up his side's try-less day.\n• None All you need to know about the 2020 Six Nations\n\nIt was a game that leaves both camps much to ponder before challenging matches next weekend.\n\nThe home side got the win but will know a similar performance against Wales next week will surely result in defeat.\n\nIreland were looking to rediscover their identify following a troubled World Cup, but this was not so much a new dawn as an indication their most glaring issues were not left in Japan.\n\nScotland will take little solace from the fact they dominated large parts of the game, because once again their lack of cutting edge saw a positive result slip away.\n\nScotland's pre-tournament build-up was thrown off course last Monday when news emerged of star fly-half Finn Russell's exit from the camp following a breach of team protocol.\n\nHis absence was one of the reasons the visitors began in Dublin as firm underdogs - but they clearly relished the opportunity to send a clear message to those who had written them off.\n\nUp front, where Ireland would have expected to dominate, Scotland stood toe-to-toe with their opponents at every physical encounter.\n\nThe pack's endeavours should have yielded more points than the six they took into half-time.\n\nHead coach Farrell will be thankful for Ireland's outstanding work at the breakdown, where they won five penalties inside their own 22 in the opening half to keep the Scots at bay.\n\nThe first turnover came after just 90 seconds as debutant Caelan Doris announced himself on the international stage.\n\nHowever the 21-year-old's day was cruelly cut short following an accidental clash of heads with Adam Hastings.\n\nHe was replaced by Peter O'Mahony and he played like a man with a chip on his shoulder following his omission from the starting side.\n\nThe Munster player produced one of his most influential displays in green for years, winning another crucial turnover with Josh van der Flier on 24 minutes.\n\nIreland's four-point lead at the break owed largely to a few huge defensive moments and one wonderfully executed move involving Cian Healy and Conor Murray which saw Sexton charge through a gaping hole inside 10 minutes.\n\nFarrell's first team selection was eagerly anticipated, with fans waiting to see how far the former defence coach would divert from the core of starters that featured regularly under his predecessor Joe Schmidt.\n\nThe biggest call to be made was at scrum-half, where Farrell resisted the excellent provincial form of John Cooney and stuck with two-time British and Irish Lion Conor Murray.\n\nMurray's performance will only shine a brighter spotlight on that position, with the Munster man enduring a torrid afternoon before being replaced by Cooney after 60 minutes.\n\nFor years Murray, and indeed Ireland, have relied on the relentless consistency and accuracy of the scrum-half's box kicking.\n\nOn Saturday however, his kicking provided Ireland with more problems than solutions as he either kicked too long to allow Scotland to run the ball back to a broken field, or too high and short leaving Ireland scrambling to recover the situation.\n\nAfter 30 minutes he found himself isolated and coughed up a penalty that would have seen Ireland relinquish the lead had Hastings not pushed his kick wide.\n\nJust before the break Murray saw his pass picked off by Sam Johnson, prompting a desperate chase down the field.\n\nAfter extending their lead through a Sexton penalty early in the second half, Ireland soon found themselves back in defensive mode as Scotland again bulldozed their way inside the 22.\n\nAfter 50 minutes they finally found a route across the tryline, making use of an overlap on the left to send Hogg in - only for the skipper to drop the ball as he went to touch down.\n\nIt was the ultimate let-off for the hosts, who could not keep possession for sufficient length of time to release the pressure valve as the game hung in the balance with 10 minutes remaining.\n\nTrailing by seven, Scotland made one last foray forward which took them to within a metre of the line.\n\nHaving tried to find space out wide, they directed themselves back inside but Stander, who was at the heart of Ireland's defensive effort, got himself over the ball and held on to win the penalty that secured an unconvincing victory for his side.\n\nEven then, with three minutes left, Ireland made heavy weather of seeing out the game as replacement hooker Ronan Kelleher was penalised for a wayward line-out on his own 22.\n\nIreland and Scotland left the Aviva Stadium knowing much more than just fine-tuning will be required over the next week if they are to avoid defeat to Wales and England respectively in their next fixtures.\n\nFor the latest rugby union news follow @bbcrugbyunion on Twitter.", "A dreary night didn't discourage those celebrating in Parliament Square. We wake this morning out of the European Union. But we follow their rules until the end of the year, without a say.\n\nWe are separate after more than 40 years, but remember much of the status quo will hold for now - the UK and the EU, the awkward couple, finally divorced - but still sharing a house and the bills.\n\nBut what the prime minister hails as a new era, a bright new dawn, starts months of hard bargaining with our neighbours across the Channel.\n\nThe UK's requests: a free trade agreement, cooperation on security, and new arrangements for fishing are just some of the vital arguments that lie ahead.\n\nWithin days, Boris Johnson - and the EU too - will set out their opening positions. And at home, the government must hurry to adapt many of our systems that are plumbed into the EU. The prime minister is adamant that process must not run beyond the end of the year.\n\nIt's a deadline that focuses minds, but raises eyebrows. Getting meaningful agreements in place at that pace is not impossible, but hard to do.\n\nThat means while the biggest question is settled, particularly for business, uncertainty still hangs around.\n\nBut the prime minister believes the opportunity of Brexit is seeing beyond the framework of the EU. He hopes for more ability for the government to pursue its priorities at home. More freedom to act abroad - a smaller, but perhaps nimbler, partner.\n\nAnd there will be fewer excuses for a British government if it fails to keep its huge promises.\n\nDeparture has been so controversial there will be plenty of rival politicians looking for early proof of failure.\n\nIn truth, the merits or mistakes of this decision will take years to show. The economy is expected to grow more slowly, but a country's value is not just measured in pounds and pence.\n\nBrexit in a complete sense has always been hard to define. Today we will start to find out what it will really mean.", "The UK has officially left the European Union.\n\nIt's been three and a half years since the country voted to leave in a referendum and as the clock struck 2300 GMT there were celebrations for some and commiserations for others.\n\nNigel Farage, the leader of the Brexit Party, declared \"the war is over\" in a speech at London's Parliament Square.\n\nRead more: How did we get here? The past four years in two minutes", "\"She is here, isn't she Will?\", asked a worried looking man at the London Palladium at about 20:00 on Wednesday night. \"Yes\", I said. I didn't actually know for sure, but he looked so anxious I thought a bit of reassurance wouldn't go amiss.\n\nAnyway, the merch counter had just fallen over and there was a rising sense of calamity which didn't need adding to.\n\nMadonna goes deep with her fans. The connection is genuine and mutual. Nobody blames her for cancelling shows due to extreme pain in her knees and hips, people just hope it's not on their night (she has subsequently ruled out shows on 4 and 11 February).\n\n\"I feel so guilty,\" another fan told me. \"My mates had tickets for Monday night, which was cancelled and I've just sent a WhatsApp of my seat tonight.\"\n\n\"Where are you sitting?\" I asked\n\n\"Row U in the stalls,\" he said\n\n\"£250\" he said \"Not bad eh? I think it's going to be great.\"\n\nAnd it was - 5-star great.\n\nNot because the show was perfect, though. Madonna's movement was visibly stiff, lighting errors left dancers in the dark, and some of her banter fell flat. All of which only added to the \"live-ness\" of the event, which was more an evening of intimate cabaret than a stadium blockbuster show.\n\nIt was perfectly imperfect, like one of those sketchy landscapes by Cezanne where you can see his underdrawings and misplaced lines, making it so much more beautiful and real than Canaletto's soulless precision.\n\nTruth is the point of art, not perfection.\n\nMadonna's creation evokes the imperfections in Cezanne's sketchy landscapes (The Brook, c. 1895-1900)\n\nGetting to it sometimes means removing the artifice, or strapping it on. Madonna's schtick has always been the latter.\n\nShe's a post-modernist right down to her kinky boots, adopting superficial personas and cultural influences. She is the Cindy Sherman of pop, the chameleon Queen with a debt to the shape-shifting aesthetics of David Bowie.\n\nThis time around, though, Madonna has let the mask slip.\n\nThere's still a character for her to hide behind (Madame X, a dominatrix type cliche sporting an eye-patch and padded pants), with its usual mix of the sacred and the profane (she is both a prostitute and a nun). But she constantly undermines her own illusion just as Cezanne did with his fidgety, cross-hatched lines.\n\nOne minute she is the all-singing, all-dancing Madame X, inhabiting a vividly theatrical world embellished with huge projections. The next she has stepped beyond her own fourth wall to have a chummy chat with the locals. It's improv, kind of. The audience interaction is a pre-conceived element of the show, but her spiel is site-specific, and her responses spontaneous.\n\nThe artist was present in every sense.\n\nSometimes she went on for a too long, leading to the occasional \"get on with it\". And sometimes it was awkward: \"Does anyone have a spare seat I could sit in?\" she asked (scripted).\n\nA chap near the front put his hand up. Madonna gingerly stepped down from the stage for a tete-a-tete. She's fine, he's star-struck. Beer is swigged (scripted). To no avail. His tongue has tied itself into a knot so tight no amount of liquor is going to loosen it. A stilted conversation ensues (unscripted).\n\nNobody minds. Madonna's doing stand-up. We're in the room. She is with us, of us, not some distant star on a faraway stage performing a risk-free romp through back catalogue favourites with a few numbers from the latest album thrown in to help sales.\n\nThe Madame X Tour is an adventurous piece of contemporary theatre, and a match for any of the Tony and Olivier-winning shows currently playing the West End and Broadway.\n\nIt starts with a Hitchcockian scene. Madonna is stage right, in profile: seated, visible only as a silhouette behind a translucent curtain. She is typing. Slowly. A gunshot rings out every time she strikes a key, provoking a robotic movement made by a single besuited dancer standing in front of the curtain, stage left.\n\nText is projected on high as the dancer contorts his body under a hail of literary bullets, most fired decades ago by James Baldwin, one of America's finest post-war writers. His words \"Artists are here to disturb the peace\" appear as an epigraph.\n\nHe is right. Up to a point. Which is about 23:00 for Westminster City Council, according to our celebrated hostess. She told us an iron curtain would be dropped if she went on beyond its stipulated curfew.\n\nThe diaphanous fabric lifts, Madonna struts, the stage is set, and the show proper begins with God Control. The audience goes nuts (\"I should have done this years ago,\" says the singer as an aside), as the steps and structures revolve and animate.\n\nDark Ballet comes next in a show built around her recent Madame X Album. The smattering of old favourites stitched into its fabric have been incorporated so elegantly as to make them feel an essential part of the whole rather than crowd-pleasing add-ons.\n\nAnd so it is with Human Nature, which follows and resolves in a seated scene that doubles up as a rest for the star and a witty nod for the die-hards towards the famous 1995 video directed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino.\n\nThen comes some \"Hello London\" repartee before an a cappella version of Express Yourself.\n\nIt's good, and it gets better.\n\nA string introduction to Papa Don't Preach segues into a sophisticated rendition of Vogue performed in a striking, angular, black and white design.\n\nNot all the creative decisions are made so astutely. There's an ill-advised, wince-inducing vignette, which sees Madonna launching into a \"let's wind back the years\" routine involving an upside-down-splits topped-off with toe wiggle. I felt a tweak in my own groin - and not in a good way.\n\nFortunately for Madame X, and us, such moments are few and far between. This show is designed (and constantly redesigned) around the 61-year-old's physical condition. Dancers help her on and off pianos, chairs and steps. You can sense her frustration at her body's restricted ability, but she can still hit the beats better than most.\n\nPlus, her team of dancers are fantastic. They excel under Megan Lawson's choreographic vision, which appears to riff on a revered contemporary dance cannon including such notables as Pina Bausch's The Rite of Spring, Hofesh Shechter's Sun, and Michael Jackson's moon walk.\n\nThe influence of Pina Bausch's The Rite of Spring can be seen in the choreography of Madonna's show\n\nHofesh Shechter said his work Sun questioned \"the very essence of art or dance, what it is and how it's supposed to look and feel\"\n\nThe heart and soul of the show is provided by Madonna's newly found love: the evocative sound of the Fado musicians she discovered in her current home city of Lisbon.\n\nThat, and the wonderful female Batuque singers from Cape Verde, an African archipelago once colonised by the Portuguese who took an unfavourable view of their traditional music.\n\nThe star's show is infused with her love of Fado music, which originated in Portugal around the 1820s, and is known for being deeply melancholic\n\nThe show ends with a full-bodied version of Like a Prayer, which leads into an encore of Madame X's protest song, I Rise.\n\nWhich we all did as a visibly delighted Madonna led her merry band of players out of the auditorium and off into the night (or the physio's bench).\n\nPictures in this review are from other venues in the Madame X tour.", "Imelda Staunton (left) will take over from Olivia Colman as the Queen\n\nThe Crown will end after its fifth series, in which Imelda Staunton will play the Queen, Netflix has announced.\n\nStaunton will take over from Olivia Colman, who is portraying the monarch in the third and fourth seasons.\n\nIt was initially thought that the royal drama would run for six series, spanning six decades.\n\nThe show's creator Peter Morgan said the show will end in the 21st Century, meaning it will cover the aftermath of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.\n\nBut it's not likely to extend to more recent events, such as the marriage of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.\n\nNetflix revealed last week that a total of 73 million households worldwide have watched the show since it began in 2016.\n\nBut it failed to make the streaming giant's UK's top 10 list of its most popular releases of 2019.\n\nMorgan said: \"I'm absolutely thrilled to confirm Imelda Staunton as Her Majesty The Queen for the fifth and final season, taking The Crown into the 21st Century.\n\n\"Imelda is an astonishing talent and will be a fantastic successor to Claire Foy and Olivia Colman.\"\n\nIn early January, Colman won the best actress award at the Golden Globes for her leading part in series three, which explored storylines including the romance between Prince Charles and Camilla.\n\nStaunton, who starred in Vera Drake and the Harry Potter film series and previously portrayed the Queen in the 2003 TV series Cambridge Spies, said she was already a big fan.\n\n\"As an actor it was a joy to see how both Claire Foy and Olivia Colman brought something special and unique to Peter Morgan's scripts,\" she said.\n\nThe fourth series is currently in production and will see the introduction of Diana, Princess of Wales, played by Emma Corrin, and Margaret Thatcher, played by Gillian Anderson.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Iraq has named a new prime minister after four months of protests.\n\nMohammed Tawfiq Allawi, a former communications minister, was appointed by President Barham Salih.\n\nHis predecessor Adel Abdul Mahdi resigned in November, amid mass anti-government demonstrations. Hundreds of protesters have been killed.\n\nMr Allawi now has a month to form a new government, which he will lead until early elections. He immediately expressed support for the protests.\n\nEarlier this week, local media reported that President Saleh had given parliament an ultimatum to decide on a new prime minister before he took the decision himself, after previous candidates were rejected by protesters.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch as protesters block roads in the city of Najaf\n\nIn a video released on his social media accounts on Saturday, Mr Allawi announced that he had been nominated and called on Iraqis to continue protesting until their demands were met.\n\n\"If not for your sacrifices and your bravery, there would have been no change in the country,\" he said. \"I believe in you, and for this reason I will ask you to continue protesting.\"\n\nHe promised to hold those responsible for the killing of protesters accountable and to combat corruption.\n\nMr Allawi, who is Shia, studied and worked in Lebanon and the UK before entering Iraqi politics following the 2003 invasion. He served as minister of communications twice.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Jeremy Bowen asks why people have been taking to the streets in Lebanon, Iran and Iraq", "Shetland's famous Up Helly Aa fire festival has again seen the burning of a replica Viking galley light up the Lerwick sky.\n\nUp Helly Aa - the biggest fire festival in Europe - is held on the last Tuesday in January.\n\nWarriors parade through the streets by torchlight as visitors from across the world gather to watch the spectacle.\n\nThe day culminates with the dramatic burning of a replica Viking long ship.\n\nPeople of all ages take part\n\nUp Helly Aa offers much for photographers to savour in daylight hours as well as at night\n\nIt was not only humans who got into the Up Helly Aa spirit this year\n\nAs darkness descends, the torches are lit\n\nThe day culminates with the dramatic burning of a replica Viking long ship - and the party then continues into the night\n• None Up Helly Aa lights up the Shetland sky - BBC News", "Trump's support among Republican voters, according to a Gallup poll. If it wasn't clear before the trial that he had the support of the rank and file of his party, it certainly is now.\n\nAn unbeatable majority: Republicans in the Senate have a majority of 53 to 47, meaning they control the chamber and were able to direct the terms of the trial.\n\nThat small majority mattered. At certain points, four Republican senators did indeed waver but in the end, all Republicans but Mr Romney voted with their party to acquit Trump.\n\nThis is the number that ensured Mr Trump was always going to be cleared. To convict, two-thirds of senators - 67 - needed to vote against him.\n\nThis would have required 20 Republican senators to vote for their president's conviction. In the end, only one did.\n\nThe amount of money the Trump campaign said it raised in the last quarter of 2019 - a huge figure it said was down largely to Trump supporters reacting to the impeachment proceedings.\n\nRead more about the numbers that explain Trump's acquittal here.", "The bulk of British Steel's 4,000 staff work at the Scunthorpe plant\n\nThe sale of British Steel to Chinese firm Jingye could be scuppered by French intervention.\n\nJingye agreed in November to buy the collapsed business for £50m and save about 4,000 jobs.\n\nHowever, the approval of the French government is required because British Steel has a plant in France that is considered a strategic national asset.\n\nNow French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire has threatened to veto the deal, as first reported by Sky News.\n\nMr Le Maire told Chancellor Sajid Javid of his intentions last week during a meeting in Brussels, government sources confirmed to the BBC.\n\nThe Anglo-French row centres on British Steel's plant in Hayange, which supplies the French railway network, including state-owned train operator SNCF.\n\nFrance has the power to block the sale of the Hayange plant, which has already been advertised for sale separately from the UK operation, apparently with the blessing of the French authorities.\n\nWhen British Steel collapsed more than seven months ago, control of the holding company passed to the UK Insolvency Service, which is responsible for selling the assets.\n\nAlthough the service is the beneficial owner of Hayange, day-to-day operational control of the factory remains in France.\n\nThere is another potential bidder for British Steel waiting in the wings.\n\nEarlier this week, Turkish construction conglomerate Cengiz Holdings confirmed its \"intention and ability to make an offer for the whole of British Steel, should the current talks with Jingye Group fall away\".\n\nCengiz chief executive Omer Mafa said the company was \"ready and waiting to engage with the UK government and British Steel's receivers to progress towards a full offer\".\n\nMr Mafa added that Cengiz enjoyed a \"strong trading relationship with French industries such as energy, mining and aviation\".\n\nGovernment sources confirm that the French finance minister has indicated to Chancellor Sajid Javid that he is opposed to Chinese ownership of what the French consider strategically important assets.\n\nAs a major supplier of steel to state-owned rail company SNCF, the French government considers the British Steel owned plant at Hayange in north-east France to fall into that category.\n\nThe French position is different to that of the UK government, despite the fact that British Steel is a major supplier to state-owned Network Rail.\n\nSources within the steel industry also confirm knowledge of the French objections.\n\nThere is also widespread unease within the UK steel industry of the scale of Chinese ambitions within the UK.\n\nJingye's ambitions to significantly increase production at Scunthorpe, along with the acquisition a week ago of UK steel trading company Stemcor, have caused alarm among other steel producers at the increasing penetration of Chinese interests in an important primary industry.\n\nFrench objections were widely anticipated and a process to carve out the French plant from the rest of British Steel if necessary has been under way for several months.\n\nThe government remains hopeful that the deal with Jingye can still be completed and talks to seal that deal are ongoing.\n\nCarving out the profit-making French business is thought to make the overall deal less attractive to Jingye and for that reason, a deal with Turkish group Cengiz has been lined up as a potential fallback option if the deal with Jingye collapses.", "The most serious complaints about DWP agencies like the Child Maintenance Service can sometimes take years to be resolved\n\nPeople with the most serious complaints about the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have to wait 18 months before their cases are investigated.\n\nBBC Radio 4's Money Box has also learnt that nearly two-thirds of investigations miss their target of being cleared within 20 weeks.\n\nOne man in dispute with one of its agencies called the delay \"obscene\".\n\nThe DWP said it understands \"the impact that waiting for an investigation can have on people and their families.\"\n\nThe most common complaints to the DWP include things like a failure to follow proper procedures, excessive delays and poor customer service.\n\nAlan, who did not want his real name used, said he faces nearly a four-year wait in total before his case is resolved.\n\nHe first complained to the government-run Child Maintenance Service (CMS) in November 2017. He says it took thousands of pounds of a redundancy payment directly from his bank account.\n\nThe dispute has made his existing mental health problems worse and left him \"flatlining\", he says.\n\nHe added that he is unable to motivate himself to work and is \"getting poorer by the day\".\n\nAfter 18 months, Alan's case still was not resolved. He was then given permission to take his complaint to the Independent Case Examiner (ICE).\n\nICE acts as a free, independent referee for people with complaints about the DWP - and its contracted services, which include things like the CMS, pension payments and disability benefits.\n\nAlan was told his complaint had been accepted, but that it would be more than a year before someone was assigned to investigate it.\n\nEven after that, Money Box has seen figures which suggest two-thirds of cases take longer than the 20-week target, while half of them take six months or even longer.\n\nThat means that hundreds of people face a wait of more than two years for their complaints to be resolved once they have been accepted by ICE.\n\nHe said: \"I am just one of thousands of people in this situation.\n\n\"I think the delay in the complaints procedure is atrocious. It's symptomatic of a department that doesn't take its obligations to people it is dealing with seriously.\"\n\nHe added: \"It's a damning indictment of the modus operandi of the Department for Work and Pensions.\"\n\nICE only looks at the \"most serious complaints\" about services offered by the DWP.\n\nThat includes organisations such as Jobcentre Plus, the Pension Service, the Disability and Carers Service and Pension Wise, as well as the CMS.\n\nICE will only consider people's complaints if they have finished the complaints procedure with the original agency or organisation.\n\nIt then decides whether or not it will \"accept\" someone's complaint.\n\nIf it does, BBC Radio 4's Money Box programme has learnt through a freedom of information request there is a delay of about 18 months before it is opened.\n\nOnce it is opened, most cases require a full investigation with a 20-week target.\n\nMoney Box has seen figures which suggest that nearly two-thirds of cases miss this deadline.\n\nThe Department for Work and Pensions said in a statement: \"We want to make sure people can get the support they are entitled to if they have been treated unfairly, and understand the impact that waiting for an investigation can have on people and their families.\n\n\"We are hiring and training new staff as quickly as we can, and cleared more complaints last year than in 2017-18.\n\n\"The vast majority of complainants are satisfied with the service they receive.\"\n\nYou can hear more from BBC Radio 4's Money Box programme by listening here.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Mrs O'Neill had already put in a lot of work to prepare the way for Glasgow\n\nIn a surprise move, the woman appointed to run the crucial UN climate summit in Glasgow in November has been sacked.\n\nClaire Perry O'Neill, a former climate minister, had been assigned the post of \"president\" of the event, known as COP 26.\n\nThe British government has confirmed that the job will now be handled by the business department, Beis.\n\nIn a tweet, Mrs O'Neill said she was \"very sad\" to lose the role, and went on to criticise the government.\n\nIt couldn't \"cope\" with an independent unit managing preparations for the conference, she said.\n\nAnd in a sharp dig at No 10's green credentials, she also added: \"A shame we haven't had one climate cabinet meeting since we formed.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn response, a Cabinet Office statement said the prime minister thanked Mrs O'Neill for her work so far.\n\n\"Preparations will continue at pace for the summit, and a replacement will be confirmed shortly,\" it said.\n\n\"Going forward, this will be a ministerial role.\"\n\nThis will come as a shock to many of the business and environmental groups working with her in the run-up to the summit.\n\nIt will also surprise diplomats and negotiators from other countries with whom Mrs O'Neill had formed bonds.\n\nAt the last UN summit, held in Madrid last December, she played a highly visible role as part of her preparation for the UK to take over the presidency.\n\nIn an interview recorded at that time, she said she believed the world had \"one shot\" at the Glasgow summit to take meaningful action on climate change - or people would question the whole process.\n\nA lively and personable figure, she seemed determined to bring new impetus to the negotiations and, in private, had ambitious plans for the event.\n\nAlthough the summit is not until November, there's a huge diplomatic and logistical task to get ready for it.\n\nGovernments worldwide are meant to come forward with tougher targets for cutting the gases heating the planet.\n\nSome might wonder whether the UK government has allowed itself enough time.\n\nSources close to Mrs O'Neill say the UK's preparations for Glasgow are in disarray, with cabinet ministers vying for control over this prestigious event.\n\nThey say there is no firmly agreed venue or budget.\n\nAnd they warn that Boris Johnson provoked a backlash in Scotland by shutting First Minister Nicola Sturgeon out of the summit.\n\nMrs O'Neill has become increasingly frustrated by the prime minister's lack of engagement with the conference.\n\nShe has been heaping pressure on the organising team to publish an agenda, and she's trodden hard on many toes. Her relations with some civil servants are described as terrible.\n\nShe admits she's a bad diplomat - but someone who gets things done.\n\nWith many major nations refusing to offer deeper cuts in emissions, she has been focusing on potentially deliverable outcomes such as international agreements from industrial sectors to pollute less.\n\nWhoever takes over her role has a mountain to climb.\n\nRichard Black, director of the Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit, commented on Twitter: \"While Claire Perry has a background in climate change, she doesn't in foreign affairs. Arguably that's more important - no doubt one of the real stars of the #ParisAgreement was Laurent Fabius, steeped in diplomacy but not, prior to 2015, in climate change.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Richard Black This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 Mohamed Adow, director of another climate and energy think-tank, Power Shift Africa, said: \"It was always going to be a challenge to have a president who had no formal role in Government.\n\n\"For a successful outcome you want the person presiding over the negotiations to be someone with genuine political power, who can fully represent the UK government and 'knock heads together' to ensure real progress is made. With Claire O'Neill not even being an MP that was always going to be a challenge.\"\n\nThe Scottish Events Campus includes the Armadillo and the SSE Hydro", "The 19-year-old man fell ill at the drum and bass night at The Assembly in Leamington Spa\n\nA man who was at a student club night has died and a woman is seriously ill after taking what police said was MDMA.\n\nThe 19-year-old man fell ill at the drum and bass night at The Assembly in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, at about 05:00 GMT, and later died in hospital.\n\nThe 22-year-old woman remains seriously ill in hospital and police say others were also admitted after taking \"Red Bull\" pills.\n\nWarwickshire Police urged people to check on friends who were at the night.\n\nOfficers said they did not know if the group had bought the drugs at the club.\n\nPolice believe those affected may have taken a pill named \"Red Bull\"\n\nDet Supt Pete Hill said they believed all those who were ill had taken the red pills containing MDMA, the active drug in ecstasy.\n\nHe added they were concerned others had also taken it and urged anyone who had to seek medical advice.\n\n\"If others were at the same event last night and are aware their friends took this drug, please check in on them,\" Mr Hill said.\n\nIn a statement The Assembly, which is in Spencer Street, said: \"We take the wellbeing of our customers extremely seriously, we continue to work closely with Warwickshire Police and reiterate our zero policy on drugs in our venue.\"\n\nAccording to its Facebook page, the venue had hosted a sold-out event called DNB All Stars: Leamington on Friday night.\n\nA spokesman for the University of Warwick said the teenager was not one of its students.\n\nThe university, which has many students living in Leamington Spa, and other local colleges have been asked by police to circulate information about the pills, the spokesman said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Andy Gill, who has died aged 64, had only recently come off tour.\n\nAndy Gill, the founding member and guitarist of British post-punk band Gang Of Four, has died aged 64.\n\nThe musician's scratchy, staccato riffs provided the band with their signature sound, and influenced the likes of Nirvana, Fugazi and Franz Ferdinand.\n\nHis bandmates announced his death in a statement, saying: \"Our great friend and supreme leader has died today\".\n\nGill had developed a \"respiratory illness,\" after finishing an Asian tour with Gang Of Four last year, they said.\n\n\"This pain is the price of extraordinary joy, almost three decades with the best man in the world,\" wrote his wife, Catherine Mayer, 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\n\"Andy's final tour in November was the only way he was ever really going to bow out; with a Stratocaster around his neck, screaming with feedback and deafening the front row,\" wrote current Gang Of Four members Thomas McNeice, John Sterry and Tobias Humble.\n\n\"One of the best to ever do it, his influence on guitar music and the creative process was inspiring for us, as well as everyone who worked alongside him and listened to his music.\n\n\"His albums and production work speak for themselves. Go give 'em a spin for him.\"\n\nGill (right) with Gang Of Four's original lead singer Jon King\n\nFormed in Leeds in 1976, Gang Of Four's career spanned five decades, from their first single Damaged Goods to last year's studio album Happy Now.\n\nIn 1979, they made their Top 60 chart debut with At Home He's A Tourist - despite the song being banned by the BBC for a lyrical reference to condoms.\n\nTheir debut album Entertainment!, released in September of the same year, has frequently been cited as an influence or inspiration by aspiring musicians, and was named one of Rolling Stone magazine's 500 greatest albums of all time.\n\nCombining Marxist politics with punk, dub, funk and disco, the \"stiff, jerky aggression of songs such as Damaged Goods and I Found That Essence Rare invented a new style,\" the magazine wrote.\n\nGill's unique guitar riffs were choppy and funky with bursts of freeform noise, taking inspiration from a range of players, including Jimi Hendrix, Wilko Johnson and Parliament-Funkadelic's Eddie Hazel.\n\n\"Seeing Wilko and Dr Feelgood was a real lightbulb moment,\" he told The Skinny in 2015. \"He never stopped looking at the audience and didn't spend much time looking at his guitar - I duly noted that.\n\n\"I always think of the guitar as being part of a larger instrument, which is the band,\" Gill added. \"What I always find uninspiring is when guitarists treat the rest of the band as a background over which they show off.\"\n\nGang Of Four never had a hit single (1982's I Love A Man In Uniform came close, before it was banned from the airwaves during the Falklands War) but their first three albums are considered indispensable.\n\nThey split in 1984, but reformed several times over the years, with a variety of line-ups. Gill was the only constant throughout their career.\n\nThe Manchester-born musician was also a respected producer, working with bands including The Stranglers, Killing Joke, and Red Hot Chili Peppers.\n\nHis influence on guitar bands stretched far and wide. REM's Michael Stipe said he \"stole a lot\" from Gang Of Four, while Flea, bassist for the Chili Peppers, said Gang Of Four were \"the first rock band I could truly relate to\".\n\nU2's Bono called them \"a smart bomb of text\"; and Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello said Gill was \"one of my principle influences\".\n\n\"His jagged plague disco raptor attack industrial funk deconstructed guitar anti-hero sonics and fierce poetic radical intellect were formative for me,\" he wrote on Instagram.\n\nGill is survived by his wife Catherine Mayer, his brother Martin and \"many family and elective family members who will miss him terribly\" said the band in a press statement.\n\nHe had just finished a new studio album with Gang Of Four, they added.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Martin McGuinness and Arlene Foster led the Stormont executive for just over a year\n\nFirst Minister Arlene Foster has said she lost friends after attending the funeral of the late Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness.\n\nSinn Féin's Mr McGuinness died in 2017 after suffering from a heart condition.\n\nMrs Foster, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader, was his partner in Northern Ireland's power-sharing government until a bitter row collapsed the executive in January that year.\n\nShe received a round of applause when she entered the church for his funeral.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. DUP leader Arlene Foster applauded as she enters the church for Martin McGuinness' funeral\n\nThe first minister appeared on The Late Late Show on Irish national broadcaster RTÉ on Friday night to mark the UK's exit from the EU and she told the programme she wanted to reassure people that Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland would continue to be neighbours.\n\nAlthough Mr McGuinness spent much of his political career serving in the Stormont executive as deputy first minister, in his earlier years he had been a senior commander within the Provisional IRA.\n\nMrs Foster was asked if she found it difficult to attend his funeral, given his involvement in the Northern Ireland conflict, which came to be known as the Troubles.\n\nShe said: \"I wasn't just going as Arlene Foster - I was going as the former first minister.\n\n\"It was absolutely the right thing to do - there were a lot of innocent victims who felt very strongly and I lost friends over going but I still believe it was the right thing to do.\"\n\nArlene Foster appeared on Ryan Tubridy's The Late Late Show on Friday\n\nShe added that it was difficult because they were people she had known for a long time but she understood they took a different view than her.\n\n\"I took the view I had worked with him in government, served with him - as a leader you have things to do you would not do as an ordinary citizen and I had to do it,\" she said.\n\nMrs Foster described it as \"encouraging\" that she received a round of applause when she entered the church for the funeral service.\n\n\"I was apprehensive going to the funeral because I didn't know what sort of a reception I was going to get,\" she said.\n\n\"The executive was down, we'd just had a very difficult election - it was very polarised - but I have to say I was welcomed very warmly.\"", "Raiders targeted Tamara Ecclestone's house next to Hyde Park in December\n\nA mother and son have been charged over a burglary at the home of Tamara Ecclestone.\n\nJewellery believed to be valued at £50m was stolen from the heiress's home next to London's Hyde Park in December.\n\nMaria Mester, 47, of no fixed abode, and 29-year-old Emil-Bogdan Savastru, of Bethnal Green, have been charged with conspiracy to commit burglary.\n\nThe cleaner and her bar worker son both appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Saturday.\n\nThey will next appear in custody at Isleworth Crown Court on 28 February.\n\nRings, earrings and an £80,000 Cartier bangle were all stolen in the burglary, according to The Sun.\n\nThe court heard the majority of the items taken have not been recovered.\n\nTwo men, aged 21 and 31, who were also arrested have been released under investigation, police said.\n\nTamara Ecclestone, pictured with father Bernie, was left \"shaken\" by the burglary\n\nThe burglary on 13 December occurred just after Ms Ecclestone, the daughter of ex-Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone, left the country with her husband Jay Rutland and their daughter Sophia.\n\nThe raiders are believed to have entered through a garden before breaking into safes hidden in the bedroom of the 55-room house in Palace Green, Kensington.\n\nA Cartier bangle worth £80,000 was reportedly stolen in the burglary\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Athletics\n\nNike's controversial Vaporfly range will not be banned but there will be tighter regulations around high-tech running shoes, World Athletics says.\n\nAny new shoe technology developed after 30 April will have to be available on the open market for four months before an athlete can use it in competition.\n\nWorld Athletics has also introduced an immediate indefinite ban on any shoes that have a sole thicker than 40mm.\n\nThe body will also investigate any shoes that \"may not be compliant\".\n\nAn immediate indefinite ban has also been introduced on any shoe that contains more than one \"rigid embedded plate or blade\".\n\nFor shoes with spikes, an additional plate or blade is allowed for the purpose of attaching the spikes, but the sole must be no thicker than 30mm.\n\nThe 'Alphafly' prototype shoes worn by Eliud Kipchoge when he became the first athlete to run a marathon in under two hours in October 2019 will be banned.\n• None 'It feels like running on trampolines'\n\nA group of experts were asked to consider whether Nike's Vaporfly shoes give their wearers an unfair advantage.\n\nAthletes wearing the new footwear including Nike's latest Vaporfly have taken 31 of 36 top-three finishes in major marathons last year.\n\nKipchoge's Kenyan compatriot Brigid Kosgei wore a Vaporfly prototype when she broke Paula Radcliffe's long-standing women's marathon world record in October 2019.\n\nWorld Athletics president Lord Coe said: \"It is not our job to regulate the entire sports shoe market but it is our duty to preserve the integrity of elite competition by ensuring the shoes worn by elite athletes in competition do not offer any unfair assistance or advantage.\n\n\"As we enter the Olympic year, we don't believe we can rule out shoes that have been generally available for a considerable period of time, but we can draw a line by prohibiting the use of shoes that go further than what is currently on the market while we investigate further.\n\n\"I believe these new rules strike the right balance by offering certainty to athletes and manufacturers as they prepare for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, while addressing the concerns that have been raised about shoe technology.\n\n\"If further evidence becomes available that indicates we need to tighten up these rules, we reserve the right to do that to protect our sport.\"\n\nWorld Athletics will now establish an \"expert working group\" to \"guide future research\" into shoe technology as well as assessing any new shoes that enter the market.\n\nWhy are the shoes controversial?\n\nThe shoes have been criticised for \"distorting the record books\", with some arguing they prevent fair competition with athletes not sponsored by Nike.\n\nVaporflys claim to improve an athlete's performance by 4%, and the five fastest marathons of all time have been run in the past 16 months by athletes wearing varying forms of the technology.\n\nFormer British Olympic marathon runner Mara Yamauchi previously told BBC Sport that \"we no longer truly have fair competition\".\n\n\"It's up to World Athletics to provide a level playing field for all... to be brutally honest, it's hard to see how anybody not wearing Vaporflys at Tokyo is going to win medals,\" she said.\n\n\"Athletics has had several years of doping stories coming out in the press and the single most important thing is to restore trust and bring in more fans and sponsors.\n\n\"But if we see every medal winner wearing the Vaporflys and other athletes not getting a look in, I'm not sure that people watching can really say I believe that performance 100%.\"\n\nNike said in a previous statement they \"respect the spirit of the rules and we do not create any running shoes that return more energy than the runner expends\".\n\nAmid mounting confusion that running was becoming distorted, World Athletics has tried to provide some clarity before the Tokyo Olympics and halt what some see as an 'arms race' in shoe technology.\n\nAlthough more research will now be conducted and the rules could still develop, it seems significant the governing body admits \"concerns that the integrity of the sport might be threatened\".\n\nThe news will come as a relief for Nike and the athletes it sponsors.\n\nThe prototype 'AlphaFly' that Eliud Kipchoge used to go sub-two hours last year exceeds the new restrictions and is now banned for elite runners.\n\nBut as expected, the Vaporfly range that has revolutionised distance running is cleared, including the 'Vaporfly Next%' that Brigid Kosgei wore when smashing the women's world record last year.\n\nThat will lead to fears that the new restrictions have been conceived with that shoe's specific dimensions in mind, are too little too late, and mean athletes sponsored by other manufacturers are at a disadvantage.\n\nThe changes also put pressure on rival companies to quickly develop any new prototype shoes.\n\nThey have three months to do so. After that they will need to have been widely available to buy for four months before being allowed in elite competition, ruling out their use at the Olympics.", "The Speedibake factory is near Wakefield's Westgate Retail Park\n\nAbout 140 firefighters are tackling a major fire at an industrial bakery in Wakefield, which is covering the area in thick black smoke.\n\nThe blaze at the Speedibake factory, close to Westgate Retail Park, started at about 13:30 GMT.\n\nPolice said there were no reports of injuries but the fire service said the \"building construction may contain asbestos\".\n\nPeople living nearby have been told to shut all doors and windows.\n\nThe wind is also causing smoke to blow towards the city centre, West Yorkshire Police said.\n\nSeveral roads have been shut and drivers have been told to find alternative routes.\n\nWakefield Council tweeted anyone \"affected by the fire in Wakefield and unable to get home please make your way to Thornes Park Stadium\", adding it would \"remain open\".\n\nPolice urged those living nearby to close their windows and doors due to the amount of smoke\n\nA spokesperson told BBC News: \"There are 15 to 20 people currently there at the rest centre who are affected.\"\n\nThey said the council was helping people with transport to reach the stadium and it would help them return once the area was declared safe.\n\nWakefield residents who were earlier evacuated from the area can now return home, the council added, but they \"are advised to keep all windows and doors closed as a precaution\".\n\nPeople also reported being evacuated from nearby buildings.\n\nConnor Strachan, 19, from Alverthorpe, and Eleanor Goldthorpe, 17, had planned to watch Jumanji at the Cineworld cinema opposite the bakery, but when they arrived they were told they had to wait in the building.\n\nMr Strachan said there were nearly 100 people at the cinema, including some from Mecca Bingo directly opposite the bakery.\n\nHe said: \"We were eventually let out, a lot of the other buildings were evacuated too.\"\n\nCineworld Wakefield tweeted at 18:00 GMT to say it was currently closed.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Smoke from the fire in Wakefield is blowing towards the city centre\n\nNicky Harley was going to the B&Q shop on the retail park when the fire broke out.\n\n\"As I approached the store I saw police officers in masks telling people to move back,\" she said.\n\nShe said she then walked over to a nearby supermarket and saw people with their hands over their mouths saying they felt light headed.\n\n\"I also felt faint and light headed,\" she said.\n\n\"My friend is a nurse and she told me there might be a risk of airborne asbestos.\"\n\nWest Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service initially warned of the potential for asbestos in the smoke plume, but later confirmed the substance was not present in the section of building hit by the blaze.\n\nEyewitness Nicky Harley said people reported feeling faint due to the smoke\n\nPower cuts were also reported but electricity has since been restored.\n\nNorthern Powergrid tweeted to thank customers for their patience during the outage.\n\nSome people on social media also reported hearing explosions coming from the factory.\n\nGreat palls of smoke have been covering much of the city skyline, with people stopping to look in astonishment.\n\nThe wind has blown the acrid smoke across large parts of the city as firefighters work to contain the blaze and police wearing protective masks have put road blocks around the scene, stopping people from getting too close to the factory.\n\nPeople have been starting to make their way home and the area around the blaze is eerily quiet, disturbed only by the sound of trains passing by on a nearby line.\n\nIn a statement, West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said: \"As a precautionary measure we are advising people living in the vicinity to remain indoors and keep windows and a doors closed.\"\n\nThe service said it expected to remain at the scene for the next 24 to 48 hours.\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\nAbout 140 firefighters tackled the blaze which started at the Speedibake factory at about 13:30 GMT\n\nWorkers were safely evacuated from the building\n\nFire chiefs said the blaze had spread to about 75% of the ground floor of the building, with 140 firefighters from around the county on site.\n\nOne person tweeted to say crews were using water from a nearby duck pond to tackle the blaze.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Tony Tabner This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 KHardy This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Drone footage captured the moment the stadium collapsed in St Petersburg\n\nA demolition worker has been killed when a sports complex roof collapsed prematurely in the Russian city of St Petersburg, officials say.\n\nDramatic drone footage shows the man with a blow torch cutting through metal supports at the SKK Peterburgskiy when the massive structure disintegrates.\n\nHe is seen trying to scramble to the safety of a cage suspended from a crane, but does not appear to make it.\n\nThe body of a 29-year-old man was found later in the rubble.\n\nThe man was one of four employees cutting metal cables to dismantle the roof of the sports and concert complex.\n\nThis was the scene outside\n\nAleksey Anikin, head of the emergencies ministry in St Petersburg, said the other three workers were alive and being questioned by investigators.\n\nThe SKK Peterburgskiy, which was opened in 1980, has hosted concerts and various sports events.\n\nIt is being reconstructed to host the Ice Hockey World Championship in 2023.", "The prime minister holds a cabinet meeting at the National Glass Centre, a museum and arts centre in Sunderland, the city that was the first to back Brexit when results were announced after the 2016 referendum", "LeBron James leads the tributes as the LA Lakers remember Kobe Bryant in the team's first game since he died in a helicopter crash alongside his daughter Gianna and seven other people.\n\nAvailable to UK users only", "The coronavirus emerged in only December last year, but already the world is dealing with a pandemic of the virus and the disease it causes - Covid-19.\n\nFor most, the disease is mild, but some people die.\n\nSo how is the virus attacking the body, why are some people being killed and how is it treated?\n\nThis is when the virus is establishing itself.\n\nViruses work by getting inside the cells your body is made of and then hijacking them.\n\nThe coronavirus, officially called Sars-CoV-2, can invade your body when you breathe it in (after someone coughs nearby) or you touch a contaminated surface and then your face.\n\nIt first infects the cells lining your throat, airways and lungs and turns them into \"coronavirus factories\" that spew out huge numbers of new viruses that go on to infect yet more cells.\n\nAt this early stage, you will not be sick and some people may never develop symptoms.\n\nThe incubation period, the time between infection and first symptoms appearing, varies widely, but is five days on average.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Everything you need to know about the coronavirus – explained in one minute by the BBC's Laura Foster\n\nThis is all most people will experience.\n\nCovid-19 is a mild infection for eight out of 10 people who get it and the core symptoms are a fever and a cough.\n\nBody aches, sore throat and a headache are all possible, but not guaranteed.\n\nThe fever, and generally feeling grotty, is a result of your immune system responding to the infection. It has recognised the virus as a hostile invader and signals to the rest of the body something is wrong by releasing chemicals called cytokines.\n\nThese rally the immune system, but also cause the body aches, pain and fever.\n\nThe coronavirus cough is initially a dry one (you're not bringing stuff up) and this is probably down to irritation of cells as they become infected by the virus.\n\nSome people will eventually start coughing up sputum - a thick mucus containing dead lung cells killed by the virus.\n\nThese symptoms are treated with bed rest, plenty of fluids and paracetamol. You won't need specialist hospital care.\n\nThis stage lasts about a week - at which point most recover because their immune system has fought off the virus.\n\nHowever, some will develop a more serious form of Covid-19.\n\nThis is the best we understand at the moment about this stage, however, there are studies emerging that suggest the disease can cause more cold-like symptoms such as a runny nose too.\n\nIf the disease progresses it will be due to the immune system overreacting to the virus.\n\nThose chemical signals to the rest of the body cause inflammation, but this needs to be delicately balanced. Too much inflammation can cause collateral damage throughout the body.\n\n\"The virus is triggering an imbalance in the immune response, there's too much inflammation, how it is doing this we don't know,\" said Dr Nathalie MacDermott, from King's College London.\n\nScans of lungs infected with coronavirus showing areas of pneumonia\n\nInflammation of the lungs is called pneumonia.\n\nIf it was possible to travel through your mouth down the windpipe and through the tiny tubes in your lungs, you'd eventually end up in tiny little air sacs.\n\nThis is where oxygen moves into the blood and carbon dioxide moves out, but in pneumonia the tiny sacs start to fill with water and can eventually cause shortness of breath and difficulty breathing.\n\nSome people will need a ventilator to help them breathe.\n\nThis stage is thought to affect around 14% of people, based on data from China.\n\nIt is estimated around 6% of cases become critically ill.\n\nBy this point the body is starting to fail and there is a real chance of death.\n\nThe problem is the immune system is now spiralling out of control and causing damage throughout the body.\n\nIt can lead to septic shock when the blood pressure drops to dangerously low levels and organs stop working properly or fail completely.\n\nAcute respiratory distress syndrome caused by widespread inflammation in the lungs stops the body getting enough oxygen it needs to survive. It can stop the kidneys from cleaning the blood and damage the lining of your intestines.\n\n\"The virus sets up such a huge degree of inflammation that you succumb... it becomes multi-organ failure,\" Dr Bharat Pankhania said.\n\nAnd if the immune system cannot get on top of the virus, then it will eventually spread to every corner of the body where it can cause even more damage.\n\nTreatment by this stage will be highly invasive and can include ECMO or extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation.\n\nThis is essentially an artificial lung that takes blood out of the body through thick tubes, oxygenates it and pumps it back in.\n\nBut eventually the damage can reach fatal levels at which organs can no longer keep the body alive.\n\nDoctors have described how some patients died despite their best efforts.\n\nThe first two patients to die at Jinyintan Hospital in Wuhan, China, detailed in the Lancet Medical journal, were seemingly healthy, although they were long-term smokers and that would have weakened their lungs.\n\nThe first, a 61-year-old man, had severe pneumonia by the time he arrived at hospital.\n\nHe was in acute respiratory distress, and despite being put on a ventilator, his lungs failed and his heart stopped beating.\n\nHe died 11 days after he was admitted.\n\nThe second patient, a 69-year-old man, also had acute respiratory distress syndrome.\n\nHe was attached to an ECMO machine but this wasn't enough. He died of severe pneumonia and septic shock when his blood pressure collapsed.", "The UK is out - so what next?\n\nFirst of all it’s a long, long period of hard bargaining between the UK and the EU. The UK government is determined to try to get a free-trade deal done by the end of this year but that will not be straight forward – not least because there are so many things that have to be sorted out. But also because the EU will drive a hard bargain. Yes, both sides say they still want to be friends and partners and respectful neighbours and people want to do lots of business with each other. But the UK government has already acknowledged that will mean some friction. And also, until it’s all done and dusted there’s still uncertainty for businesses and people around the country who want to know exactly what is next. But although there is legions of details to be worked out, many more political controversies along the way, be in no doubt – the fundamental question which has been hanging over the country for more than three years has been settled. And that’s already completely changed the political dynamic – and therefore the dynamic in the country too.", "Ms Clark sold over 100 million books in the US alone\n\nKnown by her fans as the \"Queen of Suspense\", Ms Clark sold more than 100 million books in the US alone.\n\nIn a career spanning decades, she wrote best sellers such as A Stranger is Watching and The Cradle will Fall, both of which were adapted into films.\n\nHer publishing company Simon & Schuster said she died peacefully \"surrounded by family and friends.\"\n\nMs Clark was born in 1927 in New York City.\n\nShe briefly worked as a Pan Am flight attendant, leaving the job after a year to marry Warren Clark and start a family. The couple had five children together.\n\nHowever, Mr Clark died suddenly when she was 35.\n\nIn order to support her family, Ms Clark began writing short stories and radio scripts. But her agent persuaded her to turn her attention on novels.\n\nHer books have been translated into 35 languages. Her first book, titled Where are the Children?, was reprinted 75 times.\n\nMany of her storylines were drawn from news stories. She attended murder trials and discussed medical terminology with doctors, according to the Washington Post.\n\nIn 2000, her publishing company awarded her a $64m (£48m) contract for her next five books, making her at the time, the highest-paid female author in the world.\n\n\"Nobody ever bonded more completely with her readers than Mary did,\" her editor Michael Korda said in a statement.\n\n\"She understood them as if they were members of her own family. She was always absolutely sure of what they wanted to read - and perhaps more important, what they didn't want to read - and yet she managed to surprise them with every book.\"\n• None Books 2020: What you could be reading", "Britain has left the EU, more than three years and three prime ministers after it voted out.\n\nIt's been a political rollercoaster full of twists and turns, and a journey which can be tracked by what people said at the time.\n\nSome have aged better than others, but here are a few of the key quotes from before the referendum until Brexit day.\n\nWhen your neighbour's house is on fire, your first impulse should be to help them to put out the flames - not least to stop the flames reaching your own house\n\nThen-PM David Cameron was speaking about Britain's response to Europe's debt crisis. MPs in Parliament had just voted against holding an EU referendum, after 100,000 people signed a petition calling for one.\n\nBut back then, the word Brexit had not even been invented. In the summer of 2012, as London readied itself for hosting the Olympics, the \"B\" word emerged, albeit with a different spelling to what we know today:\n\nMeanwhile, the PM faced more pressure to hold a EU referendum. Nearly 100 Tory MPs signed a letter to him calling for one.\n\nThere is a consistent majority in this country who believe that the European Union meddles too much in our everyday lives\n\nThe following year, Mr Cameron agreed, promising a referendum on Britain staying in the EU.\n\nIt is time for the British people to have their say. It is time for us to settle this question about Britain and Europe\n\nHe planned to renegotiate the UK's relationship with the EU before giving people a \"simple choice\" of in or out. In Europe, politicians reacted:\n\nYou can't do Europe a la carte... Imagine Europe is a football club and you join, once you're in it you can't say 'Let's play rugby'\n\nMeanwhile UKIP was becoming a force in British politics. Leader Nigel Farage said he wanted a referendum to happen quickly.\n\nA full, free and fair referendum with some proper sensible rules - particularly on spending - on both sides of the debate\n\nBy December 2013 the party claimed that a record year of growth had taken its membership above 30,000 for the first time.\n\nBack in Brussels, the time had come for an EU summit, with Mr Cameron pledging to deliver a strong message to EU leaders.\n\nBrussels has got too big, too bossy, too interfering\n\nDuring the next year, his plans to renegotiate the UK's relationship with the EU were discussed.\n\nI don't understand how it is possible to say: 'We, the UK, have all the positive aspects of Europe but don't want to share any of the risk'\n\nMr Cameron, fresh from a general election victory, went on to strike a deal on a new UK-EU relationship. He promised \"We'll be out of the parts of Europe that don't work for us\" and \"never be part of a European super-state\".\n\nHe then announced a date for the referendum - 23 June 2016.\n\nThe choice is in your hands\n\nMost other parties - except the DUP and UKIP - backed Remain, including Labour.\n\nAmong those warning against Brexit was the then-US president. The UK, he said, would not be seen as a priority for trade deals.\n\nThe UK is going to be in the back of the queue\n\nAnd a group of nearly 300 actors, musicians, writers and artists signed a letter urging people to vote Remain.\n\nOur global creative success would be severely weakened by walking away\n\nMeanwhile, it was during the campaign that the then-Mayor of London Boris Johnson famously, and wrongly, echoed Vote Leave's claim that the UK pays the EU £350m a week - higher than the actual amount at the time.\n\nIf we vote Leave on June 23 we can take back control of £350m a week and spend on our priorities here in this country including on the NHS\n\nA computer glitch meant thousands of people were unable to register to vote in time. The government blamed the snag on record demand and extended the deadline, allowing another 430,000 more people to register.\n\nWith just over a week to go, polling expert Prof John Curtice said Remain was no longer the frontrunner.\n\nWe no longer have a favourite in this referendum\n\nNevertheless, there was surprise for many when, on referendum night, the results started to show a lead for Leave.\n\nDare to dream that the dawn is breaking on an independent United Kingdom\n\nLater, the full result was in: Britain had voted to leave the EU and Europe was in shock.\n\nAcross the continent and beyond, front pages reacted to the \"24 hours in which the world has changed\".\n\nThe following day, Mr Cameron - who fronted the Remain campaign - quit, saying he had fought the campaign \"head, heart and soul\".\n\nIt sparked a race for the next Conservative Party leader. Boris Johnson was immediately installed as the bookies' favourite to win and was backed by his fellow Leave campaigner, Michael Gove.\n\nBut, in a shock twist, Mr Gove announced that instead of backing his friend and colleague, he himself would run for the top job. Mr Johnson pulled out of the contest.\n\nI came... to the conclusion that while Boris has great attributes he was not capable of leading the party and the country in the way that I would have hoped\n\nTheresa May became the frontrunner, and set out her ambitions to win.\n\nI know I'm not a showy politician... I don't gossip about people over lunch, I don't often wear my heart on my sleeve, I just get on with the job in front of me\n\nShe took over the following month and with a new UK prime minister came a new slogan:\n\nBrexit means Brexit - and we're going to make a success of it\n\nA year later, she called a snap election which saw the Conservative Party lose their majority, while Labour made gains.\n\nMeanwhile, negotiations had begun - with leading EU figures making their opinions clear. Donald Tusk quoted John Lennon to suggest the door remained open to the UK staying.\n\nYou may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one\n\nWe have to be grateful for so many things Britain has brought to Europe - during the war, before the war, after the war. But now they have to pay\n\nAfter months of talks, Theresa May announced that her top team had backed her Brexit deal. Jean-Claude Juncker later insisted: \"I'm never changing my mind.\n\nThe best and only deal possible\n\nAbba star Bjorn Ulvaeus shared his thoughts on Theresa May dancing on to the stage to the sound of Dancing Queen at the Conservative Party conference.\n\nA lady with not a lot of rhythm in her\n\nMeanwhile, as Theresa May struggled to get her deal through Parliament, Mr Tusk was criticised for taking aim at Brexiteers.\n\nI've been wondering what the special place in hell looks like... for those who promoted Brexit without even a sketch of a plan of how to carry it safely\n\nBrexit was postponed to 31 October, after MPs rejected the Brexit deal and voted against leaving without a deal. Mr Tusk said the extension was \"enough\" to get a solution.\n\nPlease do not waste this time\n\nAmid a backlash from her own MPs against her Brexit plan - and after the deal was rejected three times - Mrs May quit as prime minister after three years.\n\nI have done everything I can to convince MPs to back that deal... I tried three times\n\nTwo months later, and the UK had a new PM, after Mr Johnson won the Conservative leadership vote against Jeremy Hunt. He referred to Brexit in his maiden speech, saying \"the buck stops here\".\n\nI will take personal responsibility for the change I want to see\n\nEarly on, Mr Johnson faced criticism after suspending Parliament just days after MPs returned to work.\n\nA smash and grab on our democracy\n\nBut pressing on with his \"get Brexit done\" message, Mr Johnson was adamant Brexit would not be postponed again.\n\nI'd rather be dead in a ditch [than delay Brexit]\n\nThen, at the end of September, Mr Johnson suffered a blow when his decision to suspend Parliament was ruled to be unlawful by the UK's top court.\n\nIt is impossible for us to conclude... that there was any reason - let alone a good reason - to advise Her Majesty to prorogue Parliament for five weeks\n\nMPs returned to work straight away - and the mood in the Commons was angry. Mr Johnson became embroiled in a row about the language used, and was criticised for one comment in particular:\n\nThe best way to honour the memory of Jo Cox, and indeed to bring this country together, would be, I think, to get Brexit done\n\nMeanwhile, for the PM's adviser, Dominic Cummings - who also ran the Vote Leave campaign - being in government was less pressure than the Brexit campaign.\n\nThis is a walk in the park compared to the referendum\n\nFinally, Mr Johnson sent a request to the EU asking for a delay to Brexit - but without his signature - and accompanied by a second letter, which he did sign, saying he believed a delay would be a mistake.\n\nAnd despite his \"do or die\" pledge, he agreed to an extension until 31 January.\n\nI am happy that decision has been taken\n\nAfter several attempts to get a general election, Mr Johnson finally succeeded - the UK's first December election for 96 years.\n\nHe won with a big majority, meaning the path to \"get Brexit done\" suddenly became a lot smoother.\n\nWe pulled it off, we broke the deadlock, we ended the gridlock, we smashed the roadblock\n\nLast week, the PM signed the Brexit withdrawal agreement, saying he hoped it would \"bring to an end far too many years of argument and division\".", "Mihrican Mustafa, also known as MJ, was a mother of three\n\nA man has been charged with murdering two people whose bodies were discovered in a freezer.\n\nHenriett Szucs, 34, and Mihrican Mustafa, 38, were found frozen on top of each other at a flat in Vandome Close, Canning Town, in April.\n\nZahid Younis, 34, of Vandome Close, was charged with two counts of murder and will appear before magistrates in Wimbledon on 14 February.\n\nHe also faces two counts of preventing a lawful burial of a dead body.\n\nHenriett Szucs was a Hungarian national who had lived in London for \"several years\", police said\n\nThe Met said Ms Szucs had been in the UK for several years but was of no fixed address.\n\nMs Mustafa, a mother of three who was also known as MJ, was reported missing on 10 April 2018.\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. Pre-recorded bongs from Big Ben played out as the UK left the European Union\n\nEuropean leaders have expressed sadness at the UK leaving the EU, with France's Emmanuel Macron emphasising Britain's \"unrivalled ties\" with the French.\n\nMr Macron said he was \"deeply sad\" while the EU's Guy Verhofstadt pledged to try and \"ensure the EU is a project you'll want to be a part of again\".\n\nCelebrations and anti-Brexit protests were held on Friday night to mark the UK's departure.\n\nEx-Brexit Secretary David Davis said everyone would be a winner in the end.\n\nThe UK officially left the European Union on Friday at 23:00 GMT after 47 years of membership, and more than three years after it voted to do so in a referendum.\n\nBrexit parties were held in some pubs and social clubs as well as in London's Parliament Square, as the country counted down to its official departure.\n\nIn Scotland, which voted to stay in the EU, candlelit vigils and anti-Brexit rallies were held.\n\nPro-EU campaigners take part in a \"Missing EU Already\" rally outside the Scottish Parliament\n\nIn a message released on social media an hour before the UK left, Prime Minister Boris Johnson vowed to bring the country together and \"take us forward\".\n\n\"For many people this is an astonishing moment of hope, a moment they thought would never come,\" he said. \"And there are many of course who feel a sense of anxiety and loss.\"\n\nIn an open letter to the British public, French President Mr Macron said he was thinking of the millions of Britons \"who still feel deeply attached to the European Union\".\n\n\"You are leaving the European Union but you are not leaving Europe,\" he said. \"Nor are you becoming detached from France or the friendship of its people.\n\n\"The Channel has never managed to separate our destinies; Brexit will not do so, either.\"\n\nMr Macron also said the EU must learn lessons from the \"shock\" of Brexit, adding: \"I am convinced therefore that Europe needs new momentum.\"\n\nAnd he defended the way France acted in the Brexit negotiations, saying neither the French nor anyone else in the EU was \"driven by a desire for revenge or punishment\".\n\nMr Macron called on Mr Johnson to \"deepen our defence, security and intelligence cooperation\"\n\nA pro-EU group earlier projected a message onto the White Cliffs of Dover\n\nMeanwhile, the EU Parliament's Brexit co-ordinator Mr Verhofstadt responded to a message which had been projected onto the White Cliffs of Dover by a pro-EU group.\n\n\"We will look after your star and work to ensure the EU is a project you'll want to be a part of again soon,\" he said.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Davis - who quit as Brexit secretary in protest at former prime minister Theresa May's Brexit plan - said it would be a \"fair race\" to reach a trade deal with the EU by the end of 2020 but \"it can be done\".\n\nThe UK is aiming to sign a permanent free trade agreement with the EU, along the lines of the one the EU has with Canada, by the end of the transition period in December.\n\nMr Davis said reaching a deal was \"not a charitable exercise, this is an exercise of both sides recognising their own best interests\".\n\nEuropean leaders have warned that the UK faces a tough battle to get a deal by that deadline.\n\nMairead McGuinness, the vice president of the European Parliament, said progress to agree a trade deal \"might be left to the very last minute\".\n\n\"Normally in trade negotiations we're trying to come together,\" she told BBC Breakfast. \"For the first time we're going try and negotiate a trade agreement where somebody wants to pull away from us. I can't get my head around that and I think it's going to be quite complicated.\"\n\nWe are separate after more than 40 years, but remember much of the status quo will hold for now - the UK and the EU, the awkward couple, finally divorced - but still sharing a house and the bills.\n\nBut what the prime minister hails as a new era, a bright new dawn, starts months of hard bargaining with our neighbours across the Channel.\n\nLabour leadership hopeful Emily Thornberry said the exit talks were unlikely to go smoothly and said she expected the country would be \"back in no-deal territory by the summer\".\n\nThe shadow foreign secretary, speaking at an event in Bristol featuring the four Labour leadership candidates, said her party would need a Remain-backing leader who had been \"on the right side of the argument all along\".\n\nHowever, the other three candidates - Keir Starmer, Rebecca Long-Bailey and Lisa Nandy - said the party needed to move on from debates over Brexit.\n\nShadow business secretary Ms Long-Bailey said that Labour needed to make sure Boris Johnson negotiated the \"best possible trade deal\" that could help \"rebuild our communities\".\n\nWhilst never the most enthusiastic member, the UK was part of the European project for almost half a century.\n\nOn a personal level, EU leaders tell me they'll miss having the British sense of humour and no-nonsense attitude at their table.\n\nIf they were to be brutally honest they'd have admitted they'll mourn the loss of our not-insignificant contribution to the EU budget too.\n\nBut now we've left the \"European family\" (as Brussels insiders sometimes like to call the EU) and as trade talks begin, how long will it take for warm words to turn into gritted teeth?\n\nUK citizens will notice few immediate changes now that the country is no longer in the European Union.\n\nMost EU laws will continue to be in force - including the free movement of people - until 31 December, when the transition period comes to an end.\n\nThousands gathered in Parliament Square to celebrate Brexit on Friday night, singing patriotic songs and cheering speeches from leading Brexiteers, including Nigel Farage.\n\nThe Brexit Party leader said: \"This is the greatest moment in the modern history of our great nation.\"\n\nPro-EU demonstrators earlier staged a march in Whitehall to bid a \"fond farewell\" to the union.\n\nPolice in Whitehall arrested four men and also charged one man with criminal damage and being drunk and disorderly, while in Glasgow one man was arrested.\n\nMeanwhile, other symbolic moments on a day of mixed emotions included:\n\nThe government's EU delegation has changed its name from \"representation\" to \"mission\"", "The UK and the European Union are in talks about how they could live and work together after Brexit.\n\nPoliticians use many different terms when discussing Brexit - here is what some of the key ones mean.\n\nUse the list below or select a button\n\nA period lasting from 31 January to 31 December 2020, when the UK is no longer a member of the EU, but still follows all its rules.\n\nIt was agreed by the UK and the EU to allow both sides time to reach a deal on their future relationship.\n\nTrade between two countries, where neither side charges taxes or duties on goods crossing borders.\n\nA deal between countries to reduce, but not necessarily eliminate, trade barriers such as:\n\nHow the agreement between the EU and the UK would be enforced if there is a dispute.\n\nOne controversial issue has been about what role, if any, the European Court of Justice should play.\n\nA tax or duty to be paid on goods crossing borders.\n\nRules on who can fish where, and how much of each species can be caught.\n\nA set of rules to ensure that one country, or group of countries, doesn't have an unfair advantage over another.\n\nThis can involve areas such as workers' rights and environmental standards.\n\nEU laws which prevent a government in one country from supporting companies there - over competitors in another country.\n\nThis support could be financial - for instance, allowing companies to borrow more cheaply, or charging them less in tax.\n\nThe 2019 agreement which set out how the UK would leave the EU.\n\nThe Northern Ireland protocol is part of this agreement. It set out special arrangements for Northern Ireland, to avoid the need for checks along the Irish border.\n\nThis will be the situation if the UK and the EU don't reach a trade agreement by the end of 2020.\n\nIt means that both sides would have to charge tariffs - or taxes - on goods crossing borders.\n\nIf countries don't have free-trade agreements, they usually trade with each other under what's called WTO (World Trade Organization) rules, where each country sets tariffs - or taxes - on goods entering, and applies them equally to all its trading partners.\n\nThe government currently refers to this as an \"Australian-style deal\".", "Flyaway trampolines have been causing problems on the rail network in England after Storm Ciara blew them onto tracks.\n\nA Network Rail spokesman said: \"In particularly windy weather, our lineside neighbours are asked to help keep the railway free of any unexpected debris by tying down or clearing away garden furniture such as trampolines.\"\n\nRead more about the problem here.", "Evacuees from coronavirus-hit city Wuhan have arrived for two weeks quarantine in Milton Keynes\n\nA fourth person has tested positive for coronavirus in the UK, England's chief medical officer has said.\n\nThe new case is a known contact of a previous British patient, and caught the virus in France.\n\nIt comes after around 200 British and foreign nationals evacuated from Wuhan on the UK's final rescue flight arrived at RAF Brize Norton on Sunday.\n\nThere have been more than 37,000 cases of the virus globally, mostly in China, where it originated.\n\nThe death toll for coronavirus has now overtaken that of the Sars epidemic in 2003, according to health officials in China, reaching 813. In 2003, 774 people were killed by Sars.\n\nIn a statement on Sunday, Professor Chris Whitty, chief medical officer for England, said the latest UK patient has been transferred to a specialist NHS centre at the Royal Free hospital in north London.\n\n\"We are now using robust infection control measures to prevent any possible further spread of the virus,\" he said.\n\n\"The NHS is extremely well prepared to manage these cases and treat them, and we are working quickly to identify any further contacts the patient has had.\n\n\"This patient followed NHS advice by self-isolating rather than going to A&E.\"\n\nMeanwhile, a British man has been diagnosed with coronavirus in Majorca after contact with a carrier in France.\n\nThe repatriation flight arrived at RAF Brize Norton at around 07:30 GMT on Sunday, carrying more than 200 British and foreign nationals.\n\nThe Foreign Office said the flight was the second and last flight chartered by the government out of Wuhan, the city where the new coronavirus emerged.\n\nThe passengers comprised 105 Britons and their family members as well as 95 Europeans. A total of 13 staff and medics were also on board the flight.\n\nEvacuees were taken on eight coaches to a Milton Keynes conference centre and hotel for 14 days of quarantine. NHS staff in blue scrubs, gloves and masks met passengers as they disembarked from the coaches at around 10:30 GMT.\n\nPassengers on the repatriation flight included UK and foreign nationals\n\nThe UK's ambassador to Beijing, Dame Barbara Woodward, told the BBC that two British people who wanted to join the flight were not allowed to board after failing temperature checks in China.\n\nElsewhere, the government in the Balearic Islands confirmed on Sunday a British man has tested positive for coronavirus.\n\nHe was admitted to hospital in Palma on Friday, along with his wife and two daughters. The rest of his family have tested negative for the virus.\n\nThe local health ministry said an investigation into cases that may have had contact with the man has begun.\n\nMore than 100 UK nationals and family members have already been evacuated to Britain on flights chartered by the UK and other countries.\n\nThey are being held in quarantine at Arrowe Park Hospital in Wirral.\n\nThe latest returnees will be housed at Kents Hill Park conference centre and hotel, where they will remain in isolation for two weeks - the incubation period of the virus - to ensure they are not infected.\n\nAt the hotel, they will have access to Netflix, magazines, books, baby equipment including highchairs, children's toys and games, mobile phones, and tablets for reading, games, and browsing the internet, the NHS said.\n\nClothing and toiletries have been laid out for their arrival. Passengers on the previous flight said they were only allowed to travel with a 15kg (33lb) cabin bag.\n\nClothing supplies are among the provisions laid out for quarantined passengers\n\nThe flight follows the decision by the Foreign Office on 4 February to advise all Britons to leave China if they can.\n\nBritish Airways and Virgin Atlantic have suspended all flights to and from mainland China, while other carriers continue to operate flights between the UK and China.\n\nChina's National Health Commission said total cases in the country from the virus had reached 37,198 on Sunday morning.\n\nOutside of China, 288 cases have been confirmed in 24 countries, according to the World Health Organization. All the fatal cases have been in China and Hong Kong apart from one in the Philippines.\n\nIn the UK, the Department of Health and Social Care said that 686 people in the UK have been tested for coronavirus as of Saturday afternoon.\n\nThe virus causes severe short-term infection of the airways, and symptoms usually start with a fever, followed by a dry cough. Most people are likely to fully recover - just as they would from the flu.\n\nTwo of the UK coronavirus cases - both Chinese nationals - are being treated at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle.\n\nAfter the third case was confirmed, it emerged that the British man had been exposed to the virus in Singapore and stopped at a ski resort in France before returning home.\n\nThere, five more Britons - four adults and a nine-year-old boy - staying at the same chalet in the Alps tested positive for the virus.\n\nA student at Portslade Aldridge Community Academy in Brighton is self-isolating for 14 days following advice from Public Health England.\n\nWere you evacuated? 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:", "Dame Judi Dench was nominated for worst supporting actress for her role in Cats\n\nIt may just a day until the Oscars, but nominees for a rather different award have been announced: the Razzies.\n\nThe Golden Raspberry Awards celebrate the worst films in Hollywood, and Cats is among this year's nominations.\n\nThe musical is up for eight awards, with nominations for its four stars, including Dame Judi Dench and James Corden.\n\nThe latest film in the Rambo franchise and comedy A Madea Family Funeral also received eight nominations each.\n\nAll three films are up for worst film.\n\nThe Razzies describe themselves as \"Tinseltown's least coveted $4.97 statuette\" and are voted for by more than 1,000 Golden Raspberry Foundation members based in the US and abroad.\n\nThe star-studded Cats, which is based on Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit musical, was lambasted by the Razzies as a \"widely derided feline flop\".\n\nRambo: Last Blood fared no better, with Sylvester Stallone's fifth film in the series up for worst sequel.\n\nMeanwhile, actor and comedian Tyler Perry received worst actor nominations for three of the four characters he played in A Madea Family Funeral.\n\nEven Oscar nominees have not been spared.\n\nJoker, which is up for 11 Academy Awards on Sunday night, was one of five films nominated for a new category in the Razzies - the worst reckless disregard for human life and public property.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Sporting events were cancelled throughout the UK, including in Manchester, which was also hit by floods. Manchester City's Premier League match against West Ham was among the cancellations", "England won back the Calcutta Cup and kept their Six Nations title hopes alive with a turgid victory over Scotland in awful weather conditions.\n\nEllis Genge barrelled home for the only try with 10 minutes remaining as driving rain and strong gusts made for a disrupted, error-ridden contest at Murrayfield.\n\nThe result meant Scotland fell short of a third-straight Calcutta Cup, but England climb level on points with second-placed Wales, four adrift of unbeaten leaders Ireland.\n\nCaptain Owen Farrell struck a penalty in either half, missing three more attempts from the tee as the weather contributed to a low-scoring affair.\n\nAdam Hastings replied twice for Scotland, his 78th-minute kick ensuring Gregor Townsend's men pick up a second losing bonus point in as many weekends.\n• None 'A game that could crack mirrors - but England won't care'\n\nThis was a much-needed victory for England after a bruising loss in Paris. Eddie Jones' men just about deserved it, but the contest was wretched, a million miles from the epic 38-38 draw of last season.\n\nA losing bonus point will come as small comfort to Townsend. The Scots found it ferociously difficult to live with Sam Underhill and Tom Curry at the breakdown and impossible to catch their own ball in the line-out. The key moment was a dreadful mistake by Stuart Hogg, for the second week running.\n\nStorm Ciara was due to blow into town in time for the kick-off and, sure enough, an hour or so before it all began, she fetched up with her rain and her gales bringing any notion of an attacking spectacle to its knees.\n\nIt was brutal out there. Scotland lost five line-outs, and precious momentum, in the opening 40 minutes - some down to crass errors, most of them due to the foul conditions. England, who couldn't have been playing more conservatively had they all taken the field with Tory party rosettes on their jerseys, lost two.\n\nPlaying against the wind, they kicked ball after ball, forcing errors from Scotland and taking the lead when the home side were done on the floor. Farrell missed his first penalty earlier, banged over his second and missed his third.\n\nThis was rugby from another dimension. Had a woolly mammoth, extinct for an age, wandered across the pitch you wouldn't have missed a beat. Had a try been scored it would have been a moment of genuine shock and awe.\n\nScotland wasted great field position last week in Dublin and they let a few opportunities slip here as well. England were dominant at the breakdown, but error-strewn in so many departments. Everything was understandably, but maddeningly, stop-start.\n\nThe hosts had a bit more about them in the second half, beginning with a thunder that was sparked by big Rory Sutherland, the renaissance prop who came steaming back into Test rugby in Dublin. Sutherland's big bust of the English defence was the catalyst for Scotland drawing level.\n\nEngland survived a battering, their defence holding out against Scotland surges. That home pressure didn't bring them a try - on a day when a try was always going to be good enough to get the win - but they left with three points from Hastings after Underhill was penalised for not releasing.\n\nThey came again when George Ford and Jonny May fluffed their lines in defence and more heat was piled on through hard carries from Sutherland and Zander Fagerson and their hard-running chums. England held out, perhaps a little luckily. Kyle Sinckler lifted the siege with a rip from Jonny Gray but did it while he was on the floor.\n\nThe blunder count rose high, towering over the top of the stadium. Scotland lost a seventh, and later an eighth line-out, and Farrell missed a third shot at goal. Onwards we went, ever deeper into mistake-land.\n\nThe absolute howitzer mess-up came from Hogg, a week after his spectacular spill over the Irish tryline. This was the game. The Scotland captain retreated to deal with a ball under his posts, but made a desperate hash of it. Initially, it looked like he'd spilled it to Farrell, who immediately touched down.\n\nThe TMO advised that Hogg had carried it over his line but had, indeed, grounded the ball. So, scrum England. And try England. They went through a couple of phases, got it to Genge and then launched Maro Itoje, Curry and Ben Earl in behind him to power over. Farrell converted for a 10-3 lead. Scotland were distraught.\n\nFarrell then put over another penalty to stretch the gap to 10, Hastings rescuing a losing bonus soon after. Seventy-eight minutes had been played at that stage. Frankly, it felt like 78 hours.", "Joker star Joaquin Phoenix used his best actor acceptance speech to cast light on what he described as humanity's plundering of the natural world for resources.\n\nHe also touched upon his own behaviour - admitting that while he had been \"hard to work with\" in the past he was grateful for being given a second chance.\n\nQuote Message: I’ve been selfish, I’ve been cruel at times, hard to work with, and I’m grateful that so many of you in this room have given me a second chance. from Joaquin Phoenix Best Actor for The Joker I’ve been selfish, I’ve been cruel at times, hard to work with, and I’m grateful that so many of you in this room have given me a second chance.\n\n\"I think that’s when we’re at our best, when we support each other, not when we cancel each other out for past mistakes,\" he added.\n\n\"But when we help each other to grow, when we educate each other, when we guide each other toward redemption. That is the best of humanity.\"", "Morgan Dunn was found seriously hurt in a house in Marigold Square but died at the scene\n\nPolice have launched a murder inquiry after a man died following reports of a fight at a house in South Ayrshire.\n\nMorgan Dunn, who was 34, was found seriously injured at a property in Marigold Square in Ayr at about 16:00 on Saturday.\n\nDespite efforts by the emergency services to save him, he died at the scene.\n\nPolice said the death followed an \"altercation\" at the property and have appealed for witnesses to come forward.\n\nA post-mortem examination is due to take place to establish how Mr Dunn, from Hawkhill Drive in Stevenston, died.\n\nDet Ch Insp Stevie Wallace said: \"From our inquiries so far, we understand that there was an altercation between Mr Dunn and another person in the house in Marigold Square which resulted in him being fatally injured.\n\n\"We believe the suspect ran from the back of the house into rear gardens and then onto Kincaidston Drive, which is main thoroughfare and would have been quite busy at this time of the day.\"\n\nHe asked for anyone with information, or dashcam footage to contact police.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Northern Ireland will not hit ambitious climate change targets unless it acts now to boost sales of electric vehicles, an industry body has warned.\n\nIn 2019, only 427 Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) were sold here, up just 165 on 2015.\n\nThis is despite the fact that they will be the only type of new cars on sale in 15 years.\n\nThe Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said the government must quickly spell out its plans.\n\n\"Ambitious targets must be matched by ambitious initiatives,\" said its chief executive, Mike Hawes.\n\n\"This includes a long-term government commitment to purchase incentives and substantial investment in infrastructure.\"\n\nHowever, the BBC can also reveal that despite a commitment made in January 2014 to bring the total number of public charge points across Northern Ireland to 500, six years on there are only 337 such points.\n\nA Department for Infrastructure spokesman said \"funding constraints across the public sector\" were to blame for the missed target, but added that 54 charge points had been installed at hospitals, health trusts, government department offices and local council offices.\n\n\"Depending on their location some of these charge points are available to staff and the public, however, they were not designed to form part of the public network,\" added the spokesman.\n\n\"Should public funding become available for the installation of additional charge point infrastructure, departmental officials will liaise closely with commercial providers and the Office for Low Emission Vehicles to ensure the charging infrastructure continues to remain fit for purpose.\"\n\nAt the time of the 2014 announcement, then Environment Minister Mark H Durkan said: \"There has never been a better time for drivers to consider switching to these cars of the future.\"\n\nBut one Northern Ireland dealership insisted Stormont is falling far short when it comes to the issue.\n\nCaroline Willis, finance director of Shelbourne Motors, said: \"We need the government to push harder to have sufficient charging points to cope with demand.\n\n\"Local government needs to add as many charging points and incentivise people to move from diesel to electric, perhaps with a swappage grant.\"\n\nAsked if the government's 2035 target for BEV-only sales was still realistic, she added: \"It is achievable but needs action now.\n\n\"It comes down to cost and infrastructure but mainly the latter, we need the government to push harder to have sufficient charging points to cope with demand.\"\n\nMrs Willis pointed to the huge rise in sales of self-charging Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs) as proof of changing customer attitudes, adding: \"More charging points could encourage the move to fully electric.\n\nLast month, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced that funding for on-street charge points would be doubled to £10m \"to make electric cars the new normal\".\n\nThe Department of Transport stated that the money could pay for up to 3,600 additional charging points for motorists, who do not have an off-street parking space.\n\nHowever, the Department for Infrastructure could not confirm how much of the funding would be spent in Northern Ireland.\n\n\"It is hoped that this will impact positively in relation to the Residential Charge Point Scheme,\" the department said.\n\nOne of those who made the leap from petrol to battery power is Colm Heaney, a father of two who lives in Belfast's Four Winds.\n\n\"I bought a used Nissan Leaf in April 2017 and received a grant for installation of a charger at my house,\" he said.\n\n\"However, the existing infrastructure isn't great. There have been no public chargers added, at least around where I live, since I've owned the Leaf.\n\n\"I had hoped that private companies would pick up the slack, but with a few notable exceptions (CastleCourt and Lidl come to mind), Northern Ireland does really lag behind other places.\"\n\nSMMT chief Mike Hawes said that while the industry is committed to change, \"blanket bans do not help short-term consumer confidence\".\n\n\"Manufacturers are fully invested in a zero emissions future, with some 60 plug-in models now on the market and 34 more coming in 2020,\" he said.\n\n\"However, with current demand for this still expensive technology still just a fraction of sales, it's clear that accelerating an already very challenging ambition will take more than industry investment.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. John Bercow: \"So obvious that only an extraordinarily clever and sophisticated person could fail to grasp it.\"\n\nFormer Commons Speaker John Bercow has said there is a \"conspiracy\" to keep him out of the House of Lords.\n\nHe named no names, but said it was \"blindingly obvious\" that there was a \"concerted campaign\" to prevent him from being given a peerage.\n\nPrevious Speakers have been ennobled when they retire, entitling them to sit in the House of Lords.\n\nThe ex-Conservative MP has been accused of bullying by former Commons colleagues, but denies the claims.\n\nCabinet minister Robert Jenrick said the claims must be looked into, but there was \"no obligation\" on the Prime Minister to give Mr Bercow a peerage.\n\nThe controversial speaker stood down in October after a decade in the job, during which he faced accusations of bias over Brexit as well as questions over his own behaviour towards colleagues.\n\nDowning Street has refused to put forward Mr Bercow's name for consideration by the House of Lords Appointments Commission. Instead, the Labour opposition has nominated him.\n\nIn an interview with the BBC's Broadcasting House programme, Mr Bercow said while \"every Speaker for the last couple of hundred years\" had received a peerage, he accepted there was no automatic entitlement to one.\n\nAsked whether he believed his chances of a peerage had disappeared, he replied: \"I didn't say that. You asked me whether there was a concerted campaign, whether there was a conspiracy, whether there was an organised effort and I said it is blindingly obvious that that is so.\"\n\nMr Bercow is facing at least one formal complaint regarding his behaviour during his decade in the Speaker's Chair.\n\nHe has dismissed claims there was a pattern of bullying towards his subordinates, arguing that the \"vast majority\" of his relationships with colleagues both inside and outside Parliament were constructive.\n\nHe told Broadcasting House that while he had had two disagreements with David Leakey, the former army officer who served as Black Rod in the House of Lords, \"neither remotely amounted to bullying\" and there was no \"regular rancour\" between the two.\n\n\"Almost eight or nine years later he is still moaning about the fact that we argued,\" he said. \"He was, from my point of view, a very marginal figure. He was a bit-part player in my day to day existence.\"\n\nAnd while he accepted his relationship with his former private secretary Angus Sinclair had broken down, he believed the two had parted on good terms and it was \"absolutely not true\" that he had thrown his phone at him.\n\n\"On issue after issue after issue, I wanted to do things differently and felt I had a mandate for modernisation and overdue change and he was very resistant to that,\" he said. \"It was a relationship that, despite our best endeavours, did not work.\n\n\"He was not bullied, there was no bullying. There was an honourable difference of opinion and that is the end of it.\"\n\nMr Bercow, who has written a new book, said he himself been a victim of snobbery and anti-Semitism during his time in Parliament.\n\nLabour MP Dawn Butler, who is campaigning to be the party's deputy leader, suggested the reason the government has not nominated Mr Bercow was \"due to Brexit\" and the ex-Speaker's hostility to the UK leaving the EU.\n\n\"If John Bercow has been accused of bullying then there needs to be due process. Has he been found guilty or [is it] just an accusation?\" she said.\n\n\"We really do need to ask the Conservatives why is it that you haven't, like everyone else, ensured that the Speaker of the House is given a peerage. Otherwise I think that's a form of bullying too.\"\n\nBut Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick said Mr Bercow had regularly defied the rules when he was Speaker and the convention of ex-Speaker going to the Lords was just that - a convention and not a rule.\n\n\"The prime minister chooses individuals who could sit in the House of Lords as Conservative peers,\" he told Sky News. \"There's no obligation on the prime minister to make John Bercow a member of the House of Lords.\"\n\n\"I think what's important here is that there should be a high bar on anybody who ends up in the House of Lords as indeed in the House of Commons. The allegations against John Bercow need now to be investigated.\"", "Storm Ciara has hit the UK, bringing severe gales and flooding in its wake.", "Concerns have been raised over \"deposit-free\" renting being mis-sold to tenants who do not understand the costs involved.\n\nThe option allows renters to pay a smaller, generally non-refundable fee in place of a traditional deposit.\n\nCompanies and letting agents offering it say it reduces upfront costs.\n\nBut campaign groups and the ombudsman have warned some are pushing deposit-free options without making it clear they could cost renters more over time.\n\nA traditional deposit is typically up to five weeks' rent - but this is refunded at the end of the tenancy, minus any deductions for damage or unpaid rent.\n\nWith deposit-free options, renters pay less initially - usually a one-off payment equivalent to one week's rent or a monthly fee. But this is generally non-refundable and cannot be used to pay for damages.\n\nWhen Simon first heard about the possibility of renting without paying a deposit he couldn't believe his luck.\n\nThe 23-year-old was keen to move out of his family home to live with his partner - but they didn't have enough for the deposit of more than £1,000 to rent in Sussex.\n\nEager to move quickly, the couple decided to rent through an agency which offered a deposit-free option.\n\nIt wasn't until they had already put money down and were going through the paperwork that they realised the monthly fee to rent without a deposit was money they would never get back.\n\nSimon has been living there for more than a year - and has paid more than £500 in fees so far.\n\nHe feels the agency did not highlight the fee was non-refundable.\n\n\"I think for something like that all of this should be explained to you before they even let you go for it - you shouldn't need to hunt down the answers,\" he adds.\n\nSimon says if the terms of the arrangement had been explained fully to him he would not have chosen to rent without a deposit and would have taken out a loan or carried on living with his family to save up to cover the upfront cost.\n\n\"Then at least we would get our deposit money back - rather than it going down the drain,\" he says.\n\nIn response, the agency said it was sorry Simon felt the terms of its deposit-free option were not explained clearly enough but insisted there was clear communication from branch staff by email and he had signed a document confirming he understood the terms.\n\nIt said the terms were \"made clear at every stage of the rental process\".\n\nSimon says he now regrets renting without a deposit\n\nThe property ombudsman, Katrine Sporle, whose office resolves disputes between consumers and property agents, says other renters have had similar experiences.\n\nShe says one tenant was forced to pay an administration fee to switch to a traditional deposit - even though they said they had not understood the terms of the deposit-free option.\n\nOthers were told they had to use a deposit-free scheme to rent with an agency.\n\nGovernment guidance for England says a landlord or agent cannot insist a tenant uses an alternative to a traditional deposit, but it can be offered as an option.\n\nMs Sporle says deposit-free options are not necessarily a bad thing but agents should ensure tenants understand the terms.\n\nDavid Cox, chief executive of ARLA Propertymark, which represents letting agents, says it welcomes anything which helps renters struggling to pay a new deposit before they get their previous one back.\n\nHowever, he says, it is important tenants understand fees for deposit-free schemes are generally non-refundable.\n\nMs Laming says tenants may be tempted by the schemes with the average deposit at more than £1,000\n\nCampaign group Generation Rent says some tenants feel under pressure to accept a deposit-free option in a competitive renting market.\n\nLetting agents can earn commission from selling the products and schemes owned by agents themselves can also be lucrative.\n\nThe group's Georgie Laming says some agents see this as an income opportunity since the majority of letting fees were banned in June last year.\n\nAnd there are now at least eight products on the market, with differing terms, which she says can prove confusing.\n\nSome charge tenants as much as £100 to dispute a damage claim from their landlord - a fee which does not exist for traditional deposits, which are held in a government-backed scheme.\n\nMs Laming says she can understand why tenants might be tempted by deposit-free renting when the average up-front deposit in England and Wales is £1,108.\n\nHowever, she recommends looking at other options - as some councils and employers may provide interest-free loans to cover deposits.\n\nThe government also plans to introduce a \"lifetime deposit\" to let renters transfer some of the deposit paid for a previous tenancy to the next.\n\nThis would make it easier for renters to move without having to pay a new deposit before they get their previous one back - although it would not help first-time renters.", "Boris Johnson and Home Secretary Priti Patel are expected to set out their immigration reforms, including a drop in salary threshold for some migrants, at a cabinet meeting on Friday.\n\nCurrently, skilled migrants from outside the EU need to have a job offer with a minimum salary of £30,000.\n\nThe BBC understands ministers plan to lower this threshold to £25,600.\n\nWorkers from the EU will face the same rules once the transition period for leaving the EU ends on 31 December.\n\nWorkers earning less might be allowed to make up \"points\" elsewhere in order to be granted a visa if they work in a sector with a skills shortage. Points will also be awarded for speaking good English or for having an outstanding educational background.\n\nThe Home Office said it would set out the details of what would be a \"firmer and fairer new system\" in due course.\n\n\"We will deliver on the people's priorities by introducing a points-based immigration system from 2021 to attract the brightest and best talent from around the world, while cutting low-skilled immigration and bringing overall numbers down,\" it said.\n\nLast month the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) made a series of recommendations for how the system should look from 2021, including lowering the salary threshold for skilled migrants to £25,600 in order to help recruit teachers and skilled NHS staff.\n\nThe committee also criticised the UK's current complex immigration system, where non-EU workers can attempt to qualify for a range of visas.\n\nThe prime minister made it a key pledge during the election campaign to introduce a points-based immigration scheme, based on Australia's, for when existing EU freedom of movement rules end.\n\nUnder those rules, workers from the EU and European Economic Area countries can come to the UK to live or work without a visa.\n\nThe MAC has said there is no such thing as a \"perfect\" immigration system, with benefits and trade-offs in various parts of the economy.\n\nIt said whatever policies the government decides, it must work quickly to get something in place for after the transition period ends.", "Severe warnings have been issued across parts of northern Europe as Storm Ciara sweeps across the continent.\n\nHigh winds and heavy rain continue to batter areas of Ireland, France, Belgium, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and Scandinavia.\n\nThe storm led to travel disruptions and the cancellation of several public events over the weekend.\n\nForecasters predict it will continue to move south-eastwards, bringing gusts of over 90mph (145km/h) in some areas.\n\nIn Ireland, around 14,000 homes and businesses were left without power as the country begins counting ballots for its general election.\n\nOrganisers also cancelled an opening ceremony to mark the beginning of Galway's year as the European Capital of Culture, citing public safety.\n\nOver in Denmark, a woman and a child had to be rescued from the North Sea after they were swept into the water while walking along a pier.\n\nHigh winds have also brought severe disruption around the continent\n\nFrance issued amber warnings - its second-highest level - for 42 regions of the country, including Normandy, the Ardennes and Lorraine.\n\nPeople in the country have been warned to stay away from coastal and wooded areas, several cities have closed off parks and seaside promenades.\n\nForecasters in Norway, meanwhile, have issued red warnings - their highest risk level - for some southern and western areas due to concerns about high seas.\n\nSevere weather has disrupted trains and flights in several major European cities\n\nThese same concerns have also led to the suspension of ferry services in the English Channel.\n\nGale force winds grounded hundreds of flights in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. Frankfurt, Brussels and Amsterdam Schipol were among the airports affected.\n\nGerman railway firm Deutsche Bahn also warned of severe disruptions in the north of the country.\n\nStorm Ciara is known as Elsa in Norway, and Sabine in Germany and Switzerland\n\nStorm Ciara - known as Elsa in Norway, and Sabine in Germany and Switzerland - is the most severe storm to hit the continent so far this year.\n\nIn recent years, several national forecasters have adopted the practice of naming large storms to help the public monitor severe weather.\n\nBut while Irish, Dutch, French and British have agreed to adopt the same names, Germany and Switzerland have their own separate agreement, as does Norway.\n\nFor the UK, this year's storm names have already been chosen, with Dennis next in line.\n\nHave you been affected by Storm Ciara? 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:", "Universities need to be much clearer about whether they will contact parents if students have a mental health crisis, says a social mobility charity.\n\nMy Big Career, which helps poorer youngsters apply to university, says families being informed is a \"lottery\".\n\nFollowing concerns over student suicides, some universities ask students if they want families to be contacted if there are serious worries.\n\nBut there is no requirement for universities to notify parents.\n\nCharity founder Deborah Streatfield says students and their families can be left unsure what will happen if there are mental health problems.\n\n\"Many are quite scared when a young person moves away from home for the first time,\" she said.\n\n\"If anything were to happen over the academic years, whether mental or physical illness, the university is under no obligation to inform anyone.\n\n\"It is a lottery for parents to know which universities have introduced this vital support.\"\n\nIn the wake of student suicides at the University of Bristol, the university introduced an \"opt-in\" system in which students can give consent for a parent, guardian or friend to be contacted if there are \"serious concerns\" about their well-being.\n\nThis year 93% of students at Bristol chose to opt-in to let family or friends be contacted - and there were 36 cases last year in which contacts were made, such as incidents of self-harm, concern about not being seen in halls of residence or deteriorations in mental health.\n\nAn inquest last year into the death of a University of Liverpool student, Ceara Thacker, heard that her family had not been informed about a previous suicide attempt three months before her death.\n\nStudents are adults and so have a right to confidentiality - which means universities have to ask if they will waive this privacy.\n\nBut for students currently making choices about university applications, there is no simple way to see which universities might have an arrangement for families to be contacted.\n\nThe higher education regulator, the Office for Students, says it does not keep a list of which universities offer such an option.\n\nAdmissions service Ucas does not have a list for students or parents of which universities offer such an opt-in for contacting families.\n\nA spokesman says students are encouraged to declare any mental health conditions when they apply.\n\nIn last year's entry, there were almost 16,000 students who declared a mental health problem - a 19% increase on the previous year - and more than double the number in 2015.\n\nThe admissions service says when a student discloses a mental health condition, they will usually be contacted by a \"trained individual\" from the university to \"discuss what support the student needs\".\n\nUniversities UK is currently working on guidance to give to universities over contacting family - and says it has been consulting mental health and legal experts and students and parents.\n\nThe charity, My Big Career, is calling for all universities to offer an opt-in for parents.\n\nBut Universities UK says this has to be balanced against concerns that involving students' families could make matters worse.\n\nThe Department for Education says it has asked the university sector to consider how to better share information with students' families.\n\n\"Universities should work to improve how they involve family members in mental health support, while ensuring that students' best interests are central to any decisions about their care,\" said a department spokesman.", "Lulu Wang [holding award] called for women to be given more jobs in the film industry\n\nThe Farewell may have missed out at this year's Oscars, but Lulu Wang's movie has won two awards including best film at the Independent Spirit Awards.\n\nUncut Gems won three, including best male for Adam Sandler, while The Lighthouse won two, with Willem Dafoe taking best supporting male.\n\nAmerican Factory, the first film from Barack and Michelle Obama's production company Higher Ground, won best documentary.\n\nWang flew the flag for women in film.\n\nIt follows criticism that the nominations for the Oscars and Baftas were not diverse enough.\n\n\"There's been a lot of conversation this year about how to encourage more women in film,\" she said at the award ceremony.\n\n\"You don't have to encourage women - there are lots of women making films and in film school. Shadow programmes are great but women need the the job - just give them the frickin' job.\"\n\nThe Farewell, written and directed by Wang, stars Awkwafina and best supporting female winner Zhao Shuzhen. The semi-autobiographical movie tells the story of a Chinese-American woman who returns to China when her grandmother is diagnosed with terminal cancer.\n\nAdam Sandler got plenty of laughs as he compared the awards with the Oscars\n\nUncut Gems, which also won best director for Benny and Josh Safdie, tells the story of Howard Ratner, a New York gambling addict and jeweller who attempts to escape debt by acquiring and selling a rare black opal.\n\nSandler's speech poked fun at his lack of an Oscar nomination, the day before the Academy Awards take place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.\n\nHe said: \"A few weeks back when I was 'snubbed' by the academy, it reminded me when I briefly attended high school and was overlooked for the coveted yearbook superlative category best looking.\n\n\"That accolade was given to a jean-jacket wearing, feather-haired douchebag by the name of Skipper Jenkins. But my classmates did honour me with the allegedly less prestigious designation of best personality.\n\n\"And tonight, as I look around this room, I realise the Independent Spirit Awards are the best personality awards of Hollywood.\"\n\nFor films to qualify for the awards, there is a budget cap of $22.5m.\n\nRenee Zellweger, who looks certain to win an Oscar on Sunday, continued her winning streak with the prize for best female for Judy, for her portrayal of Judy Garland.\n\nShe said independent films \"challenge our perspectives and enlighten us\".\n\nMarriage Story, about the disintegration of a relationship starring Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver, won best screenplay for Noah Baumbach plus the Robert Altman award.\n\nAmerican Factory, directed by Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar, explores what happens when a Chinese billionaire opens a factory in an abandoned General Motors plant in Ohio, hiring 2,000 American workers.\n\nReichert, who is having treatment for cancer, spoke about income inequality, and said their film questioned 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 The Hollywood Reporter This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and 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 Hollywood Reporter\n\nParasite, Bong Joon-Ho's South Korean social comedy thriller which won last year's Palme D'Or at Cannes and is up for six Oscars, won best international film.\n\nIt depicts the symbiotic relationship between a very wealthy and an impoverished family, whose lives become intertwined.\n\nTeen comedy Booksmart, directed by Olivia Wilde, won best first feature and tells the story of two graduating high school girls (Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever) who finally decide to party and break some rules before they leave.\n\nBest first screenplay - Fredrica Bailey and Stefon Bristol, See You Yesterday", "Christian Hirte congratulated Thomas Kemmerich on his win in Thuringia\n\nGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel has dismissed a minister for praising the election of a liberal candidate who was supported by the far right.\n\nThe candidate, Thomas Kemmerich, won an election in the state of Thuringia with the backing of the far-right AfD party.\n\nChristian Hirte, who belongs to Mrs Merkel's CDU party, tweeted his congratulations afterwards.\n\nMr Kemmerich's victory with AfD support was seen as a political earthquake. Mrs Merkel said it was \"unforgiveable\".\n\nWednesday's election broke a taboo in German politics that mainstream parties do not work with the far right, and led to outrage among Ms Merkel's centre-left coalition partners in the national government, the Social Democrats (SPD).\n\nAs the vote sent shockwaves through Germany, Mr Hirte tweeted to FDP politician Mr Kemmerich: \"Your election as a candidate of the middle shows once again that the Thuringian [left-wing] red-green alliance has been voted out for good.\"\n\nThe tweet was widely condemned, and Sven Kindler, Green Party member of the German parliament - the Bundestag - replied: \"Forming pacts with Nazis and also giving your congratulations, what a shame.\"\n\nMr Hirte was a minister for former East German states and secretary of state for the economy and energy. In a brief statement, Mrs Merkel's spokesman, Steffen Seibert, said: \"The chancellor has today proposed to the federal president the dismissal of Secretary of State Christian Hirte.\"\n\nThe vote sparked protests, including this one outside the chancellery in Berlin on Saturday\n\nIn a follow-up tweet sent on Saturday, Mr Hirte confirmed that he had been fired.\n\n\"Chancellor Merkel has told me... that I can no longer be the Federal Government Commissioner for the new states,\" he wrote. \"Therefore, following her suggestion, I have asked for my discharge.\"\n\nThis was the first time in post-war Germany that a leader has been helped into office by the far right. Mainstream parties officially oppose any deals with the AfD, which has grown to become the main opposition party in the Bundestag.\n\nFaced with a major backlash to his election win, Mr Kemmerich announced on Thursday that he would resign - just 25 hours after he was elected - and called for a snap election.\n\nThe following day he said his lawyers had advised him to stay on temporarily, but reversed this on Saturday, announced he was standing down \"with immediate effect\".\n\nHe has said he would turn down a pay package of €93,000 (£79,000; $102,000), which he was legally entitled to under Thuringia law even though he only served one day in office.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSenior MPs in Thuringia's parliament plan to meet on 18 February to decide on a constitutional way to re-run the election for state premier.\n\nNo replacement has been chosen yet for Mr Kemmerich. There are calls for the public to vote in fresh regional elections in Thuringia, but Chancellor Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) are resisting that option.\n\nThe CDU and the SPD were holding crisis talks on Saturday.", "Derek Mackay resigned on Wednesday hours before he was due to present the Scottish budget\n\nPolice have spoken to a 16-year-old schoolboy sent hundreds of social media messages by Scotland's former finance secretary Derek Mackay.\n\nPolice Scotland said that while it had not \"received any complaint of criminality\", it was \"assessing available information\".\n\nMr Mackay resigned as finance secretary hours before he was due to present the Scottish budget.\n\nPolice have appealed to others with information to come forward.\n\nIt followed claims, first published in The Scottish Sun, that Mr Mackay sent 270 messages to the boy over a six-month period on Instagram and Facebook.\n\nThe youngster has since told the paper: \"I was happy to speak to the police and will tell them everything that happened.\n\n\"I didn't think what he was doing was a crime, but I knew it was wrong and should be highlighted.\"\n\nA Police Scotland spokeswoman said: \"We have not received any complaint of criminality, however we are currently assessing available information.\n\n\"We would encourage anyone with information to please come forward.\n\n\"Police Scotland will always listen to anyone who wishes to seek advice or formally report a matter to us.\"\n\nSince the scandal broke Mr McKay has deleted or restricted access to his social media accounts.\n\nMr Mackay's social media accounts have been restricted or deleted\n\nMr Mackay - who has also been suspended from the SNP pending investigation - is reported to have called the youngster \"cute\" as well as offering to take him to a rugby game and out to dinner.\n\nOpposition politicians have condemned what they described as \"predatory\" behaviour from Mr Mackay - who had been tipped as a future successor to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon - saying the messages amounted to \"grooming\".\n\nMr Mackay, a father-of-two who came out as gay in 2013, has not been seen in public since the story broke on Wednesday night.\n\nIt was later reported that the Renfrewshire North and West MSP had also sent dozens of unwanted messages to an SNP activist over a period of four years.\n\nShaun Cameron, 25, told the Daily Record on Friday that the MSP contacted him on Facebook after meeting him at an SNP event when he was 21. He said some of the messages were \"quite suggestive\" - alleging the then finance secretary had asked him in September 2017: \"Got any naughty pics?\"\n\nMs Sturgeon confirmed to MSPs at Holyrood on Thursday that she had accepted Mr Mackay's resignation from government - saying his behaviour had fallen \"seriously below the standard required of a minister\".\n\nIn his resignation statement, Mr Mackay accepted he had \"behaved foolishly\" and he apologised unreservedly to the teenage boy and his family.\n\nHe said at the time: \"I take full responsibility for my actions. I have behaved foolishly and I am truly sorry.\"\n\nHe remains an MSP but is facing mounting calls to resign.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What is Solar Orbiter and what's it going to do?\n\nEurope's audacious Solar Orbiter probe has lifted off on its quest to study the Sun from close quarters.\n\nThe €1.5bn (£1.3bn) mission is packed with cameras and sensors that should reveal remarkable new insights on the workings of our star.\n\nScientists want to better understand what drives its dynamic behaviour.\n\nThe spacecraft launched aboard an Atlas rocket, which lifted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 04:03 GMT (23:03 local time Sunday).\n\nThe Sun will occasionally eject billions of tonnes of matter and entangled magnetic fields that can disrupt activity at Earth.\n\nThe worst of these storms will trip the electronics on satellites, interfere with radio communications and even knock over power grids.\n\nResearchers hope the knowledge gained from Solar Orbiter (SolO) will improve the models used to forecast the worst of the outbursts.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Sun's surface as viewed by the Daniel K Inouye Solar Telescope on Hawaii\n\nThe probe is a flagship venture of the European Space Agency (Esa), but with the participation of its US counterpart, Nasa.\n\nAnd it's the Americans who've taken on the responsibility for launching SolO.\n\nSolO will be put on a path that takes it periodically to within 43 million km (27 million miles) of the Sun's surface. That's closer in than the planet Mercury where the temperatures are searing.\n\nTo survive, the probe will have to work from behind a large titanium shield.\n\nPictures will be snapped through peepholes that must be closed after a data-gathering session to prevent internal components from melting.\n\n\"We've had to develop lots of new technologies in order to make sure that the spacecraft can survive temperatures of up to 600C,\" said Dr Michelle Sprake, a systems engineer with European aerospace manufacturer Airbus.\n\n\"One of the coatings that makes sure the spacecraft doesn't get too hot is actually made out of baked animal bones,\" she told BBC News.\n\nSolO has six imagers and four in-situ instruments. The latter will sample the excited gas (plasma) and magnetic fields as they race away from our star and flow over the spacecraft.\n\n\"Solar Orbiter is all about the connection between what happens on the Sun and what happens in space,\" explained Prof Tim Horbury from Imperial College London.\n\n\"We need to go close to the Sun to look at a source region, then measure the particles and fields that come out from it. It's this combination, plus the unique orbit, that makes Solar Orbiter so powerful in studying how the Sun works and affects the Solar System.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prof Lucie Green: \"You get explosions and eruptions in the atmosphere of our star\"\n\nThat unique orbit will lift SolO out of the plane of the planets to look down on the Sun's poles.\n\n\"We don't yet have a detailed understanding of why the Sun has an 11-year cycle over which activity rises and falls,\" said Prof Lucie Green from University College London.\n\n\"There are missing observations that prevent us from knowing which of our theories are correct, and those missing observations are the ones we've never made of the poles.\"\n\nWhat the researchers will see, they cannot say for sure. But the expectation is that SolO will detect signals of when the Sun's activity is about to change.\n\n\"We believe we will see indications of the next cycle early on in the polar regions,\" speculated Esa project scientist Dr Daniel Müller. \"These are small concentrations of magnetic field.\"\n\nSolO took eight years to build and test\n\nThis decade is expected to be a golden one for advances in solar physics.\n\nSolO's launch follows hot on the heels of the Americans' Parker probe, which shares many of the same scientific goals and even some of the same kinds of instruments.\n\nAnd here on Earth, an astounding new 4m telescope has just opened on Hawaii. Called the Daniel K Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST), this facility can resolve details on the Sun's surface that are a mere 30km across.\n\nIts showed boiling cells of plasma in spectacular detail.\n\n\"SolO sits in this family of missions studying the inner Solar System. I regard it as a kind of orchestra. Every instrument plays a different tune but together they play the symphony of the Sun,\" said Prof Günther Hasinger, Esa's director of science.\n\nThe heatshield has peepholes to allow the telescopes to see the Sun\n\nJonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nEngland secured a 1-1 series draw with South Africa as they beat the hosts by two wickets in the third one-day international in Johannesburg.\n\nRecalled spinners Adil Rashid (3-51) and Moeen Ali (1-42) helped restrict the Proteas to 256-7 despite Quinton de Kock and David Miller both hitting 69.\n\nJason Roy (21) and Jonny Bairstow (43) got England off to a fast start before the tourists stuttered.\n\nJoe Root (49) and Joe Denly (66) played maturely to stabilise the chase.\n\nBut South Africa fought back with four quick wickets in a tense finale before Moeen and Chris Jordan guided England to 257-8 with 40 balls to spare.\n\nWhile the chase should never have been so tight, it was an improved performance from the world champions after they were beaten by seven wickets in the first ODI, with the second match abandoned because of rain.\n\nEngland will next face South Africa in three Twenty20 internationals, with the first match in East London on Wednesday.\n• None Reaction to England's win in third ODI\n\nAfter giving needed experience to all-rounder Sam Curran and leg-spinner Matt Parkison in the first two matches, England recalled Moeen and Rashid, with both spinners demonstrating their ongoing value to this side.\n\nMoeen, making his first international appearance since taking a break after the first Ashes Test in August, showed superb control and bowled Rassie van der Dussen shortly after the South African was controversially able to overturn being given out lbw off Rashid.\n\nRashid offered constant threat, with several batsmen unable to pick his googly, in snaring Temba Bavuma and Andile Phehlukwayo lbw and duping De Kock into a loose shot to bowl the Proteas captain.\n\nThe accuracy of Moeen and Rashid through the middle overs ensured South Africa never got close to an overwhelming total, even when the impressive Miller (69 not out) attacked poor death bowling from Jordan, who conceded 40 off his last three overs.\n\nIt remains to be seen whether England will move on from Moeen and Rashid by the next World Cup in 2023, but there were also promising performances from two young seam bowlers England hope will feature.\n\nSaqib Mahmood, 22, had a fine ODI debut in taking 1-17 off five overs, bowling Reeza Hendricks with a beautiful delivery that just grazed the top of the bail.\n\nAnd 24-year-old Tom Curran, an unused member of the 2019 World Cup-winning squad, troubled the Proteas' top order and gave up just 38 runs from his nine overs.\n\nBairstow showed brutal power and purpose to punish loose bowling by seamer Ngidi, smashing flat sixes over square leg, crashing anything over-pitched through the covers and punching adeptly down the ground.\n\nHe looked on course for a big score only to miscue one off a thick inside edge to mid-wicket before fellow opener Roy, who hit two sixes over long on, was also caught off a misjudged shot.\n\nEngland could have wobbled when captain Eoin Morgan tamely chipped straight back to Beuran Hendricks (3-59) for nine, but Root played the fuss-free innings he excels at to stabilise the chase while keeping on top of the rate.\n\nHe was livid at his dismissal after tapping left-arm wrist-spinner Tabraiz Shamsi to leg slip, where Bavuma took a sublime low catch, but Denly continued the calm accumulation.\n\nAs England closed in on the target, Denly hit Shamsi for back-to-back sixes over mid-wicket to bring up his second consecutive ODI half-century only to loft a drive to Phehlukwayo off Ngidi (3-63).\n\nSouth Africa surged back into the contest by taking three more wickets for just 20 runs, as Banton was caught behind for 32, Curran skied one to cover and Rashid nicked behind, but Moeen kept calm to ensure England avoided a first ODI series defeat since 2017 in India.\n\nMorgan revealed before the game that some players would only be playing here to get match practice before the T20 series - Rashid was one of them.\n\nHe's bowled very little this winter - he's had a shoulder problem - but you wouldn't have known it given how he bowled on Sunday.\n\nHe was a threat throughout his spell. He came on at 80-1 after 18 overs and turned the game decisively England's way. South Africa's right-handers seemed unable to read him and, on another day, he could easily have taken another five-wicket haul.\n\nHe gives England potency in the middle overs - they looked a completely different side from Cape Town when he was rested.\n\nRashid's dropped catch off Chris Morris at the Wanderers four years ago cost them the series. Here, his bowling ensured they didn't lose another one.\n\n'We need to develop ruthlessness' - reaction\n\nEngland captain Eoin Morgan: \"We bowled really well - Adil and Moeen came in and showed their value. Adil in particular, his control and variation were outstanding.\n\n\"It was disappointing to limp over the line. Ideally we would have chased it four or five down. We would have liked to win commandingly.\n\n\"Tom Banton showed lot of promise, Joe Denly's two knocks were really good, Saqib came in and bowled beautifully, and likewise Parky [Matt Parkinson] in the first game. We showed a lot of promise but we need to develop our ruthlessness.\"\n\nEngland's Adil Rashid, who took 3-51: \"I felt good. It has been a while since I played and I was eager to get out there. The ball came out nicely - it was nice to play on a spicy wicket with turn and bounce.\"\n\nSouth Africa captain Quinton de Kock: \"We gave ourselves a sniff at the end and it was cool to make it tough for the England guys.\n\n\"Being captain takes a lot of getting used to, but the guys help me a lot on and off the field. The energy of our players stood out for me.\"", "The Labour party has formally reported members of Sir Keir Starmer's leadership campaign team to the Information Commissioner, accusing them of hacking into the party's membership database, the BBC has learned.\n\nThe allegations were made against two members of Sir Keir's team - one of them is his compliance official.\n\nThey were passed to the Information Commissioner's Office on Thursday.\n\nSir Keir and his team said the claims were \"utter nonsense\".\n\nThe allegations are serious, and the confrontation has engulfed the campaign in bitter recrimination.\n\nThe Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is the UK's independent body set up to uphold information rights and enforce data protection legislation. The watchdog has the power to fine any organisation found to have misused data in any way.\n\nThe ICO has confirmed it had received a report of a membership database breach, and would make inquiries.\n\nBut I understand from multiple sources the Starmer team members were accused of what's called \"data-scraping\" - seeking to obtain certain information from a wider set of data.\n\nLate last night, Sir Keir wrote to the party flatly denying any wrongdoing by his team members.\n\nHe insisted they were investigating a means of penetrating the database - called Dialogue - with no intention to use it.\n\nSupporters of Sir Keir, who currently has the support of twice as many local Labour parties than any other candidate, have suggested they were now victims of a politically motivated effort to damage him and his campaign.\n\nJenny Chapman, the former Labour MP who is chairing Sir Keir's campaign, said no-one on the team had the \"capacity\" to hack into any of the party's databases and \"they wouldn't do it anyway\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"It's a very serious accusation and that is why I am here to defend it,\" she told BBC Radio 5live's Pienaar's Politics. \"This isn't even a situation where you say 'some over-enthusiastic young volunteers may have done it'. It didn't happen.\"\n\nMs Chapman suggested the allegations had only surfaced after her team had alerted Labour officials last week to what they believed was potentially a \"very serious\" data protection breach by the rival campaign of Rebecca Long-Bailey.\n\nIt emerged last week that Ms Long-Bailey's campaign circulated links to volunteers capable of allowing them access to Labour Party phone banks. The campaign said it acted innocently but Ms Chapman said she believed \"something wrong\" had taken place.\n\n\"We wrote to the Labour Party... and we thought that was the end of it as far as we were concerned. And the next thing you know, a couple of people on our campaign get letters saying 'actually we think you have done something wrong'.\n\nShe added: \"Labour members want a fair contest. Whoever decided to send these threatening letters to people on the Starmer campaign and then leak it to the BBC are not really doing the Labour Party or their preferred candidate any favours.\"\n\nLabour said it had written to Sir Keir and his three leadership rivals to \"remind them of their obligations under the law and to seek assurances that membership data will not be misused\".\n\n\"The Labour Party takes its legal responsibilities for data protection - and the security and integrity of its data and systems - extremely seriously.\"\n\nIt emerged last week the rival campaign of Rebecca Long-Bailey had circulated links to volunteers capable of allowing access to the membership database - her team say done innocently.\n\nUnder the party's leadership rules, any candidate who makes it to the final stage of the contest later this month will be entitled to receive details of party membership and registered supporter lists, containing names, telephone numbers and postal addresses.\n\nSir Keir, Ms Long-Bailey and Lisa Nandy have already qualified after getting sufficient support from trade unions and other bodies affiliated to the party. Emily Thornberry has yet to do so.\n\nIt is understood all the eligible candidates are being required to provide guarantees that the information will be stored securely and processed lawfully before it is given to them.", "Sony and Amazon are the latest major companies to pull out of one of the world's largest tech shows because of risks posed by coronavirus.\n\nSony said it would no longer take part in Mobile World Congress in Barcelona after \"monitoring the evolving situation\" after the coronavirus outbreak.\n\nThe organiser has said the event, which attracts 100,000 people, will go ahead.\n\nBut it admitted other companies are considering whether to attend.\n\nSouth Korea's LG Electronics, Ericsson, the Swedish telecoms equipment-maker, and US chip company NVIDIA have all withdrawn from the conference, which runs between 24 and 27 February.\n\nThe GSMA, which organises the show in the Spanish city, said that while it could \"confirm some large exhibitors have decided not to come to the show this year with others still contemplating next steps, we remain more than 2,800 exhibitors strong\".\n\nHowever, it revealed that it had put in place additional measures to \"reassure attendees and exhibitors that their health and safety are our paramount concern\".\n\nMobile World Congress in Barcelona attracts around 100,000 attendees each year\n\nThese include a ban on all travellers from China's Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak, while people who have been in China must provide proof they have been outside the country for 14 days.\n\nThe GSMA estimates that between 5,000 and 6,000 people visit Mobile World Congress.\n\nThe GSMA also says it will suggest participants should not shake hands with each other at the show, and microphones used by speakers will be disinfected and changed.\n\nCoronavirus has now killed more than 800 people - the vast majority in mainland China - and infected 34,800 others.\n\nThe Singapore Airshow, which is due to open on Tuesday, has also seen major firms pull out of the event, including US aerospace giant Lockheed Martin.\n\nBombardier and Gulfstream Aerospace have also said they will not attend.", "There are just over 1,000 mountain gorillas in existence\n\nFour rare mountain gorillas, including a pregnant female, have died in Uganda after being hit by lightning, a conservation group says.\n\nThe three adult females and a male infant were found in Uganda's Mgahinga National Park with \"gross lesions\" on their bodies indicating electrocution.\n\nThe Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration (GVTC) called this a \"big loss for the species\".\n\nThere are just over 1,000 mountain gorillas in existence.\n\nThe species is restricted to protected areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda.\n\nThe four that died were part of a 17-member group, which has been called the Hirwa family by the authorities.\n\nMembers of the Hirwa group were photographed in 2012\n\nThe Hirwa group had crossed the border from Rwanda into Uganda last year and had been living in Uganda's Mgahinga National Park.\n\nMgahinga is in the Virunga Massif range of mountains which straddle the borders of Uganda, Rwanda and DR Congo.\n\n\"This was extremely sad,\" Andrew Seguya, executive secretary of the GVTC, told the BBC.\n\n\"The potential of the three females for their contribution to the population was immense,\" Dr Seguya said.\n\nHe added that the 13 surviving members of the Hirwa family have been found and are feeding well.\n\nSamples from the post-mortem are currently being tested and confirmation of the cause of death is expected within the next three weeks, GVTC said.\n\nIn 2018, the mountain gorilla was removed from the list of critically endangered species, after intensive conservation efforts, including anti-poaching patrols, paid off.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Jakraphanth Thomma, a Thai soldier, went on a shooting rampage in the city of Nakhon Ratchasima\n\nOn Saturday 8 February, Thai soldier Jakraphanth Thomma killed his commanding officer, stole weapons from a military base, and went on to launch a devastating attack on civilians in the city of Nakhon Ratchasima.\n\nSo far 26 people have been confirmed dead with 57 injured, but those numbers could rise.\n\nOn Sunday morning, the security forces shot Jakraphanth dead, after he had been holed up all night in a shopping centre.\n\nHere's how it all unfolded (all times local, GMT +7 hours)\n\nThe attack begins. Jakraphanth, 32, kills his commanding officer, Col Anantharot Krasae, 48, and Col Anantharot's 63-year-old mother-in-law, Anong Mitchan.\n\nJakraphanth steals weapons - an HK33 assault rifle, BBC Thai reports - and ammunition, before fleeing the camp in a Humvee-type vehicle.\n\nFootage appears to show Jakraphanth arriving at the Terminal 21 shopping centre in Korat.\n\nHe goes on to indiscriminately shoot at people inside the mall, killing and injuring dozens of people.\n\nHe posts updates on Facebook during the attack.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Gunshots can be heard and people can be seen running through the shopping centre\n\nOfficials confirm that Jakraphanth is on the fourth floor of the shopping centre. Reports say he is holding hostages inside.\n\nHe posts a video of himself holding a rifle on Facebook, and says: \"Tired, I can barely move my fingers.\"\n\nPeople trapped inside the shopping centre hide in bathroom cubicles and under tables, they later tell BBC Thai.\n\nFacebook takes down the post and profile soon afterwards.\n\nFacebook says in a statement: \"Our hearts go out to the victims, their families and the community affected by this tragedy in Thailand.\n\n\"There is no place on Facebook for people who commit this kind of atrocity, nor do we allow people to praise or support this attack.\"\n\nColonel Krishna Phatthanacharoen, deputy spokesman for the Royal Thai Police, confirms that more than 10 people have died.\n\nA number of police officers surround the shopping centre, while others enter the building to try and help people inside to escape.\n\nA radius of 2km around the shopping centre is cordoned off.\n\nPolice officers meet Jakraphanth's mother, and bring her to the shopping centre so she can attempt to persuade him to surrender.\n\nThe official death toll rises to 16.\n\nAnother round of gunfire is heard from within the shopping centre, before calming down again.\n\nA spokesman for the Ministry of Defence says that the military will assist the police in protecting the shopping centre, and helping people trapped inside to escape.\n\nOfficers confirm that they have managed to clear the ground floor of the shopping centre, as well as floors one, two and three. Images show people fleeing.\n\nArmy officials ask news outlets to stop live coverage of the attack, to avoid giving the suspect information about their operations.\n\nAs ambulances arrived at the shopping centre, there were reports of further gunfire\n\nDeputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnverakul confirms that the death toll has risen to 20. He says 16 people died at the scene, while another four died in hospital.\n\nHe adds that two police officers have been shot in the back and the leg, and are currently undergoing surgery.\n\nThere are reports of sporadic rounds of gunfire within the building. Special Operations officers enter the building.\n\nAt the same time, about five ambulances arrive at the shopping centre to take injured people to hospital.\n\nA member of the security forces dies in the operation.\n\nThe security forces announce that they have shot dead the gunman.\n\nPublic Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul posts on his Facebook page, thanking the police and the military officers who carried out the operation.\n\n\"It is unprecedented in Thailand, and I want this to be the last time this crisis happens,\" said Prayuth Chan-ocha outside a hospital in Nakhon Ratchasima.\n\nHe announced a revised death toll of 26, plus the gunman, with 57 people wounded.\n\nHe said that a property deal appeared to have given Jakraphanth a sense of grievance which led to his rampage.", "Thailand is the only country in South East Asia to have escaped colonial rule. Buddhist religion, the monarchy and the military have helped to shape its society and politics.\n\nThe military has ruled for most of the period since 1947, with a few interludes in which the country had a democratically elected government.\n\nSince 2001, Thai politics have been dominated by the deep split between supporters and detractors of Thaksin Shinawatra, who served as prime minister until he was ousted by the military in 2006.\n\nIn 2023, Thailand's opposition parties secured by far the largest number of votes in national elections, as voters delivered a significant rebuke to the military-backed government that had ruled since the 2014 coup.\n\nThailand is a constitutional monarchy. Maha Vajiralongkorn, the 10th Thai monarch of the Chakri dynasty, was proclaimed king in December 2016.\n\nHe succeeded his father King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest reigning monarch at the time, who died in October that year.\n\nSrettha Thavisin of the populist Pheu Thai party won the backing of parliament to become Thailand's next prime minister in August 2023, paving the way for a new coalition government and putting an end to the political impasse that followed the country's May elections.\n\nThe vote came hours after the Pheu Thai party's billionaire figurehead Thaksin Shinawatra made an historic homecoming after years as a fugitive in self-imposed exile.\n\nThe progressive Move Forward Party, which won the most votes, was blocked from taking power by conservative senators - all of whom were appointed by the army following its 2014 coup. Thavisin's appointment as prime minister cements his party's coalition with its former military rivals.\n\nUnder Thailand's constitution drafted under military rule after the coup, both houses of parliament must vote to select a new prime minister.\n\nThailand's military has a seized power 12 times since the end of the absolute monarchy in 1932.\n\nThe government and military control nearly all the national terrestrial television networks, and operate many of Thailand's radio networks.\n\nThe media are free to criticise government policies, and cover instances of corruption and human rights abuses.\n\nHowever, a strict lese majeste law prohibits media in Thailand from reporting anything that could be deemed critical of the royal family, and journalists tend to exercise self-censorship regarding the military, the judiciary and other sensitive issues.\n\n20,000BC - Evidence of continuous human habitation in present-day Thailand from this date onwards.\n\nc. 1250-1000BC - Ban Chiang in northeast Thailand, currently the earliest known centre of copper and bronze production in South East Asia\n\n68-550AD - Funan Kingdom, centred on the Mekong Delta, becomes the area's first known regional power.\n\n802-1431 - Khmer Empire, centred on Angkor Wat in Cambodia, encompasses much of modern Thailand.\n\n1238-1438 - Sukhothai Kingdom. Pho Khun Bang Klang Hao, a local Tai ruler, becomes the first ruler of the kingdom, based around Sukhothai in north-central Thailand, having rallied resistance to Khmer rule. In 1438 it falls under the influence of the neighbouring Ayutthaya.\n\n1351-1767 - Ayutthaya Kingdom, centred on the southern city of Ayutthaya, becomes on great powers of Asia, and is considered the precursor of modern Thailand.\n\nAyutthaya reached its peak under the reign of King Narai the Great\n\n1656-1688 - Under Narai the Great, Ayutthaya makes commercial and diplomatic links with countries in the Middle East and West. It develops close diplomatic relations with Louis XIV in France. The kingdom sees intense rivalry between the competing Dutch, French and English trading companies.\n\n1767 - Ayutthaya is captured by Burmese forces and destroyed.\n\n1767-1782 - Thonburi Kingdom. Seat of power is moved south to Thonburi, now a district in present-day Bangkok. Founded by Taksin the Great, who reunites the country following the collapse of the Ayutthaya Kingdom.\n\n1782 - Rattanakosin Kingdom founded. Army commander Phra Phutthayotfa Chulalok Maharaj overthrows Taksin and as Rama I becomes the first monarch of the reigning Chakri dynasty of Siam, now Thailand. Rattanakosin, now Bangkok, becomes the new capital of the reunited kingdom.\n\n1896 - Rival colonial powers Britain and France agree to make Thailand's central Chao Phraya valley a buffer state between their territories in India and Burma (now Myanmar) and France's occupation of Indochina.\n\n1932 - Absolute monarchy gives way to constitutional monarchy with parliamentary government.\n\n1939 - Decree changes the name of the country from \"Siam\" to \"Thailand\".\n\n1940-41 - Following the fall of France in World War Two, Thailand fights a brief conflict with colonial Vichy France resulting in Thailand gaining some Lao and Cambodian territories.\n\n1941 - Japan attacks US fleet at Pearl Harbor and invades Dutch East Indies. Japanese armies cross Thailand to invade Malaya and Burma. Thailand allies with Japan.\n\n1947 - First post-1945 military coup. The military retains power continuously until 1973.\n\n1954 - Thailand joins the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (Seato) to become an active US ally.\n\n1961 - Following the United States' increasing involvement in the Vietnam War, the US secretly agrees to protect Thailand. From the mid-60s onwards, The US uses Thai air bases to bomb North Vietnam.\n\n1965-83 - Communist insurgency: Fought mainly between the Communist Party of Thailand (CPT) and Thai government forces, the fighting winds down after 1980 following the announcement of an amnesty. More than 7,000 soldiers, government officials, insurgent and civilians are killed in the fighting.\n\n1975 - End of the Vietnam war: South Vietnam collapses following the US withdrawal of military support, North Vietnamese forces sweep south and occupy Saigon.\n\n2001 - Populist Thaksin Shinawatra becomes prime minister for first time.\n\n2011 - Pro-Thaksin Pheu Thai party wins a landslide victory in elections and his younger sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, becomes prime minister.\n\n2014 - Military junta led by General Prayuth Chan-ocha seize power. The junta binds future governments to a 20-year national strategy 'road map' it laid down, effectively locking the country into military-guided democracy.\n\n2016 - King Bhumibol Adulyadej dies after 70 years on the throne, and is succeeded by his son, Maha Vajiralongkorn.\n\n2023 - Thailand's charismaic former PM Thaksin Shinawatra is jailed on returning to the country after 15 years in self-imposed exile, though many believe he has done a deal meaning he will only serve a short period in prison.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Detectives say it is still unclear why Babacar Diagne was attacked\n\nA 15-year-old girl has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder over the death of a teenage boy.\n\nBabacar Diagne, 15, was found on grassland in Wood End, Coventry, on Wednesday. He had been stabbed multiple times, a post-mortem examination found.\n\nThe girl was arrested just before 10:30 GMT and taken into custody to be questioned, West Midlands Police said.\n\nPolice have been granted court orders giving them more time to question two boys aged 15 on suspicion of murder.\n\nBabacar was found off Petitor Crescent, at about 19:00 GMT and declared dead by emergency crews.\n\nA vigil was held at a community centre on Thursday night\n\n\"The reason behind the attack still remains unclear, but homicide detectives are working on a number of possible motives,\" the force said.\n\nAppealing for witnesses, Det Ch Insp Scott Griffiths, who is leading the investigation, said: \"We've made fantastic progress on the case but my team will continue to work around the clock until we are satisfied we have caught everyone involved in this awful attack.\n\n\"The people responsible do not deserve protection. They have killed a child and we all collectively need to make a stand to show this is not acceptable.\"\n\nSeven other people who were arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender have been released under investigation.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Experts are hailing a British Airways flight as the fastest subsonic New York to London journey.\n\nThe Boeing 747-436 reached speeds of 825 mph (1,327 km/h) as it rode a jet stream accelerated by Storm Ciara.\n\nThe four hours and 56 minutes flight arrived at Heathrow Airport 80 minutes ahead of schedule on Sunday morning.\n\nAccording to Flightradar24, an online flight tracking service, it beat a previous five hours 13 minutes record held by Norwegian.\n\nThe BBC has been unable to independently verify the record as no complete database of flight times was available.\n\nAviation consultant and former BA pilot Alastair Rosenschein said the aeroplane reached a \"phenomenal speed\".\n\n\"The pilot will have sat their aircraft in the core of the jet stream and at this time of year it's quite strong.\n\n\"Turbulence in those jet streams can be quite severe, but you can also find it can be a very smooth journey.\"\n\nThe jet stream reached speeds of 260 mph (418 km/h) on Sunday morning, according to BBC Weather.\n\nDespite travelling faster than the speed of sound the plane would not have broken the sonic barrier as it was helped along by fast-moving air.\n\nRelative to the air, the plane was travelling slower than 801mph.\n\nModern passenger planes usually travel at about 85% the speed of sound, according to Mr Rosenschein.\n\nBritish Airways said: \"We always prioritise safety over speed records.\n\n\"Our highly-trained pilots made the most of the conditions to get customers back to London well ahead of time.\"\n\nThe fastest transatlantic civilian crossing belongs to BA Concorde, which flew from New York to London in two hours 52 minutes and 59 seconds in 1996 - hitting a top speed of 1,350 mph.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Liu Xiaoming: \"I think what they are doing is a kind of a witch-hunt.\"\n\nChina's ambassador to the UK, Liu Xiaoming, says Tory politicians opposed to Huawei playing a role in the UK's 5G network are conducting \"a witch-hunt\".\n\nSome senior Conservatives have written to Tory MPs to raise concerns about the government's decision to give Huawei a role in the network.\n\nThe group, including four ex-cabinet ministers, want \"high-risk\" vendors ruled out now, or phased out over time.\n\nBut Mr Liu told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show \"they were totally wrong\".\n\n\"I think what they are doing is a kind of a witch-hunt,\" he said. \"Huawei is a private-owned company, nothing to do with the Chinese government... the only problem they have is they are a Chinese company.\"\n\nSeveral senior Conservatives have warned Huawei involvement in the UK's next generation mobile internet network poses a security risk and could lead to the first significant Commons rebellion against Boris Johnson's government.\n\nBut Mr Liu said the firm operated totally independently of the Chinese state and was a leader in the field of 5G.\n\n\"The reason why the [UK] prime minister decided to keep Huawei is he has a very ambitious plan for the UK, he wants to have 5G coverage in the UK by 2025, and Huawei can help.\"\n\nBut he criticised the 35% cap that the government had put on Huawei's involvement, saying it was not in keeping with the principle of a \"free economy\".\n\nAnd, when asked about President Trump being unhappy with the UK, he said \"I will leave the prime minister to deal with President Trump\".\n\nMr Liu said: \"The UK can only be great when it has own independent foreign policy. I hope the prime minister will stay with the decision because I think it's in interest of the UK and maintaining Britain's image as most open and free market economy in the world.\"\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab has said the Huawei decision followed a \"rigorous\" review by security experts and that the firm's involvement would be restricted.\n\nBut the senior Conservatives have said there are alternatives to the Chinese firm.\n\nThe letter from Sir Iain Duncan Smith, Owen Paterson, David Davis, Damian Green, Tobias Ellwood and Bob Seely, which has been seen by the BBC, says some MPs were \"working to find a better solution\".\n\n\"We are seeking to identify a means by which we ensure that only trusted vendors are allowed as primary contractors into our critical national infrastructure,\" it says.\n\n\"Trusted vendors would be companies from countries that have fair market competition, rule of law, respect human rights, data privacy and non-coercive government agencies.\"\n\nThe signatories say they want the government to \"rule out hi-tech from untrusted, high-risk vendors\" in the UK's infrastructure, or to ensure future legislation includes \"sunset clauses\" to limit the length of time such companies can be used.\n\nThe letter comes after US vice-president Mike Pence said the US was \"profoundly disappointed\" with the UK's decision.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How will the Huawei 5G deal affect me?\n\nThe UK government has said restrictions would be in place on Huawei's role in the 5G network.\n\nThese include: banning Huawei from supplying kit to \"sensitive parts\" of the network, only allowing it to account for 35% of the kit in a network's periphery, and excluding the firm's equipment from areas near military bases and nuclear sites.\n\nBut Sir Iain and the others behind the letter have also cited examples of other countries which they said had already rejected using Huawei in their 5G networks at all, including Australia, the US and Japan.", "Stuart Lubbock was found dead in Michael Barrymore's swimming pool in March 2001\n\nDetectives investigating the death of a man whose body was found in entertainer Michael Barrymore's pool say they have new information about the case after a renewed appeal last week.\n\nStuart Lubbock, 31, was died after a party at Barrymore's home in Roydon, Essex, on 31 March 2001, having suffered serious sexual injuries.\n\nThey are now following up several calls, as the Mirror reported.\n\nAs they relaunched the appeal, Det Ch Insp Stephen Jennings said: \"I believe that [Stuart] was raped and murdered that night.\n\n\"One or more of those party-goers are responsible for that serious sexual assault on Stuart Lubbock.\"\n\nThe new senior investigating officer said three people previously arrested, including Barrymore, had not been \"completely eliminated\".\n\nIn a Channel 4 documentary about the case, he admitted crime scene mistakes had happened at the time, with police quick to believe the death was an accident.\n\nBarrymore read a statement on Twitter ahead of the programme saying he had been \"bashed and bullied by the media\" over the death in his pool.\n\n\"I've always done everything anyone has asked of me,\" he said. \"I've co-operated with everyone.\n\n\"Essex Police's own QC has said that 'we know Mr Barrymore has had nothing to do with this and that there is no evidence linking him with the injuries to Mr Lubbock or the pool'.\"\n\n\"I've had nothing to do with this whatsoever and yet I keep getting bashed and bullied by the media.\"\n\nEssex Police admitted mistakes were made in securing the crime scene at Barrymore's Roydon home\n\nSince the reward was offered and the programme aired, an Essex Police spokesman said: \"Following our renewed appeal for information about the rape and murder of Stuart Lubbock we have received a number of calls with information.\n\n\"We will follow up all lines of inquiry.\"\n\nIn 2007 Barrymore was arrested in connection with the death but was later released without charge and his arrest found to be unlawful.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n• None Barrymore- The Body In The Pool - Channel 4 The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Thousands outside of China have been put under quarantine, as they remain under observation for signs of coronavirus.\n\nThey have either been evacuated from China to their home countries or have been in contact with infected people, and now have to stay in isolation for at least 14 days.\n\nWhile some of those quarantined within China, particularly in Hubei province, have reported poor living conditions, many of those in lockdown in the rest of the world have been put up in comfortable converted military camps and government facilities.\n\nSome are also on cruise ships - or being housed in seaside holiday resorts.", "The three main political parties have tied in first preference votes, according to an exit poll for the Republic of Ireland's general election.\n\nThe earliest indications from the poll suggest there is little difference between Fine Gael, Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil.\n\nPolling closed in the general election at 22:00 GMT.\n\nCounting to elect the 33rd Dáil (Irish parliament) will begin on Sunday in all 39 constituencies.\n\nThere will be coverage of the election results on the BBC News NI website from 12:00 GMT on Sunday.\n\nThe poll was commissioned jointly by RTÉ, The Irish Times, TG4 and UCD and included sampling of 5,000 respondents at 250 polling stations.\n\nRTÉ says voting appears to have been \"solid\".\n\nHowever, there is no expectation of a spike in voting compared to 2016 despite it being the first ever Saturday general election vote.\n\nFactors that may have affected turnout include the poor weather and international rugby.\n\nThe exit poll indicates that Fine Gael secured 22.4% of first preference votes, closely followed by Sinn Féin (22.3%) and Fianna Fáil (22.2%).\n\nIt also suggests the Green Party secured 7.9% of first preference votes, followed by Labour (4.6%), Social Democrats (3.4%), Solidarity People Before Profit (2.8%).\n\nIndications are that Independents took 11.2% of first preference votes.\n\nThe poll suggests a move toward Sinn Féin among younger voters, with the party receiving the largest number of first preference votes among 18-24 years olds (31.8%).\n\nThe majority of voters over the age of 65 appear to have given their first preference to Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil\n\nThere is a margin of error of 1.3% in either direction in the exit poll.\n\nA total of 160 representatives will be returned to the Dáil and newly elected TDs will gather on 20 February .\n\nThe ceann comhairle, or speaker, is automatically re-elected.\n\nIn most situations, the speaker does not vote, so a government will need 80 TDs to hold a majority.\n\nIt is unlikely that any party will reach that number, so another coalition government is probable.\n\nThe election uses proportional representation with a single transferrable vote.\n\nVoters wrote \"1\" opposite their first choice candidate, \"2\" opposite their second choice, \"3\" opposite their third choice and so on.\n\nFianna Fáil leader Michéal Martin and family at the St Anthony's boys' school polling station in Ballinlough, County Cork\n\nPeople living on 12 islands off the coasts of counties Galway, Mayo and Donegal voted on Friday.\n\nLegislation to allow islanders to vote on the same day as other voters had not been passed by the time the general election was called.\n\nTraditionally, islanders have voted ahead of the rest of the country to ensure that bad weather does not hamper the return of ballot boxes to the mainland in time for the count, which will start on Sunday.\n\nAbout 2,100 island residents were eligible to vote.\n\nSinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald casts her vote at St Joseph's School in Dublin", "A cartoon cat, sick of the annoying mouse living in his home, devises a plot to take him out with a trap loaded with cheese. The mouse, wise to his plan, safely removes the snack and saunters away with a full belly.\n\nYou can probably guess what happens next. The story ends as it almost always does: with the cat yelling out in pain as yet another plan backfires.\n\nThe plot may be familiar, but the story behind it may not be. From Academy Award wins to secret production behind the Cold War's Iron Curtain - this is how Tom and Jerry, who turn 80 this week, became one of the world's best known double-acts.\n\nThe duo was dreamt up from a place of desperation. MGM's animation department, where creators Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera worked, had struggled to emulate the success of other studios who had hit characters like Porky Pig and Mickey Mouse.\n\nOut of boredom, the animators, both aged under 30, began thinking up their own ideas. Barbera said he loved the simple concept of a cat and mouse cartoon, with conflict and chase, even though it had been done countless times before.\n\nPuss gets the Boot was the first they released, in 1940. The debut was a hit and won the studio an Oscar nomination for best animated short. Despite their work, the animators were not credited.\n\nManagers initially told them not to put all their eggs in one basket. A change of heart came only when a letter arrived from an influential industry figure in Texas asking when she would see another one of those \"wonderful cat and mouse cartoons\".\n\nJasper and Jinx, as they were first known, became Tom and Jerry.\n\nSometimes friends, sometimes foes - their slapstick violence appealed to adults in cinema audiences too\n\nAccording to Barbera there was no real discussion about the characters not speaking, but having grown up with silent films starring Charlie Chaplin, the creators knew they could be funny without dialogue. Music composed by Scott Bradley underscored the action and Tom's trademark human-like scream was voiced by Hanna himself.\n\nFor the best part of the next two decades, Hanna and Barbera oversaw the production of more than 100 of these shorts. Each took weeks to make and cost up to $50,000 to produce, so only a handful could be made every year.\n\nThese Tom and Jerrys are almost universally considered the best, with rich hand-drawn animation and detailed backdrops helping win them seven Academy Awards and cameos in Hollywood feature films.\n\n\"I'll bet when you watched them as a child, or even if you look at them right now, you would be hard-pressed to know when they were made,\" says Jerry Beck, a cartoon historian who has worked in roles across the industry.\n\n\"There's something about animation. It's evergreen, it doesn't fade,\" he says. \"A drawing is a drawing, it's like when you go see paintings. Yes, we know they're from the 1800s or 1700s - it doesn't matter and it still speaks to you today.\"\n\n\"That's the thing with these cartoons. What we've learned in time is that they really are great art. They're not disposable throwaway entertainment.\"\n\nJerry danced with Gene Kelly in a musical sequence in 1945's Anchors Aweigh\n\nThe pair also appeared alongside swimmer and actress Esther Williams in 1953's Dangerous When Wet\n\nWhen producer Fred Quimby retired in the mid-1950s, Hanna and Barbera took over MGM's cartoon department just as budget cuts closed in. Studio bosses, threatened by the growing popularity of television, realised they could make almost as much money by re-issuing the old shorts as they could by making new ones.\n\nWhen their department was closed down in 1957, Hanna and Barbera set up their own production company.\n\nBut only a few years later, MGM decided to revive Tom and Jerry without its original creators. In 1961 they outsourced to a studio in Prague to save on costs. Chicago-born animator Gene Deitch was tasked with heading the remake, but struggled with a tight budget and staff with no knowledge of the original.\n\nHis studio also secretly made episodes of other cartoons, including Popeye. Czech names were Americanised on the credits to stop viewers associating the shows with Communism.\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 WB Kids 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\n\"Because of the Iron Curtain, the animators in the studio here in Prague had never ever even seen a Tom and Jerry cartoon,\" Deitch later told Radio.cz.\n\nHe knew, being the first to follow up the classics, that he would be \"in the line of fire\" from fans, and his 13 cartoons are regularly labelled the worst. In interviews Deitch was honest about their bad reputation and revealed he even received a death threat over them.\n\nAfter him the task fell to Chuck Jones, best known for his work on Looney Tunes at Warner Brothers. Under him, Tom's eyebrows grew thicker and his face more twisted, and was more like the Dr Seuss character the Grinch that Jones also animated.\n\nChuck Jones was behind 34 shorts made in Hollywood from 1963 to 1967\n\nMark Kausler, 72, is one of many people who have warm memories of Tom and Jerry growing up. He dragged his father to see reels of the shorts, over and over, at his local cinema in St Louis. He began making his own cartoons, partly inspired by the characters, and went onto an extensive animation career of his own.\n\n\"So much of it is based on the way they look and the timing and the way the music works and everything,\" he says. \"It was such a wonderful formula, the way everything interconnected.\"\n\n\"And when they tried to disassemble and reassemble it with another crew and with another type of designer and other comedy - it just rings inauthentic to me, if you know what I mean.\"\n\nKausler worked on dozens of productions, including Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Felix the Cat\n\nHe came a little too late into the industry to work on Tom and Jerry itself, but remembers the excitement of the \"monumental\" moment Hanna and Barbera showed up to his animation school.\n\nAt MGM, television had been seen as a \"bad word\", but after going it alone Hanna and Barbera pivoted into the platform. With longer episodes and smaller budgets, they adapted their animation style and used tricks to save time and money.\n\nTheir cartoons dominated children's television for decades. They first found success in the early 1960s with characters like Huckleberry Hound and Yogi Bear and soon, more hits like The Flintstones, Top Cat and Scooby Doo followed.\n\nIn the 1970s the pair returned to Tom and Jerry. By then, many of the early episodes were considered \"too violent\" under fresh guidelines issued to networks. New episodes, with the duo as friends, never lived up to the success of the originals.\n\nHanna (left) and Barbera (right) tried to hire back as many of their MGM staff as they could\n\nThe Jetsons were among a string of television hits created by their pair in the 1960s\n\nLike other cartoons of the time, the show's legacy has also been complicated by long-standing criticism of its depictions of race. In particular, the character of \"Mammy Two Shoes\" - a black housemaid with an exaggerated southern accent usually seen from the waist down - has been labelled an offensive racial caricature. Parts of the series also contain jokes using blackface and derogatory depictions of Asians and native Americans.\n\nWhen the originals were broadcast on US television in the 1960s, some scenes were edited out with \"Mammy\" replaced with new characters added by Jones's team. Today the worst-offending episodes are usually cut from re-release collections and streaming platforms. Attention was drawn to this in 2014 when Amazon Prime Instant Video added a \"racial prejudice\" warning to the series.\n\nTom and Jerry, with its slapstick violence and dark comedy, remains extremely popular around the world today. It can be found on children's television everywhere from Japan to Pakistan and a new mobile phone game has more than 100m users in China.\n\nThe show has also, surprisingly, found itself in news headlines. In 2016, a top Egyptian official tried to blame the cartoon for rising violence in the Middle East and Iran's Supreme Leader has compared their US relations to Tom and Jerry at least twice.\n\nTom and Jerry is still very popular in India, where it is broadcast in several languages\n\nA painting of Tom and Jerry seen in Iraq's Domiz refugee camp in 2014\n\nAs a regular on the BBC schedule for decades, it became particularly well liked in the UK and a 2015 poll named Tom and Jerry as the most popular cartoon in Britain among adults.\n\nIn the 80 years since their creation, the cat and mouse have appeared in everything from a \"kids\" version to a 1992 musical movie where they sang and spoke.\n\nBill Hanna died in 2001 and Joe Barbera passed away in 2006. A year before his death, Barbera was credited for the last time on a Tom and Jerry short - which was also his first without his former partner.\n\n\"We understood each other perfectly, and each of us had deep respect for the other's work,\" he said of their working relationship.\n\nTom and Jerry: The Movie had a disappointing box office run in 1992\n\nA new version of the show, animated by flash instead of being hand-drawn, has been broadcast since 2014.\n\nWarner Brothers, who now own the rights to Tom and Jerry, will release a new live-action film just before Christmas this year. Not much is known about the project, except that actors including Chloë Grace Moretz and Ken Jeong have signed on.\n\nFor Jerry Beck, Tom and Jerry's enduring appeal comes in part from the character's universal relatability.\n\n\"I think most people can identify with little Jerry because there's always an oppressor in our lives,\" he says.\n\n\"We always have someone, our boss, our landlord, politics - whatever it is. And we're just trying to live our lives and somebody wants to disturb it.\"", "A soldier has gone on a shooting spree in the Thai city of Nakhon Ratchasima.\n\nReports say at least 20 people have been killed and many others injured.\n\nThe gunman is still on the loose.", "Champion skater Sarah Abitbol said she was first raped by her former coach when she was 15\n\nThe long-time head of France's ice sports federation has resigned amid a sexual abuse scandal in figure skating.\n\nDidier Gailhaguet said he was leaving with his head held high and without bitterness at the \"injustice\" of being forced out by the sports minister.\n\nSeveral former skating champions have come forward to accuse three trainers of sexually abusing them as teenagers.\n\nMr Gailhaguet is not personally implicated. The alleged abuse happened from the end of the 1970s to the 1990s.\n\nSpeaking after a meeting of the French Ice Sports Federation (FFSG) council in Paris, Mr Gailhaguet, 66, said: \"I have taken the wise decision to resign from my post... I have taken this decision with composure, with dignity, but without any bitterness before this injustice.\"\n\nHe led the federation almost continuously since 1998 - there was a hiatus between 2004 and 2007 after the International Skating Union suspended him over the judging scandal at the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City.\n\nIn an autobiography released last week, champion figure skater Sarah Abitbol alleged her former coach Gilles Beyer abused her when she was a teenager. Ms Abitbol, who is now 44, said she was aged 15 when it first happened.\n\nMr Beyer has admitted to \"intimate\" and \"inappropriate\" relations with her, and said he was \"sincerely sorry\".\n\nFrench prosecutors said on Tuesday they would investigate the allegations.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThree other skaters have accused Mr Beyer and two other coaches - who are all from the FFSG - of abusing and raping them when they were minors. Jean-Roland Racle denies the accusations and Michel Lotz has not commented.\n\nMs Abitbol and her skating partner, Stéphane Bernadis, are 10-time French national champions, and have won seven European medals. At the 2000 World Championships, the two became the first French pair to win a world medal in nearly 70 years.\n\nBut in her book, Such a Long Silence, Ms Abitbol alleged that she was raped by Mr Beyer between 1990 and 1992. \"He started to do horrible things leading to sexual abuse,\" she told L'Obs magazine. \"It was the first time a man touched me.\"\n\nSarah Abitbol and Stéphane Bernadis performing at the 2002 European Figure Skating Championships\n\nThe former skater rejected Mr Beyer's apology and said that she wanted accountability for \"all those who covered up [the crimes] both in the club and the federation\".\n\nMr Beyer, after coaching Ms Abitbol, went on to direct France's national skating teams. In the early 2000s, he was the subject of two investigations into misconduct.\n\nThe second investigation, conducted by France's sports ministry, found repeated \"serious acts\" against young skaters. His contract as a technical adviser was terminated in 2001.", "Security forces have shot dead a gunman who killed at least 20 people in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, say Thai police.", "Last updated on .From the section European Football\n\nLiverpool's defence of their Champions League title hangs in the balance after Saul Niguez's early strike gave Atletico Madrid an aggregate lead going into the second leg of their last-16 tie at Anfield.\n\nThe Reds were given a dose of their own medicine as Atletico harried and hassled throughout, limiting them to just two clear chances and no shots on target.\n\nThose opportunities fell to Mohamed Salah, who headed wide, and Jordan Henderson, whose hooked shot just missed Jan Oblak's far post.\n\nKlopp replaced Sadio Mane and Salah with Divock Origi and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain but neither made an impact.\n\nTwo-time finalists Atletico, who have been on a poor run of form, held on to a fourth-minute lead given to them by Saul. The Spanish midfielder turned sharply to fire home after a corner came off the boot of Fabinho.\n\nThe return leg is on Wednesday, 11 March.\n• None Why 'exquisite' Atletico were so hard for Liverpool to break down - Warnock analysis\n• None What to look out for as Champions League returns\n\nMinutes before kick-off Klopp referred to Atletico having a similar \"intense DNA\" to his own side - and unfortunately for him they were at their intense best.\n\nWhat faced the Reds was almost a mirror image - a team that relentlessly pressed and got numbers forward on the counter.\n\nThe Reds had large spells of possession in the opposition half, but Diego Simeone's Atletico side are past masters at dealing with teams of that type. They forced Liverpool into several errors when they had possession, and limited them to only two clear chances on goal.\n\nIn fact, Liverpool had to wait until the 53rd minute for their first opening - Salah's stooping header drifting comfortably wide.\n\nThe German coach, obviously not happy with his attacking threat in the first half, had twisted at half-time when he brought on Origi for the under-par Mane.\n\nHowever, the Belgium striker - the hero of last year's final - was easily marshalled, bar one moment of quality when he hooked in a cross for captain Henderson, who fired wide.\n\nKlopp's skipper came off injured in the 80th minute to cap a forgettable night.\n\nLiverpool have it in them to turn this tie around at Anfield, but unlike Barcelona in last year's semi-final, Simeone's Atletico will be a tougher nut to crack. Klopp men's will have to be at their very best in three weeks.\n\nLos Rojiblancos - the Red and Whites - needed this performance.\n\nThis competition remains, realistically, their only hope of silverware this season following a recent rotten period which saw their two other chances - La Liga and Copa del Rey - effectively extinguished.\n\nAgainst the Reds, they produced the sort of display spectators have become accustomed to from a Simeone side - tenacious and disciplined.\n\nThe Argentine boss is still in the process of restructuring his defence after revered stalwarts Juanfran, Diego Godin and Filipe Luis ended their time at the club last season. But the display of the back four on Tuesday will have made his task simpler.\n\nFull-backs Sime Vrsaljko and Renan Lodi stayed focused as they quelled the threat of their Liverpool counterparts, while the more experienced Stefan Savic and Felipe were immovable barriers as they dealt with Roberto Firmino, Salah and Mane.\n\nMidfielder Thomas Partey added vital support to the home backline in what was an exceptional defensive display.\n\nAt the other end, had Diego Costa been on the pitch to meet a cross rather than Alvaro Morata, then perhaps the Spanish side would have taken the lead inside the first three minutes.\n\nHowever, they made the most of their early sorties when Saul turned in thanks to Fabinho's misfortune.\n\nSimeone, dressed again in all black, was his fidgety and animated self on the touchline - barking orders and occasionally rousing the home crowd inside the Wanda Metropolitano.\n\nAtletico will need his influence, and more of the same from the team at Anfield, if they are to record one of their best results in recent years.\n\n'Emotions were on the side of Atletico' - reaction\n\nLiverpool manager Jurgen Klopp: \"I had no problem with the result. I saw so many happy faces from Atletico tonight, I get that because it's a big win, but it's not over yet. That's the only thing I feel.\n\n\"The crowd wanted to help their team tonight. That makes it a very emotional game.\n\n\"Emotions are important. Tonight they were obviously completely on the side of Atletico but I am really looking forward to the second leg.\"\n\nAtletico boss Diego Simeone: \"The best side in the world came here and we beat them.\n\n\"But it's only one game down, one to go. Liverpool had their chances. They were dangerous, they've got good players all over the pitch.\"\n• None Since the start of last season, Liverpool have lost six of their 10 away games in the Champions League (W4); no side has lost more away from home in the competition in this time (level with Red Star Belgrade).\n• None Klopp has failed to win all seven of his away games against Spanish clubs in the Champions League (D3 L4), including three with Liverpool (D1 L2).\n• None Atletico have won 12 of their last 13 home matches in all major European competitions (D1), also keeping 11 clean sheets in this run.\n• None Two of Liverpool's three defeats in all competitions this season have come in the Champions League, also losing 2-0 at Napoli in September 2019 (the third defeat being their 5-0 loss to Aston Villa in the EFL Cup in December 2019).\n• None Saul's opener for Atletico (03:46) was the earliest Liverpool have conceded in the Champions League since Gabriel Jesus scored past them in the second minute for Manchester City in April 2018; nine of Saul's 10 Champions League goals have come in the first half.\n• None Saul became only the second player to score 10 Champions League goals for Atletico, after Antoine Griezmann (21).\n• None Since the start of the 2013-14 season, Atletico's Jan Oblak has kept 26 clean sheets in 49 Champions League games; no other goalkeeper has more in the competition in this time (level with Marc-Andre ter Stegen, 26 in 57 games).\n• None Attempt missed. Thomas Partey (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.\n• None Attempt missed. Diego Costa (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Thomas Partey following a fast break.\n• None Offside, Atlético de Madrid. Thomas Partey tries a through ball, but Renan Lodi is caught offside.\n• None Attempt missed. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Caroline Lucas said she didn't believe she had done anything wrong\n\nGreen MP Caroline Lucas is under investigation for a possible breach of parliamentary rules for offering a tour of the Commons in exchange for £150, as part of a fundraising drive.\n\nThe Code of Conduct for MPs states members must not offer tours of the House in raffles or auctions.\n\nA complaint went to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards about the offer last year, the BBC understands.\n\nCaroline Lucas said she did not believe she had done anything wrong.\n\nThe offer of a 30-minute \"personal guided tour\" of the Commons in exchange for a donation was part of a crowdfunding drive by Brighton and Hove Green Party during last year's general election campaign, to re-elect the Brighton Pavilion MP.\n\nIt is understood the person who made the £150 donation visited the Commons with Caroline Lucas earlier this year.\n\nMembers of the public can pay for a guided tour around the Houses of Parliament or UK residents can arrange one free of charge through their local MP.\n\nIt is understood the Standards Commissioner began an investigation after receiving one complaint about the Green Party offer, but a subsequent complaint about the same issue was also received.\n\nIn a statement Caroline Lucas said: \"I'm aware that a case against me has been brought to the commissioner, and an investigation is currently under way.\n\n\"I do not believe I have done anything wrong. I have been advised that the commissioner's investigations are confidential so it would not be appropriate for me to say anything more at this time.\"\n\nThe Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards said it did not comment on ongoing matters and would neither confirm or deny that Caroline Lucas was being investigated.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Academics at Oxford University want to scrap a £75 fee required to apply for postgraduate courses - arguing it is an \"elitist\" financial barrier.\n\nThe fee is not refundable - and an internal email suggests Oxford receives £2m from applications per year, mostly from those who have been rejected.\n\nThere are complaints the fee is \"discriminatory\" and putting off \"excellent candidates\".\n\nBut Oxford says a \"growing number\" of universities charge an application fee.\n\nMichael Cassidy, of the university's department of earth sciences, said charging a fee for even applying reinforced an image of being \"elitist and arrogant\".\n\nThe campaign to stop Oxford's levying of application fees - separate from tuition fees - has been revealed by a higher education publication, Research Professional News.\n\nNext month, the university's \"congregation\", its sovereign body, will hear a resolution calling for a phasing out of application fees for graduate courses, such as masters or doctorate studies.\n\nStaff at the university will say the fee \"undermines Oxford's efforts to encourage diversity\" and that there is \"good evidence\" that talented students are being deterred from trying to get a place.\n\nThere are some fee waivers for disadvantaged applicants - but those campaigning against the fees say that they \"act as a barrier\" to trying to widen access to Oxford.\n\n\"This is something that came up most years where we'd have applicants directly emailing us saying the fee was a barrier,\" professor of astrophysics Chris Lintott told Research Professional News.\n\nHe said students would say: \"Well, I'm not applying there because they charge £75.\"\n\nBut an internal university email appears to warn that the fee is worth £2m per year and abolishing it would mean cutting services or finding the money from other departmental budgets.\n\nOxford says more universities are charging a fee at the point of applying for postgraduate courses.\n\nCambridge, University College London, Warwick and King's College London are among those who charge for applying.\n\nFor undergraduate applications, entry is by the Ucas system, with the £25 fee usually paid through a school or college.\n\nA spokeswoman for Oxford University said the fee for graduate applications helped to cover the cost of processing admissions from 30,000 applicants per year.\n\nBut she said abolishing the fee was \"not in line with current university policy, which is to offer increasing levels of waivers to the current fee\".\n\n\"Abolishing the fee entirely is likely to have significant implications for our graduate admissions and access activities. However, we look forward to the issue being discussed among the wider university community.\"", "An estimated one in seven people living in the UK today was born outside the country.\n\nThe majority of these are from outside Europe, often from countries with historical links to the UK.\n\nMore than three million people - roughly a third of the immigrant population - come from Commonwealth countries such as India, Jamaica, Australia and Nigeria.\n\nSorry, your browser cannot display this map\n\nA further three-and-a-half million come from the European Union - a number which has grown more quickly since 2001 than the number from the rest of the world, as free movement has expanded to more countries.\n\nThe figure for those born abroad will include some British citizens. A large number of people who come into the UK go on to become British citizens, often through extended residency or family links.\n\nIt will also include people born to British parents abroad such as Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was born in the United States, and actress Emma Watson who was born in France.\n\nNorthern Ireland does not produce estimates broken down by local authority, but it is estimated there that fewer than one in 10 of the population was born abroad.\n\nThe growth of immigration from the EU has led to some towns with traditionally small pockets of migrants, in the Midlands and Wales for example, to experience a rapid change in the make-up of their population.\n\nBut while there have been increases across the country, a small number of areas - often rural or coastal - have seen a decrease in the immigrant community.\n\nA report by the independent government adviser on migration has said that EU migrants tend to be net contributors to public services. It also reported that they have a small impact on lowering wages and no conclusive impact on house prices.\n\nOnce the UK leaves the EU, free movement will stop - but the government has pledged to introduce a new \"Australian-style points-based system\" which it says will be designed to attract and retain the most highly skilled workers that the UK needs.\n\nMigrants represent just over 15% of the UK's workforce.\n\nThey are spread out across different sectors and skill levels, but some industries - such as construction, manufacturing and hospitality - have become more reliant on migrants, according to the University of Oxford's Migration Observatory.\n\nThe NHS in England is a key public service that has long relied on foreign doctors, nurses, health professionals and support staff, such as porters and cleaners.\n\nHealthcare experts have long warned of the impact on filling vacancies in both hospitals and care homes if access to foreign labour markets is restricted.\n\nThe government says it is drawing up plans to make it easier and cheaper for migrants to come and work in the NHS.\n\nAnyone can request asylum in the UK - but first they have to reach the island.\n\nIn 2018, the latest year for statistics, 26,441 did so, although only a third of asylum seekers are generally granted refugee status at first (they can appeal against the decision in court).\n\nUntil a decision is made, they are supported by the government with housing and a small allowance.\n\nConcerns over unequal distribution of asylum seekers have been raised in the past, with one Home Affairs Select Committee report saying there has been \"a clustering of asylum seekers in some of the most deprived parts of the country\".\n\nAlongside their international obligations to asylum seekers, local authorities have also played a key part in housing the 20,000 Syrian refugees the UK promised to take.\n\nOn this there has been greater \"equitable distribution\" with two-thirds of English local authorities and every council in Scotland taking at least one refugee.\n\nSome of the data in this article is drawn from BBC Briefing, 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.\n\nUpdate 22 January 2020: An earlier version of this article included analysis from our Home editor Mark Easton, on the history of immigration in the UK as a political issue. This was subsequently removed because this topic, encompassing half a century of immigration policy, was too broad to cover in a brief text box.", "Severe flood warnings remain in place in the wake of Storm Dennis, with more rain expected to fall later this week. Among the worst affected areas are South Wales, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Shropshire.", "Doctors working on a clinical trial for treatment of heart disease held back key data, Newsnight has been told.\n\nThe Excel trial tested whether stents were as effective as open heart surgery at treating patients with a heart problem called left main disease.\n\nThe data suggested more people fitted with stents were dying after three years.\n\nIt was eventually published - but only after treatment guidelines that partly relied on the trial had been written.\n\nThese guidelines recommend both stents and heart surgery for certain patients with left main disease.\n\nThe authors of the trial said it was carried out rigorously and to accepted academic standards.\n\nIn the trial, sponsored by US stent manufacturer Abbott, half the patients were given stents, the other half had open heart surgery.\n\nNot all the patients were recruited at the same time. Some were recruited in 2011, others over the years that followed.\n\nSo, when the first results were published in 2016, the doctors doing the trial knew there was data about what had happened to some of the patients five years after their stent or heart surgery procedure.\n\nBut they chose to look only at what happened up to three years after the patients' procedures and publish that data.\n\nA spokesman for Abbott said: \"The study's execution, data collection, analysis and interpretation were entirely performed by independent research organisations. The publication of three-year Excel data reflects the original follow-up period and endpoints the study was powered to assess.\"\n\nProf Nick Freemantle, a biostatistician at University College London, said: \"If somebody had died three years and one day into the trial, that death wouldn't have been counted in the results.\n\n\"I'm absolutely appalled that they've done this,\" he said.\n\n\"I've taken a straw poll of my professional colleagues and it draws disbelief that people would do this,\" he said\n\nThe researchers said the outcomes of the study were analysed and reported according to the protocol.\n\nNewsnight has seen information shared between people involved with the safety of the trial that suggested things were starting to look worse for people with stents after three years. More people were dying than those who had had surgery.\n\nEmails from the the trial's safety committee warned that all the data about deaths should be viewed by the researchers and published.\n\n\"It might be very concerning if in the future, suspicions were raised that already available information on mortality was withheld from the cardiology and thoracic surgery community,\" Dr Lars Wallentin, the head of the safety committee, wrote to the researchers in 2017.\n\nHe was worried that major European clinical guidelines were being drawn up by heart doctors about how people with left main disease should be treated and the trial results would be used as part of their work.\n\nBut the doctors on the trial chose not to publish the data when the safety committee asked, despite the warning. They published further data after the guidelines were completed.\n\nEven without this additional data, there was disagreement among those writing the guidelines about whether stents or surgery was the better treatment for patients.\n\nAn external reviewer was brought in by the European Society of Cardiology to look at a number of trials and resolve the debate.\n\nNewsnight has seen the review. It said that the evidence suggested stents were worse than surgery for those with left main disease.\n\n\"I think most patients would find these differences to be clinically meaningful, I do not believe that both these procedures should receive the same class of recommendation,\" it said.\n\nBut the review was not shared with everyone who believed they should have seen it. One of those people was Prof Freemantle, who was involved in the European guidelines.\n\nHe claims that this calls into question the neutrality of the whole process.\n\nStents are a less invasive option than open heart surgery\n\nNewsnight has previously reported that the same trial failed to publish certain heart attack data that cast stents in a bad light.\n\nThe researchers said our leak data was fake and their methodology was the right one.\n\nFollowing Newsnight's previous report, a number of major surgical organisations have called for a review of the trial.\n\nThe researchers carrying out the trial have agreed to an \"independent\" review of the raw data.\n\nVarious names have been put forward by the researchers and the European Society of Cardiology about who is doing the analysis. All have ties to the researchers, guidelines process or medical device industry.\n\nWhen approached by the BBC they have all said they are not doing it.\n\nProf John Ioannadis, from Stanford University, an expert on medical research design, said the analysis must be completely independent.\n\n\"I think that if you have the same network, the same closed club passing the data from one member to another, that's not really very helpful,\" he said.\n\nHe believes the trial and guidelines process raise concerns which are indicative of a wider systemic problem with the way medical research is done.\n\nAll the main doctors working on the trial, and the lead doctor writing the guidelines for left main disease, have declared financial contributions to either themselves or their institutions from companies that manufacture stents.\n\n\"You have the same people who run the show at all levels. They design the trials. They set the agenda, they choose what to present.\n\n\"They are involved in disseminating the information and running the large conferences that are attended by tens of thousands of people, specialists in the field. And then they also populate the guideline panels that reach the recommendations,\" he said.\n\nThe organisations involved and researchers have declared the conflicts of interest, and say that they are effective in managing them. The conflict-of-interest declarations are intended to mitigate against conscious or unconscious bias - or the appearance of it.\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.", "Dave's album Psychodrama won the album of the year prize\n\nLondon rapper Dave won album of the year at the Brits, moments after calling the prime minister a \"racist\".\n\nThe star took home the night's main award for his provocative, personal album Psychodrama, which also won last year's Mercury Prize.\n\nBut it was his fiery performance of the single Black that stole the show.\n\nIn a newly-written verse, he called out the government response to the Grenfell Tower fire and said: \"The truth is our prime minister is a real racist.\"\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel told BBC Breakfast: \"I don't know how much [Dave] knows about the prime minister and whether he actually has met the prime minister or knows the prime minister.\n\n\"I work with the prime minister, I know Boris Johnson very well, no way is he a racist, so I think that is a completely wrong comment and it's the wrong assertion to make against our prime minister.\"\n\nDowning Street said it wouldn't comment on Dave's remarks.\n\nThe rapper also attacked tabloid coverage of Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, and paid tribute to London Bridge terror attack victim Jack Merritt.\n\nTwo years after Stormzy demanded \"where's the money for Grenfell?\" on the Brits stage, Dave updated the lyric, saying: \"Grenfell victims still need accommodation.\"\n\nHe added: \"And we still need support for the Windrush generation/Reparations for the time our people spent on plantations.\"\n\nThe lyrics were added as a final verse to Black, which talks about perceptions and experiences of black people in the UK.\n\nThe 21-year-old rapper is now only the second act to win best album at the Brits and the Mercury Prize for the same record.\n\nThe first was the Arctic Monkeys for their debut, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not.\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\nThis year's ceremony attracted an average of 3.8 million viewers to ITV - the lowest ever for the Brit Awards.\n\nHowever, several of the performances have been watched widely online, with Billie Eilish's first live performance of the James Bond theme clocking 1.8 million views on YouTube alone by Wednesday lunchtime.\n\nEilish performed No Time To Die backed by a 22-piece orchestra, Smiths legend Johnny Marr and composer Hans Zimmer.\n\nLewis Capaldi was the main winner, taking home two prizes - best new artist and best single, for his breakout hit Someone You Loved.\n\n\"Contrary to popular belief, people think this song is about my ex girlfriend, who you can now see every night on Love Island,\" said the star. \"But it's actually about my grandmother who sadly passed away a few years ago.\n\n\"I hope to God ITV don't contact her to be on a reality dating show.\"\n\nBillie Eilish won best international female and premiered her new Bond theme song\n\nMabel won best female artist and was congratulated by her mother, Neneh Cherry, who took home two Brits exactly 30 years ago.\n\nEilish choked back tears as she accepted the award for best international female, having been overwhelmed by the audience's response to her performance minutes earlier.\n\n\"I felt very hated recently,\" said the 18-year-old, who had earlier told the BBC she had stopped reading comments on social media.\n\n\"And when so was on the stage and I saw all you guys smiling at me… It genuinely made me want to cry. And I want to cry right now, so thank you.\"\n\nStormzy won best male artist and then performed a mega medley\n\nBest male artist went to Stormzy, who performed a stunning medley of songs from his second album, Heavy Is The Head, accompanied by more than 100 performers, including a gospel choir, a saxophonist and Nigerian artist Burna Boy.\n\nThe night opened with a brief tribute to Love Island host Caroline Flack, formerly a backstage presenter at the Brits, following her death on Saturday.\n\n\"She was a kind and vibrant person with an infectious sense of fun,\" ceremony host Jack Whitehall said.\n\n\"I'm sure I speak for everyone here when I say our thoughts are with her friends and family.\"\n\nEarlier, Harry Styles, who briefly dated Flack while he was in One Direction, appeared to pay tribute by wearing a black ribbon on his jacket on the red carpet.\n\nThe star performed the delicate ballad Falling during the show, but made no further reference to Flack's death.\n\nOther performances on the night came from Lizzo, whose irrepressible energy lit up the O2 as she roamed through the crowd performing the hits Cuz I Love You, Truth Hurts, Good As Hell and Juice.\n\nMabel opened the show with an athletic version of Don't Call Me Up, set in a call centre and featuring two dance breaks. And Sir Rod Stewart brought proceedings to an end two hours later, reuniting with The Faces to play Stay With Me.\n\nMabel answered the call to open the show and then won best British female\n\nThere were several references to the lack of female nominees at the ceremony, with Paloma Faith and Foals saying they hoped for better representation at next year's awards.\n\nWhitehall also acknowledged the imbalance as he introduced the award for best female, saying: \"Environmental issues have been a big theme of awards show this year. And in the spirit of sustainability the Brits has been recycling all the same excuses for why so few women were nominated.\"\n\nDave wasn't the only artist to make a political statement, with US artist Tyler, The Creator referencing the fact he had been banned from entering the UK in 2015 because of some of his lyrics.\n\n\"A special thank you to someone who made it impossible for me to come to this country five years ago,\" said the rapper as he picked up best international male.\n\n\"I know she's at home [peed] off - thank you Theresa May.\"\n\nDave is only the second artist to win album of the year at the Brits and the Mercury Prize with the same record\n\nDave capped the night off by winning best album - a prize many had expected to go to Lewis Capaldi, whose debut album was the UK's best-selling record last year.\n\nBut voters responded instead to the rapper's candid, soul-baring reflections on his upbringing in London and what it means to be a young black Briton.\n\nHe dedicated his trophy to anyone hoping to follow in his footsteps, saying: \"All my young kings and queens that are chasing their dreams, I am no different from you. You can do anything you put your mind to.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Comedian Jimmy Tarbuck has revealed he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.\n\nThe veteran Liverpudlian comic told ITV's Good Morning Britain he would \"try and beat it\".\n\nTarbuck said he received the diagnosis the day after his 80th birthday earlier this month.\n\n\"Right now I feel great. I'm on the telly and I'm having a good time,\" he said, adding that the cancer had not spread.\n\nHe was inspired to get checked by Sir Rod Stewart, who announced in September that he had received treatment for prostate cancer.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Britain This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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\"All men out there watching, and all wives, get your husbands to go for the tests. I think after 50, just have a test, let them have a look at you,\" Tarbuck said.\n\n\"You will be relieved and be with your families for extra years.\"\n\nHe said men can be too \"shy\" to get tested, but urged them not to put it off. \"Boys, go. It is embarrassing. Especially when the fella said to me 'We're going to give you the thumbs up'. I said 'I hope not'. He roared laughing.\"\n\nSpeaking about his treatment, he added: \"I'm having injections and taking tablets and then I take a yearly cycle.\"\n\nTarbuck, who rose to fame in the 1960s and was known for hosting variety shows including Sunday Night At The London Palladium and Live From Her Majesty's, is now planning to go on tour.\n\nOther celebrities to have been treated for prostate cancer include Stephen Fry and Bill Turnbull.\n\nThe NHS's national clinical director for cancer, Professor Peter Johnson, said: \"It is so helpful that celebrities like Rod Stewart and Jimmy Tarbuck have been brave enough to speak out about their diagnosis - there is no doubt that they are helping us in the NHS to fight against prostate cancer.\n\n\"It is vital that men come forward for checks when they sense something isn't right, and the NHS Long Term Plan is prioritising action to detect and treat more cancers earlier when the chance of survival is best.\"\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\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "An ex-rugby league player, his wife and their three children have died after a car fire in the Australian city of Brisbane.\n\nRowan Baxter and the children, all under 10, were found dead at the scene by emergency responders, police said.\n\nHis wife, Hannah Baxter, aged 31, died later in hospital from extensive burns. She had reportedly jumped from the car yelling: \"He's poured petrol on me\".\n\nPolice are investigating how the fire started.\n\n\"How the fire actually occurred has not been ascertained at the moment so for us to call it a murder-suicide or a tragic accident, it's inappropriate at this stage,\" Detective Inspector Mark Thompson said.\n\n\"I've seen some horrific scenes - this is up there with some of the best of them.\"\n\nPolice were first called to the scene in Camp Hill area in the east of Brisbane at 08:30 local time on Wednesday (21:30 GMT on Tuesday).\n\nThey found the couple's three children Laianah, Aaliyah and Trey - aged between six and three - dead inside the car.\n\nEmergency crews tried to revive Rowan Baxter, 42, but he was declared dead.\n\nAustralian media report that he was found close to the car with a self-inflicted stab wound.\n\nHe had been in the front passenger seat and Hannah Baxter had been driving the car, police said.\n\nThe pair had reportedly separated late last year, and were trying to work out custody arrangements.\n\nA crime scene is in place in Brisbane's Camp Hill area\n\nResidents told Australian media they had seen Mrs Baxter jump out of the car while she was on fire.\n\nShe was taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital in a critical condition, police said. But she was confirmed to have died later on Wednesday.\n\nParamedics said they had also treated a passerby, who had \"tried his best to get to the car\". He had suffered some \"facial burning\" and also been taken to hospital, a Queensland Ambulance spokesman said.\n\nRowan Baxter formerly played for the New Zealand Warriors rugby league team in Auckland and had also been running a gym called Integr8 with his wife in Capalaba to the east of Brisbane.\n\nThe gym's website describes her as \"an enthusiastic, passionate mother of three\" and a trampolining champion who represented Queensland for four consecutive years and also achieved international medals.\n\nQueensland's Police Minister Mark Ryan told parliament about the \"horrific incident\", saying: \"My thoughts are with all of those affected by this terrible tragedy.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Scott Morrison This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 Scott Morrison said his \"heart goes out to the families and community going through this tragic time and the emergency responders confronting what would be a shattering scene\".\n\nFederal MP Terri Butler said she was \"horrified and devastated\" by the incident.\n\nIf you are in Australia and affected by this story you can contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 224 636. In the UK, these organisations may be able to help while information and support is also available from BBC Action Line", "Michael Allarton and his husband Dan-Jay's home in Bewdley has been badly flooded\n\nHundreds of homes have flooded across the West Midlands amid rising river levels caused by Storm Dennis. But what is the human impact of losing everything overnight?\n\nThe first thing Michael Allarton and his husband Dan-Jay knew about the flooding was when they woke up at 05:30 GMT to water beneath their feet.\n\nThe River Severn had broken its banks and floodwater had seeped through their ground-floor flat in Bewdley, Worcestershire.\n\n\"There was water all over the floor up to our ankles,\" Michael Allarton said.\n\n\"We had raw sewage coming up in a fountain from the toilet.\n\n\"We've lost everything - sofas, rugs, clothes - and the whole place is going to have to be gutted, it's devastating.\n\n\"We named our flat our 'old girl' as it's called Victoria House, it dates from the 1730s and was beautiful.\n\n\"I can't believe she's gone. You go to bed one day and the next day you have nothing.\"\n\nMichael Allarton said the whole flat \"was going to have to be gutted\"\n\nThe pair managed to get out of their property and find a place to stay in an unaffected area.\n\n\"The wheelie bins were floating along the street,\" Mr Allarton said.\n\n\"Then reality hit the next morning.\"\n\nThe couple visited their home earlier to assess the damage.\n\n\"We're going to have to start again completely from scratch,\" he added.\n\n\"Then reality hit the next morning,\" Mr Allarton said\n\nMany across the region having to come to terms with a similar situation, with about 270 homes flooded in the West Midlands and some areas still at risk.\n\nThe River Wye in Hereford reached its highest ever recorded level - 6.3m (20.7ft) - prompting emergency evacuations.\n\nBBC Hereford and Worcester reporter Nicola Goodwin is stranded in her home which is close to the river.\n\nShe said: \"It's above our wellies downstairs. The garden and the river have become one.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Nicola Goodwin This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSporting venues have also been ruined in the rising water too.\n\nSpencer Goodall, of Hereford Rugby Club, said the damage was \"soul destroying\" when he visited the site earlier.\n\nHe said: \"It's crushing really. You see [the flooding] and it's so disappointing after all the hard work volunteers put in for us.\n\nGreyfriars Avenue in Hereford was under several feet of water in the early hours, though flooding has since receded.\n\nLyndon Gore had decided not to leave his home.\n\nHe said: \"We couldn't move out, we've got too many animals in the house so we had to stay put.\n\n\"I've got chickens in the bathroom, cats on the bed, dogs all other places, so we couldn't leave them.\"\n\nLyndon Gore had decided not to leave his property due to the many pets he and his family have\n\nAlly Hunter Blair, a farmer in Ross-on-Wye, has seen water overcome 60 acres of his land and said the impact was \"catastrophic\".\n\n\"The mess we are going to have to clean up is phenomenal,\" he said.\n\n\"We're going to feel the impact of this flood for the next couple of years.\"\n\nDebbie McNally, who runs the Hope and Anchor pub and coffee shop in Ross-on-Wye, said she battled to try and save her premises.\n\nShe told the Victoria Derbyshire programme: \"The cellar is totally under water.\n\n\"We fought from 05:00 to about 11:00 to protect it, but it's gone.\n\n\"The bar needs to be replaced and the coffee shop is under 4ft of water.\"\n\nBen Willcock, who runs Mr Ben's Barbers in Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, was more upbeat.\n\nHe said: \"You can see the 'chin-up Charlie' spirit coming through.\n\n\"I was most concerned about the people sticking their heads through the door asking when we'd next be open for a hair cut.\"\n\nChris Wreghitt was in Cornwall when he received a call urging him to come home\n\nChris Wreghitt, from Powick in Worcestershire, was in Cornwall on Sunday when he received a call from neighbours advising him to return.\n\nWhen he got back, the floodwater was up to his ankles. By Monday, it was up to his chest.\n\nHis property had been flooded previously in 2007.\n\n\"I really thought we'd be safe,\" he said.\n\n\"We'd had a couple of near misses in the last few years but we were confident 2007 was a one-off and that water wouldn't go past the flood barriers when they were installed.\"\n\nAs the clean up begins for some, for others more flooding could be imminent.\n\nThe latest severe weather warning has been issued for Telford in Shropshire, with Telford and Wrekin Council deciding to evacuate 30 buildings near to the banks of the River Severn in Ironbridge at about 08:00.\n\nChief executive David Sidaway said residents should be braced for water levels to peak in the evening, according to the Environment Agency, and more heavy rain expected later this week.", "Scammers who infiltrated BT customer accounts as part of a \"sophisticated\" £358,000 fraud have been jailed.\n\nThe gang targeted in excess of 2,000 people, predominantly in the Portsmouth area, between May 2014 and July 2016.\n\nThey used the details to set up Paypal accounts to order expensive items which were then delivered to addresses in the city controlled by the group.\n\nSeven people were jailed for between 16 and 44 months for their part in the fraud.\n\nPortsmouth Crown Court heard the gang spent the money on Rolex watches, high-value jewellery, TVs and designer clothes.\n\nPolice carried out raids after being given information by BT, and group leader Festus Emosivwe, 36, put a USB data stick in his mouth and chewed on it when police arrested him, making it impossible to recover any data.\n\nThe gang spent the money on luxury goods including watches and jewellery\n\nProsecutor Michael Forster said the source of all the data leaks was not known, but there was evidence of phishing emails and officers found textbooks on computer security at Emosivwe's home.\n\nHe described it as \"a sophisticated conspiracy\" that \"persisted for two years\".\n\nThe barrister said the gang diverted customers' email addresses and phones to accounts controlled by the group, meaning victims were \"left in the dark\" until their money had been fraudulently spent.\n\nHe said although Paypal had lost the most money from the fraud, BT customers had endured \"distress and inconvenience\".\n\nSentencing the group, Judge Timothy Mousley QC said: \"The impact on your victims cannot be underestimated. Many had seriously heightened levels of anxiety, stress and fear after finding out their accounts had been hacked.\n\n\"Some expressed horror and fury at being scammed by you.\n\n\"Many were retired people who feared they'd be unable to get by financially. Each of you is responsible for inflicting that misery upon them.\"\n\nGeoffrey Noble said he experienced a \"sense of panic\" when he realised he had been defrauded\n\nOne of the victims, 69-year-old Geoffrey Noble, told the BBC he discovered his details had been used to buy £3,000 worth of goods shortly after being diagnosed with cancer.\n\nIn a statement read out on his behalf in court, he said he was \"furious\" at the fraudsters as \"nobody has the right to take the money I worked so hard for\".\n\n\"I experienced a sense of panic and fear because I did not know where it was going to end,\" he added.\n\nThe gang, who pleaded guilty to all charges, were sentenced as follows:\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. Craig Roberts, Edward Maher and James Dunsby collapsed in the heat during an SAS selection test\n\nThe Ministry of Defence breached health and safety laws 40 times in the past 20 years - not in war zones but in training, a BBC investigation has found.\n\nBereaved families say lives are being put at risk by repeated mistakes.\n\nThere are now renewed calls for the military to lose its immunity from prosecution.\n\nThe MoD said safety was a \"top priority\" and training policies are \"regularly reviewed\".\n\nOn one of the hottest days of 2013, three soldiers died during an exercise on the Brecon Beacons.\n\nThe parents of one of those men, Craig Roberts, have now broken their six-year silence to speak to BBC Wales Investigates.\n\nThey want the MoD to face criminal charges when people die during training.\n\n\"He loved it, he loved the training, he loved the men he was with… he found a way of life that he enjoyed,\" said L/Cpl Roberts's mother, Margaret.\n\n\"We were worried about what he could be asked to do if he was deployed - the thought of training didn't occur to us at all.\"\n\nKelvin and Margaret Roberts - whose son Craig died in the Brecon Beacons in 2013 - want the MoD to lose its Crown immunity\n\nOn the day he died, L/Cpl Roberts, from Penrhyn Bay near Llandudno, was on a 16-mile (25.7km) march against the clock during an SAS selection test.\n\nLike the other would-be special forces men on the Brecon Beacons, he was marching with 25kg (3st 13lb) on his back in high temperatures with no breeze.\n\nTwo men had been withdrawn from the exercise, severely affected by the heat - a sign others were at risk.\n\nAs the march continued L/Cpl Roberts, 24, collapsed and died. Two other reservists - Cpl James Dunsby and L/Cpl Eddie Maher - also died because of the heat that day.\n\nA senior coroner ruled in 2015 that training and planning that day was poor - that the men who died had been neglected by the Army.\n\n\"Craig didn't have an accident, he didn't fall off a cliff - he was failed by the MoD that day and that shouldn't have happened,\" said Margaret Roberts.\n\n\"We know special forces are now a lot safer, but it's all regiments that need to be looked after, not just special forces.\n\n\"It shouldn't have happened again, but it did. We should have been the last ones.\"\n\nThe Army said it would do \"everything possible\" to \"prevent a recurrence\" of the deaths in 2013.\n\nA medical examination had not flagged any issues with Cpl Joshua Hoole\n\nIt was another hot day in July 2016 when he was on an annual fitness test near Brecon.\n\nCpl Hoole was described as one of the fittest soldiers in his unit, and had faced the heat of Afghanistan.\n\nBut the high temperature became a fatal factor again. Of the 41 men taking part that day in Wales, 18 dropped out, collapsed or were withdrawn.\n\nLike Craig Roberts, Joshua nearly finished his challenge.\n\nLike Craig, he collapsed and, despite medical attention, could not be saved.\n\n\"They promised us lessons would be learned,\" Margaret Roberts said.\n\n\"But when you read [Josh's] record of inquest, it's in a way like reading Craig's record of inquest, and you say 'haven't they learned?'\"\n\nThe coroner at Cpl Hoole's inquest voiced \"grave concerns\" about the Army's ability to \"learn from previous mistakes\".\n\nOver the past two decades, 148 service personnel have died - not on the battlefield, but on training exercises.\n\nA freedom of information request by BBC Wales Investigates has discovered that the MoD breached health and safety laws 40 times during that period.\n\nBut it has Crown immunity - meaning it cannot face criminal prosecutions.\n\nBBC Wales Investigates has also obtained an internal MoD review which was commissioned in 2002 after a spate of diving deaths.\n\nThe report recommended \"substantial changes\" to equipment and training to meet \"21st Century standards\".\n\nJust two years later, in 2004, Sgt Bill McLellan died during an exercise in Germany, wearing the same kit the Army had been warned to replace.\n\nIn 2016, the MoD was again warned about safety issues with new diving equipment.\n\nL/Cpl George Partridge was described as an \"exemplary soldier\" by his commanding officer\n\nTwo years later, in 2018, L/Cpl George Partridge died at the National Diving and Activity Centre near Chepstow.\n\nAn MoD inquiry found lessons had not been learned and there was still no formal training for diving officers.\n\nHilary Meredith represented Sgt McLellan's widow and has acted for many others left bereaved by military training accidents.\n\nWhile acknowledging that preparations for the military have to be rigorous, she says a failure to change is causing accidents to happen \"again and again\".\n\n\"[The MoD] can be criticised but there are no sanctions or teeth to make them sit up and change and we have to look after those people who serve us,\" Ms Meredith said.\n\n\"I think, quite shockingly, the only way to make change is to really be extreme - remove immunity so the MoD takes responsibility and is sanctioned or fined if there is a reckless disregard to life.\"\n\nAnd there is another cost aside from the lives cut short.\n\nBBC Wales Investigates has found through a freedom of information request that preventable injuries have cost the MoD more than £56m between 2012 and 2019.\n\nAdd on legal fees and it's estimated climatic injuries (because of excess heat or cold) are costing the military at least £18m a year.\n\nIn a statement, an MoD spokesperson said it regularly monitored and audited training, and \"all deaths in training are investigated\" to \"ensure that incidents are minimised\".\n\nIt cited that heat illness policy had been updated six times since 2015, and a full safety review was undertaken into diving activities in 2018, which is ongoing.\n\nThe statement said the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) had the power to investigate the MoD over breaches of health and safety law and can issue Crown Censures, which it took seriously.\n\n\"In virtually every case in which the HSE has identified shortcomings, the MoD has taken action to prevent a recurrence… well before any decision on a Crown Censure,\" the statement said.\n\nCraig Roberts' parents have now joined the likes of Hilary Meredith in calling for the law to be changed so the MoD can face prosecution by the HSE if things go badly wrong.\n\nL/Cpl Roberts's father Kelvin says health and safety law should apply to the MoD in the same way as other high risk industries to prevent further fatalities.\n\n\"To have this safety net of immunity from prosecution, I'd imagine nearly every single company in civvy street would love that… and I think it's a lame excuse in today's day and age,\" he says.\n\n\"It should be removed… and until that happens, I'm sorry to say I think this is going to happen over and over again.\"\n\nBBC Wales Investigates Our Son Died - When Will They Learn? is on Wednesday, 19 February at 20:00 GMT on BBC One Wales and then on the BBC iPlayer.", "Campaigners have called for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to save banknotes and coins, saying without urgent new laws the cash system could collapse within a decade.\n\nThey want Mr Sunak to take action in his first Budget on 11 March.\n\n\"We must ensure the shift to digital doesn't leave millions behind or put our economy at risk,\" said Natalie Ceeney, of the Access to Cash Review.\n\nThe Treasury said it wanted \"to ensure everyone who needs cash can access it.\"\n\nCash is important to millions of people, who still use it for paying for vital goods and services, such as utility and council bills.\n\nAccording to the Financial Inclusion Commission, nearly two million people in Britain don't have a bank account, meaning they need notes and coins to pay their way.\n\nThere were 11 billion cash payments in the UK in 2018, but they are forecast to fall to 3.8 billion in 2028, accounting for fewer than one in 10 (9%) of all payments.\n\n\"The UK is fast becoming a cashless society - without knowing what this really means for consumers or for the UK economy,\" said Ms Ceeney.\n\nOver the past year, 13% of free-to-use UK cash points have closed, as lower levels of cash use have made them economically unviable. A quarter (25%) of the machines now charge people to withdraw their cash.\n\nThe Post Office's cash access service has come under threat. Barclays recently reversed plans to stop customers taking cash out from Post Offices after a backlash.\n\n\"The cash network has already been dramatically eroded, and unless urgent action is taken in the Budget, it's clear that it will crumble completely,\" warned Jenny Ross, Which? Money Editor.\n\n\"The new Chancellor must seize this opportunity and guarantee long-term access to cash in the Budget, while developing a clear strategy to ensure that the transition to digital payments doesn't leave anyone behind.\"\n\nVarious initiatives have been set up by the industry to help maintain people's access to cash, including cashback initiatives at local shops and a \"request an ATM\" service.\n\nBut the Access to Cash Review believes the only way to manage the cash system is for the government to legislate and give regulators the tools that they need to protect cash access.\n\nBanks should be forced to provide suitable cash access to their customers, they say.\n\nA spokesman for the Treasury said: \"Technology has transformed banking for millions of people, but we know that many still rely on cash.\n\n\"That's why we've invested £2bn to ensure everyday banking services are available at 11,500 Post Office branches across the UK.\n\n\"We're also working closely with industry and regulators to ensure everyone who needs cash can access it.\"\n\nA UK Finance spokesman said the banking and finance industry recognises the importance of ensuring cash remains free and widely available for those that continue to need it.\n\nIt said the industry has introduced a number of measures to achieve help, including \"arrangements by Link to protect free-to-use ATMs in more remote and rural areas and to ensure that every High Street in the UK has free access to cash.\"\n\nThe trade body warned that there is no \"one size fits all\" approach and understanding the needs of local communities is critical.\n\nThe Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) called for financial incentives so smaller businesses could offer partial refunds on goods and services.\n\nMartin McTague, FSB national policy and advocacy chairman, said: \"We need to look at how we make offering cashback commercially viable for small businesses. The right financial incentives are a must.\"", "Environmental compliance at Scotland's industrial sites has dipped slightly for the first time in three years.\n\nThe Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) said 90.5% of regulated sites were deemed \"satisfactory\" in 2018, a fall of 0.5%.\n\nThe food and drink sector has performed well, but there are continued concerns over the petrochemical operations at Grangemouth and Mossmorran.\n\nIneos Forties Pipeline, which operates the Kinneil Terminal at Grangemouth, was rated \"very poor\".'\n\nThe facility has been non-compliant since 2014 because of flaring from its towers and excessive discharges of effluent.\n\nSepa issued a final warning notice to the operator in 2018, but it says investment in new ground flares and an effluent treatment plant are expected to produce improvements.\n\nIneos said it had been making significant investments in the site and was fully committed to delivering a record of responsible environmental performance.\n\nThe Compliance Assessment Scheme assesses whether sites are meeting the conditions of their environmental permits.\n\nThe licenses determine the control measures which are necessary in industrial processes to minimise the risk of pollution or environmental damage.\n\nAll of Scotland's nuclear sites are rated \"excellent\", but ExxonMobil at Mossmorran in Fife is \"poor\".\n\nA record number of complaints have been received by Sepa from residents living close to the plant.\n\nSepa has rated the Mossmorran site in Fife as \"poor\" for its environmental compliance\n\nRepeated flaring incidents have caused significant light and noise pollution which many say is affecting their quality of life.\n\nExxonMobil has appealed the \"poor\" rating it has received and has asked Sepa for the \"evidential data on which it has made its assessment\".\n\nAn adjacent facility operated by Shell has improved to \"excellent\" from \"good\".\n\nChief executive of Sepa, Terry A'Hearn, said: \"Whilst recognising successes, we're also clear on our strategy to tackle consistent non-compliance.\n\n\"We've already refocused resource on tackling poor performance at complex industrial sites and will this year start to see the first in a series of significant investments by operators that aim to improve environmental outcomes for communities.\n\n\"That combined with a newly established dedicated enforcement unit will focus of the most serious non-compliance.\"\n\nEnvironmental compliance in the fish farming sector has improved after a period of intense scrutiny from MSPs.\n\nThe number of sites rated excellent, good or broadly compliant jumped from 82% to 85.6%.\n\nFour of Scotland's airports - Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Inverness and Wick - have been classed as poor or very poor because they breached discharge limits.\n\nAt Edinburgh Airport, an enforcement notice was issued to ensure steps were taken to limit the release of de-icer used on aircraft.\n\nThe airport said it has made investments to reduce the amount of de-icer entering waterways.\n\nThe whisky, distilling and brewing sector is the best performing with compliance increasing from 93.2% to 95.5%.\n\nOne of the most high performing firms, being held up as an exemplar, is Tennent Caledonian which has been rated 'excellent' for three years running.\n\nMartin Doogan, from C&C Group, which owns the Tennent's brand, said the company was \"really, really proud\" of its record on environmental performance.", "Capt Rosie Wild was given the coveted maroon beret for passing the course\n\nA British Army officer has become the first woman to pass a gruelling Parachute Regiment entry test.\n\nCapt Rosie Wild, 28, was described as a \"trailblazer\" after passing the P Company course - which many men fail.\n\nSeveral women have attempted P Company, also known as the All Arms Pre-Parachute Selection (AAPPS), since they were first able to apply in the 1990s.\n\nPhysical challenges across the five days include a timed 20-mile endurance march and an aerial assault course.\n\nCapt Wild was awarded the coveted maroon beret of the Parachute Regiment, or the Paras, on Tuesday - though she will not join the regiment.\n\nShe will serve in 7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery which is attached to 16 Air Assault Brigade, the Army's rapid reaction force.\n\nBrig John Clark, commander of 16 Air Assault Brigade, said he hoped Capt Wild's achievement \"will encourage other women to have a go\".\n\n\"A more representative force will only make us stronger,\" he added.\n\nCapt Wild was presented with the sword of honour as a top new recruit at Sandhurst in 2017\n\nThe eight tests in the P Company course involve:\n\nCapt Wild, who is also a competitive triathlete, joined the Army three years ago.\n\nIn 2017 she was presented with the sword of honour at the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst, given to the best cadet of the intake.", "Boeing's crisis-hit 737 Max jetliner faces a new potential safety issue as debris has been found in the fuel tanks of several new planes which were in storage, awaiting delivery to airlines.\n\nThe head of Boeing's 737 programme has told employees that the discovery was \"absolutely unacceptable\".\n\nA Boeing spokesman said the company did not see the issue further delaying the jet's return to service.\n\nIt comes as the 737 Max remains grounded after two fatal crashes.\n\nThe US plane maker said it discovered so-called \"Foreign Object Debris\" left inside the wing fuel tanks of several undelivered 737 Maxs.\n\nA company spokesman told the BBC: \"While conducting maintenance we discovered Foreign Object Debris (FOD) in undelivered 737 Max airplanes currently in storage. That finding led to a robust internal investigation and immediate corrective actions in our production system.\"\n\nForeign Object Debris is a technical term that covers any substance, debris or article that isn't part of a plane which would potentially cause damage.\n\nThe revelation is the latest in a string of problems affecting what was once Boeing's best-selling plane.\n\nThe aircraft has been grounded by regulators around the world since March 2019.\n\nIt was banned from flying after two separate crashes killed 346 people.\n\nThe US regulator, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), told the BBC that it was monitoring the plane maker's response to the new issue: \"The FAA is aware that Boeing is conducting a voluntary inspection of undelivered aircraft for Foreign Object Debris (FOD) as part of the company's ongoing efforts to ensure manufacturing quality.\n\n\"The agency increased its surveillance based on initial inspection reports and will take further action based on the findings,\" it added.\n\nBoeing said it didn't expect the issue to cause any fresh delays to the 737 Max's return to service, which the company said could happen by the middle of this year.", "No country offers a child both the chance of a healthy upbringing and an environment fit for their future, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.\n\nExperts say climate change and harmful advertising encouraging fast-food consumption and under-age drinking are putting children at risk.\n\nThe UK was ranked among the top 10 countries in the world for the overall health and wellbeing of children.\n\nHowever, it fell behind in safeguarding the environment for their future.\n\nThe report by the WHO, the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) and the Lancet Commission, ranked 180 countries on the likelihood of a child being able to \"flourish\", focusing on health and wellbeing factors such as education, nutrition and child mortality.\n\nCountries were then also ranked on their carbon emission levels.\n\nSome 40 child-health experts warned progress over the past two decades was \"set to reverse\" if radical changes were not made by governments around the globe.\n\n\"Every child worldwide now faces existential threats from climate change and commercial pressures,\" said former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark, who co-chairs the commission.\n\n\"Countries need to overhaul their approach to child and adolescent health to protect the world they will inherit in the future.\"\n\nThe experts warned a 4C rise in global temperatures by 2100, in line with current projections, would result in \"devastating health consequences\" for future generations - a rise in ocean levels, heatwaves, severe malnutrition and a spike in infectious diseases such as malaria.\n\n\"More than two billion people live in countries where development is hampered by humanitarian crises, conflicts, and natural disasters, problems increasingly linked with climate change,\" said minister Awa Coll-Seck, from Senegal, who co-chairs the commission.\n\nWhile the world's poorest countries were found to be among those with the lowest greenhouse-gas emissions, they were deemed most likely to be exposed to the negative impacts of climate change.\n\n\"Promoting better conditions today for children to survive and thrive nationally does not have to come at the cost of eroding children's futures globally,\" added Mr Coll-Seck.\n\nIn 2015, the world's countries agreed on 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs), including no hunger, zero poverty and climate action, but five years on, little progress has been made toward achieving them.\n\nUK law dictates that, by 2050, carbon emissions will be virtually halted and any remaining emissions will have to be compensated for by activities such as tree planting.\n\nAnd the government sparked industry concern earlier this month by bringing the date of a planned ban on sales of new petrol, diesel or hybrid cars forward from 2040 to 2035 in a bid to hit zero-carbon emission targets.\n\nHowever, the new report placed the UK in 133rd place on providing a climate fit for future generations, with it currently on track to emit 115% more CO2 than its 2030 target.\n\nThe US and Australia were also among the worst emitters.\n\n\"Harmful\" advertising is putting children's health at risk, experts say\n\nThe report also highlighted the threat posed to children from harmful marketing.\n\nIt found they were exposed to as many as 30,000 television advertisements a year, including those for alcohol, junk food and sugary soft drinks.\n\nOne of the commission's authors, Anthony Costello, University College London professor of global health and sustainability, warned the meteoric rise in the use of social media among children and adolescents meant \"predatory marketing\" was more of a danger than ever.\n\n\"We have few facts and figures about the huge expansion of social-media advertising and algorithms aimed at our children,\" he said.\n\nIn 2019, a report estimated nearly 2.3 billion children and adults on the planet were overweight and more than 150 million children had stunted growth.\n\nThe only countries on track to beat CO2 emission targets by 2030, while also performing fairly on child health and wellbeing, were Albania, Armenia, Grenada, Jordan, Moldova, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Uruguay and Vietnam.\n\nThe report calls for a new global movement driven by and for children, with its recommendations including:\n\nProf Costello warned the UK's high ranking for the overall health and wellbeing of children did not mean it could \"rest on its laurels,\" citing a predicted rise in child poverty as a warning sign.\n\n\"For almost one in every two children to be poor in 21st Century Britain is not just a disgrace but a social calamity and an economic disaster, all rolled into one,\" he said.\n\nLancet editor-in-chief Dr Richard Horton said: \"This calls for the birth of a new era for child and adolescent health. It is the supreme test of our generation.\"", "This is the moment a 77-year-old man fought off a would-be mugger who demanded cash and his bank card.\n\nSouth Wales Police said the targeted man \"showed great bravery\" but had been \"left shaken\".\n\nThe incident outside Sainsbury's on Colchester Avenue, Cardiff, on 5 February was captured on CCTV.\n\nAnyone who recognises the suspect, a white man wearing a high-vis vest and carrying a black rucksack, has been asked to contact police.", "Plans to launch a space centre in Shetland have received a £2m investment boost, it has been revealed.\n\nShetland Space Centre (SSC) said private equity firm Leonne International's financial injection gave it a 20% stake in the business.\n\nUnst is Scotland's most northerly island and is seen as a good project location because of its clear airspace.\n\nSSC aims to have a fully operational satellite launch facility and ground operations centre by late 2021.\n\nSSC chief executive Frank Strang said having Leonne International as a partner would help realise \"the benefits of space exploration for the UK, and for Shetland's economy\", bringing both jobs and visitors.\n\n\"The funding validates what we and, crucially, the wider space industry has been saying for several years now - that Shetland is absolutely the right location for kick-starting the UK's entry into this rapidly growing market,\" he said.\n\nMichael Haston, Leonne International chief executive, said: \"We are always excited to partner with firms which exhibit ambition, innovation and excitement, and Shetland Space Centre exceeds this criteria with the plans they have in place for their satellite launch programme.\"\n\nIn July, the test launch of a balloon in Shetland for a system that can deliver small satellites into orbit was hailed a success.\n\nSSC joined forces with B2Space, a Bristol-based firm which developed the stratospheric balloon launch system known as rockoon.\n\nThe launch - described as the UK's first commercial spaceflight-related activity - saw the balloon soar 37km (23 miles) to the edge of the earth's atmosphere.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Homes on the banks of the River Severn have been evacuated as officials fear the Ironbridge barrier could be breached by flooding\n\nHomes along the River Severn in Shropshire have been evacuated, amid fears that flood barriers could be breached in the coming hours.\n\nHouses and a pub near Ironbridge have been submerged by rising waters and the pressure has cracked road surfaces.\n\nAround the UK, more than 150 flood warnings remain in place, including six severe - or \"danger to life\" - warnings.\n\nThe River Wye at Monmouth, in Wales, has reached its highest recorded level.\n\nAmong the worst affected areas are south Wales, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Shropshire, where major incidents have been declared.\n\nWest Mercia Police said an estimated 384 properties have been \"significantly impacted\" by flooding in Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Shropshire.\n\nWater levels are expected to rise in Bewdley, Worcestershire, and there are concerns it could flow around one of the local flood barriers at Beales Corner.\n\nCurrently, there are six severe flood warnings in England, covering the rivers Lugg, Severn, and Wye.\n\nMore rain is expected in parts of the UK later this week, with three yellow Met Office weather warnings issued for north and south Wales and north-west England for Wednesday evening.\n\nThe latest severe flood warning - for the River Severn in Telford, Shropshire - prompted the evacuation of homes in Ironbridge on Tuesday morning.\n\nRiver levels are peaking late on Tuesday, according to the latest update from Telford and Wrekin Council.\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\nLocal resident Carol Calcutt told BBC Radio Shropshire the Boat Inn pub by the river front in nearby Jackfield was now submerged in water.\n\n\"Practically just the roof showing there now,\" she said.\n\nA care home and surrounding properties in Whitchurch, Herefordshire, were also evacuated after they were overcome by floods, local fire services said.\n\nA woman was lifted to safety by rescue workers as floodwater surrounded the village of Whitchurch in Herefordshire.\n\nVehicles were stranded in Hampton Bishop near Hereford after the River Lugg burst its banks\n\nA clean-up operation is under way in areas such as Ross-on-Wye amid the ongoing flood warnings\n\nMeanwhile, Welsh Water has warned drinking water is running out in Monmouth and surrounding areas after \"unprecedented flooding\" at its treatment works in Mayhill.\n\nThere was some relief in Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire, on Monday as defences appeared not to have been breached overnight, but severe flood warnings for the area now predict river levels will peak by Wednesday.\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\nChris Wreghitt, who lives in the village of Powick, in Worcestershire, says he has has been flooded before but not this badly and not since flood defences were built.\n\nHe told BBC News: \"We were told when they built that flood defence that if it had been there before 2007, we wouldn't have been flooded.\n\n\"Although there have been a couple of near misses over the past few years, we were still confident that we wouldn't get flooded again.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nResidents of the Wharfage on the River Severn have been evacuated to a restaurant on the High Street in Ironbridge, Telford and Wrekin Council said.\n\nThe council added that the river's flood peak was moving towards the Ironbridge Gorge and was expected to arrive there later on Tuesday, while the Environment Agency warned flooding in the Wharfage is \"potentially imminent\".\n\nRescue teams were deployed in Monmouth, south Wales, amid the floods\n\nIt comes as the River Wye at Monmouth, south Wales, peaked at 7.15m high on Tuesday, breaking the previous record high of 6.48m in 2002.\n\nThere are two severe warnings in place on the River Wye at Monmouth, according to Natural Resources Wales.\n\nResidents in Monmouth were seen using canoes to travel on Tuesday\n\nAround 800 homes in Wales have been directly affected by flooding, First Minister Mark Drakeford told the BBC.\n\nThe Welsh government has put aside between £5m and £10m to help those residents affected.\n\nMeanwhile, the key developments in England are:\n\nPeople in flood-hit households can apply for financial hardship payments of up to £500 for short-term relief, the government announced on Tuesday.\n\nLocal Government Secretary Robert Jenrick said the funding would \"help people in the worst-hit areas to recover and get back on their feet\".\n\nThe government support fund also includes up to £5,000 for affected residents and business owners to help make their properties more resilient to future floods.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 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You can also contact us in the following ways:", "The UK government's plans for immigration would be \"devastating\" for Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon has claimed.\n\nThe Home Office has set out plans for a post-Brexit system which would not give visas to low-skilled workers.\n\nUK ministers want to \"move away\" from \"cheap labour\" from Europe and instead target the \"brightest and best\".\n\nBut Scotland's first minister said it would be \"impossible to overstate how devastating\" this would be, making it \"much harder\" to attract workers.\n\nShe wants powers over migration to be devolved to Holyrood so a separate system can be established north of the border.\n\nThe UK government is keen to set up a \"points-based\" immigration system after the free movement of people between the UK and the EU ends on 31 December, when the Brexit transition period expires.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel told BBC Breakfast that the government wants to \"encourage people with the right talent\" and \"reduce the levels of people coming to the UK with low skills\".\n\nUK ministers have set out to reduce the overall level of migration to the UK, encouraging employers to invest in retaining staff and developing automation technology instead of \"cheap labour\" from abroad.\n\nHowever, Ms Sturgeon argues that with population growth stalling in Scotland, more immigration is needed to boost the working-age population.\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\nShe said: \"Our demographics mean we need to keep attracting people here - this makes it so much harder.\n\n\"Getting power over migration in the Scottish Parliament is now a necessity for our future prosperity.\"\n\nThe Scottish government is arguing for a \"fundamentally different approach to migration policy\" north of the border, calling for an \"evidence based approach which reflects the needs of our economy\".\n\nScotland Office minister Douglas Ross insisted that \"the new system will work for Scotland and the whole of the UK\".\n\nHe said: \"It will support our renowned universities and world beating high tech sector. It avoids putting up barriers to business by splitting our UK-wide system and it ensures our whole economy can continue to grow.\"\n\nNicola Sturgeon wants extra powers to be devolved to Holyrood for a separate immigration system\n\nThe National Records of Scotland has projected that Scotland's working-age population could shrink in the coming years.\n\nBirths look set to outweigh deaths over the next 25 years, while life expectancy is on the rise. The group's projections say there could be 240,000 more pensioners by 2043 - and 7,000 fewer people of working age.\n\nIn a recent paper on migration, Ms Sturgeon said there was a \"serious issue\" with long-term demographic changes, saying that \"all of our future population growth is projected to come form migration, and any reduction in migration will impact on the size of our working-age population\".\n\nHowever, the Migration Advisory Committee has argued that these demographic challenges are not unique to Scotland.\n\nIn a report in September 2018, the group said that \"lower migration might lead to population decline\", but said \"some northern English regions have similar prospects\" - concluding that \"we were not of the view that Scotland's economic situation is sufficiently different from that of the rest of the UK to justify a very different migration policy\".\n\nStudies have also suggested that Scots have broadly similar attitudes to immigration as an economic asset as people in England and Wales.\n\nThe National Records of Scotland predict the working-age population will shrink in the coming years\n\nThe UK government has long argued in favour of a \"points-based\" immigration system for all migrants.\n\nPoints would be allocated for things like having a job offer in a sector with staffing shortages, speaking English, and having higher education qualifications.\n\nIn total, candidates would need 70 points to qualify.\n\nOverseas workers who speak English have the offer of a skilled job with an \"approved sponsor\" would accrue 50 points - needing 20 more from the other criteria.\n\nThe UK government says it is \"important employers move away from a reliance on the UK's immigration system as an alternative to investment in staff retention, productivity and wider investment in technology and automation\".\n\nOn \"skilled\" workers, the proposals would see this definition include those educated to Scottish Higher or A-level equivalent standard - not just graduate level, as is currently the case.\n\nWaiting tables and certain types of agricultural worker would be removed from the new skilled category, but new additions would include carpentry, plastering and childminding.\n\nAt present, migration policy is entirely controlled from Westminster - but Scottish ministers want extra powers to be given to Holyrood to set up a distinct system.\n\nThey propose adding a Scottish-specific visa to the immigration system, which migrants could choose to apply for instead of one of the existing routes.\n\nMSPs would decide the criteria for this new visa, and the Scottish government would receive and assess applications before sending them to the UK government for security checks.\n\nThose applying for such a visa would need to remain resident in Scotland and pay tax locally, but would have a route to permanent settlement - unlike existing schemes for unskilled or temporary workers.\n\nMs Sturgeon says this would \"allow Scotland to attract and retain people with the skills and attributes we need for our communities and economy to flourish\".\n\nHowever, the proposals were swiftly rejected by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who said they were \"absolutely fanciful and deranged\".\n\nHe said he had \"every sympathy with the businesses and industries of Scotland that need to allow workers to come freely\", pointing to plans to expand the entry scheme for seasonal agricultural workers.", "The US rapper Pop Smoke has been killed, after an apparent armed robbery.\n\nLos Angeles Police told Radio 1 Newsbeat a man was shot at his home and later pronounced dead, although didn't confirm his identity.\n\nBut his label Republic Records says it's \"devastated by the unexpected and tragic loss of Pop Smoke\".\n\nPolice responded to reports of a robbery - a man was then taken to hospital and later pronounced dead.\n\nOfficers confirmed that an unknown number of suspects entered a property in West Hollywood.\n\nThey got a call about a robbery at 04:55 PST and were at the scene six minutes later.\n\nPop Smoke at the Rolling Loud Festival, Los Angeles, in December 2019\n\nPolice say no suspects have been identified and no arrests have been made.\n\nThey also denied reports that a man was held at the scene but say one suspect is thought to have had a handgun.\n\nPop Smoke, who this week got his first US top 10 album, was signed to Republic Records which has said in a statement \"our prayers and thoughts go out to his family, friends and fans, as we mourn this loss together.\"\n\nWhen reports first appeared in the US tributes began flooding in for Pop Smoke, real name Bashar Barakah Jackson - including from friends.\n\nPop Smoke had a breakout hit with Welcome to the Party in 2019 - which led to him being singled out as an artist to watch this year by BBC Radio 1Xtra, on the station's Hot For 2020 list.\n\nThe station said he \"possessed the air and cadence of a rapper who has been in the game for a decade or two longer than his actual age\".\n\nThe track ended up being remixed by both Nicki Minaj and Skepta.\n\nSorry, we're having trouble displaying this content. 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To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLast year he spoke about wanting to make music that inspires children who are growing up in poverty.\n\nHe told The Face: \"I make music for that kid in the hood that's gotta share a bedroom with like four kids - the young kids growing up in poverty.\n\n\"I make music for kids like that who know they just gotta keep going, that there's a better way. That's who I really make it for.\"\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Dr Couper was the first female president of the British Astronomical Association\n\nBroadcaster and astronomer Heather Couper has died at the age of 70.\n\nDr Couper appeared on the BBC's Blue Peter and The Sky At Night programmes, as well as presenting and producing acclaimed science documentaries.\n\nShe also hosted radio series including the BBC World Service's long-running Seeing Stars and BBC Radio 4's Cosmic Quest and Starwatch.\n\nProfessor Brian Cox said \"she was one of the pioneers in bringing astronomy to everyone, including 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 by Brian Cox This article contains content provided by Twitter. 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I want to make known and publicise science.\"\n\nSo she left her management trainee job at Top Shop to become a research assistant at the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge.\n\nHer big break came when she was asked to appear as a guest on Sir Patrick Moore's The Sky At Night.\n\nSir Patrick later recalled: \"Of course, she wrote to me when she was a little girl and said, 'Is there any future for me in astronomy?' And I said, 'Of course there is.' And I tried to give her a hand.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Carol Vorderman This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as 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\nShe also presented the 1981 ITV children's series Heavens Above and, in 1984, became the first female president of the British Astronomical Association.\n\nFour years later, she co-founded a film and TV production company, then, in 1993, took up the chair of astronomy at Gresham College.\n\nShe and Dr Henbest co-wrote dozens of books as well as monthly astronomy columns for the Independent, the last of which was published on 6 February.\n\nThe pair even applied to be the first British astronauts, Dr Couper told the Guardian in 1993, but were quickly rejected.\n\n\"They wanted someone technologically on the ball, someone who would know what buttons to press in an emergency,\" she said.\n\n\"If something blew up, I would think, 'Oh Christ! What wire goes where?'\"\n\nMore tributes came from viewers, fellow broadcasters and the scientific community.\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.", "Helen Gittos lost her baby Harriet in August 2014 when she was eight days old, and she believes her daughter's death was preventable.\n\nA BBC News investigation has uncovered more preventable baby deaths at an East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust which has already been criticised for its maternity services.\n\nHelen spoke to the BBC's Michael Buchanan, and said she was told her baby's death was due to her decision to refuse to have appropriate medical treatment - which she and her husband deny.\n\nEast Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust said: \"We accept… that we could have done more to respond to [Helen Gittos's] wishes and help her labour in a calm, low-risk environment as much as possible.\"", "Katrina O'Hara was killed at the barber shop where she worked at in Blandford\n\nA coroner has called for domestic abuse victims to have access to mobile phones after police seized a woman's device days before her murder.\n\nStuart Thomas was jailed for murdering his ex-lover Katrina O'Hara in Blandford, Dorset, in 2016.\n\nAn inquest heard Dorset Police had been warned he was dangerous but took Ms O'Hara's phone as evidence.\n\nCoroner Brendan Allen said he was aware of two forces adopting a policy of not leaving victims without phones.\n\nThe inquest in Bournemouth heard Thomas had been arrested for threatening to kill himself and Ms O'Hara by driving their car into a tree on 30 December 2015, but he was released on police bail after six hours in custody.\n\nPolice did not contact Ms O'Hara to let her know Thomas had been set free.\n\nFollowing an investigation into the case, in 2018 the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) made a national recommendation that all domestic abuse victims should have a means of communication.\n\nStuart Thomas was jailed for life with a minimum term of 26 years\n\nCoroner Brendan Allen heard Dorset Police now has a bank of mobile phones it gives to domestic abuse victims, and this is a practice also adopted by Greater Manchester Police.\n\nThe coroner said: \"The key is ensuring the victim has a replacement [phone].\"\n\nHe said he would be sending a Preventing Future Deaths Report to the policing minister so forces across England and Wales are aware of the case.\n\nThe coroner will also be making recommendations concerning how the police database is used for flagging concerns, 999 call handling procedures and, when assessing risk, to view a suicidal perpetrator as a significant risk to the abuse victim.\n\nIn a statement, Ms O'Hara's family said there had been \"very serious failings\" in the police response.\n\n\"Our Mum's case is not unique, and our only hope is that her death will serve as a wake-up call to the government and police forces across the country to not brush domestic violence issues under the carpet.,\" they said.\n\nMs O'Hara was killed at a barber shop in Blandford\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will formally step down as senior royals from 31 March, a spokesperson for the couple has said.\n\nThey will no longer carry out duties on behalf of the Queen but arrangements will be reviewed after 12 months.\n\nEarlier this year Harry and Meghan announced they would be stepping back from royal duties and working to become financially independent.\n\nThey will return to the UK for engagements at the end of this month.\n\nThe couple intend to split their time between the UK and North America and the spokesperson said they would be in the UK \"regularly\".\n\nThey will attend six events in the UK in February and March, including the Commonwealth Day Service on 9 March.\n\nHarry is also expected to attend the London Marathon in April in his capacity as patron, while the couple will also attend the Invictus Games in the Netherlands in May.\n\nThe couple will formally retain their HRH titles but will not use them. The use of the word \"Royal\" is under discussion, the spokesperson said, and an announcement on this will be made alongside the launch of the couple's new non-profit organisation.\n\nHarry and Meghan's foundation applied to trademark the Sussex Royal brand - used on their website and social media - in June last year.\n\nAs the couple will no longer be undertaking engagements in support of the Queen, they will not be retaining an office at Buckingham Palace. Instead, from 1 April they will be represented via their UK foundation, the spokesperson said.\n\nHarry will retain the ranks of Major, Lieutenant Commander, and Squadron Leader but his honorary military positions will be suspended. The roles will not be filled by anyone else during the 12-month review period.\n\nFurther details about the couple's new charitable organisation will be released later this year but the spokesperson said the causes they supported, including the Commonwealth, community, youth empowerment and mental health, would remain the same.\n\nHarry's priorities also include the welfare of servicemen and women, conservation and HIV, while Meghan has focused on women's empowerment, gender equality and education.\n\nThe couple and their son Archie spent time in Canada over Christmas\n\nThe duke and duchess announced earlier this year that they planned to step back as senior royals. Details of how this would work were then unveiled, following days of talks with the Queen and other senior royals.\n\nThe couple had previously spoken about how they had struggled under the media spotlight.\n\nThe couple have been in Canada with their son Archie for much of this year, after briefly returning to the UK in January following an extended six-week Christmas break on Vancouver Island.", "The claim: Staff shortages can be dealt with by training the 8.5 million people who are economically inactive.\n\nReality Check verdict: Many of those people are students, carers, sick or retired - and fewer than two million of them say they would actually like to have a job.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel was asked on the BBC's Breakfast programme about the ways in which businesses might be able to deal with staff shortages under the government's new immigration system.\n\n\"We have over 8.45 million people in the UK aged between 16 and 64 who are economically inactive,\" she said.\n\n\"We want businesses to invest in them, invest in skilling them up.\"\n\nThe latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show 8.48 million 16- to 64-year-olds are economically inactive, so the home secretary is right on this.\n\nThe ONS breaks down some of the reasons they fall into this category.\n\nThe biggest category is students, who account for 27% of the inactive. They may be able to take on part-time jobs, but could not be relied upon to deal with the staff shortages that some business groups have warned about.\n\nAnother 26% of the inactive population count as sick - almost all of whom are long-term sick.\n\nNext up, 22% of the inactive are those who are looking after their homes or caring for family members.\n\nThe fourth most common reason for economic inactivity is people who have retired before the age of 65 - that's 13% of the total.\n\nThere is a very small category - less than half a percent - who describe themselves as \"discouraged workers\".\n\nThe last 11% are classified as \"other\", which includes people who say they have not yet started looking for work, those awaiting the results of job applications and some who say they do not need to work.\n\nThe ONS says that of the 8.48 million economically inactive people:\n\nSo those 1.87 million could be targeted by businesses seeking to invest in their skills - although there may be various reasons why they are not currently looking for work.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Hilda Clulow celebrated her 111th birthday with a 1940's themed party in March 2019\n\nThe UK's oldest woman has died at the age of 111.\n\nHilda Clulow was one of six siblings, and married Arthur Clulow when she was 29 years old.\n\nMrs Clulow, who had one son and seven grand and great-grandchildren, worked as a dressmaker at Balsall Heath Factory from the age of 16 to 60.\n\nShe died at Bowood Court & Mews Care Home in Redditch on Christmas Eve. Staff said: \"We all loved her and were very proud of her.\"\n\nMrs Clulow died surrounded by family and friends on Christmas Eve\n\nJackie Hayden, a care assistant at Bowood Court & Mews, said: \"Hilda changed everyone's life within the home. I don't feel that she truly knew how much she was loved, although we made sure we told her every day.\n\n\"I feel privileged to have known Hilda and had the opportunity to have cared for her. She will never be forgotten.\"\n\nDawn Leaver, the care home's manager, said: \"I will never forget the honour of creating some wonderful birthday celebrations for her and I'll remember her with a glass of sherry; her favourite tipple.\"\n\nWhen she turned 110, her son, Barry said he was \"very proud\" of his mother.\n\nEngland's oldest man is 111-year-old Bob Weighton, who was born in Hull on 29 March 1908.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A patient at King's College Hospital in London played the violin while surgeons operated on her brain to remove a tumour.\n\nDagmar Turner, 53, played the violin so surgeons could ensure parts of the brain which control hand movements and coordination were not damaged during the millimetre-precise procedure.\n\nMs Turner, from the Isle of Wight, was diagnosed with a brain tumour after suffering a seizure in 2013.\n\nShe was concerned over losing the ability to play the violin.\n\nHer tumour was located in the right frontal lobe of her brain, close to an area that controls the fine movement of her left hand.", "Last updated on .From the section Man City\n\nManchester City's \"serious breaches\" of Uefa's club licensing and financial fair play regulations are \"simply not true\", says chief executive Ferran Soriano.\n\nOn Friday, Premier League champions City were handed a two-year Champions League ban and fined 30m euros (£25m).\n\nThe decision is subject to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.\n\n\"The fans can be sure of two things. The first one is that the allegations are false,\" said Soriano.\n\n\"And the second is that we will do everything that can be done to prove so.\"\n• None 'The stakes are high' - why Man City v Uefa is a watershed moment\n\nThe independent Adjudicatory Chamber of the Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) said it had found City had broken the rules by \"overstating its sponsorship revenue in its accounts and in the break-even information submitted to Uefa between 2012 and 2016\", adding that the club \"failed to cooperate in the investigation\".\n\nAt the time, City said they were \"disappointed but not surprised\" by the \"prejudicial\" decision and would appeal.\n\nIn response to the allegations of overstating its sponsorship revenues, Soriano - speaking in a video released by the club - said: \"The owner has not put money in this club that has not been properly declared.\n\n\"We are a sustainable football club, we are profitable, we don't have debt, our accounts have been scrutinised many times, by auditors, by regulators, by investors and this is perfectly clear.\"\n\nHe added that the club felt they were \"considered guilty\" on \"every step of the way\".\n\n\"We did cooperate with this process. We delivered a long list of documents and support that we believe is irrefutable evidence that the claims are not true,\" said the Spaniard.\n\n\"It was hard because we did this in the context of information being leaked to the media in the context of feeling that every step of the way, every engagement we had, we felt that we were considered guilty before anything was even discussed.\n\n\"At the end, this is an internal process that has been initiated and then prosecuted and then judged by this FFP [financial fair play] chamber at Uefa.\"\n\nUefa have declined to respond to Soriano's statement.\n\nUefa launched an investigation after German newspaper Der Spiegel published leaked documents in November 2018 alleging City had inflated the value of a sponsorship deal, misleading European football's governing body.\n\nReports alleged City - who have always denied wrongdoing - deliberately misled Uefa so they could meet financial fair play rules requiring clubs to break even.\n\nCity, whose chairman is Khaldoon Al Mubarak, were fined £49m in 2014 for a previous breach of regulations.\n\n\"We provided the evidence but in the end this FFP Investigatory Chamber relied more on out-of-context stolen emails than all the other evidence we provided of what actually happened and I think it is normal that we feel like we feel,\" said Soriano.\n\n\"Ultimately based on our experience and our perception, this seems to be less about justice and more about politics.\"\n\nSoriano added the club was hoping for an \"early resolution\" through a \"thorough process and a fair process\".\n\nHe added: \"My best hope is that this will be finished before the beginning of the summer and until then for us, it is business as usual.\"\n\nCity manager Pep Guardiola has told friends he intends to stay at the club despite the European ban, with his contract set to expire in 2021.\n\nHis contract does have a break clause at the end of this season and it was anticipated he would activate it should City fail to win their appeal, which they will be submitting to the Court for Arbitration in Sport in the next few days.\n\nHowever, it is understood the 49-year-old has said he will not be doing that and remains committed to the club.\n\n\"Obviously, he has been kept informed about this process but this is not something for him to respond to,\" said Soriano.\n\n\"He is focused on the football, he is focusing on the game, the game at hand, the game today, tomorrow and the next weeks. As well as the players.\n\n\"They are calm, they are focused and this matter is more a business matter, a legal matter than a football matter.\"", "The European Union has added the Cayman Islands, a UK overseas territory, to its tax havens blacklist.\n\nIt joins Oman, Fiji and Vanuatu, which have also been accused of failing to crack down on tax abuse.\n\nOxfam, which lobbies for tax reform, said the EU's move was \"encouraging\" but many more places should be blacklisted.\n\nAs well as the Cayman Islands, additions this year include Panama, Palau and the Seychelles.\n\nThe EU said the Cayman Islands, which has no income tax, capital gains tax or corporation tax, does not have \"appropriate measures\" in place to prevent tax abuse, allowing firms to register there despite having minimal presence in the territory.\n\nThe jurisdiction was previously on a ''grey list'' that gave it time to introduce new laws to tackle tax deficiencies. But it did not implement the \"economic substance\" reforms by the deadline as promised, the EU said.\n\nCayman Islands' Premier, Alden McLaughlin, said the government has approved many reforms sought by the EU and has already contacted the EU about the process of being removed from the blacklist.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Hon. Alden McLaughlin, MBE, JP This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 lobby group for the Cayman financial services industry said it is hopeful a reversal will happen in the \"not too distant future\".\n\nThe Cayman Islands is the first UK territory to be added to the EU blacklist.\n\nBlacklisted countries face difficulties accessing EU funding programmes, while European companies doing business in those jurisdictions have to take additional compliance measures.\n\nThe list, which the EU started in 2017 to put pressure on countries to crack down on tax havens and unfair competition, included 15 countries in 2018 but has shrunk.\n\nOfficials said that Turkey, which is currently on the \"grey\" list, would not be moved to the blacklist despite concerns about its information sharing with some EU member states.\n\nOxfam, which has campaigned on tax, said other British territories, such as the British Virgin Islands, deserve to be added to the list, as do some places within the EU.\n\n\"While it is encouraging that the Cayman Islands has finally been added to the blacklist, the list itself still proves wholly inadequate,\" the organisation said.\n\n\"The EU needs to strengthen its blacklisting criteria, put its own house in order and push for an ambitious and effective minimum tax rate at global level.\"", "John and his wife, Joan, are publicising what happened to warn other people to be vigilant\n\nA 102-year-old man fought off an intruder who tried to force his way into his home.\n\nJohn suffered cuts and extensive bruising trying to stop the man, who tried to get into the property in Lincoln on Tuesday by claiming he needed to check the lights.\n\n\"I thought that sounds a bit dodgy,\" said the centenarian.\n\nHe and his wife Joan, 97, said they were very shaken up by the incident. Police have appealed for information.\n\nIt is the second attack at their home in six months and the couple said they wanted to publicise what happened to warn others about the risks of answering the door to strangers.\n\nJohn said he knew something was wrong when the man told him why he was there.\n\n\"By that time he had pushed the door wide open and stepped in, and I said 'you're not going to come in here mate'.\"\n\n\"He gave me a few clouts - I was hoping to give him a few back, and he ran away. He must have been frightened.\"\n\nJohn suffered extensive bruising after fighting off the intruder\n\nThe couple's daughter, Jill, said: \"The man damaged my dad's arm really badly. There was blood all over.\n\n\"My dad was really shook up and it's upset my mum. This is the second time it has happened in six months.\n\n\"Give him his due, for his age, he did have a go back.\"\n\nIn a previous incident, the couple let a man into the house who had claimed to be a gas engineer. A handbag and purse were stolen.\n\n\"We are used to going to the door and opening it, but you can't now,\" Joan said.\n\nLincolnshire Police said they were investigating the latest attack, and another nearby on the same day where cash was stolen from a woman in her 90s.\n\nCh Insp Phil Baker said: \"These two incidents are clearly concerning because they involve elderly and vulnerable victims.\n\n\"In both incidents the offender has used force to push past the occupants and, in one case, stolen cash.\"\n\nHe said anyone with information should contact the force.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Providers of social care in the UK have told Newsnight they have seen a \"frightening\" decline in the numbers of EU nationals applying for jobs in the sector.\n\nJane Stewart from Peach Nursing said she currently employed just one British carer out of 44.\n\nShe said a drop in EU nationals applying for jobs meant that for the first time in 14 years she was forced to tell people: \"I can't help you.\"\n\nBut the Department for Health and Social Care said the numbers of EU nationals working in the sector had risen since the 2016 Brexit referendum.\n\nThe department also said they “recognise the invaluable contribution of care workers” and they “remain focused on reaching a deal with the EU which benefits the health and care workforce”.\n\nYou can watch Newsnight on BBC Two weekdays at 22:30 or on iPlayer, subscribe to the programme on YouTube and follow it on Twitter.", "The Daily Telegraph newspaper placed with business and computing magazines in a WH Smith store\n\nRetailer WH Smith removed the Daily Telegraph newspaper from its shelves in UK railway station outlets in a dispute over pricing.\n\nThe move comes after the Telegraph raised prices on its daily and Sunday editions by 25% earlier this month.\n\nHowever, the publisher has not yet increased the amount it pays retailers to carry the newspaper.\n\nTwitter users have been uploading photos of Telegraph newspaper stacks being moved within shops.\n\nTelegraph papers were moved out of the newspaper section and on to magazine racks in High Street shops and airport travel outlets, but were still on sale.\n\nHowever, the newspaper was removed entirely from about 120 shops in railway stations, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday 19 February.\n\nWH Smith and the Telegraph told the BBC in a joint statement on Friday 21 February: \"Both parties are pleased that discussions have now been resolved. The Telegraph will return to its usual position on newsstands in all branches of WH Smith from this weekend.\n\n\"The Telegraph and WH Smith look forward to working together with activity which supports the Telegraph's subscription strategy.\"\n\nFrom 1 February, the daily edition of the Telegraph now retails at £2.50, while the Sunday Telegraph is priced at £2.80.\n\nRetailers have been told that they will continue to receive 43p per copy sold until August. From August onwards, the Telegraph will pay retailers the higher price of 51.2p per copy sold.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 CARPET This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 internal memo seen by the FT on 14 February instructed more than 500 WH Smith stores to move the Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Telegraph from the \"news\" section and place the papers with magazines \"with immediate effect\".\n\nA number of people have posted pictures on Twitter wondering why the Telegraph was placed in front of popular business magazines such as the Economist, Bloomberg and Prospect.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Ducks This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 sign in one store said: \"The Telegraph - These newspapers can be found alongside Business Magazines\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Emma Crawley This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nNewspapers continue to see slides in advertising revenue for print, as brands increasingly focus more on digital and broadcast advertising.\n\nSales of the print editions have plummeted in recent years, with the Daily Telegraph averaging a daily circulation of 310,586. The Sunday Telegraph sells, on average, 244,351 copies a week.\n\nIn October, the billionaire Barclay twins put the Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Telegraph up for sale after the publisher reported a 94% plunge in full-year profits compared with the previous financial year.\n\nAt the same time, the Telegraph announced that it would end its promotion offering WH Smith customers a free copy of the newspaper when they bought a bottle of water, as it refocused on selling more subscriptions to its website.\n\nA source has told the BBC the brothers are not under any time pressure to sell the paper, which could happen over the next 12-18 months.", "Caroline Flack's family have released an unpublished Instagram post that they say she wrote shortly before she died.\n\nIt came ahead of the inquest into the death of the former Love Island host, which opened on Wednesday.\n\nThe inquest heard that the 40-year-old presenter was apparently found hanged in her London flat on Saturday.\n\nThe unpublished post said her \"whole world and future was swept from under my feet\" when she had been arrested for assaulting her boyfriend in December.\n\nHer mother said Flack had been advised not to publish the message, which has now been shared through the Eastern Daily Press.\n\nThe TV presenter was found dead in her home weeks before she was due to stand trial on charges of assaulting her boyfriend Lewis Burton.\n\nFlack pleaded not guilty to the alleged assault at a court hearing in December and was released on bail.\n\nShe was ordered to stop any contact with Mr Burton ahead of the trial, which was due to begin in March.\n\nFlack's mother Chris told the Norfolk newspaper that her daughter showed her the wording of the post in January, but was told not to post it by advisers.\n\nShe added that the family wanted people to read it. \"Carrie sent me this message at the end of January but was told not to post it by advisers but she so wanted to have her little voice heard,\" she said, according to the paper.\n\n\"So many untruths were out there but this is how she felt and my family and I would like people to read her own words.\n\n\"Carrie was surrounded by love and friends but this was just too much for her.\"\n\nIf you or someone you know needs support for issues about emotional distress, these organisations may be able to help.\n\n\"For a lot of people, being arrested for common assault is an extreme way to have some sort of spiritual awakening but for me it's become the normal.\n\n\"I've been pressing the snooze button on many stresses in my life - for my whole life. I've accepted shame and toxic opinions on my life for over 10 years and yet told myself it's all part of my job. No complaining.\n\n\"The problem with brushing things under the carpet is they are still there and one day someone is going to lift that carpet up and all you are going to feel is shame and embarrassment.\n\n\"On December the 12th 2019 I was arrested for common assault on my boyfriend. Within 24 hours my whole world and future was swept from under my feet and all the walls that I had taken so long to build around me collapsed. I am suddenly on a different kind of stage and everyone is watching it happen.\n\n\"I have always taken responsibility for what happened that night. Even on the night. But the truth is... It was an accident.\n\n\"I've been having some sort of emotional breakdown for a very long time.\n\n\"But I am NOT a domestic abuser. We had an argument and an accident happened. An accident. The blood that someone SOLD to a newspaper was MY blood and that was something very sad and very personal.\n\n\"The reason I am talking today is because my family can't take anymore. I've lost my job. My home. My ability to speak. And the truth has been taken out of my hands and used as entertainment.\n\n\"I can't spend every day hidden away being told not to say or speak to anyone.\n\n\"I'm so sorry to my family for what I have brought upon them and for what my friends have had to go through.\n\n\"I'm not thinking about 'how I'm going to get my career back.' I'm thinking about how I'm going to get mine and my family's life back.\"\n\nAfter her death, Flack's management company said she had been \"under huge pressure\" since her arrest and criticised the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for refusing to drop the charge, even though Mr Burton said he did not want the case to go ahead.\n\nThe CPS said it would not comment on the specifics of the case, but it outlined how it reached decisions over whether or not to charge someone.\n\nGuidelines say domestic abuse prosecutions do not automatically stop if the complainant withdraws their support.\n\nThe guidance also says police officers must draw evidence of the suspect's mental health issues to the attention of the prosecutor.", "About 3,700 people have been quarantined on board the Diamond Princess for two weeks\n\nBritons stranded on a quarantined cruise ship in Japan have been told by the UK Foreign Office to stay onboard.\n\nThere are 74 British nationals on the Diamond Princess ship, which was quarantined on 3 February after an outbreak of coronavirus.\n\nPassengers from other nations who had tested negative began to disembark on Wednesday.\n\nThe Foreign Office warned Britons may struggle to board a planned evacuation flight if they leave the ship.\n\nIt is understood those who get off may encounter administrative or logistical problems that prevent them from boarding the repatriation flight back to the UK.\n\nThe government said an accommodation block at Arrowe Park Hospital on the Wirral - where two previous groups were quarantined - would be used to isolate those returning from the Diamond Princess for 14 days.\n\n\"There is no risk to the public, and the hospital will continue to run as normal,\" the Department of Health said.\n\nIn a statement on Wednesday, the Foreign Office said it is planning an evacuation flight from Tokyo to the UK \"as soon as possible\".\n\n\"We hope the flight will be later this week, subject to permissions from the Japanese authorities,\" it said.\n\n\"However there is a chance that people who disembark will not be able to join the evacuation flight.\n\n\"We have the utmost concern for the affected Britons and strongly encourage them to register for the evacuation flight.\"\n\nTwo Britons on the ship, Sally and David Abel, say they have tested positive for the virus\n\nMeanwhile, British couple David and Sally Abel, from Northampton, remain on the cruise ship after testing positive for the virus - known as Covid-19.\n\nTheir son, Steve Abel, confirmed the diagnosis on Wednesday, following doubts over the results the previous day.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Breakfast, Steve said his father told him his diagnosis had been confirmed again by an English-speaking doctor and the couple are waiting to leave the ship for treatment.\n\nDavid Abel, from Northamptonshire, previously suggested on Facebook that there had been a \"massive communication error\" before saying that he had \"indeed tested positive for the virus\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSteve said that his family were being \"messed about\", and added that his father was diagnosed a couple of years ago with early-onset dementia.\n\n\"He's very confused with a lot of things and he's not going to be of his normal state of mind,\" he said. \"I just want people to realise that he's going to be saying things that he probably doesn't mean.\"\n\nHe said his parents have been told to stay in their room as other passengers disembark the ship.\n\n\"I don't want them separated,\" he said. \"That's our worst fear. With my dad's early-onset dementia, he could wake up one morning, I'm not saying it's that bad at the moment, but he could wake up a bit confused so my mum needs to be there with him.\"\n\nPassengers who had no symptoms and tested negative for the virus had their temperatures checked before leaving\n\nThere have been more than 500 confirmed cases of the virus Covid-19 on the ship\n\nThe cruise ship operator and Japanese officials allowed some passengers to disembark the ship at 07:00 local time (22:00 GMT, Tuesday), once they were given the all-clear.\n\nThe ship was quarantined at Yokohama port earlier this month, with some 3,700 passengers and crew on board.\n\nBBC News correspondent Laura Bicker said the first passengers who stepped off the cruise ship quickly made their way onto waiting coaches, while some even decided to take a taxi.\n\nAs of Wednesday, there were 79 new cases of the virus onboard the ship, bringing the total to 621 confirmed cases, Japanese officials said.\n\nIt is the largest cluster of cases outside China.\n\nThe US has already evacuated more than 300 of its citizens from the ship. South Korea, Canada, Australia, Israel and Hong Kong are also planning evacuations.\n\nThe ship has been in Yokohama, a city south of Tokyo\n\nEarlier, Japan's health minister said all passengers still on board had been tested for the virus and those who had tested negative would start leaving the ship on Wednesday.\n\nAnother British passenger on board the ship, Elaine Spencer, said she had been \"very disappointed\" with the UK government's initial response and said a rescue flight should have been organised sooner.\n\nShe told Radio 4's Today programme that British passengers who wanted to get on the rescue flight had to sign an agreement that they would go into quarantine for 14 days on their return to the UK.\n\n\"I need to go home, I want to see my family but obviously it's going to be another 14 days (after the flight). I wish that they'd decided to do this last week.\"\n\nIt comes as Alan Steele, a British honeymooner diagnosed with coronavirus on the cruise ship, announced on Facebook that he had left hospital.\n\nMr Steele said he is in a hotel in Yokohama and has been told he will need to spend two weeks in quarantine when he returns to the UK.\n\nCovid-19 has now claimed 2,004 lives in China, according to the latest Chinese data released on Wednesday.\n\nThere have been 74,185 confirmed infections recorded in mainland China and about 700 cases in other countries.\n\nIrish foreign minister Simon Coveney confirmed two out of six Irish passengers on the Princess Diamond tested positive for the virus and are being treated in hospital in Japan.\n\nMr Coveney said the passengers have dual citizenship with another EU member state and did not normally live in Ireland - but that the Irish embassy in Tokyo was in contact with them.\n\nThe president of Princess Cruises, Jan Swartz, said the company has sent more doctors and nurses on to the ship.\n\nThe Foreign Office is advising affected British nationals to call the British embassy in Tokyo on +81 3 5211 1100.\n\nIn the UK, a total of 5,216 people had been tested for cornoavirus, as of Wednesday at 14:00 GMT. Only nine people have tested positive and the rest have been confirmed negative.\n\nHave you been affected by what's happening on the Diamond Princess cruise ship? 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:", "Commonwealth Secretary-General Baroness Scotland has criticised the UK, Australia and New Zealand for suspending their funding of the body that runs the international organisation, the BBC has learned.\n\nIn a confidential letter to diplomats in London, Lady Scotland describes the three countries as using a \"big stick\" to \"punish\" the Commonwealth Secretariat over concerns about its financial procedures.\n\nShe urged the countries to reverse their decision to withhold almost £7m a year, which she says has left her organisation facing a financial crisis. She claimed small member states in particular would suffer from the loss of funding.\n\nIn the letter, which was leaked to the BBC, the former Labour minister also appealed to Commonwealth diplomats to end what she called the \"biased leaks\" of \"classified information\" from within the organisation that, she claimed, had generated \"malicious media stories\".\n\nLady Scotland announced earlier that she had formally asked to be reappointed for a second four-year term of office.\n\nCommonwealth heads of government will decide if she should get a second term at their summit in Rwanda in June. Some member states are known to be seeking alternative candidates.\n\nLady Scotland's letter followed a meeting of Commonwealth high commissioners in London - who together form the organisation's board of governors - to discuss an internal audit report by accountants KPMG into the secretariat's financial procedures.\n\nThe report found that normal competitive tendering rules at the secretariat had been waived 50 times over three years.\n\nLady Scotland was herself accused of circumventing the rules when she awarded a lucrative contract to a company run by a friend, something her lawyers insisted was fully justified.\n\nIt is not yet known if another candidate will challenge Lady Scotland for the secretary-general role she has held since 2016\n\nThe UK, Australia and New Zealand have told Lady Scotland their voluntary funding for the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation (CFTC) will be suspended until external auditors have confirmed the secretariat has tightened up its financial procedures.\n\nIn her letter - dated 13 February - Lady Scotland claimed her secretariat had implemented most of the recommendations made by KPMG.\n\nIn her account of the meeting on 6 February, Lady Scotland added: \"Three of the 54 member states have indicated that they will hold or reduce CFTC contributions. A large number of board members regretted this decision and appealed to the three countries to reconsider their decision.\n\n\"It was said that money should not be used as a 'big stick' to punish the Commonwealth as developing countries, especially small states, will suffer the consequences of these cuts.\"\n\nLady Scotland also appealed to the diplomats to \"think carefully\" about leaks to the media after the BBC obtained a copy of the auditors' report into the secretariat.\n\n\"A number of high commissioners in London and senior officials and ministers in capitals have shown dismay at such malicious media stories,\" she said.\n\n\"They portray a very negative picture of the Commonwealth. We owe a duty of discretion to our member states and the public in general.\n\n\"Such biased leaks distort the reality, present half-truths out of context and put the good work of the staff and member states in jeopardy.\n\n\"This is not, and cannot be believed to be, in the collective interest of Commonwealth countries collectively.\"\n\nShe added: \"No organisation can function properly if classified information on sensitive matters are persistently leaked to the press.\n\n\"It jeopardises the organisation's reputation. I know that the Commonwealth is precious to us all. This letter is an appeal to think about the issue of media leaks carefully.\"\n\nA spokesman for the Commonwealth Secretariat said the organisation did not comment on leaked documents.", "Two Britons on the ship, Sally and David Abel, have told their son they have tested positive for the virus\n\nDoubts have been raised over whether a British couple on a quarantined cruise ship in Japan have tested positive for coronavirus as earlier believed.\n\nThe son of Sally and David Abel, from Northamptonshire, told the BBC his parents said they had both tested positive and were going to hospital.\n\nHowever, hours later David Abel suggested on Facebook there had been a \"massive communication error\".\n\nThe couple are among 74 British nationals on the Diamond Princess ship.\n\nThe ship, which was quarantined on 3 February, is in the port of Yokohama.\n\nOn Tuesday, Japanese officials said there were 88 new cases of infection on board the ship, bringing the total to 542 confirmed cases. It is the largest cluster of cases outside China.\n\nThe Foreign Office said it was \"working to organise a flight back to the UK\" for British nationals and an evacuation is expected to take place within the next two to three days.\n\nA spokesman for the Foreign Office said it had \"the utmost concern\" for the British people on the ship and was \"ensuring those who have been diagnosed with coronavirus receive the best possible care in Japan\".\n\nMr and Mrs Abel's son Steve told BBC Breakfast that his father had emailed him on Tuesday morning to tell him they had both tested positive.\n\nHowever, on Tuesday evening, a Facebook post from Mr Abel's account explained the confusion over the positive test, saying the Japanese quarantine officials did not speak any English.\n\nHe added: \"The consulate in Tokyo are being very good with me. I am being listened to and Sally & I feel really well.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Steve Abel, the son of a British couple on board the Diamond Princess, says they are \"in the dark\"\n\nEarlier, Steve said he could hear his father vomiting in the bathroom while on the phone to his mother earlier but he believed it was due to \"shock\" rather than a symptom of the disease.\n\nThe conditions on the ship had made it difficult for his father to manage his type-2 diabetes, he said, adding that he would prefer his parents to be quarantined in the UK \"where the food is more suitable for my dad\".\n\n\"I'm not actually that worried about the virus - looking at the recovery stats. It is more about the stress, the diet,\" Steve said.\n\nSteve said the UK government's treatment of his parents had been \"appalling\", adding: \"They haven't got back to us on anything and we have been calling them every day for four or five days.\"\n\n\"They are very high-spirited people,\" he said. \"But in the last two days I've seen the cracks in the armour and they are getting down.\"\n\nAbout 3,700 people are quarantined on board the Diamond Princess\n\nAnother British passenger on board the ship, Elaine Spencer, said she had been \"very disappointed\" with the UK government's initial response and they should have organised a rescue flight sooner.\n\nShe told Radio 4's Today programme that British passengers who wanted to get on the rescue flight had to sign an agreement that they would go into quarantine for 14 days on their return to the UK.\n\nShe said they had received a note from the Foreign Office which told them that if they didn't get on the flight, it was unlikely they would be allowed out of Japan.\n\n\"I need to go home, I want to see my family but obviously it's going to be another 14 days (after the flight). I wish that they'd decided to do this last week.\"\n\nThe US chartered two planes to bring back its citizens from the cruise ship\n\nThe president of Princess Cruises, Jan Swartz, said the company has sent more doctors and nurses on to the ship.\n\nThere is still uncertainty over whether passengers will be allowed to leave the ship at the end of the 14-day quarantine period on Wednesday.\n\nAccording to official figures on Monday, four Britons with confirmed coronavirus are currently in hospital in Japan.\n\nIrish foreign minister Simon Coveney confirmed two out of six Irish passengers on the Princess Diamond tested positive for the virus and are being treated in hospital in Japan.\n\nMr Coveney said the passengers have dual citizenship with another EU member state and did not normally live in Ireland - but that the Irish embassy in Tokyo was in contact with them.\n\nOn Tuesday South Korea joined the list of the countries and territories also planning to get their residents off the ship - a list which already includes Canada, Australia, the UK, Israel and Hong Kong.\n\nThe US has already repatriated more than 300 of its citizens from the ship.\n\nIn a statement in the early hours of Tuesday morning, the Foreign Office said its staff had been making \"necessary arrangements\" with British nationals onboard the ship to organise a flight back to the UK.\n\n\"We urge all those who have not yet responded to get in touch immediately,\" it added.\n\nAffected British nationals should call the British embassy in Tokyo on +81 3 5211 1100.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The MS Westerdam docked in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, after being turned away from five ports\n\nMeanwhile, a search continues for passengers who disembarked the MS Westerdam cruise ship in Cambodia, after a woman who had been onboard the ship tested positive for the virus.\n\nEarly fears of the ship being affected by the virus meant it was turned away from five ports in Asia. Passengers were allowed off the ship on Friday after no cases were found among the 2,257 people onboard, cruise line firm Holland America said.\n\nThe 83-year-old American woman tested positive after disembarking from the ship and then travelling to Malaysia.\n\nAn undisclosed number of Britons who were on the Westerdam are being tested for coronavirus in Cambodia, the Foreign Office said.\n\nAs of Tuesday at 14:00 GMT, in the UK a total of 4,916 people had been tested for coronavirus. Only nine people have tested positive and the rest have been confirmed negative.\n\nIn a phone call, President Xi of China thanked Prime Minister Boris Johnson for the UK's donation of \"vital medical equipment\" to help China cope with the virus outbreak, a Downing Street spokeswoman said.\n\nHave you been affected by what's happening on the Diamond Princess cruise ship? 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:", "Struggling retailer Laura Ashley has secured a loan to fund its day-to-day operations following speculation about its survival.\n\nThe fashion and home store had been in talks with US bank Wells Fargo about terms for drawing on a £20m loan facility.\n\nShares in Laura Ashley surged 45% on the news, rebounding from falls earlier in the week.\n\nOn Monday, the firm said trading was \"challenging\".\n\nSales fell by nearly 11% in the second half of 2019.\n\nIt said that its majority shareholder, the Malaysian group MUI, had been in talks with Wells Fargo about funds to allow it to continue trading.\n\nThe company's share price took a hit after the firm said it had seen a decline in the sales of larger, more expensive items and that customer deposit levels have shrunk. That in turn triggered a restriction on how much it could draw from the loan facility it has with Wells Fargo.\n\nIn an update to the London Stock Exchange, Laura Ashley said that it should be able to use the funds to \"meet its immediate funding requirements\". The group said, however, that the money was \"not a cash injection\".\n\nIn December 2018, Laura Ashley earmarked 40 stores for closure, amid tough trading conditions on the UK High Street. Total group sales fell 10.8% to £109.6m in the second half of 2019.\n\nFounded in 1953, Laura Ashley was a prominent name on the High Street and one of the world's leading clothing brands in the 1970s and 1980s.\n\nBut it has struggled to stay relevant, with the share price tumbling 90% over the past five years.\n\nIndependent retail analyst Teresa Wickham said that the brand was the first to tap into key trends some decades ago, but that it \"had lost its way\".\n\nShe added: \"There's no clear strategy when it comes to Laura Ashley - it's quite difficult to know whether it's a furniture, homeware or clothing store.\n\n\"The brand needs to do some work to identify who their key customers are now. People are searching for vintage, genuine products - so there's certainly a market for the to tap into.\"", "Protesters destroyed the lawn in front of the college on Monday\n\nThree people have been arrested after climate activists dug up a lawn outside a Cambridge University college.\n\nExtinction Rebellion members destroyed part of the lawn at Trinity College on Monday in a protest over its role in a major development in the countryside.\n\nFour other people were held following further acts of criminal damage in the city on Tuesday, police said.\n\nThe five women and two men are in custody and investigations are continuing.\n\nTwo of those arrested are also suspected of obstructing a police officer.\n\nActivists involved in digging up the lawn said the action was taken against \"the destruction of nature\".\n\nTrinity owns Innocence Farm in Trimley St Martin, Suffolk, where plans were submitted for a lorry park. The scheme was rejected.\n\nPolice said Trinity College was assisting with the investigation.\n\nOn Sunday, Extinction Rebellion members set up a week-long road blockade in Cambridge and last week a meeting had to be abandoned when a protester abseiled into the city council chamber.\n\nOn the third day of action, about 40 protesters gathered outside a research centre run by global oilfield services firm Schlumberger, to the west of the city.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A judge who dismissed a woman's claim she had been raped, as she had done \"nothing physically\" to stop the alleged perpetrator, is among a number of family court judges to hold \"outdated views\", a joint letter says.\n\nIn it, over 130 lawyers and women's rights groups call for Judge Tolson's continuing cases to be reviewed.\n\nAnd they say family court judges should be trained on the \"meaning of consent\".\n\nThe Judiciary said a commitment to further training had since been made.\n\nThe case centred around a man who had asked to be allowed to spend time with his son, who was in the care of his former partner.\n\nShe objected because she said the man had been controlling and had raped her.\n\nIn his ruling, Judge Tolson told the family court because the woman \"was not in any sense pinned down\", she \"could easily, physically, have made life harder\" for the man - and it \"did not constitute rape\".\n\nThe woman later argued the judge's approach had led to her losing the legal battle with the man.\n\nThe letter - signed by organisations including Rape Crisis England and Wales, Women's Aid and the Centre for Women's Justice - says attitudes such as those expressed by the judge \"leave children and women at risk of serious harm\".\n\nAddressed to Justice Secretary Robert Buckland and the family courts president, Sir Andrew McFarlane, it says: \"Increasingly, the courts are no longer seen as a safe place for women who have been abused.\"\n\nIt adds that since the case came to light in the media, it has \"resulted in women contacting some of the signatories to this letter with their experiences of [Judge Tolson] and other judges who have expressed similar attitudes.\n\n\"Their concerns have included attitudes about sexual violence as seen in [this case], professional assessment of abusive parents being disregarded without reason and failure to provide special measures during hearings.\"\n\nThe letter is supported by the Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales, Dame Vera Baird, the Domestic Abuse Commissioner, Nicole Jacobs, and the London Victims' Commissioner, Claire Waxman.\n\nJudge Tolson was also the judge in the case of \"Trish\" - not her real name - deciding the level of contact she and her ex-partner were allowed with their children.\n\n\"I was with my ex-partner for several decades,\" she tells the Victoria Derbyshire programme.\n\n\"He was physically abusive and financially and emotionally coercive and controlling. I finally left when he started to abuse my children as well.\"\n\nTrish's ex-partner applied to the courts for contact and was granted access.\n\nHer elder child is now old enough to be able to make their own decision about not going for contact.\n\nBut she says her younger child is \"terrified of going for contact with him and says he's been physically abusive\".\n\n\"All I want is for this to be properly investigated. I've been in court at least 20 times,\" she says.\n\n\"He can afford lawyers but... I have to represent myself.\n\n\"He's continuing to control me and abuse - and that's enabled by the courts.\n\n\"The children's voices are not heard and to not even have the courts protecting vulnerable families is really scary.\n\n\"I am deeply concerned for the future of my children and their safety.\"\n\nThe woman whose rape claim was dismissed by Judge Tolson has now had her appeal upheld by a High Court judge, over its handling.\n\nMs Justice Russell, ordered a fresh case to be held before a different judge and said specialist training was needed on how family-court judges dealt with sexual assault allegations.\n\nThe letter welcomes her recommendations but adds: \"There are wider systemic issues, including some lack of understanding of domestic abuse and serious sexual assault and a failure to apply the practice directions to afford victims a fair trial.\n\n\"This is despite training and clear rules.\"\n\nIt calls for the appointment of \"appropriately trained domestic-abuse champions in each family court\", greater accountability for judges and specific training on the meaning of consent and free will for all family-court judges.\n\nThe UK Judiciary said in a statement that \"prior to the delivery of the appeal judgment [in the Judge Tolson case], the president of the Family Division had asked the Judicial College to provide additional bespoke training in dealing with cases of sexually related assault for judges trying domestic abuse cases in the Family Court.\n\n\"The enhanced training will be delivered - initially electronically - from May 2020 and from then on will be included in every continuation training course for the Family judiciary.'\n\nIt said the proposals would see family-court judges given \"similar training to that which is already given to criminal judges who hear serious sexual criminal trials\".\n\nThe Ministry of Justice declined to comment.\n\nFollow the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme on Facebook and Twitter - and see more of our stories here.", "A video has emerged which shows the Mexican drug lord Joaquin \"El Chapo\" Guzman in prison.\n\nHe was arrested in 2016 and was found guilty at his drug trafficking trial in 2019, at a federal court in New York.\n\nHe stood trial for drug trafficking charges after successfully evading US and Mexican authorities for years and escaping from prison in Mexico on two occasions - once using an underground tunnel.\n\nGuzman is now serving his sentence in a maximum security prison in the US state of Colorado.\n\nRead more: El Chapo: Five things to know", "The new studios will be built in the new development at Thames Valley Science Park\n\nPlans to develop the \"largest purpose-built film studio\" in the UK have been put forward in Reading.\n\nUS company Blackhall Studios and the University of Reading want to build the new £150m studios at Thames Valley Science Park.\n\nBlackhall said the move would \"bring major Hollywood film productions to the UK\" and create up to 3,000 jobs.\n\nThe company has produced movies such as Venom, Godzilla: King of the Monsters and Jumanji: The Next Level.\n\nThe company said £500m a year would be invested in the complex, which would produce roughly five to seven movies a year and create 1,500 jobs on-site.\n\nThe plans are subject to planning permission being granted by Wokingham Borough Council\n\nRyan Millsap, chairman of Blackhall, which has a studio complex in Atlanta, Georgia, said he was \"excited to be establishing a base in the UK\".\n\nHe said the plans were made after the company's US-based clients Disney, Universal and Sony were \"all asking us to expand into the UK to meet their desire to create productions here\".\n\n\"We hope that the site at Thames Valley Science Park will be the start of a series of investments in the UK which will see investment in jobs, training and the creative arts across a range of disciplines,\" he added.\n\nThe company said the plans would be submitted to Wokingham Borough Council this year, with a view to opening the new facility in 2022.\n\nThe University of Reading, which owns Thames Valley Science Park, said the studio would \"not only benefit the economy, but also its students, the local community and the environment\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Kirk Douglas (right) and his son actor Michael Douglas. Photo: November 2018\n\nHis only Oscar was an honorary award but Kirk Douglas became a Hollywood icon, with a film career spanning seven decades.\n\nHe prided himself on playing the tough guys, the sort of characters he once described as \"sons of bitches\".\n\nHe threw himself into his many roles with relish, acting with an intensity that often spilled over into his private life.\n\nAnd he had a fine contempt for the Hollywood studio establishment, something that may well have made his career less successful than it was.\n\nKirk Douglas was born Issur Danielovich Demsky to penniless Jewish immigrants in the city of Amsterdam, New York state, in 1916. His father had fled Russia to escape conscription into the Tsar's army.\n\nOne of seven children, he sold snacks to local mill workers to earn enough money to buy food and in his autobiography claims to have had more than 40 jobs.\n\nIt was when he began acting in school plays that he decided a theatrical career was for him. \"The one thing in my life that I always knew, that was always constant, was that I wanted to be an actor.\"\n\nAlready an inter-collegiate wrestling champion, he paid his way through drama college by fighting professionally, ushering and working as a car park attendant and bellhop.\n\nAce in the Hole saw him play an immoral journalist\n\nHe attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts where among his classmates were Betty Joan Perske, later to be known as Lauren Bacall, and the Bermudian actress Diana Dill.\n\nHe began using the name Kirk Douglas while acting during the college break and made his first Broadway appearance under his new name in a small part in a musical.\n\nIn 1941 he enlisted in the US Navy but was invalided out two years later because of injury and, in November 1943, he married his former classmate Diana Dill.\n\nThe marriage lasted eight years and produced two children, Michael, who would follow in his father's footsteps as an actor, and Joel, who became a film producer.\n\nDouglas had initially planned to become a stage actor but Lauren Bacall recommended him to producer Hal B Wallis who was casting The Strange Love of Martha Ivers.\n\nDouglas successfully tested for the lead role, playing opposite Barbara Stanwyck, already an established star.\n\nHe first made his name as a washed-up boxer, Midge Kelly, in Champion in 1949, which earned him the first of three Oscar nominations.\n\nAlthough he never won the coveted award, Douglas was honoured in the 1996 Academy Awards for 50 years as a creative and moral force in the movie industry.\n\nHe won much acclaim for his portrayal of Vincent van Gogh\n\nOne critic claimed the Kelly role epitomised his persona on and off screen as \"a ruthless, selfish, fiercely driven upstart\".\n\nHis ambition was rooted in his humble Russian origins. He was determined to defy privilege and anti-Semitism.\n\nSeveral of his most famous roles were as villains, such as the ruthless journalist in Ace In The Hole in 1951, who refuses to let sentiment or morality get in the way of a good story.\n\nHe won critical acclaim for his portrayal of Vincent van Gogh in Lust for Life in 1956, but his own lust for power earned him many enemies.\n\nOne of his more notable roles of this period was as Colonel Dax, the commander of a French regiment on the Western Front in the Stanley Kubrick film, Paths of Glory\n\nBased on a real-life incident, Douglas is called upon to defend three soldiers charged with mutiny, who are eventually shot. Douglas resisted attempts by Kubrick to change the ending and reprieve the men.\n\nIn 1957 Douglas set up his own production company Byrna, named after his mother, in a bid to escape the grip of the big studios, which hired and fired at whim.\n\nHe also defied the anti-communist witch-hunts of the McCarthy era by openly hiring a blacklisted writer, Dalton Trumbo, to script Spartacus.\n\nSpartacus represented his own battle against the establishment\n\nThe movie, about a slave who rebelled against the Roman Empire, was seen by many as a metaphor for his own defiance of Tinseltown's power brokers.\n\nDespite being riddled with historical inaccuracies, the film went on to win four Oscars.\n\nDouglas faded from the big screen in the 1970s but in his later years made a fairly successful comeback in films such as Tough Guys with Burt Lancaster and Greedy with Michael J Fox.\n\nHis energy did not flag as he grew older. He became a director, producer and novelist.\n\nDouglas served four US presidents in the role of special ambassador, and in 1981 received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.\n\nHe also created a charitable foundation and donated more than $1m to the Motion Picture and Television Fund.\n\nHis autobiography, The Ragman's Son, made the New York Times best-seller list.\n\nDouglas also wrote two novels, Dance with the Devil and The Secret.\n\nAs well as Michael and Joel, the children from his first marriage, he had two more sons, who also followed him into the world of movies.\n\nEric became an actor and Peter became a producer but only his eldest child, Michael, came close to equalling his father's fame.\n\nEric died in 2004 after an overdose of alcohol and prescription drugs, in what authorities in New York ruled was an accidental death.\n\nDouglas, who was given a lifetime achievement award from the American Film Institute in 1991, suffered a stroke in March 1996 which paralysed one side of his face.\n\nBut despite the stroke affecting his ability to speak, he was able to give the acceptance speech at the 1996 Academy Awards when he received a special award for \"50 years as a moral and creative force in the motion picture community\".\n\nIn the same year he played Chester J Lampwick in an episode of the hit animated series The Simpsons.\n\nHe continued to work, and appeared in films including Diamonds, in which he appeared with his old friend, Lauren Bacall, and It Runs in the Family in 2003, which co-starred his son Michael, grandson Cameron and ex-wife Diana.\n\nKirk Douglas was one of the last great Hollywood stars who began their climb to fame at the end of World War Two and certainly one of the most defiant.\n\n\"I don't need a critic to tell me I'm an actor,\" he once said. \" I make my own way. Nobody's my boss. Nobody's ever been my boss.\"\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. Rescue workers have been helping the injured and investigating the site\n\nTwo people have been killed after a high-speed train derailed early on Thursday near the northern Italian city of Lodi, emergency services say.\n\nBoth of the dead are drivers. A cleaner on the train and one other person suffered significant but not life-threatening injuries.\n\nThe train was travelling from Milan to the southern city of Salerno.\n\nAll services on the Milan-Bologna high-speed route have been suspended and diverted via conventional lines.\n\nThe BBC's Mark Lowen in Rome says that while there have been occasional crashes on Italy's regional trains, this is the first such incident on its high-speed Frecciarossa - or Red Arrow - network, the country's transport pride.\n\nThe trains, which run at 300 km/h (186 mph), are generally efficient, punctual and safe.\n\nSeveral people were injured as carriages derailed\n\nThe engine left the tracks some 40km (25 miles) from Milan at around 05:30 local time (04:30 GMT), the railway company said.\n\nIt apparently hit a freight wagon on a parallel track before running into a building and was separated from the rest of the train. Both it and the first carriage turned on their sides.\n\n\"I thought I was dead,\" a survivor told local newspaper Liberta. \"I closed my eyes and prayed.\n\n\"The train was going very fast... suddenly, I felt a violent blow. A really loud roar.\"\n\nThe survivor added that he and a friend were stuck on the train for 15 minutes before escaping through a hole.\n\nThe causes of the accident are being investigated.\n\nAnsa news agency said maintenance work was being carried out on the track where the accident happened.\n\nThere were 28 passengers on the train, Ansa said, a number of whom received minor injuries.\n\nLodi Prefect Marcello Cardona said the accident \"could have been carnage\" but there were only 33 people on the train at the time, and no more fatalities were expected.\n\nDozens of trains were cancelled and others re-routed, train operator Trenitalia said.", "The first minister confirmed Mr Mackay has been suspended from the SNP Image caption: The first minister confirmed Mr Mackay has been suspended from the SNP\n\nThat's all from BBC Scotland's Holyrood Live on Thursday 6 February, on what has been an extraordinary day in Scottish politics.\n\nScotland's finance secretary quit hours before delivering the Scottish budget amid reports that he messaged a 16-year-old boy on social media.\n\nThe Scottish Sun said that Derek Mackay contacted the schoolboy over a six-month period, and told him that he was \"cute\".\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed Mr Mackay has been suspended by the SNP while further investigations are carried out.\n\nShe says she did not know about the \"unacceptable\" behaviour until Wednesday evening.\n\nPublic Finance Minister Kate Forbes took on the task of setting out the government's tax and spend plans for the next year.\n\nMs Forbes confirmed there will be no change to income tax rates. She also committed to extra funding to health, education and investment aimed at tackling the \"climate emergency\".\n\nThe Scottish Parliament now enters recess, though Ms Forbes is expected to appear before the finance committee next Wednesday 12 February to discuss the budget in detail.", "After an impeachment trial that lasted just over two weeks, US President Donald Trump has been cleared and he can now concentrate on running for re-election.\n\nIt was always the likely outcome, but the path of how we got to this conclusion was what made this trial interesting.\n\nHere are four numbers that explain the story - and what happens now.\n\nTrump's popularity in his own party\n• None 94%More Republicans than ever back their president\n\nMr Trump's acquittal in the Senate is a reflection of his popularity among Republicans. If it wasn't clear before the trial that he had the support of the rank and file of his party, then it certainly is clear now.\n\nHe has never been more popular with Republicans (or more unpopular with Democrats). According to a poll by Gallup this week, 94% of Republicans approve of Mr Trump's performance in office. This figure has kept on rising despite his impeachment trial.\n\nGallup also reported that 89% of Republicans approved of Mr Trump during his third year in office - this made him the second most popular president of all time among his own party members.\n\nIt wasn't always like this. Rewind four years and senior Republicans were lining up to condemn Mr Trump, the man who would unexpectedly end up becoming their party's nominee for president.\n\nIn 2016, Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowksi vowed not to vote for him. \"If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed,\" South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham said in 2016, \"and we will deserve it.\"\n\nMr Trump became the nominee, then the president, and both Ms Murkowski and Mr Graham were there on the Senate floor during his trial to stand by their man. As proven during the 2018 mid-term elections, when several Republican members of Congress who did not fully support Mr Trump lost their races, Republican voters may not forgive anyone who is not loyal to the president.\n\nThe president's popularity doesn't mean his supporters believe he is blameless in the impeachment saga. In a poll conducted by the Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research last week, only 54% of Republicans believed he had done nothing wrong.\n\nRepublicans in the Senate have a majority of 53 to 47, meaning they control the chamber and were able to direct the terms of the trial.\n\nThat small majority mattered. During the trial, senators had to vote on whether to admit witnesses, and the majority opted not to. Had only four Republicans gone the other way, witnesses may have been allowed - not least former national security adviser John Bolton, whose evidence may well have undermined Mr Trump's case.\n\nFour Republican senators did indeed waver, Utah senator Mitt Romney among them. At one point it looked like they might all vote alongside Democrats and independent senators and agree to allow witnesses. But in the end, all Republicans but Mr Romney and Ms Collins voted with their party, no witnesses were called and the trial wrapped after only 15 days.\n\nThis is the number that ensured Mr Trump was always going to get off. A conviction would have happened only had two-thirds of senators - 67 - supported it.\n\nThis would have required 20 Republican senators to vote for their president's conviction. In the end, only one - Mitt Romney - did.\n\nThis is the amount of money the Trump campaign said it raised in the last quarter of 2019, a huge figure it said was down largely to Trump supporters reacting to the impeachment proceedings.\n\n\"The President's war chest and grassroots army make his re-election campaign an unstoppable juggernaut,\" his campaign manager Brad Parscale said.\n\nWith the trial behind him, Mr Trump is now free to concentrate on his campaign for re-election (although in truth, he never let it interrupt his campaign in the first place).\n\nWill the impeachment have galvanised his supporters even more? Or will it have tainted the president's image, despite his acquittal?\n\nWe'll find out on 3 November.", "Cerys Price (centre) was found to have been in a \"drugged up state\" when she crashed into Robert Dean\n\nA \"drugged-up\" nurse who killed a man in a crash after taking a high dose of prescription painkillers has been jailed for five years and four months.\n\nCerys Price, 28, crossed the central reservation of the A467 near Newport in July 2016 and crashed into the car of Robert Dean, 65. He died at the scene.\n\nPrice, of Brynmawr, Blaenau Gwent, had taken tramadol before the crash.\n\nShe denied causing death by dangerous driving, but was found guilty at a trial at Cardiff Crown Court.\n\nShe was also found guilty of causing serious injury by dangerous driving to the passenger in her car, ex-boyfriend Jack Tinklin, 30.\n\nTimothy Evans, prosecuting, said: \"Price had consumed an amount of tramadol significantly higher than any therapeutic range. She was in no way fit to drive a car. She was in a drugged-up state.\n\n\"A completely innocent man, simply minding his own business driving along the opposite side of the road, lost his life.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe level of the drug found in Price's blood after the crash was 1,803 micrograms per litre of blood - in excess of any therapeutic level.\n\nMr Dean was travelling to his granddaughter's fourth birthday party when he was killed.\n\nKatherine Harris, Mr Dean's daughter, said: \"We received the devastating news that dad had been killed while in the front garden with my children.\n\n\"We all punished and blamed ourselves for dad being there at that moment.\n\n\"Seconds either way was all that was needed. I found myself questioning why my daughter was born on that day.\"\n\nHis wife, Anne Dean, said the couple were days away from celebrating their 46th wedding anniversary.\n\nShe said in a statement: \"I totally relied on him and he was my rock. I feel totally lost and empty. He was a wonderful husband, son, father and grandfather.\n\n\"I don't think I've been the same since. I struggle to breathe. My lasting memory is seeing him in the mortuary of the Royal Gwent Hospital. I will never forget that he was on his own there.\"\n\nAnother of his three daughters, Helen Howell, said the family had been \"dragged through hell\".\n\nIn a statement outside the court, his family said: \"Our heartache is a life sentence and Cerys' family will also be broken by this.\"\n\nRobert Dean was travelling to his granddaughter's fourth birthday party when he was killed\n\nPrice had not been prescribed the medication, but bought it while in Mexico - she told the court she had taken a single tablet the night before the crash.\n\nJudge Michael Fitton told her: \"This was a seizure induced by tramadol. You have destroyed your good name, you have destroyed your current career.\n\n\"I suspect you cannot bring yourself to admit to your family the level of tramadol you were really consuming.\n\n\"You can, and you will, recover from this. Mr Dean has been denied that opportunity.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Robert Dean's family said he was a \"wonderful son, husband, father and grandfather\"\n\nShe was driving on the A467 between Rogerstone and Bassaleg when she crossed the central reservation in her Isuzu D-max pick-up truck and crashed head-on into Mr Dean's Vauxhall Astra.\n\nPrice and Mr Tinklin intended to go camping, but argued and the defendant turned the car around to go home.\n\nAfter the crash, police searched the car and found a tub of tramadol, which had 26 of 100 tablets left.\n\nDuring Price's trial, an expert toxicologist described the concentration of the drugs in her system as \"toxic or lethal\", with such levels \"associated with seizures\".\n\nPrice told the court she had been diagnosed with epilepsy since the crash and believed she suffered an epileptic fit before the collision.\n\nMr Tinklin described how Price \"slumped\" over the steering wheel and drifted over the central reservation - he said he was not aware Price was taking tramadol.\n\nMr Tinklin was seriously injured in the crash, while Price spent about a month in hospital as a result of her injuries.\n\nKelly Huggins of the CPS said: \"Being a qualified nurse, Cerys Price should have known the dangers of driving after taking these tablets, but she drove nevertheless.\n\n\"Her actions resulted in tragic consequences for an innocent motorist, her passenger and herself.\"\n\nJohn Dye, defending, said: \"She is an extremely hard-working young woman. She made an extremely poor choice on the day. She has shown genuine remorse.\"\n\nSgt Bob Witherall, of Gwent Police, said: \"It was Cerys Price's decision to get behind the wheel and drive, even after taking a strong and unprescribed medical painkiller.\n\n\"Her flagrant disregard for other road users, both inside and outside of the vehicle she was in control of, has resulted in tragedy.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Mitch McConnell blocked witnesses at the trial and Nancy Pelosi said it wasn't a real acquittal\n\nAnother rancorous presidential impeachment trial has ended in acquittal. What are the key things we learnt, asks Jonathan Turley, a professor of law at George Washington University.\n\nThe predictable conclusion to the Trump impeachment leaves the trial as the perfect embodiment of our times - reason found little space in a Senate chamber filled with rage.\n\nTrials often reflect societies and times - captured by jurors selected from the surrounding community. It is not surprising therefore that a jury composed of political representatives should perfectly mirror our politics.\n\nWhat we saw was hardly flattering for either side. One of the most striking aspects is that it really did not matter what people actually said whether it was witnesses or the accused or even the Framers (the people who drafted the US Constitution).\n\nIt was the first entirely dubbed trial where advocates simply supplied the words that fit with their case rather than reality.\n\nI personally watched this phenomenon firsthand as my own views were presented in highly tailored fashion by both sides. It included on videotape played by the House managers showing my rejection of the theory, advanced by one of the White House lawyers, Professor Alan Dershowitz, that crimes are needed for impeachments.\n\nThe edited tape cut off just before I said that, while you can impeach for just abuse of power, it is exceedingly difficult. It did not matter.\n\nConstitutional expert Jonathan Turley testifies in the House impeachment probe in December\n\nIt also did not matter what President Donald Trump himself may have said.\n\nThe Republican majority in the Senate was not interested in hearing from National Security Adviser John Bolton, who reportedly was prepared to say that the president lied in denying that he connected the Ukrainian aid to an investigation of Bidens.\n\nIndeed, while news reports recounted what Bolton said in his book, the White House said that it was merely hearsay since he did not say it directly. It then opposed any effort for him to say it directly as a witness.\n\nIn the end, however, it did not matter what any witness might say on that or other subjects. Their testimony was presumed and many senators declared that, even if they said something against the president, it would not matter.\n\nThat is the real takeaway. It really did not matter what anyone had to say.\n\nTrump weathered the storm of impeachment and is job approval numbers are at an all-time high\n\nIt did not even matter what the Framers said, even when they were being cited for what they said.\n\nAs a Madisonian scholar, I was particularly aggrieved to see Founding Father James Madison used like a marionette to either vilify or vindicate the president.\n\nThe most maddening were the references by Dershowitz, who argued that Madison clearly indicated that a non-criminal act could not be an impeachable offence.\n\nIt did not matter that Madison said the opposite. He not only referred to such non-criminal allegations as \"the incapacity, negligence or perfidy of the chief Magistrate\", but the \"loss of capacity or corruption\" that \"might be fatal to the Republic\".\n\nMoreover, in a letter in June 1833, he wrote to Senator Henry Clay over the withholding of a land act as a type of pocket veto. Madison assured him \"an abuse on the part of the President, with a view sufficiently manifest, in a case of sufficient magnitude, to deprive Congress of the opportunity of overruling objections to their bills, might doubtless be a ground for impeachment\".\n\nThat is precisely the type of non-criminal conflict that Dershowitz claimed could not be impeachable. But it did not matter. Those were Madison's view of Madison, not ours.\n\nJames Madison mentioned abuse of power as grounds for impeachment\n\nI wrote once that Senate trials are always about the senators, not the accused. By extension, they are also about us. This country remains divided right down the middle on Donald Trump.\n\nThe trial was like watching a movie where the audience heard only the lines that they came to hear. Indeed, studies indicate that this may be hardwired with people subconsciously tailoring facts to fit their preferences.\n\nResearchers at Ohio State University have found that people tend to misremember numbers to match their own beliefs. They think that they are basing their views on hard data when they are actually subconsciously tailoring that data to fit their biases. In other words, people selectively hear only one side even when being given opposing evidence.\n\nPeople today receive their news in news silos, cable programming that reassuringly offers only one side of the news. This \"echo-journalism\" is based on offering a single narrative without the distraction of contradiction.\n\nRecently, MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell declared that his show will not allow Trump supporters on as guests because all Trump supporters are \"liars\". Likewise, Trump recently denounced Fox for even interviewing Democratic senators. When that is the state of our news, why should trials be any different?\n\nIn our hardened political silos, even Framers are bit players in a crushingly formulaic play. Witnesses are as immaterial as facts when the public demands the same predictability from politicians that they do from cable hosts.\n\nWe are all to blame. Politicians achieve their offices by saying what voters want to hear and today voters have little tolerance for hearing anything that contradicts their preset views of Trump.\n\nAs a result, the trial was pre-packed by popular demand. Speaker Nancy Pelosi even declared that Trump would \"not be acquitted\" even if he was acquitted. When the actual vote doesn't matter, why should the actual testimony?\n\nJust as voters get the government that they deserve, they also get the impeachment trials that they demand. Watching on their favourite biased cable networks, voters raged at the bias of the opposing side in the impeachment as refusing to see the truth.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Senate has voted in favour of acquitting President Trump on the impeachment charges\n\nViewers thrilled as their side denounced their opponents and hissed when those opponents returned the criticism. The question and answer period even took on a crossfire format as senators followed up one side's answer with a request for the other side to respond. It was precisely the \"fight, fight\" tempo that has made cable news a goldmine.\n\nAs the trial ends, perhaps justice has been done. The largely partisan vote showed that the trial could have had the sound turned off for the purposes of most viewers.\n\nWe are left with our rage undiluted by reason. It really did not matter what anyone had to say because we were only hearing half of the trial anyway.\n\nIt provided the perfect verdict on our times.\n\nJonathan Turley is legal analyst for the BBC and the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University. He testified at both the Clinton and Trump impeachment hearings before the House Judiciary Committee", "Philip Hammond and Ken Clarke were thrown out of the parliamentary for opposing a no-deal Brexit\n\nBoris Johnson has nominated two men he kicked out of the Tories in the Commons for opposing him on Brexit for seats in the Lords, the BBC has learned.\n\nFormer Chancellors Ken Clarke and Philip Hammond had the Conservative whip withdrawn last year for attempting to block a no-deal Brexit.\n\nThey have now stood down as MPs but have continued to be critical of the prime minister's policies.\n\nThe nomination and vetting process for new peers is not yet complete.\n\nBut Mr Clarke and Mr Hammond are on Downing Street's list, the BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg understands.\n\nFormer Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith, one of Parliament's best-known Brexiteers, said nobody would object to Mr Clarke's peerage, but added that Mr Hammond's would \"raise an eyebrow\" among Eurosceptics.\n\nDowning Street is also expected to nominate former Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson, who has also clashed with the prime minister over Brexit in the past, for a seat in the Lords.\n\nThe PM has also put forward two former Labour MPs - Iain Austin and John Woodcock - to sit as non-aligned peers.\n\nThe pair spoke out repeatedly against Jeremy Corbyn during his leadership and eventually quit the Labour party, campaigning in the general election to keep him out of Number 10.\n\nNeither Number 10 nor the House of Lords Appointments Commission, which vets nominations, would comment on the contents of the Dissolution Honours List.\n\nConvention suggests that former Chancellors often end up in ermine. But convention has hardly been in fashion when it comes to Boris Johnson's government.\n\nPhilip Hammond and Ken Clarke were among those expelled from the Tory benches in the autumn, two of 21 MPs removed at a stroke, branded as part of the resistance to Brexit.\n\nBut while these nominations are likely to raise Brexiteer eyebrows, they perhaps signal an interest in making peace after years of internal Tory warfare.\n\nDon't be surprised, too, if there are lots of Eurosceptic and Tory donors' names on the list when it is finally approved and emerges.\n\nThe inclusion of Hammond and Clarke is notable, but we don't know the shape of the full picture yet.\n\nMr Hammond, who was chancellor between 2016 and 2019, was blamed by Tory Brexiteers for trying to block the UK's departure from the European Union, despite voting for Theresa May's withdrawal agreement three times.\n\nHe resigned as chancellor when Mr Johnson won the race to succeed Mrs May as Tory leader, after repeatedly warning the UK would be worse off after a hard Brexit.\n\nHe was then prevented from standing as a Conservative Party candidate at the general election after having the whip withdrawn.\n\nVeteran Europhile Mr Clarke, who stood down as an MP in December after 49 years as an MP, was chancellor between 1993 and 1997.\n\nHe was the only Conservative MP to oppose triggering the Article 50 process for leaving the EU after the 2016 Leave vote.\n\nHe has continued to be highly critical of Mr Johnson's Brexit policies since the election, telling the Guardian in December: \"I could never get out of Boris - and nobody so far could get out of Boris - what he has in mind for the eventual deal. To say they're generalities is an understatement.\"\n\nMr Clarke, who unsuccessfully ran to be Tory leader in 1997, 2001 and 2005, has previously said he would accept a peerage if it was offered.\n\nMr Duncan Smith said: \"No one will object to the award of a peerage to Ken Clarke, a great British politician whose record of service is unparalleled.\n\n\"However, Brexiteers will raise an eyebrow at the award of a peerage for Mr Hammond, who is seen to have played such a prominent role in government of frustrating Boris in his drive to deliver Brexit, but recognise this is rightly part of a drive to bring the country back together.\n\n\"However, I hope Philip reciprocates this characteristically generous gesture from Boris by now supporting him in the House of Lords.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Marie McCourt: \"I can't given Helen this last goodbye\"\n\nA mother who campaigned for more than 30 years to find out where the remains of her daughter are hidden has told her killer to \"give her child back\".\n\nHelen McCourt disappeared in Merseyside in 1988 and her body has not been found, after searches were carried out.\n\nKiller Ian Simms has been released from prison despite never revealing where he hid the remains of the 22-year-old.\n\nMarie McCourt said him being freed days before the anniversary of her daughter going missing was \"insensitive\",\n\n''All I want, all I've ever wanted, is to have my child back,\" Helen's mother added.\n\n\"Whatever tiny bits of pieces there are. It's my daughter's. And I want them back.\"\n\nSpeaking to BBC Breakfast she continued: \"The part that gets me, I can't give Helen the last goodbye.\n\n\"I didn't think a heart could break twice, but mine did.\"\n\nMarie McCourt (left) has always lived in hope of finding her daughter Helen (right)\n\nMrs McCourt added: \"It's always painful when it's coming up to another anniversary.\n\n\"It's this Sunday and I just feel that it's insensitive to release this person just days before.\"\n\nShe said \"some empathy\" should be shown to \"a grieving mother\".\n\nSimms, who never admitted his guilt, killed Ms McCourt as she walked home from work in Liverpool.\n\nMrs McCourt has campaigned for a change in the law to deny parole to killers who do not disclose the location of their victims' bodies.\n\nThe Prisoners (Disclosure of Information about Victims) Bill, dubbed Helen's Law, failed to be ratified before Parliament when the general election was called.\n\nIan Simms, pictured in 1988, was found guilty of the 22-year-old's abduction and murder\n\nThe legislation has been reintroduced since the reopening of Parliament but no date has yet been set for its debate by MPs.\n\nTalking about Helen's Law, Mrs McCourt said: ''I kept telling myself I'm strong enough to do it. That, OK it may not benefit my case but it will hopefully benefit all the people who are going through the same thing as me and all the families who will also follow on.\"\n\nMrs McCourt had also launched a legal challenge to keep Simms in prison ahead of a judicial review of the Parole Board's decision to free him.\n\nBut Lord Justice Dingemans and Mr Justice Fordham refused to postpone his release.\n\nSimms, who has always maintained his innocence, was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 16 years.\n\nHe was eligible to be considered for release in February 2004.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "England's schoolboys have had worse exam results than girls for 30 years, secondary school league table data just published confirms.\n\nGirls are now 14% more likely to pass English and maths GCSE than boys, with 64% of girls doing so and 56% of boys.\n\nYet there is little national focus on the difference in results or measures addressing why boys lag behind.\n\nAnd campaigners and academics accuse consecutive governments of ignoring the issue.\n\nCheck how your local schools have done by clicking here.\n\nSorry, your browser does not support this tool. \n\n Please visit the Department for Education. 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Department for Education website\n\nIf you can't see the postcode lookup, click or tap here.\n\nOn current trends, the gap between rich and poor is set to be eclipsed by the gap between males and females, in terms of university entrance, within a decade, campaigners say.\n\nData going back 30 years shows the gap between the percentage of girls' and boys' GCSE passes more than doubled between 1989 and 1999, from four to nine percentage points - a change often attributed to the introduction of GCSEs.\n\nBut there was little change over the next two decades. It remained stable for a few years, then dipped slightly to seven percentage points in 2009, then widened again over the next decade to nine percentage points.\n\nThe former head of university and college admissions services, Mary Curnock Cook said she was \"baffled by this yawning inequality\", which revealed a \"massive policy blind spot\".\n\n\"On current trends, a girl born today will be 75% more likely to go to university than her male peers,\" she said.\n\n\"By then, the gap between women and men will be larger than the gap between rich and poor.\"\n\nThe data also shows the gender gap is apparent in the EBacc, which measures those pupils who achieve a grade 4 or above across the core academic subjects of English, maths, science, history or geography and a language.\n\nIt shows girls are one and a half times more likely to pass all components of the Ebacc, with 28% of girls passing compared with 18% of boys.\n\nThere is now a clear need to tackle the underachievement of boys, according to the Men and Boys Coalition - a group of organisations, academics and individuals campaigning on male equality issues.\n\nChief executive Dan Bell said: \"For decades, this problem has existed but successive governments and the wider education establishment has buried its head in the sand and, in effect, ignored it.\n\n\"There has never been an explanation for this attitude despite clear evidence that generations of boys and young men are being left behind.\n\n\"That attitude can no longer be tolerated if we are to live in a modern inclusive society that truly tackles inequality.\n\n\"The time has now come that we must see positive action from the government and the wider education establishment to not just recognise this critical inequality faced by boys and young men but to systematically create strategies to tackle it.\"\n\nSchool Standards Minister Nick Gibb focussed on the achievement gap between disadvantaged pupils and their better off peers, saying it remains stable, but highlighting that it has dropped by about 9% since 2011.\n\nHe added: \"The EBacc is instrumental in driving up educational standards.\n\n\"Overall more pupils are studying these core academic subjects than at any time since the EBacc measure was introduced and the entry rate is particularly high in our free schools.\"\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 BBC's online health editor on what we know about the virus\n\nThe third person in the UK to be diagnosed with coronavirus caught it in Singapore, it is understood.\n\nHe is thought to have tested positive for the virus in Brighton before being taken to hospital in London.\n\nThe government is now telling travellers arriving in the UK from a total of nine Asian countries and territories to check for symptoms.\n\nThey are advised to stay at home and call the NHS if they are ill and have flown home in the past 14 days.\n\nThe initial advice had only covered mainland China, but now also includes:\n\nAnyone returning in the past fortnight from those place who has symptoms like a cough, fever, or shortness of breath should stay indoors and call the NHS 111 service.\n\nThe Department of Health said they should do so \"even if symptoms are mild\", adding: \"These countries have been identified because of the volume of air travel from affected areas, understanding of other travel routes and number of reported cases. This list will be kept under review.\"\n\nThe new UK patient is understood to be a middle-aged man who was isolated at home, tested positive and was taken to St Thomas's Hospital in central London, where he is being treated at a specialist infectious diseases unit. It had previously been reported he was at Guy's Hospital in the city.\n\nIt is the first UK case in which the virus was contracted outside mainland China.\n\nThe NHS is \"well prepared\" to manage cases, said Prof Chris Whitty, England's chief medical officer. He added: \"We are now working quickly to identify any contacts the patient has had.\"\n\nThere have been more than 28,000 cases worldwide.\n\nOf these, 565 people have died but only two of the deaths have been outside mainland China - one in Hong Kong and one in the Philippines.\n\nMeanwhile, the Chinese ambassador to the UK warned against \"panic\" and \"over-reaction\" in response to the virus.\n\nTwo other patients - both Chinese nationals - are still being treated at the Royal Victoria Infirmary infectious diseases centre in Newcastle.\n\nThe patients - a university of York student and one of their relatives - tested positive for the virus after falling ill at a hotel in York.\n\nThe University of Sussex, which has a campus on the outskirts of Brighton, said in a statement the new case was not a student or member of staff from the university.\n\nThis is not a surprise, not a reason to panic and not a reason to press the alarm bell.\n\nFor as long as the epidemic rages in China, there is a risk of people travelling to other countries, including the UK, before they become sick.\n\nBut there are crucial differences between the UK and China.\n\nFirst is the scale of the problem. The UK has three confirmed cases, China has 28,000.\n\nThis case in the UK is an event that was planned for - the patient is already being isolated and anybody who came into close contact is being traced.\n\nIt is also notable this patient caught the infection abroad, it is not due to the York patients spreading the virus.\n\nChina, however, is still playing catch-up and fighting to get on top of the outbreak.\n\nThe big question is not whether the UK can handle these three cases, it's whether China can contain the outbreak.\n\nEarlier, the Chinese ambassador to the UK, Liu Xiaoming, called on the UK government to support China in its handling of the outbreak and said Chinese measures to control the spread of the virus had been effective.\n\nChina is introducing more restrictive measures. In some areas group dining is banned, there are limits on how often people can go outside, and lifts have been turned off in some buildings.\n\nIt comes as the Chinese doctor who tried to issue the first warnings about the outbreak has died of the infection, according to Chinese media.\n\nNearly 100 Britons have been flown out of Wuhan, the city at the centre of the outbreak, on flights arranged by the UK government.\n\nAll are now in quarantine at Arrowe Park Hospital in Wirral for 14 days - the incubation period of the virus - to ensure they are not carrying the infection.\n\nThe UK government is chartering a final flight to bring British nationals back from Wuhan, which is due to leave on Sunday.\n\nThe Foreign Office has also advised Britons in other parts of China to leave the country if they can to minimise the risk of exposure to the virus, which has now spread to more than two dozen nations.\n\nThe World Health Organization said the world was still \"shadow boxing\" with the new virus because many things about it remain unknown, including its precise origin, transmissibility and its severity.\n\nThe WHO had declared the outbreak to be a global health emergency last week but said it did not yet constitute a \"pandemic\".\n\nThe coronavirus causes severe acute respiratory infection and symptoms usually start with a fever, followed by a dry cough. Most people infected are likely to fully recover - just as they would from a flu.", "First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told MSPs that she had accepted Derek Mackay’s resignation.\n\nScotland's finance secretary quit hours before delivering his budget amid reports that he messaged a 16-year-old boy on social media.\n\nMs Sturgeon said that he had also been suspended from the SNP pending further investigation.\n\nShe told the chamber: “It was unacceptable and falls seriously below the standard required of a minister.", "Labour MP Tracy Brabin is auctioning an off-the-shoulder dress for charity after it caused controversy in the Commons this week.\n\nShe was forced to defend her attire on Monday after her dress slipped down her shoulder as she leaned on the despatch box due to a broken ankle.\n\nFrom a starting price of £10, bidding had reached over £1,600 on Friday morning, proceeds going to Girlguiding.\n\nThe listing says the ASOS dress had been \"flying off the shelves\".\n\nThe Batley and Spen MP had been raising a point of order in the House of Commons about journalists being asked to leave a Downing Street press briefing on the next stage of Brexit talks, when her shoulder was exposed.\n\nMs Brabin, the shadow culture secretary, said she had been to a music event earlier in the day and was not expecting to be called to the despatch box.\n\nMs Brabin was raising a point of order in the House of Commons on Monday\n\nShe later told BBC Breakfast she had been \"startled by the vitriolic nature\" of some comments she had received online.\n\nShe said it was her responsibility to \"call it out\", adding: \"Women around the world... are being demeaned every day because of what they wear.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tracy Brabin: 'A woman is always judged more harshly than a man'\n\nHer online listing reads: \"Black dress worn by Tracy Brabin MP in 'shouldergate' as widely covered across the media.\n\n\"This is an ASOS dress which has been flying off the shelves as a result of the coverage.\"\n\nThe money raised will go to Girlguiding, a charity for girls and young women in the UK, \"in the hope that they grow up to be leaders\", the listing said.", "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.", "The titles include the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Moby-Dick and Frankenstein\n\nThe largest bookseller in the US has pulled a new series of \"culturally diverse\" classic book covers after facing widespread criticism.\n\nBarnes and Noble launched the new Diverse Editions on Tuesday, featuring new covers illustrating the main characters as people of colour.\n\nBut the initiative to mark Black History Month received a swift backlash with authors calling it superficial.\n\nThe bookseller said it had acknowledged the criticism and suspended the series.\n\nThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Moby-Dick and Frankenstein were among the titles included.\n\nOn the back of the redesigned covers, the company said: \"For the first time ever, all parents will be able to pick up a book and see themselves in a story.\"\n\nBut the move faced a barrage of criticism.\n\nMany said that the company should do more to promote black authors rather than simply changing the skin colour of characters on the front cover.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Brit Bennett This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBarnes and Noble, which has the largest number of book stores in the US, backed down on Wednesday.\n\n\"We acknowledge the voices who have expressed concerns about the Diverse Editions project at our Barnes & Noble Fifth Avenue store and have decided to suspend the initiative,\" it tweeted.\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.", "The average household's water and sewerage bill will drop by about £17 a year in England and Wales.\n\nWater UK, the industry trade body, said the average annual bill would fall by 4% to £396.60 from 1 April.\n\nIts chief executive, Christine McGourty, said the water industry was \"committed to giving customers good value for money\".\n\nThe regulator Ofwat said the drop was down to the fact it had \"demanded greater efficiency\" from firms.\n\nChanges to bills will vary from customer to customer and depend on their supplier.\n\nThe commitment comes at the start of the next five-year \"business cycle\" for water companies.\n\nOfwat has been \"too soft\" on water companies in the past, Tony Smith, chief executive of the Consumer Council for Water (CCW), told the BBC's Today programme.\n\n\"Only about 60% of customers think their bills are fair and that's partly because bills have risen for many years and the regulatory system has been too generous to water companies until now.\n\n\"I think the regulator has somewhat belatedly got to grips with the industry now and we are fully supportive of that.\"\n\nWater UK said that there would also be more help for vulnerable customers between 2020 and 2025.\n\nIt said firms plan to double the number of people getting help with their bills every year, up from 760,000 customers now to at least 1.4 million by 2025.\n\nMeasures to assist them could include introducing social tariffs, discounts for those on lower incomes or receiving benefits, or assisting charities that provide help.\n\nOfwat told suppliers in December that they would have to cut the average customer bill by £50 over the next five years.\n\nThere has been recent criticism of water companies over high profile pollution incidents as well as leaks, water quality and high bills.\n\nAn Ofwat spokesperson said: \"We continue to push companies to deliver improved services for customers, the environment and resilience for generations to come while making sure that bills are fair.\"\n\nThey added: \"Today's announcement has been secured because we have demanded greater efficiency, passing through lower financing costs and promoting more innovation.\"\n\nAt the same time, it is forcing firms to restrict investor payouts and to invest billions of pounds to improve their performance and reduce leaks in their systems.\n\nOfwat oversees the privatised water market in England and Wales. It monitors the market to see if it needs to intervene to protect customers and to set limits on the price they are asked to pay.\n\nScotland has its own separate regulator, the Water Industry Commission for Scotland.\n\nThe CCW told consumers to \"take full advantage\" of the reduction in bills.\n\nIt added: \"There are still millions of households who could tap into savings by switching to a meter or cut their bills if they're on a low income by signing up to their company's social tariff.\"", "Mathematicians and physicists might not be the first people you would think to consult about the perfect coffee.\n\nBut a team of researchers including Dr Jamie Foster, a mathematician at the University of Portsmouth, is challenging conventional espresso wisdom.\n\nThey have found that fewer coffee beans, ground more coarsely, are the key to a more consistent drink that is just as strong.", "John Bercow stood down as Speaker last year\n\nThe House of Commons has accused John Bercow of naming ex-staff in his autobiography without their permission, saying this was \"unacceptable\".\n\nIn his book, Unspeakable, the former Commons Speaker hits back at accusations of bullying made against him by individual staff members.\n\nA Commons spokesperson said employees had a \"right to expect\" privacy.\n\nBut Mr Bercow said he was responding to critics who had tried to \"blacken\" his name by making \"unfounded claims\".\n\nHe quit as Speaker in October after more than 10 years in the role.\n\nSome of Mr Bercow's ex-colleagues have gone public with complaints against him in the past.\n\nThe Commons has not named the employees it is concerned about.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Nick Eardley This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 spokesperson said: \"House of Commons staff work incredibly hard to enable the effective functioning of our democracy and have a right to expect that their privacy be respected. It is unacceptable to publicly name current or former staff without their prior knowledge or authority, especially for the purpose of financial gain or commercial success.\n\n\"A crucial element of the work of House of Commons staff is to provide confidential, impartial advice to MPs. Breaking this confidentiality undermines this important principle and also places staff in a position from which they are unable to respond.\"\n\nIn a statement, Mr Bercow's agent said: \"Given there is a small but highly vocal group of people consistently seeking to blacken his name, it would be odd if Mr Bercow did not comment on their unfounded allegations and the reasons behind them.\n\n\"He was advised by Speaker's Counsel not to do so in detail while he was in office. He is therefore doing so now. If the book had not addressed these issues, he would rightly have been accused of serious omission.\n\n\"Critics are entitled to air their views. What they are not entitled to do is to make unfounded allegations and expect Mr Bercow to say nothing in return.\"\n\nFollowing Mr Bercow's comments, a Commons spokesperson said: \"In his book, Mr Bercow has chosen to name a number of staff who have never spoken publicly about their experiences or sought to gain publicity as a result.\n\n\"We condemn this behaviour and stand by our previous statement on the matter.\"\n\nEarlier this week, Mr Bercow confirmed that he had been proposed for a peerage by outgoing Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.\n\nBut he has suggested Downing Street is seeking to block his appointment to Parliament's upper chamber.", "The length of time suspects could be bailed for is set to be trebled under government plans.\n\nUnder the proposals, officers will be told to impose bail conditions on suspects if there could be risks to victims, witnesses and the public.\n\nTime limits to keep suspects under such a restriction could be raised from 28 days to 90.\n\nThe plans would reverse changes which restricted the use of police, or pre-charge, bail in England and Wales.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel has set out the proposals, which would also strengthen \"release under investigation\" measures to ensure suspects who are not bailed by police have their cases reviewed.\n\nThe rules on pre-charge bail were changed under Theresa May's premiership less than three years ago after concerns from some suspects - including those arrested in Operation Yewtree into historical sexual abuse - that they were being placed under bail conditions for too long.\n\nThe change prompted concerns at the number of suspects being released under investigation (RUI) without any conditions.\n\nThe Home Office said it had opened a public consultation on the latest proposals on Wednesday, in \"recognition that more needs to be done to ensure cases are dealt with effectively\".\n\nRUI was introduced by the Conservatives in April 2017 in a bid to limit the time someone spends on bail to 28 days - to try to cut the number of people facing restrictions for long periods of time without being charged.\n\nIt allows suspects to leave custody after an arrest without any restrictions for an unlimited period of time while inquiries continue, rather than having to comply with bail conditions including living at a certain address, not contacting particular people, or having to regularly visit a police station.\n\nSome 322,250 cases involved suspects being released under investigation between April 2017 and October, according to figures obtained by BBC Newsnight.\n\nNearly 100,000 of those cases involved suspected violent criminals and sex offenders, including people suspected of offences such as rape and murder, the figures suggested.\n\nIn April, the Centre for Women's Justice made a super complaint to the police watchdog, accusing forces of failing to use protective measures in cases of violence against women.\n\nIn November, the Home Secretary announced a review of the regulations. Ms Patel said on Wednesday that the public consultation \"forms a central part of this review, which will help (to) ensure the needs of victims are put first and the police can investigate crimes effectively and swiftly\".\n\nThe government said it would also give \"serious consideration\" to the findings of a police watchdog report on the use of bail by forces, which is expected to be published in the summer.\n\nThe 28-day limit came into force after a number of high-profile cases where suspects were kept waiting for long periods of time before being told whether they would be charged.\n\nIn 2015, broadcaster Paul Gambaccini - who was once held on police bail for a year - backed the 28-day limit.\n\nIn 2013, Mr Gambaccini was arrested on suspicion of historical sexual abuse but the case against him was dropped.", "Michael Douglas and father Kirk Douglas after the Oscars in 2009\n\nKirk Douglas has been remembered as an \"unforgettable\" actor and a film \"icon\" following his death at the age of 103.\n\nHis daughter-in-law Catherine Zeta-Jones led the tributes, writing: \"To my darling Kirk, I shall love you for the rest of my life. I miss you already.\"\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 catherinezetajones 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\nTributes also came from director Steven Spielberg, Star Wars actor Mark Hamill and Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston.\n\nDouglas, who played the title role in the 1960 classic Spartacus, enjoyed a career that spanned seven decades.\n\nSpielberg said Douglas left behind a \"breathtaking body of work\".\n\nHe told The Hollywood Reporter: \"Kirk retained his movie star charisma right to the end of his wonderful life and I'm honoured to have been a small part of his last 45 years.\"\n\nJamie Lee Curtis, whose father Tony was also in Spartacus, declared: \"He LOVED you as the world loved you. Your Passion. Talent. Politics. Family. Art. Strength.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Jamie Lee Curtis This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHamill described Douglas as \"one of the biggest stars of all time\", as well as \"a brilliant actor with an unforgettable, blazing charisma\".\n\nHe also referenced Douglas's role in ending the 1950s Hollywood blacklist by defying the ban on working with film-makers with alleged communist sympathies.\n\nRob Reiner, who directed films including This Is Spinal Tap and When Harry Met Sally, described him as an \"icon in the pantheon of Hollywood\".\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\nKirk Douglas rose to prominence during Hollywood's \"golden age\", earning the first of three Oscar nominations for the 1949 film Champion.\n\nAs Spartacus, the leader of a Roman slave revolt in Stanley Kubrick's 1960 historical epic, Douglas helped to provide one of Hollywood's first catchphrases.\n\nAfter a Roman general declared that a group of slaves would only avoid crucifixion if they identified Spartacus, all of the slaves stood up and declared \"I'm Spartacus\".\n\nThe now immortal phrase has continued to be used in modern culture and as a meme, to show solidarity with someone, or to stop a person's identity being revealed.\n\nBreaking Bad star Bryan Cranston used the phrase to sign off after his glowing tribute to \"a towering presence in film history\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Bryan Cranston This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nDouglas's second Oscar nod came for his part in 1952's The Bad And The Beautiful, in which he starred alongside Lana Turner.\n\nHe was able to move with the times and avoid the pitfalls of typecasting. In 1956 he attracted rave reviews and then a third Oscar nomination for his portrayal of the anguished Vincent van Gogh in Vicente Minnelli's Lust For Life.\n\nGeorge Hamilton, who starred alongside Douglas in 1962's Two Weeks in Another Town, said the star was \"a consummate professional, wonderful guy and he knew every part of making films\".\n\nHe added: \"He understood it all and he taught me humility when it comes to being an actor. It's a very difficult thing to do right and he did it right all the time.\"\n\nMitzi Gaynor starred alongside Douglas in the 1963 film For Love Or Money, and thanked him for sharing his \"amazing talent\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Mitzi Gaynor This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHugh Jackman posted a photo of himself visiting Douglas for tea a few year ago. \"He was funny, self deprecating, giving & brutally honest. In a word... LEGEND,\" the Greatest Showman star wrote.\n\nOther figures from the film industry added their tributes.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Sharon Stone This 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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You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and 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 8 by The Academy\n\nDouglas faced difficulties in his personal life. He narrowly survived a helicopter crash in 1991 that left two people dead. Five years later, he suffered a major stroke that affected his speech.\n\nAnd in 2004, his son Eric died at the age of 46 of an accidental drug overdose.\n\nIn his later years, he turned his attention to charity. He donated millions of dollars to charitable causes and helped fund an Alzheimer's unit at a retirement home in Los Angeles.\n\nFlowers and candles were left at Douglas's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Jamil started her career on Channel 4 before crossing the Atlantic and starring in The Good Place\n\nJameela Jamil has announced she is \"queer\" after receiving criticism for being cast in a new LGBT-interest show.\n\nUS broadcaster HBO announced on Tuesday that the actress and model would be a judge on its new unscripted voguing contest Legendary.\n\nThe news prompted an online backlash from people who said The Good Place star was not representative of the black LGBT community.\n\nThat prompted her to issue a statement addressing her sexuality.\n\nOpening with \"Twitter is brutal\", she explained that she identified \"as queer\" and had previously struggled to discuss the topic because \"it's not easy within the south Asian community to be accepted\".\n\nShe mentioned that nobody in her family was \"openly out\" and that \"it's also scary as an actor to openly admit your sexuality, especially when you're already a brown female in your thirties\".\n\nThe term queer is both embraced and frowned upon. Having been seen as derogatory, it is being reclaimed by some non-heterosexual people who say they don't identify with more traditional categories of gender identity and sexual orientation.\n\nJamil went on: \"This is absolutely not how I wanted to come out,\" adding that she was logging off Twitter for the time being \"because I don't want to read mean comments dismissing this\".\n\nShe told critics: \"You can keep your thoughts.\"\n\nLast March, when one Twitter user asked if she wanted to come out as queer, she replied that she was \"on the spectrum but I do lean more towards boys\".\n\nVoguing is a genre of dance that originated in New York in the late 1980s. It was founded by black and Latino LGBT people, many of whom were disowned by their families for their sexuality and gender.\n\nIt came to mainstream attention through Madonna's 1990 hit Vogue and the accompanying video, as well as the documentary Paris Is Burning. It has long been seen as a movement of LGBT resistance.\n\nSeveral people were critical of Jamil's involvement in a show about the phenomenon, saying the cast should have connections to the ballroom scene.\n\nIn response, Jamil said: \"I'm a long time fan of ballroom and just wanted to help this show get made to celebrate this beautiful community.\"\n\nThe actress and activist is currently in a relationship with musician James Blake\n\nShe went on to clarify why she believed she was an appropriate fit for the programme.\n\n\"I know that my being queer doesn't qualify me as ballroom. But I have privilege and power and a large following to bring to this show... and its beautiful contestants and hosts.\"\n\nWith Jamil trending on Twitter, reactions to her statement appeared to be more negative than positive, with many criticising her for coming out as queer while being in a relationship with musician James Blake.\n\nOne person accused the star of coming out \"to avoid being criticised for not being representative of the LGBTQ community\". Another said that, while Jamil had the presenting experience to appear on the programme, producers \"could've found someone from the culture\" instead.\n\nCelebrity performers Trace Lysette and Michelle Visage, who are not involved in the show, joined in the debate.\n\nVisage retweeted a comment saying there were \"literally so many others who actually KNOW about ball who should [be] on\".\n\nAnd Lysette, who has lived experience of ballroom culture, said it's a disappointment \"when [people] with no connection to our culture gets the gig\", but stressed that her comment was \"not shade towards Jameela\".\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Child-protection organisations say Facebook's decision to strongly encrypt messages will give offenders a place to hide.\n\nThe company is moving ahead with plans to implement the measure on Facebook Messenger and Instagram Direct.\n\nBut more than 100 organisations, led by the NSPCC, have signed an open letter warning the plans will undermine efforts to catch abusers.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said she \"fully supported\" the move.\n\nIn a statement to the BBC, she said: \"Tech companies like Facebook have a vital responsibility to balance privacy with the safety of vulnerable children.\"\n\n\"Following my letter to Mark Zuckerberg, I met with Sheryl Sandberg and emphasised that Facebook's encryption plans cannot be allowed to hamper their ability to protect young people from paedophiles online. We have also submitted detailed evidence to the US Senate about these concerns.\n\n\"I fully support the continued efforts of the NSPCC and children's charities around the world to engage Facebook on this issue.\"\n\nEnd-to-end encryption, already used on Facebook-owned WhatsApp, means no-one, including the company that owns the platform, can see the content of sent messages.\n\nThose signing the letter say Facebook has failed to address concerns about child safety.\n\nThe missive urges the company to stop the rollout of its plans until \"sufficient safeguards\" are in place.\n\n\"At a time when we could be looking to build upon years of sophisticated initiatives, Facebook instead seems inclined to blindfold itself,\" the letter says.\n\n\"We urge you to recognise and accept that an increased risk of child abuse being facilitated on or by Facebook is not a reasonable trade-off to make.\n\n\"Children should not be put in harm's way either as a result of commercial decisions or design choices.\"\n\nAmong the other signatories were Barnardo's, 5Rights, the International Centre For Missing and Exploited Children, and Child USA.\n\nA spokesman for Facebook said protecting the wellbeing of children on its platform was \"critically important\" to it.\n\n\"We have led the industry in safeguarding children from exploitation and we are bringing this same commitment and leadership to our work on encryption,\" he said.\n\n\"We are working closely with child-safety experts, including NCMEC [the US National Center for Missing and Exploited Children], law enforcement, governments and other technology companies, to help keep children safe online.\"\n\nIn 2018, Facebook made 16.8 million reports of child sexual exploitation and abuse content to the NCMEC.\n\nThe National Crime Agency said this had led to more than 2,500 arrests and 3,000 children made safe.\n\nBut, the NCMEC estimates, if Facebook implements end-to-end encryption, it could mean 70% of these vital reports are lost.\n\nIn October, Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg said the increased risk of child abuse \"weighed heavily\" on him when considering the company's end-to-end encryption plan.\n\nA BBC News investigation last year found encrypted apps were taking over from the dark web as a place to host criminals.\n\nBut WhatsApp boss Will Cathcart has previously posted on Hacker News: \"End-to-end encryption protects that right for over a billion people every day.\"\n\nAnd Jo O'Reilly, digital privacy advocate at ProPrivacy, said many users would probably welcome Facebook's plans.\n\n\"It will make it significantly less likely that hackers will be able to intercept messages, going a long way to protect users from phishing and cyber-stalking,\" she said.\n\n\"It is the kind of of decisive action users will be looking for to reassure them that their private conversations really are private in the wake of privacy scandals.\"\n\nBut Chief Constable Simon Bailey, the National Police Chiefs' Council lead for child protection, said end-to-end encryption would make catching criminals tougher.\n\n\"If Facebook proceed with their current plans, they will knowingly put the safety of children at risk - ignoring the warnings of police, charities and experts across the world,\" he said.\n\n\"There is a moral responsibility on them to ensure this does not happen.\"\n\nAnd NSPCC chief executive Peter Wanless said: \"Facebook may be happy to shut their eyes to abuse but they can't close their ears to this unanimous concern shown by international experts.\n\n\"In its current form, encryption would breach Facebook's duty of care for children so the UK government must ensure a new regulator has the power to hold them financially and criminally accountable.", "Military veterans will be guaranteed interviews for some government jobs as part of a pilot scheme to boost their employment prospects.\n\nThe initiative, launched by the Office for Veterans' Affairs (OVA) in the Cabinet Office, will start in the spring within certain departments.\n\nVeterans will be shortlisted provided they meet basic selection criteria.\n\nCabinet Office minister Oliver Dowden said veterans have \"incredible skills\" needed in government.\n\nMr Dowden and veterans' minister Johnny Mercer jointly oversee the OVA, which was created last July to improve support for ex-members of the Armed Forces.\n\nFour government departments will be taking part in the project:\n\nThere will not be a time limit for those leaving the military on when they can take up the guaranteed interview offer.\n\nThe offer applies retrospectively to all veterans.\n\nPrevious studies have shown ex-servicemen and women face many barriers to civilian employment.\n\nAlmost a fifth of UK employers are unlikely to consider hiring ex-military personnel, according to research unveiled last October.\n\nA YouGov survey for the Forces in Mind Trust found 18% of more than 1,000 UK firms surveyed said they were unlikely to consider employing veterans, mostly due to \"negative perceptions\" of their former careers.\n\nAir Vice-Marshal Ray Lock,, the organisation's chief executive, said the introduction of the scheme was a \"valuable step\" towards providing veterans with \"equality of access to employment\".\n\nHe said: \"Negative stereotypes can prevent ex-service personnel accessing the same employment opportunities as their civilian counterparts.\n\n\"Such misperceptions damage not only the individual, but also UK business.\"\n\nHe praised the public sector for \"setting a good example\" the private sector could follow.\n\nLewis Moore, who spent five years with the Navy, previously told BBC Newsbeat how employers struggled to see how his military skills could be useful to them.\n\nVeterans minister Johnny Mercer said the pilot scheme would \"shine a light\" on the skills of ex-servicemen and ex-servicewomen\n\nMr Mercer, a former Army officer and now the minister for defence, people and veterans, said ex-servicemen and women are \"agile, strategic and excellent team players\" and \"a guaranteed interview will shine a light on these skills and help boost job prospects\".\n\nMr Dowden added: \"From teamwork to problem-solving, our veterans have incredible skills and experience that employers on civvy street, and indeed Whitehall, are crying out for.\"\n\nThe scheme follows last month's announcement of a new Veterans' Railcard that will offer discounted train travel for ex-servicemen and ex-servicewomen.\n\nThe railcard - to be released on Armistice Day in November - will save a third off most train fares.\n\nIt will cost £21 for a limited period, before rising to £30.\n\nThe Cabinet Office said the OVA's announcement delivers on the government's manifesto pledge to support and invest in veterans.", "His first Oscar nomination came in 1950 for boxing drama Champion. The same year, he was seen in Young Man with a Horn, for which he took lessons on playing the trumpet.", "Mr N was under the care of Gwynedd Council, Betsi Cadwaladr health board and Cartrefi Cymru\n\nThere were failings in the care of a vulnerable man who choked to death on a piece of toast, a report has found.\n\nThe Public Services Ombudsman for Wales investigated the care of a man, referred to as Mr N, who died in March 2017.\n\nMr N was being looked after by Gwynedd Council, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, and Cartrefi Cymru, a registered care provider.\n\nAll parties have accepted the findings and apologised to his family.\n\nMr N had drug-induced psychosis and a severe brain injury and required round-the-clock care.\n\nAt the time of his death, he was living in his own rented home with a jointly funded package of 24-hour care, provided by Cartrefi Cymru.\n\nOmbudsman Nick Bennett investigated claims made by Mr N's mother, known as Mrs M, about the care given to her son.\n\nHe concluded that while he found \"maladministration and service failure\" on the part of the council, health board and Cartrefi Cymru, he could not say any of the failings caused or contributed to Mr N's death.\n\n\"However, Mrs M will be left with the uncertainty of not knowing whether, but for these failings, things might have been different and the incident might not have happened,\" he added.\n\nNick Bennett said he hopes lessons are learned from the case\n\nMr Bennett found Cartrefi Cymru failed to undertake a comprehensive assessment of the risk of Mr N choking, even though he was taken to hospital after choking in 2016, and problems with his chewing and swallowing were recorded as far back as 2015.\n\nOn 3 March 2017, Mr N choked on a piece of toast while eating alone in his bedroom and died, despite first aid being administered by his carer.\n\nAn inquest found the medical cause of death was choking and recorded the death as an accident.\n\nMr Bennett said he was \"dismayed\" by the inability of all three bodies to provide key documentation, amounting to maladministration.\n\nThe report said there was no documentation relating to the awarding of the care contract to Cartrefi Cymru or any specific terms relating to Mr N's care needs and the responsibilities of parties involved in his care.\n\nIt was also found there was no documentation to demonstrate the council, as lead commissioner, had monitored the delivery of care to Mr N.\n\nMr Bennett said: \"I am extremely concerned at the multiple failings in communication between the three bodies involved in providing care to Mr N.\n\n\"It's impossible to say with any certainty whether any of the bodies involved had seen a risk assessment relating to the risk of him choking, but given his obvious vulnerabilities, it was clear to me that the care provider should have carried out its own risk assessment at the earliest opportunity.\n\n\"I sincerely hope lessons are learned from this tragic case.\"\n\nThe council and health board agreed to several recommendations, including apologising to Mr N's family for the failings identified. Cartrefi Cymru agreed to provide refresher training for staff.\n\nCartrefi Cymru said: \"The report highlights that the documentation relating to Mr N's care was in need of review and improvement and although, importantly, the ombudsman did not conclude that this was a factor in Mr N's death, it is rightly described as a failing on the part of all the agencies involved.\"\n\nGill Harris, the health board's deputy chief executive and director of nursing, said: \"We wholeheartedly apologise for the failings identified by the ombudsman and we have already begun the process of working with Gwynedd Council and Cartrefi Cymru to act on his recommendations.\"\n\nGwynedd Council added: \"Although the ombudsman did not find that this contributed to the tragedy, it remains a matter where there were failings.\"", "BBC News Ireland correspondent Chris Page looks at the runners and riders in the Republic of Ireland election 2020.\n\nPeople will vote on Saturday 8 February - the first time the country has held a general election at a weekend.\n\nFor more information on the election, click here.", "Baroness Scotland is head of the Commonwealth Secretariat - the organisation's main intergovernmental agency\n\nThe Commonwealth is facing uncertainty over its leadership after its heads of government rejected calls for the secretary-general, Baroness Scotland, to be given an automatic second term, the BBC has learned.\n\nA leaked letter from Boris Johnson suggests an alternative candidate could stand against her.\n\nCommonwealth diplomats meet on Thursday to discuss the organisation's future.\n\nDiplomats fear the intergovernmental organisation - comprising more than 50 countries, many of them former British colonies, encompassing almost a third of the world's population - now risks a bitter internal battle over its future leadership.\n\nLady Scotland's four-year term of office as secretary-general comes to an end next month.\n\nA number of supportive member states suggested before Christmas she should get an automatic second term.\n\nBritain - which currently chairs the international body - asked all 53 heads of government for their views.\n\nOn 6 January, the prime minister reported back to Commonwealth leaders with the results of the survey.\n\nIn his letter - which has been obtained by the BBC - Mr Johnson reveals that twice as many Commonwealth countries rejected the plan to offer Lady Scotland another four years in office.\n\nThe Commonwealth leaders instead agreed the future leadership of the organisation should be decided when they meet in Rwanda in June for their biennial meeting.\n\nTo that end, the Commonwealth has agreed to give Lady Scotland a short three-month extension to her contract which was due to expire on 31 March.\n\nCrucially, in his letter, Mr Johnson also suggests for the first time another candidate may come forward to challenge Lady Scotland.\n\nThe BBC has been told that Commonwealth diplomats are taking soundings to see if any member states might propose an alternative contender.\n\nThe Commonwealth Secretariat said that it \"does not comment on leaked documents as a matter of principle\".\n\nBaroness Scotland tweeted a photograph of herself with Lord Patel in 2016\n\nThe questions about Lady Scotland's future leadership of the Commonwealth come after she was criticised by internal auditors last November for awarding a lucrative consultancy contract to a company run by a friend.\n\nThe BBC revealed last week that the Commonwealth's Audit Committee accused her of \"circumventing\" usual competitive tendering rules by awarding a £250,000 commission to a firm owned by fellow Labour peer, Lord Patel of Bradford.\n\nLady Scotland's lawyers insisted the decision to award the contract was fully justified. But New Zealand has since confirmed it put its £1.5m annual contribution to the Commonwealth Secretariat on hold as a result of the \"significant weaknesses\" in managing procurement identified in the KPMG auditors' report.\n\nCommonwealth high commissioners in London are due to meet on Thursday to discuss the challenges currently facing the Commonwealth Secretariat, including the KPMG report.\n\nDiplomatic sources suggested some developing countries could shift their support to an alternative candidate if they fear they could lose Commonwealth revenue streams under the current leadership of the Secretariat.\n\nMr Johnson is co-ordinating the debate about the Commonwealth's leadership because the UK is currently the organisation's so-called \"chair-in-office\" having hosted the last leaders' meeting in London in 2018.\n\nIn his letter to the Commonwealth's 53 heads of government, dated 6 January, Mr Johnson says: \"A number of colleagues advocated offering the Right Honourable Patricia Scotland QC a second four-year term now.\n\n\"However, around double that number said that we should offer her a short extension of her current contract so that we can discuss, debate and decide the 2020-2024 appointment in the usual way at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).\n\n\"So there is no consensus to offer the current Secretary-General a second four-year term now.\"\n\nMr Johnson says that delaying the decision until June would not predetermine what choice the heads of government might make.\n\nBut he reveals Lady Scotland has yet to announce publicly or privately whether she intends to stand for a second term, and he also suggests for the first time that an alternative candidate could stand.\n\n\"When we meet at CHOGM, each of us will be able to support a second term for Baroness Scotland (if she is requesting one), or to support appointment of any other candidate who may come forward.\"\n\nDiplomatic sources claim Lady Scotland has been campaigning unofficially for re-election for some time. Earlier this week she paid a four-day visit to Eswatini, one of the Commonwealth's smallest members, formerly known as Swaziland.\n\nLast month she spent five days in India, one of the Commonwealth's largest member states.", "For the better part of 2019, the impeachment saga surrounding US President Donald Trump has dominated Washington politics. We take a look back at the major milestones.\n\nRead more: Trump acquitted by Senate in impeachment trial", "This is a calamity, without caveat, for Derek Mackay, for the SNP, for the first minister and for the collective Scottish government.\n\nOne must also express sympathy for the youth who apparently received unwarranted and unwanted attention, together with his family.\n\nTo recap, the Sun newspaper has reported that Mr Mackay allegedly sent some 270 messages to a 16-year-old boy. Among those contacts, he is said to have called him \"cute\".\n\nMr Mackay has now quit as finance secretary - on the very day he was due to deliver his Scottish budget. Rival parties say he should also quit as an MSP.\n\nOn the face of it, this is a personal tragedy for the minister, brought about by behaviour which he concedes was foolish. Others might use blunter terms.\n\nHowever, this is also senior level politics - and, what is more, at a time of vulnerability and disquiet within the SNP and the Scottish government.\n\nMr Mackay was tipped as a successor to Nicola Sturgeon\n\nNot only was Derek Mackay a key member of the Scottish cabinet, with responsibility for finance and the economy, he had been tipped as a possible successor to Nicola Sturgeon.\n\nTo be amply clear, there is no such vacancy at present.\n\nIt goes further, in terms of speculation. The budget statement will now be delivered by Kate Forbes, the minister for public finance.\n\nWith neat, if tortuous, symmetry, Ms Forbes had also been tipped as a possible deputy to Mr Mackay, should he become FM. Should there be a vacancy. Which (see above) there isn't.\n\nThe budget will now be delivered by another rising star of the SNP - Kate Forbes\n\nAll of this comes amid an amalgam of challenges for the Scottish government and the SNP.\n\nChallenges over public policy, most notably in education and the NHS. Internal disquiet over how to proceed with indyref2. And a pending High Court trial.\n\nFinal thoughts on Derek Mackay. In his earlier incarnations as a minister, Mr Mackay seemed somewhat unsure, on occasion.\n\nPrivately, he sometimes seemed to doubt his own intellectual or, more precisely, oratorical capacity.\n\nHe had to summon courage, to build a profile which combined drollery with significant attention to detail. He was rated at Holyrood.\n\nNone of that now matters. All changed, changed utterly. But there is simply nothing beautiful about this story. Quite a lot, however, that is terrible.\n\nIn her brief statement at Holyrood, Nicola Sturgeon confirmed that Derek Mackay has been suspended from the SNP and from the party's parliamentary group. This pending an investigation.\n\nTo be quite clear, she cannot expel him from Holyrood, she cannot remove him as an MSP. For very good reason, elected members are responsible to their voters, not to the opinion of party leaders.\n\nHowever, Ms Sturgeon made no attempt whatsoever to exculpate her former colleague, nor to play down in any way his behaviour. She simply stressed that due process must be followed.\n\nOpposition leaders say, rather bluntly, that Mr Mackay must now stand down as a member of the Scottish Parliament.\n\nIn Holyrood, after the FM's opening statement, Jackson Carlaw of the Tories pursued her rather effectively with deliberately precise questions.\n\nWas the behaviour tantamount to grooming, as defined? Had Ms Sturgeon contacted the boy or his family?\n\nMs Sturgeon declined to speculate as to the first, while again refusing to offer Mr Mackay any support of any kind. On the second point, she said she did not know the identity of the individual, but would be willing to speak to the family, if approached.\n\nOpposition leaders including Jackson Carlaw have called for Mr Mackay to stand down as an MSP\n\nLabour's Richard Leonard also got to the point, in two ways. Firstly, he excoriated Mr Mackay's actions, labelling them \"predatory\" - a choice of language which deliberately sidestepped the issue of possible criminal culpability.\n\nBut, then, he turned from this issue to the wider responsibilities of the first minister, challenging her on mental health treatment in NHS Tayside.\n\nThis may sound like a handbrake turn but, on the day, it was potent. In essence, he contrived to raise the topic of the moment, while reminding the FM of her broader remit.\n\nWith a little less nuance, Alison Johnstone of the Greens also raised the Mackay controversy plus the NHS; in her case, A&E waiting times.\n\nMs Sturgeon looked grimly determined at all times; her mind occupied with the resignation of her finance secretary, but her time taken up, quite rightly, by addressing concerns over ministerial actions. She looked sombre, but still engaged in the task.\n\nAnd the SNP group? I've spoken to several MSPs. Reactions range from astonishment to shock to embarrassment to anxiety to sheer fury.", "Velasquez claimed to have killed 300 people for drug lord Escobar\n\nA notorious murderer who worked for Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar has died of stomach cancer, Colombian officials say.\n\nJhon Jairo Velásquez, who boasted of killing 300 people for Escobar, was 57.\n\nKnown as \"Popeye\", he was released from prison in 2014 after more than 20 years and launched a YouTube channel, attracting more than a million followers.\n\nBut he was jailed again in 2018 on charges of extortion.\n\nVelásquez died at the National Cancer Institute in the capital Bogotá, where he had been receiving treatment for stomach cancer since December.\n\nHe was a close associate of Escobar, who ran a drug trafficking empire from the Colombian city of Medellín that sent thousands of tonnes of cocaine to the US.\n\nVelásquez gave himself up to the authorities in 1992 and spent 23 years in prison, reportedly gaining a reputation for the stories he told about his life of crime.\n\nAfter his release he started a YouTube channel called Repentant.\n\nHe was re-arrested for extortion and was taken into custody at a party hosted by Colombia's top drugs trafficking investigator.\n\nEscobar's drug empire made him one of the world's richest men during the 1980s and 1990s. He was killed by Colombian police in 1993 as he attempted to avoid extradition to the US.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Pablo Escobar's fortress in Medellín was demolished last year", "Derek Mackay is due to deliver the Scottish government's spending plans at Holyrood\n\nThe future of Scotland's finance secretary is in question after a newspaper alleged he had been sending messages to a 16-year-old boy.\n\nDerek Mackay is due to present the Scottish government's budget at Holyrood on Thursday afternoon.\n\nThe Scottish Sun alleges that he contacted the boy on social media over a six-month period, inviting him to dinner and to attend a rugby event.\n\nThe BBC has contacted the Scottish government and Mr Mackay for comment.\n\nThe newspaper details allegations that the 42-year-old politician contacted the boy \"out of the blue\" and sent about 270 messages on Instagram and through Facebook.\n\nIt has published a list of conversations involving Mr Mackay and the boy.\n\nIn one of the exchanges it is claimed that Mr Mackay told the teenager he was \"cute\". In another the boy confirmed he was 16 and tells Mr Mackay \"not to try anything\".\n\nThe paper also quotes the boy's mother calling for Mr Mackay to be removed from his post.\n\nMr Mackay, who has been widely tipped as a future first minister, came out as gay when he left his wife in 2013.\n\nThe allegations come on the same day he is due to present the Scottish government's spending plans for the next years at Holyrood - a major set piece event.\n\nHe had signalled his intention to spend more on projects to tackle climate change in his budget, but will need the support of other parties to pass his plans.\n\nMr Mackay would have been putting the finishing touches to his preparations when he was contacted by the Scottish Sun on Wednesday evening, before the newspaper released the story at 23:20.", "The gambling watchdog has said it's up to organisers to crack down on the use of scantily-clad models to promote products at a big industry trade event.\n\nUnder its former boss, Sarah Harrison, the Gambling Commission had threatened to boycott ICE London because women \"were expected to wear nothing more than swimsuits\".\n\nIt also convinced ICE to introduce a code of conduct to tackle sexism.\n\nBut at this year's event it appeared that little had changed.\n\nAnd the Gambling Commission, which has a new boss, Neil McArthur, told the BBC: \"It is a matter for the organisers to enforce that code.\"\n\nAt the event at London's ExCel centre, the BBC found models dressed as Playboy bunnies promoting casino games sold by the Slovenian firm Interblock.\n\nThe women also posed for pictures with male attendees.\n\nMeanwhile, other so-called \"promo-girls\" - models hired by firms to attract delegates to their stand - circulated the conference hall handing out leaflets and giveaways.\n\nFlavio Grasselli, a conference delegate from Italy, had his picture taken with three women dressed in mermaid outfits. He told the BBC he thought employing scantily-clad women to promote companies and products was not unethical.\n\n\"Gambling is linked with the forbidden,\" he said, adding that the \"sensuality of a woman\" and \"the sensuality of the roulette wheel\" in casinos were naturally linked.\n\nHe said the ICE event was more like a music festival than a conference, describing himself as being \"like a child in a park\".\n\nMr Grasselli was not the only one to speak out in support of conference's practices.\n\nZenede, a model working at the event, said ICE was \"fun for people, it's great\".\n\nShe added that the gaming firm that had employed her, Kajot, had chosen her tight cat suit because \"the people like it\".\n\nZenede on the right loves her outfit\n\nClarion Gaming, the company which runs the conference, brought in its code of conduct in 2019. It followed negative press about the use of pole dancers at the 2018 event.\n\nThe code states that \"partial or total nudity or overtly sexual or suggestive clothing or marketing methods will not be allowed\".\n\nThe firm told the BBC that companies at this year's event had largely met the code, but there had been one breach. It would not comment on the nature of the breach.\n\n\"Show management have spoken with the exhibitor concerned and immediate action was taken to ensure compliance,\" a spokesman said.\n\nLabour MP Carolyn Harris told the BBC that ICE London's practices were unacceptable.\n\n\"Having seen pictures from the ICE conference of scantily clad women being used by overseas gambling companies to once again promote their organisations to men in suits, I can't help but feel disappointed,\" she said.\n\n\"Time and again, this industry appears to be totally lacking in morals and decency.\n\n\"This kind of marketing is outdated and unnecessary and I would hope that Clarion who organised the event, think twice before doing this again.\"\n\nHer views echo the words of the former head of the Gambling Commission, Ms Harrison, who left in 2018.\n\nAt the time, she said: \"A woman from the gambling industry is Britain's highest paid boss. Yet from walking around the exhibition you wouldn't know this.\"\n\nShe added: \"Instead you saw men representing their companies wearing expensive tailored suits whilst their female colleagues were expected to wear nothing more than swimsuits.\"\n\nIn a statement, a spokesperson for the Gambling Commission said: \"We do not think this is acceptable, which is why we called the organisers out on this two years ago and they have since launched a code of conduct.\n\n\"The organisers should enforce the code. Our focus is making sure that gambling is safer for British consumers.\"", "The emergency legislation, pushing back the release date of terror offenders, was announced after the Streatham attack\n\nTerror offenders who were due to be released from prison in the next two months are being told they will not be let out under planned new laws.\n\nEarlier this week, the government said that new terror legislation to end automatic early release will apply to current as well as future offenders.\n\nLawyer Simon Creighton said one client who was due to be freed in March had been told his release date has changed.\n\nMr Creighton said a number of offenders were likely to challenge the new laws.\n\n\"I'd imagine it's inevitable that it will go the Supreme Court,\" he said.\n\nMr Creighton said those affected, who are currently serving sentences, were a \"wide range\" of offenders including animal rights activists, \"people fighting Islamic terrorism with the Kurds\", and Islamist extremists.\n\nThe government had already announced plans for tougher terror laws, including an end to automatic early release half-way through their sentence. Instead, it would be up to the Parole Board to decide if people convicted of terrorism offences should be released after serving two thirds of their sentence.\n\nBut there were no proposals for the new measures to apply retrospectively, until last Sunday's attack in Streatham when convicted terror offender Sudesh Amman - who had been out of prison less than two weeks - stabbed two people.\n\nIt followed the London Bridge attack in November last year, when another convicted terror offender Usman Khan was on licence when he killed two people.\n\nResponding to the latest attack in south London, the government announced that the new terror legislation - once passed by Parliament - would apply to offenders currently serving sentences.\n\nMinisters are trying to get the legislation passed before the next terror offender is due to be released.\n\nSudesh Amman was under covert surveillance when he stabbed two people in south London on Sunday\n\n\"We've been told by one of our clients that he's had a notification that his release date is going to be changed as a result of this legislation,\" said Mr Creighton.\n\nHe said it was \"very disconcerting\", saying \"the principle of not changing prison sentences, not changing any criminal sentences, is deeply embedded in English law\".\n\n\"It really is quite a troubling idea about the certainty of the criminal process that long after conviction you can be called back as a result of a change in legislation and told your sentence doesn't stand anymore - you can serve longer, you can do more time. It's really against all our legal traditions.\"\n\nHe added that he imagines there will be \"a number of people wanting to challenge this and that the cases are likely to be consolidated as one case before the High Court initially\".\n\nHe added: \"I'd imagine it's inevitable that it will go the Supreme Court. It's something that is so fundamental to our principles of how we run justice and society that it has to go to the Supreme Court.\"\n\nAnnouncing the emergency legislation earlier this week, Justice Secretary Robert Buckland said it would apply to serving prisoners because the UK faces \"an unprecedented situation of severe gravity\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Justice Secretary Robert Buckland: \"We face an unprecedented situation of severe gravity\"\n\nThe government's Counter-Terrorism Bill would also 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 are currently at least 74 people who were jailed for terror offences and subsequently freed on licence.\n\nThere are also 224 people convicted of terrorism offences in prison in Great Britain, most of whom must be released at the end of their custodial sentence.", "Firefighters are trained to deal with incidents other than fire, ministers say\n\nWales' fire and rescue services could be given a wider role in keeping people safe under new plans from ministers.\n\nThe Welsh Government say the services have been so successful in reducing fires that they are now under-occupied.\n\nMany rural fire stations respond to a handful of fires a month, threatening their sustainability, ministers say.\n\nFirefighters could take on roles currently carried out by the NHS, such as responding to medical emergencies, the government has suggested.\n\nIt is believed the move would be the first of its kind in the UK.\n\nThe Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has been asked to respond.\n\nIn a statement, Hannah Blythyn, the minister responsible for the fire service, said: \"I would like to thank our fire and rescue services in Wales for their continued success in reducing both the incidence and severity of fire.\n\n\"I have little doubt that this success is partly due to the great emphasis that the fire service places on preventing fire and improving awareness of fire risks.\n\n\"Firefighters are highly trained to deal with a wide range of incidents besides fires, and have the expertise and respect to raise awareness of and prevent non-fire threats too.\"\n\nHannah Blythyn says firefighters could \"make a real contribution to supporting the NHS\"\n\nMs Blythyn said there was \"clear potential\" for the service to \"make a real contribution to supporting the NHS in particular, whether in terms of responding to medical emergencies or helping to prevent accidents like falls at home; and clear evidence that this can secure better outcomes and significant savings\".\n\n\"There are many impressive examples of this happening, but they are often small-scale and piecemeal\", she said.\n\n\"I want to see a fire and rescue service which deals with a range of threats to people's health and safety, both in terms of prevention and emergency response, complementing not duplicating the work of other professionals.\"\n\nThe announcement comes as the Welsh NHS faces increasing pressure throughout the system, resulting in cancelled operations, long waits for certain types of surgery and patients struggling to get GP appointments.\n\nThe Welsh Government said there needed to be an agreement on firefighters' pay and conditions to reflect the proposed broader role, although it says negotiations on this have been \"very slow\".\n\nMinisters say they have a \"commitment to consider providing financial support to a pay deal that meets the needs of Wales and Welsh firefighters\" and \"there are already constructive discussions on this at a senior management level\".\n\nWales has three fire and rescue services - North Wales, Mid and West Wales, and South Wales.\n\nLast year, firefighters trained as special constables in Devon and Somerset, to boost police numbers in rural areas, a move opposed by the FBU.\n\nThe union said independence from the police was \"vital to ensure that communities know firefighters exist to save lives, not to enforce the law\".", "A68 barely moved after calving, but this year has suddenly raced northwards\n\nThe world's biggest iceberg is about to enter the open ocean.\n\nA68, a colossus that broke free from the Antarctic in 2017, has pushed so far north it is now at the limit of the continent's perennial sea-ice.\n\nWhen it calved, the berg had an area close to 6,000 sq km (2,300 sq mi) and has lost very little of its bulk over the past two and a half years.\n\nBut scientists say A68 will struggle to maintain its integrity when it reaches the Southern Ocean's rougher waters.\n\n\"With a thickness to length ratio akin to five sheets of A4, I am astonished that the ocean waves haven't already made ice cubes out of A68,\" said Prof Adrian Luckman from Swansea University, UK.\n\n\"If it survives for long as one piece when it moves beyond the edge of the sea-ice, I will be very surprised,\" he told BBC News.\n\nEurope's Sentinel-3 satellite shows A68 against the edge of the perennial sea-ice (orange line)\n\nA68 split from the Larsen C Ice Shelf in July 2017. For a year, it hardly moved, its keel apparently grounded on the seafloor.\n\nBut the prevailing winds and currents eventually began to push it northwards along the eastern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, and during this summer season the drift has undergone a rapid acceleration.\n\nThe iceberg, currently at 63 degrees South latitude, is following a very predictable course.\n\nA68 is about 150km long but only 200m or so thick. It has the profile akin to a few sheets of A4 paper stacked on top of each other. Rough seas should break it apart\n\nWhen it pops above the tip of the peninsula, the massive block should be swept northwards towards the Atlantic - a path researchers refer to as \"Iceberg Alley\".\n\nMany of Antarctica's greatest bergs even make it as far - and beyond - the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia at roughly 54 degrees South.\n\nThe biggest ever recorded iceberg in the modern era was the 11,000-sq-km block called B15, which calved from the Ross Ice Shelf in 2000.\n\nOne of its last remnants, now measuring \"just\" 200 sq km, is halfway to the South Sandwich Islands, east of South Georgia.\n\nObjects this big have to be constantly monitored because they pose a risk to shipping. Satellite images, like the ones shown on this page, are the obvious way to do this.\n\nPine Island Glacier in West Antarctica is about to release a big iceberg (white shading)\n\nWhile they keep an eye on A68, scientists are also watching for two other, soon-to-birth bergs.\n\nOne is about to come off the front of Pine Island Glacier in the West Antarctic. This will be a little over 300 sq km when it calves. The block is already riven with many cracks.\n\n\"I expect that the new iceberg will break into many pieces soon after it calves,\" said Prof Luckman.\n\nThe other imminent large berg is forming in eastern Antarctica, on the edge of the Brunt Ice Shelf.\n\nThis should be about 1,500 sq km - roughly the area of Greater London.\n\nThe putative berg has garnered a lot of attention because Britain's Halley research station had to be moved to make sure it wasn't in harm's way.\n\nThe berg will calve when a big rift, dubbed Chasm 1, finally slices through a section of ice measuring less than 10km in length.\n\nPrecisely when, no-one can say. \"The rift is widening, but only at a steady rate, and the rift tip is hardly advancing,\" Prof Luckman told BBC News.\n\nThe Brunt berg will be about the size of Greater London when Chasm 1 breaks through\n\nJonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos", "Sudesh Amman was under covert surveillance when he stabbed two people in south London on Sunday\n\nThe threat from terrorism is \"not diminishing\", the head of UK counter-terror policing has warned, as he praised covert officers' response to the Streatham attack.\n\nOfficers \"calmly ran forward\" and prevented more people being injured, Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said.\n\nSudesh Amman, 20, was shot dead by police after stabbing two people in south London on Sunday.\n\n\"But with 3,000 or so subjects of interest currently on our radar and many convicted terrorists soon due to be released from prison, we simply cannot watch all of them, all the time,\" the Metropolitan Police's assistant commissioner said.\n\nHe welcomed government plans to \"to keep the most dangerous terrorists locked up for longer\".\n\nAmman had been released from prison on 23 January after serving half of his sentence for terror offences.\n\nHe was under active surveillance at the time of the attack - which police believe to have be an Islamist-related terrorist incident - and had a hoax device strapped to his body.\n\nMr Basu praised the \"quick reactions\" of surveillance officers for preventing more injuries.\n\n\"They exemplified the courage and sense of duty that our officers have shown time and time again in their efforts to protect the public from the terrorist threat,\" he added.\n\nMr Basu said the attack was the third in as many months, following recent incidents at London Bridge and Whitemoor prison, and said the threat was \"not diminishing\", despite best efforts.\n\nThe UK's terror threat level is currently set at \"substantial\", meaning an attack is likely.\n\nIt was downgraded from \"severe\", the second highest rating, in November, shortly before the London Bridge attack.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nEarlier Metropolitan Police commissioner Cressida Dick said it was \"clearly not possible\" to stop every attack and Amman was able to stab people despite being under surveillance because such operations are not \"man-to-man marking\".\n\nIn response to the attack, ministers want to introduce emergency legislation to make terror offenders serve more time in prison - but a former government adviser has warned those plans could lead to a legal battle.\n\nA target of 27 February has been set to get the legislation through Parliament to prevent the early release of any more offenders, according to a Whitehall official.\n\nThe official said no terrorist offenders are due to receive automatic release before that date.\n\nThe government plans to introduce the legislation in the Commons on Tuesday, with the aim of clearing the House by the time it rises for recess the following Thursday.", "More than a thousand scientists have built the most detailed picture of cancer ever in a landmark study.\n\nThey said cancer was like a 100,000-piece jigsaw, and that until today, 99% of the pieces were missing.\n\nTheir studies, published in the journal Nature, provide an almost complete picture of all cancers.\n\nThey could allow treatment to be tailored to each patient's unique tumour, or develop ways of finding cancer earlier.\n\nThe Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes Consortium analysed the whole genetic code of 2,658 cancers.\n\nA cancer is a corrupted version of our own healthy cells - mutations to our DNA change our cells until eventually they grow and divide uncontrollably.\n\nMost of our understanding of this process comes from the sets of genetic instructions for building the body's proteins.\n\n\"That's a mere 1% of the whole genome,\" said Dr Lincoln Stein from the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research.\n\nHe said doctors would be \"in the dark\" when treating around a third of patients, as it was impossible to tell why their cells had become cancerous.\n\nIt has taken teams in 37 countries more than a decade to figure out what the 99% were doing.\n\nThe work, which took 22 scientific journal papers to describe, shows that cancer is massively complex, with thousands of different combinations of mutations able to cause cancer.\n\nThe project found people's cancers contain, on average, between four and five fundamental mutations that drive a cancer's growth.\n\nThese are potential weak-spots that can be exploited with treatments that attack these \"driver mutations\".\n\n\"Ultimately, what we want to do is to use these technologies to identify treatments that are tailored to each individual patient,\" said Dr Peter Campbell, from the Wellcome Sanger Institute.\n\nHowever, 5% of cancers appear to have no driver mutations at all, showing there is still more work to do.\n\nScientists also developed a way of \"carbon dating\" mutations. They showed that more than a fifth of them occurred years or even decades before a cancer is found.\n\n\"We've developed the first timelines of genetic mutations across the spectrum of cancer types,\" said Dr Peter Van Loo from the Francis Crick Institute.\n\nHe added: \"Unlocking these patterns means it should now be possible to develop new diagnostic tests, that pick up signs of cancer much earlier.\"\n\nThe challenge will be knowing which of these mutations will go on to become cancer and which can be safely ignored.", "Public Finance Minister Kate Forbes stepped in to deliver the budget\n\nThere will be no changes to income tax rates in Scotland in the coming year, the government has announced.\n\nPublic Finance Minister Kate Forbes set out the budget in the place of Derek Mackay, who resigned as finance secretary on Thursday morning.\n\nShe announced that tax rates will not increase, although the threshold where the upper rates kick in will be frozen.\n\nAnd she committed extra funding to health, education and investment aimed at tackling the \"climate emergency\".\n\nThe SNP need votes from opposition parties to pass the budget, and Ms Forbes urged them not to be \"partisan\".\n\nThe build-up to the budget was disrupted when Mr Mackay was forced to quit the government over reports he had sent hundreds of social media messages to a 16-year-old boy.\n\nJunior minister Ms Forbes - a first-term MSP who is aged just 29 - stepped in at the last minute to deliver the speech, and is set to take the lead in talks with opposition parties.\n\nShe said the package included \"significant investment in our response to the global climate emergency, to strengthen our economy and improve our public services\".\n\nUnder the plans, Scotland's current tax rates will not increase, and the threshold at which people start paying the basic and intermediate rates will increase by the rate of inflation.\n\nThe thresholds for the higher and upper rates will be frozen, with Ms Forbes calling this the \"fairest and most progressive income tax system in the UK\".\n\nThe budget had a particular focus on environmental issues, with Ms Forbes saying it would \"step up the delivery of our ambition to tackle climate change\".\n\nThis includes £1.8bn of capital investment in projects to reduce emissions, and funding for active travel, electric vehicles, agriculture and peatland restoration.\n\nA budget bill will now be introduced at parliament, and is due to be voted on by MSPs in three weeks' time - which is how long Ms Forbes now has to secure a deal.\n\nNew forecasts from the Scottish Fiscal Commission were published alongside the budget, warning that \"Brexit remains a risk to continued economic growth\".\n\nMs Forbes stepped in after Derek Mackay tendered his resignation with immediate effect\n\nOpposition MSPs praised Ms Forbes for stepping in to deliver the budget, but were critical of some of the content.\n\nMurdo Fraser said the Conservatives could not support the budget because it \"falls well short of where we need it to be\".\n\nHe said freezing the upper rate tax thresholds could widen the gap between what higher earners pay in Scotland and the rest of the UK, and said \"not enough money is being handed to police\".\n\nFor Labour, Rhoda Grant said essential services were \"worse off\" under the SNP, and that the government was using \"smoke and mirrors\" to obscure this.\n\nShe said the budget was a \"disappointment\", calling for a \"step change\" in local government funding and extra money to make Scottish education \"world-leading\" again.\n\nScottish Green co-leader Patrick Harvie said the budget was \"timid\" and was not an \"emergency response\" to climate change.\n\nAnd Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie said councils \"have only been given half of what they need\", saying the government should focus on services rather than independence.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "US President Donald Trump has taken a victory lap one day after his impeachment acquittal, in a tirade against his political enemies.\n\n\"I've done things wrong in my life, I will admit... but this is what the end result is,\" he said as he held up a newspaper headlined \"Trump acquitted\".\n\n\"We went through hell, unfairly. We did nothing wrong,\" he said at the White House. \"It was evil, it was corrupt.\"\n\nHe earlier criticised impeachment foes who invoked their religious faith.\n\n\"Now we have that gorgeous word. I never thought it would sound so good,\" Mr Trump said from the East Room, which was crammed with supporters and cabinet officials.\n\nMr Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives in December for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, but was acquitted on Wednesday after a two-week trial in the Republican-controlled Senate, which did not include any witnesses.\n\nMr Trump also used a swear word to describe the justice department inquiry into whether his 2016 election campaign had colluded with the Kremlin.\n\n\"It was all bullshit,\" he said. \"This should never happen to another president ever.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAccording to the president, it was neither speech nor news conference; it was \"nothing\", it was a \"celebration\".\n\nIt was certainly about 62 minutes long and veered wildly between self-congratulation, via self-justification, to self-pity with a smattering of bilious expletives and insults to describe his political opponents en route.\n\nIt was both a lap of honour and an emotional rollercoaster, all played out in front of his Republican flock, the nation and the world.\n\nFrankly, it was hard to keep up.\n\nOne moment the president was railing against liars, leakers and \"dirty cops\"; the next we were into an anecdote about a wrestling team from Penn State University.\n\nThe acquitted, no doubt, enjoy a moment of catharsis - the moment of euphoria when the pall of guilt is lifted and renewal can begin. But don't expect this president to put this one behind him - it's far too valuable an electoral stick with which to beat his rivals right up to polling day.\n\nPresident Trump's appeal in 2016 was as the outsider, the man to \"drain the swamp\" and give power back to the people.\n\nThe impeachment process will allow Trump 45 to once again assume the mantle of the heroic political outlaw.\n\nThe president's tone on Thursday suggested he is confident of Republican party loyalty ahead of November's White House election.\n\nMr Trump's post-acquittal celebration contrasted with President Bill Clinton's address in 1999, when the impeached Democratic president offered a sombre apology to the American people.\n\n\"I want to say again to the American people how profoundly sorry I am for what I said and did to trigger these events and the great burden they have imposed on the Congress and on the American people,\" Mr Clinton said.\n\nAs he concluded his remarks, Mr Trump also offered a rare apology - to his family, for having to \"go through a phony, rotten deal\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nEarlier in the day, Mr Trump spoke about his \"terrible ordeal\" of impeachment during the National Prayer Breakfast, an annual cross-party event in Washington DC to celebrate religious freedom.\n\nMr Trump continued: \"I don't like people that use their faith as justification for doing what they know is wrong.\n\n\"Nor do I like people that say 'I pray for you' when they know that's not so.\"\n\nOn Wednesday, Senator Mitt Romney cited his deep Mormon faith as he became the only Republican to vote to remove Mr Trump from office.\n\nIn December, Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who launched the impeachment inquiry, cited her own Catholic faith as she said she prays for Mr Trump.\n\nMr Trump cited the matter again later in the East Room, saying: \"I doubt she [Pelosi] prays at all.\"\n\nReacting to Mr Trump's prayer speech, Mrs Pelosi, who sat near Mr Trump as he spoke, told reporters: \"He's impeached forever, no matter what he says or whatever headlines he wants to carry around.\n\n\"You're impeached forever. You're never getting rid of that scar.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The impeachment saga from beginning to end", "The term \"painkiller\" should not be used, to help bust the myth they cure pain, a government adviser suggests.\n\nProf Jamie Coleman said the phrase raised unrealistic expectations - with \"pain-reliever\" a better option.\n\nResearch suggests just one in 10 patients seeking help for long-term pain, benefit from strong painkillers.\n\nProf Coleman also said he was in favour of ending the over-the-counter sale of low-dose codeine drugs in pharmacies, to combat prescription drug addiction.\n\nHe said even in low doses, the medication could become addictive, and users risked serious side-effects, such as vomiting and nausea.\n\nProf Coleman, who is part of a working group looking at the use of opioid medication for the government in England, said making such drugs prescription-only alongside a change in culture towards painkillers, was the key to tackling misuse.\n\nA report published last year by Public Health England (PHE) warned that people were getting hooked on prescription drugs, such as opioids, anti-depressants and sleeping tablets.\n\nOpioids, such as codeine and morphine, are given by doctors to control pain. They are widely used in hospitals for cancer patients, and patients who are dying.\n\nGPs also prescribe them to patients in the community who suffer from long-term pain.\n\nThe PHE research found that every year more than 5 million people are given them - with 1.2 million on them for at least 12 months.\n\nProf Coleman, an expert in pharmacology at Birmingham University, said there needed to be a culture approach and attitude around the use of painkillers, much as there has been with antibiotics because of the rise of drug-resistant superbugs.\n\nHe highlighted the \"painkillers don't exist\" public awareness scheme which is running in Sunderland, calling it an \"intelligent\" approach which could be replicated elsewhere. It stresses that drugs like opioids just mask the symptoms.\n\n\"We need to educate people. For some, they will have very little impact.\"\n\nHe said he sympathised with GPs who were often under pressure to see patients quickly and did not always have other options to turn to, such as mental health care and support schemes to address loneliness.\n\n\"These can be important factors in tackling long-term pain. We are seeing more support being made available through social prescribing schemes, but there is a definite lack of alternatives for doctors.\"\n\nDr Cathy Stannard, a consultant in pain medicine at NHS Gloucestershire, who has carried out the research suggesting only one in 10 patients seeking help for long-term pain will get benefit from painkillers, said she agreed there needed to be a re-think.\n\n\"We probably do over-prescribe. GPs don't have enough time to get to the bottom of what is wrong with patients.\n\n\"For some a painkiller will be life-changing, but for many it won't work. Pain can be related to grief, social isolation or mobility issues for example. Address those and you can make a difference to the pain.\"\n\nBut she added that the problems being seen in the UK were not on the scale of the US, where there has been a rise in drug-related deaths, partly linked to prescription painkillers.\n\nShe said the oversight and regulation of prescription drugs meant their use was much more closely controlled, so that while prescription rates had risen it was still not on the scale of that seen in the US.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "England's first town to have all-electric buses will be created through a £50m fund, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced.\n\nLocal authorities can bid for money to help pay for a new fleet of electric buses.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said buses had \"a crucial role to play in bringing down emissions\".\n\nDarren Shirley, head of the Campaign for Better Transport, called it a \"good start\" after years of cuts to services.\n\nThe DfT said that the winning town would be used as a model by government as it aims to ensure all buses are fully electric by 2025.\n\nThe announcement comes as part of a wider package of measures for buses.\n\nAbout £70m will go towards high-frequency \"Superbus\" networks. One is already in place in Cornwall, where a mix of lower fares, more frequent services and lots of bus lanes has proven successful.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Cornwall teenager with a two hour bus commute\n\nThe government is also putting £20m towards trials of on-demand buses, which can be ordered through an app.\n\nThose services are designed for rural or suburban areas where passenger demand doesn't justify having fixed routes permanently in place.\n\nAn Uber-style bus service already operates in Oxford and Liverpool.\n\nThe scheme, run by Arriva which is working with Merseytravel, allows passengers to determine the route of a minibus by entering their pick-up point and destination on a mobile phone app.\n\nHowever, Oxford Bus Company recently warned that its PickMeUp service \"may end\" unless it finds additional funding.\n\nDespite making 250,000 journeys since the service was launched in June 2018, Oxford Bus Company said \"it is still challenging to operate on a fully commercial basis\".\n\nThe transport secretary said: \"With 200 electric buses able to offset 3,700 diesel cars, it is clear they have a crucial role to play in bringing down emissions.\"\n\nMr Shapps added: \"This £170m package will help us to create communities which are cleaner, easier to get around and more environmentally friendly, speeding up journeys and making them more reliable.\"\n\nAbout £30m of funding will go to English local authorities outside of London in 2020, to help them improve or restore bus services that have been cut.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nOver the last decade, council funding for buses in England has fallen by more than 40%. That figure excludes the capital, which has bucked the trend.\n\nThe Campaign for Better Transport's chief executive, Darren Shirley, told the BBC that the proposals were a \"good start\".\n\nHe said: \"For years, we've seen services cut and reduced, with commuters unable to get to work or to see their families.\n\n\"To reinstate some bus services and introduce zero emissions buses for one town is a good start for this government.\"\n\nA 2019 study by the campaign group found that more than 3,000 local bus routes had been lost or reduced over the previous decade.\n\nIt also called for discounted fares for concessions such as students and elderly people.", "Mr Penny said Hashem Abedi created the account two months before the attack\n\nAn email address which translated from Arabic as \"to slaughter we have come\" was linked to the Manchester Arena attacker's brother and used to buy a bomb-making chemical, a jury has heard.\n\nSalman Abedi detonated a homemade bomb outside an Ariana Grande concert on 22 May 2017, killing 22 people.\n\nHashem Abedi has denied 22 counts of murder and other charges.\n\nA Gmail account using the Arabic phrase \"bedab7jeana\" was created in March 2017, his Old Bailey trial heard.\n\nDuncan Penny QC, prosecuting, said it was created in Hulme Market, Manchester, where analysis of telephone and number-plate evidence has placed 22-year-old Hashem Abedi.\n\nThe following month, he said, the email address was provided to Amazon when a \"successful purchase\" of hydrogen peroxide took place.\n\nMr Penny said a \"literal translation\" from Arabic of the phrase was \"to slaughter we have come\" and when the Abedi family home in Fallowfield was searched after the attack, the address was found on a torn-up note in a bin outside.\n\nTop (left to right): Lisa Lees, Alison Howe, Georgina Callender, Kelly Brewster, John Atkinson, Jane Tweddle, Marcin Klis, Eilidh MacLeod - Middle (left to right): Angelika Klis, Courtney Boyle, Saffie Roussos, Olivia Campbell-Hardy, Martyn Hett, Michelle Kiss, Philip Tron, Elaine McIver - Bottom (left to right): Wendy Fawell, Chloe Rutherford, Liam Allen-Curry, Sorrell Leczkowski, Megan Hurley, Nell Jones\n\nLater, the jury was told the brothers' plans to stockpile chemicals were \"thrown into disarray\" when they crashed a car they had been using to transport them to an address in Rusholme they were renting.\n\nMr Penny said their Toyota Aygo, which they had bought for £250, was written off in the crash in Fallowfield on 23 March 2017.\n\nHe said they had reacted \"unkindly to the interest of others in the collision and were abusive to the other driver\", and witnesses noticed a number of cardboard boxes in the back seat.\n\nHe added there had been attempts to remove the labels on the boxes when it was discovered the Aygo could not be repaired.\n\nJurors were also told the brothers visited a hardware superstore in Stockport at the end of March where their mother's card was used to buy a claw hammer, hacksaw, metal cutters and pliers.\n\nMr Penny added that the pair bought a Nissan Micra, which he previously described as a \"de-facto storage facility\", on 13 April.\n\nIt was bought quickly \"after a brief examination... and a test drive\", he said, and collected at 23:30 BST in an \"episode\" which \"smacks of real urgency\".\n\nThe car - which was found in Rusholme after the bombing - had Hashem Abedi's fingerprints inside, along with bags of screws and nails handled by the defendant and more than 10 litres of sulphuric acid in the boot, he said.\n\nHe said further examination found traces of the chemical compound used in the explosion \"on the driver's seat and in other areas of the car\", adding: \"Has all this happened under this defendant's nose without him realising anything about what was really going on, as he was later to claim?\"\n\nHashem Abedi denies 22 counts of murder along with charges of attempted murder and conspiring to cause an explosion.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The chairman of the Grenfell Tower inquiry has backed a request from firms that refurbished the building that evidence they give should not be used against them in criminal prosecutions.\n\nSome firms had threatened to stay silent in the inquiry into how Grenfell was covered in flammable cladding.\n\nSir Martin Moore-Bick said he had asked Attorney General Geoffrey Cox for the assurance \"as a matter of urgency\".\n\nThe fire at the west London tower block in June 2017 killed 72 people.\n\nRepresentatives from organisations including cladding company Harley Facades, building contractor Rydon and the Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation had asked for a guarantee that anything they say in the hearings would not be used as part of any potential future prosecutions.\n\nThe inquiry - which is in its second phase - was paused while Sir Martin considered the firms' application, which was vigorously opposed by lawyers representing a group of the bereaved, survivors and residents.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police is conducting its own investigation into possible crimes ranging from gross negligence manslaughter and corporate manslaughter to health and safety offences.\n\nIn its ruling, the inquiry panel said it would immediately write to Mr Cox - who will make the final decision - in order to secure the terms under which evidence will be given when the inquiry resumes.\n\nIt added that the deal must ensure that no \"oral evidence given by a natural or legal person before the Inquiry in Modules 1, 2 and 3 will be used in evidence against that person in any criminal proceedings or for the purpose of deciding whether to bring such proceedings\".\n\nThe BBC's home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds said this deal - if it is backed by the Attorney General - would not provide immunity from prosecution, as the police can still gather their own information.\n\nBut he added: \"They couldn't use what a witness said at the inquiry as evidence at a trial.\"\n\nCampaign group Grenfell United has criticised companies involved in the tower's refurbishment for \"passing the buck and minimising their own role in the disaster\".\n\nThe inquiry's second phase, which began last week, is looking at how the building came to be covered in a flammable type of cladding during its refurbishment between 2012 and 2016.\n\nEmails disclosed to the inquiry suggested that companies knew a planned cladding system would fail in the event of a fire.\n\nThe investigation has heard that - with the \"sole exception\" of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, which accepted that the tower's refurbishment should not have been signed off - all organisations involved in the work have denied responsibility.\n\nThe first phase of the inquiry heard how the fire on 14 June 2017 spread quickly up the 23-storey tower in west London, claiming the lives of 72 people.", "The mesh implants are used to ease incontinence and support organs\n\nDozens of women who thought they were having a \"complete mesh removal\" have discovered material has been left behind, the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme has been told.\n\nSome women have been left unable to walk, work or have sex after having the initial vaginal-mesh implants.\n\nSpecialist surgeons say in some cases total or partial mesh removal can be beneficial.\n\nBut some women said their symptoms had become worse. One was left suicidal.\n\nVaginal-mesh implants remain available on the NHS in England but only when certain conditions are met. In Scotland, the use of mesh was halted in 2018.\n\n\"Leila\", not her real name, said her surgeon had promised her a \"full mesh removal\" - but she has now been told more than 10cm (4in) could have been left behind.\n\nShe had mesh implanted several years ago to treat urinary incontinence and said she had woken after the surgery with \"chronic pain in my legs, my groin and my hips\".\n\nIt is believed she suffered nerve damage.\n\nA year later - after being told by one expert a mesh removal would be unlikely to resolve her pain - she found a surgeon who told her the implant could be completely removed.\n\n\"The first question I asked was, 'Can this mesh be removed fully?' and I was assured it was possible,\" she said.\n\nShe had two operations - each taking her half a year to recover from - and was told there had been a full removal.\n\n\"Me and my family rejoiced, thinking that chapter of several years of my life was going to be over,\" she said.\n\nBut \"within a few months\" the pain began to return and her health deteriorated.\n\nShe sought a scan and said she could not describe the \"horror\" of being told only 5-8cm had been removed.\n\n\"My whole world turned upside down,\" she said, breaking into tears.\n\nShe has since been told by a separate specialist her form of mesh was one of the most difficult to remove and could cause significant nerve damage if not removed properly.\n\nShe said she had never been told this by her surgeon.\n\nThe mesh is made of a polypropylene, a type of plastic\n\nThe number of women affected is unknown but the Victoria Derbyshire programme understands there are at least dozens of such cases.\n\nOver 20 years, more than 100,000 women across the UK have had transvaginal mesh implants to treat organ prolapse and incontinence - often after childbirth.\n\nMesh removal is extremely complicated. One surgeon has compared the removal of an implant from the pelvis to removing hair from chewing gum.\n\nThere can also be some confusion over terminology.\n\nBaroness Cumberledge, who is leading a governmental review into vaginal mesh, said in some instances, for example, a partial removal was referred to by surgical teams as a \"full vaginal removal\".\n\nAnd, she told BBC News, it was \"the surgeon's responsibility\" to ensure the patient was clear what the surgery entailed.\n\nNow, Labour MSP Neil Findlay has written to Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, calling on her to ask the General Medical Council to investigate.\n\nHe told BBC News he had seen evidence of several instances in which women had been told by surgeons they would receive a \"full\" or \"complete\" removal, but where material had been left behind.\n\nAnother woman, \"Fiona\", said she had been left suicidal after her complications had reappeared following her mesh-removal surgery, for which she had paid £12,000.\n\nThe issue, she said, had been exacerbated by a letter sent from her surgeon to her GP, saying a complete removal had taken place.\n\nThis had meant when she had asked to be referred to a specialist, she had hit a \"brick wall\" and could get a second opinion by self-referring only.\n\nWhen she did, she was told some of the implant remained.\n\n\"You feel betrayed all over again,\" she said.\n\nSurgeons say most of the fee to receive private care for mesh removal comes from hospital costs.\n\nThe Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists said in a statement that it took \"each and every complication caused by mesh very seriously\".\n\nIt said: \"Management of symptoms will depend on the complication and total or partial removal of the mesh may be recommended in some circumstances.\n\n\"Whereas for other women, mesh removal may not be the solution to the problem.\n\n\"Women must be informed of all options available and the benefits and risks of each so they can make the best decision about their care.\"\n\nFollow the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme on Facebook and Twitter - and see more of our stories here.\n• None Vaginal mesh ban can end 'with changes'", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Emily Thornberry: \"We would be more credible\"\n\nEmily Thornberry says she is being \"squeezed\" in the Labour leadership race by two \"monolithic\" campaigns, but says she brings \"depth of experience\".\n\nShe said some saw the race as being between Rebecca Long-Bailey and Sir Keir Starmer, but added that the members should have the widest choice.\n\nLabour will be \"more professional\" under her leadership, she added.\n\nThe shadow foreign secretary is the only hopeful not to have the required support to make the final ballot yet.\n\nLabour's Brexit spokesman Sir Keir Starmer, Wigan MP Lisa Nandy and shadow business secretary Mrs Long-Bailey have reached the threshold to be included on the members' ballot.\n\nThey needed the support of 5% of local parties or at least three affiliates - two must be unions - by 14 February. So far, Ms Thornberry has the backing of a handful of local parties and no affiliates.\n\nWhen asked by BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg why she was behind in terms of nominations from local parties, Ms Thornberry said the contest had \"ended up with two slightly monolithic campaigns\" from Mrs Long-Bailey and Sir Keir.\n\n\"One is perceived as being on the left, with the support of Momentum and all the data that obviously Momentum has,\" she said, referring to Mrs Long-Bailey.\n\n\"And the other one therefore by comparison is seen as the right or the centre ground.\"\n\nShe said it was \"not for the leaders take us to the left or to the right\" but the new leader should \"take us forward, we need to have the best candidate\".\n\n\"And so, to a certain extent it is a good old fashioned squeeze between these two big, you know, campaigns, with all the data and everything else, and it's quite difficult in the middle of that,\" she said.\n\n\"But what I want to do is to break this and to get onto the ticket.\"\n\nShe added: \"We should have everybody on the ticket, so that the members can make the decision.\"\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\nMs Thornberry said that under her leadership Labour will be \"more professional\", adding: \"We will be more believable, we will be more credible and people would say: 'Oh, thank goodness the Labour Party's back'.\n\n\"You know: 'We can vote for the Labour Party now, because the Labour Party hasn't fundamentally changed, but at least we can believe that they will do the things that they say they're going to do',\" she said.\n\nShe said a \"leap of credibility\" was \"really important\", adding that the party \"kind of lost our way before Jeremy was elected as leader\".\n\n\"I think that what I bring to this is a depth of experience, particularly on foreign affairs and on security matters,\" Ms Thornberry said.\n\n\"I think that I raise everyone else's game.\"\n\nShe has done seven front bench jobs, she added.\n\n\"I've been in Parliament for 15 years, I was born in the Labour Party, I will die in the Labour Party,\" she said.\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\nOn the election, Ms Thornberry said there were some \"terrible tactical errors\".\n\nShe said the party should have \"stood [our] ground\" in order to get a further referendum on Brexit ahead of any general election.\n\n\"Our problem was that they [the Conservatives] had 'get Brexit done', and they wanted to have basically a referendum wrapped up as a general election so they weren't held to be accountable for anything that they've done,\" she said.\n\n\"We weren't able to talk about other policies, we had about three and a half paragraphs in terms of what our Brexit policy was, and then we tried to change the subject and we weren't able to.\"\n\nOn her life outside the Labour Party, Ms Thornberry said: \"I quite often take a weekend off and go away with my other half, and we go to particularly sort of English towns where we've never been before.\n\n\"And we stay in the local hotel we go to the municipal museum, we look at kind of quirky things, we go walking, we go visit a local country house.\n\n\"We just spend time with one another and remind one another, how we fell in love in the first place.\"\n\nShe said she \"probably\" had some Tory friends, adding: \"Particularly members of my husband's family I think are definitely Tories.\"\n\n\"But, but I've never kissed a Tory in that way,\" she joked. \"That will be true to say.\"\n\nLaura Kuenssberg has already interviewed Sir Keir and Mrs Long-Bailey and is aiming to interview Ms Nandy in the coming weeks.\n\nThe new leader will be announced on 4 April.", "Mohammed Zahir Khan is due to be freed at the end of this month\n\nMinisters are aiming to pass emergency legislation to block the automatic early release of convicted terror offenders before the next one is due to be freed in three weeks' time.\n\nSunderland shopkeeper Mohammed Zahir Khan, 42, is expected to be released on 28 February after serving half of his sentence for encouraging terrorism.\n\nAn official said legislation would be introduced to the Commons on Tuesday.\n\nIt follows attacks in recent months by men convicted of terror offences.\n\nKhan was arrested in 2017 and given a four-and-a-half year sentence in May 2018 after pleading guilty.\n\nHe had posted a statement on a Twitter account from the Islamic State group calling for attacks. He also admitted a charge of distributing material designed to incite religious hatred after calling for Shia Muslims to be burnt alive.\n\nThe government's emergency measures, which require backing from Parliament, would postpone his release until the Parole Board has given its approval.\n\nMinisters have admitted they are likely to face a legal challenge over the plans and an ex-independent reviewer of terror legislation, Lord Carlile, said blocking early release \"may be in breach of the law\".\n\nBut Justice Secretary Robert Buckland maintained the government was taking the right action, adding: \"This is about public protection - it's the first job of government to get that right.\"\n\nIn December, following the London Bridge attack, Prime Minister Boris Johnson had told the BBC's Andrew Marr show that \"you can't go back retrospectively\" when it comes to sentencing.\n\nOffenders are told they are being sentenced for a fixed period and will be automatically released at the half-way point, to serve the remainder of their sentence on licence in the community.\n\nSome offenders will have pleaded guilty on the basis that they will be given a sentence with automatic early release at the half-way point.\n\nTheir release is an automatic process and does not involve oversight of the Parole Board.\n\nThe measures are being introduced after three recent incidents involving men who had been convicted of terror offences.\n\nOn Wednesday, the head of UK counter-terror policing Neil Basu warned the threat from terrorism was not diminishing and that the number of subjects of interest and convicted terrorists due for release meant \"we cannot watch all of them, all [of] the time\".\n\nThe first requirement for any government wishing to pass emergency legislation is to show there is an emergency - a set of events which has come about suddenly, could not be foreseen and carries a wider threat.\n\nMinisters have certainly been rocked, and the public alarmed, by three similar terror attacks in two months - at Streatham, Fishmongers' Hall and Whitemoor Prison - and are aware of the the risk of further \"copycat\" incidents.\n\nBut the dangers posed by terrorist prisoners have been known for years while the authorities will have been aware of the release dates of particular inmates from the moment they were sentenced.\n\nTo obtain Parliament's approval for emergency action, and win any legal challenge on the need for applying the measures retrospectively, the government will have to make a convincing argument that there has been a fundamental change in national security that couldn't have been dealt with before.", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nThe FA is set to launch new coaching guidelines that will restrict the amount of heading by under-18 players in training.\n\nThe new guidelines, first reported in the Times, have yet to be finalised but will not entirely ban heading.\n\nLast month, BBC Scotland revealed the Scottish FA was set to ban under-12s heading the ball in training.\n\nA study in October found the first links between playing professionally and dying from dementia.\n\nThe study, by Glasgow University and commissioned by the FA and the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA), found former professional footballers were three and a half times more likely to die of degenerative brain disease than people of the same age range in the general population.\n\nThe FA's new guidelines, expected to be issued later this month, will only apply in training and not in matches.\n\nIn December, two months after the release of the study's findings, the FA's head of medicine Charlotte Cowie said: \"The FA's independently chaired research taskforce has instigated a review of possible changes to heading coaching and training at all levels to decrease overall exposure to heading without compromising technique.\n\n\"It is imperative that football now does everything it can to further understand what caused this increased risk and what can be done to ensure that future generations of footballers are protected.\"\n\nA ban on children heading the ball has been in place in the US since 2015.\n\nPeter McCabe, chief executive of Headway - the brain injury association - said: \"We are encouraged to hear the Football Association is set to restrict the amount of heading allowed by young players.\n\n\"In light of the recent study undertaken by the University of Glasgow, this is a positive, common sense approach to take. After all, it will not prohibit young people participating in the game or impact their enjoyment.\n\n\"Further research is urgently needed in order to remove any uncertainty about how often a player can head a ball and at what age - if any - it is safe to do so before damage is caused.\n\n\"What is clear, however, is that we cannot afford to wait for further evidence to be published before taking action on this.\"\n\nThe study began after claims that former West Brom striker Jeff Astle died because of repeated head trauma.\n\nFormer England international Astle developed dementia and died in 2002 at the age of 59. The inquest into his death found heading heavy leather footballs repeatedly had contributed to trauma to his brain.\n\nThe long-awaited study was commissioned by the FA and PFA after delays in initial research had angered Astle's family.\n\nIt began in January last year and was led by consultant neuropathologist Dr Willie Stewart, who said that \"risk ranged from a five-fold increase in Alzheimer's disease, through an approximately four-fold increase in motor neurone disease, to a two-fold Parkinson's disease in former professional footballers compared to population controls\".\n\nIt compared the deaths of 7,676 former players to 23,000 from the general population.\n\nThe sample was taken from men who played professional football in Scotland, and were born between 1900 and 1976.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sydney, who cares for her disabled mother, says the current system isn't working for her\n\nNearly half the 14 million people living in poverty in the UK are disabled or live with someone who is, research for a charity suggests.\n\nThe Joseph Rowntree Foundation blames the high cost of coping with disability and the struggles disabled people face in finding jobs that pay enough.\n\nExecutive director Claire Ainsley said their plight was \"fundamentally wrong\".\n\nThe government says it is committed to tackling poverty, spending £55bn this year on benefits for disabled people.\n\nIn its annual state-of-the-nation report, to be published on Friday, the charity urges:\n\nThe correlation between disability and poverty is not new but the charity's analysis demonstrates how closely connected the two are across the UK.\n\nThe charity says \"shamefully high numbers\" of disabled people are being pulled into poverty and the social security system is failing to protect them.\n\n\"The fact that disability continues to be an indicator of poverty shows the economy is not working for everyone,\" Ms Ainsley said.\n\nThe researchers found that, compared with the rest of the population, people with disabilities:\n\nAnd of almost 4.5 million informal adult carers in the UK, almost a quarter were living in poverty, with working-age female carers particularly at risk.\n\nSingle mum-of-three Jennifer Hobbs cares for both her 12-year-old son, Nathan, who has a neurodevelopmental disorder, and her elder son, Stanley, 15, who has heart problems.\n\nIt is so time-consuming that she has had to give up her cleaning job and now relies on food banks.\n\n\"It really does infuriate me,\" Jennifer, from Bristol, told the BBC.\n\n\"There should be more help out there for families with disabled people - not just disabled children, disabled people, because people forget disabled children turn into disabled adults.\n\n\"I think to myself, what's going to happen to my son when my son gets older if he can't work because of his disabilities.\n\n\"He might get penalised and end up on the dole or on disability benefits for the rest of his life.\n\n\"I don't want him to have to resort to food banks, like I do.\"\n\nJen Hobbs from Bristol cares for her two disabled sons\n\nImran Hussain, Action for Children's policy and campaigns director, said austerity and problems with universal credit left too many families like Jennifer's \"fighting to keep their heads above water\" and called their predicament \"frankly appalling\".\n\nDisability benefits are supposed to help people cope with the extra costs related to their conditions but research by disability equality charity Scope has shown they fall short.\n\nHouseholds with disabled members are also much more likely to claim other income-related benefits, which have been frozen for the past four years while prices have risen, says Scope.\n\nJames Taylor, its head of policy and campaigns, said the findings were shocking, but not surprising.\n\n\"Life costs much more for disabled people - on average £583 a month.\n\n\"At the same time, huge numbers of disabled people are denied the opportunity to get into and stay in work.\"\n\nThe Department for Work and Pensions said it wanted one million more disabled people to be in work by 2027 compared with 2017 and recently consulted on how businesses could best support disabled people to thrive in work.\n\nIt also plans to introduce a national strategy for disabled people.", "Helen McCourt was murdered by Ian Simms in Billinge, Merseyside, in 1988\n\nA murderer who has refused to reveal the whereabouts of his victim's remains has been released from prison.\n\nThe mother of Helen McCourt, who disappeared in Merseyside in 1988, said she felt \"numb\" when she was told her daughter's killer had been freed.\n\nIan Simms, now 63, was convicted of killing the 22-year-old, whose body has never been found despite searches.\n\nSimms has been released after Ms McCourt's mother Marie lost a legal bid on Tuesday to keep him behind bars.\n\nMrs McCourt has previously urged the government to deny parole to killers who do not disclose the location of their victims' bodies.\n\nIn an interview to be broadcast on BBC Breakfast, she says: \"I didn't think a heart could break twice... but mine did.\"\n\nMrs McCourt tells the programme: \"All I want - all I've ever wanted - is to have my child back.\n\n\"Whatever tiny bits or pieces there are, it's my daughter, and I want them back. And I can't have them now.''\n\nIan Simms, pictured in 1988, was found guilty of the 22-year-old's abduction and murder\n\nMrs McCourt had launched a legal challenge to keep Simms in prison ahead of a judicial review of the Parole Board's decision to free him.\n\nBut Lord Justice Dingemans and Mr Justice Fordham refused to postpone his release.\n\nMarie McCourt has urged the government to introduce Helen's Law in memory of her daughter\n\nMrs McCourt has been campaigning for a change in the law following her daughter's death.\n\nThe Prisoners (Disclosure of Information about Victims) Bill - dubbed Helen's Law - has failed to be ratified before Parliament on numerous occasions - twice being delayed because of general elections.\n\nSimms, who has always maintained his innocence, was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 16 years.\n\nHe was eligible to be considered for release in February 2004.\n\nA Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: \"The High Court's ruling meant we had to release Ian Simms from custody though he will be recalled if the court later decides to quash the Parole Board's decision.\n\n\"He will be on licence for life, subject to strict conditions and probation supervision when released, and he faces a return to prison if he fails to comply.\"\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. Christina Koch celebrated with a thumbs up as she was lifted out of the Soyuz capsule\n\nNasa astronaut Christina Koch has completed the longest-ever single spaceflight by a woman.\n\nThe Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Koch parachuted down to the grasslands of Kazakhstan at around 09:12 GMT.\n\nShe spent 328 days on the International Space Station (ISS), surpassing the previous record held by fellow American Peggy Whitson.\n\nHer stay is just 12 days short of the all-time US record set by Scott Kelly, who was on the ISS from 2015-2016.\n\n\"I'm so overwhelmed and happy right now,\" she told reporters as she sat outside the capsule, shortly after it touched down in the snow.\n\nMs Koch surpassed the 289-day record set by fellow American Ms Whitson on 28 December last year. But her return to Earth sets the marker for future space travellers to beat.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nWhitson still holds the record for most time spent in space by a woman, accrued over the course of three spaceflights from 2002-2017.\n\nDuring her mission, Koch completed 5,248 orbits of the Earth and travelled 223 million km (139 million miles) - the equivalent of 291 round trips to the Moon from Earth.\n\nShe returned on the Soyuz with two other crew members - the Italian European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Skvortsov. They touched down near Dzhezkazgan in central Kazakhstan.\n\nLocal residents came to watch as ground teams recovered the three crew members\n\n\"For me, it's all about the honour I feel to follow in the footsteps of my heroes,\" Christina Koch told journalists on Tuesday during a live link-up from the ISS. She added that she wanted to inspire the next generation of space explorers.\n\n\"For me, it was important to see people that I saw a reflection of myself in, growing up, when I was envisioning what I could do with my life and what my dreams might be. To maybe be that source of inspiration for someone else is just such an honour,\" she said.\n\nMs Koch's mission will help Nasa better understand the medical effects of long periods in space\n\nThe previous record was set by American Peggy Whitson in 2016-17\n\nMs Koch was involved in another spaceflight milestone during her stay of nearly 11 months on the ISS. On 18 October last year, she undertook the first all-female spacewalk alongside her compatriot Jessica Meir.\n\nThe pair spent seven hours outside the ISS replacing a failed power control unit.\n\nRecalling the historic event with Meir, Ms Koch told NBC News: \"When we first got the 'go' to come out of the airlock, and we ended up coming out, we were holding on to a handrail and we just caught each other's eyes.\n\n\"We knew how special that moment was and I'll never forget that.\"\n\n4. Mikhail Kornienko (Russia) and Scott Kelly (US), 340.4 days, 2015-16 on the ISS\n\n5. Christina Koch (US), 328 days, 2019-20 on the ISS\n\nMeir (left) and Koch, prior to their historic spacewalk in October 2019\n\nKoch and Meir followed October's landmark event with two further spacewalks together, on 15 and 20 January this year.\n\nThe first woman spacewalker was the USSR's Svetlana Savitskaya, who worked outside the Salyut 7 space station for more than three hours with a male cosmonaut, Vladimir Dzhanibekov, on 25 July 1984.\n\nKoch has previously said that her spaceflight would help the US space agency better understand the effects of long-term spaceflight, as Nasa aims to return astronauts to the Moon by 2024.\n\nMs Koch, along with other active members of the astronaut corps, is a potential candidate for that first return mission.\n\nSvetlana Savitskaya became the first woman spacewalker in 1984\n\nDuring her time on the ISS, she experimented on proteins as part of a project that could have implications for cancer treatment.\n\nBut there was also downtime, including Karaoke nights with the other crew members.\n\nKoch said one of the things she would miss about her time on the orbiting outpost was the freedom afforded by microgravity. In her interview, she demonstrated by rotating her body 180 degrees, explaining: \"It's really fun to be in a place where you can bounce around between the ceiling and the floor whenever you want.\"\n\nHowever, she added: \"I'm definitely looking forward to being on the same planet as everybody else very soon.\"\n\nKoch has not only exceeded Whitson's spaceflight mark but also those of the previous holders of the 5th and 6th longest flights: Yury Romanenko and Sergei Krikalev - both Russians.\n\nKoch said she would miss some of the benefits of microgravity\n\nThe holder of the longest single spaceflight by any person remains the Russian Valeri Polyakov, who spent more than 437 days aboard the Soviet - and later Russian - space station Mir from 8 January 1994 to 22 March 1995.\n\nKoch launched to the ISS on 14 March last year. She was to have remained on the outpost for the standard duration of six months, but her stay was extended in April 2019 because of flight scheduling issues.\n\nBorn in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and raised in North Carolina, Ms Koch has degrees in physics and electrical engineering.\n\nShe was to have performed the first all-female spacewalk in March, shortly after arriving at the space station. But a problem with the sizing of Nasa colleague Anne McClain's spacesuit forced the walk to be reassigned to another crew member, Nick Hague.", "Trump's support among Republican voters, according to a Gallup poll. If it wasn't clear before the trial that he had the support of the rank and file of his party, it certainly is now.\n\nAn unbeatable majority: Republicans in the Senate have a majority of 53 to 47, meaning they control the chamber and were able to direct the terms of the trial.\n\nThat small majority mattered. At certain points, four Republican senators did indeed waver but in the end, all Republicans but Mr Romney voted with their party to acquit Trump.\n\nThis is the number that ensured Mr Trump was always going to be cleared. To convict, two-thirds of senators - 67 - needed to vote against him.\n\nThis would have required 20 Republican senators to vote for their president's conviction. In the end, only one did.\n\nThe amount of money the Trump campaign said it raised in the last quarter of 2019 - a huge figure it said was down largely to Trump supporters reacting to the impeachment proceedings.\n\nRead more about the numbers that explain Trump's acquittal here.", "The number of anti-Semitic hate incidents recorded in the UK has reached a record high, Jewish charity the Community Security Trust says.\n\nIt recorded 1,805 anti-Semitic incidents last year, an increase of 7% on 2018's findings.\n\nThe charity, which also offers support to those affected, said there was a spike in online abuse.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said the figures were \"appalling\" and promised to do more \"to tackle anti-Semitism.\"\n\nShe pledged to push for \"greater collaboration, both across government, policing, the courts and community groups, to remove this shameful stain on our society\".\n\nLast year was the fourth year in a row in which a record number of hate inspired episodes were recorded.\n\nLast month saw the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz death camp.\n\nProtest against antisemitism in the Labour Party\n\nOf the 1,805 incidents reported to the trust last year, 697 occurred online, an increase of 82% on 2018.\n\nThere was also a significant increase in the number of violent anti-Semitic assaults, which rose by 25%.\n\nAlmost two thirds of attacks occurred in Greater London (947) and Greater Manchester (223), which are home to the two largest Jewish communities in the UK.\n\nThe London Borough of Barnet, which has the largest Jewish population of any UK borough, reported the highest number of incidents, amounting to 18% of the national total.\n\nThe trust's chief executive, David Delew, said it was \"no surprise\" that recorded incidents had reached another high and argued that it was clear \"social media and mainstream politics are places where anti-Semitism and racism need to be driven out, if things are to improve in the future\".\n\nThe trust said that the highest number of reported incidents occurred in February and December and coincided with periods where alleged anti-Semitism within the Labour Party was the subject of sustained discussion and activity.\n\nFebruary 2019 saw the defection of several Labour MPs to the newly formed Independent Group, some of whom cited anger over the party's response to allegations of anti-Semitism as their reasons for leaving.\n\nSimilarly, December saw an intense focus on the issue of anti-Semitism during the general election campaign.\n\nIn total, the trust recorded 224 incidents which were related to the Labour Party. This represented an increase from the 148 incidents of this kind in 2018.\n\nLabour leader Jeremy Corbyn received heavy criticism for his handling of anti-Semitism allegations within his party\n\nResponding to the report, Louise Haigh, vice-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group Against Antisemitism, said that the data made for \"depressing reading\".\n\n\"It is shameful the Jewish community has been subjected to another year of racist abuse. We are beyond a stage of saying that more has to be done. We require immediate action.\"\n\nShe said she would work with colleagues and the trust to identify what more could be done.\n\nThe national policing lead for hate crime, Deputy Chief Constable Mark Hamilton, said there were still \"far too many people who act illegally, fuelled by global events, divisions in our society or historical bigotries\".", "Derek Mackay has resigned as Scottish finance secretary with immediate effect, on the day he was set to deliver his budget speech. His sudden exit - prompted by allegations he messaged a 16-year-old-boy on social media - cuts short a meteoric rise through Scottish politics.\n\nRaised in Renfrewshire, Derek Mackay attended Renfrew High School and the University of Glasgow.\n\nHis family briefly became homeless during his early teens, an experience he said shaped his outlook - as did the campaign against a new incinerator in the area.\n\nThe young Mr Mackay studied social work, but always had his eye on a career in politics - he joined the SNP at 16, and served as national convener of the party's youth wing.\n\nHe was elected to his local Renfrewshire Council in 1999 at the age of 21 - the youngest male councillor in the country at the time. He went on to lead the council between 2007 and 2011.\n\nMr Mackay became MSP for the newly-created constituency of Renfrewshire North and West in 2011, beating Labour with a majority of 5.7%.\n\nBefore the year was out he was local government minister, with Alex Salmond drafting him into government in a December reshuffle.\n\nMr Mackay was transport minister before he became finance secretary\n\nWhen Nicola Sturgeon took office in 2015 he became transport minister, with responsibility for major projects such as the construction of the Queenferry Crossing.\n\nHe faced down a crisis when the Forth Road Bridge had to be closed in December that year due to structural damage, later saying the closure was a \"make or break, do or die\" moment for him as a minister.\n\nAfter the 2016 Holyrood election - which saw him increase his majority to a very comfortable 24% - he was promoted to finance secretary. He initially shared the economy brief with Keith Brown, but absorbed the full role in the next reshuffle.\n\nThe role saw him drawing up the Scottish budget each year - deciding the fate of £30bn of funding.\n\nMr Mackay admitted occasionally feeling \"imposter syndrome\" at the top of politics.\n\nDerek Mackay has tendered his resignation with immediate effect\n\nHe told Holyrood Magazine: \"I don't think it's a bad thing to admit that there are times when I don't think I'm good enough to do the job\". But he quickly added that \"having met my so-called Imperial Masters [at the Treasury], I am feeling perfectly apt and perfectly up to the job\".\n\nThe 42-year-old also became a major figure in the SNP, serving as business convener for seven years between 2011 and 2018 - a period when the party's membership exploded in size.\n\nThis role saw him oversee management of the party via its National Executive Committee, and he became a popular figure with the quickly-growing membership while chairing conferences.\n\nMr Mackay came out as gay in 2013 and separated from his wife, with whom he has two sons.\n\nBookmakers had Mr Mackay down as the favourite to succeed Ms Sturgeon as first minster some day\n\nHaving served at the top of Ms Sturgeon's government, many bookmakers had tipped Mr Mackay as the favourite to succeed her some day.\n\nBut his downfall has been even swifter than his rise through the ranks at Holyrood.\n\nAfter the Scottish Sun published transcripts of hundreds of text messages he had allegedly sent to a 16-year-old boy over a six-month period, he tendered his resignation to Ms Sturgeon \"with immediate effect\".\n\nHe said he had \"behaved foolishly\" and was \"sorry to have let colleagues and supporters down\".\n\nHis exit has come on the very day he was due to set out his latest tax and spending plans at Holyrood. He will now see the budget delivered by another rising star of the SNP, his junior minister Kate Forbes.", "The PM's father, Stanley Johnson, held a meeting with the Chinese Ambassador\n\nChinese officials were \"concerned\" Boris Johnson did not send a personal message of support after the coronavirus outbreak, emails suggest.\n\nThe PM's father, Stanley Johnson, met Chinese ambassador Liu Xiaoming and emailed his worries to UK officials - accidentally copying in the BBC.\n\nMr Liu told him the prime minister had not yet directly contacted the Chinese.\n\nA government spokesman said the UK had been in close contact with the Chinese authorities since the outbreak.\n\nSources also stressed Stanley Johnson was not acting on behalf or at the request of the British government.\n\nMr Johnson, a longstanding environmental campaigner, was invited to the Chinese embassy to discuss summits on the topic, due to take place this autumn in China and the UK.\n\nShortly after the meeting, the PM's father used his personal email address to share an account of the discussion with the environment minister Lord Goldsmith and other UK officials.\n\nHe wrote: \"Re the outbreak of coronavirus, Mr Liu obviously was concerned that there had not yet - so he asserted - been direct contact between the PM and Chinese head of state or government in terms of a personal message or telephone call.\"\n\nStanley Johnson also revealed he had raised the possibility of his son visiting China in October to attend an international conference on biodiversity, COP15, which will be held in Kunming.\n\nLord Goldsmith wrote a reply from his personal email address, saying: \"Thank you so much Stanley. That is extremely useful.\"\n\nNo one in the exchange appeared to have noticed the BBC was copied in until it was raised with them.\n\nAfter being informed of his mistake, Mr Johnson said: \"I was copying in someone who happened to have the same name as a lady at the BBC. These things happen.\"\n\nMr Liu shared pictures of him and Stanley Johnson on Twitter, saying they had met to exchange views on the COP15 meeting and the COP26 meeting on climate change, to be hosted in Glasgow.\n\nHe added: \"These two conferences are great opportunities to promote international cooperation on environmental protection & climate change.\"\n\nThe Chinese city of Wuhan is under quarantine following the coronavirus outbreak\n\nThe World Health Organization says the coronavirus, which has spread to more than 20 countries, including the UK, does not yet qualify as a \"pandemic\".\n\nBut the UK government is recommending that British citizens in China leave the country to minimise exposure to it.\n\nAt a press conference in London, Mr Liu warned against \"panic\" and \"over-reaction\".\n\nHe added: \"We would advise the British side to take the advice of the WHO... They [the UK government] recognise the effectiveness of the measures taken by China. They also tell us they will follow the WHO's advice.\"\n\nMr Liu also said the UK government's words were \"not entirely square\" with the facts and that it should take an \"objective, cool-headed view of what is happening\".\n\nThe \"channel of communication\" between the Chinese and UK governments remained \"very open\", 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 Liu Xiaoming This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 UK government spokesman said: \"The government has been in close contact with the Chinese authorities since the start of the outbreak.\"\n\nThe foreign secretary and national security adviser had spoken to their counterparts in the past week, the spokesman added.\n\n\"The UK has provided medical supplies to help China tackle the outbreak and together we have facilitated the repatriation of British nationals and their dependants from Wuhan,\" he said.\n\nHave you been affected by any of the issues raised? You can 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.\n\nActor Kirk Douglas, whose Hollywood career spanned seven decades, has died aged 103.\n\nThe stage and screen actor was well-known for a range of roles, including the 1960 classic Spartacus, in which he played the titular character.\n\nBorn in New York in 1916, he rose to prominence during Hollywood's \"golden age\", earning his first Oscar nomination for the 1949 film Champion.\n\nHe was also the father of Oscar-winning actor Michael Douglas.\n\nHis son Michael said in a statement: \"It is with tremendous sadness that my brothers and I announce that Kirk Douglas left us today.\"\n\n\"To the world, he was a legend, an actor from the golden age of movies... but to me and my brothers Joel and Peter he was simply Dad,\" it read in part.\n\n\"Let me end with the words I told him on his last birthday and which will always remain true. Dad - I love you so much and I am so proud to be your son.\"\n\nMichael's wife and Kirk's daughter-in-law, Welsh actress Catherine Zeta Jones, posted a photo of the two together, writing: \"I shall love you for the rest of my life. I miss you already.\"\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 catherinezetajones 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\nWhen I met Kirk Douglas in 2008 he was a sprightly 91. He talked about his advancing years and the impact a stroke, in 1996, had on his skills as an actor.\n\n\"I couldn't talk at all,\" he told me. \"So what does an actor do who can't talk? He waits for silent pictures to come back! That's a corny joke,\" he chuckled.\n\nDouglas was particularly proud of his role in ending the Hollywood blacklist, when he defied the ban on working with filmmakers with alleged communist ties or sympathies.\n\nHe said he drew on \"the impulsive qualities of younger Kirk\" in making his decision to give the blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo a screen credit under his own name for his work on Spartacus.\n\nWe discussed his passion for working with young people. He had started writing a blog to encourage young Americans to vote in that year's presidential election.\n\nDouglas and his wife donated millions of dollars to charitable causes and helped build hundreds of school playgrounds. He said their philosophy was: \"Before you die, try to do something for other people.\"\n\nDouglas was prolific as a film actor, with more than 90 credits to his name - ranging from the 1940s to the 2000s.\n\nHe is perhaps best-known for Spartacus, a Stanley Kubrick film which won four Oscars and was so popular that its iconic \"I am Spartacus\" scene entered the pop cultural lexicon.\n\nDouglas was himself nominated for an Oscar three times - for Champion (1949), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), and Lust for Life (1956). He eventually won the honorary award in 1996 in recognition of his 50 years in the industry.\n\nKirk Douglas, seen here in 1955, was an icon of Hollywood's golden age\n\nHe faced difficulties in his personal life. He narrowly survived a helicopter crash in 1991 that left two people dead. Five years later, he suffered a major stroke that affected his speech.\n\nAnd in 2004, his son Eric died at the age of 46 of an accidental drug overdose.\n\nIn his later years, he turned his attention to charity. He donated millions of dollars to charitable causes and helped fund an Alzheimer's unit at a retirement home in Los Angeles.\n\nWorld-famous director Steven Spielberg, who knew Douglas personally, told the Hollywood Reporter that he made a \"breathtaking body of work\".\n\n\"Kirk retained his movie star charisma right to the end of his wonderful life and I'm honoured to have been a small part of his last 45 years,\" Spielberg said.\n\nAfter the news of his death broke, fans gathered at his star set in the ground on the Hollywood walk of fame.\n\n\"He was one of the last Hollywood legends of the golden era. That's it. Not a superstar, a legend,\" one man, Gregg Donovan, told news agency AFP.\n\n\"It's devastating. I mean, I know he lived to 103, God bless him, but you just don't think he's going to leave us and it's such a sad day in Hollywood, I'll tell you.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Audio recording of Jonty Bravery telling carers in autumn 2018 about his plan to commit murder\n\nThe teenager who threw a six-year-old boy from the 10th floor of the Tate Modern in London had spoken about plans to push someone off a high building about a year earlier.\n\nA care worker to Jonty Bravery said opportunities to stop him were missed.\n\nBBC News has obtained a recording of Bravery telling his care workers about a plan to kill someone and go to jail.\n\nHis care provider, Spencer & Arlington, said they had \"no knowledge or records of the disclosure\".\n\nAt the time of the attack Bravery, who has autism, was in the care of Hammersmith and Fulham Council. He lived in a flat in Northolt, west London, with round-the-clock care.\n\nIn the autumn of 2018, a worker called Olly - not his real name - recorded Bravery talking to him and another care worker about his plan to commit murder.\n\n\"In the next few months I've got it in my head I've got to kill somebody,\" Bravery said in the recording, obtained by a joint investigation with the Daily Mail.\n\nHe also tells his care workers he wants to go into central London and visit a tall landmark to push somebody off it.\n\n\"It could be the Shard, it could be anything just as long as it's a high thing and we can go up and visit it and then push somebody off it and I know for a fact they'll die from falling from a hundred feet,\" Bravery said in the recording.\n\nHe explains he is fed up with his situation and wants to be sent to prison.\n\nThe six-year-old victim fell five floors from a tenth floor viewing platform\n\nOlly said this was not the first time Bravery had spoken about this plan.\n\n\"There were a few incidences regarding trying to hurt people, life-wrecking incidences that he had planned in his head,\" he said.\n\nThe former care worker said he told a more senior colleague about what Bravery had said and played the recording to someone else involved in his care. They both deny this.\n\nIn a statement, Spencer & Arlington said there is \"absolutely no evidence\" that Jonty \"may have told his carers of his plan\".\n\nIt said there was no record of the disclosure in any care plan, care report or review from managers or his care workers, psychologists, or health workers.\n\nHowever, the company said it recognised the \"gravity of this claim\" and had reported the concerns to the Care Quality Commission and local authority so they could be examined independently by the serious case review.\n\nBravery, 18, admitted attempted murder at the Old Bailey and is due to be sentenced this month.\n\nAfter his arrest he told police he planned to hurt someone at the gallery to highlight his autism treatment on TV.\n\nThe victim, a French tourist, suffered life-changing injuries, including a \"deep\" bleed to the brain, from the attack last August.\n\nIn January, his family said he was still unable to stand but could now open his left hand.\n\nThe victim suffered life-changing injuries from the attack\n\nOlly said when Bravery went to Spencer & Arlington in the summer of 2018, all trips out were supervised by two care workers at all times and had to be risk assessed.\n\nBut he claims that in the spring of 2019 the regime changed and Jonty was allowed to go out alone.\n\nHe said he recalled conversations with other support staff who told him Bravery had asked to visit the Tate and was later given permission to go out unsupervised by management.\n\nAn eyewitness, who restrained Bravery for around 20 minutes after he threw the boy from the Tate balcony, also told the BBC he saw no evidence of a care worker or anyone else with him at the time.\n\nOlly said he believed the decision was \"strange\" and \"very wrong\", adding that it showed \"a lot of precaution wasn't really taken in terms of how serious the matter could potentially be\".\n\nBBC News has spoken to a second care worker who also said that Bravery's regime became more relaxed to the extent that he was allowed out on his own, in spite of serious incidents when he was outside the flat.\n\nSpencer & Arlington did not deny Bravery was allowed out unsupervised, either in general or during his visit to the Tate, but told BBC News it would be \"inappropriate to make detailed comment\" ahead of the serious case review and a pending sentencing hearing.\n\nA terrible sign of a broken system is how some experts will see the claims that Jonty Bravery's warning that he wanted to kill, went unheeded.\n\nIt will be the task of the serious case review, through interviews and by examining records, to find answers to the many questions this raises about the teenager's care.\n\nHis is a rare case, but some point to the wider pressures on the system that supports people with mental health issues, autism and learning disabilities in the community.\n\nSir Stephen Bubb, who led a review into care for this group, maintains the failure to shut expensive longer stay hospitals - despite abuse scandals - has starved community services of money, so leading to difficulties finding the right facilities and enough staff.\n\nThe NHS and the government have said change is happening, but this case may raise some difficult questions about how that is working.\n\nAt the time of the attack Bravery was already on bail, accused of attacking and racially abusing another care worker on a day out.\n\nSpencer & Arlington, which is rated \"good\" by the care regulator, said it believed it had \"acted entirely properly in managing and reporting in its provision of care\" for Bravery.\n\nOnce aware of the Tate incident it acted \"swiftly and properly in notifying all key regulatory bodies\", it added.\n\nA statement from the Care Quality Commission said it was in direct contact with Spencer and Arlington, adding: \"The local authority are the lead for the serious case review and we will be supporting this in any way required.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Liz Carr: \"I'm going to be in quite a big film\"\n\nSilent Witness star Liz Carr says she has left the programme on a high after her \"best series ever\" - and is set to appear in her first Hollywood film.\n\nThe actress, who has played forensic examiner Clarissa Mullery since 2012, bowed out this week at the end of the 23rd season of the hit BBC crime drama.\n\nShe revealed on the BBC Ouch podcast that she will be seen in her first major movie - the sci-fi drama Infinite - later this year, alongside Mark Wahlberg.\n\nCarr who uses a wheelchair, says she is proud of how Silent Witness improved the representation of disabled people on screen, although it had not always been easy.\n\nLiz has been in the Silent Witness cast since 2012\n\nShe says the BBC seemed \"terrified\" about what to do with a disabled actor in primetime drama when she first started, but she made sure her voice was heard.\n\n\"I think over the eight years I've kind of policed the show quite a lot and worked to make sure it was better and refused to say certain lines that I thought were problematic.\n\n\"I was asked recently if I was proud of what we achieved in terms of representation in Silent Witness - Oh, my goodness, of course I am.\"\n\nPrior to Silent Witness, Carr was probably best known as a comedian, disabled rights activist and presenter of the BBC Ouch podcast.\n\nLiz says the time was right to move on from the role that made her famous\n\nBut her continuing role as Clarissa has made her one of the most high-profile disabled actors in Britain.\n\nCarr says she first indicated she wanted to leave Silent Witness back in October 2018.\n\n\"It must seem like a ridiculous decision\", she says. \"But I was just doing the same thing [in terms of storyline] and, as an actor, that just wasn't that interesting.\"\n\nShe says the \"irony\" was that having made the decision to leave, a new producer was brought in who promised her \"the most challenging series that you've ever had\" and \"he's delivered,\" she said.\n\nLiz with Paddy Glynn who plays her mother in Silent Witness\n\nIn the latest series, Carr was at the centre of a storyline in which her character, Clarissa, had to make heart-breaking decisions about the care of her mother who had dementia and terminal cancer.\n\nCarr praised writer Lena Rae, whose two-parter called Hope was her Silent Witness debut.\n\n\"There's a lot of stuff there that we've not seen before. I think about that relationship of an aging parent with a disabled child. But equally, seeing a disabled woman as the carer,\" Carr says.\n\n\"It was everything about disability and it was nothing about disability. And it connected us in a way that said: 'We all experience this'. We're all going to lose parents or somebody that we love.\"\n\nCarr says she was especially touched by the audience reaction to her portrayal of the storyline with many saying they could \"relate\" to Clarissa's predicament.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Liz Carr This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 actress' own father died last year, shortly before she filmed her final episodes, and her performance in Hope drew heavily on that experience.\n\n\"I'm not sure that I was acting,\" she says. \"I think I was almost re-enacting and reliving being at my dad's bedside when he died. He died in hospital. He had Parkinson's and vascular dementia.\"\n\nLike her onscreen character, who has just resigned as a forensic examiner, so Carr felt the need for a change in her own life - \"I just want to go out there and take a leap of faith\".\n\nThat leap has landed her in Hollywood blockbuster, Infinite, alongside A-listers Wahlberg and Chiwetel Ejiofor.\n\nLiz filmed her scenes for Infinite in London\n\nThe summer release has been directed by Antoine Fuqua whose other films include Training Day and the Equalizer movies.\n\n\"It's a great role. I'm ecstatic,\" Carr says after admitting she was surprised to get the part.\n\n\"I thought, I bet they're just going to audition wheelchair-users and then they're going to give the role to Tom Cruise.\"\n\nHowever, heady dreams that she would have to relocate to Hollywood were somewhat thwarted when she discovered filming would take place in west London.\n\nBut she is certain playing a major character in a successful BBC drama convinced the casting team she had the requisite experience for the, currently secret, role.\n\n\"I've gone and had the most incredible opportunity to develop and get better and learn and learn and learn. And there are very few disabled actors internationally who have that experience.\"\n\nShe says she hopes her success will encourage TV and film makers to give other disabled actors \"a break\".\n\n\"Unless you can show how good you are, people aren't going to see what amazing talent is out there.\"\n\nIn December, the BBC announced a string of new shows with the aim of producing a more \"authentic and distinctive\" representation of disabled people on screen.\n\nCarr herself will perform one of a series of \"challenging\" monologues, curated by fellow, former BBC Ouch presenter Mat Fraser as part of that.\n\nShe's also set to return to our screens in an upcoming episode of Who Do You Think You Are? the BBC One show which delves into family history.\n\nCarr says this really took her out of her comfort zone.\n\n\"I don't really like surprises,\" she says. \"So it's a difficult show to do. But actually there are things that happened that stunned me. And I loved it.\"\n\nFor more Disability News, follow on Twitter and Facebook, and subscribe to the weekly podcast on BBC Sounds.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rescuers work to free people stuck in the crashed plane\n\nA passenger plane landing at an airport in Istanbul has skidded off the runway and broken into three parts, killing three people and injuring 180 others, officials say.\n\nThe Pegasus Airlines jet was carrying 177 passengers and six crew members from Izmir province in the west when it crashed at Sabiha Gokcen airport.\n\nThe Boeing 737 was trying to land in heavy tailwinds and rain.\n\nThe airport was closed and flights diverted after the accident.\n\nThe majority of people on board were Turkish, but local media quoted the airline's records as saying there were 22 foreign passengers from 12 other countries. A small number of children are believed to have been on board.\n\nIstanbul Governor Ali Yerlikaya said: \"Unfortunately, the Pegasus Airlines plane couldn't hold on the runway due to poor weather conditions and skidded for around 50-60m [164-196ft].\"\n\nHe said the plane then fell between 30 and 40 metres off the end of the runway.\n\nThe airport has since reopened, while prosecutors have opened an investigation into the crash.\n\nThe Pegasus Airlines jet was carrying 177 passengers and six crew members\n\nA blaze on the aircraft was put out by firefighters\n\nVideo footage showed passengers climbing through one of the large cracks to escape via one of the wings, and dozens of rescuers working around the jet.\n\nOther footage on social media showed a blaze inside the aircraft, which was later put out by firefighters.\n\nTransport Minister Mehmet Cahit Turhan said authorities had not yet been able to speak to the pilots, a Turkish national and a South Korean, who were believed to have been injured in the accident.\n\nThe low-cost Pegasus Airlines has a fleet of 83 aircraft - 47 Boeings and 36 Airbus planes - and has been flying for 20 years.\n\nA Pegasus Boeing 737 coming in from Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates skidded off the runway at the same airport on 7 January. There were no casualties but the airport had to be temporarily closed.\n\nAnd a Pegasus Boeing 737 also skidded off the runway at Trabzon airport in January 2018, plunging down the side of a cliff overlooking the sea. There were no casualties.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The dramatic skidding of a Pegasus Boeing 737 at Trabzon in January 2018", "Children appeared to be among migrants lead to an ambulance in Dover\n\nNinety migrants including children have been rescued from the English Channel, a record figure for a single day.\n\nEight small boats were earlier reported off the coast of Dover, one of which was carrying a group of 21 men.\n\nFifteen of the 90 \"claimed to be minors\", the Home Office said as it confirmed those rescued included nationals of Syria, Yemen and Mali.\n\nThe migrants will be \"dealt with according to immigration rules\", it added.\n\nThe rescued children, subject to age assessment, will be transferred into the care of social services.\n\nAn ambulance was on hand to assess the health of those who crossed the Channel\n\nSix boats were intercepted in the Channel by Border Force, with a group of five migrants found by police in Dover town centre and another five people found in Samphire Hoe.\n\nRNLI lifeboats from Dover and Littlestone and a fixed wing aircraft and HM Coastguard Search and Rescue helicopter from Lydd were scrambled this morning.\n\nHome Office vessels Searcher, Speedwell and Alert were sent to intercept the boats.\n\nTony Eastaugh, Home Office director for crime and enforcement, said the government was \"tackling illegal migrant crossings on all fronts with every agency\".\n\nPatrols of French beaches have been increased, with the use of drones, specialist vehicles and detection equipment, he said.\n\nLast year at least 1,892 arrived in Britain after crossing the Channel in boats.\n\nFrench authorities have said 371 migrants attempted the crossing last month, with 95 of them succeeding.\n\nTwo boats carrying 26 men were met by Border Force in the Channel\n• None Are migrants who cross the Channel sent back?\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The device was uncovered attached to a lorry in Lurgan on Monday\n\nPolice believe the Continuity IRA (CIRA) was responsible for a bomb found attached to a lorry in County Armagh on Tuesday morning.\n\nIt is thought the device may have been intended for a Brexit day attack.\n\nPolice said they first received a report about an explosive device in a lorry at Belfast docks on 31 January - the date the UK left the EU.\n\nIn a call to a media outlet, it was claimed the lorry was due to travel by ferry to Scotland.\n\nA search was conducted but nothing was found.\n\nIt is understood the lorry did not leave the industrial estate between the times of the two calls\n\nOn Monday, a more detailed report helped locate the device at Silverwood Industrial Estate in Lurgan.\n\nPolice have not yet given an indication of the size of the bomb, but it is understood the lorry did not leave the industrial estate between the times of the two calls.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable George Clarke said the initial report claimed the lorry would travel \"on the midnight ferry\", and added that no such ferry crossing exists.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Julian 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\nPolice said they worked with a haulage company, who own the lorry, to search about 400 vehicles and locate the explosive device.\n\nIt was made safe by ammunition technical officer (ATO).\n\nDet Supt Sean Wright said the \"only conclusion that we can draw is that once again dissident republicans have shown a total disregard for the community, for businesses and for wider society\".\n\nPolice search the area around Silverwood Industrial Estate in Lurgan\n\nHe added that \"had this vehicle travelled and the device had exploded at any point along the M1, across the Westlink or into the Harbour estate the risks posed do not bear thinking about\".\n\nDet Supt Wright appealed for information, in particular from anyone who noticed any suspicious activity at Silverwood Industrial Estate between 16:00 and 22:00 on 31 January.\n\nSeamus Leheny, from the Freight Transport Association, called the attack \"reckless\".\n\n\"If it was viable, it could have put the driver of the lorry and their colleagues, road users and anyone in the vicinity of the lorry in serious danger. The consequences could have been catastrophic.\"\n\nAssistant Chief Constable George Clarke said the initial report claimed the lorry would travel on a ferry to Scotland", "More than 100 Britons rescued from China have left isolation, as dozens of people from a coronavirus-hit cruise ship begin a two-week quarantine.\n\nUK citizens previously evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan - the centre of the virus outbreak - have ended their isolation in Milton Keynes.\n\nIt comes a day after those rescued from the Diamond Princess ship in Japan were taken to Wirral's Arrowe Park Hospital.\n\nOn Saturday, the government confirmed that no new UK cases had been detected.\n\nPeople with backpacks and suitcases were pictured getting into waiting taxis outside Kents Hill Park conference centre in the east side of Milton Keynes, where 118 UK nationals and their family members were isolated.\n\nPaul Wilkinshaw, 39, who left the centre with his wife Lihong, 33, said it \"feels weird\" to not require protective equipment.\n\n\"It feels fantastic to leave, although it feels weird not having to wear a mask and gloves in public,\" Mr Wilkinshaw said.\n\nBill To said \"everything was excellent\" during his two-week quarantine in Milton Keynes\n\n\"It was really good, everything was excellent. I'm happy I can go home now,\" another evacuee, Bill To, said.\n\n\"I'm going to get some Chinese food. Everything is good.\"\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock commended the group \"for their patience and perseverance\".\n\nThe last of those in quarantine at Kents Hill Park training centre left just before 12:00 GMT.\n\nThe 118 people isolated here for two weeks were treated to pizza, katsu curry and steaks.\n\nThey were also offered microwave meals and goods such as smartphones, with SIM cards, and brand-new suitcases.\n\nWe spoke to Bill To, who said his first day from quarantine would be partly spent seeking out his first Chinese meal in two weeks.\n\nOthers said they were just glad to be leaving and had sumptuous praise for the NHS staff that tended to them during their stay.\n\nThe Department of Health provided care and also splashed out on entertainment such as basketball nets and football posts, fitness dumbbells, and Netflix accounts.\n\nHowever, there was a function to the frills.\n\nIt kept those in quarantine happy and relaxed, as each of them were tested for coronavirus three times over the two weeks of their stay.\n\nIt came as the Foreign Office amended its travel advice for South Korea as cases of the new coronavirus, and the disease it causes, increased.\n\nIt advised against all but essential travel to the cities of Daegu and Cheongdo in the country, which have been declared \"special care zones\" by South Korean authorities.\n\nThe latest group of Britons to be evacuated - passengers from the cruise liner Diamond Princess - arrived at Arrowe Park on Saturday.\n\nThe 30 Britons and two Irish citizens will spend the next 14 days isolated from the world in nurses' accommodation.\n\nThey have already spent two weeks in quarantine on board the ship, but since then 600 passengers and crew have tested positive for the new virus.\n\nThose evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship landed at Boscombe Down, a MoD base in Wiltshire\n\nFour Britons from the ship who recently tested positive for the new coronavirus were not on the latest evacuation flight.\n\nThey include David and Sally Abel, from Northamptonshire, who have since been diagnosed with pneumonia, according to their family.\n\nThey are being treated in a Japanese hospital.\n\nArrowe Park was previously used to isolate 83 British nationals who were flown back to the UK from Wuhan.\n\nThe chief executive of Wirral Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, Janelle Holmes, said the hospital was using its previous experience as a \"blueprint\" for treating the new group.\n\nThe BBC's medical correspondent Fergus Walsh said it seems increasingly likely that the spread of the new coronavirus will become a pandemic - or global outbreak.\n\n\"The combined situation in South Korea, Iran and Italy point to the early stages of pandemic,\" he said. \"In each of these countries we are seeing spread of the virus with no connection to China.\"\n\nChinese health authorities reported a decrease in the rate of deaths and new cases of the coronavirus on Saturday. Some 76,392 cases including 2,348 deaths have been confirmed in China.\n\nThe head of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said the greatest concern now was countries with weaker health systems, particularly in Africa.\n\nIn the UK, a total of 6,152 people have been tested for the virus, as of 14:00 GMT on Saturday. Nine people have tested positive.\n\nWere you on the flight? 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:", "Caroline Flack was found dead at her London flat last weekend\n\nLove Island paid tribute to Caroline Flack as its first winter series drew to a close on Sunday night.\n\nThe former host of the show was found dead in her London flat last weekend.\n\n\"The past week has been extremely difficult, coming to terms with the loss of our friend and colleague, Caroline,\" presenter Laura Whitmore told viewers of the ITV2 programme.\n\n\"Caroline loved Love Island. She loved love, and that's why tonight's final is dedicated to her.\"\n\nShe added: \"We're thinking of her family and everyone who knew her at this time.\"\n\nThe programme then showed a montage of some of Flack's memorable moments from the series in recent years.\n\nThe islanders were told about Flack's death off-camera on Saturday, an ITV spokesman confirmed.\n\nFinley Tapp and Paige Turley were crowned the winners of the series as the finale drew to a close.\n\nTwo episodes of this series were pulled from the schedules last weekend after Flack was found dead.\n\nThe show returned the following Monday with a tribute to Flack from the show's narrator Iain Stirling.\n\nThis has been the first series of the show to take place in winter and be filmed in South Africa.\n\nPrevious seasons have been filmed on the Spanish island of Mallorca over the summer.\n\nOverall, the winter series has been a ratings hit for ITV2, albeit not as successful as previous summer series.\n\nThis series has been attracting around four million viewers per episode, including via catch-up services, compared with the six million the last summer series generally attracted.\n\nLaura Whitmore is the show's current presenter. She joined the show after Flack was charged with assaulting her boyfriend.\n\nLaura Whitmore pictured at the Brit Awards last week\n\nTapp and Turley were crowned the winners of this series on Sunday night, winning the £50,000 prize, which they chose to share between them.\n\nIn a twist that occurs in every series, Turley was given the chance to \"steal\" the full prize money before she decided to split it evenly.\n\n\"It's been such an amazing experience,\" Turley said earlier in the episode. \"It's been filled with challenges, but it's been amazing.\"\n\nAsked what first attracted him to Turley, Tapp said: \"I loved how outgoing she was. I wasn't wrong in picking her because I thought she'd make me laugh and smile all day long. She's made me very happy.\"\n\nEarlier this series, they became the first pair to become an official couple in the villa.\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 turley_paige 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\nTurley attracted headlines when the series launched in January because she is the ex-girlfriend of singer Lewis Capaldi.\n\nThe Scottish star referred to her while accepting the Brit Award for best single earlier this month, for his song Someone You Loved.\n\n\"A lot of people think this song is about my ex-girlfriend, who you can now see every night on Love Island,\" he said.\n\n\"But it's actually about my grandmother, who sadly passed away a few years ago. I hope ITV don't contact her to be a on a reality dating show.\"\n\nDuring the finale, Whitmore confirmed the show would return to Mallorca for a new series this summer.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The training guidelines are effective immediately but do not recommend a heading ban during matches\n\nChildren aged 11 and under will no longer be taught to head footballs during training in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.\n\nThe new football association guidelines for coaches also puts limits on how much heading older children should do.\n\nIt follows Glasgow University research that showed former footballers were three-and-a-half times more likely to die from brain disease.\n\nThe guidance, which will not yet apply in Wales, will affect training only.\n\nThe Football Association of Wales said its guidance for coaches on children heading the ball was currently under review with the findings being made available later this year.\n\nIn a joint announcement from the FA, Scottish FA and Irish FA, coaches were advised that there should be \"no heading in training in the foundation phase\" - which covers primary school children, or under-11 teams and below.\n\nThere are also new rules for age ranges up until 18, with headers being kept a \"low priority\" and gradually becoming more frequent in training until the age of 16.\n\nThere will be no changes to heading in youth matches, where the FA said headers are rare.\n\nThe University of Glasgow study, published in October last year, found that former professional footballers were more likely to die of degenerative brain disease - and five times more likely to die from Parkinson's disease.\n\nThere was no evidence in the study that linked incidences of the disease with heading the ball, but the FA said the new guidance had been issued to \"mitigate against any potential risks\".\n\nFA chief executive Mark Bullingham said: \"This updated heading guidance is an evolution of our current guidelines and will help coaches and teachers to reduce and remove repetitive and unnecessary heading from youth football.\n\n\"Our research has shown that heading is rare in youth football matches, so this guidance is a responsible development to our grassroots coaching without impacting the enjoyment that children of all ages take from playing the game.\"\n\nThe inquest into the death of ex-West Brom striker Jeff Astle found heading heavy leather footballs repeatedly contributed to trauma to his brain\n\nDawn Astle, who has campaigned for changes in rules over headers, told the PA news agency she was \"pleased\" and that it was \"sensible\" following the research.\n\nMs Astle's father Jeff, who represented England at senior level and also played for West Bromwich Albion, died in 2002 from chronic traumatic encephalopathy. The coroner ruled his death was caused by the repeated heading of footballs.\n\nMs Astle added that there should now be guidelines for training for footballers aged 18 and over.\n\nBut former Tottenham Hotspurs and Wolverhampton Wanderers midfielder Jamie O'Hara said on Twitter: \"Heading a football is a skill that is essential to becoming a footballer, how do they propose they learn this if [they're] not allowed to head a ball?\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'I think my dementia has been caused by heading'\n\nSpeaking about Monday's announcement, Scottish FA chief executive Ian Maxwell said Scottish football had a \"duty of care\" to young people and those responsible for their wellbeing.\n\n\"The updated guidelines are designed to help coaches remove repetitive and unnecessary heading from youth football in the earliest years, with a phased introduction at an age group considered most appropriate by our medical experts,\" he said.\n\nIrish FA chief executive Patrick Nelson said: \"Our football committee has reviewed and approved the new guidelines. As an association we believe this is the right direction of travel and are confident it will be good for the game, and those who play it.\"\n\nDr Carol Routledge, director of research at Alzheimer's Research UK, said \"limiting unnecessary heading in children's football is a practical step that minimises possible risks, ensuring that football remains as safe as possible in all forms\".\n\nShe called for more research \"in order to unpick any link between football and dementia risk but until we know more, making sure the nation's best-loved game is played as safely as possible is a sensible approach\".\n\nDr Willie Stewart, the consultant neuropathologist who led the University of Glasgow study, said he was \"encouraged\" to see the new guidelines.\n\nHe added: \"A lot more research is needed to understand the factors contributing to increased risk of neurodegenerative disease in footballers. Meanwhile it is sensible to act to reduce exposure to the only recognised risk factor so far.\"\n\nHowever, Dr Stewart added that he would like to see the new guidelines adopted by the wider game and not just in youth football.\n\nA similar stance, that also includes restrictions during matches, has been in place in the US since 2015.\n\nThe rule change there came after a number of coaches and parents took legal action against the US Soccer Federation.", "Last updated on .From the section Boxing\n\nTyson Fury outclassed Deontay Wilder, became a world champion again, broke into a rendition of American Pie and had 16,000 people in the MGM Arena in the palm of his hand.\n\nIt is feeling increasingly familiar. The world seems to dance to his tune these days.\n\nSince his return to boxing from a litany of personal issues, each venture, decision and fight he touches turns to gold.\n\nHe risked a great deal when first challenging Wilder in 2018, and ended up on the canvas. It looked a significant setback until he rose - just - and drew. An eye-watering financial deal with US broadcaster ESPN followed.\n\nHe was badly cut in victory over Otto Wallin in September and needed time out to heal. Then WWE rang and gave him the chance to earn big money, win new fans and avoid real punches in the process.\n\nHis autobiography came out to much fanfare, he did a UK speaking tour, sang a pop song with Robbie Williams and signed for a two-part television documentary on his life.\n\nSaying yes to recovery has served him well. Now he must say yes to facing Anthony Joshua and demonstrate, beyond doubt, that he is the best heavyweight of his era.\n\nOf course, he says he already is and clearly he would take that bout.\n\nFury has now dethroned Wladimir Klitschko and Wilder, who had reigned for a combined 14 years until they faced the 'Gypsy King'.\n\nWith such landmark victories, you sense he simply does not care who he shares a ring with.\n\nMoney should not be an issue either, given the same Saudi Arabian power brokers who took Joshua's rematch with Andy Ruiz Jr to the Middle East were ringside for Fury's destruction of Wilder. They would throw record figures at the British heavyweights in order to stage the division's first fight for all four major belts.\n\n\"It has become the biggest fight in the history of the sport,\" said Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn.\n\nA fight in Saudi Arabia might not please UK fans, but money talks. It might just be the only commodity that can paper over the politics that would play out between the teams and television networks behind the fighters.\n\nKey figures close to Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis thought the pair would fight in 1996. It took six more years, proving how much things can drag on in boxing, however appetising the prospect.\n\nFury must know this purple patch is his time to strike. He knows how things can change.\n\nThe troubles that became public in 2015, controversial statements, ugly headlines and struggles with depression and drinking, are only one chapter of Fury's story. As early as 2012 he had talked of being in a dark place and of having an eating disorder.\n\nAnd in the build-up to the Wilder fight, one of Fury's team said the Briton still has severe down days.\n\nHe has the capacity to charm Americans on glitzy talk shows one day and slip into confusion the next. Keeping him stimulated, his team have said, is critical in maintaining his mental wellbeing.\n\nIt is hard to imagine Fury's immediate future proving more exciting than the 20 months since his break from the sport ended.\n\nAnd yet, as the great and good of boxing fell at the feet of the new champion in Vegas, maybe we learned there are greater levels he can reach.\n\nDave Coldwell described it as \"one of the most amazing nights I've watched in my time in boxing\" while fellow British trainer Joe Gallagher said Fury was \"the number one heavyweight in the world\".\n\nThose tributes came less than two months after Fury joined forces with Detroit-based trainer SugarHill Steward.\n\nSteward's uncle Emanuel, who trained fighters of the calibre of Thomas Hearns, Lewis and Klitschko, predicted more than 10 years ago that Wilder would become a world champion, and that Fury would be dominant once Klitschko retired.\n\nFury effectively brought the curtain down on Klitschko and has now dominated Wilder. Steward called it.\n\nBut what could Fury achieve under his nephew? A lot, if he can build on his latest win.\n\nThe decision to take punching space away from Wilder by relentlessly smothering him was genius. A talented fighter backed by a calculated team can create something special.\n\nThat is not to take anything away from Fury's former trainer Ben Davison, who rebuilt the champion at a time of crisis. And Fury's father John deserves credit for publicly demanding his son find a new team and bulk up after his win over Wallin.\n\nFury listened and acted. The result was devastating.\n\nWhether it's jumping into WWE or singing with pop stars, he takes a chance, attacks the task with gusto and almost invariably comes up trumps.\n\nThere is a bravery to his positive choices. He is a maverick, and he deserves immense credit.\n\nA unique achievement is his for the taking if he secures the fight that boxing has longed to see.\n\nIf anyone can make it happen, it is probably him.\n\nThe world, after all, seems to be dancing to his tune.\n• None Relive Fury v Wilder II - from the ring walks to the winning moment\n• None 'There's a fella across the pond who might want a tickle' - Fury says Joshua bout will 'complete' career\n• None 'Living legend' Fury shines bright in Vegas - but did he lick Wilder's blood?\n• None Podcast: Costello & Bunce on Tyson Fury's night for the ages", "Anisha Vidal-Garner, from Epping, died after being hit by a car\n\nA man has been charged with causing the death of a woman who was hit by a car during a police pursuit.\n\nAnisha Vidal-Garner, 20, from Epping, Essex, died at the scene of the crash in Brixton Hill, south London, on Wednesday night.\n\nThe Met Police previously said she had been hit by a car which sped off after officers signalled for it to stop.\n\nQuincy Anyiam, 26, from Surrey, is due to appear at Croydon Magistrates' Court on Monday, the force said.\n\nHe is charged with causing death by dangerous driving, failing to stop at the scene of a road traffic collision, and dangerous driving, Scotland Yard said.\n\nThe Met said it had referred the crash to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) which will investigate.\n\nPolice had signalled for the car to stop before it sped off in Brixton\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Caroline Thomson was jailed for nine years\n\nA woman who attacked a baby boy, leaving him brain-damaged and blind in one eye, has been jailed for nine years.\n\nCaroline Thomson, of Falkirk, admitted assaulting the baby, who also suffered wrist and rib fractures.\n\nDespite pleading guilty, the High Court in Glasgow heard Thomson, 30, has blamed another child for some of the injuries.\n\nThe victim was only weeks old during the attack in 2018 but is now two.\n\nHe cannot speak or walk, but he can crawl. Doctors say an assessment of any long-term damage cannot be made until he is of primary school age.\n\nSentencing judge Lady Rae told Thomson it was \"an appalling crime\".\n\nShe added: \"Your conduct towards this child was deplorable.\n\n\"This baby suffered numerous injuries to his head and body as a result of what you did and has been left with life-long injuries and permanent impairment.\n\n\"You take no responsibility for what you did and deny your guilt, blaming a two-year-old for some of the injuries.\"\n\nThe offence was committed on various occasions between 2 May and 16 June 16 in 2018 in the Larbert and Falkirk area.\n\nThomson pled guilty to assaulting the baby boy to his permanent impairment, permanent disfigurement and to the danger of his life.\n\nThe 30-year-old had previously told police the injuries may have been caused when she dropped the baby and other injuries could have been caused by another child, aged two.\n\nProsecutor Kath Harper said that was \"inconsistent with the medical findings\".\n\nConsultant ophthalmologist Jennifer Ann Gillen examined the baby's eyes and confirmed he had a detached retina.\n\nShe said she had never seen that type of injury in a young baby and such an injury would require some form of blunt-force trauma.\n\nDefence counsel Wendy Hay told the court that Thomson was a \"very vulnerable individual who had a traumatic upbringing\".\n\n\"This is an extremely serious and distressing case,\" she added. \"Given the stance taken by Miss Thomson there is little I can say.\"", "Samira Ahmed has reached a settlement with the BBC after winning her employment tribunal over equal pay.\n\nThe corporation announced on Monday it would continue to work with the \"highly valued\" presenter, but did not reveal the settlement figure.\n\nLast month, it was judged the BBC had failed to prove the pay gap between Ahmed and fellow presenter Jeremy Vine was not because of sex discrimination.\n\nAhmed said at the time she was \"glad it's been resolved\".\n\n\"Samira Ahmed and the BBC are pleased to have reached a settlement following the recent tribunal,\" the BBC said in a statement.\n\n\"Samira is a highly valued BBC presenter and now these matters have been concluded we all want to focus on the future.\n\n\"We look forward to continuing to work together to make great programmes for audiences. Neither the BBC, Samira or the NUJ will be commenting further on this case.\"\n\nAhmed had claimed she was underpaid by £700,000 for hosting audience feedback show Newswatch, compared with Jeremy Vine's salary for Points of View.\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. How the crossbow killer was caught\n\nA man has been found guilty of murdering a retired lecturer by shooting him with a crossbow as he tried to fix his satellite dish.\n\nGerald Corrigan, 74, suffered two holes in his stomach and damage to other organs in the Anglesey attack in April.\n\nTerence Whall, 39, of Bryngwran, Anglesey, denied murder but was found guilty by a jury at Mold Crown Court.\n\nProsecutors said the dish was tampered with and Whall was hiding, armed with the weapon, waiting for Mr Corrigan.\n\nA broadhead arrow used in the attack on Mr Corrigan had razor sharp edges used for hunting, jurors had heard.\n\nIt was designed to make hunted animals \"rapidly bleed to death\".\n\nGerald Corrigan died last May, three weeks after being shot outside his home with a crossbow bolt\n\nMr Corrigan suffered serious internal injuries and died of sepsis three weeks later.\n\nHe had been watching TV on the evening of 18 April 2019 when shortly after midnight he lost the signal. He went outside to adjust his ground-level satellite dish which is when he was shot.\n\nWhall, a sports therapist, maintained throughout the trial that he was having sex with a man in a field on the night Mr Corrigan was shot.\n\nThomas Barry Williams denied this - saying the pair had only ever been friends.\n\nBut Whall's precise movements on the night of the killing were tracked by data from \"black box\" technology in a Land Rover, which belonged to his partner and which he had borrowed.\n\nThe prosecution said without this, he would have got away with his lies.\n\nGerald Corrigan's home - and the gap in the wall which gave the killer a clear sight to shoot him\n\nWhall and another man, Gavin Jones, 36, of High Street, Bangor, were also found guilty of conspiring to pervert the course of justice and Jones was found guilty of arson of a motor vehicle.\n\nDarren Jones, 41, and Martin Roberts, 34, had already pleaded guilty to arson.\n\nAll four will be sentenced on Friday.\n\nFiona Corrigan, Gerald's daughter, said: \"The injuries caused by a crossbow are not designed just to kill... they are designed to mutilate.\n\n\"The particular weapon is designed to bring down big game... and that is what my dad became. Prey. We may never know why.\"\n\nShe said her father was a \"good man. Just an average bloke enjoying his retirement\", adding: \"Our lives won't be the same without him.\"\n\nHer brother Neale joined her in thanking all those who had helped the family after Mr Corrigan was shot, adding: \"My father was so intelligent and wise. He said to me to be patient, and forgive.\"\n\nMr Corrigan's partner Marie Bailey said he had \"meant the world to me\".\n\n\"Each day my heart is broken. I feel it breaking again and I can do nothing,\" she said.\n\n\"To that sad, twisted broken soul who murdered him, I say if you have an ounce of humanity, any sense of decency, then you would tell us now why you have done this.\"\n\nDet Ch Insp Brian Kearney of North Wales Police said after the verdict that Mr Corrigan was \"the victim of a barbaric, medieval-style execution in one of the safest parts of the UK\" and was \"entirely innocent\".\n\n\"Terence Whall believed he had planned and committed the perfect murder,\" he added.\n\n\"There was no forensic evidence, no direct eyewitness evidence to the shooting and in fact no-one saw him going to and from the scene.\"\n\nWhile the exact motive was unknown, it was a \"planned, premeditated execution from a cold-blooded killer\", he said.\n\nKaren Dixon of the Crown Prosecution Service described the case as \"really unusual\" in that there was no suspect at the start and only one piece of evidence to follow.\n\nShe said: \"The telematics evidence from the Land Rover was key in showing that Terrence Whall was not only at the location at the time, but that he'd visited the night before, checking the area.\"", "The disgraced film producer was sentenced to 23 years in jail after his trial in New York\n\nHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by courts in New York and Los Angeles.\n\nHere is a summary of the key events that led him to court:\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Jessica Mann said she \"entered into what I thought was going to be a real relationship with him\"\n\nA one-time aspiring actress says Harvey Weinstein subjected her to \"degrading\" abuse, in some of the most graphic testimony shared in his trial so far.\n\nJessica Mann detailed a catalogue of abuse by the Hollywood producer, saying he once trapped her in a hotel bedroom and raped her.\n\nThree of the five charges against Mr Weinstein relate to Ms Mann.\n\nHe denies non-consensual sex and his lawyers say emails prove his and Ms Mann's relationship was consensual.\n\nWARNING: This story contains details some readers may find upsetting\n\nMs Mann's evidence came at the end of the fourth week of the Manhattan trial of the Oscar-winning Hollywood mogul, who produced films including Shakespeare in Love and The English Patient.\n\nThe 34-year-old said she met him in late 2012 or early 2013 at a party, and she told him of her ambition to be an actress. Later, she said, he invited her and a friend to a Los Angeles hotel suite. He then allegedly pulled Ms Mann into a bedroom and performed oral sex on her.\n\nMs Mann then began a relationship with Mr Weinstein. \"I entered into what I thought was going to be a real relationship with him and it was extremely degrading from that point on,\" she said.\n\nShe said he once urinated on her, and in 2013 raped her in a Manhattan hotel room. \"If he heard the word 'no,' it was like a trigger for him,\" she said.\n\nWhen asked why she stayed in the relationship, Ms Mann said in tears that there was \"no short answer\".\n\n\"One of the aspects initially was that I had had a sexual encounter\" with him, she said. \"That wasn't something I could undo. That really confused me and hurt me.\" She stayed with him partly out of fear, she said.\n\nOne of Mr Weinstein's lawyers, Damon Cheronis, said Ms Mann sent \"flattering\" emails to Mr Weinstein during their relationship, one of which said \"Miss you, big guy.\" These prove the relationship was not abusive, the defence alleges.\n\nIn Friday's testimony, Ms Mann also alleged that Mr Weinstein had \"extreme scarring\" on his body and used erectile dysfunction medication. She also believed he was intersex, and it appeared he had a vagina and no testicles.\n\nSince October 2017, more than 80 women have publicly accused Mr Weinstein of sexual misconduct but this criminal case involves only a few of them.\n\nSome consider the trial a watershed moment, where some of Mr Weinstein's alleged victims have had their voices heard in court for the first time.\n\nMr Weinstein is on trial for five offences, including rape and predatory sexual assault. He denies the charges and all allegations of wrongdoing, but if convicted could face life in prison.\n\nHere is what has happened in the trial so far.\n\nMr Weinstein turned up to his first court appearance heavily aided and using a walking frame. Crowds of protesters, including some accusers, gathered outside the courthouse to try and face him down.\n\n\"You thought you could terrorise me and others into silence. You were wrong,\" actress Rose McGowan, who accuses him of rape, said reading from an open letter.\n\nThe same day, on 6 January, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office announced new charges against Mr Weinstein. After the New York trial, he is expected to appear in court in California.\n\nFinding an impartial jury for the New York case was a difficult task, with hundreds summoned as potential jurors. Mr Weinstein's legal team even filed a last-minute motion to move the trial outside Manhattan over the \"carnival-like atmosphere\" surrounding proceedings. They cited the media hype about model Gigi Hadid being among the potential jurors.\n\nThe first week of proceedings ended with a flash-mob of protesters performing an anti-rape chant outside, which could be heard inside the courtroom.\n\nDuring the process, prosecutors accused Mr Weinstein's defence team of \"systematically eliminating\" young white women as jurors. The selection process concluded with five women and seven men on the panel.\n\n\"This trial is not a referendum on the #MeToo movement. It is not a referendum on sexual harassment,\" Judge James Burke told the jury, saying they must only decide if Mr Weinstein \"committed certain acts which constitute a particular crime\".\n\n\"The man seated right there was not just a titan in Hollywood, he was a rapist,\" prosecutor Meghan Hast said in her opening statement on 22 January.\n\nShe accused him of using his celebrity status to manipulate women and explicitly detailed allegations against him. Only two of the accusers' cases, Mimi (Miriam) Haleyi and Jessica Mann, have led to individual criminals charges in New York but the testimony of others is being used as supporting evidence.\n\nMs Hast described how Mr Weinstein allegedly \"lunged at\" Ms Haleyi in 2006 to perform a forced sex act on her. Ms Mann alleges he raped her in a New York hotel in 2013.\n\nOne of Mr Weinstein's lawyers, Damon Cheronis, insists the state's case would \"unravel\" during the trial and urged the jury: \"While the narrative they painted for you is one that may reinforce your preconceived notions, it's not the truth.\"\n\nThe defence aim to present the sexual interactions as consensual. At the opening, Mr Cheronis alleged one accuser had even described Mr Weinstein as \"her casual boyfriend\".\n\nUS actress Annabella Sciorra testified on 23 January that the film producer raped her in the winter of 1993/4. Her allegations, outside New York's statue of limitations, are being used to support the most serious charge of predatory sexual assault.\n\nShe said Mr Weinstein forced his way into her apartment after a dinner with others. \"I was trying to get him off me,\" she told the jury. \"I was punching him, kicking him.\"\n\nThe former Sopranos actress described her body shaking after the alleged assault and said she did not go public with it for years because she was \"afraid for her life\". Ms Sciorra's friend, fellow actress Rosie Perez, testified that she shared some details of the incident with her at the time, but on cross-examination lawyers challenged Ms Sciorra's ability to remember the exact date of the alleged attack.\n\nLawyer Donna Rotunno tried to poke holes in the Sopranos actress' account\n\nA forensic psychiatrist, Dr Barbara Ziv, also testified as an expert witness to explain misconceptions around rape and the behaviour of victims.\n\nProduction assistant Mimi Haleyi told the court that Mr Weinstein assaulted her twice in Manhattan in 2006, after he helped her get a job on a television show he produced.\n\nShe detailed an incident at his apartment where she alleges he performed oral sex on her, without consent, when she was on her period.\n\n\"Every time I tried to get off the bed he would push me back and hold me down,\" Ms Haleyi said during emotional testimony. \"At this point I realised what was happening. I'm being raped.\"\n\nShe told the court he convinced her to meet again weeks later. On that occasion she allegedly \"laid there\" as he had sex with her in an incident that left her feeling \"numb\" and like \"an idiot\". Mr Weinstein has only been charged over first alleged encounter.\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\n\nDuring cross-examination Mr Weinstein's defence focused on her continued contact with him after the alleged incidents and presented email exchanges between the two including one she signed off with \"lots of love\".\n\nThroughout the week further \"prior bad acts\" witnesses continued to testify. Former actress Dawn Dunning alleged Mr Weinstein put her hands up her skirt and touched her genitals at a hotel in Soho in 2004 and later tried to offer her film roles in exchange for sex.\n\nTarale Wulff alleged Mr Weinstein masturbated in front of her in 2005 when she worked as a waitress. She said she was later invited to read scripts by Weinstein Company staff and was taken to his apartment, where he allegedly raped her.", "Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer met the mascots before the game\n\nAn 87-year-old mascot was among 11 who were the oldest by decades to ever walk out on the pitch for Manchester United.\n\nThe local fans, aged between 61 and 87, greeted the players before the game with Watford at Old Trafford as part of a campaign to highlight loneliness.\n\nIt follows gestures honouring elderly supporters by Manchester City, Burnley and Swedish club AIK.\n\nUnited's director of partnerships Sean Jefferson said they wanted to encourage fans to speak to older people.\n\n\"Any small gesture and interaction can play a part in helping to help tackle loneliness amongst our older generation,\" he said.\n\nThe mascots greeted captain Harry Maguire and the team as they stepped on to the pitch\n\nMore than two million people over the age of 75 live alone in the UK, according to Age UK.\n\nThe choice of elderly mascots, who have received support from the charity, is part of Cadbury's \"Donate Your Words\" campaign, which is encouraging people to \"make a difference to the lives of older people\", a firm spokeswoman said.\n\nGreater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham added: \"Loneliness is much closer to home than many people realise, and any actions like these to raise its profile is a big step in the right direction.\"", "The evacuees from the Diamond Princess cruise ship were taken to Arrowe Park Hospital on Saturday\n\nFour cruise ship passengers flown to Britain on Saturday have tested positive for coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases in the UK to 13.\n\nThey were among 30 repatriated Britons and two Irish citizens beginning a 14-day quarantine at Arrowe Park Hospital in Wirral.\n\nThe four UK nationals caught the virus on the Diamond Princess liner in Japan, England's chief medical officer said.\n\nThey have now been transferred to specialist NHS infection centres.\n\nTwo patients are in the Royal Hallamshire in Sheffield, one is in the Royal in Liverpool and a fourth was transferred to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle, NHS England said.\n\nProf Keith Willett, NHS strategic incident director for coronavirus said: \"These specialist centres are well prepared to deal with cases and earlier this year the Newcastle unit successfully treated and discharged two patients who had contracted the virus.\"\n\nProf Willett added there had been a \"calm response\" to confirmed cases of coronavirus so far, \"which will continue to be important as more of us might need to self-isolate for a time, to protect ourselves, our families and the community\".\n\nProf Keith Neal, emeritus professor of epidemiology of infectious diseases at the University of Nottingham, said the four new cases were not surprising and would present no risk to the public.\n\nThe Department of Health said a \"full infectious disease risk assessment\" was done before Saturday's repatriation flight from Japan, adding that no-one who boarded the flight had displayed any symptoms of the virus.\n\nAny more passengers who test positive will immediately be taken into specialist NHS care, the department said.\n\nIt added that \"appropriate arrangements\" are in place at Arrowe Park, including strict separation of passengers from staff and from each other.\n\nIt comes as 118 UK citizens and their family members rescued from Wuhan - the centre of the virus outbreak - ended their two-week isolation in Milton Keynes on Sunday.\n\nLast weekend, NHS England announced that all but one of the nine people being treated for the coronavirus in the UK had been discharged from hospital.\n\nIt's not surprising that some of those repatriated from the Diamond Princess have tested positive for the coronavirus.\n\nThey were on board a ship where the quarantine was a failure - more than one in five of the 3,700 passengers and crew have tested positive.\n\nIn the US, 18 repatriated passengers from the cruise ship subsequently tested positive for Covid-19, as did seven passengers flown back to Australia.\n\nIt would seem likely that more of those in quarantine in Arrowe Park hospital may test positive in the coming days.\n\nBut the NHS is well able to cope with such cases and can isolate and treat patients in specialist centres.\n\nFar more concerning is the situation in Italy, Iran and South Korea, where there is human-to-human spread of the virus in the community, which could eventually lead to the World Health Organization declaring a pandemic.\n\nMore than 620 people on board the Diamond Princess tested positive for the virus\n\nArrowe Park Hospital was previously used to isolate 83 British nationals who were flown back to the UK from Wuhan on the Foreign Office's first evacuation flight in January.\n\nJanelle Holmes, chief executive at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Trust reassured staff that the hospital was \"running as usual\".\n\n\"When guests arrived yesterday evening, we followed clear guidance in relation to infection prevention control. This was to minimise the chance of any infection spreading.\"\n\nThe evacuees had already spent two weeks in quarantine on board the cruise ship, but since then 600 passengers and crew have tested positive for the new virus, raising fears that the incubation period for the virus may be longer than originally thought.\n\nTwo of the Britons who were not on the evacuation flight, Sally and David Abel, are being treated in a Japanese hospital\n\nSeparately, four Britons from the ship who recently tested positive for the new coronavirus were not on Saturday's repatriation flight.\n\nThey included David and Sally Abel, from Northamptonshire, who have since been diagnosed with pneumonia, according to their family and are being treated in a Japanese hospital.\n\nRelatives said the couple are both \"having a really tough time\" and feel \"very much in the dark\" in terms of treatment, adding that they are awaiting further tests.\n\nThe new strain of coronavirus, which originated last year in Hubei province in China, causes a respiratory disease called Covid-19.\n\nChina has seen more than 76,000 infections and 2,442 deaths. The virus has since spread to at least 11 other countries.\n\nOver the weekend, Italian officials imposed strict quarantine restrictions in two northern \"hotspot\" regions close to Milan and Venice, as the number of coronavirus cases soared to 130 - the worst outbreak in Europe.\n\nItalian officials have cut short the Venice Carnival as they try to control what is now the worst outbreak of the coronavirus in Europe\n\nVenice Carnival has been cut short, schools and museums closed and sporting events suspended as authorities struggle to contain the spread of the virus.\n\nAbout 50,000 people cannot enter or leave several towns in Veneto and Lombardy for the next two weeks without special permission. Three people have died.\n\nElsewhere, authorities in South Korea and Iran are battling to control rising numbers of infections.\n\nSouth Korea has raised its coronavirus alert to the \"highest level\". The UK Foreign Office has advised against all but essential travel to the cities of Daegu and Cheongdo.\n\nTurkey, Pakistan and Afghanistan have closed their borders with Iran, where eight people are known to have died. Officials have ordered the closure of schools, universities and cultural centres in 14 provinces.\n\nHave you been affected by the latest developments around Covid-19? 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:", "A local authority has apologised after a drag queen appeared at an LGBT event in a primary school.\n\nRenfrewshire Council said it was investigating after concerns were raised about the sexual content of social media posts by FlowJob.\n\nBut local MP Mhairi Black, who also took part in the LGBT history month event at Glencoats Primary in Paisley, has defended it as \"a great day\".\n\nThe council said it was \"sorry for the concern this has caused\".\n\nIn a Twitter post, Ms Black said: \"I completely applaud @PS_Glencoats for putting on such a great day, and I'm so grateful to have been invited along.\"\n\nIn another post, she added: \"If my school had invited a gay MP and a drag queen to visit during LGBT History Month, or even acknowledged that LGBT History Month existed, it would have made an immeasurable difference to the difficult childhoods my LGBT classmates and I had.\"\n\nMhairi Black said events like the one at Glencoats Primary would have made an \"immeasurable difference\" when she was growing up\n\nA spokeswoman for the local authority said that learning about equalities and diversity has an important role in the school curriculum.\n\n\"All school visits are arranged and managed with the wellbeing of pupils first and foremost,\" she added.\n\n\"However it is clear in this case, the social media content associated with the speaker's stage persona is not appropriate for children and had we been aware of this, the visit would not have been arranged.\n\n\"We are sorry for the concern this has caused and are investigating.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 LGBT Youth Scotland This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 reply to online criticism, the Twitter account @flowjobqueen posted: \"As the drag queen who read the story to the children it was amazing to see what the kids have learned, we live in a time where kids will be going to school with 2 mums/dads or LGBTQ+ family, we are showing them that it's normal.\"\n\nThe website for the UK LGBT+ History Month says it is \"supporting a very exciting, informative and celebratory month, to educate out prejudice and make LGBT+ people visible in all their rich diversity\".\n\nThe event at Glencoats Primary has been defended by the organisation LGBT Youth Scotland.\n\nIt said: \"We're horrified to see the abusive messages and tweets targeting Glencoats Primary School for their bold and brilliant LGBT inclusive education practices.\n\n\"We are proud to work with their pioneering headteacher, and recognise the school as an example to others across the country.\"", "Age-related macular degeneration often hits people in their 50s or 60s\n\nSufferers of a degenerative eye disease have been offered hope after a new link between a protein and the condition was discovered by scientists.\n\nA team from four universities found significantly higher levels of a protein factor in age-related macular degeneration (AMD) patients.\n\nMore than 1.5 million people in the UK have AMD, which causes loss of vision.\n\nIt is hoped the discovery could lead to earlier diagnoses of the condition and lead to better treatment options.\n\nThe research team was made up of scientists from Cardiff University, Queen Mary University of London, the University of Manchester and Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. They found significantly higher levels of the protein known as FHR-4 in the blood of AMD patients.\n\nResearch then found the presence of the protein in the macular of eye tissue.\n\nThe protein regulates the complement system - part of the immune system - and plays a critical role in inflammation in the body.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThere are two different types of AMD - wet and dry. Some treatment options - including eye injections - exist for wet AMD, which causes vision to deteriorate quickly, but no treatments are available for dry, which happens over a slower period of time.\n\nThe condition affects the middle part of people's vision, making reading, watching television and recognising faces difficult.\n\nProf Paul Morgan, an expert in complement biology at Cardiff University, said they had accumulated \"a robust body of evidence\" that genetically-dictated FHR-4 levels in plasma were an \"important predictor of risk of developing AMD.\"\n\nProf Simon Clark, a University of Manchester specialist, said: \"Up until now, the role played by FHR proteins in disease has only ever been inferred.\n\n\"But now we show a direct link and, more excitingly, become a tangible step closer to identifying a group of potential therapeutic targets to treat this debilitating disease.\"\n• None Increased circulating levels of Factor H-Related Protein 4 are strongly associated with age-related macular degeneration - Nature Communications The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Boris Johnson's senior aide Dominic Cummings has said the civil service lacks people with \"deep expertise in specific fields\"\n\nThe Cabinet Office is recruiting a new civil servant to oversee HR policy for government ministers' special advisers.\n\nThe \"high profile and stretching\" £60,000-a-year role has been advertised after reports of tensions between the government and the civil service over recruitment and treatment of staff.\n\nDuties include revising HR policies for special advisers, known as Spads.\n\nIt comes after PM Boris Johnson's senior adviser Dominic Cummings talked of a need to \"upgrade\" Spads' skills.\n\nIn a blog post in January Mr Cummings called for \"weirdos and misfits\" to work in Whitehall and said the civil service lacked people with \"deep expertise in specific fields\".\n\nAccording to a report by Buzzfeed, the new Cabinet Office role - part of its Propriety and Ethics Team - has been created in response to concerns within the civil service about No 10's treatment of staff.\n\nThe Cabinet Office said the appointment would not affect how special advisers - political appointments traditionally made by individual ministers - were managed.\n\n\"In December 2018 the then government announced it would be reviewing how special advisers' terms could be made clearer and more consistent,\" it said.\n\n\"This is a routine appointment to the existing team to support this ongoing work.\"\n\nThe new recruit will work within the Cabinet Office's Propriety and Ethics team, \"supporting\" the code of conduct governing Spads, managing \"complex and sensitive\" employment cases and \"liaising with legal advisers\" when needed.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sajid Javid: I had no option but to resign\n\nThe BBC's political correspondent Jonathan Blake said the role of Spads has been under scrutiny since Mr Johnson became prime minister.\n\nFormer Chancellor Sajid Javid \"voiced his anger\" to Mr Johnson when one of his Spads, Sonia Khan, was escorted from Downing Street by police after being sacked in August last year. No reason was given for her dismissal, but the BBC's Iain Watson said it was suggested the issue was about whether she could be trusted to be transparent with No 10.\n\nMr Javid resigned as chancellor earlier this month after rejecting Mr Johnson's demand that he fire his entire team of aides as part of a government reshuffle.\n\nJust days later, there was a political row over Downing Street's hiring of Andrew Sabisky to work in an unspecified role, in light of comments he had made in the past about race and eugenics.\n\nMr Sabisky subsequently quit the role, saying he didn't want to become a distraction to the government's work, but his short-lived involvement led to calls for tougher vetting procedures for No 10 staff.", "The crisis inside the last rebel area in Syria is deepening, with millions of people who have long opposed the regime trapped at the border with Turkey.\n\nThe UN says it’s the greatest exodus of the war, and warns that there is now no safe shelter in Idlib.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'I felt let down by both PSNI and PPS'\n\nA woman who claims she was raped has criticised her treatment by the police and prosecutors.\n\nLucy Monaghan reported the alleged attack in April 2015, but no one was ever charged.\n\nThe Police Ombudsman later found a number of failings in the investigation into the incident.\n\nThe Police Service of Northern Ireland admitted shortcomings, but said it treated all allegations of sexual crime seriously.\n\nMs Monaghan, 31, has now waived her right to anonymity to speak to BBC News NI about her experience.\n\nShe said that on the night in question, she met someone she knew and remembers going to a house and being sick, before falling unconscious for about eight hours.\n\n\"I just woke up in a strange bed like that, to which my response was: 'Why am I here? Where are my clothes?'\"\n\nBelieving she had been attacked, Ms Monaghan reported the incident to the police and attended the sexual assault referral centre for intimate forensic examinations.\n\nThe PSNI investigated and passed a file to the PPS, but a decision was taken not to prosecute.\n\nLucy is now being supported by her mother, Jane\n\nMs Monaghan says she was \"baffled\" that the man she claimed had assaulted her was not to be charged.\n\nShe said: \"I thought with the investigation work that the PSNI would have carried out that he would have been arrested and justice would have been served.\n\n\"However, that didn't happen and once I realised I was getting no prosecution I thought I'm going to have a look at all the information and see how this went so wrong.\"\n\nMs Monaghan asked the PPS to reconsider the decision and having made her own enquiries, she realised that information had been missed.\n\nShe told BBC News NI: \"I wasn't even angry, I was sad and hurt and crippled at the attack against me, the physical attack, but I was so dumbfounded and I just felt so disappointed in how I'd been dealt with by both the PSNI and the PPS, especially when they didn't have enough information.\"\n\nIn the end, Ms Monaghan made a complaint to the Police Ombudsman and BBC News NI has seen a copy of the report.\n\nThe ombudsman found that her interview with police, copies of social media messages between her and the alleged perpetrator and medical reports had not been sent to the PPS.\n\nThey also found that the officer in Ms Monaghan's case did not make arrangements to obtain statements from other witnesses.\n\nForensic submissions were also not made until after the PPS had made its original decision.\n\nLucy helped gather her own evidence to try to assist her case\n\nThe ombudsman added that when the alleged offender was interviewed by police, 20 pages of Ms Monaghan's statement, where she described what happened on the night, were missing.\n\nIn conclusion, the ombudsman said that \"the original file submitted to the PPS did not include all the information required for the PPS full consideration of the facts of the case\". An officer was disciplined.\n\nDet Ch Supt Paula Hilman said the service accepted that \"the initial investigation was not of a standard we would expect\".\n\nThe senior officer added: \"We understand the enormous physical and emotional impact rape can have on a person, but can provide reassurance that all allegations of sexual crime are taken seriously by PSNI and are thoroughly investigated by trained detectives within the Public Protection Branch who undergo specialist training in order to deal effectively with these sensitive and often complex investigations.\"\n\nDet Chief Supt Hilman urged anyone who has experienced any sort of sexual crime to report their experience to police.\n\nMarianne O'Kane, senior assistant director of the PPS, told the BBC that \"there were some procedural matters that could have been handled differently by the PPS in the early stages of this case in 2015\".\n\n\"While it would have been preferable to have this evidence available at the time of the initial decision and the review, the case has been formally reviewed on two further occasions and independent counsel has also considered the case.\n\n\"The decision not to prosecute has been confirmed following each review.\"\n\nIn particular, Ms Monaghan took issue with one letter she was sent by a senior prosecutor within the PPS which stated: \"If we were to prosecute, the court would note that before sexual intercourse took place, there was evidence that you were flirting with him and that immediately afterwards you were in very good form.\n\n\"This is likely to suggest to the court that you had consented to what took place in the bedroom.\"\n\nMs Monaghan feels that the way the letter was phrased amounts to victim blaming.\n\nMs Monaghan shows BBC News NI's Peter Coulter the letter she was sent by the PPS\n\nIn response, the PPS said: \"The written reference to the term 'flirting' in this case was not in any way intended to assert that flirting before, or after, a sexual act indicates likely or actual consent to that act. The word was used because it is the description given by two witnesses of their observations.\n\n\"I accept that the comment could have been expressed differently, but it was not intended to place any blame on the complainant.\"\n\nMs O'Kane from the PPS said: \"Lucy Monaghan has raised a number of serious matters, which have been considered carefully at a senior level in the PPS.\n\n\"We take our responsibilities to victims very seriously, and we want to ensure that, whatever the outcome of their case, they feel treated with respect and empathy.\"\n\nDespite her negative experience, Ms Monaghan said she would like to see other victims come forward.\n\n\"The bravery that you'll accomplish within yourself in coming forward will hopefully contribute to your recovery in the end\",\" she said.\n\nIf you've been affected by issues raised in this article, there is information and support available on the BBC Action Line.", "The UK's biggest retailer, Tesco, is stocking plasters in a variety of skin tones as it tries to give a better reflection of racial diversity.\n\nIt said the plasters, which come in light, medium and dark shades, would \"better represent the nation\".\n\nThe retailer said they were developed in response to an emotional tweet from a US man, who used a plaster matching his skin tone for the first time.\n\nTesco said it was the first UK supermarket to make such a move.\n\nPeople welcomed the news on Twitter, although some questioned why it had taken so long.\n\nCampaigner Sajda Mughal tweeted: \"This is like that feeling as a WOC [woman of colour] growing up not being able to find the right tone of foundation apart from pink!!!... And finally somebody introduces it!!!\"\n\nNicola Robinson, Tesco's health, beauty and wellness director, said: \"As one of the largest retailers in the UK, we understand that we have a responsibility to ensure our products reflect the diversity of our customers and colleagues.\n\n\"We believe the launch of our new skin tone plaster range is an important step and a move that we hope will be replicated by other retailers and supermarkets across the country.\"\n\nThe supermarket giant developed the plasters after a tweet from Dominique Apollon, of US racial equality advocacy group Race Forward, went viral.\n\nMr Apollon said he was overwhelmed after using a plaster matching his skin tone for the first time, and \"holding back tears\". It prompted more than 100,000 retweets and comments.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Dominique Apollon This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nCurrently, people have little choice when it comes to buying plasters of diverse shades on the High Street. Boots does not stock plasters in multiple shades, although it does offer transparent ones.\n\nSpecialist brands are available online but can be expensive.\n\nTesco, which is the UK's biggest seller of own-brand plasters, said its new plasters would be available at all of its 741 UK stores.\n\nSuperdrug told the BBC it will also be launching plasters for dark tone, medium tone and light tone skin in six weeks' time across all of its stores. Boots also said it plans to launch plasters in a range of tones.\n\nNicola Paul, a diversity expert at Green Park, an executive search firm, welcomed the news.\n\n\"Not only is it the right thing to do but there is demand,\" she said.\n\n\"Companies in the cosmetic industry realised the importance of producing products different skin tones years ago, though you'll also find plenty of blogs and posts explaining they haven't done enough.\n\n\"Some fashion retailers have considered their ranges, especially extending their 'nude' ranges beyond pale, be that shoes, tights or underwear.\n\n\"Supermarkets are very competitive when it comes to the sustainability agenda and it would be great to see more examples like this coming through.\"", "Global financial markets saw some of the sharpest falls in years on Monday after a rise in coronavirus cases renewed fears about economic slowdown.\n\nIn the US, the Dow Jones and S&P 500 posted their sharpest daily declines since 2018, with the Dow falling 3.5% or more than 1,000 points.\n\nThe S&P 500 ended the day 3.3% lower, while the Nasdaq sank 3.7%.\n\nThe UK's FTSE 100 share index closed 3.3% lower, the sharpest drop since January 2016.\n\nIn Italy, which has seen Europe's worst outbreak of the virus, Milan's stock market plunged nearly 6%.\n\nIn contrast, the price of gold, which is considered less risky, hit its highest level in seven years at one point.\n\nThe moves came as the outbreak continued to spread outside of China, with Iran, South Korea and Italy reporting a surge in cases.\n\nAbout 77,000 people in China, where the virus emerged last year, have been infected and nearly 2,600 have died.\n\nMore than 1,200 cases have been confirmed in about 30 other countries and there have been more than 20 deaths. Italy reported three more deaths on Monday, raising the total there to six.\n\n\"There has been so much complacency in recent weeks from investors, despite clear signs that China's economy is facing a large hit and that supply chains around the world were being disrupted,\" said Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell.\n\n\"Markets initially wobbled in January, but had quickly bounced back, implying that investors didn't see the coronavirus as a serious threat to corporate earnings. They may now be reappraising the situation.\"\n\nThe losses on the Dow and S&P 500 in the US wiped out their gains for the year. Firms such as Nike, Apple and Walt Disney, which do major business in China and rely on it to make goods, were some of the hardest hit, with shares down more than 4%.\n\nTravel companies also continued to suffer. In the UK, the biggest faller in the FTSE 100 was EasyJet, which sank 16.7%, while Tui and British Airways owner IAG were both down by more than 9% at the close.\n\nWall Street is spooked. The massive falls on US financial markets shows that pretty clearly.\n\nPart of the answer can be found in the ballooning number of confirmed cases in China and elsewhere. Investors worry this could mean a prolonged economic slowdown around the world.\n\nTech juggernaut Apple has already warned of a shortage of iPhones and other US companies are also starting to break a sweat. If the impact is as serious as some investors suspect, it could derail the longest economic expansion in America's history.\n\nThat means there are political implications too. US President Donald Trump has made a roaring economy a central part of his re-election bid. Any wobbles could make his case for another four years more challenging.\n\nThe market moves come as companies continue to warn about the effect of the coronavirus on their supply chains and overall financial health.\n\nAssociated British Foods, which owns clothing retailer Primark, warned on Monday that there could be shortages of some lines if delays in factory production in China were prolonged because of virus-related shutdowns.\n\nIn China itself, officials have said most small businesses have yet to reopen after the authorities extended the Lunar New Year holiday in an effort to contain the spread of the virus.\n\nOnly about three out of 10 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were back to work, while transport problems were preventing workers from travelling and disrupting shipments of raw materials, said industry ministry spokesman Tian Yulong.\n\nSMEs make up about 60% of the Chinese economy.\n\nAnalysts said the gold price - which has risen by more than 10% since the start of the year - could soon breach the $1,700 barrier. On Monday, prices surged more than 2% at one point, before retreating.\n\n\"Gold has finally established some serious momentum,\" said Jeffrey Halley, senior market analyst at online trading platform Oanda.\n\nOil prices fell by about 4% on Monday, as investors worried about a fall in demand following the temporary factory closures due to the virus.\n\nThe price of Brent crude dropped by more than $2 to $55.55 a barrel.\n• None World must prepare for pandemic, says WHO", "Labour members have begun casting their votes in the party's contest to replace outgoing leader Jeremy Corbyn.\n\nSir Keir Starmer, Lisa Nandy and Rebecca Long-Bailey qualified for the ballot after obtaining enough support from unions and affiliated groups.\n\nThe party is also choosing a new deputy leader, following Tom Watson's resignation in December.\n\nVoting will close on 2 April, with the results announced at a special conference two days later.\n\nAmong those taking part will be 114,000 new members who have joined since December's election, where Labour won its lowest number of seats since 1935.\n\nMembers of affiliated trades unions and groups can also vote, as well as around 14,700 \"registered supporters\" who have paid £25 to take part on a one-off basis.\n\nTo qualify for the ballot, candidates needed support from three unions or affiliates representing 5% of the membership, or 33 constituency Labour parties (CLPs).\n\nSir Keir, the party's Brexit spokesman, is seen as the front-runner in the contest and has secured the most nominations from unions and affiliates, as well as CLPs.\n\nHe said the party needs to stop \"taking lumps out of each other,\" adding that the \"trashing\" of former Labour governments \"has to stop\".\n\nHe told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"We have to pull together and unite - and I feel that's where the membership is.\"\n\nHe also attacked the government's latest immigration plans, adding that he would get rid of minimum salary thresholds as they were not \"the right measure for people coming to this country\".\n\nSpeaking at a members' hustings in Durham on Sunday, all three leadership candidates pledged to offer their rivals shadow cabinet posts if they are successful, and said they would happily serve in the winner's top team.\n\nSir Keir did not commit to offering roles to his rivals at a previous event last week.\n\nWriting for the Independent on Sunday, Wigan MP Ms Nandy said the party had previously treated voters concerned about immigration as \"irrational or racist\".\n\nShe added that the party would need to focus on devolving power around the country, rather than offering policies \"devised by a small group of people behind desks in central London\".\n\nAlso making her pitch to members before voting opened, Mrs Long-Bailey said the party should turn the next election into a \"climate election\".\n\nIn an Independent article of her own, the shadow business secretary said green policies could improve infrastructure and boost \"well-paid, unionised jobs\".\n\nMeanwhile shadow home secretary Diane Abbott joined shadow chancellor John McDonnell in saying she will stand down from the shadow cabinet once a new leader is in place.\n\nMr Corbyn has said he would consider serving in the shadow cabinet if offered a job by his successor.\n\nHe said last week he would \"see what it is\" if offered a post, adding that he \"didn't know\" whether this would happen.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMembers and supporters can vote via email if they have registered an email address with the party, or if not using a postal ballot delivered to their home.\n\nVoting works using a preferential system, with members ranking the candidates in order of preference.\n\nIf one fails to get more than half the first preference votes, the second preference votes of the lowest-ranked candidate are redistributed until the contest produces a winner.\n\nThe system is the same for the deputy leadership race, where shadow education secretary Angela Rayner is regarded as the frontrunner.\n\nShadow equalities minister Dawn Butler, Scotland's only remaining Labour MP Ian Murray, Tooting MP Rosena Allin-Khan and shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon have also secured their place on the deputy leadership members' ballot.", "A thing of the past? Pupils currently sit traditional hand-written exams\n\nPaper and pens could become a thing of the past for GCSE exams in Wales.\n\nRegulatory body Qualifications Wales is consulting on the exams' future, which could include a major shift towards 16-year-olds sitting tests online.\n\nNew chairman David Jones believes we could see \"significantly more\" electronic assessment in the new curriculum, to reflect the way teenagers live their lives.\n\nBut he said we need to ensure the technology works.\n\nHowever he believes GCSEs should be called the same, to avoid the \"confusion\" of a new name.\n\nOne of the biggest shake-ups of the school curriculum in decades is under way in Wales with a new curriculum for children from three to 16.\n\nIt will be taught from 2022, replacing traditional subjects with six \"areas of learning and experience\".\n\nAs part of the proposed changes, consultations are under way regarding the testing of 16-year-olds from 2026.\n\nPupils now spend much of their time using computers in class\n\nQualifications Wales, the independent organisation that oversees exams, said qualifications must be fit-for-purpose in a \"fast-moving world\".\n\n\"It doesn't seem right if children spend most of their life using technology and then once or twice a year they have to go back to do traditional examinations that are at least 50 years old,\" said Mr Jones.\n\nHowever, there are potential pitfalls in going digital. Last May, the WJEC exam board had to apologise after a \"technical issue\" affected pupils taking a GCSE computer science exam.\n\nIt is unclear how many schools were affected, but people in the Vale of Glamorgan, Cardiff, Pembrokeshire and Rhondda Cynon Taff raised issues.\n\n\"There are concerns and risks. We saw last year in Scotland there were problems around electronic assessment,\" said Mr Jones.\n\n\"So we need to make sure the technology works to be able to do qualifications online.\n\n\"But ultimately, at some point in the future, we have to have significantly more electronic assessment - or we risk being left behind by the rest of the world.\"\n\n\"Other countries are increasingly moving towards electronic assessment,\" said David Jones\n\nWhile the exams watchdog believes the content and assessment of qualifications must change \"significantly\", it has urged against ditching the GCSEs brand.\n\nThe Future Generations Commissioner wants GCSEs to be scrapped and a move to other forms of assessment.\n\n\"Right now we think we should stick with the name GCSEs,\" Mr Jones added.\n\n\"The structure, framework and assessment of the qualification will change significantly but changing the name could be confusing.\n\n\"GCSEs are well-known and well-respected. What's important is what's inside the qualification.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Blue Tree water park said its \"highly-trained lifeguards\" tried to resuscitate the boy at the scene\n\nA British boy has died after falling into a pool at a water park in Thailand, local police have confirmed.\n\nLifeguards tried to resuscitate the three-year-old after he stumbled into a waterslide landing area at the Blue Tree park in Phuket, the resort said.\n\nIn a statement, the park added that the boy's parents were \"devastated\" and park staff were \"deeply upset\".\n\nThe Foreign Office said its consular officials were ready to provide support to UK citizens when needed.\n\nIn a statement, the park said lifeguards gave the boy mouth-to-mouth resuscitation after the incident on Sunday, before he was taken by ambulance, to Thalang hospital - about four miles away.\n\n\"Sadly, he could not be revived,\" the park said.\n\nIt added: \"The landing pool area is strictly for those coming down the slides. There are highly-trained life guards positioned at the bottom of the slides to watch people coming down for the purpose of ensuring their safety.\n\n\"His parents are understandably devastated and we continue to offer our support in any way possible. We are all deeply upset by this extremely sad incident.\"", "One spoof review described it as \"fast becoming a national treasure\"\n\nTripAdvisor has suspended reviews for a hole in a wall outside a bank after online jokers turned it into an unlikely tourist attraction.\n\nSpoof glowing write-ups of the circular architecture, at NatWest in Ilkeston, led to it being ranked as the fourth best attraction in the Derbyshire town.\n\nMedia coverage over the weekend prompted dozens more joke comments.\n\nThe travel website said it had stopped publishing new reviews as they \"do not describe a first-hand experience\".\n\nTongue-in-cheek comments for the \"NatWest hole\" first started appearing in December 2018.\n\nBy awarding the wall top marks, users were able to propel it above well-known locations in and around Ilkeston, including Bennerley Viaduct.\n\nAmong 40 new comments added this weekend, one said: \"Made my sixth visit to this attraction last week, always worth the nine-hour drive, every time has felt like the first.\"\n\nAnother said: \"Quite how the workers of the 90s managed to construct such a work of this magnitude is beyond imagination.\n\n\"Just think, all they had back in those days were angle grinders, cement, wheelbarrows and a team of, at the most, 100 workers. Simply amazing!\"\n\nNatWest says the hole is there to stop people hiding behind the wall, next to a cash machine\n\nHowever, TripAdvisor has added a message to the page warning reviews have been temporarily suspended due to a \"recent event\".\n\nA spokeswoman said: \"The recent media attention caused an influx of review submissions that did not meet our guidelines - our guidelines state that a review must describe a first-hand experience - so we took the decision to temporarily suspend hosting new reviews on its TripAdvisor listing page, and posted a notice on the site to inform travellers of this.\"\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. This footage of Salman Abedi outside the arena was shown to jurors\n\nFootage of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi watching music fans arrive for a Take That gig days before his attack has been shown to a jury.\n\nAbedi can be seen looking at box office queues, just yards from the spot where, four days later, on 22 May 2017, he killed himself and 22 others.\n\nHashem Abedi, 22, is on trial at the Old Bailey, accused of helping his brother plan the attack.\n\nHe denies 22 murders, attempted murder, and conspiring to cause explosions.\n\nThe attempted murder charge encompasses the scores of people who survived the attack, which happened at the end of an Ariana Grande concert.\n\nThe jury was shown CCTV footage in which Salman Abedi travels to the Arena venue, spending more than a minute in the City Rooms section where crowds can be seen milling around him.\n\nHe then leaves for the nearby Arndale shopping centre, where he buys four nine-volt batteries and a large blue Kangol suitcase, used to transport his bomb-making equipment to his Manchester city centre flat.\n\nEarlier he was seen leaving the flat in Granby Row at about 18:00 BST.\n\nThe hooded figure, wearing jogging bottoms and white trainers, was seen moving through rush-hour traffic.\n\nHashem Abedi denies being an extremist and insists he had no idea of his brother's suicide bomb plans\n\nAbedi, then aged 22, also swaps his Sim card between phones and takes an untraced international call during the visit, where he walks the perimeter of the Arena venue before going inside to the City Rooms.\n\nJurors heard he took the suitcase to Devell House, a block of flats in Rusholme, south Manchester, the next day.\n\nThe prosecution said that on 14 April, the Abedi brothers left a Nissan Micra outside the flat and that the vehicle had been used to store bomb-making chemicals and equipment until Salman Abedi returned from Libya to carry out the final stage of the plan.\n\nSalman Abedi loads the suitcase and is seen struggling to drag it up the steps at his city centre apartment, where the prosecution allege he assembled his device.\n\nJurors were also shown CCTV footage allegedly showing Salman Abedi taking a taxi to a B&Q store in Cheetham Hill where he spent nearly £200 on items including 4,000 screws, metal nuts, a swing bin, a spade, a saw, glue, tape, a set of drawers and an oak effect door.\n\nFootage from 18 May 2017 shows Salman Abedi in and around Victoria station, close to Manchester Arena\n\nStore worker Steven Dooley told police he woke on 23 May to see the \"devastating events\" of the previous evening on the news.\n\nMr Dooley said that, two days before the Arena bombing, he remembered seeing a young man \"acting suspiciously\".\n\n\"My attention was drawn to him mainly because he had his hoodie over his head and I thought he might be shoplifting,\" he added.\n\nThe jury was also taken through Salman Abedi's phone records from the afternoon of the bombing, which included multiple calls to an unknown Libyan number.\n\nThe identity of the recipient has never been established.\n\nHashem Abedi insists he is not an extremist and had no idea of his older brother's plans.\n\nTop (left to right): Lisa Lees, Alison Howe, Georgina Callender, Kelly Brewster, John Atkinson, Jane Tweddle, Marcin Klis, Eilidh MacLeod - Middle (left to right): Angelika Klis, Courtney Boyle, Saffie Roussos, Olivia Campbell-Hardy, Martyn Hett, Michelle Kiss, Philip Tron, Elaine McIver - Bottom (left to right): Wendy Fawell, Chloe Rutherford, Liam Allen-Curry, Sorrell Leczkowski, Megan Hurley, Nell Jones\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A man was shot dead by police after he attacked people in Streatham, south London\n\nEmergency legislation to block the automatic release of people convicted of terror offences is set to become law after being approved by the Lords.\n\nThe Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) Bill - which was passed by MPs earlier this month - was drawn up following an attack in south London.\n\nThe attacker, Sudesh Amman, had recently been freed from prison.\n\nThe government had wanted to pass the bill before 28 February when the next terror offender is due for release.\n\nSunderland shopkeeper Mohammed Zahir Khan, 42, had been set to be freed after serving half of his sentence for encouraging terrorism.\n\nThe government's emergency measures, which required backing from Parliament, would postpone his release until the Parole Board has given its approval.\n\nOffenders are told they are being sentenced for a fixed period and will be automatically released at the half-way point, to serve the remainder of their sentence on licence in the community.\n\nSome offenders will have pleaded guilty on the basis that they would be given a sentence with automatic early release at the half-way point.\n\nTheir release is an automatic process and does not involve oversight of the Parole Board.\n\nThe bill would affect about 50 prisoners who were convicted under existing rules, which allow for release halfway through a sentence.\n\nLawyers for some of the inmates are believed to be preparing a legal challenge, but ministers claim they are not extending sentences, merely changing the way they are administered.\n\nThe legislation would apply to England, Scotland and Wales but the government said it intended to make provisions for Northern Ireland in a future piece of legislation, arguing that there was no need for \"immediate measures\" in the region.\n\nThe House of Lords backed the bill unamended in one sitting on Monday evening.\n\nDuring the debate, the government's justice spokesperson Lord Keen of Elie acknowledged that \"applying these measures retrospectively is an unusual step\" - but argued this was due to the \"unprecedented gravity of the situation\".\n\nLabour's shadow attorney general Baroness Chakrabarti said she accepted the need for emergency legislation, but added that it was \"an emergency of the government's own making\".\n\nShe argued the Ministry of Justice had been hit by \"the most savage cuts in Whitehall\".\n\n\"That has a direct bearing on the nature of capacity, regime and intervention in the prison and probation systems.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union\n\nEngland ended Ireland's Grand Slam hopes in brutal fashion as they rediscovered some of their World Cup form to reignite their own hopes of landing the Six Nations title.\n\nFirst-half tries from George Ford and Elliot Daly after Irish defensive errors plus two conversions and a penalty from Owen Farrell gave England a commanding 17-0 lead.\n\nIreland struck back with a try from Robbie Henshaw but with Johnny Sexton uncharacteristically wayward off the tee, they never seriously threatened a comeback.\n\nLuke Cowan-Dickie drove over for England's third midway through the second half, with replacement Andrew Porter's late try no sort of consolation for Ireland.\n\nWith Wales at home in a fortnight before a trip to Italy, Eddie Jones' men will believe they can finish the championship in style, although they may need Ireland to do them a favour and beat France in Paris next month.\n\nFor the men in green and their head coach Andy Farrell it was a chastening afternoon, all the optimism created by the wins over Scotland and Wales leaching away in a display that was ponderous until the game was gone.\n• None We could have declared at half-time - Jones\n• None I need to look at myself - Ireland coach Farrell\n• None England blitz Ireland - the match as it happened\n\nEngland began at a real lick, Manu Tuilagi punching holes through the middle and going close down the left before Andrew Conway hauled him down.\n\nAnd the reward came when Ben Youngs stuck a grubber kick through, Sexton dithered and juggled in his own in-goal area and Ford seized on the loose ball to touch down.\n\nSexton then mis-kicked horribly with a straightforward penalty from 30 metres out and England set up camp again in the Ireland half.\n\nJonathan Joseph danced through in midfield after a mis-hit clearing kick from Conor Murray as Maro Itoje and CJ Stander scrapped in the 22, and England's forwards hammered away at the Ireland line.\n\nWith a penalty coming, the men in white shaped to go wide, only for Ford to pop through another kick - and this time it was Jacob Stockdale who dallied, Daly diving onto the ball as Irish hands went to heads.\n\nThe scoreboard reflected the gulf between the two sides, England dynamic with ball in hand and ferocious in defence, Ireland laboured and error-ridden.\n\nAnd Sexton's miserable half was compounded when he was penalised for slowing the ball up, Farrell stroking over his kick to give England their biggest half-time lead over Ireland in 18 years.\n\nIreland simply had to improve - and belatedly they did. An England knock-on from the restart gave away possession and the visitors finally chiselled out some territory too.\n\nEngland managed to stop an Ireland driving maul from a line-out close in but the pressure kept coming.\n\nIreland won a penalty in front of the posts, opted for the scrum and eventually found space in the right-hand corner for Henshaw to burrow through two defenders and over the line.\n\nBut Sexton shanked the conversion just as he had the first-half penalty and the pressure ebbed away as Jones threw on Cowan-Dickie, Ellis Genge and Charlie Ewels.\n\nEngland's scrum, strong throughout, began to dominate and the penalties started to mount.\n\nFarrell kicked to the corner, the forwards set up the maul from the line-out and Cowan-Dickie peeled off with Sam Underhill and Jonny May driving him on to roll over for England's third try.\n\nMay was nearly clear on his own after seizing a loose ball from a messy Ireland ruck and appeared to be taken out by Henshaw after kicking the ball ahead, only for referee Jaco Peyper to wave play on.\n\nAnd as the game stumbled towards the line, Porter rumbled over from a metre out for a try that made little difference to Ireland's afternoon.\n\nWhat the coaches said\n\nEngland head coach Eddie Jones: \"We had a good preparation, we were always looking at this game and the next as the ones we had to be at our best.\n\n\"We were disappointed with the second half, but when you are playing against a side like Ireland you expect them to get some possession. We had to defend pretty well.\n\nIreland head coach Andy Farrell: \"I think the scoreline flattered us a little bit. We didn't start to play how we wanted to until the game was over. England were excellent, every side will look at themselves physically and they certainly won that battle. We didn't fire a shot in that first half.\n\n\"England were fighting to stay in the championship and that's what we need to be in the next two games - I need to look at myself regarding the performance of the first half.\"\n\nWhat did the pundits think?\n\nFormer England scrum-half Matt Dawson: \"It's a fantastic win for England, they were dominant throughout the whole game. The tactics in the first half were spot on, but it was a bit strange they didn't continue that after half-time and put the game away.\n\n\"They were happy to let Ireland have the ball and defend. They were really comfortable.\"\n\nFormer England hooker Brian Moore: \"Ireland's half-backs Johnny Sexton and Conor Murray have been world class for a long time but I don't think I've ever seen them play as badly, and certainly kick as badly. That created a platform for England who were sharp and really could have scored more tries.\n\n\"England's line speed was good throughout, they won the majority of the collisions and got on top in the set-piece.\"\n\nFormer Ireland number eight Jamie Heaslip: \"If you keep showing the same picture against a side like England, they'll punish you. Make basic mistakes in the back-field, you will get punished. If you want to win a championship, you can't make those mistakes.\"\n\nReplacements: Slade for Tuilagi (74), Heinz for Youngs (58), Genge for Marler (58), Cowan-Dickie for George (52), Stuart for Sinckler (69), Launchbury for Kruis (60), Ewels for Lawes (58), Earl for Curry (66).\n\nReplacements: Earls for Larmour (64), R. Byrne for Conway (66), Cooney for Murray (55), Kilcoyne for Healy (26), Kelleher for Herring (60), Porter for Furlong (58), Dillane for Toner (60), Doris for van der Flier (60).\n\nStill to come in the Six Nations...", "Roads in Aberdeenshire have been affected by snow\n\nSnow has started to fall on high level roads in Scotland, with warnings in place of more to come at lower levels.\n\nCommuters had been warned of possible disruption to travel as snow is expected across much of the country.\n\nMost of the central belt remained wet during the morning travel peak but wintry showers remain a possibility throughout the day.\n\nThe Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning which will affect most council areas from 03:00 until 22:00.\n\nThe warnings for Scotland came as many parts of the UK continues to face the threat of flooding.\n\nSnow was affecting a number of routes in Dumfries and Galloway, the Borders and Midlothian early on Monday morning.\n\nFurther has been forecast during the evening rush hour, especially in the east and north of 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 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\nAbove 100m (328ft), 2-5cm (1-2in) is expected while up to 20cm (8in) may build up in areas above 300m (984ft).\n\nVehicles and passengers may become stranded on roads with delays possible, as well as potential disruption to rail and air travel.\n\nSome rural communities could become cut off and power cuts could occur with other services such as mobile coverage affected.\n\nA further warning has been issued covering the period from 20:00 on Monday until 10:00 on Tuesday.\n\nThe Met Office said wintry showers could be seen, with icy patches leading to possible hazardous travel conditions.\n\nAn ice warning has been issued for Monday evening and Tuesday morning\n\nIt comes after a weekend of high winds and rain with flooding leaving cars, roads and fields submerged in some parts.\n\nOne woman had to be rescued from her vehicle by canoe in Old Kilpatrick, West Dunbartonshire.\n\nThe Scottish Environment Protection Agency originally had more than 40 flood warnings in place at its peak.\n\nThis car became stuck after the road into Milngavie was flooded\n\nLast weekend road, rail and ferry links were hit and football matches cancelled as Storm Dennis swept across Scotland.\n\nWhile the overall picture has improved during the week, parts of north-west England experienced more than a month's worth of rain between Thursday and Friday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A woman is rescued by canoe after her car becomes submerged in Old Kilpatrick", "This video has been removed for rights reasons.\n\nA memorial service has been held at the Staples Centre for NBA star Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, 13, who were killed in a helicopter crash on January 26.\n\nHis widow Vanessa Bryant spoke candidly to the crowd of 20,000 people about her loss, as did basketball legend Michael Jordan.\n\nBeyonce and Alicia Keys performed and fans, with and without tickets, paid their respects outside of the stadium.\n\nEarlier, Ms Bryant announced she is suing the owner of the helicopter in which her husband, her daughter and seven other people were travelling when it crashed in fog.", "Finn Tapp signed for Oxford City in the summer from League One club MK Dons\n\nLove Island winner Finn Tapp is expected to see out his contract with his football club, it has emerged.\n\nOxford City said the defender went AWOL in January to travel to South Africa to take part in the reality dating show.\n\nHe won its sixth series with fellow contestant Paige Turley on Sunday.\n\nMick Livesey, Oxford City's commercial director, said the club would insert clauses into new players' contracts over future appearance on TV shows.\n\nMr Livesey said: \"He was [in breach of his contract] but I think you need to take a pragmatic sort of view: A 20-year-old lad, he's offered all this reality TV stuff.\n\n\"He has a contract, so he has to finish the contract he has with the football club.\n\n\"He's done very, very well for us.\"\n\nFinn Tapp and Paige Turley will share £50,000 for winning the ITV show\n\nMr Tapp signed for Oxford City last summer after he was released by MK Dons.\n\n\"As a football club, we wish Finn all the best and I can understand everything that's going on but we have a duty of care for Finn and we've got a duty of care for the football club,\" Mr Livesey 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 Oxford City 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\nMr Livesey told BBC Radio Oxford: \"I can assure you that all new players we sign from now on, we will be putting clauses in their contracts. I think we're going to have to.\"\n\nHe said: \"We're an ambitious football club, we're going from strength to strength and we're looking to build. This hasn't been ideal. It is probably disruptive to the club and results.\"\n\nOxford City are currently 12th in National League South, the sixth tier of English football.\n\nMr Tapp has been approached by the BBC for comment.\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 finley__tapp 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 BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Priti Patel has been home secretary since Boris Johnson became prime minister\n\nMedia reports that Home Secretary Priti Patel is distrusted by intelligence chiefs and bullied her staff have been dismissed as \"false\" by the government.\n\nOfficials have denied that MI5 held back information from Ms Patel, following allegations that officials lacked confidence in her abilities.\n\nShe has also been accused of trying to force out Sir Philip Rutnam, the most senior civil servant in her department.\n\nThe pair were both said to be \"deeply concerned\" by the \"false allegations\".\n\nDowning Street has backed Ms Patel, with the prime minister's official spokesman telling reporters Boris Johnson had \"full confidence\" in the home secretary.\n\nAnd the UK's top civil servant hit out at \"unattributed briefings\" and leaks in the media, saying they \"besmirched the country's hard-won reputation for good governance\".\n\nIn an email to Whitehall staff, Cabinet Secretary Sir Mark Sedwill said \"candour, confidentiality and courtesy\" between ministers, civil servants and special advisers were \"crucial to the trust and confidence on which good government depends\".\n\nA spokesman for Ms Patel and Sir Philip said they were focused on delivering their department's \"hugely important agenda\" such as an overhaul of the immigration system, putting more police officers on the streets and combating terrorism.\n\nThe statement comes after a source told the BBC there had been no animosity or \"blazing rows\" between Ms Patel and Sir Philip - who has been the Home Office's permanent secretary since April 2017 - but they were simply \"not the right fit\".\n\nThe BBC's assistant political editor, Norman Smith, said the intervention from a security service source - saying the claims they withheld information from the home secretary were \"simply untrue\" - was \"highly unusual\".\n\nThe Home Office said \"no formal complaints\" had been made about Ms Patel, who has been home secretary since Boris Johnson became prime minister.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSecurity Minister James Brokenshire told BBC Breakfast there had been \"a lot of false stories\" circulating about Ms Patel, and security briefings had been continuing as normal. He added: \"I simply do not recognise the commentary and the false accusations and assertions that in so many ways have been swirling around.\"\n\nFormer Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers also said she was \"sick of spiteful briefings against women in high public office\", calling Ms Patel a \"highly effective home secretary\".\n\nShe told BBC Radio 4's Today programme she believed there was an element of misogyny to the allegations, adding: \"I'm absolutely certain that she's tough and demanding on her civil servants\" but she did not think \"anything inappropriate\" had gone on with her staff.\n\nOther senior Conservatives rallied around the home secretary as she made her first Commons appearance since the row began.\n\nFormer leader Iain Duncan Smith said Ms Patel was doing a \"brilliant\" job while Sir John Redwood hit out at reports that Home Office officials did not believe proposed immigration changes could be fully implemented by the end of the year - when the current system of free movement from the EU will end.\n\nMs Patel did not mention the row during her 40-minute statement on the government's post-Brexit immigration points system, saying she was focused on delivering on the priorities of the British people.\n\nThe Sunday Times claimed the home secretary has not been receiving the same security and intelligence briefings as her predecessors because MI5 officials do not trust her.\n\nA government spokesman said Ms Patel and MI5 had \"a strong and close working relationship, and baseless claims to the contrary are both wrong and against the public interest\".\n\nThey added that no information was being withheld from her and she \"receives the same daily intelligence briefings as her predecessors\".\n\nThe Times reported that a \"livid\" Ms Patel has asked for an inquiry to be carried out into how the \"hostile briefings\" about MI5 happened - although Cabinet Office sources said no such request has been made. The allegations come alongside reports of tensions between the civil service and the government over recruitment and treatment of staff.\n\nThe Cabinet Office is recruiting a new civil servant to oversee HR policy for government ministers' special advisers.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'I cleaned up but the flood came all over again'\n\nParts of a town centre are under water amid warnings that flooding in the area could reach its \"highest ever\" level.\n\nSevere flood warnings are in place in Shrewsbury and Ironbridge, meaning there is a danger to life.\n\nAnn DiTella, of Shrewsbury B&B Darwin's Townhouse, said 11 rooms had flooded, less than a week after water \"destroyed everything in its wake\".\n\nPeople in Wharfage, Ironbridge, have been asked to evacuate as the River Severn may go over barriers on Tuesday.\n\nTelford and Wrekin Council leader Shaun Davies said the barrier breach \"isn't likely to cause any tidal wave or any dramatic effect\" but could fill up the road and footpath \"very quickly\".\n\n\"So our message is clear - we are asking residents and businesses on the Wharfage to evacuate,\" he said.\n\nMr Davies said it was for people's own safety and for the emergency services who would \"be putting their lives at risk coming to your aid\".\n\nCouncil crews have been knocking doors to advise people and have set up a helpline and rest centre at Tontine Hotel.\n\nWest Mercia Police said about 40 residents in Ironbridge had been advised to evacuate on Monday night.\n\nWater is expected to go over the barriers at Ironbridge\n\nFirefighters have been coming to the aid of families\n\nThe Environment Agency (EA) said rainfall in the Welsh mountains was due to cause problems further down the River Severn.\n\nThere are more than 100 flood warnings and some 200 alerts in England after a third week of downpours that started with Storm Ciara.\n\nDefences went up in Frankwell and Coleham Head in Shrewsbury on Sunday night.\n\nThe EA said the severe flood warning for Ironbridge followed persistent heavy rainfall.\n\nWater levels at the Buildwas river gauge are expected to peak at 6.7m (22ft) to 7m (23ft) on Tuesday evening.\n\nLunts Pharmacy is among the businesses that have been affected\n\nChester Street in Shrewsbury is under water\n\nDebbie Bradbury-Walker, who lives near the English Bridge, said water had filled their 8ft cellar and there were three to four inches on the ground floor.\n\n\"It's the first time it's flooded like this and entered the house in the five years we've lived here,\" she said.\n\n\"The drains are full but luckily we still have electricity at the moment.\n\n\"We have a way to escape from the house if we need. The rear is built up.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Telford & Wrekin Council This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nStephanie Hall said her 10-minute drive to work in Battlefield, Shrewsbury, had taken nearly an hour.\n\n\"It was the sheer volume of traffic and the roads in the town centre were closed,\" she said. \"It was solid both ways.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe EA said further rainfall was forecast over the next 48 hours and flooding of properties in Shrewsbury was set to continue.\n\nA \"prolonged peak\" is expected at Welsh Bridge of 5.2m (17ft) to 5.5m (18ft) on Tuesday, which would be its highest recorded water level.\n\nCaroline Douglass, director of incident management at the EA, said: \"Flooding has a long-lasting and devastating impact on people's lives.\n\n\"River levels remain high and communities along the river Severn, in particular Shrewsbury, Bewdley and Ironbridge, should be ready for potential flooding.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The flooded garden where swans swim up to the window\n\nBusinesses were evacuated in the Coleham area of Shrewsbury amid rising floodwater.\n\nAimee Goolden took some people through the floodwater in her kayak, including workers at a care home.\n\nIn the last week of October 2000, the Severn rose to its highest level for over 50 years, flooding Shrewsbury, Ironbridge and Bridgnorth.\n\nCarol Calcutt, who lives close to the river, said: \"I'm very worried. Looking out of my window now the water really is coming up in kind of small waves. It is moving very quickly again.\"\n\nColeham in Shrewsbury has been badly hit\n\nPeople have been helped through floodwater in Coleham\n\nLast week homes and businesses were affected by floods in the wake of downpours brought by Storm Dennis.\n\nThe Rivers Wye and Severn reached their highest-ever levels.\n\nStephanie Hall said you could \"only just\" get around on foot when she took her dog Jubei out earlier\n\nHave you been affected by the flooding? 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. A woman is rescued by canoe after her car becomes submerged in Old Kilpatrick\n\nFlooding across Scotland has left cars, roads and fields submerged.\n\nOne woman had to be rescued from her vehicle by canoe after her car became deluged by floodwater in Old Kilpatrick, West Dunbartonshire.\n\nOther vehicles were left stranded on Saturday as they became swamped.\n\nThe Scottish Environment Protection Agency originally had more than 40 flood warnings in place, with new warnings for snow starting on Monday.\n\nA Met Office yellow snow and ice warning has now expired.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This car was left stranded as it became stuck in floodwater at Milngavie. Video by Stuart Low.\n\nSome flood warnings remain in place across Scotland. This car was caught in floodwater in Cornton Road in the Bridge of Allan\n\nThis road in Linwood was completely flooded on Saturday morning\n\nThe Kelvin Walkway in Glasgow was completely submerged\n\nThis woman was rescued after her car became submerged in floodwater in Old Kilpatrick on Friday night\n\nThe car was still in floodwater on Saturday morning\n\nHeavy rain on Friday led to vehicles becoming stranded in Paisley and Lochwinnoch in Renfrewshire and in Old Kilpatrick, West Dunbartonshire.\n\nThe wet conditions also led to the postponement of Friday's Scottish Premiership match between St Mirren and Hearts at the Simple Digital Arena in Paisley.\n\nElsewhere, ScotRail had to close the line between Stirling and Perth for safety reasons after water levels breached a marker on the Mill O'Keir viaduct.\n\nFlooding on the railway line at Johnstone\n\nScotRail had to close the line between Stirling and Perth after water levels breached a marker on the Mill O'Keir viaduct\n\nOn the roads, flooding forced the closure of the northbound M876 at junction 2 Broomage in central Scotland.\n\nLast weekend road, rail and ferry links were hit and football matches cancelled as Storm Dennis swept across Scotland.\n\nWhile the overall picture has improved during the week, parts of north-west England experienced more than a month's worth of rain between Thursday and Friday.\n\nAn ambulance was stranded after Paisley was hit by floods on Friday\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Strong winds carrying sand from the Sahara have affected airports in the Canary Islands.\n\nThe country's national weather service has warned that winds of up to 120km/h (75mph) could hit the Canaries until Monday.\n\nThe winds have also affected ferry services, and hampered efforts to fight a wildfire in Tasarte, Gran Canaria.", "A drone has captured footage of hundreds of South Koreans queuing for masks in Daegu, one of the epicentres of the coronavirus outbreak in the country.\n\nThe Emart supermarket in the Chilseong district of the city is offering discounted masks for Daegu residents.\n\nSouth Korea has the largest number of Covid-19 cases outside of China, with more than 760 people infected. A large number of them are in or near Daegu, which is South Korea's fourth largest city.\n\nSo far the country's biggest virus clusters have been linked to a hospital and a religious group near the city.", "Yorkshire Tea has urged social media users to \"try to be kind\" after the popular brand became embroiled in a row involving a leading Tory politician.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak posted a picture on Friday of him appearing to make a huge tea round for his Treasury staff.\n\nThe Twitter image led to calls by some on the left for a boycott of the brand.\n\nThe company said it had been \"pretty shocked\" by the outcry, reminding people that Jeremy Corbyn had also posed with its products in 2017.\n\nOver the last four decades, the firm has evolved from a regional blend found in Yorkshire shops to one of the UK's most successful exports, being sold as far afield as Australia and China.\n\nBut it said it had had a \"rough weekend\" after Mr Sunak posted an image on Friday of him holding a bumper pack of 1,040 tea bags. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, who represents the North Yorkshire seat of Richmond, said he was \"making tea for the team\" as he took a quick break from preparations for his Budget in just over two weeks 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 Rishi Sunak This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nYorkshire Tea, which is owned by Taylors of Harrogate, was quick to make clear on Friday that it had had nothing to do with the photo and had not been told in advance by the chancellor's team that he would associate himself with their brand.\n\nIn an impassioned thread on Monday, the firm said it had spent \"the last three days answering furious accusations and boycott calls\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Yorkshire Tea This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 member of the firm's social media team put the avalanche of criticism it has received into perspective, saying it was \"easier to be on the receiving end of this as a brand than as an individual\". But they urged people to remember that the company had a human as well as a corporate face.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Yorkshire Tea This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 Sunak is not the first politician to suggest their endeavours would be helped by pausing for a cuppa. During a visit to York in 2017, Mr Corbyn said he would be happy to discuss climate change and other issues over a pot of Yorkshire Tea with Donald Trump if he ever made it to Downing Street.", "George Gibson's scenic department provided the backdrops for the Wizard of Oz\n\nScottish artist George Gibson created the movie scenery which helped define the look of legendary films including The Wizard of Oz during Hollywood's golden age. Now his family hope he will finally get the wider recognition he did not receive at the time.\n\nIn the 1930s and 40s, movie backdrops had to be created on indoor sound stages by crews of scene painters who conjured up everything from cityscapes to rolling hills.\n\nFilm studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) was one of the leading exponents of the art, all produced under the watchful eye of George Gibson.\n\nHe was the head of MGM's scenic design department for 30 years. The backdrops he created appeared in films such as the Wizard of Oz (1939), An American in Paris (1951) and Brigadoon (1954).\n\nHis backdrops were as large as 60ft x 150ft (18m by 45m) and so realistic that the audience often did not realise the setting was a soundstage.\n\nGibson was born in Edinburgh in 1904 and grew up in the shadow of the castle, before later moving to Fochabers in Moray when his father got a job as tailor.\n\nWizard of Oz was one of the first films on which Gibson worked\n\nHis interest in drama at school led to him discovering his talent for scene painting and he returned to Edinburgh College of Art to study fine art along with engineering.\n\nHe also studied at Glasgow School of Art with the master scenic designer William E. Glover.\n\nGibson's daughter Jean says her father had wanted to work in the big theatres in London, but was having trouble getting work so he decided to pack up and head to New York.\n\n\"The day he sailed to America in 1930 his parents received a letter offering him a job in London,\" his daughter says.\n\nIn an effort to find better weather and work in America, a friend convinced Gibson to move out west to California - where he picked up odd jobs such as illustrating storyboard art at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.\n\nBy 1938 he became head of the scenic design department, where he helped construct the MGM scene painting workshop, which was arguably the finest in the country.\n\nHe convinced the studio heads to construct a pioneering new building where all the backdrops could be painted centrally on movable frames rather than the fixed scaffolding of the soundstages.\n\nOne of the first films Gibson worked on was the Wizard of Oz, one of the first movies in full Technicolor.\n\nThese days the visual effects would be done digitally but in 1939 the whole world of Oz had to be created by using backings and hand-painted scenery.\n\nThe production required three months of painting and was done in total secrecy.\n\nFilm aficionado Mark Cousins first came across Gibson when he was director of the Edinburgh film festival in the 1990s.\n\nHe was struck that an Edinburgh man ended up painting some of the most iconic images in cinema.\n\nHe thinks the image of the city's capital inspired his imagination when drawing the famous Emerald City.\n\nGene Kelly and Leslie Caron starred in An American In Paris\n\nGibson's daughter Jean Gibson-Gorrindo was not born until 1950, when her father was 46, so she cannot be sure of his influences.\n\nHowever, she does remember him recreating the Sistine Chapel for the 1968 drama The Shoes of the Fisherman, about the election of a pope.\n\n\"The Vatican said 'you can't go in there with your hot lights and all your people, you'll ruin it',\" she says.\n\n\"So my dad got this emergency call from Italy. They said: 'George, we need the Sistine Chapel. You've got to paint it'.\n\n\"They painted it in pieces and shipped it over to Italy and they built it and filmed it and you couldn't tell that you were not in the Sistine chapel.\"\n\nGeorge Gibson was the head of MGM's scenic design department for 30 years\n\nJean added: \"My father and my mother attended the premiere of this film and there were some Catholic bishops and cardinals behind them and he heard them say 'I thought they weren't going to let them film in the chapel'.\"\n\nGeorge retired a year later but painted at home every day until he died in 2001, at the age of 96.\n\nLike many scenic artists he was never credited for his work.\n\n\"The studios did not want you to know that the actors were standing in front of a painting,\" his daughter says.\n\n\"They wanted to maintain the illusion that they were outside.\"\n\nAn American in Paris was filmed on a sound stage with a painted backdrop of the city\n\nTwo years ago, a Hollywood company that had acquired backdrops from the golden age decided to cull its collection.\n\nMore than 200 were saved from the dump by the Art Directors Guild, which unrolled, photographed and catalogued each one, and then set about finding homes for them.\n\nSix of the backdrops, including ones from Madame Curie, which starred Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon, and Washington Story, from 1952, have been donated to the Royal Conservatoire in Glasgow.\n\nJean is hoping that as a result, her father might finally start to get the recognition he deserves.", "These houses in Broomhill are the latest addition to Bristol council's housing stock\n\nEnglish councils are building homes again, on a scale not seen in decades, constructing an estimated 13,000 dwellings over a 12 month period. That's tiny compared with housing need, however many councils have plans to expand, so could this be a sign of the return of the council house?\n\nRight To Buy, one of Margaret Thatcher's most popular policies, gave hundreds of thousands of families the chance to own their council home and transformed their financial status, but it resulted in local authorities losing an estimated two million dwellings. Long-term tenants can still buy their homes at a discount, and councils only get to keep a third of the proceeds.\n\nIn 2017-18 there were nearly half a million vulnerable households on waiting lists for social housing.\n\nA short stroll from the river Avon in Bristol, overlooking a children's playground, there is a cluster of new brick-built homes. With double-height windows on the upper floors, they look like an upmarket private development. But they're the latest addition to Bristol council's housing stock.\n\n\"It's a dream house,\" one tenant said. The single mother, who only moved in two months ago had been living with her baby in a one-bedroom flat in a tower block. Now she has two bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a garden. Her baby has his own room, and loves playing in the garden too. She said: \"He's so much happier here.\"\n\nBut in her view, more houses are urgently needed.\n\nThere's an acute housing shortage in Bristol, with 13,000 families on the council's waiting list. Within three years the local authority aims to be the biggest developer in the city. The council has completed 200 homes and has plans for a further 900.\n\n\"We haven't built like this since the 70s,\" said Councillor Paul Smith, Cabinet Member for Housing.\n\nCouncillor Paul Smith says Bristol City council has not \"built like this since the 70s\"\n\nHowever, not all the homes will be socially rented council housing. Aston Rise, the biggest development so far, 80 of the 130 homes will be sold to private buyers in order to fund the project.\n\nSome of the council houses in the heart of the estate have views of the Clifton Suspension Bridge, and could be attractive for a long-term tenant to buy.\n\nIn the past, Mr Smith has been highly critical of Right to Buy but he said the council had no choice but to keep building. \"We've seen already how our new housing has transformed people's lives, the lives of their children.\"\n\nProfessor Janice Morphet concluded councils in England had built or acquired more than 13,000 homes over a period of a year\n\nLast year, Professor Janice Morphet of the Bartlett School of Planning at University College London asked all councils in England about their housing plans. She concluded they had built or acquired more than 13,000 homes over a period of 12 months.\n\nThese are a mixture of different tenures - some traditional social rented housing, others for sale or at a higher rent. Most of these do not appear on official government statistics. \"That's partly because councils are just getting going,\" she said - and partly because of the different routes they use.\n\nAccording to her research, both Conservative and Labour councils are building. Nearly 80% of them have set up companies to do this. If they build houses through these companies, rather than using their own Housing Revenue Account, they are not eligible for Right to Buy.\n\nBecontree was once described as the biggest council estate in Europe, the size of a small town, with 100,000 people. Now 80% of the houses have been sold through Right to Buy and the local authority, Barking and Dagenham, has what local politicians see as a housing crisis.\n\nThe council has one of the most ambitious building programmes through its company Be First.\n\nCouncil leader Darren Rodwell said he hoped to see the equivalent of \"two new Becontrees\" over the next 20 years. But they will not be traditional council estates: there will be a mix of tenures, in different locations. Some new rented homes will come from deals with private landlords who \"build to rent\".\n\nBarking and Dagenham Council hopes to build the equivalent of \"two new Becontrees\" over the next 20 years\n\nMr Rodwell is confident these new dwellings will not be eligible for Right To Buy, despite the council's role. \"You use the protection of the private sector to deliver what I see as the goals of a 21st Century community,\" he said.\n\nHowever, government policy is to encourage home ownership. It supports Right to Buy, the Help to Buy policy which assists first time buyers to purchase new homes, and is now consulting on a new \"First Homes\" policy.\n\nThis would offer a further discount to home buyers, and be paid for through contributions that housing developers already make through the planning system: currently this often pays for social or affordable homes.\n\nSome MPs are critical of the councils' approach.\n\nThe Conservative Bob Blackman said more social housing was urgently needed, and it was good that councils were building again. But he said he thought it was \"fundamentally wrong\" they were using their own companies to prevent them being sold to tenants. He has asked the government to investigate.\n\nMr Blackman said it was good that more social housing was being built: he thought authorities should keep more of the proceeds from sales, and use that to build more, \"so that we have a virtuous circle\".\n\n\"We continue to provide new social housing in this country and as people improve their circumstances, they have the right to own that property and more people can move into the property that's been developed.\"\n\nThe Ministry for Housing said it was \"important that social housing tenants have the opportunity to become home-owners\" and, while housing companies can be an effective way to deliver new homes, \"we would expect them to offer an opportunity for tenants to become homeowners\".\n\nTo get plenty more facts on the housing system and how it affects you, download the full BBC Briefing on housing here. At the end, there's a glossary of useful terminology to help guide you through the debate.\n\nPart of a mini-series of downloadable guides to the big issues in the news, it has input from academics, researchers and journalists and is the BBC's response to demands for better explanation of the facts behind the headlines.", "Scenes such as this at Nantgarw were repeated across Rhondda Cynon Taff following Storm Dennis\n\nWelsh Labour MPs and assembly members have called on the new chancellor to deliver flood relief cash to some of the worst affected parts of Wales.\n\nIn a letter to Rishi Sunak, they ask for a one-off grant of £30m to pay for repair and restoration work across Rhondda Cynon Taff.\n\nThey also want council tax and business rates suspended for a year in affected properties.\n\nThey accepted some matters are devolved - but want action at a UK level.\n\n\"Our belief in the Union leads us to conclude that when any part of the United Kingdom is hit particularly hard, the whole of the UK should help out, regardless of the normal funding rules,\" they have written in the letter to the Treasury.\n\n\"We therefore urge you as a matter of urgency to provide specific one-off funding for RCT (Rhondda Cynon Taff).\"\n\nPontypridd's popular lido at Ynysangharad Park is unlikely to re-open this year after Storm Dennis floods\n\nThe letter has been signed by the MPs Chris Elmore (Ogmore), Chris Bryant (Rhondda), Beth Winter (Cynon Valley), and Alex Davies-Jones (Pontypridd).\n\nThe AMs Mick Antoniw (Pontypridd), Vikki Howells (Cynon Valley), and Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore), have added their names to the request.\n\nThe leader of Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT) council, Andrew Morgan, has also signed the letter.\n\nWriting to Mr Sunak, who replaced Sajid Javid at No 11 Downing Street earlier this month, they argued that damage to roads, bridges and council property will cost the local authority up to £30m.\n\nThey added: \"That will swamp the council's total annual general capital funding allocation of £13.4m. The damage to private properties across the county is likely to run to nearly £150m pounds.\"\n\n\"We are a resilient community, many hundreds of people have mucked in and helped out. We are generous too. Charitable donations have nearly reached £200,000.\n\n\"But, however generous we are individually, we do not have deep pockets.\"\n\nIn addition to calls for additional cash, the Labour politicians have also asked for some rules on benefit payments to be suspended.\n\n\"It would be manifestly unfair for families to receive £500 from RCT council or from a Crowd Fund Me page, only to have that money clawed back,\" they said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Heavy rain caused \"multiple\" floods and landslides, according to South Wales Police\n\nFinally, they have called on the UK government to fund an urgent review across all south Wales coalfield communities, to address concerns over landslides following weeks of rain.\n\nCoaltips remain the responsibility of the Coal Authority, local councils and Natural Resources Wales.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Wales, the Rhondda MP Chris Bryant added: \"Wales has borne the brunt of the misery and RCT in particular has been hardest hit.\n\n\"Without extra help, RCT could be wiped out financially as we rebuild bridges, roads and flood defences.\"\n\nA Welsh Government spokesperson said it had been \"working around the clock with partner agencies to keep people safe and informed\" since the storms and resulting floods.\n\n\"We have made available £10m to deal with the immediate impact of the storms,\" they added.\n\n\"This funding is being made available for the initial response, while work to assess the overall impact and cost of the damage continues. This will determine what further financial support is needed and, depending on the scale of those costs, we would look to the UK government to provide resources.\"\n\nThey said the First Minister Mark Drakeford would be meeting the Welsh Secretary Simon Hart next week to discuss the safety of coal tips and the communities in their shadows.\n\nA UK government official said it had been communicating with emergency services, councils and the Welsh Government over flooding.\n\nThey added: \"Whilst flood defences and the response to flooding in Wales are devolved, we will continue to engage with and support the Welsh Government on flood relief and coal tip safety.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Diane Abbott has said she will quit the front bench of Labour when a new leader is elected.\n\nMs Abbott, the shadow home secretary, told Sky News that whoever becomes leader, \"they have to be able to construct their own shadow cabinet\".\n\nEarlier Jeremy Corbyn had said he would consider a senior post under the new leader.\n\nMs Abbott said she would be backing Rebecca Long-Bailey as her choice for Labour's replacement leader.\n\nThree candidates are in the running for leader: Ms Long-Bailey, Lisa Nandy and Sir Keir Starmer.\n\nVoting begins on Monday, with the new leader announced on 4 April.\n\nMs Abbott, MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, said she would be returning to the backbenches \"where there's an awful lot to do\".\n\nMs Abbott was the first black female to be elected to Parliament in 1987.\n\nShe made history in October 2019 by becoming the first black MP at the despatch box at Prime Minister's Questions, in place of Mr Corbyn.", "Taxpayers funded a surge in redundancy payments last year after a spate of High Street shop and restaurant failures, a study shows.\n\nThe amount paid out by the government's Insolvency Service rose to its highest level in seven years, figures obtained by property advisor Altus Group show.\n\nIt follows a number of high-profile failures, including Mothercare and Thomas Cook.\n\nAs a result, the Insolvency Service picked up a £346m bill, Altus says.\n\nThat was 16% higher than in 2018.\n\nA freedom of information request by the real estate consultancy revealed that £223m of last year's bill covered redundancy payments.\n\nAnother £64m was for money that would have been earned if staff had worked a notice period.\n\nThe rest covered unpaid holiday, as well as outstanding payments for wages, overtime and commission that were still owed to employees after a business went bust.\n\nAlthough the taxpayer shoulders the initial cost of insolvency payments, attempts are made to recover as much as possible from the company's assets - but that can take a long time.\n\nThe Centre for Retail Research said that more than 16,000 stores closed last year. As a result, the sector shed more than 143,000 jobs.\n\nThat has put pressure on new Chancellor Rishi Sunak to reform the business rates system, which has been blamed for the increase in failures on the High Street.\n\nRobert Hayton from Altus said business rates had contributed to the number of insolvencies last year, although it was rarely the sole reason that a company failed.\n\nNevertheless, he said: \"A fair and reformed system is within our grasp.\"\n\n\"If we are serious about 'levelling up' the economy to help struggling towns, rates bills must fall in line with declining rents whilst speeding up meritorious business rates appeals has to be a government priority.\"", "Christopher Kapessa's body was found in a river on 1 July\n\nThe family of a 13-year-old boy has accused the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and South Wales Police of institutional racism for not prosecuting a suspect over his death.\n\nChristopher Kapessa's body was found in the River Cynon, near Fernhill, Rhondda Cynon Taff on 1 July.\n\nThe CPS said there was no \"public interest\" to bring a manslaughter case despite \"sufficient evidence\".\n\nSouth Wales Police said it had \"full confidence\" in its investigation.\n\nIn a letter to the family, seen by BBC Wales, the CPS said there was clear evidence the suspect pushed Christopher into the river but were not continuing with a prosecution.\n\nChristopher's mother Alina Joseph has questioned why a prosecution was not brought against a suspect\n\nChristopher, who could not swim, and a group of young people were out by the River Cynon on 1 July 2019 when he died.\n\nAn initial investigation by South Wales Police concluded there were no suspicious circumstances.\n\nBut serious concerns were raised by the family and their lawyer Hilary Brown, who complained that only four of the 14 young people who were at the scene of Christopher's death had been interviewed by police officers.\n\nPolice focused on a bridge over the River Cynon during investigations\n\nIn a letter to the family last Wednesday, the CPS said there was \"sufficient evidence to support a charge of unlawful act of manslaughter\".\n\nIt said the suspect is \"mature and intelligent for his age\" and had a \"good school record\".\n\n\"There was clear evidence that the suspect pushed Christopher in the back with both hands causing him to fall into the river,\" it added.\n\n\"That push was an unlawful act and it was clearly dangerous in that on an objective standard it created a danger of some harm.\"\n\nIt added that the evidence suggested the push was \"not in an effort to harm someone\" but \"ill considered\".\n\nIn a statement on Monday, a CPS spokesman said that \"decisions on cases such as this are difficult, but each must be judged on its own merit\".\n\n\"As in every case, both an evidential test and public interest test must be passed for a prosecution to take place,\" he added.\n\n\"In coming to our decision, careful consideration was given to the law regarding the prosecution of youths and the public interest test was not met.\n\n\"Our thoughts are with Christopher's family. We have given them a full explanation of our decision-making in this tragic case.\"\n\nTributes were left to Christopher at the scene after his death\n\nChristopher's mother, Alina Joseph, said: \"From the start, South Wales Police baffled us by being unable to answer many of the most basic of our questions.\n\n\"If this had been 14 black youths and a white victim we have no doubt that the approach of the police and outcome would have been different.\n\n\"We know that family members of the 14 young people involved demanded the police come and interview their children, whose account was radically different from the four principle suspects.\n\n\"The decision made by the CPS leaves us feeling confused and perplexed as to how some can callously lie about my son's death, inflicting more pain and anxiety on us for the last eight months, and it is the suspect's human rights that prevail... whilst prosecution over my son's death is deemed as not being in the public interest.\"\n\nCampaigners have compared the handling of the investigation with the Stephen Lawrence case in 1993\n\nThe family's lawyer Hilary Brown, said: \"The decision of the CPS is disappointing in light of the fact that they confirmed that the evidential threshold was met for bringing a charge of manslaughter against a young man.\n\n\"Christopher died not as a result of a 'tragic accident' as South Wales Police initially concluded, but as a consequence and direct result of being 'pushed' into the river.\"\n\nLee Jasper, of BAME Lawyers, compared the case with the handling of the Stephen Lawrence murder investigation in 1993 and said the British justice system was a \"racial lottery\".\n\nSeveral campaign groups, including Racism Alliance Wales, Cardiff Stand Up To Racism, Women Connect First and Black Association of Women Stepping Out have all expressed their concern over the handling of Christopher's death.\n\nAn Independent Office for Police Conduct investigation into South Wales Police's handling of the case is still ongoing.\n\nThe force said it was aware of the family's concerns and \"noted\" the CPS's decision after a \"very complex\" investigation.\n\nA major crime team gathered 170 statements and 54 child interviews as part of a \"full file of evidence\".\n\nCh Supt Dorian Lloyd said: \"At this very difficult time, we recognise the pain and grief still endured by Christopher's family who lost their young boy in the most traumatic of circumstances.\n\n\"Our support for them continues as it has done throughout the investigation.\n\n\"The shock and the impact upon the local community must also be managed.\"", "\"It's educated people who are causing the most damage to the planet,\" says sixth-former Joe Brindle.\n\nJoe, 17, says schools need to put the environment at the heart of education.\n\nMinisters agree \"it is vital that pupils are taught about climate change\" but Joe says schools are failing to prepare them for a climate emergency.\n\nHe is a founder member of Teach the Future which next week takes its call for an environmental overhaul of education to Parliament.\n\n\"It's people with degrees from Oxford and Cambridge who are becoming fossil-fuel chief executives and they are the ones who are causing the most destruction to our world,\" says Joe.\n\n\"And therefore that kind of shows that education is not succeeding and that our education is broken because education should be creating better people not worse.\"\n\nOn Wednesday, Joe, a pupil at Devizes School, and more than a dozen other under-18s who make up the core of Teach the Future, will take over Parliament's Terrace Pavilion to host a crowdfunded reception for MPs.\n\nThe group, run jointly by the UK Student Climate Network, best known for the school climate strikes, and the National Union of Students' climate charity offshoot, SOS-UK, is launching a draft English emergency education bill which embodies their key demands and which Joe believes \"is going to be really big\".\n\nTeach the Future is hoping the draft could at some stage form the basis of a private member's bill but for now, the aim is \"to get MPs on our side\".\n\nThe idea is based on the 1958 US National Defense Education Act which aimed to kickstart engineering, maths and science education and give America the edge in the space and arms races.\n\nIt paid off - by July 1969, the average age in Apollo mission control was just 28.\n\n\"I think it really shows that education can be used to solve a difficult problem, if the focus is down from the government,\" says Joe, who will sit A-levels in history, biology and chemistry this summer.\n\nMost mission control staff on Nasa's Apollo programme were in their 20s\n\nBut rather than focusing exclusively on science, technology, engineering and maths - the range of the climate emergency education act needs to be far wider, he believes.\n\n\"The space race was just one thing but the climate crisis affects every single part of everything and it requires solutions from every single part of society, whether it be arts, whether it be maths, whether it be sciences.\"\n\nHe wants everyone to understand the impact of their behaviour on the environment and \"try to do things in a way that has as little negative impact as you can\".\n\nAnd while engineers have an important role, fundamentally, education needs to become more sustainable, he says.\n\nPeople need to understand how the climate crisis happened, he argues: \"It's a symptom of a general unsustainable system.\"\n\nJoe speaking at the NUS Sustainability Summit in November 2019\n\nJoe believes most people his age \"want to understand more about climate change and what's behind it, the issues of justice... and the politics behind it\".\n\nBut he says that while schools are largely sympathetic, they are constrained by limited budgets and the demands of a high-stakes exam system - and often teachers themselves lack detailed knowledge about climate change.\n\n\"It's not good enough that sustainability is restricted to a few subjects and most of our teachers and lecturers don't know enough about it,\" say the campaigners.\n\nThey also point out that including climate change in the national curriculum will only affect local authority schools - not academies, free schools or the private sector.\n\nThe group has invited dozens of MPs to the reception and are \"particularly hoping government ministers and people close to the government will be there\".\n\nTeach the Future's wish-list also includes having climate science and sustainability included in teacher training and all education buildings to have a net-zero carbon footprint by 2030.\n\nThe group was founded in autumn 2019 but already has support from leading education unions and environmental organisations. It is hoping that several dozen MPs will attend the reception.\n\nIn a statement, the government said: \"It is vital that pupils are taught about climate change, which is why topics are included across the national curriculum for both primary and secondary schools. Teachers have the freedom to expand on these areas if they wish.\n\n\"This government is a world leader in tackling climate change and we are the first major economy to legislate for net-zero emissions by 2050. The Department for Education provides funding to support schools to become more sustainable institutions.\"\n\nA spokesperson said topics related to climate change and sustainability were included in the national curriculum for science and geography, a new environmental science A-level was introduced in 2017 and sustainability will be included in some new T-level technical qualifications, for example, construction students will learn about renewable energy and energy-efficiency technologies.\n\nThe Department for Education also supports energy efficiency through its capital funding programmes, including interest-free loans, the spokesperson added.", "The owner of the Sun lost £68m last year as newspaper sales fell and the company continued to deal with the fallout of the phone-hacking scandal.\n\nDaily sales of the Sun fell 8% to 1.38 million in the year to July, but it remains the UK's top paid-for paper.\n\nMeanwhile, the Sun on Sunday sold an average of 1.16 million copies a week, 111,000 fewer than the year before.\n\nThe paper's owner, News Group Newspapers also revealed a £26.7m legal bill related to phone hacking.\n\n\"Following the allegations of voicemail interception and inappropriate payments to public officials, there have been a number of civil cases against the company, most of which have been settled, or are in the process of being settled,\" the firm said.\n\nThe News of the World was closed in 2011 after it was revealed that it had obtained stories by listening in to the private voicemail messages of celebrities and even the murdered teenager Milly Dowler.\n\nNews Group Newspapers said the final bill \"may or may not be significantly higher\" than the £26.7m it had put aside to deal with the hangover from the scandal.\n\nIt was higher than the previous year when the newspaper owner put aside £14.7m to pay for \"claimants' legal fees and damages\".\n\nThe increase follows a spate of high-profile settlements between celebrities and the former owners of the now-defunct paper. Last year, singer Sir Elton John, actress Elizabeth Hurley and campaigner Heather Mills settled their phone-hacking cases against the News of the World for undisclosed sums.\n\nDespite falling sales of the print edition, News Group Newspapers said more people were visiting the Sun's website.\n\nIt said 32.8 million adults in the UK visited the site a month, 3.6 million more than the previous year.", "As jurors were sworn in for Harvey Weinstein's trial in New York, the judge told them in no uncertain terms that this case was not intended to be a referendum on the #MeToo movement as a whole. But the trial, which ended with him being convicted of rape and sexual assault, at times felt like one.\n\nWeinstein now faces a 23-year sentence which will probably see him spend the rest of his life behind bars. This is the story of the downfall of one of Hollywood's most powerful men.\n\nYou may find some of the details in this article upsetting\n\nIt was a watershed moment. More than two years after allegations started to emerge about the Hollywood producer, some of his victims finally had their chance to be heard in court.\n\nTwelve jurors were tasked with ruling on sex charges, which Weinstein denied, in a trial that saw complex questions about consent and power dynamics on the stand. Jurors heard harrowing testimony from six women who, at times in tears, recounted their alleged assaults by the producer. At one point a woman, who he was later convicted of raping, had to leave court after suffering a panic attack in the witness box.\n\nWeinstein's high-powered defence team tried to flip the narrative and paint his accusers as the manipulators in the situation: women who used Weinstein for his industry prowess and later regretted and mischaracterised their sexual encounters as non-consensual. During weeks of testimony, jurors heard everything from claims about Weinstein's genitals being deformed to nude photographs of the movie mogul himself.\n\nEvery day journalists lined up, often before sunrise, to claim a place on the press benches. Cameras were not allowed inside the Manhattan Supreme Court, but the entrance was always lined with paparazzi scrambling to get daily shots and sound-bites from Weinstein, who had barely been seen in public for two years.\n\nWeinstein was a giant of the movie industry in every sense. Productions in his name became synonymous with success in Hollywood, with hundreds of Oscar nominations and 81 wins across his career. On stage, as he accepted awards, his large frame would often hulk over the stars of his films.\n\nThe image of Weinstein at his trial was a very different one: once reportedly 300lb (136kg), he appeared frail and shuffled in to court most days with his back hunched over a metal walking frame.\n\nWeinstein (seen celebrating 1999 film Shakespeare in Love) used private investigators to probe accusers\n\nWeinstein had been investigated in New York in 2015 over a groping claim, but was not prosecuted\n\nThe term #MeToo preceded Weinstein, but was propelled across the globe as allegations mounted against him in October 2017. Millions of people from all ages, backgrounds and nationalities used the hashtag to detail their experiences of harassment and abuse. Other celebrities were implicated but it was the scale of claims against Weinstein, then arguably the most powerful man in Hollywood, that proved the most shocking.\n\nMore than 100 women came forward with allegations about him - everything from aggressive outbursts to serious sexual assault. Stars at the very top of the industry, like Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie, told of unwanted advances and upsetting interactions. Other women described, often in graphic detail, alleged rapes by the producer. Weinstein has consistently denied all allegations of non-consensual sex and his lawyers have vowed to appeal against his conviction.\n\nDespite dozens of allegations against him, these were the first to make it to trial.\n\nIn that time Weinstein had all but disappeared from public view. His marriage broke up and he is said to have sought treatment for sex addiction. His business partner brother described his behaviour as \"sick and depraved\" and their production company filed for bankruptcy.\n\nWeinstein and his former company reached a tentative $25m settlement with some accusers in December\n\nDuring a rare interview, reportedly given without his lawyer's knowledge in December, Weinstein complained of feeling like a \"forgotten man\" within Hollywood. Speaking just one day after three-hour surgery to ease compression on his spine, he told the New York Post that he deserved a pat on the back for everything he had done for women in film. He posed for photographs in a medical centre wearing jeans and a T-shirt, which he lifted to reveal a bandage on his back from which a tube drained blood into a container fixed to a metal walking aid.\n\nThe walking frame took on a starring role during the trial when an argument broke out when prosecutors labelled it a \"prop\". Weinstein's lawyers even wanted his surgeon to testify to prove he wasn't faking his injury to gain sympathy.\n\nOn the first day, a group of high-profile accusers gathered outside the court to try to face him down. \"You brought this upon yourself by hurting so many,\" actress Rose McGowan said, addressing her alleged rapist through the media. \"You have only yourself to blame.\"\n\nWeinstein's legal team made repeated appeals for the trial to be moved from Manhattan, citing the \"carnival-like atmosphere\" engulfing it. At one point, the defence complained after a flash-mob of protesters chanting lyrics including \"The rapist is you\" could be heard from inside the courtroom. At another, one of the world's best-known supermodels, Gigi Hadid, appeared as a potential juror.\n\nA Chilean anti-rape anthem, Un Violador en tu Camino (\"A Rapist In Your Path\"), was performed outside\n\nAbout 2,000 people were reportedly summoned during the jury selection process and prosecutors accused Weinstein's team of \"systematically eliminating\" young white women, resembling his victims, from serving on the jury. After almost two weeks, the group of 12 was finalised with seven men and five women.\n\nWeinstein denied five felony charges relating to allegations of sexual assault and rape. They related to incidents involving Mimi Haleyi, a former production assistant who he forced oral sex on at his Manhattan apartment in 2006, and Jessica Mann, a one-time aspiring actress who he raped in a New York hotel room in 2013.\n\nAnother alleged victim, Sopranos star Annabella Sciorra, alleged he had forced his way into her New York apartment and raped her some time in the winter of 1993/4. The amount of time passed since the alleged incident meant it fell outside of New York's statute of limitations and could not be charged separately, but the judge ruled her testimony could be used to support the most serious charges on the indictment: for predatory sexual assault.\n\nThree other women were also permitted by the judge to appear as \"prior bad acts\" witnesses to help establish a pattern of behaviour and common motive. All were aspiring actresses in their 20s, hoping to break into the industry, when they described being assaulted by him.\n\nActress Rosanna Arquette, among the accusers, vowed \"we aren't going anywhere\" as the trial opened\n\nThis tactic was notably used to help secure a conviction against US comedian Bill Cosby, who was jailed in 2018. Kristen Gibbons Feden was a prosecutor on both his trials and told the BBC that \"prior bad act\" witnesses' willingness to take the stand, and be open to cross-examination without the hope of direct justice for themselves, can play a \"critical\" role in undermining defence arguments and establishing the motive of repeat offenders.\n\n\"These women who testified, all of the women who testified in Cosby's trial, were willing to put their lives, their public sanctity and character on the line to try and assist the prosecution with putting away a serial rapist - I think that just speaks volumes about the movement,\" she said.\n\nPhysical evidence was never likely to play a part in the trial, given how much time had passed since the alleged incidents took place. The case would therefore rise and fall on the believability of the accusations against Weinstein: a case of he said, she said - or, in this trial, they said. \"Obviously, any time you have a criminal trial, the goal of a defence attorney is to question the credibility of the witnesses - but particularly when the only evidence is eyewitness testimony, which it is in this case,\" Julie Rendelman, a former prosecutor turned criminal defence lawyer, told the BBC.\n\nSciorra was the first accuser to take the stand against Weinstein. She alleged that he forced his way into her 17th-floor Gramercy Park apartment and raped her, shortly after offering to drive her home from a dinner they attended with others, including Pulp Fiction star Uma Thurman. \"I felt very overpowered as he was very big,\" she told the court, who had heard he was almost three times her weight of about 110-115lb (50kg) at the time.\n\n\"Then he grabbed me. He led me into the bedroom and he shoved me on the bed. I was punching him, I was kicking him, I was trying to take him away from me. He took my hands and put my hands over my head,\" she said, motioning with her arms.\n\nSciorra said Weinstein, on another occasion, showed up to her Cannes hotel room with baby oil\n\nIn turn the defence called witnesses, including Sciorra's apartment's building manager, to try to contradict her claims. During the trial some defence witnesses appeared only once under subpoena, apparently reluctant to appear and contradict the account of accusers, who in some cases were former friends.\n\nThe defence quizzed Sciorra on her acting ability and success: playing a 1997 clip from a well-known US talk show where she admitted making-up colourful lies about her life in press interviews. They questioned why she didn't raise the alarm about what happened. \"He was someone I knew,\" she told the court. \"I felt at the time that rape was something that happened in a back alleyway in a dark place by someone you didn't know.\"\n\nThey also called Professor Elizabeth Loftus, a false-memory expert, who testified about her research on how recollection can become distorted and contaminated over time.\n\nWith the main accusers, the defence tried to upend the narratives of manipulation presented by the prosecution. They said Haleyi and Mann's ongoing, and often friendly, communication with Weinstein after their assaults was evidence the relationships were consensual. Haleyi tearfully told the court how he lunged and physically overpowered her in 2006, removing a tampon and forcing oral sex on her when she was on her period.\n\n\"I checked out and decided to endure it,\" she told the court. \"That was the safest thing I could do.\"\n\nProsecutors said accusers like Haleyi (pictured) \"sacrificed their dignity, their privacy, and their peace\" to be heard\n\nHis lawyers confronted her with messages she sent to the producer afterwards, including ones signed off \"lots of love\" and \"peace and love\". \"I asked for jobs from many people, including Harvey Weinstein,\" she said about contact over career opportunities. She also said she had felt \"trapped\" by her circumstances, so she decided to \"almost pretend [the assault] didn't happen\".\n\nJessica Mann told the court that she had entered in a \"degrading relationship\" with Weinstein, which included subsequent consensual acts, after her rape.\n\nPsychologist Dr Barbara Ziv was called by the prosecution to try and push back on some of the defence's scrutiny of his victims' behaviour. Dr Ziv, who also testified at Cosby's second trial, spoke about her 20 years of experience with assault survivors and sought to dispel so-called \"rape myths\".\n\n\"A vast majority of sexual assault victims don't report promptly,\" she told the court. \"The time can range from days to months to years to report an assault - to never.\" She also said it was \"extremely common\" for victims to remain in contact with their attacker, sometimes in fear of retribution, and pointed out an overwhelming majority of assaults are committed by someone the victim knows.\n\n\"The trial was set up to raise some complicated issues around consent and what it looks like,\" Deborah Tuerkheimer, a professor at Northwestern University School of Law, told Variety. \"Jessica Mann in particular has really been a complex witness.\"\n\nThe three-day testimony by Mann, whose identity had not been made public before the trial, provided some of its most powerful moments. Journalists inside the court said that at one point, after being pressed to read an email which alluded to abuse earlier in her life, Mann broke down and started sobbing uncontrollably. The New York Times reported that, after being excused from court, she could be heard screaming in another room.\n\nMann (pictured) said she wanted to get away but \"shut down\" during the 2013 rape\n\nWhen quizzed about their ongoing communication, the 34-year-old told lawyers: \"I know the history of my relationship with him... I know it was complicated and difficult but it does not change the fact that he raped me.\"\n\nThe point was seized upon by Assistant District Attorney Joan Illuzzi-Orbon when she closed the case on Valentine's Day. \"Jessica Mann could have been completely head over heels in love with Harvey Weinstein,\" she said. \"She could have had his name tattooed on her arm. She could have been writing him love notes every single day. She could have been married to him. If all of that was true, it still wouldn't make a difference, he still wouldn't be allowed to rape her.\"\n\nThis argument mirrored an earlier one by the defence who told the jury they could dislike Weinstein, but still not believe his guilt had been proven.\n\n\"You don't have to like Mr. Weinstein. This is not a popularity contest,\" lawyer Donna Rotunno said during almost five hours of closing testimony. \"In this country it's the unpopular people that need juries the most,\" Rotunno said. \"The unpopular person needs you the most.\"\n\nRotunno accused prosecutors of scripting a reality which \"strips adult women of common sense, autonomy and responsibility\". Illuzzi-Orbon maintained Weinstein was a \"predator\" who preyed on women he saw as \"complete disposables\".\n\nWeinstein did not testify at trial, despite a last-minute meeting giving the appearance he wanted to\n\nFrom her glamorous designer outfits, to her towering heels to the gold \"not guilty\" pendant she reportedly wore around her neck to court, Rotunno became the public face of the defence team.\n\nThe lawyer has built her reputation on defending men in high-profile sexual misconduct cases. During the trial Rotunno came under fire for comments made both inside and outside the courtroom. An interview she gave to the New York Times' The Daily podcast drew particular scorn. When asked if she had ever been sexually assaulted herself, Rotunno responded: \"I have not,\" before pausing and adding: \"because I would never put myself in that position\".\n\nShe also suggested men should get written consent before engaging in sex and asserted societal pressure to \"believe all women\" meant there was now \"zero\" risk for accusers to come forward and make claims. Prosecutors repeatedly complained that her interviews violated rules.\n\nProsecutors accused her of trying to influence the jury with one opinion piece\n\nThe defence's arguments were also criticised by survivors and activist groups, who accused them of victim-blaming and perpetuating misconceptions about rape.\n\nIn the end the jury, having earlier signalled they were divided on the predatory assault charges factoring in Sciorra, ruled not guilty on those two counts. They took five days to reach their decision, finding Weinstein guilty of the third-degree rape of Jessica Mann and of a criminal sex act in his assault of Mimi Haleyi.\n\nMore than two years after dozens of women came out against him, turning public opinion, Weinstein was finally found guilty in a court of law.\n\nThe verdict was celebrated as a major victory by alleged victims and women's rights advocates.\n\nLaura Palumbo, communications director for the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, told the BBC that while the Weinstein trial was a \"significant moment\" nationally, it was important to remember that it did not reflect the reality of most rape cases in the US justice system.\n\nThe US-based Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) estimates that 995 out of every 1,000 perpetrators of sexual assault, or about 99.5%, will walk free because of low reporting and conviction rates.\n\nWeinstein faced between five and 29 years in prison for the crimes\n\nImmediately after his conviction, Weinstein was taken to hospital and later fitted with a heart stent.\n\nHis lawyers had implored leniency from the judge, arguing Weinstein had already been punished with his \"historic\" fall from grace. They insisted even the five-year minimum term could prove a \"de-facto life sentence\" for him given his age and declining health.\n\nThe judge ignored that plea. There were reportedly gasps around the court as the near-maximum prison term of 23 years was handed down.\n\nAll six women who testified at his trial sat together as his punishment was announced. The Silence Breakers, another group of Weinstein accusers, welcomed the sentence but said no amount of jail time could make up for the damage he had caused to lives and careers.\n\nWeinstein appeared for his sentencing in a wheelchair. Before the judge jailed him, Weinstein spoke in court for the first time to express remorse for the situation but insisted he had \"wonderful times\" and \"friendships\" with his victims. He also admitted feeling \"totally confused\" about what was happening to him.\n\n\"Thousands of men are losing due process. I'm worried about this country,\" he said, in comments seen as critical of #MeToo. Despite his apparent confusion, Weinstein's legal troubles are far from over. The 67-year-old still faces further assault charges in Los Angeles.\n\nVictims and campaigners hope his trial will set a wider precedent where other offenders, no matter how powerful, will also be held to account.\n\n\"This case - and the national reckoning about the pervasiveness of sexual violence it sparked - will have a lasting legacy,\" RAINN president Scott Berkowitz said in a statement. \"We hope that survivors will feel encouraged to come forward, knowing that it can truly make a difference in bringing perpetrators to justice.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Athletics\n\nFresh questions over Mo Farah's relationship with his banned former coach Alberto Salazar have been raised in a new BBC Panorama investigation.\n\nDocuments show Farah repeatedly denied to US Anti-Doping (Usada) investigators he had received injections of the controversial supplement L-carnitine before the 2014 London Marathon.\n\nFarah later changed his account to Usada investigators, saying he had forgotten.\n\nThe documents also reveal how a UK Athletics official was dispatched to Switzerland to collect the legal supplement from a contact of Salazar's.\n\nEmails obtained by Panorama show how UKA officials had initially expressed concern about whether the injection was safe and within the \"spirit of the sport\".\n\nThe Panorama programme Mo Farah and the Salazar Scandal will be screened on Monday, 24 February. It also reveals new allegations about Salazar.\n\nSalazar ran the Nike Oregon Project - home to British four-time Olympic champion Farah from 2011 until 2017.\n\nIn 2015 a Panorama investigation, in collaboration with US website ProPublica, first revealed allegations of doping by Salazar, the coach widely credited with helping turn Farah into Britain's greatest athlete. The programme sparked a Usada investigation, resulting in Salazar being given a four-year ban from the sport by a panel of US arbitrators in October 2019.\n\nSalazar rejects the findings and is appealing against the ban.\n\nIn a statement he said: \"The panel made clear that I had acted in 'good faith' and without 'any bad intention to commit the violations'.\"\n\nTwo of Salazar's violations relate to using a banned method to administer an infusion of L-carnitine, a legal supplement.\n\nL-carnitine is a naturally occurring amino acid, which, if injected straight into the bloodstream, some research suggests could help speed metabolism and boost athletic performance.\n\nInfusions or injections were permitted within World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) rules provided the volume was below 50ml every six hours.\n\nIn 2014, Farah finished eighth in his first London Marathon. Three years later, when the Sunday Times reported that he had received an infusion of L-carnitine, the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport select committee inquiry Combatting Doping in Sport called Farah's team before it to explain.\n\nDr Robin Chakraverty, then UKA's chief medical officer, said \"an injection\" of L-carnitine had been a joint decision between him and UKA's head of distance running Barry Fudge, taken after research, considering the risks and possible side-effects.\n\nThe committee was assured the volume was 13.5ml, well within the allowable limit, though Dr Charaverty failed to record it. There is no evidence any rules were broken.\n\nPanorama's evidence sheds new light on the situation and raises questions about Salazar's influence.\n\nEmails between UKA officials in the days leading up to the marathon reveal their concerns about giving the injection.\n\nOn 6 April 2014, Fudge wrote: \"Whilst this process is completely within the Wada code there is a philosophical argument about whether this is within the 'spirit of the sport…'.\"\n\nHe added: \"Although Alberto and Mo have expectations about doing this, we are not at a point where we… can't pull out.\"\n\nHe wrote \"… should we really be trialling this process so close to the London Marathon? ... That's before we even think about the spirit of sport.\"\n\nDr Chakraverty seemed concerned about possible \"side-effects.\"\n\nHe wrote \"… it would have been better to have trialled it in someone first.\"\n\n\"I understand [Salazar] is keen but… we should be asking him to follow this advice.\"\n\nA decision was taken to go ahead. But there was a problem: the concentrated form of the L-carnitine supplement they wanted could not be sourced in the UK. That is where Salazar comes in.\n\nSalazar introduced Fudge to a contact of his in Switzerland who was able to order batch-tested L-carnitine in the form needed.\n\nAnd so Fudge jumped on a plane to Switzerland, met Salazar's contact and collected a package of injectable L-carnitine and brought it back to London.\n\nThere was not time to trial it on anyone to make sure it had no side-effects. Just two days before the race, on 11 April, in Farah's room within The Tower - the official London Marathon hotel - the L-carnitine was injected into the arm of Farah by Dr Chakraverty.\n\nAt the DCMS select committee, Dr Chakraverty referred to \"an injection\". In fact four injections were given to Farah, spaced over two hours through a butterfly needle, with Salazar, Fudge and Black looking on.\n\nPanorama understands other elite British athletes racing that day were not offered the same treatment.\n\nToni Minichiello, who coached Olympic heptathlon gold medallist Jessica Ennis Hill and sits on the UKA members' council, told Panorama: \"That's pretty damning. I'm shocked. Barry Fudge in that instance has to explain… what was your logic for doing that?\n\n\"And you're an employee of UK Athletics, so UK Athletics, why would you allow one of your staff to do that?\"\n\nDamian Collins MP, then chair of the DCMS select committee, said there has been no mention of this level of concern, or trips to Switzerland, when Dr Chakraverty and Fudge appeared before his committee.\n\n\"I don't think we did get the full picture because what, I think, comes out of those emails is that this wasn't a routine thing,\" Collins said.\n\nAsked if Salazar had been directing all of this, Travis Tygart of Usada told Panorama: \"[UKA] were absolutely in concert [with Salazar], there's no doubt about that.\n\n\"I think it's the lengths that people who want to win and are incentivised to win will go, if they have the money and the resources to do it.\"\n\nWhen athletes are drug-tested, they are required to list all medications and supplements they have taken within the past seven days. Farah was tested six days after the injection - 17 April 2014. Despite listing a number of other products and medicines, he failed to record L-carnitine on his doping control form.\n\nA year later, as part of their probe into Salazar, investigators with Usada flew to London to interview UKA officials - and Farah.\n\nFarah was questioned by Usada officials for nearly five hours - and Panorama has obtained a transcript of that interview.\n\nAsked specifically and multiple times whether he had an L-carnitine injection before the London Marathon, Farah repeatedly denied it.\n\nHe was asked: \"If someone said that you were taking L-carnitine injections, are they not telling the truth?\"\n\nFarah said: \"Definitely not telling the truth, 100%. I've never taken L-carnitine injections at all.\"\n\nHe is then asked: \"Are you sure that Alberto Salazar hasn't recommended that you take L-carnitine injections?\"\n\nFarah responds: \"No, I've never taken L-carnitine injections.\"\n\nHe is asked again: \"You're absolutely sure that you didn't have a doctor put a butterfly needle… into your arm… and inject L-carnitine a few days before the London marathon?\"\n\nFarah says: \"No. No chance.\"\n\nWe have learned that minutes after the interview, Farah then met Fudge, who had been interviewed by Usada the day before.\n\nFarah then rushed back in as the investigators were packing up. He changed his account.\n\nFarah tells Usada: \"So I just wanted to come clear, sorry guys, and I did take it at the time and I thought I didn't…\"\n\nHe is asked: \"So you received L-carnitine… before the London marathon?\"\n\nHe adds: \"There was a lot of talk before… and Alberto's always thinking about 'What's the best thing?' 'What's the best thing?'\"\n\nThe Usada investigator says \"… a few days before the race… with… Alberto present and your doctor and Barry Fudge and you're telling us all about that now but you didn't remember any of that when I… kept asking you about this?\"\n\nFarah responds: \"It all comes back for me, but at the time I didn't remember.\"\n\nMo Farah declined to be interviewed by Panorama.\n\nIn a letter, Farah's lawyers said: \"It is not against [Wada rules] rules to take [L-carnitine] as a supplement within the right quantities.\n\n\"The fact some people might hold views as to whether this is within the 'spirit' of the sport is irrelevant.\n\n\"Mr Farah… is one of the most tested athletes in the UK, if not the world, and has been required to fill in numerous doping forms. He is a human being and not robot.\n\n\"Interviews are not memory tests. Mr Farah understood the question one way and as soon as he left the room he asked Mr Fudge and immediately returned… to clarify and it is plain the investigators were comfortable with this explanation.\"\n\nThe documents also reveal that Fudge did not initially disclose his trip to Switzerland to obtain the L carnitine.\n\nWhen asked by Usada investigators how he obtained the L-carnitine, he said: \"It is a prescription-based product in the UK, so we provided it.\"\n\nHe was then asked if he got it from Pete Julian, a coach at the Oregon Project. He answered: \"No, it was a prescription-based product.\"\n\nHowever, he returned to the interview room the next day, having been asked by Usada to provide relevant emails. Fudge told them: \"I don't think I told you guys enough… I don't think I told you anything that wasn't correct, I just feel I probably should expand on it a bit more.\"\n\nFudge then told Usada that batch-tested L-carnitine hadn't been available in the UK, and that he had travelled to Switzerland to collect the product from Salazar's contact.\n\n'This should be looked at in some seriousness'\n\nCollins added: \"This very specific medicine was required, sourced at great difficulty, given against the initial advice of the doctor. But yet, no-one keeps any records of it and everyone decides to keep quiet about it.\n\n\"I think this is something that should be looked at in some seriousness.\"\n\nIn a statement Dr Chakraverty said: \"I have not contravened any [world anti-doping] rules, and have always acted in the best interests of those I treat.\n\n\"The evidence I provided to [MPs] was an honest account - including an acknowledgement that my usual standard of record keeping slipped due to heavy work commitments and travel.\n\n\"The GMC reviewed this and concluded that the case required no further action.\"\n\nIn a statement, UKA said: \"A small number of British athletes have used L-carnitine and, to our knowledge, all doses and methods of administration have been fully in accordance with Wada protocol.\n\n\"The dosage provided to Mo Farah was well within the 50ml limit permitted.\n\n\"Full and honest accounts of the process were given in all forums. Any suggestion to the contrary is false and misleading.\"\n\nSalazar said: \"No Oregon Project athlete used a medication against the spirit of the sport. Any medication taken was done so on the advice and under the supervision of registered medical professionals.\"\n\nIn 2015, UK Athletics carried out a review into Panorama's allegations. Despite former UKA chairman Ed Warner telling the BBC this week he strongly advised Farah to split from Salazar, the review found \"no reason to be concerned\" about Salazar continuing to coach Farah.\n\nA fresh UKA review is under way to establish whether any mistakes were made in its handling of the Salazar episode.\n\nCollins added: \"I think it leaves UK Athletics in a very difficult position. And this seems, to me, that UK Athletics effectively… gave Alberto Salazar… sort of total control over the preparation and training of some of our most celebrated athletes with not very much oversight from people at UK Athletics as to what they were doing and whether they were acting in the best interests of either the sport or that individual athlete and that's a failing on their part.\"", "US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania have visited the Taj Mahal on the first day of their trip to India.\n\nThe iconic \"monument to love\" was the second stop in a 36-hour official visit, Mr Trump's first to India.\n\nEarlier on Monday he landed in Gujarat, the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi - who greeted him along with tens of thousands of Indians.\n\nThe leaders of the world's two largest democracies will meet on Tuesday. No big deals are expected to be signed.\n\nMr Trump received an exuberant welcome in the northern city of Agra, which included dancers dressed as peacocks and horses.\n\nWhile Mr Modi was not present, he was greeted by a close ally of his, Yogi Adityanath, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh state, where Agra is located.\n\nThe Trumps then left for the Taj Mahal, a 17th-Century marble mausoleum built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his queen, Mumtaz Mahal.\n\nIt is perhaps India's most famous monument and is usually part of every visiting dignitary's itinerary.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nEarlier, in Gujarat's Ahmedabad city, Mr Trump addressed a huge crowd at the Motera cricket stadium.\n\n\"Namaste,\" he began to thunderous applause, before going on to refer to several Indian icons, from history to cricket to Bollywood.\n\n\"India will always hold a very special place in our hearts,\" he added.\n\nHe also had words of praise for Mr Modi: \"Everybody loves him but I will tell you this, he is very tough. You are not just the pride of Gujarat, you are living proof that with hard work, Indians can accomplish anything they want.\"\n\nMr Trump arrived in Agra to a colourful welcome\n\nHowever, he struggled to pronounce several Indian words - from Ahmedabad, the city where he was speaking, to Swami Vivekananda, an Indian philosopher, greatly admired by Mr Modi. He also called the Vedas - ancient Hindu texts - \"Vestas\".\n\nHe ended his speech by saying: \"God bless India, God bless the United States of America - we love you, we love you very much.\" He spoke after Mr Modi, and crowds began leaving mid-way through the US president's 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. Skip twitter post by Aleem Maqbool This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nInside the arena Mr Trump was welcomed warmly, but the biggest cheers were for Prime Minister Modi - no surprise, this is his home town.\n\nI've been to rallies for both leaders - and while there was an energy as the two political rock stars headlined the same event, it lacked much of the excitement of their solo appearances.\n\nThere were some awkward moments as President Trump tried his best with Indian names. In the world's largest cricket stadium, he managed to mangle the pronunciation of one of the world's greatest cricketers, Sachin Tendulkar.\n\nBut overall, it did what both men wanted - cement the close ties they and their nations share.\n\nMr Trump's visit comes at an opportune time for Mr Modi, who has been under the spotlight in recent months following controversial decisions by his government.\n\nIn December, India passed a contentious new citizenship law granting amnesty to non-Muslim immigrants from three nearby countries. This prompted massive protests across the country, with critics accusing the government of marginalising India's more than 200 million Muslims - a charge the government denies.\n\nBut protests are still continuing, including in Delhi, where a policeman was killed on Monday after violence broke out hours ahead of Mr Trump's visit.\n\nClashes had erupted between groups protesting against the citizenship law, and those in favour of it.\n\nIn August, Mr Modi's government revoked the partial autonomy of the disputed territory of Indian-administered Kashmir, sparking protests in the Muslim-majority valley. Mobile phone connections and the internet have only been partially restored, and political leaders there are still under house arrest along with hundreds of others.\n\nThe two decisions have sharply polarised India, and have been questioned by leaders abroad.\n\nMore than 100,000 people packed Motera stadium for the rally\n\nBut Mr Modi put on a grand public reception to welcome Mr Trump. In Gujarat he was greeted with a road show as crowds lined his route to the stadium. It featured performers from across the country, showcasing the arts from different states.\n\nBillboards along the route to the Motera stadium were emblazoned with pictures of the two men and carried slogans such as \"two dynamic personalities, one momentous occasion\".\n\nMr Trump entered to the music of Elton John, which he is known to love, playing on the speakers.\n\nThe event is being compared to the \"Howdy, Modi!\" event that Mr Trump and Mr Modi held in Houston last year, which was attended by 50,000 people.\n\nMr Trump also made a quick stop at the Sabarmati Ashram, where Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi, who was born in Gujarat, lived for 13 years.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Yogita Limaye This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 and First Lady Melania Trump tried their hand at the charka or spinning wheel, which is used to spin cloth. Gandhi popularised the act as a form of protest against foreign-made cloth during India's struggle for self-rule.\n\nMr and Mrs Trump tried their hand at spinning cloth, while Mr Modi (left) looked on\n\nBut amid the fanfare, a much-talked about trade deal is unlikely to happen during the Trump trip.\n\nThe US is one of India's most important trade partners, with bilateral trade totalling $142.6bn (£110.3bn) in 2018. The US had a $25.2bn goods and services trade deficit with India, its ninth largest trading partner in goods.\n\nDespite growing political and strategic ties, there's been tension over trade issues. Mr Trump has said India's tariffs - taxes on imports - are \"unacceptable\", and has described India as the \"king\" of tariffs.", "Some 1.1 million people were killed by the Nazis at Auschwitz\n\nSeveral Jewish groups have criticised Amazon for fictitious depictions of the Holocaust in its new series Hunters.\n\nThe online retail giant has also been denounced for allowing the sale of anti-Semitic propaganda books.\n\nDavid Weil, the producer of Hunters, has defended the series and Amazon said it was \"listening to feedback\" about controversial book sales.\n\nHunters, a 10-part drama series, follows a team of Nazi hunters in 1970s America.\n\nThe show, starring Al Pacino, has been accused of bad taste and \"Jewsploitation\" for its depiction of fictional atrocities during the Holocaust. Around six million Jews were killed across Nazi-occupied Europe during the period from 1941-45.\n\nIn one scene, inmates of Auschwitz concentration camp are forced to kill each other while being used in a game of human chess.\n\nMr Weil, whose grandmother was a Holocaust survivor, said while Hunters was \"inspired by true events\", it was not a documentary series and never purported to be.\n\nHe said he decided to fictionalise events in the series because he did not want to misrepresent the suffering of real people.\n\n\"After all, it is true that Nazis perpetrated widespread and extreme acts of sadism and torture - and even incidents of cruel 'games' - against their victims. I simply did not want to depict those specific, real acts of trauma,\" Mr Weil said.\n\n\"If the larger philosophical question is, can we ever tell stories about the Holocaust that are not documentary? I believe we can and should.\"\n\nAuschwitz Memorial, a charity that maintains the former camp as a historical site, accused the programme makers of \"inventing a fake game of human chess\" in an act of \"dangerous foolishness\".\n\nKaren Pollack, chief executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust, told the BBC such portrayals risked fuelling Holocaust denial, and lent a tone of \"flippant entertainment\" to the programme.\n\n\"We have a real responsibility to protect the truth of the Holocaust,\" said Mrs Pollack, \"particularly as we're moving away from living history, the survivors are few and frailer.\"\n\n\"We can't do this alone,\" she added. \"We have to rely on other people in society who want to do good.\"\n\nAbout 1.1 million people, most of them Jews, were murdered at Auschwitz.\n\nRead more about the Holocaust:\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"I was a skeleton\" - Henri Kichka lost his whole family in Auschwitz\n\nSurvivors and international leaders gathered at the former camp last month to commemorate the 75th anniversary of its liberation by Soviet forces.\n\nAmazon has recently come under fire for selling anti-Semitic books, including The Jewish Question in the Classroom by Nazi propagandist Julius Streicher.\n\nOn Friday, Auschwitz Memorial retweeted a letter, written by the Holocaust Educational Trust, asking Amazon to remove books by Streicher from sale.\n\n\"When you decide to make a profit on selling vicious antisemitic Nazi propaganda published without any critical comment or context, you need to remember that those words led not only to the #Holocaust but also many other hate crimes,\" it said.\n\n\"As a bookseller, we are mindful of book censorship throughout history, and we do not take this lightly,\" Amazon said in response. It added that it was investing \"significant time and resources\" in ensuring products on sale met its guidelines.\n\nIn December, after complaints by Auschwitz Memorial, Amazon withdrew several items from its website, including Christmas decorations depicting Auschwitz.", "The internet touts sold tickets to Ed Sheeran (pictured) gigs and other high profile events\n\nTwo internet ticket touts who re-sold tickets worth millions of pounds for events including Ed Sheeran and Adele concerts have been jailed.\n\nPeter Hunter and David Smith traded as Ticket Wiz and BZZ. Over five years BZZ sold tickets for £9.3m more than it paid for them, Leeds Crown Court heard.\n\nSheeran's manager Stuart Camp gave evidence after £75 seats for a charity gig were spotted on sale for £7,000.\n\nHunter was jailed for four years and Smith for two and a half years.\n\nIt was described by National Trading Standards as a \"landmark case\" which was \"the first successful prosecution against a company fraudulently reselling tickets on a large scale\".\n\nSentencing the pair, Judge Mushtaq Khokhar said: \"This was a case of sustained dishonesty for a number of years.\n\n\"A lot of people in this case paid a lot more than they could have paid.\"\n\nIn one year, Peter Hunter and David Smith, who are married, bought more than 750 tickets for Sheeran events alone.\n\nThey used multiple identities and computer robots to buy tickets, selling them for inflated prices on secondary ticketing websites, including Viagogo, GetMein, StubHub and Seatwave.\n\nHunter told the jury how he started his business when a friend without a credit card asked him to buy tickets to see Madonna and he realised he could re-sell extra purchases at a huge profit.\n\nThe case has provoked calls for a wider criminal investigation of the secondary ticketing market\n\nWhen their home was raided, investigators found 112 different payment cards in 37 names.\n\nThe couple used at least 97 different names, 88 postal addresses and more than 290 email addresses to evade platform restrictions.\n\nHunter, 51, and Smith, 66, of Crossfield Road, north London, claimed they were a trusted and reliable source of tickets.\n\nThe jury found them guilty of three counts of fraudulent trading and one of possessing articles for fraud.\n\nFanFair Alliance, supported by managers of artists including Ed Sheeran, welcomed the result\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.", "Four men, from Lancashire and Kent, have been jailed after 29 Vietnamese men, women and children were found in a van, after it was boxed in on the hard shoulder of the M5 motorway.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. David Kenyan and Libby Jackson describe the importance of the antenna\n\nThe UK's first industrial contribution to the International Space Station (ISS) was delivered on Tuesday.\n\nThe communications antenna is part of a consignment of supplies that arrived on a Cygnus freighter.\n\nMade by MDA UK, the Columbus Ka-band (COLKa) Terminal will enable astronauts to connect with scientists and family on Earth at home broadband speeds.\n\nThe equipment will be fixed to the exterior of Europe's ISS science module in a few weeks' time.\n\nThis should improve substantially on current arrangements for radio links.\n\n\"At the moment, the communications from Columbus go through the American data relay satellites, but those satellites are prioritised for US use. This gives Europe some independence,\" David Kenyon, the managing director of Oxfordshire-based MDA UK, told BBC News.\n\nThe Columbus lab is currently going through an upgrade programme\n\nAlthough Britain was an original signatory to the 1998 treaty that brought the International Space Station into being, the country never got involved in building the platform.\n\nIndeed, it pretty much walked away from the project right at the outset, preferring to spend its civil space budget in other areas of space exploration.\n\nIt wasn't until 2012 that the UK signalled a reversal in policy by lodging new funds that year at the European Space Agency's (Esa) Ministerial Council meeting in Naples.\n\nThis money not only paved the way for British astronaut Tim Peake to visit the ISS in 2015/16 but it set in motion the industrial opportunity that's ultimately resulted in the COLKa contribution.\n\nThe new fridge-sized terminal will route video, voice and data to the ground through satellites that are actually higher in the sky than the ISS.\n\nThe astronauts will video call scientists to discuss Columbus-run experiments\n\nOn occasions, these will continue to be the nodes in the American Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS), but the capacity is now there to go through a European alternative as well.\n\nThe European Data Relay System (EDRS) only has one satellite operating at the moment but will soon have a second.\n\nThis will afford the possibility of tens of minutes of dedicated, high-bandwidth connectivity for the Columbus lab on every 90-minute orbit of the Earth made by the station.\n\nAstronauts are expected to use COLKa to video-call scientists who have experiments running on the ISS, and to make \"welfare\" connections with family and friends on Earth.\n\nLibby Jackson, the human exploration programme manager at the UK Space Agency, said scientists in particular would be delighted with the new connection.\n\n\"The amount of science data that's been able to come down has been quite limited,\" she told BBC News.\n\n\"Scientists have been having to wait months for all their images, all of the science data to arrive on hard disks - never mind 'dial up speeds'. It's sort of like waiting for the old floppy disks to arrive in the post. This is going to really allow those scientists to get the data in real time.\"\n\nMDA UK assembled the terminal at its facility on the Harwell space campus using components from Italy, Canada, Norway, Belgium, France, and Germany.\n\nBritain lodged further funds at the most recent Esa Ministerial Council in Seville, Spain, so that its home industry could be involved in the construction of the forthcoming lunar space station.\n\nKnown as the Gateway, this American-led platform will support astronauts on the Moon's surface. The UK is once again seeking a communications role for its companies.\n\nAn ISS robotic arm captured the Cygnus freighter at 09:05 GMT, prior to the manoeuvre that would pull the vehicle into a berthing position. COLKa will be stored aboard the platform for a few weeks before being bolted to the exterior of Columbus in a spacewalk.\n\nJonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos", "Florist Zhao Yuanyuan wearing a protective face mask as she arranges flowers in her shop in Shanghai\n\nMounting debts have hit Chinese companies struggling to pay workers and suppliers amid the coronavirus outbreak.\n\nPresident Xi Xinping said on Sunday that China faces a \"big test\" to combat the virus.\n\nThe government has asked banks to offer more credit for an economy stunned as the virus spreads rapidly.\n\nBut a survey of small and medium Chinese firms found millions on the verge of collapse.\n\nThe Chinese Association of Small and Medium Enterprises said around 60% could cover regular payments for only one to two months before running out of cash.\n\nOnly 10% said they could hold out six months or longer.\n\nAt the same time, the industry group said that \"nearly 60% of the enterprises (surveyed) have resumed work.\"\n\nSmall- and medium-sized companies in China are a particular focus because they account for 60% of the economy and 80% of jobs, according to the People's Bank of China.\n\nMany of the firms and their workers have been on an extended break since late January when China extended the week-long Lunar New Year into mid-February and travel within and to and from the country was slashed to combat the spread of the virus.\n\nInternational Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva at weekend meeting of the world's top 20 economies, known as the G20, capped warnings echoed by central banks around the world that China, the world's No. 2 economy, will see a sharp fall in first quarter economic growth.\n\nThe IMF's current baseline scenario sees China's economy returning to normal in the second quarter of the year. \"But we are also looking at more dire scenarios where the spread of the virus continues for longer and more globally, and the growth consequences are more protracted,'' Georgieva said.", "Sanders was campaigning in California and Texas as Nevadans were voting\n\nAlong with a few far-flung US island territories, only four states are still using the caucus system, with its two-part voting rounds and 15% \"viability\" cut-offs, to determine their Democratic presidential nomination contests. Iowa, of course, went first. We know how that turned out. Now it's Nevada's time in the spotlight (or, perhaps, the barrel).\n\nDespite reported glitches, a few caucus-site ties settled by high-card draw and plenty of calls to the state party hotline for advice, the Nevada results trickled in throughout the afternoon on Saturday, well into the evening and stretching into the morning hours. Before the day was over, it became increasingly clear who the biggest winners and losers would be.\n\nFour years ago, the Nevada caucuses were the moment Hillary Clinton began to turn the tide against Sanders in his upstart bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. This time around, the results could be further evidence that the Sanders surge is very real and very durable.\n\nCaucus entrance polls show Sanders won a dominating 53% of the Hispanic vote - a demographic he struggled with against Clinton. That bodes well for the senator in the two biggest prizes coming up, Texas and California, with their sizeable Hispanic populations.\n\nSanders also, not as surprisingly, carried a majority of those ages 18 to 27 and voters who said they want someone who agrees with them on the issues.\n\nIf Sanders has a winning formula this time around, it could be that he has successfully diversified his coalition, while keeping his loyal support from the young and those who want a president who is with them on issues like major healthcare reform, aggressively combating climate change and addressing income inequality.\n\nIn the caucus's first alignment voting - the preference caucus-goers expressed before they had to abandon sub-15% candidates and pick their second choice - the Sanders margin of victory did not appear nearly as large. The win, however, is still impressive. And no matter the metric, Sanders cruised to victory.\n\nThe Vermont senator appears so confident in his standing that he was campaigning in California this week and spent the day of the Nevada caucuses in Texas. If there was any doubt whether Sanders was the front-runner before now (and, quite honestly, there shouldn't have been), there is no question now.\n\nEver since Joe Biden's struggles in Iowa presaged a downward spiral for his presidential hopes, his team has pointed to black voters as his \"firewall\" - an ethnic base of support that would pick him up after a rough stretch in the predominantly white first two states.\n\nWhile Biden appears destined for a distant second in Nevada, with former Mayor Pete Buttigieg nipping at his heels, he finished at the top of the pack with the 10% of the voters there who are black, suggesting that his firewall hopes weren't entirely unfounded.\n\nIf Biden pulls those kind of numbers in South Carolina, where the Democratic electorate is 60% black, he'll probably win the state - although the margin over Sanders might be narrow. He'll take a win any way he can get it at this point, however.\n\nMeanwhile, most of Biden's rivals for the moderate (or, perhaps, anti-Sanders) vote posted lacklustre results. While Bloomberg still lurks in the days ahead, after Wednesday's debate he doesn't seem quite so intimidating either.\n\nIt's probably not enough to win him the nomination without Sanders making a significant stumble, but for once the former vice-president has a bit of good news to work with.\n\nThe Massachusetts senator can't catch a break. Her respectable third-place finish in Iowa was overshadowed by the chaos resulting from the party's management of the state's caucus system. Then she had a bravura debate performance in Las Vegas on Wednesday night, highlighted by her clinical dissection of billionaire Mike Bloomberg, but it came after more than 70,000 Nevada Democrats - roughly two-thirds of the total turnout - had already cast their ballots in early voting.\n\nAccording to entrance polls, 83% of Nevada caucus participants had made up their mind \"before the past few days\". Wednesday night may have helped boost her fundraising and could give her some life in states that vote in the weeks ahead, but at least in Nevada the die had already been cast.\n\nSo much for Klobmentum, or Klobucharge or whatever you want to call it. After a surprisingly strong third-place finish in New Hampshire, the Minnesota senator scrambled to try to ramp up a cash-strapped campaign to compete in Nevada, South Carolina and the nationwide string of primaries to come.\n\nIt was a tall order, and the Nevada results are not encouraging.\n\nKlobuchar said in her caucus-night speech (given from Minnesota, which holds a primary on Super Tuesday) that she \"exceeded expectations\", but that seems like an overly optimistic assessment.\n\nThe same could be said for Buttigieg, who gave an upbeat post-Nevada speech but also didn't see his New Hampshire (and Iowa) successes turn into much of a boost. Unlike New Hampshire, he finished well behind Sanders this time around.\n\nAnd Klobuchar's Wednesday debate sparring partner can say he finished ahead of her. It's not clear where he goes from here, except to the South Carolina debate stage to needle Klobuchar some more.\n\nWe could probably fill out the loser column with every single candidate not named Bernie Sanders, but for space purposes we'll stop at the California hedge-fund billionaire.\n\nHe poured vast sums into Nevada while others were ignoring the state to focus on Iowa and New Hampshire. His efforts succeeded in getting poll numbers that landed him on quite a few debate stages, but it didn't translate into actual support once voters started caucusing.\n\nHe's tried a similar move in South Carolina, where surveys show him as high as third. The Nevada results, however, suggest he may be in for a similar collapse on primary day next Saturday.\n\nIn fact, South Carolina is going to be the last chance for all of the candidates hoping to pick up some much-needed momentum before the 3 March Super Tuesday states, when more than a quarter of all the Democratic convention delegates are at stake.\n\nIt will be a week of desperation for many, as the end of the line looms.", "Mr Assange addressed the court during proceedings, saying he couldn't concentrate because of the noise coming from his supporters outside\n\nWikileaks co-founder Julian Assange revealed the names of sources who subsequently \"disappeared\" after he put them at risk, a court has heard.\n\nA lawyer for the US government made the claim on the first day of Mr Assange's extradition hearing in London.\n\nWoolwich Crown Court was told Mr Assange was guilty of \"straightforward\" criminality for hacking into and publishing US military databases.\n\nMr Assange's lawyer said the charges were politically motivated by the US.\n\nEdward Fitzgerald QC, representing the Australian, said the 48-year-old would be denied a fair trial in the US and would be a suicide risk.\n\nMr Assange has been held in Belmarsh prison since last September after a judge said there were \"substantial grounds\" for believing he would abscond ahead of the hearing.\n\nHe was jailed for 50 weeks in May 2019 for breaching his bail conditions after going into hiding in the Ecuadorian embassy in London for nearly seven years.\n\nHe sought asylum at the embassy to avoid extradition to Sweden on a rape allegation that he denied - and the investigation was subsequently dropped.\n\nDemonstrators gather outside the gates of Woolwich Crown Court for the start of the hearing\n\nOpening the extradition hearing, James Lewis QC, representing the US, said the majority of the 18 charges related to \"straightforward criminal\" activity.\n\nHe denied Mr Assange was facing the charges because he had published \"embarrassing\" information the US would rather was not disclosed.\n\nMr Lewis said Mr Assange has been involved in a \"conspiracy to steal from and hack into\" the department of defence computer system along with former US army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning.\n\n\"These are ordinary criminal charges and any person, journalist or source who hacks or attempts to gain unauthorised access to a secure system or aids and abets others to do so is guilty of computer misuse,\" Mr Lewis said.\n\n\"Reporting or journalism is not an excuse for criminal activities or a licence to break ordinary criminal laws.\"\n\nHe also described claims that Mr Assange would face up to 175 years in jail if found guilty of the charges as \"hyperbole\".\n\nMr Lewis said the dissemination of specific classified documents unredacted put dissidents in Afghanistan and Iraq at \"risk of serious harm, torture or even death\".\n\nThe US identified hundreds of \"at risk and potentially at risk people\" around the world, he said, and made efforts to warn them.\n\n\"The US is aware of sources, whose redacted names and other identifying information was contained in classified documents published by Wikileaks, who subsequently disappeared, although the US can't prove at this point that their disappearance was the result of being outed by Wikileaks.\"\n\nJulian Assange's brother and father - Gabriel and John Shipton - arrive at court\n\nOutlining Mr Assange's defence, Mr Fitzgerald said the extradition should be barred because \"the prosecution is being pursued for political motives and not in good faith\".\n\nHe said the delay in making the extradition request showed the political nature of the case.\n\n\"President Trump came into power with a new approach for freedom of the press... amounting effectively to declaring war on investigative journalists,\" he said.\n\n\"It's against that background Julian Assange has been made an example of.\"\n\nHe added the extradition attempt was directed at Mr Assange \"because of the political opinions he holds\", and said he would be denied a fair trial in the United States.\n\nMr Fitzgerald also told the court that Mr Assange had not assisted whistleblower Chelsea Manning in accessing the documents, as had been claimed.\n\nHe added: \"It's completely misleading to suggest it was Julian Assange and Wikileaks to blame for the disclosure of unredacted names.\n\n\"Wikileaks only published the unredacted material after they had been published by others who have never faced prosecution.\"\n\nHe said that it would be\" unjust and oppressive\" to extradite Mr Assange - who has suffered from clinical depression \"that dates back many years\" - because he would be a high suicide risk.\n\nMr Assange's mental health problems had been aggravated by his treatment in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, he said, claiming the 48-year-old and his visitors had been placed under surveillance and recorded with video and audio equipment.\n\nMr Fitzgerald, referring to a statement from a whistleblower, said that spies also considered \"more extreme measures\" such as kidnapping or poisoning Mr Assange while he was inside the embassy.\n\nAsked by the judge whether Mr Assange was intending to give evidence, Mr Fitzgerald replied that it was \"very unlikely\".\n\nSome of his supporters gathered outside the gates of the court and their protests - which included a siren, chanting and singing - could be heard inside the courtroom.\n\nThat prompted Mr Assange to address the court before the lunch break, saying: \"I'm having difficulty concentrating. All this noise is not helpful either.\"\n\n\"I understand and am very grateful of the public support and understand they must be disgusted...\"\n\nBut District Judge Vanessa Baraitser then stopped him from speaking and asked his lawyer to address her instead.\n\nMr Fitzgerald said: \"What Mr Assange is saying is he can't hear and can't concentrate because of the noise outside.\n\nThe extradition hearing will be adjourned at the end of this week of legal argument and continue with three weeks of evidence scheduled to begin on 18 May.", "At the beginning of the month, two people were stabbed in an attack on Streatham High Street in London, in an Islamist-related terrorist incident.\n\nThe attacker, Sudesh Amman, had been freed from prison 10 days after serving time for terror offences.\n• Sudesh Amman: Who was the Streatham attacker?\n\nThe government responded by promising to bring forward legislation urgently to prevent the automatic release of people convicted of terrorism offences halfway through their sentences.\n\nUnder the government's proposals, people given a fixed or determinate sentence for a terror-related offence would be freed only with the agreement of the Parole Board - and after serving at least two-thirds of their term.\n\nThe bill was introduced to Parliament yesterday and the government wants the measures to become law by the end of the month.\n\nThe aim is to prevent the 28 February release of Mohammed Zahir Khan, who is the next convicted terrorist due to be freed after serving half his sentence for encouraging terrorism.\n\nThe bill would affect about 50 prisoners who were convicted under existing rules, which allow for release halfway through a sentence.", "Northern Ireland Secretary Julian Smith and Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom are among the early casualties as Boris Johnson begins a cabinet reshuffle.\n\nHousing Minister Esther McVey and Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers are also out of the government.\n\nSenior figures such as Chancellor Sajid Javid, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and Home Secretary Priti Patel are expected to remain in place.\n\nMost of the cabinet were appointed when Mr Johnson became prime minister in July.\n\nIn a statement confirming his resignation as the government's most senior law officer, Mr Cox said: \"I have been truly privileged to have served as attorney general during the recent turbulent political times.\"\n\nKnown for his booming delivery and his legal advice that effectively scuppered Theresa May's Brexit deal in March last year, he said he had been asked to resign by the prime minister.\n\nMr Smith has been widely praised for his brief tenure at the Northern Ireland Office - he was in the role just 204 days.\n\nHis departure comes weeks after brokering the deal which restored the power-sharing administration in Stormont.\n\nMr Smith said on Twitter that it had been \"the biggest privilege\" to serve the people of Northern Ireland and he was \"extremely grateful\" to have been given the chance to serve \"this amazing part of our country\".\n\nIreland's Prime Minister Leo Varadkar called Mr Smith \"one of Britain's finest politicians of our time\".\n\n\"In eight months as secretary of state, Julian, you helped to restore power-sharing in Stormont, secured an agreement with us to avoid a hard border, plus marriage equality,\" he told the former minister in a tweet.\n\nThe prime minister left his cabinet largely untouched following the Conservative Party's decisive election victory in December, pending what sources suggested at the time would be a more significant overhaul after the UK left the EU on 31 January.\n\nMr Johnson is expected to make changes at junior ministerial level - namely parliamentary under-secretaries of state - that could see a 50/50 gender balance in a push to promote female talent.\n\nEducation minister Chris Skidmore and transport ministers Nus Ghani and George Freeman have been sacked.\n\nThere are expected to be promotions for a number of female MPs in government, including Anne-Marie Trevelyan, Suella Braverman and Gillian Keegan.\n\nCabinet Office minister Oliver Dowden and International Development Secretary Alok Sharma are also expected to get more prominent roles.\n\nBaroness Morgan is also expected to be among the departing ministers.\n\nWhen she was re-appointed as culture secretary in December, she said she only expected to stay in the role for a couple of months, having stood down as an MP at the election and been appointed a peer.\n\nAmong more junior ministers, those tipped for promotion include Victoria Atkins, Oliver Dowden, Kwasi Kwarteng and Lucy Frazer, while Stephen Barclay could make a quick return to cabinet after his role as Brexit Secretary was scrapped following the UK's departure from the EU.\n\nMr Johnson is expected to appoint a new minister to oversee the building of the HS2 rail line, final approval for which was given this week.\n\nHe also needs to find someone to run the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow later this year after its previous president Claire Perry O'Neill was sacked, and two former Tory leaders, David Cameron and Lord Hague, rejected the job.\n\nIn a statement on her Facebook page, Ms Villiers said: \"What the prime minister giveth, the prime minister taketh away: just over six months ago, I was delighted to be invited by the prime minister to return to government after three years on the back benches.\n\n\"This morning he told me that I need to make way for someone new.\"\n\nShe said she was \"sad\" no longer to be a part of the cabinet, but she said the prime minister would continue to have her \"full support\".", "Ron and Anne Ryall have been ordered to leave their home next month\n\nThe HS2 high-speed rail route received government approval on Tuesday, but while it has its supporters, not everyone will benefit from it.\n\nRon and Anne Ryall have been ordered to leave their home next month as the route is due to run right through it.\n\nRon told the BBC: \"I'm finding it difficult that someone can just walk into your life and destroy it. My family has lived in this lane for 100 years. I was born here.\"\n\nAnne told BBC Breakfast: \"It's awful, absolutely awful. We feel like a fruit being squeezed out of its skin, closing in and closing in and it's just a horrible feeling.\"\n\nThe Ryalls say the money they have been offered to leave is not enough and they will refuse to move from their house in Colne Valley in Buckinghamshire.\n\nHowever, the chief executive of a Birmingham company feels HS2 will be a huge benefit to businesses in the Midlands.\n\nSimon Topman, of Acme Whistles, said: \"Getting to London or going up north from Birmingham - we're right in the middle of the country - ought to be easy, and it isn't.\n\n\"The capacity just isn't there, if you go early in the morning you stand, and if you even go off peak, you stand.\n\n\"Those affected won't like it, but the overall benefit to the economy will be great, and I think the environmental impact will be far smaller than anybody imagines.\"\n\nCate Walter, a director of Rhino Safety based near Crewe, told the BBC: \"For Crewe this is absolutely crucial. We're a town been surrounded by a lot of regeneration areas in recent years, but have not been the focus of the regeneration ourselves.\n\n\"People have this idea of Cheshire as this leafy affluent sort of area but there are pockets within that, including Crewe, of really quite stagnant economies.\n\n\"The investment in our very local economy that HS2 should bring will be absolutely crucial for growing businesses in our area.\"", "The man had been walking his dog in Black Woods near Woolton Road\n\nA second person has been killed in high winds following Storm Ciara's passage across the UK.\n\nA dog-walker in his 60s died after a tree branch fell during stormy weather in Liverpool on Tuesday morning, police said.\n\nOn Sunday, a 58-year-old man died after a tree fell on his car in Hampshire.\n\nIt comes as a new storm is expected to bring heavy rain and strong winds to parts of the UK this weekend, the Met Office said.\n\nStorm Dennis could cause flooding and wind gusts of more than 60mph.\n\nIt is not predicted to be as severe as Storm Ciara, but is likely to cause disruption.\n\nA yellow wind warning has been issued for much of England and Wales on Saturday, and further warnings could follow.\n\nSteve Ramsdale, chief meteorologist at the Met Office, said: \"Our confidence in the forecast means we have been able to issue severe weather warnings well in advance, giving people time to prepare for potential impacts of the storm.\"\n\nThe weather warning on Saturday will come into force at midday and run until 23:59 GMT.\n\nWind gusts will widely exceed 50mph but could reach over 60mph in exposed areas.\n\nHeavy rainfall on ground already saturated by last weekend's Storm Ciara could lead to further flooding.\n\nThe Met Office said disruption to transport services and power supplies should be expected, and that Storm Dennis could cause large coastal waves.\n\nMuch of the UK is still grappling with the aftermath of Storm Ciara, which caused disruption to trains, flights and motorists.\n\nWind gusts of 97mph were recorded on the Isle of Wight.\n\nMore than 20,000 properties across east and south-east England and north Wales spent Sunday night without power.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Storm Ciara: Three \"lucky\" people in wave near miss in Prestatyn, Wales\n\nMeanwhile, more than 400 people in Cumbria were warned not to drink, wash or cook with tap water after a main was damaged by the storm.\n\nTravel disruption continues in Wales, with some main roads blocked and train services suspended.\n\nCars were trapped in some areas after heavy snow on Monday.\n\nAn yellow weather warning for snow is in place for Northern Ireland, much of Scotland and parts of northern England until 12:00 GMT on Wednesday.\n\nThe Queensferry Crossing that connects Edinburgh and Fife has been closed for the first time since it opened in 2017, after ice and snow fell from cables on to the carriageway.\n\nThe bridge will remain closed on Wednesday, the Scottish government said.", "BP chief executive Bernard Looney has set out a vision to reduce the oil giant's carbon footprint\n\nNew BP boss Bernard Looney has said he wants the company to sharply cut net carbon emissions by 2050 or sooner.\n\nMr Looney said the 111-year-old company needed to \"reinvent\" itself, a strategy that will eventually include more investment in alternative energy.\n\nBP will have to fundamentally reorganise itself to help make those changes, said Mr Looney, who took over as chief executive last week.\n\nIt follows similar moves by rivals, including Royal Dutch Shell and Total.\n\nMr Looney said: \"The world's carbon budget is finite and running out fast; we need a rapid transition to net zero.\n\n\"Trillions of dollars will need to be invested in re-plumbing and rewiring the world's energy system.\"\n\n\"This will certainly be a challenge, but also a tremendous opportunity. It is clear to me, and to our stakeholders, that for BP to play our part and serve our purpose, we have to change. And we want to change - this is the right thing for the world and for BP.\"\n\nHe outlined his plans in a keynote speech on Wednesday.\n\n\"Providing the world with clean, reliable affordable energy will require nothing less than reimagining energy, and today that becomes BP's new purpose,\" he said. \"Reimagining energy for people and our planet.\"\n\n\"We'll still be an energy company, but a very different kind of energy company: leaner, faster moving, lower carbon, and more valuable.\"\n\nBP's announcement that it intends to become a zero carbon emissions company by 2050 was not short of fanfare. It's new boss, 49-year-old Irishman Bernard Looney, delivered what the company described as a landmark speech in front of hundreds of journalists and investors.\n\nBut while he was clear what he wanted and why, he was less clear on how and when. There was a commitment to reduce the company's investments in oil and gas exploration, and increase investment in zero and low-carbon energy over time.\n\nBut there were no commitments to specific targets in the intervening 30 years. Indeed he said that BP would still be in the oil and gas business three decades from now but in a sustainable way.\n\nUltimately, it will fall to his successors to make good on promises made today. But Mr Looney said in order to start a journey you need a destination. His critics would say you need a more detailed map on how to get there.\n\nOn Instagram, which Mr Looney recently signed up to, he said: \"Rest assured - a lot of time - and listening - has gone into this.\"\n\n\"All of the anxiety and frustration of the world at the pace of change is a big deal. I want you to know we are listening. Both as a company - and myself as an individual.\"In the longer term, BP's plans will involve less investment in oil and gas, and more investment in low carbon businesses.\n\nThe company said it wanted to be \"net zero\" by 2050 - that is, it wants the greenhouse gas emissions from its operations, and from the oil and gas it produces, to make no addition to the amount of greenhouse gases in the world's atmosphere by that date.\n\nIt also wants to halve the amount of carbon in its products by 2050.\n\nMr Looney did not set out in detail how it intended to reach its \"net zero\" target, something that drew criticism from environmental campaign organisation Greenpeace.\n\nCharlie Kronick, oil advisor from Greenpeace UK, said there were many unanswered questions. \"How will they reach net zero? Will it be through offsetting? When will they stop wasting billions on drilling for new oil and gas we can't burn?\n\n\"What is the scale and schedule for the renewables investment they barely mention? And what are they going to do this decade, when the battle to protect our climate will be won or lost?\"\n\nMr Looney addressed this criticism after his speech, saying: \"We want a rapid transition. A transition that is delayed, and then suddenly is a right-angle change that disrupts the world, would be destructive to our company.\"\n\n\"We're starting with a destination. The details will come,\" he said.\n\nWhen asked whether that meant it's oil and gas business would cease to grow, Mr Looney said: \"BP is going to be in the oil and gas business for a very long time. That's a fact. We pay an $8bn in dividends [to shareholders] every year. Not paying that is one way to make sure that we're not around to enable the transition that we want.\"\n\nHowever, he said the existing oil and gas business would shrink over time. Any remaining carbon produced by the use of BP products would have to be captured or offset, he said.\n\nClimate Action 100+, a group of large investors that is trying to put pressure on major greenhouse gas emitters to clean up their act, said the BP announcement was \"welcome\".\n\n\"We need to see a wholesale shift to a net zero economy by 2050,\" said Stephanie Pfeifer, a member of the action group's steering committee.\n\n\"This must include oil and gas companies if we are to have any chance of successfully tackling the climate crisis,\" said Ms Pfeifer, who is also chief executive of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change.\n\nShe said that Climate Action 100+ investors, which have already been putting pressure on BP, will continue to look for progress from the company in addressing climate change.\n\n\"This includes how it will invest more in non-oil and gas businesses, and ensuring its lobbying activity supports delivery of the Paris Agreement,\" she said.", "Jarek Grudowski and Piotr Bukolt were rescued in severe weather on Tuesday night.\n\nTwo Polish businessmen who became stuck in heavy snow in southern Scotland have thanked their rescuers.\n\nThe men encountered the severe conditions as they travelled from Edinburgh to Dumfries, via the A702 in Dumfries and Galloway on Tuesday night.\n\nThey were among 12 people who were rescued after vehicles including a tanker, bus and several cars were abandoned on the Dalveen Pass.\n\nRescue teams said they encountered 18 inches (45cm) of snow and strong winds.\n\nJarek Grudowski and Piotr Bukolt were about 30 miles from their destination when their car became stuck in snow near Durisdeer.\n\nThe rescue operation at Dalveen Pass came after days of wintry conditions in Scotland\n\n\"We were stuck, the car couldn't move. In front of us there were a few trucks and some other cars which were also abandoned already.\"\n\nFortunately, a rescue team soon appeared and took the men to their hotel.\n\nMr Grudowski said: \"I would like to thank the mountain rescue team because they helped us immediately and took us to the hotel so we were on time.\"\n\n\"Yes I was happy,\" he said. \"This is the best business trip with Jarek in my life.\"\n\nA large swathe of the south of Scotland was covered by a Met Office amber weather warning of snow while the rescue operation took place on Tuesday.\n\nCharlie McCreedie was one of the four members of the Moffat Mountain Rescue Team who were on standby.\n\nHe said they got the call to go to the Dalveen Pass on the A702, between the M74 and A76, after 21:00.\n\n\"The A76 was completely clear, but when you got to the higher ground it was snowing quite heavily,\" he said.\n\n\"The road was completely blocked then by vehicles and snow.\"\n\nDrivers and passengers were taken to safety by members of Moffat Mountain Rescue Team\n\nMr McCreedie and his team brought two off-road vehicles, but had to wait a further hour for a snow plough to clear the path to safety.\n\nHe said the 12 people they helped - including a bus passenger - were \"starting to look cold and weary\".\n\n\"They were pleased to get into the Land Rover,\" he added.\n\nWith weather warnings in place and forecasts predicting further wintry weather over the coming days, Mr McCreedie urged drivers to plan ahead and not make unnecessary journeys.\n\nHe said: \"It's just Scotland in the winter, you really need to be prepared.\n\n\"It is always worth having something in your car in case you do get stuck. Try and listen to the police and weather forecast.\n\n\"If you can avoid your journey, avoid your journey.\"", "A message written in the snow alongside the Tonghui river reads \"Goodbye Li Wenliang!\"\n\nOn a cold Beijing morning, on an uninspiring, urban stretch of the Tonghui river, a lone figure could be seen writing giant Chinese characters in the snow.\n\nThe message taking shape on the sloping concrete embankment was to a dead doctor.\n\n\"Goodbye Li Wenliang!\" it read, with the author using their own body to make the imprint of that final exclamation mark.\n\nFive weeks earlier, Dr Li had been punished by the police for trying to warn colleagues about the dangers of a strange new virus infecting patients in his hospital in the Chinese city of Wuhan.\n\nNow he'd succumbed to the illness himself and pictures of that frozen tribute spread fast on the Chinese internet, capturing in physical form a deep moment of national shock and anger.\n\nThere's still a great deal we don't know about Covid-19, to give the disease caused by the virus its official name. Before it took its final fatal leap across the species barrier to infect its first human, it is likely to have been lurking inside the biochemistry of an - as yet unidentified - animal. That animal, probably infected after the virus made an earlier zoological jump from a bat, is thought to have been kept in a Wuhan market, where wildlife was traded illegally.\n\nBeyond that, the scientists trying to map its deadly trajectory from origin to epidemic can say little more with any certainty.\n\nBut while they continue their urgent, vital work to determine the speed at which it spreads and the risks it poses, one thing is beyond doubt. A month or so on from its discovery, Covid-19 has shaken Chinese society and politics to the core.\n\nThat tiny piece of genetic material, measured in ten-thousandths of a millimetre, has set in train a humanitarian and economic catastrophe counted in more than 1,000 Chinese lives and tens of billions of Chinese yuan. It has closed off whole cities, placing an estimated 70 million residents in effective quarantine, shutting down transport links and restricting their ability to leave their homes. And it has exposed the limits of a political system for which social control is the highest value, breaching the rigid layers of censorship with a tsunami of grief and rage.\n\nThe risk for the ruling elite is obvious.\n\nIt can be seen in their response, ordering into action the military, the media and every level of government from the very top to the lowliest village committee.\n\nThe consequences are now entirely dependent on questions no one knows the answers to; can they pull off the complex task of bringing a runaway epidemic under control, and if so, how long might it take?\n\nAcross the world, people seem unsure how to respond to the small number of cases being detected in their own countries. The public mood can swing between panic - driven by the pictures of medical workers in hazmat suits - to complacency, brought on by headlines that suggest the risk is no worse than flu. The evidence from China suggests that both responses are misguided. Seasonal flu may well have a low fatality rate, measured in fractions of 1%, but it's a problem because it affects so many people around the world.\n\nThe tiny proportion killed out of the many, many millions who catch it each year still numbers in the hundreds of thousands - individually tragic, collectively a major healthcare burden.\n\nVery early estimates suggested the new virus may be at least as deadly as flu - precisely why so much effort is now going into stopping it becoming another global pandemic. But one new estimate suggests it could prove even deadlier yet, killing as many as 1% of those who contract it. For any individual, that risk is still relatively small, although it's worth noting such estimates are averages - just like flu, the risks fall more heavily on the elderly and already infirm.\n\nDespite the death toll, an increasing number of patients are recovering\n\nBut China's experience of this epidemic demonstrates two things. Firstly, it offers a terrifying glimpse of the potential effect on a healthcare system when you scale up infections of this kind of virus across massive populations. Two new hospitals have had to be built in Wuhan in a matter of days, with beds for 2,600 patients, and giant stadiums and hotels are being used as quarantine centres, for almost 10,000 more.\n\nDespite these efforts, many have still struggled to find treatment, with reports of people dying at home, unregistered in the official figures. Secondly, it highlights the importance of taking the task of containing outbreaks of new viruses extremely seriously. The best approach, most experts agree, is one based on transparency and trust, with good public information and proportionate, timely government action.\n\nBut in an authoritarian system, with strict censorship and an emphasis on political stability above all else, transparency and trust are in short supply.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nChina's response may have sometimes looked like panic - with what's been called the \"biggest quarantine in history\" and harsh enforcement against those who disobey.\n\nBut those measures have become necessary only because its initial response looked like the very definition of complacency.\n\nThere's ample evidence that the warning signs were missed by the authorities, and worse, ignored. By late December, medical staff in Wuhan were beginning to notice unusual symptoms of viral pneumonia, with a cluster linked to the market trading in illegal wildlife. On 30 December, Dr Li Wenliang, an ophthalmologist working in Wuhan's Central Hospital, posted his concerns in a private medical chat group, advising colleagues to take measures to protect themselves. He'd seen seven patients who appeared to be suffering with an illness similar to Sars - another coronavirus that began in an illegal Chinese wildlife market in 2002 and went on to kill 774 people worldwide.\n\nA few days later, he was summoned by the police.\n\nDr Li was made to sign a confession, denouncing the messages he'd posted as \"illegal behaviour\".\n\nThe case received national media attention, with a high-profile state-run TV report announcing that in total, eight people in Wuhan were being investigated for \"spreading rumours\". The authorities, though, were well aware of the outbreak of illness. The day after Dr Li posted his message, China notified the World Health Organization, and the day after that, the suspected source - the market - was closed down.\n\nBut despite the multiplying cases and the concerns among medics that human-to-human transmission was taking place, the authorities did little to protect the public. Doctors were already setting up quarantine rooms and anticipating extra admissions when Wuhan held its important annual political gathering, the city's People's Congress.\n\nIn their speeches, the Communist Party leaders made no mention of the virus. China's National Health Commission continued to report that the number of infections was limited and that there was no clear evidence that the disease could spread between humans.\n\nAnd on 18 January the Wuhan authorities allowed a massive community banquet to take place, involving more than 40,000 families. The aim was to set a record for the most dishes served at an event. Two days later, China finally confirmed that human-to-human transmission was indeed taking place.\n\nImages from Chinese state TV show the large banquet in Wuhan\n\nMost remarkable of all perhaps, the following day, Wuhan held a Lunar New Year dance performance, attended by senior officials from across the surrounding province of Hubei. A state media report of the event, since hurriedly deleted but captured here, says the performers, some with runny noses and feeling unwell, \"overcame the fear of pneumonia... winning praise from the leaders\".\n\nBy the time the national authorities had woken up to the impending disaster, and closed the city down on 23 January, it was too late - the epidemic was out of control. Before Wuhan's transport links were cut, an estimated five million people had left the city for the Lunar New Year break, travelling across China and the world.\n\nSome have begun calling the disaster \"China's Chernobyl\".\n\nThe parallels in failures to pass bad news up the chain of command and the incentives to put the short-term interests of political stability ahead of public safety, seem all too apparent. Li Wenliang, who'd gone back to work after being warned to keep quiet, soon discovered he'd also been infected.\n\nHe died earlier this month, leaving a five-year-old son and a pregnant wife.\n\nAnger was already simmering over the authorities' failure to issue timely warnings, with the crisis now being aired in full view. Wuhan's politicians were blaming senior officials for failing to authorise the release of the information; senior officials appeared to be preparing to hang Wuhan's politicians out to dry.\n\nBut the death of a man, silenced for simply trying to protect his colleagues, burst open the dam with a wave of online fury directed not just at individuals, but at the system itself. So great was the public outrage, China's censors appeared unsure what to censor and what to let through. The hashtag #Iwantfreedomofspeech was viewed almost two million times before it was blocked. Aware of the tide of emotion, the Party began paying its own tributes to Dr Li.\n\nDoctor Li Wenliang tried to warn authorities about the new virus and died after contracting it\n\nChina's rulers, untroubled by the inconveniences of the ballot box, have far deeper and older fears of what might sweep them from office. The wars, famines and diseases that shook the dynasties of old have given them their inheritance; an acute historical sense of the danger of the unforeseen crisis. They will also know well what Chernobyl did for the legitimacy of the ruling Communist Party in the former USSR.\n\n\"It's impossible to know if Li Wenliang's death will serve as the catalyst for something bigger,\" Jude Blanchette, an expert on Chinese politics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, tells me. \"But the raw emotion that surged when news of his condition broke indicates deep levels of frustration and anger exist within the country.\"\n\nPrecisely because it feels the weight of history, however, the Communist Party has made holding onto power a living obsession, and it has an ever more formidable domestic security apparatus to help it to do so. Over the past few decades it has proven nothing if not resilient, enduring through political chaos, devastating earthquakes and man-made disasters.\n\nBut one sign that might hint at an awareness of just how great the current risks are comes in the role being played by China's President Xi Jinping. This week - for the first time since the crisis began - he ventured out to meet health workers involved in the fight, visiting a hospital and a virus control centre in Beijing.\n\nIn contrast, his premier, Li Keqiang, has been sent to the front lines in Wuhan and appointed head of a special working group to tackle the epidemic.\n\nWhile it is common for the premier to be the face of reassurance during national disasters, some observers see another reason why Mr Xi might be wise to be seen to delegate.\n\nChina's president has kept a low profile since the outbreak began\n\n\"Xi's absence from this crisis is yet another demonstration that he doesn't so much lead as he does command,\" Mr Blanchette says. \"He's clearly worried that this crisis will blow up in his face, and so he's pushed out underlings to be the public face of the CCP's response.\"\n\nAlready there are signs that the censorship is being ratcheted up once again, with Mr Xi ordering senior officials to \"strengthen the control over online media\".\n\nA few days ago, I spoke by phone to the lawyer and blogger, Chen Qiushi, who'd travelled to Wuhan in an attempt to provide independent reporting about the situation. Videos from Mr Chen, and a fellow activist, Fang Bin, have been widely watched, showing not the ranks of patriotic soldier-medics and the building of hospitals that fill state media coverage, but overcrowded waiting rooms and body bags.\n\nHe told me he was unsure how long he'd be able to carry on. \"The censorship is very strict and people's accounts are being closed down if they share my content,\" he said.\n\nMr Chen has since gone missing.\n\nFriends and family believe he's been forced into Wuhan's quarantine system, in an attempt to silence him.\n\nChina's leaders now find their fate linked to the daily charts of infection rates, published city by city, province by province. There are some signs that the extraordinary quarantine measures may be having an effect - outside of Hubei Province, the worst affected area, the number of new daily infections is falling.\n\nBut with the need to try to restart the economy - all but frozen now for over a week - the country has begun a slow return to work.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nStrict quarantine measures will remain in force in the worst affected areas, but workers from other parts of the country are trickling back to the cities, with the task of monitoring and managing their movements being handed to local neighbourhood committees.\n\nIt will be a difficult balancing act.\n\nToo tough an approach risks further choking off business activity, commerce and travel in a consumer environment already suffocating under the deep psychological fear of contagion. Too lax, and any one of the many potential reservoirs of infection, now scattered across the country, could explode into another, separate epidemic.\n\nThat would require further harsh action, knocking domestic confidence and prolonging the international border closures and flight restrictions put in place at such enormous economic cost.\n\nChina is insisting that it is a fight well on the way to being won with \"unconquerable will\" and that lessons have been learned and \"shortcomings in preparedness\" identified.\n\nQuestions about the systemic failings behind the disaster are dismissed as foreign \"prejudice\", as the propaganda machine cranks into overdrive, channelling the narrative and muting the criticisms.\n\nBut the devastating scale and scope of China's world-threatening catastrophe have already revealed something important. The thousands who have lost family members, the millions living under the quarantine measures and the workers and businesses bearing the financial costs have been asking those difficult questions too.\n\nOn the snowy banks of the Tonghui river, the giant tribute to Li Wenliang remains intact. When we visited, a few locals were taking photos and talking quietly to each other.\n\nSoon, with the warming weather, the characters will be gone.", "\"You 100% have to be on top form all the time because if something happens, you're in charge.\"\n\nVictoria Bell is at the start of an overnight \"sleep-in\" shift, caring for two people with learning disabilities in a house in Doncaster.\n\nA long-running battle over care-workers' pay will reach the Supreme Court on Wednesday.\n\nVictoria, 23, is very clear the work she does should be better valued and better paid.\n\nShe gets the minimum wage for the nights she sleeps in - but many workers on similar shifts are paid a much lower flat rate.\n\n\"People say, 'Oh, you actually sleep at work?'\n\n\"You do sleep sometimes but you're always at work. It's not like you can get up and leave to go anywhere else.\"\n\nShe shows the staff bedroom - small, with plain walls, a single bed and filing cabinets.\n\n\"We've got a phone there in case there is an emergency and the service users bedrooms are just next door.\"\n\nThere are alarms in their rooms and once one goes off \"you're awake for them\", she says.\n\nUnions argue all care staff should receive the minimum wage for night shifts even if they are asleep.\n\nOne of the two cases being considered by the Supreme Court is against Mencap, the learning disability charity.\n\nThousands of workers will be affected and organisations providing care fear if they lose, they could be liable for millions of pounds in back pay, which they say they cannot afford.\n\nPhilip Bartey who runs Autism Plus, Victoria's employer, says its bill alone could be £2.5m\n\n\"The funds are not there,\" he says.\n\nMr Bartey says the squeeze is due to councils and the NHS not paying care companies the minimum wage for providing sleep-in care at the homes of older or disabled people who might need help.\n\nVictoria Bell, 23, with Emma, one of the people she helps care for\n\nUnison brought the legal action on behalf of a Mencap care worker paid less than £30 for working a shift from 22:00 to 07:00.\n\nShe was expected to keep a \"listening ear\" out in case the people she was there to support needed help, otherwise she could sleep.\n\nOver 16 months, she was called on six times at night, receiving no extra money for the first hour she was disturbed, although after that she was paid at the full day-time rate.\n\nThe High Court ruled even when she was asleep she was entitled to the minimum wage for the shift.\n\nThat was overturned in the Court of Appeal and now the Supreme Court will be expected to settle the matter once and for all.\n\nMencap says it now ensures staff are paid the minimum wage for sleep-in shifts.\n\n\"We would dearly like to pay our hard-working colleagues more,\" the charity says.\n\nBut it is defending the case, it says, as, if the Court of Appeal ruling is overturned, tax officials will expect it and other care providers to pay care workers past and present six years of back pay, which \"would run into hundreds of millions\".\n\nMencap says such a bill could make the care they provide unviable and wants the government to step in,\" the charity says.\n\n\"Social care is chronically underfunded and many providers are warning that this could tip them into insolvency.\n\n\"If back pay is owed, we believe the government should pay it.\"\n\nTUC head of employment rights Kate Bell says: \"Governments for a long time have been talking about sorting the social-care crisis.\n\n\"This is the point where they really have to step in and help out.\n\n\"We just can't have the situation where we're saying either low paid workers don't get paid or people don't get the vital care they need. That's not tenable.\"\n\nA spokeswoman said the government would pay \"close attention\" to the outcome of the case.\n\nShe added: \"Workers in the sector should be fairly rewarded for what they do and we encourage employers to pay more than the minimum wage where possible; we hope more care-sector employers will consider doing so.\"", "The resignation of the last A&E consultant at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital has speeded up the downgrade plans\n\nAbout 400 people have protested outside the Senedd against the closure of an A&E department.\n\nCwm Taf Morgannwg health board have said doctor shortages meant it was considering closing the department at the Royal Glamorgan in Llantrisant, either completely or overnight.\n\nSamantha Jones, whose baby's life was saved by staff at the A&E, said closing the department would put lives at risk.\n\nThe health board said action was needed to avoid \"risk to patient safety\".\n\nAn agreement to centralise emergency care in fewer hospitals was made in 2015, but a decision on the final details is yet to be made.\n\nProtesters have descended on Cardiff's Senedd building with homemade placards\n\nAssembly members from across the party divide who oppose the plans have warned people \"will die\" if the service closes.\n\nBut in the Senedd on Wednesday, Health Minister Vaughan Gething said they needed to \"rub up against the reality\" of staff recruitment problems.\n\n\"They do have an unavoidable challenge about the future safety of that service,\" he said.\n\nHowever a majority of assembly members, including four from Labour, backed a Tory motion rejecting any downgrading.\n\nEarlier, Welsh Conservative health spokeswoman Angela Burns said the Welsh Government could not ignore the \"significant opposition\" to the downgrading.\n\nShe said it would be \"dangerous\" to change the service as people would have to travel further for emergency treatment.\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford has previously said clinicians should make the final call.\n\nStaffing levels at all Cwm Taf Morgannwg's A&E units - at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil's Prince Charles Hospital and the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend - are well below UK-wide standards.\n\nOn Christmas Day and Boxing Day, ambulances had to be diverted from the Royal Glamorgan Hospital to Prince Charles Hospital because of a lack of doctors.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Scarlett Jones's life was saved by staff at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital after she stopped breathing\n\nWhen Samantha Jones's daughter seemed unwell at home she took her to the Royal Glamorgan Hospital, which is about 20 minutes drive from her house, to get her checked over.\n\nBut when she got there the triage nurse noticed Scarlett had stopped breathing.\n\n\"Within minutes we had 20 doctors around us, surrounding her, with oxygen on her face,\" Ms Jones said.\n\n\"To go back over it is scary, but they did an amazing job.\n\n\"They did so many tests on her to rule everything out - I couldn't praise them more, they saved my child's life.\"\n\n\"If I had to go any further, I don't think she would be here today.\"\n\nProtesters gathered outside the National Assembly building in Cardiff Bay\n\nA number of politicians opposed to the plans addressed the crowds earlier, who held a protest ahead of an assembly debate over the future of the services.\n\nLabour MP for Rhondda, Chris Bryant, said people \"will die\" if the department is closed.\n\nHe said: \"We all know the only way to keep everyone across the whole patch safe is to have a full A&E at all three hospitals.\"\n\nHe accused the hospital of not recruiting properly, adding: \"We in the Rhondda will never give up… we will fight and fight and fight for the service we know will save lives.\"\n\nPlaid Cymru leader Adam Price told the crowd people were \"dying unnecessarily because of the idiocy of the proposal\".\n\n\"A people united will never be defeated, there is no power in this building or in the health board that will defeat us,\" he said.\n\nThe situation at the Royal Glamorgan worsened recently with the resignation of its only full-time A&E consultant, meaning plans to downgrade were speeded up.\n\nThe health board said this \"expected retirement\", along with a shortage of middle-grade doctors, meant three A&E services could not be \"sustained beyond the immediate short-term\".\n\nIt might seem odd to have Labour politicians joining in with the criticism of the decision to downgrade A&E at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital\n\n\"Doesn't Labour run the Welsh NHS after all?\" their opponents say.\n\nThey know few things are more important to their constituents than protecting the services they have grown up with.\n\nBut it does not change the bigger picture. If you do not have enough doctors to run a safe service and cannot recruit them - what do you do?\n\nPoliticians across the board will privately tell you the NHS can't stand still and things have to change.\n\nThey would much prefer the most controversial changes happen somewhere else and not in their patch.\n\nBut trying to avoid the consequences of unpopular decisions risks a situation where nothing changes at all.\n\nStaffing levels at all Cwm Taf's A&E units are well below UK-wide standards\n\nThe nearest A&E to Llantrisant in the health board area is 14 miles (23km) away in Bridgend - a drive of almost 30 minutes.\n\nThe other in Merthyr Tydfil is 21 miles (34km) away - a drive of almost 40 minutes.\n\nThe health board has agreed to \"leave no stone unturned\" in seeing if anything could be done to keep the current A&E set-up as it is.\n\nLabour AM for Pontypridd Mick Antoniw said there was no merit to the proposals and that closing the department was \"not viable\".\n\nPlaid AM for Rhondda Leanne Wood attacked the Welsh Government for its record on health in Wales, adding the \"strategic decisions\" made in Cardiff Bay had led to the proposals to close the unit.\n\nThe nearest A&E to Llantristant in the health board area is 14 miles (23 km) away\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A message written in the snow alongside the Tonghui river reads \"Goodbye Li Wenliang!\"\n\nOn a cold Beijing morning, on an uninspiring, urban stretch of the Tonghui river, a lone figure could be seen writing giant Chinese characters in the snow.\n\nThe message taking shape on the sloping concrete embankment was to a dead doctor.\n\n\"Goodbye Li Wenliang!\" it read, with the author using their own body to make the imprint of that final exclamation mark.\n\nFive weeks earlier, Dr Li had been punished by the police for trying to warn colleagues about the dangers of a strange new virus infecting patients in his hospital in the Chinese city of Wuhan.\n\nNow he'd succumbed to the illness himself and pictures of that frozen tribute spread fast on the Chinese internet, capturing in physical form a deep moment of national shock and anger.\n\nThere's still a great deal we don't know about Covid-19, to give the disease caused by the virus its official name. Before it took its final fatal leap across the species barrier to infect its first human, it is likely to have been lurking inside the biochemistry of an - as yet unidentified - animal. That animal, probably infected after the virus made an earlier zoological jump from a bat, is thought to have been kept in a Wuhan market, where wildlife was traded illegally.\n\nBeyond that, the scientists trying to map its deadly trajectory from origin to epidemic can say little more with any certainty.\n\nBut while they continue their urgent, vital work to determine the speed at which it spreads and the risks it poses, one thing is beyond doubt. A month or so on from its discovery, Covid-19 has shaken Chinese society and politics to the core.\n\nThat tiny piece of genetic material, measured in ten-thousandths of a millimetre, has set in train a humanitarian and economic catastrophe counted in more than 1,000 Chinese lives and tens of billions of Chinese yuan. It has closed off whole cities, placing an estimated 70 million residents in effective quarantine, shutting down transport links and restricting their ability to leave their homes. And it has exposed the limits of a political system for which social control is the highest value, breaching the rigid layers of censorship with a tsunami of grief and rage.\n\nThe risk for the ruling elite is obvious.\n\nIt can be seen in their response, ordering into action the military, the media and every level of government from the very top to the lowliest village committee.\n\nThe consequences are now entirely dependent on questions no one knows the answers to; can they pull off the complex task of bringing a runaway epidemic under control, and if so, how long might it take?\n\nAcross the world, people seem unsure how to respond to the small number of cases being detected in their own countries. The public mood can swing between panic - driven by the pictures of medical workers in hazmat suits - to complacency, brought on by headlines that suggest the risk is no worse than flu. The evidence from China suggests that both responses are misguided. Seasonal flu may well have a low fatality rate, measured in fractions of 1%, but it's a problem because it affects so many people around the world.\n\nThe tiny proportion killed out of the many, many millions who catch it each year still numbers in the hundreds of thousands - individually tragic, collectively a major healthcare burden.\n\nVery early estimates suggested the new virus may be at least as deadly as flu - precisely why so much effort is now going into stopping it becoming another global pandemic. But one new estimate suggests it could prove even deadlier yet, killing as many as 1% of those who contract it. For any individual, that risk is still relatively small, although it's worth noting such estimates are averages - just like flu, the risks fall more heavily on the elderly and already infirm.\n\nDespite the death toll, an increasing number of patients are recovering\n\nBut China's experience of this epidemic demonstrates two things. Firstly, it offers a terrifying glimpse of the potential effect on a healthcare system when you scale up infections of this kind of virus across massive populations. Two new hospitals have had to be built in Wuhan in a matter of days, with beds for 2,600 patients, and giant stadiums and hotels are being used as quarantine centres, for almost 10,000 more.\n\nDespite these efforts, many have still struggled to find treatment, with reports of people dying at home, unregistered in the official figures. Secondly, it highlights the importance of taking the task of containing outbreaks of new viruses extremely seriously. The best approach, most experts agree, is one based on transparency and trust, with good public information and proportionate, timely government action.\n\nBut in an authoritarian system, with strict censorship and an emphasis on political stability above all else, transparency and trust are in short supply.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nChina's response may have sometimes looked like panic - with what's been called the \"biggest quarantine in history\" and harsh enforcement against those who disobey.\n\nBut those measures have become necessary only because its initial response looked like the very definition of complacency.\n\nThere's ample evidence that the warning signs were missed by the authorities, and worse, ignored. By late December, medical staff in Wuhan were beginning to notice unusual symptoms of viral pneumonia, with a cluster linked to the market trading in illegal wildlife. On 30 December, Dr Li Wenliang, an ophthalmologist working in Wuhan's Central Hospital, posted his concerns in a private medical chat group, advising colleagues to take measures to protect themselves. He'd seen seven patients who appeared to be suffering with an illness similar to Sars - another coronavirus that began in an illegal Chinese wildlife market in 2002 and went on to kill 774 people worldwide.\n\nA few days later, he was summoned by the police.\n\nDr Li was made to sign a confession, denouncing the messages he'd posted as \"illegal behaviour\".\n\nThe case received national media attention, with a high-profile state-run TV report announcing that in total, eight people in Wuhan were being investigated for \"spreading rumours\". The authorities, though, were well aware of the outbreak of illness. The day after Dr Li posted his message, China notified the World Health Organization, and the day after that, the suspected source - the market - was closed down.\n\nBut despite the multiplying cases and the concerns among medics that human-to-human transmission was taking place, the authorities did little to protect the public. Doctors were already setting up quarantine rooms and anticipating extra admissions when Wuhan held its important annual political gathering, the city's People's Congress.\n\nIn their speeches, the Communist Party leaders made no mention of the virus. China's National Health Commission continued to report that the number of infections was limited and that there was no clear evidence that the disease could spread between humans.\n\nAnd on 18 January the Wuhan authorities allowed a massive community banquet to take place, involving more than 40,000 families. The aim was to set a record for the most dishes served at an event. Two days later, China finally confirmed that human-to-human transmission was indeed taking place.\n\nImages from Chinese state TV show the large banquet in Wuhan\n\nMost remarkable of all perhaps, the following day, Wuhan held a Lunar New Year dance performance, attended by senior officials from across the surrounding province of Hubei. A state media report of the event, since hurriedly deleted but captured here, says the performers, some with runny noses and feeling unwell, \"overcame the fear of pneumonia... winning praise from the leaders\".\n\nBy the time the national authorities had woken up to the impending disaster, and closed the city down on 23 January, it was too late - the epidemic was out of control. Before Wuhan's transport links were cut, an estimated five million people had left the city for the Lunar New Year break, travelling across China and the world.\n\nSome have begun calling the disaster \"China's Chernobyl\".\n\nThe parallels in failures to pass bad news up the chain of command and the incentives to put the short-term interests of political stability ahead of public safety, seem all too apparent. Li Wenliang, who'd gone back to work after being warned to keep quiet, soon discovered he'd also been infected.\n\nHe died earlier this month, leaving a five-year-old son and a pregnant wife.\n\nAnger was already simmering over the authorities' failure to issue timely warnings, with the crisis now being aired in full view. Wuhan's politicians were blaming senior officials for failing to authorise the release of the information; senior officials appeared to be preparing to hang Wuhan's politicians out to dry.\n\nBut the death of a man, silenced for simply trying to protect his colleagues, burst open the dam with a wave of online fury directed not just at individuals, but at the system itself. So great was the public outrage, China's censors appeared unsure what to censor and what to let through. The hashtag #Iwantfreedomofspeech was viewed almost two million times before it was blocked. Aware of the tide of emotion, the Party began paying its own tributes to Dr Li.\n\nDoctor Li Wenliang tried to warn authorities about the new virus and died after contracting it\n\nChina's rulers, untroubled by the inconveniences of the ballot box, have far deeper and older fears of what might sweep them from office. The wars, famines and diseases that shook the dynasties of old have given them their inheritance; an acute historical sense of the danger of the unforeseen crisis. They will also know well what Chernobyl did for the legitimacy of the ruling Communist Party in the former USSR.\n\n\"It's impossible to know if Li Wenliang's death will serve as the catalyst for something bigger,\" Jude Blanchette, an expert on Chinese politics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, tells me. \"But the raw emotion that surged when news of his condition broke indicates deep levels of frustration and anger exist within the country.\"\n\nPrecisely because it feels the weight of history, however, the Communist Party has made holding onto power a living obsession, and it has an ever more formidable domestic security apparatus to help it to do so. Over the past few decades it has proven nothing if not resilient, enduring through political chaos, devastating earthquakes and man-made disasters.\n\nBut one sign that might hint at an awareness of just how great the current risks are comes in the role being played by China's President Xi Jinping. This week - for the first time since the crisis began - he ventured out to meet health workers involved in the fight, visiting a hospital and a virus control centre in Beijing.\n\nIn contrast, his premier, Li Keqiang, has been sent to the front lines in Wuhan and appointed head of a special working group to tackle the epidemic.\n\nWhile it is common for the premier to be the face of reassurance during national disasters, some observers see another reason why Mr Xi might be wise to be seen to delegate.\n\nChina's president has kept a low profile since the outbreak began\n\n\"Xi's absence from this crisis is yet another demonstration that he doesn't so much lead as he does command,\" Mr Blanchette says. \"He's clearly worried that this crisis will blow up in his face, and so he's pushed out underlings to be the public face of the CCP's response.\"\n\nAlready there are signs that the censorship is being ratcheted up once again, with Mr Xi ordering senior officials to \"strengthen the control over online media\".\n\nA few days ago, I spoke by phone to the lawyer and blogger, Chen Qiushi, who'd travelled to Wuhan in an attempt to provide independent reporting about the situation. Videos from Mr Chen, and a fellow activist, Fang Bin, have been widely watched, showing not the ranks of patriotic soldier-medics and the building of hospitals that fill state media coverage, but overcrowded waiting rooms and body bags.\n\nHe told me he was unsure how long he'd be able to carry on. \"The censorship is very strict and people's accounts are being closed down if they share my content,\" he said.\n\nMr Chen has since gone missing.\n\nFriends and family believe he's been forced into Wuhan's quarantine system, in an attempt to silence him.\n\nChina's leaders now find their fate linked to the daily charts of infection rates, published city by city, province by province. There are some signs that the extraordinary quarantine measures may be having an effect - outside of Hubei Province, the worst affected area, the number of new daily infections is falling.\n\nBut with the need to try to restart the economy - all but frozen now for over a week - the country has begun a slow return to work.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nStrict quarantine measures will remain in force in the worst affected areas, but workers from other parts of the country are trickling back to the cities, with the task of monitoring and managing their movements being handed to local neighbourhood committees.\n\nIt will be a difficult balancing act.\n\nToo tough an approach risks further choking off business activity, commerce and travel in a consumer environment already suffocating under the deep psychological fear of contagion. Too lax, and any one of the many potential reservoirs of infection, now scattered across the country, could explode into another, separate epidemic.\n\nThat would require further harsh action, knocking domestic confidence and prolonging the international border closures and flight restrictions put in place at such enormous economic cost.\n\nChina is insisting that it is a fight well on the way to being won with \"unconquerable will\" and that lessons have been learned and \"shortcomings in preparedness\" identified.\n\nQuestions about the systemic failings behind the disaster are dismissed as foreign \"prejudice\", as the propaganda machine cranks into overdrive, channelling the narrative and muting the criticisms.\n\nBut the devastating scale and scope of China's world-threatening catastrophe have already revealed something important. The thousands who have lost family members, the millions living under the quarantine measures and the workers and businesses bearing the financial costs have been asking those difficult questions too.\n\nOn the snowy banks of the Tonghui river, the giant tribute to Li Wenliang remains intact. When we visited, a few locals were taking photos and talking quietly to each other.\n\nSoon, with the warming weather, the characters will be gone.", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nShauna Coxsey has become the first sport climber selected for Team GB at the Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer.\n\nThe 27-year-old is a two-time overall World Cup winner in her favoured bouldering discipline, and won two bronze medals in the bouldering and combined events at the 2019 Climbing World Championships.\n\nShe has also won five British titles.\n\nSport climbing is one of five sports to make its Olympic debut in Tokyo and will be contested from 4 to 7 August.\n\n\"I am really excited to be part of Team GB and to have the privilege of joining so many incredible athletes to represent our country and sport climbing on the world's biggest sporting stage,\" said Coxsey, from Runcorn.\n\nSport climbing at Tokyo 2020 incorporates three disciplines - speed, bouldering and lead.\n\nIn speed climbing two athletes race each other up a 15-metre wall, while in bouldering athletes tackle fixed routes on a 4.5-metre wall. Lead climbing challenges athletes to climb as high as possible on a 15-metre wall within a specified time.\n\nAll athletes compete across the three disciplines with the lowest combined scores deciding the final standings.\n\nCoxsey is the 20th athlete to be officially selected to represent Team GB in Tokyo this summer, after the sailing team and five canoeists were announced in October.\n\nThe Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games take place between 24 July and 9 August.", "Dekyrion Ellis, who is in ninth grade, said he was lifted off the floor by an officer at his high school after he had been involved in an altercation with a classmate.\n\nJake Perry, the officer at Camden High School in Arkansas, was placed under investigation for use of excessive force and put on leave. He has now been fired.\n\nPolice chief Boyd Woody said: \"I will not tolerate misconduct from my officers and this matter will be dealt with accordingly and I will be transparent in doing so\".\n\nThe use of chokeholds has been banned by many US police forces. Last summer, the New York Police Department fired the officer involved in a high-profile 2014 death involving a chokehold. Eric Garner's dying words - \"I can't breathe\" - became a rallying cry at protests against excessive use of force.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Robyn Peoples and Sharni Edwards tie the knot in Northern Ireland's first same-sex marriage ceremony\n\nA couple have tied the knot in the first same-sex marriage to take place in Northern Ireland.\n\nRobyn Peoples, from Belfast, and Sharni Edwards, from Brighton celebrated their nuptials on Tuesday at a ceremony in a hotel in Carrickfergus, County Antrim.\n\nThey met five years ago at a gay bar in Belfast.\n\nAhead of the ceremony, Ms Peoples, a care worker, said the pair were sending a message to the world that \"we are equal\".\n\n\"Our love is personal but the law which said we couldn't marry was political,\" she said.\n\n\"We are delighted that with our wedding, we can now say that those days are over.\n\n\"While this campaign ends with Sharni and I saying 'I do', it started with people saying 'No' to inequality.\n\nThe couple got married in a hotel in Carrickfergus, County Antrim\n\nMs Edwards, a waitress from Brighton, said the couple felt humbled their wedding was a \"landmark moment for equal rights in Northern Ireland\".\n\n\"We didn't set out to make history - we just fell in love,\" she added.\n\n\"We are so grateful to the thousands of people who marched for our freedoms, to the Love Equality campaign who led the way and the politicians who voted to change the law.\n\n\"Without you, our wedding wouldn't have been possible.\n\n\"We will be forever thankful.\"\n\nThe couple's married name is Edwards-Peoples\n\nSame-sex marriage has been legal in England, Wales and Scotland since 2014.\n\nHowever, this is the first week that same-sex couples in Northern Ireland can legally get married.\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\nFrom 13 January, same-sex couples were able to register to marry.\n\nElsewhere on Tuesday, Westminster campaigners were at a celebratory reception to thank MPs who had acted on the issue.\n\nSara Canning, the partner of murdered Northern Ireland journalist Lyra McKee, attended the event organised by Amnesty International and the Love Equality campaign.\n\nMs McKee, 29, was shot on 18 April while observing rioting in Londonderry.\n\nMs Canning described the marriage of Ms Peoples and Ms Edwards as a \"wonderful moment\".\n\n\"This really means so much and has brought me some much-needed light in what has been a dark year,\" she added.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that the controversial HS2 high-speed rail link will be built.\n\nThe first phase of the route will travel between London and Birmingham, with a second phase going to Manchester and Leeds.\n\n\"It has been a controversial and difficult decision,\" Mr Johnson said.\n\nThe prime minister added he was going to appoint a full-time minister to oversee the project and criticised the HS2 company's management of the scheme.\n\n\"I cannot say that HS2 limited has distinguished itself in the handling of local communities. The cost forecasts have exploded, but poor management to date has not detracted from the fundamental value of the project.\"\n\nThe prime minister said that a series of measures would be taken to \"restore discipline to the programme\".\n\nSupporters of HS2 say it will improve transport times, increase capacity, create jobs and rebalance the UK's economy.\n\nOnce it is built, journeys will be shorter. London to Birmingham travel times will be cut from one hour, 21 minutes to 52 minutes, according to the Department for Transport.\n\nAnd while it is being built, it is expected to create thousands of jobs and provide a stimulus to economic growth.\n\nThe first phase of the high-speed rail link between London and Birmingham was due to open at the end of 2026.\n\nBut Transport Secretary Grant Shapps told MPs in September that the first trains may not run on the route until some time between 2028 and 2031.\n\nThe second phase to Manchester and Leeds was due to open in 2032-33, but that has been pushed back to 2035-40.\n\nHowever, Mr Johnson told MPs that he hoped if work started immediately that trains \"could be running by the end of the decade\".\n\nThe spiralling cost of the project has sparked a backlash. The cost set out in the 2015 Budget was set at just under £56bn, but one independent estimate puts the cost as high as £106bn.\n\nMr Johnson added: \"We will, in line with the review, investigate the current costs to identify where savings can be made in phase one without a total redesign.\"\n\nLabour leader Jeremy Corbyn said Mr Johnson did not deserve praise for giving the project the go-ahead.\n\n\"The Labour Party supports HS2 as a means to boost regional economies and slash climate emissions. It is essential for boosting rail capacity and freeing up other lines,\" he said.\n\n\"But we don't see why the government should get a slap on the back for announcing it is going ahead.\n\n\"After all, it's only because of the abject failure of successive Conservative governments to keep on top of the costs, that the project's future was in any doubt.\"\n\nRon and Anne Ryall have been ordered to leave their home next month\n\nNot everybody is benefitting from HS2 being given the go-ahead.\n\nRon and Anne Ryall have been ordered to leave their home next month as the route is due to run right through it.\n\nRon told BBC Breakfast: \"It's completely wrecked our lives. I'm finding it difficult that someone can just walk into your life and destroy it. My family has lived in this lane for 100 years. I was born here.\"\n\nThe village hall in Burton Green is also due to be torn down for HS2\n\nMeanwhile, residents of a Warwickshire village admitted they were resigned to the final decision to build the rail line - even though it will split their lives in half.\n\nBurton Green village, home to 640 people, will effectively be bisected by the line.\n\nRona Taylor, who runs the village's residents' association, said: \"It's a very frustrating day because we have opposed this for 10 years.\"\n\nHowever, Cate Walter, a director of Rhino Safety based near Crewe, told the BBC: \"For Crewe this is absolutely crucial. We're a town been surrounded by a lot of regeneration areas in recent years, but have not been the focus of the regeneration ourselves.\n\n\"The investment in our very local economy that HS2 should bring will be absolutely crucial for growing businesses in our area.\"\n\nLib Dem MP Munira Wilson said: \"Key to cutting carbon emissions and tackling climate change is cutting domestic flights and moving people on to our railways and so that's why the HS2 announcement is to be welcomed and building a third runway at Heathrow is an act of environmental vandalism.\"\n\nGreen Party MP Caroline Lucas said HS2 would \"destroy or damage hundreds of important wildlife sites, areas of ancient woodland and local nature reserves\".\n\nJude Brimble, national secretary of the GMB trade union, which represents HS2 workers, said: \"The reality is that HS2 is happening and the government should get on with it.\n\n\"Thousands of skilled jobs depend on the project in construction and the supply chain.\"\n\nMatthew Fell, of UK employers' group the CBI, said the decision to back HS2 was \"exactly the sort of bold, decisive action required to inject confidence in the economy\".\n\nHe added: \"It sends the right signal around the world that the UK is open for business. HS2 shows the government's commitment to levelling up the nations and regions of the UK.\"\n\nStephen Phipson, chief executive of manufacturers' organisation Make UK, said: \"Industry will applaud this bold, sensible and pragmatic decision which will help change the country for the better.\n\n\"Government now has a once in a generation opportunity to develop a fully integrated transport plan for the whole country which it should grab with both hands.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Winners, losers and quitters - story of the night in New Hampshire.\n\nThe second contest for the Democratic nomination is in the books and like any good horse race, it seems the top three are the ones who will finish in the money.\n\nBernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar separated themselves from the field and are the only candidates who will win the all-important delegates.\n\nNew Hampshire also punctured the hopes of several candidates who at various times in the past year were considered frontrunners - Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren.\n\nWhile this isn't the end of their hopes, the post-campaign, green pastures are beckoning.\n\nHere's a closer look at who's up and who's down - and who defied expectations.\n\nFour years ago, Bernie Sanders took the New Hampshire primary with 60% of the vote. He didn't come close to that mark this time, but given the depth of the field the achievement is equally impressive.\n\nWhat's more, the order of the finishers helps Sanders, as well. Biden - the only candidate he trails in national polling - is wounded, perhaps mortally so. Pete Buttigieg finished a strong second, but his success outside the first two states is still an open question.\n\nWarren, his closest rival for the liberal left vote, has yet to prove she can finish near Sanders. Amy Klobuchar's success ensures she'll stick around and the moderate support will remain splintered.\n\nIn 2016 Sanders hit an electoral brick wall after New Hampshire. With plenty of money, a battle-tested national campaign organisation and divided opposition, his path ahead - while far from certain - looks the brightest of any in the field.\n\nHe would be the most left-wing candidate the party has nominated since George McGovern, however, and there are plenty of establishment Democrats old enough to have heart palpitations remembering the 1972 drubbing he took at the hands of Richard Nixon.\n\nNo candidate in modern political history has finished outside the top two in New Hampshire and gone on to win their party's nomination, which makes Buttigieg's second-place showing a significant accomplishment.\n\nAfter winning the most delegates in Iowa, the former South Bend mayor surged in New Hampshire and finished close enough to Sanders to leave the final outcome of the primary in doubt for hours. In fact, he may end up with the same number of delegates in New Hampshire as Sanders.\n\nButtigieg has proven he's for real in Iowa and New Hampshire. Now he has to prove he can make quick headway in states where he hasn't spent nearly as much time campaigning. He'll need to win over minority voters and compete on the national playing field, while convincing voters Amy Klobuchar isn't the fresh-faced moderate worthy of their support.\n\nWhile many better-known candidates have faltered, he has more than earned the opportunity to try.\n\nIowa was supposed to be the launching point for the senator from the nearby state of Minnesota - if she was going to have one. It turns out, however, snow-covered New Hampshire was the state that warmed to her pitch of moderate pragmatism.\n\nUnlike the other top finishers, Klobuchar had her back to the wall in New Hampshire. If she had stayed mired in the single digits she occupied just a week ago, she probably would have been done for good. Instead, she lives to fight another day.\n\nShe clearly benefited from late-deciding voters breaking her way after a strong performance in Friday's candidate debate and Biden's New Hampshire support collapsed. She'll have to replenish her campaign coffers quickly, however, if she wants to take advantage of any momentum out of New Hampshire in the states to come.\n\nOtherwise she could end up this year's version of Republican John Kasich in 2016 - buoyed by a surprising New Hampshire result that, if anything, only helped to divide the moderate vote and allow the anti-establishment candidate to roll along.\n\nOk, so the tech entrepreneur finished with only around 3% of the vote and dropped out shortly after the New Hampshire polls closed. But a tech entrepreneur who virtually no one had heard of finished with 3% of the vote, raised tens of millions of dollars for his campaign and landed a spot in all but one of the party debates. That is a remarkable achievement.\n\nYang attracted a loyal following, particularly among young voters otherwise uninterested in politics, who travelled to campaign for him from around the country. While it didn't translate into votes, future candidates might want to consider how, and why, he inspired such devotion.\n\nThe outlook for the former vice-president in New Hampshire was so bleak, he didn't even stick around the state to watch the returns come in.\n\nWhile both Iowa and New Hampshire were never going to be his best states, the supposed front-runner - the one who has made a case that he's the most electable candidate - needed to do better than fourth and then fifth-place finishes.\n\nNow the campaign is retreating behind the castle walls in South Carolina to make his last stand.\n\nAlready there are indications that his backing among black voters, the bulwark of his support there, could be sinking. If that trend holds, it's all but over for the man who stood atop national polls for most of 2019.\n\nAt this point, Warren's campaign is in serious trouble. She has now finished well behind Sanders - her liberal rival - twice, and there's no indication that her fortunes will change anytime soon. Biden at least still clings to the hope of a South Carolina rebirth. Warren's resurrection ground is difficult to discern.\n\nNew Hampshire may end up being viewed as the deciding battleground state between the two favourites of grass-roots progressives. Both candidates hailed from neighbouring states, and both committed considerable resources to the effort. Sanders won; Warren finished a distant fourth, with single-digit support.\n\nIt ended up not even being close.\n\nWarren's best chance at this point is to hope for all-out war between the moderate Democrats and Sanders that leaves both sides diminished. Then she can position herself as compromise candidate that emerges from the smoking wreckage.\n\nIt's a long-shot play, however, and a remarkable reversal of fortune for someone who for a stretch last year seemed like she could become the candidate to beat.\n\nDeval Patrick, Michael Bennet and Tulsi Gabbard were counting on New Hampshire to breath life into their campaigns. Instead, it was the end of the road for Bennet and all but curtains for the other two.\n\nThe race is now finally down to single digits among declared candidates, although the final outcome is still far from clear. Michael Bloomberg and his billions still hovers over as a great unknown in the race, as attention now turns to Nevada, South Carolina and the states to come.", "The daughter of wrestling legend, Dwayne \"The Rock\" Johnson, is set to continue her family's legacy.\n\nSimone Johnson, 18, has started training with WWE - following in the footsteps not just of her dad but her grandad, and her great-grandad too.\n\nShe will be the first fourth-generation superstar in WWE history.\n\n\"It means the world to me,\" Simone said in a statement. \"To know that my family has such a personal connection to wrestling is really special to me and I feel grateful to have the opportunity, not only to wrestle, but to carry on that legacy.\"\n\nHer training has already started alongside other future wrestling stars at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 𝖘𝖎𝖒𝖔𝖓𝖊 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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\"Simone Johnson's unbridled passion and incredible drive has earned her a coveted spot training with the elite athletes from around the world at the WWE Performance Centre,\" said Paul \"Triple H\" Levesque, executive vice president.\n\nFollowing the announcement, The Rock posted on his Instagram: \"Dreams ain't just for dreamers... So proud. Live your dream. Let's work.\"\n\nHe was part of the first ever black tag team to win a WWE championship.\n\nAlthough she might feel like she has a lot to live up to - her parents are keen to make sure she feels no pressure.\n\nIn his post, The Rock wrote that Simone's journey \"will always be [hers] to create, earn & own\".\n\nHer mum, Dany Garcia, echoed that view, saying: \"Your future will be uniquely yours to earn.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Dany Garcia This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "The Queensferry Crossing has reopened to traffic\n\nThe Queensferry Crossing has reopened after being closed since Monday evening because of falling ice.\n\nThe bridge connecting Edinburgh and Fife was shut after ice falling from the cables damaged eight vehicles.\n\nAmey, the bridge operators, said its engineers were now \"confident\" that the risk of further snow and ice build-up had passed.\n\nIt was the first time the bridge had been closed since it was opened in August 2017.\n\nMark Arndt, from Amey, said: \"We thank drivers for their patience and understanding during this closure.\n\n\"Safety had to come first, however the data we have gathered has improved our understanding of the issue and will help us to improve predictions and refine operating procedures in future.\"\n\nHe said that engineers would continue monitor the bridge as wintry weather continued over the next few days.\n• None 2.7km span over Firth of Forth\n\nAt least three car windscreens were smashed by falling ice and snow on Monday evening.\n\nThe southbound carriageway of the bridge was closed just before 18:00 on Monday after the reports of falling ice and was shut in both directions later that evening.\n\nIt reopened fully at 10:45 on Wednesday.\n\nMr Arndt said a \"very specific\" combination of wind direction, temperature and relative humidity had caused snow and ice to build up on the cables on Monday, making it \"really challenging\" to predict.\n\nThree car windscreens were smashed by falling ice 11 months ago, but the bridge remained open.\n\nMr Arndt told BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme that engineers had collected data in 2019 and this week which would help them predict the risk of similar conditions in the future.\n\nSensors which will help detect ice build-up are due to be installed on the bridge in the next few months.\n\nGraeme Stevenson's car windscreen was smashed by ice falling from the bridge\n\nMr Arndt said Amey had been consulting with bridge operators around the world on ways ice could safely be removed from the structure once it was detected.\n\nThe Port Mann Bridge in Vancouver, Canada, suffers from a similar problem and uses chains sliding down the cables to remove ice.\n\nBut Mr Arndt said this might not work for the Queensferry Crossing.\n\n\"To release a chain down the cable here would damage the cables because of the way it's been designed.\n\n\"We've got over 70km [43 miles] of cable here and if it forms quickly you then have to get the chain back up - and if you're knocking ice off you would then have to close the bridge at the same time.\"\n\nOther options include heating the cables, applying de-icer or coating the cables in material - though Mr Arndt said engineers would need to guard against the \"unintended consequences\" of any solution.\n\nThe closure of the bridge led to a build-up of traffic on alternative routes\n\nDuring the bridge closure, drivers were forced to take a 35-mile (56km) diversion over the Kincardine Bridge, leading to lengthy tailbacks.\n\nThe Forth Road Bridge (FRB) remained open for public transport, but Transport Scotland said it was not possible to divert general traffic on to it as it was \"currently undergoing significant renovation work\".\n\nA spokesperson added: \"Opening the FRB up to general traffic is likely to have resulted in increased congestion for all vehicles and leave the crossing vulnerable to lengthy delays as a result of any accidents or breakdowns. This would have a significant negative impact on journey times for public transport over the Forth.\n\n\"Following the recent closure of the Queensferry Crossing we will investigate the feasibility of reopening the Forth Road Bridge to general traffic under emergency circumstances, once the remaining works are complete and the contraflow is removed.\"", "The UK's planned ban on sales of new petrol, diesel or hybrid cars could start as early as 2032, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has said.\n\nLast week, the government sparked industry concern after bringing the date forward from 2040 to 2035 in a bid to hit zero-carbon emission targets.\n\nBut Mr Shapps told BBC Radio 5 live it would happen by 2035, \"or even 2032,\" adding there would be consultation.\n\nThe SMMT car trade body had previously said the 2035 figure was \"concerning\".\n\nThe government is setting out its proposals in the run-up to a United Nations climate summit in November.\n\nThe summit, known as COP26, is being hosted in Glasgow. It is an annual UN-led gathering set up to assess progress on tackling climate change.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson, who announced the 2035 date, said at the time that the ban would come even earlier if possible.\n\nA Department for Transport spokesperson said: \"We are consulting on a range of possible dates to bring forward the end to the sale of petrol and diesel cars and vans.\n\n\"The consultation proposal for this is 2035 - or earlier if a faster transition appears feasible - as well as including hybrids for the first time.\"\n\nThe UK has set a target of emitting virtually zero carbon by 2050. Experts warned that the original target date of 2040 would still leave old conventional cars on the roads 10 years later.\n\nOnce the ban comes into effect, only electric or hydrogen cars and vans will be available.\n\nHybrid vehicles are now included in the proposals, which were originally announced in July 2017.\n\nDespite this, RAC spokesman Simon Williams said: \"While the government appears to be constantly moving the goalposts forward for ending the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid vehicles, drivers should not be worried about opting for a plug-in hybrid now.\n\n\"They are potentially the perfect stepping stone for those who want to go electric, but who have concerns about range, as they aren't as expensive as a battery electric vehicle. At the moment, they give drivers the best of both worlds.\"\n\nThe Scottish government does not have the power to ban new petrol and diesel cars but has already pledged to \"phase out the need\" for them by 2032 with measures such as an expansion of the charging network for electric cars.\n\nThe Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said it was not commenting for the moment. Last week, after the ban was brought forward to 2035, SMMT chief executive Mike Hawes said the move was \"extremely concerning\".\n\nHe said: \"Manufacturers are fully invested in a zero emissions future... However, with current demand for this still expensive technology still just a fraction of sales, it's clear that accelerating an already very challenging ambition will take more than industry investment.\"\n\nNews that the UK end date may shunt forward to 2032 comes as no surprise.\n\nNorway has set a 2025 deadline for a ban on new petrol and diesel cars. Some Chinese cities are discussing a date around 2030.\n\nAt some point market dynamics will over-ride government policy anyway.\n\nBloomberg forecasts that the purchase price of electric vehicles will reach rough parity with fossil fuel cars by the middle of the decade.\n\nThat looks like a potential tipping point, as the costs for maintaining and running electric vehicles will be so much lower (until the chancellor finds a way of taxing electricity, that is).\n\nBut some experts are sounding a note of caution over the electric dream.\n\nThey say the only sure way of hitting the UK's emissions targets is to actually reduce the need for driving in the first place. They say the best short-term policy is to stop so many drivers buying SUVs.", "New powers will be given to the watchdog Ofcom to force social media firms to act over harmful content.\n\nUntil now, firms like Facebook, Tiktok, YouTube, Snapchat and Twitter have largely been self-regulating.\n\nThe companies have defended their own rules about taking down unacceptable content, but critics say independent rules are needed to keep people safe.\n\nIt is unclear what penalties Ofcom will be able to enforce to target violence, cyber-bullying and child abuse.\n\nThere have been widespread calls for social media firms to take more responsibility for their content, especially after the death of Molly Russell who took her own life after viewing graphic content on Instagram.\n\nThe government has now announced it is \"minded\" to grant new powers to Ofcom - which currently only regulates the media and the telecoms industry, not internet safety.\n\nOfcom will have the power to make tech firms responsible for protecting people from harmful content such as violence, terrorism, cyber-bullying and child abuse - and platforms will need to ensure that content is removed quickly.\n\nThey will also be expected to \"minimise the risks\" of it appearing at all.\n\nThe regulator has just announced the appointment of a new chief executive, Dame Melanie Dawes, who will take up the role in March.\n\nMolly Russell's family found she had been accessing distressing material about depression and suicide on Instagram\n\n\"There are many platforms who ideally would not have wanted regulation, but I think that's changing,\" said Digital Secretary Baroness Nicky Morgan.\n\n\"I think they understand now that actually regulation is coming.\"\n\nJulian Knight, chair elect of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee which scrutinises social media companies, called for \"a muscular approach\" to regulation.\n\n\"That means more than a hefty fine - it means having the clout to disrupt the activities of businesses that fail to comply, and ultimately, the threat of a prison sentence for breaking the law,\" he said.\n\nIn a statement, Facebook said it had \"long called\" for new regulation, and said it was \"looking forward to carrying on the discussion\" with the government and wider industry.\n\nCommunication watchdog Ofcom already regulates television and radio broadcasters, including the BBC, and deals with complaints about them.\n\nThis is the government's first response to the Online Harms consultation it carried out in the UK in 2019, which received 2,500 replies.\n\nThe new rules will apply to firms hosting user-generated content, including comments, forums and video-sharing - that is likely to include Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok.\n\nThe intention is that government sets the direction of the policy but gives Ofcom the freedom to draw up and adapt the details. By doing this, the watchdog should have the ability to tackle new online threats as they emerge without the need for further legislation.\n\nA full response will be published in the spring.\n\n\"Too many times social media companies have said: 'We don't like the idea of children being abused on our sites, we'll do something, leave it to us,'\" said chief executive Peter Wanless.\n\n\"Thirteen self-regulatory attempts to keep children safe online have failed.\n\nSeyi Akiwowo set up the campaign group Glitch after experiencing online harassment.\n\nSeyi Akiwowo set up the online abuse awareness group Glitch after experiencing sexist and racist harassment online after a video of her giving a talk in her role as a councillor was posted on a neo-Nazi forum.\n\n\"When I first suffered abuse the response of the tech companies was below [what I'd hoped],\" she said.\n\n\"I am excited by the Online Harms Bill - it places the duty of care on these multi-billion pound tech companies.\"\n\nIn many countries, social media platforms are permitted to regulate themselves, as long as they adhere to local laws on illegal material.\n\nGermany introduced the NetzDG Law in 2018, which states that social media platforms with more than two million registered German users have to review and remove illegal content within 24 hours of being posted or face fines of up to €50m (£42m).\n\nAustralia passed the Sharing of Abhorrent Violent Material Act in April 2019, introducing criminal penalties for social media companies, possible jail sentences for tech executives for up to three years and financial penalties worth up to 10% of a company's global turnover.\n\nChina blocks many western tech giants including Twitter, Google and Facebook, and the state monitors Chinese social apps for politically sensitive content.", "Syrian refugees at Zaatari camp in Jordan are working with scientists from the University of Sheffield and the UN Refugee Agency to create a way to grow healthy, fresh food with nothing but water and old mattress foam.\n\nThese 'recycled gardens' use the mattresses in place of the soil, which solves two problems in one: It reuses the mountain of plastic mattresses that have piled up in the camp and it allows everyone to grow fresh food in a crowded, desert environment.\n\nVictoria Gill has been to the camp in Jordan to see how it's working.\n\nProduced by Vanessa Clarke. Filmed and edited by Stephen Fildes.", "The government is to outline new powers for the media regulator Ofcom to police social media.\n\nIt is supposed to make the companies protect users from content involving things like violence, terrorism, cyber-bullying and child abuse.\n\nCompanies will have to ensure that harmful content is removed quickly and take steps to prevent it appearing in the first place.\n\nThey had previously relied largely on self-governance. Sites such as YouTube and Facebook have their own rules about what is unacceptable and the way that users are expected to behave towards one another.\n\nYouTube releases a transparency report, which gives data on its removals of inappropriate content.\n\nThe video-sharing site owned by Google said that 8.8m videos were taken down between July and September 2019, with 93% of them automatically removed by machines, and two thirds of those clips not receiving a single view.\n\nIt also removed 3.3 million channels and 517 million comments.\n\nGlobally, YouTube employs 10,000 people in monitoring and removing content, as well as policy development.\n\nFacebook, which owns Instagram, told Reality Check it has more than 35,000 people around the world working on safety and security, and it also releases statistics on its content removals.\n\nBetween July and September 2019 it took action on 30.3 million pieces of content of which it found 98.4% before any users flagged it.\n\nIf illegal content, such as \"revenge pornography\" or extremist material, is posted on a social media site, it has previously been the person who posted it, rather than the social media companies, who was most at risk of prosecution. But that may now change.\n\nSo if the UK has previously mainly relied on social media platforms governing themselves, what do other countries do?\n\nGermany's NetzDG law came into effect at the beginning of 2018, applying to companies with more than two million registered users in the country.\n\nThey were forced to set up procedures to review complaints about content they were hosting, remove anything that was clearly illegal within 24 hours and publish updates every six months about how they were doing.\n\nIndividuals may be fined up to €5m ($5.6m; £4.4m) and companies up to €50m for failing to comply with these requirements.\n\nThe government issued its first fine under the new law to Facebook in July 2019. The company had to pay €2m (£1.7m) for under-reporting illegal activity on its platforms in Germany, although the company complained that the new law had lacked clarity.\n\nThe EU is considering a clampdown, specifically on terror videos.\n\nSocial media platforms face fines if they do not delete extremist content within an hour.\n\nThe EU also introduced the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which set rules on how companies, including social media platforms, store and use people's data.\n\nIt has also taken action on copyright. Its copyright directive puts the responsibility on platforms to make sure that copyright infringing content is not hosted on their sites.\n\nPrevious legislation only required the platforms to take down such content if it was pointed out to them.\n\nMember states have until 2021 to implement the directive into their domestic law.\n\nAustralia passed the Sharing of Abhorrent Violent Material Act in 2019, introducing criminal penalties for social media companies, possible jail sentences for tech executives for up to three years and financial penalties worth up to 10% of a company's global turnover.\n\nIt followed the live-streaming of the New Zealand shootings on Facebook.\n\nIn 2015, the Enhancing Online Safety Act created an eSafety Commissioner with the power to demand that social media companies take down harassing or abusive posts. In 2018, the powers were expanded to include revenge porn.\n\nThe eSafety Commissioner's office can issue companies with 48-hour \"takedown notices\", and fines of up to 525,000 Australian dollars (£285,000). But it can also fine individuals up to A$105,000 for posting the content.\n\nThe legislation was introduced after the death of Charlotte Dawson, a TV presenter and a judge on Australia's Next Top Model, who killed herself in 2014 following a campaign of cyber-bullying against her on Twitter. She had a long history of depression.\n\nCardboard cut-outs were used at demonstrations over Facebook in Washington and Brussels last year\n\nA law came into force in Russia in November giving regulators the power to switch off connections to the worldwide web \"in an emergency\" although it is not yet clear how effectively they would be able to do this.\n\nRussia's data laws from 2015 required social media companies to store any data about Russians on servers within the country.\n\nIts communications watchdog blocked LinkedIn and fined Facebook and Twitter for not being clear about how they planned to comply with this.\n\nSites such as Twitter, Google and WhatsApp are blocked in China. Their services are provided instead by Chinese providers such as Weibo, Baidu and WeChat.\n\nChinese authorities have also had some success in restricting access to the virtual private networks that some users have employed to bypass the blocks on sites.\n\nThe Cyberspace Administration of China announced at the end of January 2019 that in the previous six months it had closed 733 websites and \"cleaned up\" 9,382 mobile apps, although those are more likely to be illegal gambling apps or copies of existing apps being used for illegal purposes than social media.\n\nChina has hundreds of thousands of cyber-police, who monitor social media platforms and screen messages that are deemed to be politically sensitive.\n\nSome keywords are automatically censored outright, such as references to the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident.\n\nNew words that are seen as being sensitive are added to a long list of censored words and are either temporarily banned, or are filtered out from social platforms.\n\nThis piece was originally published in April 2018 and has been updated to reflect the Ofcom proposals and more recent statistics.", "Wayne Erasmus said his son was moved to the unit without notice\n\nA father whose autistic son is at a mental health unit in England has said he has not been able to see or speak to him for three years.\n\nWayne Erasmus said his son Huw, 31, moved without notice from a unit in Carmarthen to Birmingham and then on to St Andrew's Healthcare in Northampton.\n\nThe Care Quality Commission (CQC) has raised concerns and criticised repeated failings in St Andrew's leadership.\n\nSt Andrew's said it had new leaders in place committed to making improvements.\n\nMr Erasmus, of Hendy, Carmarthenshire, said both St Andrew's and his local health board, Hywel Dda, had told him Huw did not want to speak to him.\n\n\"That's what they say but I know Huw gets worried and when he's worried he says he doesn't want to talk to the family,\" Mr Erasmus said.\n\n\"But then when he does want to speak with his family he has to wait two weeks for his fortnightly review… but they put pressure on him then to stick with no contact with the family. In my opinion, they're hiding behind that.\"\n\nHuw, who was raised in Hendy, Carmarthenshire, has been held under the Mental Health Act for six years. He was originally supposed to be there for six months.\n\n\"When he was in Carmarthen I could hear his voice when they asked him if he wanted to speak to mam or dad. Now that he's in St Andrew's - total black out,\" Mr Erasmus said.\n\n\"I don't think the place is suitable for him and the more I hear, the bigger the horror story is getting.\"\n\nJane Haines' daughter Ayla, who has anorexia, lives at the site. Ms Haines, from Carmarthen, said she was not allowed to contact her daughter as often as she would like and was worried about the level of care.\n\n\"The staff really do a phenomenal job and they're fighting a losing battle. It's down to the management... the ward at the very least should be sufficiently staffed and a lot of the time it isn't.\n\n\"We're restricted to four phone calls a week but for the last 18 months it's been three 10-minute phone calls a week - it's hell. That's what kept her going was our contact, that was her reason for living, so it's like, you've taken that away from her as well.\n\n\"There's restrictions on what we can talk about. We're not allowed to speak about medication, we're not allowed to speak about the staff. I'm not allowed to give her hope and say 'we will get you back to Wales'.\"\n\nJane Haines says she is restricted on what she can discuss with her daughter\n\nCQC inspectors, who visited the charity's headquarters in October, found the use of physical restraint had increased despite a plan to reduce it.\n\nThey also found the process of telling a patient's family when something went wrong was \"not fully effective\". Inspectors also found staff were not always confident to raise concerns without fear of reprisals.\n\nSt Andrew's said it was \"working closely with NHS Wales\" to ensure patients received the best and most appropriate care.\n\n\"There are often multiple factors that need to be taken into account, which at times require that these vulnerable individuals need very specialist treatment and observation in a safe, secure setting,\" it said.\n\nHywel Dda health board said it took concerns about patients' care and treatment \"very seriously\" and reviewed any concerns or feedback with its partners.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The world's largest mobile phone showcase, Mobile World Congress (MWC), has been cancelled over coronavirus concerns, organisers have confirmed.\n\nThe GSM Association (GSMA) said it had become \"impossible\" for the event to go ahead as planned in Barcelona.\n\nBT, Facebook, LG, Nokia, Sony and Vodafone were among the high-profile exhibitors to have pulled out of the annual event, citing coronavirus fears.\n\nEarlier on Wednesday, Mr Illa said people should \"trust in the Spanish health system\" and \"take decisions based on scientific evidence\".\n\nMWC was due to be held in Barcelona on 24-27 February. More than 100,000 people usually attend the annual event, about 6,000 of whom travel from China.\n\nPreparations for the event were already under way, with banners offering hygiene advice\n\nThousands of companies exhibit their latest innovations, giving a huge lift to the local economy.\n\nBut earlier this week, Amazon, Sony, LG Electronics, Ericsson, Facebook, and chipmakers Intel and Nvidia said they would not attend the conference.\n\nFrench telecoms group Orange also pulled out, despite the fact its chief executive, Stephane Richard, chairs the GSMA.\n\nDeutsche Telekom had said it would be \"irresponsible\" to send its staff to a large gathering with so many international guests.\n\nIn a statement, GSMA chief executive John Hoffman said: \"With due regard to the safe and healthy environment in Barcelona and the host country today, the GSMA has cancelled MWC Barcelona 2020.\"\n\nHe said \"global concern regarding the coronavirus outbreak, travel concern and other circumstances\" had made it impossible to hold the event.\n\nIndustry analyst Ben Wood, from the CCS Insight consultancy, said the GSMA had been a \"victim of circumstances out of its control\".\n\n\"It's a huge disappointment the show will not go ahead this year,\" he said.\n\n\"The impact on small companies who have invested a disproportionate amount of their budgets and time on this event should not be under-estimated. MWC is an anchor event for many and now they face the challenge of having to figure out the best way to salvage something from this difficult situation.\"\n\nA report by technology news site Wired suggested the GSMA had urged Spanish authorities to declare a health emergency so that it could cancel the event.\n\nThe report suggested its insurance policies would not cover the GSMA's losses, if the organisation chose to cancel the event, rather than being required to do so by authorities declaring a health emergency.", "The Splash has been in private ownership since 2006\n\nOne of British artist David Hockney's most famous works, The Splash, has been sold for £23.1m at Sotheby's in London.\n\nThe buyer is not known. It had been estimated to sell for £20m-£30m - and ended up going for £23,117,000.\n\nThe painting, in Hockney's minimalist style, depicts the moment after a diver hits the water in an LA swimming pool.\n\nIt is considered one of the stand-out pop art images of the 20th Century and is one of a trio of works alongside A Little Splash and A Bigger Splash.\n\nA Bigger Splash is housed in London's Tate Britain while A Little Splash remains in a private collection and has never appeared on the public market.\n\n\"Not only is this a landmark work within David Hockney's oeuvre, it's an icon of Pop that defined an era and also gave a visual identity to LA,\" Emma Baker, head of Sotheby's contemporary art evening sale, said in a statement.\n\nWhen it was previously sold to a private owner in 2006 it went for £2.9m - a then record price for a Hockney work - and it has remained with that buyer until now.\n\nPrior to that, the £1.9m sale of A Neat Lawn, also in 2006, had set a precedent for a Hockney.\n\nDavid Hockney was inspired to create his Splash series by his early years in Los Angeles\n\nSince then, the growing interest among the most wealthy in the value-holding investment benefits of high-end contemporary art have seen auction prices climb.\n\nThis was illustrated at a 2018 auction at Christie's in New York where Hockney's Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) sold for just over $90m (£70m) - an auction record at the time for a work by a living artist.\n\nIt's since been beaten by the $91.1m (£70.3m) sale in 2019 of a sculpture by US pop artist Jeff Koons.\n\nIn May 2018, Hockney's Pacific Coast Highway and Santa Monica sold for $28.5m (£22m) - which was more than double the previous auction record for the artist.\n\nThe Splash captures the brief moment just seconds after a swimmer has broken the calm surface of a pool.\n\nThe painting's protagonist is present, yet absent, hidden by the displaced water. The work is a classic example of Hockney's lifelong fascination with the texture, appearance and depth of water.\n\nThe Splash series was inspired by the time Hockney spent in Los Angeles following his graduation from art school.\n\nHe first visited the Californian city in 1964. On returning to London later that year, he began to work on his first pool painting, Picture of a Hollywood Swimming Pool, which fetched $7.2m (£5.6m) at an auction at Sotheby's New York in November 2019.\n\nIn 1966, he went back to Los Angeles and moved into an apartment in the city. It was there that Hockney, in his new sun-soaked environment, created the Splash paintings between 1966 and 1967.\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. Jeremy Corbyn clashed with the PM over deportations\n\nJeremy Corbyn has launched a personal attack on Boris Johnson as the two clashed in Parliament over the deportation of foreign offenders.\n\nThe Labour leader accused the PM of misleading the country about the nature of offences committed, saying some deportees were victims of drug gangs.\n\nMr Corbyn said it showed the government had \"learnt absolutely nothing\" from the 2018 Windrush controversy.\n\nMr Johnson said the Labour leader had \"demeaned himself\" with the claims.\n\nThe PM defended the decision to forcibly remove 17 men to Jamaica earlier this week, telling MPs that while he couldn't comment on individual cases \"it is entirely right that foreign national offenders should be deported from the country in accordance with the law\".\n\nThe Home Office has said the criminals deported had combined jail sentences of at least 75 years, including two convicted of rape, one of whom was sentenced to 11 years in jail and the other to four years and six months.\n\nOn Tuesday, it released a list providing limited detail of the crimes of those on board the flight.\n\nThey included one persistent offender who had 24 convictions for 33 offences, another jailed for nine years for conspiracy to rob and possession of a firearm and another given a seven-year sentence for intent to supply class A drugs.\n\nDuring heated exchanges at Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Corbyn referred to the Windrush controversy, in which a number of British citizens were wrongfully detained and, in some cases, deported.\n\nHe asked the PM whether it was right that one of those deported this week was a black man who had come to the UK when he was five, who committed a single drugs-related offence after being groomed by \"county lines\" gangs but had not subsequently re-offended.\n\n\"This cruel and callous government is trying to mislead the British people into thinking that it is solely deporting foreign nationals who are guilty of murder, rape and other serious offences,\" he said.\n\n\"This is clearly not the case.\"\n\nThe Labour leader asked: \"If there was a young white boy with blonde hair, who later dabbled in class A drugs, and conspired with a friend to beat up a journalist, would he deport that boy?\n\n\"Or is it one rule for young black boys from the Caribbean, and another for white boys from the US?\"\n\nDowning Street said the man Mr Corbyn was referring to had not been deported on Tuesday's flight.\n\nThe prime minister was born in the United States, and has faced questions about past drug use.\n\nHe was asked about claims that he had taken cocaine at university by Marie Claire Magazine in 2008. He said, \"that was when I was 19\".\n\nIn an appearance on Have I Got News For You in 2005, he admitted being given the drug, but suggested he hadn't actually taken it: \"I think I was once given cocaine but I sneezed and so it did not go up my nose. In fact, I may have been doing icing sugar.\"\n\nWhile he was working as a journalist in the early 1990s, Mr Johnson had a conversation with a friend , Darius Guppy, who had been demanding the private address of a News of the World journalist.\n\nA recording of the call suggested Mr Johnson had agreed to supply the details, even though Guppy, who was later jailed for fraud, had indicated he had wanted to have the reporter, who had been investigating his affairs, beaten up.\n\nIn a BBC interview in 2013, Mr Johnson stressed that \"nothing eventuated\" from the conversation and that people often said \"fantastical things\" to close friends of theirs.\n\nResponding to Mr Corbyn, Mr Johnson said the Labour leader had \"no right to conflate\" the actions of those deported this week with the mistreatment of the descendants of Windrush families who came from the Commonwealth to work in post-war Britain.\n\n\"I think quite frankly the honourable gentleman demeans himself and besmirches the reputation of the Windrush generation who came to this country to work in our public services and teach our children, to make lives better for the people of this country.\"\n\nMr Corbyn also called for Dominic Raab to be removed as foreign secretary, accusing him of misleading the family of Harry Dunn over the true identity of Anne Sacoolas, the woman suspected of causing his death by dangerous driving outside a US air base last summer.\n\nHe said it had been \"widely reported\" that Ms Sacoolas, whose extradition the US has rejected on grounds of diplomatic immunity, worked for the CIA while in the UK, suggesting this information had been withheld from the family.\n\nMr Johnson rejected this, saying the US authorities had told the Foreign Office that Ms Sacoolas had \"no official role\".\n\nHe pledged to continue to press the US to allow her to face justice in the UK while acknowledging the extradition treaty between the two countries was \"imbalanced\".", "Drivers and passengers were taken to safety by members of Moffat Mountain Rescue Team\n\nA mountain rescue team battled through the snow to assist drivers stranded in severe conditions in southern Scotland.\n\nVehicles became stuck on the A702 at the Dalveen Pass near Durisdeer in Dumfries and Galloway on Tuesday night.\n\nMoffat Mountain Rescue Team said a total of 12 people were helped to safety overnight in what they described as \"poor weather\".\n\nA string of Met Office weather warnings remain in place across Scotland for the days ahead.\n\nThe rescue operation came after an amber alert was issued for much of Dumfries and Galloway and the Scottish Borders on Tuesday.\n\nA yellow warning for snow and ice was in place across most of Scotland until 12:00 on Wednesday.\n\nThe rescue operation at Dalveen Pass came after days of wintry conditions in Scotland\n\nAs well as the incident in Dumfries and Galloway, Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue Team was also called out in the Borders.\n\nIt came at about 15:00 on Tuesday to help the occupants of a vehicle which had slipped off the road in a \"remote location\" in the region.\n\nNetwork Rail Scotland had to clear the line at Corrour on Wednesday morning\n\nGritters were out working on the roads near Beattock on Tuesday as conditions got worse\n\nThe operation took about four hours to complete in blizzard conditions which team members described as \"some of the harshest\" they had ever worked in.\n\nDisruption continued on Wednesday after the amber alert the day before.\n\nIn Dumfries and Galloway, three schools have been been closed in Sanquhar, Kelloholm and Hottsbridge.\n\nConditions deteriorated near Penicuik on Tuesday as the amber weather warning came into force\n\nPolice also reported a number of crashes across the region with many routes affected by ice.\n\nDrivers have been asked to \"slow down and drive accordingly\".\n\nIn the Highlands, Kinlochbervie High School, six primary schools and three nurseries have been closed due to the weather. The closures affect more than 180 children.\n\nDeep snow drifts had to be cleared from the West Highland Line on Wednesday morning.\n\nA Network Rail Scotland crew spent about 20 minutes clearing the line at Corrour, the highest mainline railway station in the UK and famous for its appearance in the 1996 film Trainspotting.\n\nLeadhills also saw significant snowfalls on Tuesday\n\nThe public was asked to take care if going out\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The duchess got up close and personal to a number of creatures at the Ark Open Farm in Newtownards\n\nThe Duchess of Cambridge has met young children during a visit to an open farm in County Down, Northern Ireland.\n\nIn a one-stop solo visit on Wednesday, the duchess received a guided tour of the Ark Open Farm outside Newtownards, meeting the owners and staff.\n\nThe duchess visited NI as part of a nationwide tour to promote a survey she launched on early years development.\n\nDuring her visit she met representatives of local charities helping children and their families.\n\nThe duchess was greeted on arrival by the Lord Lieutenant of County Down, David Lindsay, the Sheriff of County Down, Austin Baird and the Mayor of Ards and North Down, Bill Keery.\n\nThe survey launched by Catherine and conducted by Ipsos Mori on behalf of the Royal Foundation, asks questions on the early years development of children.\n\nIt is thought to be the biggest poll of its kind, asking \"five big questions on the under-fives\".\n\nThe duchess has made the issue of the \"future health and happiness\" central to her public activities and hopes the results of the survey spark a conversation on early childhood and guide the focus of her work.\n\nWell-wishers turned out to greet the duchess on her first solo-visit to Northern Ireland\n\nAfter leaving Northern Ireland the duchess headed to Scotland, visiting a cafe run by a homeless charity in Aberdeen.\n\nOn Tuesday, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge announced on Twitter they would be visiting the Republic of Ireland from 3 to 5 March.", "Mr Johnson took a holiday on the island of Mustique with partner Carrie Symonds after Christmas\n\nLabour has called on Boris Johnson to clarify who paid for his Caribbean holiday over the New Year.\n\nAccording to the MPs' register of interests, the accommodation - has a \"value\" of £15,000 - and was covered by David Ross, the co-founder of Carphone Warehouse.\n\nA spokesman for Mr Ross said the register \"is correct\" and he \"facilitated accommodation\" for the PM.\n\nDowning Street said the trip had been properly registered.\n\nThe register also shows earnings Mr Johnson received last year before becoming PM, including more than £327,000 for seven speaking engagements, one of which was a three-hour speech where he was paid £122,899.74.\n\nThe prime minister took the holiday to St Vincent and the Grenadines with girlfriend Carrie Symonds between Boxing Day 2019 and 5 January 2020.\n\nLabour's shadow minister for the cabinet office, Jon Trickett, said Mr Johnson \"must come clean\" about the holiday accommodation, adding that if he does not, Parliament's standards watchdog \"should step in\".\n\n\"The public deserves to know who is paying for their prime minister's jaunts,\" Mr Trickett added.\n\nThe entry in Mr Johnson's register of interests says Mr Ross donated accommodation \"for a private holiday for my partner and me, value £15,000\".\n\nBut a spokesman for Mr Ross told the Daily Mail: \"Boris wanted some help to find somewhere in Mustique, David called the company who run all the villas and somebody had dropped out.\n\n\"So Boris got the use of a villa that was worth £15,000, but David Ross did not pay any monies whatsoever for this.\"\n\nA later statement from the spokesman added: \"Mr Ross facilitated accommodation for Mr Johnson on Mustique valued at £15,000.\n\n\"Therefore this is a benefit in kind from Mr Ross to Mr Johnson, and Mr Johnson's declaration to the House of Commons is correct.\"\n\nMr Ross has not provided any further details as to what he means, in this context, by a 'benefit in kind.'\n\nBut sources in Westminster have suggested to me that this could refer to some sort of swap whereby David Ross agreed to give up his property - at a later date - in order to facilitate the prime minister's stay elsewhere on the island.\n\nAnd that there was no kind of cash donation.\n\nDavid Ross, the co-founder of Carphone Warehouse, at a photography exhibition in 2011\n\nMr Ross was one of Mr Johnson's aides in City Hall and was appointed to the Olympics organising committee.\n\nBut he resigned from the roles, and his company, over a share scandal in 2008.\n\nIt emerged Mr Ross had used millions of pounds' worth of Carphone Warehouse shares as collateral against personal loans without informing the company's other directors - a potential breach of City rules at the time.\n\nMr Ross has been a long-standing donor to the Conservative Party, pledging £250,000 in the last election campaign.\n\nA Downing Street spokesperson said: \"All transparency requirements have been followed, as set out in the Register of Members' Financial Interests\".\n\nMr Johnson faced criticism over his holiday for not returning sooner, after the US killing of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani raised tensions in the Middle East.\n\nIt is the first trip abroad that Mr Johnson has declared since going to Saudi Arabia in September 2018.\n\nOnly one other MP has declared a free holiday in the last year.\n\nMr Johnson also declared payments he had received prior to becoming prime minister, including book royalties and hundreds of thousands of pounds for speaking engagements.\n\nIn the first six months of 2019, Mr Johnson earned more than £327,000 for the seven speaking engagements, which lasted a total of 17.5 hours.\n\nHe was also paid £22,916.66 a month for his column in the Daily Telegraph newspaper, which was published weekly.", "Google has changed how shopping results appear so shoppers can now see goods from price comparison sites as well as its own results\n\nGoogle's appeal against a huge fine imposed by the European Commission over its alleged abuse of power in promoting its own shopping comparison service will be heard over the next three days.\n\nThe hearing will take place at the General Court in Luxembourg.\n\nThe €2.4bn ($2.6bn; £2bn) fine was handed out in 2017 and the search giant has always vowed to fight it.\n\nIt argues that the case has no legal or economic merit.\n\nIn a statement to the BBC, Google said: \"We're appealing [against] the European Commission's 2017 Google Shopping decision because it is wrong on the law, the facts, and the economics. Shopping ads have always helped people find the products they are looking for quickly and easily, and helped merchants to reach potential customers.\n\n\"We look forward to making our case in court and demonstrating that we have improved quality and increased choice for consumers.\"\n\nThe BBC understands the tech giant will argue that it fulfilled its legal obligations to allow rivals access to its products.\n\nIt will also argue that the EC excluded key players such as Amazon from its investigation. It will claim the online role of comparison shopping services has diminished, largely because platforms such as Amazon have become the preferred place to look for products and compare prices.\n\nIn order to comply with the EC's ruling, Google changed the shopping box displayed at the top of search results. It now shows its own ad results but also gives space to other shopping comparison services, which can bid for advertising slots.\n\nThe European Commission will be supported in its case by shopping comparison sites Kelkoo, Twenga and Foundem, among others.\n\nFoundem, the lead complainant in the case, filed its complaint against Google back in 2009.\n\nIn a statement, Kelkoo told the BBC it stood \"ready to support the European Commission during the hearings\".\n\n\"We believe in the merits of the shopping decision and its potential to deliver a fairer market for European consumers and businesses. At the same time, we continue to call for a remedy which tackles the harm caused by Google's abuse and we will endeavour to work closely with the Commission in the coming months to make this happen.\"\n\nGoogle has amassed fines of €8.2bn from the EC in the last three years, all relating to alleged abuses of power.\n\nAlong with other tech giants like Facebook, Amazon and Apple, it also now faces anti-trust investigations in the US.\n\nIf its appeal is upheld it will be a big blow for the EC's competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager, who has taken a tough stance on the Silicon Valley tech firms and what she sees as their monopolistic grip on the digital landscape.\n\nIt is expected that the court will deliver its judgement in the second half of the year.", "Sam Rowley spent five nights flat on the platform trying to get his picture\n\nAnyone who's travelled on London Underground's network will know them - the little black mice that scurry along the platforms and under the rails.\n\nSam Rowley was so fascinated by these subterranean rodents, he spent a week down the tube trying to picture them.\n\nAnd one night, he captured an image of two of them literally battling over a morsel of food dropped by a passenger.\n\nThat persistence to get the snap has won Sam the Wildlife Photographer of the Year LUMIX People's Choice award.\n\nFans of the annual, internationally famous WPY competition were asked to rank some of the images that didn't quite win its top prizes last October, but were nonetheless fabulous shots.\n\nA couple of jaguars tackle an anaconda - by Michel Zoghzhog\n\nSome 28,000 voted for Sam's \"Station Squabble\" as their favourite in this \"best of the rest\" category.\n\nHe spent late nights at a central London tube stop, down on his belly trying to get the perfect low-angle view.\n\nHis two subjects had been foraging separately until they chanced across the same morsel of food. For a split second, they argued over who should have it before then going their separate ways.\n\n\"I usually take a burst of photos and I got lucky with this shot, but then I had spent five days lying on a platform so it was probably going to happen at some point,\" Sam said.\n\nThe Londoner is currently working in Bristol as a researcher for the BBC's natural history film-making unit.\n\nSam says photographing urban wildlife is his passion. He believes people have a connection with the animals in our cities and towns because these creatures live among us.\n\nHe also admires the tenacity of the animals that eke out an existence in what is a very tough environment.\n\n\"These tube mice, for example, are born and spend their whole lives without ever even seeing the Sun or feeling a blade of grass. On one level, it's a desperate situation - running along gloomy passages for a few months, maybe a year or two, and then dying. And because there are so many mice and so few resources, they have to fight over something as irrelevant as a crumb.\"\n\nThis orangutan was being exploited for performance - by Aaron Gekoski\n\nLondon's Natural History Museum runs the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.\n\nSir Michael Dixon, the institution's director, said of the picture: \"Sam's image provides a fascinating glimpse into how wildlife functions in a human-dominated environment. The mice's behaviour is sculpted by our daily routine, the transport we use and the food we discard. This image reminds us that while we may wander past it every day, humans are inherently intertwined with the nature that is on our doorstep - I hope it inspires people to think about and value this relationship more.\"\n\nThere were four runners-up, or \"Highly Commended\", images in the LUMIX poll.\n\nThese included an unfortunate orangutan being exploited for performance, taken by Aaron Gekoski; a dramatic picture of a mother and cub jaguar tackling an anaconda, captured by Michel Zoghzhogi; a touching portrait of a conservation ranger and the baby black rhino he's looking after, shot by Martin Buzora; and a group of white arctic reindeer pictured in the snow by Francis De Andres.\n\nThe 56th WPY competition is currently being judged by a panel of experts, and its grand prize winners will be revealed in October.\n\nThis group of white arctic reindeer was pictured by Francis De Andres.\n\nA touching portrait of a conservation ranger and a baby black rhino - by Martin Buzora\n\nJonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter @BBCAmos", "The Oxford English Dictionary has changed its definition of the word Yid to include a \"supporter of or player for Tottenham Hotspur\".\n\nThe word has frequently been used against Jewish people as an offensive term but over the years has been appropriated by Spurs fans.\n\nSpurs have a strong Jewish following and have been targeted with anti-Semitic abuse by opposing fans.\n\nThe club has labelled the new definition as \"misleading\".\n\nA Spurs spokesman said the club has maintained that \"our fans (both Jewish and gentile) have never used the term with any intent to cause offence\", and said the OED failed to distinguish the contexts in which the term is and is not offensive.\n\nBut Jewish groups said the OED must make clear the word is a \"term of abuse\".\n\nThe OED, regarded as the leading dictionary of British English, has also added the word \"yiddo\" to its latest edition, saying its use is \"usually derogatory and offensive\" but can also mean a Tottenham supporter or player.\n\nIt says the word \"Yid\" is offensive when used by non-Jewish people to refer to Jews, and when used to refer to Spurs fans or players, it says the word is \"frequently derogatory and offensive\" - but is also used by fans to refer to themselves.\n\nThe words come from the Yiddish term for Jew but are thought to have been taken up as an insult during the 20th Century, particularly during the time of Oswald Moseley's fascist movement in Britain in the 1930s.\n\nChants of \"Yids\", \"Yid Army\" and \"yiddos\" are frequently heard in the home stands at White Hart Lane, with some Spurs fans saying they have reclaimed the word.\n\nBut Jewish groups have condemned the way it has been used, saying the word \"must not be tolerated\" by the club.\n\nThe OED said it takes a historical approach, meaning it records the usage and development of words rather than prescribing how they are used.\n\n\"We reflect, rather than dictate, how language is used which means we include words which may be considered sensitive and derogatory. These are always labelled as such,\" it said, in a statement.\n\nThe OED said the reference to Tottenham reflected the evidence that the club was associated with the Jewish community and that the term was used as a \"self-designation\" by some fans.\n\nIt said the entry for \"yiddo\" was marked as \"offensive and derogatory\" and it would ensure the context was made clear in both definitions.\n\nProminent Jewish football fans including David Baddiel and groups such as the Community Security Trust (CST), which monitors anti-Semitic abuse, have called on Spurs to stop using the words in chants.\n\nThe CST said the dictionary bore a \"special responsibility to ensure that anti-Semitic or otherwise offensive terms are clearly marked as such\".\n\nSimon Johnson, chief executive of the Jewish Leadership Council, which represents many British Jewish community groups, said: \"This is a term of abuse with malicious anti-Semitic overtones.\n\n\"If the OED wishes to include such an expression it must make it abundantly clear that this is a despicable term of abuse.\"\n\nJewish Chronicle editor Stephen Pollard said the word was \"not controversial among many of the Jewish Spurs supporters, such as myself, who are proud to be Yiddos\".\n\nThe \"Y-word\" is not used on official merchandise, but has been adopted unofficially by fans\n\nBut rival fans also asked on social media if the definition meant it was acceptable for other teams to use the word or whether it was no longer considered racist.\n\nSpurs said in their statement that they \"have never accommodated the use of the Y-word on any club channels or in club stores\".\n\nIn December, the club released the results of a survey on the word, with more than 23,000 responses.\n\nNearly half of respondents wanted fans to abandon the chant or use it less, with 94% acknowledging it could be considered a racist term against a Jewish person.\n\nBut 33% of of respondents said they used the word \"regularly\" in a football context, while 12% also used it outside of football.", "Monday's rescue was carried out in bad weather\n\nFour men rescued from Ben Nevis in high winds and blizzard conditions have apologised to, and thanked, their rescuers.\n\nLochaber Mountain Rescue Team and Inverness Coastguard helicopter went to the aid of the tourists, who were not equipped for winter hillwalking.\n\nFollowing Monday's incident, they have sent the team a donation along with gifts of whisky, wine and chocolates.\n\nLochaber MRT has thanked the men for the \"generous offer\".\n\nIn a statement, the rescue team said the group had admitted to having made \"a significant error of judgement\" and were \"extremely sorry\".\n\nThe rescue on Monday afternoon came during bad weather in the wake of Storm Ciara.\n\nLochaber MRT was sent a donation towards its funding and gifts as thanks for Monday's rescue\n\nThe four men, who were visiting Scotland from abroad, were taken to Belford Hospital in Fort William for treatment.\n\nLochaber MRT, like other mountain rescue teams, rely on grants and public donations for funding.\n\nResponding to calls on social media for people to take out insurance before heading into Scotland's hills, or for people to be charged for being rescued, the team said such measures would be unworkable.\n\n\"Where do you stop? Insurance for fishing, rugby, football all of which have more incidents and injuries than mountaineering?\" said the team.\n\nThe team said efforts should be focused on increasing awareness of mountain safety and weather forecasts, adding that the rescued four men should be \"cut a little bit of slack\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A GP practice in Brighton is temporarily closed after a staff member tested positive for coronavirus\n\nFive of the eight confirmed coronavirus cases in the UK have been linked to Brighton. But while authorities have told people to carry on their daily routines, on the streets uncertainty is building.\n\nSteve Walsh, a businessman from Hove who recently returned from Singapore, is thought to have infected 11 people - five of whom live in the city.\n\nA Brighton GP and an A&E doctor at nearby Worthing, West Sussex, are among those already identified as carriers.\n\nBrighton Council said residents shouldn't panic, but Maddy Lewis, 19, a student at Brighton University, said she was \"really worried\" by the latest developments.\n\n\"I've been over-thinking it. I was planning on not coming out today,\" she said, adding that she had ordered some masks which were \"turning up tomorrow\".\n\nShe said she would be wearing them when she went home to Suffolk to see her family as she didn't want to pass the virus on to them if she had it.\n\nStudent Maddy Lewis (right) said she was worried about taking the virus home to Suffolk\n\n\"It's a two week incubation period. How do I know if I have got it or not?\" she said.\n\nHer friend Alex Fitzgerald-Starr, also 19, laughed at this suggestion. She said she was \"pretty chilled\" about it all but said she was worried it might have \"got into to the university\".\n\nThe University of Sussex has confirmed a student that had recently returned from overseas had been admitted to hospital for tests. The results are not yet known.\n\nAlex said that while the pair were at Brighton University, \"we all socialise together\".\n\n\"We live in large halls of residence. Get on the same buses. Come into town. It would spread so easily,\" she said.\n\nCassidy Seaborne, from Whitehawk, in Brighton, was out with her one-year-old daughter in a buggy.\n\n\"I want to put a mask on her,\" she said.\n\nMs Seaborne said she was \"scared\" by reports the virus had a worse effect on \"people with low immune systems or young children\", and she really just wanted to stay at home.\n\n\"If someone coughs, it makes me nervous,\" she said, adding that she had seen \"about five people in masks on one bus\" in one day.\n\nCassidy Seaborne was \"scared\" for her one-year-old daughter\n\nIn contrast, Frank Hayden, 45, from Eastbourne, who works at Timpson's in Brighton, shrugged off such concerns.\n\n\"I'm not bothered. I come into contact with the general public on a daily basis. It's just like the flu, isn't it? I'm not one for scare-mongering,\" he said.\n\nHowever, he said he didn't \"watch the news or read much\".\n\n\"If I catch it, I'd just do what I'm told to do, self-isolate,\" he said.\n\nShop-worker Frank Hayden said he was \"not bothered\"\n\nMeanwhile, parents of pupils at Cottesmore St Mary's Catholic School in Brighton were told two people from the school have been advised by Public Health England to self-isolate for 14 days after coming into contact with a coronavirus case.\n\nParents were told: \"If you wish to keep your child off of school at this time, then we will authorise this absence.\"\n\nJournalist Sarah Lewis has a daughter at Cottesmore. She said she \"initially had a moment\" when she got the message, but was \"trying not to panic\".\n\nShe said: \"Judging by my Whatsapp groups, a lot of people are choosing to keep their children at home.\"\n\nBut she would be sending her daughter to school on Wednesday and was reassured that the school was being informative and taking action.\n\n\"They have done a lot of work with the children on prevention, even before today, with hand-washing and so on,\" she said.\n\n\"The head teacher is lovely - a mum herself, and very careful.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe boss of an NHS trust at the centre of concerns about preventable baby deaths has claimed the scale of the failings is not clearly defined.\n\nSusan Acott, chief executive of East Kent Hospitals Trust, said there had only been \"six or seven\" avoidable deaths at the trust since 2011.\n\nHowever, the BBC revealed on Monday that the trust previously accepted responsibility for at least 10.\n\nMs Acott said some of the baby deaths were \"not as clear-cut\".\n\nA series of failings came to light during the inquest of Harry Richford who died seven days after his birth at the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital in Margate in November 2017.\n\nThe inquest was told Harry would have survived but for failings by the hospital\n\nA coroner ruled Harry's death was \"wholly avoidable\" and was contributed to by hospital neglect.\n\nMs Acott added she had not read a key report from 2015 drawing attention to maternity problems at the trust until December 2019.\n\nThe trust has apologised to the Richford family and Ms Acott says she has offered to meet them.\n\nMs Acott claims that from 2011 to 2020 there were \"about six or seven\" baby deaths that were viewed as preventable.\n\nShe says the other deaths were being investigated adding \"these things aren't always black and white\".\n\nMs Acott said: \"It is not always quite as clear cut as that. That is not to say we shouldn't learn and shouldn't investigate.\"\n\nDespite the most recent preventable death taking place in November, Ms Acott said she believes the trust has improved.\n\nShe said: \"I think it is about trying to persist. Are we going about trying to improve our clinical care, are we doing everything that's expected of us. I think we are.\"\n\nShe added: \"It's an organisation with a lot of issues and problems, of that there's no doubt. We have to use the memory of Harry Richford to say we will learn, we will do better and we won't let this happen again.\"\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. Woman jailed for trying to open Jet2 plane door mid-flight\n\nA woman who tried to open a passenger plane door mid-flight, prompting two fighter jets to be scrambled, has been jailed for two years.\n\nChloe Haines, 26, from High Wycombe, scratched a crew member as she lunged at the door shouting \"I'm going to kill you all,\" the court heard.\n\nTwo RAF fighter jets rushed to escort the plane back to Stansted Airport, causing a sonic boom across Essex.\n\nHaines, who admitted two charges, was sentenced at Chelmsford Crown Court.\n\nShe pleaded guilty to endangering the safety of a passenger plane and assault by beating.\n\nThe incident took place on a Jet2 flight with 206 people aboard, heading to Dalaman in Turkey on 22 June.\n\nHaines said that she \"blacked out and didn't really remember what happened\" after mixing alcohol with medication, prosecutor Michael Crimp told the court.\n\nCabin crew member Charley Coombe suffered scratches as she tried to prevent Haines from opening the plane door.\n\nA passenger later told police he \"really feared she would open the door\", the court heard.\n\nMr Crimp said she yelled \"I want to die\" and \"I'm going to kill you all\" to the crew and passengers attempting to restrain her.\n\nChloe Haines also scratched a crew member who tried to stop her opening the door mid-flight\n\nThe court heard it was impossible to open an exit door mid-flight but many passengers would not have known this.\n\nMr Crimp added that the RAF jets were sent \"in error\".\n\nHaines' barrister Oliver Saxby QC described her as \"a troubled young person with a number of serious issues\".\n\nShe had been given a community order for similar offences involving alcohol and a loss of control 17 days before the incident, the court heard.\n\nMr Saxby said she had been diagnosed with mental ill health and had not touched alcohol since 22 June.\n\n\"She wasn't just drunk, she was unwell,\" he said, adding that she felt \"appalled\".\n\n\"She's ashamed,\" he said. \"She's deeply embarrassed by what she did\".\n\nJudge Charles Gratwicke said: \"Those that are trapped in the confined space of the aircraft will inevitably be distressed, frightened and petrified by the actions of those who in a drunken state endanger their lives.\n\n\"For some it will be their worst nightmare come true.\"\n\nJet2 calculated that the incident cost them £86,000, the court was told.\n\nSteve Heapy, CEO of the airline, welcomed the sentence and said it was \"one of the most serious cases of disruptive passenger behaviour that we have experienced\".\n\nHe said Haines was now banned for life from the airline.\n\nMr Heapy said she had \"caused distress for customers as well as our crew\" and added \"we simply will not tolerate this on our flights\".\n\nHe also said they would continue to work on on the issue of \"drinking to excess in the airport before flying, as well as the illicit consumption of duty free alcohol on board the aircraft\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The study results have implications for the fight against climate change.\n\nUp to one fifth of the Amazon rainforest is emitting more CO2 than it absorbs, new research suggests.\n\nResults from a decade-long study of greenhouse gases over the Amazon basin appear to show around 20% of the total area has become a net source of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.\n\nOne of the main causes is deforestation.\n\nWhile trees are growing they absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere; dead trees release it again.\n\nMillions of trees have been lost to logging and fires in recent years.\n\nThe results of the study, which have not yet been published, have implications for the effort to combat climate change.\n\nThey suggest that the Amazon rainforest - a vital carbon store, or \"sink\", that slows the pace of global warming - may be turning into a carbon source faster than previously thought.\n\nEvery two weeks for the past 10 years, a team of scientists led by Prof Luciana Gatti, a researcher at Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE), has been measuring greenhouse gases by flying aircraft fitted with sensors over different parts of the Amazon basin.\n\nWhat the group found was startling: while most of the rainforest still retains its ability to absorb large quantities of carbon dioxide - especially in wetter years - one portion of the forest, which is especially heavily deforested, appears to have lost that capacity.\n\nGatti's research suggests this south-eastern part of the forest, about 20% of the total area, has become a carbon source.\n\n\"Each year is worse,\" she told Newsnight.\n\n\"We observed that this area in the south-east is an important source of carbon. And it doesn't matter whether it is a wet year or a dry year. 2017-18 was a wet year, but it didn't make any difference.\"\n\nA forest can become a source of carbon rather than a store, or sink, when trees die and emit carbon into the atmosphere.\n\nAreas of deforestation also contribute to the Amazon's inability to absorb carbon.\n\nCarlos Nobre, who co-authored Prof Gatti's study, called the observation \"very worrying\" because \"it could be showing the beginnings of a major tipping point\".\n\nHe believes the new findings suggest that in the next 30 years, more than half of the Amazon could transform from rainforest into savanna.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFor decades, scientists have warned of an \"Amazon tipping-point\": the point at which the forest loses its ability to renew itself and begins to emit more carbon than it absorbs.\n\n\"[The Amazon] used to be, in the 1980s and 90s, a very strong carbon sink, perhaps extracting two billion tonnes of carbon dioxide a year from the atmosphere,\" says Prof Nobre, who is also a researcher at the University of Sao Paulo's Institute for Advanced Studies and Brazil's leading expert on the Amazon.\n\n\"Today, that strength is reduced perhaps to 1-1.2bn tonnes of carbon dioxide a year.\"\n\nTo put that in context, a billion tonnes of carbon dioxide is almost three times what the UK said it officially emitted in 2018.\n\nBut that figure does not take into account the amount of carbon dioxide released through deforestation and forest fires.\n\nAnd after almost a decade going down, deforestation in the Amazon has increased significantly in recent years. 2019 was a particularly bad year.\n\nBetween July and September last year, destruction was above 1,000 sq km (386 sq mi) per month.\n\n\"In our calculations, if we exceed that 20-25% of deforestation, and global warming continues unabated with high emission scenarios, then the tipping point would be reached,\" says Prof Nobre, one of the first proponents of the tipping point theory. \"Today we are at about 17%,\" he adds.\n\nOpinions on when this tipping point could occur differs among scientists.\n\n\"Some people think that it won't be until three-degrees warming - so towards the end of the century, whereas other people think that we could get [it with] deforestation up above 20% or so and that might happen in the next decade or two. So it's really, really uncertain,\" explained Simon Lewis, professor of global change science at UCL.\n\nHowever Prof Lewis called the results of Nobre's research \"shocking\". \"It says to me that perhaps this is more near-term than perhaps I was initially thinking.\"\n\nProf Nobre's theory was based on climate models. The new study is based on real-life observations, which produce more accurate results.\n\nProf Gatti told Newsnight she wanted to see a moratorium on deforestation in the Amazon to establish whether the trend could be reversed. But that looks unlikely.\n\nBrazil's president has made his priority for the rainforest very clear: development over conservation.\n\nSaving the Amazon is, for now, a question of political choice. But the science suggests that choice may not be on offer for very much longer.\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 diminished BBC would weaken the country as a whole, the corporation's chairman has warned.\n\nSir David Clementi said putting the broadcaster's services behind a paywall would lessen its ability to \"bring the country together\".\n\nNot everybody would be able to access the \"live important moments we enjoy as a nation\", like Royal weddings and Olympic successes, he said in a speech.\n\nHis comments come amid a debate about the future of the licence fee.\n\nIn December, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the licence fee needs \"looking at\", and Culture Secretary Nicky Morgan last week launched a public consultation on whether non-payment of the TV licence fee should remain a criminal offence.\n\nLast month, the BBC's highest-paid presenter Gary Lineker told The Guardian the licence fee should be made voluntary.\n\nSome have suggested a Netflix-style paid subscription service as an alternative.\n\nSir David said the BBC would \"engage fully\" with the government's licence fee consultation\n\nIn his speech in Salford, Sir David said: \"The BBC is a great national asset; a diminished BBC is a weakened United Kingdom.\n\n\"Sitting behind a paywall, it would no longer be the place that brings the country together for the Strictly final, or Gavin & Stacey on Christmas Day, or the Armistice Anniversary or Holocaust Memorial.\n\n\"Nor would it be the place that all could turn to celebrate live important moments we enjoy as a nation: Royal weddings or jubilees, or Olympic successes.\"\n\nSir David warned \"it would be very unlikely to continue the level of properly curated programmes for children, or indeed the brilliant Bitesize education services\".\n\nAnd the BBC \"would not have the same commitment to investing in home-grown ideas and talent\", he said.\n\nMedia analyst Claire Enders recently told BBC Radio 4 the BBC and the US-based streaming giants were \"incomparable\". BBC newsreader Huw Edwards agreed that the comparison was \"nonsense\".\n\nSir David's speech noted how that if there was a voluntary subscription, the government would have to take over the £250m investment that the licence fee contributes to the World Service.\n\n\"The BBC will engage fully with the government's [licence fee] consultation, but it must be based on the evidence,\" advance comments from his speech said.\n\n\"A decision of this scale, taking hundreds of millions out of the BBC and the creative economy, must not be taken in isolation.\"\n\nIt was revealed last month that 450 jobs will be cut from BBC News under plans to complete its £80m savings target by 2022.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "England threw away the opportunity to defeat South Africa in the first Twenty20 international, losing a dramatic contest by one run in East London.\n\nThe tourists needed three from the final delivery of the match, but Adil Rashid could only manage a single.\n\nEngland were cantering to their target of 178 as Jason Roy plundered 70 from 38 balls, only for his dismissal to spark South Africa's resurgence.\n\nEven then, Eoin Morgan's 52 meant England needed just seven from the final over, yet the brilliant Lungi Ngidi had Tom Curran caught at deep mid-wicket and bowled Moeen Ali.\n\nRashid was asked to be the hero from the only ball he faced, but an inside edge to mid-wicket meant he was run out coming back for a second run which would have forced a super over.\n\nIt was cruel on Rashid who, along with fellow spinner Moeen, earlier helped England recover from a dreadful start with the ball and in the field to limit South Africa to 177-8 on a superb batting pitch.\n\nThe second in the three-match series is in Durban on Friday.\n\nThis is the start of England's road to the T20 World Cup in Australia in October and November and, unlike the experimental line-up used during the drawn one-day series, captain Morgan has promised his team will be at its strongest throughout these matches.\n\nWhat Morgan saw was a side who began terribly, fought back admirably, gained complete control, then threw it all away.\n\nAfter choosing to field first, the tourists were facing the prospect of an enormous chase as their pace bowlers were flayed, catches went down, the ground fielding was untidy and the sole review wasted.\n\nSouth Africa reached 97-1 from nine overs, only for England to improve to take 7-80 in the final 11 overs and 4-8 in the last two, leaving the Proteas with a total that seemed no better than par.\n\nWhen Roy was in full flow, the chase was set to be complete with time to spare, but he became the first in a string of batsmen to be complicit in their own downfall, coinciding with the excellent death bowling of Ngidi.\n\nEngland first stalled, then panicked, allowing South Africa to steal a game they had almost no right to win.\n\nEven as they were carried to the 50-over World Cup by a power-packed batting line-up last July, England were still capable of an aberration, and fell to this defeat in six overs of madness.\n\nRoy had taken left-arm spinner JJ Smuts for 22 in a single over on the way to a 22-ball half-century, sharing stands of 72 with Jonny Bairstow and 42 with Morgan.\n\nHowever, he helped an innocuous Beuran Hendricks slower ball to short fine leg, with Joe Denly and Ben Stokes holing out in the next three overs.\n\nWith 23 needed from 12 balls, Morgan took control. Hendricks was hit for 14 from three deliveries, only for the captain to hit the last ball of the 19th over straight to long-on.\n\nEngland were still favourites, especially when Curran shovelled Ngidi for a couple to make the target five from five.\n\nHowever, he targeted the leg-side fence needlessly and was caught, and Moeen swung, nudged and ultimately missed to be bowled, leaving Rashid a task he was not up to.\n\nMoeen and Rashid prove their worth again\n\nThough they would later come up short with the bat, off-spinner Moeen and leg-spinner Rashid - who this week each reiterated their unavailability to England's Test side - once again proved how integral they are to Morgan's white-ball teams.\n\nUsing variations of line, length and pace, they returned a combined 2-45 from their eight overs. Even then, the numbers only tell part of the story. Moeen bowled three of his overs in the powerplay, while Rashid was the unfortunate bowler when Roy and Denly each dropped catches.\n\nWhile Moeen and Rashid were twirling away, pace bowlers Curran, Mark Wood and Chris Jordan were being flayed by Temba Bavuma's 43, and each of Quinton de Kock and Rassie van der Dussen, who both made 31.\n\nAs usual, it took the arrival of Stokes to inspire England, with the talismanic all-rounder paving the way for Jordan and Wood to make impressive returns.\n\nHowever, it would prove to be not enough. In a game decided by the tightest of margins, England were not only punished for their batting collapse, but also their slow start with the ball and in the field.\n\n'We have to improve'\n\nEngland captain Eoin Morgan told the TMS podcast: \"We have to improve how we played the end of the chase. At the halfway stage we talked about how South Africa batsmen coming in struggled to hit the ball. We'll talk about that over the next 24 hours and hopefully get an answer and a clear mindset going into Durban.\"\n\nSouth Africa's Lungi Ngidi, who took 3-30 in four overs: \"I didn't panic under pressure. One of their best batsmen was in and they seemed to be cruising the game. I was told my job was to take wickets and that's all I wanted to do.\"\n\nSouth Africa captain Quinton de Kock: \"It was very tight, but we knew that halfway through. We had to keep to our basics and we could end up winning. We knew this wicket gets slow and is tough to bat on in the last five overs. We'll enjoy it tonight but the planning for the second game in the series starts tomorrow and we want to be ruthless.\"", "Sonia Boyce will fill the British pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2021\n\nArtist Sonia Boyce is to become the first black woman to represent Great Britain at the prestigious Venice Biennale next year.\n\nBoyce will fly the flag with a major new exhibition at the world's most important contemporary art festival.\n\nShe told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the offer came as \"a real shock, but a real delight as well\".\n\nThe London-based artist rose to prominence in the 1980s as one of the leading lights in black British art.\n\nBoyce's Devotional Collection is an archive relating to black British women in music\n\nShe showed a film, Exquisite Cacophony, at Venice in 2015\n\nHer art has often dealt with themes of race and gender, initially working with pastels and then moving into photography, video, sound and installations.\n\n\"That early work in the 1980s was very much about me being the centre of a lot of those images that I was making, and I would often talk about growing up in the UK, being black and being female, and what it was like at that particular time,\" she told Today.\n\n\"And the work has since shifted, which I suppose is what we're going to be seeing when the show goes to Venice.\"\n\nBoyce was made an MBE in 2007 and was elected to the Royal Academy in 2016. She is also currently creating a large artwork for the new Elizabeth Line railway in Newham, east London.\n\nHer installation Paper Tiger Whisky Soap Theatre was seen in Nice, France, in 2016\n\nHer wallpapers feature prominently in her latest exhibition, In the Castle of My Skin\n\nFor her latest exhibition, at Eastside Projects in Birmingham, titled In the Castle of My Skin, she has built what she described as a \"crazy structure\" in the gallery to show her wallpapers and the work of seven artists with whom she has collaborated.\n\nEmma Dexter, director of visual art for the British Council, said the committee had chosen Boyce at \"a pivotal moment in in the history of the UK\".\n\nShe said: \"They really loved the fact that Sonia brings people together. Her practice is very collaborative. It's very open-ended, experimental, and values people working together and appreciating their difference but still coming together.\"\n\nAnish Kapoor, Henry Moore, Richard Hamilton, Steve McQueen and Tracey Emin are among the artists who have previously been chosen to exhibit in the British Pavilion at Venice.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "A judge said Peter Turner had \"brought evil into this world\"\n\nA former monk at a Catholic boarding school who sexually abused three boys aged under 13 has been jailed for more than 20 years.\n\nPeter Turner, 80, of Redcar, admitted 14 charges including indecent assault, gross indecency and another serious sexual offence.\n\nThe offences took place at Ampleforth College, North Yorkshire, and a parish in Cumbria between 1984 and 1990.\n\nNorth Yorkshire Police said Turner was \"clearly a very depraved individual\".\n\nSentencing him at York Crown Court, Judge Sean Morris said: \"You have brought evil into this world when, by your calling, you should have brought hope, help and succour.\"\n\nThe court heard parents sent their children to Ampleforth to be cared for by \"men of God\" but Turner was \"a man of evil\"\n\nTurner, formerly known as Father Gregory Carroll, targeted the first boy at Ampleforth.\n\nThen after he confessed to the church authorities about sexual contact with a boy he was sent to a parish in Workington.\n\nHe went on to indecently assault a boy in the Cumbrian town and committed indecent assault and gross indecency against a third victim.\n\nThe court heard victim impact statements in which the men spoke about the impact Turner's abuse had had on their lives.\n\nHe was recalled and confined to the monastery at Ampleforth after the Nolan Report on the problem of clerical child abuse was published in 2001.\n\nTurner was previously jailed for four years in 2005 after admitting offences against 10 pupils at the school between 1979 and 1987. The sentence was later reduced by 12 months.\n\nOn Tuesday he pleaded guilty to 11 counts of indecent assault, two counts of a serious sexual assault and one count of gross indecency with a child.\n\nPauline McCullagh, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said: \"Turner committed a truly sickening breach of trust, sexually abusing young boys who innocently placed their trust in him as a monk and priest.\"\n\nNorth Yorkshire Police said Turner was \"clearly a very depraved individual\"\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.", "Koalas are one of the 19 mammal species needing urgent help\n\nAustralia has identified 113 animal species which will need \"urgent help\" after their numbers and habitats were devastated by recent bushfires.\n\nIn a welcome finding, there appeared to be no extinctions, said the government.\n\nBut almost all species on the list had lost at least 30% of their habitat due to the mammoth blazes in the south and east over Australia's summer.\n\nKoalas and wallabies, as well as bird, fish and frog species are among those needing the most help, said experts.\n\nResearchers had previously estimated that more than 1 billion animals may have perished in the fires, which scorched large swathes of temperate forest and grassland.\n\nA provisional list, released on Tuesday, narrowed a field of hundreds of fire-affected species to those needing the most urgent conservation action. It was drawn up by the government's Wildlife and Threatened Species Bushfire Recovery Expert Panel.\n\nThe panel found some highly threatened species faced \"imminent risk of extinction\" because almost all of their habitat had been destroyed. These included the Pugh's frog, Blue Mountains water skink and the Kangaroo Island dunnart.\n\nThe Kangaroo Island dunnart is endemic to the South Australian island devastated by a major blaze in January\n\nThe Northern corroboree frog in New South Wales was already considered in the category closest to extinction\n\nOthers, such as the koala and the smoky mouse, had \"substantial\" sections destroyed, meaning they would need \"emergency intervention\" to support their recovery.\n\nWhile many species on the list were already considered threatened before the fires, other additions had been viewed as safe.\n\n\"Many [species] were considered secure and not threatened before the fires, but have now lost much of their habitat and may be imperilled,\" said the panel in its report.\n\nPlant species and further invertebrates are expected to be named in the next update of the list, said Environment Minister Sussan Ley.\n\nShe said assessing the true scale of the devastation had been limited due to ongoing blazes in some areas and smouldering grounds.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Australia fires: The animals struggling in the crisis\n\n\"While have been some encouraging sightings of threatened animals in fire-affected places, it is still not safe to enter many areas to make more detailed on-ground assessments,\" Ms Ley said.\n\nLast month, Australia pledged A$50m (£26m; $33m) to wildlife and habitat recovery. Money will be spent on animal treatment, food drops and pest animal control programmes.", "Lyra McKee was regarded by many as a rising star in Northern Ireland media circles\n\nA 52-year-old man has been charged with the murder of journalist Lyra McKee in Londonderry.\n\nHe is also charged with possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and professing to be a member of a proscribed organisation.\n\nMs McKee, who was 29, was observing rioting in Derry's Creggan estate when she was shot on 18 April 2019.\n\nThe 52-year-old, from Derry, is due to appear at Londonderry Magistrates' Court on Thursday.\n\nDet Supt Jason Murphy said a number of individuals were involved with the gunman on the night Ms McKee was killed.\n\n\"And while today is significant for the investigation the quest for the evidence to bring the gunman to justice remains active and ongoing,\" he added.\n\nMs McKee was a writer and campaigner from Belfast who had only recently moved to Derry when she was killed.\n\nShe was standing near a police 4x4 vehicle on the night of 18 April 2019 when a masked gunman fired towards officers and onlookers.\n\nRegarded by many as a rising star in Northern Ireland media circles, she had written for many publications, including Buzzfeed, Private Eye, the Atlantic and Mosaic Science.\n\nMs McKee's death caused widespread revulsion in Northern Ireland and further afield\n\nShe was named Sky News young journalist of the year in 2006 and Forbes Magazine named her as one of their 30 under 30 in media in Europe in 2016.\n\nThe Belfast woman had signed a two-book deal with the publisher Faber and Faber, with her forthcoming book The Lost Boys due out this year.\n\nAccording to those who knew her best, the gay rights advocate was someone who \"believed passionately in social and religious tolerance\".\n\nHer death caused widespread revulsion in Northern Ireland and further afield.\n\nHer funeral was attended by then prime minister Theresa May, Irish PM Leo Varadkar and Irish President Michael D Higgins at St Anne's Cathedral in Belfast.\n\nFr Martin Magill received a standing ovation when he asked why it took her death to unite politicians.\n\nDays later the British and Irish governments announced a new talks process aimed at restoring devolution.\n\nNorthern Ireland's political institutions were restored last month after three years of deadlock.", "Gas and electricity customers will receive automatic compensation of £30 from May if their switch to a new provider goes wrong, Ofgem has said.\n\nThe regulator said the new rules should give \"peace of mind\" to those shopping around. More than six million people switched energy firms last year.\n\nPayments will be made if the switch is not completed within 15 working days.\n\nA mistaken switch or a failure by the old supplier to provide a final bill within six weeks will also qualify.\n\nMary Starks, from Ofgem, said: \"We are introducing these new standards to give customers further peace of mind, and to challenge suppliers to get it right first time.\"\n\nThe move was described as a \"welcome intervention\" by David Pilling, from the Energy Ombudsman - the independent referee of unresolved disputes between customers and providers.\n\n\"Switching is now second only to billing as a source of complaints that we handle, so it's clear that for too many people the process of changing supplier doesn't go as smoothly as it should,\" he said.\n\nSince Ofgem introduced minimum standards last year, more than £700,000 has been paid out to customers from suppliers.\n\nOf these payments, 27% have been for mistaken switches, while 73% have been for late credit balance refunds. This system will now be extended by making compensation payments automatic.\n\n\"Households can still save hundreds of pounds by switching and shouldn't be put through the hassle and stress of having to claim compensation when energy suppliers make mistakes,\" said Dame Gillian Guy, boss of Citizens Advice.", "The victim of a scam who took out £17,000 of loans has said she was \"bled dry\" by a man she met on a dating app.\n\nThe woman in her 40s from north Wales \"dated\" the man via video chat for two years - he used computer graphics to create a fake face when they spoke.\n\nA report has found fraud across Wales and England accounts for one in three crimes - but only 2% reach court.\n\nA senior officer estimated 1,000 cases a week could be happening in the South Wales Police force area alone.\n\n\"This guy's absolutely bled me dry,\" the victim of the scam told Eye on Wales on BBC Radio Wales.\n\n\"I think he would have pushed me into a grave.\"\n\nPolice are now liaising with Interpol to find the man.\n\nThe scammer told his victim after they met that he was an international businessman based in Dallas, Texas, a city she had visited several times.\n\nShe said: \"He was claiming that he was looking to buy a premises and to basically move across to the UK so he could set up his business here and he was due to fly back to Dallas - that night, I think - or the following day.\n\n\"So he video called me as soon he got back to Dallas and basically he would be video calling on a daily basis. And he just built the trust up from that and to a point where everybody trusted him.\n\n\"Even my friends trusted him because he had video calls with them.\"\n\nBut he had taken a photograph from the internet and digitally manipulated it to move convincingly while he spoke.\n\nThe woman said she had discussed marriage with the scammer\n\nAfter a couple of months, he said he was in trouble on a business trip to Dubai, claiming a girl had run in front of his hire car and he had to pay her medical bills in order to have his papers returned.\n\n\"Now I looked into all of this because I thought 'hang on a minute, something doesn't seem right here' but then when I looked, everything made sense.\n\n\"So I sent him the money to pay for fees because what he also sent me was a picture of him sat with the girl in hospital.\n\n\"I didn't think anything of it. She was on a ventilator. It looked genuine. There was nothing on this picture that screamed 'this is a fake'.\"\n\nThe woman took out a £6,000 loan and sent him the money, saying she had \"fallen for this guy in a major way\".\n\nBut his apparent troubles kept piling up.\n\nClaiming he was on his way to the UK to visit her, the man said he was stopped for an unpaid tax bill of £21,000.\n\nThe woman paid it with more loans - and help from one of her friends.\n\nBut his next attempt included copies of clearly faked documents and the woman realised she had been scammed.\n\n\"I just wanted to cry. My friends had to sit with me for a few days just to support me.\"\n\nShe is now working two jobs, and starting a third, to pay off the debts he has caused.\n\nFraudsters are also sharing so-called \"suckers lists\" to target vulnerable people repeatedly, according to Det Insp Nick Bellamy, who heads the organised crime unit at South Wales Police.\n\nHe said: \"It's huge. I don't think it's a crime that we're going to investigate our way out of or certainly arrest our way out of it.\n\n\"Fraud is theft with a trick and what we want to try and do is to make sure people are able to spot those tricks.\"\n\nEye on Wales is on BBC Radio Wales on 12 February at 18:30 GMT, or listen on BBC Sounds\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Hamida Begum's son, Mukul Seikh, prayed in front of his mother's grave\n\nActivists in Bangladesh have welcomed the first ever Islamic funeral for a sex worker, breaking a long-standing taboo in the Muslim majority nation.\n\nHamida Begum, who worked at one of the world's largest brothels in the village of Daulatdia, died of illness last week at the age of 65.\n\nA number of people gathered at her grave to witness the historic moment.\n\nSex work is legal in Bangladesh, but Islamic leaders have previously refused to perform funeral prayers for workers.\n\nInstead, sex workers who die are usually buried in unmarked graves, without formal prayers, or dumped in rivers.\n\nThis was the fate that originally awaited Begum until a coalition of sex workers persuaded local police to talk to spiritual leaders - who have historically considered sex work \"immoral\" - about giving her a formal burial.\n\n\"The imam was initially reluctant to lead the prayers,\" local police chief Ashiqur Rahman, who oversaw the negotiations, told AFP news agency. \"But we asked him whether Islam forbids anyone from taking part in the Janaza [funeral prayers] of a sex worker. He had no answer.\"\n\nAs a result, a religious funeral was held for her last Thursday.\n\nMr Rahman said the ceremony was attended by more than 200 people, while more than 400 went to the post-funeral meal and prayers.\n\nA coalition of sex workers, led by Jhumur Begum (left), also paid their respects to Hamida Begum\n\n\"It was an unprecedented scene,\" Mr Rahman added. \"People waited until late in the night to join the prayers. The eyes of sex workers welled up with tears.\"\n\nAmong those at Begum's graveside were her son, Mukul Seikh, and her 35-year-old daughter Laxmi, who is also a sex worker in the brothel in Daulatdia.\n\n\"I never dreamed that she would get such an honourable farewell. My mother was treated like a human being,\" Laxmi said.\n\n\"I hope from now on every woman who works here, including me, gets a Janaza just the way my mother did.\"\n\nHamida Begum, not pictured, was given an historic funeral last week\n\nJhumur Begum, the leader of the local coalition of sex workers that campaigned for Begum's funeral, recalled the indignity with which women were usually buried.\n\n\"If we wanted to bury the dead in the morning, villagers would chase us with bamboo sticks.\" she told AFP.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Inside one of the world's largest licensed brothels in Daulatdia\n\nThe brothel where Ms Begum worked - one of 12 legal brothels in Bangladesh - is located about 250 km (155 miles) west of the capital Dhaka.\n\nIt was first established about a century ago, under British colonial rule.", "The comments come after the Most Reverend Justin Welby's visit to Kenya last month\n\nThe Church of England is \"still deeply institutionally racist\", the Archbishop of Canterbury has said.\n\nThe Most Reverend Justin Welby said at a meeting of the Church's ruling body, the General Synod, that he was \"ashamed\" of its history of racism.\n\nMr Welby's words came as Synod members backed a motion to apologise for racism in the Church of England since the arrival of the Windrush generation.\n\nThe body also voted to \"stamp out conscious or unconscious\" racism.\n\nCommonwealth citizens who arrived in the UK between 1948 and 1971 from Caribbean countries have been labelled the Windrush generation.\n\nIn 2018 the home secretary apologised to Windrush immigrants who wrongly faced deportation - and on Tuesday Mr Welby said the Church had been a \"hostile environment\" to those people.\n\nThe Windrush generation began arriving in the UK in 1948\n\n\"I am sorry and ashamed,\" the archbishop said.\n\n\"I'm ashamed of our history and I'm ashamed of our failure. There is no doubt when we look at our own Church that we are still deeply institutionally racist.\n\n\"I said it to the College of Bishops a couple of years ago and it's [still] true,\" he said.\n\nThe archbishop added the Church's \"hostile environment\" must become a \"hospitable, welcoming one\" and called for \"radical and decisive\" progress to put an end to institutional racism.\n\nMr Welby said \"basic rules\" were needed to address issues - such as for ethnic minorities to be represented in panels within the church.\n\nThe archbishop made the off-the-cuff remarks following a speech made by Synod member Reverend Andrew Moughtin-Mumby.\n\nRev Moughtin-Mumby, from Southwark Diocese, had introduced a motion for the Synod to \"stamp out\" racism with \"great effort and urgency\", as well as apologising for past incidents.", "Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg, the two current frontrunners, have an age difference of four decades - Sanders is more than double his rival's age.\n\nIn his speech in the past hour, Buttigieg mentioned admiring Sanders while he was in high school.\n\nButtigieg was born in 1982. At that time, Sanders was the mayor of Burlington, Vermont - a post he'd hold from 1981 to 1989.\n\nWhen Buttigieg was graduating high school at age 18 in 2000, Sanders was a member of the US House of Representatives.\n\nThat same year, Buttigieg won an award for writing an essay about Bernie Sanders where he called him an \"outstanding and inspiring example\" of integrity.\n\n\"In a climate where even liberalism is considered radical, and Socialism is immediately and perhaps willfully confused with Communism, a politician dares to call himself a socialist? He does indeed.\"\n\nButtigieg became South Bend, Indiana, mayor in 2012 - at which point Sanders was in his second term as senator.", "Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed that the controversial HS2 high-speed rail link will go ahead.\n\nIt follows a five-month review which he ordered last August, and an election at which the Tories failed to commit fully to the project in their manifesto.\n\nThe first phase of the route will travel between London and Birmingham, with a second phase going to Manchester and Leeds.\n\nThe rail link was signed off by MPs in 2017, but has since faced opposition from a variety of quarters.\n\nThis has ranged between outright opposition on cost or delivery grounds, to local concerns from those MPs whose constituencies are on or near the route.\n\nWhen completed, the rail link will run through about 70 constituencies, most of them currently held by Conservative MPs.\n\nGiven the government's 80-strong majority, the future of the project is all but assured, but support and criticism within Parliament is bound to continue.\n\nAfter the announcement was made, long-term HS2 critic Dame Cheryl Gillan said she remained convinced HS2 will not deliver \"value for money\".\n\nShe said that she was also concerned construction would cause \"substantial environmental destruction\" to her Chesham and Amersham constituency, in Buckinghamshire.\n\n\"Its construction will prove highly disruptive and by a construction industry who by its own admission lacks the capacity to deliver on alongside other infrastructure projects in the pipeline,\" she added.\n\nHowever fellow Conservative Kieran Mullan, whose constituency will benefit directly from HS2 services calling at Crewe, was more supportive in the Commons.\n\n\"The prime minister has well and truly swept the leaves off the line of transport infrastructure investment in this country,\" he told MPs.\n\n\"I know businesses in Crewe and Nantwich will benefit locally, not jobs and businesses in London, but locally in Crewe and Nantwich\".\n\nHowever, another MP in the area, Sir Graham Brady, questioned why the planned station for Manchester airport was due to be be built in his Altrincham and Sale West constituency rather than at the airport itself.\n\nHe also called for an urgent review into a section of the line to Manchester which will cut through a number of villages, which he said would cost more than £1bn and prove \"entirely unnecessary\".\n\nNottingham South MP Lilian Greenwood, who used to chair Parliament's transport committee, said the go-ahead for HS2 was \"welcome news\".\n\nThe Nottingham South MP asked for a guarantee that a later part of the route, from the West Midlands to Leeds via the East Midlands, will be rubber-stamped by Parliament within the next five years.\n\nQuestioning the PM in the Commons, she expressed concern that this part of the route could be \"delayed further or downgraded to cut costs\".\n\nLong-term HS2 critic Andrew Bridgen was the sole Conservative MP during Tuesday's Commons debate to continue to voice outright opposition to the project.\n\nThe high-speed link, he added, would \"adversely affect\" his constituents in North West Leicestershire.\n\n\"HS2 is unloved and unwanted, and has been grossly mismanaged,\" he said.\n\n\"Does the prime minister appreciate my and my constituents' concerns that this could well be an albatross around this government's and the country's neck.\"\n\nHowever, another previous Conservative critic, Victoria Prentis, signalled that she would now be getting behind the project.\n\n\"The last three years have given us a few lessons in what gracious defeat looks like,\" said the MP for Banbury, Oxfordshire.\n\n\"Although I remain worried by the environmental, financial and governance issues of the project, I really do wish it all the best.\"\n\nLabour's Mike Kane, who told MPs that HS2 will run underneath his own house, in Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester, also welcomed the news.\n\nQuicker journey times to the north of England, he said, would open up \"a plethora of opportunities for the poor people of the south-east and the great city of Manchester\", said the Wythenshawe and Sale East MP.\n\nHe did, however, suggest to the prime minister that the project would have benefitted from a change in its starting position.\n\n\"If he wants to level up and have a northern powerhouse, why does he not start building the line from Manchester down?\" he asked.", "Millions of tonnes of water will now be reintroduced to the system\n\nEngineers working to restore the water supply to thousands of homes and businesses in Cumbria after Storm Ciara have finished repairing a mains pipe.\n\nA major incident was declared after the damaged pipe near Kendal threatened supplies to about 8,000 properties.\n\nAppleby, Shap, Orton, Low Braithwaite, Threlkeld and Glenridding are among the areas to have been affected.\n\nUnited Utilities said it was slowly putting water back into supply across the network.\n\nBut the firm said it would take \"some time\" to put 90 million litres of water into the system as this needed to be done \"gradually\" to avoid the risk of the pipe bursting.\n\nFree bottled water will continue to be made available for anyone affected \"for the next few days until we are confident everything is back to normal\".\n\nUnited Utilities said free bottled water will continue to be available\n\nEarlier, United Utilities warned repair efforts were being hampered by severe weather conditions and said it could be Thursday or Friday before work on the main was completed.\n\nDr Martin Padley said that even after the pipe was fixed \"it will take time to refill what is a huge system\".\n\nSchools, GP practices and businesses have been forced to close due to problems with their water supply.\n\nExtra equipment and tankers from the Midlands and Scotland has been brought in.\n\nFree bottled water is available for those affected at:\n\nUnited Utilities has issued a telephone number for those who are elderly, vulnerable or sick who are unable to get their own bottled water - it is 0345 672 3723.\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. WATCH: Rory Cellan-Jones and Zoe Thomas puzzle out the Z Flip phone\n\nSamsung is making all three models in its new flagship smartphone range 5G-compatible. The top-end Galaxy S20 also introduces a 100x zoom camera.\n\nThe firm also confirmed a new foldable, the Galaxy Z Flip. It uses \"folding glass\" in its display and small fibres in its hinge to protect itself from damage.\n\nSeveral rivals plan their own handset launches over the coming weeks.\n\nBut the spread of the coronavirus poses a threat to production.\n\n\"The virus is going to affect the supply chain,\" said Ben Wood from the consultancy CCS Insight.\n\n\"Although Samsung has diversified its manufacturing into places way beyond China, there will still be components in these phones sourced from China.\"\n\nMany factories in the country have delayed re-opening after its New Year break because of fears the virus could spread in the workplace. China is also the world's biggest smartphone market, and the outbreak has hit local demand.\n\nThe S20 handsets come in three sizes with different camera capabilities\n\nSamsung has suffered less impact than many of its rivals to date because it makes most of its handsets in Vietnam, and sells relatively few phones to Chinese consumers.\n\nBut TrendForce - a research firm - still predicts the virus will cause the South Korean firm to produce 3% fewer devices than it might have in the current quarter.\n\n\"I'm expecting that to mean some delays in delivering the new handsets,\" added Francisco Jeronimo an analyst at IDC.\n\nSamsung told the BBC it was making its \"best effort to minimise impact on our operations\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThere are three S20 variants:\n\nThe S20 Ultra's camera module is thicker than that of the others to incorporate a periscope. This uses a prism to reflect light into the device's interior, allowing the wide-angle option to feature a longer lens and bigger sensor.\n\nAlthough it is possible to take 108MP shots, owners are expected to let the phone automatically merge groups of nine pixels into one most of the time. This aids low-light photography.\n\nThe 100x \"super-resolution zoom\" facility uses the lower-resolution 48MP camera. Machine-learning techniques stitch together pixels from up to 20 different frames to achieve a better result than would be possible via a simple digital zoom.\n\nThe S20 Ultra uses a prism to get light to its largest sensor\n\nIt allows Samsung to boast double the zoom range of Huawei's competing P30 handset, although one expert questioned how usable it was in practice.\n\n\"The 100x zoom ends up with a quite blurred image, so I don't think people will turn to it that often\", commented Mr Jeronimo.\n\n\"But it should have a wow factor when shown off in stores. And at 20x to 30x you can get a good photo.\"\n\nThe phones also introduce Single Take mode. Samsung said this uses artificial intelligence to simultaneously take a mix of stills and videos via the various cameras, giving the owner a selection to choose from after the fact.\n\nSingle Take mode takes photos and video clips over a 10 second period using a variety of the cameras\n\n\"We want to make sure consumers can really enjoy the moment in front of them... and don't have to worry about adjusting settings,\" explained product manager Mark Holloway.\n\nThe phones are also among the first to be capable of recording in 8K resolution - four times as many pixels as 4K and 16 as many as 1080p high definition.\n\nMost people do not yet own 8K screens, but Samsung suggests this offers a degree of future-proofing as well as the ability to extract high-quality stills from the footage.\n\n\"Both the new tech and the more user-friendly user interface should help with how Samsung's camera functionality is perceived,\" commented Carolina Milanesi from Creative Strategies.\n\n\"Its results in the past were not quite on a par with competitors, perhaps signalling it wasn't leveraging software to do the heavy-lifting as much as the likes of Apple and Google. This time round there is definitely more 'AI' involved.\"\n\nThe S20 phones are Samsung's first to feature screens that refresh their image 120 times a second, which it says should make games appear smoother\n\nSamsung is pitching gaming as one benefit of having 5G connectivity, suggesting that lower latencies will mean that players can see and react to events in online titles split-seconds faster than if they were on 4G.\n\nSamsung highlights that 5G offers faster upload and download speeds as well as less lag time when using remote services\n\nThe phones' Google Duo app also displays video chats in higher quality when on 5G.\n\nNetworks are still in the early stages of deploying the technology, but one consultant said it was still wise to offer it as standard.\n\n\"Consumers are holding on to their phones for three or four years, and don't want something that will become obsolete in that lifetime,\" said Ben Wood.\n\n\"And this launch represents a unique opportunity: Huawei is on the back foot as it doesn't have access to Google's suite of apps, and Apple currently doesn't have a 5G-capable iPhone.\"\n\nThe Z Flip is the second smartphone Samsung has made with a flexible screen\n\nThe Z Flip, however, is limited to 4G.\n\nSeveral of its features - including a clamshell design with a small display on the outside and a 6.7in foldable screen on the inside - had already been revealed by Samsung in a TV advert on Sunday.\n\nIt represents the firm's second attempt at a foldable after the troubled launch of the Galaxy Fold tablet-phone hybrid.\n\nThis time round, the concept is a tall-screened phone that can be used one-handed when opened, and made wallet-sized when closed.\n\nThe hinge mechanism has also evolved. It now incorporates tiny brushes to sweep away dirt and dust particles. In addition, it can hold the device partially open, which Samsung is pitching as being helpful for taking selfies or recording vlogs.\n\nThe firm says it can be opened and closed more than 200,000 times.\n\nThe Z Flip can be placed part-open on a flat surface\n\nThe other big change is to the display, which now features a substance Samsung calls \"folding glass\".\n\n\"You clearly notice that the screen is much more resistant than the Fold's, which should reduce the risk of scratching,\" said Mr Francisco.\n\n\"It's still probably not as resistant as a normal smartphone, but you can feel its quality.\"\n\nThe Z Flip will cost $1,380 in the US and £1,300 in the UK and becomes available on 14 February.\n\nThe original Galaxy Fold had to be re-engineered after several reviewers complained their examples had become damaged\n\nIt will compete with Motorola's Razr, which has a similar design. But both are expected to sell in far smaller quantities than the S20 range.\n\n\"There's a lot of excitement around this new category, but [for most] they are prohibitively expensive,\" said Paolo Pescatore from PP Foresight.\n\n25 January: Lunar New Year, one of the biggest festivals of the year, takes place. Millions of people travel home, and many companies close or slow down production.\n\n27 January: Chinese authorities officially extend the holiday period until 10 February to try and contain the spread of the virus. The move affects suppliers of smartphone components for Samsung, Apple, and others.\n\n30 January-3 February: Apple announces all its stores and offices in china will remain shut until at least 9 February, as does Microsoft and Google, while Samsung closes its flagship store in Shanghai.\n\n10 February: Foxconn receives permission to reopen two major plants in Zhenghzou and Shenzhen. But Reuters news agency reports that only 10% of workers turned up, citing an unnamed source. Other factories remain closed - and some local authorities tell factories not to reopen until 1 March.", "The Duchess of Cambridge has helped out at a cafe run by a homelessness charity in Aberdeen.\n\nCatherine - known as the Countess of Strathearn when in Scotland - was at Social Bite.\n\nShe spoke to staff and customers at the cafe - which provides jobs to people who have been homeless - about the long-lasting impact of childhood experiences.\n\nIt follows her launch of a survey last month on early years development.\n\nDuchess of Cambride spoke to staff and customers over a hot drink\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\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\nStaff member Matt Thomas, 49, who was homeless five years ago but now works in the cafe full-time, showed the duchess how to make a chicken wrap, joking: \"You can come back and help me tomorrow.\"\n\nThey chatted about how Social Bite helped him and others who find themselves homeless.\n\nMr Thomas said: \"She made you feel very much at ease very quickly. She's very interested in you as a person and finding out what your experience is.\n\n\"Making the wraps was actually really good fun, having something to do. I make them every day but I think hers was better looking than mine.\"\n\nHe added that given the royal family member's busy schedule it was \"just magic\" for her \"to take time out and speak to us\".\n\nStaff and customers at Social Bite in Aberdeen welcomed the royal visitor on Wednesday\n\nSocial Bite, which aims to end homelessness in Scotland, runs five social enterprise cafes and distributes free food to homeless people and those in food poverty.\n\nEarlier on Wednesday, Catherine met young children during a visit to an open farm in County Down, Northern Ireland.\n\nThe Duchess of Cambridge, known as the Countess of Strathearn while in Scotland, posed for a photograph with members of staff during a visit to the Social Bite cafe in Aberdeen\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Manchester's plans for HS2, revealed in 2018, include a major upgrade of Piccadilly station\n\nThe HS2 rail project, which will cut travel times from Manchester to London, could be \"a waste of money\", commuters in the northern city have said.\n\nThe government is set to approve the project's two stages, though the second one linking Manchester and Birmingham will be reviewed.\n\nManchester passengers said they worried about its environmental costs and the lack of a solution to existing issues.\n\nHowever, the city's council leader said it was \"very, very good news\".\n\nSir Richard Leese added that the UK had \"vastly under-invested in infrastructure for probably half a century and I think we need to adjust our cash registers to recognise we need this investment\".\n\nPaul Fletcher said money should be spent improving the existing network\n\nAt the city's Piccadilly railway station, insurance broker Paul Fletcher said the government \"would be far better spending [the money set aside for it] on improving the lines we've already got\".\n\n\"What a waste of money,\" he said.\n\nThe 49-year-old, who lives in Hyde, Greater Manchester, said he was also concerned about the potential impact on the proposed Northern Powerhouse Rail project, which would improve links from between the West and East coasts.\n\n\"Who knows what will happen when they review the line to Manchester and Leeds?\" he said.\n\n\"It seems the North is again getting a raw deal.\"\n\nRon Baldwin said the government \"should be putting money into normal trains\"\n\nThe 75-year-old had just travelled for nearly two hours from his home in Brough, Cumbria and said that \"yet again, the North seems to be taking a back seat\".\n\n\"I am very sceptical that this will ever happen - the costs just seem to be endless.\n\n\"They should be putting money into normal trains- I doubt we'll ever see the benefit where I live.\"\n\nAnne Butterworth was worried about the environmental impact\n\nAdministrator Anne Butterworth, 56, was also concerned about local services.\n\n\"I regularly travel on smaller commuter trains; that's where the money needs going, not HS2,\" she said.\n\n\"However, what I really worry about is the environmental impact. Wildlife will suffer because of this.\n\n\"They will be knocking down ancient forest to build this and damaging wetlands. I thought we were supposed to be preserving them for the future generation, not harming them.\"\n\n\"They would be better off spending the money on existing infrastructure,\" Jade Fuller said\n\nSouthampton-based project manager Jade Fuller, who regularly travels between London and Manchester for work, said she was also concerned about the environmental and financial costs for what could be minimal gain.\n\n\"It seems an awful lot of money to spend just to save 20 minutes to get to London,\" the 35-year-old said.\n\n\"They would be better off spending the money on existing infrastructure - that's what's really needed.\"\n\n\"In theory, I think it's a worthwhile project [as] investing in our trains is a good idea, but I do also think they should put more money into our existing trains,\" he said.\n\n\"The commuter trains need improving too.\"\n\nSir Richard said the project must be \"properly integrated\" with Northern Powerhouse Rail\n\nSir Richard told BBC Radio Manchester it was \"about time\" HS2 got the go-ahead.\n\n\"Virtually anywhere else in Europe would have had it built by now,\" he said.\n\n\"It's capacity we will need for the rest of this century and beyond, and the fact it's going to go ahead is very, very good news for Manchester and indeed the whole of the North.\n\n\"All of our commuter lines are full and there's no room for freight on the existing network, so taking the long-distance trains off the existing network and putting them on their own network means we will have more and more reliable services between Manchester, Birmingham and London and across to Liverpool, Bradford and Leeds.\"\n\nHowever, he added that the project needed to be \"properly integrated\" with Northern Powerhouse Rail.\n\n\"As a country, we've vastly under-invested in infrastructure for probably half a century and I think we need to adjust our cash registers to recognise we need this investment.\"\n\nIn a statement, Connecting Britain said the North \"needs new rail lines that go north-south and west-east\".\n\nThe coalition of northern business and political leaders, which includes Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, said London \"isn't being forced to choose, it's getting Crossrail and HS2\".\n\n\"We need HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail delivered in full [and] we will not accept a gold-plated high-speed line between London and Birmingham, then once again the North getting the scraps.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Water tankers have been trying to keep supplies on\n\nThousands of homes and businesses in Cumbria are facing days without water after a mains pipe was damaged during Storm Ciara on Sunday.\n\nA major incident was declared after the damaged pipe near Kendal threatened supplies to about 8,000 properties.\n\nUnited Utilities said many people would continue to be without water, despite millions of litres being pumped into the damaged system.\n\nThe firm said \"horrendous\" weather conditions were hampering repairs.\n\nA large area of the county, including Appleby, Shap, Orton, Ravenstonedale, Ivegill, Low Braithwaite, Threlkeld and Glenridding is affected.\n\nUnited Utilities said it could be Thursday or Friday before the main was fixed, but stressed it would depend on weather conditions.\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\nDr Martin Padley said the company had brought in extra equipment and tankers from the Midlands and Scotland.\n\n\"We're throwing absolutely everything we can at this problem but the weather is so bad that it's affecting our ability to even weld pipes,\" he said.\n\nThe area normally uses about 11 million litres of water a day and engineers are pumping in seven million litres a day.\n\n\"So we have a shortfall of about four millions litres, so unfortunately people will see low pressure and ultimately no water at all,\" Dr Padley said.\n\n\"Even after we get the pipe fixed it will take time to refill what is a huge system.\"\n\nMillions of litres are being pumped into the damaged water system\n\nTwo GP practices - Shap Medical Practice and Glenridding Health Centre - cancelled appointments on Wednesday because of problems with their water supply.\n\nUnited Utilities said it was also in contact with 70 farmers in the affected area about getting supplies to livestock.\n\nAlan Fox, who runs the Troutbeck Inn, near Penrith, said he had been forced to close.\n\nHe said: \"We've already had to turn guests away and we have people staying in our holiday cottages with no water.\n\n\"We're having to close tonight because without water people can't use toilets and we can't cook in the restaurant.\"\n\nUnited Utilities said it had free water bottle stations across the area\n\nLouise Donnelly, head teacher at Morland Primary School, near Appleby, said: \"We won't be open today and probably not tomorrow either.\n\n\"Parents have been very supportive, but I understand this will cause them a headache.\"\n\nFree bottled water is available for those affected at:\n\nUnited Utilities has issued a telephone number for those who are elderly, vulnerable or sick who are unable to get their own bottled water - it is 0345 672 3723.\n\nFree water bottle stocks would be replenished throughout the day, United Utilities said\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Food giant Unilever has vowed to stop marketing its products to children in order to tackle rising obesity rates.\n\nThe firm, which owns brands such as Twister ice cream and Popsicle ice lollies, said it would limit the use of cartoon characters in its advertising.\n\nIt also promised to stop using social media stars or celebrities \"who primarily appeal\" to children under 12.\n\nAds for Unilever ice creams have been pulled in the past over complaints they marketed unhealthy food to children.\n\nThe new rules will apply to all of the firm's products by the end of 2020, kicking off with its Wall's ice cream brands.\n\nWall's will also launch a range of \"responsibly made\" products for children that contain \"no more than 110 calories and a maximum of 12g of sugar per portion\".\n\n\"Our promise is a genuine commitment to make and market products to children responsibly,\" said Matt Close, executive vice president of the firm's global ice cream business.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn 2016, 18% of children and adolescents - more than 340 million people aged 5 to 19 - were overweight globally - up from 4% in 1975, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).\n\nIt says there is \"unequivocal evidence\" that the marketing of unhealthy foods is related to the problem and recommends that governments limit the reach of such advertising.\n\nThe UK, Chile, Mexico and Ireland have all implemented stricter rules for children's advertising over the last decade.\n\nHowever, the problem persists. In 2018 Cadbury, Chewits and Squashies sweets became the first companies to have online adverts banned under new rules targeting junk food ads for children in the UK.\n\nAnd in 2016, a Unilever ad for the ice cream Paddle Pop - known in the UK as Twister - was pulled in Australia over complaints it encouraged young children to eat unhealthy foods.\n\nUnilever, whose portfolio includes more than 400 brands, generally has a reputation for leading the business world on issues such as sustainability. It also has had a policy for \"responsible\" marketing to children since 2003.\n\nUnder the new rules, it said it planned \"strict controls\" on the placement of ads in movies and would not appeal to children under age 12 on traditional media or 13 on social media.\n\nIt has previously pledged to make adverts less sexist and threatened to pull ads from Facebook and YouTube if they do not do enough to police their content.", "The Duchess of Cambridge has revealed she used hypnobirthing techniques of mindfulness and meditation to cope with severe morning sickness.\n\nCatherine suffered from hyperemesis gravidarum, which causes severe vomiting, during her pregnancies.\n\nIn her first podcast interview, she said the illness meant she was \"not the happiest of pregnant people\".\n\nHowever, she said after trying everything to overcome it she realised the importance of \"mind over the body\".\n\nThe duchess joked: \"I'm not going to say that William was standing there sort of, chanting sweet nothings at me.\n\n\"He definitely wasn't. I didn't even ask him about it, but it was just something I wanted to do for myself.\n\n\"I saw the power of it really, the meditation and the deep breathing and things like that, that they teach you in hypnobirthing, when I was really sick, and actually I realised that this was something I could take control of, I suppose, during labour. It was hugely powerful.\"\n\nSpeaking on the Happy Mum, Happy Baby podcast, Catherine told author and host Giovanna Fletcher that the Five Big Questions On The Under Fives survey she has launched aims to ask people \"what is it that matters for them in raising their children today.\"\n\n\"I had an amazing granny who devoted a lot of time to us, playing with us, doing arts and crafts and going to the greenhouse to do gardening, and cooking with us,\" she said.\n\n\"And I try and incorporate a lot of the experiences that she gave us at the time into the experiences that I give my children now.\"\n\nThese are some of the most open and candid words we've heard from the Duchess of Cambridge.\n\nShe speaks personally about her childhood and reflects on the value of her stable upbringing.\n\nThere are many insights into her own experience of pregnancy and motherhood that many will recognise.\n\nShe shares the misery of extreme morning sickness, the power of hypnobirthing, the uncertainty of those early days with a new baby and the guilt of working and relying on others to help you.\n\nShe also describes how she felt in the moments before facing the world's media outside the hospital just a day after giving birth and holding a newborn Prince George in her arms.\n\nShe said it was terrifying.\n\nIt's clear the duchess felt comfortable speaking to the podcast host, Giovanna Fletcher. That ease comes from the fact this area is now a real priority for Catherine.\n\nHer royal work has a sharp focus on family and specifically early intervention - helping vulnerable parents with children under the age of five who need extra support.\n\nThe Five Big Questions survey she launched last month asking for people's views on early childhood has so far drawn more than 200,000 responses.\n\nThe duchess said her own priorities included providing her children with the \"happy home\" and \"safe environment\" she had enjoyed as a child.\n\nShe said she was \"passionate\" about children spending a lot of time outside, adding that it was \"so great for physical and mental wellbeing\" and laying the foundations for healthy development.\n\n\"It's such a great environment to spend time in, building those quality relationships without the distractions of 'I've got to cook' and 'I've got to do this'. And actually, it's so simple,\" she said.\n\nThe image of Princess Charlotte smelling a bluebell was taken by the duchess at their home in Norfolk last spring\n\nA picture of Catherine's daughter, Princess Charlotte, smelling a bluebell has been released following the duchess's interview.\n\nThe image of the four-year-old was taken by the duchess at their home in Norfolk in spring last year.\n\nThe month-long online poll, conducted by Ipsos Mori on behalf of Catherine's Royal Foundation, aims to \"spark a national conversation\" on early childhood, Kensington Palace has said.\n\nLaunched in January, it is thought to be the biggest survey of its kind and the results are intended to guide the duchess's future work.\n\n\"It's going to take a long time, I'm talking about a generational change, but hopefully this is the first small step: to start a conversation around the importance of early childhood development,\" Catherine said.\n\nThe duchess appeared on the podcast after visiting children at a nursery in south London\n\n\"It's not just about happy, healthy children. This is for lifelong consequences and outcomes.\"\n\nMs Fletcher - who is married to Tom Fletcher from McFly - said Kate seemed \"passionate\" about the subject and it was \"beyond wonderful to sit and talk further about the survey, her work - for which she has so much knowledge, and her own experiences of being a mother\".\n\n\"It doesn't matter who you are, what you have, or where you come from - we're all trying to do our best with our children while continuously doubting our decisions and wondering if we're getting it completely wrong. Talking helps unite us all,\" she said.\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?", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Storm Dennis: 'I've never seen anything like it'\n\nStorm Dennis has brought a month's worth of rain in 48 hours to flood-hit parts of Wales, early estimates show.\n\nFlooding and landslides have affected swathes of south Wales in what police declared to be \"a major incident\".\n\nHundreds of homes and businesses have been badly damaged with the Welsh Government preparing to provide extra cash to councils to help the clear-up.\n\nMore than 20,000 properties across the region suffered power cuts during the storm.\n\nSouth Wales Police said rescue agencies had been dealing with \"multiple\" floods and landslides.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Jenny Gilmer said: \"It's vitally important that people still follow safety advice. Whilst things may appear to be getting better, there is still a serious risk to people and property.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nRichard Prendergast, assistant chief fire officer for South Wales, said the service had taken \"nearly 1,400 calls in 12 hours\".\n\nCrews had faced \"massively dangerous\" conditions, he said, and praised them for doing an \"amazing job\".\n\n\"Our main hope is that we avoid any further loss of life,\" he said.\n\nHis fire service would be working with the Environment Agency, the Met Office and Natural Resources Wales.\n\n\"We are now concerned about the public in Usk and the Gwent flatlands and we are looking at carrying out evacuations there to get people out of harm's reach,\" he said.\n\nCars are stranded in a car park at Mountain Ash, in the south Wales valleys\n\nEarly data from Natural Resources Wales showed more than 160mm of rain had fallen in Maerdy, Rhondda, since midday on Friday.\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford said the flooding was \"very serious\".\n\n\"Today will be a day devoted to getting on top of it, providing an emergency response,\" he said.\n\n\"By tomorrow we hope, the weather forecast says, we'll be into the phase where we're beginning to recover from it and seeing what needs to be done to help.\n\n\"There has been damage to infrastructure as well as individual homes being flooded.\"\n\nPeople have been evacuated from their homes in Monmouthshire and Neath with emergency centres set up in Merthyr Tydfil and Aberfan.\n\nVillagers in Tonna, near Neath, were evacuated by bus on Sunday morning.\n\nResidents of Skenfrith were advised to go to Abergavenny Leisure Centre, or \"move to the upstairs of their property,\" Gwent Police said in a statement.\n\nTraffic Wales said many roads were blocked by floods overnight.\n\nCaerleon's Roman amphitheatre was turned into a lake by the rains\n\nRescues were carried out in Crickhowell, Powys, where homes have been flooded.\n\nTwo men rescued a motorist who was stuck in flood water in Abergavenny.\n\nDan Haymond, 31, was with his five-year-old daughter when he saw the car in trouble and rang 999.\n\n\"This guy drove from the bridge and up the road, he got caught and tried to do a U-turn. The car got washed around,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Heavy rain is causing 'multiple' floods and landslides, according to South Wales Police\n\nTwo men then rushed to help rescue the driver, Mr Haymond added.\n\n\"They just ran to him, they had to get him out of the boot because they couldn't open the doors.\"\n\nKatie Davies, who has been evacuated from her home in Whitchurch, Cardiff, said police knocked on her door at 08:00 GMT to say residents \"have to leave because the river has burst its banks\".\n\n\"Our two cul-de-sacs of 15 houses have all been evacuated,\" she said.\n\n\"The houses on the other side have been flooded straight through.\n\n\"It's tragic because it's never been this high. Never in my life and I'm 26 - so not in the last 26 years.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Cars swept away by flood water in Hay-on-Wye, Powys\n\nIn Pontypridd, bar worker Jack Jones said he had to leave work at Clwb y Bont at about 20:00 GMT on Saturday as the river was entering the bar.\n\n\"It came from nowhere,\" he said.\n\n\"To come down this morning and see it like this is quite shocking.\"\n\nHuw Phillips Griffiths, who lives next to the river on Berw Road in Pontypridd, said he was \"very apprehensive\" things could get worse.\n\nHis house stayed dry, but neighbours downhill were badly flooded overnight, he said.\n\n\"People's homes had up to about five feet of water overnight, Mr Griffiths said.\n\n\"Last night I saw a taxi floating down the road, with the driver trying to stop it.\n\n\"The wall on the river gave in, so I grabbed him as the car went down the river.\n\n\"He stayed with a neighbour last night and I think he left this morning. Where the cars have gone, I don't know.\"\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\nDonna Littlechild, duty tactical manager at Natural Resources Wales (NRW), said the storm had caused \"significant impacts\".\n\nSpeaking shortly after 18:00 BST on Sunday, her colleague Jeremy Parr told BBC Wales Today river levels were now going down.\n\n\"It looks like an improving situation but keep an eye on the weather,\" he said.\n\nWestern Power said it had reconnected 19,843 properties which had been without power on Sunday, with 6,573 \"vulnerable\" customers at risk.\n\nAt 19:00 more than 2,000 homes and businesses in south Wales remained without power.\n\nNRW had issued two severe flood warnings - meaning a danger to life - covering the River Neath at Aberdulais and the River Taff at Pontypridd.\n\nDozens of other flood warnings remained in place around Wales at 22:00 GMT, falling from a peak of more than 80.\n\nSouth Wales Police Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Gilmer said: \"The disruption has been significant and over the next few days there will be many people who are left dealing with the aftermath of what has been a devastating storm.\n\n\"I would like to thank them for the cooperation they have shown, and I would like to reassure them all, that our work will continue until we are satisfied that people are no longer at risk.\"\n\nMountain Ash has been hit with debris\n\nVillagers in Tonna near Neath were evacuated by bus on Sunday morning\n\nRhondda Cynon Taf council leader Andrew Morgan said the scale of the incident was \"massive\".\n\nHe said there had been a \"huge response\" from all responders with the area \"very badly affected\".\n\nPowys County Council urged residents to \"remain indoors\" as it deals with the impact from the storm and told people not to travel unless \"vital\".\n\nA spokesman added: \"Storm Dennis has had a major impact in the county with roads impassable due to flooding and some towns and villages being cut off due to flood water.\"\n\nUp to 40mm of rain is widely expected to fall and up to 120mm on higher ground.\n\nA Met Office yellow \"be prepared\" warning for strong winds covers most of Wales until 11:00 GMT on Monday.\n• None YellowSevere weather possible, plan ahead, travel may be disrupted\n• None RedDangerous weather expected - take action to keep safe\n\nFire crews have been pumping out flooded houses at Cwm, Blaenau Gwent and Argoed, Caerphilly county.\n\nCaerphilly council said it was \"getting a lot of calls\" about several affected areas including New Tredegar, Bedwas, Newbridge, Risca, and Llanbradach.\n\nTransport for Wales has made alterations to a large number of routes for the weekend and Monday, with some stops on journeys being missed out.\n\nThose affected include Birmingham to Aberystwyth, Cardiff to Holyhead, and Manchester to Carmarthen, with full details online.\n\nIn Cardiff, 44 horses have been evacuated from stables at Pontcanna Fields.\n\nAnd in Taff's Well, near Cardiff, the village hall was offering people a place to go for warm food and to rest.\n\nHorses were led to safety from stables near the River Taff in Cardiff\n\nA man's body was recovered from the River Tawe but police said his death was not being linked to the weather.\n\nPolice at Ystradgynlais in the Swansea Valley said the body had been recovered from the river after reports of someone falling into the water at 10:00 GMT on Sunday.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "An ITV boss has said staff at the TV station are \"devastated\" by the \"tragic\" death of ex-Love Island presenter Caroline Flack.\n\nDirector of television Kevin Lygo said that when Flack stepped down after being charged with assaulting her boyfriend, the door was left open for her to return as host on the ITV2 show.\n\nTonight's episode will carry a tribute to her from Iain Stirling and the team.\n\nA lawyer for Flack's family said she had taken her own life.\n\nIn a statement, Lygo, ITV's director of television, said Flack had been part of the dating show \"from the very beginning\" and her \"passion, dedication and boundless energy contributed to the show's success\".\n\nCaroline \"was very vocal\" in her support of the show, and viewers \"could relate to her and she to them\", he said.\n\nLygo added that, after Flack stepped down, the channel \"made it clear that the door was left open for her to return\".\n\nHe said the show's team remained in \"regular contact with her\" and \"continued to offer support over the last few months\".\n\n\"We will all miss her very much,\" he added.\n\nLove Island is to return tonight after two episodes over the weekend were cancelled after the 40-year-old was found dead in her north London home on Saturday.\n\nITV confirmed companion show Love Island: Aftersun will not air on Monday while the Morning After podcast will not take place on Tuesday.\n\nIn a joint statement, ITV and Just Eat, Love Island's advertising partner, said they have worked with Samaritans to replace the branding for tonight's episode \"so that anyone affected by Caroline's death can access support\".\n\nLaura Whitmore replaced her as host of the dating show after Flack was charged with assaulting her boyfriend, Lewis Burton, last December, and had been due to stand trial. Flack denied the charge.\n\nHer management company said she had been \"under huge pressure\" since the assault charge.\n\nFollowing her death, a petition was launched calling for new laws to prevent sections of the media \"knowingly and relentlessly bullying people, famous or not\".\n\nThe petition, calling for the introduction of \"Caroline's Law\", has had more than 500,000 signatures so far.\n\nIf you or someone you know needs support for issues about emotional distress, these organisations may be able to help.\n\nDozens of celebrities, friend and former Love Island contestants have paid tribute to Flack, who had also co-hosted The X Factor and won Strictly Come Dancing in 2014, describing her death as \"heartbreaking\".\n\nShe also shared on Instagram a picture of Flack taken on Friday night, the last time she saw her.\n\nOn Sunday, Mr Burton wrote an emotional tribute to Flack on Instagram, promising he would \"try [to] make you proud everyday\".\n\n\"I am so lost for words I am in so much pain I miss you so much I know you felt safe with me you always said I don't think about anything else when I am with you and I was not allowed to be there this time I kept asking and asking,\" the 27-year-old tennis player wrote.\n\nFlack's management company has criticised the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for refusing to drop the charge against her, even though Mr Burton said he did not want the case to go ahead.\n\nBail conditions had stopped Flack having any contact with Mr Burton ahead of her trial next month.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe CPS said it would not comment on the specifics of the case but in response to questions about its role, it outlined on Sunday how it reached decisions over whether or not to charge someone.\n\nA statement said: \"We do not decide whether a person is guilty of a criminal offence - that is for the jury, judge or magistrate - but we must make the key decision of whether a case should be put before a court.\"\n\nIt said every decision over whether to charge someone is based on the same two-stage test - does the evidence provide a realistic prospect of conviction, and is it in the public interest to prosecute?\n\nThat includes asking how serious the offence is, the harm caused to the victim and whether prosecution is a proportionate response.\n\nFormer chief prosecutor Nazir Afzal said his impression was that the case had been determined to be a serious case, and one which the CPS felt it should proceed with \"regardless of what the victim thought\".\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\nLove Island's sixth season and first winter series, which is currently being filmed in South Africa, is due to end on Sunday, 23 February.\n\nOn Monday, former Love Island contestants spoke of their feelings on The Victoria Derbyshire Show.\n\nCally Jane Beech, who was one the show in 2015, said controls on what people say on social media needed to be be put in place.\n\n\"There needs to be better protection for people, setting up identification when you open a profile or account, there needs to be some sort of ID attached to it so that you are accountable for what you say to people.\"\n\nLaura Whitmore had also paid tribute to her \"vivacious\" and \"loving\" friend on Sunday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nWriting on his Instagram story on Monday, former Apprentice candidate and Flack's ex-boyfriend Andrew Brady said: \"I love you Caroline Flack and I think I always will.\"\n\nResponding to reports that the ambulance service was called to Flack's address the day before she was found dead, a London Ambulance spokesperson said: \"We were called shortly after 22:30 on 14 February to a residential property in north London.\n\n\"Crews attended and, following a clinical assessment, the person was not taken to hospital. Due to patient confidentiality we cannot comment further.\"\n\nChannel 4 has said it will not broadcast its forthcoming show The Surjury, which was to have been hosted by Flack.\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. Grant Shapps: \"I don't think we've said it will definitely go ahead on the same date that was mentioned before\"\n\nThe government's budget may be delayed, a cabinet minister has said.\n\nIt had been set for 11 March, but the timetable was thrown into doubt after the surprise resignation of former Chancellor Sajid Javid on Thursday.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said the date would be a matter for Mr Javid's replacement, Rishi Sunak.\n\nHe told the BBC's Andrew Marr programme: \"The guy's only been in place for a few days, let's give him a few days to decide on the date.\"\n\nMr Shapps said the government had not confirmed the budget would \"definitely go ahead on the same date as mentioned before\", but added: \"Clearly, we'll need to have a budget.\"\n\nThe acting leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Ed Davey, accused the government of being \"chaotic\".\n\nHe added: \"Any delay in the budget will send out alarm bells that a major change of economic policy is now being planned without any democratic legitimacy from the Tory manifesto just weeks ago.\"\n\nEarlier, Mr Shapps told Sky's Sophy Ridge programme that plans were \"well advanced\", but Mr Sunak \"may want time\" and would be looking at the plans this week.\n\nThe budget is the government's annual announcement on its plans for tax and spending for the coming financial year.\n\nMr Javid had been due to present his plans to Parliament in November, but cancelled it to make way for a general election.\n\nHe confirmed the new date in January, promising an \"infrastructure revolution\", with billions of pounds invested \"across the country\".\n\nBut the chancellor stood down from his role during the government's reshuffle - just four weeks before the budget was due - rejecting the prime minister's order to fire his team of aides.\n\nMr Javid said his advisers had worked \"incredibly hard\" and he could not agree to them being replaced.\n\n\"I felt I was left with no option but to resign,\" he said, adding that Mr Sunak and the rest of the government retained his \"full support\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sajid Javid: I had no option but to resign\n\nMr Javid's resignation followed rumours of tensions between him and the prime minister's senior adviser Dominic Cummings.\n\nAfter he stepped down, No 10 announced there would now be a joint team of economic advisers for both the new chancellor and prime minister.\n\nA former adviser to Mr Javid said Downing Street had misjudged the reshuffle and the budget could be delayed as a result.\n\nSalma Shah told BBC Newscast she thought No 10 believed Mr Javid would take up an offer to remain in his post, despite being told to fire his aides.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A former advisor to Mr Javid says Downing Street misjudged the reshuffle.\n\nFurther delays could stop the Office for Budget Responsibility - which monitors the government's performance on money management - from complying with its legal requirement of publishing two forecasts in the financial year.", "The coastline in Kent was battered by Storm Ciara last week, so residents are preparing for Storm Dennis' arrival.\n\nMany parts of the UK are yet to recover from the impact of Storm Ciara, and now Storm Dennis has caused further damage to property and homes.\n\nA red weather warning for rain is in place on Sunday for south Wales, as heavy rain and strong winds continue to affect the UK with more than 300 flood warnings issued.\n\nOn Tuesday the Met Office confirmed that Dennis was likely to hit Britain and said: \"It will bring very strong winds and potential for disruption to many parts of England and Wales on Saturday.\"\n\nSome experts have warned Dennis could inflict more damage than Ciara with a month of rain expected in some areas.\n\nThe Army have been brought into try and help in Calderdale, West Yorkshire.\n\nRoad, rail and air transport has already been disrupted, with many flights being cancelled.\n\nThese are the storm names for 2019/2020 season\n\nWhy are storms given names? Storms: Why are they given names?\n\nThese kids got involved in a clean up after Storm Ciara\n\nPeople living near railway lines have been asked to secure any loose gardens items, after several trampolines were blown on to the tracks last weekend.\n\nStorm Ciara created winds so strong that trees were blown over\n\nThe weather for the coming week is expected to remain quite unsettled.\n\nBut some sunny, dry spells are expected in places, especially in the east of the UK.\n• None How has Storm Ciara affected you?\n• None Why do storms have names?", "French police have arrested a Russian activist artist behind the release of a sex video that brought down a political ally of President Emmanuel Macron.\n\nThe video scuppered Benjamin Griveaux's candidacy for mayor of Paris. Its release was widely condemned.\n\nA little-known website alleged that Mr Griveaux had exchanged intimate mobile phone messages with a young woman and sent her the video.\n\nMr Pavlensky, who sought asylum from Russia in 2017, said he had posted the video, showing a man involved in a sexual act, online.\n\nThe distribution of the clip, which spread quickly across social media on Thursday, brought condemnation from across the political spectrum.\n\nThe current Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said people's private lives should be respected.\n\nFar-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon condemned the video's release as \"odious\", while far-right leader Marine Le Pen suggested Mr Griveaux should not have quit.\n\nJudicial sources quoted by French media said the arrest of Mr Pavlensky was not connected with the video. He was being investigated over an alleged brawl in Paris on 31 December involving \"wilful violence with a weapon\".\n\nMr Griveaux described the attack on him as abuse\n\nMr Pavlensky says he posted the video to expose what he sees as the politician's hypocrisy.\n\nMr Griveaux, who is married with children and was once a government spokesman, condemned the distribution of the video as he withdrew his candidacy on Friday.\n\n\"My family does not deserve this. No-one should ever be subjected to such abuse,\" he said.\n\nOn Saturday, Mr Griveaux reportedly filed an \"invasion of privacy\" complaint with the police, and an investigation was opened by the Paris prosecutor's office, Agence France-Presse reported.\n\nHe first gained notoriety by nailing his scrotum to Moscow's Red Square in 2013. He fled Russia and sought asylum in France when he was accused by the authorities of a sexual assault that he denied.\n\nHe served seven months in jail for setting the front door of the FSB intelligence agency on fire in Moscow and later caused minor damage to a Banque de France branch by setting that alight.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Pyotr Pavlensky set fire to the door of the FSB, Russia's security service\n\nBefore his arrest, he told French news channel LCI that Mr Griveaux was only the first politician that he would target, saying he would carry on fighting the \"propaganda and puritanism of politicians\".\n\nFrench media have traditionally avoided prying into the private lives of people in public life and a number of figures referred distastefully to the \"Americanisation\" of politics.", "ITV have pulled Saturday's edition of Love Island following the death of the show's former host Caroline Flack.\n\nAn episode of unseen bits from the week in the villa was due to have been aired at 21:00 GMT.\n\nFlack's death shocked fans on Saturday. It came two months after she was replaced as host of the show after being charged with assault.\n\nAn ITV statement said: \"Everybody at Love Island and ITV is shocked and saddened by this desperately sad news.\"\n\nIt continued: \"Caroline was a much loved member of the Love Island team and our sincere thoughts and condolences are with her family and friends.\"\n\nITV2's programme announcer said: \"In light of today's sad news we're replacing tonight's episode of Love Island: Unseen Bits with a double bill of You've Been Framed.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nLove Island's first winter series, which is being filmed in South Africa, is due to end on Sunday, 23 February.\n\nMeanwhile, Channel 4 said its series The Surjury, which was to have been hosted by Flack, will not air.\n\nA Channel 4 spokeswoman said: \"We are shocked and saddened to hear the tragic news about Caroline Flack. Our deepest sympathies go out to Caroline's family and friends.\n\n\"Under the circumstances, we have decided not to broadcast The Surjury.\"\n\nWhen the show was announced in October, the channel said it would feature a 12-strong jury of the public who would decide if people got the cosmetic surgery they dreamed of.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Rebecca Long-Bailey, Lisa Nandy and Sir Keir Starmer are the final three contenders in the UK Labour leadership election\n\nThe final contenders for the Labour leadership have answered questions at a hustings in Glasgow, with all three backing more powers being devolved.\n\nSir Keir Starmer, Rebecca Long-Bailey and Lisa Nandy set out their views on topics including Scottish independence and the constitution.\n\nAll three MPs agreed that the party had to win in Scotland to win back power.\n\nHowever, Ms Long-Bailey was the only one to explicitly state she would agree to a fresh ballot on independence.\n\nShe insisted her party must not \"fall into the trap\" again of working with the Tories to try to keep Scotland in the UK.\n\nThe shadow business secretary and her fellow leadership hopefuls, shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer and former shadow climate change secretary Lisa Nandy, became the final three contenders in the running to succeed Jeremy Corbyn after Emily Thornberry was eliminated for failing to secure enough nominations before the deadline on Friday night.\n\nAt the SEC in Glasgow, the remaining contenders all stressed the importance of Labour winning back support in Scotland as a route back to power across the UK.\n\nMs Nandy said: \"There is no route to government that doesn't run through Scotland, but the challenge of this is absolutely enormous.\"\n\nShe added: \"We have to start winning in every region and nation of the UK, because we have to show we are a national party of government.\"\n\nSimilarly Sir Keir said: \"We can't win without Scotland so we have to rebuild in Scotland.\"\n\nMs Long-Bailey - an ally of the departing Jeremy Corbyn - also echoed that, telling activists at the event: \"We won't win a general election without Scotland.\"\n\nAsked directly if the Scottish Parliament should have the power to stage a legally-binding vote on independence, Ms Long-Bailey reiterated that while she is opposed to independence she does not think Westminster should block indyref2 against Holyrood's wishes.\n\nOn Saturday she said: \"I'm proud to be from the United Kingdom but as a democrat I have to say that if the Scottish Parliament makes the request for a referendum I don't believe that as a democratic party we could refuse that.\"\n\nHer comments came after MSPs at Holyrood voted by 64 to 54 last month in favour of a second independence referendum taking place.\n\nIf there is a second vote on Scottish independence she said Labour could make a \"positive campaign\" for the union.\n\nBut she was clear: \"We can't fall into the trap we did last time where we joined forces with the Conservative Party on Better Together.\"\n\nRebecca Long-Bailey, Lisa Nandy and Sir Keir Starmer speaking at the Labour leadership hustings on the stage at SEC in Glasgow\n\nHowever, Sir Keir - who is the bookmakers' favourite to replace Mr Corbyn - said that by backing a second independence vote Labour could be falling into a \"trap\" set by the SNP.\n\nHe said the issue of Holyrood having the power to stage a fresh ballot on the issue was \"an interesting question\" but he added: \"We shouldn't get sucked straight into that.\n\n\"The SNP are constantly using the constitutional issue to mask the real issues, and if we get into that we are falling into their trap.\n\n\"Let's have a wide discussion about where we go next, but let's be bold about it.\"\n\nHe argued that Labour should support \"radical federalism as the way forward\" for the UK.\n\nMeanwhile, Ms Nandy said she believed in a \"much more radical power settlement than federalism with power pushed out to local authorities\".\n\nShe told Labour Party members: \"I believe in the United Kingdom and I think we have to be absolutely clear about that and we have to stand up for Scotland remaining in the United Kingdom.\n\n\"We can hand power to people and give people agency and control over their own lives again by handing more powers to our councils.\"\n\nCurrent leader Jeremy Corbyn confirmed he would step down at his election count in December as his party faced its worst performance in terms of seats since 1935.", "One person is still receiving treatment in Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital\n\nAll but one of the nine people being treated for the coronavirus in the UK have been discharged from hospital.\n\nThey were discharged after twice testing negative for the virus, NHS England said on Saturday.\n\nMeanwhile, all 94 people who were being quarantined at Arrowe Park hospital on the Wirral have left the site.\n\nThe patients were among the first British coronavirus evacuees flown back to the UK from Wuhan, China, which is the centre of the outbreak.\n\nMore than 100 people are still in quarantine in a Milton Keynes hotel after arriving from China last weekend.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said: \"I want to stress that any individuals who are discharged from hospital are now well and do not pose any public health risk to the public.\"\n\nAmong those to have been discharged are five members of the ski group who were treated at the Royal Free and Guy's and St Thomas', both in London.\n\nFour adults and a child were diagnosed with the virus after coming into contact with Steve Walsh, from Hove, while at a French ski resort on his way home from Singapore.\n\nIn a joint statement on Saturday, the group said: \"All of our group, including the six in other countries, have recovered quickly from the virus having required minimal medical treatment during our time in isolation.\"\n\nThe group thanked those involved in their care, adding that they were \"feeling well and looking forward to being home\".\n\nMr Walsh, who is thought to have infected 11 people while at the resort, said on Tuesday that he had fully recovered.\n\nProf Keith Willett, NHS strategic incident director, said more people may need to spend some time at home in the coming weeks to reduce the spread of the virus.\n\nThe final person being treated for the virus is still at Guy's and St Thomas's Hospital in central London.\n\nProf Willett thanked those who have just left Arrowe Park hospital for the \"calm, patient and responsible\" response to the situation.\n\nHundreds of people who were at a conference in London earlier this month, including two Labour MPs, were contacted by health officials after an attendee was later diagnosed with the virus.\n\nThe person, who has not been identified, was at the UK Bus Summit at the QEII Conference Centre.\n\nOfficials have been tracing the contacts of the ninth person in the UK to test positive for the virus.\n\nThe first death from the disease in Europe was confirmed on Saturday, after a Chinese tourist died in France.\n\nThe victim, one of more than 1,500 fatalities from the virus, was an 80-year-old man from China's Hubei province.\n\nHe arrived in France on 16 January and was placed in quarantine in hospital in Paris on 25 January.\n\nOnly three deaths had previously been reported outside mainland China - in Hong Kong, the Philippines and Japan.\n\nA further 2,641 people have been newly confirmed as infected, bringing the China's total to 66,492.\n\nOutside mainland China, there have been more than 500 cases in 24 countries.", "A woman looks out of her window as ducks swim past in floodwater after the River Severn burst its banks in Bewdley, west of Birmingham", "Former England striker Ian Wright has tearfully paid tribute to a childhood teacher he remembers as \"the greatest man in the world\".\n\nThe ex-footballer had a hard time keeping the emotion out of his voice as he told Desert Island Discs about being reunited with Sydney Pigden in 2010 (footage of their reunion later went viral).\n\nWhen you were younger, was there a person or a life-changing experience that helped shape who you are today? We'd love to hear your stories. Please email us - haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk", "Facebook is under increasing pressure to curb the spread of disinformation online\n\nFacebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has called for more regulation of harmful online content, saying it was not for companies like his to decide what counts as legitimate free speech.\n\nHe was speaking at the Munich Security Conference in Germany.\n\nSocial media giants like Facebook are under increasing pressure to stop the spread of false information.\n\nFacebook in particular has been criticised for its policy on political advertising.\n\nThe company launched new policies for political advertising in the US in 2018 and globally the following year. These rules require political ads to display who had paid for them, and a copy of the ad is kept in a publicly-searchable database for seven years.\n\nBut this week Facebook said it would not include sponsored political posts by social media stars in its database. Posts by politicians are not always fact-checked as part of the company's free speech policy either.\n\nAt the conference he said he supported regulation.\n\n\"We don't want private companies making so many decisions about how to balance social equities without any more democratic process,\" he said.\n\nThe Facebook founder urged governments to come up with a new regulatory system for social media, suggesting it should be a mix of existing rules for telecoms and media companies.\n\n\"In the absence of that kind of regulation we will continue doing our best,\" he said.\n\n\"But I actually think on a lot of these questions that are trying to balance different social equities it is not just about coming up with the right answer, it is about coming up with an answer that society thinks is legitimate.\"\n\nMr Zuckerberg also admitted Facebook had been slow to recognise the development of co-ordinated online \"information campaigns\" by state actors like Russia.\n\nHe added that malevolent actors are also becoming better at covering their tracks by masking the IP addresses of users.\n\nTo tackle this, Mr Zuckerberg said Facebook had a team of 35,000 people reviewing content and security on the platform. With assistance from AI, he said more than a million fake accounts are deleted every day.\n\n\"Our budget [for content review] is bigger today than the whole revenue of the company when we went public in 2012, when we had a billion users,\" he said.\n\nDuring his time in Europe, Zuckerberg is expected to meet politicians in Munich and Brussels to discuss data practices, regulation and tax reform.\n\nDespite public backlash over issues like political advertising, Facebook says the number of users on its family of apps - Facebook, Messenger, Whatsapp and Instagram - continues to grow.\n\nEarlier this month, Whatsapp announced that it is used by two billion people worldwide, more than a quarter of the world's population.", "Dancing On Ice professional skater Hamish Gaman has pulled out of Sunday's show, saying he's been \"struggling\" over the past few months.\n\nPosting on social media he said the past three-and-a-half months have been the worst of his life.\n\nIt's after his celebrity dance partner Caprice quit the show after parting ways with Hamish with no reason given to viewers.\n\nITV told Radio 1 Newsbeat they had nothing further to add.\n\nCaprice was later paired with skater Oscar Peter.\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\"Numerous defamatory articles have been stopped from running in the press over the past few weeks,\" Hamish said.\n\n\"These untrue stories are continually being fed to the press by a 'source'.\"\n\nIt's unknown what lead to Caprice and Hamish's split on the show and why Caprice eventually left, but a spokesperson for her said \"she's had to keep silent for contractual reasons\".\n\nThe speculation has lead to Hamish feeling that he \"couldn't face it\" but hopes it will \"all be over soon\".\n\n\"It's become relentless and I feel extremely vulnerable. I'm asking them to stop,\" he wrote.\n\n\"I desperately want to move on from all of this and focus on the skating. I've done absolutely nothing wrong, and was told by the team who reviewed all the rehearsal footage that I was an 'exemplary pro'.\"\n\nThis year's Dancing On Ice has been featured in the news since it launched after it became the first reality TV show in the UK to pair a same-sex couple together.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Houthi fighters say they downed the warplane (file picture)\n\nA warplane belonging to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen has crashed in the northern province of al-Jawf.\n\nA coalition spokesman confirmed that a Saudi Tornado fighter jet had \"fallen\" while carrying out a support mission near Yemeni army units, according to Saudi Arabia's state news agency SPA.\n\nYemen's Houthi rebels said they shot down the plane on Friday night.\n\nThe United Nations said 31 civilians were killed in Saudi air strikes in al-Jawf on Saturday.\n\nA statement from the office of the UN's resident coordinator for Yemen said \"preliminary field reports\" indicated that at least 12 others were injured in the strikes.\n\nThe Saudi-led coalition has been battling Yemen's rebel Houthi movement since 2015. It intervened after the Houthis ousted the internationally-recognised government from power in the capital Sanaa.\n\nThe Houthi rebels said they used ground-to-air missiles to down the warplane on Friday night.\n\nSaudi Arabia has not provided details of any casualties from the crash, or what caused it.\n\nIt said it carried out a search and rescue operation on Saturday and that some civilians may have been unintentionally killed.\n\nHouthi officials said children were among the casualties of retaliatory air strikes by Saudi Arabia, which they said targeted civilians in the area where rebel forces had downed the plane.\n\nThey said some of those injured were in a critical condition.\n\nIn a statement on Saturday, Lise Grande, the UN's resident humanitarian coordinator in Yemen, shared \"deep condolences with the families of those killed\".\n\n\"So many people are being killed in Yemen - it's a tragedy and it's unjustified. Under international humanitarian law parties which resort to force are obligated to protect civilians. Five years into this conflict and belligerents are still failing to uphold this responsibility. It's shocking,\" she said.\n\nYemen has been at war since 2015, when President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi and his cabinet were forced to flee the capital Sanaa by the Houthis.\n\nSaudi Arabia backs Mr Hadi, and has led a coalition of regional countries in air strikes against the rebels.\n\nThe coalition carries out air strikes almost every day, while the Houthis often fire missiles into Saudi Arabia.\n\nThe civil war has triggered the world's worst humanitarian disaster, with an estimated 80% of the population - more than 24 million people - requiring humanitarian assistance or protection.\n\nTens of thousands of people have died as a result of the conflict.\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?", "Demonstrators take part in an anti-Tesla protest in Germany\n\nTesla has been ordered to temporarily halt preparations for a car factory in Germany after environmentalists won a court injunction on Sunday.\n\nThe electric carmaker had been clearing forest land near the capital, Berlin, ahead of building its first European car and battery plant.\n\nThe court emphasised the injunction was temporary and subject to further hearings, probably this week.\n\nProtesters say the factory is a threat to local wildlife and water supplies.\n\nTo much fanfare, Tesla's boss Elon Musk announced plans last November to build a European facility known as a \"gigafactory\" in Grünheide, in the eastern state of Brandenburg.\n\nBut the factory has become a flashpoint between environmentalists and Germany's pro-business Christian Democrat and Free Democrat parties, who fear the issue could damage the country's image as a place to do business.\n\nThe dispute highlights the risks for the US carmaker, which has not been officially granted permission to build the factory. Tesla was, however, granted permission by Germany's environment ministry to begin site preparations \"at its own risk\".\n\nThis has involved clearing about 91 hectares (225 acres) of forest and the felling of thousands of trees - something that outraged an alliance of environmentalists called the Green League.\n\nIn a statement on Sunday, the court representing the Berlin and Brandenburg region cautioned: \"It should not be assumed that the motion seeking legal protection brought by the Green League lacks any chance of succeeding.\"\n\nTesla bought almost 300 hectares (the size of more than 400 football pitches) in Grünheide from the state of Brandenburg to build the factory, which is scheduled to open in 2021. Tesla has ambitions to produce up to 500,000 cars a year at the factory, employing about 12,000 people.\n\nBut the company is in a race to get production up and running as Germany's big motor manufacturers are investing heavily in new electric car technology.\n\nAccording to local media reports, Tesla has promised to relocate colonies of forest ants, reptiles and bats, and is working with conservationists. Last month, authorities defused seven Second World War bombs discovered at the site.\n\nTesla currently has two Gigafactories in the US and one in Shanghai, China.", "David Abel said he had little confidence the UK government would rescue him and his wife\n\nA British couple quarantined on a cruise liner off the Japanese port of Yokohama have accused the UK government of ignoring their pleas for help.\n\nThe US is to airlift its citizens from the Diamond Princess, which has reported 285 cases of the coronavirus - the biggest cluster outside China.\n\nIn a video on Facebook, David Abel said he had little hope of a similar rescue.\n\nThe Foreign Office told the Observer it was \"working around the clock\" to ensure the welfare of Britons onboard.\n\nBut Mr Abel, who describes himself as a \"staunch Tory\", said he had \"no confidence\" in Prime Minister Boris Johnson.\n\nSpeaking during a Facebook live video with his wife, Sally, he said: \"When he [Johnson] just says 'keep calm, don't panic' - I'd like to see you in this situation, mate. I really would.\"\n\nMr Abel, who has become an unlikely celebrity as a result of his videos, went on to appeal to billionaire Richard Branson for help.\n\nThousands of passengers have been kept in quarantine in their cabins\n\n\"So, Richard Branson, I want to ask you a question, pal,\" he said in a video posted on Valentine's Day.\n\n\"If you and your family were in this situation, what would you do? And please don't say 'chill out, stay calm', that's not what we want to hear.\n\n\"I'm asking, what would it cost to hire one of your smaller planes, put all the Brits on board, no flight attendants, packaged food?\n\n\"Take us to Brize Norton, take us straight into the medical facility and let us do our quarantine there by people who can speak our language.\"\n\nMr Abel added that his appeal was a reflection of \"just how desperate some of the passengers are becoming\".\n\nHe and his wife have previously said they have been given the option to leave and continue their quarantine ashore if they test negative for the virus, but have chosen to remain on board.\n\nOn Saturday, NHS England said all but one of the nine people being treated for the coronavirus in the UK have been discharged from hospital.\n\nElsewhere, the first coronavirus death outside of Asia was confirmed as having happened in France.\n\nThe victim was an 80-year-old man from China's Hubei province, according to French Health Minister Agnès Buzyn.\n\nOn Sunday, China announced a drop in new cases of coronavirus for a third consecutive day.\n\nIn total more than 68,000 people have been infected in China, with the death toll at 1,665.\n\nOutside of China there have been more than 500 cases in nearly 30 countries. Four people have died - in France, Hong Kong, the Philippines and Japan.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nEngland pulled off a stunning chase of 223 to beat South Africa in the third Twenty20 in Centurion and take a pulsating series 2-1.\n\nCaptain Eoin Morgan hit a blistering 57 not out from 22 balls, leading England to their second-highest chase in T20s - and the fourth-highest of all-time - with five balls remaining.\n\nMorgan smashed seven sixes to take his side over the line after Jos Buttler (57) and Jonny Bairstow (64) also made half-centuries.\n\nHeinrich Klaasen propelled South Africa to their total with a 33-ball 66 after the hosts had made a rapid start, but England's big hitting always kept them in the chase.\n\nThey stuttered, losing two wickets for seven runs shortly after halfway but, with 53 runs needed from the final four overs, Morgan, helped by Ben Stokes' 22, took control in sensational style.\n\nStokes holed out on the first ball of the penultimate over but Morgan hit back-to-back sixes before Moeen Ali sealed the win with a boundary.\n\nThe victory sees England take a gripping series which had produced final-ball finishes in the previous two games.\n\nEngland were later fined 20% of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate during the game - having been found to be one over short of their target.\n• None Hales recall not likely soon - Morgan\n• None TMS podcast: England storm to series win to cap off memorable tour\n\nWhen England wobbled mid innings they were in danger of letting the platform set by Buttler and Bairstow go to waste.\n\nUnlike in the first game, when Morgan was one of those culpable in his side throwing away a winning position, he seized the game emphatically.\n\nThe left-hander hit Dale Steyn over long-on for six off the final ball of the 16th over to keep the required rate in check and then plundered 14 runs from his next three balls, launching Lungi Ngidi into the stands twice more.\n\nHe equalled his own record for England's fastest T20 50 with his seventh six, reaching the landmark from 21 balls.\n\nMorgan's stunning assault ensured England remarkably reached such a high total with balls to spare.\n\nMorgan's heroics would not have been possible but for the platform set by Bairstow and Buttler.\n\nHaving lost Jason Roy for seven in the second over, the pair shared a partnership of 91 to keep England in the game.\n\nButtler's role as opener has been questioned in this series but he found form after an uncertain start.\n\nButtler and Bairstow took England to 62-1 at the end of the six-over powerplay and then increased their intent immediately, taking 19 runs from spinner Tabraiz Shamsi's first over.\n\nButtler fell lobbing an attempted scoop to short third man off Pretorius for a 29-ball 57, but afterwards Bairstow took up the scoring, targeting Shamsi again with three consecutive boundaries.\n\nBairstow was bowled by Andile Phehlukwayo with 83 runs still needed and Dawid Malan edged behind off Shamsi in the following over, but Morgan was able to guide his team to a memorable victory.\n\nIn total there were 28 sixes hit in the match and 448 runs scored - the bowlers not helped by a supreme batting pitch or the fact the game was being played at altitude, which helped the ball sail over the short boundaries.\n\nFrom the outset England failed to gain control with South Africa openers Quinton de Kock and Temba Bavuma scoring 52 runs from the first 22 balls.\n\nThe usually dependable Chris Jordan was hit for three consecutive leg-side sixes in the fourth over which cost 19.\n\nMark Wood was even more expensive, pummelled for 47 runs in three overs, including 23 from his second with three wides.\n\nConditions did not help England but they harmed their own cause by bowling nine wides in the innings.\n\nWith no spin on offer, Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid were unable to peg South Africa back as they had done in the previous matches with Tom Curran the only bowler to offer any kind of control.\n\nEngland will celebrate the win and take solace from the fact South Africa's bowlers fared no better, but there is improvement needed with just six games before the Twenty20 World Cup begins in October.\n\nThe best T20 series ever? - stats & best of social media\n• None There were 1207 runs across the series. More than any other three-match series in the history of T20 internationals.\n• None Only six other T20 internationals have had more runs scored than the 448 in this one in Centurion. And there was still five balls to go...\n• None The 15 sixes equals England's best in a T20, joining the 15 they plundered against New Zealand at Auckland in 2013.\n• None Eoin Morgan, who hit seven sixes, became first England player to score 100 T20I sixes - he now has 105, the same as West Indies' Chris Gayle\n• Jacob Wadsworth on Twitter: \"Absolutely brilliant, embrace this period, we won't see anything like we've seen in the last four years again, so good.\"\n• Kevin Ticehurst on Twitter: \"Get in there England, our bowling wasn't great today. But it just shows you how far we have come in five years under Morgan. That result will give other countries a look over their shoulder. Is there anything we can't chase down?\"\n• Alex Williams on Twitter: \"Can't think of a better T20 series than this one. Pure entertainment from start to finish.\"\n\n'An amazing game of cricket' - what they said\n\nEngland captain Eoin Morgan, speaking to the Test Match Special podcast: \"It's brilliant. When a series is so tight, to come out on top says a lot about the side.\n\n\"Probably where it's a little bit disappointing from everyone, upon reflection, is how we started the series (losing in East London).\n\n\"We started pretty slow, we still managed to stay in the first game, the chase actually turned out pretty well and we should have won but we capitulated at the end.\n\n\"That is a big learning curve for us going forward - how we start a series and how we might start a World Cup.\"\n\nEngland all-rounder Moeen Ali: \"It was another amazing game. There have been three quality games, some amazing cricket, some top batting obviously and some great death bowling from some of the guys.\n\n\"It was a tough game today, because the wicket was amazing and the ball flies here but it was a great win.\"", "Major floods have affected a swathe of south Wales as Storm Dennis hit.\n\nHundreds were evacuated from the village of Nantgarw near Cardiff meanwhile Pontypridd town centre was left under water after the River Taff burst its banks.\n\nThe flooding was widespread spanning from Llanfoist near Abergavenny to Aberdulais in Neath Port Talbot.\n\nIn Nantgarw, the ground floor of Tracey Newman's home was submerged. The Met Office issued a red warning for rain.\n\nThe leader of Rhondda Cynon Taf council Andrew Morgan said the county was dealing with a \"major emergency\" and said rest centres have been set up to help people affected.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Andrew Morgan This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMother-of-three Tracey Newman describes the horror of being woken in the middle of the night by flood water.\n\n\"I woke up at 3.45am when I heard water pouring. I thought the washing machine had burst.\n\n\"I went downstairs and the water was knee-high. My son was asleep on the sofa. I was screaming and shouting for him to wake up. He waded through the water to get upstairs. It was terrible.\n\n\"I phoned the police and they told me to stay indoors, go upstairs and carry as much as you can.\n\n\"By now the water was up to my waist. We have lost everything downstairs.\n\n\"At this point we heard an almighty bang downstairs. I thought a wall had come down or the house was moving. It must have been furniture falling over.\n\n\"Firemen are in our street and everyone is shouting out their bedroom windows to them. They've asked if we are ok and told us to pack a bag. They've said we are a priority to get us out as we're in the worst area.\n\n\"It's been awful. It was really frightening.\"\n\nMeanwhile in Llanover, Monmouthshire, Amy Price's house was also badly affected by flooding.\n\n\"The river started rising about 1am and at 3am it started coming into the house,\" she said.\n\n\"We started sweeping the water away and then at 6am the river started coming over the bank.\"\n\nThe ground floor of her home is completely flooded with water reaching as high as the light switches.\n\nThe family are trapped in the upstairs of their home and are waiting for the water to recede.", "Overnight flooding has caused devastation to parts of Wales on Sunday, with many evacuated. South Wales Police said rescue agencies were dealing with \"multiple\" floods and landslides.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sarah Keith-Lucas has an update on the latest weather warnings\n\nThe Army has been deployed to help with flood relief as the UK faces a second weekend of weather disruption.\n\nSevere weather warnings are in place for much of the country and forecasters say a month's worth of rain could fall in some places.\n\nThe MoD said 75 soldiers from 4th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland, have been sent to Ilkley and Calderdale in West Yorkshire.\n\nThey are helping build flood barriers and repair defences.\n\nA further 70 Reservists from 4th Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment, will also be providing support where required.\n\nCalderdale Council leader Tim Swift said their presence would be a \"reassuring sight\" for residents of \"already exhausted communities\".\n\nMeanwhile, heavy rain has been falling across southern Scotland leading to three severe flood warnings for the Hawick area in the Scottish Borders.\n\nThe Scottish Environment Protection Agency says river levels in the town are likely to reach similar levels to those experienced in January 2016 and will peak between 21:00-23:00 on Saturday.\n\nA local leisure centre has been opened for anyone who has to move out of their homes.\n\nSeparate flood warnings and advice have also been issued for residents in the Borders, Dumfries and Galloway, South Lanarkshire and South Ayrshire.\n\nAcross the UK road, rail and air travellers also face disruption, with British Airways and EasyJet flights among those affected.\n\nIt comes after Storm Ciara flooded hundreds of homes last weekend.\n\nThe Environment Agency has warned flooding is likely to be worse this weekend as already saturated ground is met with a \"perfect storm\" of heavy rain, strong winds and melting snow.\n\nAmber warnings for rain and yellow warnings for wind are in place for most of the country from Saturday afternoon into Sunday evening.\n\nThis means flooding could cause a danger to life, power cuts are expected and there is a good chance transport links will be impacted.\n\nFlood defences were prepared in Mytholmroyd, in the Upper Calder Valley\n\nA body has been found by rescue crews searching for a man reported to have gone overboard from a fuel tanker off Margate Harbour in Kent before the storm struck.\n\nA coastguard helicopter, a Royal Navy warship and RNLI lifeboats joined the operation in heavy seas around Margate Harbour after the alarm was raised in the early hours on Saturday.\n\nWaves crashed against the sea wall in Porthcawl, south Wales\n\nThe worst-hit areas could see between 120-140mm of rainfall and gusts of up to 80mph over the weekend, the Met Office said.\n\nThe predictions are not as severe as last weekend when Ciara brought as much as 184mm of rain and gusts reaching 97mph, resulting in hundreds of homes flooding and more than 500,000 being left without power.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBut experts have warned Storm Dennis could cause more flooding damage, because of the heavy rain falling on parts of the UK still recovering from Ciara.\n\nJohn Curtin, the Environment Agency's executive director of flood and coastal risk management, said Cumbria, Lancashire and Yorkshire were the areas he was most \"concerned\" about.\n\n\"This [storm] could be a step up from what we have seen before,\" Mr Curtin said.\n\n\"We had a big storm last weekend, [we now have] saturated catchments, snowmelt and rainfall, so it is a perfect storm.\"\n• None YellowSevere weather possible, plan ahead, travel may be disrupted\n• None RedDangerous weather expected - take action to keep safe\n\nThe Environment Agency said preparations were under way to operate flood defences, flood storage reservoirs and temporary barriers to protect communities.\n\nThese include the Foss Barrier in York, the Thames Barrier in London and another in Bewdley, Worcestershire, on the River Severn.\n\nUK power operators say they have employed extra engineers and call centre staff to respond to any possible impact of the storm, after widespread power cuts last weekend.\n\nNewly appointed Environment Secretary George Eustice said he had spoken to local flood response groups across the country on Friday.\n\nHighlighting the Environment Agency's preparations, he added: \"We are fully focused on ensuring that communities are protected and have access to the support and advice they need to stay safe this weekend.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This Hebden Bridge book shop has a sign which doubles up as a flood barrier\n\nThe Met Office has issued amber warnings for rain in pockets of northern and south-west England and Wales from 12:00 GMT on Saturday until 15:00 on Sunday, and in parts of Scotland from 12:00 GMT to 20:00 on Saturday.\n\nAn amber warning is also in place for most of southern England from 00:15 GMT until 18:00 on Sunday.\n\nYellow warnings for strong winds and heavy rain also cover all of England, Wales and southern Scotland between 09:00 GMT and midday on Sunday.\n\nFurther yellow warnings for wind are in place for northern parts of the UK from midday on Sunday until midday on Monday - potentially bringing travel disruption to commuters.\n\nHave you been affected by Storm Dennis? 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:", "Father Columba Stewart, a Benedictine monk from St Joseph's Abbey, Minnesota, has travelled to Timbuktu with a team of experts to try and persuade the Imams of the City's three great Mosques to allow them to digitise their highly endangered manuscript collections.\n\nFather Columba has watched on in horror as the Islamic State have systematically destroyed the Sufi shrines in Timbuktu and, in 2014, 4,000 of these manuscripts were burnt.\n\nIt is a race against time to digitise what has survived. You can find out more about Father Columba by listening to the World Service's World Service's Heart and Soul programme.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nPresenter Laura Whitmore has paid tribute to her \"vivacious\" and \"loving\" friend Caroline Flack, who was found dead in her London flat on Saturday.\n\nFighting back tears on her BBC Radio 5 Live show, she said the former Love Island host \"loved to love\".\n\nShe also appealed to listeners to \"be kind\" to others and said she wanted to use her platform to \"call people out\".\n\n\"To paparazzi and tabloids looking for a cheap sell, to trolls hiding behind a keyboard - enough,\" she said.\n\nA lawyer for Flack's family said on Saturday that she had taken her own life.\n\nThe 40-year-old had been \"under huge pressure\" since she was accused of assaulting her boyfriend Lewis Burton in December, her management company said.\n\nIf you or someone you know needs support for issues about emotional distress, these organisations may be able to help.\n\nBurton, who did not support the ongoing case against Flack, wrote an emotional tribute to the presenter on Instagram on Sunday, promising the star he would \"be your voice baby\", and that he would \"try [to] make you proud everyday\".\n\n\"I am so lost for words I am in so much pain I miss you so much I know you felt safe with me you always said I don't think about anything else when I am with you and I was not allowed to be there this time I kept asking and asking,\" the 27-year-old tennis player wrote.\n\nHe concluded: \"I love you with all my heart.\"\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 mrlewisburton 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\nBail conditions had stopped Flack having any contact with Burton ahead of her trial next month.\n\nITV cancelled the scheduled broadcasts of Love Island on Saturday and Sunday but said that the show would return on Monday night with a tribute to its former presenter \"who will be forever in our hearts\".\n\nWhitmore, who took over presenting Love Island following Flack's arrest, said her friend \"loved to laugh\" and had the \"most infectious chuckle\".\n\n\"I'm not going to pretend she was perfect, but is anyone? She lived every mistake publicly, under the scrutiny of the media.\n\n\"Caroline loved to love. That's all she wanted. Which is why a show like Love Island was important to her, because the show is about finding love, friendship, having a laugh. The problem wasn't the show. The show... is loving and caring and safe and protected.\n\n\"The problem is, the outside world is not. Anyone who has ever compared one woman against another on Twitter, knocked someone because of their appearance, invaded someone else's privacy, who have made mean, unnecessary comments on an online forum - they need to look at themselves,\" she said.\n\nWhitmore said she had been debating whether she \"should, would or could come on air today\" but she wanted to talk about her friend \"to give her the respect she deserves\".\n\nShe said she had also been harassed for \"just doing her job\" and \"words affect people\".\n\n\"So to listeners - be kind. Only you are responsible for how you treat others and what you put out in the world,\" she said.\n\nShe then played Angels by Robbie Williams, saying her friend, who she met at V-festival about 10 years ago, loved music and loved to dance, and the song always reminded her of Flack because she \"danced so beautifully to it on Strictly\".\n\nCaroline Flack danced to Angels with her partner, Pasha Kovalev, on Strictly Come Dancing, which she won in 2014\n\n\"Caroline, I'm so sad for you, for your family. I'm angry that you saw this as your only option as I know how much love and support you had. I'm sorry you didn't know that,\" she said just before she played the song.\n\n\"I am not sure when, but I know I'll see you on the dance floor again and I hope you are at peace and know that you are loved.\"\n\nFlack had co-hosted The X Factor and won Strictly Come Dancing in 2014, as well as presenting ITV's Love Island.\n\nFollowing her death, an ITV spokeswoman said she was a \"much-loved member of the Love Island team\". The show did not air on Saturday night.\n\nThe presenter stood down from the dating show after she was charged with assault in December. She denied the charges.\n\nHer management company has criticised the Crown Prosecution Service for refusing to drop charges, even though Burton said he did not want the case to go ahead.\n\nThe CPS said it would not comment on the specifics of the case \"given the tragic circumstances\".\n\nFormer chief prosecutor Nazir Afzal said his impression was that the case had been determined to be a serious case, and one which the CPS felt they should proceed with \"regardless of what the victim thought\".\n\nResponding to reports that the ambulance service was called to the star's address the day before she was found dead, a London Ambulance spokesperson said: \"We were called shortly after 22:30 on 14 February to a residential property in north London.\n\n\"Crews attended and, following a clinical assessment, the person was not taken to hospital. Due to patient confidentiality we cannot comment further.\"\n\nCaroline Flack arriving for X Factor auditions with judges and co-host Olly Murs in 2015\n\nA petition on the online site 38 Degrees, dubbed \"Caroline's Law\", which calls for new laws around media regulation in the wake of the presenter's death, has attracted more than 110,000 signatures.\n\nHoney Lancaster-James, a TV psychologist who worked with celebrity contestants on an early series of Love Island, said it was important not to \"point the finger of blame\".\n\n\"There are often a number of factors, and a number of things that have led to a deterioration in mental health,\" she said.\n\nOther celebrities and ex-Love Island stars have also paid tribute to Flack, describing her death as \"heartbreaking\".\n\nHer co-presenter on The X Factor and The Xtra Factor, Olly Murs, said he \"always knew how fragile\" she was and his heart was \"forever broken\" because she was \"like a sister\" and they were \"friends for life\".\n\n\"This will hurt forever, love you cazza, Your Ols,\" he said.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nLiverpool's unstoppable charge towards their first top-flight title in 30 years is \"outstanding\", said Jurgen Klopp after his side edged a narrow victory over bottom-of-the-table Norwich.\n\nSadio Mane came off the bench to score the winner with 12 minutes remaining, expertly taking down skipper Jordan Henderson's raking pass and smashing in at the near post.\n\nIt means Klopp's men need just five more wins from their remaining 12 games to guarantee their first Premier League title, having dropped just two points all campaign, and lie a mammoth 25 points clear of champions Manchester City.\n\n\"The gap is so insane, I don't really understand it,\" Klopp told Sky Sports. \"I am not smart enough. I have not had that before. It is outstanding, so difficult.\n\n\"I go back into the changing room and we chat about the things and then I am like 'Oh, but congratulations. We won the game, another three points.'\"\n\nChances were at a premium in a blustery first half, but Liverpool ramped up the pressure in the second period - Canaries goalkeeper Tim Krul making a stunning double save to deny Mohamed Salah's low shot and Naby Keita's close-range follow-up.\n\nHaving been pegged back for a long period, Norwich could have scored on the counter-attack as Alex Tettey's strike from an angle caught Alisson by surprise at his near post but the effort rattled the foot of the upright.\n\nBut Senegal international Mane - who missed the last two games through a hamstring injury - proved to be the difference having entered the action on the hour mark.\n• None When can Liverpool win the Premier League title?\n\nReds just keep on winning\n\nIt looked for a while that it may be a frustrating day for Liverpool at Carrow Road, misplacing a number of passes in the final third and being restricted to long-range efforts.\n\nKeita's drive was tipped over the crossbar by Krul, while efforts from Virgil van Dijk and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain were comfortable for the Dutch goalkeeper to deal with.\n\nWhen the marauding Trent Alexander-Arnold dragged a shot wide from the edge of the box after just 13 seconds, a routine win looked to be on the cards, but the Reds had to battle hard once more.\n\nKlopp added: \"I could tell in all the players' faces that they weren't nervous, they were enjoying it, and if one team was going to score it was going to be us.\n\n\"We protected against the counter-attack well too. It's really all about these wonderful football players.\"\n\nTo say Liverpool have dominated the division is an understatement - they have annihilated all in front of them and the numbers make staggering reading:\n• None Liverpool are now unbeaten in 43 league games, closing in on Arsenal's all-time record of 49.\n• None They have collected a remarkable 103 points from the past 105 available.\n• None The Reds have picked up 35 wins from their past 36 games - a 1-1 draw at Manchester United in October the only blemish.\n• None They have won 17 games in a row - one shy of Manchester City's record - and kept 10 clean sheets in their past 11 games.\n\nThe result also means 76 points after 26 games is the best record at this juncture in the history of Europe's top five leagues - something even the continent's great sides including La Liga's Barcelona, Juventus of Serie A, Bundesliga's Bayern Munich and Ligue 1's Paris St-Germain were unable to achieve.\n\nThe defending European champions go into Tuesday's last-16 first-leg tie at Atletico Madrid in flawless form and Klopp's side will take some stopping from reaching their third consecutive final, as they aim for a Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup treble.\n\nSo near yet so far for Norwich\n\nDaniel Farke's side remain anchored to the foot of the table, seven points from safety and are staring at an immediate return to the Championship.\n\nThey display some attractive football at times, playing out from the back which almost proved costly on a couple of occasions, but failing to hold out means they have conceded a joint league-high 48 goals.\n\nHad they taken their chances, they would have claimed a spectacular victory against all the odds, with Lukas Rupp left ruing what might have been.\n\nThe German midfielder broke the offside trap in the first half and when faced one-on-one with Alisson, inexplicably decided to square the ball towards Teemu Pukki instead of shooting and the Brazilian goalkeeper managed to claw the pass away.\n\nThe lively Todd Cantwell struck the side-netting, while Tettey's low, drilled strike hit the upright.\n\nFarke told BBC Sport: \"Performance-wise we were pretty good in many topics, sadly one topic was missing, to be clinical in our finishing. We had our chance in the first half.\"\n\nOn Mane's goal, Farke added: \"I just watched it back shortly. When the referee doesn't give a foul it won't be overturned. It was also due to the quality of Mane - his control and then his second touch. It was smart movement from Mane and if the referee doesn't give a foul you can't see it [being] overturned. We have already learned that VAR is not on our side.\n\n\"Performance-wise we can take a lot of confidence but sadly no points.\"\n\nTon up for Mane - the stats\n• None Liverpool have opened the scoring in each of their past 14 Premier League meetings with Norwich City - no side has ever scored the opening goal in more consecutive games versus another in the competition's history (Chelsea also 14 v Portsmouth).\n• None Norwich have only won one of their past 13 Premier League games (D5 L7) and have failed to score in back-to-back league matches for the first time since November 2019.\n• None Liverpool have kept a clean sheet in 10 of their past 11 Premier League matches, this after having only kept one shutout in the previous 11 such games before this.\n• None Sadio Mane scored the 100th goal of his English club career in all competitions, scoring 25 for Southampton and 75 for Liverpool.\n• None Mane's goal was his 57th in the Premier League for Liverpool, but the first coming as a substitute.\n• None Jordan Henderson has assisted five Premier League goals this season; only in 2014-15 (nine) and 2013-14 (seven) has he provided more in a single league season in his professional career.\n• None Both of Liverpool's past two Premier League games have been goalless at half-time; only two of their first 24 such matches of the season had been 0-0 at the break before this.\n• None Norwich failed to attempt a single shot in the first half of a league game for the first time under Daniel Farke, and the first time in any league match overall since April 2014 v Manchester United.\n\nNorwich travel to Wolves next Sunday in the Premier League (kick-off 14:00 GMT), while Liverpool are in European action on Tuesday, followed by a Premier League game at Anfield against West Ham next Monday (20:00).\n• None Attempt saved. Teemu Pukki (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Emiliano Buendía with a through ball.\n• None Attempt missed. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) left footed shot from very close range is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold with a cross.\n• None Naby Keita (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Goal! Norwich City 0, Liverpool 1. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jordan Henderson.Goal confirmed following VAR Review.\n• None Attempt blocked. Jamal Lewis (Norwich City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Todd Cantwell.\n• None Attempt missed. Grant Hanley (Norwich City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ondrej Duda with a cross following a corner. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "The A82 was blocked by a fallen tree near Invermoriston before the road was later reopened\n\nHigh winds have led to more disruption across Scotland, after Storm Dennis saw many areas hit by flooding.\n\nA fallen tree blocked the A82 north of Invermoriston for a time and the final night of Aberdeen's Spectra Festival was cancelled.\n\nA section of railway line was shut as water spilled from an aqueduct onto overhead power lines in Renfrewshire.\n\nHomes in Hawick and the village of Newcastleton in the Borders were flooded on Saturday night.\n\nA Met Office yellow warning for high winds covering the whole of Scotland is in force until 11:00 on Monday\n\nA couple were rescued by firefighters when their car was swept from the road and became wedged against a gate near Newcastleton on Saturday evening..\n\nDaylight revealed how the car had been wedged against a gate and other fencing was swept away\n\nA specially-trained first responder from Longtown along with fire crews from Dumfries and Carlisle - across the nearby border with England - set up a line rescue system to reach them, then helped them to a waiting ambulance.\n\nIt was understood the couple were later discharged from hospital.\n\nThe couple were stranded as their car was pinned against a gate by flood waters\n\nMore than 35 displaced residents made use of rest centres in Teviotdale leisure centre in Hawick and Newcastleton health centre before returning to their homes or making alternative arrangements.\n\nScottish Borders Council said Hawick's Slitrig Water, the Jed Water at Chesters and the Liddel Water at Newcastleton all reached record high levels.\n\nThree sections of separate rivers in the Scottish Borders reached their highest recorded level on Saturday, with some river gauges showing water levels rising by more than 1.5m in less than three hours.\n\nGreg Cathcart said the scenes were \"hellish\"\n\nCommunity Councillor Greg Cathcart described the \"hellish\" scenes of Saturday night.\n\n\"It happened that quick. Within the next 15-20 minutes it had been swept through as far as the centre of the village. Places that had ever seen water before, it just totally overwhelmed them,\" he said.\n\nHe said it there was a \"real danger to life\" and that the village's resilience team and fire crews \"saved a lot of lives\".\n\n\"Honestly it was biblical the amount of water that came through here… tragic,\" he added.\n\nAnother resident, Samuel Cropper, told the BBC that as he arrived home from work he could see rising water approaching his house in Newcastleton.\n\nHe quickly moved things off the ground and packed a bag for his 10-week-old baby before spending the night at a friend's place.\n\nHe said \"luckily\" his house \"only\" had 2-3 inches of water on the ground.\n\nMr Cropper added: \"It's bad enough, it still got onto furniture and stuff but it wasn't two or three feet.\"\n\nSome residents in Newcastleton were forced from their homes\n\nSelkirk was one area affected by the deluge\n\nThe aftermath of storm Dennis continued to cause disruption on Sunday morning as cascading water from an aqueduct at Bishopton forced Network Rail to turn off power to overhead lines.\n\nScotRail said Gourock and Wemyss Bay services had been suspended and replaced by buses.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Network Rail Scotland This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ferry users waiting to board on Friday watched with trepidation as the ship lurched from side to side\n\nCalMac suspended some ferry sailings and warned that others were liable to cancellation at short notice.\n\nOne crew were praised for berthing a lurching MV Caledonian Isles in Ardrossan Harbour in difficult conditions on Friday.\n\nThe Rangers Livingston match which was postponed on Saturday took place on Sunday afternoon.\n\nA number of football matches were cancelled on Saturday but in rugby this Musselburgh v Selkirk game went ahead despite the rain.\n\nHave you been affected by Storm Dennis? 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.", "Nikita Pearl Waligwa played Gloria, a friend of the protagonist Phiona, who explained the rules of chess\n\nAn actress who starred in the Queen of Katwe, a Disney film about a chess prodigy from a Ugandan slum, has died aged 15, Ugandan media report.\n\nNikita Pearl Waligwa had been diagnosed with a brain tumour.\n\nThe 2016 film was based on the true story of Phiona Mutesi, who took up chess aged nine despite not being in school and went on to compete in international tournaments.\n\nIt starred Lupita Nyong'o as her mother and David Oyelowo as her chess teacher.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lupita Nyong'o talks about her role in the Queen of Katwe\n\nWaligwa played the role of Gloria, a friend of Phiona who explained the rules of chess to her.\n\nShe was first diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2016 and Queen of Katwe director Mira Nair reportedly mobilised people to help fund her treatment in India, with Ugandan doctors quoted as saying they did not have the necessary equipment.\n\nShe was given the all-clear in 2017 but last year was found to have another tumour.", "Caroline Flack with Love Island's Bafta Award for best reality show in 2018\n\nViewers and the TV world are in shock after the death of Caroline Flack, who rose from children's TV to become one of Britain's most successful presenters.\n\nLove Island, Strictly Come Dancing, The X Factor, I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! - Flack starred on some of Britain's biggest shows of the past decade.\n\nHowever, at the time of her death her career was under a cloud after she was replaced for the winter series of ITV's Love Island after being charged with assaulting her boyfriend.\n\nWith Sam and Mark on TMi in 2007\n\nMany fans first got to know her bubbly, likeable personality when she joined Sam and Mark to front the zany Saturday morning children's show TMi in 2007.\n\nFrom there, she joined Ian Wright when Sky One revived game show Gladiators, and became one of the hosts of I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here Now! in 2009.\n\nShe went on to host another ITV spin-off, The Xtra Factor, two years later, before being chosen to front a series of the main talent show itself with Olly Murs in 2015.\n\nShe won Strictly Come Dancing with Pasha Kovalev in 2014\n\nShe confirmed her popular appeal when she won Strictly with dance partner Pasha Kovalev, fending off competition from Frankie Bridge and Simon Webbe.\n\nBut she talked about the difficulties she faced after lifting the glitterball trophy, saying: \"I couldn't get up and just couldn't pick myself up at all that next year.\"\n\nWhen Love Island was relaunched in 2015, she was the natural choice to host, and she helped make it one of the biggest shows on British TV.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe first few series performed well, but the show really became a TV phenomenon from 2018, particularly among younger viewers.\n\nWhen the show won the Bafta for best reality show that year, she picked up the award.\n\nFlack made her West End stage debut as Roxie Hart in Chicago in 2018, starred in a touring version of Crazy For You, and appeared on the celebrity version of The Great British Bake Off.\n\nWith the success came close scrutiny of her personal life and relationships, which made her a regular in the tabloids. Notably, she dated One Direction star Harry Styles when he was 17, and stories about a brief romance with Prince Harry made headlines in 2009.\n\nIn her 2015 autobiography Storm In A C Cup, she said she and the prince had \"spent the evening chatting and laughing\", but \"once the story got out, that was it. We had to stop seeing each other.\"\n\nWhen she was arrested and subsequently charged with assaulting her boyfriend in December, it was completely at odds with her public persona.\n\nPolice found former tennis professional Lewis Burton covered in blood when he called them to her Islington home.\n\nShe pleaded not guilty and was in tears in court just before Christmas. She stepped down as host of the winter series of Love Island.\n\nThe court heard that Mr Burton did not support the prosecution, but she was due to stand trial early next month.\n\nTwo days before her death, she posted photos of herself with her dogs, with no message except a simple love heart. Before that, her last message was on Christmas Eve - the day after her court hearing.\n\n\"This kind of scrutiny and speculation is a lot to take on for one person to take on their own...\" she wrote.\n\n\"I'm a human being at the end of the day and I'm not going to be silenced when I have a story to tell and a life to keep going with.\n\n\"I'm taking some time out to get feeling better and learn some lessons from situations I've got myself into to.\n\n\"I have nothing but love to give and best wishes for everyone.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The process takes 30 days and relatives can then scatter the remains on plants or under a tree\n\nA US firm has given scientific details of its \"human composting\" process for environmentally friendly funerals.\n\nA pilot study on deceased volunteers showed that soft tissue broke down safely and completely within 30 days.\n\nThe firm, Recompose, claims that its process saves more than a tonne of carbon, compared to cremation or traditional burial.\n\nIt says that it will offer the world's first human composting service in Washington state from next February.\n\nSpeaking exclusively to BBC News, Recompose's chief executive and founder, Katrina Spade, said that concerns about climate change had been a big factor in so many people expressing interest in the service.\n\n\"So far 15,000 people have signed up to our newsletter. And the legislation to allow this in the state received bi-partisan support enabling it to pass the first time it was tabled,\" she said.\n\n\"The project has moved forward so quickly because of the urgency of climate change and the awareness we have to put it right.\"\n\nRecompose boss Katrina Spade says her plan has proved so popular because of climate change\n\nMs Spade spoke to me as results of the scientific study into the composting process, which Recompose calls natural organic reduction, was being presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Seattle.\n\n\"There is a loving practicability to it,\" she said, in one of the few interviews she has given since announcing details of the project a year ago.\n\nShe told me that she came up with the idea 13 years ago when she began to ponder her own mortality - at the ripe old age of 30!\n\n\"When I die, this planet, which has protected and supported me my whole life, shouldn't I give back what I have left?\n\n\"It is just logical and also beautiful.\"\n\nMs Spade draws a distinction between decomposing and recomposing. The former is what happens when a body is above ground. Recomposing involves integrating it with the soil.\n\nShe claims that natural organic reduction of a body prevents 1.4 tonnes of carbon being released into the atmosphere, compared with cremation. And she believes there is a similar saving compared to traditional burial when transportation and the construction of the casket is taken into account.\n\n\"For a lot of folks it resonates with the way they try to lead their lives. They want to pick a death care plan that resonates with the way they live.\"\n\nThe process involves laying the body in a closed vessel with woodchips, alfalfa and straw grass. The body is slowly rotated to allow microbes to break it down.\n\nThirty days later the remains are available to relatives to scatter on plants or a tree.\n\nAlthough the process is straightforward, it has taken four years of scientific research to perfect the technique. Ms Spade asked soil scientist Prof Lynne Carpenter Boggs to undertake the work.\n\nComposting livestock is a well-established practice in Washington state. Prof Carpenter Boggs's task was to adapt it for human subjects and ensure that the remains were environmentally safe.\n\nShe carried out pilot studies with six volunteers who had given their enthusiastic consent to the research prior to their deaths. She told me that the work took an emotional toll on her and her team.\n\n\"We all kept checking in on each other. My physiology felt different, I wasn't sleeping well for a few nights, I wasn't hungry - it was a distress response.\"\n\nProf Carpenter-Boggs found that the recomposing body reached temperatures of 55C (131F) for a period of time.\n\n\"We are certain that there has been a destruction of the vast majority of [disease-causing organisms] and pharmaceuticals because of the high temperatures that we reached.\"\n\nRecompose will begin business later this year. Anyone can participate but the process is legal only in Washington state. Legislation to allow natural organic reduction is currently being considered in Colorado. Ms Spade believes that it will be a matter of time before it is more widely available - in the US and elsewhere.\n\n\"We hope other states will pick up the idea once we get going in Washington. We have had lots of excitement from the UK and other parts of the world and we hope to open branches overseas when we can.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "She took part in Let's Dance for... Comic Relief with Joe Swash in 2011. The pair also presented I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here Now!", "Boris Johnson and his new chancellor, Rishi Sunak, will have a joint team of advisers following the reshuffle\n\nThe government should be scrutinised by MPs over changes to its teams in Downing Street, the SNP has said.\n\nEarlier this week, No 10 confirmed it would be merging its team of special advisers with those at the Treasury.\n\nThe move led to the resignation of former Chancellor Sajid Javid, who refused to fire his own aides.\n\nThe SNP's Ian Blackford said key figures - including the PM's chief adviser Dominic Cummings - should now appear before the Liaison Committee.\n\nThe panel, which is made up of the chairs of each of the select committees, is tasked with holding the government and its ministers to account over public policy.\n\nIn a letter to the clerk of the committee, Mr Blackford wrote: \"It is substantially in the public interest to summon those involved in designing these changes - we should know their purpose and intent.\n\n\"Dominic Cummings... has been widely reported as the main catalyst for these alterations and so it's right that he is the first to be summoned and required to answer questions on this matter.\"\n\nDominic Cummings is the prime minister's chief adviser in No 10\n\nMr Javid was expected to keep his job in No 11 ahead of the government reshuffle on Thursday, despite reported tensions between him and Mr Cummings.\n\nHowever, in a surprise move, the former chancellor quit his post, saying \"no self-respecting minister\" could accept the condition of getting rid of his staff.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sajid Javid: I had no option but to resign\n\nIn a letter to the PM, Mr Javid urged Mr Johnson to \"ensure the Treasury as an institution retains as much credibility as possible\".\n\nHe has now been replaced by the former Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Rishi Sunak.\n\nThe decision to amalgamate treasury advisers into a Downing Street unit has led to significant concern among some who believe it will limit the ability of the chancellor to resist demands from the prime minister.\n\nNow the SNP are calling on the Liaison Committee to look into the change, saying it amounts to a fundamental re-ordering of how the government operates and functions.\n\nCommittees do have the power to summon witnesses - although it would be highly unusual for the prime minister's key adviser to appear so publicly, and the committee has not met since the election. Frankly, it's unlikely Dominic Cummings will appear.\n\nBut the call for him to do so is illustrative of the fact many at Westminster are concerned about the influence of Mr Johnson's advisers, and the changes they are involved in overseeing.\n\nIn his letter, Mr Blackford said: \"It is crucial that key appointed officials, responsible to the prime minister, are compelled to give evidence on these changes - in full, in detail and in public.\n\n\"I hope parliament's Liaison Committee is favourable to facilitating this as a matter of public interest and transparency.\"\n\nThe BBC has contacted Downing Street for comment.", "Sandbags in Appleby-in-Westmorland, one of the northern towns flooded by Storm Ciara last week\n\nJust over 1% of government infrastructure spending in England will go towards flood defences, analysis by BBC News has found.\n\nCurrent figures show nearly £5bn is due to be spent on flood defences up until 2026, with a third of the money spent in London and the South East.\n\nThe government said it was investing \"record\" amounts in new flood defences that would protect 300,000 homes.\n\nAnd it said in terms of money spent per home at risk of flooding, the North received more than the South.\n\nLarge parts of the country were battered last weekend by Storm Ciara, which resulted in more than 500 homes being flooded in Cumbria, Yorkshire and Lancashire.\n\nStorm Dennis is bringing further disruption with dozens of flood warnings in place across England.\n\nThe Army was deployed to Ilkley and Calderdale in West Yorkshire to assist in flood relief efforts.\n\nIn York, the Environment Agency has predicted the River Ouse could reach record levels of 5.4m on Monday, a height not seen since 2000.\n\nAppleby sits in a crook of the River Eden meaning its town centre is susceptible to flooding\n\nThe Cumbrian town of Appleby-in-Westmorland was one of many rural towns affected by Storm Ciara's bad weather.\n\n\"Someone needs to stand up and be counted,\" said Dominic Boffin, as he swept flood water out of his home.\n\n\"We've had no help with the clean-up, and when it comes to the town being repeatedly flooded everyone seems to have their head in the sand.\"\n\nAppleby was also badly affected in 2015 when Storm Desmond flooded more than 5,000 homes across the UK.\n\nThe then Prime Minister David Cameron said the flood defences in Cumbria \"were not enough\".\n\nAppleby cafe owner James Brighurst said despite promises of new defences, none had materialised.\n\n\"We've seen a few subsidies for some individual buildings in the town but nothing has changed dramatically.\n\n\"There is a feeling we're being ignored and forgotten about\".\n\nCafe owner James Brighurst said residents in Appleby had seen little investment in new flood defences\n\nThe latest infrastructure spending figures published by the Treasury showed nearly £5bn was earmarked to be spent on flood defences in England over the next six years.\n\nThe money was due to be spent on more than 1,300 projects.\n\nBut flood defence spending makes up just 1.5% of the total £317bn set to be spent on all infrastructure across England, which includes upgrading roads and railway lines.\n\n\"Cumbria has had three 'one in 200-year' storm events in the last 10 years,\" said Tim Farron MP, Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Northern England, whose constituency is in the county.\n\n\"We know the climate is changing, and we also know that the climate is changing with the most impact here in the North West of England.\n\n\"So it is odd the government has chosen to spend so much money on London and the South East, and so little on the North.\n\n\"It's also staggering that we're spending so little money on flood defences altogether,\" added the Westmorland and Lonsdale MP.\n\nTim Farron MP said the government needs to spend more money on building new flood defences\n\nYork Central MP Rachel Maskell said the government had already failed to deliver on previous commitments made to upgrade flood defences in the historic cathedral city.\n\n\"Promises broken and programmes undelivered,\" said the Labour MP in the House of Commons.\n\n\"We have also seen a lack of delivery when it comes to issues like insurance and upper catchment management and even putting in extra flood resilience measures within the city.\"\n\nIn London and the South East, some of the £1.5bn earmarked for flood defences will be spent on the Thames Barrier\n\nSpeaking before the government reshuffle on Thursday, the then Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers told MPs measures introduced by the government had protected 25,000 homes from being flooded by Storm Ciara.\n\n\"We are investing more than ever before in a £2.6bn flood defence programme up to 2021,\" she said.\n\n\"In the Autumn I announced an extra £60m to boost flood schemes in the North.\n\n\"Our manifesto commits us to an another £4bn of new flood defences funding up to 2026.\"\n\nThe Department for the Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) said investment in flood defences took place where the risk was highest, wherever it was across the country, and each scheme was carefully considered.\n\n\"Funding is allocated consistently across the country, targeting national investment to reduce the risks of flooding and coastal erosion to as many people as possible and to get the best outcome for every pound we spend,\" a spokesperson said.\n\n\"We work with local partners to take into account local needs and opportunities when deciding where to invest.\"\n\nDefra said its own figures showed that between 2015 and 2021, investment per home at risk of flooding was equivalent to £700 in the North, compared with £335 in the South.\n\nHave you been affected by Storm Dennis? 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 former teacher who was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease aged just 31 has hailed life-changing brain surgery that has allowed him to \"live life again\".\n\nRyan Cameron initially noticed a \"resting tremor\" in his arm and over time the neurological condition left him struggling to speak and control his movements.\n\nMedication failed to help, so he underwent deep brain stimulation, where electrodes were inserted into his brain to restimulate damaged nerve cells.\n\nMr Cameron, now 36, said the operation at the end of last year was not a cure, but it had allowed him to \"run and play and do whatever I want\".\n\n\"I've been given a lifeline, I've been given a second opportunity to live, almost,\" said Mr Cameron, from Luton.", "Heathrow is the busiest airport in Europe\n\nHeathrow Airport has apologised for disruption after the west London hub was hit by \"technical issues\".\n\nOne passenger said the situation was \"utter chaos\" after a problem with the airport's IT system saw staff called in to help passengers get to gates on the second day of the half-term weekend.\n\nAt about 22:25 GMT on Sunday, Heathrow said the issues had been resolved and \"systems are returning to normal\".\n\nBritish Airways, the biggest airline at Heathrow, has cancelled 20 flights.\n\nIn a tweet, Heathrow Airport said: \"Today's technical issue has now been resolved and Heathrow's systems are returning to normal.\n\n\"We apologise for the inconvenience caused.\n\n\"Our teams will continue to monitor our systems and be on hand to provide assistance to passengers as we work to resume our regular operations.\"\n\nAir traffic control was not affected by the technical failures, but the IT issues, which came on a busy day for family travel, have further compounded delays triggered by bad weather across the weekend.\n\nSam Mills said he hadn't been able to eat or drink \"for fear of losing his place in the line\" for customer services\n\nSam Mills, who was travelling from London to Pittsburgh with British Airways, explained how when he arrived at the airport shortly after lunchtime on Sunday the flight boards were not updating.\n\n\"I was continually getting 'Delayed' messages on the board, with no gate information for my flight,\" he told the BBC. \"A BA representative informed me that it should update before my flight, and not to worry.\"\n\n\"But as soon as the gate did pop up [on the board] - it told me the flight had departed, without me on that plane.\n\n\"As of right now, I am stranded. There's a line of people about 300ft in both directions at the British Airways service desk. We haven't been told any information from anybody.\"\n\nCaitlin Gould said passengers had to rely on white boards to find out where they should be\n\nCaitlin Gould, who travelled to London from Cornwall on Sunday morning, has been waiting for a flight to Munich with Lufthansa since 16:00 GMT, after her British Airways flight was cancelled.\n\nShe said the staff were \"really helpful... if you can find them\".\n\n\"At the gate there is almost no information,\" she told the BBC, adding that everyone was dependant on white boards to find out where they should be.\n\n\"None of the online information matches up with any of the boards. People are walking around with signs trying to find people to take them to the plane.\"\n\nBritish Airways said the cancellations were the result of Heathrow's IT issues combined with the existing disruption caused by Storm Dennis.\n\nIt added that anyone on a cancelled flight would be entitled to a refund or could be re-booked. Overnight accommodation would be provided if necessary.\n\nIn response to a customer on Twitter, the airline wrote: \"We're aware Heathrow Airport is currently experiencing a technical issue that is impacting some of their IT systems across the airport, affecting a number of airlines.\n\n\"We are working with them to resolve the issue as a priority and apologise for the delay to our customers.\"\n\nBA has experienced two high-profile IT failures in recent years.\n\nIn August last year, more than 100 flights had to be cancelled and a further 200 were delayed after an IT glitch involving two separate systems, one dealing with online check-in and the other with flight departures.\n\nThe airline also suffered a major computer failure over the spring bank holiday weekend in May 2017, which saw 726 flights cancelled and tens of thousands of passengers left stranded.", "Costa Rica has seen a surge in drug traffickers using the country to move cocaine to the US and Europe\n\nPolice in Costa Rica have made the biggest seizure of illegal drugs in the country's history - finding more than five tonnes of cocaine in a shipping container.\n\nThe drugs were hidden in a consignment of flowers headed for the Netherlands, AFP news agency quoted Interior Minister Michael Soto Rojas as saying.\n\nCentral America is one of the main routes for cartels moving drugs from South America to the US and Europe.\n\nWhen the authorities searched a suspicious shipping container on Saturday, they discovered 202 suitcases containing a total of 5,048 packages of cocaine weighing around 1 kg (2.2 lbs) each, AFP reports.\n\nThe packages of cocaine were stashed in suitcases", "Clean-up in Pontypridd: 'Everything is covered in mud'\n\n5 Live's Rory Carson has been speaking to people in Pontypridd, where he says the clean up operation is well under way. Geraint Day is chair of Clwb Y Bont - a club that promotes Welsh language and culture in the centre of the town. \"Sunday night was the time it was really bad,\" he said, \"looking in the function room now it's covered with mud. The ceiling has stayed up but the rest of the club is a complete mess, the bar, everything is covered in mud... there's not a hope of saving anything electrical. \"Anything with soft furnishing is going to be covered with flood mud and contaminated with sewage as well.\" Mr Day said he has \"no idea\" how much it will cost to repair. \"Because it's an area of high risk flooding, despite the flood walls, we can't get insurance for flood protection so we'll have to do it ourselves.\" He said they're appealing for donations, and relying on volunteers: \"We'll pull together and reopen I'm sure.\"", "Tony Camoccio was arrested at Hurghada International Airport last week\n\nA British man detained in Egypt after reportedly patting a security guard on the back has been released.\n\nTony Camoccio, 51, feared he would be falsely accused of sexual assault after the incident at Hurghada International Airport on 8 February.\n\nMore than 5,000 people had signed a petition supporting Mr Camoccio.\n\nCampaign group Detained in Dubai said he had been released from custody after paying about £1,000 in bail and other costs.\n\nIts chief executive Radha Stirling said the case had been dismissed for lack of evidence.\n\nIn a statement Mr Camoccio, from Sutton, south London, said: \"I'm very excited to be heading home and can't wait to see all of my family after the past week's events.\n\n\"I'm very thankful to everyone for their support.\"\n\nTony Camoccio (centre), pictured after his release with wife Joan, lawyer Elezab Ali Elezab, and son Reno\n\nMr Camoccio, who has visited Egypt several times, was at the end of his holiday with his wife and a large group of friends when the incident is said to have happened at an airport checkpoint.\n\nDetained in Dubai said he was released after paying about £1,000 in bail and related fees.\n\nMs Stirling tweeted to say Mr Camoccio \"will be on the first flight home\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Radha Stirling - CEO @detainedindubai 🇺🇸🇦🇺🇬🇧 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 said it was in contact with Mr Camoccio's family and the Egyptian authorities.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMajor incidents have been declared in south Wales and parts of England, as Storm Dennis batters the UK.\n\nSouth Wales Police has been dealing with \"multiple\" landslides and floods - some trapping residents.\n\nHomes have also been flooded, while police in Worcestershire are searching for a person who is feared to have been swept into the River Teme.\n\nMore than 700 flood warnings and alerts are in place across the UK, as of 23:45 GMT on Sunday.\n\nThere are currently eight severe flood warnings in England, which mean there is a danger to life.\n\nA record number of flood warnings and alerts were issued for England on Sunday, according to John Curtin, the Environment Agency's head of floods and coastal management - reaching a combined total of 624 by Sunday night.\n\nHe said \"the saturated ground conditions\" left by last weekend's Storm Ciara has \"driven\" the severe flooding seen across the UK over the past 24 hours.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Curtin This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHeavy rainfall has caused multiple floods and landslides, according to South Wales Police.\n\nDramatic video footage emerged of a landslide tearing down a mountain in Tylorstown, Rhondda Cynon Taf, south Wales, on Sunday morning.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Heavy rain caused \"multiple\" floods and landslides, according to South Wales Police\n\nJessica Falk Perlman, who is on holiday with her family in Crickhowell, Powys, to celebrate her mother's 60th birthday, told BBC Radio 5 Live that firefighters woke them at 04:00 GMT to tell them they were being evacuated because the River Usk had burst its banks.\n\nBut water quickly came flooding into their holiday home, forcing them upstairs and stalling their evacuation.\n\n\"The door of our house burst open and water came flooding in right up to the top of the stairs which was quite nerve wracking at the time,\" she said.\n\n\"It's well over the front door of the house, it's flooded all the way up to the ceiling.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jessica Falk Perlman in Crickhowell, south Wales: \"Our cars are completely underwater\"\n\nAmy Price, 20, said her family were trapped in the upstairs of their home in Llanover, Monmouthshire, because water on the ground floor had reached as high as the light switches.\n\n\"The river started rising about 1am and at 3am it started coming into the house,\" she said.\n\n\"We started sweeping the water away and then at 6am the river started coming over the bank.\"\n\nSouth Wales Police said emergency services were working with local organisations to ensure the safety of people in communities cut-off by flooding, and to minimise damage and disruption.\n\nEmergency centres have been set up for those who have been displaced.\n\nAssistant chief constable Jennifer Gilmer praised rescue workers' professionalism and advised people \"not to panic\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Cars swept away by flood water in Hay-on-Wye\n\nA man's body was recovered from the River Tawe near Trebanos in the Swansea Valley but Dyfed-Powys Police later said his death was not linked to the extreme weather. It is not being treated as suspicious.\n\nWest Mercia Police said a man had been rescued from the River Teme close to Eastham Bridge, Worcestershire, and taken to hospital by ambulance but that a woman was still missing.\n\nThe search for the woman has been called off until Monday.\n\nMeanwhile, in Herefordshire, the council said it was working with the emergency services, the Environment Agency and health partners to assist residents.\n\nIt urged people to avoid unnecessary travel and check on their neighbours, and said \"rest centres\" are being set up for those who need to be evacuated.\n\nAn aerial view of the Welsh village of Crickhowell shows the extent of the flooding\n\nSarah Bridge, 55, compared Storm Dennis to a tornado and said water had flooded her home in Pontrilas in Herefordshire despite specialist flood doors, reaching her knees.\n\n\"It's heartbreaking,\" she said. \"The kitchen is completely flooded, I can hear things floating about downstairs.\"\n\nA major incident has also been declared after flooding at properties in Lowdham in Nottinghamshire.\n\nProperties were also flooded in Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire - and residents were urged to take \"extreme care\" by the area's Environment Agency manager.\n\nA major incident has been declared by police following flooding in Shropshire.\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\nSevere flood warnings, posing a danger to life, are in place at the Teme river in Ludlow, Shropshire.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps told Sky News's Sophy Ridge that the UK government was \"stepping up its response\" to extreme weather conditions.\n\nHe said it had put £2.4bn into defences over a six-year spending period up until next year, and would allocate £4bn for the next six-year period.\n\nNew Environment Secretary George Eustice denied that the government had been caught off guard by the floods caused by Storm Dennis.\n\nHe told Sky News: \"We'll never be able to protect every single household just because of the nature of climate change and the fact that these weather events are becoming more extreme, but we've done everything that we can do with a significant sum of money, and there's more to come.\"\n\nIn Scotland, the Forth and Tay road bridges have been closed to all traffic.\n\nWinds battered most of Scotland on Sunday with a Met Office warning in place until 11am on Monday.\n\nIn York, the Environment Agency has predicted the River Ouse could come close to record levels seen in 2000.\n\nThe Environment Agency has warned that levels in the River Ouse in York could come close to record levels\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\nAcross the UK road, rail and air travellers also face disruption.\n\nAbout 170 flights were cancelled on Sunday morning, affecting at least 25,000 passengers.\n\nStorm Dennis caused disruption for 19 train companies, according to National Rail, with routes suspended across south Wales and in parts of England and Scotland.\n\nHighways England said strong winds had closed part of the M48 Severn Bridge eastbound, while flooding closed part of the M54 and A-roads in Lincolnshire, Herefordshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Gloucestershire.\n\nAmber warnings for rain and yellow warnings for wind are in place for most of the country into Sunday evening.\n\nThis means flooding could cause a danger to life, power cuts are expected and there is a good chance transport links will continue to be impacted.\n\nA family is helped by emergency workers in Nantgarw, Wales\n\nWind gusts reached 91mph on Saturday, according to the Met Office.\n\nFlood defences were prepared in Mytholmroyd, in the Upper Calder Valley\n\nLast weekend Storm Ciara brought as much as 184mm of rain and gusts reaching 97mph. It also caused hundreds of homes to be flooded and left more than 500,000 people without power.\n\nFor more information, check the BBC Weather website and your BBC Local Radio station for regular updates.\n• None YellowSevere weather possible, plan ahead, travel may be disrupted\n• None RedDangerous weather expected - take action to keep safe\n\nHave you been affected by Storm Dennis? 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:", "Severe flood warnings remain in place in the wake of Storm Dennis, with more rain expected to fall later this week. Among the worst affected areas are South Wales, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Shropshire.", "An illegal cigarette factory has been uncovered in Spain where six foreign workers were found gasping for air before being rescued, authorities said.\n\nTwelve British nationals suspected of running the factory were arrested.\n\nThe bunker under horse stables in the southern province of Malaga could produce up to 3,500 cigarettes an hour, according to Spain's Guardia Civil.\n\nIt is the first underground counterfeit cigarette factory found in the EU, Europol and Spanish police said.\n\nSix Ukrainian and Lithuanian workers were found struggling to breathe due to a generator designed to pump air into the bunker running out of power, police said.\n\nThe underground bunker is in the southern province of Malaga\n\nTwenty people had been arrested earlier in the day but had not informed police that the workers were still inside. The panicked workers banged and shouted from below as police searched the area.\n\nOfficers eventually found the workers and freed them.\n\nIn a statement (in Spanish), the Guardia Civil said police had confiscated 153,000 packs of cigarettes, more than 17 tons of rolling tobacco, 20 kg (44 lbs) of hashish and 144 kg of marijuana.\n\nThe factory could produce up to 3,500 counterfeit cigarettes an hour\n\nSix workers were left gasping for air", "A surge in complaints about mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI) weighed on Lloyds' finances last year.\n\nThe UK banking giant posted a 26% drop in pre-tax profits to £4.4bn as it paid out billions of pounds to customers in PPI compensation.\n\nThe bill for PPI claims in 2019 would be about £2.5bn, but Lloyds said no further provisions were needed as it had already set aside enough money.\n\nIt brings the total paid out by Lloyds over the mis-selling saga to £21.9bn.\n\nLloyds said there had been a \"significant increase\" in queries about PPI claims ahead of a deadline to claim in August last year.\n\nThe deadline, set by the City regulator, prompted a rush of enquiries, which pushed the bank's bill up from £750m in 2018.\n\n\"The group's statutory performance was impacted by a substantial PPI charge related to the deadline for claims submission,\" the bank's boss António Horta-Osório, said in a statement.\n\nLloyds has the biggest bill of all the banks for mis-selling of the insurance policy - which was intended to cover loan payments if, for instance, customers fell ill. But the insurance was often sold to people who did not want it or did not need it.\n\nIn the run up to the deadline, Lloyds said it had received about 5 million new claims but only about 10% of those resulted in a compensation payment. \"Historic conduct issues remain disappointing but we continue to be focused on doing the right thing for our customers,\" Mr Horta-Osorio said.\n\nLast year, Lloyds faced criticism for its handling of a multi-million pound scam at a branch of HBOS, which it now owns. Mr Horta-Osorio promised to implement recommendations of a report that said a scheme to compensate customers had \"serious shortcomings\".\n\n\"We have apologised to those impacted and are determined to put things right,\" he said.\n\nDespite the surge in PPI claims, John Moore, an investment manager at Brewin Dolphin, said Lloyds appeared to be in a \"decent place\". \"Lloyds' performance is typically a reflection of the wider UK economic situation,\" he said. \"Political uncertainty influenced business and consumer confidence last year; yet, despite this challenge, the bank has posted resilient results.\"\n\nMr Horta-Osorio took the helm after bank was rescued during the 2008 financial crisis. The government sold its final stake in the bank in 2017.", "Gas heating is to be eliminated from all Historic Environment Scotland (HES) buildings, including Edinburgh Castle, by 2032.\n\nHES said it aimed to be \"net-zero\" by 2045 in line with the Scottish government's target.\n\nThe organisation plans to reduce the amount of visitor vehicles by 2028 by creating parking hubs where it has clusters of properties.\n\nLow carbon \"district heating\" systems could also be used on some sites.\n\nDistrict heating takes energy released as heat and transfers it elsewhere using highly insulated pipes. HES said it could be installed on properties in highly populated areas.\n\nThe public body is one of Scotland's biggest operators of tourists sites that attract millions of visitors each year.\n\nIt manages more than 300 properties, including Stirling Castle and Linlithgow Palace.\n\nJane Ryder, chair of HES, said: \"In the past year, international heritage experts have come to Scotland to work with us to develop pioneering methods to better understand the climate change threat to World Heritage sites.\n\n\"In addition to piloting some ground-breaking approaches, we've hosted the launch of a new international network which has united cultural heritage organisations from across the globe to take action against climate change.\n\n\"And now we're setting out our most ambitious climate change plans to date. The Climate Action Plan will transform how we operate as an organisation, increasing resilience and making our business more effective and efficient while placing environmental responsibility at the heart of everything we do.\"\n\nThe body said it also planned to invest in cycling infrastructure for staff and visitors\n\nThe plan sets out how HES aims to reduce its carbon footprint over the coming years.\n\nIt intends to reduce its vehicle fleet by 30% by 2025 and, where practicable, have fully electric cars.\n\nInvestment will also be made in cycling infrastructure for staff and visitors.\n\nThe use of taxis will be heavily curtailed with an aim to reduce use by 80% by 2022.\n\nCulture Secretary Fiona Hyslop said: \"The historic environment has a critical role to play in our response to the global climate emergency.\n\n\"This Climate Action Plan recognises the scale of the challenge we face and the need for immediate and widespread action.\n\n\"I welcome the commitment Historic Environment Scotland is making to meeting our ambitious emissions targets and look forward to seeing the results of its work in the coming years.\"", "Lübcke's funeral took place in Kassel on 13 June\n\nWalter Lübcke knew how it felt to receive death threats. A senior politician from Angela Merkel's CDU party in Hesse, the 65-year-old was well known in the region for his liberal attitude towards people seeking asylum.\n\nHis stance earned him respect and admiration during the refugee crisis, but it also made him the target of a hate campaign.\n\nAnd, investigators believe, it may have cost him his life.\n\nLübcke was found just after midnight on 2 June, reportedly by his son, as he lay unconscious and badly injured on the terrace of his own home in the sleepy village of Istha, in central Germany.\n\nHe had been shot in the head at close range and died shortly afterwards in hospital.\n\nLübcke was found shot in the head on the terrace of his home (pictured)\n\nEven as mourners gathered for the funeral of a man who had passionately defended the right of refugees to a home in Germany, extremists openly celebrated his murder online.\n\nHe had headed the Kassel district government.\n\nHis violent death has shattered the peaceful rural village and horrified Germany, not least because detectives believe that this was a politically motivated assassination, planned and perpetrated by a right-wing extremist who, it's feared, may not have acted alone.\n\nThey have identified Stephan Ernst, 45, as their main suspect. He is known to have had links to neo-Nazi networks and investigators are exploring a possible connection to the notorious NSU (National Socialist Underground) - an extremist group which shot dead 10 people, most of whom had migrant backgrounds, between 2000 and 2007.\n\nPolice say that Ernst's DNA was found on the victim's clothing and matched a sample held on police file after he was convicted of the attempted bombing of a refugee home in the 1990s. He is said to have lived in Kassel for some years, where neighbours described him as quiet and friendly.\n\nAs investigators outlined their case against him, they explained that he had kept a low profile for some time and admitted that it was almost impossible to monitor every suspected extremist.\n\nAccording to government figures, there are 24,000 right-wing extremists in Germany. Nearly 13,000 are believed to have a tendency to violence.\n\nA march in Plauen by The Third Path - one of the new far-right groups in Germany\n\nIt's a painful reckoning for Germany, a country whose history means that, for the majority, the existence of the political far right - let alone extremist neo-Nazi networks - is a source of great shame.\n\nPresident Frank-Walter Steinmeier demanded a swift conclusion to the Lübcke case, as it emerged that the mayors of Cologne and Altena had received death threats in the past week.\n\nBoth Henriette Reker and Andreas Hollstein, well known for their liberal approach to asylum policy, have survived assassination attempts in recent years.\n\nCologne's Mayor Reker, seen here attending a 2016 refugee summit at Vatican City, has been attacked before\n\nGerman Interior Minister Horst Seehofer describes the case as an alarm bell.\n\nCommentators say that the recent focus on the threat of Islamist terror has led authorities to overlook right-wing networks, which have gained a new momentum in response to the refugee crisis of 2015.\n\nSocial media plays a role too, as was seen recently in the eastern city of Chemnitz.\n\nAfter the killing of a German-Cuban man in the city, allegedly by a Syrian and an Iraqi, police were taken aback at how swiftly extremists mobilised a large group, who thronged the city centre and \"hunted down\" people of foreign appearance.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rival protests between far-right and anti-Nazi activists in Germany\n\nHow the authorities deal with the threat will be closely watched.\n\nIt's a decade since the NSU carried out their campaign. The authorities were slow to respond then and it's thought that some of those who helped the group were never caught.\n\nThe president of Germany's Central Council of Jews, Josef Schuster, said this case would be \"a test of whether this country has really learned something from the murders of the NSU\". Already doubts are emerging as to whether Stephan Ernst was as dormant in recent years as authorities suggest.\n\nIn a country where the kind of rhetoric that was once taboo is now openly used - even in parliament - there is a debate over the impact of inflammatory language, with some blaming Germany's far-right AfD party (who were quick to condemn Lübcke's murder) for fostering a culture which encourages extremism.\n\nThe leader of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, said \"the loss of verbal boundaries, how the hatred and incitement is used by AfD and others, lower thresholds so far that they turn into pure violence\".\n\nPolice say, as yet, they cannot be sure whether there is a connection between Lübcke's murder and the death threat received by Henriette Reker.\n\nThe mayor of Cologne is defiant. Lübcke's death, she tweeted, should \"bring us together but not frighten us. For those who threaten our open and free society it must be clear that we do not retreat one centimetre\".", "Nine people died in attacks on two shisha bars in a city in western Germany on Wednesday.\n\nMuhammed was eating with friends when the attack took place in Hanau.\n\nThe German citizen of Turkish origin spoke to Turkey's English language broadcaster Anews about how he survived the shooting.", "The Metropolitan Police has referred itself to the police watchdog following the death of TV star Caroline Flack.\n\nScotland Yard's directorate of professional standards (DPS) reviewed all previous contact with Ms Flack, 40, before it made Wednesday's referral.\n\nIt was standard practice for a referral to be made when a person who had recent contact with police died, the Met said.\n\nMs Flack was found dead at her London flat on Saturday as she awaited trial for allegedly assaulting her boyfriend.\n\nAn inquest into the former Love Island host's death was opened and adjourned on Wednesday.\n\nA statement from the Met said: \"No notice of investigation has been served on any officer and no conduct issues have been identified by the DPS. No officer is on restricted duties or suspended.\"\n\nAn Independent Office for Police Conduct spokesman said: \"We will make a decision on the level of our involvement after carefully assessing the information we have received.\n\n\"Receipt of a referral does not mean an investigation will necessarily follow.\"\n\nFlowers were left outside Caroline Flack's former house\n\nMs Flack left her role presenting the ITV2 dating show after being charged with assaulting her partner Lewis Burton in December and was due to stand trial next month.\n\nIn an unpublished Instagram post shared by her family, she said her \"whole world and future was swept from under my feet\" following her arrest.\n\nMs Flack pleaded not guilty to assault by beating at a court appearance in December, when it was heard her partner did not support the prosecution.\n\nShe was released on bail but was ordered to stop any contact with Mr Burton ahead of the trial.\n\nLove Island did not air on Saturday or Sunday but returned on Monday with a tribute to the former X Factor presenter and Strictly Come Dancing winner, who started hosting the programme in 2015.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nTony Blair has questioned whether the contenders for the Labour leadership offer the \"fundamental\" change the party needs to get back into power.\n\nThe former Labour PM said the party was facing a \"make-or-break moment\" after losing four general elections in a row and required \"head-to-toe renewal\".\n\nRebecca Long-Bailey, Lisa Nandy and Sir Keir Starmer are competing to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader.\n\nParty members start voting next week, with a winner announced on 4 April.\n\nSpeaking in London, Mr Blair - prime minister from 1997 to 2007 - said Labour's manifesto for December's general election had been unpopular and many voters had judged it to be \"incredible\".\n\nHe called the party's Brexit policy ahead of the election \"bizarre\", but added that it should not change position and immediately campaign for the UK to rejoin the EU.\n\n\"You've got to give [Brexit] a chance to be done,\" he added.\n\nAt the King's College London event marking the 120th anniversary of the founding of Labour, Mr Blair acknowledged that his advice was not \"particularly welcome to today's party\".\n\nHe said he would not be endorsing any of the leadership candidates, as he did not want to \"damage anyone by supporting them\".\n\nBut he said: \"When you really look objectively at our position, fundamental reconstruction is what you need.\n\n\"Now, I don't think you can tell whether any of the leadership people, or the people likely to win, are going to do that or not right now.\"\n\nIt's a given that Tony Blair - Labour's most successful election winner - is a virtual hate figure for many in the party.\n\nSo, sensibly, he chose \"not to damage\" any of the leadership candidates by backing them.\n\nIt's pretty clear, though, that he doesn't believe any have grasped the scale of the \"make-or-break\" crisis the party faces.\n\nPerhaps more significantly, however, he clearly doesn't believe a simple return to the centre ground - or Blairism - will be enough to save Labour .\n\n\"In five years' time it will not be enough for Labour to be moderate,\" he warns.\n\nMr Blair's case is that politics is in a period of unprecedented change, driven in large part by rapidly changing technology. The scale of upheaval and disruption with AI, genetic engineering, driverless cars and so on - is re-shaping society and politics.\n\nLabour, therefore, he says, cannot afford to remain recycling old debates and polices over traditional issues like nationalisation, NHS spending and tuition fees. The world and voters are moving on.\n\nNor is this a problem confined to Labour. Progressive parties across Europe, he argues, are in disarray and appear \"defunct\" - and are facing a similar challenge.\n\nIt may be that Mr Blair's analysis simply won't get a hearing because, well, he's Tony Blair.\n\nBut, even his critics can agree, he is at least asking some of the big questions.\n\nIn his London speech, Mr Blair argued that Labour would have performed better at the election with a \"more moderate\" leader, but required more far-reaching change in the long run.\n\nHe added that the party should \"redefine what radical means\" in the context of technological changes and needed to build a \"whole new progressive alliance\".\n\nMeanwhile, Ms Nandy has said the party must be \"honest\" about the failings of New Labour if it is to persuade voters to acknowledge the party's past achievements.\n\nSpeaking on ITV's Good Morning Britain, she said Mr Blair's time in office had been \"game-changing\".\n\nShe added: \"But to earn the right for a hearing with the public about the things we got right, we've also got to be honest about the things we got wrong.\"\n\nMs Nandy has previously argued that under Mr Blair, who led Labour from 1994 to 2007, the party \"tacitly accepted that four decades of economic conservatism was a bigger priority than people\".\n\nIn his speech, Mr Blair also warned the party against entering into a \"culture war with the right\" on issues such as trans rights - and said he would not sign up to a pledge to expel party members who have expressed \"transphobic\" views.\n\nWigan MP Ms Nandy and shadow business secretary Mrs Long-Bailey have said they would sign the 12-point plan by the Labour Campaign for Trans Rights.\n\nSir Keir, the party's Brexit spokesman, has not signed the pledge but has committed to a different series of promises from LGBT Labour, a party affiliate group.", "Scammers who infiltrated BT customer accounts as part of a \"sophisticated\" £358,000 fraud have been jailed.\n\nThe gang targeted in excess of 2,000 people, predominantly in the Portsmouth area, between May 2014 and July 2016.\n\nThey used the details to set up Paypal accounts to order expensive items which were then delivered to addresses in the city controlled by the group.\n\nSeven people were jailed for between 16 and 44 months for their part in the fraud.\n\nPortsmouth Crown Court heard the gang spent the money on Rolex watches, high-value jewellery, TVs and designer clothes.\n\nPolice carried out raids after being given information by BT, and group leader Festus Emosivwe, 36, put a USB data stick in his mouth and chewed on it when police arrested him, making it impossible to recover any data.\n\nThe gang spent the money on luxury goods including watches and jewellery\n\nProsecutor Michael Forster said the source of all the data leaks was not known, but there was evidence of phishing emails and officers found textbooks on computer security at Emosivwe's home.\n\nHe described it as \"a sophisticated conspiracy\" that \"persisted for two years\".\n\nThe barrister said the gang diverted customers' email addresses and phones to accounts controlled by the group, meaning victims were \"left in the dark\" until their money had been fraudulently spent.\n\nHe said although Paypal had lost the most money from the fraud, BT customers had endured \"distress and inconvenience\".\n\nSentencing the group, Judge Timothy Mousley QC said: \"The impact on your victims cannot be underestimated. Many had seriously heightened levels of anxiety, stress and fear after finding out their accounts had been hacked.\n\n\"Some expressed horror and fury at being scammed by you.\n\n\"Many were retired people who feared they'd be unable to get by financially. Each of you is responsible for inflicting that misery upon them.\"\n\nGeoffrey Noble said he experienced a \"sense of panic\" when he realised he had been defrauded\n\nOne of the victims, 69-year-old Geoffrey Noble, told the BBC he discovered his details had been used to buy £3,000 worth of goods shortly after being diagnosed with cancer.\n\nIn a statement read out on his behalf in court, he said he was \"furious\" at the fraudsters as \"nobody has the right to take the money I worked so hard for\".\n\n\"I experienced a sense of panic and fear because I did not know where it was going to end,\" he added.\n\nThe gang, who pleaded guilty to all charges, were sentenced as follows:\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Michael Allarton and his husband Dan-Jay's home in Bewdley has been badly flooded\n\nHundreds of homes have flooded across the West Midlands amid rising river levels caused by Storm Dennis. But what is the human impact of losing everything overnight?\n\nThe first thing Michael Allarton and his husband Dan-Jay knew about the flooding was when they woke up at 05:30 GMT to water beneath their feet.\n\nThe River Severn had broken its banks and floodwater had seeped through their ground-floor flat in Bewdley, Worcestershire.\n\n\"There was water all over the floor up to our ankles,\" Michael Allarton said.\n\n\"We had raw sewage coming up in a fountain from the toilet.\n\n\"We've lost everything - sofas, rugs, clothes - and the whole place is going to have to be gutted, it's devastating.\n\n\"We named our flat our 'old girl' as it's called Victoria House, it dates from the 1730s and was beautiful.\n\n\"I can't believe she's gone. You go to bed one day and the next day you have nothing.\"\n\nMichael Allarton said the whole flat \"was going to have to be gutted\"\n\nThe pair managed to get out of their property and find a place to stay in an unaffected area.\n\n\"The wheelie bins were floating along the street,\" Mr Allarton said.\n\n\"Then reality hit the next morning.\"\n\nThe couple visited their home earlier to assess the damage.\n\n\"We're going to have to start again completely from scratch,\" he added.\n\n\"Then reality hit the next morning,\" Mr Allarton said\n\nMany across the region having to come to terms with a similar situation, with about 270 homes flooded in the West Midlands and some areas still at risk.\n\nThe River Wye in Hereford reached its highest ever recorded level - 6.3m (20.7ft) - prompting emergency evacuations.\n\nBBC Hereford and Worcester reporter Nicola Goodwin is stranded in her home which is close to the river.\n\nShe said: \"It's above our wellies downstairs. The garden and the river have become one.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Nicola Goodwin This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSporting venues have also been ruined in the rising water too.\n\nSpencer Goodall, of Hereford Rugby Club, said the damage was \"soul destroying\" when he visited the site earlier.\n\nHe said: \"It's crushing really. You see [the flooding] and it's so disappointing after all the hard work volunteers put in for us.\n\nGreyfriars Avenue in Hereford was under several feet of water in the early hours, though flooding has since receded.\n\nLyndon Gore had decided not to leave his home.\n\nHe said: \"We couldn't move out, we've got too many animals in the house so we had to stay put.\n\n\"I've got chickens in the bathroom, cats on the bed, dogs all other places, so we couldn't leave them.\"\n\nLyndon Gore had decided not to leave his property due to the many pets he and his family have\n\nAlly Hunter Blair, a farmer in Ross-on-Wye, has seen water overcome 60 acres of his land and said the impact was \"catastrophic\".\n\n\"The mess we are going to have to clean up is phenomenal,\" he said.\n\n\"We're going to feel the impact of this flood for the next couple of years.\"\n\nDebbie McNally, who runs the Hope and Anchor pub and coffee shop in Ross-on-Wye, said she battled to try and save her premises.\n\nShe told the Victoria Derbyshire programme: \"The cellar is totally under water.\n\n\"We fought from 05:00 to about 11:00 to protect it, but it's gone.\n\n\"The bar needs to be replaced and the coffee shop is under 4ft of water.\"\n\nBen Willcock, who runs Mr Ben's Barbers in Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, was more upbeat.\n\nHe said: \"You can see the 'chin-up Charlie' spirit coming through.\n\n\"I was most concerned about the people sticking their heads through the door asking when we'd next be open for a hair cut.\"\n\nChris Wreghitt was in Cornwall when he received a call urging him to come home\n\nChris Wreghitt, from Powick in Worcestershire, was in Cornwall on Sunday when he received a call from neighbours advising him to return.\n\nWhen he got back, the floodwater was up to his ankles. By Monday, it was up to his chest.\n\nHis property had been flooded previously in 2007.\n\n\"I really thought we'd be safe,\" he said.\n\n\"We'd had a couple of near misses in the last few years but we were confident 2007 was a one-off and that water wouldn't go past the flood barriers when they were installed.\"\n\nAs the clean up begins for some, for others more flooding could be imminent.\n\nThe latest severe weather warning has been issued for Telford in Shropshire, with Telford and Wrekin Council deciding to evacuate 30 buildings near to the banks of the River Severn in Ironbridge at about 08:00.\n\nChief executive David Sidaway said residents should be braced for water levels to peak in the evening, according to the Environment Agency, and more heavy rain expected later this week.", "Two people have died and seven were injured after a crash involving seven vehicles and a pedestrian in Romford, east London.\n\nA man and a woman died at the scene on Squirrels Heath Road on Thursday afternoon, the Metropolitan Police said.\n\nEmergency services were called at about 13:15 GMT and fire crews cut three people free from their cars.\n\nLondon Ambulance Service said seven people were taken to hospital.\n\nAt the scene of the crash, one vehicle had rolled over and come to rest near a bus, while two hatchbacks, one blue and one black, were at an angle on the opposite site of the road.\n\nA silver Range Rover was also involved, but appeared undamaged.", "The teenager murdered Frank Sinclair near Westwood Community Centre in East Kilbride\n\nA schoolboy who \"internally decapitated\" a 61-year-old man after repeatedly stamping on his head has been given a life sentence for murder.\n\nThe 17-year-old killed Frank Sinclair in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, last year.\n\nThe youth, who cannot be named because of his age, attacked Mr Sinclair as he believed he had earlier pushed him outside a community hall.\n\nA jury found him guilty of murder at the High Court in Glasgow last month.\n\nLord Burns told the teenager he would have to serve at least 11 years in custody before he could be considered for release.\n\nSentencing the boy at the High Court in Edinburgh, he said the attack was \"wholly unprovoked\".\n\nLord Burns added: \"You proceeded to stamp on a vulnerable and immobile 61-year-old man who you had encountered lying on the ground.\n\n\"By this terrible act you killed him and deprived his family and friends of his love and companionship and they will have to live with that for the rest of their lives and you have to live with that for the rest of your life.\"\n\nThe court heard the teenager and three female friends came across Mr Sinclair lying on the ground behind Westwood Community Centre at about 20:00 on 19 January last year.\n\nInitially the boy tried to help the victim up but became angry when they both lost their balance and fell to the ground.\n\nThe court heard he believed Mr Sinclair had pushed him, causing him to scrape his face off the community centre wall.\n\nOne of the girls phoned for an ambulance and the boy walked away.\n\nThe court then heard he returned about 15 minutes later.\n\nThe girl said: \"He ran up to Mr Sinclair, raised his foot and put it down on his face.\n\n\"I could hear the sound of his foot hitting the head - the stamps were hard and forceful.\"\n\nMr Sinclair suffered 19 injuries to his face and neck including a fractured Adam's apple and a vertebrae at the top of his spine was severed causing internal decapitation.\n\nPathologist Sharon Calvert told the court this was caused by having his head repeatedly stamped on.\n\nThe jury heard such an injury was usually only seen in people who had fallen from a height or been involved in a road traffic accident.\n\nThe teenager gave evidence during proceedings and admitted to prosecution lawyer Liam Ewing QC that he had attacked Mr Sinclair.\n\nAsked what his intention was as his victim lay on the ground, the teenager replied: \"To hurt him.\n\n\"I just lost my temper. I just lost it. I thought he'd be knocked out.\n\n\"I didn't know what I did to him would kill him.\"\n\nHe also told the jury: \"I've still not got over it. I just feel destroyed.\"\n\nDefence advocate Bert Kerrigan QC told Lord Burns that his client came from a stable background and a loving family.\n\nBut the court heard the accused had anger management issues and had a \"propensity to resort to violence.\"\n\nThe boy was also sentenced to two years for an unprovoked attack on 18-year-old Jay Mungall.\n\nThe court heard he punched the teenager on the head and body at Westwood Stores in East Kilbride, about an hour before the murder.\n\nThis sentence will be served concurrently with the 11-year punishment part of the life sentence.", "You'll soon no longer find Adam Smith in your wallet or purse. The economist has been replaced as the face of the £20 note by artist JMW Turner.\n\nThe Bank of England said the new polymer £20 - which enters circulation on Thursday - is its most secure ever banknote.\n\nIt includes two see-through windows and a two colour foil to help beat forgers.\n\nThe Bank reckons half of all ATMs across the UK to be dispensing the new notes in just two weeks' time.\n\nThe new £20 is the third plastic banknote to be issued by the Bank of England after the fiver featuring Winston Churchill - launched in 2016 - and the tenner featuring Jane Austen, which was first issued in 2017.\n\nIt replaces the paper one featuring Adam Smith which has been in circulation since 2007.\n\nBut you'll still be able to use the old notes for many months to come. The Bank will give six months' notice ahead of its legal tender status being withdrawn.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Simon Gompertz takes a look at what the new £20 banknote looks like\n\nSecurity features on the new Turner note include:\n\nThe new £20 note is the first to feature the signature of Sarah John, the Bank's chief cashier. She said: \"Moving the £20 note to polymer marks a major step forward in our fight against counterfeiting. I am very grateful to everyone across the cash industry who has made this transition possible and I hope the public enjoy using their new Turner £20s.\"\n\nFederation of Small Businesses national chairman Mike Cherry said: \"The introduction of this new £20 note is a great step to cutting down on fraud which is a thorn in the side of small firms.\n\n\"As the most common note in circulation, small firms will be pleased to see the money they are working with is going to become safer and more secure. This will mean that small businesses can spend time and money on other issues away from fraud.\"\n\nThere are currently two billion £20 notes in circulation. If you laid them in a line, you could wrap them around the world nearly seven times. The £20 notes currently in circulation weigh 1,780 tons. That's the same as 141 buses.\n\nIn the first half of last year, 88% of detected banknote forgeries were £20 notes, the Bank's statistics show.\n\nThe Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has been working with the Bank to make money accessible for people with sight loss.\n\nThe new note has tactile markings on it with three separate clusters of dots along the short edge to differentiate it from the £10 note, which has two clusters of dots. It is larger than both the £10 and £5 notes.\n\nDavid Clarke, RNIB director of services, said: \"Handling cash can often be a challenge if you're blind or partially sighted, because it can be difficult to tell the difference between the different notes and coins. We hope the creation of these notes will help enable people with sight loss to use money more easily and with confidence.\n\n\"By incorporating tactile features on money, we are closer to creating a more inclusive society; it's the small changes that can make a big difference to independent living.\"\n\nPlastic notes are longer lasting. But there are questions about how long they will be needed, for widespread use anyway. With the rise of contactless cards and internet shopping, experts warned earlier this week that within the decade fewer than one in ten transactions will be in cash.\n\nCampaigners have called for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to save banknotes and coins for the millions of people who still use it for paying for vital goods and services, such as utility and council bills. Banks should be forced to provide suitable cash access to their customers, they say.\n\nBank of England Governor Mark Carney said: \"Our banknotes celebrate the UK's extraordinarily rich and diverse heritage and highlight the contributions of its greatest citizens. Turner's art was transformative.\n\n\"I am delighted that the work of arguably the single most influential British artist of all time will now appear on another two billion works of art - the new £20 notes that people can start using today.\"\n\nA new polymer £50 featuring Bletchley Park codebreaker Alan Turing will be issued next year.", "Samsung has apologised after it accidentally sent an alert to thousands of devices overnight.\n\nAffected devices received a notification from Find My Mobile in the early hours of Thursday morning.\n\nSome customers complained on social media that it had woken them up, while others worried their device had been hacked.\n\nIn a statement, Samsung said the alert had been sent unintentionally to a \"limited number\" of devices.\n\nThousands of customers posted on social media and news site Reddit, many sharing screenshots of the notification and asking what it might mean.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIt affected Galaxy devices running on Android O or newer - including Samsung's latest Galaxy S phones, its new Z-Flip device and some Samsung tablet computers.\n\nThe alert did not contain any meaningful text and did nothing when it was tapped.\n\nThe notification was received by customers worldwide\n\nSamsung said the message was the result of an internal test and that it had not done any harm to the phones that received it.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Samsung UK This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Germany is Europe's largest economy and the most populous country in the European Union.\n\nAchieving national unity later than other European nations, Germany quickly caught up economically and militarily, before defeats in World War One and World War Two left it shattered, facing the difficult legacy of Nazism and divided between Europe's Cold War blocs.\n\nAfter 1949, West Germany rebounded to become the continent's economic giant and a prime mover of European cooperation. Franco-German cooperation was central to European economic integration in the 1980s and 1990s.\n\nWith the end of the Cold War, the two parts of the country were once again united, although the economy of the former east continues to lag behind the rest of the country.\n\nSince reunification, Germany has taken a more active role in the European Union, signing the Maastricht Treaty in 1992 and the Lisbon Treaty in 2007 and co-founding the Eurozone.\n\nThe 63-year-old former finance minister defied earlier expectations by winning the September 2021 election.\n\nHe formed a coalition with the Greens and business-friendly Free Democrats in December, becoming the first Social Democrat chancellor since 2005.\n\nHe took over from the Christian Democrat Angela Merkel, Germany's first female chancellor, who governed for 16 years in coalition with either the Free Democrats or the Social Democrats.\n\nMr Scholz was her vice-chancellor as well as finance minister in 2018-2021.\n\nDespite having a much more restrained and cautious response than that of other Western countries to Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Scholz oversaw an increase in Germany's defence budget, weapons shipments to Ukraine and a discontinuance of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.\n\nScholz set out the principles of a new German defence policy in his \"Zeitenwende\" speech to parliament immediately after the invasion.\n\nScholz described the attack as a \"historic turning point\" and announced that in response his government would use a €100bn fund to significantly increase military spending, reversing Germany's previously cautious defence policy.\n\nFormer foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier was elected federal president in February 2017, succeeding Joachim Gauck.\n\nHe was reelected in February 2022 for a second five-year term as Germany's president. Although largely ceremonial post, he has been seen as a symbol of consensus and continuity.\n\nHis lenient policies toward countries such as Russia and China have earned him criticism both in Germany and internationally.\n\nGermany has a lively newspaper scene, based on regional centres but read nationwide\n\nGermany's competitive television market is the largest in Europe, with more than 38 million TV households.\n\nRegional and national public broadcasters vie for audiences with powerful commercial operators.\n\nGermans are avid newspaper readers and the non-tabloid press is a trusted news source.\n\nInternet use is near-universal. Facebook is the most popular social network,\n\nGermany's parliament is housed in the historic Reichstag building in the capital Berlin\n\n800 - Emperor Charlemagne, Frankish ruler of France and Germany is crowned Roman emperor by Pope Leo III.\n\n843 - Break-up of the Frankish empire; Germany emerges as separate realm.\n\n962 - German King Otto I is crowned Roman emperor after gaining control of northern Italy; beginning of what becomes known as Holy Roman Empire centred on Germany.\n\n1250 - Death of Emperor Frederick II Hohenstaufen marks the virtual end of central authority and the acceleration of empire's collapse into independent princely territories.\n\n1438 - Election of Albert I marks beginning of Habsburg dynasty based in Austria.\n\n1517 - Martin Luther proclaims Ninety-Five Theses against traditional church practices; start of Protestant split from the Catholic Church.\n\n1618-1648 Thirty-Years' War: The failure of Habsburg emperors' attempt to restore Catholic dominance and imperial authority against the opposition of Protestant princes.\n\n1648: The Treaty of Osnabruck, along with the Treaty of Munster, ends the Thirty Years War\n\n1648 - Peace of Westphalia - the collective name for two peace treaties signed in the Westphalian cities of Osnabrück and Münster - ends the war. The Peace of Westphalia has traditionally being seen as the origin of principles crucial to modern international relations.\n\n1806 - Napoleon's armies impose French rule over much of Germany; Francis II declares abolition of Holy Roman Empire and adopts title of emperor of Austria.\n\n1813 - Defeat of Napoleon at Battle of Leipzig.\n\n1848 - Year of Revolutions: Liberals fail in an attempt to unite Germany under democratic constitution; start of period of rapid industrialisation.\n\n1866 - Austro-Prussian War: Prussia defeats Austria in seven-week war. Part of wider rivalry between Austria and Prussia and results in Prussian dominance over other German states.\n\n1871 - Otto von Bismarck achieves unification of Germany under leadership of Prussia. The new German Empire's authoritarian constitution creates an elected national parliament but gives emperor extensive powers.\n\n1888 - William II becomes emperor: start of colonial expansion and build-up of German navy to compete with Britain's Royal Navy.\n\nShips of the Imperial German Navy: Germany's bid to challenge Britain's Royal Navy was one of the contributory factors to increasing diplomatic tensions prior to the outbreak of war in 1914\n\n1914-1918 - World War One. Germany is defeated and becomes a republic. Emperor William II abdicates and goes into exile.\n\n1919 - Treaty of Versailles: Germany loses colonies and land to neighbours, pays large-scale reparations.\n\nBeginning of the Weimar Republic, based on a new constitution. Its early years are marked by high unemployment and rampant inflation.\n\n1923 - Adolf Hitler, head of the National Socialist German Workers' (Nazi) Party, leads an abortive coup in a Munich beer hall.\n\nFrance, Belgium occupy the Ruhr over failed reparation payments. Hyperinflation leads to economic collapse.\n\n1933 - Hitler becomes chancellor. Weimar Republic gives way to a one-party state. Systematic persecution of Germany's Jews escalates. Hitler proclaims the Third Reich in 1934.\n\nKristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) sees orchestrated attacks on Jews and their property as well as synagogues.\n\n1939-1945 - Invasion of Poland triggers World War Two. Millions of people of all ages, mostly Jews but also large numbers of Gypsies, Slavs and other races, the disabled, homosexuals and religious dissenters, die as the Nazis implement an extermination policy in the death camps of eastern Europe.\n\n1945 - Germany defeated, Hitler commits suicide. Allies divide Germany into occupation zones. Berlin - in the Soviet zone - is itself divided into US, UK, Soviet and French zones.\n\n1947 - US and UK merge their two zones into one economy, the Bizone. It is a recognition of the breakdown of cooperation between the four occupying powers and the first indication the division of Europe into two Cold-War blocs.\n\n1948 - The Bizone is extended to include the French zone.\n\n1948-49 - Berlin Blockade: Amid worsening East-West relations and the introduction of the new Deutschmark currency in western zones, Soviet authorities block road and rail access from western Germany to West Berlin. The Western allies respond with the Berlin Airlift - a massive air operation to keep West Berlin supplied - until the Soviets abandon the blockade.\n\n1949 - The US, French and British zones in the west become the Federal Republic of Germany (BRD); the Soviet zone in the east becomes the communist German Democratic Republic (DDR).\n\nKonrad Adenauer, of the Christian Democrats is West Germany's first chancellor. East Germany is led by Walter Ulbricht.\n\n1955 - West Germany joins Nato. USSR responds by forming its own military alliance, the Warsaw Pact, comprising Soviet bloc countries including East Germany.\n\n1957 - West Germany is a founding member of the European Economic Community, along with France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. The French protectorate of Saarland joins West Germany after voters reject the idea of establishing it as an independent state.\n\nAugust 1961: East German border guards at the Brandenburg Gate as the DDR builds the Berlin Wall\n\n1961 - The DDR builds the Berlin Wall to stop the flight of East Germans to the increasingly prosperous West.\n\n1969 - Social Democrat Willy Brandt becomes chancellor and seeks better ties with the Soviet Union and East Germany under Ostpolitik (eastern policy).\n\n1971 - Walter Ulbricht is succeeded in East by Erich Honecker.\n\n1974 - Brandt resigns after spy revelations surrounding one of his aides.\n\n1989 - Mass exodus of East Germans as Soviet bloc countries relax travel restrictions. Berlin Wall is torn down.\n\n1990 - Chancellor Helmut Kohl reunites Germany as a single state. East and West Berlin are united into a single city and eventually becomes the capital of a reunited Germany.\n\n2015-2016 - Government allows more than a million asylum seekers from the Middle East and beyond to stay, raising public concerns about crime and public services that far-right groups exploit.\n\n2021 - Devastating floods hit parts of western Europe. Over 100 die in Germany and 22 in Belgium.\n\nThe fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 marked a pivotal moment in Germany's modern history\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. \"I'm very confident Welsh Labour will do extremely well\"\n\nThe leader of the Labour party has said he takes responsibility for the loss of six Welsh Labour seats at the general election in December.\n\nOn his first visit to Wales since the vote, Jeremy Corbyn also blamed Brexit and the media.\n\nMr Corbyn will make way for the winner of the Labour leadership election after the result is announced in April.\n\nHis party lost 60 seats in total across Britain, including five of Labour's six seats in north Wales.\n\nLosses in Wales were to the benefit of the Conservatives, who had their best Welsh Westminster result since the 1980s.\n\nSpeaking in Pontypridd, where he was visiting flood-hit communities, Mr Corbyn said: \"I was proud to lead the party in election, I was proud of the policies we put forward in the election.\n\n\"Obviously we didn't win the election, I'm very clear about that.\n\n\"I take the responsibility of the leader for doing that.\n\n\"But I also am proud of the way our party campaigned.\"\n\nHe said he was \"very confident Welsh Labour will do extremely well\" at the 2021 Senedd elections \"because of the very good record in government\".\n\nMr Corbyn said Labour lost the election for a \"myriad of reasons\", but blamed \"mainly Brexit\" and \"five years of unremitting media attacks on our movement and on our party\".\n\nHe said the media had refused \"to report what party policies actually are\".\n\n\"I think in future our party has to improve our methods of community organisation and community communication. And that I'll be supporting and doing my best to help,\" he added.", "The US rapper Pop Smoke has been killed, after an apparent armed robbery.\n\nLos Angeles Police told Radio 1 Newsbeat a man was shot at his home and later pronounced dead, although didn't confirm his identity.\n\nBut his label Republic Records says it's \"devastated by the unexpected and tragic loss of Pop Smoke\".\n\nPolice responded to reports of a robbery - a man was then taken to hospital and later pronounced dead.\n\nOfficers confirmed that an unknown number of suspects entered a property in West Hollywood.\n\nThey got a call about a robbery at 04:55 PST and were at the scene six minutes later.\n\nPop Smoke at the Rolling Loud Festival, Los Angeles, in December 2019\n\nPolice say no suspects have been identified and no arrests have been made.\n\nThey also denied reports that a man was held at the scene but say one suspect is thought to have had a handgun.\n\nPop Smoke, who this week got his first US top 10 album, was signed to Republic Records which has said in a statement \"our prayers and thoughts go out to his family, friends and fans, as we mourn this loss together.\"\n\nWhen reports first appeared in the US tributes began flooding in for Pop Smoke, real name Bashar Barakah Jackson - including from friends.\n\nPop Smoke had a breakout hit with Welcome to the Party in 2019 - which led to him being singled out as an artist to watch this year by BBC Radio 1Xtra, on the station's Hot For 2020 list.\n\nThe station said he \"possessed the air and cadence of a rapper who has been in the game for a decade or two longer than his actual age\".\n\nThe track ended up being remixed by both Nicki Minaj and Skepta.\n\nSorry, we're having trouble displaying this content. 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To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLast year he spoke about wanting to make music that inspires children who are growing up in poverty.\n\nHe told The Face: \"I make music for that kid in the hood that's gotta share a bedroom with like four kids - the young kids growing up in poverty.\n\n\"I make music for kids like that who know they just gotta keep going, that there's a better way. That's who I really make it for.\"\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has faced jibes on social media over claims he has staff blow-dry his armpits before public appearances.\n\nThe claim is from a new book, Facebook: The Inside Story by Steven Levy, that will be released later this month.\n\nA Bloomberg review included the anecdote about Mr Zuckerberg having a member of his communication team dry his \"anxiety sweat\" before a speech.\n\nA Facebook spokesperson said she doubted the story's accuracy.\n\n\"I doubt this is true, and if so, it would have been at our communications team's request, but surely anyone who has ever worn a grey T-shirt can relate,\" said Liz Bourgeois, a Facebook spokesperson.\n\nThe anecdote was first reported in a review of the book by Bloomberg News.\n\nThe description of one of Silicon Valley's top executives having a member of his staff help hide his perspiration drew jokes on social media including from other tech leaders.\n\nTwitter's chief executive Jack Dorsey posted that he had never asked his staff to dry his armpits but would be willing to do it for his communications team.\n\nThe book's author, Steven Levy, is the editor at large for technology magazine Wired and has covered Facebook for many years.\n\nHe supposedly had access to Mr Zuckerberg's personal diary from 2006. The book also contains interviews with current and former Facebook employees.\n\nBut it is the portrayal of Mr Zuckerberg and Facebook's chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg that is gaining public attention ahead of the book's release.\n\nThe book reportedly describes Ms Sandberg as micromanaging her image and allegedly includes stories about Ms Sandberg pretending to be nervous in interviews with reporters to get less difficult questions.\n\nMs Bourgeois also questioned this account of events.\n\n\"There's nothing fake about her nerves before big interviews,\" Ms Bourgeois wrote in one tweet.\n\nIn a follow-up post, she added: \"I can think of two times in three years when she told an interviewer she was nervous and both times she was going on-camera about losing Dave.\"\n\nBooks about Silicon Valley companies have become increasingly popular as the firms have moved past their start-up stages and attracted more scandal.\n\nIn 2019 Mike Isaac wrote a book about the leadership battle for control of Uber.\n\nJohn Carreyrou's book Bad Blood detailed the rise and fall of blood testing firm Theranos.", "Dr Couper was the first female president of the British Astronomical Association\n\nBroadcaster and astronomer Heather Couper has died at the age of 70.\n\nDr Couper appeared on the BBC's Blue Peter and The Sky At Night programmes, as well as presenting and producing acclaimed science documentaries.\n\nShe also hosted radio series including the BBC World Service's long-running Seeing Stars and BBC Radio 4's Cosmic Quest and Starwatch.\n\nProfessor Brian Cox said \"she was one of the pioneers in bringing astronomy to everyone, including me\".\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\nDr Couper's best friend and business partner, Nigel Henbest, said she had died on Wednesday after a short illness.\n\nShe had been a \"charismatic... and passionate communicator of science\", he said.\n\n\"She got people really excited about the Universe and about space - that was her love, her passion in life.\"\n\nShe was a regular on TV and radio from the 1980s\n\nBorn in 1949, she fell in love with astronomy as a child and recalled a day, in 1968, when she had realised astronomy was not just \"for shambolic old men in tweed jackets any more\".\n\nShe went home and wrote in her diary: \"I want to help knowledge. I want to make known and publicise science.\"\n\nSo she left her management trainee job at Top Shop to become a research assistant at the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge.\n\nHer big break came when she was asked to appear as a guest on Sir Patrick Moore's The Sky At Night.\n\nSir Patrick later recalled: \"Of course, she wrote to me when she was a little girl and said, 'Is there any future for me in astronomy?' And I said, 'Of course there is.' And I tried to give her a hand.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Carol Vorderman This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as 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\nShe also presented the 1981 ITV children's series Heavens Above and, in 1984, became the first female president of the British Astronomical Association.\n\nFour years later, she co-founded a film and TV production company, then, in 1993, took up the chair of astronomy at Gresham College.\n\nShe and Dr Henbest co-wrote dozens of books as well as monthly astronomy columns for the Independent, the last of which was published on 6 February.\n\nThe pair even applied to be the first British astronauts, Dr Couper told the Guardian in 1993, but were quickly rejected.\n\n\"They wanted someone technologically on the ball, someone who would know what buttons to press in an emergency,\" she said.\n\n\"If something blew up, I would think, 'Oh Christ! What wire goes where?'\"\n\nMore tributes came from viewers, fellow broadcasters and the scientific community.\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.", "Several people are dead following two shootings at shisha bars in the western German city of Hanau.\n\nAt least five people were injured after gunmen opened fire at about 22:00 local time (21:00 GMT), police told the BBC.\n\nKevin Elsaesser filmed the aftermath on his phone.\n\nEight dead after two shootings in Hanau, Germany", "The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will formally step down as senior royals from 31 March, a spokesperson for the couple has said.\n\nThey will no longer carry out duties on behalf of the Queen but arrangements will be reviewed after 12 months.\n\nEarlier this year Harry and Meghan announced they would be stepping back from royal duties and working to become financially independent.\n\nThey will return to the UK for engagements at the end of this month.\n\nThe couple intend to split their time between the UK and North America and the spokesperson said they would be in the UK \"regularly\".\n\nThey will attend six events in the UK in February and March, including the Commonwealth Day Service on 9 March.\n\nHarry is also expected to attend the London Marathon in April in his capacity as patron, while the couple will also attend the Invictus Games in the Netherlands in May.\n\nThe couple will formally retain their HRH titles but will not use them. The use of the word \"Royal\" is under discussion, the spokesperson said, and an announcement on this will be made alongside the launch of the couple's new non-profit organisation.\n\nHarry and Meghan's foundation applied to trademark the Sussex Royal brand - used on their website and social media - in June last year.\n\nAs the couple will no longer be undertaking engagements in support of the Queen, they will not be retaining an office at Buckingham Palace. Instead, from 1 April they will be represented via their UK foundation, the spokesperson said.\n\nHarry will retain the ranks of Major, Lieutenant Commander, and Squadron Leader but his honorary military positions will be suspended. The roles will not be filled by anyone else during the 12-month review period.\n\nFurther details about the couple's new charitable organisation will be released later this year but the spokesperson said the causes they supported, including the Commonwealth, community, youth empowerment and mental health, would remain the same.\n\nHarry's priorities also include the welfare of servicemen and women, conservation and HIV, while Meghan has focused on women's empowerment, gender equality and education.\n\nThe couple and their son Archie spent time in Canada over Christmas\n\nThe duke and duchess announced earlier this year that they planned to step back as senior royals. Details of how this would work were then unveiled, following days of talks with the Queen and other senior royals.\n\nThe couple had previously spoken about how they had struggled under the media spotlight.\n\nThe couple have been in Canada with their son Archie for much of this year, after briefly returning to the UK in January following an extended six-week Christmas break on Vancouver Island.", "Rikki Neave was found strangled and naked in woodland in Peterborough in 1994\n\nA man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a six-year-old boy who was found strangled in woodland 25 years ago.\n\nRikki Neave disappeared after leaving his Peterborough home on the morning of 28 November 1994. His naked body was found the following day.\n\nThe defendant, who was 13 at the time of Rikki's death, spoke only to confirm his name and date of birth.\n\nJames Watson is accused of murdering Rikki in Peterborough between 28 and 29 November 1994\n\nMr Watson, of no fixed address, was not asked to enter a plea during the one-minute hearing and was remanded into custody.\n\nHe will appear at the Old Bailey on Friday.\n\nRikki Neave was found in woodland near his home and his school uniform was dumped in a bin\n\nRikki's mother, Ruth Neave, was tried for his murder in 1996 and cleared of the killing but was jailed for seven years after pleading guilty to child neglect.\n\nOn the 20th anniversary of Rikki's death, the case was reviewed by a cold case team and the investigation was reopened in 2015.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A crime scene is in place at the London Central Mosque near Regent's Park in central London\n\nA man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a stabbing inside a central London mosque.\n\nThe victim, in his 70s, was injured in an attack at London Central Mosque, near Regent's Park, which police are not treating as terror-related.\n\nHe was taken to hospital by paramedics where his condition has been assessed as non-life threatening.\n\nA 29-year-old man was apprehended by worshippers who broke from prayer to restrain him until police arrived.\n\nIn a statement, the mosque said the injured man was the muezzin, the person who makes the call to prayer, and he had been stabbed shortly after 15:00 GMT during afternoon prayer.\n\nThe mosque's director general, Dr Ahmad Al Dubayan said he had a brief phone conversation with the muezzin in hospital, who said he was \"okay and feeling well\".\n\nAyaz Ahmad, an adviser to the mosque, said the stabbing \"would have been life-threatening if it wasn't for the worshippers\".\n\nImages from inside the mosque showed a man wearing a red hooded top, jeans and with bare feet being pinned to the floor by police officers.\n\nOne video showed a knife on the floor under a plastic chair.\n\nA 29-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder\n\nMustafa Field, director of the Faiths Forum for London, told reporters the attack was \"one stab, one strike, around the neck\" of the victim.\n\nHe said: \"Then the congregation members, some of them broke their prayers, and intervened, restrained the individual.\"\n\nAbi Watik, who witnessed the attack, said the arrested man had been seen at the mosque previously and the muezzin was stabbed once in the shoulder.\n\n\"He was praying behind him [the muezzin] and then he stabbed him.\n\n\"He was waiting for him I think to start praying. He was right behind him.\"\n\nThe 59-year-old added that the suspect \"was silent the whole time\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A man was arrested inside building, then led outside\n\nDr Al Dubayan said: \"We are so sad about what has happened and we hope it's just one off incident, not related or motivated by any kind of hatred.\"\n\nMiqdaad Versi, from the Muslim Council of Britain, said: \"It is deeply concerning that this has happened... Given other recent attacks elsewhere, many Muslims are on edge,\" he said.\n\nPolice believe the attack was an isolated incident and have increased patrols around the area to \"provide reassurance to worshippers and the local community\".\n\nCh Supt Helen Harpe said: \"A 29-year-old man was arrested at the scene and he has been taken into custody.\n\n\"The man is believed to have been attending prayers inside the mosque.\n\n\"This incident has undoubtedly caused a great deal of concern and we are working as swiftly as possible to establish the circumstances.\"\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted he was \"deeply saddened\" by the stabbing and his \"thoughts are with the victim and all those affected\".\n\nMayor of London Sadiq Khan said the Met Police would be \"providing extra resources in the area\" following the attack.\n\n\"Every Londoner is entitled to feel safe in their place of worship,\" he tweeted.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The leader of far-right group Britain First has been charged with an offence under the Terrorism Act after refusing to give police access to his phone.\n\nPaul Golding was stopped at Heathrow Airport in October on his way back from a trip to the Russian Parliament in Moscow by officers from the Met's Counter Terrorism Command.\n\nHe refused to give the pin codes for a number of his electronic devices.\n\nHe is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court next Thursday.\n\nMr Golding, 38, is charged with refusing to comply with a duty under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act.\n\nIn a statement he said he was not a terrorist and described the charges as \"an abuse of legislation\".\n\nSchedule 7 allows police to interrogate, search and detain anyone for up to six hours at UK ports.\n\nIt is designed to determine whether an individual is involved in the \"commission, preparation or instigation\" of acts of terrorism.", "Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling, pictured at London's Hard Rock Hotel in November\n\nLaura Whitmore has criticised a photographer for taking pictures of her in an airport against her will.\n\nOn Thursday, the Love Island host landed in Cape Town, South Africa, where she was greeted by her boyfriend, comedian Iain Stirling.\n\n\"It was the first time I've been with Iain since Caroline [Flack] passed away,\" Whitmore explained on Twitter.\n\nBut a photographer began taking pictures of the pair, despite them telling him they were \"mourning\".\n\n\"We tried to ignore it but he continued to follow us as we got coffee and left the building,\" she said.\n\n\"So I asked him would he stop as he had what he wanted. I said we were mourning a friend and could he allow us space.\"\n\nWhitmore and Stirling were both friends with Flack, who took her own life on Saturday.\n\nWhitmore said the photographer told them: \"Can you give me a reaction. It's a public place and I can take pictures if I want.\"\n\nThe presenter also uploaded a video of the incident, which was filmed by Stirling.\n\nIt is not illegal in South Africa to photograph someone without their permission provided they are in a public space.\n\nCaroline Flack took her own life on Saturday at her home in London\n\n\"I have never courted the paparazzi but understand at work events it comes with the territory,\" she added. \"But this morning was too much. Iain filmed him and he didn't like it.\n\n\"I don't like attacking people but we need to call people out when they do things like this. Iain and I just wanted some privacy.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Whitmore This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nStirling is Love Island's narrator and is currently based in South Africa while the show is being filmed.\n\nHowever, presenter Whitmore remains based in the UK and flies out to Cape Town any time she is needed for filming. She is due to appear in the final of the current season of Love Island on Sunday.\n\nLast week, Whitmore used her BBC Radio 5 Live show to \"call out\" the paparazzi, following the death of Flack, her predecessor as host of the ITV2 show.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Larry Tesler, pictured at the PC Forum in 1989, worked to make computers more accessible\n\nLarry Tesler, an icon of early computing, has died at the age of 74.\n\nMr Tesler started working in Silicon Valley in the early 1960s, at a time when computers were inaccessible to the vast majority of people.\n\nIt was thanks to his innovations - which included the \"cut\", \"copy\" and \"paste\" commands - that the personal computer became simple to learn and use.\n\nXerox, where Mr Tesler spent part of his career, paid tribute to him.\n\n\"The inventor of cut/copy & paste, find & replace, and more, was former Xerox researcher Larry Tesler,\" the company tweeted. \"Your workday is easier thanks to his revolutionary ideas.\"\n\nMr Tesler was born in the Bronx, New York, in 1945, and studied at Stanford University in California.\n\nAfter graduating, he specialised in user interface design - that is, making computer systems more user-friendly.\n\nHe worked for a number of major tech firms during his long career. He started at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (Parc), before Steve Jobs poached him for Apple, where he spent 17 years and rose to chief scientist.\n\nAfter leaving Apple he set up an education start-up, and worked for brief periods at Amazon and Yahoo.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn 2012, he told the BBC of Silicon Valley: \"There's almost a rite of passage - after you've made some money, you don't just retire, you spend your time funding other companies.\n\n\"There's a very strong element of excitement, of being able to share what you've learned with the next generation.\"\n\nPossibly Mr Tesler's most famous innovation, the cut and paste command, was reportedly based on the old method of editing in which people would physically cut portions of printed text and glue them elsewhere.\n\nThe command was incorporated in Apple's software on the Lisa computer in 1983, and the original Macintosh that was released the following year.\n\nMr Tesler, pictured in 1991, was an avowed opponent of computer \"modes\"\n\nOne of Mr Tesler's firmest beliefs was that computer systems should stop using \"modes\", which were common in software design at the time.\n\nModes allow users to switch between functions on software and apps but make computers both time-consuming and complicated.\n\nSo strong was this belief that Mr Tesler's website was called \"nomodes.com\", his Twitter handle was \"@nomodes\", and even his car's registration plate was \"No Modes\".\n\nSilicon Valley's Computer History Museum said Mr Tesler \"combined computer science training with a counterculture vision that computers should be for everyone\".\n• None Farewell from the BBC's 'man in Silicon Valley'", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Hilda Clulow celebrated her 111th birthday with a 1940's themed party in March 2019\n\nThe UK's oldest woman has died at the age of 111.\n\nHilda Clulow was one of six siblings, and married Arthur Clulow when she was 29 years old.\n\nMrs Clulow, who had one son and seven grand and great-grandchildren, worked as a dressmaker at Balsall Heath Factory from the age of 16 to 60.\n\nShe died at Bowood Court & Mews Care Home in Redditch on Christmas Eve. Staff said: \"We all loved her and were very proud of her.\"\n\nMrs Clulow died surrounded by family and friends on Christmas Eve\n\nJackie Hayden, a care assistant at Bowood Court & Mews, said: \"Hilda changed everyone's life within the home. I don't feel that she truly knew how much she was loved, although we made sure we told her every day.\n\n\"I feel privileged to have known Hilda and had the opportunity to have cared for her. She will never be forgotten.\"\n\nDawn Leaver, the care home's manager, said: \"I will never forget the honour of creating some wonderful birthday celebrations for her and I'll remember her with a glass of sherry; her favourite tipple.\"\n\nWhen she turned 110, her son, Barry said he was \"very proud\" of his mother.\n\nEngland's oldest man is 111-year-old Bob Weighton, who was born in Hull on 29 March 1908.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Julian Smith said the prime minister signed off on the Stormont deal\n\nThe former Northern Ireland Secretary Julian Smith says Prime Minister Boris Johnson read and approved the agreement for the restoration of Stormont.\n\nMr Smith was sacked during the cabinet reshuffle last week.\n\nThere was speculation he was removed because the PM felt the deal contained unacceptable elements relating to the legacy of Northern Ireland's Troubles.\n\nBut Mr Smith said a prime minister \"does not sign off a key government deal without reading it first\".\n\nResponding to Mr Smith's article in the Spectator magazine, allies of the sacked minister said it was \"absolute crap\" to suggest Mr Johnson and 10 Downing Street had not been kept informed of the full details of the New Decade, New Approach agreement.\n\nThe agreement restored power-sharing devolved government in Northern Ireland after a three-year suspension.\n\nIt contains a commitment to bring forward proposals on legacy within 100 days, cutting across what some Conservative MPs believe is the requirement to end so-called \"vexatious prosecutions\" of veterans - a pledge contained in the party's general election manifesto.\n\nJulian Smith was sacked after 204 days in the role\n\nWriting in the Spectator, Mr Smith said: \"On Wednesday night the Times reported my expected fate, suggesting the reason for the chop was that Downing Street had been unaware of key details of the deal to restore Stormont.\n\n\"I was grateful for the opportunity to confirm to the journalist that a PM does not sign off a key government deal without reading it first, alongside a phalanx of talented PJ Masks aides.\"\n\nDominic Cummings, Mr Johnson's chief adviser, told reporters ahead of the reshuffle that the animated superhero trio - PJ Masks - would \"do a greater job than all of them [cabinet ministers] put together\".\n\nMr Smith suggested there were signs from the government ahead of the reshuffle that his time in the cabinet would be coming to an end.\n\nHe told the Spectator: \"My suspicions were raised by Tuesday: my close protection apologised about the swap to a Skoda because the main car was in the garage; I received a fumbled brief about what would happen 'should things go badly' for me in the reshuffle; and finally, I could no longer reach the team on the normal phone due to 'battery problems'.\n\n\"News from my private office confirmed that indeed miracles would be required to turn this patient's prospects around.\n\n\"After a few side glances one private secretary told me that he had got wind via the civil service 'net' that I should be in for 08:00 GMT on Thursday.\"\n\nMr Smith was replaced by former Conservative Party chairman Brandon Lewis.\n\nAt the time of the deal Mr Johnson said it struck a \"balance\" between supporting veterans and giving victims of the Troubles the chance to seek justice.\n\nBut the PM also said he would keep his manifesto promise to end \"vexatious\" prosecutions of former servicemen.\n\nNo official reason was given for the replacement of Julian Smith but he became one of many casualties of a cabinet reshuffle last week after just 204 days in the role.\n\nThe decision came just weeks after he had worked with Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney on producing the New Decade, New Approach deal.\n\nHis predecessors James Brokenshire and Karen Bradley had been unsuccessful in their attempts to restore devolved government.\n\nOther notable highlights from his brief stint in office included helping legislation to provide compensation to historical abuse victims in Northern Ireland pass through Parliament.\n\nJulian Smith said serving as Northern Ireland secretary had \"been the biggest privilege\" and \"the warmth and support from people across NI has been incredible\".", "Gillian Millane spoke to the court via video-link, saying her daughter \"died terrified and alone\".\n\nGrace Millane was killed while travelling in New Zealand.\n\nA 28-year-old male, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been sentenced to a minimum of 17 years in prison.", "Chancellor Angela Merkel said there were multiple clues that a gunman in the German city of Hanau had acted out of racism and right-wing extremism.\n\nShe also added that authorities would do everything possible to clarify the background to the attack.\n\nAt least nine people were killed in the shooting which federal prosecutors are treating as an act of terrorism.", "A patient at King's College Hospital in London played the violin while surgeons operated on her brain to remove a tumour.\n\nDagmar Turner, 53, played the violin so surgeons could ensure parts of the brain which control hand movements and coordination were not damaged during the millimetre-precise procedure.\n\nMs Turner, from the Isle of Wight, was diagnosed with a brain tumour after suffering a seizure in 2013.\n\nShe was concerned over losing the ability to play the violin.\n\nHer tumour was located in the right frontal lobe of her brain, close to an area that controls the fine movement of her left hand.", "Grace Millane was last seen alive on the eve of her 22nd birthday\n\nGuilty. The intake of breath, a sob from the dead woman's mother. A single word was all it took to bring to an end one of the most highly publicised murder cases in New Zealand's history.\n\nThree weeks of evidence, hundreds of hours of painstaking police work and a year of grief for a family had built up to the moment 12 jurors agreed that a 27-year-old man had murdered Grace Millane.\n\nWhat had started out as a missing person inquiry in December 2018 when a daughter, sister and friend failed to respond to 22nd birthday messages swiftly turned into a murder investigation.\n\nWhen Ms Millane did not respond to birthday messages, her family issued an appeal on social media\n\nWithin days of her disappearance, police had identified a suspect, spoken to him and, unbeknownst to the killer, tracked his movements by trawling through CCTV evidence.\n\nBefore long police would find Ms Millane's body, which he had stuffed into a suitcase and buried in the mountainous Waitākere Ranges. There followed an outpouring of grief from a small nation unused to such crimes.\n\nThe backpacker's body was discovered in bushland outside Auckland\n\nPrime Minister Jacinda Ardern issued an apology to Ms Millane's parents David and Gillian, saying \"your daughter should have been safe here, she wasn't and I'm sorry for that\".\n\nMs Millane, from Wickford, Essex, and the man who would go on to murder her made contact through a dating app and hit it off immediately.\n\nShe was in Auckland as part of a round-the-world trip, while he had been living there working in various sales jobs.\n\nIt was clear from the footage they enjoyed each other's company; they were close, they kissed. Ms Millane even messaged a friend back home to tell her how much she was connecting with him.\n\nThe pair were seen getting on well at various locations in the city\n\nThey returned to his hotel.\n\nBut after she left the lift, she was never seen alive again.\n\nThey were seen in a lift, heading for the room where Ms Millane would be murdered\n\nThere he strangled her before taking pictures of her and watching pornography. He claimed she had died accidentally during consensual sex.\n\nDespite his murder conviction, her killer still cannot be named. A court suppression order remains in place and is likely to do so beyond his sentencing on 21 February, in part because of the level of interest in the case.\n\nReporting on the trial has proved challenging; because the defendant could not be named, CCTV footage had to be blurred, and there were legal disputes over some pieces of evidence. Several witnesses also had their identities protected.\n\nThe killer's identity is suppressed under New Zealand law\n\nBecause of the nature of the killer's defence, Ms Millane's parents have had to listen to claims about their daughter's sex life, with the details reported across New Zealand and around the world.\n\nGraphic information, in particular regarding the night of her murder, was analysed as Mr and Mrs Millane watched in court.\n\nAt times, Mrs Millane would look at the floor or hold her head in her hands as the injuries inflicted on her daughter were described.\n\nThe University of Lincoln graduate was on a round-the-world trip at the time of her death\n\nThe prosecution accused the man of \"eroticising\" Ms Millane's death by taking intimate photographs of her body and looking up pornography while she lay dead in his room.\n\nIn a way, he managed to do the same during her trial with his story about consensual sex gone wrong - a tale rejected by the jury - leading to a focus on BDSM and breath-play.\n\nExperts, Tinder dates and ex-lovers were all brought to court to talk about the killer and his victim.\n\nThe defendant was portrayed as a serial dater; he even messaged and met up with a woman as Ms Millane's body lay in a suitcase.\n\nIt was the sexualising of the murder that brought the killer down.\n\nThe timeline of his Google searches and the naked pictures of Ms Millane were irreconcilable with his case, the prosecution said. Either Ms Millane was dead when they were taken, or he had searched for the Waitākere Ranges, where he buried her body, while she was still living - thus showing he planned to kill her.\n\nThe defence could only offer that they had been \"random\" drunk searches, and the Waitākere Ranges was perhaps somewhere the pair had planned to go for a day out.\n\nDavid and Gillian Millane attended the trial in Auckland\n\nThe killer's right to use the \"rough sex\" defence, and some of the reporting of it, has angered Fiona Mackenzie, founder of the campaign group We Can't Consent To This.\n\nDescribing it as the \"ultimate victim blaming\", she said: \"He gets to tell her story, he gets to tell the story of what she was like and how she asked for it.\n\n\"Families not only lose their loved one but these men [those who use such a defence] steal the public perception of them and destroy their reputation. It's appalling.\"", "Grace's cousin, Hannah O'Callaghan, spoke to BBC Breakfast about the impact of her death\n\nA cousin of murdered British backpacker Grace Millane has said the sentencing of her killer this week will not bring closure to the family.\n\n\"We've lost Grace,\" said Hannah O'Callaghan. \"The sentence will not change the fact that Grace is gone.\"\n\nMs Millane, from Wickford in Essex, was strangled by a man she met on a dating app in New Zealand in December 2018.\n\nHer family have set up a project in her memory collecting handbags and toiletries for domestic abuse victims.\n\nSo far, more than 1,000 bags have been donated in the UK and there are appeals in New Zealand and North America.\n\nGrace Millane was last seen alive on the eve of her 22nd birthday\n\nGrace's cousin and mum donate the bags to refuges along with a tag reading: \"Love Grace x\"\n\nMs Millane's killer, a 28-year-old man who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found guilty last year and will be sentenced in Auckland on Friday morning - Thursday evening, UK time.\n\nIn an interview with BBC Breakfast, Ms O'Callaghan was asked whether the family felt as if this week was a big week, or marked a chapter ending.\n\nMs Callaghan said: \"No. Every week is going to be a big week.\n\nThe University of Lincoln graduate loved to travel\n\nShe said the project to help female victims of domestic abuse had been \"incredibly cathartic\" for the family.\n\n\"It's brought us together as a family in a time of grief. We're all talking together, we're remembering Grace, we're talking about day-to-day life.\"\n\nIt had \"absolutely\" helped Grace's mum, she added. \"It's allowed her to express her grief. Sometimes when things like this happen you do feel useless. You can't change it so let's make some positives out of our negative.\"\n\nMs Millane, who died on the night before her 22nd birthday, was described as a \"fun-loving, carefree individual\" by cousin Ms Callaghan.\n\nShe had wanted to travel around the world from the age of 11, and had been selling her own artwork online to fund her trip.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Grace Millane’s father David paid tribute to his daughter and said her murder had \"ripped apart\" the family\n\nAnd when asked whether the death raises questions about the safety of dating apps, Ms Callaghan said: \"This could have happened anywhere, anytime.\n\n\"It's not because of a dating app. She went on a date and met the wrong person.\n\n\"People shouldn't change the way they live because of this. It was one individual who did this.\"", "Saima Afzal and Maryam Batan were seen as trailblazers when they were elected as councillors\n\nBlackburn's first two Asian women councillors have been deselected for speaking out against old-fashioned attitudes, it has been claimed.\n\nSaima Afzal and Maryam Batan are understood to have alleged the selection process on 7 February was unfair and broke Labour party rules.\n\nSources say they were replaced with Asian women who would be less independent minded and toe the line.\n\nIn an unusual move, Labour will re-run the selection process on Friday.\n\nMs Afzal and Ms Batan were seen as trailblazers when they were elected in May 2018.\n\nEarlier this month they stood for re-selection by the Blackburn Labour party but two other Asian women were chosen to replace them in the local elections in May.\n\nIt is understood Ms Afzal and Ms Batan complained when they were deselected, claiming party rules were broken to force them out.\n\nSupporters of the two councillors claim the two new candidates were not eligible to be selected as they have been members for less than a year and were handpicked to toe the line.\n\nCouncillor Zamir Khan, who ran the selection, described their reaction as \"sour grapes\".\n\nThe NW Labour party confirmed the selection process would be re-run on Friday.\n\nSupporters of the two councillors believe they have been victims of misogyny by a group of older Asian men within the Blackburn Labour party because the two women were independent-minded and willing to speak out against old-fashioned attitudes.\n\nThe regional Labour party would not comment on allegations of sexism and council leader Mohammed Khan declined to comment.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Barclays says it has scrapped a system that tracked the time employees spent at their desks and sent warnings to those spending too long on breaks.\n\nThe bank introduced the computer monitoring system last week, but faced a staff backlash, reported by City AM.\n\nBarclays said axing the tracking system was a response to \"colleague feedback\", but would not say if it was permanent.\n\nThe software, Sapience, claims to create \"unprecedented transparency\" within companies.\n\n\"It also determines when an employee goes offline for periods of time,\" the software firm's website says. A Barclays source said the tool was used to monitor the \"effectiveness\" of people's time at their desks.\n\nBut in addition to sparking unease within the bank, it attracted criticism from privacy campaigners and HR professionals.\n\nSilkie Carlo, director of privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch, said \"intrusive monitoring\" deprived staff of privacy in the workplace.\n\n\"Managers would never get away with breathing down employee's necks, personally monitoring their screens or logging toilet and water breaks,\" she said. \"The availability of technology to [monitor] staff surreptitiously does not make it any more acceptable.\"\n\nShe described the software as \"creepy\" and called on Barclays to \"urgently review\" its use.\n\nBarclays said the software was part of a pilot that was rolled out in part of its investment banking division.\n\nBut after the City AM newspaper revealed details of the scheme and published damning comments from an employee who spoke to the paper anonymously, Barclays said managers would no longer be able to track the activities of individual workers.\n\nIn a statement, the bank said: \"We always intended to listen to colleague feedback as part of this limited pilot which was intended to tackle issues such as individual over-working as well as raise general productivity.\"\n\nBut Edward Houghton, head of research at Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, questioned whether it was ever appropriate to use what he described as a \"Big Brother\" approach to workplace monitoring.\n\n\"Technologies like this may actually cause more harm than good,\" he said. \"They can... create mistrust or low levels of trust for employees - employees can feel like they're being watched and not trusted to do their own work effectively.\"\n\nIt is not the first time the bank has come under fire for using technology to monitor its staff.\n\nIn 2017, Barclays faced widespread criticism after it installed black boxes under the bankers' desks to track how long they were spending at work.\n\nCampaign group Privacy International said: \"Data protection rules are very clear, strict and do not allow employers to carry out such monitoring unless they are able to prove that this is strictly necessary and proportionate and it does not severely impact employees' rights.\n\n\"People are entitled to some fundamental rights even if they are in work,\" it said. \"International banks are no exception.\"\n• None How does it feel to be watched at work all the time?", "The project is aimed at improving safety on the A465 and regenerating the region's economy\n\nWales' biggest road building project is costing taxpayers about £100m more than planned, a new report has said.\n\nTransforming the A465 into a dual carriageway between Gilwern and Brynmawr was meant to be finished by September 2018 but is now pegged for completion in April 2021.\n\nAuditor general Adrian Crompton said those living locally were paying a \"higher than expected price\".\n\nThe Welsh Government said the scheme was complex, but would bring benefits.\n\nThe five mile-long project in the Clydach Gorge has been hit by legal disputes between the Welsh Government and road builder Costain.\n\nThe geology of the area has been at the centre of the challenges and what has been found on site has been more difficult to build on than anticipated.\n\nBoth sides have argued over who should pay for the increase in cost.\n\nThe Wales Audit Office (WAO) report into the delays said it was impossible to say how long the dispute would take to resolve and the uncertainty meant it was difficult for the Welsh Government to predict the final figure.\n\nIt is part of a larger project to widen the A465 and was first envisaged in 1994.\n\nIn 2014, costs to the public purse were estimated by the Welsh Government at £223m, but this has risen to £321m.\n\nHowever, the overall estimated project cost is much higher and is not included in the report due to commercial sensitivity. Costain believes the Welsh Government's estimated share is understated.\n\nThe WAO said the level of disruption to local communities had been greater than expected. Six weekend closures had initially been agreed for safety reasons, but by the end of November the section of A465 had been closed for 57 weekends.\n\nMr Crompton said: \"This is not the first time that the Welsh Government has faced difficulties with significant cost increases and delays on road projects and it is vital that lessons are learnt for future infrastructure schemes.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Heads of the Valleys dualling \"has been hell\"\n\nThe scheme involves replacing the old three-lane road, with builders fitting the new road into the gorge with split carriageways - with one part on a different level to the other - utilising a number of retaining walls.\n\nThese have formed part of one of several complicated legal disputes as the parties argue how to deal with increased construction costs.\n\nAccording to the report, elements of the design developed by Costain for the walls were considered by the firm to be \"impossible and/or illegal to construct in compliance with relevant standards/regulations or have been changed for other reasons\".\n\n\"The changed designs are costing significantly more to construct\", the report said.\n\nArbitration led to the Welsh Government and Costain splitting the increase, but the two parties remain in dispute about who is liable for a significant portion of the increase in cost.\n\nEconomy Minister Ken Skates says the road is more than 85% complete\n\nOther issues have included asbestos found at a former factory site, where the Welsh Government had to foot the bill.\n\nLegal fees have mounted - with the Welsh Government having spent £1.49m by last November.\n\nEconomy Minister Ken Skates said on Tuesday that builders have delayed the end date to April 2021.\n\n\"I am obviously very disappointed by this further delay and have asked the project team to continue to explore what can be done to bring forward these programmed dates,\" he added.\n\nMr Skates said a total of 65% of the project's cash has been spend with Welsh firms, with 270 new jobs created and 69 apprentices trained.\n\nHelen Mary Jones, Plaid Cymru economy spokeswoman, said: \"There are clearly serious issues with this project and for the sake of public interest, the Welsh Government must release all details so that real scrutiny can take place.\"\n\nWelsh Conservative business spokesman Russell George said: \"It is not first time that the Welsh Labour Government has managed roads projects that have suffered significant cost increases and delays, and its increasingly vital that lessons are learnt, and learnt now, for future infrastructure schemes.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government said the project was \"widely recognised as one of the most complex road engineering projects in the UK at the moment\".\n\nIt added: \"We recognise the frustration caused by the issues highlighted in the report, and will of course consider its findings.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dame Julie Walters spoke to the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire about how a doctor broke the news to her\n\nDame Julie Walters has revealed she was diagnosed with stage three bowel cancer.\n\nThe actress, who has starred in Mamma Mia, Billy Elliot and Educating Rita, told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire she initially thought doctors \"must have made a mistake\".\n\nHaving had chemotherapy, the actress has now been given the all clear.\n\nShe said her next film, The Secret Garden, could possibly be her last - although she is not certain to retire.\n\nDame Julie said she had been diagnosed with stage three bowel cancer - which means the cancer has spread to nearby lymph nodes but not to distant body parts - 18 months ago, with two primary tumours in her large intestine.\n\nDame Julie's celebrated career has led to numerous accolades, including a special award from Bafta\n\nThe 69-year-old said she had first gone to see her doctor a year earlier with indigestion and \"slight discomfort\", and later returned with symptoms such as stomach pain, heartburn and vomiting.\n\nShe was then referred to a gastric surgeon, where she had a CT scan.\n\nThe actress had been on set filming The Secret Garden when she received a phone call asking her to come in. The specialist told her they had found an abnormality in her intestine, and feared it was cancer.\n\n\"I was still thinking, 'That's ridiculous, he must have made a mistake'. I couldn't believe it,\" Dame Julie said.\n\nShe remembers, still in shock, the moment she told her husband Grant Roffey the news.\n\n\"I'll never forget his face. Tears came into his eyes.\"\n\nVictoria Derbyshire's full interview with Dame Julie can be viewed in the UK here.\n\nDame Julie said she had always maintained hope of a recovery, having been told by her doctor: \"We can fix this.\"\n\nBut she said there were moments - especially waiting for surgery - when she thought: \"Well, I may not come round from the anaesthetic.\"\n\nDame Julie explained she had \"30cm taken out of my colon\" in hospital.\n\nOn coming round from her anaesthetic, she said - still feeling its effects - she had had the \"weird\" experience of \"feeling absolutely marvellous\".\n\n\"I said to the night nurse, 'Is Love Island on?' - because we were talking about it - and we watched it together.\n\n\"It was only a couple of days later I thought, I feel exhausted, and a bit low actually.\"\n\nAfter being initially reluctant, she opted for chemotherapy, which she said was \"fine\" and had not caused hair loss.\n\nSmiling, she said she was now she was \"really well\", adding: \"I've just had a scan, and I know that [I'm] clear.\"\n\nDame Julie said her diagnosis and resulting treatment had led her to miss the Mamma Mia 2 premiere\n\nHer recovery, however, had meant she had to be cut from certain scenes in the soon-to-be-released film The Secret Garden, in which she stars alongside Colin Firth.\n\nShe said she also missed the premiere of Mamma Mia 2, with her agent telling people she had a ruptured hernia so she could keep the diagnosis out of the spotlight.\n\nDame Julie told Derbyshire - who has previously documented her own recovery from cancer in a series of video diaries - the diagnosis had \"completely changed\" her perspective towards acting.\n\n\"The person before the operation is different to this person.\"\n\nShe said it was in some ways a \"huge relief\" to get off the \"merry-go-round\" of starring in films and on television - which she said although she found enjoyable, was also stressful and consuming.\n\n\"I was due to do two big series... and there were two films. And I just didn't have to do any of it. And that was wonderful.\"\n\nAsked if she thought The Secret Garden could be her last film, she said it was possible.\n\n\"It would have to be something I'm really engaged with [to take another role on].\n\n\"I'm not saying I'll never act again. But I certainly don't think I can go back to [a film that requires working] six days a week, five in the morning till seven o'clock at night.\"\n\nMost people with these symptoms do not have bowel cancer, but the NHS advice is to see your GP if you have one or more of the symptoms and they have persisted for more than four weeks.\n\nAnd if you, or someone you know, have been affected by cancer, information and support is available on the BBC's Action Line page.\n\nIn April 2016, Dame Julie's close friend, the comedian, singer and writer Victoria Wood died after being diagnosed with terminal cancer.\n\nThe pair were long-time comedy partners and starred together in Acorn Antiques.\n\nDame Julie said her own experience of cancer had now made her reflect on \"how frightened [Wood] must have been\".\n\n\"Because at least I could have an operation. She couldn't.\n\n\"But the other thing I thought was, 'God, the last time I saw her was in the hospital sitting by the bed... And I had [cancer] at the same time'.\"\n\nAcorn Antiques, featuring Dame Julie Walters and Victoria Wood - who also wrote it - was adapted into a 2005 musical\n\nMore than 42,000 people are diagnosed with bowel cancer every year in the UK, the charity Bowel Cancer UK says.\n\nSome 95% of new cases are diagnosed in people over the age of 50.\n\nDame Julie urged the public that if they thought they had symptoms, \"you've got to go and get things checked\".\n\nReferring to the stigma of being examined by a doctor, she said: \"Your bowel is part of your digestive system, it's just what digests your food. Think of that.\n\n\"Doctors are used to bottoms. They've got one themselves.\"\n\nFollow the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme on Facebook and Twitter - and see more of our stories here.", "The ship has been docked in Yokohama, a city south of Tokyo, since 3 February\n\nBritons stranded on a quarantined cruise ship in Japan will be able to board an evacuation flight home on Friday, the foreign secretary has said.\n\nOnly those who are showing no signs of illness will be able to travel, and they will be quarantined on their return to the UK.\n\nThose who have tested positive will remain in Japan for treatment.\n\nDominic Raab said the flight would be from Tokyo, and urged any other Britons who wanted to leave to get in touch.\n\nThere were 78 British nationals on board the Diamond Princess cruise liner when it was quarantined on 5 February, after a man who disembarked in Hong Kong was found to have the virus.\n\nMore than 620 people onboard the cruise ship - which was carrying 3,700 passengers - have tested positive for the condition. It is the largest cluster of cases outside China.\n\nTwo passengers from the ship have now died. The Japanese citizens were in their 80s and had underlying health conditions, local media said.\n\nOne of the passengers from the ship catching a taxi after being allowed to leave\n\nOn Wednesday, when the two-week quarantine period on the liner expired, officials allowed passengers who had tested negative for the virus to disembark.\n\nBut the Foreign Office advised all UK nationals to stay onboard until it organised an evacuation flight for them, warning there could be administrative problems if they left the ship.\n\nEarlier, Mr Raab said a UK-chartered flight had been arranged, with details sent to those who had registered for the flight.\n\nIt is expected to land at Boscombe Down, a Ministry of Defence base in Wiltshire, early on Saturday morning.\n\nSome passengers who had disembarked left on buses\n\nThe cruise operator and Japanese officials allowed passengers to leave on Wednesday, UK time\n\nThose returning from the ship will spend 14 days at Arrowe Park Hospital in Wirral, where two groups of people travelling from China have already been taken.\n\n\"There is no risk to the public, and the hospital will continue to run as normal,\" the Department of Health said.\n\nMeanwhile, one of the British passengers who has tested positive for the virus has posted a picture of himself in a hospital bed in Japan.\n\nDavid Abel revealed earlier this week that he and his wife Sally had both been told they had the virus.\n\nDavid Abel and his wife Sally, from Northamptonshire, are being treated in a hospital in Japan\n\nAnother British passenger, Alan Sandford, and his wife Vanessa were both \"very happy\" about the prospect of returning home to Nottinghamshire after being found not to have contracted the virus.\n\nHe told BBC Breakfast the last few weeks had been \"a major inconvenience\" but that other passengers had faced \"horrific\" circumstances such as getting ill, being seperated from their partners or being trapped inside cabins without windows.\n\nAlan Sandford says he and his wife have their fingers crossed they will be on the evacuation flight to the UK\n\nMeanwhile, British honeymooner Alan Steele, who was diagnosed with coronavirus on the cruise ship, announced on Facebook that he had left hospital and was in a hotel in Yokohama - ahead of his return to the UK.\n\nJapan has faced criticism over its handling of the outbreak, with one health expert calling the situation onboard \"completely chaotic\".\n\nThe Foreign Office is advising affected British nationals affected to call the British embassy in Tokyo on +81 3 5211 1100.\n\nElsewhere, any British passengers on board a cruise ship docked in Cambodia amid fears of an outbreak will not be treated as being at high risk of coronavirus, Public Health England (PHE) has said.\n\nThe MS Westerdam made shore in Sihanoukville on 13 February, after being rejected by five countries because one of its former passengers was found to be carrying the virus.\n\nThe ship was originally carrying 2,257 people - including a reported 100 Britons - with the majority having already disembarked - leaving 255 passengers and 747 crew members on board.\n\nThe majority of passengers have disembarked the MS Westerdam Cambodia, pictured here at Preah Sihanouk port last week\n\nPHE said any of the ship's passengers flying back to the UK will be asked to self-isolate when they return.\n\nIn China, Covid-19 - the illness brought on by the coronavirus - has now claimed 2,004 lives, according to the latest Chinese data released on Wednesday.\n\nThere have been 74,185 confirmed infections recorded in mainland China and about 700 cases in other countries.\n\nIn the UK, a total of 5,549 people had been tested for the virus, as of Thursday at 14:00 GMT. Only nine people have tested positive.\n\nHave you been affected by what's happening on the Diamond Princess cruise ship? 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:", "MSPs say \"urgent action\" is needed to address the pressure on Scotland's overcrowded prisons.\n\nHolyrood's public audit committee said conditions in the largest jail, HMP Barlinnie in Glasgow, were so poor that a contingency plan was needed in case it became uninhabitable.\n\nThe report warned \"if Barlinnie fails, the whole prison system is at risk\".\n\nHowever, he said a \"catastrophic failure\" was not anticipated at the prison.\n\nThe Scottish Prison Service (SPS) said its challenges had been recognised with increased funding.\n\nBut the report from Holyrood's public audit committee said an increase in demand and \"10 years of capital under spend\" were to blame for the pressures on the prison service.\n\nPublic audit committee convener and Labour MSP Jenny Marra said there were \"significant and wide-ranging challenges\" for the SPS and Scottish government to overcome.\n\nShe told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme: \"Barlinnie is the oldest jail in Scotland. It's a Victorian building. It's 50% over-capacity. The state of the building is deteriorating and what the committee found was that the SPS has no contingency plan.\n\n\"If that building were to fail then the SPS didn't have an answer for us on where those 1,500 prisoners would go.\"\n\nShe added that the SPS needed to be in \"better shape\" to deal with the challenges it faced across Scotland.\n\nIn December last year, a report from Holyrood's justice committee called for more money to be given to the SPS after Audit Scotland said that, in real terms, the prison service's revenue budget had dropped by 14.2% over five years.\n\nWendy Sinclair-Gieben, the chief inspector of prisons for Scotland, has previously described conditions at Barlinnie as \"shocking\".\n\nA replacement for Barlinnie is currently expected by 2025 but the public audit committee report warns possible delays to the project must be planned for.\n\nThey also describe suggestions to double-up prisoners in individual cells at other jails would be a \"a step backwards rather than forwards\".\n\nThe report points out that payments to prison staff doing extra work to cover absences has nearly doubled in the space of three years as a result of a surge in sickness absence and prisoner numbers at high levels.\n\nHMP Barlinnie in Glasgow is operating over capacity and has been described as the \"biggest risk of failure\" in the prison estate\n\nA SPS spokeswoman said: \"The safety and wellbeing of those living and working in our prisons is a priority for the SPS and it is to the credit of our staff that good order is maintained across our estate.\n\n\"It is well documented that the SPS is managing an increased prison population who have challenging and complex needs.\n\n\"The recent budget announcement by the Scottish government acknowledges the significant challenges the service faces, particularly in response to population numbers, and our settlement for 2020-21 has increased in recognition of these pressures.\"\n\nHumza Yousaf told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme: \"For every single part of the prison estate we have a contingency plan, for example if there were to be some sort of catastrophic failure.\n\n\"We would move them [prisoners] partly across the estate but there may be other solutions that we would also have to look at as well, but nobody is anticipating a catastrophic failure at Barlinnie.\n\n\"What we're anticipating is investment going into the current estate, including Barlinnie, building the new Barlinnie and of course working with the prison estate to see what other further improvements can be made.\n\n\"But of course, ultimately, if we reduce the prison population we ease the pressure on Barlinnie, we ease the pressure right across the estate.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Mya-Rose Craig is thought to be Britain's youngest receiver of the Doctorate of Science from the University of Bristol\n\nA teenage birdwatcher has urged students to \"tackle the environmental crisis\" as she received an honorary doctorate at the age of 17.\n\nMya-Rose Craig, also known as Birdgirl, set up Black2Nature to help engage more children from minority ethnic backgrounds (BAME) in conservation.\n\nShe received the doctor of science degree from the University of Bristol.\n\nThe environmentalist posts on Twitter as BirdGirlUK and is thought to be the UK's youngest recipient of the award.\n\nMya-Rose Craig is currently studying English literature, Spanish and media studies at A-level and will sit her exams in May\n\nAccepting the accolade she said everybody from every community should \"tackle the environmental crisis we find ourselves in\".\n\n\"Now more than ever, it is important to recognise that inequality of engagement creates inequality of opportunity and an unequal world is not a sustainable one,\" she said.\n\n\"I hope that everyone will have their light bulb moment, like I did, when they realise what they really care about and want to fight for.\"\n\nShe called for those graduating to use their skills to \"really go out and change the world for the better\".\n\nThe 17-year-old began running nature camps when she was 13\n\nMs Craig was nominated for the honorary degree by Dr Rich Pancost, head of earth sciences at the university.\n\n\"To bestow a comparable honour on someone who is only 17 years old is not a decision we take lightly,\" Dr Pancost said.\n\n\"It is reserved for those who are leading truly special projects, courageous projects, transformative projects.\n\n\"Mya-Rose is doing exactly that.\"\n\nTV presenter and nature enthusiast Bill Oddie said initially he had been \"somewhat confused\" when he started getting emails from \"BirdGirl\".\n\nHe said: \"A super hero? Well, actually yes Myra-Rose is exactly that.\n\n\"Intelligent, informed, passionate, and persistent, whatever the cause, such qualities are what gets things done,\" he added.\n\nShe is currently studying English literature, Spanish and media studies at A-level and will sit her exams in May, and plans to take a gap year before going to university to study politics and international relations.\n\nHer mother Helena Craig said it was \"astonishing\" her daughter was to become the youngest person in the country to receive an honorary doctorate.\n\nShe added: \"Mya speaking out about race and diversity in the environmental movement has attracted certain people and negativity.\n\n\"It's been difficult, so it's good that she is now getting that recognition.\"\n\nProf Pancost, ex-director of the Bristol Cabot Institute who also nominated Mya-Rose, said he felt \"proud\" to see her receive the doctorate as she had created a \"phenomenal amount of positive change\" for nature.\n\n\"She is a champion for diversity and equity in the environmental and conservation sector, challenging institutions but also creating and driving transformative projects like Black2Nature,\" he said.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nJeremy Corbyn has said he would consider serving in the shadow cabinet if offered a job by his successor as Labour leader.\n\nOne of the candidates, Rebecca Long-Bailey, has said she would offer Mr Corbyn a place in her team if she wins the contest to replace him.\n\nAsked whether he would accept a role, he said he was \"happy to serve the party in any capacity\".\n\nSir Keir Starmer and Lisa Nandy are also in the running to be leader.\n\nVoting opens on 24 February and the winner will be announced on 4 April.\n\nSpeaking on a visit to flood-affected areas of Pontypridd in south Wales, Mr Corbyn said: \"My whole life has been about making my contribution in Parliament, holding the government to account and of course speaking out on policy areas.\"\n\nHe said he would \"see what it is\" if offered a role, adding that he \"didn't know\" whether this would happen.\n\nIt seems despite leading Labour to one of its worst election defeats, Jeremy Corbyn is in no rush to leave front-line politics.\n\nWhile other leading Labour figures like John McDonnell have confirmed they will be returning to the back benches, Mr Corbyn has signalled a readiness to continue in the shadow cabinet.\n\nIt's an outcome that - though unprecedented - could yet come about, given Rebecca Long-Bailey, one of the leadership contenders, has already said she would be prepared to offer him a job.\n\nThe idea, however, of Jeremy Corbyn remaining in the shadow cabinet would be hugely controversial and divisive.\n\nIt would also incense those who believe Mr Corbyn was one of the main reasons for the party's shattering defeat.\n\nMr Corbyn, on the left of the Labour Party, was a backbench MP for more than 30 years before he won the leadership contest in 2015.\n\nHe is going following four general election defeats in a row for the party, two of them under his stewardship.\n\nDeputy leadership contender and shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon has previously said standing down is \"not the end for Jeremy Corbyn\", as far as frontline politics is concerned.\n\nOn Thursday, leadership hopeful Ms Nandy said she would would be \"happy\" to serve in a shadow cabinet led by either of her rivals.\n\nBut Sir Keir, seen as the front-runner, has refused to commit to working in the shadow cabinet if he loses the contest.\n\nShadow education secretary Angela Rayner, shadow equalities minister Dawn Butler, Scotland's only remaining Labour MP Ian Murray and Tooting MP Rosena Allin-Khan are also in the running for deputy leader.", "The property (centre) is one inaccessible room above an alleyway\n\nA town centre property with river frontage and far-reaching views has been snapped for a cool £1 at auction.\n\nAlthough it might seem like a bargain, the drawback is there is no way to get into the 12sq m first-floor space.\n\nHowever, the room, wedged between two properties and suspended over an alleyway in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, appealed to one bidder whose hand shot up when the £1 price tag was announced.\n\nThe guide price of £100+ was dropped to £1 at the last minute.\n\nThe unusual property is in a terrace of old buildings, believed to have been built as granaries or shops in the 16th Century on Nene Quay.\n\nIt is bricked up from both sides and even the auctioneer had not been in to see it.\n\nFenland District Council, which has owned it since 1966, put it up for sale alongside other \"surplus properties\" with Norwich-based auctioneers William H Brown.\n\nYou would currently need a ladder even to look through the front window\n\nThere is no record of anyone ever having used the room and the contents and condition remain a mystery.\n\nWhen it first went on their books, auctions partner Victoria Reek described it as \"certainly one of the weirdest ones we've had at auction\" and admitted it was \"probably just full of cobwebs\".\n\nShe said the vendor instructed the auctioneer to remove the £100 guide price just before the auction opened.\n\n\"So we told bidders the first one to offer £1 could have it - one gentleman put up his hand and it was gone - all done and dusted,\" she said.\n\nIt is not yet known who bought the inaccessible room.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Several people are dead following two shootings in the western German city of Hanau.\n\nAn unknown attacker opened fire at two shisha bars in the city.", "Home Secretary Priti Patel has tried to move the most senior civil servant in her department, it is understood.\n\nResponding to a report in the Times, a well-placed source told the BBC there had been a \"genuine disagreement\" between Ms Patel and Sir Philip Rutnam.\n\nBut they denied claims that she \"bullied and belittled\" officials.\n\nThe Home Office said \"no formal complaints\" had been made about Ms Patel, who has been home secretary since Boris Johnson became PM.\n\nA source told BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw that Downing Street had been asked to intervene to move Sir Philip, who has been the Home Office's permanent secretary since April 2017.\n\nThey added that there had been no animosity or \"blazing rows\" between Ms Patel and Sir Philip but they were simply \"not the right fit\".\n\nBusiness Minister Nadhim Zahawi told LBC radio that Ms Patel, MP for Witham in Essex, was \"utterly professional\" and \"works day and night\".\n\nAsked whether the home secretary was a bully, Mr Zahawi said: \"No, I don't think she is at all.\n\n\"I've worked with Priti in the past on several campaigns. I've known her literally for 25 years. She is a brilliant, collegiate team player.\"\n\nA Home Office spokesperson said: \"We have not received any formal complaints and we take the welfare of our staff extremely seriously.\"\n\nMinisters do not have the power to sack permanent secretaries or other civil servants.\n\nIf a minister wanted to remove a permanent secretary, they would have to go to the prime minister and the cabinet secretary to resolve the issue.\n\nWhen a new permanent secretary is appointed, the prime minister has a say after a choice has been made by an appointments panel.\n\nSir Philip began his current role at the Home Office after having served as permanent secretary at the Department for Transport for five years.\n\nThe former Treasury official has also served in the Business department and at media regulator Ofcom.\n\nMs Patel served as international development secretary under former PM Theresa May, before resigning in November 2017.\n\nMr Johnson, a long-time ally, brought her back into government after becoming prime minister last July.\n\nThe FDA union, which represents civil servants, said Home Office staff were \"working flat out\" to deliver the department's \"demanding policy agenda\".\n\n\"Civil servants working in the department are used to rising to these challenges,\" said the union's general secretary, Dave Penman.\n\n\"Putting undue pressure and demands on committed public servants that are already overstretched does not make for good government.\"", "The scene at one of the bars targeted by the gunman in Hanau\n\nThe shooting dead of nine people in shisha bars in Hanau is being treated by German investigators as an act of far-right terrorism.\n\nThe attack has shocked Germany and added to fears that police may still be missing vital clues about violent racists and their networks, despite previous far-right outrages.\n\nThe ability of violent racists to remain for long periods below the police radar was exposed in the National Socialist Underground (NSU) case. A neo-Nazi cell murdered 10 people, nine of them immigrants, between 2000 and 2007, while police failed to connect the attacks.\n\nThe NSU case was a wake-up call for the authorities, whose anti-terrorism efforts had been focused on the threat from violent Islamists.\n\nBut some now accuse the authorities of still underestimating the far-right terror threat.\n\nThe suspected Hanau gunman has been identified by local media as Tobias R\n\nThe Hanau suspect has been named as Tobias R. The 43-year-old has been described as a lone gunman, and was found dead later at home next to his dead mother. He was a licensed gun owner and had not been under investigation previously.\n\nThe attack has reignited a debate in Germany about the extent to which far-right rhetoric may be encouraging racist violence.\n\nThe far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) - now the main opposition party - has been accused repeatedly of using inflammatory rhetoric, including in parliament.\n\nSupport for the AfD swelled after nearly a million non-EU migrants reached Germany in 2015 - portrayed by nationalists as an Islamic threat to German culture.\n\nThe head of the Social Democrats (SPD), Saskia Esken, described the Hanau crime as far-right \"terror\" and said \"for far too long we've avoided naming this in clear language\".\n\nBut Björn Höcke, one of the AfD's most controversial politicians, has used language echoing racist conspiracy theories spread by neo-Nazis, including the \"great replacement\" - the claim that Jews and liberals want \"inferior\" races to replace the white race.\n\nHe has also spoken of \"remigration\" - the racist idea of forcing non-whites to leave, because they are considered non-European.\n\nHe was at the centre of a scandal in the eastern state of Thuringia this month, when a liberal politician was elected state premier thanks to AfD votes. It has been taboo in post-war Germany to do any political deals with the far right.\n\nThe SPD's Michael Roth, who is minister of state for Europe, said attacks like the one in Hanau were \"nourished ideologically by fascists like Höcke\".\n\nFar-right killings since the NSU case have raised questions about Germany's protections against neo-Nazis and other racists. Their propaganda is rife on the internet and they have proven how quickly they can use social media to mobilise their supporters.\n\nThe Halle synagogue attack last October triggered calls for better police protection of Jewish sites: no extra security had been mounted for the Jewish Yom Kippur festival, and only a thick, strengthened door prevented a bloodbath.\n\nGermany remains haunted by the reign of terror unleashed by Hitler's Nazi regime and their mass murder of Jews in the 1940s.\n\nFar-right violence hits a raw nerve in a country that outlaws Nazi symbols and propaganda, and which prides itself on its democratic institutions.\n\nThe German government estimates that about 13,000 violent far-right extremists are active in Germany. That is a huge surveillance challenge, in a country which has strong laws against violating personal privacy.\n\nProf Peter Neumann, a terrorism expert at King's College, London, tweeted that the Hanau suspect published a 24-page manifesto written in excellent German, without grammatical mistakes.\n\nIt reveals that \"he hates foreigners and non-whites,\" Prof Neumann says. \"Although he doesn't emphasise Islam, he calls for the extermination of various countries in North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia (which all happen to be majority Muslim).\"\n\nThe manifesto echoes that of Stephan Balliet, the suspect charged with murder over the Halle attack. It emerged that he had been inspired by the New Zealand mosque attacker Brenton Tarrant, who has been charged with 51 murders.\n• None Police probe whether racist German killer had help", "Billy the Bull Terrier accepted the award on behalf of Peggy\n\nA \"heroic\" dog who comforted captured Scottish soldiers during World War Two has been posthumously recognised.\n\nBull Terrier Peggy became the mascot of the 2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders after soldiers discovered her as an abandoned puppy in Malaya.\n\nThe soldiers were taken prisoner but kept Peggy, and fed her from rations.\n\nUpon release, she lived at the battalion's barracks in Aberdeen until dying in 1947. Peggy is now getting a posthumous PDSA commendation.\n\nThe veterinary charity said it was a \"remarkable story\", and warranted the special ceremony at the Gordon Highlanders Museum in Aberdeen.\n\nPeggy was described as a \"loyal companion\" to the soldiers as they fought Japanese forces.\n\nWhen they were sent to Thailand to carry out hard physical labour the dog was said to have played an integral role in boosting morale for the three-and-a-half years in captivity.\n\nThe soldiers refused to travel back to Scotland unless Peggy was allowed to join them on the journey home.\n\nShe was nominated for the PDSA award by Stewart Mitchell, a volunteer historian at the museum.\n\nHe said: \"Peggy was a loyal and courageous ally to her Gordon Highlander comrades.\n\n\"When she saw a Gordon Highlander being attacked, she would fearlessly try to intervene, often at the cost of a blow with a split bamboo cane or worse, a stab from a guard's bayonet.\n\n\"She bore the scars of these encounters for her entire life.\"\n\nHe added: \"Throughout the whole duration of their imprisonment, with the men in a seemingly hopeless situation, just struggling to survive another day with no end in sight, Peggy's presence boosted their morale. I hope this award will bring attention to the important role she has played during a dark period in the Regiment's history.\"\n\nPeggy's grave is at the museum\n\nPDSA vet Fiona Gregge said: \"Peggy's remarkable story has touched all of us here at PDSA.\n\n\"The PDSA Commendation recognises the outstanding devotion that animals display and celebrates the amazing ways they enrich our lives. It is clear that members of the Battalion drew a great amount of strength from Peggy's unwavering loyalty and friendship during what was a deeply traumatic time in their lives.\n\n\"The fact the Gordon Highlanders the refused to board their ship home unless Peggy could sail with them speaks volumes about the bond that was formed. Peggy was a truly exceptional animal and she is a worthy recipient of this award.\"\n\nBilly the Bull Terrier accepted the award on behalf of Peggy.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Caroline Flack's family have released an unpublished Instagram post that they say she wrote shortly before she died.\n\nIt came ahead of the inquest into the death of the former Love Island host, which opened on Wednesday.\n\nThe inquest heard that the 40-year-old presenter was apparently found hanged in her London flat on Saturday.\n\nThe unpublished post said her \"whole world and future was swept from under my feet\" when she had been arrested for assaulting her boyfriend in December.\n\nHer mother said Flack had been advised not to publish the message, which has now been shared through the Eastern Daily Press.\n\nThe TV presenter was found dead in her home weeks before she was due to stand trial on charges of assaulting her boyfriend Lewis Burton.\n\nFlack pleaded not guilty to the alleged assault at a court hearing in December and was released on bail.\n\nShe was ordered to stop any contact with Mr Burton ahead of the trial, which was due to begin in March.\n\nFlack's mother Chris told the Norfolk newspaper that her daughter showed her the wording of the post in January, but was told not to post it by advisers.\n\nShe added that the family wanted people to read it. \"Carrie sent me this message at the end of January but was told not to post it by advisers but she so wanted to have her little voice heard,\" she said, according to the paper.\n\n\"So many untruths were out there but this is how she felt and my family and I would like people to read her own words.\n\n\"Carrie was surrounded by love and friends but this was just too much for her.\"\n\nIf you or someone you know needs support for issues about emotional distress, these organisations may be able to help.\n\n\"For a lot of people, being arrested for common assault is an extreme way to have some sort of spiritual awakening but for me it's become the normal.\n\n\"I've been pressing the snooze button on many stresses in my life - for my whole life. I've accepted shame and toxic opinions on my life for over 10 years and yet told myself it's all part of my job. No complaining.\n\n\"The problem with brushing things under the carpet is they are still there and one day someone is going to lift that carpet up and all you are going to feel is shame and embarrassment.\n\n\"On December the 12th 2019 I was arrested for common assault on my boyfriend. Within 24 hours my whole world and future was swept from under my feet and all the walls that I had taken so long to build around me collapsed. I am suddenly on a different kind of stage and everyone is watching it happen.\n\n\"I have always taken responsibility for what happened that night. Even on the night. But the truth is... It was an accident.\n\n\"I've been having some sort of emotional breakdown for a very long time.\n\n\"But I am NOT a domestic abuser. We had an argument and an accident happened. An accident. The blood that someone SOLD to a newspaper was MY blood and that was something very sad and very personal.\n\n\"The reason I am talking today is because my family can't take anymore. I've lost my job. My home. My ability to speak. And the truth has been taken out of my hands and used as entertainment.\n\n\"I can't spend every day hidden away being told not to say or speak to anyone.\n\n\"I'm so sorry to my family for what I have brought upon them and for what my friends have had to go through.\n\n\"I'm not thinking about 'how I'm going to get my career back.' I'm thinking about how I'm going to get mine and my family's life back.\"\n\nAfter her death, Flack's management company said she had been \"under huge pressure\" since her arrest and criticised the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for refusing to drop the charge, even though Mr Burton said he did not want the case to go ahead.\n\nThe CPS said it would not comment on the specifics of the case, but it outlined how it reached decisions over whether or not to charge someone.\n\nGuidelines say domestic abuse prosecutions do not automatically stop if the complainant withdraws their support.\n\nThe guidance also says police officers must draw evidence of the suspect's mental health issues to the attention of the prosecutor.", "Police forensic teams remained at the scene in the Pensnett Road area of Brierley Hill on Thursday morning\n\nA double murder investigation has been launched after two men were stabbed during a robbery at a cannabis factory.\n\nWitnesses reported windows of a house being broken and men running away carrying plants in Pensnett Road in Brierley Hill, Dudley, at 03:30 GMT.\n\nWest Midlands Police said a fight spilled out on to the street, during which the men were stabbed, and a car was crashed into parked vehicles.\n\nOne man was pronounced dead at the scene while the other died in hospital.\n\nAnother man has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to rob and inquiries are ongoing to identify other men involved.\n\nInsp Nick Barnes said: \"We believe this property was deliberately targeted by a group of men who knew it was being used to cultivate cannabis.\n\n\"In the ensuing disorder two men have suffered fatal knife wounds.\"\n\nThe men who died have not been named.\n\nTwo men suffered fatal knife wounds at the scene\n\nParamedics from West Midlands Ambulance Service gave advanced life support and specialist trauma care to the men, one of whom was taken to Russell's Hall Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.\n\nPolice have been covering the front of a house at the centre of their inquiries with a blue tarpaulin while they carry out forensic examinations.\n\nThere are tyre tracks on an open patch of grass leading to a car, which has crashed through a fence and has now been covered up.\n\nA police tent has been put up near to the car.\n\nIn another location nearby I have seen a blue BMW, with its rear window smashed, which is being guarded by officers.\n\nInvestigators had put up a forensic tent in Wilson Road\n\nA collision investigation unit was at the scene on Thursday, with an officer seen marking out a set of tyre tracks running across grassland from a pedestrian crossing in Pensnett Road to nearby Wilson Road.\n\nMeanwhile, investigators had put up a forensic tent in Wilson Road, close to a damaged section of wooden fencing and a car which had its passenger-side door open.\n\nInquiries are ongoing to identify other men involved, West Midlands Police said\n\nPolice are appealing for anyone with information or dashcam footage of the scene at the time to get in touch.\n\nPolice are appealing for anyone with information or dashcam footage of the scene at the time to get in touch\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "To see so many blues back in the waters around South Georgia is tremendously encouraging\n\nScientists say they have seen a remarkable collection of blue whales in the coastal waters around the UK sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia.\n\nTheir 23-day survey counted 55 animals - a total that is unprecedented in the decades since commercial whaling ended.\n\nSouth Georgia was the epicentre for hunting in the early 20th Century.\n\nThe territory's boats with their steam-powered harpoons were pivotal in reducing Antarctic blues to just a few hundred individuals.\n\nTo witness 55 of them now return to what was once a pre-eminent feeding ground for the population has been described as \"truly, truly amazing\" by cetacean specialist Dr Trevor Branch from the University of Washington, Seattle.\n\n\"To think that in a period of 40 or 50 years, I only had records for two sightings of blue whales around South Georgia. Since 2007, there have been maybe a couple more isolated sightings. So to go from basically nothing to 55 in one year is astonishing,\" he told BBC News.\n\n\"It's such good news to see that they might be further rebounding and coming back to places where they were formerly extremely abundant.\"\n\nDr Branch was commenting on the survey which was led by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) with the support of the University of Auckland.\n\nSouth Georgia's wildlife feeds on the train of krill moving up from the Antarctic\n\nThe institutions put together an expert team that toured the island's near-shore waters in the Research Vessel Braveheart.\n\nThe scientists identified whales of various species both visually and acoustically through their song repertoires.\n\nIn a number of cases, they even managed to retrieve skin and breath samples to understand more about the health of the various animals they encountered.\n\nWhale science: Not just counting but getting health data as well\n\nBlue whales are the most massive creatures ever to roam the Earth, and the Antarctic sub-species contained the very biggest of the big at over 30m.\n\nThis population was also the most numerous of the 10 or so discrete populations across the globe, carrying perhaps 239,000 individuals prior to the onset of industrial exploitation.\n\nBut the marine mammals' physical size made them a profitable catch, and around South Georgia more than 33,000 Antarctic blues were documented to have been caught and butchered, most of them between 1904 and 1925.\n\nBy the time a ban was introduced in 1966, a sighting anywhere in Southern Ocean waters would have been extremely rare indeed.\n\nThe last official estimate of abundance was made in 1997 and suggested Antarctic blues could have recovered to about 2,280 individuals. When the next assessment is released, probably at the end of 2021, it should show a further increase - as reflected in the encouraging activity at South Georgia in recent weeks.\n\n\"This is definitely a pattern,\" said Dr Branch. \"All of the Southern Hemisphere whale species - the populations for which we have data - are increasing. So, for right whales - several populations are going up very consistently every year. Humpback whales - several populations are going up consistently every year. And blue whales - we think they're going up. Which is super-good news\n\n\"The exception is Antarctic minke whales; we do think they've gone down quite a bit.\"\n\nThe RV Braveheart circled the whole island to sight and catalogue whales\n\nWhat is clear however is that the moratorium on commercial whaling is working. And whatever other pressures these whale species may face today, they are gradually edging back from the brink.\n\nSouth Georgia is a place they should congregate.\n\nThe territory sits in a highly bio-productive zone that is supported by a copious train of krill drifting up from the Antarctic on strong currents.\n\nThese crustaceans are the favoured diet not just of the big whales but also of the island's many penguins and seals.\n\nSome might question whether the growth in numbers of blue, humpback and other whales around South Georgia is simply a bump that's been driven either by a short-term bounty of krill at the island or maybe by a paucity of the prey elsewhere.\n\nBut survey project leader Dr Jennifer Jackson from BAS doubts this.\n\n\"The preliminary data does not suggest it has been a particularly unusual krill year. Not this year, nor last year. It seems quite normal,\" she said.\n\n\"So, I think this is positive. We know that 100 years ago, South Georgia was a good place for blue whales and now, after decades of protection, it seems the territory's waters are a good place for them once again,\" she told BBC News.\n\nThe RV Braveheart voyage this year was funded by the Darwin Plus programme, the South Georgia Heritage Trust and the Friends of South Georgia Island. It was dedicated to the memory of the late Prof Peter Best, an English marine biologist who pioneered whale study in South African waters.\n\nDr Branch tracks all science on blue whales whenever it is published on the Twitter account @BlueWhaleNews.\n\nSouthern right whale: Most populations' numbers seem to be moving in the right direction\n\nJonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos", "The National Trust has said this year's Easter egg hunts will be the last with Cadbury as it seeks to focus on \"nature and the outdoors\".\n\nAnnual egg hunts have taken place for 13 years, but the trust said it wanted to make chocolate \"less of a focus\".\n\nHealth campaigners said they \"applaud\" the trust for ending the \"unhealthy association\" with sugary food.\n\nCadbury said they had come to a mutual decision to end the \"wonderful\" partnership.\n\nThe move will affect hundreds of trails through the grounds of National Trust properties across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland from 2021.\n\nThe trust said: \"Now is the time for change as we look to increase our emphasis on nature and the outdoors.\n\n\"To reflect that in our Easter activities, from next year we will be making chocolate less of a focus.\"\n\nCadbury said \"the time is right for both sides to move on\". But the company said it would continue to \"look for ways to bring Easter trails to more families across the UK\".\n\nBarbara Crowther at the Children's Food Campaign said she was \"really pleased\" that the National Trust was moving its Easter activities away from chocolate.\n\n\"We can imagine so many healthy, fun and active ways for children to explore National Trust properties at Easter that don't involve lots of sugary treats,\" she said.\n\n\"Children are growing up in a marketing environment that constantly nudges them towards snacks and treats, so we applaud the National Trust in recognising it is the right time to end the unhealthy association with chocolate.\"\n\nThe Easter egg hunts have proved controversial in the past, with former Prime Minister Theresa May and the Archbishop of York intervening in 2017 to criticise the apparent absence of the word \"Easter\" from the event marketing.\n\nBoth Cadbury and the National Trust said Easter was explicitly mentioned dozens of times.\n\nAnd in 2018, the chocolate manufacturer's partnership with the National Trust for Scotland was deemed to have broken advertising rules over marketing junk food to children.", "Movement for much of China's population of 1.4 billion people is, to some extent, restricted in an attempt to slow the spread of the potentially deadly coronavirus.\n\nThe lockdown is most strict in Hubei province, where the outbreak started, but elsewhere there are compulsory quarantine periods and people are just not stepping out much.\n\nSome businesses remain closed and life is anything but normal.\n\nChina correspondent Stephen McDonell donned his face mask and took to Beijing’s all-but-empty streets to see how people are coping.", "The train was carrying 153 passengers when it derailed north of Melbourne\n\nTwo people were killed when a train carrying 153 passengers between Sydney and Melbourne derailed, officials say.\n\nThe crash occurred near Wallan, a town north of Melbourne on Thursday night.\n\nPolice said the male driver 54, and his female co-pilot, 49, died in the crash while 11 others had minor injuries.\n\nAn investigation is underway into the cause of the crash, which police say is unknown. Concerns have been raised about the condition of the track at the time of the accident.\n\nFive carriages as well as the locomotive had come off the tracks, officials said. Pictures showed twisted carriages, with one on its side.\n\nAt least five carriages were derailed in the accident on Thursday\n\nIt was \"very lucky\" that more people were not killed or injured, police told reporters on Friday.\n\n\"It is a tragedy that unfortunately the pilot and the driver were killed in the incident, but I am amazed that there weren't more passengers at least injured or worse than what they were,\" said Insp. Peter Koger.\n\nThe train left the tracks at about 19:50 local time on Thursday (08:50 GMT), about 45km (28 miles) north of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria.\n\nPassengers told Australian media they were thrown around the carriage for a minute as the train derailed.\n\n\"It just veered off, and all the carriages smashed into one another,\" Rob Jennings told The Age newspaper.\n\n\"People were tossing around … there was some screaming - everyone was just grasping on, some in the brace position, preparing for the possibility of something worse.\"\n\nEarlier in the journey, the driver had also announced to passengers that he would try to make up time for earlier delays, passengers reported.\n\nThe train is the main long-distance service between Sydney and Melbourne, and runs along tracks operated by the federal government.\n\n\"No authority in Australia would allow a train to travel on an unsafe track. That just wouldn't happen,\" he said.\n\nVictoria's rail union has said its drivers had previously refused to drive along the track.\n\nA \"full and thorough investigation\" would be carried out by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau and the rail safety regulator, said Mr McCormack.\n\n\"Our hearts and thoughts go out to the families of those who have lost their lives,\" he said.\n\nTrain services along the affected line will be suspended until the investigation is concluded.", "PC Lewis, left with PC Lindsey, right and Lucie Behakova, baby Amilie and daughters Natalie and Sofia\n\nA mother has praised two police officers who helped deliver her baby daughter during their lunch break.\n\nCleveland PCs Martin Lindsey and Dennis Lewis were flagged down in Middlesbrough on Saturday and told a women was \"in pain and needed help\".\n\nThey found Lucie Behakova at a nearby house in labour with her third child.\n\nPC Lewis relayed phone instructions from ambulance staff to PC Lindsey who successfully delivered baby Amilie, who weighed in at 6lbs 4oz (2.8kg).\n\nMs Behakova, who has two other daughters aged five and eight, said she was \"very lucky\" the officers were passing at the right time.\n\nPC Lewis said: \"We were led into a house where everyone was in a bit of a panic. We didn't know what to expect and then we saw a woman giving birth.\n\n\"I've been a serving police officer for 24 years and have never been faced with anything like this.\n\n\"Thankfully the man on the end of the phone at ambulance control was extremely helpful and he knew exactly what we needed to do to help mum and baby.\n\n\"The whole thing was surreal really, but we're just pleased mum and baby are doing well.\n\n\"We went back to the station afterwards for a well-earned cup of tea.\"\n\nMs Behakova, said: \"The policemen were the first people to see Amilie.\n\n\"We were lucky that they were passing at that time.\n\n\"I think the officers were in shock about what happened, but they were happy to have been able to help.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A video has emerged which shows the Mexican drug lord Joaquin \"El Chapo\" Guzman in prison.\n\nHe was arrested in 2016 and was found guilty at his drug trafficking trial in 2019, at a federal court in New York.\n\nHe stood trial for drug trafficking charges after successfully evading US and Mexican authorities for years and escaping from prison in Mexico on two occasions - once using an underground tunnel.\n\nGuzman is now serving his sentence in a maximum security prison in the US state of Colorado.\n\nRead more: El Chapo: Five things to know", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Donald Tusk: \"Sometimes I feel very Scottish - especially after Brexit\"\n\nFormer European Council president Donald Tusk says Brussels feels \"empathy\" towards an independent Scotland joining the European Union.\n\nNicola Sturgeon has said an independent Scotland would seek full EU membership.\n\nWhen asked if this would be looked upon favourably, Mr Tusk said there would be enthusiasm but he warned the country would not be automatically accepted.\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab warned the comments could encourage \"separatist tendencies\" in the EU.\n\nThey were \"rather un-European and rather irresponsible,\" he added.\n\n\"I'm not sure European leaders, let alone here in the UK, would actually welcome that comment,\" he said.\n\nMr Tusk, who served as European Council president for five years until November last year, told the BBC's The Andrew Marr Show that he feels \"very Scottish, especially after Brexit\".\n\nWhen asked about the prospect of an independent Scotland joining the EU, the Polish politician said he had to \"respect the internal debate in the United Kingdom\" and it was not his role to intervene.\n\nBut when pressed on the level of support in the EU towards an independent Scotland joining the union, he said: \"Emotionally I have no doubt that everyone will be enthusiastic here in Brussels, and more generally in Europe.\n\n\"If you ask me about our emotions, you will witness I think always empathy.\"\n\nHowever he warned that any future entry bid on the part of an independent Scotland would not be automatically accepted - \"formalities\" and treaty agreements would still need to be adhered to.\n\nIt came as other European leaders expressed sadness at the UK leaving the EU.\n\nFrench President Emmanuel Macron said he was \"deeply sad\" while the EU's Guy Verhofstadt pledged to try and \"ensure the EU is a project you'll want to be a part of again\".\n\nMr Tusk's comments come after his predecessor, Herman Van Rompuy, last year said he believes Brexit has changed EU attitudes to Scottish independence.\n\nDonald Tusk and former prime minister Theresa May were locked in Brexit negotiations for years\n\nBritain officially left the European Union on Friday at 23:00 GMT after 47 years of membership, and more than three years after it voted to do so in a referendum.\n\nScotland voted in favour of the UK staying in the EU by 62% to 38% in 2016.\n\nThe overall UK result backed Leave by 51.9% to 48.1%.\n\nIn a speech on Brexit day, Nicola Sturgeon said there was \"real and profound sadness\" felt by many Scots, also tinged with anger.\n\nAn independent Scotland would require the backing of all 27 EU members to join the trading bloc and there are a number of countries which have already applied and started accession negotiations.\n\nThe European Policy Centre think-tank, of which Mr Van Rompuy is president, last year published an analysis on independent Scottish membership of the EU.\n\nIt concluded that the EU should \"engage positively\" with Scotland in the event of independence, if there had been a properly constituted referendum.\n\nBut it said Scotland could not expect \"special treatment\" and that the Scottish government would have to accept all the obligations of membership, including agreeing in principle to join the euro.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Pre-recorded bongs from Big Ben played out as the UK left the European Union\n\nEuropean leaders have expressed sadness at the UK leaving the EU, with France's Emmanuel Macron emphasising Britain's \"unrivalled ties\" with the French.\n\nMr Macron said he was \"deeply sad\" while the EU's Guy Verhofstadt pledged to try and \"ensure the EU is a project you'll want to be a part of again\".\n\nCelebrations and anti-Brexit protests were held on Friday night to mark the UK's departure.\n\nEx-Brexit Secretary David Davis said everyone would be a winner in the end.\n\nThe UK officially left the European Union on Friday at 23:00 GMT after 47 years of membership, and more than three years after it voted to do so in a referendum.\n\nBrexit parties were held in some pubs and social clubs as well as in London's Parliament Square, as the country counted down to its official departure.\n\nIn Scotland, which voted to stay in the EU, candlelit vigils and anti-Brexit rallies were held.\n\nPro-EU campaigners take part in a \"Missing EU Already\" rally outside the Scottish Parliament\n\nIn a message released on social media an hour before the UK left, Prime Minister Boris Johnson vowed to bring the country together and \"take us forward\".\n\n\"For many people this is an astonishing moment of hope, a moment they thought would never come,\" he said. \"And there are many of course who feel a sense of anxiety and loss.\"\n\nIn an open letter to the British public, French President Mr Macron said he was thinking of the millions of Britons \"who still feel deeply attached to the European Union\".\n\n\"You are leaving the European Union but you are not leaving Europe,\" he said. \"Nor are you becoming detached from France or the friendship of its people.\n\n\"The Channel has never managed to separate our destinies; Brexit will not do so, either.\"\n\nMr Macron also said the EU must learn lessons from the \"shock\" of Brexit, adding: \"I am convinced therefore that Europe needs new momentum.\"\n\nAnd he defended the way France acted in the Brexit negotiations, saying neither the French nor anyone else in the EU was \"driven by a desire for revenge or punishment\".\n\nMr Macron called on Mr Johnson to \"deepen our defence, security and intelligence cooperation\"\n\nA pro-EU group earlier projected a message onto the White Cliffs of Dover\n\nMeanwhile, the EU Parliament's Brexit co-ordinator Mr Verhofstadt responded to a message which had been projected onto the White Cliffs of Dover by a pro-EU group.\n\n\"We will look after your star and work to ensure the EU is a project you'll want to be a part of again soon,\" he said.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Davis - who quit as Brexit secretary in protest at former prime minister Theresa May's Brexit plan - said it would be a \"fair race\" to reach a trade deal with the EU by the end of 2020 but \"it can be done\".\n\nThe UK is aiming to sign a permanent free trade agreement with the EU, along the lines of the one the EU has with Canada, by the end of the transition period in December.\n\nMr Davis said reaching a deal was \"not a charitable exercise, this is an exercise of both sides recognising their own best interests\".\n\nEuropean leaders have warned that the UK faces a tough battle to get a deal by that deadline.\n\nMairead McGuinness, the vice president of the European Parliament, said progress to agree a trade deal \"might be left to the very last minute\".\n\n\"Normally in trade negotiations we're trying to come together,\" she told BBC Breakfast. \"For the first time we're going try and negotiate a trade agreement where somebody wants to pull away from us. I can't get my head around that and I think it's going to be quite complicated.\"\n\nWe are separate after more than 40 years, but remember much of the status quo will hold for now - the UK and the EU, the awkward couple, finally divorced - but still sharing a house and the bills.\n\nBut what the prime minister hails as a new era, a bright new dawn, starts months of hard bargaining with our neighbours across the Channel.\n\nLabour leadership hopeful Emily Thornberry said the exit talks were unlikely to go smoothly and said she expected the country would be \"back in no-deal territory by the summer\".\n\nThe shadow foreign secretary, speaking at an event in Bristol featuring the four Labour leadership candidates, said her party would need a Remain-backing leader who had been \"on the right side of the argument all along\".\n\nHowever, the other three candidates - Keir Starmer, Rebecca Long-Bailey and Lisa Nandy - said the party needed to move on from debates over Brexit.\n\nShadow business secretary Ms Long-Bailey said that Labour needed to make sure Boris Johnson negotiated the \"best possible trade deal\" that could help \"rebuild our communities\".\n\nWhilst never the most enthusiastic member, the UK was part of the European project for almost half a century.\n\nOn a personal level, EU leaders tell me they'll miss having the British sense of humour and no-nonsense attitude at their table.\n\nIf they were to be brutally honest they'd have admitted they'll mourn the loss of our not-insignificant contribution to the EU budget too.\n\nBut now we've left the \"European family\" (as Brussels insiders sometimes like to call the EU) and as trade talks begin, how long will it take for warm words to turn into gritted teeth?\n\nUK citizens will notice few immediate changes now that the country is no longer in the European Union.\n\nMost EU laws will continue to be in force - including the free movement of people - until 31 December, when the transition period comes to an end.\n\nThousands gathered in Parliament Square to celebrate Brexit on Friday night, singing patriotic songs and cheering speeches from leading Brexiteers, including Nigel Farage.\n\nThe Brexit Party leader said: \"This is the greatest moment in the modern history of our great nation.\"\n\nPro-EU demonstrators earlier staged a march in Whitehall to bid a \"fond farewell\" to the union.\n\nPolice in Whitehall arrested four men and also charged one man with criminal damage and being drunk and disorderly, while in Glasgow one man was arrested.\n\nMeanwhile, other symbolic moments on a day of mixed emotions included:\n\nThe government's EU delegation has changed its name from \"representation\" to \"mission\"", "A man has been shot by armed officers in a \"terrorist-related\" incident in Streatham High Road, south London, according to the Met Police.\n\nIt is believed that two other people were injured in the incident at Streatham High Road, police said.\n\nThis footage was filmed by a witness in the moments after armed police shot the man.", "The UN says the situation in the Horn of Africa is the worst in 25 years\n\nSomalia has declared a national emergency as large swarms of locusts spread across east Africa.\n\nThe country's Ministry of Agriculture said the insects, which consume large amounts of vegetation, posed \"a major threat to Somalia's fragile food security situation\".\n\nThere are fears that the situation may not be brought under control before the harvest begins in April.\n\nThe UN says the swarms are the largest in Somalia and Ethiopia in 25 years.\n\nMeanwhile, neighbouring Kenya has not seen a locust threat as severe in 70 years, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).\n\nHowever, Somalia is the first country in the region to declare an emergency over the infestation.\n\nSomalia's unstable security situation means that planes cannot be used to spray insecticide from the air.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn January, the FAO called for international help in fighting the swarms in the Horn of Africa, warning that locust numbers across the region could grow 500 times by June.\n\nThe swarms spread into east Africa from Yemen across the Red Sea, after heavy rainfall in late 2019 created ideal conditions for the insects to flourish.\n\nLocusts can travel up to 150km (93 miles) in a day. Each adult insect can eat its own weight in food daily.\n\nIn December, a locust swarm forced a passenger plane off course in Ethiopia. Insects smashed into the engines, windshield and nose, but the aircraft was able to land safely in the capital, Addis Ababa.", "Peanut allergy is the most common food allergy in the US\n\nThe US has approved its first treatment for peanut allergies in children.\n\nThe drug AR101, or Palforzia, uses oral immunotherapy, with children given tiny but increasing amounts of peanut protein over a six-month period under medical supervision.\n\nAfter that, users must continue to take a daily dose to be able to tolerate accidental exposure.\n\nThe treatment is not a cure and makers warn that the risk of a potentially fatal anaphylactic reaction remains.\n\nAnd patients must continue to avoid peanuts in their diet.\n\nPeanuts are the most common food allergen in the US, with an increase in the number of those affected by food allergies across the West in recent decades.\n\nWhile trials to desensitise patients with peanut allergies have previously taken place in the US and elsewhere, the drug is the first to be approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The drug has not yet been authorised for use in the UK.\n\nPalforzia, which has been approved for use in patients aged between four and 17, comes in the form of a powder which is sprinkled on food.\n\nLast year, scientists at King's College London said that oral immunotherapy offered \"protection but not a cure\" for peanut allergies, with treatment only effective while patients continued taking small amounts of the allergen.", "Albert Evans' granddaughter said it had taken a lot of persuasion to get him to accept the medal\n\nA D-Day veteran has been awarded France's highest honour, the Legion d'Honneur.\n\nAlbert Evans, 98, from Leicestershire, landed at Pegasus Bridge in a Horsa glider in 1944 as part of the 6th Airborne Division.\n\nRemembering the war, he said: \"All your mates who were standing by your side one minute were gone the next.\"\n\nHis granddaughter, Lisa Meakin, said it had taken a lot of persuasion to get him to accept the medal.\n\nShe said: \"He has always said 'I am not a hero. The heroes didn't come back'.\"\n\nThe World War Two veteran was saluted by the Royal British Legion and the Parachute Association at a ceremony to honour his bravery.\n\nMs Meakin said her grandfather was accepting the medal on behalf of those who lost their lives in the war\n\nMr Evans received the Legion D'Honneur at his care home in Loughborough from the French vice consul.\n\nHe said his thoughts would always be with those whose did not return from World War Two.\n\n\"One minute we were blown up and the next minute you've lost your mates.\n\n\"They're gone and I'm here. It just doesn't add up to me.\n\n\"A lot of them were laid at your side. It was horrific,\" he said.\n\nMs Meakin said: \"As a family, we are immensely proud of him. It has taken a lot of persuasion to get him to accept this medal.\n\n\"It's been over several years, lots of different people asking him.\n\n\"The persuasion was 'well if that's how you really feel, accept it on their behalf'.\"\n\nMs Meakin said their family were \"extremely proud\" of their grandfather\n\nShe added it was \"very hard to hear\" about her grandfather's time in the war.\n\n\"It makes you feel quite emotional that that's what he and many others went through, and that's what they did to liberate France and ultimately the rest of Europe,\" she said.\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. Parkrun tips from fastest woman to do parkrun\n\nA runner has broken her own female parkrun world record after lowering her best time by one second in Cardiff.\n\nGreat Britain athlete Charlotte Arter clocked 15 minutes 49 seconds on the 5km course alongside the River Taff.\n\nThe 28-year-old Cardiff Athletics Club runner finished eighth overall on Saturday.\n\nParkrun is a collection of 5km Saturday runs in 1,500 locations across the world, attracting 235,000 participants.\n\nArter is currently on a career break from her job as Cardiff University performance sport officer to concentrate on athletics.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Welsh Athletics | Athletau Cymru This article contains content provided by Twitter. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe 2018 British 10,000m champion and Welsh half marathon record holder originally broke the female parkrun record in Cardiff, one of the UK's largest parkruns, in January 2019\n\nArter, who comes from Cumbria but lives in and represents Wales, is training to compete in this year's European Athletics Championships in Paris and the Olympic Games in Tokyo.", "Qaw'mane Wilson was an aspiring rapper who used the name Young QC\n\nAn aspiring rapper has been sentenced to 99 years in prison after paying to have his mother killed.\n\n30-year-old Qaw'mane Wilson - who performed under the name Young QC, ordered a hitman to kill Yolanda Holmes back in 2012.\n\nHe was convicted on Friday in Chicago alongside the hitman Eugene Spencer, who received a 100 year sentence.\n\nThe court heard how Wilson cleared his mum's bank accounts out after her death.\n\n\"The word is 'matricide,' meaning murder of one's own mother,\" Cook County Judge Stanley Sacks said in court.\n\n\"Whatever he wanted, his mother gave to him. A car. A job. One could say he was spoiled. She gave Qaw'mane life, and it was his choice to take it away from her.\"\n\nIn a video on his YouTube channel, Qaw'mane Wilson and his friends are seen withdrawing cash and giving it crowds of people\n\nAfter her death, Wilson used his mum's money to customize the Mustang she had bought him and evidence was shown to the jury of him withdrawing large amounts of money and later throwing cash into crowds of people at one of his shows.\n\nWilson, who was 23 at the time of her killing, ordered Spencer to enter her apartment in Chicago, where he shot her in her sleep.\n\nWhen asked if he had anything to say before the verdict was given, Wilson said: \"I just want to say, nobody loved my mother more than me. She was all I had. That's it.\"\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Streatham attacker Sudesh Amman was aged 18 when he was jailed for terror offences in 2018\n\nSudesh Amman, the 20-year-old responsible for the attack in Streatham, south London, on Sunday, pleaded guilty in November 2018 to six charges of possessing documents containing terrorist information and seven of disseminating terrorist publications.\n\nThree of the terrorist manuals Amman admitted owning were about knife fighting.\n\nIn fact, much of Amman's fascination with conducting an attack was said to be focused on using a knife.\n\nHe was jailed at the Old Bailey the following month for three years and four months.\n\nI was there and recall Amman smiling as he was sentenced.\n\nHe was automatically released from HMP Belmarsh on 23 January 2020 after serving half of his sentence in custody.\n\nIt is understood that he had since been living at a bail hostel in south London.\n\nHe was under a curfew and had to wear a GPS tag, coupled with exclusion zones such as ports and airports. He had to surrender his passport and had limited access to electronic devices and restrictions on his internet use\n\nAmman was first arrested in north London in May 2018 by armed officers on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack, although he was not ultimately charged with doing so. Scotland Yard said that, following consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service, \"we did not charge with this offence.\"\n\nThe prosecution of Amman related instead to his ownership and distribution of terrorist propaganda and instructional manuals.\n\nForensic specialists recovered in more than 349,000 media files from Amman's devices\n\nAt the time, he was living in Harrow and studying science and maths at the nearby North West London College. Prior to that, Amman had studied at Park High School between 2011 and 2016.\n\nHe came to the attention of counter-terrorism police in April 2018 when a Dutch blogger made officers aware of postings on the Telegram messaging app.\n\nThe posts included a photo showing an image of a knife along with two firearms on a Shahada flag along with Arabic words meaning: \"Armed and ready April 3\".\n\nOne of the Telegram posts that led to Amman being identified by police in 2018\n\nThe blogger also said the same person had linked to a YouTube video of a pro-gay rights speaker who frequented Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park.\n\nThe post called on others to \"all unite together to attack one another. He will be there this Sunday at Hyde Park\".\n\nPolice enquiries showed the user of the relevant Telegram account was Amman and a decision was taken to arrest him.\n\nThe Dutch blogger, named Azazel van den Berg, told the BBC he was \"shocked\" to have heard that Amman was responsible for the attack.\n\nHe said: \"I had heard of the attack on Dutch television. When I sat down at my computer I saw that message with his photo late last night.\"\n\nHe added: \"I did everything that was possible, I also did not know that man was already free. I think that jihadists like him should be punished harder with prison sentences and not conditionally free with a single bond.\n\n\"If he had just served his whole sentence, what happened now would never have happened. But English law must be applied to that, which is a task for the politicians in your country.\"\n\nAmman had elsewhere written of how he was thinking of conducting a terror attack in north London and that he had conducted reconnaissance.\n\nDetectives discovered that the student was using a WhatsApp group to expose young members of his family to violent terrorist material.\n\nHe used it to share an al-Qaeda magazine and exclaimed \"the Islamic State is here to stay\".\n\nA BB gun was recovered when the Met Police searched his home in Harrow\n\nThe WhatsApp group - entitled La Familia - included images of Amman's younger siblings in poses reminiscent of IS supporters.\n\nIn messages with one family member Amman claimed that, as Yazidi women were slaves, the Koran made it permissible to rape them.\n\nHe sent beheadings videos to his girlfriend - whom he said should kill her \"kuffar\" parents - and told her: \"If you can't make a bomb because family, friends or spies are watching or suspecting you, take a knife, molotov, sound bombs or a car at night and attack the tourists (crusaders), police and soldiers of taghut, or Western embassies in every country you are in this planet.\"\n\nIn messages to her, Amman said he had pledged allegiance to Islamic State and wished to carry out acid attacks.\n\nElsewhere, he asked if he could have a knife delivered to her address and told her he considered Isis to be the best thing to happen to Islam.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHe wrote that he preferred the idea of a knife attack over the use of bombs and discussed whether he would stand his ground if police came to arrest him.\n\nIn a notebook - in which he had written about explosives and detonators - he had listed his \"goals in life\". These included: \"Die as a shuhada\" (martyr) and go to '\"jannah\" (paradise).\n\nBefore he was jailed Amman had previous convictions for possession of an offensive weapon - a broken bottle - and cannabis.", "'There was a woman shouting not to go any further'\n\nAn eyewitness has told BBC News that she was walking in the Streatham area towards a pub when she was approached by another woman \"in distress\". Emma, from Streatham, said: \"She was shouting her head off saying 'don’t go any further, he has stabbed this woman with a knife, he stabbed her in the back.' \"We then saw a woman half sitting, half lying on the floor with people around her but no ambulances or anything. \"About 30 seconds before that a dark car sped past us and we looked ahead up the road realising that it was police in plain clothes, which the woman was pointing to and shouting ‘that’s the police they’ve shot the guy'.\" She added: \"The distressed woman who stopped us kept pointing at that injured lady and saying 'he came in the shop, grabbed a knife, pulled out a knife and walked out on the street and just stabbed that lady'.\"", "Oscar Saxelby-Lee, who is from Worcester, is in Singapore receiving CAR-T therapy\n\nThe mother of a boy having treatment for leukaemia says she is disgusted by fake profiles set up on Facebook and Instagram using her son's photos.\n\nFive-year-old Oscar Saxelby-Lee is in Singapore receiving CAR-T therapy after his family were able to fundraise more than £500,000 to pay for it.\n\nHowever, since then, a number of fake profiles have appeared on social media using Oscar's image asking for money.\n\nFacebook apologised to the family and said it had removed several accounts.\n\nOscar's mother Olivia Saxelby, from Worcester, told BBC Hereford and Worcester from Singapore it was \"beyond belief\" these fake posts could exist.\n\nShe said: \"It's just disgusting, I'm mortified.\n\n\"They've changed Oscar's name, created some sort of story... it's just beyond belief, these people are so insensitive.\"\n\nThe family have spotted several fake profiles and posts on social media using Oscar's photos\n\nPreviously, the family said Oscar was cancer-cell free after receiving the therapy, which was not available to him on the NHS.\n\nLast week, they became aware of the fake profiles which not only impersonate Oscar but his mum too.\n\n\"I just want them to stop, it's beyond wrong and it's hurtful,\" Ms Saxelby said.\n\nThe family have reported the posts and profiles to Facebook but say they have not been quick enough to respond.\n\nMs Saxelby said the posts were \"beyond wrong\" and \"hurtful\"\n\nMs Saxelby said she is \"absolutely shattered\" by the experience of having to continually report the fake pages.\n\n\"It's just been horrid,\" she said.\n\nA Facebook spokesperson said: \"Posts that impersonate or defraud people are not allowed on Facebook and we are sorry that Oscar Saxelby-Lee's family has had to see these upsetting posts. We have removed several of these accounts and we are investigating to identify any that remain.\"\n\n\"It's just beyond belief, these people are so insensitive,\" Oscar's mother said", "Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union\n\nAndy Farrell's reign as Ireland coach got off to a winning but unimpressive start as his side earned a fortunate 19-12 Six Nations win over Scotland.\n\nNew captain Johnny Sexton scored all of Ireland's points, including a first-half try, as the hosts profited from Scotland's inability to take chances.\n\nScotland's new skipper Stuart Hogg's knock-on over the line in the second half summed up his side's try-less day.\n• None All you need to know about the 2020 Six Nations\n\nIt was a game that leaves both camps much to ponder before challenging matches next weekend.\n\nThe home side got the win but will know a similar performance against Wales next week will surely result in defeat.\n\nIreland were looking to rediscover their identify following a troubled World Cup, but this was not so much a new dawn as an indication their most glaring issues were not left in Japan.\n\nScotland will take little solace from the fact they dominated large parts of the game, because once again their lack of cutting edge saw a positive result slip away.\n\nScotland's pre-tournament build-up was thrown off course last Monday when news emerged of star fly-half Finn Russell's exit from the camp following a breach of team protocol.\n\nHis absence was one of the reasons the visitors began in Dublin as firm underdogs - but they clearly relished the opportunity to send a clear message to those who had written them off.\n\nUp front, where Ireland would have expected to dominate, Scotland stood toe-to-toe with their opponents at every physical encounter.\n\nThe pack's endeavours should have yielded more points than the six they took into half-time.\n\nHead coach Farrell will be thankful for Ireland's outstanding work at the breakdown, where they won five penalties inside their own 22 in the opening half to keep the Scots at bay.\n\nThe first turnover came after just 90 seconds as debutant Caelan Doris announced himself on the international stage.\n\nHowever the 21-year-old's day was cruelly cut short following an accidental clash of heads with Adam Hastings.\n\nHe was replaced by Peter O'Mahony and he played like a man with a chip on his shoulder following his omission from the starting side.\n\nThe Munster player produced one of his most influential displays in green for years, winning another crucial turnover with Josh van der Flier on 24 minutes.\n\nIreland's four-point lead at the break owed largely to a few huge defensive moments and one wonderfully executed move involving Cian Healy and Conor Murray which saw Sexton charge through a gaping hole inside 10 minutes.\n\nFarrell's first team selection was eagerly anticipated, with fans waiting to see how far the former defence coach would divert from the core of starters that featured regularly under his predecessor Joe Schmidt.\n\nThe biggest call to be made was at scrum-half, where Farrell resisted the excellent provincial form of John Cooney and stuck with two-time British and Irish Lion Conor Murray.\n\nMurray's performance will only shine a brighter spotlight on that position, with the Munster man enduring a torrid afternoon before being replaced by Cooney after 60 minutes.\n\nFor years Murray, and indeed Ireland, have relied on the relentless consistency and accuracy of the scrum-half's box kicking.\n\nOn Saturday however, his kicking provided Ireland with more problems than solutions as he either kicked too long to allow Scotland to run the ball back to a broken field, or too high and short leaving Ireland scrambling to recover the situation.\n\nAfter 30 minutes he found himself isolated and coughed up a penalty that would have seen Ireland relinquish the lead had Hastings not pushed his kick wide.\n\nJust before the break Murray saw his pass picked off by Sam Johnson, prompting a desperate chase down the field.\n\nAfter extending their lead through a Sexton penalty early in the second half, Ireland soon found themselves back in defensive mode as Scotland again bulldozed their way inside the 22.\n\nAfter 50 minutes they finally found a route across the tryline, making use of an overlap on the left to send Hogg in - only for the skipper to drop the ball as he went to touch down.\n\nIt was the ultimate let-off for the hosts, who could not keep possession for sufficient length of time to release the pressure valve as the game hung in the balance with 10 minutes remaining.\n\nTrailing by seven, Scotland made one last foray forward which took them to within a metre of the line.\n\nHaving tried to find space out wide, they directed themselves back inside but Stander, who was at the heart of Ireland's defensive effort, got himself over the ball and held on to win the penalty that secured an unconvincing victory for his side.\n\nEven then, with three minutes left, Ireland made heavy weather of seeing out the game as replacement hooker Ronan Kelleher was penalised for a wayward line-out on his own 22.\n\nIreland and Scotland left the Aviva Stadium knowing much more than just fine-tuning will be required over the next week if they are to avoid defeat to Wales and England respectively in their next fixtures.\n\nFor the latest rugby union news follow @bbcrugbyunion on Twitter.", "The UK has officially left the European Union.\n\nIt's been three and a half years since the country voted to leave in a referendum and as the clock struck 2300 GMT there were celebrations for some and commiserations for others.\n\nNigel Farage, the leader of the Brexit Party, declared \"the war is over\" in a speech at London's Parliament Square.\n\nRead more: How did we get here? The past four years in two minutes", "Iraq has named a new prime minister after four months of protests.\n\nMohammed Tawfiq Allawi, a former communications minister, was appointed by President Barham Salih.\n\nHis predecessor Adel Abdul Mahdi resigned in November, amid mass anti-government demonstrations. Hundreds of protesters have been killed.\n\nMr Allawi now has a month to form a new government, which he will lead until early elections. He immediately expressed support for the protests.\n\nEarlier this week, local media reported that President Saleh had given parliament an ultimatum to decide on a new prime minister before he took the decision himself, after previous candidates were rejected by protesters.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch as protesters block roads in the city of Najaf\n\nIn a video released on his social media accounts on Saturday, Mr Allawi announced that he had been nominated and called on Iraqis to continue protesting until their demands were met.\n\n\"If not for your sacrifices and your bravery, there would have been no change in the country,\" he said. \"I believe in you, and for this reason I will ask you to continue protesting.\"\n\nHe promised to hold those responsible for the killing of protesters accountable and to combat corruption.\n\nMr Allawi, who is Shia, studied and worked in Lebanon and the UK before entering Iraqi politics following the 2003 invasion. He served as minister of communications twice.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Jeremy Bowen asks why people have been taking to the streets in Lebanon, Iran and Iraq", "Koalas face a number of threats to their habitat - logging, as well as bushfires\n\nDozens of koalas have been found dead or injured at a timber plantation in the Australian state of Victoria, sparking an investigation by officials.\n\nBlue gum trees - an important koala habitat - were harvested from the plantation in December, leaving only a few isolated stands of trees.\n\nSome koalas had starved to death in the remaining trees. Others were apparently killed by bulldozers.\n\nAbout 80 surviving koalas have been removed and are being cared for.\n\nThe deaths come after tens of thousands of koalas were killed in the bushfires that have ravaged Australia. The marsupial is listed as \"vulnerable\" by Australia's Environment Ministry.\n\nAfter the plantation was logged in December, reports of hundreds of starving koalas came in, environmental group Friends of the Earth Australia said.\n\n\"People apparently witnessed the bulldozing of many dead koalas into slash piles,\" it said.\n\nThe Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning said it was prepared to prosecute over the incident.\n\nLocal resident Helen Oakley, who first raised the alarm on Wednesday, posted a video to Facebook, saying she had seen dead koalas at the site.\n\n\"There are koalas lying there dead,\" she said. \"Mothers killed and their little babies. Australia should be ashamed of this. We need help.\"\n\nAnimal protection group Animals Australia said it has sent teams to the site in order to \"save as many of these precious animals as possible\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Animals Australia This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 added: \"We are still gathering the details as to what has occurred in this case but it would appear that there are various breaches of legislation, including the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, which we will be supporting authorities to pursue.\"\n\nAndrew Pritchard from the Department of the Environment said 25 koalas had been euthanised. He told ABC News the surviving koalas would be \"rehabilitated at a later stage\".\n\nThe company behind the logging is currently unclear. According to the logging industry, the blue gum trees were harvested in November and the contractor followed all of the protocols in place to protect the animals.\n\nHowever, Animals Australia said it was investigating several apparent breaches of legislation.\n\n\"By law, the companies that own these plantations must provide koala 'spotters' to identify koalas in trees before logging commences, so that animals can be safely removed and relocated. There is also a legal responsibility to ensure the welfare of koalas after logging has ceased,\" it said.\n\nThe Australian Forest Products Association said the remaining trees were cleared after the contractors had left. It has vowed to investigate the incident.\n\nChief Executive Ross Hampton told The Age: \"It is unclear as yet who bulldozed the trees with the koalas apparently still in them, but it is absolutely certain that this was not a plantation or a forestry company.\n\n\"We support all those calling for the full force of the law to be applied to the perpetrator.\n\nThe incident comes after a number of koalas were killed in recent bushfires in the country.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nNovak Djokovic defended his Australian Open crown and won a 17th Grand Slam after digging deep into his physical and mental reserves to beat Dominic Thiem in a gripping five-set final.\n\nThe Serbian second seed won 6-4 4-6 2-6 6-3 6-4 for a record-extending eighth title at Melbourne Park.\n\nDjokovic, 32, twice called the doctor while trailing before fighting back.\n\nAustrian fifth seed Thiem, 26, still awaits his first major title after losing a third Grand Slam final.\n• None 'We had to wait in line for bread, milk, water' - difficult childhood inspires Djokovic\n\nDjokovic, who fluctuated from steely brilliance to being emotionally erratic and back again, took the first of two championship points when Thiem pulled a forehand wide.\n\nWith Thiem getting plenty of support throughout in the Rod Laver Arena, Djokovic celebrated by putting a finger to his lip to shush some of the crowd, then breaking out in a grin before pointing to his box\n\nDjokovic, who said he had been \"on the brink of losing\" when dehydration affected his energy levels, solemnly watched as he was lauded as the 'King of Melbourne' before being presented with his trophy.\n\nHe then gave an emotional winning speech where he talked about the \"devastating\" Australian bushfires, world conflicts and the death of American basketball great, and his \"mentor\", Kobe Bryant.\n\n\"I would like to say this is a reminder that we should stick together more than ever,\" Djokovic told the 15,000 crowd.\n\n\"Stay close to the people who love you. There are more important things in life.\"\n\nHis latest triumph moves him within three of Swiss Roger Federer's all-time leading tally of 20 men's singles titles, and only two behind Spain's Rafael Nadal, who is on 19.\n\nThe Serb's fightback ensured the wait continues for somebody to break the stranglehold of the old guard, with Djokovic, Nadal and Federer having won the past 13 Grand Slam titles.\n\nNo other player has won a men's major title since Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka won the US Open title in September 2016.\n\nDjokovic will also return to the top of the world rankings, replacing Nadal, when they are published on Monday.\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n\nFitting final to a dramatic tournament - but Djokovic provides a familiar ending\n\nAfter an opening Grand Slam of the 2020 season which had pretty much everything, it was fitting that the tournament finished with another thrilling match.\n\nStarting negatively amid a backdrop of devastating bushfires across Australia and players complaining about poor air quality, the mood was lifted across the fortnight by shock wins, incredible fightbacks and another star emerging in the women's game.\n\nWhen 21-year-old American Sofia Kenin beat Spain's Garbine Muguruza on Saturday she became the eighth woman to win their first Grand Slam in the past 12 majors.\n\nThiem, having been a fixture in the top 10 for a number of years and winning 16 ATP titles, is far from being a new kid on the block.\n\nBut such has been the dominance of the 'Big Three', the Austrian remains a relative novice in the biggest finals as the younger players struggle to end their supremacy at the Slams.\n\nDjokovic is the first man to win a Grand Slam title in three different decades since the Open era began in 1968.\n\nNow the task of the younger generation is to stop Nadal and Federer doing the same.\n\nThiem has long been considered one of the younger players most likely to end the dominance of Djokovic, Federer and Nadal, although many expected that to come on his favoured clay surface at the French Open, where he has lost the past two finals to Nadal.\n\nHis game - based on crushing groundstrokes and athleticism - always had the potential to be successful on hard courts, and winning his biggest title on the surface at Indian Wells last March appeared to give him added belief.\n\nWith the men's semi-finals split across Thursday and Friday, Thiem had 24 hours less to recover than Djokovic and had spent almost six hours more on court over the fortnight.\n\nThat did not look to be a major factor, however, when Thiem moved one set away from finally getting his hands on a Grand Slam trophy at the third attempt.\n\nPerhaps, ultimately, there was an element of fatigue - mental as well as physical - as Djokovic dug deep and Thiem hit 16 unforced errors in the fifth set.\n\nNevertheless, it appears only a matter of time before Thiem becomes only the second Austrian - after 1995 French Open champion Thomas Muster - to win a major singles title.\n\n\"You were very close to winning it and you definitely have a lot more time in your career. I am sure you will get a Grand Slam trophy, more than one,\" Djokovic told him.\n\nDjokovic had eased through the draw with the concession of just one set, with a dominant service game that opponents had rarely broken.\n\nHe had raced to a 3-0 lead after a high-quality start but was then unable to sustain that level, mainly down to physical issues that flared up in the second set and continued through the third.\n\nDjokovic disappeared off court at the end of the each set, also requiring a chat with the doctor on two separate occasions.\n\n\"I was hydrated well and everything. Apparently the doctor said I wasn't hydrated enough,\" Djokovic said.\n\n\"After I lost the second set, I start to feel really bad on the court. My energy dropped significantly.\"\n\nWith the Serb constantly looking at the floor between points, walking wearily and mopping his brow, it was not a surprise that Thiem won six of seven games on the way to a two-sets-to-one lead.\n\nDjokovic was also angered at a crucial juncture of the second set when he was docked a first serve for twice taking longer than the 25 seconds allowed to serve.\n\nThe Serb looked furious with the decision as Thiem punished the second serve to break for 5-4, sarcastically congratulating umpire Damien Dumusois and tapping his foot when he passed the chair at the changeover.\n\n\"Great job, you made yourself famous,\" he told the Frenchman.\n\nFor the first three games, and for the whole of the final set, Djokovic played as well as even he could have hoped for.\n\nBut there were some very stressful times in between, illustrated in part by the sarcastic exchange with umpire Dumusois for issuing him two time violations in the space of a single game.\n\nIn the third set, Djokovic looked listless and lacking direction - later explaining he felt dizziness caused by dehydration.\n\nThe end result was the same though. An eighth final in Melbourne, and an eighth title. He is almost as difficult to beat on the Rod Laver Arena as Rafael Nadal is on Court Philippe Chatrier in Paris.\n\nAll of which means Thiem will have to wait a little longer for a first Grand Slam title. It is not likely to get any easier as the year goes on, but he has evolved over the past 12 months into a player capable of winning Grand Slams away from Roland Garros.\n\nHe now looks likely to be an imminent Grand Slam champion, although the 22 hours and 23 minutes he spent on court in Melbourne (that's nearly three and a quarter hours per match) probably took its toll here in the end.", "The 19-year-old man fell ill at the drum and bass night at The Assembly in Leamington Spa\n\nA man who was at a student club night has died and a woman is seriously ill after taking what police said was MDMA.\n\nThe 19-year-old man fell ill at the drum and bass night at The Assembly in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, at about 05:00 GMT, and later died in hospital.\n\nThe 22-year-old woman remains seriously ill in hospital and police say others were also admitted after taking \"Red Bull\" pills.\n\nWarwickshire Police urged people to check on friends who were at the night.\n\nOfficers said they did not know if the group had bought the drugs at the club.\n\nPolice believe those affected may have taken a pill named \"Red Bull\"\n\nDet Supt Pete Hill said they believed all those who were ill had taken the red pills containing MDMA, the active drug in ecstasy.\n\nHe added they were concerned others had also taken it and urged anyone who had to seek medical advice.\n\n\"If others were at the same event last night and are aware their friends took this drug, please check in on them,\" Mr Hill said.\n\nIn a statement The Assembly, which is in Spencer Street, said: \"We take the wellbeing of our customers extremely seriously, we continue to work closely with Warwickshire Police and reiterate our zero policy on drugs in our venue.\"\n\nAccording to its Facebook page, the venue had hosted a sold-out event called DNB All Stars: Leamington on Friday night.\n\nA spokesman for the University of Warwick said the teenager was not one of its students.\n\nThe university, which has many students living in Leamington Spa, and other local colleges have been asked by police to circulate information about the pills, the spokesman said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Candidates went head-to-head at a hustings in Cardiff on Sunday\n\nPeople in north Wales do not feel devolution is working for them, a Labour leadership candidate has said.\n\nLisa Nandy joined Sir Keir Starmer, Emily Thornberry and Rebecca Long Bailey at a hustings in Cardiff on Sunday.\n\nAll four supported boosting devolution, with front-runner Sir Keir arguing for a federal UK.\n\nBut Ms Nandy said her party may have to fight for devolution in parts of the country \"turning away from Labour\".\n\nThe leadership contest follows a general election where Labour lost six seats in Wales - all with the exception of one were in the north.\n\nMeanwhile Ms Nandy and Ms Long Bailey said they would not stand in the way if a future Welsh Parliament wanted an independence referendum.\n\nWigan MP Ms Nandy said people in north Wales \"feel very shut out from the centre of power - power in Westminster but also power in Cardiff\".\n\n\"I think if we are honest, we are going to have to go out and fight for devolution in many parts of the country that have been turning away from Labour for some time,\" she said.\n\n\"In my own constituency in Wigan, people feel that the city mayoral deal where Labour is in power hasn't delivered for them, in the same way it has delivered for Manchester.\n\n\"And when I was in Rhyl people were telling me exactly the same thing about devolution for the Welsh nation.\"\n\nMs Nandy told BBC Wales she wanted to see power devolved into towns that have not felt the benefits of major cities.\n\n\"I think the Welsh Labour government understands this really well, and in the conversations I've had with Mark Drakeford and many AMs, this is exactly what we're trying to do,\" she added.\n\nLisa Nandy said Labour would have to \"fight\" for devolution\n\nWelsh Labour leader Mr Drakeford said he believed Ms Nandy was making a \"general point about the way in which people, who live away from where decisions are taken, often feel that those decisions aren't influenced by what matters to them\".\n\n\"We know that throughout the whole of devolution that we've had to work hard to make sure that every part of Wales feels that the National Assembly speaks for them, that their interests matter to us,\" he told BBC Wales.\n\nSir Keir, who had won the vast majority of nominations from Welsh Labour MPs, said more powers should be devolved.\n\n\"I would not seek to impose anything on Wales - it's about agreement and working together,\" he told the hustings.\n\nHe said \"radical federalism\" was the way forward, \"where more powers are closer to people\". Sir Keir said Welsh Labour needed to be a \"bigger part of decision making\" in the party.\n\n\"We don't hold it close enough,\" Sir Keir, who represents Holborn and St Pancras, said.\n\n\"There are examples of what's going on here that we should showcase as the Labour Party and the difference you can make in power.\"\n\nRebecca Long Bailey said she would want to talk to members in Wales about what powers should be devolved\n\nMs Long Bailey, the candidate backed by the pro-Jeremy Corbyn group Momentum, said she would want a discussion with Welsh members about devolution.\n\n\"It's not a question of what powers would you like to have from Westminster,\" she said.\n\n\"It's an assumption that Wales gets all the powers it needs from Westminster and then it decides which ones it wants to share,\" the Salford and Eccles politician added.\n\n\"We've got to defend the current settlement that we have, and we've got to make the case against this government which has imposed up to £4bn of cuts on the Welsh assembly since 2010.\"\n\nThere was criticism of how the UK party had dealt with Wales, from Emily Thornberry.\n\nShe said she had not been briefed, when she was due to do a TV interview in Wales, on what the impact of Labour's promise of free broadband would have been for the country.\n\nThe Islington South and Finsbury MP, who appealed to members to help her get on the final ballot, added: \"I remember coming down on the train with Welsh Labour when we were going to the manifesto meeting and quite frankly they hadn't been involved early enough at all.\n\n\"We do need to have a bit more respect for each other and frankly I think London has not had enough respect for Welsh Labour\".\n\nKeir Starmer made the case for \"radical federalism\" at the Cardiff hustings\n\nWith six Westminster seats lost here in December and a Senedd election on the horizon next year, Wales is a priority for the next Labour leader.\n\nThis was the only Welsh hustings of the three-month leadership contest and the candidates tried to outdo each other today with praise for Welsh Labour and calls for more devolution.\n\nSir Keir Starmer, the frontrunner, has by far the most nominations from Welsh Constituency Labour Parties (CLPs) and was the only candidate with a welcoming committee awaiting him outside City Hall.\n\nBut Rebecca Long Bailey, seen as the candidate closest to Jeremy Corbyn, got applause when she talked about \"open selections\" for Labour candidates, a theme associated with the Left of the party.\n\nIt was a point that was rebutted by Lisa Nandy, and amid a warm and apparently friendly atmosphere amongst candidates and members, it was a reminder of the underlying tension that has existed in the party throughout the Corbyn years.\n\nA deputy leadership hustings followed the main event at the venue in Cardiff City Hall.\n\nAngela Rayner said the National Assembly elections would be \"difficult for us\", referring to a recent poll that suggested Labour could lose seats.\n\nThe Stockport MP and deputy leadership candidate said: \"I don't think it is irreversible.\"\n\n\"We need to make sure that our parliamentarians and our leaders in London, in Westminster know what's happening in Wales,\" she added.", "Andy Gill, who has died aged 64, had only recently come off tour.\n\nAndy Gill, the founding member and guitarist of British post-punk band Gang Of Four, has died aged 64.\n\nThe musician's scratchy, staccato riffs provided the band with their signature sound, and influenced the likes of Nirvana, Fugazi and Franz Ferdinand.\n\nHis bandmates announced his death in a statement, saying: \"Our great friend and supreme leader has died today\".\n\nGill had developed a \"respiratory illness,\" after finishing an Asian tour with Gang Of Four last year, they said.\n\n\"This pain is the price of extraordinary joy, almost three decades with the best man in the world,\" wrote his wife, Catherine Mayer, 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\n\"Andy's final tour in November was the only way he was ever really going to bow out; with a Stratocaster around his neck, screaming with feedback and deafening the front row,\" wrote current Gang Of Four members Thomas McNeice, John Sterry and Tobias Humble.\n\n\"One of the best to ever do it, his influence on guitar music and the creative process was inspiring for us, as well as everyone who worked alongside him and listened to his music.\n\n\"His albums and production work speak for themselves. Go give 'em a spin for him.\"\n\nGill (right) with Gang Of Four's original lead singer Jon King\n\nFormed in Leeds in 1976, Gang Of Four's career spanned five decades, from their first single Damaged Goods to last year's studio album Happy Now.\n\nIn 1979, they made their Top 60 chart debut with At Home He's A Tourist - despite the song being banned by the BBC for a lyrical reference to condoms.\n\nTheir debut album Entertainment!, released in September of the same year, has frequently been cited as an influence or inspiration by aspiring musicians, and was named one of Rolling Stone magazine's 500 greatest albums of all time.\n\nCombining Marxist politics with punk, dub, funk and disco, the \"stiff, jerky aggression of songs such as Damaged Goods and I Found That Essence Rare invented a new style,\" the magazine wrote.\n\nGill's unique guitar riffs were choppy and funky with bursts of freeform noise, taking inspiration from a range of players, including Jimi Hendrix, Wilko Johnson and Parliament-Funkadelic's Eddie Hazel.\n\n\"Seeing Wilko and Dr Feelgood was a real lightbulb moment,\" he told The Skinny in 2015. \"He never stopped looking at the audience and didn't spend much time looking at his guitar - I duly noted that.\n\n\"I always think of the guitar as being part of a larger instrument, which is the band,\" Gill added. \"What I always find uninspiring is when guitarists treat the rest of the band as a background over which they show off.\"\n\nGang Of Four never had a hit single (1982's I Love A Man In Uniform came close, before it was banned from the airwaves during the Falklands War) but their first three albums are considered indispensable.\n\nThey split in 1984, but reformed several times over the years, with a variety of line-ups. Gill was the only constant throughout their career.\n\nThe Manchester-born musician was also a respected producer, working with bands including The Stranglers, Killing Joke, and Red Hot Chili Peppers.\n\nHis influence on guitar bands stretched far and wide. REM's Michael Stipe said he \"stole a lot\" from Gang Of Four, while Flea, bassist for the Chili Peppers, said Gang Of Four were \"the first rock band I could truly relate to\".\n\nU2's Bono called them \"a smart bomb of text\"; and Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello said Gill was \"one of my principle influences\".\n\n\"His jagged plague disco raptor attack industrial funk deconstructed guitar anti-hero sonics and fierce poetic radical intellect were formative for me,\" he wrote on Instagram.\n\nGill is survived by his wife Catherine Mayer, his brother Martin and \"many family and elective family members who will miss him terribly\" said the band in a press statement.\n\nHe had just finished a new studio album with Gang Of Four, they added.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Model Caprice was partnered up with Hamish Gaman\n\nCaprice Bourret has quit Dancing on Ice to \"recover and look after herself and her family\".\n\nA representative for the model and businesswoman confirmed to Radio 1 Newsbeat that she would not be taking part in Sunday night's show.\n\nShe said \"it's been a hard few months [for Caprice] and she's had to keep silent for contractual reasons\".\n\nThe exit comes after she split from her dance partner Hamish Gaman on the ITV show two weeks ago.\n\nCaprice's spokesperson added that her \"mental wellbeing has been affected over the last two months and recent stories leaked to the press are not only salacious but extremely hurtful\".\n\nOn Saturday she posted pictures online of some of the injuries she had sustained in practice alongside her new dance partner Oscar Peter.\n\nBut hours later it was confirmed by ITV that she would no longer be taking part in the show.\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\nCaprice, 48, made her debut on the second week of the series, securing second place on the leaderboard after performing a routine to Lewis Capaldi's Someone You Loved in front of judges John Barrowman, Ashley Banjo, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.\n\nA week later it was revealed she was parting ways with partner Hamish, but a reason for the split has not been given.\n\nCaprice, who has also appeared on Celebrity Big Brother and Come Dine With Me, has also deleted her Twitter account and hasn't posted about her exit from the show on her Instagram page.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union\n\nWorld Cup finalists England fell to a chastening defeat by a resurgent France as their Six Nations hopes wilted in the Parisian rain.\n\nCoach Eddie Jones had talked of unleashing a brutal physicality upon a callow France side with an average of just 10 caps apiece.\n\nBut it was France who tenderised England in a one-sided first half, converted tries from Vincent Rattez and captain Charles Ollivon plus a Romain Ntamack penalty opening up a deserved 17-point lead.\n\nOllivon dived over for his second try to stretch that advantage to 24, before two brilliant solo scores from Jonny May suddenly brought hope in the final quarter.\n\nBut England could add only a late Owen Farrell penalty, their hopes of only a second Grand Slam in 17 years disintegrating in the face of a France defence superbly drilled by Shaun Edwards.\n\nJones said his team wanted to become the greatest team in history, but they were second-best to Fabien Galthie's new wave of Gallic talents.\n• None 'We felt sorry for ourselves' - Jones blames England defeat on slow start\n\nIn a febrile atmosphere England made early inroads when Sam Underhill capitalised on an overthrown line-out to thunder deep into the French 22 before his back-row partner Tom Curry spilt the ball in the tackle.\n\nBut it was France who struck first to light up the stadium, Teddy Thomas with a quicksilver break down the right before left wing Rattez - only in as a late replacement for Damian Penaud - cut a cute line on Ntamack's inside shoulder to crash through Ben Youngs' tackle and over.\n\nNtamack popped over the conversion, and when England's forwards were penalised at a ruck a few metres from their own line, the young fly-half landed his second kick to extend the lead to 10 points.\n\nWorse was to come for the men in white. Talismanic centre Manu Tuilagi limped off, to be replaced by Jonathan Joseph, then France struck a second hammer blow.\n\nAs Ollivon challenged for a kick ahead, England stopped, expecting referee Nigel Owens to blow for a knock-on. But the whistle never came, and Ollivon galloped 30 metres to dive into the left-hand corner.\n\nNtamack's nerveless conversion made it 17-0, tricolors being waved frantically all round celebrating stands as the brass band behind the England posts blasted out the Can-Can.\n\nUnder that intense aural and physical assault England's errors began to mount, debutant George Furbank dropping one pass, captain Owen Farrell knocking on another.\n\nNot since 1988 had England been kept scoreless at half-time in a Five or Six Nations match, but the scoreline reflected a fractured and ugly display.\n\nMay day comes too late for battered England\n\nA year ago France led Wales by 16 points in their opening game of the tournament only to capitulate in a dramatic second half.\n\nAnd when England opted to take a scrum on successive penalties in front of the France posts the pressure was finally on Galthie's side, only for Joseph to have the ball stripped as he took a short pass five metres out, and then Itoje knock on in a subsequent ruck.\n\nIt was the seventh time England had been within five metres of the France tryline without coming way with a point, and Jones rang the changes.\n\nLuke Cowan-Dickie came on for Jamie George and Ellis Genge for Joe Marler with half an hour to go, but it initially did nothing to stem the irresistible blue tide.\n\nMay was turned over by replacement prop Jefferson Poirot, and when scrum-half Antoine Dupont stepped through a static defence there was Ollivon once again to slide over the line.\n\nAt 24-0 England were facing humiliation, the noise around the Stade de France defeaning.\n\nMay's opportunistic try after kicking ahead with 23 minutes left provided a desperately needed ray of sunshine for England on a sodden, grey afternoon.\n\nAnd he conjured up something even better eight minutes later, racing on to Elliot Daly's fast, flat past to carve past three weary defenders and under the posts.\n\nFrom nowhere England had hope, France mangling a line-out in their own 22 after a clever George Ford kick to set up a series of drives.\n\nBut replacement scrum-half Willie Heinz lost the ball as he tried to burst through off a ruck, and, although George Kruis was held up over the line at the death, France held on to secure a famous win.\n\n'Everyone made errors today' - what the BBC pundits said\n\nFormer England captain Dylan Hartley: \"It was a collective - everyone made errors today. From one to 15, guys were making errors and that's why we had such a poor performance. The best thing to do is restart, that's all you can do. If we eradicate personal errors, we're in that game.\"\n\nFormer England centre Jeremy Guscott: \"Eddie Jones must be fuming. You can't have that many entries into the opposition 22 and come away with zero. The tries England scored were literally flashes of brilliance from Jonny May.\"\n\nFormer England captain Martin Johnson: \"England needed to turn pressure into scores. You need more subtlety against a big, strong team like France because they can defend all day.\"\n\nReplacements: Poirot for Baille (49), Bamba for Haouas (49), Palu for Willemse (57), Woki for Cros (57), Mauvaka for Marchand (67), Jalibert for Ntamack (77) Vincent for Vakatawa (80).\n\nReplacements: Joseph for Tuilagi (16), Cowan-Dickie for George (49), Genge for Marler (52), Ludlam for Lawes (54), Kruis for Ewels (57), Heinz for Young (62), Stuart for Sinckler (73), Devoto for Ford (76).", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Raab: EU alignment not a red line, it's not even in negotiating room\n\nBritain will \"not be aligning with EU rules\" in any post-Brexit trade deal, the foreign secretary has said.\n\nDominic Raab argued agreeing to stick strongly with EU regulations would \"defeat the point of Brexit\".\n\nBut Irish PM Leo Varadkar said the UK needed to commit to a level playing field to get a free trade deal.\n\nTalks to negotiate a free trade deal between the UK and the EU are due to start next month, following the UK's formal withdrawal from the bloc.\n\nOn Monday Boris Johnson is expected to set out his position ahead of those talks, where he will tell the EU he is prepared to accept customs checks at Britain's borders if he cannot secure the sort of trade deal he wants.\n\nEU chief negotiator Michel Barnier will also outline his approach to negotiations.\n\nOne option the PM could support would be a Canada-style free trade deal which allows tariff-free trade for the majority of goods, but would not cover the UK's service industry - which accounts for more than 80% of UK jobs.\n\nReports in recent days have suggested EU chiefs want the UK to continue to follow EU rules on standards and state subsidies - while accepting the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice in any trade disputes.\n\nThe PM is expected to say that he will accept no alignment and no jurisdiction of the European courts when talks start in March.\n\nHe is also preparing to say he would rule out relaxing rules on workers' rights, food hygiene standards and environmental protections.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, Mr Varadkar said it was possible for the UK to have a \"Canada-style agreement\".\n\nHowever, he added: \"Canada isn't the UK; you're geographically part of the European continent, we share seas and airspace and our economies are very integrated.\n\n\"And one thing we feel very strongly in the EU is that if we are going to have tariff-free, quota-free trade with the UK, which is essentially what we have with Canada on almost everything, then that needs to come with a level playing field.\n\n\"We, for example would have very strong views on fair competition and state aid.\"\n\nA level playing field is a trade policy phrase for a set of common rules and standards that prevent businesses in one country undercutting their rivals over those operating in other countries in areas such as workers' rights and environmental protections.\n\nHe also cautioned against \"setting rigid red lines\" for the post-Brexit trade negotiations arguing \"it makes coming to an agreement more difficult because the other side doesn't feel like it has got a fair deal unless those red lines are turned pink.\"\n\nMr Raab said the UK would enter trade talks \"with a spirit of goodwill\" but added \"the legislative alignment - it just ain't happening\".\n\nLabour's John McDonnell said Mr Johnson's desire to diverge from EU rules \"contradict\" what the PM had previously said on protecting environmental, consumer and employment rights.\n\n\"On the one hand he said there will be [protections] on the other hand he is sabre-rattling saying that won't happen in the negotiations,\" he said.\n\nBut Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage welcomed the prime minister's approach arguing it was in the UK's \"national interest\" to be \"a competitor on their [the EU's] doorstep.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Leo Varadkar on UK seating advice: \"Surely everyone should be trying to work with everyone\"\n\nThe government also wants to make progress in striking free trade agreements with countries such as the United States, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.\n\nThe EU's own approach to the negotiations needs to be agreed by all 27 member states - which would be unlikely to happen before the end of February.\n\nWhile the UK officially left the EU at 23:00 GMT on Friday, it will remain wedded to EU rules during a transition period which ends in December this year.\n\nThe UK can request an extension to this transition period, but Mr Johnson has previously said he will not do so.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Pre-recorded bongs from Big Ben played out as the UK left the European Union", "Raiders targeted Tamara Ecclestone's house next to Hyde Park in December\n\nA mother and son have been charged over a burglary at the home of Tamara Ecclestone.\n\nJewellery believed to be valued at £50m was stolen from the heiress's home next to London's Hyde Park in December.\n\nMaria Mester, 47, of no fixed abode, and 29-year-old Emil-Bogdan Savastru, of Bethnal Green, have been charged with conspiracy to commit burglary.\n\nThe cleaner and her bar worker son both appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Saturday.\n\nThey will next appear in custody at Isleworth Crown Court on 28 February.\n\nRings, earrings and an £80,000 Cartier bangle were all stolen in the burglary, according to The Sun.\n\nThe court heard the majority of the items taken have not been recovered.\n\nTwo men, aged 21 and 31, who were also arrested have been released under investigation, police said.\n\nTamara Ecclestone, pictured with father Bernie, was left \"shaken\" by the burglary\n\nThe burglary on 13 December occurred just after Ms Ecclestone, the daughter of ex-Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone, left the country with her husband Jay Rutland and their daughter Sophia.\n\nThe raiders are believed to have entered through a garden before breaking into safes hidden in the bedroom of the 55-room house in Palace Green, Kensington.\n\nA Cartier bangle worth £80,000 was reportedly stolen in the burglary\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Speedibake factory is near Wakefield's Westgate Retail Park\n\nAbout 140 firefighters are tackling a major fire at an industrial bakery in Wakefield, which is covering the area in thick black smoke.\n\nThe blaze at the Speedibake factory, close to Westgate Retail Park, started at about 13:30 GMT.\n\nPolice said there were no reports of injuries but the fire service said the \"building construction may contain asbestos\".\n\nPeople living nearby have been told to shut all doors and windows.\n\nThe wind is also causing smoke to blow towards the city centre, West Yorkshire Police said.\n\nSeveral roads have been shut and drivers have been told to find alternative routes.\n\nWakefield Council tweeted anyone \"affected by the fire in Wakefield and unable to get home please make your way to Thornes Park Stadium\", adding it would \"remain open\".\n\nPolice urged those living nearby to close their windows and doors due to the amount of smoke\n\nA spokesperson told BBC News: \"There are 15 to 20 people currently there at the rest centre who are affected.\"\n\nThey said the council was helping people with transport to reach the stadium and it would help them return once the area was declared safe.\n\nWakefield residents who were earlier evacuated from the area can now return home, the council added, but they \"are advised to keep all windows and doors closed as a precaution\".\n\nPeople also reported being evacuated from nearby buildings.\n\nConnor Strachan, 19, from Alverthorpe, and Eleanor Goldthorpe, 17, had planned to watch Jumanji at the Cineworld cinema opposite the bakery, but when they arrived they were told they had to wait in the building.\n\nMr Strachan said there were nearly 100 people at the cinema, including some from Mecca Bingo directly opposite the bakery.\n\nHe said: \"We were eventually let out, a lot of the other buildings were evacuated too.\"\n\nCineworld Wakefield tweeted at 18:00 GMT to say it was currently closed.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Smoke from the fire in Wakefield is blowing towards the city centre\n\nNicky Harley was going to the B&Q shop on the retail park when the fire broke out.\n\n\"As I approached the store I saw police officers in masks telling people to move back,\" she said.\n\nShe said she then walked over to a nearby supermarket and saw people with their hands over their mouths saying they felt light headed.\n\n\"I also felt faint and light headed,\" she said.\n\n\"My friend is a nurse and she told me there might be a risk of airborne asbestos.\"\n\nWest Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service initially warned of the potential for asbestos in the smoke plume, but later confirmed the substance was not present in the section of building hit by the blaze.\n\nEyewitness Nicky Harley said people reported feeling faint due to the smoke\n\nPower cuts were also reported but electricity has since been restored.\n\nNorthern Powergrid tweeted to thank customers for their patience during the outage.\n\nSome people on social media also reported hearing explosions coming from the factory.\n\nGreat palls of smoke have been covering much of the city skyline, with people stopping to look in astonishment.\n\nThe wind has blown the acrid smoke across large parts of the city as firefighters work to contain the blaze and police wearing protective masks have put road blocks around the scene, stopping people from getting too close to the factory.\n\nPeople have been starting to make their way home and the area around the blaze is eerily quiet, disturbed only by the sound of trains passing by on a nearby line.\n\nIn a statement, West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said: \"As a precautionary measure we are advising people living in the vicinity to remain indoors and keep windows and a doors closed.\"\n\nThe service said it expected to remain at the scene for the next 24 to 48 hours.\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\nAbout 140 firefighters tackled the blaze which started at the Speedibake factory at about 13:30 GMT\n\nWorkers were safely evacuated from the building\n\nFire chiefs said the blaze had spread to about 75% of the ground floor of the building, with 140 firefighters from around the county on site.\n\nOne person tweeted to say crews were using water from a nearby duck pond to tackle the blaze.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Tony Tabner This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as 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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Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The prime minister holds a cabinet meeting at the National Glass Centre, a museum and arts centre in Sunderland, the city that was the first to back Brexit when results were announced after the 2016 referendum", "LeBron James leads the tributes as the LA Lakers remember Kobe Bryant in the team's first game since he died in a helicopter crash alongside his daughter Gianna and seven other people.\n\nAvailable to UK users only", "The letter, dated last week, was written by DUP leader Arlene Foster\n\nThe DUP has highlighted sticking points to a deal on the Troubles legacy issues in a letter sent to Northern Ireland Secretary Julian Smith.\n\nThey include examining whether all state-related killings should be investigated by a new body.\n\nIn her letter, party leader Arlene Foster details four areas she wants addressed in talks ahead of legislation being tabled at Westminster.\n\nShe writes \"substantive discussions\" are needed on the way forward.\n\nAs part of the deal which saw Stormont return, the government pledged, within 100 days, to introduce legislation to implement a legacy deal struck five years ago.\n\nIt includes an Historical Investigations Unit (HIU) to look into Troubles killings.\n\nSinn Féin has requested an urgent meeting about Troubles legacy issues with Secretary of State Julian Smith\n\nMrs Foster's letter, dated last week, states its caseload should not necessarily examine \"all state-related deaths\".\n\nIt adds that concerns about the HIU \"has led to many victims and survivors of terrorism losing confidence or not being supportive\".\n\nIt suggests victims could help \"co-design\" it and points out \"over 90% of the deaths and injuries of the Troubles were caused by terrorist organisations\".\n\nMrs Foster writes the idea the HIU could also investigate non-criminal police misconduct \"is causing considerable angst\".\n\nShe also repeats the party wants a new definition of a victim to mean a person killed or injured through no fault of their own.\n\nSpeaking to Sky News on Sunday, Mrs Foster said \"we need to revisit the Stormont House Agreement, because what is being proposed is not acceptable\".\n\n\"Victims were not treated well in the Belfast Agreement - that was left as an open wound.\n\n\"We now have been left, nearly 22 years later, and we're still dealing with these issues.\"\n\nShe said it was important to \"recognise what actually happened here in Northern Ireland\".\n\n\"We did have a terrorist campaign and there were so many innocent victims as a result of that.\"\n\nA public consultation on proposals to address the legacy of the Troubles in Northern Ireland was launched in 2018\n\nSpeaking after Mrs Foster's interview, Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill said she had requested an urgent meeting with Julian Smith to address concerns about the British government's approach.\n\nThe deputy first minister said: \"The British and Irish governments and the political parties, including the DUP, signed up to the Stormont House Agreement to ensure that victims of the conflict could get full disclosure about the killings of their loved ones.\n\n\"That agreement must be implemented in full, including the mechanisms for dealing with the legacy of the conflict, and cannot be cherry-picked by the British government or the DUP.\"\n\nShe added: \"The British government needs to implement its commitments in full in a human rights compliant manner.\"", "Time-lapse footage taken from above shows the construction of Huoshenshan hospital in Wuhan city, which has been built to deal with coronavirus patients.\n\nAccording to Chinese authorities, construction began on 24 January, with the hospital due to open on 3 February.\n\nAround 300 people have died from the virus so far, with around 14,000 currently affected.\n\nRead more: How can China build a hospital so quickly?\n\nRead more: Latest reports and details on coronavirus", "The Church of St Mary and All Saints is in Fotheringhay the birthplace of Richard III\n\nA historic church that has \"worldwide interest\" because of its links to Richard III has completed £1.5m worth of restoration work.\n\nThe Church of St Mary and All Saints, Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire had repairs to the roofs and stonework.\n\nRichard III's great-uncle Edward, his parents and his brother Edmund are buried at the 15th Century church.\n\nThe church warden Bill James praised local fundraisers and said donors had been \"very generous\".\n\nThe money was raised from donations and grants including the Listed Places of Worship Roof Repair Fund and the Richard III Society.\n\nMr James said they were initially going to \"patch and repair\" the main roof above the nave, but the funds raised also allowed replacement of the three other roof sections - above the north and south aisles and on the tower.\n\nHe said: \"It's not just having your house roof done - it's like four houses that need to be attended to.\"\n\nRichard III's remains were found under a car park in Leicester in 2012\n\nFotheringhay Castle, of which only the motte it was built on remains, was home to Richard III's family, the House of Plantagenet.\n\nHis great-uncle Edward, the second Duke of York; his parents, Richard, the third Duke of York and Cecily Neville; and his brother Edmund, Earl of Rutland, are buried at the church.\n\nMary Queen of Scots was also executed at Fotheringhay Castle in 1587.\n\nMr James said that while the repairs were on-going he had a call from the contractors to say that there were two visitors at the church.\n\nHe said: \"I arrived [at the church] and saw two rather bleary-eyed people who had just landed at Gatwick having journeyed from New Zealand to begin their Plantagenet pilgrimage before heading to York.\n\n\"So there is worldwide interest without doubt.\"\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The coronavirus emerged in only December last year, but already the world is dealing with a pandemic of the virus and the disease it causes - Covid-19.\n\nFor most, the disease is mild, but some people die.\n\nSo how is the virus attacking the body, why are some people being killed and how is it treated?\n\nThis is when the virus is establishing itself.\n\nViruses work by getting inside the cells your body is made of and then hijacking them.\n\nThe coronavirus, officially called Sars-CoV-2, can invade your body when you breathe it in (after someone coughs nearby) or you touch a contaminated surface and then your face.\n\nIt first infects the cells lining your throat, airways and lungs and turns them into \"coronavirus factories\" that spew out huge numbers of new viruses that go on to infect yet more cells.\n\nAt this early stage, you will not be sick and some people may never develop symptoms.\n\nThe incubation period, the time between infection and first symptoms appearing, varies widely, but is five days on average.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Everything you need to know about the coronavirus – explained in one minute by the BBC's Laura Foster\n\nThis is all most people will experience.\n\nCovid-19 is a mild infection for eight out of 10 people who get it and the core symptoms are a fever and a cough.\n\nBody aches, sore throat and a headache are all possible, but not guaranteed.\n\nThe fever, and generally feeling grotty, is a result of your immune system responding to the infection. It has recognised the virus as a hostile invader and signals to the rest of the body something is wrong by releasing chemicals called cytokines.\n\nThese rally the immune system, but also cause the body aches, pain and fever.\n\nThe coronavirus cough is initially a dry one (you're not bringing stuff up) and this is probably down to irritation of cells as they become infected by the virus.\n\nSome people will eventually start coughing up sputum - a thick mucus containing dead lung cells killed by the virus.\n\nThese symptoms are treated with bed rest, plenty of fluids and paracetamol. You won't need specialist hospital care.\n\nThis stage lasts about a week - at which point most recover because their immune system has fought off the virus.\n\nHowever, some will develop a more serious form of Covid-19.\n\nThis is the best we understand at the moment about this stage, however, there are studies emerging that suggest the disease can cause more cold-like symptoms such as a runny nose too.\n\nIf the disease progresses it will be due to the immune system overreacting to the virus.\n\nThose chemical signals to the rest of the body cause inflammation, but this needs to be delicately balanced. Too much inflammation can cause collateral damage throughout the body.\n\n\"The virus is triggering an imbalance in the immune response, there's too much inflammation, how it is doing this we don't know,\" said Dr Nathalie MacDermott, from King's College London.\n\nScans of lungs infected with coronavirus showing areas of pneumonia\n\nInflammation of the lungs is called pneumonia.\n\nIf it was possible to travel through your mouth down the windpipe and through the tiny tubes in your lungs, you'd eventually end up in tiny little air sacs.\n\nThis is where oxygen moves into the blood and carbon dioxide moves out, but in pneumonia the tiny sacs start to fill with water and can eventually cause shortness of breath and difficulty breathing.\n\nSome people will need a ventilator to help them breathe.\n\nThis stage is thought to affect around 14% of people, based on data from China.\n\nIt is estimated around 6% of cases become critically ill.\n\nBy this point the body is starting to fail and there is a real chance of death.\n\nThe problem is the immune system is now spiralling out of control and causing damage throughout the body.\n\nIt can lead to septic shock when the blood pressure drops to dangerously low levels and organs stop working properly or fail completely.\n\nAcute respiratory distress syndrome caused by widespread inflammation in the lungs stops the body getting enough oxygen it needs to survive. It can stop the kidneys from cleaning the blood and damage the lining of your intestines.\n\n\"The virus sets up such a huge degree of inflammation that you succumb... it becomes multi-organ failure,\" Dr Bharat Pankhania said.\n\nAnd if the immune system cannot get on top of the virus, then it will eventually spread to every corner of the body where it can cause even more damage.\n\nTreatment by this stage will be highly invasive and can include ECMO or extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation.\n\nThis is essentially an artificial lung that takes blood out of the body through thick tubes, oxygenates it and pumps it back in.\n\nBut eventually the damage can reach fatal levels at which organs can no longer keep the body alive.\n\nDoctors have described how some patients died despite their best efforts.\n\nThe first two patients to die at Jinyintan Hospital in Wuhan, China, detailed in the Lancet Medical journal, were seemingly healthy, although they were long-term smokers and that would have weakened their lungs.\n\nThe first, a 61-year-old man, had severe pneumonia by the time he arrived at hospital.\n\nHe was in acute respiratory distress, and despite being put on a ventilator, his lungs failed and his heart stopped beating.\n\nHe died 11 days after he was admitted.\n\nThe second patient, a 69-year-old man, also had acute respiratory distress syndrome.\n\nHe was attached to an ECMO machine but this wasn't enough. He died of severe pneumonia and septic shock when his blood pressure collapsed.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHard-up mothers have resorted to eating donated baby food, a charity has said.\n\nThe Nappy Project, in Stoke-on-Trent, supplies nappies, wipes and baby food to families living in poverty. It received more than 100 new referrals for families in need in January alone.\n\nFounder Hayley Jones said there was \"nothing\" in the city to support families and some were in a desperate position.\n\nStoke-on-Trent City Council has been asked for comment.\n\n\"These families are eating baby food because that's the only food they're going to have in the house,\" said Ms Jones.\n\nThe families have not been identified.\n\nThe project was set up 18 months ago and initially the volunteers worked with about 20 families.\n\nThey now help more than 400 across the city, working from a church hall in Hanley.\n\nMaria Mohammad said it was \"very hard\" to get by after her husband became too ill to work\n\nMaria Mohammad, 24, is mother to four-month-old Hassan and said she could not afford to buy him a coat.\n\nShe said: \"Everything was perfect before, but then my husband was diagnosed with TB so he wasn't able to work properly.\"\n\nShe said sometimes she felt depressed and financial troubles added to the situation.\n\nMrs Mohammad was collecting supplies alongside Chloe Elkes, who is 20, and mother to five-month-old George.\n\nChloe Elkes said her son, George, \"gets through so many\" nappies\n\nShe came to the Nappy Project after Christmas, when she was struggling to pay the rent, and had to sell her son's old clothes to help pay it.\n\n\"I was really, really nervous,\" she said of her first visit.\n\n\"There's just so many people in this situation where you can't afford it,\" she said.\n\n\"You've got to put your pride to the side and say, 'I need help', and you can get the help here.\"\n\nMrs Jones said there was \"nothing for these families when they hit rock bottom\".\n\n\"These women are just emotionally drained, they're broken women,\" she said.\n\nIf you have been affected by the issues raised in this article, help and support is available via BBC Action Line.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A man shot dead by police after he stabbed people in south London had been released from prison in January.\n\nSudesh Amman, 20, was released about a week ago after serving half of his sentence of three years and four months for terror offences.\n\nHe was under active police surveillance at the time of the attack on Streatham High Road, which police believe to be an Islamist-related terrorist incident.\n\nThree people were injured but none is in a life-threatening condition.\n\nScotland Yard said officers were searching addresses in south London and Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire.\n\n\"No arrests have been made and inquiries continue at pace,\" the Metropolitan Police said.\n\nStreatham MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy said: \"He [Amman] was under surveillance quite soon after being released which begs the question, why was he released so soon?\"\n\nTreasury minister Rishi Sunak said \"the police are obviously doing absolutely everything they can to keep people safe\".\n\nHe said new measures to toughen terrorism laws - already announced by the PM after last November's attack near London Bridge - will give the police \"more powers and resources to do that as well\".\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said the government would announce further plans for \"fundamental changes to the system for dealing with those convicted of terrorism offences\" on Monday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAt the time of Amman's release there were concerns about the danger he might pose to the public but there were no legal mechanisms to keep him in prison, BBC political correspondent Chris Mason said.\n\nGiven November's attack also involved a man convicted of terrorism offences released mid-way through his sentence, our correspondent said there was \"a desperate desire\" within government to be seen to be acting quickly.\n\nGunshots were heard on Streatham High Road just after 14:00 GMT on Sunday.\n\nReports suggest Amman entered a shop and started stabbing people. It appears he then left the shop and stabbed a woman.\n\nWitnesses reported hearing three gunshots and seeing a man lying on the ground outside a Boots pharmacy, as armed police approached and shouted at those nearby to move back.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Deputy Assistant Commissioner Lucy D'Orsi said armed officers were in \"immediate attendance\" after the attack\n\nThe Met Police said armed officers - who were part of a \"proactive counter-terrorism operation\" following the suspect on foot - were in \"immediate attendance\".\n\nThe man had a hoax device strapped to his body, police said.\n\nThe BBC's Daniel Sandford said the events appeared to unfold after witnesses saw an unmarked police car pull in front of another car near Streatham Common, forcing it to stop.\n\nForensic officers were seen working at the site into the evening\n\nPeople who live locally spoke of their shock for the attack to have happened in Streatham\n\nLondon Ambulance Service said it treated the three people for injuries at the scene and all were taken to hospital.\n\nA man in his 40s was initially considered to be in a life-threatening condition but this is no longer the case.\n\nA woman in her 50s whose injuries were not life-threatening has been discharged from hospital.\n\nAnother woman in her 20s continues to receive hospital treatment for minor injuries, believed to have been caused by glass following shots from the police.\n\nSudesh Amman pleaded guilty in November 2018 to six charges of possessing documents containing terrorist information and seven of disseminating terrorist publications.\n\nOne of the manuals Amman admitted owning was one about knife fighting.\n\nHe was jailed at the Old Bailey the following month for three years and four months.\n\nI was there and recall Amman smiling as he was sentenced.\n\nAmman was first arrested in north London in May 2018 by armed officers on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack.\n\nDave Chawner, who had been on the way to the cinema, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"I heard what I thought at that time was a car backfiring.\n\n\"I turned back and turned round and saw a small group of people around a man who was on the floor who was incredibly distressed, he was holding his lower right quadrant and there was blood everywhere.\n\n\"I happened to have a blanket in my bag and I gave it to them to help stem the bleeding and I ran to the nearest crossroads to wave down the ambulance.\"\n\nMr Chawner said the ambulance \"took well over half an hour to arrive\", which was \"incredibly frustrating and distressing\".\n\nEarly on, police said they were treating the incident as \"terrorist-related\"\n\nMeanwhile, Gjon Kathegjolli said he was in a barber shop when he heard a woman, who was with a baby in a push chair and two young boys, scream and saw her being stabbed.\n\nA man then walked past carrying a knife the size of his forearm, he said.\n\nDaniel Gough said he was out for a run when he heard shots and everyone ran.\n\n\"There was panic, people were yelling,\" he said. \"A young girl running alongside me kept asking 'Is this what I'm meant to do?' - she was very distressed.\n\n\"I saw a policeman and he yelled, telling everyone to get back. His gun was pointing in the direction of a man on the floor.\"\n\nA police officer was seen pointing a gun at a man, who was seen on the floor outside Boots\n\nAdam Blake, who was walking along Streatham Common, described how he saw two or three cars crash into each other, including an unmarked police car, as the incident unfolded.\n\n\"Another police car carried on towards the hill pursuing someone,\" he told the BBC.\n\nThe swift response of officers has almost certainly saved lives but there will be inevitable questions about the operation.\n\nCounter-terrorist police and MI5 have about 3,000 so-called \"subjects of interest\" at any one time but a much smaller number are under round-the-clock surveillance because it takes a huge team of specialist officers to watch a suspect covertly.\n\nThis means that preventing terrorism is all about taking difficult decisions. Which suspects should be watched? What level of risk do they pose and when is the best time to make an arrest, given the need to capture real evidence?\n\nThose decisions have become harder in recent years as would-be attackers are increasingly likely to act alone and to use low-tech weapons, sometimes on a whim.\n\nFormer military intelligence officer Philip Ingram told BBC Radio 5 Live it was \"right and proper\" that the government should assess the laws in place.\n\n\"We're treating these terrorists as criminals. You have to ask the question as to whether some of them may not ever be able to be rehabilitated and, therefore, is the law we have at the moment right and proper to keep the public safe?\"\n\nOfficers from the Met's Counter Terrorism Command are leading the investigation into the incident.\n\nStreatham High Road remains closed and a cordon is in place, with enhanced police patrols in the area.\n\nThe prime minister said his thoughts were with those injured and their loved ones and he paid tribute to the \"speed and bravery\" of emergency services who responded.\n\nMayor of London Sadiq Khan said: \"Terrorists seek to divide us and to destroy our way of life - here in London we will never let them succeed.\"\n\nPolice are appealing for information, images and footage of the incident which can be shared via www.ukpoliceimageappeal.com or on 0800 789 321.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "In China's Hubei province, over a dozen cities are in lockdown in the hope of preventing further cases of the new Coronavirus. And Western countries are putting people returning from Wuhan, the city at the centre of the outbreak, into enforced isolation for up to two weeks.\n\nQuarantine has long been used to prevent the spread of diseases.\n\nThe term itself comes from the first known example of the isolation method.\n\nAs the Black Death raged through Europe in the 14th century, Venice enforced a rule where ships had to anchor for 40 days before crew and passengers were allowed to come ashore. The waiting period was named \"quarantino\", which derives from the Italian for 40.\n\nIt's unclear where exactly the 40 days concept came from, said Mark Harrison, Professor of the History of Medicine at the University of Oxford. One possibility is that it was a biblical reference - the idea of spending 40 days and 40 nights in the wilderness as Jesus is said to have done.\n\nOver time, the duration of quarantine has been shortened, but it remains key to limiting disease outbreaks across the globe.\n\nIn the UK, one of the most famous examples is the English village of Eyam's self-imposed quarantine during the bubonic plague. Between September and December 1665, 42 residents of the Derbyshire village died.\n\nIn June 1666, the newly appointed rector Willliam Mompesson decided the village should be quarantined.\n\nA 1656 engraving of Dr Schnabel of Rome, wearing protective clothing typical of the city's plague doctors at the time\n\nHe told his parishioners that the village must be enclosed with no-one allowed in, or out. He said the Earl of Devonshire had offered to send food and supplies if they agreed to be quarantined.\n\nThe rector told villagers he would do everything in his power to alleviate their suffering and remain with them.\n\nThat August, the village saw a peak of five or six deaths a day - but hardly anyone broke the cordon. Over time, the number of cases fell and by November the disease was gone. The lockdown had worked.\n\nThe village of Eyam, which enforced its own quarantine to protect other villages from the plague\n\nNowadays, most quarantines are imposed by governments or health bodies.\n\n\"When quarantine measures are introduced, they're not just based on medical calculations about whether or not they're going to be effective in stopping or slowing the advance of the infectious disease,\" said Mr Harrison.\n\n\"You take measures such as quarantine in order to meet expectations of other governments, but also to reassure your own population.\"\n\nIn San Francisco in 1900, Chinese immigrants were quarantined after a Chinese man was found dead in a hotel. It was later confirmed that he had died of the plague. Concerned, police officers strung rope and barbed wire around a section of Chinatown. Residents were not allowed to come in or out, and only police and health officials were allowed to cross the barrier.\n\nDuring World War One, about 30,000 sex workers were quarantined amid fears about the number of rising sexually transmitted diseases. They were allowed to leave once it was confirmed they no longer had STDs.\n\nMr Harrison says the Sars epidemic of 2002-3 started a new era in infectious disease control.\n\nDuring the outbreak, people who had been exposed to the virus were quarantined. The Chinese government threatened to execute or jail anyone who was found to breach quarantine rules and spread the contagion.\n\nThe disease reinforced lessons about the importance of working with other countries during a public health crisis.\n\nWhen the syndrome spread from China to the Canadian city of Toronto, 44 people were killed and several hundred more infected.\n\nAbout 7,000 people in Canada were placed in isolation to stop the spread of Sars.\n\nA man sits behind a glass wall at Hanoi airport after returning from China during the Sars epidemic\n\n\"During the outbreak in 2003 when it started spreading to other countries, quarantine of various kinds was used extensively. The use of those measures of containment was credited with stopping the pandemic becoming worse than it could have been,\" said Mr Harrison.\n\n\"One of the lessons that people drew was a victory for old-style public health methods.\"\n\nAs China continues with the traditional method of quarantine to respond to the new coronavirus, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has praised the country for \"taking extraordinary measures in the face of what is an extraordinary challenge\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA man shot dead by police after he attacked people in south London had been recently released from prison after serving time for terror offences.\n\nHe was under active police surveillance at the time of the attack, which police believe to be an Islamist-related terrorist incident.\n\nHe had a hoax device strapped to his body, police said.\n\nThree people were injured, with one person in a life-threatening condition.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said the government would announce further plans for \"fundamental changes to the system for dealing with those convicted of terrorism offences\" on Monday.\n\nGunshots were heard on Streatham High Road just after 14:00 GMT on Sunday.\n\nReports suggest a man entered a shop and started stabbing people. It appears he then left the shop and stabbed a woman.\n\nWitnesses reported hearing three gun shots and seeing a man lying on the ground outside a Boots pharmacy, as armed police approached and shouted at those nearby to move back.\n\nThe attacker had been released from prison at the end of January, after serving half of his three year sentence.\n\nThe BBC's Daniel Sandford said the events appeared to unfold after witnesses saw an unmarked police car pull in front of another car near Streatham Common, forcing it to stop.\n\nHe said this could be linked to the subsequent stabbings and police shooting and it was possible somebody was stopped, before being followed by undercover officers.\n\nLondon Ambulance Service said it treated the three people for injuries at the scene and all were taken to hospital.\n\nOf the other two, one had minor injuries, believed to have been caused by glass following shots from the police firearm, and the third person's condition was not life-threatening.\n\nIn a statement, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Lucy D'Orsi said armed officers were in \"immediate attendance\" and shot a male suspect, as part of a \"proactive Counter Terrorism operation\".\n\nThe situation has been contained and officers from the Met's Counter Terrorism Command are now leading an investigation into the incident, she said.\n\nStreatham High Road remains closed and a cordon is in place, with enhanced police patrols in the area.\n\nA police officer was seen pointing a gun at a man, who was seen on the floor outside Boots\n\nEyewitness Gjon Kathegjolli said he was in a barber shop when he heard a woman, who was with a baby in a push chair and two young boys, scream and saw her being stabbed.\n\nA man then walked past carrying a knife the size of his forearm, he said.\n\nAnother eyewitness told the PA news agency: \"I was crossing the road when I saw a man with a machete and silver canisters on his chest being chased by what I assume was an undercover police officer.\"\n\nThe main road through Streatham is cordoned off\n\nDaniel Gough said he was out for a run when he heard shots and everyone ran.\n\n\"There was panic, people were yelling,\" he said. \"A young girl running alongside me kept asking 'Is this what I'm meant to do?' - she was very distressed.\n\n\"I saw a policeman and he yelled, telling everyone to get back. His gun was pointing in the direction of a man on the floor.\n\n\"Suddenly, more police appeared. There were [officers] everywhere\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Steffan Powell describes the scene in Streatham after a man was shot by armed police\n\nAdam Blake, who was walking along Streatham Common, described how he saw two or three cars crash into each other, including an unmarked police car, as the incident unfolded.\n\n\"Another police car carried on towards the hill pursuing someone,\" he told the BBC.\n\nVideos shot by eyewitnesses show several plain-clothed police officers pulling on police caps while pointing their weapons at the dying suspect.\n\nAnother apparent surveillance officer on a motorbike pulls up and colleagues attempt to clear the street.\n\nIn today's incident, onlooker videos suggest the police only spot the man's hoax device after he has been shot and they approach him.\n\nThe swift response of these officers has almost certainly saved lives but there will be inevitable questions about the operation.\n\nIt has not been confirmed they were specifically following the man but they appear to have reacted fast when he started attacking people with a knife.\n\nCounter-terrorist police and MI5 have around 3,000 so called \"subjects of interest\" at any one time but a much smaller number are under round-the-clock surveillance because it takes a huge team of specialist officers to watch a suspect covertly.\n\nThis means that preventing terrorism is all about taking difficult decisions. Which suspects should be watched? What level of risk do they pose and when is the best time to make an arrest, given the need to capture real evidence?\n\nThose decisions have become harder in recent years as would be attackers are increasingly likely to act alone and to use low-tech weapons, sometimes on a whim.\n\nForensic officers were seen working at the site into the evening\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted that his thoughts were with the injured and others affected. He thanked emergency services for their response.\n\nStreatham's Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy said: \"It is scary, I feel that fear, but Streatham is a very resilient community and we'll be fine.\"\n\nArmed police were at the sealed-off street on Sunday evening\n\nMayor of London Sadiq Khan said: \"Terrorists seek to divide us and to destroy our way of life - here in London we will never let them succeed.\"\n\nLabour leader Jeremy Corbyn said his thoughts were with those affected and thanked emergency services \"for their dedication and quick response\".\n\nPolice are appealing for information, images and footage of the incident which can be shared via www.ukpoliceimageappeal.com or on 0800 789 321.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Sir Sam Mendes won best director and best film for 1917\n\nWorld War One film 1917 was the big winner at the Bafta Film Awards on Sunday, with seven prizes in total.\n\nThe trophies for Sir Sam Mendes's movie included best film, best British film, best director and best cinematography.\n\nJoker won three awards including best actor for Joaquin Phoenix, while Renee Zellweger was named best actress for her portrayal of Judy Garland.\n\nPhoenix took aim at \"systemic racism\" and \"oppression\" within the film industry in his acceptance speech.\n\nHis words, and those of the Duke of Cambridge later, came in the wake of a diversity row prompted by the all-white line-up of acting nominees.\n\nSouth Korean film Parasite won two prizes - for original screenplay and film not in the English language.\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\nThere were no major upsets or surprise winners, with 1917 unarguably dominating the evening.\n\n\"I couldn't be more thrilled,\" director Sir Sam told BBC News backstage. \"There's the personal delight in seeing a story very close to me and my family be developed and enlarged but the massive thing has been audiences going in large numbers.\n\n\"None of us knew if an audience would turn up, it wasn't certain at all. It's coincided with awards season and the fact this is still number one in the UK after four weeks, [the awards have] really alerted people to the fact the movie is on, it rarely happens like that.\"\n\nSir Sam is the first British winner of best director at the Baftas since Danny Boyle won for Slumdog Millionaire in 2009.\n\nDern was the hot favourite to win her award for best supporting actress\n\nBrad Pitt won best supporting actor for his role in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon A Time In Hollywood and made a Brexit joke in a message read out by his co-star Margot Robbie.\n\n\"Hey, Britain, hear you've become single - welcome to the club! Wishing you the best with the divorce settlement,\" the actress read.\n\nShe added: \"He says he is going to name this Harry because he is really excited about bringing it back to the States with him. His words not mine.\"\n\nLaura Dern was named best supporting actress for her performance as a divorce lawyer in Marriage Story.\n\n\"Thank you Bafta, thank you for including me in this room of extraordinary artists as we get to tell stories and do the job we love,\" she said.\n\nIt is the first time since 1977 that all four of the Bafta awards for acting have been won by Americans.\n\nAccepting the leading actress award for her performance in Judy, Zellweger said: \"This is very humbling. Miss Garland, London town, which you have always loved so much, still loves you back. This is for you.\"\n\nZellweger, Phoenix, Dern and Pitt have now won their acting categories at every major ceremony of awards season so far. In addition to their Baftas, they have won at the Golden Globes, the Screen Actors Guild Awards and Critics' Choice Awards.\n\nAll four are highly likely to triumph at next weekend's Oscars.\n\nRenee Zellweger and Joaquin Phoenix won the two leading actor categories\n\nJoker picked up best original score for its composer Hildur Gudnadottir and the inaugural casting award, which went to Shayna Markowitz.\n\n\"I feel very honoured and privileged... but I have to say that I also feel conflicted because so many of my fellow actors that are deserving don't have that same privilege,\" Phoenix said as he accepted his best actor award for the film.\n\n\"I think that we send a very clear message to people of colour that you're not welcome here, I think that's the message that we're sending to people that have contributed so much to our medium and our industry and in ways that we benefit from.\"\n\nHis comments follow a row about the lack of diversity among this year's Bafta nominations.\n\nAll 18 acting nominees were white, and no female directors were nominated for the seventh year in a row.\n\nThe Duke of Cambridge, who is the president of Bafta, also spoke at the ceremony about the need for change.\n\n\"In 2020, and not for the first time in the last few years, we find ourselves talking again about the need to do more to ensure diversity in the sector and in the awards process - that simply cannot be right in this day and age,\" he said.\n\n\"Bafta take this issue seriously, and following this year's nominations, have launched a full and thorough review of the entire awards process to build on their existing work and ensure that opportunities are available to everyone.\"\n\nNetflix's festive animation Klaus won best animation, beating big hitters like Toy Story 4 and Frozen 2.\n\nBombshell, which tells the story of the 2016 sexual harassment scandal at Fox News, picked up best hair and make-up.\n\nBest short animation went to Granddad Was A Romantic, while best costume went to a new adaptation of Little Women, directed by Greta Gerwig.\n\nThe award for best adapted screenplay went to Taika Waititi's Jojo Rabbit.\n\nMicheal Ward, star of Top Boy and Blue Story, was named the Bafta rising star.\n\n\"Blue Story, I wouldn't be here without the movie,\" he said. \"To people watching at home, looking at me, life doesn't have to be this way, see the opportunities, see a vision.\"\n\nFor Sama, a film about a young mother's experience of the Syrian civil war, won best documentary.\n\nSyrian film-maker Waad Al-Kateab took her four-year-old daughter Sama, for whom the film was made, with her on to the stage.\n\nShe told the audience in London's Royal Albert Hall: \"I wanted to dedicate it to the great Syrian people who are still suffering today and the nurses, doctors and volunteers, I dedicate it to them, let them hear your voice.\"\n\nAndy Serkis was honoured with the outstanding British contribution to film award, presented to him by Sir Ian McKellen.\n\n1917 might have walked off with the top prize - best film - but its success might not necessarily bode well for next week's Oscars.\n\nFor the past five years, the Bafta best film winner has not gone on to win best picture at the Academy Awards.\n\nBafta winners and nominees in most categories are voted for by 6,700 academy members, who are industry professionals and creatives around the world.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The cause of the fire in Holborn's Chancery Lane is not yet known\n\nEleven people were taken to safety as firefighters battled a blaze in London's historic legal district.\n\nAbout 150 firefighters were called to the Law Society's office in Holborn's Chancery Lane at 22:40 GMT on Saturday.\n\nA junior lawyers division dinner had been taking place. About 28 people left the building before emergency services arrived and no-one was injured.\n\nChief executive Paul Tennant said he was \"extremely upset\" it had happened to a \"wonderful building\".\n\nLondon Fire Brigade said much of the roof and part of the fifth, fourth and third floors were alight.\n\nThe fire was brought under control and fire crews will remain at the scene to minimise damage to the building.\n\nNo-one was injured in the blaze which started on Saturday night\n\n\"First of all I wanted to express my gratitude to the fire service and my relief that nobody has been hurt,\" said Mr Tennant.\n\n\"I also want to express my sympathy to the residents in the Chancery Lane area whom I understand may have had to evacuate their homes.\n\n\"It is too early to comment on the cause of the fire or the extent of the damage but clearly we are extremely upset that this has happened to this wonderful and historic building.\"\n\nCity of London Police also advised that a number of 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